Chapter 2: Show Them How You Smile!

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0703 Hours, Beacon Academy, Kingdom of Vale.

Ruby called Weiss over to his bed. Weiss was in the toilet, showering. Ruby told him to hurry up. Once Weiss got out, and he saw Ruby under his bed. "Ruby? What's up?", he asked. Ruby asked Weiss to take a look at a vile. It looked like dust. It was purplish-red.

"Is it dust? I found it under my bed.", he asked. Weiss took a little look at the dust and confirmed. "Yep. That's dust alright. Seems Mistrali.".

"Dust looks different if it's from different places?", Yang asked. He caught Weiss and Ruby of guard. Ruby and Weiss screamed, so high pitched Yang thought they turned back into girls.

"Yang! Nearly dropped this thing!", Weiss said. "And yeah. Atlesian dust is shiny and pure, Valean is a little matte and a few specks of dirt, Vacuan is dusty and dirty, and Mistrali is extremely shiny and even more pure than Atlesian. The best dust comes from a town a few kilometers north of Argus.".

"Well, even if they didn't, we still need to tell Oz.", Blake said. Goodness, why was everyone appearing out of nowhere?

0725 Hours, third year gymnasium, Beacon Academy.

Jaune is flailing down to the ground. She gets up, visibly exhausted. Her sword is just in front of her, but when she reaches for it, Pyrrha kicks it away. Pyrrha then throws Akuoko and Milo away, to the same place that Jaune's sword had landed. "Melee time. Just you and me. Mano e mano!", Pyrrha says. Jaune gets up, and fixes her hair that has been tied into a bun, as not to bother her during her training with Pyrrha. They've been at it since around 6 o'clock.

Pyrrha gets into his combat stance, and Jaune does too. Immediately, Pyrrha throws a jab at Jaune. She dodges it, able to smell Pyrrha's sweat. Now, she threw a jab, and Pyrrha dodged it too. A kick from Pyrrha throws Jaune into the ground. She gets up. Nora and Ren are wondering how on Remnant Jaune is still holding up? They've been sparring for like one hour!

Jaune continues to jab and kick, Pyrrha dodging every single one. Until, he trips over a bench. "Woaah!". Jaune, who was starting to make Pyrrha back up, tripped over Pyrrha's - who had already fallen over - feet.

Pyrrha grunts again as Jaune lands on him, to which Jaune just remains quiet. After around 27 seconds, Pyrrha decides that it's time to get up. "Jaune? C'mon, get u-". Jaune's eyes were closed, and her bun has been de-bunned. She was asleep! Ren and Nora had gone out just before this whole debacle started. He wanted to wake her up. He really did, but he couldn't. Not because he's fantasized about this - he has - but because Jaune looked so peaceful when she slept. However, this moment of peace was not long lived.

"Pyrrha? You two, get ove-".

"AHH! P-Pyrrha!".

"I-I'm sorry!"

That was enough for Blake to become a little embarrassed, but not enough for her to back down. "Ooh, naughty.", she said. Jaune and Pyrrha had been up by then, but now they were blushing and looking away from each other. Jaune walked up to Blake and slapped her right across the face. She took her stuff and walked out without another word. Once she walked out, Pyrrha burst out laughing. Blake was still rubbing her injury, as it still hurt. "What? Oh come on, lighten up!", Pyrrha said to a fuming Blake.

Sensing the atmosphere, Pyrrha picked up Milo and Akuoko and walked up to her. "What is it?". Blake too a breath, then said: "Ruby found something that could be dust. However, before we head up to Ozpin, I highly suggest you take a bath.". Pyrrha scoffed. Blake wasn't that sensitive last year, was she? In fact, once the 2 of them started to hang out more, they would usually hang out either after class or after training. Neither would ever complain about the smell!

"What? But it's the smell of victory!"

"Yeah, do you want Ozpin to smell your victory, with a hint of Jaune?", Blake asked. Pyrrha blushed a little at that. "I-It's not what you think,".

"Oh, I think it is~"

"Was not!"

"Was too! You were snuggling with Jaune. Jaune. Your crush. How could that be anything from the obvious?"

Pyrrha took a breath to calm himself down. "I tripped, she tripped on my feet, and she fell asleep on me. Happy?". Blake looked ecstatic. "Oh!!! So adorable!".

"I-Is no...ok, fine, maybe she did look a little cute.". Pyrrha's face turned as re as a beet and he looked away.

"Anyway, just take a shower and go to our dorm room, got it?"

"Yep.".

