Escape from Fame

by Deviljho's Hatred

In an attempt to remember what it feels like to be a normal girl, Pyrrha with the help of her friends creates a disguised alter ego for the champion to use outside of Beacon. The freedom of being unrecognizable was a fantastic blessing until she was hit on by her oblivious blonde partner. Arkos.

2. Chapter 2

Escape from Fame Chapter Two: A Blessing in Disguise

A/N: Yo! What is happening everyone!? I'm back with another chapter of Escape from Fame for you all. Now I must say I was NOT expecting the swell of positivity I got from the first chapter. 12 reviews, and over 31 favorites and 50 followers in the course of a few days? Man I did not see that coming! Well I'm glad you all are enjoying this new fic of mine and I only hope you continue to do so as I continue.

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Escape from Fame Chapter Two: A Blessing in Disguise

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"Eh? Have we met before? No I think I would remember a pretty face like yours." Jaune said as he leaned on the counter and flashed another smile at the disguised Pyrrha.

'You cannot be serious!' Pyrrha thought furiously. Was her blonde partner so dense, so dim, so… idiotic that he did not recognize her voice? How cruel could the gods of Dust be to her? "I-I'm not that pretty…"

"I beg to differ." he said without missing a beat with his 'suave' tone. "So seeing as a beautiful girl like you knows my name, wanna go hit the town?" Jaune continued, his smile never leaving his face.

Before the disguised girl could answer the waitress Hazel had come back from the kitchen with Pyrrha's latte and scones. "Here you go miss- oh hello sir. Is this a friend of yours?"

"Ah ye- I mean no!" Pyrrha said a bit panicked. This whole situation was becoming a whole whirlwind for her. "No I have never met him before."

"I hope you aren't harassing this woman." Hazel said with a stern look. "We have a zero tolerance policy for any kind of misconduct here."

Jaune shook his head furiously with a red blush on his face as he waved his hands around in front of him. "Wh-What!/ No! No! No! You got it all wrong! Y-You see I was just- The thing is that-"

'Oh boy.' The disguised champion thought with a shake of her head as she managed to compose herself before her blonde leader. "Oh don't worry." Pyrrha began to save face for her partner. "He was just asking me to accompany him for a walk around town and I was going to say yes but he caught me off guard with his boldness."

The look on the waitress's face softened as she gave a small smile. "Oh okay good. For a second there I thought we had a problem. Well here is your order miss. That will be seven lien."

Pyrrha took out her wallet inside her small red purse and gave the waitress her money before thanking her and leaving with Jaune in tow.

"Hey thanks for the save back there." Jaune thanked as the exited the cafe. "I probably would have made a fool of myself if you hadn't stepped in."

"It's no problem." Pyrrha waved off. "You would've done the same for me."

"Heh I guess so. So I guess I'll just leave you alone now." with that the blonde started to walk down the sidewalk away from the champion.

"Wait, didn't you want to take me out around town?"

This got Jaune's attention as he turned back around to face the girl. "Eh? You were serious about that? You sure you want me to hang out with you? I don't want to drag you down if you were doing something else."

That question struck a chord in Pyrrha. Did she want this? The idea of hanging out with Jaune while disguised seemed like a foolish move. But is revealing her identity any better? It might make things worst and create an air of awkwardness around them. Last thing she would want is to alienate her team. She let out a sigh she didn't know she was carrying and smiled at her partner.

"It's no problem at all. I'd love to hang out with you."

"Great! So where do you want to go… uh what's your name again?"

'Oh no! Come on Pyrrha think! It can't be that hard to come up with a fake name can it?' Pyrrha wracked her brain quickly as possible to conceive a believable name. "N-Nicole… Nicole Pyre." she mentally slapped herself. "Is that really the best I could come up with? If only I was as good at this stuff as I was good at fighting.'

"Nicole huh? That's a nice name. Better than plain old Jaune." the blonde said with a small laugh.

