Hi everyone, Black Fuego here with the first of many one shots for this collection: Life at Beacon. This collection will contain events that have or will happen with Teams RWBY and JNPR along with my O.C. Team: BLAD. I suggest either reading the first couple chapters of BLAD of RWBY and JNPR first before reading this or at least the O.C list on my profile in order to know who the characters are. The majority of these stories will be humor, so nearly no action scenes here. Another thing to note is that these one shots will not be uploaded in chronological order of the main storyline, so some characters will already be coupled up in this story at one story and not in another. I'll be placing the timeframe of when the events are taking place and the couples before the story begins.
This first piece is called Operation: Let Sleeping Rens Lie, where the three teams try many different ways to try to get a sleep deprived Ren to finally get some rest. I hope you guys enjoy this piece.
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY nor Pokémon or anything Nintendo related, just waiting for my dvd to appear so I can convert my siblings into fans when I visit them for Thanksgiving and playing a little Y on the side.
Operation: Let Sleeping Rens Lie
Timeframe: Shortly after Forever Fall/ Chapter 5 of BLAD of RWBY and JNPR.
Couples: JaunexPyrrha
Ren loves his sleep. He really does. In fact he'd be content with sleeping all day if he didn't have morning classes. The only person in Beacon who likes to sleep as much as he does is, ironically, one of the earliest risers in school: Team BLAD's leader, Baltazar Azul. The katana user enjoys sleeping whenever and wherever he can. He has even slept in class on multiple occasions, yet somehow manages to not fall behind. No one knew how he did it, not even his cousin and partner Levy, his two good friends from Signal Ruby and Yang, or even his childhood friend Weiss. And when anyone asks him, he'll tell them that they'll figure it out soon.
Lately though, Ren hasn't been able to get as much sleep as he wanted. It started a few weeks ago, just before their first exams. He had to study and his leader Jaune suggested having a study party with the rest of the team. He agreed and the four studied for most of the night for a few days. Then he had accidentally agreed to do some late night sparing with Yang a day after the exam, and that lasted for nearly a week. After that he was pretty much forced to stay up late again because someone was stupid enough to dare Nora to eat six bowls of Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes in one sitting. She wouldn't stop running around campus for three days straight. Lastly there were the poker nights he had with Jaune, Baltazar and Ash every Wednesday night since class began and those started to last for much longer now lately. He wasn't complaining, though. He made a killing in the last game and even made off with a couple of explosive Dust knives that Baltazar placed in the pot. Thanks to all of this happening, Ren now has a hard time getting to sleep.
Because of the lack of sleep, Ren has been getting sloppy in his training, his grades were slipping a little and he was getting grumpy. His team had noticed this and voiced their concerns, but none of them knew what to do with Ren's situation. Thankfully today was Sunday, so there were no classes. Team JNPR decides to check with the other teams to see if they can help with Ren's problem.
"So you can't sleep?" Ruby asks Ren, who shook his head sadly in response.
The three teams were sitting together near a tree on campus. Even though they are allowed to leave school grounds during weekends, most students are content with just staying in Beacon.
"I haven't been able to for a while now and it's starting to affect me," Ren sighed.
"Maybe you shouldn't have come to this week's poker night Ren," Ash commented, "That time could have been useful to get some sleep."
Ren deadpanned at the spiky red head, "You're still upset that you didn't win the pot, aren't you."
Ash pouted, "Well what did you expect? Balto's bomb knives were up for grabs, dude! I still say you cheated."
"Just because you've never seen a royal flush before doesn't mean I cheated," Ren argued with a smirk.
The shotgun user backed down, muttering about cheaters and flushes.
Jaune looked around the group and noticed someone was missing, "Speaking of which, where is Baltazar? I haven't seen him since Friday."
Weiss groaned as she palmed her face, "He's sleeping in his room after playing that new Pokémon Y game that came out yesterday for twenty four hours straight. The dolt was so excited about it that he bulldozed Cardin and his team while he went to pick it up."
"I saw that actually," Ruby giggled, "He didn't even use any aura. He just ran right into them and knocked them down. Didn't even slow down either."
"Wow…that's a surprise," Jaune commented and looked to the remaining members of BLAD. "So how did you guys get him to stop playing?"
"We didn't," Levy sighed as her teammates sweat dropped, "He's was playing that game non-stop the moment he got back, even after it was lights out. He was considerate enough to dim the screen and use headphones at least. He didn't quit until Weiss came into our room, whispered something in his ear, and passed out after she took his system."
