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I….really have no news for you so let's just….GET ON WITH IT

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY, that gift belongs to Rooster teeth, I only own Jarryd and the rest of the Red Band, Capeshe.

Combat class

Team RWBY was just chilling in the stands, watching the spar unfold before them. Pyrrha had been told to face off against the entirety of team CRDL, which of course, was no problem for the red-headed girl. The match had finally ended after Cardin took a shot to the stomach as his other teammates aura was in the red area. Professor Goodwitch then walked over to the victor of the fight.

"Excellent job, Ms. Nikos, you should have no problem qualifying for the tournament." The teacher told Pyrrha, who gave a smile in response. "Now, we still have time for one more match….how about….Ms. Belladonna." Blake then looked up at the teacher, because she wasn't paying attention. "You've been rather docile the past few classes, why don't yo-" Glynda tried to finish, but was cut off.

"I'll do it" A student said with little enthusiasm, Ruby and Jarryd turned around to see the silver-haired Haven student from the night before.

"Mercury, was it?" Mercury just nodded in response "Very well, let's find you an opponent."

"Actually, I wanna fight her…" He said, pointing to Pyrrha, making her recoil in surprise.

"I'm afraid Ms. Nikos just finished a match, I recommend you choose another student" Ms. Goodwitch said to the boy, Pyrrha was about to jump in, allowing it, but Mercury then looked for another opponent.

"How about….you?" Mercury stated, now pointing to Jarryd "You up for a round?" Jarryd then looked to his teammates, who just shrugged.

"Ok...sure why not." The pirate replied to the silver boy's request as the both headed down to the arena.

"Kick his butt, Jarryd!" He heard his leader and girlfriend yell. Both boys made their way onto the stage, Jarryd took a position and stood still, waiting for Mercury to do the same, but Mercury was only circling him. Mercury then took a boxing stance, which shocked the swordsman.

"You're going to fight without a weapon?" Jarryd asked with a tilted head, to which Mercury just smirked.

"It's what I do…" Was the only response he gave.

"Whatever you say…" Jarryd replied, unsheathing Crimson Fury and taking a dueling stance. The two then stared eachother down, until Mercury charged forward, attempting to kick Jarryd, who just blocked the strike and tried to sweep the street-fighter's legs. Mercury then did a series of flips backwards to avoid the sweep, and gain some ground, this time it was Jarryd's turn to charge at him. Jarryd swung at the boy, only for him to swiftly block the blow with the armoured plating on his wrists. Mercury jumped back and skidded across the floor, he then looked at the pirate with a somewhat impressed face. Then, the silver haired boy tried to do a tornado kick, which had the same result as the first kick, blocked by the blade of Crimson Fury, though another kick came fast, Jarryd barely dodged as he stepped back, preparing himself for what would come next, strategies running through his mind rapidly. 'If he does another tornado kick, I could go under his legs and get a strike in from behind. Or if he decides to punch sooner or later, I could grab his arm with my free hand and throw him down and pin him' All these ideas came into the pirate' head, until Mercury decided to charge one more time, only to have one of Jarryd's first strategies turned on him. Mercury punched at Jarryd, only for the swordsman to catch his arm, Jarryd dropped his sword for a second and used his other hand to lift Mercury off the ground, over his head, and down to the ground. Jarryd was ready to pin the boy, but Mercury got back up almost inhumanely quick, Jarryd picked up his cutlass from off the ground, and threw a water bomb in mid-air. Jarryd then pulled out Venom, and shot the piece of glass that was still in flight, making H2O spill everywhere, to which Jarryd shot his hand towards his opponent, sending a jetstream of water after him, Mercury was about to be nailed in the stomach, when he said 2 words.

"I forfeit" Jarryd then quickly let the water fall to the ground, not wanting the quitter to get hurt unnecessarily. "If you hit me with that, I would have been sent stumbling back, or worse, that would have given you an opening to end the fight, I can tell we are not on the same level" Ms. Goodwitch stepped forward.

"I guess Mr. Starks is the winner of this match, next time, think about finishing the fight" Goodwitch said with a stern look.

"I'll be sure to do that…" Mercury said before walking back up to his green-haired teammate, who was also in the stands, but fuming.

"Well… that's all for today, remember the dance is this weekend, but you all have your first mission on monday, no excuses!" The teacher finished, before Jarryd walked back up to meet with his team, Yang was the first to say something as they all left the room.

"Nice job...I guess" Yang said with a sheepish smile.

"Trust me, I'm just as confused as all of you are." Jarryd replied as he kept walking. Blake had been falling behind, as she was looking at her notebook, and not where she was going, when a hand appeared on her shoulder.

"Hey, Blake, you doing ok?" Asked Sun, who was the owner of the hand on her shoulder.

"I'm fine…" The faunus replied, barely looking up from her notebook.

"So...I hear there's a dance this weekend...I know it sounds boring but...you and me, I'm thinking not as bad, huh?" Blake only gave a confused look. "The dance, this weekend, you wanna go or what."

