"Sure, headmaster. Great idea, headmaster. Thank you, headmaster." Jaune grumbled under his breath as he walked through the corridors of the school, checking his scroll once again to be sure that he was heading to the right classroom. He pouted, opening the text with the location sent to him by the headmaster's official communication line.

Scrolling upwards through the messaging history he found the message that, in the morning, had dropped this new incumbency on his shoulders...

"...hope that these extra-curricular activities will constitute an opportunity for the Hunters of the future to create lasting bonds." Ren finished reading the message in his usual drawl.

"... Reeeeeen, I got lost halfway through it." Nora whined and her childhood friend rolled his eyes.

"They will form extra teams where each member will be from a different one of the four academies." Pyrrha cut in to explain the sense of the email to their excitable team-mate. "You will have one person from Vale, one from Mistral, one from Vacuo and one from Atlas working together on the same task."

"Ooooh... Not it!" Nora suddenly exclaimed, surprising the other three. She grinned... Then three other sets of eyes widened slightly.

"Not it."

"Not it!"

"Not it-Shoot!" Jaune groaned as he was too slow. "Come on, guys. Why me?!"

"Other than being too slow?" Ren said with a small grin, earning a chuckle from Pyrrha. "You were selected before-hand, making this totally moot. You're the people person of the team, Jaune."

"No, I'm not." Ren sighed and brought out his right hand, fingers held up high.

"Pyrrha is a celebrity. There's a high probability that'll affect the way people relate to her." Down went the index finger. "I tend to be silent and keep to myself and that doesn't always work." Down went the middle. "And Nora is Nora."

"Heeeey!" Down went the ring finger and Jaune sighed. Yeah, sending Nora wouldn't be a good idea at all.

"And beside, Jaune, there certainly are more Beacon teams than those of the other academies." Pyrrha interjected, offering her usual placating smile. "The chance of you actually being selected for this project is pretty low."

"... when you put it like that..."

"Well, no use in dwelling about it." Jaune sighed as he put his scroll away. It wasn't such a big deal, really. All he and the three people he was about to meet needed to do was spend a few hours together each week doing... Something.

Going into the classroom dreading the very concept of meeting them wouldn't be a good start of a relationship at all. It wasn't their fault that this had happened and, as he was always told...

'Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.' His resolve reaffirmed, Jaune realised that his feet had brought him to his destination. Class 115. He checked his attire, his Beacon uniform clean, crisp and with no stains. First impressions were important.

'Okay, Jaune. You're about to meet new people, make new friends, learn about other countries. Go get them.' He nodded to himself and opened the door. "Excuse me-BalfjwldPanties?!"

"Oh? Hey, there." Jaune flushed up to his ears as he took in the sole occupant of the room a few meters in front of him, sitting on one of the long desks.

She was a pretty girl. She had long aquamarine hair which cascaded and rippled towards the right side of her face, and green eyes. She was wearing the Mistral's Haven academy uniform and sitting with her legs spread lightly, facing the classroom door. Add that her pelvis was currently at the height of Jaune's head and... Thank god once she saw him enter she had stepped off the desk. "You're from Beacon, right?"

"Y-Yes... I am." 'I now like stripes.' Jaune cleared his throat even as his mind cleared, saving the image in the hormonal driven part of Jaune's brain. He walked inside the classroom and offered her his left hand. "I'm Jaune Arc."

"Reese Cloris." She grinned and grabbed his hand with her own, shaking energetically as she observed him from head to toe. She whistled. "Damn, you're tall. What have they been feeding you?"

"Home-made Arc family cuisine... And six months of Beacon cafeteria grub." He joked and she grinned again. Oh, yeah! He was doing it! "You're the first one here?"

"Nope. But she hasn't been exactly talkative." Jaune blinked. She? He followed Reese's gaze as she turned around and he almost startled when he realized that someone had been sitting in a corner of the room without him noticing!

This was, as Reese said, another girl. She wasn't wearing an uniform, instead opting for a white and red sports jacket and black kaki. Her hair were of dark pink and her left eye was covered by her beanie but it was probably the same grey blue as the right one.

