As the bullhead continued it's lengthy flight. Weiss scrolled through all the information that was sent to them, once again out of sheer boredom.

Cale.

A rather small village with a population roughly of fifty or so. It was one of the lucky few places outside the cities that hasn't been crushed by the grimm. Every time one of the four major countries tried to expand their city borders, the grimm would backlash brutally and sometimes effectively. Mount Glenn was proof enough but Cale was small barely a blip on any map. It's size seemed to be it's strength, It had managed to do what Vale could not. Weiss mentally reviewed her text books wondering the ratio of negative emotions the villagers produced to the number of grimm they attracted and could fight off. It was apparently in their favor, because for thirty years the town stood meaking out a living.

"Destination in sight," The intercom had crackled to life, allowing the pilot's deep voice to come through "ETA five minutes."

"Ugh finally," Standing up Yang stretched working out any kinks in her body, while looking at Weiss. "Great a cramp, I thought you said this place was close?"

Feeling slightly offended at the unnecessary blame Weiss turned her head back to her scroll. "I never said that I merely repeated what professor Ozpin stated, it's not my fault you sat like that for four hours."

"Seriously that long? Well at least I'll have a chance to cut loose." Finishing the declaration with popping her knuckles, Weiss thought that Yang seemed a little too eager to 'cut loose'.

"We're here to find out why Cale isn't responding not to punch things," Standing up herself Weiss checked Myrtenaster making sure it was secure before continuing "which is why I think one more review of Cale is necessary."

"What's there to say it's an old village that hasn't been flooded with Grimm, there review done." Yang's impatience was now obvious to Weiss now, However that was when Blake came to her defense

"I agree," Cutting in, Blake unbuckled her own seat advancing to the both of them. "Going over the details won't hurt."

Rolling her eyes Yang let out an impatient groan. "Come you guys we go there, see what's wrong, and if it needs punching i'll punch it, simple." Irked by her stubborn thinking, Weiss was ready to let Yang have it. However any word she was prepared to say stayed in her throat as Blake sent her a look.

'Let it go'

It was obvious what that look meant, Blake wanted Weiss to drop it and let Yang be. For a moment Weiss wanted to argue to say such carelessness was reckless. Yet at the time Weiss wanted to avoid anymore fights with Yang, especially after they just patched things up.


Standing in front of their door Weiss realized that she had spent the last five minutes trying to prepare for the worst. Resolved to end this stand off against a piece of wood, Weiss took a deep breath and flung the door open. As it opened however, she suddenly felt all that time was completely wasted. Sitting side by side in Blake's bed were her two teammates, who looked to be engrossed in some video on one of their scrolls.

With her heightened senses Blake was the first to notice they were no longer alone, a quick nudge and a not so subtly nod Yang turned and saw the slightly annoyed heiress as well. The yellow brawler briefly looked away avoiding eye contact before another nudge almost pushed her off the bed.

"Ok ok I get it!" Huffing Yang stood up and walked right up to Weiss. Despite the difference in size Weiss was by far the more intimidating figure right now as Yang looked partly embarrassed and guilty as she spoke "Look I messed up."

Looking at Weiss Yang cringed as the heiress crossed her arms looking equally unconvinced and unimpressed. "Ok I really really messed up and if it wasn't for you it would've been a lot worse."

Taking a deep breath Yang took a more serious tone "When my mom left and then Summer died I-" The sudden look of surprise in front of her and the sound someone palming their face behind her helped Yang come to the conclusion, that this probably wasn't the best way to handle this. "Yeeeaaah Ruby's my half sister, guess I kinda left that out didn't I oops?"

"let's leave that for story time," Hoping to salvage this mess of an apology Yang tried to get to the point. "Anyway With Ruby I told myself it was going to be different. That I was going to protect her, and here I am looking and failing to find her, to protect her like I should and It just makes me feel so angry and useless I know that's no excuse but-"

"Stop"

Despite being interrupted Yang stopped in an instant, feeling somewhat glad that she didn't have the chance to make things worse, waiting for Weiss to say her piece.

