A/N: Okay, first of all, I am so sorry for not updating for the past 2 or 3 weeks. My 2nd semester in college just started so it took me awhile to do this. At least this chapter's longer, right? Although I hope the quality of my writing didn't decline...much.
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Midnight at the roof...
Nora and Velvet stood opposite of each other.
There was an awkward silence before Velvet decided to break it. "So...what do you want to te-"
"Where is it!?"
"Um..."
"Jaune's scroll! Where is it!?
"...In your dorm room?"
"No, it's not there."
"What? I could've sworn I've put it under his onesie."
"Are you sure? Or is this one of his pranks?"
*sigh* "Nora, would I lie you?"
"...No."
"Now, would Jaune not keep his word?"
*sigh* "No. He keeps his promises."
"I'm glad you understand that. So tell me, what happened to his scroll?"
"I thought you would know. The door was unlocked, so I know you've been there. But when I looked under his jammies...nothing. I can't find it anywhere."
Velvet put a hand under her chin. "Hmm...Maybe...someone already took it before you even got the chance."
"You sure about that?"
"It's the only thing I could think of. Do you know someone who would probably take it?"
"...I know a guy. Follow me." Nora got to the edge of the roof then climbed down.
At team CRDL's room...
All of them were sleeping until...*CRASH!*
The whole team woke up.
"What the h-!? Aaagh!"
Dove Bronzewing, their blonde squinted-eyed teammate who's probably their 'ace in the hole', got out of his bed, took his sword underneath and turned on the lights. He saw Nora carrying Cardin by one hand on the neck, while the other was ready to punch him.
"Dove! Help m- Aack!" Nora tightens her grip on their team leader.
"Where is it!?"
"S-Strangling...m-me...aack!"
Velvet quickly went in through the broken window and got Nora off of Cardin. "Are you insane!?"
He caught his breath then stood up. "What the heck is your problem!?"
"Where is it!?"
"Where's what?"
"Calm down, Nora." Velvet turned to Cardin. "She thinks you took Jaune's scroll."
"What!? Look, Jaune and I are friends for real now remember? Why would I take his scroll?"
Nora started to search in their cabinets and stuff."Cause you're the only guy I know who's been a complete jerk to him!"
"Look, think about it. How would I even get a hold of it. Could you at least prove me guilty first?"
Nora was done, making their room a complete mess. "Fine, I'll let you off the hook this time. But I'm watching all of you." She headed out of the room.
Dove opens the door for her.
"Hey! Get back here and clean this up. You're the one who made this mess." Cardin said.
"Fine, but you're gonna help."
"Okay, just leave after this and don't cause us anymore trouble."
"I'll help you guys clean up." Velvet said.
They all started to pick up their clothes and other things lying around the floor.
"So Velv, how are things going with you and Jauney boy?"
"He still couldn't decide. But, I did get to talk to him at the infirmary so...he'll get along eventually."
"Heh heh, poor guy. I can't imagine how he's dealing with all his girl problems." Russell Thrush, the spiky white-haired guy who uses twin dust knives, said.
"So did he have the guts to show his red-head partner that music video we made?" Cardin asked.
"Thankfully, not yet. If he did, then Pyrrha would be a harder competitor to beat."
"And I hope he never does. I feel really uncomfortable having that girl see our team dance."
They finished their cleaning.
"Good. Can we please go to sleep now? I don't want to lose half the day tomorrow cause of this." Sky Lark, the halberd wielding guy who I think is as tall as Cardin, said.
"Go ahead. No one's stopping you."
"Thanks. Finally!" He fell on his bed and went to sleep along with the others.
"So...I hope you find his scroll. I don't really like the idea of having other people see other things we did."
*giggle* "I still remember the time when Jaune got you and you're whole team to sing and dance for me as an apolo-"
"Whoa! Hey now. We agreed never to speak about that again."
"Why? It's actually the sweetest thing you've ever done so far."
Cardin grunted. "Velvet. I'm asking you nicely, 'kay? So please, shut the hell up!"
"Okay, Mr. Grumpy. Have it your way." She and Nora headed out of the room. "Goodnight, Cardin."
"Hmmph...yeah yeah. Goodnight to you too. Oh and Nora?"
"Yeah?"
"If you don't fix our window, I'm gonna tell Glynda about your night-time visit. You're the one who broke it."
"Psssh...you can't prove that."
"Ozpin has eyes everywhere, remember?"
"Oh, heh heh...right. Don't worry about it, I'm sure Jaune can fix it. He knows telekinesis."
"Um...I don't think he has complete control of it, yet. I mean seriously, he still can't lift a pebble." Velvet said.
*yawn* "Fine. I'll figure something out, but I'm gonna get some sleep first."
Morning at JNPR's room...
*yawn* Pyrrha got up and stretched her arms.
"Good morning." Ren said as he was polishing his twin bladed, automatic pistols, Storm Flower. "We should get breakfast so we could visit Jaune early. I still need to go get us some more supplies."
"Sure. Just let me freshen up a bit first." She took a face towel, a cup, and her toothbrush. She then noticed Nora still sleeping. "Should we wake her up?"
"Let her be. She probably slept in late."
"That's strange. I thought she slept earlier than me."
"I don't think so. The crash I heard last night must have something to do with it."
"What!?"
"It's best not to ask her. She'll tell us if it's something important."
Several minutes later...at the cafeteria...
Pyrrha and Ren got their food and went to their usual table with team RWBY.
