New chapter yaa! Oreo is coming in!
Story beta by TheMischieviousPuppyDog
Ren sat on the Bullhead, heading towards Vale while staring at the only other passenger in the ship.
"Why are you coming to Vale?" asked Ren.
"Got an appointment," replied Oreo, "What's it to you?"
Ren merely replied by turning his head to the window to stare out, signifying he was no longer interested in the conversation. Pyrrha, much to her regret, had to stay behind to take some mandatory leadership classes for all first-year teams.
As the Bullhead landed onto the Vale landing platform, Ren quickly walked towards Jaune's shop, only to notice Oreo following him. He kept walking, thinking it was a coincident until a few minutes later, Oreo was still following him.
"Is there something I can help you?" asked Ren as he turned the corner to Jaune's shop.
"No, I just have an appointment with that clinic over there," replied Oreo, pointing to Elysium Oasis.
Ren was silent as he just quickly walked into the clinic and into the changing room while Oreo stayed at the waiting room. Oreo glanced around the room and narrowed his eyes when he saw the photo of Pyrrha and Jaune shaking hands. Pyrrha had the brightest smile on the photo, one that couldn't be compared to all the other photo shoots Pyrrha had.
"Hi, can I help you?" asked Jaune from the front desk.
"Yea, five o'clock appointment," replied Oreo before turning towards Jaune, "You know, you should take the photo down."
"Why?" asked Jaune, genuinely confused, "She told me it was alright."
"Yea, but she's shy," whispered Oreo in a conspiracy-like tone, "She doesn't really like people using her fame."
"One, I have no idea what she is famous for. People have yet to tell me! And two, who are you to dictate what she does?" asked Jaune, his eyes narrowing.
"Well I'm her partner," said Oreo, "I know what she likes and not. It's my responsibility to know! We're very close if you know what I mean. As for her f-"
"Don't even lie," stated Ren as he exited the changing room, wearing his green scrubs, "Jaune, that's our last team member of team NNUL, Oreo Uzuki. Not sure if you know, but at Beacon, teams are composed of two pairs. I'm with Nora, and Pyrrha is with Oreo. As for being close, they mix like oil and water. Oreo, Pyrrha said it was alright, so there's no point in pursuing that line of thought. As for her fame, as I said, she's considered one of the best fighters in Beacon. Now go in and get ready for your massage."
Oreo grumbled about injustice while stomping towards the changing room.
"Err something I should be aware of?" asked Jaune nervously.
"We've... recently hit some patches long overdue," said Ren as he sat down, "Nothing big, mind you, and it was long overdue. We'll get over it."
Jaune merely nodded and began to prep up while Ren sat in the front, organizing some files and mails. He looked at the wall that he had finally fixed and smiled before greeting a customer.
Oreo came into the room, looking at Jaune, who was ready to work.
"45-minute massage with oil, correct?" clarified Jaune, "Any preference to oil?"
"Scentless," grunted Oreo as he laid down on the bed.
Jaune began to get to work as Oreo laid down, going over his body carefully as usual.
'Damn, this guy's good,' thought Oreo as he relaxed. The thought of Jaune's hands over Pyrrha's skin caused him to tense up once more in anger.
"Relax, otherwise this'll get harder," said Jaune as he felt Oreo's muscles tense.
Oreo begrudgingly did as he was told, letting Jaune work on his back. Soon enough, Oreo's massage was finished. Jaune was washing his hands while Oreo was tempted to smash his head into the sink for touching Pyrrha. He contemplated on it heavily, thinking all it would take was one smash, and then he would just walk out, and nobody would know. Who would suspect him? Ren, the orphan kid with no connections whatsoever?
Oreo shook that thought process out of his mind, knowing that even doing such a thing was against Huntsman code, even if he did follow it quite loosely.
"Just go to the front desk, and Ren will have your superbill for you," pointed Jaune as he finished washing his hands.
"Yea, thanks," muttered Oreo, "Jaune, as Pyrrha's partner, I know for a fact she doesn't really like being touched. It's part of the reason why she's almost untouchable when it comes to fighting. If you want to do her a favor, don't touch her. Use something else."
Having content with giving a white lie, Oreo left a pondering Jaune.
