Manipulation Ch7

"Uuurgh" groaned the blond pair. As they shuffled behind their respective teams.

It was all they had been able to say since arriving in Vale. Both sporting dark sunglasses.

"Why are we here again?" Grumbled Jaune as he followed his team. "It's 8am on a Saturday. Who's even up this early? and didn't we just started our semester break. we're off for the next two weeks!"

"Mmmghh" Yang moaned in agreement.

"It was your idea, remember Yang. This is the price of you two must pay for going out and getting drunk at lord knows what time of the night." Weiss cheerfully responded. Fully enjoying the misery of the two blondes. "You two should really have been more responsible."

"Not to mention Yang came barging in, so early in the morning." Seethed Blake. Apparently she did not appreciate her partners wake up call. "You reeked of alcohol and..."

"Is your leg ok Yang? You seem to be walking a little funny?" Pipped in Ruby as she was helping her sister along and offering her a bottle of water when her head started to spin again.

"I'sss fine" slurred Yang. She was still hung over and soar from her night with Jaune. The last thing she needed was for someone to open up THAT can of worms. Looking over at him, she spotted her blond boy toy being cared for attentively by his partner.

Pyrrha has been understandably annoyed at the fact that Jaune has gone out drinking with a pretty girl all night. But now she was over the moon that she was getting to take care of him and baby him.

They had all sat at a park bench earlier to allow the blondes to have a rest. Pyrrha almost imploded, when a giggling Nora pushed Jaune down onto her lap before running away. He didn't so much as try to get up and before he started nodding off, finding her lap extremely comfortable. She was in heaven.

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The rest of the day was pretty uneventful.

Weiss had dragged the two teams to the docks so the could "greet" and transfer students arriving today. Aka spy on the competition.

They had met a monkey faunes, before he winked at Blake and ran away. Apparently he was a stowaway. Who knew.

Much to the chagrin of the two blondes, Weiss order the two teams to run after him and in the process ran into some poor girl named Penny.

After apologizing to her for bowling her over they started to make their way back to Beacon.

Apparently Weiss and Blake were NOT getting along as they argued about he faunes. So the two teams decided it was better to simply head back. So much for a peaceful Saturday.

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"WELL MAYBE WE WERE JUST TIRED OF BEING PUSHED AROUND." Blake's muffled shout could be heard. Followed by the sound of a door being slammed shut.

Team JNPR could hear the argument coming from RWBY's room all day. They had tried to not overhear their sister team's conversation, but it was kinda hard with how loud they were being.

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It was Sunday afternoon when Ruby, Weiss, and Yang knocked on JNPR's door. They explained everything that had happened. That Blake had ran away after their fight, that she was a Faunus and probably a member of the White Fang, and that she had been missing for over a day. Yang and Ruby seemed especially worried.

"Can you guys help us look for her? Please, we're really worried." Murmured Ruby in a sad tone.

"No problem, we are on the case!" Nora cheered enthusiastically. "One kitty cat retrieval coming up!"

"We'll help." Nodded Ren.

"We'd love to." Pyrrha replied.

"Don't worry Ruby. We'll find her." Promised Jaune. Standing up he strapped his weapon to his waist. "We'll split up and search the city. Yang and Ruby, Weiss and Pyrrha, and Ren and Nora. And I'll go alone. Come on guys, lets bring our friend home."

"YEAH!" They all cheered minus Weiss, who just seemed reluctant.

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An explosion echoed throughout the night sky.

'Oh boy'

Jaune ran towards the source of the sound. It seemed to be coming from the docks. More and more explosions can be heard going off. Smoke began to billow in the distance.

He arrives to see Blake and the monkey faunes from the boat being pushed back by Torchwick himself.

They both fought well together, weaving in and out of each other's attacks. But it wasn't enough.

The faunes got struck hard by Torchwick's cane and was knocked out. He lay on the ground motionless.

Now Blake was his sole focus as well as that of the remaining White Fang members. Roman had stepped up and pointed his cane directly at her face before he pulled the trigger…

He missed…

Using his semblance Jaune pulled Blake towards him from across the container yard before catching her in his arms.

"How did you do that?" Asked a wide eyed Blake in surprise.

"Semblance." Jaune muttered. Setting Blake down but never takings his eyes of Torchwick.

"Jaune? What are you doing here?" Blake asked in disbelief.

"Saving you. Ruby's been worried about you all weekend." Grabbing the girl and pulling her behind him. "So has your partner, you remember, Yang don't you?"

The veiled note was their. He was mad at her. Mad at the worry she left his friends in.

"I'm sorry for worrying everyone." She muttered under her breath. "I'm sorry for dragging you into this."

Turning around Jaune flicked Blake in the middle of her forehead.

She just started at him in shock and confusion.

"I'm not mad at being dragged into this mess Blake." He said in an almost disappointing tone. That hurt her more than she thought it would. "I'm mad that you simply left with out talking to us. We're You're friends Blake and not just your team. Ren is your friend. Nora is your friend. Pyrrha is your friend. I'M Your friend too."

