Chapter Six of The Heroes of Remnant. Re-Write Published as of 7/1/2019

Song of the Chapter: Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

Disclaimer: I do not own anything that you recognize.

- Ruby Rose -

"Hear ye, hear ye! I call this summit to order!" Ruby exclaimed as she banged her small gavel on the desk in front of her, "May the honorable delegates of Team JNPR and Team LP (pronounced Leopard) present themselves to our first annual Team Leader Summit!"

Jaune stood up from the seat to her left, "The honorable delegate Jaune Arc acknowledges this meeting. I represent the interests of Team JNPR, consisting of Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren, and Nora Valkyrie."

Once finished he took his seat, and Leo stood up. "The honorable delegate Leonidas Valdez acknowledges this meeting. I am here to represent Beacon's two man squad, Team LP, consisting of Leonidas Valdez and Perseus Jackson."

Ruby nodded her head and cleared her throat before speaking, "Honorable delegates, I am Ruby Rose, I represent Beacon's most promising up-and-coming group, Team RWBY! I-"

Before she could continue, she heard a scoff underneath someone's breath. Her head snapped to Leo, who she saw mutter something under his breath to Jaune. The blonde next to him had a smile on his face, and was trying to suppress a laugh.

"Delegate Valdez! Do you have anything you wish to say?!" Ruby said as she pointed the gavel toward the would be offender.

Leo shot up aggressively, meeting Ruby's silver eyes with his dark chocolate brown ones, "As a matter of fact I do! The delegate of Team LP refuses to acknowledge the incorrect and rather boisterous claims made by Ruby Rose. May the summit forgive my language but I find that to be…"

"Don't you say it!" Ruby cut in, trying to stop him.

"... a load of barnacles."

"Ohhhh you said it!" Ruby said angrily "This act is a declaration of war! I will not see the name of Team RWBY dragged through the mud of some… half manned team!"

Leo let out a dramatic gasp, "You will grow to resent those words delegate!"

Jaune then rose from his seat, and began to walk around the dorm room slowly, "Lady and Gentleman, let us not have the first recorded meeting end in a declaration of war, but rather an olive branch which will unite our three teams for the rest of our time at Beacon!"

Ruby and Leo eyed one another before turning back to face Jaune.

"I have speedily created a Declaration of Unity" Jaune said as he held up a piece of paper. It was nothing special. If anything it was as far from special as a piece of paper could get. It was a piece of lined paper, more than likely ripped from Jaune's notebook at some point. It was written in blue crayon, had a short paragraph upon it, but the thing that stood out the most was the crude stick figure drawing of what Ruby could only guess was meant to be her, Leo, and Jaune standing in a triangle with their hands in the middle.

"This document states that, our respective teams shall become the closest of friends during our time at Beacon. Come Grimm or high water, we will always stick together. No matter the cause."

"Aye, the honorable delegate Leo Valdez approves the motion."

"Seconded" Ruby agreed, as her and Leo's feud was long forgot.

"Then alas, come sign your names to this reveled piece of parchment! And may our alliance be forged in bonds of fellowship!"

Jaune passed the paper to Leo, and the latino boy signed his name in print. Jaune collected the paper once again and handed it to Ruby, who signed her name speedily in a sloppy cursive print. He then brought the paper back to his desk, and signed it himself. He then pulled out a binder from his backpack and slipped it into the front of sleeve, with the paper now safely behind a plastic sleeve. He then placed the binder down and took a seat in his chair, before folding his hands together on the makeshift desk in front of him.

Leo cracked a smile and attempted not to laugh, but he couldn't help it as he began to giggle. Ruby tried her best to resist the giggle fit that had infected Leo but she began to laugh as well. Meanwhile, Jaune didn't even try to fight it. He openly laughed, and Ruby and Leo joined him. Immediately she could tell it was one of those laughters that was the best kind. One that you felt deep in your belly. She then began to laugh even harder as the tone of Leo's laugh changed as it became a short choppy 'he-he' instead of the loud boisterous laugh he had been using earlier.

The laughing began to slow down until it was a few muffled laughters, and it ended with Leo wiping away a tear on his face that had welled in his right eye.

"Holy hell that was great" Leo said as he laughed a bit "I haven't laughed that hard in a looooong time."

Jaune nodded his head and Ruby agreed besides him. After taking a moment to recollect themselves, the blonde knight spoke up.

"If we're planning on having our teams become best friends, shouldn't we have a team bonding session? Or maybe something along those lines?"

Leo and Ruby shared a look.

"It's not a half bad plan" Leo said aloud "What do you think Rubes?"

Ruby looked slightly apprehensive about it, but then gave in, "Sure. I mean... I just don't know what we're going to do with ten people. Make cookies and eat them until we all throw up?"

Jaune let out a snort and Leo spoke up.

"What about paintballing?" Leo suggested.

Ruby quickly shook her head no, "Are you crazy? Could you imagine the catastrophic damage that would happen if we did that? Imagine if Yang got paint in her hair!"

Jaune and Leo quietly shuddered at the thought. To wound Yang's hair was to court death itself. No one on the planet would be crazy enough to bring paint within five feet of her, let alone shoot a dangerous, paint filled projectile at her.

"Okay then paintball is officially out" Jaune said as he crossed it off the imaginary list "We could go to the mall?"

Ruby seemed to like the idea, but Leo clearly did not. His face got all scrunched up and he shook his head side to side. "Last time I was in a mall it was terrible. Department stores are the killers of capitalism and the teenage wallet everywhere. Let's go somewhere else."

Jaune and Ruby looked toward one another and the blonde leader quietly began to mouth 'what the fu-' before the hooded girl turned back to Leo to not see Jaune say the inappropriate word.

"Okaaay" Ruby said as she dragged it out "Malls are out then. What about a sleepover? Guys sleep here in Team LP's room and the girls in Team RWBY's room? That could work right?"

Leo looked okay with and nodded his head up and down, but Jaune looked like he had a plan brewing inside his head.

"Okay I like the idea" Jaune said as he pressed his finger tips together, the gears in his head beginning to turn "But what about if one night, say Friday is the quote on quote 'separate sleep over' and then Saturday is a group sleepover ? That way we mix and mingle with everyone?"

"I think what Jaune is trying to say is, is that he wants their to be a co-ed sleepover so that he can impress a certain Ice Queen." Leo added as he wiggled his eyebrows.

Jaune's face went red and Ruby giggled at the blonde. "First of all, she prefers Snow Angel to Ice Queen."

"Does she though?" Ruby asked sarcastically.

Jaune glared at her quickly before continuing, "And secondly, team building is a group thing. For example, has Percy ever really talked to Ren or Blake to Nora? It would be a good way for all of us to get to know one another; a solid first step."

Ruby and Leo glanced toward one another and both were equally impressed. Jaune's reasoning was sound, and if they didn't break the ice, both with their teammates and with Weiss, they wouldn't get anywhere.

"It's a solid move" Leo said as he looked back to Jaune "Now I finally understand why Ozpin made you a team leader. You finally put that big brain of yours to use."

