Author's Note: Fast forward time again. This is set one week before the dance pictured in the Volume 2 trailer cause reasons. We also see the aftermath of Pyrrha's fight against Mercury, which I just made a practice match, like Jaune versus Cardin. I'm not too sure how I'll work him and Emerald in, but I will. Just to clarify, everything has happened just like the show, so teams RWBY and JNPR know Blake is a faunus(spoilers), We've met Sun and Neptune, and the fight against the giant mech took place. I mainly decided to use the exact show so far when I came up with Cinder's plan(I'll get back to that) and how everyone plays into it, so Roman is working for her.

I've figured out how to work Cinder into the story, but that will take a bit of time. I actually came up with her main plan in the shower, and I nearly died when I did. I wrote it out as well as another scene soon after it as well, but they are both well into the story. I now have four scenes at least partially written that will not see the light of day for quite a few chapters, but hey, I have them all set so I just need to get to them. Of those four scenes, three are big, plot centric scenes, while one is a small paragraph to remind me of a joke to put in later.

Anyway, here's Chapter 3!

Jaune sat in the assembly hall, watching Pyrrha fight a weird-looking guy. His weapons where very odd too. He seemed to be using something similar to Yang's gauntlets, but he had them on his feet, instead of his wrists, which really made no sense to Jaune. and was slightly startled when Glynda blew her whistle to signal the end of the match.

"Mr Black's aura has dropped into the red. In the interest of time, I am calling the match now. Ms. Nikos wins. Now, while I have all your attention, I have an announcement to make. Traditionally, the Vytal Festival Dance is held after the festival, and celebrates the winner. Due to the Vytal festival tournament falling on a weekend, the dance has been moved up to be the night before the festival begins. I suggest you start finding dates now, as you only have a week before the dance is to take place. You are dismissed." Professor Goodwitch walked off stage, allowing Pyrrha to go back to her team.

As she made her way down to where her team sat, she saw Jaune lean over to talk to Weiss, which brought a slight scowl to her face. She decided she just wanted to go take a shower, and would meet up with her team-mates later. As she stalked towards the dorms, Pyrrha decided she was done waiting for Jaune. 'He WILL be my date for the dance. There is no way that stuck up princess is taking him from me.'

Jaune unlocked the door to his dorm with his scroll and fell into his bed, groaning and sighing as he made his way from the door to his little corner of the room. He did not notice that Pyrrha had gotten in just minutes before him and was very surprised when she popped her head out of the bathroom.

"What's the matter Jaune?" she asked, hoping she could do something to comfort her adorkable leader.

Jaune fell onto his back in surprise, yelping when he hit the ground. "Pyrrha, don't scare me like that!" he squeaked back at her.

"I'm sorry." Pyrrha started to make her way over to him so that she could help him up, but he grabbed onto his bed frame and lifted himself up on his own. "So what's bothering you?"

Jaune sat back down on his bed, and Pyrrha sat down next to him. "I still don't have a date for the dance this weekend. I asked Weiss but she shot me down, again. I thought with my grades improving, I might have had a better shot with her, but she just laughed all the way out of the main hall when I asked her."

"I'm sorry Jaune." Pyrrha was not sorry, and it took almost all of her will-power to keep from smiling. "You know what makes me feel better?"

"What's that?" Jaune shifted his position on the bed so he could see her better.

"Training. Come on." Pyrrha grabbed Jaune's arm and led him up to the roof, despite his groans of disinterest.

When the pair got up to the roof, Jaune had all but given up and feared what his partner had in mind for today. "So what are we doing today? Blocking? Attacking? Maybe grappling again?" he asked, really hoping she did not say grappling. He remembered the last time they practiced hand-to-hand combat had gotten pretty awkward after some slips of the hands, on Jaune's part, as well as Pyrrha's.

Jaune looked confused when Pyrrha sat down cross-legged near the middle of the roof and beckoned him to do the same. "None of the above, actually. I'm going to teach you an aura exercise I learned a few years ago from the person who unlocked my aura." She gave a slight giggle as Jaune slumped down, visibly relieved he did not have to practice combat drills against her again.

