3 days later The airship landed in Patch. Team's ENDD and RWBY exited the airship. Thanks to Max's medical devices, the entire team looked nearly brand new,
except for Yang, who was still confined to a wheelchair for most of the time, thought she could get in a few steps thanks to Allister's constant healing. Patch was a
quaint ,rustic village, minus it rather bustling city center. The group followed after Ruby who kept dashing back and forward, trying to explain everything about her
hometown to them. "So now that we're here, know any good places to eat." Allister asked. "Yeah, there's a good sushi place just down the block." Yang instructed.
Immediately the group beelined it straight for the restaurant, even Blake seemed highly intent upon reaching this destination. Once they were seated Zade started to
ask some questions. "So Ruby tell me a bit about your father, he seems interesting." Zade inquired. "Yeah, He's super cool. He's like this great hunter. He's actually
one of the people who inspired me to be a hunter. He's also like wicked powerful. I've never seen him lose." Ruby explained. Allister and Max looked at each other
and gulped nervously. "There's nothing for you guys to worry about. He's also a pretty chill person, He'll love you guys. I have no doubt about it." Yang continued,
noticing their worry. Weiss and Blake looked at each other and laughed at the ridiculousness from the rest of their team. "So tomorrow then? "Allister asked.
"Tomorrow." Everyone agreed as they returned to their good tidings.
The next morning the group walked towards the xiao long residence. It was a rather large building, not quite a mansion. As they approached A tall, blonde, rugged
individual stepped out the front door. "Dad!" Ruby exclaimed as she used her semblance to propel herself into his arms. "HEy, Rubes. How've you been?" Taiyang
asked. "Pretty good, c;mon I want to introduce you to everybody." Ruby continued as she dragged her father over. "Taeyang looked at Yang and was slightly
confused by her positive demeanor but played it off as because of her friends. "THis is Weiss, and Blake. The remainder of Team RWBY. And this is Zade, Max and
Allister, the remnants of team ENDD." As Ruby introduced each member they gave Taiyang a courteous wave. "Allister huh." Taiyang said as he stepped right up,
looking tiny at 6'3 compared to Allister's massive 6'9" Frame. " That's me." Allister responded politely. All formalities were promptly ended as Taiyang suddenly
slammed his fist right into Allister's jaw. Allister was sent sprawling to the ground. The group immediately jumped back. "Dad!" Yang called out. As Allister pulled
himself out of the dirt, he growled before stepping forward and planting his foot directly in Taiyang's chest. Taiyang flew across the courtyard and slammed into the
side of the house. "Allster." Yang began to scold when she was cut off by MAx and Zade. "SHHH, We want to watch this." They scolded Yang instead. Taiyang picked
himself up and cracked his neck. Allister stepped forward and shifted into a fighting stance. Taiyang smirked as he rushed forward at his opponent. Taiyang opened
with a number of punches. Allister dodged and block each punch. Taiyang continued his assault leaving no breathing room for Allister. "Shit, This guy is good." Allister
thought to himself before an Idea sparked in his head. On Taeyang's next punch Allister dodged, but reached out and pulled Taiyang's fist down, opening the hunter
to a harsh roundhouse kick to the ribs. Taiyang was quick to adjust, flipping the grip onto Allister's wrist. Taiyang used his leverage to bend Allister over, before
kicking the side of his face. Allister pulled Taiyang forward and lifted Taiyang into the air using only the grip Taiyang had on his wrist. As Allister went to slam Taiyang
to the floor, Taiyang wrapped his legs around Allister's chest and flipped Allister onto his back, Taiyang landing a few feet away, light as a butterfly. Allister pushed
himself back to his feet and immediately spun with a backfist. Just as Allister had predicted the fist made solid contact with Taiyang's face. Taiyang soared through
the air and crashed into the door of his house.
The rest of the group stood back and enjoyed the show. Weiss leaned over towards Yang. "Is everyone in your family so prone to violence?" Weiss asked. "I'm gonna
just say yes." Yang responded. Max and Zade stood next to the girls, totally enjoying themselves. "So, 300 lien Al gets his ass kicked in 10 minutes." Zade
challenged. " You are so on, He won't make it 5." Max accepted. "Are you guys seriously betting on this fight?" Ruby asked incredulously. "Absolutely, Why not." Max
shrugged. Ruby just stared at the two for a moment before turning back to the fight.
