Best Day Ever.

A ship flies through the skies over Vale The owner of the Dust shop From Dust Till Dawn is hanging a sign declaring its re-opening. As he climbs down from his ladder, he stumbles and falls.

A girl named Emerald Sustrai appears next to him giggling "'Scuse me, sorry. I'm not really from around here" She helps him to his feet "Would you mind pointing me in the direction of this shop?".

She produces a piece of paper with writing on it and the shopkeep looks it over before he nods and smiles. Emerald walks away from the shop owner as both wave goodbye and passes a young man named Mercury Black at a corner.

"I knew you were lost" He said.

"Mercury, I will seriously pay you to shut up" Emerald said as she produces a wallet with Lien and waves it in Mercury's face.

"That's not your money" Mercury pointed out.

"But it can be yours for 5 minutes of silence" Emerald said.

Mercury pretends to think "Mmmm... no deal".

"Fine" Emerald takes the Lien and tosses the wallet, turning to walk away.

"Whatever. You want me" Mercury teased as they move through the city "So, how much farther?".

"A few blocks" Emerald said.

"Ugh... this place is so dull" Mercury said.

Emerald shrugs "Eh, I kinda like it. Tall buildings, diverse culture...".

"And nice dopey people who are easy to pickpocket" Mercury added.

Emerald stops "That's every city".

"Mercury play acts as a victim "Ooh, Emerald! Master thief! Please don't take my money! I barely have enough to get by!" Emerald glares at him, groaning angrily. She then walks away from him "Ugh... you're no fun today".

"Are you two always this annoying?" They look and sees Lethe, who was wearing more casual clothing. A black tank top, blue jeans which ended halfway down her legs and black shoes.

"Well didn't expect one of you would show up. Isn't it a risk someone might recognize you?" Emerald asked.

"No one knows who I am, outside of my sister. She might be foolish, but she would never reveal who I am. So there is no danger for now" Lethe said calmly.

"If you say so. Now why are you here?" Mercury asked.

"Well since Torchwick has proven predictably implacable of dealing with this little task. I won't trust humans to handle faunus business. I'll handle with this myself, you two can meet up with that idiot" Lethe said as she began to leave.

However Emerald and Mercury walked up next to her, making her stop with Emerald being the first to speak "You don't give us orders here. We found him, so that means were are coming along".

"Besides, we are allies now. Think of this as some bonding time" Mercury said as he puts and arm around Lethe's shoulder, who holds up her claws, warning him to back of.

"Fine, just don't get in the way" Lethe warned and continued on.

Mercury smiles "I like her".

"Ugh, you would. Let's just go" Emerald said in annoyance as they follow the faunus.

Soon they entered a shop full of books. The shop owner can be heard humming a tune. Mercury stops near the door to look at books while Emerald approaches the counter and rings a service bell.

"Be right there!" The owner said as Emerald looks back at Mercury and Lethe. The shop owner comes through a set of double doors carrying stacks of books as he walks backwards and out toward the counter "Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade, home to every book under the sun!" He sets the stacks down "How may I..." When he turns around, he gasps and hesitates upon recognizing the three of them. Mercury is now holding a book "How may I help you?".

Although the book is open, Mercury is looking at Tukson "Just browsing".

He shuts the book, making a loud noise as Emerald speaks "Actually, I was wondering, do you have any copies of The Thief and The Butcher?".

"Yes we do" Tukson answered.

Emerald smiles excitedly "That's great".

"Would you... like a copy?" Tukson asks.

"No, just wondering" Emeral said as Mercury closes another book loudly, as Lethe remains silent "Oh, oh! What about Violet's Garden? In paperback?".

"He's got it. Hardback too" Mercury said as he holds up the book.

"Ooh, options are nice" Emeral said.

"Eh, no pictures" Mercury closes the book loudly "Hey! Do you have any comics?".

"Near the front" Tukson answered.

"Oh, no, wait!" Emerald said as she leans closer "What... about... Third Crusade?".

"Tukson hesitates, visibly unnerved" Um... I..." Mercury and Emerald are eyeing him carefully, while Lethe calm look turns in to a more deadly one "...don't believe we carry that one".

Mercury slams another book shut "Oh".

"What was this place called again?" Emerald asked.

"Tukson's Book Trade" Tukson answered.

"And you're Tukson?" Emerald asked.

Tukson nods "That's right".

"So then I take it that you're the one that came up with the catchphrase?" Emerald asked.

"Yes" Tukson answered.

"And, what was it again?" Mercury asked.

Tukson sighs "Tukson's Book Trade, home to every book under the sun".

"Except the Third Crusade" Mercury pointed out.

"It's just a catchphrase" Tukson said.

"It's false advertising!" Mercury said.

