Disclaimers: Golly Gee, guys. Did you guys know that I don't own RWBY? Hyuck, hyuck. Man, I bet I blew your minds there, eh?
But yeah.
I don't own RWBY.
Cinder woke up feeling pretty good one morning.
She had finally managed to get fully integrated into the school's system and was already setting up her plans.
Of course, she needed to contact Roman first.
As she called her upon her scroll, she looked behind her to make sure that her curtains were still up.
After all, being the leader means she gets more privacy from her team mates no matter how much she trusts them.
"Hello, this is Roman, professional criminal, how may I help you?" Roman's voice said dryly from over the scroll.
"I'm just checking in to make sure you're doing things right since your last failed plan." Cinder responded, not really up for the man's antics.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm making sure everything's going well this time." He said before yelling at one of his minions, who said something from afar.
"Goddamnit, I only have one rule: make a deal, keep it. There's a reason we don't call our chits in early: consumer confidence. This isn't Wall Street, this is a criminal organization. We have something called Integrity." Roman said, before returning to his call with Cinder.
"Anyways, I'd love to stay and chat, but I do need to focus on some things, so don't expect me to pick up for a bit, alright?" He said, before yelling again.
"No, I don't care if you're trying to hide your identity. You know who wears sunglasses at night? No talent retards!" Could be heard, before Cinder sighed, turning off her scroll.
She turned towards the window, noticing that there were a lot of people outside.
A bit too many for such an early time in the morning.
On a day where there should be no classes.
Cinder stopped for a minute, before realizing there was a reason as to why there was no class.
It was something about a sports event.
With Jaune
"Ugh, why do I have to be here?" Jaune asked, as his partner gave him a water bottle to drink later.
"Because you are the leader of our team and we need you because of that." She answered, before Jaune continued to whine.
"Exactly, I'm a leader. Why am I out here being forced to do physical stuff?" Jaune asked, as Pyrrha sighed.
"Because you're the leader. You're supposed to beat everyone and have things done your way." She said, as Jaune shook his head.
"No, a good leader has someone ELSE beat everyone and ensures things are done their way." Jaune said, as Ren and Nora came back from the changing room.
"Alright! I am so ready for this. We are going to BEAT Yang and her team with the legendary combo that is team JNPR!" Nora cheered as Ren merely sighed and followed.
"What are the events anyways? I'm not too knowledgeable on sports." Jaune said, as Ren raised an eyebrow.
"What was the last sporty thing you ever did, besides fight?" Ren asked as Jaune thought about it.
Jaune 13 years old
Jaune was helping his dad clean out the garage, when he found his soccer trophy from 5th grade.
Jaune's dad looked over, before chuckling.
"Closest you ever came to being a boy." His dad said as he took out a gun…
One that he made in 3rd grade…
Present time
"I don't want to talk about it." Jaune said immediately.
"Well, they don't exactly do too many normal sports here. They more or less integrate aura in an interesting way." Ren informed Jaune as Jaune tilted his head in confusion.
"How so?" He asked, as Ren brought up his scroll.
"Here's one of capture the flag, except you're allowed to use your semblance here if you so wish. While here's one that has you strictly focus on staying on a platform. You're given special shoes to stick to said platform, so you need to focus on sticking onto there and pushing your opponent off it." Ren began as Jaune nodded.
"Those are pretty simple. Where's the one that has the most hype and danger?" Jaune asked.
"The relay race." Ren said.
"A relay race? What makes that so special?" Jaune asked, as Ren could only smirk.
"Because there's going to be pretty interesting obstacles to prevent you from being able to move forward." Ren said, as Jaune could only frown.
"Well, time to show off our team, I guess." Jaune said, not really too enthusiastic.
"You know, I'd have expected you to have the most energy on the team, barring Nora." Ren said, as Jaune could only shrug.
"If it's something I'm interested in, sure. This isn't something I find "fun"." Jaune said.
"Well, there are cheerleaders." Ren reminded him, appealing to his perverted side.
"I think after seeing the 15th blonde haired girl trying to fit something girls her age shouldn't have into a skimpy uniform gets boring after you've seen it so many times." Jaune said, before Ozpin's voice can be heard from far away on what probably is a megaphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen of Beacon academy, please get ready for the sports event. If you are not participating, please direct yourself towards the bleachers as the event starts." He said dully into the megaphone.
"Even Ozpin sounds bored." Jaune commented.
"Hey, Jaune!" A familiar voice could be heard, as Jaune turned to see Ruby in a white t-shirt and black shorts coming over to him.
"There's the shining ray of sunlight that is this Monday morning." The blonde said as he watched the younger girl make her way over.
"Hey, Jaune, are you excited for this sports event too?" Ruby asked with bright eyes and smile.
Jaune could only stare back with sharp dead pan eyes, before sighing.
"Of course. Who wouldn't? Sports is a super fun thing to do with friends." Jaune said without any emotion whatsoever.
"Yay~ we're going to have a great time today!" Ruby cheered as Ren could only stare at his leader with a blank expression.
"… don't judge me." Jaune said, as Ren proceeded to do that.
"There you are. Why'd you run off like that?" Another voice can be heard as Weiss appeared in the same clothing as Ruby.
"Oh, sorry, Weiss, I saw Jaune and thought it'd be a good idea to go and say hi!" Ruby said as Weiss noticed the 2 males.
"Ah, sorry. Hello, Jaune, how are you so far, today?" Weiss asked, warming up a bit.
Jaune could only look at his girlfriend's attire, before holding a thumb up.
"Much better now that you're here." He said, causing Ren to facepalm.
