Vale.
It was a nice and sunny morning in Vale. People were going to work, children were going to school and racists were trying to expel faunus for things that were the latter's own fault, and the police were being useless as they usually were. Nothing new, and that's what pissed off a certain journalist with gray hair and green eyes. She and her team were waiting for something to happen, something big and amazing, something that would raise their ratings exponentially.
"Maybe we can find some news about Beacon? This is initiation day after all," said a nameless and unimportant for the story operator. They were waiting outside the main building while trying to find an idea for some good news.
"No, not an option. You know how protective Beacon is about this kind of thing. Besides, I don't think there would be anything unusual or interesting," the female journalist waved them off."Every year it's the same thing. Ehh, I swear it has been months since something big has happened."
"Then maybe you should make a report about the rescue of those prisoners?" A male voice suddenly said. They turned and saw a teen wearing a coat and a hat that covered his eyes.
"Wait, what are you talking about, kid?" Asked the journalist, narrowing her eyes at him."Who would even save prisoners in the first place?"
The unknown boy in front of her just chuckled.
"Who? Me of course," he said as he lifted his hat to reveal his eyes that were burning bright red. He then ordered: "I want you to spread the word across all ofRemnant."
Beacon.
"Gonna be late, gonna be late, gonna be late!"
Skidding across the hallway floors then making a hard turn to the right, Jaune narrowly missed crashing into some random sparring equipment at the end of the hall before he entered the locker room. He was happy to see people he knew there. Ruby was there, along with Yang, and he was pretty sure that Snow Angel was there as well.
"I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk! -Oh, hi Jaune!" The two sisters glanced at the knight who wanted take his equipment. Jaune nervously waved to them.
"Heh, someone's a little Jaune-y today..." A cricket-chirping silence settled in before being broken by a snort-like chuckle from Jaune, immediately causing Ruby's eyes to go wide as she began shaking her head adamantly with the 'cut it out' hand-across-throat gesture. But it was too late.
"How you can laugh at that? It was horrible. That's why no one laughs at her puns." Yang slightly punched her little sister but Jaune just laughed.
"It was funny. My puns on the another hand...One time I tried to make a pun about rubber bands... It was a stretch." Yang chortled loudly with a wide grin, her eyes lighting up at the joke and Jaune smiled proudly.
"Finally, someone who understands the comedic genius of the spoken word! I've decided - you and me are gonna get along just fine! Ruby, you can be in our trio as well." Yang tried to place her hand on Jaunes shoulder but Ruby stood before them with slight pink color on her cheeks.
"Yang, not cool at all," the redhead loli said and Yang just chuckled.
"Hey, you were the one against meeting new people."
"Yes, but Jaune's not new, he is-"
"Oh, Ruby, don't tell me you have a crush on Vomit boy." Yang teased. And when she saw the red tint on her sister's face she proudly laughed.
At the same time, the white knight made his way to his locker. Jaune decided to leave the two sisters alone. Jaune reached his locker, that a bit further from Ruby's and Yang's, he equipped his sword, putting it on his back, and started doing a final check on his gear. As he did so a red glint caught his attention and he saw the familiar angelic face of his Snow Angel and the unknown redheaded girl. He was sure he saw her somewhere before, but couldn't quite remember where.
She looked out of it, while the heiress kept talking excitedly. He approached them and heard that they were talking about teams and how they would be great together (according to Weiss). He decided to join the conversation.
"Good morning, Snow Angel." Weiss immediately turned to him and was ready to growl when she saw who it was.
"Oh, it just you Jaune," she rolled her eyes."Good morning, is there something you want?" She wasn't angry at him for interpreting her conversation...at all.
"Just wanted to say 'hi'," he turned to the other girl with the beautiful emerald eyes. "Nice to meet you, I'm Jaune Arc." The redhead smiled.
"Nice to meet you, Jaune," the redhead said with in a sweet voice. "Actually, I heard teams are comprised of four people."
"Hey, isn't that nice? Then you can have a spot with me!" Jaune answered with a smile, making the redhead giggle and Weiss fume.
"Do you have any idea with whom you're talking?" Weiss asked, pointing at the other girl. Of course Jaune knew who a famous Pyr-.
