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Note: Here we go ladies and gentlemen! The battle you've all been more or less patiently waiting for! Don't have anything else to say except that there are some important notes in the end not and that you should read that.
Now, no more delays. Time to get going!~
The Woman Whisperer
Chapter VII
Launching himself forwards, Jaune's sword rippled through the air in a downwards arc of silver as it sut past the wind seeking its flesh bound target. Parrying it with the large handle of his mace, Cardin went for a kick which Jaune spun to the side of before jumping forwards again shield first.
Knocking the still larger bully off balance he backpedalled to a safe distance before swinging at him his blade becoming nothing more than silver arcs in the air. Blocking and swinging back himself the ginger haired boy crushed his mace into Jaune's hastily put up shield before Jaune dove to the side and rolled back to his feet.
Circling each other, Jaune and Cardin took brief moments to stare down before crashing together once more.
Smashing the tip of his shield into the broad head of the mace he kept it and his arm in the air while moving into a reverse grip with Crocea Mors and slicing across the torso dancing under the raised arms.
Skittering off the plate armor, Crocea Mors barely did damage before Jaune was forced to retreat being on the receiving end of the massive mace onslaught once more. Dodging, ducking,weaving and deflecting the mace however he could Jaune threw up his shield again and bashed Cardin across the chest.
As he stumbled back Jaune threw a slash across his knees to little effect before Cardin's leg flew up crashing into his thigh. Checking his aura, he noticed that it hadn't done much damage but he backed off anyways.
Snarling Cardin flew forwards bringing his mace down and Jaune threw up his shield above himself. Feeling the impact shudder through his very bones Jaune thought he was safe for the brief half second before he was enveloped in heat and sent flying backwards. Crashing across the ground of the arene he rolled several times before giving off a brief groan.
'Even with the Gamer's Body that hurt! Damn what was that!?' Analyzing his opponent in a new light he took it all in. 'Fire dust crystal in the top of the mace likely controlled using some sort of trigger mechanism in the handle.'
Getting back up to his feet and spitting out some leftover blood from where he'd bit his tongue before his aura could heal him, Jaune watched as Cardin strode over mace over his shoulder cockily.
"Hah, you should go back to wherever it is you came from, you're shit at fighting." Cardin said before standing there as Jaune struggled to his feet aura rapidly regenerating thanks to his wisdom.
"I don't think so bitch."
Now standing up back in his stance, Jaune looked on fire in his eyes while Cardin scowled swinging his cumbersome mace at him. Backpedalling, Jaune allowed it to make contact only so that it could skid off and he could put the shield in between the haft and himself.
Headbutting the larger boy in the face and making him stumbled backwards, Jaune cast his hands up as the ground itself rippled and cyan blue aura shot out of the non existent cracks.
Lighting up the arena for that brief moment, his aura bar dropped lower before beginning to slowly raise back up like before while Cardin was suddenly in a not very good situation.
Lunging around him from point to point like Weiss on her glyphs, Jaune shot past the chain enveloped bully as he struggled against the blue aura chains holding him. Managing to shake a few off, he struggled but Jaune was relentless.
Using short bursts of explosive power Jaune zipped past him for every direction his basic blade in a reverse grip slashing across the sides every once and awhile the squelch of blade meeting flesh accompanying the scraping metal on metal.
Roaring and slamming the mace into the ground using what movement he could still use, Cardin's mace crushing into the arena floor an explosion going off a moment later.
As the heat washed over them both, Jaune went flying tripping as the ground itself shook only to be clotheslined by the mace as Cardin's mace came swinging back around. Now unrestrained, Cardin bore down on the now weaponless Jaune the second he scampered back up wheezing heavily.
Jaune gasped for air reaching one hand up to rub at his neck. Without his powers and without the aura he'd been gifted with when he got here, he'd have been dead from that for sure. Hell, he would be ultra dead by now!
Reaching for his weapon only to see it at the other side of the arena, Jaune watched as Cardin ran across the arena at him having broken free from his aura chains spell. Snarling, Jaune threw up his hands to either side of his head and created three aura arrows for twelve hundred aura points draining him of a sixth of his health in moments.
