-Your Pov-

You chuckled to yourself as you saw Ruby talk with Yang and Weiss, and they discussed everything that had happened from the fall of Beacon, before they all quickly began to shift to a happier topic, the happy memories of their time at Beacon, and then the hope they hand that they could one day end up going back. You allowed yourself to drift back to your time at Beacon, and let those happy memories if you with your team go through you, and the memories of your time with your sisters, and then the friends you had made. It had been some of the best times of your life, and you missed it.

" Yeah," says Ruby happily, making you go back to the conversation and snap out of your daydream. " Now, all we need is for Blake to come back, and then all of Team RWBY is going to be complete once again." When she says this, Yang and Weiss look saddened at the mention of your missing team member, and then Yang has to grab her mechanical arm for a few moments as she calms down. At the mention of Blake, you simply stand up and leave the room, and then stand outside, hands on the railings and then gripping down on it.

A few moments pass, and then you feel a hand on your shoulder. You look over to see your twin, Yang. " You okay," she asks, concern evident in her eyes.

" Fine," you tell her simply, and then she nods and then the two of you look at the sunset. She knows how stubborn you can be, and that if you want to be left alone, then nothing she can say is going to change your mind at all, especially when you get angry, as you are now.

The two of you spend some time in silence, before Weiss comes out to join the two of you. They begin to talk with you for a bit, until Weiss sighs. " Guys, we have to believe Blake is going to come back," she says.

" She made her choice," scoffs Yang, and then she lets go of the railing and goes to walk inside to spend some time with Ruby. Weiss asks her what she means, and then Yang just walks off, before she then turns to you.

" You can't be mad at her," Weiss says. " I mean come on. The two of you were dating, and Blake is Yang's best friend. Don't you want to see her again?" When Weiss mentions that you had been dating Blake, you start to grip down on the railing harder, and then it actually dents.

" Blake made her choice," you say, repeating what Yang had said. " She left us all, gave up and ran away. Her call." This makes Weiss look at you in shock, and then she tries to convince you to be less angry, and then you just grunt and then go make inside to talk with Yang. This leaves Weiss dumbfounded and stuttering to herself about how you should forgive Blake.

Going upstairs, you knock on the door before you walk in to see Yang holding onto her arm. You sit down next to her, and she hands you her arm. Holding her hand, you give a squeeze and then it slowly stops trembling. Letting go of your sister's hand, you stand up and begin to pace the room. " You okay," you ask her, knowing how much she hurts whenever someone mentions Blake.

" I guess," says Yang. " When we started talking about Blake, my arm just started to tremble on and off." You nod, having experienced the same thing with the scar you had which ran down your chest. Your mechanical eye and arm had also been acting up with the mention of Blake.

" Qrow sort of explained it to me when he was training me," you tell her, and then Yang looks at you curiously. " Our aura remembers getting hurt, and then the scars throb when we see the cause of our pain. In our case, defending Blake only to have her run away and abandon us."

Yang nods when you say this, and then you started to rub your chest until the pain in your scar faded. " She probably blames herself for everything that happened to Beacon," says Yang after a bit of a silence. You roll your eyes at this, and then begin to frantically pace around the room again.

" None of us blame her for this," you point out. " If she had been here, I would have been the first one to tell her it wasn't her fault. I would have been the first one to tell her that. But that isn't what she did. She ran away on the chance any of us would blame her."

This makes Yang wince. " I wish she could have been here," she says. " I...I'm supposed to be her partner. I want to help her, but I can't if she doesn't let me. What if she needs me, and then I can't help her?"

" We needed her," you told her. " You needed her when you were recovering from losing your arm. And I needed her to be there to hold my hand through the surgeries." Yang looks at you, and then the two of you just begin to talk with each other, doing the best you can to keep the conversation away from Blake.

" I saw Raven the other day," Yang admits after a little bit. " She had her bandit tribe kidnap Weiss, and then I fought them and had a chance to talk to her for a little bit. She said the reason she left was to be part of the tribe, and offered me a chance to join. And she told me the same offer applied to you."

This makes you roll your eyes. There was no way you would ever go to the tribe with her, especially if that was the reason your mother had left you all those years ago. When Yang mentions this, you punch the wall angrily. Why is it that today you get to here all about people who had left you?

As you think this, you then just go to your room, and then flop down on the bed. You toss and turn to get to sleep, as you angrily remind yourself of how much easier it was to sleep when Blake would cuddle you. Cursing, you try to put those thoughts out of your mind, and you eventually manage to get to sleep.

-Dream/Flashback Pov-

You were laying with Blake on her bed. Weiss had gone to study for the test all of you had coming up, and Ruby and Yang were walking Zwei. They had initially offered for you to come with them, since you were Zwei's favorite, but you didn't want to leave Blake alone in the dorm. The two of you had hardly had any chance to spend time by yourself, and so you took any moment you could get to spend time with her.

Right now, the two of you were curled up and cuddling, as you read from a book to her. Every so often, she took the time to giggle at the dramatic voices you used, and the small gestures you would make to act out the story. When the two of you finished the book, you took the time to talk with her for a few moments, and then she hesitated for a few moments. " Can I ask you something (y/n)?"