Everyone turned to Weiss, who was blushing a little and gave a glare that told everyone to not ask about it.
"Anyways, let's figure out how to get Ren to sleep ok? I'm not liking the look of those bags under his eyes," Dia stated pointing at Ren's face.
"Ohh, Let's have a competition!" Nora yelled, causing Ren's face to pale.
"Competition?" Everyone asked.
"Yeah!" Nora confirmed excitedly, "Whoever gets Ren to sleep first wins! I can be the judge, since he's my best friend, and we can even have teams!"
"Uh…aren't we already in teams?" Blake questioned the hyperactive powerhouse, looking over her book.
"Different teams, Blakey!" Nora grinned. "They have to be in pairs and they can't be your partner from initiation! I even have a prize for the winner!"
"What's the prize, Nora?" Pyrrha asked.
"Nu-uh-uh…"Nora wagged her finger, "No one gets to know what the prize is until a winner is decided. It will be a mystery gift!"
Ren became worried as Nora went on with the explanation. Even more so as he noticed that some of his friends actually looked interested in this 'competition'.
He had to intervene.
"Nora, I don't thin-"
"I'm in!" Yang shouted.
Too late.
Ruby looked at her sister curiously, "Really Yang?"
The blonde brawler stood up and puffed out her chest, "Of course! I'm great at putting people to sleep! I manage to get you to bed all the time when we were kids, so this shouldn't be too hard. Besides, I want to see what that mystery prize Nora's going on about anyways." She sat back down and placed an arm around her leader, "Wanna help me out on this Sis? It'll be fun."
"Hey wait a minute you guys. I think there's a problem with this plan," Levy called out, which caused Ren to look at her hopefully. "There's an odd amount the people here. The teams will be uneven." Ren's head dropped in depression after hearing that.
Levy continued, "Since Nora's going to be the judge and Baltazar's sleeping himself, then there will be only nine of us. If we do the pairs thing, that will leave us with one person out. I think it would be better to have three man teams for this instead of pairs."
"Actually Levy, I'm planning to sit this one out," Weiss said, causing everyone to look at her strangely. "What? While this weird competition does sound interesting, I wouldn't be able to do much without special help. And the only person who has that help is currently passed out right now for ridiculous reasons."
"You just want to be with that game loving boyfriend of yours, dontcha Future Sis?" Yang teased, which made the heiress blush brightly and everyone to laugh a little.
"S-Shut up you brute! I-I told you we're not like that!" The embarrassed teen shouted. "I meant that if I was going to join this stupid competition, then I'll need his help! Since he's not here and I was the one who got him to sleep in the first place, I'll stay out of it and obverse instead."
"Whatever you say, future Sis," Yang grinned to her glaring teammate. She turned her attention to the others and spoke again, "Ok, so Weiss is out and Ruby and I are a team. Do the rest of you know who you want to be with?"
"Well I wouldn't mind being with Blake," Levy admitted, looking at the avid book reader. "I think it will be fun. Is that ok with you?"
"I don't mind," Blake smiled softly at the healer.
"Say Nicky, wanna team up?" Ash asked his fellow red head, "It's been a while since we've worked together and I think I have an idea that will put Ren to sleep with ease."
"Sure Ash. I'll team up with you," Pyrrha nodded then looked to her boyfriend. "Is that ok with you Jaune.
"It's fine with me. Go ahead," Jaune smiled and turned to Dia. "Looks like we're gonna have to team up. Is that ok?"
"Of course!" Dia gave the sword user a grin and a thumbs up, "We blondes have to stick together every now and again, right Yang?"
"Right!" The blonde of RWBY agreed, giving a thumbs up as well. "Well, looks like the teams are set. You got all that, Nora?"
"Yup!" Nora exclaimed. "Now that the teams are made, we can begin!"
"W-Wait Nora, I don't think this is a good idea," Ren pleaded to his friend in a final attempt to call the idea off. "Don't I have a say in this?"
"Nope!" Nora stated simply, "This is for your benefit Ren, so just let us help. Please?"
She was using the puppy dog eyes on him. She knew he wouldn't say no to them, no matter how much he tried. After a few moments, Ren sighed in defeat and muttered, "Ok…"
"Awesome! Alright everyone, do your best to get my best friend to sleep. It's time to begin Operation: Let Sleeping Rens Lie!" Nora announced, which made everyone stare at her blankly.