"... Well, hi there." Jaune smiled once he recovered from the surprise and the girl raised her right hand in greeting. "I'm Jaune."

"May." She let out with a voice that barely carried over the classroom. If it wasn't for the small smile Jaune would have thought she didn't want to be there. "I'm from Shade."

"Lucky! You know they don't have uniforms in Shade?" Reese pouted to him before turning to May with a grin and a thumbs up. "Love your style, by the way!"

"Uhm... Thanks." The rose-haired girl flushed and lowered her gaze to the ground. Reese chuckled at her reaction.

'Alright, this is going well. Reese is friendly and outgoing. May seems a bit shy but not enough to lock up. Great! As long as the student from Atlas isn't an ass...'

"Excuse me!" His thoughts were broken as someone else walked through the door of classroom. Jaune turned around... His eyes widened. Another girl?!

"And here's miss Atlas." Reese joked.

"I am a student from Atlas academy, indeed." She said and suddenly hiccuped. That broke Jaune out of his reverie and offered the newcomer his right hand.

"Welcome! I'm Jaune, she's Resse and the girl over there is May." Jaune moved his gaze as if to point in May's direction...

"I'm Penny!" Only to wince and return his head to the front as his hand was enveloped in a crushing grip! Owowow! "I'm glad to make your acquaintance and I hope we can become friends!"

Meinos Kaen Presents

A RWBY Fanfic

Shake Your Foundations

Track 1 - For Those About To Rock...

"Jaune Arc. Penny Polendina." With each name she pronounced, Glinda Goodwitch placed a corresponding folder on Ozpin's desk. Penny's folder had several red 'confidential' stamps decorating it.

"Reese Chloris." Ironwood placed his own folders, large pictures stapled on the front. First of an aquamarine haired girl with a violet hoodie. "And May Zedong."

"What do we know about them?" Ozpin asked, hands crossed in front of his face, gaze focused on the students from Haven and Shade.

The enemy was there. It was with them in their school but they knew nothing about it.

Not their identities. Not their motivations. And only part of their goals. They also had no way of directly looking for them without advertising their intentions.

James had then suggested a more subtle way of flushing them out. It came as a real surprise to Ozpin and Glinda, since it came from the man who had brought a small platoon to Vale.

With the excuse of extra-curricular activities, they would force students from different countries to interact with trusted ones from Atlas and Vale. These interactions would allow them to gather information and compare them with their intel. Any slip up, anything weird or off could be an important hint.

"Miss Chloris has a history of rebellion." Ironwood explained.

"Hardly constitutes reason enough for suspicion." Glinda commented.

"Rebellion which directly conflicts with Mistral's Protection Act." Ironwood added and to that, neither member of Beacon's faculty had anything to say. "She's received multiple warnings but keeps needing them."

"How was she not expelled yet?" Ozpin asked, knowing how strict Mistral was in enforcing the Act.

"Official word is that the violations only ever happened in private." Official word meaning that there may be other reasons never disclosed by the academy and/or the correction officer. "And it is curious that just as she got invited to Vale, the council is now discussing a particular modification to a law."

"And miss Zedong?" Glinda grabbed onto the folder finding it much lighter than she would have thought.

"She's an enigma. Orphan. No surviving family. In and out of orphanages until one day she unlocks her Aura and Semblance."

"On her own?" Glinda inquired. The general nodded.

"As far as anyone knows. Model student but not terribly social. Her only ties are with her team-mates." Yes, those were good enough starting points. It was better to throw as many hooks as possible, anyway. Ozpin nodded. "If there's anything to be found, Penny will detect it. Will your boy be enough of a kindle?"

"Trust me, James." Ozpin smiled at his old friend. "Mister Arc has a way of getting under people's skins. And this team is perfectly arranged around the... suspicious attitudes of its members."

"If there's something there, they'll bring it out of each other." For better or worse.

"Glad you finally joined us." Reese grinned as May finally sat with them in one the front desk rings. The beanie girl didn't really meet their gazes but smiled as she sat down. "Shy little thing, aren't you?"

