AN: OK! Here we go! The next chapter of Dragon Slayer! I was working on this for a bit, this is a commissioned work so I had to talk to the commissioner about what they wanted and after that, I got back to it! In this one Jaune's in Beacon! We see his new team! And we get a feel for what the world is really like! We see some new faces, a familiar scared rabbit and more! All this in Draong Slayer!
Ps. For anyone asking for the more odd OOC moments for characters, the commissioner had very specific instructions for them so just letting you know! If someone seems out of character in this fic there is a reason!
Jaune did not believe the words from Opal's mouth.
"A hunter?" Jaune asked more squeaked than anything his voice shrill and weak, the woman Opal nodded her grey eyes locking onto Jaune her stormcloud eyes finding and fixating on him like a hawk.
"Yes. You are to be a hunter in Beacon." Opal spoke flat, and honestly, without a shred of pause. Jaune wanted to jump out of a window.
To be a man in this world was hard enough, little jobs, few places of employment that were not domestic or busy work but to be a hunter? For a male to intrude on that territory meant a quick and horrible death, that Jaune wanted to part of.
"I can't be!"
"Oh, on the contrary, I do not know anyone else to be a hunter. Jaune did you know that your father was a huntsman?" Opal asked the way Jaune glared at her, was her response.
"I see." She cut him off she didn't need any misguided male anger, Jaune was on her hook she needed him to take her deal to get into Beacon, or she would lose Yang, and that was not going to happen. Jaune, you will be in Beacon whether you want to or not. Opal thought as she smiled.
"Tell me Jaune, did you know your father well? Before he died?"
"I... I did... he was a good man."
"I can agree to that. He was one of the best hunters male or female that I had ever had the privilege of knowing. I am truly sorry for what happened to him; tell me does your mother still drink?" The question hurt the boy; Opal saw him wince the brief flash of hurt in his eyes as he gripped his hospital sheets.
"Yes... she still drinks."
"Does she do it frequently?"
"I don't know."
"When you were home, how often did she... partake?"
"She... she still drinks..."
"Does she hit you? Is she violent when drunk?" Opal asked her hooks already sunk in. Jaune was looking down his knuckles white as the sheets as Opal licked her lips.
Right where I want you.
"Does she hurt you? Is that why you left? To get away from the pain?"
"No! She doesn't hit me! It was just a one-time thing-
He spoke too much Jaune knew it, and Opal knew it.
"She hit you? Jaune that is not acceptable."
"It was just a beer bottle! She throws them when she's angry! She's under a lot of stress! She's just trying to make things work!"
"Jaune. If a woman hit's or endangers her children that is cause for an investigation on her. I wonder what would be found if I looked into this matter?"
"Don't! I have sisters that need her!"
"You are the youngest of your family, how do your older siblings need her? Are not most of them huntresses?"
"I... it's complicated, Ma'am but please, leave my mom alone."
"I might, but you must do something for me. I-
"You want me to drop charges."
"No. I do not want you to drop them, that would be ridiculous, Yang needs to learn her lesson and if she keeps doing things like this, then eventually someone will seriously get hurt."
"I got seriously hurt."
"Yes but you are going to benefit from this and not at my expense." Opal made her point known as Jaune sighed; his head hung low as he gripped his bed.
"Ma'am I can't fight."
"That is why you are going to train; Yang needs to learn what responsibility and by what better way than caring for another? She needs to learn what it means to have consequences for her actions. She will train you to be a huntsman, take care of you and make sure you are going to be that. You are to be a leash to her. She must take care of you to take care of her."
"So what am I? A student?"
"You will be an exceptional Beacon student, you have missed the initiation since well you were not trying to go in the first place so I must make exceptions for your enrollment."
"What does that mean?"
"Well after looking at your records good job hiding them by the way, it's not every day that a man can hide from Vale's finest," Opal said giving Jaune a predatory grin as Jaune let out a low whimper.
"I… I do not know-
"Save it, Jaud you know that hacking and altering public records is a felony? The twins could be looking at ten years for that." Opal said letting her words hang in the air as they hit Jaune like a blow to the gut.
"They didn't do it!"
"Covering up for them is five years."
"I! How did you know?"
"Jaune I am a very resourceful woman do not put that past me. Now you did take the Beacon hunter preliminary tests, tell me why did you back down?"
"My father..."
"Ah, his death did come around that time shame. Well as you know, you did remarkable high on the tactical portion of the exam higher than any woman has ever scored seeing how you lack in the physical sense but seem to more than make up for it upstairs you will be added in as a tactical advisor."
"Tactical advisor? What does that mean?" Jaune asked as Opal flashed him a smirk.
"Simple. You will be assigned to one of our teams as a tactical advisor, they are a good team, but they are a... troubled group of girls." Opal said her enigmatic smile failing as a grimace was born.
"Troubled?"
"Yes, they are called team PRVN or team Proven. Ironically enough they have been in Beacon for over a year, been on numerous missions have the single highest Grimm kill count of every other first-year team combined and have more power than most second years."
"They seem to be doing just fine what do they need from me?"
"They also have not had one single successful mission under their belt."
"What? How? They have the most Grimm kills."
"True. They have the most Grimm kills; they also wrack up the single most amounts in property damage, injuries to the nearby bystanders, and a full lack of cooperation than every team. The team is full of powerhouses that refuse to play nice. You will go and reign them in."