" You just did," you tease, and then she punches your chest playfully. " Of course you can ask me something. What did you want to know about me kitten?" She smiles at the use of your nickname for her, and then she giggles a little bit, before getting serious again.

" How come you and your sisters all have different last names? I mean, Yang has 'Xiao Long,' Ruby has 'Rose' and you have 'Branwen.' All three of you look really different also. Are you three actually related?"

When she asks her question, you hesitate for a few moments, and then she undoes her bow. She ties it around your arm, and then lets you start petting her ears to calm her down. " You don't have to answer," she says, and then you smile and then continue to pet her ears.

" Ruby has 'Rose' as her last name since she's from Summer Rose, a different mother than who gave birth to me and Yang. Yang and I are twin's, born from Raven Branwen. Who left us when we were children. As for why Yang and I have different last names, no idea." When you mention this, Blake begins to cup your face and look at you, amber eyes scanning your face with concern.

" I'm so sorry," she says. " Why would your mother leave you?"

" I dunno," you mutter. " You know the only memory I have of her? One night she took me and Yang into the bed with her and Dad. And she cuddled with us. When I woke up in the morning, she was already gone. That's the first and only think I remember about her."

When you say this, Blake pulls you into a big hug, and rubs your back as you make a few sobs into her chest. " I'll never leave you like that," she promises.

-Dream End-

Waking up, you angrily punch at the wall before standing up. For whatever reason, all your dreams of late had been of that memory, or of similar ones. You had no idea why, since there was no real reason. Blake had broken her promise, and left you, just like your mother had. With this thought in mind, you went outside to find your uncle, Qrow.

" You okay kid," he asks when he feels your presence. " You kept tossing and turning in your sleep, muttering something about Blake. I know you've missed her, but you just have to trust that she's going to come back."

" She's not coming back," you tell him, and he looks at you with a raised eyebrow. " She gave up, and went back to her little bubble in Menagerie." He sighs when you say this, and then takes a large flask out, and then takes a long swig of alcohol.

" This is me kid. You trained with me in order to recover from your injuries enough to get back into the fight, so I know you pretty well. I know how much you really miss Blake. And, I know that she's your 'anchor,' isn't she?"

-Flashback-

You smiled when Qrow stood with you in a field. " Alright. Yang and Ruby are getting ready for something," he says. " So, I wanted to take this time to train with my favorite niece." The two of you begin to joke back and forth about things, until he gets serious.

" I heard from Tai that you couldn't really handle your Semblance," he says. " The strain it places on your body, as well as the fact you lose control whenever you activate it. I think I know a way that can help you. Can you activate it for me?"

You hesitate for a few moments, and then nod. Closing your eyes, you feel the purple light of your Semblance activate. " Ah," says Qrow." The Satsui No Hado. Or, 'Surge of Murderous Intent.'" You nod and then he grabs his scythe just in case, and then he asks how it feels to be in this form.

" How does it feel to be in this form?"

" Weird. I feel so angry, but not at anything in particular. I feel like I could hit anything and it would fall over, and I want to." This makes Qrow nod, and then he begins to walk around the field as he ponders something to himself before he snaps his fingers.

" You need an 'anchor.' Something to keep you grounded, and bring you back if you lose yourself to the anger of the form. So, yeah. Once you come up with what you want to be your anchor, you and I can start training."

Closing your eyes, you think of all the things that could bring you back from the brink of losing yourself, and then you know who your anchor has to be. It has to be Blake. She was the only one who could calm you down when you got angry, and so you knew. In your mind's eye, you pictured your head rested in Blake's lap as she read to you, and then you instantly began to calm down, the anger of the form fading.

-Present Day-

You scoffed, and then took his flask without his permission, and then took a long swig from it. He tries to lecture you about underage drinking, but then he simply shrugs and then you hand the flask back to him. " Well, I don't even know if I could use her as my anchor anymore," you say. " Because she left."

He doesn't know what to say to that, and so he looks at you for a long moment. " You still love her, don't you? And you can't lie to me. You lost an arm and an eye to defend her. Those feelings don't go away easily."

-Flashback Your Pov-

As you fought Adam, you looked back to see that Blake and Yang had already been able to escape. You nodded when you saw this, and then used an uppercut to make him stagger back. Knowing that Blake and Yang were gone meant you could start to go all out without having to worry about hurting them. Closing your eyes, you began to summon the Satsui No Hado and then rushed for Adam again.

He was driven back by your series of punches, kicks and blasts. However, he was always able to keep up with you throughout the fight, and he even seemed like he was getting stronger as he continued to fight you. In the end, he stood over you, breathing heavily. Your right eye was missing, as was one of your arms. Rather than finish you off, he simply smirked and then walked away. You tried to rise, but you couldn't manage that, and you dropped to the ground.

-Present Day Blake Pov-

I sit in my house as I drink some tea, as I read with my mother. Sun and Ghira went out to get more people for the defense force and so Mom and I sit across from the table reading from our books. Eventually however, she reaches over and places her hands over mine. " Is something the matter dear? You've been sighing on and off ever since we got here."

