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Origins Of LUNR

Chapter 7: The Dance

Ruby was resting her head on her hand and staring into the distance before she was startled by someone slamming their palms on the table in front of her.

"I need you to pick a tablecloth." Weiss smiled. She slid two squares over to Ruby, both seeming to be similar shades of white.

"Aren't they both the same?" Ruby asked in a confused tone.

Weiss sighs in frustration "I don't even know why I asked!"

Weiss walked away as Yang came in carrying a massive sound speaker on her shoulder, which causes her sister and the table she's moping against to jump in the air when she drops it on the ground.

Yang brushed her hands as she approached Ruby. "So, have you picked out a dress yet?" She asked.

"What's the point? Who cares about the dance if Blake isn't going?" Ruby asked.

"Oh, don't worry; she's going. Weiss! I thought we agreed: No doilies!" Yang said as she looked at Weiss. She walked up to Yang, pointing in her face. "If I don't get doilies, you don't get fog machines!" Weiss stated.

The girls were interrupted by the sound of doors opening. They turned to see Neptune, Sun, Lance, Nolo, and Regulus walking into the classroom.

"Your dance is gonna have fog machines?" Neptune asked.

"We were thinking about it…" Weiss replied.

"That's pretty cool," Neptune said as he smiled. "Where's Uzziel?" Weiss asked noticing that he wasn't there.

Lance put his hands in his pockets "He said he had to go take care of something." Weiss looked a little upset, as she wanted to see him.

"You ladies all excited for dress-up?"" Sun asked.

"Pfft... Yeah, right!" Ruby groaned as she sunk down a bit.

"Laugh all you want. I'll be turning heads tomorrow night!" Yang said with the utmost confidence. "What are you guys wearing?" Weiss asked.

"Uuhhh... this?" Sun says as he gestured to his current shirtless outfit.

Neptune stepped up and held a hand in front of his friend's face. "Ignore him for he knows not what he says."

Sun knocks Neptune's hand away and looked at the girls. "Hey, I may have moved to Mistral, but I grew up in Vacuo. It's not exactly a shirt-and-tie kind of place."

Yang was mirroring Ruby's and Weiss' looks of being told something extremely obvious. "Yeah, we noticed."

Sun rubbed the back of his head, "Soooo... what does Blake think of all this? She still being all, y'know... Blake-y?" He asked with a concerned look on his face.

"Obviously," Weiss said as she turns and crosses her arms in disapproval. "I still can't think of a way to change her mind," Ruby added.

Yang smiled "Guys. Trust me; Blake will be at the dance tomorrow." She said as she began walking out of the room.

Later that day Lance was walking through the halls heading for the library. As he walked past a classroom he heard Yang's voice coming from inside.

"I don't want you to stop; I want you to slow down." She said. Lance peeked through the door to see Yang sitting on the table looking at Blake who was standing next to her.

"I don't have the luxury to slow down," Blake replied as she looked at the ground.

"It's not a luxury; it's a necessity," Yang stated.

"The "necessity" is stopping Torchwick." Blake retorted

"And we're going to. But first, you have to sit down and listen to what I have to say." Yang said as she pats the part of the desk across from her.

Blake looks away for a moment until she relents and drapes her legs over the desk's edge. "Fine."

"Ruby and I grew up in Patch, an island off the coast of Vale. Our parents were Huntsmen. Our dad taught at Signal, and our mom took on missions around the kingdom. Her name was Summer Rose, and she was, like... Super-Mom: Baker of cookies and slayer of giant monsters. And then... one day she left for a mission and never came back. It was tough. Ruby was really torn up, but... I think she was still too young to really get what was going on, y'know? And my dad just kind of... shut down. It wasn't long before I learned why. Summer wasn't the first love he lost; she was the second. The first... was my mom. He wouldn't tell me everything, but I learned that the two of them had been on a team together with Summer and Qrow. That she'd left me with him right after I was born. No one had seen her since." Yang explained as she started to remember everything

Blake had a concerned look on her face "Why did she leave you?"

