A Second Chance

by KostekSocs

After waking up from a dream or vision of the future or past life, Pyrrha knows what she saw can't be allowed to happen. It won't be as easy to change as she hopes, experiencing her death left behind pain, though it looks like keeping close to Jaune can help. In any case Pyrrha will change her future and all of Beacon's as well.

1. Chapter 1

Welcome everyone to chapter one of a new story. We would like to say thank you to everyone who took the time to read some random account's story and especially to the ones who reviewed or favorited it.

We are starting a new "simpler" story, from an idea we had, which has been done many times before, but we hope ours will be different and interesting. This story is a bit of a "fixit": what if Pyrrha was shown/lived through her death and saw what happened to and felt the emotions of Jaune and Cinder during the events of volumes 4 to 7/8. All we can say is that Pyrrha will be having an interesting day. The rest of the gang will be having a strange day because of Pyrrha.

As a heads up this chapter is a long one, filled with exposition, so be prepared for a read. This chapter was originally drafted as almost three times longer…. But that was way too long.

Anyway, welcome to our new story, we hope you like it.

Of course, we do not own RWBY and we won't make even a nickel from this story, it's all for fun, playing in RoosterTeeth's sandbox.

Onwards to A Second Chance.

-KostekSocs

Chapter One – After a Dream or Vision? A Second Chance. The First Day Part 1 Morning Troubles

Pyrrha is fighting for her life, throwing the large gears that for some reason were in the headmaster's office at the bitch throwing fire and glass arrows at her. She dodged to the right and back flipped over another stream of fire while trying to line up a shot, though before she could take the shot, she had to bring up her shield to block another rushed stab with that damned glass sword. The fight continued like that for a while with Pyrrha not being able to land any real hit against the fire loving bitch that she was facing off against, her thoughts kept going back to Jaune and how she sent him away, still the right choice to keep him safe, but his shield would have been a great help in giving her some breathing room. She was also getting angrier and angrier at the headmaster for involving her in all of this, at all of team RWBY for also being involved in this, at Blake and Weiss and Atlas for pissing of the White Fang, at Atlas for using robots that can be hacked for their army, at Vale for inviting Atlas, at herself for agreeing to be involved in this and at the bitch, this Cinder for attacking. Not very charitable thoughts, and not her usual attitude, but in this situation Pyrrha wasn't feeling like herself. She was so angry and disappointed in herself, that she didn't stand up more for herself and her team, that she didn't ask more questions about all of this and that she found herself in this increasingly hopeless fight. Also, the bullshit she was dealing with and saw added to her anger, that the headmaster was "dead", the teachers were gone and no teams from 2nd, 3rd or 4th year appeared to exist, that the rest of the first-year teams vanished. That no help was coming.

A slash from the bitch pulled her out of her thoughts which Pyrrha rolled to the left to avoid it then she had to jump backwards off a partial handstand to avoid even more arrows, fire, and stabbing. Then to her also increasing annoyance and growing dread a massive dragon, there were dragon Grimm?, smashed into the side of the tower which she also had to dodge. After even more dodging, fire being thrown into her face, blocking of glass arrows and swords, throwing those gears at the bitch, maneuvering around the head of the dragon Grimm and getting a few hits in, her aura was nearly gone, and she was dealing with being constantly on the back foot, just surviving the bitch's attacks. Pyrrha was starting to accept that she would die here, but that her death would be worth it if she could delay the bitch for a few minutes more. As every minute she kept the bitch here fighting her gave everyone else that time to deal with the White Fang, the Grimm and the hijacked Atlas robots. It gave Jaune that time to gather the team, make some plan or to get to safety and Pyrrha truly believed that Jaune was meant for greater things than her, that if her grand destiny was to trade her life for his, for all of theirs, to let them finish this fight, she would be happy with that destiny.

Unfortunately, that happy thought was interrupted with pain, a great stabbing pain, that Pyrrha never felt before and as she fell to her knees she looked down and found out why, one of the glass arrows was there in the middle of her chest, going through her. Pyrrha gasped, losing her breath and looked up at the bitch walking towards her talking smugly about some nonsense. The bitch stopped in front of her and said something that Pyrrha didn't hear, but knew was mean and condescending, Pyrrha replied about her destiny and then she felt something that she would never forget. She was being turned into ash, burned away piece by piece, feeling her body ashify, flake away, was so very painful. She knew that it took just a second, but it felt like it took eons and then Pyrrha was no more, leaving the world with the last thing she saw being a white flash, the last sound a scream, the last taste ash, and the last feeling pain.

What was next was strange, Pyrrha felt here and there, with Jaune and with the bitch. She felt rage and grief and pain and resolution, images of what might be being shown with the emotions she felt. Anger as a constant companion, then grief and friendship, even love. The anger was back with even more rage and then sadness and pride. Depression and love, grief and anger, rage and pain, the cycle of emotions threw Pyrrha off more and more, the flashing images making no sense. Was this death, or was it her punishment, feeling what the bitch was feeling, or her reward, still being with Jaune somehow. There was then acceptance and peace, anger and companionship, friendship and resolve, followed by an all-consuming panic and anger, excitement and failure, arguments and more anger, bitterness and betrayal, more panic and loss. And pain, a constant pain, always there, her pain, the hole in the middle of her would be chest, a growing hole, always growing, the feeling of her would be body being burned, of fire spreading, always burning. This was her destiny? Being dead, a ghost, while her friends suffered, while Jaune suffered and fought and still kept her love but had no happy end. Her pain she could deal with, a price she would gladly pay if Jaune, her team and her friends were safe, okay if her death and pain saved them. But it didn't, her destiny didn't come to pass, her death and pain only saving Jaune in the moment, then added to what Jaune and her friends felt. What he carried.

Then Pyrrha felt a shift, an end would be there for Jaune and her friends, but not an end she was happy with, not what destiny should have given them. Pain and scars and loss would haunt them, and the world lost so much, the only winners in the end the bitch and the darkness. The darkness the bitch was afraid off, the darkness Jaune raged at, the darkness that was tearing the world, destroying her destiny. The darkness which was in truth, what Jaune learned later a petty lonely girl who raged in her grief and doomed herself and the world to darkness.

Another shift hit her, she lost Jaune and the bitch, the emotions and flashes of images gone. Something pulled at her and she went there, somewhere, everywhere. She felt darkness and light flash in front of her and be burned away by the fire of hers, always burning, a howl of pain and then drowning, her fire burning away sticky, wrong, black goo. Another howl, a flash of white and black and purple and gold, more of her fire, more flashes, then the white light in pain, her pain, the hole and fire, being pushed, thrown at the lights and the wrong goo trying to grasp her again burned away again and again. She threw more at the white and black, purple and gold, all she could, her pain, the hole always growing, the fire always burning, she felt the pain leave her, the more she threw it at the lights. More howls, more flashes, more goo and light grabbing her being burnt away, more pain leaving, the black and white, purple and gold lights howling, in pain, her hole shrinking, the burning going away. She kept pushing and throwing, her hole almost closed, only a pinprick, the burning almost gone, only an ember. The pain almost gone, the lights howled more, in pain, flashing and blinking almost angrily, she could almost hear whispered cries from the lights. They had her pain, her anger, her rage, the betrayal by destiny. The lights boiled, flashed, blinked and then nothing, she was let go, gone from the somewhere.

Pyrrha fell, through darkness and light, white and black, purple and gold, until she felt air. Breath returned with the fall, feeling returned, her would be body now real and raw, her pain almost gone but still there under the surface. Much less pain now with her body then her would be body, from the hole, the fire. She saw green and blue below her, the blue of Jaune's eyes, of the calm ocean and the green of her eyes, the soft grass. Clouds past and she fell, she saw brown now, the brown of dirt, of mountains. She braced herself about to hit something and then she saw the colours fade together, the feelings she felt fade together, what she saw and fought faded together. She was now falling through the fade, images, feelings, days, fights, it all flashed in front of her and faded together again. Pyrrha closed her eyes, her breathing rapid, she felt something coming up, she opened her eyes and saw….

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Pyrrha woke up with a gasp and shudder, holding her sheets with a white-knuckle grip, tearing the fabric. She looked around, she was in her dorm, still standing, no fires, no Grimm, she choked and threw her sheets off her. Pyrrha looked down and teared open her shirt, no hole, just skin, no ash just sweat. As her breathing calmed, she looked to the left and there with a small smile on his face slept Jaune, no pain, no anger, no rage coming off him, no being ready to jump out of sleep and fight at a second's notice. He looked so young and carefree, Pyrrha looked past him and there Nora and Ren slept, Ren quiet, steady, Nora twitched and moved, mumbling about syrup, both with no stress or pain, the same carefree that Jaune showed.

