In the industrial region the City of Vale, a teenage girl with green hair, dark skin, and red eyes and a boy with grey hair, eyes, and clothing were walking into a large warehouse filled with White Fang members.
The White Fang were all loading and unloading crates filled with Dust into the warehouse.
The boy and girl approached an older man dressed in a white dress coat, simple black slacks, and a black and red bowler hat. He held a cane by his side with a lit cigar between his fingers, and his red hair covered most of one side of his face.
"Look, she sent the kids again!" he mock exclaimed, then wrapped an arm around each of the teenagers. "This is turning out just like the divorce."
"Ugh, spare us the thought of you procreating," the girl said as she untangled herself from the man's grip.
"That was a joke," the man said, then held up a slip of paper as he walked towards a table with a briefcase on it.
"And this, just might tell me where you've been all day," he said as he turned to face them.
"What?" the green haired girl said as she checked her pockets. The man apparently snuck it off her person.
"I'm a professional, sweetheart. Pay attention, maybe you might learn something," he said smugly, then inspected the paper.
"Why do you have this address?" he demanded.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" the girl replied, stepping closer to the bowler hat wearing man.
"Uh yeah, I would. Now, where have you been all day?" he asked.
"Cleaning up your problems. One of them, at least." the grey-haired boy stated.
"I had that under control," the man replied, almost through gritted teeth.
"Two packed bags and a ticket out of Vale say otherwise," the boy replied.
"Listen, you little punk, if it were up to me I'd take you and your little street rat friend here and-" the man threatened.
"Do what, Roman?" a new voice said from behind the two teenagers.
Atop a raised platform, stood a woman with long black hair swept over one shoulder wearing a red dress with yellow designs on the sleeves.
As the lift she stepped on lowered to their level, the man now known as Roman chuckled nervously.
"I'd uh...not kill them?" he said, trying to save himself.
"Cinder!" the green haired girl exclaimed happily.
As she walked towards Cinder, trying to go in for a hug, Cinder simply ignored her and went straight to Roman.
"Haven't I made it clear that you would eliminate the would be runway?" Cinder asked as she approached Roman.
"I was going to..." Roman replied nervously.
"He was going to escape to Vacuo. Mercury and I decided to take it upon ourselves to kill the rat," the green haired girl interjected.
"I think he was some sort of cat, actually," Mercury noted.
"What, like a puma?" the girl joked.
"Yeah, there you go," Mercury smirked.
"Quiet," Cinder ordered, "Did I not specifically ask you two to keep your hands clean while we were in Vale?"
"I...just thought-" the girl placed a hand on her own head.
"Don't think. Obey." Cinder told them, all the while Roman was making faces and "slitting" his own throat with his index finger.
"...Yes ma'am, it won't happen again." the girl replied.
"And you," Cinder turned to Roman, who laughed nervously.
"Why wasn't this job done sooner?" she asked him.
"Uh...eh?" Roman said as he gestured to the crates to his right.
"Eh?" he did the same to the crates at his left.
"EH?!" he gestured with open arms comically.
"Sorry if I've been a little busy stealing every speck of Dust in the kingdom," he told the trio.
"You're an inspiration to every punk with a gun and a ski mask," Mercury deadpanned.
"Look around kid, I've got this town running scared. Police camping out at every corner, Dust prices through the roof, and we're sitting pretty in an old warehouse with more Dust crystals, vials, and rounds than we know what to do with. Speaking of which. If you guys wouldn't mind filling me in on your grand-master plan, it might actually make my next string of robberies go a little smoother." Roman stated.
"Oh, Roman. Have a little faith," Cinder said as she approached Roman and put a hand on his cheek, "You'll know what you need to know, when you need to know it."
"Egh." Roman cast his eyes to the side.
"Besides, we're done with Dust." Cinder told him, then walked back to Mercury and the girl, Emerald.
"Oookay. Then what now?" Roman asked.
Cinder turned to look at the cane wielding thief, "We're moving. Have the White Fang clear out the building. I'll send you details and coordinates tonight."
"Coordinates?" Roman asked as Cinder walked towards the entrance of the warehouse.
"We're proceeding to phase two," Cinder replied, "And while you're at it, if you find a student at Beacon who is from another world, kill him. That order came straight from Salem."