This continued with every other female from both teams appearing in the same attire, before they headed off to where the event was being held.
"Alright, so what's the first event and how is this going to work with like 100 teams?"Jaune asked, as Weiss informed, being the one who bothered to check up on this.
"Not every team has to participate. Some teams decided to not attend and others decided to participate in helping this get set up." She explained.
"So I didn't even have to be here today?" Jaune asked, as Pyrrha could only smirk, having been the one who dragged him out of bed.
"No you didn't. Though you are required to appear if your team wanted to join." Weiss said, as Jaune could only glare at the 2 female members of his team.
It's funny how the 2 males were the ones who didn't want to do sports while the girls did.
"The first few events are made to see who gets to advance forward until the final round where 2 teams will participate in the relay race to see who the victor is." She continued, before Jaune had to ask.
"What's the prize for being in first place?" Jaune asked.
"A week of no classes." Yang spoke up for Weiss. "Looks like Team RWBY is going to get to spend some time at a resort for a week, before the dance comes up."
"Hah! Fat chance! Team JNPR is going to win. You can't stand up to what we got! We have my power, Pyrrha's experience as a 3 time champion, Jaune's leadership and family lineage and of course Ren who will ninja you so hard, you won't even know, because that's how good of a ninja he is!" Nora triumphantly yelled as Ren pulled her back.
"Calm down, Nora." He said as Yang was held back by Ruby before she could reply.
"So what's the first event again?" Jaune asked.
"Oh, this is simple. Catapult landing." Weiss said as Jaune stopped to stare at her.
"What?" He asked.
"Remember our first day of initiation? We're going to get flung off a catapult and they'll grade us on how well we land." Weiss said as Jaune inwardly cried.
"What? Landing? Catapult? The first event involves the one thing I can't do while others can?!" Jaune nearly yelled.
"Oh, quit whining. Only one person has to go, so you can choose a representative." Yang said, as Jaune sighed in relief.
"Alright, so who here is the flashiest out of all of us?" Jaune asked his team members, before Nora raised her hand cheerfully.
"Alright, so that means I'll go for this one." Yang said, pounding her fists together. "Ready to lose in the first round, Valkyrie?"
"Only if you're ready to see 3 10's in a row." Nora returned as Jaune could see the noticeable Lightning vs Fire here.
"Well, while you do that, we'll sit over there in the top row of the bleachers, okay?" Ruby said, as the 2 nodded, heading to get signed up for their team.
As the 6 went to go sit down, Ruby immediately started waving her hand the moment she saw someone she knew.
"Hey! Emerald! It's me, Ruby!" She said as she dragged the other 5 with her to meet her new friend.
The moment they got close to whoever Ruby saw, Jaune froze.
Staring right at their group were the 3 new students from the other day.
"Oh, no. Please don't tell me that Ruby…" Jaune muttered under his breath, before the young girl immediately ran up to the green haired girl to say hello.
"Monty Damnit, Ruby!" Jaune cursed, confusing his friends, as the young red reaper turned, confused as to what she did.
"What? What happened, Jaune?" She asked, causing Jaune to wonder why almost every problem he has stems from Team RWBY in one way or another.
"Hello, again, Jaune." The dark haired female said with a smirk, causing Jaune to click his tongue as he made his way towards them.
"You know Emerald and her friends too, Jaune?" Ruby asked, as Jaune nodded.
"I was the one who kind of nudged them in the direction they needed to go." Jaune said, as Emerald giggled a bit.
"When you say nudge, do you mean aimlessly pointing in a direction in hopes that we'll find it ourselves?" She asked, as Jaune mentally kept himself in check.
Sure one of them was extremely powerful, but that doesn't mean she'd kill him, right?
"I don't have a reason to know where Goodwitch's office is, considering anytime I have a problem, I directly go to Ozpin." Jaune explained himself, causing the dark haired girl to raise an eyebrow, clearly interested.
"Oh? The headmaster must like you an awful lot if he's willing to take time out of his busy schedule to listen to your problems, no?" She asked, as Jaune scoffed.
"Are we talking about the same Ozpin? Everytime I walk in there, he's always sipping on his damn coffee mug, with the same smug smile, as if he knew I'd be coming and is ready to for entertainment." Jaune said.
"Ah, and what have you done for Ozpin to allow you to visit him so easily?" She asked.
"Because of my good looks and charisma." Jaune answered back sarcastically, feeling petty enough to not give her the answer.
"Funny. Well, allow me to introduce myself, since we didn't get a chance to last time. My name is Cinder and these 2 are my team mates, Mercury and Emerald." The now identified Cinder said as she gestured towards the silver haired boy and the green haired girl.
"Nice to meet you. You already know my name's Jaune and this little adorable puppy is Ruby." Jaune replied as he picked up a chibi Ruby who magically had puppy ears and a tail.
"My name is Pyrrha Nikos, a pleasure to meet you." Pyrrha said with a soft smile.
"Weiss Schnee. I'm glad to make your acquaintance.
Ren and Blake seemed to have sat down to watch the event, seeing as how both of their partners were participating.
Not to mention they didn't feel the need to really mingle with others.
"So what brings you here? I assume your team is participating, since you seem to be missing 2 people to make up for what should be 8 students." Cinder asked, as Ruby nodded.
"Yep! My big sister and my good friend Nora are going to go in for this event. What about you? I didn't think visiting students could participate in this event, but you don't have a 4th member either." Ruby asked.
"Oh, she's currently back at home, dealing with some familial problems, but she'll be here soon. She even knows Jaune and can't wait to meet him again. She's been a bit obsessed after how… "forward" you were with her, last time you met." Emerald said with a sly smile.