Pyrrha felt her breathing calm even more, but a shudder ran through her again, what was that she just went through, a dream, memories, a vision? Her grandfather told stories of how the Nikos family in the old days were oracles and prophets, that they could see glimpses of the future. Her mom always dismissed the stories, but with her dad dead and her grandfather sick, she never got more stories, more details. She always wanted to believe her grandfather, always liked the idea that her family was more, was special. But would that be a future that could come to pass or was it something she lived through, Beacon and Vale attacked, teams gone, the bitch here setting up the attack under their noses. The maiden that the headmaster wanted her to replace, to take her powers, the ones that the bitch wanted. Her sending Jaune away instead of letting him fight by her side, dying alone instead of with him, feeling all that he will go through without her, seeing their friends, Nora and Ren, team RWBY, all forget about him, about her death and his loss, too distracted by their own small problems. Pyrrha felt herself get angry again, the familiar anger she threw at the lights, the anger of destiny not delivering the ending it should.

Another shudder ran through her and her hands, once again holding her sheets, shook, Pyrrha wasn't sure if it was a vision, memories or a nightmare she went through, but whatever it was, she would do everything in her power to not let it happen. She would train harder, have Jaune train harder, support Jaune's suggestions of team training and training with team RWBY and push to have their team and team RWBY be closer. She knew that whatever he saw in Weiss would pass and that he would love her, a balm for her soul, for the pain that lay under the surface. Though the fear that it might not come to pass was already growing, but this time she will not sit back and hope, but act. Last time or in the dream or in the future she was so passive, afraid of drawing attention to herself and hoping to fade into the background and have a normal school year. That led her to her death, to the pain of the hole and the burning.

At that thought Pyrrha started gasping for breath, hugging herself and shaking, she quickly looked at Jaune and felt some of the pain leave, the hole and burning, nowhere near as bad as before with her would be body, what she threw and pushed at the lights, but the pain was still there. With a hand pressed to her chest she moved out of bed and towards Jaune, the closer she got to him, the more of her pain left. Normally Pyrrha would not have even thought about doing this, going to Jaune, but with the dream/vision/memories still in her head and with the pain rolling around in her body she decided that she needed to do this.

Pyrrha stood beside Jaune's bed and shook his shoulder gently, Jaune mumbled and grumbled, but didn't wake. She shook him a bit harder and pulled his sheets down a bit, Jaune slowly opened his eyes and looked at her.

"Pyrrha? What's wrong? What time is it?" Jaune asked just waking up and seeing Pyrrha looking at him with her face in pain, her hands shaking, the short tank top she slept in ripped down to the middle of her chest. Jaune slightly blushed at that, but the larger thought was that something was really wrong for Pyrrha to look like this, Jaune never even thought that she could look so out of it. "What happened?" he asked slightly panicked, sitting up in his bed looking around he saw nothing out of place, Nora and Ren were sleeping, the room was quiet apart from Pyrrha's shaky and gasping breathing. It was late, just after 2:30 in the morning, which caused Jaune even more concern, Pyrrha generally always slept pretty deeply, all signs pointed to whatever happened being unbelievably bad. Jaune looked back at her and saw her shudder and take a breath.

Pyrrha looked at Jaune, at his wide-open compassionate eyes and slightly panicking face, it was cute and exactly what she expected him to look like, he cared so much for her, for his team. "I…. I had a really a…. awful nightmare…. or…. it m…. might have been a vi…. vision or mem…. memories of the future, it was ter…. terrible." Pyrrha replied with a voice far shakier than she thought she would have. "Could I sleep with you…." Pyrrha and Jaune both blushed at the wording of the request and Pyrrha quickly continued "I…. I…I m…. mean next to you, until I calm down…P…. Please?" She then quickly looked down and kept one arm hugging herself as even with her pain leaving the longer she talked with Jaune, her shaking was getting worse. Looking down might not have been her best move as when Jaune sat up in bed his sheets fell down to his waist and with his cute onesie destroyed by Nora and Yang, he generally slept without a top or in a t-shirt if he was cold. This night he was shirtless and Pyrrha could see him in all his developing muscle glory. With her blush getting worse she looked back up into his eyes.

Jaune saw the shaking, the shudders going through Pyrrha, the pain on her face, dream or vision, whatever happened, they were safe here and now, she was safe, and they could talk about whatever in the morning when she was feeling better. In his sleepy, somewhat panicky mind he decided that since Pyrrha did so much for him, he would help her out now, however he could. "Sure Pyr, get in." Jaune said still blushing and moved over to the left side of his bed while lifting the sheets up so Pyrrha could get in.

Pyrrha smiled, her first smile since she woke up and quickly got into Jaune's bed, his bed like all of the first year's beds in the dorm was a custom twin so not the biggest bed and even with Jaune being right on the edge of his bed there was probably nowhere near enough room for both of them. Jaune for not training before Beacon was still tall, taller than most people and even though he was slim, he still had a body large enough to match his height and he had those newly developing muscles. Pyrrha knew that she was tall for a girl, one of the tallest in Beacon and even with her being slimmer than Jaune it would be a tight fit.

As Pyrrha got into his bed and tried to make herself comfortable Jaune brought his sheet down around her, blushing even more, this was the first time since he was very young that he had a girl that wasn't one of his sisters in his bed. That the girl was Pyrrha, one of the most attractive girls he knew, one of the most attractive girls he had ever seen, caused his blush to get worse and worse. Strange thoughts also began popping up in his head, with Pyrrha being there right beside him, her warmth, her smelling of her vanilla and coconut body wash and shampoo. Jaune shook his head and tried to get comfortable as well.

Pyrrha started shaking more, the thought that she never got his close to Jaune in the dream/vision/future, that the bitch killed her, that only because of the hopeless fight she kissed him, that after she died, he didn't have anyone to help with his pain in the future/dream/vision like she had him helping her now got to her. As her shaking got worse, she began gasping for breath again which focused Jaune's attention on her, he rolled over to face her laying on his side. "Pyrrha? What's wrong? You okay?" Jaune asked as he cautiously put his hand on her shoulder.

Pyrrha nodded "Y… Yes, just let m…. me get my breath b…. back and I…. I'll be okay" as she replied she also rolled over to face Jaune, moved closer to him and tried to relax. Jaune's closeness helped in letting her relax and without her noticing she laid her head against his chest. Pyrrha heard him suck in a breath and wrap his arm around her back. She smiled again, relaxing even more, her breathing becoming normal and her shakes and shudders slowly going away. She wrapped both her arms around Jaune's chest and pressed herself fully against him, a large blush on her face "Thank you, so much, for doing this Jaune, it will just be for tonight, I'm sorry about all of this." Pyrrha said to Jaune, as she moved her head up his chest, feeling his chin on the top of her head she let out a breath, feeling almost back to normal.

Jaune shook his head "It's no problem Pyrrha, I just hope you can sleep well for the rest of the night. Let me know anything else I can do for you to help you sleep." As he answered her, Jaune wrapped both of his arms around her as well, one around her shoulders and the other around her waist. He felt Pyrrha relax even more into him, the shaking and shudders which were freaking him out slowly stopping, her breathing becoming normal. Jaune didn't know what this dream or vision that Pyrrha had was and he was thinking about giving her a few days before asking, but whatever it was, the amount of pain it caused Pyrrha wasn't normal. Pyrrha wasn't one to freak out, whatever it was, it was bad. Jaune just held her tighter "Just sleep Pyrrha, you're okay now, I promise you that I'll do whatever I can to help. That's an Arc promise." He said while rubbing her shoulder, trying to soothe her, hoping it worked for Pyrrha like it did for his sisters.

Pyrrha nodded and mumbled a quiet "I know, you're already helping." against his neck, enjoying the warmth coming from his body, the calm and comfort she found in his arms and the soothing of her shakes and shudders. She couldn't believe that past her or future her or dream her maybe, the her that never found herself in Jaune's arms didn't try harder to make it happen. That if she could feel this relaxed while still feeling the pain of the hole and burning, the betrayal of destiny, the fight with the bitch and the lights, her death. If she felt this good now, she wondered how good being in Jaune's arms would feel when she was back to normal. She hoped that Jaune would let her sleep in his arms more often since she could very easily get used to this feeling. She snuggled even closer to Jaune, wrapped her arms even tighter, for tonight she was not letting go of Jaune, this feeling, the comfort and dare she say love that she was feeling, she needed it for tonight. As she drifted off to sleep, she felt Jaune wrap his arms even tighter around her and she could swear she felt him kiss her hair.