"Apology accepted," Surprised by how easy that was Yang wanted thank her. However Weiss wasn't done, holding up one finger she continued "On one condition."

A yellow eyebrow curved upward trying to come up with whatever this condition could be. "yeah sure, what?"

"As soon as we find the dolt and make sure she's fine I fully expect you to be right there with me scolding her, you can hug her to death after she's learned her lesson"

For a moment Yang stood there slack jawed before replacing it with a rather scary smile one promising a reckoning. "Oh don't you worry, I guarantee she's not gonna forget this little talk till her hair turns grey."

With a satisfied nod Weiss turned her attention to Blake. In fact Blake saw that both of her teammates looked at her expectantly. Realizing what they wanted from her, Blake thought it was wise to go along with their plan. "I suppose I could add one or two things."

"Good," With the matter of their three pronged attack no their leader settled, Weiss decided move on to more urgent business "Now with that settled we have been given a mission"

Doing a double take Yang looked at her in surprise. "Woah wait, what!?"

"I said that we have a mission, Professor Ozpin is sending us to a village outside of vale that hasn't communicated for awhile so we have to investigate"

"Hold on," Blake voiced her own objection looking at Weiss with suspicion in her eyes. "Ozpin decided to send us on a mission...just like that?"

"Well not exactly It was a request," Finding a sudden interest in the wall, Weiss turned hoping to hide the slight embarrassed blush. "But! it's our duty as huntress in training to-'

"Or you accepted it on impulse exactly what Yang would do?" Blake's comment was spot on, cutting Weiss's attempt to play off a rash decision.

"Huh," Forming a cocky grin Yang put her hands on her hips chuckling "Didn't know I was rubbing off you so much princess."

A glare with no actual hate behind it only annoyance, was sent Yang's way "quiet you."


Before Weiss could give that recent memory any more thought. She was distracted by a sudden feeling weightlessness as if she floating through the air. "What the...' A split second of confusion gave way to blinding pain as her head smashed face first against the VTOL's floor. "AH!"

"WOAH!"

"WHAT THE!"

Crying out from shock and pain Weiss's head buzzed. Struggling to look at what was happening, she could only see white as her teammates shouted out similar sounds of surprise. The airy weightlessness was replaced by a sicken feeling in her stomach both physically and mentally as Weiss realized that there was nothing wrong with her but the bullhead.

It was out of control.

Once again Weiss was jerked out of her thoughts as the entire room started to spin. Still disoriented she frantically scrambled to grab onto anything that might be within reach. Unfortunately Weiss grabbed nothing but the air and as the momentum grew Weiss felt herself being throw back. Wrapping her hands around her head Weiss braced herself for the inevitable collision.

"Ooof," Instead of harden steel Weiss felt a strong well toned arm wrap around her waist as her back crashed into something a lot softer "Blake I've got her grab the pilot and let's bail!"

"Just go! I'll be right behind you!"

"You better!"

Despite her temporary blindness, at least that's what Weiss hoped was for as now black spots were filtering through the white, she could hear the dropship's back door open and feel the wind sweeping through the hold as the various warning sirens tried to out do each other through out the ship. But out of all the noise a single sound cut through.

"HOLD ON!" Yang's arm wrapped around her all the more tighter, as Weiss felt herself moving forward off the door ramp and into the open air.

As the wind howled around her Weiss grabbed onto her teammate's arm for dear life and kept her eyes shut. This was infinity worse then the time she and Ruby rode on the back of that Nevermore, at least then no matter how poor of a decision it was, she made it. This had stripped her of any amount of control, the only grace was Yang and her assuring presence.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

With the bark of each shotgun blast from Yang's weapon Weiss could feel themselves jolt as gravity clashed against the golden gauntlets recoil. However she could still feel the wind tear at her face, whipping her clothing and hair all around. They were slowing down but it feel anywhere close enough.