Pyrrha shook her head at Jaune's claim. "I think it sounds very exotic. Much more unique than the boring names where I'm from."

"Really? Where are you from?"

'Not again! Well I think I don't need to lie about this one. After all there are so many people is Mistral.'

"Oh nowhere special. Just from Mistral."

Jaune's eyes lit up at hearing the kingdom's name. "Oh my partner in Beacon is from Mistral!"

Pyrrha raised an eyebrow at his statement. If she was gonna create a whole new persona, she would have to stick with the act. "Oh really? What's his name?"

"Her name actually. And It's Pyrrha Nikos. She's a really great partner and friend." Jaune said with a smile.

"You mean the tournament winner Pyrrha Nikos?"

The blonde nodded his head. "Yeah I take it she's even more famous other there than over here in Vale?"

Pyrrha nodded her head as she gave a small laugh. "You should've seen it. Back when she was over there she had people clammering all over her at her own house no less."

Although she told that part with a smile in truth it annoyed her to no end when she was trying to do her morning training. It was almost next to impossible to go on a simple morning jog let alone practice weapon training without all sorts of guys, and even some girls, throwing around date requests. They all knew how to play innocent but Pyrrha saw the glimmer they had in their eyes. A greedy hunger that would only be satisfied with the partnership of the young champion. If they could have the limelight shown on them for a moment, the people who tried to 'count' Pyrrha would sacrifice any expense on her much to her chagrin.

"Whoa. I had no idea she was THAT popular. Must be nice to have to endless admiration of everyone around you." The knight said as they continued down the street. "Hopefully I can be as famous as her when I become a hero!"

'Oh trust me, you'll regret it." Pyrrha muttered darkly to herself. It must be nice to be as blissfully ignorant of the burdens that come with fame as Jaune was. Not knowing how lonely it feels when people worship you.

"Huh what was that?"

"I said you'll regret not giving it your absolute best!" she said quickly to cover her tracks.

The knight bought her little cover up and continued walking until they both reached a comic book store called 'Heroes World'. "You don't mind if we make a quick stop here do you?"

"Not at all. You are a fan of comic books?"

Jaune gave a sheepish scratch behind his head and nodded. "Yeah, ever since I was a kid I always loved reading comic books about cool heroes and their quest to defeat the villains of the world. You could say it was another driving force for me to be a hero other than me being an Arc. Heh… You probably think I'm a dork don't you?"

Pyrrha shook her head in response. "No I think it's admirable if not a tiny bit amusing. I happen to be a fan of comic books myself."

Now this part she didn't need to lie about. Oh boy did she love a good comic book every now and again. The fantastic worlds people would create, the memorable characters, the sheer impactful story, the epic fights! Pyrrha loved comic books more than she would let anyone know. Her parents may have limited her time to view these 'distractions of her training' but she enjoyed every moment she could get with one. Jaune never knew but whenever he was out or when her teammates were fast asleep she would nab one of her partner's numerous issues of the famous X-Ray and Vav series and read it with a flashlight under her bed covers. Her favorite character was the lovable X-Ray and his super cool glasses. Her inner fangirling aside, she say a look of both disbelief and excitement on her partner's face at this piece of news.

"A girl who likes comic books!? Did I just step an alternate dimension where girls like nerdy things or something?"

"Like in X-Ray and Vav issue #55 when they had to fight their evil dimension versions of themselves and their friends?" Pyrrha quipped with a smile.

Jaune stood shell shocked for a moment as his companion's statement before kneeling to the woman before him. "I must be in heaven! Truly you are the angel us dorks have waited for!"

Pyrrha giggled into her hand at her partner's excitement and held out the door for him. "Shall we?"

"Let's." the knight said as he got up from the ground.

