Chapter Sixteen: Big Trouble In Little Mistrial.
Finally it was peaceful in Team RWBY's dorm much to the pleasure of Yang, once her sister and the Heiress had finally talked their feelings out and the tension disappeared. The two girls had returned to their dorm very late with their hands intertwined, a small smile was on the Heiress' lips while the crimson girl's tail never stopped twitching. The blonde wanted to question them as to what happened but Blake had intervened quickly saying that it was late and they should all go to bed and the next morning the red and white pair were already gone before she could question them.
"Man I want to know what happened." The brawler groaned in annoyance as she flopped back down on Blake's bed, "Where did they run off to?"
"Well they both left together right after they showered, if you didn't sleep in so late you'd have seen them." Blake replied lightly as she flipped a page of her book, she had exchanged a few words with the Heiress while the blonde slept; the white haired girl's attitude and demeanor had been much more relaxed. "And as to what happened between them last night you didn't notice Weiss' lipstick on Ruby's lips?" The panther had noticed the pink gloss of the Heiress' lipstick on the wolf's own lips right away but had chose not to comment.
"No." Yang huffed, she had still wanted to pound the Heiress into dust but if Ruby was happy now then she would let it slide for now. Sinking further back into the bed the brawler looked up at her partner as she continued to read, amber eyes gliding smoothly across the page, the smallest corners of her lips pulled into a slight smile. As she watched a thought occurred to the blonde, she had asked Blake out but she hadn't actually suggested they do anything. She needed to change that. "Hey Blakey." She said flipping over onto her stomach, the black haired girl arched an eyebrow. "I was thinking, I asked you out but I didn't actually suggest we do something so I was wondering if you wanted to go into Vale and go on a date."
Blake lifted her gaze from her book to look at the sprawled out blonde, "A date? Like as in we go out and you try to win me with your 'feminine wiles' for the chance at a kiss? Pretty sure we're already past that."
"Oh come on Kit Cat don't be like that sure we're already past that part but it doesn't mean I can't take you out of the town and show you a good time." Yang smiled, she was already forming a plan in her mind. "So what do you say?"
With a heavy sigh Blake closed her book, if she didn't agree she knew the blonde would continue until she did agree. "Fine." Looking out the window she noted the blue sky, "It's a nice day so spending the day in Vale isn't a bad idea."
Yang bounced to her feet a wide grin splitting her face, "Awesome, come on Blakey you're going to enjoy what I have planed. So come on and let's get a going." With another sigh the panther rose from her bed to follow the excited blonde out of their dorm.
Reaching the docks they waited for the air ship into the city with other students. With regularly scheduled ships coming and going it was very easy to go from the campus to the city in a matter of minutes and moving about the city was just as easy with the public transports. From maglev trains, busses and taxis it was possible to go from Beacon to the furthest end of Vale in under an hour. Though for the plan Yang had in mind they only needed about fifteen minutes tops to reach their destination.
"Yang where are we going?" Blake asked as they hopped off the bus just outside of the blonde's intended stop.
With a grin the brawler looped her arm around the panther's giving a wide gesture in front of them, "Why right here my fine Kitty Cat. This is the best place in Vale to get a taste of Mistral." Amber eyes followed the blonde's gesture taking in the district before them. Brick buildings with Mistain writing on their widows and front signs lined both sides of the street. "Welcome to Little Mistral." Yang grinned widely. Vale, being the youngest kingdom had been built out of multiple cultures from the other kingdoms coming together and melting together into one kingdom. With so many cultures sections of the city reflected the group of people who settled there, Little Mistral was one of those places.
"You brought me here to show of your Mistain didn't you?" Blake gave her partner a knowing smirk.
"Maybe." Yang shrugged as she led them through the streets letting the black haired girl get a good look at the shop fronts. Fruits and vegetables on display made the air smell sweet as they passed, some shops spilled on into the street with their merchandise on displays on the sidewalks. Textiles of bright flower color hung on awnings swaying in the sight breeze drawing the panther's eyes. "It may not be as cool as some of the markets in Mistrial but it's a pretty good replication of it." The blonde had loved her time in Mistrial and always wanted to return so she spent a great deal of time in this part of Vale. "There's a noddle shop just around the corner that I think you'll love. It's run by this really old guy who used to be a hunter but got bored and decided to quite the life and then took up cooking but he's got all these crazy stories of how he fought off hordes of Grimm with just a frying pan."
