Hey RWBYBlackFlames here, and this is Chapter 4. I hope you enjoy this and the deviation from the plot I'm taking. Also, fairly important note. There's a reason why Jaune defeated the Nevermore so easily and it's not because of plot armor or a super OP technique. Trust me, you'll understand soon.
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Chapter 4
A Fight of Negativity
"What's truly important is to know fear, yet take a step forward" ~Rosette Christopher, One of Vytal's Original Hunters.
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As the newly named Team JNPR walked to their dorm with Team RWBY, the group had varying thoughts as they talked with each other. Ruby was nervous about her new leadership. Weiss was quite upset that she hadn't received the leadership. Blake was interested on how Ruby would lead and if it would stay. Yang was proud of her team. Then there was Team JNPR.
Nora was concerned about the number of pancakes there would be in their room, as for her consumption as well as a couple hundred other things. Pyrrha was interested in her new leaders ability that killed the Nevermore so quickly and other things about her leader. Ren was hoping that his new team would have a change of pace so that he could have peace and quiet as well as Nora at the same time.
Jaune was just plain tired. The second they got into their dorm, Jaune claimed the bed farthest to the left and went straight to sleep the very second he hit the bit, barely saying 'Good Night' before he was in Dreamland. Pyrrha was concerned, but it seemed that Nora didn't notice and Ren just didn't have enough energy to care about it. She eventually got to sleep, and soon it was morning.
"Good morning guys..." said Jaune with a yawn as he got out of bed.
"Good morning Jaune." replied Pyrrha, who was already fully dressed and was organizing her belongings.
"Good morning sleeping beauty!" said the other female of Team JNPR, who was wide awake and was bouncing off the walls, figuratively and literally. He probably shouldn't allow this girl to have any sugar. Unless he wanted to get back at someone...
"So Jaune, what classes do you have?" asked the redhead curiously.
"Let's see..." Jaune pulled out a book, with his student information on it. There were the standard classes; Grimm Studies, World History, Survival, Aura Studies, and finally Combat. Every student also had two free classes to do as they wished, which was normally 3 but him being leader killed that to two, so Jaune chose to have Advanced Tactics and Strategy for his first, and a free period for studying. As he is a leader, he has a mandatory leadership class.
"I start at 9 am with Grimm Studies with Professor Port, then World History with Professor Oobleck, after that I have Aura Studies with Professor Stein and Survival with Professor Peach. I then have Advanced Tactics and Strategy with Professor Lamperouge and Basic Leadership with Professor Hatake, before I end the day with Professor Goodwitch in Combat and I decided to take a break period after her class." said Jaune, looking at his schedule whilst reciting what he saw.
"Really, I share a lot of those classes, only Aura Studies and one of my free classes, Advanced Combat, switched. Seems you aren't going to be getting rid of me that easily." said Pyrrha with a smile.
"Who'd want to get rid of you?" replied Jaune smiling. After a couple seconds, Jaune realized something.
"Ren, get up." said Jaune as he poked his only male teammate. He only got a groan as a response.
"Ren, you're going to be late for class." Again, only a groan before he buried himself further into the bed. He would have to up the ante.
"Nora, can you wake up Ren for me?" asked Jaune with a sickeningly sweet voice.
"I'M UP!" shouted Ren, not wanting to be attacked by Nora. After ensuring that his childhood friend wasn't going to 'wake' him up, he sent a glare at Jaune, before turning into a smile.
"Welcome to the world of the living Ren." said Jaune with a small grin on his face.
"Jaune, can you do me a favor?" asked Ren.
"Yes Ren?" he replied.
"Can you wait a minute next time before sicking Nora on me?" asked Ren.
"No problem Ren, but remember Ren, I do want to see how Nora would wake you up if that's any motivation for you to get up the first time next time." said Jaune with a smirk.
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Soon, everyone was ready for classes, and the only thing left to do was wait. Jaune then decided it was time for a team bonding exercise.
"Let's do some team management and answer a few questions about each other. We're going to be working for the next few years and we might as well get to know each other. Now, I don't mind if you don't feel like answering a question that's too personal, so don't worry. Now, ask away." said Jaune. There was silence for a few moments, as no one was particularly curious, but then his ginger haired teammate asked a question.
"Oh Jaune! Do you have any siblings? Like little sisters or big brothers? Or maybe both! I bet-" said Nora before he was cut off by Jaune.
"Nora, I'll answer you, just calm down for a second and let me speak." said Jaune.
