1 day before the Breach.

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"Why do you want to be a huntress?" Asked Doctor Oobleck as Yang fought the grim. It was a surprise but Yang didn't let that on. She was quiet for a bit as she thought and fought. After the battle, she had an answer.

"I want to have adventures. Epic tales to tell my nephews and nieces." She said, a half truth.

"You don't wish for children later in life?" Oobleck asked, his head ever so slightly cocked to the left. Yang hadn't noticed she hadn't mentioned children of her own as she remembered HIM and what he DID to her.

Yang looked down at her hands. "No… at least, now right now." She said. Oobleck's face softened a bit in understanding.

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Later That Day.

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Yang was laying down next to the fire, looking up at the ceiling of the broken down building. Her, Blake, and Weiss, who Yang actually got along with once they stopped trying to kill each other, made a triangle around the fire. All were awake, all said nothing. Eventually Weiss stated something.

"Did anyone tell Doctor Oobleck the full truth?" She asked. Yang was silent at that along with Blake. "Because I wasn't. I mean, keeping up the family name was part of it. But a small one. In truth, It was something that just… appealed to me. It felt right. It was what I wanted…" She said. It was quiet for a bit.

"I want to mend human faunas relations but… I don't know if i can, after all i've done. After all the things I regret. I'm still having trouble with being at Beacon. It feels like i just… don't belong." Blake said, surprising the other two around the fire. All was quiet once more as Yang mentally debated whether or not to confide in them.

"I do want stories to tell someday. Adventures to have people turn to songs. But… I also want to make sure what happened to me doesn't happen to anyone else." Yang said, still staring at the ceiling of the broken down building. Confused as to what happened to Yang, they looked over to her. "When i told Dr. Oobleck that I wanted stories to tell my nephews and nieces, and he asked me why I didn't put my own children on that list," Yang glanced down at her hands as they balled into fists. It was barely noticeable but Weiss and Blake did. "I was reminded of what happened and… it still hurts."

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Time Skip to 1 week after the Breach.

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Yang woke up alert, as she always has since the incident. That's what her dad calls it. She woke up earlier than normal as her scroll went off. She grabbed it and answered.

"Hello?" She cautiously asked waiting for a reply.

"Hey Yang," Said Coco from the scroll. "Have you seen Velvet? Last I saw her, she was going out with someone at some restaurant." She continued. "I think it was called 'The Blue French Horn'." She finished.

"What did the guy look like?" Yang asked. Coco was silent for a moment.

"I… I don't remember…" She said, shocked she forgot. Yang sighed.

"I'll look around, see what's up." Yang said. Coco thanked her and the call ended. Yang looked around her room, watching the her new friends and her sister, sleeping fine. She sighed. "They don't need to know."

"Lying to your friends once more…" The familiar voice said. Yang froze in fear. "Thought I was gone, didn't you?" A shadow covered spectre inched closer, stopping an inch away from her ear. "You should know by now… I'm never going to let you go…" It whispered.

Yang closed her eyes shut. Her hands were trembling as she tried to speak once more.

"B-Birch Street, Higgins D-Drive, C-Cobalt Lane." She said before waiting a second or two and repeating until she calmed down. This mantra came from the lanes the house her family lived in when Summer was still alive. Once she calmed down, Yang got up, put on blue jeans, grey tank top, black leather jacket, a pale gray scarf, and her yellow sneakers. She opened the door when a half asleep Ruby spoke.

"Shwhere ya goin byang…" Ruby said, unintelligibly to anyone who hasn't lived with Ruby for most of their lives

"A walk." Yang said, promptly shutting the door. Even though she's proved she can take care of herself, Ruby still insists that she knows where Yang goes, resulting in a small argument but Ruby was too tired and Yang was too fed up with that and so Yang left the dorms that day and Ruby fell asleep once more.

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Yang walked through Vale, calling and texting Velvet along the way. Eventually, she arrived at The Blue French Horn. She looked around in slight confusion. She walked inside and looked at the inside. It was a more casual fancy restaurant. Soon, a waiter came in. "Can I help you Miss?" He asked.

"Didn't this place use to be an Atlesian Resteraunt named Il Rosso?" Yang asked, looking around.

"Yes, but a few months ago this building came upon knew owners who promptly changed it to Vacuoan and renamed it The Blue French Horn." The Waiter said. "Anything else?"

"Yeah," Yang said, pulling up Velvet's school photo. She showed it to the waiter. "Did this girl come in yesterday evening?" The waiter saw the photo and his eyes widened slightly. She's gotten good at sniffing out that kind of thing. She couldn't tell if this was because she was sober or not, as it's slowly grown since… then.

"Y-Yeah…" The guy admitted shamefully. "Two days ago. She was with some guy in purple came in with her. He asked for a booth in the back and… I kicked out the people already eating there…" The man said in shame. Yang's eyes widened.

"What did he order?" Yang stated forcefully. The waiter started sputtering, unsure what tos say. Yang grabbed the waiter by the collar and pulled him closer forcefully. "What did he order!?"

"J-Just some Atlesian Dish! Amatriciana!" The waiter said, hoping not to get his ass kicked. Yang's eyes widened.

