Jaune of all trades Chapter 1, a rwby fanfic

A/n: I only watched the first volume of Rwby and a lot of things I know about Rwby comes from other fanfics so I may not have captured the characters right. Oh and I don't own Rwby

I did it, I actually managed to get into beacon. And all it took was forging my transcripts. Okay, maybe that's actually a big deal but I'm not going to let my dream of becoming a hero die just because I didn't try.

Now, only if it wasn't for this motion sickness. Trash can, toilet, lake, anything! Oh god, oh god, oh god! I held my mouth in an attempt to not let anything spill out as I rushed out of the airship. Trash can! And there goes my lunch, right into the trash can. God, that feels better. Now I just have to hope that no one saw my patheticness, especially on the first day. Who am I kidding, they definitely saw it. I won't be surprised if someone is pointing and laughing at me right now. Think happier thoughts Jaune. Right, now with my head finally out of the trash can, I can finally start my life at beacon!

*Boom*

What the hell was that!? I looked towards what sounded like an explosion while fumbling to deploy my shield, which I failed at tremendously, expecting to see some terrifying Grimm but all I saw was smoke from the remnants of whatever caused that explosion and two soot covered girls… what the hell?

One of the girls started yelling at the younger of the two. Wait, did she cause the explosion? How the hell did she do that? Don't you need to carry explosives to start an explosion? And even then, why the hell would she be carrying explosives in the first place? Oh right, combat school… Maybe I should've taken more than an old, battered sword and a shield/sheath I found in the attic. Hell, even my armour is just pieces of scrap metal I got from a junk yard. I'm just glad my arts and crafts skills managed to make it look somewhat like armour. Whether it will work as one is a completely another matter though.

As I was contemplating my weapon choices, a girl not covered soot yet covered by the same amount of blackness as the other two appeared, handed the loud girl something. A bottle? A bottle of what? Explosives maybe? Anyway, both the girls walked away after that, leaving the younger girl to herself, looking depressed. It even got to the point where she dropped to the floor.

Damn, there's no way I can just walk away when she looks so sad, even if she's probably carrying explosives on her and has a record of blowing up herself and the people around her. When I got close to her, my shadow covered her face which revealed slight shock. That shock got slightly larger when she looked up to my face. I guess she wasn't expecting someone to actually come to help her. Though, that in itself is a problem.

"Hey, I'm Jaune" I said as I reached out my hand to her.

"Ruby" The young girl, Ruby, said as she took my hand, using it as leverage to pick herself up. Her other hand went to her head in an attempt to dust off the soot in her shoulder-length hair revealing a shade of red, a red so dark that I could mistake it for being black.

"That's going to be hell to get off, here, let me help" I volunteered as I moved closer to her to brush off the soot. I might not be able to do a better job than her but at least I can get to places she can't reach.

"That's better" I proclaimed while viewing my own handiwork. There's still some soot here and there but there's no helping that. "The best we can do without a shower and a launderettes anyway"

"Thanks Jaune" A much less covered in soot Ruby said as we started walking. This is good. I made a friend, a cute girl no less. Maybe I won't be seen as a giant loser, that is, if no one saw me throw up in "...Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" Oh come on!

"So, I have this thing" Ruby awkwardly said before grabbing the mechanical block on her waist. I watched as the block shifted shape into a scythe. Wait, a scythe!?

"I-Is that a scythe?" I nervously asked. How can she hold it with those frail arms hers? They're thinner than mine!?

"It's also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle" What? I caught absolutely none of that. It must have shown on my face as well since Ruby rephrased her sentence. "It's also a gun"

"That's cool!" I didn't even know weapons could even do that! I was surprised when I found out my sword sheath could turn into a shield, which I only found out a few days ago, but it has nothing on this.

"So what do you have?" Ruby asked with sheer enthusiasm. I guess she likes weapons maybe?

"Well, I have this sword" I took out my old battered sword. "And I got a shield"

"Um, Jaune? Isn't that sword a little… old?" Yeah, it's not very impressive. How can a sword that's so old it has rusted compare to a scythe that can turn into a goddamn gun!?

"Yeah, I couldn't really afford a weapon so I kinda took the one in my attic" I admitted while nervously scratching the back of my head.