Yang sighed, then turns to the chalkboard. She got off the desk and walked to the chalkboard picking up a piece of chalk. "That question... Why? I didn't know an answer, but I was determined to find out. It was all I thought about. I would ask anyone I could about 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 mother. I waited for Dad to leave the house, put Ruby in a wagon, and headed out. I must've walked for hours. I had cuts and bruises, I was totally exhausted, but I wasn't gonna let anything stop me. When we finally got there, I could barely stand, but I didn't care; I had made it. And then I saw them. Those burning red eyes…"

Blake continued to listen as Yang explained her story. "There we were: A toddler sleeping in the back of a wagon and a stupid girl too exhausted to even cry for help. We might as well have been served on a silver platter. But, as luck would have it, our uncle showed up just in time. My stubbornness should've gotten us killed that night." She finished. Yang had drawn the third eye on the board and was now staring at it

Blake stepped closer to Yang, "Yang... I'm sorry that happened to you, and I understand what you're trying to tell me, but this is different. I'm not a child, and this isn't just a search for answers! I can't just-"

"I told you: I'm not telling you to stop! I haven't! To this day, I still want to know what happened to my mother and why she left me, but I will never let that search control me. We're going to find the answers we're looking for, Blake. But if we destroy ourselves in the process, what good are we?" Yang asked as she clenched her fist still looking at the board.

"You don't understand! I'm the only one who can do this!" Blake said as she started to raise her voice.

"No, you don't understand!" Yang yelled as she turns around sharply to reveal red eyes and the sound of flames. "If Roman Torchwick walked through that door, what would you do?"

"I'd fight him!" Blake exclaimed.

"You'd lose!" Yang said as she pushes Blake away.

"I can stop him!" Blake yelled as she tiredly tries to do the same to Yang, but she doesn't even budge.

"You can't even stop me!" Yang retorted as she pushes Blake again, knocking her to land on the desk. Yang, still angry-eyed, walks toward Blake as she gets up, but then does the unexpected and embraces her in a hug, her eyes going back to their normal purple.

"I'm not asking you to stop. Just please, get some rest. Not just for you, but for the people you care about." She said as she steps away and starts walking past the startled Blake, who turns when she says over her shoulder "And if you feel like coming out tomorrow, I'll save you a dance."

Yang winks down at Blake, and Blake stares at Yang as she leaves before sighing heavily and walking away, leaving the all-seeing eye on the board.

Lance had heard everything that was going on as he leaned on the wall near the door with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. He heard the door open knowing it was Yang coming out of the room.

"She needed to hear that." He said.

Yang smiled as she closed the door knowing he was there the whole time. "Yeah, I just hope she takes my advice." She replied.

"It's like you said right? She'll be there for sure, You look out for your friends and I've noticed that's one of your many great qualities about you. You're a good friend Yang " He responded.

Yang nodded and smiled as she turned and looked at him "Thanks, Lance." She responded sweetly. Lance nodded and started to walk away until his arm was grabbed.

"What?" He asked as he turned to look at her.

"We're going to get your suit." She stated, which made him raise an eyebrow.

"For what? I'm not going." He replied. Yang looked at him and smiled "Why not? Come on Lance, why not go to the dance with me? I don't have a date yet." She said.

Lance stayed silent for a moment, he was wondering if she was serious or not. Yang gave him a look that no man could ever resist "Do you not want to?" She asked.

Lance sighed knowing he couldn't say no to her and really didn't want to say no "Alright." He said which made Yang smile.

"Great! Now let's go." She said as she dragged him down the hall.

Now later that night, Uzziel was looking into the night sky as he was standing at the entrance of Beacon Academy.

"Uzziel!"

He turned to see Weiss as she walks up to him with her arms behind her back."Weiss…" He said as he was a little shock to see her.

"I know this is a little unorthodox, but... I wanted to ask you something." She said as she puts her hands behind her back trying to look innocent. "Would you... like to accompany me to the dance tomorrow?" She finished.

