Her Biggest Regret
A RWBY Fanfiction
Girls Night Out
I do not own RWBY or anything Rooster Teeth. Any resemblance to real life events, posts or interviews by Rooster Teeth and general ideas CRWBY throw around are 100% completely coincidental.
Edit: Made a few changes in prep for the release of Chapter 4 on AO3.
Raven, Ozpin and Glynda walked in Raven and Tai's home. "Oh My God! The place isn't on fire." Glynda pointed out.
"Hmmm, and I was so sure Qrow would have burned Vale halfway to the ground by now." Ozpin commented as he took a sip of his coffee.
"You know, you two are real assholes." Qrow commented as they walked in.
"We're assholes because we care." Ozpin had a playful smile.
"Speak for yourself." Glynda huffed. She stopped by Qrow and placed a hand on him, "I am mildly glad you're okay."
Qrow shook his head, "I'm touched."
"I always believed in you, little brother." Raven stood proudly.
"You're a dirty liar." Qrow walked toward the couch.
Raven threw her hands up, "Really?!"
"I love you!" yelled Qrow from the couch.
"I love you too, asshole." Raven huffed.
"I heard that!" Qrow laughed.
"Fuck you!" Raven walked over to the stairs. She almost bumped into Tai. "Tai..." she looked down avoiding eye contact.
"Raven, can we talk?" Tai sounded tired and sad. It made Raven wish she would wake up and she'll forget this dream.
But it wasn't a dream, "I... I can't... I... Qrow and Ozpin; they think it's better if I just... take a break. Do something else. Maybe we can talk when I get back, but I need to get ready to go."
"She doesn't leave until tomorrow." Ozpin yelled from the kitchen. Raven turned and glared at Ozpin and Glynda as they raided her kitchen.
"Please, my little songbird." Tai said lovingly. Raven closed her eyes trying not to get sucked in. Tai had ways of getting into Raven's heart.
Raven took a deep breath, "Tai, please, I... I just... Please, just move." Raven didn't look at him when she spoke. Tai looked down in defeat and stepped out of her way as she made her way upstairs. She rushed into her bedroom; their bedroom.
She climbed on top of the bed. His scent still lingered; so did hers. The scent of all the things they've done, all the moments they had, all the laughs, the pure joy he would bring her, the smile he wore every time they made eye contact. She felt loved. She felt the love he gave her.
Which made it so unbearable now, why? Why did he have to do this? Why did he have to leave so much? Why couldn't he just stay and be happy with her? Was she just not enough? Did he not want a family? Did he have second thoughts about marrying her?
Raven began to cry into her pillow. She didn't know what to do but she prayed. The Gods have given her so much love the least they can do is let her keep it; a silent wish from a broken girl.
There was a knock on the door. Raven froze, whimpering as she tried to stay silent. "Raven?" it.. was Ozpin of all people.
"C-come in?" Raven immediately cursed herself. Ozpin stepped into the room. The air around him was different.
He closed the door and walked slowly; sitting on the bed. Raven pressed the pillow against her face, watching him closely. "Are you going to keep glaring at me from behind a feathered pillow?" Ozpin looked at her with amusement.
"What do you want?" Raven asked.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine." Raven huffed. Ozpin glared at her. "I feel like shit." she admitted.
"You're taking this all real hard aren't you?" Ozpin looked concerned. Raven had only seen him this way only a few times. When Raven received the Spring Maiden powers; he was there, that same look. He helped her learn to control her powers, to activate it. But she couldn't learn how to harness it.
Then Tai popped the question. He gave her that same look, but only for a moment. At the time she felt like she was seeing things, but now, "Yeah. I thought Tai loved me but..."
"But what?" Ozpin urged her to continue.
"I think he still likes Summer." Raven avoided looking at Ozpin.
"Now, that is a pickle." Ozpin lay back on the bed.
'Why I... Why did it have to be you?' Raven groaned.
"I mean, seeing them kiss or in the act must have torn you up, right?" Ozpin looked up at Raven.
Raven thought for a moment. 'What are you getting at?' she didn't like where this was going.
"Right?" Ozpin smiled.
"I... Uhhhh... I didn't... I didn't actually... catch him... doing... anything with... with Summer." Raven stumbled on her words.
"Oh! Then how do you know?" Ozpin poked.
"I... I just have a feeling." Raven said defensively.
"A feeling isn't good enough evidence." Ozpin shot back. Raven looked defeated she just stared at the bed. Ozpin got up; he gently placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him; maybe she was the one who fucked up. "Now, I understand where you're coming from. You have every reason to doubt Tai." Ozpin said.
