"So, we get to see your initiation, huh?" Neptune asked Wiess, scooching closer.
"Yes. I suppose so."
The scene started with a very sick looking Jaune on an airship. The ship lurched and so did his stomach. "Urrrg." he grumbled
"Wait, so he can steal an airship, but he can't ride on one? All we have to do is stick him in a plane and he's useless?" Emerald asked.
"Only if you can get past the projectile vomit." Nora quipped, causing a look of horror to pass emeralds face.
"Are… are you ok?" a familiar short redhead asked the knight.
"Nooo…." he grumbled before his cheeks puffed. "HRK!"
The scene cut to Jaune running at full speed to a trash can, emptying his stomach.
"EWWWW! You got some on my shoes!" Someone next to him yelled, attracting his attention. Wiping his mouth with a paper towel, he turned to see Yang standing away from him. She was frantically trying to shake it off.
"Oh… I'm so sorry about that. I suffer from motion sickness, uh, you want a tissue?" Jaune offered the brawler, pushing the paper tissue into her hand.
"Thanks…."
"It's not much, but I hope it helps. I, uhh, I got to go. BYE!" and Jaune ran off to somewhere.
"Well, that was… about Ruby level of social awkwardness." Yang sighed, turning to her sister. "So, let's get… Oh! I see some friends from Signal, Bye! Go and socialize!" Yang said, ditching her sister.
"Yeah, that was not cool Yang! You ditched me!" Ruby pouted at her sister.
"Sorry, but you really do need to go out more." Was Yang's apology. Ruby just huffed and rolled her eyes
Ruby wandered around until she bumped into someone dressed in white. A vial of dust hit the ground.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Weiss shrieked at the reaper.
"Sorry, I just bumped into you and I didnt mean to and I'm so sorry you dropped this." Ruby rushed, bending down to pick up the vial, spilling dust all over. Wiess shrieked some more, ranting about improper dust use. While waving the vial around, spreading dust into the air.
"Was I really like this?" Weiss asked her partner.
"Yup." Ruby responded, much to Weiss's displeasure and embarrassment.
The Ruby on screen sneezed, causing the dust particles to explode. The scene changed to Jaune walking around before a large explosion was heard. He jolted before turning in that general direction. "Welp, that was loud." Jaune sighed as he jogged over to see Ruby laying in a crater in the courtyard.
"Sooo, what's the weather down there like?" Jaune smiled good naturedly, offering a hand up.
"Hey! Was that a short joke! That was unnecessary." Ruby sighed, taking his hand. Jaune laughed.
"Sorry, ment no offence. Nice to meet you. My name is Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue. Ladies love it." Jaune smiled brightly
"He did not just say that, did he?" Sienna asked.
"He did. He said it in our universe as well. The boy can't flirt to say his life." Glynda sighed, remembering how utterly bad the Arc was at flirting.
"Do they now?"
"Ehhh, debatable. My mother does, anyway."
"Oh…"
The two of them stood in awkward silence. "Sooo, I have this thing!" Ruby said, unfolding her weapon. The six foot scythe towered over the little girl
"It's a scythe." Jaune said flatly
"It's also a customizable high impact sniper rifle!" Ruby cheered, waving it around
"So it's also a gun." Jaune said as they started walking to… somewhere. The two of them walked in silence for a while.
"So, where are we going?" Jaune asked the reaper
"I dunno. I was following you." was her reply.
"Oh god, this happened as well." Ruby sighed, trying to hide her face.
"Wow, you really were awkward, weren't you?" Pyrrha asked, trying to be mean. However, because she's Pyrrha, it just came of as sincere.
"Yup" Yang popped.
The two wandered around until they found a large group of students, which they followed. "Well, I see my sister! See you later Vomit Boy!" Ruby ran off. Jaune sighed, asking himself a question.
"Where else am I going to find a nice quirky girl to talk to?" Jaune sighed. The scene cut to Jaune looking for a locker. "636, 636. Where in the hells is 636?"