"How!? I'm just a man! I've never fought!"
"Well trust me Jaune, just like the students did at initiation that you skipped, you will learn on the fly."
"Welcome to Beacon. Please watch your step." The voice said as Jaune left alone, the bullhead dropped off a single blonde male walking alone with a sword and shield on his side. As Jaune walked off thanking the goddess that he did not vomit mainly due to having any lunch, his tour guide was waiting for him. Silver eyes flashed as a blur of red slammed into him.
"Hey! You must be Jaune! I am Ruby! Ruby Rose! Nice to meet you!" The sharp, energetic voice of Ruby? Said the slightly taller girl rushing towards Jaune in a shower of red roses as Jaune gulped. Ruby was young slightly younger than him if he could guess but was half a foot taller at six feet even not counting the large black combat boots that have her an extra half foot.
"Hello? I'm Jaune-
"Jaune! Jaune Arc! Your father was a great huntsman!" The girl said smiling so full and bright that Jaune thought her face was going to break!
"You... you know my dad?"
"What!? Do I know him!? Jaune, your dad, was one of the reasons that I became a huntress in the first place! I mean look at him! A strong independent male! Defying the odds! Beating back the oppressive, sexist matriarchy that holds not only men but women down as well! He was an inspiration to us all!" Ruby said smiling ear to ear her hands behind her back as I let a small smile leave my face.
"I... ok that's nice to hear; you seem to know a lot about him."
"Of course! He was one of my inspirations to be a huntress! Speaking of that look at this!" Ruby said slamming a massive scythe down into the ground Jaune yelped fear in his eyes as he fell back.
"Ruby!? What the hell is that!?"
"This is my baby! Crescent Rose! She is a scythe with a-
"Compact hybrid sniper rifle. I see." Jaune said he knew what guns were Melanie had taught him enough about them; she always said a man had to be able to defend himself. Learning about guns was just a part of that.
"Oh!? Do you like guns to!?"
"I don't mind them-
"Great! I knew me, and you were going to be the best of friends! In fact! Did you know that I am fully in support of your rights?"
"I... my what?"
"Oh, you! What was I expecting! You are a male but come on Jaune. You need to think! Look here!" Ruby said as Jaune winced eating her insult as Ruby showed him a small rainbow-colored badge on the inside of her cloak.
"See!"
"I... I'm not sure what I'm looking at Ruby."
"Gah! Jaune you are so silly! This is my badge." Ruby said nodding proudly as Jaune blinked owlishly at the odd young reaper. Not knowing what the hell she meant by her badge as he nodded.
"And that's good?"
"Good? It's great! I don't know if you know, but I am a proud female meninist! I believe in your rights more than you do!" Ruby said as Jaune froze.
"A what?"
"A meninist! I am an active member of the male rights community! And I am a proud vocal supporter of your fights! You could even call me a social justice warrior!"
"A what who now?"
"Don't act silly! You and your jokes, and those cunt munching lips."
"What was that?"
"Nothing! Just want to shove your face in my legs-
"Did you just say something about my face and your legs?"
"What? Jaune you are hearing things! Now come on let's take you to your team!" Ruby said suddenly pulling Jaune forward her chest squeezing his arm making him blush.
"Ruby! Wait up!"
"Jaune! This is Pyrrha!" The small girl said pulling Jaune down a hallway as a massive teenager awaited him.
"Hello!" The tall, no not just tall she was damn near Amazonian woman that Jaune had never seen a day in his life looked down to him as he gulped.
"I... hello," Jaune said looking down he knew better than to look a woman in her eyes as the taller woman had a worried look in her beautiful emerald eyes, bronze plated armor and a small grin on her face.
"I! Well! Hello! My name is Pyrrha! And I am going to be your friend! And..."
"Come on Pyr! Social actions! You got this!" Ruby hissed as Pyrrha gulped.
"I am Pyrrha Nikos!" The woman said as Jaune paused she looked scared? She looked like she was expecting Jaune to hit her and looked ready to bolt.
"I... hello? I'm Jaune Arc, nice to meet you." Jaune's bartender training thankfully kicked over a year of making drinks and talking to strangers taking over his nerves as he smiled.
Remember Jaune; she's just like a client. Just look her in the eyes and smile. Jaune thought holding out his hand looking Pyrrha dead in her green eyes.
"Nice to meet you."
"Meet? Jaune you do know who Pyrrha is right?"
"My teammate?" Jaune asked as a smile so bright it made Ruby's look like a spark in an inferno as she gripped Jaune's hand with enough power to make his aura flash.
"AH!"
"You don't know who I am?"
"No? You are the girl who is crushing my hand! Can you please stop doing that!?"
"I'm sorry!"
"Jeez Pyrrha wait to mess with the male. Ok, Jaune! Have fun!" Ruby said blurring off down the Beacon hall as Pyrrha blushed.
"Come with me the dorm is this way," Pyrrha said leading Jaune down the two walked in an awkward mix of nerves.
"So... you are the one who Yang..."
"Almost killed?"
"I was going to say assaulted by yes, you look remarkably well for a man who was about to die less than a week ago."
"I have a lot of aura; the doctor told me that it was a good thing or I would be dead by now."
"I'm glad you do! Now before we go... you need to know about your new team." Pyrrha said as she fought an internal war in her head.
