Okay, I've got some shit to say. To everyone whose been complaining the Jubei is OOC and not himself, I know. The Jubei we all knew and loved in the games and anime was over 100 years old, he was an experienced, wise, well traveled master warrior who'd seen just about everything. The Jubei we are following in this story is 16 years old and doesn't have any of the memories from his past life, suffice to say he's not gonna act the same as his old life. If your still not convinced then go up to one of your grand parent if their still alive and ask them if they were the exact same when they were kids as they are now, guess what sweet old grandma who made you cookies and pushed you on the swing set wasn't always like that! At one time she was a boy obsessed teenage girl worrying about the fact she saw a girl she didn't like drinking some pop with her boyfriend. My point is that of course he's not the same... I'm sorry about that, got a bit out of hand there. Anyway let's begin.
"Ahhh! I am so ready to crash!" Jubei shouted as he and his team made their way from the naming ceremony to their new dorm rooms. As they arrived they entered to find the standard and rather cramped room. "Okay, hold up a few seconds." Jubei held up his hands and pushed everyone out of the room and closing the door.
The three heard loud bangs and the sound of power tools from the other side of the door. "What doing you think he's doing?" Ren asked nobody in particular.
"He mentioned something about having some stuff shipped here from his and his fathers apartment, but I doubt he could bring anything to bi-" Pyrrha was cut off as the door opened and Jubei stepped out.
"Now you all may enter." He gestured for the three to enter the room.
As the three entered they stood in awe of the giant flat screen TV on the wall, a surround sound system in the corners, a computer set up on the desk and a mini-fridge against the wall. "Question." The silence was broken as Ren raised his hand. "Why are all the beds pushed together?"
The others then turned their attention to the four beds all bunched up together in the left hand corner near the bathroom. "Yeah about that, you see we don't exactly have a lot of room and I'd rather not have bunkbeds after Yang tried to make a set when we were little that didn't exactly work out, don't ask, so I figured that if our leader was okay with it we could try a technique for team building I read about."
Pyrrha raised an eyebrow. "And what kind of technique is this?"
Jubei smiled and scratched the back of his head. "Well it's an old Mistrally custom from back when a Huntsmen would take on an apprentice, back before combat schools. In order to break down any barriers and create bonds of unshakeable trust the master and student would completely do away with things that were and weren't socially acceptable. They eat, fight, sleep, and even bath together until there was no sense of awkwardness or wariness at all." Jubei explained. "Now I'm not suggesting we start bathing together."
"Me and Ren use to do that all the time!" Nora threw in smiling while Ren pinched the bridge of his nose with a slight blush.
"Nora and I grew up together so when we were kids we sometimes bathed and slept together." Ren explained as Nora jumped onto the beds. "I've actually heard of the practice your speaking of, but would such a thing be appropriate for four teenagers?"
"I'm fine with it, it'll be just like when we were kids Ren!" Nora shouted spreading out on the bed.
"Seeing as I suggested it I doubt I have to say whether or not I'm okay with it." Jubei added.
Ren sighed. "Well sense it has nothing to do with sex or anything like that, I guess I don't have any objections." Ren gave his opinion leaving the only person who hadn't spoken yet.
Pyrrha didn't look entirely sure about the set up. "Can I trust you guys not to do anything... weird while we sleep?" She asked looking between the two.
Ren bowed his head. "I swear that I would never do anything of the sort."
"My pops may be a slut, but Auntie Glyn pounded manners and to act like a gentlemen into my head. If I ever do anything questionable you can just let her know and she'll kill me." Jubei chuckled before making his way into the bathroom to take a quick shower and then changing into his night clothes. Once he exited Nora zoomed in next, Pyrrha was sitting on the bed closest to the wall on her scroll. "So did you decide?"
Pyrrha nodded with a smile before taking on a more serious look. "Yes, but if you try anything you'll regret it." Pyrrha tried to sound threatening but ended up sounding somewhat cute instead.
Jubei smiled and nodded, despite the attitude and the fact that his dad was an alcoholic, Qrow raised him right and to respect women. He would never take advantage of a girl in their sleep, the thought of such a thing disgusted him to no end. If someone were ever to try something like that with Yang or Ruby then Jubei would personally feed them to a starving pack of beowulves right after uncle Tai and Qrow had their chance to beat them savagely.
After another hour the four were all ready for bed and, in varying levels of comfort, laid down to sleep. Ren was at the end farthest from the wall with Nora next to him, she was already latched onto his arm snoring as he to tried to fall asleep. Pyrrha was closest to the wall with nearly a foot and a small pillow wall between her and Jubei who was also already passed out between her and Nora. "Good night Pyrrha." She heard Ren all the way on the other end of the beds.
"Good night Ren." She replied.
Several days later
"Now can anyone tell me where Ms. Schnee gained the upper hand against Mr. Cobalt?" Glynda asked as she motioned to the jumbo screen above the ring that showed a replay of the match that just happened between the two first years.
Ruby raised her hand. "It was the moment he agreed to fight a member of team RWBY!" Ruby shouted highfiveing Yang and earn sigh and shake of the head from Glynda.
