So thus, begins Beacon Academy Life! I won't go as fast as I did before, mashing 8 episodes into one. I'll be progressing the timeline in a slower pace than the canon episodes, but yea. They never really give a timeline zone, so I'm more ballparking the time. Volume 1 ended with the first semester ending, while volume 2 started with the two week break ending and second semester starting. Expect a little filler on those extra weeks they never talk about.
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Jaune woke up an hour later than his usual time. Lung Wang had allowed him to sleep till 7 am instead of 6, stating that this would be one of the few times he would be lenient. Jaune was glad as he stretched, remembering he was in Beacon. He smiled at that. He was now free from his father's influence! No longer did he have to fear that Vlad would be able to reach him now. Jaune looked around the room to see his roommates still asleep. Nora was drooling and sleep talking about sloths. Ren was completely motionless like a dead body, and Pyrrha was curled up in a circle. He decided to head to the bathroom first to wash up first before unpacking all his stuff, which wasn't much. Jaune decided to grab a few breakfast sandwiches from the cafeteria just in case.
It was around 7:45 did Ren and Pyrrha finally wake up. Jaune had already placed his clothes into his closet and was looking through the schedule. Ren immediately got up and shook Nora up, who refused and tried to punch Ren. Ren, who was used to her habits, merely dodged before pushing her off the bed to force her to wake up. Still, she refused to let go of her blankets until he promised pancakes. Nora shot off to the bathroom right after the magic words.
Pyrrha had to take 5 minutes before she was finally up and yawned rather cutely, in Jaune's opinion. Quickly also going to the bathroom to share the sink for Nora, Ren was left to clean up and unpack his items first. Jaune tossed him a sandwich for him to eat. Around 8:15, Jaune and Ren heard a whistle being blown next door, where team RWBY was. The two males looked at each other before shrugging and continued what they were doing. Nora and Pyrrha got out the bathroom, allowing Ren to use it. Several minutes later, he was back into his prim look.
"Well, then team JNPR, today's a big day. It's the first day of our life at Beacon!" announced Jaune. Nora giggled while Pyrrha and Ren smiled. They were eating the sandwiches Jaune had provided for them and were wearing their uniforms. Next door, though, they could hear hammering and buzzsaws going off. They all pondered what was going on, but just shrugged.
"It's 8:50. We should get going to class, Professor Port's lectures start at 9," reminded Ren.
"Urg. Class," moaned Nora childishly, "Can we skip it?"
"I'm sure Professor Port has some important information to give to us," said Pyrrha, "It's Grimm studies. We can find out what type of Grimm there are and their weakness."
"All right, then. Off to the lecture!" said Jaune. They exited the room and were about to leave when Jaune decided to knock on team RWBY's door. Weiss popped out, frowning at the interruption.
"What?" she demanded with irritation.
"Class starts in 15 minutes," reminded Jaune before walking away.
Weiss stood there for a few seconds before shrieking in panic.
"What's wrong?" asked Ruby. Blake and Yang also stopped what they were doing.
"You dolts! We have class in 15 minutes!" yelled Weiss. Team RWBY quickly dropped what they were doing, grabbing their supplies before running out the door to catch up with team JNPR, unable to complete their bunk-beds.
"This is what we have to listen to for the next 2 hours?" deadpanned Lung Wang, "There could be better stuff to do than listening to someone brag."
Jaune couldn't help but agree. What was Grimm Studies from Professor Port ended up to be Port's story time about his adventures with cabbages somehow being mixed into it? Jaune couldn't help but start to nod off. Ren was motionless and had his face slightly covered by his hand while looking down at his notes. He had disguised himself perfectly as a studious student when he was really napping. Nora had just given up and planted her head face down. Pyrrha was struggling to put a perfect student example but was taking notes at random times.
Jaune took a glance at team RWBY to see only Weiss seemed to be paying attention. Blake was reading her book, Yang was looking around the room to see if there was something interesting, and Ruby was... drawing?
"At least pay attention to the pictures behind the teacher," scolded Aryz, "They look important, considering how detailed they are."
