Chapter 10
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Morning came quickly in Vale as Jaune woke up with a jumpstart. His eyes shot open as he quickly remembered what had transpired the previous evening.
His eyes looked around the room quickly, scanning for any form of threats, fortunately, the only thing he found or felt, was Pyrrha pressing against his back, her being still asleep.
With extreme caution, Jaune rose from the bed, being sure not to wake Pyrrha. He soon begins to get ready, however, he was not quiet enough as he hears Pyrrha begin to stir.
"Jaune?" Pyrrha said with a tired groan.
"Um, hey, Pyrrha, sorry, I didn't mean to wake you," Jaune said as he finished getting dressed and turn back to look at the now awakened spartan.
Hearing Jaune's voice Pyrrha shot out of bed and ran him into a tight embrace. "I was so worried Jaune! Someone hit you, knocked you out! I didn't know what to do!" Pyrrha shouted as she hugged him tightly.
Jaune slowly returned the hug gently, trying to calm her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry you like that," Jaune said as he pulled her in closer, letting her head rest on his shoulder.
The two of them stayed like that in silence for a few moments until Pyrrha finally calmed down and released the blond from the hug, however, keeping a hand on his shoulder.
"Jaune, do you have any idea who attacked you?" Pyrrha asked with a worried expression.
Jaune remembered seeing Blake in the same costume his previous capturers were. This made the blond feel conflicted. He wanted to tell Pyrrha exactly who it was, however, at the same time, he did not think that was wise at the time. He still had much to think about regarding this.
"I don't know who it was, but, I do know it was one of the assailants who kidnapped me a while back," Jaune said looking down at the ground.
Pyrrha was about to say something but was cut off by Jaune before she could continue, "But, I don't think they were after me. Pyrrha, she was after you," Jaune said as he looked Pyrrha directly in the eye, showing his concern.
Externally this shocked Pyrrha, "Me? Why? What did I do to aggravate them?" Pyrrha asked with a shocked tone, albeit an acted one.
Internally, Pyrrha knew that her assailant was angry, no, livid that Pyrrha was the one to claim Jaune's virginity. Pyrrha knew that a target had been planted on her back before the events of the previous night, but now, that target only became larger.
However, Pyrrha did not worry about this. She did not simply invite, she welcomed anyone who thinks they can keep her from Jaune. If these girls showed up again, Pyrrha would be ready. For now, she must play the damsel in distress. She was alright with this, she enjoyed seeing Jaune determined.
"I don't know why they are targeting you, but don't worry, I will find them, and find out why," Jaune said as he let go of her shoulder and began to walk past her.
"Jaune? Where are you going?" Pyrrha asked as she caught his hand while he was walking to the door.
Jaune stopped and took her hand with his other. "Don't worry, I'm just going for some breakfast, I need some food in me. I also need to think about a few things, don't worry, I'm not going far," Jaune said, comforting his red-haired lover.
"Oh, then I can come with you," Pyrrha said as she ran to get her shoes. "Pyrrha, you aren't even dressed," Jaune said as he turned his head away with a blush growing. Pyrrha was only wearing her red underwear with a hospital provided shirt over top, and it was a tight fit.
Pyrrha realized this and covered herself up, blushing madly. "Yeah, okay, you go, I'll catch up," Pyrrha said as she curled up in a little ball nearby the bed. With that Jaune promptly exited the room, giving Pyrrha her privacy and began his trek to the cafeteria.
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In a warehouse deep inside Vale's harbor, Roman Torchwick was inside his quarters, enjoying a sandwich he made himself. He was on his scroll reading any news regarding himself. He always found it humorous to read other peoples thoughts on him and his actions.
He was about to open another article but was interrupted when a short pink and brown-haired girl suddenly appeared in the room after he blinked. This scared the crap out of the infamous criminal, however, he held his tongue.
"Neo, so nice of you to suddenly drop in, like usual," Roman said as he stood up from his chair, leaving the girl to smirk while leaning against the table. As he walked over to the corner of the room, he placed what was left of his sandwich in the bin.
