Goal Reached! Surpass the # of followers in my Naruto story with this story! Celebration! New chapter release Woot! Next goal! Somehow get past 900 likes!
The second semester had just started, and the staff was stretched pretty thin. With a number of students from each school, it was a miracle they could still be efficient. Luckily, Ozpin had predicted this and already hired a few extra staff hands to help out. So far, Jaune had seen glimpses of Aurlian Arc, but made it a point to never go near him.
As the first week of the new semester hit the weekend, team RWBY was suiting up for their investigation mission. They had planned to try to find out what the White Fang was doing now, and why they needed so much Dust. Since it was her team's own investigation, she didn't want to drag team JNPR into it. Meanwhile, team JNPR was getting ready to train for a bit before heading to Vale to pick up some more pancake supplies while also bonding as a team. They had plans to catch a movie later.
Ruby looked around her team, who were all wearing new clothes for their investigation and were going over what they had planned. Ruby would be going with Weiss to check the Schnee records for any Dust robberies or inconsistencies. Blake was going to attempt to get in a White Fang meeting to see if they could discover what the White Fang was planning. Yang was headed back to Junior's club to see if there was any information they could use. Sine she was one of Jaune's potential mate, getting information out of Junior should be easy.
"Great!" cheered Ruby, "We'll meet up tonight near Yang to go over what we found." She pumped her fist up in the air in excitement, "Let's do this!"
"Yeah!" cheered on another voice that came through the window. They all looked to see Sun hanging upside-down by his tail in their open window in surprise.
"Sun!" said Blake.
"How did you get up there?" asked Yang.
"Ah, it's easy; I do it all the time," replied Sun.
"You do what?!" Weiss nearly shrieked.
"I climb trees all the time!" clarified Sun, flipping into the dorm room, "So, are we finally getting back at that Torchwick guy?"
Blake and Ruby tried to convince Sun not to come, that they didn't want to involve friends into it. It was the reason why team JNPR didn't know what was going on.
"Psh! That's dumb! We should always get friends involved! That's why I brought Neptune!" laughed Sun as he pointed out the window. The girls looked out to see Neptune leaning on the ledge, trying to look cool before asking to come in.
As they were all inside, Ruby made a new plan. Sun was to go with Blake as he was also a Faunus, being able to enter the White Fang meetings easily. Neptune was left with Yang, as she currently had no partners. As she was pushing Neptune to Yang, he winked at Weiss. Surprised and blushing a little, she subtly tried to suggest that Ruby goes with Yang instead and that Neptune accompanies her to the CCT.
"Hahaha, nah!" laughed Ruby as she dragged Weiss out of the room to head towards the CCT, with Weiss fruitlessly trying to get back to Neptune.
"Guess we have our assignments. Let's go!" said Yang, dragging Neptune with her. Blake and Sun nodded as they walked away, with Blake leading him.
Ruby and Weiss were walking towards the Transmit tower when Ruby decided to ask Weiss a personal question.
"Weiss... Do you like Neptune?"
Weiss froze for a bit before sighing, "I don't know. I know we're all technically dating Jaune, but I do have my name and reputation to look after. If word got out that I was part of a ….. harem, it would look bad on the Schnee name. Especially since I'm the heiress. Neptune seems nice and cool, and most of all, he's single."
"Yea but what about Jaune?" asked Ruby.
"Jaune did say we should try dating before we consider getting marked, to see if we're compatible. He also promised not to be angry if we found somebody else we want to be with," answered Weiss.
Ruby put it off for now as soon as she saw the Transmit tower, forgetting about the earlier conversation as she continued to admire the tower. Later, Weiss ended up having to make the call alone as Ruby got distracted and went chasing after Penny. Weiss sighed as she got the information she needed, and sat there looking at a blank screen for a bit. She was still debating about Jaune or Neptune.
Yang was driving her beloved Bumblebee motorcycle to Junior's club before stopping, She got off, with Neptune slowly getting off after shaking his head to clear out what seemed to be a petrified face of terror. He was going to have nightmares of Yang's driving. As they approached the club, the two men standing outside the door stiffened at the sight of Yang and put their instincts to run into the club, lock the door, and try to warn Junior. However, they knew that Yang was Jaune's potential mate, so they merely gave them a glance as the two went in.
Inside the club, Junior was feeling good. His club was almost back to its pristine conditions, and thanks to Jaune's donation of Lien, he had some better drinks in the fridge. Then, the doors opened to reveal Yang, walking in with Neptune. All the members had to stop themselves from instinctively drawing their guns and pointing them at Yang. They were still terrified and angry at her for that night.
"Blondie! Or Yang, I suppose. What do you need? Does Jaune want something?" asked Junior as he walked forward.
