A/N: Hello all, welcome to 2020 and another chapter of my degeneracy I dare to call a story. 2019 was a good year for me, having finished quite a few stories, but now that 2020 is around, I have more ambitions. One of them is to finish this. Don't worry; the end is still a good twelve chapters of heresy away, but I think if I can get back on track to what I used to, I can finish before the year is up. Wish me luck XD
Jane Arc's Yuri Harem
Summary: Jane Arc just wanted to go to Beacon and become a huntress. Becoming the object of every girl's desire was never part of the plan! Why did things have to be so complicated?
*Burn*
Cinder Fall stood triumphantly outside of Beacon Academy, her glowing eyes staring at the academy's mighty walls. This was it. She had been waiting anxiously for the time to infiltrate the school amongst the other transfer students from Mistral. The Vytal Festival was only a few short weeks away and soon, the school would burn.
Mercury whistled behind her, the assassin's arms behind his head. "Not bad. Can't wait until it all burns down. How long do we have to stay here?"
"A few weeks," Cinder answered smoothly.
Mercury groaned in mock nausea. "Ugh, I hate waiting." Beside him, Emerald only rolled her eyes in annoyance. The two never got along, constantly bickering with each other over petty arguments like who stole the last bit of ice cream from the freezer back at the base or why someone's boots were suddenly filled with icy water. The more it kept up, the more Cinder wished that the two would just fuck already and get it over with. The stench of 'horny teenager' was enough to drive her insane.
Before Emerald could lash out with a retort, however, Cinder put her hand up to silence them. "Enough. If we are to do what we came here to do, petty distractions like this need to stop and you will do exactly as I say. Do I make myself clear to you?"
"Sure." Mercury yawned. That was as close as a 'yes' she was going to get from him. Having long since learned the boy's attitude, she dealt with it. For now at least.
"Yes ma'am." Emerald bowed her head. Cinder's lips curved upwards. Good that the girl at least knew her place. She found Emerald on the streets and did not hesitate to remind her that she would throw her back on them if she found her performance unsatisfactory. A useful pawn in her schemes. Both were, but Mercury's flippant attitude did make things a little too complicated at times. She'd have to keep an eye on him to make sure he didn't try anything stupid with the way he ran his mouth.
Still, Cinder couldn't deny the boy's talent as a trained killer. He was even more skillful than his late father, Marcus Black. She could put up with his attitude for the time being, though she definitely wished he was more serious about things.
The rest of the Mistral transfer students were ways ahead of them by now and Cinder smirked as she confidently took the first steps into Beacon. Their contact in Haven had provided them with the ultimate cover. No one in Beacon would know what hit them until they were long gone and the academy was nothing more than a burning ruin.
Everything would burn.
Inside the academy, Cinder and her two minions easily split off from the rest of the unaware transfer students. "Come. Follow me."
They obeyed her without question, following the fire witch through the dormitories in the east wing. It wasn't where they would be staying, of course, but it never hurt to know the layout of the academy or have a chance to observe the enemy. Their main target was of course Amber, but Ozpin and his inner circle was also on their high priority list. With them taken care of, the severely weakened Fall Maiden would be theirs for the taking, along with Amber's remaining power.
Cinder hummed a menacing tune as she patrolled the hallways, looking for any teams that could possibly be of interest. Most of the first year teams at Beacon didn't seem to stand out all that much. One led by a tall girl clad in grayish armor and with burnt orange hair could be a problem, but only their leader seemed to pose any real threat. 'Not worth our time. No need to bother with them.'
The second team she came across, a team made of up four color themed girls all playing some ridiculous video game, did catch her eye. Upon closer inspection, the blonde of the team bore an eerily similar resemblance to Raven Branwen. Possibly her daughter. If she was anything like her mother, it could prove to be a hassle. 'Team RWBY? Interesting. I'll add them to the list.'
She pulled out her scroll and made a few adjustments to their plans to take the Relic and kill Amber. She'd have Emerald and Mercury get close to them to gather information. She'd use Neo, but the ice cream obsessed girl was unfit for the task being a mute. Plus, she'd have way too much fun trying to toy with the seemingly fiery blonde.
She continued down the hall until a sudden burst of blue fire from the next room nearly made her activate her own magic. 'What the…that was not from Dust.' Her amber eyes narrowed and she bristled. Another maiden, perhaps? It certainly felt like it was.
"Sorry!" A young blonde with bright blue eyes squeaked in surprise at seeing the three. "Didn't mean to do that!"
"It's fine," Cinder answered stiffly. "Just…just watch what you're doing next time, will you?"
"Right…" The girl lowered her head in embarrassment before looking at them in confusion. "Never seen you around before. New here?"
"Visitors from Haven," Cinder said with a predatory purr.
"Oh, you must be here for the festival. But transfers have their own dorms. I think they're in the west wing?"
"Guess we just got lost." Mercury shrugged.
"Thanks. Perhaps we'll see you around." Cinder smirked. She could feel some sort of incredible power surrounding the girl and knew it wasn't her semblance. Nor was the fiery display she had just put on for them. She was a maiden, and a rather powerful one at that. 'This just got a lot more interesting. And a lot more difficult.' She only expected to deal with Ozpin and his inner circle, not another maiden.
'No matter. A few small adjustments to make and she'll die like the rest of them.' Cinder walked off with Mercury beside her and only him. 'What? Where did Emerald go?'
She turned around to look behind her. "Emerald? Are you coming?"
