Here we are again boys and girls, another chapter of this pretty successful story down in the history books.

Just like any other review, I read all of them, everytime they come out. I love the amount of reviews that I get from you guys, and all the great things you guys say about the story and as my skills as a writer. I count all the votes to the best of my ability, which makes some things difficult, but hey, that's what I get for allowing votes to be in the reviews.

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Masso 2010: Thank you for the compliment, and I was thinking about having Kai get with someone before getting to Beacon. May or may not happen, depends on what I do with the three year timeskip. If I save the romance for the Beacon saga, I am not going to skip out on any build up, I am not the kind of writer to have a romance in their story, and end up not having any of that build up. So to finally answer your question, no, there is going to be no skipping of the buildup for the relationship I choose, I just can't see myself doing that. As far as Rated M content goes… no, not in this story, I know I've done it before, but this story just won't need any. Sex is part of relationship stuff, we all know that, and I have already implied a sex scene last chapter, so if anything it is going to be similar to what happened with Malikai and Marron in the beginning of last chapter. Happy new year to you as well!

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Just letting you all know, the thing I said last chapter about you all having the wrong person in mind about who you thought was Kai's crush, I was joking about it completely. I just wanted to mess with you guys. It is still a complete mystery, and I'll leave it to you all the predict who you think it is. Not every chapter can be 13k words long.

Now let's get right on to the chapter! Just a reminder, this is not going to be as long as the last.

RWBY: The Blind Huntsman

Chapter 24- Volume 0, Episode 22

Bird Troubles

"Yeah Kai, show that Schnee what you've got." Qrow slurred to no one but himself as he watched the two contestants make their way out to the stage from a bird's eye view. Don't get him wrong, he would love to hang out with Yang and Ruby along with his best friend to watch Kai kick some ass. But there are just things he would prefer to keep to himself, such as his bad luck charm semblance, and then of course there's the Spring Maiden sitting next to him with a bored expression on her face.

"You got that look in your eye kid, tells me that you would rather be anywhere else." He was going to ask her how she got up there, but then remembered that she was the Spring Maiden and probably just flew up here with her powers.

"You're right, I would rather be anywhere else. I'd just rather avoid Kai's mom at the moment." Vernal rolled her eyes when Qrow snorted, then mumbled something about how one of the most powerful people on the planet was too scared to deal with a raging mother. "Also, kid? I'm twenty five years old you know."

"Eh, still a kid to me. You certainly act like one sometimes." Qrow drawled.

"Coming from you, I can't even consider that an insult." Vernal shot back.

"Ouch, why'd you gotta go, and say something like that? I'm technically still one of your tribe leaders you know." Qrow chuckled when Vernal widened her eyes in realization.

"I'd never thought I'd hear that come out of your mouth again, little brother." A new voice remarked from behind him, followed by the whirring sound of a portal being cut into reality, shocking him so badly that he nearly dropped his pocket flask from this very high height above the stadium on one of the rafters.

"Raven!?" Qrow could hardly believe it. "What are you doing here?"

"I could ask the same thing to my trusted little maiden here." Raven said as her eyes turned to regard Vernal, who looks just as shocked as Qrow is to see her. She didn't think that she would see her again so soon, and yet here she was, right in front of her eyes with a mostly neutral expression on her face.

"W-what is it?" Vernal asked nervously, it wasn't even a full day since she and Malikai caught up with his son and wife. If Raven found out already… was she here to take care of her?

"You look uncharacteristically nervous Vernal." Raven pointed out, her features as neutral as ever. "Don't tell me you've done something wrong… because in the good mood that I am in now, that wouldn't be good."

Wait… she wasn't in trouble?

Vernal's eyes lit up upon that realization, it made sense really. How would Raven find out about what she did when it was near impossible for her to do so in the twenty hours that she has been there so far. What really worried her though, was the current absence of certain silver eyed warrior, and no she wasn't thinking about the blind one or the young girl.

Malikai, he was not with her, and there was no way for her to prove to Raven that he actually wasn't currently sitting with his wife and all of his sons friends including her daughter Yang watching Kai fight the Schnee girl. And just like that she was back to being nervous around her.

Luckily, it seemed like Raven either didn't know, didn't feel like asking or simply didn't care at the moment. Because her eyes were dead set on a twin brother of hers.

