What have I done? >.> [Canon: RWBY]

[blood_like_roses]

You should know better than to do something like this... there are some things that should be left in the past, and I'm one of those things. Dragging me back like this... can only cause those close to me pain... and that's the last thing I want.

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[hotter_thanthe_sun]

...

That's kind of selfish of you, isn't it?

[blood_like_roses]

Maybe... but, the last thing I want is to hold you and Ruby back... especially given the fleeting nature of this place.

Believe me when I say if there were any way to come back home to you, Ruby, and your father, I would move Heaven and Hell to do it.

[fire_and_glass]

Not to worry. They'll be joining you soon enough... along with all the others.

[blood_like_roses]

[Just have the sweetest smile ever.]

If there's one thing I know, it's my girls. Try all you like, but when they're working together, there's nothing in Remnant that can stop them. Least of all, you.

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

... I know.

It's hard to feel it completely in my heart, but I know.

Even after... even after finding out things I should never have had to find out on my own...

[blood_like_roses]

...She was my friend too... I don't know why, or what happened... but I know she loved you very much, just like I do.

I just wish I could've been there for you when you needed me most...

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

... I just want to know.

I want to know why you and dad never told me.

You know, the other kids would tease me about my name. Made me feel like an outsider. I didn't know why I was different, or how to take pride in it, until I knew who she was.

I would have never stopped seeing you as my mother, you know. I... I just want to know why...

Entering headcanon territory (since that's really all I have to work on at the moment...)

[blood_like_roses]

We didn't know what to tell you.

Your father, Qrow, and myself... we all searched for her, tried to figure out what happened... I guess part of it was... I didn't want you to feel like you'd been abandoned.

I know you wouldn't have... I just... wanted to be able to explain why... and just never got the chance.

[fire_and_glass]

[She just rolls her eyes.]

I didn't expect anything different coming from you. Your girls don't even know where the threat is coming from. They're still focused on the pawns.

[blood_like_roses]

An old friend of mine once told me that the first priority in Chess is to eliminate a pawn or two and open a path to the king.

Of course that just begs the question... what piece are you?

[fire_and_glass]

Well... your friend wasn't wrong.

[That's why she's in Beacon in the first place, because why stop at only pawns when you can take the king's head in the same move? She smiles, but it's cold.]

It's a shame you never had the chance to find out.

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

... All you had to tell me was the truth. That's all.

I never would have felt like I'd been abandoned. Not when I had dad. When I had Ruby. When I had you.

... I don't hate you or anything. But I'm sad, mom. I'm sad... that the last time we saw one another, you were hiding something from me.

[blood_like_roses]

I'm sorry, Yang... I really am.

I thought I was protecting you... I thought it would be better to wait until I knew something concrete, but... I was a fool.

[Y'know what? Ghost or not, you're getting a hug, Yang.]

[blood_like_roses]

I'd say bishop at best.

[Totally ignoring that taunt.]

[fire_and_glass]

[Very cute, Summer. Nonetheless Cinder is unruffled, even chuckling.]

It will take much more than the taunts of a dead woman to upset me.

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

[... after a moment, Yang finally hugs back]

I forgive you. I... I just wanted to tell you how I felt. But I forgive you.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[crescentic]

...

Mom?

[blood_like_roses]

[Summer is just going to stroke Yang's hair for a moment, holding her tight.]

Thank you, Yang... I love you, Ruby, and your father more than anything.

[blood_like_roses]

We'll just have to wait until my girls thwart every bit of your plans then, won't we?

A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, AWFUL THING I'M SO SORRY

[blood_like_roses]

...Hello Ruby.

[streetwise_hippolyta]

[There is so much Yang would like to say. Instead, she...]

I'm taking care of Ruby.

[fire_and_glass]

I think you'll be disappointed with how this ends.

[Another cold smile and she turns to walk away from this former Huntress.]

Although, I don't expect you'll have a very good view from under the ground. Or wherever it was you ended up.

[blood_like_roses]

You know... I kind of pity you. Surrounded by allies, but so utterly alone.

[blood_like_roses]

I know you are, Yang. Just as much as she's taking care of you.

[fire_and_glass]

[That stops her and she turns her head back toward Summer, narrowing her eyes slightly.]

Is that so? Please, tell me what makes you think you know so much about me?