"It is a normal reaction for some to keep their distance around strangers." Penny added in, swinging her legs back and forth as she sat on the desk.

"But we can't really do team activities together from a distance, can we?" Jaune commented, shrugging his shoulders as he stood in front of the desk. "Speaking of which, does anyone know what exactly that is about?"

"It was in the email but..." Reese admitted, scratching her right cheek. "It was so confusing and vague."

"I'd call it more open-ended than vague." Penny shot back. "The piece was worded in a way so that it leaves next to 100% freedom of choice to the pseudo-teams for their choice of activity. They even provided a budget."

"... Almost complete freedom, you say?" Reese repeated and May blinked as the Mistral-born acquired a large, carnivorous grin.

"You got an idea, Reese?" Jaune asked.

"Hehe, yeah... But we'd need a few things and I don't want to impose. So!" She suddenly got up on her feet and placed her hands on her hips, balled into fists. "What say you we hit the town? We can talk, get to know each other and if we decide to go with my idea we're already there!"

"Sounds like a plan!"

"How wonderful! Our first outing as friends!"

A nod.

"Hey, Jaune." Pyrrha was the only one in the team's shared apartment as Jaune came back. "Done already?"

"Just came to change, we're going to town." Jaune answered as he started taking off his jacket and unbuttoning his shirt... And unbuckling his belt... And taking off his pants... "...idea. You maybe know her?"

"Eh, uhm? What was that?" Pyrrha asked, flushing as she looked at Jaune's face.

"Reese is from Mistral. I thought... Ah, nevermind. Don't want to miss the next bullhead." Jaune shook his head as he put on jeans, a tee and a non-bunny hoodie. "I'll see you later, Pyrrha."

"Yeah... Bye, Jaune." The redhead waved her hand, feeling a bit guilty about not hearing what he had to say...

But all the extra training she was putting him through was bearing fruit, damn it.

"Are you alright, Jaune? Your complexion is a full measure whiter than before."

"I'm alright... As long as I don't come across food for the next ten minutes." Jaune replied, grinning weakly at the ginger girl while May and Reese smiled and chuckled at his predicament.

"First time I see a future Hunter with air-sickness." Reese commented and May made a gesture with her right hand, bringing it curled in a half-fist to her mouth.

"It's not air-sickness. Just passenger bullheads... And no, I don't need a barf-bag." He groaned and leaned his head backwards against the cool metallic surface. "It's a work in progress. The first time I rode this thing I lost my breakfast."

"Oh, that sounds terrible! Did you ever find it again?" At that comment, everyone else turned to Penny, staring at her in confusion... Then they burst out in laughter. The redhead just tilted her head to the side.

"Finally here. I can't believe it." The bullhead ride had finished without incident and once descended, Reese had led them to a large road a few blocks off Vale City's main area. "Ladies and gentleman, let me welcome you to Cadmium Town!"

"... Oh wow." Jaune let out, his eyes widened at the amalgam of colours, shops and attires decorating people and buildings on both sides of the road. "What is this place?"

"Cadmium Town, also called the Kaleidoscope." Penny answered before Reese could, her voice feeling like she was reading something off a book. "It's the location in Vale City that best caters to the need of people looking for items from the other kingdoms. It's also regarded as a most fertile ground for cultural experimentation."

"I would have used less words but, what she said!" Reese grinned. "No matter what you're into, you can find it here!"

"You mean things like food or..." Jaune trailed off as he heard the sound of munching. He turned to the side to see May chewing on something, holding a toothpick and a paper cup filled with steaming ball shaped objects. His eyes widened. When did she get that?!

"Food, literature... Aaaand those things we'd need for my idea."

"We still don't know what that is, by the way..." Jaune commented while he took the ball May offered him and popped it in his mouth... Was that octopus?

"Hehehe... Okay, I guess I should come clean." Reese admitted, scratching the back of her head through her hoodie. To her right, Penny's pupils widened just slightly, her lips set in a smile as she paid close attention to the Mistral student. "Do you like music?"