"'Kay!" said Nora happily.
"I have seven sisters, but no brothers. I have Rouge, she has red hair and she is my youngest sister as well as the only one that I'm older than. She's turning twelve this year, so she'll be starting her training soon. I have 5 older sisters; Verta, Ange, Ciel, Feia, and Blanca; with green, purple, blue, orange and white hairs repectively." said Jaune.
"But that's only 6..." replied Nora.
"I'm sorry, I almost forgot. I have a twin sister whom I refuse to acknowledge that she is ten seconds older than me. Her name is Jeanne, and shares my dashing good looks. If it wasn't that she was a girl, we'd look exactly the same." said Jaune.
"Is there a reason that your families hair is the color of the rainbow?" asked Ren.
"You know as much as me, but their hair definitely reflect their personalities." replied the leader.
"You said that your younger sister, Rouge, was beginning her training. Does that mean combat training?" asked Pyrrha.
"Why yes, all Arcs are required to have combat training. In fact, I'm sure you'll be seeing a few of my sisters in this school, as they are also attending." said Jaune.
"Alright then, I can't wait to meet them then! So Jaune, do you have any questions for us?" asked Nora.
"Yes I do. Nora, when did you meet-" Jaune's question was cut off as he heard a shout from the opposite dorm.
"IT'S 8:55 YOU DOLT!" exclaimed a certain hieress from the Team RWBY dorm. Jaune and his team looked out to see the said team running down the hallway to get to class.
"Nora, I'll ask that question later. For now... BOOK IT!" said Jaune as they followed Team RWBY to their first class, Grimm Studies.
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They had barely enough time to make it into the class before the bell rang, just entering the class before it rang. They got a few funny looks from the professor and some of the students, but after a few moments it was over. Mr. Port took a quick look around, and decided it was time to start.
"Monsters! Demons! Prowlers of the Night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them prey!" said the professor proudly. Unfortunately, not all the other students shared his enthusiasm.
"Uh... And you shall to after graduating from this prestigious academy! Now, as I was saying... Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our world is teaming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces, and that's were we come in. Huntsman, Huntresses, we are individuals sworn to protect those who can't protect themselves. From what, you may ask. The very World!" said the plump professor with enthusiasm.
"Yeah... heh.." he wasn't the only one sharing the enthusiasm as Jaune, and a few others gave a small cheer before silencing themselves after receiving a few odd looks and the occasional glare.
"That is what you are training to become! But first, a story! The tale of a young handsome man! Now..." Pyrrha had stopped listening for a moment, and took a look around. Nora was unsurprisingly not paying attention, and was trying to gain Ren's attention. Ren was trying to pay attention and get some notes in. Key word 'trying'. Jaune was completely engrossed, taking notes about the egocentrical professor, whom had a gold bust in the corner. That's when she took a look at team RWBY.
Yang wasn't paying that much attention, rather looking around as she was. Blake, she was taking the occasional note whilst looking at her team. Weiss looked extremely upset about something, as if someone had just insulted everything she stood for. And Ruby... who was causing Weiss's anger, by doing various things out of boredom, from balancing a pencil with several objects on it to a rather funny but mean picture of the professor. Weiss looked like she was going to explode.
"A true huntsman must be honorable!" said the professor, whilst Ruby unknowingly put more fuel into Weiss's rage.
"A true hunstman must be dependable!" Ruby was now taking a small nap, Weiss looked like she'd strangle her if this continued.
"A true hunstman must be strategic, well educated and wise!" Pyrrha at this point was questioning whether Ruby was doing this on purpose or not, as Weiss looked like she could kill everyone in this room and smile whilst doing it.
"Now, which one among you believes to be the embodiment of these traits?" asked the Professor at the right time, preventing a homicide in Team RWBY.
"I do, Sir!" angrily shouted the hieress.
"Well then, step forward and face your opponent!" said the professor, revealing a cage with a caged Grimm in it. Weiss stormed off to the combat room, to prepare for the coming opponent and get her battle gear. While that happened, a certain blonde had just learned about Hurricane Weiss.
"Hey, what's up with Weiss?" asked Jaune, who had just now realized what the entire class had known for the past couple minutes.
"I believe she's upset about something, possibly concerning Ruby." said Pyrrha, giving her thoughts on the subject.
"Really? I wonder what for. Maybe she wanted to be leader... I don't know, but it isn't going to end well for her if she's distracted while fighting a Grimm." said Jaune.
