Here with another update to this story! I am slowly starting to run out of some ideas, though, and I'm gonna have to end this story, one way or another. I've got absolutely no idea on how to do that when the time comes, but I hope that this story greatly entertains you all before then! Happy reading, and please R&R!


There were inevitable whispers and murmurs between the teams as Jaune led them in to Vale, and then into an arcade. Much confusion spread like a hurricane when they arrived, but it was quelled when Jaune promised them answers once they'd reached their destination.

Now that they were there, though, the only thing revealing the secret seemed to do for them was raise more questions.

"A D.D.R. MACHINE?!"

"Deja vu…"

Jaune chuckled, but it quickly went away once Yang began to talk.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold it!" Yang said, her arms up as she walked towards Jaune. She pointed towards the D.D.R., and then leaned in towards his face. The unintentional wide-eyed stare that the brawler was giving Jaune made him tilt backward, a dreadful sense of fear rising in his stomach. "You're saying that dancing was your secret training?!" She asked, clearly still unable to tell if Jaune was telling the truth or not.

"I understand!" Jaune sputtered quickly, "It doesn't look like it makes sense-"

"Of course it doesn't!" Weiss yelled, a disappointed and frustrated expression on her face. "How could, of all things, DANCING, make you better in combat?!"

"Just-"

"It DOES seem a bit farfetched…" Pyrrha muttered, eyes locked on to the machine's screen. She tried to make the connections between dancing and fighting, and although she could find some, mainly the swift movement that was required in both, she still had no idea how a game could be turned in to a training machine.

"StopstopstopSTOP!" Jaune yelled, throwing his hands into the air. They all stopped their mumbling and interruptions, although Weiss gave a threatening glare that Jaune chose to ignore. "I get it! Just let us explain it, and you'll see!"

Jaune motioned for Ren to follow, and they both stepped on to the dance pads.

"Haven't played very often," Ren muttered.

"Heh, looks like I got a chance, then!" Jaune smiled, prompting Ren to return a challenging smirk.

"Please, a few weeks of practice doesn't equal a few years."

"I'll atleast wipe the floor with you."

"We'll see about that."

"Gentlemen, I'd hate to interrupt a budding bromance, but could you explain to us what your secret training is, again?" Yang called out, eliciting a few giggles from the teams.

"Right, right! Alright, so…" Jaune turned towards Ren, who raised an eyebrow. He shrugged.

"Alright…" The lotus turned towards their curious teammates, and promptly explained to them how D.D.R. would help raise their agility in battle.

"Okay. When you play D.D.R., arrows appear, and you have to step on the pad with that arrow, making sure you get the timing correct. The concept works similarly in battle. You're using your eyes to observe your surroundings, and you react accordingly. The faster the arrows, the faster things are. It improves reflexes and speed, and I've been using it for quite some time now. It's definitely a big part of my training back in the day.

"...And that's basically it."

There was a silence that went on for some time until Yang broke it. "So...That's really it?"

Ren nodded, looking towards Jaune for confirmation.

"Yeah, it works. Ask Ruby, she's been doing this with me, too." The rest of the group turned towards Ruby, who suddenly felt very nervous with all of the attention now focused on her.

"Uhh...Yeah! It works, and like Ren said, it's also really fun!"

With the explanation over, Jaune and Ren took it upon themselves to demonstrate. As the settings were entered, Jaune on Standard and Ren on Expert, Jaune started the game.

"I gotta record this…" Yang muttered, pulling out her scroll with a devious grin on her face.

Then the dance-off began.


"Damn...Vomit-boy's got moves." Yang said, visibly impressed.

"Didn't go as bad as I thought it might…" Blake uttered.

"He HAS been doing this for some time now, guys." Ruby smiled.

"But Ren seems to be doing much better…" Pyrrha admitted. "I'm surprised that he hasn't told us about this unique hobby of his."

"Heh, we all got secrets to keep," Yang said, shrugging.

Jaune and Ren finally finished their dance-off, and when the score came up, there was a disappointed groan and a victorious chuckle.

"Told ya."

"Yeah, yeah...But it was pretty close, you gotta admit."

"Jaune, you got over a thousand points below me."

"Not a lot."

"Oh oh, mememe next!" Ruby yelled, dashing on to the pad as the two boys stepped off.

"Yang, c'mooon!" Ruby yelled, ushering her sister to follow.

"Okay, okay!" The blonde laughed. "I'm coming, hold your horses!"

The rest of the noon was spent dancing away as everyone, even Weiss and Blake(Although it took a lot of effort to convince them), fought against each other. Fortunately, there were more D.D.R. machines nearby, and it didn't cost much to play them.

The two teams boarded the ships back to Beacon, still chattering about the new and honestly wondrous experience.

Jaune and Ren stood next to each other, intentionally near a trash can. A thought popped in to the blondes head, and he smiled. "Heh...Wait 'till they start a dance club," Jaune uttered to Ren, who took a few seconds to think of the image before he started chortling.

"Well, THAT'D be interesting."

"What would be more interesting is seeing the teachers join in. Just imagine Professor Port…"

By this time, both boys were laughing as they returned to Beacon, the sun already starting to set.