Pyrrha kept herself silent, standing tall and firm as she held her weapons closely to her. Her eyes were trained on Jaune, tightly gripping Red Queen with his left hand. The two slowly circled around each other, waiting for an opening to be taken advantage of.
The devil hunter broke off into a sprint, his blade immediately coated with the blaze of Exceed. Pyrrha raised her shield to block his 360 degree sweeping strikes, the last one pushing her back by a considerable amount. Looking up, she saw Jaune leap towards her for an overhead slash.
The redheaded Hoplite jumped out of the way and went in for a retaliatory strike. Jaune leaned back to avoid it, before blocking her xiphos with his own sword. The couple went into a lock, grinding their blades against each other with sparks flying off from the contact as they tried to push back the other.
A smirk crossed on both of their lips as they pulled back at the same time and traded blows. On and on, their strikes kept on canceling each other. The two of them were light on their feet, moving about as both of them tried to gain an upper hand at their respective opponent.
And it would be Pyrrha. Her hand glowed a dim black, signifying the use of her Semblance. With her Polarity, she manipulated Red Queen and threw the blond off balance. She was quick to capitalize on the opportunity and delivered a quick succession of slashes, ending it with an upper strike that caused Jaune to stumble a few steps back.
On instinct, he raised his Devil Bringer and materialized his Aegis Shield, just in time to defend himself against a thrown Milo. The Arc Devil drew out Blue Rose and fired off all rounds at his teammate. The Invincible Girl broke off into a cartwheel, dodging the shot bullets at her.
Landing and spinning into a kneeling position, she flung Akuou right at Jaune's hand, disarming him of his revolver. Pyrrha then pulled her weapons back to her, tripping the blond in the process.
Jaune caught himself, however, flipping himself into the air and pulled Red Queen to him with a quick Snatch. Managing a Max-Act, the Son of Vergil drilled down diagonally, his blade wreathed in flames.
Pyrrha knew better than to try and block it, and chose to roll out of the way instead. She didn't get to react in time as Jaune instantly moved to attack her with a High Roller, dragging her with him. He struck her with three heavy swings, the last one crashing her back down.
With a loud roar, Jaune crashed down and slammed Red Queen onto the Hoplite for a violent Slash. He didn't let up, following up with a Shuffle attack, juggling her into the air. Summoned Swords blinked into existence and poised around Jaune, consecutively launching themselves at Pyrrha one by one.
Luckily for the Tournament Champion, she was able to defend herself and managed to defend or block against the spectral blades as she fell back down. Landing on her feet, Pyrrha glared at the blond and threw her shield at him.
On instinct, Jaune deflected it, striking the thing in the air. His eyes widened as Pyrrha had managed to close the gap between them and buried her boots into face with a dropkick. As he was sent flying, she planted down her foot and turned Milo into its rifle form. She took aim and fired.
Jaune corrected himself mid-air and shot down the oncoming round with his own. Stomping back down, the two stared at each other. The Son of Vergil holstered back Blue Rose and calmly approached Pyrrha, firing off a Summoned Sword every two seconds.
The red-haired kept on batting aside the projectiles, fully aware that Jaune was getting closer. After deflecting another one, she spun around and flung Akuou, and he responded by vanishing in a blur. Pyrrha grew apprehensive, trying to guess where'd he appear. She was unable to react as the cambion had Tricked behind her and...planted a peck on her cheek.
Jaune pulled away with a cheeky smirk. "Looks like I win."
Pyrrha loosened her stance and sighed. She crossed her arms and huffed, a slightly pouty look on her face. "Guess you're going to be picking where we eat at after the movie."
The blond snaked his arm around his girlfriend's waist and pulled her in for a proper kiss. She didn't even hesitate and immediately got into it, cupping his cheek to pressed her lips even further. Before it could get too intense, Jaune wisely broke away.
"Hey, I don't see you complaining once the chili fries and smoothie comes in." he teased her.
The redhead buried her face in his chest, trying to hide her blush. "Not my fault they taste so good." she mumbled.