"Good Morning you guys!" Yang noticed they were missing a member. "Where's Nora?"
"Still asleep." Pyrrha said as she sat down.
"Isn't she the one who normally wakes up first?"
"Yeah, she does." Ren said. "She probably stayed up late last night for...reasons."
"Uh huh...So how's Jaune doing?"
"He's fine, but he will be resting in the infirmary for the whole weekend. He will probably leave the place by tomorrow night."
"Well, good to know." Yang grinned.
"What are you guys planning on doing today?" Ruby asked.
"Well, after we finish our breakfast, we'll check up on Jaune. I'll keep him company while Ren gets the groceries."
"Heh, I bet Jaune's in for a lot of interrogating."
"It's more like...questioning." Pyrrha's expression saddened. "I...just hope he's willing to answer."
"Just give him time. He'll talk when he feels like it." Blake said.
"Yeah, don't sweat it. If he still doesn't want to talk then just go to our place and-" The rest of their teammates stared at Yang while Blake stomped on her foot. "Oww! Uh...I mean, he'll come around.
Awkward silence.
"...Okay. So, how 'bout you guys? Any plans for today?" Ren said.
*sigh* "No, not really. I'm kinda bored to do anything today." Ruby said.
"Well, then you should have a lazy day."
"A what?" Weiss asked.
"A lazy day. It's when you spend the day doing nothing and just relax. I do that sometimes to calm my nerves. It helps when you spend a whole day with someone like Nora."
Yang had an idea. "Hmm..."
Later in RWBY's room...
"Don't tell me you're actually planning on spending the weekend watching his footages." She face palmed.
"As if you have anything better to do, Blakey. At least it's better than last week's 'shopping extravaganza.'" Yang turned to Weiss.
"What's wrong with it? We only bought some clothes. We even got to eat outside."
"Some? We bought a butt load of clothes all day! Seriously, you're worse than Coco."
"Hmmph..."
*sigh* Blake stood up and headed out of the room. "I'm gonna get some more dust rounds in town. I'll be back in a while."
"Wait! Before you go, back at the cafeteria, what was that for!?"
"It's bad enough that we're looking into his personal stuff. The last thing we want is Pyrrha finding out and join in. The less people who know about this, the better."
"You sure you wanna go? You're gonna miss out."
She didn't answer as she left the room.
"Suit yourself." She shrugged then took Jaune's scroll. "Now let's see what he has in store for us this time."
"Yang, I think it's about time we stop this." Ruby said. "I mean, we already know what he's been doing, right?"
"She's right. We shouldn't be even looking through his diary in the first place. Besides we already know what we wanted to know." Weiss said.
"You sure about that?"
"What do you mean?"
"Rubes, this is Jaune's diary. It probably has everything you need to know about him."
"So?"
"I know you like him."
Weiss was shocked at her words then turned to Ruby.
Ruby blushed. "What? I um...h-how'd you know?"
"Ruby, I've known you for a long time. Of course I knew. I know a girl who has a crush when I see one."
And now she was worried. "And you're okay with...me liking Jaune?"
She laughed. "Of course I am. He's a nice guy. He doesn't even have the guts to break a girl's heart. If anything, he's the one who gets his heart broken." She turned to the heiress. "Am I right, Weiss?"
"..." *sigh* She nodded.
"By the way, I know you have a crush on him too."
Now Ruby was shocked. "What!?"
"W-what? That's preposterous. I-"
"Admit it, Weiss. Blake and I already figured it out yesterday. Seriously, you gave us pretty obvious clues."
"Like what?"
"Um...hello. You blushed when I mentioned that he used your old nickname as his password."
"And come to think of it, you did technically said that you don't find his cheesy pickup lines annoying anymore." Ruby added.
"C'mon Weiss, you even went so far as watching some of his music videos late last night. You even took Ruby's headphones."
Ruby's eyes widened. "She what!?"
"You were awake!"
"Yeah...I am."
Weiss was receiving their stares until she finally snapped. "I-I...f-fine! I admit it! I'm actually starting to like that blonde idiot! Happy!? What's your point!?"
"Whoa, hey now. Just chill. My point is that with his diary, you have access to his thoughts, experiences and even his feelings. It's the easiest way of getting to know him."
"It's inappropriate though." Weiss said
"Think about it. Pyrrha's already taking the lead here. We're just lucky enough that Jaune's really dense. Now, if we could just know enough about him, then you can come up with an approach that would surely get your feelings through to him. Do you really want to miss out on this chance?"
"But what if Jaune finds out? He'll-"
"He'll what, Rubes? He doesn't even have to find out." Yang interrupted. "And like I said, he's probably the nicest guy ever. Even if he did, what's he gonna do? Beat us up?"
(A/N: Yup, their screwed...Big time!)
"I...suppose your right."
"There ya' go. How 'bout you, sis? You in?"
" Well...okay."
"Good. Now let's get this started already." *click*
(Entry no. 3)
"'Sup. This is Jaune making my third entry. Now, I'm kinda tired of doing the same intro thing so here's what I'm gonna do. Just note that I'll always be here in the same place at the same time I'm recording this, unless I mention something changes."
Jaune took the chip from its fly cam and put it in his scroll. "Today was...interesting. Professor Ozpin got me some trainers to, you know...train me. I'm not exactly the most skilled guy so I'll need all the help I can get. So here's what happened." *click*
-(fly Cam footage)-
"Um...Professor, what are they doing here?" He was in the middle of the arena with the headmaster and four more people.
