19 -Chapter 19-

-Last Time-

"Well I have to agree with Ms. Valkyrie, it has gotten pretty late and I have an institution to run." Ozpin said as he headed for the door, pausing to glance at Coco's groaning form as he passed. "And could one of you help Ms. Adel?"

…

To put simply, Yang was going through one hell of an identity crisis.

She was however snapped from these thoughts as she finally arrived at the docks and was moving to load up her bike when she saw something in the corner of her eye that made her pause. 'Wait a second, wasn't that…'

Slowly turning her head, the bodacious blonde's eyebrows vanished into hairline at what she saw. "Dad?"

-And Now-

"Dad, what the heck are you doing here?" Yang Xiao Long was confused… no confused was an understatement, she was completely fucking lost on why her father was standing several feet in front of her with a surprised expression on his face as he stared back at her. It also didn't help that the family dog Zwei was standing at his side, looking at her with what she could swear was pity.

Not only that, but instead of his usual outfit, Taiyang was dressed up in a pair of black jeans, black combat boots, a black leather jacket with grey undershirt, and a pair of sunglasses that were currently resting on the edge of his hairline. And to top it all off, her father had Big Bertha, a top of the line high powered shotgun he used to intimidate would-be boyfriends to see how tough they were.

'Hm, like Crimzon.' She thought with an internal chuckle/huff, remembering her first and only ex. He come to her place to pick her up for a school dance, had taken one look at the gun and pissed himself before running away as fast as possible. She had been mad at her dad for weeks after that, but had also broken up with the boy the next day since Taiyang hadn't even gotten to threatening him yet when he chickened out.

Shaking off his shock, Taiyang gained a stern look as he holstered the shotgun on his back and marched up to his daughter. "You know exactly why I'm here. Who did it?" He demanded while grabbing the girl's shoulders.

"Uhhh, did what exactly?" Yang asked back, her confusion only growing as she tried to figure out what her father was talking about.

"Yang Xiao Long, don't you act coy with me young lady. I found out about the boy when I called Ruby to check up on her this morning." He said, making Yang freeze up.

'Oh crap, I forgot to tell him about Naruto!' The pun-tastic blonde mental cried. Her father was a pretty chill guy, but he hated when people left him out of the loop, especially with something that majorly affect her and/or Ruby. With all the insanity that had been going on however, it had totally slipped her mind to tell him. 'Okay, think, maybe I can divert his anger by demanding why he hadn't told me about the Veil. He can't stay mad with me the-'

"You better tell me right now who got you pregnant, or so help me I will find out another way and ground you until you're my age."

"… …huh?" Was Yang's eloquent response to her father's statement. Did he just say what she thought he just said? The sheer unexpectedness of it left her completely in shock and unresponsive, which unfortunately for her Taiyang mistook for stubborn refusal.

"The hard way it is then." Taiyang said with a frown while hoisting his unmoving daughter over his shoulder and marching onto the bullhead with Zwei in tow, at least he was until the familiar sound of a gun hammer clicking made him stop

"Listen up dirtbag, you have precisely three seconds to put the girl down before I put an Oum damn round between your eyes." The pilot of the bullhead, a certain foulmouthed short-tempered woman who goes by 479er, said as she held the biggest damn pistol Taiyang had ever seen against his head.

Instead of being alarmed however, the man simply reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. "Relax, she's my daughter." He said while opening the small bit of leather to show both his ID and a picture of him with a slightly younger Yang and Ruby.

479er remained silent while she looked them over with a critical eye, and a scanner built into her helmet. This continued for a minute or so before she slowly backed down with a nod. "Alright then sir, you're clear. But just so you know, I've just notified the staff of your arrival." She said curtly while returning to her seat.

"It's no problem," Taiyang said, taking his own seat after plopping Yang down. As the bullhead lifted into the air, he stared out one of the windows, his face still holding its look of complete seriousness. 'Hopefully Ruby will be a bit more cooperative, then I can proceed to show the son-of-a-bitch responsible for this what happens when you mess with my little girl.'

-Meanwhile, NNPW dorm-

Ruby shivered as she felt a chill run down her spine. "Why do I suddenly have a strong feeling of impending doom?" She asked aloud, getting everyone in the room to look at her.

Weiss, who was standing next to her, gave the raven-redhead a dull look. "I don't know Ruby, maybe it has something to do with the fact we destroyed mass amounts of academy and personal property… again." She stated blandly, making everyone else in the room but Glynda and Winter look sheepish.

In their desperate search for Naruto, they had basically tore through every room they could find (storage closets, other dorms, ect.) like a hurricane. They had left a trail of complete and utter destruction behind them until Nora finally found out where Naruto was after she called Ozpin. Thankfully Glynda fixed most of it already with her telekinesis, but there were still at least a few thousand lien worth of electronics, wiring, and machinery that now needed to be replaced.

Now they were just waiting for Nora to return with her all-but-adopted son, since she had run off the instant she had heard he had a broken tail.

"Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if we set a world record for most amount of property damage." Weiss said while flopping…er, sitting down beside Winter on the older Schnee's bed. Heiresses do not flop.

"Actually, that particular record is currently held by her uncle and father." Glynda said with a scowl as she pointed to Ruby who perked up.

