Bam, this one's longer than my previous chapters! Can't believe I even managed to pull this out. Don't get comfortable on how I released this early, though.
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Now for the story! Here comes teammmmm RWBY!
Oh, and more A/N about some reviews on the last chapter, putting them in the end. And yes, I know it should be Ruby and I, but I feel like Yang is more likely to say it the other way.
"We're here!" cheered Ruby as they arrived at Vale on a Saturday morning.
"And not a day sooner," groaned Blake, feeling the pain on her back now.
"I could use a full massage, but we should really go to the other new spa that I saw, in uptown Vale," grumbled Weiss, "It offers a full treatment, including a spa, food, and facial cleaning!"
"Weiss, that place you're talking about costs 600 Lien... for one person!" shouted Ruby.
"Yea but they have two masseurs massaging you," defended Weiss.
"Not all of us have that much Lien to spend," deadpanned Blake, mentally adding to her mind, 'Nor a daddy that can spend Lien on a whim because of him exploiting Faunus labor.'
Weiss wasn't convinced and tried to convince them to heading to the one in uptown Vale instead of midtown.
"Yang, you'll agree with me, right?" said Weiss, turning to her, "I hear there are some hot guys there to massage you! Think about it! Giving the treatment your body needs while being able pampered by hot guys."
Weiss, of course, was not interested in having a male massage her, whether he was hot or not. She wasn't ready for the opposite gender to touch her, even if it was a massage. Weiss just wanted to go to a well-known chain spa than one that opened two months ago. Even if Jaune's shop was shown on flyers at Beacon and on the ad space on the library site, she felt like it would be more worth it at the uptown Vale. Not to mention, she had never had a massage that was only in the double digit pricing.
"Yang? Remnant to Yang!" shouted Weiss when she saw Yang didn't respond at all.
"Huh? What?" replied Yang, snapping out of her self-induced trance.
"Are you alright, sis?" asked Ruby with worry, "You've been out of it ever since you came back Thursday, when you asked Professor Goodwitch for the whole day off."
"I can't believe she let you," mumbled Weiss.
'She probably felt sympathy for her, knowing her pain' thought Blake as she compared Yang's and Glynda's bust. She didn't voice it out, knowing it would depress Weiss a lot.
"I'm alright," replied Yang, "I finally managed to snag a few new bras, both sports and regular, for my chest. No more using chest binding tape. My chest are too big and beautiful to for me to bind and not show them off."
"Speaking of which, I noticed you didn't seem to be complaining about your back," observed Blake, "Just what did you do on Thursday? Go to another massage therapist?"
"Yang! You didn't!?" gasped Ruby, "We were all supposed to go together to this one! How could you!?"
"No, no no!" waved Yang quickly, "I didn't go to any other massage clinic or spa other than thi-!"
Yang suddenly shoved her hands to her mouth to stop from saying anything, but it was too late.
"Ah Ha! You went here! How could you go without us?" sobbed Ruby in fake tears.
"I thought this place was closed on Thursdays every other week," frowned Weiss, "How'd you get in?"
"... Alright, I was getting desperate," sighed Yang, "My shopping trip on Thursday yielded absolutely no luck. I couldn't find any fit at all, and I found myself in front of this place when my back acted up again. So I went in and convinced him to give me a quick one."
What they didn't know was that Coco had been sympathetic to Yang's plight along with Goodwitch. Goodwitch loaned one of her bras to which Coco quickly adjusted the band size and cup to let Yang use for Friday so she could get some more. She even helped refer her to a shop where she could get them at a discounted price, though it was rather upscale and fashionable. Still, Yang was happy that she had bras now, and sexy ones to boot.
"Is he good?" asked Blake. Her back was starting to ache because of Professor Peach and Port's lecture about proper posture.
"Definitely," answered Yang, "My back feels so much better because of him, and that was only 30 minutes without any real preparation. Can't wait to see what his full course is."
"Hmph. I doubt he's better than the ones back at home," scoffed Weiss, "I've received massages from only the best during my training back at Atlas. Using the finest oils and techniques, and yet I've found most of them to be quite lacking."
Weiss winced as she stomped her foot at that statement, forgetting that she had sprained her ankle during a spar on Friday against Oreo. Oreo may be a jerk, but he was a strong fighter with his double-sided ax/rifle that could split into two hatchets, which were also hand cannons in that form. She, of course, won but had overextended some of her attack steps. Her thigh was also very sore from the exercise she did, too.
"I'll bet you dinner on that," grinned Yang, "No cafeteria though."
They all shuddered at the thought of the cafeteria. Friday's meatloaf surprise was certainly a surprise for those who dared to eat it. It sent quite a few to the nurse's office. The cafeteria food was always a hit or miss, with miss being most likely. Only times that the food was good was times when they did Taco Tuesday or any special events. They were looking forward to the second semester, when the other Academies would be joining them. Beacon would have to hire actual cooks to keep up with cooking for 4 Academies worth of students. Or at least they hoped so.
"Deal," said Weiss, "Now let's go in before we're late to our appointment."
Team RWBY entered Elysium Oasis without hesitation.
