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Chapter 24:

Blake breathed a sigh of relief as she felt her mother lunge for another hug that Blake just winced gently at. It wasn't a mystery as to why her mother was acting in the way she has been, if anything it was pretty clear to her. At least she hoped it was with what she was assuming.

"Mom. I've got to go. The boat is disembarking in like ten minutes. I promise you I'll call you as soon as Ruby and I have a talk." Blake said softly as her mother just continued to rub her back gently. She didn't know why but it was making her regret needing to go back. Just the longing to be in Menagerie was enough of a reason for her to just want to stay. She would just need to make a mental note of to try and get Ruby to move there with her if they could work this out.

"Kitten... we both know that isn't what this is about." Kali said softly as Blake just groaned softly as she could feel the line behind her and her parents growing. But there was nothing that Blake could really do given the fact that both Ghira and Kali were there. It did make her feel a little bit better was the fact that she could hear that they didn't really mind because they could see the leader of their kind tear up softly at the sight of him seeing his daughter off. "We both know that you would take whatever Ruby says too much to heart. Just please call me regardless... good or bad. I don't care. If you need me, I'll be on the next boat there, and while it isn't as easy for your father, I know he would too."

Smiling softly, Blake just gave her mother another tight hug back. She knew how it had seemed. "I know Mom. Just if it is bad, chances are that I might not get back to you instantly." Blake said as she began to gently separate from her mother. "And I know, you want me to promise that I will, but I can't make that promise Mom. We both know I'm not exactly emotionally stable when it comes to Ruby." Blake joked softly as she felt her mother lightly hit her face.

"That is why I want you to call me Kitten. I don't care what time it is here. If you don't promise me and come through on the promise, I'm getting on the next boat and hunting you down." Kali deadpanned as Blake just sighed softly at her mother's thinly veiled threat.

"Fine Mom. I promise I'll call you as soon as Ruby and I are done talking. Good or bad. Now can I get onto the boat? Because the people aren't going to be satisfied with just the fact Dad is getting emotional over me leaving again." Blake said softly as Ghira began to cough.

"I am not getting emotional. Someone is just cutting onions... and some mosquitoes flew into my eyes at the same time. And I think I see someone destroying a vintage eighteen ninety whaling harpoon. These aren't because my Kitten is leaving again." Ghira said softly as he dragged the back of his hand across his eyes. "Now come here." Ghira said as he held his arms out for his daughter who just walked up and wrapped her arms the best she could around his large body.

"You are a terrible liar. It is okay to cry Dad." Blake said softly as her voice was muffled by his chest as he began to rub her back gently. Blake laughed a little as Ghira just held tighter onto her. Something that just warmed her heart further as she could feel an almost need to stay but she knew that she couldn't if she wanted to hopefully patch things up with Ruby.

Pressing Blake's head closer to his chest, Ghira just chuckled softly. "That is slander I tell you. If this gets out I might be in trouble come an election." Ghira muttered softly as he rolled his eyes before wincing as he felt his ear being tugged downwards.

Letting go of Blake, Ghira began to wince as Kali just glared at him. "This is our daughter. I'll let you lie about things but you do not get to roll your eyes at her. Now apologise." Kali hissed as Ghira began to go down onto his knees to try and ease the pain a little as Kali maintained her iron grip on the tender section of flesh. "Apologise to our daughter now Ghira." Kali continued calmly as Ghira could feel the tears in his eyes quickly get swapped with tears of pain and agony that he was in from the gesture from his wife.

"I'm sorry Blake." Ghira cried out as Kali nodded happy with the gesture as she let go of the ear as Ghira just extended his back to stand at his full height again as he dusted himself off followed by taking a deep breath before turning to his wife. "I wish you would not do that. Especially when we are out in public like this." Ghira said softly as Kali began to look at her nails.

"And I wish that you wouldn't roll your eyes making you look like you are a complete moron in public. Guess we both can't have something that we want." Kali said softly as she could hear Blake laughing softly to herself as she looked towards her father who had reached a hand up to start rubbing his ear.

"Mom, Dad, I'm going onto the ship. Can you two promise not to kill each other?" Blake said taking a step back as she could see her mother's eyes narrowing. "That isn't sarcasm Mom. I'm seriously scared you are going to kill dad or he'll stab you with a harpoon."

"I never stabbed your mother with a harpoon." Ghira began as Kali looked towards him who sighed softly as he looked back towards Blake. "Intentionally stabbed her."

