9 Months to Live

Chapter 28 Tusk

Disclaimer: Hi. It's me. Lone. You know, that insane wonderful bastard that pissed gasoline that he lit midstream on your yard last week then broke into your house and jumped out ever single window in it. I'm sorry… is what anyone else would say. I am not. I have few regrets, one of them being not owning rights to RWBY.

AN: Lone here. Betas are telling me that spending all my time writing these notes are a waste of time. But they aren't the boss of me, so I fired them out of a canon. Then HR said that's not only morally wrong, but highly illegal, so I fired them out of said canon and replaced them with genetically enhanced hyper intelligent beaver people, but they took offense to my use of the word damn, so I then had to ship out a crap ton of beaver pelts. Oh, the chapter. I guess this is the second to last chapter… I think? Dunno, I'm indecisive to no end. You won't get any tears from my cold dead eyes just yet! Now onto questions.

Are you still updating? *looks at the chapter* No.

Someone mentioned how the omakes seem to take a 5th from the content of the chapter and detract from the story. First off, thank you for liking it enough to care. The reason I think the Omake tend to be longer is because I guess it's easier for me to write a disconnected comedic side story than work on the actual chapter at times. But rather than detract from the Omake, I hope to focus more on adding to the chapters themselves.

Last but not least, thank you all for your positive reception of my take on Ironwood. I tried to make his motives as reasonable as possible, and put a lot of thought into building up his character. The last thing I wanted for my antagonist was for being bland and 2 dimensional.

*zombie burst through the window and start coming in by the hoard*

Shit, is it that time already? GET THE SHOTGUN, YOU'RE NOT TAKING THE KIDS KAREN!

Sparks flew, and the earth shook under the might of two veteran hunters, skilled beyond their years. After all, to be as old as they were meant they were the best.

Ironwood aimed a punch towards Ozpin, flames erupting from the metal prosthetic as it propelled with rocket like force, slamming against the aura shield that Ozpin had put up at the last second, but he was pleased to see slight cracks in it.

He struck again and again, his blows near invisible to the untrained eye, and Ozpin was beginning to feel the strain. Ironwood was unrelenting in his assault, taking a rather vicious offense

"FIGHT ME OZ! STOP HIDING BEHIND YOUR DAMN SHIELD!"

The ancient man gritted as he felt the barrage of powerful blows begin to tax on the barrier. Perhaps a change of tactics would be wise. "Very well James," Ozpin replies as he raised his cane, dropping the shield and beginning to give a series of quick jabs at the steel giant. "But I am not your enemy. Sal-"

"Salem is the enemy, but your methods are what is slowly killing us out to her!" Ironwood yelled. "You have the literal ace up your sleeve! The maidens, the relics, the silver eyes, yet you hide them because what? You're afraid mankind will misuse them? We are at war for our very existence! And unlike you, I refuse to see our world flicker slowly as Grimm overpower each nation one by one!"

Ozpin blinked. James' rhetoric, as much as he tried to ignore it, was cutting deep into the man. "I had a plan James." Ozpin said as he slowly stood his ground against the barrage being unleashed upon him.

"I heard that line before I was sent to lead my team to their graves, when I could still feel half my body."

"Then you of all people should know that Salem is more dangerous than anyone can possibly imagine. You need-"

"To eliminate the one thing holding us back from victory." The former general growled as he cracked back his cybernetic arm, readying for another barrage of punches. Oz knew he needed to to get to him, and fast, before one of them crosses a line. So he said the one thing he thought he could say.

"I used the relic in mistral, we can't beat her!" Ozpin called out, trying to talk sense to him.

"YOU can't beat her." Ironwood said, his conviction unshakeable. "Did you ever stop to think in your self-absorbed world that the world doesn't need to depend on you, much less needs you to depend on it?"

Ozpin's eyes hardened "I was chosen by the Gods! It is my duty to defend humanity! If I can't beat her, then who can?"