Ren was getting used to the desk job for now as he adjusted his new dark green scrubs. He had come in on Friday right after class to get started and learning about what he was expected to do. So far, it was decent enough for him, considering that he spent the majority of the time babysitting Nora. He had learned patience due to her. He was a bit nervous about leaving Nora alone with Oreo as Pyrrha has business with her agent. It wasn't that he was afraid Oreo would try to take advantage of Nora, but rather Nora would lose control and smash Oreo into the wall and maybe through it if he wasn't there to limit her.
Pyrrha would no doubt just tell Oreo off or frown at him, but never truly harm him as she was the leader and strived to set an example. Though in his opinion, he though Pyrrha forgave others too easily. Nora was on the opposite scale when compared to Pyrrha. While Pyrrha was patient, Nora had a very short fuse that could easily explode if he wasn't there. Thankfully, Team RWBY had accepted his request that Nora sleep with them for the weekend as well as help look out for Nora.
He heard the door open and looked up to welcome the patients just to notice it was Team RWBY.
"Ren? You work here?" asked Ruby in surprise.
"Just started yesterday," replied Ren, "Where's Nora?"
"She said she was heading to the gym and then to the Dust labs for the whole day," replied Yang, "We figured she'd be alright."
Ren could only cross his fingers and pray for the best, hiding his horrified face and putting his professional one on, passing them the Scroll tablets to fill out.
"Any choice in rooms?" asked Ren, "We have two rooms with a single massage bed each and one large room that has two massage beds, but the room is structured that we can split that room into two singles."
"Me and Rubes will take the double," said Yang quickly, "If you don't mind, Blake." Though Blake was her partner, she wanted to watch out for Ruby, even if Jaune was a nice guy. She didn't want those magical hands touching somewhere inappropriate.
"Not at all, I prefer the single," replied Blake as she quickly handed her tablet back to Ren, hoping her teammates didn't see what she filled out.
She had heard of this place through the Faunus networks and how the shop treated them fairly, but she was still suspicious. Blake also wanted the single room because she didn't want to reveal to her team that she was a Faunus. It was hard to do so because of all the discrimination she had been through before. Not to mention one of her teammates was a Schnee, the bane of many Faunus.
"Who goes first?" asked Ren as he received the tablets, "And have you made your choices on what type of massage you want, your choice of oil, and anything else?"
"We're all getting the full 90-minute massage," declared Yang, "Including back, leg, hands, everything!"
"Wait a minute, I only wanted 30-minute leg massage," said Weiss.
"I think I would feel more comfortable with an hour back massage," added Blake.
"I don't know if I feel comfortable with a boy touching my legs," pouted Ruby.
"Trust me, you want the full 90-minute full massage," stated Yang.
Weiss just mumbled about the unfairness of it when she noticed a photo of Pyrrha and Jaune.
"Is this photo doctored?" asked Weiss as she narrowed her eyes, "I sincerely hope this business isn't trying to drum up false advertisements."
"No, that's real," said Ren as he finished up inputting all the information into the OfficeMate, "Nora and I was there when it was taken."
Blake held her breath when Ren went over hers, but he didn't even seem to show any sort of emotion as he entered her data in. She had put that she was a Faunus to not only see what sort of reaction there would be but to see if the owner was discriminatory or not.
"And how does this... Jaune know Pyrrha?" asked Weiss with a slight accusation tone.
"She came here before," retorted Ren, "From what I'm told, Pyrrha was in heaven after all the stress that had been accumulating back at Beacon. I'm sure you remember what she looked like before that weekend and after."
Team RWBY raised their heads to ruminate through their memories and agreed. Pyrrha constantly seemed stress that her fake smile could be seen cracking up with bags under her eyes. Then one weekend, she returned seemingly full of vitality. Not to mention, Pyrrha had seemed rather cold to everyone, in her own team, until that weekend. None of them knew that it was because of Jaune, though.
"We came back to visit again for my interview as well as having a team 'workshop' to get to know each other better," continued Ren, "Even Nora admits Jaune gives good massages. Jaune is pretty good friends with us. Now, which one of you is going first?"
Blake, Ruby, and Weiss all looked to Yang in unison, who shrugged.
"I don't mind going first," said Yang, "All the better for me. You guys just lost out on having the first massage of the day with a fully refreshed masseur. By the time he gets to you guys, he might be tired and slack off."
"I sincerely doubt that," intervened Ren, "He's very hard working. Did the three of you want to just wait in the waiting room?"
"We'll come watch to give our final judgments," stated Weiss, "I want to see if he's as good as he claims."
"Weiss, I would appreciate if you don't demean my boss. He's never actually bragged," sighed Ren, "That photo up there was actually Nora's idea, and Pyrrha had absolutely no problems with it."
Weiss just huffed as Ren guided Ruby, Weiss, and Blake to the large room while pointing to Yang where the showers were. Ren pressed the intercom to notify Jaune that his patients were here.
Jaune was upstairs doing some last minute studying about sword forms before getting the notification and quickly coming down the stairs.
He entered in the room and blinked to see three girls sitting in the large room, the trio all sitting on one massage bed.
"Err, can you not sit on the bed all at the same time?" asked Jaune with slight hesitation.
"Are you calling us fat?" snapped Weiss.
