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Hey guys, back again with RWBY christmas shenanigans. So, I came up wtih an over arching story, and i hope i can go through with it. Please remember to Review; it really help me gets motivated, what with all the school work on my shoulders. this was a little long, but wanted to get the introductions over and done with. so without further ado, please enjoy

Thousand upon thousands of wet footwear were drug across the floor in the entrance hall, leaving an wet tracks so closely knitted, that it looked like the biggest, fattest snail had been racing along the floor into the cafeteria. The two boys had ascended from the stairs, right as the last stragglers were wooed by the smell of warm cocoa and fresh baked goods. The there was Yang.

Dragging along the massive tree over her shoulder, one could only feel inferior, under her might. God bless who ever pushes her buttons at that moment the two boys seemed to have matched brainwaves and thought the exact same thing. There was a moment of realization before they turned to look at each other. Jaune gave Ren a look of understanding, to which Ren returned the same look. They turned away from each other again and started moving down the stairs.

" Hey teach, where do you want it?" Yang had shouted in a rather informal tone. From behind the thick bush of branches, Professor Ozpin appeared, coffee cup in one hand and cane in the other, as was the custom

" Here will be fine, Miss Long. Thank you for your help" Yang just glared at him for a second

" You want me to... okay, fine, whatever" she released the tree behind her back and walked forward. The wood hit the ground with a booming slap. From the left side of the tree a wad of something small and black rolled out. Yang's face erupted in a playful grin, while Blake just stayed on her back, scowling at her.

" You fiend! you did that on purpose!" she bolted from her lying position and face Yang, cheeks flushed and brows furrow in the meanest of ways. Yang didn't make much of it. When it came to her little kitty cat, she knew just how to make her ball up and calm down.

" You know, sleeping in trees aren't that good for your back. Why don't you come to bed with me?" she unzipped her puffer coat just a bit to reveal the large cleavage left by her standard combat gear beneath it.

" I promise I won't bite... too much *wink*". yeah Blake was toast. She had opened her mouth to protest, but shut it just as quickly. she had to admit defeat. She walked by Yang, grabbing her hand in the process, and drug her along. She didn't even say a word, and neither did Yang, but her emotions were made clear by the fist pumps she were throwing up.

The cafeteria was crowded and noisy. Pyrrha and Nora had managed to find a small corner were they had lent against the wall and were talking. By talking, I mean Nora was talking, and Pyrrha was desperately hoping that Ren would find them. She wasn't interested in having her ear talked of; she needed those. The outside doors had been closed for the day and the warmth of the cafeteria had spread, not only to the entrance hall, but up stairs and around the dorms as well. There was a nip of cinnamon in the air that melded together with full and rich aroma of chocolate and a hint of ginger root, from the wide array of cookies on display. If she were to look for Ruby, it would hardly be a challenge.

The warmth made her a bit uncomfortable, since she was still wearing her jacket, but just to her luck, the headmaster had made the necessary arrangements, not only clearing the floor of the usual long tables, but also hanging coat racks all along the right and left wall. She excused her self from Nora and went to put her coat away.

Jaune and Ren had just entered, getting themselves some cocoa, and now they were weaving through the crowd to find the better half of their team. Jaune spotted Pyrrha out of the corner of his eye. He was about to call for Ren, but he noticed that he wasn't were he thought he would have been. Doing a couple 180's he found Ren leaning against a wall next to Nora, already settled in. he decided that he would just seek Pyrrha out on his own. Couldn't be hard right.

Pyrrha had stopped just a meter of two away from the coat rack, feeling as if someone was watching her. She swivelled her head around a bit, but couldn't locate the strange feelings source. Disregarding it she turned towards the coat rack and started to unbutton the double-breasted front.

Jaune had notice that Pyrrha had been looking around, so he had hid within the crowd, not really sure why. For now he just watched her as she took of the coat and revealed what he had hoped to see beneath it. She was wearing it. The sweater that Jaune's mom had made for her. Some time ago, Jaune's mom had asked to see some photos from his team. She had come with the commentary, as any lady of her age would, bashing the youth, and what not.

Comments like"he needs to smile more" or "what have they fed the little one?" or "Boy, you need to get your hair cut" were among a few that Jaune found more amusing. One of them did something to him, that he wasn't quite sure he could explain him self. She had wrote" She has some lovely arms. Shame she doesn't show them off more" which had caught Jaune by surprise. He had never actually thought about it. From that point on it had turned to less of a curious interest, to an obsession.

It had just so happened that his mom was his saving grace in the matter. On Pyrrha birthday, she had received a gift from the Arc lady, containing a home knitted sleeveless turtle-neck sweater. It was black with two thin parallel yellow stripes running from the shoulder down over the left breast. The problem was, she had never actually worn it. That was until that moment.

