Eclipse - Act 1 - The Healing

Chapter 23 - Return to the Fold

Yang

Ruby cries with joy in her beloved sister's embrace, also holding Weiss close too. Jaune stands there with the others, the wave of Grimm that attacked has stopped for now, just in time as well so then they can have this touching reunion. Yang kisses Ruby on her forehead, holding her close, seeing the blood that covers her clothes after Neo stabbed her with her knife over and over again. If it were not for the equipment that Glynda used to stabilise her she would be dead right now. Glynda approaches with a smile, seeing Yang standing before them after all this time being missing, and Pyrrha smiles as well with her hand on her hip to see her back on her feet.

Jaymes stands with his Tomahawks in his hands and he looks down at the ground sadly, still feeling guilty for everything that has happened – even though he was just a tool being used by Killian to prove his point. As Jaymes stands there, he feels the hand of Peony gently rest on his shoulder and he sees her kind smile and he calms his pain. Both of them have lost a lot...a best friend...a cousin...but they are not stopping, they have not given up.

Coco smiles with her hand on her hip, seeing Velvet walking over to them and looking relieved to see that Ruby is okay – and stunned to see Yang again. None of them ever saw her arrive, they were too busy fighting, she must have snuck her way in to get past the attacking Grimm. "Are you alright, Ruby?" Yang asks her little sister, checking the bandage that has been wrapped around her body. Ruby winces in pain as she grabs her side, pressing one knee against the ground.

"Yeah...my...my aura is starting to fix me up again." She admits, the crackling from the poison that affected her as ceased to cause her aura to malfunction has ceased. Now her vitals have stabilised, and she wipes the sweat from her head, venom no longer affecting her body. Ruby reaches down into her pocket and pulls out her scroll, selecting Crescent Rose and calling it. The locker roars across the sky and lands right in front of her, the door opening so then she can get it.

"Are you sure you can fight? You sustained a heavy hit." Weiss advises nervously and Ruby smiles as she nods her head.

"Thanks to Glynda and Velvet, the stuff they gave me killed the venom, helped my aura rebuild." Ruby states, although she still needs a minute to recover. But Ruby looks back up into her sister's lilac eyes, happy to see her, happy does not even describe it well enough. Ecstatic perhaps, her heart filled with joyous butterflies, wrapping her arms around her big sister once more. She holds on tight, closing her eyes with a smile and Yang holds her close, caressing her black and red hair. "I missed you, Yang..." She sniffles, then she looks at her metal arm, seeing her wearing it now. "You're arm."

"Yeah...you know Dad, basically pestered me until I did." She giggles with a smile, and Ruby giggles too.

"Sounds like dad." She admits, nodding her head. Jaune walks over to Yang and he smiles.

"It's good to see you back, Yang." Jaune compliments as he approaches her, and she smiles, hugging him tight and smiling to Pyrrha, clearly able to see that they are both trying to be together again.

"I'd say it's good to be back, Vomit Boy – but...what's happening?" She asks them all as she looks around, seeing the destruction and the Black Smog invading the city and the Academy. Jaymes lowers his head with regret as he stands there, and for a few seconds they all attempt to hide the fact that Jaymes' outburst was the cause of the panic. But Jaymes speaks up as he lifts his head, expecting full judgement from Yang.

"It was my fault." Jaymes bravely tells her, and Yang looks at him, not recognising who he is yet, but as soon as he says his name it could possibly set her off. She raises a brow and looks at Jaune, pointing at Jaymes with her metal finger.