RWBY: MRRN
VOLUME 2, CHAPTER 12: The Dance (Pt 2)
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY. All rights go to Rooster Teeth.
Ruby, Robin, Ren and Nora quickly and silently followed Ruo and Yang to the balcony, hiding behind the corner.
"Why did you want to come out here?" the Faunus asked his date.
"Just wanted some alone time with you," she answered with the same bright smile she often wore on her scowl. "It was getting a bit noisy in there."
"Yeah," Ruo agreed. "You and Weiss did a good job finishing the dance."
"Thanks," she replied. "Is Robin doing okay since Coco couldn't make it?"
"He's not happy about it, but he's still having fun," Ruo assured. The two leaned on the railing, enjoying the beautiful view of the school and night sky. Ruo mustered the courage to slowly move his arm and take Yang's hand in his own.
"Sweet, he's making a move," Robin whispered.
"But he's not dancing," Ren replied. The archer sighed.
"I didn't mean dancing," he corrected the ninja of Team JNPR.
"Who taught you how to fight?" Yang asked.
"My mentor, Jinse Mu Shi," Ruo answered. "She was a Faunus, too; a Lioness to be exact. After I…ran off, Jinse found me and taught me what she knew."
"She just took you in?" Yang asked.
"She knew my parents," the Faunus informed. "At first, I didn't want her help, but after she told me the truth, I trained under her for four years before I decided to come to Vale."
"Guys, we should leave," Robin insisted, knowing how personal this was getting.
"What?" Nora asked. "But you're the one who suggested it."
"It is going a bit different than I thought," the archer replied. "Now let's go." Nora quietly groaned in annoyance before the four of them left Yang and Ruo to themselves.
"Ruo," Yang addressed. "Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" The White Tiger nodded his head in reply.
"What happened to your mother?" The happiness and life from Ruo's face drained after hearing that question. What happened to her was something not even his own teammates knew. Being a part of the White Fang and enduring his mother's abuse wasn't his darkest secret; what happened to her was.
"I…" he tried to speak but failed.
"Ruo?" the blonde asked him, easily sensing the tension in him.
"Yang…that's not something I'm ready to tell," Ruo reluctantly admitted. "I'm sorry, Yang. I just-"
"I understand," Yang interrupted. Knowing about his troubled past, she understood that it would probably take some time before he was ready to confess what happened.
"Actually, I'm glad we're out here," the White Tiger admitted. "I wanted to tell you something else."
"What is it?" Yang asked. Ruo exhaled heavily, steadying his nerves for the question Math had asked Pyrrha.
"Yang, I really…really care about you," he admitted, though he was puzzled by Yang's reaction.
"Just care about me?" she asked, knowing how much she really meant to him. "Don't give me that." She grabbed Ruo's hands and placed them around her waist, pulling him closer to her.
"Repeat after me: I love you, Yang."
Ruo's face was a mix of nervousness, confusion, and a large blush covering his cheeks. His lips were just a few inches away from Yang's, her eyes fixed on his.
"I love you, Yang," she repeated, wanting to hear him say it. She was about to say it again before she was cut off by Ruo pressing his lips against hers. Unlike other time they kissed before at the bar and the food fight, they were both able to melt into it as Yang wrapped her arms around the Faunus's neck.
Ruo relished in the softness and sweet taste of the sun dragon's lips, holding her as close to him as possible. Yang smiled into the kiss, thinking of this as a better answer than what she had demanded.
Finally, the need for air become too much and they were forced to pull away from each other.
"I love you, Yang," Ruo told her, making her smile.
"I love you too, Ruo," she reciprocated before giving him a peck on his lips.
"So, does this mean we're-?"
"Yep," Yang interrupted. "It means that. But just so you know, when we go on dates, don't even THINK about ordering a mountain of food." Ruo nodded his head in reply.
"Well, are you ready to go back?" he asked her.
"In a little bit," Yang replied with a smile.
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"So, did you manage to find someone to come with you?" Math asked his sister, who was wearing a long, one strap blue dress with black heels.
"I offered, but she refused," Imamu replied dramatically with a fake sad face.
"Shut up," Safirlas responded, brushing him off. "You're such a character."
"Thank you," Imamu replied.
"He never asked your sister because he was too busy trying to ask every third girl he saw," Medeia informed, who was wearing a purple dress going to her thighs with darker heels. "What about you, Math? Did you come with anyone?"
"I did," Math replied. "I came with Pyrrha. She went to go talk with one of her teammates…huh?" He looked to the dance floor to see Jaune and Weiss dancing, something he never thought he'd see.
"Looks like Weiss finally gave Jaune a chance," Math commented. "I'm happy for him."
"Weiss Schnee?" Rong asked. "You know her?"
