Author Note: Hello everyone and welcome back to another addition to the series. Now I just wanna give a shout out to buzzsaw935 as he did PM me and asked about some more variety in Soldier, cause if some of you guys have noticed, I have been having him use the Beggars Bazooka a little too much. I'm shouting this out because if people do want to voice concerns and suggestions and want me especially to read them, then PM me and I will be happy to read them. Now besides that it's time for DATE NIGHT!
Beacon Academy: Dining Hall
The day after the infiltration mission, the group were at the Dining Hall, eating breakfast and chatting happily. However two of people at the table were a little subdued. Jaune and Scout were a little quite which, especially for Scout, was quite surprising.
"What's wrong fellas," asked a concerned Engineer as he took bite out off his bacon, "Your both very not vocal today. Jaune I get sometimes, but Scout? A non talkative Scout is unheard of!"
Jaune and Scout sighed and looked at each other. For once, they were both worried about the same thing. Spy then smiled and said, "Ah, I think I know what it is. It's the dates they have this evening with Miss Nikos and Miss Xiao Long." Both Jaune and Scout looked up and gave Spy scathing looks, but she just ignored them.
"Ah, so what this is all about," said Yang as she curled her arm around Scout, "Well I can't blame him. He is going on a date with me and I tend to like them good." This made Scout's face turn visibly green as his anxiety went up even higher. Heavy laughed, "I think little Scout may be having new problems. He doesn't even have much money."
Everyone laughed a little but stopped when they realized Scout had begun to laugh to. He laughed for a good long while before looking over at Heavy and grinning, "Joke's on you fatso, I was able to grab some money from that club we trashed and had enough to get reserved seats in one of the best restaurants in the city!" Everyone stared at him, and Yang's jaws was so far down that a whole turkey could have walked inside.
"Then why are you so nervous mate?" asked Sniper curiously bringing the rest back to reality and they all nodded. Scout once again slumped a little and mumbled something quietly that no one could catch. "Umm, I didn't quite catch that," said Nora as they all leaned in a little. He looked up and said sadly as if his family had been killed, "I don't know which cosmetics to put on for the date."
There was a moment of silence as the everyone just stared. Then the students deadpanned and just laughed. But the other mercenaries eyes went wide and they all looked at Scout with sympathy. "Well," said Medic quietly, "Zat is a problem zat we must solve."
The students just shook their heads in annoyance about being so mislead and turned to Jaune. "I'm guessing you have a better reason for being so nervous," said Weiss pointedly. Jaune looked up and turned to Pyrrha, who was next to him regarding him with a worried expression. "Well, I have something different in mind then a restaurant since I actually don't have the money. And I do have the clothes for the date. It's just, i'm worried I will screw up. I mean i'm going out with the Pyrrha Nikos, four time Mistral (Kingdom of Remnant) champion. And i'm just me," he finished looking down sadly.
Both future Huntsman and mercenaries looked at him, realizing the pressure but also thinking that though Jaune had gotten much better since the training, his self confidence is still at an all time low. Pyrrha however turned his head towards her and forced him to look at her.
"Look at me Jaune Arc. If I was just some four time Mistral champion, I would be falunting around and getting guys from everywhere. But i'm not. I want the right guy who is caring, sweet, and smart. You fit all those traits and your even handsome to go with it. Don't ever let people say otherwise." She kissed him on the cheek. "To be honest, i'm also very nervous. I have never been on a date, and I still have to go shopping with Yang and the rest of the girls to get something so your not the only one. But I have a feeling that this will be great day for all of us."
Jaune smiled and hugged her. The others watched this tender moment in peaceful silence, until Soldier got up and yelled, "Yes that's all fun and all but we have a serious crisis here. Scout needs a right cosmetic loadout! MEN! TO THE WARDROBE!" And grabbing Scout he rushed up stairs with uncharacteristic speed. The other mercenaries soon followed, wishing the others good luck as they rushed upstairs to help out in the serious business of cosmetics.
