Author's Notes: I've decided to go ahead and continue off of the last story, instead of creating an entirely new one. This way I get to keep the following this story has already gotten.

I'll make a note at the bottom talking a bit more in depth about the story from a writers perspective. Also, we have a cover finally! a good friend of mine drew this beauty for me, cant thank her enough. deadzombo on twitter.

Ok, enough of me talking. Enjoy.

The walk back towards the dance was slow, the two enjoying each others company and in no real rush to get back to the crowds or loud noise.

The distant music and soft murmur of the ballroom in the distance making their little slice of silence feel all the more special. The anxiety and nervousness about their current situation being fought back by the comfortable atmosphere.

Remnants shattered moon sat low in the sky, lighting up the night and allowing them to see. In the end however, it wasn't the shattered beauty of the heavens, or the stars that penetrated the darkness, nor the soft wind blowing through carrying the smell of the ocean that really grabbed Yangs attention.

Instead, all her focus was on the blonde idiot standing next to her.

Her mind racing with excitement and doubt, she hadn't had enough time to let it all sink in. She didn't know what was in store for Jaune and her, she hoped for the best but… life could be complicated. At the very least she refused to sit by and be left wondering later in life.

She shook her head in an attempt to remove her own thoughts. It hadn't even been twenty minutes, they hadn't even gone on a date yet and she was already starting to think about the long term.

Jaune himself appeared to be more than a little nervous about the whole thing, trying to keep her entertained but also trying to avoid making her mad. In truth, Yang was fine with him acting normal… not that she planned on telling him, this way was far more entertaining to watch for the time being.

"I don't see why you couldn't man up sooner." She no longer had to come up with an excuse to tease him, that was a detail she planned to abuse.

"Me!?" His expression was one of utter disbelief. "I don't know how to talk to females, let alone the pretty ones!" Yang had to look away, in a futile attempt to hide her blush at the accidental compliment. It was strange really, she had heard far better lines said to her in an attempt to get her to go on a date and they failed to even make her flinch, but he managed to do it with no real effort at all. "Besides, you certainly could have said something sooner."

Yang winced slightly. She couldn't argue with his words, instead settling for a punch to the arm as she adopted a smug grin. "So when is this date you wanted to go on?"

His blush practically doubled in intensity, turning a shade darker than Ruby's cape, and for a moment she thought he might actually get a nose bleed. "Well… um… we have the missions tomorrow and those could last a little while." He took a deep breath. "I was thinking as soon as we got back, maybe get some food, see a movie or something."

"I don't know…" She drew the thought out. "It doesn't sound expensive enough." Jaune made to say something but she continued on, dropping the teasing. "It sounds perfect, I can't wait fo-"

There was a loud crash throughout the area as the window to the CCT broke, someone jumping out of it. Their peaceful walk back couldn't last it seemed,

"Um… I'm fairly certain thats illegal…" Jaune, ever the observant one, was the first to speak.

Yang looked on in confusion for a moment, until she spotted Ruby standing at the CCT window. It wasn't a difficult jump in logic to guess the two had been fighting, simply judging by the speed at which the female was running. That was simply unacceptable.

Yang was chasing the woman down a second later. It took Jaune a moment to realise she left, Jaune trailing a little bit behind her.

"Hey!" She made an attempt to get the woman's attention. "Stop right there!" The woman looked over her shoulder and kept running. It was kind of useless really, and Yang knew that, but it was an attempt to try and resolve the conflict peacefully instead of with straight up violence. She was willing to admit her approach could use some work but in the end she got what she needed.

Her hunch had been confirmed, whatever this person was up to wasn't good.

She heard some guards yelling from the street, but they were too far away to catch her, instead following as fast as they could manage. Jaune and her could handle her anyways, they weren't exactly pushovers. Besides, it seemed the woman preferred running instead of fighting.

As if to prove her wrong the woman in question turned around and with a flick of her wrists summoned a bow from nowhere, firing off two arrows. Yang was able to pull her aura up in time but made a note about the ability.

Who knew what else she might have been able to summon.

The group turned a corner, right into a dead end.

