Greetings again!
First off, I just have to say THANK YOU to everyone reading. As of me posting this, the story is at 62 Follows and 42 favorites, which is WAYYYYYYY more than I would have ever expected. An idea thrown around one night has flourished into a fun tale that I've received mostly positive feedback on. Thank you also to those who posted a review on the previous chapters. Please provide your thoughts again in the future.
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Remember ALL, this story is written as M for MORE than one reasons. If you are not familiar with the guidelines, please refresh yourselves as there will eventually, be more... Explicit content.
OKAY! With all of that out of the way, please Enjoy Chapter 4 as I remain on my sick bed!
Italicized – Inner Thoughts
BOLD - Speaker
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Chapter 4 – The Night Begins
Jaune had narrowly escaped a feeding frenzy of females. What was the cost of this? His most prized hoodie of 'Pumpkin Pete' that had been his trademark piece of clothing. It was now doused in sugar along with half of the dormitory hallway during his retreat.
This plan had better be worth it. He thought to himself, catching his breath while still being red in the face. I nearly lost my life in there. Who knows what would have happened had they had actually seen what was in my hand?
He leaned against the wall in the common area, taking a deep sigh after calming his breathing. The deed was done. What happens next was not his responsibility. Jaune had accomplished the one task given to him by the others and he was successful. He relished in this thought for a moment with a smile on his face.
It wasn't his first infiltration mission and certainly would not be his last. He had snuck into the danger zone filled with possibly the strongest team in the history of Beacon and walked out as the victor.
He slid down the wall slowly and landed on his behind. He brought his knees up and placed his arms against them, dropping what remained of the sugar onto the floor gently. He stifled a chuckle a few times but could hardly resist it breaking out into a full-blown laughter. He really had done it.
"I... beat them. I really... beat them." He spoke aloud between his laughs.
His laughter eventually died as he felt his scroll vibrating within his pocket. He reached into his pocket to see the caller. Right on cue. Earlier, while running down the hall, he sent a message to group that he was finished. He pressed the 'Talk' button and brought the device to his ear.
"Jaune's international spy service, we have 100% success rating, how may we assist you?" Jaune stated with a cocky smile.
"I can't believe you somehow pulled that off." Neptune stated.
Jaune helped himself up from the floor and began walking to the kitchen counter of the common area. He looked around to be sure no one was watching or listening to the conversation he was having before returning back to the phone.
"Yes, praise me. I have delivered unto you the salvation that you have desired." He replied.
Neptune laughed openly over the phone at the response.
"You've served your purpose, sir. Please, return to base for the next phase of the plan." Neptune responded, playfully.
"Sounds good to me." Jaune said.
Jaune clicked the 'End' button on his scroll to end the call. He smiled as he looked down at himself, realizing now how much sugar had coated his favorite hoodie. His smile dropped to an annoyed frown.
"I'm on my way." He spoke to himself this time. "After I clean myself up a bit."
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Nora laid on her bed half asleep as she waited on her partner. Pyrrha always had a habit of dragging her feet. She thought it made sense because of how nearly perfect he was. She was strong, beautiful, courageous, and almost unbearable... to Nora.
Currently, Pyrrha was inside the girl's walk-in closet that she and Nora shared. She had been trying on different outfits to see what she thought suited her most. She had gone through nearly everything from dresses, to shorts, causal, and comfortable.
Nora didn't understand any of it. They were going across the hall to Team RWBY's quarters, not out on the town dancing. After all, they had nearly been banned from most clubs in Vale for... reasons. Granted, most of those reasons were because of Yang, but Nora herself was partly responsible to an extent.
"Pyrrha, come on already." Nora demanded. "We're going to miss out on the... thing." She finished, stopping herself due to the other presence in the room.
On the other side of the room were her other two roommates and partners. Jaune was reading his comic books over at the desk. He seemed to be totally unaware or uncaring as to what was going on. Ren was on his bed, sharpening his blades also not paying attention.
Typical boys. She thought.
