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~Chapter XIV – The Unwinding Return~

In a bed, Elena In a bed as Nao stands; next to the window, noticing rain starting to pour in the forest around the cabin. Auro comes in, saying to Nao "Any word on the status of Margro and Winter?" with Nao being silent. Nao then says "They should be here at dawn." as he turns to Auro. Auro asks "So, a day has gone with something for us to think about..what do you think of it?"

A moment of silence is there; as Nao says "Its hard to digest. Especially considering that my sister may be apart of it." as the rain starts to pour harder. Auro says "Something has urked me ever since General

Ironwood had recruited me and Elena. Guess like I know now what he was trying to start..". Auro asks "Didn't you want a blueprint sheet back or something?"

Nao spoke, "That was the initial plan..and then I was forced to do it or else I would of died.." with the silence longer than before. Nao then said to Auro "I will never go back to the making of that suit. To any and every means, as it almost took more than this-" as he points to his prosthetic arm. "I will never do that..even if it is apart of me in more way's than one."

The moment of silence goes once more; as Auro asks "Before I allow you to head off; can you tell me something?" as Nao nods. "Why didn't you tell them about Nanto?" as a moment of silence occurs. Nao speaks "Its because i'm afraid that Winter won't trust me. And considering that it's taking three day's that they've had to get here; I am worried that Winter may over-react."

Auro chuckles; in saying "Shouldn't Margro be worried after the fact that Nanto won't tell anyone of her beef with Margro and vise versa?" as Nao smirks. "I guess so," Nao says; "In all honesty, I don't know if my plan will work..but; who knows. I guess its just nice to place faith."

Nao starts to head out, before hearing Auro say "It's good to have you back, you know?" as Nao turns before going into a hallway. Nao says "I'm lucky to be alive..but, I did miss Elena; and even though I didn't spend time with you and Margro at first, we'll be back to a team." with Auro saying "Just rename our team name from NAME; ok?" with a smirk.

Nao gives a snort as he says "Yeah, I'll consider it." as he walks off into a kitchen.

Soon after, Nao enters the kitchen; seeing Nanto and Arietta calibrating the weapons that Elena and Auro have; along with a box that Nao never saw. Nao says; as he approaches the box, "What's this-" before being slapped in the wrist by Arietta. Nanto says "It's a gift, from me to you. Shortly after I left to get supplies; I went to the bar and snagged those."

Nao starts to open, seeing the metal of Nao's weapon. Nao says, "It didn't get burned into the fire?" as Nanto states "The garage wasn't far off and no-one would expect it." Nao opens it fully, seeing two new weapons. He recounts it, saying "When I was laying low with you at the bar, I needed something new after Ro Dao..and I guess I got what I wanted." as he grabs the two swords in the box, seeing the bullets. Nao says "Lightwait, acts as both a sword and as an Box that could help with Arrows."

Nao says "You ready for tomorrow?" to Nanto and Arietta. They both nod, as Nanto says "Just don't be surprised if I die; I got enough shit that is going to be problematic tomorrow." as Nanto sees Nao head to a couch; watching him sleep.

~Five Hours Later~

In the couch, Nao wakes up by the sound's of rushing by Elena; urging him to wake up. Nao wakes up, as she says "Nao, they're coming." as Nao says "Who, Mary? Faruza?" with the house quickly shaking heavily. Nao rushes out with his weapons and sees a massive Athlesian fighter ship; larger than typical airships from the army.

Nanto said "I thought she said that they wouldn't bring heavy firepower!" with Auro saying "Might as well take any steps after what Nao expressed.." as Nao looks at him; saying "Look, would you rather want to see the trade market's collapse or allowing us to stop them before doing shit like that!" as they start to see three transport ships fly out of the massive fighter ship.

Nao sees one of them flying over to their position; and lands on a circular drive. Nao says "Encase of anything, don't act like assholes." when Elena says "Don't we all act as normal human beings?". Nao refers his saying to "Just don't cause shit. That's all, ok?" as the ship starts to open it's bay doors. Elena says "Well..it's time."

The doors open, seeing a large excess of fog coming out from it. The tension grows, until someone starts to exit the transport jet; seeing Qrow Branwen walking out first. Nanto says "..Branwen?" as she sees him turn to notice Nanto. Qrow says "...Well, why am I not surprised to see you here?" with Qrow walking to her. Qrow says "You know once Winter steps out there, she's going to attempt to have you arrested."

Nao says "Mind if I talk to Winter about that?" as Qrow sees Nao. Qrow is silent, but nods as Nao starts to walk to the jet. Auro says "..Wait, you knew about Nanto?" as Qrow mentioned "I met her when I was young. And when I was investigating on Margro; you we're a possible suspect for possible assistance on information."

Elena said "Wouldn't you try to go for the other members of the Atlas team; including Me and Auro?" as Qrow said "I figured that I would go straight to the target. Although, I was also thinking that Ironwood would notice and would pose as a risk in my playbook." as Nanto says "So you aren't going to arrest me?". Qrow says "Unless you cause shit, or someone else tries to arrest you; you'll be fine..although, you may get the most flack from the Ice Queen."

Meanwhile, Nao starts to get near the airship, slowly climbing up the ramp to notice the beautiful interior designs of the ship. Nao then says "..Winter? Margro?" as he enters the ship fully. He then hears the sound of someone entering from a bathroom. It was Winter, as she said "..Mr. Sin?" as Nao says "..it's nice to see you again."

