Hey everyone! Wassup?
Sorry this took so much time and I couldn't get it out, even though this is a bit late I hope you all had a spectacular Halloween and gorged yourselves silly on candy and stuff!
YARN
Iz- brown messy hair, light brown eyes, slightly tanned skin, medium build.
Crius- black hair, grey eyes, brown skin muscular build.
Mikeal- Corn blond hair, dark green eyes, pale, medium build.
Turner- brown haired, more kind than others, clumsy around Weiss (guess why), uses a claymore/assult rifle called spitter. Energetic and quick to defend fauna and his other friends and team members, likes to be heroic and brave which he feels suits his muscular light build.
Issac- quiet and reserved sometimes but tries to keep positive, lithe running build, uses kunai attached to cords and two short katanas (Kito and Kirara). Had a bad past, went to Flare ( name for school of hunter/huntresses)
Jaune stared out the window, until he heard a woman ask him whether or not he wanted something. Jaune got a soft drink and a bag of pretzels and chips. He popped one in his mouth and chewed it, for something to do. Nora asked for some fruit, Ren asked for some chips, and Pyrrha asked for a small salad. They ate in silence and passed the time in different ways. Jaune was absorbing the landscape, Ren was thumbing through a book, Nora was humming with her eyes closed, and Pyrrha stared at the sky.
Jaune had fallen asleep at some point in the flight, the soft buzz of the voices in the ship had lulled him to sleep. A soft chime broke him out of his rest. He stretched and rubbed the blurriness out of his eyes. He checked the map and saw they were only ten minutes away from his hometown. Jaune heaved a sigh and fingered his hood. He would probably flip it up when he got there. He turned and saw the rest of his team resting comfortably in the row behind him. He got up and smiled, Ren had his arms curled around Nora, who face was pressed against his chest and clutching Ren's shirt. Pyrrha's head lolled back and she was snoring lightly.
Jaune gently shook Pyrrha's shoulder. She mumbled something and swatted sleepily at his hand.
"Go away, five more minutes…" she grumbled.
"Pyrrha, come on, wake up." He said softly.
"Urgh. Fine." She mumbled, stretching.
"Morning sleepyhead." He said smiling.
She blushed and turned away only to see Ren and Nora sleeping soundly. Jaune smiled and gestured to them mouthing 'Cute isn't it?'
He gently shook Ren's shoulder, "Hey Ren, it's time to get up."
He didn't even mumble, and leaned into Nora's head, brows furrowed.
Jaune grinned mischievously, "Wow Ren, I didn't know Nora's hair smelled so good to you."
Ren's eyes shot open and he blinked a few times before realizing he was unconsciously hugging Nora. He sat up straight, or at least tried to –the moment he had tried, Nora's hands tugged him back towards her so she could snuggle into his chest. He gave Jaune a pleading look.
"Nora, is that Ren undressing?" Jaune whispered in her ear.
"Where?!" she shoots up instantly.
Jaune slid to the floor stifling his guffaws to the best of his abilities, he chortled, "I think I know how to wake you all up now!"
The R and the N of Team JNPR glared playfully at their leader. Jaune chuckled and stretched before walking towards the front of the ship after getting his bag from his seat. They waited until the doors hissed open and Jaune stepped off the dust plane and onto the station. He was hit with a wave of memories, his goodbye, his friends, parents. Despite how painful it had been, Jaune smiled brightly, sure he had lows, but for ever low he definitely made up for it with his highs. He flipped his hood up and activated his armor, letting it slide out and cover him. He flipped his hood up and began to walk down the dirt path towards his village. He always wanted to be raised in a big city, but he had really come to appreciate the simplicity of the life here.
"And here it is the rural and humble city of Dorme!" Jaune said proudly, "Where the land is pure and the people are old-fashioned! Course, despite growing up here and that kinda not being the best times of my life, oddly enough, I am happy to be back."
"I thought you might not want to come back..." Murmured Pyrrha.
"What about your past?" Ren asked.
Jaune's grin stiffened for an instant. Damn it, he really had been hoping to avoid talking about that. Of course, luck was never on his side, so it was time to use the first fallback strategy.
Divert with quick response and distract.
"There is nothing to talk about with that, come on, I'll show you around." He said and set off at a brisk pace.
Pyrrha and Ren shared a troubled glance, they knew he was trying to avoid the question. They followed with a small sigh, he was shutting them out and trying to keep it all to himself. He smiled and chatted casually with Nora, but the emotion didn't reach his eyes. Pyrrha walked forward and stood behind him, he didn't need to talk about it not yet.