Sighing again, I start to tell her everything about (y/n), how he got hurt to defend me, and how he probably hated me now, and blamed me for all of it. when I finish the story, I'm crying, thinking of him pushing me away. Mom sees this, and then she stands up and comes over to hug me, and then she holds me as I start to cry.

" It's okay," she says softly. " If (y/n) is like how you talked about him, then he won't be mad at you, and I think he'll understand sweetie. All you have to do is take the time to go and explain it to him." The two of us begin to talk for a little bit more, and then I reveal to her that I don't want to leave Menagerie, and she cups my hands.

" You have to do what you think is right," she tells me. " I know how much you miss (y/n), and he must miss you just as much. I think you need to go to him sweetie, before it might be too late. Otherwise, you're going to regret it one day."

I play her words over in my mind, and then I realize that she's right. When Sun and Ghira come back, I talk to them, and tell them the same thing I told Mom, and then all of us start to head down to Haven, and even though I dread the thought of seeing my old team again, and (y/n), a small smile is on my face as I think of what I'm coming back to.

-Present Day Your Pov-

At the battle of Haven, you begin lashing at Adam, fighting him evenly this time, even without the Satsui No Hado. Once you send him back a few inches, he smirks, and then adjusts his mask. " I remember you," he says. " You were the one who fought to defend Blake. Well, where is she now? Did she leave you like she left me?"

" Shut the hell up," you tell him, feeling a bit of purple escape into your aura, your anger getting the better of you for a minute. However, he begins to continue to taunt you, however you keep ignoring him, using the mental training you had gotten from Qrow.

" When she left me, she had found and fallen in love with you. Now that she's left you, I wonder who it is she found and fell in love with?" When he says this, you finally lose it and then begin to thrash him around with the use of the Satsui No Hado, not bothering to hold it in it this time. You were just going to beat him.

Eventually, he fell but you kept dashing around the room, attacking anyone you ever saw. However, you froze in your tracks when you saw Blake. When you saw her, the purple light all faded away, and then you didn't even know how to feel. But, you did your best to glare at her, before turning away.

-Blake Pov-

I watch as (y/n) turns away from me and then goes to join RW_Y and RNJR. They have a group hug, and I sit back and just watch it, until I feel Sun pushing me forward with his tail, and then he smiles warmly at me. And so, I nervously make my way to them, and then they welcome me into the hug. I feel myself on the verge of tears when this happens, and then when it ends, (y/n) walks away without saying another word.

Yang pulls me aside, and I dread the conversation with her. To my surprise, she talks with me calmly, and then forgives me for everything. " Can I ask you for a favor," she asks. " My brother....he still loves you. He needs to talk to you, but he would never admit it. Please talk to him."

Nodding, I go down to see (y/n) lying on his bed. When he sees me, he glares, which breaks my heart. I try to apologize to him over and over, but he simply holds up a hand. " You broke your promise Blake. You told me you would never leave me, and then you did."

I sit down on the bed next to him, on the verge of tears. " But I came back," I say, swallowing the lump in my throat. " Doesn't that count for anything?" I feel myself begin to cry, and then I look at (y/n). I see him try to hold his glare, and then his eyes water, and he begins to shake.

" Yes," he says, and then he breaks down crying. I pull him close to me, and then begin to cry myself. The two of us hold each other until we grow weary from all the crying. He starts to fall asleep, and I spoon him. " You can't leave me this time," he says.

" I won't. I love you."

" I love you too."

-Epilogue your pov-

In the time since you had reunited with Blake, the two of you had been able to talk through all of your issues. The two of you were going stronger than ever, especially after the defeat of Salem and all of her forces. Right now, the two of you were sitting in the house that you had bought together. Your scroll kept buzzing on the table, and then Blake turned to you. " Are you going to answer that?"

" No. It's just Raven." Ever since Salem had been defeated, Raven had been trying to connect with you and Yang. To your surprise, Yang had accepted her offer, and the two of them were close with each other now. Raven had gotten your number from Yang and she insisted on calling you and asking for a second chance.

" I think you should talk to her," says Blake. " I want to know my mother-in-law. And, I know that one day you'll regret it if you lose this chance. It might not be there forever."

" If you want to know your mother-in-law, then you can come with me to talk to Summer at her grave. Because she was the woman who always raised me. She's my mother." Blake hesitates when you say this, and then reaches into her pocket, and pulls out a positive pregnancy test.

" (y/n), if not for you, then please for me," she says and you sigh. " And for our children. Please. Give Raven one chance." And so sighing, you grabbed your phone and accepted the call from Raven, and told her she could meet you. A red portal open, and she stepped through.

Blake goes to the other room to give you some privacy, and then you have a conversation with her, and then you sigh at the end. Blake comes back into the room to make sure everything is okay, and then you look up at Raven. " Mom, I'd like you to meet my fiance."

That night, you wrap your arms around Blake, and then the two of you hold onto each other. " I love you," you tell her.

" I love you too." She watches you for a few moments, and then whispers, " I'll never leave your side again."

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