Hello! This came later than I wanted it to. My computer got buggy on me, so I had to do a reboot on it and now my word programs don't work... but with some extra effort, I managed to finish the chapter, although the next couple might be a little late as well, but I am not giving up on the story.
On a lighter note, it has been requested that I reveal what was in Yang's dream journal, but I'd like to point out that this story is rated T, so you'll have to use your imagination to fill in the blanks ;)
Also, I've been thinking and I do value my readers opinions. Should I continue the story after I make Jaune and Pyrrha a couple? Or should I end it when they get together and do an epilogue instead? I'm willing to write, but I don't want the story to dry out. So let me know.
So here's chapter 19. Thanks for reading.
Pyrrha turned to the heiress who had approached her. Classes just ended and the two were walking through the halls towards their dorms. Weiss was speaking in a hushed tone so that the others would not hear her. "Why do you wish for me to join you? Wouldn't you prefer Ruby's companionship?" Pyrrha questioned.
Weiss looked over at her girlfriend, who was engaged in a conversation with her older sister before answering. "I want to pick up a surprise for Ruby from a shop in town and I thought you could help me find something. So will you?"
"Sure, but won't Ruby suspect something when we're both missing?"
"Yes, but she won't notice because she and her sister both got detention for having a 'paper airplane dogfight' in Oobleck's class," Weiss rolled her eyes, but smiled.
"Alright. Let me get changed and I will meet you in front of the school."
"Thank you," Weiss smiled to her friend.
The students said goodbye to Ruby and Yang, who slumped off to their detention. Team JNPR arrived at their dorm and while Pyrrha grabbed a change of clothing, she noticed Jaune and Nora setting up the game station. "I hope you don't mind Pyrrha, but we invited Sun over tonight to play video games with us. We figured you wouldn't mind because you never seemed interested in playing," Jaune explained.
"That is fine. I am going into town with Weiss anyways," Pyrrha replied.
"Why?" Jaune tilted his head.
"She wishes to get a surprise for Ruby while she is in detention and asked for my assistance."
"Oh, ok. Have fun," Jaune waved her goodbye.
"I will, but it won't be nearly as nice without you," Pyrrha responded with a wink as she left the room.
The young Spartan could hear Jaune sigh as she closed the door behind her and giggled to herself. She then proceeded to the change rooms where she switched into her regular attire, dropped her school uniform in the laundry room and headed for the front of the school. There she met Weiss and the two waited for the air shuttle to arrive. "So, how's the hunt for the doofu- er, Jaune going? Weiss asked.
"He's still being stubborn, but I think I'm staring to ware him down," Pyrrha smirked to herself.
"He is much more resiliant than I expected. Anything planned for the near future?"
"No, but don't think I'm going to let him off easily."
The two girls laughed and continued to chat until the air shuttle arrived and they borded. The ride to town was uneventful and soon the two were walking down the streets of Vale. "So what did you have in mind?" Pyrrha asked as she looked through some store windows.
"I'm not sure yet. She's read pratically every book there is on weapons and I don't want to feed her sugar addiction with any cookies. Any ideas?"
"Hmm," Pyrrha thought as she scanned the stores they walked by.
As she walked, Pyrrha felt a sense of familiarity as she looked around and upon remembering where she was, forze on the spot. She slowly turned her head and found the bikini shop that Yang had purchased that humiliating bathing suit that she used to torment the red head. She was about to quicken her pace when she saw Weiss starring at the same store she wanted to avoid. Tracing her line of sight, Pyrrha found a mannequin displaying a very skimpy red two piece. Weiss caught Pyrrha's smirk out of the corner of her eye and blushed. With a cough, she began to walk again, but knew Pyrrha wasn't hoing to let it go.
"Were you-" Pyrrha started.
"No!" Weiss replied sharply, her blush deepening.
"Well, she would look very... cute in something like that," Pyrrha pressed, snickering.
"Shut up," Weiss was now walking ahead of her by a few paces.
Pyrrha chuckled to herself. I'm starting to see why Yang does this so much. The Spartan caught up to her companion and the duo continued to search.
Meanwhile, back at Beacon, the rest of team JNPR plus Sun were having an intense match in the virtual wolrd. Blake came along to, if only to spend more time with her boyfriend, but really had no love for video games and was bored while sitting on Nora's bed. Eventually, she messaged Velvet, who showed up up a few minutes later to give Blake someone to talk to. The two female Faunus' talked while the others played for a few hours until the six could hear a loud groan coming form the hall. Curios, Nora paused the game and looked out the door. Outside, the hammer wielder saw Yang and Ruby coming down the hall. "Hey Yang! Hey Ruby! How was detention?" Nora called to them.
"Stupid." Ruby grumbled as she trudged down the hall.
"Oobleck made us write a two thousand word paper on the rise of the Vale empire. My hand is killing me," Yang added.
"That sucks, but were having a mini party in here. Wanna join us?" Nora offered cheerily.
Yang brightened up at the word party and ran to the door. "Awesome! Come on Ruby."
Ruby also cheered up and skipped after her sister. The rejoined the others in the room, but Ruby frowned. "Where's Weiss?"
"And Pyrrha for that matter," Yang muttered.
The other collectively shrugged and went back to their activities, save for Jaune, who nervously looked back at his fellow leader. "Jaune, where are they?" Ruby asked him.
"I-I don't know," Jaune stuttered.
"Jaune, don't make resort to extreme tactics. You know I'll do it," Ruby leaned down so that she was face to face with the knight.
"R-really! I d-don't know where they are," Jaune smiled sheepishly.
