Symbiote Knight

Chapter 35: Spartan Time

Pyrrha was currently in class, but she found her mind wondering. She had heard about Jaune's time with both Yang and Weiss, and she was getting worried. She hadn't' had 'her turn' as it was with Jaune to help him relax. When this started, she figured it would be a good idea to get some alone time with him like the other girls had.

There was just one problem.

She had no idea what to do to relax as it were. For as long as she could think she had been kept busy with training, schoolwork, competitions, endorsements, it all didn't leave much for free time. Now that she had a lot less stress just being a student, she suddenly found that she didn't know what to do with it all. She just spent her free time with her team doing whatever they wanted to do because she had no ideas of her own. She trained with them or with Jaune and just did her schoolwork for her free time.

Now after hearing about what Yang and Weiss did, she suddenly realized she had no idea what to do.

Pyrrha had been trying to come up with something, but they were all just the same things she normally did with Jaune. It was then that she knew that she needed help, but the problem was would they even help her? Biting her lip, she opened her scroll between classes and opened up a certain chat room, it was the room that she, Yang and Weiss made up so as to not plan over each other. There was a calendar there with days they could earmark for times with Jaune.

Taking a breath, she sent the message.

Right after classes were done the three of them met up in the concourse sitting at one of the outside tables.

"So, what's up?" Yang asked first.

"I…need help," Pyrrha slowly admitted. "I don't know what to do with Jaune, I mean I know what I want but everything is just what we normally do and after hearing what you girls did, I want something special as well."

Weiss raised an eyebrow, "You're asking us, the girl's who are competing with you for advice?"

Pyrrha winced, she knew it wasn't a normal question, but she had no one else to turn to. Nora didn't know her feelings for Jaune or what was going on with her, Yang and Weiss. Ruby and Blake also to her knowledge didn't know, although that part she would find out much later they in fact did know by this point.

Yang had been so helpful before that she hoped the blonde would help her out again.

Yang had a thoughtful expression on her face. "I won't lie, part of me is wanting to let you sink but I'd feel pretty crappy about myself if I did."

Yang liked a straight up and fair fight dirty tricks was something she didn't do in her fights. Maybe it was a sense of honor or something, but she liked to earn what she wanted. Also, she didn't want to be the kind of person that took advantage of others.

Weiss gave her a slight questioning look as yang just shrugged at her. "Hey, what can I say? I like a fair fight but Pyrrha, why don't you just do what you normally do on your own time with him?"

So Pyrrha explained, how she didn't really know what she liked to do in her free time other than physical activities. She had kept herself physical for so long it was like second nature to her, but she already did most of that with Jaune. The two girls listened to her explanation, Yang always thought that being a celebrity would be great but from the sounds of it, it was just a lot more work than she realized.

Weiss on the other hand could sympathize, she too had been made to do much of the same growing up thanks to her father mostly. At least some of the things she enjoyed but it had left her isolated. Looking at Pyrrha she could sense a feeling of comradery with the taller redhead in how their lives had gone. Most of their lives revolved around responsibility and duties, while not leaving much in the way of a personal life.

Yang was the first to speak, "Well I can see why you're having trouble."

The blonde leaned back trying to think of something if only to help the poor girl out. "Well, you like physical activity, is there anything you haven't done yet with him that you like to do?"

Pyrrha thought about it, she already went to the gym with him, went on runs, trained, there wasn't much else. Then she thought of something. "Well, I like to swim."

"Beacon does have the indoor pool facility," Weiss commented. Beacon being so large had plenty of things for students to do in order to stay both fit and to blow off energy. The gym facilities were just the start, there was an indoor running track and pool for when it was too cold outside for starters. The only reason they hadn't used the indoor track was because it was too nice out normally.

"Damn, I really wanted to show off my bikini to Jaune," Yang muttered.

"Would that be okay?" Pyrrha wondered if she should try for something a bit bigger.

"I mean other than going out to a movie or something. Do you have any movies you like or shows?" Yang asked.