"You still owe me a drink," said Yang, grabbing Junior towards the bar table, hinting to him that she wanted some information.
"Whoa-ho-ho-ho, what a lady." sighed Neptune in his love-struck staring before noticing the Malachite twins standing next to him.
"Sup," said Neptune, regaining his posture and tilting his head up a little, trying to look suave and cool.
"Whatever," was the reply of the twins, turning to walk away, their noses held up high. They paused to look at Neptune, "We already have someone in mind, and he's much cuter than you. He'll be taking us both if we can convince him."
Neptune looked dumbstruck at this news as the twins walked away. "Whoever it is, that dude's lucky. TWINS!" muttered Neptune before running to catch up to Yang. In a supermarket, Ren sneezed as he was holding up two different syrups, trying to decide which one was better suited for Nora.
Blake was guiding Sun to what seemed to be a row of abandoned warehouses. Blake was looking for the key hints of where the White Fang might be. There was always some sort of code that only members that were interested in joining or were already a part of it knew.
Sun saw this chance to try to start a conversation.
"Soo... Your team seems to get along with team JNPR well," started Sun.
Blake merely nodded as she continued to look for clues.
"Are you... close with Jaune?" asked Sun.
"Yes," replied Blake without looking.
"Are you two... dating?" continued Sun.
Blake sighed as she turned around to him. She had a feeling this might have been one of the reasons why Sun was so forward to come with them.
"Yes. Jaune and I are dating."
"Oh," said Sun before looking sulky, "but he looked so cozy with Pyrrha."
"That's because she's also dating him," answered Blake.
"Wait, what? He's two-timing you?" asked Sun in disbelief.
"No. We're both dating him and are well aware of each other," replied Blake. Sun tilted his head in confusion.
"It's not my story to tell, but in short, Jaune needs to take on multiple wives/mates for a special reason." explained Blake.
Sun merely nodded, his confusion only slightly lessening.
"Do you have to be part of the harem?" asked Sun. In reality, he was asking, 'Leave and date me, please? I'll be the only guy for you.'
Blake saw the unasked question, "Sun. You're cute and nice, but I've known Jaune a bit longer than I've known you. He already has a special place in my heart. We're dating to see if this feeling comes true, but please, don't actively try to sabotage it."
Sun sighed as he nodded. It wasn't his style to try to take another guy's woman, even if he was dating multiple women at once. Looks like he was going to have to try his luck elsewhere. Though he wasn't planning on giving up so easily.
"Just promise me this. If you two do break up... promise that you'll let me take you out for dinner?" asked Sun. "I'm fine with just being friends."
Blake slightly smiled, "Fine. Just warning you, you have an uphill road. My parents met Jaune when he was younger and apparently have their approval and blessings already. And it's very hard to get my father's approval since he doesn't like any boys close to me. Jaune's been the only exception so far. You'd be better off looking for somebody else for a relationship."
"This was already stacked against me in the start, wasn't it?" deadpanned Sun. Blake could only giggle in reply before spotting 3 distinct lines on the wall. It was a sign that the White Fang meeting was close by.
They saw Faunus people walking towards a location before being ushered in. Blake and Sun quickly followed them. Blake took off her bow, revealing her cat ears before donning a Grimm mask. Sun looked at the mask with curiosity and disgust before putting them on.
They walked in to see the warehouse full of White Fang members in uniform and newcomers interested. The White Fang Lieutenant the introduced to them all Roman Torchwick, an ally. Blake was furious to see Roman Torchwick on stage talking but was even more surprised to see that he had somehow stolen Atlas's newest technology. Th Atlas Paladins. They had barely been announced, and already Roman had managed to grab a few for the White Fang. And with his charming demeanor, he already had the initial complaints about a human joining them to be forgotten.
The lieutenant then announced for all newcomers to come forward. Struggling on what to do, Roman noticed Blake and Sun, his eyes narrowing as he kept staring, as if trying to remember something.
"He sees us," said Sun nervously and urgently. Blake spotted a junction box before smiling.
"He can't see us in the dark," replied Blake, grabbing her weapon and firing at it just as Roman finally recognized them. The whole building went dark.
"Don't let them get away!" shouted Roman.
"Sun! The window!" shouted Blake.
"Stop them!" commanded Roman.
Sun and Blake managed to get to the second floor and jump out the window to escape. A few seconds later, an engine sound could be heard, and the giant Atlas Paladin broke through the wall and started to chase them. Roman had gotten inside to chase them down. Sun was shouting for backup, and Blake was on her Scroll, dialing group call for her team while putting out a distress signal for her team to be able to see where she was.
