A miscalculation.
A simple miscalculation, and Weiss suffered for it.
She lay on the ground, blood pooling from her head. She could smell the flames of the wreckage around her. She coughed, feeling the smoke in her lungs. She placed her arms on the ground, attempting to pick herself up, but her head began to fog up. The last thing she saw, were a pair of boots.
Yang smirked. It had felt good to be riding Bumblebee again. Why had she ever decided to leave her baby alone in that dark garage? She drove her bike on the road, wind blowing through her hair. Surely nothing was going to ruin her day.
Then she noticed an airship crashing in the distance.
Weiss moaned as she began to wake up, noticing that her back was to a tree,"Wh-what happened?" She looked around, and felt her head,"Bandages?" She noticed a small campfire in front of her,"Where am I?"
"At camp, Ice Queen." A familiar voice said from a log.
Weiss got up from from her sitting position, and noticed a certain blond young woman in a trenchcoat smiling at her,"Yang!" She leaped up and gave her a big hug,"Oh, I never thought I'd see you ever again!"
Yang chuckled as she rubbed the former heiress' head,"Yeah, and I'd thought me and Ruby would have to pull you out of Atlas."
Weiss leaned her head back to look up at her, and then gasped,"Oh, my god, the pilot!" She looked around,"Did you save the pilot?"
"Sorry, I had to get you out as quickly as possible. I didn't see any pilot." Yang said with a frown,"But I wouldn't worry, he's probably okay, I mean, you survived it."
"Yeah, probably," Weiss whispered, before sitting back down at the ground, and letting out a sigh, before feeling Yang's arms around her.
"Let me guess, it wasn't easy getting out of there, was it?" Yang said, a frown creasing her face.
"I had to fight a horde of grimm, deal with being disowned by my family, and I ended up down here." Weiss gave a shuddering sigh,"It... was harrowing."
"Disowned?" Yang asked.
"The only family I have left is Winter." Weiss looked up at Yang,"That's why I ran here, to find my sister."
Yang let out a big grin,"What a coincidence! I'm here to find my sis too!"
Weiss blinked, noticing that, indeed, the red-hooded younger sister was nowhere to be seen,"Ruby's not with you?"
Yang sighed,"Yeah, I had to deal with some stuff, so I didn't go with her." She held up her metal arm, and clenched its fist,"So, she went off to Haven along with the rest of JNPR."
Weiss leaned on Yang's shoulder,"I'm surprised Jaune's even willing to go, after losing Pyrrha."
"Yeah, he surprised me too. They all did." Yang sighed,"And at first, I felt like such a jerk for leaving Ruby alone like that."
"At first?" Weiss looked up at her.
"Well," Yang looked at her,"I realize now that if I did go with her, you'd be dead, or kidnapped by bandits, so maybe staying behind was a good thing."
Weiss thought about it for a minute,"Yeah, I guess you're right." She looked at the campfire and blushed as her stomach began to growl.
"Ah, figured that'd happen," Yang pulled away,"You stay right there, I'm gonna cook us up some grub."
Weiss looked on as Yang pulled out some fish, and put them on sticks. She gulped,"Well, I'm probably going to have to get used to this kind of food for a while." She muttered.
"Alright, there's probably a motel 10-15 miles from here," Yang said, leaning on her bike. She looked as Weiss attached her weapon to her belt,"Get used to staying at inns, the road to Haven's a long one."
"Never thought I'd see the day I'd be stuck riding with you like this, Yang." Weiss hopped on the back,"Aren't you going to wear a helmet?"
"Ah, we'll be fine!" Yang put on her aviators,"I'm a pretty safe driver."
Weiss frowned,"Yang," she spat,"We need to talk!"
"What!?" Yang shouted as they drove.
"It's about your hair!" Weiss spat out a lock of Yang's luscious mane that went in her mouth.
"I'm not cutting it off!" Yang shouted.
"I'm not asking," Weiss spat out another lock,"for that! I'm asking," She sputtered,"For you to wear a freaking helmet, so your hair won't be in my face!"
"Ruby never complained about my hair when she rode behind me!" Yang shouted.
"Well, I'm taller than her!" Weiss spat out another lock,"She never had to worry about this problem!"
Yang growled,"Fine! God..."
Weiss plopped herself on the bed, a sad moan came out of her,"This bed sucks."
"I know." Yang sat on her bed,"But it's a motel bed, what do you expect?"
"I miss my bed. I miss my bunk bed, and I miss luxurious hotel beds!" Weiss shouted, throwing her arms behind her.
"You'll get used to it." Yang raised her arms, and plopped on the bed,"You think this TV's got something good on?"
"Don't care, want to sleep." Weiss said, her voice muffled by the pillow.
"Fine, fine." Yang stretched her arms, and looked at the ceiling,"You know, this reminds me of when me and Ruby went on trips with Dad."
"Must've been nice." Weiss mumbled.
