Old Soul ( RWBY Fanfic with my OC)

Chapter 31

Team RWBY was training today, the news of the Vytal festival has got them both excited and nervous. There were a lot of things they've had to put behind them since the previous one. Some of that is resolved but there is no fast cure for PTSD. It could take a while to get the worry off their chests. But still, nothing like a little training and team bonding couldn't fix. By training they mean video games.

" Hah!" Yang smashed the attack button and claimed victorious as Ruby screamed. " Beat you again!"

" No!" Ruby cried out as she sprawled all over the floor. " One day, Yang. I'll get you!"

" Drat! How are you so good at this game?" Weiss whined and Blake nudged her. She held out a hand and the ex-heiress sighed. " Take your dirty money." She grumbled as she handed the faunus 10 lien.

" Did you guys just bet on us?" Yang asked in disbelief. " Man, hey kitty cat gimme half. I won it for you~" She said to her partner.

" Weiss, you didn't have to bet on me." Ruby told her as Yang tries to convince Blake to split the cash.

" It's nothing. But you lost!" Qrow shook his head as his nieces and her friends were up to their shenanigans.

" What are you doing, Qrow?" He almost fell off the tree as Veena appeared next to him. " You can go home if you want. I'm not stopping you." She referred to the girls and smiled gently. " My, the cat has struck gold!" She said observing them.

" No. We don't talk about that." She gave a small laugh as he said so. " What am I going to tell them?" Veena placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled.

" Whatever you feel they have the right the right to know. You too, Raven." So that's how she got there. " You can't keep away from her forever."

" This was not part of the deal." She grumbled but they caught the brief smile on her lips when she looks at Yang. " Are you done?" She opened a portal to Vacuo and they left. Qrow sat alone, thinking what should he do, he's not in the middle of a mission at the moment, Veena is pretty laid back. In the end, his thoughs led him back to alcohol and where else in Vale than the Crow Bar.

He walked down the street to head there, turning into a bird in public is not an option. He did his best to keep a low profile, avoiding any Beacon students and staff. But just as luck would have it, half way there he meets a bastard he still feels pissed off for. Oscar wore a black shirt as he strode down the street with some pastries in his hands. He seemed occupied and Qrow hoped to be able to slip away unnoticed, but he forgot the other more vigilant soul within the boy. His olive eyes flashed as he stared into his wine red ones.

" Qrow," Ozpin managed to say. Qrow glared and picked up the pace to get away from him. " W-Wait, Qrow!" Oscar called over to the man. He was taller than he remembered, maybe slightly higher than Ruby.

" Before you say anything just here me- us, here us out okay?" Qrow growled and loomed over him, his fists clenched and shaking. " We need you back, not me specifically, but Ruby needs you back. She doesn't show it that much but she really needs you to be there for her, Yang too. The Vytal Festival gives them bad nemories," He already knew all that and decided to leave. " They're not okay...." Oscar said quickly. " Yang gets nightmares every night, sometimes she'd wake up screaming...Taiyang is doing his best to help her out but...he doesn't know how to help Ruby. She always says that she's fine but we all know she's not. She cries in her sleep it used to be pretty rare I heard but she does it more often now. I don't know-"

" When was the last time she did that?" He asked the boy.

" I-Last night, she's been at it for a whole week. The thing is Qrow, they don't feel safe." He stood there quietly, unmoving. The thing is, Ruby hasn't been doing that since the time Summer died. It was concerning to say the least, she's grieving all over again. He let out a long breath and ran his hand through his hair.

" Is it a bad time to go see them?" It's quite a rare sight to see him so soft. Surely enough he'd threaten Oscar to never tell anyone of this. " Just shut up and take me there." Oscar led him back to Beacon and knocked on team RWBY's door before being allowed to open it.

" Hey, Oscar! Do you need anything?" She asked with her precious smile.

" Well, I..." He glanced at Qrow from behind the door, he was trying to get drunk enough for what comes next by emptying his flask. " You guys, have a visitor." He opened the door wide and Qrow stood there in front of the door frame, completely lost for words.

" I.." He faltered and love hit him hard in the gut, literally. " Alright..." He coughed as Yang took a step back. " I deserved that...." She moved forward as her sister charged in with her speed at the same time. He froze for a moment as both nieces hugged him, he hesitated but hugged them back. " I'm...I'm so sorry.."