Jason and Scott were standing in the frozen wasteland. They looked at each other, sizing each other up.
"Power up to your max!" Scott challenged through the voice Modulator.
Jason pulled on his armor, the torn vest, and his Helmet before he glowed green from activating Venom.
Bulking up he glared at Scott before creating Shadow clones and scattering them across the frozen battlefield.
His fists glowed bronze-yellow with hints of brown and he motioned Scott forward.
Scott jumped, propelling himself six feet back, and reached out his hand, pulling him six feet up until he was standing on a Boulder, glaring down at Jason.
Jason rolled his shoulders and bounced on the soles of his feet to loosen himself up. Looking up, he saw Scott glaring down at him.
"Now, let th' fight begin!" Geoff shouted, throwing his arm up.
Jason smiled and ran toward Scott disappearing into a shadow and appeared behind Scott only to disappear again and reappear in front of Scott, throwing a punch.
Scott turned to the left, letting the punch pass him easily.
Jason threw a second punch that Scott blocked with his wrist. Jason spun around to deliver an elbow strike to Scott who blocked it with his forearm, sending Jason into a spiral kick that Scott blocked with a palm strike.
Jason punched again when Scott again blocked with a forearm. Jason threw another punch that Scott blocked with an elbow to the fist.
The two spun around each other, Scott blocking hits from Jason, and Jason trying to find openings he could exploit.
They jumped away from each other to gain some distance and reevaluate their options.
Jason jumped into the air, dove into a shadow and jumped up over Scott before delivering an axe kick that Scott dodged.
The cliff they were fighting on cracked under the pressure, and slid down until it crashed into the ground, causing the ground to shake and a snow and dust cloud to blanket the group.
Scott propelled himself forward and grabbed Jason with the Gravity Dust in the gauntlet he was wearing, pulling him into his next attack.
Jason let gravity take effect and tried crashing into Scott only for Scott to spin around him in midair and appear above him before coming back down, crossing his arms over his chest to protect himself from Jason's next attack.
Jason punched Scott with enough force to send him flying through the air. Jason activated his boosters, blasting himself towards Scott and kicked, only for Scott to duck and pull himself towards Jason with his glove.
Jason used his Boosters to help him deliver a spin kick into Scott's gut, but Scott grabbed on and spun, generating momentum before throwing Jason and grabbing onto him with the gauntlet's gravity Dust, letting Jason's momentum carry him.
Jason was sent flying but curled into a ball disappeared into a shadow clone that spat him out letting him jump backwards, carrying him away from Scott, until he backflipped landed on his feet and vaulted forward, letting his boosters carry him towards Scott, delivering a punch that Scott blacked with an elbow.
Scott had been falling, until Jason's momentum pushed him back into the air. When Jason caught up, he delivered a second punch that Scott blocked with his other elbow. This happened twice more until Scott found an opening and elbowed Jason in the face hard enough that had he not been wearing a helmet, it would have broken his nose and knocked some teeth out.
They returned to their offensive/defensive routine until Jason broke through Scott's defenses and punched him in the Solar plexus. Had he not been wearing armor then it would have driven the air from his lungs and the fight would have likely been over, but he was wearing armor so the punch just stunned him, giving Jason the chance to punch him in the face, that would have shattered at least part of his face had he not been wearing his helmet.
The punch knocked him out of the sky, his boots being the only thing keeping his from smashing into the ground.
He landed on the ground and smiled as he was about to jump back into the air when he saw Jason coming down in a Diving kick that smashed into him and kicked up another snowy dust storm.
Both Jason and Scott ran out of the storm, trying to get the upper hand as they moved through a maze of rocks in the open landscape.
They kicked out at each other, sending the other spiraling; spinning around they grabbed each other's hands, trying to force the other to concede, but ended up smashing into a rock, which shattered from their combined strength.
Jason punched Scott away before he kicked him into the air and flew into him with a booster powered punch.