"Hmm, wonder what he meant?" pondered Jaune, "Pyrrha didn't seem that discomforted when I was massaging her with my hands."
Jaune continued to think about it before snapping his hands, "I get it! He wants me to try to use Aura to create hand like constructs! I wonder if that's possible. Oh well, I can test that theory later."
Oreo smirked as he walked down the hall to the front desk, where Ren had already written up the superbill for Oreo. Oreo gave his Lien to Ren without much word, but when he was about to leave, he whispered into Ren's ear.
"Don't get too comfortable with this job. I don't expect this place to last long, not with that new spa opening and perhaps... other influences."
Before Ren could say anything, Oreo left.
"He better not be planning anything," muttered Ren before dealing with another patient.
Saturday arrived for the two males, and they were quickly flooded with patients. It was, of course, in the middle of the day at 12 when Ren's patience would be tested.
"Hi, I'm here to get a massage," sad a rather large lady, "Do you take walk-ins?"
"We do, but we are pretty full today," replied Ren, checking the schedule, "The next available time would be at 5 P.M. at the latest."
The lady had a look of disgust and shock before replying, "Are you trying to drive business out?"
Ren blinked in confusion as the woman continued, "What type of business doesn't take walk-ins?"
"Ma'am, there are several appointments that have already been made," explained Ren, "We cannot just cancel them to prioritize walk-ins. If you want, you can sit here and wait and if one of the appointments don't make it in time or cancel, we can bring you in."
"Forget it," scoffed the woman, turning around to leave, a small tail behind her waving to signify she was a Faunus.
Ren did not get angry, as he had learned the virtue of patience from taking care of Nora for so long. But it did annoy him that some people thought they were entitled or had a very terrible sense of logic.
Soon Saturday business ended, and Ren was ready to head to sleep when Jaune stopped him.
"Head back to Beacon," ordered Jaune, surprising Ren, "I know you have a field trip on Tuesday that you need to prepare for, as well as a test. Pyrrha sent me a text earlier. I don't want risk the chance of your grade suffering because of work."
"It's okay, I can still work and have time to study," said Ren earnestly, but Jaune shook his head.
"I appreciate it, but I would feel guilty if you didn't get enough time to study. Remember, I told you I would adjust your schedule to your academic schedule. Plus, you look like you could use the early break from dealing with 4 patients with illogical reasoning in a row. I'm surprised you didn't blow up."
"I have Nora to thank for that," yawned Ren, "Are you sure? I can still work."
"I'm sure," waved Jaune, "Tomorrow doesn't seem to be too busy for some reason."
Ren's mind flashed back to what Oreo had said before deciding to look up a bit more on it.
Pyrrha Nikos was not in a happy mood. She had the mandatory leadership class on Friday, preventing her from going to Jaune's. Nothing she could do there, as she was the leader of team NNUL. Then Saturday, when she was prepared to head over to Jaune's, her sponsors called her, saying that there was a golden opportunity for them, and without giving the chance to decide or decline, hung up on her. Having no choice, Pyrrha had to fly to uptown Vale for a photoshoot as well as a small meeting of what would come.
She sent Jaune a text about being unable to come as well as a small notice that Ren shouldn't be working too long as there was a test as well as a trip coming up at Beacon. The meeting and photoshoot took the whole day, and by the time she finished, it was better to just head back to Beacon.
So when she was walking back to her dorms, her path was intercepted by team CRDL. She, of course, ignored them when they came close to her.
"So, the Invincible Girl deems our presence to be unworthy of her time," sneered Cardin, with Russel sneering along with him. Sky and Dove seemed to be a bit more conservative, having no real idea what they were doing besides Cardin asking them to come.
"What do you want?" asked Pyrrha, her eyes almost rolling.
"Why, to become best friends!" said Cardin with wide arms.
"You?" Pyrrha almost laughed, "You, who bully others until you were caught in the act. You, who are currently being punished for your atrocious behavior these past months? Why would I be friends with you, you who clearly hold me in disdain?"
Cardin held out his hand, to which Russel handed him the Scroll, "Because if you don't, then this little video clip of you and your boy toy gets exposed to the public."