Jaune smiled a bit and rolled his eyes before turning to the final team leader, "Does that work for you Ruby?"

"Yeah it works for me!" she said cheerfully "Let's ask our teams tonight and see what they say?"

"Sounds like a plan" Jaune said confirming for the group "Meeting adjourned for the night then? I need to get back and finish Port's Grimm project or Pyrrha will set Nora loose on me and I may not last the night if that happens."

Ruby hit the gavel on her table twice before dropping it on the table. "Shoo! Be gone Jaune! We want you to be around for the long haul!"

Jaune laughed a bit and stood up from the desk he was sitting at and grabbed his backpack with the special binder. He made his way toward the door before he turned around. "Goodnight guys, I'll talk to you tomorrow! Team leaders for life!"

"Team leaders for life!" Leo and Ruby yelled back with raised fists. With that, Jaune closed the door to Team LP's room, leaving Ruby and Leo to themselves.

Leo turned to Ruby, "Well that was a surprisingly productive meeting. I thought it was going to end with us throwing crayons at one another or maybe even giving Jaune a wedgie."

"Stop! Don't be mean!" Ruby said playfully as she laughed at Leo "You talk a lot for someone who is barely 5'5."

Leo gasped, "You wound me Ruby. I'll have you know I'm easily 5'6", pushing 5'6 and a half!"

"Really?" Ruby said teasingly "Could've fooled me."

Leo threw up his hands, "What the heck, I'm supposed to be to witty and sarcastic one. Oh how the tables have turned."

Ruby laughed again and Leo joined in, the boy laughing at his own joke. As he was laughing Ruby took a second glance at Leo. She still didn't know him that well yet, but Ruby could not deny that he was one of her best friends so far at Beacon, but then again that wasn't saying much. It had only been a week, but things with her teammates and friends had been moving rather… slowly.

Weiss Schnee, her partner and heiress to the world famous Schnee Dust Company, was for lack of a better word... cold to her. The girl from Atlas was trying her best to be nicer to Ruby, their small heart to heart over coffee assured her of that. However, Weiss never seemed to know how to have fun. Ruby smiled wickedly to herself. It was only a matter of time until her 'Best Day Ever' binder would be complete, and Weiss would soon feel the wrath of fun.

Her other teammate, Blake, was still being lame. The ninja like girl never seemed to be able to get out of 'ninja mode'. Quietly moving from place to place, rarely ever speaking unless it was to correct someone, answering a question, or training with the rest of Team RWBY. She was silent, and while Ruby was really worried at first, Yang helped calm her down. Blake was just quiet, not shy like herself.

Meanwhile, Ruby hadn't gotten to know Team JNPR all that well yet besides Jaune. Pyrrha seemed nice enough, but the hardest thing was how Ruby had to get over her excitedness to met her. Afterall, she was one of the best fighters in the world, and anybody with that kind of skill had to be admired. Ren and Nora seemed to be a handful as well, with Ren being the 'hand' and Nora being the 'full'. Nora was a bundle of energy, one which Ruby loved to challenge, regardless of whatever the task was. Ren probably didn't appreciate her eagerness to challenge Nora though.

All in all though, Ruby hoped that they would all become great friends. It would be hard enough to become a huntsmen, but it would be even harder to do it alone. Afterall, there was a reason teams were made at the Huntsmen academies across Remnant. It was always easier to have a team watching your back, than to fight by yourself. And if there were nine other people watching her back? Ruby smiled to herself, she could live with that.

- Jason Grace -

With a groan, Jason finally woke from his restless sleep. He had gotten in late the night before, stumbling past the magic border and Pelus, before reaching Cabin One. He felt himself laying on a soft comfortable mattress and his gaze was focused on the empty bed above him.

He turned his head to right and saw a nightstand. On it rested a small alarm clock, his glasses, and an unframed picture. Jason focused on the picture for a second before throwing the blankets off of him and swung his legs out of bed. The son of Jupiter stretched his limbs slightly, feeling his joints crack and pop in return.

He slowly stood up and began to get dressed. He dressed himself in a pair of tan shorts and an orange camp t-shirt, followed shortly by his glasses. He slid his feet, one at a time, into a pair of flip flops. His new sword, Ivlivs, was sheathed and waiting for him in the weapons rack by the door. He grabbed it, and slung it over his shoulder so that it was snug against his back. Jason turned toward the door, and took a deep breath before he opened it and the rays of sunshine hit his face.

He squinted at first, his eyes trying to adjust to the brightness, but once they did, he was met with a familiar sight that he once called home. He saw a few campers milling about, some leaving their respective cabins to head for a late brunch while some of the younger kids were running around and playing Medusa tag.

Jason didn't stare long and he began to make his way toward the dining pavilion. He needed food. It had been so long since he had had a real meal, and a person could only eat so many energy bars before they all started to taste like minotaur dung. He shuddered at the thought and the pavilion started to come into view and with it, he saw a mop black hair surrounded by golden blonde on all sides. Jason grinned at the site and began to pick up the pace.

Before he knew it, he was behind Nico and the sons and daughters of Apollo. Those that could see Jason were trying their best to hide their snickers.

"What are you all laughing - ack!" Nico began but he was cut off as Jason wrapped his arms around the son of Hades and hugged him, lifting the boy into the air.

"Put me down or so help me" Nico said through grit teeth "All the gods on Olympus won't be able to help you."

Jason let out a laugh, "It's not like they've ever been much help anyways though."

He placed Nico back down on the bench and the boy turned around to face him, a weird half scowl - half smile graced his face, and Jason was only slightly afraid. Nico stood up, along with a golden hair boy next to him and Nico gave Jason a proper hug even though it only lasted for a few seconds. Jason then focused on the boy next to him.

"Hey Will it's good to see you." Jason said with a friendly smile.

"It's good to see you too Jason. It's been a while."

"It has" Jason admitted, as he rubbed the back of his head "I've been busy. Being a Pontifex Maximus isn't exactly easy."

"But you still could've Iris messaged us" Nico pointed out "You're many things, but I know you're not broke."

Jason shot Nico a look, "Don't start with me young man. I'll put your sword on the top shelf."

Nico's eye twitched, "It wasn't funny the first time you tried it, and it'll be even less funny if you tried it again. And I'm older than you!"

"Anyway" Will cut in, stopping his boyfriend from going on a rant "What brings you to camp Jason? We thought school started soon for you again?"

"It does. But I actually came to talk to you two. Do you think we could go somewhere private?"

"Of course." Nico agreed, his playful attitude quickly evaporating and replaced with his trademark seriousness "We can go to the Big House. Not one will be using the War Room."

"And if someone is, Nico will just scare them away" Will teased.

He rolled his eyes and tried to punch, "It was literally one time. Let it die."

"You and your death" Will said "I thought we had gotten over that fetish Nico~"

"It is not a-!" Nico began to yell, but he composed himself, "It is not a fetish. Just something I am required to tolerate because of my father."

Jason fought to suppress a laugh, "War room?"

"War room" Nico agreed quickly.

