Another day, another chapter... LET'S GET STARTED! (I own nothing but my copies of their games!)
"Pyrrha... Pyrrha... PYRRHA THERE'S GRIMM ON TOP OF US!" Jaune shouted in hopes of waking up the redhaired girl. Immediately, she was awake and in a combat stance. A black glow covered the spear that kept Jaune stuck to the tree and he fell to the forest floor with a thud. "Owww..." Pyrrha turned to face the foreigner in shock as she realized there were no grimm. "Ah! Jaune! I'm so sorry!" She apologized. Jaune sat up and leaned against the tree that he was stuck to earlier. "No worries Pyrrha, I'm used to this sort of thing." He assured the amazon as he lit a hand with the magic glow of restoration. "Jaune? What are you...?" Before Pyrrha could complete her question, the light had pulsed and spread all over Jaune's body. "See? No harm done! I'm totally okay! Now come on, we've got an artifact to find!"
Casting the clairvoyance spell and holding it, Jaune began to follow it's trail. Leaving Pyrrha and Goodwitch, who had been watching the whole ordeal, blubbering messes whilst Ozpin was laughing his ass off due to his new favorite student's antics. Of course, he and Glynda had been worried about Jaune when he was impaled to a tree. But considering Jaune's reaction to being speared like that, the headmaster and his assistant decided to wait and see what would happen. To Glynda, this was absolutely insane. For Ozpin, Jaune is pure comic relief. First, Jaune scares the crap out of Ms. Schnee, and then he causes Ms. Nikos to faint and finally caused both Ms. Nikos and Ms. Goodwitch to be reduced to tears of confusion. THIS WAS FANTASTIC! It was then and there he made up his mind for his bet with the other teachers of his faculty.
WITH BLAKE AND YANG
"Sooo... Thoughts on Jaune?" Yang asked her new partner. Blake looked to the blonde bombshell in surprise and suspicion. "Why do you ask?" Yang shrugged. "Just trying to make conversation, we are waiting on the others to show up after all..." It's true, while Yang and Blake have found the artifacts and had chosen their own, they decided to wait and see who else would show up. Blake guessed it couldn't hurt to talk a little.
"Okay, I get that, but why ask about Arc?" Blake asked. "Well," Yang started, "you seemed pretty chummy with him and just wanted your thoughts. My little sister has taken real liking to him, and if he can break her out of her shell, he's already made BIG points with me." Blake raised an eyebrow. "Points? What kind of points?" The cat faunus asked. She knew where this was going, but Blake wanted to be sure. "Boyfriend points! I may be a party girl, but I've got standards. And so far, Jaune has not met a single one of them..." You, have impossible standards if Lord Arc can't meet a 'single one'. Blake thought skeptically. Before she could speak in Jaune's defense, however, Yang continued. "He's gone above and beyond! He's good looking, strong, more than willing to become friends with Ruby, looks pretty smart, has Ruby's approval... The list goes on! He's more than simple boyfriend material!"
Blake smirked, "Sounds like you want to make him more than just a 'simple boyfriend'... If I didn't know any better, I'd say you want him as a husband already..." Yang jolted and her face became as red as her younger sister's cape. "Wha-? What? NO! There's still one last test for him to be the one for me!" Yang defended. "Oh? And what would that be?" Blake was curious now. Yang mumbled something that not even Blake's keen ears could pick it up. "I'm sorry, what was that?" Oh she was having so much fun with this. "I said he needs to be able to make me laugh while also being able to enjoy my jokes..." She muttered. Oh. "Wait, seriously? He needs to be a comedian?" The thought of a God telling jokes, while bizarre, did make Blake smile.
"Hey, humor and the ability to make your partner laugh is vital to any healthy relationship!" Yang defended. Holding her hands upon in mock surrender, Blake let up. "Okay, calm down... As for what I think about Jaune? Well... I actually know him pretty well..." That may not be entirely true. Blake figured she should ease into converting her yellow themed partner into folloing the Dragonborn. In reality, (as the reader should know) Blake knows a great deal of her 'Master' . But she does not know him on a personal level. Yang's eyes lit up. "Oh, are you two old friends or something?"
