A Nightmare in Passing

Grimm were running rampant the ground was shaking and a dragon flew overhead screaming and roaring as it released black droplets from its body that turned into grimm upon touching the ground. But none of that mattered to Pyrrha and Jaune as they ran from the tower that was shaking from the battle taking place beneath it between Ozpin and Cinder. They were out of breath as they stopped to look at the destruction around them before hearing the sound of fire and and wrenching metal, briefly seeing Cinder rise up through the elevator and rocket out of sight higher into the tower…..

"But Ozpin….." Jaune said with worry as he did not see the headmaster pursuing that crazed lunatic who was responsible for the disruptions here at beacon as well as Vale.

"There's no time….. Go, Get to Vale and call for help…" Pyrrha commanded as she turned to Jaune the most serious expression ever to grace her face.

"Whaaa, what are you going to do?" Jaune asked completely perplexed as she turned back and looked at the the tower it clicked in his head.

"No… no Pyrrha you can't you saw how powerful she is, Pyrrha I won't let you do….."

He was silenced as she placed her hands on his face and leaned in kissing him for the first time, what she always wanted as his arms began to wrap around and draw her in closer. The thud of her heart, Jaune could feel it beating rapidly in time with his as she placed a hand on his chest.

"I'm sorry" Pyrrha spoke as she used her semblance to force Jaune backwards into an empty locker and sealed it shut.

"Hey, Wait stop stop Pyrrha please don't do this." Jaune begged as she entered the coordinates of Vale. The pleading in his eyes met her sorrowful resigned eyes as she pressed the launch button and felt utter despair and resignation enter her as she watched it fly away. She then turned and walked into the tower, The broken elevator she used her semblance to force it to move up to the top floor were Cinder stood fire in hand speaking to the gargantuan grimm dragon that was peering into the room of Ozpin's office.

As the elevator door opened her spear launched out at Cinder barely missing her as Pyrrha launched herself shield first into Cinder. She rebounded back landing on her feet pulling her spear and shield back to her in a readied stance. Cinder lobbed fire at her and Pyrrha dodged with ease as she moved in to strike keeping the distance between them short to maintain her advantage of not being hit.

Things were looking up as she got a few good hits in and dodged the return fire and managed to get the jump on Cinder literally as she tackled her around the waist and pulled her spear up against her throat. Cinders hands held onto it melting it and causing it to snap in three as the Dragon roared and flew into the tower causing both to move as the room got smashed, gears falling around them as the sound of ticking stopped. Pyrrha threw her shield at Cinder and then reached out to all the gears crashing one into her before sending all the rest to pile on top of her. The look of shock was clear on Cinders face as she was buried, before she exerted herself using the maidens power already taxed to blow them all off of her.

One of the gears slammed into Pyrrha her aura fading as the amount of damage she sustained from her fight with penny, the grimm the machine and now cinder was to much.

'Jaune' She thought as she threw her shield at Cinder as Cinder materialized a bow and arrow firing rapidly in return. The arrow hit the shield splitting into many pieces before reforming and piercing Pyrrhas achilles heel. She collapsed in pain and tried to stand only to end up on her hands and knees unable to move.

Cinder slowly walked around her stopping in front of Pyrrha. Pyrrha looked up no fear in her eyes as she met cinders gaze.

"Do you believe in Destiny?" Pyrrha asked

"Yes" As Cinder materialized a bow and arrow into her hand and aimed it at Pyrrha's chest before firing.

Jaune woke up in a cold sweat and leapt from his bed as he looked over at his teammates beds and saw Pyrrha fast asleep in her bed. Ren and Nora were asleep as well the snores from Nora filling the room as the sounds of screaming started to leave Jaunes mind. He got up and moved over to Pyrrha's desk and moved the chair next to her bed. He sat heavily and reached out a hand clasping his around her delicate hand. She was still safe, sound asleep and alive, he had to keep it that way. He felt her stir and thin green slivers peek out from between the closed eyelids as she groggily looked at him

"Jaune…." she feebly croaked as he put his hand on her cheek and she felt the warmth and snuggled back into her pillow rubbing her cheek against his hand as her eyes fully opened to look at him locking onto the blue eyes she had come to love.