Hearing the audience gasp as his stupidly liberal use of aura, he launched two using his hands while the third one hovering above his head was sent off by willpower alone. Stumbling before jumping into a roll to the side to avoid the arrows, he missed the third one as it slashed through his leg armor.
Leaving a large open metal gash in the metal, Jaune looked at their aura levels. He was at about four thousand points, while Cardin was still at… Eighty percent? So about the same really.
Waiting for the few moments bought by him by the arrows for his aura to regen he eyed it as it slowly ticked up. Not quite fast enough though!
Sighing he thought back. How many seconds had it been now? Six? Seven? Looking as it ticked up again for two second, he leaned back avoiding the incoming mace blow which flew through where his torso used to be.
"PAY ATTENTION TO ME YOU BASTARD."
Kicking Jaune in the chest he felt himself coming closer to the out of ring mode and judged the distance between him and Cardin. If he was fast enough, he could just barely get out of the way in time.
Even if not, he could cause some damage. Well at least, hopefully.
Diving out of the way and whipping his hand forwards, a deep blue chain of aura shot forth wrapping itself around his fingers instantaneously as it shot towards the prick he's facing.
Wrapping around his ankle, the chain stopped him mid jump causing him to face plant before he attempted to pick himself up again. Taking advantage of his opponents shock, he shot forwards pouncing on his opponent like a cat would to tuna.
Launching a fist into Cardin's face, he felt a finger dislocate before the ginger was stunned. Continuing charging forwards he threw another punch, before throwing another punch to the face before leaping backwards and coiling his legs.
Springing forwards again he drove his knee into Cardin's face before pushing off Cardin's stumbling body. Running towards Crocea Mors and forgoing his shield in favour of using the aura ones should the occasion arise, he slid on his knees towards it ripping open his knees before rising back up and waiting.
He'd press the advantage, but he was barely back at fifty percent aura and could use any healing he could get. Recharging for about five second before the ginger prick looked at him and pointed his mace in his direction.
"I'll give you this. You aren't as shit as I thought you were." Saying this, Cardin sank into the ground without a word more as he disappeared from sight.
The crowd shocked, looked onwards not able to see a single sign of Cardin. Looking around the arena floor, he tried to piece together what just happened before realizing he couldn't he had no idea where Cardin was.
Hearing the cracking of ground behind him he whirled around just in time to see a mace crush into his ribcage and send him flying sideways. Managing to keep his grip on Crocea Mors, Jaune used it as a staff while Cardin stood there grinning cockily at the blow he just dealt.
"It's not often I use my semblance, but you've made me. Congratulations." He said before lunging forwards again only to sink back into the ground and disappear barely a ripple in his wake.
'Seems like his semblance is some sort of power where he can sink into the floor and move around still. Though, whether he's able to do this with everything is still up in the air at the moment.'
Rising out a second from punching Jaune in the face, he was prepared for it dodging out of the way while the punch soared over his shoulder. Taking Cardin's shoulder in return as it carried through afterwards, he stumbled behind him running across the arena again to pick his blade back up.
Looking at his aura levels, Jaune saw that he was at about half while Cardin was sighting high and mighty at fifty five.
Managing to get ahold of his shield as well, Jaune sank back into his stance while Cardin turned around eyes blazing (metaphorically) before turning and pointing at him. "You're going to regret ever coming here!"
Jumping forwards with a wide overhand swing, Jaune deflected rather than blocking. Feeling the explosion go off, it rocked him slightly but he stayed his course dancing fast only to punch Cardin in the armour over his spine feeling a bone in his hand shatter.
That's not good.
Cradling his now mostly broken hand in pain before the 'Gamer's Body' could negate the pain, Cardin's left hand came back backhanding him across the face sending him sprawling onto the floor.
Looking upwards, he could see the bully grin a look of pure sadistic enjoyment in his eyes as he raised his mace intent on bringing it down once more. Jaune knew he couldn't sustain another his and rolled out of the way casting chains twice more as they burst from the ground one wrapping around Cardin's chest while another wrapped around his waist pulling him back despite his greatest efforts.
Rolling to the side overtop of Crocea Mors and picking it up on the way, he got back to his feet cancelling the chains while Cardin moved back forwards growling.
