Pre-chapter Author's Note:
Thank you for one month of support for this story, it means a lot to me. That is the reason I am releasing this chapter the first available minute I can, to thank you all. I originally wanted to try putting all of my followers' names in the A/N, but with twenty-five people, I can hardly do that. To every one of you who has followed, favorited, or reviewed ASITD (and you know who you are), thank you for everything, it means a lot when someone can go from nobody to a small somebody with a flick of a switch. And now, Chapter 10 commence.

Chapter 10: The Power Of... Wait

Sun walked through the gateway, eager to get home. As much as he had enjoyed the concert, he was still very tired after his initiation.

Team RWBY and JNPR were walking up ahead, and he stopped and turned to Krystal and Colton.

"So, do you guys have any plans?"

"Yeah, we had both been thinking of attending Beacon." Colton replied with a smile.

"Well, I'm going there right now, how long will you wait?"

"I was thinking of applying in a couple of days." Krystal responded.

"And I have already been accepted." Colton said.

"Hope to see you guys there, we might even be on the same team."

"We would like that."

"See you around!" Sun jogged up to his team, looking back to wave before turning around a corner.

"So what did you get out of them?" Blake asked as he caught up.

"They're both going to attend to Beacon here shortly, so I might actually get on a regular team." Sun replied.

Team RWBY gave him some nasty looks, so he quickly amended the statement.

"Not that you guys are bad, but I should probably get a team to myself."

"It's fine, I see how it is." Yang said haughtily, grabbing Blake and taking her farther away from Sun.

Sun just laughed, and moved to where Team JNPR was walking.

"Hey Sun," Ren said tiredly as Sun moved beside him.

"What's wrong? You seem wiped out."

"It's the stress of being around Nora."

"Is she too hyper for you to keep up?"

"No, it's not that, it's the fact that I really do care about her. You were right when you said that I wanted her to be my girlfriend, but I don't know how to approach her about it."

"Tell her."

Ren gave him an aggrieved look.

"That wouldn't work, I don't want to ruin the perfect friendship we have telling her that."

"I don't know then, I wish I could help."

"Thanks anyway, Sun."

Krystal and Colton walked side by side. Since the moment they had met, each had known that they had found someone they could be themselves around.

"So, what did you think of the two teams from Beacon?" Colton asked.

"I really liked them, they were nice to me on the way to the concert." Krystal replied thoughtfully.

"Anyone stand out to you?" Colton thought he already knew the answer.

"Sun."

"Same here, he seems like he didn't fit in with the rest of them."

"Great leader though, I kinda hope we get on is team."

"Yeah, hey, where are we going?"

"I don't know, I was just following you."

"Well, do you want to get something to eat?"

"Sure, where should we go?"

"Do you like mexican?"

"Yes."

"Want to go to Serrano?"

"Fine with me, let's go."

On the way there, Colton tripped and fell to the ground.

"Nice one." Krystal said sarcastically.

"Quiet, don't bully."

She rolled her eyes as he tried to get up, but took on a look of concern as he didn't get up on his first try.

"Something wrong?"

"Yeah, I think I rolled my ankle."

"Let me try to fix it, hold on."

Krystal walked over to Colton and laid a hand on his ankle. A dark blue haze surrounded her and rushed into the it. She held her hand there until she was sure the process had finished.

"All done." She announced, standing up.

"How did you do that?"

"It's my semblance, I'm able to heal people quicker than they could themselves."

"That's really cool, now I don't have to worry about accidental injury."

"I wouldn't be so sure." Krystal replied with a mischievous grin.

Colton stole a look to see if she was serious, and found no comfort there.

"Come on, let's hurry." Krystal turned and started walking the wrong way.

"Uh, Krystal?" Colton said as he stood up.

"Yes?" She turned and caught his eye.

"It's this way." Colton started walking in the correct direction.

"I knew that."

Sun woke and sat up, looking across the room at Ruby and Weiss. They weren't to the point of sharing a bed, not like Blake and Yang, but they were now sitting on Weiss's bed.

He squinted at them, trying to throw off the last tendrils of sleep. They seemed to be very happy, in fact, they were laughing.

As he thought this, he felt his bed begin to rumble. The books holding his bed up collapsed, leaving Sun sprawled out on the ground. His bed was lying on its side next to him.

