"HURGH! JUST. HOLD. STILL."

Ruby violently swung her greatsword towards the large insect, which dodged out of her attack before flying up just out of reach. In response, Ruby let out another shout of frustration as she began wildly swinging her weapon at the other Bnahabras that would occasionally attempt to fly in for a sting, missing each and everyone one as she flailed around.

Once she had tired herself out, she glanced over at her teammate, Blake, who was simply sitting on a rock with her eyes shut.

"Uh, Blake? Little help here please?"

There was no response from Blake, as she continued to sit silently on the rock. Ruby stared in confusion until she saw one of the bnahabra fly up behind Blake, readying its proboscis as it stalked closer to her head.

"BLAKE, LOO-"

In a flash, Blake jumped up and whipped around, pulling out two rather sharp looking swords. One swift slash was all it took to eviscerate the bnahabra that had foolishly sought to try and attack her.

"That's one." Blake said aloud as she sheathed her blades and sat back down on the rock.

"Wooah..."

Ruby stared in awe at her teammate, even if it was just a simple bnahabra that she sliced up, it was still extremely awesome to watch.

"That was so cooAUGH!"

Ruby was interupted by the pleasant sensation of having a stinger jammed in her back, sending her to the floor, stricken with paralysis.

"Might want to watch out for those." Blake deadpanned as she stared at the girl writhing on the floor in front of her.

"G-g-g-g-ee t-t-t-th-an-ks B-B-Bla-ke."

As Ruby continued to spaz out on the ground, she hoped her sister was having a better time than she was.

"Can you get off your butt and actually help me with these things, PLEASE?!"

Yang was hoping that her sister was having a better time than her. Because her time with the prissy noble, Weiss was completely frustrating and horrible.

Weiss had taken to sitting on a nearby rock, filing her nails as she watched Yang get battered back and forth by both a pack of bnahabra and a pack of jaggi that had found their way into the area shortly after they heard the sounds of conflict.

"I thought you said that you and your sister were perfectly capable huntresses that could at least take on a Great Jaggi. My help should not be required for such a mundane task."

Yang let out a low growl as she socked a jaggi square in its jaw, sending it flying across the field. Before she could even turn to strike another, she felt a jaggi pounce on her back, knocking her to the ground once more. In response, she let out a brutish war-cry as she launched the jaggi off her back and began wildly swinging at whatever was within her reach.

Not even a few seconds later, three dead jaggi's were lying at her feet, along with the remains of four bnahabra that had strayed too close as well.

As Yang began panting over the amount of energy she exerted over her storm, she could have swore she heard the sound of clapping coming from Weiss's direction.

"Well done, Xiao Long. You've proven yourself as only slightly incompetent when dealing with minor nuisances!"

Yang shot the noble a nasty glare, before she saw something sneaking up on the heiress. As a form of payback, she decided to keep her mouth shut.

"Well, if you are quite done with wasting my time, I think we should go meet up with Belladonna and your equally incompetent sisTURGH!"

Weiss was sent tumbling off the rock and face first into the dirt as a lone jaggi snuck up behind her and pounced, earning a loud laugh from Yang as she watched the entire spectacle.

Yang watched as the noble hopped to her feet and began spouting insults at the jaggi, which tilted its head and let out a bark in confusion before it charged back at her. Weiss pulled out a particularly powerful looking long sword and calmly slashed the jaggi clean in two before sheathing the blade.

The noble turned to her teammate, a scowl on her face as she did.

"Perhaps next time warn me when an enemy is sneaking up behind me."

"Oh right right, sorry. I was distracted with these jaggi corpses. Gotta carve off all the good stuff, y'know? Plus, I figured an incredibly skilled swordmaster like yourself was always aware of her surroundings."

"Unfortunately, even someone as skilled as myself cannot always be aware of her surroundings. Especially not when she is distracted by a degenerate such as yourself."

Yang stood up and shot the noble a glare before she glanced down at her sword. Something was off about that sword.

"Aren't you just starting out as a huntress too?"

"Don't even think about comparing my combat prowess to yours, I'll have you know that I was trained by-"

"I'm not talking about that. Your sword."

"What about my sword?"

"That's a pretty fancy looking sword that you use. How'd you get it?"

In response, Weiss unsheathed the blade. The blade of the sword had a cool silvery gleam to it, while the hilt of the blade was cool blue. Halfway down, two golden orbs were built into the hilt, spread just enough apart for someone to grab the area between them. And at the end of the hilt, a gold tip was placed.

"This sword? It's called Edel's Snowflake. It is a finely crafted and rather expensive sword forged from Lagombi parts."

Yang cocked an eyebrow as she stared at the blade. There was no way she got that legitimately.

"And how exactly did a fresh huntress kill a lagombi on her own, huh?"

"It was a parting gift from my sister. It is the blade she wielded as a huntress long before she obtained better ones."

"So, you didn't make it yourself then?"

"Of course not. Why would I do such a thing?"

"Because it's like, a rule. Hunters and Huntresses are supposed to gather their own materials and make their own weapons."

"That rule is hardly enforced."

Yang pinched the bridge of her nose as she stamped her foot.

"That's not the point. The point is that you put in the blood, sweat and tears so that your weapon actually means something to you."

"Are you saying that because I didn't make my weapon that makes me any less of a huntress? Because that idea is quite preposterous. I can cut down a monster with a bought blade just as I can cut one down with a hand crafted one. It matters not which."