"…What?" Dia deadpanned.
"Was that supposed to be a pun?" Pyrrha questioned.
"Sounds like something Yang would say actually," Ruby muttered.
"I think it was supposed to be a play on 'let sleeping dogs lie'," Blake stated.
"But that basically means to leave something alone unless you want trouble," Weiss pointed out.
"When did this became an operation, anyways?" Jaune wondered.
"That's what I wanna know. This is a competition, not a mission, Bombette," Ash said.
"Ok, everyone! Enough with the name thing, despite how awesome it is," Yang called out. "It's not important now. What is important is to get Ren to sleep. Am I right?!"
"Right!" Everyone but Weiss and Ren cheered.
"You guys are way too into this," Weiss shook her head, but she had a small smile on her face.
"This does not bode well for me," Ren muttered.
Team #1: Ruby and Yang.
"You're going to read me to sleep?" Ren questioned as he lay on his bed.
The group was in JNPR's room, with most of them sitting on the beds, while Yang and Ruby were next to Ren in chairs.
"Yup!" Yang grinned while holding a book of fairy tales. "I use to read to Ruby every night in order to get her to bed. If it worked for her, then it should definitely work for you."
"I'm surprised that it's you who's doing this to be honest," Weiss admitted. "I expected an idea like this to come from Blake."
"She called dibs," The amber eyed ninja muttered sadly.
"Are you guys ready?" Ruby asked as she put her headphones on.
"Why do you have your headphones on, Ruby?" Jaune questioned his fellow leader.
"Yang's bedtime stories always put me to sleep," she explained, "So I'm going to listen to music so I'll stay awake."
"Good idea little sis," Yang smiled, "Are you guys going to do anything similar?" She received a few no's in response, "All right then, let's begin. 'Once upon a time, in a land far away…'"
And so Yang began to read the fairy tale book to Ren in order to get him to sleep. As time went on and she read more stories, everyone realized that Yang was a very good storyteller. It was no wonder Ruby went to sleep so easily. However, most of the group became very tired themselves and eventually fell asleep. By the time Yang was close to the end, only a few managed to stay awake.
"'…and they lived happily ever after. The end.'" Yang finished as she put the book down. She looked over at Ren and was surprised to see him awake. In fact he looked amused for some reason.
"How are you still awake?" Yang questioned.
"I thought the stories you read were quite interesting and I wanted to know how they went," Ren said, then pointed at the others with a chuckle, "Your idea was successful though, just not in the way you expected."
Yang turned her head and was surprised to see most of her friends were asleep. Even her sister had managed to fall asleep even though she was wearing her headphones. In fact the only ones that were awake were awake were Blake, Pyrrha and Levy.
"…Are you serious?" She deadpanned.
"Apparently you're a very good storyteller, Yang." Blake stated as she pointed at Nora and Ash, who were sucking their thumbs in their sleep.
"I am impressed by how well you expressed yourself as you read," Pyrrha commented, who had Jaune resting on her lap.
"It was a good try, though," Levy said while letting Weiss and Dia sleep on her shoulders.
"…Well that was a bust," Yang sighed sadly. "I was really hoping it would work."
"Maybe next time Yang," Ren reassured. He really did enjoy the book. He wouldn't mind having Yang be a storyteller again in the future. "Should we move on to the next pair?"
"Yeah…I guess we should," The only blonde awake muttered as she brought out a whistle.
"Yang, when did you get Ruby's whistle?" Blake asked.
"This morning," Yang shrugged, "I thought it would be useful later. Guess I was right."
"This wasn't so bad," Ren thought as Yang blew the whistle and woke everyone up, "I wonder if the next pair will be as good."
Team #2: Ash and Pyrrha
"I shouldn't have been so optimistic…" Ren thought dejectedly as he looked at the food on the table.
The gang was in the cafeteria this time, sitting on a table with glasses of milk and a fairly large turkey in the middle.
"Here you go, Ren. Eat up!" Ash grinned as he gave a turkey leg to the sleep deprived teen.
"Uh…what's with the turkey?" Jaune questioned.
"Well, everyone gets sleepy after they eat a lot, right?" Pyrrha asked, and everyone nodded. "So Ash thought it would be a good idea to make Ren eat a lot so he'll sleep. He got the turkey because it's one of the best foods to help people fall asleep. The warm milk is to help speed up the process.
