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After leaving the scene back in the avenue, Jaune and Ruby decided to explore around Beacon Academy until they came upon a beautiful garden. They are now walking on the circular paths surrounding a water fountain.

"Hehe, you know. If I didn't pull you away from the explosion, you would've earned the nickname of 'Crater Face'," says Jaune.

"Hey! That was an accident! Besides you pulled me away before any of it would get to me," cried Ruby before continuing, "Thanks again by the way, but the point still stands!"

"Yeah, yeah. But you know, when you think about it. She was the one started it. Swinging around that tube like nobody's business, filling the air with those dust powder. From my point of view, she was asking for an explosion to happen on her face," says Jaune as he chuckled at the thought.

"Yeah. It's not like I wanted to fall on her stuff," says Ruby. "I was feeling bad enough starting the mess, but she seriously don't have to yell at me so much."

Jaune have a thoughtful look before saying, "I'll blame Yang for that if I were you." Ruby grumbles at that before muttering something about stupid sister.

"Thanks for defending me though. So I take it we're even now?" says Ruby with a smile.

Closing his eyes for a moment while taking a thinking pose, Jaune says, "Nah. That was only small stuff compare to the motion sickness that I have back in the airship. So no, I still owed you one."

"Hehe. Ok." As she look around the garden, thinking of a way to start a conversation. She decided on her favourite topic instead, "So, anyway I got this thing," says Ruby as she take out her weapon which switches from the holster form into the scythe form from earlier back in the avenue, the bladed ended stabbing the ground. Jaune just couldn't help but move a step back from seeing this.

"What? It's not like it's not like I'm going to cut you with it or anything," says Ruby grumpily.

"I know, but seeing you wielding that scythe… is still surprising for me," responded Jaune before thinking, "Considering the fact that a small size cute teenage girl wielding a large weapon like that… is seriously scarier than those pictures of Grim Reapers I've seen." He continued, "It's probably gonna take a while before I get used to seeing you using it.

Ruby pouted cutely before continuing, "Well it's both a scythe and a customizable high impact sniper rifle. It's named Crescent Rose and it is my baby," says Ruby as she hugged her weapon with her eyes close. Jaune look at her funnily for a moment, thinking she may seriously start drooling before looking down at his sheathed sword attached to his belt with a thought. "So what do you got?" Ruby asked as she looked back at Jaune.

"Huh?" Jaune speaks out slowly as he looked back up at Ruby.

"What kind of weapon do you wield, Jaune?" asks Ruby.

Jaune stumbled a bit from the sudden question but moved his hands toward his weapon, "Oh. Uh. I…" He unsheathed his sword, showing it to Ruby and replied, "I got this sword."

"Ooooh~," Ruby voices out as she look at it with interest.

"Yeah, got a shield, too…," Jaune says slowly as he hold out the sheath onto his hand and mecha-shift it into a shield before he stop it midway holding it near his chest and remain staring at it for a moment, with a smile. A flashback played out in his mind.

Fifteen year old Jaune is now resting after several hours of daily training in a wooden house next to a forge somewhere near a forest. Staring at the ceiling while groaning out loud, "Ouch… No matter how many times I train with you every day, it's always dead tiring."

Jaune heard a chuckle from another room before an older female voice replies from the other room, "You should know me by now little knight. Have to make it harder and harder for you if you ever want to keep up with me. After all, it was you who ask me to push you through your limits."

Jaune remain laying there on the ground thinking whether or not to curse himself over his younger self's stupidity. Shaking his head he slowly stood up, ignoring the feeling of pain and walk into the next room and asked her, "You know, I just realized you have been in the forge a lot lately these past few weeks. Any reason why?"

The other occupant stood up holding an object by her hands, Jaune realises that it was a shield. She turned around and walks towards Jaune and answered. "Good question," stopping for a moment before holding up the shield in front of him, "This is the reason why."

Jaune is surprise at this action. He grabbed hold of the shield and look at it. As he looked at it, two yellow moon arcs covering the white surface. He doesn't know why but he like the way it feels. He look back to her, "What is this?"

The female replied with a small laugh, "Why it's a shield of course."

Jaune sweat drops, "You know what I mean."

"Heh, it's a gift for you, little knight. This is my thanks to you for helping me. You saved me as much as I've save you all these years. This shield is something I personally forged for you myself. I hope it would serve you well and help you protect any friends and comrades that you may find and gain in the future. It may look like any normal shield, but trust me when I say this, it's a special one. It has a part of my soul fused inside it. So know this, I may not always be able to be at your side as a person, so think of the shield as me. It doesn't matter if we're near or far apart. I will always at your side as your shield, protecting you whenever you go."