Raven perked up, "Wait! Do you-"
"No." Ozpin shooting down Raven's suspicions, "I'm saying Tai has a history. A history you are very familiar with. Remember how he cheated on Summer with you? Or how he cheated on you with Summer?" The memories flooded in as Ozpin recounted their time at Beacon Academy. "Or wait maybe that one month where he was dating both of you at the same time? I still wonder how he got away with it for so long." Raven listened to Ozpin; squeezing her pillow tighter.
"No! I think the worst offense was when STRQ graduated and he put both of you around his arms and announced to the entire school that both of you were his "girls"" Raven popped her pillow. Ozpin watched as feathers littered the room. Raven angrily got up but was sat back down by Ozpin, "Then one day he stopped." Raven was taken off guard and looked at Ozpin; with hot tears falling from her eyes. He continued, "He called me about the bachelor party; told me that he didn't want to go to his favorite strip club."
"He has a favorite strip club?" Raven raised an eyebrow.
"Don't ruin the moment, Raven." he took a deep breath, "He told me, that he didn't actually want to look at another woman. When I questioned him; he answered, "Because I'm in love with Raven, and I don't need to look at anyone else but her.""
Raven sniffled, "He said that?"
Ozpin nodded, "Yeah; had to cancel our reservation at 'Bunny Town'. I lost a lot of money that day."
Raven sobbed, "I knew he had a thing for Faunus women." She hugged Ozpin tightly, "Thank you." They hugged each other for a while, "Does that mean-"
"No, you're still going on this mission." he answered quickly. Ozpin pried her off him, "Look at me, Raven." Raven looked him directly in the eyes. "I say this as your friend. You go on this mission and think about how you feel; how you felt this past year, how he makes you feel when he's with Summer, and for the love of God how he made you feel during Beacon. Okay?"
Raven simply nodded, "Okay."
Ozpin gave her a hug, "See you tomorrow."
"See ya." Raven waved as he left her room, but before the door closed it opened again. "Tai." Raven breathed softly.
"Hey." he simply said with a smile. Yang was holding on to him as he slightly bounced. Raven got up and ran to him holding them both tightly. Tai was surprised to say the least.
"Know this doesn't change how I feel." she pulled back looking into his eyes. "I still need to think, but..." Raven thought about her next words. "For tonight, can we be a family again?" desperation in her voice gave away the fear she had about them ever coming back together.
Tai looked at her, shocked. She waited for his answer; time slowing down for both of them. He leaned in and stole her breath away. They stayed there a moment; their lips curling into a smile. Breaking away Tai gently nuzzled Raven, "Only if you'll have me, Songbird."
"There's no one I'd rather be with, Firecracker." Raven kissed him passionately; the world around them melting away.
Ozpin made his way down stairs, "Alright Glynda, time to go." Glynda was eating peanut butter while occasionally throwing grapes at Qrow; who ate them while he watched TV on the couch. She was holding a watermelon while the spoon was still in her mouth.
She placed the watermelon down and put the spoon in the sink. Brushing herself off, "Finally, I was getting bored."
"What about you, Qrow? What are you going to do?" Ozpin asked as he made his way into the living room.
"Ehhh, I'll wait and see if they need me. Plus," Qrow points to the TV, "They have 4k." Ozpin nodded. Giggling could be heard coming from the second floor. "They didn't waste their time making up." Qrow commented. "What did you tell her?" Qrow asked Ozpin.
"I told her about the time Tai called us drunk professing his love for Raven." Ozpin smiled.
"Bunny Town night?" Qrow questioned.
"The same night." Ozpin said.
"I remember you telling me that story. Doesn't sound like a romantic story?" Glynda walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of salad.
"Details." Ozpin shrugged.
All three of them froze. They heard a distinct sound they all knew; the bed spring.
"No! They can't be!" Glynda whispered panicking.
"That asshole!" Qrow whispered angrily.
"Wait!" Ozpin got both of their attention, "Maybe they aren't-"
Ozpin didn't get to finish. A loud bang came from upstairs. Horror painted on all three of their faces as they eyes scanned the ceiling. It took a moment before the sound appeared again and again, not stopping any time soon.
"No! I can't believe this!" Glynda bolted for the door.
"They couldn't wait until we left!" Qrow fumed as he ran after Glynda.
"I shouldn't have said anything!" Ozpin followed Glynda.
Raven and Tai watched as their three friends ran out of their house in a panic. They laughed, "I can't! The looks on their faces!" Raven could hardly breathe. Tai picked both her and Yang up. He spun them around; both Raven and Yang giggling before all three of them fell on the bed.
Raven looked into Tai's eyes. "I guess we really..." Tai said stifling a laugh, "brought the house down." Raven just stared at him a moment; a big smile on her face slowly formed, their giggling turning into full blown laughing. Yang joined in on the fun laughing with a big smile on her face.
"You're such a dork." Raven looked longingly at Tai, "I missed you."
