Jaune Arc: Weapon Whisperer
Chapter Two: Hell By Night, Classes By Day
Jaune found himself in a massive auditorium where people were clapping for him. He could see his parents who looked so happy for him. Ozpin walked over to Jaune and stood in front of Jaune.
"You receive this medal today due to your valor in the field and saving Beacon as well as all of Vale from being attacked by the Grimm. For this you receive the Medal of Courage which has only been given out once before," Ozpin then pinned the medal onto his chest, "please do us all proud with your actions." Ozpin then bowed before Jaune and walked off the stage leaving Jaune standing before the crowd.
Out of the corner of his eye, Jaune noticed three figures walk up onto the stage. This first was Pyrrha who was followed by Ruby who was also followed by Weiss. "Jaune, you have done so much for Vale. We are so happy for you." Pyrrha began.
Ruby walked up to Jaune and put her arms around his neck. "Because of all you have done we wanted to show you our appreciation." Ruby then dragged Jaune's face to hers and gave him a kiss with what Jaune could feel was a large amount of tongue. This was certainly turning out to be the best day ever. After a minute of Ruby kissing him she let go and Weiss walked up to him.
"Yes Jaune, we really want to show you our appreciation." Weiss removed her jacket and let it slide to the floor. Ruby and Pyrrha followed suit and in a very tantalizingly slow fashion, the three girls removed their clothes which left them in their underwear.
"Oh my God, what did I do to earn this?" Jaune asked as he let the three girls pleasure him in ways he could only dream of. Ruby stood up from the floor clad in only her black bra and panties and looked Jaune in the eye.
"Jaune, you need to get up." She said serenely. This confused Jaune, what did she mean that he needed to get up? He was standing in an auditorium. Ruby leaned in closer to Jaune which allowed him to feel her breath on his face.
"Laddie, you need to get up." Ruby said once again.
"Ruby-" Jaune was interrupted as Ruby slapped in the face.
"Laddie! Wake the fuck up!" Ruby said with Crocea Mors's voice. Wait! This is a dream, No!
Jaune rolled out of his bed and onto the floor. His left arm was full of pain as it hit the floor. Jaune rubbed his eyes with his right hand and looked at the window to see that it was still dark. Why was he being awakened at this God forsaken hour? Jaune lifted himself off the ground and sat on his bed.
"Wakey wakey, laddie. It's time to begin the 'Crocea Mors Training Seminar'!" Crocea said with excitement in his voice. Jaune groaned before leaning back on his bed.
"Why?" Jaune asked. Crocea began to laugh. Jaune was now wondering why he didn't just put Crocea with the other weapons into the rocket locker.
"You need it, lad. I mean, you barely managed to survive the encounter with Tweety and well, you are gonna need a lot of work if you want to do well in this place." Crocea explained before taking a deep breath. "Now get your ass of that onesie and put some clothes on. Oh and forego the armor. You won't need it." Jaune pushed himself out of his bed and looked at his other teammates who were still sleeping peacefully in bed.
He looked at Pyrrha and blushed as he remembered the dream. Jaune decided to look away from his sleeping partner to ignore the thoughts roaming about through his head.
He then walked to his unpacked suitcase and pulled out a shirt and pants which he put on after he took off his onesie. He put his shoes on and walked over to where Crocea was being leaned against the corner of the room. He strapped his partner to his hip and finally walked out the door while being sure to close the door quietly behind him.
Jaune stood in the dark hallway and yawned. This truly was going to be a terrible morning for him. "Alright laddie, start running out to the courtyard." Crocea ordered. Jaune shrugged and began walking out of the dorms. "I said run, not walk." Jaune groaned in annoyance and began to jog. "I don't need to repeat myself do I, laddie?" Jaune complied and began a full on sprint.
Jaune felt the wind tug at his hair as he ran. He could feel his lungs begin to burn as they tried to intake more air while his heart beat faster. His leg muscles were starting to hurt but he ignored it and kept running. He wondered what Crocea's purpose of this was for but he kept that thought buried.
He made it out of the dorms eventually and made it to the courtyard of Beacon where he saw a statue of a man with his sword held aloft while a young girl stood behind him. Both stood atop a small cliff of rock while a Beowolf stood hunched beneath it.
