Chapter Five
A House Visit
Author's Note: I'm truly sorry for the short hiatus I wasn't expecting to be gone for so long. A lot has happened in my life. I got depressed about the state of my life, was sick for more than a week and moved again. Now I live by strict rules with a roommate I'm not supposed to talk to much or I get kicked out. Why would I agree to such a thing? Well now I live for free. All I have to do is follow the rules, save my money, and get a different better paying job. Life is ruff here but if I play my cards right hopefully I can do this more often with other pet projects. Thank you all for waiting and I hope to get the next chapter out soon.
As always I do not own RWBY or Rooster Teeth.
Raven took a deep breath. She could feel her senses slowly catch up to her. Blinking slow to clear her vision; she yawned. Her hand reached out to find nothing; she was alone. 'Was it all a dream?' Raven thought to herself. The rough bed reminded her how alone she was. Memories filling her dreams; threatening to control her life. Raven closed her eyes tight hoping that the nightmare would end.
"Hey sleepy head, you awake?" Raven never knew how comforting Summer's voice was.
"Yeah." Raven slowly got up from the hotel bed.
"You know you're such a cuddle monster." Summer kicked the bed, "Now get dressed we're still on a job."
Raven groaned, "You're such a goody two shoes." Raven hopped off the bed and headed straight to the bathroom.
Summer watched Raven as she closed the door; her smile fading from her lips. "You know that's not true. I'm the worst possible partner you could have gotten stuck with." Summer whispered to herself; a single tear fell from her face. She walked over to the hotel trash; kneeling down she pulled out a tiny object from her combat skirt. It was a test, and the dreaded truth the two lines showed her. She crushed it on her hands letting the pieces fall into the trashcan.
Summer and Raven walked the streets of Vale. Raven stretched letting out a loud yawn. "So what's today's plan, boss?" Raven asked rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Well," Summer let the word drag out. Raven just stared at her waiting for an answer. "We can hit the shopping district." Summer finally answered.
Raven threw her hands behind her head, "I guess there would be some crime there." She sighed not really wanting to work after what happened the night before.
"Yes! We can also get Yang something too." Summer said excitedly.
"Huh?" Raven looked at Summer in disbelief.
"Did you forget?" Summer asked putting her hands on her hips.
Raven concentrated for a moment; digging through her memories. "Wait!" then Raven remembered. "You meant that!" a smile grew on Raven's face.
Summer laughed, "Of course I meant it!" Raven quickly closed the distance between her and Summer; giving her friend a hug while lifting her off the ground. Summer continued to laugh harder as Raven twirled her around. Putting Summer on the ground Raven took a step back completely over the moon. "Come on, it shouldn't take us long to find Yang a gift."
Long was an under statement. Raven had been at it for hours. It was Ten in the morning when they started and now it was twelve. Summer looked at the time on her scroll.
Raven was looking at two of the most cutest onesies for Yang. One was black and yellow like a bumblebee, the other one looked like a tiny yellow dragon. Raven put both of them in the basket. She noticed it was starting to overflow. Raven had picked up cloths, toys, pajamas and even hair accessories.
"Don't you think that's a bit much?" Raven turned around forgetting Summer was even with her.
"I only want the best for my little girl." Raven said with a proud look. She turned back to the basket looking at all the stuff she got for Yang. "But maybe I should sort these out." Raven began picking through the pile she made.
Raven saw mist for a second surround her; before she knew it Summer was already sorting out the stuff she picked.
"Wait!" Raven began to panic.
"No! This is boring and you're too slow!" Summer picked at the pile as fast as she could, her years of hand eye coordination helping her. "What's this?" Summer said holding a playset.
"I uhhh-" Raven went to grab for it bur Summer was too fast and threw it into a pile. Raven then realized that the bigger pile was the "NO" pile.
"She can't even fit in these!" Raven's attention went back to Summer as she held a cute outfit that was three sizes too big for Yang.
"Come on! She'll fit in them... eventually." Raven pouted.
Summer looked at the outfit, "Ok we can keep it." She put it in the 'Yes' pile.
