"So, explain."

Team JNPR started to explain why Nora attacked Cardin and Russell to prof. Goodwicth. As they told their tale, Jaune tried to take all the responsibility for the incident, which made the teacher a little proud. He was a true leader. Nora also tried to take all the blame, but Ren didn't let her, after all both of them were together at the time. Even Pyrrha tried to take some blame on her team's behalf. Glynda never expected that team to develop such loyalty to each other, and had a suspicion that the blonde knight was the one who made them like that.

Glynda was a disciplinarian, but she also was a teacher and she loved her students. She was supposed to give a big punishment to them, but understood that they defended others from a vile attack perpetrated by students of Beacon. So she decided to be very lenient with team JNPR. Nora and Ren got a week of detention and were forbidden to leave the school grounds. Jaune didn't get the detention, but did receive an extra written assignment and was also forbid to leave the school grounds for a week. Pyrrha, as she didn't do anything wrong, was left out of the hook. Glynda though had one other student to deal with.

"So, I am right in assuming that Miss Xiao Long is to blame for all this mess?" She stated more than asked.

"Uh, yes?" Jaune answered knowing better than defying the teacher.

"I think she needs some punishment too."

"Oh, about that…" Jaune then explained to her Yang's situation to the teacher.

Nobody could say Glynda Goodwitch have no sense of humor. But as she started to give a wicked laugh, team JNPR stared at each other in fear. They all made mental notes to never get on their combat teacher bad side.

The uniform wasn't one of those costumes, it was very prude actually. Light blue shoes, white stockings, blue dress with the Schnee ice crystal symbol, ruffed white sleeves, light blue gloves, a frilly headdress, and am undershirt that covered the neck. And Yang hated it. As promised Weiss got her a whole seven sets of Schnee's maid outfits, so she could receive her punishment over playing a prank on Jaune. Her golden hair was locked in a fluffy ponytail and she was blushing while looking at the mirror.

"Come on, pleeeeeaaaase!" She begged to her teammates. They all took pictures of the ashamed brawler instead.

"No. Yang, your pranks have gone too far. You are lucky that dolt is too kind hearted to give you a more deserving punishment." Weiss stated while helping Yang with the headdress.

"But a week wearing… this?" she said making a spin.

"You look great, proper even. Wait better than those small things you call clothes." Weiss countered, while fixing the dress. They heard a knock on the door and Ruby allowed team JNPR to enter.

"So, how it go?" She asked her friends.

"Better than expected. Nora and Ren will get a week of detention, Jaune got grounded on campus." Pyrrha explained with her usual good mood. "We come to check if his maid is ready for service. I think it will make his punishment very tolerable."

Yang groaned and tried to hide behind Weiss and Blake, but both pushed her to the front. All of the members of team JNPR grabbed their scrolls and took pictures, making Yang blush even more and hide her face between her hands. It was cute, actually. Jaune looked and chuckled at her a bit before talking.

"How can you wear such dress and still look so gorgeous. I mean, it is a real maid dress, not one of those kinky costumes." He said, making her looking at him between her hands. Her lilac eyes grabbed his blue ones, and she felt a little better.

"Really?" She asked unusually shyly. She shrugged it off as the effect of all the eyes staring at her.

"Soooo, do you have a maid fetish Jaune? Or maybe it is a costume fetish? What if she makes her wear a police uniform? Ooooh or teacher Goodwicth clothes? Do you think she have a fetish?" Nora stated making him blush.

"What? No I swear I don't have a costume fetish!" He shouted at Nora, which kept her big smile on.

"So what is your fetish?" Blake asked deadpanned.

"What does it matter?" He shouted again. Blake had to admit messing with him was funny.

"Come on, tell us or you don't get the maid!" Ruby said in her usual good spirited manner.

"I… I like shoulders and neck OK…" he stated, his face completely red. It wasn't that he wanted Yang as his made so badly; it was that he knew they would not let that matter go.

"Oh, so Pyrrha is already in the lead here." Nora shouted making Pyrrha blush, but secretly the Amazon was so glad her armor and clothes usually let her shoulders exposed.