"I don't have time for a dance, I thought you of all people would get that." She replied before walking off as her teammates just watched the dilemma before them, Sun just looked defeated. Jarryd walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't let it get you down, she's just a bit irritated and restless after Torchwick got away, we'll talk to her" Sun just looked at the pirate with a small smile, and nodded.

RWBY's dorm

"You what!" Blake yelped in surprise.

"We want you to go to the dance." Ruby stated to the B of the team.

"No way!"

"Blake, we get it, the whole investigation on the White Fang is stressing you out, we're worried about you" Jarryd commented.

"You don't eat, sleep, and honestly, your grades have been suffering" Weiss said with a surprisingly worried look.

"You think I care about grades?! People's lives are at stake!" Blake yelled to the team, causing Yang to jump in.

"We know, and we're trying to find out what Torchwick is up to" Yang said, trying to calm the faunus down.

"Thank's to you and Sun, we know that they are operating somewhere outside of southeast Vale" Ruby chimed in, also trying to lighten the mood.

"And thank's to the company records Weiss got, we know that they singled out Vale as the primary dust robbery target" Jarryd added on with a smile. "Though we can't forget about the missing military equipment."

"But there are still unanswered question!" Blake replied, trying to convince them.

"We won't be able to find anything if you can't even keep your eyes open…" Ruby said. Yang then jumped in for a final time.

"All we ask is that you take it easy for just one day"

"It'll be fun!" Weiss stated with a smile "Yang and I will make sure of it…"

"Yeah, we're planning the whole event!" Yang jumped, which resulted in the room shaking.

"Team CFVY's away mission has lasted longer than originally thought, making Yang and I take over for them, so we can make sure that your night is perfect." Weiss said with a dignified expression.

"And once that's over, the investigation begins again, but we will be rested and ready for anything" Jarryd jumped in, only to have Blake scoff.

"This is a colossal waste of time…" She said before getting up and walking out of the room "I'll be in the library" Jarryd just sighed at the response she gave.

"This can't keep up for much longer…" The team then heard a knock on the door, Weiss got up and opened it, only for the team to see Jaune, standing outside with a guitar in his hands.

"WEEEEIIIISSS" Jaune sang before the door was immediately closed on him, he knocked on the door again. "Aww...come on...open up…" Weiss just facepalmed "I promise not to sing" Weiss decided to give him one more shot, as she opened the door. "I LIEEEEED!" Weiss just face palmed, as Jarryd, Yang and Ruby were almost on the floor from laughter as he kept singing, "Weiss Schnee, will you accompany me...to the daaaannncccceee onnnnn…."Jaune paused for a moment, as he forgot the day the dance was on "SSUUNDAYY!".

"Are you done?" Was the only thing that came out of the heiress's mouth. Jaune sheepishly smiled.

"Yes….."

"No." Weiss said before shutting the door on the Arc again. Weiss turned around to see Ruby and Yang looking at her strangely, Jarryd was still on the floor laughing. "What?"

"And that...is why they call you ice queen." Yang stated, who just scowled.

"All my life, boys have only cared about me because of my last name, besides, I already have a date in mind" The Ice queen replied to the comment, as Jarryd got up, still chuckling.

"L-Let me guess, is it Neptune…" Jarryd managed to get out in between laughs, making the heiress blush.

"M-maybe"

"Well, date or no date, this won't be fun if we can't get Blake to go…" Ruby said with depression in her voice, Jarryd then jumped in, no longer laughing.

"Ruby's right, so...we need a plan…" This cause the rest of the team to nearly fall over.

"Are strategies the only thing you think about now?" Yang said, palm meeting face, Jarryd just put his hand over his head.

"I spend a lot of time thinking about them yes, but i'm not devoted to it, surprisingly enough."

Exchange student dorm

"And lastly Pyrrha Nikos…" said the green haired girl, going off a list from her tablet.

"Ah, the 'invincible girl'..." The girl with black hair responded

(A/N: Remember, I haven't introduced the 2 girls names yet!")

"She thinks she's smart, but I wouldn't say invincible…" Said Mercury, who was reading a comic book.

"Do tell…" Said the black haired woman.

"Her semblance is polarity, but you'd never know just by watching." The green haired girl replied.

"When she made contact with one of the other student's weapons while sparring, she was able to move it around however she wanted, but only made slight adjustments." Mercury added on.

"Enough to make it seem like she's untouchable, she doesn't broadcast her power, so it puts opponents on a disadvantage"

"People assume, she's fated for victory, when in reality, she takes fate into her own hands...interesting, add her to the list…" the black-haired woman said in response, causing the green-haired one to add her to the list.

"You should be able to take her no problem…" Mercury butted in.

"It's not about overpowering the enemy, it's about taking away what power they have, and we will...in time"

"Wait, Miss, I forgot someone" The green-haired girl said, making the other 2 look in confusion.

"Who, exactly, Emerald?" The black haired one said to the now identified Emerald.

"His name is Jarryd Starks milady, Mercury here is a little acquainted with him" Emerald said in response, to which Mercury just scowled.