GAH! He is so cute! That small boyish face! That cut round but! He's perfect, and best of all he does not know who I am! Think Pyrrha calm down; this is it! Your one chance to get a male! You won't have another time to get a male that is not only ignorant of you but is also on your team for the next four years! Yang, you might be a hot headed bitch but thank you! Pyrrha thought as she smiled crossing her fingers as she let her face sporting a wide goofy grin.
"Well, your team is nice! They are all good girls and well, let's just say hi!" Pyrrha said the woman was almost two feet taller than Jaune, her heels put her a good extra six inches, making her tower of Jaunes five seven form.
"Here we are! Team Proven's dorm!" Pyrrha said opening the door as they walked inside.
"Yay! Pyrrha's back!" A hyper-energetic voice said as a woman around six six, laid on her back she had bright teal eyes and a fiery head of red hair, she wore a tight pair of pink shorts that left little to the imagination.
And a short top that let her ample chest strain against its imprisonment. Jaune blushed looking away where another woman this one slightly taller wearing loose green robes and baggy khaki pants with almost yellow skin and long flowing black hair with a streak of pink down the front of it.
"Nora this is Jaune-
"AH! Rin! RIN! The male is here! Look at him!" Nora moved like a bolt of lightning, one second she was on her bed looking at Jaune like an animal in a zoo, the next she was on him her six and a half foot stature combined with a muscular body so fit that it made Yang look weak towered over him.
"Hi!" Jaune said weakly trying to bring up his bartender training and treat her just like a client.
"AH! He is so cute!" Nora said wrapping Jaune in a tight hug, she shoved his face into her chest, making sure his spine snapped! Jaune cried out in pain his aura flashing with effort as-
"Nora. Stop." The woman on the bed said as Nora let go Jaune gagged the air returning from his lungs as he choked.
"Ah! Sorry about that Jaune! You just looked so cute; I could eat you all up!" Nora said smiling ear to ear as she grinned. The woman on the bed opened her eyes, twin orbs of magenta looked at Jaune with a genuine serene and peaceful look in her eyes.
"I do apologize for her Jaune she doesn't know her own strength, my name is Lian Ren. And I am your teammate." Lian spoke in simple, calm tone her voice calm and nurturing like his mother before-
"Hello, I am Jaune; nice to meet you." He said walking up his face in friend mode, not a client. He held out his hand, and Rin shook it. Her skin was smooth but calloused on the bottom of her palm. She did not squeeze him or put a bit of excess pressure on his hand. Jaune liked her instantly.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Lian."
"Call me Ren, but yes that is the same to you."
"Oh, he's so polite! Much better than her! Ugh!"
"Her? Nora?"
"Oh, you have not met her," Nora said as Pyrrha and Ren looked ready to vomit.
"Who is-
BANG! There was a loud bang, as the door flew open as-
"OK! Which one of you fucking ass cunt's decided it was a good fucking idea to fucking take my fucking gelato!?" A woman with short spiky black hair, sickly yellow eyes, and gauntlets of her wrists stormed in.
"Well!? Which one of you fucking bitches thought that she-
"That is Vernal," Nora said as Vernal hissed. Vernal looked, well she looked fucking horrifying just a bit shorter than Pyrrha at six six, Vernal had eyes that burned an off putting glow, her arms were packed with tightly coiled muscles her body seemed angular and sharp dressed in a pair of tattered jean shorts and a ragged jacket, her whole body looked like a weapon, and she looked pissed.
"Damn fucking right Valkyrie! You stupid cun-
Vernal looked at Jaune his eyes wide her sickly yellow eyes shot open as her face became beet red. Her hands dropped and her mouth fell and hung like a door that was tossed open.
"M-M- There is a male in the room!?"
"Yes, Vernal Jaune-
"I! I am sorry Jaune. Forgive me for my words." The woman Vernal said as she bowed? She bowed her head deeply her cheeks burning a bloody red as she gulped.
"That... that's ok?" Jaune offered not expecting an apology, Vernal was tall almost as tall as Pyrrha without her heels, her skin was a healthy rich tan, and she wore an improvised outfit. A school uniform but without all plaid and had furs draped over her shoulder and was bowing so far he was almost cleaning her face with her feet.
"Ummm you don't have to bow... Vernal?" Jaune asked more embarrassed than anything Vernal jumped up her face an odd mix of anxiety and fear, her sickly eyes locked onto him as she gulped.
"I'm sorry! I mean- wait what are you doing here? Pyrrha!" Vernal barked her tone going from that of a terrified puppy to that of a furious lion in the span of a few seconds. Pyrrha winced fighting back a grimaced as she smiled.
"Yes, partner? What can I do for you?"
"Cut the shi- I mean cut the act. Why is a man in our room? Why did you bring him in here alone with other women?" Vernal asked taking a step forward as Pyrrha rolled her eyes.
"He is our new teammate Vernal-
"He's the tactical advisor!?"
"Yes. If you paid attention during my briefing, then you would know that by now." Pyrrha said not resisting the dig at Verna's expense Vernal shook it off turning to Jaune dropping down to one knee to look at him at even level.
'Jaune, Pyrrha didn't do anything to you did she?"
"She took me to the room?"
"Did Nora touch you?"
"This bitch."
"What was that!? Did you say something you half-cocked ginger cun-
Vernal stopped her tirade looking at Jaune as she ground her teeth and adjusted her word use.
"Cunning teammate who I sometimes have minor disagreements with," Vernal said fixing her words as Nora rolled her eyes.