"You ok?" she whispered as he had never been so bold but she wasn't complaining, as he just looked at her before he leaned forward and snaked his arms around her pulling her into a hug. She felt a few wet splotches on her shoulder that could only be his drool or tears, but opted for the latter as she tentatively wrapped her arms around him.

"What's wrong Jaune?" she asked quietly as he shook gently tears freely falling from his eyes now.

"You can't disappear, you can't send me away, ever promise me." He choked out as he gripped her tighter.

She looked at him confused and started to speak when he cut her off "Promise me" he gasped out his how body trembling.

"I Promise Jaune" Pyrrha whispered as she eyed him nervously. He just held her tightly for a few minutes as her brain began to catch up with everything around her.

"Jaune what's going on?" Pyrrha asked starting to really worry now as she tried to sit up and basically got pulled into Jaune's lap as he didn't release her from his arms. She tilted her head up to look at him and could see the beginning of another emotion she had only seen a few times before in his eyes. She smiled and tightened her hold on him as he placed his lips on her forehead and then brought a hand up to her chin tilting it up and lowered his forehead to hers.

"You are my destiny Pyrrha, to be by my side always." Jaune whispered as he tilted his head down and capturing her lips with his. She gasped as she felt her entire body tingle and respond with pushing with her lips her hands tightening and pulling Jaune closer.

After about 10 minutes of making out she shivered from the cold before tugging on him pulling him back to the bed, he laid down next to her holding her until they both drifted off to sleep. No more nightmares came to Jaune that night as he slept while Pyrrha had the best dreams imaginable.

Pyrrha woke first and did her morning yawn and stretch before she realized she could barely move. A pair of arms were holding her tightly and it took a moment before last night came back to her and she realized that it wasn't a dream. Her face burned bright red as she felt the warmth from Jaune radiating around her. She snuggled back into him as her eyes scanned the room making contact with another pair of eyes that were looking back at her with a sparkle and the mischievous smile attached that could only be one person, as Nora gave her a thumbs up, Ren on the other hand was not in the room and Pyrrha could only imagine what he thought upon taking in the sight. Nora got up and crept out of the room leaving the two alone and Pyrrha sighed with relief knowing that at least for the moment that she was safe.

Jaune began to stir as he moved his arms, his one hand moved up from her waist and stopped on her breast giving it squeeze causing her to moan. She felt her entire body warm up at his touch and pressed herself against him even more as he groped her again pulling her tighter to him. Jaune saw red as his eyes opened up as he felt his arms being moved around and realized he had a very firm hold of Pyrrha who was in his bed for some reason. He jumped up spacing out last night as he realized where his hand was.

Pyrrha very red in the face rolled over and looked at him as he kinda smiled sheepishly before a pillow was slammed into his face. he stumbled back and then saw her smiling.

"Good morning to you too Jaune" she said as she got up and laughed at his red face. He was embarrassed for sure about what he had done albeit in all honesty she didn't mind because it was a accident and two because she had been craving his attention for awhile now.

"Uhmm… sorry about that Pyrrha, i didn't mean to do that….." Jaune said as he looked at her that ashamed expression on his face. She just looked at him before getting up and poking him in the chest with a finger making him step back, his back now to the wall again as he felt a small trickle of fear run through him before she smiled and leaned forward kissing him.

"Shhh, It's ok" Pyrrha said as she stepped back placing a finger on his lips.

Jaune just looked quizzically at her before she gave him a hug and asked him what had bothered him last night? Jaune felt the blood drain from his face as he looked at her, he stumbled back into the wall and slowly slid down until he was on the floor. Pyrrha rushed to his side putting her hands on his face as she said his name over and over, but he wasn't hearing her as the memory flooded back to what he saw. The tower, the dragon, the fire woman and Pyrrha…

*Smack* Jaune felt his cheek burn as he looked up to see tears pouring down Pyrrha's face as she raised her hand to strike him again the sound of her voice screaming his name coming back to his brain as his senses flipped back on.

