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Chapter 8: A dance and more
Ralen wasn't going to the dance. At all, he flat out refused to go. This was...upsetting to Yang, as she had this plan. She could understand why Ralen was not going, as he looked like shit and was not doing good at school, but her plan was excellent! That is why Yang was currently walking down the hall towards Ralen's quarters. To knock some sense into him. Because honestly, Yang knew two things. 1, she knew that he had a slight crush on yang (which she admitted, she liked him too). 2, she was Yang Xiao-Long, the master of punches and the breaker of bones, she can "persuade" people to do things. Yang arrived at his door, there were no sounds coming from inside, most likely he was sleeping or trying to sleep. Good, this will catch him unaware and will make him more vulnerable to her..."Charms". Readying herself, she unleashed a punch which completely unhinged the door, making it fly into the room, straight out of the window. Lovely, Yang stepped inside, to see a very, very, very, tired and ignorant looking Ray (her nickname for him) on the bed, face in a pillow.
"Hello There!" She cried in a singing tone, nothing happened for around two seconds before Ralen replied with a muffled "Hi".
"What are you doing Ralen, you look like shit, you spend all day in your room, and you refuse to go to the dance? What is your deal?!" Ralen didn't even look up, "Two things, i'm too tired, and the fangirls. "
"What?"
"The fangirls Yang, you know, them. The people who ask me out via anonymous love letters containing poems, flowers and one time, their nudes.
Yang them immediately burst out in laughter, Ralen finally looked up, moving his face off the pillow. "I'm not joking Yang." Yang finished laughing and looked shocked. "Like really?"
"Yes Yang, someone sent me their nudes. I then proceeded to burn my eyes out with chloride. Yang sighed, and sat down on the bed next to Ralen. They stayed like this for several minutes, not really moving. Yang ended it. "I know that some psychopath's nudes can't keep you down, so what really happened?"
"You wouldn't think it would keep me down."
"Try me." Ralen looked into Yang's violet eyes, he sighed as he got up. "I had a lesson with ozpin, and some crazy shit happened. He evolved my semblance, and I saw weird stuff. I don't remember what it was, but it freaked me out." A lie, at least the last part was. Yang sighed and began hugging Ralen, he was going to question it but Yang's grip made him reconsider. They stayed like this for several more minutes, before Yang released him. "I don't know what you saw, but don't worry about it. It was only a dream, and dreams don't mean anything. It doesn't control you, and it shouldn't" For someone who fights with fists, Yang was pretty darn wise. "Thank's Yang." She smiled at that, which turned into a grin.
"I know what will cheer you up even more." Ralen raised an eyebrow at this, "You could take me to the dance tomorrow." For a moment, Ralen was blank, unmoving. Yang thought that this was bad, would he accept? Would he decline? ANSWER HER RALEN! His thoughts were as follows: Oh Oum, Oh Oum, she's asking me out, SHE'S ASKING ME OUT! SAY SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING!
"Uhhhh...Sure?" Ralen managed to get out of his mouth. Yang cheered at this and hugged him again. Harder this time, so his bones were getting strangled, alongside his lungs, heart, liver, stomach, etc. She let him go as she put her hand on her hips. "Pick me up at 6?"
"Sure."
"Don't be late." She winked as she walked out of his room, putting extra sway in her hips. Ralen was silent for several seconds, before having a victory dance. Who knew he could gangam style?
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Ralen was nervous, scratch that, he was losing his mind! He was asked out by Yang Xiao-Long. The hottest student of the year (The yearbook staff was weird, but they were never wrong). He was outside RWBY's quarters, in his best suit. He was in a dark grey tuxedo, with black details. He also had his dad's ring on. He took a breath before muttering to himself, "Okay, you can do this. You fought a Titan during initiation, you made gravity dust, you got this. You can do this me!" Full of confidence he moved to knock, then stopped. Should he really be doing this? He was Ralen Truean, super geek. No, HE WAS RALEN TRUEAN THE BADASS! No, he's Ralen Truean, the bad sleeper. NO HE IS RALEN TRUEAN THE DESCENDANT OF THE VILE ONE! His head had a mental war, until he said 2 simple words.
"Screw it." He knocked, for Yang to answer. Ralen swore his brain must've shut down and took a lunch break. She was...Amazing. She was in a yellow one piece, with gold bracelets. She had her normally messy hair combed and brushed back to give it a clean and orderly appearance. She was perfect.
"Enjoying the view?" She taunted, Ralen had no answer. Giggling, she took his arm into arms and they proceeded to the dance. They walked for several minutes, talking about fighting stuff. A school favorite topic, Fighting. Full of pain, misery, destroyed monsters, obliterated foes and pain all around. Fun times. They arrived to the dance hall where Velvet was handling the guest attendance sheet stuff.
