RWBY: Against All Odds Chapter 1, a rwby fanfic

Beacon Academy was prestigious school that trained students to become heroes.

Such a school was famous for it's efficiency and the Hunters that graduated from it. The tests have a significant level of difficulty, where young ones may die. As such, the school only accepts the best of the best.

Those who will become hunters, heroes and protectors of peace. Where they will either live a life of fame, or die as the heroes they became.

This is a tale about the students that live and study in Beacon. A tale about characters that seem to have come straight away from fairy tales, myths and history.

A tale about heroes and villains and the dim line that separates them.

The White Knight's Confusion and His Friends' Interference

What made a hero a hero? Jaune didn't exactly have an answer to such question.

But he knew cool things heroes did.

Fight to their utmost, slay monsters, save people (chicks) were few of those things.

And now...

"Hyaaaah!"

"Grwooaaaaahh!"

Jaune slayed another monster.

The head of the Ursa flew through the air as the body fell backwards after being decapitated.

"Another one down!" He declared with a smile.

He could feel the results of his arduous training. He could feel closer to being a hero finally.

"Now for the next one" he muttered as he continued walking through the forest.

Why would he do such a thing?

Jaune needed to train.

Some sort of tournament between schools would happen soon. There wasn't much information nor did he pay much attention, but he knew one thing: THIS was his chance.

It was his chance to prove his worth as a warrior.

But, he was afraid of one thing: dragging down the girl that did so much for him.

If it was like he was before, he would have asked Ren to do the favor, but Jaune knew he needed to do such thing himself for her.

As such, he decided to ask Pyrrha to stop their training. She argued with him, but he was pretty much sure he dealt with it without causing misunderstandings.

As a true man, with his manliness, he cleared everything out and talked his worries, also earning her approval. But with one condition:

"Don't overdo it. Arrogance is the downfall of many warriors" she said.

Jaune smiled upon killing a beowolf.

"Overdo? I can take care of all monsters here!"

He was truly happy at his newfound skill.

'Man, this is so cool! If I count the things that are happening, all that is left is a big monster appear here and saving the damsel in distress... Like a hero!'

'Fighting an epic battle against the evil overlord... Like a hero!'

'Acquiring a harem... Like a- no, not that!'

He shook his head to disperse such impure thoughts. After all, Ren gave him a new view upon harems in the other day...

"That was the worst nightmare I ever had..." Ren was trembling while talking. "Everything I did caused the girl to fall for me... I picked up a pencil and she fell for me. I rejected another and she fell for me. I acted like a scumbag and many fell for me!"

Jaune was surprised while also not knowing what to say.

"Err... Why would a harem be bad?"

"Fetishes..."

"Come again?"

"They all had fetishes! Sadist, dominatrix, furry, cannibal... There was even a fujoshi! And then I got kidnapped! And then they decided to team up, and then..."

"Okay, dude! Calm down! I get it, but it was just a nightmare, right?"

Jaune tried calming Ren, but the green boy's answer was:

"I pray for myself..."

"What?"

"Infinite Worlds Maxim my family once practiced"

Jaune didn't understand exactly what Ren said, but decided it would be best to leave it at that. Ren seemed to be too stressed due to his nightmare to ask further about it.

Jaune continued walking through the forest.

'Yeah, think about it... Harem stories never have a definite ending. Most protagonists are too dense to realize a girl was in love with them at all!'

Jaune stopped and looked ahead. In those trees, a trail of destruction could be seen.

He had explored too deeply in the emerald forest, which meant...

"A boss mob... I mean! A big monster" he grinned. "The type of things that can prove my strength and train me the best way possible".

Jaune followed the trail and by the end of it he encountered a giant imposing scorpion: a Deathstalker.

The monster his entire team defeated together. The monster that threw him in the skies. The monster that was perfect to defeat.

'A damsel in distress now would be cool, but...'

"It's enough" he grinned. "Payback time, Deathstalker!"

3 minutes later...

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Jaune was screaming while the Deathstalker pursued him through the woods.

The battle started well, but a dense carapace and two imposing claws combined with a powerful sting were a threat beyond him.

The creature was getting neat. Its speed was no joke.

Jaune realized his mistake: he ignored the danger. Pyrrha was right all along.

"What kind of idiot was me? I thought I became what?! What kind of idiot tries to fight that thing without a plan and- AAAAHH!

Things only moved for the worse, as for he tripped. Snagged by his worst enemy: shoelaces.

