[X] Go for a running battle towards another location. Fight while leading the two girls somewhere else for some reason or another.
-[X] Towards Two. Cent would be heading there anyway, and if the fight goes bad, she's tough.
Yang raised an eyebrow.
"You want me to surrender?" Yang asked. "Hm. Not sure. Cent, what do you think?"
Cent shrugged. "I don't know the origin of that word, and as such, I refuse to acknowledge that it's important in any way. Let's not do it."
"Oh, good." The girl in the beret. "Looks like we get to do this the fun way."
"Coco-" The bunny girl began, but the girl speaking ignored her by revving up her gatling gun.
Yang dashed in real fast, punching at Velvet as Velvet hit back, and the force behind Velvet's fist pushed Yang's back, following through and striking Yang in the cheek. Yang was forced back a step, but ducked under the fist and went for a counter-attack.
That was an informational exchange. The rabbit Faunus was definitely showing signs of being empowered by Five's song, that was a really powerful hit. But Velvet wasn't a brawler like Yang. She wasn't trained in using gauntlet weapons like Ember Celica. Yang was at a disadvantage regarding pure strength, but she was certainly more skilled with her fists.
Still, underestimating Velvet wouldn't do. She'd replicated Ember Celica easily enough, it wouldn't do to assume that using it was the only thing the Faunus could do. Yang wouldn't be surprised if those wires could change into a gatling gun like Coco had.
Meanwhile, Coco opened fire on Cent, who danced around the bullets as he approached, sword in hand. First jumping to the left, then sliding under the stream of projectiles as it followed him.
As Cent approached, Coco took a step back to bump into Velvet, who had kept Yang at bay so far by moving to strike with overwhelming force every time she got close. As Yang approached, Velvet suddenly jumped up, and Coco spun around. Yang's eyes widened and she ran to the side, as the first few bullets struck her and damaged her Aura, before she managed to roll out of the way.
Cent, meanwhile, pulled out his blade to block Velvet's fist, which then exploded and knocked her upwards, into a rooftop.
This wasn't working. The two of them had managed that instant trick with nothing more but one walking in to the other, and both of them were powerful. Cent seemed to be holding his own against Velvet strength-wise, but Yang didn't really have any advantage over anyone. Unless they could pull out a game changer, this would be a fight that would, optimistically, leave Yang with low enough Aura that she couldn't help save Ruby beyond maybe one good hit.
They were going to need to get some help. Like...
"Cent!" Yang called. "Follow me!"
Yang leaped to the side of the building, running up and hitting the roof after shooting downwards, the recoil propelling her high enough to land on the rooftop. Velvet moved to follow, and Yang shot towards her, forcing her to fire again to move herself out of the path of the projectile.
Cent jumped to the rooftop besides Yang, as Yang continued running. "What are we doing?"
Coco's bullets started tearing through the building towards Yang and Cent, and Cent dashed in to deflect the bullets almost hitting Yang so she could dodge to the side.
"I don't want to risk beating them alone." Yang explained. "Where's Two?"
Port's voice suddenly spoke up from over the scroll.
"Head further into the city." He advised. "She's to your west, and I'll advise her to watch her scroll so she can track your location and meet up with you."
"Thanks." Yang nodded.
"Though..." Port trailed off. "I listened into the conflict, and I must confirm. Did the fighters give the names Velvet and Coco?"
"That's what I heard." Cent replied.
"...I see." Port replied. "Be careful. Those two are Beacon students, and highly graded ones as well."
...Ah. So these were more people enthralled by Five. Maybe not bad people, but just people who heard a song and now they're hooked and can't bring themselves to say no.
Velvet stepped onto the rooftops, and Cent dashed at her with his sword, which she met with a wire replica of it. Cent smirked, as his blade suddenly started folding, and the transforming blade pointed a gun barrel right into her face. As Cent started firing, Coco ducked, sweeping her legs under his to trip him up, but Cent jumped back before she could do so.
Coco wasn't firing, and with a sudden concern, Yang jumped over the gap between buildings where Coco was standing, and fired downward. Coco dodged back as she tapped at her scroll, and Yang watched her look up with a smirk, as she pushed it away.
Damn it, she'd given her time, she must've sent a message to Five or her people.
Nothing to do about it now.
Yang fired at Coco again, pushing herself away and to the west, and as she reached the ground and rolled to bleed off momentum, she turned and fired towards Cent and Velvet.
Cent himself danced around the projectile, which Velvet then deflected, and he fell backwards from the rooftop he was on before somehow landing on his feet on the street.
Coco ran out of the alleyway she was in, and opened fire again, but stopped almost immediately. Her pace while firing was also much slower. Couldn't go all out while in motion?
Velvet's wires shifted again, changing into a cane of some kind, which she then fired at Yang, shooting a projectile somewhat like Ember Celica's explosive round at her.
"Catch me if you can, ladies." Cent called, as he dodged Coco's bullets. "Hey, did you know that the word ladies was first used-"
Velvet jumped at Cent, kicking him in the face, and Cent jumped back to avoid her further attacks.
