RWBY: The Laidback Hero

Chapter 14: Put on a suit!

Students start their sparring lessons as Team GRWBY awaits.

Glynda: Alright, now I know that's a tough act to follow, but we have time for one more sparring match. Any volunteers? Ms. Belladonna? You've been rather docile for the past few classes. Why don't you -

Mercury raises his hand.

Mercury: I'll do it.

Glynda: Mercury, is it? Very well, let's find you an opponent.

Mercury: Actually, I wanna fight... him

Mercury points to Y/n.

Y/n: Me? *Yawns* I don't think that's a good idea for us to spar.

Y/n leans back as he relaxes between Weiss and Yang.

Mercury: why? Afraid I'm going to beat you in front  of your Team?

Ruby and the others turn to Y/n, who now has a pretty annoyed look on his face. He sits up.

Y/n: fine..your funeral 

Glynda: Mercury and Quill, you Spar.

Mercury struts into the arena, visibly sizing up Y/n. Who's more focused than ever, Their spar begins when he makes the first attack and is knocked down. Recovering quickly, he deflects an attack and begins trading blows with Y/n until he knocks him back with his Semblance attack! Speed.

Ruby Rose turns toward Emerald sitting behind her.

Ruby: Hey, your friend's doing pretty good.

Emerald gives a fake smile and then rolls her eyes as Ruby turns her back.

Mercury unleashes a series of powerful strikes. Y/n moves with furious speed, dodging each attack. allows his kick to slam against her forearm before Mercury manages to disarm Y/n and Liberator. Y/n knocks him back and charges in. 

Mercury: (non-chalant) I forfeit.

Y/n: You... don't even want to try?

Mercury: What's the point? You're a world-renowned fighter. We're obviously leagues apart.

Glynda:In that case... Y/n Quill is the victor of the match...

Emerald smirks. Mercury sneers smugly. Pyrrha has a annoyed and disappointed look on her face, and places her left hand on her hip. Y/n puts his hands in his pocket. Pissed.

Glynda: Next time, you may want to think a little harder before choosing an opponent.

Mercury: I'll be sure to do that.

An alarm sounds which jolts Blake who has nodded off.

Glynda: That is all for today. And remember, the dance is this weekend. But you all have your first mission on Monday. I will not accept any excuses.

As everyone leaves, Mercury stops beside Emerald.

Mercury: Learning is so much fun.

Outside, SSSN are standing at the entrance as Team GRWBY walks past. Sun notices Blake and runs after her. Y/n Is still triggered.

Sun: Hey, Blake! You uh, doing okay?

Blake: I'm fine.

Sun: So I hear there's this dance going on this weekend... ah, sounds pretty lame, but you and me, I'm thinking, not as lame, huh?

Blake: What?

Sun: The dance! This weekend! You wanna go, or what?

Blake: I don't have time for a stupid dance. I thought you of all people would get that.

Blake walks away past her team. Sun sinks from his rejection.

Blake: You what?

The scene shifts to team GRWBY in their dorm room. Blake is sitting with her arms crossed, as if we're in some intervention or something.

Ruby: We want you to go to the dance.

Blake: That's ridiculous. 

Blake turns to Y/n who's leaning on the wall.

Y/n: Hey, it's not my idea, I hate dances. And I'm not going.

Yang: yes, you are

Y/n: no, I'm not

Yang: yes, you are!

Y/n: no, I'm not! And you can't make me!

Yang: oh yeah! Well I'll..*sigh* Blake, we're worried about you. This investigation is starting to mess with your head.

Weiss: You can't sleep, you hardly eat, and to be honest, your grades have been suffering.

Y/n: yeah, and, well you look like a hobo with your eyes..

Blake: You think I care about grades? People's lives are at stake!

Yang puts her hand on Blake's, lowering it.

Y/n: We know, and we're all still trying to figure out what Torchwick is up to.

Ruby: Thanks to you and Sun, we know they're operating somewhere outside of southeast Vale.

Weiss: And, the Schnee company records singled out Vale as the primary target for Dust robberies over the last few months.

Yang: Don't forget about their missing military tech too.

Blake: But there's still unanswered questions!

Ruby: Blake, you won't be able to find anything if you can't even keep your eyes open!

Yang: All we're asking is that you take it easy for one day.

Weiss: It will be fun! Yang and I will make sure of it.

Yang: Yeah! We're planning the whole event!

Yang pumps her fists which causes the bed to bounce Blake.

Blake: Excuse me?

Weiss: Team CFVY's away mission lasted longer than expected.

Yang: So, Weiss and I were asked to pick up where they left off. And now we can make sure you have the perfect night, and Y/n is coming to support us!

Y/n: fine, I'll find a date I guess.. I'll probably ask Nora.

Ruby gasps 

Ruby: Y/n and Nora! It's so perfect!

Weiss: And once it's all over, we'll return for our search, rested and ready.

Ruby: So what do ya think?

Blake: I think this is a colossal waste of time.