"No, it's just the bed wasn't made for supporting different amounts of weights at different areas simultaneously, but rather a weight distributed along the whole bed " explained Jaune, "Doing so may distort bedding, making it uncomfortable for my future patients. Having one person sit on the bed doesn't affect it, but three will."
"Well, why didn't you have chairs for us?" snapped Weiss back while Blake and Ruby apologized and quickly jumped off the bed.
"I thought I asked you all to stand and wait while I got the chairs," remarked Ren as he entered, carrying two folding chairs.
"He actually did," nodded Ruby.
Looking chastised, Weiss turned her head away and stomped forward, grabbing one of the chairs and quickly sat down while Blake allowed Ren to place the other one before sitting down.
"Don't be so Weiss cold, Weiss," piped a voice from the door.
They all looked at the door and the girls squeaked while Ren had a slight blush. Jaune also did, but he managed to hide it better, as he was used to almost naked females due to his job. Yang leaning against the door jamb with only a towel wrapped around her chest. The towel barely covered her blessed assets and only covered up to mid-thigh.
"I'll just be manning the front desk," said Ren quickly, scurrying away when Yang let him through.
"Yang!" squeaked Ruby.
"Ah don't worry Rubes," grinned Yang as she patted Ruby on the head, "You're my sister. You'll be looking like this in no time."
"Not what I was going to say!" shouted Ruby.
Weiss looked down at her own chest and cried inside herself, telling herself she still had time to grow.
"You got your headbands?" asked Jaune.
"Yea, give me a second," said Yang, quickly pulling out some scrunchies from within her cleavage.
Jaune shook his head as he still didn't understand how girls could do that while Ruby helped Yang tie her hair up.
"Any choice on oils?" asked Jaune, directing the question to all of them, "I have a list of selection if you need them."
The girls looked at the lists, contemplating on which one they wanted.
"You have chocolate massages?" gasped Ruby, "Is it tasty? Do I get to lick myself when I'm done?"
"Err I wouldn't suggest that," said Jaune as he scratched his cheek, "Plus, it's extra for it and it's usually for those who have very dry skin."
"Aww alright, I'll just go with Tranquil Rose," declared Ruby.
"I think I'll spoil myself and go with Lavender and Peppermint," said Yang, "Along with some of this pumpkin combo spice."
"Scentless," answered Blake.
"Hmph, not a lot of selection here," sneered Weiss, only for Ruby to elbow her in the ribs, "Do you allow customers to bring their own oil?"
"Yea I've done that before," nodded Jaune, "It's not very often, but I've had customers bring in their own custom oils."
"Then I'll be using one from my personal stock," stated Weiss as she began to dial a number to have a shop bring it to her.
Jaune just shrugged as Yang got on a massage bed and let her towel fall off her back.
"Sis!" yelped Ruby, "There's a boy here still!"
"Calm yourself, I'm wearing nipple covers and panties," said Yang as she twirled around to reveal her nipples were covered as well as wearing panties. The panties in question, however...
"It barely covers anything!" screeched Weiss.
Yang was wearing yellow g-string panties.
"Well duh," replied Yang, "I want Jaune to not only massage my back and legs but also my butt."
She gave Jaune a seductive look and slapped her butt, causing Jaune to blush a bit and look away.
"In all reality, I really do need one there," stated Yang seriously, "Those seats in the class aren't really comfy. I'm gonna get a pillow to bring with me at least."
Yang laid on the bed while Jaune began warming up his hands and putting on a bit of oil. Blake began reading her book she brought with her while Weiss's eyes narrowed at Jaune.
'If he so much 'accidentally' gropes Yang, I'll drive him out of business before he can say massage!'
Ruby just looked nervous at the thought of another guy touching her body.
Weiss's eyes widened in shock as she witnessed Jaune's face suddenly morph from shy to sharp and concentrated as he began his work.
"I'll start from your neck," stated Jaune as he began to knead it with his hands.
"Just do whatever you feel is necessary," moaned Yang as she felt her whole body start to relax.
Yang did notice, however, that Jaune seemed to be speeding through, more concentrated on spreading the oil on her whole body. Even her butt was given a quick rub over before it was passed.
"What's with the rush?" asked Yang curiously.
"It's because you wanted to use the pumpkin spice," replied Jaune, "I have to make sure your whole body is warmed up before I start to use it."
"Aww how sweet, and here I thought you wanted to get a good rub on my butt," teased Yang, "Don't be shy if you linger there longer. I will expect a discount, though."
To the amazement of all the girls, Jaune just ignored her as he prepared the spices, throwing in small handfuls of spices into a mortar and grinding them all together, using pumpkin as the base.
"Alright, this is going to feel a bit... tingly but just bear with it," warned Jaune as he began to spread the spice on her back and key parts of her body.
Yang flinched and started to shudder as she felt parts of her body tingle and seemingly explode in heat. She held it in as Jaune let it stay on there for a few seconds before he began rubbing her back.
"Ohhh Oum that's good," moaned Yang as the uncomfortable heat turned into intense pleasure.
As the massage continued, the girls' eyes were all glued to Jaune massaging Yang. Even Blake had put her book down in favor of watching the massage, her golden eyes staring at the scene before her. Weiss was trying her best to look away but her blue-white eyes kept glancing back at Jaune and Yang. Ruby had her eyes covered with her hands, which was a rather futile attempt as she kept opening her fingers to peek through them, her silver eyes gazing into the scene.