0857 Hours, Professor Ozpin's Office.

"This is some great evidence, Miss Rose! Seems like it came from the quarry just north of Argus in Qeqrinta. Miss Nikos, I'm sure you're familiar?". Pyrrha's head snapped up to look at the professor. "Oh? Yes, I am. My uncle works there.", he says.

"Hmm...Well, I suppose all of you are excused. You'll receive any news regarding the dust in the hopefully near future.", he said. With that, the two teams went back into the elevator. What a morning it has been - it was just 9 o'clock! What else were they going to do?

"Well, I find it quite hard to spar in Pyrrha's clothes. Can we go looking for something new to wear? Not just for combat, but in general?", Jaune brought up. Blake thought, and she agreed. "Okay, maybe at 11 or 12, though. I reckon the two of you are pretty tired, correct?", Blake said, directing it at Jaune and Pyrrha. Jaune's blood rushed up to her cheeks, and she sought to hide it.

"Oh, and you have to wear each other's clothes on your little date. No wearing your new stuff, alright?", Yang added. Pyrrha wanted to protest, but she sensed that the entire elevator was going to attack her if she did, so she relented. "Pyrrha?", Jaune asked.

Pyrrha looked down to Jaune, she was marginally taller than her now. Jaune gripped Pyrrha's hand and said: "You better help me with your corset, okay?". Pyrrha nodded, and returned the squeeze.

"Hueck! Get a room, you two!", Yang said. Laughter fell onto the elevator as Blake elbowed her boyfriend.

Weiss agreed to take them to a boutique that she knew, and was relatively cheep, so she could afford it even without the Schnee money.

Once the elevator dinged, they spilled back into their rooms. Ruby and Weiss decided it was their turn to spar, Blake read her new book, 'Ninjas Of Love III', Yang fell back asleep, Rena and Nora went out to the park, and Jaune, with Pyrrha, is watching TV in the common room. Jaune is just flicking through channels, wondering what to watch. They found a show, called RedVsBlue, and decided to watch it.

"...Caboose! Just shut. The frick. Up!". Jaune and Pyrrha share a laugh at that particular phrase. Jaune leans onto Pyrrha, to which Pyrrha silently yelps from surprise. "What? I can't depend on my partner for support? Disappointment...", Jaune says. She starts to pull away, but Pyrrha pulls her in. Now, she was the one that silently yelps. "What? A partner can't show how much he values her?".

"No,...I-it doesn't work l-like that...but, he may.", Jaune said. The two put their focus back onto the show.

"...for our ancestors' ancestor's!"

"They are till our ance-"

"Just shut up, Griff!"

"Man, I'm just trying to help!"

The only sound left in the room was the sound of the show, something about Blood Gulch Alpha, or something. Pyrrha and Jaune had long fallen asleep, in each other's hands. Somewhat similar to the scene in Oz' office on day one, this time Jaune gripping tightly on Pyrrha's arm.

Jaune woke up. She wasn't gonna just, like, let go. Who'd do that when they're snuggling up with the one they like? Suddenly, on screen, the Indigo team newbie Caboose accidentally kills his superior, Church. The loud explosion of the tank shell exploding the cliff edge was so loud it scared Jaune. She gripped very tightly onto Pyrrha's arm. Harder than se already was, if that was even possible.

"Wha...Jaune? What's wrong?", Pyrrha asked. Somehow, Jaune's tight squeeze managed to wake Pyrrha up. How embarrassing! She had to explain that a cartoon's loud noises had scared the crap outta her. She just kept quiet, hiding behind Pyrrha's arm. "Well, whatever it is, I promise to protect you until you are at ease.", Pyrrha said. Jaune's blush reddened, but smiled at Pyrrha as she snuggled up back with her big manly-man/girl. The two were about to fall back to sleep when, on the TV, a possessed Mexican robot was screaming Texas after a hand bomb killed her.

Pyrrha and Jaune were once again woken up by the damn TV. Jaune reached for the remote and turned it off. Now, they could sleep. But then,

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP...

Oh what now? Apparently, it was the alarm that Pyrrha had set just before they fell asleep. It was now 10:30 a.m. "Man, why can't we catch a break?", Jaune asked. Pyrrha chuckled and attempted to get up. But Jaune's grip tightened. "Just 5 more minutes?", she asked. Pyrrha froze, but sat back down. Who could resist those gleaming azure eyes? Ann, maybe.

1109 Hours, Team RWBYJNPR's common room, Beacon Academy.

"...rha...yrrha...Pyrrha!". Pyrrha woke up immediately, and saw Blake right in front of him with a very wide smirk. Jaune was yet to wake up. Before Blake could say anything, Pyrrha moved his hand. "Wha...N-no, I want my teddy bear now...P-Pyrrha?". Pyrrha had the most flustered look on her face, and Blake looked ecstatic. Wait, BLAKE?!