Blake walks away from the group and opens the dorm door.

Blake: I'll be in the library.

She walks out of the room.

Yang: Great.

Weiss: She can't keep going on like this.

There's a knock at the door and Weiss approaches and opens it. Jaune appears at the door with a guitar.

Jaune: Weiss!

Weiss slams the door in his face.

Jaune: Oh, come on, open the door! I promise not to sing.

Weiss opens the door.

Jaune: I lied! Weiss Schu-nee, will you accompany me, to the dance on... Sunday!?

Weiss: Are you done?

Jaune: Yes?

She slams the door in his face. 

Weiss: No.

Yang: And that is why they call you the Ice Queen.

Weiss: All my life, boys have only cared about the perks of my last name. Besides, I already have a date in mind.

Y/n snickers 

Weiss: what's so funny?

Y/n: nothing, but I know who it is~

Weiss: You better not!

Y/n: don't worry! I won't tell him.

Ruby: Date or no date, none of this will matter if we can't get Blake to go.

The tone shifts to Cinder in her dorm room, sewing a black dress as she sits on one of the beds. Emerald is sitting on the floor while looking at her Scroll, and Mercury is lying on the ground and reading a comic book.

Cinder: Ah, the Slacker.

Mercury: He's smart, but I wouldn't say invincible.

Cinder: Do tell.

Emerald: Her Semblance is Polarity. But you'd never know just by watching.

Cinder: And Y/n?

Mercury: after a few hits, he began to speed up and overtake my speed. He's fast. Too fast..

Emerald: Just enough to make it look like he's untouchable. He doesn't broadcast his power, so it puts his opponent at a disadvantage.

Cinder: Hmm... People assume that He's some lowlife slacker, turns out he's one of the strongest students in the school. Interesting. Add him to the list.

Mercury: You should be able to take him no problem.

Cinder: It's not about overpowering the enemy. It's about taking away what power they have. And we will, in time.

Mercury: I hate waiting.

Cinder: Don't worry, Mercury. We have a fun weekend ahead of us.

Warning: this chapter is clearly not for those who get easily offended.

Thank you.

Weiss: I need you to pick a tablecloth. 

In the ballroom, Weiss slides two squares over to Ruby, both seeming to be similar shades of white

Ruby: Aren't they both the same?

Weiss: I don't even know why I asked!

Weiss walks away as Yang comes in carrying a massive sound speaker on her shoulder, which bounces her sister and the table she's moping on again to jump in the air when she drops it on the ground. Y/n arrives carrying the DJ equipment.

Yang: So, have you picked out a dress yet?

Ruby: What's the point? Who cares about the dance if Blake isn't going?

Yang: Oh, don't worry; she's going. Weiss! I thought we agreed: No doilies!

Weiss: If I don't get doilies, you don't get fog machines!

Y/n: what's a Doilie?

The girls are interrupted by the sound of doors opening.

A Pair of Men. One dressed in white, Representing the Schnee Company, And Other With the Quill Emblem on his coat.

Man 1: Lady Schnee

Man 2: Sir Quill.

They hand them letters and leave. Y/n and Weiss open theirs at the same time. They read it, their faces go pale. Even for Weiss. They turn to each other and with a sigh they walk away from each other.

Weiss: No!

Y/n: Of course not!

Ruby and Yang look confused as It's silence, until Yang asks.

Yang: so, what's this about?

Both Weiss and Y/n: My Father wants me to go to the dance with them!

There's a pause.

Ruby: wha?

Weiss: My Father wants me to go to The Dance with, him! Y/n of all people.

Y/n: oh, as if I'm dying to escort you there!

Yang: and, why do your fathers want that?

Weiss: because they're trying to focus on some plan years in the making.

Y/n: they want the Heiress to the Dust Company to Marry the Heir to the Quill Weapons Conglomerate in the future. So they're setting it up for us to "Fall For each other"

Weiss walks next to Y/n as they pout together.

Weiss: is so old fashioned and idiotic!

Ruby: can't you just say no?

Y/n: well of course but, the principle to ask Your Son to Marry a—

Weiss: a What?

Y/n looks down, and embarrassingly admits 

Y/n: a friend, there. I said it.

Yang: Two Tsunderes who love each other...that's new.

There's an eerie silence. Until Sun and Neptune enter the fray.

Neptune: Your dance is gonna have fog machines?

Weiss changed her mood to lovey 

Weiss: We were thinking about it...

Y/n: *Cough Thot *Cough*

Neptune: That's pretty cool.

Sun: You ladies all excited for dress-up?

Ruby: Pfft... Yeah, right!

Yang: Laugh all you want. I'll be turning heads tomorrow night!

Weiss: What are you two wearing?

Sun: Uuhhh... this?

Sun gestures to his current shirtless outfit, the girls look in disgust

Neptune: Ignore him for he knows not what he says.

Sun: Hey, I may have moved to Mistral, but I grew up in Vacuo. It's not exactly a shirt-and-tie kind of place.