"She's a friend," Math responded. However, he was more focused on Nasser, who was dancing with Octavia. Eventually, the two went over to the punch bowl and took some drinks. Just then, the music picked up a more active beat.
"Everyone on the dance floor!" Medeia commanded. Everyone got out of their seats and walked over. Math immediately caught sight of Pyrrha, but she didn't see him, giving the swordsman a fun idea.
He took cover between the moving dancers as he approached his girlfriend bit by bit, blending in whenever she turned around. Finally, just as Math was about to wrap his arms around her…
"You know I saw you, right?" Pyrrha spoke before Math could make his move.
"Was I that obvious?" the leader of Team MRRN asked.
"Yes…at least, to me," she answered with a giggle. "You try to be so stealthy sometimes, but…I'm sorry."
"I know," Math agreed, knowing stealth wasn't always his best suit. "So, everyone's getting on the dance floor. You want to join?"
"I would love to," Pyrrha said as she extended her hand to Math's, then yelped playfully as he pulled her in and took her to the dance floor.
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Robin hadn't touched the dance floor at all tonight. Instead, he had hung out by the table or the punch bowl. He was still being sociable, but he was not being himself.
"Hey," Ruby greeted as she approached the archer.
"Hey," he replied.
"You're not going to dance?" she asked as she sat down next to him.
"Dancing was never my thing," he admitted. "I was going to ask for some advice, but after learning that Coco wasn't going to make it, I decided not to." Ruby looked at him with pity.
"You're really let down that she couldn't make it?" the reaper Huntress asked. Robin sighed.
"Yeah," he admitted. "I was looking forward to doing this with her. She's honestly the very first girl I've been in a genuine relationship with."
"You really care about her?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah," Robin confirmed. "What about you? Anyone you have your eye on?" Ruby thought for a moment before giving her response.
"No," she answered. "I haven't really been interested in any boys here."
"None?" Robin asked with a raised eyebrow. "Come on. You're telling me no guy has caught your attention? Any at all?"
"Well…" the reaper Huntress thought for a moment about any guys she'd be romantically interested in.
"No," Ruby repeated. "He'd have to be a weapons' dork like me. He'd have to enjoy fighting Grimm…like me. He'd also have to have an awesome scythe…like me." She paused for a moment. "That last one…is more of a preference than a requirement." The archer chuckled at this.
"Well, if I find someone who meets your requirements, I'll let you know," he assured.
"I'm not in a hurry," Ruby claimed. Robin looked over to the stairs that led to the balcony and saw Ruo-Jian and Yang come down to join in the dancing.
"Well, I think it's safe to say that your sister has an official boyfriend," he smirked. Ruby looked over to see her sister with his teammate.
"Gross!" Ruby whined as she turned away. Robin rose from his seat as he laughed at Ruby's innocent expression.
"Ruby, you'll understand when you're older," he teased. "I'm heading back to the dorm."
"Mind if I join?" Ruby asked. "I really want to get out of these shoes. Then tomorrow, I'll ask Weiss and Pyrrha how they fight in these."
"Yeah, sure," Robin replied. The two walked to the entrance to leave the dance. As Robin prepared to text his teammates, he noticed Ruby stopping.
"What is it?" he asked her. He looked in her direction to see a masked woman in black leaping across the rooftops. It looked like she was on her way to the CCT Tower.
"Let's go," Ruby insisted as the two of them followed her.
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By now, the dance had dragged on for Math. He was sitting at his table with Pyrrha, recovering from their energetic dancing. He noticed the smile she had on her face as Jaune danced with Weiss, something he thought he'd never see from the Schne heiress.
"I'm glad to see Weiss is finally giving Jaune a chance," he commented.
"Yes," Pyrrha agreed. She looked over at her boyfriend and could see that he was losing interest in the dance, a rather bored expression on his face.
"Would you like to leave?" she offered.
"What?" Math hastily asked. "No, no, I'm fine. Just a little tired from the dancing."
Pyrrha didn't buy it. She knew him too well to know when he was lying.
"The dance is getting boring for you, isn't it?" she asked rather bluntly.
"A little bit," Math admitted. "But I know you're having fun."
"I won't make you stay if you don't want to."
Math didn't want to stay longer, but he knew how much this meant to Pyrrha. It was her first time attending an occasion like this with someone she cared about rather than having to come alone. He wanted it to be special and not have to give it up just because he was bored.
"Math?" Pyrrha asked.
"Pyrrha, you've said how much this means to you," he explained. "I don't want you to feel like you have to leave just because I'm a little bored."
"You're not," she assured as she took his hand in hers. "The time we've spent together at this dance was wonderful. I wouldn't mind if we went back and…" She blushed a little.
