Nora let out a satisfied belch as the group of young adults rested on the beach. After several frantic minutes worrying about if Nora had actually contacted the street vendor or if Ren had or if there even would be food at all, a food truck drove up by their spot with enough food for all 10 future Huntsmen and the band.

"That was lovely." Pyrrha commented, sighing contently as she finished her last bite of food.

"I am so stuffed." Jaune groaned, falling backwards so he lay on the sand. "Can we just sleep now?"

"The party hasn't even started Jaune! You wanna quit now?" Yang asked, standing up to throw away her trash and pay the food truck.

"How about some music?" Ruby asked excited.

"No need to ask twice." The keyboardist said, collecting the other member's plates and heading over to their spot on the impromptu bandstand. Everyone began clearing off their own remains from dinner as the band set up.

"Alright, any requests for the first song?" The drummer asked, twirling their drumsticks in their hands.

"Something with a good beat!" Nora shouted, already kicking off her shoes in anticipation to dance.

"Happy to oblige." With a few clicks of the sticks the band started playing a tune they all knew.

Per her energetic nature Nora immediately started dancing to the beat, taking claim of the entire beach as everyone remained seated.

"Come on!" Nora called, running over to where everyone sat. "It's no fun dancing by yourself!" With that she grabbed both Ren and Jaune's arms and Jaune in turn grabbed Pyrrha's hand, resulting in all three being dragged on to the sandy dance floor by Nora's strength.

"At that's why a tug-of-war is out of the question." Sun commented as he stood up and brushed himself off slightly. "Ma dame?" He asked, holding out a hand to Blake as he bowed slightly. Blake rolled her eyes but smiled, taking his hand as he gently lifted her to her feet. As Sun leaded Blake away, he looked back at Neptune with a raised eyebrow. Neptune looked over to Weiss hoping to see some sort of interest in the upbeat music. Though her face had its usual appearance of disinterest, Neptune did notice her fingers tapping along to the beat.

"Um, Weiss?" Weiss looked over at Neptune, her icey blue eyes curious. "Would you, um, would you like to dance? With me?" Neptune finished, trying to appear his usual cool self after botching that request.

"Sure Neptune." Weiss smiled. He quickly stood up, making sure not to kick sand onto Weiss, and helped her to her feet. He then wrapped her arms around Weiss and swung her around slightly so that they ended up in the center of the dancing.

"Woah, showing off there Neptune?" Yang called as she strutted onto the dance floor.

"Oh, do you wanna go blonde?" Sun asked going up to Yang, doing very poor wave arms.

"Go where?" Yang asked confused.

"And what are you doing?" Neptune added as Sun continued his strange movements.

"Dance of bro! Me and you." Sun explain as more of a statement rather than a question. Even the band got quieter as Sun kicked a leg out as an apparent dance move.

"Me and you?" Neptune asked with a raised eyebrow looking over at Weiss. She seemed almost embarrassed looking at Sun. Yup, that's not gonna happen. "I don't think so." He finally said, crossing his arms over himself.

"What if it included your beautiful lady? Blake." He said turning to her with an outstretched hand. She shook her head. Hard pass. "Subtle. Taken it back." Sun then continued dancing by himself. "Come on bro. You just gonna let me win be default?"

"No." Neptune turned around to see Ren stepping forward. Sun's mouth dropped open slightly as Ren came up to him.

"Alright! You're on Ren!" Sun finally said, regaining his composure. The band picked up again and Sun started. He first danced around Ren, pushing his chest forward when he was again at his face, trying to intimidate him. Ren returned by dancing in front of Sun, similar to JNPRs dance at Beacon. This resulted in a loud applause from his teammates, especially Nora. Sun then took it up a notch, breaking out some gymnastics, curtesy of his Faunus flexibility. Ren gave a nod of approval before sealing his win with beach breakdancing, literally pushing his opponent of the dancefloor with calculated sand sprays.

"I think we have a winner!" Ruby announced at Sun brushed hair out of his hair. However that didn't last long since Nora tackled Ren to the ground in a congratulatory hug, spraying more sand everywhere.

"I say it was rigged." Sun jokingly protested. "Everyone knows that Ren is the best dancer at Beacon."

"And yet you still agreed to battle him." Blake commented with a smirk.

"Why don't we play something everyone can play?" Pyrrha suggested.

"Tug-of-war!" Nora shouted as she jumped off Ren. A chorus of 'No' followed, immediately grounding that idea.

"How about beach volleyball?" Jaune offered, holding up a volleyball from the game corner.

"You know that game Jaune?" Sun asked, a hint of impress touching his voice.

"Of course. My sisters loved playing whenever we took trips to the beach." Jaune said, lightly serving the ball to Sun.

"You know how to play?" He asked again.

"Yup. First to 21 with a 2 point lead is the winner, can't cross the line-"

"Enough rules, I wanna play!" Nora shouted, interrupting Jaune.

"Well then, who else wants to play?" Sun asked, tossing the ball between his hands.

"Why not make it a tournament?" Yang suggested. "Teams of two battling it out until we have a champ!" She finished with her signature double fist bump.

Though it took a few tries to convince Weiss to play, everyone agreed to play in the tournament. To best randomize the teams and who would face who, each of the future Huntsmen wrote their name on a piece of paper, handing them in a bag to Flicka to draw from.

"So the first team will be, Sun, and Yang!" Flicka announced as the pulled out two strips of paper.

"Oh yeah!" Yang exclaimed, giving Sun a high five.