A soft laugh escaped his lips. The two of them walked out of the training room to go and get changed foe their movie date. On their way to the lockers, they passed by Ren spotting for Nora as she easily bench pressed...over 50 tons.
"You know, if it weren't for the fact that Nora's artificially part-demon, I'd think she was some sort of superhuman." Pyrrha whispered to Jaune, a sentiment he agreed upon.
"Hey, we're gonna head off to Vale and go watch a movie." Jaune said.
"Oh? Which one?" asked Ren.
"Third Impact: War of the Herrschers." Pyrrha answered.
Their eyes widened in surprise, with Nora most of all. "No way! You guys managed to snag tickets?! That's so unfair! Me and Renny have been trying to get some for the past days, and we couldn't, they keep running out!"
Pyrrha chuckled awkwardly , rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment. "Sorry, Nora. My agent only managed to secure two tickets for me and Jaune... But I'm sure you guys can watch by next week!"
"But then we'd have to deal with those idiots who can't understand the concept of spoilers!" complained the Thunder Bomber, getting her a grunt of agreement from Ren.
"Don't worry. We can keep our lips sealed." promised Jaune.
"Mhm. Enjoy your workout!"
The orangenette nodded at her partner, her mood having been a bit soured. She barked at her boyfriend to add more weights as Jaune and Pytrha walked out.
Jaune and Pyrrha walked out of the theater, their hands interlocked as they both wiped the stains of tears from their eyes. The latter sniffled and couldn't help but choke out her sentiments regarding the movie.
"That was so beautiful!"
"It's such a tragedy that they'll never get their happy ending together..." lamented Jaune, regarding the fate of the characters in the movie.
The couple walked towards Jaune's choice of food establishment, with no one the wiser due to their current outfits, with hats to hide their hair and glasses in Pyrrha's case, that helped them blend in the crowd. It was also great that they were placed at the very far back of the cinema.
A thoughtful expression grew on Pyrrha's face, her mind racing around the plot of the movie. And it slightly worried her. Jaune seemed to pick up on this and lightly tapped her hand.
"You okay? You look like you're thinking hard over something."
"Just a thought if...that happened to us. We end up fighting, because you refuse to let anyone else carry your burden."
Jaune dismissed the thought, chuckling slightly. "Like that's gonna happen. Dante's got the world-saving thing under his belt. Hunting demons is cool and all, but I prefer being around the people I care about and spending my time with them."
Pyrrha was convinced, scolding herself for such a silly thought. The two strolled into the place, which was a retro diner, complete with the black and white checkered flooring, a jukebox in the corner playing music that added to the atmosphere and pretty much all the seats were covered in shiny, red leather. Honest to God, it looked like they walked in a greeting card.
They sat down on one of the booths by the window that was a bit isolated from the rest, but still had a great view of the interior. A waitress came up and rolled in, wearing a pair of skates, handing them their menu. The couple browsed through the menu, though they alreknew what they want.
"What would you like to order?"
"I'll have the Guido burger, a side of fries, a caramel malt milkshake, and a large strawberry sundae for dessert." Jaune said, handing back the menu.
The waitress nodded at the blond as she jotted down his order. "What about you, honey?" she asked Pyrrha.
The redhead smiled embarrassingly as she muttered her order. "Chili Fries, BBQ burger and a chocolate-strawberry smoothie."
The woman just giggled in amusement, taking back the menus and rolled away to give their orders to the cook. Pyrrha slumped back in relief at not being judged.
"You're kinda overreacting, Pyr. Your order is nothing compared to mine."
"Yes, but I still have to burn off those calories, even with Aura helping in breaking it down. Some of us wants to keep up our form, you know." she pouted, crossing her arms.
Jaune just chuckled at her expression, finding it absolutely adorable. The two engaged in more idle chatter as they waited for their food. Out of the corner of their eyes, they saw team RWBY walking around. Strangely, Blake wasn't present.
