Ren stopped in front of a machine that Jaune paid no attention to, eyes set on the other features of the arcade.

"Here it is!" Ren said, gesturing his arms towards the machine. Jaune turned to look at Ren's secret, and it took him a moment to realize what Ren was trying to tell him. When he finally got it, Jaune was quite surprised. His eyes widened, and his jaw dropped, finger shaking as he pointed at-

"A D.D.R. MACHINE?!" He yelled, attracting the temporary attention of a few passing people.

Ren had to hold in his laughter; Although his claim of the D.D.R. being his source of agility was partially true, he still couldn't help but be amused at his little success of making Jaune freak out.

"Yeah, it's a D.D.R. machine," he said, the corner of his lip raised ever so slightly. Jaune didn't seem to take notice.

"B-Wh-How does-..." He just kept stuttering away, not even seeing that Ren was pulling his leader on to the center of the pad.

"The arrows teach you to follow instructions in a set amount of time, like how you react to movements in battle. The higher the difficulty, the more attacks to avoid. The faster the arrows, the faster the blows come. It's really effective, and it keeps you in shape. It's also pretty fun," Ren expertly explained, getting on the second pad as he inserted a few lien.

"This is insane…" Jaune muttered, staring as Ren started the game. First were their characters. Both chose people that resembled themselves in some way. Then, they went into the music selection screen, and Ren gestured for Jaune to choose.

"Me?" He asked, confused.

"Of course. Go with what you want," Ren said, watching as Jaune scrolled through the options.

When Jaune made his choice, Ren couldn't keep a snort from coming out.

"What?" Jaune asked, his cheeks tainted with a faint blush.

"N-Nothing...To each their own, I guess, heheh…"

Then came the settings. Ren, having had much more experience with the game, set for himself 'Expert' out of Beginner, Standard, Expert, and Maniac. Ren turned towards Jaune, waiting for him to set a difficulty for his own. "Go ahead, Jaune. This your first time?"

Jaune stared at the difficulties, mainly Beginner and Standard. "Well...Yeah, but I've seen this before. It never looked that hard, to be honest…" Jaune went for Standard, prompting Ren to smile. Truth be told, he didn't think that Jaune, the famous clumsy oaf of Beacon, would be able to do very good as a beginner playing Standard difficulty, but he was sure that Jaune would atleast give it his best. Who knows? Pyrrha had trained him for some time now, so his own reaction time and speed must of took a big increase. Maybe Ren would find himself surprised at Jaune's yet-to-be-seen skill.

The music started, and they waited, Ren already starting to 'bounce' to the tempo.

The arrows started, and so did they, Ren not missing a single one as Jaune struggled to keep up. Their difficulties were different, so Ren was getting faster and more arrows, which amazed Jaune. He had to keep his eyes on his screen, but every now and then he'd glance Ren, who wasn't just moving his legs. He was also moving his arms.

How can he dance like that and still get every arrow? The machine doesn't even read anything but the feet! Jaune thought, amazed as he slowly started to miss a few arrows. He quickly recovered, now starting to show a bit of movement in his arms, too. Then, the lyrics started, and now they took off, a few people staring at their direction to watch the competition.

Once they reached the chorus, Jaune smiled. This was his favorite part, and he knew the song well. As the lyrics begun once more, Jaune now showed much less mistakes, which was something that Ren thought was impressive for someone that never played D.D.R. before.

"That...Was…" Jaune struggled to catch his breath, hands on his knees to keep him up on his feet.

"What? Hard? It IS Dance Dance Revolution, after all." Ren said, arms crossed. He didn't lose his pace, and he didn't even break a sweat during his dance.

"How...How long have you...played?" Jaune asked, slowly straightening himself as he looked at the master dancer.

This was a question that Ren had to take a bit of time to think about. "Hmm...I'd say...A few years, maybe more. Can't remember. I think it might've been Nora that got me into it, actually, so I could've started when I was really young…"

"And you managed to become so fast just because of THAT." Jaune said, pointing at the machine. Ren chuckled, shaking his head.

"It's a big factor, but I do have other, more traditional, training regimes, you know."

"Right...But still, this…" Jaune took one more look at the machine, a small smile starting to show on his face. "Maybe it's not so bad...You know what, maybe I should start to play this some more."

Ren looked at Jaune, who didn't take notice of his team mate's stares. The lotus knew that Jaune wasn't the fastest and quick-footed person in Beacon, but even so, he showed impressive movements during the dance. He'd go as far as to say that Jaune was a natural at D.D.R.

Then again, it also could've been the fact that Jaune was simply dancing to a song he knew well, but Ren was leaning towards the former theory.

"Alright, well, that's that. How 'bout we head back to Beacon?" Ren asked, already turning to walk out the door of the building.

Jaune nodded, following him. "Yeah, hold up!"

"Where were you guuuys? Not even a note, and you've been out for more than an hour!" Nora whined, watching as her best friend and leader walked in to their dorm. Pyrrha wasn't with them, she was out doing some extra training and studying.

"I was just showing Jaune something," Ren said quickly, sitting down on his bed as he went back to work on Stormflower.

"Ooh! A secret? What secret? Tell meee!" She yelled.

"It's not a secret, Nora, it was D.D.R."

"Huuh? You've revealed to him the hidden training method of the Lie family that was passed on to you from generation to generation?!" Nora yelled dramatically, her hand covering her gaping mouth.

"Uhh-Nora, Ren told me that you introduced him to the game. And D.D.R. wasn't built THAT long ago-" Jaune received a surprise when Nora zoomed towards him and clapped her hands on his cheeks.

"Generations." She uttered to him. By now, Jaune was used to her unusual antics, so his natural reaction was to laugh.

"Yeah, yeah, I got it," Jaune said. Nora, satisfied, flopped on to her bed, rolling around.

"So how'd Jaune dooo?" She asked, the happy tone back in her voice.

"Not bad, surprisingly. In fact...Jaune, was that your first time dancing?" Ren asked, looking towards him. Jaune scratched the back of his head, giving a casual shrug.

"Uhh...Well, I've danced before, but never really in public. And even when I did dance, it wasn't really that much."

"Huh…" Ren frowned, and resumed work on his weapons. "Well, you were pretty good for a beginner,"

"Thanks," Jaune said.

"...Then again, it might just be the fact that you danced to, of all songs, Never Gonna Give You Up."

"Hey!"

Wow, two updates in a row. Impressive, given my incredibly slow schedule...

Well, anyway! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, everyone. If you want an idea of how Ren and Jaune danced, then here you go: youtube com/watch?v=D6aaiv_xyyM (Yes, I did make that video. Yes, that is my channel). And here's Ren: youtube com/watch?v=Xs4R-6D09Zk