The three made the short walk toward the Big House. They passed Mr. D and Chiron who were locked in a game of Pinochle. They attempted to say hello but neither attempted to engage in discourse. Mr. D was angrily drinking from a Diet Coke can as he eyed his cards. Meanwhile, Chiron nodded politely, acknowledging their presence, but unwilling to take his eyes off his opponent.

They made their way into the War Room, where Will and Nico made their way toward two chairs by the ping-pong table and Jason pulled up a third before sitting down, the group arranged in a small triangle.

"So what did you want to talk to us about?" Will asked.

Jason let out a breath. He had practiced this in his head the way over from Louisiana, but now that he was here he just couldn't tell them about Thalia. It was still too raw, too fresh. He didn't… he didn't know how to deal with it yet.

"I…" Jason started. However, when he didn't continue Nico raised an eyebrow.

"I wanted to talk about Leo" Jason said. Maybe if he was lucky Nico would accept that was what he wanted to talk about, but he also knew Nico wasn't a fool and that he had been deflecting.

At the mention of the missing boy, Will look as if he deflated and Nico didn't look much better.

"I already told you Jason" Nico began "Father said that both Percy and Leo are resting peacefully in Elysium."

"But then why can't-" Jason began but was cut off by Nico.

"I already told you Jason, I can't summon them. I don't know why, but I can't. Summoning the souls of the dead is like a phone call. You can call and call and call, but it doesn't mean the other end is going to answer."

"But why wouldn't they answer though!?" Jason argued "It doesn't make sense. They're our friends. Wouldn't they want to say goodbye?"

"It's still not that simple Jason" Nico said, his voice sympathetic "If you were Percy, how would you go about saying goodbye to your friends and family? How do you think he would say goodbye to Annabeth?"

Jason shifted awkwardly in his fold up chair.

"It's… hard. It took some time before Bianca answered my summons, and it wasn't an easy conversation we had."

He hated to admit it, but Nico was right. How did someone go about saying their final goodbyes until the people you were saying goodbye to died themselves? It made him sick to his stomach to think about and it didn't help that part of that sick feeling was also partially his fault.

"Jason…" Will said getting his attention "It's okay to miss your friends… your best friends for that. Just give it some time and I'm sure they'll answer eventually."

"It's just... hard, ya know?" Jason said to the couple "Things are just so different now."

Will gave Jason a meaningful look, while Nico stood up. "I'll be right back."

The boy quickly shuffled out of the room and Jason turned to look back at the other blonde.

"Will... can I ask you to do me a favor?"

"Normally I'd say yes" the son of Apollo admitted "But I'm thinking you're going to ask me something big."

Jason winced, "It's not huge."

Will shot him a look.

"Okay it's kinda huge."

"Just say it Jason. It seems like something you don't want Nico to hear."

"Not necessarily" Jason waved off "But that's beside the point."

He took a breath, "Can you please try and convince Nico to look for Percy and Leo in the Underworld? I just… want to make sure they made it there."

Will opened his mouth, but Jason interrupted "You don't have to say yes or no now, but please at least consider it. It would put my mind at ease."

It took a second for a response from Will, but he nodded his head, agreeing to Jason's request.

"I'll do it, but you owe me one." Will said "I don't like it when Nico goes to the Underworld alone."

"There are ways around that ya know? You could ask Hazel to go with him. Heck even you could go. Make a date out of it."

"That's-" Will paused "That's actually not a bad idea. Even though I don't think the Fields of Asphodel would make for lovely picnic."

"I'm sure you'd manage though" Jason said through a weak smile.

It was then when Nico entered into the room. His hand balled into a fist, carrying something inside of it. What it was, Jason had no idea, but he was sure he'd find out soon enough.

Nico stood in front of Jason and the older boy looked at him in return.

"A few weeks ago, some of the Cabin Nine kids went to investigate Bunker 9. They had finally gotten back from helping to repair the infrastructure for New Rome. While they were there, Harley found this."

Nico opened his palm and laying in it was a necklace. It was a beautiful gold, vastly different from the Celestial Bronze that Camp Half Blood used for its weapons. The only charm on it was a single lightning bolt, and Jason could immediately tell that it was made for him.

He held out his hand and Nico dropped it into his. The son of Jupiter rubbed his thumb over the bolt, feeling how smooth it was on his finger.

"The Hephaestus kids ran some tests on it. Turns out its charmed to turn into a full set of body armor, but it needs a bolt of lightning to activate it. There's only two people I could imagine it could be for, and I don't think Leo was trying to make a move on your sister."

Jason cringed at the mention of Thalia, but the scowl on his face disappeared as quickly as it appeared.

"Leo you idiot…" Jason whispered under his breath.

If Leo had truly passed on, then Jason would cherish it. One last gift from a friend who wanted to keep his friend safe. If only Jason had knew what happened to him.

- Perseus Jackson-

A month into his time at Beacon and Percy absolutely loved it. The classes were interesting, even if he struggled to pay attention at times. The people who had come to call his friends were awesome. With the exception of being pulled into what Leo had dubbed the 'Ozlluminati' and hiding his secret that he was the son of a god, it was a normal as he had felt in a long time.

But the thing that Percy looked forward to the most every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday was Professor Goodwitch's Combat Class. Unlike at Camp Half Blood, where Percy had been made the informal swordsmanship teacher appointed by Chiron, he had a chance to be critiqued by Professor Goodwitch and actually learn something new. He had been stuck teaching and trying to mentor inexperienced seven to twelve year olds since he was fourteen, and that had come close to being more frustrating than the gods and their ridiculous requests. He could only handle accidentally getting hit in the nuts with an unsharpened sword so many times.

He shuddered at the memory, but it was quickly forgotten as Percy attentively listened to the advice Glynda was giving to Team RWBY and JNPR after their team fight. JNPR had won the battle, but the fight had been more akin to four simultaneous one v one's. With Ruby and Yang outlasting Jaune and Nora respectively, while Blake and Weiss were dismantled by Ren and Pyrrha.

As soon as Goodwitch had said go, Percy watched their battle with intense focus. Early on, RWBY had attempted an interesting combination of team attacks clearly meant to disorient and disrupt JNPR before they could even muster any form of plan. However, it was surprisingly Jaune who had but an end to it before it could even get off the ground. While RWBY had coated the arena in a steamy haze (courtesy of Yang and Weiss) masking their movements, Jaune quickly grouped them into a defensive position and had the brilliant idea to use Nora to flush them out with her grenade launcher.

The plan worked to perfection. The pink grenades quickly drove away the haze and had left RWBY scrambling to avoid the explosions in an almost comical way. Not to be outmaneuvered by her fellow team leader, Ruby quickly ordered to take JNPR one on one.

Thus began the one on one fights. Yang bullrushed Nora, Ruby engaged Jaune, Blake took on her fellow ninja in Ren, and that left Weiss to take on Pyrrha.

Yang and Nora's fight had students flinching as the powerhouses went after one another. It was only thanks to the protective barrier around the stands that stopped the pair from being launched into the stands more than a few times. The two continued to slug it out, but as the fight dragged on, it became clear that Nora couldn't hang with her fellow powerhouse.