Yang let out a sigh. It was clear that someone like Weiss wouldn't understand what forging your own weapon was like, so there was no point in trying to argue with the noble any longer. Instead she decided to just head over to the area that Blake and Ruby had decided to hunt in.

"And just where do you think YOU'RE going?"

"To go meet up with the rest of our team. You can stay here and sift through jaggi dung if you want."

Weiss scoffed loudly as she followed behind Yang. "I will do no such thing, and you shouldn't even DARE suggest such an idea either!"

Meanwhile, Ruby had found herself once again on the ground, twitching and writhing as paralytic venom coursed through her veins.

"You're never going to get anywhere by swinging your weapon around wildly like that."

Ruby managed to drag herself to her feet, only to see her teammate still sitting on the same rock, reading a book that she had brought with her.

"Well MAYBE if I had some help I would be GETTING SOMEWHERE!" To emphasize her annoyance, Ruby stamped her foot on the ground.

But Blake simply ignored her and continued reading on.

"If you can't do such a simple task like this by yourself, you shouldn't even call yourself a huntress."

"WHAT?!"

Ruby's face turned red with anger, her cheeks puffing out as well. She soon returned to swinging away at the bnahabra, though she continued to miss. As she attempted to strike down the bnahabra, she began mumbling to herself.

"I'll show her. I'll kill TWICE as many... no, THREE... wait a minute... FOUR times as many bnahabra as everyone else! And then she'll be all like 'Wow, Ruby! You're such a cool huntress, I'm sorry I ever doubted you!' and I'll say 'Oh thank you Blake! I AM a cool huntress, aren't I? Would you maybe like some advice on how to be as cool as I am?' and then we'll all be friends. Maybe."

"If only you could plan that far ahead while doing something actually meaningful."

"AGH!"

Ruby jumped into the air as she heard a voice come from behind her, turning to see that Blake had silently snuck up on her while she was busy ranting to herself.

"Oh uh, hi Blake. I uh, I totally didn't say anything earlier, I think you were probably just hearing things and uh-"

Blake responded by grabbing Ruby by the shoulders, easing her down onto a nearby rock.

"Uuuh... what are you doing?"

"Sit here and don't move. Don't talk either."

After she had given her instructions, Blake walked a few steps away from the rock and turned to stare at the little red huntress.

A few minutes passed in silence, with Ruby's eyes nervously darting back and forth, scanning the environment as they did. It wasn't until Ruby heard the familiar sound of bnahabra wings buzzing close by her ears when she realized what Blake was trying to do.

Turning her head slowly, she noticed that a bnahabra was easing its way towards her side. Ruby briefly turned back to Blake, who's eyes had narrowed as she stared at both Ruby and the bnahabra. Taking this as a sign to act, Ruby quickly drew her greatsword and sliced the bnahabra in half.

"Hey! I did it!"

Blake's half-glare turned into a smile as she walked over to the red huntress.

"Well done. With some creatures, patience is the key. Remember that we won't always rely on brute strength to force our way through our tasks."

"Heh, yeah I read you loud and clear!"

"Good. Now do it again."

"...What?"

"We still have more to kill, so do it again. And again. Until I tell you to stop."

Ruby let out a whimper as Blake returned to the position she was in before. This was so boring.

When Yang and Weiss finally got to their teammates, the two of them were baffled by the sight that greeted them.

Both Blake and Ruby were perched on two separate rocks, pieces of bnahabra's were scattered around their bases. Both of them seemed to be calmly meditating, their closed eyes and silent demeanor's hinting at the idea. It wasn't until a bnahabra inched into Ruby's reach when they found out that they were doing anything BUT meditating.

The two approached their partners as Ruby slashed apart another bnahabra, surely they had cut down more than enough for the task at hand.

"So uh, hey guys. We're all done on our side."

Ruby hopped off the rock she was situated on and folded her greatsword up, placing it on the holster located on her back. "Awesome! How many did you guys get?"

"Uuuh, lets see..." Yang proceeded to hold out her fingers and count them one by one. In reality, she hadn't been keeping track at all.

"At least ten. It was hard to tell with all the jaggis that your brute of a sister attracted with her crazed war cries."

Yang shot Weiss a glare, her right eye twitching a bit as she did. "Well at least I actually did some work. Unlike some people who sat on a rock and filed her nails!"

Weiss simply rolled her eyes in return and then directed her attention to Blake. "And how did your side do, Belladonna?"

"I cut down around five, Ruby cut down ten."

Weiss gave a firm nod as she turned around and began walking in the direction of base camp. "Very well, I believe that will suffice for our task." Blake proceeded to follow her.

Ruby and Yang let out a sigh as they followed their other two teammates, today surely couldn't get any worse.

...Which is what they probably should have held out on saying once their team had returned to Val Harbor, as the entire city was in mass hysteria when they returned.

While most of the civilians were running around panicking, hunters were flooding out of the hunting guild and heading toward the dock area.

Ruby managed to pull one of the guards attention for long enough to find out what was happening.

"Sir! What's going on, WHY IS EVERYONE FREAKING OUT?!"

"How could you four not have heard the alarms?!"

"We just got back from a mission!"

"I-I see... Well, according to the scouts a... a..."

Weiss stepped in front of Ruby and folded her arms in annoyance. "Spit it out already, guardsman, my time is valuable."

"A Dah'ren Mohran is headed straight for the city!"