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Note: You know, there's a problem with reviews right now. I think soon I'm going to get a massive dump of them into my inbox, and that'll be crazy to sort out. Come on Fanfiction, get your shit together!
I mean, I can click on the story's reviews and read them, but the emails aren't coming! Even then, for 'One King To Rule Them All' the reviews are showing up by email but not on the site itself!
Get your shit together yo! (Do people still say 'yo'?) (Also note, all the increases to closeness, skills, and stats did not happen in this chapter alone, so not all of them have a pop-up.)
The Woman Whisperer
Chapter XXI
He could feel it.
It was more than a tingling sensation, and more than a single muscle felt it. It was not as though a single feeling washed over his body, from head to toe, and he felt himself suddenly bathed in power.
It was nothing like that.
Rather, the feeling wasn't a tingling, but a scratching sensation, almost one of a fingernail on skin. Around his body, he felt it. Annoying him, scratching at him, it filled him with haste, making him more and more nervous everytime as the annoyance grew.
His eye twitched.
Jaune's eye twitched again, a quick gesture, which could barely be called a muscle spasm. There was a pulse in his leg next, through the thigh, almost like a cramp coming on before it relaxed.
The fingers on his hand moved, brushing past each other like wind in the leaves.
Blue eyes blinked open, the wind against them annoying before Jaune felt the same scratching, the same feeling around his body, and looked towards his opponent. She stood there on the grassy cliff, overlooking the inlet, blonde hair being blown slightly by the wind.
"Ready?" The other girl asked, apparently doing so a second time as her lilac eyes locked on his. "I've been waiting forever for this! You aren't beating me twice in a week, no way!"
"I'm ready." Jaune said with a smirk before he felt it, coursing through his veins. The scratching turned to something more, a crackling along his skin as it nipped at him, the small arcs zapping him.
"Are you?" He asked Yang as he dropped into his stance, low and prepared to strike as the two of them squared off. Not dignifying him with an answer, Yang raised her fists, letting Ember Celica shift into it's full gauntlet form.
You've gained +1 Closeness with Yang!
He let out a breath, and they began.
Rushing forwards, fist cocked, Yang flew forwards striking down to the location he'd just been in the first move as he dodged to the side. Surprised that he was going to the side rather than backwards for once, Yang barely had time to swing her left arm up to block his kick.
Spinning away, Jaune went low, lashing out his foot towards her ankle in previously unthought of speed for the blond boy. His skills were enhanced by one of the charms around his neck. Dodging around his foot, Yang let out a yell before slamming her fist down on him.
Turning, he let the blow fly past him into the ground. Shards of earth dug upwards, flying into the air before he rolled back to his feet, lunging forwards with one fist out. Catching it, Yang twisted his arm making him give a startled yelp before she tossed him to the side.
Bouncing painfully once, Jaune rolled to his feet again before squaring up and dodging the next of Yang's attacks. Ducking under another fist, he bounced before punching her once in the side, catching her under the ribs before Yang ducked away, delivering a painful blow to his side.
Flipping, he landed on his knees and hands before rolling forwards and out of the way of kick.
Spinning upwards with a kick, Jaune's foot went for her face before getting caught on her arms. Retracting the foot, he spun out of the way and to his feet before jumping and kicking twice. Blocking both times, Yang threw a punch at his torso before Jaune grabbed onto the arm making the blow and pulled it further, overextending Yang's reach.
Turning past, he swept one foot under her ankle, tripping the blonde before she lashed out at his shins, making him whimper and skamper away quickly. Giving her breathing room as she got back up, Jaune stopped even as her eyes started changing colour, going from the warm lilac to a dangerous red.
"You're really starting to annoy me." Yang said, eyes smouldering as her hair raised itself up a bit, glowing golden.
"You're really starting to like me." Jaune said cheekily back before dodging the next couple swings and punching her in the arm. It was a clean hit, but didn't do much considering it was only her arm.
Dodging backwards, he felt the flames winking into existence against his skin, but banished it. There was no need for that, not now when he was meant to be trying something different. That was for when he needed brute, incinerating strength.
Right now, he wanted something different.
Blocking the next couple of hits, Jaune felt himself skid backwards along the grass as he wound up for another hit. Launching her knee upwards in a surprise attack, she let him have it before headbutting him.