After twenty minutes of arguing, crying, begging and Raven getting into a fist fight with another mom; the two Huntresses made their way to Summer's apartment.
"Remind me why we have to sleep in a hotel room with one bed?" Raven asked as Summer pressed the button on the elevator to the garage.
"Would you have agreed to stay at my apartment?" Summer pointed out as the elevator made it's way down. Raven opened her mouth to say something but closed it. "That's what I thought." Summer smirked.
Summer and Raven drove down the dirt road that lead to Raven and Tai's house. Raven couldn't help but smile like a fucking idiot. She was going home. She couldn't wait to see Yang's silly face; pinch her chubby cheeks. The thought of her daughter filled her with glee.
It was a quick drive from Patch. They parked near the front and got out of Summer's new car. "So when did you get a car?" Raven asked.
"I got it awhile ago. Felt like I needed to have my own ride, you know? Can't keep getting rides from friends and taxis. That shit gets expensive." Summer answered.
Raven knocked on the door, "And a car isn't expensive?"
"Its an investment, Raven." Summer defended herself. Raven just stared at her expressionless. "Fuck you." Summer shook her head smiling.
Raven gave her friend a quick smile before the door swung open. "Hey Qrow..." Tai answered the door as the words fell from his mouth. He looked between Raven and Summer who both had confused looks on their faces. Yang was simply just playing with one of her toys biting at it.
"Qrow? What are you two-" Raven couldn't finish as she heard someone's car behind her.
As Raven turned she saw Qrow jump out of the car, "Oh My Fucking Gods! You would not believe the kind of luck I had today Tai!" Qrow said excitedly as he ran up to the front door. He had to champagne bottles in his hands. He slowed down as he noticed Raven and Summer. "Hey! What's up! How's-" but the familiar sounds of doors closing stopped him as they all looked back at his car.
Three woman all each looking a bit differently got out of Qrow's car. Qrow looked back at the group noticing the change in his luck, "Fuck."
Raven slowly turned her attention to Tai, who was trying to play innocent. Raven glared at him her hand on her weapon; the cylinders of Blake Cauldron moved stopping at her favorite red dust with a loud click.
"You wouldn't believe how easy it was to convince Glynda that babies were made through kissing! The look in James' face was priceless!" the entire group roared with laughter at the stories of the days they were back in Beacon Academy.
"She was so pissed at us when she found out. Her face was as red as a fucking tomato!" Summer slammed her glass on the table as they laughed at the memories.
"Holy shit. Beacon must have been wild. I've only heard stories but most have to be untrue, right." a girl with a white bob cut and glasses asked. She had green eyes and was dressed like she had just left an office job.
"Tina, I can assure you." Qrow paused for dramatic effected; his eyebrow raised, "They are all true."
The two other girls giggled as Tina blushed. Dear Gods the rumors they would spread to the other schools in Vale just to get laid were too many to count. Rumors that were specifically started by Qrow and Tai.
"Yeah, all of them." Summer placed her hand on the redhead's thigh. She was dressed to party; dressed as if she was going to the new techno raves that grew popular in Vale's industrial district.; she had pale pink eyes. The girl turned to Summer as she attempted to flirt with the girl.
Raven laughed hard remembering Summer's attempts at spreading rumors about how great she was in bed, even though she was a virgin at the time, because she had a crush on a girl but couldn't muster the courage to just ask her out. The rumor ended up backfiring making her seem shallow and slutty.
"Yeah sure, Summer, bring up that rumor that almost got you kicked out of school." Raven popped open another bottle of beer. She was pretty sure she wasn't pregnant so she could drink herself silly. If anything Qrow had terrible luck and would instead pass out on the couch before he could claim his prize.
"Oh My God! I forgot about that! Professor Kansas was so pissed. She ripped Summer a new one and she ended up crying and confessing she-" Summer's hand clasped Qrow's mouth in seconds.
"I confessed that I would stop being so fucking sexy and basically seducing the entire student body." Summer smiled at Qrow; giving him a warning to not continue the topic.
