This is just a quick, two part chapter story to tie up loose end in both Beacon and Shimitani, as well as help bridge the gap between this and the collaboration coming soon.
Beacon, Recovery of teams.
The infirmary was an interesting and heavy visit. The heaviest damages to the teams were of Jaune, Ruby, Weiss, and the one that they called Yorm. Ruby was treated for multiple lacerations, given stitches for the large wound on her back and was given a regimen to help repair her damaged arm muscles. Yorm had to enormous slashes. One from the fight with The Barron and a previous one from dealing with the Beowolf Army. Jaune was placed in a medical coma for a few hours and put into an aura healing chamber. Short surgery was undergone to take the shrapnel out of his chest.
Weiss had it the worst. She was given stitches for a few lacerations and a larger one on her shoulder. After extensive tests on her left forearm, she was given a wooden device with five rings that added resistance as her hand opened. She was told that before any training, she should be able to extended her hand fully with no pain. They were just lucky that no nerves were destroyed.
The rest were given simple pan medication while their wounds healed. Everyone made a full recovery in two weeks.
Ozpin's Report.
Shimitani Operation
Team RWBY with the members Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long went on a simple extermination and research mission to the isolated village of Shimitani. The mission was called for as the village was experiencing increased number of Grimm attacks as well as Variantals.
The mission took a sharp decline when Team RWBY came across known and unknown entities classified as 'Grimm of Legend'. Entities plural as they encountered the Grimm known on Sanus as The Windigo. The second one encountered was a previously unknown Beowolf like creature with blue eyes and markings. It is nigh indestructible and now called The BoneCladden.
Against many odds, Team RWBY, along with the town leader and his son, Soren and Yorm Jolon, defeated these creatures. Continuing the chain, during the mission one member was poisoned, Ruby Rose, and was out of commission for three days. When she had awoken, a deciding battle between Grimm forces and them. One casualty came out of this fight, Vlad Arkov, as he held the Grimm long enough for Ruby to awaken.
According to the different angles, the attack consisted of steadily increasing fight after they inspected the North Cave. During this bout, The Windigo was defeated. A break in the pattern left them to discover a beaten and broken body of Vlad. His semblance pushed him back into the fight with a formal named Great Alpha Beowolf, and his army of around fifty other wolves.
Yorm in rage, defeated nearly the entire brigade with nary a scratch. The Grimm tides stemmed and a peace period before the final enemy showed up. The Barron, and indiscriminately powerful and intelligent Grimm clashed with RWBY, Soren, and Yorm. This ended when it was discovered that the beast was holding back.
Overwhelmed, Team RWBY retreated and The Barron pursued them and the village with WarHounds. A rare and durable DireWolf Grimm. They destroyed the town while the citizens hid in an underground chamber for three days.
After this period, I personally recruited Team JNPR, Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lie Ren, for a poorly named, Asset Recovery and Extermination mission. With their help and the unlocking of Jaune Arcs semblance, they defeated The Barron. Every name listed here recieved extensive injuries, but have all made a full recovery.
Jaune's Semblance.
Ozpin's office, after Team Report.
The blonde was nervous that the Headmaster had called him in, but he knew it was about his semblance. Not wearing his normal armor as it was being repaired by Ruby, he looked down at his Pumpkin Pete shirt and sighed before opening the heavy oak door. Sitting inside was Ozpin at his desk with a coffee mug in hand and a chess board in front of him. "I uh, heard you wanted to see me." Jaune announced himself.
"Yes, please take a seat, it is your move. We will play while we talk." Not having much choice, he walked forward and closed the door behind him, taking a seat and looking at the white and black marble set before moving his pawn. "So this is about my semblance, right?" The grey-haired man nodded, moving a pawn of his own.
"It is historically known as The Harbinger Semblance. Do you know why?" Jaune shook his head, moving his knight to the position his pawn was before. As the Headmaster spoke, both of them moved pieces. "No sir."
"The former king of Haven was one of the most ruthless warriors in The Great War, easily killing hundreds of enemies single handed with only his sword and cane." He moved another piece. "So he had my semblance." Ozpin nodded again. "He also had that sword of yours, but that is for another time. The semblance altered him and his weapons and made them more powerful."
"So what have you called me up here for, I know it wasn't just for the story?" He spoke, and realized he was losing the game. "Perceptive." Ozpin said. "I have you here so that i may ask you, do you know how to control it." Jaune shook his head, leaving an opening to his king.