It was clear to see that Nora was a huntress who's weapon and style was better suited to fighting Grimm. Her hammer meant to swiftly eliminate Grimm in one or two blows before her boundless energy brought her to her next victim. But Yang on the other hand was a perfect counter to Nora. Her weapon and fighting style allowed her to get in close, forcing Nora to go on the defensive while getting all the more frustrated. Nora was used to bashing homeruns… not so much the swing and the miss.

As soon as Nora dropped her caution for an all out attack, he could tell Yang had her in the palm of her hand. Using her buckshot from Ember Celica to dodge the orange haired girl, Nora had continued to chase her target. As soon as Nora had run out of energy and became winded, the boxer had ended the fight, finishing Nora with a move she had tried to teach Percy during a few of the spars they had against one another.

Meanwhile, Ruby and Jaune's fight had been rather… anticlimactic. What Jaune lacked in fighting ability, he made up for in leadership and his ability to strategize. But without a team to help Jaune, the fight quickly began to turn in Ruby's favor. Using her semblance, Ruby sped by Jaune, using Crescent Rose to score a hit before coming at him from a different direction. When he was lucky, Jaune could block the blow with his shield. More often than not though, he tried to hit Ruby with Crocea Mors, only to end up tanking a direct blow from his friend.

To everyone watching, it was clear that Jaune had pretty much no idea what he was doing. The boy was making a fool out of himself as he continued to swing and miss, rather badly, at the red blur. However, where people saw Jaune as a weakling, Percy saw some potential. The teen was unmistakably rough around the edges, but it by no means meant he was awful. He was decent with his shield when he decided to use it, and according to Pyrrha, Jaune had the largest aura she had ever seen. Sometimes the best defense was good defense.

Yang and himself had teased Pyrrha mercilessly when she had said that to them and the Invincible Girl had turned as red as the hair as soon as she realized what they had been implying. But in seriousness, Jaune did have an impressive aura, and that made Percy jealous. He had hit a block when it came to utilizing his aura during combat and that was beyond frustrating. If Jaune, the worst fighter in Beacon, had control over his aura and could regularly control it whenever he took a beating, they why the hell couldn't he flare his own when Yang punched him in the face when they spared?

He had ignored his growing annoyance and instead watched his friends continue to fight. The fight between Ruby and Jaune lasted longer than he had expected. Ruby had been training to fight her whole life, but no amount of skill or clever tricks could drain a person's aura as large as Jaune's. The trick to fighting Jaune was to either overpower him, out duel him, or out last him. Powerhouses like Nora, Cardin, or Yang tended to take option A. Skilled swordsmen like Dove, Weiss, Blake, and Russel would take option B. However, people sympathetic to Jaune and his desire to improve would take option C.

Ever since their class field trip to Forever Fall, Jaune had gotten a handle on the bullying Cardin and the rest of RDL had been subjecting him to. He hadn't told many people, only Pyrrha and himself, that he had obtained fake transcripts and lied his way in to Beacon.

With Jaune's revelation, things began to make sense. Beacon was the best of the best. And Jaune was well... not the best of the best, not yet at least. But with training from Pyrrha and himself, he'd get better. Slowly, but eventually.

It was strange working with Pyrrha to teach Jaune at first. They had tried to teach him together, but the pair quickly realized they had been doing more harm than good. After a pretty terrible first evening of late night training, the two spartan like warriors had sat down together, talked, and came to the conclusion that it would be best if Pyrrha trained Jaune every Monday and Wednesday, while Percy would train him Tuesday's and Thursday's, a day off on Friday, and then conditioning with both on Saturday and Sunday. Pyrrha would teach him how to fight, while Percy would teach him how to fight dirty, and together they would get stronger. It was a first step, a challenging step, but the beginning of something Percy and Pyrrha both knew would be great.

The fight with Ruby now was a prime example of Jaune's improvement. Normally, Ruby would have disarmed Jaune with Crescent Rose within the first few minutes of the melee. Instead, Jaune had managed to prove their combined training held up. Ruby was a whirlwind of rose petals around her opponent, slashing away at his armor and shield. He watched Jaune's aura trickle slowly downward, but Jaune was never knocked from his feet or forced to yield. At the current pace, it was only a matter of time until Ruby beat Jaune, but all that mattered was that he was putting up a fight. He knew he and Pyrrha would have to work on his offense in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, else where on the battlefield, Blake and Ren had been evenly matched, with the two engaging in a quick, but deadly fight that looked more like a dance. Blake would send a slash at Ren with Gambol Shroud only to be quickly deflected by one of Ren's Storm Flowers and met with a counter attack of his own.

Blake moved quickly, not as fast as Ruby, but still relatively fast. She relied on her semblance to try and misdirect Ren, but the pink eyed boy rarely seemed to fall for the trick, catching Blake's slashes and stabs just before they could connect. Their aura's dwindled down together, each connecting with a few glancing blows. That is, until Ren made a brilliant move.

The unusually calm boy must have found a tell which allowed him to determine Blake's shadow clones from her real self and he took advantage of it. The move was certainly a gamble and if he failed, he probably would've been at a painful disadvantage. Ren pretended to go after Blake's shadow clone, turning his back to the girl. Blake with her usual neutral faced glare, went for a sideways slash with her weapon, only for Ren to suddenly drop to his feet and perform a sweeping leg kick.

Blake, unable to stop herself due to her momentum, was knocked from her feet and she landed hard on her back. Before she could even make an attempt to recover, Ren was perched above her with his Storm Flowers, loaded and aimed directly at her head. He told her to yield and Blake let out a sigh before yielding, knowing she had no other choice.

The fight between Weiss and Pyrrha had gone about just as well as anyone could have expected: Weiss got her butt absolutely handed to her. Her dust rapier was ill suited for combat against Pyrrha's shield, forcing Weiss to try and somehow come up with an attack that would catch her opponent from the side.

Using her glyphs, Weiss dashed around Pyrrha in a circle, forcing the champion to turn her sword into her rifle and take shots at the heiress. As soon as Weiss heard the click of an empty magazine and Pyrrha moved to reload, Weiss made her move. With a hard stop, the heiress stopped speeding around Pyrrha and twirled Myrtenaster before pushing the point into the ground with both hands.

A light blue glyph appeared under Pyrrha's feet, and the girl tired to move but found herself unable to. Her feet had been frozen into place, about halfway up to her calf. It soon became a race against time. The champion bashing her shield into the ice while Weiss used a glyph to move her swiftly behind Pyrrha. Almost faster than Percy could register, Weiss surged forward, the tip of her rapier aimed directly at her back.

However, that was when things got freaky. Pyrrha broke the ice on her legs, with maybe a second to spare before Weiss arrived. Maybe Weiss's arm had gotten tired or Pyrrha had somehow deflected it downward Percy wasn't sure, but the Invincible Girl had pinned the blade of Mythenaster in the gap between her high heel. Weiss's eyes were filled with disbelief at how swiftly Pyrrha had been able to move her leg to stop her weapon.