"Kid from another world? What kind of sense does that make?" Roman Torchwick thought to himself as he lit another cigar.
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"Ironwood certainly loves bringing his work with him wherever he travels," Glynda Goodwitch stated as she and Professor Ozpin gazed out at the Atlas airships that now flew in the skies of Beacon and Vale.
"Well... Running an academy and a military makes him a busy man. But yes, those are a bit of an eyesore." the headmaster said, then turned to the beeping screen coming from his desk. It was alerting him that someone was currently waiting in the elevator.
"Come in," Ozpin announced.
General James Ironwood stepped into the large office, walking towards the two professors.
"Ozpin." Ironwood greeted kindly.
"Hello, general." Ozpin greeted formally.
"Please, drop the formalities." He replied as he and Ozpin approached each other.
"It's been too long!" James laughed as he shook Professor Ozpin's hand.
"And Glynda!" James smiled kindly at the woman, "It has certainly been too long since we last met."
"Oh James..." Glynda waved sarcastically, "I'll be outside."
"Well she hasn't changed a bit," Ironwood stated.
"So... What in the world has brought you all the way down from Atlas? Headmasters don't typically travel with their students for the Vytal Festival," Professor Ozpin asked as he went to his desk and began to fill a mug with coffee, then handed it to James.
"Well, you know how much I love Vale this time of year. Besides, with you hosting... I thought this might be a good opportunity for us to catch up," Ironwood answered as he poured some liquid from a flask into the coffee.
"I can certainly appreciate quality time between friends. However... The small fleet outside my window has me somewhat concerned." Ozpin replied as he sat at his desk and poured himself a mug of coffee.
"Well, my concern is what brought them here." James said.
"I understand travel between kingdoms has become increasingly difficult-"
"Oz, you and I both know why I brought those men," James interjected.
Ozpin took a sip of his coffee, then sighed. "We are in a time of peace. Shows of power like this... Are just going to give off the wrong impression."
"But if what Qrow said is true-" James replied.
"If what Qrow said is true, then we will handle it tactfully. It's the Vytal Festival; a time to celebrate unity and peace. So, I suggest you not scare people by transporting hundreds of soldiers halfway across the continent." Ozpin interrupted.
"I'm just being cautious."
"As am I, which is why we will continue to train the best Huntsmen and Huntresses we can." Professor Ozpin replied.
"Believe me, I am." Ironwood assured, then turned to walk towards the exit of Ozpin's office, but stopped halfway.
"But ask yourself this: do you honestly believe your children can win a war?" he asked, then continued to the door.
"I hope they never have to," Ozpin said, mostly to himself.
[Line Break]
In the Beacon library, team RWBY was currently sitting around a square table, holding cards in their hand with a game board sitting on the table with game pieces littered around the board.
Jonathan and team JNPR were sitting at the table besides them studying.
Weiss and Blake were either not into the game, or simply didn't care. Yang was sitting with a smug look on her face as Ruby carefully examined the cards in her hand.
Then all of a sudden, Ruby pointed at Yang and told her, "Yang Xiao Long, prepare your kingdom for battle!"
"Bring it on!" Yang replied.
"I deploy, the Atlesian Air Fleet!" Ruby stood and announced.
Yang gasped as if she were shocked.
"Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursai and attack your walls directly!" Ruby smiled triumphantly, then made airplane bombing noises.
Yang gasped again and pointed at Ruby, "You fiend!"
"And since Atlas is part of Mantle, my repair time only lasts one turn," Ruby grinned at her older sister.
But then, Yang laughed as if she had a trick up her sleeve, "Pretty sneaky sis, BUT YOU'VE JUST ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD!" Yang faced the card in her hand to Ruby so she could see.
"Whaaaaaaa?!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Giant Nevermore! If I roll a seven or higher, Fatal Feathers will slice your fleet in two." Yang exclaimed as she slammed a fist onto the desk.
"But, if you roll a six or lower, the Nevermore will turn on your own forces," Ruby stated as she pointed at Yang.
"That's just a chance I'm willing to take." Yang said, determined.
"What are they doing?" Jonathan asked Jaune, who was sitting across from him. Ren and Pyrrha were actually studying while Nora was snoozing and Jaune was reading a comic.
