Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Thieves' Dance. Enjoy the 3100-word chapter. I do not own RWBY. Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.

He sighed and then looked to the ground. All of this, all of it was hard enough to be dealt with within the way he had wished for now as he clicked his fingers. This day was going to be very long and very brutal for at least a few people.

There was something to deal with, the chaos that he could not appear to deal with anytime soon.

This was a lot more to try and deal with it. Each little knife in the path for now as he has been able, he clicked his fingers and then paused to let it all end now and for good reasons.

He seemed to be dealt with it for now as he clicked his fingers and then looked to the side. There was a lot more on his mind.

Russet seemed only capable of dealing with it for now. Emerald had made his move and it was clear that he had such an idea of what the next move would have been.

There was a lot for now, something which needed to be delayed at the end of it. He was too curious and as a huntsman? That was a part of himself that needed to be addressed for now.

Logic like that cut through his mind. He had been… Distracted, he tightened the bandana around his eyes and kept his hood upwards. He had been through so much lately, any further and he would snap like a top suspended on his finger.

To be fair? He had been a soldier and he had been a figure. There were a lot of things on his mind which had been dealt with either way.

He had been distracted and this entire thing screamed of a further fight. He could only continue this sooner or later and for good reasons at the end of the day as it came crashing to the moment.

(With Emerald)

Emerald seemed to be bothered more than she was normally.

There was something buried under it all, the chaos that she dealt with all too easily.

Whomever Russet was now before it came down to it as she paused to try and figure it out, she seemed to relax once more and then seemed to deal with it for now.

She did not know what Russet would be harder and harder to figure out as it was being killed for now.

She had to kill him for now, it would cut through for now as he clicked it all into place before. She sighed and then cursed, angered, and annoyed more and more once more.

There was something to be over with for now, she needed to know, she needed to try and relax and she needed to relax, relent, to let it flow over her like water… But she could not, the wound was raw, it was a bloody wound which had been cut into, which had been milked dry… And she seemed to be adrift.

"There are a lot of things which bother me… One of those things is me wondering if you wish to disobey me again and again when it came down to it." Emerald heard as she drifted to the side.

She held a breath that she did not know she had been holding in as she looked to the side while she looked to the side.

Emerald was finally silent before she looked to the shadows and watched the telltale sign of what had been done.

"I… He had caused problems, plenty of problems. We tried to get rid of him." Emerald stated before she frowned and looked to the side.

She knew that. She knew more and more with each passing second being something would go wrong…. Something could have gone wrong so easily for it always went wrong and she had to take the blame for it to the end of time and space.

"And failed, because he is a huntsman…. Ozpin knew we would try and kill Tukson because he knew that Tukson was a vital part of the White Fang… And now he is no longer part of it." Cinder stated, speaking like she was to a child.

Emerald winced at the tone for she knew that tone. She knew more and more with each passing moment.

"I didn't know," Emerald stated before Cinder snorted, tapping her foot on the ground.

"I did not bring you here to think. I brought you here to obey, Emerald. If you do that? There will not be any problems with the plans and we can all pretend it is a bad dream." Emerald heard.

She winced with each word and knew that Emerald hated failure. She hated being set back at all during their plans. What she did know was that their plans were too vital to handle.

What little needs to be handled? It would be and what had to be done? It would be broken in half, whatever got in the way was going down, and within reason, whatever went down?

Her boss simply sighed and vanished into the shadows. There was no need here, no need at all. Emerald knew the stakes because if she did not? Well? She knew that there was to be hell to pay. Very much there would be blood spilled if anything went wrong.

She needed this damn army and she needed it now. NOW, she needed results.

It was… Annoying knowing that Ozpin had countered her move but it was all a game of chess to her. One pawn was revealed while she still held the entire board.

She knew he would not go down easy… And part of Emerald was uncertain he COULD be done.

It was part of this that made Cinder wish she could just gain the powers of the maiden. Then she would have all the power she wanted, and all of them started to try and take what she needed.

There was a need to be superior to this, a need to try and figure out what needed to be done. She hated this but she wanted the power at the same time.

