"Quadrant 5, a relatively easy to traverse terrain with the village of Kageyama to fall back to in the event of an emergency; a walled enclosure known for its high amount of Mistrali and Vacuan refugees and eclectic culture. Grimm sightings have been up in the area and suspicious behavior has been reported on the pathway leading into an abandoned quarry."
"Um, sir?" Ruby hesitantly raised her hand, perking up when the quick-witted professor nodded in her direction. "What kind of 'suspicious behaviour' are we talking about? Like, are there people missing or-"
"An excellent question Ms. Rose!" He barked sharply, ignoring the equally bemused faces of her teammates. "The quarry in question happens to be located on a steep incline leading around the base of mount Glenn. Now, the quarry is far from the ruins of the enclosures that once dotted the habitable areas, yet despite this people have been spotted wandering the old trade routes bedecked in masks of a sort."
Immediately the girls' gazes shot to the faunus of the group, the dark-haired girl's bow twitching almost unnoticed.
"Well, a mission's a mission, right?" The leader of the team voiced with an anxious chuckle. "And if it's really so easy to traverse we shouldn't have any trouble! We can always get away quick!"
"Disengage, you mean!" Doctor Oobleck took a small sip of his coffee, humming under his breath as he looked back at the Huntress-in-training. "Of course! So long as you don't get cocky!"
'A relatively easy to traverse terrain.' Ruby mimicked in her head, huffing as she darted between the cover of the trees and chambered another round in Crescent Rose. 'If it were maybe we wouldn't be pinned down!'
Admittedly pinned down was a bit of an exaggeration; between Yang's shotguns, her sniper and Weiss' glyphs they weren't in any danger of the enemy closing in, especially with their aura, though with how reckless her sister was being she wondered if perhaps they'd even get the chance to disengage before the blonde had blasted her way through the enemy forces.
As her sister pounded away at a man with a cracked mask and no doubt by now cracked skull a glint caught the corner of her eye and quickly she spun, aiming down her scope and shooting at one of the masked figures coming up behind the older girl.
"Thanks Ruby!" Yang yelled, casually taking her eyes off the assumed defenestrated combatant.
Shakily the man's hand came up from where it had been limply attempting to cover his face, grabbing something off of his belt and fumbling at the pin atop the object.
"Yang, eyes forward!" Ruby yelped even as Yang realized what was happening, spinning on her heel and desperately trying to push her opponent away.
The faunus was sent flying with a yell yet the sphere he'd been handling slipped through the air, brushing against her sister's outstretched arm and bouncing off her elbow, lightly striking the blonde in the cheek.
A sharp bang echoed through the area and both of her teammates were instantly at her side, a sharp gasp escaping her as a thick cloud of crimson mist covered the blonde's features in a fine coating of red dust. "Get back!" Blake warned, instantaneously leaping away with wide eyes.
Ruby followed her order without question, feeling the heiress do the same on her other side as all three girls took to the trees.
Ordinarily the girl may not have been so willing to leave her sister on the battlefield alone, yet as a golden haze began to emerge from the mist a sudden chill ran down her spine.
On the other side of the clearing the white fang members they had been engaging seemed to have the same idea as hastily they pulled their fellows-in-arms along, shoving them onto the single remaining convoy of the four they had managed to stop.
"Get them!" Amber iris' shone with panic as the cat-girl shot forward, only to come to a halt with a muffled curse as Yang stepped out of the cloud with vivid red eyes. "R-Ruby, distract Yang! Weiss, use your ice to stop them!"
Despite her desperation the orders fell on deaf ears as a bright yellow gauntlet caught her across the side, sending her flying back towards the other two girls.
A growl escaped her sister as she slowly stalked towards them and Ruby gulped at the malicious intent she could read in her gaze. "Y-Yang?"
"It's the dust! Whoever inhales it gets aggressive and their strength is temporarily magnified." Blake breathed, stumbling from her place amidst the foliage and holding her side with a cringe. "I… I haven't seen this stuff in years-"
Yang charged forward and the three quickly split, darting into different positions across the clearing.
"-even Sienna Khan thought this stuff was too risky to use over long periods of time; whoever gets dosed with it can't differentiate between friend and foe." The words earned the berserker's undivided attention yet Blake grimaced as she began to edge towards the road leading up the mountain. "We need to stop that convoy. Can…" She hesitated. "…Can you both distract her?"
Ruby and Weiss shared a look and the younger girl licked her lips as she swallowed down her fear, shaking her head. "If that convoy really needs to be stopped so bad then you should both go. I know Yang's fighting style," She continued as she saw both of them frown. "I'll be fine. Go, now!"
In the distance a trail signified the truck's ever increasing distance and Weiss sighed as she nodded, summoning a majestic white glyph beneath Blake's feet. "Alright, we'll do so and get back as soon as possible. Ruby, if you think she's going to overpower you then return to the village. If we need to then we'll find Yang later, understood?"
Despite having no intention of actually doing it Ruby slowly nodded, transforming her sniper into its scythe form and earning a rage-filled snarl from the feral predator stalking the center of the clearing.
