Chapter 10:Dance Dance Infiltration

The dance was going well, so far. Legion was in control of the music, the students were dancing, well, some of them. Ruby was standing near the refreshments table, seeing Dr. Oobleck and Profressor talking, and General Ironwood successfully getting a dance with Professor Goodwitch. She also saw Washington get asked getting asked by Professor Peach, a medium-aged woman with short, blonde hair, to dance. He hesitated at first, but then took her hands she pulled him to the dance floor.

After taking a sip, she noticed Jaune, dressed in a black suit, approach her, saying "I see you're hiding at the punch bowl too."

"Yep," Ruby replied.

"To the socially awkward." He brought his drink up, as the two made their glasses clink.

"Sorry things didn't work out with Weiss," Ruby said, as Jaune stayed calm.

"Meh, it's fine. Bill's a good guy. I get why she went with him."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, come on, not many people can pull off scars like that."

As he began drinking, Ruby said something that made him choke. "No, I mean, Weiss came to the dance alone."

"Uh, what," Jaune asked, surprised.

Ruby pointed to Weiss, who had a dress similar to Yang's, desperately trying to keep a single white rose up like the others in the vase. She failed, and looked upset. "Yeah, I don't understand why they didn't go together," Ruby added. "I mean' they make a great couple. But recently, I haven't seen them together."

As she said this, Weiss looked up to see a certain boy staring at her from across the room. Before Bill could go up to the heiress, she looked away in anger. Bill looked down sadly, and decided to sit down in a nearby chair. As he sat, Jaune looked angrily at him.

'Did he hurt her,' Jaune thought.

He gave his glass to Ruby, saying "Hold my punch." He then started to walk towards the dark-haired boy, as Ruby drank from his glass.

"Hey, Ruby."

She turned to see Adara, who was in a suit.

"Hey, Adara," Ruby replied. "Why are you in a suit?"

"Oh, well, I hate dresses," Adara started. "But my team said I had to wear something formal. So, we all decided that I should wear a suit." She looked at one of Ruby's glasses. "Could I have one?"

"Oh sure."

"Thanks."

Before Adara could start to drink, Ruby said "That one was Jaune's "

She gave the red-haired girl back the glass and said "And I think I'm going to get my own."

Jaune kept walking towards his target, as he saw Pyrrha walk past him, looking gorgeous in her red dress. He watched her go up the stairs, which led to the balcony. He now had two options. One; go and beat up Bill, or go and talk to his partner. He decided on option two.

As Jaune approached the balcony, he saw Pyrrha looking at the stars.

"Hey, Pyrrha," he said, getting her attention.

Pyrrha turned around and said "Hello, Jaune."

"You okay? I haven't seen you tonight."

"Arrived late, I'm afraid."

"Well, you look really nice," Jaune said, causing Pyrrha to blush.

"Thank you," she replied.

"Your, uh, date isn't going to beat me up for saying that, is he," Jaune asked.

"I think you're safe for tonight."

"So, where is the guy?"

Pyrrha looked at Jaune and sadly said "There is no guy."

"What?"

"Nobody asked me."

"But that's... You're Pyrrha Nikos! H-How could nobody ask you?"

She turned back to the stars and said "I've been blessed with incredible talents and opportunities. I'm constantlysurrounded by love and praise, but when you're placed on a pedestal like that for so long, you become separated from the people that put you there in the first place." She turned back to Jaune. "Everyone assumes I'm too good for them. That I'm on a level they simply can't attain. It's become impossible to form any sort of meaningful relationship with people. That's what I like about you. When we met, you didn't even know my name. You treated me just like anyone else. And thanks to you, I've made friendships that will last a lifetime. I guess, you're the kind of guy I wish I was here with. Someone who just saw me for me."

She started to leave, as Jaune said "W-Wai-!" But, he frowned when he saw Bill pass the beautiful girl, saying "Oh, hey Jaune."

"Hey," Jaune said, still frowning as he looked at the sky.

"So, no date too?"

"Yeah."

"Well, same here."

"And why is that?!"

"Huh?"

"Why are you alone," Jaune shouted. "And most importantly, what did you do to her?!"

"Um…well, um."

