Dragon Rage

Everyone in the room had to held up their face to block the light, though the force of the strike caused Mercury to tumble away, and slam into the wall, knocking him unconscious. Though somewhat blinded, the students could only smile at the sight, as from the light unfolded a pair of wings. The light soon faded, and standing before the group was Weiss as a dragon, cold mist leaked from her jaws. Salem's forces could only stare at the sight before them.

"What in the hell?" Emerald muttered.

"What is this?" Hazel asked out loud. Cinder just stared, as memories came back to her from Beacon, of a creature that was quite similar, only red. That was when her mind went to Pyrrha, who was staring at Weiss in anticipation. Could it have been….

Tyrian turned out to be the first one to regain his senses, as he took advantage of Jaune's distraction. He then sprung at the blonde, who just had enough time to hold up his shield as Tyrian brought his stinger down at him, knocking him to the ground. Weiss let out a shriek, as she suddenly darted at Tyrian, who had to leap out of the way. Jaune looked up to see Weiss looming over him protectively, glancing around. Though the white dragon would've loved to just unleash her ice breath on all those assembled, between the size of the room, not to mention her own size, she couldn't guarantee she wouldn't be able to avoid hurting her friends. She then glanced out towards the sky, before she grabbed Jaune in one of her claws, and to his surprise, put him on her back.

Hold on! Weiss said, with that, she flapped her wings, and trust through the roof.

Where're you going? Jaune asked.

To a place where I can move freely! Weiss answered. As she flew up, Talos glared up at her, before glancing at Pyrrha. He knew that if he let the dragon just go like that, she would come back, and strafe his allies. The android's revenge would have to wait, this took priority, and at any rate, he needed some answers from Emerald later. But as he shot out to follow Weiss, Tyrian grabbed his leg, and hoisted himself onto Talos' back.

"The hell you doing?!" Talos snapped.

"I ain't missing a chance like this," Tyrian answered, "And you're going to need all the help you can get." Talos growled, but didn't protest, as he zoomed towards Weiss, with Tyrian on her back.

"No fair!" Ruby shouted in displeasure as she watched them go. She wanted to be the first dragon Jaune would ride. She wanted to transform as well, and join the fight, but as she saw Nora get knocked away by Hazel, she knew that they still needed her there.

Meanwhile, with Qrow momentarily distracted, Raven seized the opportunity to get the upper hand. She quickly pressed her attack, forcing Qrow on the defensive. Eventually, Raven managed to get a solid strike against Qrow, knocking him away, as he hit the wall, his Aura depleted. Raven took a breath, as she then made to move towards Leo, only for Cinder to suddenly be in front of her, a fire sword in each hand.

"And when did you plan on telling us about this?" Cinder growled.

"I knew you'd be able to figure it out yourselves," Raven said. Cinder hissed at that; she remembered now, what happened atop Beacon Tower. She wasn't sure how, but she knew Pyrrha had that same power, and she had used it to defeat Cinder then.

"How are we supposed to beat these things?" she demanded.

"Frankly, I doubt you will," Raven answered, "You will provide a decent means of distraction, though." Before Cinder could even answer, Raven socked her in the gut, and kicked her upside the head, knocking Cinder away. She then glanced over to see Lionheart trying to slip away. Raven quickly turned into a bird, and zipped over to him, and when she reappeared in front of the professor, Lionheart let out a weak gasp as he fell back to his rear.

"Give me the key," Raven commanded. Having neither the will nor the position to argue, Lionheart promptly handed over his pocket watch, which Raven snatched, and approached the statue beneath the stairs. She then put the watch on it, and it was only a moment before the statue slowly lowered, revealing an elevator. Cinder looked up to see Raven descending into the vault.

"No!" she cried, as she tried to get up to follow her now "former" ally". However, she promptly got knocked away by Pyrrha, who pointed Milo at her.

"You wanted me, didn't you?" she said, facing her down. Cinder just growled, as she manifested a bow and arrow, and fired five arrows at once, which Pyrrha all deflected. The red head then leapt at her enemy, turning Milo to its spear form, which she thrust forward. Cinder reformed her bow into a spear of her own, allowing her to block.