"Nowhere left to run now, huh?" Jaune finally caught up, dropping into a low stance and preparing for a fight.

The woman didn't say anything but assumed a fighting stance, crouching low and pulling the bow up as she knocked an arrow.

She fired the arrow, landing a hit on Jaune's forearm causing his aura to flare slightly. Yang used this chance to charge the woman. As she did so, however, she noticed a slight grin on her face.

The woman rolled under Yang's first punch, dodging her kick and slipping right past her. Jaune attempted to stop her, successfully putting himself in her path only to be taken off guard when she leapt several feet into the air and kicked him in the side of the face, sending him crashing into the wall.

By the time the woman landed Yang was engaging her once more, or at least attempting to. Agility seemed to be her greatest weapon, rarely actually using the bow instead choosing to duck out of the way and attempt to get Yang off her feet.

Jaune had gotten back up and attempted to re-engage, but without his weapon he was at a disadvantage. The limited knowledge he had on hand-to-hand showing itself in how easily the woman tore his guard apart.

It was at this moment the Atlas guards finally arrived. The woman seemed more annoyed than anything else, flipping around Yang to hide from the soldiers, using her as cover.

Jaune attempted to restrain her, successfully gaining a hold on her, before the woman spun him around and threw him at the guards, knocking them over. She didn't waste anytime, sprinting through the gap in an attempt to escape. Rounding the corner in a rush.

Yang attempted to pursue but by the time she rounded the corner there was no sight of the woman, she had simply vanished.

"...damn it!" Yang made her frustration known.

"Who was that?" Jaune was the first person to follow after her. "I didn't recognize her weapons, did you?"

Yang shook her head as the soldiers fanned out across the area in an attempt to find a trail, she didn't think they'd find anything. In the end it didn't matter, her part was over for now. She had a more important thing to attend to.

She was gonna have a serious talk with Ruby about rushing off into danger.

She sprinted off as fast as she could, Jaune following close behind.

"This is precisely my point Ozpin." James gestured to the camera recording they had just been viewing. "Things are happening here that you have no clue about, the school is no longer secure."

"And what would you have us do?" He posed the question honestly. "Station soldiers and machines up on every corner? Hover your fleet above the city?"

James was a good man but he lacked the experience Ozpin had. It was not something that could be held against someone but it was often difficult to get that point across.

A needlessly heavy approach was rarely the right one.

"All I ask is that you take this more seriously!" The Generals face was red with frustration, their debate having gone on for some time. "Amber is not safe here, we need to move her somewhere else!"

Ozpin raised an eyebrow. "This again?" James made to interrupt but he continued. "We will not be sending her to Atlas, that much has been established, the same goes for the relic."

The General sighed. "Then let me bring forces to bolster your own."

"Have you not already done so? Is a fleet not enough to provide aid should we need it?" Ozpin gesture to the eyesores constantly visible from his window.

"Vale doesn't have to stand alone Ozpin. Let Atlas help, let me help." The General begged for not the first time.

Ozpin sighed. "And how do you plan to do that?" In the end, it never hurt to hear your allies ideas, especially your friends.

James nodded gesturing back to the video. "We know she's an agent of whoever attacked Amber, if not the one herself. We also know about strange activity in Mountain Glenn." The General paused for effect, Ozpin waited patiently for him to continue. "Let me send in my men, we can search the area thoroughly and find whoever or whatever is hiding there… and then bring them to justice for what they've done."

The idea wasn't too far from what Ozpin had already been planning, all though it was on a far larger scale. "Discretion is out best weapon James, I've tried to make that clear. I will not approve such an obvious action."

"So you'll just leave them there? Doing who knows what in that graveyard?" James was unable to wait, or perhaps unwilling. Ozpin understood his reasons though, the longer they waited to act the worse it could get.

"On the contrary, I plan to take this very seriously." He reached down for the mug sitting on his desk. "I plan to send a team to investigate."

James seemed to relax some at the notion. "Who did you plan on sending?" Ozpin didn't answer. "You can't be serious, they're still students!" his anger came back far more focused.

"I assure you, team RWBY is more than capable and they will have a professor to help them."