"No idea. You have beautiful eyes though," he said honestly and a light pink graced the other girl's cheeks while Wiess's eyes went wide in shock.
"This! Is Pyrrha Nikos!" She almost screamed at him.
"Hello again," she said with a small wave, her smile slightly faltering.
"Lovely name. Fits you well," Jaune added and she blushed a little, her smile growing bigger while Weiss grew angrier.
"She is the top student in her class on Sanctum!"
"Congratulations! Smart too!" He said and Weiss was speechless, while Pyrrha herself felt relieved.
"She's four times Mistral champion! The youngest ever!" His Snow Angel shouted.
"Doesn't it get boring after the third time?" Jaune simply asked not giving it any thought.
"A little, but I'm always up for a challenge," Pyrrha answered him, making him smile and Weiss growl louder.
"She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's cereal box!" She finally exploded, waving her arms frantically. Finally that ringed a bell in Jaune's mind.
"That's you? They only do that for pro-athletes and cartoon characters! Are we in a cartoon?" Jaune questioned and looked around, as if searching for hidden cameras.
"That was pretty fun, though the cereal is not very good for you," Pyrrha admitted, but her smile didn't leave her face.
"So, after learning all that you still think you're good enough to be on a team with her?" Weiss questioned and Jaune accepted that the girl in front of him was amazing.
"Maybe not." He questioned a little dejected, but Pyrrha with a warm smile put a friendly hand on his shoulder.
"Actually, Jaune, I think you might be a good team leader," she honestly stated, and Jaune perked up immediately.
"Aww, stop it," he playful dismissed her.
"Yes, please stop! It's unsightly!" Weiss said as her anger took over.
"Come on, snow angel. If you play nice I might save you a spot on my team." Jaune said with a smirk, seeing the utter confusion on Weiss's face and her loss her words.
"It seems even I can make a mistake." Weiss sighed and looked at the Nikos girl. Weiss walked past Jaune without sparing him a glance or sympathy. At least Pyrrha did, and the two exchanged a small wave. When they left Jaune said to himself.
"Snow Angel seems to be angry, Interesting why...don't Tell me she is a little jealous?" Jaune said to himself misunderstanding everything in the conversation. He was the dork knight after all, what were you expecting from him?
Vale.
It was a sunny day when the prison convoy made its way down one of the main roads. Its final stop was supposed to be Vale, the city jail. The convoy was escorted by Atlas soldiers because Vale honestly speaking didn't mind having another kingdom's army on its territory. Inside a prison truck were twenty faunus, all of them handcuffed and angry to say the least...
"I told you that we will not able to leave! Why did we decide to work with White Fang? And with that redheaded asshole? We must be stopped but no! Everything for this faunus revolution, Steeljaw!" said a faunus with wolf ears. He shouted at their leader Steeljaw, who was a wolf faunus as well.
His skin was slightly gray unlike the others. He had wolf ears and tail as well. He looked at him with his yellow eyes and simply sighed.
"Arguing about it is pointless," he said with calm voice."We tried, but we lost. It's nothing to be ashamed of," he said like losing freedom was nothing, but his group just went silent.
"I see that animals like all of you at least know when it's time to shut up," said one of their guards. He just laughed when Steeljaw glared at him."What? Want to say something, brat?!" he yelled at him. The guard kicked him, all of the wolfs in the Steeljaw pack glared and growled at the guard. Steeljaw just narrowed his eyes.
"It's a pity to see people like you in the army. You're supposed to protect us, but all you can do is mock those who are in handcuffs," Steeljaw smirked when he saw the guard was on the edge already. He was about to say something when they stopped. He was about to ask what happened when a door in their cell opened.
The only thing that they saw was a shadow that made its way to the guard who started to panic.
"What the-" he was silenced forever when a pair of strong arms in gear appeared on his neck and turned his neck enough to break it. Steeljaw and the others looked in amazement at the figure that came from the shadows. He was wearing absolutely black gear and only his skull mask was white and frightening. He took from the dead guard keys and threw them to Steeljaw, who caught them and looked at him. He was about to ask when Reaper hissed.
