Pov Yang

After leaving Ruby alone with Blake I walked out towards Beacon's airstrip and caught a ride to Vale trying to get there as quickly as I could. Weiss sounded upset when she called me not saying what the problem was. All she said was that something was wrong. And she wanted to talk at our spot. I waited anxiously in my seat clinging onto the handrail tightly. When we touched down I was the first off the airship almost sprinting into the city. I quickly waved down a taxi and flashed my hunter's license telling the driver to book it.

The driver nodded and floored the car and flew through traffic. Horns blared at us as we swerved through traffic dodging cars by indisputably tiny margins. In less than three minutes the driver slammed on his brakes and we slid to a stop right outside the small coffee shop Weiss and I liked to go to. I pulled out a few lien cards and handed them to the driver tipping him a very large amount. The driver smiled and once I'd closed the door zoomed off.

I walked up to the shop and opened the door the tiny bell on top dingling to let the staff know a new customer had entered. The man at the counter smiled at me and pointed to a booth where Weiss was sitting. Weiss and I had come here so often that the staff all knew our names and vice versa.

I stepped up to the booth and slid in across from Weiss who had her eyes pointed down to the table. I slid my hands across the table and grasped Weiss's hands in mine letting the warmth of my skin flow into her cool hands. Weiss looked up and gave me a smile filled with sadness making my heartache. "Weiss whats wrong you sounded worried on the phone." Weiss's eyes dropped again but she held my hands tighter grasping at for my warmth.

"It's my father he...he tried to take the company away from me...he said I wasn't fit to run the company after I was hurt...I...Am I weak?" I looked at Weiss trying to keep the fire inside me from busting out in rage I needed to stay cool for Weiss but her father did everything in his power to stop him. "Weiss you are anything but weak. You have changed more things within your company in less time than could be possible. YOu've actually changed the world, Faunus have right now and that's because the steps that you've taken."

Weiss started shaking her head and pulled her hands away from mine. "NO that wasn't me. I just told them what to do I didn't do it. I'm weak I can't protect anybody I...I let my own partner get taken away and I let my father control my entire life. I'm nothing." I stood up from the booth and sat down directly next to Weiss pulling her into a hug that she couldn't escape from and started using the voice I used when I needed to calm Ruby down when she was little.

"Weiss what is this about, you saying these things scares me. You're the strongest person I've ever met and if something is hurting you then I want to help." Weiss fell into my hug grasping my jacket in her small petite hands like a small child. "My Father he-he finally snapped. Not like that time, he attacked a Faunus...he finally snapped...He rolled into the SDC with his sword in hand and started breaking things and shouting about all my failures. About how he should have made Whitley his heir. They had to use force to stop him, right now he's in the hospital in a medically induced coma. I just don't know what to do."

"It's ok Weiss we can figure this out together. You don't have to do this alone. I will help you as much as I possibly can. Weiss you mean the world to me and I can't stand to see you like this. I promise I won't leave your side." Weiss smiled and used my coat to wipe away some of her tears. Then buried her head into my body holding me tightly.

POV RUBY

A bright light began to flash over my eyes as the sun baked down on me pulling me out of my slumber. I grumbled and wiped my eyes trying to get rid of the sleepiness inside of them. I turned over and felt the body next to me shift. I opened my eyes and was met with Blake's bright amber eyes that shined like the sun baking down on us. "Hey, sleepy head did you have a nice nap?" I gave Blake a nod and wrapped my arm around her pulling her close to me. "I always sleep best when I'm with you."

Blake smiled and planted a kiss on my nose before she pulled my arm away and sat up. I grumbled and let out a wine before sitting up next to Blake. The two of us were sitting underneath a large tree with beautiful pink flowers that slowly fell to the earth like small delicate angels. Blake smiled and grabbed a package at her side handing it to me. "Here I made these for you. I got the recipe from Yang. I know I'm not as good as her but I added my own twists to them."

Blake nodded towards the package and I eagerly ripped the package open like a small child trying to get to his birthday presents. The smell of cookies filled my nose as I ripped the paper open and grabbed one of the baked goods and slammed it into my mouth. Instantly my mouth was filled with the taste of my mother homemade cookie recipe that only Yang had learned. The taste of the cookie and the chocolate chips flowed together with a hint of….strawberries? "Blake, did you put...strawberries in these?"