"Speaking of Grimm, you were pretty interested in Professor Port's lesson, didn't they have Grimm lessons where you're from?" asked the redhead.
"I can say I had Grimm lessons there, but nothing at all like this. This is an interesting class for me, as no-one where I'm from can teach with such...tenacity." said Jaune.
"Really, what did they teach you about then?" asked Pyrrha.
"Well... I'll tell you later as the snowflake has returned to the storm." said Jaune, with Weiss wielding her weapon, the dust rapier.
"Are you ready? Then let's begin!" enthusiastically shouted the teacher, as he used his weapon that was being displayed, a blunderbuss ax combination, or blunder-ax to free the Grimm from it's cage. The caged Grimm, a bourbatusk, immediately charged Weiss, who side stepped out of the way and allowed the Grimm to smash into a wall, dazing it for a few seconds.
"This isn't good..." said Jaune looking upon the fight.
"Why? What's wrong with the fight?" asked Pyrrha.
"Weiss is fighting a Grimm, an embodiment of all the negative emotions. The fact that she has so much rage right now, one of the leading negative emotions is feeding the bourbatusk with more power to fight her with. There's also the fact that she's fighting distracted. Weiss is at a serious disadvantage right now, anything more disadvantageous could end the fight for Weiss." said Jaune.
"Is it really that bad?" asked Pyrrha, already knowing the answer.
"Let me put it like this, if Nora was fighting the bourbatusk right now, it would already be over as a result of Nora's positivity and concentration, even though she has the worst weapon possible to defeat a Bourbatusk with as it would be at it's weakest. Weiss, however, has the best weapon for fighting an armored Grimm like this, a dust powered rapier, something that can do elemental damage, as well as poking hole through its armor. But at this state, it's likely that if her situation got any worse, there would be a very real possibility that she could lose this fight." said Jaune.
"Go Weiss! Represent Team RWBY!" enthusiastically shouted the team leader and unknowing source of Weiss's disadvantage. Weiss glared at her for a moment, and as a result was grazed by the Grimm, barely avoiding injury.
"If you are to fight any opponent, you must never allow yourself to be distracted, or allow your emotions to take control, no matter if it's a Beowolf or another fighter, for they will use that against you. Ruby is unknowingly making Weiss's fight harder right now, and there's not much we can do about it." said Jaune, looking at the fight with the Bourbatusk preparing for another attack.
"Aim for it's belly!" shouted Ruby, hoping to give some advice, whilst earning the opposite effect.
"Stop telling my what to do!" Weiss angrily replied, and in that moment of pure anger, the Bourbatusk went in for the kill. Weiss remembered about her adversary, and went in to block, a very poor choice with a rapier. Weiss got out unharmed, but her weapon was sent flying away.
"The only thing we can do now is hope Weiss can get the better of her emotions, or she will lose, and I'm assuming that is only going to send Weiss further down the path of self destruction." wisely said Jaune. Weiss lunged for her weapon, whilst the Bourbatusk prepared it's final charge, and right as Weiss got her weapon, the Grimm charged. Weiss managed to put up a glyph just in time, and the Grimm bounced off of it. The Bourbatusk managed to land onto it's back, which Weiss used to stab the Grimm cleanly in the belly, finishing off the Grimm.
"Take note everyone, we are in the presence of a true huntress!" said the Professor, watching the Grimm disappear into the air. Weiss then stormed off, still angry about whatever she had against Ruby. Jaune thought about helping, but it wasn't his place. He'd entrust the rest to the remainder of Team RWBY. Now was the time for the next class...
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Jaune realized something as he walked to his next class with his team. It was nice not being horribly late to his class and not making a mad dash to avoid being late. Jaune had time to take out a notebook for History, and noted the people around him. There was Team CRDL, Team RWBY, whom had managed to regain it's W, there was his own team and a few other teams as well as a couple odd ones out.
"Welcome everyone, I am Professor Oobleck! This class is World History! In this class, we will be learning about..." Jaune quickly learned that Professor Oobleck wasn't someone he could just listen to. This teacher was talking a thousand miles an hour. He managed to catch a few things, such as Menagerie, White Fang, Revolution, and the Great War. This wasn't anything that Jaune didn't know about so he relaxed for a moment.
Soon, the class was nearly over, and most of the students had given up notes, with Ren, Pyrrha, Weiss and surprisingly Ruby desperately trying to keep up with the million word man. Soon the bell rang.