"Hello Guy's! You two look wonderful together!" Ralen blushed as Yang smirked at Velvets comment.
"Well, how about you? Did you where that for Coco?"
"Well, you can say that..." Before Velvet finished, Ralen interrupted with a "slight" coughing fit. Velvet quickly filled them in, and let them pass. The dance floor was packed. Yang squealed in happiness when she saw Ruby in her red/gray dress.
"OOOHHH, you look beautiful!"
"Uhhhh...Can we have a serious talk about how Weiss fights in these?" Ralen giggled as Ruby tried (and failed) to keep balance as she walked on high heels. "Seriously, HOW?"
"Probably because she's from atlas, and you Valean peasant's don't know proper beauty." Ralen said in his best mockery of Weiss's voice. Yang and Ruby laughed at that as they moved to the dance floor. Blake arrived some time after, and she and Yang began dancing (due to a promise Yang told Ralen). Soon Sun and Blake were dancing, and Ralen/Yang with them. Weiss and Ruby were talking, with Weiss leaving and Ruby yelling at her, "Does that mean I can change out of these stupid things and into my hood now?!" The two chucked at the young girl's antics. The two smiled while looking at each other.
"I have to say Yang, you do know how to help set up one hell of a dance."
"I have my ways." Yang replied in a...flirty tone. The two continued to dance for quite some time, laughing and talking. Soon, they left to just walk around and talk to others. She winked to him as she went to talk with Ruby. He smiled as he walked around, talking to people all around, meeting several new people such as a Emerald Sustrasi and Mercury Black. They were cool people. He was by the punch bool when he saw someone he hadn't seen for a while.
"DAD!" General Ironwood turned around when he saw his son Ralen run up to him. "Hi Dad!" Ralen exclaimed happily.
"Hello Ray." The two hugged politely. "How are you Ralen? I haven't heard from you in a while."
"Good Good, i'm on my own team so I have private lessons with Oz. You know, advanced stuff." Ironwood looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "I...See." Ralen chuckled a little at his father/boss's comment. "If you are wondering why I am here, I wanted to accompany my students to the Vytal festival this year, I also thought this would be a good time to test her." Ralen's eyes widened a little.
"Penny's here?"
"Yes, she will be in the tournament. This is a good time to see what she can do." Ralen agreed, Penny was his cousin, in a manner of speaking. The head scientist of Atlas engineering division was , Ralen alongside other scientists helped make Penny with Mr. Pollendina, so Penny was Ralen's cousin. A silence was between them as they watched the dance.
"So Ralen, did you come with anyone to the dance." Ralen began stuttering. Ironwood smirked, Ralen did bring someone. Thank Oum he actually did his mission and get some friends. Ironwood was about to ask him who the girl was, but what came out of his mouth was, "What the...why is that guy in a dress?" Ralen looked to where Ironwood was pointing, sure enough, Jaune was in a dress, dancing with the rest of JNPR. Both Ray and Ironwood looked in disbelief which was doubled into shock when the dance ended and Pyrrha Nikos, the Invincible Girl, Kissed Jaune Arc, the Vulnerable guy. The two military men looked at each other, and said a singular thing. "Well, that happened." Ironwood said his farewells, and Ralen went back to the party. He saw Jaune and Pyrrha still kissing. He was really weirded out by this, but okay. He saw Yang over in the distance talking to Blake, reaching them, he invited Yang to another dance, which she accepted. The two danced all night having fun with friends, and teachers, unknowing of the nightmares to befall them.
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Cinder and her "allies" Mercury and Emerald got back from the dance. Cinder finished her mission of installing the virus, while the two subordinates did their part. Now she had to see if they remembered the final objective of the night.
"Well, that went exactly as planned." Mercury exclaimed in their room.
"Indeed, you two did wonderful tonight. I also hope that you two got the identity of the second target?"
"We did ma'am, Ralen Truean." Emerald replied.
"Ah, the General's soon? Good, the plan should go along now even smoother than we thought." She grabbed a bag and pulled something out of it. It was a small device with red lines running all along and ending in circles. It was a spherical shape, with a single hole in the middle. "Now, he find out which one he is."
That is the dance, Ralen and Yang are building chemisty (I hope, I cannot write Romance for the life of me people. I'm TRYING!), Ironwood saw his (adoptive) son again, and Cinder made her first move, alongside other things. I made Jaune and Pyrrha get together in this one because I thought this was the best place for Arkos to really begin officially. Now, I know people will be worried about the direction this Arko's is going (hint hint, Pyrrha dying.), But I have plans for it. Good ones, want to find out? Keep reading, for volume 3 is coming in the chapter after the next one(aka, the breach). Until then, please Rate and Review. I will see you then.