"I have, no idea. Playing some sort of board game about the kingdoms, I guess." he answered, but then Pyrrha snatched the comic out of his hand and began reading it herself.
"Fascinating," JoJo said as he glanced over at the four girls, Ruby whining about her lost forces all the while.
While Yang was giving Weiss a quick lesson on how to play, JoJo looked out of the windows in front of him at the distant tree line.
But his eyes quickly snapped back to team RWBY when Weiss began laughing evilly.
"What the devil?" JoJo asked to no one in particular.
"YES! FEAR THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF MY FORCES! COWER AS THEY PILLAGE YOUR HOMES AND WEEP AS THEY TAKE YOUR CHILDREN FROM YOUR VERY ARMS-!" she announced as she stood.
"Trap card." Yang stated.
"Huh?" Weiss looked at her.
"Your armies have been destroyed." Yang smirked.
Weiss sat down, tears flowing from her eyes, "I hate this game of emotions we play!"
Ruby quickly jumped into her lap and hugged her neck, tears similarly on her face as well.
"Stay strong, Weiss. We'll make it through this together." Ruby sobbed.
"Shut up, don't touch me!" Weiss cried as she put her arms around Ruby.
"Alright Blake, you're up," Yang told the dark-haired girl to her right.
"Huh?" Blake asked.
Jonathan noticed the bags under her eyes and the way that she seemed completely out of it.
"Oh! Umm... Sorry, what am I doing?" Blake asked.
"You're playing as Vale, trying to conquer the kingdoms of Remnant!" Yang explained.
"Right..."
"Hey, can I play?" Jaune asked as he approached the four girls.
JoJo didn't even notice that the guy had left the table.
"Sorry Jaune, we've already got four people." Ruby said.
"Besides, this game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt you possess," Weiss deadpanned.
"Uh, you attacked your own naval fleet two turns ago." Yang mentioned.
"Hmph!" Weiss groaned.
"Bring it on, Ice Queen! I'll have you know that I've been told I'm a natural born leader," Jaune said proudly.
"By who? Your mother?" Weiss asked.
"And Pyrrha!" Jaune added.
Beside JoJo, Pyrrha waved a hand and said "Hello again!"
"Come on, let me play your hand for a turn," Jaune said, his hands clasped together in a pleading sign.
"I'm not trusting you with the good citizens of Vacuo!" Weiss retorted.
"Why not? You've trusted me with way more important stuff before!" Jaune told her, "I mean you told us all that Blake is secretly a Fau-" he couldn't finish, because Pyrrha had rushed over to him and covered his mouth.
"Fun loving person, whom we all admire and respect!" Pyrrha said quickly.
"A what?" Jonathan asked.
"It almost sounded like he was gonna say 'Faunus'."
Blake glared at the group of people in front of her, Jonathan starting to put two and two together, but had no way of confirming his theory.
"Right... That. Ladies, enjoy your battle," Jaune said as he bowed.
"Sup losers?" Sun asked out of nowhere.
"Sun, Neptune! Hello!" Jonathan grinned at his two new friends.
"What's up, JoJo? Ruby, Yang, Blake, Ice Queen..." Sun greeted.
"Why does everyone keep calling me that!?" Weiss demanded.
"Uh, aren't libraries for reading?" Neptune asked.
"Thank you!" Ren raised his arms with an annoyed tone to his voice.
Meanwhile, Nora woke from her nap and snorted, "Pancakes!"
"Shut up. Don't be a nerd." Sun told his team mate.
"Eh eh eh, intellectual. Okay. Thank you." Neptune corrected.
Sun looked over at Blake, "I never took you as the board game playing type."
"Right, well... I think I'm done playing, actually. I'll see you guys later." Blake replied, then walked away from the table.
Sun looked at the rest and shrugged his shoulders.
Nora shrugged also and simply said, "Women."
"I'll try to find out what's bothering Miss Belladonna," JoJo told the others as he stood and gave chase to Blake.
"No JoJo wait-!" Ruby tried to stop him, but it was too late, he was already gone.
When Jonathan caught up with her, he tried to put a hand on her shoulder to stop her.
"Blake, whatever is the mat-" he started.
"Nothing Jonathan, I'm fine," she shook off his hand as they exited the library and went into a hall.
"It doesn't appear that way. If the bags under your eyes are any sign, you haven't been getting much sleep, have you?" he pressed on.