Scorching him with the heat being generated from her semblance, Yang did him no favors, offering him no respite before pressing the attack again. Charging forwards, she leapt flipping into a downwards kick. Diving away and rolling back up rather than attempting blocking it, Jaune backhanded his left hand in an attempt at a hit before she blocked it, twisting in an impressive act of contortion.
Punching towards him, her fist went flying past his shoulder as Jaune once more dodged, punching into Yang's gut, he felt his fist connect and heard an 'oof' before he pushed backwards, blocking the next few punches following.
Feeling his arms grow sore, he decided it time to end this.
Disengaging, Jaune felt the flicker against his skin as the bolts flew across, latching onto whatever they could reach, and feel. They crackled along, ,finding the oher points of which they would use to connect, before separating and charging across his surface once more.
His eyes flickered once more, the same black lightning flickering across his face, from his brows to his nose and away again before Jaune looked at Yang. "Still feeling confident?"
She grinned cockily, bashing her own fists together, causing as shockwave of heat and flame to radiate off her body as she looked at him. Pointing her thumb back at herself as the grass underneath her whimpered and died with barely a trace to it's name, she laughed.
"Me? I always feel confident!" Yang said before watching him stand there, and put his hands in his pockets. Briefly looking at his stats and mana consumption, Jaune saw the popup appear in front of his eyes, and grinned with victory.
'Lightning Trance' has been added to the 'Black Lightning' skill!
"You really shouldn't." He said before he flew forwards, faster than he's ever felt himself go before. Dashing forwards, he trailed the same black lightning that was building across his body, as he flew forwards.
Shocked at his speed, Yang wasn't ready as his fist cocked back, ready to hit her down. Crashing into her shoulder, the fist shocked him back for a brief second as Yang let out a brief yelp stumbling back and punching at him, her semblance burning to life once more.
Seems as though there's a bit of feedback on this new power.
Flying left at high speed, he avoided her next fist before Jaune felt the black lightning coalescing around his fist. Casting it towards her, his hit fell short only for a bolt of it to fly out of his knuckles, zapping her in the chest.
Crashing back as he felt his arm go numb from the electricity which had just used it as a conductor, Jaune ran forwards, his feet becoming a blur of motion like the rest of his body as he seemingly vanished forwards.
This was faster than neon.
Jumping and turning, Jaune's foot was about to come down on Yang again, trailing sparks and crackling air once more before she cast her fist upwards, unleashing a shotgun blast with it. Freaking out and feeling himself accelerate as he flew to the side, propelled by his own aura created lightning, Jaune stumbled across the ground losing the charge before falling face first.
Scrambling to her feet as he turned onto his back, Yang leapt over to where he was, fist about to come down properly on him before he cast up an aura shield. Catching her fist mere inches away from his body, Jaune let out a massive breath as her eyes returned to normal and realized that she was quite possible about to smite him.
Letting out a deep breath, Jaune collapsed onto his back, arms out at his sides as sweat ran down his forehead. While the entire battle had lasted less than four minutes, the entire thing was long, and arduous.
"Holy…" Yang let out, sitting on the ground beside him, her face flushed as she moved some hair out of her face. "What the hell was that?"
He shook his head. While he 'knew' Jaune didn't quite know for sure. "Your guess is as good as mine. By this point, I'm not surprised if my powers start doing things don't I tell them to. I kinda wanted for that to happen, but it was a bit out of control. That's part of my semblance I guess."
She shook her head, reaching up to one of her shoulder and rubbing it a bit. "Well, it hurt like hell. It zapped me real good when you did that weird 'lightning punch' thing."
Jaune winced. "Sorry about that. I probably should've asked before attempting to try a new power out on you."
Yang waved it off in her usual manner, still as cheerful and carefree as ever. Over this past week, he's certainly gotten closer to her. Not only her, but everyone else as well.
Also yes. That 'everyone' else did include Glynda. Though, he hasn't seen Penny recently, so he was kind of worried about where she might be.
"Anyways, you up for grabbing some lunch?" Yang asked, stretching back as the numbness in her shoulder quickly began to fade, and her feeling was regained.
"Sorry, I've got grinding to be doing." Jaune said in what he thought was a clever little secret pun there for himself. Grinding was a game term, which could also be applied to real life! It was funny because his real life, was a game!
Why he's talking to strangely to his inner mind, he has no idea!
You've gained +1 Closeness with Yang!
"Ah, I get it." His fellow blonde companion said picking at some grass before dropping it back into the wind. "Classes have been killing me. When we decided to not go back to Patch for the break, I was expecting parties, and clubbing!"