"Looks like your advertisement is as false as your loyalty to our cause, Tukson" Lethe said in a deadly tone.

"You shouldn't make a promise you can't keep, Tukson" Emerald began as Mercury activates a switch near the entrance causing a front window to darken "I hear that you're planning on leaving. Moving all the way to Vacuo" Mercury activates another switch and the window in the front door darkens " And you can see, your brothers, and in her case sisters, in the White Fang won't be happy to hear that" Mercury activates the third and final switch, darkening the last window as he smiles creepily at Tukson "And neither are we... You know who we are, don't you?".

"Yes" Tukson said.

"And you know why we're here?" Emerald asked.

"Yes" Tukson answered.

Emerald smiled "So... are you going to fight back?".

"Yes!" Tukson produces claws from his fingers "Yaargh!".

Tukson leaps atop his counter in a threatening manner. Lethe, Mercury and Emerald back up slightly and he leaps at Emerald and slashes at her, but she dodges. He looks forward and is surprised at Mercury as he raises one leg for a kick with his shotgun-greaves. Tukson was sent flying back in to a wall. And Lethe walks up to him.

"There is only one thing I hate more than humans. And that is traitors. And unlike the last one, you won't get away" She said as she takes out her won claws.

Moments later, Lethe, Mercury and Emerald exit the shop. Emerald stretches her arms overhead and Mercury is carrying a comic, while Lethe cleans her claws.

"What's with that?" Emerald asked.

"I like the pictures" Mercury answered simply.

"Oh, and what you did was so gross, Lethe. Really, you tore out his throat" Emerald said, sounding grossed out.

"Take this as a free lesson of what I might do to you if you ever turn on us. Now I need to regroup with the others. I am not going anywhere that man" Lethe said as she walks away.

"You know, if you ever want to hang out, just give me a call" Mercury said with a cool smile.

Lethe looks at him "Oh please, I would rather kiss an Ursa".

She walks away again, but Mercury only smirks. He kind of liked Lethe's attitude, and Emerald simply shook her head.


Meanwhile, back in Beacon, Bernadetta entered the shower rooms near the combat training classroom. Earlier she and her team were caught up in a massive food fight with Team RWBY and JNPR. While she did her best to stay out of it, she ended up getting caught in the crossfire and got really dirty. And since she didn't want to wait in line to use the shower in her Team's dorm, she decided to grab some clean clothes and use the training room showers instead, since no one should be here by this time. She removed her dirty clothes, which she was going to wash later, and entered one of the stals. She shut the shower curtains and turned on the water.

As she was showering, she began to sing " Hm hm-hm-hm... I finally have a day all on my own... A day inside my room... At last I feel as free as a bird that's flown... ".

As she was singing, she didn't notice someone else entered the shower room and stopped just outside Bernadetta's stall. The person listened to Bernadetta singing for a while... until she suddenly pulled the curtains to the side. It was Yang, who was wearing nothing but a towel.

"You can sing!?" She asked, but Bernadetta screamed in surprise and fear before pulling the curtains back, but Yang once again pulled them away "You sounded really good! Can I hear another tune?".

"Yang! I am taking a shower!" Bernadetta yelled covering her privets as she was blushing madly.

"Oh, sorry, I will be in the next stall" Yang said as she closed Bernadetta's curtains and entered the stall next to her's and began her own shower "Sorry about that, I didn't know you were here. I came down here because I normally take a long time in the shower, and my team didn't feel like waiting for me to be done, and nor did I feel like waiting for them. So I just decided to come here".

Bernadetta was still blushing as she was trying to recover from the massive shock of Yang just barging in on her while she was showering "Sometimes I think you are trying to kill me".

"I'm sorry Bernie, I'm just trying to help you get more used to my strong personality. So far Blake has had a much better luck of getting close to you... it's making me a little jealous" Yang admitted.

"Why would you be jealous?" Bernadetta asked.

Yang chuckled a little in embarrassment "Because I think you are cute and I want us to be closer".

Bernadetta blushed at that "Thanks, but I was already starting to get used to you after our talk. It's only when you come on to strongly that scares me. Treat me more gently".

"So all I have to do is be gentle? Well that makes sense, given how delicate you are" Yang joked a little.

"Shut up..." Bernadetta grumbled earning a chuckle from Yang.

"Want me to help you wash your back?" Yang asked.

Bernadetta blushed again "N-No need! I can do it myself!".

"You sure...?" Yang asked, and Bernadetta gasped as he looked up and saw Yang peeking over the stall with cheeky smile.

"STOP BEING A PERV!" Bernadetta shouts as she punched Yang in the face making her fall down.