Jaune nodded and started to copy it down until he realized that the so-called descriptions on the pictures were just Port's note of saying how he faced them in an epic battle without many helpful hints.
"Never mind," groaned Aryz, "Take this time to meditate a little, I suppose."
Still, Jaune took some notes just in case. There were at least some useful information Professor Port would spout out every now and then. Jaune was quite deep into his meditation when suddenly, Weiss raised her hand, saying "I do, sir!"
"What did I miss?" Jaune asked Pyrrha as she gently shook Ren up, who shook Nora up.
"Weiss volunteered to show Professor Port her skills," replied Pyrrha as the teacher pulled out a cage containing something in it. It was shaking and growling.
Ten minutes later, Weiss returned, wearing her usual attire along with her weapon by her side.
"Well, let's see if Weiss is as skilled as Winter is," murmured Ryo-Wo.
"Gooo, Weiss!" shouted Yang as she raised her fist to cheer.
Blake was waving a small flag that had RWBY on it "Fight well!"
"Yeah, represent teeeeam RWBY!" shouted Ruby.
Weiss lowered her rapier, glowering at Ruby before replying, "Ruby! I'm trying to focus!"
Jaune frowned. That was no way to treat a team mate, especially her leader.
Port seemed to ignore all this tension as he pulled out his axe, "Allll right! Let the match.. begin!"
Right as he finished, he swung down and broke the lock in the cage, revealing a Boarbatusk, a boar-like Grimm. The Grimm immediately charged for Weiss, who dodged its charge while whipping her sword at its side. The attack barely seemed to register to the Grimm as it turned around, pawing its hooves and huffing.
Weiss charged in with her rapier, trying to pierce its head only to find out that the bone mask when the Boarbatusk suddenly swung it's head, intercepting the rapier and causing it to get stuck on its tusk. Weiss jumped into the air, swinging around to kill the momentum she had generated so she wouldn't have her body go into those tusks. Weiss struggled to get it free when the Grimm suddenly turned its head and ripped Myrtenmaster out of her grip.
"Oh-ho! Now what will you do without your weapon?" asked Port.
Weiss looked up to see the Boarbatusk charge at her again and dodged, quickly running toward her weapon. The Grimm had slammed into a desk, causing it to lose balance and giving Weiss some valuable time.
"Weiss! Go for its belly! There's no armor underneath-" shouted Ruby as advice, but that merely made Weiss get even angrier.
"Stop telling me what to do!" she shouted in rebuttal, not noticing Ruby looking hurt at her reply.
The Boartabusk jumped up into the air and curled up into a ball, landing, and spinning in place, gaining speed.
"OOH! I would kick that Grimm like a soccer ball!" shouted Othim in excitement. Jaune rolled his eyes at that. He wasn't exactly disagreeing with that plan, but he'd rather have Nora use her hammer and smash it into the Grimm and send it flying like a golf ball. He was sure Nora could do it too.
Weiss activated two blue-white glyphs at once, one in front of her and the other one behind her above her head. The Boartabusk spun forward and slammed into the glyph. The glyph held and forced the Grimm to be knocked back onto its back. Weiss quickly jumped into the air, feet landing on the glyph before it turned black, holding her in place for a bit before it turned back to its normal color. Weiss dived towards the Boartabusk with her rapier, driving it into its unprotected stomach and killing it. Whether she had thought of it herself or followed Ruby's advice remained to be seen.
"Bravo! Bra-vo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress-in-training!" applauded Professor Port as Weiss slowly stood up, still slightly panting from her moves, "I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and... stay vigilant! Class dismissed!"
Weiss glared for a bit before turning away, huffing towards the exit right past her teammates. Ruby, still frowning, quickly ran to chase after Weiss.
Jaune frowned at this attitude. It appeared that she did not inherit all of her sister's attitude and had some of her father's instead. Jaune shook his head as he remembered Whitley. That was a brat he'd rather not deal with, even if it had been satisfying to shut him up with words only.