Weiss had just walked out from the tower when she got the call, and quickly ran towards Blake's location. Ruby, who had managed to get out of a dumpster after hiding from some soldiers, grinned before dashing towards the location. She didn't want to miss out on this! Yang and Neptune had gotten out of Junior's place. Junior apologized, but he had no real information about Torchwick, other than the fact he had hired some of his men before.
"Where are you guys?" asked Yang, not noticing the distress signal.
Just behind them, they heard loud noises and noticed Blake and Sun running. A few seconds later, they saw the giant mecha tank chasing after them.
"Hurrry!" wailed Sun.
"I think that was them," pointed out Neptune.
"Yea, I got it," grunted Yang. She really didn't see what Weiss saw in this guy before accelerating to chase after them.
Jaune was walking out from the supermarket with his team. It was nice just to have a team bonding time. Pyrrha held hands with him for almost the whole time, snuggling into him. They were ready to head to the movie theaters when they saw Blake and Sun, running as fast as they could. Shortly after, they saw a giant machine chasing after them. A few seconds later, Yang was chasing the robot on her motorcycle, with Neptune holding on for his life.
"Please tell me I wasn't the only one who saw that?" asked Jaune.
"It seems like team RWBY, Sun, and Neptune have encountered some sort of trouble," commented Ren.
"Should we help them?" asked Pyrrha.
"I wanna smash that robot!" shouted Nora, taking out her hammer.
"Guess the movie's gonna have to be put on hold," said Jaune as he took out his sword. They started to run after them when a short lady with pink and brown hair and heterochromia iridum blocked their way.
The lady grinned as she spun her umbrella.
"Umm, please get out of our way?" asked Jaune. The lady shook her head.
"Guess we're doing this the hard way. Nora, smash," said Jaune.
Nora grinned as she jumped into the air before slamming her hammer down. The lady's image suddenly shattered into pieces like a mirror being broken.
"What?" said Nora in confusion, "Did I break her?"
"Nora, behind you!" shouted Ren. Nora acted in instinct, pressing the button to shoot a grenade into the ground to cause an explosion, sending her into the air. In the air, she saw the lady had actually been about to hit her from behind.
Jaune and Pyrrha quickly dashed forward and attacked. The lady was skilled as she fended off both of them with her umbrella and her CQC skills. However, even then, she was starting to struggle to fend off both of them.
'What's with these kids?' thought the lady mentally. She was Roman's right-hand woman, Neopolitan, aka Neo! It was no surprise that the red haired girl was skilled, otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten her name 'Goddess of Victory'. However, what threw her off was the blonde male who seemed to be the leader. He was just as skilled, if not better, than Pyrrha! Quickly using her Semblance, she jumped back to give herself some distance just as Pyrrha landed a hit on the afterimage, shattering it.
Jaune sighed when he saw the image shatter before linking up with Fafnir and Andusk simultaneously. With those two dragons, he was able to sense someone's aura better while being able to feel where they were based on the ground. Stomping his right foot, he sensed that Neo was trying to sneak by him to attack Pyrrha. He lifted his shield and aimed at her. Inside his shield, the gears whirled for a bit before sprouting a muzzle for the hand cannon. He fired as soon as he had a lock. Neo yelped in surprise and blocked it with her umbrella. Before she had the chance to recover, Jaune was already on her, slashing rapidly. Neo parried, blocked and dodged most of the slashes, but some of it still managed to land on her, cutting down her Aura. Neo had to jump to the left when Pyrrha fired a few shots. She glared at Pyrrha, Jaune, and Nora as they stood in front of her. How did the boy somehow sense him? She was still pondering that question when she noticed something was wrong. Where was the green boy?
Her instincts suddenly screamed at her to dodge. She ducked to see Ren had tried to slash her from behind. She used the momentum to bring her right leg up to hit Ren, but he dodged it before landing a slash on her body. She stumbled away, glaring at them. She didn't have any more time left to fight them, and she wasn't even sure she could win. Seeing that she only had one option, she waved her umbrella in front of her before jumping back, seemingly disappearing into the air. Jaune could track her running away fast, and decided it wasn't worth chasing after her.
"Wonder who she was?" said Jaune as he sheathed his swords. The others were doing the same.
"I don't know, but she was definitely skilled," said Pyrrha.
"Think team RWBY is all right?" asked Nora.
"Team RWBY is one of the top teams along with us. I'm sure they're fine," said Ren.
"We should probably make sure they're all right, still," said Jaune. The rest and started to run in their direction. They had put all their items into Jaune's bag after making sure it was sealed. They were running when they came across Sun and Neptune, eating at Simple Wok.
"Weren't you guys with team RWBY?" asked Jaune.
"We got knocked out and off the battle," replied Sun. "I'm sure they're fine without us."
As if to acknowledge that statement, Sun got a text from them saying that the fight was over.