After a short while Pyrrha fell into a deep sleep, Jaune looked down at her, in the short time from when she drifted off to sleep, she wrapped a leg around his leg as well. That is what woke him up when he started to fall asleep, after both of them holding the other tighter and tighter and Pyrrha's snuggling, there was now no space between them, Jaune could feel all of her pressed against him and as much as he was reminding himself that Pyrrha was sleeping with him because she needed the comfort, that she was in pain, that she trusted him. He was not able to forget that Pyrrha was a girl, a very attractive girl, easily one of the hottest and one of the most beautiful he knew and she was also the best person he knew. It made him somewhat sick just knowing that he was thinking such things when Pyrrha had such a rough night, was in such pain and here he was perving on her. The second thought he had was more wholesome, that he was enjoying having her pressed up against him, being in her arms, entangled with her, he felt safe, comfortable and happy. He just hoped that Pyrrha was feeling even a fraction of the comfort he was.

Though there was a problem Jaune was trying to deal with, with the panic passed and Pyrrha pressed against him his body was reacting, he was starting to feel himself grow against Pyrrha, between her thighs and no matter what he thought it kept growing. Moving himself away also didn't help since Pyrrha moved herself right back against him and the rubbing that was caused by the moving just made everything worse. Jaune took a couple deep breaths and tried to relax, they needed to be awake by 6 so that they could get ready and to make it down to breakfast before their early morning class with Peach. He started doing the breathing exercises that Ren showed him, trying to relax further and hoping that Pyrrha wouldn't kill him in the morning if she felt him pressed up against her. He slowly fell into a comfortable and warm sleep.

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Pyrrha woke up against her will again, this time not because of pain, anger, rage, betrayal, but because of movement. Unlike the last time she woke up, she was warm and comfortable, happy and not gasping for breath. She was still pressed up against Jaune, his chin on top of her head, her face pressed against his chest and neck, her arms wrapped around him, though her leg being wrapped around his was new. And what she is feeling against her thigh is not something she thought she would feel, it is larger than she expected, but if that is the effect she had on him then that would make her happy, more proof of what she knew she wanted, of what would be different this time. The movement that woke her up was Jaune stroking her back, right down her spine, up and down her spine, such a relaxing and distracting feeling, she almost felt like copying her cat and purring at the feeling. It did cause her to borrow herself even deeper into Jaune, she let herself enjoy the feeling, Jaune stroking her, keeping her warm and comfortable, keeping the worst of the pain away, him being pressed up against her thigh.

The pain, her pain, was now an echo of what she felt during the vision/dream/memories, when she had her would be body, but still there, she could feel the hole, not growing, but there, reminding her, the burning, the fire burning her now not fire, but embers, still there. The hole and the burning, her rage and anger at the betrayal of destiny, her anger and her rage at the world, at her friends for letting Jaune suffer, her hate of the bitch and the darkness, the anger and disappointment she felt about herself, it was all still there, just under the surface, just under the hole and burning. A raw reminder of what happened, what will happen. She pulled back from her pain, her feelings and focused on Jaune, his arms, his warmth and comfort and stroking. The feelings that Jaune caused pushed her pain even further away and Pyrrha felt sadly happy that she didn't start shaking or shuddering or gasping just now when she touched her pain, a major victory for her. Though what she felt did let her know that the pain, her pain, the hole and the burning would stay with her for now, maybe for a while. She would have to find a way to handle the pain and if last night and now was anything to go off of, Jaune would be able to help.

Pyrrha could still hear Nora sleeping, her mumbling a familiar sound and there was no sound from the far end of the room or bathroom so Ren was still sleeping as well, it meant that it was still early, before 6 when Ren woke up. Jaune's steady breathing and slow heartbeat she could hear let her know that he was still sleeping as well. It gave her some time to do some planning, kept warm and comfortable by Jaune, in Jaune's arms, she went over everything else she could remember from her vision/dream/memories. It wasn't much, what happened before her fight with the bitch was faded together, school days, training, some notable events, all hazy, the fight itself wasn't whole either, pieces of it missing, but the feelings there, after the fight was feelings, impressions and so many events faded and mixed together. Nothing overly helpful at the moment, but Pyrrha did know what she needed to do, or change, the conclusions she came to during the night not changed, just her adding further details to her ideas. Also starting to plan for how to kill the bitch without anyone knowing.

Pyrrha was pulled out of her thoughts by Jaune mumbling her name and squeezing her tighter to himself, sadly that caused him to stop stroking her back and she felt a great deal more disappointment at that than she thought she should have, almost pouting. The increased closeness and the slight shift in position that Jaune caused made a certain large part of him no longer be pressed against her thigh, but to be pressed against her, just the fabric of her shorts and his soft sleeping pants between their most intimate places. Pyrrha blushed and shook her head a bit, almost nuzzling into Jaune, it did bring up a concern, if she wanted Jaune like she didn't have him in the dream/vision/memories, then actually getting together would be important, one of her first steps of change actually, what came from them getting together would need to be handled by her well. Jaune was kind and compassionate, respectful, from what the faded time showed. Even his few attempts at asking out Weiss were harmless, if somewhat annoying for Weiss, but she didn't have the best sense of humor or any chill Pyrrha thought with a laugh and a huff. Pyrrha was pretty sure that he wouldn't do any pushing in their relationship, so she would have to and sex was part of the close intimate relationship she wanted with him. Pyrrha's blush got even worse at that thought and she nuzzled Jaune, wrapped one of her arms tighter around him, her other arm started stroking his neck, shoulders and soft hair, a nervous buzzing feeling making her want to do something. She would need to start getting comfortable thinking about sex with Jaune, her blush increased more, she hoped her mom would forgive her, though if what she was feeling now was any sign then it probably wouldn't be difficult to get comfortable with it. If what she was feeling pressed up against her was a sign then there would be no troubles at all, maybe apart from fitting it into her. Pyrrha blushed even deeper, not sure how Jaune wasn't feeling the heat coming of her face, her body felt hot as well, wrapped up in Jaune's arms, feeling his soft warm skin pressed against her, one of her hands gripping soft fluffy hair, his hard developing muscles being felt by her other hand. It was all becoming a bit too much, throwing Pyrrha for a loop and down a train of thought that ended with their naked bodies, so much heat and a ruined bed.

Pyrrha shook her head, nuzzling Jaune by accident, trying to get away from her suddenly very adult thoughts. It shocked her how easily those thoughts came to her and how quickly they escalated, it was somewhat jarring for her to go from the pain of the hole and burning to all the feelings of the dream/vision/memories, to those adult thoughts, but at least they helped in distracting her from the pain, from the everything that came, will come, from the dream/vision/memories. They also centered her a bit, Pyrrha felt strangely happy that she thought like that and felt like that, it was a change, not something she would have done or thought before last night, in the last past, the future, it was a sign that she changed, that the course of her life, their lives changed. That if she did what she could, she wouldn't be killed by the bitch and wouldn't have to feel and see Jaune go through his life without her. It was a happy thought, here in Jaune's arms, feeling him up against her, feeling the heat and the nervous buzzing, the slight wetness between her legs, it was all proof of change, that she could change everything that the dream/vision/memories showed her, what she lived through. That the pain, her pain, the hole and the burning wouldn't happen again, that her current pain would fade the more she changed things, the closer she got to Jaune.

Another shift by Jaune pulled her out of her thoughts, one of his hands went down her back, stroking down her spine, the feeling just as good as before, it caused her to arc her back into his hand, and she had to bite back a murmuring purr. His hand continued down her back and then it grabbed her butt. Pyrrha's blush went off the scale, Jaune was feeling up her ass, sorry mom. Jaune murmured something and squeezed her butt, her ass, Jaune was naughty when he slept, Pyrrha didn't know what to do, they would all have to wake up soon to get ready for breakfast and class, but her feeling of happiness, of change being done, grew. Pyrrha hoped that Jaune was thinking or dreaming about her and not Weiss or Yang. She felt him squeeze and rub her butt, his rubbing falling into a rhythm, almost like he was petting her. Pyrrha hoped he wasn't starting to wake up because she was feeling good, too good. The feeling of change being done by Jaune, he never did, never would, hold her like this, squeeze and rub her butt like this. The feeling of change and of Jaune reinforced each other, and help push down her pain so much it surprised her. Pyrrha smiled at all that and let herself enjoy being in Jaune's arms, being felt up by Jaune, feeling him press into her, she let the feelings, all the good feelings into her, to soothe her pain and her anger and rage and bitterness. Unfortunately, she heard his heartbeat, so steady and strong, and his breathing speed up, Jaune was waking up.