The day passed on rather quickly. Jaune and his team bonded closely as they went through Doctor Oobleck's class on History of Remnant and Professor Peach's class on Survival 101. Jaune and the dragons were interested in the history class, as the dragons wanted to know what had happened while they were gone. Jaune merely enjoyed the class, even if Oobleck spoke faster than normal people. Luckily, Velvet, who was the T.A. for his class, had advised him to carry a recorder and slow down his voice if Jaune had trouble catching up. Professor Peach taught Survival 101, but it wasn't as interesting as the other classes as he already knew how to survive out in the wilderness. Some of her advice Jaune threw away as he had a better way of doing it. Some of the things that did stick with him were how some of the food he didn't know existed was edible. Combat Class was held every other day with Glynda, along with Survival 101. Combat Class had the longest time zone as it was the reason why they had come to these Academies, of course. Another interesting class taught by Glynda and Peach was Dust use and Research.
The schedule was tentative to changes, as they knew they would be taking trips every now and then. That, and this was their first year and semester. It was in the second semester when they would be taking on missions, albeit the easy ones, that the schedules would change.
The rest of the evening was for the student to decide what to do. Most opted to socialize, head to the gym, or study in the library. Training arenas were open for reservations only. Only two arenas allowed walk-ins, and those were first come, first served, but with an hour limit only as compared to reserving an arena for up to 3 hours.
Jaune took this chance to call Dew after dinner. He excused himself as he went to the library and placed a call to her. After a few rings, she picked up.
"Hello, who is this and how do you ha-" greeted Dew until she saw Jaune waving at her.
"Jaune!" Dew shouted in surprise. This attracted her teammates Nebula, Gwen, and Octavia, who went over to say hi.
"Nice to talk to you guys again," greeted Jaune.
"Hold on, let me put you on the big screen," said Dew, flustered before she finally attached her Scroll to a bigger screen.
"How have you all been? You're all on the same team?" asked Jaune.
"Yep! We're team NDGO, and I'm the leader," said Nebula, puffing her chest proudly.
They talked for awhile, catching up on what had happened during their time apart. Dew took the most time talking with Jaune, but the others of team NDGO didn't mind. They knew Dew still had a crush on Jaune. She certainly didn't like it when she heard Pyrrha Nikos was on his team, but hid it well.
'I don't care if I have to fight the Goddess of Victory for Jaune!' she mentally shouted.
"Speaking of boys, you know Dew has an admirer?" said Octavia.
"Octavia!" shouted Dew, trying to shush her.
"More like a persistent stalker," said Gwen, "He's Aurelian Arc's younger brother, Boyd Arc. Keeps hitting on Dew, saying that she should be honored that he's asking her out. Basically has the same look as his brother, just an uglier face and spiky blonde hair."
Jaune felt his eyebrow twitch in annoyance before asking, "He's not forcing you to do anything, right?"
Dew shook his head, "Na, he's not strong enough. It does get annoying, though. No worries, my teammates got my back."
Jaune nodded, "Just tell me if he gives you trouble. Since I no longer have to hide, I can help."
"How would you help your damsel in distress so far away?" teased Octavia.
"I have my ways," replied Jaune as he grinned before saying good-bye.
"Mmm you hear that Dew? Jaune will rescue you, all you need to do is call," teased Octavia. Dew was blushing madly.
"Next time, you should call him with a video call while making it seem like you just got out of the shower with a towel covering your body," teased Nebula.
"Shut up shut up shut up!" replied Dew, her whole body becoming red in embarrassment.
"It would be effective," popped in Gwen.
"Not you too!" cried out Dew.
Jaune was whistling a song as he started to walk back to his dorm when he saw Weiss sitting at the fountain just looking up into the shattered moon, deep in thought. He was about to walk by when Weiss called him out. He stopped and turned around to see her walking up to him.
"Something wrong?" Jaune asked.
"Jaune. Tell me the truth. Do you believe that Ruby is better suited to be leader than me?" asked Weiss.
Jaune shrugged before answering, "It's only been the first day. That remains to be seen if that's true. However, it was Ruby who planned out taking the Nevermore, right?" Weiss nodded in reply.