The students stared after them for a moment, not quite sure what to make of it. Then Yang got up and said, "Well, there is no time to waste! Girls! It's time to go shopping!" and she along with all the female members of Team RWBY and Team JNPR marched out towards Vale, Pyrrha giving Jaune one last kiss before leaving him with Ren. "Well," said Ren as they both sat their alone, "What were you going to do before the date if it wasn't shopping for clothes?" he asked Jaune.
Jaune turned and smiled at Ren. "Well, actually instead of the restaurant presenting us with food, i'm the only presenting the food."
Beacon Academy: Mercenaries Room
The door of the room burst open and Soldier practically threw Scout inside and bringing a chair to the middle of the room, he forced Scout to sit down and wait for the others to arrive. They didn't have to wait long as the other mercenaries rushed into the room breathless and ready to begin.
"Alright men!" yelled Soldier as he paced in front of them, "We need to look through all of Scout's cosmetics and find the right combination! Are we ready?" he yelled and the other mercenaries, minus Scout who was still recovering from being thrown forcefully into a room, yelled yes back and the costume party began!
They took out Scout's cosmetic crate and began to rummage through it, pulling out crazy and hilarious hats, clothes, and hair. Demoman grabbed a hat that came along with a scaramouche mask know as the Mountebank's Masque and offered it up, but it was shot down as too stupid for a date (Like they know what is appropriate for a date). Next was an army hat with the words "Born to Run" written on it called the Fortunate Son that Soldier held up and said that it was perfect but eventually put it away after the others yelled at him that this wasn't A FUCKING WAR! Heavy then to out a very slicked back hair cosmetic called the Greased Lightning and said that it looked cool but Spy put out that it wasn't a band show but a sophisticated restaurant. Finally Pyro actually brought out a pair of tan leather dress shoes that came to diamond patterned socks dubbed the Argyle Ace. The others actually all agreed that it looked nice and professional and the theme would be a bit of an old school professional outfit. They all decided to start going from the down up since they already had the shoes and began to look through the shirt cosmetics.
First up was the Thrilling Tracksuit, a red shirt with a wide front flap and large black buttons. It also had long sleeves with black cuffs and it came with a blood stained scarf. This was turned down since it first didn't compliment the Argyle Ace and it also would be strange to have a bloodstained scarf on a date. Soldier tried to bring the army style back in with a grey army vest and a bandoleer of rifle rounds on the strap called the Flak Jack, but once again was yelled at for trying to make Scout look like an army general and not a person going on a date. Sniper brought up a buttoned up motorcycle jacket with a folded tip revealing a grey shirt underneath called the Flapjack. It was considered but then Spy grabbed another shirt cosmetic that everyone rushed to and put on Scout. It was a red waistcoat with a frilly white undershirt that was topped off with a red bow tie called the Frenchman's Formals. They all clapped at Spy's quick thinking who bowed until Scout yelled that they were still trying to get him ready for a date and they scrambled around once more picking out cosmetics.
Next was Scout's face. Engineer brought up a pair of red goggles with lighter red fire designs known as the Planeswalker Goggles. But no one agreed, saying that it looked to flashy with the clothes that Scout already wore. Scout tried to appeal to the Bonk Boy but the others shut him up saying it was also too flashy. Pyro brought out the Cader Visor, a space like glass visor that covered the eyes, but it was shot down for being to technological for the outfit they were going for. They finally agreed to not add anything to Scout's face and move on to the most important part. The Hat.
The hat had to be chosen especially carefully, because it was usually the most noticeable part of the outfit and it would be an unusual for max effect. First up was the Milkman, but was immediately shut down because a lot the mercenaries thought it looked stupid though that may just be because they had been hit with the Holy Mackerel to manny times while Scout wore the Milkman. Next up was the Troublemaker's Tossle Cap, a slightly baggy beanie, and got a few positive comments but not something that should be worn on a date. Then there was the Fed-Fightin' Fedora, a brown fedora with bullet holes in it. But this was also put away so Scout wouldn't like he was in a mafia movie. It ultimately came down to the Ye Olde Baker Boy, a brown newsboy cap with a button on the top, and the Flipped Trilby, a trilby hat that was worn backwards. In the end the Flipped Trilby won out because the Ye Olde Baker Boy looked more of what a little kid would wear than a twenty one year old going on a date. This left one last thing. Choosing the unusual effect... except Scout only had one effect for the Flipped Trilby which was Sunbeams. Though when he put it on, it seemed to work and they decided that thats how Scout was going. The Argyle Ace, Frenchmen's Formals, and an Unusual Flipped Trilby with a Sunbeams effect.