As her thoughts continued, Pyrrha emerged from the closet at last. Nora looked over at her, smiling. She had opted for casual wear. She wore a red tank top with high sleeves that showed off her toned arms. The shirt extended down but left her navel exposed. Her bottoms were capris pants that hugged her hips and were rolled up at the ankles.
Even her usually hair that was in a ponytail flowed freely. She had her normal make up on, but her appearance of a warrior had transformed into that of a normal, carefree girl. Jaune admired how far she had come. Long ago, she would have never thought to wear something like this and had opted to always be ready for battle.
He was glad she felt comfortable as her own person. You can't live battle to battle and they were young. She should enjoy herself as their teen years were fleeting.
"LOOK AT YOU!" Nor exclaimed, jumping out of bed. "What a babe!" She offered as a compliment.
Pyrrha rubbed her arm with embarrassment as she smiled slightly. She had given a lot of thought to tonight and like Ruby had mentioned before, she wanted to look and feel however she wanted. No regrets. She thought.
"Th-thank you, Nora." Pyrrha replied.
"No, I mean it! Look at you! If I were into girls, I would so totally do y-" Nora yelled before Ren could step in and throw a pillow at her head.
"You're a little loud." He said afterwards.
Nora shot him a glare for the act, while Pyrrha silently mouthed 'Thank you'.
"Ren! I was just complementing our teammate! Mind your business." She responded.
"Well, do it a little quieter, why don't you?"
He went back to cleaning and sharpening his weapon, seemingly done with the conversation.
"Oh, were you jealous, Renny?" She continued. "Jealous I've got my eyes on a woman rather than you now?" She smiled, chuckling slightly.
Renny? He thought initially, before continuing what he was doing.
"Not at all." He responded, flatly.
This annoyed Nora further. He always knew how to get under her skin more than anyone. He had known her longer than anyone and that came with advantages and disadvantages. And what bothered her more than anything? Being ignored of course. Not only that, but blowing off her flirtatious manner with him? Punishable by death in her mind.
"One day... One day you will get yours!" She yelled. "One day I'll wipe that arrogant look off your face and you won't be so self-righteous." Point a finger at him in a serious manner.
He waved her and her threats off as he usually did, annoying her further. She directed her attention to Jaune who was just admiring as a spectator as he usually did. She dropped her finger and thought to herself for a second.
"Hey Jaune, did you know?" She began.
Nora had walked past everyone and went over to her bed looking for her street shoes instead of her regular combat boots. He exchanged a smile with her before re-directing his attention back to Nora for her question.
"Know what?" He responded to her.
"Did you know that Kuroyuri was known for its different exquisite coins?"
"Coins?"
"Yep, especially double-sided ones."
Ren stopped what he was doing immediately to try and interject himself into the conversation when suddenly there was a knock at the door. In a second, he shot up and sent a look to Jaune.
"You mind getting that Jaune?!" He asked, more emotion than ever in his voice.
Jaune sat there, giving a confused look to both. He shrugged and stood up from his chair, placing his comic book back on the desktop. Making his way over to team JNPR's door, he could see Ren and Nora giving each other an intense stare. He couldn't make heads or tails of what she was asking him.
He made his way to the door finally before opening it. What he saw made his eyes wide in nervousness. Standing before him was Ruby, looking up at him with a nervous smile all her own. They stared at each other for a few seconds before shaking their heads from their thoughts.
"Hey again, Ruby." Jaune started.
"Hey yourself, Jaune." Ruby smiled.
"You, uh, need something?" Why am I so nervous all of a sudden?
His thoughts traveled back to earlier when he so graciously fell on top of her. His thoughts traveled to how close they were, her body beneath his, and her breath on his body. He had to shake himself of such thoughts.
"Yeah, I'm here to get Pyrrha and Nora." She answered.
From inside the room, Nora disengaged her stand-off with Ren as soon as she heard her name and looked over at the doorway. Her smile returned when she saw her, waving excitedly. Pyrrha also looked over once she had finished putting on her shoes and noticed Ruby.
"Rubes!" Nora exclaimed. "I'll finish taking you down a peg later." She spoke in the direction of Ren before walking over to the doorway with Pyrrha.