With Weiss unable to let go of Myrtenaster without becoming disarmed, Pyrrha swiftly ended the fight, bashing Weiss in the forehead and sending the girl tumbling backward until she connected with the wall of the arena. Her aura well into the red.

However, while Pyrrha had been engaged with Weiss, Ruby and Yang swiftly dismantled Ren. Maybe it was because neither wanted to fight Pyrrha or maybe they thought they would have a better chance together, Ruby acted as a distraction, while Yang came in and hammered Ren with one devastating blow knocking him down and into the red.

And just like that, the fight turned into a two v one. Ruby and Yang didn't even need to speak to one another as the two dashed forward and made a run at knocking off the Invincible Girl. Ruby made it there first, swinging Crescent Rose with a flurry of rose petals behind her. Pyrrha deflected using Miló in it's sword form, and swiftly raised Akoúo̱ as Yang moved in just as quickly, trying to decapitate the girl with a furious right hook.

Pyrrha was trapped, sandwiched between the two girls. Yang was on her right, blocked by her shield, and Ruby on her left, barely holding back the humongous scythe.

Yang seeing the draw they were now in, cocked her fist back and prepared to launch an uppercut into Pyrrha's stomach, but the girl quickly mobilized. Pyrrha crouched low and flipped herself backwards with an impressive display of gymnastic ability that Percy was one hundred percent sure he didn't have himself.

Ruby, who had putting pressure on Miló, fell forward as soon Pyrrha vacated the area. Yang, who's fist that had already been in motion, collided with her sister's stomach. The buckshot, launched Ruby backwards and sent her tumbling across the ground, and Yang could only stare wide-eyed as her sister groaned and tried to get back up. She looked to the board displayed above them, only to see her sister's aura knocked into the red because of her.

Yang's eyes quickly turned from their normal lilac to a fierce shade of red. She snapped her head back looking for Pyrrha, but the Invincible Girl was already upon in a fury of sword and shield strikes. Yang was battered and pushed back onto her heels. Pyrrha, with the momentum now on her side, mecha-shifted Miló into its spear form and wacked Yang's feet, forcing the blonde brawler to trip and fall onto her back. In an instant Pyrrha was above her, Miló pointed at her neck, forcing the blonde to yield.

Now Percy waited in the stands with Leo beside him, smiling as his friends made their way over.

"Ugh we were this close to beating you guys!" Ruby groaned out loud as she held a hand to her stomach.

"Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades~!" Nora teased "There was no way you could've beaten our secret weapon!"

"Pyrrha is hardly a secret" Weiss bit back. She turned to her teammates "And you all! What happened to the plan?! And when did we decide I had to fight Pyrrha by myself!"

"I think it was this morning when we decided" Yang motioned to herself, Ruby, and Blake "That we would leave you to fight Pyrrha since you were taking too long in the shower."

Weiss threw her arms up, "Unbelievable!"

Percy chuckled at Weiss, and he turned his attention back towards Professor Goodwitch as they began to sit down. Yang plopped down next to Percy.

"So how do you think I did?" Yang said with a smile on her face.

"Well, I'd have to say the knockout punch on Ren was pretty impressive, and that was a pretty clever strategy you used to tire out Nora" Percy said earning a toothy grin from the blonde.

"But" Percy smirked "Friendly fire is usually something that should be avoided."

Yang huffed and punched his arm, wincing slightly as she used the hand that had punched Pyrrha's shield.

Percy snickered but turned his attention back to the Professor who now stood in the arena.

"An impressive display Ms. Nikos" Professor Goodwitch said as she nodded toward her "However, it is important to remember that fights with multiple combatants are perfect for surprise attacks."

Ruby attempted to raise her hand and speak but Professor Goodwitch continued instead "While Team RWBY's strategy of deploying a form of smokescreen was admirable, it is not the type of surprise attack I was referring to."

"If Ms. Rose or Ms. Xiao Long had maybe even fired a few rounds toward Ms. Nikos during her combat with Ms. Schnee, it could have had the potential to give their teammate the upper hand. It is always easier to fight against an opponent who is distracted than one who has all their attention focused on you."

She then turned in the general direction of Team RWBY and JNPR "Other than that slight nitpick, well done. You all fought admirably."

The two teams swelled with pride, with the members looking between each other with smiles on their faces.

However, the praise quickly disappeared and the professor was on to the next aspect of her lesson.

"While it is important to work together as a cohesive unit on the battlefield, there is always a possibility you can become separated from your teammates or find yourself in a situation where it is you against a multitude of threats you must fight on your own. May Team CRDL and Mr. Jackson please make your way to the arena."

Percy heard a few snickers from where Team CRDL were sitting and he watched as Cardin and the rest of his team stood up. Cardin flashed Percy an angry look, but he did not say anything as they made their way down.

"Ugh, I am not in the mood for this today" Percy groaned as he stood up.

"Don't feel bad Percy" Weiss said as she inspected her nails "We won't hold it against you if you lose."

Percy looked at Weiss his face clearly displease.

"Weiss!" her partner cried out "that was mean!"

"What? I'm just stating facts." Weiss said as she defended herself "The odds aren't in Percy's favor."

"Yeah but that was clearly unnecessary" Yang said coming to Percy's defense "He's our friend, or did you forget that?"

The Schnee heiress shot Yang an angry look and she returned it all the same.

Percy placed his hand softly on Yang's shoulder calming her down before turning to Weiss, "After I win, I expect an apology."

"Hmph" Weiss said as she turned her attention back to her nails.

Percy raised an eyebrow towards Yang and the blonde just shrugged her shoulders. Weiss was acting ruder than usual, and he was sure he hadn't done anything to earn her ire.

The son of Poseidon took his leave and made his way down into the arena. Standing across the way was Team CRDL. Dove, Russel, and Sky were standing with their weapons ready while Cardin stood leisurely behind them with his mace resting on his shoulder.

He pulled Bastion off his back, tightening the leather straps on his wrist until it was snug. He then pulled Onyx out of his pocket and flicked the cap off, the blade growing to its full size. Behind him he heard Ruby squeal in excitement, but he ignored it. He readied himself for the fight ahead, getting into a mobile stance.

He heard Nora cheer for him, "Break their legs Percy!"

"Yeah knock 'em dead!" Yang called out after.

"Are you ready to begin students?" Professor Goodwitch asked.

"I'm ready professor."

Across the way, Team CRDL nodded their heads.

"Begin!"

Nobody moved at first, but Percy was ready for his opponents. He knew that if he charged in sword swinging like a mad-man, he would be overwhelmed easily.

However, Cardin was unwilling to exercise patience

"Get him!"

Dove, Russel, and Sky charged at Percy.

Russel was the first to reach him, as he only carried two knives, making him much faster than his teammates. As the mohawk haired boy was about to reach him, Percy leaned forward close to the ground with his shield, and braced himself.

Russel crashed into an unmoving Percy and using his momentum, Percy lifted upward and flipped Russel over his shoulder. Russel hit the ground with a thud and the air was knocked from his lungs.

