Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Leona's POV
Today we were going into town to check some things out, apparently, a bunch of students from other schools were coming to compete in that Fighting Festival and Weiss wanted us to go introduce ourselves.
"So this is a scouting mission then?" I asked.
"What, no!" she gasped "People are coming for the Vytal Festival and as students it is our unspoken duty to welcome them. This festival is dedicated to the cultures of the world, you should pay attention you'll learn a lot."
"Could you make this sound any more boring?" Yang laughed.
"This place smells like fish." Ruby groaned as we approached the docks.
"I heard students coming from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today, and as I've said it is our duty to welcome them." Weiss nodded.
"So we are just scouting them." I blinked.
"Look at that." Ruby stopped and pointed.
We were passing by a shop, or what was left of it since the place looked to have been ransacked.
"Looks like something big was here." I smiled "I wonder how strong they were?"
"What happened here?" Ruby asked someone who looked to be investigating the situation.
"Robbery, second Dust shop hit this week." The man said "This place is turning into a jungle."
"Hey." I growled.
"It's an expression." Ruby told me.
"They left the money again, just too the dust." Another man said.
"Is that odd?" I asked.
"Very." Weiss nodded.
"You thinking it was the uh…White Fang?"
"I'm thinking I don't get paid enough to care." The men joked walking away.
"White Fang…I think I heard one of those funny picture screens talking about them." I said.
"The White Fang." Weiss scoffed "What a bunch of awful degenerates."
"What's your problem?" Blake asked.
"My problem? I simply don't care for insane ruffians." Weiss said.
"Are they strong?" I asked "If they're a problem let's fight them."
"They're just misguided Faunus, and stop trying to fight everything." Blake rolled her eyes.
"Wiping humanity off the map seems more than misguided." Weiss countered.
"Well then they're very misguided." Blake said.
"Misguided still seems like the wrong word-."
"Nah, don't get involved." Yang covered my mouth.
"HMMH!" I nodded.
"Whatever they want to do to humanity it doesn't explain why they'd rob a Dust shop in the middle of Vale." Blake said.
"She's right." Ruby nodded "Besides the police were only suspecting them and they never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few weeks ago, maybe it was him."
"That doesn't change the White Fang." Weiss pouted "Those Faunus are just a bunch of scum who only know how to lie and steal."
"I've only met a few in my short time here, but I was not stolen from." I said "And if I had been they'd have sooner lost a hand then gotten away with it."
We walked around for a bit more, then a Faunus, one with a tail like a monkey ran by us.
"Well Weiss there you go, you saw the competition, let's go home now." Yang sighed.
"Quick let's go observe him." Weiss ran off.
"Are you scouting him or conducting a science experiment." I said following her.
"YOW!" Weiss turned the corner and ran into something.
"Missing the forest through the trees." I laughed "So focused on one person you forgot about the crowd around you."
"Grr." Weiss grumbled standing up "No, he got away."
"Umm Weiss." Yang pointed down.
"AH!" the girl gasped when she saw she was standing on someone.
"Salutations!" the girl on the ground waved.
This girl on the ground was thin, a little tall, short orange hair and an interesting tan outfit with green highlights, she seemed strange, like stranger than all the other humans.
"Uh hello?" Ruby looked down at her.
"Are you okay?" Yang asked.
"I'm wonderful, thank you for asking." She nodded.
"Are you going to stand up?" I asked "The ground can be comfortable but I've found that the sidewalk is not as comfortable as dirt, if you want to take a nap there's a park around the corner."
"Yes…I think I will get up." She flipped up "My name is Penny, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Hi, I'm Ruby."
"Leona."
"Weiss."
"Blake."
"Did you hit you heard?" Yang asked before Blake whacked her "Oh, I mean I'm Yang."
"It's a pleasure to meet you." She smiled.
"You said that already." I blinked.
"Oh…so I did!" she nodded and smiled.
"Okay." Weiss stepped back nervously "Well sorry about bumping into you."
"Take care friend." Ruby waved as we prepared to leave.
"She was…strange." Yang said as we got out of ear shot.
"She's even stranger than most of your kind." I added.
"Now then where did that Faunus Riffraff run off to." Weiss tapped her finger on her cheek.
"What did you call me?"
"WAH!" we all yelped as Penny appeared in front of us.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't think you could hear!" Yang apologized quickly.
"Wait wasn't she." Weiss looked around frantically.
Took get there without any of us knowing…she might not look it but this girl is strong…
"No not you, you." Penny pointed at Ruby and leaned close to her.
"Me?"
"Yes."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Ruby said.
"You called me your friend." Penny gasped "Am I really your friend?"
"Umm?" Ruby looked at us.
Everyone was nodding no but I wanted her to get to know this strong girl, I wanted to fight her, so I nodded yes.
"Uhh yeah sure." Ruby smiled "Why not."
"Sensational!" Penny clapped "We can paint our nails, and talk about boys."