Pyrrha again didn't watch much television, too busy being in commercials for starters and whenever she saw her own commercials she always felt embarrassed watching them. She didn't really have a genre she liked, normally she just went with whatever her family wanted to see.

Weiss could see that the girl was not coming up with much and sighed slightly. "Looks like you have something to do."

Pyrrha thought about it but soon realized she would have to go in a swimsuit in front of Jaune, her face reddened at the thought.

"What?" Yang asked seeing her expression.

"It's just a little embarrassing is all," Pyrrha thought more about it and how Jaune would be in one too making it worse. "I mean we'll be just in swim wear next to each other."

Weiss picked up on it as she realized that it would mean they would have just one article of clothing on them, the bare minimum. "Oh…right."

Yang looked at the two and smirked, "Jeez you two are making it out more than it needs to be. How about this, we all tag along just enough for you to get comfortable, and we'll give you both some space?"

"We will? Weiss looked at her.

Yang leaned in as she whispered to her. "Do or do you not want to see him in just swimming trunks?"

Weiss's face turned a shade of red as she thought about it and that took any arguments out of her.

"Then it's settled." Yang grinned.

-Beacon Pool-

Jaune was in the change rooms as he got ready, he was surprised when the girls asked him to join them at the pool. Apparently, the teams were going to have a get together, although Blake apparently opted out something about not liking the water.

Valor figured it was because keeping a bow on while swimming would be problematic but didn't voice this to Jaune.

"It's strange, we never really used the pool until now," Jaune stated as Ren was next to him.

"I believe I heard some older students talking about water training at some point," Ren told him. "It makes sense since there are water type Grimm out there."

"Oh yeah, guess making sure we all know how to swim and fight in the water is important," Jaune hadn't really thought about that for now. He was from a land locked area himself he had never even seen the ocean in real life. His big sister lived in Argus, which was a port town, but he had never actually gotten to visit in person, only video calls when she moved out there with her wife.

Ren simply nodded as he agreed with the assessment.

In the woman's locker room, the girls were already getting ready.

Yang looked at herself in her bikini and grinned. She looked killer in her outfit as Weiss noticed her posing in a mirror on the wall. She couldn't help but feel a little inadequate looking at the blonde boxer. Yang had the hips, backside and of course the kind of chest that made people look at her. Now Weiss knew she wasn't some ugly duckling but standing next to her she couldn't help but cross her arms feeling her smaller build.

Sometimes puberty could be very cruel she thought.

"You sure you don't want to wear something better?" Yang stated looking at Weiss who had on the school standard swimsuit. It was a one piece that had bare arms, legs and some of her upper back in a simple dark blue color.

Placing her hands on her hips she replied. "It's the standard, everyone else is wearing it."

Yang waved it off as they left the change room. "Oh come on, you should express yourself, I mean-" she was cut off by a whistle by one of the staff lifeguards.

"You," she said pointing right at Yang. "You need to change."

Yang blinked. "What? Why?"

"That suit isn't regulation," she pointed to a large white sign by the wall as Yang and Weiss looked. There was a list of rules like no running, no fighting and the usual. But one of them stated that only school approved swimsuits were to be worn.

"Oh, come on!" Yang angrily said reading the rule.

Weiss smugly crossed her arms. "Like I said, standard."

Angrily Yang went back, she would have to run all the way back to her room to grab the swimsuit that the school have given her. Ruby passed by her sister who looked very annoyed on her way into the pool area with Nora and Pyrrha.

"Where's Yang going?" She asked.

"There's a dress code," Weiss smirked pointed to the rules. The three read all the rules there.

"Well, it's a good thing we used the school's outfits." Ruby commented.

"Oh, come on, no cannonballs?" Nora whined she really wanted to see how big of a splash she could make. Then she also read the rule about splashing in the pool. "Can't we have any fun?"

"This building is more for training than fun," Weiss told the ginger girl.

"Hey guys," Jaune greeted them and paused. While the swimsuits at Beacon were trying to be modest it didn't help hide the figures of the girls in front of him. His eyes couldn't help but travel to Weiss and how her long legs looked, her slim build somehow looked even better in skintight clothing. Next was Pyrrha and her tall and fit frame could be seen very well in the suit.