Blake gave the blonde a skeptical look, fighting off Grimm with a frying pan was a bit of a stretch. "Right, because kitchen cookware can stand up to a Grimm."
"Hey cast iron can do some real damage when you swing it hard enough." Yang laughed as she opened the door for her partner.
"Speaking from experience?" The panther questioned as she felt the lilac eyes on her backside, she may have been adding a sway to draw the blonde's eyes.
The brawler's eyes flicked upward as amber eyes caught her staring, "Uhh, well dad's got one hell of a mean back swing and he's learned that it take's a bit of heavy hit to get me to pay attention so…" Yang gave the black haired girl an embarrassed smile.
"So yes." Blake smirked as she sat down.
"Yeah." Yang chuckled as she took her set as well. A waitress motioned that she'd be right with them.
"So what do you recommend?" Blake questioned as she pulled out a menu from the holder on the table.
"Well it is a noodle place so their noodles are what's the best, their Lo mein is really good as well as the Luosifen." Yang motioned to the two sections on the menu, "But really anything is good here so just try anything you want."
"Nǐ hǎo. Wǒ de míngzì shì zhōngqíngjú, wǒ kěyǐ diǎn càile ma?*" The waitress smiled as she reached their table.
"So have you decided Kitten?" Yang gave Blake a grin knowing that the girl had not understood a word the waitress had said. Blake gave her a neutral glare as she looked at her menu.
"Yeah I'll have the shrimp lo mein and a water." The panther replied as she sat down the menu.
"Good choice," Yang nodded before turning back to the waitress, "Nǐ hǎo, wǒmen jiāng yǒu yīgè xiā lāo miàn hé jīròu lāo miàn hé liǎng gè hǎiyù.*" The waitress smiled as she wrote down their order before walking of calling out to the kitchen as she did.
"You really are a show off." Blake sighed as continued to look at the blonde.
"Hey I've got to keep you interested somehow." The blonde smirked at the panther.
Blake rolled her eyes, "Yang you don't need to impress me. You're one of the most interesting persons I've met." A small amount of blush illuminated the blonde's cheeks at her words.
"Well maybe it's my way of getting to know you better." Yang coughed trying to get the heat to drain from her face. "I mean you've learned about my past but I know next to nothing about yours." Lilac eyes bored into amber.
Blake broke the gaze, she wanted to tell Yang about her past, well some of it. Some of it she never wanted to relive or talk about ever again. "There's not much to know really." She lied.
"Oh come on Blakey all I know about you is that you were born on Menagerie and lived in Vacuo for a while. But beyond that I don't know anything." Yang continued as their food arrived.
"Fine," Blake sighed as she broke apart her chopsticks taking a bite of her noodles. The flavors of freshly cook noodles mixed perfectly with the blends of spices and broth. "Wow that is good."
"Told ya." Yang winked as she took a bite of her own noodles. "So tell me Blakey where'd you live in Vacuo?"
"I moved around a lot." The panther answered, it was the truth with the White Fang she barely spent more than a week in the same place. "So I got to see a lot of the country."
"Cool." Yang smiled, "The time I spent in Vacuo I only was able to hit a few of the cities, spent a lot of money on washing bumblebee of all that stupid dust."
Blake chuckled, she could imagine how much money the blonde had spent on keeping her dustcycle clean. She could still feel the dust clinging to her skin from time to time. "Yeah it's pretty bad, I had to take three showers at the end of the day just to feel half clean of it all." Well a well rationed shower to feel at least somewhat normal once a week as she was allowed.
"So why did you spend all that time in Vacuo?" Yang asked. "I mean did you're parents move there because of their job?"
"Not really." Blake said hesitantly, her parents would have never approved of what the White Fang had become, deviating so far from their dream. But with them gone it had left a power gap and in the struggle for power that had followed it had become the twisted version that it was now, the version she so desperately wanted to change.
"So why were you there?" Yang continued to question. She wanted to know more about her partner but the black haired girl was very good at avoiding direct answers.