"Really, wha-"

"They set up a makeshift brewery in one of the unused dorms during their fourth year and it exploded when Qrow tried to use dust to speed up the distilling process." Glynda said before Ruby could finish asking. The explosion itself hadn't been to bad, but it had been enough to take two one of the primary support beams of the dorm building, thus causing nearly the entire structure to collapse. The only good news was Qrow and Taiyang were the only ones hurt as everyone else was in class.

"I guess the old saying is true then, the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree." Blake said as she turned a page in her book, making Ruby blush in embarrassment.

Before she could say anything in response however, the door slammed open to reveal Nora standing there with Naruto in her arms. "Hey Nora, how's he doING!?" Pyrrha screamed out in surprise as she got up to help her teammate, only to suddenly get scooped off her feet and tossed onto the hyper orangette's shoulder.

She wasn't the only one though as Nora practically teleported over to Ren and Ruby and tossed them on top of the redhead before zipping back out the doorway. "Notimetotalk! Lot'stodo! Bye!"

…

…

"…I'm going to bed," Wiess said, not even bothering to question what just happened as she stood back up and left with Blake in tow.

"Me too," Jaune mumbled.

-Halls of Beacon-

"Nora, what are you doing?" Ren asked calmly while doing his absolute best to ignore the fact he was smooshed between two extremely pretty girls.

"Not now! We're almost there! Coming through!" Nora yelled back, scaring the hell out of a poor janitor as she shot passed.

"Almost where?!" Ruby yelled from the top of the pile, clinging on for dear life as Nora made a sharp turn that almost flung her off, only to get no answer.

Meanwhile Pyrrha was focusing on trying to breath, not an easy task with a shoulder in your stomach and a lot of weight on your back pushing you down on it. Thankfully, she didn't have to deal with it for too long as after a few more turns, a quick sprint outside to another building, and a flight of stairs, Nora carelessly tossed the trio to the ground before gently setting Naruto down on a bench.

Ruby was the first to recover from the disorientation, mostly because she was used to moving at much faster speeds thanks to her semblance, and slowly pushed herself up and blinked in surprise and confusion. "Why are we in one of the training rooms?" She asked with a tilted head as she saw the various types of exercising equipment, and when she looked down found that she was standing in the middle of a small sparring ring.

"That is a good question." Ren said as he and Pyrrha stood up, both sending the orangette pointed looks. "Why are we here Nora?"

"Why else Ren? I want you two to teach Naruto how to use aura and how to protect himself." She said while pointing at him and Pyrrha.

"Uh… okay, I get why you'd want us to do that. But couldn't you have just said so instead of basically kidnapping us?" Pyrrha asked, before sighing when Nora just gave a nonchalant shrug in response.

"What about me? Why did I get brought along?" Ruby asked, pointing a finger at herself with a tilted head.

"You're good with machines, right?" Nora asked back, making the cloaked girl nod her head. "Good, because I need you to…" The orangette leaned close and started whispering in Ruby's ear, making the girl's eyes widen as far as physically possible and a wide grin to cross her lips.

"I could do that, I just need to use the student forge. It should only take me a week or two to finish them." She said with a nod.

"Hmm, to slow, let's make it three days." Nora said, making Ruby stare at her.

"Wha… but that's impossible, there's no way I can-*Cht* …what's that?" Ruby asked as she looked at the large soda can that Nora was suddenly holding in her hands.

"Oh this?" Nora asked innocently as she wiggled the now open can, causing Ren to freeze as soon as he saw the label. "It's called Creature, one of the most potent energy drinks in all of Remnant." She said before wrapping an arm around Ruby's shoulders and pulling her uncomfortably close. "And the best part is, it apparently takes just like chocolate chips."

"I don't like where this is go-IIAAPSKJH!" Ruby was cut off as Nora grabbed her lower jaw and started pouring the drink down her throat. She struggled for all of five seconds before the flavor hit her brain, causing her to freeze.

…It DID taste like chocolate chips!

As soon as she finished processing this, Ruby grabbed the can with both hands before ripping it out of Nora's grasp and quickly chugging down the contents as fast as she could. Not even a minute later, she lowered the empty container with a sigh that was swiftly followed by a loud burp. She then held the can upside down with a pout as nothing more came out.

Still standing beside her with a smirk, Nora turned to the other three people in the room and raised three fingers.

Two fingers…

One finger…

As soon as the last finger went down, Ruby went completely still, her hands falling limp to her sides and pupils dilating so large that her silver irises were almost gone. When this happened, Nora immediately ran over to Naruto and pulled him behind a weight rack while Ren did the same with Pyrrha.

The moment after that…

…total chaos was unleashed.

-Unknown Location-

"This… is most intriguing." A sultry female voice said as a slender hand lifted up a scroll that was playing the video of Naruto's 'episode'. "And this is completely authentic?" The owner of the voice, a beautiful black-haired woman with bright amber eyes and a dark smirk on her face asked as she looked up to see Neo sitting before her.

[Have I given you any reason to doubt me?] Neo asked back with a coy smile.

"No, no you haven't. Well then, looks like a change of plans are in order then." The woman said as her smirk widened before looking to the left where an orange haired man wearing a bowler hat and an expensive looking white suit stood. "Triple the men you are going to bring to the heist for the docks next week."

"And why, pray tell, would I do that?" The man asked in a bored drawl.

"For a very simple reason, Torchwick," The woman said as her left eye seemed to catch fire. "It's no longer going to be a heist anymore…

…It's going to be a trap."

-End Chapter-