Uzziel turned around and looked at her "Weiss stop, don't ask that." He replied. This caused her to go wide eye for a second.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know you didn't want to go." She said as she looked at the ground.

"Weiss, wait!" Uzziel called out as Weiss was beginning to walk away. Weiss stopped in her tracks and kept her back turned to him.

"I didn't mean it that way. What I'm trying to say is, isn't custom for a man to ask a woman out?" He asked as he started to scratch the back of his head.

Weiss slowly started to turn around and look at him. "Uzziel?" She said softly. She could see that Uzziel was getting embarrassed and flustered as he continued to scratch the back of his head and looking at the ground.

"I've never experienced this sort of thing, I'm just going by what my parents have taught me," Uzziel said.

He then put his hands down and walked over to Weiss who was still looking at him. Both of them looked into each other's eyes for a moment. "Weiss, would you like to accompany me to the dance?" He asked in a gentlemen tone.

Weiss smiled, she was glad that he was still the same Uzziel she knew back in her childhood years. She nodded at his question which made him smile in return. Now little did they know, Jaune was watching the whole time, and it broke his heart to see the one he liked the most go to the dance with someone else.

He dropped the white rose he was holding and ran off. He ran inside the school and ran past Regulus, Ruby, Nora, Ren, and Nolo who were talking in the hall. Ruby could see something was wrong the way he was running. "Jaune, what's wrong?!" She called out.

Jaune kept on running and Ruby was about to run after him until Regulus stopped her. He shook his head at her "This is something he needs to get over on his own." Regulus said knowing good and well what upset him.

Nora nodded "Jaune vowed to ask Weiss to the dance earlier today. I'm guessing it didn't work out well for him." She said.

Ruby raised an eyebrow "Weiss said she was going to ask Uzziel if he would go with her." Ruby said.

Nolo shook his head "I feel sorry for him." Regulus put a finger to his lip "With the way they act around each other and the fact that they're childhood friends, I think it was pretty obvious that those two would have some sort of feelings for each other." He stated informatively.

"Not everyone will catch on to certain things that are obvious. Some just have to see things actually happen for them to realize." Ren added.

Nolo looked at his scroll to see that he had gotten a message from Sun. Nolo laughed and shook his head. "What's so funny?" Regulus asked.

"Sun wants me to help him pick out a tie." He said. Regulus shook his head "And he's asking you for help?" Regulus smirked.

"Yeah, I'm wondering why he's choosing me too." Nolo said as he started to walk away.

"Try not to make him look like a fool for laughs Nolo," Regulus stated.

Nolo laughed and waved his hand in a dismissing manner "I can't promise that." He said as he walked down the hall. He made his way out of the school and towards the exchange students dorm.

He walked down the road and saw Arrietty walking towards Neptune who seemed to be making his way towards the dorm. Nolo quickly hid behind a tree and watched as she approached Neptune.

"Hey, Neptune!" Arrietty said as she walked up to him.

"Hey Arrietty, What's up!" He replied.

Arrietty smiled and looked at the ground in an innocent manner "So I hear there's this dance going on tomorrow. I don't really know how to dance much but I was wondering if you would go with me." She said.

Neptune smiled and scratched his head "I don't really know how to dance either. But I wouldn't mind going with you as long as we skip the dancing." he replied.

She gave him a cute smile and nodded "Okay! No dancing." She replied. Nolo smiled as the two laughed at one another and started walking down the road.

"Oh! Seems like they like each other."

Nolo was startled by the voice that came behind him. He turned around to see Emerald standing behind him with a smile on her face. "How long have you been there?" He asked.

"Hmmm… since you hid behind the tree." She said, which made Nolo sulk.

"And to think I didn't notice at all," Nolo said as he put his right fist into his left hand. Emerald laughed "Don't worry about it, I'm kind of good at being quiet with my movements." Emerald stated.

"I can see…" Nolo responded.

Emerald smiled "I'm Emerald it's nice to meet you." She greeted.