"Well, now that this is out of the way… she is ready to go. And remembers Yang, you need to address to him as master and wear your maid uniform at all times! Any time we got you without the uniform is one extra day of punishment!" Weiss determined. Yang let a resigned sigh out.

"Whatever, it is not like I will be allowed to use this stupid uniform at class." She said, ready to get it out and put her school uniform, which to her it was leagues better than that maid outfit.

"Oh, about that…" Jaune started, and they all saw Yang's face being filled with terror as he spoke.

Yang Xiao Long never felt so ashamed before. Miss Goodwitch not only has allowed, but she had determined that the blonde girl was to wear the uniform as long as her team imposed punishment was into effect. She had to walk behind Jaune to their classes wearing the maid outfit and deal with their classmates laughing at her. The only one who didn't dare to was Cardin Winchester, as his wheelchair would make impossible for him to outrun Yang in case she decided to chase him. Nora finally broke his legs, but due to his Aura he would be as new in a couple days. Yet it was too early for him to get back on his antics.

Yang tried her best to hide herself in class, and was just glad the teachers made no comment of her situation. She gave Jaune stares from time to time, and she feared what he would order her to do. It was true that Ruby and the other girls could veto any order he gave if they were too over the top or indecent, so she was safe of more daring orders. Yet she could only imagine the knight had planned some humiliating tasks for her.

"Yang?" She dreaded hearing his voice. Classes were over and now she was supposed to serve Jaune. She looked at his stupid grin and groaned.

"Yes Jaune? Ouch!" Weiss slapped her in the back of the head and gave her a mean look. "Ugh… Yes, master…"

"I am going to the library so I need your services." He said and she grinned, despite death threats coming from her eyes, getting up and walking with him. She was happy the library was empty, but then she wondered what kind of help he needed her for there. "Ok, here a list of books I need to do that assignment prof. Goodwitch assigned me, so would you kindly find them for me?"

That is not so bad… for now…

Yang started gathering the books around the library and put them in the table Jaune was using, and she watched as he was really dedicating himself to study. He would ask her to fetch a book or another, and sometimes to bring him drinks and snacks, but aside her attire, she wasn't doing anything out of ordinary. They stayed at the library till night and then she accompanied him to Pyrrha's spar session.

She could saw how much improvement Jaune had in the past few months, and how good a teacher Pyrrha was. She started regretting messing with him so much. Not only because of the maid thing, but because she was looking at an honest to god good guy, too honest and naïve for his own good. Yet she desired that boy never changed. After they finished she had to give him a towel and carry his stuff, but he kept the same smile and tone in his voice as he always had.

"So, anything more you need, Jau…" Pyrrha gave a very meaningful look to her. "…Master."

"Nah, will finish that assignment now and hit the sheets. Thanks for your help anyways. Good night Yang." He said with a smile and a wave. She sighed in relief, eager to take the dress off and hoping the next day was as easy as the first.

"Pleeeeeease!" she begged Jaune as he gave her some money.

"Yang, I can't go out in town and I really want some mint chocolate ice-cream." Jaune stated as he gave her the store address.

"We have ice-cream here!" she protested. Beacon has a lot of conveniences, considering it was a school bond to teach children how to kill monsters.

"Not this flavor. Yang, don't make me order you to." He threatened her, though deep down he wasn't going to do it. Yang looked at Pyrrha and Ruby, almost begging for them to bail her out, as the girls were the only ones that could veto Jaune's order.

"It is a reasonable job for a maid." Ruby stated with a grin in her face. She kind of liked seeing her older sister suffering.

"At least let me go in normal clothes!" she said trying her best puppy eyes on the girls.

"Nope." Ruby said, still grinning.

"Oh, and Miltia and Melanie want their chocolate, so you might as well use the opportunity. And don't try to change clothes on the way. They will tell us if you do." Jaune stated giving her a satisfied smile. Yang promised to herself to punch him as soon as her punishment was over.