Allister walked towards the house cautiously, while trying to get a visual on Taiyang. Allister was beginning to get frustrated when a bad feeling suddenly set the hairs
on his neck standing. Allister felt his worries be confirmed when Taiyang slammed his foot into Allister's face. Allister hit the ground and rolled backwards, standing
up. "The fuck?" Allister questioned, unable to understand where Taiyang came from. "I jumped off the roof." Tayang answered. "You're insane." Allister
complimented. "Thanks. "Taiyang replied as he drew a large two handed claymore sword from his back. "The fuck." Allister whispered to himself as he slowly began
expanding his own daibo. The two combatants stared intently at each other. Taiyang went on the aggression with a long swing from his claymore. Allister held his
daibo out to block the large sword before spinning and trying to uppercut Taiyang with his daibo. Taiyang leaned back, feeling the wind from the attack blow past his
chin, before stepping forward and slamming his claymore into Allister's chest. Allister flew backwards and landed on his feet. Allister immediately lunged forward. As
Taiyang tried to skip backwards Allister smirked. Allister stabbed out with his daibo, hitting Taiyang square in his chest. As Taiyang slid backwards Allister started
pursuit and swung at Taiyang. Taiyang had a hand on his chest as he breathed in when he saw Allister's swing. Fortunately, Taiyang was able to raise his sword to
block. Unfortunately, One hand on the blade wasn't enough to stop Allister's raw strength. Taiyang was sent flipping through the air before landing rather
ungracefully. Allister jumped high in the air and motioned to bring his foot down on Taiyang's back. Taiyang quickly rolled out of the way as Allister foot impacted the
ground, cracking it. Taiyang crouched and lunged forward, slamming his fist into the bottom of Allister's ribs. Allister struggled to not let out grunts of pain as he
suddenly felt a large discharge of electricity pulse through his body. Allister stepped back, breathing heavily. "Come now. You're going to have to do much better than
that." Taiyang taunted. Allister chuckled. Allister slowly put away his daibo, confusing Taiyang. As Allister put the daibo he stood up straight and his hands began to
glow with their usual white light. Allister fell to his knee and punched the ground, sending a white wave of light outwards. Taiyang immediately moved his sword to
shield himself from the wave. Taiyang had to widen his stance just to prevent the force of the wave from knocking him over. As Taiyang looked out from beyond his
he saw Allister standing in the same spot, smirking. Suddenly, Allister snapped his fingers, producing a flash of white light. Taiyang was immediately blinded and
staggered back, dropping his guard. Allister formed a small ball of light in his hand and through it at Taiyang. Just as Taiyang managed to wipe clear his eyes and see
he was greeted by the immediate sight of Allister's orb hurtling towards him. The orb made contact with Taeyang's chest before sending him flying backwards and
exploding, Allister walked towards Taiyang. Suddenly, taiyang began to cackle with slight electricity all over his body. In a flash, Taiyang lunged forward at incredible
speeds, landing a harsh elbow into Taiyang's chest. Before Allister's body could even react Taiyang dashed behind Allister. Taiyang grabbed onto Allister's abdomen
and suddenly began electrocuting Allister. Allister fell to his knees as his own muscles began to give out. 'Fuck it' Allister thought. The cross tattoo on his back began
to glow and shift back into its dragon form. ' Unbelievable! This shouldn't be possible!' Taiyang thought ,eyes wide. Allister suddenly spun around and slammed his
glowing fist into Taiyang's jaw. Taiyang flew through the air in a perfect spiral before landing on the ground in front of teams ENDD and RWBY. "Dad!" Yang yelled.
Taiyang held out a hand, indicating that he was ok. "Well, I guess I did ask for your best so this is what I deserve. MY turn to show you what I've got." Taiyang said
nodding at Allister. Allister beckoned Taiyang in a taunting motion. Taiyang's body erupted in a large amount of electricity. The tattoo on his arm began to glow yellow
and reform itself, until it formed a yellow glowing dragon. Allister nodded slightly before the two men rushed at each other. Allister and Taiyang both threw punches
which connected in the middled. The impact released a massive shockwave, sending both fighters away from one another. Taiyang moved both of his hands down by
the side of his waist. "Fang of the dragon." Taiyang said. Right after, a katana formed attached to his waist. Taiyang drew the blade and the blade, as well as
Taiyang's body, began coursing with lightning. Allister reached out with his hand, "Tail of the dragon." Allister said. Allister's lance fell from the heavens directly into
his hands. "Scales of the dragon." Allister said as his armor also appeared. Taiyang looked at Allister impressed. "Let's go." Taiyang challenged as he dashed forward.