"I...I did...I know you like them….was it good?" I lunged at Blake tackling her to the ground and pulled her into a tight hug. "Oh Blake they are amazing...how did you even do it...there...there sooooooooo gooooood!" Blake laughed and pushed up on me flipping me over so that she was on top. "Thank you, Ruby that means a lot coming from you!" Blake got off of me and sat up looking out across the trees. I did the same and leaned up against her watching as the horizon shifted colors and slowly fell over the horizon.

"Hey, Ruby what is this?" I looked at Blake and realized she looking at a small package wrapped in a black paper. I quickly checked my pocket and realized it was the same one I'd been carrying and it had fallen out when I jumped on Blake. W-wait you're not supposed to open it...n-not yet." Blake looked at me with a smirk in her eyes and grabbed onto the red ribbon on top of it and slowly began pulling on it. "And if I want to open it what are you gonna do?"

Blake shot up and began running down the hill package in hand. I ran off after her using my semblance to catch up. I reached out and wrapped my hand around the package but just as I did Blake and the package burst into a puff of shadow thanks to Blake's semblance. I spun around trying to find where Blake disappeared to. I caught eh flash of black to my left and my eyes caught Blake flip up into a tree with a smile on her face. "Come on Ruby you're gonna have to try harder than that!"

Blake snickered at me and I revved up my semblance and shot forward my foot impacting the ground hard. I ran forward breaking the speed of sound and ran up the side of the tree clearing the distance in a heartbeat. Blake jumped backward and flipped around pulling the package close to her body. With cat-like reflexes, Blake landed on her feet and ran off laughing like a little girl. "Blake come on, this isn't funny!"

I chased after Blake using my semblance trying to catch but every time she used her semblance to dodge me by tiny margins. I was getting frustrated and continued to try and grab at her but only grasped at air. Finally, I had enough and dropped to my knees out of breath. Blake stopped in front of me and sat down with a smile on her face. "I take it I'm the victor then?"

"Blake...Please...Tired...Don't" Blake cocked a grin and grabbed the bow slowly pulling on it. "What you don't want me to open it?" With a quick pull and an "oops" from Blake the ribbon was pulled off and the wrapping paper unfolded. Blake examined the small wooden box made from a dark wood with silver etching that shined against the sunlight. "Blake please don't open it...not yet!" I cried out to Blake but she wasn't listening she was examining the box closely.

"H, I want to know what's inside!" Blake grabbed at the clasp on the box and lifted it up showing the black velvet material on the inside. Blake's eyes widened and quickly slammed the box shut. "R-Ruby W-what are these?" My face reddened and I slowly backed away in fear of how Blake was reacting. "Are these what I think they are?" Blake flipped back open the box and pulled out a set of two rings one had a gold band with a ruby set on top of it and the other was a silver band with a yellow sapphire set in it. Both rings reflected in the light giving off a bright flash each time the sun hit it.

"I...uhmm...Blake, you weren't supposed to see those...not yet!" Blake blushed looked at me with caring eyes that only came out in the most intimate of moments. "Yes!" I looked up at Blake confused. "What do you mean. Yes?" Blake grabbed my hand and pulled me close to her planting a kiss on my lips that lasted little more than a second. "The answer is yes." Blake held up her hand and slipped the gold ring onto her finger and the other onto mine. I reddened understanding just what she meant.

"Blake you're serious...your actually saying yes!...I wanted to wait to ask you until after we graduated next week but…." Blake had a panicked look on her face took a step back. "Wait Ruby did I ruin the surprise...OH MY GOD I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!" Blake let go of my hand and started running her hand through her hair anxiously. "Blake it's Ok I was just gonna ask you at the party Weiss was planning for graduation."

Blake stopped and grabbed the ring placing it back in my hand closing my hand around the small piece of jewelry. "I'm sorry Ruby...I'm sorry I messed up your plans...I'm sorry." Blake stepped back and wiped a tear from her eyes. "No Blake don't be sorry you don't need to be." I stepped forward and pulled Blake into a hug keeping her from backing up anymore. "How about this you keep the rings and we make a promise...we'll always be together and next week I'll ask you in person ok?"

I let go of Blake and placed both rings into Blake's hands and planted a kiss onto her lips pushing all the love I could into it. Blake returned the Kiss with the same passion before grabbing me and pulling me to the ground. I let out a yelp and fell down landing on my back with Blake on top. Blake rolled off of me and onto her back and the two of us turned to face each other. "Ruby I love you...and I will never stop loving you. You mean the world to me!"