Tai returned her look, "I missed you too." They kissed passionately. She knew she was going to have to deal with Oz and Glyn tomorrow. The prank wasn't exactly subtle but it did manage to make her laugh. They laid there with Yang in between them; stealing kisses and hearts from each other until they fell asleep.
Raven stalked the halls of Beacon; her old stomping ground. She almost took a lost freshman's lunch money out of pure habit. She did however help the young girl find her way to class. Raven called an elevator. As she waited she watched students rushing to class or doing whatever kids are supposed to do in school. The elevator opened and she walked in pressing the top floor, Ozpin's office.
She entered stretching, "So why did you want to see me before I set for my mission?" Raven walked Over to Ozpin's desk but stood standing.
Ozpin sat silently over watching the school grounds and Kingdom of Vale. He slowly turned his chair towards Raven, "We need to talk about your Maiden training."
Raven crossed her arms, "Okay."
"Raven, I understand your worry about the Pilgrimage, about leaving your new family. But I ask you to reconsider." Ozpin said.
"I don't want to leave my family Ozpin and I don't understand why I have to." Raven questioned.
"A Pilgrimage helps you harness your Maiden powers. It helps you grow in skill and helps your ability to protect yourself." Ozpin watched closely to Raven's reactions. She rolled her eyes. He knew the same song and dance wouldn't work; so a new approach had to suffice. "And your family." Ozpin finished.
Raven perked up, "What do you mean?"
"Simple. The Maiden powers can help you protect your family. If you leave now you'll be able to come back sooner too. Amber will help with your training; she's the new Fall Maiden. After your training and Pilgrimage; you'll come back home and be with your family. Yang won't remember your absence and you and her can return to being mother and daughter." Ozpin leaned back.
Raven listened intently. Ozpin wasn't wrong. If she did it now, it would be easier on Yang, on her entire family, but Tai; they just got back together and after this week they can work on fixing their marriage. She can't leave him now. "What about Tai?" Raven asked.
Ozpin looked confused, "What about Tai?"
"I need to tell Tai that I'm leaving. I need to tell my team. I can't have them thinking I abandoned my little girl." the last sentence left Raven's mouth in a flash of panic. Ozpin saw that the fear she had back in Beacon never quite left her.
"I can handle that. Trust me." Ozpin watched Raven closely. "You're my friend and I have never steered you wrong before." Ozpin waited.
Raven thought for a moment, "You mean it?"
"You have my word, Mrs. Xiao Long." Ozpin knew that, though formal, she would see the gesture as a reminder that Ozpin thought of her as a unit rather than an individual. She had a family and loved that thought more than anything.
"Okay; as long as Tai and the rest of my family understand why I'm leaving. I'll go." Raven conceded. She had her doubts, wondered if she was doing the right thing. But she could protect Yang and Tai and her team from whatever Salem threw at them.
Plus, Ozpin said she would be able to return to her family. She just wanted to be with her family. "Raven." Raven jumped at the mention of her name. "Please, don't worry too much about it. Enjoy your mission and when you come back we can talk more about it." Ozpin reassured her.
The elevator dinged, "Ah and the second matter is already here." Ozpin said happily.
Raven turned around, 'Oh Gods why.'
Summer stepped out of the elevator, "I'm here Ozpin."
Raven and Summer walked the streets of Vale. Their mission was to keep the peace. Show that the Kingdom of Vale is protected. Now only if they weren't doing it together. Raven ordered a classic chilly cheese dog from the best shop keep in Vale. Actually it seemed like he was the only shop keep in Vale. She made a mental note.
Summer just watched her with her 'are you fucking serious' look. Raven decided to give her the 'eat my ass' look as a response. "Do you ever take your job seriously?" Summer asked.
"I don't know, Summer. Surveying Vale without bringing attention to ourselves? Maybe if you didn't look like you were going to rob a bank maybe I wouldn't have to buy street food." Raven huffed. Summer took off her hood. "Honestly... This is going to go straight to my thighs." Raven took a bite.
Summer giggled, "Raven, please don't make me laugh."
"Anyway, did you know that the mission was going to be with me?" Raven asked.
"No. I didn't." Summer sighed.
This was awkward. A few days ago they were basically fist fighting in a hospital. Now they're stuck together on a mission. This couldn't get any worse.
Raven hated herself. Night fell upon Vale and not a single incident. Small talk and a brief run in with old friends was the only thing on the agenda. But when it came time to rest they checked in at their hideout to find the room only had one bed.
"Do you share a bed with Tai?" Raven asked grabbing the nearest object and breaking it in her hand; her Aura protecting her from getting cuts.
"No, of course not." Summer was sweating. This just made her look worse. Summer walked into the room inspecting every detail.
"We split the bed. You have your half; I have mine." Raven walked past Summer.
"Sounds good to me." Summer shrugged. Raven walked into the bathroom. It was going to be a long week. If they were at each other's throats by the end of day one; how was she going to get through the week? Raven let the hot water sooth her skin and relax her muscles. She was not looking forward to tomorrow.