The thief was staring at the blonde girl's room with a small line of drool leaking from the corner of her mouth. "…I think I'm in…"
Cinder's eyes narrowed and she strode over to the girl, slapping her on the cheek. Emerald yelped in pain and snapped out of her trance, touching the spot where she had been struck, and Cinder grabbed her by the collar of her uniform. "You are here with me, so you follow my lead. Do I need to remind you again?" A ball of fire flickered dangerously close to her face.
With sweat pouring down Emerald shook her head and Cinder dropped her. "Now follow me. And don't fall behind." Her last words were a furious snarl and Emerald hurried along to match her stride for stride.
Mercury was wearing a smug grin on his face and he nudged the thief in the sides. "What's the matter? Cute blonde making you wish you were doing her instead of this?"
"…shut up Mercury," Emerald growled.
Cinder couldn't help but notice Emerald gaze back at that room longingly more than once before they found a spot to turn to go to the west side of the school.
Jane plodded back into her room, her head low with embarrassment. Not only had she accidentally set three transfer students on fire by sneezing, but she also managed to catch the eye of one of them in a certain longing way that reminded her way too much of the way Pyrrha used to look at her. 'Cursed semblance. Why can't things around here ever be easy for me? Is that seriously too much to ask for?'
Whether it was one of her harem members shoving her into a broom closet to have a quickie or Carla or Raven trying to constantly one up each other, she did not know how she still remained sane. Oh, and she was also the Summer Maiden and now part of Ozpin's little circle. That too. Regardless, she was sure she was going to pick up Qrow's drinking habit if things kept going the way they did.
"Ugh!" She flopped onto her bed with a groan of frustration, trying to massage her throbbing headache away. Ever since she discovered her powers, she got constant headaches. Her eyes throbbed and sometimes bled a little in the morning, but Raven reassured her that they would end. Well, the bleeding eyes at least. The headaches, not so much. She was the school's resident harem queen now. Having multiple lovers came with a price. Her sanity and sense of reason, as it turned out.
Rin and Nora both gave her sympathetic looks, the ninja girl patting her on the back. "Get some sleep."
"Easier said than done," Jane grumbled. "Can't sleep when every ten minutes someone's trying to fuck me in a broom cupboard."
"…do you want to—"
"No."
"Back rub?" Pyrrha offered.
"Normally I'd say yes because they're heavenly. But I'm too tired," Jane groaned. "I love all of you, but I'm being worn out."
Pyrrha nodded in understanding, planting a kiss on her cheek. "Don't worry. I'll keep them all off your back for a bit. You just sleep."
"Yay." Jane rolled over in her bed with a sigh, pulling the covers over her head. She heard Pyrrha and the rest of her team leave her behind, hopefully to keep everyone else off of her for more than five hours. Oum knows she needed the rest. Every bit of her body ached.
"A…achoo!" She sneezed and jumped up with a yelp as she (for possibly the fifteenth time) nearly set her team's dorm on fire. "Oh come on!" Now she was certain the universe was out to get her. The sooner she got her powers under fully under her control, the better.
She was making progress, of course. Both Qrow and Raven were good teachers (even if they showed up to the sessions drunk more often than they did sober) and were patient. But she couldn't help but feel frustrated at the small steps she was making. It seemed like she had to grind for every little bit and her magic constantly yearned to be unleashed. Qrow had said that magic was at its heart volatile and even a maiden like Raven took months to fully master it.
The only problem was that according to Ozpin, they didn't have much time. The person who had attacked Amber had already made their move and there was no telling when the next strike would be made. Ozpin not knowing made her uneasy, also contributing to her lack of sleep over the past few weeks. It was hard to rest when the threats of impending doom were lingering over her head.
She settled back down again in her bed and curled up into a tight ball, dragging the blankets into her for warmth. A slow sigh left her lips and she closed her eyes, hoping that the sleep which had been evading her would come.
She was right. It did come and it was quite nice.
However, after what only felt like a thirty minute power nap, she heard loud banging on her door and she growled in anger as she sat up. A ball of fire already formed in her hand and her eyes were blazing, the Summer Maiden powers active. "What!? I'm trying to sleep!" 'I swear to God, if it's fucking Carla I'm gonna kick her out the window from the observatory.'
It wouldn't be the first time she seriously considered beating her ass. Last night came to mind and she banished that thought before it could resurface. She did not want to remember how Carla had the sheer audacity and boldness to make out with her in front of everyone else in Team CRDL. She was pretty sure Sky was still nursing a nosebleed.
"Jane! Wake up! Something's happened!" It was Weiss. Better her than Raven or Carla. At least Weiss was rational.
"Did someone die?" she asked semi-rhetorically, yawning and glancing at her scroll to check the time. Okay, so she had been asleep for three hours instead of thirty minutes. She'd take it.
"No, someone in your little harem is in jail!" Weiss answered in a panic.
Jane stopped mid swig of water and waited for Weiss to continue. "Who?"
"The idiot."
"Be more specific. There are a lot of them whose sanity and sense of logic I question."
"Yang," Weiss answered bluntly. "She broke into a nightclub!"
Jane rubbed her temples and sighed. "Oh goddammit. Any other good news while you're at it?"
"Well…the entire place burned to the ground."
…
"FUCK!"
Jane was so stealing Raven's flask later tonight. She was not drunk enough to deal with this bullshit.
A/N: And that does it. Kinda sad there wasn't another shitty pun in this one…still not sorry by the way. XD