Scout looked around at his fellow mercenaries in his new attire and they all smiled at him clapping and marveling at his awesome cosmetics.
"Now that is what I wanna see!" said Soldier clapping Scout on the back.
"Mmph mmph!" mmphed Pyro clapping excitedly.
"We did it mate!" said Demoman joyously as he took out a bottle of whisky and began to drink.
"You are credit to team!" said Heavy pulling Scout into a bone crushing hug.
"Now I've seen everything!" said Engineer looking over Scout with pride.
"Amazing comrade!" complimented Medic.
"Good on ya mate!" said Sniper tipping his hat to Scout.
"Well, it seems you have some fashion sense," said Spy smiling as Scout scowled at him slightly, "Now all we do is wait. Jaune and Ren will come over soon to wait with us while the girls get dressed in their own dorms when they get back from shopping. Speaking of which I wonder how their doing."
City Of Vale: Clothes Store
"No not that one," said Weiss as Yang came out of the changing room wearing a blue strapless dress that ended at her heels. Yang groaned and went back inside. Then out of the other changing room, Pyrrha came out in a pink minidress. Weiss, Blake, Ruby, and Nora all shook their heads and Pyrrha walked back into the changing room.
This had been going on now for around two hours. They had left Beacon and gone to Vale to pick out clothes for the date. Weiss knew a great clothes story with almost every type of dress and they all agreed on it, mostly because they didn't know any other stores to choose from. They had entered the large shop and had immediately gaped around at all the different types of clothes, from suits to dresses. From shirts to underwear (NOPE! JonTron help me!). They all went straight to the dresses section and began to select many varieties of styles and colors. After picking a nice selection they had sent Yang and Pyrrha into the changing rooms and the mini runway began.
Yang came back out this time wearing a bright yellow sequined lace dress and the other girls gasped and looked over at Weiss, who was like the main judge, and nodded excitedly. Weiss thought for a moment. It did show off Yangs impressive strength and nice legs and complimented her wild yellow hair well. She nodded as well and said to take it. Yang smiled, happy that it was finally over. Weiss noticed this and said, "We are not done Yang, we still need to get shoes."
Before Yang could shout in annoyance, Pyrrha came out of the changing room and the girls mouths fell open. She was wearing a point d'esprit lace tie-neck blouse with red velvet tuxedo flares. It made her look sophisticated but at the same time incredibly powerful and beautiful. Weiss even clapped and nodded and she smiled happily and they moved on to shoes.
Surprisingly, they very quickly found a good match for Pyrrha. It was a red claire suede sandal and though the velvet tuxedo flares dd kinda cover it, it still looked nice and Pyrrha really like it so they decided to stick with it. Unfortunately for Yang, finding her shoes was a little harder. For someone who basically only wore knee high platform boots she really didn't like dress shoes. "Come on," said Ruby as Yang complained about how long it was taking, "I thought you liked this type of stuff."
"I do, but not when it takes four hours!" yelled Yang in annoyance but then spotted something that made her mouth water. On a pedestal stood a pair of Coraline leather over-the-knee boots. She rushed over to them and held them lovingly. "THIS!" she exclaimed excitedly and held it out so the others could see it. Blake and Nora looked quite happy with the decision, Ruby was beaming with pride at her sisters choice. Weiss looked over the leather boots for a few moments, thinking then she finally sighed nodding knowing if she said no that she most likely would be punched out a window.
