A/N: I apologize for how short this one is but... man, Witcher though. Can you really blame me? Oh, and school, yeah that's a thing too.. :) Enjoy!

"So fearless leader, which mission do you think we should do?"

Jaune turned to face Nora, who was excitedly spinning around to look at all the screens of information that were pulled up in front of them. Sporting a soft smile, Jaune kept reading the screens in front of him.

"I'm not sure Nora. Let me know if you've found something that catches your eye. You too, Ren, Pyrrha." The other two nodded while continuing to browse through the mission files on the screens.

Something easy… but not too easy. Jaune thought to himself, moving onto the next screen. Again he shifted after that, finding nothing that would capture his attention.

"Ooh, ooh, ooh, Let's go into the Grimm Wastelands and battle thousands of Grimm! Oh wait, that's for third years. Do you think we could still take on the mission, Renny?" Pyrrha continued to browse the screens while Ren took his time dissuading Nora from putting them into a suicidal run.

"What about this one?" Pyrrha asked, pointing to one of the screens. Jaune approached, looking over her shoulder to read one of the missions that was on the screen. Nodding slowly to himself, he thought that the mission Pyrrha was pointing to should be a great mission to work on.

"That sounds pretty nice Pyrrha, I think—" Jaune cut off abruptly, eyes snapping onto the mission that was hovering a little below the one that they were about to select. Normally it wouldn't have caught his attention, being something that was located on the edges of Vale, as well as being recommended for second years instead of first years, but…

The word Ravenwood kept his eyes attached to the screen.

There was this fountain that had a red rock encased inside of it.

"A-actually," Jaune said suddenly, voice a little unsteady, "Maybe we could do this one instead?"

Pyrrha looked at the mission that Jaune pointed too, frowning.

"Are you sure about this one, Jaune? This seems like a particularly difficult mission, and is located pretty far away from here. Are you sure you want to travel several hours on a Bullhead—"

"Yeah." Jaune interrupted her, eyes hard when he turned to look at her, his mouth set in a determined line. "I want to do this one." Pyrrha was a little put back by the steel in his voice, unused to Jaune being interested in anything besides alchemy. She was still uncertain as to why Jaune wanted to do this mission, but it wouldn't be impossible for them to do.

"Well, let's talk to Ren and Nora first and see what they think." Pyrrha finally said, looking at Jaune to see if he would relent, which he did with a nod.

"Hey guys, what do you think of this one?" Jaune asked, waving them over before pointing towards the screen. The two of them leaned over to look carefully at the mission. There was a brief moment of quiet as the two read the description. Jaune just stood there a little impatiently, tapping a finger on his arm and silently urging them to say yes.

"…I don't mind this mission." Ren finally said, straightening back up and looking at Pyrrha and Jaune, nodding. Nora popped up with a grin, nodding excitedly.

"This looks fun! Let's do it!"

With a nod, Jaune pressed the screen with his finger, selecting the mission and pressing accept.

Beep beep!

The screen flashed red and another message appeared.

Your team [TEAM JNPR] has insufficient requirements to select this mission.

Jaune winced at the harsh sound it made, and scowled, frustrated that the system wouldn't allow him to choose what he wanted. Jaune slammed his fist onto a nearby wall, before exhaling a breath and turning away. Pyrrha, who was about to suggest they choose another mission, stopped when he saw how angry Jaune seemed. She wasn't sure why her leader wanted the mission so badly, but she could tell that it meant something to him, and made her way to comfort him before the screen behind them made another strange sound.

Turning, Pyrrha saw the red screen change into a green rectangle.

[Team JNPR] has accepted Mission AJ378. Confirm?

"Jaune!" Pyrrha said frantically, gesturing at the screen. Turning, the blonde alchemist's eyes widened at the sight of the accept screen and almost flew back, finger already out to press the yes for the confirmation.

He turned to Pyrrha, his face filled with disbelief before practically jumping up excitedly, giving the red-haired Amazon a tight hug.