Jaune look at her with awe before ducking his head, blushing at the strong sense of care towards him. "Thanks."

The female continued, "Know this Jaune, you are-"

"..une..JAUNE!"

"Huh?" says Jaune as his eyes open widely. Focusing back in the real world and looking forward. He sees Ruby in front of him with a worried expression looking back at him.

"Are you alright?" asks Ruby.

Jaune look at Ruby for a moment before looking back at his shield on his left hand for a second before looking back at Ruby reassuringly, "Nothing. I'm fine, just having a flashback. Sorry to worry you there."

"Well, that must have been some flashback for you to have just by looking at your shield. You've been staring at it for a few minutes straight without saying anything," says Ruby.

"Hehe, sorry. It's just this shield is a gift from someone special to me," says Jaune as he look at it a bit more. From others point of view, it really does look like a normal shield with the two yellow moon arcs covering the front part and the mecha-shifting ability to switch between shield form and the sheath form. But, to him it means so much more. "Well anyway, all I got is this sword and shield that switches into the sheath and back."

"Nice," says Ruby smiling. "Do they do anything else?"

"Not really. Other than me putting the shield back into the sheath form and putting away the sword," says Jaune. "But the shield is also sort of a lucky charm too for me."

"Cool," says Ruby. "But doesn't it weighs the same?"

"Huh? Oh, it's not really that heavy. I don't even know the materials that were used to make it," says Jaune. "But it feels just right."

"Oh. Hehe, that's surprising. Well, I kinda went overboard designing Crimson Rose," says Ruby.

Jaune look at Ruby surprisingly before saying, "Wait, you made that?"

"Of course! All students at Signal made their own weapons. Didn't you? Well, besides your shield I mean," says Ruby.

"No, I didn't. The sword is a hand-me-down. My great great-grandfather use to wield it during the war. Which to be honest, I don't even know if I'm good enough to wield it," says Jaune as he look at the sword sadly.

Ruby took a thoughtful look and then shouted out, "Don't worry about it!" while slapping Jaune's back. As Jaune break out of his sad look, she continues, "It sounds like a family heirloom to me. It's yours now, so wield it for your grandfather and make him proud! Plus, I like it. Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days."

Jaune smile a little at that. "Yeah, the classics," Jaune let out before sheathing his sword as he said that.

Ruby continues walking along the path at the garden and Jaune follows behind her. Ruby then look around some more before realising something, "Wait, where are we going?"

Jaune then says, "Huh? Oh. I was just checking out the garden for a while, since we still got some time to spare. We should probably head towards the amphitheatre."

Ruby then turn and look at Jaune, "Wait. You know the directions around Beacon? You sounded like you've been here before."

Jaune shook his head, "No I don't. Remember the Huntress I spoke of a while ago?"
Ruby nodded. "She has given me a brief description of the directions around Beacon a few years ago in case I made it to Beacon, which luckily I did. We should go back the way we came and head towards the entrance doorway to the amphitheatre for the ceremony. I think that's where all the students were heading atleast."

Ruby look at Jaune surprised before grinning, "Well, lead the way, Scout Jaune!"

Jaune countered, "Don't make me start you calling Crater Face now." As Jaune walks back the direction they came from heading towards the amphitheatre.

"Hey, I didn't get the explosion on me remember!" exclaimed Ruby as she follows Jaune.

After leaving the garden area, they walk pass the big doorway into the amphitheatre, which was big enough to hold hundreds of people. A loud voice which belongs to Yang, came from the huge crowd.

"Ruby! Over here! I save you a spot. Sorry Jaune, I didn't manage to get a spot for you though," Yang shouted while waving her hand.

Ruby then look at Jaune, "Oh uh. I'll see you after the ceremony, Jaune."

Jaune nods at her. As she moves away, he sighs, "Great. Now where do I find another nice quirky girl to talk to," as he slowly walk towards the crowd, not noticing a girl who was behind him. She's looking at him as he moved.

"Now that's someone I haven't seen in ages. So he made it to Beacon too huh? Applying to Beacon appears to be a good idea after all," thought the girl as she smiles before moving to blend in the crowd in the amphitheatre, before having one more thought, "Good to see you again, old friend."

As Jaune stands among the huge crowd in the amphitheatre, he took some time and look around. So many people, all made it to Beacon. He wonders what kind weapons they wield or skills they have gained throughout their entire life. After seeing some of them, he could not help but feel inferior, "Did I really even deserve to be here?"

He turn to look at Ruby and Yang, he noticed that they were talking with Weiss. He overheard her speaking with a sarcastic tone, "...and try out clothes and talk about cute boys like tall, blond and scraggly over there." She was pointing at Jaune in the middle of her sentence.