"I think I read about that before," Blake muttered to Levy, who nodded in agreement.
"Turkey and warm milk…weird combo," Yang commented.
"I don't think Jaune as asking why Ash got the turkey, Pyrrha," Weiss stated with a curious look in her eyes. "He most likely meant where Ash got the turkey. According to the lunch schedule, we're not supposed to be having any for another week and a half."
"I have my ways, Ice Princess," Ash smiled smugly.
"I'm not eating this," Ren said, causing everyone to look at him.
"What'd you say dude?" BLAD's powerhouse asked.
Ren glared at him, "You heard me, Ash. I'm not going to eat the turkey."
"Oh yes you are," Ash smirked, with a devious look in his eyes. "I went through a lot to get us a nicely cooked turkey for you, and you're going to eat it and fall to sleep whether you like it or not. Nicky!"
"Right," Pyrrha nodded and proceeded to force some warm milk into Ren's mouth. As Ren was coughing, Ash came up and ripped a piece of meat form the turkey leg and shoved it in Ren's mouth as well, making him swallow the milk'n'turkey combo. After a few moments, everyone noticed that Ren started to look a little green and was shivering a little.
The medic of the group became concerned. "Uh, Ren? Are you ok?"
Levy's question was answered when Ren shot his hands to his mouth and proceeded to find the nearest trashcan or bathroom in order to puke out what he was just fed.
"…This sort of reminds me of when I was first coming to Beacon," Jaune commented.
"At least he didn't puke on my shoes like someone did," Yang gave the blonde leader a mild glare.
"Oh that's right!" Nora exclaimed, "I just remembered that Ren can't eat turkey. He got really sick one time after having some that was a little undercooked when we were kids. Now he can't have any without throwing up."
"Really? Baltazar's the same way with ranch dressing." Weiss mused.
"So you knew that Ren can't eat turkey and didn't say anything about it sooner?" Pyrrha asked her teammate, who gave a sheepish grin in response.
"Hee hee, Sorry. I forgot."
"Of course you did," Jaune muttered and facepalmed.
As the others were talking, Ren managed to find a bathroom and began to vomit into the toilet.
"Nora must have forgotten to tell them about my sickness to turkey. It wouldn't surprise me," Ren thought as he threw up. "I sincerely hope that the next pair doesn't do anything as bad as this."
Team #3: Jaune and Dia
"This is utterly humiliating," Ren thought sadly as he was being rocked in a giant cradle by Dia.
Everyone was standing around Ren, who was inside a man-sized cradle. Dia's idea was to try and rock Ren to sleep like a baby, much to the other's amusement. When she showed every the giant cradle she had, they realized she was serious and began laughing immensely. After calming down, they turned to Ren and immediately tried to get him inside it, much to the pistol user's protest. In the end they managed to get Ren to go through with this if they did it where no one would see them; Beacon Cliff…and made Nora put away the big full body pajamas that she was forcing him to wear.
"Hah hah, this is just too good," Ash laughed.
"I've got to say, this is very amusing," Weiss giggled.
Levy also giggled at the sight before looking over to the cradle rocker, "Dia, where in the world did you find a cradle this big?"
"Jaune made it," Dia said simply. "When I told him my idea, all he asked was for some wood and in about thirty minutes, Bam! Giant cradle."
Jaune shrugged, "I'm good with my hands when it comes to these things."
"That's amazing, Jaune!" Pyrrha beamed at her leader, "I'm sure your future children will be very happy sleeping in a cradle you made!"
Jaune blushed and said nothing, but he did give his girlfriend a big smile.
"Alright, lovebirds save it for later. You've got a kid to look after now," Yang teased with a big grin, making the couple blush very brightly.
"It's too bad we couldn't get Ren into those full body jammies though…" Ruby muttered quietly before looking to Nora. "Where did you get them anyways?"
"They're Jaune's," Nora said while pointing at the owner, who nodded in agreement. "His mom sent them over with matching bunny slippers because he forgot to pack them. He said that they were comfortable and Pyrrha thought they were cute." The last comment made Pyrrha blush again.
"I'm not surprised that Jauney wears them to be honest," Ash snickered. He turned over to Ren with a questioning look. "You feeling sleepy yet, Baby Ren?"
Ren's eye twitched, "I feel annoyed and embarrassed. I also feel like throwing you into the Emerald Forest right now."
