I DON'T OWN RWBY!
'Thoughts'
Initially, the young blonde had been thinking he was past the whole 'motion sickness' deal - yet here he was, quietly sitting in a secluded spot on the train that was speeding towards their destination.
Shade Academy.
'Hah, so original...' he snarked to himself.
Though, there was also something else that irked him, he didn't only have motion sickness on bullheads, but trains too.
Either that or this train was secretly a bullhead.
Would make for a good plot twist.
He liked to pride himself on his self-control to not do anything stupid, like for instance, vomiting on the floor - or worse, on another student's shoes.
That had proven to be a very daunting task however, it probably took all his effort to not vomit and make a fool of himself. Thankfully, he had enough skill to do so - or maybe he was just lucky.
"Eta: 3 minutes." the PA announced.
Jaune internally sighed in relief, finally a way to get him out of this torture. He would finally be able to kiss the ground and confess his undiying love for it's grassy contents.
With a shaky hand he grabbed the ear buds he had pocketed before the trip - the wire connecting to his phone, ready to play a song. He weakly looked to his scroll and picked out the song 'Shady' by Adam Lambert.
'Seems fitting.' he mused
Shady - Adam Lambert
Baby I'm on the hunt,
Baby I've got my target on you.
Trouble that's what I want
And I'm gonna do just what I have to.
Get your ass down to the front
Go on and pull it out, I dare you.
Sorry I'm kinda drunk
But did you just say your game was brand new?
No I ain't broken but I, I need a fix.
That satisfaction when I, I get my kicks.
I'm up all night~
I'm out of sight~
Don't turn on the light~
Cause I'm feeling so shady lately~!
Come on and take me underground!
Deep under the street!
Come on and take me, take me down!
The freaks like us can meet!
Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it way~ up!
Don't stop the beat.
Come on and turn me, turn me on.
Cause I'm feeling so shady~ lately~
Ah! Ah!
Gonna go and get me a shot,
Gonna knock it back forget all my blues.
Yeah that really hits the spot
I'm feeling pretty fierce in my dancin' shoes (yeah)
No I ain't broken but I, I need a fix
That satisfaction when I, I get my kicks
I'm up all night~
I'm out of sight~
Don't turn on the light~
Cause I'm feeling so shady~ lately~!
Come on and take me underground!
Deep under the street!
Come on and take me, take me down
The freaks like us can meet.
Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it way~ up!
Don't stop the beat!
Come on and turn me, turn me on
Cause I'm feeling so shady~ lately~
I throw more shade than a cloudy day
The brakes don't work
I'm just a runaway train
Somebody come and help me out
All I wanna be is free
I'm just tryin' to get down
Now I can't get up
I'm shady lately!
Come on and take me underground!
Deep under the street!
Come on and take me, take me down
The freaks like us can meet.
Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it way~ up!
Don't stop the beat!
Come on and turn me, turn me on
Cause I'm feeling so shady~ lately~!
(Shady lately, that's how I play,
They say maybe it's just a phase
Shady lately, runaway train
Blame the game, quit blaming the gays)
'Cause I'm feelin' so shady~ lately~!
He sighed in content - the scroll was actually something the man had given to him so he could use further methods of contact, he added the earbuds and some songs for good measure. Like it or not, they were still teenagers, and teenagers loved their music. He had actually grown quite attached to this song over the past few days, maybe it's because it was like the life he was living now.
Or maybe it was just a good song, he didn't know.
'Huh? Oh the train stopped.'
He looked to the sliding doors of the train as they opened, almost opting to rush through them out of instinct - but appealed to the thought of not embarrassing himself in front of his fellow peers, no, soon to be peers.
That is to say, if he passed.
He hated being cocky, but he had a sure fire feeling that he would pass whatever test the man had in stock for him and the other hopefuls.
Yet another thing he prided himself on, was the art of combat. He was good at fighting grimm - while fighting humans left something to be desired, he passed as a bit above average at most, average at least.
He swallowed the upcoming bile with an uncomfortable gulp, opting to take a look at what this 'academy' was like. There was no natural sunlight - seeing as the academy was practically underground. They were able to get oxygen through the many large holes poked through the ground to the outside, so it was all good.
"Uhm, excuse me..." a voice mumbled shyly.
He spun around and was faced with a girl wearing a red cloak a black, frilly combat-skirt. "May I help you?" he asked politely.
The girl awkwardly cleared her throat, "Well, I was kind of wondering...well..."
Jaune let out a chuckle, before it grew into laughter, the girl stared at him with a puzzled expression.
"I'm sorry, it's just this is so awkward. I really don't mind what you ask 'cept for a few things, so shoot." he assured.
The girl practically sighed in relief, letting the hood of her cloak down to reveal her black hair with red tips, and her silver eyes.
"Well, I kind of maybe don't know where we're supposed to go." the girl admitted.