Ironwood's hand broke through the barrier, grabbing Ozpin's skull, and with a click, the general inserted an electric dust crystal in the socket. Within seconds, thousands of volts coursed through the headmaster as he let out a blood curdling scream, only for Ironwood to throw him to the ground as the dust crystal was expended. "I beg to differ. Humanity can defend itself just fine. We lived without the gods, we can live on without you. Humanity will be Salem, Ozpin. Not you." Ironwood gritted out as he continued to press on. "Now are you going to continue to waste my time, or are you gonna stay out of my way?"
Ozpin blinked. The electric stark still ringing in his head, feeling stinging burns from where the metallic fingertips held him. He should probably just call it in...but he failed so many before, and maybe it was just a misguided attempt at self redemption, but he would see it so that Ms Rose and her children were free to live life as they see fit. "No, James." The headmaster spoke as he wobbly picked himself up, gripping his cane harder than ever. "I have done more wrong than any man, woman, or child will ever do. But I will not let you make the same mistakes I have. NOW HAVE AT YOU!"

And with the renewed war cry, the two clashed yet again.

The fight from Sun's end had been one that he swore shaved 5 years off his life from stress alone. Running an airship in the middle of a warzone as it turned out was a frantic mess, as dealing with enemy fire and micro managing a team of warrior frat boys was proving to be difficult.

"Goodwitch, fix the right till! Sage, manage the cannons towards the left drone, Scarlet, we need to get out of range NOW, and Neptune, keep an eye out for anymore of those stragglers. I do not want another hit on this-

BOOM!

"There was a missile coming towards us." the blue haired huntsman said.

Sun pinched his nose as the ship begin to tilt. "Thank you, Private Obvious."

"It's Captain, Sun. Captain Obvious."

"Obviously I'm the Captain." Sun replied somewhat smugly as the ship continued to tilt as the raging professor behind them frantically worked on repairs while swearing enough to make a veteran sailor look like a grade schooler in terms of vulgar language, with every curse she spoke aimed towards a James Ironwood.

"SUN" Neptune called out from the look out "I think we might have some trouble."

"We are in the middle of a dog fight while our friends below fight a literal army. I think we're past that point" The monkey man deadpanned.

Neptune grimaced "Well, shit's about to get worse." he said, handing sun the spyglass.

"How can it get wor-Oh shit. SHIT" Sun swore as he saw what Neptune was looking at.

Hundreds, if not thousands of Grimm, were beginning to gather around the mountain basin.

"Contact anyone. Do we have ground contact?" Sun asked his crew

"I don't think so. I mean, you could try calling someone's scroll." Scarlet suggested as he maneuvered the ship to dodge more projectiles.

Sun rolled his eyes and hit the first contact on his list, Blake's number. "Come on, pick up."

Ren and Blake where having a bad time. Turns out fighting cyborg ninja huntsman was proving to be more than challenging.

Blake paused for a split second as her scroll buzzed, seeing Sun's face on the display.

Blake gritted her teeth in irritation. Only Sun would call her of all people in the middle of a war zone.

However, her skepticism outweighed her concern. As much as she knew Sun to be a goofball, even he would have a good reason for calling her now of all times.

He better.

With a quick shadow decoy, Blake disengaged from the fight, and hid in a crevice.

With a quick look seeing the two focusing on Ren, she pressed the answer icon.

"Sun, what is it?" Blake hissed out. "We are in the middle of a fight against cyborg ninjas."

"Well, I just called to tell you that-Wait, cyborg ninjas? That is so cool!" Sun said, Blake already seeing his dumb childlike smile in her head.

"It's not cool when they are trying to kill you!" Blake growled. "And even less cool when someone calls you in the middle of a fight."

"BLAKE! SOME HELP WOULD BE NICE?!" Ren called out as the cybernetic duo begin to team up on the normally stoic huntsman.

"Was that Ren?"

"Sun, you have 5 seconds before I hang up."

"Grimm. A metric shit ton are gathering near the exits of the valley. Neptune spotted several alpha types. This is too coordinated to be something random. Glynda thinks that it could be-"

"Getting distracted by a phone call?"