"This excercise will require all of your attention, so this is not to be done mid-combat, but it can be quite useful when you need help." She took up a meditative pose and gestured for Jaune to do the same. "I want you to empty your mind of everything. Then, I want you to focus on me. Bring up a memory of me, think of my face, anything."

Jaune blushed slightly at this, but seemed to comply. Closing his eyes, he rid himself of all worries he had, constantly pressing on his mind, and thought of just Pyrrha, specifically of when she found him in the Emerald Forest, pinned to the tree by his hoodie. He remembered how Pyrrha's spear had saved him from hitting the ground at high-speed, saving him from any broken bones he surly would have gotten had she not intervened. He also thought of how beautiful and strong she looked as she walked up to him, just after Weiss had left him stuck to the tree.

'Well now, I had no idea you thought that way about me.'

"Gah!" Jaune's eyes shot open as he fell backwards. The voice he had just heard in his head had not been the one he was used to; it was that of his partner. He thought it impossible that he had heard his partner's voice in his head, and was about to write it off as his brain acting up, but then he noticed Pyrrha giggling away in front of him. "What? I just thought of a Nevermore picking me up and carrying me away." He lied, trying to hide that he had imagine her voice in his head.

"No you weren't. You were thinking of how beautiful I looked as I showed up to save you in the forest." Pyrrha smirked at him.

By now Jaune had made his way back into a sitting position, but as he registered what she had just said, gave out another surprised shout and fell backwards again. "Are you a wizard? Like from the moon or something? How did you know what I was thinking?"

"I was in your head silly. That's what this exercise is about: telepathically connecting to another person's mind. Like I said, it requires your full concentration, so we unlinked when I startled you, but you had it down for a few seconds." She giggled again at his wizard remark.

"Wait, you were in my head?" he asked incredulously.

"Yes. That's how I know you look at my behind from time to time." She said with a smirk.

Again, Jaune had made his way back to a sitting position, and was startled out of it by what his partner said. "I can explain!" he said, standing up, not wanting to fall over again from shock.

"You don't have to. I think it's kinda cute actually." She said, following suite.

"You what?" Jaune was almost certain he was dreaming by now. There was no way this was real.

"I think you checking out my rear is cute. Just you, though. The way you tilt your head to the side is adorable." Pyrrha started to make her way towards Jaune, who started backing away until he hit the wall.

"Okay, I am defiantly dreaming now. Would you mind telling me how to wake up, weird dream Pyrrha?" Jaune was quite bewildered at this point. Most of his dreams had been about Weiss, not his team-mate, so this was a new experience for him.

"You are not dreaming, Jaune. Let me show you." As she got up right next to Jaune, she put her arms around his neck and pressed herself against him. "Would it feel this real if it were a dream?" She asked as she looked into his eyes.

"Um… No?" he was really flustered now. His cheeks where a deeper red than her hair, which made Pyrrha smile slightly.

"Good. Now that we sorted that out, would you like to continue the exercise?" Pyrrha said in a more sultry voice than usual.

"Um, Okay?" Jaune was really red now, and Pyrrha liked it.

Author's Note: These are not supposed to be daily, I swear. Also, this is the first time I've written a romancey scene, and I'm not too happy with it, but I think it comes across alright. Let me know how you think I did. Anyway, we get into some steamy stuff here, but I really just cut the chapter here, so next one continues from where I left off here, so you will see what happens after I've written it. I'll do a small recap too, just so that no one forgets how stuff went down, but for now, have fun speculating kiddies!

UPDATE 9/1/15 (I come from the future! JK, meant to be 9/1/14): Well what do you know? I totally called Pyrrha and Mercury fighting just before the dance (and Jaune asking Weiss out and being shot down miserably, again), and it was totally not dumb luck. I'm half tempted to tweak the opening to follow the show more closely, but it's too much work for right now, so I'll just leave it.

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