A/N: Heheheheh! Hello Ladies and Gentleman. This trip….has been…AWESOME! Ahem… sorry about that love these places.
So this is my first RWBY fic and I got inspired to do this after thinking 'Wait a minute did Jaune ever go to Signal Academy? Where did he learn the bare basics?" And thus this story was born… and there's not a lot of YangxJaune around.
So, without further adieu.
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY.
Chapter I: To Follow My Own Path
Jaune Arc was in a relatively bad mood. He had, once again gotten the ever loving crap out of him in sparring. Which at this point in the time he was there wasn't even a surprise to anyone anymore. It was clear. He sucked…horrendously. It was clear that every time he 'stepped into the ring' so to speak he wasn't going to last a full minute.
Then he got bullied by Cardin and his groupies… AGAIN because he was such a dork. This, again, wasn't even a surprise at all. But to top it all of the worst part of his day was definitely being called by the Headmistress of Signal.
Flashback: Earlier that day
"Uh, um Headmistress Dorothy y-you called for me?" Jaune asked peaking his head in from the door of the Headmistresses office. When he heard no answer he tip toed in and saw the brunette headmaster wearing a suit, as per usual, looking out the window overlooking the Signal campus. Staring out at something that it seemed only she could see.
"Headmistress Dorothy?" He called out once more.
The brunette Headmistress raised a hand and motioned for him to come forward. "Take a seat Mr. Arc." She said.
Jaune slowly took a seat in the chair in front of her desk.
Dorothy turned around and sat in the opposite chair. "Mr. Arc" She started before closing her mouth and eyes and put her hands on her head.
"Professor Dorothy, are you okay?" Jaune asked. "Yes Mr. Arc I'm alright." Dorothy replied opening her eyes. "Mr. Arc, as you know it's the beginning of the first semester for this year." The Headmistress began. Jaune nodded listening intently. "You have been here for a year now and though your parents have assured me that you would catch up quickly despite only having rudimentary knowledge with your weapons your not doing well."
Jaune winced at this and said "I know and I've been trying an- and I've been getting bett-."
"No Mr. Arc your grades in sparring and other physical activities are horrendous. Dorothy interrupted. You're lucky if you even get a seventy, and the passing grade for Signal is seventy five. In short, you're failing. The only thing that 's keeping you here is that you have a eighty overall in written assignments, and examinations." She took a deep breath after finishing.
Jaune stared in horror as he realized where this conversation was headed "But, I can do better Professor Dorothy he shouted frantically slamming his hands down on the table separating the two I swear give me another chance I won't screw up I'll try even h-."
"SOMETIMES TRYING ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH JAUNE!" Dorothy shouted back silencing him immediately. Dorothy took a deep breath to compose her self and sat there silently hands folded for a couple of minutes.
Finally she looked at him and said "Alright you have one last chance Mr. Arc. ONE. And if you should fail you will be taken out of Signal."
Jaune jumped out of his seat and said "I'll do whatever I have to Professor Dorothy just tell me what to do." Dorothy sighed and said "You have one year this one year to show me that you can change. And you must get eighty five on the physical portions."
Jaune's eyes widened at this and said "That's not enough time to get me up to snuff with the physical curriculum and go through everything else!"
Dorothy stared him down, once again silencing him "I never said it would be easy Mr. Arc."
Jaune looked down tears starting to stream down his face. Dorothy's expression softened at this and couldn't help but think 'Good MONTY I'm too soft for this job.' She got up and put her hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Look Jaune… some people. They're just, not Meant to be hunter's." She spoke quietly to him.
Suddenly at this Jaune's head whipped upwards to look at her so quickly she feared that he might've gotten whiplash. But that thought disappeared in a second as she noticed that he seemed to glare at her like a bull seeing red.
"You know what fine." He said getting up shaking her hand off his shoulder. "I'll improve in one year and then no one not even you can tell me anything otherwise!" He shouted walking out the door and slamming it shut behind him.
Dorothy stared at the door dumbstruck before walking to her desk sitting down and saying to herself weakly "Well… at least he's motivated."
Flashback End
Jaune glared at his feet as he walked to his room on autopilot. "I'll show them… I'll show them all that I'm not worthless. I can be something. I can be somebody."
As he entered his room he began to change his clothes to go to bed but stopped and taking a look at his weapon Crocea Mors leaning against his bed.
"Maybe I should start right now." He said with a smile. Reaching for the weapon he changed back and ran to the rooftop.
Couple Months Away From First Semester's End
Jaune had made progress in the four months he started training more than he had ever in his life.
He was a lot faster than he was before, and a lot stronger. However this didn't change one fact.