Blake sighed, "I was there as with a group of people because once my parents died I had no where else to go so I went with them." Her words radiated with sadness.
Yang was taken back by the sudden bluntness of the answer, "Wow sorry I didn't know you're parent's were gone. I didn't mean to dredge up bad vibes." Going silent she looked away from the panther afraid she had upset her partner.
After taking a steading breath Blake reached across the table and took the brawlers hand, "Hey it's fine. It's been a long time now and I've accepted their deaths for what it is. Do I miss them, yes, but I won't let that control me."
"You're pretty amazing you know that right?" Yang smiled at the black haired girl getting a small blush from her as she squeezed her hand back. Blake looked away from the bright lilac eyes as the heat continued to creep into her face. "And you're also really pretty too." More heat flooded into her face. "Especially when you blush like that."
"Yang, stop it." Blake sighed as she released the blonde's hand and continued to eat.
"Fine I'll let it go for now." Yang winked as she returned to her meal. The rest of their meal was spent with the pair exchanging small question such as likes and dislikes. Favorite colors; yellow for Yang and purple for Blake. Favorite music; Yang preferred old school rock and roll while Menagerian pop was Blake's, though she admitted that with a little embarrassment. Favorite time of year; the blonde loved the summer while the black haired girl enjoyed the spring. Each thing they found out about the other would draw more questions forward though they tried to avoid more touchy topics.
"So ready to go see some more of Little Mistrial?" Yang asked as she leaned back in her chair.
Blake smiled as she nodded, "Sure. I'm sure you have plenty of places that are just as interesting as you." Yang smiled as she offered out her hand for the panther. "Oh so chivalrous." Yang gave a small chuckle as she paid and led them back out onto the street.
"So there's a few shops over this way that I think you'll like, one of them is a book shop that sells old books." Yang explained as she gestured around, "Then there's a clothing store just on the other side that that sells traditional Mistrial clothing." Blake let her partner ramble as they walked down street.
She scanned ideal as they passed shops taking in the people, signs and smells of the district. On one passing scan the panther spotted something that made her skin prick, a group of Faunus dressed in black standing at the entrance to an alley, each and three red lines stitched into the sleeves on their right shoulders. A passerby would have not noticed the red lines but to Blake they were as bright as any warning sign, White Fang.
"Blake?" Yang question as she noticed the panther stopping, "What's wrong?"
Blake watched as the group disappeared down the alley into the darkness if the White Fang was here then that could only mean that they had something major planed, Vale had been left mostly untouched by them since it had been deemed to hazardous to operate in because of Beacon, seemed that rule was no longer in place.
"Blake?" Yang shook her shoulder hard breaking her trance. "Hey you okay Kit Cat?"
"Uhh." Blake hesitated looking back at the blonde, her eyes filled with concern as they gazed at her. "What?"
"I was asking you if something was wrong?" Yang frowned as she looked about for what had caused her partner to space out.
"It was nothing." Blake lied as she tried to bring Yang's attention back to her she didn't want Yang getting involved with anything that the White Fang might be planning. "Sorry I was just thinking."
Yang narrowed her eyes at the panther, "Nah not buying that, I know you're thinking face and that wasn't it. That was your 'I sense danger' face. Now what's going on?"
Blake sighed; she had forgotten the blonde had learned how to read her. "I just thought I saw some people I knew."
"Oh do you want to go see?" Yang asked, maybe she could get to know some of Yang's friend and learn a bit more about her past.
Blake shook her head, "They were not good friends." She tried to keep her voice from hesitating trying not to alert the blonde.
"Are you sure?" Yang asked as she looked back towards the alleyway Blake's gaze followed, more White Fang member drifted down the dark alley something was differently going down.
"No, we should get going." Blake shook her head. As much as she wanted to stop whatever the white fang was doing she did not want to get Yang involved.
"Hey what's going on back there?" Yang's eyes narrowed as watched a Faunus with a suspicious bag walk down the alley, her uncle had pounded into her head to always be vigilant of other people and the one time she had let that lesson slip had ended badly, after that she always kept her guard up. "Blake did you see that? About seven people have gone down that alley since we've stopped and that last one had a bag that didn't look right."