Blake turned to see a dagger now sticking through her scroll, one of the cyborg's standing in front of her.

"Pathetic. You are a disgrace to the huntsmen name." the metallic voice mocked, pulling out their blades and charging down the faunus.

Blake tried to dodge the blow, however, her timing was too slow, and she suffered the side of the hit, getting comboed viciously, barely dodging.

"You lack full conviction towards your path. You seem to be trying to fight for separate things, and your blade signals this." The cyborg mocked as they uppercutted Blake, knocking her back.

Ren knew they needed a better plan then this. Whatever these machines, these people were, dangerous a definite. Quickly taking a step back, he looked around and managed to leave the oppenents sights with the help of Blake, regrouping up with her.

"We need to corner them off. We cannot win in a head to head fight." He stated, loading a clip into his gun.

"Agree, but where?" Blake asked. "We're in the middle of a snowy mountain war zone."

Ren looked around a noticed the entrance to the hangar. "Perhaps we try to relocate. Follow my lead"

The duo of cyborg ninja entered the hangar as the a gunshot rang out, shooting the controls for the door, causing the massive steel door to slam down, cutting off the exit outside.

The male spoke "It would seem our prey wishes to turn us into the hunted, Haen."

"So it would seem, Kurogane." The female remarked, as the lights in the hangar slowly went out, leaving only the glow of their appendages and visors shining in the dark.

Ren stood stoically, the light casting a tall shadow down on him

"Just you? The cyborg questioned "Even though you've seen my strength, you choose to fight me alone?"

"Just me." Ren answered him.

Lighting sparked through the katana "Then come as close as you wish, boy"

In a snap, Ren reached for the dagger in his boot, and the two charged at each other, knife in hand.

Sparks flew as steel collided.

"You're pretty good." Kurogane noted as the two continued to exchange blows."But you are still young, naive. Following Ozpin leads to nothing but ruin at the hands of grimm." He said, going for a jab at the ninja only for him to grab the elbow and knock him back.

"I don't follow Ozpin, I follow my leader, and my friends." Ren spoke with a surprising conviction in his voice as he put more strength into his strikes. "I lost everything to the Grimm, but I learned to find someone else to live for. I pity you, whatever happened to lock you in such a cold shell. But we have better things to do than squabble and fight. We have the same end goals, the defeat of the Grimm and the protection of humanity. But kidnapping my friend is not the way, and we will see her free. You are just another obstacle in our path."

Kurogane let out a mechanical growl "It appears I was mistaken when I thought you could see the logic. As long as Ozpin remains in power, humanity will never win. You are fighting this battle alone." With this, blue energy coursed over his arm before coating his blade in electricity, and slashed the ninja across the chest in one powerful strike, his aura breaking midway as a cut streaked across his chest.

The cyborg sheathed his blade as he looked at the gasping Ren "The wound is not major, and the electricity should have cauterized the cut. You are outmatched in this fight, and you have no aura. Surrender."

"I will admit my defeat. But on a side note, I think your luck may have run out." Ren said surprisingly calm for getting slashed at.

"Luck means no-" Kurogane was cut off as the familiar blade of Gambol Shroud stuck through his right arm, tearing at the delicate wiring as sparks flew from the wound, than pulling him back into the fist of an angry faunus.

"Because you just met a black cat." Ren quipped as the cyborg fell to the ground with an audible thud as the metal rang through the empty hanger.

"Was that cat joke really necessary?" Blake deadpanned as she helped the ninja up.

"What? I thought it was quite funny." Ren gave her a small smile.

"Leave the terrible jokes to Yang or Nora." She said, than looked at Ren's cut "Christ, Nora is gonna kill me for letting that happen."

"It was necessary for me to focus on cloaking you for that sneak attack. besides, he said the wound is already cauterized."

"Still, are you good to go on?" Blake asked him "Cause if what Sun said is true, we need to get out of here and fast."