Tai never got the memo though, "Pssh! The only thing you were seducing was your pillow." Summer kicked Tai in the shin making him cuddle closer to Raven as she laughed like a hyena. Summer just pouted as her face turned a deep shade of red. Raven cuddled up to her husband enjoying the care free moment they were all having. She looked over to see that their teasing of Summer actually worked in her favor as the redhead seemed to whisper sweet nothings into Summer's ear making her face burn a new shade of red yet to be discovered by mankind.
"Anyway, why are you two here? Aren't you supposed to be on a mission?" Qrow picked up a beer popping it open and taking a swig.
"We are we're just..." Summer waved her hand around trying to think of a good excuse.
"Surveying the Area" Raven gave Summer a wink finishing her sentence.
"Yeah, surveying the area. We have to make sure all of you guys are safe." Summer winked at the redhead. "Wouldn't want anything happening to you."
"Ooooo~ Ember is in desperate need of a huntress to help protect her in the cold, cold night." the girl with her green hair tied in a ponytail. She was a faunus, having her white bunny ears drooping down over her human ears; she was dressed the most normal having a black graphic tee that had a green design that was most likely a hunter mark and black pants.
Ember slapped her thigh in response, "Oh shut it Granite!" Ember then laughed and wrapped an arm around Summer pulling her close, "But you have to admit we'd make a cute couple." A goofy smile engulfed Summer's face, who knew she would be this lucky.
Everyone giggled and laughed. Raven gave a knowing look to Summer. Raven giggled, she felt relief wash over her as she took a sip of her beer. 'I'm sorry for ever doubting you.' she knew had been too hasty in suspecting Summer still had a thing for Tai. Her days of fighting her over Tai were over; they were adults now and she needed to start acting like it.
"Hey, wanna see my big stick?" maybe Raven spoke too soon as she spat out her beer looking at Qrow like he had gone mad. Everyone was shocked except for Tina who was aroused to all hell. Qrow took out his Harbinger. Everyone sighed in relief except Tina who's dreams were crashed as fast as they appeared.
The girls looked in awe except Granite who shrugged. Qrow saw her disappointment and grinned at her, "Just sit there and watch." He got up and stepped over the coffee table. He then let Harbinger switch into scythe mode. Now all the girls were in awe. Summer watched as Ember was starting to lose interest.
"I-I. Mine can transform too!" Summer shot up standing next to Qrow. All eyes were on her. Summer took a deep breath. She pulled out her Rose Petals twirling them around her hand, the girls watched intensely. Raven just smiled; she remembered Summer practiced this same routine for hours, Tai commented that their team needed more style so the Freshmen had their own little contest of who could look the coolest.
It was hard for Raven because at the time she just had a plain Katana and Wakizashi that she stole from some merchants. Qrow did no better as his, at the time, broadsword stabbed the ceiling almost stabbing one of their upstairs roommates.
Tai put up a good effort doing a whole dance routine but Summer won by default because her weapons were the coolest at the time. Summer threw her Rose Petals in the air above her. Raven watched as she hoped that they didn't get stuck in the ceiling. Luckily they didn't and instead transformed into kama shuriken mode. Summer caught them with ease flicking her rings on and spun them around like yoyos doing all sorts of tricks. At one point she clasp them together and started jump roping. It was fun to watch besides how dangerous it really was. Summer finished bowing as the girls clapped.
"Eh, I think the scythe is cooler." shrugged Granite.
"Agreed." said Tina.
Summer's shoulders fell as she looked between Tina and Granite with a frown. "I think they're cool." Summer perked up as her attention was drawn towards Ember who looked at her smiling.
Summer took a deep breath; putting her weapons away. "I guess majority rules." she shrugged and clasped her hands behind her head.
Qrow retracted Harbinger and put it away laughing, "Next time, for sure."
Summer gave him a smile and walked back to sit next to Ember. "So." Tina said grabbing everyone's attention. "Who's the strongest?" Tina gave the team a devilish smile.
