"Two more weeks, two more weeks!" Yang huffed as she carried four boxes full of documents on her shoulders and walked behind Glynda. "Miss Goodwitch, why do you have so many papers? This is the digital age, you know?"
"Quiet, young lady." Glynda sharply scolded her, "Electronic storage lasts for decades, but a properly stored piece of paper can last for hundreds of years."
"I can't believe it." Yang grumbled, "Seriously..."
Due to her little shenanigans at the 'Three Bears' Nightclub, Yang was punished by three months worth of involuntary service to help Beacon's teachers. Glynda in particular. Sure, it's not everyday she was asked for help, but still, THREE MONTHS, but because those damn Malachites are students at Beacon things've become hell for her early years. Her chance to get complete freedom in her college life was shattered in an instant.
Yang dropped the four boxes, heavy enough to rattle the wooden floor of the document storage room.
"Well, that should be it, you may leave now, Miss Xiao Long." Glynda lifted her glasses.
Yang grinned and then disappeared, leaving a trail of dust in her wake.
"Miss Badwitch needs to get laid, that must be the reason she's so uptight." Yang scrunched her face as she walked quickly across the corridor, and scratched her precious golden hair. "Ugh it's so itchy."
"Hey." Pyrrha ran up alongside her, "Finished with Miss Goodwitch?"
"Yeah, I need to take a damn shower." Yang wryly smiled, before went hysterical scratching her dusty hair. "AAAH! THE DORMS SO FAR AWAY! MY HAIR IS FALLING APART! AAAH!"
"Well, you can use the shared shower near the locker, I could help by bringing some of your clothes but-" Pyrrha mumbled, "Well boys are there too."
Most girls wouldn't be so enthusiastic about it. In fact, half the girls and boys in Beacon rarely use the shared closet of Beacons facility. Yang is, fortunately, part of the other half, who either don't care or too eager to share. Yang grinned and took the detour as quickly as she had the opportunity, "Thank you partner!"
"Ehh?" Pyrrha's eyes widened, give it to Yang for being super confident and go ahead for the thrill of it. "Oh well I guess I could help a little."
Yang barged into the closet room, hummed. There, she found Cardin and Russel just finishing their business, post-workout shower. Russel donned his usual vest and stood in front of the mirror, combing his hair. Cardin meanwhile sprayed his topless body with grape-scented cologne.
"Grow some bicep, buddy." Yang slapped Russel's butt and winked, which caused the green haired punk to yelp and cover his rear in shock.
"I've got some in my disposal babe." Cardin lustily smirked and flexed his arms to show off his significantly grown, trained body. Yang stopped for a moment to scan his body up and down, and then snorted as she quickly removed her jacket before she entered the private stall, and gave Cardin and Russel an eyeful of her solidly ripped back muscle, in contrast to her seemingly normal if sizable arms. "All mass and no density, too much baby fat. Size isn't everything, y'now?"
Cardin's lips turned upside down, and Russel can't help but chuckle.
"What the hell do you mean with that?" Cardin muttered.
"Ask big guy for pointers, and then we'll talk." Yang's voice came from behind the locked door, Cardin tilted his head in confusion. Because as far as he's concerned, he's the tallest student in their class. And then Yang clarified her point, "The masked one I mean."
"No freaking way." Cardin spat aside in disgust, and Russel burst out laughing before he shortly ran away out of the closet, avoiding Cardin's wrath as the taller student received a major blow to his dignity. Fuming, Cardin donned a t-shirt, deciding he'll hit the gym again to release his pent up stress and embarrassment. He'll show everyone a real man with real muscle, that's for sure. He shoved his armor pieces inside a duffel bag before he hastily left the shower.
"Still there honey?" Yang's head poked out of the door, only for her to be disappointed as the eye candy-err boy wasn't there anymore. "Awww, he's gone." She pouted before she resumed her cleaning activities.
A short time later Pyrrha came in with a paper bag full of clothes. "Hopefully you don't mind, I just grabbed the first thing I could find in your wardrobe."
"You're a lifesaver you know what?" Yang pointed her fist out of the door, and Pyrrha awkwardly bumped it with her own. "Honestly, sometimes I wonder if Ozpin made a mistake, you're more suited to leader position than I am."