"Quite a bit of muscle on your arms and back," noted Jaune, "You focus on your upper arms a bit?"
"Oh yea, gotta deal with the recoil of my shotgun gauntlets," grinned Yang, "But I'm most proud of my chest/upper core. They're the most important parts."
"She does," commented Ruby, "She focuses on close combat, so she has to train her muscles to be able to handle the aftershocks of her shotgun gauntlets."
"Makes sense," nodded Jaune, flinching at the thought of dealing with the recoil of a shotgun.
"But most importantly," added Yang, "And not only do I work them out to make sure my punches have their power, but to make sure these girls don't sag."
Yang gestured to her breasts, causing Jaune to blush a bit before working through it, stabbing at another knot in her back. That caused Yang to shiver before relaxing aging.
"Man and I thought you were good two days ago," complimented Yang, her eyes glazed over as Jaune finished with her back and was moving downwards.
"You sure you want me to massage your glutes?" asked Jaune as his hands hovered over her butt.
"Yes, now just do it otherwise I might get violent," snapped Yang, "I didn't wear a G-string for nothing!"
Jaune nodded and jabbed two fingers at a knot he had felt while spreading the oil. Yang gasped in pain and pleasure, throwing her head up and arching her back before sinking back down.
"I didn't even know I had one there," mumbled Yang as Jaune began to use his knuckles to dig into her butt.
"Does it... really feel that good?" asked Weiss curiously.
"You have no idea," moaned Yang drowsily, "Hey Jaune? Since I know I'm going to fall asleep when you're done, can you do Weiss or Blake next? I'd rather be awake to see my sister get her massage. It's not that you can't be trusted, but rather I'd feel better and safer if I was there."
"No problem," shrugged Jaune, "Which one wants to go next?"
"I'll go," offered Blake, "Weiss still needs to wait for that massage oil she wants."
Jaune nodded and directed Blake back to the front desk, where Ren would guide her to the showers. Silence ticked on as Jaune continued to massage Yang, now done with her gluteus and focusing on her arms and legs.
Yang had already fallen asleep, but Jaune kept on massaging her muscles until her time was up, something that impressed Weiss. She was aware that some masseurs tended to stop when their patient was asleep, claiming that there was no point. Obviously, those people were just slackers, trying to maximize profit with minimal effort. Jaune, however, was not one of those people. Even when the time was up, Jaune kept going to finish the last limb, going over only a few minutes.
"Well that's over," stated Jaune as he stretched out his limbs and went to wash his hands, "Do you girls want to stay here with Yang or wait at the lobby? Or even just go out and wander in Vale for a bit?"
"I think we'll go around Vale for a bit," piped Ruby, "I got some new Dust bullets I've been meaning to buy."
"I suppose it would be for the best if we got lunch first and perhaps bring some for Yang and Blake," nodded Weiss, "They'll most likely be hungry when they come out."
The two of them left the clinic while Jaune got ready for his next patient, Blake.
Blake had quickly undressed, showered, and wrapped a towel around her. She peeked outside to see Weiss and Ruby leaving and quickly dashed into the private room. She figured it was pointless as she had written in the patient information that she was a Faunus. Blake had been tempted to write human, but though she wanted to hide her identity, she wasn't willing to give up her identity and heritage completely onto paper.
Jaune had finished stretching and asked Ren if he wanted to go out for lunch or just eat at his apartment. Ren opted to go with Ruby and Weiss to buy some lunch. He walked towards the private room reserved for Blake and saw her already laying down on the bed with her bow tie on her head. She was naked from the waist up and thigh down and had a towel over her rear.
"Ready?" asked Jaune as he warmed up his hands and prepped the oil.
"Yea," replied Blake with her usual disinterested voice.
That voice soon changed drastically as Jaune began to spread the oil on her back. Blake felt her back warm up as the oil was spread by his hands before he began kneading the muscles. She clamped her mouth shut as best as she could, but it was getting harder and harder to do so.
"You have quite a bit of muscle on your back, as well as a lot of knots," noted Jaune, "Much more on the right side. Do you tend to throw something?"
"...Yea," whispered Blake, trying to keep her voice in as Jaune tended to her many knots.
She couldn't remember how long it had been since she felt so relaxed. Even at Beacon, though she seemed silent, uncaring, and focused on her book, the reality was she was always aware of her surroundings. Being in the White Fang certainly put a load on her whole body. Even when sleeping, she would sleep with one eye open.
Jaune could tell that her body was in a constant state of stress from all the tense muscles he was kneading. Truth be told, he wasn't sure 90 minutes would be enough to unwind all the muscles. If anything, it'd be like Pyrrha, where it would take at least two and a half. Then, a bolt of inspiration struck him.
'I wonder if this will work,' thought Jaune as he infused his hands with what he thought was a small amount of his Aura, forcing them to glow white before pressing down on a knot.
While it was true that if a person used their own Aura to ignore the sores, the backlash would be worse. However, when a foreign Aura made its presence on the muscles, its effect was rather random and unknown. Most of the time, it did nothing, as it was coming from somebody else. Afterall, Huntsmen and Huntresses sparred against each other with their Aura active.