Blake looked between her partner and the alley, "Let's not get involved, we're only students, not the police or something like that." She had to try to convince Yang to not follow the White Fang down that alley.
"Let's just check it out." Yang shook her head as she crossed the street, Blake hot on her heels. She really needed to stop Yang before something back happened.
"Yang it's not our place if you think something's wrong then we just need to tell the police." Blake tried as they entered the alley.
"Come on Kit Cat." Yang continued as walking down the alley, "If there's nothing wrong we'll just leave but if there's something going on we'll stop it before it gets going then call the cops."
Giving up on trying to convince the bawler from breaking off her pursuit picked up her pace to draw even with the blonde, "Alright fine, but stay close, you're not stealthy and if something's going on we're going to need any advantage we can get if we're out numbered."
A smirk appeared on the blonde's face, "There's the spirit Kitten." Blake rolled her eyes as she led the blonde down the alley. In silence Yang and Blake made their way towards where the White Fang was headed. The panther had a bad feeling about where they were going but she wasn't going to let Yang charge in headlong. Finally the alley opened letting out into small warehouse area. Blake hesitated at the mouth of the alleyway looking about, there were no visible guards in the area obviously whoever was in charge was new and didn't know all of the protocols.
With a sigh the panther motioned for Yang to stay low and follow her. With a nod Yang crouched low and followed the panther's movements as they crossed to the warehouse using the shadows for cover.
The brawler was captivated at how well the black haired girl moved silently about, her feet making the faintest whisper as she glided effortlessly forward the shadows accepting her like a second skin to her own. Yang for herself was trying her best to follow her partner's lead but was having trouble. She wasn't as light on her feet, her style was definitely louder and flasher.
Blake led them to the edge of the warehouse door allowing them to look into the building. What she saw made the panther's stomach sink. Crate upon crates of Dust, ammo and explosives were stacked up to the ceiling. Several Faunus were sitting around table playing a card game. Blake swallowed hard; if they were stock pilling this much firepower then they were seriously planning something big. "Shit." Yang whispered behind her seeing the same thing as she did.
"Why the fuck are we stuck here?" A voice boomed out drawing amber and lilac eyes towards the noise. A large male tiger Faunus stood by a large stack of creates. His ringed tail swished back and forth in an erratic fashion.
"Well someone's got to babysit the supplies so no one finds them. Besides better than working with that human creep." Another voice trailed out, a Faunus with large horns stepped towards the tiger. "Did you hear that Heath and Li never came back from working with him on the docks?"
"Yeah well Heath never really cared for our cause and Li would follow him anywhere so if he deserted then she went with him." The tiger spat. "If they don't want to be around when we bring about the new age then who need's them?"
The other Faunus shrugged, "Yeah but haven't you noticed that more and more have been leaving since she up and left."
"That bitch can rot in hell." The tiger roared making several of the Faunus jump at the sudden outrage. "If it wasn't for her we'd have had a huge train load of high quality Dust and because of her we've had to rely on that damn human in order to get Dust."
Blake felt her heart thunder as she continued to watch, "Hey Crowley, keep your damn voice down." A voice from the table yelled at the tiger.
"Yang we need to get out of here." Blake whispered as she tried to back out of the doorway. "Once were out of here we'll call the cops."
Yang nodded as she slowly back down, Blake's bow twitched as the wind moved drifting their scent into the warehouse. "There's a human around here." The tiger growled. "And…"
Blake grabbed Yang's hand quickly pulling them away from the building the time for stealth was over and they had to get away before the White Fang could react.
"TRAITOR!" Boomed out behind them as they ran down an alleyway deeper into the warehouse district, "After them! Catch the traitor!" The sounds of scrambling feet behind them made the panther pick up her pace as she pulled the blonde along.
Yang was confused. Why had that tiger Faunus yelled 'traitor'? It was only her and Blake and she was obviously the human they were talking about so she wasn't the traitor and Blake was…
The blonde was yanked out of her thoughts as a bullet impacted around her ankles kicking up pavement and dust. Blake pulled them to the side down another alley as more bullets ripped through where they had just been.
"Blake what was he talking about back there?" Yang questioned as they continued to run.
The panther flinched at her partners question, "Yang now is not the time."