"Hmm. All this excitement and running has gotten me hungry," said Pyrrha as she eyed the noodle dish Sun had ordered.
"Might as well eat here," said Ren.
Team JNPR pulled up seats when Jaune noticed that the owner looked liked the same person he had met at Vacuo. When he asked if he was, the shopkeep shook his head, saying that it was his brother he had met. He was one of quadruplets, all living in the major cities, and all owning the same branch. Shrugging, Jaune and his team ordered some food, introducing themselves to Neptune. They were later joined by team RWBY, though Blake seemed to be severely distracted while Weiss sat close to Neptune.
"So, did you guys get Torchwick? Did you break his legs?" asked Nora.
"No," replied Ruby, pouting, "Some lady interfered as the last second. It was awesome to see Yang punch the machine into pieces, but the lady tricked us somehow. Before we knew it, they were getting away in a bullhead. She seemed really tired, though."
JNPR looked at each other before asking for the characteristics of the lady. Weiss huffed as she gave them the general description while telling them how Roman had mentioned her by the name of Neo.
"Neo, huh. She tried to stop us from helping you," commented Jaune as he started on his noodles. "I think her Semblance deals with illusions. Not only that, we could feel she was much stronger than she seems. And if she's in Roman's faction, then it'll be best if we prepared for her."
"She certainly made our plan...shatter," quipped Yang.
Weiss huffed and complained, saying hers was better that Yang while the other groaned.
While Roman was flying away to a safe house, he looked at Neo in concern.
"Why are you so tired?" asked Roman.
Neo took out a sign from nobody knows where.
Dealing with a team of huntsmen-in-training before rescuing you.
"You couldn't deal with them easily?" asked Roman.
One was the girl they call Goddess of Victory. The other was a boy who seemed just as skilled as her. Finally, one of them somehow managed to sneak up behind me.
"That's troublesome," muttered Roman, "Looks like we caught more attention than we needed. Going have to be more careful in the future, maybe accelerate some plans."
Neo nodded in reply, carefully remembering the boy who could somehow see through her illusions and the boy who landed the hit on her body. She grinned as she plotted what to do with them. Either kill them... or take them for herself. Both boys were cute, and they would be the perfect slaves for her.
The teams got back to their dorms to sleep, although Blake looked like she couldn't sleep. She skipped her turn to snuggle with Jaune and kept searching for more clues about the White Fang, leading them to all become worried about her, but they couldn't do anything for now.
A few days later, Weiss asked Jaune to meet with him privately. They were at a private restaurant, eating.
"Jaune," began Weiss, "I... I... I want to try dating somebody else."
Jaune put down his fork at this and sighed. He knew this was coming.
"Is it Neptune?" asked Jaune.
Weiss could only nod her head, "I know that you need a harem... but I'm a Schnee. I have a name to live up to. If word got out I was part of a group, it could spell disaster for the SDC. What could be worse, is that Whitley becomes the Heir. And I will not let that brat drag the Schnee name farther than my father who only married into the name."
Jaune leaned back into his seat, his eyes closed for a bit. He opened his eyes again to look directly at Weiss.
"Fine. This dating thing was to see if you were all comfortable with me personally and with the fact I have to have multiple mates. The fact that you aren't is reasonable enough. I won't hold a grudge."
"Thank you," said Weiss, "And I'm sorry. I hope we can still be good friends still."
"Of course," smiled Jaune sadly.
A week after Weiss' confession. RWY, Dew, and Pyrrha were a bit cold to Weiss, but Jaune told them that it was her choice and that he wouldn't blame her. The semester continued, and the team RWBY, JNR, NDGO, and SSSN found themselves sitting at the arena benches with some of the other students from other schools, watching Pyrrha destroy team CRDL. Sun had introduced his team to them all. The class period had mostly 1st-year students from all schools attending it.
It wasn't to say CRDL was bad, but Pyrrha was just too good. CRDL had improved from all their detentions with Port, but it just wasn't enough. Sky Lark was the first to be taken out with a shield bouncing off Cardin's head into his. Pyrrha did a backflip to catch her shield before landing right on Sky, taking him out for good. She grinned as she looked up before running into Russel, bashing him away.
As Jaune was watching, he noted that out of the whole team, Dove seemed to be the most skilled and balanced out of all of them. That was to say, he was able to block most of Pyrrha's attacks. The next to be knocked out was Russel from a shield throw, followed by an extending spear sweep to the head. Dove tried to take advantage of a sneak attack, but Pyrrha spun Milo around her neck before making her weapon shoot out. Dove blocked it but was forced to step back, letting Pyrrha attack even more. He quickly aimed a few shots with his gun/sword hybrid before leaping away from her slash with a butterfly kick. He landed next to Cardin, who managed to get up after being slammed viciously.
