Ruby sighed. "Yeah. Uncle Qrow said he should have been done with the last mission he was sent on a month ago. He sent search parties to look for him but they didn't find a trace of him. It's like he vanished. Uncle Qrow also said Jaune had called him when the mission was done but he hasn't heard anything from or about Jaune since then. To make things worse they can't seem to find his scroll's or tracking device signal."
"Are there any idea's about what may have happened to him," Yang asked?
"Uncle Qrow and Ozpin said they thought it was most likely one of two things. One, he was kidnapped somehow or is running from someone trying to get him or that on his way home a grimm may have gotten the better….," Ruby couldn't bring herself to finish her sentence. She then looked down towards her right hand at her silver wedding ring with the letters "RJ" inscribed on it. Ruby clenched her hand in to a fist. "I know he's out there you guys. I just know it."
"What are you going to do Ruby? You can't keep lying to the kids," TaiYang asked as the three reached Ruby and Yang's vehicles.
"I'm going to do one of the things I'm the best at. I'm going to hunt Jaune down and figure out what happened to him," Ruby said opening and getting in to her car. "With the kids at Beacon I have at least three months until they come home for the Holidays to find Jaune." As Ruby went to close her car door it was stopped dead in it's track by the hand of Yang's metal arm.
"Do you really think I'm going to let my baby sis do this by herself," Yang asked leaning down to Ruby as she sat in her car. "If you're going to do this then I'm coming with you Rubes," Yang said letting go of Ruby's car door.
"Are you sure about this Yang? I don't know how long this will take and what if uncle Qrow needs you for a mission while I'm gone," Ruby asked in a worried tone looking down at her steering wheel?
"Look Ruby there are plenty of hunters uncle Qrow can call on if he needs something done but I only have one sister and if she needs help with something I'm going to help her," Yang said placing her mechanical hand on Ruby's shoulder. "Anyways it'll kinda be like old times only without Weiss…. or Blake," Yang said going silent for a moment.
"And while you two are tracking down Jaune I'll cover for you if the school needs you for anything," TaiYang said sanding beside Yang.
"Are you sure about that dad," Ruby asked? Slightly worried considering her dad had been retired as a hunter and just a teacher at Signal for the past three years.
"Don't worry about it sweetheart. I've got quite a bit of vacation time saved up at Signal so it shouldn't be a problem."
Ruby put one of her hands on Yang's mechanical one and after a deep sigh said, "okay." Yang then stood up smiling, pleased with herself. Ruby slightly smiled herself as she closed her car door. "I guess having you there might make things go faster," Ruby said trying to calm her nerves.
"Don't worry Rubes," Yang said right before hopping on to her motorcycle "I'm sure we'll find Jaune before the kids suspect anything. Anyway what was Jaune's last known location," Yang asked as she revved her motorcycle?
"Uncle Qrow and Ozpin said the last place they picked up his scroll signal was somewhere far north west of Vale in a town called Hanakotoba near the sea. They said the town has a inn that was a usual first stop for him on his way home whenever he had a mission in that area. From what they can tell Jaune got to the town with no problems because that night he called both uncle Qrow and Rin. But the next day as he left the town the Clock Tower just lost his signal and all contact with him out of the blue a few miles outside of the town."
"Well, then that makes things a little easier. First stop, the town of Hanakotoba," Yang said as she entered the name of the town in to her scroll's navigation system and then sat the scroll in to a compartment on the front of Bumblebee. "You ready to go Ruby," Yang asked as she once again revved Bumblebee. Ruby reached underneath the passenger seat of her car and pulled out a very compact version of Crescent Rose she had been working on recently and then looked back to Yang simply smiling with a look of blazing determination in her eyes and nodded. She then took one last look at her dad.
"Be careful dad and don't be afraid to call us if something happens with the kids," Ruby yelled as she popped her head out of her car window so her dad could hear her over Bumblebee! TaiYang couldn't help but chuckle a bit but then simply nodded at her. As Ruby pulled her head back in to her car as she looked over at her sister she could see Yang also slightly laughing trying and failing to hide it. Ruby ignored it and turned her own navigation system on as she pulled her car up to the exit of the air strip parking lot where Yang was waiting. The two sisters then pulled out and drove off at a breakneck pace to start their mission to find the missing Arc.
To be continued…..