James turned and moved to the window, looking out over the academy. "One team of hunters in training isn't enough ozpin. Even with a professor, they are skilled but they don't have the same context for what we're fighting here. Unless you plan to send Glynda-"

"Of course not, she is better served elsewhere." Ozpin took another sip from his coffee. "I was going to send one of our new hires, he's on a transfer program to help diversify the students training." He knew James would be upset before he even said it "Professor Branwen."

The General took a moment to think. "He is certainly more than skilled enough to complete the mission." Ozpin was surprised, that was possibly the nicest thing James had ever said about Qrow. "But does he have the experience to lead? and even with such an experienced hunter, that doesn't make up for the fact that the other four are still in training."

"I assure you, he is up to the task." Ozpin couldn't help but agree to part of his statement however. "Though I do acknowledge that four hunters in training isn't enough." The relief on James face was going to be short lived. "We will also send team JNPR."

To say he seemed frustrated would be an understatement. "Are you trying to risk everything Ozpin?" He turned away from the window finally, face made of granite as he spoke. "You also want to send our best candidate for the transfer on a deadly mission. What has gotten into you?"

The decision wasn't one he came to lightly, he was well aware of the immense risk they would be taking, but the benefits outweighed the dangers. "We need to know how she will act under serious situations, actual combat not simply an arena."

He had been considering sending them since Miss Rose had told them about what the woman had said. Oh he knew she was lying when she said the mysterious woman had said something, but he also knew her team had been investigating the White Fang for sometime. With Miss Belladonna on the team he expected they would turn up something big sooner or later.

His only apprehension to sending team Jnpr was concern that they might not all be up to the task, but recent events had shown that quite untrue.

"My decision is made James." He would trust Ruby, and if things went poorly he would trust Qrow and the two teams fighting ability. "I will allow you to select the second teams leader however, whoever you deem fit to go with. Make no mistake though, Qrow is the one leading this mission."

"I'll send you her file right away." James departed for the elevator, leaving in silence.

Ozpin didn't doubt for a second who he was going to send, she was his best after all. He simply hoped that Qrow and her would be able to work well together, given their history.

He had full faith in Miss Schnee's ability to remain professional, it was Qrow that he had to be worried about. With his nieces there, and Miss Schnee's sister as well, he had faith that they would be able to put it aside.

"Yang~ I'm fine." Ruby couldn't sit still under her sisters inspection. "It was hardly a fight, she ran away before it could get serious." The fact and logic didn't seem to register in Yang's brain.

Team Rwby and Jnpr had both gotten word about Ruby's fight, each member of the teams had come to check on their friend immediately. Some literally running from the ballroom, Jaune was surprised Weiss could move so quickly the way she was dressed.

"What were you thinking!?" Yang seemed to calm down a bit once she knew Ruby wasn't hurt, quickly switching to interrogation mode.

Ruby seemed to shrink back a little bit before rambling something out to fast for most of them to understand, Yang had no such issues however and their argument went on for some time.

The rest of the group sat and watched with amusement as the two sisters went back and forth. Until Weiss had finally had enough and broke it up.

"Enough" The single word serving to quiet both of the sisters down, though the look on Yang's face said that it was far from over. "Now that we know Ruby is uninjured, we have another matter to deal with." She let the words hang open for a moment.

Ren was the one to figure out what she meant. "Just who was it that she fought?"

Blake following quickly after. "And what did they want?"

All eyes turned to Ruby. The girl in question seemed surprised that they expected her to have the answers. "How should I know? She didn't say anything."

"Did either of you recognize her?" Weiss turned to Yang and Jaune.

Jaune thought hard for a moment. There were a lot of people at Beacon but he couldn't think of who the woman they fought might have been. He thought that he might have seen that hair once or twice but people could easily have the same hair style. "I've got nothing."

"I can't think of anyone either, and I can guarantee there isn't anyone that fights the same way as her, at least not in our grade." Yang took a moment to think. "She was more agile than most, maybe a bit shy of Blake on that front, but she was strong too. She also only used her weapon a couple times, usually preferring to get in close."

Jaune thought back on the fight. "Now that you mention it, she had a long ranged weapon but always closed the distance to fight us."