Nolo looked at her for a second noticing her beauty and smiled as he extended his hand to her. She smiled and shook his hand "I noticed your fight yesterday." She said.

Nolo sighed in response "Oh yeah…. that." He said to a disgruntled.

Emerald smiled "I thought you looked cool, I like the way you used your guns." She said. Nolo looked at her with an eyebrow raised "Really? Are you a gun user?" He asked.

She smiled again and nodded as she pulled out her weapon, revealing two pistols. Nolo's eyes widened as he looked at the guns "Wow, they're beautiful." He stated.

"Thank you." She said with a bit of glamour.

Emerald then put her guns away and looked at Nolo "So… are you going to the dance?" She asked.

Nolo sighed "I was gonna go, but I couldn't find a date." He said in a sad tone.

"Well… I haven't found a date yet either. If you like we could… go together." She said as she looked away, slightly embarrassed.

"You want to go to the dance with me?" He asked in a shock, not sure if she was serious or not.

"Yeah, if you're okay with that." She responded.

Nolo smiled and nodded "Yeah! I'd like that." He said.

Emerald nodded "Alright then. I'll see you tomorrow." She responded as she waved at him and began walking away.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow!" He called out as he waved back. He then continued his way to the exchange dorm with a huge smile on his face "I can't wait to tell Regulus, I got a date with a beautiful girl!" He said to himself dashing off excited.

The next night…..

Yang, was in a short white dress with black heels as she stands at a podium with Lance who was wearing a white suit. The doors in front of them open and she flips out upon seeing who walks in.

"Well if it isn't the king and queen!" She squealed as she seen Weiss and Uzziel walk inside. Weiss was also wearing a beautiful white dress and Uzziel was wearing a black suit. The two were walking arm in arm which made Yang squeal even louder.

"You two look so cute together!" She exclaimed. They were standing arm in arm with one another. Uzziel scratched the back of his head, being slightly embarrassed. Weiss smiled at him and then looked at Yang.

"Is everybody here?" She asked.

Yang looked at her "Mostly everyone." She responded as she pointed behind her to show, Team JNPR, ARAM, and the rest of Team LUNR. Nolo and Emerald were having a conversation as well as Neptune and Arrietty. Ren, Regulus, and Nora were at the punch table while Jaune and Pyrrha were on the balcony. Yang then squealed again as she saw someone else come through the door. "Ooohh, you look beautiful!"

Ruby walked in and groans as she looks distressed in her red dress with black lace, belt, and pumps. "Can we have a serious talk about how you fight in these Weiss?" She said as she tries to maintain her balance as she walks to the podium, much to her laughing sister's amusement.

Meanwhile outside, Sun is seen walking around and wearing a new black jacket with a white tie hung around his neck, which he proceeds to fight with before going inside.

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"Stupid... dumb... neck trap!" He said to himself.

"I knew you'd look better in a tie."

Sun stops his struggling and stares at the dark purple dress and bright blue bow worn by Blake, now looking like she traded her dark bags for violet eyeshadow, as she steps forward and takes him by the arm.

"Sooo, does this mean we're going...together?" He asked.

"Technically, though my first dance is spoken for." She responded with a smile.

Inside the ballroom, streamers are hung through glass chandeliers, pink and blue balloons are everywhere, and students in dark suits and bright dresses are stepping with each other to the music between the white-clothed tables. Blake is spun around by Yang before they curtsey to one another, and Sun comes up and takes his date's hands as Yang gestures for him to do so.

She goes to hang with Ruby and Weiss in the back of the room, watching Blake laugh and enjoy herself before smiling at her team.

"I told you she would come," Yang stated as she folded her arms.

"Mission accomplished," Weiss added.

"You know? I think we really needed this." Yang said as she noticed Lance walking back over to her with two cups of punch.

Blake and Sun are slow dancing while Ren and Nora appear to be Waltzing. Penny is shown to be dancing alone, guarded by two Atlas Soldiers. Weiss and Uzziel were dancing and Neptune and Arrietty were sitting down talking.