"Unbelievable normally you curse up a storm, but the second a guy walks in, you are like a cat that got declawed! Or a hyena with no fangs." Nora said as Vernal let out a low guttural growl.
"Why you red headed! If Jaune were not here, I would rip-
"You would do what?" Jaune asked suddenly feeling very awkward Vernal paused once again face once again going beet red as she looked down her fingers flopping as she ground her feet into the floor.
"Rip those bad highlights right out of your hair!" Vernal said with an awkward chuckle as everyone looked at her like she had grown a third arm.
"Same to you, bitch," Nora said flicking her off Vernal's hand shot out covering Jaune's eyes as she hands flying over Jaune's face.
"Nora! Not in front of the male!"
"Vernal? You are covering my eyes."
"AH! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-
"As fun as this is, no one has answered the important question. Jaune is now part of our team; where will he sleep?" Lian asked frowning there were four beds in the room and five people how this would work out evenly-
"He can take mine obviously; I'll sleep on the floor." Vernal offered up her bed without even thinking.
"Vernal I can't kick you out of your own bed-
"I've already made my choice. I won't let you sleep on the floor or risk you in the bed's one of... them." Vernal said stalking over to the furthest bed from the door yanking off the top comforter and one pillow and balling them up to a makeshift pile on the floor beside it.
"You can sleep in the bed for tonight we can see about getting you another bed in the morning," Vernal said as Jaune sighed he did not have much choice Vernal seemed to have made up her mind and-
"Jaune do you have a bag?" Lian asked looking him up and down the boy did not bring with him a bag, maybe he had his delivered?"
"N-no... I don't have a bag."
"What about your clothes? Or your gear?" Ren asked a bit confused as to how the boy was going to prepare without-
"I... I don't have one. I have my blade and shield."
"I see that but what about clothes, your belongings?"
"I never had much, and after my incident, I don't have enough to really carry, what little I do have is coming soon. My sack will be dropped off tomorrow according to Opal."
"Incident? The hell happened to you? Oh! Oh! Did you get into a shootout! Like a spy movie!?" Nora asked already excited as Jaune winced.
"Actually that is not far from how I got here.'
"OH! We have a secret agent on our team! How awesome! What are you going to do? Are you going to give us super secret assassin training? Are you going to teach us strange and cool fighting styles!? Are you-
"Valkyrie! Enough! Let him breathe!"
"Screw you Vernal! You don't' get to act pissy when we are just here then become a damn saint when a boy walks in!"
"You little-
"Nora. Vernal is right. Jaune has a right to answer questions on his terms. Jaune if you feel comfortable, please tell us how you came here." Lian clarified as Jaune sighed.
"It's a long story."
The story was not long; it was simple Jaune went to work as normal drunk huntress came into his club shot up the place Jaune went to defend his friends and then bang! She gut checked him ripping out his intestines and almost killing him.
"That bitch." Vernal spat as for once Nora nodded her head in agreement.
"I know she's a bit hot headed, but that is way too far, she almost killed someone! How is she not in jail?" Nora asked frowning arms crossed a very irritated look on her face.
"Well... Opal said that if she trained me, then she could get out of it-
"What? Her train you? Hah! That weakling? She may be her daughter, but she has the backbone of a twig, she will only weaken you." Vernal hissed shaking her head.
"I must agree, you will need a more... patient trainer, Yang is strong that I have no doubt."
"More like you are all weak; she can not even land a scratch on me in the arena."
"As I was saying Vernal. Yang is not a good tutor. Jaune should receive training from someone more skilled at dealing with men."
"Then who the hell do you think should be with him? Not me, not Nora-
"I could do it... I am fairly patient and should be able to work out a routine with him, does that sound good Jaune?" Lian asked a slight redness to one cheek as Jaune nodded.
"That does not sound bad-
"Oh! Then may I offer my support as well?" Pyrrha added finally speaking after Jaune's long and honestly sad story.
"I guess?"
"Well since you didn't know I am a champion fighter, I have trained with the best fighters know to Remnant, I'm sure that I can find a training schedule that will work for you. "
"As much and I do mean as much as I do hate to say it my partner is right. She might not be the strongest person I know, but she is one of the hardest trainers. If she can make you a schedule then you should follow it, she just might save your life." Vernal said fighting to say every word as she looked like she had pulled teeth.
"That you Vernal, Jaune if I asked you to train with me on the rooftop what would you say to three times a week or every other day?"
"I think that could work, but I have to ask Yang first, I am her squire. I need to spend some time with her even if I do not want to."
"If she tries anything we'll break her legs!"
"That is the second time we agree on something ever. I'm not sure how to feel about this."
"Me neither." Vernal and Nora both said as Lian sighed.
"Pyrrha?"
"Oh! Right, well I suppose I can teach you basic fighting styles and techniques hammer in the basics I'm assuming you have never used a sword?
"Not once."
"Great... I can do that; Nora can help you build muscle."
"Hah! Hell yeah! Making gains Jaune!"
"Vernal can help you with the more... improvised aspects of combat."
"She meant fighting dirty," Nora added as Vernal simply shrugged.
"The only dirty fight is a fight you lose and complain about afterward."
"I see... and Lian can help you with meditation. Being clear of mind and body is imperative. Grimm feed on your negative emotions and being in control of them is necessary to be a hunter."
"She is right Jaune the first step to mastering others is to be able to master yourself. I can teach you ways to mediate in the morning."