"Th-That's what he…" She mumbled slowly backing out of the restaurant. Once out the door, Yang ran back.

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Yang stumbled into her dorm room. It was empty, all her teammates having gone off to lunch. She started pacing around.

"Fuck… Fuck what do i do!?" Yang muttered in distress. Eventually, she got down onto her knees and reached under her bed. She pulled out a bottle half filled with an amber liquid. She quickly pulled off the lid and downed an eighth of the full capacity.. It's label read "Jack Daniels" and showed a man with one leg on a barrel, looking like a pirate. "Fuck…" She muttered once more. Her eyes went down to the floor full of thought. Glumly, she took a swig and closed her eyes, her head cast to the floor. She breathed in deeply. Her eyes opened, the iris red.

Jaune and Pyrrha we walking to their dorm room, having a nice calm conversation when...

"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!" They heard Yang scream from her dorm room. They gave each other a look before Jaune went and knocked on Team RWBY's dorm room. Yang harshly opened the door. "Yes?" She asked. Jaune spoke.

"Hey, i just wanted to make sure everything was alright. You sounded pretty distressed." He said before he noticed the bottle in her hand. "Yang, what're you doing with that?!" He said, promptly using his body to hide it from the hallway. "You could get expelled for that!" He hissed out.

"Does it look like i give a shit?" Yang said before taking swig from the bottle, the amber liquid sloshing around.

"You can't afford not too!" Jaune said.

"I got better things on my mind."

"Like what?"

"Can't tell you." Yang said before moving to leave. Pyrrha blocked her.

"You can't just walk out with alcohol." She said simply. Yang then did something that surprised both Pyrrha and her partner. Yang drank the rest of the bottle and threw it over her shoulder. It clattered with the plastic of a trash can. She then pushed Pyrrha to the side and walked past her. Jaune and Pyrrha stood their shocked for a second before Jaune sighed and walked into team JNPR's room.

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Yang walked down the streets of Vale, on the phone with Coco. "So, did she have her scroll on her?" Yang asked. She heard shuffling on the other side of the call.

"Uh… No! It's right here." Coco said.

"Alright, any weird purchases?" Yang asked.

"Umm… she bought something from some store." Coco said. "That's it for the past 4 days."

"Address."

"2nd and 25th 328."

"Fuck…" Yang muttered as she knew that store. It's what HE made her shop at for… clothing...

"Do you know that place?"

"Y-Yes, nothing unusual there though." Yang lied. "See you later." She said before hanging up. Yang put her phone away. "Only one place he would go if he wanted to…" She muttered. She had made muttering her thoughts when alone a bit of a habit since… THEN.

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She stood outside a nice hotel. The was doorman and everything.

"Miss Xiao-Long?" Said the doorman as she walked over. "Thought that was you. Will you be staying with us again?" He asked as she ignored him and walked in. She went to the elevator and pressed for floor 7.

The door opened and she stood, staring at the door where Velvet likely was in. The room where HE brought Yang herself.

If he truly wants to find her… She could go. Change schools. No. She couldn't leave Ruby like that. Not with HIM out there.

She started walking towards the door and stopped at the fire alarm. Calmly, she pulled it and watched how everyone left their rooms. Except for the one she was looking at. She continued walking and entered the room. It was dim with the only lights being the combined purple of the neon lights shining in.

She walked towards the back, where the bedroom was. She pushed open the door and saw Velvet lying on the bed clad in red lingerie alone. Yang walked over to the bed.

"We need to go." Yang said, waving for her to follow. She made no movements. Yang closed her eyes sympathetically. "He told you to stay on the bed, didn't he?" She asked. Velvet nodded. Yang swallowed walked to the side of the bed and tried to pull Velvet off the bed only for the girl to start thrashing about trying to stay on the bed.

"No!" Velvet said, thrashing about, trying to escape her grasp. "He told me to stay on the bed!" She yelled as Yang struggled to keep her under control. She eventually got the Rabbit Faunas over her shoulder. Velvet's legs were thrashing, attempting to knee the younger Hunteress-In-Training's face but she was easily restrained but Velvets fists slammed into the back of the increasingly angered Yang. "Let me go! He told me to stay!" Velvet yelled. Yang's face contorted with annoyance and swiftly turned, slamming Velvet's head into the doorway. Velvet fell limp and silent as her aura couldn't raise in time to protect Velvet's head, knocking her unconscious. Yang took a nearby coat large enough to cover Velvet's skin and grabbed Velvet's purse. She walked out of the hotel and told the driver to get them to the bullhead station.

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Yang walked into Beacon's infirmary with an unconscious Velvet. Doctor Greene walked over quickly. "What happened?" He asked. "We usually don't get any patients at night because of cur…" The doctor trailed off when he saw the patient had little clothing on. "Was she found like this when you found her?" He asked, putting the patient on an infirmary bed and checking for a pulse.

"She didn't have the coat when I found her." Yang said. The doctor grimaced.

"Damn this place." He muttered. "Well, she's alive." He said, pulling his hand back from her neck. "Alright, tell me what happened." He said.

"There's long version and a short version. Which one do you want?" Yang said looking down to Velvet's covered form. The doctor sighed and stood from the seat next to the patient.

"Let me go brew coffee."