Before Jaune could react, Ruby dropped to her knees and looked up at him. Her eyes were larger than usual and watering while her bottom lip quivered. "Gah! Not the face!" Jaune covered his eyes, but it was too late for the image of Ruby's puppy face was burned into his mind.
He peered though his fingers to see that Ruby had clasped her hands together and was making a slight whimpering sound. "Fine! They went to town because Weiss wanted to get you a present! Please, I can't take it anymore!" Jaune begged as he reeled from the adorable sight.
Ruby's face changed to a wide grin as bounced up onto her feet. "Really! She doesn't need to get me anything, but it's so nice of her to do that. I wonder what she's getting me..."
"You know, I was thinking of getting you two a present to celebrate your relationship," Yang commented, amused by the whole scene.
"Really?" Ruby turned to her older sister.
"Yeah, but I didn't think I could convince Velvet to have a three way with you," Yang struggled to keep a straight face.
"What!" The bunny girl stared at the brawler in horror.
Yang fell to the ground in laughter, recieving a mix of annoyed glares and bemused looks. "Leave her alone Yang," Jaune rolled his eyes.
"Ooh, tough guy comes to save the day," Yang sauntered over to the other blonde. "Be careful, or I might just start slipping love notes to a certain robot like stalker."
"You better be careful or copies of page 24 of a certain someone's dream journal might end up all over campus. By the way, I won't be able to look at potato peelers the same way for a while because of that," Jaune shivered at the memory.
Yang's face lit up and she pointed at her teammates. "You let JAUNE read my dream journal!?"
"I did no such thing," Blake smirked back at her.
"Nope!" Ruby chirpped.
Yang growled, crossed her arms and sat in the corner grumbling as she watched the game.
Meanwhile, Pyrrha and Weiss finally found the perfect gift for Ruby and Weiss was just paying for it. "That took longer than expected," Wiess sighed as they left the store.
"She's probably out of detention now. What will you tell her?" Pyrrha asked.
"I suppose the best I can do is tell her the truth and give her her present," Weiss looked at the exotic fairy tale book in her hand. "I think I'll get it gift wrapped. Do you mind waiting?"
"Not at all," Pyrrha smiled as the heiress ran back into the store.
The Spartan aimlessly looked around until her sight settled on a small streed dust vendor. She wondered over and investigated the merchandise. "Hey there, sweetheart," the merchant, a dirty, shady looking man smiled creepily at Pyrrha. "Anything I can help you with?"
Pyrrha restrained herself from recoiling with disgust and smiled back. "No, no. I'm just looking."
"Anything in praticular?" The man's yellow teeth showed.
"Um... Do you have anything unique? You don't see to many street vendors selling dust. Is there anything special about your products?"
The man chuckled. "Well... I do have one hard to find kind of dust. D'ya have a special someone in your life that you'd like to inspire a little more romance with?"
Images of the leader of team JNPR flashed in Pyrrha's mind, causing her to blush. "M-maybe. Why?"
The man picked up a vile of lightish pink dust and help it up to his potential customer. "You see, here is what we would call love dust."
"Love dust?" Pyrrha asked skeptically.
"Yes Ma'am. A slight dose can dramatically alter the subjects view of the one he cares about."
"How does it work?"
"Well you see, when inhaled, it causes any romantic feelings to become extremely exaggerated. To put it simply, the subject needs to have feelings for ya to work, but it might start the spark you need for your relationship. A simple crush could become a obsession, so I'd be careful. Only use a little bit."
Pyrrha looked over her shoulder to see if Weiss had returned yet. When she confirmed that she wouldn't be seen, she thought about the dust. Well Jaune does have feelings for me. Would it be wrong to give him a little push? Maybe I should buy it just in case. Pyrrha pulled out the money and handed it to the merchant. "I've never heard of this kind of dust before.
The merchant laughed nervously as he shoved the money into his pocket. "It's uh... imported?"
Pyrrha took the vile and was about to ask more about the questionable product, but she heard her name being called and decided that she didn't want to be seen purchasing such a thing.
She nodded to the merchant and went to meet Weiss. They headed back to the air shuttle and arrived at Beacon. They found Ruby in team JNPR's room, who was ecstatic to see them. "Weiss, you didn't need to buy me a present, but since you already did, what did you get?"
"How did you know I got you a gift?" Weiss asked, dissapointed and angry.
"I, uh, need to go to washroom," Jaune started to walk to the door.
"Arc?" Weiss blocked his way with a dangerous look in her eye.
"It's not his fault! I used the face on him," Ruby defended the knight.
Weiss sighed, but smiled to her girlfriend. After the present was given, team RWBY returned to their room, as did Sun and Velvet. Team JNPR cleaned up the room. "We forgot to get dinner while we were out so I'm going to stop by the cafeteria," Pyrrha informed her friends as she walked out the door.
As she walked, she pulled out the vile of supposed love dust and studied it, thinking. "No, I'll convince him my own way. I don't need this stuff. It probably doesn't work anyway."
Pyrrha was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she didn't notice the fast approaching figure from behind her. "Hey Pyrrha!" Jaune called out.
Startled, the red head stumbled, the vile flying from her hand and smashing onto the floor. Failing to balance herself, Pyrrha tumbled after the container and face planted into the small cloud that the dust created and inhaled shaprely to make up for the air that was knocked out of her lungs. "Are you okay? I just came to askyou if you wanted to train when you finished eating. Did you hurt yourself?" Jaune asked, concerned.
He rolled his teammate over and held her in his arms. Pyrrha's, although dazed, felt a strange feeling coming over mind and body. When her eyes finally focused on the boy above her, she came to the conclussion that the dust did actually work. "Oh dear," the Spartan muttered as her senses dulled and she could only focus on Jaune.