"I... thank you guys but I'm tired can we go to bed?"
"Sure-
"Where is he going to change? Should we leave? Should he leave? I mean unless he changes in front of us… I mean I'm not asking you to do that Jaune! But if you are comfortable with it I'm just saying…" Nora let her words hang winking at Jaune as a bright blush came over his face.
"Nora…"
"Valkyrie!"
"I can use the bathroom don't mind me," Jaune said blinking going to use the bathroom quickly before heading back to his Vernal's old bed that smelled like her saying a brief goodnight to his team and going to sleep as his first night in Beacon was finally done.
The next day was an odd one, Jaune woke up did what he usually did in the club went to use the bathroom was interrupted by a half-naked Nora, who walked out of the steaming room in nothing but a far to short towel. Her body covered in glistening water drops her chest bursting out of her cloth as Jaune felt his heart sink into his gut.
Jaune stuttered blushed as Nora laughed rubbing his head telling him that he was cute and that if wanted to have a real workout to come see her after class without his pants or shirt. Winking at him rubbing his head as Jaune sighed.
He took his shower after her quickly taking to issue with the bathroom smelling like Nora or having to put on the same pair of clothes at was the was somewhat cleaner right? After that Jaune sat in a corner while the girls changed and then it was time for team PRVN plus one to go to class.
"So Jaune have you ever attended a combat training course?"
"I... I have not Lian."
"I see well follow us then."
"We will keep you safe!"
"Thanks, Nora."
"She's right nothing gets to you wit me her," Vernal said as Jaune smiled as strange as his team was maybe this was going to work out? Perhaps he would make real friends here? So far his team was nice Ruby was kind, so maybe huntresses were not so bad after all?
On the way to breakfast, Jaune noticed that men were not uncommon in Beacon but rare one out of every three student's seemed to be a male, and almost no team had more than one on the human or faunus, but faunus men were much rarer than human ones.
"OH! Eat this! Come on Jaune it will make you big and strong!" Nora said holding out what might have been the single largest piece of pancakes topped with so many layers of syrup that it was threatening to give him type two diabetes just due to proximity.
"Nora... is that healthy?"
"Of course it is-
"Nora! Get that out of his face! You need meat in the morning; if you eat all that sugar, you are going to get burned out." Vernal said putting a slab of bacon on his plate.
"Here take mine." Vernal doubled Jaune's bacon with all of her own even sliding her toast onto Jaune's platter.
"Vernal I don't want to take food from you."
"Don't worry about it; you need the energy; today is your first day in a huntress school. You need to go training today, and if you want to grow strong, you need to eat your meat."
"Want you to eat my meat," Nora said nonchalantly rolling her eyes as Vernal shot her a glare that could strip the paint off a bullhead Nora gulped looking away from her as-
"Ouch! That hurts!"
"What a freak!"
"I told you that they were real!" Three feminine voices said as Jaune turned a rabbit faunus with long brown eyes was having them yanked by a tall girl, with orange hair and blue eyes as she glared down.
"What a freak!" The woman hissed as Pyrrha growled.
"Why will Dew learn?"
"Now that is a bitch," Lian said as Vernal shot her a glare before rolling her eyes.
"If she can not defend herself then she should not be here, Jaune stay close to me- Jaune?" Vernal asked as Jaune was no longer in his seat...
"Jaune!?" Pyrrha shouted as Jaune walked up to the woman Dew? He knew that this was a bad idea no scratch that, this was a terrible idea. Jaune had literally fought in one fight his whole life, and that one had seen him gutted by buckshot and nearly killed. Now he was going to interfere with a third party and get his ass kicked by another huntress, but this one had a team!
That is not important; dad always said that if you see a wrong and you do not do anything to stop if you are just as bad as the ones doing the wrong in the first place. Jaune's father's words rang in his ear.
"Hey! Stop that!" Jaune yelled putting a hand on Dew's shoulder she turned to him cocking her head before rolling her eyes.
"Back off male, this is not a fight for you," Dew said going back to the faunus as Jaune stood his ground gripping her loose blue shirt and pulling.
"I said stop!" Jaune yelled as Dew paused her arm shot out like lightning her fist flew at his face like a bolt of lighting and-
"AHHH!" Dew screamed a gauntleted hand shot out at the last second, Vernal appeared behind him, her hand catching Dew at the wrist gripping and twisting it, making it crack painfully.
"AH! Vernal you bitch!"
"Back. Off." Vernal hissed squeezing Dew's wrist making it pop!
"Why!? Who the fuck is he to you!? Are you fucking him-
"None of your business your dumb cunt! Now stand down, or I will put you down. What's it going to be bitch? Back down or be put down?"
"Fuck you! Get off me." Dew said backing off Vernal growled as Dew's team an all-female team backed up their leader as she growled. Vernal let go of Dew's arm her aura flaring as she stood up. Dew took two steps forward before a piece of metal pressed against the back of her head.
"I would not say that if I were you! Unless you want to get a boop!" Nora said her voice dark and deadly; her hammer turned into a grenade launcher pressing the barrel to the side of Dew's head as the woman paused glaring at Nora before sighing.
"Fine. We give, come on girls if they want to help the freak let them."
Dew said as she turned her team followed one glaring death at Jaune one blew a kiss and one blushed bowing before following her friends.
"I... thank you." The faunus said as Jaune smiled.
