Author's Notes: I do not own RWBY or Fate/Stay Night and it associated media such as Fate/Grand Order.
Initiations and introductions
Whistling to himself while grabbing out some of his equipment, Jaune was excited for the initiation because not only does he get to gun down some grimm, he gets to compare himself to others in his group to see where he truly stacks. Plus this gives him a chance to observe the other initiates and see what their abilities and skills where after all you got to prepared just in case.
Just as he holstered up his pistol he looked to his right and saw the angry snow angel from yesterday and a red-haired girl who looked like one of those Spartans from grandpa's tales. Hmm well, time to introduce myself, after all, it is good to get to know your fellow students, Jaune thought to himself while trying to justify his attempt getting to know some more girls while playing around with the heiress.
"Well, that sounds great .but-!"
"Howdy y'all names Jaune Arc I walkin by and heard y'all talking about teams and stuff so I decided to introduce myself just in case we get paired up," Jaune said with a lady-killing grin.
"You-" Weiss said with disgust but before she continues she was interrupted with by Jaune.
"Didn't see you there Snow Angel so has Beacon been treatin you?"
The aforementioned snow angel eye began to twitch at being called such an obscene nickname in front of Pyrrha of all people and just as she was about secure an ally or perhaps future teammates in one the best if not the best huntresses-in-training at Beacon.
"My name is Weiss Schnee not snow angel and if you don't-"
"My bad but I can't help it sometimes you know you do look like a snow angel, but do you mind introducing me to your friend," He said with a teasing smile.
"Why you-"
"It fine Weiss." The redhead spoke up. "My name is Pyrrha Nikos, its a pleasure to meet you."
"I tip my hat to you. It mighty fine havin you out here, but I gotta go so see ya on the battlefield."
Just as Jaune was about to make exit he was stopped by his new-found acquaintance.
"Wait, do you know anything about me?"
Jaune thought about for a few seconds and came up with blanks until he thought about the cereal his younger sister sometimes eats. He immediately recognized the face, but not much else.
"Ehh sorry, but are you the girl on Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box."
"Indeed I am."
"Well, that's all I got."
"Wait a minute you don't know who she is?" Weiss piped in.
"Nope."
"She's graduated as the top student out of sanctum and she won the regional mistral tournament 4 times!"
"Well, that's a lot of achievements you have there. I would like to see for myself how good you are, so do you wanna have a grand ole time in the arena after the initiation?" he challenged her.
"Sure I will see you there," she said with a slight blush.
Great seeing y'all at the arena and probably at the initiations ." Jaune said as began to make his way towards the initial area. Though that was the first challenge he issued, though he still needed to challenge Ruby. While he played dumb to see if she was the invisible girl of mistral he was quite aware of her skills as he seen a few matches on television he was confident that he can possibly match her as long as he can keep her at skirmishing range.
Meanwhile, the pair watched as the cowboy began to make his way to the zone before Pyrrha finally broke the silence "Well that was int interesting."
"Hmmp it foolhardy of him to challenge you Pyrrha"
"Perhaps but interesting none of the less, though we should are make out to the cliff as well," Pyrrha said with a hidden smile.
As Jaune was walking towards his spot on the cliff he gave a quick thumbs up Ruby who waved back in excitement. He finally settled down on a spot between a hyperactive orange haired girl and some wannabe jock in shiny armor who was giving him the stink eye.
After a few minutes, Headmaster Ozpin and Professor Goodwitch arrived at the cliff. Ozpin looked at the assembled group of future huntsmen and women before starting his little speech.
"For years you have trained to warriors .and today your skills will be evaluated at the emerald forest Now the-"
Beep Beep Beep
A frown began to form on the headmaster's face before at the fact someone was calling him now of all times, but after realizing who was calling him he immediately began to walk off to a more secluded place, but not without telling Glynda to carry on with the event "I'm sorry this quite embarrassing, but it seems like I have to take this call real quick, so Ms. Goodwitch if you mind can you continue with the introduction please"
"Of course headmaster" she replied respectfully before addressing the class "I am sure you have heard some rumors about the team assignment. Well let me clarify them by saying teams will be assigned today, so it is important you can team up with someone you can work well with as your teammates will be will you for your entire tenure at Beacon Academy. The first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."
