Author's Corner: They say that if you write a lot, you are a smarter person. I don't know who says that, but after looking at my grades, they should be shot. I will be unable to pursue a non-chemistry career because I suck at Chemistry. Help me, oh please.

Anyway, rant aside, have another chapter.

Opening the door to his room, Jaune was surprised to see his teammate, Lie Ren, seated on the bed. Ren was reading a book, the title of which Jaune could not discern, and had a cup of tea in his hand. Jaune coughed, knocking on the door, and Ren quickly looked up from his reading. Seeing Jaune, he nodded his head in greeting, closing the book and placing his cup on the bedside drawer. Jaune walked in, a confused look on his face. His teammate was wearing his typical clothing, the green and black he was used to by now.

"What are you doing here, Ren?" Jaune asked, closing the door behind him, "Weren't you going to stay in Vale with Nora?" Jaune sat down on the bed opposite, placing his hands on his knees.

Ren shrugged. "Believe it or not," he began, looking towards the window, "Nora said I could come back here. She's staying with her family, and I have studying to do." Jaune raised his eyebrow at the last remark, noting a severe lack of studying material around the other student. Ren caught his eye.

"Well, I'm not studying right now," he explained, "I literally got back ten minutes ago. I am not using that word freely, I mean exactly ten minutes. I just thought a nice cup of tea would help calm me down." Ren gestured to the tea on his bedside table, smiling. However, seeing Jaune's expression, he lay his elbows on his knees.

"You seem to be troubled," Ren said, looking at Jaune. Jaune's eyes widened.

"How did you know?" he asked.

Ren mentally rolled his eyes. "Ancient family secret," he said, in a sarcastic tone that Jaune couldn't pick up, "Do you want to talk about it?" Ren, crossed his fingers, staring intently at the blonde, who sighed, putting his right hand behind his head.

As much as this sounds like a scene out of a chick flick, Jaune thought, Ren's my friend. He'd understand better. Jaune had his qualms about talking to the dark-haired brawler, however. While they were on the same team, and Jaune was the leader, he had the ability to overrule anything he said, simply due to chain of command. Plus, in recent combat, Ren has been forced to take the backseat, despite his prowess on the field. Unsurprisingly, this has led to arguments and discussions, with Nora always the cheerful one, Pyrrha the intermediary, Ren as the one asking peacefully, and Jaune being the first to snap. He wasn't good at negotiating.

Before Jaune could answer, Ren held up a hand.

"First off," he said, lowering his hand, "Is it about a girl?" Jaune nodded. "Is it about a girl you have a crush on?" Jaune nodded again. "Did you just go out and meet this girl, accompanied by somebody?" Jaune nodded, but craned his head, confused. Ren smirked.

"Is this girl Ruby?"

Jaune stood. "How the hell do you know so much?!" he yelled, before realizing his sudden outburst and sitting back down. Ren kept his face blank.

"I told you," he admitted, "Family secret." Ren did not let Jaune see the scroll behind his back, where Sun had sent him a message asking for help getting through to the blonde. "Now, as you know, Jaune, I am more of a reader than anything else. However, I have known Nora for many years, and whatever people may think, I now know what girls can be like. Fortunately, Ruby seems to be about as hyperactive as Nora, so I can certainly help you here." Ren stood, heading to the closet, as he hung up his weapons, removing them from his sleeves.

"Well," Jaune said, still sitting on the bed, "I don't know what else to think. Everyone I know has been telling me advice, and it's all messing around my head." Jaune swore he saw, out of the corner of his eye, something under the bed, but dismissed it as a trick of the light. He turned back to Ren, who had come back to his own bed carrying a small pocketbook.

Seeing the confusion on Jaune's face, Ren opened the book. "In here," he said, flipping through the pages, "Is everything I collect on everyone I know. Now before you give me any weird looks, or accuse me of being a perverse human being, listen. You are the leader of this team, yes, but you must remember that I am an observer. Think. How many times have you actually seen me up front in any event?"

Jaune thought for a moment. Ren was right. No matter what event Jaune thought of, Ren was never really there with anyone else. He always seemed to be sitting near the back, by himself, as even Nora was in front. It showed during assemblies, sparring matches, classes, and even movies. Jaune was still amazed at how Ren didn't even giggle during 23 Dive Avenue. Even Pyrrha was guffawing, and she was one of the most innocent-minded people he knew. The fact that Ren didn't crack a smile was equally amazing and terrifying.

Jaune took the book and held open the page that Ren showed him. Inside was a very detailed drawing of Ruby, complete with her trademark heartwarming smile. Jaune couldn't help but blush, as Ren mentally sighed. He's too far gone, he thought, holding his head in one hand and looking up at the blonde, I am so sorry for him.

Jaune continued to read. While kind of disturbed by the amount of information this book contained, how much of everyone else's personal life was in there. He saw an entire biography of Ruby, at least, since the teams met, and every single relationship she has with everyone. Looking for his name, Jaune saw a small note saying "TBA", and gave Ren a look. Ren shrugged, and Jaune kept on reading. He could see a list of everything she liked: cookies, weapons, etcetera, as well as what she didn't like. Along the bottom was a line that Jaune paid close attention to. It simply said, "Need more Information", and had a crude drawing of what seemed to be a gravestone. Jaune put the book down, a serious look on his face. Ren held his hands up in an uncaring fashion.

"Say what you'd like," he said, "But it is always good to know your friends just as much as your enemies. Besides, it seems like this is helping you. I'm certain you didn't know half as much about Ruby as you do now, after reading that. There are entries on everyone in there, even the teachers. In fact, there is a page on team RWBY's dog,what was his name….Ein? Drei?"