"Qrow, we need to have a little chat about a certain blind boy we are mutually involved with…" Raven said, this time confusing the Spring Maiden. What did she want to do with Kai? To her knowledge Kai was never an important person to her, and he was hardly brought up except for when Malikai spoke of him. But she wasn't about to question it, not when it seemed like she was in the clear for now.

"Kai? What about him? As you can see right now big sister," Qrow made sure to make it obvious that he was being bitter about that title of hers. "He is currently in a match- nevermind he is currently winning a match against a Schnee. So I am afraid you are going to have to… deliberate?"

"Elaborate." Raven corrected.

"Yeah, that. Whatever." Qrow waved her off like the little brother he was, even if he was just a few minutes behind her on their birthday.

"Why did you tell Kai that I was the one who was secretly training him?" Raven ever so casually dropped a bombshell on them both.

Okay, now that brought upon plenty of questions that Vernal wanted to ask.

"You've been training him!?" Qrow asked the number one question she had on her mind. "In secret!?" Then the second. "Why!?" And now the third.

"Don't play dumb with me Qrow, it was never your style and it doesn't fit a Branwen." Raven scoffed. "I won't be mad if you simply tell the truth little brother, I promise."

Never in Vernals life did she think she would hear Raven speak in a big sister kind voice, it was just so unlike her and seemed out of character. She surprises her every day.

"Oh yeah? I remember the last time you said something like that to me." Qrow said as he transformed his sheathed weapon right into it's sword form and prepared himself for a fight. "Not going to fall for that one, nope, never again."

Raven followed up by unsheathing her own sword.

"Oh please Qrow, while you've been playing slave to Ozpin I have been honing my skills and strength, we are no longer equals." She taunted as she pointed her sword at her brother.

"Yeah, I agree. While you've been trying to keep a doomed bandit tribe alive and breathing I have actually been doing something good for the world!" Raven growled at him after that one. "Now, let's answer the age old question of why I ain't, and why I'll never be, afraid of you. Ray." Oh no, he used the nickname she despised.

"Hold your tongue before I remove it!" Raven exclaimed as she charged at him with the intention to cut right through him.

"As if you'd ever be able to hurt me!" Qrow yelled back as they clashed their blades together.

Vernal didn't know what to do, both of her tribe leaders were fighting viciously with each other, and at the very moment their blades touched for the first time, she heard an explosion from down below in the ring. Making her jump back thinking it was from the sheer force being exerted from when the two Branwen's blades clashed. To Qrow's credit, and to Raven's dismay, they were both pretty much perfectly equal. Every time one of them hit the other, the one who landed a hit would get countered at the same time, leading to an exchange at every engagement.

To make it even more confusing for her, they were having a tense conversation while doing so.

"Since when did you care about anyone other than yourself? Ray." Qrow shouted as he kicked his sister in the stomach.

"Since when did you care about who I spend my time with? Brow." Raven yelled back as she slashed her brother across his chest.

"Ever since you started spending it with your ex's son!" Qrow rose his large blade to block an overhead strike.

"Kai and I are none of your business!" Raven used the opening to kick Qrow back with amazing strength.

"In case you haven't noticed, It is my business! I happen to like the kid!" Qrow bounced back and forced Raven on the defensive.

"Is it so hard to believe that I may have become fond of him as well!?" Raven pushed his blade back enough so now that he was on the defensive.

"Yes! You abandoned your daughter! You kinda lost a lot of trust after that!"

"I've told you my reasons!"

"None of those reasons were good enough!"

"Then you failed as a brother!"

"And you failed as everything else besides being a cold blooded bitch!"

"RAAAHH!"

They continued fighting for what felt like hours to them, but was only minutes in reality. Though they were fighting at such speeds that made it look like they had speed semblances, so fast that even Vernal could barely keep up. She just kept scooting away every few seconds until finally, the two Branwen twins turned into birds and started fighting each other that way.

To make it worse, they decided to use her as an arena of sort, fighting on and around her, talons and beaks all but black wisps in the air as they fought for dominance. It was strange to see two birds fighting with such ferocity, and if it weren't for her strong aura then she definitely would have gotten her eyes gouged out by now. Whether by accident or on purpose, Vernal didn't want to risk opening her eyes.