Raven picked up her coffee. She walked over to the sugar and cream. She took two sugars and one cream put it in her coffee and took a sip. She glanced around herself before taking six more sugars and two creams. She took another sip and smiled.
"You still have a sweet tooth." Raven turned around to see Summer giggling. "After all these years, I'm surprised you still love sweets."
Raven groaned, "Shut up."
"Come on. Let's sit." Summer and Raven walked to an empty table. "So; why are you here?" Summer sipped her coffee.
Raven leaned into her seat, "I got called in." She sipped her coffee staring at Summer.
"Fine, be like that." Summer glared at Raven.
"Day Four. The food is running out. Water is scarce."
"Raven, please, shut up." Summer shook her head.
"You're no fun..." Raven yawned, "This is absolutely mind numbing." It was nightfall. The two decided it would be better to skip the afternoon and spend the night checking the Kingdom. Raven was hoping for some action.
"On this note; I'm in agreement." Summer stood on top of the roof.
"Should we start trouble?" Raven joked.
"We're Huntresses Raven, and this isn't Beacon." Summer looked at her and smiled, "We can however fuck with the local police department."
Raven chuckled softly, "Oh Summer, I love it when you're bad." They both smiled at each other as they stalked a lone police car.
"Let's go." Summer ordered. The two Huntresses jumped landing on the streets below. They slowly walked towards the police car. Summer faded into mist as Raven took a sit on the hood of the car.
"Hey! What the hell!" the two cops shot out of the car. "Hey! This is a police vehicle! Not a park bench!" the taller man pointed at her.
"You could have fooled me." Raven pushed back.
"You're under violation of the law Missy! Now come quietly." the skinnier man shouted.
"Geez Raven, you sure know how to catch a man's attention." Summer snuck up behind the two officers. She held her daggers, Rose Petals, in her hands as she crossed her arms.
"Wha-what are you doing?" the taller officer said. The police officers pulled out their pistols.
"Oh please." Raven stood up taking up her odachi, Dark Passage, against the officers. "Put the peashooters down."
The officers watched the two Huntresses closely, "What do you want?" the skinnier one asked.
Summer laughed, "We just want you to come quietly."
Raven and Summer sat in the police car, the scanner running. It was a quite night. "Why did we agree to this?" Raven rubbed her temples.
"I hate this mission." Summer admitted.
"We understand that you're Huntresses." a voice spoke behind them. The Huntresses turned and looked at the officers. "But why did you have to cuff us?" one of them said as they both raised their hands.
Raven and Summer looked at each other and then back at the cops. "Because we can." They said in unison. The cops groaned.
"Plus, this is the easiest way to make sure the city is safe." Summer admitted.
"We should do something tomorrow." Raven curled up on the seat.
"Like what?" Summer asked.
"Let's go to Patch." Raven looked out the window not wanting to make eye contact. She missed Yang and Tai so much, the long days making it harder to keep her mind off her family.
"Maybe; I can use the fresh air." Raven was shocked Summer didn't tease her. She looked at Summer who smiled, "Plus, there's a super cute girl we should bring a gift for."
Raven felt her face flush as she avoided eye contact, "Yeah. I'll get her something at the markets tomorrow." Raven turned to Summer who was staring out the car, "Thanks Summer."
Just then the scanner lit up with voices, "Dust robbery! Downtown! East of South Street."
Summer started the cop car as sirens flared to life, "Let's do this." Soon they were headed for the Dust robbers, the car speeding and swerving through traffic.
"Suspects headed westbound on Intercity Two." Summer and Raven listened to the radio as they made a scarp left. Waiving through traffic they sped up the ramp. Soon they were surrounded by police cars and one black car speeding ahead of the pack.
"Take the wheel!" was all Summer shouted before letting go of the steering wheel.
"HOLY SHIT!" Raven grabbed the steering wheel. She looked at Summer shock and contempt.
Summer started climbing out the car window on to the roof, "Thanks Rave!" Raven was screaming expletives at her and Summer could only laugh. Once on the roof she pulled out her daggers; she switched them into gun mode, the barrel and trigger popping out. She aimed at the black car and started firing.
The young man with too much eyeliner was laughing manically as he grabbed wades of cash. "What are you laughing about? We still have the fucking pigs on our tail." the driver said as he struggled to out run the cops while speeding through traffic.
"If you wanna be a little bitch about why don't you through a box of donuts out the window and I'm sure they'll stop." the redheaded young man snapped at the driver.
"You're so fucking funny Roman! Let's see how fucking funny you are once I beat that little pretty face of yours!" the bigger man snapped back.