"Wait...those guys!?" Yang said.
"They are your trainers. They will help you train for the rest of your time here. Now you may probably know them..."
"Not so much, but I've seen them in action though."
"That is why I would like them to formally introduce themselves to you." He turned to their team leader. "Miss Coco, you may start."
She took a step forward. "Hey. The name's Coco Adel. You still remember me, right?"
"Of course I do. Who could forget the gal who obliterates everything with a freakin' mini-gun!"
"Good, you remember. I'll be in charge of training you in terms of strength...and just being bad ass in general."
"Awesome!"
"'Sup. I'm Fox." He gave him as fist bump. "I'll train you in terms speed and agility."
"Nice to meet you."
"Hello, I'm Velvet Scarlatina. I'll help you use your aura and semblance effectively during combat." She shakes his hand.
"Oh, Hi. Don't we share the same class together with Professor Oobleck?"
"Yes, we do. Although I don't think you should practice calling him 'Professor' instead of 'Doctor.' He hates that for some reason."
"Okay, sure."
The big green guy with the huge sword took a step forward. "I'm Yatsuhashi, Velvet's partner. I'll be working on your defense in general and maybe a little on your strength too."
"Cool! I'm looking forward to it."
*ahem* "Now that they are properly introduced, let's talk about some new features." Ozpin said.
"New features?"
"Yes, Mr. Arc. You only have a few months before the final test so we should put your training up to speed. As you already know, this arena provides training droids for you to fight..." He went to the small control room at the side of the ring. Jaune and team CFVY followed.
"...Yeah?"
"But, it has another feature called, 'The Challenge Simulator.'" Ozpin started to push some buttons on the holographic panel. "You see, this facility collects your aura every time you enter here. Your aura can then be made into a clone using General Ironwood's technology. Using all the data I've gathered in all of the matches and even in outside sources, a clone of anyone can be produced. They will inherit the person's traits, personality, fighting style and even their weapons."
"Uh...I have a question. So this machine thing uses my aura to make clones of other people for some sciency reason that I probably wouldn't understand, right?"
"Well yes."
"Then how would they use their semblances? I mean, a person's aura is directly linked to his or her semblance, right? Then does that mean all of the clones will have my semblance?"
"Technically, yes. But keep in mind that the clones will only use their own semblance. Luckily, your semblance is mimicry, making it possible for them to use their own."
Particles of aura appeared out of nowhere started to gather at the center of the arena. It then formed into a familiar white haired girl wielding a multi-action Dust rapier.
"For your first challenge, you have to beat her. You will not move on to your next opponent until you beat her in a duel."
Jaune stared in shock.
"Is that...Weiss?" Ruby asked while they all stared at the screen intently."
"Are you kidding me!? I can't beat her. She's Weiss! Y-you can't expect me to win."
"Get in there." Coco pushed him inside.
"Oww! Hey! Fine. I'll do it." He drew his his sword and unfolds his sheath into his shield. "Huh?" He noticed the screen above them displayed each of their aura and...their stats.
Stats: Weiss/ Jaune
Strength: ✴✴ /✴✴
Endurance: ✴✴/ ✴✴✴
Speed: ✴✴✴/ ✴
Agility: ✴✴✴✴ /✴
Aura: ✴✴✴✴ /✴✴✴✴✴
Overall Skill: ✴✴✴✴✴/ ✴
"That's another new feature I forgot to mention." Ozpin said.
*sigh* "With all my training with Pyrrha...that's my overall skill?"
"He's toast." Ruby said.
"Heh heh, don't you mean...fro-"
"Don't you dare!"
Yang laughed. "Oh, don't be such an Ice Queen. You should be used to my puns about now."
"Don't be too forlorn, Mr. Arc. Your stats haven't been updated since you got into this school, but will do so after your bout with Miss Shnee."
"...Because?"
"I want you to see for yourself how much you've improved since last year."
"Okay then...but why her of all people? Isn't it a bit much to pair me up with someone who's leagues apart from me?"
"Two reasons. First, you should face someone who's generally better than you. That's how you improve. Second, we need to fix your weaknesses, well one of them at least."
"Weaknesses? What do you mean?"
He smirked. "Oh, you'll find out soon enough."
"I got a bad feeling about this." He went to the middle of the arena.
Weiss points her rapier at him. "Are you ready, Jaune Arc?"
"Heck no! I never expected this to happen."
"Hmmph... this should be quick then."
"Don't be so sure of yourself. Maybe I'll surprise you."
"Surprise me? I seriously doubt that."
Ozpin checked the combatants if their set. "Let the sparring match commence!"
"Haagh!" Jaune ran towards towards her and swung his sword.
She blocked and intercepted his strike and gave him a high kick.
He shielded it but his footing was off, making him stagger.
Seizing her opportunity, she swept his feet with her blade. As he fell down, she quickly stepped on his chest and tried to aim her weapon at his neck.
Noticing that he was about to be finished, he quickly brushed the rapier off with his shield along with her foot and then countered with a sweep kick while getting up.
She fell down on her back but quickly recovered by doing a backward roll.
"Ha ha! You see that! That's called being awesome!"
"Don't get too cocky. I'm just getting started." She smirked as she made a glyph under her.
"Uh oh."
She lunged at him with high speed.
"Whoa!" He made a leap and roll to his side, barely managing to evade the attack.