"Now, since I'm assuming you have nothing to do," Roman said as he walked over to his desk, "I have an assignment for you," Roman said as he reached into one of his desk's drawers and pulled out a photo. "Now, what I need you to do is-" Roman started as he turned around as to find the smaller woman already directly before him, "For the love of Oum Neo, I've told you not to do that," Roman said with a sigh.
"Anyway, I need you to find this boy and bring him back to me, unharmed," Roman said with emphasis on the last word.
Neo took the photo from Roman's hand and simply stared at it.
Never before had she seen a boy look so hot to her. He looked, so pure, untouched, and most importantly, breakable. As she stared at the photo, a plan soon began to grow but decided to hide it for now.
Neo looked up at her orange-haired employer with a questioning look, asking him who the boy is.
"That is Jaune Arc, Cinder wants him for some reason. Maybe she just wants a boy toy, from the looks of that kid he couldn't even hurt a fly," Roman said as he leaned against his desk.
"Either way, don't worry about that, just bring him back here unharmed. Now, get out of here, make yourself useful," Roman snapped as he turned himself and looked back at his desk. This made Neo glare at the criminal, however, she restrained herself and simply used her semblance and vanished.
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A few minutes after Jaune had left the infirmary, team RWBY came walking in to confront their blond love interest.
"One more time, I'll go over the plan," Ruby said with a lower voice to get her teams attention. "We go in, get Jaune out of that room, take him back to ours and explain things, understood?" Ruby asked her team, be sure to make eye contact with each member.
"Yes," They all responded.
At that point, they made it to Jaune's assigned hospital room. Ruby knocked on the door before opening, hoping to catch the blond still in bed.
"Hey, Jaune, how are you feeling?" Ruby asked as she opened the door, however, she as the door finished opening, she saw Pyrrha getting changed. Surprised by this the remaining members of RWBY walked in, looking around for Jaune.
As Blake and Yang saw Pyrrha instead of Jaune there, they immediately tensed up, almost ready to attack. Before things could escalate, however, Weiss put a hand on both of their arms, signaling for them to calm down, or be removed. They both complied, eventually.
"Oh, hello Ruby, how are you today?" Pyrrha asked with a happy and absolutely glowing smile.
"I'm okay, but what are you doing here? Where's Jaune?" Ruby asked as she walked further into the room.
"Oh, yes, Jaune went out for a bit, he said he had something he needed to think on. What do you four need him for?" Pyrrha asked looking back at the rest of RWBY.
"Why? Did something happen last night?" Blake asked as she stepped forward.
Pyrrha looked up at Blake with a concerned look, debating in her mind whether or not to tell them about the events that took place the previous night. After a moment of thought, she decided to bring them into the loop.
"Last night, someone snuck into our room through the window," Pyrrha started, earning gasps and wide-eyed looks from the members of team RWBY. "I did not notice this because I was fast asleep, but Jaune was apparently awake at the time because one moment he was beside me, the next he was fighting with someone," Pyrrha continued.
"Did you see who it was?" Blake asked with a worried look, internally praying she did not recognize that it was her.
"No, I was still waking up, I fell out of my bed and was still shook from that," Pyrrha said as she put a hand over her face, showing disappointment in herself.
"When I was finally able to regain myself, Jaune had been knocked out and the attacker had fled through the window," Pyrrha said, finishing the story.
"That's one hell of a story P-Money, but why would anyone want to attack Jaune, other than those girls who took him before. Why would they want to take him one minute and kill him the next?" Yang asked stepping forward slightly.
"That's the thing, they weren't after him. Jaune says that they were after me," Pyrrha said looking up at Yang with an annoyed look on her face.
"What? Why? What did you do to them?" Weiss asked as she looked back and forth between her and Yang.
Pyrrha sighed at this and began to walk over to the window, only to turn back around and lean against the edge of the window frame. "I haven't told anyone this, not even Jaune, but a few nights ago, one of those girls visited me while I was recovering from their initial attack," Pyrrha said as she struggled to make eye contact with any member of team RWBY.
"Why haven't you told anyone? That's a huge thing, and I'm pretty sure Jaune would like to know," Blake said looking at Pyrrha with concern.
"I didn't want to worry him, he already had enough going on after being held by that girl from before, and with everything that has happened and that has just happened, I don't think he could handle anymore," Pyrrha said as she walked back towards her friends.