This caused Weiss and Pyrrha to turn to Jaune, expecting an answer.
"… What are you looking at me for? I didn't have anyone at home that allowed me to be "forward" with." Jaune said, not really helping his situation.
"Poor girl. Imagine my surprise when I found out she came home with no pants because of you, one night." Mercury said, causing the temperature of the area around them to drop about 30 degrees.
"Jaune, what is he talking about? Did you assault a poor girl?" Pyrrha asked as Weiss slowly drew her weapon.
"Yes, Jaune. What are they talking about?" She asked, as Jaune could only smile awkwardly.
Forget this Cinder chick.
Emerald and Mercury were the dangerous ones!
Ruby could only blink in confusion as Cinder sighed at her team mates antics.
"Leave the poor boy alone, before this event ends with a funeral." She said, as Emerald and Mercury let up.
Pyrrha and Weiss were not so keen on ending it on that note.
They'll get more details later.
"Hey, they're starting." Ren said.
Truth be told, it was starting a few minutes earlier, but he didn't want to risk earning the ire of the 2 females by interrupting.
Ren was an intelligent man.
"Alright! Yang's going up right now too!" Ruby said excitedly as she watched her sister get on the catapult.
A screen appeared on a large monitor, showing where she was expecting to land.
After the announcer finished the entrance speech and every other person went, it was Yang's turn.
"Alright, now we have Yang Xiao Long. Can she beat the current best score of 8/8/10?" The announcer called as Yang put on her sunglasses, getting into her launch position.
"3. 2. 1. Launch!" The announcer called, as Yang was sprung into the air.
Yang apparently went for the collateral damage type of landing, since she repeatedly blasted forward with her gauntlets to gain more momentum, before blasting them towards the ground, doing a spin in the air, before she landed.
As she did, she made sure to do a super hero landing, fist towards the ground as she landed, causing a large shockwave and crater to form.
One that destroyed enough of her surroundings for there to be a noticeable Y etched into the earth.
"Now that's what we call leaving a mark!" The announcer said, before turning towards the judges. "What do our judges have to say about that?"
Port gave a 10.
Oobleck gave a 9.
Goodwitch gave a 9.
"Wooo! Go Yang!" Ruby cheered from the crowd as everyone watched.
"Wow, looks like Miss Xiao Long really made a good impression, can our final contestant beat that?" The announcer said as Nora got up to her catapult.
"Nora Valkryie. Will she be able to beat Miss Xiao Long's score or will she barely manage by with enough points to secure her team's position for the rest of the games?" The announcer asked, hyping up the crowd.
"This one's for Renny!" Nora said, as the announcer counted down.
"3. 2. 1. Launch!" The announcer said as Nora was flung into the air.
While Yang's performance involved a flashy landing, Nora seemed to go for the aerial performance, as she used her Magnihild to launch fireworks into the air as she spun.
"How is that even working? I'm pretty sure that shouldn't be working." Blake asked as she watched her colorful trail of fireworks.
As she landed, Nora prepared her Magnihild to smash into the ground, exploding the rest of the fireworks, causing a flashy explosion of a myriad of colors.
"Wow! Amazing! If that isn't enough to secure a place for her team, I don't know what is!" The announcer said, as the judges gave their score.
Port gave a 10.
Oobleck gave a 10.
Goodwitch gave a 5.
"What?! Whyyyyyyyyy?!" Nora asked, wondering why the teacher was being so cruel.
"You set the nearest forest on fire." Goodwitch said deadpan, as everyone looked back to Nora's trail of fireworks, which had started sparks to ignite and promptly set the forest on fire.
"Oh. Smokey the bear is sure going to be pissed off by that." Jaune commented dryly.
"Alright, while we wait for the staff to put out the fire, you all stay here and prepare for the next event! Capture the flag!" The announcer said, not losing the energy in his voice, as he hurried over towards the forest to help the rest of the school's faculty to put out the fire.
"That guy annoys me." Mercury said.
"Almost everyone does." Emerald said, as Jaune could only feel bad for what his team mate caused.
As the 2 females returned, Jaune could already hear them arguing from afar about who won.
"You needed a forest's help to make sure I didn't get the points I fully deserved!" Nora yelled as Yang could only yell back.
"No, I didn't! That was your own fault and you got the points that you deserved!" She said, causing Nora to growl, before Ren picked her up, hammer and all.
He went down there earlier, since he knew they were going to fight, making him able to be there to stop it earlier.
"Nora, please stop. We're still in the game, so just let it go, before we get kicked out." Ren said calmly as Nora huffed, clinging onto her friend.
"Fine, just know that you got lucky, Xiao Long." Nora said, narrowing her eyes at Yang.
Yang responded, by sticking out her tongue.
"Well, who's ready for capture the flag?" Ruby asked excitedly.
After the forest fire was put out.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Time to capture the flag!" The announcer yelled as 15 teams stood around him, waiting for the rules.
On the large monitor back at the stadium, Cinder's, Coco's, Cardin's team watched the monitor.
"Alright, here's how you play. Each team is assigned to protect 1 flag from the enemy team. You can be anywhere. You can use your semblance for this one as long as no one is seriously hurt. Anyone whose aura is in the red is automatically taken out. This is the chance for you to eliminate any team that may cause you trouble in the future, since anyone without a flag before the time limit is up, loses. You can replace your flag with another team's if you are able to steal one. Flags are allowed to be destroyed." The announcer said, as everyone held their flag.
"There is a 5 minute grace period that makes it so that you can't steal each other's flags for that amount of time. You can either wait here at the starting area to risk it and go all out, or you can immediately run to hide and defend your flag. Do not leave the borders of this forest. Don't forget that the Grimm will be here too, so be safe." The announcer finished before clearing his throat.
