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Chapter 4 – First day
Jaune laughed nervously as he stared anxiously at the large audience before him. The knight felt his arms shake vigorously as he paced on the spot. Pyrrha smiled at him, watching as he continuously walked in circles. "It'll be fine Jaune." The champion calmly spoke as she reassured her partner, leaving her hand on his shoulder for comfort.
The knight smiled slightly and thanked her. It had been fifteen minutes since Jaune and Ren had woken up after collapsing following the intense initiation, and now he had to deal with this. Needless to say, he was exhausted. All the partners who had managed to obtain a relic in the forest were now gathered at the side of the stage in the school auditorium. Jaune sighed with a shaky breath. He was bruised, exhausted and probably had a broken bone or two from being tossed around, and now he was shaking nervously like a leaf in the wind.
Ozpin had called out quite a few names already, what if his wasn't called? What if they found out about his faked transcripts? He gasped mentally, what if they found out about it?
Pyrrha noticed the blond knight shudder visibly and giggled. She pat Jaune's back soothingly, "Don't worry about it too much, it will be fine." She smiled, stressing out the last part. The Spartan girl turned to the stage as another team walked up.
Jaune stifled a gasp as his eyes glowed momentarily.
"Jaune, I think you'll make a great leader." Smiled Pyrrha.
The knight's body twitched slightly, barely managing to stop himself from turning to the girl. The action was so indistinguishable Ren had hardly noticed the change. The key word being hardly. However, upon seeing no further movement from his new friend the silent boy chalked it up to his exhaustion.
"Did you say something Pyrrha?" the knight queried.
The red haired girl looked back to the confused boy, giving him a questioning look. "I don't believe so Jaune. Perhaps you're still exhausted." On the inside the champion was fretting. I didn't say how handsome he was out loud did I? She mentally screamed. Jaune shrugged, his partner was probably right and he was just hearing things.
The group watched as Ozpin called up more people. "Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, Sky Lark." The four boys grinned and bumped fists as they walked onto the stage. The large monitor above the stage in the auditorium displayed the profiles of the boys as Ozpin listed their names. "The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team Cardinal (CRDL)." Jaune watched as the profiles moved to suit the new team name, arranging them to spell out CRDL using a single letter from their initials. "Lead by Cardin Winchester." Cardin smirked and high-fived his team before walking off the stage as the crowd applauded obligatorily.
Ozpin gazed at his script, lazily holding it out for all to see. Jaune nearly facefaulted at the headmaster's clear disrespect for the formality of the event. Meanwhile the man smirked inwardly as he watched the reactions of those who noticed his gesture. He may have been a rather serious and cryptic man, but that didn't mean he couldn't have fun every now and again. "Only two more teams and I can have my 'me time'." He muttered under his breath. "Why Glynda won't allow me to drink coffee during this is beyond me." Jaune sighed, for a person in charge of possibly hundreds of students, Ozpin was certainly a rather strange man.
The crowd fell silent as the headmaster coughed to garner their attention. The man spoke formally as he announced the next team, "Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie." The champion smiled and pat Jaune on the back as they moved towards the stage. Meanwhile, the knight was heaving a euphoric sigh of relief. He returned his partner's smile and got up onto the stage beaming happily. The crowd laughed as they saw a blushing Ren carry Nora on stage in what she deemed a 'slothy back ride'. The wild girl was perched happily on his back as she cheered before finally separating as they reached Ozpin. The four grinned at him as they got into a row. Smiling like a parent would to a child, Ozpin spoke. "The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward you will work together as Team Juniper (JNPR)-" Jaune chuckled as Nora tackled her childhood friend, laughing joyfully, sending the two to the floor. His laughter increased tenfold upon noticing Ozpin's annoyed expression, he obviously does not like to be interrupted during a speech. Frowning at the boy's laughter Ozpin spoke up once more, this time with an amused tone of voice. "Led by Jaune Arc!" He announced evilly. Jaune choked on his laughter as Pyrrha turned to him worriedly.
"Oh dear, Jaune are you alright?" the Spartan girl cried as she panicked, slapping him on the back in order to soothe his choking and coughing fit. Unfortunately for the poor boy the girl misjudged her strength and sent him sprawling to the floor, right on top of Ren and Nora. Ozpin watched the whole exchange unfold with a satisfied smirk on his face.