"Uhm, as much as anyone else I guess... Hey, May. These are really good!" Jaune answered with a grin and May smiled. "My sisters are much more into it than I am. One even roped me into her guitar lessons."

"You know how to play a guitar? Great!" Reese's eyes shone with an excited light. "I like to play percussion instruments. My favourite though is impossible to find in Mistral. I've only ever seen it in expositions and such."

"... I think I'm starting to understand your idea." Jaune grinned at Reese. "I bet it's much more common in Vale, isn't it?"

"Common?! Vale is where it was invented!" Reese answered, seemingly more excited by the second. "And more specifically, it was created at..."

Oleander. Even among the many sights Cadmium Town offered this place stood out. First, for the size. The shop took up the entirety of a three story building in the usual vale architecture, with white stone decorated in particularly well done graffiti.

Second, the sound. It wasn't just the speakers in the shop Jaune realized as their quartet stepped inside, glass doors sliding out of their way. No matter the floor, he could hear or feel the vibrations of some kind of instrument being played.

Because that's what the shop was. It sold musical instruments.

"I've never seen so many musical instruments together before." He admitted, his eyes widening. The only kind of musical instrument he was directly familiar with was his older sister's acoustic guitar. There were a few that he knew by name but...

"I know! Isn't this awesome?!" Reese exclaimed and Penny hummed in thought. Her eyes glinted for an instant.

"So your idea for team activity was learning an instrument?" The redhead asked and Reese flushed, rubbing the bridge of her nose.

"Well, kind of... If you want to." She admitted, suddenly sheepish. "I mean, I don't want to impose. It's just that we don't have all these instruments in Mistral and I've never played with other people before..."

"And the school is paying." Jaune added and chuckled. Learning to play an instrument, huh? Well he already was acquainted with the guitar, so he guessed he could just continue with that. "I'm all for it. What about you, Penny?"

"Ab-So-Lutely! I'd love to engage in musical activities!" Jaune didn't miss the way Reese's face lighted up.

"Awesome! What about you, May...?" Reese turned in the direction of the spot where the Vacuo resident had been standing... Only to find her missing. She blinked. "May?"

"Huh? Where did she go?" Jaune asked out loud and Penny's eyed widened.

"I... I didn't detect the moment she moved." The redhead let out, sounding like the admission was a great shock to her. "How did she-"

"Huh? You want to try this instrument?" The group turned all in the same direction as they heard a new voice echo in the shop. One of the shop owners was addressing May, who was pointing at a specific instrument among a rack of similar looking ones. May nodded and the man grinned. "Some appreciation for the bass, finally."

"A bass?" Jaune murmured as May was presented with a four strings instrument in shades of gold and brow and a longer neck than that of a guitar.

"A bass!" Reese walked closer as May put on the strap of the instrument, aided by the man whose name tag said Trujillo. "It's a slapping slash plucking instrument."

"You know your stuff, girl" The employee said as May gave the bass strapped on her a couple tentative plucks with a white pick she had grabbed from a nearby counter, the cords humming with low, strong sounds. She smiled and grabbed it properly. "You a bass player too?"

"Nah, I'm more of a percussion gal. i just know my rhythm section." Reese answered with a grin. "Speaking of which, where are the drum kits?"

"For those you have to see McBrain upstairs." Reese nodded and turned to Jaune.

"You said you play guitar, Jaune?" He scratched his right cheek.

"Well, yeah. Mostly as backup for my sister, though." Reese blinked in confusion and Jaune explained. "Basically, she played the main part of the song while I did the background stuff? Does that make sense?"

"That means you were playing rhythm guitar." A new voice cut in from behind. Another of the shop owners had walked up to their little ragtag group, long hair tied to the side of his head with a string. "And your sister was the lead guitar."

"Hey, Angus. How did the meeting at city hall go?" Trujillo asked and Angus patted his own chest with his right fist.

"It's done. Live shows are now allowed in establishments outside of Cadmium Town. Lots more venues to play into now." The long haired man lowered his gaze to the four teens again. "If you guys want to form a band, this is probably the best time ever. There's going to be a lot more demand for it, now. God knows we could use more offer."