Ren was annoyed at Nora for the first time in a while. She had almost ruined one of his secret weapons that he had used for self-preservation. He coughed and looked over at the three girls at the door and decided he'd poke a little fun.
"What are you girls up to tonight, anyway?" He asked.
Nora looked back with a half-lidded smile. "Wouldn't you like to know?" She responded before walking out the door to the hallway.
"Actually," He continued. "You've all been playing very coy about your plans tonight."
The three women in the hallway all froze as he made those comments. Jaune himself shuddered at his comments. As if in a panic, Ruby, Pyrrha and Nora looked back at him with a nervous smile. Pyrrha merely laughed to herself as Nora began whistling to herself, earning a narrow-eyed smile from Ren.
Ren walked closer to the door where Jaune was standing to continue the grilling of the three.
"It's almost like you don't want us to know something."
"We-we're just going to talk about girl stuff and maybe go out to eat later." Ruby responded to his questioning.
"Oh, is that so?" Ren replied, throwing his hands in the air to give off the 'I-don't-care' look. "Well, I forgot how boring and basic you girls really were."
Basic? Jaune thought.
"Well, carry on then. Don't want to keep you from your 'Super-secret basic night' any longer." He commented, walking back towards his bed.
Jaune watched him walk before looking back at the three women in the hallway. Pyrrha took a breath of relief. Could you all be any more obvious?
Ruby pouted in a cute fashion as Nora gave an angry look his way and from where he was standing, sounded like a low-pitched growl also? Ren really went at them.
His sugar is probably low. Jaune thought.
Nora stopped her growl and looked over at Jaune now who was caught by surprise at her sudden shift of eye contact to his.
"You got something to say too, Jauney-boy?" She asked, pointing a finger at him as the other two also looked at him.
He backed away slowly with a nervous laugh further into the bedroom. When I find out who started this stupid nickname, they're going to get a real piece of my mind.
"Who me? No, no, never. Have a good night, ladies." He stated, turning around about to close the door over.
"Wait a second." Ruby said from behind him.
Damn it, Ren. You better not have gotten us caught. He thought.
"Y-yeah?" He responded, turning back around to face her.
Ruby pulled out a measuring cup and offered it to him. He gave her a confused look with a raised eyebrow at the action.
"Your measuring cup? From earlier? For your cake?" She kept explaining.
It dawned on Jaune at that moment. Fuck.
"Oh, right! There it is! Thank you, Ruby. Boy, am I an idiot!" He responded with a nervous laugh, trying his best to pass off the situation.
Pyrrha gave a confused look to this herself. "Cake? Jaune, I didn't know you knew how to bake."
"Or cook at all for that manner." Nora said, flatly.
All three women were staring at him now with a confused look. Jaune could once again feel the sweat begin to form at the top of his head. He resisted the urge to scratch the back of his head, as it had been relayed to him that it was a clear giveaway that he was lying or nervous in situations like this.
"Well... I wanted to learn." He replied. "Maybe I want to learn how to cook for a family one day, you know?"
All three looked at each other and began laughing at his reply. He slumped forward at their response, unamused by their taunting response.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot how good you all are at cooking." He responded.
The comment earned him a silent, angry stare back from all three. It was no secret that all of them needed a crash-course in 'How to make a bowl of cereal without setting the dorm on fire', but hearing it surely was a kick to their pride.
"You're going to pay for that comment, Arc... Dearly." Ruby replied, almost smirking.
Her words stuck in his head as he once again started to back away, using the measuring cup as a makeshift shield as if they were going to punch him in the face. They kept their eyes on him as he reached for the door and slowly began shutting it.
"You three have a fun time!" He announced, slamming the door.
He waited a few seconds before hearing them walk away and enter Team RWBY's room. He breathed a sigh of relief, dropping the measuring cup to the ground before kicking it aside in annoyance. His antics garnered a snicker from behind him. He turned to see Ren, sitting on his bed again with a smile, undoubtedly laughing at him.
"YOU! You did this!" Jaune exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at his teammate.
Ren laughed a little more. "Oh, come on." He responded. "You stood up for yourself like you should have."