"Huh. That's odd. Blake isn't with them." commented Pyrrha.
Before Jaune could contribute to the topic, their food had arrived, and had been forgotten in favor of starting to eat.
"Mmm. That was good."
Jaune was all smiles, having thoroughly enjoyed his meal, with Pyrrha letting out a short and an unlady-like burp in complete agreement. That specific diner was really one of their go to places to eat. The food was really good. Atmosphere was great. The staff was friendly. Overall, a fantastic place to hang out.
They had the whole day to them, being a weekend, and all. And the day was still young. For now, they just chose to walk around. The couple enjoyed their little stroll, just having a great time being together and spending time with each other.
Jaune pondered to himself. "What to do now?"
"Maybe we should get some gifts for our friends back home. I've been meaning to get my sister something."
A wider smile crawled on his lips at the mention of Kyrie. It still left a sour note for him that he had to take this job and leave her alone. Though, he was sure that Nero was taking good care of. Nonetheless, she deserved a gift.
The couple spotted a nearby store that sold a variety of items - ranging from dolls, to antiques and knick knacks. They browsed through the store, trying to decide what to buy. It took them a while, but they managed to find some things that would fit.
Jaune felt his Scroll vibrate in his pocket. He hummed in wonder as to who could be calling. Pulling it out, he raised a brow to see it was Ruby. He excused himself and accepted the call.
"You need something, Rubes?"
"Have you guys seen Blake? We've been looking for her. She and Weiss...kind of gotten into an argument and ran away. That was two days ago and we haven't seen her since."
That drew some curiosity from Jaune. Blake was missing? They hadn't notice. "Sorry. We haven't seen her at all. But, we'll be sure to call you if we see anything."
"Oh... Thanks!"
He hung up, just as Pyrrha had walked up to him with their purchases. "Is there something wrong?" she asked with curiosity.
"Blake's been missing for two days, apparently." he answered, pushing the door open for Pyrrha as they exited of the shop, thanking the owner on their way out.
The Hoplite was surprised. She hadn't noticed their friend had gone missing. Though to be fair, she did often spend more time around by herself than with them and her own team, so it was often hard to tell.
"Wait, isn't that her over there?" Pyrrha stopped and pointed at a near-by Cafe.
Jaune looked at where she was pointing. There, indeed, was Blake, and with company on the balcony. Sitting across her was a blond-haired monkey Faunus, his tail being an indicator. The two were sipping on cups of tea, with the blond using his tail instead of his hands.
"Huh. It is Blake... We should go talk to her. Ruby didn't really specify why she ran away, besides having an argument with Weiss. It'd be best if we get her side of the story first."
Pyrrha saw nothing wrong with that. Although, "Let's drop these off at a post office first." she said, mentioning to the bags that had their gifts.
"Right."
"So... Have you told any of your friends this?" asked the blond.
Blake could only look down and shake her head in shame. She and Sun Wukong, the monkey Faunus, had been talking about White Fang, how she used to be a member until a few months ago and how it led her to running away from her team.
"You kinda forget that I already knew." piped in someone.
The two turned around to see Jaune and Pyrrha sitting together at table right next to them. Blake looked at the latter warily, who could only look back with a slightly hurt expression.
"You can trust a person you just met with your secret, but not a friend who you've known for more than a few months?"
Blake looked away in shame once again. Because Pyrrha was right. She literally only knew Sun for two days, and even in then, barely talked to him, compared to her, who was a classmate and member of her sister-team for months. A sigh escaped the Belladonna's lips, apologizing.
"I... I'm sorry."
"You shouldn't be sorry to us. It should be to your team. They're pretty worried about you." said Jaune.
The two blonds met eye to eye, with Sun raising a hand in greeting with a friendly smile. "I...guess you kinda already heard this but, hey, I'm Sun."
Sensing nothing bad from him, he opted to say his real name. "I'm Jaune. The beautiful lady beside me is my girlfriend."
Before Sun can give a proper reaction, Jaune continued to speak.