"I watched her ask you out, and how cheerful you two were, so, explain to me why you didn't come with her!?

Finally, Bill said "Look, Jaune. Let's just say that Weiss found out about something, and that she doesn't want to talk to me right now." God, he hoped it was just right now, and not permanently.

"Did you cheat on her?!"

"What, no! Of course not… I love Weiss more than anything, and I would do anything to make her happy. Anything."

"Then, just do it," Jaune replied.

"What?"

"Just go up to her and talk to her. And take no for an answer."

"But, what-?"

"Hey, you said you would do anything to make her happy, right?"

"Y-yes," Bill replied.

"Then do just that; make Weiss happy, no matter the cost."

After thinking it over, Bill said "Your right, thanks Jaune. Ya' know, I bet you would know how to make a girl happy."

"Most un-likely," Jaune replied.

"Especially someone with red hair."

"Who, Ruby?!"

"No! Let me rephrase that; someone with red hair and green eyes."

"Oh…" He sighed. "Yeah, just got the hint about that. Hey, since I helped you, could you help me?"

"I suppose, what do you need?"

"You think you could get Legion to play this?" Jaune brought out his Scroll and showed Bill the song.

"Yeah, I can do that."

"Good, I'll message you went I want to start." As Bill nodded, and went to talk to his love, Jaune sighed and said "All right, only one thing left to do."

Inside the building, Yang saw that mostly everyone was here, and decided to enjoy herself. She went upstairs and decided to lean against the handrail. She noticed Ruby approaching her and said "You know? I think we really needed this." The two looked down and saw Blake and Sun dancing, Ren and Nora Waltzing, and Penny looking nervously between her guards and Caboose.

"It's alright, soldiers," Penny said. "He's not going to do anything."

"But, I thought we were going to do that one thing," Caboose asked, making the two guards look at the boy, who surprisingly had blonde hair and was pale.

"And what was this…thing you wanted to do," the guard with blue insignia asked.

He did not notice Penny put her hands up and started to move her body, as Caboose said "Dancing time!" As the two did the same thing over and over again, the guard in red was tapping his foot to the rhythm, but stop when the blue guard looked angrily at him.

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

Yang reached over, grabbed her sister for an arm hug while saying "Aw, thanks! It wasn't all me, though. Weiss did a lot too." The two then looked up and saw Weiss sitting alone, looking sadly at the ground.

Weiss was very lonely tonight without him. 'Maybe I should have given him time to explain,' she thought. 'Maybe he wasn't really what you thought of him. Maybe-'

"Hey, Weiss."

She was startled to hear his voice. She looked and stared at the boy.

"You look beautiful in that dress," he said. He was met with silence. "Your, um, hair looks gorgeous." More silence. "Ok… look, Weiss, I-"

"Stop," Weiss said, making the boy stop. "After thinking about it for a while… I still want you to explain everything. But for now…" She patted the seat next to her and said "For now, why don't you sit down with me?"

Bill smiled. "I would like that." But, before he could sit, his Scroll rang. 'God dammit,' he thought. He got it out and saw that it was a message from Jaune.

Ok, go with the plan.

As he read the message, Bill thought of a great idea. "Hey Weiss."

"Yes?"

"Do you know the lyrics of this song?" He showed Weiss the song.

"Yes," Weiss said, still confused.

"You think you could sing it," Bill asked.

After a few moments of silence, Weiss said "Yes."

"Alright, follow me."

Back on the railing, Yang and Ruby watched the conversation, as Yang said "Tomorrow it's back to work."

"I'm sure we can handle whatever gets thrown at us," Ruby replied, as the ballroom was filled with laughter. They looked down, and saw a hilarious sight. "Ex-cept for that."

As Bill and Weiss made their way to the stage, they heard laughter. "Why are they laughing," Weiss asked.

Bill looked around and said "I don't kn-Oh my god, he really did it!"

"Who did what?"

"You'll see."

Pyrrha was talking to Nora, who wore a pink dress, when she heard laughter behind her. She turned around and said "Jaune?"

In front of her was Jaune, who wore a white dress with a blue ribbon. "Eh, a promise is a promise," he simply said, grinning.

Pyrrha started with a smile, then it turned into giggling, and continued to laughter. "Jaune! You didn't have to!"