"Hm…this isn't good," The red headed flirt mumbled. He walked over to the cradle and began to shake it some more. "I wonder if rocking this thing faster will help."
"What are you doing?!" Dia exclaimed to her teammate.
"Ash you idiot!" Weiss yelled. "You're not supposed to rock a cradle like that! You're going to make Ren sick again!"
"Oh come on girls," Ash reassured the two and gave the cradle another push, "What's the worst that could happen?"
Unfortunately for Ash and Ren, especially Ren, that last push had too much force into it and caused the cradle to fall over the cliff…with Ren still in it. Everyone stared at the cliff edge for a moment, shocked by what had just occurred.
"…Oops," Ash muttered.
"REN!" The rest of team JNPR called out as they ran to the edge.
"ASH, YOU IDIOT!" Dia, Weiss and Yang shouted.
"Oh dear, I hope he's ok," Levy said in worry as she walked to team JNPR.
"He's alright," Blake reassured as she looked over the cliff.
"Really?" Ruby asked hopefully.
Everyone looked down to see Ren dangling off the cliff with his Storm Flower pistols.
"Wow, now that's what I call a cliffhanger…" Ash commented.
"Shut up, Ash," everyone said to him, even Ren.
"I got him," Blake sighed as she pulled out her Gambol Shroud.
"I am seriously considering launching that idiot into Forever Fall now," The magenta eyed teen thought as he waited for help. "Please let the last pair do something that's somewhat reasonable."
Team #4: Blake and Levy
"I guess I can't complain with this. I'm getting a good workout at least." Ren thought as he tried to kick Levy, only for her to dodge it with ease.
Everyone found themselves in one of the school's sparing areas, where Ren was seen sparing with Levy. Ren was on the offensive, trying to land a solid blow, while Levy was on the defensive, easily dodging every attack her opponent attempted. The two pistol users went at this for a while.
"Ok, now I'm confused…" Weiss said. "Yang did something earlier that I expected Blake would do, and now I'm witnessing an idea of Blake's that I would think should have come from Yang's head."
"It is somewhat unexpected for you to come up with something like this, Blake," Pyrrha agreed.
"It's a logical idea," Blake explained. "As you fight, you get tired. I figured if we have Ren spar with someone, then he'll become exhausted enough that sleep will come easy for him."
"But why Levy, though?" Dia asked.
"You know how your teammate fights against other people," Blake said, which made the archer nod. "That is why she is sparing against Ren and not me. We want Ren to tire himself out without getting hurt and Levy is the best fighter for that. She doesn't try to hurt people normally in spars unless she's required to. She is nearly as fast as Ruby and Baltazar, and she's more flexible that her cousin, which allows her to perform more evasion tactics with ease and with less wasted energy."
"I just realized something," Ash said suddenly. "Levy knows a bit about pressure points and what happens when you press certain ones. Can't she just press one and knock him out or something?"
The female ninja stared at the red haired powerhouse and answered tightly, "Doing something like that is akin to hitting him on the head with a blunt object. He won't get any adequate rest if we do that."
"Didn't we tell you not to talk anymore?" Weiss glared.
"Well I think it should work anyways," Ash said and walked over to the sparing pair, ignoring the others' protest. "Hey guys!"
Unfortunately for Ash his timing couldn't have been worse. Levy was behind Ren after evading another kick, very close to his back, and when her teammate called them, she became distracted and instinctively pressed her finger on Ren's back, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me…" the downed huntsman muttered.
"For crying out loud, Ash!" Dia shouted and slapped her partner upside the head. "Why'd you do that? You know that if anyone calls Levy while she's sparing with someone that she immediately tries to end with the pressure points thing! Now Ren can't use his legs because of you!"
Ash placed his hands up in surrender, "I was expecting her to knock him out, not temporarily paralyze him from the waist down! How was I supposed to know this would happen?"
"What an idiot…" Weiss said, which made everyone nod in agreement
"Oh my God, Ren, I'm so sorry!" The healer apologized.
"It's ok, Levy. It wasn't your fault," Ren reassured; his face still on the ground. "I just hope your cousin doesn't mind losing a member of his team."
After a while, the group found themselves back in team JNPR's room, mentally exhausted by what had occurred today, none more so than Ren. Sadly, even with all that happened today, the pistol user was still unable to get to sleep.
