Chapter Eleven: The Party


"I'll take two sides of fries and a lemonade," Phoenix ordered as he sat down in the diner. Having gotten little to eat because of the fight, he had decided to get a quick meal before getting the supplies. The only other person at the diner, the man at the counter, took his order and went into the kitchen. Just as the man exited a group of six teenagers that seemed to be part of a gang walked in.

"Oy! Four eyes!" one of them called out. "You're in my seat."

"Oh really, it's yours? Then where's your name?" Phoenix asked sarcastically.

"Don't get smart with me!" the thug commanded as he pulled out a knife.

"Okay, let's calm down. No need to feel so stabby. If you like this seat so much I'll just go," Phoenix stated as he backed away slowly, trying to avoid causing a scene.

"That's right! Go crying home to your mommy!" the thug with the knife yelled as Phoenix reached the door. They had just touched a nerve, as they were about to find out.

"Manners." He pulled one of the locks on the door closed. "Maketh." He did the same to the second lock. "Man." He turned the knob on the final lock. "Do you know what that means?" They gave each other confused looks. "Then let me teach you a lesson." He grabbed an umbrella someone had forgotten in the rack, hooked the end of it onto a glass still at one of the tables, and flung it straight into the forehead of the thug who had pulled the knife on him. "Are we going to stand around here all day, or are we going to fight?"


"Thanks for the food," Phoenix said as he handed the man behind the counter a check. "Oh, and there's some extra money on there to pay for the damages," he added as he stepped over one of the groaning body of one of the thugs. As he reached the door he heard a pounding on it. "Blast! Forgot to unlock it. Give me a moment."

"What the hell happened?" Detective Grant, who had decided to take a relaxing day off, demanded to know.

"Grant holding me for a couple hours before I finally convinced him I wasn't a vigilante things a bit," Phoenix said to himself, chuckling at the irony of that situation. "At least I still had enough time to get everything set up." He looked at his room which he'd just finished preparing for the others. In the center of the room there was a table that had a couple chairs in by it and two bowls, one filled with chocolate one filled with chips. There were also a couple large bottles of soda and plastic cups. The TV and the game system attached to it were both on and there were a few different games by the system. Just as he finished admiring his work, he heard a knock at the door. When he opened it he saw RWBY and JNPR looking excitedly into his room. "Come on in, there's plenty of room."


Everyone seemed to be having a good time. Yang and Jaune were playing a fighting game on his TV. Nora was eating an inhuman amount of food. Ren and Blake were talking about something, most likely their insane teammates. Weiss and Pyrrha were engaging in similar behavior. As for Ruby, she was with Phoenix, who was explaining to her about the different functions of the Atlesian figures real life counterparts. "This is actually one that they aren't using in the field yet. It's called the Paladin," he explained as he held up one of the figures.

"Ooohhhh. What does it do?" Ruby asked.

"Well, it's a robotic suit that a standard soldier can wear to increase their strength, armor, and firepower exponentially."

"Oh come on! Jaune shouted as he threw his arms up in frustration.

"Yeah!" Yang cheered. "What's up?" Phoenix asked them.

"Nothing much, just kicking vomit boy's ass," Yang replied.

"I told you to stop calling me that!" Jaune yelled, though no one seemed to acknowledge him.

"Beating him is too easy. Anyone else want to step up?" Yang asked the rest of them. The only volunteer was Phoenix.

"I've beaten you before, I can do it again," he declared.

"If you're so confident then why don't we raise the stakes a bit. Loser has to grant the winner one request."

"You're on," Phoenix stated, sounding far more confident that he actually was. "I just got this blasted game. If I back out now I'll look like I'm afraid. Well… I guess I'll just have to make sure I don't lose. Besides, what's the worst that could happen? Oh God, I just screwed myself over by saying that didn't I?"


"Fight!" Ruby yelled at the same time as the in-game announcer having decided to announce the fight. She had even thrown together a microphone using some scraps that could be found in Phoenix's weapon pile. "Phoenix starts off strong, using telekinesis to slam Yang into the ground.

"You've got telekinesis and a sword? How am I supposed to compete with that?" Yang complained.

"You're not," Phoenix replied. Ruby continued her announcing as though the two of them weren't talking.

"Yang gets back up and fires a couple shots at him with her pistol. Phoenix reflects the first attack, but the second one is a direct hit. While he's dazed she goes in for a counterattack. She kicks him up into the air before getting him back down. Now she's got him in the corner. It looks like Yang might take this round. What's this? Phoenix has managed to use his telekinesis to push Yang backwards and then pull her into his sword. He pulls it out only to shove it through her back."