After recovering from his near-death experience, Jaune got up and gazed at Ozpin incredulously. "Me? Leader?" He shouted unbelievingly. "Me?" he repeated. The champion giggled as she walked up to her newly appointed leader, along with Ren and Nora.
"Jaune, I think you'll make a great leader." Smiled Pyrrha. Jaune flinched momentarily before sighing reluctantly. Ozpin genuinely smiled.
"Congratulations. That's what you get for interrupting my speech." For obvious reasons, the great and illustrious headmaster of Beacon Academy kept that last part to himself.
After the newly founded Team JNPR got off the stage Ozpin announced the last team. "And lastly. Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Yang Xiao Long." The girls all smiled as they walked up onto the stage. Yang however laughed and grinned toothily as they got up.
"You don't know 'Xiao Long' I've been waiting for our names to be called up!" Everyone within the auditorium, including Ozpin, groaned audibly at the blond's poor sense of humour. Yang ignored the groans and gasped as she heard something else. It could barely be noticed over the noise of the crowd, but the brawler heard it clear as day. The small noise was beautiful, someone in the crowd had just laughed at one of her puns and she will stop at nothing to find them.
Ozpin massaged his temples as he continued. "With that out of the way, the four of you retrieved the whit knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team Ruby (RWBY). Led by, Ruby Rose!" He announced. Weiss looked disbelievingly at the young reaper as the crowd applauded.
Yang grinned, "I'm so proud of you sis!" she exclaimed as she hugged Ruby. "You really 'Rose' above us." Once again, upon ignoring the shouts of the naysayers, the blond bombshell heard the exact same laughter. Ozpin chose that moment to dismiss the students, wouldn't want any unfortunate circumstances to come about during one of his speeches.
Yang yanked Ruby to the side as the team walked off the stage. The reaper gulped audibly at her sister's expression. It was the expression of pure seriousness. She shivered, this only happens on one occasion. "Let me guess, someone laughed at your pun; and you want me to help you find them."
Yang smiled. "You know me too well."
Ruby laughed nervously. "Yeah, though I have no clue how someone can find your puns funny." She mumbled to herself. She gazed at the packed auditorium and whistled; practically all of Beacon was in here. The brawler was basically trying to find a needle in a haystack. In the middle of a tornado. At sea.
The four girls walked off to go join Team JNPR in their celebrations as the students within the auditorium slowly filed out. Glynda chuckled as she strolled up to Ozpin, holding his mug brimmed with coffee. Seeing this, the illustrious and proud headmaster of Beacon academy practically fell on his knees and begged for the mug back. The witch smiled, momentarily enjoying his moment of weakness. "I have no idea why you and Bartholomew love this coffee so much. I prefer tea myself." Ozpin hastily grabbed the mug and cleared his throat, moving into a stance more suitable for his title. He gave the woman a cryptic gaze.
"It's not just the coffee, it's the mug. This mug is very precious to me." He answered calmly. The man began to sweat heavily as the witch gave him a smirk.
"Is that why you delegated 10% of the schools budget to coffee ingredients?" She watched in clear amusement as Ozpin choked on his coffee. How did she know? He cried mentally.
Finished with her scolding she glanced at the two teams of RWBY and JNPR as they managed to finally exit the room. "What do you think?" she asked seriously. Ozpin watched the teams happily interact with each other as they walked out the door.
"Between Ruby Rose, the adorkable prodigy with a not-so-adorable giant killer scythe, and Jaune Arc, the seemingly lovable idiot with a hidden ability and a noticeable knack for being a tactician, this is going to be a rather interesting year." He spoke, sipping his coffee with a mysterious look in his eye.
"Yang, what are you doing?" Yawned Ruby, clothed in her night attire that consisted of a black tank top and white long pants with a rose flower design. She stretched as she got out of the bed and stared blankly at her sister. Across the room Yang was stringing together pictures and sheets of paper along the wall.
The blond brawler turned to her with a smile, "Just trying to figure out whom it was that laughed at my puns." She stated matter-of-factly. Ruby gave her a look as she glanced at her clothing. She hadn't changed to her usual pajamas.
"Were you up all night?" the reaper asked as she pointed her finger at the blond accusingly.