They went to the cashier and handed over the items for purchase and once all the items had been scanned the register read; 1,615 Lien. Everyone stared at the price in horror and were about to freak out, but Weiss just smiled at them and took out her credit card and paid for it easily with her fathers fortune of selling Dust. The clothes were packed into bags and the girls took them back to Beacon.
Once they came back they went into Team RWBY's dorm room they put their bags on the floor and Yang collapsed onto her bed, but Weiss looked at her annoyed and said, "Get up Yang. We need to get you ready for the date." Yang groaned. This was gonna be a long afternoon before the date.
Beacon Academy: Mercenaries Room
There was a knock on the door and when Heavy opened the door, it revealed Jaune and Ren who were carrying cooking pots and ingredients. Heavy smiled and let them in and led them to the kitchen, pulling them away from staring at Scout who was wearing his outfit while reading a magazine. They entered the kitchen where Pyro was also getting ready, clearing away the countertops and checking the ovens. He was wearing a floppy chef's toque called the Connoisseur's Cap and clapped happily when he spotted the two students and stepped out of the way as Heavy brought them forward. Ren stood to the side, wanting to see the master at work and Jaune try to keep up. To explain why they were cooking before the date, it was because Jaune's idea was to have a picnic date on the Beacon grounds, which meant he had to cook himself.
The foods that would be cooked were Sandvichs, Dalakohs Bars, Potato and Pasta salads, and finally some freshly made lemonade. They began with Heavy showing Jaune how to set up the cookers and cut the potatoes but Jaune waved him away and began to cut up the potatoes expertly and took some lettuce that he began shred up and put into a bowl. He cooked up some pasta while he mixed the lettuce with the potatoes and added some dressing. Once the pasta was done he did the same set both salads into separate containers and closed them. He then took some lemons (Suck a lemon! If you get the reference kudos to you!) and put them in the blender before moving onto the slices of bread and toasted them to the perfect amount and began laying tomatoes, ham, bologna, cheese, and lettuce on them and then sticking a toothpick with an olive in it. But not with all of them. He took some mayonnaise, beef, tuna, onions and eggs and put them in appropriate combinations to make many different types of sandwiches. Once the blender was ready he poured out the lemonade into a large pitcher and closed the lid. Then he took some Dalakoh's Bars from the fridge and put them all in a classic picnic basket and took a woolen blanket and put it over the basket to cover it from any damage. He turned to find Heavy and Ren staring at him him shock.
"How?" Ren asked him still looking like he had seen the birth of Jesus, "How did you know how to cook all of that so well?"
Jaune blushed a little and replied, "Well, living with seven sisters means that dancing and cooking comes quite naturally after a while. I must say it really comes useful in the future."
They walked out of the kitchen and joined the rest of the mercenaries, waiting for the time of the date. They made idle chat, but Jaune and Scout stayed unusually quite like they had been this morning. In what seemed like five minutes, the time had come. Jaune dressed into a simple tuxedo, blake pants, and a bow tie that was given to him by Spy called the Dr. Whoa. He also put on his Unusual Burning Team Captain. Then picking up the picnic basket, he and Scout walked out of the door and separated.
Jaune went up to Team JNPR's dorm room door (Pyrrha and Nora returned to their room after everything had been done while Team RWBY stayed in their room) and knocked, rocking back and forth on his toes. The door was opened Pyrrha and she was in her newly bought outfit. Jaune stared at Pyrrha in awe as he took in her beauty. She smiled sweetly and walked out and kissed him on the nose, tearing him away from his thoughts. "You look very handsome Jaune," she said and Jaune blushed brightly to her amusement.
"And you look... I mean just wow," Jaune spluttered and thought, "Oh great, nice introduction. Lets try to speak english." But Pyrrha just giggled and looped her arm through his and began to lead him to the dorm buildings elevator. "So, judging by the picnic basket, we are going on a picnic," she said smiling at him and he nodded. "Yep. I cooked all the foods myself." She stared and asked, "You did?"
Jaune nervously nodded and Pyrrha leaned onto his shoulder saying, "You really do care. I am so lucky." Jaune couldn't respond as they made their way down and towards the Beacon grounds.
