Fighting Together is Better than Alone

"AAAAAAAHHHH?!" Jaune and Hibiki screamed because Ruby and Dita are sitting in front of them as the boys were about to take off their pants for a bathroom break.

"W-W-Why are you here?" Jaune asked.

"Well, we heard some girls talk about a weird thing that you men have between your legs and we wanted to see what it looks like." Ruby explained as they nod.

"I'm pretty sure you guys ever of privacy and that's something we men also do like going to use the toilet." Jaune embarrassed.

"Yeah, now get out so we can enjoy a few minutes of alone in peace!" Hikibi kicked the girls out of the bathroom and shut the door.

"Oh, we were just curious." Dita sighed.

"I told you we should've gone to see the doctor about it." Ruby scolded.

(With Parfet)

Parfet is seen walking through the hallways of the ship with the little egg shape robot is it jumps in joy while Parfet is speaking through a microphone.

"Excuse me, I'm sure we all agree that the old name is the ship is a lousy one, so I'm complying a list of possible ideas that will suit the ship a lot better. And whoever comes up with the name that we decide on will be the lucky winner of a year worth of food certificates at the cafeteria!" Parfet announced showing them to Jura, Barnette, Blake, Sun, and Ren.

"A year worth, are you serious, Parfet?" Jura asked exciting.

"It would be nice to get free food for a year." Sun said.

"Though to you, you got free things by stealing before joining the military." Ren mentioned as Blake and Barnette look at the list.

"The Nirvana, that's kind of corny." Barnette commented.

"Command BC came up with that one." Parfet said.

"How are you keeping track of all the names?" Blake asked knowing it must be hard to memorize those names.

"I've been entering them into my friend, Pyoro." Parfet answered.

"Pyoro?" Jura confused with the others.

"Miss Parfet gave me my name, it's a good name." Pyoro said.

"At least it's better than calling you egghead." Sun joked.

"Well, I believe the Luxury Knight is a suitable name, don't you think?" Jura asked as she walks away with Barnette as she puts in the name.

"Luxury Knight?" Pyoro confused of the name.

"Don't mind her, that woman is into the higher-class types." Blake said.

"Kinda like Bart, that figures." Sun sighed.

(With BC)

BC is putting a data chip inside a pod and typing in the coronates, then Glynda came inside.

"Hello BC, is the pod for Mejeiru ready?" Glynda asked.

"Yes, just about to launch." BC said, Glynda notice a second pod is ready.

"What's that other pod for?" Glynda asked.

"This one is mean for Taraak, I believe it's only fair to warn them of the crisis as well." BC explained.

"Hmm, I see, even though they are our enemy it wouldn't hurt to help them a little.' Glynda complied as she quickly informs the captain of the pods

BC nodded and launch the two pods out of the ship as they rocket the planets they are sent to, but they explode few seconds after they were launched and everyone on the bridge see some small enemy robots coming at them.

"All hands, prepare for battle!" Magno alerted as the fire blast the ship making to shake.

"Damn…" Meia cursed as she and Pyrrha ran to the dock to get in their Dreads accompany by Cinder and Jura. They enter the docking bay to see Dita and Ruby standing there.

"What are you two doing just standing there? Get into your Dreads." Meia ordered.

"We were about to when Jaune and Hibiki already flew out." Ruby explained.

"They were fast like Woosh!" Dita added.

"They're out there already?" Jura surprised.

"I still think we should've waited for the others." Jaune complained as he and Hibiki flies toward the enemy robots in their Vanguard.

"Come on, they're already here and we got to show these women that we're not a bunch of pushovers!" Hibiki smirked as he slashed one robot in half.

Jaune block a ramming charge of another enemy robot and stabs it through the center before kicking it away, he sees two more surrounding Hibiki and charge in to destroy one.

"Hibiki!" Jaune shouted throwing the shield at Hibiki who quickly reacted by catching it and using it to block one charging enemy robot then slice it in half.

"Hmm, Jaune Arc to the bridge, are there anymore enemies coming?" Jaune asked through the commlink.

"No, are scanners isn't coming up anymore enemies like the ones you dealt with." Belvedere reported.

"Alright, thank you." Jaune thanked.

"Oh man, I can't wait to see the look on their faces of how awesome we were taking out those enemies." Hibiki bragged.

"Let just head back inside, Hibiki, we still have other things to do on the ship than fighting." Jaune reminded his best friend of their duty.

The boys flew back inside the docking bay parking their Vanguard into their usual spots, once they got out, they are greeted some the four girls they know including one angry Meia.

"You must here to thank us for taking care of things again." Hibiki smirked.

"Don't be so conceited, you put yourself in a lot of danger by doing that. You are only to act on my direct order." Meia stated.