"Py..rr..ha… he wheezed out as he realized his voice was cracked and quiet. Pyhrra pulled him close and the contact felt like it was burning him as he realized he felt like ice. He had no idea what happened, just that his hands looked even paler than normal. He met her eye and she just buried her face in his shoulder crying. After a few moments Jaune finally felt capable of moving his arm which felt like lead and put it around her pulling her in. He felt exhausted and was really confused because he just woke up, he wasn't even in his armor. He just held the crying spartan for awhile until the sniffles stopped and she finally leaned back and looked at him again.

"Jaune, do not ever scare me like that again!" she exclaimed as she had a pained expression written all over her face.

He looked and felt so confused as she finally got up pulling him to his feet as well. He felt his aura kick on and started to feel better and after only a few moments felt just like he did when he first woke up. He smiled at Pyrrha and then blinked as he looked out the window and could see the sun had moved from dawn to a bit later.

"Pyrrha what happened?" Jaune asked as he saw her start to calm down from her hysterical state. She looked at him making sure he wasn't about to go all white again and then trembled a bit as she spoke about what she had witnessed.

"You opened your mouth and then started gasping for air like you couldn't breathe, then you stumbled back and crumpled on the floor and i didn't know what to do. You just looked like you completely lost any will to live, your heart stopped beating and your aura wouldn't even kick on. you did not respond to my shaking or screaming so i smacked you and then you finally came around. you were just there for a few minutes and then we sat her awhile"

She recounted as she looked around and saw that 3 hrs had passed since they had gotten up. She was also confused because it felt like only a few minutes that things had slowed down.

She tried to gather her thoughts before she felt Jaunes hand grab ahold of hers and then he smiled and apologized for scaring her. He had no idea what happened but noted that it was gone now. He felt extremely hungry and tugged her toward the door. She just sighed and let him pull her out of the room and down the hallway. They made it to the cafeteria which was practically empty at this point. Everyone was in class and so they had the area to themselves.

Getting some food from the kitchen area they sat down together and ate in silence, Jaunes hand never leaving Pyrrha's. She felt the rest of the morning come back to her and felt the blush returning to her face… Jaune had actually kissed her, She was so certain she would have to make the first move but she had been wrong which was rare. Whatever had caused him to have the wake up call to her feelings for him she was glad it kicked him in the right direction finally. She smiled contently as she leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder.

Jaune just smiled as he stopped eating and enjoyed the moment. How had he been so dense to this? The most perfect woman he had ever met wanted him, Jaune Arc of all people and even though he had talked big at the start of the year, that had only been hollow confidence. He was still freaked out about the vivid dream he had but it seemed like a foggy distant memory the only clear image was the arrow sticking out of Pyrrha…..

The clock chimed noon causing both Pyrrha and Jaune to jump. The sounds of students leaving class came a few minutes later as the dining hall began to fill up for lunch. Jaune spotted Team RWBY as well Ren and Nora approaching them. The curious eyes of Blake and the sly grin on Yang's face was all that was needed to figure out that they knew something. The red faced schnee was the icing on the cake however as Ruby didn't seem to care. Nora had that super smile she was sporting and Ren wasn't making any form of eye contact either of them….

"So 5 on Nora… "Jaune spoke up as everyone sat down only to get a deadpan Obviously from Ren who still wasn't meeting their eye. Yang on the other hand was leaning forward all smiles as she just tossed it out there.

"Take it you were both up all night then?" causing everyone else to just facepalm at her lack of discretion. Jaune just turned a bit red while Pyrrha simply nodded which got a scandalous gasp from Weiss

"Really! you would think that you would at least do it somewhere without your team members present."As the implication sunk in Pyrrha's eyes widened

"N...nooo…..noooo that's not it, just trouble sleeping. Pyrrha stammered as her face turned beet red.

