Ruby wasn't sure what had happened. She had stopped a robbery and then this really stern looking Huntress appeared with a bunch of police and she was hauled off to the police station and now she was stuck in some featureless room being told to wait and someone would be along to take her statement shortly.
"Hello? Have you forgotten I was in here?" Ruby had grown tired of waiting and was going to peek her head out the door only to find the door to be locked from the outside. she attempted knocking but if anyone heard the noise they didn't seem inclined to do anything about it. Sighing Ruby took her seat again and waited in boredom wishing whoever was coming to take her statement would hurry up.
Outside the room staring through a one-way window Taiyang looked at his youngest daughter. "I understand what you're saying Ozpin and I honestly cannot deny that Beacon would be a better fit for Ruby than Signal, but still I'm allowed to be a concerned parent alright!"
"Understandably, but that does not answer my question will you allow young Ms. Rose this opportunity to attend Beacon? Her school record show she more than meets the criteria we allow students to attend and from your own accounts now that her sister and Mr. Arc have left Signal she has no really peer when it comes to combat." Ozpin also watched the young girl, he never gave her more than passing interest before only learning tonight that she wielded a weapon similar to her uncle and that said uncle had actually personally taught her. Ozpin felt foolish, how many times had he talked to Qrow and the man had mentioned training Ruby and he never learned the weapon the young women used. Though to be fair with her size and stature the fact she used such a large unwieldy weapon was a strange thought itself.
"I'm not against it Ozpin, Ruby can attend Beacon, as you have pointed out keeping her at Signal would do her no good and personally I will be glad to know that Yang will be able to keep an eye on her there." Taiyang sighed it hurt a little bit to see Yang leave but letting Ruby go too he felt his gut twist but he knew that was just an overprotective reaction, Yang was strong confident and willful, Ruby was also strong but she lacked confidence and was well 'awkward' he hoped she would be all right.
Taiyang watched as Ozpin entered the room on the other side of the glass and listened to the conversation he finally sighed and smiled when Ruby admitted to Ozpin that she wanted to attend Beacon more than anything. That's the right answer.
Jaune felt squished, Ruby was squeezing the air out of him, it was worse since Yang was playing her part perfectly and had joined the hug glad to be reunited with her friend after a month's separation. "Air... please, air!" Jaune pleading went unnoticed for a moment longer until a Redhead appeared among their group.
"Ms. Xaio Long..." Pyrrha noticed Yang's frown. "Sorry, Yang so good to see you again!"
"You're on a first-name basis with Pyrrha Nikos!" Ruby finally letting got of Jaune to bask her sister presence.
"It's not like that Ruby, I just didn't want her to call me Ms. Xaio Long, how boring and formal does that sound." Yang said as she tried to edge away from her sister's fanatical look.
"Um, Yang your kind of ignoring Ms. Nikos maybe introduce us?" Jaune catching his breath stepped in to everyone's aid. Yang trying to get away from Ruby who was trying to get closer and Pyrrha who while smiling like always stood confused on the outside of the interaction even if she had been the cause of it.
"Oh, Right of course! Pyrrha these are Jaune Arc and Ruby Rose." Yang said gratefully now that her sister's attention was now focused on Pyrrha and trying to not embarrass herself.
"It is a pleasure to meet both of you. Are you friends of Yang's from Signal?" Pyrrha asked politely.
"Jaune is we met him a few years back. I'm actually Yang's sister, well half-sister if you want to be technical, same father different mothers." Ruby was going to say more but a hand clapped over her mouth.
"Sorry, Ruby is very excitable around new people and probably more so around famous people." Yang apologized while keeping a hand over Ruby's mouth, Yang knew that Ruby was going to make the situation awkward by saying something about their mothers and she would rather not have that conversation.
Pyrrha was laughing "Oh, no that is quite alright." Pyrrha looked at the group with a warm smile.
"So, Pyrrha? May I call you Pyrrha?" Jaune corrected himself he was unused to speaking with her before tomorrow and did not want to accidentally offend her.
"Yes Pyrrha is fine I much prefer that as Yang was blunt to point out Ms. Nikos does sound quite boring and formal." Pyrrha's eyes sparkled as the group smiled at her giving them permission to use just her first name.
Pyrrha is always Pyrrha, I'm glad you never change though I hope this time I can change your fate! "What brought you to Beacon? Mistral has a great academy as well what does Beacon have to offer you that Haven couldn't?" Jaune knew the answer but for the sake of appearances, he repeated a question he had thousands of times.