"Hey, an Arc never goes back on his word." As he extended his arm, the two heard singing.

Baby, it's time to make up your mind.
I think that tonight is when our stars align.
They turned to see Weiss on the stage, using the microphone to sing, as Bill used the equipment to play the music.

"Now do you wanna stand there and laugh at me, or do you wanna dance," Jaune asked, as Pyrrha grabbed his hand.

"I would love to dance." He pulled her to him, and swept her away.

Nora, who was watching them, turned to Ren and shouted "Ren. This... is... happening!"

"Wait, what is happening," Ren asked, looking at nobody. Nora ignored this and took him to the dance floor.

Honey, it's time to leave the doubt behind.
Take my hand 'cause you and I are gonna shine.

As they went on the dance floor, they started to slow dance, as Weiss sang.

I was cold in the dark,
It was empty in my life;
From the outside it looked so bright,
But nothing felt right... to me.

They started to dance faster, as the beat went faster.

Like a sky with no sun.
Like a night that has no day.
My heart was eclipsed by the dark,
Then something changed.

I saw a little ray of light come through,
The tiniest of sparks came into view,
And then,
You made me hope again.

Bill started to sing, saying 'who,' which surprised everyone.

I've been watching you, helping you,
Wishing that you'd see,
That the girl you've been waiting so long for could be me.

Now - I've never been in love,
But I think this is it;
It might seem like a school girl crush,
But I have to admit,

The two then started to sing together.

I wanna take a chance and make you see.
I think that you're the one who'll rescue me.
This time,
You're finally gonna see you should be mine.

At this point, Team JNPR performed a short but elaborately choreographed dance.

But baby, it's time to make up your mind.
I think that tonight is when our stars align.
Honey, it's time to leave the doubt behind.
As they broke off, Jaune spun Pyrrha, as she said "I had no idea you were a dancer."

"Yeah, well, these things tend to happen when you grow up with seven sisters," Jaune said, surprising Pyrrha.

Take my hand 'cause you and I are gonna shine.

Weiss was surprised when Bill took her hand and brought her to the dance floor. As they dance, she still sung.

I won't need any dreams.
It's all there if you're by my side.
Every moment's enough.
And you take me to paradise.

When I needed a hero you knew it,
And you were there,
And I'm scared but I'll open my heart up,
I'm ready to dare.

As she kept singing, Blake had joined the dancing with Sun, Yang joining with Tucker, and Ruby joining with Simmons, who had the courage to ask a girl, and Ruby having the guts to dance on her stilts. As the groups danced, Weiss and Bill sang happily together once more.

I know I've never felt like this before,
I never really knew what love was for;
I dreamed,
But never did believe.

As the song got to its climax, teams started to dance together.

But baby, it's time to make up your mind,

RWB2Y was dancing together, excluding Ruby, who was trying to regain her balance.

JNPR was still doing their dance.

I think that tonight is when our stars align,

Blue team was doing the Macarena.

Red team was doing a dance that involved their hips…thanks Donut.

Honey, it's now we leave the doubt behind,

Ozpin, Glynda, Oobleck, and Port started to join the fun, as well as the two guards, Penny, and Ironwood.

Take my hand 'cause you and I are gonna,

Sun and Legion started dancing, as Neptune sat in the corner.

Felix, Wash, and Peach joined in too.

Light the sky until it's dawn and,

The last ones to join in for the finale were Team JABE, as all dancers joined together for one big finishing move.

Baby you and I are gonna shine.

The song ended, as the room was filled with cheering. Bill and Weiss looked at each other and smiled.

'This is going to be the greatest night of my life,' Bill thought.

Upstairs, Mercury and Emerald looked at the students, as Emerald contacted her master.

"It appears all the dancers have partners," she said through via ear-bud.

"How long do I have," Cinder asked.

"You should probably be home by midnight, to be safe," Mercury replied.

"I'll keep my eye on the clock."

Downstairs, Ruby decided to exit the building, to get some fresh air. She looked around as she saw a feminine figure climbing the rooftops. She decided to pursue her.

Outside the CCT, a guard was making his nightly shift as he heard movement. He tried to investigate it, but was knocked out. Cinder caught the man, and dragged him into the bushes. After hiding him, she went inside.

