well im sure ozpins decision wont go totally wrong and cause everyone especialy ruby a lot of pain also almosts backstory is perfect you understand why he is who he is but also that he is a huge bitch

Just wondering, is the revolver a webley-fosbery?

oh shit... i cry with the cap... my shipp WR, i cry for weiss and ruby and you me say not shipp a two... its hard not shipp a weiss and ruby

Really nice to see Tai being such a caring father, letting his kids sleep and bringing them breakfast.
Does Qrow have femenine eyes though?(LOL, I'm sure you already noticed that little mistake by now).

Glad the had their one-on-one talk. It's awesome how fitting Qrow's backstory helps with Ruby's here, helping greatly in her recovery. It's also great that they came to that deal, helping each other mutually like that.

Nice to see this is a thing between Weiss and Blake, hope their friendship keeps on blooming. Also, that's an AWESOME fucking gun and I'm glad Weiss has it because she's awesome too. Good to see they talked about the SDC and it's treatment of faunus, and Weiss gave a really radical option.

And Weiss talking to Ruby like that? Simply splendid man. I'm happy Weiss made her realise how much she's hurting herself and others with her self-hate (and something tells me it's because Weiss doesn't want her to waste such a loving family with it). Glad they're friends again and that Ruby is closer and closer to recovering from being the Hellhound of the White Fang.

Simple backstory and to the point for a simple antagonist (strong, but crearly with one-track mind). I do like that he share a bit of a past with STRQ. And it's awesome that he's giving you an excuse to make sure team RWBY can stand up to such a strong enemy for when they cross paths.

Good to see Ironwood is here and holding no disdain for Ruby (and Winter too, it's great that she doesn't hold contempt either).

Ozzy is still being the man playing a dangerous 'game' I see. This is gonna bite him in the ass, that's just his luck.

Of course we don't expect her to be right in the head from the get-go, this kind of stuff doesn't get solve that easily- So it's good to hear we'll still see it being a problem in the future.

I think it did it's job. He already has a link to Ruby, so one to the Schnee family would be kind of irrelevant with his link to our little red wolf.

P.S: I read your PM, so here's my reply to some:

It's good to know the book is more like tip to see during 'work' than something I should cram into my brain. Much better that way.

And you're right about turning it into a two-shot. So I'll go with what I read on the other review I got; use it for my anthology. It will give me more to work with for Banesaw in it, and it will be done in a 'new-reader' friendly way (meaning: they don't need to read 'Why Banesaw?' to read his moments in the anthology).

Anyway, good chapter and thanks for your support again.

"The gun itself had the bore situated in the six-o'-clock position; this alone was strange, but whoever had made it had apparently decided that they could make it even stranger and had decided to make it an automatic as well – whenever the gun fired, the entire upper assembly reciprocated backwards, which both rotated the cylinder and cocked the hammer back."

At first, I was like fuck yea, I love the 6 o'clock bull barrel design, thanks Trigun. Then... then the horror started and my gun nut side started screaming. NO NO NO NO REVOLVERS DO NOT WORK LIKE THAT FUCK YOU FOR EVEN COMING UP WITH THAT FUCKERY. T.T You have no idea how much that upset me. The closest you'll ever get is the Mateba Unica 6, which is on my must obtain guns list.

I expected a *little* more hostility, even with Weiss coming clean to Winter. Especially on Ironwoods part. That said, fantastic chapter, was interesting getting some backstory on Almost, generally I fucking loathe OCs, but you've done well making him an good antagonist. I look forward to seeing what you do with him and Sienna.(Again, fuck RT for killing her and throwing away a potentially good character and replacing her with... Adam.)

More family bonding is going to be fun, looking forward to Rubes and Qrow having a showdown at least once during her training. Although, I feel that the training is going to be cut short by Ozpin, even before the Vytal tourney. He's clearly planning to yank her for some special kind of duty/training. I don't think it would be wetwork, even Oz isn't *that* dumb, but at the very least searching for targets and either subduing them or reporting where they are so a team can take them down.

I'm not looking forward to your haitus, but hey, I understand the need for a break and to square away your plans for the next part. Keep up the fantastic work and I'm looking forward to more.

Oh, Oz. Always the manipulator, unwilling to do what's best for your pawns unless it lines up with what's best for your secret war.
Loved the chapter, and I 'squee'd when RWBY came together as a team. Can't wait for the next chapter!

Love the chapter as always! I think the back story for Almost was done well; sometimes, the BBEG doesn't need a complex back story, they just need to be driven by a simple goal or motive and a complex one can bog down their characterization as ruthless and evil. It brings joy to my heart that Ruby is back to being called Ruby Rose, though I am curious as to whether the rest of the faculty and student body will refer to her as Ruby Rose or as Red Canis. I would assume that will be answered next chapter, though it's honestly a minor detail. The ramifications of Almost's back story intrigues me, I wonder if the families of those he killed will appear in the future and possibly lend aid to our group of traumatized teens, like possibly a more developed version of Cardin's connection with his brother's (I think) death by hands of Ruby in her failed assassination of Weiss. Anyways, I'm eagerly anticipating the next chapter and will definitely continue reading into the foreseeable future!