"But…" He said with a grin leading her on as Yang continued.
"But nope! Apparently missing a few crummy assignments is enough to warrant me for remedial lessons!" Yang said sighing as Jaune hummed along. Looking out over the cliff, he looked at the sun sparkling off the surface of the water.
"To be fair, seventy one percent in grimm studies isn't exactly terrific." Jaune said, perhaps a bit bitter. She was complaining about having to do classes? Jaune wasn't even accepted for the school properly!
Technically everything he was learning here was absolutely new to him, outside what he knew from regular scrub-school and video games. Jaune worked his ass off, using his apparently constantly increasing intelligence to get some good grades!
She had no excuse to slack off.
"Yeah, but a seventy one percent isn't a fail! It's a C+, just two percent off a 'B'!" Yang said tilting her head before picking some more grass out. Running her hands through her hair, Yang fixed it a bit from where it had gotten scraggly and messed up during their fight.
"Besides, Weiss already has me studying all the time for my other classes, so I'm getting really good marks across the board! I'm not exactly doing bad!" She said with a huff before relaxing. Good, she had no real reason to be angry. "All I'm saying is that it makes sense that some things would slip."
"Well, I'm doing really good in my classes now that all of you have very kindly helped me catch up." Jaune said. While he was mainly training his skills, and spending time with his friends over the break, they spent time together by bringing him up to speed on things he should know, but apparently didn't.
"So if you'd ever like a bit of assistance, I'd be more than happy to help Yang." He said warmly with a smile, letting her know he meant it as she turned towards him. "It's the least I can do for all the help you're giving me with my combat skills."
She shrugged, her shoulders rising and falling the movement. "Maybe I'll take you up on that."
"Just be sure to keep it in mind." Jaune said, before standing up and brushing himself off. Reaching one hand down to Yang, he felt her grip tighten around his wrist, as his own grip tightened around her wrist and he pulled her up.
"I will."
~o0o~ The Woman Whisperer ~o0o~
His hammer came down once more, mightily upon the heated metal beneath his blow. Sweat dripped off him, and rolled down his body before soaking further into the thick blacksmith's apron he was wearing.
Around him were iron ingots. A hundred or so. Each one would create maybe forty short daggers the length of one of his fingers and a half. Each one of those daggers would reward him with a still unspecified amount of experience for his creation skill.
It was a bit bullshit, but it was working well.
'Creation' has gained +1 Level!
You've gained +1 Strength!
Seeing that another level had popped up, he shut off the forge, leaving the dagger on the anvil with the hammer. It was a technically rule breaking to do that, but oh well. He was too tired to touch another dagger.
He's been doing this everyday, for a couple hours, for a week now.
Making daggers, day in, day out. Sometimes he would melt them back down into iron ingots so he could make more, and eventually he would do that with all of them so he could return all of the iron to Beacon.
They were kindly loaning him some.
Wiping sweat off his brow, he went over his relationship stats for a second. Since realizing he was really out of touch with all that, he made sure to check it every day now, at least twice. Once before bed, and once in the morning.
It was a good habit.
Over the first week of the break, everyone seems to have gone up a bit. Now Glynda saw him as more than something than a simple student, something which pleased him greatly. While he didn't have an reason to interact with Coco or Velvet often, he'd also managed to boost them up by a couple points.
But generally? Up across the board, save for Penny, who he hasn't seen once in the past weeks, and for Neo. He still didn't know who that was, but the question marks were becoming more and more unnerving as time went on.
Looking over his skills and looking back at how much he progressed over the solid week of training, Jaune was impressed. His combat skills have gone up by twenty or so in some cases, while others had gone up by eleven or twelve.
He had made massive progress towards getting them to one hundred.
Now 'Black Lightning' was at fifty as well, much like his 'Style Of The Phoenix' skill was now at forty six. He's been grinding those like crazy, since those two are the most likely to award him with good things the further up he got.
Lightning Trance was proof that it had been a good choice.
Of course, across the board the cost for casting things has gone down. Every few levels, depending on the skill, the amount of aura points it took for casting went down, letting him cast more faster.
It was certainly a good thing.
Looking back at his 'Create' skill, he wondered how far he should take it before he would feel good enough about his skills to create Crocea Mors in a better form.
Create (Level 48): You've been forging daggers since you got the idea from Skyrim! In doing so, you've religiously gained points in this, as you continue to do the monotonous and boring work that is working with iron! You can also create things with other materials!