"They will be facing of the next team. Which is Weiss, and Jaune." Weiss' face dropped at hearing this and Pyrrha's face slightly went red. However both girls kept quiet though neither were happy about that. Is it too late to back out? Weiss thought as she walked over to Jaune's side. Jaune however didn't even flinch, only waiting to hear the next pairs.

"Pyrrha, and Ren will then be facing off against Neptune, and Ruby." Flicka quickly called out. Ren and Pyrrha smiled at each other and Ruby went over to Neptune.

"That just leaves Nora and Blake as the fifth team." Ren said observing the two left on the beach. Blake looked over to a smiling Nora.

"But who will we face off against?" Nora asked concerned.

"You'll face off against one of the winning teams from the first round-" Jaune explained, picking up the ball and volunteering himself and Weiss to play first.

"But which team?" Nora whined as Sun and Yang took their positions across from Jaune and Pyrrha.

"Ready!" Ruby announced, making herself referee since Flicka went back to play music with the band.

"Hope you enjoy tasting defeat." Yang called as she readied herself.

"Set!"

"Are you sure you know how to play this Jaune?" Weiss asked, looking behind her at Jaune.

"Trust me." He replied coolly, spinning the ball in his hand.

"Play volleyball!" Ruby finally shouted. With that Jaune took a running start and slammed the ball across the net for an easy Ace against blonde brigade.

"Uh oh." Neptune whispered.

By the end of the first round, Jaune and Weiss beat Sun and Yang at a close game of 19 to 21. Though some could argue Jaune won, with Weiss simply doing as Jaune instructed.

"Dude, you are a fighter." Sun said as the two teams shook hands. "That was a good match."

"Thanks Sun. You and Yang were great to play against." Jaune replied.

"Next onto the sand, Pyrrha and Ren versus Neptune and Ruby!" Flicka announced, the band having decided to rest after the first match.

"Ready to do this?" Ruby asked excited.

"As long as this stays on the beach, you bet." Neptune responded. Unlike Jaune and Weiss' game, this one was over fairly quickly. Despite Ruby and Neptune knowing more on how to play than Ren and Pyrrha, quick learning and practice working together gave the latter team an edge that gave them an underdog win of 21 to 15.

"So that leaves either Pyrrha and Ren or Weiss and Jaune for Nora and Blake to compete against." Yang said as she gave her sister a comforting pat on the back, disappointed at not being able to play more.

"So which will it be?" Neptune asked.

"I don't want to have to pick." Nora slumped, knowing that if she picked Ren everyone would think it's because they're together. But we aren't!

"How about you flip a coin." Sun offered, taking out a coin from his pocket. "One of the teams you are supposed to face against calls a side. If that side lands up, you face them. If not, you face the other team." Everyone nodded in agreement to the terms. "Who would like to call it?"

"I will." Pyrrha volunteered.

"Now Pyrrha, no accidental polarizing. Got it?" Jaune winked at his partner as Sun got ready to do the toss.

"Heads." She calls as the coin begins flipping in the air. In gently lands on the sand, with tails facing up.

"Looks like we'll be facing Jaune and Weiss." Blake observed, handing the coin back to Sun.

"Alright now, Weiss," Jaune began as Nora stepped back to serve first. "If I say duck, just drop to the ground."

"Jaune this is just volley-"

"Duck!" Jaune shouted as he dove out of the way of the volleyball.

"Nora," Ren called, "you can't play beach volleyball if there's no sand."

As the game went on, those watching found themselves more and more engrossed. Though Nora and Blake barely scored, they were the most entertaining to watch.

"Nora stay on your side!" Blake called as she got up after dodging yet another one of Nora's attempts to get the ball. They say Ren and I are so a like. But how does he manage to keep alive with Nora?

"But I wasn't sure if you had it." Nora replied innocently. Blake closed her eyes to roll them as she got up from the sand. In the end, the game wasn't a total throw though. In true huntsman style Nora and Blake did end up finding a rhythm, managing to end the game behind by only 5 points rather than 12.

"The final match," Ruby announced as the teams took their places, "Team Arc and Schnee up against Nikos and Ren!"

"Wait, I thought his first name was Ren?" Neptune asked looking at Yang.

"Nope." Yang responded, as she started trying to take bets on who would win.

The game started out civil enough, with almost a gently back and forth scoring between the teams. However, one both teams hit 15 points, something changed. Both teams were hitting the ball harder, getting closer and closer to the foul lines to psych out the other team. Eventually the crowd decided after the score had become 24 to 24 that the next point would win.

"You know, if you two win, I could accuse you both of mutiny." Jaune commented as he bounced the volleyball against the sand.

"You wouldn't have much of a team left Jaune. Remember the last time you spent a day just with Nora?" Pyrrha called back with a grin. That poor boy walked stiff for three days after she dragged him around campus.

Fighting talk out of the way, Jaune was ready to end this and prove himself the Beach Volleyball Champ he was. He quickly ran up to serve and tapped the ball into the air. Everyone stood still, watching as the ball practically floated in the air.

"Jaune, why'd you throw away the last point?" Sun asked confused, sure the ball wouldn't make it over the net. A thump caught his attention and there was the ball, right next to the net, on Pyrrha and Ren's side.

"Jaune and Weiss win!" Flicka announced as the group cheered for the unexpected Champion.

"Is this another thing that happens when you grow up with seven sisters Jaune?" Pyrrha asked as she walked over to congratulate him. Jaune simply took her outstretched arm and spun her around on the sand.

"You could say that." He said through a cheeky grin as he dipped Pyrrha, nodding his head to cue the band. As the music started playing, everyone joined in on the dance floor. However, to everyone's thanks, there was no embarrassing dance battle.