"AHHHHH! B-BLAKE!", she squealed. She was about to respond, when Pyrrha stopped her. "It's no use, Jaune. She ain't keeping this to herself.". Jaune accepted defeat, and brought herself to her feet. Holding a hand out, she offered to lift Pyrrha up. He accepted, and he took her hand.

"Ohh! Too cute! Can't handle...anymore...". Blake fainted and fell on the floor.

"Blake!?"

1113 Hours, Team RWBY's dorm, Beacon Academy.

"So, she just fainted?", Yang asked. Jaune and Pyrrha nodded. Yang smiles. "Well, just get ready for Vale, I'll get her to come too.", he said. The 2 partners entered their dorm and looked for their clothes. However, Ren was standing in front of the closet door. What now?

"Ren? kinda in the wa- AAAHHH!". Ren had zapped Pyrrha with the zapper they used during truth or dare on the first day. "Sorry, Pyrrha. But Blake and Yang told me to not let the two of you in, and to zap if they tried.".

"Well we aren't wearing these.", Jaune said, gesturing to her current clothes, of which were a Pumpkin Pete's tank top and shorts, and Pyrrha's black 'System of a Down' hoodie and Sanctum's Physical Educations leggings. Pyrrha had collapsed onto the floor, and she only just stopped spasming from the zapper's zap.

"That's what those are for. Your welcome!". Ren pointed to the clothes hanging rack behind them. It had one of Pyrrha's corsets, the one she wears in combat, as well as what wore today, and Jaune's Pumpkin Pete's hoodie. Oh, as well as a red skirt with bronze trim and blue jeans, the holes repaired with some sort of lighter toned blue.

"W-What? But the date's at like...night?! Pyrrha!", Jaune said. Pyrrha raised his hands. "It wasn't me!". The two of them looked at Ren, who pointed at the doorway, and there was Yang. She was snickering.

Jaune and Pyrrha looked at each other. 'Meh, no choice I guess.', they both thought.

"Alright. Ren, you may exit. Nora. You too.". Jaune knew she was there. How'd they know she was there?

"I don't need to explain myself. Oooout!", she said. all the protest she received was an "Awww!"

"Pyrrha. I'm going into the toilet. Do you need to go first?", she asked. Pyrrha nodded. He went in, and Jaune got to her mischief. She quickly changed into her attire. Apparently, she didn't need Pyrrha's help to wear a corset. She wore her inside clothes, and started to wear the corset. She struggled, but she got it soon enough. Skirt on next, and she wore it with ease. Knee high socks, check, high heels, check, and now to tie her hair. How'd she like it? Ah, yes. Ponytail. Boom. There, done. Luckily, she didn't have to go to the toilet.

"Alright, Jaune? Your tu-". Woah. Jaune looked stunning! The yellow hair and the red corset looked great! Pyrrha started to stare and his thoughts started to become less 'Can't believe I'm doing this', to 'I'm so glad I'm doing this'. "Well? How do I look?". Pyrrha shook her head, and cleared any indecent thoughts. "Y-Yeah! Absolutely! And, I think I know what I can add to complete this whole shebang.". He walked over to his closet, and took her tiara out. It was slightly bent, but that was beside the point. He put it onto Jaune's head, and she smiled. "Better now?". Jaune nodded. Without a second thought, Jaune leaped up and planted a kiss on Pyrrha's cheek.

Whoa. It felt...he didn't know. So many things were racing through his mind. And a very heated feeling was rushing through his face.

"C'mon, lets meet our teammates!", Jaune said. She closed the door behind her and left Pyrrha alone. One thing was sure, she was in love.

1358, abandoned Bullhead field, 270 kilometers north of Mantle.

Mercury, wearing a long sleeve version of his normal attire, is standing just next to the landing pad. Emerald, with a bandage surrounding her hips. Cinder had sent them there, under the supervision of Watts, to collect a shipment of dust from Mistral. The Bullhead landed, and the thing was infiltrated by a woman with pink and brown hair wearing a top hat, a white jacket with a pink interior, pink cuffs, buttoned halfway with brown gloves and pants. Out of the front window, bodies of the crew were thrown out.

"Whelp, we did what y'all wanted. We'll be on our way. Neo!", another person said. He had orange hair. He wore a white jacket, buttoned up, with a dark green t-shirt inside. His pants were brown and had two straps holding up what seemed to be a walking cane.