"So give her a chance. I saw you pouting since you didn't get the leadership position."
"But-" started Weiss, but Jaune didn't let her finish.
"No buts. If Ruby is the leader, then it's your job to give her the chance to prove herself. If you don't even let her try, then you can't be a good leader yourself, as you wouldn't even let your team help you. And if they can't help you, how can you develop trust between them? "
Weiss pondered about it for awhile. Port had basically told her the same thing, but she felt like she needed one more input before making her decision. It may have been selfish, but it was always better to get another opinion just in case.
"Thank you, Jaune. I'll have to apologize to Ruby for my attitude," said Weiss, thanking Jaune. Jaune just nodded and was about to leave when he felt Weiss hug him from behind.
"Take that as thanks," said Weiss, blushing before running off to her dorm.
"Not bad. You melted the Ice Queen's heart," complimented Othim.
"She still has some work to do, but in time, she'll be a good mate for you to use me to mark," said Ryo-Wo.
Jaune was a little shocked but headed back to his dorms before his teammates wondered where he was.
Pyrrha was sitting on her bed, brushing her hair while thinking about Jaune. She was happy to be on his team but wanted more. She could feel the gazes of other girls besides Nora, wanting to claim Jaune as theirs. Especially from team RWBY. She decided she needed to make a move soon when Jaune told her he was calling Dew to see how she was doing.
Suddenly, the door swung open and Jaune entered in. Nora and Ren greeted him, but Pyrrha was left tongue-tied. She mentally screamed at herself to get a grip and confess! She had already kissed him once when he was at Mistral, it shouldn't be hard to do it again! Before she could say anything, Jaune announced a team meeting where they should talk about their abilities, likes/dislikes, hobbies, and/or life only if they wanted to so as to be able to work better as a team. Everyone agreed and went to bed. Pyrrha was left frustrated, but at the same time, Jaune was finally willing to talk about his past, even if it was just a little.
A week went by, and the weekend had finally arrived for them. Jaune had reserved a room for them to eat and talk in Vale. However, instead of just team JNPR, team RWBY was tagging along. Jaune sighed as he contemplated on how that had happened. Nora had been eating her pancakes when she told Ruby about their awesome team meeting that they were going to have. Ruby decided that her team should do the same. Yang jokingly asked if they should just hold it at the same place and time with team JNPR, as they were next door neighbors. Ruby took it as a suggestion and made the order. Weiss took it up to cancel the first room team JNPR had and reserved an even bigger room with catering for them all. Of course, secretly, team RWBY did not want Pyrrha to be alone with Jaune so easily, but that was a minor reason. They all just wanted to get to know Jaune better. That was what they told themselves.
Jaune did not look forward to telling them about his past and how he needed several mates. Not only that, but he had to call Dew to tell her about that too.
"Better to get this over with and let them know sooner than to find out later in the future," said Aryz encouragingly, "That way, they can make their decision sooner, and you won't have to worry about finding another person to mark."
"I doubt they'll say no. Weiss might be hesitant, but in time she'll agree," said Alaerth.
"Mmm and you can got to team RWBY's room and-" started Othim, but was automatically shut up by Andusk, Fafnir, and Lung Wang.
'I don't even want to know what Othim was thinking, but I probably already know,' thought Jaune mentally.
Team RWBY and team JNPR actually had a fun time going around Vale, purchasing any items they needed. Ren bought more ingredients for pancakes and cookies (requested from Ruby), Nora bought some more explosives, and Yang bought some new clothes. Blake was checking out some new books while Ruby was going over a weapons magazine, and Weiss was checking out some of the latest articles about Dust. Jaune went to buy some Dust along with Pyrrha. Soon, night came upon them, and they were all inside a private room rented out by Weiss. After eating (all fish-related food went to Blake), they gathered around in a circle.
"Let the team introduction of team RWBY and JNPR commence!" announced Ruby. Blake looked very uncomfortable at this.
"Whats wrong?" whispered Jaune to Blake as he sat down next to her.