"Now, that's a shame that we're out of time. Remember class, this week we will be learning about the Forgotten Era as well as the Beginning Era! After that, we will be studying the Faunus Revolution!" said the green haired professor happily.
"That... That was interesting to say the very least." said Pyrrha as they joined up with the remainder of his team, as well as Team RWBY.
"I really couldn't make out much of anything he said, did you guys have any better luck?" asked Jaune.
"... I can honestly say I had no idea what he was saying, I'm pretty sure that guys semblance is speed talking or something..." said Yang, earning a few laughs.
"Hopefully, he'll slow down or we'll speed up, and speaking of speed, did you have any luck Ruby?" asked Jaune.
"I got quite a lot down, but even with my semblance of pure speed I couldn't keep up with him." said Ruby as she showed a few notes.
"Nice, well I'll see you guys later, I got to go to my next class, Aura Studies." said Jaune as he parted with the group. Only Ren and Blake followed, as they shared the class.
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Soon, the smaller group made it to their class, Aura Studies. Rumor had it that this teacher was a bit of a nut in terms of sanity, but Jaune hoped for the best. Soon, class started and Jaune got quite a surprise.
In walked a Professor with a patchwork labcoat, with a pair of glasses and what appeared to be a screw in his head.
"Welcome to Aura Studies, I am Professor F. Stein and this class is for researching your aura and your semblance as well as other things. If you have any questions, take it up to my assistant." said the strange teacher. Following the teacher, another person walked in. Said person had green hair, wearing glasses as well, but her labcoat had no patches, and she was on a laptop typing something in. She looked up and saw everyone waiting.
"...I am Verta Arc, assistant to Dr. Stein. If you don't want to end up as an Aura experiment, I suggest not asking dumb questions." said Verta, not looking up. After a few moments of hesitation, Blake raised her hand.
"Would you be related to Jaune Arc, per chance?" asked Blake curiously.
"...Yes I would, why do you ask?" said Verta with a hint of interest in her voice. Jaune decided to take this time to speak up.
"Hey Sis..." said Jaune sheepishly. With Verta looking at him with the gleam of happiness in her eyes, before it was mercilessly killed off again and replaced with the same look of uninterest.
"You should've told me that you were coming sooner dummy, now does anyone else have a question?" said Verta with a small smile on his face. There were no more, and so Professor Stein took this time to speak.
"So, this class is going to be fun. We're going to explore the limits of Aura together as well as semblances. Remember, there is no detention or extra readings for being late or disturbing class." said the screw-head, earning a few cheers.
"You get to be an Aura test subject!" said the Professor happily, killing the cheers.
"Now, can someone tell me the basic types of aura?" asked the Professor. After a few moments, Ren raised his hand.
"Yes Mr. Lie?" called the teacher.
"There are many different types of Aura, but in the end there are 7 basic types of Aura, and they have to with color. There's Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Green, Purple and Brown." said Ren.
"Now, what about White and Black colored auras?" asked the Professor with interest in his voice.
"There isn't any pure white or pure black aura. Rather, there are the advanced auras, silver and grey with stronger abilities than the main seven." responded Ren.
"Perfect. There are, in total, 9 different possible aura types. We will be learning them over the course of the semester. However, before any of you get the wrong idea I might as well tell you something worth knowing before you go on experimenting on your aura. There is only one way to change your aura, and that is to change your soul. Unfortunately, it's near impossible to change your soul at all. The only way is for something traumatizing to occur, and it never ends well so don't try to change your aura type. Any questions so far?" asked Professor Stein. A kid in the back raised his hand, albeit hesitantly.
"Professor Stein, what's the relationship between Aura Types and Semblances." asked the student.
"That's an excellent question, a question worth answering. Now Verta, please answer the gentleman..." responded Professor Stein.
"Of course. Aura Types, as opposed to what you believe have a small effect on what your semblance will be. For example, a Red Aura Type has a higher chance of creating a semblance based off of boosting your strengths, such as raw speed, strength or even intellect. However this is not always the case. Now Professor, may I tell them about the many types of semblances or will that have to wait for the next class?" asked Verta, whilst looking at the clock.
"Oh, we seem to be out of time for now... Be prepared for tomorrow as we will be covering the types of semblances!" said the Professor as the bell rang, freeing the students from the teacher for another day.
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Hey guys, RWBYBlackFlames here and I hope you enjoyed the chapter, for more is to come! Black Flames out!