"We can't get our exit as long as the airship is engaged with Ironwood's militia. We need to either disable them or convince them of the grimm hoard approaching. Either way, we need to head to where their air control is, and fast"

Ruby was beginning to feel slightly scared as Emerald and Roman lead her down the hall with the tiny midget girl stabbing the odd guard. While she felt more comfortable for the first time since she got kidnapped now having a gun in her hand (despite it being a small pistol with no different modes). She knew there was a battle going on, she felt the foundation shaking and judging by the few number of guards they had run into, it was intense. She wasn't afraid of that.

What terrified her was she had no idea who was winning. In her gut, she hoped it was her friends and Jaune, but Ironwood's militia from what she had seen proved to be very methodical and cold, assessing situations with machine like precision.

"Ruby!"
Ruby's face lit up upon hearing the familiar voice, despite the fact it sounded tired and out of breath. "Jaune!"

The two shared an embrace, holding the other close to them out of sheer relief, and for a brief moment, the entire world was just the two of them.

Ruby looked at Jaune. The Arc's clothes were torn, his shield had a dent in it, his armor was covered in nicks and scratches, he had some cuts and minor burns all over him, and.. "Your sword's broken." Ruby rambled out, pointing out the to ruined blade in his hand.

"You're bigger." Jaune blurted, looking at her rather rotund belly.

Both blushed as they realized what they said, looked at each other sheepishly, before laughing and locked lips, kissing.

Jaune completely ignored the fact that every bone and muscle in his body hurt, he was still bleeding a bit as his aura haven't fully kicked it yet even with Ozpin's little boost, and they were in the middle of a warzone, and both he and Ruby were in desperate need of a shower.. This was probably the best moment in his life.

"Hey Jaune." Ruby said quietly. "We should probably get going."

"Maybe a little longer." He murmured, holding Ruby in his arms. "Besides, I need this."

"Ah-hem." An awkward cough broke the moment, however.

The two looked over to see Torchwick, gesturing up his sleeve pointing at several probably stolen watches, Neo next to him holding a bloody umbrella with a shiteating grin, with Emerald visibly gagging. "Tick Tock, lovebirds. While it is remarkably easy to pickpocket Neo's handiwork, I believe it is time to take our leave before the ceiling collapses upon us.." Roman remarked as he stepped over somewhat Ruby hoped were only unconscious bodies. "Look, I just got word that this place is about to go sky high and a hoard of grimm are closing in on this location."

"What?!" Jaune and Ruby cried out in disbelief. They had gone through so much already, why can't they just have peace already?

"Yeah, yeah, woe is me, all that jazz, come on red, boxtop." Torchwick twirled his cane.

Ruby let out a slight giggle "Boxtop? You were wearing your Pumpkin Pete's hoodie, weren't you?"

Jaune raised his hands in exasperation. "I worked hard for that hoodie, damnit!"

Roman let out a fake gag in repulsion. "Oh god, they're flirting. This is not how I want to go."

"What do you mean? We should be fine. Your partner cleared the way and my friends should have things set for us to make our escape?" Jaune asked.

Roman let out what looked like almost a sheepish look. "I've heard word that Grimm are coming in, and we gotta get going now, so book it you two before I leave you both to die alone! That, and I kinda had Neo set explosives around the place because god I hated working for this prick."

The mute nodded while mimicking an explosion with her hands.

"You rigged this place to blow up! WHY?!" Jaune looked at the criminal like he was insane.

"I have problems with authority and a criminal history of terrorism. Do the math." Roman snarked "Now move it! I'm not above making a pregnant woman run, because I have a feeling I'm not getting my end of the deal if you and Red get blown to sky high in a pile of Grimm and robots."

Jaune pauses for a moment, before grabbing Ruby and picking her up as carefully and quickly as possible.

"Well, when faced with times like these, it's time to use one of the Arc family's secret techniques."

"I thought before Beacon you didn't know anything about combat." Ruby raised a brow.