She wanted nothing more then to bat them away, but she was afraid that she might actually hurt one of them if she did. It was never a confirmed theory on whether or not Raven or Qrow could be hurt in their bird forms and that injury be transferred over to their human forms, and she wasn't in the mood to test out that theory.

Finally, the birds seemed to have enough of it, and as if on cue, it was just as soon as that Weiss girl started yelling at a suddenly very skittish Kai because he accidentally dropped water on her shoes after healing her burned hand. She would have remarked something about that slash of light the blind kid cut through the air with that sword of his, but the two fully grown adults who were standing over her with destroyed auras and bruises all over their bodies was her current priority.

She didn't dare move.

"So… hah… had enough yet?" Qrow asked as he pushed his blade into Ravens with just a little more force.

"In… your… dreams." Raven panted as she pushed him back with equal strength.

Even as they pushed against each other with all their might, with neither side budging even an inch, the tension so thick it could be cut with a knife. They both smiled anyway, finally breaking away from each other before either of their auras can break. Raven's smirk disappeared with a grunt, and she sheathed her sword and fixed some of her wild black hair. While Qrow kept the smirk on his face as he transformed his weapon back into it's safer form and placed it back on his back. He continued to chuckle as Raven refused to give him the satisfaction of a reaction.

Vernal still had no idea what to do here, even with her unbelievable magical powers, she was still too nervous and admittedly a little afraid to make any sudden movements. Was this how the Branwin twins 'talked'? Just fight each other to a standstill with all you have while also talking about what could hardly be considered as their feelings. If this was how they had talks, she would hate to see how twins showed affection.

"You… you really have changed a bit have you?" Qrow asked smugly, wiping away a spittle of blood with the back of his hand as he reached into his inside pocket to grab his flask. "I might dare to say you've gotten a bit nicer, what brought this change to you Raven?"

Raven crossed her arms, and spit off to the side, ridding her mouth of what blood leaked in along with excess saliva. She then simply shrugged her shoulders. "I wouldn't go that far Qrow, I am still the leader of our tribe, I simply decided to get a little adventurous with the blind child."

"Yeah, you do crazy shit like that. It's no news to me." Qrow shrugged back, leaning on one of his hips. "Here's the thing though, I have the pleasure of being your twin brother, and I know that you don't usually get attached to things or people, and when you do, you sever that bond. I am literally the only exception for you." He pointed out.

"Yet, here I am." Raven said with a roll of her eyes, not quite confirming nor denying what she intends to do about her unusual relationship with Kai.

"Yet, here you are." Qrow agreed easily. "Look, I'm not about to tell you to stop training him, not even I am brave enough to try that one. The kid is going to need it. With those eyes of his, he is going to have a target on his back, and where silver eyes exist…"

"Ozpin follows, or worse… Salem." Raven finished for him, shaking her head.

Qrow took a swig out of his flask, wiped the nozzle, and then handed it to his sister. Who then took a much longer swig out of the thing, before wiping her mouth and handing it back to Qrow. Who then proceeded to wipe it again and empty the rest of the flask into his stomach, and only then did he put it back into his inside pocket.

"Listen Raven, I don't know what name you used to fool the kid, I didn't even know you were training the kid in secret." Qrow felt the need to add.

"Falcon." Raven informed him.

"Falcon… our grandfathers name." Qrow chuckled darkly. "Well, apparently it worked. But yeah, whether you believe me or not, I didn't tell Kai that you were the one who were training him, and not whoever this Falcon really was." He smirked and used air quotes, making his twin roll her eyes in response. "But there is one thing I need to know right now, something I can't let you leave before I find out what it is." He got much more serious as he said that, narrowing his red eyes right into another pair of deeper red eyes. "What are your intentions with Kai?"

"If you are afraid I am going to bring the child any harm, you can be rest assured that is not one of the things I have planned for him." Raven said right away.

"Well duh," Qrow drawled, earning a small reaction out of Raven who tilted her head in a small amount of surprise. "If you have really been training the kid for what I assume to at least be a couple of months, it would be counterproductive for you to end up killing him, not after all the effort you put into making him a better fighter. You aren't one to allow your effort to go wasted."