"You touch one hair on my Roman and I'll make sure your balls are hanging on my wall, Junior!" a small multicolored hair woman said. Junior huffed as a response to her threat. "Besides all you need to do is drive straight to the slums. The main city police will have to switch with the slum police. From there all we have to do is finish the deal with the police chief and the bank teller and we have a one way ticket to Vacuo." the small woman sat back in her seat.
"You know I love it when you're feisty." Roman winked at the smaller woman.
"Wait until Vacuo; I got plans for you." the girl smiled as her pink eye blinked to white.
Roman gave her a devilish smile, "Why wait." He pulled her in for a lustful kiss. The small woman giggled as she pulled him in for an even deeper kiss. Junior rolled his eyes and raised the volume of the car radio. But as soon as the song came on gun fire shot through the car and everyone ducked.
"Neo!" Roman barked. Neo looked at him with white eyes and wide eyed. "The gun!" Roman barked again. Neo snapped back to reality as her eyes returned to the normal pink and brown. She picked up an automatic rifle and aimed it at the cop car.
"Fuck!" Summer dropped down to the roof as a spray of bullets hit the car. Raven ducked avoiding getting hit. Summer fired back as the car chased turned into a gun fight. A single red dust crystal fell out of the car window. Summer watched as the car inched closer to the red crystal. "SHIT!" was all Summer can shout as the dust crystal exploded underneath the car.
Soon the car was flying and Summer quickly jumped to another car roof for safety. She realized Raven was still in there and turned back to the car. Once it it the ground though it exploded into a ball of fire. "RAVEN!" Summer screamed at the top of her lungs.
As the words left Summers mouth the car split cleanly into two and Raven burst through the fire and broken metal onto another cop car; the two men that they had in the back rolled out the lower half of the split car as it continued to tumble. Raven drove her blade through the roof of the car to keep her balance.
"Don't fucking scare me like that you stupid bitch!" Summer shouted.
Raven looked up annoyed only to see Summer was crying. She gave Summer a smile, "Like I'd die that easily. Come on we got a job to finish."
Summer closed her eyes in frustration and turned to the black car. "They're dead." Summer quickly ran across the car and jumped to a closer on and started firing at the car again.
Raven followed suit as she jumped from cop car to cop car getting closer to the black car. She had to duck to avoid a spray of bullets. She looked for Summer and found her dealing with now a barrage from a grenade launcher. The cars below Summer only took a few hits before exploding below her forcing her to jump to another car.
Raven got up and put away her weapon. She activated Dark Passage and pulled out a yellow blade. She than started to slice the air as lighting slashes hit the ground and car causing the car to swerve into an old construction site. Raven jumped to Summer as the car below them followed the black car. Bullets, Raven's dust projectiles, and dust crystals lit up the scene. "Dead End!" Summer shouted. The black car started to swerve back and forth before speeding up to the end of the construction.
Summer and Raven looked at each other as the cop car wasn't showing any signs of slowing down. They watched as the black car crashed through the signs and ran off the road. Raven caught sight of doors opening before the car disappeared into the forest below. The cop car stopped at the edge and they watched as an explosion engulfed some trees.
"They're still out there." Raven stated.
"I saw it too." Summer confirmed. The two huntresses ran off the car and jumped into the forest below.
"Huntresses! It had to be Huntresses!"
"Be fucking quite!"
"Shut the fuck up you two! I think I see something up ahead."
Raven and Summer reached the crash site. Like they suspected there are signs that the criminals got away. The car doors were torn from the car and laid on the ground about 10 feet from the burning car. "Smart. They most likely used the car doors as shields against the tree branches and cushion their falls." Summer said inspecting the doors.
"It doesn't sound too smart to me." Summer looked up at Raven as she held up a bit of blood on her hands. Summer walked up to Raven and saw blood on one of the windows of one of the doors used. "Looks like one of them hit their head." Raven continued. The two Huntresses looked for any sign of a trail. Summer called Raven over and showed her some ripped fabric as they looked upon a small path.
"Fuck my head hurts."
"Don't worry. There has to be a hospital or clinic here somewhere."
"Let's check some of the stores too. I'm sure we can find a fully stocked store in this abandoned place."
"I think I need to lie down."
"NO! Stay with us Junior! We're getting out here together! You hear me together!"
"..."
"Grimm. We need to go now!"
The two Huntresses followed the sparse trail of clues to an abandoned expansion of Vale outside of the city defenses. They wondered through the empty streets looking for any sign of the criminals. They stopped; hearing a Beowolf howl they knew the Grimm were coming. The two pulled out their respective weapons. Summer immediately switching her Rose Petals into fumma shuriken mode; holes appeared and Summer put her index fingers in and took out the rings that allowed her to control Rose Petals as a mid to long range weapon. Raven pulled out a red dust blade and the two walked slowly making sure to not make much noise.
"There the bleeding should stop."
"Thanks guys."
"Don't thank us we just need to wait for you to recover."