"So, Blake, what's exactly stopping you from coming back to Beacon?"
The cat Faunus tightly gripped her cup, a contemplative expression on her face. "It's just... I still don't believe that the White Fang is behind all of these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust."
"But what if they did?" pointed out Sun. His eyes widened as a thought came to mind. "I mean, the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go the place where they would mostly go to if they were to do it, and not find them there!... Right?"
"Not a bad idea." Jaune supposed. He was curious as well on what possessed Eve to order these robberies, if it was the White Fang doing them. "But that now begs the question, where would that somewhere be?"
Once again, Sun piped in. "Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about off-loading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas."
"How huge?" prodded Blake, eyes narrowing.
"Huge." he emphasized with his arms. "Big Schnee Company freighter."
Blake was now interested. Pyrrha moved to call the rest of their friends over, when she stopped her.
"Don't. Please... I, I need to know first if it really is them."
The champion understood and complied with Blake's request. The four of them exited the cafe and moved out to their destination.
Night had fallen. Jaune, Pyrrha and Blake were perched on a rooftop that overlooked the rooftop. The latter two were laid flat on their stomach as they kept a look out, with Pyrrha using Milo in its rifle form.
Sun dropped down, having brought some food with him. "Did I miss anything?"
"Nothing yet. They've just offloaded the crates from the boat. No one's stealing it yet." replied Blake.
"Cool." he held out some of the apples to the three, offering them. "Here. I stole some earlier."
Jaune resisted the urge to smack himself in the face and instead asked a question. "Sun...where are you from again?'
"...Vacuo." he responded, after taking a bite.
"That explains much." commented Blake off-handedly.
"Look alive. Someone's coming." warned Pyrrha.
The wind blew around them as they heard the sounds of a Bullhead's engine above them. The aircraft flew around them before it descended right at the center of the cargo. The four them watched with baited as a ramp extended onto the floor, allowing White Fang soldiers to walk down.
"Oh no..." said Blake with a downcast expression.
"There's no mistaking it. That's definitely the Fang." Jaune spotted their symbol on one of the Faunus who had their backs turned. "This doesn't make any sense. Why exactly would Eve do this? It doesn't correlate with her objectives. Maybe it's a section that went rogue?"
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?"
Blake could only sigh in sadness at what her comrades had become. "No. Deep down, I think I knew. I just didn't want to be right."
Pyrrha gingerly placed a hand on her shoulder in comfort as the cat Faunus looked on in despair. Then, an unexpected newcomer entered the scene.
"Hey, what's the hold up?! We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you snilas try to pick up the pace?"
Out of the Bullhead came strolling out an orange-haired man, wearing rather dapper clothing. He held a cane with him, a look of disgust marred his face as he stared at the White Fang soldiers. He had no traits on him, signifying that he was human.
"Roman Torchwick." Jaune said in recognition. "Something's definitely not right. Why work with a human, an infamous criminal, to top it of. Doesn't exactly help put their objectives in a better light."
Blake agreed. She drew out Gambol Shroud from its sheath and dropped down from their location, sneaking off to the center. Sun reached down the ledge, looking alarmed.
"Wait, what are you doing?!"
He quickly went after her, leaving behind Jaune and Pyrrha. The Hoplite looked at her boyfriend with curiosity. "Should we follow after?"
The devil hunter thought about it for a moment. Ultimately, he shook his head. "No. At least, not yet. We'll keep watch for now."
Blake hid behind a stack of containers, peeking around the corner to see Torchwick chewing out a Fang grunt that was holding a coil of rope.
"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" Torchwick all but shouted in her face. As he went to go somewhere else, Blake appeared behind him and hovered her blade over her throat. "What the- Oh...for f-
He was cut off mid-swear, making him roll hsi eyes at the childish gesture. The White Fang members were alert and aimed their guns and brandished their weapons at Blake. The Belladonna used her free hand to untie her ribbon, revealing her cat ears.
"Brothers of the White Fang, why are you aiding this scum?" she demanded lightly glaring at her former comrades.