For every level, the quality of the item forged will improve.
You are now able to reforge weapons, armor, and other things!
You are now able to forge weapons, armor, and other things!
You can now improve pre-existing items with both passive, and active buffs!
Currently at level forty eight, the skill was rapidly improving, though Jaune was pretty sure he should be heading onto Whitesteel soon. Iron was quickly diminishing in it's returns for experience, and switching to a new one should give him a quick dump as he continued.
But that was another thing he didn't understand.
How did it work exactly? All he really did was his a piece of metal which he heated a couple of times, and then a dagger would just kind of 'plonk' out onto the anvil, and the ingot would lose mass. It wasn't like he was properly crafting it, it just kinda happened.
Certainly a strange thing, if not time saving.
Jaune had refrained from reforging for now, and wasn't all too thrilled about doing a half-assed job on one of his most prized possessions. The improvement feature of the skill was also interesting, but he'd kind of like to wait and see where that goes before doing anything with it.
Assuming he switched materials a couple of times, Jaune should be able to prestige that skill quickly. It would likely be the first one he would prestige at this rate, so he was curious to see where it went.
Curious indeed.
Getting up again, Jaune walked over to the forge. Making sure it was all shut off appropriately, he collected the large pile of daggers he's made in the three hours he was there that day before putting them into the box he was designated.
Thanking the Beacon staff who'd let them use their facilities, much like they let other students, Jaune left the forge, sweaty but feeling good. It had also been building up his strength and vitality, as all that swinging in the sweltering heat was certainly a tough thing.
Wiping one hand over his forehead to get rid of just a bit of moist sweat which had remained there, he dried his hand on his pant leg. Continuing his walk to the cafeteria, Jaune was sure that he would be getting some late lunch.
It may ruin his appetite for dinner, but damn. If he wasn't hungry, Jaune wasn't sure what anything was!
Stepping into the cafeteria, he stood in line before looking around. Spotting none of his friends, Jaune waited for the rest of his food to be added to his tray before turning and looking around once more.
Spotting a wild Velvet across the cafeteria, Jaune decided that he'd go sit with her. When was the last time he had a real conversation with her? Stopping just in front of her table, he smiled down at the girl before waiting for her attention.
Looking up from her scroll as she almost lazily munched on a carrot, Velvet blinked before she realized that he was waiting for her to respond in some way. Swallowing before continuing, Velvet gestured across the table from herself.
"Please! Be my guest." She said before giving a small laugh and putting away her scroll. She had a nice laugh, it was certainly cheerful and charming. "Sorry about that. I guess I was a bit distracted."
"No problem!" He said, sliding down onto the bench as he put his tray down in front of himself. Rubbing his hand together, he picked up a fork and put a chicken nugget into his mouth before making some conversation.
"So, what are you doing eating lunch at a time like this Velvet? Doesn't seem like you to be eating lunch at such a weird time." He said, before eating a bit more. To be fair, it was true. Who ate lunch at three?
Twelve was the normal time for the students.
She raised an eyebrow, her ears moving slightly. "What do you mean seem like me?"
Jaune blanked for a second before realizing what he meant when he had said that. "I just meant that you're normally really well put together and organized. Seems kind of strange for someone that neat to eat lunch at an out of place time."
"Ah, I get it." She said nodding nicely before brushing some of her long brown hair over her shoulder. Currently, Velvet wasn't wearing a uniform, and instead was wearing some sort of brown gold and black ensemble he had yet to see.
"I'm here right now since my team just got back from vacation. Still feeling a bit out of place with the timezones, so I'm grabbing lunch now." The rabbit faunus said before giving him a nice thumbs up.
"Don't worry though! I'm sure everything will be fine in no time!"
Smiling at that, Jaune ate some more food. It's always good to hear that people will be fine, and everything will be good without a doubt! Besides, was Velvet the kind of person who would lie to him about such a thing?
Nope! She seemed far too sweet for that. Really, Velvet was one sweet girl.
"I've got no doubt about that Velvet." He said before poking around his mashed potatoes a bit. "So, where did you guys go? Must've been warm looking at the sweet tan you have."
Velvet might've blushed, but he wouldn't have really noticed. Her skin was certainly a shade darker, thought it's not like it was unhealthy. If anything, he'd say her tan right now suited her perfectly.
You've gained +1 Closeness with Velvet!