"I just... I didn't know if I'd see my little girls again."
"Junior, don't think like that."
"Yeah, you don't want the Grimm to show up, do you?"
"Roman you're not helping!"
"SHIT!"
"GET THE GUN!"
"ROMAN!"
Gunfire. The two looked at each other. They started running towards the source of the sound and found a pack of Grimm. They quickly followed them making sure not to be noticed. The Grimm lead the two woman to a small gas station that was now the source of both Grimm and gunfire. Raven started to walk away. "Where are you going?" Summer asked Raven.
She turned to face Summer, "It's over. They got what they deserve. Let's go."
"We have to help them!" Summer retorted.
"What!? You want to help them?" Raven questioned.
"Yes! Let's go!" Summer didn't wait for Raven as she ran head first into the Grimm.
Raven stood there a moment, "Son of a Bitch!" She ran after Summer. The Beowolf pack noticed the Huntresses and raced toward them. Summer leapt over three of them and threw her Rose Petals at the remaining two behind them. She managed to slice one's head clean off but the other one dodged.
Raven right behind Summer slashed the unsuspecting Grimm at the head of the pack in half. The other two dove in and attacked her but she was able to dodge and send a burning slash setting one on fire. The last one attacked her but she parred it and sliced it in half.
Raven joined Summer who was on top of the last Beowolf of the pact as she retracted the shuriken back to her hand. "Just for the record I think this is stupid." Raven and Summer watched as Grimm were mowed down and flung from the store front.
"Thanks for the input. I'll file it under useless advice. So are you with me?" Summer stared into Raven's eyes.
Raven stared back. Summer's silver eyes giving her that same reckless confidence to do what is right rather than what is smart. Raven closed her eyes, 'Damn, sometimes I just can't say no to you.' "Let's go fearless leader." Raven gave Summer a reassuring smirk.
Summer nodded and the two burst through the store front. It was a standoff. Raven saw the Criminals as they used the store counter as cover.
A young man in a suit stood at the forefront with a gun in his right hand and a cane in his left; his left arm was covered in blood with obvious slash marks on his forearm where he was hit. He had blood orange hair and piercing green eyes. A purple vest with black trimmings with an orange tie, with a white long sleeve button up shirt that was rolled up to his elbows, black dress pants, brown dress shoes and gloves, with a distinct bowlers hat with red trimmings.
To the right of the well-dressed criminal was a girl crouching at the ready with an assault rifle and her finger on the trigger; she barely suffered any damage but was still beaten up with blood dripping down from a cut on her face. Her eyes were pure white as she mouthed 'Fuck' when they burst through the storefront. She had long pink and brown hair; she was wearing a sleeveless top with brown frill accents and trims with pink buttons. She also had a pink bow-tie and puffy brown shorts, shoes and gloves. She had a parcel hanging from her shorts.
To his left was a bigger young man with broad shoulders; he had bandage wrapped around his head. Raven noted that he was the one that didn't land safely. He had brown eyes and short black hair with a perfectly groomed black beard; he held a shotgun as he leaned against the counter He was wearing a black dress shirt rolled all the way up past his elbows with a red tie, white dress pants, black dress shoes white gloves that were stained in blood. He had a metal club on his back.
Raven and Summer watched them and the Grimm that were surrounding all of them. It was a three way fight. It was going to be tough to manage but the Huntresses were used to complicated fights. The Huntresses and Criminals stared each other down with Grimm on all sides.
The Grimm made the first move attacking the Criminals, Junior reacted just in time to blow the creature back. All hell broke loose as Roman and Neo started to fire at the Huntresses. Summer dodged Neo's barrage of bullets; leaping over a Grimm attacking her, she used it as cover as Neo mowed it down. After Neo mowed down the Grimm Summer used for cover. She heard a Beowolf roar but was too slow to shoot it. The Beowolf's body made contact with Neo before she shattered into glass.
Summer dodge rolled behind snack shelf, two Beowolves waiting for her. She shot the first one immediately and managed to turn to mist before the other one could successfully attack her; she reappeared behind it, her arms in an 'X' pattern before slicing its head off. The Beowolf that attacked Neo knocked into the back shelves; it turned around and was met with Neo laying down on her back with her assault rifle aimed at it. She pulled the trigger watching the Grimm fall to the floor with a thump.
Raven was deflecting all of Roman's bullets as fast as they came before slashing upwards sending a burning slash straight for him. Roman quickly dodged the attack as it exploded against the counter; surprising Neo and causing her to cover her face with her arms. Junior wasn't so lucky to see the burning slash coming. He dropped his club and was thrown to the far left of the store crashing into the wall. Screaming in pain he wasn't given any time to recover as Beowolves were already on him. He fired his shotgun which blew back both him and the closest Beowolf. He kept firing at the closest Beowolves as they charged for him. After saving himself he saw Raven at Roman's throat. He aimed but he knew at this range he would hit bot Raven and Roman. He saw the club lying on the ground halfway between him and them. He charged Raven.