"Aww, we don't get to see Jaune in his bunny onesie!" Nora complained, wanting to see the infamous blue bunny.
"Bunny onesie?" Neptune asked with a laugh. "Really?"
"Yes. Jaune is a huge dork. I mean, really, a huge dork." Blake supplied for the other viewers. Turning to Orb, Blake asked "why did you cut that?"
"Because it did not need to be seen." he answered somewhat cryptically
Jaune walked on, finding his locker in between two girls. Weiss Schnee and a redhead he had never seen. "Uhh, pardon me. I need to get to my stuff." Jaune said, getting in between the two.
Wiess gave an indignant scoff. "Do you know who you're even talking to?"
"Uhh… the two of you?" Jaune asked, confused as to why she was reacting so badly to him getting his stuff.
"You have no idea who this is." The white dust user gestured to Pyrrha
"Uhh, nope."
"She's Pyrrha Nikos. Does that ring a bell?" the blank face on Jaune was an answer enough.
"One of the most promising huntresses of our generation." Weiss continued, glaring at the blonde. Jaune shook his head.
"The four time champion of the Minstral tournament."
"Oh? Congratulations. You must be very strong then." Jaune said to the Champion. She just politely thanks him, wishing Weiss would shut up.
"She graduated from Sanctum top of her class, Valedictorian."
"Good for you."
"She's on the cover of Pumpkin Peat!" Weiss yelled in annoyance at how clueless the Arc was.
"Man, was I really this bitchy?" Weiss asked. Her team and NPR nodded, affirming her fears.
"Sorry." the heiress apologized.
"Really? Only, like, really famous people get on that! I knew I knew you from somewhere." jaune smiled.
"It's incredibly unhealthy for you." Pyrrha laughed in an attempt of humor. Jaune laughed with her. "Still doesn't mean they aren't tasty." Jaune grabbed his stuff from the locker and stode off. "See you later Pyrrha, Snow Angel."
The scene changed to Jaune and Ruby walking side by side.
"So, what do you think the initiation will be?"
"No idea. Considering that it's at the cliffs, I assume we have some terrain test?"
Ruby shrugged, pulling her hood around her. Goodwitch instructed them to stand on the launch pads, and Ozpin gave his speech. "I hope you all have a landing strategy." he ended. The first student was launched into the air, followed by another
Jaune raised his hand. "Yes Mr. Arc?"
"Would you happen to have a parachute I could borrow?"
"Parachute? Never heard of them." Ozpin chuckled.
"Wait, whaAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" Jaune started before being launched
"Wait, this was your initiation? The first person you see is your partner? Launched from a cliff? Ozpin, what the hell is in your coffee?" Sun asked the headmaster, shocked and surprised.
"Caffeine." the headmaster responded.
Jaune took out his sword and shield, praying to whatever gods existed that he survive. He saw out of the corner of his eye a flash of bronze. Turning to see a spear fly at him. He yelped, ducking into his shield.
Pang! The spear hit the shield, bouncing off. It also catapulted the young Arc in a separate direction. Jaune landed, crashing through the trees. Jaune landed harshly on to the ground, a small crater formed around him. "Oww…" Jaune moved his legs, finding them dislocated. A grunt and a snap later put them back in place, bleeding from his legs.
"He's bleeding. He should not be bleeding. Why is he bleeding? He should have Aura, right?" Ruby asked, concerned for his friend.
"Heh, about that, it was me that unlocked his aura." Pyrrha said to the reaper, just a little bit smug.
All teachers except Ozpin's eyes widened. "The kid went in through initiation without Aura?"
Jaune heard shotguns from the distance. "Please, Please let that mean there's people." jaune sighed, pushing himself out of the crater. He stumbled forward, until he found a smoking clearing, with a single blonde fighting off a hoard of Ursa. Jaune looked on, a conflicted expression crossing his face. "Either join in the fight and gain a partner and certain death, or Run away with my life." another moment passed. "Son of a gun." Jaune sighed, jogging into combat.