"What do you mean…?" Raven asked, now much more interested into this topic of discussion.

Yes Qrow, what do you mean? Vernal asked him in her mind, also paying much more attention to the conversation at hand. Now if only she wasn't still awkwardly sitting right in between these two titans.

"What I mean, dear big sister, is that you won't hurt him." Raven and Vernal both widened their eyes at that, more Vernal then Raven. Because she knew her as a brutal and uncaring person who cares about nothing but the success of her tribe. And to hear that Raven won't actually kill someone in order to benefit the tribe? It's not like she hasn't killed before, Hell, everyone in the tribe had to kill someone at one point. Was it because Kai was a young kid? That was also a bit far fetched, but it wasn't too unbelievable given the fact that she also picked her up when she was younger and was terrified of her own powers.

"Some way, somehow, you've let little Kai worm his way into your stone cold heart, whether he intended to or not. I don't know whether you started training the kid for your own gain or if you just felt like spending your time with a fifteen year old kid, which sounds a little weird, but I know what you mean. But believe it or not Raven," Qrow smiled victoriously. "I think you've got yourself a heart now, and you actually care for him in your own little special way."

"No." Raven denied immediately. "Not possible, I wouldn't let myself feel such useless feelings."

"Yes, it is very possible, it's called being human." Qrow pressed on. "I guess it must run in the family, because just like Malikai did once upon a time, Kai managed to win your heart." He smiled at her, he even had the gall to even look impressed.

"I just hope that it isn't in the same way, because it'd be kinda illegal if you had that kind of feelings for him." And just like that, he ruined the roll he was on.

"Shut. Up!" Raven exclaimed, unsheathing her sword and with a red flash cutting a portal right into the empty space next to her, which also happened to be right next to Vernal. "I've had enough of this conversation."

"Raven wait!" Qrow stopped her, grabbing her by the wrist before she could go through the portal.

Raven gave him a warning look, but didn't make to remove his hand from her body.

"Just… I'm sorry for teasing. You know me, I just couldn't miss the opportunity." He said first, because if he didn't it would be a few weeks before Raven spoke to him again. "But there's still one more thing we need to talk about… Yang."

"Qrow…" Raven warned.

"I know, I know I've heard the story a thousand times." Qrow tightened his grip on her wrist. "Just at least talk to her, explain to her why you left. I am not even saying that you need to talk to Tai, all I want is for you at the very least to give an explanation to your daughter on why you left her when she was just a baby."

"If you think that in this rare moment of weakness that I am going to allow you to take advantage of these foreign feelings that I have within me, then forget it." Raven ripped her wrist out of his grip. "I will not allow myself to see her, when she is strong enough on her own she can some seek me out. Only then, and only then, will she get the chance to speak to me." She stepped closer to the portal, only stopping to look over her shoulder to see a defeated Qrow hanging his head in shame. "You'll see me again soon little brother, I'm sure of that."

With that, she left through the portal. Leaving nothing behind but her words being burned into Qrow's memory.

"Wow…" Vernal couldn't help but say after a few moments of tense silence. "And I thought I knew everything I could about her."

Qrow scoffed. "Yeah… me too." He said as he sat down again, and dangled his feet over the edge of the roof of the stadium. "You should get back to Malikai, tell him about the whole situation with Raven and Kai. Whether you actually do it or not is up to you, I won't say anything." He said as he took his flask back out, and drank what drops remained in it. "Just keep this in mind though." He added just before Vernal was about to jump off the roof, stopping herself in her tracks as soon as she heard his gruff voice.

"Kai already knows that Raven is the one training him, and since Malikai doesn't know yet, it probably means that he doesn't want him to know. If you care about my opinion, then don't tell Malikai, it would just make everything easier for everyone that way. I'll let you go with that one on your mind." Qrow said as he waved back at her without looking with two fingers.

Vernal actually already did put that into consideration, and though she paused to think about it, she didn't need to much. For she leaped off the top of the stadium and allowed herself to free fall to the ground, preparing herself to use her powers at just the right time to save herself from breaking her legs or killing herself. As she slowed her descent, she put more thought to it.