Jaune somber emotions melted as he fully saw his hometown for the first time in a month or two. It was surreal, he was sure that it might have been different, he would be hanging his head, laughing, something other than the frank and simple calmness rushing through his chest. The city was completely unchanged, which wasn't too much of a surprise, he figured that they wouldn't put in anything relatively new while he had been gone.
He hadn't realized he had stopped walking until Nora tapped him in the shoulder, "You okay Jaune?"
He blinked and shook his head hard before nodding, "Yeah…just lost myself there for a moment."
They were walking down the main path to the town hall as Jaune explained the best parts about the city. He had kept his hood on the entire time but nonetheless the group was getting many awed looks. All of the men were glancing at Pyrrha or Nora and Ren was starting to get a bit irritated. Jaune had placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder and shook his head.
"You can't blame our friends for being attractive." Jaune said clearly, not noticing Pyrrha blushing like her hair.
Right then three men swaggered up, "Well, hello there lassies…"
Pyrrha scrunched up her nose and scooted toward Jaune, who was frowning. He had heard these voices before. Then his eyes widened, they were three of the guys who had been SELF-PROCLAIMED (They had their fair share of girlfriends, but they were always flings) players. Jaune tried hard not to smirk, this would be too funny, they had made his life hell, and this would knock them down a peg. They insisted that they were needed here, rather than apply for a hunter academy. One of them was wearing common metal work pants and a dark blue shirt, another was carrying a spear on his back and was wearing an overcoat, despite the day being sunny. The last one had a hammer (smaller than Nora's) strapped to his back, and black armor. In order their names were Iz, Crius, and Mikeal.
"Hello!" Nora chirped.
"What say you two ditch hoodie and green here and have a pint with us?" Iz said leaning in expectantly; Jaune rolled his eyes and Ren immediately stepped towards Nora.
"No thank you." Pyrrha said respectfully.
"Sorry but I don't like people who insult Renny." Nora said cheerfully.
Iz huffed and Mikeal stepped in, "Sorry my friend is a bit of a…unwelcoming fellow at times. What he meant to say is would either of you two fine ladies accompany us for a drink?"
"I am sorry but we are not here to socialize. We have a mission and it would be better if we avoided frivolous activities." Pyrrha said, with a slightly sharp undertone.
"Oh tough-girl hunters?" Crius said stepping in, eyebrow raised, "You would be just my type, come on, you take a day or two longer, it ain't gonna hurt anyone!"
"Sir, please, leave our teammates alone," Jaune said, "They already said no."
Crius turned to him, scowling, "Listen here, scrawny. You don't tell me what to do, unless you want to find yourself with a broken arm."
"I'd love to see you try." Jaune said.
Crius flung his arm out in a sloppy punch and Jaune ducked under it and threw an uppercut which he added some aura to. There was a loud CRACK, and Crius was thrown back like a thrown chair, landing in a crumpled and unconscious heap. People who looked at Jaune either stared, glared, or laughed. Mikeal and Iz both scowled at him beginning to walk forward and crack their knuckles.
Damn, that felt...really good.
Jaune grinned before saying, "Well, you want to end up like him? Keep going. By the way his jaw might be broken, or dislocated."
"You shouldn't have done that!" Pyrrha reprimanded him before whispering, "Thank you, though."
Jaune grinned, "Anytime, oh and by the way, the name isn't scrawny." he pulled down his hood, "The name is Jaune. Jaune Arc."
Iz and Mikeal stared, "Y-you?"
"In the flesh, and meet my team JNPR, short for Juniper." He said, "Now we have a mission here and I'd appreciate it if you could stop harassing my teammates, it was a long ride to get here."
Jaune turned and began to walk towards the hall, "Well come on! We have work to do."
Everyone on the street stared.
Jaune walked into the hall and barely managed to look around for a moment, only to be tackled by a ball of grey fur, "GAH!"
A grey dog was pinning Jaune to the floor, licking his face like he was covered in honey.
"Hey! Come on, Gris! Hey, yeah, I missed you too!" Jaune said, laughing as he got the dog off.
The dog rolled over and ran around Jaune, panting happily. Jaune kneeled and petted him, scratching him under the ears making his leg twitch and thump. The dog licked Jaune's face once before bounding up to Nora, Ren, and Pyrrha. Jaune chuckled and walked behind the dog.
