Just wanted to say that this is my first fanfic, so any criticism and advice would be welcome :) Rated M in case i decide to put sex stuff in later.
"And then i smashed the ursa into tiny little PIECES!" Nora practically screamed in Jaune's ear, effectively waking him from his daydream.
It was hard to get anything from her ridiculous stories without Ren to correct all of the many inaccuracies in them.
'Is that even possible?' the blonde thought to himself as he stared at the hyperactive girl as she took another bite from her candy bar.
Pyrrha and Ren had been gone after the school forced each team to send two of their members on a trip to a forest or something like that. Jaune could hardly remember anything about the assignment due to an ill advised nap during said lecture.
The assignment was designed to teach students to work in smaller groups than their larger four man teams. Unfortunately this had resulted in quite a lot of boredom for many of them.
"Hey, something up Jaune?" Nora stared at the detached teen with concern.
"Huh" Jaune mumbled as his gaze drifted from his ginger teammate to the old fashioned bench they sat on, then to the courtyard around them. Many of the students became bored due to the lack of half of their teams and many had quickly left.
Ruby and Blake had said they were going to the cafeteria for some food and would be back soon. And around an hour had passed so Jaune could only assume they had gone to their dorm. The two weren't used to spending time together without their teammates and was clearly making things difficult for them.
Dove and Sky, the two remaining members of team CRDL left without uttering a single word to their classmates.
"Sorry I'm just thinking..." Jaune mumbled quietly.
'They really have been distant lately' Jaune thought as he reflected on the times that they had bullied him and many of the other students.
Things seemed to be looking up after the incident where Jaune saved Cardin's life in forever falls when Cardin's own teammates abandoned him. But as rumors would have it, Cardin had turned his violence towards his own team. Jaune's thoughts wandered back to how badly they had acted as a team during their fight with Pyrrha and how Cardin took hi own teammate out just to gain leverage for a hit. He actually felt sorry for them, if it wasn't for Jaune's team, for Nora, Ren and Pyrrha, Jaune never would have made it at Beacon. He could hardly imagine what it's like to have the people you rely on the most turn their backs on you. Then again, maybe it was just a taste of their own medicine?
"Have you... heard the rumors about Cardin?" Jaune asked the Nora in a serious tone.
"Yeah" Nora sighed, it seemed as though she shared the same viewpoint as him as not much was usually enough to remove her usual happy and careless attitude.
But if experience had taught Jaune anything, it was that Nora would be back to her joyous self quickly enough.
"OH, did I tell you about the time me and Ren fought off an army of Grimm with no weapons?!" she shrieked.
'Yep, back to 'normal'' Jaune sighed to himself.
After listening to Nora ramble long enough to drive any average man insane, Jaune came to the conclusion that he needed to take a walk. Nora, with nothing else to do, joined him in his stroll around the outside of Beacon Academy.
Jaune took a deep breath and let his eyes explore. The leaves had begun to bronze and fall from the trees, signaling the beginning of autumn. It was both a sad and beautiful sight. Stone statues stood tall in beacon's courtyards. Before Jaune could take in any more of the sight's, he was distracted by Nora.
"Hey look Jaune, one of Cardin's guys" Nora half whispered as she pointed at a figure sat down.
"Is that... Dove?" Jaune stared at a figure sat leaning forward on a bench.
Dove sat on an old fashioned bench identical to the one Jaune and Nora had been occupied earlier.
"He's sleeping!" Nora snorted, as she tried to subside her giggling.
"You sure?" Jaune questioned as he stared at the sleeping boy.
"Let's test him out" Nora chuckled as she picked up a rock from the grass.
"Nora maybe tha-" Jaune was cut off as she sent the rock hurtling towards Dove's head with enough power to decapitate a beowolf.
Jaune waited for the impact and scream of surprise. instead, Dove's head shined a bright bronze and the rock bounced off harmlessly.
"I missed!" Nora gasped at Dove as he looked over at the pair and gave an all too familiar sneer, it made Jaune regret ever feeling sorry for them.
Jaune froze as the other blonde got up from his seat and approached the pair, a mixture of anger and annoyance present on his face. Jaune took comfort in the thought that the teen in question was in the schools uniform instead of his battle gear and would likely be without his weapon.
"What was that for" He questioned the pair with an increasingly angry tone. Eyeing the two of them over.
A bead of sit slowly rolled down Jaune's face as he tried to think of a response.
"Uuhhhh.. accident?" Jaune squeaked in a manner that even a mouse faunus would be inclined to point and laugh.