Jaune blushes a little as she say that, but he knew she was being sarcastic. He may not have much interaction of the opposite sex earlier in his years as he spent a lot of his time with his family and most of all, his mother. But thanks to his sister, he gained some experience to see through sarcasm through their tone they were using. He thought, "Using me as an example huh? Hmm… might as well annoy her after this." Just as soon as he finish that thought, a speaker sound came out, indicating the ceremony was about to begin. On the circular stage in the amphitheatre are two people. One he recognise as Glynda Goodwitch, the woman who shows up before through the holographic projection back in the airship. The other was a middle aged man, which Jaune assume must be Professor Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy, thin brown eyes and tousled grey hair wearing an unzipped dark green suit over a green unbuttoned vest, with a green undershirt underneath. Poking inward his shaded glasses with one hand, he speaks through the microphone set up on the stage.

Jaune sweats a little as he hoped the headmaster did not see through the 'unacceptable means' of him getting here.

"I'll...keep this brief. You have travelled here today in search of knowledge-to hone your craft and acquire new skills-and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose-direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." As soon as he finished his speech, he immediately walks off.

Glynda Goodwitch is the only one left on the stage. She walk towards the microphone and speaks, "You will gather in the ball room tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation will begin. Be ready. You're dismissed."

Jaune then moves slowly toward Ruby's group, he heard Yang saying, "He seem kind of… off."

Ruby reply, "It's almost like he wasn't even there."

Jaune then got to the side of Weiss and introduces himself, "I'm a natural blond you know." Weiss looks incredibly annoyed as she facepalmed, making Jaune smile even wider.

Ruby waved at him with a smile, "Oh, hey Jaune."

Yang is literally smirking at the annoyed face of the heiress before giving him a thumbs up.

After the ceremony, the students were led to a room full of lockers, led by Glynda Goodwitch. "Each of you will be assigned one rocket propel locker to store your weapons and extra armor. Please wait for a while until your assigned number is given to you. Then you may store your equipment for safekeeping in your proper assigned locker. Please make sure to make a passcode for your lockers after storing them and… do try to remember them until tomorrow," says Glynda. "That is all from me for today. I hope you all get a good rest tonight to prepare for tomorrow's Initiation. Good night." As soon as she finishes that, she walks away from the locker room.

Jaune was given locker number 636. He noticed it was quite near to Weiss's locker. Jaune put in his sheath, sword and the armor he was wearing over his hoodie shirt. Putting in the passcode and closing it, he walk away heading the where Ruby and Yang are standing. He sees Weiss chatting with a red hair girl in a ponytail by their locker nearing his own.

Jaune could have sworn that he may have seen the girl somewhere before, but he could recall when or where. He shrugs and continued walking. He'll figure it out as time passes by, eventually. He did not notice at the fact that the red hair girl was glancing at him as he walks away, while Weiss is preoccupied with her locker. She smiles before facing her locker and closes it.

Jaune spent some time chatting with Ruby and Yang as they slowly walk along the way to the ball room.

"'I'm a natural blond you know?'" says Yang as she did the quote unquote hand gesture. "Seriously Jaune? That's the best pick up line you can think of?" continued Yang smirking as she crosses her arms together.

Jaune replied, "Not really. I don't have much experience in flirting anyway. I say that just to annoy her, after all she was being rude to Ruby back at the avenue after you left, which she almost got an explosion in the face several minutes afterward if I didn't pull her away in time." Then he started to snicker, "Well if she did, I am so calling her 'Crater Face' for a while."

Ruby flushes at that and started glaring at Jaune before lightly punching his arm, earning an 'ouch' from him as the result. "Shut up."

Jaune hold both his hands up in the air in a surrender gesture before saying, "Alright alright. I'll stop. I'll stop. Cause you know, even if you do get exploded in the face, I still wouldn't do it anyway since you help me earlier today after all." Ruby once again, smiles at that.

Yang rolls her eyes but was secretly glad to know that Ruby has somehow managed to have made a good friend in Beacon. She was a bit worried for Ruby at the fact she may rely on her throughout the years in the academy as none of her friends from Signal was here. That worry was thrown into the black hole in her mind after they met Jaune. He was kinda cute in her opinion. All in all a very sociable, kind and good person, yet also weird and interesting at the same time. Seeing him making a promise to himself back in the avenue earlier today was kinda cool. She hopes she would get to know this Huntress person one day.

Soon, Jaune, Ruby and Yang reached the ball room.

Jaune is actually surprised. The entire room could fill up with more than a hundred people easily, "Wow, this place is huge!" Ruby nods in agreement.