He paused when he noticed someone was missing. "Did Yang drop out?"

"She had to change," Ruby explained. "Apparently you can only use the school suits."

"I thought everyone knew that." Ren spoke up as he had read the rules when they all decided to go.

"She'll be back," Weiss told him. "So, what do we try first?"

The place was huge because there had to be four pools, one for each grade, this ensured that no one grade could monopolize the time. So, they went with the first year's pool which was marked off as they got in. Nora and Ruby were already trying to race, Ruby wanted to use her semblance but apparently that was against the rules.

Ren was acting as a judge as Weiss started to stretch as she didn't want to pull anything. Pyrrha joined her.

'I wonder if I should stretch too.' He wondered.

~I mean I usually take care of any injuries but if you want to join the girls that might be for the best~

He noticed how Pyrrha and Weiss were stretching out and in only swimsuits, well let's just say it was a sight for him to behold.

'Uh…I…don't know,' he felt himself blushing at the sight of them.

~Then why are you looking so hard?~

Jaune wasn't sure but he was sure he could feel the symbiote 'smirk' at him. It did make him realize he was staring as he tried not to stare now, he didn't want to come across as some kind of pervert.

The girls however did notice his looks, both felt their faces heat up slightly. They hadn't meant to give him a show, but Weiss' earlier feelings of inadequacy started to fade knowing that Jaune still would notice her, even though she was standing next to Pyrrha. While the red head wasn't as curvy or busty as Yang, she still had a more impressive chest than she did, and her body was in peek shape.

Pyrrha had felt stares a lot in her career and she had learned to ignore them, this time however was different. This was the boy she liked looking at her and it felt good that he noticed her as a woman and not just as a friend and partner.

Both girls also had been casting looks at the blonde boy as well. His months of training had done a number, they had seen his growth in the gym but now in just swimming trunks the same dark blue color, they couldn't help but drink him in. He wasn't overly muscular, but he was a slim and trim build.

Weiss felt her cheeks heat up as she whispered to Pyrrha, "Enjoy your time."

She walked off to head to the diving board as she wanted to practice some dives. Pyrrha flushed as she realized she was now along with him.

"So, you ready for a swim?" He asked scratching the back of his head.

~Sadly that was the best opener you thought of?~

'Oh come on, I'm trying!'

"Sure," Pyrrha nodded as they found a lane that wasn't in use and decided to start their time swimming the length of the pool.

By the time Yang made it back everyone there had been in the water as she grumbled about stupid rules. She adjusted her suit given it was tight in a few places, it was why she went with her original suit rather than this, it was just more comfortable. She looked out to see everyone enjoying themselves and saw Weiss pulling herself out of the pool. She ran her hands back over her head to get the extra water out of her now loose and long white hair.

'Damn, who knew Weiss could pull off the sexy swimsuit look,' she thought as the slim girl was getting eyes from other members of the first years that were in the area. Yang smiled as she walked over to her teammate. "So, what did I miss?"

"Not much, they seem to be enjoying themselves," Weiss pointed over to Jaune and Pyrrha in the shallow end talking.

"Good, P-Money needs to loosen up more," Yang noticed Pyrrha going to the edge and pulling herself up. With the long red wet hair and that suit something inside of Yang couldn't help but appreciate the look.

'Damn I know I stopped going for girls but that's a sight that could make me change my mind,' Then she looked as Jaune followed her. 'On the other hand…'

Yang let out a small groan as she saw Jaune all wet and dripping. "Damn…mamma likes."

"Must you be so crass?" Weiss huffed.

Yang grinned as she got behind Weiss as she gently placed her hands on the shorter girl's shoulders to whisper at her. "Don't tell me you don't appreciate this, look at him. Standing there in only his trunks, all dripping wet, all those nice muscles out in view."

Weiss cast a look at Jaune, and she did notice the appeal. It was strange how she went from not wanting to have anything to do with the boy to slowly warming up to him and now here she was eyeing him up.