She casted another glyph and skated on it like it was ice, and lunged back at him.
With no time to evade, he raised his shield and held his ground.
She gave another smirk as she leaped over him. She was about to do an over head assault.
Jaune quickly swung his sword upward countering her attack.
She lost her balance upon landing which seemed like she's faking it. With her back turned, she was wide open.
He lunged at her...but he suddenly stopped merely centimeters away before his blade made contact. He then felt a powerful force pulling him from behind. There were three black glyphs behind him. "Haagh!" He held his ground and tried to withstand it.
Weiss' face showed sorrow as she turned and slowly walked towards him. "Jaune, no matter who you're fighting, no matter how much you care for your opponent..." She put a hand on his chest. "...never hesitate to attack." She gave a light push.
He was sent flying, landing on another glyph which sprung him up in the air. "Aaaagh!" He was then pushed back down by another glyph above him. He hit the ground really hard. "Ugh!" He passed out.
She turned her back on him and walked forward. "Try to take my advice the next time we face." She slowly disintegrated.
"Jaune!" Velvet ran to him and carefully carried him and went to Ozpin.
"Miss Scarlatina, you should lay him on a bed in that room. " Ozpin points at a nearby room. "And please do take care of him for the time being."
She smiled. "With pleasure, sir."
Fox opened the door for her.
"I hope you don't mean anything naughty by that." Coco teased.
She gave her a mean look as she went inside.
He then closed the door. "Hey, so that's the guy Velv was talking about? The one who stood up to the guy bullying her?"
"Well he does fit her description pretty well." Yatsuhashi said. "What do you think, Coco?"
"I think our little Velvet has a crush. Wouldn't you agree, Professor?"
He chuckled. "I agree wholeheartedly."
-(End of Fly Cam Footage)-
"Guess you have new competition." Yang laughed. "I really can't believe it. He actually is a lady killer, and he doesn't even know it."
*sigh* "Great. Just great." Ruby said.
Weiss bowed her head and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Yeah...I don't think so. As nice it is to believe, there is no way that she would have a crush on me. She's just probably trying to return the favor by spreading the word of my not so heroic heroism or something, if that makes any sense." He took memory chip in his scroll and replaced it with the other fly cam's chip.
"Uuuugh." All of them face palmed.
"Wait! Why are we face palming?" Ruby called their attention. "This could work in our favor."
Yang thought about it. "Oh yeah. Good thinking, sis!"
"So, later that day, I woke up about an hour before lunch time. I...saw Velvet giving my arm a massage. Well...here's the story..." *click*
-(Fly Cam Footage)-
"Ugh...W-What happened?" Jaune woke up lying on a bed. He saw Velvet doing something to his right arm. He blushed. "Uh...Velvet right? W-What are you doing?"
She noticed his cheeks reddening. *giggle* "Giving you a massage. She slammed you hard on the ground. Your muscles became tense."
He remembered his practice match with Weiss. "Oh...So how'd I do?"
"Well, not bad but...not good either."
"Oh..." He looked down in disappointment."
"Your stats have been updated though. Excluding your aura, the rest of your attributes gained a star each. That's a huge improvement."
He smiled. "I guess it is."
She put his arm down and took the other. She was about to massage it but he lightly pushed her hands away. "Thanks but I'm fine now, see?" He stretched his arm and turned his wrist. "Ouch!"
Velvet grabbed his arm and massaged it. "Please, just let me do what I have to do."
"Sorry. I was just saving you the trouble of helping me."
"I know, but I would appreciate it more if you just hold still."
"...Okay. Thanks. I owe you one."
*giggle* "You don't owe me anything. You stood up to Cardin for me remember? Thank you, by the way. I never really had the chance to properly thank you."
"Don't mention it. I was just trying to help. Oh and uh...sorry for, you know...not standing up to him before. You know...when he was already bullying you? I was..." *sigh* "I was a coward back then." He looked away from her.
She held him by his shoulder. "What matters is that you finally stood up to him. That's worth being proud of. But it makes me wonder, why did you help me back then?
" Heh, why not? My mom always says, 'strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.'"
*giggle* "That line never gets old." Ruby said.
"Even if they're faunus?" She asked.
"Well, yeah. My family isn't racist, if that's what you're implying."
"No. Not at all." She gestures him to turn over and massaged his back.
"Oooh, yeah. That's the spot."
*giggle* "Anyway, my mother told me to never talk to strangers."
"Really? That's weird. It's good advice, don't get me wrong. I personally do that too, except for the 'never' part. I mean, how would you make new friends that way?"
"Well, I suppose you're right. How would I make new friends if I don't converse with people, right?"
"Right."
A few minutes later...
"There. All done." She stood up and took Jaune's armor on a small table nearby and gave it to him.
He got up and wore it then stretched his arms. "Ah! Feels good. Again, thanks."
"You're welcome." She gave him a warm smile. "You better get used to it, Jaune. I'll be taking care of your injuries too from now on. Just like what Professor Ozpin asked me to do."
"Wait, you mean...you're like my personal nurse?"
"That's one way of putting it. Yes."
Jaune laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"I just couldn't believe my luck. I actually got a cute bunny girl to nurse me." *ahem* "Uh...sorry. I kinda went over the top there for a moment."
She blushed. "You...think I'm cute?"
"Yeah. Everyone does." He said casually.
"E-Even with my bunny ears?"