"Yes!" Jaune said, practically jumping up and down. Pyrrha, who had never seen Jaune express so much emotion in such a short time, stood there frozen for a little while, before letting out a small smile and returning the hug. A loud and excited cheer came from behind them as Nora exploded in delight, tackling them both to the ground. Ren stood to the side, smiling as well, but opting not to add to the jumble of limbs.

It was a sweet moment.

"I'm joining!" Yang shouted, landed on top of them, dragging Ruby in yelping.

They rolled around for a little while before naturally separating with tired breaths, people around them used to the riotous energy that the two groups exuded.

"So," Jaune panted, laying flat on his back. "Did you guys choose a mission yet?" He turned his head to look at Ruby, who shrugged nonchalantly.

"You could say that we found a particularly… cool one." Ruby said, spreading her hands wide and trying her best to be as enigmatic as possible.

"We're going on a search and destroy mission." Blake said bluntly, seeing no reason to withhold information to their sister-team. Ruby pouted at the forward admission, turning towards Blake.

"Blaaake. We have to keep it a secret!" Blake simply rolled her eyes and waved away Ruby's angry fists.

"Come on Ruby. What's the matter with telling our friends where we're going? At least that way we'll have someone who knows where we are if we go missing." Blake added cynically. Yang took that as her chance to barge in, wrapping her arm around Blake's neck and rubbing their cheeks together.

"Aww, I'm going to ignore the fact that you pretty much think we're going to die from this and focus on the fact that you're actually sharing!" Blake made an uncomfortable noise in her throat and tried to paw her way out of Yang's grip.

"Wait a minute," Ren said, eyebrows creasing in realization. "First years aren't allowed to go on Search and Destroy missions." Pyrrha nodded, but didn't bother moving as Ruby was still on top of her, and the red-haired girl didn't seem to be bothered by it. The fifteen-year old sitting on Pyrrha's waist actually straightened up proudly and gave a cheeky grin at Ren.

"Yep. But we got special permission from Headmaster Ozpin himself. So… yeah." Ruby nodded confidently. "We're awesome." Beaming at Pyrrha, Ruby couldn't help but continue rambling. "Oh oh, and my dad sent Zwei in the mail today so today literally couldn't get any better!"

Jaune looked at Ruby in confusion. "Zwei?"

"Oh, I didn't tell you guys about it did I?" Ruby said, laughing giddily. "Zwei is my cute dog back at Patch."

"More like a horrifying Grimm sent in from the pits of the Wastelands." Blake muttered. Jaune, who was barely able to hear what she had said had to hold back his giggles, picturing the cat faunus going absolutely crazy once the dog appeared.

"Wait a second. You got Zwei in the mail?" Nora asked, suddenly very close to Ruby. The brunette nodded, giving the valkyrie a nod. The orange-haired girl squealed and grabbed onto Ren.

"That sounds amazing! We should totally do that Ren. Can we? Can we please?"

With another look of unbelievable patience, Ren attempted to calm Nora down, pointing out the fact that they didn't have a dog they could send anywhere, and he wasn't sure how one would deliver a dog safely anyways.

Jaune lay there, smiling at the sight of everyone enjoying their time together.

There was nothing that could ruin this day.

"So… has everything gone according to plan?" Emerald asked anxiously, peering down at the screen in front of Cinder before flinching backward when a flame appeared between her eyes. Suddenly demure, Emerald bowed low.

"I… apologize for implying that I doubted you." The green haired girl said, proudly only having the slightest of tremors in her voice.

The flame disappeared and Cinder once again focused on the screen in front of her, smiling a little.

"Emerald? I would like for you to call some of my old contacts… let them know that I need a few of my experiments… off their leashes for a few days."

Emerald hadn't risen the whole time Cinder spoke, nodding once the woman finished speaking.

"Of course Cinder." And without another word Emerald disappeared from the room, leaving the flame seductress sitting by herself.

A slim finger caressed the screen in front of her, which had a picture of one of her latest experiments, as well as a picture of Jaune. With a slow smile, Cinder sent the picture to one of her colleagues who resided near Ravenwood along with a message attached to it.

Kill the boy.