A/N: I have good news!
You win, those who want Coco, fine you win! I've seen the appeal!
Also, time to reply to some reviews
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Remzal Von Enili: Yes he shall! (eh, sort of, the story might have some smut but not a lot)
Guest: RWBY and NPR will mostly be characters we rarely see so no time for actual relationships but they will appear!
Xerzo LotCN: You got your wish about Coco, also I like to think that Velvet is outspoken about the current state of the white fang because they are proving to be more harmful than good because it goes to prove a certain racist (Cardin's) point. Also maybe Jaune does have a Faunus family member who I may or may not add thanks to you, and yeah I was thinking about making Sun and Neptune into females but then I was like why not have them be the two idiotic comedic duos? So yeah, those two will mostly be the goofy friends that Jaune has
marcialhd: I thought the same thing as you after I read the original "Pineapple", it was fun but I felt like Jaune didn't make a lot of friends during his time at Beacon and I thought it would be a good idea to expand on it hence the story, also, you also got your wish about Coco, and I love rare pairs as well! like a lot! My favs are: Reese, Arslan, May, Trifa, Ciel, Neo, Emerald, Winter, team NDGO, Fiona, Vernal, and May M and I wish these characters got more love with my boy Jaune! also... who knows, you might be a lot closer to the ending than most ;)
Fmjl101: thanks!
Benthino: Oh Fem!Mercury is gonna be a win for sure and believe it or not, I didn't even know I put a family guy reference in the story
Also, Harem girl list update:
Coco Adel: (appeared) (newly added)
Amber Autumn: (Not Yet appeared) (Newly Added)
Also, just wanna say that Jaune is going to be getting some pretty amazing powers, but not anything that goes against the story.
In "Pineapple" Jaune uses dust with his sword, and I thought about doing the same, however, I wanted to do something different... Aura has always been talked about since the beginning of the show but we never really got into what else it could do, and while some Fic's touch on the use of Aura in practical or mysterious ways and I always wanted to know what else Aura could do, so I thought... Aura Techniques!
Jaune is going to use Aura in ways I think it could be used! Not only that, but Jaune will be getting a few secondary powers from something that will blow some minds, but don't worry, those will be explained as well when we get to them...
For now, enjoy the chapter!
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It was a normal day at Beacon academy, the birds were singing, and the flowers were blooming. Students laughed, talked, and trained to be the best and Jaune Arc, was once again getting his ass kicked... thankfully though, it wasn't a training bot. Instead, it was by Sun Wukong...
Jaune hit the mat with a thud and he dropped his shield in the process. He began to breathe heavily and looked to Sun, "Alright, alright, you win again, Sun" He groaned
Sun smiled with his tooth smile, "Hey dude, don't sweat it, My Aura's down 60 percent, and that's a big improvement!" Sun said, he put his hand out for Jaune to take and helped his fellow blonde to his feet "Also, your aura control is improving greatly! I mean you're a fast learner when it comes to Aura bro!"
"yeah... I just hope it's enough" Jaune said as he sighed, his shoulders slumping
Sun just smiled and patted him on his back, "Hey man, be happy that you're advancing so fast! You've already made it to level 5 on the training bots, your Aura control is getting better thanks to Yatsuhashi and me, and you actually managed to keep up with my movements! do you know how hard it is to do that for everyone, even my own team?" Sun asked
Jaune smiled and nodded at his Faunus friend, "Thanks Sun" Jaune said
As it turned out, Sun wasn't a bad roommate and was a great friend. Sun Wukong, a monkey Faunus and a Vacuovian then attended Haven Academy in Mistral and was supposedly one of the strongest students in Haven, and from what Jaune saw, he wasn't joking. Seriously! Sun was able to put Velvet on her toes! not only that, his fighting style was dirty, Sun would use anything to his advantage, he was cunning and his mischievous behavior was hard to read as you never knew what he was planning next, not only that, his leadership skills were almost on par with Jaune's in Leadership classes.
However, Sun wasn't all that smart in social cues (Neither was Jaune himself but he wasn't going to get into that). Sun also had the bad habit of saying what was on his mind sometimes before thinking about his words.
As the two were about to leave, the doors on one side of the arena slammed open and they both turned to see two people.
The first person, who was a girl around their age, had a dark complexion, platinum blonde hair, and olive green eyes. She wore a yellow robe with only one wide, loose-fitting sleeve over a black tube top. She also had black pants and shoes and a red sash embroidered with a white "endless knot" on it. She has had some bandages on both her legs and arms as well as a red necklace and what appeared to be two matching red sticks on the back left side of her head.