"IT'S NOT OVER!" Jason yelled as he spun kicked Scott into the cliff face, cratering the wall with the sheer power of the kick before he activated his boosters and smashed himself into Scott before delivering a series of brutal punches that should have dented the armor, but didn't.
Scott grabbed Jason's punch and pushed up. "DON'T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD!" He shouted before head butting him, giving him enough time to grab the wall with his gloved hands, pull himself into a tight ball and kick out with enough force to send Jason flying. Before he jumped, hooked his feet to the wall and launched himself after Jason.
Jason couldn't help but smile and chuckle. He felt more alive than he'd ever felt before.
"DON'T SCREW WITH ME!" Scott shouted as he engaged Jason again only for Jason to kick him away leading for Jason to backhand him, but when Jason tried punching him, he slowed time just enough to get out of the way, allowing him to see Jason's fist pass in front of him, and return to normal speed as Jason's body recalibrated to match his Semblance.
Jason punched, but Scott got out of the way and came back with a vengeance as he began deciphering palm strike after palm strike into Jason's chest, enough to dent Jason's armor before upper cutting Jason, sending him flying.
"Wow." Gale said, thankful for the Dust Heaters. "Look at how Scott's fighting now as opposed to how he was fighting on the way to Argus."
"Si Irmano." José Said. "His technique has changed a great deal. He's delivering calculated blows instead of brash ones."
"Well, Jason did. Beat th' shit out o' 'im." Geoff said.
"He what?"
"Yeah. Last week. He went nuts an' kicked th' corruption out o' Scott."
"Huh. Who knew all Scott needed was a good ass kicking?"
"How much Aura do they have left?" Pietro asked. "They can't go on like this forever."
"I am at 38% Aura and dropping." A shadow clone said.
"An' Scott's at 53% Aura." Geoff said. "Oops. He just dropped ta 45%."
"So, the fight will be over soon." Penny said.
"Hopefully." Pietro said.
They watched the fight, Yang and Weiss looking at each other as their partners beat each other senseless.
"Sooo?" Yang Said, rubbing the back of her head awkwardly. "Sorry that my Boyfriend is beating your fiancé's ass?"
"As if." Weiss snorted. "Jason is much more capable. He can do more with less Aura, annnnd you baited me into an innuendo didn't you?"
"Careful," Gale said. "She's learning."
A shadow clone of Jason smacked Gale across the back of the head. "That's for talking shit about Weiss. I'll ask Scott to Spank Yang's ass for me later. From what I hear it's her favorite position."
Yang went beet red. "HEY!" She shouted in embarrassment and rage. "How would you feel it I told everyone that Weiss liked being fucked upside down while having every hole filled by a clone of yours?"
"We would know that you are lying because you're embarrassed and mad that I outed you. Also, you're wrong about Weiss's favorite position, but I suggest you stop guessing before you embarrass yourself further."
"And how's that?"
"Because You're about to get your ass kicked by a pregnant woman."
Yang turned around to see a Weiss smiling a smile that screamed that Yang was a dead woman. She stalked up and swung at Yang
Scott swung at Jason who disappeared into a shadow and reappeared behind him, only for Scott to chop at him.
Jason disappeared again, leaving Scott looking around for where he'd reappear, but wasn't ready for Jason to reappear behind him and grab him from behind, forcing his arms to his sides before suplexing Scott into the ground.
"My Aura is at 22% after That Move." Jason's Shadow clone Said.
"Scott's Aura is at 26%." Geoff Said.
They looked over to See Weiss and Yang arguing before they devolved into a dust cloud of fists and feet.
They looked back to see Jason and Scott rise to their feet, shakily as they readied themselves to fight again.
They swung a fist at each other, but Scott's connected first and knocked Jason to the ground.
"Okay." Jason Said. "You win. My Aura dropped below 25% first."
"YES!" Scott yelled as he fell on his back. "I beat you!"
"You won't win next time, oh, and can you do something for me?"
"What is it?"
"Yang baited Weiss into an innuendo. Think you could..."