"Ha, in case you gotten we rank higher than because of our position, so that means we don't take orders from you." Hibiki bragged which made Meia angry.

"Now hold on, Hibiki, while it's true we share commanding ranks for the Captain that doesn't mean we shouldn't consider ourselves better than anyone." Jaune scolded.

"And Meia, you can't always expect things to go your way all the time and the boys have shown their teamwork despite the lack of combat training." Pyrrha pointed out.

"Which reminds me, I was wondering if you would help me with that, if that's okay." Jaune asked.

"Oh, sure, I'll be happy to help." Pyrrha nodded with a little blush and giggling on the inside.

"Don't get to close to them, Pyrrha, these men are weak dogs who bark the loudest." Meia mocked.

"Maybe so, but at least it's better than being a quiet coward who takes forever to get in the action." Hibiki mocked back.

"Okay, I think it's time we head for the bridge." Jaune pulled Hibiki away by grabbing his arm.

"Hey!" Hibiki complained as they exit the hanger.

"Honestly, how can we relay on those men if they're so full of themselves?" Meia asked thinking the captain should've let them die.

"Not all of them are like that, they each act independently despite being the same species, same can be said about women." Pyrrha said.

(Bridge)

"We were lucky there were only few of those things, if more showed we could've been in serious trouble, Hibiki." Jaune said as he and Hibiki are with Mango.

"Oh please, we so could've handle more of them together because we're the ultimate tag team!" Hibiki smirked.

"But I'm sure you must know that you two won't always be together if one is facing a tough situation while the other is away." Glynda stated.

"So, I always get myself out of it because I know Jaune believes in me and he does the same." Hibiki mentioned.

"That's true, speaking of which, aren't you supposed to be doing some mechanic work with the Wrench Central?" Jaune remembered something like that.

"Yes, I believe you should get going now, don't want to keep Gascogne waiting." Glynda said.

"Alright, I'll go, later Jaune." Hibiki said as he walks away.

"I just hope Miss Gascogne can help Hibiki learn a life lesson or two." Jaune worried a little.

"Don't worry, if anyone can help someone with personally things, it's our Gascogne." Mango assured.

"Well, if there's else for me to do I'm gonna go find Pyrrha for that training offer." Jaune said walking away.

"I believe she should be at the training room; she always goes there to keep her skills in shape." Glynda advised.

"Thanks." Jaune said and leaves the bridge.

"Hmm, did I just see a smile there when that boy thanked you?" Mango asked smirking, making Glynda blush.

"What, of course not, I was just letting him know where Pyrrha is." Glynda protested whatever the captain is thinking right now.

"Okay." Bart appeared out of the control orb. "The ship is on auto-pilot, now I'm going for my break." And he ran back to his room.

(With Parfet and Pyoro)

"AAAAAAHHH?!" Parfet screamed she is buried in food pills from the closet they just opened.

"What is this stuff?" Parfet asked.

"This is food from Taraak." Pyoro answered while getting himself out the pile.

"This is food, men eat this stuff?" Parfet wondered.

"One food pill provides enough nutrition for 300 hours of labor." Pyoro explained, piquing her interest.

"Hey, have you seen the alien friends?" Dita asked as she and Ruby showed up.

"I heard Hibiki is going to work at Wrench Central and Jaune is going train with Pyrrha." Parfet informed.

"Oh, what's all that?" Ruby asked.

"Pyoro told its alien food." Parfet answered, Ruby and Dita decided to try one.

"Yuck!" Both girls disgusted of the taste.

"I can't believe Mister Alien eat this stuff." Dita said.

"Hey, let's go to the kitchen!" Ruby suggested, Dita understanding the idea and they get up.

"Hey, wait, what about a name for the ship?" Parfet asked.

"How about Roswell!" Dita said.

"I'm pretty sure Red Like Rose is the better name." Ruby said before the two leaves.

(Training Room)

We see Jaune and Pyrrha clashing their swords at each other, Jaune quickly swing his sword up and right but the red hair girl dodges them easily and swing her blade again as he blocks the attack though can feel the strength behind it pushing him back a little. Jaune remain his ground and charge at Pyrrha bring his sword down on her with more strength and surprisingly to her has manage to push her down a little as they enter into a power struggle, then Pyrrha smirks before leg-swipe Jaune down and point her sword close to his neck.

"Wow, you're really good at this!" Jaune complimented on Pyrrha's fighting skills.

"Thank you, I was known as the "Invincible Champion" back on Mejeiru and the strongest fighter of the crew." Pyrrha mentioned as she helps Jaune up.

"Yeah, if we were fighting with real swords than I would have cuts all over me." Jaune chuckled looking at his plastic practice-sword.

"Yang is strong too, but the one who is my equal is Cinder." Pyrrha stated.