The older of the two scoffed. "Of course not!" she huffed indignantly. "I slept for at least ten minutes before I got up to do this."
The sound of Ruby's face impacting the ground as she facefaulted from the sheer stupidity of Yang's actions woke the other two members of Team RWBY.
"What are you two doing at this time of day?" growled Weiss. She was in the middle of a rather pleasant dream. Her team was catering to her every need whilst Jaune and Ruby fed her grapes as she tossed dust out to the masses. The heiress' train of thought came to a halt. Wait, why Jaune and Ruby? She shuddered at the thought.
Ruby grumbled unhappily, "Oh nothing, just thinking my sister is weird." She frowned. Yang shot her a look.
"Says the one whose going out with her scythe." She snapped.
The younger girl gasped, "You leave Crescent Rose out of this!" The remainder of Team RWBY rolled their eyes at the equally strange sisters.
After a few hours of listening to the two bicker Weiss couldn't take it anymore. The mere sound of their fighting prevented her from getting any more sleep, and dust knows she needs it to recover from the previous day. "I don't care who is weirder than the other, just go to sleep!" she growled. Unfortunately for the sleepy heiress and bookworm the two sisters payed her no mind as they continued with their argument.
Meanwhile across the hallway in Team JNPR's room their new leader, the ever-vigilant Jaune Arc, woke with a start at hearing a loud angry voice. "I'm sorry!" he yelled reflexively as he bolted up. Scouting around the room, however, he didn't find the source of the voice; only a sleeping Ren, Nora and Pyrrha. He scratched his head in confusion. "Weird, could've sworn I heard Weiss." He mumbled to himself sleepily before falling right back into blissful unconsciousness.
Weiss sneezed and frowned, was someone talking about her? She froze upon realising what she had just done. She slowly turned to her teammates in hopes that no one noticed. Unfortunately the look on Yang's face spoke otherwise. The heiress glared with all of her being at the blond boxer. "Yang, don't you dare!"
Yang mockingly gasped at her, emphasising the action by laying a hand on her chest. "Weiss!" she grinned, "did you just 'Schneeze'?"
Let it be known that the buxom blond did not regret a thing as she was assaulted by a book, a cookie and a suitcase. Blake stared at her partner's unmoving body. "Well, at least we can sleep now." She muttered. The three conscious members of Team RWBY froze as Weiss' alarm clock rang, signifying it was time to get ready for classes. "Dust damn it."
Jaune yawned loudly as he entered the classroom of Professor Port. The boy uncomfortably fiddled with his uniform, he wasn't exactly used to this type of clothing and felt rather restricted, as opposed to his usual outfit where the black hoodie gave him more freedom to move. He scanned the room for an empty seat and smiled as he saw one next to Blake. Upon closer inspection of the bookworm and her team he noticed that they were all extremely tired, or appeared to be that way. "What's up pussycat?" he grinned as he sat down. The knight noticed the girl stiffen slightly upon his greeting but just chalked it off to his imagination. "Why are you guys so tired?" he queried.
Blake turned to him with an exhausted look. "Yang." She stated simply.
The blond boy gave it a bit of thought before shrugging, "Makes sense." The two sat in a strangely comfortable silence for a moment before Jaune turned to talk. He was interrupted, however, when his team entered the room.
"Jaune-Jaune Arc, why did you leave us at the cafeteria?" scolded Nora. The knight flushed in embarrassment as all of Team RWBY, laughed at the Valkyrie's way of saying his name.
"First of all, Nora. Please just call me Jaune. Second of all, I needed to go do something before coming here." The strange girl smiled,
"Okay!" she cheered. She turned to the female team next to Jaune as the three sat down. "Heya gals!" she exclaimed happily.
"Good morning." Greeted Pyrrha politely.
The four members of Team RWBY sleepily smiled back and spoke their good mornings. From the row back, Ruby nudged Ren who looked just as sleepy as her team, if not sleepier. "Why are you so sleepy?" she asked as she yawned adorably.
The boy yawned back, "Nora didn't let me get any sleep last night." Yang blinked,
"Innuendoes aside, why?"
Nora grinned, "We made victory pancakes all night!" she exclaimed. Ren responded to her outburst by falling loudly onto his desk unconscious.