"Alright, 3. 2. 1. Go!" The announcer yelled as every team decided to dash off with their flags, not feeling the need to wait for an all-out brawl.
"Funny. I thought someone would've stayed here at least." The announcer said as he watched them all head off.
With Jaune's team
"Alright, here's the plan. Me and Pyrrha-" Jaune began before Pyrrha corrected him.
"Pyrrha and I." She said, causing the blonde to look over at her with an "Are you serious?" expression before continuing.
"Pyrrha and I will stay here and defend the flag. Just the 2 of us, while you 2 go out to get rid of the competition. Nora distracts them by plowing through everyone, while Ren can use that distraction to either steal or destroy an enemy's flag. Everyone is a target, are we clear?" Jaune said with an official voice.
"Are you 2 sure you can handle defending the flag?" Ren asked, worried.
"I'm an Arc and she's got like 5 tournaments under her name." Jaune said as Pyrrha corrected him by saying "3".
"Are YOU 2 able to get rid of anyone?" Jaune challenged, as Nora pumped herself up.
"Of course! This is the Renora synergy we've all been waiting for! Come on Renny!" Nora said excitedly as she immediately dashed off in a random direction.
Ren merely sighed and followed.
"Alright, Miss Metal Detector, I'm going to increase the density and durability of the flag, while you sense out anyone who's wearing anything metal that's coming towards us. If worse comes to worse and our flag is destroyed, you can steal theirs if they have it on them." Jaune said, as Pyrrha nodded.
With Ren and Nora
"Alright, Renny, use your enhanced senses to find us some victims!" Nora said with a feral grin as Ren followed her.
"I don't have any enhanced senses." Ren said, as Nora responded.
"Then use your skills of a ninja to fuse in with the environment and find them through your connection!" Nora suggested as Ren corrected her once more.
"Nora, I'm not really a ninja." Ren reminded, as Nora "oh yeah'd", before she heard some shouting in the distance.
"Enemies!" She squealed, moving even faster as Ren tried to catch up.
It appeared 2 teams were already fighting the moment the 5 minutes grace period was over.
It seemed to be a 3 on 3 with 1 person guarding the flag.
Luck was not on the flag carrier who had to face Nora alone's side.
While Nora proceeded to beat the poor student's with their own flag, Ren merely knocked the other flag holder out, before stealthily moving away with the flag, as Nora had drawn the attention of the 3 people on this guy's team.
Sometimes, Ren felt bad for letting her do as she pleased.
But it was better she used her energy on them instead of him.
With Team RWBY
"Agh! I'm so bored! Why haven't we found anyone?" Yang cried frustrated as the other 3 females sat around their flag.
"Probably because everyone can hear you, so they avoid you. You aren't really known as an easy target, you know that?" Blake said deadpanned, as Yang looked offended.
"What? Me? I am an INNOCENT and FRAGILE flower!" Yang yelled, as fire burned around her.
She was really frustrated at just standing there.
"Shouldn't Nora be attacking us, since you have that little competition with her?" Weiss asked as Ruby looked around the area, paranoid.
"It's a pretty large forest. The chances of us meeting are pretty slim. The chances of us meeting any team should be a lot higher though." Blake reminded her as Yang continued to growl.
Needless to say, Team RWBY was not getting any action.
Back with Jaune and Pyrrha
Jaune and Pyrrha watched in amusement as a full team of 4 students attempted to even budge the flag pole from both their hands.
Jaune's hand was on it to make sure the flag kept its defensive and dense properties, while Pyrrha held it to magnetize it to her and keep it pressed to the floor.
They challenged this team to try and budge it just a bit from their hands and they'll give it to them without a fight.
It's been 13 minutes.
They just started flying kicks and tackles into the pole.
It wasn't until one of them finally spoke up, having been the one who decided to tackle a flag pole that had withstood dust ammunition, deciding that they should just attack the 2 of them.
Jaune and Pyrrha could only stare at the 4 students, who had recently worn themselves out and wasted dust on the flag pole, with a blank stare as they all got in a battle ready stance to defeat them.
The 4 didn't even know what their semblance was, merely assuming that they had some super strength.
"Well, I guess it is fair that we give them a fighting chance." Jaune said, as Pyrrha could only smile sympathetically towards the 4.
"How about this, Pyrrha and I won't let go of the flag as you 4 fight us. If one of us does, you can have it, alright?" Jaune offered as the team agreed hastily.
The poor fools.
Jaune and Pyrrha kept to their word, not letting go of the flag pole, instead moving around it, defending and attacking with kicks only, before deciding to use the flag as a weapon together.
Needless to say, Team JNPR was quite efficient with improvised weapons.
They then turned their head to see Nora and Ren each carrying a flag, with Nora's noticeably a bit more beaten up.
"How'd you 2 do?" Jaune asked as Ren shrugged, placing the captured flag on the floor.
"Nora decided to beat 6 students with a flag." Ren said, as Jaune could only laugh a bit.
"That's what Pyrrha and I did. Is this the legendary synergy that our ancestors have tried so hard to obtain?" Jaune asked as Ren noticed the 4 unconscious students.
"Had fun there?" Ren asked, to which Jaune nodded as Pyrrha made sure that they were alright.
"I'm surprised Grimm didn't show up. Maybe we're not exuding enough negativity." Jaune said, before Nora appeared in front of him.
"Oh! I know! Let's talk about your childhood!" Nora said innocently trying to help.
Jaune could only stare at her with a hurt expression as Ren tried not to smile.