However, in this rather unique situation, Blake had hers deactivated while Jaune's hand was brimming with a rather unnatural amount of Aura. Not to mention each person's Aura was different, all defined by their own characteristics. As soon as Jaune pressed down, his Aura splurged through skin contact, his overwhelming amount of Aura he had channeled into his hands without much control spreading through Blake's body, spreading warmth, comfort, and pleasure.
In short, Blake never saw it coming.
"NYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" moaned Blake, her initial reaction being very vocal before it became subdued.
'Nya?' thought Jaune, already going through his memory on who on earth made such a noise. The only one that came up was the feline Faunus, like the cat or tiger Faunus he had massaged before. Yet Blake didn't seem to look like a Faunus, though he hadn't actually scanned through her patient information. Ren had taken care to note for any allergies and found none. Then his eyes focused on her black blow that was tied on her head. It was twitching, and Jaune was sure it wasn't from the AC unit.
'Cat ears, perhaps?' though Jaune before asking Blake if she wanted him to remove the bow. It did seem uncomfortable to have her ears muffled.
Blake was too incoherent to reply and just nodded. A second later, the black bow tie was untied and providing air and relief to her black cat ears once more.
Seeing how Blake seemed completely relaxed, Jaune went to work on her back as usual without Aura. It was when he got to her legs did Blake regain some semblance of consciousness.
"Jaune... what did you do?" slurred Blake, trying to fight the sleep that was overcoming her.
"I tried using some Aura in the massage," shrugged Jaune as he continued with her legs.
'Since when does Aura do that?' pondered Blake before remembering the consequences of using Aura to try to heal/abuse the muscles, though it was very hard to do so in her current state.
"I know what you're thinking, but you were too tense," continued Jaune, already predicting her predicament, "Doctor Oobleck and Professor Ozpin gave me some notes about Aura, as well as my grandfather. The dangers of using Aura to drive through soreness. However, I just used a small amount of my Aura reserves for a brief amount of time, and it seemed to have worked. Now I'm having an easier time working through the knots around your body."
'That was small?' gaped Blake as she recalled how his Aura flooded her whole body, 'Screw it, I'll worry about it later. This is just what I needed. Yang was right.'
Blake slowly closed her eyes to take a deep nap that she hadn't had for a long time. Jaune proceeded to go through her legs and arms, smirking as she heard the small snores and continued Nyas every time his hands moved. He respectfully decided to avoid her butt as it was covered, focusing more on to her shoulder until time was up. He dimmed down the lights and left Blake asleep in her bed.
"We're back!" shouted Ruby as she and Weiss entered the clinic with food. Ren had come back much earlier, choosing a fast food place instead of a cafe so as to be able to eat on the job while making sure he could deal with incoming phone calls as well as walk-ins. He, of course, made sure he did so neatly. Jaune had already set a space for eating, as he did so often when he manned the front desk.
"Welcome back," nodded Ren as he ate his lightly fried fries along with his nutritious drink he had made the day prior. Jaune had been kind enough to allow Ren to use his refrigerator to store the ingredients.
"Jaune finished with Blake and is currently washing up and eating," added Ren as he continued to read the history textbook while making sure everything was in order. He could multitask well, something that was needed while taking care of Nora.
"I hope he remembers to wash his hands before continuing," frowned Weiss, thinking about those greasy hands touching her body.
"I'm sure he will," said Ruby quickly, trying to calm Weiss down, "Plus, we managed to snag that oil of yours that you wanted."
Weiss had taken one of the more expensive brands, pricing at 90 Lien for 10 mL. She would opted for a more expensive one, but she didn't trust Jaune was worth it.
"Hmph, we'll see," scoffed Weiss.
"Is Yang still asleep? And what about Blake?" asked Ruby.
"Blake is currently still asleep in the massage room while Yang has decided to accompany Jaune upstairs," replied Ren diplomatically.
"What's Yang doing upstairs?" asked Weiss.
"Talking while waiting for you two, perhaps," suggested Ren before buzzing the intercom to let Jaune know his next patients were back.
Jaune arrived back downstairs with a bowl of white rice and a small container. Yang followed next with a bit of drool coming down her lips.
"You taste Jaune's food?" asked Ren, knowing that face.
"It's not fair that you get to eat like this while working while we have to buy ours," whined Yang, "The cafeteria is always a big whiff, and we can't always keep spending our Lien on take out."
"Why don't you just cook?" asked Jaune as he set down the rice and container.
"Errr Yang's cooking mostly tends to be... explosive," winced Ruby, "Though she can cook a little."
"What about the rest of you?"
"Well I only know how to bake cookies, Blake only knows how to fry fish over a fire which doesn't taste good, and well Weiss... has never been in a kitchen in her life?" responded Ruby.
"How dare you? Of course, I've been in the kitchen," scolded Weiss.
"Did you actually touch the cooking implements Weiss?" asked Yang.
"Well... no... I only went to the Schnee kitchen once because I was wondering what was taking my cake butler so long for my cake," hesitated Weiss.
"So you see, we don't have anyone that can cook full time," pouted Yang, "Ren is the only one for team NNUL, and we can't exactly steal him from his team. Can we hire you to be the head chef of Beacon's kitchens once a week at least?"