"Velvet, listen to me." He held her shoulders and looks at her directly in the eyes. She blushes even harder but he doesn't seem to notice. "Your bunny ears make you look even cuter than not having them at all. And if someone says otherwise, then they probably have bad taste for pretty women...or they're probably racist. Okay?"
She nodded twice, still blushing.
"Good. Now..." He puts some distance between them and holds out a clenched fist. "Let's fist bump."
She's still blushing and just stared at him.
"Uh...you know what a fist bump is, right?"
She snapped out of it. "Oh, of course."
They bumped their fists with each other. They both smiled.
"By the way, what time is it?"
"It's almost twelve noon. We should go get something to eat."
"If you want, you could sit with me and my team with team RWBY at our usual table."
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"Don't worry. None of my friends have problems with the faunus. You've already met them, right?"
"No, I mean we can't sit anywhere near your friends. The less interaction you have with them, the easier it is to keep your secret, remember?"
"Oh right...I forgot. How 'bout I have lunch with you and your team?"
"They'd probably ate their lunch early today. How about we eat together, just us two?" She blushed at the thought.
"Sure."
-(End of Fly Cam Footage)-
"Wow, she's already making her move on him." Yang said.
"The rest of what happened is kinda boring to watch so I'm just gonna tell it from here. So after lunch, we went to Oobleck's class 'cause, you know...it's Wednesday, and I'm not exactly excused to some classes for not attending. The weirdest part was that Pyrrha was staring at me the whole time for some reason. Maybe because I sat next Velv, which was far from their seats, rather than sitting with my teammates? I don't know."
"Anyway, I just found out something awesome. Velv is really, really smart! I never noticed that before cause I always fall sleep in Profess- uh...I mean Dr. Oobleck's class. Good thing Velvet keeps waking me up. She helped me learn a bunch of stuff that was discussed. And then the surprise 'Short Quiz' came, which had fifty items on it. Yeah, I can't believe they call that a 'Short' Quiz either. And you know what my test score is? Read it and weep!"
He took out his test paper and showed it in front of the camera. "I got a 'B+'. Can you believe it! I always struggle so hard just to score a 'C' but actually getting a high score? And before you ask, this is completely legit. I actually talked to Dr. Oobleck just to check if he didn't make any mistakes. I owe my high score to Velvet! Man, I gotta hang out with her more."
Ruby frowned.
"Hmph. I have aced every test in that class. He should've asked for my tutelage." The heiress said.
"Get real, Weiss. The 'Ice Queen' isn't really the most approachable type of person, especially for a certain blonde goofball." Yang said.
"After class, I finally got to train my semblance. Remember when I said that I did dumb stuff that I thought I could do, yesterday? Well, one of them was practicing how to make glyphs like Weiss does but, it didn't go very well. Today though, with Velv's help, I managed to create my own after so many attempts...well kinda. *click*
-(Fly Cam Footage)-
Jaune was standing once again in the middle the arena with Velvet and Professor Ozpin. "Um...sir? Does this count as a glyph?"
"Yes, it does."
"But Weiss' glyphs has a snow flake symbol. Mine's got an arc family symbol on it."
"Just so you know, Weiss' glyph has her family's symbol on it."
"Oh. Then does that mean that the symbols a person makes is linked to their lineage?"
"To be honest, I don't know. I can't make glyphs but it is quite possible."
"...Cool. So let's test this baby out." He walked towards the glyph.
Velvet pulled his arm. "Um...Jaune, I don't think you should step on it. It may be better to use other objects to-"
"Don't worry." He interrupted. "What's the worst thing that could happen? Now stand back." The glyph blew him to a wall as he stepped on it. "Oww!"
Velvet ran to him to make sure he was okay.
-(End of Fly Cam Footage)-
"He's put too much aura into his glyph. It's unstable." Weiss said.
"Maybe you should teach him yourself." Yang gave her a wink and a nudge. "As far as we know, blowing stuff away's the only thing his glyphs can do."
"Yang! Whose side are you on!?"
"I'm on nobody's side, sis. That's just a part of liking someone. You gotta do everything it takes to win your man. I'm here to help anyone. And by the way, if he happens to like me then I'm gonna make him mine."
"W-wait, you like him too?"
*sigh* "Oh no." Weiss said. "There are other guys out there. Why would you settle for someone like him?"
"Well, why would you? Certainly, the heiress of all people shouldn't settle for someone like him."
"..."
"Okay, I might as well end it here." *sigh* "I should skip the glyphs. They're too much for me to handle...for now anyways. Blake's shadow thingy looks promising though. It looks harmless enough and it looks pretty cool. I'll work on that tomorrow. Okay, bye."
(End of Entry no. 3)
"So...he's gonna do Blake's next. That would be fun to watch, heh heh."
"Knowing him, he'd probably hurt himself in the process." Weiss said.
"I know. That's what makes it funny."
"Um...Yang, don't you think that's a bit mean?"
*sigh* "I know, sis. I know." Her mood instantly changes to a burst of laughter. "But funny is funny, right? I mean come on! Jaune's in for a 'cat-tastrophe', huh, huh? Am I right?"
Both of them face palmed. "You know what are the worst kinds puns?" Weiss asked. "The one's that are overused."
In the infirmary...
*knock* *knock* *knock*
"Come in."
Pyrrha and Ren entered the room.
"Hello Jaune. Are you feeling well?"
"Never better." He puts on a smile.
Pyrrha didn't buy it and just gave him a skeptical look.
He awkwardly laughed. "Okay, maybe not."
