I chose the Deviljho because it's the fucking Deviljho does more need to be said?
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Vale, Mistral, Vacuo and Atlas. The four continents and major cities of the planet Remnant. That Humans and Faunus of the world congregate in these four locations because of fear, fear of the Creatures of Grimm. Creatures made of pure negativity with a hatred for sentient life forms.
But there is a continent, known simply as "The New World" which houses Monsters. Creatures so strong that they have beaten back the Grimm from their home turf.
These Monsters are of such power that some are worshipped as gods, and many do deserve such titles. Among these powerful animals are the Elder Dragons, known as walking natural disasters. Surely such a being is a god?
But there is one Monster, so powerful it can eat the Elder Dragons, a monster of such raw power and hunger that any who stand in its way are eaten alive. It's name is known and feared throughout the new world.
The Deviljho, the World Eater, the Food Chain Dominator, the Murder Pickle, Pepe's unruly cousin, all these names are applicable, except maybe the last one. All these names are deserved, for this creature can eat species to extinction.
But on the New World there exists another species, Faunus that have evolved to contain the power of the large monsters.
Humanoids with the power of gods and demons. They are hated more than the normal Faunus, for while the others have animal traits, the Monster Faunus are just Monsters made in the human shape.
One such Monster Faunus, Jaune Arc is a Deviljho. Jaune was abandoned by his real parents, as tradition, and the Arcs adopted him. He was taught English, Science and Biology, and knows the various Monsters of the New World like the back of his hand.
When he was young, his family came to the New World and found him. Any Humans or Faunus living there refused to cater to the baby and so the Arcs were forced to take him in.
Despite him regularly eating them out of all their money, they loved him. But maybe they could do without his temper and Dragon breath.
Ozpin was ready to break his favorite mug at this point, Glynda just kept telling him NOT to bring the Deviljho Faunus into Beacon because it will eat them out of all their money. He kept telling her he has it covered, he talked to James about it, it was fine he said.
But then she brings up the Deviljho's infamous temper and the Dragon breath, oh Oum does she not shut up about the intelligence targeting almost-magical lightning-fire breath of the Deviljho.
He has this handled, really he does. If he can convince Jaune to come to Beacon it can improve the relations between the Monster Faunus and the rest of the world. If Ozpin can teach a DEVILJHO in Beacon without to bad an incident it will shine good light on the rest.
In fact he did! With a sip of his mug and the smug blank look on his face, he once again managed to hold a victory over Glynda. Oh, the joy hidden with that blank look!
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Inside the hull of a bullhead, it was clear a certain brute wyvern hated flying. 'Deviljho are Brute Wyverns, not Flying Wyverns. Flying makes me want to blow chunks... now that I think about it, that would be really bad considering my Dragon breath.' He thought, groaning as he tried to hold himself for comfort.
The young man, Jaune, wasn't wearing much, he doesn't want his cloths to be expensive because of his expanding muscle mass. He was only wearing pants, blue shorts that clashed with his green skin.
He had razor sharp teeth lining his mouth that even spread across his lips and cheeks. He had tooth like scales growing from his forearms and faded jagged scars all over his upper torso. His eyes were a bright blue that only turned red with anger.
Jaune spied a blond haired girl like him across the Bullhead talking to a discount red riding hood. Both were really cute, and looked strong, with the red reminding him of a Pink Rathian, and the yellow bringing about Rajang memories.
They spotted him and walked up to him. "You okay?" Riding hood asked. He nodded, suppressing a groan. "Are you sure? You don't look okay."
He nodded again trying to focus on the good stuff around him. The cute girls in front of him and the other cute girls milling about the ship, especially the older one on the holographic screen. Oh wait, that was a teacher. Glynda if he recalled. Hm.
He was reminded of his flight problem when he almost puked on the yellow one's shoes. "Dude!" She cried. "Jeez, nice going Vomit Boy." She grumbled as she hastily walked off with the younger one following behind.
Could've been worse. Some dragon breath could've leaked out. Hell, the vomit could've been highly acidic had he not taken some special pills before the flight. "No one can UURP say Jaune Arc wasn't prepared." He mumbled to himself. Then he felt the light rumble and the stop.
"Students, we have landed please-" The moment the ship landed and the doors opened, Jaune was the first to get off and praise the ground directly beneath him. There was a reason his kind didn't develop wings.
