Heyo! I managed to squeeze this one out between my busy schedule, but the next chapter may take at least a couple days, sadly. I still keep a progress report on my profile for how the next chapter is coming along if some of you get curious.
Once again, everyone has been amazing with the reviews and it has made me work harder.
I'd also like to thank Kisdota-The Freak Gamer again for helping me get over some writer's block. His influence has greatly affected this chapter and he even gave me a great idea for a future chapter. I'm bumping up the chapter expectation to 16, but it could go even further if anyone else suggests something good.
And with that, I'll leave you with the newest chapter.
No matter how fast Oobleck moved or talked, his class couldn't go any slower. Ruby was practically bouncing in her seat, unable to contain her excitement. Every few seconds, she would look to the clock, her mind begging it would go faster. Tonight was the big sleepover her team had planned and she was waiting all day to get back to their room to set up. Weiss, on the other hand, was having difficulties containing her irritation. Her rambunctious partner was causing quite a distraction from the seat beside. She had even been elbowed a couple times, followed by a quick sorry. Thankfully, the class was almost over and she only had to put up with it for a few more minutes. Also, she to admit she was a little excited for tonight. She never had a sleepover before. Of course this is the only reason why she held herself from scolding the younger girl.
Across the room, Pyrrha, already have written down all the notes for the class, was quietly chatting with Nora about their nights plans. "So it started with team RWBY and us, but now Velvet and that Penny girl are coming too? Tonight's going to be awesome!" Nora exclaimed a little too loud.
Professor Oobleck cleared his throat and gave her a stern look, but continued rapping up his lesson. "I look forward to spending the evening with our friends as well," Pyrrha whispered.
"Ren and I had sleep overs all the time growing up," Nora mentioned with nostalgia, but added after seeing Pyrrha's amused face, "But we only watched movies and ate junk food!"
Pyrrha smirked at her friends embarrassed reactions and had a difficult time picturing Ren eating anything unhealthy.
The bell finally rang and Ruby zipped out of the room, casually followed by the rest of her team. The three remaining members met up With Pyrrha and Nora, as well as Velvet, to talk about their plans. Velvet split from the group to go get her things, saying she was going meet them at 6:00. The rest of the girls turned the corner into their halls in time to hear a resounding "Yes!" from the door of team JNPR. The girls saw Jaune rummaging through a large brown bow that lay outside in the hall, Ren behind him with a curious look. "What ya got there, Vomit Boy?" Yang asked.
Jaune gave a small scowl at the nickname, but went back to smiling as he explained. "After you guys suggested a slumber party, I thought Ren and I could spend the night doing something, so I sent a letter home to my mom, asking her to send some things and they came just in time."
"What did you get?" Nora, now excited joined her leader in searching the package.
Jaune removed the Styrofoam to reveal a small TV set as well as a game console with a few games. "Aww, no fair! I wanna play video games," Nora whined.
"It's okay Nora. I'm sure we'll have plenty of fun ourselves. And it's here now, so I'm sure Jaune will let you play it some other time," Pyrrha comforted her friend.
Yang interrupted at that moment. "Jaune! How could you?"
She continued after Jaune gave her a curious look. "Now that she knows what you'll be doing tonight, you've ruined all the yaoi fantasies Blake was going to have!"
Instead of the expected reaction, Blake only smirked. "You're one to talk. I found your dream journal."
Yang's face blanked at the mention of her secret. Weiss pushed through the group with an annoyed look. "Anyways, we should go help Ruby."
The other two agreed to a silent truce and followed the heiress into their room. "We should get ready as well," Pyrrha suggested.
Nora nodded and went to gather her things. "Come on Ren, help me set this up," Jaune heaved the box into the room.
Ren reluctantly followed content that everyone else was happy. Several hours passed and after Nora and Pyrrha had got changed in to their pyjamas, gathered their sleeping bags and some miscellaneous items, they opened the door, ready to start the party. The boys followed, saying their goodbyes for the night. Nora and Jaune were finishing their conversation about some popular video game, so Ren moved close to Pyrrha to whisper to her. "Well everyone is at the slumber party; this may be the perfect time for me to talk to Jaune."
"Talk to him about what?" Pyrrha was genuinely confused.
Ren sighed, but continued. "I consider you an Jaune good friends of mine and I want to hel-"
"Hello Jaune."
"GAH! Penny! Uh… Hi," Jaune nervously laughed as he hid behind Nora, who had an amused smirk plastered on her face.
Penny stood in her bright green pyjamas and socks, holding a gray pillow and a small bag. "I hope I'm not late."
"Nope! Right on time," Nora responded. "Also, I think you'll be glad to know that Jaune and Pyrrha broke up."
Both hunter and huntress in training mentioned looked at Nora in disbelief. "And that's what you get for playing video games without me," Nora whispered to a terrified Jaune.
"Excellent! Perhaps we might be able to rekindle the flame of our passion and love," Penny offered, creepy smile still present.
"Oh geez, Penny. I'd love to, but I, uh… need some time to heal. It might take years," Jaune managed to squeak out between his whimpers.
"I'll wait for you," Penny replied almost instantly.
Jaune moved from the traitor on his team and opted to hiding behind Ren. "Well it was good seeing you. Have fun good night. Goodbye," the trembling knight used his human shield to cover his retreat back into his room.
Pyrrha was slightly angry at Nora, but couldn't hold it against since Jaune seemed to still avoid her only known rival.
Nora knocked on the door to RWBY's room and it swung open to reveal a smiling Ruby. "Hey guys! Penny, I'm glad you could make it. Velvet arrived a little early, so we're all here. Come on in."