"We went back to my hometown. It's a small place in Mistral, but nice. One of the few places where the government has actually invested in coast guards." She said nodding with a happy smile. It was nice to see her like that. "Meaning of course that the beaches were sweet and free of grimm!"
"That's good. I can imagine that fighting while on vacation would kind of kill the mood." Jaune said, before opening his can of Pep-Schnee and taking a sip. "So, does everyone there have the same cute accent you do?"
She bashfully looked away, idly tidying up her tray as she did so. "I think so? There's a bunch of tourists year round, but all the locals probably have the same accent. I never really thought about it before I came here."
You've gained +1 Closeness with Velvet!
"Nice. I'll be sure to check it out one day." He said. "What's the name of the place?"
"Australia. A nice little town, bigger than most outside of the main city." She said with pride before sleeping as a pair of hands was put onto her head. "Coco!"
Looking up at the girl in question, Jaune saw Coco standing behind Velvet, her signature shades on as she pat the head of the bunny girl. She too seemed to be a bit more tan and healthy looking.
"Filling in blondie here about our little trip?" She asked before pouting when Velvet took Coco's hands off her head. Sitting down at a desk, Coco fixed her hat slightly. "I'm sure he's dying to hear all about it."
Jaune raised an eyebrow. "Why would I be dying to hear about your trip? I didn't even know it was a thing until just now."
Coco laughed, before winking at him. "Think about it… Velvet and I… Two huntresses in training, in our youth with our bodies all tone and tan, splashing around in the waves, wearing nothing but sma-"
"Coco!" Velvet said before putting her face into her hands. "That's enough! Go write erotica or something if you want to let that side out!"
Feeling uncomfortable since his sister actually did write erotica, Jaune just watched on in silence as he tried and failed to keep the sight of them in swimsuits out of his mind. Failing, he saw the bouncing, the splashing, the smiling and happy fac-
You've gained +1 Closeness with Coco!
You've gained +1 Closeness with Velvet!
"-ello? Look Velvet, I broke him." Coco said, snapping her fingers in front of his face before he broke back to reality. What a shame. He was enjoying himself greatly in his daydream. "Well, it's nice to know that you think we're hot."
Jaune smiled before looking around the cafeteria. "Well, I don't know of a single person who doesn't think of you both as beautiful, so you should just assume everyone thinks you're hot."
"I already do." She said cockily before stealing one of Velvet's carrots. Glowering at her leader, the faunus girl looked at Coco.
"I never asked, but how do you know Jaune, Coco?" Velvet asked, raising some more conversation. She was about to answer, but Jaune decided to take that opportunity from her.
Technically, Coco could have made their midnight rendezvous in the laundry room sound far naughtier than it actually was. Meaning that he'd need to get in there first, and prevent it from being discussed at all.
"We met through my fashion sense." He said before gesturing down at himself. Accordingly, the clothes he was wearing clashed colour wise, and style wise. "She offered to help me fix that, as long as I paid for some stuff on the trip."
Velvet nodded and started saying something before Coco could interject. "Sounds like her alright. She never could stop herself from correcting someone's skill at dressing themselves."
Coco scoffed at that. "As I've told you a thousand times now buns, there's more to fashion than dressing yourself. It's a passion, a skill, a joy that all people should take when they're coming up with the perfect outfit every night!"
"Don't you wear the same thing every day though?" Jaune asked puzzled. It's not like he was wrong about that right?
You've gained +1 Closeness with Velvet!
"That's what I said!" Velvet let out excited that someone had caught on to the same thing she had. Coco meanwhile just rolled her eyes.
"That's not what's happening here. I wear different things everyday!" Coco said crossing her arms. "Anyone who says otherwise is a heretic who deserves to be burned at the stake."
Damn. He did not want to get on her bad side! That was kind of harsh eh? I mean, all they would be doing is say that she looked nearly the same everyday. Besides, was consistency even so bad?
No, no it was not.
"Well, anyways…" He said with a nervous laugh. "I've got places to go right now, only partially because I'm terrified. Though Coco, seeing as you're back now, and we don't have classes this week, would you mind if we went and got those new clothes? I still think that's a good thing to get done."
She shrugged. "Sure. Just call me up when you're ready to go, and we'll go kay?"
"I still don't have your number…" He said, expecting her to give it to him briefly. When she didn't, he just kind of stood there, before waving. "Well, see you guys then."
'Why am I so fucking awkward?'
