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By: athrunzala

Chapter 3: Trials and Errors

The next day, both teams met up with Sun and Neptune by the fountain. As promised, Nora was being their lookout, having figured out how to best perch on top of the statue and was doing her best to maintain watch while mumbling to herself.

"I'm not the hero Beacon Academy deserves. I'm the hero it needs."

Of course, she wasn't exactly quiet about it, so Ren facepalmed.

"I never should have taken her to see that movie."

He then returned his attention to the matter at hand. Sun had an envelope in his hand containing all the information that they needed to take down Cardin. The question was not when, but if they should use it.

"You know how I feel on this," Blake glared at Sun.

"I know! But it doesn't hurt to have some backup."

Jaune stepped forward.

"He's right. A backup plan is never a bad thing. Just hold on to these until the point we tell you to get them to Ozpin. Ruby, you're helping him with that."

Ruby looked at Sun and they both nodded.

All that out of the way, the group decided to disperse, so Ren signaled Nora to come down. Of course, his choice of tool was poor, as he used a laser pointer he had borrowed from Yang. This resulted in Blake and Nora having a head-on collision as they both pounced at the offending red dot at the same time.

They went their separate ways, leaving Ruby and Sun to discuss their plans for safeguarding the information.

"So, Blake seemed…"

"Sun, this is not the time for that. How are we going to do this?"

"Easy! If there was one thing I have picked up on, it is that even the backup needs backup sometimes."

He proceeded to produce a second envelope from his pocket.

"What… is this?"

"A copy of all the info. I'm no dummy. If we both have it, Cardin can't stop us both. Right?"

"This is true. Unless he can split in two…"

"I don't think that's going to happen any time soon. Also, hide it. Now."

Neptune's interruption was well timed. Just as he finished speaking Cardin came around the corner, strutting around in his usual holier-than-thou fashion. Following close behind were his other team members.

Luckily, Ruby had plenty of places to hide her envelope, as there were pouches on her belt for holding extra clips for Crescent Rose. Sun shoved his in his back pocket. And not a moment too soon, as Cardin strutted past them, sneering at Sun as he did so.

Just as they were about to exhale in relief, he turned around to face Sun.

"One of these days, your kind won't be welcome at Beacon. Just you wait!"

Sun chuckled and shouted back "And when that day comes, I'll be laughing because it'll be you with egg on your face!"

He laughed and walked away, leaving Cardin to fume.

"You know, antagonizing him may not be the best idea."

"Neptune, buddy, you worry too much."

Meanwhile, Jaune and Pyrrha had wandered away from Ren and Nora, deciding that they needed to talk. It was going slowly as both of them were fumbling over words.

"Pyrrha… I… uh… You know that I… And that I…"

"Jaune, it's not… no… that's not what I want to say…"

Finally, reaching the edge of the cliff where the airships would dock, Jaune turned to Pyrrha.

"I can't take this any longer. So I'm just going to say it. I'm sorry if I put you in any situations that you… weren't comfortable with. I never meant to…"

The red-haired warrior put her finger up to his mouth, as a sign to stop talking.

"Jaune, you didn't do anything wrong. It is obvious now that Cardin is behind this. The tripping and falling during training is all a part of practice. You haven't done anything wrong."

She stepped closer, blushing slightly.

"Besides, I… I…"

During this they were moving closer together, both blushing, but Jaune also sweating out of nervousness.

"Pyrrha, I…"

"Jaune, don't worry about it so much."

They finally closed the distance, and were moments away from what could have been seen as compromising, when Jaune suddenly panicked.

"Pyrrha, why don't we… you know… go out and… uh... see a movie sometime? Just the two of us?"

"Jaune Arc. Are you asking me out?"

"If… if you wanna look at it like tha… yes. Yes I am."

Pyrrha chuckled and smiled.

"I'd love to."

Jaune relaxed his shoulders in relief.

"Oh good. I was worried you were… ya know… gonna…"

"Turn you down? Jaune, that isn't going to happen. Relax."

Feeling relieved at having gotten that off his chest, the blonde swordsman moved forward.

"How about we go back to the dorms? Ren and Nora are there waiting probably."

"This is true. We shouldn't keep them up too late."

The pair headed back to dorms, where Nora and Ren were, indeed waiting for them.

"What kept you two?"

Nora, who had seen them holding each other's hands, got a huge grin on her face.

"HE FINALLY DID IT! YAHOO!"

"Nora, please calm down. I'm sure that there is a reason behind them returning so late."

"And we'll tell you both, but in time. For now, let's just get to bed. It's been… a long day."

Pyrrha's quick thinking had just saved Juane from having to explain their whereabouts. As they all climbed into their respective beds, Pyrrha and Jaune exchanged a quick hug.

To Be Continued…

I'm a jerk. I know. But I didn't want to have it all get messed up so soon. I have plans for this. Of course, I'll have a link to the final version of volume 1 once it is done, including the extra scenes.