Allister watched as Taiyang rapidly approached him. At the perfect moment Allister jammed his knee upwards, slamming it directly into Taiyang's chin. Taiyang was
knocked on his back before rolling away. As Taiyang stood he raised his katana high above his head. Taiyang brought the katana down and a large bolt of lightning
struck Allister. Allister remained in place, held down by the monstrous bolt. Taiyang drew back and dashed forward, slicing across Allister's chest. Suddenly the bolt
that held Allister down disappeared only to be replaced by another bolt which slammed into his chest, sending him flying. Allister scrambled to his feet and attempted
to launch a counter attack. Taiyang dodged gracefully as Allister launched a flurry of slashes, orbs, and beams of light. Taiyang began dashing back and forth around
Allister, littering him with numerous electrically charged slashes. Allister tried as hard as possible to try and regain his footing. Eventually Allister managed to reach
out and grabbed Taiyang around his throat. Allister lifted Taiyang and held him up. "Dragon's fury." Allister said as an impressively large beam of light rained down
from the sky, completely engulfing Taiyang. Allister let go of Taiyang and stepped back from the beam. As the beam concluded everyone could see the large crater
that it had left in the ground. Taiyang stood in the middle of the crater, smoke rising off of his body. Taiyang pulled his katana back and pointed it at Allister.
"Dragon's piercing fang!" Taiyang yelled as he flashed forward directly in front of Allister. Taiyang stabbed forward with his katana, piercing Allister's armor, and aura.
Allister felt the blade dig slightly into his chest. The sharp pain was followed by a large discharge of electricity from the tip of the blade. Allister convulsed on the spot
until the electricity overloaded his mind and he blacked out.
The rest of the group ran over as Taiyang pulled his blade out from Allister and Allister fell to the ground unconscious. "DAD! What the hell?" Yang yelled as she rolled
next to Allister as his armor dissipated, revealing his wound. "He'll be fine. The wound isn't deep and his brain will just reboot. He should wake up in about an hour."
Taiyang said. "No, Why did you even start this fight in the first place?" Yang asked. "Well, When I heard my oldest daughter had developed a… romantic interest. I
had no choice but to ensure that he was up to snuff." Taiyang answered. Yang stared at her father incredulously. "How did you find out abou.." Yang stopped mid
sentence before turning and looking accusingly at her sister. "You did not." Yang accused. Ruby laughed nervously. "Ruby!" Yang yelled exasperatedly. "I'm sorry! We
were talking and it just kind of slipped out." Ruby responded. Zade and Max stood tensing their lips, attempting to snuff out their laughter. Max's eyes suddenly
snapped wide when he heard Yang say. "Oh yeah, Well what if I tell dad about you and Max huh." Ruby's eyes also widened as Yang slammed her hand over her
mouth. "What now?" Taiyang asked. Zade looked on as Max broke into a cold sweat. " Who's Max?" Taiyang asked. That question answered itself as Max suddenly
bursted into a sprint towards the entrance of the property. "Found him!" Taiyang exclaimed as he gave chase. At this point Zade finally gave in and began laughing
hysterically. Blake and Weiss just shook their heads in disappointment. Ruby and Yang just stared as they hoped for their significant others safety.
A few hours and one destructive battle between Taiyang and Max, which caused most of the town authorities to show up, the group finally made it inside the xiaolong
house. The kids sat at the table as Taiyang walked over with dinner. Even as the began to eat They could all tell that Allister and Max were still pretty on edge,
terrified of inciting Taiyang to kicking their asses again. Taiyang just laughed at the two boys. "You guys don't need to be scared you know. I just wanted to make
sure that the boys whom my daughters are so infatuated with are perfectly capable of protecting them. As well as pretty good people at heart." Zade snorted. "I don't
know about that." Zade said obviously. Weiss responded by kicking Zade's shin under the table. "Don't worry about it. Ozpin already filled me in on your entire
situation. Another reason why we needed to fight. You fight well, I'm perfectly satisfied." Taiyang said. Max and Allister sighed relieved. Yang and Ruby giggled.
Taiyang decided to turn towards Weiss. "So you're Ruby's partner? I do hope she hasn't been too much of a handful." Taiyang said. "Ugh, Dad really." Ruby
interrupted rolling her eyes. Weiss smiled. "Things did start off a little shaky, but she's been a great partner." Weiss answered. Taiyang nodded before turning to
Blake. " And I really hope Yang and her… unique sense of humor haven't pushed you too close to the edge." Taiyang sympathized. Blake smirked. "She's hasn't
gotten quite that bad." Blake responded politely. Taiyang smiled back. "Now I know this is a rather...hm… sensitive topic, but I was wondering what you guys believe
is going to happen to your leader. He's definitely in some deep shit." Allister just shrugged. "I don't really know but i'm very positive that Darron will get out of it in at
least 2 pieces." Zade laughed. "I'm not so sure. He's dealing with the remnant council. I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up getting executed." Taiyang stated
bluntly. Weiss, Ruby, and Yang were shocked at his father's seriousness, and Blake sank down into herself. Team ENDD remained stoically serious. "I'm sure they'd
love to try." Allister said. "What he means is, Darron has a ridiculously uncanny ability to get his way out of detrimental situations." Max clarified. "If you say so."