"And?" Math asked, wondering what she was going to say. She was blushing a bit heavier now as she often did when the topic of romance was brought up.
"Perhaps going back to one of our dorms and…cuddling?" she suggested, her face now as red as her hair, making Math chuckle.
"Have I ever told you're really cute when you blush~?" he teased his girlfriend and reached out to touch her shoulder.
"So…is that a yes?" she asked.
"Sounds perfect," Math replied. She smiled as the two of them stood up and made their way out of the dance.
"So which dorm would you prefer?" the swordsman asked.
"Honestly, I prefer mine," Pyrrha answered.
"Then I'll head on mine real quick, get changed and meet at yours," he suggested.
"Sounds lovely," she replied.
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Nasser took note of his two missing teammates. Math had already texted that he had gone with Pyrrha, but there was no message from Robin. He wondered where he could've gone since Coco hadn't been able to make it because of their mission taking longer than expected. The only two left here were him and Ruo-Jian, who was dancing with Yang.
He looked around, hoping to find Octavia, but she was nowhere to be seen. She had mysteriously disappeared…along with Dew Gayl.
"I wonder where she went?" he thought before walking to the stairs to go up to the balcony. As he approached, he could hear a groan of frustration.
"Why do you have to distrust him, Dew?" Octavia asked from around the corner. "I know him!"
"All guys are the same," Dew replied. "They don't care about what's in your heart, they just care for your body."
"Dew, just because your boyfriend cheated on you doesn't mean the same's going to happen to me! I know Nasser!"
"You KNEW Nasser," Dew seemingly corrected. "You haven't seen him in years. How do you know he hasn't changed for the worse?"
"You don't decide what I know about him!" the redhead fumed. "If you want to live your life not trusting guys, then fine! But you've no right to make me hate them too! No wonder your boyfriend didn't want you anymore!"
Nasser covered his mouth in response to what Octavia just said. It was obvious from Dew's reaction that she had hit a very bad nerve. The blonde's reaction went from shock to anger that almost seemed uncontrollable.
"My boyfriend cheated on me because he didn't care about me as a person!" she roared, making Octavia jump. "Then he had the nerve to blame me because 'I wasn't good enough'. It happened to me and it can happen to you!" Dew stormed off to the stairs, prompting Nasser to use his Semblance to get away before she could see him. He was able to reach a table in time before the blonde member of NDGO could reach there.
"Damn," he muttered to himself after learning of the betrayal and hurt Dew had to endure.
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Robin and Ruby approached the entrance to the CCT, only to be greeted by the sight of a soldier unconscious in the bushes. They both took out their scrolls and activated their rocket lockers, landing a few meters away from them.
"We need to work on targeting," the archer commented as he retrieved Sharp Shot and Ruby got Crescent Rose. They entered the building; instead of unconscious soldiers, all of them were dead.
"Doesn't look like bullets," Robin said as he used his Semblance to inspect their wounds. "These were definitely done with some kind of blade."
"What's going on here?" the reaper Huntress questioned.
"We need to get to the elevator," Robin stated as he and Ruby rushed over. The archer pushed the button and the elevator immediately opened, showing two unconscious soldiers.
"Let's go," Robin spoke as he and Ruby entered the elevator. Robin used his Semblance to look for heat traces, finding a somewhat faint one on the button for the main communication center.
"Hold up your scroll for identification," the computer requested. Ruby sighed as she took out her scroll and held it up to the panel.
"Welcome, Ms. Rose," the computer greeted before the doors closed.
It wasn't too long before the two of them reached the top floor. Robin held up his finger to Ruby, telling her to be quiet. He activated his Semblance to see a figure hiding behind the main desk.
"Go left and I'll go right," Robin whispered to her. "The intruder's behind the main desk. We can take them by surprise." Ruby nodded as she slowly went left and Robin the opposite direction.
Ruby stumbled a little bit because of the heels she was wearing, making her groan in frustration. She definitely needed to ask Pyrrha and Weiss how they could fight in these, let alone walk.
Robin held up his hand, signaling for Ruby to stop. The archer nocked an arrow onto the bowstring, slowly pulled back and stopped. He had no idea who this intruder was and needed to be cautious, otherwise he could meet the same fate Math almost did.
Finally, Robin leapt and fired the arrow at the intruder, who was indeed the masked woman. She narrowly dodged the attack and summoned several glass-like projectiles, aimed at both of them.
Ruby destroyed the ones aiming at her with a spin of Crescent Rose while Robin evaded the attack by leaping over one of the computers. Ruby countered with several rounds from her scythe, but the masked woman blocked all of them with merely a swipe of her hand.