A video Pyrrha leaning towards Jaune could be seen and easily misconstrued as Pyrrha kissing Jaune from the angle.
"So what do you say, 'best friend'?" said Cardin, as he began to lope his arms around her.
Only to have Dove and Sky yank him back and dragging him on his feet.
"Sorry, emergency team meeting!" explained Sky to Pyrrha before Dove grabbed Russel to a huddle.
"What are you doing?" hissed Dove, "We're already in the gutter with your last stunt, now you want to blackmail someone? Namely a famous athlete that can kick our ass during battle sessions? We'd be kicked out of Beacon! You might be safe with your daddy's pockets, but the rest of us aren't!"
"Relax, we won't get in trouble," said Cardin, "She'll fall prey to us."
Then they heard a snicker. Soon, that snicker became laughter. Team CRDL slowly looked back in fear as they saw Pyrrha laughing.
"You think I'm afraid of this?" laughed Pyrrha as she tossed the scroll back to Russel's fumbling hands, "I've had the paparazzi take photos similar to this before. Back at home, I've dealt with situations like this by the dozen. Go ahead, send it to the nearest news station! But try to blackmail like this again, and I'll go straight to Ozpin and the public! We'll see how you're daddy's pockets fare then!"
With a flourish, she stomped away, but not before mentally noting to ask Glynda for Dove and Sky's contact number. She saw how those two were unwilling to devolve into blackmail and hoped to put a good word for them.
"Well what now?" asked Russel.
"Plan B," grunted Cardin as he texted a message to Oreo to ready the Rapier Wasps, "We'll get her on Tuesday, during the trip."
He whirled around to Dove and Sky in anger, "Don't you two ever question my leadership! I'm the leader, got it! I was appointed the position! That means you guys have to follow what I say, my word is law!"
Though the two nodded, both of them were mentally wondering if this was really worth it and considered asking Ozpin to put them on reserve lists. Though both didn't like the sound of Cardin getting Rapier Wasps, they did nothing. It wasn't like getting those animals were illegal.
As soon as Pyrrha made it back to her room, she started to breathe in air rapidly. Sure she had had situations like this before, but she never personally handled it. It was always her managers and sponsors that dealt with the paparazzi when situations like this came up. She pondered about why she had taken such a fierce stance against Cardin. Was it because she had threatened one of her only friends she ever made? Deciding to think more about that later, she went back to her room to study, and most likely help Ren force Nora to study.
"I'm tired!" complained Nora as she slammed her book down, "I don't wanna study anymore."
"Nora, finish up this chapter at least," said Ren gently, already back from his job. He was a little peeved that Pyrrha had told Jaune about his upcoming test, but was glad that he could get some studying done as well as help out Nora.
"Ren's right, this chapter is vital for the upcoming test," said Pyrrha as she highlighted a few important terms to remind her to look up a better definition.
"But I'm bored!" said Nora, her feet and hand flailing on the bed, "The trip isn't until Tuesday!"
"We know," sighed Pyrrha as she opened another book to look up some definitions, "I won't be able to head to Jaune's on Tuesday. I was supposed to go this weekend, but so many things piled up at once."
"Yea, and you're going to that fancy spancy spa place with Weiss and Yang," piped up Nora before giving Pyrrha a light-hearted glare, "Traitor, going to another massage place when you have Jaune!"
"Weiss didn't really give me the chance to refuse," pouted Pyrrha, "I'll just have to make it up to him next weekend. Wish I could still see him on Tuesday, though."
An idea popped up into Nora's mind as she began to laugh maniacally, in silence, of course.
A bit short, but I promise I'll try to make the next few chapters a bit longer. And yes, I did deal with a patient as described above. Sense of reasoning was really shitty, yet I had to take it with a smile on my face while wanting to punch her.
Let's see, I was surprised to see quite a few reviews asking who Oreo was. Thought I was pretty clear on that sub plot, but eh. Also, for now, it's all going to build up and keep building until it really explodes muhahaha. Next chapter, Weiss, Pyrrha, and Yang go to the new spa place! What will happen oooh! And what is on each character's mind when they plot!? The whole thing will explode when it hits that day!
The day to Forever Falls trip draws near... what shall happen!