The Deathstalker neared him. The sting was raised and...

'Oh c'mon...'

Jaune readied his shield. It was the only thing left as he closed his eyes.

But what happened, what he felt was a cold air and cracking sounds.

When he opened his eyes...

A wall of pure ice holding back the stinger...

Flocks of snow falling around like petals...

A beautiful girl holding a rapier...

It was the perfect scene taken from a fairytale, but the positions had been switched.

'Haha... Ha... Man, this is so wrong in many ways...'

1st- the switched roles, but with every girl being that powerful he couldn't complain.

2nd- he already grew up. Besides, Weiss was Neptune's. He wouldn't break the Men's Code.

3rd- the giant scorpion had merely been stopped, but was already starting to move again.

"What are you doing?! We have to run away!" Screamed Weiss.

He didn't stay there and followed her.

. .

One would question why Weiss was in the forest, but she had many good reasons.

It was merely a normal day in the cafeteria. Team RWBY was talking about normal things, until that topic came from Ruby:

"Don't you think Jaune and Pyrrha are acting a bit weird?"

Blake closed her book and got interestwd in the topic.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean... Do you think they are fighting? Pyrrha seems a bit aloof the last few days".

Blake nodded. Weiss said:

"Hmm... What could make them fight? Jaune isn't the perfect guy in the world, but it's still..."

Blake laughed a bit.

"It's hard to get angry for long with him. Even more with Pyrrha being his girlfriend".

Yang looked at the three of them with a dumbfounded expression.

"Girls... I think this won't be easy for you to take but... They aren't dating".

Ruby had a sad expression:

"They broke up?"

"No... Err... They didn't start to date. It seems our white knight over there didn't realize Pyrrha's feelings".

Ruby, Weiss and Blake had similar reactions of dumbfounded expressions. Yang continued:

"By the way... It seems Jaune even stopped training with her".

And their expressions got more... Expressed.

"That..."

"... Dense..."

"... Motherf#cker..."

Weiss had a calm smile and started cracking her fingers.

Ruby was scared at her expression.

"W-Weiss?"

"Yes, my dear friend?"

"Are you okay?"

CRACK

"Yes... It's just that I have a favor to repay... And a dense mind to break down!"

Yang, Blake and Ruby hugged each other at that Weiss that walked away.

Yang was the first to speak:

"She has gone yandere..."

Ruby nodded twice while also terrorized.

"But what was that about the favor".

Blake, now a little less scared, said:

"Sun told me that Neptune met with Weiss in the party because Jaune convinced him... Perhaps it was that?"

Yang calmed down.

"Oh, then she is just gonna help their relation... ship..."

The three of them hugged each other in fear.

Weiss. That Weiss. The Weiss shipping people?

That ship was going to hit an iceberg.

Ruby was the first to speak:

"Goodbye, Jaune. It was nice meeting you. I will always remember you as my first friend in Beacon".

Blake had a slightly said expression.

"I thought it was me!"

"You were the second".

Back to the present...

Weiss and Jaune were sitting and resting up near a lake in the Emerald Forest.

It was nonsense for the two of them to fight together the Deathstalker, both of them understood that.

"WeissthankyousomuchIthoughtIwasgonnadieBADENDstylebutthemyouappearedandIwaslikeOMGandthem-"

"Stop" Weiss raised her hand coldly and her gaze pierced Jaune. "Why aren't you with Pyrrha?"

Jaune didn't understand the meaning of such question.

"What do you mean?"

"You and Pyrrha. You train together. Why did you stop?"

"Oh, that?" Jaune talked as if it was nothing. "With the tournament between schools coming, I thought it would be better to have her train herself instead to waste time with me".

Weiss observed normally, bu in her mind:

'... He cancelled it. Did he ever stop to consider why she was actually helping him? That there was more to it?'

Jaune continued to speak:

"She got surprised, y'know? I think she was worried..."

'She was trying to get closer to you, you idiot!' He held back her thoughts.

"But I assured her I could train alone. I also told her I wouldn't want to drag her down and she agreed to me. She said she would train to her maximum!"

'Those words just weren't fair! How could she say something after that?! Idiiiiooooot!'

"But I guess I let the arrogance the better of me, right?"

Weiss had her eyes half open while staring at Jaune.

