[X] Yes. Worse come to worse, she'll see Five's in the wrong and try to fix it. She's worth the risk.
[X] Ozpin sends one of his teachers.
-[X] Peter Port
[X] Miltia would want to be involved, in only to see her sister, and she'd probably know her sister's Semblance too.
Walking past a tree with a flock of white birds gathering in it, Yang approached the house, and stopped to look back as she reached the front door.
She had... Quite a crowd, with her. Her dad, Torchwick, Neo, and her uncle Qrow had all gathered to make sure nothing could possibly go wrong with the talk with Two. Well, her dad and Qrow were. Torchwick and Neo just wanted to be around in case Two could actually get them their hit.
Yang was fairly sure they weren't actually standing where she thought they were standing, and were probably like five meters back or something, considering how they were actually around some of the people who could beat them up now. Yang couldn't blame them as long as they were being useful, because she didn't want to make the rescue efforts harder by making team unity difficult, but she could still grumble about how they'd gotten Ruby kidnapped in the first place.
Turning back to the door, Yang knocked three times.
There was a thud from inside, followed by some footsteps, and a shattering sound. The footsteps stopped.
A moment passed, and Yang knocked again, louder. The birds on the nearby trees were startled at the noise, and some flew off, though most came back after noticing the noise was nowhere near them.
A moment passed, and a small child looked up at her.
"Oh!" He said ."I 'member you! You're the lady who was at the place and did the thing!"
"That sounds like something I did." Yang confirmed. "Is Two here?"
The boy nodded. "Auntie Two just knocked over a vase so Cent asked me to check the door. I'm a go tell her you're here!"
He closed the door, and ran off. A moment later, there was the thunder of footsteps, and the door was suddenly ripped off of it's hinges.
Two looked at the door in her hand for a moment.
"T-Twice in ten seconds..." She muttered to herself. "Why am I so terrible..."
"Hey, hey." Said Cent, as he slid into view. "It's alright, it's alright. I needed something to do tonight besides you, I can fix this."
Two went bright red, and Taiyang stepped forward to put his hands around Yang's ears.
Oh, for goodness sake, her father knew she wasn't a child, he just did this to be annoying.
A moment later, after Two's embarrassed reaction to Cent's comment, he stepped away and Yang cleared her throat.
Two looked at her. "Oh, right, Yang!"
She lunged forward, and pulled Yang into a tight hug. "It's been so long, are you alright, how have you been? You left the airship in a hurry with the weird scruffly looking bird man and looked sad, did something happen?"
"Bird man?" Qrow asked.
Two ignored him. "Is everything okay, do you want to come in, I can cook up some pancakes, Ren and Nora came over a bit and Ren taught me this good recipe I want to try out-"
"Breath..." Yang wheezed, and Two backed up.
"Sorry..." She gave an embarrassed laugh. "I get a bit excited, people say sometime. Cent told me you were coming so I've been overexcited for a bit."
"...How did Cent find out?" Taiyang asked. Two ignored him.
"So, how's it been?" Two asked.
"...Not that good, to be honest." Yang admitted.
Two looked at her for a moment, before grabbing Yang's arm and pulling.
"Hey, wha-"
"You're coming in." Two said. "You're sitting down. I'll make you hot chocolate. You'll drink and tell me what's wrong and we'll make it all better like that. Okay? Okay."
"What about everyone with me?"
Two paused, and looked back at them.
"They can have hot chocolate too." Two decided. "Cent, go look after the kids!"
The man in black nodded. "Whatever you say, m'lady."
"S-Stop treating me so formally!" Two insisted. "It's embarrassing..."
Cent smiled. "Ah, but you're so cute when you're red in the face, my lady."
Two pouted. "Stop that..."
Chuckling to himself, Cent went off down a side path.
"Follow me!" Two demanded, as she dragged Yang down the hallway. Eventually, they reached a small room with a couple of couches, and Two pushed Yang on a one-seat chair.
"Sit." Two said, as everyone followed and started taking their seats. Torchwick and Neo remained near the entryway, at least as far as Yang could tell while depending on her senses. Which were somewhat unreliable considering who she was around.