'DAMN IT!' Gritting her teeth Yang pumped her arm back before thrusting it forward to fire Ember Celica at the tree covered ground again. As the recoil from the blast affected her and Weiss's fall Yang struggled to keep both of them relatively straight. Despite being in the open air Yang couldn't feel anything but trapped right now. Using a single gauntlet to control her fall was hard enough but with Weiss's weight throwing her off balance it felt impossible.

It was the momentum generated from her gauntlet's blast that both hindered and helped her, if she fired to fast the momentum would force the both of them into a spin taking away any hope for a smooth landing but at the same time they needed to slow down or else they'd end up as pancakes with a lot of raspberry jam.

And it wasn't as if she could ask Weiss to let go of her arm to grab something else. She saw to blow the princess took, she hadn't said a single thing since this whole mess started and looked a little out of it. Yang knew it was up to her not to get them killed.

Fortunately as they rapidly approached the ground Yang managed to slow their fall to the point where getting killed probably wasn't going to happen. Still the thought of getting Weiss hurt pissed her off, at what exactly she couldn't decided but it didn't matter. Yang refused to lose another teammate.

As they were just about to hit the trees Yang wrapped both arms around Weiss's thin waist and flipped over to use her own body as a shield.

The tallest branches were always the thinnest, this was made all the more clear to Yang as her back crashed through them instantly. Focusing all of her aura she felt each successive branch hold out just a little bit longer before snapping. Then what felt like halfway through Yang hit a branch that refused to break, the force of the crash wasn't as bad compared to a palidain punching her, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt like hell. Rolling off the branch Yang felt her shoulder hit another before tumbling out of control. All the while trying to cover Weiss as much as possible. Finally bursting out of the canopy after hitting what felt like every single branch there Yang saw the ground right in front of her. Bracing for the impact Yang landed on her feet tucking and rolling a few feet before coming to a stop with Weiss laying atop her.

"Ouch..."

While most would be freaking out over such a near death experience, for the moment Yang felt content to watch the mirrade of leafs fall around the both of them.

"urgh" The groan of discomfort on top of her was enough for Yang to Crane her head forward and be thankful to see Weiss awake, while obviously cradling her head in pain it looked like her only injury from all of this was from that flying piece of junk.

"So will that be cash or credit for flying Yang air? Where the landings are always memorable," Waiting for a quick wit response or even a complaint Yang grew increasingly worried as her friend only held her head. "Weiss? Come on, say something."

"What is it with you two and flying?"

Letting out a sigh of relief Yang propped herself up on her elbows smiling. "Guess it runs in the family," Even with the banter Yang noticed that Weiss still hadn't moved from her chest. Believing that would normally be the first thing Weiss would do, her worry started to creep back. "Hey, what was a pretty wild ride you ok?"

Weather it was her question or just Weiss finally figuring out where her head was, the heiress pushed herself off yang struggling to sit up. turning her head she opened her eyes and attempted to stand only to wobble back down.

"I'm fine, just... just give me a minute and i'll be fine."

Not willing to believe that for a second, Yang saw her friend's unfocused gaze and that blow to the head wasn't fine. Pushing off with her arms Yang sat on her knees reaching out to grab Weiss's head.

"W-what are you!?"

"Weiss." The lightheartedness or burning rage Weiss generally accoicated with Yang was gone. Instead with a single word she had managed to sound completely serious and caring at the same time.

"How many me's do you see?" Even with such a ridiculous question Weiss felt the need to answer as best she could.

"Three...four?" Unsure of herself Weiss could only sit there as the Yangs examined her head with a surprising amount of delicacy.

As Yang continued to examine her the both of them heard A sound in the distance as it began to intensify. Roaring engines followed by mechanical sirens blaring a warning. Looking to the sky proved to be pointless as it was blocked by the trees's thick canopy, still a rough direction could be guessed.