"We're here lad. Now pull me out." Crocea ordered. Jaune complied and pulled Crocea from his sheath and held him up. "See that statue over there?" Jaune nodded while wondering how the statue related. "Look at the sword the man his holding." Jaune followed what Crocea asked and now that he realized it, the sword on the statue looked exactly like Cocea.
"Why does that sword look like you?" Jaune asked.
"Heh, it was a long time ago when your grandfather first fought during the war. I was with your grandfather when he decided to stand before a hoard of Grimm intent on killing both armies that were fighting here. Your grandfather was the first to notice this during all the fighting and he decided to charge against the Grimm as the armies fought on. Your grandfather took many injuries while defending everyone but he managed to push them back. By the time he collapsed, both armies realized what he did and he was treated as a hero for what he…sacrificed." Crocea finished sadly.
"What did he sacrifice?" Jaune asked.
"See the young lass standing next to him?" Jaune nodded, "That was his student who he took a shine to during the war. She died during the Grimm attack. I liked her...she was always happy even during the bleakest of days."
"What was her name?" Jaune asked.
"Joan." Crocea paused for a bit as he thought about the young woman with so many dreams cut short. Jaune just thought about all the hardships his grandfather must have went through during this. "Anyway laddie, it's something of the past that while never being forgotten, is not something to dwell on." This knocked Jaune out of his depressing thoughts. "Now let's keep running laddie! I want to see us make it all the way around Beacon before the sun comes up!" Jaune grinned.
"That'll be easy." Jaune said cockily.
"You're gonna do three laps." Crocea said with barely hidden mirth. Jaune's smirk dropped when he heard this.
"I hate you right now."
"Ya know ya love me, laddie. Now get your ass runnin'!" Jaune sighed before running out of the courtyard and going in a clockwise direction. Unbeknownst to Jaune, Ozpin watched with a smirk from his tower as Acier's grandkid trained. Ozpin took a sip from his mug as he scratched his messy gray hair. Ozpin walked over to his desk and set his mug down onto his desk.
"Acier my friend, I wonder what your descendent will do to surprise me?" Ozpin remarked in thought. Ozpin scratched his bare chest and realized something, where the hell did his shirt go?
Jaune managed to drag himself through the last lap just as the sun started to peak over the horizon much to the horror of Jaune. Now he would never be able to get some well deserved rest. He stopped at the statue and tried to suck air in his lungs while sweat rolled down his face. If only he didn't have to deal with, "Alright laddie, that was quite a good run! Now you need to get back to your dorm quickly because you have classes today!" Jaune groaned as he realized this. He had to go to class after all of this? Today was going to suck.
Jaune half ran, half dragged himself through the threshold of his dorm room, took off Crocea from his waist, and collapsed on his bed. "Come on boy! You need to get in a shower and clean yourself off."
"Give me…couple…minutes." Jaune said slowly as his eyes closed themselves to the sweet embrace of sleep. A minute later and the alarm in his team's room began ringing. Jaune popped open his bloodshot eyes and pitifully moaned as his teammates got out of their beds.
"Why?" Jaune asked in a futile manner.
"Jaune, it's time to get up." Pyrrha told him.
"No, let me sleep…"
"You have to get up, we have classes." Pyrrha replied before shaking him. Jaune finally complied and got out of his bed. He then went to the team bathroom while ignoring Ren who was being bothered by Nora.
Jaune shut the door behind him and took off all his clothes. Jaune then turned the shower on and jumped in.
Outside the bathroom, Ren, Nora, and Pyrrha were waiting for Jaune to hurry up in the bathroom so that they could go in. "So did any of you notice how off Jaune is today?" Pyrrha asked as she sat on her bed.
"Yeah, he seemed tired." Ren replied. Next to him, Nora just babbled about what they would do today. Ren had learned to deal with Nora's incessant chatter over the years and by now; it was what kept him awake in the mornings. His own personal alarm clock.
All three teammates jumped when they heard Jaune scream girlishly inside the bathroom. "Guess Jaune forgot about the hot water. Sucks to be him." Nora said with some humor in her voice.
"Wow the lad is a real airhead in the morning. Guess he just needs to get used to the training. Oh well, could be worse." Crocea said to himself. A few minutes later and a soaking Jaune in only a towel to cover his modesty emerges.