Blake shrugged as she pulled a book out of seemingly nowhere and began to read while maintaining conversation. "Something like that... He's sort of a big deal back home..." This had Yang's attention now. "How big we talkin'?" Blake looked up from her book. "Big." That was not enough for Yang and she pressed for more. "Like wealthy big? Hero big? Or just popular big?" Blake shrugged again. "Try all three of those." Wow... So he's rich, a nice guy, and a hero? "Are you from this 'Skyrim' place too?" Yang questioned. "No, I'm not, but we've got tons of stories about him back home. And from what they are, we can infer that he's got plenty of wealth and power." Okay, makes sense. "How powerful do these stories make him out to be?" Blake closed her book now. "Powerful enough to kill just about any of us with a single word. Don't worry though, he won't unless you provoke him..." Yang audibly gulped. "And how would I provoke him? You know... So I can avoid doing that?" She asked.
"Become a racist, a murderer, and/or rapist then you've succeeded in pissing him off. He'll only kill you if he sees you as unredeemeably corrupted. Otherwise, you'll recieve a massive beating. He doesn't care whether or not who or what you are or think you are. All that matters is that you screwed up. So seeing as how your sister is a faunus, and you seem to be the cheerful friendly sort, you're in the safe zone." Blake explained. "Good to know... Now, what's your relationship with him?" Blake decided to have a little fun with Yang at this part. "Oh, he didn't tell you? He's my master..." The ninja cat-girl answered in a playful manner. And she wasn't lying. Yang's face became as red as her sister's cape. "Wha-? Wha-? What do you mean?" Yang questioned whilst thinking of many R-rated scenarios involving Jaune and Blake... Maybe they'd let her join? This did not go unnoticed by the raven haired female. A fellow pervert, huh? These next four years are going to be great. Perhaps Yang would be interested in Blake's... Hobbies...
"Oh Yang! I never took you for that sort of person... I simply meant that I am merely a servant in his service... Though... I wouldn't mind being that kind of servant for Him..." Blake coyishly said. "Oh, and speaking of Him, here He is..." Yang turned to see if Blake was telling the truth. An lo, and behold, she was. "Yeah that's him... And what the Hell is he riding?!"
EARLIER, WITH JAUNE AND PYRRHA
Jaune was merrily making his way through the forest until he turned to check on Pyrrha. "Uh, Miss Nikos? You there? Ah crapbaskets..." Realizing he would have to go ALL THE WAY BACK, Jaune made his way back to the spot where he left Pyrrha. Who appeared to have just a few seconds ago recovered from her shock of seeing Jaune treat a serious injury as nothing more than the bite of a flea. "Okay, Miss Nikos, may we get going now? You've been stuck there for about half an hour..." The redhaired champion looked to the blonde teen and nodded. "Sorry..." She sheepishly apologized. "No harm done, I had left you behind thinking you were right behind me. This time, we'll go together..." And with that, Jaune summoned Arvak, the undead ghosthorse. "Ladies first..." Pyrrha stared at the creature in amazement, wonder, and with great trepidition. Did she just become partners with Death itself? She turned to Jaune with fear in her eyes.
WITH GLYNDA AND OZPIN
Glynda had finally seen enough bullshit for one day, so it would seem. Just when she had finally recovered from her mental breakdown, Jaune had gone and summoned a demonic purple and black horse from Hell! Upon seeing this, Glynda had decided enough was enough, and fainted on the spot. For Ozpin, he had the mother of all spit-takes all over his scroll. WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK!? First the boy gets literally speared to a tree while treating it as a mild inconvenience, scares the living shit out of Ms. Schnee, and forced both Ms. Nikos AND Ms. Goodwitch into rather comical mental breakdown?! Ozpin looked at Goodwitch, then at the coffee covered screen of his scroll. "You know what? I'm not even mad. This is going to be a fantastic four years... My bet is so going to win..."
