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Chapter 4: Clips
One early morning, in the village of Patch, Taiyang Xiao Long came bursting into the house after going to the post office. Holding a box in his hand, he couldn't wait to get it open.
Following behind him with a composed pace was a dusty old crow.
"You need to slow down Taiyang." Said Qrow. "That package isn't going anywhere."
"I can't!" Taiyang said in excitement. "My baby girl sent me a package! After so many years she finally sent me something!"
"Yang's sent you plenty letters reporting how they're doing!" Qrow retorted. "…And they've only been gone for seven months."
"Details!" the doting father waved off. "Besides, this is the first message I got from Ruby."
Opening it up, both men were surprised to see a DVD.
"This should be good." Said Qrow staring at the item.
Setting up his DVD player, Taiyang plopped down next to Qrow on his couch, pressing play on the remote.
BZZZZZT!
CAMERA POV
"Okay! Is it on, Yang?" Taiyang had to suppress a squee in fornt of Qrow from seeing his baby girl after so long.
"I don't know. …Hey Weiss, if the red circle keeps on blinking that means it's recording right?" Qrow could guess that Yang was the one recording.
"You've recorded videos on your scroll before. How is this any different?" A muffled voice said outside the camera's view.
"Well I'm not using my scroll, am I?" retorted Yang. "Me and Rubes saved up just enough to get this HD camera."
"Did you read the manual?" Weiss said getting into the shot.
'Pfft. No one reads the f**king manual.' Their father thought.
"Pfft. No one reads the manual." Yang said as if it were a fact.
"Remind you of anyone Taiyang?" Qrow said while giving a smirk.
"Then read the manual!" Weiss shouted.
"I can't!" Yang said waving the camera around. To her father and Qrow, this was turning hilarious quickly.
"Don't be hard headed!" Weiss said, stepping closer into the camera's view.
By now, both men had a clear view of Weiss Schnee's forehead.
"No, I mean I really can't read the manual." Yang said with a small whine.
"…What did you do?" Judging by how the brows on the forehead moved down, they could tell this Weiss girl was narrowing her eyes.
"I may have… thrown the manual away." Yang said in embarrassment.
Suddenly the camera started turning until it was facing Yang, then moved downward to give a view of their shoes.
"Wow. That Weiss girl sure has some tiny feet." Qrow observed.
After a few seconds of having the camera zoom in and out and changing white balance, Weiss hands the camera back to Yang. The camera was now facing Yang's chest.
"Qrow! Close your eyes!" shouted Taiyang, shielding his friends face.
"It was recording the whole time." Weiss said.
"Thanks Weiss." Flipping the camera to Ruby who was busy playing with Zwei, Yang called out to her. "…Should we try this again some other time?"
"Yeah. I kinda got out of the mood to continue." Ruby said while rubbing Zwei's belly.
"Right, so I think it's this button tha-"
BZZZZZT!
"That was it?" Qrow said in disappointment.
"I think there's still more." Taiyang said.
BZZZT!
"Ok, the red circle is blinking." Yang said while having the camera pointed to Ruby.
"Hi dad!" Ruby said waving her hand. After that, she just stopped and looked around the whole room.
"Aren't you going to say anything else Ruby?" Yang asked.
"I can't think of anything else to say." She muttered, while looking down and rubbing the back of her head.
"Aww. " Taiyang cooed.
"It's a video report Rubes. Say anything." Yang explained.
"Like what?"
"Anything! How you're day was, who're your friends, how awesome Yang is!" Yang said shaking the camera.
"Ooh! I'll do the friends part." Using her semblance, Ruby swiped the camera out of Yang's hands and faced it towards herself. "Hey dad! I'm going to be showing you my friends."
"Well, good luck with that Rubes." A sound of a bed squeaking was heard followed by Yang sighing.
"Don't you wanna join me?" Ruby asked staring to her left.
"Nope!" Came a muffled voice out of the camera's view.
Turning the camera, Ruby showed Yang lying on her belly head buried in pillows.
"Here lies a wild Yang Xiao Long. Lazy when wanted, violent when angry." Ruby said, sounding like a narrator for a wild life channel.