Raven chuckled to herself. "Me!" Raven and Qrow said in unison. Raven's eye twitched, "Baby Brother, you know I'm the stronger one of us two." Raven gave him a fake smile but her face was menacing.
Qrow threw her a fake smile with a menacing face back, "Oh dear sister." He looked directly in her eyes, "Wanna bet?"
Raven shot up from her seat throwing Tai off of her. Tai scrambled to get up as he watched his wife slowly approach Qrow. Raven turned on Blake Cauldron; her hand on the hilt of her blade. She had walked all the way to Qrow's face, "You're on." The room grew quite as all anyone could hear was the turning of Raven's weapon. Everyone had a look of horror as they anticipated the clash of the Branwen Twins, except Tina who had a nosebleed and was on the edge of her seat for completely different reasons.
Qrow and Raven watch each other as they held the hilt of their weapons. Then they heard the click of the Blake Cauldron and immediately went to pull out their weapons. "STOP!" Raven and Qrow both stopped mid strike. "OUTSIDE!" commanded Summer. The Branwen Twins stood there for a moment before backing off of each other. They both headed for the front door; everyone soon followed.
Everyone funneled out of the house, surprisingly there was still daylight. Summer, Qrow and Tai moved the cars to the back of the house so they wouldn't get damaged while Tina, Ember and Granite sat a fair bit away hopefully out of danger. Raven and Qrow stared each other down.
"You know it's never to late to back down, little brother." Raven snickered.
Qrow chuckled, "Sorry sis, but I don't run as easily as you do."
Raven's grin disappeared; her weapon activated rotating between dust. Qrow lifted Harbinger and activated 'Scythe mode'. "You'll eat your words, Qrow." Raven spoke coldly. If there was one thing she didn't like, it was being called a coward.
Qrow simply shrugged, "I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you over the shaking of your boots." He grinned at her but she wasn't laughing.
Black Cauldron clicked on Raven's favorite dust, red. She moved in a blink of an eye. She slashed at Qrow who jumped back. He was still smiling which made Raven's blood boil. She swiped at the air sending blazing strikes at the Huntsman. Qrow used his bullets to dodge Raven's barrage before counter attacking. Raven just barely missing the full blunt of his attack. Qrow wiped past her. She turned to face him only to notice the blade of the scythe was still behind her. Qrow slashed at Raven hard pulling at her with all of his weight. Raven screamed in pain as she flew, crashing into several trees.
Qrow snickered as he watched his sister disappear into the forest surrounding her house. Qrow had barely any time to react as Raven's sword flew past him. A portal opened behind him and Raven speed towards Qrow with the momentum of his blow. She grabbed her blade and slammed it against his aura breaking the blade into pieces. Qrow crashed into the side of the house which made it crack a little. Raven stabbed at him but he dodged just in time. Her sword creating an ice wall.
Qrow swiped at her but she pushed herself out of the way. Qrow closed the distance and Raven planted her feet into the ground; ready to clash with him. Qrow slashed at Raven but she focused on his moves parrying everything he threw at her. He quickly had her on the back foot as he slashed away. Raven watched closely as her blades broke one by one waiting for the right moment to counterattack. Then she saw it and kicked his knee causing him to back off her. Raven pressed the attack showing off her knowledge of combat abilities. A fast three strikes into a heavy strike letting the ice fall to the floor; four quick strikes hearing lighting crash against her brothers scythe; two heavy strikes the wind pushing her opponent back. Soon they were evenly match barely moving from the positions they held. Slowly he moved faster and faster whipping around Raven as she kept up with him. The crowd watched as the only things that can be seen were their after images. Qrow shot himself up high into the sky leaving Raven panting below. She looked up to see that he was spinning fast planning to finish her in one strike. Raven tried to move only to feel like she weight a million tons. She knew that the only way to survive the attack was to block the full brunt of the attack.