"Yeah, we would go to a hotel whenever we were done for the day, and then just sit back and watch some hotel TV. We'd usually find something nice to watch that we'd usually never watch on our own TV. Of course, we'd have to mute it and read the captioning in order to not wake Dad up." Yang chuckled,"Me and Rubes would just read the captions until we just fell asleep." Yang then heard snoring on the other end of the room,"Good night, Ice Queen." She gave a smile.
Yang muttered as she parked in front of the shop, Beige Bros Motorcycles,"Gonna get helmet hair..."
"It's for your own good!" Weiss said, stepping off the bike,"Well, actually it's for my own good, but that's splitting hairs."
"Hah!" Yang snickered,"I see what you did there." She walked into the bike shop.
"What do you- oh." Weiss facepalmed,"Right."
Yang went through the double doors, looking at all the bike equipment adorning back wall. In front of this wall was the cashier, a slightly heavyset man with a bald head and a goatee. He was wiping his desk as he looked up at her,"Hey, you Tai's kid?" He gave a smile,"Man, you've grown."
"Yeah," Yang muttered,"It's been a while since I came here to Haven. I'm looking for two helmets." She groaned.
"Ah, the Xiao Longs are finally listening to me!" The man said, before looking at Weiss,"Who's your friend?"
"The one responsible for making me get a helmet!" Yang walked away to a series of helmets on a shelf.
The man smiled at Weiss," Thanks, lady. She and her dad used to come here on their little trips. I had to keep telling him to use proper safety gear, but he's apparently too manly to use 'em!"
Weiss sighed,"Yeah, but I also did this for my own benefit. Her hair keeps getting in my mouth."
The man laughed,"Oh, really?"
Yang came back with a white helmet and a yellow helmet,"Here." She begrudgingly placed them on the counter, and then pulled out her lien card.
The man took the card and swiped it,"Hmm, sorry kid, you don't quite have enough for either of them."
Yang grinned, while Weiss frowned,"What!? Didn't your dad give you enough?"
"Well, he did, but he only gave me enough for food and lodging." Yang said,"If I wanted anything else, I'd have to do odd jobs for other towns."
Weiss glared at her,"Well, I'm not about to ride another day with your hair in my face!" She looked at the man,"Is there anything we can do to earn those helmets?"
The man thought for a moment,"Actually, there is! My brother, Rouge, is in the next town over getting some supplies. Unfortunately, he's stuck there because his bodyguard got sick with a cold. If you go over there and escort him back here, I'll let you have these helmets, and a little extra lien for good measure."
"We'll do it," Weiss said immediately.
Yang gave a grin,"Well, I've been itching for some action anyway." She turned to the exit,"We'll be back before you know it!"
Yang drove through the town, her eyes scanning the various parking lots,"Let me know when you see the Beige Bros' truck. You can't miss it, it has a giant motorcycle on the side."
Weiss looked at a tavern, with that exact truck parked in front,"Like that one?"
"Like that one." Yang drove up and parked next to it.
The two stepped off of the bike and strutted to the tavern. Yang opened the doors with a flourish,"Rouge Beige?" She shouted.
"Yang, could you be a little subtle!?" Weiss frowned, before looking at the patrons, noticing that all of their eyes were on them. Weiss gave a nervous chuckle and a small wave.
"Here!" A man shouted. He was on the other side of the bar counter. Next to him, a woman with a face mask sneezed.
Yang grinned, and walked towards him, only to bump into a large man,"Kid," The man snarled,"You can't be rude in The Polite Unicorn Tavern!"
"But this is a bar!" Yang shouted.
"Just because you're in a bar, doesn't give you an excuse to be rude!" The man raised his fist,"Now, please let me punch you!"
Weiss let out an annoyed groan. She walked passed the bar fight about to begin, watching as the patrons asked each other if they'd like to have a fight,"Excuse me." She said to one couple of guys punching each other,"Pardon me." She curtseyed to another young man. She sat down next to Rouge,"Hello, I'm Weiss..." She stopped,"Xiao Long, and me and my cousin over there," She indicated Yang, who was shoving her boot into another guy's stomach,"Were sent by your brother to escort you back home."
"Ah, was wondering when Azure was going to get me!" Rouge looked almost exactly like his brother, with the same bald head and goatee,"Let me talk to my bodyguard." He turned to the woman in the mask,"Hey, I'm leaving with these huntresses, you've got a problem with that?"
The woman looked at him,"Am I still getting paid?" seeing him nod,"Then I'm goo- AH-CHOO!" She sneezed back into her mask.
"Gesundheit," Weiss said. She got up and began to walk. She dodged flying glasses, and weaved through two guys sissy slapping each other, and went up to Yang, who was decking one guy in the chin,"Excuse me, may I please take my friend and leave?"
The guy looked at her through his one non-black eye,"You may." He gave a nod, letting the two leave the tavern.
Yang was wiping some blood from her lips,"Stupid patrons..." She muttered to herself as she waited by Bumblebee.
"By the way, I'm your cousin now," Weiss said as she sat on the back of the bike.
"What?" Yang looked back at her.