Turning around, he raises his shield at the ready.

"If you ever need anything come to me. I'll do anything for you Blake."

Her heart beat rose a little quicker and a blush fell on her cheeks. Was Jaune always so… reliable?

Shaking her head, she stepped up next to him at the ready.

"Stay behind me and engage when you have an opening. In and out. I can tank his shots, you can't." Jaune whispered in a commanding voice.

It made a chill run up her spine at the authority in his voice. I guess he really is a team leader for a reason.

"What else can you do with your semblance?" She asked curiously.

"Oh it's complicated but combat wise, something like this."Jaune said with a smirk as his hand glowed in golden aura before he waved it across his body.

Suddenly, like an explosion, all the White Fang grunts flew back about 20ft.

Blake just stared in awe.

"I refer to my semblance as Manipulation, but in reality it's more complicated. It actually has to do with quantum mechanics." Jaune tried to explain. "A magnet is one type of polarization. But It will only attract or repel metal. My semblance is far great."

Jaune gave her a smirk. "But I like to keep things simple." Pulling his hand towards him, the remaining grunts flew over head and crashed into a dust container behind them. None got back up.

"That's incredible jau-" Blake's voice was cut off as her body slid into Jaune's waiting embrace. His had settled over her hip, joining them at the hip before shielding her with his body.

An explosion went off behind them…

Turning around she saw Torchwick facing them with his cane pointed at them, the barrel was smoking.

Her mind clicked. Torchwick took a shot at her while she was distracted and Jaune pulled her out of the way. He had saved her.

"Are you two done flirting yet?" Chided Roman Torchwick. "I got a schedule to keep, so I can't play with you all night."

Roman fired two more shots. They sailed right at them, screaming an angry red color. Then they stopped in mid air.

With a flick of his wrist Jaune sent both of Roman's shots back at him. The thief had to roll out of the way to safety. Two explosions going off next to him leaving small craters.

"Man you kids keep getting weirder and weirder." Standing up and dusting himself off.

"Hey!" Rube shouted.

She was running towards them with Yang and Penny at her back.

"Well it looks like it's time for me run. Don't stay out to late now kids." Roman tipped his hat before running off to a waiting ship.

Three more ships appeared and began firing on the girl's.

"We have to go after him." Yelled Blake. Desperation in her eyes. " We have to find out what he's doing with the White Fang."

As she ran after Torchwick she tripped, and began to slid back towards Jaune.

"Jaune what are you doing?" struggling to break free. "He's going to get away. This is our chance."

"BLAKE!" Jaune wove his hand.

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She froze. Her heart and thoughts racing. Memories came back to her. Reading stories with Ruby, having intelligent conversations with Weiss, hearing Yang's awful puns, but at the same time trying to hide the fact that it actually made her laugh. A rush of memories of her friends flooded her mind.

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"Blake, our friends need our help." Reiterated Jaune. "We'll have another chance to catch Torchwick. He's a criminal after all. But our friends come first."

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"You're right." her voice cracked. "Let's go help our friends."

Helping her up, they made their way over to their friends.

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Between Jaune, Blake, Ruby, Yang, and Penny, they were able to defeat the rest of the White Fang. Even more so when Weiss and the rest of his team showed.

—-

when the arrived back at Beacon they all piled into RWBY's room.

Jaune and his team watched off to the side as Blake apologized to her team. After Weiss accepted her apology Ruby began jumping up and down in joy. That was until Yang swiped up all three girls in her arms and gave them all back breaking hugs… literally.

"Yangs a lot for all your help guys!" Joked Yang. As everyone else groaned.

"Well even though we didn't do much, you're welcome" answered Pyrrha with a kind smile.

Jaune always appreciated his partner at times like this. Even if she didn't really get to do much, she still put in all her effort into finding Blake. Pyrrha was incredible like that.

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Warm lips pressed against his cheek.

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He blinked.

Looking to his side, was Blake. Cheeks turning a deep shade of red.

"Thanks." Mumbled Blake. eyes firmly locked on the gound, not being able to meet his. "Thanks for coming to my rescue, thanks for saving me, and thanks for reminding me of what's important."

Jaune just noded dumbly.

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"Wow lady killer, caught another one huh?" Cackled Yang with a big dumb grin plastered on her face. Eyes sparking mischievously. "You might even get some sexy time as a reward."

A few of the girls stirred at that remark.

"Don't be mad Yang, you already had your turn." Blake said nonchalantly.

Everyone froze.

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Seven sets of eyes turned and stared at Jaune.

'Crud.'

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A/N and there we go! No smut in this one but a LOT of setup and some revelations. Points to anywho guesses what Jaune's semblance means. I think I made it pretty easy to figure out.

Anyways thanks a lot for all the comments. Keep em coming! Cheers!