"Sure." Scott said. "I'll take care of it next time. Sometimes I wonder is Yang does it on purpose or if she has a pseudo-Masochistic streak inside her."
"Well, it's not like you guys can really hide what's going on inside the manor, I pretty much kill my senses whenever I go inside because I know what goes on inside all the time."
"Everything?"
"Yes, Everything. I know everyone's dirty little secrets, including yours."
"That's fucking embarrassing man."
"I won't tell anyone. They aren't my secrets to know, but I do because it's kind of hard to not know a secret when I was trained to learn every secret."
"Damn, and you don't actively look for those secrets."
"Nope. That would be an invasion of privacy."
"Okay. Let's get back to the others." Scott said as he helped Jason up, and the two made their way back to the group. It had gotten late, and the group was ready to get home and relax.
The group walked back to Beacon II, and from Beacon II to Todd Manor.
Jason and Weiss embraced, and Jason ran his hand across her swollen stomach, feeling the soul of their child. It made him smile and hug Weiss just a little tighter.
Weiss returned the embrace and held Jason until they walked up the stairs to their room.
Once inside they stripped off their clothes and crawled into bed.
Scott and Yang were in their room making noises that sounded completely bestial. When they finished, they collapsed onto their bed, breathing heavily.
"Wh-why did you ba-bait Weiss with that-that innuendo?" Scott gasped as he came down from his sex crazed high.
"I-is that why you-you pushed past our-our limits?" Yang breathed heavily as she tried getting comfortable after their intense session.
"Eh, not really. I just thought that you wanted me to break through our limits, how many times did you hit your climax?"
"Dunno. I lost track after I zoned out. How did you do that?"
"I used my Semblance in bursts. One second became one minute."
"We need to do that again. I've never felt anything like that before."
"Round two?"
"Are you a man or a machine?"
"Yes." Scott said as Yang assumed her favorite position and they started round two.
Geoff and Velvet were lying in bed, Geoff running his fingers through Velvets hair while Velvet ran her fingers across his chest.
"Ima go talk ta Ironwood Tomorrow." Geoff said. "Debrief him on th' Harriet situation."
"Do you think that he'll listen?" Velvet asked, sitting up and looking into Geoff's eyes.
"I dunno lass. I hope so, but I'm not sure."
"Do you want me to come with you? As back up, I mean."
"Tha's not a bad idea lass. Yeah. Ye can come along."
"Um... do you want to ask him for time off so we can get married?"
"Why do we need ta do tha'?"
"I don't know, to establish a truce or something. We won't attack him, he won't attack us. We can enjoy our weddings and he doesn't have to worry about us doing anything he doesn't want us doing."
"I suppose so. It's not a bad idea. Okay. We'll ask him for a truce."
With that the couple gave each other a quick, chaste kiss and fell into Morpheus embrace.
Loki and Coral looked over the weddings they could have.
"I think Vacuo." Coral said. "I Just like all the symbolism involved, but it would nice for two Valean Girls to have a Vacuo style wedding in Argus."
"Huh. I was thinking a Menagerie style wedding Because I want to see the lion dancers."
"Do you just want to see the Lion Dancers?"
"Yeah."
"What if we add Lion Dancers to the end of a Vacuo Style Wedding so we can get both?"
"I can agree to that."
"Then let's get to bed. We can tell Jason tomorrow and we can get what we're going to need for our wedding."
"Carry me?" Loki asked, holding her hand for Coral to take. "It'll be good practice for carrying me across the threshold on our wedding night."
"Come on you lazy bitch." Coral said in an endearing tone before carrying Loki, bridal style, to their bed.
Jaune looked from Slánaitheoir maithiúnas to Pyrrha. "Pyrrha? Will you teach me to use the spear form of Slánaitheoir maithiúnas?"
"Jaune, I use a Javelin; a throwing weapon. A spear is a much more defensive weapon. I don't know what I can teach you. Don't you think that Jason, Neptune, or Loki would be a better teacher?"
"Well, would you at least be there to help with the training, even if it's just training with the sword mode?"