Jaune had to give it to Cardin, he was the most tenacious one of the group, as well as the tanky one. He growled and was about to swing his weapon without care when Dove put his hand on his shoulder.
"Careful. You were about to knock me out with your back swing. Remember what Professor Port said," whispered Dove.
Cardin took a deep breath before preparing himself, allowing Pyrrha to be impressed at this. If it was the old Cardin, he would have just swung recklessly, and like Dove said, knock out his own teammate by accident. However, this didn't dissuade her at all as she charged forward. She changed Akouo into another xiphos and started to dual wield, increasing her attack speed. She landed a knee into Cardin's face before spinning in the air and back kicked Cardin away. Using this time, she slashed rapidly at Dove, who tried to block her attacks. In the end, she disarmed Dove before doing leg sweep with her left-hand weapon, going from left to right. Dove was in midair and knew he was screwed when she used her sweep and slammed her right-handed weapon into Dove's stomach, knocking him out.
Cardin got up before slamming his mace into the ground, using his Semblance to enhance his strike and leave a path of destruction in front of him. Pyrrha back flipped to dodge it before suddenly rushing at Cardin, who was unprepared for the assault. Pyrrha knocked him into the air before chasing after him. Landing three hits, Cardin was sent flying away from her. She used Akouo in shield form as a footstool and shot herself at Cardin again, this time Milo in javelin form. She spun around Cardin, managing catch Cardin in a neck hold with her weapon. She started spinning down towards the ground, with Cardin yelling in a panic. Pyrrha slammed Cardin into the floor, back first. Cardin's body flopped for a second, his face near Pyrrha's foot, who took advantage of this and did a somersault kick right into his face. She swung her left arm, catching her Akouo perfectly before getting back into a fighting position, never letting her guard down.
Cardin groaned as he tried to get up with one hand, the other on his chest, trying to block out the pain.
"And that's the match," announced Glynda as she walked forward, calling off the match.
"Lucky shot," grumbled Cardin before collapsing on his back. He knew full well that Pyrrha had just kicked his team's butt, but it didn't prevent him from grumbling. He sighed as he knew he'd have to up the level of training with his team to even hit her on a 4v1. She definitely earned her title as 'Goddess of Victory'.
"Well done, Miss Nikos. You should have no problem qualifying for the tournament," complimented Glynda. Pyrrha bowed and thanked her.
Glynda nodded while tapping her Scroll, "Alright, now I know that's a tough act to follow, but we have time for one more sparring match." She looked around the room, " Any volunteers? Ms. Belladonna?"
Blake slammed her book shut and stared wide-eyed at Glynda. "You've been rather docile for the past few classes. Why don't you -"
Before she could finish her sentence and perhaps humiliate Blake, Mercury raised his hand instead. However, before he could say anything, an arrogant voiced rang out.
"I'll fight."
They looked to see a boy with spiky yellow hair and a small rat tail with a sharp face. It was Boyd Arc, Jaune's second half-brother, who wore a smug look and was sitting at the opposite of the teams, Mercury, and Emerald. He was a first-year at Shade Academy, with a big mouth. Mercury put his hand down, although he slightly glared at Boyd for ruining his plan.
"Boyd, is it? Very well, let's find you an opponent," said Glynda. Boyd stood up scoffing before pointing his finger at the male sitting next to Dew.
"I want to challenge him!" declared Boyd.
Boyd had been trying to woo Dew all semester, and when she left early for Beacon, he was pissed. He heard rumors that she had a boyfriend at Vale, and couldn't wait to get to Beacon and show her that he was the right choice. Logically thinking, he thought the boy sitting next to Dew was the one who she was interested.
He had pointed his finger at... Lie Ren.
"Me?" asked Ren in confusion.
"Yes! Come down here and face me, knave!" shouted Boyd.
The confusion came that Dew was actually sitting next to Jaune and Ren, right between them, near the back. Nora had run down to get a front row seat, along with Octavia, to watch Pyrrha destroy team CRDL. He had a 50% chance of guessing the right one, and thought since Ren wore green like Dew, they must've been the couple. That and Jaune was being distracted by Yang, who had put her head on his shoulder.
"Mr. Arc, Please, do not bring that attitude to the competition or the school," warned Glynda.
Boyd scoffed at this. He was an Arc! Only a few could match him, like the Schnee heiress. Although he wouldn't say no to Yang, who had an impressive rack that caught his eyes.
'An Arc? Perhaps this is his half-brother Jaune told us about,' thought Ren as he stood up, "I don't mind."
The two were down at the arena. Pyrrha had put her weapons away and was sitting where Ren had been sitting. Team CRDL took nearby seats. Ever since the second semester, CRDL had been trying to improve their behavior, and the best way was to make friends with a Faunus and more tolerant people.