Jaune was coming to slowly, his mind still sleep addled, he felt warm, and comfortable and safe, he felt heat pressed up against him, he felt one of his hands squeezing and rubbing something soft and warm and so very firm, his other hand also feeling warmth and softness, but with some added silky strands and two large soft firm things pressed against his chest. He couldn't remember a time when he felt so good. As Jaune came to fully he remembered the night, Pyrrha's pain filled face, her shaking and shudders, her coming to sleep with him. Jaune bit back a yelp and froze, the warmth and softness and firmness, it was all Pyrrha, before he could move his hands he heard Pyrrha said "Morning Jaune, thank you for letting me sleep with you, I slept great." It was slightly muffled as her face was still pressed against his neck and chest, her breath felt warm against his skin. Jaune nodded against her hair "No problem Pyrrha, happy to do it, I'm s…. sorry about where my hand is…" he managed to stammer out. He felt Pyrrha smile against his chest.

"It's okay Jaune, I know you were asleep, but you may want to move your hand now. Unfortunately, we have to get up and get ready for breakfast." Pyrrha smiled even more when she felt Jaune stiffen again, she guessed he now felt where he was pressed up against, that his dick, was up against her pussy, sorry mom again. Pyrrha's smile turned into a smirk when she finished her thought, so adult, so different than before, more proof that what will or did happen in the dream/vision/memories could be changed, is being changed. Her pain and anger and rage was nearly gone and Pyrrha felt so happy that she was right, that Jaune would be able to help her keep the pain away. As she was thinking she felt Jaune take his hands off her butt and back and felt him try to move his penis, was that a better word?, away, though the only thing that caused was rubbing. Pyrrha held back a moan and she felt Jaune stiffen even more.

"Oh gods, I'm so sorry Pyrrha, you wanted my help to relax, you were in such pain and I'm doing this to you, I'm so, so, so sorry, I'll…." Jaune blurted out, starting to panic, he could feel Pyrrha pressed against his dick, him between her thighs, his full length pressed against her entrance, just his pants and her shorts in the way, it was somewhat wet and sticky and a bit painful, his pants forcing his dick to bend down. Jaune felt a blush explode onto his face and before he could continue his blurted-out apologies, he felt Pyrrha put a hand against his cheek, her thumb on his lips stopping all his talking and making him take a gasping breath. He felt Pyrrha lift her head up from his chest and move back a bit to look at him. He let her hand turn his head to look down at her and then he saw her face, she was blushing as well, but she had a happy little smile on her face, no pain, no anger, he saw some amusement in her beautiful green eyes. Jaune didn't dare to look any further down, he just focused on her face and caught his thoughts. Sure, Pyrrha was beautiful and her eyes were beautiful, but his thoughts about Pyrrha were never so appreciative or so certain. It had to be because she was in bed with him, hopefully once they were out of bed his thoughts about Pyrrha would go back to normal, hopefully he would stop perving on her or this could turn into an issue.

"It's okay Jaune, it's natural and from what I'm feeling nothing for you to be embarrassed about, but we should really keep quiet and get out of bed, we wouldn't want Nora or Ren to see us or hear us. Nora would spend all day asking questions and by the end of the day the whole school would know." Pyrrha said looking into Jaune's eyes, seeing his blush, that cute panicky look on his face, feeling his soft cheek and lips. Pyrrha smiled even more and decided to keep going with the change, with what didn't happen, wouldn't happen and she hugged Jaune. It was a sudden move, an impulsive move that caused a rub, Jaune's dick against her, from her sensitive clit all the way to her ass. This rub made her let out a very soft moan into Jaune's ear and caused her to almost lose it, the past minutes of rubbing and stroking and grabbing pushed her closer to the edge than she thought, she felt moist and sticky in her shorts, they most definitely need to be cleaned. She needed to end this either by cumming, sorry mom, or by them getting out of bed and letting herself calm down. Along with her sexual feelings, there was the feelings of ecstatic joy and happiness from the continued changes that were happening with Jaune and her pain now so deep under her new feelings. It made Pyrrha vow to herself that she would be sleeping with Jaune as often as possible, no matter how hot it made her, or how randy it made her, to her complete surprise. These thoughts shocked her a bit and she could only guess how confused Jaune was because of her behavior, she will need to find some quiet time when they were alone and tell him something, explain herself.

Jaune nodded at what Pyrrha said, happy that she wasn't angry or about to kill him, very embarrassed that she could still feel him, but glad that Pyrrha was giving him an out for his body's actions, he said it before and would say it again, there was no one better than Pyrrha. He felt an unusually massive amount of pride from her complementing his dick, though that made him blush harder and feel somewhat worried about Pyrrha, she never acted like this or talked like this. He made a mental note to keep an eye on her to make sure that she was okay. Then the combination of her sudden hug, the rubbing and her moan almost broke him, he had to bite back a moan of his own and held back from making a mess in his pants. He was far more turned on than he thought, he needed to get Pyrrha out of his bed as he had no desire to embarrass himself more and cum in his pants with her in his bed. He thought that even Pyrrha would get angry or disturbed at that. "Sure Pyrrha, go ahead and take a shower first, I need a minute." Jaune said with a bit of self-deprecation at the end. He heard Pyrrha give a soft little laugh at what he said, a sound he never heard her make before, but he had a surprisingly strong need to hear that laugh again, to make her laugh like that again. He felt Pyrrha rub is cheek with her hand, giving him a few pats on his cheek before pulling her hand away, her other hand surprised him as he felt it go from his side, to his ass where she gave him a few pats as well.

Jaune squeaked at her actions as she got out of his bed, it was adorable, she caught his eyes and said "Thank you again Jaune for letting me sleep with you, you helped more than you could know, it was the most comfortable sleep I ever had." Pyrrha paused for a second thinking if she should say and do the other thing that came to her head. She decided to do it, to say it, to act, to continue the change, to do want made her pain, the hole and burning go away, to do what caused her feelings from the dream/vision/memories to be replaced with good feelings. Pyrrha bent down at her waist, leaning down, coming closer to Jaune and giving him a bit a good view down her shirt "And you got to touch mine so I just returned the favor, we are partners after all, we shouldn't have an imbalance between us." She ended with a smile and straighten up and walked to her closet to grab her clothes and made her way to the shower.

Jaune felt like he was in shock, the entire morning was like something out of one of Blake's books, he watched Pyrrha grab her clothes and walk into the bathroom, unable to take his eyes off her until she closed the door. That final comment she made while she leaned down and gave him an eyeful of her chest, her boobs as large as he thought, as large as he felt just a few seconds ago when she was pressed up against him, that walk to the bathroom with her hip and ass moving like that in nothing but a tank top and shorts, showing so much skin that he was just touching, that smile she gave him. It made him roll quickly onto his stomach and groan into his pillow, he couldn't take it anymore, he was hanging on by a thread, his nose filled with the scent of Pyrrha, his mind going through everything that happened over the last few minutes. "What is my life? What happened to Pyrrha?" he grumbled quietly willing his erection to go away, it sadly didn't.

Jaune's plan to keep a close eye on Pyrrha during the day was filling him with some dread. If Pyrrha kept acting like she just did, he wasn't sure what he could or would do. His best friend, sorry Rubes, was acting so strange, making him notice so many things he knew about Pyrrha, but never focused on. He wasn't sure why he never focused on Pyrrha, her personality, her body, but whatever the hell got into her and whatever caused this morning wasn't good for his health or for his friendship with Pyrrha. It caused him to have the immensely stupid idea that Pyrrha wanted to have sex with him, that she wanted to be with him, that he could be with her. Someone so far out of his league that it wasn't even funny, them being partners and friends still caused some weird looks. Jaune shook his head trying to clear his thoughts, trying to ignore the smell Pyrrha left behind in his bed, so good, trying to ignore his still raging, caused by Pyrrha, erection, trying to forget the feeling of her pressed up against him, her warmth, her soft skin and firm…. Jaune stopped that train of thought and groaned again. He would probably be the last to take a shower this morning.