"Have you eaten your breakfast?" Ren asked.
"Not yet, but don't worry. Someone will bring my meal for me, any minute now. So how're you guys doing? I didn't expect you to be so early. And where's Nora?"
"Well, Ren's going to get the groceries today but he wanted to check up on you first. I on the other hand, wanted to keep you company for the rest of the day. Nora's still asleep, by the way."
"Nah, you don't have to do that. You should relax for today or like, do the project Dr. Oobleck gave us or something."
"I finished that yesterday. Besides, you've been rather distant to us." She shifted her gaze to the floor. "I think this is a great way to...catch up."
"Your team misses you, Jaune." Ren said.
"I'm sorry guys. I-"
*knock* *knock* *knock* Velvet opened the door bringing a small tray of food. She seemed to be tired. *yawn* " Good morning, Jaune. I made you some bacon pancakes with a glass of orange juice. I hope you like-" She noticed his teammates. "Oh, good morning. I didn't expect you to be so early."
"Velvet? Oh, what a surprise." Pyrrha said.
"Good morning to you too, Velv. And thanks for the meal."
She passed through them, placing the tray on the bed. "You're welcome. Can you get up?"
"Yeah." He slowly sat up but then he had an odd feeling on his right arm...or lack there of.
She noticed. "Is there something wrong with your arm?"
Both Ren and Pyrrha took a look.
Jaune wiggled his shoulder and his arm wobbled in response. "Uh...yeah. I think it's paralyzed. Probably a side effect from the aura burst I did, heh heh."
"Here, let me help you out." Velvet sat on the bed and started to feed him his meal.
Jaune blushed.
Pyrrha slowly looked away in sadness and jealousy.
Noticing this, Ren gave her a pat on the back and headed for the door. "I gotta go. Get well soon, Jaune."
He swallowed his food and answered. "Got it. Bye Ren."
He nodded before he left.
"So...Velvet, since when were you Jaune's personal caretaker." She joked with a hint of awkwardness.
"...Four months ago." She answered casually.
"...wait, what?" Pyrrha turned to Jaune for some answers.
He awkwardly scratched the back of his head. "Well...the thing is..."
In JNPR's room...
*yawn* Nora woke up and lazily stretched her arms and legs. She noticed her teammates' absence in the room and looked at the time. "Oh gosh I overslept!" She quickly got dressed out of her PJ's into her normal clothes, fixed herself up and took her scroll before leaving the room. "I better go talk to Velvet."
Her stomach grumbled.
"Look, I know you're hungry, but this is really important."
Her stomach grumbled again.
"I'll eat afterwards, okay?"
*grumble* *jiggle* *grumble* *grumble*
"That's ridiculous. I don't need that much energy."
Her stomach gave a loud growl.
"I'm going to talk to her first and that's final!" She crossed her arms and pouted.
Her belly kept silent until she started to feel a sharp pain inside.
She held her tummy. "Aaagh! Okay, okay. I'll eat first. You can stop aching now."
The pain stopped.
*sigh* She ran to the cafeteria. "I hope they still have pancakes left."
Back at the infirmary...
"...I see. So all this time, you've been training. But why be so secretive?"
"Ozpin said that my final test would be fighting a whole team, so he wanted to keep my training a secret. I think he doesn't want them to hold back or something." He said before he took another bite from what Velvet was feeding him.
"Your bout with team RWBY." Pyrrha thought back during his fight with them.
"Exactly."
"That explains a lot but..." She turned to Velvet. "What does she have to do with anything?"
"I was getting to that. She's one of my 'trainers'. Ozpin assigned her to teach me how to control my aura, semblance and stuff. Pretty cool, huh?"
"If I might add, I also doubled as his personal nurse." Velvet said as he fed him more food.
She slightly frowned but quickly saved with a fake smile. "Oh...um. Well, good for you, Jaune."
He finished his last bite and drank the orange juice. "Ah. That was satisfying." *burp* "Oops, heh heh. Excuse me."
Both of the girls giggled. Velvet took his tray and put it on the table.
*yawn*
"Um...you okay, Velv? You look kinda drowsy. Didn't get much sleep last night, did ya'?"
"You got me. Do you mind if I sleep here for awhile?"
"Please, go ahead." He gave her a bit of space.
"Thank you." She sat on a chair, rested her head on the bed and closed her eyes. "If you need me, please don't hesitate to wake me up, okay?"
He didn't answer. Instead he gently rubbed one of her bunny ears.
*giggle* She had a warm smile on her.
Jaune chuckled. "She likes it when I do that."
"Well...you've both certainly gotten...close." Pyrrha said.
"Heh heh, Yeah. You know, this isn't the first time this happened. Last time, when she said those exact words to me...okay maybe not exact but close, I actually thought she was going to lie down with me in bed." He laughed. "I panicked that time. I should've known better. She wouldn't do that."
"On the contrary, I would." Velvet said. "Oh, and could you be a dear and rub my other ear? Thanks."
He did what he was told. "No, you wouldn't."
"Yes, I would."
"Hmm...nah, I don't think so."
*giggle* "You want me to prove you wrong?"
"Jaune, I-I should go." Pyrrha said.
"But, I thought you said-"
"I know what I said but I just...remembered something that I um...need to do. Besides Velvet's here to keep you company." She stood up and headed out.
"Um...okay. See ya'...oh, and have a nice day."