Needless to say, Jaune went quiet for a bit after that, before the announcer called them all back.
"Alright, so only 4 teams made it. That means we have 2 events left, including the finale." He said with a grin, while the staff carried away any unconscious students.
"So who wants to send a representative to play a mystery game?" The announcer asked with a smile that worried even people like Jaune or Yang.
"I nominate Jaune." Pyrrha immediately announced.
"I'd like to nominate our leader too." Ren followed up.
"I want to see our glorious leader in action too!" Nora said with a cheer.
"I nominate Jaune too." Blake said.
"You're not even in our team!" Jaune frantically yelled.
"Oh, so you think sending out your leader will secure you a spot for the finals, eh? Well I nominate Ruby!" Yang said, eliciting a squeak as a response from her younger sister.
Everyone eventually had voted their team leader to participate.
As the 4 people gathered around, the announcer got behind a desk, before holding up his microphone.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, as the final round before the Relay Race, we have 4 leaders of the winning teams to play a game of… TRIVIA!" The announcer… announced.
"We lost." Ren immediately confirmed.
"With your host, ME!" The announcer continued before introducing the 4 team leaders.
"The rules are simple, I'll ask a question and whoever pressed the buzzer fast enough and gives a correct answer, gets 10 points! The 2 teams with the most points, wins!" The announcer said as everyone got into position.
"Alright, Question number 1: How can a man go 8 days without sleeping?" The announcer began to which Jaune immediately pressed the buzzer and answered.
"Easy! Sleep at night!" Jaune said, as the announcer stared at him with a blank face.
Jaune waited for a response before the announcer shrugged.
"Fair enough. 10 points for Team JNPR!" He said, getting a shocked response from everyone watching.
"Question Number 2: How can you drop an egg on a concrete floor without cracking it?" The announcer said before Jaune immediately pressed the buzzer again.
"Any way you want, because a concrete floor is pretty damn hard to crack with an egg!" Jaune answered, as the announcer gave them another 10 points.
"Are they serious?" Blake asked, as Weiss had to facepalm.
"I mean. He's not wrong." Yang said, as she could only watch in amazement.
"In what battle did General Lagune die in?" The announcer asked.
"His last one!" Jaune answered, getting another 10 points.
"Are we winning or losing?" Pyrrha asked.
On one hand, they were winning the game, but on the other, they were showcasing their leader's intelligence to the school.
"Woo! Go Jaune!" Nora cheered.
"What is 3 times worse than war?" The announcer asked.
"3 wars!" Jaune answered once more.
Needless to say, this went on for quite a bit, with Jaune allocating 390 points for his team, before the announcer said that he had to stop for this last one so another team can actually make it to the finals.
As Jaune walked off the stage with a stride, he was greeted with his friends, who could only stare at him, before being tackled by Nora.
"Yay! Jauney! I knew you could do it! That's the glorious leader I know!" Nora said as she hugged Jaune.
"Ack! Nora! Glorious leaders need to breathe!" Jaune said, as she let him go.
"I'm still at shock at how they accepted those answers." Ren said, as Yang could only cry.
"I can't believe we're going to lose to Jaune!" Yang said, after realizing Ruby, her 15 year old sister, was going to have to answer the last question that required some form of intelligence.
Ruby's grades were on par with Jaune's.
Just to give you an idea of how that is, Jaune had already finished his little challenge with Pyrrha and stopped trying to maintain his good grades.
"Good job, dear. At least I can say that you were able to answer every single question in a game of trivia to the public." Weiss said as Jaune hugged her.
"Aw~ you're going to show me off? Can I do the same with you, but get you to wear something like this?" Jaune said as he appreciated her current attire.
"Maybe if you be a good boy." Weiss said, as she hugged back.
This little moment was cut off when she yelled.
"Ow! Did you just bite my shoulder?!" She asked loudly.
"… no." Jaune said as everyone turned to listen for the final question.
"This ordinary rifle with no dust enhancements was used for the longest confirmed kill. What is the name of this rifle?" The announcer asked as the other 2 team leaders could only guess, before Ruby pressed the buzzer.
"A .338-caliber Lapua!" Ruby exclaimed, getting the little ding to show that she was right.
"Huh. The one question I couldn't have answered with my genius intellect." Jaune said, nursing a bruise on his face.
"Correct! Ladies and gentlemen. Jaune Arc and Ruby Rose will be leading their teams for the Relay Race!" The announcer said, as everyone kind of halfheartedly cheered.
"Oh my dust, we made it." Yang said, as everyone else shared the same thought.
"Surprisingly enough, our team made it to the finals, despite that last game that had nothing to do with sports." Blake said.
The announcer was probably planning on only 2 teams surviving the capture the flag event.
"Well, see you 4 in the finals, because we're going to win thanks, considering Ruby has her speed semblance." Yang said with a wink as she walked off towards the next event.
"It's an obstacle course though and everyone's going to participate." Weiss called to Yang as she followed, Blake and Ruby eventually catching up.
This left Team JNPR to stand awkwardly alone.
"I'm still trying to comprehend how we won the last event." Pyrrha said.
"I'm in the same mindset." Ren said.
"You guys are just upset at how I proved that I am a genius after all." Jaune said, as Nora jumped on his back.
"Yeah! Yay, Leader!" She cheered as Jaune laughed and went in the direction of the Relay Race.
Ren could only sigh, before he followed.
"Please don't encourage him, Nora." He said as Pyrrha eventually caught up.
At the Stadium.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we are now at the final round of the sports event, the amazing Relay Race!" The announcer said, as everyone cheered.