Raven watched Qrow fly towards her as his form changed into more of a spinning blade than a human being. Raven took a deep breath as she rotated Black Cauldron for the right dust that won't immediately break under his attack. Qrow closed in on her and she settled on black dust. As soon as the attack was a few inches from her she blocked it with all of her strength; the ground underneath her broke and shattered like glass under the weight of the attack. She felt like her muscles were on fire as she tried to defend herself from her brother's attack. She could feel the black dust breaking. She activated it and could feel time slowed down. She adjusted her self little by little looking for the gaps in his attack. She eventually was able to dodge the attack as soon as the dust broke.
Qrow slammed into the ground sending dust and rocks flying in all directions. Raven's aura broke as she fell to the floor feeling her body shake from the strain. She looked back at Qrow; spotting his aura break. Tai ran to Raven and held her close. She could see Yang look at her with worry and confusion in her eyes. Yang stepped closer putting her hands on Raven's face. Breathing heavily she started laughing; hugging Tai and Yang close. She could hear Summer and Qrow start to laugh behind her.
The day ended and Summer and Raven went to the car. Raven noticed that they left Yang's presents in the back of Summer's car. "Hey." Raven said getting Summer's attention. "I got to give Yang her gifts." Raven laughed. Summer giggled and pushed Raven lightly.
"Go on you idiot." Summer laughed.
Raven shook her head and headed back to the front door. She opened it to see Tai sitting with Yang in his arms. Yang was asleep, especially tired from a long day of fun. "Hey." Raven stepped closer getting Tai's attention. She raised her hand showing him the gifts she got for her.
"Really? Doesn't she have enough?" Taiyang joked.
"She never has enough." Raven dug her hand into the bag pulling out a big bumblebee plushy. She placed it on Tai's stomach close to where Yang was. "I trust you." the words left Raven's mouth. Tai looked at Raven cautiously. "If we are going to make this work. I need to do my part and trust that you love me and only me." she sat in his lap and kissed him softly. "You're the best thing to happen to me Taiyang. I don't want to lose you. So I'll be better." she caressed Yangs hair. She gave Tai another kiss before getting up. "I'll see you in two days time." she smiled before running out of the house leaving Tai there.
He breathed a deep sigh. He loved his family. Though he never felt like he was cut out for one. Tai was lost in his thoughts before he turned on the TV.
Author's Notes: This chapter was hard honestly. I rewrote it dozens of times. Took brakes because I felt like I had nothing. I still feel like getting from point A to point B is much more complicated than how I thought it was supposed to be. But I have ideas I think you all will like. I wanted to finish this before I started another story but as you probably saw from An In-Depth Conversation; these little one-shots give me inspiration to do more with them.
Another thing that held me back was my laptop which had DLL problems. I fixed it by doing a factory reset but I lost all my programs in the process. I hope to get everything fixed as I'm going to ask around to see if I can get some good torrent sites to download what I need. I'm also working on another Fanfiction. Please accept this Sneak Peak as a token of apology!
"Hey."
Yang shuffled not wanting to close her eyes.
"Prisoner, I won't be nice for a third time."
Yang collapsed into herself, "Go fuck yourself." She yawned as she tried to get comfortable. Her body was than lifted up and threw on the floor.
"Get Your Ass Moving, Prisoner!"
Yang, fully awake now, jolted up with her hands balled onto fits. She turned to face a woman who was staring her down. "You Got A Death Wish, Ginger Snaps?" Yang walked right up to the prison guard.
The red head looked her up and down. "You sure you want to go back?" she asked.
"What?" Yang questioned.
"You're still on the bus, stupid. We can easily drive off and they can start the show without you and nobody would even blink an eye." a sinister grin crept onto her face.
Yang blinked a few times. She turned to the window and looked out; seeing a giant mansion. A smile graced her lips as she stared.
"Hey." the prison guard said getting Yang's attention. Yang turned back to her; her smile disappearing. "Come on." the woman cocked her head towards the exit of the bus. Yang smirked as she ran out of the bus.
The security guard almost stepped out of the bus before being stopped by a huntsman. They both talked before the the guard agreed and the bus left.
Yang ran until she met up with the rest of the inmates.
"Glad you can make it, blondie." Emerald smiled.
"Don't worry, street rat. I'm not going to miss this for the world." Yang smirked.