Jaune's sword clattered to the ground. "Damn it!" He shouted out in rage. "This is unbelievable!" He said with a sigh as he bent down to pick up his sword shield in hand.
"What is wrong with me." Jaune muttered as he turned his shield into its sheathe form and sheathed the blade.
He sat down against a wall on the roof and sighed. 'No matter how hard I try I just can't seem to wield Crocea Mors with one hand for each how did my ancestor's do this it feels way to uncomfortable and awkward.'
He glanced down at the sheathed blade again and thought 'Not to mention it feels way to heavy and combined with the forms I need to take it's a nightmare to wield.'
'On the bright side of things I can wield it better when I just use the sword with two hands.' He thought to himself.
In fact it was for that reason that his grades went up as when he found this out he used this style of two handed swordsmanship that he actually won a few spars. His first victim of this was ironically Cardin Winchester. He'd been furious when he lost that particular spar.
Unfortunately this meant more painful, infuriating, and downright embarrassing bullying tactics from him and his lackies.
However these wins raised his grades in the physical portion along with the various other exercises that they did in which he used his newly built speed and strength to raise his grades in.
He didn't neglect his in class/written portion either. That would be a big no-no. In fact his grade was now eighty eight point nine percent in that part. But his physical was only a measly seventy three. Sure it was an improvement over his past sixty some things and at times flat sixty's but…
"It's not enough." He said looking up at the night sky.
"Okay he began, standing on wobbly legs from training so hard and for so many hours into the night the class is having a shared class spar tomorrow with class Four A so I should get some shut eye and prepare to get knocked out." He said to himself bored.
As he walked down the steps to his nearby bedroom, his tired mind began to wander.
'That should be kind of interesting though, usually people from different classes don't really meet very often. Because we're so busy with training and learning we just don't bother saying hello or speaking to each other in a hurry to get to the next class for fear of being late, or missing breakfast or some other reason.' He drowsily smiled slightly.
He opened the door to his room and flopped down on his bed not even bothering to change clothes. "Maybe…just maybe I'll meet someone who's not an douche or ignores me there." He muttered to himself with a grin on his face. And with that wish he fell asleep.
Little did he know, he would meet someone who would change his fate forever. For better or worse.
Jaune yawned as he stood in line with his other classmates waiting for the door to open for them to greet Class Four-A. He glanced around and smiled slightly seeing that neither Cardin or his groupies were anywhere within bullying range.
"Monty seems to have smiled on me today." He muttered under his breath. "What was that you grumbled Mr. Arc?" A quiet voice came from right beside him. He glanced to his right and saw the rather short dark brown hair of his homeroom teacher, Professor Leon standing right beside him orange bootlace tie with its orange gem shining.
"Ah Jaune said quietly sorry I was just saying that this should be interesting." Professor Leon raised an eyebrow at the blond before nodding and replying "That it shall."
A couple minutes later the door opened and students and a female teacher wearing a black trench coat with odd green hair poured in to Class Two-B's class room.
"One…two…eight…thirteen…twenty, twenty one students in all." He muttered. Jaune glanced around and thought 'There's only twenty one students in Class Four-A, Class Two-B has twenty two students one of us will have to be dropped from there to be equal sides.'
He shrugged and thought 'Might as well be me.'
Professor Leon began to speak "Now this is-
"Excuse me, Professor Leon?" Leon blinked and answered "Yes Jaune?" Jaune asked "May I sit this out as to have a balanced spar between the classes as our guests only have twenty one students."
Professor Leon blinked before replying "Yes you may." He said.
I nodded and helped myself to a seat to watch the spars from.
"Now that that's out of the way this here is my associate Theodora Goodwitch. She is of course also a teacher at Signal. Class Four-A I am Professor Leon Coragassio.". Jaune frowned and thought 'Goodwitch huh…reminds me of someone.' Professor Leon turned towards the class. "Now she is here today to test you all against her own students in combat. Now remember you don't have your aura yet so right now we'll be evaluating how much damage each member has taken through out the fight by ourselves remember not to let things get out of hand."
The two classes nodded.
Professor Goodwitch smiled and shouted "Let the spars begin!"
'This has been incredibly boring.' Jaune thought. The fights were all generic, and everyone used the same tactics, weapons, everything. So it was like watching the same thing over and over again.
Finally the last pair was called "Yang Xiao Long Class Four-A versus Cardin Winchester Class Two-B."
On stage beside Cardin was a very pretty looking blonde with long hair albeit she was rather skinny with what looked to be a pair of 'Gauntlets?' He frowned 'That's an unusual weapon choice, a boxer I guess? It'll be better to see for myself.' Jaune finally decided.