"Shh, quiet," the masked man placed one of his fingers in front of his skull mask."We are almost in position. Don't make any sounds," he hissed and pulled out two shotguns.
His employer's plan was about to start and Reaper had to justify his money.
Emerald forest.
"...for Years, you have trained to become warriors, and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin's voice, despite its softness, somehow managed to reach across the long row of students standing above the eponymous Emerald Forest, staring ahead into the overgrowth that stretched on into infinity like an ocean of leaves. The weather was surprisingly nice, which was something that Jaune was personally thankful for. His gaze went far into the distance, trying to see if he could spot any Grimm from his angle. He was praying that he'd be lucky, and that he'd end up somehow avoiding all the Grimm that were wandering the forest. Of course, knowing his luck, he'd end up accidentally stumbling upon a Grimm nest or something.
When the wize woman with green eyes zeroed in on the placid knight, while every other student carefully listened to Ozpin's initiation speech on the Beacon Cliffs, Jaune should've known that his serene smirk was already getting him into a bad situation.
"...you Will go into the forest and find the Ruins in the center. There, you will find relics we have had placed there for this Initiation." Ozpin's voice broke Jaune away from his thoughts, and he focused his attention back on the Headmaster's speech. Ozpin took yet another sip of his seemingly never ending coffee mug and continued on. "The first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next four years."Are there any questions?" Ozpin now asked, satisfied with the congregation of groans and dejected whines his words had brought about before frowning a bit at the lack of hand raising, "Hmm, well that's a first. Very well, let the initiation... Begin."
At that, the first student was launched into Emerald Forest, the rest of the teens dropping into a ready position as Jaune gave Ruby a thumbs up.
"Good luck, Jaune," she whispered to him as more catapults were heard going off, "Maybe we'll end up on the same team?"
He shrugged before noting, "Eh well... I wouldn't get my hopes up on that, but I got a pretty good feeling you'll do just fine."
"Well, if Vomit Boy says so then it's true," Ruby noted lightly, her silver eyes glinting as they narrowed at him with a playful smirk on her lips.
"Hey, that's not funny Creator Faaaa-" Jaune shouted when he and all others were launched into the forest, to embrace their destiny...or In his case to die most likely.
When all future students flew into the air the blonde professor sighed and looked at her boss who was just drinking his coffee. Glynda glanced in the direction where the young knight departed in and then at Ozpin.
"Sir, can you tell me if you knew that Mr. Arc's aura is UN-"
"Unlocked, yes Glynda I knew that." The Headmaster said with a lazy smile while drinking from his mug. The woman beside him just narrowed her eyes.
"Then why would you-"
"I send him despite knowing about the danger because I want to see how he will survive." Ozpin said not taking his eyes away from the screen.
"And if he will not?" she asked and Ozpin said nothing."Ozpin, you knew how protective the Arc family can be. If something happens I will not be the one to inform them."
"Let's hope that everything will be fine." The old wizard said and Glynda prayed that everything will be okay.
"Wahhhhhh!" Like a little damsel in distress, Jaune found himself flailing like a madman as he was suddenly launched into the air during the initiation. He half expected his soul to pass before impact, but sadly his soul was sticking with him as he found himself pinned to a tree."
"Ow." Jaune's voice was muffled. He groaned and reached up to feel his nose. "Yep. That's blood." Shaking his head, the young man tried to push himself away from the tree, only managing to get a foot of space between himself and the trunk of the massive tree. "Who the hell thought this was a good idea?"
"I'm sorry!" A somewhat familiar voice echoed over the treetops, confusing the blond Hunter-in-Training.
"Great." He looked up and found himself staring up at a bronze spear, the weapon having pierced straight through his hood and burying itself deep into the tree. "Just wonderful. Who did this?! Why?" He slumped, hanging freely in the air, arms dangling helplessly at his sides. "Just my luck. I do good on the landing, and someone decides to pin me to a tree. I'm stuck here until someone gets me down, aren't I?" He tilted his head, staring at the tree trunk, silence falling over him. He remained silent as the seconds ticked past, then minutes.
Then Jaune heard the noise that was coming from the trees in front of him. He heard growls and started to think it was a Grimm,'Excellent now I'm going to die here!' Jaune panicked.