"You didn't make your own weapon? Everyone at signal did" Ruby curiously asked. I couldn't see any distrust, disdain or doubt on her face. She's really a good person.

"As I said, I couldn't af- wait, you made that!?"

Finally! We finally got to the ceremony. It's hard to believe how many times we had to walk around in a circle to realise we were lost. Ya know, You'd think the massive crowd of people would clue us in on where to go.

"Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot!" A voice yelled from a distance. It isn't for this Ruby, is it? I look down to Ruby who reacted to her name being called. Yep, it's definitely this Ruby.

"I'll see you after the ceremony" She turned to me and quickly said this before rushing off towards whoever that blond haired girl was. Sister maybe? Nah, they're way too different to be sister. But there is one little problem that has arose.

"Where am I going to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?" I complained to no one in particular before finding a place to listen to the ceremony. I say a place but we're really just standing around waiting for it to start. Couldn't they afford to put some chairs down here for us? Well, with this many people, probably not. But still!

"Cute boys like tall, blond and scraggly over there" wait, who said that? Was it that girl dressed in all white? And she was talking about me? Yes! I knew coming to beacon was a great decision. It's only the first day and the ladies are already swooning all over the Arc.

"Ahem.. I'll keep this brief" A voice over a microphone resonated through the auditorium. I looked towards the voice to see a very familiar face. Those glasses with that white hair… He's the one who helped me fake my transcripts! But that can't be right, why would the headmaster need to fake transcripts to get someone into his own school? There's only one possible answer I can think of, he has a twin brother. Yep, that must be it.

I spent the next few minutes mulling over why the headmaster's twin brother, because it was definitely a twin brother, would want to get me into Beacon. Ah, the speech is over, just how long was I lost in thought for it to be over already? I looked around me to see that not another soul is in the room… where'd everyone go?

It's getting close to the start of initiation now. I'm sure as hell not ready for it, that's for sure. Especially if you compare my weapons with other people weapons, hell, Ruby has a scythe that turns into a goddamn gun! But even so, the day has been good so far. I woke up in a nice comfy sleeping bag with the added warmth of my onesie, which has heating pads by the way, and had a nice breakfast consisting of the most amazing cereal to ever exist, Pumpkin Pete's. With such a good start to the day, I have to ask, Why can't I find this stupid locker!?

"This is absolutely ridiculous! There's no way I put my stuff in locker 636 yesterday" I complained out loud to no one in particular. I mean, why would I even put it them in a locker that high? Why couldn't I pick an easier number, like 3. That's a nice easy number to find. Look, there's number 3 there. Nice and easy right? So why is the next number 14534!? It makes no goddamn sense! Why are there so many lockers in the first place? There's no way that there's that many students. There's no way I'm gonna find it before ini- oh, there it is.

So we're stood on some weird platforms while facing the edge of cliff, with a very long drop may I add. Yeah, this isn't going to end well.

"Good, now take your positions" The headmaster commanded which prompted people to get in position for… something?

I looked down the line of students trying to figure out what the hell we need these positions for. The girl at the end of the line got propelled into the air… wait, what? The platform she was standing on is now raised up and at an angle… it didn't throw her off the cliff did it? The person after her got sent flying in the same way. Oh god, it did. More and more people got thrown off the side of the cliff. This is bad, I need to do something quick.

The platform next to me activated which means it's my turn next. The platform activated and off I go, and boy did I go high. I won't lie, the going up part was quite thrilling with the wind hitting my pace, it was like a roller coaster . The going down part however, let's just say I might need to change my pants.

Luckily, I collided with a multitude of tree branches that helped break my fall. It may have stopped me from becoming a red splatter on the ground but it did leave me with multiple bruises and more than a few cuts. But at least the ground is soft.

"Will you get off me!" And talks apparently. Wait, talk? I look down and instead of seeing lush green grass, there's beautiful snow white hair. My eyes trail down further to meet with a set of alluring crystal blue eyes with a scar over the left one.

"Well? Are you going to get off me or not?" The shrill voice of the person under me commanded. Oh shit! I quickly get off the person that I landed on. Wait, I landed on her from an extremely high height, is she okay?

"Sorry, sorry, Are you alright? I kinda landed on you after all" I asked the girl in white who just got up and dusted herself off. Wait, isn't this girl that had a thing for me at the ceremony? Sweet!