"Oh, this is absolutely invaluable to how long I've lived. A trick that's helped me win almost every fight." Jaune said with a smirk.

Ruby's curiosity was now peaked. She had seen some of Jaune's fighting style in the past, but it mostly seemed improvisational, changing on who his opponent was. "What is it? Tell me tell me tellmetellmetellme!"

The knight let out a small chuckle."It's simple." He said right as a large column fell to the ground with an audible thud. "RUNNING AWAY AS FAST AS I CAN!"

Ruby groaned. "I should have honestly seen this coming. Let's just blow this popsicle stand."

Jaune continued carrying Ruby bridal style, despite that with her pregnant belly she was no light weight he was managing to keep up a decent pace. The knight held her close to his chest "I'll never let go of you Ruby."

Ruby couldn't help but laugh slightly. She was just so happy, so very happy to see her friends, to be free. "Never letting me go? But what if I need to bathroom, Vomit Boy?"

"Now that's just not fair." He scowled lightly. Honestly, he was just glad this was almost over.

As the four criminals lead the couple down the hall, Torchwick looked over to Emerald "So, got any retirement plans in course, kiddo?"

She rolled her eyes "What do you think?"

"I think a person of your skills would work quite well with me." Torchwick gave a cheshire grin.

"Are you trying to recruit me now? Of all times?"

"It's never too late to reconsider a career path."

"I don't think that advice is applicable for a situation like this. Besides, didn't you make a deal to stop getting your nose in the huntsmen's business?"

"Yes, but that only limits one market, and you and your violent step brother could try living with dear old dad now that mom kicked the bucket after the divorce."

"You are really dragging that metaphor to the ground, aren't you?" Emerald deadpanned "And what possible use could you have for people who associate themselves with terrorists?"

"Drug trafficking and dealing of course!"

"Excuse me?" Emerald nearly stopped dead in her tracks. There was no way that this man could be serious.
"The idea actually came to me around year two in prison. The guy in the cell next to me was a massive weed addict, but one time he got a little bit of the stuff, and the man was as tame as a newborn kitten."

"Where are you going with this."

"Well, the grimm are attracted to any negative emotions, correct? So what if we introduce a product to help lighten the mood?"

"That… might just be the smartest idea you ever had."

"Why thank you...hey!" Torchwick turned to face back before Neo poked his shoulder, then gestured towards the exit. "Oh hey we made it."

Jaune and Ruby let out a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god."

Jaune paused for a moment and unclipped the crimson cloak around his armor. "Here you go Ruby, figure you might want this more than me."
"I thought that looked familiar. Looked surprisingly good on you. Gotta say, you seem to nail women's clothing."

Torchwick let out a laugh "Okay, I have to hear this story!"

Everyone turned towards the mob boss. "NOT NOW!"

They turned the corner to find themselves face to face with Blake holding what looked like a mildly wounded Ren.
"Blake! Ren!" Ruby beamed, her usual optimism returning in strides. "You two are okay! Well, mostly okay."

Blake gave the girl a light hug, before switching to more serious mode "This is nice and all, but we got a hoard of grimm approaching the base. We need to leave, now."
Torchwick let out a slight cough "Umm...about that, kitty cat-"

"Call me that, and you will need that cane to walk."

"Pfft, someone had bad tuna today."

Blake raised her weapon at him and clicked back the hammer.
"Geez, take a joke will ya? But the base itself is set to blow."

'WHY?!"

"That's what we said!" Ruby and Jaune added.

Torchwick placed a hand against his chest. "I was a terrorist and I hate authority. Why is everyone so surprised I wanted to blow this place up?"

Ren finally spoke up "Arguing will help no one. We need to contact Sun, and use the airship to get out people out before we die to eiher an explosion or grimm"

"And Ironwood's men as well."

Everyone turned to Ruby.

"I've seen the people that follow him. They aren't all bad...just misguided."
"Ruby," Jaune said "These people held you hostage."

"They did, but they don't deserve to die for a decision Ironwood made."