Suddenly from trees appeared a Beowulf body or more accurately someone had thrown it. The Beowulf made a weak noise, which Jaune for strange reasons recognized as a sob, and then when the poor Grimm tried to stand up the Beowulf's head was pressed to the earth by a women's heel. A bronze armored Amazon was standing above the poor creature of darkness, the girl whoes name was Pyrrha didn't even look at Jaune and simply raised her right hand to use her semblance and pull up her spear. Jaune fall to the ground. He looked at the picture in front of him.
Pyrrha without any emotions in her face pierced Grimm's head. And Jaune thought that its suffering ended, but he was wrong. Instead of disappearing Grimm started to shake and emit sounds of suffering. The blonde knight stared at this for few seconds before the poor Grimm finally died. Pyrrha with a satisfied face turned to Jaune and gave him a warm smile.
"Jaune! Sorry for the spear thing I just thought that you need a little help here." Pyrrha nervously laughed. "I thought you...might Have had trouble with your landing strategy?" Oh, great going! Pyrrha chastised herself. Like he'd believe that!
"Oh! Nah, I was cool once I was finished with the stupid catapult. Just wasn't expecting it, was all...and Then this Beowulf" Jaune twisted once again.
"Oh, yes that Beowulf but don't worry Jaune as your partner I will always protect you." she sounded too happy and Jaune felt himself get a little nervous...and Scared.
Jaune felt a bit of relief that he managed to get a partner in this forest and not get killed. He didn't actually think he would get this far what with him never having gone into one of the previous combat academies until now. While both of them walked through the forest that was absolutely full with Grimm, Jaune stopped when he heard a few loud shots go off in the air.
"What was that?" He asked his red headed partner. Pyrrha stopped as well and turned her head in the direction of the noise.
"Gunshots, our comrades have encountered the enemy." She stated in a matter-of-fact tone before trudging once again through the forest. Jaune found no flaws with this logic and followed behind her as she lifted up a tree branch from out of her way. When she let the tree branch go, much to Jaune's displeasure, it smacked him in the face which knocked him onto the ground where he put his hand upon the stinging cut that was on his face.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha exclaimed as she turned to look at him, "Sorry," she apologized.
"It's okay, just a scratch." Jaune pushed himself off the ground while Pyrrha walked over to him.
"Why didn't you activate your aura?" She asked as she now stood in front of him. When Jaune heard this word he felt confused since he had never heard of it before.
"Huh?" He replied.
"Your aura," Pyrrha restated. Pyrrha's green eyes slightly narrowed as her mind began to process this. "Do you even know what aura is?" She asked. Jaune thought that all of what he did in trying to get into beacon would be destroyed by this little question, so he did what came naturally, he lied.
"Of course I do," Jaune replied with a false bravado while internally he was really thinking, 'The jig is up.' After what Jaune did next, he realized this was where he should have shut his big mouth, "Do you know what aura is?" He asked while pointing a finger at Pyrrha. Pyrrha had a small smile on her face when Jaune asked this question.
"Aura is the manifestation of our souls. It bears our burdens and shields our hearts. Have you ever felt like you were being watched without knowing that someone was there?" She asked. Now that Jaune thought about it, it was usually either his parents or sisters who were watching him but the same could probably be applied to this moment right now.
"Uhh, yeah." By then Jaune began to listen in on what Pyrrha was saying in some desperate attempt to still be able to not blow his cover in Beacon. If he couldn't show that he knew what he was doing, then he would get kicked out of this place and he didn't want to go back to his parent's house, where he would end up going to a normal school where he would leave to get a normal job and never have an exciting moment for the rest of his life. No, he wanted to be a hero like his grandfather, just like all the stories that he used to be told of his time fighting to help people.
"Now, close your eyes and concentrate." Pyrrha ordered as she walked up closer to Jaune. Jaune did as the young warrior asked with no objections as she put her hand on the side of his head. When he did this Pyrrha opened her eyes widely and began the process of awakening the latent aura within Jaune. Both teens began glowing, Pyrrha a red while Jaune's was white.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory and rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death. Pyrrha then placed a hand upon Jaune's armored chest. I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee." She stopped glowing and released Jaune before she felt the fatigue of unlocking Jaune's aura kick in. Jaune took the moment to enjoy this new found feeling of freedom with his aura unlocked. It felt like nothing he had ever felt before.