BACK WITH JAUNE AND PYRRHA
"Well? What are you waiting for? Hop on! He doesn't bite! Here, I'll show you... Arvak... Come on over here, I got and juicy carrot for ya!" And just like that, the undead demon horse walked over to the pair. Jaune handed the now named demon a carrot that he pulled out of his pack. "See? He's a good horse... Nothing to be afraid of... Go on, pet him, he loves it." Jaune encouraged. Pyrrha tentatively held her hand up and Arvak nuzzeled his snout into the palm of her hand. "See? He likes you!" And for the second time that day, Pyrhha Nikos fainted. "Oh dear..." Jaune looked down at the unconcious form of Pyrrha Nikos before him. With a sigh, Jaune hoisted the girl onto Arvak's back and hopped on himself. "Come on, boy..."
NOW, WITH PYRRHA, JAUNE, YANG, AND BLAKE
"HI YANG! HI BLAKE! I SEE YOU TWO HAVE REACHED THE OBJECTIVE BEFORE ME AND PYRRHA!" Jaune called from the edge of the clearing as he rode forward. When Jaune finally arrived, the two girls could clearly see Pyrrha Nikos hanging off the ghosthorse unconcious. "Err... What happened to her?" Yang asked while pointing a finger at the waking girl. "Oh, today's just one of those days I would guess. Maybe she didn't get enough sleep last night?" Jaune answered while dismounting himself and Pyrrha. As soon as he was off the horse, it disappeared. "Jaune? What the Hell was that thing?" Yang asked. "That thing as you call it, is my horse, and his name is Arvak." Judging by his tone, everyone could infer that Jaune was very defensive of his horse. "Okay, okay... Sorry, it's just not every day you see a demonic ghosthorse from Hell... Are you some sort of wizard or something?" Yang apologized and asked. At first, she suspected that the creature was some form of his semblance, until she noticed it seemed to have a mind of it's own. "Yes, yes I am." Was Jaune's simple answer as he retrieved a golden rook piece. "Hey Pyrrha, how about this one?"
"Sure thing Jaune." The red haired said. Learning that Jaune is a wizard, and not Death, was a huge relief to Pyrrha. But still, that was a huge bomb to simply drop on her and Yang. The two looked to each other, then back to Jaune. Like most children, the two had stopped believing in magic around the age of ten. Apparently, Jaune was the universe's way of laughing at them for their lack of faith in such things. "Oh Ruby's gonna be stoked." Yang muttered. "Why is that?" Jaune asked, being 'stoked' must be another way of saying excited, he figured. The matter was, why? "There's no such thing as magic." Yang said bluntly. What? No such thing as magic? "But I'm right here!" He cried. "I know! Most kids stop believing in magic by the time they're twelve! Ruby's three years behind! She's fifteen and still believes in that stuff!"
It was at this moment that a ginger haired girl in pink burst into the clearing on top of a large ursa. Followed by a slender female in green with black hair that had a single pink stripe in it. "Nora..." She panted, "don't ever do that again..." Her request went unheard when the energetic and bubbly girl zipped over to the artifacts and grabbed a golden rook. "I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!" She chanted energetically. "I like this one..." Jaune uttered. There's something about her that's... Familiar... Now she was in Jaune's face and making her introduction. "My name's Nora! I like pancakes! Do you like pancakes? What's your name? This is my best friend Renny!" The magenta eyed girl finally caught up with the group. "Nora, calm down and what did I say about other people's personal space?" The girl, now known to Jaune as Renny, intructed her partner. Nora complied and was right by Renny's side. "My name is Lae Ren. This is Nora Valkeryie, as you now know. I'm sorry for her behaviour, she's easily excited." Jaune waved his hand in a dismissive manner. "No harm done. My name is Jaune Arc. And don't worry about your friend. She's... Energetic... Which I find to be rather refreshing." Turning his attention to the ginger haired pink female, Jaune posed a question. "Excuse me, Miss Valkeryie, but as for your question, I have one of my own... What's a pancake? Do you eat it?" Nora adopted a look of horror and gasped dramatically. Jaune could almost hear her whole world shatter at his words. "HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A PANCAKE IS!? THEY ARE THE MOST AMAZING FOOD IN THE WORLD GRANTED TO US BY THE GODS! RENNY! PANCAKE THIS POOR SOUL!" She cried, violently pointing her finger at Jaune. Who was currently staring at her in a strange mixture of confusion and amusement.