I looked into Blake's amber eyes and knew I would always love her more than anything in this world. "Blake I love you too, probably more than you love me." The two of let out a laugh and Blake jumped onto me trying to prove just how much she did love me.

I shot up in my bed pain filling my head as I looked around the room I was in. It was the same room Ozpin had given me the day before. It wasn't very big about twenty feet by fifteen. It was large enough to fit a bed, a desk, and a dresser but nothing more. In the far corner, there was a door that led to a small bathroom with a sink, toilet, and shower.

I rubbed my head remembering the dream I just had..it seemed so real. I looked down to my hand and saw a glint of silver and opened it up. Sitting inside my hand was the set of rings from my dream that I'd given Blake. The entire night came crashing back to me, the conversation with Weiss and Yang then ….Blake. The dream wasn't a dream it was a memory I'd asked Blake to marry me and she said yes, then I broke the promise. I left her all alone.

Something shifted to my right and I reached for a knife I didn't have on me by instinct while turning to face the source. Sitting in a chair against the wall was Qrow dressed the same way, as usual, the only difference was there were bags under his eyes. "Qrow what are you doing here?" Qrow grumbled and sat up in the chair rubbing his eyes and yawning from the lack of sleep. "How do you think you got back here?"

I thought back to the night before and remembered being carried back by someone after I'd broken down after talking to Blake. I looked at Qrow and realized he was the person who carried me back. "Qrow why did you bring me back...you didn't need to." Qrow stood up cracking multiple joints in his body then shot his hand into his pocket holding something inside it. "Seeing as you still have no memory of me I might as well jump the gun and just tell you. Ruby do remember anything about an Uncle?"

I stared past Qrow and started to sift through anything that tied me to family something that acted as a reminder. Everybody I remembered had something stick out about them be it one or two things. When I thought about an Uncle my nose scrunched up like I was smelling something sour...like "Alcohol" I looked at Qrow and he gave me a nod.

"Out of all the things you remember that about me it had to be my drinking problem." Qrow reached into his pocket and pulled out a flask tossing it at me. I caught it started to examine it engraved into the metal was the design of mechanical eyes surrounded by a wing. "Check the bottom if you don't believe me!" I flipped the flask over and looked at the bottom and saw that there was a set of child's writing on the bottom in marker. The words had been covered in a protective layer of gloss so the words wouldn't wear away. I read the Inscription and recognized it as Yang and I's writing. "Happy Birthday Uncle Qrow, This is so you don't lose your adult drink!"

"You two gave me that when you were around four or five. I started drinking after your mother died and got in trouble with the law for publicly drinking. You two gave me that so that I wouldn't get caught as easily. It's one of my most prized possessions." Qrow's eyes dropped to the flask and he rubbed his thumb across the emblem slowly. "If you carry it around with you then why is it empty?"

Qrow's thumb stopped its motion and his crimson eyes tightened and became serious. "I made a vow after you went missing, Summer's death almost destroyed me and it almost ruined my connection to you...I love just as much as Summer...I knew I had to be better...not for myself but for you. Ruby, I've made mistakes...I know you have to but we need to learn from them and grow stronger. It takes time so don't rush things. If you do you can make it worse."

Qrow's eyes shifted from serious to sad making it seem as though I was one of his mistakes. I looked at Qrow silently taking in what he said. He wasn't wrong but nothing he said made anything easier it only showed how hard things were. Qrow noticed this and stretched out his hand and planted it on my head and rubbed it as if I was a small child. The act seemed childish but it brought back a calming nostalgic feeling."How about we head for the cafeteria and grab something to eat, we have a big day tomorrow?" I didn't give qrow an answer but stood up and followed him out the door.

POV BLAKE

"So Jaune how are they?" My gaze shifted down to the two other members of team JNR each laying silently in a hospital bed their chest slowly moving up and down at an even pace. "They're doing ok, Ren got out of surgery yesterday and they finished the repairs to the tendons in his arm, Nora goes in later today to get the rest of the muscles in her shoulder fixed. The doctors said that they'll both be up and moving, completely healed by the end of the week." I gave a slow nod not really listening to what Jaune was saying instead I stared at the bandages wrapped around the various parts of the duo.