Jaune eventually looked at Pyrrha who was leaning in fatigue which managed to cut down his power high that he was feeling. "Pyrrha!"
"I'm alright," She replied as she pulled herself back up, "I used my aura to unlock yours, but the energy that protects you now is your own." As she said this Jaune felt the cut on his cheek instantly heal which Pyrrha noticed as well and let a smirk adorn her face, "You have a lot of it." She stated. "Eventually you'll be able to unlock your Semblance which is an ability you gain from the use of aura."
"Sweet." Jaune replied with genuine happiness. This was the first step of a long journey that would eventually allow him to become a hero. He touched the sword attached to his hip that his grandfather had given him before he left for the academy and was reminded of why he was doing all of this. And even better, he would eventually gain a cool superpower from having his aura unlocked. Yeah, like and then I will save the world from some masked villain, Pfff please, it isn't kids cartoon...Really?
Seems that fate knew how to make a cruel joke.
Vale again
A prison truck made it's way down the main road when suddenly a truck appeared with a platform on a platform that was covered with the flags of all the kingdoms. One of the Atlas officers looked outside and asked
"What happened?" The strange truck in front of them didn't move and a traffic jam formed. People across the street were looking at the odd car. Reporters appeared out of nowhere, like they knew that something would happen. An officer turned to guard behind him and ordered."Go and check the prisoners, I don't like this." A soldier saluted and went away.
It didn't take long before something happened. Suddenly all four Remnant flags were burned. On their place stood a strange figure. He was wearing a black mask and a cloak, in short, he looked like a chess piece. Like a black king. The masked figure didn't move and just gazed at the Atlas prison truck in front of him while people around him started to record it on their scrolls with reporters as well. The Atlas officer really didn't like it.
"Attention unknown intruder, you are preventing the execution of the order! State your name, affiliation, and your reasons for coming here." The Atlas officer said into a speaker and hoped that everything will be okay. He didn't look like one of the White Fang members but the officer couldn't let himself be fooled. It all may be just a trick to rescue the faunus terrorists and he couldn't let him do that. A few seconds later the masked figure started:
"I'm...ZERO!" He raised his right hand to the side and everyone saw that under cloak he was wearing an elegant suit that was the same color as his mask and cloak."What about my affiliation? I can't say it now but don't worry because soon all of Remnant will find out. What about reasons...They are simple...I'm Here to fight for justice." Zero said and heard how some people snickered, under his mask Lelouch rolled his eyes. "Today true justice is something that everyone forgot. Atlas and White Fang stuck at their useless battles while the government is lying to the people about protection but these soldiers you are calling warriors could do nothing to prevent problems." now there was absolute silence and Lelouch deviously smiled.
"How dare you!" shouted angrily an Atlas officer."Atlas soldiers do everything in their power to protect humanity." he was furious to say at the least,
"Ohh, do they? Then why are people like Roman Torchwick and terrorist organizations like White Fang still around?" Zero asked while he turned to the people."Why everyday Grimms take more and more of our territory?" some people started to ask these questions between themselves too.
"Silence!" ordered an Atlas officer."It's not our fault that these animals keep fighting for nothing. And I guess you are one the of White Fang as well," he pointed his handgun at the masked figure who didn't even move."Here to save your animal brothers as well." Zero shook his head.
"No, and yes. No, I'm not part of White Fang and never will be. Yes, I am here to rescue new recruits for my fighters of justice." he pointed at their truck."I will be grateful if you will give them to me without questions." The officer just laughed.
"Yeah, I would like to Atlas pay more to us but you see we can't have everything we want." he pointed his gun and some guards came out and did the same."Now I would like you to surrender but I wouldn't mind to shooting you here and now!" under his mask Lelouch smirked.
"So you want it this way. Well, I can only appreciate that." Zero snapped his fingers.