If she told Malikai about what Raven was doing, it could either bring a slightly positive outcome, or a very negative outcome, and both would not be good outcomes for Kai. Either Malikai would stop Raven from visiting Kai, and all the leverage she had over him would just be dropped like a bag of rocks, which might also lead to herself being forced to go back to the tribe, and to be completely honest with herself she didn't really want to just yet, and that was just the slightly positive one. The very negative one was that Malikai would go berserk and keep Kai on a short leash, protecting him from a threat that didn't exist, while also possibly make him lose trust in her, and then she would still probably be forced to go back to the tribe.

By the time her feet hit the ground, her decision was already made. She was going to keep the news to herself, because that was good for everyone. Kai stayed happy, Raven stayed a slightly better version of herself, Malikai stayed happy, and arguably the most important, Vernal stayed happy.

She smiled at the choice she made as she dusted herself off once she landed on the ground. A few kids spotted her falling through the air only for her to save herself by using her magic, but who would believe a few kids that they just saw a girl flying through the sky?

"What are you all looking at!?" Vernal said in a intimidating voice, and let her eyes flame on.

The kids all screamed and ran away, leaving behind the candy actually looked pretty tasty right about now.

Vernal happily let herself enjoy that candy that must have been meant for her.

"Heh, just like stealing candy from a baby." Vernal noasted as she chewed the sweets.

To be fair, she actually did steal candy from a baby before, so she would know how easy it would be.

Cinder was not a woman who was easily impressed, but in this case she was actually adequately impressed with Kai Matsuoka's performance in the bout he had with the Schnee heiress. For a blind boy to be skilled enough to defeat such an opponent… it sounded impossible, and yet it still happened.

"Interesting… very interesting." She said to herself as she thought about what she could do with this newfound information. He even seemed to unlocked a new ability, whether it was a part of his two semblances or not, he now had a new weapon added to his arsenal. A sonic wave of pure white light that was also superheated. To her knowledge, there was no dust that could allow for such an attack to be possible, and she already knew everything there was to know about dust. Unless something was intentionally left out, she would have known what could have caused such an attack to occur.

"Mam?" Her female minion called to her. "That move he used… do you think?"

"Yes child." Cinder stopped her. "It was a light attack."

"I don't think any offensive semblances use light as a weapon." Mercury said.

"That's because it wasn't his semblance." Cinder informed him, and a small frown formed on her features. "Must I spell it out for you two?"

Their silence told one of two things, the first thing being that they didn't know if they were supposed to actually answer that, and the second thing being that they didn't know if they should answer that out of fear of being burned if they gave her the wrong answer.

"Very well…" Cinder said after a moments silence, taking a sip out of the glass of red wine she had in her left hand.

"It is all but confirmed now after that attack of pure light... we now have yet another silver eyed warrior for us to deal with." She said in a bored tone.

She then turned her head to meet the two minions she had at her command. Each of them waiting to be spoken to and possibly be given an order. "You two, make sure that our allies are doing what they have been told, and this time give them a little message from me."

Emerald and Mercury focused everything on listening to what she had to say.

"Add Kai Matsuoka to the priority targets list."

Kai was having a slightly better time now that he was not being yelled at my his own opponent that he defeated already. But not much better since now he was being hounded by all of his friends, one of those friends acting like a schoolgirl, and that schoolgirl was his mom.

"Yes! You kicked that Schnee's ass just like I told you to!" Marron cheered excitedly as she lifted Kai using nothing but her tail and playfully punched his shoulder. "It was a huge victory for the fau- I mean, the little guys!"

Shae was next, and showed just how affected she was by the events of the night before, which apparently had no effect on her. She jumped up and pat him on the back with the speed of a thousand Ruby's, and continued to do so for the next few seconds, only stopping when his huntsmen father and all around badass stepped up to congratulate his son, patting him on the head and smiling at him.

He mumbled something underneath his breath as he knelt down to get a better look of his son, and with the way that Kai's face lit up a bit, it was nothing negative, it only made Kai happier with his victory.

"So it is possible…" Kai muttered underneath his own breath as he was lead to the rest of his friends.

"Oh! Hey kid, I saw your fight!" Vernal exclaimed as she ate from a bag of popcorn she totally didn't steal from a fake crying Rick. "Why didn't you use that move on me last night? I would have loved it."

A few choice girls gasped after hearing that.