Yang was furious now. The twins were laughing way too hard for her tastes. They were also taking pictures of her in the maid outfit and she knew they would bring that up a lot of times in the future. She dropped the chocolate boxes at the table and sat into a chair and waited the twins to stop laughing at her. She considered punching them tough, but was afraqid she would get some extra days of punishment.

"I never expected you to wear one of those." Miltiades spoke while checking the chocolates.

"I bet Jaune is making you work hard." Melanie added, as she pushed the cleaner bill of the dresses Cardin dirtied the other day towards Yang, which growled at it but paid it up.

"Jaune have being the least of my problems. The stares are killing me, though." Yang said while sipping her latte.

"I told you Mel that Jaune would not do perverted stuff to her." Yang almost drowned in her beverage over that phrase.

"Yeah, he is really one of a kind. Maybe you should really go after him." Melanie answered her sister while drinking a latte of her own. Yang could only cough at that.

"Come on, you girls met the guy just the other day. He is clumsy, awkward, get motion sick easily…" Yang said trying to recover from the shock that Miltiades might really like Jaune as a boy.

"And yet he is gentle, noble, loyal and caring. You would see that if you weren't so eager to tease." Miltiades said in his behalf, a smile and a light blush in her face. Yang tilted her head in surprise.

"Vomit boy really made an impression on you…" she said with a grin. She could not understand why someone would ever look at Jaune with romantic interest.

"We are even talking in going out when his punishment is lifted." Miltiades had a beautiful smile now, and Yang grinned. It was clear she was infatuated with the clumsy knight.

"And we are surprised he didn't make a move on you Yang. I mean, he could even order you to do… stuff, if he wanted to." Melanie added with a bit of a tease in her voice. Yang glared daggers at her. The blonde brawler would kill Jaune if he even considered making her do something indecent.

"By the way, this if for him, so please deliver it to your master when you return." Miltiades said as Yang took a rectangular box from her hand. She assumed it was a gift for him, considering how much care was put on the package.

Yang wondered about that last part, surprisingly. Jaune never made a move on her. Almost every other boy and a lot of girls in Beacon have done that already. Even Cardin dared to ask her out, but he only got some bruises. But Jaune only tried to get Weiss attention before, but after the dance he kind of gave up on her. She knew Pyrrha liked him, but he was always respectful with her, if not oblivious. And when the twins were all over him he still acted like a knight.

She started to wonder if she wasn't the type Jaune liked. And that kept nagging her as she walked back to Beacon. She knew as a matter of fact Yang Xiao Long was one of, if not the most, beautiful and popular girls at the school. But Jaune did not even look at her with lust like almost everyone else has.

When she walked into JNPR's room, only Jaune was there, reading a thick and old book, maybe school related. He smiled and greeted Yang, which kept a close eye at him. He did not give her as much as a second thought to her and that bothered Yang to no end. She wasn't someone used to be treated as just another person. She was used to be the center of everyone's attentions. She gave Jaune his change and the ice-cream and decided to talk for a bit.

"Why you asked me to buy five pints?" she asked as she put the ice-cream in the small refrigerator they had at the dorm room.

"One for each of my team, and one for you, of course." He answered with a smile while handing her one pint and a spoon. He sat in his bed eating his, and Yang decided to test him out.

"Master, why you don't give me a kiss?" She asked as she sat by his side and whispered at his ear. It was a classic trick that she knew worked best.

"Y-Yang, stop teasing me!" He protested his face beet red. She giggled at his reaction and kept teasing. She needed to know.

"Come on, I am your maid now, why not ask me something sexy? I promise to not tell the others." She said using her sexiest voice as she breathed softly at his ear.

"Yang! Drop it!" Jaune answered in a serious tone. "If you don't like me that way, don't play with me!"

"Ah, come on, we can have a bit of fun." She said, looking at him with her Cheshire smile, trying her best to make him do a move on her.

"Yang, you are my friend, and Ruby's sister. I will not put our friendship at risk just for fun." He stated in his serious, almost commanding tone, which impressed Yang. She sighed and started eating her ice-cream, resting her head on the bed.

"So you don't think I am pretty, master?" she pouted, pretending to be hurt. He laughed lively to her surprise.