He eyed her up and down, and decided that it was the time to move in. he had something to show her.

She felt a light hand on her shoulder and jumped a bit at the sudden contact. She turned to face Jaune, who was completely flabbergasted.

"Oh, Jaune. Please don't scare me like that". no response She noticed his kind of vague expression, and his gaze almost felt piercing. She felt naked and needed to cover up. This was all happening so fast. She wasn't sure if she was ready yet. A strong blush spread across her cheeks.

Jaune notice this and came to the realization that he had been staring. Averting his gaze, his cheeks no flushed with a bright red.

" O-oh I'm s-sorry I..." his sentence was cut short by her hand grasping his.

"NO, no it's fine. Completely fine" she said with a wide grin, trying to cheer up the shy boy. He looked back at her and pulled a faint smirk. Pyrrha's heart skipped a beat.

For minute of so they just stood there, hand in hand, looking at each other. Pyrrha decided to break the silence, when she could feel staring from some of the other students around them, looking like they were expecting a show.

"So, was there something you wanted?"

Jaune snapped out of his haze

"Oh, right. I got something to show you back in the room, and I really want to do it before Ren and Nora goes there" he peaked over his shoulder to see that they hadn't moved an inch. Good, he thought.

"Well, I overheard some talk about Ozpin holding an important speech and AHH HEY!" Jaune never was the patient type, so before Pyrrha could even finish her sentence, he had tugged at her wrist and drug her out the door, towards the dorms.

From her place at the only table in the room, namely the cookie table, Ruby watched as Jaune pulled Pyrrha out trough the cafeteria doors.

"wunr wrre dus dwo er gong" she just barely muttered through the two cookies already in her mouth. It was quite a sight to behold. Two in the mouth and five in each hand, she went about her cookie eating methodically, but with almost religious fervour. She gulped down the two cookies in a flash and turned to her partner." what do you think Weiss?" her white haired friend wasn't listening at all. she just stood there staring out the window with a dreamy look, and her fist clutched above her heart. Ruby had a suspicious idea what had her spellbound, but she wouldn't say anything. She just left her to her own thoughts, returning to her cookies massacring.

Evening was descending on Beacons snow covered campus, and the dorm room windows were lighting up one by one, as the teams returned to their rooms. In front of team JNPR's room door, stood the resident comic relief and his Spartan mentor. Jaune had grabbed the knob to fling open the door, but he stopped himself. He had a better idea. He turned to Pyrrha, who was awaiting giddily.

"Close your eyes" he commanded her, and she obliged.

He opened the door and walked behind her to grasp her shoulders. He lead her into the room and closed the door. Everything was as he has left it. Checking around to see if he had missed anything.

He walked behind Pyrrha again and whispered in her ear.

"Okay, now open them."

Pyrrha's eyes slid open and she released a little gasp. Setting up the tree wasn't the only thing Jaune and Ren had been doing. The room was fully decorated, from top of the walls and all along the ceiling as well. Golden and silver garlands swung from the ceiling and across the windows. They were adorned with orbs of different shapes ad sizes, some with a glossy surface to them and some had a sparkling exterior with copious amounts of glitter, set in the shapes of stars and hearts.

On the walls hung large gold and red hearts and star ornaments. On each night stand stood a Christmas decoration, with large amounts of pine branches sticking from them. Each of them had a little bow with every team members colour.

Pyrrha was absolutely stunned. This went beyond what she had expected from the two boys. Right now she didn't really care were they got all this from, she was just happy that they did.

She could kiss both off them at this very instant, but since Jaune was the only one present, she might as well start with him.(secretly she hoped that Nora would take care of that)

She turned to him and grabbed both his hands. She placed a loving peck on his right cheek, and she felt him tense up completely. She couldn't help smirking at the fact that she had caught him by surprise.

"Oh Jaune, it's absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much" she pulled him in to a hug.

It helped him loosen up a little after what had happened just before.

"It was nothing. I'm glad you like it" he hugged her back and felt a warm feeling in his stomach. This Christmas was gonna be something special

Across the hall from team JNPR, the light just went on in the room of team RWBY. Yang stood a little bit slumped over with her tank top slightly askew, and her hair ruffled to all hell. She was sweaty and needed a shower this instant.

She moved over to get her shower related items from her bag. A hint of pain shot trough her back and made her loose her footing for a second. She moved her hand to her back to inspect were the pain was coming from. As her hand graced the cut skin, and her face lighted up in very Yang like smile.

