Having solidified their resolve at the Brunswick Farm, Team RWBY and company are heading towards Mistral. What stops them next however is something laughably mundane.
"Uhh, can we pull over for just a second?" Ruby asks just now, realizing something important. Considering the situation however this small request sets everyone on edge.
"What's wrong? Did we forget something?" Blake asks, looking around to check for Grimm activity.
"No, no I just need us to pull over for a second!" Ruby exclaims now rubbing her thighs together a bit. While relieved this does somewhat annoy the rest of the party as the phrase had set them on edge for no reason.
"Look Ruby it is still a few hours to Mistral, I am sure whatever it is can wait till we arrive." Yang sighs, somewhat annoyed as driving on what was barely a path while on a motorcycle meant for concrete was difficult and apparently unappreciated by the others.
"Yang! It's because there are still a few hours that I want to take care of this now!" Ruby whines, now gripping the hem of her skirt.
"Look Ruby what even i-" Yang doesn't even get to finish as she slows them to a stop as Ruby dashes away with her semblance while calling out behind her.
"Thanks Yang I'll be right back just wait there!" Ruby calls, leaving a trail of petals as she goes. The rest of the party is just left very confused at the rapid pace she dashed off in and so Qrow makes the call.
"Look you three go after her, I'll watch after the bike." Crow mutters before mumbling something about kids and inexperience. Still the rest of team Rwby gets the message and starts following the very obvious trail of rose petals to their leader.
It doesn't take long as Ruby didn't go very far. However it was the quick pace the rest of the team made that resulted in a very awkward situation as Yang, Blake and Weiss caught Ruby with her panties down and a thin yellow stream coming from her skirt as Ruby leaned against a tree.
Mortified does not even begin to describe the atmosphere as for a few seconds the only sound is of liquid hitting snow while the four girls stare horrified at each other. Ruby is the one who makes the first sound as she lets loose a shrill scream at being seen. This is however que for the rest of her team to quickly turn around in embarrassment before going behind going just out of sight.
A few seconds later Ruby walks towards them red in the face and with tears of embarrassment in the corners of her silver eyes. A few angry glances between Ruby and her teammates is all it takes to let them know that this will not be spoken about again.
Their little adventure into the woods is not over yet however as Blake hears faint voices through the trees. It doesn't take long for them to decide to do a little investigation of who else might be in these woods as the last thing they want is to run into an ambush when they try getting back on the trail.
A short walk later sees the girls peering into another small clearing at what appears to be another set of four girls in… questionable attire. Starting with the more mundane aspects it would appear that two of the girls were older and two were younger, all of them were armed, but given they were outside of the city that was hardly cause for alarm. More alarming was the type of weapon carried by one of the younger girls as Weiss remembered it as the same kind of weapon used by that crazy white fang member back on the train.
Still while that was eye catching it was the attire of the older girls that was more… unusual. Both had two blades, but more confusing was that both were in what could only reasonably be described as bikinis. In fact, upon slightly closer examination team RWBY realized that one of the girls was in exactly that.
In the forest.
The snow covered forest.
Her long pink twintails and odd hat were not exactly normal, but that was certainly not what team RWBY would expect to find out in this weather. By comparison the rest of their appearances were positively mundane.
The other older girl had light brown hair going just past shoulder length. She too wore a hat and although her clothes were similarly revealing… actually that was just where that phase ends as it looked more like she was wearing several belts rather than clothes.
Mercifully the two younger girls had more normal clothes each wearing a dress of some unfamiliar design. Paired with long hair and gauntlets on each arm. One with a sword on her back and the other with the previously noticed aura breaker.
The team does not go unnoticed for long despite hiding behind the trees as the group almost in unison turns to face them with glares already reaching for their weapons clearly ready for combat only to look puzzled themselves as they see team RWBY.
"Oi, who the hell are you four." the pink haired girl calls out to them no longer reaching for her swords, but clearly ready to if she feels a threat.
Team RWBY realizing they have been caught exits the treeline with Yang protectively coming forward to call out in kind.
"You first! Are you four huntresses?" Yang calls somewhat hoping that to be the case as the speed they noticed them suggests impressive combat capabilities.
The four girls share a glance apparently confused by the phrase before replying.
"No. Now who are you." the pink haired girl calls again.
This concerns team RWBY as the only other group who they can think of that might be out here would be bandits. The aura breaker is clearly a weapon meant for dealing with huntresses so their odd appearance aside team RWBY assumed the worst and assumed battle stances.
The Pink haired girl takes this as all the provocation she needs as she draws her twin swords before crouching.
"Wait! Kagu-" that is as far as the girl with the aura breaker gets as the pink haired girl launches herself at team RWBY with startling speed heading straight for Yang.
Yang is barely able to get her mechanical arm up in time to block the blow, but is still launched backwards into a tree having the wind knocked out of her. The rest of Team RWBY not expecting the physically strongest member of the team to get launched so easily and quickly opt for a more defensive posture.
