Meanwhile, the airship that Team CFVY is riding stopped near a random spot in Mistral, dropping off Ragna and Penny below the ground.
"You're not coming with us?" the white-haired man asked the team.
"Sorry, no. We're what's left of resistance in Vale, and we need to keep fighting until the city is safe," Coco stated.
"Oh, okay. We understand."
"And Penny..." Coco called on the robot girl.
"Hmm?" Penny wondered.
"When you see Ruby and her team reunited, tell them team CFVY said, 'hi'."
"Sure, I'll do that," the robot girl nodded.
"Also..."
Coco tossed an eye scanner-like device to Ragna, and he catches it.
"What's this?" he asked.
"Just in case you encounter a woman named Emerald Sustrai, use it. This is to protect you from her Semblance," she responded firmly.
"Fair enough..."
Coco nodded back with a smile on her face as the airship flies away, leaving the two behind.
"So, where is this... Mistral?" Ragna asked.
"We'll just have to follow the road right before us," Penny pointed her finger to a road.
"Obviously..." he said as if it's very easy to find the city right before their eyes.
They take a long walk, but they get into a conversation.
"So, Penny..." Ragna starts it. "About this Ruby Rose girl... what was she like?"
"She's like the best. She was my first friend, and I'm just glad she accepted me when she found out I wasn't a human being, but a robot," Penny smiled at talking about Ruby. "I tell that she's cool. She carries this weapon that is both a scythe and a sniper rifle."
"That's cool..." her new friend smiled at this. "Remind me when I had my weapon, Blood-Scythe."
Too bad that wasn't on his possession anymore. Not when he left it behind in his ascendance to godhood.
"She also wore black and red clothes," the robot girl continued. "In fact, you remind me of her."
"Really?" Ragna blushed at this. He never thought there is someone out there who is just like him.
"Yeah..."
"Uh, thanks..."
As they continue on with their conversation if there is anybody else Ragna can tell the resemblance to from his universe...
"Hey, watch out!" a voice exclaimed.
They turned around to see a busty female blonde riding a motorcycle coming on their way. Her motorcycle had almost run over Ragna, who remained calm at this. He and Penny turn to walk away from this.
"Hey, hey!" the blonde admonished. "You gotta watch out for traffic, bucko. You'll never know if there's a vehicle gonna run you over from behind."
"Sorry," the white-haired man apologized.
She turns to face Penny, and she looked surprised.
"Penny? Penny, is that really you?"
"Yes, Yang, it's me. For real," was the robot girl's response.
The blonde looks happy to see her again. Last time she heard of her was that she got destroyed by Pyrrha, although not intentionally. Penny looks glad to see her again in return, and she noticed her outfit is now different from the last time she met her. (Author's Note: If you saw her new outfit at the end of Volume 4, then you get the idea what she's wearing.)
"It's good to see you again, Yang," Penny approached near her.
"Same thing, too," the blonde replied back.
"So it seems you two know each other," Ragna commented the scene with his arms crossed to his chest.
"And you are..." Yang wanted to get to know him.
"Ragna," the man said his name.
"Well, Ragna, allow me to introduce myself," Yang introduced herself in return. "My name is Yang Xiao Long, and I'm sure you'll get along well with my sister, Ruby Rose. After all, the color of your clothes remind me of her."
"Thanks," the white-haired man never thought of someone comparing him to a girl in this universe. "Judging by the fact you and your sister have different last names, you two are half-sisters."
"You can tell that?" Yang raised an eyebrow, and Ragna nodded like it was obvious. "Anyway, I'm almost at Mistral to see her again. You want a ride to go there?"
"Sure, why not?" he agreed to it, so he sat behind her back. As he does this, she finds it awkward because this is the second time she got a man to ride with her on her motorcycle known as Bumblebee, and Neptune was the first one she let her have a ride on it.
"How about you, Penny?" the blonde turned to the robot girl.
"I'll just hold on to Ragna, so I can catch up," Penny responded kindly as she got behind Ragna and holds on to him.
"Very well. Now, let's go to Mistral!" Yang said excitingly as she started her motorcycle again for their destination.
Meanwhile, Blake and Sun are seen at a cruise ship that is heading to Mistral. At least the former has time to say goodbye to her parents before going with him on their journey. They relaxed while waiting. However, they are unaware of the fact that they're being followed by a boat behind them. In it, there's the Albain brothers, Corsac and Fennec, and Ilia. Along with them is Hazama, which they were easily persuaded by him to give him a ride to their destination. Speaking of Tyrian, he is already in the City of Mistral watching Ruby and her new team consisting of Jaune, Ren, and Nora having arrived there with his pawn, Pyrrha, wearing a black-hooded cloak.
"I don't get it, Mr..." Ilia watched the two from her binoculars, especially her former friend.
"Hazama, but just call me Hazama. Anyway, she is going to disrupt Adam's plans to take over the White Fang by stopping him from killing Sienna, its current leader," the green-haired man with closed eyes said with suggestion that is quite obvious. "So we need her out of the way to prevent her from turning the White Fang back to the way it should been."
"But you can't do this," the chameleon Faunus turned her head to him and spoke with hesitation on the matter. "Sure, we're on opposite sides, but I don't want to kill her."
"No taste in blood, huh?" Hazama flicked her nose as if he is trolling her. "Ever since she left the White Fang, it seems that moment has taken the animal out of you."
"What if we're discovered doing this?" Ilia said with worry that her hair and spots turned dark yellow and skin turned red-orange. "Besides, if Adam found out what we did without his authority, we'll be in trouble, especially with you around."
"Listen, Ilia..." Hazama puts one arm on her, which makes her uneasy. "He is not here to see this. He is with someone you'll never knew is coming. This means we're safe." he turned to the Albain brothers. "Isn't that right, boys?"
"I agree with you, Hazama," Corsac, the taller Faunus with a corsac fox tail and the one steering their ship, approved the method.
"If my brother agrees with you, so will I," Fennec, the Faunus with fennec fox ears, also approved.
"See, Ilia. Your White Fang buddies approve it," Hazama gloated.
"I don't know," the chameleon Faunus said in an expression that looked like she's conflicted. "What if I have to fight her again?"
"If you don't want that to happen, just leave her to me."
Below the sewers at Haven, there is the White Fang's main headquarters. Hazel is inside to have a talk with its leader, Sienna Khan, about wanting her alliance. Speaking of her, she has long orange hair and yellow eyes. Her outfit consisted of a white overcoat with the White Fang symbol on the left side of her chest, a black shirt underneath the overcoat, black long pants, and black high-heeled boots. Adam is also present inside, but he is not in her office to see what will their discussion be about.
"Have a seat," she placed her hands on her desk and Hazel took a seat. "Now, what did Salem wanted to discuss with me?"
Author's Note: The end of the fourth chapter. Next chapter will be a reunion chapter.