RWBY: Shattered Remnants
Topaz 1 ~Finished~
As much as he hated the impending tournament, Jaune found the influx of new faces rather refreshing. It gave a new reason to enjoy sitting in the crowded cafeteria, now packed with four times the usual amount of students.
It was a morning like all the othersin the past week, crowded, loud, and highly energetic, when Jaune met someone very intriguing. He had been sitting and poking at his food without really eating, and mor so looking around at the new students. The
familiar faces of beacon, the proper and nearly militant atlas students. As well there were the laid back Mistralians and Vacuo students. He had been looking idly, not really focusing on any specific faces, until he met a pair of blood red eyes.
He blinked once, then realized that she was looking back at him, and quickly turned his gaze to his breakfast. He got a good look though: short green hair, dark skin, and of course those riveting crimson eyes.
Later that day, Jaune found himself waking up to the sound of Glynda announcing that he was next for combat demonstration. He stood quickly, blinking the sleep from his eyes, and hustled to the waiting combat floor. When he made it there, he turned and
Glynda spoke her customary invitation for volunteers.
For a moment, there was silence, and just before it became awkward and Glynda had to repeat her invitation, someone stood. Jaune's breath caught in his throat.
"Can I fight him Miss Goodwitch?" Came the request. Glynda nodded, and the green haired girl with blood red eyes descended the steps to the combat floor. She stopped a few feet in front of him and put a hand on her hip. "Im Emerald, you?"
She asked. Jaune put out a hand to shake and smiled. "Jaune. Jaune Arc." He said as Emerald shook his outstretched hand.
"Ready fighters?" Came Glyndas call. Jaune and Emerald answered with affirmatives, and stepped back, drawing their weapons.
"Fight!"
Hours later, Jaune was sitting in his dorm alone, his face resting on an ice-pack and various cuts on his arms. Turns out Emerald was pretty vicious, she had depleted his aura completely, before pummelling him a little bit more.
As he sat quietly, feeling very sorry for himself, there was a knock on the door. "Come in." He called, wondering where his teammates were and who was visiting. To his great surprise, Emerald stepped hesitantly into the room.
Jaune stood very quickly, knocking over a stack of books in his haste. They proceeded to fall onto his toes, causing him to yelp and jump back. Emerald covered her mouth to hide her giggles. "Are you ok?" She asked him.
Jaune winced at his battered toes, but ignored it. "Yeah, I'm fine." He assured her. She looked at the ice on his desk and looked back at him. "You sure? I hit you pretty hard." She said, stepping closer. Jaune stiffened at her approach, not used to such
concern from anyone but Pyrrah. "Yeah. Totally fine. Ive taken bigger hits than this." He said.
To his great surprise, she stepped right up to him and reached up to touch the rising lump on his cheek. He stayed stock still, his breath shallow and heart pounding. "If you say so..." She murmured, letting her fingers linger. After a moment, she seemed
to come to her senses, dropping her hand and stepping back. "Just wanted to check up on you", she said hastily. She then turned and left before Jaune could say anything.
Jaune was very nervous on his way to the cafeteria the next day for dinner. He had a plan, one that was hasty and rather bold, but he refused to back down from this challenge. When he entered the cafeteria with the rest of team JNPR, he began scanning
the sea of familiar and unfamiliar faces. It didn't take long to find the person he was looking for, and he immediately made a beeline for their table.
"Emerald?" He said, walking up behind her. She turned, and smiled when she saw who it was. "Oh, hey Jaune, whats up?" She asked, standing. Jaune cleared his throat and ignored his jittery nerves.
"Um, well... There's this, uh, dance coming up and I was, uh, I mean if you don't have, um-" Emerald was smiling as his blush deepened. "Yes. I'd love to go to the dance with you." Jaune smiled incredulously. "Really!?" He asked. "Yes, Jaune." She assured
him.
On that evening, despite the quiet teasing from Emeralds teammates, the fact they were in a cafeteria, or the noise generated by roughly eight hundred hungry teens, Jaune allowed himself to get lost in Emeralds eyes. Her crimson gaze swept away the chaotic
world, and he smiled wider. "I can't wait...' He thought, looking forward to the coming dance, and getting to know the intriguing girl with scarlet eyes.