She was really glad that Neo was kinda sorta on her side right now. That dumb illusion stuff was annoying enough when enemies were escaping because of it, trying to fight it must be a nightmare.
"The kitchen's the next room over, so just talk to me while I make the things!" Two told her. "Don't worry about being rude, it'll be easier like this."
"...Okay." Yang said. "Oh, introductions. This is my dad, my uncle, and some losers."
Neo glared at Yang.
"Nice to meet you!" Two waved. "I'm Two."
"It's good to meet you, Two." Yang's father said. "If you don't mind, can we ask some questions-"
Two skipped off into the next room, and there was the sound of opening cupboards.
"Some questions?" Two asked. "Like? Is this related to whatever Yang's being going through?"
A kettle started boiling, so Yang spoke up. "My sister's been kidnapped."
There was a gasp, and Two immediately ran back into the room to look at Yang.
"Your sister? Is she okay? Is she hurt? Do you know where she is? Who took her? Is she-"
"Who took her?" Roman spoke up suddenly. "Well, funny you shoudl say that. I think you might know the culprit. About this high, blonde hair, flaunts what she has, calls herself Five?"
Two froze.
"She's a real peace of work." Torchwick continued. "You know, she's been going around dealing with criminals, using her Semblance to get some people addicted to her singing, make them do her bidding so she can steal food and people..."
Two turned to face him. "Y-You... No, Five wouldn't..."
"I'm sorry." Yang spoke up. "But... Well, he's right. Everything we've got points towards-"
"Show me." Two said softly. "You have proof, don't you? Show me."
Qrow pulled out his scroll, tapped a few buttons, and put it in front of Two.
The only sound to be heard was the whistle of a kettle.
"This..." She said. "Why would you do that, Five? Why..."
Two looked away, rubbing some tears out of her eyes.
"Are you alright?" Yang asked.
"m'fine." Two replied. "Why're you asking me? You're the one who's sister is missing! You must be so sad-"
"I'm okay." Yang said, as Two suddenly looked up aggressively. "A-Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm good!" Two declared. "This... Five's just acting out a little bit. I need to be the responsible big sister now and bring her in line!"
"You're going to help?" Yang asked. "That's... Well, good. We have a plan, we just need-"
"Me and Neo got a hit of your sister's drug music." Torchwick spoke up suddenly. "We're told you might have a similar trick up your sleeve."
Two looked over at him. "...Huh?"
"I'll use small words." Torchwick tried. "Your sister bad. Use bad song. Me and Neo need song now. You have song maybe. Sing?"
Two frowned. "I'm not a child..."
"Let's not fight." Taiyang spoke up. "Two, please. If you can do anything about these two, they can help us save my daughter more than they already have. Do you think you can use your song to do... Whatever Five did?"
"Let me look." Two said, getting really close to Torchwick's face all of a sudden.
"I'm starting to feel like you're not entirely familiar with the concept of 'Personal Space'. You see, when a person-"
Two poked Roman in between his eyes, and his Aura flared up, flowing white for a moment.
"There we go." Two said. "Maybe if I did it like that... Oh, but my Song's so hard to manage like that... Maybe if I had Cent help me manage it?"
Neo waved a hand in front of Two, and the blue-haired woman pulled back suddenly, surprised.
"That's better." Roman grumbled. "Now, can you help? Yes or no?"
"I think I can?" Two asked. "I mean, this is more One or Three's things. Three's the one who knows stuff, and One can do anything. But if Five can do it, then I have to do it too, right? I mean, I'm the big sister, I need to be able to set a good example, right?"
"I'm not going to try and follow your logic." Torchwick dismissed. "Just get me hooked up."
Two nodded.
"If that's settled." Yang spoke up. "I think I need to pay someone else a visit."
Everyone turned to her.
"One of the other people under Five's influence has a sister too." Yang explained. "Miltia Malachite. She'd want to know we were doing something so she can go and save Melanie, like I'm going to save Ruby. I'm going to go tell her now."
"Alright, I guess." Taiyang sighed. "Qrow, didn't you need to do something too?"
"Hire out an airship." He noted. "Tell Peter where we're meeting. See if I can get Ozpin to give me some missiles for the airship thing."