Dove came charging in next. He went for a one armed sword swipe, but Percy deflected it easily with his shield. Before he could recover, Percy slashed Onyx across the boy's chest sending him staggering backwards. The demigod sprung swiftly forward and kicked the boy in the chest, sending him sprawling onto his back across the floor.

Sky, who had been waiting for an opening, finally charged forward. He went in for an overheard swipe with his halberd, but Percy caught it above him with Onyx. Percy then went for a shield bash to hit his opponents unprotected side, but Sky swiftly disengaged from Percy and rolled away.

The two began to circle one another. Percy's eyes were locked onto Sky's. However he knew something was amiss when Sky's head twitched slightly. The son of Poseidon heard footsteps behind him and he quickly rolled to the side, only to see Russel stumble forward as a result of missing his target.

Instead of taking the opportunity to capitalize on Russel's missed strike, Percy went back on the defensive. Even if the members of Team CRDL had sloppy form, he refused to underestimate them. The three boys who had rushed him had probably done that just now and in turn they had looked like fools. They were hunters-in-training, the same as Ruby and Weiss, and they were dangerous. He wouldn't take them lightly.

It didn't take long for the boys to engage Percy again. This time with more caution and jumped toward Percy, lunging the spear part of his halberd at the demigod. He deflected the halberd to the side with Onyx. Russel came charging forward a second later, not even giving Percy a second to breathe.

Russel held the knife in his right hand knife in a reverse grip and went for a swipe at Percy's face. Percy began to rapidly move backwards, staying just out of reach of the swipes as Russel continued to pursue.

Russel slashed with his left hand dagger, missing. He followed by attempting a stab with his right, only to be parried by Onyx. The mohawk teenager lunged forward with both daggers above him in an overhead strike, but Percy got low and raised his shield above his head, deflecting the blow and pushing the boy backward.

Russel stumbled back but quickly recovered. Sky soon joined him by his side and the pair were breathing hard. Both winded and frustrated by not being able to hit their opponent.

Percy saw his chance. He stabbed Onyx into the ground and loosened the straps on his shield. He swiftly removed it from his arm and winded his arm back and launched it forward, Bastion hurtling toward the pair like a discuss.

Russel's eyes got wide as he saw the saucer fly towards him. The boy quickly rolled out of the way but the shield kept going and slammed into Sky's head, knocking the boy down.

Percy quickly pulled his sword out of the ground and dashed forward, pushing the offensive against Russell. He raised the sword over his head and launched a devastating overhead blow, which the boy barely deflected with his daggers. Percy repeated the same move, this time breaking through Russel's defenses and his sword coming down on his head. Luckily for Russel, his aura saved him from having his head split in two. Regardless, the force of strike on his skull launched him face first into the ground where he would not get up.

Percy began to walk toward Sky who was still recovering on the ground. The boy was on one knee, his hand against his face as he tried to regain his composure and senses. The demigod didn't give him the chance to recover as he bashed the pegasus pommel into the boy's head, knocking him out cold.

Percy then turned his attention Dove, the boy attempting to put on a brave face but slightly shuddering at his classmates unrelenting takedown of his teammates. Percy continued his advance and Dove, seeing as Percy wouldn't spare him any kindness, mustered a brave roar and charged at his opponent.

Dove attacked with his sword drawn over his head and Percy raised his own sword up with both hands to meet him. The two became locked in a clash but it was quickly broken when Percy pushed the boy back and spartan kicked him in the center of his stomach.

Percy's opponent instantly doubled over falling to his hands and knees before him. Percy then kicked the boy in side of his head right near his temple, and Dove's unconscious body hit the ground hard, defeated via unconsciousness.

Before Percy got a chance to look for Cardin, he felt the sudden rush of air behind him. Knowing he didn't have time to try and get out of the way, he tried to flare his aura, only to see a bit of sea green cover his finger tips before fizzling away.

"Damn it" Percy whispered.

He felt something slam into his rib cage and he was sent flying across the arena. He tumbled across the ground, kicking up some of the dirt that covered the arena floor until he slammed into a hard object, presumably the area wall.

Percy laid on the ground for a second or three, shaking off the hit and really wishing he knew how to activate his stupid aura or why it wouldn't obey his commands. He couldn't worry about that now though, he had a fight to win.

Once he was ready, he rolled over and with a wince, he pushed himself up and off the ground.

Across the arena Cardin had a smirk on his face, "What's a matter Percy? Can't handle a one single hit?"

Percy snorted, "Hilarious Cardin. You should be a comedian. Maybe you could teach Yang some funny jokes because her's could use some work."

"HEY!"

Percy tried not to laugh then and there.

Cardin chuckled darkly, "Maybe I will Jackson. And maybe I'll teach her a few other things as well."

Percy's breath hitched at that. Yang was his friend, his closest friend at Beacon, with the exception of Leo, his first friend at Beacon. He wouldn't touch a single hair on her head, and he would not talk about her that way. Not to anyone else and especially not him.

Something stirred inside the pit of his stomach. He was angry… he was really angry. And Cardin was a going to be the recipient of that anger in full.

With a snarl, Percy charged. He slid on his knees to avoid the horizontal blow Cardin had launched at him with his mace. The demigod popped up behind him and began to slash at the larger boy's back. His armor took the first one or two blows before his aura flared to cover the rest.

In response Cardin spun around and swung his mace toward Percy. The weapon came in like a wrecking ball and Percy could only block with Onyx. The mace smashed against the sword, the force of it ripped from the demigod's hand and sent it sailing away from him. The demigod, shocked that he been disarmed, turned to look back and saw Cardin preparing for a heavy two handed strike from above, similar to what he had done to Russel earlier.

Backed into a corner with no weapon, and the enemy prepared to hurt him. Percy did what he was taught at Camp. Hit 'em where it hurts.

He swung his leg up.

"AUGH!" Cardin screamed in a pitch significantly higher than what was normal. He dropped his mace behind him and fell to the ground as well. The boy whimpering as he tried to relieve the pain from the Winchester family jewels.

The crowd was silent and when Percy looked over towards it, he say that some had their jaws hanging open while a good number of them were trying not to laugh. Even Glynda was slightly aghast at his winning strategy.

Professor Goodwitch quickly collected herself as she saw Percy waiting for some type of feedback.

"Well that is certainly one way to defeat an opponent" Goodwitch commended in her usual coldness "However in the future, let's try to refrain from such unorthodox moves, shall we?"

She then turned to face the class in the stands, "Class I hope you all took note of Mr. Jackson's performance as well as Team CRDL's failures. An advantage in numbers does not always equate to victory."

Before she could continue, the bell signaling the start of their lunch period rang and his classmates began to shuffle as they collected their belongings and made their way up and toward the exit of the arena. Percy began to leave the arena as well until he was stopped by Professor Goodwitch.

"That was an excellent match Mr. Jackson."

"Thank you Professor."

Percy was surprised. In the month that he had been at Beacon, Professor Goodwitch seldomly complimented single students on their fights. Well... with maybe the exception to that rule being Pyrrha.