"Well I don't see a better one in our immediate future so- down." Yang noticed a group of White Fang members ahead of them at the mouth of the alley and tackled Blake to the ground as their rifles flicked up and opened fired. The brawler curled her body around the black haired girl as her Aura flared absorbing the impact of the bullets. She knew her Aura would hold up better against the barrage as she felt the sharp stings of the rounds on her back, she was also counting on the small impacts to feed her semblance.
"Yang!" Blake cried as she heard the guns go off and the blonde grunt. She knew logically that her partner would be fine but the part of her that cared for the fiery girl grew concerned with each passing second. The air around the two spiked as Yang continued to shield her.
Finally Yang heard the click of magazines coming to the end of the bullet supply causing her to rocket into motion. Leaping to her feet the bawler triggered her gauntlet's expansion sequence; with Ember Celica able to collapse into bracelets she often carried them on her person at all times. Keeping light on her feet the blonde quickly closed the gap between her and her assailants.
Cocking back her left fist Yang jabbed out into the stomach of the first White Fang, she heard the grunt as the air left his lungs accompanied by a small crack of bone, the man slumped to the ground but the bawler didn't even pause as she continued her attack to the next White Fang member.
The sounds of flesh hitting flesh and cracking bones sounded out as the blonde ducked and dived around her opponents her fists flying in intricate combinations. A dodge to the left of a rifle butt, right jab to the solar plexus, duck a hastily thrown jab, left uppercut to the jaw, jump over a low kick, downward left thrust to the collar bone. Never once did she trigger the shotgun function of her weapon, if she did and her opponent didn't have their Aura unlocked it could be fatal. The encounter only took seconds and soon the blonde was surrounded by groaning and broken White Fang members.
"Bitch." A growl behind her caused Yang to turn, a White Fang member with long fangs glared at her as he leveled a large caliber handgun with her face. At this distance her Aura would do nothing to protect her from the higher caliber round. The blonde knew she would have no time to dodge or react to the bullet. Her eyes went wide as she watched the hammer slowly drew back. A loud thunk came from behind the Faunus as his eyes rolled up into the back of his head causing him to slump forward. Blake stood there holding a piece of rebar amber eyes glaring at the downed man.
"Hands off." The panther growled as she lowered the metal pole. Before Yang could speak up the White Fang that had been chasing them turned the corner. Blake grabbed the blonde's hand and began running again.
"Well they are persistent." Yang quipped as they continued to run. Blake didn't reply as they led their pursues deeper into the warehouse district. The panther's mind was racing, she needed to get them out of this situation a quickly. If they caught her it would end very, very badly for her. The White Fang he had created had a zero tolerance for deserters and traitors of which she was both. She had little doubt that there would be an exception for her.
A twitch of the air was all the warning Blake had making her duck down. Before she could call out she felt the air move above her head, she heard the sound of a dull thunk as something slammed into the blonde's face ripping her hand from her grasp. Blake turned and watched as the brawler flew through the air and smashed into a stack of shipping containers causing them to tumble and fall around her.
"That's one down." The tiger Faunus growled as he lowered his weapon, a large staff with metal weights on either ends. "Now to take care of the traitor." He glared down at her with angry pale green eyes.
Blake felt heat build up in her chest as she stared up at the man. He had attacked Yang, he had attacked her partner, he had attacked her mate. He was going to pay. With a growl the panther lunged at the tiger with a viscous swing of the rebar causing his eyes to grow wide. He barely made it in time to block the metal pole hurtling towards his neck causing the sound of metal meeting metal to ring out.
Barely giving her opponent time to recover Blake twisted herself around quickly sending another swing towards his now unprotected side, she desperately wanted to call for her weapon but every launch was logged in time and destination. She would be questioned as to why she had requested her weapon and if they dug too much they could find out about her past.
Again the metal met metal as Blake kept up the offense pushing the tiger Faunus back. His weapon may have been bigger but she was obviously more skilled than him. The click of rifles being primed behind her alerted the panther to the other White Fang members finally reaching them. "Stay back!" The tiger Faunus called out, "I'll handle this bitch, make sure the other one is dead." With a growl the tiger finally was able to get a solid attack in causing Blake to jump back the staff barely missing her. She tried to glance to see where the other White Fang member were going when another swing caused her to focus back on the tiger. "Come, come Belladonna. Don't you know you should never take your eyes off your opponent."