Next was another girl with light green hair swept to her right, with teal eyes and a fair complexion. She also wore two black facial markings on her cheeks as if she was a sports player. Her attire reflected what you'd think a skater would look like. She wore a dark purple hoodie over a mauve sweater. She also wears a pair of black shorts as well as knee pads and elbow pads on her arms and legs, and finally, she had black shoelace high-top sneakers.
"JAUNE?! JAUNE ARC!?" The dark-skinned girl cried
Jaune looked at her with a confused and frightful look, "Um... yes?"Jaune replied
Before he could do anything, the girl punched him in the face, sending him spinning and flying in the air before hitting the wall hard and Sun looked in shock
"J-JAUNE!?" Sun cried with a frightened look on his face
"Arslan! I told you not to hit him that hard!" cried the skater girl
The girl that punched Jaune, now known as Arslan, looked over to the skater girl, "He deserved it, Reese..." She said with a growl
Jaune slowly got up and rubbed his head as he began to heal himself quickly with his Aura. He stood up and looked to the two teen girls, "I'm sorry... but may I ask what I did to get sucker-punched across the stage like a ragdoll?" Jaune asked
The two girls looked a bit hurt
"Are you saying you don't remember us?" asked the skater girl, now known as Reese
"I'm sorry but I really don't," Jaune said
"Oh come on! You know us!" Cried Arslan "It's me, Arslan, Arslan Atlan?" She said
Jaune just still looked confused
Arslan sighed and for some reason, she looked down and muttered, "You know... little lion?" she said with a blush
Hearing her nickname, Jaune's mind clicked and his expression turned into surprise and joy! "Ars! I can't believe you are here! Oh wow!" he cried with glee as he brought her into a hug, which surprised and he then released her from the hug, and another mind realization hit him, "If you're here then that means... that this is-"
"Yep," Reese said with a small giggle "It's me"
Jaune then lifted her up into a hug as well and she just smiled and Reese hugged back as he lifted her up and then smiled and then set her back down and looked down at her, "It's good to see you as well Reese!" Jaune said
"Psst, Hey um, dude," Sun called out and Jaune turned to him "Mind introducing us?" Sun asked
"Oh, right! Sun, these two are Arslan Atlan and Reese Chloris" Jaune said "They're old childhood friends of mine while I lived in Mistral as a kid, gals, this is Sun Wukong" Jaune told them
"I thought I recognized you," Arslan said "You another first year at Haven" she finished
Sun just nodded and smiled, "Yeah, I was wondering why you had looked a little familiar," Sun said "Well, it's nice to meet you both formally"
Arslan nodded in agreement, and Jaune then looked at the two with a smile, "Oh, so you guys attend Haven with Sun huh?"
Reese nodded, "yeah," Reese said
"By the way, how'd you guys know I was here at Beacon?" Jaune asked
Arslan rolled her eyes, "Are you serious?" She asked "Everyone in the four kingdoms know about the only fist year at Beacon, but we didn't know it was you, so when we heard it was you when we got here, we looked everywhere until we finally found you," Arslan said
"Then why'd you punch me?" Jaune asked
Arslan looked down and pouted, "Because you never said goodbye to us when you left Ansel," Arslan said
"Yeah, what was that about?" Reese asked
"Ah, sorry about that" Jaune said "My mom got a promotion from my grandmother... and we had to move to Vale," Jaune said
"Still you could have said something before you left," Arslan said with a glare
Jaune looked at her with a betrayed look, "Hey it just suddenly happened! I didn't know until it was too late!" Jaune cried
Reese just giggled, "Lay off him, Ars, he's here now, and that's all that matters," She told Arslan before turning to Jaune and giving him a soft look, "Why don't we catch up after you change?" She asked
Jaune smiled and nodded, "Sure sounds good" Jaune then turned to Sun, "You wanna join Sun?"
Sun just smiled and shook his head, "Nah, I'm good, you haven't seen them in a long time dude, I'll just head back to the room and meditate for a while" SUn said as he turned and waved goodbye "See ya later dude"
Jaune just waved back and then turned back and told them he'd meet them outside after he changed into his casual outfit. Jaune put his armor, gloves, and Crocea Mors in his locker and then walked out to meet up with Arslan and Reese.