"A band? Us?" Jaune asked and Angud laughed.

"I don't see other groups of young people inquiring about instruments in my shop. And you've got a pretty good setup already! Blue on the drums, beanie on bass... And that leaves you and red on the guitar." The man explained, before grabbing on his chin. "Although, that means we have to shape you up, boy."

"Heh? What did I do?" Jaune asked while Penny started looking around, her eyes taking in the various instruments until she settled on the guitar rack.

"If you came into our shop, you're probably going to be a rock band." Jaune mouthed the word 'rock'. What did stones have to do with it? "And rock'n'roll needs both rhythm guitar and lead guitar." Penny observed the rack before grabbing onto one in shades of very dark red.

"But I've never done that... Being lead guitar, I mean. Hell, I've only ever played on acoustic guitar, never on one of those. Why can't Penny do it?" Jaune asked, pointing at the redhead while she strapped on the instrument and her eyes settled on the screen mounted overhead on one of the walls. The clip of a band's live recording was playing, with a focused shot on the lead guitarist.

"It's called an electric guitar. And she maybe could play lead guitar but girls usually don't have the physical strength needed to-" The man's lesson was interrupted by the sudden apparition of a damn sweet riff.

Jaune, Angus and the rhythm section trio turned towards Penny whose hands moved on the guitar deftly, quickly and with no impediment whatsoever, mimicking the guitarist on the screen down to a T, including body position and head bobbing. Finishing with an overhead arm swing she turned to the flabbergasted group of people with a big smile. "... Reach all the measures."

"This electric guitar instrument is fun! Could I please purchase it?"

"One Music Man bass guitar, one Gibson SG..."

"I think things got out of hand." While Penny rang up the instruments and arranged for delivery to the school, Jaune was talking with Reese.

"Right?! Penny is a goddess on the guitar!" Jaune groaned and palmed his face.

"I was referring more to the fact that... I mean, are we actually starting a band?" Reese blinked and then laughed. "What?!"

"What do you call people playing different instruments together?" May added with a small amused smile. Jaune turned to her to retort... And she realized she had a point.

"You're acting like we just got signed up for a gig or something!" Reese shoved his right shoulder playfully and Jaune blanched while May also lost her smile and looked to the side. The thought of doing anything in front of a crowd still scared him. It always did.

It had become better over the weeks when it game to fighting thanks to Pyrrha, but that's because he actually felt he was getting better and not embarrassing himself quite as much as before.

Playing an instrument? Not dingdong likely.

"I mean, we need three things before we can do that. First, a good repertoire. Gigs we could get right now would be about entertaining patrons at diners or clubs or something. We can't run out of stuff to play." Oh god, she had plans. "Second, we need at least one original song! We want people to like us but then to remember us. Know what I'm saying?"

May shrunk on herself and stepped backwards and to the left behind Jaune, who wasn't faring very well himself. People remembering him. Remembering his blunders. Laughing at him...

"That's... Two." He asked, swallowing. "What's number three?"

"A singer. We should probably practice that too." Jaune cringed as memories of another sister who roped him into different lessons surfaced. And the results. And the shame...

Hell naw. There would be no playing in front of a crowd if he could help it.

"That was awesome, guys!" After leaving the Oleander the four had taken to the rest of Cadmium Town, enjoying the sights and food. In the end, Reese had brought them to see a live show.

It had been an interesting experience for Jaune. As he saw the band of five young adults fill their every waking moment with songs before transitioning into what Reese had identified as their original tunes towards the end, he was filled with both admiration and dread.

Admiration because not only were the five good to his ears -not as good as his sisters or say, Penny, but good- but because they looked and felt like they were having fun. They exuded life and confidence.

Dread because the thought of doing anything like that terrified him beyond belief. Because he had nothing that could realistically give him that confidence. Nothing that could make him strut on the stage like that singer or jam like the guitarist.

He was just Jaune. Who had just started to find something to fall on when it came to being a Huntsman. He had little to fall on when it came to playing an instrument.