"You've got plenty of tricks but I've got you. Take a look at your aura level, you're finished!" He said while walking forwards menacingly. Noticing his foot begin to slip into the ground Jaune ran to the other side of the arena the second Cardin disappeared from sight.
Feeling a hand grasp his ankle, Jaune fell forwards tumbling and breaking his foot free before slicing at the spot his hand was at the same time. Noticing nothing there was a shattering noise as Cardin broke through the surface on the other side again.
For the next ten seconds of ragged breathing and hateful glares Jaune checked the aura scores. So far, his aura went up to sixty percent or so while Cardin's was at fifty.
Raising his shield again as Cardin flew at him, he felt the massive impact from the mace jar up his arm before Cardin slipped back into the earth appearing behind him and missing the mace as Jaune had already predicted that and ducked.
Doing a donkey kick of sorts Jaune smacked his foot into Cardin's kneecap feeling it buckle before whirling around and smacking his shield against his face sending him sprawling for once.
Standing over his fallen enemy, Jaune put the tip of his blade at his throat before saying some very simple words. "Surrender please."
"Fuck off." Attempting to sink back into the ground, he was stopped halfway by the chains around him which were attached to Jaune's hand. Struggling, Cardin stopped his semblance use rolling to the side even while covered in the chains.
Letting go so that he wouldn't be pulled down with him, Jaune's chains dissipated while he waited for his aura to go up again. Sinking back down quicker this time, Cardin reappeared by his mace ten feet further away before standing up and snarling.
"I won't lose to you pretty boy."
Sighing, Jaune looked at his aura. Deciding he had enough for two maybe three of these if the talking continued and Cardin's pride or monologuing decided to interfere, Jaune stood there. A shame he wouldn't get to use the 'Style Of The Phoenix' this class, but oh well.
Lightning crackled through his veins as unholy lightning appeared screeching in all it's malevolent glory appeared around his hands. Putting his blade away while his hands crackled to light with his black lightning, Jaune looked towards Cardin.
"I told you to surrender."
Extending from each side of his closed fist came a bolt of energy itself purple streaks flashing by every so often while the black seemed to glow in it's nothingness and Jaune looked towards the bully before lining up his shot like one would a javelin.
"Sadly, you didn't listen."
Throwing it forwards it went crashing into the chest of one Winchester spreading out as it flung him backwards into the ring out zone. Jumping from each plate of his armor to each other plate it went about before eventually Cardin's clothes started smoking and he lay there out of bounds.
Feeling drained by the display of power Jaune turned towards his fellow classmates as well as the teacher before blowing out some air for no apparent reason. "So… Do I win?"
Broken out of her apparent surprise, Glynda Goodwitch's face hardened once more before she looked down at her scroll. "I suppose you do Mr Arc seeing as your opponent is unable to continue battling. Line up back at the front of the class for evaluation and review."
Nodding with a sigh, Jaune looked back up at the top of the arena to the screen. Seeing that his and Cardin's aura was no longer displayed there, he had no clue what Cardin's was at but his was rather low. Thirty percent to twenty five percent maybe?
Standing in the center of class while Cardin was floated to the center of the class by Ms Goodwitch, Jaune couldn't help but be nervous. He felt like he seriously fucked up during that fight…
For one, it had no flow really. He wasn't chaining abilities, and his swordplay was a joke later on. Really he was only saved as much as he was thanks to his chains, and even then those drained him more than they likely should've.
"Mr Winchester… How about we go over you first?" Pushing her glasses further up her face the professor crossed her arms underneath her bust. "Your first mistake was being too cocky too early on in the battle. Had you not underestimated Mr. Arc's abilities, you likely would've been able to win far more easily, and won the battle far quicker… Though, due to your hubris you've lost."
"Not to mention of course the fact that your mace, while indeed useful is rather unversatile. Really it's more of just a plain 'smash and smash and smash' weapon. Mr Arc's is rather similar in that regard, however what he was able to accomplish using his aura manipulation skills makes up for the lack of versatility." She said before looking down at her scroll."I will send an email to your student email account regarding the finer details which the entire class does not need to hear."