"Well it comes down to fame I suppose, in Haven I would be given special treatment and be considered better than my peers and I don't feel I deserve that, we all aspire to the same goals and ideals as huntsmen and huntress's, just because I have had opportunities others have not does not mean I am greater than them or they are any less than me. Haven would not have given me this experience of a casual conversation aboard a Bullhead talking with people who I would spend years with. No, in Haven I would arrive alone or with a teacher and I would be set apart from others my team would be influenced by powerful people in Mistral with people I don't think I could consider friends. So I made plans that my parents agreed with and that is why I am at Beacon." Pyrrha finished her explanation there had been times where her smile dimmed but it never vanished and now that she had finished speaking it shone radiantly again.
Jaune smiled the story was the same as every the context changed as normally this was a private question he would ask her after many weeks at Beacon. "Well, I'm glad you are here at Beacon I doubt Yang would find sparing class's all that fun without a real opponent."
Ruby finally broke free of her sisters grasp."What do you mean? You have to be at least as good as Yang at this point! I heard Uncle Qrow mention once how you trained with Yang all the time when no one was around." Ruby's voice vanished again as Yang got her hand back in place.
"Again, ignore Ruby she doesn't know what she's talking about." Yang struggled to keep Ruby's mouth shut.
"I...see." Pyrrha sent an amused look at the two sisters and then glanced at Jaune with a questioning look.
"Ruby only knows half the story, when I started at Signal I was lousy in a fight, Yang took pity on me and trained me in whatever spare time she had and after all this time I might be vastly improved but I doubt I could hold a candle to either Yang or yourself." Jaune lied through his teeth, the last thing he wanted was for Pyrrha to be interested in his combat abilities.
"Well if you can train with Yang after so many years I bet you are some impressive fighter yourself even if you intend to be modest about it." Pyrrha spoke as she became excited at the prospect of finding another person who might be able to give her a true fight.
Over the loud speaker, the pilot of the bullhead warned of there impending arrival at Beacon and everyone should prepare for departure.
"I must be going I need to collect my bags, see you later." Pyrrha smiled and waved as she disappeared to another part of the crowded Bullhead.
"I better go grab my things as well I'll catch up with you two in a minute." Jaune spoke his rehearsed line it wasn't guarantied but Jaune was trying to have Ruby meet Weiss naturally as she had in the past though he doubted it would succeed and if it didn't between Yang and himself they had a couple other plans to ensure the two met and hopefully would become partners. Jaune slipped into the crowd and picked up his bag he a placed in a corner in advance.
He turned and watched as the Bullheads doors opened and Yang used whatever excuse she had concocted to abandon Ruby and vanished out the door in an instant. Jaune ducked his head to hide behind the crowd when he saw Ruby begin searching for him. Come on go outside and meet Weiss. Please just do this the easy way. Jaune risked raising his head and was glad to see that Ruby had made here way out of the Bullhead though Jaune looked to where she had been standing she had forgotten her own bag in her panic to locate him. Sighing he hefted the second bag and joined the last few people filing out of the Bullhead.
"Excuse me! Did you just steal that bag?" Jaune turned at the familiar voice of Weiss Schnee.
"No, it belongs to a friend of mine I noticed she forgot it and figured I would save her the trouble of having to track it down later." Jaune tried to sound bored with the exchange even if he just wanted to throw himself off the cliffside as he knew the easy meeting between Ruby and Weiss was ruined already.
"A likely story! More likely you were intending to blackmail the owner of that bag somehow." Weiss accused.
Jaune repressed the urge to roll his eyes, dealing with Weiss was always frustrating at the beginning and the middle and well the end as well really. Suddenly Jaune had a wicked idea. "Look, Ms. Schnee," Jaune watched her eyes widen at that she hadn't introduced herself "If you want to be in charge of returning this bag to its owner be my guest." Jaune tossed the back to the heiress hoping that Weiss would both catch it and that there was nothing breakable in the bag. "It belongs to Ruby Rose she about your height, black hair with red tips and wearing a black outfit and a red cape." With that Jaune quickly put a large distance between himself and Weiss as possible while she fumbled to respond.
"Wait, Come back! I believe you, you can have the bag back." Weiss looked around but she was alone now. She turned to deposit the bag back in the Bullhead figuring to leave it where its owner would know to look. Weiss was a moment too late in that plan as the Bullhead had just closed it's doors and taken off to who knew where. Weiss stood there holding the bag and looking around lost.