Yang started to rub her shoulders a little, "Just think of how good all that exposed body would feel on you? Him laying on you or maybe you laying on him? Your hands exploring each other, maybe even touching each other in places that are not very…appropriate?"

Weiss went so red that Yang was wondering if the girl was going to faint from all the blood being pushed to her face.

"E-enough," Weiss quickly walked off wanting to get back into the cool water to cool off. Yang just grinned watching her go.

"Huh," she never really got a clear view before, but Weiss had a cute ass. Sure, it wasn't a big thick one like Blake's or a full one like hers, but it was toned and very nicely shaped. "Wonder what her secret is?"

Yang looked at her own and wondered if she should start doing more squats at the gym.

Jaune and Pyrrha were drying off taking a bit of a break, it had been a nice time so far.

"I can't remember that last time I went swimming," Jaune stated drying off with a towel. "Had to be the last family vacation to the lake."

"Argus has a beach so swimming is one of the things I enjoyed," Pyrrha stated as in the water she could just tune out the world. It was relaxing for her as she felt she just wanted to float away when things got stressful for her.

"Still can't believe you live in the same city my sister moved to," Jaune knew that there were limited places people could live thanks to the Grimm, but it was a funny coincidence. "I wonder if I ever got to chance to visit, we would have run into each other."

"I would have liked that," Pyrrha smiled at the thought. It would have been nice to have accidentally met him before coming to Beacon. "You still wouldn't have known anything about me back then."

"True but I like what I do know about you, and I mean the real you and not celebrity you," Jaune said.

Pyrrha knew he was telling the truth about that, and it really meant a lot to her to hear those words. "Well, I'm glad we know each other now."

"Same."

Pyrrha started stretching out a little, twisting herself to the left and right, "I do feel a bit more loosened up at least, it has been a while for me too since I last did this. Swimming is great to work out multiple parts of your body."

"Yeah, feeling a bit of strain in my shoulders," Jaune rolled them a little.

"Oh, I thought that…" she looked around before lowering her voice. "That 'he' fixed things like that?'

~Well I could but it still takes time, you nearly had a muscle cramp in your leg if it wasn't for me dealing with it~

"He can but it's not always instant," he told her.

"Oh…" her eyes shifted a little as her cheeks flushed. "Would you, I mean, would you like me to help?"

"Help?"

~Oh, I see where this is going, sure thing, let her Jaune~

"You know like you have been for us at the gym?" She innocently asked.

"Ohhhh," he said in understanding. "I mean, if you want?"

Pyrrha got behind him as she started to slowly test his shoulder areas for any tight muscles. She found a trigger point quickly as Jaune winced as she pressed in the point but as she rubbed it, it soon got better.

"I may not be great at this, but I've had experience thanks to a few trainers helping me understand how muscles work." She continued her work not realizing she was now pressing up against his back as she focused on a hard knot by the back of his neck.

Jaune however was very aware before of the sensation of two soft but firm body parts being pressed up against his back. He swallowed hard trying to ignore it but they felt just so good. He was really hoping he didn't get an embarrassing erection from this.

~I could make sure no blood flow gets there~

'Please do!' He quickly thought back to his symbiote. The last thing he needed was to get a stiffy right in the middle of the pool area while standing up and his wet trunks clinging to him. There would be no way of hiding it and he would just die from embarrassment.

Pyrrha continued her work until she noticed that she didn't find anymore trigger points. That was then when she noticed how quiet they were and more importantly, how close they were. She was pressed up against his back she suddenly realized. A part of her was tempted to just wrap her arms around him, let her hands roam over his chest as she wanted to rest her head against his shoulder.

Her arms nearly did just that as she quickly snapped out of her thoughts realizing they were out in public, and her old instincts kicked in.

"Oh! Uh, yes how do you feel?" she asked flustered.

"Good, great, thanks," Jaune was just as flustered both of them shyly looking away.

~Well this is awkward~

Jaune couldn't disagree, he wished something would break this silence.

"Hey, you two," Yang's voice called out to them. "You guys done because we want to hold a race between teams RWBY and JNPR."