"Please don't tell him what I've told you, he does not need this hanging over his head," Pyrrha almost begged the girls.
"Don't worry Pyrrha, your secret is safe with us," Weiss said with a reassuring smile.
"Thank you, Weiss," Pyrrha thanked her with a small bow of her head.
"Well, we'll get out of your way! See you later Pyrrha!" Ruby said as she walked out the door. "Yes, I'll see you later Ruby!" Pyrrha waved as the door was closed.
As the group walked down the hall out of the infirmary, all four of the girls began to panic all in silence until Ruby broke it. "Find him," Ruby said, making the girls all look to her. "Spread out and find him, now! Spread out throughout the school and meet at the docks, now, move!" Ruby almost yelled as the four of them shot off in different directions.
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The clock has almost struck 8 as a bullhead docked at the port, bringing in a few exchange students from Haven Academy. As the bullhead doors opened, three people stepped out, revealing themselves.
The first was a tall slim man, with grey hair, the second a girl with emerald coloured hair and lastly, a slim figured woman with pitch black hair.
"So, we're here, now what?" Mercury asked as she stepped off of the bullhead and began walking down the platform towards the courtyard.
"There are many things that need doing Mercury, that being said, we have to find Jaune Arc. Once we find him and deal with him, we can move on to our larger objectives," Cinder said as she walked past Emerald and Mercury.
After a few further steps, she turned back around to look at the two of them, "For now fan out, learn the premises and find Jaune, when you do, contact me and we will rendezvous at that location. I warn you, however, do not engage him," Cinder said being sure to look at them both when she says this, especially Mercury.
"Yes, ma'am," Emerald said as she began to walk away, leaving only Cinder and Mercury.
"Mercury, while I do believe you can locate the boy, I want to make myself vividly clear on one thing," Cinder said as she walked towards him.
"Yeah boss, what is it?" Mercury said as he looked at her as she approached him. As she got close enough, she put a hand on his shoulder.
"I want you to understand that if you disobey me and harm him in absolutely any way, you will be in the same state as your father. So, I need you to stow your pride and your ridiculous arrogance and do exactly what I say. Is that clear dearest Mercury?" Cinder said as she began to clench down on his shoulder, digging her nails into him and adding a bit of fire to her hand to heat up his shoulder, making him wince in a slight amount of pain.
"Yes, ma'am. Crystal clear," Mercury said as he did his best to hide his pain.
This put a wicked smile on Cinder's face as her one revealed eye began to glow. "Very good, now run along," Cinder said as the moment she let him go, Mercury bolted away to find the blond.
It won't be long now my love, soon you will be in my grasp, and nothing will separate us ever again, Cinder thought to herself as she began walking towards the school with a smile on her face.
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In the school cafeteria, Jaune sits on a bench on the far-left side of the cafeteria, attempting to hide from others, leaving him alone to his thoughts.
As Jaune sat on the bench, he simply stirred his cereal with his spoon, wondering about his next actions.
"Blake… What are you doing?" Jaune spoke softly as he continued to remember what happened the previous night.
I know that there are four different people after me, one of them being Blake. If I spoke to Blake, maybe she would tell me who they are, but if she didn't then they would have to be people close to her. But, Blake keeps to herself almost all the time, she never does anything with anyone except… Oh, no. Please, no, oh Oum. Jaune thought to himself as realization crashed into him.
"It's all of team RWBY," Jaune whispered to himself. Oh, this can not be happening, Jaune thought to himself he ran his hands through his hair, grasping at the blond locks in a frustrated fashion.
That means that all these months, they've been around me this entire time. They've always been following me. This also explains how they all work together so easily, they're already a team, Jaune thought to himself as his head finally fell and hit the table beside his cereal.
What did I do to make them all come after me like this, I thought we were all friends. I didn't think them capable of all of this, first taking me captive, putting Pyrrha in the hospital. What is to gain from all of this? Why is this happening to me? Jaune screamed in his head.
"Why is this happening to me?" Jaune said with his head still down.
"Why is what happening to you Jaune?" a voice said from above Jaune, making him jump in surprise.