"Oh? Nora said you were both naked rolling around making a ton of noise and what not all night?" Weiss continued as Ren finally looked up at Jaune the red disappearing before he turned to Nora who started wolfing pancakes and other food into her mouth. Everyone else stared at the pink haired girl as she shrugged and mumbled through the food, "iittt cuda bee dram….." she chewed out as she munched down on everything. Ren just shook his head and explained to Jaune that he woke up and saw them in the bed together with the blankets up and then Nora woke up telling him the story thus he left to not be embarrassed.

To which they went to class without them and Nora shared Jaunes exploits with the others and yeah full circle. After that misunderstanding got cleared up however both Yang and Ren looked at Jaune.

"So why were you in Pyrrha's bed?" Jaune just went red and silent as Pyrrha began to fidget in her chair. Clearly something was up, and everyone could see that. Yang poked a few more times before Jaune cracked and leaned over kissing Pyrrha saying "Bad dreams, so we cuddled" Question marks were written over everyone's faces besides Yang and Ruby, Yang sporting a kind surprised disappointed face. Ruby of course who was oblivious to the awkward silence and asked the direct question not the other one.

"You had a bad dream Jaune? or did Pyrrha? we can help you, I sometimes have scary dreams and Yang will hold me too…." she trailed off while Yang burned a bright red at her sisters explanation and at the thought of holding Pyrrha or Jaune…..

Jaune and Pyrrha both looked at each other bright red before shrugging and standing up. They walked away from the table in silence. They made it to the doors and turned left heading back to the dorm as the wind picked up for a moment a gentle breeze blowing over them. Jaune just stared at the ground unsure what to do because he didn't think he could talk about the dream without having another attack and Pyrrha was at a loss as well since it wasn't hers to share. She reached over though and grabbed his hand giving it a gentle squeeze as they approached the main building.

The gang watched from their table, shock on their faces at the sudden attitude change. It was only a few minutes before the two disappeared from sight around the building corner and at that point everyone met each other's gazes before settling back into their food. A mutual decision to get to the bottom of it later. Ruby decided at least to talk to Jaune, leader to leader like last time in the hopes of at least helping her friend out. Nora and Yang just made eye contact and shrugged both plotting to beat the answer out of Jaune later. Nora because she was nosey and Yang because jokes, bad puns and a strange glint in her eye.

As Pyrrha and Jaune made it back to the dorm room they locked the room and laid down cuddling back in bed while they both got consumed in their own thoughts. About an hour passed before they were pulled from their thoughts as Ren walked in and glanced at them turning red before he moved over to his bed and flopped down.

"Sorry we left so suddenly… we...were still trying to figure out what happened….I'm sorry" Pyrrha spoke up as her and Ren made eye contact.

He just shrugged "Just watch out for Nora she really wants to know…." before he pulled a book out and began to read.

Jaune barely listening to the conversation closed his eyes snuggling his face into the back of Pyrrha's neck. He just smiled as his mind drifted off and after awhile his mind went back to thinking about the dream. He wasn't sure but he felt he had seen the woman before…. He just watched it all play over in his mind all the way to him waking up right before the arrow hit. His arms tightening around Pyrrha was the only indication she got that something was off as she rotated to look at him and saw his eyes closed and that he had a pained face.

She put a hand on his cheek and lowered her lips to his, giving him gentle kisses as she tried to rouse him. It took another five minutes before his eyes fluttered open and they were bloodshot making his normal blue eyes look purplish. She was deeply concerned and asked what happened but Jaune couldn't seem to speak.

It was at that moment that Nora and Yang both walked in with smiles on their faces. A perfect plan had been thought out and prepared Nora held Jaune while Yang asked the questions. But alas the plan fell apart as their eyes landed on the pained face that Jaune had as Pyrrha did her best to soothe and comfort him.

"What's wrong?" Yang moved quickly kneeling by the fellow blonde as she reached for his free hand and helded it. Nora wasn't sure what to do so she moved over by Ren and sat down.