"Wait, Come back!" Weiss looked towards the voice that had repeated what she just said. "Please, I forgot my bag on there."
"Could this be the bag you forgot?" Weiss walked towards the girl, Ruby I think it what that man said.
Ruby looked up and immediately recognized her bag, not thinking she embraced the other girl in a hug. "Thank you thank you thank you! I don't know who you are but you're my hero." Ruby stepped back from the hug when she realized she was hugging a stranger, and by the looks of it, she might have given her hero a heart attack with the sudden impromptu hug for how stiff the white haired girl was. "Sorry about that, I'm just a little excited."
The apology snapped Weiss out of shock. 'cough' "It was no problem we couldn't have someone forgetting there bag now could we." Weiss finally took a good look at the person she was talking to. "Um, aren't you a bit young to be at Beacon, though?" Weiss spoke slightly confused as the girl she was speaking to looked a few years younger than herself.
"Technically, yes, I'm only fifteen, but Professor Ozpin personally invited me to attend Beacon." Ruby convenient ignore the other details instead using a tactic she had learned from Jaune where sometimes less information was better.
"You must be quite the student if the Headmaster of Beacon personally invited you." Weiss was impressed whoever this Ruby was she must be quite gifted. "Oh, forgive my manners I haven't introduced myself yet, I am Weiss Schnee." Weiss gave a slight bow.
"Oh, Okay I'm Ruby Rose." Ruby smiled warmly at how well this meeting with a new person was going.
"Well, Ms. Rose I think we should be heading inside or we will risk being late." Weiss gathered her things and made her way inside with Ruby walking along with her.
"Um, I'm not sure where you come from but if it's not too much of a problem for you could you please just call me Ruby?" Ruby took a cue from her sister and Pyrrha she also didn't like the formality of using a person's last name.
"I am from Atlas," Weiss looked at Ruby and was confused how the girl didn't recognize her name but thought after a moments consideration that was actually a good thing. "While it is against the etiquette I was raised with I am not there anymore so yes I would be happy to call you Ruby as long as your fine with calling me, Weiss." Weiss smiled at Ruby as they walked inside. Ruby might be younger than me but I feel like she could be a real friend, not someone who would just wanted to be associated with my name.
Farther back from the two girls, Jaune watched in disbelief his jaw slack from shock even. What the hell was that! Jaune felt a presence move up beside him.
"So how did it go did Ruby blow herself up again or do we have to step in and help her out?" Yang asked not really able to understand Jaune's baffled expression.
"I don't think we have to do anything." Jaune explained to Yang what had happened in the past couple minutes and the only reaction he got was Yang laughing in his face.
"You mean to tell me you deal with that drama fest every life and the entire thing was fixed by a forgotten bag and you not wanting to put up with Weiss's wonderful attitude, oh that's too good." Yang continued laughing as the two of them made their way indoors with the last few stragglers.
"Laugh at me all you want, at least I only ever head to deal with your team from an outside perspective I typically just sat and watched as your team tried to implode over the first part of the year!" Jaune scowled, annoyed with the fact that something had worked out so perfectly it felt too good to be true. "So? are you still set with keeping Team RWBY as the team you want to have?"
"Oh? are you perhaps jealous that I didn't choose you?" Yang grinned at Jaune.
"No, nothing like that! I'm actually glad you made that decision and I liked your reasoning behind it also, If things go well and things go right this time you want to have your team and your friendships rebuilt to what you remember them and I respect that, it's also a reason I typically stick to team JNPR these days." Jaune grinned back he had been worried Yang would want to be on his team and while he wasn't opposed to it he was glad she choose this option instead as it would make a number of events easier.
Entering the familiar courtyard Yang and Jaune moved to stand beside Ruby who was still talking with Weiss.
"Hey sis, not here five minutes and already made a new friend? Is this gonna be the opposite of Signal where I'm the weird awkward one now?" Yang grinned as she draped an arm over her sister's shoulder before turning to Weiss. "Hello I am Yang Xaio Long and the blonde guy behind me is Jaune Arc!" Yang waved a greeting to Weiss.
Weiss smiled at the greeting she got from Yang but after getting a look at the man behind her she had introduced at Jaune Arc she scowled. "YOU, how could you do that to me? No, how could you do that to Ruby what if I was some weird degenerate that wanted to do inappropriate things with her bag?" Weiss scolded the man and was about to become angrier with how he was just smiling at her.