"Watch where you're landing next time, you dolt. You're lucky I had aura" She raised her head as she said this. I think she's trying to do that whole snotty rich person thing where they try to show that they're better than you. But to be honest, it doesn't work that well when the person you doing it to is taller so you end up looking at them in the face, kinda like now. Wait, did she say she had aura?

"Sooo… what's aura?" I ask. The girl's face quickly turned into a snarl when I said this. What? Is it something I'm supposed to know?

"How can you not know what aura is!? There's no way I'm going to let my partner go around without knowing what aura is. Sit!" She commanded. Oh hey, she is my partner! Wait, did she just tell me sit?

"Right here? In the middle of a Grimm infest-"

"Sit!" While flinching at the sharpness of her words, well, word, I sat down with post haste.

"Listen up carefully. I'm going to be testing you on this later, got it?" I nod my head "Right, Aura is…"

Man, that took long, way too long. And whenever I answered a question wrong, I thought she was gonna tear my heart out. While my partner looks like a snow angel, she can be scary, very scary. I think a Grimm might be less scarier than her. On that note, how the hell hasn't a Grimm found us yet?

"Stand up, I'll unlock your aura. Be grateful that a Schnee is unlocking your aura" I stood up in excitement of having my aura unlocked. That, and slight fear of the tiny girl in front of me. I don't want to be caught up in another lecture. She came up close to me and put her hand on my chest. She started chanting the verses she taught me in her lecture and a warm and comfortable feeling sprouted from my chest and soon covered my entire body. It's like I'm wearing my onesie without having to actually wear it.

I looked towards the girl with glee on my face but she's panting with sweat trickling down her face. Oh yeah, she said that the unlocking ritual takes a lot out of the person unlocking it.

"You alright, uh… Oh, right, we haven't introduced ourselves yet. I'm Jaune Arc, You are?" I ask but her face turns to one of disbelief. What? Was I supposed to know people before I meet them?

"You don't know? You really don't know? Very well then, I am Weiss Shnee" She said putting emphasis on her last name for some reason, no idea why. I think she realised this when she repeated her last name again with even more emphasis than last time.

"As in the Schnee Dust Company?" Again, I showed no reaction to something I never heard before. "The largest producer and exporter of dust in remnant?" Seriously, what is she expecting of me? Apparently a lot since her mouth has fallen open agape at my lack of knowledge about her.

"Never mind, let's go" She commanded once again before turning around and walking through the forest. This is going to be a weird partnership. I hurried up to follow after my partner. Huh? What's that? In the corner of my vision, there's a portrait of me. Wait what? This doesn't even make sense, does aura come with hallucinations? I focused more on the portrait and it vanishes but floating words appeared in my vision instead.

Jaune Arc level 1

Huntsman level 1

What the hell is this? So I'm level 1 and level 1 huntsman? This is ridiculous. I think I might have gone insane. That or aura comes with hallucinations and Weiss forgot to tell me in that lecture of hers. Though the idea of having levels is kinda fun, kinda like a game. I wonder if it'll show me more stuff if I focus on it like with the portrait. I stared at the words that spell my name but nothing happened so I move onto the next one. The moment I focused on Huntsman, the words completely changed.

Huntsman level 1

Miniscule aura reserves

Okay, now it's just insulting me. Go away, I'm not interested anymore. I swatted the words to make them go away which surprisingly worked. But the portrait is still there though. Ow, swatting it away hurt my bruises I got from, ya know, getting launched off a god damn cliff!. By the way, I still got all these bruises and cuts but isn't aura supposed to heal them? Do I have to will it? I pushed up the sleeve of my arm and stared at my bruise, trying to will my aura to heal it.

Class [Mage] gained

Class [Healer] gained

Huh? I feel really empty all of a sudden, and cold. What happened? Does it have something to do with these classes? Wait, why would my hallucinations cause something to happen? I should check them just in case though. The moment I focused on the words, the words changed.

