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Chapter 09: Acquaintances and Dilemmas II

'Once again, I am riding in this death trap...' Jaune thought as he clutched his stomach while Pyrrha gently stroked his back and Yang laughed in amusement. "Why the hell am I doing this for Cardin again?"

The Bullhead they were riding to the city lurched again, causing him to sprawl over Pyrrha's laps. Jaune was immensely grateful when Pyrrha made no move to remove and simply continued to stroke his back and, strangely enough, his hair.

"Maybe because he's your rival?" Jaune faced Yang in confusion. "What I mean is, Cardin is not someone you normally care about right?"

"We insult each other daily, yes. Go on."

"From what my Dad told me, when two people form a rivalry, they are likely to like and hate each other in unusual ways. For example, You'd wish misfortune on Cardin, but if you had a chance to stop a genuine misfortune, would you hesitate?"

"No." Jaune sat up, unaware of the brief flash of disappointment on Pyrrha's face, which Yang definitely didn't miss. "I don't like Cardin, but it's not like I'd wish him trouble or anything really."

"And there it is. "Yang said. "It's not that you want Cardin to suffer to misfortune. What you really want is Cardin to suffer to misfortune you approve of. Cardin suffering to something other than that would just come off unacceptable to you."

"Y-You right!" Jaune stood up rapidly, his eureka moment temporarily blocking out his motion sickness. "I'm just helping that mongrel only because it's my fault he's in the mess. Besides, according to the Bro Code, after he honestly asked for my help to make his date a success, I'm obligated as a fellow Bro to help him out."

"Bro Code?" Both girls asked simultaneously.

"Don't worry." Jaune reassured. "It's like a guys only version of the 'Do Me a Solid' system."

"Oh" Yang nodded in acceptance while Pyrrha, who had little teenage social life, was still blatantly lost with an adorable "I have no idea of what my friends are talking about right now" look on her face.

"Alright kids." The pilot's voice echoed from the front. "We're here. I've got a lot more trips to do so get moving."

"Thanks for the ride, Slagathor!" Yang called out.

"My name's Jeff!"

"That's what I said."

The trio got off and entered deep into the city, Pyrrha constantly fidgeting with her disguise in an awkward manner.

"Are you guys sure this works?" Pyrrha's disguise consisted of her in black t-shirt too short to cover her midriff, long sleeved brown jacket, tight jean shorts which showed off her marvelous legs, with her usually ponytailed red hair loose and down and finally, a pair of (fake) glasses.

"Yes, Pyrrha. People usually expect you to be in your armor, all dressed up. Constantly." Jaune was also in civilian wear. He had simply removed his armor and gotten a white jacket over his Pumpkin Pete hoodie.

"Don't worry, P-Money. You're rocking that look. Seriously, People who look at you, won't be thinking of The Invincible Girl immediately." Yang's civilian wear was a cream jacket worn over a low cut shirt, which exposed a good amount of cleavage and a miniskirt. Unlike Jaune and Pyrrha, She still carried her weapons with her, although in bracelet mode.

"Okay, this is where we split off." Yang twirled around and grabbed Pyrrha's arm. "Later, Vomit Boy."

"One of these days, I'm gonna get Ruby for telling you that." Jaune looked to Pyrrha. "Where are you two going?"

Before Pyrrha could answer, Yang reached around her body to directly grope Pyrrha's breasts. "P-Money here needs to get some new bras after her last ones... broke."

"B-B-Broke?" Jaune's mind went wild with countless scenarios where Pyrrha's bra could have snapped. "First it was your uniforms, now it's your bra?"

"Wanna come along?" Jaune and Pyrrha stared at Yang in shock. "I'm getting new ones as well and we're going to need a boy's opinion, right?" Yang leaned to whisper right in Pyrrha's ear. "Don't you wanna know the color he likes to see when one day, he finally rips that top off you and-"

Pyrrha face gained a shade of red which actually surpassed the redness of her hair and ran off with Yang in tow, leaving Jaune standing alone with his fantasies.

Jaune snapped out of it, looked around, then shrugged and moved on.

Jaune stood made it to the port and knelt near the seawater, fishing out a Golden Key.

"Open, Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius!"

The sea burst out a vortex of water, and a mermaid with long, light blue hair emerged, holding a jug between her hands.

"I don't see enemies in sight, brat." Aquarius adjusted her jug to her side, looking very irritated. "I was just about to prepare for my date!"

"Funny you mentioned that." Jaune said in an appeasing manner. "I've got a friend who going on his first date this afternoon. And I need the advice of someone as obviously experienced as you."

"Oh. About time." Aquarius teased, her irritated mood disappearing. "I was wondering when you would move on from Alice."

"First off, it's not me, it's Car- someone else." Jaune replied hotly. "Secondly, Alice and I never went out in the first place!."

"Forgive me if I don't believe you."

Jaune growled a bit. "Please, just help me out here."

"Fine, boy. Let me teach how a Lady is to be treated on her first date."

Jaune prepared himself to carefully take in the advice that would actually be useful by modern standards.

The time for the date soon arrived and Jaune gave Cardin some final pointers on what to do via comms. Cardin had arrived in civilian wear and Jaune was nearby, with a PSP up in his face. The unhidden comms just helping the 'Gamer Guy' vibe he was going for.

Cardin tugged nervously at the scarf he'd hidden his own comms in.

"Now remember, whenever I'm speaking to you, I'm starting my sentences with 'Overwatch says', alright?"

"Yes, I heard you. Was it really necessary for me to come thirty minutes earlier?"

"Absolutely. Oh, here she comes- Oh my..."