"Ok, don't worry-
"Jaune! Don't apologize to her! You! Velvet if you do not get better you are going to get Jaune hurt! if you do that you will have more to deal with than fucking Indigo!" Vernal hissed as Velvet winced.
"I'm sorry!"
"Do not be sorry be better! Come on Jaune! We are leaving!"
"Wait! Vernal!" Jaune said as she pulled him off as he sighed...
"I... you..." Jaune said as Yang... the woman who put him in Beacon glared daggers down to him.
"Me? You look... alive."
"No thanks to you."
"I... fuck I made a mistake now come on. I got to train you..." Yang growled into the lockers as Jaune gulped...
"How do we-
"No questions! Follow me. Maybe we'll get something done today." Yang growled the woman was looking different than the last time Jaune saw her.
She was not trying to kill him; her gauntlets were back on her wrists, and she was dressed in the standard Beacon uniform. Yang rolled her lilac eye glaring down at Jaune as he walked up next to her.
"You... you tried to kill me."
"I did not try to kill you! I made a mistake."
"That almost killed me! And my friends!"
"I said I was sorry!" Yang shouted punching a locker making it dent filling the air with a hard metal clang!
Jaune wince Yang's eyes flashed crimson before she took a deep breath.
"Look. I don't want us to have any more problems than we already do so how about this? You listen to what I say, and I'll give you the best training that I can ok? Can you do that?" Yang asked like she was pulling teeth.
"Sure... but can I ask you something first?" Yang rolled her eyes putting one of her gauntlet hand over her face pulling down her eyelids as she groaned.
"Why not, it's not like me, and you are going to be spending any less time together. Shoot." Yang asked sighing rolling her eyes cracking her neck -
"Why were you in the club that night? You were getting pretty drunk, and I thought that it was Beacon initiation, but you have been here for a while, so why were you in the club?"
"Because I like to get drunk? I get it from my uncle." Yang asked shrugging her shoulders like it was the simplest thing ever.
"So what about you? Why aren't you in Beacon?"
"What?"
"I know about you Jaune Arc. I did my research in the time when you were cleared from the hospital. Highest scores of anyone, male or female in tactics, why did you not come here?"
"I... my dad was a hunter, and mom and most of my sisters were huntresses."
"So a whole damn family huh? Well, then how no why the hell did you not become one? What made you the black sheep?" Yang asked sitting down on a bench patting the side inviting Jaune to sit down. Jaune was reluctant to get that close to Yang sat down on the far side.
"I won't bite."
"You said that in the club."
"I was drunk.'
"I don't like taking risks."
"Fine, go on. Why the hell are you the black sheep?"
"My dad died... Sienna killed him in the fall of Butcher's Cradle."
"Wait... you dad died?" Yang asked a sudden sharp intake of breath as Jaune nodded.
"Yeah... yeah, he did," Jaune said looking down at this thick black combat boots applied to him from Opal-
"And you said it was at Butcher's Cradle? Fucking nightmare, damned Fang, I don't have anything against faunus but after that? I'd be surprised if you didn't want them dead. I... I'm sorry..." Yang said as Jaune sighed.
"I, don't have anything against the faunus for it... It was a long time ago."
"But he had that happen to him on tv... that was broadcasted... I saw it happen."
"So did I..."
"I... you know my dad's dead too?" Yang asked as for the first time Jaune saw her pause; her head held down her fingers gripping the wooden bench seat as she shook.
"You dad is also dead?" Jaune asked the first thing approaching sympathy for Yang appearing in his voice as Yang paused taking a deep breath.
"You and I are going to be seeing a lot of one another so let's get the bull shit backstories out of the way right now. My dad was called Tai Yang Xiao-long. Even after getting married to two women he kept his last name."
"He sounds stubborn."
"That is being mild. I've seen him beat Grimm to death with his bare hands just because he ran out of ammo or dust and did not feel like getting more. Stubborn was not doing him justice. I got my angry streak from him you know?" Yang asked a thin smile on her lips as Jaune let out a small laugh.
"Good to now that you are naturally violent."
"Right? Makes punching things to death easier. Anyway one day my mom Raven the woman who saved you left to do... something."
"Something?"
"She was she is a mysterious one, likes to go on long extended trips to do whatever... one time when he did Summer the other women he married."
"Raven let him marry someone else?" Jaune asked as Yang paused a painful wince fell down her face as she sighed.
"She left once... when I was young, she had to do something she deemed too dangerous for her male. She left Tai without a word she would be back in six months, or that was her plan not that she told him damned edgy bird." Yang hissed before rolling her eyes and going on.
"When she was gone another woman my mom's best friend Summer Rose who was living nearby came to support him... one thing leads to another, and soon enough my little sister was born! And when Raven came back..."
"She was not happy?"
"She almost killed Summer then and there. If it wasn't for me crying and Tai literally blocking her with his body she would have, she stole what was her's."
"Why didn't she just tell Tai that she was leaving for some time?"
"Because she liked to be mysterious, she has a thing for not letting anyone even her family learn more about her than necessary."
"So she didn't tell him anything and then she was pissed when he found another?"
"Oh she was not pissed at him, Raven could never find fault in a male. She was mad at Summer. Summer knew Raven she knew how she operated so did Tai but when Raven left an opening Summer moved in and well... Raven thought she took advantage of her male."
"I see, so she blamed Summer?"
"Yeah and well one thing lead to another, and soon Summer married him because she had his kid. Then..."