Unfortunately for the poor boy, his sleep was broken as Professor Port entered. Jaune pitied his new friend for a moment before turning his attention to the man standing before the class. He appeared to be a middle-aged man with grey hair and a moustache and wore a burgundy suit. The teacher also seemed rather portly.
Jaune visibly brightened. Here was a man who was an actual huntsman. Someone who had most likely fought thousands upon thousands of Grimm and knew the ins and outs of being a huntsman, and carried the traits he believed one would have. Tenacity, confidence, strength, intelligence, wisdom and modesty, traits that he hoped, he too, would gain. The knight might finally learn how to actually be a decent huntsman.
Jaune snapped out of his boredom-induced slumber as he heard the 'experienced huntsman' call out to his students. "So who among you believe themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?" he exclaimed. Jaune watched in interest as Weiss' hand shot up immediately.
"I do sir!" she all but growled out. Wonder what's up with her thought Jaune.
Port laughed heartily. "Well then, let's find out shall we?" he gestured towards a large cage. The insides of the cage were pitch black despite the brightness of the room. The only thing visible within were a pair of red eyes. "Meet Edgar" the man introduced. "He will be your opponent."
Weiss frowned; she just couldn't take it anymore. How did that annoying, and admittedly cute, dunce manage to become a team leader where she could not? Her, Weiss Schnee! She wasn't perfect, far from it, but she was till a better candidate than that cookie-eating nuisance!
Well now she'd show her, she'd show them all that Weiss Schnee was the better person for the job. She could imagine it now.
She would be the team leader, the team name would be changed to WRBY or WBRY or WYBR, maybe she'd think of a better one later. Ruby, Yang, and Blake would all worship- uh, respect her, and hand feed her grapes like a goddess.
She pictured Ruby, Yang, Blake and even Team JNPR kneeling as she stood above them. "Go Weiss!" cheered Ruby.
"Yeah, you're the best!" shouted Blake.
Yang bowed before her, "You're so much more attractive than me, teach me your ways!" The heiress laughed boastfully as her team and Team JNPR chanted her name.
"Weiss. Weiss. Weiss."
She was broken out of her daydream when the chanting became frantic shouting. "Weiss! Watch out!" cried Ruby and Jaune simultaneously. They watched as she quickly jumped out of the way as Edgar the Boarbatusk rolled through. Her adrenaline removing all traces of the fatigue she was feeling moments before, along with her aura. She yelled a battle cry as she attempted to strike at it with Myrtenaster, however the hide of the boar-like Grimm was too tough for it to pierce through.
"Ha-ha! Wasn't expecting that were you?" chuckled Port. Jaune was confused; the Grimm appeared to have four eyes that were circles. But the red eyes that could've been seen earlier were more semi-oval in appearance. He shrugged, Grimm were strange.
Ruby waved her arms frantically, "Weiss, go for its belly! There's no armour underneath-" The heiress glared at her.
"Stop telling me what to do!" she growled. The moment's distraction was all Edgar needed and knocked the Multi-Action Dust Rapier out of Weiss' hands, the weapon flying a few meters away. The class collectively gasped as she was knocked backwards. Before the Boarbatusk could take advantage of Weiss' moment of weakness she rolled swiftly to the side and made a dash for her weapon. The Grimm barely had time to blink as the girl fully clad in white grabbed Myrtenaster and got into a battle stance. Taking it as a challenge Edgar rolled towards the heiress to attack, the girl then used a series of hand movements to create a glyph that stopped her opponent's charge and opened their weak point. Using another glyph she launched herself into the exposed stomach, instantly killing the Grimm.
The class clapped and cheered as she stood up. Port joined in with the clapping as he finished assessing her. "Bravo, bravo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training." He laughed, truly impressed by her prowess. "Unfortunately that is all the time we have today. Be sure you cover the assigned readings, and stay vigilant! Class dismissed."
Jaune frowned as he watched Weiss storm out of the classroom. "What is her problem?" he wondered once again. The rest of the group nodded in agreement. Ruby however sped out of the classroom, more than likely using her semblance to catch up. Pyrrha caught Jaune's worried look and smiled at him, "Go after them." He nodded and sprinted after the two. Blake and Ren both noticed the look on the champion's face as she watched the knight exit the room, but dismissed it as Ren was tackled by Nora and Blake had to deal with Yang not giving another of her books back.
