Those Of A Lifetime

Chapter 16: For Who She Loves

Grrr... he growled. It's so hard to see with all this smoke... he thought as he swooped down into the forest.

Using his sense of hearing to the best of his ability since his sight was at a disadvantage, he heard what appeared to be someone running towards him in urgency. He transformed back into human form and rushed to the fray ahead. As he ran he saw a figure approaching him, he skidded on the ground trying to stop himself from after running.

"Pyrrha!!"

"Qrow! Qrow! There- there are bombs! Someone has been setting off bombs!"

"I know that, I saw. Oz is trying to get everyone out of here, but if you keep going this way, you'll meet him halfway, now go!"

"Alright, but Weiss is going after Ruby!"

"Alone!?"

"Yes!"

Crazy kid... he thought with an eye roll. She could get into some serious trouble...

"Pyrrha, leave now before things get messier. I'll find Weiss, Ruby and Ariel." Qrow commanded with such authority Pyrrha knew there was no arguing with him. "And be on your guard... we don't know what's out there."

"Y-yes sir..." Pyrrha sped off into the direction that Qrow said Ozpin would be in.

As Qrow continued on with running, he heard several clangings of a sword fight, but also the voices of different men and one female.

Tch, sounds like Weiss is up ahead... this is bad... I hope she's alright...

"I don't have time for this!" the girl screamed as she battled against three other members of the White Fang.

"You're coming with us, princess!" one of members said as he swung his right foot to kick her in the face, but was blocked by a blade almost resembling a falchion sword.

"She's not going with anyone." Qrow said in low threatening voice as he appeared before Weiss.

"Q-Qrow." Weiss coughed.

"Heh, hey kid. You alright?"

"Hey! Are you ignoring us?!" one of the White Fang members yelled charging at Qrow, but he too was blocked.

"Yes, I'm fine." Weiss confirmed smiling at Qrow. "Too bad I think all this smoke is getting in my way so I'm not so precise with my aim..."

"You should head on back then."

"No. I'm going to find Ruby and Ariel."

"Fine, go on ahead, I'll meet you after." Qrow half smiled. And with that, Weiss took off. "Be safe!" he called out. She answers him with a thumbs up.

"Stop ignoring us!!" All three members of the fight White Fang leapt in the air to jump pile Qrow, he smirked and transformed briefly into a crow, flew up into the air while the three cashed onto the ground on one another.

"Heh, I'm sorry, but I only pay attention to those who matter to me." he said as he punched one of them in the face as they tried to stand up.

"You guys seem quite sloppy, the girl did a number on you guys, huh? Such a shame, three against one... who taught you all how to fight? Look, I don't even need to use my sword." Qrow backhanded one of the members in the face. "Huh, oh would you look at that, you guys are members of the White Fang. You know, there's one thing that I can agree on, the Schnee Dust Company is run by an idiot, but what's more idiotic is you three daring to go anywhere near a good friend of my niece's. I know you probably have your purposes, but I won't ever let that slide!" he said as he punched one of them in the gut. "All of you are in for some serious bad luck."