"What!" a distraught ruby said before a flurry of murmurs and whispering ensued. They were immediately silenced when continued on with her speech.
"After partnering up, you will head to the northern section of the forest where you will find an abandoned temple where you and partner will retrieve a relic, and bring it back up the cliff. Along the way, you will be observed and graded based on your performance. Any questions before we begin ?"
After waiting a minute with no one asking a question, decided to continue on with the initiation.
"Good, then everyone takes their positions."
One by one the initiates were launched off the cliff until it was Jaunes turned to be launched. Truth is he was quite inexperienced with this type of situation so he decided to roll with it and hope for the best.
As Jaune was being launched into the sky he realized there was a slight problem...he had no real strategy for landing ….
As Jaune was slightly panicking, Ozpin was still trying to get through to his drunk counterpart.
"Qrow can you speak properly I can't understand what you're trying to say!"
"Hic ..sorry, Ozzy boy just needed to get me together…"
"This better be important Qrow I was in the middle of the initiative and-
"Meh the brats will be fine, but this is important."
"Does this have to do with the enemy?"
"Nope."
"Then what is it?"
"This is even more important than that it has to do with Raven!"
"What about her?"
"She heard rumors that she was last seen with a young man with blue hair and red-eyed"
"And?"
"She has a new apprentice"
"I see but raven is not really interested in the politics of the world as she is more concerned with the day to day activities of her tribe."
"I know Oz but-"
"If she makes a move then we will react but for now focus your efforts on our true enemy."
"Alright, alright just wanted to let you know."
As Ozpin thought on this new development, Jaune tried to slow his descent down through the forest with a bowie knife with some success. On the plus side he was relatively unscathed through on the downside he landed in the middle of a Beowulfs.
"Eh, say do you mind if you let me pass ?"
The closest Beowulf responded by trying to slash Jaune across, which Jaune merely sidestepped before putting a well-placed bullet between the eyes.
"I'm going to take that as a no."
The rest of the pack charged at Jaune only to be gunned down with precision fire from Jaune's modified colt single action. Thinking the last of the beowulfs were defeated Jaune quickly reloaded his pistol and began to make his way up north towards the abandoned temple
As began to stroll through the forest he could not but feel so relaxed even with the sound of gunfire and fighting the background the forest was quite pleasant. It's a shame he had to complete the initiation otherwise he wouldn't mind staying out here for a few days. Jaune musing ended when the Spartan from earlier appeared out nowhere nearly surprising Jaune.
"Hello again."
"Howdy didn't see you there."
"Um, Jaune...do you wanna be partners?"
"Sure, your the first person I have run into all day."
"You can call me Pyrrha by the way."
"Hmm okay then Pyrrha, so do you know where the relics are."
"Sorry Jaune I do not."
"It's fine we will just have to find them then also the duel still on?"
"Of course it is Jaune," she replied politely.
"Well alrighty then let's find them pieces."
As the two made their way through the grimm infested forest Ozpin and were carefully observing the initiates.
"The final has been paired up," Ozpin stated casually as he took a sip of his coffee.
"I still don't know how to feel about letting him in as he has or formal prior training."
"It's fine Glynda his grandfather assured me that he is more than qualified for this."
"And how is grandfather a qualified figure to make such an observation."
Ozpin merely smiled before answering "Well knowing my old friend he would not make irrational decisions unless it involves flirting, showing off, swindling people, unintentionally and intentionally break laws-"
"Exactly my point-"
"Even with all those faults and mistakes in the past, my friend has always on point when it comes to combat-related things though to be fair to him he has really mellowed out over the years."
Glynda merely signed in resignation before replying " For his sake, I hope he is ready."
"He will be fine, what we observed so far indicates he can handle the lesser grimm he had encountered so far plus he has the invincible girl to back him up if things go wrong."