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Pyrrha was happily taking a shower, scrubbing away the built up sweat from her vision/dream/memories and from everything that happened with Jaune. She could still feel his skin against hers, him in her arms, those adorable expressions he made, his large dick against her. That last feeling caused a flash of heat and her knees to wobble. Pyrrha wasn't sure where her intense arousal and almost eager attitude towards Jaune came from, but she had a feeling that a combination of her being killed, feeling Jaune suffer and seeing him here, him helping her, letting her sleep with him, holding her like he never did, never would, making her pain go away for a while would be good cause. She wondered if her attitude toward the rest of her friends changed as well. Pyrrha started to wash her hair while she thought that she would need better control, it wouldn't do to start humping, sorry mom, Jaune in the middle of class or in the common room or going off at someone for some insult against Jaune. It also wouldn't do for her to start treating everyone differently, she had an excuse with Jaune, but for everyone else, she would either need to tell everyone, Ren, Nora, team RWBY about her vision/dream/memories or try to act like normal.

Pyrrha wasn't sure she could act like normal. She felt like a different person, she was in the shower for only a few minutes and was already feeling uneasy, her pain starting to come back, the hole and burning, her feelings were also starting to do back downhill, to anger and rage and bitterness and hatred. She shook her head and started to remember waking up in Jaune's arms, the feeling of him in her arms, the heat between them, she breathed slightly easier, the pain going away, her feelings bettering. Pyrrha huffed, she didn't think handling the pain and feelings from the dream/vision/memories would be easy, but for her to so quickly have everything come up when she was away from Jaune for a few minutes was ridiculous. Well, it looked like she needed to stick with Jaune for now, until she could get a better hold of her pain and feelings. Though there were no issues staying by Jaune as that was part of her plan already.

Pyrrha washed the shampoo out of her hair and started to put in the conditioner as she went over her plans. Her plans for the beginning were simple, stay by Jaune's side, get together with Jaune, make Ren and Nora get together, have team JNPR stay together and become closer friends, have team RWBY become closer friends with them, force Weiss and Yang and Blake to appreciate Jaune more, have everyone train more, stay far away from the headmaster and all the business with the maiden, get Jaune to reach his potential and finally kill the bitch as soon as possible. Oh, and to stay away from the White Fang and to make Blake and Weiss stay away from the White Fang as well. Not difficult or complex plans, Pyrrha knew that she wasn't a planner, she was a fighter, the planner was Jaune and she was already going over what to tell him so that he would get involved and help her plan. Also, so that he could cover for her if she made a mistake, said something or did something based on the dream/vision/memories.

Pyrrha was finishing up with her shower, washing off the last of the conditioner when she came up with an issue, she didn't know when she was, she could not for the life of her remember what happened yesterday or last week in this Pyrrha's life, the future, what could happen, what did happen, the faded time that happened before the fight with the bitch faded this Pyrrha's memories as well. She knew that it was sometime, maybe a month or two, after she started training Jaune, evident by the state of his muscles, and before the second semester as Nora's large sloth plushy that Ren won for her wasn't in the room, but that left a she would say 2-month range on when she could be. She hoped that waking up before Ren who always woke up a 6 gave her some time to settle when she was and what classes they had today.

As Pyrrha was drying off, she remembered Jaune stroking her back and started thinking how good it would feel to have him dry her off, his large warm hands holding a soft towel, probably would be one of the best feelings that could be, one Pyrrha was looking forward to feeling. While she finished drying off she heard Nora yell good morning at Ren and Jaune. Pyrrha smiled at that and got dressed and stepped out of the bathroom. In the dorm room she saw Nora bouncing on Ren's stomach talking about the terrible waffles she would need to eat at breakfast since there were no pancakes, Ren replying to her that there would be more things to eat at breakfast while trying to gently get Nora to get off him, a Nora bouncing on his stomach probably wasn't the best feeling. Pyrrha's smile grew that their antics and voices, she touched her pain and felt it shrink a little, nowhere near how much Jaune caused her pain to shrink, but she was glad that Nora and Ren could also soothe her a bit. She felt some anger and bitterness come up focused on the fact that they didn't help Jaune enough after she died, that they caused Jaune pain, but it wasn't much that came up and Pyrrha could feel that even without Jaune, with just Nora and Ren acting how they were acting, being themselves, she could feel her anger and bitterness fade.

"Good morning Nora, good morning Ren, hope you both had a good night and are ready for today." Pyrrha said, deciding to talk as she pulled back from her pain and her feelings became and remained positive. As she talked, she moved over to Jaune who was laying face down on his bed, she noticed him stiffen the closer she got. With a large smile she turned her attention to Ren and Nora while she sat down on Jaune's bed and placed her hand on Jaune's head, feeling his soft and fluffy hair again. She started to run her hand through his hair, a relaxing feeling and she almost asked what was wrong with Jaune but Nora interrupted her.

"Morning Pyrrha, I'm good, had a funny dream, Ren had blue hair, can you imagine, it was just wrong, Renny was made to have black hair with a pink stripe, don't you think it looks good on him, I mean I know that for you Pyr-Pyr black hair isn't the best colour, but Renny does look good with it right?" Nora continued without taking a break, but she did stop bouncing on Ren's stomach. Which Pyrrha guessed that Ren had to be thankful for. "Of course, Renny might look good with pink hair or red hair, but both me and you have red hair, maybe blond, do you think Renny would look good with blond hair, I mean Jaune-Jaune does, but you know all about that, don't you Pyr-Pyr?" Pyrrha smiled and nodded to all the parts she thought she should nod at, she shook her head no where she guessed Nora would want a no, all the while now basically petting Jaune, his hair was ridiculous fluffy and soft. Nora was right that Jaune's blond hair looked good and Pyrrha blushed a little at Nora's wording. Nora continued after taking a quick breath "Oh we need to get ready for class, and food, they have these terrible waffles every Tuesday, I keep telling them to make pancakes, but they keep making waffles, do you think I can get Renny or Jaune-Jaune to make me pancakes today before class, or after class, Peach has a sweet tooth right? Maybe we can bribe her with pancakes, oh look at the time, I know how strict you get about time Renny, I'm going to take my shower, no peeking Renny, oh Pyr-Pyr you don't mind if I use your shampoo, I lost mine somewhere, I think Yang stole it after we said that our hair is softer and better than hers, be right back." With that Nora grabbed her clothes and ran into the bathroom.

Talking to a happy Nora was always an experience and it filled Pyrrha which a great deal of joy, it helped to almost squash the remaining anger she had against Nora for not helping Jaune in the future, the past, in the what could be. The Nora of the now, was happy and here and Pyrrha would do anything to keep it that way. Pyrrha was also thankful that Nora answered a couple of her questions, it was Tuesday, before Peach's class and the when she found herself in could now be narrowed down to a month of time, maybe a month and a half. As waffles were still being served, it was at latest just over a month and a half before the end of the semester, as that was when Jaune made whatever deal that got the cooks to make pancakes on Tuesdays.

Pyrrha looked at Ren slowly getting up, rubbing his stomach a bit, he looked happy as well, he always did when he finished talking to Nora, he turned and looked at her "I'm good as well Pyrrha, though for some reason Nora decided that I needed to be woken up by being jumped on." Ren sighed and got out of his bed "I hope you are ready for the midterm review today, with the exams coming up we need all the notes we can get."

Pyrrha nodded and replied "I think I'm all set for the review, we can look over everything when we return from breakfast or we can bring all our stuff with us and head to class before time to see if we forgot anything."

Ren nodded back at her "Sounds good, I'll take my shower next as it looks like Jaune isn't awake yet and we can get everything together while Jaune is showering." While talking he moved to his desk and began organizing the papers on it.

Pyrrha smiled and said "Sounds like a plan." But didn't move from her place on Jaune's bed and didn't stop petting Jaune, his hair now deliciously ruffled and still so fluffy and soft. She looked at Ren, his calm and stoic personality, his softness and care with Nora also soothing her anger at him, this time she would do everything to keep him like he is now, she won't let him hurt Jaune, argue with Jaune, disappoint Jaune and Nora.

Pyrrha reflected on her team for a second, she was never that close with Ren, team JNPR was, is, more like two couples than a team, her and Jaune, Ren and Nora, they could work well together, but they worked best in their pairs. Her and Ren never really had or never would have, any problems teaming up, but never got close, never synced properly, never would. That will change this time, for this Pyrrha. Her and Nora had a similar problem, she was, could be, better friends with her, they got along great, without any problems, but during fights they never synced either, never could, Nora was too used having Ren, someone that knew all her moves fighting beside her. They, Nora and Ren, didn't need words, they just knew what the other would do. She never got that close with Jaune, could never, but this time was different, she will do everything to make them all closer and to make her bond with Jaune just as seamless as Nora's and Ren's.