Her gaze was dead and her thoughts were storming:

'Okay, this is personal now, Jaune. You have no idea how you screwed up. I wanted to believe it was something lile shyness just like Neptune. But this! THIS! YOUUUU! I can't let this be!'

"Weiss?" Jaune was worried since he felt a dark aura surrounding Weiss.

Devising plans, Weiss had no time to talk to the person in front of her:

'If I try to say anything, he would just ignore with his denseness. Which means, I will need to use drastic measures. Not to mention, I want to beat him up for ignoring Pyrrha and that contradiction. You give Neptune good tips and help me out but you yourself is like that?! But I would need a... That's it!'

"Weiss, you okay? There is a strange dark aura around you. Also, your eyes have lost their light. It's kinda scary..."

"That's it!"

"Oh my god!"

Weiss subtly got up and Jaune fell backwards due to the surprise.

She pulled him by the collar.

"You want to train, right?"

"Y-yeah?"

Weiss was smiling, but Jaune felt an ominous presence.

"I don't need training, so... I may help you!"

Jaune first thought that it would be awesome. But his sixth sense was indicating it wouldn't be easy.

Weiss continued to speak:

"Don't you want that? It's perfect, don't you think?"

'It's as if I am with a scythe in my neck!' He thought. However...

'But a hero is someone who fights each and every danger in his way... Also... It may be better to have greater level of dificulty'.

After deciding it, he spoke:

"Okay. I'm in" Weiss released him. "Waaaah!"

THUD.

The ice girl readied her rapier.

"Good, let us begin".

"Wait, lemme get Crocea-"

Weiss advanced relentlessly:

"Lesson one!"

Jaune evaded just as the rapier pierced the rock behind him.

'I could have died!' He thought.

Weiss destroyed the rock and smiled while saying:

"The enemy will never wait for you to get ready. And" she readied her stance. "In battles, sometimes dodging is better than blocking!"

"I SAID WAIT PLEASEEEE!"

"DOOOODGEEEE!"

And thus, Jaune's hellish training under Weiss started.

Weiss' notes: Day 1

It seems Jaune is quite dense, that applies to both his body and mind. He can handle getting beaten up quite well and doesn't give up.

Unfortunately, he can't catch any hints either. I tried saying that Pyrrha seemed to like him, but he shrugged it off by saying it was ''just as a friend''.

I threw him in a river and froze the water afterwards. He thanked me for the survival training of thin ice.

He didn't even get I was punishing him!

However, I will not give up! I started this to repay the favor of helping me with Neptune, I will end this even if it is in a personal level!

Weiss notes: Day 2

I tried making the training harder by confiscating his weapons and constantly attacking him all the way up in a mountain.

While he was resting a bit, I tried to act as if I didn't want to make the training hard and showing concern. Like, to make him value more training with Pyrrha, that has self control.

The smooth talker said that I am doing a pretty good training, that he couldn't drag Pyrrha down after all she has done to him and that it's better to train with a higher difficulty.

...

I threw him off the cliff.

God, it seems this will be harder than I thought.

Weiss notes: Day 3

I decided to actually slow down and really train him for a while.

His weapon doesn't seem to have Dust slots, but I handed him some Dust anyway.

I tried to talk about how he felt about Pyrrha. It seems he likes and respects her a lot.

It's a good thing he didn't say something like 'I am not worthy to be her boyfriend', that wouldn't have ended well with me there.

Either way, I can't seem to devise a good strategy.

I even forgot why I am doing this, but I will not give up!

But I wasted an entire day with no results while receiving a bunch of praises for being a good teacher. That damn playboy, give praises to Pyrrha!

After 3 days of getting beaten up, he thought training with Pyrrha was like heaven. But the boy didn't take back his words and continued to train with Weiss.

And finally, Friday arrived.

Team RWBY was eating in the cafeteria.

Weiss hit her head against the table:

"What am I doing wrong?!"

The rest of the team already had gotten used to that.

Ruby was the first to speak:

"Weiss, if you want him to start training with Pyrrha again, perhaps beating him up isn't the best option..."

"And what would be a better option?"

Blake had a wry smile:

"Err... Talking about it? I mean, boys set up a few dates among each other right? Like saying the girl is after him?"

"He is DENSE! I already tried that when I launched him in a lake!"

Yang was dumbfounded, but also gave her a suggestion:

"Then... Maybe saying it's better if he returned to Pyrrha?"

Weiss covered her face.

"I also tried that before throwing him off a cliff!"