"However, I don't think either of us should pretend not to see what happened in your duel with Mr. Winchester."

He winced.

"While Cardin and I will be having words about his rather inappropriate words about his fellow classmate, you must learn to control and temper your anger.

"The ability to get under one's skin is a fight is dangerous, so please remember to try and keep a level head. It will do you no good if you get riled up and become reckless."

He nodded his head and thanked Goodwitch for her advice before leaving the arena to met with his friends. On the way over, he began to think to himself. Percy knew what the Professor had said to him was correct, but it still didn't explain why it had made him so angry. He'd had his fair share of taunting and teasing monsters, humans, and immortal beings in his demigod career to develop a thick enough skin. How Cardin had managed to weasel through seventeen years of mental toughness didn't make sense.

Maybe he had been spending too much time with Yang - her quick to anger personality wearing off on him a bit. But then again, maybe it was some type of Post Traumatic Stress. He only seemed to lose his temper when he was in the middle of a fight. He thought on that for a moment, but then quickly dismissed the idea. He had been calm and collected during initiation when he had been fighting for his life against the Deathstalker and Nevermore.

It was then he remembered what Weiss had said to him before his match. The girl was being cold… more so than she normally was. It was almost like Weiss had traded Ruby in for Percy and he was now the one to be automatically scolded for every little thing he did.

He racked his brain, trying to think what he could've done to set her off. There had been the time he pulled her to the side after her fight with the Boarbatusk and their argument later that day. He thought he had done a good job getting Weiss to see reason and not be mad at Ruby, and he had even hoped that it was enough to put him and the Heiress on friendly terms. Maybe he had been wrong though? Annabeth used to hate it when-

Percy's breath hitched at the thought of his girlfriend.

It always happened once or twice a day now, but it had been significantly worse when he had first arrived at Beacon. He would see, read, or be reminded of something that he connected to his love and he would freeze up. Percy missed her, that he couldn't deny. The way she laughed, her princess curls, and the way her forehead would scrunch up whenever she read something she didn't like or agree with.

Gods he missed her. He really did.

When Hera had wiped his memory, she had been the only thing he couldn't forget. He knew he would be able to find his way back to her someday, but now?

Now he wasn't so sure.

He wanted to get back to her, and he would take whatever chance he got to be with her again. It wasn't meant to be rude in any capacity to his new friends here, but he loved Annabeth. His loyalty to her outweighed the people he had only known for a month.

Was that wrong of him to think? Maybe. He didn't like to think that he liked some friends more than others. But him and Annabeth were friends. Lovers. Partners. She was a part of his life and he missed her.

"-cy" he partially heard someone calling his name. He looked up to see Yang standing in the doorway "Percy? You coming to lunch with us?

"Y-yeah, sorry just got lost in thought."

"All good. Come on let's go to lunch! I'm starving."

Percy nodded his head. He met up with Yang, the girl offering him a friendly smile, before the began to stroll toward the cafeteria.

"Hey question for you" Yang asked.

"What's up?"

"Do you like pickles by any chance?" she asked innocently.

"Um kinda?" Percy asked "Why?"

"Well it's kinda big dill~"

Percy tried his absolute hardest to try and keep a straight face but the corners of his mouth started to give way into a smile, betraying him.

"HA yes! Finally! I knew someone appreciated my puns" Yang cheered "Get ready bucko cause you're gonna be my guinea pig for all of my puns now."

Percy let out a long groan, "Oum help me."

-Yang Xiao Long-

Yang plopped down between Percy and Blake at their lunch table and she began to munch heartily on the sandwich that had been provided for her. Fighting, even if it was only a spar, burned a lot of calories. It wasn't uncommon that she'd demolish three or four sandwiches and all the calories would be burned off by the end of the day. Extensive training combined with the quick metabolism of a teenager could be a pain in the ass, but she'd be damned if that didn't make her look good.

Around her, her teammates and friends were in a similar state. Team JNPR ate like they hadn't seen food in decades. Pyrrha ate slow and properly, yet she stuck to a well balanced diet. Probably created for her by top dietitians that sponsored her back in Mistral. After all, she was a famous athlete. People looked up to her over the world, and if being a huntress didn't work out, then Yang was sure they was some sort of fine print that would bring Pyrrha back into the competitive fighting fold.

Meanwhile, Nora and Ren ate like fiends. She had expected the behavior from Nora, the girl consuming more pancakes per week than she had bones in her body. It shocked her that Ren ate as much as he did. The boy usually sat and sipped tea, but ate food in mass qualities at a leisurely pace. However, after getting to know the pair a bit. She had learned that Nora and Ren had lived as orphans, moving from place to place and making do with what they had on hand. It only made sense they ate so much. They had at least twelve years of quality meals to catch up on.

Jaune was the only member of Team JNPR who ate similar to a normal civilian. Which was strange as Jaune seemed to have been working twice as hard to try and catch up to everyone else. Eventually, Jaune's stomach would probably catch up with the rest of them. If he didn't end up quitting Beacon.

Team RWBY on the other hand, was incredibly different. Weiss was proper and lady like, and never seemed to eat more than a plate or two. Blake always seemed to ration her food, almost like she never knew when she was going to eat again. Meanwhile, the only outlier was Ruby. The girl's semblance made her burn calories almost twice as fast as everyone else. If Nora ate on average a thousand pancakes a week then Ruby could eat at least two thousand. It was almost unfair how much that girl could eat and still be as petite as she was.

Yang had moved on to her second sandwich when had leapt upon the table, ready to make some form of announcement.

"Members of RWBY, JNPR, LP, I have had an idea!" Ruby said enthusiastically.

"Oh great" Weiss said with an eye roll "This will be good."

Leo, who was sitting next to Weiss, flicked her, "Can it Ice Queen. He turned back to Ruby, "Actually it was the leaders of our three teams that had an idea."

"No it wasn't" Percy said from his spot "You're not the leader! That isn't a thing."

Yang had to suppress a snort from next to him.

"The leaders of our teams" Ruby said again as she gave Percy a playful glare, "We decided this. As teammates, it is our sworn duty to risk life and limb for one another! But in order to do that, we need to build trust! So what I'm proposing is team bonding night!"

"Team bonding?" Ren asked.

"Er yes!" Ruby began "I mean... if you guys like the idea?"

Ruby shot Jaune and Leo a nervous look.

Yang recognized that look. That was Ruby's 'please help me! I'm socially awkward' look.

Before Beacon, Ruby had always been the girl that had not had many real friends. Most of her little sister's friends were Yang's friends, and they only seemed to tolerate her. Yang would always put her sister before herself, but it really placed a burden on herself. She wanted to have a social life of her own, but how could she live with herself if she left her sister to fend for herself?

Yang had hoped Beacon would break Ruby out of her shell, and so far, the Academy had done exactly that. Within the first week, Ruby had found herself eight new friends that would be there for her. And for the first time in a long time, Yang didn't have to worry and keep her eye on Ruby every second of the day.