Beacon Academy: Team RWBY's Dorm
Scout stood outside Team RWBY's dorm room door and nervously thought if this would be a good experience. "Yes it will, i'm going out with a freaking hottie! I must make this work!" He knocked on the door and barely a second pass before Yang opened the door and they both gaped at each others beauty. Scout could barely think as he stared at Yang's bright yellow sequined lace dress and her fantastic body. Yang was also staring at his very old school professional style and topping it off with a flipped over hat that had sun rays beaming out.
"Wow..." they both said quietly before snapping out of it. Scout held his arm out with his signature grin. "Well, shall we get going hottie?" he asked winking. Yang grinned and looped her arm through his and they made their way outside and towards Vale.
"So," began Yang smiling at her date as they entered the airship that drove them to the city, "It seems you did a great job choosing cosmetics." Scout grinned happily as they sat down on two vacant airship seats and answered, "Well I had some help from my buddies, but yes I chose them." Yang laughed softly and leaned into him. "Always giving yourself the most credit. Most people would find that unflattering, but I find it adorable."
Scout blushed brightly at her light teasing and they made idle chatter as the airship traveled to the city. Once it arrived they got out and Scout led his date to the center of town where the restaurant was located. As they made their way over, some guys on the side of the road wolf whistled at Yang. "Hey sexy, ditch the weird bright dude and join us," said one of them. Before Yang could yell at him, Scout took out his Sandman and hit the baseball it came with and smacked straight into the guys head causing him to fall on his back unconscious. The other guys looked up fearfully at Scout and ran away. Scout looked at Yang a little apologetically, but found her laughing. "That was hilarious," she choked out before they continued down the road.
They made it to the restaurant without any further incident. It was a very posh place where only very rich people would be able to got but it wasn't like it was where snobbish rich people would dine at but mature and respectable people. Table with linen cloth covering and a candle in the center, and high backed comfy leather chairs. Scout said his name to the woman at the reception who nodded and led them to their seats. They sat down and they picked up the menu's that lay on the table and began through the choices. A waiter came over and they both ordered a grilled steak with mashed potatoes on the side. Once the waiter left with their orders they stared across the table each other.
"How you liking it so far," said Scout smugly and Yang smiled just as smugly back at him and rubbed his knee under the table. "Well so far, i'm having to much watching your embarrassed face. Scout spluttered and he answered back, "Hey! No fair." Yang laughed and took her hand from under the table and instead took his in both of hers and leaned in a little over the table. "Well then, Scout, my real opinion is that for a first date, you really tried your best to make the best one. And I love that."
She leaned in and kissed him for the first time on the lips. Scout was taken aback for a second before kissing back. It felt so natural and nice to both of them. It didn't matter what they were in terms of what they had done, it just was the present that mattered. While this occurred, they didn't notice three people watching them from a café across the street.
"Seems to be doing quite well so far," said Spy taking a sip of wine (What café serves wine?). Engineer and Sniper nodded in agreement. They had decided that it would be a good idea to watch how Scout did since on his last date with Miss Pauling, a bread monster attack though it wasn't entirely his fault.
A man with black hair and short beard and a green parrot perched on his shoulder, walked up to them and brought Sniper and Engineer some coffee. He looked across the street to see what they were looking at and smiled. "Oh my god! You guys got great seats." Spy laughed a little and nodded. "Especially when it's a Huntsman in training and a mercenary." "WHAT!? WHAT THE FUCK!" (Write in the reviews if you know who this man is and I will give a shoutout to you)
Back to Scout and Yang they pulled away and smiled at each other, but the moment was interrupted by the waiter bring them their food. They ate while talking about the other mercenaries and students. They laughed as they talked jokes about them and finished their dinner. The check came and Scout pulled out the money he had take and put it all down on the table. "Isn't that a little too much," asked Yang confused. Scout smiled as he stood up and helped her up and they began to walk out. "Needed to leave a tip," he said and Yang looked at him with surprise that Scout would do that, but extremely happy. that he wasn't a heartless person that kept as much money as he could.