"Hey Pyrrha, you and some of the others are the like 17, right?" Jaune asked.

"Yes, some and younger ones like Paiway and Ruby." Pyrrha nodded.

"Well, I've just been wondering… what made you decided to become a pirate?" Jaune asked curious.

Pyrrha became silent for a few seconds before speaking.

"I guess you could say, Mejeiru was too perfect, you could say." Pyrrha said before showing Jaune a hologram of what Mejeiru looks like up close.

At the same time in the weapons room, Gascogne is also showing Hibiki what her former home planet is like.

"Don't you think that looks kinda gody?" Hibiki asked.

"Sure is, it's a road of clean and beautiful place though don't get me wrong, I hate the way everything is so superficial." Gasconge glared at the hologram of the city as Hibiki listen carefully.

"Mejeiru is a world where everyone is friendly toward each other and everyone is having a good time, but that's only on the outside." Gasconge explained.

"What do you mean it's not all what it seems?" Jaune asked Pyrrha.

"You see, women want to show off who is better than the other like having the most beautiful garden and because of those pointless competitions, they wasted so much energy that one of the living unite have to be shut down leaving others homeless." Pyrrha revealed as she clenches her hands.

"Seriously, take about wasting time." Hibiki insulted.

"Tell me about it, out captain had no other place to go, so she started this pirate gag with all of us." Gasconge mentioned.

"Because being pirates, it doesn't matter whether you're a man or woman and have the freedom to do whatever you want, not like the armies of both sides who would kill each other." Pyrrha finished explained.

"I see, you didn't like how everyone on your planet was living like how they can't move on and left to start a better life. Pretty cool." Jaune commented.

"Thank you, and I hope you enjoy being on this crew because believe it or not, you have change our life for the better." Pyrrha said placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Funny, I was gonna say that the explosion that merged our ships together changed our life." Jaune joked and they laugh together.

Then they heard the loud alarm sound going off.

"What the… don't tell me we're being attacked now?" Jaune hoped.

"It sounds like it." Pyrrha said.

"I'm gonna look for Hibiki, you go get ready with the others." Jaune suggested, Pyrrha nodded and they ran out the training room.

(Bridge)

"Enemy ship signted, 3000 yards, approaching at high speed." Amarone alerted.

"They're certainly in a hurry today." Mango said.

"How many are we dealing with?" Glynda asked.

"There's only one on the scanner." Ezra reported.

"Only one?" Glynda confused why the enemy is sending only one after them.

"2500 yards, it's almost here." Amarone said.

"Well, young man, it's show time." Mango ordered Bart to come much to complains.

"1800 yards."

"Why does this ship has to be so freaking huge?" Bart asked as he enters.

"Show us what you can do." Mango said.

"I'll show you my specialty: running away!" Bart said before entering the control orb.

"That sure sounds like you." Mango chuckled.

"I'm not sure if that wise to encourage cowardness." Glynda said.

"Hehe, I'll take us to the end of the universe if I have to." Bart said and pilot the ship away from the one enemy, but it caught up to the ship and got in front of it.

"That one is able to keep up with us quite well." Glynda admitted.

"But what is it trying to do?" Mango wondered, finding it strange as that enemy hasn't attack them yet.

Bart try moving the ship to the left, but the enemy move to that direction in front the ship again, he try going right and the same thing happens again as the enemy is lock on to them.

"The enemy ship is pinning in size distance no matter how we move." Amarone pointed out.

"Bart, try to stay on course! Launch the Dreads, prepare for combat!" Mango ordered.

Ruby and Dita inside their own Dreads are looking down at the little lunch box they have on their laps which they made before the alert.

"Where were you?" Meia asked getting the girls' attention.

"This isn't a game you two, being late can mean the different between life and death." Meia lectured.

"Sorry." Ruby and Dita apologized.

"Meia, don't be sure hard on them. None of us were expecting to be attack so soon." Pyrrha said as she is in her red and gold-brown Dread.

"Oh yeah, Jaune told me to tell you girls that he and Hibiki won't be joining us in the later until later. He wants to see how this enemy fight so he may find a weak point." Pyrrha informed.

"Please, we don't need them because we'll destroy it before they get the chance." Meia proclaimed.

"Hmm, it looks like you're the one who is barking the loudest." Pyrrha commented.

"What was that?" Meia asked.

"Oh, nothing." Pyrrha said.


KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

Jaune and Hibiki are learning more about how hard the women on Mejeiru is as to why they decided to join the pirate crew to get away from all that drama, and now they're facing a new enemy that is going to be difficult for them unless figures out a way to defeat it quickly before that thing kills them. Pyrrha seems to be enjoying having the men around, especially being with Jaune that makes her heart flutter as they'll soon be closer in battle than expected.

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