Blake looked at her "Ruby, it was there choice to follow-"

Torchwick groaned. "Oh my god, are we have a debate on morality now? Look, just tell them the situation on the loudspeaker, and maybe they'll listen, but if they want to fight us while grimm kill every living thing within a five mile radius, then I don't care. NOW MOVE YOU HERD OF ANGSTY TEENS! Neo, lightly stab any stragglers."

After what felt like an eternity, they finally hit the cold air of the mountain, while the sound of gunfire and machinery echoed in the background.
Alright the explosion should go off in three...two...one…" The criminal paused and gave a gesture, but was greeted with silence. "And one...AND ONE!" Torchwick fiddled with his scroll for a moment "Oh come on you stupid piece of-"

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

A massive explosion bellowed throughout the mountain base as billows of smoke and flames erupted from every hole the base had, as the entire thing started to fall in on itself. To Jaune, it almost seems unfortunate that they had to waste such a good military base...wait a minute...

Jaune's eyes widened in realization. "Oh shit...Qrow and Tai."

Ruby leaned in towards the knight "What about Dad and Uncle Qrow?"

Qrow chuckled to himself darkly as he saw the ceiling begins to collapse. With his injuries, there was no way he could get out of here, and his scroll was busted.

"How unfortunate." He mused to himself. "I'd always thought I'd go out with a bit more of a bang. Maybe fighting off boards of Grimm, Salem, hell, I'd take Winter finally snapping and killing me! Heheh-ow." He winced. "It hurts to laugh."

"You know," Tai said. "I have many regrets too. Marrying your sister is probably one of the biggest. Seriously, fuck Raven."

"Amen to that, brother!"

"But at least we know that Yang is 10 times the better woman she is, and even Ruby is probably gonna be a better parent then her. Plus her… boyfriend? I think I can say that, well he seems like he's gonna be an okay parent."

"Tai, we threatened the kid with genital mutilation. At the least, I think we can give him an inch more credit."

"At least I get his name right."

"I'll have you know that I see Johana as a protégé of sorts."

"Oh god, the poor kid. No one deserves that cruel of a punishment." Tai snorted out, before pausing for a moment. "Hey, you still got your flask?"

Qrow gave him an annoyed expression. "Yes, but as of the moment I consumed the rest of it when General Dickhead broke my fucking leg."

"Shit. I wanted some." Tai swore. "Wait, can't you just fly out in bird form? You don't need a broken leg to fly."

"Yes, Tai, let's have the person with broken bones have said bones shift and compact into a tiny bird then fly out to get safety. What's the worst that could happen." Qrow said dryly.

"Good point."

"You know, about that Tai, before I die, I wanna tell you something." Qrow said. "And that's that I always-"

Whatever it was the drunk was gonna say, was cut off as the two looked up to see a crimson portal opening, and a familiar figure walking out of it.

"You two are hands down the biggest idiots I've ever had the displeasure of knowing." Raven deadpanned as she looked down upon the two.

"Thanks Sis" Qrow said weakly as Raven picked up the two of them, slinging her brother's arm over her shoulders.

"Shut up Qrow." Raven growled as she to help Tai.

"You know, you could have come earlier, helped us take on Ironwood." Tai mentioned as Raven 'accidentally' hit a painfully looking bruise on him, causing him to yelp in pain.

"Or I could have minded my own business and left my ex husband and dumbass brother to die in a collapsing mountain."

"Wait, did we ever get divorced?" Tai asked "I'm genuinely curious. I mean, you kinda just left. Me. Alone. With a baby girl. No financial support or anything."

"Are you still harping on me about that? Besides, I wasn't the last me who immediately slept with the other female member of STQR." Raven pointed out.

"Well, you did leave the man to raise your daughter while you went off to go kill and mug people for a living." Qrow interjected, but was cut off as Raven jabbed his broken leg on 'accident', the drunk tensing up.

"Can we all agree that your brother is a drunk, you're a bitch, and I'm an asshole, and Summer was too good for all of us?" Tai said.

"AGREE" they all said in union.