Everyone who knew what the Relay Race entailed was excited, because every year, something new was implemented as an obstacle course.
"Alright, here are the rules: Anything is allowed as long as you stay on the track. Each team member will be going twice so be prepared. The first team to make the entire lap wins!" He said as everyone got ready.
Starting off the Relay Race is Blake and Pyrrha.
The 2 got into running stance, getting low with their hands on the floor, ready to push off.
"Oh, yes." Jaune said to himself as he was behind them, getting an amazing view, not yet needing to get into position to have the baton passed over, before he was sniped by a long range ice glyph from far away.
"Alright, 3. 2. 1. Go!" The announcer said and the 2 immediately pushed off.
The 2 were even in speed, before they made it to a little area that had various amount of balls of different sizes lying around.
"Ah, it looks like the 2 contestants made it to the first obstacle! Miss Belladonna and Miss Nikos have to choose a ball and whichever one they pick must be ridden towards the next obstacle where they pass the baton to their teammate! Whichever one you touch, you have to use!" The announcer said.
Blake immediately chose a medium sized one, before it popped right in her hand.
"Woops, looks like Miss Belladonna thought she'd get an easy one, but now she has to try and keep that under her as she gets to the finished line! Remember, you have to be on top of the ball!" The announcer said, as Blake could only frown.
Pyrrha was so out of it when she realized that she had to be very careful about which one she picked, that she accidentally backed up into an extremely large soccer ball, twice her size.
Whichever one they touched, they had to use…
Pyrrha could barely conceal her depression.
Pyrrha had her back facing Ren, before she scrambled to the top of the ball quickly as it rolled towards Ren.
Blake looked back and saw a giant ball rolling with Pyrrha unable to stay on top, letting her take her with it.
… This is why that no matter how popular this is to watch, no one ever really wanted to participate in this.
As Pyrrha passed the baton to Ren, he quickly moved forward, not wasting time since Blake would eventually catch up and pass her baton to Ruby who would no doubt blaze passed him.
Ren eventually made it to a revolving door, confused, before the announcer explained.
"Ah, it's the revolving door! A door specially made by our own Coco Adel to automatically change you into something random! Isn't technology neat?" He said, as Ruby instantly caught up with Ren.
"You have to go through if you want to advance." The announcer said, as Ruby quickly went in, before coming out in a neko maid outfit.
Everyone went quiet.
Even the announcer and fans.
"Wha? What is this? This skirt is too short! What happened to my own clothes?" Ruby whined pitifully, as everyone could only stare before their hearts melted.
"What is this?! It seems Miss Ruby Rose has acquired the Neko Maid outfit! The fans are raving! It seems she can't even use her Speed semblance to outrun this one!" The announcer yelled, as the crowd went crazy.
"Oh my god!" Jaune said, as he took a bunch of pictures on his scroll.
"That's my sister!" Yang yelled furiously, but not even her rage could cause the crowd to stop cheering.
"I… don't want to be in this race anymore." Weiss said.
When Ren went through, he came out in a pirate outfit, to the disappointment of the spectators.
"Boo! That's not funny or good looking!" Someone yelled.
Ren sighed in relief at his own luck.
Seems like he got a good outf-
KLANK
"Um, excuse me, Mr. Announcer?" Ren asked.
"Yes?" He responded.
"Why is there a metal ball chained to my leg?" Ren asked.
"It's a part of the cosplay. You are a pirate after all." He said.
"…"
So as Ren was hindered by the metal ball and chain, Ruby had passed on the baton to Yang.
Yang immediately dashed forward, not wanting to lose the distance they put between Team JNPR, as Ren eventually made it to give Jaune the baton.
Jaune had a speed advantage over Yang, but she gained quite a distance.
Yang eventually made it to an extremely large pond, with stilts, rope and a large stick on the floor.
"You need to cross this pond without your feet touching the floor. If you do, you have to restart all over." The announcer explained, as Yang immediately attempted to jump the entire pond, using her gauntlets to propel herself forward.
Only to not have enough momentum, falling into the water.
"Looks like you need more of a boost." The announcer commented with amusement as Jaune eventually caught up as Yang trudged back to the start.
Jaune stopped to see Yang, wet.
Wearing a white t-shirt.
Wet T-shirt.
He could almost see her bra.
"Jaune, hurry up or I'll tell Weiss why you're staring!" Nora yelled, causing Jaune to blink out of his amazement, before picking up the stick to run and launch himself over.
He landed on the other side of the pond successfully as the crowd cheered.
He took in the applause, before Yang caught him with the rope and pulled him into the water, making him have to restart again.
"Hey! That's cheating!" Nora yelled.
"Actually, that's not against the rules. You can do anything to try and stop the opposing team as long as it isn't crippling." The announcer said, as Jaune trudged back to the surface.
"Making me restart doesn't mean you can make it past that pond, you know?" Jaune said a bit bitterly.
"Yeah, but I can just do what you di-" She began before realizing Jaune left the stick right in the middle of the pond when he was launching himself.
"… What a bitter way to not lose." Jaune said distastefully.
Yang responded by immediately getting the stilts, using them to try and quickly get to the other side.
Jaune clicked his tongue, before he got into a crouching stance and waited.
"What are you doing Jaune?!" Nora yelled in disbelief that he just stopped moving.
This was answered with Jaune jumping forward onto Yang, causing her to fall forward and land on the other side of the pond with him.
"Oh, nevermind, good work!" Nora said as Jaune immediately ran to her.
Yang eventually recovered, furious at the blond in a hypocritical way as she followed closely behind.
"Damn you, Sunshine!" She yelled as Jaune passed the baton off to Nora.