Blake narrowed her eyes again as she readied another swing, before she could the tiger moved feinting a left downward swing before swinging a true upward right. Using the rebar the panther blocked the attack and countered with her own attack hoping to push him back again. He was ready of the attack and jumped back causing her to over swing. Before she could recover he swung again causing hitting her in the shoulder. The moment the weapon touched her a powerful shock surged through her body causing her to cry out. Out of instinct she activated her semblance and pushed back creating a large gap between them. As she landed she saw a large smirk on the tiger's face as he spun his weapon. Her left shoulder was completely numb, her finger's had a tingling sensation in them as she clenched and unclenched her hand trying to restore feeling in them.
"You like?" He continued to smirk at her, "My weapon can discharge a shock that will disturb all of the nerve signals in the area I hit causing you to lose all function in that area, best part is you'll still feel all the pain I cause." Blake narrowed her eyes as she continued to regain feeling in her arm. "Now let's see how well he trained you." Leveling the staff with her the tiger charged lunging at the last second, Blake quickly side stepped the attack only to receive a heavy blow to her stomach causing the wind to leave her lungs as she bounced off the ground. The tiger's smirk grew as she gasped for air, the attack had missed so how had he hit her? "Can't figure it out?" He laughed as he tired to slam his staff down again on to her, Blake rolled and pushed off a shadow getting more room between them. "My semblance allows me to hit you once I've tagged you once. No matter if I miss you'll feel the blow. The only reason you didn't that time was because your shadow took it for you."
Blake struggled to her feet as she glared at the tiger, so he could hit her even if he missed but her but if she triggered her shadows they took the hit. A plan formed in her mind causing her to smirk. The tiger lunged at her again but this time the panther was ready. She jumped over the strike this time, "It won't work. I can still hit-" Blake triggered her shadow and landed behind the tiger striking him across his shoulder blades, her shadow taking the hit. Before he could recover she unleashed a fury of strikes at his legs hitting the pressure points and causing massive amounts of pain.
With a roar the tiger twisted trying to strike her again. Again Blake triggered her semblance dodging around her opponent and striking him in the back. "You fucking coward." He roared as he tried again, "Come fight me face to face." He slammed his staff on the ground causing a surge of electricity to pour through the ground. Blake sprung away using her shadow to stay airborne until the electricity was gone.
"I was trained to fight like an assassin." Blake glared at the tiger, he was panting heavily. If she had had her weapon his back would resemble mince meat, the tendons in his legs severed making him unable to stand. "And assassin's look for any opening and take it." With a growl she lunged at her opponent not letting him get his breath back.
As the rebar struck the staff Blake made sure to trigger her shadow anytime the tiger swung at her dodging to the opposite side and unleashing a flurry of blows. Slowly she was wearing him down more and more. His attacks were come less frequently and with less force. His stance was growing sloppy allowing her to get more attacks in. After one pass the tiger jumped back trying to disengage, red welts growing on his skin and sweat pouring down his face. As the tiger took his stance again Blake felt the air around her heat up. Her eyes grew wide as she knew what was about to happen next, the man must have taken notice as well as he glanced about looking for the source of the heat.
Suddenly the containers that had buried the blonde erupted into the sky. A yell that made all of the tiger's roars sound like a small meow bellowed out as the air ignited. All the of the White Fang members that had been around the containers searching for a way to make sure the blonde had gone down scrambled in a panic as a very, very pissed off and strong blonde came into view. The metal around her had melted into pools of steel, a few long globes dripped down on her burning her cloths but her skin and hair remained unblemished. One Faunus who wasn't bright enough to run leveled his barrel with the blonde and fired. He watched in horror as the bullets melted before they even reached the blonde, becoming molten globs of lead that spattered against her skin. Crimson eyes fixed in him his place as he stared down a dragon.
The blonde moved her feet leaving melted pavement behind as she sprinted forward. The Faunus was bathed in an intense heat as she reached him, her fist thundering down on to his chest. Bones crack and broke as he was set flying away in a streak of flame. The crimson gaze shifted locking onto the tiger Faunus before it narrowed.