"That guy, I sparred with him in combat class, he's got a red cutlass, wears a black dress shirt and a red shirt, I never saw any armor, but he doesn't need it. The guy can dodge like a maniac, plus, he and that sword seem like they are talking to each other, he always knows where to strike, with great precision, also, this might worry you Cinder, his semblance is hydrokinesis…" Mercury said to the girl named Cinder. "He might be a problem"

"Ah, yes, we've heard of him, former member of The Red Band that Roman mentioned…" Cinder replied with closed eyes, making Emerald go wide-eyed.

"Wait, HE is the guy that Torchwick fought!" Emerald said in surprise, now knowing that this boy was the one who stopped Roman's plan, almost by himself.

"It seems so...but worry not, he will go down like the rest, add him to the list…" Cinder said before opening her now glowing, orange eyes.

Next day - dance preparation

Weiss, Yang, and Jarryd were all putting up the different decorations for the dance this upcoming saturday, Ruby was sitting at a table, bored out of her mind, when Weiss came over and set 2 sheets in front of her.

"Ok, which tablecloth do you like better?" Weiss asked as she pointed to the sheets with colors on them, that looked like the exact same shade of beige.

"Aren't those the same?" Ruby replied with another question, only making Weiss scowl.

"I don't know what I expected!" She yelled before walking off. Yang then came by and set a large speaker in place, making Ruby and the table bounce, she then walked over to her half-sister.

"So...picked out a dress for the dance yet?" It was now Yang's turn to ask questions, Ruby only looked up in sorrow.

"What's the point, who cares about the dance if Blake isn't going?" Ruby again replied with another question.

"Oh, don't worry, she's going. Plus, don't you want Jarryd to see you in a nice outfit?" Yang responded in a teasing manner, only making Ruby blush. Yang then looked over to see Weiss arguing with Jarryd on how doilies were important to the dance set up.

"If I can't get doilies, then we won't have fog machines!" Weiss yelled at the pirate, who only smirked.

"Wasn't that Yang's idea" He replied, when they suddenly heard a laugh from the doorway. The group turned around to see Neptune and Sun.

"Your dance is gonna have fog machines?" Neptune said, walking towards them. Weiss quickly rushed over to meet him.

"We're thinking about it…"

"That's pretty cool."

"You ladies, and one gentleman all excited for dress up?" Sun asked them in a sarcastic tone.

"Pfft, yeah right" Ruby said, head still on the table.

"Laugh all you want, all of us are gonna be turning heads tomorrow night" Yang responded with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.

"What're you two stooges gonna wear" Jarryd asked them, earning a glare from Weiss. Sun just pointed to what he was wearing now.

"Ignore him, for he knows not of what he says" Neptune said with a hand in front of Sun's face.

"I may have moved to Mistral, but I grew up in Vacuo, it's not exactly a shirt and tie kinda place." Sun defended himself.

"We could tell…" Jarryd replied, pointing at the clothes Sun was wearing.

"So….What does Blake think of this, she still being you know...like Blake?" Sun asked with a shoulder shrug.

"Obviously" Weiss said, slightly annoyed.

"We can't think of a way to change her mind...as much as Jarryd has tried" Ruby gestured towards her boyfriend.

"I'm working on it!" Jarryd said loudly, defending his tactics.

"Guys" Everyone turned to Yang "She'll be there, I just know it"

Beacon Library

Blake had been using the computers in the Beacon Library to find out any info about the White Fang and their antics that weren't already known, when a red dot appeared on the screen, causing Blake's eyes to follow it. The dot went up and down the computer screen, and eventually went to her hand, that was when Blake realized that someone was probably mocking her faunus type. The dot disappeared as Blake searched around for whoever was in control of the shiny red sphere, before she got back to work. The dot then appeared on her hand again, and made it's way back to the screen as it started dancing around, Blake was getting angrier by the second, she slammed her hands down on the table and turned around to hopefully see the culprit, but saw nothing except the dot now in front of her feet. The red dot then started moving, and Blake quickly followed, her baggy eyes followed the sphere as she walked behind it, when it turned a corner. When Blake turned the corner, she saw Yang standing there with a smile, laser pointer in hand.

"What are yo-" Blake tried to get in but was cut off.

"We need to talk" Yang replied and dragged Blake off. They ended up in Professor Oobleck's room, Yang sat on the desk and Blake paced back and forth.

"Yang...if you're gonna try and stop me, don't waste your breathe." Blake said with a small scowl. Yang only just grinned.

"I'm not asking you to stop, i'm asking you to slow down…"

"We don't have the luxury" The black cat replied with a pause in between words.

"It isn't a luxury, but a necessity…" Yang said, still with a small grin, even though her partner was grimacing.

"The necessity is stopping Torchwick…"

"And that's what we'll do…" The two looked to see Jarryd at the entrance to their room "I mean hell, he barely got away the last 2 times, if he's the issue, we barely have anything to worry about, except The White Fang". The pirate said walking over to the 2 "I've faced a lot of naval soldiers and rival pirate captains who are like Torchwick, and one thing i've learned is that they all go down eventually."