"Blake….Blake….BLAKE!" I snapped my eyes over to Jaune who looked at me with a concerned look his eyes locking onto mine. "Blake what is the problem, obviously you didn't come to just visit. I thought you would with her?" At the mention of Ruby, I cast my eyes back over to the two and back at Jaune and tried to make myself sink so he wouldn't stare at me. "Blake just tell me what happened...I can't help if you won't talk about it."

Jaune patted the empty seat next to him and I slowly sat down in the chair feeling the cold plastic press into my skin. I shifted a few times in the chair trying to get comfortable but gave up after struggling for almost a minute. Jaune didn't say anything but just looked at me with a calm gaze. "Blake from what I heard ruby wanted to speak to your team, What did she say?" I struggled to think about Ruby because every time I had to fight not to burst into tears. I took a deep breath in and wiped away a tear before it fell. "She wanted to talk about what happened...but...but I couldn't. I didn't let her talk I just I couldn't!"

"Blake what did you tell her?" I thought back to the day before and replayed the memory in my head for the thousandth time today. "I told her I was afraid of what she'd become, she hurt Ren and Nora almost killed them. Nora was one of Ruby's best friends and she almost killed her. This already happened to Adam….he turned into a monster and seeing Ruby...She was doing the same thing."

"Blake...I can't say I know what you're going through but the woman I loved was taken from me before I could show her how much I loved her. I know you loved Ruby and I know about the promise you made to each other. Even if things separate the two of you have to try. Ruby has done things she's not proud of I can tell as much. That was still Ruby you were talking to so don't give up on her. If Pyrrha came back and was alive I know I would."

Jaune words were like a sucker punch to the gut. What he said was true Ruby was alive and I gave up on her the first time I saw her. What I did could have hurt her more than anything. She admitted she couldn't hurt me no matter what she did. Ruby didn't have any memories yet she remembered me, and I cast that all aside and hurt her. My mind started to revert on itself when my eyes fell back onto Ren and Nora. Even if she had no memory she hurt them, she hurt Weiss, Jaune, and even Yang. "Jaune I hurt her I gave them back to her, she hurt all of you, how can I forgive that. She joined Cinder the very person who killed Pyrrha, she protected Cinder like she used to protect us. How can I believe she is still the Ruby we love and remember?"

"She isn't the Ruby you remember but that doesn't mean it's not her!" I snapped my head over to Ren who was sitting up in his bed while Nora did the same. "Ren when did you?" Ren raised a hand and grabbed a cup of water next to his bed and drank from it before clearing his voice. "I've been awake long enough to hear what was important….Blake, I don't know what happened to Ruby the only person who does is Ruby. She has changed yes but she has also come back to us. We cannot give up on her if we do she will also give up on herself. If that happens it would be something we would all regret...more than losing her in the first place."

Just like he always did Ren would go from being silent to saying something very wise beyond his own age, something he took time to think out. "Ren...how can you say this she..she tried to kill you...she almost did! How can you forgive her?" This time it was Nora who spoke after staying quiet which was abnormally unusual of her. "Blake, Ruby is our friend and we don't give up on friends. Sure she tried to kill us but hey we live a dangerous life and these things happen. If we got mad every time one of us got hurt by one of our friends we wouldn't have any. If Ruby is sorry for what she did then I'll forgive her it's what friends do!"

Nora had a big smile on her face that only she could pull off in such a situation. The smile was almost infectious as it made me feel relieved. Nora was right in what she said, Ruby was her friend and she was willing to forgive her if Ruby was sorry for what happened. Last night Ruby was trying to apologize for what happened, it wasn't her fault she didn't know...she literally didn't know and I blamed her for it. I gave up on the woman I loved because I was too scared to think clearly. I gave back our promise and possibly hurt her more than anybody could have. I HURT RUBY.

Jaune rested his hand on my shoulder causing me to jump but also relax when he used his soft gaze to calm me down. "Blake how about we go to the cafeteria and get some food. These two need some rest and I think I've heard your stomach growl louder than an Ursa more than a few times since you got here." Almost as if on cue my stomach let out a deep growl that i'd been ignoring since we captured Ruby almost three days ago. I'd been barely surviving on the small meals I'd had since then and now I'd reached my limit. I gave Jaune a quick nod and we both stood up and left the hospital room leaving the duo to rest.