The tiger knew he was in trouble the moment the blonde appeared from the wreckage. He had thought he had put the blonde down for good when but when she reappeared in a blaze of heat and fire he knew he had made a grave mistake. Now that her gaze was turned on him his blood ran cold. Before he could properly raise his staff the blonde was on him raining down punches. He could barely keep her heavy fists at bay, already being exhausted from fighting the panther and now facing the blonde he was done for.
Blake watched in awe as her partner flowed through her attacks seamlessly. Her form flawless as she moved from combination to combination without hesitation, every attacked was followed up by another giving the tiger no room to breath.
She was taken back by the burning beauty before her. She had always been in awe of Yang's beauty, her bright lilac eyes, plump pink lips, flawless soft skin and her wild mane of blonde hair. But now seeing the blonde wrapped in a bright burning Aura, the panther would have sworn she was looking at an angel. The bright golden light that surrounded the blonde was breath taking; it was a radiant warmth that enveloped the panther in a gentle embrace. It was a beacon of light that burned away the darkness guiding her forward. It was everything she wanted, and it was everything she needed.
The tiger knew the true meaning of fear as he face down the blonde. The burning fighter appeared as a demon to him. Her burning crimson eyes boring deep into his soul threatening to envelop him in fire, the snarl on her face making him feel as if he was facing down the maw of an Ursa. The golden fire that enveloped her made his skin burn and feel as if it was going to burst into flames. It was an inferno burning all things before her to ash. He knew fear and he was a terrified.
With a thunderous blow Yang triggered the shotgun function of her gauntlet breaking through the tiger's weapon breaking it in two. Her next swing landed squarely on his chest as the blonde triggered the shotgun again. The combined force of the hit sent the tiger crashing through several warehouse walls, his Aura flaring before finally failing. As he bounced he could feel bones breaking and ripping through his skin before finally falling unconscious.
Yang held her pose for a few seconds taking deep breaths calming the fire that enveloped her. Slowly she could feel the heat dissipate into the air around her as she calmed down. Releasing her pose the bawler stood straight and looked over at the black haired girl. She couldn't help but smirk at the awe struck expression on the panther's face. "Hey, what's wrong?" She continued to smirk, "Cat got your-" A wall of darkness slammed into the blondes head causing her legs to go weak. She could feel her body falling towards the ground.
Blake watched as the smirking blonde's eyes fluttered shut and her knees give way. "Yang!" She cried as she leapt towards the blonde catching her before she could hit the ground. "Yang!" She cried again shaking her trying to get the blonde to open her eyes. What had happened, one minute the blonde was smirking and about to make a joke when she suddenly dropped unconscious with no warning. "Come on Yang, wake up."
Slowly lilac eyes cracked open, "Did you get the plate of the bus that hit me?" Yang groaned as she looked up at her partner.
Blake let out a sigh of relief as she cradled the blonde's head in her lap, "That's not funny Yang. You just dropped unconscious and now you're trying to make a joke? What happened to you?" Blake looked down at her partner with concern as she stroked her cheek lightly.
Yang turned into the touch as she took a deep breath, "Aura depletion. I burned through too much power and now my body's trying to compensate. I may get my strength from getting hit but when I burn through it plus my reserves like I just did, the loss of energy can be bad enough to knock me out." She continued to nuzzle into the panther's hand as she explained. Amber eyes continued to gaze down at her in concern. "I'll be fine Kitten, just need a good meal and a long nap." She tried to comfort her girlfriend.
"You blonde idiot." Blake sighed as she leaned over capturing the blonde's lips. She could hear the sirens of first responders heading their way as she backed away continuing to stroke the blonde's cheek. Well at least she could lie her way out of this to the cops, they didn't have access to her records like Beacon did and the paramedics would have an Aura boost shot to help get the blonde back on her feet.
"Hey Blake?" Yang questioned as she looked up as amber eyes gazed down, "That tiger, he called you a-" A slender finger covered her lips stopping her question. She could see the pain building behind the panther's eyes.
"I'll explain everything once we're back at Beacon." Blake whispered pulled her finger back and once again kissing at her girlfriend's lips. "I have a lot to explain, to everyone."
