Yang awoke with a start, looking around at her temporary room in the Rose-Xiao long home.
"Damn nightmares." Yang sighed before standing and walking over to the window of her room to look outside.
Winter had just ended as the last bits of snow melted away and the flowers started to bloom.
Smiling, Yang checked over her right arm, completing her morning maintenance on it, before heading downstairs to find her father cooking breakfast.
"Hey Dad." Yang called as she made her way towards the fridge and pulled out a carton of orange juice.
"Morning Yang." Taiyang replied having just finished cooking and starting to plate their breakfast.
This had been their morning routine for a couple weeks since Bartholomew Oobleck and Peter Ports visit.
The pair sat down and enjoyed their breakfast in a comfortable silence before Zwei burst in and started running circles around the table, barking as he went.
"Hey buddy." Yang cooed, picking up the excited corgi and cradling him upside down in her arms.
Taiyang stood and collected the now empty plates before starting to wash the dirty dishes.
"Yang, why don't you take Zwei out for a bit." Taiyang spoke as he finished up the dishes. "Then we can go a few rounds before lunch."
"Why not now? You scared I'll beat you again?" Yang teased, starting to feel like her old self since she started training.
"Again? I'm still waiting for you to land a proper hit." Taiyang quipped back before they both broke out in laughter.
Once they calmed down Yang took the corgi outside for some exercise while Taiyang planned out what they would be training today.
Blake awoke with a start as the airship she was on jerked slightly, most likely from landing.
Quickly gathering her things, Blake disembarked the airship and started walking around the main town of Patch.
The town itself reminded Blake of a smaller version of Vale. From the airship dock, Blake could see the start of a small residential section that consisted of a handful of family homes that lead towards the centre of town.
The center of town itself was a few shops, ranging for clothes stores to groceries and everything inbetween surrounding a large fountain in the centre.
Finding a small hotel near the centre of town, Blake paid for a room and headed upstairs before unpacking what little she brought with her and deciding what the next part of her plan was.
Having tried out the little corgi, Yang picked Zwei up and sat him down next to the wooden stool Taiyang usual placed towels and water bottles on before their sparring matches.
After doing a few warm up stretches, Yang turned around to see Taiyang had come out and was doing stretches of his own.
"Ready to lose?" Yang asked, getting into a fighting stance.
"You would have to land a hit first." Taiyang replied getting into his own stance.
The pair stood still, analysing each other before charging at their opponent.
Having finished unpacking, Blake looked around more at the small hotel room.
The room itself was pretty basic with a large window taking up the wall opposite the door in with a view of the town, a double bed that was pushed close to the large window, a small closet and a door that led into the bathroom.
The bathroom was also pretty basic with a mirror to the right of the door, a shower opposite the mirror and a toilet next the the shower.
Deciding she was acquainted with the room, Blake left to start walking around town for any clues of where the blonde brawler lived.
Not long into her search however Blake's stomach decided it had gone long enough without a good meal.
Finding the closest restaurant wasn't hard in the small town and Upon entering a waitress lead her to a table before telling her she would be back shortly to take Blake's order.
'What if she doesn't want to see me, what if she hates me for what happened to her.' Blake thought, becoming more fearful of her meeting with Yang. Her thoughts only being interrupted by the return of the waitress.
Quickly scanning the menu, Blake ordered the first thing that sounded appetising and waited until the waitress left to pull out her scroll.
Searching through her contacts wasn't hard considering it only consisted of teams RWBY and JNPR before she got in contact with her parents again.
Finding her father's number, Blake sent a quick message informing him that she made it to Patch safe and to tell her mother she missed them both before putting it down on the table.
Within the minute her scroll vibrated with a message back from her father telling her he was glad she was safe and with words of confidence in her.
Reinvigorated, Blake smiled at her scroll before sending a message back thanking her father.
Having been sparring for hours, Taiyang grabbed a water bottle and a towel before throwing them towards Yang who caught them with ease.
"Well you've definitely learnt to move with that arm." Taiyang huffed, wiping sweat away with the towel.
"What can I say it feels almost natural." Yang replied, doing the same as her father.
"So what's your plan for the rest of the day then?" Taiyang asked now sitting on the wooden stool scratching Zwei behind the ears.
"Think I might head into town, haven't done that since I got back.." Yang replied, throwing the towel back at her father and started walking towards town.
"Just be careful." Taiyang called, still slightly worried about Yang on her own.
"I will." Yang called back before taking off in a jog.
The sun was starting to set as Blake continued to walk the street of the town trying to find any hint of where Yang lived.
The few people she had asked didn't know who Yang was or where she lived, leaving Blake no closer to her goal.
'I guess the towns not as close knit as Menagerie is.' Blake thought as she turned down another side street.
One of the nice things Blake had noticed about the people of Patch was that faunus seemed to get treated the same as the humans, something Blake had been truly grateful for considering she had gotten rid of her bow on the boat ride to Menagerie.
Feeling like her search was a bust for the day, Blake started making her way back toward the hotel to rest for the night so she could start again the next day.
Turning into another side street, Blake caught sight of a mane of Blonde hair walking a few metres in front of her
'It's her.'
Her walk through town had been pretty eventful. Yang had gone past all of the old shops she had known when she had been growing up and found that most of them had stayed the same since she left for Beacon.
'I'll have to tell Ruby that her favourite bakery is still here next time i see her.' Yang thought, her thoughts growing slightly dark at the thought of Ruby. 'Don't think negative she's ok and once I get use to this arm I'll be out there with her again.'
With the sky darkening, Yang decided to start walking back towards home. As she made her way towards the road out of town and towards her house, Yang spotted a familiar looking woman with black hair out of the corner of her eye.
Turning her head to see who it really was, Yang was shocked to see her old partner standing there looking back. Sadly however that shock soon turned into an uncontrolled rage.
"Why are you here?" Yang growled, staring down the woman she had once considered her best friend.
"I came back to see you." Blake replied, holding onto her elbows across her chest.
"Oh good to see I finally fit into your schedule." Yang said snarkily, turning her back on Blake and walking towards her home.
"Y-Yang wait." Blake called, moving to try and catch Yang before she left.
"No i'm done waiting for you." Yang spoke,turning around and freezing Blake in fear of her once teammate.
Blake stared in shock at Yang's red glowing eyes. The only time Yang's anger had ever been truly directed at her was during their fight on the night before the school dance and yet even then it was more in concern, now Blake could see the anger and hatred that had built up in Yang during the months where she had been left alone with nothing but her thoughts.
Certain that Blake had gotten her silent message, Yang spun on her heel and continued her walk back to the Rose-Xiao long home, now with a new aggression that she needed to take out on something.
So this is the surprise i've been going on about for a little bit. I started writing this after a friend asked if i planned to write any Bumbeby and i like the ship so here we are.
As you can see this isn't completely following canon Sun didn't go with Blake to Menagerie and Ghira convinced Blake to find Yang.
This will be a short thing, about 5-6 chapters, and the best part is in currently working on chapter 5 as if posting this so you won't have to wait as long as with When Your World Falls Apart.
As always if you enjoyed, hated, have constructive criticism or have a question please let me know so I can make this story and any future stories I write better.
Thanks for reading and have an awesome day.
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