"Is his cooking that good?" asked Ruby.
"You can try some," offered Ren as he opened the container and scooped what was inside on his rice.
It was a southern Mistralian dish that used pork meat, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms, all stewed in some chicken broth into perfection, with a few seasoning and some starch powder to thicken the sauce.
Ruby reacted immediately with a sound of disgust, "I don't like mushrooms."
"Ruby, don't be so picky," lectured Weiss, "Thanks, but we have our own food. I'm sure it'll taste just as good, if not better than his, as it was from a professional chef than a masseur."
"Weiss, Weiss, you gotta let that attitude go," said Yang as she hung her arms around Weiss, "You can't just assume these things. I had a small taste, and trust me, it's better than you think."
"If you mean small you mean half my lunch, then yea," muttered Jaune, causing Yang's cheeks to be lightly dusted in pink.
"I'll give you half of what they bought me," apologized Yang "Speaking of which, what did you get?"
"I got you some Chicken Alfredo with Pappardelle noodles," piped Ruby, "I got myself a cheeseburger, Weiss got Lobster Ravioli, and we got Blake tuna steak since we know she loves tuna for some reason."
Both Ren and Jaune raised their eyebrows at this but chose not to comment about it. They were both under HIPPA not to disclose any information about Blake, and if Blake wasn't revealing her heritage to her team, then they wouldn't either. Though Jaune didn't quite understand why while Ren knows about the little blood feud between the Schnee and Faunus.
"Cool. Here, we can share this then," said Yang as she pulled out a fork from the bag and quickly twirled the noodles around it. She lifted it up to Jaune's face with her right hand using the fork and her left hand under it.
"Say ah," grinned Yang as she attempted to feed Jaune.
"It's okay, I have to prepare for Ruby's massage next," waved off Jaune.
"Come on, just one bite," offered Yang, "I already have it up for you."
Jaune sighed before taking a bite of the noodles, quickly chewing through it and swallowed before leaving to prepare for Ruby's massage.
"You mind if I take my food into the room and watch Ruby's massage?" asked Yang as Jaune was leaving.
"Sure, just don't spill," waved Jaune as he disappeared into Blake's room to make sure she was alright.
"Is his food really that good?" asked Ruby shyly.
"Trust me Rubes, take that bite from Ren and you'll see why," replied Yang.
Curiosity won out between Weiss and Ruby and they both used spoons to scoop some rice covered with the sauce and everything. Ruby was still wary about the mushrooms so her scoop didn't have it, and the two girls took the plunge. Their mouths promptly exploded with flavor.
"Mmm this is good!" grinned Ruby.
"It's... decent," admitted Weiss, but not enough to say that it tasted better than her lunch or half of what she ate back at the Schnee manor.
Both girls went for another scoop when their wrists were both gripped by Ren.
"I'd appreciate if you didn't clear out my lunch," warned Ren with closed eyes.
Both girls meeped and apologized before Ruby quickly went to take a shower.
"I guess I should go wake Blake up," sighed Weiss as she started towards Blake's room.
"I'd let her sleep longer if I was you," whispered Jaune as he stepped out of her room, "She seemed really tired after I finished up."
"If she waits any longer, the tuna steak will get cold," grumbled Weiss, "She'll be more likely pissed off missing out her lunch than nap time."
And with that, Weiss entered into the room to see Blake still asleep with her bowtie on her head. Jaune had carefully tied the ribbon on her head before leaving the room to keep her secret hidden.
"Blake, wake up, I have tuna steak with your name on it," said Weiss as Jaune closed the door. A second later, Weiss almost screamed as Blake grabbed her lunch from her.
Ruby entered the doubles room with Yang talking with Jaune while eating her lunch.
"Please be careful not to spill anything on the floor," pleaded Jaune.
"Don't worry about!" cheered Yang as she continued to eat her lunch.
"Umm, I'm ready?" blushed Ruby as she took off her towel to reveal a one-piece bathing suit.
"Can you do it while I'm still wearing this? And possibly without your hands?"
"Ruby, that's a bit of a high demand, isn't it?" sweatdropped Yang, "Just let him use his hands. And take off the swimsuit, he can't touch your skin like that."
"Na, I have another way," answered Jaune as he went into a cabinet in the room and pulled out a round black stone the size of his palm.
"I just need to heat these stones up a bit," said Jaune as he dropped the stones in a stone heater with water, "Then I can use these in place of my hands, though it won't be as effective as my hands though."
"That's good enough," sighed Ruby in relief as she laid down on the bed.
"Trust me Rubes, let him use his hands," tried Yang.
"There's no need to push for it," said Jaune before Ruby could reply, "If she doesn't feel comfortable with me using my hands, there's no point pushing for it."
Seeing there was no point in pushing it, Yang sat back to enjoy the show as well as make sure Jaune's hands didn't wander to anywhere inappropriate.
The stones were properly warmed up as Jaune placed a few stones on Ruby's waist. He grabbed the last one and used it in place of his hands and was ready to get to work when he stopped.
"Errr, I'm not sure how to proceed," admitted Jaune, "You're clearly uncomfortable with me touching you, and you have a swimsuit on. I can't exactly put the massage oils under your swimsuit either, as it'll just get sticky without me actually rubbing it down."