"Of course." Pyrrha said, placing her hand on his shoulder.
"Do you think we should wear our weapons on our waists for our wedding?"
"Umm... why don't we keep them in our shadow lockers and if we need them, we can pull them out."
"I can agree to that."
"Let's get to sleep." Pyrrha said, walking to their bed.
"There are two other things." Jaune said timidly.
"What Are they?"
"What should I wear on our wedding day, and what takes place on the wedding night?"
Pyrrha blushed dark red. "I was planning on going to a shop for my wedding attire when we chose a day." She spoke. "As for the wedding night, you don't know?"
"I mean..." Jaune's face burned tomato red. "I get that there's sex involved, and while the thought kind of terrifies me, I was wondering if that's all that takes place on the wedding night."
"Oh." Pyrrha said. "I'm not sure. If you want, we can talk to Saphron and Terra tomorrow?"
"Okay. We can ask Jason to take us there after they get off work."
"That sounds grand. Shall we go to bed?"
Jaune nodded and they dressed in their sleepwear, Jaune in his onesie and Pyrrha in a nightgown.
"Good night Pyrrha." Jaune said.
"Good night Jaune." Pyrrha replied.
The next day
Pyrrha and Jaune walked out of a Shadow to a crisp snowy Argus and walked to Saphron and Terra's house.
Jaune knocked when they reached the door. They only had to wait a moment before Terra answered the door.
"Jaune?" She asked. "Pyrrha? What's wrong?"
"We had some unfinished business in Argus, and wanted to ask you and Saphron a question," Pyrrha answered.
"Oh. Let me get Saph. Make yourselves at home."
Jaune and Pyrrha sat in the front room and waited for about a minute before Saphron and Terra walked in with baby Adrian in Saphron's arms.
"What's up baby brother?" Saphron asked.
"Well... we were talking about our wedding, and we realized that we aren't sure what to expect on our wedding night," Jaune blushed.
"Oh." Saphron Said. "It's different for every couple. Terra and I were already having sex before we got married, so we weren't too shy when consummating our marriage. Have you guys seen each other naked before?"
Jaune and Pyrrha blushed.
"I'll take that as a no, so that'll be the first hurdle to cross. I've heard that some newlyweds will take a few minutes to a few hours to get acquainted with their partners body, ya know, fingering them if their partner has a vagina, jerking them off if their partner has a penis, maybe a bit of anal play or oral sex to see what their partner likes or doesn't Like. After that will come consummating their marriage through sex and then pillow talk or sleep. Then they wake up, realize what they've done, have a panic attack, do it again, have another panic attack, and come to terms with it."
"Some couples." Terra added. "Will sleep off the wedding and consummate their marriage when they wake up. Some won't consummate their marriage until after the honeymoon."
"Wait, really," Jaune asked.
"Yes. It just depends on. Ultimately it's up to you both."
"Oh..." Saphron interjected. "Make sure to take birth control three days before the wedding or use a condom. You don't want to be pregnant before you're ready."
Jaune and Pyrrha blushed crimson.
"Hey," Terra Said. "They have both male and female birth control and other contraceptives. Don't get embarrassed that you have to buy them. You should both get used to buying them, and you..." she pointed at Jaune. "Make sure that you get comfortable with buying Pyrrha's pads or tampons. If she's sick and need you to run to the store for them, don't turn into a little bitch like some guys we've heard about."
"I lived with seven sisters." Jaune said. "I got used to buying pads and tampons years ago."
"Good."
"Is that everything?" Saphron asked. "Want to stay for dinner?"
"I'm so sorry." Pyrrha said, "but we have dinner plans with my parents."
"I see. Enjoy. Tell everyone we said hi."
"We will." Pyrrha said as they left for her parents' house.
"Well." Jaune said, rubbing his hands on his jeans, as much from nervousness as the cold. "That was... informative."
"Yes, it was," Pyrrha said. "I suppose that our wedding night will be whatever we make it."