Mage level 1

Miniscule aura control

Healer level 1

Terrible aura/healing conversion ratio

Ohhh, That's it! I used up all my aura! It all makes sense now. I think Weiss did mention the symptoms of using up all your aura reserves. But isn't this bad right now? I'm in a middle of a Grimm infested forest without any aura. Well, it's no different than before I met Weiss, and we did somehow manage to have an entire lecture without a Grimm showing up. Hmm? A warm and pleasant feeling starts to slowly fill my chest again. I guess my Aura is coming back.

Class [Huntsman] leveled up

The moment Huntsman leveled up, I felt the warm pleasant feeling of my aura explode into its full state but it didn't stop there, it got even larger. Does this mean what I think this means?

Huntsman level 2

Very low aura reserves

Yeah, my aura not only regenerated the instant it leveled up but my aura reserves got bigger as well. Could it be that this isn't an hallucination? That I'm actually levelling up? That's so cool!

After I stopped fanboying in my head over my new ability, I stopped to think of my next step. I want to heal my injuries but I doubt I have enough aura to actually heal me. There's always the chance that I level up on my Healer class but even if I do, it will still leave me without aura as I doubt I'll be able to get another level of Huntsman

Hmm? Weiss has stopped walking. I looked in front of her and a huge cave entrance is there. I don't like where this is going.

"So, do you think this is it? The big ominous cave?" I ask, seriously hoping that it's not the case. I kinda zoned out when the headmaster was telling us what we need to do so I can only count on Weiss.

"Of course it is! The temple must be inside the cave" She berates me for questioning her. Man, those 4 years are gonna be very, very long.

"Well, if you say so" With that, I got to work gathering a few materials in order to make a torch. It's not that hard really, just a stick and some cloth. Ah, I don't have an cloth. I guess I'll have to improvise. Maybe If I-

Class [Outdoorsman] gained

Level 5 milestone achieved

1 class point gained

The moment I got the class, knowledge on how to survive in the wilderness started to flow into my head. It wasn't much but it a least came with knowledge on how to make a torch. I continued to make the torch while looking at the rest of the words in front of me. A class point? What does that do? I'm not really sure but these kind of stuff normally have a big impact and can't be taken back so I'll leave it for now and inspect it later.

After a complaint from Weiss on how long it took me, we both entered the dark cave, lit only by the torch in my hand. Eventually we came to some sort of golden glowing thing in the distance. I squint my eyes in an attempt to get a clear picture on whatever it is. Hopefully, it's involved in whatever we need to do for initiation.

Class [Scout] gained

Scout level 1

Miniscule perception enhancement

Well, that's gonna help. Sadly, while my vision got sharper, it isn't enough to actually make a difference. Like it said, it's only a miniscule enhancement. If before I had average eyesight then now I probably got just above average eyesight. We got closer and closer to the glowing object until the torch managed to reveal what it was.

"Oh hell no" I couldn't help but whine. It turns out the glowing thing was the stinger of a giant scorpion Grimm.

"I think this might be a good time to run" I turned to Weiss as I said this. Surprisingly, there was no quip or complaining from her. She just nodded her head and ran with me following not far behind. Okay, maybe a bit further than not far.

Class [Rogue] gained

Rogue level 1

Miniscule speed enhancement

Oh hell yes! This is what I need. I was about to speed up but I heard a sound of something slicing through the air. Having a bad feeling about this, I moved to the side letting the glowing stinger stab through where I used to be. Damn, that was close... Should I grab it? Running gave me a speed boost so maybe if I pull on it, it'll give me a strength boost.

I grabbed onto the pincer but before I managed to put some strength behind it, the pincer pulled me off my feet. Well, this is bad. Wait, is it still moving? But the cave entrance is too small for it.

"Oh no, no no no no no no!" I yelled at the top of my lungs as the giant scorpion burst through the cave entrance sending rubble flying everywhere. This is bad, very bad. I looked around and found Weiss staring at me with shock on her face. Instead of shock, I preferred if she helped me though.

"What the hell are you doing!?" She yelled at me as she got her sword out.

"I don't know! Just help me!" I yell, seriously hoping she would help me. The Scorpion Grimm started swinging it's tail about in attempt to shake me off. This isn't going to end well.

"Look, whatever you do just don't let-" That was as much as I heard from Weiss before my grip finally gave up and I was sent flying in the air. Oh great. This is the second time today I've been sent flying today. Ya know, I'm kinda getting used to it. Wait, is that Ruby?