Neo looked up after the explosion to see Summer standing before her with her gun pointing right at her. Raven glanced at Junior charging at her. She quickly jabbed Roman in the gut, grabbed him by the collar and threw him over the counter. Neo heard a thumb behind her as she weighed her options.
Raven turned her attention to Junior only to be smacked in the face with a flying shotgun. Raven staggered seeing stars; she tried to defend herself for the next attack but Junior hit her full force knocking Raven to the far right of the store causing the right wall to break and shatter. The impact caught Summer's attention, "RAVEN!"
Summer knew she let her guard down and immediately saw Neo standing up. She adjusted her aim and before Neo could fire, Summer shot her right in the face. But the small woman shattered and appeared right below Summer. Neo uppercut Summer with the barrel of her rifle with the. Summer was seeing stars but was able to grab Neo by the collar and use the momentum to slam her into the right wall. Neo cried out in pain before she was thrown and crashed into the now falling Roman Torchwick as they both tumbled.
Both Raven and Summer were seeing stars as they tried to keep their heads still long enough to register their surroundings. Summer was the first to recover and saw Junior pick both Roman and Neo up and head for the front. Summer threw one of her Rose Petals at Juniors legs. It cut him as it wrapped around his legs. Summer then tugged on the wire and flung Junior to the back wall. Junior stumbled as he fell to his knees. Summer rushed him pressing the bigger man against the wall and her blade against his throat.
She watched as blood trickle from his neck, "You don't have any Aura left."
"Gesundheit." Junior said politely. Summer just looked at him dumbfounded. "What? I'm just being polite." he shrugged.
"You don't what Aura is?" Summer asked him. Junior shrugged. She sighed, "If you want to live stay still. Move an inch and I'll cut your throat." Junior nodded. He watched as Summer closed her eyes. She placed her free hand on his chest, "For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee."
Junior felt a rush of pain relief, "Wow! Thanks. I feel much better."
"Good." Summer immediately knocked him out with a punch. "Raven they don't have Aura. Be careful." Summer warned.
"Fucking hell, are you serious?" Raven looked back at the chocking Roman.
"Let him go!" a small and weak voice said behind her.
"What?" Raven turned to see Neo slowly getting up. Summer grabbed her and held her back.
"Just hurry up!" Summer urged her.
Raven huffed as she started to release Roman's Aura. Roman in his desperation to breath fired a shot from his cane.
"ROMAN!" Neo shouted. She began struggling against Summer. For a small woman she put up a big fight to control her.
"FUCKING BITCH!" Raven shouted. She was still up but barely. Her Aura was severely damaged as she took the full brunt of the explosion to stay where she was. She screamed in anger and threw Roman through one of the store shelves. He hit the floor with a loud crack and stayed there.
"Raven are you-" but Summer was cut off.
"YOU MONSTER! YOU FUCKING MONSTER!" Neo flung forward and used Summer's momentum as she pulled her back. She flipped over Summer and broke her hold on her; kicking Summer towards Raven. "I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU! YOU FAT CUNT!" Neo pulled out the blade from her parcel and ran toward Raven.
"SHUT UP!" Raven slashed at Neo. For a second everything stopped. Neo staggered back holding her neck. The two Huntresses watched in horror as Neo fell to her knees and blood spilled out of her mouth and dripped from her hands.
Raven watched as the girl bleed out of her mouth. "RAVEN! WHAT THE HELL!?" Summer pushed passed her as she went to go save the young woman.
It was their third year at Beacon. Team STRQ were sent on a mission to a nearby village. The village needed help with the local Grimm. Nothing too fancy. Nothing that should have been too terribly difficult. There was a fight. A dysfunctional family. Nothing too uncommon. Shouldn't have been any of their business. But Grimm were close and these types of things tend to attract Grimm. Summer didn't want anything bad to happen so she went inside and the rest of them followed. Summer tried to intervene but the lady wouldn't have any of it.
Raven grew increasingly impatient. If this was her tribe the lady would be dead where she stood. The idea popped into her head. She heard a howl. Raven pushed passed Summer and told the lady "If you don't fucking shut up your town will be over run with Grimm." The lady didn't care. She figured she had tried. Next thing Raven knew Summer and Tai were on the floor trying to save the young woman. Qrow was pulling her back, at the same time pushing the man the woman had been arguing with back. There were children crying. The howls grew louder. Raven knew she had fucked up. She ended up making the issue worse.
Summer ended up saving the woman and the town was saved by STRQ. Not long after Summer disappeared. She came back before the airship took off. Said something about needing to deal with something. It surprised Raven how much influence He had over her. This was something He would have done. That was the night Summer made her promise to never try to kill someone again. A promise she intended to keep.
