"Crescent Rose is a mirror-image of Ruby Rose - vibrant, beautiful, yet deadly and dangerous. A simple soul who wields a complex weapon, a little girl with a big heart and a great sense of justice - to me, Ruby is a hero I aspired to be."

Ruby and Yang returned home, tired after a day of slaying an endless number of Grimms, especially Ruby, who was carrying a weapon twice as heavy as her Crescent Rose.

"I'm dead tired," Ruby moaned, dragging herself across the lawn.

"Me too. Man, that was one hell of a mission," Yang agreed, but beaming from ear to ear, "By the way, good job sis. You managed to keep yourself alive." She punched Ruby on the shoulder, winking playfully as her eyes darted toward Qrow's scythe hitching at her sister's waist.

Ruby scoffed, didn't respond to Yang's teasing comment about how she handled Qrow's weapon. Although she delivered some miss blows toward her teammates a couple of times and tend to hurt herself with a scythe double her height in hand, Ruby still completed her mission nevertheless.

As the girls bickering back and forth until they reached home, Taiyang and Qrow were watching by the main door, ready to congratulate their girls after another successful mission.

"Dad!"

"Uncle Qrow!"

Ruby and Yang yelled enthusiastically, each latching onto one person as their father and uncle gave them a big hug and a pat on the back.

"Welcome home, and good job girls," Taiyang said proudly, beaming at his daughters' success.

"Well done kiddos," Qrow commented, his eyes darted toward the black-haired girl.

He exchanged meaningful glances to Ruby, to which she replied by an apologetic smile, before added, "Tai, Yang, mind if we have a minute?"

"What,…"

Before Taiyang could show his resentment, Yang pulled him by arm and led him inside, smiling broadly, "Sure, just take your time uncle Qrow, Ruby," she winked at her name, and Ruby looked at her sister uncomfortably, "Dad, let's go."

Watching Taiyang being dragged inside with amusement, Qrow whistled, "Well, gotta thank your sister for that one later."

"Yeah, she's the best," Ruby giggled, agreeing with him.

"Oh, I almost forgot," she exclaimed, removing his weapon from her belt and handing Qrow the fold-up sword, "Sorry, I took it by mistake," her voice was soft and full of guilt, tugging at his heart slightly.

"It's fine Ruby," Qrow took out Crescent Rose and gave it to Ruby, and she accepted it happily, hugging her weapon with both arms while smiling brightly.

"But you better not make the same mistake again," Qrow added, and Ruby nodded repeatedly, beaming with joy.

He wanted to scold her at first, but found himself unable to be harsh on Ruby when looking into her hypnotizing silver eyes. Sighing in defeat, Qrow looked at the girl who was jumping up and down lovingly, wondering why a veteran Huntsman like himself always soften at her innocent smile.

"How was your mission today?" Qrow asked, placing both hands on her shoulder to prevent Ruby from tiring herself out even more.

"It's awesome! We defeated a Nevermore like on our first mission, and there was also…"

"Woah… Okay, I'll listen to the details later," Qrow cut her short, "What I meant to ask is, did you get hurt?"

Ruby looked at her arms, legs, twisting back and forth to check on herself now that he mentioned it, and gave him a shrug, "I'm fine, it wasn't a big deal."

She decided to leave out her few slip-ups during the fight, but of course, Qrow was unconvinced.

"Ruby…"

"Fine, fine, I slipped my hand a few times," Ruby admitted, "But everything is still fine at the end, we finished our mission."

Qrow gave her a reassuring hug, and she wrapped her arms around him as well, feeling his protective embrace warming her heart.

He sighed in content, knowing that she was safe. Qrow himself experienced it today when he almost got hit by a Boarbatusk twice for mishandling Crescent Rose, and he couldn't help but feeling anxious about his little girl fighting against Grimms with a weapon she wasn't used to. But seeing her walking back home was a big relief. Ruby lived up to her title more than ever, and he couldn't help but feeling proud of her as an uncle, and as someone worthy of her love.

"Hey, can I ask you something?" Ruby broke the comfortable silence surrounding them with a question.

"You know you can ask me anything Ruby," Qrow smiled softly at her, and she couldn't help but smile back at his words.

"I want to see you use Crescent Rose," Ruby quipped happily, staring at him in anticipation. And of course, Qrow couldn't have said no.

Ruby handed him Crescent Rose. Qrow accepted it and swung out the scythe's full form in a fluid movement just like how she usually did, as if he had practiced it a thousand times before. She couldn't help but watch in admiration of how amazingly skilled he was with her weapon, and her eyes barely left his tall and lean figure, dancing in the dark like a graceful crow with its elegant wings.

It was funny, now that Ruby thought back of it, how Qrow was her number one hero in the universe when she was a child, and their relationship as of now. Admiration became love, a dark childhood memory became a motivation, and Qrow became someone she gave her heart to. Ruby's lips curled up to a small smile as she dwelled into her own thoughts while watching him gratefully – the man who has supported her through every thick and thin of her life.

When Qrow finished his last move, Taiyang's voice came booming out of the house as well, urging them to go inside, "Ruby, Qrow, dinner time."

"Coming dad," Ruby shouted back loudly, answering for the both of them.

Qrow gave Crescent Rose back to her and picked up his own weapon with one hand, holding Ruby's hand in the other as they made their way back to the house. She smiled shyly, but soon find her fingers and his entangling together, to which he squeezed back softly.

"You know, I think we should have another training tomorrow. You and me, against my dad and Yang, it would be fun," Ruby suggested suddenly.

"Yeah, you and me, let's do this," Qrow mused and went along with her idea. He liked that, the two of them together kicking Taiyang's butt, what could be better?

Before soon, they reached the house, hand in hand. But Ruby hesitated, not wanting to walk in.

"Do you think he'll scold me about taking your weapon?" Ruby asked nervously.

"Yup," he didn't even hesitate for a moment before answering her.

"I'm scared," she whined a bit.

"Don't worry," he kissed her on the forehead endearingly, "I got you kiddo."