'Aura Crash' Jian 2 by Zameen

prereq: Noticed, Part 1

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The Legend of Sky Captain "Aura Crash" Jian (Part 2)

"I already said I was sorry!" Jaune muttered sullenly to himself. "Jeez, you crash through one little mountain and suddenly it's 'stop doing that, Jian', and 'you're going to kill us all, Jian'. I've gotten us this far, haven't I?"

Beside him, Blake calmly turned a page in her book. "We would have arrived at our destination hours ago if someone hadn't decided to screw around and kill every flying Grimm he saw on the way."

"Oh, c'mon, Blake." he whined. "How many times will I get the chance to farm this much experience safely? I've leveled up twice and even managed to max out my Aura Crash ability."

"Don't care." the feline Faunus said bluntly, eyes firmly on the book in her hands. "We're behind schedule as it is. We can't afford to waste any more time on your obsession with ramming into things."

"But the loot, Blake! Think of the loot!" he said longingly. "We could be millionaires by now!"

"Your... loot is hundreds of miles below us, and if you think I'm going to let you land this airship every time you kill something just so that you can search its corpse for things that may or may not be there, you're even crazier then I thought." Blake turned a page. "Eyes front, pilot. You can screw around and get yourself killed in some insane flying accident after we finish the job."

"No appreciation, I tell you." Jaune muttered as he increased their altitude. A quick glance in the mirror revealed no Nevermores for miles around. It seemed that his little murder spree earlier had temporary depleted the local population. The masked pilot sighed mournfully as he turned back to the controls. "I've grinded and grinded, until I finally raised my Driving skill to over 50, and this is what I get? I've flown you guys all the way across the continent without getting caught, and you won't even let me have some fun. See if I ever volunteer the next time you need a pilot..."

"The last time I left you unsupervised, you flew over a hundred miles in the wrong direction chasing after a flock of Giant Nevermore, smashed your way through a mountain range, and managed to traumatize our hostage so badly she's spent the last half hour sitting in a corner and whimpering." Blake pointed at the pale figure shivering in the fetal position in the corner of the cockpit. "I'm not sure whether I should thank you for getting her to shut up or punish you for scaring her so badly, but it's obvious that I can't leave you to your own devices."

"Eh, she'll be fine." he said dismissively. "Just needs some time to get over her air sickness and she'll be right as rain once again, right Weiss?" he cheerfully called out towards the Schnee heiress. The white haired woman froze before turning to stare at him with haunted, hollow eyes.

"... you..." she hissed.

"See, perfectly fine." he said, fiddling with one of the dials.

"...you..." she growled.

"Yeah, I'm not convinced." Blake turned a page.

"... You..." Weiss stood suddenly, shaking hands reaching for her weapon. "You insane, reckless, half witted little-"

"Whoa, there, Princess." Jaune said, frowning as he turned towards the trembling heiress. "What's wrong? I get the feeling you're mad at me for some reason."

"Mad? Mad?!" Weiss snarled. "I'll show you mad!" She charged forward, lunging recklessly with her weapon. There was no trace of her usual skill or grace as she stabbed the masked pilot in the gut.

"... Ow!" Jaune yelped. "Blake, a little help here?"

"Eh, you'll be fine." Blake turned a page. "If anyone deserves the chance to stab you, she does. Don't worry, I'll pull her off you if she starts getting too enthusiastic."

"But this -ow!- is kinda -ow!- distrac -ow!- distracting, you know?" he cried out, trying to fend off Weiss' attacks with one hand while piloting with the other.

"WHY. WON'T. YOU. DIE?!" the Schnee heiress growled, stabbing him again and again. Throat. Heart. Lung. Kidney. No matter where she stabbed, he just. Wouldn't. Die.

Blake turned a page.

Thus began the legend of the infamous Sky Pirate Jian, the man who would not die no matter how many times you stabbed him god dammit how the hell is he still alive?!