Yang expected them to go back to Beacon, but Scout said he wanted to take her something else quickly before they returned. He led her to a shop that sold motorcycles and he told his name to the man behind the cashier who nodded and went into the back. He leaned against the counter as Yang stared around. She loved motorcycles and had always wanted one. She stared at a nice red one at the front and was caressing it until she saw the man behind the counter roll out a bright yellow and black motorcycle. She walked up to it and couldn't resist touching it before remembering that this wasn't hers and she backed away. "Sorry," she apologized, "couldn't resist."
Scout smiled at her and said the last thing she expected. "No need to apologize pally, cause its yours. My treat. I had so much money and I don't know what to get here so I asked Ruby what you wanted the most and she said motorcycles so I got one that matched your color. I'm sorry if you don't like it I just didn't want to ask you because I wanted it to be surprise and-" before he could finish Yang walked up to him, grabbed his face and pulled him into a passionate kiss. She pulled away for a second and whispered, "I love you," before pulling her new boyfriend back into the kiss. For them, the date couldn't have been better.
Beacon Academy: Courtyard
Jaune and Pyrrha walked over to a small patch of grass in the Beacon courtyard and laid out the blanket and sat down. Jaune took the sandwiches, salads, and pitcher of lemonade and grabbed two plats and glasses with them. Pyrrha stared at the tasty food and once he handed her a plate, she took sandwich with beef, mayonnaise, and cheese and took a bite. Jaune watched nervously as she chewed. Her face grew bright with delight and she took another bite. He smiled and took a sandwich for himself and took a spoon full of potato salad as well. They ate in pleasant silence for a few minutes before Jaune spoke up.
"So how is the food so far. I tried my best to make quite a few healthy options since I know you prefer them much more than anything else." She smiled at him and said, "I haven't eaten anything as good. Even Heavy's Sandvichs can compare and that's saying something, cause those are also really good."
Jaune nodded as he took another bite of his potato salad and asked, "So how do you like it here in Vale. Since you come from Mistral, it must feel a little different." Pyrrha looked out at the setting sun and began, "Well, to be honest, it isn't much different. Its Beacon that really surprised me. It's a place that surprised me with its acceptance of any person and how anyone could feel equal here, especially since Cardin has become way more quite after being beat up by Scout. But the best thing here are the people. Back in Mistral I was a celebrity but I had very few friends. Here though I am on a team with three amazing people. The quite but happy Ren, the funny and hyperactive Nora, and you my gentle caring knight." She beamed at Jaune who blushed a little. "But of course I can't forget Team RWBY. Cute and silly Ruby, sophisticated but smart Weiss, bookish and quite Blake, and the seductive and strong Yang." Jaune laughed a little and then added, "Well I think all our lives have also drastically changed since the mercenaries appeared into our lives."
Pyrrha nodded. Jaune continued, "I thought they would be a problem when Scout first said who he was and described the others for the first time, but now... I think it's the best thing that could have happened to us. They have trained us to the best of their abilities. They even gave us freaking hats for free, which I for them is a huge deal." Pyrrha was looking at Jaune strangely and Jaune looked back at her in concern. "Pyrrha?" he asked nervously.
She stared at him and then said, "I say this so many times but I must say it again. You are the most caring person I have ever met." She scooted over to him and hugged him tightly. "Jaune, you may say you aren't worth anything, but in reality, you are the best man a girl could ask for." She let go of him and before he could he could say anything she cupped his face in her hands and kissed him happily. He paused for a second, but then hugged her closer and kissed back as the sun set behind them. Two future Huntsman against the sun.
There's the chapter! Not much action but I do like some romance and if I am shipping people I need to make a chapter like this. I actually had to go on the Michael Kors website and look up clothes for the girls cause I don't know crap about female clothing. To be frank I don't even know much about male clothes either even as a guy. The only other thing I have to say is to remind you guys that if you know the person who was with Spy, Engineer, and Sniper during Scouts and Yangs date then put it in the review and you will get a shoutout. Besides that Reviews are always welcome and I will see you in the next chapter... BYE BYE!