It's papa Qrow, I really liked him this chapter and hope he stays a more central character going forward. Also the entire team are finally not in internal conflict, Yeah! I kinda wanted to see the fallout of Ruby going public with her story, don't know if that is still on the table but it would definitely be interesting to see how that shakes things up with other characters. Also the reasoning behind Almost backstory is so much greater than learning his history, and I completely agree with and love it! Looking forward to the end of part one and then reading part two of the story.

Loving the development of Ruby's character and her various relationships. Ozpin... he had tough choice there, hard to say what is the right way given the complicated circumstance. Though to be fair if he discharged Ruby from Beacon this would be a very different story.

A minor complaint is that Almost seems like just another Adam. I'll admit a little disappointing and unoriginal but it does still work for the story since it's mostly focused on Ruby.

Overall, great work, keep it up!

About backstory of Almost: I was honestly surprised he had been "sane" once. You made him out to be someone who wanted to use Summer from the start (when you mentioned their relation in school) and got a grudge when it failed. You actually made him bit more sympathetic than I had figured by giving him actual reasoning for his excessive hatred instead of making it grow with time until real reason was forgotten. Then again that likely also happened.

About Ozpin: Can anyone say they didn't expect him to keep her there? I wont lie, I do not know anything about mental illnesses or their terms so I have no idea how bad it actually is and whether or not he even downplayed what Ruby is going through to have excuse to have her around.

About ending of part 1: I really hope salem doesn't step into the picture just yet. I really want to see Roman and Ruby meet (and likely clash) again and what Neo thinks of the one that almost killed both of them. I get that volume 2 will have changes but I don't want it skipped outright. As for volume 3... I just hope everyone is sane enough to not pressure Ruby into participating and should she actually want to, prevent it. Because if she loses it in the middle of broadcast... Cinder does not need help sowing chaos.

Anyhing else you might want to hear someones opinion of I can't tell. It was lot of stuff and I have hard time remembering everything, besides I am sure someone will commented on those for me even if with different opinion. Personally I was disappointed in Ruby giving up on vengeance over her victims and revenge for herself. I understand why you did it but that doesn't change that I do not like it.

Oh Oz. The need of the many out weigh the need of the Ruby. But damn is it a bitter moment. But now training has gone from full speed to MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!
Great chapter can’t wait for the next.

Oof Ozpin you fucker. Not that I ever expected anything different from him but still. Over all I’m still absolutely here for this and can’t wait to see how part 1 wraps up!

That actually makes Almost a less rounded version of Adam’s character. Also since you did actually leave behind a few occasions of her ‘nickname’ I actually thought you were doing that to represent the transitional phase she’s in as she is finally starting to see things rationally. I think Ozpin is actually putting too little faith in her.

Nice that Qrow could get through to Ruby, as he went through much of the same. Also liked that maybe in this fic Qrow will stop drinking, I don't think I have ever seen that before. Now Ruby stops running from her past, and will get the ultimate revenge against Sienna and Almost. She will live well despite everything that they did to her, making them nothing.

Until then it is on to recovery, and more training. Ruby will need to get back into shape once she can walk again, but aside from that is recovering fine physically. Qrow will likely have a whole host of things to teach her after that point, and now that she is no longer being consumed by revenge, she can afford to learn to defend more than attack. However, they will need to at some point go on a family outing.

Speaking of outing, I am not surprised that she was unwilling to release her life story to the public. It both paints a target on her and her family's back, and it was so bad many would likely call it propaganda, like hat happened with the Holocaust before the Allies overran the camps and saw for themselves how bad it was. No real point yet unless some material proof can be found, though Tukson and Weiss would likely confirm she was a child soldier.

On that note, I hope at some point the family decides to go visit Tukson's store, as he was the one who engineered the reunion, even if not precisely in the way it happened. Ruby needs to tell him he was right for her own sake, and Tai, Qrow and Yang owe him a thank you if nothing else. More likely he has gained himself some very powerful friends, maybe even enough to avoid his canon fate. I can actually picture one possible encounter straight out of DBZ abridged by Team Four Star,

Ruby: Hello Mercury Black, how are the mechanical legs?
Mercury: Just fine Ruby Rose, how's the brand on your stomach?
Ruby: I am giving you a 5 second head start.
Mercury: Thank you, I'm going to need it, your very fast.

Finally, while Ozpin is doing it for the wrong reasons, I think he is doing the right thing. If he discharged Ruby, he would ultimately be proving her negative thoughts about being a monster fit only for locking up correct, and deny her the chance to atone for her wrongdoings the only way she can. I doubt she would last a month in that situation.

Look forward to the next chapter, and hope your planning session afterwards goes smoothly and quickly. Advise you start now, and write in a way that allows what is being planned to flow into hat is already written.

James mentioning the possibility of going public is a good step, but I can definitely see the possibility of the Atlas council not seeing that as enough, hmmm...so much potential storytelling here.