He stood and left, and Two watched him go.
"Bye, Bird Man!" Two called.
"Why do you call him Bird Man?" Yang asked. "You know he's not an actual crow, right?"
Two looked at her. "It's not obvious? He's-"
"You should probably go see Miltia, Yang." Taiyang interrupted. "I mean, the sooner the better, right?"
Yang nodded. "Yeah, I guess so. See you later, guys."
"Bye!" Two waved.
Miltia wasn't at her apartment. Yang gave her a text to see where she was, and Miltia responded quickly for Yang to meet her in Junior's club. Apparently, it was closed right now. Middle of the day, needed cleaning, and Junior was short on staff after clearing out those Five compromised.
As Yang stepped into Junior's bar, passing a bodyguard who unlocked the door for her in the process, she heard the sound of combat.
On the dance floor, Miltia and Junior were battling. Junior's movements weren't the most professional, as he swung the baseball bat, but his weapon seemed tough enough, and Miltia was barely avoiding each hit as she sliced at Junior.
Speed versus Strength, maybe? Or maybe Miltia was more skill. Junior wasn't bad, but he seemed more focus on getting a hit in than anything. Though he was doing good deflected Miltia. Maybe. Feet fighting was hard.
Miltia slipped behind Junior and sliced at his throat, hitting his Aura again, and Junior dropped his weapon.
"Time." He called. "I'm getting low enough. Besides, your guest is here."
Miltia looked over at Yang.
"Xiao Long." She spat, bitterly. "Get over here. I need to kick something."
"Bad day?" Yang asked, as she took off her jacket and prepared Ember Celica.
"Melanie's birthday." She replied.
...Oh.
"Do you want me to try and hit you, or-"
"If I wanted a punching bag, I'd get one." Miltia replied. "You hit me, I hit you, we'll talk while we fight."
Yang nodded.
"No shooting!" Junior called. "Do you know how much repairs cost?"
Yang sighed, and quickly fiddling with Ember Celica, removing her ammo and leaving it on her jacket as she stepped onto the dance floor.
Miltia struck first, leaping at Yang and kicking forward with one foot. A predictable attack, fortunately. Yang caught her leg and slammed her into the ground.
"We've come up with a plan to find Five." Yang explained. "Sources tell us she's heading to Mountain Glenn tomorrow morning. Like, early. Me, dad, Qrow, some others, we're heading there to lay an ambush."
"That's nice for you." Miltia replied, as she hooked a leg around Yang's neck and brought her down, leaping up as she did so to reverse their positions. "Melanie?"
"With Five, most likely." Yang replied. "It's been a week. More than that. You haven't found her, my Uncle hasn't found her, nobodies found her, so Five's our best bet of finding her."
"And you want me to go." Miltia asked, as she kicked Yang up. Yang flipped out of the way of Miltia's next few attacks, getting her footing, then desperately started fending off Miltia's flurry of leg movements.
"I thought you might want to." Yang replied, as she fell for one of Miltia's feints, moving too far to defend from an attack that wasn't coming and letting Miltia get a good hit at her stomach. "I know how you feel, kinda. It might make you feel better if you're helping stop Five and getting Melanie back."
Miltia considered this, as she kicked Yang in the chin. "Melanie won't let you stop Five, will she?"
"I doubt it." Yang confirmed, as she abandoned defence and slugged Miltia in the face.
Miltia took a step back as her Aura struggled to support her. "I don't know if I can..."
"If you can oppose her?" Yang asked. "It's fine if you don't want to. Five's apparently going to have people spread out in Mountain Glenn. We can just send you elsewhere if you don't want to have to fight your sister."
"Then what's the point in going?" Miltia asked. "I don't care about Five or your sister. I just want mine back."
"...Fair enough." Yang sighed. "I can't force you to come. But the invitation's open."
Miltia's hand trembled for a moment, as it curled into a fist.
"...Are you oka-"
"Damn it!"
The normally soft spoken girl screamed, and a sudden roundhouse kick force Yang to the ground. Furiously, Miltia started slamming her bladed heel into Yang's side.