"Kitty got claws, I'll give her that much"s he tilted her head to look at the still sleeping faunus in her bottom bunk. She looked so content, so there really wasn't any point in waking her up. Yang slung her towel over her shoulder, grabbed her other stuff and made for the door. She swung it open but was surprised to find Weiss standing in full winter gear, looking rather aloof. She was about to say something, but Weiss was already two steps ahead of her.

"Good you two are done. When you have made yourself decent meet me in the entrance hall. I need your help with something". She turned on her heel and strutted away, before yang could even ask.

Deciding to disregard it for now she started on her way towards the commons shower.

The door to team JNPR's room swung open and Ren and Nora saw Jaune and Pyrrha sitting on the floor just looking at the tree, a comfortable silence between them. Well, at least Ren noticed. Nora was too busy fussing about the decorations and clinging to Ren's neck. They all shared a moment of peace, getting settled in the warm confines of their room. Ren had taken out his tool and started checking Storm Flower for any faults. Nora had found one of the orbs hanging from the garlands just above her bed, and had decided to poke it. Surprisingly enough she was quiet through the whole process. Pyrrha had lied down on her bed and stuffed her nose in a book, and Jaune was setting up at the desk to try and get some homework done. Everything was calm.

That is until Team RWY(Blake was still sleeping) decided to make an appearance.

A loud knock could be heard on the door and Jaune jumped up to open it. He was met with a face full of white, a box looking thing that just barely fit past the door frame. He backed away as the box came closer and once it was all the way in a smiling face and a wild mane of golden locks became visible behind it.

"Sup, berry squad!" Yang exclaimed in her usual cheery manner. Behind her, Weiss entered with Ruby right on her tail.

"Since we agreed that the tree would be a joined initiative, I wish to contribute" Weiss said stern and business like.

Jaune was at a loss for words" I...uhm, wha?" was about all he could amount to before Yang cut in.

"Were do you want it, princess?"

"Right here will do, Yang"

Yang sat down the slightly moist cardboard box on the floor, smiling as if she had joke on her lips. Knowing Yang she absolutely did.

"Sweet, nothing fell out his time!". Ren chocked on his own laughter and Jaune had problems containing his giggles as well, while the others looked at them like they were idiots.

"Anyway..." Weiss began "It seems like you haven't gotten around to decorating your tree, we thought we might as well help out". She strutted over to the box and opened the front of it, almost like opening a door. The contents made everyone's eyes widen in astonishment. Even Yang supplied a quiet"Dayum..."

She pulled out one of the gold tree ornaments and pointed at all of them."These may look flimsy, but, be wary. I can assure you that these are 100 percent real. Handle them with care" she said with a finish that screamed "do it and you die".

"Now, lets get to it" she did spring a little smile, despite her stern nature. Everyone jumped from their seats and started picking out stuff to hang on the tree. And so went the evening with discussing what went were, and what should be paired with what. While the snow drifted ever so calmly around outside the dorm windows.

It was quaint, having these moments would be the best kind of thing when you looked back and remembered the old day.

Almost at the finish, Weiss went around the tree twice to inspect whether they had done a decent job, or her expertise was needed. Surprisingly, everything looked perfect. from the pair of ruby encrusted hearts, to the little drum, solemnly hanging on it own branch, but still overall important.

They just needed to put he crown jewel on the masterpiece. She walked over to the box and opened a small compartment in the upper right corner. From it she pulled the star that she was so proud of, every year she was the one to put on the tree at home. Granted she had spent most of her holidays with her staff, but still, it had sentimental value.

She drew a glyph under her feet and floated ever so lightly up to the top to place it.

They were done. Not only with the tree but also physically. Today had been hard work, but some how they did feel like it had paid off immensely.

But their peace was short lived as the sound of a speaker came from the corner"Testing,1 2 3. Back in my day...looks good". Professor Port's voice could be heard loud and clearly. Jaune needed to utter what everyone was thinking

"When the hell did they put a com-system in here!?" no one dared to answer, because as soon as he had said it, Ozpins voice came from the speaker.

"Good evening students of Beacon. As you may have noticed, Christmas time is upon us, so everyone second, third and fourth year student knows what will follow, however newcomers are in need of being informed"

RWY and JNPR just stared around at each other before returning there attention to the speaker

"Here at Beacon, we have a very special tradition, that every year we set up some kind of event, in celebration of the holidays coming up. However, this year we have decided to go a different route. All of you will be tasked with finding the event before you can participate. We have scattered events all around the school, in places that you may not have known even existed. Your ingenuity and creativity will be rewarded, so as professor port would say, "stay vigilant". Best of luck to all of you, and good night"

The speaker turned of and everyone in the room watched each other, some with disbelief and some who were clearly excited.

Jaune couldn't help but chuckle a bit to himself

This Christmas is gonna be something special indeed.