Inside the room, a small array of snacks were set on a small folding table, magazines, both beauty and weapons based, littered the floor and a couple board games were waiting in the corner. On Yang's bed sat a portable DVD player with several disks, ranging from romantic comedies to horror. Velvet and Blake were sitting on the floor talking about recent faunus rights movement. Yang was circling the snack table, the only thing keeping her from divulging was Weiss' cold stare from her place on her own bed. The three newcomers put their things with Velvet's and then joined the others. Pyrrha picked up a weapons magazine and flipped through it with Ruby, who excitedly chatted about the various articles. Nora joined Yang and the two quickly started an eating contest, much to Weiss' disgust. What troubled Weiss even more though was the socially challenged red head who sat beside her on her bed and tried to start a conversation.
"Good evening Weiss," the puppeteer greeted.
"Good evening to you," Weiss responded, letting her Schnee upbringing control her speech.
"How have you been doing?"
"Fine. This evening's social event is going as planned. It's good to see all of Ruby's hard work come to fruition."
"I suppose you'd like to see Ruby happy in any scenario," Penny smile widened.
"What do you mean by that?" Weiss, now curious, focused on her companion.
"Are you and Ruby not in some romantic relationship?"
"WHAT! Of course not," Weiss screeched.
All heads turned to the outburst, quieting Weiss down with a blush. She eyed Ruby for a moment longer, then turned back to Penny. "What gave you that idea?" she whispered harshly.
"I calculated my conclusion from the interactions I've observed between you and Ruby. I meant no offense."
"Whatever. Just don't bring it up with anyone else. Especially Yang," Weiss shuddered at the thought of what Yang's reaction would be if she suspected that Weiss was involved with her beloved little sister.
"If you say so. I will go converse with the others now. Thank you for inviting me to your slumber party."
Weiss sighed in relief. After a moment of contemplation, she went to join Blake and Velvet. The next couple hours went by smoothly. They watched a movie, gossiped (Jaune was brought up a magnitude of time, to Pyrrha's dismay), and played a couple of bored games. It was about 10:00 at this point and Yang stood up and clasped her hands together. "Well ladies, I think it's time we continued an age old tradition of playing everyone's favorite game. Truth or dare."
Ruby's eyes widened as she scrambled to the far wall. "Nuh uh. No way. I'm not ever playing that with you ever again." The young girl growled at her sister.
"Don't be such a spoil sport," Yang grinned in response.
"She can't be that bad," Blake remarked skeptically.
"Last time we played, I ended up six blocks from our house in nothing but a pink frilly tutu, and it was the middle of winter mind you, singing 'I'm a little tea pot in front of all of signal's students. Yang wouldn't even drive my home after words. I couldn't show my face at school for a week," Ruby's face flushed at the bitter memory.
The others turned to Yang with questioning and somewhat scared looks. "Um… I like to play hard core?" Was her only response.
"If we play, how about we rule it so that we can't leave the school grounds," Blake offered.
"And let's n-not do anything t-too humiliating," Velvet suggested nervously.
"But that ruins the game," Nora countered.
"What if everyone gets one freebee. One truth or dare they don't have to do," Pyrrha interjected.
"Fine, fine," Yang waved to calm everyone down, "We'll play by your rules. Is that fine with you sis?"
Ruby still looked suspicious, but sat down with the rest of them. "I'm watching you," she whispered.
"Now before we start, there's one last thing," Yang announced as she pulled a grayish green dust crystal from out of her pocket.
Weiss, with her advance knowledge of dust, gawked at Yang's new toy. "Where did you get that?"
"What is it?" Penny inquired.
"It's a specially crafted dust used by Vale police forces and detectives to interpret the authenticity of the statements given by their suspects," Weiss explained.
"Is a wha?" Ruby cocked her head.
"It's a lie detector," Blake cringed.
"That's right. Those of you planning on choosing truth will not be getting off easy tonight!" Yang exclaimed happily as she placed the crystal in the center of their circle.
The girls looked uneasily at each other, but none of them moved.
"Now since it was my idea, I'll start." Yang surveyed the room before pointing out her victim. "Weiss."
Across the hall in team JNPR's room, the boys sat on their beds, eyes glued to the screen in front of them. To say Ren was irritated would be an understatement. He didn't think of himself as better than Jaune, but he could admit he was faster, a little stronger, had a better grasp on his emotions and maybe even smarter. So with that in mind, Ren couldn't possibly figure out why he was losing. This. Stupid. Freaking. Game! Sure, Jaune was a minor prodigy when it came to strategy, but this was ridiculous. It was a simple game that Ren was sure he could master in moments. After all, video games were mindless dribble and he always won against Nora, but the current score read 37-2, Jaune. His leader chuckled as a blue sphere flew from over a large rock and stuck itself to Ren's helmet. Ren growled as his head detonated and Jaune celebrated with an inappropriate gesture over his corpse.
"What's the matter Ren? Did you forget you had invisibility equipped? Or did deplete when you had to retreat from my banshee onslaught?" Jaune taunted.
Ren refused to dignify him with a response, but his scowl deepened when his character dropped from a sniper round. "You know, there's a web series based on this game. It's pretty funny if you want to watch it after."
The game paused when the two heard a knock on the door. "Jaune?" a feminine voice called out. "Um… I need to ask you something."
Ren had already pieced together that Jaune was about to be involved in the party parallel to their room and was going to stop Jaune from answering the door until he glanced back at the screen and remembered the knight's teasing. He's on his own, Ren smirked to himself.