Even working together they are only just able to hold the girl off as only Blake and Ruby are able to evade her with Weiss needing to be rescued by supportive fire on several occasions. For a moment Weiss considers using time dilation to speed herself up, but with how quickly combat is going she would only be able to keep up and when the glyph ran out she would be a sitting duck like last time. Not only that, but there were still the other three girls.
Yang was not having a good day as she caught her breath. A quick glance at the fast paced combat going on made her realize that they were seriously outmatched and so shot off an S.O.S. to Qrow in hopes he would make it on time to help her team. She had less hope for herself as the other three girls were heading over with the girl with an aura breaker on her back jogging and the other two following at a more leisurely pace.
Yang may have felt outmatched, but she still had quite the boost to her semblance from that hit and if she pretended it did enough damage she might be able to get in one good hit before the three of them overwhelmed her. Carefully cocking her arm back she got ready to swing as the first girl got closer.
"Are you alright!"
Yang immediately deflated as this supposed enemy asked her with real concern in her voice. Instead falling into a state of mild confusion as to why they would be concerned about her.
"Wait. Are you four not bandits?" Yang questioned what was even going on at this point.
WIth the other two having arrived at this point the three of them shared a look before turning back to yang.
"No, sorry about Kagura. She is a bit hot headed and we are a bit on edge so when she saw you four getting ready to fight she probably assumed you were going to attack us and well, she has always been more of a swing first ask questions latter kind of person." the girl with the aura breaker explains. Yang lets out a gasp of relief as it seems this was all just a big understanding. She opens her mouth to explain just in time for Qrow to burst through the trees and head to join the fight against Kagura apparently.
"Well I guess there is your bandit." the other short girl says "I got him!"
"Wai-" Yang doesn't get to finish as the girl launches herself at Qrow who is still able to block the punch sent his way despite the surprise.
"Thanks for the assist Saki!" Kagura remarks to the girl.
"Shut up you hot headed-" Whatever Saki was going to say is cut off as in her moment of distraction Qrow is able to land a good hit on her launching her into the treeline.
Back with Yang the other tall girl sighs and places her hand in her palm while watching her Teamate? Friend? Whatever. Get launched.
"Just in case. Is he with you or is he an actual bandit?" the girl asks, looking at Yang with a tired expression.
"Ya that is my uncle Qrow I, uh asked him for help when I saw how the fight was going." Yang explains somewhat embarrassedly as none of them had a real reason to be fighting and all these coincidences were just making things worse.
"Alright I will go get Kagura and explain what is going on." the girl sighs before walking in the direction of the combat.
Meanwhile, the fight between Kagura and Team RWB + Qrow has turned against Kagura who is now forced more on the defensive. Things are going fast however and Qrow manages to land a strong blow that is only partially blocked by Kagura knocking her back.
"Alright seems I'm going to need to start taking you more seriously!" Kagura shouts starting to glow with some red aura. Whatever she was going to do is cut short however as the other older girl gets behind her and hits her in the back of the head knocking her into the snow.
"Cool off Kagura, they aren't enemies." The girl laughs at Kagura leaving team RWB and Qrow confused at the sudden change of atmosphere before Yang walks over being supported by the girl with the aura breaker.
"Ya guys it seems this was just a misunderstanding due to everyone being on edge so lets chill out." Yang jokes.
"Yang what is going on." Qrow questions not quite ready to drop his guard but at least lowering his weapon which is still in sword form.
"Well-" Yang gets ready to explain when everyone hears the roar of an Ursa. Looking over show that there is both no cause for alarm and plenty as Saki walks back into the clearing dragging the ursa by the neck and practically steaming with rage as a red glow starts swirling around her as well.
"Cheapshot, but now it's my-" Saki prepares to threaten, finally crushing the neck of the ursa she had dragged here. Only to be interrupted by the tall girl once again.
"Hey Saki! It seems he is with them too!" she interrupts causing Saki to deflate as well before raising her head and groaning.
A few seconds later the nine of them stood facing one another.
"Sorry about that, how about we start over with some introductions. My name is Aya." The girl now known as Aya starts. "This is my sister Saki" She says pointing at the younger girl with twintails who huffs and turns away. "This is Saaya." Aya says pointing at the girl with the still intimidating aura breaker who in contrast with her weapon smiles politely and gives a little bow. "And her sister, the one who attacked you all, is Kagura." Aya finishes sounding somewhat playfully insulting to Kagura who just smirked and put her hands behind her head. "So what about you five. Which Yang begins responding to.
"My name is Yang, this is my sister Ruby, those two are Blake and Weiss, and that grumpy fellow is uncle Qrow." Yang lists off rubbing Ruby on the head much to the embarrassment of the younger girl.
"So, if you four aren't huntresses and you aren't bandits, then what are you all doing out here?" Weiss questions.
Aya, Saki, Kagura and Saaya all look at one another before Aya responds.
"Well. We don't actually know where here is."