"What? Yang, you are gorgeous. I would need to be blind to not think so." He stated between a spoon of ice-cream and another. Yang looked at him, doubt in her eyes.

"So why you never hit on me?" She questioned looking at his eyes.

"Yang, I literally covered your shoes in vomit. You tease me non-stop. Would I ever think I had any chance with you?" he answered, and she pondered he had a fair point.

"Yeah, that. Jau… Master… I am sorry. I messed up, badly. I have gone too far and you are too much of a nice guy and didn't deserve that." She apologized, something it took real effort from her part.

"Hey, we are friends, and thanks to you Miltia and Melanie are my friends now. Of course I forgive you." He said with that honest smile he usually have, making Yang feel a bit guiltier over her attitude towards him.

"By the way, Miltia sent you this." She said, delivering the box. Jaune smiled and opened it, a framed picture inside. It was Miltiades and Melanie in the hoodies he lent them the other day, giving him a hug. He smiled at it and put them in the stool by his bed side together with other pictures. Yang looked and saw pictures of his family, him with his team, including one of him and Pyrrha during the dance and one with team RWBY. It was clear he valorized his friends a lot.

"The twins took a real liking for you." Yang said as she rested her head on the wall behind the bed and kept eating the ice-cream, then got surprised to see Jaune taking a picture of them eating ice-cream in his bed. "Jaune!"

"Come on, a beauty like you in my bed? This deserves a framed picture!" he said and laughed as she punched his arm. But she wasn't actually angry tough. It was a good feeling knowing he considered her a friend.

"Can I get off the hook then?" She asked with a smile. Jaune looked at her and scratched his head.

"Oh, about that…"

Yang started to hate that sentence.

"What he means with he can't get me off the hook?" Yang exclaimed in her room against her teammates.

"He is too soft, the dolt. He would have forgiven you the same day you used the outfit for the first time, so we decided, and prof. Goodwitch agreed, you aren't off the hook unless she or at least two of us say so." Weiss explained calmly.

"And why you three are my parole officers?" Yang demanded to know. She felt betrayed by her own team.

"You made me read Ninjas of Love out loud in that truth or dare game." Blake said.

"You exchanged my perfume for bacon essence and I smelled like brunch for days!" Weiss said in an angry tone.

"You changed my underwear for… indecent ones!" Ruby shouted red as her cape.

"You can also get off if Pyrrha, Nora or/and Velvet also bail you out." Weiss said checking her scroll.

"Wait, them?" Yang questioned, surprised. "Why them?"

"Pyrrha didn't appreciate when you filled her locker with Pumpkin Pete's cereal. Nora is still a bit mad when you pushed Ren out of the room in his trousers. A lot of girls have being giving attention to him, figures. And Velvet wasn't amused when you gave her those fishnets and leather corset on her birthday party." Weiss stated Yang's crimes. Yang could only sigh.

"You understand now why we are making you do it, sis? You need to realize your pranks sometimes really hurt people." Ruby said in a sweet voice.

"Ugh, yes, I know now I have going a little tiny bit too far sometimes…" Weiss let a 'ha!' interjection out, but Yang ignored her. "OK, I will bear with it for a week."

The team smiled as Yang fell in her bed and sighed. They knew the punishment wouldn't work if Yang didn't reflected about her misdeeds, but apparently it was working. Yang on the other hand was planning her revenge on them. Maybe she would leave Jaune of the plans tough. He was the one that didn't seem to enjoy her punishment too much.

Yang was in her third day of punishment. Mostly consisted of carrying Jaune's stuff, grabbing him food and drinks and help him with homework (which to his and her surprise turned more in helping Yang with her homework). People still stared and laughed when Yang walked around in her maid outfit, but now it was easier to ignore that. She was coming back from getting Jaune's mail (his seven sisters really loved writing letters) when she saw a group of male students laughing, her ears picking her name, so she stood out of sight to hear what they were so lively talking about her.

"I still can't believe that Arc clown is having someone as gorgeous as Yang working for him as a maid." One of them said, feigning being angry.

