Chapter 9: New Challenger
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The next morning Jaune awoke to the sound of his Scroll buzzing on the nightstand next to his bed. He sat up, running the sleep out of his eyes as he reached for the device. After fumbling to unlock it for a moment he saw that he had an unread message waiting for him.
Surprisingly, it was from Kyu this time.
#What's up, Playa? Well, you are right now if you're reading this. Obviously I'm not here right now; I figured that a bit more research was required for a couple of these Hunies you met yesterday, so I'll have to catch up with you after breakfast. Be sure to eats lots of protein!~ ;-D#
Jaune raised an eyebrow at the last line of the message. Given who the sender was he was sure that it was supposed to have some sort if sexual connotation, but he quickly dismissed the thought before he rendered himself incapable of keeping his breakfast down.
He was about to put his Scroll away when he noticed there were some other messages in his inbox he didn't remember receiving. However, before he could open any of them, he received another text from Kyu.
This one read #BTDubs, you got, like, three texts while you were sleeping; I took the liberty of opening them for you, and let me just say, noice! Don't hate!~ XD#
"Yeah, figures…," he sighed, picking one of the three new messages at random.
Apparently, it was from Penny. #Sal-u-tations, friend Jaune! I just got a Scroll of my very own, isn't that exciting?! My father finally agreed to let me have one when he heard I made a friend, so now we can communicate with each other!# He smiled at that. It continued, #You're probably wondering how I was able to contact you if I didn't have a Scroll before, and did not ask for your contact information when we last met-# He had actually been wondering that. #-well, do not fret, I aquired it from your School. Incidentally, Beacon might want to consider upgrading its security for its computers.#
This was...moderately disconcerting. Slightly.
#Anyway, I just wanted say hi before I entered my sleep cycle. Perhaps we could even visit some other attractions tomorrow if you have the time. Have a pleasant night's rest in the meantime!#
As was usual whenever he received a text message from a girl he just met it was accompanied by a photo attachment. It was clear that this one was taken with Penny holding the Scroll with both her hands, and the image was tilted at an odd angle, but there was something about the picture that just seemed...remarkably endearing. Maybe it was the impossibly sincere way she was smiling, or the freckles she had under her eyes, he couldn't really tell. Regardless, it was still a pretty nice picture.
The next message he opened was from Weiss, though much less nicely worded (and more brief) than Penny's had been. #I'm not doing this because you suggested it, OK? I just happened to be out shopping and I thought I'd see it how it look, so don't get a swelled head.# The attached picture was of Weiss looking at herself in a hand mirror, mostly likely holding her Scroll in her free hand, with a white lily affixed in her ponytail. She apparently liked how it looked because she was smiling, both in the photo and in the reflection of the mirror she held.
Jaune smiled; she really did look nice with the flower in her hair.
The final message was from Velvet, equally as brief but worded nicer. #I couldn't find any picture good enough to share, so I just took one of my own. Sorry.#
This photo was different than the other two; for starters, it was abundantly clear that it wasn't taken with a Scroll camera, but with an actual one, high end too, judging by how crystal clear the image was. Experimentally, he tried zooming the image in, but it never got blurry or hard to make make. When he zoomed back out he noticed that unlike the last two photos, this one was a fully body shot of Velvet; from the bottom of her shoes to the very top of her rabbit ears, none of her was out of frame. As he looked closer, he saw that he was actually looking at Velvet's reflection in a full length mirror, with the Faunus holding a large camera in front of her waist as she looked straight ahead. At first the look on her face made him think that she was nervous about taking the picture, but the more he looked at it he could tell that there was a quiet dignity about her, a sense of pride that she managed to exude that said "I will not be judged", or something like that.
He probably would have gotten sucked in to the Faunus girl's charisma if he hadn't happened to glance at the clock and noticed that it was almost time for breakfast to start. He quickly looked around the room, noticed the rest of his teammates had already left, and leaped out of bed, rushing about to get dressed for the day.
Today was Build Your Own Pancake day, after all.
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Jaune ran down the halls, hoping to make it to the cafeteria before breakfast stopped being served.
Crap crap crap crap crap crap crap! he thought, Why did I have to oversleep today of all days? Then he remembered all the abuse his poor body suffered yesterday. ...oh.
He continued running until he suddenly stopped, having run into another student.
"Oof!" he exclaimed pon collision, getting knocked to the ground. He felt a small wave of déjà-vu wash over him as he fell, recalling how he quite literally ran into Pyrrha the other day.