Glynda nodded her head in confirmation as she turned her attention back on to the screen.
As the students made their way towards the abandoned temple some faced heavier resistance such as Jaune and Pyrrha as they face down a death stalker.
"Should've brought the Thunderer if I was going to face this thing" Jaune hissed to himself as he dodged the death stalker's tail.
"Jaune lets pullback for now."
"Alrighty, then I'll provide some cover fire then."
"Are you sure-"
"Its fine I'm quite the speedster myself plus I can slow with down with some of my specialty rounds" Jaune proudly proclaimed.
"Be safe Jaune" Pyrrha said before retreating towards the temple.
WIth Pyrrha gone Jaune began to retreat in a different direction forcing the Grimm to follow him as he began to pelt the armored scorpion with bullets.
As Jaune pulled the creature towards his location, Jaune was in quick thinking over his options. He noticed armor it quite thick but there are still a few weak spots that are hard to hit such as the eyes and a few cracks in the armor that he could exploit. With Pyrrha gone he could use his semblance without any eyewitnesses as he currently doesn't anyone know about it till the last moment, but he quickly realized if he killed he may get asked a few questions on how he killed so he decided to go with some ice dust rounds.
"Well, I gotta catch up to my partner so it was nice fighting but our little scuffle has to go on the ice for a bit."
Jaune placed all six of his shots on legs of the deathstalker temporarily stopping it from moving. With his job done Jaune began to retreat towards the area where Pyrrha went.
As Jaune was nearing the temple ruins he saw some familiar faces such as Ruby's sister Yang, and Pyrrha and a few unfamiliar faces.
"Jaune are you okay?" Pyrrha asked.
"I'm fine Pyrrha I put the grimm on ice for a bit" Jaune replied which got a few chuckles out Yang.
Jaune turned towards the few people he did know by name to introduce himself, after all, it's good to get to know others "By the way names Jaune for those who didn't know me so whats yalls?"
The girl who barely looked up from her book looked up before replying "Blake" as she went back into her book.
While the excited orange girl pulled in the quiet boy before saying "My names Nora and this Lie Ren."
"Well we're all here, but...ugh there seven people here?"
Ruby responded sheepishly "Well I sort of lost my Partner."
"CAN SOMEONE HELP ME!"
Everyone looked up and saw that Weiss was barely hanging onto a never more with no way of getting down.
"Ugh, how did that happen?" Jaune asked in bewilderment.
"It quite story," Ruby said while observing her partner's situation.
"Ehh mine telling me what happened afterward."
"Sure," she replied quietly
"Uhm I think she is going to fall" Blake piped in.
"She'll be fine" Ruby stated reassuringly through that didn't seem to convince anyone.
"She's falling" Ren dryly commented.
"Well guess I'll catch her then," Jaune said to the group and he walked over to catch her.
Meanwhile, Weiss was in full panic mode as she falling out the sky for the second time today. It's not the first time falling from that height but she usually had a plan on how to perform the landing plus she was dropped in an awkward angle which made it even harder to gage as she tumbling through the air. If there's one thing she laments is that she was failing to meet the expectations of her family, and this was just another incident that will make the laughing stock of the Schnee family. Then finally she closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable impact. Then she heard a thump, but she did feel the immense pain she expected herself to feel.
"Well lookie here, I guess angels do really fall out of the sky."
Weiss opened her eyes and did not to feel grateful he actually caught her or outright annoyance that he still used that childish nickname. Though as an heiress of the Schnee she should thank him out of common courtesy. So stealing her nerves she looked at the smiling idiot and said: "As heiress to the Schnee company I thank you Jaune."
"Ahh no need to be formal with me, just a simple thank and smile is enough for me" he chuckled to himself.
"You can put me down now."
"All right, though you should prepare yourself as we got some grimm comin in!" Jaune yelled back to the group as the nevermore began to swing around to attack the group.
As everyone dodged the many feathers being launched by the nevermore a new threat came in the form of a deathstalker.