"Very funny Ruby. Let's see how funny you'll be when this wild Yang gets violent." Yang said through her pillows.
"I'VE BEEN SPOTTED! FLEE!" Ruby said, pointing the camera back to herself while running out of their room. "Zwei, you stay put!"
"Arf!"
"Still as cute as ever." Commented their father.
Facing the camera to a door with a plate that said "JNPR," both men knew this to be the other team Yang wrote about.
"This is team JNPR's room dad. Home to my first friend here and fellow leader Jaune Arc, and his merry band of awesome warriors." Ruby said, facing the camera back to her.
"Did she say Arc? Yang has some explaining to do!" exclaimed Qrow.
"I met him on my first day here after Yang ditched me. Besides him, I'm also friends with his partner Pyrrha Nikos, and his other teammates: Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren."
"And she's friends with the famous Pyrrha Nikos too? How much info is Yang holding out on us?" Qrow shouted.
"Woah! My baby girl has friends in high places!" Taiyang said impressed.
"Anyways. Instead of just telling you about them, let's see how they're doing!" Ruby said while turning the camera towards JNPR's door.
Just as she was about to knock, sounds of crying were heard behind said doors.
"Nora. I'm tired." Came a teary voice while panting.
"Well too bad Jaune, because we are going to do this again and again until you and the others get it right!" came a voice who Qrow guessed belonged to this Nora character.
More words were said, but the camera couldn't pick up on most of it. One word that was clearly heard was 'sink.'
"Oh great! Now you're all dried up Ren. NEPTUNE! You know what to do. Make 'em shine!" By this time, the camera was facing Ruby's shoes. Taiyang was wondering whether he should pull her out of that academy.
"Five minute break. You guys are all getting soft on me, when I still haven't gotten any result!" Nora grumbled. Stomping could be heard.
"OUCH! CRAMPS!" came the voice of this Jaune character.
"UGH! Useless! Sun! Give Jaune your banana." Nora shouted.
"F**k that." Came the voice of someone who Taiyang guessed belong to this Sun.
"C'mon Sun. The sooner we get this done, the sooner we all can get out of here." Came the voice of Jaune.
"Beg for it." By this point the camera was shaking.
"What?" came four voices.
"You heard me. Beg for it." By this point, Taiyang couldn't believe what he was hearing. And he was only staring at his daughter's shoes.
Hearing a sigh, both men prepared for what they were about to hear.
"Please?" Jaune said sweetly.
"…I don't like the way you beg. Beg harder!" Qrow could just feel the smirk on this Sun persons face.
"OH PLEASE! PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR BANANA!" The camera was now shaking sporadically.
"Hey Ruby." Getting startled, the camera flew out of Ruby's hands and was caught by a black haired cat faunus. "Filming a tape for your dad?"
"That must be Blake. Yang's partner." Qrow stated, remembering a part of Yang's letters.
Turning the camera to face her teammate, Taiyang saw her daughter completely pink in the face.
"Um, yep! Just filming a video for my dad!" Ruby said, taking the camera back and turning it to face Blake. "So what are you doing here Blake?"
In her hands, Blake was holding a plastic bag and a camera. "I'm helping Nora out with her music video. Wanna come in and see how it's going?"
"NO RUBY! SAY NO!" Taiyang shouted while grabbing the tv.
"OH! So that's what was going on." Ruby said behind the camera. "Sure. It's always fun seeing Jaune and Ren dance."
"NOOOOO!" Taiyang shouted through his home.
Facing the camera to JNPR's door and having Blake open it, Ruby was given the view of a shirtless and oiled up Sun, Neptune, Ren, and Jaune standing side by side one another.
Getting into the view of the camera, a girl the viewers could guess was Nora walked up to Blake.
"Did you get the energy drinks and lemon tea's?" Nora asked.
"Right here." Blake said handing over the tea bags.
"GREAT!" Nora shouted. Turning to he others, she tossed each of them a tea bag. "ALRIGHT GUYS! DRINK YOUR TEA AND GET READY! THIS! IS! HAPPENING!"
Noticing Ruby in the room, Nora greeted her happily.
"Hey Ruby! What's with the camera?" asked Nora in a bubbly tone.
"I'm making a video to show my dad back home." She said behind the camera. "By the way, where's Pyrrha."