"Not so happy family?" Jaune hazarded as Yang smirked.
"You know that's not so bad; maybe we can be friends?"
"Better than enemies."
"Damned right. Long story short one day Raven was out a few years ago, Summer and Tai got into a fight. Tai wanted to go on a Grimm hunt; Summer did not want him to go."
"Why not? What was her problem with him going; he was a hunter right?"
"One of the few, but to Summer that was irrelevant. He was a man his place was in the house not on the front lines; she was actively against him hunting and well not that she was mean she was just not supportive."
"She does not sound nice."
"She has her flaws eventually it go bad shouting lead to screaming name calling accusations and eventually Summer told him to get out of the house and die. She said if the Grim killed him maybe he would learn something."
"And... he died?"
"He..." Yang's voice caught in her throat her fist balled before she let out a heavy sigh.
"He came into my and Ruby's room smiling he never stopped smiling to us, he kissed us both on the forehead and told us that he and Summer had a disagreement and that he was going on a camping trip for a while. He said he would be back in a few days."
"He never came back did he?"
"N-no. The job he had to do was a two-woman job. To kill a nest of Grimm some Bengrals even King Taiju he should no he needed Summer's help but she was tired of it, she wanted him to step down and become a good house husband!" Yang spat the last words with enough venom to melt one of the lovers her fist shaking, and her eyes squinted shut.
"She let him?"
"She let him; Summer thought that Tai would realize that the mission was suicide and come home..."
"He didn't do that... did he?" Jaune asked as a complicated frown came on Yang's face as she ground her teeth.
"No... no, he did not he had a temper on him more stubborn than a bull he went alone and underprepared he did what he did best! Beat his way forward charging head first into a swarm of Grimm! Funny thing is even alone he got close. He was there, he had killed more Grimm than anyone had a right too and by then he was gone for hours, Summer came to our room told us she was going to go looking for dad. I still remember Ruby asking why everyone was leaving."
Ruby? Like Ruby? No way they can't be related they look nothing alike.
"Well after that Summer found him a second too late, the Grimm overwhelmed him at the last second and he died."
"I'm sorry..."
"Don't be you didn't kill him. You had nothing to do with his death. Now come with me, to much heavy shit too early in the day. Let's see how much I can teach you in one day." Yang said as Jaune nodded getting up an-
"You... you are like him..."
"Your dad?"
"Yeah... you remind me of him a lot... one of the reasons I talked to you..."
"I... did you not like him? Cause you almost gutted me."
"I! That was a mistake I'm sorry," Yang said as Jaune nodded walking up to her side and smiling his friend smile.
"It's ok we are stuck together now so get this over with?"
"Yeah. Let's."
"Ok tell me have you ever, and I do mean ever fought a day in your life?" Yang asked leaning back her top was no longer in a Beacon uniform but a thin black skin-tight tank top that did nothing to hide her ample chest that even made Nora look flat. Jaune blushed his face beet red as he looked down to his feet.
"I! Not really, I-
"Stop staring at my tits and think. I know I look good and really I appreciate the compliment I really do. But come on we got to train you." Yang said bouncing of the balls of her feet her first pulled up into a boxing stance her legs dancing back as forth as Jaune gulped.
"I've never really fought someone! I just kind of... well you!"
"You mean to say the only fight you had was charging me with that damned broom?" Yang asked a bit of skepticism in her eyes as Jaune nodded.
"Yeah!"
"Well what can I say you got guts I'll give you that much, but guts won't always save you block!" Yang yelled as an explosion sounded she launched herself at Jaune making him yelp!
"Yang!?" Jaune yelled raising his shield there was a cling of metal on metal he blocked but flew back.
Yang sighed, Jaune's awkward squeak of pain as she punched his shield sending him flying back sliding down on the floor as she rolled her eyes. "Jaune! You need to plant your feet!" Yang shouted at the boy groaning barley standing up.
"You hit hard!"
"You think that was hard? I barely tapped you! You need to learn to block!" Yang shouted as Jaune took up his stance again, the boy looked ready to blow over the moment a gentle breeze would blow in his gentle direction. "Goddess dammit. Jaune! Hold up; let me help you."
"Help me what?"
"Your stance! That's all wrong." Yang growled walking over tapping Jaune's sword.
"Look, raise your sword like this," Yang said gripping his arm pulling it up pressing her chest into his arm, his face turned beet red as Yang gripping him.
"Keep your sword up; you can't block a punch with it, well you really should not, there is a shield on your arm for a reason. Raise it up like this." Yang instructed walking behind Jaune pulling up his shield placing his sword on top of it as she nodded.
"Good now spread your legs and get ready for the pounding." Yang state smiling Jaune's stance was better, not perfect but this was literally his first time in a combat environment, so Yang did not want to push him too hard-
Speaking of hard. Yang thought rolling her eyes, Jaune's legs were shaking like leaves in a storm.
His knees kept trying to close around his crotch that now had a strain in it as a tent was forming. Well, I guess I'm still attractive. I should back off. Yang thought rolling her eyes.
Fucking hell, at least I'm still attractive, that's always good but really do I need to let him jack off to calm down? Cause that's really throwing off his balance.
"Ok, now that you know the basics let's try it again and stop staring at my tits."
"I'm not-
"Then why is there a tent in your pants? You got another sword in there or are you just happy to see me?" Yang smirked Jaune's face somehow managed to turn even more beet red, but he did looking like his face was going to burst.