The soldiers lowered their weapons in what seemed to be hesitation, looking at each other with unsure body movements. Torchwick chuckled in amusement at the almost cliche development.
"Oh, kid. Didn't you get the memo?" he asked in a condescending tone. "You see, the White Fang and I are on joint business venture together!"
This led to Blake pressing Gambol Shroud's blade further into his neck, in an attempt to intimidate. "What are you talking about? Tell me everything about you little operation, or I'll put an end it to it right now."
The dapper criminal chuckled, looking up. "I wouldn't exactly it a little operation."
Blake gaped in horror as two more Bullhead descended down. Torchwick quickly capitalized on the situation and elbowed her in the gut, removing himself from that position before whacking her around with his cane, disorienting her. He smirked and fired off an explosive blast straight at her.
Blake was flung across the docks, fortunately unharmed for the most part. She pushed herself up and quickly rolled out of the way as Torchwick continued his attacks, firing more Dust blasts. With the aid of her Semblance, it was almost a cinch. She got onto the containers and retreated behind them for cover.
Torchwick slowly approached her spot, taunting her as if he was calling an actual car. "Here kitty, kitty, kitty..."
A banana peel as flung onto his hat, making him growl in irritation as he threw it off. His eyes widened when Sun literally dropped stomped him right in the face, the blond using the moment to flip over to the side, glaring at him.
"Leave her alone!" threatened Sun.
Roman slowly pushed himself up as the Bullhead above them opened up, more White Fang members dropping in, surrounding the monkey Faunus.
"Not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you?" mocked Torchwick.
With a finger snap, the soldiers charged at him. Sun smirked and easily maneuvered through their attacks, knocking out three of them easily. Dodging around more sword attacks, he pulls out a collapsible red staff and got an easier time beating them off. With great reach and strength, he quickly dispatched each one with a single twirling blow. He slammed down his weapon, creating a shockwave that knocked out two of them.
From her position, Blake peered around, watching as Sun fended himself against the last standing grunt. Showing off his acrobatic skills, he jumped and flipped around the poor Mook and stomped down on his back and kicked him over Torchwick.
The crime boss sighed in aggravation and lined up his cane to fire off a shot against Sun. The blond twirled around his staff and defended himself, just as Blake leaped back into action.
"He's mine!" she declared.
Rushing in, Blake attacked furiously and swiftly, quickly dealing out attack after attack against the most wanted man in Vale. With the use of Semblance, she looked like nothing but a blur, attacking at almost every angle. Yet despite this, Roman easily blocked all of her attacks, having only been struck from her first hit.
Spotting a blind spot, Torchwick grabbed it. He managed to punch her in the face, before defending against a few more attacks, this time he went on the offensive and landed a few more hits with his cane and got the advantage. He knocked her down, only to be kicked by Sun, who separated his staff into a pair of nunchucks...that were also guns.
Sun went in and swung around his gun chucks in a rapid pace, firing off a shot every single time. Torchwick matched his speed, easily blocking the monkey Faunus' attacks with just his cane weapon. A moment's pause, and Blake managed to slash the criminal, pushing him back.
The Crime Boss growled in frustration, before taking notice of a container right above the two. Getting up, he fires at its support, causing the large thing to fall down. Blake leaped back, while Sun narrowly avoided it by rolling forward. Unfortunately, he ended up right in front of the nozzle of Torchwick's cane.
Just as he was about to fire, a shot from afar forced him to aim his gun up, leaving him exposed. Jaune came in and drop kicked him in the face, sending him slamming right into thr containers. Torchwick pried himself off, groaning in response.
"Great, more wannabe heroes." he snarked sarcastically. He blinked, taking note of who he was now fighting. He felt a drip of sweat slide down his face, but didn't show the nervousness he was otherwise feeling. "Heh. So, you're the infamous Nero, huh?"
He merely shrugged and drew out Blue Rose, pulling the trigger. Torchwick had the sense to dodge instead of block, the bullets easily piercing through the container behind him. The ginger-haired man continued to evade, the shots narrowly missing him. He rolled into a kneeling position and fired at Jaune.