"The idiots got no Aura! He's still bleeding for Oums sake! Why is he fighting a pack of Ursa?" Roman said, gesturing to the screen. Neo shook her head at the doofus's idiocy.
Jaune came in, stabbing an Ursa in the back leg. Said Ursa was about to backstab Yang. It reared up in pain, and Caroca Mors found its way into it's spine. Yang turned, about to punch the now dead grimm. "Hi." Jaune breathed, still injured heavily.
"Hi." Yang said, a little struck at the bleeding Arc. Blue eyes met lilac. A second became an eternity of instant time. Jaune looked beyond Yang, breaking the moment in time. One of the black bear grimm raised its paw, ready to strike. "DUCK!" Jaune yelled, pulling Yang into his chest and placing his shield between the two of them.
Thwack. The paw impacted, knocking both of them to the ground. "Owwww." Jaune moaned as his still bleeding ass ran across the ground. They rose, Jaune using Yang as a support. "We're surrounded." Jaune noted to his partner, who cocked her gauntlets, reloading them.
"Good. it means we can attack on all sides." Yang smiled, semblance activating once more.
"On all sides…. Yang, Give me your hand." Jaune said, entering leader mode. Yang looked at him, offering a hand. Jaune took it and started to spin her around. Yang's shock was visible as Jaune gave yet another command
"SHOOT THEM!" he said with urgency. The tornado of death was effective against the horde.
"Ok, I have to get Vomit Boy to try that with me. That looks awesome." yang said, looking in awe at the explosive action on the screen.
"Yeah, but what would it be called?" Ruby asked, wanting to name the team attack.
After the grimm faded out of existence, Jaune stopped, putting Yang down. He panted, leaning on his knees.
"You're bleeding." yang said, now concerned for her partner.
"Yeah, so?" Jaune asked, as though it was normal to be bleeding out to death out of one's ass.
Ren sighed, knowing this bad habit of Jaune. Nora turned to her friend. "See? Even this version of Fearless Leader does this."
"Does what?" Blake asked.
"Completely ignore his own injuries as though they don't exist. Him snapping his bones back in place? Something he did once." Ren sighed, remembering that particular fight
"When did he dislocate a bone?" Blake asked as Yang and the fighters in the theater (Everyone but the students.) had their respect for the knightly blonde.
"He dislocated his shoulder once. Just looked at it and popped it back without so much a flinch. Like it was nothing." Ren said.
"Why aren't you using your aura to fix it?" Yang asked, looking at her partner squarely now.
"Gesundheit." Jaune responded, sheathing his sword.
"Do… do you not know what Aura is?" Yang was now extremely angry and concerned. Did this scraggly, brave, dumbass seriously enter a Huntsman school without Aura?
"Uhhh… of course i know what Aura is?" Jaune asked, trying to cover his slip up. Yang just looked at him, seeing through the lie.
"Urrrg. Fine. Jaune, come here." Jaune did as his fellow blonde commanded, standing within arms reach of her. Her hand found its way to his shoulder, and he fell to one knee.
"You seriously are so tired that you can't have my hand on your shoulder?" Yang said, looking down at Jaune.
"You're not the one bleeding with broken legs." Jaune quipped back
"How the hell are you standing?" at this question, Jaune shrugged. Yang shook her head, reciting what her father had said to her so many years ago. "In Valor and might, for strength and glory, I release your immortal soul for the sake of defence. In the name of man, rise and fight." Little did she know that she had messed up the incantation just a bit, replacing Strength with Defence. Jaune glowed bright white as his wounds started to mend.
"Monty Oum above. I thought I had a buttload of aura. You, Jaune, have got, like, two buttloads of aura. It's amazing how much you've got." The caster sighed, out of breath.
