“What’s wrong?” Yatsuhashi asked under his breath as they resumed their fight.

“Velvet, Sun, and Octavia were supposed to stop Gill from getting here,” Coco whispered.

Yatsuhashi glanced at Gill. It was his turn to falter, concern all over his face. If Gill was here, then Velvet had failed. And they had no way of knowing what that meant. The only consolation was that Carmine wasn’t yet on the scene—Gill had arrived alone. Maybe Velvet and the others were still keeping the Huntress busy.

Coco planted a roundhouse kick right in Yatsuhashi’s gut. He doubled over.

“Why?” he groaned.

“Jax is watching,” she reminded him.

“Right.” Yatsuhashi winced and pulled himself back up. “Glad we’re on the same side.”

“Me too,” she breathed. “You may not believe it, but I don’t enjoy beating you up.”

“I don’t believe it,” he muttered, swinging wildly and intentionally just missing her. “Especially since I can’t remember you ever beating me.”

“Well, you’ve got that memory thing, so.” Coco ducked and delivered an uppercut that came just half an inch short of actually hitting him, though he yowled and staggered away from her. Coco rolled her eyes. “Tone it down,” she mumbled.

- RWBY: Before the Dawn, Chapter 20