Hey guys finally decided to get around to this because you I have the tendency to not want to start something because procrastination. Anyways we have another fine chapter right here and I would like to address a something that a commenter made. This person mentioned that I botched the flow of the story and needs more work. Well what I was going for was trying to go through this quickly so I could establish new Jaune as well as get to some better parts of the series like when they were gathering the sap, Crow shows up, massive Grimm fight, and the Vytal festival among others. But I will try to slow it down and keep the pace consistent. Also since this features altered Jaune, some things aren't going to happen and will instead be replaced with custom scenes that I will make when we get to that point so if I happen to skip over an event, assume that it has happened because I probably didn't find it relevant when writing. Anyways on with the Chapter!
Chapter 2 His Majesty's Vassal
Jaune awoke startled and immediately sat up to see himself on a grassy hilltop instead of under a tree. He also noticed that the sun had set a little and he assumed a few hours passed. He quickly got up and surveyed his surroundings when he felt something in his pocket. He pulled it out and saw the Golden King piece. He sighed in relief and put back in his pocket and thought about Vale.
"Oh great now how am I going to make it to the ceremony?" he put his hand over his face and thought for a little bit
When he removed his hand from his face and looked up he was very surprise to see that he was inside the ceremony hall behind everyone else who were about to walk out. He quickly looked around and patted himself down before looking at the person in front of him. it was the red haired female from before. He tapped on her shoulder to which she turned she jumped slightly before turning around.
"Who are you?" she asked recovering from the surprise
"I'm Jaune, I was with all of you when we went into the forest but I have to ask, where are we?" he said looking around at the backstage
"We're at the hall where we'll be put into teams for the rest of school but how did you get here? I don't remember you coming back with us." She said looking at him
"Well… after I got my piece, I kind of sat down somewhere and nodded off in the woods so I got here late." He said formulating the lie as he thought of it
"Okay well, I won't be judgmental but you could have died, but it is good to see you made it back." She beamed a smile before turning around and the line of people walked out and onto the stage where Ozpin was waiting and an audience as well.
They all stood in a line and Ozpin walked in front of the first 4 dudes.
"Cardin Winchester, Russel Thrush, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky Lark. You 4 retrieved the Black Bishop pieces. You will be Team CRDL (Cardinal), led by Cardin Winchester."
The audience clapped for a little bit then settled down as he walked down the line a little more to a group of females.
"Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long. You 4 retrieved the White Knight pieces. From this moment on you will be known as Team RWBY (Ruby), lead by Ruby Rose."
The audience clapped once more as Ozpin stopped in front of the last 4 with a questioning face on him.
"I don't recall you being at the artifact site nor receiving an artifact young man." He said slightly narrowing his eyes
Jaune held his breath slightly as he needed a way to get in since he still needed to do other things in Vale and needed this as his ticket in. He reached into his left pocket and held out a clenched fist towards Ozpin before releasing it into an open palm to show the Golden King piece.
Ozpin's eyes widened significantly.
He stared at it intently as if a thief would to a crystal. He almost reached out for it but he stopped himself and formulated a plan.
"I am proud to announce that this young man, Jaune Arc, is now an honorary Huntsman, and will lead Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren. Henceforth you shall be Team JNPR (Juniper)."
The audience roared in applause and whistles while Jaune exhaled heavily and everyone else just stared awe struck at what just transpired. Ozpin walked away currently having the idea roll around in his head while he left everyone where they were to go to their rooms.
Everyone settled into their respective rooms and just as they did, the first bell rang for class so they went to the room.
When they arrived and sat down, a large old man walked in. he had squinted eyes with white hair and a moustache. His attire was that of a bell boy for a hotel that was rust colored with gold trimmings. When he walked in he walked to the front of the class.
"Hello there class, my name is Peter Port and I will be your instructor for this class. Here we will learn how to fight the Grimm and to become Hunters and Huntresses. Of course a certain man in here is already almost there but he knows who he is. Now the first thing we will be doing in class today is basic fighting against a Grimm, so… Mr. Arc, if you would please come down to the floor." Mr. Port just stood behind his desk after he put down a cage while Jaune came down to the center pacing stage with his sword and shield while the cage opened. Out came a boar with large tusks and went to ram Jaune immediately.
Jaune quickly drew his weapons and jumped over the boar but it kicked him with its hind legs, sending him rolling next to the cage. He got up in time to see the boar rolling at high speed to shred him so he just hunkered down with his shield which needless to say after the hit, needed a buffing wheel or 10. But he shield bashed him off which gave him a few seconds to rest. The boar having grown infuriated, rammed him but switched paths and span with the momentum which sent itself at almost bullet like speeds. Jaune knew the destructive capability of this which he got from the damage on his shield so he knew how this would end and he blacked out just before impact.
When he came to which surprised him initially, he was gripping a tusk in each hand with a black mist emanating from his left foot. He raised one eyebrow and looked around to see everyone shocked with awe and even saw the professor's mouth slightly agape. He looked at the tusk and noticed that he gripped it so tightly that there was an imprint of his hand on it as well as cracks around the general area. He dropped the tusks and picked up his gear before slightly bowing and returning to his seat. Mr. Port snapped from his surprise and came back to the front.
"Uh… yes, well Jaune demonstrated some things to do and not to do but the important thing is, he took it down with minimal casualties. So I want everyone to read up on the information we have procured on Grimm for tomorrow's lesson. That is all." Conveniently the bell rang to signal the transition between classes and everyone slowly left, some casting quick glances at Jaune while he looked at all of them before he went up Mr. Port.
