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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"As Yang and Raven held each other near the destroyed tree; JNPR, Ruby, Summer, Ozpin, and Glynda looked upon the reunited Mother / Daughter pair. While there were many things to talk about, that conversation could wait. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""What happened, we saw Yang's Aura drop dramatic…" Weiss started to exclaim as she and Blake ran into the courtyard but stopped the moment she laid eyes on the duo crying together. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Who is that?" Blake asked inquisitively looking at the older dark haired woman. What was more surprising was the older woman was like looking into a 'what do you look like when older' mirror for Yang. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""From what I understand, that is Yang's mother" Pyrrha explained "Though this turn is definitely surprising after the last few minutes"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yang has always been a big softie. Though I had a very similar reaction to seeing Raven again" Summer stated while smiling at the two women. Knowing that she would be needing to have a very awkward conversation with her two daughters in the near future, Summer was content on letting the two women have their reunion./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Many tears shed, the mother / daughter sat holding each other. Not really sure where to start the following awkward conversation, Yang took a stab in the dark with the one question that has been on her mind since that day./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Why?" Yang said sadly./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""As cliche as it sounds, it's complicated. The million lein question. Many things in life separated me from you but that's over. I'm staying." Raven said while stroking Yang's hair./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""What changed? Why come back now? Is it because mom is here? Would you have even come back had she not appeared? Do you really care about Ruby? Me?" Yang spoke faster, breathing a bit harder. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Ripping herself away; Yang stared at Raven, her eyes blood red "So that's why you came back, you just wanted to see Summer…"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Raven regrabbed Yangs head in an attempt to keep the situation calm "That's not the entire reason but I won't lie to you, hearing about her return had me curious. And while it may sound childish… I wanted to protect you from her if it was an imposter. I know that seems wrong, especially with how I left things. But I am here… now" Raven said while putting her arm around Yang's shoulder, hoping to placate the dragon back into slumber./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Do you have any idea the damage you caused young lady? It's going to take me hours to fix all this up, walls, vegetation, the fountain! I am sure that Elad will be THRILLED that you RUINED all of his hard work that he spent the summer break preparing for the new school year." Glynda fumed, eye twitching./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Noticing that Glynda was nearing the point of no return, Ozpin attempted to step in however Raven decided to insert herself in front of her daughter in a vague attempt at protection./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Glyn... Its my fault that this happe..." Raven started before being throw through the air into the water nearby./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Oh don't even start with me bird girl! I will be with you in a moment!" Glynda shouted at Raven. Turning back to Yang with a fury that would terrifying any person including Ozpin who at this time is inconspicuously silent./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You young lady will be serving detention till I deem that you have learned your lesson. I will also be doing private lessens to help you control your anger and temper. Your father had a similar problem so it should be NO problem training another Xiao-Long out of a horrid habit." She stated before stomping off to start the clean up process./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"With Glynda moving off and Ozpin slowly following, the rest of team RWBY rush to Yang. Ruby grabbed on, constantly asking if she was ok. Blake placed her hand on Yang shoulder, giving a look conveying concern. Weiss however stood next to the group, putting her body between RWBY and Raven. In the mean time, Summer was assisting Raven up from the fountain./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Well that isn't expecting how the morning to start" Jaune comments while the rest of JNPR looks at him dumbfounded. Seconds later, he his the ground face first as Nora smacked him in the back of the head./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Summer was currently the center of attention as she is now back in her Hospital Bed. Raven sitting closer while Yang, Ruby, and Weiss sat in some of the visitor chairs. Yang had been bandaged up with her arm in a sling (hyper extending her arm in the last sucker punch). Blake and Team JNPR had gone off to acquire food for the rest of their team./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Well I will start with the most obvious... A few days ago, I will woken up to a massive headache as well as what felt like a stabbing in my chest. After being tended to, I started to feel something I hadn't felt in a very long time... since Summer disappeared." Raven stated as she give Summer a look that none of the teens could really understand. "Once I got over the panic attack, I had to investigate." /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"While Yang Ruby tried to keep from interrupting, Weiss had run out of patience. "Why don't you start with the most obvious question... Why did you leave? From what I understand, you up and left Yang without even a letter or anything. Why would you do that to family? Did she mean nothing to you?" Weiss said with exasperation as she started pacing the room./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Ruby reached out to stop her from pacing. "Weiss, she will get to it, let her finish..."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"At that moment; Yang picked her self up, limped over to the bed, and sat down at the foot. "No Ruby. I want the answer. I need to know how a mom can leave her baby alone with her father then come back like nothing happened. If she wants to even share a room with me ever again. I want that answer... now."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yang, I wanted to talk with you and your father at the same time about this. There are things about the world you don't know that lead to the events of that weekend. You would be put into danger that you could never run from" Raven stated with a somber tone./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Well obviously you can run away from it. You were gone for 17 years" Yang spat towards her mother figures. Raven went to retort however Summer stopped her by reached out to grab her daughter./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I need to know... I was abandoned... cast aside... left in the garbage. I need to know why..." Yang said as she started tearing up, causing Ruby to come behind her, hugging her sister./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Raven sighed as she realized that what she dreaded most is happening. Squeezing Summer's hand, she received a nod stating that it is ok. "Well if you want to know, I will need some help explaining as I wasn't the only one who was involved in the incident."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Standing up; Raven slashed her hand downwards, causing a blackish tear in the room to open up. Sighing, she yells at the portal "Qrow, get your ass in here... now before I drag your ass in here. I am calling in that favor."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"From inside the portal, ladies heard a male voice grunt before a flask sailed though to be caught by Raven. Out stepped a familiar gruff older man smelling of alcohol and bad decisions. "Rae, I swear to god. If this is just another trick, I will slice off your fingers one at a time." He gruffed as she tossed the flask bad to him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Well you drunk lunatic, we have a major situation..." Raven drawled out as Qrow finally took in his surroundings. Seeing what looked like a smaller Ice Queen, his nieces, stuck up sister, and what looked like a younger Ruby clone. After a moment his eyes went massive.../p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Raven... what the fuck..." Qrow said as he promptly passed out. After catching him standing, Raven just rolls her eyes and lets him drop to the floor to the wincing of the teens./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Well Sum... there is only one more needed for a STRQ reunion... Hopefully her can stay awake long enough"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Ok... so I am dead. I understand it has been quite a while however I won't make excuses. I had MANY ideas of what to do with the story and even outlined many of the chapters. Life happened and I lost time to work on side projects. After a few months of that, I forgot about the story and the passion. Recently I wrote a project for myself which triggered a desire to pick this back up./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"So while I wont make sweeping promises for the story but I do want to try and continue this on when I have time. I apologize for some of the issues with grammar as I am just trying to get back into it./p
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