Disclaimer: It's coming down to the wire. I still don't own this.

Save the Date

By: athrunzala

Chapter 10: Zero Hour, Part 1

There was no denying it. If Jaune and Ruby had been balls of nerves earlier, they were now a twin solar system of them. The blonde was almost sweating bullets, and they weren't even at the start of the ceremony. In fact, they only had about an hour before hand. And Jaune was freaking out because of Ruby panicking.

"Where is Yang? I can't find her anywhere. Maybe she's with Weiss. I'm gonna go ask… HURK!"

The declaration of intent was cut short when Sun and Ren caught her under the arms and Ozpin caught her feet.

"You will be doing no such thing, Ms. Rose."

The headmaster's tone was stern, yet caring.

"But I need to know where she is!"

"Ruby, I'm sure she's not far. She's got to be around…. Somewhere…"

Jaune was scratching the back of his head. He didn't know where Yang was, but he had a good idea.

"Sun? Can you go check the closets?"

"Why should I check the… oh. Right. Got it."

The male Faunus left the room, and entered the dormitory hallway, where he was joined by Blake.

"Lemme guess," he said, looking at her. "Yang?"

"Yes. And Neptune. Third floor. That is their usual hang out."

They headed towards the staircase, knowing that they would have to check the entire floor.

At the opposite end of the hallway from the stairs, Yang and Neptune were tucked away, busy with their usual activities. The longer they went, the more the blonde had to fight the urge to unleash a pleasured scream. She loved how he was moving, and she didn't want him to stop. However, they soon finished, their breathing ragged, almost as if they had run a race.

"You know, your sister is probably running a small trench in the floor."

"Ruby's fine. She needs to relax."

"Yeah, but we are supposed to be there. And… aren't you supposed to be with Weiss right now?"

Yang waved a hand and let out a small chuckle, which ended as soon as she heard Blake's voice.

"Yang! Where are you two?"

"Whelp, this one's over. Later tonight then?"

The blue-haired man looked at her and nodded as he reached a hand out and opened the door.

"Why am I not shocked that you guys were in there?"

"You know us. It shouldn't shock you."

"But today!? Come on!" Blake grabbed her partner's hand and led the blonde woman back to the stairs. They would have to get her back into looking presentable, as her hair was messed up, and her dress needed cleaning. Luckily, there was nothing that would stain, but she looked like a mess.

As his fiancé led the blonde woman away, Sun turned to Neptune.

"You. You told me to stay out of trouble."

"Hey! I'm not getting into trouble!"

"I stayed away from Blake for today, until just a moment ago when we went to find you two!"

The blue-haired man laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head. He knew that he had made a deal with his former team mate and he had broken it.

"Any way I can make this up to you?"

"Just… come on."

Deciding that returning Neptune to his proper location was better than having it out in the hallway, Sun grabbed his arm and led him back to where Ruby and Jaune were waiting.

Back down in the area that Weiss had less than affectionately dubbed "the holding area", Blake and Nora were busy getting Yang looking as close as they could to how she had been before her preferred activity.

"Look. It isn't anything unnatural!"

"That's not the point. You know what is happening today. We have 45 minutes. Let's not keep people waiting, okay? Now, hold still."

Blake's warning was not uncalled for, as she had found a small tear in the blonde woman's dress, and was rapidly repairing it. Nora, meanwhile, was re-applying makeup to her face, guided by Weiss.

"Like this?"

"Yes…. No! Less of that!"

Back with the guys, Neptune's return had calmed Ruby down slightly. She still wanted to see her sister again before they went through with everything, but he reassured her that she could talk after. Jaune was relaxing now that his friend was calming down, but both of them were sitting on pins and needles. They knew that today had to go perfectly, and one slip-up would potentially be immortalized in a photo.

Being wound tighter than a two dollar watch didn't do much for being startled, so when Violetto opened the door to escort their half to where the ceremony would be taking place, Ruby almost became bonded with the ceiling from her jump.

"I was merely coming to collect you for travel. I didn't mean to startle you, Ms. Rose."

As the scythe-wielder returned to normal, she smiled awkwardly while attempting to straighten her hair back to normal.

"You didn't mean it. I know."

Down the hall, Blake was peeking out the door. As she saw the group depart, she ducked back inside.

"We have about 30 minutes before we have to leave as of right now."

As she turned around to face the group, she saw that Yang was sitting in a chair, facing off against Nora in a game of poker. Blake was silently praying that it wasn't strip poker at this point. Weiss, meanwhile, was going over some last minute business things on her scroll.

"Yes. That's right. When I return, we need to take care of that. And…"

She was cut off as Pyrrha took the device. As she looked up at the red-head, a hurt expression on her face, she noticed that her friend was smiling.

"Weiss, just for today, please. Clock out."

"Alright. I just…"

"Weiss, focus on Ruby. Now, tell them you'll see them when you return."

Pyrrha then handed the device back to her, and she ended the call.

Over at the cliffs, Oobleck was waiting. As he saw the members of the suited wedding party approaching, he relaxed slightly. He had not done anything like this since starting his teaching career, so he was incredibly nervous. He stopped his pacing when Nero placed a hand on his shoulder.

"You'll be fine."

"I know I'll be fine. But it isn't me I'm concerned for. It is them. They are marrying on what could be the end of this peaceful age. I don't want to see them come to any harm after finding their happiness. And I…"

He stopped as a cup of coffee was thrust into his hands.

"Drink this. You'll feel better."

He accepted the vessel from Glynda, who was standing by to ensure that nobody crashed the event should they get past Nero, Lilly, Russel and Violetto. There were going to be no chances taken today. And she was going to see to it.

To be continued…

A.n./ - Yeah. I know. I need to get my shit together and actually write the damn wedding. But I'm putzing to make sure I don't leave out any ideas that pop into my head. If I end up having them, I put them in and they are edited out during a review of the chapter. For reasons of I said so, that's why (Also I haven't figured out Weiss' dress yet, so I have neglected to draw it out, much less write about it. Pyrrha's is in the same state of limbo. It's not like Ruby and Jaune, who are wearing suits).