Jaune snorted, "Well, I guess just follow the crowd. Name's Jaune, what's yours?"
"Ruby. Ruby Rose. Do you not have a last name?"
Just like that, Jaune's mood did a complete turn-around.
His blonde hair shadowed his eyes, fists unconsciously tightening into whitened knuckles, trying to clear thoughts of...them, out of his mind.
"I don't want to talk about that." he growled through gritted teeth, hastening his pace ever so slightly.
Ruby shifted uncomfortably, under the impression she had hit a sore spot - and to be fair, she did, "Sorry..." she mumbled sadly.
A pang of guilt pierced his heart, he couldn't really get mad at her, she didn't know anything about his past - hell, she didn't even know him 'till he introduced himself.
He turned back, a half fake half real smile on his face, "No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you like that, there was no possible way you could've known."
Ruby's mood brightened, a childish smile adorning her face, when she asked a question out of the blue, "What weapon do you have?"
He ran a hand through his hair, "It isn't exactly mine, per se. But I used it to survive so I guess you can count it as mine," he took out his gun/knife, "It isn't all that special - 12 inch barrel, the rounds fit into the grip panels, the cylinder release's function is to pop out this 9 inch blade for close combat," he unsheathed the blade, "Nothing too special."
Ruby's eyes sparkled, "Nothing too special!? This looks like it could've been hand crafted by a master blacksmith!" she squealed, childishly snatching his weapon from his hands and giving it a once over...or a thrice over - maybe even more, he wasn't sure.
Jaune chuckled, "What do you have?"
She unfurled the 'lunchbox' she had hanging from her back, and he was surprised to see that said 'lunchbox' was actually a giant sycthe, "This!" she announced cheerfully, "Is Crescent Rose, a sycthe/high impact sniper rifle!"
He let out a low whistle, "Impressive. Though, how would you handle the recoil? Do you just take it in with your shoulder? Or do you plant the blade into the ground?" he mostly guessed it was the latter, seeing as the sycthe was bigger then her.
"I plant the blade in the ground." she confirmed.
"Huh...that's cool."
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...
"Oh, we're here." Jaune said.
"Wha-?" she mumbled, "Oh! Oh yeah, we are...heh."
"Well, I see someone waving at you, guess I'll see you later." he waved his hands as he merged into the crowd, duly noting that she said her goodbye as well.
"Huh...she was nice."
The rest of the day past with relative ease, the occasional sappy speech here and there - but other then that, there was really nothing to do.
His back was propped up against the wall of the school's ballroom, seeing as students didn't have their dorms, they didn't have anywhere to sleep.
They offered sleeping bags to make students comfortable at least, but he preferred what he used to do back in the forest - a force of habit, if you will. While it just seemed plain counterproductive to make yourself sleep in an uncomfortable position, he liked to sleep just like this.
He absentmindedly scrolled through the few songs he had on his scroll, nothing too special - the only exceptions were 'Shady' and 'Oh Juliet'.
He knew that the latter was one of those...songs. There really wasn't much to say about it, it was just pretty catchy. Hence the reason he listened to it in the first place.
He decided against the former and chose 'Oh Juliet', putting the music on a loop that lasted until he stopped it, plugging his earbuds in, he slipped them on and tried to let the darkness overtake him.
Until...
"Jaune!" Ruby called out.
He sighed, he really should've seen this coming - making friends with a quirky girl was practically asking for a lack of sleep. He didn't hold this against her though, on the contrary, he actually quite enjoyed talking to her. It was only at times when he needed to sleep, was this particular quality annoying.
He forced on a smile, "Hey Ruby...and Company." he added the last part after seeing the blonde that had waved to her during the ceremony.
"Oh!" Ruby was practically beaming, "Jaune, this is Yang. Yang, that's Jaune."
"Pleasure to meet you, Yang." he greeted.
Yang seemed to be looking over him, as if the trying to see if he was adequate - adequate for what, he didn't know.
Though, moments later, she relented, and greeted back, "Likewise. Come on sis, it's time to sleep."
Yang dragged Ruby off, while said girl was flailing around and waving her arms, either at Jaune or just flailing her arms around.
"Haaa, finally can get some sleep."
He looked around for a moment, before overhearing something Yang said.
"Jaune seems...nice."
He snorted, before calling out to them, "Nice? We barely exchanged more than 50 words."
There was a slight pause, "How did you even hear me?"
Chuckling, he put on his earbuds, "Pshh, I'm like Superman, I know when I'm needed."
AN:Sorry for the long wait, this was such a short chapter.
Don't worry though, the next chapter will be action packed...yeah!
Also, thank you guys so much for the kind reviews, and to anyone who followed and favorited this story!
Sorry that this chapter wasn't all that different than canon could be, this was only a filler for what's about to happen next, plus I'm thinking of all the ways I could be not drowsy and write at the same time - actually lets me write decently.
See, when I'm tired I can't write anything that makes sense...
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Cya!