"She might have lost a bet or something like that. No way a chick like her would be with him otherwise." A second one shouted. Yang mentally said she wouldn't be with them either.

"Who knows? We all know Yang might be a maid, but a maiden she isn't." A third chimed in and all of them laughed hard.

Yang actually felt a bit hurt at that comment. It was true she loved to party, and that she wouldn't shy away of appreciate both boys and girls she thought as pretty. But she never was in a relationship before, nor has she ever given herself to someone else. Deep down she still wanted that her first time was with someone she deeply loved. Her thoughts was interrupt when she heard familiar clicks and clacks and saw Ruby near the boys, giving her best 'you are so going to die' smile as Crescent Rose was getting ready for action. Yang rushed there and put her hands on Ruby's shoulders.

"Boys, you have five seconds of lead before I unleash my little sister at you. Ruby, try to not break anything." She said with a smile, as Ruby glared at the boys. They finally started to run before Yang's released her sister, which disappeared in a dash of rose petals after them.

"Yang, are you alright?" she turned to see Jaune, and gave him a faint smile.

"You heard that uh?" She said one hand on her forehead.

"Ruby and I were coming back from a class. I know it isn't true what they said and that you are a great person. If you want to talk, we can go back to my room." He said, and Yang decided that he would be a good listener, so she walked back to JNPR's room. Jaune gave her a canned juice and she started talking before sipping for a bit.

"I know some people see me like some type of 'anything goes' girl. I usually just ignore it, but this not helps to get a special person, you know. Talk about a getting any meaningful relationship when many people think they can have their way with you and discard you after." She explained, instinctively resting her head on his shoulders, his hands gentle caressing her head through her hair, something he did a lot of times with his sisters and that Yang seemed to appreciate. "I wish more people were like you."

"You mean clumsy, awkward and oblivious?" He said and laughed, but Yang didn't follow.

"Caring, sweet and considerate." She answered, in a rare case of being truly honest with herself. She thought maybe she should be like that more often.

"Well, I do my best." He said scratching the back of his head.

"Jaune, I am really sorry for all the times I gave you a hard time. You are a nice guy and I really shouldn't have put you through so much trouble." She said, her eyes closed as he caressed her hair. She really liked that.

"Hey, I said before, we are friends, so no hard feelings ok?"

"Yeah, OK. So, Master Jaune, what your maid have to do now?" She said, but didn't leave his side. He smiled at her.

"Well, I think you learned your lesson. So I will ask Velvet, Ruby and Pyrrha to forgive you." He said, Yang smile becoming big and bring as she hugged him and gave him a huge kiss on the cheek.

"I love you, Jaune. And I am serious!" She said with a smile. Jaune blushed and petted her for a bit.

"Let's not go ahead of ourselves here…" He answered, but she hugged him again.

"I feel so much better now!" Yang stated as she finally was wearing her normal clothes. Jaune was able to convince everyone she has learned her lesson and they believed him and a very apologetic Yang, so they decided to cut her punishment short. Tough Weiss said she would keep one of the maid outfits in the dorm, just in case her friend messed up again. Yang finally stopped fixing her hair and gave her sister a hug.

"What is that for?" Ruby asked hugging back.

"A reward for my little sister defending her big sister." She answered, and Ruby gave her proudest smile.

"So, I am assuming you will not tease us or prank us anymore." Blake said, but everyone knew Yang a little too well.

"Of course I will tease and prank you guys. It is what I do best. But I swear no more pranks involving relationships." She answered while sending a message through her scroll. Everyone sighed knowing it was the best they could expect from her, yet they all were happy that she learned something.

"So, who are you messaging?" Ruby asked looking at Yang's scroll.

"Jaune. I am going out with him after his punishment is over." She answered with a happy grin.

"Yang! You promised!" Weiss screamed at the blonde.

"It is just a thank you outing with a friend! Relax ice queen!"

It was true that Yang wouldn't ever toy with the knight's feelings again, and that both seemed their date as a friendship thing. But Yang wanted to see for herself if Jaune and she could come to be something more. After all, he was the nicest boy she ever met.