Behind him on the platform the hatch opened. From the hatch appeared a strange looking object. It was a massive, white sphere. The Atlas officer and other guard's eyes went wide.
"This can't be. It is.."
"The Atlas anti-Grimm weapon." Zero hasn't said that it was mine so people would not start a panic, that was the last thing he needed."I'm curious what it is doing here. Hmm, what do you think?" The officer looked around and saw that people were confused that was at least a good sigh.
"What do you want?" he asked through clenched teeth, his angry gaze never leaving the masked bastard who took everyone here as his hostages.
"You heard me. Release the prisoners and everything will be okay."
"I can't do that. I can't disobey the order. These animals are guilty and there is nothing you can do." he said that, despite knowing that it might be a big mistake. Zero tilted his head slightly to the side.
"Ohh, is that so? What a pity. Well, since you don't want to cooperate with me." and have a stupid helmet that covering your eyes."I can only ask for help from my new friend here." everyone was confused and before any of them could say anything they heard a shot form the truck.
The Atlas officer turned around only to see that someone threw one of his guards outside. The poor man was lying with a hole in his knee. Over the fallen Atlesian soldier now stood another masked bastard. This one was wearing a skull mask under a black hood. He had a pair of shotguns that were pointed at them. Behind him, an officer was able to see their prisoners. They were shocked and confused but also pleasantly surprised with a possibility to escape.
"Reaper." Zero said in a friendly manner."I'm glad that you made it in time." Zero pointed at the faunus group and Steeljaw narrowed his eyes. "Now gentlemen, please hurry up. We don't have all day for this little game." Zero stamped on the platform and the truck's doors opened.
Reaper made his way towards the truck without hesitation. Steeljaw and his group stood still for a couple of seconds but then their leader looked around and saw that it was their best chance right now. When they passed the guards one of them was about to raise his gun and shoot at them but was stopped by his an officer.
"Sir, what are yo-"
"Let them go." he said through clenched teeth. He didn't like it at all but they just didn't have any other options. From his platform, Zero glanced at them and under his mask Lelouch smirked,
"It nice to see how you agree to cooperate with us. I'm sure your commander will reward you as you deserve." Zero teased them and the officer's face became red from anger."Well, it was nice to toy with you guys but I have many things to do. Farewell." The masked revolutionary bowed."But do not worry it isn't my last appearance." he showed them his detonator.
"NO! STOP!" screamed an officer but he was too late. The Atlas anti-Grimm weapon behind the masked bastard exploded. He, his men and all the citizens here all had to die
...
...
...but They didn't.
When the Atlassian officer opened his eyes he didn't see an exploded car or dozens of bloody corpses. No, all that he saw was white smoke that was all over the place where seconds ago was the masked vigilante and his truck.
People around them didn't know what was happening and so they didn't know how to react. Some were panicing, others were glad that it ended, mostly the faunus were glad that the prisoners were able to escape, others were glad that they filmed everything on their scrolls. And the reporter team was glad that they were here...even if they didn't know why or how they decided to come here.
The Black King knew that he will achieve his goals no matter how.
Emerald forest.
The mission for the black king was successful. And what about the white knight?
As the two of them trudged through the forest, Pyrrha decided to pass the time with a little talk. After all, being partners meant that they would have to trust and know one another. And what better way to build that trust than a little chat to pass the time in a jungle and most likely hostile environment?
"So Jaune. Where are you from?" It seemed like the natural question for conversation starters.
"Huh? Oh me. Well, I'm from a little village in Vale. You?"
"Mistral," obviously. Jaune forgot how his Snow Angel told him this. And then silence. But luckily the sound of combat in the distance caught their attention. "Gunfire. It seems like some of our comrades have encountered the enemy."
"Enemy? You mean more of those things?" Jaune asked, frightened a bit.
"Of course. There are probably thousands of them lurking in this part of the woods alone. But they never stray too close to the city." Jaune didn't know if he really was ready to face the Grimm. His partner noticed that he was a little nervous and decided to comfort him."Don't worry, Jaune, I will protect you no matter what." after what Pyrrha did to that poor little Grimm he didn't doubt it...now He was little afraid of her.