~o0o~ The Woman Whisperer ~o0o~
Shuffling a bit as his scroll went off, Jaune felt Ruby move so he could get it. Shifting his arm from behind her back, Jaune let Ruby go back to reclining back on their couch as his scroll vibrated again.
Lowering the brightness of the screen so as to not disturb the other movie goers, Jaune was partially surprised to see that it was Glynda sending him a message. Tapping it open, he read it quickly in the darkness, before leaning back in his set beside his cookie-loving girlfriend.
Snuggling into his side, she rested her head onto his shoulder.
"Who was that?" Ruby said with a whisper. Anyone else might've thought she was jealous or possessive, but he knew for a fact it was just her curiosity speaking.
"Ms Goodwitch…" He said in a low voice, hoping he wasn't disturbing the other people watching the film. There was explosions and action going on, the same generic stuff in every action movie, so he didn't mind missing out on it much. "I agreed to do some tests for her, due to the special nature of my semblance."
"Ah, okay then." Ruby said, her head pressing against his shoulder. Wrapping one arm around her smaller frame, Jaune gave her a one handed smile as they sat back and enjoyed the movie.
Movie nights in Beacon was a regular thing, every Friday night. Usually to celebrate after tests or things students would head over. Thankfully, it was an officially licensed theater, so they got the actual current films in there, rather than repeats or the old things.
There was a bunch of couches on a series of raised steps, so everybody could see above everyone else. There was no way that you couldn't see that screen, so no matter where you sat it was a good time. Not to mention that they could bring you junk food, like pizza.
No chips though. They would crunch too much.
Sitting there with the group of friends, Jaune and Ruby had taken the left side of one couch, accompanied by Weiss and Ren. Nora, Pyrrha, Yang and Blake were all at another couch, enjoying themselves. Of course, this was mainly due to the fact that they had a previous understanding of the film, as they'd apparently read the books.
Yes, even Yang.
Taking a crunch of popcorn, Jaune thought back to the text from Ms Goodwitch. All it said was that her tests were ready… Whatever that meant. Of course, it could mean a multitude of things, all of which could be good, or could be bad.
Really it was just a matter of perspective.
Thinking about it, Jaune figured it would be like this… She hadn't given him a time limit, or some certain day he had to do it, as long as it was done by the end of the break. Coco however, would also need satiating so he'd likely take her out tomorrow, before meeting with Glynda for the tests.
Sounds good? Yup, sounds good.
Finishing the film, Jaune got up with a yawn. Don't get him wrong, it was certainly a good film! However, the constant working out over the past week had taken it's toll, and he was tired as a bee's knees!
That's totally not how the saying is meant to be used!
"Well, I think I'll be heading to bed… Goodnight Ruby." Jaune said, leaning down to kiss her sweetly on the lips for a second before breaking off with a smile. Smiling back at him, she pat his arm.
"Goodnight Jaune. I'll see you tomorrow right?" She asked, before Ren was about to answer for him. Cutting Ren off, Jaune decided to answer. Ren wasn't yet aware of his plans to take out Coco.
"In the evening most likely. I'll be heading out for a shopping trip tomorrow morning, likely heading into the afternoon. Need to buy some new threads." Jaune said in a funky manner getting a laugh before she waved goodbye. Damn, he loved her.
He loved them both so much it hurt sometimes.
Staying behind with Ren to wait for Nora and Pyrrha as the credits rolled, Jaune made some conversation.
"So, you find anything about those runes we were talking about a while back?" He asked, piquing the interest of the green haired monk. Shaking his head however, the usually quiet boy seemed disappointed.
"I found a bit, but not enough to get conclusive evidence that rune-printing works." He said, before putting out his hands. "On one hand, it's in many legends… All legends must come from somewhere. On the other hand, nobody has seen it in the past hundred years or so…"
"So we really can't say if it's there?" Jaune said, finishing it with an statement which was also a question.
"Exactly." Ren said, before giving a sigh and looking towards his partner as she skipped forwards. "Sorry for not being more help."
Jaune shook his head, before putting one hand on Ren's shoulder. "Trust me man, it's good enough. You shouldn't ever feel bad about doing nothing wrong man. Especially if it's out of your control."
The monk nodded. "Wise words."
"Are they really though?" He asked back with a raised eyebrow and a smirk before Pyrrha and Nora arrived, joining their little conversation cheerfully. Yawning, Jaune slung a arm around her shoulder.