"So we'll be sleeping in this big room? Sounds like fun," says Yang smirking.

"Huh. How do we sleep anyway? On the floor? We weren't told to bring sleeping bags. Do we?" Jaune asks the girls, which they reply by shaking their heads.

Then a few dozen people came into the ball room. One of them shouted, "Students, don't worry. You all will be given futons and blankets provided by Beacon Academy staffs. Where you place your futons is completely up to you. It is however limited to inside the ball room only. Hope you get a good sleep tonight and good luck for tomorrow."

All the students were then provided with futons and blankets by the staffs. Jaune, Ruby and Yang find some free spots and place their own futon on the floor. Then all three of them went into the bathroom to change into their own sleepwear. Ruby wears a brown tank top with heart-shaped Beowolf design on the chest and white long pants with rose decorations while Yang wears an orange tank top with a flame emblem on the front and brown short shorts. Jaune wears a white shirt with a shield design on his right chest and black long pants.

Normally he would wear the pajamas prepared by his mother, but he decided against it, not after she… he shake away the thought. Instead he wears the clothes he was given by that special person. He smiled at the thought, wondering what she is doing now. "Probably wandering around the world and killing Grimm as usual", Jaune thought as he rolls his eyes. He walks towards the spot where he places his futon. He sees Ruby already on hers, writing a book.

Yang then slumped into hers next to Ruby while saying aloud, "It's like a hugeeee slumber party!" Ruby's response was quieter, so Jaune didn't hear what she says. He did not hear what Yang says next, but he did see Yang making a feral grin like a predator as she look around the ball room. He could've sworn that she had an image of a female lion with a feral predator look for moment there. He shook his head, it's probably just his imagination. He continued making his way to his futon, lay down on it and take out his journal.

"Well, I promised her to make a journal about my life in Beacon. Might as well start now," Jaune thought as he wrote down his experience on the first day. Several minutes of writing later, he got pulled away from his focus on the journal from the sound of fighting a few yards away from his bed. He sweat dropped at the sight as it was Ruby and Yang having a small fight. He also sees that there was a girl wearing from what seems to be a black colour yukata with a book on her hand, sitting near a small table with a candle on top next to her by the wall of the ball room. He realised that she was the same catgirl that help Ruby back in the avenue earlier that day with Weiss. He decided to get up from his futon and walk towards the group to thank the catgirl for her help earlier, only for the fight being interrupted by a shout from a certain heiress in a faded-bluish sleeping gown with short sleeves and white trimming.

"What in the world is going on over here?! Don't you realise that some of us are trying to sleep?!" Weiss shouted before knowing that she was shouting at Ruby and Yang.

After she realises that, she shouted once more, this time even louder at the same time with Yang, "OH! NOT YOU AGAIN!"

Ruby quickly shushes them up, "Guys, she's right. People are trying to sleep," looking around with a worried expression as she said that.

Jaune decided to intervene before the scale could escalated even more. "Girls, enough," says Jaune looking annoyed. "It's late now, if you want to continue your fight, do so tomorrow."

The girls turn to look at Jaune, each with different expressions, Ruby with a grateful look at Jaune, Yang with a raised eyebrow, the catgirl with a neutral look and Weiss with a seriously annoyed look on her face.

"Oh BUz…" before she could finish her sentence, she felt a quick intense pain on her forehead, "OUCH!" cried out Weiss, as she put a hand on her forehead with a pained look before looking shock at the at the hand few inches away from her face.

"Like I say, Miss Schnee, please continue your little fight against my friends tomorrow. Besides, you already buzz me off earlier today," says Jaune as he lowering his hand.

Weiss, in short, is stunned, no beyond that. Her brain literally just shut down completely, unable to think of any kind of retort. She never got flicked before, ever, in her entire life. Now, here is a young man flicking her forehead to shut her up. "Wha…," she slowly speaks out before regaining her composure and loudly says, "How dare you! You... YOU….. they started it!" pointing at Ruby and Yang. Before they could respond, Jaune countered.

"Correction, I was on my way to stop them before you make your way here screaming, and you just make the situation even worse, prolonging the mess at the result. So I repeat, please try to continue your fight with them, tomorrow," says Jaune, crossing his arms as he said that.

Weiss is literally speechless. She got flicked and shut down at the same time, literally. She gotten a little teary eyed, making Jaune's eyes widen a little. Before he could say anything, she quickly turns around and walks off with a 'Hmmph!' The group look at her go before Jaune says out loud.

"Uhh… did I overdo it?" looking at Ruby and Yang as he say that.

Author Notes: Finally done. Once again, please leave behind a review and I hope you enjoy this chapter. :)