"That…was…horrible." Jaune said while walking over to his suitcase where his school uniform lay. The others shrugged and Pyrrha walked into the bathroom next. Jaune on the other hand turned away from the others and let his towel drop. He then quickly put his clothes on.
"Nice ass!" Nora said with mirth much to Jaune's embarrassment. Crocea laughed which added to the further blush on Jaune's face.
"Well at least the lasses are checking ya out. Ya should get naked more often if that is the reaction you get from one lass." Jaune finished putting his clothes on while ignoring Crocea's statement. "Hey, I'm just trying to help."
"Maybe I should put you in the rocket launcher after school today." Jaune threatened.
"You wouldn't…" Crocea replied in horror. Jaune began grinning.
"Oh wouldn't I? You should really be afraid of a sleep deprived guy like me," Jaune's grin turned into a full blown smile at this point, "because you never know when someone like me will put you away into a locker…" Jaune trailed off.
"Fine." Crocea said somberly, "I will stop making fun of your love escapades." Jaune nodded at his partner before he strapped him to his waist. Jaune turned to see his Ren and Nora staring at him with wide eyes.
"Something wrong?" Jaune asked. Ren and Nora shook their heads. Pyrrha popped out of the bathroom while wearing her school uniform.
"Okay, you two are up!" Pyrrha cheerfully announced. Ren and Nora looked at each other before getting up and entering the bathroom together without even minding that they were sharing a bathroom together. Jaune was wondered if those two were a couple as they shut the door behind them.
"So Pyrrha, do you think those two are together?" Jaune asked. Pyrrha smiled.
"Maybe." She replied. She also thought about what being with Jaune would be like. She just hoped that he would ask her out.
As Pyrrha was in her fantasies, Jaune walked over to Pyrrha and waved his hand in front of her face. "Pyrrha," No response, "Pyrrha," He snapped his fingers repeatedly. Pyrrha started blinking and looked at Jaune in the eyes.
"Sorry, I was just thinking about something." She stated.
"Yeah, probably about some blonde. Who knows?" Crocea stated.
"Yeah, whatever Crocea. I just hope you aren't going to continue with your romantic theories. That would be really annoying." Jaune said as he walked over to his bed and laid down on it. When Pyrrha heard this she began blushing.
"It's not romantic theories laddie. It's shipping. There is a difference y'know." Crocea responded with an offended tone.
"How does transporting things on ships have to do with romantic theories?" Jaune asked. Crocea sighed.
"Ya have quite a lot of things to learn but that's why I'm here. Soon you will know the glories of the ship, and then my young apprentice, you will rise!" Crocea began to cackle with glee.
"Whatever." Jaune turned to look at Pyrrha. "So how long do you think that those two will take in there?" Jaune asked as he pointed at the bathroom door.
"I don't know. I'm still wondering why those two went into the bathroom together." Pyrrha responded. As she said this both Ren and Nora emerged from the bathroom with steam puddling out behind them.
"I want pancakes!" Nora looked at Ren, "Can you make pancakes for me after class?" Nora asked. Ren nodded.
Suddenly Team JNPR heard some people running outside their room and noticed that Team RWBY was running past. "Wait, what time is it?" Jaune asked.
"Time for you to get a watch." Crocea and Nora replied. Jaune smacked his face.
"We need to get to class!" Pyrrha shouted. All of the team then ran out of their dorm and down the hallway. They made it to the courtyard and past Ozpin his busty blonde co-worker Glynda Goodwitch.
"What in the Sam hell are you maggots doing running!?" A strict voice shouted from behind Jaune. Jaune just ignored it and kept running with his teammates to his classroom. When they made it to their class, they were greeted to the form of a portly man with gray combed hair and a massive mustache. Seriously, Jaune thought, that thing took up almost a third of his face. Where was his mouth under that thing?
The classroom on the other hand looked perfectly normal except for the fact that there was a cage in the middle of the room. The cage moved slightly from the whatever was inside banging itself against the bars.
"That truly is a man's man!" Crocea stated with pride as he looked upon the portly man. Above the man, a weapon that had the body of a blunderbass and the blades of an axe at the butt of it began laughing.
"Yes, yes that mustache is good chap. Who would you be mister sword?" The blunderbass asked.
"I'm Crocea Mors, the oldest weapon in this school!" Crocea stated with pride.
"Well then good chap, I am Blundast. It is quite the pleasure to meet a pleasurable fellow such as yourself. You wouldn't believe the ruckus that those young brats and their partners cause." Blundast said with relief.