Ren also did add another clue to her when am I puzzle, just before the midterms, so she was about two months before the end of the semester, five and a half months before she was killed, will be killed. Not this time though, she had time to stop her death and Jaune's suffering.

Pyrrha looked down at Jaune, during her talks with Nora and Ren she felt him relax more from how stiff he was when she sat down on his bed beside him. She was still petting his head, letting his soft hair run through her fingers, enjoying the fluffiness of it, she couldn't believe that she never got to do this before. She smiled more when she heard Jaune give out a few muffled murmurs, so cute. She kept petting his hair and leaned down to his ear "So, Jaune is still asleep, you may want to get up or I'll copy Nora to wake you up. And I won't be bouncing on your stomach." The groan Jaune gave as an answer made her chuckle quietly into Jaune's ear. For the first time since she woke up Pyrrha felt as close to normal as possible, her pain, the hole and burning covered by Jaune and Nora and Ren and Jaune. All the good feelings that they gave her, all the feelings that Jaune gave her, she actually felt ready to leave the dorm room and face Beacon.

Jaune groaned at what Pyrrha said, it seemed like she was still in her good, excited, outgoing mood, Jaune was tempted to blame Yang for the mood Pyrrha was in, but he knew that whatever happened during the night was the cause. He turned his head to the side, to where Pyrrha was sitting and grumbled out a "I'm awake, I'm awake, just trying to relax before I go to take my shower." He saw Pyrrha smile at him and she kept running her hand through his hair, like she was petting him, it was a good feeling and Jaune didn't want to admit that. He was still too gone, thrown off his game, his groove, the time that he had while Pyrrha showered nowhere near enough time to steady himself, to stop all the strange thoughts he kept having. He even imagined how Pyrrha looked when she showered. He never thought that before and now he couldn't stop. Just yesterday Pyrrha was his friend, his partner, friendly and nice and wonderful and yes even beautiful and hot, Jaune did have eyes, but objectively beautiful and hot, like his sisters were beautiful, now he imagined what she would look like showering or having sex with him. What was wrong with him. What happened to Weiss? She didn't even enter his thoughts for the whole morning, wasn't he supposed to like Weiss, want to be with her, imagine things about her or even Yang or Blake, hell even Ruby, she was petite and adorable. He groaned again and closed his eyes, he decided that all of this could be dealt with later, after he woke up, showered, ate and had a chance to calm down fully, to see Weiss and Yang and Blake and Ruby. For now, he let himself enjoy Pyrrha running her hand through his hair, her petting him.

Pyrrha's smile was getting a bit too large, luckily Jaune closed his eyes and looked like he was enjoying her petting him and Ren was focused on his papers, so no one saw her smile. She knew she had to be acting strange in Jaune's eyes and she didn't want to draw attention from Ren either. So she looked down at Jaune "So you ready for the review today, I'm thinking we can sit down and study after dinner, neither of us are the best at professor Peach's class, but between the two of us we should do okay."

Jaune gave out a murmured sound, opened one eye and looked up at her "Sure Pyrrha, that sounds good, though we may want to ask Weiss or Blake or Ren if they want to come study with us as well since they are better than us in that class." During his answer he felt Pyrrha stop her petting and grip his hair almost painful hard when he mentioned Weiss and Blake. After a few long seconds, he felt her relax her grip and go back to petting his hair.

"Sure Jaune, though knowing Weiss she probably has her own studying that she is doing and we can see about asking Blake, she might be busy. Ren is probably going to be studying with Nora, and I wouldn't want to interfere with that." Pyrrha nodded to herself as she relaxed her grip and when back to petting Jaune. The sudden flash of anger and resentment and bitterness when Jaune mentioned Weiss surprised her, she thought about Weiss before and didn't get those feelings, but hearing Jaune say her name just filled her with negative emotions, things from the dream/vision/memories, Jaune's feelings for Weiss, Weiss being the reason that Jaune found his semblance and Weiss just forgetting about Jaune. Blake caused a lesser amount of feelings, a great deal of anger for all the White Fang business and some resentment, there was a hug Blake got from Jaune that she never did, but nothing close to what Weiss caused. Pyrrha shook her head, her smile falling off her face and she focused on the feeling of petting Jaune. This may be a problem for her, if just the mention of their names caused such a reaction, she would have to be ready for it and stay as close to Jaune as possible. Pyrrha knew that Weiss and Blake weren't bad people and they didn't deserve her negative feelings, but in the future, in the what could be, they were self-absorbed and dismissive of Jaune, all too happy to rely on his abilities then forget about him. This time would be different for them and their opinion of Jaune, she would make sure of it.

Jaune was keeping one eye on Pyrrha since he agreed to her study session and suggested inviting others, the look on her face after he suggested that Weiss and Blake join them concerned him, her smile froze, she gripped his hair and then her smile fell completely. He never saw Pyrrha with such a blank look before, her eyes normally so happy and light, dull and dark like shards of tarnished emerald. She regained her smile and her eyes lost that look a second later, but the entire episode was another thing to add to the pile of what is wrong with Pyrrha today. Jaune was quickly coming to the conclusion that putting off talking to her about what happened to her over the night was a bad idea. He will have to talk with her soon, today would be best. An unfortunate benefit of Pyrrha's blank face and hard eyes and his concern was that all of his strange and bad thoughts about Pyrrha stopped, his dick also quickly lost the last of its hardness. So Jaune rolled onto his back, looked at Pyrrha and smiled "Sure Pyrrha, no problems if they are busy, between the two of us we will nail the exam prep."

Pyrrha watched Jaune roll onto his back, which unfortunately caused her to have to stop petting him on the head, and smiled at what he said. She nodded at Jaune and looked up when she heard Nora leave the bathroom, fluffy towel wrapped around her hair, Ren stood up and made is way to the bathroom after a quick "It's yours now Renny" from Nora. Nora then looked at her and said "Looks like Jaune is finally awake, didn't have to do anything to wake him, huh Pyrrha?" with a large smile.

Pyrrha smiled back "Oh nothing really, Jaune was just snoozing, so he was easy to wake up."

Nora looked down at Jaune and hummed while trying to catch his eye, Jaune groaned out loud which caused both Pyrrha and Nora to laugh. Jaune grumbled a "You both suck, I woke up when Pyrrha went to the bathroom, but just didn't feel like getting out of bed." And crossed his arms over his chest. Still laying down on his back. Pyrrha and Nora laughed even more.

"Oh Jaune-Jaune, never change." Nora said while turning to the mess of papers on her desk and starting to pull out random ones to stuff in her bag.

Pyrrha finished chuckling and looked down to see to her surprise that she was petting Jaune's head again, soft fluffy hair going through her fingers. She blushed since Nora had to have seen her doing it and Pyrrha wasn't sure when she started petting Jaune again. But she is happy that Nora didn't make any comments and seemed to accept her petting Jaune as normal. Jaune crossing his arms also did interesting things to his muscles which caused Pyrrha to fight down a blush. Jaune was being adorable and hot, which wasn't good for her trying to keep her blush down so Pyrrha looked back up to Nora. "Any study plans for today Nora, Ren said something about getting as many notes as possible for professor Peach's class."

"Yup, me and Renny have study plans for after dinner, he is such a good student" Nora said with a roll of her eyes "and he always wants me to study, you and Jaune have any plans? We could just come back here and study as a team?" Nora ended with a somewhat hopeful smile.

"We were just planning to do some studying after dinner, so that's an excellent idea." Pyrrha replied looking down and seeing Jaune nodding to what she said.