"He's right y'know, so sit down and listen to what I have to say…Jarryd, this will also be info you should know..." Yang said, patting the table, gesturing Blake and Jarryd to sit, so they did, Yang continued. "Ruby and I grew up in Patch, a small island off the coast of Vale, our parent's were huntsmen, dad taught at signal and mom would take on missions around the kingdom...Her name was Summer Rose, she was freaking supermom I tell ya...baker of cookies, slayer of giant monsters…." Yang's smile then grew into a frown "Then...one day she left for a mission...and never came back" Blake remained unfazed, but Jarryd's eyes widened, knowing he never had a mother as she dumped him on a doorstep after his birth, and even tried to set out to find her at a young age. The fact that Ruby lost her birth mother nearly tore him apart, he couldn't fathom the pain she had to deal with, he let Yang continue. "Ruby was torn apart, she was a bit too young to understand what was going on...our dad just...broke down, it wasn't long before I learned why, Summer wasn't the first love he lost, she was the second…" Jarryd was nearly in tears, he looked over and nearly scowled at Blake, as she had remained unchanged. "The first...was my mom...he wouldn't tell me anything, but I learned that they had been on a team together with Summer and Qrow, and that she left me with him just after I was born...Nobody's seen her since." Blake now had the tiniest reaction of surprise.

"Why did she leave you?" The faunus asked. Yang only sighed.

"That damn question...Why? I didn't know the answer, but I was determined to find out, it was the only thing I thought about, I asked anybody I could what they knew about her, then one day, I found something. What I thought was a clue that could lead me to answers, or maybe even my mom...So I waited for dad to leave the house, put Ruby in a wagon, and headed out...we must have walked for hours, I had cuts and bruises, and I was exhausted, but I wasn't going to let anything stop me. When we finally got there, I could barely stand...but, I didn't care….but that was when they came. Those burning red eyes….So...there we were, a toddler asleep in the back of a wagon, and girl to exhausted to even cry out...it was like we were served on a silver platter. But our uncle showed up in time...we should be dead if anything…" Yang finished, Blake was speechless, Jarryd just put a hand on the blonde's shoulder.

"Yang...I'm terribly sorry for what happened, nobody should go through that at such a young age" He whispered in her ear, making her smile and nod. Blake then got up.

"I get what you are saying, but I'm not a child, and this isn't just a search for answers I can't jus-" Blake tried to get in, but was interrupted by an angry sounding Yang.

"I told you...I'm not trying to stop you, I haven't...Till this day, I still want to know what happened to my mother...and why she left...but I can't let that search control me, we will find the answers Blake...but if we destroy ourselves in the process, what good are we?" Yang replied, Blake also got angry.

"You don't get it...I'm the only one who can do this!" Blake yelled, Yang was about to retaliate when a crimson blade chopped the table in between them, they both turned to see Jarryd, with a scowl on his face.

"Blake….I've told somebody else this recently, you may think you can do everything alone, and for most cases, that's true, but not this time…" He said with raspiness in his voice as he put his sword away "Even with groups, people fall, remember Jack, he went down with an entire group backing him up, If you face Torchwick alone, that could happen to you and I'm NOT losing another friend!" He yelled at the cat faunus with tears in his eyes at the memory of Jack's death, making the 2 girls a bit worried, Jarryd then took in a deep breath, calming himself down. "Please Blake...just...take a break..." The pirate basically begged "Not just for yourself, for those who care about you" He finished as he walked out of this room, hands in pockets, leaving the 2 speechless.

"Well...I guess I'd better go as well…" Yang said, as she started to leave the room, before she turned back to Blake "If you do decide to come tomorrow, I'll save you a dance" She said with a wink as she walked off, leaving Blake alone.

Beacon Hallway

Jarryd had been slowly walking back to the dorm room, making long trips around to avoid any of his teammates. He wasn't looking or thinking about where he was going when he ran into Jaune, who had a depressed look on his face.

"Sorry man...why the long face?" Jarryd asked the hooded knight.

"I was gonna ask Weiss to the dance again, but in a better way than last time, but I saw her ask Neptune instead…" Jaune said, looking at the ground, Jarryd sighed and grabbed his shoulder.

"Jaune...first, I don't know why you like her anyways, second, she's not the one for you, think about it, when has she even shown you kindness since you have met?" Jaune was about to retaliate, but thought of nothing "That's what I thought, buddy, the world is a big, big place, there is bound to be someone for you here, maybe she's closer than you think…" The buccaneer said, hinting towards Pyrrha, who he knew had wanted to go with Jaune since the dance was announced.

"Yeah...Yeah, Thank's Jarryd" Jaune replied with a smile before walking off. Jarryd finally reached his dorm room, when he went inside, the girls were asleep. Jarryd quickly checked his bag for his suit for tomorrow. He then set the uniform back in the bag and went to sleep.

The dance - Next day

Yang had been getting everything else ready for the night as people had just started arriving at the dance. She was in her dress, which was pretty much a plain dress, when she saw Ruby come out in her attire, a sleeveless black and red dress with a fishnet top.

"Oh, you look beautiful!" Yang screeched, Ruby started stumbling towards her, as she was also wearing black heels.

"Honestly, how does Weiss fight in these?" Ruby said over her stumbles, causing Yang to giggle.

"Jarryd's jaw is honestly gonna drop, oh, there's Blake and Sun!" Yang yelled to the other side of the room, revealing Blake in a dark purple dress, also with a fishnet top, Sun was wearing a different colored shirt. Yang then ran to them to get her first dance, with her teammate, leaving Ruby alone, for a second.