"Cinder!" Emerald called. She then looked towards Yang who was moving to attack again. Emerald narrowed her eyes, and activated her Semblance. She created an image of Mercury attacking Yang, which did distract her, and Emerald quickly pressed to finish this fight and get to Cinder. However, when she brought Thief's Respite down on Yang, the blonde caught it, to Emerald's shock. Yang then looked to her, her lilac eyes slitted, like a dragon's.

"You'd think it'd be that easy?" she asked. She then heaved Emerald over her shoulder, slamming her straight into the ground, knocking her unconscious. Yang then leapt to go help her partner.

No!" Pyrrha called, as she blocked Cinder's attack, "Go stop Raven!"

"I ain't leaving you!" Yang declared, "Not again!"

"Yang!" Pyrrha said, as she looked over her shoulder while blocking Cinder's attack, "Please." Green eyes locked with lilac eyes, and after a moment that felt like an hour, Yang nodded, before she was engulfed in a brilliant yellow light, which proceeded to zip down the lift down towards the vault. Cinder looked to follow her, but was pushed off by her opponent.

"What, afraid I'll take the other half of your face?" Pyrrha said. Taunting like that was certainly out of character for her, but she knew if she stared in character so firmly like this, it probably wouldn't produce the desired results. And, true to form, Cinder let out an angry growl, as she pressed her attack.

(in the Imperial Palace)

Lin was backed up into the corner, as Rowan stood in front of her, bloody and bruised, but still keen to fight. Holding his fighting stance, he stood surrounded by those he once counted as his friends. They also looked somewhat beaten, but not nearly as much as their former leader. None of the Imperial Guard used weapons in the sense of the word. Rather, they used a form of hand to hand fighting enhanced by their armor.

"I don't know why I didn't see this coming," Rowan said, as he looked around them, his stance hardening. He had known they had rather… strong views when it came to Mistral's treatment of the Faunus. Not that Rowan could necessarily blame them, were he being honest.

"You've always been shortsighted," Cornell said.

"And you think this'll make things better?" Rowan said, "Killing the Empress of Mistral?"

"It's for the good of the Faunus," Cherry said.

"'Good of the Faunus', are you being serious?" Rowan demanded, "Don't you realize what we were doing here? Five Faunus trusted with the life of a human ruler, do you not understand what this meant for the Faunus?"

"But nothing ever changes!" Carmine snapped, "The humans will always push us down no matter what we do." Lin listened, and looked down at that. As much as she wished otherwise, Carmine was right, she hadn't done enough for them.

"We can't beat them outright, so most we can do, is poke them is hit them where it hurts when we can!" With that, she leapt at Rowan again, who held up his armored arms to block her bladed kicks.

(in the skies over Mistral)

Riding a dragon as harder than the fantasy books would have you believe, as Jaune was now learning. Aside from the fact that the only thing he could hold onto were the few icicle like spikes on Weiss' back, between the wind and the speed she was flying. Jaune wasn't sure if he was screaming with all the noise, but he hoped he wasn't.

Can you please fly a little more carefully? Jaune asked.

I'm not used to flying 'carefully' , Weiss answered, as she beat her wings again. Jaune sighed, as he glanced over his shoulder, noticing Talos catching up with them, and perched on his back, somehow balancing, was Tyrian.

They're still chasing us! Jaune said. Weiss glanced over her shoulder.

Good she answered, smiling slightly, before veering back in their direction. As she did, Tyrian's grinned.

"Ready, bolts?" he sneered. Talos didn't answered, as Weiss came up on them, opening her mouth, and releasing her ice breath. Talos veered out of the way, before Tyrian leapt off as the two fliers passed each other, landing on Weiss' back.

"Oh yeah!" he declared, holding his weapons at the ready, "This is a much better way to fight!" Jaune could only clench his teeth, as he shakily rose to his feet on the dragon's back, holding his sword at the ready.

As he flew past, Talos turned around, and held up all four of his hands like finger guns, as slots on each index finger opened. He then started firing energy beams at Weiss, and while she felt them, they didn't do any real damage. Weiss snapped at him with her jaws, but he pretty easily dodged the attack, as he continued firing, though it still didn't do any real damage. After dodging a blast from Weiss' ice breath, he then brought his forms hands together with his palms held out. They al started glowing in unison, as Talos released a huge burst of energy at Weiss. He got a direct hit, and this actually caused Weiss to cry out in pain, to her surprise. She reared back, causing Jaune to lose his foot, and hold onto one of Weiss' spines. Tyrian slipped, and fell back, but grabbed onto Weiss' tail, and then hoisted himself back up to Jaune's level, who had to hold up his shield to block his strike.