Ruby, Blake and Yang were dumbfounded. Not a Weiss, but...

"He is really dense..."

"Can't he catch any hints?"

"Maybe we need to help her? I mean, Jaune and Pyrrha have to be together, right?"

But soon,a male voice interrupted the conversation:

"Did I hear that right?"

It was Ren. He had a tired and cold expression while Nora stood smiling by his side.

"Ren?" Yang was surprised at him. "Why are you so... So..."

Nora answered her in a cheerful voice:

"Pyrrha has been beating him up for days!"

Team RWBY looked at each other and talked among them:

"The pattern is repeating!"

"I didn't know Ren was also dense..."

"Then he wasn't dating Nora?"

"It seems Pyrrha is doing Weiss' method on him..."

Ren slammed his hand on the table:

"Negative! Where did you get that? Besides, you four have been beating him up for that?!"

Ruby, Blake and Yang pointed at Weiss at the same time:

"""It was her!""""

"Hahaha" Nora laughed. "Pyrrha asked Ren to help her train, but..."

"She has little self control..."

Ren lifted his shirt, revealing bruises across his muscles.

Blake blushed and Yang said:

"Nice abs, but Sun still wins".

Ren merely said:

"That's besides the point..."

Weiss nodded:

"He is right! We need to find a way to make Jaune and Pyrrha date!"

Nora raised her fist:

"Yeah!"

"Negative!" Ren negated both. "We need to solve this problem because we are shifting the importance here".

Team RWBY looked at each other. Ruby was the first to speak:

"There is something important besides that?"

Ren's left eye twitched:

"The tournament between schools?"

"Oh yeah!"

Blake smiled wryly upon realizing she had forgotten it and Yang sat back and said:

"Well, doesn't matter. Beacon is the best school around these parts. There is no way we will lose to a school we don't even know".

Ren looked at them worried and said:

"The odds for that are higher than you think..."

"? What do you mean?"

Nora raised a finger and said:

"Beacon is indeed the best... For training hunters, that is".

Team RWBY had their eyes wide open. Weiss was the first to react:

"We aren't fighting a Hunter School?"

Ren and Nora finally sat down in the table in order to have a better talk.

Nora shook her head in response and Ren answered:

"The school we are going against is a contrast to ours. It's a Mercenary School".

"Say what?" Blake was surprised. "What... A mercenary school? But I never heard of that".

Nora laughed a bit and said:

"You could have grown your entire way in Beacon without ever knowing. Hunters are by far more famous due to the acts we have, but mercenaries..."

Ren said:

"Hunters are heroes, soldiers, warriors. We are fighting our natural opposites. Mercenaries are bounty hunters, freelancers, assassins".

Nora nodded:

"We are more focused in fighting monsters here. They are more focused in fighting people".

Team RWBY finally realized that they may be fighting dangerous opponents in a near future.

But something was still off and Weiss realized it.

"Wait a moment... I think I have heard about it somewhere... There were three, right? Hunters, Mercenaries and... What was the third? Oh, Mechanics! I remembered!" She smiled triumphantly. "My family talked about it. But still... How come there would be so much of a problem?"

Ruby followed her thoughts:

"Yeah, even if we are fighting this kind of people, still doesn't seem like such a big deal..."

Nora said :

"About that, students from here have sighted unknown teenagers once in a while. They weren't from any of the four hunter schools students currently residing in Beacon.

Yang opened her eyes wide:

"Which means..."

"Yes" Blake noticed it too. "They have been collecting information. If not, doing worse".

Ren nodded, but also said:

"However, they were never sighted in cameras. Those guys have been trained well" he looked at team RWBY. "That's why we came here".

"Yeah!" Nora agreed cheerfully. "Jaune and Pyrrha are busy at the moment. So, how about we infiltrate the enemy's base? Assassin's Creed style!"

Team RWBY smiled at Nora's resolve, but still...

Ruby:

"Well, we kinda want to see Pyrrha and Jaune together..."

Weiss:

"I have come too far to back away now".

Blake:

"Also, infiltrating a Mercenary school seems really dangerous".

Yang:

"They are right. I can't stop the ship once it's started.

Nora had a surprised expression. Soon, she tried to argument:

"But... C'mon! It would be super cool! We could use cloaks and masks! And stuff!"

Ren considered it carefully and said:

"No, they are right".

"They are?"

""""We are?"""""

Ren nodded upon the response of the four girls.