"Nothing worked…" Ruby mumbled sadly to herself.
"And we tried so hard too," Pyrrha agreed.
"Anyone who thinks that this was all Ash's fault, please say 'Aye'," Dia called out
"Aye" everyone but Ash said.
"None of you are going to let this die, aren't you?" Ash sighed sadly.
"Not in your life, thumb-sucker," Yang confirmed.
"So Ren, think you'll be able to sleep now with how tired you are?" Jaune asked.
Ren shook his at his leader, "Sorry, Jaune, but I don't think it will happen, even with how tired I am."
"I guess this competition is over then," Levy said.
"Not yet!" Nora exclaimed. "There's still one more team that has yet to do anything!"
Everyone turned their attention to Weiss, who after a moment realized what they wanted. "Seriously…?"
"You're the only one of us that has yet to help put Ren to sleep," Blake pointed out, "Not to mention Baltazar should be awake any time now."
"Come on Weiss, do it for your friend," Ruby pleaded.
The heiress just stood there, feeling uncomfortable with all the hopeful stares directed at her. She looked over to Ren and wondered if he was ok with one last attempt.
He caught her gaze, "As long as it's reasonable, it's ok."
Weiss sighed after hearing this, "Alright, I'll do it. Just give me a moment." And with that she left the room.
A few minutes later Weiss returned with a very sleepy Baltazar following behind her. She turned to her best friend and spoke, "Baltazar, wake up a little more, please? I need your help with something." The softness in her voice surprised many of her friends.
The drowsy lightning ninja opened his eyes slightly, giving his best friend his full attention.
Weiss continued, "Listen, all of us have been trying to get Ren to sleep, since he hasn't been able to for a while. The others were not able to do it so they asked me to get you so we can try. Can you help me get Ren to finally get some rest?"
"…" Baltazar said nothing, his eyes still full of sleepiness. After a minute he responded quietly, "Flute or Ukulele?"
The response surprised everyone, but none more so than the rest of team BLAD; who realized what was going to happen.
Weiss smiled, "Flute is fine. You always have it with you anyways."
"Hmm…" the flautist nodded and brought out his flute. After setting it up he looked to Weiss and asked, voice full of sleep, "And what would the lovely Miss Weiss like to hear today?"
The heiress blushed brightly and ignored the snickers that came from most of her friends, "Silent Night will work. I'm going to sing with you also, just so you know." And with that the two began to play and sing.
As the song went on, everyone became entranced by how amazing the pair sounded together. Ren himself began to feel very relaxed as he heard the piece, and, towards the end, finally manages to fall asleep.
When the pair finished, Weiss looked at her friends with an accomplished look in her eyes, and pointed over to Ren, who was happily asleep. She motioned everyone to the door and soon enough all her friends left, leaving her and her best friend somewhat alone for a moment.
"Thanks for the help, Baltazar. I really appreciate it and so does Ren. Here's you game back," Weiss said and pulled out a black 3DS.
Baltazar smiled tiredly and took the system back. "No worries, Weiss. Happy to help. Don't forget the promise you made earlier."
Weiss sighed and shook her head, a soft smile on her face. "I won't, you twit."
The two left to join the others, leaving a peaceful Ren to finally get some rest.
Winner: Team# 5: Weiss and Baltazar
Epilogue:
"A lullaby! It was so obvious! How in the world of Remnant did I not think of that?!" Ash shouted. He and the others were sitting in the cafeteria while Ren continued sleeping. He turned to his female teammates, "Hell, how did you two not think of it? It should have been the first thing that came to our minds. We're literally a band, a team of musicians for God's sake!"
"I don't think our instruments would have worked as well as Chief's did," Dia admitted.
"She's right," Levy agreed. "Your drums and other percussion instruments wouldn't have been good for lullabies and while my trumpet or Dia's guitar would have worked, it wouldn't have had the same effect like Baltazar's flute did."
"You know," Nora started, gaining everyone's attention, "I remember something like this happening before. Ren had a really hard time getting to sleep for a while when we were kids and the only thing that managed to work was his mom singing while his dad played music. Kind of like what Balty and Weiss did."
Jaune couldn't hide his disbelief. "And you didn't mention this earlier because…"
The little bomber shrugged, "Didn't think it was important at the time." The comment made everyone face fault.
"Heh, guess I missed out on a lot," Baltazar chuckled.