Winter says "How did you even get out?". Nao implys, "Originally, an individual that caused harm to me saved me and taught me more helpful way's on how to take down enemies quietly and peacefully without killing them..and who would of knew that it was by an fake assassin." as Winter says "..wait, so the person that kidnapped you; Nanto Sori rescued you?". Nao said "I had no other option..and that's why I need to talk to you."

Nao suggests to Winter "I know she was an accomplice of what the flying hell Faruza has done, but I swear that she isn't what you perceive her to be." with Winter saying "..wait, she in essence was paid to do it? But then why did she let you tag along?". Nao answers that with "She wasn't even paid. She was threatened by Faruza and Mary Sangria to do it or else they would of came after Auro."

Winter says "But why come after a military asset?" to which, Nao says "Because they have the ability to do things that no human being should be capable of doing.". Nao stops, and then asks "Where's Margro?" to which; Winter says "She should be here al-" before the both of Nao and Winter hearing yelling from outside the ship.

Nao quickly rushes out, to see Margro punching Nanto in the face. Nao shouts "Enough!" as Winter sees Nao. Nao then says to Margro "What the hell do you think your doing?!". Margro then turns, seeing Nao saying "Getting Vengance on the shit she pulled on you!" as she punched Nanto again. Nao quickly grabbed her hand; saying "She isn't our enemy, let alone; we don't know why you hate her so give it a rest!".

Margro says "But Nao, why would you trust-" before being interrupted by Nao. Nao says, "She allowed me to tag along with her when I broke out. Combined with the fact that she gave me a home, shelter and the ability to learn who I could truly be. It's why i'm still here now and not six feet under decomposing." as he looks right into Margro's eyes.

Nao says "I am your leader, and I respect that you have issues; but you can't just keep them bottled up in your mental capacity. If you do that, it causes issues for the team in lack of teamwork in several different factors." as Qrow sees Nao's eyes slightly brighter than when he talked to Nao before. Nao then said "I want you to give Nanto just one chance. If she tries to kill you, be my guest. But please; put some faith into her."

Nao walks off, with Nao grabbing Nanto; asking for her to go along with him. Winter says to Qrow "How about you go and follow Nao.." as Qrow nods. As she notices Margro walking to Auro and Elena. Winter then breathes in, saying "Perhaps I should ask..I should.." as Winter then breathes out.

Nao and Nanto reach the lake where he dragged out Elena as Nanto says "So, what is it that you needed to talk to me about?" as Nao sits next to the lake. A moment of silence occurs; as Nao says "I need to know why you and Margro don't get along." as Nanto says "Nao; I told you a long time ago that I have one rule, and that its more that I prefer to not talk about my past that revolves around her and what she was trying to be as a 'Freedom Fighter'." as she says it sterned.

Nao says "But heres the thing, I need there to be no barriers between you two. That way; the inner teamwork works out very well." During that time, Winter goes to Margro; asking similarly and getting "Look, when I was outposted to Mistral..I was tasked with hunting down Nanto over the assassination of one of their leaders..and during my 'Hunt'; she and I crossed paths multiple times, as she killed a few individuals that helped me out in the White Fang."

Nanto says to Nao "I went after some of the White Fang's more..powerful leaders. Besides two in particular; I have taken out seven major powers within the White Fang, and have letted the police get to them in several ways..and that's more the reason why she hates me. I fought against the White Fang, and that placed Margro at a position to where she tried her damned hardest to kill me."

Before Nao could say anything; Qrow walks to them, saying "Atleast look at this," as Nao and Nanto look at him. "That was technically, a thing of the past. And while I can't say anything as I wasn't there to see what she did. But in the case of individuals; even if you hate them to kingdom come, you have to let go of stuff like that."

He grabs his flask and hands it over to Nanto, as Qrow says "If you keep being angry over this, it will only demoralize who you really are; and in this world, humility is something that can get you killed." Nanto opens it, and sniffs; smelling the whisky from in it. She says "Why do you have this when you're not even drunk right now?"

Qrow responds to that, saying "Its not about what's in it; but it's of its importance. That flask is to me, my humanity that I am willing to have..and my need for liquor but that's not important. I'm trying to convey to you that the flask resembles one of the only things I care about in this world. And if you have someone you care for too, then you should think of what you work for as a human being."

He then grabs the flask, and drinks only a sliver of it; saying before he heads back to the cabin "If Nao is serious on doing this 'mission', then we'll need to start soon. I'd take it that someone associated to them is watching us all right now, especially since Winter's insistence of using an Athlesian warship is going to cause the Grimm to notice.."

He walks off, leaving Nanto and Nao to be quiet. Nao says "Please..trust me on her, ok?" as Nanto nods with Nao heading back to boot. Nanto is then left at the lake, as she sees it for its beauty in the foggy morning. Nanto thinks, "..In the past.." as she grabs a recording device that she has on her side as she says a few words on it; to then start heading back.

Far away, Mary Sangria looks from her scope on a cliff side; seeing the Athlesian warship. She contacts Faruza, "Ma'am, the mission is going to start soon. Shall I come to Mistral to help with the final preparations?" as she hears silence.

At the same time, on the top of the tower that Elena and Auro slept in, she walked about; saying "For right now, keep an eye on their movements. I got some company heading to..shall we say, help.". Soon after, the private transmission ends as she sprays a large insignia onto the wall; the shape of an eye. Faruza says "Alright now, Mrs. Fall." as she turns; seeing Cinder stand near a window with a girl with green hair alongside her.

Cinder says "Then I trust that our employer will be most keen on what occurs.." as she turns.

Faruza then says "Lets get to work."

~Vol II is To Be Concluded in XV: Wrath~