"Wow, that's a really cheesy move… Never thought it would actually be tried on me." Pyrrha said with a slightly giggle as his arm came down around her shoulders. It took him a moment to realize what she meant in his tired state, but eventually he got it and laughed.
"What? The yawning-arm trick? That was just a coincidence!" Jaune said, looking her in those bright emerald eyes before crossing his hand over his heart. "I swear."
She laughed, before grabbing onto the hand draping onto her front. Massaging it gently, she guided them down the steps and into the hallway before they continued back to the dorm. "How'd you like the film Jaune?"
He shrugged, and briefly wondered what it would be like if Pyrrha were to shrug while his arm was still around her shoulders. "It wasn't bad. Certainly exciting enough. Sorry if it seems like I didn't like it, I'm just really tired…"
"It's fine." Pyrrha said, patting him on the chest lightly.
"Yeah it is!" Nora said, still full of energy and bouncing forwards. Then, she started wiggling her eyebrows in a way which must've taken significant facial control. "You've been working really hard lately Jauney! Getting super buff for them ladies eh?"
"I can certainly feel the difference." Pyrrha said, patting his chest again before giving it a really quick rub. Smiling from the…. Petting (?) he was receiving, Jaune rubbed the side of her arm as they arrived at the dorm.
"Good to know my efforts aren't being wasted."
Scanning the door open, Ren let them in before Jaune walked over to his bed. Sitting down, he waited there for a moment before looking around. Getting up again, he walked over to his dresser before pulling out his pajamas.
"Bathroom's all yours fearless leader!" Nora said, coming out happily before bouncing onto her bed. Burrowing under the covers like it was some sort of tortilla, she wrapped herself up like a burrito before conking out immediately.
Sighing, Ren followed suit, going to bed almost immediately. Looking at the alarm clock in the room briefly before heading into the bathroom, he saw it was nearly midnight. Showering really quickly to get off all the sweat, grime, and stink off him from earlier in the day, he came out refreshed.
Of course, he'd put on deodorant before going out with his friends, and cleaned up a bit. But now? He was properly clean!
Walking out of the bathroom once his clothes were put away, Jaune yawned once more before looking around the room. It was dimly lit, and a relaxing and cozy atmosphere.
Moving over to Pyrrha's bed, he leant down over her, putting a kiss onto her forehead as she smiled. "Goodnight. I love you."
Grabbing his hand as he was about to leave, Pyrrha pulled his hand closer to her heart. Simultaneously, she also pulled his hand closer to her breasts. Beautiful skin seemed to be visible from the top of the tanktop.
"Want to sleep with me tonight? Maybe you'll get a better rest than normal." Pyrrha said with a soft smile, before looking up at him. Realizing he couldn't, and didn't want to say no, Jaune nodded before crouching down.
Scooching over to make room for him, Pyrrha put her back against the wall her bed was beside as he entered the covers. Once under, Jaune reached one of his arms out towards her, as she snuggled in closer.
He felt content as he felt his chin on her head, the bright red hair of the champion, of his champion filling his nostrils with a pleasurable scent. "Goodnight Jaune."
"Goodnight Pyrrha." He said not even a moment later, already prepared. Kissing the top of her head, he felt her hair on his lips, slightly strange but comforting at the same time. It was nice to know how solid she felt.
It was nice knowing that she was solid enough that she wouldn't just go evaporating into thin air, like this was all just some sort of dream.
"I love you." They said in sync, before the lamp shut off, and Team JNPR fell asleep.
~o0o~ The Woman Whisperer ~o0o~
Note: Boom! Done! Honestly, wasn't sure this would be out today, or this week. Thought of putting it off over and over again, before just sitting down and getting it done. It really does get better the more I do…
Anyways, I'll be heading to sleep. Since that's important.
So yes! Please, leave a review, study for school (like I should've for math tonight), eat a Polish pączki donut because it's Fat Thursday, and tell someone you love them!
Review Responses:
justtrynahelp: Indeed! Besides, who would sponsor me of all people?
Random O' Panda: Haha, nope. That was intentional. Maybe our heiress is a bit more dirty minded than everyone thinks!
TheSetupMage: Bro. I mean. This smut tho. It's driving me fucking insane that I can't finish it. Started on the last scene… Out of school early tomorrow… We'll see.
X3runner: Almost! But not quite, as you'll see in the stats below.
desdelor97: That was a great review, keep up the awesome work.
zolth411: God bless you and your reading abilities!