"Don't worry about it, go back to RWBY and JNPR."
"Blake, I've only been at this school for a day, but I already consider all of you my friends. And I can see, as plain as daylight, that you all have been through something bad. Come back with me to your team, I'm sure you can talk this ou-"
"You don't know anything about what I've been through!"
Jonathan stopped, "You're right, I don't. But that doesn't mean that your friends, your team, can't help you. I don't know what all you, or the rest of RWBY, or JNPR for that matter, have been through. Perhaps if you informed me of it, I could possibly help as well."
Blake turned to look at the giant Englishman.
"Fine. We'll get you up to speed on what's been happening. Later, though. Now isn't the time or place to do this," Blake sighed.
Jonathan let out a sigh of relief, "That's all I ask for. But let's get back to your team, shall we?"
As soon as Blake and Jonathan returned, both teams RWBY and JNPR, along with Neptune and Sun, had shocked expressions on her face. He had actually convinced her to come back.
"...So... What made you come back?" Sun asked finally.
"Tell you about it later," she replied.
"Tell Sun about it later or...?" Ruby asked as she twiddled her thumbs.
"Tell you all about it later," Blake corrected.
Jonathan nodded at Blake, then took his former seat across from Jaune.
Then Professor Ozpin approached the eleven students from seemingly out of nowhere.
"Mr. Joestar, would you please come with me?" he asked kindly.
"Yes, professor," Jonathan replied as he stood.
Everyone else had a curious look on their faces, wondering just what the headmaster wanted with JoJo.
"See you guys later!" JoJo waved with a smile.
As he and Ozpin were walking away together, Ruby stood and waved, "Goodbye, JoJo!"
This particular phrase brought back a wave of bad memories in the young Joestar's head, causing him to stop immediately.
Professor Ozpin raised an eyebrow at the young man, noticing the distant and hurt expression on his face.
"Is something the matter?" Ozpin asked.
"Nothing Professor, just...a bad memory. What did you want me for, if you don't mind my asking?" JoJo answered.
"It dawned on me that I never gave you a room to stay in, my apologies." he replied.
"That's okay professor, team JNPR allowed me to stay in their dorm last night."
"You like team JNPR?" he asked, and JoJo nodded in response.
"Along with team RWBY, they're all great people to be around." Jonathan said with a smile.
Ozpin nodded as they walked,
"I was hoping you'd get along with them all."
"Why's that, Professor?" JoJo asked.
"Well you see, there are no available teams to put you on, for the time being. So as a solution to that, you're instead going to act as a fifth member for both team RWBY and team JNPR," Ozpin stated.
"Not that I think that's a bad idea, but wouldn't that cause...unrest for all the other teams?" Jonathan asked.
"I wouldn't think so, unless some other team has some farfetched issue with it." Ozpin replied.
"I know I don't have issue with it, though I can see it being difficult to go between both teams on the fly."
"Nonsense, it should be quite easy, actually. But since both of their dorms are already full, you'll be given your own dorm to stay in, for now. And on to more...urgent matters, we've brought in a military general who could possibly help you find a way home." Ozpin informed.
"That's great news!" Jonathan smiled.
"Indeed. Though, we still have no idea how quickly we'll be able to accomplish this task. I hate to say it... But you just might be here for a while."
JoJo's smile faltered.
"How... How long would you think it'd take, if you had to guess?"
"...It could be weeks, months, or even years. I simply don't know. All we can do for now is wait and see. In the meantime, learn about Remnant. Train as a huntsmen, and help your fellow students with their training. That will give you something to focus on while you wait." Ozpin put a hand on his beefy shoulder.
"I... Understand, professor. If all I can do is wait, then I'll wait. And make the best of what time I have in this world." Jonathan tried for a smile.
"I don't doubt that you'll fit in well here, Jonathan. Now, allow me to show you to your dorm." Ozpin offered.
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By time Jonathan had settled into his new dorm, it was already night time. His dorm was just like all the others, with four beds and a desk in front of a window.
Since he was the only one living in the room, JoJo had the creative idea to push all of the beds together to make one giant bed. Professor Ozpin had also gifted Jonathan a brand-new scroll (which he had no idea how to work), some Beacon uniforms, and enough Lien to pay for any extra items he might need. Jonathan was extremely grateful to Ozpin for the hospitality, and even tried to turn down the money, but the headmaster had insisted that he would need it.