"Waiting on your date as well?" Said Weiss, who was wearing a solid white dress as well, appeared right beside Ruby.

"Yeah, I hope Jarryd gets here soon.." Ruby replied with a slight blush at the name of her boyfriend. Weiss then smirked.

"Yang told me that she was making him do a 'special' entrance…" The heiress told the leader of the team, who was now worried.

"Yep, It's gonna be awesome!" Yang said, who had just finished her dance with Blake and left that up to Sun, they watched the two faunus dance, a smile came to their faces when they actually saw Blake smiling and laughing. That was when a figure came in the room, swinging in from a curtain outside the window, the person let go of the curtain and landed feet first on the ground. The figure turned around to reveal Jarryd in a black suit with a maroon trim, and a little duck-tail on the end of the suit. (A/N I don't know what those are called XD) The spiky-haired swordsman then walked up to Ruby and held out his hand.

"Sorry for being so late, may I have this dance?" Jarryd asked his girlfriend, who just covered her mouth at the display she thought was romantic, Weiss just facepalmed and Yang smirked. Ruby then took his hand as he dragged her out onto the dance floor, as the couple started slow dancing like everyone else.

"So...what was with that entrance?" Ruby asked her buccaneer, who just looked at her with a smile.

"Yang said I should 'go back to my roots'" He replied with air quotes as they kept dancing. Jarryd seemed to know exactly how the steps would go, Ruby on the other hand, struggled to even move from side to side, due to her heels.

"Honestly, how do you know this stuff?" She also asked her boyfriend.

"I've had to do this before to distract others when the crew decided to pull off a heist in the middle of a ballroom…" Jarryd answered with a blush "It was kinda embarrassing" Ruby just smiled at his sheepiness.

"Well, you're really good" She said, laying her head on his chest and giving her boyfriend a quick kiss on the lips in the middle of the dance. Jarryd then got an idea.

"Lift yourself up on your toes" Ruby just tilted her head in question, but did as instructed. That was when Jarryd pulled her hand up and started spinning her around slowly, when they got back into regular position, they decided to stop, Ruby did a curtsey, and Jarryd did a quick bow and walked back over to Yang.

"You two seemed like you had fun" Yang said to the two, who were holding each other's hands. Ruby just blushed, and Jarryd smiled, Yang turned to see two students she had invited earlier. "Hey, you guys showed up!"

"Wouldn't miss it for the world…" Mercury replied, Emerald by his side. By this time Jarryd and Ruby walked to the punch bowl to refresh themselves, when Jaune walked over.

"Hey guys, what're you doing over here?" Jaune asked the couple.

"Just getting drinks…" Ruby replied with a smile.

"Jaune...you ok, ya know, about Weiss?" Jarryd said to the blonde boy, who looked down.

"I'm fine, I can tell why she went with Neptune though, not many people can pull off blue hair" Jaune responded, making Jarryd start to chuckle.

"First, you're right about the blue hair thing, second, Weiss is here by herself, didn't you notice…" Jarryd said with a smirk, causing Jaune to nearly spit out the punch he just started gulping down.

"W-W-What!" The usually hooded boy stuttered, as he looked over to see Weiss, tending to flowers on a table. Ruby then chuckled as well.

"Yeah, she said she had too much to focus on to worry about boys…" Ruby told Jaune, who got a smile, then turned to see Neptune, laughing his ass off with Blake and Sun. A frown came to Jaune's face.

"Hold. My. Punch." He said in between words, Jarryd nervously grabbed the glass out of Jaune's hand as the blonde walked over to Neptune.

"This can only end well" The pirate said with rolling eyes, Ruby just looked at him.

"Agreed" They observed Jaune walking over to Neptune, probably to scold him. Then Pyrrha walked on by, wearing a long red dress and black heels, walking up to the balcony, Jaune then followed after her.

"Or….not" Jarryd said with an amused smile as Jaune walked up the stairs. Ruby just giggled.

"10 Lien on 5 minutes before they come back down and start dancing" She said to her boyfriend, he just smirked.

"You're on…" Jarryd agreed. Then they saw Pyrrha walk back down the stairs by herself, Ruby just frowned, Jarryd then held his hand out as she put the Lien she bet into it. They then saw Jaune and Neptune walk down the stairs, Neptune went towards Weiss, and Jaune towards the bathroom, Ruby then had a hopeful smile. Jarryd then chuckled "It's been six minutes" Ruby punched him lightly in the arm, for ruining her hopes that she could get her Lien back. Yang then walked over to the couple again.

"We definitely needed this" The blonde girl said to the 2, who nodded in agreement.

"Great setup by the way Yang" Jarryd added in.

"Thanks bro, Weiss did a lot of work as well….though tomorrow it's back to work…" Yang trailed on, with a bit of irritation in her voice, they all then heard laughing from most everyone in the ballroom. They looked around for the cause of it all, Jarryd then spotted it.

"Holy crap…" The sisters then looked at what Jarryd saw, Jaune in a white dress with a purple bow around it, walking towards Pyrrha.

