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Act III: Et aspera veritate

Chapter VII: The Fight of Madmen; A Drunked Qrow, Vs an Emotional Huntress?

The man then held his weapon to his side, high into the air. The man says; "Margro Hunt, On behalf of urgent order of Jimmity Ironsnot;" as his weapon transforms to a sword at first, to a scythe. "I; Qrow Branwen, will take you to Vale under his own order. And if you decline; I will have to do it by force." to which; Margro looks at Qrow and aims her weapon; Blue Angel. Qrow starts first; as he rushes to Margro, with the scythe causing Margro to fall to another rooftop. She knew she had to use her weapon, and to not use her semblance, as she attempts to flee.

And as Margro jumps a considerable difference, she says to herself; "Oh thank god i'm in the clear from that drunk..but, what the hell is he wanting me fo-" before a she hears the sound of Qrows weapon being transformed to its sword. She turns back, seeing him; as he says, "I believe you don't get the concept, 'Order' Mrs. Hunt." as Margro fires her weapon again at Qrow, but this time; catching the rope attached to the blade. Qrow yanked the weapon away from Margros hands. She was shocked with the reflex it took, as it was for a normal huntsman; exteremely fast. "Hmm..a Gun crossed with an rope, as the blade is attatched to the rope. Clever one, now-" he breaks the weapon in half; by the help of the sword.

Margro was in shock, not sure how he even got there; so she decided to flee as fast as she can from the scene, as Qrow ran to catch her to have Margro not doing anything thats dangerous. So, She ran on the rooftops; and tried to stay away from him as much as possible. She then noticed a flee market; which had over hundreds in the crowded center of the market. As she quickly looks around; she decides that she has to go within the market to hide herself from Qrow Branwen. And as she enters the market, she looks around, hoping that Qrow doesn't try to come into the market.

To Margro, this market was apart of the many places she tried to make a living for her mom and dad; as they were working within the forced labor camps of the Schnee Dust Company; so to her, it was always filled with disgust. She always sees the blood stains on the floors, and seeing people fight ever since Margro was a child.

Meanwhile; Qrow looks around the vicinity, asking any other individuals if they saw someone with the face like Margros; with no luck. He then goes back to the rooftops; to notice Winter, looking around aswell. Curious, he uses his semblance to travel to Winter. Behind her, he says; "Hey ice queen." to which, she turns around. He says also, "So- care to tell me why you must be.." but he sees something in her eyes. That those eyes represent hatred to someone outside his range. He then says to Winter; "I haven't seen those eyes since you and I first sparred against eachother. Whats wrong?"

Winter stands, furious as she says; "Lets just say that i'm looking for an individual that needs to pay for wrecking a piece of the transport ship I was on." Qrow was curious, as he asks her; "Mind me, but is that individual of the name of Margro Hunt?" to which, Winter raised her weapon right at Qrows neck. Qrow grinned, as he got his answer. "I then take it that both of us have different reasons for finding her..well; I guess Tin-head wants you to have her join an Academy; ala Beacon or Shade?" to which, Winter says sarcastically, "Oh my, the grandmaster Qrow has yet again tried to find another answer thats way too easy to find." with a smirk. "You do realize that was a bit pretentious. Even for you, Ms. Schnee." Qrow says. He then thinks, "Hmm..so, with Margro being our responsibilitys for both parties; we could form a truce.." he says to Winter. "Say, Ice Queen. Do you have the ability of having a truce between you and me, so we can find Margro? After that, it can all be decided on both James and the Professor."

Winter thinks, as she understands that in doing so; it could pose as an issue in her ranking as a major in the military. But, General James and the Professor has an equal relationship that may be beneficial for both parties. To which; Winter thought of it a bit more. For Qrow, it may be a more tolerable choice; although may having a bit of a disrespectful look onto what Qrow is. And in so, Winter says to Qrow; "A truce huh? Fine, but I do ask that we shall never speak of this in public; deal?"

As Margro was in the Market, she quickly notices someone stareing right at her. But before Margro could get a good glimpse, the person starts to run away; with movements similar to her old partners in the White Fang. So, Margro started to chase after the individual, as the person went into an alleyway. Margro climbed up onto a wall, as she ran on the wall to gain momentum. She was close to the individual; as she grabbed onto the one that ran as they fell to the ground. Margro then grabs the person by the chest, and puts her to a wall.

Margro says; "Why were you running?!" to which, the face was blocked in the darkness. The voice said to Margro, "You may want to know that your old demons have bit other people's asses. And that you may need to take full attention back to the Kingdom that you told to, and I quote; 'Piss off!'" as the person laughed. Margro asked who this individual was, before being nearly shot by Qrow. Qrow says to Margro, "Stand down. You don't have any weapons, so please; stop this before you take this to go worse.."