And nothing at all when it came to singing, as his sister's laughter in his memories never ceased to remind him.

"Indeed! It has been absolutely fantastic!" Penny added with a big smile and May nodded but only half-heartedly. She was probably going through similar thoughts as Jaune at the moment.

He needed to nip this in the bud right now. Before...

"And guys, by the way... Thank you." Oh, god. Her head was lowered, her eyes barely meeting theirs as her hands were joined behind her back. "I don't have anyone to play with back in Mistral. Hell, I can barely play myself. So... This is really big to me."

"... Protection Act." May murmured and Jaune raised an eyebrow as he turned to the beanie wearing girl. What was that?

"Yup. If I wasn't a Huntress in Training I could have even gone to jail." And at that, Jaune's eyes widened as he turned to Reese who had stopped acting shy and was now regarding them with one of the warmest smiles he had ever seen. "So thanks, guys. I won't forget it."

... Yeah. No way in hell could he say what he wanted, now. 'I'm so screwed!'

"I'm totally screwed!"

"Hey, Jaune! Welcome back!" Nora had saluted him but he ignored her in favour of falling on his bed face-first. "Huuu, was it that bad?"

"It will be." Jaune's words came out muffled but clear enough.

"Did something happen in town?" Pyrrha asked, worried.

"Everything was fine." Jaune groaned and lifted himself off the bed to run a hand through his hair. "That's the problem."

"I guess this has something to do with the acticity you chose." Ren commented, closing the book he was reading. "And your habit of not speaking up."

"... Pretty much." Jaune sighed. "So, my assigned team-mates are called Penny, Reese and May."

"All girls?" Nora asked with wide eyes. Jaune nodded and missed Pyrrha's stiffening.

"Yup. Penny is from Atlas. She's a bit weird, freakishly strong but very friendly. May is from Vacuo. Very silent, and you don't really know what she's thinking most of the time but she's cool. Reese is from Mistral..." He groaned. "She suggested the activity."

"And that would be?" Ren asked, a little smile coming to his face.

"We're starting a band." Jaune was met with surprise and amusement.

"Like music pling plong plang band?"

"Ordered the instruments and everything."

"Cool!"

"I did not know you could play an instrument."

"My sister plays the guitar and she needed a backup player for her lessons. And another wanted a backup singer so-"

"Jaune, you can sing?" Pyrrha asked with eyes wide and an expression on her face that made Nora roll her eyes. Jaune grimaced.

"No. No I can't." He let out and grabbed his head. "My singing is... But Reese was so enthusiastic. I thought it would be just a bonding thing but she mentioned making our own songs, live shows... And singing practice."

"So you're afraid that you'll embarrass yourself by singing?" Jaune nodded and Ren chuckled. "Jaune... Just tell -Reese, right? Just tell her you don't feel like singing."

"Or if you can't resist her smoochy motions and fluttering eyelids... Woah!" Nora gasped as her bedframe gave a loud metallic sound. "What was that?!"

"Jaune... From what you described these three girls aren't the kind who would laugh at or humiliate you if you can't sing." Pyrrha finished, giving Jaune her usual -although a bit strained- warm smile. "Maybe they'll be a bit amused if it's that bad but I don't think that'll colour their opinion of you. And if you're that bad, there's no way they're going to force you to sing in front of other people."

"... True." Jaune sighed and conceded the point. If Reese was that serious about starting a band, no way she was going to allow him to be the singer. "It's just... I guess the way my sister laughed at me traumatized me a little. I've never sung in front of anyone ever again."

"You're going to let that stop you from making new friends?" Ren asked.

"Hell no." Jaune decided and hardened his resolve. "Alright. I'll sing, we'll laugh, I'll feel miserable for a few seconds and we'll never talk about it again!"

Never again.

"Penny, may I introduce you to headmaster Ozpin."

"A pleasure, headmaster! Thanks for letting me stay in Beacon!" Penny smiled and did an enthusiastic bow for the trio of teacher, headmaster and general collected in Ozpin's office. "I've never been around so many people before!"