"It's better if we have Jaune and Pyrrha's help. Besides, while Weiss beats Jaune up, Pyrrha beats me up and... It's impossible to say no to her!" Ren had a determined expression. "Okay, I will pair them up, but after that, you will help us, team JNPR, to get info about the enemy school, okay?"

Yang had a slightly skeptical expression:

"You will pair them up?"

"I will obviously need your help, but..."

Nora interrupted him and said:

"We can make them go out tomorrow!"

Team RWBY looked at each other. Blake was the first to speak:

"May I ask how?"

Nora grinned.

"Ren, we are using plan 197. Weiss, you are going with him. Ruby, Blake, Yang, you are coming with me".

Ruby looked as Ren got up.

"Wait... Now?"

He nodded.

"Come, Weiss. I will show you how to ship people".

Nora agreed cheerfully:

"YEAH! And you three are coming with me to practice the situation. NOW!"

1 hour later...

Weiss and Ren were walking through the streets of Vale in search of a certain merchant that would sell tickets to a movie.

The silence Ren created made things awkward, so Weiss decided to talk once in a while:

"Sooo... You have 197 plans to ship people?"

Ren shook his head while looking around.

"Nora has over 300 different plans, but plan 197 is one of those that involve pairing people".

"I see... And the others?"

"Plan 78 involve catching wild grimm to make them fight against each other while training them... Nora already caught a 'Shiny Ursa'..."

Weiss was slightly dumbfounded. Either way, she focuses her attention around.

The streets were starting to have cracks in it and the district seemed more dangerous.

"Ren... Is this really the right way?"

"The merchant is over here".

Ren led Weiss to a dark alley. And... In it...

"Welcome, stranger" said a voice filled with a mysterious accent.

Weiss wanted to back down once she saw it: two ominous blue torches, a shady black market merchant with a large backpack and with his mouth covered with a purple piece of cloth.

But Ren walked in his direction without fear.

"It's me again".

"What are ya sellin'?"

"Actually, I came here to buy something".

SHI~VER

Weiss felt the Merchant smile as he opened his coat, revealing a wide variety of weapons, dust and...

'Herbs? Is he a drug dealer?!'

The Merchant looked at Ren and asked:

"What are ya buyin'?"

Rem seemed to think twice before answering.

"While I am interested at your medicine... Today I have come for tickets. You know, for movies. I am dating a Schnee, you see?"

'We are?!' Weiss wanted to retort, but Ren's ominous smile stopped her.

He looked back at the merchant and said:

"Adventure with romance with possible. A tale with a hero in it. Something that can be watched between friends, but also good for dates. The best ones you've got".

The Merchant nodded and opened the other side of his coat, revealing a variety of different tickets, including passports and documents.

"Got a selection of good things in sale, stranger" was what he said, but two tickets we taken.

Ren picked them, looked twice and handed the money.

"Ehehehe... Thank you!"

"See you. Remember, I want that First Aid Spray!"

The Merchant nodded while saying:

"Come back any time".

Ren walked away and Weiss didn't wait to follow him.

Only after walking two blocks she felt calm and Ren said:

"Five bucks... I like his prices".

"You bough tickets for a date with a shady black market merchant?! Are you insane?!"

"He is trustworthy. These tickets are deluxe ones and authentic".

"And he sold for five bucks? Did you even stop to wonder how he got those?!"

Ren looked at her with half-opened eyes:

"I prefer to not wonder how that merchant, with even his teeth armed with dangerous weapons, got tickets. But his goods are top-quality and these tickets are the real deal. Now come, we need to talk about how we will act tomorrow".

"Like?" Weiss was still skeptical of Ren's plan.

"For example, I am going to ask Jaune to come with me, in a friendly and platonic way, to the movies with you incentivating him".

"But wasn't those tickets for their date?"

Ren side-glanced at her and spoke:

"You have much to learn".

In Beacon...

Nora, wearing glasses and writing in a chalkboard, said:

"Did everyone understand? This is how we will act tomorrow. Any questions?"

Ruby, Yang and Blake shook their heads. Teacher Nora continued:

"Okay, then get ready and practice your lines".

The plan:

Weiss, as Jaune's mentor, and Ren as his friend would convince him to take a break to the movies.

Ren would get a 'sudden business' with Nora and have to back away.

Weiss would handle the tickets to Jaune while saying that there would people that could kill for them, recommending him to take Pyrrha in a 'friendly' way.