"Well that is quite the story lad. The laddie holding me is my partner Jaune. He can hear you just so you know." Crocea said. Jaune smiled in response at this.
"Oh, that is quite interesting. Well if you wish to know young man, the man beneath me is my partner Peter Port. Quite an interesting character if I do say so myself. Just between us three, my partner will ramble on about old battles. All you need to know is how to take down Grimm in this class. If you wish, I can tell you all that you need during our classes together." Blundast said with a jovial tone. Jaune nodded to the weapon discreetly as he took his seat.
As Jaune did this, Professor Port began to ramble on about his old hunting experiences just like Blundast had said he would. "Well young man, I could tell you about what's in the cage of my friend here." Jaune nodded slightly.
"It's a Boarbatusk. You don't know how long it took to catch and throw in the cage." Blundast said with some hint of annoyance in his voice.
"Well laddie, I think that this will be quite an easy class for you, what with the teacher here being a bit of a narcissist. Now we just need to help prepare you for the actual combat classes." Crocea said with excitement.
"So who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?" Port asked the class. Immediately Weiss raised her hand.
"I do, sir!"
"What a teacher's pet…" Crocea mused.
"Well then, let's find out!" Professor Port said excitedly. The cage that Port stood next to began shaking furiously.
"Oh, this will be quite fun! I wonder if the young lady will get mauled like the last student who tried this. Either way, good show!" Blundast said which made Jaune's mouth drop open in shock. As he said this, Weiss exited the classroom. She came back a few minutes later with Myrtenaster and her white combat clothes.
"Oh Mistress, what an exciting day this will be. En guard vile beast!" Myrtenaster shouted out.
"Go, Weiss!" Yang shouted out from the peanut gallery as she raised her fist in the air. Blake on the other hand held a small flag with 'RWBY' on it. Jaune wondered where the hell that she got a flag with her team's name on it already.
"Fight well!" Blake said in a soft tone yet with enough enthusiasm to sound like she was interested. Ruby on the other hand instead, well…
"Yeah! Represent team RWBY!" She shouted. Weiss showed annoyance on her face as she held her rapier aloft. Weiss lowered her weapon slightly and turned to look at her team leader.
"Ruby!" She whined out, "I'm trying to focus!" Weiss said strictly. Ruby looked sheepish when told this and lowered her head slightly.
"Please tell me why you possibly like this girl again, lad?" Crocea asked completely dumbfounded. Professor Port ignored this interaction of team RWBY and instead looked giddy.
"Alright!" Port then walked over to where Blundast was placed and removed him from the wall. He then walked over to the cage and used the axe portion of the weapon to chop the lock off the cage. When he did so the cage burst open to reveal a pitch black boar with white tusks connected to a bony head plate. All over its body were white spikes.
The Boarbatusk then charged at the young woman. She held up Myrtenaster to deflect the attack and then she rolled to the side of the Boarbatusk that continued its charge for a few feet before turning around to glare with its red eyes at Weiss.
"That young lady needs to hit the beast under its belly. Otherwise the young blade over there will do nothing but annoy the beast." Blundast explained to Jaune.
"I wonder if the lass is gonna get another scar?" Crocea asked. Jaune sighed in exasperation at his partner. Why did he have to have the ability to talk to weapons again? He thought to himself.
"Ha-ha! Wasn't expecting that, were you?" Port said with confidence.
"Hang in there, Weiss!" Ruby encouraged. The Boarbatusk began another charge at Weiss.
"Avast foul beast! You shant touch my mistress!" Myrtenaster cried out as Weiss aimed her weapon at the skull of the Boarbatusk. This did nothing to the Grimm and instead Myrtenaster became trapped in the Grimm's tusks. The beast then shook its head to remove the blade from Weiss. "You shant defeat me, creature of darkness!"
"The lass is screwed." Crocea remarked to Jaune.
"Why?" Jaune whispered.
"Basic physics lad. The beast has more leverage on the weapon that the young lass does. All it needs is one good yank and the blade will be out of her hand." Crocea explained much to Jaune's shocked face.
"How do you know about physics?" Jaune asked.
"Well there was this teammate your grandfather was partnered with who used a bow as their main weapon. That damn bow would never shut the hell up about physics and trajectories. I was basically force fed an education." As he said this, Myrtenaster was ripped from Weiss' grip.