Both girls didn't have a suggestion, and Ruby was ready to crumble and take off her swimsuit when Jaune finally came up with an idea.
"I can have Yang rub oil on the visible skin parts. You're much more comfortable with your sister touching your body, right? Though I'm afraid I'll still have to charge you for the full body oil service. I'll throw in the heat stones usage for free, though."
Ruby replied quickly while breathing a sigh of relief, "That'll be fine."
Jaune carefully instructed Yang how to spread the oil. Yang was surprised that she couldn't just splatter it on her skin and rub it from there.
As soon as it was over, Jaune began his work, pushing down the stone at the base of her neck.
"Mmm so warm," sighed Ruby as the stone pushed down a knot.
Jaune kept working on her shoulders, noting that her muscles were mainly focused on her shoulders and triceps. Every time he finished an area, he would move the other hot stones to another area while he worked on where the previous stone had been placed, using the said stone as a massage tool in place of his hands.
"Mmmm~" moaned Ruby, "I never knew massages could feel this good. My friend back at Signal Academy tried to give me a shoulder massage. All I felt was pain."
"And who was this friend?" asked Yang, her hair starting to glow.
"Mmmm it was... Doyle! My friend Doyle back at Signal, who's one year older than me. He was nice and kind, offering to help me during my two years there. Don't know why."
Let it be said that it is not only boys who are dense.
"I see," growled Yang as she wrote a mental note to hunt down Doyle.
"Well then he didn't do it right," frowned Jaune, "He probably thought it looked easy. Trust me, when I first started on my sisters, they would complain how I was doing it wrong. It was only through many practices and research did I start having the proper technique."
Ruby yawned as Jaune kept up with his work. Then he blinked as he remembered that Ruby had said she was attending Beacon, and yet she looked much younger than her teammates.
"Err Ruby how old are you?" asked Jaune, "I didn't really check you patient information closely."
"I'm fifteen!" piped Ruby.
"And you're already in Beacon?" clarified Jaune, "You must've been quite a prodigy."
"Yea well," blushed Ruby, "When I first started I wasn't that good. Then my until Qrow took me in and I was like all Huaaa... Waaaa."
Ruby was trying to demonstrate with her hands, but since she still had hot rocks on her back, she could only flail her arms a bit with Jaune and Yang chuckling at that image.
"So you applied early?" asked Jaune.
"Well no," replied Ruby, "I hadn't even planned on attending Beacon when I stopped a robbery in progress. I almost got the main culprit, Roman, but he got away on a Bullhead with some strange person."
'Roman? Must be some other guy,' pondered Jaune before putting that note away.
"Anyways, I must've impressed Headmaster Ozpin so much that he invited me into Beacon! I was on the Bullhead to Beacon the very next day! He's so generous!"
"Yea, my little sister is special!" cheered Yang.
"Yea... that's... nice," congratulated Jaune with a frosty smile.
Who could blame him, really? His dream was crushed when he got the rejection letter and didn't even make it to the waiting list, and now this girl strolled in and told him that the Headmaster was willing to make an exception for her even though the 'waitlist' was already full. Jealousy reared its head, and Jaune did his best to reel it in.
It was not enough as the two girls caught the change in demeanor.
"What's wrong?" asked Ruby as she leaned up and turned her head. Jaune had removed the stones already and was working on her legs now.
"Nothing... just had a bad thought about another customer," stated Jaune with a false smile.
Both sisters were too curious for their own good, though.
"You can tell us anything if you need help," offered Ruby.
"Yea, it's not like you applied to Beacon and had your spot taken by Ruby," grinned Yang.
"Owowowowow!" cried Ruby as Jaune unintentionally tightened his grip on her calves.
"Oh shoot I'm sorry," apologized Jaune as he quickly let go. He mentally berated himself for such an unprofessional behavior. It wasn't Ruby's fault that he didn't make it to Beacon. He hadn't even made the waiting list, which if he recalled correctly, only had 10 names on it. If anything, it should be those on the list that should be mad. He continued to massage Ruby, though his face was no longer the kind face he had given earlier.
Both girls were able to read the cue and stopped asking questions, letting Jaune finish in peace and quiet. Though the tension in the room was no longer relaxing, but a bit tense and depressing.
"And you're done," finished Jaune as he removed the last of the stones.
Jaune carefully looked at the swimsuit and was content that there was no damage to it before dismissing them, taking the stones with him to wash.
"Was it just me... or did Jaune suddenly seem cold to us?" asked Ruby as soon as she was sure Jaune wasn't in hearing range.
"It wasn't just you," nodded Yang, "But I'm not sure why, but I know it was right after you mentioned about attending Beacon."
"Maybe he doesn't like Beacon students because of what Cardin and his team did to that stranger in the video?" piped Ruby.
(A/N: Remember, the video was edited out so nobody knows it was Jaune)
"If that was true, then how did Ren get a job here?" answered Yang, "If he really didn't like Beacon, why hire a student from Beacon?"
Deep in her heart, she also hoped Jaune didn't hate her for being a Beacon student, as she was guilty of what happened on Thursday. She was lucky Jaune didn't report what had happened to Beacon.