He hoped this was just a coincidence and that he wouldn't begin all his mornings this way.
Regardless, he immediately set about apologizing once he was sure the falling had stopped. "Sorry! I'm kinda in a hurry and I wasn't watching wear I was going."
"That's OK," the girl said, picking herself up, "I was preoccupied with finding someone, so why don't we both share the blame?" Jaune nodded as he stood back up, finally getting a good look at who he'd bumped into.
At first glance she looked liked any other student here; she wore the same blazer, plaid skirt, and stockings that the other female students did, but in addition she also wore sunglasses, a beret, and a scarf that looked like it was more for fashion than function. (She also may have been wearing a necklace of some kind, but he didn't want to look too closely for fear he'd catch a glimpse of something he shouldn't.)
"Just take a picture, Hun," she said, snapping Jaune out of his "cataloging", "it'll last longer." Then she struck a pose, crossing one arm over her chest and propping the other behind her head, which she tilted at a slight angle. "Not that I blame you, I do dress to impress, after all."
This, as many things did recently, took Jaune by surprise, and as such he wasn't sure how to respond. Obviously he couldn't just continue to stare at her, but aside from the slew of awful pickup lines that liked to bombard him for some reason he had no clue how to break the ice.
Unable to think of anything better, he hesitantly held his hand out and introduced himself, "Uh...I'm Jaune?"
He saw an eyebrow rise above the rim of her glasses. "You're not sure what your own name is?" she asked, chuckling as Jaune struggled to find an answer. "Kidding! It's good to meet you, Jaune." She took his hand and shook it. "I'm Coco."
As she shook his hand it suddenly dawned on him that he'd seen her before; there had been a mandatory lecture that all team leaders had to attend a couple days after the inauguration ceremonies. Most of the lecture flew over his head, but one of the few things from it that managed to stick were the others student who were there with him. There was Ruby of course, as well as Cardin sitting a few seats away from his. Besides them and the other first years there were a lot of older students as well, which included Coco.
Honestly, he probably wouldn't have paid too much attention to her if she hadn't been asked to give a testimony of her own first year.
"Nice to meet you," he said, feeling more confident now that he remembered who she was, "I remember you from the Twam Leaders lecture. You, uh, did a good job with your speech."
"Thank you!" she said, "I've been told I have a gift for public speaking." She made like she was flipping her hair and glanced at him over her glasses, "By the way, what would you say your favorite part of my little anecdote was?"
Jaune froze, not expecting the question. He'd only been half paying attention during the lecture- the other half of his mind went to worrying how he was going to survive everything Beacon threw at him - and as a result basically glossed over Coco's sprech. He tried to recall what she'd said, Aaaagh! Come on, think Jaune, think! …was it "Try to win and do better than you're currently doing"? No, that's too generic. Um…"Tuck your head between your knees and kiss your butt goodbye"- no, that's just me. Come on, something must have stick out with you!
After another eternal second of wracking the deepest recesses of his brain he finally remembered something from the older girl's speech! I my wasn't all the much, but it had to be good if it was the he only part of the speech he could actually recall.
"I guess the part where you and your team fought off the flock of Giant Nevermores," he told her, "My team fought one with Team RWBY during Initiation, and we barely won."
Coco nodded. "Not bad!" she said, a touch of respect in her voice, "Even one of those things are a hassle to deal with, especially for beginners; good thing you didn't get attacked by a Deathstalker as well."
Jaune refrained from looking too proud when Coco mentioned that.
"But yeah, that was a good moment for Team CFVY…," Coco mused. "But enough about that; since you're here, do you think you could help me out with something?"
Once again, Jaune didn't know how to respond. He wasn't necessarily opposed to lending Coco a helping hand, but...it was Build Your Own Pancake day, after all ….
However, before he reached a decision Coco continued. "Long story short, one of my teammates spent some time with a guy yesterday and I want to make sure he isn't going to break her heart. The only thing is that, fit some reason, she won't tell me who the guy is, so now I have to go around the school and play detective to find out who the hell he is! So if you could do me a teensy favor-" She pinched her fingers together in front of her face. -"and let me know if you hear anyone bragging about what a fine catch that girl from Team CFVY is, aside from me obviously, then let me know, OK?"
"...yeah, sure!" Jaune agreed, nodding; he was worried the upperclassman would ask him to do something a lot more involved and time consuming, but just keeping an ear open and shooting off a quick text message? Pfft, they was easy-peasy, lemon sqeezy!