Jaune managed to catch up to the two runaways just in time to hear the older of the two scold the reaper and storm off once more. He was about to approach his first friend at Beacon when Ozpin came out of nowhere and began to speak to her. The knight sighed in defeat; the headmaster probably had this. With that he walked away; slightly disheartened that he couldn't help out any of his new friends. Ozpin was already consoling ruby and Weiss stormed off to dust knows where.
Jaune decided to wander the halls aimlessly, that was their last period for the day, and it wasn't like the school had a curfew. Which was strange considering they would normally want trainees to get the regular amount of sleep if they want to be combating Grimm. He sighed once more as his mind went around the place to pass the time, what day was it today? They had arrived on Monday, initiation took place the day prior, so today was Wednesday. He froze. Today was the deadline and he'd written next to nothing! "Well then, only one thing to do now." Jaune sprinted towards his team room and quickly slammed open the door, being careful to make a little noise as possible despite slamming it open. Wouldn't do good if he were to be caught, the things his team would say. With the speed of a cheetah he grabbed his equipment that he had kept under a fake bottom in his suitcase and booked it out of the room. Unbeknownst to the knight, Pyrrha watched him leave with a worried look on her face.
Jaune quickly checked the time as he approached the library. "Still six ours 'till deadline." He muttered to himself. Upon entering the silent library he was greeted the librarian. She appeared to be only slightly older than him, maybe by two or three years.
"Can I help you?" she asked politely as he entered. He smiled.
"Hi, my name's Jaune Arc and it's my third day here. I'm just here for a bit of private studying, is there a corner in this library that I can sit at? Preferably away from other study areas?"
The girl nodded. "I was wondering why I'd never seen you here before, I know practically everyone here at Beacon now. Well Mr Arc, there is a secluded corner over at the back, just passed the romance section. No one really goes around there because they don't want to be seen reading romance." She giggled. Jaune grinned.
"Thanks, and please just call me Jaune," he laughed, "I never was one for formalities. What is your name? I'm probably going to be coming here a lot now."
The librarian blushed slightly, misunderstanding his statement as a compliment. "It's Amethyst."
"Amethyst huh? That's a nice name, nice to meet you." He gave her another grin, "See you around, and thanks for the help again!" The librarian chuckled as he walked off.
Jaune sat down at the secluded area pointed out by Amethyst. It was basically a small nook that included a table surrounded by chairs and a couple of beanbags. After observing the area to make sure there was no one around Jaune sat at the table. He set out his equipment and started his self-taught breathing exercise. He slowly inhaled and exhaled as he chanted to himself, in, out, in, out. A dozen or so seconds spent inhaling and exhaling later; it finally achieved the desired outcome. Jaune's eyes glowed a bright white for a moment. Staring at the laptop he had brought determinedly and set out to do what he does best. He started on the next part of his novel.
The young lady in red waited for her saviour to come, for today was the day they had appointed to meet. They were to wait for each other at this café where they could eat and exchange pleasantries before he would escort her through his hometown, Dale. To be completely honest it was exciting, she was going against the whims of her older sister coming through this town and every second was exhilarating. The very idea that they could be caught midway through their date gave the young lady a sense of adventure. Her dainty hand flew to her mouth quickly as she stifled a giggle; once again she had called their little rendezvous a date despite the young man's vehement claims that it wasn't so. Even for someone older than she, he was quite reserved and awkward around new people; but that was just one of his many charms and what led her, the next Queen in line, to fall hopelessly in love with him. She sighed happily and smiled at the thought. She, Sapphire Rose, was in love with her saviour, Gray North. A man she had known for not even a week. It was preposterous to think that one could fall in love so easily, and yet she had. His dazzling white hair, the decisive look of his bright blue eyes, his calm yet embarrassed smiled whenever he saw her, the way he would treat her as if she were a normal person rather than the upcoming Queen by calling her a dunce every now and again, even his strange way of fighting all attributed to her affections for him. Yes, she must be in love.
"What are 'ya doin' Jaune?" Queried a voice from behind him.
"Sweet mother of breadcrumbs and biscuits!" Exclaimed Jaune as he jumped in his seat, hurriedly closing his laptop on the way down. "You scared the living daylights out of me!" The boy turned to see it was Nora who had surprised him. She was grinning madly and holding what appeared to be a plate of pancakes and a… Shovel?