"Not even close." Pyrrha refuted her, "I'm sure Ren and Nora think the same."
Yang came out dressed in light blouse and shorts, taking a moment to appreciate her looks before she turned back and faced her partner. "Yeah well Ren's a lazy bum and Nora is... Nora... but what makes you think I'm more qualified than you?"
"I'm not sure how I can put it into words." Pyrrha's smile softened, "But I'm not the type to lead."
"Oh c'mon we know that's bullcrap." Yang pulled a pair of hairband from her pocket and tied her hair into a low twin-tail. It's been years since she donned this hairstyle, kind of nostalgic really. "Wow, I look like a nerd."
Pyrrha mischievously grinned, "No you don't. You don't look stunning, but you still beautiful in different way."
"Well they say nerds are sexy." Yang smiled as she posed in ashamed way, both hands clasped in front of her chest, then one of the hair-bands snapped. "Oh God why?"
Pyrrha let her hair go as she removed the band tying it, her silky red hair fell smoothly down her cheek. She handed Yang her own band as replacement. Yang blinked and tied the loose tail back into shape. "God Pyrrha you need to let your hair down sometimes. I think I might fall for you."
"Don't even joke about that."
Pyrrha remembered when she did receive a couple of locker letters from fellow student in the past two months, all of them female. She wished more boys would have that courage and maybe... maybe one of them would treat her like... normal? Ah, she let her imagination ran amok again. If there's a nice boy who would treat her like that, she might fall for him in a heartbeat. Pyrrha doesn't care if that sounds shallow or dumb, because she just wants to be seen as herself, a seventeen year old girl.
Just like how Pyrrha's partner Yang always treat her. That's why she promised herself she will treasure her partner in return.
"You gotta broaden your horizon sometimes. We're still young!" Yang teased her relentlessly, much to Pyrrha's chagrin.
"My horizon-" Pyrrha made an air quote sign, "-is broad enough thank you."
"Well, any boys you fancied in particular?"
The redhead wryly smiled, "No one will talk to me enough for me to make a judgment."
"Ahhh so that's why." Yang made two pistol signs with her hands, she walked backward as she continued. "Waiting for the guys to approach you, that's so last decade!"
Yeah, maybe... Pyrrha just needed to be a little more forward. Maybe someday, she would find the one. Maybe if she stuck with Yang, she'd find the resolve to do just that.
JWMM - The Story of Love, War, and Redemption
By ZeroXSEED
Disclaimer:
RWBY created by Monty Oum and owned by Rooster Teeth
Chapter 06: Separation Anxiety
The monstrous shriek of a Boar-shaped Grimm alerted team JRRL, as one fairly small specimen quickly rolled across the flowerbed at wall-crushing velocity. Ruby expanded her weapon to scythe form, but Jaune called to her. "Wait for my sign."
Jaune dashed forward and then stabed the ground with his lance, and lowered his shield to make a makeshift ramp. The Boarbatusk, ignorant to the plan, simply rolled over Jaune's lance and shield and flew upward. Sky and Ruby both fired their guns, two rifle rounds pierced through it's stomach and blew it's back armor from expansion.
"That's more like it, we got to conserve ammunition." Jaune smiled, "Ren, do you think the bee nests are within Grimm territory?"
"I am very certain of it." Ren retracted a pair of hand-cannons from underneath his sleeve. "The mission comes first, so don't worry too much about my unofficial business."
"Oh okay, I just thought it would be a waste." Sky added.
"Well, let's go and kill the two headed doggy." Ruby cocked her Scythe and a spent shell came out, already cold. "Then we can get the honey."
The four young hunters-in-training scrambled toward the thick woods, fully recognizing their terrain disadvantage, but it was worth it. However, ten minutes of rummaging through the forest, they can't find any sign of their quarry. Ren and Jaune inspected the ground for any visible footprints, and they found a couple matching the profile of Beowulf.
Ruby noticed the large claw marks on a tree and called Jaune. "Jaune, how about this?"
"That has to be a normal Alpha." Jaune told her, much to her disappointment.