Without any further words Weiss nodded, summoning a similar glyph and darting away in synchronicity.
Yang howled and made to follow only to be stopped by a hasty slap to the side with Crescent Rose.
The blonde barely stumbled before, with a heaving roar, she spun, lashing out with a metal-covered fist that was easily avoided.
"You'll have to do better than that Yang!" Ruby goaded, nimble footwork carrying her out of reach as she danced around a familiar choreographed move set.
Her sister had, despite her love of improvisation, always practiced a certain style of hand-to-hand and as she waded through the movements, slapping away at her guard every now and then, she soon found herself falling into a familiar routine.
Left to dodge a straight punch, down to dodge a hook, a quickstep to avoid an uppercut and a step forward into her guard as her sister overextended, grunting as the petite redhead grabbed at the arm and threw her over her shoulder.
'I can do thi-' A powerful hand grabbed at her ankle and Ruby yelped as she felt her footing fail, boots sliding across the dirt.
Another hand grabbed at her thigh and she wailed as the other girl clambered up her body, rising onto her knees and bringing both arms up over her head and down in an overhead hammer blow.
Two small hands rose as she curled into herself and this time it was Yang's turn to yelp as her downed opponent pushed forward, failing to unseat her yet still succeeding in making her lose her balance.
The blow was aborted and Ruby felt the impact as Ember Celica landed on either side of her head, sending cracks through the ground beneath them.
Silver met red and she froze as Yang stared her down, leaning in to examine her features with a feral kind of curiosity; the blonde's tense form relaxed after a moment of nothing happening even as she growled softly, head tilting to the side in an animalistic fashion.
On her end Ruby tried her best to remain as still as possible, wincing as the brawler moved closer, skin brushing against skin as she sniffed at her neck; abruptly the blonde reared back, blinking as she looked down at her prey before, licking her lips, she dove forward.
A startled cry escaped the young huntress-to-be as those same hands that had mere moments ago threatened to harm her came down to her waist, pulling her in as plump lips worked at the area between her shoulder and her neck. "Y-Yang!?" She hissed out between clenched teeth, gasping as she felt teeth brush surprisingly gently against tender flesh.
Yang's grip shifted and Ruby exhaled softly as she felt her fingers run up her sides, whispering over areas the other girl had playfully exploited before and sliding beneath the layers covering her stomach, then her ribs and further still until those powerful hands came to rest on an area she definitely shouldn't have been exploring. "Yaaaang." Ruby groaned once more, squinting as she felt strange sensations she couldn't fully identify.
Her eyes shot open at the same time as her corset, the ordinarily protective material parting like paper against Yang's knuckles and Ruby gazed up as her sister pulled away, taking in the berserker's every move with a fervent terror, though what she was afraid of she couldn't safely say.
Luscious blonde locks twirled about her like a fluorescent aura, accentuating the almost demonic glow of her eyes, framed by thick lashes and all resting atop strong cheeks and thick, womanly lips; never before had the young girl thought of another woman in that way, yet as she watched and felt herself be watched in turn she swore she could feel her heart threatening to explode out of her chest.
"Mmn." Above her Yang tossed her head back absently, throwing golden bangs across her forehead and bringing attention to the steadily vanishing motes of yellow fire drifting from her hair and the fading crimson in her iris, specks of violet interspersing the imposing colour and bringing her attention to her dilated pupils.
For barely a second Ruby had the fortune to reflect, to realize what that just might mean, and then those oh-so-offensive hands of hers drifted down and the petite redhead's eyes darted after them, wary as they grabbed at the lapel of her jacket, tearing the leather free of her body with practically the same level of difficulty she'd shown with the other girl's corset and leaving her in only her bright yellow top, a svelte waist free to the air and the underside of the material straining to contain her-
A sharp flick and Ruby gasped, gaze riveted as Yang's chest was bared to the world. A familiar sense of jealousy had time to flicker faintly at the edge of her mind, the comparison between their two forms trying to impose itself upon her, however despite her usual reaction to her sister flaunting her body she found herself unable to feel all that negatively about her right now.
"Wait…" She whispered, shaking herself free of her stupor as the older girl surged forward. "Wh-What are we doing! Yang, we're-"
Her head was ringing and it didn't immediately register with her what was happening, silver meeting purple and brow furrowing as she felt smooth skin against her lips, the faint taste of mint and raspberry tingling against her taste buds, a silky object brushing against her teeth, flicking against the roof of her mouth. 'Oh.' She gasped against the intrusion even as her arms came up of their own accord to rest on supple rounds orbs, hovering yet not quite pushing back. 'Ooooooooooh.'
Never had Ruby imagined that she would experience her first kiss like this yet she couldn't, for whatever strange reason, quite bring herself to complain.
'I'm supposed to be… Distracting her…' The reasoning was flimsy at best, an excuse to indulge in depravities normally barred to her, but at that particular moment Ruby didn't care. 'This… This does that, right?'
Ruby's fingers twitched, brushing against tantalizing promise before, with a deep sigh against the lips of her sister, she brought her arms to the other girl's shoulders, wrapping them tight around the back of her neck.