The blond unsheathed Red Queen and redirected the blast upwards, surprising Torchwick as he looked up to see it explode. This left him vulnerable, allowing Jaune to go in for an attack. He dashed forward and delivered a high powered Streak, knocking Roman to the side and creating a large gash in the containers.
The criminal quickly got up on his feet, just in time to block an overhead strike. The two engaged in close combat, with Jaune unrelenting in his strikes that Torchwick actually had to put in effort in his defence. He tried to get in some attacks himself, but the blond managed to read every one and subsequently blocked them as well.
He was both irritated, and impressed. Their weapons locked, grinding against each other that resulted in sparks. A smirk crossed on both of their lips, clearly enjoying their fight.
Then, reinforcements arrived. NPR, RWY, and a curious ginger-haired girl dropped down and group up with Blake and Sun. Roman saw Ruby, and couldn't help but make a scene.
"Oh, hey, Red! Isn't it pass your bedtime?" he said in a pseudo-jovial tone.
With his attention momentarily averted, Jaune chose the time to project out his spectral arm to Buster the crime boss, grabbing the attention of everyone, barring his closest team. The devil hunter launched him into the sky with an uppercut. He lunged forward and barrage with a Million Stab, repeatedly striking him at a breakneck pace. RWBY, Sun and the other girl looked in awe, as Jaune's flurry of stabs were nothing but a blur, juggling around Torchwick.
They shook themselves out of their reverie when he finally dealt one last, powerful stab that sent Roman back quite far, knocking away the other Fang grunts that tried to interfere. The students finally did what they came for and joined in on the fray.
Blake would've gone for Roman still, but he proved that he was on a league above her. That, and it seemed Jaune had him handled. So instead, she went to stop her brothers and sisters who've gone rogue.
The cat ninja fought the White Fang soldiers with practical ease, knocking most of them out in one strike, or pushing them into the range of her friends. Blake dodged around their gunfire, using Gambol Shroud to reflect them back, running as she did so.
From her blind spot, Fang grunts approached and tried to attack while she was exposed. However, a Glyph materialized in front and caused them to bounce back. Blake turned around saw the Schnee heiress being the one to have cast it.
"Weiss, I'm-"
"Not now!" she interrupted. "We can talk later after this!"
Blake nodded in agreement, deflecting another blade strike from a mook, before moving in for a kick to the gut, elevating her to strike down two more. Weiss flipped above her and cast another Glyph, using her water Dust to blast the others with a spray of high-pressured water, knocking them out.
Roman could only bite down his frustrations as he saw his men be tossed around like a bunch of punks. And it didn't help that the so-called Invincible Champion was among those that. Luckily, he still had some back up.
A couple of more Bullheads appeared, raining fire down on the group. Most of the students quickly headed for the containers to dodge, but not the new girl. Her backpack opened up and out came a sword, before it folded and split into ten exact copies.
Manipulating the blades with near-invisible wires, they flew in front of her and gathered them in a circle, rotating around to slice up the bullets.
As this happened, Roman tried to slink away to one of the docked Bullheads and retreat. Sensing an attack, he rolled to the side and narrowly dodged a Drive shockwave.
"Where you going, pumpkin'? The show's still going."
Jaune leaned against the container, having been the one to release the attack. Tightly gripping Red Queen, he expended more of his demonic energy into his trusty blade and delivered a series of Overdrives towards the criminal. Torchwick was annoyed, being forced to actually start moving about so he wouldn't get further hit.
"Of all the times Neo had to be away." he grumbled to himself.
Fishing out an extra crystal of Dust from his coat, he threw the thing to Jaune, who predictably struck it down. Roman smirked and shot it, causing an explosion to mask his escape. The devil hunter grunted, being flung back by the blast without a scratch and right into his friends.