"You too, Jaune..." She then went outside, slowly closed the door and leaned on it. *sigh* "I'm sure you will."
In RWBY's room...
(Middle of Entry no. 4)
"...So it turns out, Blake's semblance is kinda easy to do. I can't make them last really long but I think they can last long enough to confuse an enemy. Here's how I did it..." *click*
-(Fly Cam Footage)-
Both Jaune and Velvet stood in the middle of the arena.
"How do I do this?" He said.
"Hmm...try to know the person's characteristics. A person's semblance always have some form of connection to his or her personality. Now tell me what you know about Blake."
"Well, first of all she's a cat faunus...but you probably know that already. She's quiet and moody, she likes fish, she's a bookworm and...well that's all I know actually. We never actually talked much. Even though we kinda had a secret past."
"...What do you mean?"
"It's a sad story, really. Maybe I'll tell you next time. Right now I need to focus on my training. So, any suggestions on what I should do?
"Oh...um, try to think like her or try to imitate her traits."
"Okay, but there's not much to go on. She's part cat so maybe she has a cat trait that helps?"
"Hmm...it's quite possible. What do you normally see cats do?"
"Well, they eat fish and mice. Their eyes glow in the dark, which is cool but creepy at the same time. They like to play with balls of yarn and chase after laser pointers, for some reason. When they get startled, they jump up and all their fur stands straight up..." Jaune stopped and stared blankly in the air.
"Jaune?"
"I..I think I know how her semblance works."
"Care to explain?"
"If I concentrate my aura and spread it through my body like this..." He started to glow. "Velv, is there any way you could startle me?"
"...I'll be back." She left shortly afterwards. A few minutes later, she came back.
"Uh...what did you do?"
She didn't answer. Instead, she drew a pistol quickly aiming it at him and...*BANG!*
"Eeek!" Jaune leaped to the side leaving an image of himself behind. The projectile went through the chest area.
"It worked."
Team RWBY was speechless. None of them expected her to do that of all people.
*pant* *pant* " Are you crazy!?"
"I'm sorry. You said you wanted to me to startle you."
"Yeah but not almost kill me in the process!"
"Rubber bullets cannot do much harm to you, especially with your aura. I even aimed at your chest plate."
"Oh. That's fine then. But still..."
"At least you managed to pull it off, right?"
"...Yeah, I guess you're right. Sorry for overreacting."
"It's fine. Now the question is, can you do it again?"
"...Let's find out."
She aims the weapon at him again.
"Without!...shooting me, thank you very much."
She took out the the gun's cartridge and dropped the gun.
"Okay. Here goes..." His body faintly glowed. He jumped to the side, afterwards. "Did it work?"
"Yes, but it didn't last as long as before. I only caught a short glimpse of it. You should try again."
-(End of Footage)-
"So, he didn't hurt himself after all." Weiss said. "Good for him."
"And after many attempts, I managed to do it on my own. It's not as well made as Blake's but, I think it passes. That's why I took it a step further by using it with dust. It didn't go so very well. And no, I'm not gonna show the footage. It's too painful to watch. Ice dust, it froze me in place. Fire dust, It blew me up. Lightning dust, it gave me an electric shock. Earth dust, thank goodness I didn't tried that. I would've turned to stone."
Yang laughed. "Spoke to soon, Weiss."
"Lastly, before I end this, I have one last thing to show."
-(Fly Cam Footage)-
Jaune was lying on a bed while Velvet tended his injuries.
"Good thing you heal fast. You look well already."
"Yeah." He chuckled. "Lucky me."
*knock* *knock* *knock* Professor Ozpin went inside the room tapping on his scroll.
"Hi, professor." They both greeted.
"Salutations. I have good news and some bad news, Mr. Arc."
Both of them listened intently.
"The bad news, is that your aura reserve is gradually depleting. Due to your overuse of your semblance."
"Um...sir, isn't that natural?"
"I'm not talking about your aura, Jaune. This is about your aura 'reserve'. Your body can't hold more aura than before. If this keeps up, all of that power inside you, even the aura you're father sealed will eventually deplete."
"Oh...then how do we fix that?"
"That's the good news. Can you stand up?"
"Yeah, I'm fine now."
"Good. Follow me."
The three left the bedroom. They followed Ozpin to one of the locked doors in the facility. As he stood by the door, he began tapping on his scroll.
"Jaune, since when did you last composed or even played a song?"
"Um...the night before the dance last year. I made a short song to ask Weiss out to the dance..."
Velvet frowned at his words, trying to imagine that scene.
"Why'd you ask?"
"In short, you rarely make music anymore."
"Well, yes sir but, it wasn't like that before. Back at home, I used to make music all the time. It was a hobby. My dad got me a lot of instruments. He said it will help me 'with the ladies.' Don't wanna brag but, I think I'm pretty good at it. I got a song out in the net and it was a huge hit. Sadly, I don't get to make anymore 'cause this is a school for huntsmen and huntresses."
He put his scroll back inside his pocket. "What if I told you that your hobbies are the reason you have such a great aura reserve."
"Uh...what!?"
"You heard me. That's the secret of the Arcs. Each member of your family has a passion, whether it be cooking, singing, dancing, and the like. Passion drives each and everyone of your family members. Even your feelings and emotions affect the aura inside you. It amplifies your power tremendously."
"Oh great, more secrets that my dad never told me."
"They have a good reason for keeping it, you know."
"Like what?"
Ozpin took out his scroll and played an old footage.