"It's the dream, I can't talk about it without it somehow causing me pain so I don't know what to do…." He said in a hoarse whisper. Yang just nodded and rubbed his back with her free hand while her and Pyrrha looked at each other both with questions and concern in their eyes.

Jaune sat for a few minutes collecting his thoughts, It wasn't the first time he had dreams of things and they came true and that was what scared him. It was almost as if he could dream into the future but that was silly right? And regardless the question still remained how far away did this dream happen. And if it was actually just a dream. It was definitely here at beacon as he recognized the clock tower. But it was hard to say when…

He thought back to when he was a kid and used to dream of going out with his sisters one day, and that the bridge they crossed every day would snap and break because a vehicle drove over it behind them causing them to all fall. He remembered the day weeks later while they were out playing that they approached said bridge and when they got there Jaune froze causing them all to look at him. A truck had pulled up and asked for directions and then proceeded to drive out onto the bridge before it collapsed under the weight. The driver made it out and jumped to the hillside surviving and the girls all freaked over the incident. He remembered his dad saying it was lucky they stopped otherwise they could've all been seriously hurt or worse…..

He never really gave it much thought back then, just that whenever he got the sense of deja'vu he would remember and react to how his dreams played out preventing whatever it was that he thought would happen. His youngest sister trying to cook food and setting it on fire, or the kids going out to play and Grimm attacks happening in said forest near their home. He had been lucky he always felt, but now he was scared. It had been awhile since his last nightmarish dream. So he hoped maybe it was just a nightmare, one that never came to pass.

They ended up skipping the classes for the rest of the day much to the displeasure of Professor Oobleck and Glynda, Professor Port didn't seem to notice as he was regaling one of his youthful huntsmen stories. Jaune and Pyrrha sat in the room went for a walk and sparred to take their mind off of things. Yang stayed with them for awhile, still concerned at least until Ports class ended when she rejoined her team. She told Jaune that she would be around if he needed to talk about anything. Giving him a hug as she went, Pyrrha just smiled grateful that she knew others cared for Jaune.

It was around dinner time when Ruby in a swirl of rose petals jumped on Jaune after finding them on the rooftop taking a break from their sparring. He seemed at least better to her then how he was this morning and told both of them to come down and eat. Practically trying to drag them down with her as her stomach rumbled.

"Comon! We can't miss the cookies and dessert! And other good food" She practically begged as Jaune couldn't help but follow along at the small girl's whim. Pyrrha laughed as she followed them down and back to the dorm to drop off their gear. They laughed as she recounted class and how Cardin got in trouble for declaring he could probably handle Glynda Goodwitch in more than one way to which she made him spar with her and basically crushed him into the ground in front of the class. Even Nora and Yang were speechless as the fight lasted 10 seconds.

Cardin got up on the platform facing Glynda and as soon as the bell dinged she raised wand up and then pointed it down causing Cardin to fall to the ground before using causing a purplish pink effect to crush him to the ground. His aura drained rapidly as he laid there and the fight was called so fast. He didn't move for awhile as the lecture continued and at the end of class his teammates came down to carry him to the hospital wing…..

Jaune just winced as even he felt maybe that was overdoing it a bit much but then again, Cardin was Cardin so whatever came to him he probably deserved. Pyrrha just shook her head doing her best to keep the smirk from completely dominating her face as they entered the cafeteria. Team CRDL was nowhere to be seen as they joined JNPR and RWBY at their table.

Weiss and Blake were arguing about the homework assigned from Professor Peach, whom no one had ever seen.

"But it doesn't make sense why we would even need to learn about plants and herbs when we can just get the prepared medical kits as well as the fact we have our scrolls for emergency. Why should we have to go out and learn how to identify what plants can be used as substitutes. Schnee made products are far more capable and advanced….." Weiss ended despite the deadpan 'are you serious look' Blake was giving her.