"Excuse me, Mr. Port, but what exactly happened in the fight?"
"Well you should know since you were the one who did it but as the boar came at you, I went to grab my rifle when you caught the boar with your bare hands before applying your foot to its face, reducing it to dirt on your shoe." He said still in disbelief
Jaune was also surprised at that revelation and thought about how he did it. all the while he did not register that the Golden King mark appeared on his hand again and started to pulse slowly.
Teams RWBY, JNPR, and CRDL were in the forest following Glynda through a forest of red leaf trees despite being the middle of summer.
"Okay class, your assignment today is to collect the sap from these trees without being spotted by the Grimm. Your goal is to collect 1 jar per person and a second jar for the team as a whole so you will need 5. Go." She said and stood there as everyone went their separate ways to go collect the sap.
Jaune and his team were in a group of trees which Ruby and the gang also were in collecting the sap. As Jaune was collecting his jars worth, he felt a ringing coming from his right ear but ignored it. eventually it got louder and louder until it became unbearable and looked over to where he thought it was coming from and saw a small cave. While looking at it he heard a whisper in his mind.
Go… take me… to my grave… Jaune… take…
Jaune got a little creeped out by the fact that the whisper said his name definitively but he slowly moved towards the cave with his sword and shield raised and made his way to the entrance.
Upon arriving at the entrance he saw a skeleton with a crown and a few rings on each hand. The room was mostly empty save for a small stone behind the skull and 3 rusty looking weapons.
First, a great sword. It measured at least 6 feet in length with a hexagon pommel and an amethyst sitting in the middle of it. It also had inscriptions running the length of the blade in an unreadable language with various interweaving carved lines going from hilt to tip. It was also covered in rust, moss, and spider webs.
Second, a Nodachi. A type of katana that is much longer and is used for mostly sweeping strikes or to block multiple lesser blades at once. It was sheathed in a black scabbard with a white metal coil wrapping around it and measured around 5'6. it also had dust covering it with cobwebs.
Finally, a bow. It had 3 strings on it with one very thing, another slightly thicker, and the last being the thickest. The frame of it was gold and grey but seemed rusted so it only had a little bit of its color left. There was a set of decorations on it, a set of 3 spikes perfectly aligned that were below and above the arrow resting area and finally two circular devices resting again, above and below the arrow resting area. They seemed attached to razor thin wires and seemed retractable. (Jaune doesn't know most of this except what they look like, I was just describing the weapons)
Jaune slowly circled the room until he tripped over said rock and looked at it. it had a perfectly cut circle that only went about a millimeter deep into it. as he looked at it, the whisper came again.
Awaken me… Jaune… awaken… your king… your semblance… give in….
Jaune could feel himself unconsciously pulling out the Golden King piece and before he knew it, it was already in the little divot. It glowed faintly as watched the 3 weapons become bright blue and white dust and flowed into the chess piece before finally dying down and everything was once again in darkness save for the light coming from the entrance. When Jaune looked back to see the piece, it was gone and he looked around for it before finally moving outside to look. When he did he looked over to see 2 things. One, a large snake Grimm was circling Pyrrha and co. and they didn't notice it as it was about to strike. Two, there was an Ursa about to pounce on Blake and Weiss who were arguing. Without thinking, Jaune's eyes changed to gold and hair to jet black but he was not aware. While he was still conscious he pulled a bow out of thin air that was ghostly blue and had smoke coming from it, like the bow was a phantom and not real. He summoned an arrow from thin air as well that was a large spike with rotating shrapnel around the spike. He knocked back the hardest string without thinking and shot the arrow. It moved at speeds close to lightning and ended up impaling the snake Grimm to a tree by the eye. The bow disappeared but the arrow stayed.
He then turned to the Ursa and grabbed hold of a weapon on his right hip which was usually nothing since his sword was on his right. Out of thin air came the Nodachi with the same color and smoke as the bow. He unsheathed the sword a little bit and then he stopped. The Ursa was about to strike both of them when it stopped as well and they saw it. Weiss and Blake backpedaled quickly but stopped when they noticed it wasn't moving. Then the Ursa simply fell to pieces. The body became limbs. Limbs became slices, slices to cubes, cubes to more cubes, all the way until it was a pile of finely minced meat and organs so fine it was like butter. It was also at the same time the arrow exploded on the snake Grimm, removing its entire head.
The Nodachi disappeared and Jaune's eyes and hair returned but he nearly collapsed again and he was on his knees panting. After a few seconds like this, Ruby eventually came over to him.
"Jaune are you okay?" she asked with concern. She saw him when his hair and eyes changed. He was just like the person back at the artifact site. She also noticed that his eyes changed as well during class with the boar fight. She wanted to ask but needed to check him first.
"Yeah, just got worried when I saw that Pyrrha, Blake, and Weiss were about to die." He tried to stand up but was a little wobbly so Ruby just had Jaune lean on him. She walked him over to his team where they took him and sat him down. Ruby was always a little perceptive of her surroundings and when she caught sight of the two Grimm, she was scared lifeless. But she saw the blue light from the corner of her eye which, much to her surprise, was Jaune. She saw him change back after wielding the bow and sword and she was amazed that Jaune could do something like that. She would ask him about this later but now, he needed rest.
Finally jesus this thing is up. Took my lazy ass forever but now we get more of Jaune and his partner has finally spoken. What will happen next? Who will reveal themselves? Find out in the next episode of Dragon Ball Z Kai. Stay frosty fried chickens
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