The strong live and the weak die. He never quite left her.
"RAVEN!" Raven snapped out of her flashback when she recognized the name and voice.
"SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!" Raven quickly ran towards Neo and picked her up by the neck with one hand applying pressure and forcing her Aura into Neo. Raven watched as the life drained from the criminal's eyes. Raven used the last of her Aura to keep Neo alive. Summer watched the two, standing perfectly still with baited breath. Raven quickly ran through the mantra and opened Neo's Aura. Raven dropped Neo, but instead of dropping to the floor Neo caught herself. They watched as Neo eyes filled with life once more.
She went to open her mouth but nothing came out. Tears started falling as Neo continued to speak with no voice. Raven backed away. The two Huntresses watching the poor woman sob herself into an angry tantrum as she began destroying everything around her. Summer looked away and saw Roman. She walked to him and soon opened his Aura. He was still passed out but at least he would be okay.
Neo slumped to the floor having given up on whatever rage she had as she simply looked up on the ceiling and closed her eyes.
Raven and Summer kept the Criminals safe as Vale police arrived with medical help. All of the Criminals had extensive injuries but they would all make it out alive if not permanently scarred for life. Raven and Summer gave an extensive report about what happened. They left on one of the Bullheads and were flown directly to the safe house. Once inside the two took turns showering and changing into sleepwear.
The two flopped on bed and turned off the lights. Summer stared into Ravens eyes as she stared back. The only light illuminating the room coming from the moon. Tears began falling from Raven's eyes. "I... I didn't..." Raven whispered in a soft voice. A lingering fear filled her heart.
Summer grabbed Raven's hand interlocking her fingers with hers. "I know sweetie." Summer said softly.
"I didn't mean to." Raven said even quieter as she started sobbing.
Summer pulled her in for a hug and Raven hugged her back. "I know Songbird. Let it all out." she cooed tracing her fingers on Raven's back. Raven nuzzled Summer's neck as tears started to wet her shoulder. Summer kissed the top of Raven's head. The two closed their eyes hoping to feel better tomorrow.
Author's Notes: This was very hard to write. I kept getting distracted and I barely had any creativity. But after a few days rest I finally finished this arc in the story. I actually really liked this chapter. It has everything I love about storytelling. Drama, suspense, romance, comedy and a little bit of action to spice things up. Roman, Junior and Neo show up in this chapter! Now for context my headcanon is that they're all relatively around the same age. Let's say STRQ are all 23. Roman is 20, Neo is 21 and Junior is 19. But that doesn't make sense if Neo looks and passes for a teenager?! How does that work? Well my viewers let me tell you; I'm in my 20s and people are still calling me a middle schooler. Let that sink in. It's possible. Plus it makes Neo a loli and that's super adorable in my eyes. Please feel free to ask any questions in your review.
Raven loving pranks and puns is my new kink. Well she hates them now probably but back then she was in love with Tai so they're her favorite type of jokes. I just want everyone to be happy! Too bad I'm not writing a fluff fanfiction. Maybe I will after this.
So many of you are going to wonder a few things. What's Summer's semblance? Why mist? What the hell 'Rose Petals' are? Are they a dagger? Are the 4 daggers glued together? Spiky Yoyos? Summer's semblance gives her the ability to turn to mist. It fits very well with her white cloak and assassin type weapons. Speaking of weapons, Summer uses Fuuma Shurikens.
A shuriken (throwing star) which is really, really big. Fuuma literally translates as "wind demon" and is taken from the name of a famous Ninja clan. Mostly used by ninja for thematic purposes, despite it having lost the quality which made it useful to them in the first place. Can sometimes be folded for easier storage.
Now I don't have the complete design but of course there's going to be guns and Summer can use them like yoyos. They have rings that she can snap on to her fingers. These rings have very tough to cut wires that help keep them connected to the rings. Let's say to simplify things, that the way she controls them is through simple commands and movements that all mean different things to the mechanics of the weapon.
The fact that Raven's odachi doesn't have a name pisses me off. Like come on! It's not that hard! Where did the creativity go!? So I named it Dark Passage... Because it can open portals... Eh? Raven's a big tiddy goth girlfriend. I know it doesn't actually open the portal. I'm trying to make jokes here.
I know I write Team STRQ differently than how they're portrayed in the show. I know a lot of you aren't going to like how I write Summer or Raven or Qrow or Taiyang or Ozpin or Glynda. If enough people ask for it after I finish "Her Biggest Regret", I can do fanfictions about team STRQ while they were in Beacon. This will be a huge undertaking though as I don't get paid to do this so chapters will come out when they come out. No set schedule, just like this one. Or I can write how my versions of Junior, Roman and Neo met. I already have the idea settled in my head.
For now I only hope you all trust me to deliver a memorable Fanfiction. Thank you for reading.