"Oh sorry." She apologized, "So, what are you doing?" Jaune tensed for a moment. Should he tell her? No. No offence to the sloth-loving girl, but she would sell him out at a drop of a pancake. Literally. Give her pancakes and she'll do nearly anything so long as it doesn't hurt her friends. Therefore, he must lie. No matter how much he doesn't want to.
"I, uh, was just catching up on Professor Port's notes. I fell asleep during his class you see and kinda borrowed Ruby's." He lied. Nora cocked her head in confusion.
"I thought Ruby wasn't paying attention or was asleep through most of the class too."
Jaune hung his head. "Yeah, she had to borrow Weiss' notes." He deadpanned. "Anyway, what's with the shovel?" The knight asked, partly because he was curious and partly because he wanted to change the subject. Nora took one look at the shovel and laughed.
"Oh this? I just finished building the sloth enclosure out front!" She chirped happily.
Jaune looked at her incredulously. "Ozpin gave you permission to build a sloth enclosure on school grounds?"
Once again Nora cocked her head in confusion. "We need permission?"
"…"
The silence was broken by Nora's scroll vibrating. "Oh, Renny's calling me. Bye!" Before Jaune could say anything the Valkyrie ran off, plateful of pancakes and shovel in tow.
He sighed, that girl was an enigma. He checked the clock and noted that it had been fifteen minutes since he had began writing, including the few minutes Nora had been there. He frowned; normally he'd be able to write more than this. What had changed from his usual routine? Other than the obvious of course.
Jaune yawned as he rubbed the back of his neck, a habit he seemed to pick up and couldn't get rid of. He was probably just overworking his semblance; he hardly used it outside of writing back before Beacon so it would be understandable that he wouldn't be able to use it too much. It could also have been leftover exhaustion from initiation. Shrugging Jaune continued the chapter. Once again he reached a comfortable typing speed for him, the likes of which not many could achieve. It was practically impossible the speed in which he could type and formulate ideas, and he owed it all to his semblance and years of practice.
He smiled as he typed casually, it was his family who had assisted him in finding out what his semblance was and it was thanks to his sister that he had unlocked his aura several years back. This was why he loved his semblance as it was a conjoined effort of every single person in his immediate family, so he would not let it go to waste. He couldn't count the endless days he had spent practicing using his semblance to the point where he could do what he did today.
Turning back to the work in progress the knight realised he had already finished. Quickly glancing at the time he realised that four hours had passed by, time goes fast when you're reminiscing I guess. Rereading the story over for the fifth time, checking for spelling mistakes or grammatical errors, he frowned as he realised that something was missing. The blond writer continued to read over his work to figure out what was missing from his work, and upon the seventh reread, and comparing previous works, he realised what was not there.
The boy glanced around the area to make sure no one was around. Jaune groaned in reluctant acceptance as he moved closer to the laptop to add the missing ingredient; smut. He sighed and got ready to kill himself with embarrassment. There was too much fluff and nothing like the usual, where he'd blend the two in a sweet and spicy concoction. In all honesty, he'd be too embarrassed to do this himself and have to ask one of his sisters who hade more… experience, with this type of thing. When he had began writing this and why he had no clue, but it had quickly become a consistent part of the stories he writes.
The knight was incredibly embarrassed as he added the finishing details an hour later. He had his semblance to thank for the ability to write an entire novella, plot and all, in five hours. Sighing for what felt like the hundredth time that week Jaune sent the finished piece to his publisher. He smiled when he thought of his publisher. He also had a lot to thank her for, and it wasn't just sticking around with him whilst he was just a beginner writer. She was also the one who helped him fake his transcripts to enter Beacon, although reluctantly. As the blond writer sent the document to his publisher he checked the time.
"Time to rest I guess." He yawned. Stretching he heard loud pops come from his joints and moaned in appreciation. Using a semblance, especially his, for five hours straight after using it several times the day previous would definitely exhaust a person, even if they had as much aura as he did. It would be wise to get some sleep now, especially since he has classes tomorrow. Nodding to himself, he packed up his equipment and walked back to his team room.
Meanwhile, within Vale, a young woman was strolling around the shops in hopes for some late-night ice cream when she received a message.
