"Ruby."

"Nope!"

"No one-"

"Nope!"

"I'm serious, there's no-"

"Nope!"

"It's probably the wind."

"Wind don't whispers name Yang!"

"Fine, if you don't want to take a bath, at least put something on, you're gonna catch a cold being naked like that."

"... Ah right, knew I forgot something."

"Wait, before you go, you're coming with me tonight at 10:00, right?"

"Sure, why?"

"Just need to make sure, that's all."

"Yang."

"We're just going to go to town, have some funs, go places and maybe get you a new friend~"

"Wow! You'll help me get a friend?"

"If you want to look at it that way, sure."


Later that night,

"Yang, a nightclub named 'Passing Rose' isn't where you find friends."

"What? It totally is, that's how I found my friend, not sure if an alcoholic counts as a friend."

"Yang."

"Sorry sorry, but hey, we're here now, might as well eh?"

"But, there are people here, you know how well I do with people."

"Well you know what they say, 'failure is only the path to success'."

*chuckle* "Yang, come on, don't do a posh voice."

"And why is that Ruby, my dear?"

"Y-your face, it looks ridiculous."

"My face? Is there something there? Do you mind getting it for me?"

"You can get it yourself, you have hands for a reason."

"And what would that reason be? I simply cannot recall, do me a favour and remind me, my dear."

"Besides, I feel like I'm being watched here."

"Really?"

"Yeah, throughout the whole day, I have that strang feeling."

"It's probably just the wind."

"Wind don't whispers names Yang."

"Fine, got questions to ask here anyway."

"Can you get that strawberry drink for me?"

"The strawberry sunrise?"

"Yeah that."

"Sure, anything else before I go in?"

"I think I saw a weapon store on the way here, I think it's a couple of blocks away from here, when you're done you know where to find me."

"Watch out for crazies when you're in there Rube, weapons are dangerous, especially shape-shifting guns."

"I can handle myself."

"By crazies, I mean you."

"Yeah,... Hey!... I'm not that crazy."

"What happened this morning and all the things you've done in a weapon store say otherwise."

"...no,... I've learned my lesson, and I've made a promise to Dad already."

"Well that's reassuring, guess you can now, behave in there now you hear?"

"Okay, bye Yang."

*tap* *tap* *tap* *tap* the sound of Ruby's feet pounds against the pavement

"Well at least she won't be in the cross-fire."


*tap* *tap* *tap* *tap* *tap*

"'Gun&Daisy'? Weird name for a gun store."

*ring* *ding* The sound of the bell rings as she pushes against the wooden door, and an elderly, balding, grey-haired man with wrinkles under his eyes and over his brows takes notice,

"Heya" Ruby cheerfully waves

"Hm" the elderly man nods in response

"Can I have a look around?"

"Uh huh" the elderly man nods again in approval

"Thank you, also are there any magazines?"

"In the back, there's a section to the left."

"Thank you" She then quickly skips to the back left, but ignores it,

Then to the back right,

Then to the middle section of the shop, pretending to browse for items,

To the left side of the store,

Dashing to the right side to 'browse' items, earning a suspicious look,

Moving to the front, looking around,

And finally,

"Excuse me, mister, but has anyone else enter the store?"

The old man just shakes his head,

"oh, are you sure?"

*nod*

But a voice in her mind, "Be ready to fight", speaks up

A loud *CRACK* can be heard when a boot smashes against the wooden door, and four tough looking robbers enter

"ALRIGHT! DOWN ON THE GROUND!"

Both customer and shop owner are still in shoc-, "Take my Lien and leave."

"Give us your Dust old man, or there will be blood, and get down on the ground little girl!" The brute snarls menacingly

"Are you robbing us?"

"Oh no, we're just stealing Dust little girl, your cooperation will be greatly appreciated, so please get on the ground, I wish not to shoot you." The civilised brute? explains

"What are you doing idiot?"

"I mean, ON THE GROUND! please."

"Uh huh"

"Alright that's it, move aside idiot." A much smaller robber pulls the bigger brute back,

"On the ground or you'll have holes in your head." The small robber growls and points a gun at her head,

As quick as the eye can blink, a red blur tackles the small robber into display cases, making the glass explodes into tiny little pieces, knocking the wind out of the robber,

"What was that?!"

"She's one of them huntress!"

"Shoot her!"

Bullets fly, out from the chambers, making small explosion, ripping the air, shattering glasses, windows and the silent cold damp air of the night,

Dashing from one end to the other, like a bullet, almost impossible for the human eye to track, she moves only stopping to change direction,

"Sonofabitch! They never said anything about a damn huntress."

"Grab whatever Dust you can, we're leaving this pla-"

A red blur slams into the robber's stomach, sending him flying, destroying the products on display,

Pressing the switch, activating her weapon's mechanism, swinging it around, catching another robber across the jaw,

*thud* the robber's body impacts the floor

"Let him go."

"Just let me take the Dust little girl, I'll leave and no one gets hurt."

Preparing for a final dash,

"And don't do that red blurring thing either, I see you twitching and he d-dies. I-I mean it."

Reluctantly, she obeys the brute, hoping that a civilian won't earn a pistol round to the head, but behind her someone rises,

"DIE BITCH!"

*BANG*