Taiyang said. "Well, we'll see when he goes on trial. That's in what, a week?" Zade asked. Max nodded. "Well anyways I hope you guys enjoy your time here. And I
wish you the best of luck." Taiyang said.
After dinner teams RWBY and ENDD were sitting in the family room of the Xiaolong residence, telling stories and making merry. "I find very hard to believe that you
guys actually built a statue of Allister in the middle of a town in a single night." Weiss said. "No It's absolutely true. Fortunately we had Max to do most of the
sculpting though." Zade answered. "And be glad it was me. If you bastards had tried it might have ended up looking more like a mutated grimm rather than anything
else." Max stated. Yang laughed at the thought of Allister's face mixed with that of a beowulf's or and ursa's. The group continued telling stories until Taiyang entered
the room. "Hey, Allister. Can I have a moment?" Taiyang asked. Allister looked up before standing and walking over to Yang's father. "Sure no problem. What's up."
Allister answered. "Come on." Taiyang said, gesturing for Allister to follow. Taiyang led Allister up onto the roof of the house. "So what do you want to talk about?"
Allister asked. "How the hell did you join the order of dragons?" Taiyang responded, deadly serious. "The what?" Allister responded, having no idea what Taiyang was
referring to. "Don't play dumb. There's no way you could have gained those powers without being a member of the order." Taiyang accused. "Ok, look. I don't know
what you're talking about. All I know is that Darron found an old book one day. It said something about a ritual which gave some one holy light abilities. He figured
we could use that power to help him seal away the darkness inside him. So I decided I'd do since I already had a light based semblance." Allister answered. Taiyang
burst out laughing. Allister looked at Taiyang, intrigued. "The Ritual that you performed is called the rite of dragon. It's usually only given to some of the highest
ranking members of the Order of Dragons. They are a society that pledge their lives to hunting down extremely evil entities, such as abnormally powerful grimm, like
your reaver. And other extremely powerful presences." Taiyang explained. "That fact that you just randomly performed this ritual on a whim and survived is a miracle
in its own right. But I really want to give you a warning." "What would that be?" Allister asked. "I don't know how you made it under the radar for so long, but to have
the same powers as a king ranked dragon while not being a serious member, as well as being friends with someone who is so dark on the inside." Taiyang said. "So in
reality. Both Darron and myself are in danger of being hunted by this society." Allister clarified. "After the incident in Vale 5 days ago I guarantee they've started a
motion to begin a hunt." Taiyang agreed. "Oh boy." Allister breathed. "Don't worry about it. As per the tradition of the order only after all of the king ranked dragons
converse on the topic and receive expressed position from the dragon emperor will they be able to start hunting you." Taiyang added. "Well, how long do we have?"
Allister asked. " Based on all of your past activity I'd say it you'd definitely have enough time to go into hiding until this entire thing blows over." Tauyang suggested.
"What?" Allister asked disbelieving me. "First of all, How the hell do you know so much about this, and second, what the fuck do you mean go into hiding." Allister
said. "Look. You kids are talented, I truly believe that. But if you don't they will destroy you. They train only the best soldiers and they have contacts at all levels of
society all over the world. You will die!" Taiyang exclaimed. Allister shrugged. Taiyang sighed. "I used to be part of this organization. I was a king ranked dragon. You
saw my power when we fought earlier. I was the lightning dragon. I have retired though. My status could buy you guys extra time but there's only so long." Taiyang
explained. "That doesn't matter. Running doesn't exactly fit our ideals." Allister stated. Taiyang looked at Allister as if he had grown a second head. "We don't run. We
don't care who threatens our team, our family. If anyone wants to fuck with one of us, they'd better be prepared to fuck with all of us. We don't run, we don't hide. If
that means that that's the day we die, then so be it. After 7 years of fighting alongside my brothers, I… no we refuse to go out with a whimper." Allister declared.