'Thank you, Yang,' Jaune thought. "Sure, let's go."

Pyrrha nodded also thankful for the nice distraction.

-Haven Academy-

Leo Lionheart wrung his hands the Faunus man didn't like what he was doing but he just kept telling himself that this was for Haven and his kingdom. Salem already had threatened that she would burn everything he cared about to the ground and make him watch as she did so. He knew she wasn't lying about that either. Just as he knew what he was doing was a betrayal, but it was to protect what he could. He was convinced that Salem was just too powerful, too ruthless.

This was the only option he felt he had.

He locked his office making sure no one would interrupt him for the day as he unlocked another door. This led into a small bare room that held only one thing. There just floating there as though waiting for him was a Grimm, but this was a special one. The sphere on its head was a communication system as its long tentacles just sways slightly as he just hovered by some unseen force.

He stepped up to the creature, he could feel the thinly veiled hostility of the creature only kept in check because its master had given it orders to not attack him. He swallowed as he tentatively spoke up.

"I…I have an urgent report."

He only had to wait a few minutes as the form of Salem was seen in the sphere.

"What is it Lionheart?" Her smooth but cold voice came out of the creature like it was a living scroll.

"There's been a development," He paused as he saw her impatience written on her face. "I'm not sure how but Ozpin has become aware of several of your operatives."

"Which ones?"

Lionheart pulled out his scroll as he showed them the images that Ozpin have sent out to the other headmasters. "These three."

Salem's eyes narrowed as he saw her jaw clench slightly as her eyes glowed a little. He could tell this did not please her at all.

"How?" She demanded.

"He wasn't clear," Leo quickly stated. "I-I can try to find out but there is another thing. Amber the Maiden your people attacked, she's awake."

"That should not be possible," Salem had designed that Grimm to not only take a Maiden's powers but to kill the Maiden after it. She figured that Ozpin was somehow keeping the girl alive but if she was awake that was another problem. She paused to think about this. It could be linked, Amber did see the faces of Cinder, Emerald and Mercury but then there were the images. They were actual images, not some kind of sketch from memory.

How had those three been found out and captured like that?

"Let me see the images again," something nagged at her as he did so. She looked and something stood out. Emerald's hair was different, it was in the style she hadn't worn since…since the time she attacked Amber. The images were also too perfect, like they stood for a photo ID, not some random photo from a crowd or something along those lines.

Something was going on here.

"Find out as much as you can Leo, Ozpin has something up his sleeve and I want to know what," with that she cut the communications as she scowled in her throne room. She took a long-drawn-out breath as she stood up and went over to the table by the corner. It was a map of the world with little markers and place markers.

Her eyes glowed as she cried out in frustration and slammed her palm onto it making all the items jumped. Years of planning were now down the drain. She had crafted the perfect plan everything had been set up. First Beacon was to fall because she needed Ozpin out of the way, it would take time for him to get a new host, and she had planned to take advantage of that time.

First Beacon and Vale were to fall by awakening the dragon sleeping in that mountain. It was too far away for her to do it herself so all that negative energy they had planned for was supposed to do it. Then while the world was deaf and blind the other kingdoms would fall one by one. They even planned to make Atlas isolated from the other kingdoms. She knew the kind of man that Ironwood was, and he was the controlling and narrow sighted type, easy for her to manipulate and predict his movements.

Now their entire plans were ruined.

She narrowed her eyes looking at Vale. "We'll have to pivot I can still cause chaos."

There was still the White Fang and all that dust, maybe they could still use some of the plan. Breaching the wall was still good to cause chaos, but what if there were more than one breach? What if it looked like the White Fang were the ones behind all the dust robberies and all that dust was being used to commit terrorist bombings in the city?

"That might work," she muttered thinking about it. She would have to get Watts to iron out the details, but this might prove salvageable, but she still needed to know how Cinder and her people were caught so easily. But in the meantime, she would have to call them back, she was going to need one of them for something she had planned. Ozpin wasn't the only one that could throw out a surprise after all.

TBC…