With a sigh of contentment, Jaune stopped and sat down before pulling out a homemade lunch, seared Gajau, his favorite. "Fresh meat of the river." He chuckled before digging in. The flight over to Beacon was a long one, well only about half an hour. However, for a Deviljho that was the equivalent of 3 days of not eating for a Human.
He can't help it, his muscle mass is far to large and compact to sustain itself with normal amounts of food. Sure he eats less than an actual Deviljho but he can eat anyone else under the table, probably literally, he almost ate a couple of Palicoes back in the New World. He isn't allowed back at the Astera Diner.
He almost chocked on his Gajau when an explosion went off and startled him. No, he was NOT scared, just surprised as all. He saw Red and a new white girl yelling at her, some girl in a black outfit just walking on by the mess, face in her book. He felt bad for Red as she looked like a kicked puppy.
He had to see of she was alright as an explosion like that could hurt pretty badly. "You need a hand?" He asked as he walked over to give her a hand. He gave his best smile, hoping to charm her, she smile back and took his hand, getting lifted onto her feet.
"Hey weren't you the one who vomited on the airship?" She asked as she looked him over.
"Not my fault, I am a Brute Wyvern after all!" Jaune nervously argued back. "If I was meant to fly I would have been a Flying Wyvern." He mumbled. "And my name isn't vomit boy."
She giggled in response. "Sorry but Vomit-boy was the first thing that came to mind."
"Oh really?" Jaune asked, an eyebrow raised before a hand was put on his hip and his chin. "Well what if I called you Crater-face?" He chuckled out, ready to play the game of demeaning nicknames.
"That as an accident!" She hastily retorted. "No less than your vomiting!"
"Oh really?"
"Really!"
"Really?!"
"Really!"
Indeed.
The freshmen ceased the light bickering for a couple of seconds, not really knowing what to say next. Jaune decided to just introduce himself properly.
"Well I am Jaune Arc, short, sweet, and the ladies love it." He said, making Red look at him questioningly with a light smile. "Deviljho faunus and five year winner of the New World eating contest... at least before I was banned for trying to eat the Palicoes." He mumbled out the last part and rubbing his arm.
"You tried to eat cats?" She asked slowly
Jaune shook his head frantically at the accusation. "Well not intentionally! I just reached for more food and my hand came back with a Palicoe." He told her. "My fangs weren't even near his vital spots!" Was about to snag a paw though.
Ruby giggled and Jaune's heart fluttered, but you didn't hear that from me.
"Well I got this." She was obviously trying to take the conversation elsewhere which he more than greatful for. Him almost eating another sentient being isn't a good talking point, even if accidental.
When he looked he almost did a spit take, as she just unfolded a giant scythe from behind her cloak. 'WHAT?' Well he shouldn't question it, the New World Hunters had bigger weapons generally, and the Charge Blade/Switch Axe even transformed too.
"Is that a scythe?" Very eloquent Jaune, not like that wasn't obvious.
"And a high impact sniper rifle." She looked so cute when she smiled.
"A-a what?" Couldn't tell if the nervousness was due to the scythe or the girl. Both?
"It's also a gun." A smug smile this time. I think she knows. Anyway, guns usually came seperatly but were bigger. Not that sized mattered or anything. An Odogaron will tell you that. "So what do you have?"
Oh yeah weapons, back on topic Jaune. "Oh I don't have one."
"Y-you don't?" Fuck, she looked like Jaune had just slapped her or something. He had to be quick and diffuse the situation.
"Well I don't really need one, my biology as a Monster Faunus is enough for most Grimm. Plus I am a Deviljho, so I have overwhelming power and the element of Dragon on my side." He told her proudly. Surely that did it.
"Really? So you are like a living weapon?" This was his chance to impress her, let's gooooo~
"Well Deviljho can take down Elder Dragons and remember during the Great War?" He asked, a gleam of pride in his eyes. "There was an Elder Dragon that decimated both sides, that was supposedly a Lunastra, the Empress of Flame. Deviljho actively hunt and eat Lunastra and Teostra." Yeah, his species were a badass bunch.
"Huh..." Ruby puts her finger o her chin as she looks down, putting on an introspective face. "So you are really that strong?" Shit does he lie and say yes or tell the truth? He said to hell with it and decided to tell the truth so she wouldn't be disappointed later.
"No, I am only a Deviljho Faunus, not a full Deviljho, I might be able to take a Lunastra after a couple of years at Beacon but definitely not right now." He said with a dejected tone. "I have yet to be legible for the trial." Speaking of which, that reminded him. Wasn't there supposed to be a ceremony of some kind?