"Well, I'll be damned looks like the never got free….say Pyrrha mind lending a hand," Jaune asked as he reloaded his revolver.
"Of course Jaune no need to ask"
"Great then back me up by giving me some covering fire," Jaune said as he rushed in to combat.
While Pyrrha and Jaune where holding up the deathstalker the other initiates began to hold off the nevermore by shooting it with everything they got.
"Uhh, this is not working" Weiss exasperated at it seemed like everything they used on the flying monstrosity did nothing other than annoying it.
"I have an idea, but first Ren, Nora help out Jaune and Pyrrha take out the deathstalker we can take it from here."
"Alrighty then, let's go, Ren, we got a giant scorpion to squish" Nora exclaimed.
"This is going now where" Jaune commented to himself. Pyrrha and he have been keeping this giant overgrown scorpion busy for a few minutes now without much progress. He might have to resort to using his semblance to shatter it a shell or create a weak spot. That's it, he will use his knife on the weak spot on it shell he spotted last time he fought this monster. Using the knife will make his semblance stand out less than if he were to use a bullet.
Just as he thought of a plan to get in close and kill the deathstalker, Nora created the perfect opportunity for him as she suddenly came in and hit the deathstalker with her hammer as hard as she could which temporally stunned the grimm.
Rushing in as fast he could, he got on to the back of the deathstalker before locating the crack and stabbing the spot with his knife before jumping off before the deathstalker could attempt to skewer him.
"I've got a plan" Jaune yelled to fellow initiates.
"Whats the plan" Lie Ren calmly asked as he dodged a claw.
"See that knife stuck in it back, Nora I need you to hit it as hard as you can."
"Yes Sir" Nora saluted to the group before dashing into action
"Everyone else, cover for her" Jaune said as he took a shot the deathstalkers eyes, Ren began to shoot at it claw while Pyrrha threw her shield at the section between its tale and its stinger bisecting it stinger from its tail.
The Deathstalker shrieked as it took some flaming bullets to the eye and began to thrash around till with its one remaining good eye, spotted Nora coming at it and decided to try and grab her in a last-ditch attempt, but was too slow as the hyperactive girl was able to easily evade the attempt. Nora slammed her hammer on the handle of the blade which forced the blade through the armor. The Deathstalker shrieked before collapsing and dissipating into nothing.
"Mighty fine job we did here guys," Jaune said to his fellow students as he holstered his revolver.
"Yeah, we really make a great team" Nora exclaimed.
"Uhm guys should we be helping the others" Ren pointed out.
"Nah they can handle it" Jaune lazily replied as he took bite out his beef jerky. Just as he said Ruby decapitated the nevermore which surprised the group.
"So with the nevermore dead, we should head back to the cliff we came from," Pyrrha said the group.
"Yup lets get out here before more grimm show up" Jaune replied.
A few hours later...
"So oh glorious leader whats your first command as the leader? I know how about we make some celebratory pancakes or waffles or better yet, pancakes and waffles."Nora exclaimed.
"I'm a bit too tired right for that Nora. How about we just set our stuff down for a now and get a bit of shut-eye" Jaune said in a drowsy voice.
"I agree with Jaune. We have to be well rested for tomorrow" Pyrrha said.
"If it fine with yall, Ima go to sleep right now?" Jaune asked the group as he unloaded some of his equipment.
"Its fine" Ren simply said as he was already trying to go to bed
"Well, good night Jaune" Pyrrha yawned.
"G'night then."
As Jaune closed his eyes and tried to go asleep he couldn't help but feel content with his situation. He's teamed up with a nice bunch of people plus he gets to test out his skills against some the best. But he wondered to himself what his future will hold for him. Truthfully while fighting grimm was fun and all its not what he envisioned himself to be doing forever. In any case, he still had some time to think about it, and theirs the chance something will happen, that will make things interesting.
Author's Notes:
Thank you for the support for the last chapter and I will do my best to address the reviews given to me so far.
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blitzneutral69- He showed Ruby his modified colt single action revolver which is a different gun from the thunder which is a double action.
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