Your Pov-

You make it to the area Winter assigned for training that night. She informed you she was going to be running a little late, as she dealt with something for Atlas, which when you asked, was of course classified. She had simply told you to finish a brief warm up, and then she was going to back with the reforged Zabimaru, as well as an idea of what you were going to be working on that night. As you did some stretches, you begin to let your mind wander, to the idea of seeing Weiss again. You knew from Winter she didn't blame you for what had happened, but deep down you still did. Still, you couldn't help but be really excited at the prospect of seeing her again. You had missed her so much in the time you had been separated from her, especially after how you two had been forced apart as children. After Beacon, you had been so scared that there was a chance you were never going to see her again.

Almost exactly as you think this thought, you notice her walking towards the training camp, weapon in hand. You let out a sigh of relief when you see her, how confident she looks and how ready she looks to train. Clearly, Jacques hasn't been able to break her resistance. Idly, you wonder what you were worried for. Weiss was one of the toughest people you knew. Also, she looks amazing. She always does, but you find yourself saying this again, seeing her again for the first time in so long. As always, you find yourself idly musing how lucky you are she fell in love with you out of anyone else in the world.

She smiles when she sees you, and then runs as fast as she can in heels. When she gets close enough however, her smile fades. " Why do you smell like cigarettes she asks?" Clearly, you didn't do as well as you thought to get the smell of it off you.

" Ever since Beacon, I've been having these panic attacks,"you admit to her. " I keep blaming myself for everything that happened, and then thinking what if I had lost you, or what if you hated me for not being able to protect you. And, I would freak out, and the only thing that would calm me down is smoking. I know you hate it, and I'm sorry."

Expecting her to slap you, she instead pulls you into a big hug. " You dunce," she says. " What if I had lost you?! Promise me you're never going to do that again? I can't risk losing you, and not being able to anything, just like I hadn't been last time."

" I'm sorry Weiss Cream," you tell her, and the two of you rock back and forth under the moonlight.

-John Pov-

I sit with my arm around Yang. Her head is rested on my shoulder, and we sit watching the sunset. Even if she isn't back to her old self, we're slowly getting there. She's been having fewer nightmares, and less panic attacks. Each one she has increases my determination to get back at Adam for what he did to her. I've been training with Tai, and getting a lot stronger, so I can keep my promise to protect her this time. I'm never going to let her get this badly hurt again.

" I saw you training with Dad yesterday," she says. " And, I saw that the military sent you a reforged Slasher. Are you going to leave me like Ruby did?" I pull her into a full hug when she asks this, and squeeze her gently.

" No. Firecracker, I'm not going anywhere until I know you're okay," I tell her. " I don't care if that ends up being tomorrow, or if it ends up being a year from now. I'm not leaving you." When I say this, she pulls away from me, and I sit there, wondering if I did something wrong. However, I see some of the resolve returning to her eyes.

To my delight, she reaches for the prosthetic arm she was sent. " I heard Dad talk with the professors last night," she says. " And, I heard one of them ask why he wasn't looking for Ruby. And, he told me it was because he couldn't be in two different places at once. I realized he has two daughters to take care of, and he picked me. I don't want to be a cause of worry to him. This going to be hard. But please John, be there for me."

" Every step of the way," I tell her, and then she nods and takes a deep breath, before connecting the prosthetic arm to herself. She winces with pain, and then I hold her other hand, and begin to stroke it. Eventually, the muscle spasm stops, and then she gives me the first smile I've seen from her since she lost her arm. And I know: Everything in all of Remnant is going to be okay again.

-Leliana Pov-

I smile as I see Jaune dorn his new armor for the first time. It looks good on him, the white decorated with gold from the pieces of Pyrrha's weapon and armor. He talks about with everyone else, before turning to look at me, and nervously asks for my opinion, worried he thinks I'll make some passive-aggressive comment.

" It looks good on you," I tell him, and he lets out a sigh of relief. " And it's fitting. She would love to know she made such a positive impact on you." He thanks me, and then all of get a bit of a wistful look in our eyes, as we remember our friend. Well, as they remember their friend. I would hope that she considered me one.

As we start to continue walking, for a minute I would swear I see Pyhrra, smiling at me. " Thank you," she mouths. I rub my eyes, and then she's gone, clearly I was imagining things. But, I hope she's at peace wherever she ended up, and I hope she's watching over us.

-Gideon Pov-

" You guys sure you don't wanna come with us," I ask the rest of Team CFVY. Velvet and I are all packed to leave, and we're going through our goodbyes with them, while also wanting them to join us. " Always room for more on our journey, and you guys would come in handy from time to time. And, we'd sleep better knowing you were with us."

" I'm sorry," says Coco one more time, and Fox and Yatsu nod, and also apologize. " But, we just aren't ready to go back out. Take care of yourselves okay though?" We nod, and then she turns to me. " And, you better take care of Velvet. If I find out she got hurt, I'll shoot you full of holes."

" I'll always take care of her," I say, and then Velvet and I climb onto the bullhead. She sits down, and wraps her arms around me, and I pull her close, prepared to keep my promise to Coco.

( let me know what you thought. Also, if you think I'm rushing through Volume 4, it's because I kinda am. It's hard to write this story when they're all separated.)