The inside of the comic book store was a nerd's paradise. Numerous graphic novels as far as the eye could see, along with collectables to buy, and a station to play Remnant: The Game. Throughout the store was many males, only males, looking around and purchasing goods to take home. All eyes turned to the door as they saw Jaune and the disguised Pyrrha walk in. Most of them became wide-eyed at the sight of an actual female coming into a comic book store. Pyrrha felt herself fidget at all the sudden attention.

"Um Jaune…?"

The blonde turned to his companion with a raised eyebrow. "Yes?"

"They're staring…" she said as she gave an uncomfortable glance to her surroundings.

Jaune laughed at the girl's worries. "Relax Nicole, they're probably more scared of you then you are of them."

Pyrrha had to stifle a laugh at that comment. Who knew that Jaune could actually be witty? "Well do they have the new X-Ray and Vav issue out yet?"

"I'm actually looking for the newest issue of Red vs Blue. They say that Tucker just discovered a whole alien armory!"

Hours passed as the knight and disguised spartan spent time at the shop. Soon dusk had approached the city as the sun began its slow descent into the horizon as the shattered moon began to appear in the sky. The two looked out to the window and saw the sky darkening.

"Oh man! The day's almost over." Jaune complained as he put back a comic he was interested in. "I gotta get back to Beacon."

"So soon? Well it was a fun day while it lasted."

"So um... hey I was kinda wondering..."

"Yes?"

Jaune fidgeted a bit as he looked a bit off to the side. "You wanna... maybe do this again sometime? "

"He wants to meet again like this!? Oh no this isn't good! If I say yes I'll only be digging myself deeper in the lie but if I say no I'll feel terrible! Think Nikos, what's the best possible solution here!" The Spartan wracked her brain for a quick answer but found herself stumped. Looking at her oblivious partner, her heart sank at the hopeful look he was giving her. Pyrrha put up a slightly forced smile as she nodded at Jaune. "Yeah sure we can. How does tomorrow at around 4:30 P.M sound? "

"Yes!" Jaune cheered with a fist pump. Realizing he did that openly, he quickly composed himself into his 'smooth' demeanor. "I mean cool. I'll see you around alright Nicole? "

"Okay, have a safe trip Jaune." She said as she turned the corner and walked down the street. Making sure Jaune was out of eyeshot, the champion quickly bolted to the long way around to get to the airdocks. "If I hurry up I can make the ship before Jaune!"

Thanks to her champion level training and conditioning, the young spartan managed to get into the Dustplane just as the last call was being announced. Quickly swiping her Scroll by the scanner the ship gave her the green light to enter a minute before the doors closed. As the door slowly slid closed Pyrrha could've sworn she saw a familiar blonde head of hair running towards the plane before the doors shut. 'I feel kinda bad.' the champion thought to herself as the plane slowly started its ascent into the sky. 'Maybe I should've held the door out for him until he got in.' She shook her head at the thought. 'No, no. If he found out that "Nicole" went to Beacon, it would make things even more hectic and confusing.'

Meanwhile back on land the unlucky knight groaned as he sat on a nearby bench. "Dang it… Guess this is payback from my luck for actually having a nice day with a girl who wasn't my mom or my sisters… Well nothing to do but wait for the next one."

Jaune let his thoughts drift to the fun day with the girl he hung out with. Certainly came as a surprise that she actually wanted to hang out with him but maybe his dad's advicee was finally paying off. Maybe he was just trying it on the wrong girls. Jaune just prayed to the mighty great lord Oum that nothing would screw this up

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Pyrrha paced around in her dorm room back and forth with nervousness guiding her every step. "Oh this is bad, this is so very very bad." she kept muttering to herself.

Ren and Nora looked on this scene with mixed reactions after their friend had explained the situation. Ren himself was wondering why Pyrrha was making this a bigger deal than it was while Nora being the girl she was, set out to make the champion look on the brighter side of the situation. Though it was getting increasingly harder to get to to listen to reason as she kept pacing around. Soon Nora had enough and lifted the redhead onto her bed and placed a supportive hand on her shoulder as Ren got up from his seat on his bed.

