I figured that I should answer Sandmanwake's comment here, in this world unlocking a person's aura is only done if they are training to become a hunter, it's considered illegal to unlock someone's aura without the express permission of the council, of course this does not stop some from unlocking Aura's for any matter of issues it's just considered unwise, this is why Jaune in cannon did not have his aura unlocked as his parents saw that he was not fit for combat so they never enrolled him in a combat school. Plus this goes on with the notion that Atlas is a very militaristic kingdom.
Of course all of this is not cannon it's just my own way of interpreting things that are left unsaid, and to me it makes a certain amount of sense you don't make that kind of power readily available to everyone.
Hopefully that covers it for now, of course I am willing to answer any questions about the mechanics of the story, although I will be vague as possible if you ask me about plot.
God this was long onto the story!
[This is a disclaimer, I do not own Rwby or anything else I write about!]
The market is bustling and vibrant with people hawking their wares left and right, the crowd is enormous as it has just reached rush hour for this district but there are currently two individuals that do not have to deal with the pushy crowd. The first is a lanky teen with bright blonde hair, the second is a man that is releasing an unconscious feeling of dread so the civilians go out of their way to avoid him.
"Harry! Where are we going? You said that we are going to unlock my Aura but how?" Jaune tries to get relevant information from Harry but this generally does not work out for him, most of the time this time not being one of them as Harry pauses briefly.
"Where else Jaune? We are going to enroll you in a combat school." Harry states innocently, of course this response earns a shocked look from Jaune.
"Wait! What did you just say? I must of misheard because I could have sworn you said you were enrolling me in a combat school." Jaune stares at Harry with a look filled with confusion and dread.
Harry merely stares at Jaune for an agonizing amount of time before responding. "I'm afraid you did not hear wrong Jaune, I did in fact say I was enrolling you in a combat school." Harry replies blandly as if his statement was not the most ridiculous thing in the world to Jaune.
"And why would you do that? I could kick the ass of anyone attending those academies six ways to Sunday, they are just kids Harry." Jaune voices out his opinion.
Once again Harry just stares at him before motioning Jaune to follow him, of course he does but not without a little amount of hesitance. "And you're not one? Listen Jaune there are a thousand reasons I can think of for you attending a Hunter school, must you question me on this? Why can't you just trust me." Harry responds with exasperation, after wards his just travels through the crowd.
"Oh I dunno, maybe it's because the last time I trusted you I woke up as a donkey and you refused to change me back for a whole day! Now tell me why you're enrolling me." Jaune's anger leaks into his voice which only amuses our immortal wizard.
"To be fair you did try to put a squirrel in my sock drawer the day before." Harry replies mirth clearly dancing in his eyes, naturally he just straight out avoided the question.
"That's not the point! Harry I am being serious tell me!" Jaune shouts out, he immediately covers his mouth and looks at the crowd in embarrassment only to notice that no one is looking in their direction, a simple murmur of Magic from Harry answers Jaune's questioning look.
Harry sighs in frustration before speaking."Fine If you must know, I think you need friends your own age Jaune. You can't spend all your life hanging out with really old men Jaune, naturally this solves our Aura problem you can finally learn how to use that power." Harry's voice rings out with sincerity.
Jaune gives Harry a look of indignation before opening his mouth." That's so not fair I have friends there's." Jaune started to think strongly about his interactions with his peers but he just sighed in defeat in the end.
"Alright fine I don't have any friends, but I can make friends at my own school do I really need to go." Jaune pleads already giving up on winning the argument through logic.
"Nah, you really need your Aura unlocked now. Remember our talk about capital and political power, we are going to need your Aura to start off there." Harry gives Jaune a heavy look making sure he remembers his own goals.
Jaune just nods in defeat, honestly he already gave up when Harry mentioned his need to learn how to use his Aura."Alright fine, I'll go. Can you at least tell me where I'm heading? I would like to not be completely blind sided by this. " Jaune responds and begins to match Harry's pace instead of just following his mentor.
"Atlas cadet academy, honestly I would rather you be in the kingdom of Atlas for the coming years if you really want to change things for the Faunus we need to set some things into motion." Harry just shrugs and motions for Jaune to continue following, completely ignoring Jaune's shocked look.
"Then why are we in Hyades and not Atlas? Isn't the academy located there?" Jaune's question only earns him an embarrassed look from Harry.