"You are most welcome, Penny. Now, general Ironwood tells me you are an exceptionally observant person." The redhead smiled and nodded. "So, how did the first day of hanging around with your new friends go?"

"It was fan-tastic!" Penny gushed out much to Glynda's surprise. Ironwood sighed and Ozpin was seemingly unaffected. "We hit the town, tried instruments, saw exhibitions, sampled foods-"

"Wait, food?!" James interrupted, surprising everyone... He stared back for a few seconds and then cleared his throat. "Penny has... Allergies."

"Oh, that! Right! Uhm, dad gave me... Stuff for it when I heard I would be staying in Beacon." Penny said with a nod and no hiccups. "Anyway, it was so much fun!"

"And what do you think of your new friends?"

"Jaune is very funny! He seems to be holding back, though. Many times he looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself at the last second."

"Hmm..." Had mister Arc noticed something about his new acquaintances? "Miss Zedong?"

"May is nice. She seems smart but doesn't speak very often." Penny 'hmmed' before shaking her head from side to side. "She's very guarded. I can't really tell what she's thinking or what she's about to do unless she wants to let people know."

The three adults shared a look before returning their attention to Penny. "And finally miss Chloris?"

"She's very energetic but surprisingly vulnerable. She's the one who suggested we learn to play an instrument and play together but she was afraid we would say something against it every-Oh." Penny suddenly stopped, bringing her fingers to her mouth. "Maybe that's what Jaune wanted to say?"

"... I see." From what Penny told them, so far there were no indications of wrong-doing. At the same time though it was still too early to pass a not guilty verdict. If either Chloris or Zedong were involved with the enemy, their plan would be in the long-term.

"Thanks for your insights, Penny."

"My pleasure, general... Even if I feel a bit bad about going behind their backs like this." The redhead confessed and that earned her Ozpin's attention.

"Why do you feel bad, miss Polendina?" The headmaster asked, a small smile on his face. "Surely the general explained."

"Yes but, hmm, the thing is... I don't think any of them are bad people." She pouted and knocked her fist on her right temple gently a few times. "I don't know why... I just... Feel so?"

"And you would like to spend more time with them. Without any secret mission bringing you guilt." Penny nodded and Ozpin micked the gesture in return. "Well, the earlier we clean them of any suspicion, the earlier that can happen, no?"

"... True." The atlasian ginger smiled and bowed. "Thank you, headmaster." Ozpin then made a gesture as if to dismiss the girl, who left his office right after, elevator door closing behind her.

"She's a very nice girl." Glynda commented with a smile.

"Yes... She is." James sighed, something gnawing at the back of his head. It started with G and Penny herself was dealing with it at the moment. "We wait and see?"

"We wait and see. Miss Zedong remains a mystery, and miss Chloris?" Ozpin leaned back in his chair. "So far, she just seems like a young woman wanting to make music with friends."

"... That could still be a problem." Glinda sighed and tapped her right elbow. "Mistral's may be the strictest yet but Protection Acts are in place for a reason."

"True. In either case..." Ozpin grabbed onto his cup, observing his reflection in the contained liquid. "For now, we wait and see." He took a sip, savoring the strength and aroma before speaking again. "... So, going by their given names, would they be team JMPR?"

"Really unimpressive team, being named after clothing." Ironwood shot back, smiling. Ozpin shrugged.

"I thought about using the initials of their last names but the result doesn't sound like any word that I know of."

END OF TRACK 1

I wouldn't call this a crossover. I haven't fused any other series with RWBY, although the more Rock 'N' Roll savvy readers may have already guessed who my 'OCs' are based on.

Also, the title of the fic, the title of the chapter and the particular formation of the group -one lead guitar, one rhythm guitar, drums, bass guitar and singer- should give a big hint as to who Jaune, May, Penny and Reese will take inspiration from during the course of this story.

If you haven't, I'm sure you will get it with the next chapters. I won't spoil the surprise ;) This story will be chock-full of references to Rock n Roll and that one band in particular, so keep an eye out.

- Meinos Kaen

NEXT TIME, ON TRACK 2

Rock 'N' Roll Singer