I'm back! This chapter is a little late and I suspect the next couple may be as well. I'm getting pretty busy with the holiday season, but I'm not giving up on the story, I'm just going to be a little slower on it for a while. Just a heads up.

Loving how many people are sending me ideas. I mostly had an idea where the story was going and you guys are helping me fill in all the details. It will make the process so much easier. Thanks to you all.

One again, you feed my ego and I'll write more chapters.

Velvet and Blake walked down the halls of Beacon, giggling and gossiping. A friend of Blake's recently moved into the school for the Vale tournament and Blake could admit that she was happy about it. She went to go visit him and on her way back, she bumped into the bunny eared Faunus. Although normally quiet, Blake was still a girl and wanted to talk about her infatuation and Velvet was a willing recipient. The two continued to discuss a certain monkey tailed boy until Velvet was side tackled by a flash of blonde. "Oof," Velvet grunted as she hit the floor.

"Aw man, I'm so sorry Velvet. I wasn't looking where I was going," Jaune scrambled to his feet and helped his Faunus friend up.

Velvet rubbed her head, but smiled anyways. "I-it's alright J-Jaune. Why were you rushing?"

Blake looked the knight over. She saw that he was sweating, ragged and panting. "Is everything okay?"

Jaune backed up, rubbing the back of his head and laughing nervously. "U-uh, yeah. It's all good. I, uh, just have to go. Like right now."

The leader took off down the hall before the other two could question him further.

The two Faunus' looked at each other with confusion.

Not a moment later, Pyrrha turned the corner, the same direction that Jaune came running from, casually walking by. "Hey Pyrrha, do you know what's up with Jaune?" Velvet asked as she walked by.

"Oh, we were just having a conversation when he took off. Don't worry, I'll talk to him." Pyrrha responded with a sweet voice.

"Do you think you can catch him?" Blake smirked, piecing together the situation.

"Easily. Mostly because Jaune forgot one very important thing."

Velvet cocked her head to the side. "And what's that?"

"Jaune forgot to remove his armor," Pyrrha answered as she showed the other two her hand, which was slightly obscured by a black aura.

Blake's eyes widened. "Right. He's dead, isn't he?"

"What, I'm not going to kill him," Pyrrha started walking again, "but it doesn't hurt to let him think I'm going to for a while."

Jaune continued to sprint through the school, desperately trying to think of a hiding place. I can't hide in our room. Team RWBY's? No, they would sell me out instantly. She knows the school to well for me to hide in any random room. Then where!? Jaune turned another corner and skidded to a stop, narrowly avoiding another collision, this time with Professor Ozpin. "Mr. Arc, what could you possibly be in such a rush for?"

"No time to talk sir, I need a place to hide," Jaune looked over his shoulder nervously.

Ozpin looked at him with worry. "Why? Is there a Grimm in the school?"

"Ten times worse than that sir. And it's after me."

Ozpin took a guess as to what or who Jaune was referring to. "So she caught on, huh?"

Jaune bushed, but nodded. "Alright then, get a move on," the professor shooed the young knight.

Jaune took off and Ozpin chuckled to himself. After walking some more, the headmaster encountered Pyrrha. "Good evening Ms. Nikos."

"Good evening Professor. Have you seen Jaune?"

"I may have seen him around," Ozpin smiled knowingly, however, his smile disappeared when Pyrrha gave him a look similar to many that he has received from Goodwitch.

The headmaster pointed with his cane. "He went that way."

"Thank you, Professor," Pyrrha continued her search in the direction she was led.

Ozpin chuckled to himself and shook his head. "Oh dear, Mr. Arc seems to have done it this time."

Jaune knew that he couldn't keep running for long. Pyrrha was still physically superior than him and could catch him at any moment she pleased. He stopped to catch his breath when an idea struck him. "The guest dorms! We've hardly been down there," Jaune shouted, but then clasped a hand over his own mouth. "Crap. I hope she didn't hear that."

He took off again, gaining a second wind. He made it to the guest hall, looking over his shoulder for the red haired apocalypse instead of where he was going. Predictably, he had another collision.

"Ow! Seriously man, is this how greet each other?"

Jaune looked up to see the same Faunus boy that he ran into the other day. "Sorry."

The doomed knight stood back up and went to run again when his shoulder was grabbed. "Hold up," the Faunus smirked at him, "what's the rush. You ran into me twice and I don't even get a name?"

Jaune moaned, but didn't want to be rude. "Jaune."

"Sun." The Faunus revealed his name.

"Alright Sun, I have to go find a place to hide."

Sun cocked his head with curiosity. "Then why don't you tell me why in my room?"

"Are y-you sure?" Jaune almost slapped himself for questioning his only stroke of luck.

"Yeah, sure. I was only returning a book a friend forgot in my room, but if I have a reason to stay in my room, she'll have to come back to get it," Sun replied with a wink.

Jaune through his arms around his new friend. "Thank you so much!"

"Okay now," Sun was getting uncomfortable, "Let's keep the hugs under three seconds."

Jaune backed off sheepishly. "Sorry."

The monkey Faunus led Jaune to his guest room where Jaune explained his situation. Throughout the entire story, Sun either nodded or furrowed his brows in curiosity. When Jaune finished, Sun thought for a moment before putting in his opinion. "So let me get this straight. You have an incredibly hot, athletic, smart girl who's absolutely nuts over you and even though you like her back, you refuse to be in a relationship with her because you think she could better?"

"Well when you put it like that…" Jaune turned away with a cough.

"And on top of that, she's the reason why you've improved as a hunter and gained more competence as a person through the help she gave you while asking nothing in return?"

"But that's the point! She does nothing but help me. I don't want to always be dragging her down. She deserves better than that." Jaune replied, absolutely convicted.