He looked up to see the face of Winter Schnee standing above him, looking down at him with a concerned look on her face. "Are you alright Jaune? You look awfully worried about something," Winter said as she sat down across from him at the table.
Jaune sat there, wondering if he should tell Winter what he had discovered the previous night. He figured that Winter would help him, but he had no proof, at this point so he would just be pointing fingers. He decided to withhold the information for now until he could support his claim.
"I'm alright Winter, I'm just, um… concerned about an assignment in combat class I have coming up, it's going to be tough," Jaune said wearing his trademark smile. This did not convince Winter, she had been made aware of his efforts to conceal his issues in the past and because of this, Winter was now completely sure something was wrong.
"Jaune, you are not fine, don't lie to me," Winter said with a cold voice as she sat down across from him, not breaking eye contact while she took her seat.
"You are a poor liar Jaune, I know this isn't just about the attack last night. Now please, tell me what is wrong," Winter pressed again, trying to squeeze the blond for information.
Jaune looked visibly intimidated by the older Schnee sister's questioning of him. He wanted to tell her about Blake attacking Pyrrha last night. He wanted to tell her everything Blake was now apparently involved in, but he simply couldn't.
He simply opened his mouth to try to form a strong enough lie that Winter would believe, however, before he did, a slenderly figured woman in a red dress with orange highlights walked over to Winter and put a hand on her shoulder.
"If the man does not want to tell you anything, I believe you should let it go, he has rights you know Ms. Schnee," Cinder said as she looked down at Winter.
"I'm sorry, who are you?" Winter asked before brushing Cinder's hand off her shoulder while looking at her dead in the eyes.
Cinder smirked at the defiant look in Winter's eyes, she looked forward to one day breaking that defiance, however, at the moment, she simply walked over to Jaune's side of the table and sat beside him.
"I am a new transfer student from Haven Academy, my name is Cinder Fall," Cinder said as she looked at Jaune with predatory eyes, making him blush and quickly turn his head away, only making Cinder smirk even more.
This infuriated Winter. Seeing some new bitch suddenly come up and begin to flirt with her Jaune right in front of her completely filled her with rage.
"While it was nice to meet you Cinder, I do believe that we were having a conversation," Winter said gesturing to Jaune who still had a blush on his face.
"I saw and it appeared that… I'm sorry, your name is?" Cinder asked while putting a hand on Jaune's chin, making him turn towards her. As soon as Jaune made eye contact he swore he saw eyes to fear, his instincts told him to flee immediately, he knew this woman was dangerous, but still so beautiful. "M-My name is J-Jaune Arc," he said as he turned his head quickly back away from Cinder.
As Cinder began to slightly smile she turned her attention back to Winter. "As I was saying it would appear that Jaune does not want to speak with you anymore," Cinder said as she leaned forward slightly in Winter's direction.
"I don't believe he said anything like that, so how would you know? You just walked in here acting like you know everything, now I suggest you leave now," Winter said as she turned her attention back to Jaune.
"Now, Jaune, I will ask you one last time. What. Is. Wrong?" Winter said with a highly strong voice and a cold look in her eyes as she glared at the blond knight.
Winter then heard Jaune mumble, but she didn't hear what he said. "I'm sorry, what Jaune?" Winter said as she leaned forward to hear what he was saying.
"Please, not now Winter," Jaune said softly, but just enough for Winter to hear what he said.
Hearing this, Winter almost froze in place. "Pardon me?" she asked in a shaken and angry tone as she looked at Jaune with dead eyes.
"I said not now, I will tell you later, I'm just not comfortable telling you now," Jaune said as he refused to make eye contact with Winter.
Winter was shocked, she did not expect this. Why was he acting like this? Does he not love me? Did I do something wrong? Does he hate me? What did I do? Winter shouted in her head, he thoughts racing until she looked over at Cinder who was wearing a slight smirk.
Winter's glare soon fixed in on this new woman, No, this is all her, she is manipulating him, I'll make her pay, I'll get her for possessing my Jaune. Only I can touch him, he's mine! Winter finished her thoughts.
She realized that she would need to think of a way to get back at this girl, so she decided to strategically retreat for now.