"Ready to lose?" sneered Boyd, "Hope your girlfriend dumps you once she sees how much better I am."
Ren raised an eyebrow at this, "What are you talking about?"
"What am I talking about? I mean Dew!" shouted Boyd.
"Huh. Dew's not my girlfriend, nor are we even interested in each other," replied Ren, causing Boyd to look in confusion. Ren pointed at Nora, who waved, "That's my girlfriend."
"BREAK HIS LEGS RENNY!" shouted Nora.
During the second semester, Octavia was officially Ren's second girlfriend, to his own surprise. They had agreed not to let it be public knowledge that he was also dating Octavia. That would just draw too much attention. The same was with Jaune. Nobody except a close group of friends knew Jaune was dating several girls.
Boyd swore mentally. Then perhaps the blonde boy sitting next to Dew was the boyfriend! Oh well, at least he would beat someone up. The match started, and Boyd drew out his weapon. It was a big scimitar with the capability of transforming into a pulse rifle. On his left hand was buckler. Ren, on the other hand, did not draw out his weapon.
"What's wrong, scared?" sneered Boyd.
"No. Just interested to see what you can do," replied Ren, "That, and I doubt I'll need it."
Fuming red, Boyd charged in. Ren easily dodged his attacks before kicking Boyd in the face. Struggling, Boyd got some space in between them before changing it to a pulse rifle and fired. Ren kept moving, making it hard for Boyd to land a hit. Ren got near enough that he landed an Aura infused punch right into the buckler. Upon impact, he let the Aura explode, causing Boyd to stumble back with his left hand up in the air. Using this chance, Ren gave Boyd an uppercut, sending him into the air. Ren then quickly jumped while spinning in a tight circle before landing an axe kick into Boyd's face, sending him down to the pavement.
Boyd coughed out blood before rolling away from a punch from Ren into the ground. Quickly getting up, he charged towards Ren before suddenly stopping and using the momentum to increase the force of his swing. Ren, however, blocked it by charging forward instead of jumping back to try to dodge it. Boyd's arm landed onto Ren's shoulder when swinging his weapon in a downward arc, causing Ren to wince in pain, but not enough to cause any injury. With the momentum gone, Ren punched Boyd in the stomach. Boyd's face shot down, letting Ren grab his head with his arm, trapping him there. Then, Ren brought the back of his heels right into Boyd's face, clobbering him a couple times.
Boyd broke out of the hold with pure anger and slashed at Ren, finally getting a hit.
"Not so tough, are you?" roared Boyd in anger. Ren merely smiled as he walked closer, pulling up his sleeves. He held his hands out in front him, palms open. His right hand was extended further than his left, almost straight, while the left hand was in front of his body.
"That doesn't seem like the same stance you use," whispered Yang.
She had an interest in CQC as her weapons basically enhanced it. However, she had gotten lax about it as she thought she could overpower everyone with her Semblance given time. It was after sparring with Jaune and Ren after the Torchwick incident with just CQC skills did she notice she had not heeded her father's warning and allowed it rust, using power to compensate it. Now, she spent more time trying to fight without relying on her Semblance too much. It was slow, but she showed some signs of improvement, no longer rushing into everything headfirst. Of course, when she got angry, she tended to forget about it.
"That's because it's not," whispered Jaune back, "Ren knows the Dragon Style fist, but as we agreed, we didn't want to reveal it to the world just yet. In terms of body, Ren's more flexible than me, while I have more power, though the difference is barely there. This style utilizes quick attacks with agile stances. This is the perfect style to fight against the Arc style. The Arc style revolves on unblockable slashes, but you have to build up a bit of momentum for that. The style Ren is using will completely neutralize Boyd, seeing as he's not that skilled."
Ren slide closer with his stance, causing Boyd to be a bit more nervous. As soon as he was in range Boyd, swung his weapon towards Ren's head. Ren responded with a quick punch from his right hand to Boyd's wrist as it came down, forcing the swing to miss completely to the side. Within the same second, Ren shot his left fist towards Boyd's face, who blocked it with his left hand. Before Boyd could do anything, he felt his legs get hit by a sweep, causing him to fall down. Ren had also done a low kick with his left leg when he launched his left hand. As Boyd was falling, Ren used body turn to swing his right elbow down to Boyd's face, infusing Aura into the elbow. Upon impact, Ren released it.
The end result was Boyd found his head caved into the floor.
