Ruby was currently headed back to her room. After Sun accepted her invitation, they both went there separate ways. When she made it back, she first noticed how Blake and Weiss had arrived back. She also noticed how it looked like they were waiting for her. They all turned their heads to the door, and immediately went to surround her.

"So...?" Yang asked. She looked giddy, ready to jump, and terrified all at once. Weiss and Blake both looked extremely curious.

Ruby sighed. "He said yes..." She looked down, and refused to meet any of her teammates eyes. Mostly because she didn't want them to see her increasingly red face. That all went out the window however, when Yang scooped her up into a giant bear hug.

"Yang-" Ruby huffed. "Can't... Breath!" Yang then released her.

"Look at you! Fifteen, and you already have a boyfriend!"

"YANG! He's not my boyfriend! It's just a dance!" Her face was almost burning red by this point.

"Then why are you blushing so much?" Yang said, sticking her tongue out.

"Because it's embarrassing!" She practically screamed, flailing her arms about. There was then a small 'ahem' from beside them.

"Not that I don't... dislike, the squabbling, I would like to know how this came about." Weiss said. Ruby just sighed to herself, and began explaining the story to her, and by extension, Blake. After she was done, everyone in the room turned towards Blake.

"This won't convince me to stop you know..." She replied indignantly.

"Ugh... C'mon Blake..." Ruby said gingerly. 'I guess we're having this discussion again...'

Sun was currently facing a much similar situation to Ruby when she first got back. Of course, he had no idea.

"Sooo...?" Neptune questioned. Sun cocked his head to the side. "What will you do now?" He continued.

"Guess I'll just wait for the actual Dance to roll around, go to it, see where I go from there." Sun replied. Neptune shook his head.

"Listen, this has been bothering me for a while, but you need a suit." Neptune replied, much to Sun's horror.

"A suit? C'mon man. I got that covered."

"A black shirt, and a tie doesn't count."

"Why not!?"

"Multiple reasons, but for one, you need actual pants for it." Sun was about to argue that he already had pants, but Neptune interrupted him by saying "And jeans don't count!"

This discussion carried on way into the night, and it even continued after they woke up the next morning.

"I just don't understand what the big deal is! Why are there all these special rules for a school dance!?" Sun exclaimed. Neptune and him were currently walking to the Gymnasium, partly because they were bored, mostly because Neptune heard Weiss was helping to set up the whole thing.

"We just spent the last three hours on this! We're not doing it again." Neptune replied exasperatedly. He was about to say something else, but they then heard Yang.

"Weiss! I thought we agreed, no doilies!"

"If I don't get doilies, you don't get fog machines."

That's when Neptune decided to barge in, and began chatting with the two. Sun, of course, followed him in, and began looking around. Pink and blue balloons and ribbons. Other than that, there appeared to be an amplifier right by a table with a red figure slouched over it. Sun walked over to her.

"What's up Ruby?" Conversation around them halted.

The Red Reaper sighed. "It's just Blake. She's not coming to the dance..."

"Huh? Why?"

"It's her 'White Fang' stuff, that's 'all her problem'" Weiss then said. "How can one girl be so stubborn?"

"Well, it's Blake, what did you expect to happen?" Sun said. Ruby then fixed him with the most intimidating glare she could muster. Needless to say, it was more adorable than anything.

She then made to say something, but Yang interrupted with "Don't worry guys, she'll be there." She then walked off. Right before she left the room however, she turned her head towards Ruby. "You still need to get your dress! Wouldn't want to disappoint your date." She said with a wink, causing Ruby to blush. Yang then walked out the door.

"Oh! That reminds me." Neptune exclaimed. He then pointed at Sun. "We're going into Vale. I refuse to let you go on a date in jeans, and your normal shirt." And without enough time to say anything, Sun was dragged off.

Weiss then turned her head to Ruby. "You, have a dress being delivered today. You better be ready." She said. Ruby just simply nodded.

"I highly doubt that we'll find a pair of pants for me Nep." Sun said. Him and Neptune were currently walking in Vale. "The last twenty or so didn't have any with tail holes, and there aren't many shops left." Finding pants he could wear was always a problem. Only a select few shops ever made pants with Faunus tails in mind.

"Well, there's still another shops! You never know Sun, maybe one will have a pair for you!" Neptune replied hopefully. This picked up Sun's spirits a bit.

They arrived at the shop, and walked in. The old lady at the counter eyed them for a bit, before her eyes widened upon seeing Sun. She watched him as he milled about the small shop. He was perusing the back of the shop, and he was using his tail to hold up a pair, before turning it around, shaking his head, and putting it back.

The old lady picked up a bat that was behind her counter.

"Nope! Looks like this shop's a bust to." Sun said to Neptune. Neptune then put back a pair he was looking at, before noticing something behind his best friend.

"Dude! Look out!" He said. On cue, Sun turned, just to be met with a swinging bat. He wasn't prepared for it, and had no time to engage his Aura, so the bat struck true, right on his temple. He was sent sprawling onto the ground, and was incredibly dazed.

"Get out a' 'ere you filthy animal!" The lady screamed. She reeled back to take another swing, but the bat was snatched up by Neptune. He glared at her, and she glared back, before Sun got up.

"C'mon Nep! This place didn't have what we needed anyway." He said, as he began walking away.

"But-" Neptune said, but then just shook his head, and released the woman.

Neither men were in the mood for much shopping after that, so they boarded a Bullhead, and began back to Beacon. They sat in silence the entire time, and as more of it passed, the darker the spot where Sun was hit grew. The Bullhead landed without a single word being spoken.

The two of them began walking in the direction of the dorms, still saying nothing, when they ran into Yang and Blake. The two girls noticed Sun and Neptune, and Yang dragged Blake over to talk.

"What's up you two?" Yang asked enthusiastically.

"Just getting back from a shopping trip" Neptune answered.

"With no bags?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, we couldn't find what we were looking for..." He said, but trailed of at the end.

"Oh. That's too bad." She then said. "Mind me asking what it was?" She asked hopefully.

"Why do you want to know?"

"Just curious!" She said a little to quickly.

"Okay...? We were just looking for some dress pants for Sun, but we couldn't find any with tail holes." He answered.

"There weren't any in all of Vale?"

"Our trip got cut short."

"Hm?" Yang then looked over at Sun, and saw the injury on his head. "What happened!?"

"Uh..." Neptune tried, but he didn't want to reveal what happened.

"Just a grumpy old shop keep who didn't like me." Sun said with a goofy smile on his face. "Nep, we should get back, maybe we could just take one of your pants and cut a hole in them."

"What! No! You can go in your jeans, just don't touch my clothes!" Neptune replied indignantly. They began walking, leaving Blake and Yang behind to ponder what happened to Sun.

They already had an idea however.

There's that chapter done.

One thing that I noticed when I watched Volume 4 was how Ilia was able to hit Sun with no resistance, even though he still had Aura left. That led me to the idea that Sun is relaxed to the point where we doesn't keep his Aura up at all times. That idea then spiraled into this chapter.

I guess you could say that this chapter exists to show off one of Sun's character flaws.

And Racism.