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Other than Ruby and Yang, I think your theory takes for granted the girls already knowing each other. I think it would make for a better story if the first time they all meet is when they form RWBY, to better facilitate character dynamics and such.

As to Yang being a bounty hunter... its possible. Beyond the fact this will be a show with lots of fighting, each of the girls are shown to be great fighters, but with no solid reason besides Blake. Blake's a thief, so she has to know how to fight so she doesn't get captured. It can be assumed that since Weiss is possibly an heiress of some sort, she'll have taken self-defence training; nobility also tend to go for fencing and swords. Ruby and Yang, on the other hand, have no reason beyond learning how to defend themselves while traveling. But then, they probably wouldn't have their weapons. They had to have been sponsored and trained by someone.