"Hey, what comes around goes around." Jaune said from the line as Nora ran forward.
Yang eventually made it to Weiss who sprinted to try and catch up with the Valkyrie.
Nora had made it to a pretty tame obstacle course.
There was nothing but hurdles.
"Haha! Mere hurdles for the Queen?!" Nora triumphantly laughed as she ran to jump over one.
Only for it to rise as she smashed into it.
"Oww…" She moaned, nursing her head as the announcer came by, again.
"Looks like we have the rising and lowering hurdles, made to react to whatever you do. Try to cross these. No destruction of the hurdles allowed." The announcer said as Weiss had caught up to Nora.
Weiss merely scoffed as she made some glyphs to run right over them, as Nora angrily glared at the hurdles.
She pointed Magnihild towards the ground before exploding the ground beneath her to launch herself across the hurdles, past Weiss.
"Amazing, despite Miss Schnee's natural way to become air borne, Miss Valkyrie has surpassed her with an amazing way to project herself forward!" The announcer yelled.
Nora eventually landed quite a distance from Pyrrha who was ready for the 2nd run.
The hammer wielder ran the rest of the way to give it to her, as Pyrrha immediately took off.
Weiss, panting, gave her baton to Blake who, reluctantly, ran after Pyrrha.
Wary about what their next obstacle course was, Pyrrha found an empty area with a large hole in the ground.
In the hole was a chalkboard that read on it: 2+2=
"Miss Nikos has made it to the next obstacle course. All she has to do is write the answer to advance!" The announcer said.
Pyrrha could only sigh in relief at the simplicity.
Instead of going for the chalk by climbing down to write it, Pyrrha aimed her weapon and began shooting the answer "4" into the chalk board, before dashing off to Ren.
"Amazing! It seems Miss Nikos really is deserving of her status as a champion for her quick way of thinking!" The announcer said, as Blake made it to the hole.
Blake used her semblance to make a copy of herself to drop down and write the answer for her, before dashing off.
"And what a simple way to finish the obstacle! Though I will say this was one of the easier ones." The announcer said as Pyrrha handed the baton to Ren.
Ren, quickly moving since his opponent is Ruby, wasted no time once more to make it to the next obstacle course.
In front of him was a box.
It read "Take one".
"It seems Mister Lie has made it to the borrowed item part of the race, where you pick a slip of paper and have to get what is closest to it! These were specifically made according to our psychologist who knows what would be the worst thing for you to get!" The announcer said.
"Basically, whatever the paper says, you have to get it. We rigged it so that you'd get the worst possible item to get." The announcer dumbed down for those who didn't understand.
"There's a lie detector made by our very own Goodwitch, who uses it when she believes a student is dishonest! If you don't choose the right one… you HAVE to start over." The announcer said darkly as Ren picked a piece of paper.
"A retard." The paper read, causing Ren to stop.
The first person in his mind was Jaune.
…
Should he do it?
Ruby eventually came over blindingly fast, thanking that she was no longer in that costume, before picking up her piece of paper.
"The person you have a crush on." The paper read, as Ruby instantly froze.
"What's this? Ren and Ruby seemed to have both stopped instantly! What could the piece of paper have said?!" The announcer asked as the two turned to face Jaune.
"What?" Jaune asked oblivious before Ruby and Ren both managed to get to him and grabbed him.
"Wait, why me?" Jaune asked, as Yang could only raise an eyebrow.
They eventually brought him over to the lie detector, before their papers were broadcasted through the screen.
"What's this? It seems like Mr. Lie has some low opinions of his own Team Leader and Miss Rose here seems to have a schoolgirl crush on Mr. Arc!" The announcer yelled, causing everyone to curse Jaune's name, before Yang's eyes turned red.
"WHAT?!" She screeched, as Jaune could only stare at the screen.
"Really, Ren?" Jaune asked, a bit hurt.
"Only out of our group of friends." Ren said, trying to dampen it a bit.
Ruby could only tear up as she embarrassingly pulled Jaune with Ren to the next relay race.
Jaune was immediately punched by Yang.
Yang proceeded to walk forward slowly towards whatever obstacle is next.
It seems they thought that an icy path with walls that were made to bounce them around and off the field would be funny.
Yang wasn't laughing as her flaming aura melted a path for her to walk through.
The announcer had nothing to say as Jaune regained his composure to follow after her.
Weiss who was still shocked that her own partner had feelings for her boyfriend was promptly snapped out of her daze when Yang ordered her to start running.
The ice princess didn't even want to deal with the flaming dragon.
Jaune eventually made it to Nora who yelled at him for letting the enemy sucker punch him before dashing off to catch up with a very troubled Weiss.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we are now at our last obstacle for the year!" He said, before showing another box, labeled "Take one".
Weiss was a bit skeptical about this, seeing as how the last one went, before she reached in and pulled out a paper that read "pig".
The announcer then brought in a large pig and told her that she needed to get it to the finish line.
The pig was dirty.
She was told that she is not allowed to harm it.
As Weiss attempted to coax the pig to follow her to the finish line, Nora eventually caught up with her to pick out a paper that read "Grimm".
"Oh, it looks like Miss Valkyrie got unlucky enough to get Grimm. We have this Ursa Major here who was captured by our very own Professor Port!" The announcer said as he brought a caged Ursa Major.
Nora didn't falter one bit.
If anything, she smiled.
Everyone who watched her initiation video knew what was going to happen.
Yang could only sigh, as she awaited her defeat.
Everyone else could only watch in amazement as she immediately got on top of the large Grimm and forced it to ride all the way to the finish line…
…Then immediately die when Nora tried to victory dance with it.