Omake: It's Always Sunny in Vale

"GREAT NEWS GIRLS!" Tai grinned as he walked into the room, grinning like a maniac.

"What is it dad?" Yang asked as she while she poured Zwei his kibble into the small doggie dish whilst said corgi bounced around her in excitement. "You win the lottery?"

"Even better! Your mother is DEAD!"

Yang dropped the scoop, kibble falling over the floor. "Oh, real funny dad."

"I'm not kidding! That bitch is as dead as disco!" The bachelor dad laughed to himself as he brought out a cigar to celebrate. "She got shot by some Atlas police and the mafia after attempting to rob them both, and the coroner confirmed it!"

Yang blinked. "Mom's...dead?"

"Don't worry Yang" Ruby said, patting her older sister's back "I know what it's like to have your mom die."

Qrow poked his head in through the door "Did I hear that right that Raven finally bit the dust?"

"YUP!" Tai responded with a shit eating grin as he pulled out a bottle of wine, popping the cork off. "WHO WANTS CHAMPAGNE?"

"Yang's Mom Dies."

The Xiao-Long-Branwen-Rose pack entered the office of Raven's lawyer. Honestly, Qrow and Tai where still surprised she even had one, conserving she was technically a criminal, but schematics.

"So, are you lot the family of Raven Branwen?" The lawyer, Mr. Shaw asked

"Yup, that's us." Qrow replied whipping out his flask.

"Sir, I know you're going through hard times, but I'm gonna have to ask you to refrain from drinking at the moment."

"What? I'm not mourning, I'm celebrating. Now read us the will lawyer boy. I want to take my sister's shit then leave." The remaining Branwen slurred out as he propped his feet on the lawyer's desk.

"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby cried out. "I'm sorry, he taking the loss in his own way."

The lawyer blinked. "Um, okay, moving on… the will. Is Tai Xiao Long here?"

The blonde brawler father raised his hand "Yo."

"To my shitty ex lover and father to the parasite that swelled within me for 9 months too long, if you someone managed to survive longer than me, you cock sucking fuck head-"

Tai snorted "Ha! Stupid bitch!"

"I will have you know that I'm donating all of YOUR assets I got from the divorce to the bandit tribe, and to someone who could actual get an-" the lawyer paused "I don't feel comfortable saying the rest in front of the younger adults around here, but it seems she left the bulk of her funds to a Vernal. However, our searches for a Vernal came up to a former huntress in training that

joined the bandit tribe lead by Raven Branwen."

"THAT GOD DAMN WHORE!" Tai yelled out, his body language starting to get more erratic as he stood up and looked ready to break the poor lawyer's legs. "SHE'S GIVING ALL OF MY MONEY TO SOME UNDERAGE GIRL SHE MOLESTED!? THAT WHORE! YOU CAN TELL HER THAT SHE IS GONNA BE HEARING FROM ME REAL SOON!"

"Sir, must I remind you, she's DEAD." The lawyer tried to stress. "Now, moving on, to my biggest mistake, Yang."

"Maybe she meant how she never got to raise you sis." Ruby tried to console Yang.

"I somehow doubt that Ruby." She deadpanned before facing the lawyer.

"When you were born, my expectations for you where already low, but somehow I still ended up disappointed. Nothing can describe my displeasure and shame, so I leave you a single broken dull blade from my weapon, to show you how I see you. Pointless, and mealiness to me."

Mr Shaw's desk shuddered as Tai slammed his fist into the wood, splinters flying on impact, the lawyer flinching. "That bitch can't talk to my daughter that way! Tell her that she can take her shitty will and shove it up her ass!"

"Sir, may I remind you, she's dead! I cannot talk to her even if I wanted to, which I most certainly don't" Mr Shaw said as calmly as possible, not wishing to piss of the room full of well trained warriors.

"I know! I'm just venting to you because you're the closest thing to her!" blonde father spat out. "Now come on girls, Qrow. I think we have better things to do than give that whore the satisfaction."