"So you mean what you accused me of being? Really If you were going to do anything weird to Ruby's belongings I would have intervened, do you think I would give you my friend's bag and not keep an eye on you?" Jaune watched as Weiss's argument failed her. "That being said no harm done the two of you look like your becoming friends and I hope I haven't offended you too much Ms. Schnee with my little prank."
"Could you please not call me Ms. Schnee, my name is Weiss!" Weiss snapped at Jaune, she wasn't sure but the way he said Ms. Schnee even if it was proper it sounded like he was struggling to suppress a laugh every time he said it and it was infuriating her. "Also how do you know who I am? I doubt you are a fan and judging by your weapon it doesn't look like you use dust!" Weiss eyed Jaune critically waiting for his response which instead came from Ruby.
"Jaune knows a lot of things, he reads pretty much anything he can get his hands on and he's great at helping people improve there fighting he actually gave me a whole bunch of pointers that helped me improve problems with my fighting style." Ruby answered for Jaune smiling the entire time, it might have been her Uncle that did her actual teaching but it was Jaune who made her aware of the issues so he deserved part of the credit.
"It's pretty much what Ruby said I like reading, I not some weird fan trying to keep his fanboyism in check and I'm not some asshole who has some grudge against someone who doesn't have any input into a company that her father runs." Jaune felt relieved when Weiss stopped staring at him suspiciously.
"Well if that's the case I can hardly fault a person for being well read now can I?" Weiss stated. "Wait? Your Yang Xaio Long? I'm so sorry for ignoring you I was distracted please don't consider me rude!" Weiss finally realizing that the Yang who had introduced herself earlier was a champion fighter actually having beat Pyrrha Nikos in a very close match.
"What do you mean rude, I was enjoying the show and I'm happy to see my sister making friends with new people without my help. Plus if you're a friend of Ruby's your a friend of mine." Yang said with a certain finality that even If Weiss and Ruby weren't friends that they would have had to become so to not make Yang wrong.
Before they could continue their conversation a group of adults appeared across the room.
"Greetings, I am Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy. I'll...keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge-to hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose – direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
Jaune smiled every year the speech was the same. Jaune looked over the crowd trying to spot certain people he finally relaxed when he eventually spotted the three people he had been looking for Ren, Nora and Blake were all here.
"Now Initiation does not begin until the morning, so if you please follow Ms. Goodwitch she will show you to where you will be spending your night." With that Ozpin turned and left and in his place a very stern looking woman appeared.
"Everyone please follow me." Glynda turned and led them through the school to the large room all the new students would be sharing for their first night.
The afternoon had worn on to evening and eventually, night was creeping up and Jaune was finishing a game on his Scroll against Ruby who had thoroughly trounced him.
"Your too good at this Ruby, you have to be cheating! Using your semblance or something to be faster than me!" Jaune looked at Ruby accusingly even if he knew she couldn't do that he enjoyed her reactions even it there was a great deal more blushing that he normally ever got from the girl.
"Perhaps your just exceptionally bad at the game, even I managed to beat Ruby once and I have never played this game before tonight." Weiss smiled at him smugly as she watched him wilt under the truth of her words.
"Well you two can go another round I'm going to go find Yang she has been missing long enough that she might be causing someone trouble." Jaune stood up and tossed Weiss his Scroll so the two girls could keep playing the game if they so chose to. Jaune didn't travel far he only rounded his third makeshift tent, the girls amoung the group had constucted to afford themselves a measure of privacy from their male counterparts. Jaune used too enjoy this event in the past, Huntsmen and Huntress's kept a certain level of fitness that most people could not which resulted in the school to be seeminly populated with models more than trained killers, but now he just looked around at all the boys who ogled anything that moved and he just shook his head and could understand the need for privacy.
Jaune walked up beside Yang who had just finished talking to or more likely turning down Sky Lark from the way the teen seemed to slink away his ego been deflated. "Well, you're not causing problems but you are breaking hearts I see." Jaune smiled as Yang wheeled around and punched him in the shoulder.
"Hey a girls got to keep up appearances I can't start dating the first day here I would look too easy, you have to play hard to get, it makes it more fun." Yang grinned as she turned to look around the room. "So Ruby and Weiss still friend after any entire day together?"