After a minute of examination Yang let go before standing up with a hint of urgency "Ok I think it's only a minor concussion just focus your aura and let me handle the rest climb on"

"What do you...mean?" Trying to focus Weiss saw that Yang had turned around and crouched down offering what looked to be a piggyback ride.

Logically Weiss knew that she wasn't in the best condition to help look for their missing teammate and that this way was much faster. It still didn't help the fact her cheeks were tinted red from embarrassment resting her head on Yang's shoulder as they trekked through the forest.


"BLAKE BLAAAAKE!" Shouting at the top of her lungs Yang jogged in the general direction of where the bullhead flew. "Come on you better have landed on your feet."

As she barged through a particular thick section of trees, Yang saw that the other side of it was a small clearing. Taking this chance to look to the sky she could see a plum of smoke rising just beyond the other side of the clearing.

Before taking another step forward Yang glanced back and saw Weiss looking at the smoke as well. 'good she's alert' Yang thought and was glad that concussion really was minor. But before she could turn back Weiss noticed her gaze.

"W-what." Stuttering at close and intense gaze Weiss tried to remain as dignified as possible it such a position.

While being able to hold back a small laugh Yang couldn't stop her smirk "Just checking princess, come on we're almost there."

"hmph, It was only a bump," Even though her arms were already crossed across Yang's neck, it didn't really convey right message as it normally would. "In fact I feel much better now so you can put me down now."

"Ah come on Weiss you're not that heavy," Yang said without stopping. "Besides this isn't the first time, you should be used to it by now."

"I'm not a child Yang stop treating me like one!" Raising her voice in frustration because this happened too often. As thankful as she was, Weiss didn't want her team to carry her in any sense of the word. She felt like she couldn't burden either of her teammates especially now. Besides she really was fine now, there might be a headache but she could at least walk on her own.

Slowing down Yang took on a somber tone even as she tried to keep it light. "Yeah you're right sorry," Stopping completely she lowered herself slightly so Weiss wouldn't have to jump "Don't know what I was thinking." However Yang seemed reluctant to let go completely as her grip around Weiss's legs stayed strong.

Unable to ignore such an obvious action Weiss groaned internally, this felt about as bad as hurting Ruby's feelings. Mulling over the fact Yang did in fact save her life and her only problem was being over protective to a fault right now. Weiss reluctantly stayed where she was.

'Can't believe i'm doing this'

"The moment we see the bullhead put me down immediately got it." As Weiss laid down her conditions, she was some what surprised to see how much Yang perk up.

"Sure thing Weiss." Standing straight Yang resumed her jog towards their destination

As they we're just about to clear the other end of the clearing Weiss spoke up "Yang?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you."

"Anytime."


In a matter of minutes Yang and Weiss had reached the Bullhead's crash site or rather what they thought was going to be a crash site. Because to the both of them what they saw could only be described as a rough landing. Laying on it''s right side with it's smoking engine propping it up by digging in the dirt. The ship looked to be in pretty good condition compared to their expectations.

Like promised Yang let Weiss down and rushed to the ship shouting "BLAKE!" Followed by the heiress at a slower pace.

In seconds, to the relief of both, Black had stepped out the ship's hull and looked to be happy at the sight of her team. A quick glance towards Weiss had her slightly frown in worry and decided to voiced it. "Yang, Weiss are you two-"

"What the heck was that!?" Only to be interrupted by an angry Yang stepping right in front of her.

Despite the interruption Blake didn't appear all too surprised at the sudden outburst. "I'm fine too Yang thanks."

"That's not- I mean what happened to 'right behind you'?" Waving her hand in the ship's general direction Yang asked "Since when does that mean let me try and land this?!"

"The pilot was struggling with the controls which were somewhat responsive," Keeping a calm attitude Blake explained her reason. "I didn't want to lose our only means of transportation so I stayed and helped him land it."