A red blur fell from the sky which I somehow managed to collide with, sending us both into a tree. I looked towards the thing I collided with and holy shit, it was Ruby. What is it with me and landing on people? That must be some sort of talent.

Class [Knight] gained

Class [Huntsman] leveled up

Knight level 1

Miniscule endurance enhancement

Huntsman level 3

Low aura reserves

Ooh, new class. Endurance enhancement huh? So I can endure more? Not really sure but It's lucky that Huntsman leveled up, that blow took up all my aura. Ah, I'm getting distracted. There's people here and I can't just ignore them like with Weiss. Well, I say ignore but it's more like Weiss ignores me. Oh well, onto socialising.

"Hey, Ruby. Fancy meeting you here" I groaned out from the pain of all the bruises.

"Jaune? What are you doing here?" She asked in what I assume is a confused tone. I did knock her out of the sky after all.

"Well, ya know, getting sent flying, landing on cute girls, the usual" At this rate, it really is becoming the usual. Now how to get down from this tree.

The moment I had that thought, a Grimm that looked like a bear burst through the treeline with what looked like a girl on top. Huh, I'm not the only one that took the Grimm express. The Grimm died the moment it arrived though so I guess she does it better than me. It only took a few seconds later for Weiss to come through with the giant scorpion hot on her tail. This is bad.

Before I had any time to react, Ruby jumped down from the tree for whatever reason. It seemed they're all freaking out a bit. Oh that reminds me, I should be doing that right now. As I prepared to freak out, I noticed something black drop from the giant bird Grimm in the sky. I think that's a girl. This is bad. Not really thinking about anything other than not wanting to see the girl go splat, I jumped off the tree and somehow through all the luck in the universe, I caught her.

"Oh hey, that worked" I spoke in surprise to myself. Now this is when I noticed a big flaw in my plan to save this girl. The part about catching the girl may have been a good idea but what comes after I caught her wasn't very well thought through as I'm now in the air and falling, again.

"Oh shit" I mumbled to myself as I brought the girl closer to me, her bow covering my eyes, as I prepared for landing. I kept my legs straight but not straight enough to lock them as even I know that's bad, and attempted to absorb the force by bending my legs. Sadly it wasn't enough and I ended up on my ass.

The girl in the bow thanked me for the save which I only replied with a groan. Is this what I've been doing to girls all this time? I'm a monster! That even took a massive chunk out of my aura. At least it didn't take it all this time. man, I gotta level up huntsman some more.

Now that the nice bow lady is off me, I can now focus on the problem, the big scorpion problem, that I have no idea on how to deal with. Which would be much easier to deal with if Ruby didn't charge in head first, and got her ass kicked. I'm just thanking god that Weiss saved her by encasing it stinger in ice somehow. Wait, why didn't she do that before? Oh, right, I was holding onto the stinger.

"Um, guys, can we just, not fight the giant Grimm that wants to eat our flesh?" I half asked, half pleaded to everyone here. Surprisingly, Weiss agreed with me, even Ruby did. So we grabbed a relic, it turned out initiation was to get one of these relics, and ran for the hills.

Now if everything worked out fine then we would've got back to Beacon without having to fight 2 giant Grimm at the same time but nope, I don't have that kind of luck. The bird Grimm seemed obsessed with chasing after Ruby for whatever reason. I'm not sure what she did but she must've pissed it off big time. It might have been fine with that, at least there's 8 of us to fight it off but the scorpion managed to break free of its icy prison and seemed to have a personal vendetta against me.

Oh hey, there's a bridge. There's no way the scorpion can cross that. We rushed onto the bridge but out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of the bird swooping in.

Class [Scout] leveled up

Level 10 milestone achieved

1 class point gained

Scout level 2

Very low perception enhancement

Not now! I'm trying to figure out what the bird is doing! Wait, isn't it a little too low? Please don't do what I'm thinking it's gonna do. Realising the bird isn't slowing down and doing what I thought it was going to do, I grabbed the two closest people to me, which happened to be Ruby and Weiss and jumped back.

Class [Warrior] gained

Warrior level 1

Miniscule strength enhancement

The moment I jumped back, the bird crashed into the bridge, sending what used to be the bridge into the deep, dark canyon beneath. Wow, I'm just glad I jumped back far enough. The strength enhancement may be miniscule but I like to think that it helped my jump.