"Oh my lord…" Ruby and Yang said with a facepalm, Jarryd just was petrified.

"I think I need to Bleach my eyes out…." He started laughing, as Jaune and Pyrrha dragged Pyrrha off to the middle of the dance floor as Ren and Nora came out of nowhere and started dancing to hip-hop music, which just turned on, the 3 watching them only wondered how they got this synchronized right away. "Well….that was a thing" Yang said with a slight smile as she walked away again. Jarryd turned around to see someone running across the rooftops outside the window, The pirate then tapped his leader on the shoulder and pointed to the person.

"What the…" Ruby said with squinted eyes.

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out" Jarryd said as he rushed down the stairs and out the door to chase the hidden person, Ruby swiftly followed. They ended up at the building where Weiss went to contact her company. When they arrived, they noticed a cybernetic guard, knocked out behind a bush, the two called their rocket-lockers to get their equipment, the lockers landed near them, opening up to reveal Crescent Rose and Crimson Fury. The couple grabbed their equipment and entered the building, only to see more guards knocked out. "This can't be good…" He stated the obvious as he and Ruby walked towards the elevator at the end of the room. When inside, Jarryd pushed the button to go up to the only other room in the building, the contact room, Ruby readied her scythe as Jarryd pulled out his revolver from underneath his suit. Ruby looked at him with a weird expression "Always be prepared, no matter what" Ruby shrugged of her boyfriends paranoia, as the elevator opened up. The contact room was filled with monitors, all glowing a bright green.

"Hello...anybody there…" Ruby called out into the seemingly empty room, Jarryd knew otherwise though.

"Somebody is in here, why would there be monitors turned on and knocked out guards, and no broken windows. Whoever you are, reveal yourself and nobody will get hurt!" Jarryd yelled into the room, as a figure, dressed in black, rose from behind a counter. Jarryd pointed his revolver at the person, who turned around to show long black hair, a feminine figure, and wearing a black mask to conceal the person's identity, with yellow eyes staring at the 2 from behind the mask.

"You know, this isn't a masquerade party, right?" Ruby asked the stranger "So...take off that mask an-" Ruby was going to say before the masked person drew out a stick, summoning crystals, and flinging them towards the young girl. Jarryd acted quickly, slashing all the crystals at the same time, bringing them to the ground, Ruby shifted into sniper mode and shot 3 rounds at the criminal, who blocked the bullets with her hand. Jarryd then slashed at the person, with Crimson Fury, the cutlass was then blocked by another set of blades, the person backflipped and formed a bow, arrows then seemed to appear in the criminal's hands, before being shot at Jarryd, he pulled out his Revolver and shot the 3 arrows out of the air. The person then looked at Ruby and Jarryd, then a 'ding' was heard, coming from the elevator, they turned around to see General Ironwood staring at the scene, Jarryd turned back around to fight the feminine person again, only to see that they weren't there.

"Damn it!" Jarryd yelled to nobody in particular, he then turned around to see Ironwood walking towards Ruby, he then saw one of the monitors show a black chess piece briefly appear on the screen, then disappear again.

Next day - Ozpin's office

"See, they were here!" Ironwood said, with a fist landing on a desk to Professor Ozpin, who was rubbing his eyes in frustration, Glynda, who was at his side, only scowled.

"We are aware of that James" Glynda replied, also in frustration.

"Great, you are aware, just perfect…now are we gonna do something about it or continue to ignore the problem" Ironwood stated. Then, the doorbell to Ozpin's office rang.

"Come in…." Ozpin said, getting up from his desk, the 3 adults turned to see Ruby and Jarryd walk through the door. General Ironwood glared at Jarryd as the swordsman spoke up.

"Sorry we're late, someone pushed every single button on the elevator on the way here" The pirate stated, gesturing to his girlfriend, who just elbowed him in the arm. Ozpin started to relax.

"I thank you 2 for coming...how are you both feeling?" Ozpin asked the 2 students, Jarryd just smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

"About as good as anybody could be in this situation, still sucks we couldn't catch this guy" The buccaneer replied, to which Ruby looked down.

"0 for 3 for me, not a good record" Jarryd was the only one who found the comment funny as he chuckled, the adults just looked at the 2 with blank expressions "So, that's the mood we are going for…" General Ironwood then approached the young leader.

"Ruby, I think it's important to let you know that I think what you did is exactly what being a huntress is all about, you recognized a threat, and took action, and you did the best you could" Ironwood said, making everyone in the room smile, the general then turned to Jarryd with a turned look "And you, Mr. Starks, I still don't trust you, I know about your involvement with The Red Band, fighting the navy that my forces control…" Jarryd got wide eyed for a moment for 2 reasons. 1, The man in front of him, holding his girlfriend, was in mostly in charge of the group that has fought his 'family' for so long, 2, that he knew of his place with the band of pirates in the first place. Ironwood then continued with what he was saying "But since you have used your skills to protect Vale and Remnant itself, I thank you…I hope that you continue your studies and become a huntsman and stop running around with that group of yours." Ironwood finished, still with resentment in his voice. Jarryd just smiled.