Taiyang considered Allister's words. "If that's what you believe is best, then I won't stop you, but you assholes better become the greatest goddamned warrior's on
the planet before they come after you. Not just for your sake, but for my daughters. They've taken a liking to you boys, more than I've ever seen before, and I'd hate
to see them go through the same thing I have." Taiyang expressed his concerns. "I understand your desire to protect Yang and Ruby. Don't worry we really don't
have plans anytime soon." Allister said. "I'll take your word on that. Head back downstairs I've probably kept you up here too long." Taiyang suggested. Allister
nodded before heading back inside the house and downstairs to his team and friends. Taiyang sat on the roof and looked out at Remnants broken moon. "They've
certainly grown up. But who would've guessed they would find boys like this. I'm guessing the protective dad routine won't be quite so effective for too long with guys
like that. They seem perfectly reliable, albeit a little reckless. Hm… They've grown up so quickly. You'd be proud of them Summer. So would you Raven, if you'd ever
come home." Taiyang said to himself as he laid back, admiring the night sky.
A week passed and life seemed to almost become routine at the Xiaolong residence. Team ENDD had been staying in the guest room while Team RWBY was rooming
with their respective partners. (get your mind out of the gutter… for now) Each morning bright and early Allister and Yang would go outside and work on healing her
back and get her walking again. This specific morning they were restarting combat training. Yang's ability to walk, run, jump, and flex her back have seemed to return
to their optimal levels. Yang and Allister stood out in the backyard, practicing throwing punches, as Taiyang watched. Yang smiled as she continued to throw punches,
while Allister coached her. Taiyang turned around as he heard Zade meandering down the stairs, still half asleep. "Breakfast." Taiyang offered. "Bitchin." Zade
accepted. Weiss and Ruby followed soon after and at some point Max rolled his way down the stairs. "So, Today's the day huh." Taiyang said, growing serious. "Yes it
is. I'm sure everything will be fine though. I'm just laughing that they're going to be broadcasting all over remnant. Only Ironwood could have and ego so big." Allister
said as he and Yang entered the house. "Morning." Yang greeted. "You look better." Blake commented. "Yeah. You've recovered surprisingly fast." Ruby said. "Well I
have to thank my favorite accessory for that." Yang said, blushing and holding Allister's cross in her hands lovingly. "You know I am going to need that back at some
point. I do like to have my trump card on me at all times. Especially when I know I'm going to be fighting." Allister noted. "We'll see." Yang answered. Taiyang
laughed. "Well I'm off to work for the day. I'll be home later. Behave yourselves." Team ENDD gave Taiyang a mock salute while team RWBY waved. Once Taiyang
had left the house the teams gathered in the main room, and turned on the tv. All anyone on any channel seemed to be talking about was Darron's impending trial
before the council of remnant. Especially since the last time a trial of this magnitude was held nearly 85 years ago and they were branding Darron as one of the most
vicious criminals in human history. After a few minutes Allister noticed that Blake had managed to disappear from the group. Allister managed to pull away from Yang
and began looking for the missing member. Allister searched every room in the house, from the attic to the basement, yet the elusive ninja refused to reveal herself.
Allister eventually found himself wandering into the woods. Allister stepped through the trees loosely admiring the scenery when a rustling attracted his attention.
Allister looked up and saw a black shadow curled up against the trunk on one of the higher branches on the tree. Allister silently climbed up the tree and onto the
branch above Blake. Allister wrapped his legs around the trunk and allowed himself to slide upside down, so that he was face to face with the cat faunus. "Hey
Blake,how are you holding up?" Allister asked gently. Blake just turned her head to the side. Allister let himself fall down onto the same branch as Blake. "C'mon you
can trust me, What's on your mind?" Allister said as he got closer to the girl. "I… I… I'm sorry." Blake began sobbing heavily into her knees. Allister moved closer and
managed to shift Blake into a hug. "IT's ok Blake." Allister whispered. "IT's not. It's my fault. I got mad. I said somethings that I didn't mean and it caused him to
lose control, and now he's going to die." Blake sobbed. "Darron won't die. He's a hundred thousand times stronger than anything Ironwood can throw in him." Allister
reassured. "But it's my fault that that risk even exists." Blake continued
Allister laid his chin on top of Blake's head. "Don't blame yourself. Darron knew what he was getting into when he came to save your. Don't make yourself feel any
worse than you have to. Darron wouldn't want it." Allister consoled his friend. Blake remained wrapped in Allisters embrace for another minute or two as her tears
finally dried. Allister jumped to the forest floor with Blake. The two teens made their way back into the house. Immediately upon entry Blake was surrounded by the
rest of her team. Hugging and consoling her. Eventually, while Weiss and Ruby led her over to the couch Yang walked over to Allister and gave him a kiss " thank
you." She whispered in his ear. Allister nodded curtly before gesturing back to the other members of the teams who were waiting for them. Allister landed heavily on
the couch and Yang sat gracefully on his lap. The official seal of the council of remnant appeared on the screen and the room went quiet. It had finally arrived. The
moment of truth.