He mental slapped himself for thinking something so dorky.
"Excellent!" Coco gave him a hearty pat on the shoulder, "Don't let me down, Jaune!" She then turned on her heel and continued heading down the hallway, her hips sashaying as she walked, shooting him a quick, two fingered salute by way of farewell. "Remember, let me know if you hear anyone talking about my little Velvet!"
Jaune waved as Coco disappeared around a corner, feeling good that someone thought enough of him to ask for his help, a small spring now in his step as he continued in his way.
This'll be a cinch! he thought to himself, All I have to do is keep my ears open whenever I'm on a date-
Then his mind finally registered what Coco's parting words actually were.
Wait, she said 'Velvet' before…. He stopped dead in his tracks, the color draining from his face, Oh my god, I'm the braggart Coco's looking for!
He continued walking towards the cafeteria, oblivious to the oddly placed, rather shapely floor lamp to his right, now with decidedly much less spring and more fear of what Zthe leader of Team CFVY would do to him when she found out the truth. (Not that he'd actually lied, but he still didn't like the scenarios his mind came up with.)
Once Jaune was out of the general area, the lamp took off its shade, revealing itself to actually be Kyu, the Love Fairy.
"I'm thoroughly ashamed that worked so well," she lamented, tossing the lampshade, the only abnormal (for her, anyway) bit of clothing she wore for her disguise, "...I mean, I was just standing right there, how did neither of them notice? I had a bit planned out and everything!" She sighed and took out her HunieBee, "Well, might as well let my adoring fans know about the new Hunie…."
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Kyu's Naughty Confessions blog })i({
Hey there, Internet! Kyu})i({ here, with Round 2 of Jauney-boy's Dating Extravaganza!
So before she get to the juicy stuff, I need to tell ya about the pictures Jauney-boy received during the night. He got three: one from Penny (the slightly weird one), one from Weiss (the Tsundere), and one from Velvet (SUCK IT, DINGLEBOMB!).
Penny's was the most normal, with her just her taking a selfie at a weird angle. It was cute in the same way a toddler taking a picture is.
Weiss's was a little better, though not quite as good as the third one. (I'll get to that in a second!) It was her looking at herself in a mirror, with a lily tucked into her side tail. Those with good memories will recall when Lover Boy told her he thought that would look nice?
And for those of you out there who don't think Ice Queen is a Tsundere, here's Exhibit A.
For Velvet's photo she did some artistic crap where she took a picture of herself taking a picture. (Yo dawg, I heard you like taking pictures.) I kid, but it was actually really well done. Like, this girl could probably do pinups if she wanted!
Which reminds me, I still need to talk to Venus about doing that calendar….
But that's something for later, y'all wanna know what's up with the Playa, don'tchya? Well, he apparently thinks with his stomach (#totesallmen), because he only got his adorkable ass out of bed when he realized he'd miss breakfast.
So one quick change later and he's speeding down the hall towards breakfast and what happens? Why, he runs head first into a hot chick and knocks them both to the ground of course! Some may say coincidence, but I say sure fire way to get Hunies!
But anyway, apparently this fine lookin' chick was a fellow team leader named Coco, and it just so happened that she was looking for the guy who took aside one of her teammates for a quickie the other night. And being the helpful type he says he'll give her a ring if he hears anything.
...screw it, I'm counting it. (Coco = hearts x2)
But that's not even the best part! Cuz you know that teammate who got seven minutes in heaven? Yeah, it was Velvet the Prize Winning Bunnygirl, which makes the Playa the jerk she was with yesterday!
I seriously almost bust a gut from laughing so hard at the irony!
Now let's get on with those delicious, throbbing comments! \(^o^)/
To start, here's a new comment from a couple posts ago. Zoeytron_2.0 says "Greetings, fairy-unit Kyu! Your narrative has been most stimulating to my circuitry thus far, but I find my joy processors overwhelmed with this latest installment and the courtship of unit Penny. Cybernetic romances are woefully underrepresented in today's media and I hope you will encourage unit Jaune to keep an open mind to robosexual relationships." Wait, so gynoids are a thing in this world too? Sweet! Remnant just caters to ALL the fetishes! Next you know the Playa's gonna start dating a catgirl or something!
But anyway, you're talking to the queen of not judging people on there kinks, Zoeytron! If tall, blond and scraggly wants to see if his dongle fits into her USB port and corrupted her hard drive, I'm behind that 100%! ...with my camera. Giggity. (P.S. I seriously need to up my research game!)