The two pondered about it before deciding to quickly head out after Ruby changed back to her usual clothes.
"Alright Weiss it's your turn," chirped Ruby as she and Yang walked out to the front with Blake and Weiss waiting at the front.
Blake had annihilated her tuna steak as soon as Weiss had handed it to her. She was very thankful that Jaune had tied her ribbon back on her head, as she didn't want her team to know her secret yet. Though she was surprised that Jaune didn't tell her teammates, but then she remembered that both boys were under the HIPPA laws. She saw Ren raise an eyebrow before tilting his head towards Weiss, as if understanding her situation.
"I've had a change of heart," declared Weiss, "I already made an appointment at uptown Vale at Spa Envy that'll be opening soon. I found out that my family supplies some of their Dust supplies to power some of their equipment there, so the Schnee family gets a major discount there."
"Weiss! You already had an appointment here, why cancel it?" wailed Ruby.
Weiss refused to answer, but all three girls pestered her until she finally told the truth.
"I don't feel comfortable with a boy touching me!" exclaimed Weiss.
"I don't either, but Jaune did it with hot stones instead," quipped Ruby.
"Regardless, I'd prefer to get the full experience and not have a male hand gliding across my body," shot back Weiss.
"And how will you ensure that you'll get a female then?" asked Yang.
"On the reservation list, you can choose who you want," explained Weiss, "I chose two females with a lot of reviews about them. Not to mention they even have several credentials and referrals posted from other famous people, such as Angie Janlie."
"So you'll be canceling your appointment then?" clarified Ren. Weiss nodded and Ren quickly removed her name from the list.
"In that case, I will be giving out the bills now," announced Ren as he finished up the superbills and turned them over to Blake, Yang, and Ruby. Each one of them took a glance at their own and signed it before paying the due amount. They were given a pink copy of the receipt for their own proof and left.
"Alright I'm ready for the next one," said Jaune as he came back out from the private sink, letting the stones sit in the water.
"Weiss has declined, stating that she got a discount at another store," replied Ren.
"Hmm okay," yawned Jaune, "I'll just take a small na-"
The door opened to reveal another person, who asked if there was any space for a walk-in. Ren turned to Jaune, who just nodded. He allowed Ren to handle the situation while he went back to prepare himself.
"Ah! I forgot to ask Ren!" piped Ruby as they were walking back to the Bullhead.
"About what?" asked Blake.
"Jaune suddenly did a 180 on us at some point of our conversation," explained Yang, "He became like the Ice Queen here."
"Hey!"
"We're not sure why, but we don't want to leave it like that," continued Ruby, "Maybe Ren has some insight."
"Whatever it is, I'm sure it can wait," suggested Blake, "No need to disrupt Ren from working, otherwise it'll make him look bad in front of his employer and other customers."
"Hmph. The fact he gave a cold demeanor during the massage proves my point that the uptown Vale spa area would be better suited for us," scoffed Weiss as she threw her hair back.
"Trust me, you're missing out a lot," argued Yang, with Blake backing her up, "I bet those fancy pants masseurs up there won't do half as good ad Jaune."
"Care to wager?" smirked Weiss, "When we go for the spa, we go to the one I suggest and you can compare his imitation massage to a real one."
Ruby seemed hesitant while Blake ignored it, but Yang tackled it head-on.
"Alright. The wager, whoever accepts it, will be... if I win, then you have to be my servant for a week, and vice versa. Of course, I'll pay for the massages at the uptown Vale."
"Deal!" shouted Yang. Ruby kindly back out. It wouldn't be fair as she didn't actually have Jaune use his hands and then compare it to a female masseur who did.
Blake didn't want to go as she was sure the place that Weiss wanted to go were rather… discriminatory against Faunus.
"Be ready to lose," smirked Weiss.
'I highly doubt that,' thought Blake, 'I don't think any masseur at some fancy spa will have the same Aura reserves as Jaune, nor be even able to use Aura.'
And done. I know, Weiss seems a bit cold, but remember in canon, she's also ice cold to Jaune... and to pretty much anyone new, except for Neptune.
Plus, it lets me have more stuff to write in the future if I postpone Weiss's massage. Plus, if you found out that you have some discount at a major place, you'd want to go there too!
Also, kudos to anyone who figures out which real life character I used, just messed with the name a bit.
Alright, last chapters, got mixed reviews. So just going to go through that quickly.
The last chapter was kinda a small tribute to oobidoobi's comic on massage. As for getting away without punishment, it's dependent on who's reporting the crime. Jaune, in general, doesn't really seem to be the guy to report something like this, be it a forgiving man or a stubborn man who wants to do things on his own. In canon, he gets bullied and blackmailed by Cardin, but doesn't really do much about it. So something like this doesn't feel like he'd report it.
Yes, it was a bit of a slapstick humor, but like I guess I should've mentioned in the previous chapter that the chapter was a small tribute, though I guess I could've used Exnivir's.
Whereas for team CRDL, well they were reported by Neo, not Jaune. Not to mention their actions were much worse. I'm not saying that just because it's team RWBY, they got immunity to do whatever bad thing they want. Nor due to gender. But writing this out, would team RWBY or the other 'known' teams (cough cough emphasize on known) be jerks like Cardin is sometimes?