He recovered into a standing position and looked up, seeing some of the Bullheads be sliced half with a gigantic laser beam, the halves crashing into the waters. Jaune turned to the source and found that the ginger-haired girl had been firing it, from her collective of swords.
She smirked and latched two more swords into the cargo behind her, to keep her steady as the rest were impaled into a fleeing Bullhead. With a mighty pull, she crashed it back down and caused it to explode.
Meanwhile, Torchwick managed to board the last Bullhead. He knocked on it with his cane to signal the pilot to take off. "These kids just keep on getting weirder..." he commented with a head shake.
The crime boss walked in and closed the door, the aircraft flying away from the loss battle as the students could do nothing but watch. Jaune sirll attempted, firing off a couple of rounds, but alas, it was too far away.
He twirled back his revolver into its holster, turning to his friends. "You guys alright?"
The devil hunter got a collective grunts of affirmation, with some nodding. He looked around the docks, and was surprised that it went mostly unscathed. Well, apart from the potholes, large gashes on the containers and the wreckage filled with groaning White Fang soldiers.
Overall, it was way better than when he's devil hunting with his uncle and the ladies. With the danger now out of the way, Blake approached Weiss and prepared to ask for forgiveness, when the heiress raised her hand and shook her head.
"I'm the one who whould be saying sorry, Blake. With the two days that passed by, it gave me some time to think about some things... My actions may have been excusable because of my past, however, it doesn't excuse how I treated you, a friend. I'd like to formally apologize, and for us to start over."
Weiss then extended her arm for a shake. Blake wiped a tear from her eye and tightly clasped the offered hand and shook it. Ruby then slung her arms around the two, a bright smile on her face as she cheered and pulled Yang with them.
"Yay! Team RWBY is back together! Let's all make a promise that if we're all having problems, we talk to our friends, and don't run away to someone else." She looked at Sun, offering him an apologetic look. "No offense."
"None taken, I guess?" the blond Faunus scratched the back of his head, looking around to notice that it was now just the five of them. "Hey, where'd the other team go? And that girl you were with?"
"Huh, Penny?"
The all-girl team broke away to see that team JNPR and the girl, Penny, had suddenly disappeared. Yang whistled in amazement, since they didn't even notice them leave. Before the five of them visibly deflated at the sound of police sirens coming their way.
Back in Beacon, a portal had materialized inside of team JNPR's dorm and the aforementioned team dropped down. Jaune closed it up and called back Yamato into his arm.
"It was a bit mean to leave the five of them behind." voiced out Pyrrha, as she took off accessories.
"Well, I wasn't sure how long I could keep the portal open. Not that used to that feature." was the excuse the cambion gave out. "That, and I didn't want to be reprimanded by the cops for being 'an idiot and charging in recklessly when we could've just called them'."
"And besides, I'm pretty sure they'll just be given a slap on the wrist and a warning." supplied Ren.
"Well, I suppose..."
Jaune plopped down onto his bed, crossing his arms behind his head. "Man, I didn't really think this would be how our date day would end."
"Hmm. One thing's for sure, I enjoyed it. I wouldn't mind doing something like that again. Definitely lots of fun."
The Arc Devil chuckled as his girlfriend laid down on his chest. "I'm starting to think you enjoy fighting way more than you should."
Pyrrha didn't respond, and instead smiled. She snuggled further into his chest as Jaune wrapped his Devil Bringer around her, awaiting the sound of slumber to claim them both.
EDIT: Someone pointed out at how heavy 2000 tons would actually be and how overly strong Nora actually is if she could lift that much, so I decided to reduce to JUST 50 tons. But who's to say she won't be able to do that in the future ;)
I felt like absolute shit while I wrote this. I felt very sick. For a moment, I thought I had COVID and to be honest, I was pretty fucking terrified. Luckily, it wasn't and was just a random flu I got. So, I'm sorry if this chapter wasn't up to standard.
Oh, by the way, I'm curious, would guys mind if I start alternating Jaune's name with Nero? That's it for now.
As always, keep safe and please...tell me your thoughts down in the reviews.