I heard a snarl coming from behind me. Gee, I wonder what that could be. The snarl could have one of two possible origins. One, it's from the giant scorpion out for my blood, or two, it's a pissed off Weiss. The worst thing is, I don't know which one I'd prefer.

I turned around to see two massive pincers in an extremely close proximity to my face. Guess number one was the right answer. Crap! There's a massive pincer coming for my face! I stumbled backwards a bit in my panic as the pincer swiped the air, slightly scraping my armour. Man, that was a close one. There's no way I can take care of this thing on my own, I'll need help.

"Weiss! Can you do your ice thing to flip it over!?" I cried out to my tiny partner who snorted and prepared her weapon. Huh, I'm gonna take that as a yes.

Class [Tactician] gained

I ignored the words in front of me due the the pure focus I have on the scorpion in front of me. I barely even noticed the rush of knowledge flowing into me, giving me more insight on the different things I could do if this fails. Weiss did her ice thing which created a block of ice that rose from under the side of the scorpion. Luckily, it rose at such speed that managed to topple the scorpion onto its back. The scorpion made a strange squishing sound as it landed on its back. What the hell was that? Now's not the time, kill scorpion now, ask questions later. I drew my sword and deployed my shield as I'm not gonna take any chances. I leapt on top of the scorpion and plunged my sword into its stomach. The sword surprisingly slid through the black carapace of the scorpion quite easily.

Class [Swordsman] gained

Swordsman level 1

Miniscule sword proficiency

As like before, a rush of knowledge flowed into me, giving me better understanding of swords. I'm not sure how much a miniscule sword proficiency is but it's heaps better than what I had before which is both good and depressing.

I looked down to the Grimm under me which didn't even let out a death cry or anything. That's when I realised a small golden edge sticking out of its stomach… Did what I think just happen, just happen? I think it did. When the bloody thing got tipped over, it got stabbed and killed by it's own bloody stinger! Oh well, at least it's dead.

"Umm, guys" A worried sounding Ruby cried out. Both me and Weiss looked towards Ruby who just pointed to the side of the bridge. We turned our heads and sighed simultaneously at the sight. The giant bird flapped its powerful wings as it flew straight at us.

"Umm, Weiss is it possible for you to freeze its wings or something? Make it so it can't fly over to us and drink our blood?" I half asked, half pleaded for Weiss to be able to do something. I have no idea how she does that ice thing but I hope it's a broken ability.

"I could but by the time it gets in my range, it'll be too close" Weiss said while being strangely cooperative. Damn, that plan's shot. Think, is there anything else? Wait, a minute.

"Ruby, Is your aim good with your gun good enough to hit the eyes?" I asked as my gaze turned from the horrific bird monster to Ruby. Her face turned serious as she nodded. Right this is good. Let's hope that gun of hers has enough firepower.

"The power might not be enough, I'll use my glyphs to increase the power the shot" Weiss intervened, adding in her own ideas. Wait, she can do more than just ice?

"You do that" I acknowledged as I stood besides them, ready to get them out of the way if needed. Ruby took out her scythe and turned it into a gun while Weiss done whatever she does to make a floating symbol of a snowflake appear in front of the gun. What'd she call it? That's right, a glyph.

As the Grimm got close, Ruby shot out. The bullet seemed to change as it went through the glyph. I'm actually surprised I managed to catch the change. This must be the effect of enhanced perception. The bullet pierced through the air and managed to embed itself into one of the bird's eye. The bird's head thrashed back and forth while its wings started to erratically flap causing its flight to become erratic as well. The bird's erratic movement made it set for a straight course into the bridge. I grabbed Weiss and Ruby and legged it as fast as my level 1 Rogue could so we were no longer on the bridge. The second we stepped off the bridge, the giant bird slammed into the bridge but unlike before, it seemed to panic too much resulting it to be pelted by the rubble it created. The rubble was too much for the bird to keep flying so it dropped into the abyss below.

"I can't believe that worked" Was the last thing that left my mouth before I collapsed on my bruised and battered back and let the sweet muse of sleep take me.

Jaune Arc level 13