"Ready?" Professor Goodwitch asked the blonde, Yang. She for her part simply grinned a, for lack of better terms, Ursa crap eating grin and nodded. "Ready?" Professor Leon asked Cardin who had his mace in hand ready to fight. He nodded as well.
"FIGHT!" The two professors shouted before jumping of stage. That cue was the beginning of the end for Cardin little did they know.
Cardin immediately charged forward to try and flatten his opponent. However he was surprised to see the much smaller girl charge forward with the same grin on her face. Poor Cardin was so confused at this development that he faltered for a moment. Unfortunately that moment was all the time that Yang needed.
Yang crossed the distance with a quickness that shocked everyone before turning one of her gauntlet covered hands in a mean corkscrew punch right to his face. A sickening crunch was heard as her fist connected to Cardin's face. He staggered a bit and touched his face, eyes bulging in shock, but didn't go down using his mace as support for himself. From where Jaune was sitting he could see a large and ugly bruise forming on his face.
Yang decided to back off her grin still on her face taunting Cardin. Cardin glared at the girl before standing up straight and walking forward cautiously, mace held up with both hands. As he slowly crossed the distance Yang waited for him on the other side. The other members of Class Two-B were confused. Usually Cardin went for rushing in and dominating his opponent with superior offense.
This slow moving defensive stance that he was employing was just downright odd for him. "Hey Cardin what are you doing, go and crush that chick!" Shouted Russel Thrush one of Cardin's groupies. At this the rest of Cardin's groupies started to make some noise. But one thing was for sure though… "Oi! Cardin your not deaf, what 's going on!" Russel shouted again. Jaune turned towards him and shouted "Shut up, that's not going to work."
Russel glared at him and said "What do you mean that's not going to work dork he's not deaf."
Jaune shook his head and replied "He might as well be deaf at the moment. He can't hear you over the pounding in his head." Russel frowned confused along with the rest of Cardin's groupies. "What are you talking about?" One of the more reasonable members of Cardin's groupies Sky Lark asked.
Jaune grinned and gestured towards the stage "You see how Cardin's moving slowly towards her? And that defensive stance of his that he's using to move forward?" Sky nodded and the rest of the groupies murmured "Yes."
"Good now what's the last thing that happened in this match?" Jaune asked. This time Russel answered again. "He got punched in the face so what?" Jaune nodded at this and said "That's right he got punched and now he's moving slowly towards her and refuses to get out of a defensive stance. It means that she got in his head now. And it's going to be hard to get her out cause from where I'm looking it seems like she knows exactly what she's doing."
"What are you talking about!?" A clearly frustrated Russel shouted at him. Sky answered for Jaune seeming to understand "Cardin's scared." He said though it came out sounding like he was rather shocked. Which he probably was matter of fact.
"That's right. I'm amazed though. It's not like Cardin's afraid to take hits Jaune said turning to look at the slow going Cardin shuffling along towards Yang she must be hard puncher to incite that kind of reaction from him." He said mostly to himself.
Sky frowned and asked "What's a hard puncher dork?" Jaune shrugged ignoring the dork part before replying "It's exactly what it sounds like, someone who punches hard. Though there are lots of debates on whether a hard puncher is born or made."
"Honestly I would say that Cardin's shuffling to his doom keeping his guard up like that all the time but it doesn't matter anyway if he lets down his guard he's gonna get another mean punch and that'll make things worse. He's lost this match he's got no way of winning." Jaune finished.
Suddenly right at the moment Jaune finished Yang burst forward aiming a right hook towards Cardin's face. He quickly got his mace up to block the strike to his face. It never came as Cardin spat up from a punch right to his gut. "Enough! This match is over!" Professor Leon shouted running to retrieve Cardin who had fallen to his knees.
"Could someone please take him to the infirmary?" Professor Leon said. Russel and Cardin's groupies rushed forward to take him and left immediately. "Class dismissed, have a wonderful day children." Professor Goodwitch said with a smile.
Jaune stared at his fellow blonde as she walked out the door whole thing and decided 'I think I've got an idea.' He thought with a smile.
Later That Day After Dinner
"Um excuse me?" He said as ran after the hard hitting blonde. "Huh?" She turned around and saw him running towards. "Yes?" She asked. He finally reached in front of her and panted, hands on his knees. "You really cover a lot of ground you know?" He gasped out before taking a deep breath.
"You're, um….Yang right? Yang Xiao Long?" He asked. She nodded looking a little confused. He stood up straight and offered her his hand "Jaune. Jaune Arc." He said.
She looked at his hand before saying "Hi?" Jaune blinked before putting his outstretched hand to his sides. "Okaaay no handshake then." He muttered to himself. "Look he began I really really need help badly. Okay so I was wondering if you could help me out with my problems in the physical…well no not anymore, at least not exactly. The practical aspects of physical." He finished.