"Nora, we're in the middle of a forest... I can't make any pancakes right now..." Lae Ren deadpanned. "Oh... Well... RENNY! PANCAKE HIM WHEN WE GET BACK!" At this, Jaune could only chuckle. She reminds me of my old buddy, Sheogorath... Perhaps he would be interested in meeting her? "Does anybody else hear screaming? Sounds like... RUBY!" Yang realized and looked up to see Ruby falling from the sky. "OH NO! RUBY!" Screaming, Ruby was plummeting toward the ground. Yang was frozen in fear as she watched her little sister fall to her death. Acting quickly, Jaune came up with a solution and acted on it. "Dur... NehVIIR!" He Shouted. The ancient dragon appeared. "Qahnariin?" Jaune simply pointed to Ruby's falling form in the sky. "Save her!"
"It shall be done!" The dragon stretched his wings and took to the skies to save the girl. Easing himself underneath her, Durnehviir caught the girl on his back. "Worry not, Mal Gein! I have come at the behest of my friend to rescue you!" Durnehviir said above the winds. Ruby simply clung to the dragon's back for dear life. Taking the two of them down, Durnehviir landed by Jaune and the others who watched in awe. This was a real life dragon! Right here in front of them! Jaune calmly stepped up to Durnehviir and helped the shocked faunus girl down. "There we go, all safe and sound. Girls, this is Durnehviir. Durnehviir, this is Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, Blake Belladonna, Pyrrha Nikos, Lae Ren and Nora Valkeryie." Jaune introduced, pointing a hand at each name he listed. Now, they heard a new scream... "Oh no! Weiss! I forgot all about her!" Ruby exclaimed. "She's gonna fall..." Blake deadpanned. "I said jump..." Ruby said. "She's gonna fall..." Yang repeated her partner's words. "She'll be fine..." Ruby tried to play it off. "She's falling... Durnehviir?" Jaune looked to his ancient friend. "Aye. Let us show that viing sunvaar, that winged beast, who the true masters of the sky are." The dragon responded.
Nodding, Jaune leapt onto his ally's scaly back. Once more, Durnehviir took to the skies. Catching Weiss in his arms, Jaune spoke, "Dropping in?" He asked smugly. Weiss's eyes grew large as she recognized her rescuer. "YOU! YOU'RE DEAD! I SAW YOU!" She pointed a finger in Jaune's face. Then she realized the position they were in... "Put me down! Put me down!" She demanded. "Uh, where? In case you haven't noticed, we're riding a dragon..." What? Weiss looked down to see what she and Jaune were on. And to her surprise, they were indeed flying. On top of a very big and decaying dragon. "WHAT THE HELL!? DRAGONS DON'T EXIST!" She screamed as the dragon opened its maw, "Yol... Toor... SHUUUULLL!" And unleashed a torrent of flame upon the Nevermore. Roasting the overgrown turkey, but not killing it, Durnehviir relented his attack, only to renew it by flying at the bird, dodging it's crispy feather projectiles, Durnehviir closed the gap and latched his fangs upon the evil bird's neck. Clamping down hard, Durnehviir provided Jaune the opening he needed. "Weiss, duck your head and cover your ears." The ice themed girl obeyed, wandering what Jaune had planned. "Fus... RO DAH!"
And with that, a wave of blue energy escaped Jaune's mouth and hit the avian grimm's head straight on. Jaune's Shout, combined with Durnehviir's shout followed up by biting down on the monster's now tender flesh, tore the Nevermore's head clean off. Resulting in its demise and disintegrating into ashes. Durnehviir then turned towards the ground and landed by the girls who watched in awe at the amazing spectacle.
(Let's see into their heads, shall we?)
Ruby
Holy crap! That's a real life dragon! And he's friends with Jaune! That is so cool! Jaune is awsome! And that shouty thingy was so cool! Is he a wizard!?
Not surprising, Ruby loves fairytales and stories about wizards, magic, heros, and dragons. Jaune had all of those things going for him. Yep, she was really hoping he's on the market now.