"Very well then Jaune, but this conversation is definitely not over," Winter said as she stood up and left with an agitated look on her face. This made Cinder smile greatly, finally, she was alone with Jaune.
She was so excited she was almost beaming, finally, she was alone with him. At last, now to get to work, Cinder thought to herself as she looked back at Jaune, however, when she looked at him he was wearing a pained expression.
"Jaune?" Cinder asked, looking at him with concern. He looked at her, put on a defeated smile and looked back down at the table. "I'm sorry, I'm just not feeling all that great right now," Jaune said as he maintained eye contact with the table.
"Do you want to talk about it? Sometimes a new perspective can help," Cinder said as she put a hand on his shoulder.
He looked up at the woman with her amber eyes and considered her offer. "Yeah, maybe," he said still thinking.
Cinder looked at him while thinking of ways to get him out of this when an idea found its way into her head. She pulled out her scroll and told Mercury and Emerald to meet her at the docks and to stay out of sight of Jaune.
As Jaune was still considering telling Cinder he was pulled from his thoughts as Cinder took his arm between hers and lifted him up from his seat and pulled him towards the exit.
"C-Cinder?" Jaune said as she continued to drag him out of the cafeteria, "What are you doing?" Jaune asked, unaware of how the male populace in the cafeteria was staring at him with a mix of jealousy and rage.
"I'm taking you out," Cinder said as she pulled him along, keeping his wrist in a vice-grip around her hand. It shocked the blond how strong she was, even though she looked so fragile.
"U-Uh, why?" Jaune asked as he tried to pull out from her grip, only to have no success whatsoever. Until she stopped and threw him against the door to the cafeteria, making him slightly wince in pain.
Seeing this, the entire cafeteria went silent as they all pulled out their scrolls and began recording this.
As Jaune looked back up he saw Cinder stalking over towards him, her eyes burning with ferocity. He felt as though he was nothing in comparison to her. His heart was racing a mile a minute. He was looking around for a way to escape this girl but found nothing.
He tried to think of a way out until he was shoved from his thoughts as Cinder slammed a hand right past his face and onto the door. This left barely any room between the two of them.
She leaned in closer to his face, making sure to never break eye contact with the now extremely nervous blond knight.
"I am taking you out because I feel that you need it. We will go out, we will have fun because that's what I want you to do. You will learn soon Jaune, that I always get what I want. Is. That. Clear?" Cinder said as she leaned in even closer, barely leaving a hair of room between the two as her eyes began to glow.
Jaune could barely say anything except nod slightly. Cinder smirked at this, showing that she had achieved dominance. She slowly pulled away from Jaune, her eyes going back to their normal, calm amber.
"Excellent, now, let's go," Cinder said as she once again took Jaune by the wrist and pulled him along out of the cafeteria.
The entire cafeteria was silent as the two of them left. The second the door closed they all immediately began sharing the videos they all took.
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Blake continued to patrol the school, searching for the blond knight, but still with no success. However, while walking through the classroom wing she spotted Winter turning a corner.
"Winter!" Blake called as she sped up while walking towards her teammates older sister.
"Yes, Blake, how may I help you?" Winter asked as she looked down at the black-haired faunus.
"I was wondering if you've seen Jaune, the team and I have been looking for him all morning with no luck," she said as she looked up at the elder Schnee with worried eyes.
"Well, I was with him earlier at breakfast. That was until this one bitch in some skimpy red dress came up and forced me away from him," Winter said with a scowl.
"Do you think they're still in the cafeteria?" Blake asked now with an angered expression on her face.
"It's possible, I'm not certain," Winter said about to continue her thoughts until she heard Blake's scroll ring.
As she checked the device, it was a message from Yang. Attached was a video.
Blake opened it and saw the woman in the red dress, Cinder, and Jaune in the cafeteria. The video contained the incident that had transpired involving Cinder dragging Jaune away.
Seeing this Blake almost broke her scroll. Her cat ears stood tall in pure rage.
Winter was not in a better position as her eyes dulled as she pulled out her weapon.
Following that message, Yang sent another text reading 'Meet us at the docks, now!'.
After reading that the pair ran as fast as they could towards the academy docks.