"Somehow against all odds that seems to be the case. Enough about them have you tracked down where Blake is hiding yet?" Jaune watched as Yang moved her head in a direction and his eyes followed the path eventually settling on Blake sitting by herself quietly reading a book. "So, I take it since your standing on the other side of the room from her that you haven't worked up the courage to meet your old teammate again?" Jaune looked at Yang concerned, he learned through many talk's that Yang felt personally responsible for what happened to Blake and while he had tried to convince her otherwise Jaune could feel a deep fear somewhere in Yang, that if she befriends Blake again the outcome would be the same. "Yang... " Jaune sighed he didn't know what to say at this point, instead he just put an arm around her shoulder and held her close trying to give her the support she needed to confront what she considers one of her greatest failures.
"You're a good friend Jaune, I don't think I tell you that as much as I should!" Yang turned and wrapped her arms around Jaunes waste and buried her head into his chest and let his hug soothe her confused emotions.
Jaune said nothing he just held the hug for as long as Yang needed it, after a few minutes he felt her hold loosen and he did likewise and stepped back only now realizing that more than a few people had been present to watch their private moment but he didn't care and he doubted Yang would either so instead he sent the gawkers the worst scowl he could produce to get them to look elsewhere before Yang noticed the gazes.
"Yang I can do this if you're not ready for this yet." Jaune had prepared for this he knew how hard it was to confront some things and for Yang, Blake might take time for how close they were in the last life and how Yang had suffered from survivor's guilt for a very long time and maybe still does.
Yang didn't say anything she just sat down on the ground and Jaune sat with her. Time passed slowly for the two of them though Jaune doubted Yang was aware of it at the moment. He sat there in silence keeping close to comfort his distraught friend as she dealt with whatever was going on in her mind. Jaune wished he could say something, anything to truly comfort her.
Eventually, it got late enough where people started falling asleep the room became quiet aside from a few small pockets of noise. Jaune cast one final look in Blakes direction to see that any opportunity Yang or himself would have to speak with her was lost as she had gone to sleep, looking at Yang beside him he wasn't surprised to she Yang snoring softly her grief mixed with stress had sapped her of all her energy.
Jaune stood and gently lifted Yang in his arms pleased she didn't wake up and he carried her back to where he had left Ruby and Weiss hoping they both had gone to sleep and he wouldn't have to explain this situation. Jaune turned the first corner when he almost ran into Professor Port who was doing his round's to make sure nothing inappropriate was happening.
Port raised his eyebrows at the situation first noticing his champion and his face formed into a fearsome scowl as he looked up to see who might be taking advantage of her, his eyes softened though when he saw Jaune knowing that Yang spoke highly of them man. Ports expression changed to one of mirth and he sent Jaune a mischievous wink and a pat on the back as he walked quietly past the two students.
Jaune let out a sigh that he had been holding in even if his mind reeled from the thought of Port's actions meant to imply. Great I might not care what the students think but Ports going to spread some awful rumor among the teachers. Jaune finished his trek back to there beds and was happy to see both Ruby and Weiss sleeping peacefully, Jaune laid Yang down on top of her bedroll not wanting to wake her to try and get her inside of it Jaune instead draped his over-top of her. Once it was clear she was still sleeping peacefully Jaune proped his back against a wall and watching the three girls and eventually fell asleep himself.
Yang opened her eyes slowly and sat up, it was quite early in the day and she appeared to be the first one to wake up at least in the general vicinity anyways. Yang noticed her surrounding after a moment noticing she was back to where she had left Ruby the evening before when she went to find Blake. Ugh, Blake, what am I going to do? Any time I think about talking to her I lock up. Yang started to crawl out of her bedroll when she realized she wasn't in one, instead she was laying atop hers and had a second one draped over her. Yang immediately looked for Jaune to find his sitting straight backed against a wall from a position that he could easily watch over his friends.
Yang quietly got to her feet and crept towards Jaune hoping not to wake him up. You do so much for me, no, everyone and you never expect anything in return. You really just want us all to be happy and safe. Yang learned in a softly kissed Jaune on the cheek. I'm not sure your reasons on why you won't make mention of our relationship from before, but I remember it and the memories of how you helped me carry me forward and I will make sure that everyone is safe and happy, Yourself included!
With that Yang stood and stretched deciding to get an early start on the day heading to the cafeteria for breakfast but leaving a message on both Jaune and Ruby's scrolls telling them where she was.