"Pyrrha," Blake said with a bit of venom. "is in the library searching on how to win a man, but still lose to someone better."
"That wasn't nice Blake."
"Ooh. Why don't you stick around to get some film on this? I'm sure your dad will have a riot watching this part of your vid." Nora offered while motioning to the boys who were currently massing their throats.
"Is it a new dance routine?" Ruby asked innocently.
"Nope! Hold on." After going over to the four and giving them some instructions, Nora stands in full view of the camera hands behind her back. "Hello Ruby's dad. I'm Nora: Ruby's pancake loving friend. And I'd like to present to you:"
Applause came from Blake's scroll.
"NORA'S NIP SYNC QUARTET!" she said while striking a pose.
shishishiw~
Taiyang and Qrow had to rewind the DVD to hear if they heard correctly.
"NORA'S NIP SYNC QUARTET!" Yep, they heard her correctly.
Zooming in on the four men, as the song of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik played, Taiyang was currently on the floor laughing seeing four men sync flexing their pecs to the music, and Qrow was wheezing while holding his ribs. As it ended, the two grown men were relieved the previous event was a misunderstanding.
Getting back into the camera's view, Nora was clapping while facing the camera. "I hope you enjoyed that sir cause that was just the warm up!"
"Oh gawd, there's more!" Qrow wheezed out.
"HIT IT!"
As the instrumental for Redbone's Come and Get Your Love was starting, Ren flexed his pecs to drums, Neptune was flexing his to the bass, Sun was to drums, and Jaune flexed while singing lead. The others flexed when they were needed as back up singers. They had to pause the video to finish laughing.
After laughing for thirty minutes straight, both men got back off the floor and resumed the video.
"There was a full ten minutes of me laughing with no sound coming out." Wheezed Taiyang holding onto Qrow's shoulder.
"Thanks for watching sir!" Nora said waving to the camera.
Turning the camera back to her, Ruby saw the memory card was almost full. "Well dad, those were my friends. I hope you enjoy the vid. I'm having a great time here. I was scared at first of not making friends here, but I found friends I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. Bye dad. Love you."
BZZZZZZZT
End Camera POV
The video was done. Getting up to take the DVD out, Qrow turned to look back at his long time friend.
Sitting with a huge smile on his face, Taiyang felt so many things. Pain from laughing till he cried, relief his daughters were okay, and happy that after seven months of being away from him, his daughter still remembered to say she loved him.
"Today was a good day, wasn't it Qrow?" he said with a smile.
"What are you talking about you dunce?" Qrow said with a smirk. "It's still 10 in the morning. The days not over yet."
"It is? Man that video felt longer." Getting up, Taiyang stretched before staring at his friend with confidence. "Well then! Why don't we go smash some perps?"
Putting the DVD back in it's case, Qrow followed Taiyang to his car feeling good and ready to face the day.
END
OMAKE:
During practice
"NO! NO! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOO!" shouted one Sun Wukong. "Blake. Sister. Old flame. Have mercy!"
"Is this the nip? Is this the nip that messed up?" Blake said coldly while pinching Jaune's right nipple and occasionally pulling it.
"Blake, please!" whimpered a sad blonde knight. "It's really starting to hurt!"
"I'm sorry. I don't speak slave language." Blake said sarcastically. Still holding the nipple "Nora you know slave language. Tell this slave to stop f**king up!"
"DON'T F**K UP!"
It would be a few more hours before all four men got it right.
END
AN: That was fun to write. A bit hard trying to center around the camera point of view, but… eh, I winged it. I read a review saying they were nervous about this chapter. Bet it wasn't what you were expecting, huh?
Anyways.
NEXT TIME ON: THOSE DAYS
"WHO ARE THE HUNTERS? TELL ME!" Jaune said behind his shield, while being blinded by a motorcycle light.
"I trained you in the ways of the sword and opened the aura in your soul Jaune." Pyrrha said while brandishing Milo and throwing Crocea Mors at his feet. "Now let's see if it's enough to take me down!"
"JAUNE? JAUNE? JAAAUUUNNNNE!" Ruby shouted through her scroll.
Chapter 5: Grimm Eater