Weiss sighed,"Seeing as my father probably wants to find me again, and trap me in his home, I thought it would be a terrible idea if I gave my full name to people, so I'm taking your last name for the time being."
Yang looked Weiss over and began to think,"We'll discuss this later," She smirked.
The bodyguard and Rouge came out of the tavern and entered their van. Rouge looked down at Yang,"Alright since my buddy here is unable to fight, I'm going to have to rely on you for grimm or bandit detail. I hope you're ready."
Yang revved up Bumblebee,"I was born ready."
With that, the two vehicles drove off, with Bumblebee taking the lead.
The ride back to the shop seemed uneventful at first. This was a quiet part of the continent, as far as Yang remembered from when Taiyang would take the family here. Bandits didn't normally attack on this road, and grimm were rare.
In a fair world, no grimm would appear on this road at this exact moment.
But Remnant, as far as Weiss knew, didn't play fair.
Yang held up her hand, motioning for the van to stop behind her. She stopped her bike, looking at the beast stomping along the road towards them.
It had a few bony plates covering its body. Its face was that of a half-skull. It leaned down on its large arms, much like a gorilla.
"A Beringel," Weiss muttered as she looked over Yang's shoulder,"Why did it have to be one of those!?" She whipped out Myrtenaster from her hip and stepped off the bike.
Yang did the same thing, activating her remaining piece of Ember Celica, and cracking her neck,"I don't think it's anything we can't handle together!"
Weiss stepped next to Yang,"Do you know how tough it is fighting one of these things?" She noticed the beast cocking its head at them.
"Do you?" Yang asked.
"Well, no, but I'm sure this thing's not going to be as easy as you'd think!" Weiss glared at it.
Yang cracked her knuckles,"Don't worry, I have an idea: Let me do the punching, and you hit-and-run!" she ran at the Beringel, and slammed her metal arm into its chest.
The Beringel groaned, before swinging its fist into Yang's side, causing the huntress to be pushed to the side. While it was busy, however, a sword struck into its leg. It turned to the source of the strike, seeing Weiss with a glyph behind her.
Weiss leaped off the glyph and struck its other leg. She weaved out of the way of a swing from the Beringel. The Beringel then had its arm shot by several shotgun blasts from Yang's Ember Celica.
Yang smirked, running up to him and delivering another punch to his head, before the beast threw another swing at her, causing her to duck and deliver a jab to its abdomen. She then punched him twice in the chest. That was when she heard the sound of ice cracking. She and the Beringel stopped. Yang stared behind it, causing the beast to turn around and stare at the giant ice Death Stalker.
Yang looked at Weiss, who was sitting on top of it,"My sword wasn't doing much, so I brought in a substitute." She placed her hand on her hip and smiled.
"When could you do that!?" Yang threw up her arms,"That's freaking awesome!"
"Oh, I learned to do it in my prison of a home." Weiss looked down at the Beringel,"Now, Crystal, kill that thing!"
The Death Stalker, Crystal, grabbed the Beringel with it's claw and raised it into the air. The ice grimm shot its tail towards the enemy, only for the gorilla to free one of its arms and grab the stinger.
"Aw, come on, what a cop-out!" Yang shouted. She leaped onto Crystal's back and looked at the angered Weiss," Weiss, I didn't want to do this, but time for the Fastball Special."
"Fast-whoa!" Weiss felt Yang pick her up,"What are you doing!?"
"Hold Myrtenasty in front of you!"
"Myrtenaster, it's Myrtenaster!" Weiss held the sword in front of her.
"Whatever, here we go!" Yang roared with a ferocity never before seen as she threw the former heiress up in the sky towards the Beringel.
The Beringel looked down, noticing the white missile heading towards him. If grimm could speak, this would be where he would go,"Damn." as Weiss' sword stabbed straight through his skull.
Weiss landed on Crystal's claw, the scorpion setting her down gently,"Yang, could you warn me before you do something like that!?" She shouted at her.
Yang walked towards her as Crystal disappeared,"Oh, come on, it worked didn't it?"
"You could've killed me!" Weiss shouted.
"But was it fun?" Yang grinned.
"Yes, but that's beside the point!" Weiss growled, spinning around on her heels and stomping towards the bike.
Yang shook her head,"Never heard Ruby complain about that maneuver." She walked back to Bumblebee and started it up again.
"Brother!" Rouge hugged Azure.
"Brother!" Azure hugged Rouge. He turned to Yang,"As promised, the helmets are yours, and I'm adding 100 Lien to your account."
"Thanks," Yang took the yellow helmet.
"No, we should thank you!" Azure smiled,"You protected my brother, and got him back here safely!"
Weiss took her white helmet,"It's all in a day's work for huntresses." She and Yang waved to them as they went back to Bumblebee,"Now, Yang, you wanted to discuss something?"
Yang turned to her and smiled,"I was thinking, in order to help you hide from any Atlas soldiers or whatever, I should help you disguise yourself! And the way to do that..." She leaned into Weiss' face,"is a makeover!"