"It's not unusual for people to practice with multiple weapons, but when they do they tend to prefer one over another." Ren offered what he could. "Perhaps she's used to melee combat more than ranged?"

"That doesn't narrow down the search." Blake seemed understandably frustrated with the news. "What was she trying to accomplish?"

There was a pause of silence in the room before Pyrrha spoke. "I think the more important question is whether she succeeded or not…"

The thought was truly an unsettling one and for a moment none of them could muster the courage to say anything.

Nora was the one to lighten the mood. "How come the two of you didn't pummel her into the ground?" It wasn't really her words that eased the tension, so much as the energy behind them.

"I've never fought someone like that before, she was just too quick. She was ready to dodge every punch or kick before I even threw them." Yang seemed a little bit sore about the topic but went on anyways. "It was worse than fighting Pyrrha, the woman refused to stay in place for more than a second. At least with Pyrrha she lets you hit her a bit before tossing you around." she sighed. '"I was losing the entire time… she was just the better fighter

The champion blushed slightly at the compliment. "It's not about who's better or worse, it's about technique." The group went silent for a moment, though only Jaune seemed to be the one not understanding what she meant. "You're a strength fighter, every hit you land does massive damage to your opponent, in this instance your opponent was to fast for you to hit."

"Any tips for the future?" Yang seemed to appreciate the advice.

"In the long term, I recommend fighting faster opponents. Try getting used to fighting against people like her. In the short term… try using misdirection." Pyrrha winced a little. "That isn't exactly the most helpful though, I would help more if-"

"You're good Pyrrha, that helps more than you know." Yang's words seemed to cheer his partner up, even if it embarrassed her a little.

Pyrrha laughed nervously. "Don't mention it."

Jaune pulled out his scroll to see the time. "It's pretty late, we should probably call it a night."

"Aww, but I wanted to stay and fight the mysterious window woman." Nora's words went unacknowledged by the group.

Most of them heading back to their rooms, though Jaune and Yang decided to hang back for a moment.

Jaune waited for everyone to be gone before speaking. "Pretty crazy night, huh?"

Yang exhaled sharply. "You could say that."

There was a strong silence for a moment as Jaune thought carefully. "It wasn't all bad though… right?"

Yang seemed a little confused by the question for a moment, though she seemed to understand what he was asking. "Jaune, tonight has been a roller coaster…" He made to interrupt but she continued. "But I promise you, I don't regret a single second of it."

Jaune smiled softly at the thought. "So you haven't… you know… changed your mind?"

Yang scoffed at the very idea. "I'm committed to trying… we'll just have to see if it works.

It hadn't been long enough for her to regret the decision, but she was fairly certain she wouldn't. In the end, however, only time would tell if the magic was there or not. She truly hoped it was.

"So I guess this is goodnight?" Jaune spoke but Yang didn't really hear him. She knew she felt something with him, she knew it was something special, but she didn't know if that would be enough.

In the end, she decided to do more than hope.

She reached up to his neck, pulling him down slightly until their lips were only an inch away from each other. The pause of only a second or two felt like an eternity, the two of them locking eyes seeing if the other wanted to back away. Just as the wait began to feel painful, the two finally met.

In that moment Yang was certain, it would be enough.

Author's Notes: Okay, here we are once again… feeling lost but now and then… *cough*... anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and look forward to the future updates. I know I do.

This kinda serves as a pilot chapter, being as how I closed most of the plot lines from the original arc, thankfully I still have plenty of room to work with. I fear the kiss in this chapter may have come off a bit rushed and sudden, being unneededly special being as how they've already shared a few that were special but this serves two purposes.

First, from the reader's perspective it's been a few months since my last update and this serves as fan service… the non-kinky kind… sort of. Second, from a story perspective it's important to remember Yang's doubts are still present despite the fact that she wants to try… the question is whether that'll be enough… don't want to spoil anything, I wont say anymore.

I have my reasons, however rushed or stupid they may seem. I also want to apologize for the slight drop in quality, I'm a little rusty and need to regain my writing ability.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I encourage you to review, it only helps the story.

Sincerely SardonicEffigy