Crushed

Yang

Hearing this "visitor", whoever the hell she is, say all that sends me over the edge for the second time today. In a fit of rage, I charge at her, but she merely smiles. There's a flash and a bang, not unlike a concussion grenade, and I'm temporarily blinded. For real this time, not like earlier when all I could see was black stuff. When my vision returns, I notice that I've been thrown against a wall, and see Ruby and Sun leaning on the wall opposite me, looking as dazed as I feel. The bitch from Haven is nowhere to be seen, and I wonder how long I was out. Probably not long. After a noise like that, people would have come running, and the place is deserted. All I know is that I need to find Blake. I'll never forgive myself if something happens to her, so, with that thought in mind, I whip out my scroll and send a message to Weiss. We need to find Blake. Meet us by the fountain. Then I remember that I don't know if Weiss heard about Blake going missing, so I send her another message. Oh yeah, Blake went missing. Don't know if you knew that. No time to explain. Then I grab Ruby and Sun and drag them to the fountain after heading back to the dorm to get changed and grab Ember Celica. Weiss is already waiting at the fountain when we arrive.

"Just so you know, I'm still mad about that stunt yesterday. But for Blake's sake, I will help find her," she says, glaring at me.

"Look Weiss, I'm sorry, okay? I just needed to de-stress after a long week. But for now, let's forget about it and save Blake," I tell her. The only problem is, that will be easier said than done, as we have nothing to go on in regards to where she's being held.

Apparently, Weiss realises this too. "And how do you propose we do that?"

"Torchwick's still on the loose, and he's probably pretty mad about what we did that night at the docks," Sun says, "maybe he has something to do with it."

"That actually makes sense," Ruby chimes in, "there's no way a petty criminal would need all the Dust he's stolen, so what if he's the 'employee' the woman mentioned?"

"Then we should figure out where his base of operations is," Weiss says with authority, "it's as good a place as any to start".

"Outgoing shipping has been pretty much halted to prevent all that Dust from leaving the kingdom, so our best bet would be a sizeable warehouse. But it would be heavily guarded," I say, feeling pleased with my deductive skills.

"Then we should go to the south of the city. Lotta abandoned warehouses," Sun tells us. Without further planning, I rush off, not waiting to see if the others are following.

By the time the three of them catch up, I've already found a not-so-abandoned warehouse, teeming with White Fang soldiers. When they arrive, I impatiently tell them to hurry up and catch their breath so we can make a plan of attack. My original plan was attack, but is decided to wait when I saw how many guards there were.

"We'll need a distraction. Some Dust should be able to blow a hole in the wall, then we can enter the roof when they're disoriented by the explosion," suggests Weiss.

"Sounds good. Between the four of us and the element of surprise, taking them down should be no problem," I say. "Ruby, you're the leader, what's your call?"

"Let's do it," she says.

We get into position, and Weiss uses her fingers to count the seconds until the explosion. There's a colossal boom! noise, and I use Ember Celica to punch a hole in the roof wide enough for Ruby, Sun and I to jump through. When we hit the floor, we see Weiss, who had entered through the hole in the wall she had made, already fighting several White Fang guards. Eager to join the fray, I head towards a large group of soldiers and give them all I've got, much like that time at Junior's club, except now I'm fighting more guys, with a better purpose. I see Sun swinging his staff at an enemy, about fifty feet from me, before breaking it down into its gunchuks form, and taking down a whole group in seconds. Ruby and Weiss are faring just as well, fighting back to back as a highly efficient unit. After taking down the last of the group I'm fighting with a devastating punch to the neck, I spot a familiar white suit and black bowler hat fleeing the scene, perhaps heading to a back room. Roman. After signalling to Ruby to cover my exit, I pursue him to what seems to be an office, where I see Blake, bound and gagged. Unfortunately, I also see the asshole I was chasing, with his cane pointed at my partner's head, presumably ready to fire if I make another move.

"Yellow! As much as I enjoyed the show you and your friends put on, I'm afraid you'll have to leave. Otherwise, she..." he gestures at Blake, "gets her brains splattered all over the wall."

At first, I'm not sure what to do. Then I remember what the woman from Haven said. I have use for your friend. Then my employee gets her. "A certain woman in a red dress wouldn't exactly be pleased if you did that, now, would she, Roman?" I ask.

"Wha- How did you know?" he asks, flustered and confused.

I use those precious seconds to charge at him, and only his reflexes save him from permanent disfigurement. He blocks my punch with his cane, but the force sends him flying out the window, and he runs as soon as he gets up. At this point, I care more about Blake than Roman, so I untie and ungag her. I've never seen anyone look so relieved, especially not to see me.

"Yang! I'm so glad you're here," Blake says, almost crying from what I presume is joy about being freed, or something similar.

"I know. I'm glad to see you too. Are you all right?"

"Yeah. Just a few bruises. But how did you know where to find me?" she asks.

"Blake Belladonna, there is nowhere I wouldn't go to save you," I tell her, looking her straight in the eyes. All I can think of is how she's the most gorgeous girl in the world, and how badly I want to be with her.

Taking a deep breath, and steeling my resolve, I prepare for what I hope is the start of something great, and not something that will distance me from this raven-haired beauty. Without breaking eye contact until the last second, I lean in to kiss her.

To my surprise, she kisses back, and even goes so far as to put her hand on the back of my head to pull me in closer. Fireworks are going off inside my head. I'm kissing her. I'm actually kissing Blake Belladonna, and she's even kissing back! If my mouth wasn't otherwise occupied, I feel like I would have squealed like a little girl. This isn't my first kiss, nor even my first kiss with another girl, but I'll be damned if it's not the most enjoyable.

I don't know how much later, she pulls back for air. I open my eyes, and see a huge smile plastered on Blake's face, along with a blush. I know I'm blushing just as much, but I don't care. I'm just happy that Blake doesn't hate me for what I just did, and that she seemed just as into it.

"So... Uh... Will you be the Yin to my Yang?" I ask her, with a goofy grin on my face.

She sighs at the pun, before saying something about how it's better than the cat ones. "Of course I will, Yang," she replies, and I just about melt with happiness.

"Come on, let's go back to the others before they worry," I say, then take her hand and pull her towards the door. As she entwined her fingers with mine, my heart does a tap dance in my chest, and before I know it, we're back to the main room where Weiss sees us holding hands and stares questioningly, but says nothing.

"Blake! You're okay!" Ruby exclaims happily, practically jumping on said girl to give her a hug. Unfortunately, Blake's hand is yanked from mine by the force of Ruby's tackle, but of course I forgive my baby sister. Weiss also looks pleased to see that Blake's okay, but chooses to merely smile at her. Hugs aren't her style. Sun gives her a one-armed friendly hug, before asking me if Torchwick gave me any trouble.

"Nothing I couldn't handle. The coward ran before I could give him what he deserves," I tell him. He nods.

The five of us head back to Beacon, Blake and I holding hands the entire way. Our relationship may be frowned upon, but I dare anyone to say anything about it. Right now, I'd let it go because I'm just so happy about it, but this carefree attitude towards peoples' opinions won't last forever. But no matter what happens, I'm not gonna let anything, or anyone, come between me and my new girlfriend.

Upon reaching our dorm, we all realise how exhausted we all are, and head to bed. Blake and I have come to a silent agreement that we'll be sharing her bed again, and she falls asleep before me. She's so adorable when she's sleeping, I think, and nod off, feeling more content than I have in a long time.