She couldn't even remember the last time Ruby had real friends before Beacon. Maybe it had been when Ruby was five and two twins, Arya and Brandon, stayed on Patch for an extended stay. Their father, a powerful huntsman and landowner in Atlas had gone on a mission with her Uncle Qrow and decided to let his twins stay with her father, Tai-Yang, instead of with their mother and other siblings. She didn't know the full story other than that the man was good friends with Tai during their younger days. They had stayed for a long time and Ruby had gained two friends over night.

Alas, all good things had to come to an end. The mission ended after three months and when their father returned to take them back to Atlas, Ruby was heartbroken, and the twins felt the same. It was only through their parents clever word play had they managed to separate the golden trio.

Outside of Arya and Brandon, Ruby never though she needed more friends. The rest of the world passed her by while she stayed pen pals with her friends in the North. However, one day the letters had stopped coming, and nobody knew why. It was like they had fallen off the face of the earth.

Instead of Yang coming to the rescue, it was Jaune and Leo who supported her.

"Of course they love the idea!" Leo said supportively. His eyes then turned sharply to the rest of the table. "Right guys?"

"Mhm!"

"Of course!"

"Will there be pancakes?"

Jaune clapped his hands together, "Awesome! Then we're in agreement. This is gonna be an awesome weekend. Take it away Leo!"

"Huddle up team" Leo said as he leaned in "Tonight, we'll split up, the guys will sleep in LP's room while the gals will head to RWBY's. Then after we recovered from a night of video games and whatever it is ladies do..."

The ladies of the table raised their eyebrows.

"Then all of us will spend Saturday night together. One big team bonding session that will kick start our lives at Beacon... in a non-life threatening way of course. Capeesh?"

The group nodded their heads in agreement, smiles lighting up along the length of the table.

"Then it's settled! Get your homework done tonight so we can have a memory filled weekend! The leaders of your teams command it!"

"You are so not the leader between us."

Later that Evening...

Perseus Jackson

Percy was putting the finishing touches on the last part of his History of Remnant project for Oobleck's class. As soon as he finished, Percy pulled out his scroll and checked the time. It read 7:50 which meant he had about ten minutes until Jaune and Ren were supposed to show up at their room to sleepover. Percy peered around the room, and cringed at how messy his and Leo's room had gotten. Percy did his best to try and clean up the room. He threw his dirty clothes into his laundry hamper and he moved Leo's tools from the floor to his desk.

Percy glanced at the floor and determined it was suitable enough for them to sleep on. He then quickly made his way to the bathroom where he took a quick shower. As soon as he was done, he made his way back into his room with his towel wrapped around his waist and changed into his pjs, which consisted of a pair of gray sweatpants and a white shirt that had "Property of Beacon" printed in maroon across the chest.

Percy's head snapped to the door when he heard a knock. He made his way over and opened it. Standing in front of Percy was Jaune and Ren, both in their night wear. Jaune was wearing the blue bunny onesie he had worn during initiation and Ren was wearing a dark grey shirt and black shorts.

"Hey guys!" Percy greeted "Come on in!"

The pair walked in and set their pillows and sleeping bags down against the wall nearest the door.

"Wow you guys have so much room in here!" Jaune marveled.

"You do have quite a lot of space Percy" Ren agreed.

"I guess that's the perk of only me and Leo living here" Percy replied.

"Speaking of Leo, where is he?" Ren asked.

Percy mentally cursed inside his head. Leo had gone to work on Ozpin's aura transfer project. Percy told him to be back before Jaune and Ren came over, but Leo must've gotten wrapped up in his work.

Percy was about to make up an excuse, but as soon as he was about to open his mouth, the door knob made a noise and Leo strolled into the room. His hands were covered in grease, and his white shirt was stained with black spots.

"Hola mi amigos! Sorry I'm late. I was finishing up the repairs on Percy's suit down in the forge and I lost track of time" Leo casually said "Give me ten minutes to clean myself up and then let's get this party started!"

Leo made his way into the bathroom and the sound of shower could be heard through the closed door. Ren, Jaune, and Percy grabbed their pillows and sleeping bags and set them down on the floor. On one side of the room, Ren put his pillow and sleeping bag down next to Percy. On the other side of the room, Jaune laid his stuff down, leaving a space for Leo in the process.

A few minutes later, Leo exited the bathroom, wearing black pajama pants and a red tank top. On the tank top, it said "hot stuff" printed in black font.

"Jaune did you bring it?" Leo asked hopefully.

"Of course I brought it! What kind of sleepover would it be without it!?" Jaune replied.

"Uh, what are you talking about?" Percy asked.

Jaune then crouched down to his backpack and he rummaged around in it until he found what he wanted. A second later, Jaune pulled out what looked like a gaming system.

"On no, not this again" Ren groaned.

"What is it?" Percy asked again.

"This, Percy, is the limited edition SNES Classic. Complete with four controllers and two of the most classic games in Remnant's history, Super Maiden Sisters and SilverEye 008!"

"Man this is gonna be so awesome!" Leo cheered enthusiastically "Jaune, let's set this bad boy up on the T.V. and get this show on the road!"

Jaune and Leo made their way over to the T.V. and started to fiddle with the wires and cords involved with it. Meanwhile, Ren and Percy just shared a look with one another.

"I take it he really likes those games?" Percy asked.

Ren let out a sigh, "You have no idea. Whenever he had free time during our first week, he was playing one of those games until the crack of dawn."

"We're in for a long night then, aren't we?"

"Oh yes, we definitely are."

Percy began to chuckle and a small smile pressed at the corners of Ren's mouth

Leo called over to them, "Come on guys let's go! SilverEye isn't gonna play itself!"

"And so it begins…" Ren said.

Percy cracked a smile, "You guys are so going down!"

A Few Hours Later…

When Percy said Jaune, Leo, and Ren we're going down earlier, he couldn't have been more wrong. Leo and Jaune had easily been the two best players on the field. The two were evenly matched and the deciding factor in every game was Ren. He had proven to be surprisingly adequate with the game. He said he had picked up a few tips from watching Jaune play hours upon hours of the game.

Percy on the other hand, was hopeless. He had never played a video game before in his life. Every match, he would find himself asking which button did what and why his bullets kept missing.

As Leo got up to turn off the SNES he spoke, "Man Percy, you were trash at that!" he said with a laugh.

"Yeah Perce, that was real bad" Jaune said as he agreed with Leo "I think any of my sisters could have done a better job than you!"

"In my defense, that was my first time ever playing!" Percy argued "I don't have a combined thousand hours of practice like you guys do."

"I've never played before either Percy" Ren countered "I still managed to get a few points unlike you."

"Yeah yeah whatever" Percy said with an eye roll.

"What do you think the girls are up to?" He said as he changed the subject.

"I'm not sure" Jaune said as he didn't take his eyes off the screen "Didn't Ruby say something about painting nails and gossiping when we first met her? Maybe that."

Leo snorted "Somehow I doubt they're doing that."

He couldn't have been more right.

Another chapter down. This one filled with more world building, training, and hopefully some humor. More to come soon.

Next time: The ladies of of our favorite teams go on an adventure, they met a new ally, and there's death in the family.