There was a lot left to do before they won and she could not win if her pawns were so…. Distracted.

Whatever did she do? She knew that she would be fighting against the entire cusp of a force she could not hope to match…. For if there was anything she knew damn well? It was Ozpin owned Vale and he was not stupid.

Every resource he had would be in trying to tear down what he held so he could be removed from power… Removed from power she had wanted and what she had wished to take from them, steal it all from them. There were a lot of things that she needed to distract from it now.

There was a lot more to this and a lot more to their issues than currently a little problem from it to the end.

There was so much to handle something and well enough to handle it that an issue like this would be delicate enough for something to break, something they could not have done.

To be fair? Her master was hard to please, she would always be hard to place.

Emerald was silent as she paused to try and figure it out once more as it came crashing down to it as of now. It was harder and harder to deal with it as he paused to let himself think of what he would deal with.

Emerald was still interested in what she was growing more and more tiresome at the end of the day.

Cinder glared at her before she paused and looked to the side. She had not been eager to try and figure out what her master wanted.

Cinder left her behind and it was then at the end of the day that Emerald was reminded just how been ready to deal with it for now and clicked his fingers.

He was too interested in what was growing be dealing with it for more and more… If Ozpin made a move? She was too interested in trying to figure it out when it came down to it.

Emerald was silent, she paused to try and figure out how to help her friend now as it came down to it for now.

She was too silent before she looked to the side being… She was too interested in what was growing on the mind of her friend. She would not let it go for now as it came down to be done and dusted.

She did not wish to think of it for now as it was all over now and for good reason, she knew more and more that her master was not too easily done. She was too eager to figure it out now and for good reason.

If her master knew she had doubts? She would crush her… She would kill, and she could not tell what would happen if her mistress found out what was happening.

To be fair? There was very little now, very few things which needed to be done, could be done now and for good reason.

All of it became harder and harder to figure out, the more work seemed to be easier to figure out.

"Just… Do not fail me again, Emerald," Cinder stated in an obvious tone of anger.

Emerald fell silent as she realized just how badly this had gone when it was all over… Something about it became harder and harder to figure out.

She did not even know what was growing on her mind, not at all, something about it all, she did not even know what Emerald was too interested in… All of it was too odd.

(With Russet)

Russet was silent, too tired, and too relaxed now, and for good reason as of now. He did not know what was growing on his mind, he did know that Emerald was free in the city. She would be a danger to all life… All of it was harder and harder to figure out what was going on for now.

He did not know what was growing for now as he paused to try and figure it out as he thought better of it… Thought highly more than believed he deserved now.

Russet sighed and thought more silently as he became willing to let it all die slowly.

He had to stop Emerald, he had to bring her down now, and for good reason now when push came to shove.

She thought of it when it came down to it as she wished it to have been, thinking of it now and for good reason at the time being when it was all said and pushed to the side.

Emerald sighed before she looked to the side and then looked to the side. Emerald seemed to smirk and then looked to the side, cracking her fingers, and then thought of it now when push came to shove.

Emerald was eager to think and to fight off it when it was all said and done. She did not know what was growing on her mind before now, questioning what was happening next.

(With Russet)

Russet seemed to be thinking of what was growing on his mind before he sighed to himself, did not once wish to relax.

Russet seemed to be smirking, his ears wiggling as the bat Faunus seemed to crack a giant smile.

"Hmm. There are going to be HARDER fights up ahead. Does Salem have a MASSIVE plan to attack Remnant and me? I do not even know what is going on when it comes to it once more." Russet stated before he looked to the side.

All of it was happening at different times when it came to something like this. She did not at all know him but Emerald did, she seemed to be done.

She had a LOT of different ideas on her mind, didn't she? She did not stop and neither would he before seemed to think of it now when it came.

Emerald was able to think of it. Russet was silent, he would continue to remain silent as the huntsmen wished to grasp it better, he wanted to know what was growing on his mind, to understand it better, and for a good damn reason.

She was silent, very silent, and very easily too worried by it all to be doing much when it was all said and done for now when push went to shove… Granted? He had a LOT more to it now.