"Zwei!" A voice called out across the hall, as the small grey and white dog burst into team JNPR's room, leaping onto Jaune's bed. I must not have closed the door well, he thought, before Yang burst in, wearing her signature outfit, and grabbed the pooch, scooping him up in her arms.

"Oh, hey guys," she said, cradling the dog, who was now licking at her chin, "What's up? Oh, Ren, are you showing your book to Jaune to help with Ruby?" Ren nodded, but Jaune stammered, trying to get words out.

"It's fine," Yang said, "I know about Ren's book. I helped him with my page. Actually, I told him who Junior was. That's a page I have no regrets about." Yang put down the dog, who ran across the hallway to the other room. Yang stood straight, crossing her arms.

"Well, Yang," Ren said, taking his book back from Jaune and placing it on his bed, "I think Jaune here could certainly use your help on his...romantic escapade." Jaune glared at Ren for the word choice, but the other boy did not pay attention. "You are Ruby's sister, and you seem to be alright with his choice of crush. Maybe a secret meeting would do him good.

Yang thought for a moment, as Ren stood to put away his notebook. Finally, after about a minute, she snapped her fingers.

"I have just the thing!" she said, grabbing Jaune by the arm, "Let's go, we have a while to walk. You and I are going to do some talking!" Jaune initially protested, but Yang's power did not wait, as she pulled him straight off the bed, out the door, and down the hall. Ren, still in the room, chuckled.

"And I thought Yang would pull people into bed faster than she would pull them out." Still chuckling, he lay in his bed, grabbing his book again and sipping his tea. On a certain blonde's page, he wrote a little extra

"Drama in the future"

TRANSITION

Outside the dorms, Yang had (finally) stopped dragging Jaune, mainly due to their arrival in front of the statue up front of the school. Seeing no one around, she sat on the side of the statue base, motioning for Jaune to sit beside her. Knowing Yang's tendency to be very unorthodox with her teachings, Jaune slowly sat, pressing his legs together and putting his hands on his lap.

"Well then," Yang began, leaning against the statue base and putting her hands behind her head, "Let's start. First off. What is it about my sister that you like?" The question put Jaune on edge. Stammering for a little, Jaune gulped.

"Well, there's her smile-" Jaune stopped as Yang slapped him on the back of the head.

"Don't be a cliche dumbass," she said, "Tell the truth before I beat it out of you. In more ways than one." Yang smirked at the last comment, and Jaune turned red.

"She's just...she's cute." Jaune was sweating buckets. Right now he couldn't think of anything that he could say to Yang that he really felt about. Yang glared at him.

"That's not the only reason," she said, leaning closer, "More!"

Jaune made a small effort to move away, but cleared his throat and continued. "Well, since I met her, she always seemed to be a nice person, and she really reminds me of my sisters, b-but not in a weird way! I mean, she's nice, she's cute, she really seems….well, she seems perfect." Jaune finished his heartfelt speech only to see that Yang had gotten even closer, a sultry look on his face.

"Y-yang? What are you doing?"

The girl smiled. "Preparing you for the big event," she whispered, her breath on his face, "Trust me, Ruby will do the exact same thing." Yang got closer, and Jaune got sweatier. He was pouring the entire ocean's contents out of his pores. Yang just moved closer.

In about three more seconds, Yang's lips reached touchdown. Jaune froze, not moving his lips, but Yang had closed her eyes. Was she….enjoying this?

"Well," Yang thought to herself, "Experiment success. Sorry Blakey, I had to see for myself."

Jaune finally came to his senses, pushing Yang away and looking at her with an extremely shocked expression. Yang chuckled.

"You'll be fine," she said, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go somewhere." Yang stood, heading off to the opposite direction of the dorms. Turning back to Jaune, she gave him a wink, before continuing on her way. Jaune's worried expression quickly changed as he returned to the dorms. However, as he passed the door to the auditorium, he heard a voice from the inside. This may not have warranted any attention normally, but the auditorium was currently closed off for repairs after an anti-war "protest" gone wrong. Jaune, against his better judgement, quickly went inside.

Inside, unsurprisingly, there was construction equipment galore. However, behind a tarp covering the stage, there were two shadows. Jaune inched closer, seeing one shadow slap another one.

"I told you to be careful!" it hissed in a female voice. Jaune stopped. He swore the voice was familiar. The other shadow held its head.

"I was careful!" it hissed back, this time in a male voice. "But I don't see why we have to be in here for the plan. Can't we just grab him and be done with it?" Jaune moved closer, now directly behind the tarp. The girl shadow, slightly shorter than the boy shadow, crossed her arms.

"Well, you know what she said. Grab the guy, and the girl will follow. I'm following her instructions, and I have no idea what you're doing right now. So stop messing around and help me with the plan." Jaune gave a small gasp, and the shadows turned quickly.

"Who's there?" the male shadow asked. Jaune, not waiting around to answer, sprinted towards the door, reaching it, opening it, and closing it as the drape was pulled back and the man looked out. Mercury turned his head to both sides, scanning the auditorium, as Emerald walked up behind him

"Someone overheard us," he said, turning back to Emerald, "We may have to speed up the plan." Mercury turned, heading past Emerald towards the back entry, as Emerald scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"Now you decide to get serious." she said, before following him.

I'm so sorry that I posted this a day late, everyone, and I'm sorry that it's so short. It's about time for finals, and I've been on a horribly messed up schedule. Don't worry, the next chapter will be at least 2,000 words longer, if not more. However, that is for next time. Leave if a review if you wish! This is Sebi99cl, signing off!