"Shit, it's really dark around here." Sky muttered, "I wish I trained myself more for night fighting."
"Sssh." Ruby hushed, "Listen."
Ruby's words were greeted by massive claw of a Beowulf. Everyone scattered that very instant while Ruby jumped over the claw and with determined eyes, beheaded it with one swipe of her scythe. Ren stepped on a tree and rolled in the air, his guns blazed quietly as wind dust propelled heavy lead to subsonic velocity. Six shots delivered, four juveniles went down and evaporated. Ren landed on the one juvenile he'd missed and then concentrated his aura to his foot, which made a small crater on the ground and tore apart the Grimm from pressure.
An Alpha Beowulf ambushed Sky, but Jaune came in to assist him and stabbed his lance and pinned its arm to a tree, stopping it's massive claw from hitting the blue haired boy. Sky stabbed the Alpha's chest with his halberd and screamed as he fired four rounds point blank, killing it.
"Anyone spotted the two-head yet?" Jaune asked.
"Negative!" Ruby answered as she beat a Juvenile to the pulp with the blunt end of her weapon, and then cleaved another Beowulf with a spin of her body. "How much time we have left?"
"Twenty minutes." Sky reported, his halberd embed itself on another grimm's chest. "Should we go deeper?"
"Not unless you want to fight in the dark." Jaune muttered, only for four eyes to appear right in front of him. "OH SHI-"
Ruby called out when she saw the blond knight wrestled with six meter tall monstrous wolf with two heads, his Lance holding its razor sharp fangs at bay. "JAUNE!"
Jaune let his lance go and pulled his sword form the sheath-shield, the tip of his sword pierced through the wolf's left chest and caused it to roar in agony, which slammed Jaune through a couple of trees. Sky roared and stabbed it's back with his halberd, firing the rifle mechanism until his magazine ran dry. The wolf lurched away and ran toward the flower field with a significant, bleeding injury.
Sky pulled Jaune's cape to help him stand. "You're alright, man?"
"Yeah, damn thing watched us since the beginning." Jaune huffed and then charged with his Lance pointed forward firmly, the momentum of his charge ripped apart another Beowulf that came in front of him.
-And he accidentally stabbed a killer bee's nest. Just his luck. Buzzing, flying angry bees began to swarm over his face. Jaune tripped on a vine and got entangled. "OW OW OW! NOT THE FACE! NOT THE FACE!"
"Hold on!" Ren called, and then he focused his aura in his palms.
And he clapped.
A thunderous blast ensues when his aura-infused palms meet, stunning the bees into total confusion and made Jaune's ears ring for a moment. "Well, we got the bee's nest." Jaune gave Ren the fragmented remains of the nest, which he immediately put into a plastic bag on his belt. Ren pat Jaune's back and smiled. "Let's pursue it."
When Ren and Jaune arrived at the edge of the forest, they saw Ruby and Sky already engaged with the two headed wolf. Though it was dangerous, it's still no match for two Beacon students.
"Gotcha!" Sky cut off one of it's legs, the giant bipedal monster fell down with an echoing thud. Ruby stepped on Sky's Halberd to increase her jumping strength and then descend with lethal velocity, her Scythe dug through it's spine. Grimm blood splattering all over the innocent girl's face, seconds before it evaporates into thin black smoke.
"Mission accomplished." Sky took a snap picture of the disintegrating corpse under Ruby's feet. "Got that covered."
"We got the monster, we got the honey. Let's get back." Jaune fired a green flare.
Jaune and Sky sat down and rested their weapons, watching as the horizon slowly turned from orange to dark blue. Ruby played with the flowers around her and made a tiara which she put on herself, while Ren cleaned the nest of leftover bees.
"That suits you well." Jaune pointed at Ruby.
Ruby looked up to see Jaune's light blue eyes locked on her own silver irises. "R-really? It's kind of childish isn't it?"
"Well I guess being childish is part of your charm." Sky agreed, surprisingly being gentle and honest about it, and now Ruby's practically steaming from the ears. What's more awkward than watching the sunset with a boy? Watching the sun set with THREE handsome boys of course! Suddenly, Ruby felt like she's too self conscious for some reason and put up her hood to cover her face. Hopefully no one teased her when she got back to campus because the fuse in her brain might explode from embarrassment.