Yang
Okay, I'm convinced. If there were any doubts I had about Jaune being a wizard and magic existing ever existed. They are as dead as that Grimm... Oh man, I think I wet myself a little. In a good way... Please be single, please be single... AND THERE IT GOES AGAIN!
Okay, Yang, too much info...
Nora
Wooooowww...
Huh, I expected more...
Ren
That's... a big dragon... And old by the looks of it...
Well, Lae Ren, my dear, you are exactly correct. Durnehviir is big and very old. And powerful.
Pyrrha
(Since Pyrrha's thoughts are too numerous for me to list, I'll just summarize what she's feeling.)
Pyrrha couldn't believe her luck! She came to Beacon looking for friends and a lover who wouldn't care about her celebrity status. She got exactly what she was looking for and then some. Her partner, who had no clue in the slightest as to who she was. Why? Because he's a foreigner from OUTSIDE THE FOUR KINGDOMS! It was a great struck of luck, or maybe destiny, that this foreigner happened to be a friendly, kind, and handsome blonde man named Jaune Arc. What surprised her the most was that Jaune is a real Wizard! Her thoughts turned towards her future with him... And there she goes planning a wedding... Fantastic...
Blake (the one you've all been waiting for)
That's it my Lord! Show these nonbelievers Your Power! Show them Your Thu'um! I swear to You that I will not rest until they have joined Your Holy Cause! Come to think of it, I should look into finding you a new Bride... Perhaps I could be Your Mistress? Or maybe I find you multiple Brides and/or Mistresses! Surely one isn't enough for You!
And there goes Blake fangirling all over Jaune... Oh boy...
Weiss
Okay, maybe religion isn't complete bullshit. What kind of Gods do you pray to, Arc?
Yes, for pretty much her whole life, Weiss has been an atheist. Her belief was if she could see it, if she could touch it, or if it could be proven by science and reason, then it was real. And just now, Jaune proved to her magic did in fact exist via a fire-breathing dragon. And if magic is real, then so must some deities? Right? Well, if they did exist, Weiss wanted to be on their good side.
And that's it for eveyone's thoughts. Back to reality.
"Thank you, Durnehviir, this is Weiss. Weiss, this is Durnehviir, my friend." Weiss simply and dumbly nodded. Not quite over the fact that the guy she had just started crushing on, (yes she had started crushing on him) was still alive and well. And he had a dragon at his command. Basically, Weiss had just realized, Jaune was a giant 'screw you' to everything she had believed to be true. Oh she wanted him bad now. He was appeared intelligent, and was quite clearly a powerful force to be reckoned with if he could command a dragon of all things to do his bidding. "It would seem my time here has come to an end, Qahnariin. I bid you and your kiim farewell..." Jaune's eyes widened at those words. "Wait Durnehviir! I'm not-! *Sigh* Too late..." Durnehviir was gone... Jaune turned to face everyone, did Durnehiir know something Jaune didn't?
Blake's eyes lit up as she realized what the old dragon had said. 'Kiim' means wife or wives! The usage could be confusing, so she wasn't sure which was meant. Either way, at least one of them was destined to become Jaune's lover. I really hope it's me... "Guys? i'm not sure if this is a good time, but we've got a Deathstalker." Pyrhha said. "He was probably brought out by the fear of losing loved ones," surmised Ren. "I got it!" Ruby declared, eager to prove herself to Jaune that she was a tough cookie and that se was suitable girlfriend material. And prove to Weiss she was competent. She was about held back. Turning, she looked to see Jaune holding her cape. "Hold on Ruby, I need to express some rage..." He growled as he released her cape and drew both hands up. Flicking his wrists, azure flames covered his entire body.
AAAANNNNDDD THAT"S ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE BAG!
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! As you can plainly see, Jaune could care less about showing off his powers and abilities. And the blue fire at the end is that mod inspired B.S. I mentioned earlier in the last chapter. Blue Fire is a mod that introduces a new set of spells for Destruction. Pretty much, all it does is add blue versions of the vanilla fire magic. With the added affect of either ignoring, or reducing Fire Resistance. Jaune's version does that, and doubles the damage. Anyways, thanks for reading!
LaughingMack Out!