Cardin nodded before his eyes twitched and his head spasmed for a second before he mumbled something under his breath and left the stage. Gulping, Jaune moved his hands behind his back standing there like a statue. He was never very good at criticism, even the constructive kind.
"Mr Arc… Stay after class." She said making him begin sweating immediately. Surely he hadn't done something wrong right? Hell, surely he was in trouble! There's no way that usage of electricity like that on a human or faunus being is legal!
God, why did he have to break the rules?
~o0o~ The Woman Whisperer ~o0o~
Sitting down with a sigh Jaune sat there. The small amount of blood which had soaked into his clothing from where his skin was broken by the mace was still stuck to him but no longer warm, and the confidence he had gained from the new skills was gone.
He was ready for his punishment.
Seeing Professor Goodwitch talking to a student, he briefly considered fleeing, but decided that overall that was a stupid idea. After all, what was he to do during the next class? Beg for forgiveness? Hell no!
He'd beg for forgiveness this class! Like a man!
Once the final student left the classroom, Jaune remembered that one of his fingers was broken and another dislocated both on his right hand. Looking over, he realized that that must be the reason Ruby kept looking at his hand once he'd taken his seat back in the stands.
Sighing again, he looked at the dislocated one. His pinky hung there oddly, not quite in line with the others and he wished he had some sort of 'Relocation' skill of some sort so that he could fix it. Grabbing onto it and emulating whatever he saw in every video game and movie ever, he more or less got it back into place before a pop up came up.
You're terrible at this. I'll do it for you.
There was a sickening pop and crush sound as his bones mended and moved back into place. Looking down at his previously more than mangled hand, Jaune raised an eyebrow at the notification. "Thanks?"
Your welcome. Good bye.
Uhh? That's sort of freaky. Did he just have a conversation with the game? This was odd… It's unlike any conversation he's had with it before that's for sure. Whereas before, he either interacted with it by pressing things with his fingers, or thinking something odd, now it seems as though a action set it off.
Huh, how odd.
Broken out of his thoughts by the clicking of heels along the floor towards him, Jaune raised his head looking for a saviour before realizing it was the headsman.
"I assume you know why you're here Mr Arc?" She said standing in front of him by about eight feet.
He shook his head. "I have no clue really. I assume it has something to do with the electricity I used and how it goes against some sort of human rights laws, but I swear, the thought didn't occur to me until afterwards."
Glynda looked ready to laugh for the briefest of moments before staring him down. "No. We're here to talk about your aura."
"My aura?" Oh no… Had he done something? Was his aura just fucked in general? Well it must be to give him this semblance.
"You see… Hmm this is odd to explain." The professor said before placing a hand onto her chin rubbing it slightly. "Your aura… Is strange. Whereas it shouldn't be able to restore itself without appropriate resting time, yours is odd… It seems to have gone from a lower percent to a higher percent several times in the fight at a consistent rate each second."
"Oh."
"Yes 'oh' now care to tell me why this is? It's…. Worrying that your aura does that whereas nobody else's does at all." She said inquiring at him making him slightly recline into himself.
"I-I don't know… Honestly, I hadn't even noticed that until you pointed it out." That's right Jaune, just lie until it seems fine and she comes to her own conclusion. Can't have her knowing about the game after all! "Though, my semblance might have something to do with it."
"And what pray tell, might your semblance be?" She asked raising an elegant eyebrow at him for that. "You showed the oddest array of skills, and combined with this I have no doubt it must be something spectacular."
"It's…" Maybe he shouldn't have mentioned his semblance… What to say? Aha! "My semblance makes me a wizard."
Her jaw dropped ever so slightly before she just tilted her head slightly, blonde hair gently sloping to the side of her face while she did so. "Ah. Well, should anything ever be wrong regarding your aura, feel free to come to me. Considering how irregular it is, I should probably have you go through some tests."
Jaune gulped. "Tests? What kinds of tests?"
"Amount of aura, official rate of recharge under various conditions, how much your various attacks cost in terms of aura." Glynda said listing them off on her fingers making him nearly sigh in relief. Nobody would be cutting him open today!