So she tried to switch the topic conversation, "Umm, Ren, so why did you need to gather the honey?"
"Healing salve." Ren told her, and handing her a tiny plastic jar of yellowish white ointment. "Antiseptic, removes small scars, makes your skin smooth, and non toxic. Put them on before sleep and after washing your face. Yang actually uses it on regular basis."
"Whoo!" Ruby perked up and raised the jar as if she just found a treasure, "That sounds awesome! Weiss will be soo jealous of my beauty~!"
Jaune sheepishly chuckled, no wonder Ren's skins almost as smooth and pretty as the Malachites.
"Before medical science as we understand was born, people already used various means to keep themselves healthy. Mixing some aura and dust inside will enhance its properties when done properly." Ren smiled, "Certainly much cheaper than buying factory made cosmetic."
"Not sure if it worth the hassle though, no offense. I mean we need to kill Grimm to get them." Sky commented.
"It's certainly a hassle and financially not worth it, which is why I do this as a hobby." Ren agreed, "Tell you what, if you want herbal stuff, just ask me anytime."
A Bullhead descended from the sky ten minutes after Jaune called for it. "Sorry about the delay, everyone is wrapping up for the night." The pilot apologized.
"That's alright." Jaune told him, and then he sat beside Ruby, whose eyes grimly looked upon the flowerbed. Seeing several Beowulf's following a pair of two-headed alphas running across it, their black fur blurred and blending in with the shadow of the valley as they disappeared from the girl's sight.
"I guess we're kind of lucky today huh." Ruby muttered, with hint of annoyance in her voice. Though she was glad the mission went smoothly, she's itching for a better fight at the same time. "You said they're much more dangerous in number?"
"Yeah, we killed a stranded two-head apparently." Jaune let his cape covered her small body when she shivered from the cold wind. "Do you want me to close the door?"
"No need to, it was kind of... fun?" Ruby's face flushed when she noticed how uncomfortably close Jaune was, and yet, she doesn't want to leave. Sky wanted to say something to tease the surprisingly intimate friends, but Ren slapped his hand over his mouth. "Don't be a killjoy." Ren whispered.
"Playing matchmaker aren't we?" Sky deadpanned, to which Ren replied again, "Don't, be, a killjoy."
In the old days, the sounds of ringing bells when transactions were made signified bronze, silver or gold coin being exchanged. However, since the invention of gallium nitrite film, coins began to disappear and were replaced by the waterproof plastic lien card. Today, the sound was there because of the grandfather clause and nothing else, when student credits are digitally transferred between the school computer and student's scroll.
"I need to do this more often." Sky grinned, "Thanks for it team."
"You welcome!" Ruby waved at him.
"I should go back, Nora will demand pollen Pancakes, most definitely."
"Well I guess you need to get washed and then, dinner." Jaune smiled, which Ruby quite agreed with. "Sounds like a plan."
When Ruby came back, Blake was there reading a book while Weiss and Adam... were watching dog videos on the internet Tv.
"So how was the date, Ruby?"
"Date? Yeah Pfft, I'm struck with Sky Lark butchering a two-headed Grimm, what date?" Ruby snorted in response.
"Really? Sounds like harem to me." Adam sneered, which earned a corgi pillow to the face. It seems to be a recurring gag whenever he teased the girls, apparently. "It does sounds like one." Blake smiled, which earned Ruby's ire as well. Blake ducked to dodge another pillow, this time aimed at her.
Ruby dusted her cape and hung it, Weiss patted her back to remove the rest of the debris and leaves on Ruby's clothes. Ruby didn't bother closing the door when she removed her dress and washed her dirty hair, then dressed in nothing but undershirt and pantyhose. Not that she had anything particular to brag about...
"Well you certainly enjoyed your sweet time shopping with Jaune."
"Well it was fun, and Jaune's lance look really cool." Ruby showed her a picture of Jaune posing with the new weapon, with an unsightly exaggerated expression drawn on his face. Weiss winced in disgust. "Okay, 3/10 trying too hard. He actually look LESS cool than before, not that he ever looks cool to begin with."