His casual clothes were just his short-sleeved Pumpkin Pete hoodie, his blue jeans, and his sneakers, he walked out and saw that Arslan and Reese were in fact waiting for him outside the class and he smiled as he looked at his two old friends.
"So, you guys wanna get a bite to eat?" He asked them
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Currently, Jaune was sitting with them at the Cafeteria with their lunches. Jaune had a simple pork chop, mashed potatoes with gravy, and a side of steamed green beans, Reese had two ham sandwiches and a bag of chips, and Arslan had two large burgers with large fries and a large coke.
"So what's Haven like?" Jaune asked them
"Eh, truth be told it's not a cool as Beacon," Reese said "It's like a simple school but bigger, but the scenery of Mistral is amazing!"
Arslan nodded with a smile, "It is" She said "But how's Beacon going for you?" She asked
"Great actually! I've been training my butt off but it's been amazing, I've made some friends with some upperclassmen and a few first years from other schools" Jaune said "I've also been trying to improve my skills with my fighting and Aura"
"That great! We should spar sometime!" Reese said
Jaune smiled awkwardly, "Yeah sure why not, I'm sure I could hold my own against you guys"
Arslan smiled, "Oh really? You wanna head back to the training room and see if that's true?" She asked
Jaune just smiled at raised his hands up in surrender, "I've had enough training for one day Ars," Jaune said
She smiled smugly at h, "I'm sure you have," she said "but, I want to ask the real question" Arslan said
Jaune looked at her and became a bit confused, "Which is?"
"How did you become the only first year at Beacon?" Arslan asked
"Yeah, how did that happen and how did Ozpin allow it to happen?" Reese said "you'd think he'd bend a rules a little"
Jaune sighed with a slight smile, "I thought the same but he didn't" Jaune replied "as to how I became the only first year at Beacon is a bit of a long story"
"We got all day dude," Reese said
Jaune nodded, "All alright, so anyway, Ozpin launched us off a cliff-"
"WHAT!?" Arslan and Reese cried
"Crazy, I know, but thankfully, a girl by the name of Pyrrha Nikos helped me land safely, and as we traveled to find what we needed to come back to Beacon in order to pass, which were chess pieces, she ran off with a few others to kill Grimm, I killed a few but I went back get the chess piece and told everyone that we should hurry up and get the pieces and head back to Beacon, but they kind of ignored me and just killed the Grimm and I made my way back," Jaune said
"What about the others?" Reese asked
"Well, they fought a lot of Grimm but time ran out and they returned without the pieces and so... They failed," Jaune said "honestly, I feel bad that they didn't pass," Jaune said with a hint of sadness in his tone.
"You shouldn't feel bad Jaune" Arslan said "they failed because they lost focus, you didn't, they should have tried harder" she finished
"I guess... But still, I feel like I don't deserve to be here" Jaune said
"Hey, don't say that" Reese told him, "If anyone deserves to be here, it's you!" She said cheerfully
Arslan smiled and patted him on the back rather hardly, (almost making him choke on his food), "She's right Jaune, this has been your dream since we were little" she told him "I remember you always yelling out that you'd be the greatest Huntsmen in all of Remnant!" Arslan said with a bit of a giggle
"I remember that!" Reese cried with a laugh "MY NAMES JAUNE ARC AND IM GONNA BE A HUNTSMEN, YA KNOW!" Reese mimicked his younger self
"DATTEBAYO!" Arslan cried, still mimicking younger Jaune
The two laughed as they remembered younger Jaune's antics and Jaune just sighed
Jaune sighed, "Please... Enough References" Jaune muttered "anyways, What made you two be hunters? If I remember, Ars, you wanted to be a professional boxer, and Reese, you wanted to be a mecha-shift tech expert, so what's the change?"
Both looked at him and then they turned to each other and thought about why they wanted to be huntsmen... And they then turned back to the blond boy and remembered how it was back in Ansel...
They remembered always chasing after him when he went on his little adventures, smiling as they did because every day being with Jaune on one of his little adventures brought new experiences, and when he wasn't around anymore and they couldn't chase after him and go on one of his little adventures, they didn't realize how much fun and how amazing exploring their small little village really was. How Jaune had opened their eyes to the large world of theirs and their need for exploration grew.
"Don't get us wrong, we still want to do those things," Reese began
"But... Someone showed us that there's a whole wide world out there to explore" Arslan finished with a smile
Jaune realized who they were talking about and he blushed slightly and smiled his goofy yet heartwarming smile and the two girls just blushed and smiled back at him.
Truly, this was a great reunion among old friends...