"Then I will help train you." Ozpin said as he moved a single rook, and looked up at the boy. "I... See I have no choice. This is checkmate, literally and figuratively." Jaune wasn't angry about it, but more worried since he and Pyrrha had become much closer and had been enjoying their night training sessions. The older, wiser man smiled.
"Don't worry, I won't interrupt your rooftop training with Miss Nikos." Jaune was baffled, but nodded appreciatively. "Thank you."
Rooftops
White and red metal clashed against each other as a strike from Jaune was easily blocked by Pyrrha. The girl countered, swinging her shield at her... Boyfriend? Either way, Jaune barely pulled his shield up and when they collided, he had very little strength put into the guard and stumbled to the ground. He shook his head and looked up.
"Is... Something on your mind, Jaune?" She was holding out her hand after having sheathed Akou. Jaune grabbed it and pulled himself up, grabbing his sword and getting back into stance. He had found it easier to talk when focusing on the spar. His... Girlfriend? She pulled back out her sword and readied up as well, turning it into spear form.
"Uh, yeah. It's nothing, just something about my semblance." He pulled his guard upwards and blocked a quick jab at his chest. While it was still sore from the cuts, he was fine for training just a few days after he came back. Pyrrha looked concerned at his monotone voice as he spoke. "What about it? Are you afraid of it? Many people have had that problem before."
This was true. When people first experience a semblance as powerful as the Harbinger, they tend to be afraid of what they can do. It turns even the most powerful warriors into targets because they hold back. Jaune shook his head, parrying another jab and taking initiative, scoring a hit on Pyrrha's aura. Truthfully she let him get some of those hits, but it was becoming slightly less often that she did.
"No, nothing like that. If it's part of me then I shouldn't be scared of it." Jaune dropped his guard again and Pyrrha put a small cut into his cheek. He winced slightly and for some reason, Pyrrha felt worse about than usual. Maybe it was because his aura was still recovering after the stunt his semblance pulled. Maybe.
"Then what is it?" Pyrrha asked, genuinely concerned now. It didn't stop the fight however as Jaune charged forward at her. Pyrrha rolled to the side and came back with her weapon back in sword form, waiting for her answer. She blocked two hits before the blonde battling her spoke. "Ozpin want's to train me to use it."
That sentence shocked Pyrrha enough that she dropped her own guard and her shield arm fell downwards. Jaune didn't expect much of a reaction and when he saw she wasn't going to block him, he dug his feet in to stop his run at her. She looked at him, green eyes more highlighted under the moon.
"Th-That's great! Why would you be down about it?" She asked, bewildered at his temperament of the opportunity. Higher ups like Headmasters usually were incredibly skilled, but never interfered in lower affairs themselves. To train under one was nearly unheard of. Jaune sighed, sheathing his sword but keeping the shield. Taking a seat on the ledge, Pyrrha followed suit. "I'm not upset per-say, I'm more nervous." He paused for a second, looking at her.
"I don't even know how I did it Pyrrha, it was less than reflex. What if... What if it was a one time thing, you know?" He sounded almost sad saying it. It was clear that he like his new power and wanted to be able to use it. Pyrrha was experienced in this kind of self-destructive thinking at the beginning of her training a long time ago. "It won't be Jaune. When a semblance first unlocks, it will take almost any opportunity to show itself, especially one as powerful as yours."
"How do you know?" He asked somberly. Quicker than Jaune could see, Pyrrha took out a small knife and thrust it towards Jaune's center, confident of the reaction. Like in the forest, though much less violent and bright, gleaming white armor seemed to weave itself in the air where his stomach was and the knife clanged off it. It dispersed and Jaune took a rattling breathe and had a hard time catching it.
"Jaune, are you alright?" He took a few more breaths before nodding. "Maybe not the best idea to try it while out of breath." He laughed a little and Pyrrha chuckled. "Perhaps." They sat there in silence for a few moments, just staring at the Vale skyline. "We should probably head back in." Jaune said. Pyrrha nodded and got up of the ledge and walked to the door.
At the entrance, Jaune stopped and retracted his shield into his pocket. He turned around and put a hand on Pyrrha's cheek before giving her a small kiss. She was stunned silent for a moment, but Jaune spoke. "Thanks for cheering me up." Deciding better to be in silence than to stutter, Pyrrha just smiled and walked through the door Jaune opened for her.
There you have it, Chapter 1. I figure it might be a good idea to go ahead and release the name for the next story.
It is DMNO: Unlikely Acquaintances.