"OH SHIT!" Myrtenaster screamed out which caused Jaune to slightly giggle at how the normally proper weapon was shouting obscenities.
"Oh-ho! Now what will you do without your weapon?" Port asked. Weiss looked up to see the Boarbatusk charge once more. She rolled out of the way and the boar charged past her and into a desk.
"Come for me Mistress! The floor is quite cold! I'm so lonely here!" Myrtenaster cried out in distress. Weiss ran to her sword and slid on the ground before grabbing the weapon. "Thank you Mistress!"
"Weiss! Go for its belly! There's no armor underneath-" Ruby said trying to help but it fell upon deaf ears to her teammate who interrupted her.
"Stop telling me what to do!" Weiss shouted out much to Jaune's shock at how his crush could be so cold. Ruby looked sad at her partner's rebuttle.
"Yeah, don't tell my Mistress anything! She is the perfect being and she does not require help!" Myrtenaster shouted out. Crocea and Jaune groaned in annoyance at the rapier.
"Hey cheerleader, shut up and let us enjoy the fight! I think I can feel my body rusting from your voice!" Crocea shouted.
"You do not understand the power of my Mistress! Cease your ramblings you senile old fool!" Crocea growled in anger. The Boarbatusk leap into the air and began rolling at Weiss like a black ball of death. Weiss in response activated her Semblance and created a glyph in front of the charging Grimm and one above and behind her. The Grimm ball smacked into the glyph face first and rolled onto its back. Weiss then flipped backwards onto her glyph and launched herself at the Grimm, stabbing it in the belly.
"Bravo! Bravo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress-in-training!" Weiss stood up from the ground looking exhausted. Jaune looked at Ruby who had a massive frown on her face. Why did Weiss have to treat her teammate like that? "I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and …stay VIGILENT! Class dismissed!" Port cried out enthusiastically.
"That lass really needs to learn how to be less of a teacher's pet and more of a team player." Corcea said to Jaune. He noticed how Weiss just walked away from her teammates and completely ignored them.
"Sheesh, what's with her?" Jaune asked.
"Sometimes there are the students that come to this school with something to prove. They are usually broken of that behavior before they leave the school. Usually…" Blundast said with some sadness in his voice. Jaune continued staring at Weiss until she exited the classroom.
"There are other fish out there in the sea, lad. You should start fishing 'cause the lass over there probably ain't gonna be biting." Crocea chuckled.
"What's so funny?" Jaune asked.
"Your grandfather was just as terrible with his love life as you when he was your age." Jaune shrugged and stood up from his desk along with his team. All of them headed to leave for the cafeteria. Today was apparently the only day during the school year where they would only go to one class so Team JNPR decided to eat.
"So Jaune, does your sword eat anything as well? If it did, then that would be cool. What would it eat? Metal, heat, blodd?" Nora asked Jaune.
"I don't eat. I wish I could since it seems interesting." Crocea responded.
"He doesn't." Jaune said in an abridged format much to Nora's disappointment.
"So can you hear Magnhild speak as well? What does it say? Is it a guy or a girl? I really hope girl because it would be weird if it was a guy." Nora babbled.
"Yes I can, he says…lots of things." Jaune responded.
"Wait, Magnhild's a guy!" Nora said in shock. Jaune sighed and smacked his forehead. This was his teammate who he was leading? Who thought it would be funny to put the hyper girl on his team? At least Ren could balance her out. Speaking of Ren.
"Hey Ren, how long have you known Nora?" Jaune asked.
"A long time." Ren responded quickly. Jaune thought that this was weird but at least his partner Pyrrha was still quite normal.
Pyrrha on the other hand was thinking about how she could hook up with Jaune. If only the oblivious idiot could notice her. She just hoped that Jaune would forget about Weiss because that girl did not care at all about Jaune like she did.
"Hey laddie, just so you know, we are going to be doing some more training tonight. I just wanted you to know." Crocea said with some slight glee in his voice. Jaune felt like crying when he heard this.
"Why me?" He asked aloud.
And that is your chapter. Hoped you enjoyed. This would have been posted Wednesday but work managed to kick my ass all week. So as always, stay frosty my friends.
Oh, one thing to note. Let the wars begin…heh heh heh.