Yang stared at him for a bit before saying "No." Jaune blinked in shock "No?" Yang shook her head "No I'm not going to help you. I don't mean to be…well mean but I don't have enough time to invest in helping you and keeping up with my studies. Sorry but no."
"Please you have to help me Jaune said if you don't I'll get kicked out of Signal I'll…I'll never be able to become a Hunter then." Jaune pleaded tears streaming down his face and with that he told his pitiful tale. Yang stared at him some more and did something that she didn't expect her to do.
Laugh "Ahahahahahahahahahah. Oh man you, you seriously told me you life story and expect me to suddenly want to help you. Your so pathetic hahahaha oh." She wiped the tears out of her eyes and then her demeanor changed completely. Her expression visibly hardened and she walked forward towards him and stopped when she was in front of him.
"Huh?" Was all Jaune got out before Yang punched him right in the stomach causing him to drop to his knees and fell over. Slowly but surely he began to fade into unconsciousness.
As he did however he heard Yang's voice "Your so weak, a pathetic guy like you should allow someone strong like me to change you!" At this he smiled slightly and managed to get out before he completely fell unconscious "She's going to train me. She's going…to train…me."
Yang Xiao Long stared at the boy pleading and crying to her about his problems and begging actually begging for her help. 'I- I honestly can't believe that someone told me that story and just expected that I'd help. It's really unbelievable.' She thought.
With that thought she had a good laugh at this, because it was a truly laughable thing, and punched him in the gut. She watched him fall to his knees and then collapse fading into unconsciousness and declared "Your so weak, a pathetic guy like you should allow someone strong like me to change you." She watched as he got out some words before he fell unconscious saying "She's going to train me. She's going…to train…me."
She stared at his unconscious body before picking it up, putting him over her shoulder, and walking of to the rooftop to begin the first lesson.
'You have to be one of two things to tell a pathetic story like she thought as she glanced at him one, you're the most pathetic guy on earth or two you have balls.' She smiled as she looked ahead and said "Let's see which of the two you have."
Jaune groaned as he woke up rubbing his eyes. He blinked as he realized that he was on the rooftop. He looked around and saw Yang leaning against a wall not to far to his left.
Yang grinned at him and said "Good your up. First you're going to fight me so that we can see what I've got to work with. Your sword's right next to you, pick it up."
Jaune blinked owlishly and looked to his right and lo and behold his sword was there. "Um Yang he said how did you get my sword?" Yang rolled her eyes at him and said "From your room duh." Jaune nodded and said "Of course you did- wait you broke into my room!" He shouted. Yang shook her head her long mane of blond hair moving with her "No I didn't I used your student ID to get into your room and get your sword." Jaune's mouth dropped open and he shouted "That's still breaking and entering!"
Yang rolled her eyes and said "Whatever look let's get this over with okay." Jaune nodded before taking his sword out of it's sheath, turning the sheathe in it's shield form before having second thoughts and folding the shield into it's sheathe and holding the sword with both hands. Almost immediately Yang frowned and took of her gauntlets.
Jaune blinked in confusion as she walked forward and looked at him closely she looked at the sword in his hands for a second before finally saying "Yeah, can't work with this."
Jaune's eyes widened and he said "What!? But we haven't even started fighting yet!" Yang shook her head and said "Hey now calm down there Jaune. I'm not talking about me not being able to work with you. I'm talking about you and that sword."
He stared at her before asking "What?" Yang sighed before explaining "Jaune that sword just isn't you it's way to heavy for you even if you wield it two handed like your supposed to wield a broadsword. Everyone knows that. You're better of getting or making yourself a Vytalian long sword since we're starting to make weapons, unlocking our aura and we're being given time of to do so about a month. It'll give you a longer reach and it's much lighter. Trust me I know my weapons." She finished with a smile.
Jaunes was horrified at this "But…but I have to use this, it's my family heirloom it's essentially our symbol as a family. They sent me with this to show their faith in me. I can't just abandon it!"
Yang's face hardened again and she said "Alright then I have a question for you Jaune. " Jaune looked at her and she asked "What do you want Jaune, to be the man your parents want you to be and fail or do you want to be your own person and maybe succeed because I can't give you both. Choose."
Jaune froze as he thought about it and slowly the choice became obvious. "I refuse to fail." Jaune said sheathing the sword.
"Wow Yang said blinking for a second that I thought you were gonna be stupid and option one."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence." Jaune replied dryly.