Laughing softly Blake just stared at her parents. "Be careful Dad. Mom doesn't seem like she is in a joking mood." Blake said as her dad just waved her off.

"Don't worry about that Kitten. I've been in worse dog houses with her. You just focus on calling us daily if you can until you get back to Vale." Ghira said as he lightly dragged Kali into a one arm hug, mostly for his own protection knowing how bad she could get the more and more she was pushed like she was.

Laughing softly, Blake turned around and started to walk up the gangplank. She just couldn't help but groan at the sight of two of her family's guards standing in front of her door. She wanted to go and scream at her father but knew that it would be a lot worse for him.

"The room is secure, and your baggage is inside Ma'am." The guard closest to her spoke as Blake just sighed softly as she pinched the bridge of her nose as she tried her hardest to not scream at the guards who were simply doing their job.

"Don't call me Ma'am. And of course my room is secure. The crazy bitch that made it unsafe is in jail right now until her trial or someone posts her bail which is doubtful because the judge hasn't set one and probably won't given the circumstances." Blake began as she opened her door and just smiled at the sight of her room still looking immaculate as the two guards stood adamant in how they wouldn't budge.

Spinning around, Blake just groaned softly at what this meant. "My parents want you two and however many others are here to stay guard until I get into my car in Vale... don't they?" Blake asked softly as the guards just nodded gently at the statement. Sighing once again Blake just gently looked towards the guards. "Right well... make sure when you guys get relief you get some food and rest."

'As I plot to kill my father and mother for forcing me to behave. And no longer have at least the anonymity I actually enjoy until I get back to Vale.' Blake thought calmly as she closed the door.

Plopping down onto her bed, Blake took a deep breath as she closed her eyes and just let out a small hum as she reached into her pocket for her phone on the off chance that Ruby had gotten a new phone or even started to email her. Or at the very least she knew she could dig out her headphones and watch one of the many older audio files of Ruby being intimate with someone else. It was actually a bit of a thrill in of itself because she knew at any points the guards outside could hear, or even walk in on her.

Shaking those thoughts from her mind at until she was at least done doing the other normal checks she did, and might even send a message off to Ruby to let her know she was on her way back. Maybe then she might even be able to rest a bit easier.

Seeing another email from Neo, Blake just sighed softly as she quickly started to read the message of Neo dragging Ruby out to go for a few drinks because Ruby had been taking a lot of things a bit hard recently. Just the mention of that with no further details was starting to make Blake fear for herself as she could feel the boat starting to move.

Shaking her head knowing that just because Ruby called her it was proof that she had already processed that, and probably even what she planned to talk about exactly when it comes to talking with her. But that still didn't stop her fear as she clicked the email to read it properly.

Breathing a sigh of relief as she read that it had been down solely to what Weiss did, just made her relax a lot easier. She knew then that she was going to be fine. At least compared to how bad Ruby could react. She knew that Weiss and eventually Yang would see that Ruby was just trying to help the best she could. Even if she did end up seemingly lodging her foot into her mouth.

Hearing a knock at the door, Blake sighed as she quickly walked over and opened it to see the guards pointing towards the end of the docks where Blake could see her parents standing waving. Walking towards the railing, Blake began to wave back as she just felt some minor longing to return. It wasn't nearly as painful as it was feeling her parents holding onto her one last time for a long time.

She just knew that if Ruby was going to accept what happened and Blake's heartfelt apology, then she was going to make sure to propose to Ruby and bring her back. Even if it was only a week. She knew that everyone would love her. The only downside was the fact this time just proved that she would need to get a check-up and an update on some of her vaccinations, but Blake was positive that she could still talk Ruby into doing it.

Happy once she could see her parents standing but no longer waving, Blake turned around and just smiled at the sight of the guards seeming as emotionless as possible in the given situation. Something that just made Blake relax a lot more given how she knew that at the very least they weren't going to tease her like she knew Perry would. Someone who was probably one of a few staff her family employed that could get away with it and not make Blake want to threaten their jobs.

"You two look familiar... what is your normal duty?" Blake asked softly as it clicked causing Blake to snap her finger. "You two are some of Perry's top people. Don't you guys almost exclusively work protecting my Dad?"

"Ghira and Kali wanted to make sure you were safe..." Blake heard the voice causing her to sigh deeply as she turned her head a little to see the large man standing resolute as he looked at Blake. "And don't worry. I'm not going to tease you for the near crying because you had to wave your parents off. I'm just here to make sure everyone knows the schedule." Perry spoke softly.