"Sorry for the shock, he is the town stray, but really he is everyone's pet, meet the one dog that can actually knock you into next week, Gris." Jaune said, rubbing Gris' head.
"He seems to like you quite a lot." Noted Ren, ruffling the dog's ears.
"He is so cute!" Nora squealed, rubbing his chest.
"Indeed." Pyrrha said rubbing his side.
Jaune watched before sighing, "Alright Gris, enough attention, you should be in your bed, right?"
The dog whined once, and trotted off to a room. Meanwhile everyone in the hall had finally broken out of their surprise.
"BIG BRO!" came one cry.
Jaune twisted and caught a small black-haired girl under her arms and swung her around once before setting her on the ground, "Hey Ellise."
"Your back!" she said bouncing up and down in excitement.
"For a while, I am." He said ruffling her hair, "I swear Ellise, when you'd get so pretty? I was barely gone and suddenly you became a princess!"
She giggled, "I am just growing!" she looked behind Jaune, "Who are the new peoples?"
"People, Ellise, and they are my friends." Jaune said, "We are here to take care of some scary monsters!"
She looked a bit somber at that until an older man came and placed a hand on her head, "Alright dear, that's enough, why don't you find Ed? He will want to meet Jaune."
She immediately brightened, chirped, "Okay!" and ran out the door.
"Jaune, how are you?" The man asked, holding out his hand.
"Fine sir, how is the family?" Jaune replied.
"We are making due, the beowolves and boarbatusks are becoming problematic. To be honest, I thought we would see you much later. We assumed they would send another team."
Jaune sighed, "The headmaster thought I should come, since I…know the area."
"Ah. Good." He replied.
Jaune finished reading over where the problem was most concentrated. They were given two double bed guest rooms on the third floor, standard, nothing too special. Jaune shook his head and said he had a place. Besides, he had put this off but he needed to talk to his family. He was about to go when Pyrrha was suddenly there, panting as if she had run down all three floors. He noticed - with an unexpected increased heart rate – she was wearing casual clothes that made her look gorgeous. Her armor made her look regal and ready, an amazon queen ready to defeat any foe, but even though the clothes weren't as fancy, they didn't at all detract from her looks but simply cast them in a casually beautiful light.
"Pyrrha what ar-" he began after regaining his ability to talk.
"Can I come?" she cut him straight off.
"What?"
"To your parents' house? I would like to accompany you."
He scratched the back of his head, she seemed a bit nervous, he shrugged, "I don't see why not."
She smiled.
Jaune never knew he could feel so awkward. He had been casually walking, then he realized were staring at him.
Okay, yeah he had been gone for a month or two, sure he's back.
Fine, he looks stronger.
New but okay and slightly flattering, girls glancing at him and immediately doing the double-take.
Weird, people looking at him and Pyrrha – who looked just as uncomfortable – and whispering about her being THE Pyrrha Nikos, and how she was walking next to him.
Jaune usually wouldn't mind if people talked about him. He had gotten used to that, besides they were usually insults anyway. But he minded if they were making Pyrrha uncomfortable. She had been twisting her hands together for the last ten minutes, trying to look as if she wasn't hearing the,. She wasn't appreciating all the attention, so Jaune was going to distract her.
"Sooo…" he began awkwardly, "How is the town?"
She thought about it, "It seems nice, but I really don't know about the people…"
Jaune rested his hands behind his head and gave her a reassuring smile, "Don't worry about it too much, there are only a few people are worth worrying about. Most of the people are alright...or indifferent."
She raised an eyebrow, before asking in slight disbelief, "And you lived here for 17 years?"
"Pretty much." Jaune responded, "You know, it's not as horrendous as you are thinking, there are definitely some upsides to this place that you can't find anywhere else."
She chuckled a bit, "Care to explain on that?"
"Wellll…" he said grinning, "I learned all my cooking from everyone here, just to give you an idea of how awesome all the cooking is. Also, I have a real craving for ice cream, and it just so happens that my favorite ice cream restaurant is just around the corner."
Pyrrha blinked, "Seriously?"
Jaune was an amazing cook, and so far she had only tasted his cookies. She wanted to know what he liked, because if he liked it, it must be amazing. She grabbed his arm and began to drag him down the road.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"Hey! Jeez Pyrrha I can walk myself!" he chuckled.
Ren and Nora were sitting in the guest rooms, Ren was reading, and Nora was humming as she unpacked a few clothes. Ren sighed and put down his book, leaning back and closing his eyes.
Nora bounded up and sat on the side of his bed, "What's wrong Ren?"
"Tired." He murmured tiredly.
She giggled and rubbed his shoulder, "Okay Ren, you rest and I will keep lookout!"
Ren smiled, "Thanks Nora."
(BACK AT BEACON)
Lorenzo had endured enough, Cardin was fraying his last few good nerves. Since JNPR had left, Cardin had been quiet for about half a day, and suddenly went on the offense. He was insulting practically every Faunus he could. Lorenzo had blocked Velvet from it, but now he Issac -despite his usually quiet and reserved demeanor- was grinding his teeth and Turner's hands were twitching towards his Claymore. He noticed RWBY glaring and knew if Cardin was carrying on any longer, castration would be a very possible future.
"I mean seriously! Look at that lizard-thing, bet he eats flies and other-" Cardin crowed.
There was a scrabbling noise as Turner began to get out of his seat and launch himself at Cardin. Issac grabbed his shoulder and forced him to sit in his seat (using a touch of aura, Turner was strong).
"Stay down Turner, he isn't worth the effort." Issac said.
"That bastard...if he insults you or anyone else one more time..." Turner trailed off gritting his teeth.
"Leave him, Turner, the idiot can't do anything, so he likes to pretend he can." Lorenzo called loudly.
"Shut up, you lizard freak!" Cardin yelled back.
"What are you gonna do about it? Wanna take this to the ring?" Lorenzo said fingers brushing his axe's grip.
Cardin yelled, "Definitely, if you're man enough!"
Lorenzo grinned eagerly and unstrapped his axe, "Follow me."
They both walked out, and team CRDL, RWBY, VILT, and METL followed.
Metal slammed against metal as a mace and axe met. Lorenzo swung his axe back and shouldered it after fending off a swing of Cardin's mace. As Cardin rushed in to hit him, Lorenzo thrusted his axe's blunt end out and hit Cardin in the chest hard enough to make a dent in his family's armor. Cardin growled as he stumbled back and used his mace as an impromptu brace. He ran forward and blocked a heavy swing of Lorenzo's axe and using the hilt of his mace and pushed forward sliding down the axe's handle. He shot his hand out and up and he smacked Lorenzo across the face, sending him back. Cardin raised his mace again, but Lorenzo caught it with his axe and held it in lock.
"Not bad iguana boy!" He grunted.
"I wish I could say the same!" Lorenzo growled as he spun, knocking him and Cardin's weapon out of the lock.
Lorenzo angled his tail so that it shot up and slapped Cardin, breaking Cardin's focus. Cardin took a step back and instinctively covered his face with his forearm. Lorenzo thrust his axe at him, only for Cardin to shift his weapon up at the last possible second and hold it at bay using the middle of the weapon. Cardin raised his mace knocking the sharp edges of the axe away and gripped it at opposite ends and spun. Lorenzo stepped back dodging the first attack and quickly threw a heavy side slice at Cardin's face, who used his extra momentum to try to crack Lorenzo's skull open in a heavy overhand swing. The axe knocked the mace off course and it slammed into the area floor, cracks making a jagged spiderweb from the point of impact.
Cardin tried to shoulder-check Lorenzo out of the lock but Lorenzo shoved back, just as hard. The both pushed off each other, braking the lock before they attacked each other furiously with renewed energy.
All teams watching were impressed, both heavy weapon users knew exactly how to handle their weapons to the fullest, but Lorenzo had one advantage.
His tail.
Lorenzo dropped his axe and spun, catching the handle with his tail and swinging it up. Cardin's eyes widened and he bent as far back as he could in his cumbersome armor. The axe grazed his face opening up a large cut. Before Cardin could even begin to re-swing his mace, Lorenzo slammed both of his palms into Cardin's face. Cardin reeled and Lorenzo slammed his elbow in Cardin's throat, making Cardin gag. Lorenzo chained attacks together, jabs, kicks, elbows, knees, hitting Cardin until Lorenzo grabbed his chest plate and threw him to the ground and pinning his mace hand under his foot. Lorenzo panted and pushed the sharp edge of his axe into Cardin's neck using his tail.
Cardin looked murderous and growled, "Damn tail..."
Lorenzo grinned tiredly before saying, "Aw don't be so jealous, not everyone can be a Faunus, Cardy-boy."
Everyone laughed. Cardin growled.