"I have never been to Atlas, so I can't apparate there but there is a testing center here to see if you qualify to become a hunter in training." Harry shrugs again and enters a building with Jaune following closely behind.
The building they entered is a sleek four stories building painted a bright white. The lobby of the building is nothing shocking, it's painted a relaxing peach and is filled with seats ridden with nervous teens and anxious parents. A pale lavender haired woman sits behind a counter typing away clearly busy, still when Harry and Jaune approach she smiles briefly.
"Hello and welcome to the Atlas outreach center, can you tell me the name of the applicant? Oh and make sure to take a number before sitting." The woman's voice drones on in a clearly rehearsed line, still she manages to smile with some genuine emotion.
"Of course, I am here to register one Jaune Arc for Atlas cadet academy." Harry responds brightly, the woman types out the name with ease before stopping in shock.
"Sorry, sir did you just say A-Arc?" The woman's tone changes immensely it's filled with panic.
"Yeah, name's Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you." Jaune decided to introduce himself already used to this type of behaviour, the woman's eyes bulge out in recognition before going back to typing rather quickly.
"Alright, your information has now been registered, please take a number and a seat." The woman absent mindedly squeaks out before calling someone clearly still nervous.
Jaune just nods and takes a number before following Harry towards the seats, trying his best to ignore the panic filled call and the sudden silence of the lobby. Harry motions to two seats that are free, more importantly there are no other people in the secluded corner.
Jaune sinks into the seat, while Harry calmly sits into his own chair." Well I can't say that was entirely unexpected, still you have seven older siblings Jaune why is everyone so shocked." Harry's calm voice breaks the silence but it causes the other occupants of the lobby to whisper and chat in hushed voices.
Jaune sighs from his relaxed position before responding. "To the kingdom of Atlas my family is filled with countless strong hunters, but not a single one has ever signed up to Atlas academy. Mostly because we don't support the lack luster stance Atlas has towards Faunus, how the heck did you convince my parents to send me there by the way?" Jaune responds quietly.
"Oh that, I just said I was signing you up for a hunter academy I never said anything about Atlas." Harry states nonchalantly, trying his best to ignore Jaune's groan.
"Do you think they will be angry when they find out?" Harry questions, Jaune is about to respond but he is interrupted by his number being called. This of course causes him a brief moment of confusion as they only just sat down moments ago, still seeing no reason to delay he heads to the counter.
"Ah, Mr. Arc would you head up to the third floor. Just one moment I'll get the elevator for you." The woman scrambles to go press the button, but Jaune just sighs and goes to the stairs clearly not wanting to deal with this situation.
While marching up the stairs the silence between Harry and Jaune is only broken by their heavy foot falls. "Well I can see why you hate it when you go to the city, is it always like this?" Harry breaks the silence clearly not caring.
Jaune sighs again, already feeling that today is going to be draining. "No it's not always like this, sometimes it's the reverse with people challenging me and pushing me until I snap, other times there is no difference I live for those moments." Jaune explains with a look of longing, Harry just nods with an understanding look.
With Jaune's response they fall into silence again as Harry got his answer, while Jaune just does not want to talk about anything. They make it to the third floor relatively quickly and open the door, the sight that greets them is a vast and open area with padded floors and with two large windows peering over the city. Standing in the center of the room is a uniformed middle aged man with graying hair, his uniform is slightly dishevelled almost as if he just put the thing on.
Hearing the door being opened the man brightens slightly but tries to appear stern, this earns him a slight smile from Jaune. "Mr. Arc I presume." The man's voice rolls out in a heavy and even tone, clearly light years above the reception he got downstairs.
Jaune just nods slightly not really seeing the point of speaking further. "We'll get to it boy, I don't have all day." The man's states and motions Jaune forward, of course Jaune does just that.
"Now usually the applicant would have to go through three phases before passing, the first one being a measure of physical fitness, the second being a skill test in weapon handling and the final one being a simple sparring match between peers." The man's voice continues to drone on but Jaune starts to tune it out.
"Of course this case is anything but normal, it was decided that putting you against a fellow hunter in training would have been a bad idea. So it was decided that I would gauge your martial prowess." The man motions for Jaune to stand in an area ten feet from him.
"My name is Herald Locket and I shall be the protector for your test." Herald bows briefly in courtesy before taking out a sword and readying himself.