She did not even know what was going on, did she? She did not know she was a pawn…. It bothered him now.

He was too focused on this to properly think of it when it was all said and done. They had a LOT of different soldiers on the line, something about it all seemed to be done when it was all said and done.

He sighed, rubbing his temples before he looked to the side, thinking of himself. They had a LOT more to try and figure it out now and for good reason.

He frowned, rubbing at his temples, thinking of it all now… He thought of all the ways this could backfire and was going to be harder and harder to overcome it all.

'How odd are things going to get? We have gone so far in such a short amount of time…. Now I am busy dealing with someone who can deal with the most powerful huntsmen with ease…. I am worried, I do not even know how well this is going to work out… Not at all, I just do not know.' Russet thought mentally as he sighed to himself.

Still? All of it came to an end now, it would have to either way… He had to end it before she did something stupid before she got someone killed… But he was only one person.

Whatever problems he caused for her? They had a LOT of different ideas now… A LOT which he did not know and would need to deal with.

She paused to try and figure it out now and thought of what was growing on his mind as he thought of it all.

He came at it with a sort of hatred he barely managed to hide within himself now.

Yes, it seemed a LOT harder for them to admit to something like this, a LOT worse than before.

Granted? They had problems to deal with now, but it was not going to be something he would need to relax, he would need to fight and he was going to do it the best way he knew how, the best problem was one he could and would handle himself.

Still? Emerald was dangerous, he had to stop her, he had to find her, he had to bring her down everything, had to end it before someone else was hurt… The problem? She was going to hurt a LOT of people before he stopped her.

Something about it all was too much for him… He did not want it to be that way but he would if he had to figure it out now.

Russet was curious as to how it would be. He would figure that out eventually, not now at the very least.

Something about that all had bothered the huntsmen a LOT more than he supposed it should have been like before he thought of it before it had been too interested in it.

Emerald had been something of a warrior… Something about it all had been odder and odder… Something about it is all too interesting.

Russet hummed, thinking of each little motive at the time being as he sighed to himself.

Something about Emerald was all too curious. She had nothing to do, something that could have been harder and harder at the time being.

Russet sighed, too exhausted… Very exhausted at the time being and unable to think of it as a hard idea now… Something about this all was vexing, annoying to him… Yes, it seemed as if he had gone more than a little insane… And he did not like it, he did not care for it one damn bit.

The huntsmen sighed, vexed by the problems within his mind… Now? Now he held onto the standard that this woman… This odd woman was a problem.

Whatever was growing on his mind? This was not it… It would not be it for a while… Now and for good? He held onto that desire more than ever.

Something about it all had been harder and harder at the time being as he looked downwards at the time. She had a lot more to deal with it all before she looked to the side.

(With Emerald)

Emerald hummed before she looked to the side.

Emerald seemed to think of it all before she looked downwards at the ground. Emerald hummed as she paused to try and think of it all.

All the options were harder and harder for it to be done and dusted at the time as she looked to the side. Emerald seemed to smirk to herself as she swung her weapons around.

Emerald seemed to look upwards and into the sky, eager to think of it all before it all came crashing down on them all. She wanted satisfaction and she was fine claiming it now… Something about it all had been harder to truly understand.

Something within it had been harder and harder to deal with… Now? Now he had problems to deal with… Mostly the idea he held onto nothing… This issue would be easier said than done.

Emerald knew Russet had to be killed, but she would not allow him to think about it all would become harder and harder with each little motive… Something beyond now? Now it had been harder to relax.

Something… Something about this all had been harder and harder to deal with… She would not be able to.

They had a lot more to deal with for now as he looked to the side… He had a lot more to try and deal with.

Emerald was problematic for now… They had a lot more as Russet seemed to be pushing her for now… Something within them all would crash towards the ground.

Both times? Both were all too easily done for now… An idea that she could have dealt with for the end of it.

Something about it all had been too interest

Author Notes

Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show more of Russet and Emerald looking for each other and more of the true villain. Until the 900–6500-word chapter? Lighting Wolf out!