"Vernal… please be careful with the way you word things before they get taken out of context." Malikai lightly berated with a shake of his head.

"Wait, do you mean that she didn't mean it as a compliment?" Kai innocently asked.

"What?" Malikai widened his eyes, finding himself caught in a bind. Vernal was now laughing, and even young Ruby looked at him with confusion in her silver eyes as she awaited an explanation. He looked to Marron for help, but she only raised her eyebrow in amusement as he continued to scramble for a way to get himself out of this now awkward situation. "I-I mean… you'll understand when you get older." He went for the oldest excuse in the book to get himself out of this tough spot.

It didn't do much for the two younger silver eyed warriors and their confusion, but it would be enough for now.

"Dear… I think it's time he was given the talk." Marron told him in a voice that sounded like it was coming from a therapist.

"Marron, he's fifteen, and he already knows about stuff like that." Malikai whispered back.

"Yes, but he also needs to know that there is something called protection that he should use should he finally take one of those girls up on those offers." Marron said that in a way that she was hinting at something, Malikai has been married to her long enough to know when she was hinting at something, but the topic in which she was hinting at something was a bit worrisome.

As Kai walked past them and joined the group of friends he loved hanging around with, getting congratulations, friendly hugs, and then finally letting a sad Rick confide in him. It was just as everything should be, he was happy with these friends of his. What made it better was that they seemed to not even know what silver eyes were. But he does remember Ruby getting excited around the time he showed them to her personally during the party, she was apparently excited to have another person with the same color eyes as she. Even though his father was around, but everyone seemed to be slightly afraid of him, and he could tell why. His father walked around in his armour, and had his sword with him at all times, as if he was about to be ambushed at any time and wanted to be ready for it. Even as a blind person, he could tell that some things might have been awkward around that man.

"Marron…" Malikai said her name in a quiet raspy voice. "I am sensing a big revelation here…" His hands were even shaking as he realized what his wife may be hinting at.

"Well… you know I always did want a daughter." Marron said with a small giggle, her monkey tail even wagging a little as she got excited.

"Marron we can't be doing this anymore we're old." Malikai pointed out as he gripped his wife by her shoulders. "It's only been a day… are you sure you're already…?" He couldn't finish the question, he was way too shocked and shaken by a revelation that didn't even come yet.

"Pregnant? Oh yeah, you know how us faunus women get pregnant faster when we engage in… unprotected sex such as last night with a human man." Marron smiled beautifully as she ran her hands over her belly.

Malikai's expression could only be described as complicated as his eyes traced down to where his wife put her hands. Out of all the things he has seen, killed, and been through, only one thing was ever able to make him go into a state of shock. It was the same when she revealed the morning after their wedding, and they learned the hard way that faunus women were apparently extra fertile when they were with a human male in bed, and thus Kai was born. The science around it was never really explained properly, but it didn't need to be. He just couldn't believe that he didn't see something like this coming, again. They were both just very needy the day he returned, and all he can say about that was how thankful he was of the gods about how thick those walls were. It was an interesting night to say the least…

"I took the test earlier this morning… it was a positive!" She exclaimed and tried to wrap around her arms around her husband, only for them to touch nothing but air and a loud thump to be heard as something heavy fell on the ground.

Malikai fainted, the legendary huntsmen and one of the most powerful huntsmen in the world, fainted.

"You're… pregnant?" Marron's son voice rang true through the silence as he stood over his father's body, his hands shaking as he tried to reach out for his mother. "I'm going to be a… big brother?" Kai said as he rocked back and forth, barely keeping his balance only to the quick reaction speed of Ruby Rose, who is very happy for him but wouldn't like to see one of her best friends also slamming their head against the very hard ground.

Marron closed the distance between her and her son, wrapping her arms and tail around him as he brought him in for tight emotional hug. "Yes Kai, you are going to be a brother… we're having another baby!"

Kai fainted in her arms a second later, his arms and tail going slack.

Hours later, the semi finals are halfway done. The tournament continued as Kai was fainted after hearing the news about his mother's pregnancy. It was a tough pill to swallow for sure, so much so that he fainted for the first time in his life.

"I'm a big brother!" Kai woke up with a shout as he spasmed in his seat. He gripped the armrests of his seat and pulled himself up into a higher sitting position. "What did I miss?" He asked next as he sensed all of his friends around him.