"I'm not-
"Don't worry, you find me attractive you are not blind," Yang smirked taking her boxing stance.
"Now get ready! I'm not going to hold back this time!" Yang said licking her teeth firing off her gauntlets as Jaune squawked raising his shield as they clashed.
Yang would admit to being impressed.
"You know what Jaune?" Yang asked huffing and puffing stretching her arms cracking them as she grinned. She was tired, covered in sweat her breath hard and puffy as she smiled.
"You can't fight for shit, but you can sure take a beating!" Yang smirked looking at the downed male. He whimpered his body shaking his face beet red his face bruised and dented.
His aura despite being at the receiving end of her fists for half an hour was still at a bit under half. He had an aura like no other and Yang was more than a bit proud that Jaune did not quit.
"You ready to call it a day lover boy?"
"No! Fuck! I... I have to get better; I need to learn how to fight people stronger than me." Jaune said getting up on his feet using his sword as a prop.
"I like that, a man who can fight back? Let's see how you take this!" Yang said rocketing forward spiraling at Jaune like a red comet! Slamming down as she grinned.
"Take that!" Yang said smashing her fist and-
"I missed?" Yang missed that attack Jaune dodged!? He was behind her panting as she paused, and attacked right away swinging her fist in a haymaker that Jaune slipped by? Jaune seemed to be yanked out of her fists arc sliding past it as Yang paused before launching a barrage of punches right where he was no letting up for a second! As she attempted to beat the man into submission, Jaune's body glowed white as he avoided her attacks, again and again, his aura bleeding as he dodged.
Yang growled tired of Jaune treating her attacks like they were sloppy flailings of a half-drunk rookie not well planned well thought devastating fighting patterns. Jaune moved like water, slipping in and out of her attacks her blows missing him by a hair's breadth, punches, shotgun shots kicks grabs they all missed! It was like Jaune was some type of a trained dancer and he was flailing about making her look like a damned rookie!
"Just die!" Yang yelled her fist flying at Jaune at varying angles Jaune dodged as his body glowed white every time Yang's fist came close Jaune dodged flying back to the left or right his body moving faster than it should have been possible, his dodges always carrying her safely out of harm's way. His bodily flailing and flying like some great unknown force were yanking him pushing him off of his feet and tossing him out of her way.
"Stay still!"
"I can't help it!"
"The hell you can!" Yang yelled blasting forward changing up her tactics sweeping out Jaune's legs, from under him. Jaune let out a yelp of surprise his feet flying out into the air as Yang growled.
"I got you!" Yang growled falling on top of Jaune pinning him down, her waist pressed onto his her weight forcing him down putting her gauntlets up and blasting.
Bang! Her gauntlets barked several shots of point blank buckshot fired into Jaune's face her weapons barking out their brutal retorts as-
"You gotta be fucking with me!" Yang screamed she had missed! Every last one of her pellets had missed its mark!? Jaune's body was surrounded by a hail of pellet holes every round had gone wide, missing Jaune by a slim margin dotting the ground around him and making it looked like she had sprinkled a wave of pepper on the ground.
"The fuck?" Yang asked before shooting out a hand gripping Jaune's neck squeezing it choking him making him gag his legs struggled to move kicking wildly his arms pinned by her legs feebly tried to grip his sword and shield lost when she pinned him as she growled taking her gauntlet pointing it directly to Jaune's face, Jaune whimpered closing his eyes as he begged.
"Yang no-
Bang! Yang fired Jaune screamed but-
"How!?" Yang hissed her buckshot missed!? The scattershot fired at point-blank range had sprayed around his head making even more holes around him.
"What are you doing!?"
"I don't know!"
"You are lying!"
"I'm not!" Jaune said legs shaking tears in his face, the feeling of fear flowed through him the feeling of over two hundred pounds of angry huntress straddling him pointing her massive gauntlets at his face that had so recently almost killed him eyes red as blood and-
"Wait," Yang said her eyes going back to lilac she took her fist slowly carefully inch by inch pressing it to Jaune's face. He whimpered yelping as Yang's fist tapped his face cupping it.
"That's not it."
"Yang? What are you-
"Shut up!"
"Yes! Ma'am!"
"Let's see," Yang said tapping his face once twice building up speed her fist connecting with him-
Oh for fuck's sake! Is now the time to get hard!? Yang thought ignoring the poking of her waist letting a small blush creep on her face as she kept slapping Jaune's face harder and harder building up speed and eventually punching it, her fist flew wide? No Jaune's head moved! His head glowed white and-
"Jaune!"
"Yes?!" The boy said shaking in fear-
"We just found your damn semblance!" Yang said as Jaune began to gulp.
"My semblance?" Jaune asked his fear finally melting away as Yang gave him a wide toothy smile licking her lips as she nodded.
"Hell yeah! We just found out your semblance!"
"I.. what is it?"
"You're magnetic!"
AN: OK! That's it! The next part of Dragon Slayer is done! Jaune's in Beacon! He met team Proven! Bet you a few bucks you didn't see Vernal coming did you? And well yeah! Ruby is sipping some rather toxic Koolaid, Indigo is stepping up for Cardinal, Jaune is making some powerful friends and some slight backstory Rip Tai Jaune and Yang bond! And with his semblance unlocked? He just might make it out alive... might. Next up is Branwen to stay tuned!