Ruby would be talking with Pyrrha by that time. This would make things easier since it was 'not a date'.

After Jaune 'not asked her out', they would separate.

Ruby would convince Pyrrha she was asked out while Blake and Yang would convince Jaune he actually asked her out.

The three girls would give tips to the two sides and ready them for the date.

Saturday morning...

Three pairs stood in different parts of the school while discussing their strategies.

Team A - Ren and Weiss

Team B - Blake and Yang

Team C - Nora (temp) and Ruby.

Team A was waiting at the entrance to the Emerald Forest, since Jaune trained near it's lake with Weiss.

Weiss looked at her pocket watch waiting for the right time. That was what made Ren surprised, because he didn't know she had one.

"Where did you get that pocket watch?"

"Th-this? I-It's nothing!"

Ren looked at her with half-opened eyes.

"You got it from The Merchant, right?"

"Okay, it was! Do you have any problems?"

Ren was about to answer, but a voice interrupted him:

"Weiss? What are you doing here?"

'He has arrived' Ren got up and looked at Jaune, then back to Weiss and signaled to her.

Weiss nodded and turned to Jaune.

"Jaune, Ren and I where talking..."

"Yes?"

"About you" Weiss readied herself. "It's that he is worried that you have been overdoing your training".

"Well I-"

Past...

Nora was wearing glasses and writing in a chalkboard while explaining things to Weiss:

"Jaune will probably try to talk his way out of it. He is a natural smooth talker for those things, so you have to continuously interrupt him. Any questions?"

Weiss raised her hand:

"By the way, do you really wear glasses?"

"Nah, these are for me to cosplay as a teacher".

"I see..."

Before Jaune could speak, Ren said:

"So, she got tickets for us to see a movie. You know, as platonic friends".

"As much as I-"

Past...

Ren also said:

"He kind of has a thing to become a hero, so it will be easy to finish him off".

Present...

Ren smiled as he said:

"Heroes totally hang out with their male friends to watch movies, you know?"

"I'M IN!"

Weiss watched that dumbfounded.

'Ren makes it look easy...'

Ren thumbed up for her:

"It is easy actually".

"Stop reading my mind!"

Jaune didn't understand their words.

"What?"

"Nothing" answered Ren. "Now go do something besides training for now. I dunno... Go play Donkey Kong with Sun".

"Well, but I-"

"Heroes totally play Donkey Kong together".

"WHERE'S SUN?!"

Ren pointed at a random direction and Jaune ran away.

Weiss had her mouth wide open at these events, but Ren merely stretched himself and said:

"We will have a few hours. Go talk to teams B and C to prepare themselves".

Team SSSN room...

Neptune and Sun were having a discussion.

"Super Mario is better!"

"No, Donkey Kong is better!"

And that discussion was going on for a while.

"Super Mario!"

"Donkey Kong!"

Suddenly, the door was abruptly opened with Jaune invading the room and grabbing Sun.

"Sun! I came here to play Donkey Kong! NOW!"

"YEAAAHHHH! You see that, Neptune?"

"Damn..."

And so, the discussion ended with the three men having fun for a while.

After lunch...

Weiss was running through a corridor while talking through her scroll:

"Here is Ice Phoenix!"

But Nora had an angry response:

"Your nickname is Ice Queen!"

"Fine! Here is Ice Queen. I am pursuing the White Knight to initiate phase 2".

"Understood. I am sending Red Reaper to intercept the Flames of Victory".

Weiss nodded and said:

"Put Night Cat and Golden Dragon in standby. I found the knight".

"Got it!"

Jaune got out and stretched himself.

They had played for hours and he started to feel lethargic, so he decided to get out for now.

But a sudden voice called him:

"White Kni- I mean, Jaune!"

"Weiss?"

Weiss appeared out of nowhere and handed him two tickets.

"Are those Ren's tickets?"

She nodded and said:

"Ren and Nora had troubles with... Zombie Grimm. He said for me to hand you these tickets and for you to platonically go out with Pyrrha".

"Wait, if they are going to fight zombies then I-"

Weiss followed her orders and interrupted him:

"Ren said that heroes totally trust in their friends strength and follow their will when they go to battle".

"Got it! Where is Pyrrha?"

Weiss nearly facepalmed.

'This is really easy... Does that mean I could have just paired them up by saying heroes go out with long red haired females armed with greek and roman gear?'