Yang: Yeah, we noticed.

Sun: Soooo... what does Blake think of all this? She still being all, y'know... Blake-y?

Weiss: Obviously.

Ruby: I still can't think of a way to change her mind.

Yang: Guys. Trust me; Blake will be at the dance tomorrow.

Emerging from the steaming bathroom in nothing but a pink towel wrapped around his lower body, Ren sighs in contentedness and starts walking away, only to be stopped by Jaune suddenly appearing in front of him.

Jaune: We need to talk!

And with that, amid Ren's single cry of surprise, Jaune pulls his teammate away, leaving his bottle of "Samurai Shampoo" to spin in the air before dropping to the ground.

Jaune:  Ren... I'm just gonna say it. You are one of my best friends. These past few months, I feel like we've really bonded, even though you don't say much. I mean, you're really quiet. To be perfectly honest, I don't know that much about you, personally, but darnit, I consider you to be the brother I never had! Well, Y/n is pretty nice but he's got the looks, style! Pazzas. But he seems so, uninterested in it all..

Ren: And I you.

Jaune: Which is why I wanted to get your advice on... girls.

Ren: Girls?

Jaune: I just... don't know... how to... girls. Um, I-I guess what I'm asking is... Well, how did you and Nora... y'know...

Ren: Uh... uh... uh...

Nora: We're actually not "together-together..."

Jaune: NORA I SAID HEADPHONES ON!

Nora does so quickly under her leader's command.

Ren: (Jaune, what is this all about?

Jaune: It's Weiss. I'm completely head-over-heels for her, and she won't even give me a chance. She's cold, but she's also incredible. She's smart, and graceful, and talented. I mean, have you heard her sing? I-I just wish she's take me seriously, y'know? I wish I could tell her how I feel without messing it all up.

Pyrrha: Then do it.

Jaune: Uh, wha?

Pyrrha: Tell her exactly what you said. No ridiculous schemes, no pick-up lines. Just... be honest, Be You Jaune.

Jaune: But what if I-

Pyrrha: Jaune. You can't get it wrong if it's the truth.

Jaune: You're right. Thanks, Pyrrha! Good talk, Ren!

Ren smiles and waves his thanks while Jaune closes the door. Upon doing so, Pyrrha becomes noticeably less cheerful as she walks over to her desk, with a concerned Nora watching her with sad eyes.

Nora: Practice what you preach, Pyrrha.

Y/n is too busy trying on a cowboy hat. And then taking it off, and then trying it on again, and then taking it off in the Dorm Room.

Yang appears behind him in her white dress as she snickering.

Y/n: what's so funny?

Yang: nothing, I just don't understand why you have that.

Y/n: as a kid I was taught how to play an instrument. And it just so happened to be a guitar.

Yang: we can have live music!

Y/n: NO YANG!

Y/n turns around in his black suit. Accented by the Quill Crest. The Crescent Moon with a Halo. He turns to Yang as he stares.

Y/n: Wow, you look...

Yang: what?

Y/n: Gorgeous..

Yang, the suave and playful fighter turned red. Even she could blush sometimes.

Yang: Well, thanks for noting how good I look. So, ready to accompany me, Sir Quill?~

Y/n sighs and smiles 

Y/n: I am, but please don't call me that..

Inside the ballroom, streamers are hung through glass chandeliers, pink and blue balloons are everywhere, and students in dark suits and bright dresses are stepping with each other to the music between the white-clothed tables. Blake is spun around by Yang before they curtsey to one another, and Sun comes up and takes his date's hands as Yang gestures for him to do so. Y/n and Yang turn as They  to hang with Ruby and Weiss in the back of the room, watching Blake laugh and enjoy herself before smiling at her team.

Yang: I told you she would come.

Weiss: Mission accomplished.

Ruby: Soooo, what do we do now?

Yang: Just have fun!

she proceeds to walk away and do so, with Weiss going the opposite direction and leaving Ruby behind. Y/n awkwardly laughs as he sadly follows Yang.

Y/n: Sorry Ruby!

Ruby: Does that mean I can change out of these stupid things and into my hood now? Stupid lady stilts!

Ozpin: Not enjoying yourself?

Ruby: Oh, no, everything's fine! I'm just not much of a fancy pantsy... dancey girl.

Ozpin: Well, you can't spend your whole life on the battlefield, even if you may want to.

Ruby: Yeah, that lesson's been floating around a lot lately.

Ozpin: if you think about it, fighting and dancing aren't so different. Two partners interlocked, although one wrong move on the ballroom merely leads to a swollen foot.

Ruby: Or a twisted ankle.

Ozpin: It's not every day that friends are able to come together like this. Time has a way of testing our bonds, but it's nights like these that can help keep them stronger than ever. Nights like these are ones we'll never forget.

Ruby smiles at the words of wisdom, but turns her head at the sound of the doors opening. Yang is back behind the podium, and smiles at the new arrivals.

Yang: You guys are just in time!

Mercury:  Wouldn't miss it for the world.