Ruby saw Jaune looking around and quizically asked. "Do you not know where we're going?"
"No, I was following you." He answered.
"I was following you!" Oh shit was both their reactions. They ran off in a hurry for time depended on it.
Jaune and Ruby finally arrived at the ceremony, somehow not late despite having walked and talked for over an hour, time surely flying when teens hangout. Ruby lead Jaune to a spot in order to introduce him to another girl he became acquainted with during the flight. "Jaune, meet my sister, Yang Xiao-Long."
"Hi." He said nervously due to the fact he nearly puked on her and she kinda reminded him of a rajang. Despite Jaune being the faunus of the death pickle, she couldn't be intimidated by this guy.
"Hi yourself, Vomit Boy." After the greeting, Yang proceeded to lightly punch his shoulder. "That's for my shoes."
"Yang." Ruby whined and pouted. "Don't punch my new friends!"
"Ouch." Jaune muttered and rubbed his arm. Damn, that actually did hurt a bit. "Sorry, it's not like I voluntarily did it, I have motion sickness."
"Vomit Boy, you're gonna be a hunter soon, so you better get used to lots of air bound motion." Yang lightly warned him. She gave him a once over and whistled. "Gotta say, you're pretty good looking for a pickle." Despite his dark green skin, the flush in his cheeks was quite noticible. Yang couldn't help but smirk for this deviljho faunus was quite easy to fluster. Limited exposure to females not relating to siblings could do that that to a young pickle.
"Yang, if you could not put the moves on my new friend, I'd appreciate it." Ruby told her while she gently nudged her sister back. "Besides, we need to focus on another topic," her steel eyes hardened and her lips formed a frown. Adorable. "Like you abandoning me and leaving me alone to blow up!"
"Blow up?" Yang repeated in confusion.
"Yes! I sneezed, blew up, and a girl yelled at me even though I apologized!" Her facial features softened as she turned to jaune. "The only thing good that came out of it was meeting Jaune."
Internally Jaune was dancing. His first friend, a girl no less, genuinely liked meeting him. While Jaune smiled like a dope and Ruby was busy berating Yang for her abandonment, everyone was oblivious to a certain girl walking towards Ruby. "YOU! You almost blew us off the side of the cliff!" The explosion wasn't that big calm down.
Ruby leapt into Yang's arms as she screamed, Yang just looked at Ruby with wide eyes. "Oh my Oum you really did explode." Yang put Ruby down and asked the crabby girl if she and Ruby could have a do over, seems her name is Weiss Schnee.
"Oh yes we can go shopping together, do our nails and talk about cute boys like tall, green and toothy over there " Jaune started getting mad, his body temperature rising and his heart racing a little more. He can tell the difference between a joke and an insult, and that was not a joke.
Weiss hands Ruby a pamphlet "Read this, educate yourself and don't talk to me again." she walked away, leaving Ruby almost crying and Jaune's blood nearing boiling point, literally.
Yang looks over in concern, Jaune was gritting his teeth, his eyes and skin glowing an faintly unearthly red in some places. But before she could ask him what was wrong, Ozpin stepped onto the podium and spoke into the microphone.
Jaune hardly listened, trying to calm down. But he did hear some key bits, such as Ozpin telling everyone that a New World Faunus was attending Beacon this year. Despite Jaune telling Oz to just say Monster Faunus Ozpin went with the more polite New World Faunus.
Jaune was not surprised to hear gasps and even scoffs, those that saw Jaune on the airship turned to him with worry or wonder, a few with arousal but hey who is he to kink shame?
The thing that really caught his attention was the fact that this year the initiates get to visit the Cafeteria all day, mainly to cater to him, but allowing the other students to access it did not make it seem like favoritism even though it was. Jaune began to salivate, burning a small hole in the floor. He would say sorry to whoever fixed this place up later.
Jaune reached and took Yang and Ruby with him to the Cafeteria, after it will be his first proper meal in the Old World, why not enjoy it with friends? "Come on you guys! FOOD!"
By the time they arrived many older students were already enjoying lunch though some watched as the green dude took cute girls to the Cafeteria and ran in like a tank with thrusters.
As they were being dragged across the Cafeteria Yang noticed the multitude of scars lining Jaune's body, jagged as if the skin was ripped apart. Where the red came from.