"Come on Yang, put your back into this fight. Show a little spine," Phoenix quipped.

"Hey! The only one here allowed to make puns is me," Yang stated.

"Round two: Fight!" the in-game announcer stated, interrupting the two of them.

"That's my line!" Ruby complained, but upon seeing the fighting had begun she quickly got back into character. "Phoenix starts out strong again, this time with two overhead sword blows. Yang blocks both of them and then cartwheels backwards, kicking him in the jaw before jumping up in the air and landing a jump kick. Phoenix fights back using an upward strike from his sword that sends Yang flying. At least that's what it would do if he didn't slam her back into the ground. Right now they're both at low health. The next hit will decide the round. That hit goes to Yang, who shoots him in the knee before hitting his head right into a kick!"

"Final round: Fight!" the game's announcer ordered. Ruby once again complained about her "line being stolen". She quickly resumed announcing though. "Yang gets the first hit this time, kicking Phoenix up into the air. When Phoenix lands he does the same to her using telekinesis and then slamming her back into the ground with his sword. Yang tries to fire a couple shots with her pistol, but Phoenix reflects both of them and then charges, landing a three hit combo with his sword. He then throws her in the corner. With only a sliver of health left, this looks like it could be the end for her." As Ruby said this Yang's eyes turned red. "Hold on! It looks like Yang may be making a comeback. Good thing Phoenix's character is already blind otherwise that fire to the face may have- Oooooohhhhhhh! That's gotta hurt!" All of the guys winced. "Yang finishes Phoenix off with a double headshot from her pistols, not that she needed to."

"Yes! I won! You and your telekinetic swordsman can't touch me!" Yang cheered as she jumped around the room, knocking over just about everything in the process.

"Yeah yeah yeah, can you just stop making a mess so we can get whatever sick punishment you've concocted for me over with," Phoenix groaned.

"Ahhh yes… My request. What to do… What to do…" After pondering what she would do for a moment Yang suddenly started to laugh maniacally.

"Dare I ask what you're planning?" Phoenix asked hesitantly.

After Yang calmed down she gave the order. "You need to kiss Ruby."

"WHAT!" both of Phoenix and Ruby exclaimed together. "No way! You're not dragging me into this," Ruby declared.

"Yes I am. I've seen how you two act around each other. I'm just doing what you won't do yourselves." Upon hearing this Ruby had the mic she had made transform into a gun.

"You know that won't do anything, right," Yang pointed out. Just as she said this the gun blew up in her face. "Huh, I guess it did do something. Anyways, the deal never said I couldn't bring other people into it."

"Guys, put a stop to this. Please," Phoenix pleaded. The looks he received showed he wasn't going to get any help.

"Fine…" the two them groaned in defeat. "But I will get my revenge," Phoenix added. With that, the two of them pressed their lips together.


"Bye guys, hope this wasn't a complete waste of time," Phoenix said as the two teams he had invited over walked out, heading back to their own dorms, some still laughing about the "incident".

"Waste of time? This was awesome!" Yang stated as she walked out.

"Yeah, tonight was fun," Ruby said. "Aside from… well… you know. Not that I'm saying that your not good looking or anything," she stammered, turning as red as her cape.

"Right. It's not like your not pretty or anything, it's just that we're not uh… like that. It was just awkward," Phoenix replied, fumbling with his words and turning as red as Ruby. "Well good night," he said, trying to dismiss what just happened.

"Yeah, night," Ruby called out as she walked away. When he closed the door, he slammed his head into, muttering, "Real smooth Phoenix. Real smooth."

When he turned around he saw the mess that had been made, mostly by Nora's animal-like eating and Yang's victory celebration. "Oh for fu-"


Yeah, that happened. I know I haven't written much that shows the two of them together, but like Yang said, they're a lot of minor things that happen between them, but aren't enough for a chapter. And before anyone asks, yes, I did make a "Kingsmen" reference, and yes, the fighting game thing was a reference to Mortal Kombat. The fight was Kenjitsu Kenshi (my main) vs. Brawler Cassie Cage (Figured she best fit Yang. Yes I know Jacqui has shotgun gauntlets but Cassie seemed like an overall better fit). If you have any ideas for future things focusing on the two of them let me know. Thanks for Reading!