Back at the Dance, Weiss and Bill sat down, still gaining their breath after the singing and dancing.

"That was so much fun," Weiss said, smiling.

"It was," Bill replied.

As they sat there, Weiss asked "So, what made you come and talk to me."

"Huh?"

"You were afraid to talk to me at first, what gave you the courage to do it?"

Bill pointed to the boy in a dress and said "He did."

She then looked Jaune, and felt bad. "Now I feel bad for being…a bitch to him"

"Did you just call yourself a b-?"

"Stop it."

Silence was heard again, as Weiss had a good idea.

"Hey, Bill."

"Hmm."

"Could I do something with you," she said, grinning.

"And what is th-?" He was interrupted as Weiss brought his head to hers; making him feel her soft, warm lips. Fireworks were going off in their heads. They were actually kissing! Each other! But, that all ended when they heard a flash, followed by a voice.

"Ohh, you guys look cute together."

They turned to see Yang with an old camera, holding a photograph of them kissing.

"I'm going to show everyone," Yang said, before going towards Blake.

"Yang," Weiss shouted, as Bill began to leave.

"I need to go," Bill said, making Weiss pout. "I'm sorry Snow Angle."

"Maybe you can make it up to me later."

"How?"

"Maybe, we meet up here, then go back to our room?"

"Oh, being naughty are we? Alright, I'll play," he said, placing a quick peck on her lips before leaving.

Weiss got up and went to get the picture.

"Blake!"

Blake turned to see Yang, holding a photo.

"Yes, Yang," Blake asked, as Sun and Neptune wondered too.

"Want to see the cutest thing," Yang said, making the Faunus confused.

"What?" Yang showed her the photograph, and giggled when Blake blushed.

"What is it," Sun asked, but his eyes widened.

"What're you guys looking at," Neptune happily asked, but lost his smile when he saw the picture.

"Why would you take a picture of that," Blake asked.

"Because, they look cute together," Yang replied. "And so I have something to get out of a situation."

"What situation?"

"Yang Xiao Long!"

"The one I'm about to have."

They saw Weiss angrily go up to Yang and growled "Give. Me. That. Picture."

Yang smiled, knowing that Weiss didn't notice. "Alright, alright. I just wanted to show-"

"You were showing people?! Ugh!"

Weiss grabbed the photo, and looked surprised when she took a good long look at Yang's dress.

"What, I just wanted people to see that you guys make a cu-"

"Stop." Yang looked at Weiss. "Is that my dress you're wearing?"

"Umm… no?"

"So, you're the one who stole my dress!"

"Yeah?"

"Ugh!"

"And, now it's my dress. It kinda extended…on the top part."

"Ok, that's it. You owe me one favor."

"What's the favor," Yang asked.

"When I need something, I'll ask you to do it. Got it?"

"Fine. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to get some punch."

As Yang left, Weiss looked as at Blake, who kept looking at her.

"What?"

"So…you guys are back together," Blake asked.

"Yes."

"And…officially together."

"Yes…"

"Yang was right…you guys do make a cute couple."

"Alright, please stop."

As they were talking, Neptune was looking sadly at Weiss. 'I wish I was her special guy,' he thought.

The soldiers inside the CCT were guarding the tower, when they saw a masked woman enter the building.

"Excuse me, no one's allowed in this area," one of the guards said, but the woman kept coming. "Stop!"

The soldier opens fire when Cinder did not heed him. She managed 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.

As this was happening, two soldiers were in the elevator, talking.

"Hey, man, do you know the Wi-Fi password," one of them asked.

"It's Beacon, but replace the E with a 3 and add a pound symbol to the end," the other said, as the elevator doors opened, revealing a very calm Cinder. The two saw their fellow soldiers, unconscious. Cinder walked in, as the doors closed again, and knocked out both soldiers.

Outside the tower, Ruby walked towards the building when she saw an unconscious soldier in the bushes. She quickly brought her Scroll out, punched in coordinates. As she did this, she saw her weapon's locker crash behind her. She went up to it and picked up Crescent Rose.

"Hello, Miss Rose."

Ruby, startled, looked behind her and saw The Assassin, with only his fists as his weapon.