"Yeah," Jaune said, taking a breath to calm himself.
They walked up to Pyrrha's parents' house and knocked at the door.
Nymphadora Nikos answered the door. "Pyrrha? Jaune? What's wrong, you're here early?"
"We realized that we didn't get to talk with you or dad last time," Pyrrha explained. "A lot happened, and so, here we are."
"Oh, come in, come in out of the cold."
They were led towards the den and sat down; Nymphadora and Peleus on one side of the coffee table and Pyrrha and Jaune on the other side.
Nymphadora waved her hand and a tray with tea, cups, and a plate of cookies floated into the den from the kitchen.
"I... didn't know that you and Pyrrha had the same Semblance," Jaune said.
"We don't," Nymphadora corrected. "My Semblance is a generic Telekinesis Semblance. Peleus' Semblance is a Metallurgical Semblance. They combined to create polarity."
"Oh. Okay."
"We came here to talk about my and Jaune's marriage." Pyrrha said.
"Yes, you did say that you became engaged a few months ago."
"It was actually during the fall of Beacon, and again four months later."
"And you are sure that you want to marry... him?" Peleus asked, pointing at Jaune.
"Dad!" Pyrrha snapped.
"He's not wrong." Jaune said, shaking his head.
Pyrrha glared at her parents. "Don't listen to them Jaune! If they aren't willing to accept you for who you are, for who I know you are, then we will leave. We can elope."
"That is what we wanted to hear." Nymphadora said.
"What?" Jaune and Pyrrha asked in unison, confused.
"We wanted to make sure this was of your own volition and not being coerced into this."
"Jaune isn't like Augustina!" Pyrrha snapped.
"It is Good That they checked though," Jaune said. "I wouldn't want you to be stuck in a relationship with someone who sees you as nothing more than a baby maker or an onahole."
Pyrrha blushed at Jaune's phrasing while Peleus and Nymphadora cried tears of joy.
"He's perfect!" Peleus cheered. "He gets it!"
"When are you guys planning on getting married?" Nymphadora asked.
"We hadn't thought about it," Pyrrha admitted. "There are four weddings being planned, and with the current climate in Atlas we aren't sure what will be a good time."
"What's going on in Atlas?" Nymphadora asked.
"We've found That the Faunus of Atlas and Mantle Are treated far worse than we were led to believe. We found them being used for slave labor, as sex slaves, and pets. We've been preparing for a fight that will probably become a war before the conflict is over."
"Brothers above!" Peleus gasped. "You are both only 19, and already preparing for a war you shouldn't have to fight."
"Because no one else is going to fight it." Jaune said.
"Taking on such a responsibility at such a young age." Nymphadora let out a sad sigh. "I'm sorry."
"We are the generation that has to take a stand for freedom for all." Jaune said. "The past generations have been dragging their feet because "it takes time to get freedom for all". No, it just takes people willing to stand up and say no more."
Pyrrha and her parents watched Jaune's Aura glow brighter and brighter the more he spoke, and the longer he talked the more they knew that they would walk into hell with him.
When his Aura stopped, they still felt that they would follow him, but it wasn't as heretical.
"Jaune, I think that you developed a new Aura ability." Pyrrha said. "Your Semblance is growing."
"Really!" Jaune perked up.
"Yes." She giggled.
"Is there anything else you need?"
"We talked to Saphron and Terra," Pyrrha said. "Jaune and I don't know what to expect on our wedding night."
"Oh." Nymphadora Said. "That's what makes it so special. You don't know what's going to happen, you go in not knowing and making it the most special night of your life. The thing is that you don't want to force anything. If you both want to sleep after the wedding, then sleep."
"Really?" Jaune and Pyrrha asked.
"Yes. In fact, I'll let you both know that the best time to have sex is from 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M."
"And..." Peleus added. "The best sex lasts between 7 and 13 minutes, not including foreplay, foreplay can take anywhere from 20 minutes to the whole day before you have sex."
"Oh." Jaune and Pyrrha said.