"And what are you going to do if all you're prepared supplies, are expired, tampered with or gone? Then what? You just hope it works out?!" Blake exclaimed her voice raising at the ridiculousness of the conversation.

"Weiss! Part of being a huntress or a huntsmen means being able to handle any situation, not relying on something that may not always be there to save you….. You need to be able to think for yourself and adapt if you're going to be able to survive in this harsh world…." Blake finished in a quiet whisper as she got up and walked away from her team. Weiss got up in a huff a few minutes later stating that she was going to visit Ms. Goodwitch about their homework assignment.

Yang just looked on with raised eyebrows while Ruby shook her head. Ever since the dock incident last week, even with Weiss and Blake reconciling with each other, they still were arguing intensely over seemingly trivial things and for the life of them that had no idea why?

Ruby sighed as she looked over at Jaune with helpless eyes as he sat down and it only took a moment before Jaune couldn't stand the sad look anymore and got up and walked away briskly into the kitchen. After about 30 minutes he came out with three plates loaded with cookies. And placed them in front of her.

"Thanks Jauuun*..Munch*..eee... Ruby said as she smiled piling a few cookies into her mouth. Jaune just shook his head smiling while Yang just awwed feeling a familiar small swell of sweetness towards Jaune for at least bringing her sister back up from her sad demeanor.

"So whats up with those two?" Jaune asked as everyone else dug in and he watched Ruby, Thinking back to when he had been down and she had boosted him up that he could make it as a leader because he needed to be now. The girl was something special akin to a sister to him now and he couldn't help himself.

Ruby was smiling after one plate was cleared away, She just shrugged and explained that they had been going back and forth over pretty much everything the last few days regardless of whether it was even a worthy thing to argue about. She wasn't sure what to do honestly but Yang was about to go on a intervention strike because she was tired of the late night arguing and was waking up crabby every morning which meant if she was woken up tomorrow on their first saturday off their room was going to have a new outside view….

"So Jauney boy…. Wanna share some of the hot steamy news" Yang spoke with a wink as she looked at the blonde and redhead as both faces turned tomato. Jaune just looked down embarrassed as thoughts started filling his mind of things that could've happened…..

Evident on his face as a small nosebleed began to form and Pyrrha smacked him upside the head as she tried to rein her own thoughts in.

"Whaa…. Weee haven't done anything Yang" Pyrrha stumbled over her words as she got up and walked away her mind refusing to back down as it played a more intense image of Jaunes strong hands wrapped around her while she was snuggled up to him, one hand squeezing and groping her chest while the other slowly slid down the front of her stomach into her pants….

"GAHHHHHHH!" Pyrrha yelled as she bolted from the room and back to the dorm face aflame. Jumping into the shower and turning it on cold to cool off.

Jaune just thunked his head on the table as Yang moved next to him putting her arms on the table and leaning her back against the edge.

"Aww c'mon Lady-killer, share with a deprived woman" she said as she poked him in the side and was met with no response. She tried a few more times using different methods to get his attention ranging from the poking to dripping some cold water on his head. She sighed raising her hands up, a devilish smile crossing her face as she leaned over her face close to his ear and whispered something in his ear as that made him jump up and grab her arm dragging her out of the room and away. Ruby, Nora and Ren just looked at each other and shrugged digging back into the pile of remaining cookies.

Yang was surprised as she found herself after a few minutes of dragging in a small mazed garden she never noticed before. Jaune dragged her through several turns before stopping at a small pond with a bench and sat down signaling her to join him. She smirked and giggled as she took a seat next to him.

"Aww you took me out here for a nice romantic get-away from p-money, you know she'll let Nora break your legs if she finds out…." Yang laughed out as she cast a sideway glance at the boy trying to lighten the mood. Sadly it didn't work as Jaune sunk farther down and brooded.

"Jaune comon, I was joking, I really am happy for you and Pyrrha regardless of the situation with us. Do you really think I would just go up and tell her." Yang said in a more soft and sad tone.