"Great, we can grab some food, get our books and do the review. And with you two there Renny won't be hovering over my shoulder the whole time, not that I don't like it when Renny does that, just that it can get old after 2 hours." Nora said with a large smile and happy expression. Nora was feeling happy that Pyrrha and Jaune agreed to her suggestion, not that they would be mean about saying no, but Pyrrha and Jaune kind of generally did things together. Sure, they studied with her and Ren from time to time and they hung out with her and Ren also, but it always seemed like they were half reluctant to do it. Nora knew that her and Ren's friendship sometimes drove people away, they were close, closer than two people their age generally were and that plus their personalities didn't lend to many friends. When she and Ren got partnered up and were paired with Jaune and Pyrrha she hoped that it would be a chance to make two friends that would be there for them for years. And she liked Jaune and Pyrrha, he was laid back and earnest and hardworking and she was nice and awesome and genuine, they were two of the best people she ever met. There were some issues, Jaune and Cardin and his attitude then, Pyrrha's caution, but Nora felt like the worst was over and they could really become best friends now and that by the end of the year they would be the best team. Nora had some ideas of how to make that happen, she knew about Pyrrha and Jaune's oh so secret training and she wanted to suggest that she and Ren join in and help out. She was a little afraid, no, cautious, yes, to ask since she saw how Pyrrha looked like when they headed off for the training. And a Pyrrha thinking that she wanted to interrupt her Jaune time wasn't what Nora wanted, she knew where Pyrrha was coming from, Renny time was just as important to her. Nora had many, many, many ideas on how to get them all closer and to be the best team.

Nora kept her focus on Pyrrha and Jaune, she smelled a change between them, Pyrrha never petted Jaune like that and Jaune wasn't his panicky self either. And she could swear that just as she was waking up Pyrrha was getting out of Jaune's bed. Oh, she had so much to dig into, she hoped Pyrrha had a juicy story for her. As she was about to ask if Jaune-Jaune was enjoying himself she saw the bathroom door open and Ren stepped out with his shirt not fully buttoned up, mmmm her Renny looked good.

Jaune sighed and uncrossed his arms, a bit happy that Pyrrha and Nora were happy, but a bit ruffled at the early morning joking especially since he was still out of it due to Pyrrha. She was still petting him, why didn't he move. His thoughts were interrupted by Ren walking out of the bathroom, well it was his turn now, he was a bit depressed that him going to take his shower would mean Pyrrha having to stop petting him. And that thought was quickly added to the confusing thoughts caused by Pyrrha pile. He sat up and got out of bed "Well guess it's my turn now, we should have plenty of time for breakfast, so no taking the whole tray of sausages when we get to the cafeteria, Nora. "

"No promises Jaune-Jaune, team JNPR needs to claim our food, it makes us stronger and all the other teams weaker." Nora replied and finished with a fake evil laugh.

Jaune shook his head, heard Pyrrha giggle and Ren sigh, and grabbed his clothes, shot Nora a look and walked to the bathroom. Trying to avoid looking at Pyrrha, though she caught his eye right before he closed the door and gave him a smile, Jaune smiled back a bit unsteadily and closed the door. While taking his shower he tried to sort his thoughts, which didn't help much, but at least got him to the state of not blushing massively every time he thought of Pyrrha. Jaune decided that it was going to be a long day for him, between classes, studying and keeping an eye on Nora, he now had to deal with a strange acting Pyrrha who had something happen to her during the night. A Pyrrha that caused strange thoughts and feelings, ones he wasn't ready for, ones that he didn't want, but wanted so much. Jaune shook his head trying to clear out his thoughts, starting to feel the beginning of another Pyrrha caused erection, which was another thing that unnerved him. He was generally pretty good keeping himself under control, but since the night, since Pyrrha pressed against him in his bed, he felt like he was on a hair trigger. One thought and boom, a problem. Jaune groaned, cursed his luck and set about washing his hair.

Pyrrha was starting to get a little unsettled, she was thankful for Ren and Nora who started talking about study plans and making sure that Ren never got blue hair, as that helped. It seemed like what happened to her in the shower wasn't a one-time thing. Jaune out of her sight for a few minutes and she starts to feel her pain, the hole and burning, the feelings of anger and bitterness, thankfully still very small, distant even and even more thankfully Ren and Nora's presence helped. Though Pyrrha was getting annoyed at her feelings, she wouldn't be able to be with Jaune all the time and what happened if he went down to Vale or had one of the hour-long leadership meetings. She wasn't sure that she wanted to know what would happen. Pyrrha stayed in deep thought until she heard Jaune open the bathroom door, when she looked up and saw Nora and Ren looking at her strangely. "Something wrong?" she asked.

Nora tilted her head "Maybe, we tried to get your attention for a while Pyrrha, you were really out of it. You okay?"

"Yes, yes, just thinking about something, sorry for worrying you both. I'm fine." Pyrrha answered with a slightly forced smile. She saw Nora and Ren narrow their eyes a bit at her and Jaune also looked at her with a questioning look in his eyes. Pyrrha felt her smile crumble a bit, but she forced it back and stood up "So everyone ready to head down to the cafeteria?" she asked as she grabbed her and Jaune's messenger bags. She walked over to Jaune and gave his bag to him while also grabbing their books for class and paper. After a second Jaune smiled back at her, but did give her a look that meant that he wanted to talk later, which Pyrrha was looking forward to as she needed to explain everything to Jaune. But not here and now. She looked back to Nora and Ren and saw them share a look for a second before standing up as well.

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As the whole team made their way out of the room and down that hall Pyrrha started to feel a bit uneasy. Flashes of Grimm and fire, of pain and anger began to grow the further down the hall they went. The further from their room she went. As they rounded a corner Pyrrha saw another team hurrying towards the stairs and she felt a sudden spike of anger at that team, that they were leaving, that she had to fight alone, that they left her and Jaune alone to fight a hopeless fight. Pyrrha shook her head and tried to calm herself, steady her breathing. Her team was beside her, Jaune was with her, she just had a great morning with him, a great sleep, this Beacon was okay and there was no fight, she was on her way to class with her team, with Jaune and Nora and Ren. Pyrrha felt something gently touch her shoulder, see looked over and saw Jaune with his hand on her shoulder giving her a questioning look.

"You sure you're okay, we can tell Peach and Port that you aren't feeling well and stayed in the room to get some rest."

Pyrrha gave Jaune a small smile "I'm fine, just got caught in a thought. I'll be okay..."

"I'm serious Pyrrha if something is bothering you then we can cover for you, it would be good for you to relax." Jaune said interrupting her.

"I'm fine Jaune, thanks for looking out for me, but I'm fine, we need to eat and head to class. I promise that if I start feeling unwell, you'll be the first to know and I'll go back to our room" Pyrrha replied to Jaune while taking his hand off her shoulder and giving it a squeeze. While he was moving his hand off her shoulder she grabbed his hand, linked their fingers together and smiled at him.

"If you're sure, but you don't need to push yourself so hard. You're like the best or one of the best in every class." Jaune said to her looking down at their linked hands with a blush, giving a squeeze back.

Pyrrha's smile grew and she got closer to Jaune's side while letting go of his hand, before Jaune could finish raising his eyebrow Pyrrha wrapped her arm with his and pressed herself to his side. "Let's get to the cafeteria before all the good food is gone, we still need to make sure that we have everything for class." Giving Jaune's arm a slight tug they started walking again. Pyrrha looked back and saw Nora and Ren giving her the same narrow eyed look that they gave her back in the room, now with worry clearly on their faces. She gave them a smile and turned back to look ahead. Pyrrha guessed that none of them would be letting her strange behavior go for long and that their study session later today would probably involve her explaining her dream/vision/memories. She rested her head against Jaune's shoulder and felt herself fully relax. The feelings and flashes of what happened, could happen, were a bit more sudden than she thought they would be, another thing she would have to keep on top of and hopefully something that would ease the longer she spent here, in this now, that was okay, with her team, with Jaune. She wrapped her arm tighter with his at that thought, it helped calm her thoughts of the suddenly remembered destruction that hit Beacon, what was once just a faded thing, now clear in her mind, that wall over there gone, fire visible through that window, Grimm through that window. She pressed herself even closer to Jaune, letting the good feelings in, letting the change happen, a bit surprised that they were still walking without tripping over themselves. She could feel Jaune's eyes on her and looked at him, blushing slightly and gave him a big true smile. A thought entered her head "When we do get something to eat, you should really stick to the turkey sausage, bread and fruits and give the bacon a pass Jaune, same for lunch. It will help you have energy for today since after the study session I have an idea we can try for your training."

Jaune felt his eyes grow larger and larger along with his blush the closer Pyrrha got, when she finished pressing herself against him, his arm wrapped around hers, her head on his shoulder, the smell of her shampoo in his nose, he felt Nora and Ren staring at him. A quick look back confirmed Nora and Ren's wide eyes and questioning look, both of them trying to catch his eyes which Jaune ignored as best he could. Later today he would ask Pyrrha and hopefully she would explain everything. Her new idea for his training could be a good or bad thing, with Pyrrha acting so weirdly he couldn't guess. So Jaune nodded back "Sure, sounds good Pyrrha."