The Next Day
Jaune sat in a new classroom with the rest of his class waiting for a male Professor named oddly enough Rabbit White. After five minutes past the appointed time a man wearing a yellow dress shirt with a maroon bow tie, blue dress pants, blue dress shoes and a bright suit jacket burst through the door looking at his gold watch.
"Oh my I hope I'm not too late I am supposed to help those children- oh! I see your all here…thankfully I'm only five minutes late." He said cheerfully.
Jaune looked the rather chubby albino man over and thought 'He's supposed to be our aura teacher?'
"I am Professor Rabbit White. You may call me Professor Rabbit. Now l-l-let's begin our lesson's i-i-in Aura."
"Ahem now, let us begin. Aura is the m-m-manifestation of our souls. It bears our burdens a-a-and shields our hearts. Now has anyone here felt that something was watching you without knowing that someone was there?" He asked.
Several hands raised along with Jaunes own and Professor Rabbit nodded. "With practice our aura can become our shields. Everything has it even animals. The only exceptions being the monsters hunters fight…the Grimm. They are the darkness and we are the light. Understand both and you can better understand Aura. By bearing your soul outward as a force you can deflect harm."
"Besides that he continued all of the tools and weapons you will make as you see fit shall be conduits for your aura." He finished.
Jaune smiled and looked around and everyone was excited by his speech. 'Even I'm impressed he thought I had my doubts but this guy definitely knows what he's doing.'
"Ahem n-n-now you shall go outside and line up in order by last name. I am of the belief that unlocking ones aura should be a u-u-um private affair." He stated.
Everyone quickly lined up outside by name with Jaune in front with his surname being the only one that started with A. "Come in now child Professor Rabbit called don't dawdle."
Jaune quickly walked in and Professor Rabbit closed the door with a blind over the window so no one would peek.
Jaune stood before the professor's desk as he made sure that the roster was right. Professor Rabbit looked up from the class roster and asked "You are Jaune Arc correct?" Jaune nodded and replied nervously "Yes sir."
"Calm down now child." The professor said walking forward "Now close your eyes." Jaune did so and felt the professor place a hand on his shoulder and another on his heart. Then… he began to speak "For it is in passing that we achieve immortality, through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite and distant and unbound by death, I release your soul and by my shoulder protect thee."
As soon as the professor finished speaking… Jaune felt something…Right. It was weird. It wasn't like something was there now that was missing. It felt more like a piece of something had been added to him and it just immediately clicked and fit perfectly. It was odd.
"Professor?" Jaune asked opening his eyes. Professor Rabbit was studying him with all of his attention. Jaune looked down and saw sunset orange cover his body as he looked at it.
"Professor he asked eyes wide is this…my aura?" Professor Rabbit nodded and said with a smile "Yes Jaune…it is and you my dear student have a lot of it. A massive amount though I must say the color of your aura is quite beautiful."
Jaune stared at the fading color of his aura and asked "Would it be vain or narcissistic of me to say I do to?"
"As long as you don't say it too often." Professor Rabbit said with a smile.
The Professor opened the door and said "Next."
Night The Same Day
"So what do you think of your aura?" Asked Jaune sitting against a wall
"I like it, it's my favorite color red." Yang, who was sitting next to him a couple feet away, said cheerfully powering up her aura to show it off.
Jaune shrugged and said "Mine is this." He powered up his aura showing of his brilliant sunset orange color.
"Wow Yang exclaimed as she moved closer to look at it directly it's really pretty." She grinned at him. "I thought you said your favorite color was red?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. She shrugged and replied "Doesn't make it any less pretty though pretty boy."
Jaune raised an eyebrow looked around before blinking incredulously and blurted out, eyes wide "Me!?"
"It's a joke calm down weak knees." She said rolling her eyes. "It is really pretty though, your aura I mean." She complimented once more.
Jaune sighed as she touched his glowing arm. "Ow!" Yang withdrew her hand immediately causing Jaune to raise an eyebrow. "What happened?" Jaune asked. "I got cut by something." Yang said. "Don't worry it's fine though." She muttered.
Nodding Jaune yawned before saying "I'm going to go get some shuteye now. We can go get the supplies to make weapons tomorrow and head into Vale's shopping district to get some Dust Crystal's and Dust."
"Right Yang replied and make sure that you wait for me in front of Signal's gate."
"Got it." Jaune managed to yawn out heading down the stairs to his room.
The Next Day
Jaune waited in front of the gate in the snow for Yang with a sigh as it was 12:54 and he'd been standing there for two hours now. 'Well she never did say any specific time.' He thought to himself.
"Hey loser." Someone shouted from behind him. 'Oh joy it's Cardin.' He thought to himself miserably as he turned around to look at him. "What are you doing standing here?" Carding sneered at him. Jaune decided not to humor him and said nothing in return. "Oh so we got a tough guy here huh!?" Cardin shouted grabbing Jaune by his fur coat that he was wearing over a regular white shirt.
Right as Cardin started to raise his fist a cough came from behind him and he turned around and said "What do you-?" He stopped cold as he saw Yang standing there wearing black jeans and boots along with a red winter jacket, but most importantly iris's glowing red.
"I hope you don't mind me asking what are you doing to my friend?" She gritted out through her clenched teeth.
"U-u-u-m-" Cardin didn't get a chance to speak as Yang sent him flying with a single punch.
Jaune stared as Cardin slammed into a wall and spider web cracks started to form. "How?" Jaune asked. Yang grinned and handed him a book. "Semblance it's something that people have, it's an innate power unique in ability. Nobody has the same exact power from it.
"What's yours?" Jaune asked. "Generating fire to increase my blows and hit absorbtion." Yang responded. Jaune gave her a confused look causing her to elaborate. "Basically the more blows I get and the more sever the blow the stronger I get." She explained.
"Ah I see Jaune murmured that's kind of scaring considering how strong you already are." He stated flatly. "Anyway how'd you discover this?" Yang stopped and looked away in embarrassment before replying "I cut myself by accident with a knife while making a bagel I got from the cafeteria in my room. Then I broke the knife on accident by trying to pick it up." Jaune blinked and said "Oh."
"And then I saw that the chair I was sitting on was on fire she continued and I was running around the room screaming my head off and more things started to go on fire. And I was thinking 'Good Monty don't let my room burn.' And as soon as I thought that the fire stopped burning things. And Professor Rabbit happened to be around and came in with his teacher keycard which allows him to enter all rooms. And he told me about Semblance and gave me that book on Semblance." She finished.
Jaune blinked and slowly said "That's…an interesting story."
And walked off to get the supplies.
"This is getting crazier and crazier by the day." He muttered as Yang followed suit.
One Day Before Break's End
Jaune smiled tiredly as he looked at his sword Morgenstern, The Morning Star in his right hand. It was a four foot five inch sword in total with the blade being a bit thinner than a broadsword. It was made completely out of a clear dust crystal with no element, which he filled with his aura causing it to be colored the same sunset orange as his aura. (It looks like Kirito from Sword Art Online's Elucidator but instead made out of the same material as his other sword Dark Repulsor just replace the blue with sunset orange. Look them both up and then imagine it.)
On his left wrist was something that looked similar to Yang's Ember Celica only, you guessed it, sunset orange and with the attachment's after the chamber that held the shotgun shells with Burn Dust gone and in place of the shotgun shells were small canisters of various types of raw Dust.
These containers of raw Dust allowed him to change the type of glyphs he created he named this gauntlet Leitstern, the guiding star. He found out that his semblance weirdly enough took the forms of certain people that he met. For example his parents had brought a young woman named Glynda who could use glyphs when he was a child. He used similar glyphs too her own though he had created his own glyphs.
He could also use Yang's semblance and he often trained with her using that one. 'Speaking of Yang I should probably drag her back to Signal.' He thought with a sigh as he struggled to lift his head to look at Yang who was unconscious opposite him. Ever since she'd found out he had a lot of aura Yang had been abusing the ever loving crap out him saying he could take it.
"To be honest he murmured as he got up slowly sheathing Morgenstern and putting Leitstern into it's inactive form and picked up Yang giving her a piggy back her head on his shoulder I think that it's just the fact that she want's to fight all out all the time. Friggin Blood Knight." To his surprise he heard Yang sleepily reply "Damn Right I'm a Blood Knight. And I succeeded in converting you into one too."
Jaune glanced at her face which was drowsily smiling at him he looked away "I'm no Blood Knight. I only go all out because I'd be seriously hurt because of you if I didn't I would be dead…multiple times over." He muttered dryly back in answer.
"Well I'm not that bad." Yang huffed pouting.
Suddenly a feral grin grew on her face 'Uh oh.' Jaune thought.
Yang started to press her face against his own, rubbing against. "You know since we're both tired and I've been working you really hard. Right?"
'I'm almost afraid to answer.' Jaune thought. "Yes?" he answered nervously.
"Maaaaaaaybe Yang started, a sultry smile on her face we could give each other…full body massages." At this Jaune choked on something that wasn't there nearly tripping and falling on his face in surprise. "Whoa, whoa calm down you've got a extra passenger here!"
Jaune simply turned to glare at her before continuing on his way muttering "I'm going to act like I didn't hear that."
As he trudged through the woods of Forever Fall's Yang said something that caused him to stop in his tracks "I know I'm supposed to be training you, but I'm having a lot of fun. I think that you're the second friend I've ever had."
"What are you talking about? I've seen you in the hallways, cafeteria, the library, all over the place talking to, and laughing with a whole load of people. If anything it's the other way around." Jaune said frowning.
"Well it is true that I'm usually surrounded by a lot of people cause I'm so popular she started with a laugh but they're more like, ya'know acquaintances and groupies." Yang said.
"Well acquaintances still count as friends." Jaune responded. Yang nodded and replied "Sort off yeah but there is still a difference." She paused before continuing "A friend would help you no matter what right? They'd give you their max effort to help you out. An acquaintance would tell you that they're sorry and they wish they could help. BUT they're not really sorry just giving you their pity and pity is more for them to feel better about themselves. Basically a friend would put you before themselves if you had a problem, not just tell you they're 'sorry for you' it doesn't help."
She shrugged "Besides I don't want to be friends with someone who just wants to hang out with the 'popular girl'."
Jaune sighed and replied "I don't really get it but…I can't argue with you if that's how you feel. So who's the first?'
"Well it's kind of embarrassing to say but, I guess my sister Ruby." Yang told him.
At this Jaune stopped…for a LONG time. "Um Jaune? Are you okay?" Yang asked. "Oh Monty there's two of you." Jaune said turning to show her his mortified expression.
Yang smacked him over the head and said "That's not funny, it's not. And she's not really like me. Kind'a timid to be honest, she's really scared of dealing with most people other than me."
"Huh…you sure your sisters?" Jaune said raising an eyebrow.
She grinned and responded "Yeah by blood too."
"Hm so I'm guessing your going to tell me all about her huh?" He said rolling his eyes seeing where the conversation was going.
"Yup!" Yang said smiling brightly. "Okay so she's got blackish hair-"
"Blackish?" Jaune asked skeptically.
"Yeah now don't interrupt me, as I was saying she has blackish hair tinged dark red…
Two Years Later
'Man…I can't believe I'm at Beacon. It's all kind of a…surreal experience. Two years ago I wouldn't of even dared dream of coming here because I thought it would only be that…a dream.' Jaune thought with a smile.
Jaune had changed over the years becoming much taller standing at six foot two. He had, for the most part, all but abandoned his white clothing style. He now wore a white shirt and black jeans with a grey hooded jacket with draw strings and a new symbol. The twin crescent moons of Crocea Mors and a star envolped by them all in orange. Morgenstern safely sheathed on his back in a new black sheathe with Leitstern on strapped to his left wrist.
He trailed behind the crowd unlike everyone else who rushed in, taking in the sight's with a large smile on his face.
"Sorry!? Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused!" A girl shouted.
Jaune turned around to see a girl with white hair talking to a girl with…blackish red hair? 'Wait a minute, is that…?' He thought as he began to walk forward.
The blackish red haired girl on the floor tried to pick up a suitcase, seemingly trying to help, but had it snatched away by the white haired girl. "Give me that, this is Dust! Mined and purified by the Schnee quarry!"
"Uh?" The other girl got out as she scratched her head.
"What are you brain dead? Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!" She ranted shaking a vial of Dust that was clearly not sealed properly due to the large red residue slowly showing up in the air as she shook it.
'I wonder if she's brain dead, shaking raw Dust like that is dangerous.' Jaune thought to himself.
"Ah, ah." The blackish red haired girl spluttered breathing in the red miasma of Dust as she slowly stood up.
"Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself!?" The white haired girl continued.
'Yeesh this girls on a roll and wuh oh.' Jaune thought as the blackish red haired girl breathed in before sneezing causing an explosion of a variety of dust and the vial of raw Burn Dust flew and landed near the feet of another girl wearing black and white clothing with black hair reading a book.
The girl picked up the vial and looked in the direction of where it came from eyes narrowing slightly when she saw the white haired girl and starting to walk forward.
"Ohhhhhh, this is exactly the type of thing I was talking about!" She said stomping her foot like a child who didn't get their way and putting her hands on her hips.
The blackish red haired girl pointed her fingers together nervously and said "I'm really, really sorry!"
The white haired girl replied in the same way she always did…condecendingly "Uh, you complete dolt, what are you even doing here? Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon." At this Jaune started to walk faster a slight feeling of anger building up as this situation was starting to resemble his old bullying problem a little too much for his taste.
"Well I, I-" She never got to finish as the white haired girl interrupted her again.
"This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practice you know, we're here to fight monsters so…watch where you're going!"
At this Little Red as Jaune decided to call her for now showed some backbone and scowled replying "Hey I said I was sorry princess."
"It's heiress actually." The black haired girl interrupted. She turned to the white haired girl and continued "Weiss Schnee heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." She finished with a small smile.
"Finally! Some recognition." Weiss said puffing out her, admittedly small, chest proudly. Unfortunately that didn't last long.
"The same company infamous for it's controversial labor forces, and questionable business partners."
"Wha the now identified Weiss spluttered how dare- th- the nerve of." Little Red giggled at the exchange quietly in the background. "Uh!" Weiss growled swiping the vial of raw Dust away from the ribbon wearing girl and walked away quickly the two other watching her leave.
"I promise I'll make it up to you!" Little Red shouted after her with Weiss ignoring her. She sighed and mumbled "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day." She turned looking for the other girl saying "So what's-." She could only stop and stare as the ribbon wearing girl walked away as well.
She sank to her knees fell back, closed her eyes and muttered "Welcome to Beacon."
Jaune decided now was the best time to approach "Hi I'm Jaune Arc." He said putting on his usual kind smile extending a hand towards her. She opened her eyes took his hand and replied "Ruby."
Jaune's smile threatened to rip his face in half as it widened pulling her up he said "Knew it." Ruby blinked in confusion "Knew what?" She asked confused.
"I knew who you were already, I was just checking to make sure I didn't make a mistake." He explained letting go of her hand. "Um…how do you know who I am?" She questioned.
"I'm Jaune Arc your sisters best friend." He replied.
"Wait…my sisters…best friend?" She asked more than stated in confusion.
He nodded and said "Yep we've been best friends since we third year of Signal."
"Wow how do you keep up with her?" Ruby said in amazement. Jaune rolled his eyes in amusement and replied "You just gotta know how to do deal with her and in what ways."
"Ah I see." Ruby said nodding. As they walked for a little while in silence Ruby finally decided to break it saying "Sooooo, I've got this thing." She said pulling out her sniper scythe Cresent Rose.
"Whoa Jaune said in surprise looks like you to both have a thing for going over the accepted limit." Ruby pouted saying "Well I had the materials for it so I made it. So what do you got?" She asked excitedly.
He shrugged and said "I have my sword Morgenstern he said pulling out the sunset orange blade and my variable dust gauntlet for any of my glyph needs as a Dust Mage." He finished. (In this story people who can use raw Dust are known as Dust Mages.)
"Oh you're a Dust Mage huh she said in surprise those are pretty rare and that sword is amazing." She said practically drooling over it "Oh my Monty! Is it made completely out of pure uncut Dust crystals!?" She asked in amazement.
Smiling at her enthusiasm he nodded " I flooded it with my aura so only I can use it and it has it's own little ability thanks to my semblance." Her eyes widened and she asked "Really but Dust has elements in it so shouldn't it? Ya'know explode when that happens."
He shook his head and replied "It's made out of a rare Dust crystal that has no property other than permanently absorbing any type of aura it comes in contact with giving it a special ability. It has to be handled with special gloves with your average Dust interwoven in it to handle without getting drained." He finished explaining.
"Wow." Ruby said amazed "So what's its ability?" She asked. Jaune grinned at her and replied "That would essentially be telling what my semblance is. So no I won't tell."
She pouted cutely at this. Suddenly she froze. "Uh Ruby what's wrong?" Jaune questioned. "I just realized that I have no idea where we're going." She said.
Jaune chuckled and said "Mayhaps those extravagantly large doors should be our destination." He pointed at the doors past a stone statue.
"Ah I think you're right. Come on Jaune let's go we don't want to be late for orientation right?' She shouted as she began to run at an incredible speed turning almost into a blur.
Jaune ran after her his speed steadily increasing enough for him to catch up to her surprising the young riding hood. 'Speed huh, he thought to himself well she is kind off energetic this'll be useful.'
He accelerated past her before she shot forward like a red rocket clearly taking this as some type of challenge. Accelerating to her level once again he glanced slightly back at the stone statue. 'Watch me great-great-great grandpa…watch me carve out my own path.' He thought.
And with that he continued on his way not once more looking back.
A/N: And welcome to the bottom folks hope you liked the chapter here and thank you for reading. Please review as I like constructive criticism and talking to the community and if you feel so inclined follow and favorite. Now I've written two chapters of another fic only but though I like that idea just as much this one this just seems to flow easier as this was almost eight hundred words for this chapter. This was originally eleven hundred but I felt that there was too much for one chapter and it felt like it was forcing it. As such I shall be updating a lot or just in bulk till I reach where the current episodes are in which time I will then abstain for at most two or four weeks before updating this again continually unless something comes up like another fic idea. The plot bunnies are cruel my friends they knock on the door until I let them in and then won't stop hounding for me to let them out. I_I