Yang entered the cafeteria to find out she wasn't the only other one up this early, Pyrrha Nikos was sitting alone in the entire cafeteria. Why is that not surprising. Yang smiled she filled her plate and sat down across from Pyrrha.
"Good morning Yang, do you always rise this early?" Pyrrha asked as Yang sat down.
"Huh, oh, no not really normally I'm pretty lousy about waking up early, I guess I'm just excited for Initiation." Yang bit into a piece of toast. "What about you is Pyrrha a morning person?"
"You could say that, I never really had a choice in the matter I started my day with my parents and they were both early risers and even away from home and all the traveling I have done it is a habit I developed." Pyrrha said almost apologetically.
"Well, it's a good habit for a Huntress to have, one that more than a few people here are going to have to get accustomed to I bet." Yang thought back to how early some of there class's had been in her past life, shuddering at the memory of Port holding lectures before even breakfast was being prepared some days.
After that, the two of them focused on their meals as more people began entering the cafeteria for breakfast. Eventually, Jaune appeared looking ready and prepared to start the day and behind him walked an equally confident Weiss and bringing up the rear was Ruby who Yang could believe that her sister was actually just sleep walking. Yang stood and waved and once she was certain Jaune had seen her sat back down again.
"Are you close with Jaune?" Yang jumped at the abrupt question from Pyrrha.
"What why do you ask that?" Yang looked at the girl apprehensively remembering a conversation she had with Jaune many months back.
"Well, forgive me if I seem rude but when he's around you hardly take your eyes off him, and I can see the appeal, he is handsome and he seems to be very kind hearted." Pyrrha motioned toward Jaune who was carefully building three plates while Weiss led the zombie Ruby through the hall towards them.
"We were... are close, I would like to be closer but I think he has an issue with letting things go farther than being friends." Yang sighed she wasn't exactly sure why she was admitting this to Pyrrha. Yang decided to change the subject before anyone got too close to there table. "Enough about me and my issues, any ideas what initiation might be?"
"The actual event no but if the rumors I have heard are true it decides our partners and teams for the next few years while we attend Beacon." Pyrrha felt a little guilty betraying private information her father had given her.
"Teams huh, well that makes things interesting, I wonder if its some kind of lottery or do we get a choice." Yang smiled cryptically she couldn't divulge the information but she could have fun making random speculation for others.
"Whats this I hear about teams?" Weiss had finally managed to steer Ruby to the right table and sat down to hear talk of teams.
Pyrrha looked at the new girl in confusion.
"Oh right you two haven't met yet, Pyrrha Nikos this is Weiss Schnee, We met her yesterday and her and Ruby became fast friends and by extension with Jaune and myself as well." Yang noticed Weiss turn a little pink at the mention of friends.
"It is a pleasure to meet you." Pyrrha nodded a greeting holding her ever-present smile.
"Likewise!" Weiss smiled back. "Back to the subject though did I hear you mention teams?"
"Pyrrha told me a rumor about teams and I was trying to guess how the teams would be decided is all, we don't know if the rumors are even true though so we are just trying to pass the time while we wait."
"I hope you're not waiting for me?" Jaune appeared by the table easily balancing three plates and multiple drinks. Jaune slide the plates off his arm each one had a different breakfast meal on it. Jaune did the same with the drinks even providing a refill for both Yang and Pyrrha.
Pyrrha smiled as she realized her cup had been emptied and Jaune had even guessed what she was had been drinking and happily accepted the new cup. Pyrrha sent Yang a secret smile to which Yang rolled her eyes and grinned back.
Weiss looked at her plate in amazement she had told Jaune to get her something light not wanting to start the day on a heavy stomach when she didn't know what initiation would entail. Jaune had made her plate perfectly and even brought her one of her favorite drinks. She stared at the man wondering if the man had did it on purpose but if he had he wasn't waiting for her to respond in some way instead he was coaxing Ruby awake with a cookie-themed cereal which after a few prods managed to snap Ruby out of her zombie mode as she began devouring he meal. Weiss looked at Jaunes meal wondering if it held some clue to how he knew what she liked maybe he just had similar tastes, one look at Jaunes tray corrected that idea quickly as Jaune was eating a bowl of Hot porridge with an apple sliced into it for flavour. Weiss shook here head and started her meal.