-(Ozpin's Footage)-
An 11 year old Jaune was confidently walking down the street, with sunglasses on, on a sunny afternoon. He sang, "...I got the 'POWUH'." He suddenly turned around and pointed his finger, like he was holding a gun, at a trash can.
It exploded. The trash can hit a moving car's wind shield. The guy driving it panicked, turning his steering wheel hard right.
A green-haired man with eye glasses happened to come out of a coffee shop, with his cup of coffee, where the car was about crash.
Out of reflexes, the person zips away avoiding the crash but he bumped into another person at an angle causing his hot coffee to spill on his face.
"Aaaagh! It burns!" He zipped out of control across the street, tackling everyone who got in his way. He tripped and tackled down a big, fat mustached guy, who just got his blunderbuss axe out of the weapon repair shop.
The fat guy accidentally pulled the trigger of his weapon firing a powerful air bubble blowing off the wheel of a moving truck being driven by an old guy who ran a dust shop.
The truck fell over to the side, squishing a car. It ignited in flames. The flames reached the dust inside the truck creating a huge... *KABOOM!*
-(End of Footage)-
Yang and Ruby laughed so hard, they can be heard throughout the corridor.
Weiss cracked a smile but tried to fight it. "This is no *snort* laughing matter. There were people hurt and properties damaged."
"Sorry but this is too funny. What a small world!" Yang continued to laugh.
"Wait, I just realized something. The guy driving that truck was the guy who runs a dust shop and sells noodles. How did he survive?"
"Cause he's one tough old geezer, that's for sure."
Velvet couldn't help but smile but at the same time worried about the incident.
Jaune paled. "Oh...right, that. I'm in trouble aren't I."
"No, you're not. You already got sanctioned by your father by sealing away your aura."
*sigh* "...Let's change the subject. What do you want to show me again?"
"This." Ozpin opened the door. Revealing a bright room.
As they went in, Jaune and Velvet marveled at the sight. "You mean to tell me that all this time, you had a room full of musical instruments inside this combat training facility, and you didn't even tell me?"
"There's a computer at the side, for editing purposes, and a karaoke machine too. You may start using this room tomorrow. But know this, you must not neglect other parts of your training."
"Of course. This place just got a whole lot more awesome." He turned to Velvet. "Hey, do you happen to know how to play a musical instrument? Anything at all?"
"Well, just a few. I play a bit of guitar, drums, bass, saxophone, violin, bongos, ukulele..."
"Whoa, that's a lot of instruments. And how'd you know how to play those, if I may ask?"
*giggle* "I have a life outside of Beacon."
"...Cool. Meet me here tomorrow after classes. Um...if that's okay with you."
She had a warm smile. "I'd love to."
-(End of Fly Cam Footage)-
"Okay, how cool is that!? Not only do I get my own music room, but I also have my partner to back me up. I'm thinkin' of making my own band, but of course I need more members than two. Luckily, I have an idea that could work. You probably have a good idea what it is but, let's not spoil the surprise. Later..." *click*
"Now we know how he made his music videos." Ruby said. "Let's check them o-"
*knock* *knock* *knock*
Weiss turned to the door. "Now who could that be?"
"I'll get it." Yang stood up and went to the door. "Rubes, hide the scroll."
"'Kay."
Yang slightly opened it to see who it is. "Oh, Pyrrha. What a...pleasant surprise."
A/N: So that concludes chapter 3. Speaking of which, I recently watched RWBY Volume 3 chapters 2 and 3, and I gotta say, they are making up for the small decline of quality in the fights scenes with quantity. Seriously, three episodes straight, we have action and it's about to hit a fourth streak. That's so awesome of them.
My reactions to chapter 2:
1. Nora's semblance revealed-Me: So Awesome!
2. Jaune being a good leader-Me: I'm proud of you, Jaune.
3. Jaune making the terms, 'power flower' and especially 'ARKOS' cannon in the series-Me: LOL. Thumbs way up to you, RoosterTeeth.
4. Uncle Crow!-Me: Awesome!
5. Everything in team SSSN's fight with team NDGO, Weiss' reaction to Neptune hitting on other girls, his ironic fear of water, Gavin (Vav) voicing Scarlet and him getting hit in the 'nuts', Vic (Broly) voicing Qrow, Prof. Port calling Dr. Oobleck stupid.-Me: AWESOME! but mostly, LMAO.
6. Winter is coming and a probable fight with Qrow.-Me: THE HYPE!
My reactions to chapter 3:
1. Ruby trying to be fancy with words.-Me: LOL!
2. Winter being a 'high standards' type of b****.-Me: ...B****. But she does care for Weiss, so I'll give her that.
3. Qrow's overall character and him calling Winter, 'Ice Queen'.-Me: LOL! I like this guy.
4. Qrow vs. Winter-Me: AWESOME! He's got skillz.
5. Qrow's scythe transformation tease.- Me: Uuugh! Why!? I wanna see it so badly.
6. Qrow's interaction with them in 'the meeting'.-Me:LOL! He doesn't care what anybody thinks, he will say what he wants to say.
7. Revelation of Qrow being always drunk.-Me: You're drunk when you fought Winter? That's so awesome!
8. Cinder rigging the fights, her virus found a new access point (Gen. Ironwood's scroll) -Me: Interesting, some questions answered but a lot more emerges.
9. Emerald and Mercury vs. Coco and Yatsuhashi-Me: More HYPE! coming.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read...this.