"Was this what it was like to meet me?" Ruby asked.
"It's like this when I meet everyone." I shrugged.
"No, she seems far quirkier." Weiss nodded.
"So what are you doing in Vale?" Yang tried to get us on a different topic.
"I'm here to fight in the Vytal Festival." Penny smiled.
"Wonderful!" I cheered "I hope we can fight."
"You're gonna fight?" Weiss asked.
"I'm combat ready." Penny saluted.
"You don't look the part." Weiss said.
"Looks can be deceiving, I mean I can lift a 700 plus pound cleaver like it's made of cardboard." I smirked "She's strong, I can tell. Sides you wear a dress but you're strong."
"Hey this is a combat skirt!" Weiss pouted.
"Yeah they're practical!" Ruby slapped Weiss hand.
"Who cares if you can fight." I rolled my eyes "Penny let''s fight now, let me see how strong you are."
"I really shouldn't" she nodded.
"No fighting in the streets." Yang flicked my head "All you'll do is get us in trouble with the cops."
"No fun." I grumbled.
Why don't they want to fight, they always avoid it…I should just show them how strong I am, so they know not to hold me back…
"Grr…fight…" I started to reach back for Bloodsplitter before Weiss pushed passed me.
"Wait if you're here for the tournament does that mean you know that monkey tailed rapscallion?" Weiss asked.
"The what?" Penny asked.
"The filthy Faunus!" Weiss snapped.
"Why do you keep saying that!" Blake yelled "Stop calling him filthy and a degenerate, you don't even know him, he's a person!"
"Oh I hadn't realized it was opposite day." Weiss growled "I guess this trashcan is a streetlight, and this manhole cover is a paper plate. He broke the law, given time he'll probably join up with those Faunus in the White Fang."
"You ignorant little brat UGH!" Blake stormed off.
"Things seem to have escalated." I looked around.
"How dare you speak to a teammate that way!" Weiss charged after her.
"No, you're just a judgmental little baby." Blake growled.
"Should we stop them?" Yang asked.
"Let them start a fight." I laughed "Then I can break it up."
"Maybe we should just go." Yang asked.
"Where are we going?" Penny smiled.
"So you do admit that the White Fang is just a bunch of degenerates." Weiss said smugly.
"That's not what I meant and you know it!" Blake yelled back.
Later
We went back to the dorms, Blake and Weiss arguing all the way, never once shutting up even when Ruby had me separate them.
"Do you realize that you're defending an organization that hates humans?" Weiss asked "The Faunus of the White Fang are the purest kind of evil."
"There's no thing as pure evil!" Blake yelled "Why do you think they hate humanity so much, it's because of people like you!"
"People like me?!" Weiss gasped in offense.
"Guys come on." Ruby begged.
"Shut up already." I groaned.
"You discriminate!" Blake snapped.
"Don't give me that, I'm the victim here!" Weiss yelled.
"Oh boy." Yang gulped "She did not just say that."
"Do you wanna know why I hate the White Fang and distrust all the Faunus?" Weiss asked "It's because they're constantly at war with my family for years…and by war I mean actual bloodshed, people dying and being killed and as a result everyday my father would come home furious, it did not make for a happy home."
"Sounds exciting." I smiled.
"Not the time." Ruby groaned pushing me out of the way "Weiss…"
"I despise the White Fang because they're nothing but liars, thieves and murderers!"
"Well maybe we just got sick of getting pushed around!" Blake snapped.
The room got quiet for a moment.
"I…" Blake ran out of the room.
"Blake wait!" Ruby yelled after her.
Later
Ruby came back a few minutes later, already having lost track of Blake, it was late, Yang suggested she might just need some time alone, so we went to bed and waited…and then waited more, and before long the weekend was almost over and we still hadn't seen her.
"This is why I wish people didn't keep secrets." Ruby sighed.
"Secrets…" I looked at her "Yeah."
"No one else has anything important to share?" Yang asked as we walked around town.
"Nope." Weiss shook her head.
"I can't keep secrets from you sis." Ruby laughed.
"…No." I looked away."
"She's lying!" Yang pointed accusingly.
"Tsk, it's not important, trust me it's nothing like Blake's secret, to be matter of fact I was told to tell you that lie by the Matriarchs, I'm sure you'll figure it out in time." I said "Now we should go find her."
"She's a big girl she can handle herself." Weiss said.
"She's out teammate." Yang said.
"Is she?" Weiss gave a nasty look.
"Weiss!" Ruby gasped.
"You heard what she said." Weiss mumbled.
"Whether she is or isn't that doesn't change the fact she's missing and we need to find her." Yang said.
"A member of the White Fang, right under our noses." Weiss grumbled.
"I just hope she's okay." Ruby sighed.
AN
Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.
I've got a few fun filler slice of life stuff planned for the time between seasons 1 and 2.
Till Next Time!