"Nope, not yet. You want your pay, meet with the head honcho, explain why you're late, then you may leave.", Mercury said. Emerald, still incapable of speech, nodded. The man with orange hair smirked. "Ahh, seems like you and Neo have a little in common.", he said, getting closer to Emerald. She turned the safety of her weapon off, which made a click sound.

"Woah, no need for the violence, little girl,", he said, backing away. "Besides, I don't think it's fair if I fight a little girl like you.", he finished. He smirked and walked back to Neo. "Alright, show us where to go."

Watts showed them into the bullhead. Neo looks over her shoulder to shoot a smirk at Emerald. Mercury, as cold as he is, did nothing, and followed suit. Emerald hesitated, but followed through anyway. Why was she doing this? Why was she allowing herself to be treated like...like a worthless animal?

When she had met Cinder, she promised her vengeance. Vengeance for herself, and her family. Her family, that a few huntsmen had indirectly killed. They were defending her home, which was actually farther up north, from Grimm. The alarm sounded, and they evacuated the people, prioritizing the others, because they were more 'important'. That was how the Atlesians did it. They played favorites, favoring the others, because they were tax payers. The Sustrai family were poor, 3rd class citizens. They couldn't pay taxes, but they tried. Her father worked for the SDC, and her mom was a huntress. She retired, however, and then gave her pistols to her only daughter. That was the last thing that she did before their little town was blown up by an Atlesian bomb, to 'eradicate the Grimm', before hundreds were evacuated.

She was 15. She was recruited by Cinder at the same time as Mercury when she was around 19. She was full of spite and the need to hurt. Now, at 22, she still feels that, but it has died down over the last 3 years or so. She wants to stop, but she know shat Cinder has gone through.

They were childhood friends, after all.

1949 Hours, Monty Street, Downtown Vale.

"I still can't believe you guys are doing this for us.", Pyrrha said. Why were they so sweet? He never deserved this. "Just go with it, Pyrrha.", Jaune whispered. Was she out of her right mind? "I know, but, Your Name? I just-".

"Pyrrha, are you scared of crying?", Blake teased. Sheesh, when did Blake get so talkative?

Pyrrha's face turned a little red, but it multiplied soon after. "Don't worry Pyrrha. You can grip onto my hand if you get too sad.", Jaune said. Ren scoffed. "What, don't believe that I'll make it through?", Jaune said.

"No, just don't get mad at me when I laugh at you crying your eyes out into Pyrrha's shoulder when you come back.", Ren said. She smiled. Jaune's face turned sour. Who did Ren think she was?

Before Jaune could protest further, Ruby and Yang pushed the couple in. "Go! The movie starts in 10 minutes!", Blake said. Weiss promised to bring their stuff back to the dorms.

"Well, I guess we're doing this. Want some snacks?", Jaune asked. Pyrrha nodded and the two of them went to the snacks counter.

2056, Beacon Academy.

"Sun! Care to explain this?", Velvet asked. It was a picture of him, with Yatsuhashi, on a date. Yatsu was weirdly calm, but Velvet was the angry one. How dare Sun take a picture of them, privately, like a stalker?

Velvet held Yatsu's sword, and held it at Sun's neck. Yatsu was sitting down, but she got up and approached her partner. "Yatsu? No. No! Don't yo... Why am I holding Fulcrum?". Yatsu had used her semblance to erase a little bit of Velvet's recent memory. Thus, she doesn't remember the last...15 seconds or so.

"O-Oh, you were just sh-showing me how your semblance works.", Sun said. Velvet's 'Oh' and her deactivating her semblance got a sigh of relief from Sun and Yatsu. "What? Why". The 2 girls immediately retreated to the kitchen, where Blake and Ren were hanging out. Ren was preparing dinner for the teams, and Blake was just hanging out with her as Yang was going insane.

"No! Then, he decides to invite me to go and spy on them! I swear, he's going insa- Oh, hi you two.", Blake said. "Hey, No time to explain, just help us hide from Velvet. Ann might've helped him.", Yatsu said.

"Okay, weird, but I won't ask anything. Get down here!", Ren said. Yatsu and Sun hid behind the counter, crouching. Yatsu was praying, and Sun was clenching. As expected, Velvet came flying in. Or, Ann did. A bunch of them. When the storm subsided, a bunch of dust (Normal) formed a cloud. A silhouette appeared, but it's menace was cut short when there appeared two bunny ears. It was Velvet (duh).