"No promises sir" He said, putting his hand in a salute formation. Ozpin cleared his throat, bringing the attention back to him.

"Now, the general here has just informed us of what happened last night" Ozpin sighed after his statement, and continued "but now that you both are rested, we were wondering if there was anything you could add to the story…" Glynda stepped forward.

"Was anyone with them, did they look familiar to you two?" Professor Goodwitch asked, Ruby was about to say something when Jarryd mentioned her to let him answer, since he bothered to take in the info.

"Nobody was with them in the room, but since they decided to do it during the dance, they might have had an informant for when the party was in full swing, so they could enter the building undetected." The brunette pirate told the group, Glynda was jotting down the information in a small sketchbook "And for appearance, I could tell they had long black hair, they were wearing a bodysuit and mask. Through the mask, I could only see their eyes, which seemed like an amber color, and it was a tight bodysuit, that lit up when she attacked, showing a feminine figure, meaning our culprit is most likely female...she also seemed to fight with glass shards, didn't seem like a semblance though, she could summon 2 blades out of thin air, which could mend together to form a bow, with arrows to match...does that help any." Jarryd finished his description, leaving the 3 adults, intrigued. Ruby was just shocked at how much her boyfriend was able to take in from the lone minute the encounter took place.

"A lot, Mr. Starks, thank you for telling us" Ozpin said with a smile, Glynda was holding her chin, thinking about a certain fact that the young swordsman said.

"Except from the glass... sounds a bit like the woman I fought the night I ment Ruby…" Glynda said, Ironwood then stepped forward.

"And embedding dust into clothing is an age old technique, could have been anyone" James added on. Ruby's eyes then widened.

"Wait!" All eyes turned to the young girl "do you think that this girl is connected to Torchwick and the White Fang?" Ruby said with shock. Ozpin also decided to rub his chin.

"A definite possibility"

"But their isn't enough evidence to put the 2 together yet, though from what I've seen from the white fang, they'll try anything." Jarryd stated to the group, as Ruby's face suddenly scrunched up.

"Actually, I think she said something about a hideout in the southeast, just outside the kingdom. Jarryd was confused, as he never heard the woman say anything.

"Um...I don't recall that…" Her boyfriend said to her.

"Thank you 2 for your cooperation...why don't you spend some time with your team, you have a big day ahead of you all…" Ozpin told the couple "And you 2, please be discreet about this matter…"

"Yes sir…" Jarryd said, still confused about the info given to the headmaster by his girlfriend as they left the room. While walking back to the dorm, Jarryd was still pondering what just happened in his head 'She said that that woman told her something about a hideout, I never heard that...just what in the blue hell is going on!' He then turned to Ruby to ask the same question "Ruby, when exactly did the person say something about a hideout?" Ruby just turned to Jarryd with a blank expression.

"I-I don't remember, all I can say is that I remember her saying that…" She replied, not really answering Jarryd's question, he wanted to talk about it more, but they reached the dorm room. Ruby opened the door for the couple to see, the other 3 girls chit-chatting, when the other team members spotted the 2, they quickly rushed towards the door, right to their faces

"So...What happened!?" Yang basically yelled, Ruby started to stutter, trying to come up with a cover up story, but gave up and told the team everything that went on, from the actual crime, to the office conversation, except Ruby's hideout comment.

"That was a risky move" Weiss nearly scolded the couple, Blake just looked up from her book.

"I think that was a smart choice"

"I hope so…" Ruby said with a downcast face.

"I'm sure everything will be ok, I know what will cheer you up!" Yang then started to walk to the other side of the room, grabbing a package.

"What's in there, if you don't mind my asking?" Jarryd asked the blonde who just shrugged her shoulders.

"I Dunno, our dad sent it, I thought we could open it together" Yang answered as Ruby just squealed.

"Something from home!" The young girl yelled before running off to try and grab the package out of her sister's hand, who just held it out of reach of the short leader. Then, the cylindrical roll slid out of the package and fell to the floor, the roll then started moving around and making little noises.

"Did he send something alive through the mail?!" Jarryd nearly yelled as he check for air holes on the roll, but saw fur on it. That was when the roll popped up and showed a small little dog with black and white fur, and pointy ears, it popped up and started to lick Jarryd's face, and jump around frantically. The girls looked the display, the only ones who knew what was going on was Yang and Ruby, who had big grins on their faces until Ruby lept into the air.

"Zwei!" The young girl yelled, only to have confused looks on Weiss, Blake and Jarryd's face, which was still being licked by the puppy.

"He sent a dog!?" Blake basically yelled, since she was still a cat faunus, meaning she and dogs never got along very well. The dog, now known as Zwei, jumped into Ruby's arms, to which Ruby started rubbing the puppy on the stomach.

"Oh, he does stuff like this all the time…" Yang reassured the group, to which Jarryd had a cocked eyebrow.

"Your dad, or Zwei?" Jarryd asked, to which he got no answer. Weiss then approached the dog.

"Are you telling me this mangy, drooling…" Weiss's frown then turned into a smile as Zwei looked happily at the heiress "wittle mutt is gonna wiv with us forevow, oh yes he is, yes he is" The team, minus Blake, chuckled at the scene before them. That was when the loudspeakers came on.