"My team. They don't know I'm a Faunus, and I'm scared to reveal it as well as my connection to the White Fang," whimpered Blake, "Not to mention I'm teamed up with a Schnee, who hates them."
Jaune winced a little, remembering that Weiss had been a victim at an assassination attempt from the White Fang.
"Don't worry," whispered Jaune, "Ruby and Yang aren't racist, and I'm sure Weiss isn't either. You can tell them about your connection with the White Fang on your own time. Remember, I was there, so I can back you up when you decide to tell them."
Blake nodded before putting her head on his left shoulder as if trying to draw some strength from him. She also enjoyed his scent and warmth as she laid her head there, almost purring in delight. This was the boy that her parents approved of, and it was very hard for his father to approve of anyone. Her mother was a little more easier to convince. It was weird, though. She didn't expect to fall for Jaune so fast. It had only been months since she broke up with Adam and the White Fang, but her relationship with Adam had been declining ever since he took leadership of the Vale branch of the White Fang. She could technically argue that their relationship ended a few months after his leadership and that the train was just to finalize it. Jaune, on the other hand, was kind, strong, generous, and already approved of by her parents. Being able to fly in the air with Jaune was also a nice dream that she would have quite often, although most of the time they ended with both of them doing the tango in a bed. She blamed her books for giving her those ideas, but she couldn't say she hated it.
Suddenly, Jaune felt someone latching on to his right arm. He looked to see Pyrrha with a jealous gaze at Blake. Whether or not she was doing it on purpose, Pyrrha's breast had entrapped his arm, letting him feel just how soft and firm it was. Blake felt the disturbance and glanced over to see Pyrrha. At this point, Ren could see sparks flying in between both girls eyes as they cuddled against Jaune. Nora was too busy grabbing more desert. The rest of the girls found themselves to be jealous of each girl's position.
"I think we should get this started," coughed Weiss, "I'll go first. You all know I'm Weiss Schnee, heiress to the SDC. Myrtenaster is the name of my weapon, and my Semblance is Glyph." After that, she gave a few other facts about herself while showing her weapon.
After that, Ruby followed her example, followed by Yang and Pyrrha.
Ren sighed as he went next, "Lie Ren. Stormflowers are the name of my weapons. As for my Semblance, it's the ability to hide my presence from Grimm. Anyone touching me will also be hidden, or I can channel it to other people via ground."
"That's a useful ability," said Jaune, "But is that it? Can it also hide from people, too?"
Ren shrugged, "Haven't really tested that out. I know that when I activate it, everything becomes grayed out, like no color exists. I was more busy practicing my Aura control when I was younger, as hiding from Grimm isn't exactly the best way to fight Grimm."
Jaune made a mental note to test out Ren's ability later on. Ren ended his introduction, as he didn't want to go into his past. The pain of losing his whole family and village was too painful, but he swore to tell Jaune about it someday in private.
Nora quickly introduced herself in a happy tone right after Ren, though she also skipped her past. Soon, everyone was staring at Blake to go next. She gulped and almost ran away when Jaune quickly grabbed her hand, rubbing it gently. Blake sighed as she drew courage from it.
"Blake Belladonna. Gambol Shrouds is my weapons name. Semblance is Shadows. And... I'm a Faunus."
At this, she took off the ribbon on her head to reveal her cat ears. Everyone was silent as this news. Then Nora and Ruby crowded around her, wanting to touch her cat ears and playing with it.
"It's so cute!" said Ruby, petting one of her ears.
"Why would you hide it?" asked Nora as she pet the other one. Blake had to resist purring in content before shaking them off and telling them to stop playing with them.
"It's because she was afraid she would be discriminated," said Ren.
"Why? None of us would do that," said Yang. Ren tilted his head at Weiss, and Yang understood immediately why her partner was hesitant.
Weiss was a bit torn. Sure, she didn't like faunus that much, but that was mainly because of the White Fang, and how they made her life a bit miserable. Family and friends, gone because of them. Cargo lost due to their interference, and Jacques taking it out on them indirectly. Still, thanks to Winter and Jaune, she didn't have as much of a grudge as she did before now.