"Ah, Ren, Blake. You two wouldn't by any chance have seen Sun or Yatsu have you?", he asked. Scared out of their minds, Blake and Ren shook their heads. Velvet wasn't buying it. "Oh, well that's a shame. Would be a bigger shame if we found them here, wouldn't it, Ann?", he said. Ann nodded and started looking. Ren had hidden them, using her semblance. Then, just in time, Blake used her semblance to make a few figures run past the kitchen and make a sound.

"After them!", Velvet exclaimed, pointing at the doorway. Ann and Velvet ran out, running. "Phew, that was close. You two can come up now.", Blake said. Yatsu and Sun breathed a sigh of relief. "Man, no wonder people name hurricanes girls. They are unwanted danger!".

"Aren't we women now?", Yatsu asked. Sun looked thoughtful, and gave an answer. "But we haven't officially started using our flip names. My point stands.". The two of them continued bickering, and weren't aware of the situation behind them.

They kept silent, knowing exactly how to tackle it. Blake and Ren got shot looks, and they looked ashamed. Sun and Yatsu didn't notice anything. it was only when Blake almost got hit by weapon. A dust bullet flew just 7 millimeters away from her right ear. She flinched, and let out an 'Aah!'. Sun and Yatsu knew exactly what was happening.

They raised their hands, and gave pleading looks to their comrades facing them to do so too. When they did, Yatsu turned around to face her partner. She had a look of pleading. "Velvet, whatever yo-".

"Silence.". Aah. Yatsu loved Velvet, and this was proof of it. She made a flirtatious look, and Velvet returned it. Haah. He had fallen for their trap. Ruby and Yang came behind them, and snatched two of them (Velvet was untouched).

"Give it up, Velvet.", another voice called out. It was Weiss. He had her rapier pointed at Velvet, and was in a battle stance. Now, they weren't being serious, but it looked that way. After a few seconds of silence, Velvet burst out laughing,

"I don't care about this anymore, just take me!", he said. He collapsed on the floor laughing, and the lighthearted mood of the dorms returned. Yatsu went over to her boyfriend, on the floor, and picked him up, bridal style. Man, if only they were still their original genders. Wouldn't that be a little more tight-knit?

Suddenly, the elevator doors opened, and it revealed two people. One standing tall, fighting tears, and another on his shoulders, crying her eyes out. Looks like Jaune and Pyrrha were back from the movie.

"...but did they have to include the ribbon?", Jaune said. He continued bawling her eyes out. Suddenly, Ren started laughing like Velvet. "I knew it! What part made her cry the most?", she asked. Pyrrha's lips trembled, and he started crying too.

"Waaaah! She started crying during the meteor shower,", he said. He wiped away a few tears, before putting his head on Ren's shoulders, then finished. "And I started to tear up when the town was destroyed. A-Again.".

Ren was fighting. She really was trying not to laugh, but this was a sure case of 'I told you so'. She let out a deep breath, and patted his back. "There, there. I think you two should head in now, dinners out in a bit.", she said. She showed them into the dorm, and closed the door behind them.

"Whelp, I guess Ruby was right. Here, 10 bucks.". Blake and the rest of team RWBY gave him 10 bucks too, seeming like they had lost the bet as well. "Haah! I knew it! Ahem...", Ruby said. He then made his voice into a deep one. "They called me a mad man. Now, give me your money.", he said. The entire kitchen burst in laughter.

2132 Hours, JNPR's dorm room, Beacon Academy.

Pyrrha had just got out of the toilet. He wore his clothes inside the toilet, as not to fluster Jaune, but it turns out, that wasn't necessary. Turns out, Jaune had changed clothes, and fell asleep on Pyrrha's bed. No covers, just on the bed. Lights were dim, so it felt a little romantic. He slapped himself mentally for thinking that.

Jaune was wearing his clothes. Yes, she was wearing Pyrrha's hoodie that he wore earlier. Pyrrha tried to get him up, but then she pulled Pyrrha into the bed with her. GAAAAAH WHAT THE HELL IS SHE THINKING! Pyrrha wanted to protest, but then Jaune shushed him. Pyrrha being hurled over her into bed next to her made her yelp.

"Shhhh. You wouldn't want them to know what we're doing, would you?", she said. Pyrrha's face flashed as red as her corset, and Jaune giggled. "Wow, you really have your mind in the gutter, don't you?". Pyrrha stammered, but turned away from Jaune when he had no words. He tried to get up, but Jaune pulled him in, and subsequently into a hug.

"Just 5 minutes?", she said. Pyrrha froze, but sat back down. Who could resist those gleaming azure eyes? Ann, maybe.

AN:Hope you liked it! Kinda experimenting with team CFVY's and SDAA's relationship with each other. You think it's good? Anyways, Thank you for reading! 3