POV RUBY

"Qrow has anybody told my dad about what happened?" Qrow started to choke on the food he was eating and he started to hack and cough as he tried to get the food down so he could breathe. After almost a minute of cough Qrow finally caught his breathe and let out a large sigh. "Damn Ruby couldn't have asked that when I didn't have food in my mouth?" Qrow's reaction caused me let out a small giggle one that only ever came out when I played with the twins. Qrow cracked one of his smug smiles that I'd come to remember since we had talked this morning.

Getting my memories back was both a fast and slow process that was taking more time than I wanted it too. It seemed that my memories were locked up in groups each related to something. Once I'd had the biggest lock broken it was easier to break the other. In order to do so i needed to remember something or be reminded. When Qrow had told me who he was the memories had been unlocked and slowly the memories began to trickle back into my mind. It also wasn't like I instantly remembered the things it wasn't different. It was almost impossible to explain almost like riding a bike after not doing it for years. The memories just came back.

"So about Dad?" Qrow sighed and dropped his sandwich onto the table and grabbed his scroll. "Ruby your dad took your death the worst out of all of us. He loved your mother and you were the only thing keeping him sane. With you gone he fell into the hole pretty bad. He started drinking and even lost his job at Signal. I don't know how he would react if we told him you were alive. Ruby I'm trying to put this in the best way I can say but you've changed. I think he would be happy to see you but I don't know about his reaction to the new you."

Qrow's response caused me to drop my gaze in shame because what he said was true. I had some of my memories back and I knew what I used to be like and I had definitely changed. I'd become mean and bitter to the world, I became killer who took lives without a thought. I'd become something unnatural. Qrow could sense my mood changing and quickly tried to changed it. "So I heard you talking to Yang about those kids of yours. How about you show me them!"

Qrow's idea worked and my mind instantly shifted to my daughters. The only thing that had kept me sane was those two girls, they always managed to bring a smile to my face no matter what mood I was in. I quickly dig into my pocket and pulled out the picture I'd shown Yang. Qrow took the picture and I could see his mind working just like Yang's did when she had seen them. "Damn Ruby, Yang wasn't kidding about them looking like your's and Blake's kid's." Qrow cocked a smiled knowing how to get a rise out of me even if time had passed.

"Hey it wasn't intentional, I found the two of them during a mission and saved them after that I just fell in love. I don't care if they do or don't look like me or even if we have any blood relation...I love both of them." Qrow smile went from cocky to sweet instantly like a father who was proud of their child. "Damn Ruby that was the same thing Summer would say about Yang after Raven left...you really are just like her. She would be so proud.!"

What Qrow said made me happy beyond belief. I had memories of Summer and how awesome of a mother she was, to be compared to her was like being compared to a god. To say I was as good as a mother was worth even more. I jumped across the table and pulled Qrow into a hug and thanked him repeatedly while crying into his shoulder. Qrow struggled for a moment under my grip but eventually we both relaxed. More than a few sets of eyes fell on the two of us but I didn't care I was happy.

"So tell me about these two little rascals, what are they like?" Qrow handed the picture back to me and I held it tightly as my heart ached thinking about my kids. It had been a few days since I'd seen them and I missed them. "They're both the sweetest girls in the world and happy to do just about anything. Ari the older one is a great big sister like Yang and always looks out for Kita but sometimes she has too much energy and can get a little out of control. Kita on the other hand is very calm most of the time, but she also has an attitude. I love how they both like to rest their heads on my lap and let me rub this spot behind their ears that making them let out little purrs as they fall asleep. I really miss them."

Qrow gave a small nod and finished off the last of his sandwich before offering his hand out to me as he stood. "Come on little Rose how about we book it and go walk around Campus and talk some more. I put my left hand into Qrow's hand and he grasped the cold metal with the same delicacy he would a real hand and helped me stand up. Qrow's actions made feel almost normal for the first time in along time. He saw me as a person.

Qrow led me out the door and the two of us walked down the long path that connected almost all of Beacon together. We walked in silence instead of actually talking but it didn't mean the two of us weren't communicating. Qrow was taking me on a walk like he used to when I was little. He was trying to help me by remembering all the good time and it was working. I felt lighter than I ha since I'd come to Beacon.

The two of continued on the path till we completed walking around the entire school. The cafeteria was just a few hundred feet ahead of us and I stopped when another path connected to the one we were on. Walking along the path was Blake and Jaune, the site caused me to freeze and Blake seemed to sense it and spun around quickly locking eyes with me. "Ruby!"

I looked at the surprised Blaked and reached up to the necklace around my neck touching the two rings. "H-hi Blake."