"Oh, well maybe some other time? I've got stuff to do with my team today." Jaune commented hoping she wouldn't drag him off today. "Not super important, but it would be nice just to spend a bit of time with them."
"Of course Mr Arc. I will send you an email to arrange your testing period sometime soon then. I suppose I will also send you what I noticed over this session and what I think you may improve on." She said before straightening slightly. "While you may have some interesting skills Mr Arc, don't get carried away. Your swordsmanship could use work, and your physical skills are somewhat lacking."
With that she walked off leaving him on his lonesome for a few minutes before he went to go eat dinner with his team and friends. After all, they're serving chicken nuggets in the cafeteria, and those were always his favourite!
~o0o~ The Woman Whisperer ~o0o~
Sitting down on his bed, Jaune looked at his sleeping teammates. It's nice to know that even while he can only sleep for six hours at a time that they can sleep completely fine.
Sighing, Jaune opened the game to check out the various notifications he'd gotten now that he has some time to truly check them out.
You've gained +3 DEX!
You've gained +4 STR!
You've gained +2 VIT!
You've gained +1 INT!
You've gained +1 WIS!
That's it for stat upgrades. And while not much, they weren't actually the worst. Opening up the rest of his stats, Jaune looked them over. Not much had happened though his looks have gone up two, so that's a good thing. After all, you can never be too good looking!
Name: Jaune Arc
Level: 20
Title: MasterChef Vale
Nickname: Fearless Leader
Perk: Kiss The Chef
HP: 820/820
AP: 6800/6800
Basic Stats:
STR : 36
DEX : 36
VIT : 38
INT : 33
WIS : 32
LUK : 14
Romance Stats:
Charm: 15
Looks: 15
Wit: 15
Stat Points: 86
Lien: 10,800
Eyeing those eighty six stat points underneath above his 'Lien' counter, Jaune thought of raising his stats a bit. While raising them manually was doable, he had plenty to spare… Not to mention Ms Goodwitch's comment on his physical skills was slightly stinging still.
Looking at his various stats and doing some math, he tried to think of which ones to raise. It seems as though aura was a real problem for him now that that patch had rolled out and made some of his skills more expensive.
Though to be fair, it's probably for the best. He was a bit overpowered earlier.
Sighing, Jaune put some points in. Fifteen points in total with four going to strength, four to dexterity, two to vitality, two to intelligence, and last but not least three to wisdom. Oh, and he put one into luck for good measure!
Now more or less satisfied with his stats for the moment, Jaune opened up his 'Skills' tab.
Aura has gained +3 levels!
Shield Proficiency has gained +3 levels!
Sword proficiency has gained +4 levels!
Spinning Aura Arrow has gained +1 level!
Aura Chains has gained +5 levels!
Black Lightning has gained +2 levels!
Looking at it and sighing, Jaune felt like he really quite screwed up in that fight with Cardin. He should've been using 'Aura Shield' more often, but he was afraid that it might drain him to fast.
Or maybe he should've used 'Style Of The Phoenix' when he lost his blade, but that would've given him not all that much time…
Though to be fair, that was only if he was taking damage at the same time as he used 'Style Of The Phoenix' or if he had taken damage previously. Though also, now that his wisdom is higher, his regen should be high enough that as long as he isn't being damaged at the same time he should be able to use 'Blazing Phoenix Style' with a bit of wiggle room left over.
Hmm… Oh well. He'd come out the victor in the end, and will remember for next time.
Moving on to his relationship stats, he wasn't sure if he was surprised or not at what he saw. It seems like what the girls like is random mostly, but all of them seem to like a good fighter? Or maybe it was their inherent desire to find a strong mate that attracted them slightly?
You've gained +2 Closeness with Pyrrha!
You've gained +2 Closeness with Ruby!
You've gained +3 Closeness with Yang!
You've gained +1 Closeness with Blake!
You've gained +2 Closeness with Weiss!
Now these weren't all too surprising. Though, it's interesting to note that Ruby has more closeness points with him than his own partner. However is it really all that odd? After all, she was his first friend here, and he has helped her out several times with things.
But then, did that mean that the odd thing being high was Pyrrha's score with him?
Odd.