Ren and Nora shared a look, seeing the strange blank expression on Pyrrha's face, followed by the fake smile, the almost intimate conversation between Pyrrha and Jaune, finished with Pyrrha pressing herself against Jaune. It was all very strange. Pyrrha was acting off all morning, her expressions not right sometimes, fake looking other times, distracted, even lying, was that even possible, could Pyrrha lie? They both came to the conclusion that the team would need to have a talk before Pyrrha could drag Jaune off to training. The sudden change in Pyrrha's behavior was concerning. And it looked like Jaune was also lost, he didn't know what was going on with Pyrrha. That was even more strange, Pyrrha not being honest with Jaune.

Pyrrha kept her smile while she walked with Jaune, the sights of Beacon were familiar, a bit off, but seeing students walking back and forth, conversations here and there, a bullhead coming in for a landing in the distance, it felt right, like what happened, what could happen, was what was wrong. Unnatural. Pyrrha looked at the blue sky, green grass, letting that add to the feelings from Jaune and Nora and Ren. She noticed some people looking at her, at them, taking second glances or harder looks, nothing out of the ordinary, she was always looked at like that. The girl running into a column, the guy tripping over a bench and the two walking into each other while looking at her was a bit strange. Pyrrha wonder what that could be about. She quickly forgot about all the people around her, looking at her, as she focused on Jaune beside her, his warmth, his calming scent, he used the vanilla body wash she got for him, the feeling of her breast, boob, rubbing against his arm. It was a very good feeling, a very pleasant feeling, the last bit that she needed to let herself get centered again. She now felt ready to face the cafeteria, the students, the other first year teams and the classroom.

Jaune was diligently avoiding everyone's looks, he knew that they all must be thinking, Pyrrha pressed up against him, everyone must be wondering why she was doing that with him, to him. It must have been shocking to a lot of people. And Jaune had a sudden need to tear is arm away and run back to the room. He caught his thoughts and tried to calm down, Pyrrha constantly rubbing her boob against his arm not helping him in this situation. So soft, so firm, so warm, so good. Jaune caught his thoughts again and tried to take a couple calming breaths. Trying to calm down and thinking of other things he suddenly remembered the night, just a few hours ago, when Pyrrha came to him with the pain on her face, shaking so badly, she said that he helped her, that somehow being near him or touching him helped her. Whatever happened, she reached out to him for help and it worked, calming her, that must have happened again and Pyrrha needed him again. Jaune didn't know what was going on, but helping Pyrrha, getting rid of the pain on her face, he would always help Pyrrha.

Jaune saw the girl run into the column, the guy fall down, the two run into each other and he was miffed, sure the sight of him and Pyrrha walking together must have been weird, their sides pressed against each others so closely was out of character, sudden, but for it to cause such reactions. Really. Was it so farfetched that Pyrrha would want to be with him? That she would want to be pressed up against him? Seen together with him? Jaune was getting mad at everyone around them thinking that he would have no chance with her. After a second Jaune blinked, wholly confused where those thoughts came from, where he kept getting the idea of him and Pyrrha together. She needed his help. He liked Weiss. He and Pyrrha were just friends, partners. Though Jaune felt a slight disappointment at that thought. Jaune closed his eyes for a second, trusting that Pyrrha would steer him if need be, he was right in the morning when he woke up that this would be a problem, that Pyrrha acting like she was would be a problem. The thoughts that kept coming, now even being angry that people didn't believe that he could be with Pyrrha. It was getting worse. Jaune desperately hoped that classes and their study session will give him enough time to settle his thoughts and get past this whole being with Pyrrha thing. She would never want him, that he was her friend, her partner, that she trusted him. That was enough. That thought, true as it was, as he believed, did make him pretty sad. And that was also bad. He needed to see Weiss. See what his feelings were when he saw her. What his feelings were when he saw the rest of team RWBY and what Pyrrha's reaction would be.

The rest of the walk through the courtyard was quick and they made it to the cafeteria in pretty good time, Pyrrha looked around the cafeteria, some students sitting here and there, a bunch of 4th years discussing an upcoming mission, a few people in line to get food. Pyrrha kept her smile on her face and her grip on Jaune's arm, no feelings or flashes from the dream/vision/memories so far, but she would be ready for them this time. She felt Jaune flex his arm as if to move it and looked at him questioningly, "So we going to line up for the hot foods first, then grab some fruit?" yeah, she wasn't going to let go of Jaune's arm just yet, probably not for the rest of the day if she could help it. Pyrrha missed the strange looks that a group of 2nd years gave them, or how when they passed some other 1st years they stopped talking and stared opened eyed, with jaws dropped at them.

Jaune looked back at her with a somewhat strange look on his face, almost an unsettled look, eyes looking around them rapidly "Sure, sounds good, but won't we need both our arms to get our food?" he said. Pyrrha just shook her head and tugged his arm so that they could start walking to the line for the hot food, Jaune was being a bit slow today. As they walked Pyrrha looked back at Nora and Ren "So hot food for you two as well, if not then we can meet up at the table."

"Nah, just going to get some cereal today, grab me some sausage and bacon though since you'll be in line already, no waffles!" Nora said sharing a look with Ren and giving Pyrrha another questioning look, she then gave them a quick salute and bouncing off to the cereal bar.

Ren shared a concerned look with Nora and then shook his head no "I'm going to just get a salad, …. and I'll make sure that Nora doesn't steal all the marshmallows."

"Okay see you both in a minute." Jaune said to Ren as he walked off, still blushing slightly and trying to let Pyrrha know through a series of eyebrow movements and facial expressions that people were looking at them strangely and that she should really let go of his arm. The lunch lady was giving him a weird look, and was that a thumbs up? Pyrrha of course didn't notice and was more concerned with tightening her grip on his arm and squeezing even closer to him. Not good for Jaune's poor mental state, getting happy that Pyrrha wanted to get closer to him and that the lunch lady thought they were together. Jaune pressed his free hand against his face and let out a tired sigh. He was getting half tempted to just saying fuck it all and accept Pyrrha's weird behavior and her sudden need to always be touching him as a good thing and just see where it went. More cuddling in his bed?

Pyrrha didn't notice Jaune's attempts at facial communication, she was more focused at two 3rd year girls that were both giving Jaune a hard look up and down as if checking him out. They were checking him out? That didn't happen before, in the future, in the could be. Pyrrha felt a bit off balanced, why would they be checking him out. No matter, she would not let some random girls try anything with Jaune, he was hers, whether he knew it or not, whether all of Beacon knew it or not. She didn't live through death, trauma, feeling Jaune's suffering, to now not get Jaune. So, she gripped his arm tighter while squeezing herself closer to him. Giving both girls one last side glance followed by a dismissive eye roll, she focused on the line in from of her. 8 people to go.

Of course, Pyrrha didn't think that by her actions she was the one causing more attention to be given to Jaune and more questions asked as to what about him caught the eye and attention of Pyrrha, the goddess of victory. As they waited in line more and more people entered the cafeteria to the strange sight of Pyrrha and Jaune.

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In the somewhere that Pyrrha was last night just to the down southwest of the lights in pain and burned goo, sitting in at the edge of the fade of images and feelings Pyrrha lived through and fell through green eyes and red hair smiled. Looking up she threw more pain and fire at the lights, the black and white, purple and gold really didn't like pain. And it was such a just punishment for the lights. The green eyes and red hair looked back through the fade and lost her smile a bit, the green eyes tracked the gold and blue line that led from the fade, through the fade and to Pyrrha currently pressed up, cuddled against Jaune, ordering breakfast. The green eyes and red hair did what she could, it was all up to Pyrrha now. Though the green eyes and red hair was hopeful that Pyrrha could do it, she was a Nikos after all, the last of the line. And she was with an Arc, the last of his line as well, so it would be a good show.

Chapter One End

Hope everyone liked Part 1 of the first day, the first three, possibly four chapters of this story will be the first day of Pyrrha's second chance, lots to go through and set up. After that time will move along quickly and the chapters will be less introspective.

The question now is in what universe has Pyrrha found herself in? And what Pyrrha is she anyways? After so much time writing this, we really like the Pyrrha we crafted, someone hurt and determined and freer.

This will not be the "Prime" timeline, we are changing when some events happen, as the timeline of show is not clear. Also everyone will be slightly different, why they are different might have a good reason or not.

See everyone in the next chapter.