Sun gave a thumbs up and shouted. "Get 'em, boys!"

The Khans only glanced among each other from the new arrivals. This wasn't part of the plan, so they didn't know what to do.

For a brief moment, Sun sounded cool. That image of him was shattered when one of his brothers spoke in a nervous voice.

"Do we have to?" Scarlet asked in a timid tone.

"Dude, yes!" Sun howled.

Before he could reply, Scarlet was met with a blade. Fortunately, he blocked the weapon with his own cutlass.

Neptune noticed how anxious his brother was. "Watch out, dumbass!"

Abruptly, Scarlet twirled on his heel and nabbed a Khan in the gut, which caused him to drop to his knees. "Sorry."

Scarlet would rather avoid a fight, but that couldn't be helped. He and his team were here to help the Thorns. And if that was by fending off the reinforcements, he'd do it.

Since Neptune watched Scarlet's back, Sun repelled a blade aimed at his blue-haired brother.

"Pay attention, dipshit," Sun said, but not harshly.

From the save, Neptune smirked. "Yeah, yeah."

It wasn't hard to see that Sun and Neptune were a good fighting duo. After knowing each other for so long, it was no surprise they could read each other's movements in battle like a book.

Sun utilized his tail for his acrobatic ability. He jumped over several Khans and whacked them with his nunchucks. Meanwhile, Neptune dealt several finishing blows with his trident. There were a lot of Khans, but not many could fight as well as them.

Sharply, Sun heard a high-pitched yelp. It sounded like Ruby. Quickly, he glanced to the side and watched her regain her balance. Good, she recovered from a hit. Otherwise, he'd go help.

He was about to focus back on the battle, but he then noticed who Ruby was fighting. The all-too-familiar short woman with multicolored hair.

"You!" Sun pointed accusingly. "I gotta bone to pick with you!"

Neo only pointed to herself, perplexed. She probably kidnapped so many faunus that she forgot who he was and lost track.

"If they don't kick your ass, then I will- agh!"

Fortunately, Neptune shoved him to the side before he could be smacked by a spear. That would've been a nasty hit if his brother wasn't watching his back.

"You're supposed to pay attention!" Neptune reminded.

Sun hastily regained his balance with his tail. "She's the one who kidnapped me!"

"Her?!" Neptune pointed at Neo, who dodged another jab from Weiss' rapier.

"Yeah!" Sun confirmed.

"We'll get her if they can't!" Neptune eased his thirst for revenge as he hoisted his trident into the crowd. "For now, hold them off!"

With his nunchakus, Sun whipped several faunus. Most of them dropped like flies, but jumped back up. The reinforcements weren't too skilled, but they were determined to follow orders more than anything.

Suddenly, there was a resounding thud. The nearby cabin caved in and landed on top of some poor soul. Even Sienna's cabin wasn't spared in the aftermath.

After a few moments, Sage rose from the debris. "I can clean that."

"Don't!" Scarlet yelped and joined his side.

It was much easier to fight off this many people while in pairs. Sage was a tank and knocked down several Khans in one swoop with his sword. The Khans were hoping to strike while he was down, but that failed. Meanwhile, Scarlet picked off the rest.

Not too far away from them were Ruby and Weiss, who took comfort in each other's presence. Even though the sounds of battle surrounded them, they were calm and took everything in stride. Neo was a slippery opponent.

"She's more evasive than Blake!" Ruby yelped.

Just then, the captain dodged a swipe from the sharp umbrella. Weiss took the opportunity to stab Neo in retaliation. Neo lowly growled in response. Probably hurt more than she anticipated. Before Weiss could be impaled, she flipped away.

"Take a deep breath," Weiss advised as they glared down their opponent.

While the battle was tough, they were reassured. As long as they had each other's backs, they were fine.

The white rose couple wiped the sweat off their foreheads. Ruby did as she was told and felt leagues better. They were fairing better than expected. While Weiss was a good decoy, Ruby had the agility and was able to land the most hits.

Their spirits were lifted even more as they stared at their opponent. It looked like Neo was wearing down as well. Every now and then, the righthand cast a glance to the Khan leader to see how she was doing.

With a plan, Weiss nodded at her captain, silently making it known she'd create a glyph. Once that was done, Ruby used the recoil on her scythe to hop on the shiny glyph. When she was firmly on it, she sent bullets to rain down.

Prepared this time, Neo opened her umbrella and simultaneously whacked Weiss away. The impact was harsh and caused her to skid across the mud ground and roll under a tree.

"Weiss!" Ruby called.

While Weiss forced herself to stand, Ruby distracted her opponent. She had to give her girlfriend some time to recover.

"Pay attention to me!"

Unamused, Neo used one hand to slam her umbrella into the scythe.

A yelp to Ruby's left stole her attention, which caused her to lose the standstill as she flew back.


"Agh!"

Grappling to breathe, Qrow threw his hands around his neck.

Sienna's whip was firmly wrapped around him as he dropped onto the ground. His breath fleeted his lungs as he struggled with what to do.

Sienna was smugly smirking as she tightened her grip. It was nice to see him writhe.

Thinking on his feet, Qrow ignited another dust crystal. This, at last, severed the chain. Fortunately, he had a few on his person, rather than only his weapon. With newfound freedom, Qrow greedily gulped in precious oxygen as he struggled to sit up.

"How many crystals do you have up your sleeve?!" Sienna roared, adjusting her newly shortened chain. "You can't keep depending on them!"

Hastily, Qrow ripped off the broken chains around his neck. Cruel marks scoured his skin, and he dipped his scythe. He was ready for another attack.

"Now who's the one upset?"

Something inside Sienna snapped. She could control her temper, but when it erupted, there was no stopping it. Instead of entertaining him, Sienna whirled her whip in boredom.

"Do you want me to tell you about how I killed your sister? You should've heard her scream..."

After saying that, Sienna chuckled darkly as she gauged a reaction. If he could get under her skin, she could get under his as well.

Knowing this was a tactic to make him enraged, Qrow took a deep breath.

"That's not going to work."

"Such a shame."

From that, Sienna scowled. Until now, she'd kept her emotions in check. She had a backup plan, which was her reinforcements. Only for them to be intercepted by a former Khan and his brothers. Adam arrived, an asshole she wanted nothing to do with. A person she wanted to kill.

Switching tactics, Sienna spun her whip meticulously. Red eyes spotted the change. Normally, she flung it around like a toy, and now she was using it with purpose. With that, Qrow switched defensive positions and held up his scythe.

"Catch," Sienna said as she jolted the whip forward.

Three different sharp triangles that were multi-colored zoomed to him. This wasn't ordinary dust, no, this wasn't dust at all. But Qrow recognized one color in particular. Fortunately, he was able to dodge two sharp shurikens, but the other stabbed him in the middle of his chest.

While the sharpness wasn't long, he received an electric jolt. Any normal person would have collapsed, but Qrow merely used his scythe to stay standing. This was her chance, so Sienna pounced.

Big mistake.

Unbeknownst to her, Qrow purposefully chose to be struck by that one. He'd been electrocuted multiple times before, so he was used to it. Swiftly, he aimed his gun as his opponent leaped into the air directly at him.

A loud, resounding crackle. It was so loud that several faunus had to cover their ears. This was followed by an anguished yelp.

"Agh, fuck!"

Turns out, the bullet lodged into her side and whizzed out her back. Instantly, Sienna fell to the ground and while clutching the wound.

"Nice catch," Qrow mocked as he glared down at her. "Wait, does it count since the bullet left your body?"

"Shut up!"


Someone get Sienna some ice for that buuuuuurn!

Stay dandy,

~Toto