Shaking his head, Boyd rolled away and got back up, just to find that he had dropped his sword and shield. Before he could do anything, Ren was already upon him. Boyd took a fighting pose, but it was painfully clear he had not practiced CQC. Ren was weaving his punches right through his defenses, and the two were moving, with Ren moving forward while Boyd was scooting back. After a wicked right hook, Ren shot his left hand out, hitting nothing. That confused Boyd until when Ren was about to withdraw it, his right fist shot out right into his face. Ren did the distraction two more times while punching other parts of Boyd's body before ending it with a high kick into his face, knocking Boyd into the ground.
"And that's the match," announced Glynda, "Next time, Mr. Arc, you might want to choose your opponents carefully. Mr. Ren, a nice display of your skills."
The alarm rang, dismissing the class. Blake jolted in surprise.
"That is all for today. And remember, the dance is this weekend. But you all have your first mission on Monday. I will not accept any excuses," announced Glynda. She noticed Boyd had yet to get up, but upon inspection, saw he was in no real danger. Using her Semblance, she picked Boyd up into the air with her Semblance before leaning him against the wall. His team would take care of him.
They all walked outside, discussing how Ren basically humiliated Boyd Arc. Nora was complaining about how Ren didn't break his legs. Octavia piped up, saying that he broke his face instead, so that had to count for something. Dew thanked Ren for putting Boyd in his place. SSSN and CRDL were praising Ren on his attacks, seeing how effective they were, as well as shutting up Boyd's mouth. Too bad Ren didn't attempt to do reconstructive surgery on his face with his fists, otherwise, he might look better.
They were about to split paths to head to their dorms when Sun asked them if they were planning on going to the dance. At this point, Blake exploded, saying it was a waste of time. It was very easy to see that Blake hadn't slept well, considering the bags under her eyes. She marched away from them all.
"Geez that was explosive," said Nebula.
Neptune put his hand on Sun's shoulder, "Don't worry. I'm sure you'll get her."
"I'm not trying to get her," said Sun, causing his team to raise their eyebrows, "She's already dating someone, and told me already. I handled it a lot better than I thought I could've. But I was asking everyone in general."
"Who's she dating?" asked Sage, one of Sun's teammates.
"Secret. Sorry she told me not to tell," said Sun before winking at Jaune.
They all headed back to their dorms, and team RWBY was holding a discussion in their dorm room, trying to convince Blake to relax a little. Not to mention that they were the ones preparing for the dance. The original responsibility for the dance was team CFVY, but their mission had to be extended due to circumstances not under their control. Team RWBY was assigned as part of punishment for investigating the White Fang without permission, causing collateral damage to the streets. It failed badly.
"And once it's all over, we'll return for our search, rested and read," finished Weiss.
"So what do ya think?" asked Ruby.
"I think this is a colossal waste of time," scoffed Blake, walking away and opening the dorm door, "I'll be in the library."
"Well, that went well," said Yang.
She sighed, thinking about a way to bring her partner to the dance and to relax a little. Not to mention, they would all be Jaune's dates. Well, everyone but Weiss. She admitted she wanted to try to date somebody else and had plans to ask him to the dance. Octavia expressed no interest in joining, stating that she was with Ren already. Jaune and Ren could only smile at that, knowing Octavia was serious. Ryo-Wo offered names, but Jaune decided to put it off for now. Officially, Pyrrha would be Jaune's date when entering the dance, but they had it planned out. Each girl would get to dance with Jaune at least once, if not more.
Night came, and it was Blake's turn to sleep with Jaune. However, she was opting to go to the library to research more before Jaune grabbed her, stopping her from leaving. Everyone from both teams was watching this play out.
"You need sleep," said Jaune bluntly, worried about her health.
"Let me go," growled Blake.
"No. You're hurting yourself more than you are getting closer to finding out what the White Fang wants," said Jaune.
"We don't have time for this!" snarled Blake, raising her hand to slap Jaune in the face, "Let go! Otherwise, I'll break up with you!"
Jaune let the slap hit before turning his head back to her, "Got that out of your system?"
Blake went for another one when Jaune caught it, pulling her into his chest. She tried to struggle out of it, but his hug was too strong... and warm.
"Blake... I know you want to find what they're up to, but at this rate, you'll collapse before you even reach your goal. If you want to truly want to reach it, then take some time off. Sometimes, you need to step back to see everything then just going forward blindly," said Jaune before rubbing her head. He took off the bow on her head before placing her ear near his heart.
lub-dub. lub-dub. lub-dub.
The heartbeat was slowly making Blake drowsy, realizing she was much more tired than she thought.
'Maybe a quick nap. I'll just head to the library later,' thought Blake, her eyes slowly closing.
lub-dub. lub-dub. lub-dub.
She soon found herself in the world of dreams. Jaune smiled before lifting her up slowly and carefully, letting her head be near his heartbeat. He laid her down on his bed before climbing in. Not hearing the heartbeat, Blake moved to find it in her sleep. She ended up sprawling over Jaune, her head on his chest, her legs tangled into his. Jaune merely smiled as he pulled the blanket over them both.