"Jaune..." Peleus said. "...Take it from me, you don't need very long to get off, maybe ten minutes at most, but Pyrrha, she needs that 20 minutes of foreplay."
"DAD!" Pyrrha blushed.
"Peleus." Nymphadora chuckled. "Maybe you should have taken Jaune out of the room to tell him that."
"Oh. You're right. I'm sorry Pyrrha. I didn't mean to embarrass you like that."
A timer went off and Nymphadora rose before walking into the kitchen. "Dinner's done." She called out.
Pyrrha, Jaune, and Peleus walked into the kitchen for dinner.
Meanwhile in Atlas.
Geoff and Velvet huddled together as they walked through the snow up to Atlas Academy. They walked up the steps to Ironwood's office and knocked.
"Come in." Ironwood called out.
Geoff and Velvet walked in and immediately felt the difference. Velvet's skin began melting and smoking while Geoff heard 'Nature's Domain' Speaking.
"Kill! Kill! We need to kill! Kill them all! Return Remnant to its former glory! Return her to nature!"
"General." Geoff said. "I am here ta talk ta ye about th' Harriet incident."
"What is there to tell?" Ironwood asked. "She attacked, you defended yourself, she ended up dying. End of story."
"Are ya sure tha' ye don' want a better debriefing than tha' sir?"
"Yes, Now, is that all?"
"Well General... we've been trying ta get four weddin's goin' an' seein' as we have kinda been buttin' heads on th' count o' me bein' a revolutionary an' ye havin' ta oppose me on principle... I was hopin' tha' we could maybe call a truce?"
"What sort of truce Mr. Patrick?"
"Well... I was hopin' tha' ye'd be willin' ta give us a month ta get these four weddin's taken care of."
"A month?"
"Yessir. One week per weddin'. We'll tell ya when th' weddin's'll take place an' for th' next four weeks we wouldn't bother each other. I would not commit any vigilante activities, an' in return ye wouldn' ask for any new designs or bother us for anythin' unless Atlas or Mantle were in danger."
"I see. How about a show of good faith first?" Ironwood asked.
"Like what?"
"Give me thirty percent of the Faunus you have liberated, and you can have your thirty days.
"But General..."
"No buts Patrick! Thirty days for thirty percent of the Faunus. I can understand why you killed Harriet, I can understand why you kidnapped Marrow, but you stole the majority of Atlas' and Mantle's work force; and with the embargo on us... how do you expect the rest of us to cope while you hold four fancy weddings?"
"No." Geoff said, defiantly. "I won't put them back inta slavery! I Don' Care if'n Ya won't give us our time off! I'd rather be able ta look meself in th' mirror in th' mornin' rather than know I helped enslave a group of free people!"
"Very well." Ironwood Said. "You have one week?"
"One week?" Geoff asked.
"Fine, four days."
"General!"
"Four days is my final offer Mister Patrick."
"Fine." Geoff glared hatred in Ironwood's direction.
"Oh, and you have three days after your weddings to give me the Faunus, because if you don't..." Ironwood opened a chest and pulled out a crossbow.
He walked over to an alcove and opened a curtain to reveal Cordovin who looked like she'd been standing at attention for too long and needed a break, but what shocked Geoff and Velvet the Most was the topiary statues of Atlesians standing in poses of tortured individuals.
Ironwood aimed and fired at Cordovin who cried out in Agony as her body was changed from flesh and blood to that of plant matter.
Ironwood looked at Geoff and Velvet who were glaring at him, enraged. "That is what awaits you should you fail to comply."
Geoff and Velvet walked to the door and were about to head out when Ironwood stopped them. "Oh, and, Mister Patrick."
Geoff glared at Ironwood with contempt burning in his eyes.
"Be sure to enjoy your wedding."
Geoff and Velvet walked out, and Geoff slammed the door closed, but in the distance an explosion that rocked Atlas Academy was heard.
Ironwood ran to the window and looked out as smoke billowed from what had once been Todd Manor through the flurries.