After a long while of trudging through branches and bushes in the forest, Jaune and Pyrrha suddenly stumbled upon an oddly familiar cave at the northern part of the woods. Due to the fact they came across the mountain: they expected to bypass it at some point but they never expected to find a cave here."We're not going in there...are we?" Pyrrha asked with caution.
"It seems to be the only path." Jaune while lighting a torch.
"Jaune, I don't think it's the best idea." Jaune glanced at her and pointed at his torch.
"Pyrrha, I just lit the torch and I'm sure that everything will befine." he said confidently. Seriously what could go wrong in the dark cave in the forest that was full of creations of darkness?
"How about a cute little pony?" Yang asked her partner while holding a chess piece. Blake rolled her eyes but smiled back.
"Yeah, sure, why not." She answered and approached her in the ruins. "So, what now? We go back or-" Blake stopped as she noticed Yang worriedly scanning the horizon. "Wait for the others, got it."
"Sorry, but my little sister is out there somewhere and I'd feel better if we all returned together." Yang explained."Did you hear that?" Yang asked but Blake just kept pointing up.
"HEAAADSSS UP!" They saw Ruby falling from the Nevermore, Yang trying to process why her sister was there to begin with. Yang was too shocked to move but luckily a falling Jaune collided with the petite girl and both landed relatively safe and unharmed in a tree.
"Aww...what was that?" Ruby asked in a daze before Jaune caught her attention.
"Hey, Crater Face." he called with a smile.
"Jauney!" She hugged his upside down form and even then he Jaune felt the pain. Who knew Deathstalkers liked black and cool places...and That it can hit like a bus?
"Did your sister just fall from the sky to collide with one of your friends?" Blake asked Yang as a way to be sure she wasn't going insane.
"I-" She was interrupted by loud sounds of explosions, trees crashing, and happy yells, only to see an orange haired girl coming from the trees while riding a big Ursa. The Ursa fell dead and the girl lamented and checked it, before rushing to the temple and grabbing a piece and singing, while her partner seemingly was having a rougher time.
"NORA!" He called.
"Coming Ren!" She stated and returned to his side.
"Did that girl just ride on an Ursa?" Blake asked again, wondered what sick mind decided to do such a thing.
"I-" Yang was still trying to process what was happening. Then once again they heard trees falling and saw Pyrrha rushing out of the woods with a giant and angry Deathstalker on her heels.
"Jaune!" She calls out for her partner.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune yells back both to show he was relatively OK and worried about the redhead.
"Whoa!" Ruby commented as she jumped out of the branch they were in, the branch hitting Jaune's face.
"Ruby!"
"Ruby!" Yang called her little sister that smiled and rushed towards her.
"Yang!" they were almost hugging when-
"Nora!" The newcomer giggled while Pyrrha kept running away from the giant monster.
"Did she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?" Blake questioned while pointing at the unsightly sight. Prompting Yang to explode in flames and anger.
"I can't take it anymore! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!" She screamed and started calming down a little. Ruby tugged Yang's sleeve and pointed up to the giant Nevermore when Weiss screamed down at her partner.
"I told you to jump!" Ruby answered rather calmly.
"She will fall." Blake affirmed.
"She'll be fine." Ruby answered.
"She's falling." Ren affirmed as indeed the heiress was falling.
Jaune saw it and jumped from the same branch Ruby was after he freed himself, catching the heiress mid air. They both kept falling, but now in at a diagonal angle, allowing himself to slide on the ground and come to a full stop to fall on his back with the heiress on top.
"My hero." She sarcastically retorted, rolling her eyes.
"I'm just glad you're as light as you look." He murmured and she blushed a little before getting up and leaving him behind. Meanwhile Pyrrha threw herself to get more distance from the Deathstalker and landed close to the group.
"Great! The gang's all here! Now we can die together!" Yang said sarcastically to hide her worries.
"Guys, I don't think we really need to fight those. And the angry bird is coming back!" Jaune warned them after Ruby and Weiss' little bonding moment while fighting a giant bug.
"He's right! Our target is here, so let's just grab it and run for it!" Weiss affirmed. Jaune and Ruby rushed to grab their pieces and after a little celebratory moment returned to the others.