Yang rubbed her face, Bernadetta packs quite the punch for being so small. But Yang just smiled, and decided she had teased Bernadetta enough for now. But still felt like the had gotten a little closer. Bernie punching her instead of running away was a sign of progress for Yang, since that was a more normal response... and Bernadetta had a cute body.

Yang shook her head. One day maybe, but for now, she needs to let Bernadetta have her privacy.


In an old warehouse, the White Fang are moving crates as Emerald and Mercury enter.

"Oh, look! She sent the kids again! This is turning out just like the divorce!" Roman said as he approaches the two from behind and wraps his arms around them in a group hug.

Emerald shivers in disgust "Spare us the thought of you procreating".

"That was a joke. And this... just might tell me where you two have been all day" Roman said as he pulls out a piece of paper.

Emerald checks her pockets "What!? Agh...".

"I'm a professional, sweetheart. Pay attention, maybe you'll learn something" Roman said while holding up the piece of paper "Why do you have this address?".

Emerald points at him "Wouldn't you like to know?".

Roman was not amused by her response and walks closer to her "Yeah, I would. Now where have you been all day?".

Mercury steps up "Cleaning up your problems. One of them, at least".

"I had that under control" Roman said in annoyance.

"Two packed bags and a ticket out of Vale said otherwise" Mercury said.

Roman glares at him "Listen, you little punk. If it were up to me, then I would take you and your little street rat friend here and...".

"Do what, Roman?" Cinder appears on a platform above them. She steps onto an automated lift, riding it down to their level.

Roman laughs nervously "I'd, uh... not kill them?".

Emerald runs towards Cinder excitedly "Cinder!".

Cinder ignores her as she walks towards Roman "I thought I made it clear that you would eliminate the would-be runaway".

"I was going to..." Roman began.

"He was going to escape to Vacuo! Mercury and I decided to take it upon ourselves to kill the rat. Though that Lethe girl was the one who finished him of" Emerald said.

"Yeah. And I think he was some sort of cat, actually" Mercury said.

Emerald smiled in amusement "What? Like a puma?".

Mercury smiles back "Yeah, there ya go".

"Quiet. Did I not specifically instruct you two to keep your hands clean while in Vale? If the White Fang were prepared to deal with it in Roman's place, then just let them do it" As Cinder speaks, Roman points a finger at the pair while laughing in agreement.

Emerald dropped her smile "I just thought..."

Roman uses his fingers to mime having a slit throat as Cinder interrupts Emerald "Don't think... obey".

Emerald looks down apologetically "Yes ma'am. It won't happen again".

"And you" Cinder turns back to Roman making him laugh nervously "Why wasn't this job done sooner?".

As he speaks, Roman points to his right, then to his left, then behind him "Uh..? Eh..? Eh..? EHHHHH! Sorry if I've been busy stealing every speck of Dust in the Kingdom!".

"You're an inspiration to every punk with a gun and a ski mask" Mercury said and Emerald laughs at the remark.

"Look around, kid. I've got this town running scared! Police camping out at every corner, Dust prices through the roof, and we're sitting pretty on an old warehouse with more Dust crystals, vials, and rounds than we know what to do with! Speaking of which, if you guys wouldn't mind filling me in on your grand master plan, it might actually make my next string of robberies go a little smoother!" Roman said emphasizing the last word by clenching his fist.

Cinder approaches Roman "Oh, Roman. Have a little faith" She places her hand on his face "You'll know what you need when you need to know it" Her eyes glows and Roman looks away with a grunt "Besides, we're done with Dust".

She begins to walk away Roman much to Roman's confusion "O-okay, then what now?".

"We're moving. Have the White Fang clear out this building. I'll send you details and coordinates tonight" Cinder answered.

"Coordinates?" Roman asked.

Cinder looks back at "We're proceeding to phase two. Oh look who finally arrived".

A young man, who was wearing a metal mask over his mouth and black armor walked in carrying a metal suit case "Apologies for the delay. Had to meditate for a while".

"I understand. So did you get your new outfits?" Cinder asked.

The young man holds up the suit case "I did. Though I am not thrilled about wearing them".

"I do love your armor. But we need to make sure you don't stand out to much. Al-" Cinder began but was interrupted.

"Don't... don't call me that" The young man warned.

Cinder only smiled "Oh, right. He died a long time ago, didn't he? Very well then. Are you ready, Líf?".

The young man named Líf removed his mask "Yes... as ready as I'll ever be."

Cinder smiles before she, Líf Mercury and Emerald begin to walk away. Roman attempts to light a cigar, but realizes Emerald has stolen his lighter. She turns back to face him and sticks her tongue out defiantly.

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Sorry no food fight. Once again I couldn't think of anything fun to write in to it. So I just used the opening to make another moment with Bernie and Yang.

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Other than that, tell me what you think.