A couple of days later, Darius had caught wind of their little event, lazily stretched out on the couch scrolling through his social media casually.
"Hey, Angie, Wolf, Kenji, get over here. I got an idea. Royal's hostin' another event. Thinkin' he's gonna get some more good publicity. Let's go piss on his parade." Darius said.
"And how exactly do you plan on doing that?" Wolf asked as the others gathered around.
"Gather some of your fuckin' goons. Pack a few of 'em with some heat, and tell 'em to go cause trouble." Darius said.
"A simple enough plan." Wolf replied, rolling his eyes and heading out to gather a few gang members and hook them up with some guns.
"So Darius wasn't exactly specific on what he wanted. He just said take these and show up to the Rogue Speed Event in a few days and just make some chaos. I don't give a damn how you do it." Wolf told them.
They nodded to Wolf, and a few days later, the Rogue Speed event arrived.
Qrow sat in the racers' parking lot, watching Evelyn's newly tuned 1969 Camaro Yenko roll in and park next to his car, followed by a beautiful brushed metal matte-black Ford GT with some metallic orange flames on the sides, a Graveyard Shift logo on top of the roof, the La Soleil logo and the Rogue speed logo on the back windshield, a decal on the rear bumper that read "Wake me at the finish line", and a Palmont City licenseplate.
Evelyn smiled and turned to Qrow. "Hey, doesn't that '17 Ford GT look familiar?"
"Yeah it does..." Qrow said as a young man stepped out of the car. It was an old friend of theirs, an author who had written a book involving the two of them.
"Qrow and Evelyn, Two Vampires, One body."Shortly after, Kashou and the catgirls walked over to chat with Qrow and Royal, while the kid sat on the hood of his Ford GT, relaxing. As he was minding his own business, Vanilla not only noticed him, but recognized him.
He lay stretched out on the front of his car, yawning casually as he got comfortable.
While he made himself comfortable, Vanilla wandered over.
"Hello..." Vanilla said softly.
He sat up and smiled sweetly to her. "Hello! You're Vanilla Minaduki, right?" He asked.
"Y-yes... You're Acheron? The writer of this book?" Vanilla asked, holding out her copy of Qrow and Evelyn, Two Vampires, One Body.
He grinned slightly and nodded. "Yeah, that'd be me. Do you want me to sign your book?" He asked.
Vanilla's eyes sparkled for a moment and she smiled. "Yes, please."
He took her copy of the book, signing the inside of the cover for her so the signature wouldn't wear off as much with time.
"Thank you so much..." She said, smiling softly to him.
"No problem." He said with a smile, giving her a gentle headpat, then capping his sharpie and stuffing it in his pocket just in time for the event to begin.
Everyone sat around in the racers' parking lot, vibing and enjoying themselves, the lower tier racers trying to look cool and impress the masters, while Qrow, Royal, Coconut, and Karol all sat at the announcers' platform, watching over the races.
Everything was going pretty well... Until...
BANG, BANG!!!
Everyone in the stands could hear what sounded like two gunshots. The front gate, where two pretty big dudes had been standing guard was kicked open, and two shooters opened fire... Qrow's ears perked, his pupils narrowing into slits as he let out a low sound.
"Mrrrrrrrroooowwwwwwwww..." Qrow grumbled in a hostile tone, springing into action and dashing toward the two, drawing a modern Long Slide M1911 with a suppressor attached, making his way down to his car, using the M1911 to cover himself as he made his way to his Camaro.
As he rushed toward his car, he heard a catgirl scream.
"MASTER!!!" The catgirl cried out as she ran toward the line of fire. Qrow dove after her, tackling her to the ground behind his Camaro where she'd be safe and grabbed his M60 from the trunk of his Camaro.
Taking aim and opening fire on the two shooters before they could cause any more harm ended the shootout quickly, and about 80 rounds later the two shooters dropped dead, the 7.62 ammunition punching holes in the gangsters' IIIA body armor.
Qrow took some deep breaths, lowering his machine gun and taking some deep breaths as he put his gun back in the trunk, turning his attention to the sobbing catgirl he kept out of the line of fire and forcing himself to calm down.
She pushed herself up and rushed over to her master, sobbing as she gently shook her Master's body.
"Please! Please get up!!!" She cried out.
Qrow walked over and knelt down. It was evident from the bullet holes in her abdomen and the blood trickling from her mouth that this woman wouldn't be getting up.
He reached out and felt the woman's neck for a pulse... Nothing...
"I'm sorry for your loss..." Qrow said softly as the panicking people around them slowly calmed down around them.
Royal and Karol were stunned into silence, Royal comforting Coconut as she cried out of fear and Evelyn making sure Hana was okay.
Besides being a bit shaken up, there were few casualties, and only one fatality... Qrow gently patted the catgirl on the head, trying to comfort her a bit, maybe calm her down, if he could... But it'd be a long shot.
Nonetheless, he did what he could.
"Can I ask your name...?" Qrow asked in a soft tone.
"M-my name is... M-Milk..." She said, trying not to get choked up by her tears as Qrow slowly calmed her down...
"It'll be alright Milk... Do you have somewhere to stay?" Qrow asked.
"No... I don't... Mcmanus is dead, and so is my Master..." She said softly, sobbing.As she said that, Royal had come over, and spoke up. "Wait, you knew McManus?"
Milk nodded hesitantly... "H-He was my Master's husband..."
"Shit, I never knew McManus was married..." Royal muttered to himself.
"Anyway... If you don't have anywhere to stay now, I'm sure the Minadukis and I would be willing to take you in." He added.
Milk looked up at them, her cheeks tear stained. "... R-really...?" She asked.
"Yeah. You'll even get to stay with Rogue Speed pretty much every day." Royal added.
Milk nodded softly as Qrow picked her up gently and put her into Royal's arms.
"I won't bother whispering because there's nothing you can hear that she won't. She just lost her family, so be ready to deal with all the problems that come with that, and take good care of her, or I'll beat your ass myself. Got it?" Qrow asked.
Royal turned a little pale. Ordinarily, Royal would probably sass him back, but all he could manage was a nod and a very weak "Mhm... Y-Yeah... Loud and clear"
"Good." Qrow said, heading off to check on Hana and take her back home safely.
And as Qrow went to take Hana home, and Royal brought Milk back with him to the shop, all the important events of the day came to an unexpected and rather stress inducing close.
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Nekopara fanfic
FanfictionUnfortunately for the cast of Nekopara things aren't going so well in their town... Crime rates have risen and a mysterious new member joins the family to stay, and things just get weirder from there. In Book 2, Qrow awakens to find that the events...