"Who cares about a few hours of walking? You said you were going to be right behind me"

"Yang look I'm sorry, when the pilot said he could land I weighed the options and took it. But I'm fine you don't have to worry now," Trying to reassure her friend Blake still felt slightly bad for worrying her. It became increasingly obvious that Yang was getting very protective of both her and Weiss when she wasn't angry or depressed. Thinking back to what Yang told her that had started the entire fight in the wrecked club was proof enough. "Besides we need this ship, and I don't mean just for a ride."

For a moment Yang looked like she wanted to continue but she glanced back to Weiss, who was just behind them, before looking back at Blake and asked. "What do you mean?"

Glad that Yang decided to drop the matter Blake started to explain. "Have you even tried to look at you scroll to call me when you landed?"

An angry look flashed across Yang's face before disappearing, cursing her own lack of thinking she could only answer Blake's question. "no."

"Look at it." As Yang was getting her scroll Blake looked over to Weiss who had just joined them. Blake sent an inquisitive look asking if her friend was hurt, Weiss gave her a thumbs up as assurance putting Blake's worry to ease.

"I can't, the jump must of busted it." Showing her scroll to Blake, Yang saw nothing but static on the screen as it was opened.

Reaching up for own scroll Blake show that hers was exactly the same static covering the entire screen. "And I have the feeling Weiss's is going to be exactly the same." Sure enough Weiss took her own scroll out and it looked to be exactly the same as the other two.

Ignoring Weiss's growl of frustration at having to buy a new custom scroll and instead looking at all three malfunctioning devices Yang stated the obvious. "Ok this is kinda creepy."

"Whatever happened to our scrolls affected the Bullhead's auto pilot causing it to try and fly everywhere at the same time," Sharing everything she knew Blake had to agreed with yang "And whatever it is it's probably the reason why no one has heard from Cale."

Pocketing her scroll Yang glanced around, as if to expect the Grimmy man to jump out. "So what do we do?"

"Honestly I don't know the pilot said he can probably get the bullhead flying again with manual in a few hours but as for the mission..." Blake was worried about this and it wasn't just the technical troubles. It was the air it felt different, she couldn't describe how but all she knew that it was different. However the decision weather or not to go on was taken from her.

"We find Cale and the reason behind this blackout," For the first time since the jump Weiss stood straight, her eyes perfectly focused. Her tone was a commanding one issuing orders like a leader would. "Nearby Grimm would have already been here so we let the pilot make the repairs and come back here after finding out about the situation and decide from there. Besides we're still huntress people may need our help."

Reluctantly Blake had to agree despite what she felt here if there was anyone around they might need help, and Weiss plan seemed sound. Nodding her head in agreement Blake said. "Your right people might need our help and it's like we can go anywhere else."

As both Weiss and Blake turned to Yang waiting for a response. Yang thought it over and knowing that she didn't have a plan agreed. "Alright but I'm going first... where ever it is, either of you know where to go?"

"I might be able to help with that." A gruff voice seemingly out of nowhere had alerted them that they were no longer alone.

Turing to the sound of a new voice Yang sprang forward in front of her team gauntlets ready for a fight, hearing the sounds of weapons unsheathing behind told her that her team was ready also.

Just behind a tree stepped out a man of impressive height, looking to be just under Yatsuhashi. He was covered in a dark green cloak and worn clothing. However with the hood down two round dark furry ears showed he was of faunus decent. But what was most eye catching was the mechanical bow loosely held in his right hand with his left slight raised to show he meant no harm. As his brown eyes scanned over all there of them a slight glare crossed his face.

"Great as if one wasn't bad enough."


HA! Take that procrastination I got this out before dark souls 3 that being said when it finally does come out... urgh this is going to take a hit for sure. Anyway I still hope everyone is in character. Especially with Yang going full fledged big sister mode but still being pissed. I'll try to work on the next chapter because there will be Ruby goodness you've all probably been waiting for so who knows. Then again I doubt Ruby will find anything good about this maybe if she's lucky. Once again thanks for all the reviews it's big part of my motivation to keep writing.