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Jaune and Cinder are walking through the courtyard side by side. While Cinder had stopped dragging Jaune, she still kept his arm locked between one of hers, keeping it close to her.
"You still haven't said anything since we started walking. I can help you Jaune," Cinder cooed as she put a put her hand on Jaune's arm, trying to get answers out of him.
The blond blushed at this.
Releasing a sigh, he gave up.
"Cinder, have you ever been faced with a huge revelation? One that not only affects you but affects those you have held dear for a long time? One that makes it impossible to make things go back to the way they were before?" Jaune asked Cinder looking down at the ground, refusing to make eye contact with her.
"Of course, I have Jaune, that's simply a part of life. A cruel part, but one nonetheless, however, when it did happen, I ensured that things ended in a way I could handle," Cinder said as she kept Jaune moving.
"What if that can't happen in this case? What if in this case, nothing can be the same?" Jaune asked as he looked up at Cinder, tears beginning to well up in his eyes. "What if you learned that the people you thought were your greatest friends, turned out to be those behind all that you are troubled with?" Jaune asked as he wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Would you be able to look at them the same?" Jaune asked as he looked at Cinder directly in the eyes.
Before Cinder could answer Jaune saw five people running in his direction.
"Jaune!" yelled the five girls. As Jaune's eyes focused in on them, he saw Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Winter all sprinting towards him at full speed. One thing caught his eye as he saw Blake and Winter with their weapons drawn.
As he noticed this his eyes widened and he began to shake. Cinder took notice of this, glaring back at the oncoming girls.
Quickly she pulled Jaune onto the bullhead and told the pilot to take off quickly and take them to Vale, to which the pilot obliged. As Cinder walked back to the seating area, she saw Jaune sitting down looking out the window as he watched his pursuers run into the bullhead directly behind them.
Cinder soon took a seat beside Jaune. As she looked across the seating area, she saw Emerald and Mercury already there. Emerald nodded at her superior, while Mercury did not make eye contact as he kept his eyes on the window.
As Cinder looked back at Jaune she heard him mumbling under his breath, worrying the amber-eyed woman.
"Jaune? Are you alright?" Cinder asked while Cinder put a hand on his shoulder. Surprised when he shook it off.
"I'm sorry Cinder, because of me you're a target now too," Jaune said as his hands cupped his face, covering his eyes.
"Target of what? You should know I can handle myself quite well," Cinder said in a proud voice.
Jaune didn't say anything after that as the bullhead set onto the ground. The doors then opened, revealing the Vale docks.
Jaune stood up quickly and began to walk off of the bullhead. After a few moments of being off the bullhead alongside Cinder, Jaune felt an arm grab his shoulder, knowing it was not Cinder, he slowly turned around to find Yang grasping him quite tightly.
"Hey there, Vomit-Boy," Yang said with a wide smile. Jaune gulped slightly at this.
"H-Hey Yang, s-so, what are you guys doing out here in Vale this f-fine morning?" Jaune asked, trying to create an opening for him to escape Yang's grasp.
Yang noticed Jaune's intention to escape, so she simply tightened her grip on the blond knight, making him wince in pain slightly.
"Oh, you know, we're just having a girl's day out. We're going to have loads of fun, you should come with us Jaune, I promise it'll be an unforgettable day," Yang said leaning in towards Jaune's shaking form.
"Yeah, come on Jaune, it'll be great," Ruby said as she grabbed his left hand, trying to pull him along. The second Jaune looked into her eyes, his blood ran cold. Ruby's silver eyes were devoid of any life, they simply looked like marbles. The longer he looked, the closer he was to simply breaking down.
Cinder, however, was done being ignored. She walked up behind Jaune, grabbed his unoccupied arm and pulled him away from the two sisters.
"Sorry, but Jaune and I have plans today, now get out of here," Cinder said as she turned with Jaune in tow and began to walk the opposite direction.
As she walked a few steps she felt two blades across her neck. Blake and Weiss had stepped forward and crossed their weapons before Cinder, only annoying the woman.
"I don't think that Jaune wants to or should hang out with such a vulgar woman such as yourself, wouldn't you agree Blake?" Weiss said, putting on her professional façade.
