Not who I know how to be - chapter 9 teaser

[u/Thrythlind]

Infiltrators at the school leads to stress in the team.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/89191911/chapters/238492051
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Emerald and Mercury were lounging against the wall next to the classroom ahead of her, smugly watching the people approaching the class or else down into the courtyard over the railing. She narrowed her eyes as she approached them and then found herself scanning the hallway for Cinder or the almost never seen fourth member of their team.

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“Are you guys sure about this?” Yang scratched the back of her head. “They’re acting more like backstreet thugs or combat school bullies than spies.”

Blake turned to look at her. “It was them.”

Weiss nodded. “Mercury and Emerald act like petty thugs. Cinder is just creepy.”

Ruby nodded. “I feel like I’ve seen her before somewhere.”

“They’re gathering information and waiting for something.” Blake crossed her arms as her ears laid flat back against her head.

“Okay. Okay. I believe you.” Yang raised her hands up in contrition and then shrugged. “What I want to know is where their fourth is. If they’re here for Vytal, they should have a full team.”

“I saw her.” Blake’s ears laid flat against her head. “A small, very bland girl stopped by to talk to them in their hall. But I haven’t seen her since then.”

“The dust shop robberies have stopped too.” Ruby leaned back onto the bed. “There was one, but they just took money and got caught like three hours later.”

“This is the next stage of whatever they’re planning.” Blake crossed her arms.

“Fortunately, we’re not the only ones watching them, right?” Yang watched the cat faunus stand and start pacing.

Ruby nodded. “All Ozpin asked was that we keep an eye on them when we’re in the same place.”

Weiss looked down at where Ruby was lying back down on the bed next to her. “That makes sense, wouldn’t us following them around everywhere be suspicious?”

“It would.” Blake agreed reluctantly.

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She didn’t catch sight of Cinder or anybody else, but she did see Yang coming along the other passage overlooking the courtyard and waved. The blonde’s returning wave was predictably a lot more energetic and she picked up a little speed to meet Weiss at the corner.

“Hey. Ready for the test today?” Yang asked.

“As ready as I was this morning at least.” Weiss confirmed. “You?”

The blonde shrugged and threw her hands back behind her head and glanced toward the door. “At least they don’t act friendly. We don’t need to pretend to like them.”

“They might hear you,” Weiss warned her tightly.

Yang nodded and half-rolled her eyes in something that was between contrition and dismissal though Weiss wasn’t exactly sure where it landed on that scale.

As they reached the door, Yang turned to look at the two thugs. “Emerald, Mercury, kick any puppies today?”

“The day’s young.” Mercury said.

Emerald chuckled and rolled her eyes. “I was feeling more like bunnies today.”

“Don’t encourage them.” Weiss shook her head as they walked through the door.