"OK, everyone. We need to return to the cliffs! Let's see if we can outrun those two!" Ruby prompted them and all of them followed her at top speed.
"Here." Jaune offered a hand and after a moment of hesitation, Pyrrha grabbed it, being the last one to climb the cliff towards safety and the mission was accomplished. She started to see Ruby and Weiss sitting on the ground back to back, while the Nora girl was sprawled over Ren. Blake was sitting on a rock, and as soon as she got up Jaune also let his body fall on the soft grass.
"We probably will get a nice grade after defeating such big Grimm. I bet they were B-class at least." Pyrrha commented with a proud but tired smile.
"What do you mean by 'defeating'? We just we just ran away from them. We didn't kill these Grimms." Pyrrha was about to say when Jaune started:
"Defeating doesn't mean always killing your enemies, sometimes it's enough to perform a task rather than fight." Jaune said and Weiss, Blake and Ren nodded in agreement." Besides, I don't know what class they were, Pyrrha. I''m just glad that you and everyone else are okay." Jaune tiredly said and missed a big smile on his partner's face.
."Wise words, Mr. Arc." They all stared at the incoming headmaster and his assistant. He smiled at the teens as they slowly got up and groaned. "You eight performed quite well considering your run-in with those rather challenging enemies. I know you're all tired but you have to deliver the chess pieces to us." With that one by one the doubles delivered their pieces. "And with that you finished the Initiation and are officially students at Beacon. I expect great things of you all." Murmured thanks were uttered towards the two.
"You all must be tired, and you have a few hours to take a bath and eat something before the final ceremony." Glynda said with sympathy in her voice.
"Bath sounds good." Weiss started.
"Food sounds better." Ruby affirmed as her stomach growled.
"I'll take both and a side of the restin the first couch Ifind." Jaune added and the group zombie-walked using each other as support.
On the ceremony.
After Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, that now where team RWBY; Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora stood together as the gray-haired headmaster Ozpin called them up to the stage. "Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR." All of them looked at each other as the audience clapped. Nora grabbed Ren in a hug during this.
"Led by Jaune Arc!" Ozpin exclaimed to Jaune's surprise.
"Me?" Jaune weakly asked. He felt like it was too much for him, but then he felt Pyrrha place a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry, Jaune, I'm sure that you will be a great team leader," she said with a big and warm smile and Jaune thought that maybe everything really will be fine. There were no reasons to be nervous."As I said I will protect you no matter what," she said with a somewhat creepy aura and a big smile. Jaune nervously coughed. Okay, there were a few reasons to worry.
That was going to be the beginning of a very strange life for Jaune but at least he gained some new friends out of all of it. One day, he would definitely become a hero like in the stories he was always told.
Jaune hoped that one day he would become a knight in shining armor that would protect Remnant.
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Hi, everyone! Well, my winter holidays are over and it's time for work! Okay, I knew someone will say that it again almost full chapter from Jaune POV and they will be right but don't worry next chapter will be about Lelouch and his new gang. I planning to switch between Lelouch and Jaune POV because you can say that two of them are main characters here...Also, please don't question that small 'yandere' moment with Pyrrha, I just read 'Hearts of Yandere' by Azure megacyber (amazing fanfic if you love lemon and yandere...shame it on another site)and I'm kind under effect.
About new character Steeljaw and his wolf pack. In the first version of this fanfic, I used my OC Rex but here I thought if I'm going to use Reaper from Overwatch then I can take someone else. Here I decide to use the character from new 'Transformers: robots in disguise.' I knew that it strange to use the character that supposed to be a giant robot as a little man but I found Steeljaw interesting enough. I'm also planning to use something from 'Transformers; prime' because I just love transformers...*cough* replacement for knightmares *cough*.
And about all characters from other universes at all. I will use some characters and some objects in this story. This is Code Geass and RWBY crossover fanfic after all, so there wouldn't be every character from Overwatch or another universe. Reaper and Mccree probably only characters that I will use from Overwatch, so no Sombra.
Well, I think I said everything I wanted. Hope you liked this chapter and see next time! (chapter was remade)
P.S Thanks to beta-reader Shad7000.