"How did she do that?" Robin thought to himself before seeing the containers of Dust attached to her thighs. Just as the intruder summoned two curved blades, she felt an arrow fly past her. At first, she thought it was merely a missed shot, but looked at her thigh to see two of her Dust containers destroyed.
Ruby rushed in to attack with Crescent Rose, unleashing a frenzy of attacks on the masked woman, who effortlessly blocked with her swords. The woman then combined them into a bow and fired two explosive arrows at the two of them. They exploded on impact, but the two students dodged the attack.
The masked woman went for another of her Dust containers, but just as she pulled it out, Robin nocked another arrow and shot the container, shattering it to pieces. With the one container she had left, she took it out and dodged Robin's next arrow, then created several more glass-like projectiles. The two students didn't have a chance to dodge before she threw the projectiles at them.
The explosive projectiles nearly depleted Robin's Aura, meaning if he was hit again, it'd be over for him. She used the Dust again, summoning the same bow and aimed at the two students, preparing to finish them off. Just then, the elevator opened to show Ironwood, his pistol aimed and ready to fire.
Immediately, he fired at the intruder, who blocked the bullets. She needed to make her escape while she still could, so using her Dust again, she shot three explosive arrows at the students, who dodged them as they exploded. When the smoke cleared, the masked woman was nowhere to be seen.
"Are you okay?" Ironwood asked the two students.
"We're fine," Robin assured as he changed Sharp Shot to its bow form and attached it to his quiver.
"Did you recognize her?" the General asked.
"No," Ruby replied. Just then, the midnight bell went off. All three of them were left unaware of the virus now in their system, shown by a large black queen piece.
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Math had changed into his sleeping clothes, wearing a white t-shirt and brown pajama pants. In case he was gone longer than he thought, he grabbed a set of clothes and walked out of his dorm, heading for Team JNPR's. Upon approaching the door, he knocked three times and patiently waited for Pyrrha to open it.
It was taking a little longer than he thought, but was ultimately greeted by the sight of Pyrrha in her sleeping wear, consisting of a bronze colored sleeping outfit with pants and a button up shirt with her symbol on the left side.
"Hello," she greeted a bit shyly.
"You okay, Pyrrha?" Math asked. She assured him with a nod of her head.
"Come on in," she welcomed, prompting Math to enter her dorm and placed his spare clothes on the drawer.
"So…which one's your bed?" the swordsman asked.
"This one," Pyrrha answered, pointing the first to the right. She yelped as she felt two arms lift her bridal style and then walk over to the bed.
She did her best to hide the immense blush on her face as Math gently put her down on one side and then laid on the other, looking at her. She couldn't take it anymore and buried her face in his chest, hiding both her blush and smile.
"Pyrrha?" the swordsman asked. There was no response from her. He wrapped both of his arms around her, pulling her closer to him before kissing her forehead. Pyrrha then returned the embrace by wrapping her arms around him, doing what she could to close the space between them.
"Math?" he heard her say.
"Yeah?" he replied. She removed her face from his chest and looked at him with the sweetest and most innocent look he had seen from her.
"Please don't leave me," she spoke softly. Math brought her as close to him as possible.
"Never," he assured. "I love you." He closed the gap between them with a passionate kiss, lasting a few moments before pulling away. He could see a noticeable expression of worry on his girlfriend.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Tomorrow, we start our missions," Pyrrha informed. "Tomorrow…anything can happen."
"It's what we signed up for," the autistic swordsman reminded her. "We're training to fight Grimm, the most dangerous creatures in Remnant."
"That doesn't stop me from worrying," she confessed. "I'm afraid of something happening to you. If it did-"
"Ozpin won't send us on missions he knows we cannot handle," Math assured her. "Besides, we'll be shadowing professional Huntsmen during our missions. To be honest, I hope I don't go with Port."
"Why not?" the redhead asked him.
"I don't want to spend our entire mission listening to him talk about his 'youthful stories'," Math admitted. "I respect him, but I do not like his stories at all."
"Just promise…" she stopped. Pyrrha took a few deep breaths before looking at her boyfriend in the eye.
"Promise me you'll be safe…and don't be reckless."
"I'll come back," Math assured as he kissed her forehead. "I promise." The redhead smiled contently before they got under the covers and she rested her head at the crook of his neck. Soon, her breathing turned into a rhythmic snoring, her arms wrapped around him and trying to be as close to him as possible.
"You be safe, too," Math whispered before kissing Pyrrha's head, making her moan a little. It wasn't too long before he fell asleep too, laying his head down on the pillow and holding the young woman he had fallen in love with.
Author's Notes: I'm sorry if this chapter felt rushed. It was harder than I thought it'd take to write it. As usual, if you have any constructive criticism on how to improve my story, then please let me know.
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