"God damn it!" Roman yelled as he kicked over the flimsy table scattering papers and maps everywhere. "An entire warehouse of Dust and ammo. Do they even realize how much time it took me to organize all of those heists?" When the news had come in that all of the supplies had been confiscated after the group who had been suppose to be guarding them had been taken out his mood had soured. He couldn't actually care less that those Faunus had been arrested or that two of them were in intensive care because of the beating they had received, he was mad that all of his work had been for nothing and now he had to do it all over, again. This job was starting to really get on his nerves. With an annoyed exhale the criminal pulled out a cigar and lit it. Filling his mouth with the smoke he savored he heavy hickory flavor that rested on his tongue. "Idiots." He muttered letting the smoke back into the air.
"Uh Boss?" A voice drew Roman's attention, a young Faunus with wire rim glasses stood in the doorway.
Roman took another draw before addressing the boy, "Yes Perry?"
"News just came in, Crowley didn't make it." Perry shuffled nervously as he delivered the news.
"Well if his injuries didn't kill him I'm sure your boss would have." Roman waved it off; the tiger had been a hotheaded liability anyways. Perry paled at the slight mention of his leader. "Well was there anything else?"
"No." Perry shook his head.
"Well then off you go." Roman shooed the boy away as he shut the door. "Well I'll need another replacement now. Stupid Faunus are falling like flies."
"Well they are just animals." A smooth voice came from behind him causing chills to run up the criminal's spine. "It's not like they can function like us in a civilized manor." Slowly Roman turned to see the man standing there, his carefree expression still on his face.
Taking another puff Roman calmed his nerves at the sudden appearance of the man, it was always like this, ever since the night he first appeared whenever he wanted something he would just randomly show without any preamble or warning. "So it would seem." The criminal tried to avoid staring at the patchwork stitching that seemed to hold his skin together, failing for the most part.
"Do you have any new information for me?" The man asked fixing Roman with his green gaze.
Roman fought the urge to shudder as he picked up a file on a shelf handing it to the man, careful not to touch his hand. "Few pictures of her when she's been in Vale. Nothing really worth noting, seems to be an average kid for all that's been observed." The man just smiled as flipped though the pictures. "So are you ever going to let me know why I'm supposed to be keeping an eye on her? I mean I'm not going to complain, the pay is excellent but I might have a better idea what to look for if I knew why."
The man paused at on picture, his grin widening to a creepy amount. "Mr. Torchwick I believe I can give you that answer." The man plucked the picture out of the group and showed it to him. "Tell me who do you see in this picture?"
Roman looked down at the picture, it had been taken a few weeks prior, it showed his target along with one of her teammates their arms interlinked as the girl he was suppose to be watching held her partner close. "I see the subject I'm suppose to be watching and the Schnee Heiress. They seem pretty close for just teammates however. Wonder how daddy dearest feels about that."
"Not something to worry about." The man replied, "But look closer, what does this suggest to you?"
Roman studied the picture trying to see what the man was hinting at. Giving up the criminal took a puff of his cigar before shrugging, "I'm a world class criminal not an expert on teenaged angst."
"Oh Mr. Torchwick," The man shook his head in disappointment. "You'll just have to wait and see then. But I promise you'll see soon enough." With a soft chuckle the man snapped his fingers and once again disappeared into a huff of smoke.
Roman took another puff on his cigar as he looked back down at the picture. He had no idea what the creepy doctor wanted with the redheaded Faunus but he doubted it would be good.
A/N: Well that happened... Oh my poor Blake whatever shall you do now? So to answer a few questions I've gotten, yes I tried to write Weiss as demisexual, I feel that it fits her better. Did I do it right? Probably not but hey I need to move this thing along. Yes, we will see more of JNPR soon, kinda. No, Seamonkeys will not be part of this AU (sorry). Moving along, next chapter is back to Whiterose (fluff) durning the same time as this was going on with Bumbleby.
With that: Thanks a million to the millionth power, come say hello, and may you find a reason to smile today.
Waitress- Hello. My name is Cia, may I take your order?
Yang- Hello, we'll have one shrimp lo mein and on chicken lo mein and two waters.