"Fine. I'm going back into my room. Try not to disturb me or the crew. They just want to do their jobs." Blake said not even waiting for a response as she walked in knowing that Perry would understand her meaning. Walking into her room, Blake closed the door and sighed softly as she plopped down onto her bed once more. Feeling a little tired, but knew that she had to respond to Neo and get a message to Ruby before she could even sleep. That was what really took her priority at this moment.

Frowning a little as she balled her hand up, Yang could feel the urge to deliver a punch into the faux stone work. But she couldn't seem to muster the strength to do it. Feeling a hand being placed on her back, Yang spun around and glared before her head began to settle down to the short height of someone that she had no idea who it was.

The black hair and green eyes of the seemingly mid teenage girl just seemed to throw Yang off as she just stood on her tip toes. "You should go find your parents kid." Yang hissed softly, just cursing the fact that she had never snapped at some random child before, even when she was in excruciating pain. But there had been a series of firsts recently.

"Yeah, not a child so go fuck yourself in that regard. I'm one of the nurses that was on your floor." The woman hissed back as Yang was a little taken aback at the surprising tone the apparent nurse took towards her. "Some old guy is in reception looking for you." The woman said crossing her arms as though she was fine staring the woman down. A reaction that caused some confusion to Yang given how she knew very few people would do that when she had both arms.

"What is with the attitude?" Yang bit back as the woman just continued to stare into the lilac eyes as if it was nothing to her.

"You give me one, I'll give you one right back provided you aren't an actual patient. And seeing as you got discharged, I don't intend to just roll over and expose my belly to you. So grab the coffee, and go to the old man who I'm assuming is your ride back to bitch mountain." The nurse said as Yang just glared harder wishing that she had her second arm just so she could slam a fist repeatedly into the woman's face.

Taking a deep breath, Yang gently moved her bandaged arm as she spoke, "In case you can't tell I kind of have a reason to be bitchy." Yang hissed slightly louder as the woman just continued to stare up at her. "So go fuck yourself."

Taking a deep breath as the woman grinned an almost evil gin at Yang as she spoke. "I've just spent the last four days working nearly non-stop, been covered in literal excrement at least four times in that stretch. Been confused for a child and not an adult at least seventy times by patients and their family and even some new staff or worse had slurs thrown at me for the fact I'm only four eleven or as most recently some old woman screamed at me fucking midget. So I don't care if you are some firefighter, or amputee. If you want to talk about shitty things happening this week, you aren't going to win." The woman responded coldly.

"Madam Xiao Long." Yang heard causing her to look up to see the butler of her family walking into the room, with his jacket resting over his arm and hat in the hand as he came to a stand behind the nurse. "Ah, Miss Gelato. Thank you for your assistance." Klein spoke as he gently stepped between them as he begun to lead Yang away. "I must say Madam Xiao Long, it does my old heart good to see you out of that bed." Klein continued causing Yang to shake her head a little from the comment.

"Klein, the fuck? I was about to beat that woman. Make her feel better about being a midget." Yang hissed at the man which she knew that under normal circumstance she would never even dream about, but she couldn't bring herself to even apologise to him. "Bad enough I'm now a freak."

"I'm sorry Madam Xiao Long, but I must disagree with you. You've been an admiral hero and served the public until the last second. That is all." Klein said as he rested his own jacket on top of Yang's shoulders as they walked out. "I'm sorry for the assuming Madam, but the evening air is getting a bit chilly. And it would be dreadful if you got out of one bed to go into another with a cold." Klein spoke as they began to exit the building.

Smiling faintly at the fact that Klein had moved past the snapping at like it was nothing. But that didn't seem to subside the anger from Yang's mind. All it really did was absolve the guilt she had been feeling.

Coming to a stop by the car, the butler held the door open as Yang just begrudgingly slid into a seat as she closed her eyes. "Thank you Klein. At least you aren't going to inadvertently back stab me like my family." Yang said softly as she reached across to drag the belt across her chest clicking it into place.

Stretching softly, Weiss frowned at the lack of the blonde woman in her bed. Turning around a little, Weiss just frowned as she couldn't see Yang anywhere let alone hear her. Gently sliding out of her bed, Weiss quickly flew over towards where her robe was hanging.

She frowned as she could see the delicate yellow shot silk robe still resting on the hook. Gently wrapping her own robe around her as she began to tie the sash as she spun around and began to walk towards where her slippers were resting. She could see Yang's unmistakable beaten and barely hanging on together slippers still resting next to her's.