"Oh you're awake." Vernal's voice was picked up by his ears. "I was wondering when you were going to wake up, you're dad here woke up just a few minutes earlier."

"I'm having another child… another… child." Malikai chanted to himself in a trance in the seat above Kai. "My wife is pregnant… with another child. Oh my God."

"Yeah, that's all you're going to get out of him for the next few hours I think." Vernal said as she crunched on some more popcorn.

"Oh… well, I think I'm okay now." Kai said as he stretched his legs. "I was just a little shocked by the news."

"A little shocked?!" Yang scoffed, the mystery of who was in the seat next to him being revealed. "No Kai, you were a lot shocked. I mean, I've never seen you faint before, at least now I know what your weakness is." She chuckled. "I just gotta bring up the time your mom got pregnant and you'll defeat yourself."

"Yeah, I would much rather not have that hang over my head the rest of my life." Kai said as he ran his hands through his hair. "I'm going to be a big brother… oh my god."

"You're going to be a good big brother." Yang complimented, patting her friend on the back as he processed the information. "The fact that I can hold it over your head is already saying something. I think you can handle it, can you handle a baby brother or sister?"

"O-of course!" Kai proclaimed. "Yeah, I'm already feeling protective of him or her." He said as he reached around to try and get to his mother.

"Awe~, you hear that sweetie?" Marron asked the unborn child. "Your big brother can't wait for you to come out, and neither can I."

"Okay, okay. Before I start freaking out again." Kai took in a deep breath. "What did I miss?"

"Well, when you first fainted Shae had her match, which she won by the way. She wasn't very happy that you missed it." Yang started.

"I'm still not!" Shae confirmed for her from a few seats to the side.

"After that I think Cyan had a match next, and it was actually pretty crazy! He barely managed to pull ahead in the end after using his semblance to catch the girl off guard. Which was awesome since that Neon Katt girl kept getting on my nerves." She continued. "After that there was an intermission, which you of course slept through. The girl you fought earlier, Weiss I think her name was, she sung in it."

"Aw, I would have liked to listen to that." Kai complained to himself.

"After that there was one more match with people who weren't really well known… Pyrrha Nikos had her match, and then you woke up just in time to see our match!" Yang cheered as she punched her fists together.

"What? Our match?" Kai asked out of confusion.

"Yeah!" Orchid exclaimed, appearing in front of him with a giddy expression on her face. Her greatsword was already out. "Yang, and I are going to be engaging in one on one combat." Nerdy and excited Orchid said with a little too much happiness.

"Hehe, I was just thinking about who was the stronger fighter." Yang said as she cracked her knuckles. "Who are you going to root for Kai? I know it's me but I want to hear you say it."

"Uh…"

"Nonsense! Don't be preposterous my blonde friend, Kai is my partner. Thus, he is obligated to root for yours truly. Isn't that right partner?" Orchid asked her partner with a mixture of many of her personalities.

"I…" Kai couldn't choose between his partner, and one of his best friends.

"Oh please, I've known him longer. I pretty much outrank you." Yang claimed with a smug smirk.

"How dare you pull even consider your high opinion of yourself to overrule the power of the Flamingo!?" Orchid asked, and the two girls got into eachothers faces as sparks began to fly between them.

"Mmm." Two helpfully added her thoughts into the conversation.

"Yeah, Two's right." Yang said as she backed off and flung her blonde hair over her shoulder.

"In that case, I am forced to agree with you." Smarty Orchid said as she backed off, fixing her hair in a way that didn't block out her left eye.

"Let's give it our all Orchid!" Yang exclaimed right after.

"It would be an insult if I didn't!" Orchid reciprocated the excitement and the two clapped their hands together in a promise to go all out in their match.

Well… this should be interesting. Kai thought to himself as the two girls made their way down into the lower sections of the arena, before splitting off into seperate directions. Yang was a fantastic fighter, using her fists as her primary weapon, and Orchid was also a fantastic fighter. Not only that but she has also been training with him for a good amount of time before he started his extreme training regime that he has found out he no longer needs to do without the presence of Grimm. But still, both of them were great fighters in their own right.