"Would all first-year students please report to the ampitheatre" The voice of Glynda Goodwitch said. Jarryd then looked to Zwei.

"What are we gonna do about him, we can't leave him here while we are gone, right?" The pirate asked, also receiving no answer, until Yang pulled out a note from the box Zwei came in.

"Dear girls, I'm leaving the Island for a while, so i'm sending Zwei to you to take care of, enclosed inside is all the food you should need, love you both, Tai Yang" Yang read off the notecard left by her father as a bunch of cans inside the box spilled out onto the floor. "Well girls and guy, let's go, Zwei will be here when we get back." The blonde finished, as the Weiss, Blake and Jarryd walked after her, Ruby was left looking at Zwei on top of the food can pile, when suddenly she got an idea.

Amphitheatre

Team RWBY lined up next to Team JNPR as Ruby set her only bag down. Professor Goodwitch then walked up to the stage and started speaking.

"Student's, be quiet, Professor Ozpin would like to say a few words before we begin" Glynda then walked off the stage as Ozpin took center stage.

"Today we stand together, united….Mistral, Atlas, Vacuo, Vale...the 4 kingdoms of remnant, this day, 80 years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, greed, and oppression...a war much more than where borders fell and who traded with whom, but the very idea of individualism itself...we fought for many reasons, one of which, the abolishment of all art or self-expression" Ozpin said with a small downcast look, then he continued "and as you are well aware, that was something many could not stand for, as a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself: Color...It was not only a way to demonstrate that they refuse to tolerate the oppression, but neither would the other generations that would follow, and it was a trend that has held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity, through diversity" Almost every person in the room was smiling at the inspirational speech "As I have said, today we stand together as one, but these bonds can't exist without effort. Which is why today, while the rest of the world celebrates peace, Huntsman and Huntresses of the world will work to keep sed peace...as first year students, you'll be tasked with shadowing a professional Huntsman or Huntress on a mission, some of you will be taken out of the kingdom for a few days,others may work within the walls for the entire week, but no matter which path you choose...remember to be safe, remember your training and do your very best." Ozpin finished as he left the stage, earning applause from teams from every kingdom. Team RWBY then had a little pow-wow.

"Alright, so we just have a huntsman working in the southeast" Ruby said, excited to go on with their investigation. Yang then excitedly moved forwards.

"Yes! We'll follow them around by day and give them the slip at night" Yang added on, fist in the air.

"Let's check the search and destroy column" Weiss suggested, to which the team nodded and went over to check the list of jobs, Jarryd saw one spot open.

"Right here, Quadrant 5 needs a bunch of Grimm cleared out, sound good?" Jarryd asked the girls.

"Well, it's in the southeast…" Blake stated.

"Perfect!" Yang nearly yelled. Jarryd then tapped the job on the touchscreen and put in their team name, only for the screen to say a few words.

"MISSION UNAVAILABLE TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS"

"Well...ain't that just great, any of you got a brilliant idea, cause surprisingly...I got nothing" The pirate said with his head hanging low.

"How about we mail ourselves there!" Ruby suggested, earning a facepalm from Weiss.

"That's one option" The team turned around to see Ozpin himself going down the stairs "Unfortunately, we determined that the concentration of Grimm was to extreme for first years, it seems that particular reason is a bit popular." The team's eyes widened "In fact, I have the sneaking suspicion that the 4 of you will make your way there no matter which job you choose." The headmaster finished, Ruby was trying to keep a faux grin on.

"What makes you say that, sir?" The leader of the team asked Ozpin, who just surveyed the group.

"I'm still perplexed at how you 5 found yourselves at the docks last semester. I'm interested to know how you really learned about a 'hideout' in the southeast, and I certainly wonder why witnesses reported seeing robots, and rose petals in a dance club some time ago" Ruby was trying to come up with an excuse, Jarryd was trying to stare down with the professor, who just grinned "I doubt I'll ever find the exact answers I'm looking for, so how 'bout this, instead of waiting for you to break the rules, why don't we just bend them" Ozpin then tapped his scroll a few times, and the monitor holding the search and destroy job started beeping, meaning they had been registered for the job. The team looked to Professor Ozpin.

"Thanks Professor, we won't let you down…" Jarryd said with a salute. Ozpin just smiled and shook his head.

"Don't thank me, teamwork and persistence have carried you far, though understand this, the things that await you beyond the kingdom's protection will not care, stay close to the huntsman at all times, and do exactly as he says, he will lead you and can send you back to Beacon if he finds your skills to be unsatisfactory" With that, Ozpin left, leaving the 4 girls with nervous looks, but Jarryd with a smirk.

"He does know who he's talking to, right!" He turned around to see the girls looking at him, still with the same expression "Right?"

ANNNDD DONE!

Wow, a lot longer than I thought...as usual…

So anyway, i'm gonna tell you my plans for the upcoming chapters.

1. The entire next chapter will be based on the end of Volume 2.

3 will go a bit differently than the actual story.

3. The final battle will be with a gigantic group of characters from throughout the storyline, fighting with Jarryd.

And that's really it...CYA NEXT TIME