Jaune sat the two down as he wordlessly went to get some food for the three of them. Yang turned to Ruby and began the process of teasing her, mainly to get as much information as possible out of her little sister.
"So how exactly did you meet your boyfriend?" The bombshell asked, leaning in a bit close to Ruby.
"B-boyfriend? No, no, we aren't like that Yang. I just met him after I blew up, he helped me up and we just started talking." She answered with a bit of fluster.
"So he's your knight in shi- pickle armor?" Yang joked.
The little reaper gave her a look, raising a brow at her words. "Pickle Armor? What does that even mean?"
"Have you ever seen a picture of a Deviljho monster? They actually look like giant pickles." She chortled. "Seriously, if I gave you a picture of one at the right angle next to a pickle, you couldn't tell the difference."
Ruby was about to respond to Yang but they were interrupted by two other girls, both wearing the school uniform, obviously second years. One had long brown hair, brown eyes and rabbit ears. The other also had brown hair, but was a darker shade, with coffee colored bangs, shades on and a beret.
"Sorry to interrupt, but were you talking just now about the New World Faunus?" The rabbit Faunus asked, with a timid look.
"Excuse Velvet, she's shy, but do you two know the green guy?" The Beret one is obviously the more confident of the two.
Ruby just nodded, but Yang had more to say. "Uh... Who are you?"
"We are your seniors, but more specifically I am Coco Adel, and this is Velvet Scarlatina." Coco pointed to Velvet and she shyly waved. Velvet looked away from Yang and Ruby before going wide eyed at the arrival at the table.
"I got us something to eat, hope you like meat, because I only got meat... sorry." Jaune chuckled out as he returned with a veritable mountain of meat dishes. The amount of food could feed the entire Beacon student body for a week.
Jaune put the plates and bowls down and they covered the entire table. The four girls watching in horrid fascination as he began eating it like his life depended on it. It probably did.
Jaune stopped eating when he noticed the other two, his saliva burning through the plates and table. He swallowed what was in his mouth before he addressed them. "Hello?"
After another round of introductions the four sat down for some lunch before leaving, the second years to their dorms and the initiates to the place they will be spending the night. Jaune didn't pay much attention as he was to busy getting a bone out of his teeth.
Jaune listened as Yang took Ruby to see the girl in black. He heard she liked bedtime stories. He also had an appreciation for them. "I wonders if she ever heard the story of the Sapphire Star?' He asked himself.
Then Weiss appeared and ruined the nice moment. Jaune wanted to yell at her, but that would be creepy, what with him eavesdropping. It ain't his fault though since he was within ten meters of them. The girl in black kept looking at him too, what's with that? Does she like him? No, it ain't that kind of look. Ah well, he will figure it out later, but right now it's time to sleep... actually now is the time for a midnight feast. Jaune hopes they have Gajau.
They better have Gajau.
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"We are already sorting out the food problem, the size of creatures in the New World makes it easy to obtain food for a Deviljho Faunus, the costs are high, but are worth it. If we can establish relations with the New World Faunus we can hopefully get more powerful Huntsmen and Huntresses for the war against the Queen."
Ozpin was listening to James give him his report, a joint effort between Atlas and Vale means a lot of politicking. And the fact that the New World Faunus now have a voice in the Old World means many people will be worried. While Old World Faunus don't really gain much from their animal trait save only a trait or two and on rare cases a personality quirk, the New World Faunus are basically their animals in Human form.
The racists don't really have much to go on with the Old World Faunus, but they have a box to stand on with the New World. There have been many reported cases of New World Faunus maiming and killing people simply because it is their nature to do it. Hunters in general and monsters don't really share a good history.
It wasn't impossible to overcome their nature but it was hard. But nothing with great benefits comes easily, Ozpin could tell you that.
Ozpin's decision on bringing a New World Faunus to Beacon is extremely risky, but if it succeeds the rewards will be tremendous. Plus Jaune Arc is a nice boy. He already has friends, even two among the senior class which is truly an accomplishment for anyone, but a Deviljho Faunus is still a whole other beast.
Still, things could work out in his favor.
"Headmaster Ozpin, we have a situation." Glynda called. "Someone attempted to take the last of the Gajau from Jaune in the kitchen. Send doctor Peach."
The Headmaster sighed. As stated before, this wouldn't be easy. Good thing the funding was really, really vast. And so was the coffee. Do Deviljho like coffee? Gods, he hoped not.