Now, the young Joestar lay in his giant bed, looking at the ceiling above him.
He had a few classes with both teams RWBY and JNPR, and he was actually pretty excited. Though Yang did warn him about a certain professor by the name of "Port."
Jonathan glanced over at the device that Ozpin told him was a "digital alarm clock," and read that the time was 10:46 p.m..
...
"Forget this, I can't sleep at all!" Jonathan sighed.
He stood up and began putting on the custom pajamas that he purchased. The pajama pants were blue with "JoJo" written all over them in bold purple and yellow writing. Stars also decorated them, in varying sizes.
Along with the pants, he wore a simple black T-shirt with a large red star on the front.
As soon as he exited his new dorm, he came face to face with a trio of people wearing black and white outfits that appeared to be school uniforms.
"Oh! Pardon me," JoJo apologized kindly.
"It's fine. Just watch where you're going." a girl with dark skin, green hair, and red eyes told him.
"What sort of odd genetic makeup does she have to get that color of hair and eyes?" JoJo thought to himself.
As Jonathan inspected their uniforms, a thought came to mind.
"Are you from a different school or something like that?" JoJo asked, a kind expression on his face.
"Visitors from Haven, actually," another girl said as she stepped forward. The boy with grey hair and eyes beside her rolled his eyes at the tall JoJo.
At the sight of the girl with long dark hair in the middle, his heart skipped a beat.
"Wow! Who knew someone could look so perfect?" JoJo asked himself rhetorically. "Maybe now is time to put on that special Joestar charm?" Jonathan giddily told himself.
"Good evening miss. And you are...?" JoJo asked as he did his usual bow.
"...Cinder." The girl responded, an interested twinkle in her eye.
" 'Cinder', what a beautiful name," JoJo smiled, slightly nervously. After all, the only girl he'd ever tried to woo before was Erina.
"Riiight, Cinder can we go now?" the other girl asked.
"One moment," Cinder replied, "I think we're a little lost, we're looking for the exchange student dormitories." she told JoJo as she showed him the map on her scroll.
As JoJo took a closer look at it, his eyes widened.
"Well there's your problem right there! You took a left and went into this dorm instead of taking a right into that dorm!" JoJo explained as he pointed at the brightly lit screen.
The two girls looked at the boy irritably, who in turn scratched the back of his head and chuckled nervously.
"My bad," he said after a moment.
Cinder sighed at the boy's incompetence.
"Thanks, uh..." the green haired girl said as she noticed Jonathan's pajamas, "...JoJo?"
Jonathan narrowed his eyes suspiciously, "How'd you know my nickname?"
They looked at him as if they were saying, "Is this guy serious?"
"It's...on your pajamas," Cinder said, taking in the image of his muscular legs.
After a moment, Jonathan looked at them with embarrassment on his face.
"So it would seem! Ha ha...my apologies," he scratched the back of his head.
"That's alright," Cinder said with an amused smile on her face.
The other girl and boy began walking past Jonathan, and Cinder soon followed suit.
"Well, bye! I hope we can talk again soon!" Jonathan said as he waved.
Then Cinder turned to look at the muscular Englishman.
"I wouldn't be against it," she winked at him, then continued on her way.
Jonathan grinned to himself, "Well, I'd say that was a success."
Cinder Fall continue walking away from the young man, unaware that he was who she was sent to eliminate.
[Line Break]
"Yang wasn't lying when she said to watch out for this guy's class," Jonathan yawned as he propped his chin up on his hand.
He and team JNPR were sitting through one of Professor Port's boring hunting stories. At first, Jonathan was fascinated by the older gentleman's stories of him slaying Grimm while he was in his prime.
"It's like this every class. Every. Class." Jaune groaned as he lay his forehead on the desk.
"We rarely even learn anything, much to Pyrrha's distaste." Ren stated.
Jonathan wanted to do what Jaune was doing and lay his head onto the desk, but he was raised to be a gentleman. And a gentleman wouldn't behave so rudely. So he sucked it up and listened to the story.
After another ten minutes, JoJo couldn't help it. His eyes were about to drift closed, but then the older professor announced,
"NOW, who would like to demonstrate their ability to slay the creatures of Grimm?"