"You were afraid because I'm a Schnee, weren't you," said Weiss. Blake nodded in reply.
Weiss sighed, "I'm not my father. I have no grudges against the Faunus race as a whole, just the White Fang."
She saw Blake twitch, and her suspicions grew. Still, she didn't want to put her in the spotlight just yet. Blake was a huntress now, and obviously, Ozpin wouldn't have had let criminals in. Blake would tell them when she was ready.
Seeing as he was the last one, Jaune introduced himself. He went over his weapon and shield, causing Ruby to drool a bit over it. When he mentioned what the materials were used to craft it, she begged to let her hold it. Unable to resist the puppy look, he let her look over it.
He discretely checked to see if anybody else was eavesdropping before dropping his next bomb.
"I need you guys to all make sure what I'm about to say next never leave this room," said Jaune seriously. Nora was about to ask why when Ren silenced her with a pancake to her mouth and give her the look. Nora knew it was serious and became silent.
"Ren already knows what my Semblance is due to circumstances," started Jaune, "But nobody else knows about it. Not even Ozpin."
"You mean growing wings?" asked Blake.
"Wait, wings?" askedWeiss, "I heard about how some angel came swooping down and saving innocent civilians from the White Fang that invaded a train carrying Dust from the SDC. That was you?"
"You can fly?" shouted Nora, "Show me! I wanna go flying!"
Jaune sighed as he continued, "That's only a part of it. My real Semblance is the ability to form contracts with dragons. And they are all always in contact with me, in my head."
Everyone was silent at this revelation for a bit.
"Haha, good one, Jaune," said Yang weakly, "Dragons? You mean those big fake lizards with wings in fairy tales?"
"Fake Lizards!?" roared Lung Wang, "I'll show you fake!"
Jaune sighed and stood up, linking up with Lung Wang and spreading his red scaled wings for all of them to see. Yang immediately paled at the sight of this.
"Red scale wings? You had green feathered wings last time," said Blake.
"That's because of my contract with another dragon. I have seven in total," explained Jaune.
"Seven?" asked Ren faintly. Jaune nodded in reply before adding dragon kings
"Ren, what's wrong?" asked Nora in concern as Ren sunk into his chair in shock.
"Nora. I never told you this, but my family is one of the few surviving members that still remember the Dragon Clan. They aided us before, and in return, we gave them our loyalty. The reason I knew Jaune had something to do with dragons is because my family always taught me how to sense them, so that one day we may aid them, just as they aided us in the past," explained Ren. "Jaune, however, is contracted to seven dragon KINGS! I don't know the history of the Dragon Clan that well, but I'm pretty sure there hasn't been anyone with that many contracts to such powerful dragons."
Ruby was busy admiring the Jaune's wing and asking him to give him a ride, followed by Nora and Pyrrha. When Blake slyly mentioned that she wanted to do it again, she got glares from the other girls. Weiss was plotting on how to grab Jaune into the Schnee family. Her father had already approved of him, and all that power could be used to help her lead her family back to a better path. She wasn't ignorant of all the bad reputation around the SDC, and when she privately investigated those claims, she was slightly horrified at the truth. Still, there was nothing she could do until she inherited the company. With Jaune at her side, it would be so much easier! Not to mention he could handle her bratty younger brother Whitley.
"Jaune, a quick question?" said Ren. "It's about the conditions of the contracts. Permission to ask about it?"
Jaune sighed and nodded. Might as well get it over with.
Everyone was looking at Ren when he dropped the bomb, "Does that mean you'll need several mates due to these contracts?"
Everyone looked back at Jaune, who sat down on his chair and sighed, "Yes. Part of the deal was to find a mate for each respective contracts. That means potentially seven wives/mates."
The girls except Nora looked at each other before back to Jaune, then back to each other. Weiss was feeling conflicted. Sure, dating Jaune and getting to know him would be fine, but to have him dating several others? That would put a strain on the Schnee name, and the paparazzi would have a payday if they found out she was one of several girls dating one guy. That, and she wasn't sure she wanted to be part of a harem, even if it was justified.
Yang was unsure. Sure she may like Jaune, but to have him dating others, and her being one of several potential wives? She could do better than Jaune... no she couldn't. Jaune was just too unique, and any other boys just paled in comparison. She had to put her head down to think if she was even willing to do so. Could she find somebody else that would worship her and her body alone just as she would do the same? The answer was surprisingly hard, and the list of potential good boyfriends only had one name on the list, and it was Jaune.
Ruby was confused but happy. Now Jaune had a reason to have her and Yang together! Sure, other would be there, but that just meant more sisters!
Blake was undecided. She was sure that when her parents gave their approval, that they didn't know Jaune had to form a harem. Then, her mind drifted to a scene of one of her more explicit books, recreating a scene where the protagonist was about to make love with his princess when his childhood friend burst in the room to confess that she couldn't stand hiding her feelings anymore. After much argument, they ended up doing a threesome. This time, she was replacing the scene with her, Jaune, and Pyrrha, and was starting to get a bloody nose. She shook her head to clear the image from her mind to focus more on the problem right now. Society would surely frown on such a thing, and not only that, it would be a Faunus with a human. Something that both humans and Faunus frowned upon, even if they could reproduce together.
Nora was just laughing as it the scene seemed to be a portrayal of a love comedy skit.
For Pyrrha, she thought about it for a little. Would she find somebody else better than Jaune and have him to her only? She answered her own question easily. That, and they were technically married already in some cultures. If Jaune needed a harem, then she wouldn't complain, as long as she had Jaune.
Pyrrha decided to act first, jumping onto Jaune's lap and kissing him on the lips. Jaune was surprised at the ferocity of the kiss, as her tongue shot it to make contact with his, but was soon enjoying himself. Blake gave a cough, but they weren't separating. Another cough, this time louder, and a kick to their chair, finally made them separate.
Weiss and Ruby were blushing while Yang was laughing, and yet also jealous. Blake seemed to keep a stoic attitude, although inside, she wanted to try kissing Jaune.
"Easy, there, Pyrrha," said Jaune, clearing up his mind, "I was actually just going to suggest dating for a bit to see if you guys were comfortable with me dating several others."
"Aww, why'd you stop? Just take her to a private room right now!" shouted Othim.
"I'm in," said Pyrrha. Sure, explaining to her parents was going to be awkward, but she was willing to give this a try.
"Me, too! I was going to suggest sharing you with Yang," piped Ruby.
"Ruby! Where did you learn that!" shouted Yang, "And why were you thinking of doing that?" Yang was mortified that Ruby had such thoughts. She had done her hardest to keep Ruby innocent from such subjects.
"Dad had two wives. Why can't Jaune?" asked Ruby, "Plus, I didn't want to fight you to get Jaune. Now we don't have to!"
Yang could only facepalm at this logic. True, their father had two wives, but that was because he had divorced Raven before marrying Summer. She couldn't disagree with Ruby's reasoning, though. She was willing to give up chasing Jaune if Ruby was going after him, but with this revelations, they could apparently both have him. Still, she was going have to explain to Ruby about Taiyang's situation but then decided Taiyang could have the job of doing that. It was his fault anyways.
"I... need to think about it," said Weiss slowly. She didn't want to be part of a harem, but if she really couldn't find a better guy, she might consider joining.
Yang and Blake both also agreed, saying they would need time to think about it. Ruby was about to accept it, but Yang told her not to be so hasty.
"Soo two more girls are needed for you if they do decide to join?" asked Nora. She had zero interest in joining, as she had Ren.
"One, and I already have someone in mind," corrected Jaune, "If I mark Pyrrha, she's able to contain two dragon marks. Not sure why, but they think it's because when she unlocked my Aura a few years, some of it went into her."
"That's why I felt my Aura growing much stronger than usual," murmured Pyrrha while Jaune was explaining what a Mate mark was, and how he wanted to try dating first to see if he and the girls felt comfortable with it. Once given, it could not be taken off. Also, they had 72 hours to consummate after marking, otherwise it would disappear, and the same girl can never be marked ever again, even with a different dragon.
"She unlocked your Aura?" asked Ren after Jaune's explanation, more interested in the fact that Pyrrha had been the one to do so. Jaune nodded, and Ren continued off, "Does that mean you two are technically married?"
"What!?" shouted all the girls. Pyrrha and Jaune blushed in embarrassment before explaining what happened between them.
After the explanation, Pyrrha turned to Jaune, "Are you finally going to tell us more about your past?"
At this, everybody perked up, wanting to know. Out of all of them, only Pyrrha was more knowledgeable about Jaune's past. Of how he had been sealed. Of how he had been abandoned. Still, she wanted to find out just who was it. She already had plans to use her fame to strike at that family. Jaune, however, started to have trouble breathing.
'What if they all choose to reject me?' thought Jaune, 'I can't bear the fact they might look at me in disgust. Pyrrha might look away from me if she finds out I was an Arc.'
The Arcs had quite a bit of political and financial pull in some places. Jaune was terrified that with that, they could give an ultimatum against all her girls, and they would agree that Jaune wasn't worth it.
Ren quickly noticed it and stomped his foot loudly, causing everyone, including Jaune, to leap up.
"I think that's enough for today," said Ren, "Clearly, Jaune isn't ready to reveal his past yet. Nor has any of us even shared much of our own. When the time is right, Jaune will tell us. We just have to be patient."
The girls started to whine, but Ren put a halt to it, "If you didn't notice, Jaune was starting to have trouble breathing. I want him to be comfortable about sharing his past, not panicking. Plus, it's getting late. We should head back to Beacon."
Seeing his point, they all agreed. As they left, Jaune and Ren were the only ones left.
"Thanks, partner," said Jaune.
Ren merely smiled, "Merely doing my duty. However, know this Jaune. I do not care about your past. Merely your present and future. What happened in the past will not stop me from being your retainer of the Dragon clan."
Jaune started to protest, but Ren raised up his hand, "I know, your command was to act as your friend, but I will do both. I wish to act as your retainer and your friend who advises you."
Jaune smiled, happy he had a friend who would most likely become his brother in all but blood.
As they walked out, in Jaune's mind, Lung Wang started to speak.
"Lie Ren. Clearly a worthy retainer for the Dragon Clan. And since Nora will most likely follow him, she'll also become another retainer."
"A shame she's already claimed, even if you already have Pyrrha to us my mark on," commented Alaerth, "Her Semblance, Lightning Rod, would be a perfect match for me. However, this doesn't mean we can't do anything about that."
'I'm not stealing her from Ren,' said Jaune mentally.
"She means another mark, not the mate one," explained Ryo-Wo, "While you do need a Mate Mark for each of us, there is another mark that you can provide. I didn't think that there would be anybody who still served the Dragon Clan, but if someone is found worthy to be part of the Dragon Clan but is not part of the family, then they are given a Dragon's Mark. The difference between the two mark is that one is permanent, while the other can be stripped off the person if you feel like the retainer is unworthy of it any longer. Both marks give a good boost to a person's Aura, and sometimes Semblance or Skill. It's a bit random how it affects a person, and everyone is different."
'Is there a limit to this?' asked Jaune.
"Yes. Same as the Mate Mark, you can only give one Dragon Mark per Dragon. Although for Dragon's mark, it's a little more flexible as you can give one person all 7 marks. However, it will never match to a Mate Mark in terms of boost, even with all 7," said Fafnir.
"Plus, it would be better to spread it out," said Andusk, "But just a reminder, the Dragon's Mark is optional. It isn't like the Mate Mark, where it is required."
Jaune gave it some thought and decided to bring it up with Ren on a later date. Right now, he had to plan out how he could be potentially dating 5 of the hottest (in his opinion and a majority of students) 1st-year girls in Beacon. For now, Pyrrha was the only one who was his girlfriend.
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On a side note, I made some small edits on my older chapter. i thought it was 16 teams total in Vytal Festival, but then after a bit more digging, found out it was 32. So just changed some numbers.
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