"Uhh thanks? Is this what drugs feel like?" Yang snorted at this
Yang snorted at this, being a kind of witty remark. RWB just looked at her. "It wasn't that funny." Weiss admonished.
"Because holy Oum I feel amazing." Jaune rolled his arms, feeling how his body worked now. Shaking his head, he looked upwards. "We still need to find the relics Ozpin mentioned." the two of them walked off northwards, as best as Jaune guessed. They came into a clearing, where several chess pieces on pedestals lay.
"You want to grab one?" Jaune geastured to the chess board. Yang walked over, considered it for a moment before picking up a black rook piece. A large crash came in behind them as Nora rode in, bucking and swinging her hammer on an Ursa. it collapsed, dead from exhaustion.
"Did she just ride an Ursa?" Yang said in disbelief. Nora ran up the chess board, briefly inspecting in. a green clad boy ran up, panting.
"Nora, don't run off again please." he said, walking up to his friend and partner.
"Ok, Renny!" Nora said, grabbing the black rook piece. "Renny! I'm queen of the castle, I'm queen of the castle~!" the excitable girl yelled, dancing as she held up the chess piece.
"Did she just ride an Ursa?" Yang asked her partner, who only nodded in confoundment. A crashing sound came as Pyrrha and Blake ran through the forests, a large deathstalker chasing them
"Heh, I remember that. Although Jaune was my partner in our universe." Pyrrha reminisced, allowing for her to think about what life would have been like if Blake was her partner.
"Monty Oum your initiation was fucked up." Sun said, to the agreement of many others. "Ehh, if the challenge is not challenging, what's the point? Only the strong survive in the Huntsman field of work." Raven said, her old ideology shining through. As right as it was, it still left a bitter taste in many mouths.
"HELP!" Blake yelled, dashing across the stone column. "Uhh," Jaune gestured to his sword and shield. "Does anyone here have, like, a grenade launcher or something?" Nora smiled at this, shifting her hammer into it's ranged form.
"Great. Blast those columns please." Jaune commanded. Several explosions followed his command as the stone pillars collapse, blocking the deathstalker's path. Pyrrha came to a stop, scanning her partner for injury. "Thank you for that."
"No problemo!" Nora said happily. A loud screech filled the air as the six of them looked up.
"Is that your sister?" Jaune asked as he saw Ruby fall from the sky.
"Yup."
"She's falling."
"She'll be fine."
"She's falling." Jaune reiterated, already moving to catch the reaper. Ruby just managed to use her semblance to get to the ground safely. Jaune looked down at the reaper. "You're partner is still up there."
"Darn it wiess! I told you to jump with me!" Ruby sighed, setting up her sniper rifle. A separate scream followed as a white speck fell groundwards.
"You're partners falling." Jaune pointed out. Ruby scoffed.
"She'll be fine. "
"Sister like sister." Jaune sighed, already moving towards the heiress. He climbed a staircase that had fallen in ruin, leaping to catch the girl. He jumped, clearing the distance. "Dropping in, Snow Angel?" He smirked before hitting the ground.
"Owww." he muttered as Weiss complained and scoffed. "Yeah, yeah, you're welcome." Jaune sighed. He stood up, moving back towards his partner, who was fussing over Ruby.
"Yang, i'm fine, really. It was just a fall."
Jaune looked up to see the Nevermore swinging back. "Uhh, guys?" Ruby and Yang continued their sisterly squabble. "Nevermores coming back around. Guys?" everyone ignored him. He sighed, prepping a large breath. "TAKE COVER!" he yelled as the avian grimm launched feathers at the eight of them. Grabbing Ren and Yang, he fell on one knee, holding his shield up to block the feather rain. Nora slid into the cramped space below the shield. It bucked three times as feathers hit. Jaune himself, being outside the shield took two feathers to his back, glancing off like rain.