"Pyrrha is near the library. Go get her, now!"

"Understood, thanks Weiss".

Weiss observed as he ran away and took out her scroll.

"Here is the Queen of The Castle. What's the situation?"

"He bit the bait".

"Red Reaper is already with the other target. I am sending Night Cat and Golden Dragon after him".

Near the library...

Pyrrha was listening Ruby intensily:

"... So, I thought of a way to make it more extreme! Like instead of just playing the card game, playing it on motorcycles!"

"Card games on motorcycles?!"

Pyrrha had her eyes wide open. Such a thing was...

"Jaune?" Ruby realized a newcomer. "What are you doing here?"

In the past...

Nora (again wearing glasses and near a chalkboard) spoke:

"Normally it's hard for guys to ask girls out if they are together, but Ruby will be helping in the situation. Jaune will think he is asking her out as a friend, so Ruby there will make things less awkward".

"And after that?" Asked Ruby.

"Blake and Yang will make him realize of what he really did".

Jaune seemed a little awkward.

"You see, Pyrrha... Ren got these tickets to see The Legend of Zelda - The Movie, but he got busy... And now I have the tickets and was thinking if you would like... To... Come watch it? With me?"

BA~DUMP BA~DUMP BA~DUMP

Pyrrha's heart was beating in a insane pace. She started to blush and Jaune was already blushing.

Ruby had her eyes wide open.

'Ren and Nora are geniuses!'

Pyrrha calmed her breathing and said:

"Sure".

"Oh, good... Yeah... Very good... I mean... It's cool..."

'Now I act' thought Ruby.

"You see, we got things to do now, so you can send her a message later with the time".

"Good idea, Ruby!" Said Jaune desperately. "See you later, Pyrrha!"

*nod*

Both of the girls looked at him as she walked away.

Ruby pressed a button to send a pre-written message:

Phase 3 starts now.

And just after that...

THUD

Pyrrha fell to the ground.

"Pyrrha?"

"Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod".

Steam was coming out of her ears as she realized what just happened.

'Itcan'tbe!Itcan'tbe!Itcan'tbe!Itcan'tbe!'

"Pyrrha!" Ruby talked. "Congratulations! Jaune just asked you out!"

"IT REALLY HAPPENED!"

She was blushing like a tomato but a smile appeared on her face.

"But what do I do?! What do I wear?! What perfume do I use? Do I have time to get a haircut?! But what if he likes my hair long?!"

Nora's words echoed in Ruby's mind:

'After counting to 6 seconds, slap her in the face'.

SLAP

"Did you just..."

'Then slap her again!'

SLAP!

"Ouch! Rubyyy!" Pyrrha had tears in her eyes.

"Calm down. Look, I got tips for your date, so just listen to me, okay?"

Jaune's side..

Yang congratulated him:

"You asked her out! Congratulations!"

"I DID WHAT?!"

'Calm down, Jaune. You are misunderstood. A date has a guy asking a girl out... To places... Like movies... And Pyrrha accepted it... With the TWO OF US ALONE?!'

"Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod".

Blake said:

"Good luck!"

Jaune was blushing like a tomato and steam seemed to come out of his ears.

"But what do I do?! What do I wear?! What perfume do I use? Do I have time to dye my hair?! But what if she likes my hair blonde?!"

Six seconds later...

SLAP

Yang slapped him

"Yang, did you just..."

SLAP!

And Blake followed her by saying:

"Calm down. Look, we can give you tips, okay?"

"Yeah!" Yang agreed. "We talk to Pyrrha all the time! Just listen to us".

Weiss and Ren were behind Nora as she received the confirmations.

"Good... They succeeded. Now we are going to Phase 5!"

Weiss counted her fingers.

"Wait, wasn't it Phase 4?"

"IT'S PHASE 5!"

"Okay!"

At night...

Jaune waited in the main hall...

BA~DUMP BA~DUMP BA~DUMP

Current status:

Hands - sweaty

Heart - out of control

Clothes - normal ones

He tried to talk about the clothes, but Yang and Blake kept interrupting him, forcing him to wear his normal ones.

'Alright alright alright. Calm down! Remember man, confidence! You have to look confident! Do not let her beauty, or her strength, or those gorgeous green eyes, or that flowing red hair get the better of you!'

"Damnit! I am already losing it!" He shook his head.

'Calm down! You are on a date! You asked her out and she accepted and we are going in a date! Yeah, just a date... Me and Pyrrha... The two of us!'