Margro threw the person to her left, as she then turned to Qrow. She says to Qrow, "You seriously think that i'd give up that easily?" to which, Qrow says; "Whatever your beef is in this kingdom, I can assure you that once the Fang notices; you will not be safe." He then drops down, shape-shifting to his form of a Qrow, as Margro widens her eyes. She has never seen someone with a semblance like that; as he lands on the ground, back in his human form. As Qrow said to her, "Tell me now, do you intend on fighting me to go after someone that you don't have to worry about?"

Margro rethinks her strategy, as Winter summons an beowolf behind Margro. Margro quickly noticed the sound of the summoning occuring, and climbs on a wall, dodging the attack of the Beowolf. She thinks; as she tries dodging both Qrow and Winters attacks, 'Crap! What the hell am I going to do? Should I use my semblance now?!' before the beowolf finally gives a good attack to Margro, causing her to fall to the ground.

Winter goes slowly to Margro, saying nothing as Qrow keeps watch; as a light begins to form. The light is coming from Margros eyes, as it starts to emit brighter and brighter. Winter says, quietly; "what the.." but Qrow notices, as he grabs her away, as the light explodes. "What the hell!?" Winter says as she stands back up. She then noticed that Margro was sitting, with her legs on the ground, and the white light radiating from her eyes.

Winter says, slowly; "..Margro, are you-" before Margro standing up, not looking at Winter. She raises her sword; as she threatens Margro. "Stop now, Mrs. Hunt; or else I will put you down!" right before Qrow Grabs winter, putting her behind Qrow as he transforms his weapon to the scythe. Margro then turns to Qrow, raising her hand to start forming two ursas right besides her. Qrow thinks; "Shes not a Maiden..but what is she?" as he attacks the ursas. Winter helped with the Ursas also, as they encountered that the grimm we're durable, but with little ease; they both took down the Ursas, noticing Margro summoning something else. She forms a wall that moves, knocking Winter off her feet; as Qrow transforms into his Qrow format.

Margro quickly notices, and summons a cage as it traps Qrow in his current form. He then breaks it, by transforming back; as he starts to become more angered. He then says, "I believe that I've had enough of this girl. Regardless on what the hell she is." as he then runs; having the scythe tearing the asphalt. Margro is then confident, as she thinks of letting him attack; right as Qrow then raised his Scythe into the sky. Winter watched Qrow as he then attacked Margro, as he first attacked her by hitting her vertically; to then rotate his position of the Scythe to the horizontal, as a form of a cross. It didn't scrape her, but she then laughed. Margro says; "I think you should realize this, Branwen. You should start trying to use different attacks; as I can see-" before Margros pupils becoming wider. Qrow then says, "Huh; I haven't used that technique in a long time.."

He transforms the scythe back to the sword, as he puts it back in the hilt; and in that, Margro kept standing. Winter walked to Qrow and said, "What did you do?" as Qrow responds with; "When I was in training to work with Ozpin, he told me of a trick that can only be used for those that are not Maidens. Because of you're well being as a Winter Maiden, I knew she wasn't that by a landslide. It also makes me think of James hiding something from you, so I guess I used an ace in the hole."

The White light on Margros Eyes shines extremely bright, as she screams. Qrow then says, "Something about what she has, is that her powers are way too powerful; and that the spirit that took ahold of it before." Winter and Qrow then hears the sounds of people coming to the alley, as Winter and Qrow then grabs Margro; as they evade the scene as fast as possible.

As the people come into the alley; the person that Margro confronted was back, having someone follow him. "She was here, my sir. But from what it seems; she has the Schnee and one of the members of STRQ following her. What should you do?" The man holds a cigar, as he says; "Well, I would say that we found a runt that would be very useful for the White Fang." another individual comes in from the White Fang, saying to him; "Sir, your cover may be blown if your out here too long. Should we go and hide?". The man says, "Well my dear mutt, you must realize what it may take to be a fierce killer in the jungle. And so-" as he punches the individual he was speaking to to fall in the ground. "If my name, Roman Torchwick would prove anything; is that I live to survive!" as he swings his cane multiple times, killing the faunus.

Roman then looks to the one that brought him here. "Have my acquaitance deal with the body, and get me a feed to Mistral. I need to tell the chumps there that I have our prize coming around.." as a girl comes to grab the body, giving her parasol to Roman; carrying him into the trunk of the car with ease. She then closes down the trunk, and heads into the car, closing the door as Romans in. "Nice job, my little Neo. Now; lets just hope that Cinder and her four monsters of mischief are doing well in Mistral, as we handle the refugees." Neo nods, as the car goes away; with Roman just about to keep his cigar lit.

~To Be Continued in Chapter Eight: The Test of Demons~

Crimsons Words of Wizdom: Well. This is interesting that Roman Torchwick is investigating what seems to be what was left of the White Fangs own militarized men in Vacuo. Then theres Qrow and Winter, forming a truce as Margro is dealing with some major issues; including the sudden raising of her powers as a maiden, with her first summoning of what is advanced; Multiple strengthened Grimm.

But who knows, as this will have to be on a small bit of holding as Elena and Auro splits. What can happen? I guess we'll find out very soon.

~ C