"Ah, it looks like the winner of this year's sports event is Team JNPR!" The announcer yelled, before being tackled by the pig, as Weiss followed it.
Everyone cheered, except for Ruby who remained quiet after the last event she had to attend.
Ren and Jaune were having a serious "bro to bro" talk, since that was easier to talk about.
Needless to say, everyone had fun watching the Relay Race.
After the event.
"Phew. I'm glad we don't have to do that ever again." Jaune said as he lay back on the team's couch.
Apparently, there were some extra benefits for winning, that being they expanded their dorm.
Their room was now larger, having its own kitchen and living room area now.
"Unless we want to go again and get an even bigger room!" Nora suggested.
"No, the poor people next door had to move out so we can break down the walls and move in." Jaune said, feeling bad for those other 1st years.
"Well, I was just suggesting." Nora said as she held the trophy close to her chest.
"Can I keep the trophy? Can this be on my shelf in my future house after we leave this school?" Nora asked, pleadingly.
"Sure, after all, it was basically you who wanted to do all this more than anyone else." Pyrrha said, having the satisfaction of just winning.
"Yeah and we have 1 week of no classes! Followed by the dance!" Jaune said, as Ren enjoyed the comfort of having more room.
"I still feel a bit bad after what Ruby was forced to admit." Pyrrha noted with sympathy.
What would she have gotten if she had to do that event?
"Oh, right." Jaune said, as he thought back on that.
"Nothing to talk about unless she wants to. I'm pretty sure she won't. I'm also pretty sure I won't because that's something you don't do as a boyfriend. You don't talk to your girlfriend's closest friend after said friend admitted to having a crush on you." Jaune explained as he enjoyed the feeling of the couch.
Oh yes.
This is what it feels like to be a winner.
"Nora, stop, our new fridge is smaller than most, so you can't fit all of your food in there." Ren said, as a crash can be heard.
Sigh.
That's how it feels to be a winner alright.
Whew. I didn't expect this chapter to be this long.
But then when you think about it, a whole day and it ONLY took that long?
Maybe I should've gone into more details on things.
But it's hard to find synonyms for run.
I find it boring.
I also made a lot of references in this chapter. See if you all can name them.
Ah, yes.
I'm going to completely avoid revealing anything about Ruby and Jaune.
I will give you this.
What If? Relay Race Borrowed Item Obstacle
What would other people have gotten in the Borrowed Item obstacle of the race? This what if is not limited to students.
Jaune
"The person with the flattest chest."
"…" Jaune stayed quiet.
A bit later
"Ice Princess, NO!" Jaune yelled helplessly, as he got attacked by his girlfriend.
Pyrrha
"The one who made you feel like a real girl"
"… why did it have to be worded like that?" Pyrrha asked herself.
As Jaune was with her in the lie detector, he read the display.
"Oh my, I can always make you feel like a real girl whenever you want, my dear partn- Weiss NO!" Jaune said, before yelling as the Schnee heiress attacked him.
Nora
"The one who eats the most"
"What are you trying to say about me?!" Yang yelled furiously.
Blake
"A girl who likes girls"
"Excuse me?!" Coco asked, as Blake laughed a bit nervously.
Yang
"Bitch"
"Detention, Miss Xiao Long."
"Yes, Miss Goodwitch."
Coco
"A loser"
"…" Jaune said nothing.
"… You just give off the aura." Coco explained.
"I'm just going to go sit back down." Jaune said.
Velvet
"Forbidden pleasure"
"What does that even mean?!" Jaune asked in disbelief, as Velvet could only cover her face, embarrassed.
Cardin
"The Alpha"
"… Cardin, what the fuck?" Jaune asked as Cardin sighed, needing to go back to the psychiatrist for this.
Sun
"A fuckboy"
"Bro, what the fuck?" Neptune asked.
"You just give off the traits of one…" Sun said, as his team mate glared at him.
Neptune
"The largest rack"
"Now, Yang, I can explain…" Neptune began.
"Staring, huh? Why don't we give you something else to look at from me?" Yang said, as she cracked her knuckles.
Neo
"A bitch"
"Is that what you really think of me, Neo?" Roman asked.
She merely shrugged.
Roman
"A bitch"
"Isn't that ironic, Roman, dear? That's what I see you as." Cinder said, as Roman laughed nervously.
"I think bitch is a way of saying how strong and beautiful you are." He began before shrieking.
Mercury
"Stripperific"
"Are my clothes really that revealing for you to stare at, Merc?" Emerald asked.
Mercury could only sigh.
Emerald
"A sexy girl"
"…" Cinder said nothing.
"…" Emerald stayed quiet.
Cinder
"Delicious"
"I don't have a response for this." Ozpin said.
"I will murder your psychiatrist anyways." Cinder responded.
Ozpin
"The person with the lowest life expectancy rate"
"Oh, you smug bastard." Jaune said, to which Ozpin could only sip his coffee in response.
Goodwitch
"An annoying colleague."
"I must say, I did not know you felt that way about me, Glynda." Professor Port said, as Goodwitch could only keep a stoic face.
Penny
"A very loud person"
"I am not loud! I am just very expressive!" Weiss said loudly, causing Penny to tilt her head in confusion.
I'd do more if I had a more accurate read on their personality. Also more screentime in the actual webshow.
Otherwise, I'd have added the rest of Team SSSN, CFVY and CRDL.
Heck, I'd have added Team FNKI, because goddamn.
Flynt Coal looks like a classy boss.
Adam I kind of have a general idea of what to do with, but he hasn't appeared here yet.
Same for Qrow and Winter.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed.
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Hated Ex of Blue Rose, out.