"Tch, tough crowd." He complained, as he and Yang ran. As he did so, he opened fire, forcing Coco to twist her gun to block some bullets.
Velvet and her partner gave chase, and Yang smiled. Good. This fight was getting on the way.
Yang sprinted forward a bit, turning a corner before jumping up a building and going through a window on the third floor. Cent ran past, going around the building, and as Velvet and Coco gave chase, Yang fired at Velvet. The rabbit Faunus caught the projectile with the curved end of her wire can, and flung it to the side, detonating it against another building, and Coco opened fire at the building Yang was in.
Turned heel and bursting through a wall, Yang started running, going through another two walls before getting to the other side of the building and leaping out of it. As she did so, she fired downwards, leaping to another rooftop, and climbing upwards just as Velvet and Coco started running up the walls of another building. Yang fired at them, and Coco ran through the shot, stumbling for a moment before turning her oversized gun around and firing, propelling herself far upwards.
Cent climbed up the wall of a third building, turning back and firing at Velvet as he ran, and Velvet stepped to the side in a flash.
Yang leaped from the rooftops, going into another building, and ran.
The running battle continued for some time, with Yang occasionally stopping to ambush her pursuers, forcing them to push themselves to not give her time for a proper trap.
Eventually, Yang stopped running. Dashing towards Coco and Velvet, Yang punched forward, as Velvet's wire twisted around her arms to replicate Ember Celica again.
Velvet punched downwards, and Yang leaped out of the way as the ground cracked. She turned and fired at Velvet, knocking her back into a wall and allowing Yang to push off that to follow the projectile.
Velvet herself turned, punched through the explosive round, and punched again as Yang drew close. She struck Yang's stomach, and as her Aura took damage, Yang grabbed Velvet's arm with one hand and fired backwards with the other.
As Yang hit the ground, pulling Velvet off balance, Yang brought her knee up to hit the Faunus in the chin, and used her grip on Velvet's arm to throw her into a wall. Coco opened fire as Velvet regained her footing, forcing Yang on the defensive for a moment. Dodging out of the way of the projectiles and forcing through a wall to conceal herself, Yang ducked down and watched the bullets whizz over her head and to the left.
Yang looked out the hole she left in the wall, and saw Cent pushing Velvet back, before she changed her wires again into a spear of some kind and catching him off guard with a new fighting style. Before he could adapt, she changed again, to some kind of axe which she brought down on him, forcing him back.
Taking a moment to catch her breath as Coco stopped firing, Yang burst through another wall, decking Coco in the face and firing as she did so. Coco was forced back a step, but before Yang could follow up on that attack, Coco let go of her gun and caught Yang's fist.
Yang struggled for a moment, before Coco pulled her off her feet, off balance, and struck her elbow into Yang's stomach. Knocking Yang into the air, Coco jumped into the air, before kicking and slamming Yang into the ground.
Keeping a foot on Yang's neck to hold her down, Coco moved to pick up her gun again, before there was a gunshot that forced her to dodge away.
"Ho ho." A jolly voice spoke up. "It seems as if Two has yet to arrive."
Yang jumped to her feet, and looked towards the source of the voice.
"Professor Port?" Coco asked.
The man with the glorious moustache jumped down from the rooftop he was standing on, blunderbuss in hand. "My student. It pains me to see you like this."
"Oh shut up." Coco snarled. "What, are you sad I'm not just sitting aside and listening to one of your bullshit stories?"
Port sighed. "You were such a well mannered student in class, Coco. To see Five have twisted you like this-"
Coco dashed for her gun, ignoring Port shooting at her as she did so, and opened fire on him. In response, Port spun his weapon around, holding the large axe in front of him so the bullets bounced off it.
"Don't be talking down to Five now." Coco advised. "She means a lot more to me than you do."
Port sighed. "Very well. Know that I take no pleasure from this."
Yang didn't see him move, before he was at Coco's side. His gun fired, and Coco's weapon changed into a purse-like shape as she spun it around to block the projectiles coming at her, before she was hit from behind by a second blast from Port, who Yang wasn't able to see move.
As Coco stumbled, Port reached for her arm, and ripped her purse out of her hands. Turning with eyes like fire, Coco punched at him.
"Don't-"
Coco pulled free from Port's grasp as she retreated, her Aura flared, and she dashed back to Velvet's side, where she was still holding back Cent.
"Fighting a fat old man?" Coco asked. "I have better things to do. Now's a good a time as any, I suppose."
She clicked her fingers, and there was the sound of tolling bells from every direction. Yang looked towards the building she'd been in when Coco had been firing towards her, and a bright light was illuminating from within.
With a casual gesture, Coco swept her hand to the side, and around the light, the walls began groaning, as fragments of concrete suddenly flew at Port. Eyes wide, Port dodged to the side, away from Yang and everyone else, as more and more parts of the building started flying at him. He swung his axe to divert projectiles, but as he started being overwhelmed, the house collapsed, and as it fell, it froze momentarily, before the entire building suddenly flew at Port and buried him under the rubble.