But who would win in a fight? Well, not even he knows the answer to that. Yang has beaten him before, but that was many months ago, he is leagues better than he was before. Though to be fair, Yang is probably better as well, same with Orchid. He wished he could use his eyes so he can see the result of this upcoming fight, it is without a doubt one of the best matchups so far in this tournament, and it is only the quarter finals!

He's already made it into the semi finals, and already most of the other competitors are getting eliminated. Which makes him wonder how the finals are going to work, there are going to be many others making it that far, that much is obvious.

Oh well, he'll worry about it once he gets passed the semifinals, for now let him enjoy the show with his own ears.

And that is it, it is about half as long as last chapter. But just around the point where I told myself to stop writing before I hit that 10k mark like I have been doing the past few chapters from all my stories combined. It's time for me to relax a bit.

I am making this arc go by a little faster now that we are getting closer to the Beacon arc, I know a lot of you are just begging- No, demanding that I get to the Beacon arc. I promise you guys, I will be getting there soon. After this arc is finished, there's going to be a bit of a time skip going on.

Also, Marron is pregnant, that is a thing I was originally going to save for later, but I needed a reason for Kai to pass out so that the tournament went on while he was napping. So yeah, next chapter it is going to be Yang vs Orchid, I wonder who is going to win that battle. Of course I already know, but I want you guys to think about it as well.

And just as promised, I will be writing a small Omake here.

Omake: Raven's first play by play

Raven was sore, not because of training, and not because of a workout session. No, she was doing something she has been wanting to do for a long time. Have a little 'Training' session with her now new boyfriend, Malikai. He was still passed out asleep in his team's room, and as much as she would have loved to surprise Team MAVR with her presence. She decided otherwise out of the concern of word getting to Summer and her own team.

She entered the room looking like she took a trip to the Emerald Forest and back, and didn't use her bird form to travel. Her wild black hair was frizzy, her clothes were wrinkled and messy, but the smug smile on her face was just as present as ever when her eyes set upon her twin brother in the room. Leaning against the wall drinking from his secret stash.

"It's not what it looks like! Oh, it's you." Qrow sighed a sigh of relief when he realized that it wasn't his leader that walked in on him, but his sister. "Why'd you look like you just took the walk of shame?" He asked as he put his secret stash away under the floorboards under a carpet.

"Oh, Qrow. I am so glad you're here." Raven said as she hugged her brother and pushed him onto the bed, with her sitting on the edge of it. "I have so much that I need to get off my chest."

"Who are you and what have you done with Raven?" Qrow asked, utterly terrified with this new actually nice twin sister of his.

"I am the same twin sister you have always looked up to little brother." Raven claimed as she fell backward, trapping his legs between the mattress and her body. "I did it." Was all she needed to say for Qrow to understand.

"You did it? Wait… you and Malikai actually did it!?"

"Yesss."

"Okay… looks like I won that bet, hehe, time to pay up Adrian-"

"I need to tell someone about it, and I am so glad you are here alone with me." Raven drawled as she rolled over on her belly with Qrow's legs still trapped beneath her body. "Would you care to listen to a little play by play?"

Qrow's expression could only be described as horrified at the very thought of his sister having sex with one of his best friends. "Please don't."

"It all started when I pushed him onto the bed and grabbed his-"

"STOP!"

"Then he used his fingers to-"

"Please… I am seriously about to die right now… not even joking."

"He even managed to make me squ-"

"Okay, I'm done now." Qrow transformed into a bird and tried to fly out of the open window, only to be caught by Raven and be held within her fist. His bird head looked up and into her red eyes, and a sweatdrop was seen dropping off of his head.

He squealed and flailed around wildly as he tried to free himself that was the torture of listening to his twin sister give him a play by play of something twin siblings should never talk about with each other. It was just a rule that he thought Raven knew.

He wasn't able to get away.

Poor Qrow… Poor Malikai. If you don't remember, there was a line in the last chapter stating how Raven used to give Qrow play by plays of her sexual adventures with Malikai, and you can imagine how Qrow hated the fact that he was still alive every time it was brought up. Anyways, that is just the first time it happened, more might be coming soon. But probably not, you guys already got the gist of what happened every time Raven caught him.

With that, the chapter now comes to an end. Please review and let me know what you think of the story so far!

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