"Calm down Pyrrha." Ren said as he attempted to ease the young woman's worries. "So you met Jaune while disguised? This can be easily solved by just thinking things through carefully."

"What are you talking about Ren? This whole situations messed up because I said yes to him." Pyrrha lamented as she buried her face into her palms.

"Don't think of it like that. Think of this as an advantage."

"What do you mean?"

"It's simple." Ren began as he stood in front of Pyrrha. "You use this persona you created to your advantage. Get to know Jaune in a more intimate way then you could as the Pyrrha he knows."

"Renny's right!" Nora chirped from her side. "You go on dates with him undercover and find out what he likes and doesn't like and use that to get him to fall for normal Pyrrha!"

The warrior felt herself blush red at Nora's statement. "I-It's not a date! We're just hanging out together."

"With no one else around, talking to each other and having fun. I'm confused Ren, what part of that isn't considered a date?" The spunky ginger haired girl addressed her stoic partner.

Ren shrugged himself with a small smile on his lips. "I don't know Nora."

Nora gave a giggle at the sight of Pyrrha's pouting face due to their teasing. "Relax Pyrrha you can do this! Sweep Jauney off his feet and be the best fake girl you can be!"

The Mistral champ thanked the both of them for their advice and decided to take a shower to calm her nerves. She grabbed her nightwear from her drawers as well as a towel and entered the bathroom. As Pyrrha shed her disguise clothing she made mental note to hide them somewhere that Jaune would never look. Perhaps her underwear drawer would do? The blonde knight didn't seem like the type of man to search through a girl's unmentionables. Pyrrha let the warm water cascade over her body, allowing her body to unwind and loosen from the hidden anxiety she had while with Jaune. Allowing herself a few more moments to properly scrub herself clean with soap, the champion rinsed herself off and turned off the shower. After exiting the glass door of the shower and drying herself off she put on her nightgown and exited the bathroom only to see Jaune talking in an enthusiastic manner.

"Oh hello Jaune." she greeted as she closed the door behind her. "How was your day?"

Jaune gave a heartwarming smile to the his partner. "It was fantastic! I was just telling Ren and Nora about it."

"Jauney met some girl who wanted to give him a chance." Nora said as she gave a discrete wink to the red haired warrior.

"Her name's Nicole Pyre and she's so amazing!" Jaune mildly gushed with a smile. "I got another date with her tomorrow and I really can't wait to see her again."

Pyrrha gave a strained smile at his words. "That's great Jaune. Glad to see someone is getting to know the real you like we do."

"I think I should try to get her something to greet her with when I see her tomorrow!"

As Jaune planned away for his and "Nicole's" next date while getting advice from his two other teammates more so Nora than Ren, Pyrrha just let herself fall into her bed and drift off to sleep. If she was really gonna be doing what Nora and Ren had suggested then she was going to need a full night of rest. Just as she was drifting off to dreamland a shout of dismay from her partner awoke her again.

"Crap! I forgot to tell her where we should meet and get her number!"

Pyrrha made mental note to get another Scroll with a different number if she was going to continue this facade. Yet another task added in order to keep Jaune's mind away from "Nicoles's" true identity.

'I just pray this won't get anymore complicated.'

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Chapter Two: A Blessing in DIsguise -End-

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A/N: PHEW! And that wraps up that chapter! Sorry for the wait for this chapter but with me getting a new job, taking pharmacy tech. exams and my hectic schedule as of late, this chapter ran later than I had anticipated. Fear not though as I have finally entered the modern age and have obtained… *drumroll* a Smartphone! Now with this little baby I can update through the Google Docs app much more quickly than I could before! So with that in mind I can hopefully update much more frequently. So I hope you all loved this chapter as much as I loved writing it and drop a review if you want to as seeing you all telling me what you think is my drive to write. See you all next chapter and have a nice day!

`Deviljho's Hatred