Though to be fair that's not the only odd thing going on. Since this, this made him feel a bit awkward and slightly nice inside. After all it does look like she could use some time to just be in the company of friends and when all you do is live and work at work, it can be hard to make some.
Though, it's good to know she's making progress.
You've gained +2 Closeness with Glynda!
Man, these next couple weeks are going to be strange as hell that's for sure. Though, they're likely to be filled with good times too, not to mention that things will hopefully advance between him and some girls, or at least one.
Since you know, having a love life is nice.
So, with the thought of possibly having a girlfriend in his mind one day, Jaune regretted leaving his body pillow at home, and went to bed.
~o0o~ The Woman Whisperer ~o0o~
Note: Yay! Done! Now, here we had the fight scene. Was it good? No. Not at all. It was clunky, and didn't flow all that great. For the most part, it was completely meant to flow that way. Why? So that in the next time skip next chapter, we get to see how much things improve. So like I said, the clunkiness is partially on purpose and the other part might be because of what news happened today in the RWBY fandom.
Second! Don't count on it, or expect it, but possibly consider that you might be getting more smut on my other story by the end of tomorrow.
Last but not least, next week I'm taking a vacation and leaving the country without my computer. So, I won't be able to write next week. Sorry, but that's how it is.
Now! Done! Finally my god that's a lot. Going to answer reviews now! Speaking of which, leave a review down below! Please! I thrive off them! I eat them for my daily meals! I need them!
Review Responses:
AndiDuel: Meh, not really. We'll see how things are after the timeskip.
Frank Horrigan: Dead you say? They have aura for Pete's sake! Also, it's not a stage. It's an arena.
Mysterious Mr.E: Yup! Jaune also will be getting some perks and titles for it later on.
CrimsonDarkness13: Yeah… Something happens that's for sure.
Guam: Sorry! Here you go thought!
Random O' Panda: Got it!
X3runner: No? But yeah, SSSN is going to be ticked.
desdelor97: Thanks mate!
The Mage of The Beginning: Thanks!
The Exiled Darkness: Yeah, but he'll be better next chapter.
Fellowman: Yup! I like Excalibur, it's a nice ship in my humble opinion. (Other names include Arcwitch.)
Benthino: No. Not acceptable, very questionable.
rwby1989: True that! He didn't quite wipe the floor with him, but we'll see.
lordrednight: No puns! Stop.
BlackHum3r: Probably a sex 'thpugjy' indeed!
zexzakaria: Meh, not too badly.
EMIYA KURO: Here you go!
no body knows: Well, 'no body knows' how bad a hairstyle it really is do they?
Guest: No.
zen-aku the spirit of the wolf: I think I understand, but I like the way I do it. Also, we'll see what he becomes! After all, he's trying to become a ladies man!
darky33916: Haha nope!
jujudude: I think I did long ago and then sent my phone into the shop to get it repaired and lost everything. Back on my to read list. We'll see more waifus trust me.
Done! Stat dump, then over.
-DragonManMax
~o0o~ Stat Shit ~o0o~
Name: Jaune Arc
Level: 20
Title: MasterChef Vale
Nickname: Fearless Leader
Perk: Kiss The Chef
HP: 800/800
AP: 7000/7000
Basic Stats:
STR : 40
DEX : 40
VIT : 40
INT : 35
WIS : 35
LUK : 15
Romance Stats:
Charm: 15
Looks: 15
Wit: 15
Stat Points: 70
Lien: 10,800
Name: Pyrrha Nikos
Closeness: 26/100
Relationship Status: Best Friend (?)
Gifts Received: Mood Understand
Name: Yang Xiao-Long
Closeness: 16/100
Relationship Status: Friend
Gifts Received:
Name: Ruby Rose
Closeness: 30/100
Relationship Status: Weird Tingly Feeling Friend?
Gifts Received: Mood Understand
Name: Blake Belladonna
Closeness: 7/100
Relationship Status: Acquaintance/Potential Friend?
Gifts Received:
Name: Weiss Schnee
Closeness: 13/100
Relationship Status: Friend.
Gifts Received:
Name: Glynda Goodwitch
Closeness: 3/100
Relationship Status: Student
Gifts Received:
