A flash of black hair whipped around the next corner, her blonde partner giving chase, remnants of fallen grimm littering her wake. As she passed the building, she saw Blake morphing Gambol Shroud, throwing the pistol blade ahead of her, latching onto something, and throwing herself further ahead. "Come on, Blake." Yang murmured to herself, activating her gauntlets to follow as fast as she could.

Continuing through the school grounds, lilac eyes never again caught a glimpse of her partner, until she finally arrived at the grand courtyard, now marred with blood and destruction. Blake stood face to face before a man with bright red hair, horns protruding from his head, and a grimm mask obscuring his face.

'Is that Adam?' Yang didn't care, all she knew was that her partner needed her, and she wasn't going to let her down.

"BLAKE!"

Suddenly, the blonde went flying, crashing through a wall and landing, rather gracelessly, in a pile of debris.

"What, is that all it takes to beat huntsmen in training nowadays? Man, could've left you to the grimm for sure."

"GRRRRAAAAAHH!" A large explosion of energy erupted from the collapsed rubble, sending shards flying towards the attacker. A rather large section was sent directly towards him, but a swift kick broke it into pieces, landing harmlessly in front of him. He could feel the heat stemming from his target, seeing Yang's aura flaring brightly as her eyes seemed bloodshot.

He smirked, readying a fighting stance, "Oh, so you are still able to fight. Been waiting for a challenge." The blonde simply grinned in response.

They both rushed at each other, a haymaker thrown into a side kick, connecting against each other. Yang stumbled back while her opponent spun back into his stance, charging again. Yang wasn't going to let him have the best of her again, as she somersaulted over his back kick. Once she landed, Yang fired a shot from Ember Celica, though he back flipped over the blast, sending a kick intending to hit Yang's skull.

All it did, however, was graze a hair from her head, the blonde strand slowly falling between them.

The brawler's eyes widened, watching the scene as if it was an abomination. Only, her opponent didn't give her a chance to counter, as a blast from his boot sent her clear of the courtyard and towards the edge of the forest. As she came skidding to a halt, Yang quickly composed herself, getting more pissed off than before.

"Alright, this ends now!" She took off sprinting towards the original fight, only to be stopped short by the all too familiar growls of grimm. It was distant at first, but suddenly, she saw charging Beowolfs growling and ready to pounce on her.

They were rushing mercilessly, until the first to arrive took the dive, claw first, only to be swiftly beat back with a blast from the blonde. That was when the others caught up, attempting to claw at the huntress, tear her apart piece by piece. But none managed to make contact, Yang too aggravated to let them have the satisfaction. She started looking around for more until she heard something she didn't expect.

Clapping.

"Bravo, mighty huntress. Sure showed those grimm not to mess with you. If only you fought against me with such skill." Her opponent sauntered towards her, his gray eyes peering directly into crimson.

"Who are you?" Yang asked, keeping a fighting stance.

He laughed, breaking eye contact to throw his head back. "So, you do speak, and start off with the most clichéd question you possibly could!" As he calmed down, he returned his gaze to her. "Well, since you bothered to ask, I might as well tell you. The name's Mercury, and I'm here to stop you from interrupting the beautifully bloody reunion your partner is going to have with her boyfriend."

This threw Yang off guard, lowering her stance slightly, "What?"

Mercury tried his best to stifle his laughter, "Well, I mean ex-boyfriend, but that's just semantics at this point."

Crimson eyes focused again, "Well then, how do you intend to keep me from helping Blake? I'm really Mercurious about your plan there."

This caused the whole scene around them to freeze, her opponent trying to figure out what he just heard. "Did... Did you just-"

"Yup, whatcha gonna do about it?"

Mercury continued to stand, appearing like a statue. Suddenly, he dashed forward, roaring at her, "HOW DARE YOU MAKE A PUN OUT OF MY NAME! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" He rushed straight towards her, jumping and throwing two legs out.

Yang threw her arms up to block the kick, stumbling back from the blast that followed up the initial impact. Mercury twisted around, landing on one foot and continuing his momentum into another jump, spinning around and sending his heel towards his opponent. He felt impact, and tried to follow through so he could land and continue his assault. Only, the impact wrapped around his foot, changing his trajectory to follow the whims of the brawler.

She continued spinning him in circles around herself until she let go, sending him into the air, soaring through the nearly open space between the school and the forest. After quite a flight, Mercury righted himself and blasted upwards, slowing his decent, and looked back at his opponent, finding an empty patch of ground. He quickly scanned around him, only to hear a blast coming from above. As he looked up, he saw a meteor barreling down on him with incredible speed. Extending an arm, Yang connected to his face, the follow up blast from Ember Celica sending Mercury plummeting into the ground, leaving a large crater in his wake.

As the blonde landed, she looked down into the hole she stood atop, seeing an unmoving body at the bottom. She sighed, satisfied with the outcome, until she saw the body take motion, lifting himself and brush off the dust that accumulated on his clothes. He turned and looked up at the blonde before him, his gray eyes devoid of any humor or joke.

He started walking towards his opponent, looking unfazed from the impact. Yang was flabbergasted, and started back pedaling from the hole. He jumped out of the crater, landing with a metallic thunk, as he continued his march. The blonde recovered and pressed her attack, starting with a right hook, which was blocked by a left arm. He followed up with the right, though she dodged under it. Spinning under the attack, Yang brought her left fist back up and connected right as Mercury raised his right foot, blasting into her abdomen, sending both of them flying back. The blonde back flipped through the momentum, landing safely, while shots from his boots righted her opponent before landing gracefully.

Yang was started to get tired of this, sending blasts from her weapon towards her enemy. The blasts never hit their target as Mercury quickly dodged, using his boot's weapon to quicken his pace. After just a few shots, he rocketed upwards, flipping around and brining his leg up, driving it downwards into the arms of the blonde's defense. She pushed him off, sending him into a back flip, using his weapon to start twisting around as she sent a kick into the open air, spinning around with the momentum to deliver a crushing blow when he landed.

Mercury landed into a crouch, causing the blast from Ember Celica to hit open air. He took advantage of his opportunity and leaned back on his hands to throw his boot crashing straight into Yang's chin, sending her into the air. She flipped into a soft landing, using the blasts from her weapon behind her to force herself forward. She drove towards her opponent, sending a blasted blow into her opponent, but it was deflected. She continued her momentum into another attack, but the fist continued against Yang's intentions.

The continuous movement threw her off as a kick came from the side, hitting her and causing her to spin in place. Once she was able to gain control of herself, Mercury was in the air, twisted around, and threw another kick into Yang's head, sending her into the ground.

"So, you are a challenge. Don't disappoint me."

AN: Hello, sorry this is a day late. With my new job having night hours, I forget which day of the week it is. No matter, here's Yang's part of the story. Definitely starting off strong, though the urge to make another pun is almost too much.

This fight scene was a little easier to write, because there already is a canon fight between these two, and I admit I did steal a few moves from the episode. However, I did try to deviate where I could, but still keep their styles, and I think I did pretty well. Had to research different fighting moves and styles for 5 hours straight to get an idea of how everything would work, but the great part about having weapons that propel people in any direction needed means that you can just throw physics out the window. Well, a little bit.

And for the customary send off, I hope you enjoyed this chapter (sorry for being late), and please review, follow, and favorite. Every review helps 'review' my vigor to write this story. (I said urge was strong.)