Coco had her eyes closed in concentration as she pointed at the rubble, and Yang took the chance to run up to Coco, clocking her in the back of the head. As she stumbled back, Velvet jumped forward, in front of Yang, and struck her in the stomach. Cent slammed his sword into Velvet's neck, and she dodged to the side, as she and Coco tried to regain their footing.
There was the sudden thundering of feet, and after a moment, a cloud of dust sprung from the ground. As it cleared, Coco looked up, as Two slammed down, her sword tearing through her Aura.
Coco fell back, panting in exhaustion and pain as she picked up her handbag and pointed at the motionless Two.
Two stood up, straightened her back, and looked at Cent.
"Sorry I'm late!" She exclaimed. "I ran into a group of Grimm and they were inside a building, I think it was a kindergarten or something, and it felt wrong so I killed them. I know, I got sidetracked, but-"
Coco opened fire, blasting her gatling gun at Two, and Two simply put her sword behind her back and blocked the bullets without looking.
"-I'm here now. Hey, wasn't Professor Port here a second ago? I thought I heard him..."
Velvet dashed at Yang, grabbing her by the neck before anyone could react, and slammed her into the ground. With her wires replicating Ember Celica again, Velvet fired repeatedly with the hand around Yang's neck while punching Yang in the face, and Yang responded by headbutting upwards. Velvet was knocked back, and then Two grabbed Velvet by the neck and picked her up.
"I was talking." Two said. "And you hurt my friend. Are you alright, Yang?"
"'m fine." She said, as she stood up. Coco's oversized gun folded into a bag again, as she dashed forward and slammed it into Two, who simply threw Velvet at Coco.
"Hey, wanna give up?" Two asked. "I don't want to hurt you more than needed. Port said you were his students, so I didn't want to upset him-"
Velvet dashed behind Two and Coco opened fire as Velvet's wires started replicating her gatling gun. Two dodged away as two different streams of bullets coming at her.
"No? Two asked. "Okay then."
There was a flash, and Coco collapsed backwards as Two sliced her with her blade. Grunting in pain, Coco couldn't react before Two kicked her into the pile of rubble burying Port, and Two turned towards Velvet, who's wires shifted into a cane once again and started firing explosive projectiles which Two completely ignored.
Coco stood to continue engaging Two, but a sudden burst of movement ended with a hand from within the rubble grabbing her shoulder.
"I wouldn't advise that." Professor Port said, as he emerged from the rubble. "I wouldn't want to see you hurt yourself."
Coco raised a hand, and all the bullets she and Velvet had fired from gatling guns glowed for a moment, but Port simply pulled her back and struck her head against the rubble, disrupting her concentration and making the glowing stop.
"It's over." Port said, as Two cut through Velvet's wires and forced her to the ground.
"Aw." Said a new voice, and Yang felt a shiver down her spine. "But it was just getting interesting."
She spun, and looked at the woman speaking from atop of another rooftop. A woman with blond hair was looking down with a laugh, a revealing outfit, and a mark on her forehead like Two's.
V
Five.
"Coco got to use her Semblance, Velvet was going through a lot of weapons, and my beautiful sister was having fun." Five laughed. "Why end the fun now?"
"Five." Two spoke up, stepping away from Velvet as Cent took over holding her down. "You don't have to do this. You can just stop now and-"
"Stop?" Five asked. "In my moment of triumph? Melanie has captured her sister-"
No.
"-Dito managed to find the intruder Neo was supporting and got the full story out of her when he put his spear through Torchwick's stomach-"
No no no...
"-And soon, I'll have defeated the last few opposing me and finally be reunited with my dear sister." Five smiled. "What reason would I have to top?
Yang didn't wait any longer, jumping up and firing backwards to shoot herself up near Five. "You-"
Five caught her arm as Yang went for a punch, before grabbing her by the throat.
"Oh, but aren't you beautiful?" Five asked, with a chuckle. "I love your hair, darling. So much like mine. You know, you could probably wear an outfit like mine and be mistaken for me at a distance. I've always wanted a body double..."
Yang spat in her face, and Five tilted her head to avoid it.
"Play nice." Five smiled. "I promise you, it'll be good for you too-"
Suddenly, Cent was behind Five, stabbing forward. Five casually stepped to the side, with a laugh, and threw Yang to the ground. Yang fired Ember Celica downwards to slow her descent, and Two caught her as she fell, though the blue-haired woman continued to stare upwards at her sister for a moment.
"Five..." She whispered, before she started speaking up.
"So, there's the teacher, my sister, her Disciple, and the girl." Five noted. "I'm not sure about the girl's father, but Melanie's dealt with Miltia, Roman's in critical condition, Neo won't defy me further while he is how he is, and Dito's having fun with the intruder. Qrow, wasn't it?"
Yang's heart plummeted. "What are you-"
"I didn't have time to break him in." Five continued. "But that little sister of yours, I think she'll be a little more reluctant to resist me after the show Dito's giving her."
Yang's eyes burned red as she glared up at Five with a snarl.
[X] Attack Five, beat her, beat her now. She's earned it at this point.
[X] Forget Five. Qrow's in trouble. Get to the airship and stop whatever's happening.