"It's kinda good that you did," Yang said. "You'd probably throw Ash over the Vale Port docks if you saw the trouble he caused."
"Maybe," the katana user admitted, gaining a shocked look from his heavy hitting teammate, "But I bet it would of been funny to watch you guys torture Ren all day."
"You would enjoy that, wouldn't you?" Ruby muttered, aware of lightning user's somewhat morbid sense of humor.
"Oh hey, Chief, mind if I ask you something?" Dia asked her team leader, "This morning, before you passed out, what did Weiss say to make you stop playing your new game?"
"She told me that if I stopped playing for a while and went to sleep, then she'll battle with me after she's caught up to where I'm at currently in her version; X." Baltazar said carelessly, making his best friend spit out some tea Blake had given her earlier.
"B-Baltazar!" Weiss exclaimed, embarrassed that Baltazar revealed that she was a gamer.
"You play videogames, Weiss?" Pyrrha asked her friend in amazement.
"She's pretty good at them as well," Levy confirmed, which embarrassed Weiss further. "Whenever I see her and Baltazar play against each other, she usually wins. Pokémon is one of the few games that they're evenly matched in."
"That explains why we haven't seen her much yesterday," Blake recalled. "You got a copy for her yesterday along with one for yourself, didn't you?" She received a nod from her fellow ninja in response.
"Ruby and I aren't really surprised, to be honest," Yang stated with her sister agreeing. "Sparky got us into video games not long after we started visiting his house the first time. We consider ourselves casual players. To be honest, I would've been shocked if Weiss wasn't a fairly big gamer since she hung out with him so much."
Jaune looked to the blushing heiress curiously, "Does that mean you have one of those 3DS things too?"
"Yup, she does." Baltazar answered, bringing out a white 3DS.
"Where did you get that?!" Weiss shouted at her best friend.
He shrugged, "From your bag after that spit take you did."
Weiss was not amused, "Dammit Baltazar, how many times have I told you not to take things out of my bag without asking?!"
"Counting now, fifty nine," Baltazar smiled cheekily as he left the table.
"Don't get smart with me, you dunce! And give me back my DS!" The glyph caster shouted as she began to chase the stealth user. "I still need to capture an Eevee and evolve it into a Sylveon."
"You're taking too long, Weiss, I've already got mine! And it's a female, which makes it rarer!"
"Stop gloating and give me back my game! You know I hate it when you act like this!"
"Gotta catch me first!"
The pair began to run around the cafeteria, much to their friends' amusement.
"It's only a matter of time before those two get together," Yang commented, with everyone nodding in agreement
"So Nora, what was the prize that the two of them won?" Dia asked.
"They won these," Nora showed them a pair of tickets, "Two free meals at Rosso's Pizzeria."
"That's a fairly popular restaurant from what I've heard," Pyrrha said. "How did you get those?"
"I won them in a raffle when I went to get snacks for everyone last week," The grenadier explained. "I'm not a big fan of pizza, so I thought I'd give them to one of you guys as a gift or something."
"Let me hold on to them," Yang said as she took the tickets. "It's actually a good prize for Sparky. He loves pizza, and I'm sure Weiss will enjoy spending some time with him…provided if she doesn't turn him into a frozen treat for the Grimm."
"…I wonder what are the chances of them getting together after the pizza thing," Jaune thought out loud.
"Not very good from what I'm seeing," Ash said as he watched the pair run past their table again, "Besides, no one would win the pot if they get together because of something like this."
"I've been meaning to ask, but I've never got a chance to ask until now. What are the chances of any of us winning the bet?" Blake asked curiously.
"You're all more or less equal except for Ren." Dia explained while taking out a small notebook, "He put down that the two of them will get together during a family gathering or something. Odds are very low on that."
"Family gathering? Like a reunion?" Jaune asked, who received a nod in response, "I can see why the odds are low."
"I bet it would be funny if they did get together during something like that," Ruby giggled, "And Ren would be really happy if that happened too."
Everyone laughed in agreement, and began to talk about the bets they made while Weiss continued to chase Baltazar. As this was happening, Ren was still fast asleep in his team's room. He suddenly began to smile and muttered something in his sleep.
"I'm going to win the bet."
Author's note: This took longer than I expected to finish. I had to deal with some car issues and I was only able to do a little bit of it at a time. I'm fairly happy with how this turned out and I hope you guys enjoyed. See you guys again for the second oneshot.