BAB_Audrey420SWAG helpfully notes "Is she one of those dumbass 'cosplayer' weirdos that goes to Star Trek conventions? Cuz I highly [censor]ing doubt those ears of hers are real. Though if she is a Trekkie, then she and scraggly are perfect for each other! You know, cuz they're both losers?" Such insightful commentary as always, I wouldn't expect anything less! Really, I don't know what we'd do without you here to explain things in the most bigoted, judgemental way possible! Truly, we are blessed.
...that was sarcasm, by the way. (-_-')
THEMistypeaks says "That Velvet girl reminds me of one of my earlier productions, though I had a tail in that, and my ears weren't as natural looking as hers are. Still, she's pretty cute." Ooh, I remember that one! It was a while ago, but I think it was something like a "sexy Alice in Wonderland" kinda thing, right? I forget, did you play the White Girl Rabbit or the Mad-for-you March Hare? Cuz Alice ran into both of them at some point.
IDRF says "Hehe, Jauney boy doesn't seem to have the best of luck with the bullies. Got his a** handed to him while trying to be a White Knight and all. Any, I wouldn't be surprised if one of these, women, turned into a Yandere at some point. That, would be amzingly beautiful, down right scary and make me envy the poor b*** (I want the yandere girls thank you)" Uh, I think you might wanna have someone proofread your message, dude, I can spot a few things that would get you bad grades in school.
But as for the points you brought up, I agree that the Playa hasn't had the best luck with bullies. Still, you hafta concede that he had the balls to stand up to them at all, even if he did get his scraggly behind handed to him. XD And I said there was a 1 in 13 chance of him running into a Yandere, so we'll see what happens. XD
Beli_Dancer says "I may be a pacifist, but Velvet needs to stand up for herself more; she shouldn't just let people push her around like that." Gurl, I totes agree! In fact, I'm pretty sure Ghandi even said something along those lines. Can't remember what the actual quote was, but I know he said it! I think.
XBossLadyX says "Good work finding eight girls for your client in under a day, Kyu. Keep this up and you might be up for for Fairy if the Month." YUS! That'll make 50 consecutive years in a row with this one! Don't worry, Boss, I'll do my best!
(not that)_blu_gurl says "So even here they have [censor] Neanderthals who think they're superior to everyone else. It's people like this that make me wish euthanasia was still acceptable. #stopthebullying #discrimination #stupidjocks #furrylivesmatter #hailtheunderdog #triggered" Calm your tits, my little social justice warrior; let's not say things we'll regret later, OK? Maybe you should take a cue from Beli_Dancer and try some yoga; I hear it's a great way to "limber up", if you know what I mean! |-D
HotBabyMama says "Kick their asses, miho!" Succinct and to the point today, are we? (Not that I necessarily disagree per se…)
Hawt4teacher says "Mmm, that boy must be quite the yummy catch if he's got eight girls hanging off his arm; I might just have to sample the goods myself~. ;-D" You want a drink thar, girlfriend? Cuz you seem a little THIRSTY to me. Not that I can really fault your taste; lots of chicks seem to like the adorkable ones.
Whatshakinbacon20 says "Wow, that's so cool that she likes photography! I've seen some of the pieces the art majors at my college have taken, and they're awesome! I hope she decides to show Jaune some of her work sometime." Having already seen one example myself, I'd say Miss Bunnygirl knows her stuff. Not quite near pinup level yet, but by Hefner's smoking jacket she's getting there.
And as usual, I've saved the worst for last. Trixie Dinglebells }!{ says "*grumble, grumble* Lousy bunnygirl, defying the laws of reality ... Fine, take your stupid twenty dollars! And don't get too smug, SugarRust! Your boy Jaune may have a full octet of hunies but he's only at two hearts apiece! It'll be a cold day in hell before your little pet gets so much as a peck on the cheek from those trollops! And when you crawl back to Sky Garden all weary and defeated, the look on your face will be priceless! Oh-ho-ho-ho!" Oh I'm sorry Dinglebutt, I couldn't hear you over the shoe in confirmation of my 50TH CONSECUTIVE Fairy of the Month spot on the wall! Maybe if you didn't suck so hard at your job (and not just in the back room when you think no one's looking) then I might take your predictions of doom more seriously. Xp!
And that's all for the moment, folks! I'll update you next time something interesting happens, but for now, welcome to Round 2! (And remember to keep voting on the poll, too!) See you sexy people later!
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