The professor scanned his students until his eyes focused on a particular boy with dark blue hair.
"Perhaps the new student? I'm sure he is more than capable of showing us what he's made of!" Port announced.
Pyrrha elbowed JoJo awake.
"Huh?" he asked.
"He wants you to fight a Grimm," Jaune whispered.
"Me? Why?" he asked.
"Any day now, student." Port said loudly.
Jonathan then made his way down to the floor that Port stood on.
"Aren't you going to get your weapon?" he asked.
"Oh right, uh... I kind of don't have one." Jonathan replied as he removed his uniform jacket, tossing it up to Jaune.
"That's preposterous! All students have a weapon!" Port retorted.
"I'll be fine without one, trust me, Professor." JoJo replied as he approached Port, all eyes in the room on him.
"...Very well." Port said, then gestured to a large cage with a pair of red glowing eyes piercing the darkness.
"Face your opponent!" Port laughed, and Jonathan got into a boxing stance.
The professor destroyed the lock holding the cage shut with his blunderbuss-axe.
A larger than average Beowolf jumped out of the cage. But something was off. It was a lot bigger than a normal Beowolf, with much more bone armor covering its body as well.
"An Alpha Beowolf!?" a student exclaimed.
"That doesn't sound too good..." Jonathan thought to himself.
The Beowolf launched itself towards JoJo, who preemptively dodged it's long claws.
Before it could attack again, JoJo delivered his hardest boxing punch to the monster's rib cage, making the Grimm stagger slightly.
It recovered fast, though. The Beowolf then slammed Jonathan with the back of its arm, sending JoJo flying several feet back, making his fellow students gasp.
"Alright..."
"You got this, JoJo! Bring the PAIN!" Nora cheered.
As soon as JoJo stood, the large Beowolf was already upon him.
Jonathan quickly uppercut the monster, sending it a few feet backwards.
"YEAH that's the way! Now break its legs!" Nora cheered again, making people look up at the hyperactive girl.
"Miss Valkyrie, please be silent! You're distracting your teammate!" Port warned her.
"Oops. Sorry, JoJo!" Nora apologized.
The Beowolf sliced at JoJo, forcing him to dodge. He delivered a kick to the monster's side, making it howl in pain.
Some students began to cheer for Jonathan.
JoJo smirked, but it faltered when the Grimm turned its attention to the students.
A student on the front row gasped in horror as the large Beowolf charged at him.
The student tried to shield himself with his arms and shut his eyes tight. But after a moment, he slowly opened them to see the Beowolf mere inches from his face.
"Oh no you don't!" Jonathan said through gritted teeth, then pulled the monster back, throwing it away from the crowd.
"You're not going to harm any innocent bystanders," Jonathan announced as he took on a different fighting stance.
"Is he posing?" Nora asked her team.
"It looks like it," Ren answered.
"I think it's cool," Jaune noted, and Pyrrha nodded.
Back on the stage, the Beowolf growled as it faced Jonathan, its hind legs tensing as it prepared to pounce.
"Try it. It won't end well, I assure you." Jonathan told it.
The Beowolf roared as it pounced towards Jonathan, its claws extended and ready to slice.
"Kooooooooh!"
A yellow aura enveloped Jonathan as the creature neared him.
As soon as it was within striking range, Jonathan yelled, "Overdrive!" as he delivered a deadly blow to the Beowolf's chin in a massive uppercut.
The Alpha Beowolf roared in pain as it was sent upwards, slowly disintegrating the whole way. In the back of Jonathan's mind, he remembered one of William Zeppelli's compliments from his more recent days of training, "That was a wonderful sound, JoJo!" His mentor's voice rung in his head.
Jonathan turned to the crowd of students who watched the fight. Every single one of their mouths hung open, even Professor Port's.
Then all at once, the students began cheering. Port laughed loudly at the spectacle.
"Well! I guess you weren't lying when you said you didn't need a weapon!" Port laughed.
Jonathan didn't know what to do, so he just stood there in awe of the cheering students in front of him.
But somewhere in the crowd of cheering, three students in Haven Academy uniforms watched the young Joestar.
"Looks like he does have a trick up his sleeve," Mercury noted.