"I am... Going in a date!"

'With Pyrrha' he thought.

*Blush*

'What is wrong with me today?! Calm down! Remember your training! Like, when she draws that sword with grace and slashes with that spear with swift movements and...'

*Blush X2*

'God damnit! I can't calm down!'

"Jaune?"

"OHMYGOD!"

Jaune jumped in surprise.

"SORRY!"

And so did Pyrrha.

After calming down, he took a look at her.

Normal hunting clothes. Normal Pyrrha.

But such a temptress!

'Oh yeah, the tips!'

"You... Look... Beautiful..."

Pyrrha blushed.

"You... Look... Handsome..."

Jaune blushed.

Outside the hall...

Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang couldn't handle that scene.

Ruby:

"I ate many candies, but they are giving me diabetes!"

Weiss

"They look so good together! They are so cuuuuuteeee!"

Blake:

"They are so... Kawaii..."

And Yang took a photo.

"Oh my god... It was worth all of our efforts. Look at this picture!"

Yang revealed a picture of Jaune and Pyrrha averting their gazes while blushing.

All of the girls together:

""""Awww!""""

But Ren and Nora remained calm.

"Do it Ren!"

"I got it".

Ren took out a sniper rifle.

Team RWBY were dumbfounded.

"Hit Pyrrha in the ankle and Jaune in the arm, the elbow. Make sure to hit a nerve and force a reflex move".

"Okay".

BA~DUMP BA~DUMP BA~DUMP

Pyrrha was reminded of Ruby's tips.

'Okay, I have to take the initiative and...'

"Hum... Let us go... Now?"

"Y-Yeah! Sure and OUCH!"

Jaune felt a soft pellet hit his elbow. His left arm moved by itself and was extended.

"Waaah!" Pyrrha tripped in something soft.

She grabbed the only thing she could by reflex: Jaune's arm.

"Oh my god!" Ruby held Weiss as she fainted. "She passed out due to moe overload!"

But Blake and Yang were too busy to pay attention.

Yang's next picture was Pyrrha hugging Jaune's arm as both blushed.

"So cuteeee!"

Nora coughed twice.

"Now, they will proceed to their date normally".

Ren nodded:

"Both of them realized that skin contact isn't something the other will reject and probably hold hands soon".

Yang opened her eyes with Blake:

"We have to take pictures!"

"Before that!" Nora grabbed both of them.

Ren walked slowly:

"We accomplished our part of the deal. They are going in a date. Now, we want our part".

Blake was about to cry:

"But they are holding hands!"

Nora had a cold gaze with an ominous smile:

"If you try to run away, you may end up with broken legs".

"Now come" Ren turned around. "We have a school of mercenaries to research".

Weiss, that was barely still alive, asked:

"Do you... Have a name?"

"..." Ren was silent.

Nora said:

"Beacon is the name of something that guides people in the darkness and brings the hope. It's light of the end of tunnel."

"We are dealing with the darkness that purges that light" said Ren. "That which scrambles the signals of a beacon. The enemy school's name is Jammer".

Heretic Notes:

Who is back on the stage? Do you people have guess?

That's right: ME, The Heretic Lord!

And when I promise something, I fulfill it! Here is, the promised fic I promised I would make after RWBY's season 2!

Many people must have noticed similarities and easter eggs of my other fics. Of course, after all, it was intentional.

A similar start for something that will go so different. How?

First off: no harems. That's right, no harems!

Weiss got Neptune, Blake got Sun, Yang... Okay, there is still a possibility, but too bad! What is shipped is shipped!

Second: these tags and summary. One thing I noticed in my other fics was that the description wouldn't fit after some time. Besides, there will be a few arcs here, about 5 I guess, so I plan to change the description and tags accordingly. For example, if one chapter gets too focused in a few characters, the tags will shift to them and the description to what's going on, like an anime episode.

Third: as I said, I am not using that thing of 'everything is a joke and was one all along'. I plan to do things seriously here (depending on the thing). I will make this story live up to the title 'Against All Odds'.

Now that this has been established, I would like to express thanks to my friend and betareader. You people may be wondering who, but I don't think he will like pointing out names. His criticism was something I needed to hear once in a while and it did many wonders, and as such, I can't express my thanks well enough.

Now that this long note has been done, I hope you people who have not fainted from the moe overload enjoyed it.

See ya next time

Heretic, out!