"Yeah, and you did a great job planning it too!" Ruby said,

Yang reached over to Ruby "Aw, thanks!" He said crushing Ruby in a one-arm hug as she flails frantically "It wasn't all me, though. Weiss did a lot too." She said as she looks at Weiss who was having the time of her life in Uzziel's arms.

Ruby stops struggling and looks down at Weiss. "Tomorrow it's back to work," Yang stated as she sighed.

"I'm sure we can handle whatever gets thrown at us," Ruby stated. As sudden fits of laughter and giggles draw their attention below. "Except for that," Ruby said in a worried tone.

Pyrrha who was talking to Regulus turns around to see Jaune in a white dress and a blue ribbon "Jaune?" She said questionably.

Regulus raised an eyebrow and nervously smiled "Is this a hobby of yours?" He asked being slightly freaked out.

Jaune smiled "Eh, a promise is a promise." He replied.

Pyrrha couldn't contain it she was smiling... then giggling... then laughing aloud. "Jaune! You didn't have to!" She replied.

"Hey, an Arc never goes back on his word. Now do you wanna stand there and laugh at me, or do you wanna dance?" He asked kindly as he extends his hand to Pyrrha.

"I would love to dance," she replied as Jaune pulled her to him and swept her away.

Nora was flailing excitedly "Ren. This... is...happening"

Ren turned around looking at the audience "Wait, what 'is happening'?" He asked.

Nora grabs Ren and dragged him out onto the dance floor with Pyrrha and Jaune. JNPR started doing an elaborately choreographed dance, culminating in Jaune spinning Pyrrha.

"I had no idea you were a dancer," Pyrrha said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, well, these things tend to happen when you grow up with seven sisters." He replied as he spun her around.

Jaune then dips Pyrrha and then spins her away. Weiss and Uzziel who had stopped dancing were standing near each other watching Team JNPR.

"You know something, I know you think he's annoying and all but in reality he's a good friend," Uzziel stated. Weiss smiled and nodded, deep down she thought he was a good friend as well, she just didn't like him coming on to her.

Jaune and Pyrrha continue to dance while Ren and Nora do a kind of disco dance, Sun and Blake join the mix and Penny and an Atlas guard are doing the "robot".

Emerald and Nolo were dancing together smiling at one another. Emerald turned her head to the side and saw Mercury signaling for her. Emerald then looked at Nolo and put a hand on his shoulder "Do you mind if I step away for a second my teammate is calling for me." She asked innocently.

Nolo smiled "Yeah, I'll wait right here for you." He replied which made her smile. She put her hand down and walked over to Mercury who secretly passes her an earbud.

"It appears all the dancers have partners." She said.

"How long do I have?"

Emerald could hear Cinder's voice in the earpiece. "You should probably be home by midnight, to be safe," Mercury answered.

Cinder Fall is shown to be somewhere outside, holding her fingers to her ear. "I'll keep my eye on the clock." She responded.

Ruby, having made her way to the exit, walks out of the dance and into the night air. She saw Lance standing near the gate looking at the sky. Lance!" She called out.

Lance turned to look at her "What're you doing out here, why aren't you with my sister?" She asked.

Lance looked back at the sky "I just needed a little air, your sister has a lot of energy when it comes to dancing, I'll be back in there with her in a bit." He responded.

"I'm not big on dancing either so I understand." She responded.

Ruby looked up at the sky and noticed a figure running along the rooftops. "Did you see that?' She asked. Lance who was looking in the same direction nodded "Yeah I did, let's go check it out." He said as the two and moves to pursue.

Outside the Cross Continental Transmit System Tower, Cinder, dressed as a cat burglar, stealthily approaches an armed guard. She knife-hands the back of his head, rendering him unconscious with a stunned grin on his face. She drags him behind some bushes.

Inside the building, Cinder approaches more guards.

"Excuse me, no one's allowed in this area. Stop!" A guard exclaimed as Cinder continues to approach him.