"Aww, isn't that sweet?" said Yang.
The others nodded, feeling slight jealousy. But that was easily squashed, as the girls that were dating Jaune were guilty of also doing what Blake was currently doing. However, it was satisfying to see Blake finally get some much-needed sleep and relaxation. Yang still planned on telling Blake about what had happened when she herself had rushed an investigation, hoping to allow Blake to come to the dance. Just a simple sleep wasn't enough to stop Blake from obsessing over the White Fang.
At another dorm, Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald were discussing their plans and potential targets/threats.
When Emerald got to Pyrrha Nikos, Mercury decided to voice his opinion.
"Pyrrha Nikos seems pretty strong. Can't tell since she was fighting canon fodder, and before I could challenge her, some idiot volunteered to fight," said Mercury, "Then again, her newest nickname 'Goddess of Victory' shows for itself. Her fans and sponsors changed it from 'Invincible Girl' when she won her third tournament in a row, but this one by a landslide.
"Hmmm. People must assume she's fated for victory. Add her to the list," said Cinder.
"Though we did see another potential target," commented Emerald as she added Pyrrha into the list.
"Oohh. Do tell," said Cinder.
"Lie Ren," said Mercury, getting up from laying on the floor, "Although he fought another cannon fodder even weaker than CRDL, he shows impressive close quarter combat skills. I'm actually interested in fighting him. Not to mention, he never pulled out his weapon at all. Either that or his weapon is hidden in his fists."
"Hmm..," said Cinder thoughtfully.
"Although there is not a lot of information about him, his records shows he was a straight A student in combat school. Though the real interesting part is that he's an orphan, meaning he had no support except for his childhood friend, though now girlfriend, Nora Valkyrie," continued Emerald.
"A person who takes fate into his own hands and pushes himself for his own life. Quite different from his teammate. Add him to the list, too. Anyone else?" said Cinder, "Perhaps their teammates?"
"Nothing on them. Nora's a powerhouse with some expertise with explosive Dust, but that can be easily dealt with. No real records on Jaune Ryu-Long either. He's never been to combat school, and there are no records of him taking the test. Either he faked his way in, or he was invited by Ozpin, with the latter being more likely," said Emerald, "Same way Ozpin did with Ruby Rose."
"To be honest, none of them stands a chance against us. You should be able to handle Pyrrha easily, while the rest falls to us," said Mercury.
"It's not about overpowering the enemy. It's about taking away what power they have. And we will, in time," said Cinder evilly.
"I hate waiting," moaned Mercury as he laid back down again.
"Don't worry, Mercury. We have a fun weekend ahead of us," grinned Cinder.
The next morning, Blake yawned and woke up, feeling much more refreshed. She took a look at the clock and almost panicked when she saw it was 6:00 A.M. They had gone to bed early, around 8:00 P.M. That meant she had been sleeping for 10 hours straight! She had never done that before!
"Awake?" asked a voice from below her.
Blake looked down to see that she had used Jaune as a bed and teddy bear, sprawling all over him. She blushed, trying to get up when she felt that her legs had tangled into his. Trying to extricate herself out from Jaune, they finally separated. Blake was sitting, feeling embarrassed she had let her guard down so much around him.
"Feeling better?" asked Jaune. Blake sighed and nodded.
"I'm sorry about what I said earlier," apologized Blake, "Please don't break up with me after what I said. I didn't mean it."
"No worries," whispered Jaune as he gave her a hug, "You were stressed out. You want to get some extra sleep in?"
Blake thought about it and nodded.
"All right. I'm going to go work out. Feel free to keep sleeping on my bed," said Jaune, getting up and grabbing some of his exercise clothes. He went into the bathroom, and came out, throwing his clothes into his bin before going out.
Blake sat there for a minute before snatching Jaune's shirt. Taking a quick sniff, she could smell his scent on it easily. She felt ashamed a little. She was taking his shirt for his smell, like a pervert! It didn't stop her, though. She laid back on the bed, not even going to her own, pulling the blanket over her. She closed her eyes and fell back asleep, Jaune's shirt in her hands. She curled up, getting her whole body as close to the shirt as she could.
Jaune never found that shirt again.
Alright! Enjoy that fight scene? I had a fun time creating it!
Gasp! Weiss broke up with Jaune! What will happen!
As for all those people in the reviews saying it should be Winter, do note I didn't put her name on the pairing list. That means Weiss is still in it. That, and the poll from when I was saying who should be matched with the water dragon voted on Weiss. However, I felt a little drama was needed. To make it a little more... realistic.
Read and Review! Any is appreciated besides the typical straight out flaming.