"Yeah, I wouldn't have had to if you didn't provoke them like you did. What if they had caught on to the fact we'd be watching them tonight?" Jaune complained.
Ren yawned at his statement. "There is no way they could have guessed that. I just wanted to shut Nora up." Ren retorted.
Jaune dropped his accusing finger and looked at Ren with worry. "I-I think Neptune's arrogance might be rubbing off on you."
"What does that m-"
The argument was stopped by a sudden soft "tink" noise. Both men stopped what they were doing in an attempt to find where it was coming from. They looked around the room before hearing the noise again.
Tink
Their gaze found its way over to the window. This time, along with the noise, they saw two pebbles hit the window. The looked at each other for a second before making their way over to the window and looking out.
In the courtyard, they saw Neptune and Sun waving at them with a hand full of tiny pebbles. Neptune had his headset and remote control to the recording device and car with him while Sun had a bag of supplies at his feet as he had promised to do.
Ren opened the window and poked his head out.
"What are you two doing throwing rocks at our window?" He asked.
"We can't risk being seen walking in the building by the others, so we figured we could just climb up to your room." Neptune replied.
Jaune and Ren looked at each other, somewhat annoyed. Wasn't this a little too much?
"All right, well why didn't you just call our scrolls? You still didn't have to go this route and risk Nora or Pyrrha seeing you instead." Jaune added.
Neptune and Sun laughed at the blond boy. "Not to worry. We've been regularly checking the camera since we came into range on the school grounds. We saw them go into the room just now." Sun answered.
"Oh, okay." Jaune replied.
"Plus, we found these rocks near your room and thought it be fun to throw them."
"Son of a bitch."
Sun and Neptune placed a hidden ladder from the bushes up against the wall of the dormitory, lining it up with team JNPR's window. They then grabbed their supplies and began their ascent. Shortly after, they found themselves inside the room and unpacking the gear.
Neptune made his way over to the television in their room and began hooking up the equipment, meanwhile, Sun open his bag satchel bag and revealed a bunch of snacks and drinks for them to consume during the night.
Jaune was impressed with how prepared both men were for the night. He couldn't believe they were about to begin the operation. Finally, things were in place. He smiled, thinking at how things had unfolded since Neptune thought of this crazy plan. Everything from Cardin's video, to accidentally almost feeling up Ruby, and then dumping sugar all over the school's dormitory. Not that he much minded that second thing...
"Okay. Everything is ready." Neptune stated, standing up after messing with the wiring on the television.
The other three from the group made their way to sit in front of the television as Neptune powered it on while simultaneously powering on the camera feed again.
Sun munched on some potato chips as Jaune reached into the bag to see what he could get, until his eyes found something at the bottom he wasn't expecting. There, at the very bottom was a case of alcohol.
"You guys brought beer too?" Jaune questioned.
"Yeah, we figured it be a fun time for us too." Sun answered.
Jaune shrugged his shoulders and opened the case himself. He grabbed a bottle of "Torchwick's Lager". No points for a creative name. He thought. An IPA no doubt. He twisted the top off and took a sip of it.
He cringed and tensed up at the taste. It was strong. Something he was going to have to take slow and not try and down quickly. He grabbed a bottle for each of the three and sat down. He passed one to Sun and then Ren who accepted it as well.
Once Neptune sat down, he accepted his drink as well.
"We going to find out where you even got this?" Ren asked, untwisting his top.
"Probably best that you don't ask." Sun answered.
"All right everyone," Neptune cut in. "It's show time."
The camera feed was now LIVE.
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Sorry if this seems a little on the short end but I didn't want to cut it off anywhere after this so I figured this would be the best for a stopping point. I know this chapter didn't offer much in substance and was more filler than anything, but I hope it was enjoyable none the less. P.S. Can you tell I hate IPAs?
For the next chapter, we're finally going to get into the meat of the story and everything that follows after; that being said, I will have a second person helping me with the next chapter so if the style seems slightly different, you know why.
Anyway, what did you all think? Let me know if you can and send me your thoughts. I'm open to anything and everything. Until next time!
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