Jaune returns the bow before reaching into his sweater before freezing, he then sighs and readies to fight unarmed this of course earns him a look of curiosity from Herald.
"I suggest you take me seriously Mr. Arc." Heralds statement only earns him a shrug from our blonde hero, this of course irritates the seasoned professional.
"Well don't say I didn't warn you later Mr. Arc." Herald charges at Jaune with the speed of a Lion, of course Jaune does not even blink merely sidestepping the pointed tip of the blade.
A brief look of respect flashes in Herald's eyes before he increases the speed of his blows slowly, with each sidestep the blade goes just a bit faster. After a couple moments the blade starts to blur at speeds rivaling a bullet, still Jaune manages to dodge the blade with the same relaxed side step.
The blade flashes once more before cutting off a single strand of hair, this seems to satisfy Herald as he stops his assault briefly. "Alright Mr. Arc I think I got a feel for your dodging capabilities, now it's time to hit me. You can't win a fight by just dodging after all." Herald's statement causes Jaune to pause before nodding.
Jaune flies at the proctor with speeds rivalling the man previous display before unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks, of course the man dodges but he does not manage to dodge one hit completely as Jaune clips his shoulder. The hit's causes a slight feeling of numbness in Herald's shoulder, which is rather impressive as his Aura absorbed the majority of the hit. The respect in Herald's eyes increase ever so slightly before a kick managed to hit him straight in the stomach. The blow knocks the breath out of Herald's lungs and the middle aged general skids back a few feet the man's eyes widen briefly as another kick comes flying at his face, of course being the experienced man that he is he blocks it and blurs away in a impressive display of speed.
"Enough Mr. Arc, I think I know how strong you are. It's well above passing level you're welcome in Atlas's cadet academy." Herald's voice causes Jaune to stop his charge.
"I must say the Arc family training regime for children must be rather impressive." Herald muses idly not noticing Jaune about to interrupt, luckily for all parties involved Harry sends a glare at Jaune to get him to shut up.
"Ah where are my manners, you must be excited to be registered. Come with me and I'll bring you back to the reception to fill out the rest of the forms, in the meantime I'll ask some simple ones." Herald smiles at Jaune and motions for him to follow him.
"Now question one, Do you have your Aura unlocked? I must say that one is rather easy." Herald chirps out as he hits a button on his scroll.
"No." Short sweet and simply but Jaune's response causes the older man to freeze mid step.
"No? What do you mean Jaune, I haven't even gotten to the next question." Herald states with large amount of confusion.
"I meant I do not have my Aura unlocked." Jaune's dead panned response causes Herald to go slack jawed.
"You can't be serious!? Are you telling me you fought like that and you don't even have your aura unlocked!? I know the Arc family is strong but that is just ridiculous." Herald's once calm and even tone is replaced with amazement and shock.
"I don't know what else to say, my Aura has not been unlocked yet." Jaune responds blandly but his eye's started to dance in amusement.
Herald just starts to mumble to himself in an unintelligible mess, Jaune gives him a couple of seconds but Herald just continues to mumble so Jaune starts to poke him. "Herald, I am starting to get a little worried here." Jaune states in complete honesty.
Jaune's voice seems to have knocked the man out of his trance as Herald suddenly looks at Jaune with a glint in his eyes. "If that's the case then we need to fix that, I am about to unlock your Aura is that alright?" Herald questions, Jaune just nods as Herald's hand reach his shoulder.
Herald's hand suddenly starts to glow a vivid blue."For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee." Herald finished the pack with zeal only to drop to his knees in exhaustion.
"Well Mr. Arc, I must say that the amount of Aura you have far exceeded my expectations." Herald mummers out as he pants.
Jaune would have responded but he was too busy staring at his glowing silver hands and the feeling that came with this mysterious power. If Magic felt like he was complete than Aura felt as if he was made anew.
"How does it feel Jaune?" Harry asks with curiosity soaking his every word, his only response was a feral grin from Jaune.
[This is a disclaimer, I do not own RWBY or anything else I write about.]
Okay that's it for now, ah wait there is another issue. I am both filled with dread and excitement over this issue, this issue being the ship that is going to sail. Yup I am talking about the pairing, now this is a fair distance away but I feel like I should mention it now.
Now personally I am a White Knight shipper, but I am open to ideas.
Who should it be? Ruby,Yang,Weiss,Blake,Prryha or the ever popular harem route?
Review, or Pm about what you think.