"No Ms. Rose, It was whe-"
"OOH BOOM! Gimme those souls!" Jubei interrupted from his seat where he was playing a game on his scroll. "Praise the sun punk." He laughed.
"Jubei." The cat faunus looked to where he heard his name called and found most of the class, minus Ruby and Yang who were use to this kinda thing from him, staring at him. Glynda had her arms crossed and looked less than happy. "If you wouldn't mind not disrupting my class, I would be most appreciative."
Jubei shrugged. "Well maybe if you let me fight I wouldn't have to play a video game instead." He said going back to his game.
Glynda sighed tiredly. "You know why I don't have you-"
"We'll fight him!" Ruby threw her hand in the air. "Me and Yang-"
"Yang and I." Weiss corrected taking her seat next to the young leader.
"Yang and I have fought Jubei plenty of times, we've almost beaten him a couple times to." Ruby continued.
"Keep telling yourself that cuz." He chuckled from his seat.
Yang stood up with a confident smile. "Ruby's right, if Blake and Weiss join in I bet we can finally take JJ down." She punched her fist into her hand.
Glynda sighed while ignoring the confused looks from most of the class, it still wasn't common knowledge that Jubei was already at the level of a fully train huntsmen. In fact the only students she was sure knew were the boys cousins and partner. "Very well, but Ms. Schnee just finished a match. Are you willing to fight again?" The blonde professor looked to the heiress.
"Of course, it's four on one anyway so it shouldn't be to much of an issue." Weiss scoffed at the chuckled this earned from the cat boy as she followed her three teammates to the locker room. Once the four girls were alone and getting ready for their match Weiss spoke up. "You said you two haven't ever managed to beat your cousin right? Is he that strong?"
Ruby smiled as she changed her shirt. "Yup, Jubei is super strong!"
"Yeah, the only people I've ever seen beat him were our dad and uncle, but it's been a year or two since then so who knows how it'd go down now." Yang added while tightening her boots.
"Didn't you say your dad was a huntsmen?" Blake fixed her bra. "Surely he isn't strong enough to beat a huntsmen."
"You're probably right that he wouldn't win right now, but it definitely wouldn't be an easy win. He is a huntsmen already for a reason." Ruby told the two while looking over her precious scythe.
"What do you mean?"
"Well Jubei has actually already passed the hunters exam, but do to his age he's required to spend at least one year in a secondary combat school. So basically he's only here at Beacon because he has to be." Yang explained stretching her arm and walking to the door, smiling at the shocked faces of both her teammates.
"That's why he usually isn't allowed to take part in combat class, it wouldn't be fair to his opponents." Blake finished her thought for her.
"Yup!" Ruby skipped as the four reentered the combat arena where Jubei was already standing in the ring with his blades across his back and his scroll in his hands still playing his game.
"Took you girls long enough, did Yang stop to wash her hair?" Jubei laughed.
Yang returned the jab while laughing as well. "Weren't you the one who was late to Ruby's kindergarten play because you accidentally got your tails stuck in a knot around your bed frame and it took Uncle Qrow two hours to untie?"
"YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TIED THEM!" Jubei screamed in response as he remembered that horrible day, his precious tails were sore for weeks. He was as protective and self conscious over his tails as the blonde was over her hair easily.
"DeTAILS."
There was a brief silence as Jubei just stared at his cousin. "You do realize you deserve this ass kicking for that pun alone right?"
"Worth it."
Ozpin's office
"So how's he doing?" Qrow asked over the video feed, by the background it was rather easy to tell that he was in a tavern somewhere.
"Jubei seem to be settling in well enough, though that's to be expected. He's also made it abundantly clear that he'd rather be out with you hunting down the ones responsible for Amber's condition." Ozpin replied sipping at his steaming hot mug of coffee. "I would have very much preferred making him his teams leader, but for obvious reasons that's out of the question."
Qrow sighed tiredly. "I'd be lying if I said it's easier on my own out here. The kids damn good at this kind of field work, it would also be nice to have someone watching my back, but..."
"But you don't want to rob him of his youth?" Ozpin continued.
"The kid was always different, calling him a prodigy would be an insult. Still though, he's only sixteen. When I was his age I was off chasing girls and sneaking off to parties after curfew. He killed his first S-class grimm at only thirteen, nobody has ever done that before Oz. I'm damn proud of him, but I want him to have the chance to be a kid, even if only for a short while." Qrow explained all while drinking from his own cup, only his was filled with booze.
Ozpin nodded in understanding as well as pride, silently praising one of his most rambunctious and unruly students for growing into a good man and caring father. "We both knew from the moment you found him that night that he was something special, not all children grow up the same way Qrow. As his father it's your job to guide him, just be careful not to block his path."
"I know Oz." There was a few moments of silence. "Anyway, here's what I've found so far."
Next chapter is the one we've been waiting for, Jubei vs team RWBY. Who will win? Who will die? How many of you will do me a solid and leave a review for this chapter as your reviews are the only things that keep me alive because of a weird science experiment gone wrong that causes me to convert reviews into nutrients rather than food? WE'LL SEE NEXT TIME. Until then, good night children.