"Oh hey Pyrrha back about two months ago me and Jaune had some fun together after catching him at a bar dancing and seeing a cool side of him…" she trailed off in a quiet voice as she sat there her fingers starting to wring each other a faint blush as memories came back to her. All Yang could think right now was that despite all the happiness she felt for her friend and the special bond they had formed she was still partially jealous.

She knew that Pyrrha loved Jaune, hell everyone could see it but him and she didn't want to hurt one of her best friends. That's why when she and Jaune had their moments they only stayed as that. Moments. She sighed and leaned over pulling him into a hug as they sat there quietly Jaune finally calming down as he felt a mixture of confusing emotions playing through him. He really liked Pyrrha, he couldn't believe she even liked him back and then there was Yang who for all intents and purposes was also a crush and liked him as well that when they fooled around a few times was very memorable. Between the dancing and late night hang outs cruising through the town on her bike, he began to experience a more wild side to himself, and it helped with his confidence.

"I don't know what to do Yang….. I can see the images so clear in my mind, and I don't want them to come to pass. Im scared im soo scared…." Jaune said as he finally was able to speak.

I need to become stronger, Far stronger than anything or anyone so I can protect my friends, family, those I care about, those I love….. Jaune trailed off as he looked at the pond. Yang just smiled as she leaned over and put her head on his shoulder for a few minutes while they sat in silence. She knew that she could not on her own volition hurt p-money but still just a few minutes close to Jaune and she could feel all the pushed down urges start to surge up again.

She sat up after a few minutes and put a hand on his cheek and turned his head towards hers.

"No matter what happens, Everything will be ok and everyone will be safe. Promise yourself Mister Arc that you won't let anything happen to the Lovely Ladies of Team RWBY and JNPR oh and Ren" she said as a smile crossed Jaunes face.

"I swear a Oath and promise my soul to great Oum that so long as any breath remains in my body I will not allow any one of my team members to come to harm, suffer or be in pain if I can help it!" He declared standing up with her.

He began to say something else as the bush on the other side moved a little bit and Yang was over it in a heartbeat. She reached in and pulled out Zwei who barked and looked over his left back into the bush. Yang reached into the bush a second time pulling Ruby out who sat wide eyed at what she was hearing coming from her sister and friend. She looked at Zwei who had given up their hiding spot by moving to get comfortable.

Ruby just rubbed the back of her head awkwardly as Yang looked shocked at her with mixed fear and surprise that her sister was spying on them. She shook out her yellow mane of hair and pulled it over her shoulder, running her fingers through it as she quietly let out… "Don't tell dad…."

Jaune and Ruby made eye contact before they both burst into laughter at Yang's sudden request. It explained at least a few things to Ruby though, were her sister disappeared to some nights and why Jaune was some of those times also missing. As well as why they had been spending a bit more time together and more at ease then when they first met. Even 'Vomit boy' wasn't heard as much now that she thought about it. Ruby Smiled and hugged her sister before she whispered in her ear.

"You owe me the story and a pile full of cookies….." A mischievous smile dancing across her face as Yang just sighed knowing there was no way out of this one.

"Ok, but no blabbing to anyone else…. We don't want Jaune to be executed…" as both girls turned to look at Jaune who wasn't sure what to say. They stayed there for a few more minutes before all their scrolls buzzed and very annoyed teammates all demanding to know where they were. Weiss to Ruby and Yang about getting homework done…. Blake to Yang about reading and research….. Ren asking for help to contain Nora…. Nora demanding freedom or else… and Pyrrha too Jaune about training….. Jaune just groaned his head falling forward as he stood up. The three side and made their way out of the maze after a few minutes. Yang turned back to look at it and as she stared she saw the hedge seem to just close up and not be open. She was surprised to say the least and walked quickly away.

"Well then that was a thing, and Jaune don't worry about us things will be…. Just normal k." Yang said a bit of hesitation at the end that Jaune missed completely but Ruby who didn't could tell that this definitely would not be normal and began to plot on how to fix things for everyone.