'Oh my indeed.' Cardin nervously swallowed as Velvet came into view. She was dressed in a pink sweater, a white denim jacket, a flowing skirt which had her emblem sewn into it like polka dots, and to top it off, a camera hanging from her neck.

"G-Good afternoon, Cardin." Velvet nervously brushed aside a stray hair, trying to hold back her blush. "Guess we both came a bit earlier than we agreed."

'Did Jaune see this coming?!' Cardin swallowed a bit. "You look... gorgeous." He mentally patted himself on the back when Velvet blushed even harder.

"Well then, shall we?" Cardin said as he held out his arm, which Velvet took.

The date actually went pretty well, leaving Jaune to leave the newborn couple in satisfaction, especially since he could now go back to hating Cardin in peace.

Unfortunately, his happy mood n the way to the death trap(Bullhead) was soured when an incident caught his sight, causing him to change tracks immediately.

_AKGtBaH_

Daisy August never felt as annoyed as she did right now, nearly tripping as the thug had the audacity to kick her further into the alleyway. She had just been on a break from her café when she had suddenly been grabbed into an alleyway.

She turned to appraise the current situation. The thug's intentions were quite obvious from the way he looked all over her body. The two others with him were guarding the entrance into the alleyway, intimidating any civilian who so much as glanced in their direction.

She was just about to electrocute the soon-to-be-dead guy when a blonde teenager suddenly blindsided one of the punks guarding the alleyway entrance, slamming his head into- no, through the brick wall.

"Wha-" The second guard didn't even have time to finish his sentence as Blondie actually punched him off his feet and into a nearby dumpster.

"Y-Y-You're that shit from before with the ice cream bitch!" The Thug yelled out in anger, ignoring Daisy for the more obvious threat.

Blonde stared at the last thug in confusion, then recognition. "Thug #01, is that you?! You're harassing girls again?"

'Again, huh?' Daisy stared at Thug #01 with renewed disgust. 'Judging his reaction, Blondie must have saved his last victim."

"It's Big Bear Ted, you motherfucker! And now, I'm gonna-" His sentence turned into a choke as Daisy landed a heavy dropkick, sending flying right at Blondie, who took the opportunity to sock him in the face, landing heavy damage to his face and knocking him out.

"I guess you might not have needed my help at all." Blondie said, looking at her inquiringly. "Are you alright, miss?"

"Daisy. Daisy August." Daisy gave a sensual smile at her rescuer, which made him blush. 'What a cutie.' "And you are."

"J-Jaune. Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue - ladies love it!"

"Do they?" Daisy cocked an eyebrow in amusement.

"W-Well, you are a lady. Do you?"

Daisy stared a bit before she burst out laughing. "Well, that's something new in my flirting experience."

"Um, I really wasn't aiming to be flirting, but I'm flattered you think that way." Jaune sheepishly scratched his head.

Daisy stopped laughing and stared at him for a bit, before slapping her hand onto her face. "Oh Oum, You're one of those clueless types, aren't you?"

The adorkable head tilt he sent her confirmed it.

'Oh well.' Daisy picked up the purchases that had fallen down earlier. 'Lets make the best of a spoilt evening.'

Jaune blushed crimson when she suddenly pressed her self to him. "Dear Sir, would you mind escorting this lady to her home?"

"Um, okay." Jaune tried his best to ignore the breasts Daisy was deliberately pressing into his arm. "Where do you live?"

Daisy was about to reply when a groan from behind them reminded her of something important. "Excuse me a bit."

She walked towards Thug #01, who was starting to wake up and had turned onto his stomach, and got around so that she was facing his back. With a slightly sadistic smile, Daisy raised her leg high behind her and then, with a flash of green fire from her eyes, she punted Thug #01 right in the balls with an lightning imbued kick.

Daisy walked back to Jaune while he stared at the whimpering eunuch. "Let's go, Jaune."

"O-Okay..." Jaune was silent for a bit, before speaking again. "Was, uh, the lightning necessary?"

"Absolutely."

"Oh. O-Ok then."

Omake

Velvet entered her team room, still basking from her date. Her first date as a teenager was a resounding success! With her being the one to ask Cardin for the second one! And he agreed! She may be a second year Beacon Student, but now she could proudly own this memory as a teenage girl!

"Someone looks happy. Good." Velvet flinched and turned around to see her best friend/team leader/partner. "I guess Mr. Winchester doesn't need a visit."

"What do you mean 'visit'?!" Velvet replied in shock. "And why is Gianduja out?!"

"Oh this?" Coco patted the Gatling Gun next to her, putting the image of an old cartoon villain stroking his pet cat in Velvet's mind. "It was just insurance. In fact, I think I'll go pay a visit right now."

"You wouldn't dare."

"And why wouldn't I?"

"Because," Velvet slid into a combat ready pose. "You seem to be under the delusion that I would let you."

Coco copied her and a brief second, the two females clashed in an almighty bout of slaps, scratches and hairpulling.

_AKGtBaH_

Fox Alistair and Yatsuhashi Daichi had just arrived at their room after training, just in time to catch their leader and her partner having a catfight in their room.

"Why can't you be happy I have a boyfriend who's treating me okay?!"

"You said the first thing he noticed about you was your ass! And he stalked you, following you until his friend caught him!"

"How can you of all people say that when you did the same thing when we first met?!"

Yatsuhashi turned to face his partner, who despite his blindness, had the same matching deadpan expression on his face. Then, without a single word uttered, the boys closed the door and left, leaving the girls unaware of their brief audience.

KingVessel: I borrowed the Jeff/Slagathor Pilot from "Lead" by Imyoshi. Thanks for reading and please review.