Jaune walked through the locker room he was dressed and ready for the day and was watching others as they finished there preparations the only instructions they had received was to be prepped for combat, Jaune enjoyed watching people mill about nervously. Jaune looked to where Yang stood surrounded by Ruby, Weiss and Pyrrha, Jaune wasn't sure the topic of conversation but it seemed to be a pleasant one with the laughter coming from them.
Off in another corner Jaune spied Ren and Nora, Nora no doubt working on the Sloth plan and Ren just stood there being Ren smiling at his friend the entire time as they made there way out of the locker room. Jaune stood and headed towards the exit as well he knew once Ren and Nora were done the intercom would sound telling them to head to the cliffs overlooking the Emerald forest.
Jaune stood on the cliffside standing on his usual platform which, unfortunately, put him closest to Ozpin who stared at him with an undisguised interest. Jaune listened to the instructions of partners and teams, he knew he was to target Pyrrha and then it was just a simple task of grabbing the second White Rook piece and team JNPR would be back together again.
Or at least he hoped it would, Jaune sent a concerned glance at Yang who kept looking nervously to where Blake was standing. Jaune sighed heavily glad that Blake at least hasn't noticed to constant looks she is receiving from Yang. Come on yang get it together, I know you are having problems but you can do this. Jaune stared at her up until the point where she was flung over the cliff Jaune was glad the motion seemed to snap her out of her freeze as Jaune watched her begin to control her path.
Jaune braced himself against the platform making sure it would launch him the proper direction to land close to Pyrrha. Jaune sailed through the air, he was never graceful during this he had a landing strategy but it wasn't one he enjoyed using it even if it worked well enough and could count on when he knew he couldn't rely on Pyrrha stepping in to save him the way she always would. Jaune was aiming for an evergreen tree a specific one that would break his momentum and was also surrounded by a large amount of long grass that would break his fall.
Jaune hit the tree hard and the branch's whipping him in the face before he broke through the smaller branch's and landed hard on the ground with a very undignified thump. Jaune laid there for a moment dazed. Maybe I should really invest in a better landing strategy one of these days. Jaune thought for the thousandth time a thought that always came to him as he laid here on the ground.
Jaune rose to his feet and checked his direction and made for where I knew he would run into Pyrrha.
And another one done!
Nothing really major going on.
Not sure if I will have another chapter up this week as I will be traveling and will be unable to write.
Anyways check hope you all enjoyed the chapter next update we get partners and teams.
Jaune raced through the burning remains of Signal, shouting for anyone who might still be alive.
He had already found the bodies of Ren and Nora. Nora had died trying to protect Rens body.
Further on he had found Ruby and Weiss the two of them had fought to the bitter end the mountain of corpses that surrounded their figures told a grisly tale of the fight they must have endured.
"Yang! Blake! can either of you hear me!" Jaune raced past empty rooms towards the back of the school where he had last seen them before the attack happened.
Jaune reached the wall, he looked around frantically hoping to find some clue to where they two were.
Instead, all head found were a couple White Fang troops trying to evacuate there wounded on a Bullhead.
Jaune raced toward the beasts and cut them down giving no mercy to anyone who would do this to a school full of children.
Jaune stood soaked in blood the world around him painfully quiet, faintly he heard crying, anguished pitiful crying.
Jaune moved to the noise his tired body forgetting its fatigue for the moment.
Jaune entered a classroom and almost had his head took off by Adam Taurus. Ducking the swing at the last moment Jaune stuck himself catching the Faunus in the leg cleaving through muscle and bone nearly severing the leg. Jaune moved to finish the Vile excuse for a man but was prevented by a barrage of fire from nearby White Fang troops that moved to extract there leader.
Jaune wanted to follow but he was out of aura himself one stray bullet would be all it took to end his life. Instead, Jaune looked for the source of the crying.
In the corner of the room, Jaune found Yang cradling Blake's broken and mutilated body, Jaune hoped that Blake had died before most of what he saw now was actually done.
"Yang we have to go it's not safe here the first could spread and trap us at any moment." Jaune shouted at Yang trying to snap her out of it.
Jaune didn't have time for this the fire could trap them at any time.
Jaune grabbed Yang the girl didn't fight back and he hurled her forcibly from the building. Turning Jaune picked up Blake and carried her outside as well barely escaping as the room above the one they had just been in fell through the floor.
Jaune set down Blake and once he was sure no White Fang were still in the area collapsed on the ground and passed out. the last thing heard was Yang scream his name...