"At last!" the scorpion roared, "I've been waiting for a fight this good!" Jaune could only grunt in frustration, as he pulled himself to his feet on Weiss' back, and swung his sword, which Tyrian dodged, and thrust forward with his stinger. Jaune managed to avoid the attack, as he then swung up, though Tyrian dodged out of the way again. He struck his tail out, as Jaune just managed to move his head out of the way, the stinger passing so close the blonde could feel the wind across it.

Weiss then jerked again to avoid a strike from Talos, calling the Faunus and the teen to lose their footing again. Talos then held up his arms, as a large box on his back started to glow. Dust then traveled through wires into his four shoulders, as his four blades started to glow red, light blue, yellow, and purple. He then dove at Weiss, spinning, as he swung his red one, creating a curtain of flames. While it didn't do any damage, it did catch the dragon off guard, as she recoiled back. Talos then came through the fire, and slashed his purple tinged blade up. Weiss tried to avoid it, but the blade still grazed her scales, and the gravity Dust sent out a shock that actually forced her back. Talos quickly followed up with his yellow enhanced blades, and to both Weiss and Jaune's shock, penetrated her scales. Weiss roared in pain, as electricity coursed through her body.

"Weiss!" Jaune cried out. That all surprised Jaune; normally she was much more nimble in dragon form, and should've been able to dodge that without issue. As he fell to her back again, as he looked down, noticing something on Weiss' on flank. On closer look, she noticed it was a wound, in the same proportionate place as she got stabbed by Cinder as a human. And now that Jaune noticed it, Weiss was flying somewhat slower than normal.

"Weiss…," he tried to say, only to get interrupted when Tyrian came at him again.

(in Haven)

Things were heating up in Haven, especially since Hazel found out that Oscar was Oz's latest incarnation. He was now in a near berserk rage, virtually ignoring both Ruby, Ren, and Nora solely in favor of Oscar. According to Oz, Hazel's younger sister was a student of Oz's at one point, who died in the line of duty, and Hazel blamed Oz for her death.

Meanwhile, Cinder and Pyrrha were still fighting, and while Cinder had the Maiden powers. But as Cinder pressed her attack, she got progressively more frustrated, knowing Pyrrha was holding back.

"Show me it!" she suddenly shouted.

"What?" Pyrrha asked.

"Show me that power!" Pyrrha blinked at the mention of that, but she quickly realized what exactly she was talking about. Her teeth clenched at that, as her grip on Milo tightened. But that was when her enemy shot at her, locking weapons again.

"Show me!" Cinder repeated.

Pyrrha then cried out, as she was consumed in a red light that knocked Cinder back. Landing on her feet and skidding to a halt, the Maiden grinned in anticipation as the massive serpentine dragon emerged from the light, glaring down at her enemy, steam leaking from the sides of her jaws. Cinder began to shake slightly.

"I want it… I want it…," she chanted to herself, "I WANT IT!" With that, she soared into the air with her Maiden powers, dashed at Pyrrha, who snapped at her, only for her to miss completely, as Cinder burst through the ceiling, into the air; Pyrrha opened her wings and followed her out.

Once she was outside, she then unleashed her fire on Cinder, who managed to dodge. Cinder created a bow, which she fired at Pyrrha, who dodged the attack, and dove at Cinder, snapping at her with her jaws. Cinder managed to twist out of the way, and grabbed onto one of Pyrrha's horns. She then manifested a spear, and stabbed into into Pyrrha's side. The serpent howled in pain, before she lashed her tail up, the blade at the tip glowing hot. Cinder looked up as the blade came at her, her eyes widened. She then leaned back, as the blade grazed along her mask ever so slightly. She leapt away, as she floated in the air, the two halves of the mask falling to the ground.

Pyrrha hovered in the air, glancing at her wound. It hurt, but it didn't look too bad. She then looked back to Cinder, who was glaring at her, and the dragon was able to see what she was hiding. Her otherwise beautiful face was severely scarred, with her eye covered in scar tissue, and her cheek torn, showing her teeth. If not for her being her enemy, Pyrrha would've felt sympathetic. As for Cinder, she was still smiling.

"Incredible," she said. That power surpassed even that of the Maidens. Cinder immediately didn't care about getting the power of the Spring Maiden. All she wanted was the power of the dragon. She then grabbed her bandage arm, and ripped them off. To Pyrrha's shock, Cinder's whole arm was that of a Grimm. The sight sickened her.

"That's what you're willing to do?" she growled, "That's what you're willing to sacrifice for power." Cinder scoffed slightly.

"As if you didn't make sacrifices for your power," she said.

"No, I didn't." Cinder didn't believe that for one second, as her scoff turned into a sneer.

"It doesn't matter," she said, as she flexed Grimm fingers, "I will have that power."

"You could never wield such power," Pyrrha answered dangerously. That made Cinder's smile disintegrate, as it turned into a fierce glare. Now she was just determined to prove Pyrrha wrong, as she launched herself at the dragon, who herself struck forward.

(beneath Haven)

Raven stared up at the Spring Shrine, where the Relic of Knowledge was sealed. She had told Cinder that after they defeated those at the Academy, they would go back to the camp and retrieve Vernal, but that was never the plan. Raven's real plan was to let the dragons distract them, while she got the Relic for herself, and she didn't even need to put Vernal at risk for that. Instead, she just put her hand on the door, as her eyes suddenly glowed light red, revealing herself as the true Spring Maiden. The door literally faded away, revealing an entrance to what almost looked like a desert in a void. On a pedestal at the end, stood a gold and blue lamp, the Relic. Raven's eyes narrowed, as she looked at her hand, it was shaking slightly.

"What're you planning on doing with that?" Raven froze, as she looked over to her shoulder, to see Yang floating behind her in dragon form.

"Nothing to concern yourself with," Raven answered, as she drew Omen, and held it at the ready.

"I think the fact that I'm a dragon permits me to know things like that," Yang answered. Raven's scowl hardened, as she tightened her grip slightly.

"I'm not going to use it," she said, "I'm going throw it into the ocean, and let it sink the to bottom."

"Gee, great hide spot."

"Maybe Salem will find it eventually, but not in my lifetime, or any of our's," Raven answered.

"Anything to survive one more day, huh?" Yang growled, "Doesn't matter how it affects the future, just so you can protect yourself."

"That's all that truly matters in this world," Raven hissed, pointing her blade at the beast before her, "The weak die, and the strong survive."

"And the Spring Maiden?" Yang inquired, leaning down further, "What about her? Was she weak?" Raven looked down for a time, narrowing her eyes, before looking back up.

"She would never had made it in this world," she said, "What I did was an act of mercy." Yang growled, an imposing sound that sent a shiver up and down Raven's spine.

"Well, one way or another, I'm the one leaving with that relic, not you." Raven's answer was to take her fighting stance. Yang's own eyes narrowed, as steam began to leak from his mouth.

"You can't beat me Raven," she said, as she reared back.

"Well, won't know until we try," Raven answered, as her eyes started glowing. And with that, the two sprung at each other.

(in the Imperial Palace)

Rowan let out a grunt as he was slammed against the wall, holding his bleeding side. He looked up around at his former friends, all beaten also. They weren't as beaten as he was, but they somehow all seemed more tired, all them panting, and slouching.

"You're strong," Carmine said, as she advanced on him slowly, "I shouldn't have expected anything less from our captain." Rowan looked at her coming forward, before glancing over to the corner, where Lin was staring at him, tears in her eyes. It was then that memories flooded his mind.

(Flashback)

A sixteen year old Rowan was thrown to the floor. He had been caught trying to steal something (what it was didn't really matter) from the Palace using his Semblance, which allowed him to remold anything he touched. He was now being brought before the Emperor, who was sitting in his lounge. 32nd Emperor Jian Hanzhi lounged on his chair, as he studied the board of the shogi game in front of him. He was dressed in gold robes, with a shaved head, with a short white beard and mustache.

"What is it?" the Emperor asked, not even looking up, as he moved a piece.

"Your Majesty, this Faunus was found trying to infiltrate the palace," the then Captain of the Guard said, holding up Rowan by the hair, "What would you have us do with him?" The Emperor very briefly glanced at him, before turning his attention back to the game.

"Do what you will with him," he said. There was a period of silence, as the guards exchanged glances, before looking down at Rowan, who looked back up at him. They then all broke into dangerous looking grins, ones Rowan had seen before in the streets. He tried to beg for mercy, but the Emperor wouldn't even spare him a glance as he was dragged away.

"Father," a teen voice called over. Eyes were drawn to the other side of the room, where a young man with light green hair, dressed in similarly colored robes was sitting, a book in his lap, looking at Rowan.

"I think it deserves commendation that he managed to evade our guards," Crown Prince Fen Hanzhi said.

"What's your point?" Jian asked, as he looked towards his son.

"He could maybe be useful to us," the prince said, as he rose to his feet.

"How so?"

"Leave him to me," Fen said, coming up to Rowan, "I'll vouch for his good behavior." Rowan looked up at the prince, then at the Emperor, who looked at his son, then at the Faunus, and shrugging.

"Go ahead, it means nothing to me," he said, turning back to his game. The guards released Rowan, who collapsed to the floor. The Faunus weakly looked up, as the prince fell to one knee.

"Come on, I can get you something to eat at lot easier."

(five years later)

Fen was knocked to the ground. If not for his express instructions, the guards may have already killed Rowan, as the two trained in the palace grounds. The 21 year old prince leapt back to his feet, as he held his sword at the ready, while Rowan spun his training sword through his hand.

"You cover your flank well, my Prince," Rowan said, gesturing with his own, "Again." The two jousted again, as Fen struck forward, only for the Faunus to catch his arm, and twist the sword out of his hand, putting his own sword to Fen's throat, who chuckled slightly.

"Trying to enjoy this while I can," he said, as the two started walking to the side, "We won't be able to do this much longer." Rowan was silent for a moment, knowing exactly what that meant.

"You're getting married soon, aren't you?" he said, as he offered his prince some water.

"Father finally got me to do it," Fen answered, "Probably means I'll be having a kid soon." Rowan paused, before nodding briefly at that, sipping some water.

"I'll protect them as well when the time comes," Rowan said, with a firm nod, "I promise that." Fen smiled, as he put his hand on Rowan's shoulder.

"Thanks," was all he said. Rowan reached for his friend's hand on his shoulder, before he paused, and just nodded at that.

(six years later)

It couldn't be happening. It wasn't supposed to be happening. And yet, the man who was to be the 33rd Emperor of Mistral was lying in his bed, dying. Rowan was kneeling beside the bed of his friend, while a handmaiden was standing not far away, holding a toddler Lin in her arms while she slept. The Emperor himself, as well as his court, however, was conspicuously absent.

"She'll be alone in the world," Fen muttered, referring to his daughter, as her mother had died in childbirth.

"I'll be here," Rowan said, as he leaned in closer, "I'll protect her." Fen then put his hand on his shoulder.

"Promise me, Rowan," he said, "Promise me you'll protect her."

"I promise," Rowan answered, only for Fen to grab his collar, and use what little strength he had to pull the Faunus closer.

"Promise!" he repeated. Rowan looked his friend in the eye, before he nodded.

"I swear on my life, I will protect that girl until my last breath," he said, putting his own hand on Fen's shoulder. With that, the prince's nodded, and his grip slackened. As the light faded from his eyes, Rowan covered his face, as he suppressed a sob, before he rose to his feet, and walked over to the handmaiden, as he took Lin in his arms, and held her close.

"I'm here," he promised, "And I won't ever fail you."

(End Flashback)

"Any last words?" Carmine hissed, as she readied the claw on her boot.

"I won't fail…"

"Come again"

"I won't fail," Rowan repeated, as he slowly pulled himself to his feet. He then looked straight at Lin, who looked him in the eye shakily.

"I won't fail!" Rowan declared, as he grabbed a large, nearby statue, and activated his Semblance, causing it to reshape itself into a crude club, "I'll take you all on!" He then swung his weapon wide, forcing all four to jump back. Cherry came down with her claws, though Rowan ducked out of the way, and elbowed her in the face, stunning her, which allowed Rowan to knock her away with his club. Roy was the next come, his frill spread, as he used his Semblance to spit a glob of acid, which hit the statue; he then leapt at Rowan, who dodged his kick, and head butted him, before grabbing Roy by the collar, and threw him into the wall, and before Roy could recover, Rowan threw the melted remains of the club into Roy's face.

Cornell then made his move, as he leapt at Rowan, using his membrane to glide in his direction, his head lowered, as the crest on his helmet pointed at his former captain. Rowan responded. Carmine then came at him, kicking with her talons, which Rowan managed to dodge, before he grabbed her leg, and threw her away.

"Who's next!" he roared.

(in the skies over Mistral)

It had been an otherwise normal night in Mistral, until the people heard the sound of roaring, and they looked up to see two dragons in the skies over them. While they were not the same dragons as the one's seen at Beacon, that didn't make seeing them any less spectacular. Nearly the entire population of the city could one stare in awe at the sight before them.

While Pyrrha continued to snap at Cinder, Weiss did the same with Talos. Unfortunately for her, the wound she had wasn't getting any better, and if anything, the constant movement was making it worse. Jaune wished he could do something about it, but it wasn't like he could really do anything, especially with Tyrian constantly trying to gore him.

Using his shield to block one of Tyrian's pincers, Jaune thrust forward with Corcea Mors, which Tyrian easily avoided. He then head butted Jaune, causing him to slip down to Weiss' back. Tyrian smiled in anticipation, as he got his tail ready.

"Jaune!" Weiss called, as she noticed that. She then lashed her tail up, striking at him off. Tyrian was sent flying off, where Talos managed to catch him. The scorpion swung up to Talos back, and stood on it. Meanwhile, Weiss weakly hissed, as her flapping rhythm faltered slightly.

"Weiss!" Jaune called.

"I'm fine," Weiss answered.

No your not!" Jaune answered. He then crawled over to the wound, as he tried to think of something to do. Did normal first aide work on dragon injuries? He figured there wasn't any harm in trying. He started applying pressure on it.

"Come on! Come on!" he said. Unfortunately their enemies were so kind as to wait for them. Talos jetted by, as he held up two arms, and fired an energy beam, directly into Weiss' wound. Weiss let out a pained roar that shook the windows of Mistral, and made the people gaze up in shock at such a mighty beast in distress like that.

"Weiss!" Jaune cried. He then pressed harder, as he clenched his teeth.

"Please! Please!" he chanted. He poured all his will, desire, and hope into what he was doing.

Darkness he thought Help me… That was when he felt something.

Jaune wasn't sure how, but he could feel Weiss' Aura, and he closed his eyes to focus on it. He then began to feel Weiss' Aura begin to swell, as his Aura also swelled. New strength flowed through Weiss' body, as her eyes started glowing white. Jaune's own eyes then opened, glowing gold, as his body was consumed in gold light, as Weiss was consumed in white light, as it eventually parted away. Even the psychotic Faunus, and the otherwise stoic AI were shocked by what emerged from it

It was a two headed dragon.

Note: I'm sure I'm going to read this in the reviews: "Why did they have so much trouble? They should've defeat them easily as dragons? This is so stupid!" I'm probably paraphrasing, but you get the idea. Well, the reason I did what I did was simple. I write for three reasons: to entertain people, to practice my own writing ability, and most important, to have fun doing it. I'm writing this story to have fun, and being able to entertain my readers is a delightful bonus. And what makes for an entertaining and fun to write scene is seeing dragons fight an android, a scorpion man, and a fire witch in the sky. What doesn't make for a scene that's entertaining and fun to write is seeing one character simply breath fire/ice and ending it then and there. That's it people, don't think about the major details like that.

I initially planned on this chapter having the whole fight, but it was already getting a bit too heavy for my tastes, so I decided to wrap it up fully next chapter. So Jaune's got his Semblance, but it seems its done some extra work as well. There are currently four fights in three different places happening, two of which involve dragons, so ancitipate some fights getting more or less attention than others.

I'll go into this later, but I thought it was appropriate for Rowan to have some personal history with Lin and her family. It gave more reason for him to remain loyal to her.

Be sure to review. Also, this story now has a TVTropes page. Feel free to edit it.

Well, we've got one more episode to go (at least for us RT subscribers) in Vol. 7. Looking back on the whole of RWBY, I'm finding out more and more that the series works better when watched collectively, instead of episodically, as if each volume were a movie instead of a season. Pacing becomes much less an issue in that case, and even the CRWBY has noted that it often works better that way in the commentary. My biggest fault with the season was really how little attention JNR got; the biggest development they had was Ren and Nor finally getting together, and even that was forgotten after the episode. Some say that after they got more attention in Vol. 4 and 5, the yuri shippers (which let's be honest, are probably the most vocal of the fandom) raged, and RT bent to them. I'd like to assume that's not the case, but I still wish JNR got more attention.