"Yes, Weiss, Jaune would be in better hands with us than this bitch, I can smell the skank on her from here," Blake continued as she pushed the blade further into Cinder's throat.
Cinder simply stood there with an annoyed expression on her face. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," Cinder said softly as she released Jaune's arm and pushed him forward.
"And why not?" Weiss asked Cinder. She was about to continue her statement, but before she could Cinder had disappeared. Before Weiss and Blake could regain their bearings, their weapons were knocked from their hands as Cinder suddenly returned to sight holding them.
"Because I don't believe you would want to fight me at this point in time," Cinder said with a grin as she threw the weapons onto the ground before her.
This infuriated Weiss and Blake and made Yang, Ruby, and Winter draw their weapons as they stared intensely at Cinder.
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Neo was seated on the edge of a building not too far from the docks where Jaune, Cinder, Winter and team RWBY were at the moment. She was currently surveying the city, hoping to find the scraggly blond knight.
As she turned her head from the city and looked down towards the docks, she saw a small group of people. Grabbing her binoculars, she looked closer and saw Cinder, making her roll her eyes. However, as she turned her head slightly, she saw standing behind her, Jaune.
Seeing the blond her eyes widened with glee. To double-check, however, she grabbed the photo Roman gave her. Quickly seeing it is a match she dropped the binoculars and jumped off of the roof and dove towards the ground.
Before she made contact with the ground, she disappeared into thin air.
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"What? You want a fight?" Cinder asked as she put her hands up, ready to throw down with the people before her.
"This is your last warning, give us Jaune and leave now, or we will take you down!" Winter said as she pointed her sword towards Cinder, making the black-haired woman smirk.
Jaune finally sick of being a bystander, began to walk forward, trying to stop the scene. "Guys, stop! You don't need to- " Jaune began before a hand covered his mouth and nose. In the hand was a cloth with chemicals on it which soon knocked him out cold.
The group of girls looked at the multicolored girls standing before them holding Jaune in her arms, rubbing her face against his unconscious form with a crazed smile on her face.
"Neo?" Cinder whispered under her breath as she watched the ice cream girl grin back at her.
"NO!" Ruby yelled as she used her semblance to shoot herself forward. Seeing this, Neo's eyes widened in glee as a huge smile crossed her face.
All the other girls shot themselves towards the miniature girl, hoping to grab their blond love interest before she could escape.
The second Ruby made contact with her body, Neo's body shattered, leaving a mess of glass all around them. The shattered image being that of Neo holding Jaune close to her with a nasty smile on her face.
Realizing that they were gone, Winter and RWBY all screamed into the morning air, unbelievably aggravated at this. While they vented their frustrations, Cinder was seething at the betrayal Neo had just displayed by stealing Jaune from her.
I swear, when I find that girl, I am going to burn her alive. I will leave her on the brink of death before I heal her, only to inflict that same pain, over and over, and over, and over again until I feel satisfied. Only then will I allow her to be released into the afterlife¸ Cinder screamed in her head, plotting Neo's demise.
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Well that wraps up the first chapter in Neo's arc, this one will most likely be a shorter arc because of it being revolved around a single character, but I will do my best to make it enjoyable nonetheless!
Sorry about the long wait between this and last chapter, I've been busy as hell, I've got an exam even tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure I've got it in the bag so I though I would finish up this chapter.
During the time I spent away from this fic, I have been thinking of starting another fic. It would still be RWBY, but it would be Jaune and Salem centric. It would be a dark fic, with Jaune being betrayed by the Beacon crew and Salem taking him in and all that. Nothing new, but something I would enjoy writing. I may start that up at some point, but I think I'll stick with Nightly Visits for now.
Another thing, I am thinking of asking for a beta, I don't know how I go about doing that, but it shouldn't be too hard. I just want someone who can make sure everything is alright in terms of grammar and story. You know, Beta needs xD.
And lastly, I have sent in a request for an AO3 account, so I should be able to make it around the 21st of February. When I am able to secure the account, I'll let you guys know about it, you'll be able to find the fic under the same name, so that should make things a bit easier.
Anyways guys, once again, thanks for reading, and stay fresh!