The adults just looked at the knight with praise or surprise. "Did… did he just face tank seven feathers?" Ironwood asked, shocked at someone who had just unlocked their aura could do that.
"Jaune Arc has always had a large aura, and has always placed others above himself. That is part of the reason he was made team leader, besides his blatant ability for tactics." Ozpin said, sipping his coffee.
The battery of feathers stopped as the Nevermore swung around. Jaune stood, turning to Ruby. "Ruby, Pyrrha! Take you and your partners and take that bird out!" a cracking sound came from the toppled pillars.
"I forgot about the deathstalker." Yang sighed, cocking her gun.
"Me and my team will deal with the bug." Jaune said, turning to the escaped scorpion. Battle ensued as Jaune met the deathstalker head on, pushing aside the claws and stinger.
"He's a tank." Ironwood said finally.
"Yes. his staying ability in combat is something else, if only his skill offensively could match it." Glynda sighed, sipping her tea.
While his lack of skill was clear, the survival instinct alone was just enough to keep him alive. "Yang, Nora! It's got strong armor! I need you guys to break it open!" Jaune yelled to the two bruisers. Ren looked at him, rushing up to meet him.
"What should I do?" the green boy asked, firing shots into the Deathstalker's eyes. Jaune's own lit up, understanding what Ren could do.
"Be a nuisance. Hit it's joints, eyes, distract it. Buy Yang and Nora time." Jaune said. That moment was all it took for a claw to swipe the knight off his feet. "Oww."
"JAUNE!" Yang yelled, rushing over to her partner.
"I'm fine. I'm fine." Jaune said. We need a way to get through that armor. Jaune had an idea as a visible lightbulb light up in his eyes. "Yang, I have a plan."
The scene cut to Ren dodging and shooting, doing his best to weaken the grimm. Nora just batted it around like a pinata. Jaune ran up once more, Yang on his tail. After blocking a well placed stinger to Nora with his shield, he stabbed the grimm in the face. "Yang, NOW!" He yelled as Yang light up with fire, punching the sword with a roar. It buried itself hilt deep into the grimms face. It fell, dead. Jaune turned just in time to see ruby decapitate the Giant bird. The four of them landed with grace.
"You four ok?" Jaune said, sheathing his sword and shield.
"Yup! We're fine! Thanks for worrying Jaune!" Ruby said, giving the knight a hug.
"Heh. You're welcome?" Jaune said, awkwardly patting Ruby on the back. The eight of them walked off as the scene cut. Jaune walked through a crowd of fellow students. Leading the eight of them to somewhere in the auditorium, listening to Ozpin list off teams.
"Was your initiation really like this, Blake?" Sun asked the cat Faunus.
"More or less. Yang was my partner in our universe, but beyond that? Yes." Blake said, trying to be polite to the annoying monkey.
"Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Pyrrha Nikos. Please come to the stage." Ozpin said. Half of the group left for the stage, standing up. "I now announce the four of you for collecting the white knight piece team RWBN, or team Ribbon. Led by Ruby Rose. Congratulations." Ozpin said, prideful but bored. They exited the stage. "Would Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Yang Xiao Long, and Lie Ren please come to the stage." Jaune gulped, getting onto the stage. "I now announce you four as team JVYL, or Team Javelin. Led by Jaune Arc. Congratulations, young man." Ozpin smiled.
"I'm sorry, what?" Jaune said as Yang patted him on the back roughly.
"Yay! Fearless leader!" Nora said, dragging the two males off the stage.
"Yang! HELP!" Jaune said as the blonde brawler just laughed. The scene ended.
"See? We will probably see that universe later." Orb said, pulling out a scroll to choose the next universe.
"Hey, Orb?" Ruby asked, wanting to make a request.
"Yes, Ruby?" Orb 'looked' at the reaper.
"Could we have another musical?"
Orb just smiled, his flames brightening. Ghira leaned over to his wife. "How does he make facial expressions without a face?"