Axle09: IKR? She's so sly, I love it!
G-Unot: Fourth wall? That broke a long time ago.
ChaosJeff: Did it really though?
DuplicateUserName: Yup!
Hakkyou no Yami: Yeah… It smooths the process. It doesn't do everything. Also, your predictions are probably correct.
ssjzohan: Haha, don't we all? If I could measure closeness, I might have a girlfriend by now! (Cries himself to sleep.)
R-king 93: I will indeed!
TypedSomeWords: Meh, just didn't find it essential to the story. Haha, sounds like a good omake. To be fair, I share that account with two others who love the game to bits, so those hours are spread over three people over six years now… Also, Neo's semblance is neither illusions, nor teleportation.
Lloyd RPGFan: Ah! Can't spoil!
The Immortal Doctor Reid: Haha, indeed! I love Iroha, and Hikki. One of the few anime I've seen multiple times.
p0k3: Yes! That would be helpful! Too bad that's too convenient!
Benthino: I already have it! Woo! (That's a joke, I do not have diabetes.)
Zaralann: Interesting… For that we need to determine when she got the arm don't we?
littlejason8: He can. It's a main ability in the game the power comes from.
The Impossible Muffin: Forgot where I read it, but I remember that amazing line made me laugh! Multiple times now!
ZenithTempest: Whoops! He'll see it alright, though how he reacts not even I know! (I know.)
ZHsteven: Yup! Ah, my friend lost his life to that game… Kenjipark97, he's too deep in the game.
thebake: I will indeed!
Guest: Soon! (Time is relative.)
Guest: Haha, that's amazing, but not going to happen.
Theseus: Thanks!
LifeIsPrettyGood: Haha, liked the accent. I responded over PM, so make a proper account! Normally I do it here though.
NyaNyaKittyFace: We'll see… Also, that INT wasn't meant to be that way. It just happened. It's meant to be weekly, but school's been kicking my ass. Spring break is only six weeks away!
A Bodacious Peach: It is indeed. Also, it only takes 2138 to get to level 100 smithing.
Trey of the rebellion: Yes!
EVA-Saiyajin: Of course!
theDemonRaksh: Targets? Lovers you mean.
KingLuxion: Yes, yes it is. Got a problem?
Grademaster: I will indeed! I like it too.
Mysterious Mr E: can't wait to write more!
96hanzo: This story was created for the purpose of having every girl with Jaune. That's final, so don't doubt that if a girl is on the list, they're getting some.
SrChangeling1: See you!
Great done! Also, did you know that 'took an arrow to the knee' in Skyrim means getting married? I was wondering why they weren't walking with limps!
-DragonManMax
Stat Shit:
Name: Jaune Arc
Level: 40
Title: Master Househusband
Nickname: Fearless Leader
Perk: Room Service!
HP: 1680/1680
AP: 14600/14600
Basic Stats:
STR : 84
DEX : 82
VIT : 84
INT : 73
WIS : 76
LUK : 56
Romance Stats:
Charm: 56
Looks: 52
Wit: 49
Stat Points: 123
Lien: 15023
Name: Pyrrha Nikos
Affection: 61/100
Relationship Status: Your Amazing & Loving Girlfriend!
Gifts Received: Mood Understand, Arkos Charm
Name: Ruby Rose
Affection: 63/100
Relationship Status: Your Adorable & Loving Girlfriend!
Gifts Received: Mood Understand, Lancaster Charm
Name: Blake Belladonna
Closeness: 45/100
Relationship Status: Enjoys Your Friendship
Gifts Received: Mood Understand
Name: Yang Xiao-Long
Closeness: 45/100
Relationship Status: Values Your Friendship Greatly
Gifts Received: Mood Understand
Name: Weiss Schnee
Closeness: 41/100
Relationship Status: Finds You Valuable To Her
Gifts Received: Mood Understand
Name: Penny Polendina
Closeness: 20/100
Relationship Status: Good Friends.
Gifts Received: Mood Understand (Blocked)
Name: Glynda Goodwitch
Closeness: 21/100
Relationship Status: More Than A Random Student
Gifts Received:
Name: Velvet Scarlatina
Closeness: 23/100
Relationship Status: Friend
Gifts Received:
Name: Coco Adel
Closeness: 15/100
Relationship Status: Underclassman Worth Paying Attention To
Gifts Received:
Name: Neo
Closeness: ?
Relationship Status: ?
Gifts Received: