I would also like to answer a few questions from a few of you guys.
'Canadiangunner11'
Personally, I would love to do a Destiny and RWBY crossover since I really do enjoy both. It would be a lot of fun for me since I'm rather comfortable with my knowledge of the lore in both universes and the two hold a few similarities if you know where to look. I might do one in the future.
To a whole bunch of you guys (and maybe gals)
I do like the idea of a Halo and RWBY crossover, but I just don't know if I could pull it off. Especially with the context of Jaune being half spartan and half elite. Like, how would that work? I understand you guys would want the Arbiter as the father and name Jaune 'John' in memory of his Buddy, the Master Chief, its just that how would it work from a biological standpoint? Would it be artifial insemination? Or some form of convoluted cloning? For all I know, humans and sangheili could be simply reproductivley incompatable. Like the sexual organs just don't mix. The artificial insemination and/or birth cloning are the only two options I see making that work. Otherwise, Jaune would be really just a human spartan raised as an elite. And think about the parents, thier love life in the bedroom would no doubt be awkward and/or difficult.
Also, I'm not very familiar with Halo Lore, everything I know about Halo I learned from watching Halo Legends, and playing Halo CE through Halo 5. Including ODST. I never did play Reach or any other Halo games out there.
Finally, while I do sort of like Halo and think it's cool and all, I'm just not that big of a fan of it. (I can already hear thousands of people crying out to stone me for that one.) I really don't think I'd be able to deliver anything of value to you guys. All of my stories do have an 'endgame' plot. I really just wouldn't really know what to do with a Halo Crossover since it would call for something that demands me to move past 'DEFEAT SALEM'. All my stories tend to go byond just her and with Halo, I have no real idea what I'd be doing.
To everyone reading this.
Tell you guys what, I'll set up a poll that I'll end this October where you guys vote. If they pull through, I'll write a Halo x RWBY crossover and/or a Destiny Crossover.
On a somewhat less serious and happier subject...
In answer to 'Eye of Sauron'.
There was a funeral, but not many people showed up because the party kept quiet about the whole ordeal. Why? To honor Jaune's memory. He hated large and serious ceremonies. If it wasn't a party to celebrate something, Jaune was very likely to hate it. As a result, only Jaune's NPC friends, wife, and the rest of Jaune's party attended since they were the only ones who knew about Jaune's 'death'.
The total number of girls Jaune slept with was five. First, was the elvish queen, Saransataal, who Jaune called Sara. Second was his silver dragon-wife, Rahasia. Third and fourth was a pair of nymph twins called Rio and Dio. And, finally, the Elvish Goddess of Love and Beauty, Halanil. Despite the female party members' best efforts after the infamous pantsing scene, Jaune never did sleep with any of his party members in a sexual way. He ended up listening to Careb's advice and waited until he was a bit older. He was 15 when he had his first time with the elvish queen Sara. After losing his virginity to a very hot elvish queen, Jaune decided that, yes, sex is nice, but its not one of his priorties. It was just something nice to have every once in a while. Like a cup of tea. However, ALL of Jaune's 'partners' felt differently about it. During Jaune's stay in Saransataal's palace, sex was a regular thing for the two of them. Like, an everyday occurence for them. Eventually, Jaune and company had to leave. But not without some new gifts. (Jaune's Armor.) Jaune figured that Sara would eventually get over him and find herself an actual King/consort. Nope, she had fallen for Jaune and remained loyal. This remained true whenever Jaune and Co. visited her kingdom as they were seen as heroes and were always welcome.
Later on in their adventures through some forested mountains, the party decided to seek shelter from a storm inside of a cave. Rahasia the Silver Dragon's cave. She apparently thought the party were invaders coming to claim her territory, treasure, and her hide. During their fierce battle, Bahemian decided to attempt to do what bards do best. Seduce the enemy/foe. He got half-frozen in a chunk of ice for his troubles. (Silver Dragons use frost-based breath attacks.) Jaune, knowing that Silver Dragons are Good by nature, attempted to calm her down and explain what was going on. The thing is, Jaune was just learning how to speak dragon. So, as a result of Jaune's broken use of the Draconic tongue, the message was skewed and Rahasia thought Jaune was offering himself to be her mate/husband in exchange for letting his friends live. (The highest level among us was level 16 (Careb, our paladin.) and Jaune was level 9 at the time. And she was STILL beating our asses.) Rahasia accepted, and that's how Jaune got himself a wife, and the entire party got a sweet new headquarters, treasury, and treasurer. Later, when they found out that Rahasia had a 'human' form and could speak the common tongue, they sorted the whole thing out.
But Jaune and Rahasia decided they liked the new arrangements and decided to remain happily married. Sex was even more regular here than when Jaune was Queen Saransataal's lover. And on the subject of Queen Sara, whenever Jaune and Co found themselves at her doorstep, they were welcomed with open arms. And legs, in Jaune's case. Yeah that's right, he still had some 'alone time' with the queen. Rahasia turned out to actually be cool with it and even encouraged Jaune to find more 'mates'. Jaune, typically, avoided adding to his 'collection'. Why? Two horny girls were enough. He didn't want to have to maintain more. (That poor boy has/had know idea.)
Sometime later, while in a magic forest, Jaune and company were returning to The Cave, meaning Rahasia and Jaune's home, after disrupting more of Kas's plans. During their trip back, the party was ambushed. Jaune got seperated from the group and was poisoned. This poison overpowered Jaune's natural healing factor and was slowly killing him. Eventually, after fighting off some more of his pursuers, Jaune collapsed. Only to wake up in some rennovated crystal cave that looked a little like the inside of a small home. He found two girls taking care of him. Twin nymphs called Rio and Dio, attempting to nurse him back to health. The thing with nymphs is that they can detect alignments easily. And if you're a human that is of good alignment, with a charisma of 18, and this nymph sees you first, she's going to be favorably inclined towards you. Sla'hra apparently count as humans due to their appearance and life-spans. And Jaune is Neutral (leaning towards Chaotic) Good, with a charisma of 18. You can guess where this went. A 48 hour long threesome. Two nymphs (who, unsurprisingly considering Jaune's attributes and luck, became sex-fiends/addicts after round one) and an injured healthy young man. Jaune eventually healed after the two days of continuous sex that only ever stopped for sleep, food, drink, bathroom breaks, and bandage changing.
Jaune left, but the pair followed (in secret) as he had become their husband in their eyes. A nymph's concept of marriage is that if sex is had, its official. They are now bound forever unless the man turns evil, or someone dies. Jaune rejoined with his party, and they eventually wound up in an elvish settlement. There, Jaune and co drank. A lot. So much so that Jaune blacked out and woke up to find himself sharing a bed with the elvish goddess of love, Halanil. Naked. Jaune didn't remember a thing, but according to Halanil, Jaune was drunkenly making oaths and prayers in elvish. To her. Which caught her attention and she left Paradise to visit the mortal realm to check it out. It's not every day a non-elf prays to an elvish diety.
Eventually, she started drinking too and while not as drunk as Jaune, she got herself pretty buzzed. She decided to see if Jaune was as good as he looked. He wasn't. He was better! In fact, he was so satisfying to Halanil, that she called him her new lover. Halanil also decided that whenever he died and went to Paradise, she'd take him as her husband/consort. And she rewarded him for his 'service' by granting him the ability to learn (and use) ALL FORMS OF MAGIC. Meaning, Jaune can start casting higher than 7th level Mage AND Cleric/Druid spells. Jaune simply needs to be of appropriate level. He was somewhere around level 12 or 13 at the time. So he still had a few out of reach spells. Now that he's level 18, he can cast any spell he wants. Classical, or Oriental.
And that's it on Jaune's sex/love life. Now... to the main event...
(Say it with me now...)
TO.
THE.
STORY!
[Start]
Life.
What an interesting thing. On the whole, it is a wonderful thing. One of the best things that can happen to you. It gives you all these wonderful moments that you want to share with everyone you know and love.
This was not one of those moments.
The sun was setting over a horizon in Ishmaer. The winds were howling, and instead of that pretty red and gold sunset someone would normally see, the sky was black and green. The ruins of a once great stonghold lay smoldering as fires raged about. The earth was cracked and jagged under the intense magical pressure being applied. Within a particularly large crevice, a green light emitted from its depths. The silhuoette of a man armed with a shortsword stood before the ghoulish light, his back towards the source. He lifted his head back.
"AGAHAGHAGGAHHHAHHHAHAHAAAAAAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"
Laughter. The laughter of a madman. That's what it sounded like to the nine adventurers looking on at him. A male orc, a male half-elf, two female elves, a female halfling, a catgirl, a male dwarf, an adult human male, and a young adult Sla'hra. This was it. The undead madman, Kas, had won. Careb, the human male, and leader of the party, looked to his friends. Kavoshgesh the orc was busy lending his support to his best friend, Bahemien, the half-elf. Ahri, the elvish druid was busy tending to her cousin, Saphira's wounds. A nasty gash in her side. The handiwork of Kas's blade.
Kangrish had fully immeresed himself in a prayer to his Gods, likely asking them for forgiveness for his sins. Or maybe he was asking them to do them all a favour? Maybe both? "Madelyn?!" Careb called out towards the party's mage. "I'm all out of spellpower!" Was her reply. Careb looked to see the female halfling leaning upon her staff, a pained look in her eyes. "Bayla!?" No answer. Careb looked to see the feline hengeyokai kneeling over and panting hard. Magical exhaustion. Careb looked to Jaune, the party's youngest member. The seventeen year old sla'hra stood in between the rest of the party and the undead demigod. It was no use, Jaune could do all he can to put on a show, but Careb knew it. The party knew it. Jaune knew it. And Kas knew it. Jaune had used up both of his Breaks today.
About a week ago, Kas had managed to capture everyone but Careb and Jaune. The two learned where Kas was keeping their friends at his stronghold. The two stormed the place at sun up. Jaune used his first Break during the fighting at the initial attack upon Malagrim's Keep. The second break was used during the battle with Kas that destroyed the keep that now lay in ruins around them. Now, Jaune was powerless. Just like the rest of them. Careb watched his friend's body tremble as he held up the legendary Crocea Mors. Jaune's body began to shake even more. Physical fatigue and Magical Exhaustion were both setting in for the boy.
Despite the situation everyone was in, Careb smiled. Despite all the shit Jaune put himself through, he was still effectively the last man standing in their little band. "He just doesn't know when to quit... Stubborn crazy little bastard..." That was what Careb admired the most about Jaune. Not his ability to completely screw up every plan his enemies had, not his ability to pull off the impossible, but his stubborness. His stubborness to just not fucking give up even when it painfully obvious that the universe decided to fuck with him at the moment of his birth.
Kas, their enemy, laughed again and turned his back on the party to gaze upon his creation. This orb, once Kas activated it, would destroy the world. Leaving it a wasteland where only the cruelest and strongest could possibly hope to survive. Kas called it the Eye of Atom, or something. Some kind of unholy combination between science and magic. Kas was about to activate the abomination.
[Jaune's POV]
This was it, after all the effort Jaune and Careb had put into rescuing their friends, it all turned out to be a trap. Here they all were. The whole party was here. To die. Simply because of Kas's desire to take over the world had become overshadowed with his obsession to defeat Jaune. If only there was some opening where Jaune could get within striking distance with his sword. After what felt like an eternity of Kas's laughter, an opening did present itself. As soon as Kas turned his back on him, a single instinct was sent screaming through his head.
Run.
And he did. Right at Kas. Without even thinking, Jaune silently charged at his arch-nemisis and ran Kas through with his bastard sword. And with the momentum that Jaune had built during his mad dash, the two enemies toppled over and into the glowing green orb of evilness. Kas screamed in rage as his plans were ruined once again by Jaune Motherfucking Arc. He may die in the process of this act, but so too would Kas. And the world would survive. Jaune the Bane of Cthulu. Jaune the Outcast. Jaune the Unseen. Jaune the Hated. Jaune the Loved. Jaune the Failure. Jaune the Champion. Jaune Arc won. Again. "DDDDAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNN IT! DAMN YOU TO HELL!"
The tip of Crocea Mors pierced the surface of the Orb, then Kas entered. Then Jaune. All he saw was green light. Eventually, the green turned to gold. And from gold to white. And through it all, Jaune recounted the faces and names of his 'family'. Not a family by blood. But a family by bond. First, was his father figure and mentor. "Siesee". The face of an old elf with long graying hair and pointed ears came to mind. He was laughing at Jaune when he was nine. The boy had found himself caught in one of the old Breaker's traps. That was when the two had first met. Siesee was killed fighting an undead anti-paladin. The same one who had sacked the village that cast Jaune out as a child years ago. He was probably fishing at some pond in Paradise.
"Kathec." A female kobold who happened to be an outcast like Jaune himself. She had jumped up and latched onto Jaune's stomache. Hugging him in thanks for the meal he had shared with her when Jaune found her hiding from a thunderstorm under a bridge. Jaune had started a fire for the two of them and shared some of his food with her. She was murdered by her old clan when they found her being friends with Jaune and Co. After her death, Mack came to Jaune in a dream telling him that He had vouched for her place in paradise. She's probably cooking up a feast for Jaune now in the Halls of Valhalla.
"Sullie, Millie, and Jon." Jaune's Grizzly Bear, White Bengal Tigress, and killer white rabbit respectively. Jaune had saved them from poachers when he was 15. They followed him ever since until he set them to work at being Rahasia's companions whenever he was away from home.
"Rahasia." Jaune's wife, a silver dragon in her dragon-form. A beautiful woman in her 'human' form. In his mind, she was in her great dragon form, gazing down at Jaune as he attempted to parley with her in their first encounter. Her crystal blue eyes gleaming in amusement as she tried to stifle her laughter at Jaune's broken Draconic. She's probably just finished her dinner. 'I am so sorry. I won't be coming home after all...'
"Sara." Queen Saransataal. Queen of the elves of Lazientha. She was giving Jaune the armor he wore now. The two had met when Jaune and his allies found a caravan with the queen inside under attack from a band of orcs lead by a minotaur. Jaune challenged the bull-man to single combat. Hand-to-hand, and won when he ripped off one of the horns out of its socket and bludgeoned the minotaur to death with it.
"Careb, Kavo, Bayla, Baha, Maddie, Kang, Saphira, and Ahri." Jaune's party. Each one of them accepted Jaune into their fold. Careb was like the big brother of the group and brother that Jaune never had. Kang was the cool uncle. Kavo and Bahemien were the two cousins that loved to prank everyone. Occasionally they would reele Jaune in on some of their escapades. Bayla, Maddie, Saphira and Ahri were all like the sisters who actually cared about Jaune. Except they wanted to become lovers with him rather than sisters. They were all at a tavern, celebrating the new recruit. Many other characters and people who played a part in Jaune's life flashed through his mind's eye. "So long guys... I'm gonna miss you all..." And with that, Jaune closed his eyes as everything went white.
Aaaannnndddd Chapter!
Just Kidding...
TIME SKIPPIES!
He heard it before he saw it. Felt it too. Jaune felt cold strong winds rushing past his body. Opening his eyes, Jaune could only catch glimpses of red trees and stone rushing by. Looking down, Jaune found himself on top of a strange metal thing. He would have guessed a steam train, or a magic train, but he saw no steam at the head, and saw no magic light being emitted from below the belly of this thing. New dwarvish technology perhaps? Maybe. Either way, it would have to wait.
Getting up, Jaune found himself to be quite sore and still in pretty rough shape. He'd have to be careful. Who knows what he'll run into. Jaune climbed down onto an open car and made for a door. Inside he found a room full of passengers with a gaurd in black and white. He was wearing some kind of mask and was ripping a child from his mother's hands. The kid had to be no more than a year old. Now that Jaune noticed, the clothing styles of these people were rather strange, as well as the gaurd's weapon. Pulling up the hood of his cloak, Jaune silently crept up to the gaurd and listened.
The mother reached out for her child. "Please! He's just a baby!" The man with, what Jaune assumed to be, a pistol backhanded the woman away and pointed the barrel of the weapon at the now screaming child's head. "Shut yer trap, whore! After I snuff this sorry excuse for a life, its your turn!" Jaune had enough. He could feel the evil hate rolling off this man and decided to put an end to this. Drawing Dynamo, Jaune crept up behind the masked man, unseen and grabbed hold of him. Holding the blade of his dagger to the throat of his soon to be victim, Jaune spoke in a cold tone.
"Give. Him. Back."
The man in Jaune's grasp stiffened at the touch of a cold blade against his throat. Slowly, he handed the child back back to the sobbing mother's outstretched arms. As soon as the baby was in her hands, Jaune slit the fool's throat and spun around to throw his dagger behind him in a single fluid motion. Dynamo hit its mark. A larger man with the same mask as the first. The magic blade split the mask cleanly in two and buried itself in the face of the thug behing it. The blade then returned itself to its sheathe on Jaune's hip. The woman stared in awe and horror, clutching her child closer to her bosom. She wanted to scream, but found her voice caught in her throat.
Jaune turned back to the woman so that she may see his face. Raising a finger to his lips, Jaune smiled reassuringly. "Shhh... I'm not going to hurt you. Do these guys have any more friends hanging around on board?" The terrified mother shook her head. "I-I don't know..." Another passenger spoke up. "P-p-probably... One moment eveything was normal, then, the train shook and these guys came in and started shouting and shooting." Jaune nodded. "Thank you, sir. Everyone, stay here until help arrives. Lock the cabin doors. Don't let anyone inside, and remain calm." Jaune turned to exit, but was stopped when he felt a tug on his cloak. "T-thank you sir... If it wasn't for you... We all would be... We'd all be..." It was an elderly woman. "Shhh... Shhhh... Don't think about that right now. Your safe now... I need to find whoever's behind this and stop them."
Pulling his hood up, Jaune exited the train car and began making his way towards the front of the train. Silently slitting the throats of any of these strange masked marauders that happened to get in his way. Eventually, Jaune did reach the front of the train. Only to find the conductor tied up and gagged. The man's captors failed to notice their new guest as they began to converse.
Thug 1: "What's so important 'bout this train anyways?"
Thug 2: "The Hell should I know? Adam says we're to take this train, so we're gonna take it! After he and his pet finish doing whatever they're doing in the back, we leave and let this sucker crash into the station."
Thug 1: "Well, if all these pricks are gonna die anyways, why don't we get it over with now?"
Thug 2: "Because, idiot, if we kill them all now, it'll be obvious that we're the ones behind it! Boss wants it to look like an accident."
Thug 1: "But if Adam wants it to look like an accident, then what about the parts of the train that survives? And the surviving passengers? The feds are bound to find out some of the Dust is missing. And any survivors will tell them the White Fang did it..."
Jaune decided he was done listening in on their conversation and made his move, whoever these 'White Fang' guys were, they weren't interested in playing nice if they were willing to murder innocent people.
Using his skill in stealth, Jaune snuck up to Thug 1, grabbed his firearm, and pulled the trigger on Thug 2. Bullets sprayed across the man's torso and blood sprayed everywhere. Coating the White Fang grunt Jaune held as he snapped his neck. Turning his attention towards the tied conductor, Jaune removed the gag. "Sir, after I cut you loose, do you think you can handle the train yourself?" He asked. The man nodded vigorously as Jaune cut the bindings. "Good, get this train to wherever it's meant to safely. I'm going to take care of this 'Adam'..."
TIME SKIPPIES BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHIBI JAUNE HOPPING ALONG ON TOP OF TRAIN CARTS
As Jaune was making his way towards the back of the train, he heard a rumbling. Then, he jumped back just in time to avoid what appeared to be a multi-legged golem of some sort crash the roof of the car. A single glowing eye was at the top of its head as a large arm aimed itself at Jaune. Then, it fired a projectile right at Jaune. Dodging the attack Jaune saw it hit one of the rock formations they were passing by. It exploded in fire and rubble. Turning his attention back to the unfriendly metal thing Jaune shouted at it. "Dammit I'm on your side!"
Unfortunatly, either this thing couldn't understand Jaune, or it didn't hear him due to the roaring winds. The machine fired again at Jaune, this time, at his feet. Forcing the blonde young man to fall through the roof of the car. Picking himself up, Jaune pulled out Fluffy Bunny and pointed the base of the rod at the head of the golem and pressed a button. A spike was fired into the head attached to a chain. Using his giant-level strength, Jaune pulled. Hard. And off came the machine's head as well as a few of its metallic insides. The golem waved its arms wildly for a moment before dropping them, and then falling off the train to the side.
As it fell, Jaune was quick enough to send the spiked chain of Fluffy Bunny into one of the machine's moving arms and launched himself into the air. While in midair, Jaune sent the chain into another car, closer to his goal. Jaune was landed upon that train car in a crouched position as he saw that the next few carts had no roofs. From beneath his perch, Jaune witnessed a tall dark man with a red sword and a young woman in black and white armed with a black sword burst from Jaune's cart and onto one of the open cars. Followed by another one of those golems. "My, my... They're everywhere aren't they?" He asked himself.
Jaune decided to watch the fight from his spot too see if he could see any weaknesses in their form or teamwork. As the pair dispatched the golem as well as several others, Jaune felt he had gathered enough information on them. The man, who Jaune guessed was Adam, was a very skilled swordsman. The girl, who appeared to be Jaune's age, was as well. They made quite a pair, and in Jaune's current condition, as he was only a little over half his full physical health (160 HP out of 220, the numbers don't really matter anymore), this would normally have been a problem. However, it was obvious to Jaune that the girl was not at her best right now. Something was hurting their team dynamic and the red haired man was not seeing it. It appeared that this girl was preparing to leave this 'White Fang' unbeknownst to her companion.
Meaning one less person Jaune has to kill. As well as meaning that Jaune would not have to worry about her fighting him seriously with the intent of causing any real harm. Then again, she didn't fight like a killer. Adam, however, did. He was the one Jaune would have to really look out for. His movements were crisp, clean, cold, and calculated. A little too calculated. Jaune found himself predicting nearly every move his target made. Though, there were a few surprises. Like the built in gun in his sword's scabbard. And that energy slash thing. Looked more like a counter to a magical attack to Jaune, but you can't be too careful in his experience.
The raven haired girl, Blake, Jaune heard Adam call her, had a few tricks over her own. She was far more acrobatic in her style than her grounded partner. Joined with that rope thing her rapid-fire gunsword had, she could effectively move anywhere and everywhere as well as entangle her opponents. Blake also appeared to be versed in illusionary magics with that constant cloning she had. In fact, she vaguely reminded Jaune of the ninjas and wu jen Jaune and his party encountered during their travels in the Oriental Lands of Ishmaer. Adam reminded Jaune of a samurai, minus the gun. Samurai hated guns from what Jaune remembered. Jaune could understand that, for entirely seperate reasons, but he wasn't a fan of guns either. Too noisy.
All in all, seperately, the two stood no chance against Jaune. The fights would be tedious at most, but in the end, even in his weakened state, Jaune would win. Together however, they could probably match him blow for blow if the girl had her heart in it. Maybe even beat him as he is now. Considering Blake's mental state, however, the chances of that were slim. It was safe to say Jaune felt pretty good about his chances for surviving this.
The pair had finished off the last machine when Jaune decided to introduce himself. He was itching for a fair fight. Keeping his hood up, Jaune launched yet another spike behind the two and pulled himself over to their position. "Nice show there, mind if I ask for this next dance?" He asked with a bow. The pair turned to face the newcomer. Adam wasted no time with a drawing slash of his sword. Only for his attack to be stone-walled by a block via Fluffy Bunny in its Mace-mode.
Blake opened fire upon Jaune only to find that the clip in her gunsword was empty. "Rookie mistaaake..." Jaune chided in a sing-song tone as he spun on his heel to jab the base of Fluffy Bunny's shaft at her stomache. Forcing the raven haired girl to stumble back as Adam renewed his assault on Jaune. Hacking and slashing at the hooded blonde. To his credit, while Adam's movements were easily predicted, they were quite fast and did pack a punch. Good thing Jaune gave as good as he got. From the corner of his eye, Jaune saw Blake slingshot her weapon in between the two and wrapped the rope of her weapon around Jaune's torso, forcing him down onto his back and dropping his weapon. "Clever girl..." He muttered as he rolled out of the way of Adam's downwards stabs and cuts.
Wriggling and freeing himself of what he now noted was not rope but a long ribbon, Jaune flipped himself back onto his feet and dove for Fluffy Bunny, retrieved it, and returned the weapon to its place within Jaune's Bag of Holding. Standing up straight now, Jaune reached over his shoulder and drew one of the two swords on his back. The short one. "Okay, I suppose I can take you two kind of seriously now." Jaune said as he felt Steelstorm's magic empower him and sharpen his reflexes. Adam sheathed his blade and pointed the scabbard to his crimson sword at Jaune.
He fired the gun hidden in the sheathe at the Breaker with deadly accuracy. Too accurately, unfortunately, as his movements telegraphed exactly what he was going to do. Jaune saw him do this before on one of those machines earlier. Adam would fire the weapon, and follow up with a drawing slash. Jaune dodged the gunshot and blocked the slash. He couldn't see Adam's face due to the mask. All he got was Adam's mouth hanging open in surprise. Jaune decided to punch Adam's jawline with a left hook. A satisfying snap was heard from the resulting blow as Adam reeled back in surprise, shock, and pain.
Seeing his opponent still standing, Jaune mentally applauded his Adam. "You're pretty sturdy, I'll give you that. Most blokes I hit like that wind up unconcious, with a snapped neck, or a broken jaw. You however, simply have a dislocated one..." Jaune complimented. Adam put a hand to his still open jaw and felt it. Yep, this kid wasn't joking. Adam's jaw was dislocated and by the feel of things, half his Aura was gone. This kid's dangerous. Very dangerous.
First, this unknown, hooded kid comes in, picks a fight with Adam AND his partner at the same time and is holding his own. Then, he manages to slip through Blake's ribbon grab, something even Adam himself struggles with in their spars, and after breaking free from her while simultaneously dodging his own attacks, this new guy dodges his fire-then-slash attack. WHO IS HE? WHAT IS HE? AND WHY THE FUCK IS BLAKE DROOLING AT THE SIGHT OF THIS GUY?! Seriously, she's just standing there now, on another cart, just watching the two males duel. If you could call it that. Earlier, Adam and Blake had this hooded hero wannabe on the defensive. Now, ever since he drew that shortsword with no mechashifting properties, Adam could barely block this guy's attacks. He was a blur of motion, sometimes even appearing to phase in and out of reality. All while it was painfully obvious that this hooded boy had already been through a rough time. It was here, Adam realized, on a good day, this bastard could kill him and Blake in a heartbeat. They simply lucked out.
Adam blocked most of these attacks that his assailant threw at him. Each one felt like Adam was actually blocking an oncoming tank instead of a simple sword blow. Some of the attacks did manage to get through Adam's defense. A cut here, a nick there... Each one was healed by his Aura. Meaning, if this kept up, Adam would be open and vulnerable soon. And, eventually, dead. "BLAKE! HELP ME!" He called out, snapping the cat faunus out of her trance. This moment of distraction was all that Jaune needed to bring an upwards cut to right horn, severing it. Jaune planned to follow up with a downwards cut to take out the other one. Intead, Adam tried to sloppily dodge as Jaune's attack caught him by surprise and threw him off balance. As a result, Jaune never did sever the left horn, he cut Adam's mask through the left eye. Jaune decided to 'cut' Adam's losses with a kick to the gut.
Leaping back to the edge of the cart Adam and Jaune was on, the hooded blonde turned and made a low sweep with his shortsword at the connection between the two carts. Severing the connection and causing Blake's cart to fall back and away. Adam, who was too busy clutching his now blinded left eye, did not see Jaune lift a thumbs up at Blake who was now watching as the cars ahead of her speed away as hers slowed to a stop and out of range.
Turning his attention back to Adam, Jaune twirled his family heirloom in his hand as he stooped down to pick up Adam's severed horn. "So it's real..." He noted, was Adam part minotaur? No, Jaune thought back to the girl he helped escape just moments before. 'She had cat ears. And a few of those other Fangers had animal ears and tails too. Some of the civilains as well... I must be in either a new world with a new race and new magic, or I'm in a new undiscovered continent... And if I survived that magic explosion, then so must have...'
"KAS!" Jaune realized with a shout! Looking at this Adam fellow, Jaune decided he'd let the authorities handle him. If Adam got away, then Jaune would kill him later. He needed to find out more about where he was and if Kas had survived. 'The girl! She might be helpful...' Turning back to where the girl and the rest of train was that had been left behind, Jaune made his decision.
He jumped.
AAANNND THAT'S A WRAP FOR NOW!
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