Ruby can't help but agree, even though she felt Weiss was a little too cruel about it, so she deleted the picture and sighed. She'll ask him for a better picture later.
"Well, I think we should get to dinner." Adam turned off the Tv screen, "I'm going to faint from hunger at this rate."
"Don't be so dramatic." Weiss chided.
"This is ME we're talking about." Adam flicked his shades and huskily retorted, the signature accessory gleamed under the fluorescent lightning. Weiss gagged in disgust while Blake rubbed her aching temple. If there's anything Adam can boast about aside from his swordplay, it's his ego. And he knew it very well, especially when it annoys everyone around him.
Meanwhile, Jaune found his room completely empty. With a sad smile, he locked the door again and walked across the corridor. Truthfully, Jane always knew there's a strange gap between him and his team, as if he's the only one who treat the whole ordeal seriously. Even so, Bane and the Malachites managed to reconcile and adjusted their differences very well.
But since then, he felt like they put him aside for some reason.
"I'm still too slow." He muttered, "I need to go faster... faster."
Electricity began to crackle around his body, but he took a deep breath to calm himself. "Calm down, Jaune, you can do this... you can do this..."
"Jaune!" Ruby called, "You're alone?"
"Yeah, Malachites were out in the town." Jaune replied sheepishly, "Not sure where Bane is."
Weiss watched as Jaune and Ruby kept talking all the way to the dining hall. It was pretty clear that the self-appointed knight was lonely without his teammates, perhaps being left out altogether. Spending a lot of time with Ruby might be his only way to cope. Even though sometimes Weiss felt... creeped out by his enamored stare, he never actually hit on her in the overt way. If anything, Jaune had been way too cautious whenever she looked at him.
As if Jaune is afraid of her or something.
Or maybe he's just shy, who knows? Not Weiss' business. But at the very least, they're still close classmates who spend a lot of time together. At the very least, she can afford to give a little sympathy .
"Well, seeing as you're alone, why don't you join us? Can't let Adam hog all the pretty girls." Weiss smiled friendlily, which seems to intimidate Jaune a little bit. "Umm, is it really okay?"
"Sure, looking at you moping alone would kill my appetite." Weiss bluntly told him, so as to make sure Jaune didn't misinterpret her cruel kindness for something more... special.
"YAY!" Ruby raised her hands merrily.
Jaune somberly smiled in response, "Sure, let's go with that."
At least he won't be alone at the dinner table.
As always, when it comes to Saturday, the dining hall is a LOT more empty than usual. Most of the students spent their Saturday night outside Beacon, whether on a romantic date or simply hanging out. As such, it's not strange to see major changes in seating arrangement, because many teams have incomplete sets of members, all things considered.
"And then Sky was like HOO HAAA! BANG BANG!" Ruby excitedly told her team her little adventures with all the exaggerated gestures, "And then I crush it's spine! I wished we could stay longer, because apparently there's more than two of them."
"What a reckless thought." Weiss scolded her, "You should be happy that was an easy mission."
"Well I can understand Ruby's wish, I mean, the more we kill, the less we have to deal with in the future." Blake argued, "In fact, I would love to come on the next hunt."
"YAY!" Ruby hugged the black haired girl's waist happily.
"Hey look who got himself a date." Adam looked aside to see Cardin is sitting with a nerdy girl.
"Who?" Jaune and Ruby turned their head in unison, the girl was wearing a white blouse, and her blond hair tied into a low twin-tail. The way she put her hands above her hips, she's putting up a complete guard around her. She didn't talk loud enough for RWBT and Jaune to hear what she said.
Well that's fine and all, or not, maybe Cardin forced her to sit with him?
But if that's the case why'd Cardin look so freaked out? Plus, Cardin's voice is also a bit... shaken.
"Jaune my man." Sky popped from beside the table, or at least, half his head. "My poor leader got himself whipped."
"What?" Jaune muttered in disbelief, Cardin motherloving Winchester? WHIPPED?
"Who?" Adam furrowed his eyebrow, "Never seen that girl before."