From: Jaune Arc
To: LittleMissPublisher
Subject: Next story.
Here's the next story LittleMissPublisher, hope you enjoy it! As per usual just do whatever you want with it. I'm really happy that you still choose to publish my work.
The woman smiled and lifted her hand to her mouth to stifle a giggle. With nimble fingers she sent the attached document to the 'editor' and made sure to remind him to send the finished piece to their subscribers. Just as she hit send her eyes changed colours as she happily continued her walk.
Blake was in the library reading quietly when she noticed Jaune exit after having a quick talk to the librarian. Strange, I don't remember him entering, she thought to herself. Deciding that it was just her being too engrossed in her book to notice she continued reading. However before she could move on to the next paragraph she received a message.
From: Yang Xiao Long
To: Blake Belladonna
Subject: YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS
Blake, Jane Caur just sent a preview of her next novella to all of her subscribers, and it's amazing! You have to read it!
You are subscribed right?
"Wait, since when did Yang have my contact details?" she asked aloud. She then froze, "Wait, you can subscribe to Jane Caur to receive her stories early? As in the Jane Caur who wrote 'Ninja's of Love'?" The girl shook and giggled in excitement. She stopped immediately when she realised that the librarian gave her a strange look. Coughing and composing herself she went to find out how to subscribe.
Apparently Jane had her own website, much to her surprise, and it was paradise. On it was every single novel and novella that she had written, as well as a few that she recommended, like 'D's Journal' or 'Loveless'. It was a bookworm's dream. She gazed at the preview for the new book. "To Sapphire, with love?" she read aloud. Within minutes of beginning the short novel Blake was laughing, crying and felt the usual tug on the heartstrings she had come to know and love. As much as she hated to say it, the bookworm would have to thank her partner for this.
Entering the room of Team RWBY, Blake found Ruby and Weiss sleeping with a smile on their face and Yang on her scroll reading. She coughed to gain her attention. "Hey Yang?"
The blond boxer grinned. "Yes Blake?~"
"Th-thanks… For, um, mentioning subscribing to me." She said slowly. It was hard to believe that Yang, a person who only knew of Jane Caur two days ago, knew about subscriptions where she, a person who had been reading for who knows how long, didn't.
Her partner grinned, "No problem. So what did you think of the new novel?" she asked.
Blake smiled as she sat down on her bed, "Although it felt… different, from the usual romance scenes, it was great." Yang nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, the scenes were more fluff than the usual spicy romance, but I didn't mind." The bookworm's eyes widened considerably.
"I didn't take you as a reader of anything other than smut." She was thoroughly surprised that she had a reading partner in her, well, partner.
Yang laughed, "Sweetheart, you'd be surprised how little you know about me."
The black haired beauty looked at the blond challengingly. "Other than puns, perverted things, Ruby, your hair and yourself, what else runs through your mind?"
Yang took up a thinking position for the better part of the next hour and frowned when she couldn't think of anything. "Okay, you know more than you let on."
A moment of silence passed and the two broke into laughter. With the ice broken the two leaped into conversation about Jane Caur's books. Blake was ecstatic that she finally had someone to talk to about books, even the ones that would normally embarrass her.
After a couple of hours talking about books the two finally decided to go to sleep.
"Night Blake." Yawned Yang.
Blake smiled back at the buxom blond. "Night Yang." She sighed contently; she also finally had someone she could say that to.
Woo chapter done! Several new things were introduced in here, Jaune's semblance, his publisher, Yang's puns, the librarian, pieces of character development and Ozpin's love of coffee. Yeah.
Also, things that have been introduced will be further explained later on, just be patient. I have this all drafted up to chapter 10 with ideas on plots and stuffs.
For those who want to know, yes I know introducing an OC is stupid most, if not all, of the time. Though I will be using Amethyst to introduce a few original plot points. She will also be my way of getting the main ship of this story together, as she will be playing matchmaker later on.
I also did not give her a description on purpose as Jaune was in a rush and therefore did not take enough time to look at her properly.
Last note, I may not be able to update for a couple of weeks because I have some important things I need to be doing. Really sorry guys but it is incredibly important. I will try to make up for it somehow.
Anyone who can guess all the references to things gets a subscription to Jane Caur's books!