"Oh, it's just you," she said, somewhat relieved.

"I see you saw that person on the rooftops."

"Yeah, and they're in the CCT."

"Well, what are we waiting for?" He then started to walk towards the tower, with Ruby following.

In the top part of the tower, Cinder took a Scroll, from the two unconscious guards, saying "Oh! That's handy." She put away the Scroll, and went to the control consoles. As she was hacking the system, Emerald contacted her.

"A party guest is leaving."

"Which one," Cinder asked.

"Ironwood."

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

As he said that, all the computer's monitors lit up.

"No... we're done here," Cinder said, going back to the elevator. But, she saw the doors opened up, and hid.

A few seconds earlier…

It was quite awkward as Ruby and the Assassin stood next to each other, trying not to step on the bodies.

"Alright, just distract them, and I'll take care of it," the Assassin said.

"But-?!" The Assassin disappeared as Ruby was about to ask her question. "Ugh."

She went out the elevator, with Crescent Rose out, saying "Hello?" She tried to walk, but stumbled due to her high-heeled shoes. She looked around again. "Is anyone there? Hello?" As she kept looking, a masked woman rose from her hiding spot, and stepped towards Ruby.

"Excuse me," Ruby started. "You know, it's not a masquerade party, so why don't you take off that-!"

The woman produced a container of Ice Dust and sends the shards towards Ruby, as the red-haired girl blocked the attacks. Ruby decided to fire at her, but the woman blocked the bullets with her hand, which seemed familiar. The woman then jumped up, and produced bow with three arrows, out of thin air, and fired at Ruby. Ruby dodge the attack, as the masked woman landed, the bow disappearing.

She looked up, but felt a presence behind her. The Assassin reappeared, ready to capture the woman. But, the woman backed, grabbed the man, and knocked him out using her knee. Ruby gasped. No one had ever bested the Assassin. The woman looked up, grinning. But, that grin disappeared when the elevator doors opened again. Ruby looked back to see General Ironwood, feeling glad that he's here. She looked back to the woman, but was confused to see that both the woman and the Assassin were gone.

In a hallway that led to the ballroom, Cinder discarded two bracelets and her mask to change from her stealth suit into a black dress and enters the dance. Two guards followed her, crushing the bracelets and mask underfoot, and entered the dance hall. But, they had little chance to find her, as all the students crowded the room. They exited the room, and back to the tower.

On the dance floor, Emerald was dancing with Mercury, when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see Cinder.

"Oh, may I cut in," she asked.

"Of course," Emerald said, stepping aside as Cinder began to slow dance with Mercury.

"And how's your night been," Mercury asked.

"Mmm... a little more exciting than expected," Cider replied.

"Should we be worried?"

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

"So then what now?"

"Enjoy the rest of the night. After all, it is a party."

As they danced, the clock began to ring, as it was mid-night.

Ding

Pyrrha and Jaune were enjoying their time, with Jaune still in the dress.

Ding

Sun and Blake were dancing, having fun.

Ding

Penny and Caboose were slow dancing, as she laid her head on his chest.

"I feel weird," Caboose said.

Ding

Weiss waited for her love to return, but he never came.

Ding

The guards searched for the intruder, but she was never found.

Ding

On the other side of the tower, the Assassin laid near the building's wall, unconscious.

Ding

A flash of orange light appeared, as the hit man, Locus, saw his target.

Ding

Locus picked up the Assassin.

Ding.

He brought out a type of grenade that was never seen before.

Ding

He dropped the grenade, and disappeared.

Ding

Back in the tower, Ruby sat still as Ironwood began to ask her questions. What the two failed to notice was an image of a queen chess piece flicker on the consoles monitor.

Ding

And so ends the dance chapters, and begin the rest of the story. So, I decided to make Professor Peach look like that, since I think that Jen Taylor, the person who voices the mysterious narrator, is Professor Peach. And if she isn't, or she is a he, I'm keeping it. And if Raven isn't really Yang's mom, I'm keeping the idea. I already have my plot, and I'm keeping it! Now, the next chapter will reveal a huge secret that has been kept, and so enters the genius and the dog…ha! Red vs Blue reference. Anyway, please review and I'll see you next time.