"But what is that, though? It has to be his semblance." Emerald wondered.
"Cinder, what do you think? Cinder?" Mercury asked as he looked to their leader.
Her cheeks were tinted red.
Under any other circumstance, Mercury and Emerald would have teased someone for behaving this way, but they knew they'd be signing their own death warrants if they tried that with Cinder.
"What's with her lately?" Mercury asked, "He's not that good looking."
"I dunno Mercury, look at that bod of his." Emerald said as she watched JoJo walk up the steps to get back to his team, random students patting him on the back the whole way.
"Still. We have a mission to do, Cinder can't get distracted by some boy in the middle of it. Especially since he'll probably die once our goal is complete." Mercury retorted.
"Just let Cinder do her thing. If she starts to stray too far, we'll get her right again." Emerald told him.
"Yeah, yeah." Mercury.
"You kicked butt, JoJo!" Jaune complimented as Jonathan took his seat.
"I agree, you handled that Beowolf with great skill and calmness." Ren said.
"I don't think even I could've done better," Pyrrha smiled.
"I still think you should've broken its legs." Nora stated with her head on the table.
"My apologies. I just can't stand to see innocent people be harmed for no reason, so I protect them if I can." JoJo explained.
"Oh, you're just being modest! Seriously though, you got skill." Jaune grinned.
"So that was that Hamon thing you talked about," Pyrrha realized, and Jonathan nodded.
"Well it certainly looked cool being used against that Grimm," Jaune stated.
"An Alpha Beowolf! By yourself, with no weapon!" Pyrrha exclaimed.
A girl on the row in front of them turned to face JoJo. She had dark sunglasses and a black beret on.
"So you're the new guy?" she asked, an eyebrow raised.
"That I am, Jonathan Joestar, pleased to meet you," JoJo greeted.
The girl raised both of her eyebrows, "A gentlemen, huh?"
"He definitely is, Coco." Nora giggled.
"Your name's Coco?" Jonathan asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Coco Adel, that's my name, don't wear it out." she grinned.
"An interesting name, that's for sure." JoJo chuckled.
"Problem with it?" Coco asked with a stern expression on her face.
"Not at all, in fact I like it," JoJo smiled politely.
Coco then looked at the rest of team JNPR.
"You guys trained this one well," Coco laughed.
"Nuh-uh, that's all natural," Nora grinned.
The bell gave a few short rings, interrupting another story that Port had begun to give.
"Apologies, I seem to have lost track of time in all the excitement. That was an excellent performance by our new student, but remember! Stay vigilant!"
Coco looked back at Jonathan, "Maybe I'll see you around, JoJo." she said as she lowered her sunglasses and winked, causing a slight red tint to appear on JoJo's face.
As JoJo and JNPR were walking to their next class, which happened to be with team RWBY, Nora leaned over to Jonathan and whispered, "I think Coco like-likes you~"
"Nora, leave him alone, there's no telling what Coco meant by that. She flirts with everyone." Pyrrha told the hyper girl.
"Oh, fine. But still, it's possible." Nora grinned.
Teams RWBY and JNPR entered the classroom of Glynda Goodwitch.
As soon as everyone in the class sat down, all the lights shut off except for the ones lighting the stage in the center.
"Usually we'd have another lesson on Aura manipulation or proper ways to use your semblances, but as of today we're going to begin sparring again." Glynda announced.
Students began to murmur to each other about what their professor had just told them.
"I know, I know. We had to cancel sparring due to that incident with those other students, but Professor Ozpin himself reinstated this activity in order for students to...test their mettle."
Glynda looked in JoJo's direction as she said those last words.
"So, any volunteers to spar first?" Goodwitch asked as she turned her attention back to the other students.
The class remained silent.
"No? Well then, I'll have to choose at random," she said, then typed on her scroll a few times.
A large screen on the wall behind Glynda lit up, displaying two empty squares side by side. The squares began to spin vertically, the faces of students appearing on the sides of the squares as they spun.
Then the square on the left stopped spinning, and the student that it showed was-
"Me?" Nora exclaimed.
"Miss Valkyrie, please go to the locker room to prepare yourself." Glynda advised.
As soon as Nora stood, the second square stopped spinning.
Every head turned to look at team JNPR.
"...I've got a bad feeling about this." Jonathan mumbled.