The soldier opens fire when Cinder does not heed him. She manages to overpower him, using his gun to take out another approaching soldier. She then threw him against a handrail. Two more soldiers rush her wielding batons. Cinder flash-forges a pair of black blades from fire Dust and trounces them both.

She then notices two guards on an elevator. "Hey, man, do you know the Wi-Fi password?" One guard asked.

"It's Beacon, but replace the E with a 3 and add a pound symbol to the end." The other responded.

The elevator door opens to show Cinder waiting. One of the guards notices the fallen men outside. Both guards grow apprehensive as Cinder casually walked onto the elevator, the doors closing; she turns around. Thrashing sounds could be heard from outside the elevator.

Outside the building, Ruby and Lance approaches and sees the unconscious guard. She gasps, then looks at Lance who nods. They both pull out their scroll, dialing for their weapon locker which crashes into the courtyard and opens to reveal Crescent Rose and Takemikazuchi. They both grab their weapons and continue inside the building.

Inside the building, the elevator doors open to show Cinder examining a scroll. The two guards are knocked out.": Oh! That's handy." She said

She pockets the scroll and walks out of the elevator and toward the control consoles nearby.

"A party guest is leaving."

Cinder sighs as she hears Emerald's voice "Which one?"

Emerald is shown to be dancing with Mercury. "Ironwood." She responded. Ironwood was walking out the door as Ozpin gives his send-off.

"I guess the general's had enough fun for one night. Should we intervene?" Mercury asked.

"No... we're done here." Cinder informed.

As she started to walk away, she notices the elevator doors opening. Ruby and Lance step out of the elevator slowly, brandishing their weapons.

"Hello?" Ruby called out before She stumbles due to her high-heeled shoes. "Is anyone there?"

"We know you're hiding, why not save us the trouble of hunting you down and come out!" Lance ordered.

Cinder rises from her hiding place and steps out toward Ruby and Lance. "Excuse me? You know, it's not a masquerade party, so why don't you take off that-!"

Cinder cut off Ruby as she produces a container of ice Dust and sends shards of ice flying at Ruby and Lance, which they quickly dodged.

Lance quickly jumped into the air preparing to slash Cinder, but she was ready. She quickly formed the Ice shards again and sent them flying at him which he blocked in mid-air with his blade. As he was coming closer she sent a swift kick to his stomach and sending him backward.

He landed near Ruby who aimed her gun and started shooting at Cinder, who blocked it by using her aura. Cinder backflipped into the air and made a bow and arrows appear in her hand, launching three arrows at Ruby.

Ruby stepped back and looked at Cinder. She was preparing to attack again but was interrupted by the appearance of Ironwood on the nearby elevator. Ruby is visibly glad to see him until she notices that Cinder has disappeared.

In a hallway, Cinder discards two bracelets and her mask to change from her stealth suit into a black dress and enters the dance. Two guards following her crush the bracelets underfoot and are visibly confused at the sight of the crowded dance hall.

Cinder taps Emerald's shoulder who turns around and looks at her. "Oh, may I cut in?" She asked.

"Of course" Emerald steps aside and then walks over to Nolo who was waiting right where she left him.

"Sorry about that my teammates wanted to share a dance with me, but now I'm yours for the rest of the night." She said as she smiled sweetly.

Nolo smiled and nodded as he gently grabbed her hand and pulled her in close, preparing to slow dance with her.

Cinder smiled at Emerald and begins to dance with Mercury. "And how's your night been?" He asked

"Mmm... a little more exciting than expected." She responded.

"Should we be worried?" He asked.

"Hardly... They'll be scratching their heads long after we finished what we came here for." She replied.

"So then what now?" He asked as she slowly dips her before rising her back up.

"Enjoy the rest of the night. After all, it is a party." She said with a wicked smile on her face. The two blended in with the crowd dancing the night away and enjoying a night of success. The bell chimed as it hit midnight and the moon shined down on the building.