"Why can't it be easy?" She asked, as she repeatedly stabbed at Yang's Aura. "I just... I just want my sister back. I want this to be over. I can't fight her, but I can't do nothing. What do I do? I don't know what to do, Melanie. You were always the one who..."
She trailed off, as she realised Yang wasn't resisting.
"Feel better?" Yang asked. "Sorry, I know you didn't want a punching bag, but you seemed like you needed that."
Miltia rubbed her palms over her eyes. "...Maybe, yeah."
Yang stood up, stretching momentarily.
"What time are you leaving?" Miltia asked.
Yang turned to her. "You're coming?"
"If I can't go through with it, I'm stopping." Miltia replied. "But maybe I can do something..."
Yang smiled. "Good to hear. I'll give you a call when dad says what time we're leaving."
Miltia took a shuddered breath. "Thanks."
It was seven thirty, when Yang stood in from of the airship. Two and Cent were talking as they boarded.
"I'm just worried." Two said. "I know Ren and Nora are good people, but can they handle the kids until we get back?"
"They'll be fine." Cent replied. "That Ren guy has his head screwed on right. As opposed to screwed on left, like most people, which is why they so easily loose their cool."
"...Huh?"
"Haven't I told you before? The spine and the skull are connected by a screw which can connect either way. The term 'Head screwed on right' came from the fact that it's scientifically proven that if your head screws on tighter going right, you're a more calm, collected, and rational person."
Two laughed as she and Cent left Yang's field of view. Miltia watched them for a moment, then boarded the airship, very specifically taking a completely different path.
Qrow sat down next to Yang, and reached into his coat, before reconsidering and sighed.
"Don't want to be hungover tomorrow." He muttered. "I'm going to be following Torchwick and his mini-criminal. Make sure we don't get stabbed in the back."
"Be careful." Taiyang said. "Even with your tricks and Neo's Semblance, we all know how bad your luck is."
Yang looked towards them. "You've mentioned Qrow's luck a lot, but I don't think I've ever heard any stories. Any good ones."
Qrow sighed. "Look, kid, you know how people always say don't walk under ladders? That's not a dare to line up fifty of them and stroll through like you own the place, while kicking black cats and shattering mirrors."
"In fairness." Taiyang spoke up. "The mirrors weren't his fault, it was before we realised his reflection was that bad."
"Ha ha ha." Qrow mock laughed. "When's Peter get here?"
"Sorry for the delay!" A voice suddenly spoke up. "I was preparing my students for evaluation battles. The Minos had nearly broken containment, after I tried so hard to capture one alive for my students to admire. But no worry. Kerry is sealed away safely now."
Yang looked at the speaker, a somewhat overweight man with a bushy moustache and a blunderbuss in his hands.
"Why, it reminds me of my youth. Me and the old boys, before we made it through Beacon, we decided to pay the bills by forming a boyband you know? Teenagers all over the planet were heartbroken when we broke up the band to focus on our main careers..."
Yang looked over at Qrow. "Are you sure this is Ozpin's helper?"
"You seem to be doubting Port's prowess." Qrow noted, with a smile.
Taiyang saw that smile, and started sweating. "Qrow, no, you don't have to do this-"
"Hey Peter!" Qrow called. "I don't think Yang here has heard the story about the deathmatch, and how you ended it with minima-"
"Ah! Don't spoil it for the young girl, please." Peter Port said. "I'll be sure to inform her of this feat of legend as we leave. Taiyang, I have told you it before, you can help with the re-enactments."
"I hate you." Taiyang said, looking at Qrow. "I hate you so much."
Qrow smiled, and waved at him "Bye!"
"It all began with a game of Eins..."
After the ridiculously long story that I refuse to write down or verify for the sake of time, Yang ends up going to sleep, and would need to be awoken once they reach Mountain Glenn, a few hours before Five did. With the battle for Ruby Rose quickly approaching, what does Yang do?
[X] Familiarise herself with the layout of the city of Mountain Glenn. Go through the buildings, ignore the Grimm, memorise the routes.
[X] Lay an ambush. The centre of the city would be the most likely place for Five to turn up, so prepare a trap there.
[X] Wait, is Port telling another story? No. No, we're not doing this. Go see what Neo's doing, it's probably important or something like that.