Laughter could be heard around the room, none louder than Yang.

"What was that?" Sun roared as he leaped up.

Yang was stunned for a second, before bursting out laughing again.

"You should see the look on your face." She said between laughs.

"Ugh, I'm going outside." Sun replied.

He grabbed a shirt and pulled it on before storming out the door.

"Well, that was a thing." Blake said from her bed, now partially covered by the fallen bed. "You should have told me you were doing that."

"Nah, I don't need to, you love me no matter what."

"Don't remind me." Blake stood up, rolling her eyes, and walked over to her closet.

"Watcha wearing?"

"Come into the bathroom so I can show you."

Ruby watched the two go, then turned to Weiss and smiled.

"Interesting morning." She said.

"Probably forshadowing an interesting day." Weiss replied, smiling back.

"Let's get ready, while Blake and Yang are messing around in the bathroom." Ruby said as she stood up, starting to walk towards her own closet.

"Who knows what's going on in there." Weiss cast a look at the bathroom door. "I just hope it's not too bad."

"Did you hear that?" Jaune asked, looking over at Pyrrha with a fearful expression.

"It sounded like a door slamming." She replied.

"What could it be?"

"Any number of things: Human, Grimm, Ghost."

Jaune's eyes widened as he heard the third possibility.

Finally, they heard the sound of yelling and Jaune calmed down, reassured that there was not a ghost.

"What's wrong?" Pyrrha asked in a voice twinged with contempt. "Were you scared?"

"No, were you scared?"

"Jaune, I'm not usually scared."

"I hate to interrupt you two." Came a voice from across the room. "But can you take your conversation elsewhere?"

"Sure," Pyrrha replied. "Come on Jaune."

Pyrrha dragged Jaune out of the room, and they walked to the library. It was nine in the morning and the library was empty when they arrived there. Or, they thought it was empty.

Sun looked up from his book as he saw the two walk in.

"Hey Pyrrha. Hey Jaune."

"Hello Sun, what are you reading?" Pyrrha asked.

"'Thus Kindly I Scatter.'" Sun replied. "It's by Niteloc."

"Is it good?" Jaune seemed genuinely interested.

"It's great, but only when I'm reading it." Sun said pointedly.

'Please stop reading.' He heard Michael whine in his head.

'No, I'm starting to like reading, shut up.' Sun replied.

"Okay, we'll leave you alone, let's go Jaune." Pyrrha pulled Jaune out of the library, leaving Sun with an annoyed conscience.

A few minutes later, Pyrrha and Jaune were at the point where they were wandering around the halls aimlessly.

"Jaune, there is something I have been meaning to tell you."

"What's that?"

"Well, do you remember back at the concert? When we were holding hands?"

"Yes." Jaune said slowly.

"Well, that was relatively natural, but did you really mean it?"

"Yeah, I guess I did."

"So does that mean?"

"No idea. Do you feel the same?"

"I have to admit, my hand felt really hot during it." Pyrrha went on. "And when we let go, I still had the feeling of your hand on mine."

"So Pyrrha, are you trying to say anything?"

"What I'm trying to say Jaune," Pyrrha took a deep breath and stared at the ground. "Is that I think I'm in love with you."

She heard the light footsteps as Jaune paced away for a second, before coming back and lifting Pyrrha's head up. She found herself staring into those deep blue eyes.

"Pyrrha, it's okay."

They shared a very awkward kiss, but neither one of them wanted to pull out of it. Their need for air was the only thing that stopped them from staying like that forever.

"I love you too Pyrrha." Jaune said as he broke away from the kiss.

Author's Note:
Another fun chapter, they just keep rolling. There are many things I would like to say. First, the main reason I included a PyrrhaxJaune scene was because my friend Kyla begged me to do it. Second, you got to see Krystal's semblance, Advanced Healing. Third, I wanted to give a shout out to an author who does not get enough credit for his stories: Leviticus Wilkes. He has created most of his own version of Volume 2 of RWBY, and after I read the first chapter of The Second Step I was hooked. Please take some time to go to his profile and read a bit, he deserves way more appreciation than he is getting. Lastly, thank you to all of the readers out there. If you liked it, don't forget to follow, favorite, and review. Chas1881