Guardian

Chapter Five

"Been awhile!" Yang pulled the scroll away from her ear as her sister shouted through the other end. Her voice always got higher when she yelled. "Eight months sis. I don't get a word from you in eight months and then a voicemail out of nowhere and all you can say is 'Been awhile'!"

Yang sighed and put on her helmet. She pressed a button on the side so her call would be wired to the it, allowing her to ride home and still talk. "It's not like you call me ya know."

"I didn't think you wanted to hear from me," Ruby's voice dropped back to its usual tone. "You seemed like you needed space."

"I didn't need that much space Rubes. But I know what you mean. I didn't think you wanted to hear from me either," Yang parked her bike, glad she lived close to the bar. "So where are you guys at?"

"Um...well...hold on," she heard scuffling as Ruby pulled the scroll away from her ear. "Weiss! Where exactly are we?"

"Somewhere in the middle of Vacuo!" Her sister's partner yelled back in the distance.

"Sounds about right," Ruby chuckled. "It's really all one giant desert where we are right now. We just stopped at the nearest village with an Inn."

Yang huffed a soft laugh as she made herself comfortable on her couch. She remembered those days. "On a job or just wandering?"

"Job. Giant Deathstalker, a few bandits, the usual," Yang could hear her eating something. "But anyway! How did your date go? Were they nice?"

"She was incredibly nice and completely enthralled with my stories of when I was a Huntress."

"Ooh hot lady date! Weiss! Yang went on a date!"

"Yang goes on dates?"

"Yes she goes on dates!" Ruby scolded. "What's her name?"

"Blake, we met at Crosshares."

"Oh man I haven't been there in forever! How's everyone?"

"They're good. Coco runs the clothing store and Velvet takes care of the bar with the help of Yatsu and Fox. They're good at keeping the peace there."

"I'll have to stop in and say hi next time I'm in Vale."

"Maybe I'll go with you. If you want that is."

"Of course sis! We have eight months worth of catching up to do," there was a moment of awkward silence as both of them tried to think of what to say next. "It's getting late though shouldn't you be resting up for your big bodyguard job tomorrow?"

"I suppose," Yang groaned. "I wonder what kind of spoiled rich kid I'll be protecting?"

"You don't know who you're protecting?"

"Nope I wasn't even given a picture," Yang put the scroll on speaker as she changed into something to sleep in. "Well at least I have some practice with rich kids after training with Weiss for so long."

"I heard that!" Weiss's disapproving tone echoed through Yang's room. It seems Ruby had also put Yang on speaker.

"It was a joke calm down. I'll call you when I can Ruby. I'm not sure what the rules on this job will be so I may not be able to tell you much."

"Just don't wait eight months to call me this time jerk," Ruby's tone was teasing. "Love you sis."

Yang smiled, glad she was able to reconnect with her sister. "Love you too."

After hanging up Yang laid in bed and stared at her ceiling, a common pastime for her, and watched the lights from the cars outside dance across it. It lulled her to sleep but even as she drifted off her lips still burned from her kiss with Blake.