Sun chuckled and shook his head. He then proceeded to stand up, pull Jaune up with him and lead him to the door. "Uh…, what's going on?" Jaune asked.

"I can take part of this. You're on your own," Sun smirked then pushed Jaune into the hall.

"W-wait can't we talk about-" the door slammed, cutting Jaune off.

"We should hang out sometime, if you survive that is," Sun called through the door.

The young knight slumped his shoulders. "Jaune? There you are!"

Jaune turned to see Pyrrha walking, still casually, down the hall. "Gah!" Jaune spun around and tried to run, but found that while his arms and legs moved, his body refused to follow.

He looked down to inspect the problem and saw that his armor was glowing with a familiar black aura. Panicking, he attempted to strip it off, but he lurched back, pulled by Pyrrha's semblance. The Spartan smiled in victory. Just as Jaune was about to be with in Pyrrha's grasp, the blonde boy managed to undo one of the bindings on his armor and slip out. Jaune then proceeded to sprint at full speed down the hall, ditching his family's sword as well.

Pyrrha sighed. She was growing tired of this chase and wanted to talk to him. She abandoned her calm manner and took off after her desire as fast as she could. Jaune was out of the building and running across the campus at this time. Fatigue was beginning to set in and he was slowing down. He saw a path to the Emerald Forest, but his he remembered his nightmare again and disregarded that idea. He stopped and leaned on a nearby tree to rest when he started to hear a whistling in the air. He tried to locate the source, but the spear that was creating the noise stuck itself to the tree, pinning Jaune's hoody to it. "Oh come on!" Jaune shouted as he tried to pull it out.

He saw Pyrrha a little distance away and closing and wasted no time in maneuvering out of his hoody. He started to run again, but it was more of a slow jog at this point. Pyrrha made to the tree and pulled her weapon back out. She watched the fleeing boy and smirked at the hoody left behind. If we keep this up, he might have to take off all his clothes to escape. However, she shook away the daydream for she had more important things to deal with.

Jaune was now out of energy. He was at the school fountain and couldn't take another step. He heard footsteps behind him and sighed in resignation. He turned around with his hands up and found Pyrrha with her arms crossed and her eyes narrowed. Jaune laughed nervously. "H-hey Pyrrha. Um, before you start pummeling me-"

"I'm not going to hit you, Jaune," Pyrrha interrupted.

"Oh thank dust!" Jaune sank to his knees with a sigh of relief.

"I do think we need to have a talk though."

Jaune's eyes widened. "Can I just get hit instead?"

He was answered with a disapproving glare.

"Okay, okay, but listen. You have so much potential, much more than me, and I know that you're nice enough to help me and all, but I don't want to be someone who you have to drag around, always picking up after my mistakes. Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate what you've done for me and I'll never be able to repay you and that's why I don't we should be together," Jaune explained.

Pyrrha rubbed the bridge of her nose before replying. "Jaune, did it ever occur to you that I may have been helping for other reasons than being nice?"

Jaune cocked his head in confusion. Pyrrha continued, "Did you ever think that the reason that I put so much effort into training you is because I wanted to spend more time with and maybe even get you to like me. I'm not perfect. I am a little selfish every once and a while."

Jaune was shocked for a moment, but he took a deep breath and stood back up. "That doesn't change the way I feel. You could do better, Pyrrha, and as the leader of team JNPR and your friend, it is my responsibility to make sure that you reach your full potential. And the best way I can do that is as a temporary teammate, not a boyfriend."

Pyrrha grew frustrated with Jaune's insecurities, but stayed calm and smiled at him. "Very well Jaune. I believe that's all the talking we'll need to do."

Jaune sighed in relief as Pyrrha walked away, but the red head called back to him. "However Jaune, we will be stuck together for four years and I'm wondering how long you can keep to that conviction."

Jaune groaned, knowing that things were only going to get worse.

Jaune returned to his team's room. Pyrrha was already there for she waved to him with a sweet smile and a predator like glint in her eye. The knight gulped. He looked over to Nora and Ren, who were polishing there weapons. Jaune couldn't help but notice the guilty look on Ren's face. He formed a suspicion on how Pyrrha figured out what he was doing and approached his teammate. "Welcome back Jaune. How was your training?" Ren asked, trying to retain his stoic demeanour.

"We didn't end up training. Pyrrha found out some interesting things recently and I got to spend the evening evading her around the school," Jaune whispered back.

Ren sighed. "Ok, Sorry," he whispered as well, "but something had to be done."

Jaune smiled a sadistic smile. "That's fine Ren. Do you know why?"

The jade boy grew nervous as his leader spoke. "Why?"

"Because I'm not the only one who talked that night."

Ren's eyes widened with terror. "Jaune, don't you dare-."

"Don't what?" Jaune asked, much louder. "Don't tell Nora about how you've actually loved her for years and you just haven't figured out how to tell her?"

"Why you-." Ren began to stand up, but was talked by a flash of pink and a squeal.

Jaune returned to his bed, leaving Ren to deal with a squealing and giggling Nora. Pyrrha arched her eyebrow when he looked at her, but he shrugged in response. "Was that necessary?" Pyrrha asked.

"He pretty much did the same to me," Jaune defended himself.

"True. And I suppose he is getting off pretty easily," Pyrrha smirked at Jaune.

Jaune blushed and gulped then quickly threw himself under his sheets. "Well, goodnight."

"Goodnight Jaune," Pyrrha replied.

The game's changed now. I will show you how wrong you are Jaune Arc. Pyrrha smirked to herself. There's no holding back now.

"Dammit Nora! There's other people in the room!" Ren shouted.

"Do you know how long I've waited for this!?" Nora yelled back.

There you go Nora/Ren shippers. I said it would happen. I think you've figured that it's also Blake/Sun.

Next Chapter: Jealousy