After all the tension of the night, Jet, Yang and Ruby started to traipse off back to their dorm room. Jet was relieved that nothing had outright wedged itself between himself and Yang, and more importantly, him and Ruby. She was holding his hand as they passed down the corridor leading to the dorm room, and as they approached, Jet felt Ruby tug gently on his arm.
Turning to look at her, Ruby pointed at her forehead, as Yang pulled ahead. Jet, understanding, opened up the telepathic connection.
"Are you planning to do that with me at some time?" she immediately thought.
"Not for a while yet. What brought that on?" Jet replied.
"Just that Yang was talking about it… so…" Ruby said, awkwardly.
"Ruby, we're both still under 18. Plus, it's not one of the things I'm looking for, you know, sex. Let's leave it at that. Besides, the massage WAS actually planned." Jet replied with a smirk.
Once the trio reached their dorm room, they discovered Weiss and Blake, who both moved swiftly towards them, intent on finding out what had happened. Yang and Ruby explained while Jet leaped onto the floating bed. He was distracted from their conversation by Flux, who had entered his consciousness.
"Missed me?" she asked, in her calm yet serious voice.
'As a matter of fact, yes. So you have returned.' Jet replied internally, as the discussion between Team RWBY continued.
"I'm surprised. I would have thought my return would have yielded fear from you." Flux commented. Jet felt a pang as he heard this.
'Flux, leave me. The time will come for discourse.' Jet thought to her.
"You will fall, fool." Flux whispered.
'You will with me.' Jet thought, before turning to the discussion in front of him. It had only just ended, and Ruby was already halfway climbing up onto the bed. Yang was still sat in the center of the room.
Leaping down from the bed and earning himself a look of disappointment from Ruby, to which Jet sent a telepathic "I'll be back." to her, before approaching Yang. She looked up at him as he held out his hand.
"Sorry I took that the wrong way." she apologised, before Jet pulled her up to her feet.
"No apologies needed, sis." Jet whispered. "Izzet sent me a message. We need to go to that fountain. You know the one I'm talking about. Just us two."
"Now?" Yang asked.
"Yes." Jet shortly replied.
They said no more, but immediately moved out of the door, Yang trusting Jet to send telepathic messages to their three teammates.
As they marched across Beacon, Jet not bothering to fly as they were already close to their destination, Yang took the time to think about what Jet had already brought into their lives. He'd certainly not made it boring. All the twists and turns, heck when they had entered his world, there'd been more than one occasion where they were all just hanging on for dear life. She could only hope that Ruby falling in love with him would end well for the couple.
Yang was brought out of her thoughts by the fact that she'd arrived at her destination. There was that fountain of men standing on a rock that was crushing the beast. Yang's attention was brought instead to the figure standing in front of it. It was the same figure that had saved her on the train.
She approached it, and the figure turned, so much so that Yang could now see her. The nevermore mask was the exact same, and her weapon matched.
"Who are you?" Yang asked the figure, but rather than give her a direct response, the woman removed her mask, showing red eyes and black hair, very similar to Yang's in length and style. Her facial features were very similar to Yang's as well.
"Yang, we have a lot to talk about." she finally said. "My name is Raven."
From behind her, Yang heard Jet gasp, and jumped, forgetting that he was still behind her. That moment of surprise was nothing compared to the next, however.
Yang heard the one thing she had least expected to hear from Jet.
"Mother?" Jet asked. Raven nodded, and Jet practically charged her, Raven barely able to remain standing from the force of it, and hugged her. She kept her eyes on Yang, and with a tilt of the head, beckoned her closer.
"This may be hard to believe." she began, and Yang recognised the similarities this woman bore to herself. "I'm your mother too, Yang."
"What?" Both Yang and Jet yelled simultaneously, as Jet let go of Raven. "But that makes us –"
"Brother and Sister, yes." Raven finished, smoothly. Jet turned to Yang.
"That's so ironic. We were calling each other brother and sister as nicknames, right sis?" he said. At this, Raven gave a little chuckle.
"I made such a big mistake leaving your father, Yang." she confessed, "And I know how hard you've been searching for me. But I'm here now."
Yang didn't need any more encouragement. With Jet diving out of the way, Yang and Raven embraced for the first time.
"You know what I'll do in that case, mum." Jet said. "I'll be with my girlfriend tonight, then tomorrow I'll come here. Take all the time you need to catch up with Yang." With that, he spread his wings, and took off. Raven smiled after him as Yang cried into her shoulder, he'd always been the thoughtful one.
Extricating herself from Yang, she guided her daughter to a nearby bench, and sat, face-to-face.
"You're really my mother? No joke?" Yang asked, still in utter disbelief.
"No joke, Yang. How is Tayang? Does he fare well?" Raven asked.
"He… shut down after you left." Yang replied, now looking and feeling down.
"Well, that is unfortunate, but I am glad I was able to meet you and Jet. So, as a mum, I want to know what you've been up to at Beacon. Don't miss out any details!" she said, with a wink.
Yang smiled as she began to recount everything from the moment she'd met Ruby on the airship, to when she'd fought off the Grimm attack on Vale, to when she'd first heard of Jet, to the adventure that was their attempts to find him when he went rogue, to his taking care of Ruby.
Once she was finished, she noticed Raven looking as though she was deep in thought. Coming out of her reverie, she gazed over Yang.
"You really have been through a lot here, and have gotten so much stronger." she simply stated. "And Jet looks to be even more powerful than before we were separated."
"That reminds me." Yang said. "Who was Jet's father?"
Raven closed her eyes as if in pain, and said something too quiet for Yang to hear. She leaned closer, and Raven repeated herself.
"A beowolf alpha."
Yang was shocked. So THAT was why Jet was half Grimm. But wait, if that was the case, then that would mean…
"Listen close, Yang." Raven said in an undertone, while Yang tried to make sense of this new development. "The instances leading to Jet's birth were not pleasant."