"Oh you'd be surprised." Russel deadpanned, already sitting in the neighboring table with PVL. That was when Ruby realized she hasn't seen her sister anywhere. She looked at the quiet girl who sat with Cardin and slowly called out to her, hoping that her hunch was right. "Yang? is that you?"
The homely girl perked up, finally revealing the face hidden under her bangs. Her violet eyes shining brilliantly in amusement, "Oh hey sis."
Jaune and Ren spurted their drinks in concert, while Blake and Weiss dropped the slice of tuna and meat on their forks. Every boys that wasn't a CRDL member balked in disbelief. How could one of the most beautiful freshman in Beacon appear so irrelevant and quiet? That surprising reveal caused a major riot for the duration of the dinner, at least until Glynda intervened.
"You know, Blake? You could learn one or two things about disguise from her." Adam idly commented.
Blake responded with a small kick to his shin.
"And so the young heiress said 'I do not wear hooker boots, your teammates do'." Bane thrust the stick between his fingers, hitting the cue ball dead center and scattered the other balls as result, ball number six dropped into a hole.
Juniors laughter reverberated again within the elite suite room, much to the chagrin of Miltia. "Oh shut up we ended up needing to replace our heels with something heavy and unsightly."
"Better than to sink yourself to the ground waltzing." Bane pointed.
"Shut it, big guy. Else I'll not give you a special dinner." Melanie said as she brought a plate full of soup-things. She wore a light blue apron with a snowflake motif, which surprisingly enough suited her very well. One wouldn't expect the mouthful Melanie to be the domestic type.
"Bread soup? Shit it's been so long since I ate this." Bane said in disbelief, it's not even sarcastic, he's genuinely surprised. "No really, how long has it has been. One year? Motherlovin' bread soup, that's what."
"We haven't always been this rich y'now." Junior said as he politely squished his cigarette on the tray, not wanting the smell of tobacco messing with the delicious serving of otherwise modest meal. "Buying leftover stale bread at the bakery for a small price, sometimes got it for free. What a sad story don't you think? Well, I guess that's why I love the life I have now so much."
"No ambition as mafia or something?" Bane asked, he lifted his mask a little, exposing his surprisingly sharp chin and thin lips so he could eat the dinner.
"Just a honest bartender with a harmless side job." Junior winked.
"Bullshit." Melanie and Miltia swore in concert.
"Hey, who taught you such crass language, girls?" Junior protested, not denying that his job wasn't entirely legitimate. "Our dear leader totally misses a lot." Bane laughed inwardly.
"You haven't lost your edge, Melanie." Miltia muttered as she took the first spoonful and enjoyed her meal, "You should make one for our leader sometime."
"W-what are you saying Miltia?" Melanie choked a little, "Why should I make it specifically for him?!"
"Yeah he's missing out. I could live on this damn soup for my entire life." Bane added, "Blake can't cook anything that's not fish for shit."
"I would like to meet this little lad who charmed one of my girls, hopefully he's as good as you guys describe." Junior grinned, which made Melanie even madder, "Oh choke on a cig, Junior!"
"I have his photo here-" Miltia retracted her scroll, but Melanie quickly covered the screen as much as she could. The result of which shook the table, leaving the two men nearby to scramble and try to save the dishes from falling. The situation at dinner, one would have thought doesn't fit a bunch of shady individuals behind a nightclub. Even still, everyone enjoyed it to the fullest. People have loved ones indeed, only a heartless monster does not.
The innocent atmosphere in the royal suite room lasted for a time, until there was a hard knock on the door. Miltia stood up and opened the door.
"Boss, the witch came for a visit." One of the henchmen said.
"Damn, why today?" Junior's face paled in an instant and he quickly fixed his necktie. "Do I look like crap still?"
"No." Melanie deadpanned.
"Good, I've got a special customer to please after all. So can you kids play around outside for a moment?" Junior winked again, which made the three college students gag in disgust.
"Well I guess hanging at the club would be fun too." Miltia smiled and cracked her fingers, "Been a long time since we've had fun."
Bane scowled, "If I get bored I blame you guys."
"Go fetch a hooker." Melanie chided.
Bane responded by mad growl, but alas, getting laid is really the furthest thing from his mind right now, not in this kind of place, with a stranger to boot. No way in hell. "Seriously don't say that with straight face, it scared the shit outta me."