'I hope Yang is fine where ever she is. The house does get freezing normally.' Weiss thought as she opened the door feeling a small gust of cold making her just dread the fact that Yang might have walked out earlier causing some minor worry.

"Yang!" Weiss called out as she walked down the hallway, giving each room a cursory look before she got to the stairs and just frowned at the lack of Yang or even the sight of any of the staff that she knew were there. "Yang!? Where are you!?" Weiss called out again as she started to descend the stairs.

As her feet touched the tiled floors, Weiss gave a quick look around as she could see Klein entering from a side door with the same emotionless expression on his face that Weiss had come to know was from him still not managing to get his first cup of coffee.

"Klein. Have you seen Yang?" Weiss asked softly as the man clasped his hands behind his back as he came to a stop just in front of Weiss.

"She was in the den last I knew. And is unresponsive to the rest of the staff. Do you mind seeing what Madam Xiao Long wants for breakfast?" Klein asked as Weiss breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't really sure how just that simple information could make her feel at ease, but it had.

"Thank you Klein. I'll check and get back to you." Weiss said softly as she watched the butler bow before he seemingly vanished from the direction he came from. Weiss just had to smile as she breathed a small sigh of relief before she turned towards the direction of the room that she had heard Yang was in.

Pushing through the door, Weiss just smiled faintly at the blonde mass of hair that caused her to quickly walk around and she could see Yang sitting on the couch with a mass of papers in front of her as she had a look of deep contemplation on her face.

"Yang. That is where you are. Are you alright?" Weiss asked as she took a seat, paying the paper littering around Yang with little if any attention.

Taking a sharp inhale, Yang lowered her had which had been holding her head up as she bent forward and grabbed a folder before dropping it onto Weiss' lap before she leaned back and gently held her head up once more.

Curious as to what her wife had meant, Weiss quickly open the folder to try and see what she had meant. As her eyes scanned the sheet before it, it became clear quickly as to what it was. "I couldn't get what my Dad said about not filing who is my conservator. But I knew I gave you the power." Yang said with her voice breaking as if she hadn't used it in hours and just sitting in contemplation. "And I know you are my first emergency contact the fire house calls if something happens, and last year when I broke my fingers in the fire house, you broke several laws and even all your meetings..." Yang continued as she looked towards Weiss.

Weiss gently closed the folder as she gently placed a hand on Yang's lap giving it a gentle squeeze before Yang batted the hand away from her lap. "So, either you stopped loving me as much as I love you, or you had them cut off my arm." Yang said coldly, as she took a deep breath before looking back towards Weiss. "So which is it Weiss? Do you not love me, or did you get them to cut my arm off?"

Feeling her eyes well up slightly, Weiss took a deep breath as she tried to force the tears back. "Yang. You would have died." Weiss said wishing that Yang hadn't found out like this, but now that it was, she couldn't exactly hide the fact. "Even with Qrow suffering multiple first degree burns and even a few hernias, they still didn't get your arm unpinned in time Yang. You would have died in agony."

"AT LEAST I WOULD HAVE DIED WORKING MY DREAM!" Yang stood up. Practically tossed the stack of papers down around them. "IS ANYTHING MY DAD SAID TRUE!" Yang yelled as Weiss began to frown a little bit inward.

"Yes Yang. He was the first person there because he was with Ruby..." Weiss' timid voice filled the room with as she stared at Yang. "And you don't seem to get it Yang. You seriously would have died slowly." Weiss said trying to push home the point before Yang would have really died.

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT! DEATH HAPPENS!" Yang yelled as Weiss began to shrink in on herself a little.

She wasn't sure why, but all her voice croaked out was "It shouldn't happen to you." She wasn't sure why but once she had croaked that out, she could feel some of her strength return to continue this argument with Yang. "You've saved people both metaphorically and literally. You shouldn't die in any manner besides in your sleep from age. Not under rubble from a wall or in agony because your arm was already dying."

As Weiss spoke she gently cupped Yang's face as she tried to show Yang how important this was. She just wished that Yang wasn't fighting as hard as she was. With a particular sharp tug, Yang swung her arm connecting her hand to Weiss' face sending her flying onto the couch with a near shocked expression on her face.

A simple expression that Yang just didn't feel bad about. After what Weiss did to her. "I'm going to go into one of the guest rooms." Yang said as she quickly started to walk out of the room. She just had to get out of the room. She had to think about this all and with Weiss around it wasn't going to be something that she could do. At least not do right.

Author's Note:

Welp, There we go. Some more development. Twas fun to write. Catch you all next time.