Melanie eyed him with amusement, "Oh-ho, so little Sawyer actually has things he's afraid off. Lame."
"Even if I say no you wouldn't be convinced." Bane huffed, not like they're wrong anyway.
"Oh don't be so childish you guys, seriously have fun today, you're not going to get second chance anytime soon." Miltia climbed the stair and poked the bear-headed DJ henchman. The henchman grinned and courtly bowed away to let Miltia took over. "WITNESS ME!" Miltia pointed, and a explosion of fire and electric dust got everyone's attention.
Miltia wore a headset and began playing a new song, her delicate skin rubbed on the surface of the vinyl disc like a musical maestro, and her relatively muscular fingers lightly touch the mixer dial. The club exploded in frenzy as strings of melody and a deep bass began to fill the void.
Miltia might be subdued most of the time, but today, she really shined on top of the stage.
"You gotta be kidding me." Bane can't even muster the proper swear words to express his surprise.
Melanie looked at her proudly from the sidelines, just behind the black dressed masked man, "That's Miltia for you, she might be a little quiet sometimes, but shes really good at entertaining people with her skill."
"Of course I'm shocked, one would expect her to be the domestic type, not you." Bane pointed out, Melanie struck her tongue out angrily and left him alone. Instead, taking over the bartender job and interacted with more handsome young men than Bane had fingers on his hands.
Bane was quiet for ten seconds until it dawned to him that he's alone now, distressingly looked left and right, Bane hummed and was stiff as statue as he stood aside the other men in black suits.
"... I totally asked for it didn't I?" he asked nearby henchman, and they all lowered their red-tinted shades as they glared at the younger man incredulously. "Dude, really?"
"...Maybe I really do need a drink." Bane regretfully muttered. Maybe he'll need to suck up his pride but damn, he's lonely now. Sure, sometimes he'd like to walk around on his own, but standing alone in this crowded spot made him feel out of place.
"Maybe you need to get laid." Another henchman muttered, and got elbowed for his trouble. "Ow, watch the liver."
The thick bulk of the door slid open as a couple of new patrons waltzed into the club without care. The first to enter was a tall girl in brown fur coat, dragging the familiar figure of a bunny-eared girl behind her. The first girl wore a black pair of shades, not caring how out of place it was.
"C-coco I'm not so sure about this-"
"Don't be a wuss. If there's someone hitting on you I'll kick their ass." the girl with shades said, "Yatsu and Fox will be here soon."
"Ohh shit." Bane muttered, "Whatever they do, don't piss them off."
"Why?"
"They're students at Beacon."
The henchmen all scrambled to get to cover, or at least obscure themselves, leaving Bane alone, again. "Oh for God's sake, the hell are you guys here for?" the Masked man complained, though, it seemed that the bunny girl noticed his irate rambling. "Umm, hi. Long time no see, do you work here?"
"...yes, and no. I came here with teammates. The girl on the DJ stage and the one attending the bar. Twins." Bane said with his no nonsense tone, "Winchester still bothering you?"
"Not in the past few weeks no. I hope he learned his lesson." The bunny girl clenched her fist awkwardly, "Ah, I mean, thanks, you helped me somewhat."
"I did nothing, though?" Bane scoffed, "It's all yours."
"Why, hello big guy, would you mind escorting us to the stall? Our boyfriends are kind of... preoccupied." The other, taller girl said in husky voice. She lowered her shades and smiled, "The name is Coco by the way."
Bane had a feeling his manliness would be threatened if he refused, so he simply nodded. "...Gladly."
"Umm they're not our boyfriends, just teammates, yeah." The bunny hastily corrected her teammate. "Umm, and the name is Velvet, Velvet Scarlatina."
Oh well at least he's not alone!
I always wonder if people actually read this story, with so little response I got. Oh well!
- dragoon109: Bane did use Jaune's plan, just not the exact wording. So he comes out as exceedingly rude even though he tried to help. And yes, Jaune will grow increasingly stronger and get more shiny equipment... but so does everyone in this story. I just hate it when Jaune not only stole main character position, but also become overpowered.