Caracal Arc 2

Weiss felt her eyebrow twitch, she felt Jaune's hands on her shoulders as the coward hid behind her. Honestly, this was all his fault and he knew it. Face it like a man, she would, should say. Instead she glared at the two redheads currently occupying their dorm room. The two were obviously fighting again and Weiss hated being the one to separate them. It was times like these that she wished she was a member of RVYL.

"May I ask again, what exactly happened?"

"Well you see-"

"I was asking Jaune"

Pyrrha scowled, Jaune poked his head from behind her shoulder. "W-well, Eve wanted to spar against me. Pyrrha overheard and wanted to join but Eve wouldn't let her"

Said girl scoffed "We obviously don't. I'm already a suitable sparring partner to go against"

"Well, I believed it would be better for him to face someone a bit more...elegant with their combat" Pyrrha remarked

"Last I remember you only do it for show, hiding the fact you can't fight much. Similar to what that armor does to your chest"

"At least I don't flaunt it like som-"

"Ok, ok we get it. You're both just a bunch of jealous milk bags" Weiss butted in. In turn she received the nastiest of glares from both opposing parties, she simply rolled her eyes and looked at Jaune.

"How about we all spar against each other. Last I checked, Jaune was my partner"

"For now, he is. Besides, i've known him longer"

Pyrrha opened her mouth to say something but closed it upon realising she couldn't rebuttal.

"Or" Jaune spoke up "how about we rest for today. Tomorrow we already have combat class and it's best not to do too much strenuous work"

Weiss nodded, only because she didn't actually want to spar. She only said it in hopes the two would stop fighting.

"...fine, let's rest"

"I agree"

"Excellent" with that Jaune walked to the shower to change. Once the door closed, Weiss felt her arms get held behind her.

"What the"

"So, about that remark?" Eve said dangerously

"L-look you know I only said tha-"

"We know why you said it" Pyrrha cut in

"T-then w-what's the big deal?"

Eve smiled wickedly "well, i think a proper revenge is in order"

Weiss thought quickly "Jaune! Your girlfriends are being mean!"

The door opened to a shirtless Jaune "First, they're not my girlfriends. Second, Eve, Pyrrha, be nice to Weiss"

The two girls stared at Jaune, Weiss used this advantage to escape their grasp and quickly grabbed her nightgown and entered the bathroom. Sure it was immature and petty, but when your partner is the only voice of reason, you gotta exploit it.

Sighing, Weiss quickly changed and walked outside. Upon entering the dorm she saw Jaune trying desperately to put on a shirt.

"Damn it Eve, it's cold"

"No it's not" she said frantically "Weather channel says it's gonna be really hot tonight"

"Weiss a little help"

She was about to do something, when she was shoved into the closet. A click notified her of it being locked. Sighing she sat inside the closet as Jaune's cries of anguish were heard outside. Eventually the door opened to reveal Yang.

"Is this your coming out day?" she asked

"Hehe...funny" she said mockingly "and the two harlots?"

"Asleep, Ren got Jaune's message and made a sleeping...smoothie"

"Huh, figures. And Jaune?"

"Ruby's helping him. Got a lot of scratch marks on his back."

Weiss looked over her shoulder and saw Ruby cleaning Jaunes back with a cotton ball. She also noticed there was a tissue stuffed up her right nostril. Weiss rolled her eyes and sighed.

Eve leaned back into her chair, she saw Weiss enter to her left and sit back down next to her. There was a bit of soot and dirt in her hair, she looked absolutely livid. Eve simply patted her back and told her "better luck next time" of course that really wouldn't do much to cheer her up. Eve looked to her left and saw Nora all but skip up to her seat.

"The next time I face that demolitionist, I'll make sure to break that stupid hammer of hers" Weiss said

Eve sighed "You almost had her beat, you know"

"Huh, but it was explosion after explosion non-stop"

"Yeah, but the time she had to reload you could've rushed her. In doing so she wouldn't be able to reload and would prioritize on melee. From there you had the advantage because your thin and light rapier would allow you to move quickly against her hammer"

Eve looked at Weiss, said girl stared at Eve. "Huh, yeah...I guess you're right"

Eve smirked "that's the reason for these classes to better understand and pick apart your enemy in detail"

Weiss nodded, a loud roar of cheers broke her from her stupor. Looking at the arena she saw Pyrrha standing on her side of the arena. She waved at the crowds, a fake smile planted on her face.

"Her opponent, who is it again?"

"Jaune" Eve said

"I thought we couldn't go against our own teammates?"

"No, we can fight our teammates, just not our partners. So as much as I would like to smash her perfect face into the ground, I can only watch and smile as Jaune does it for me"

"You really don't like Pyrrha do you?"

"Thus is the way of life. Always find a way to gain the advantage on your enemy, no matter what you're fighting for"

Eve glanced at Weiss, who deadpanned at her phrase. She simply looked away with a huff, but a faint blush littered her face. After a while, Jaune trotted out towards the arena. Eve noticed how he wore some dark clothing, similar to that of a ninja. However, instead of it being the more media based ninja, he had fragments of armor around the vital areas.

"Last I recall, Jaune only wore normal clothing during the entrance exam" Weiss pointed out

"Yes, he did" Eve answered.

Eve saw both Jaune and Pyrrha nod to Ms. Goodwitchs question and with that a loud horn signified the beginning of the match. Jaune had pulled out Klaw and held it a bit behind him, while Talon was wrapped around his arm, the kunai held in a backwards hold.

Pyrrha turned Milo into it's rifle configuration and began to fire at Jaune. Immediately, he began to move around.

"How is he doing that?"

"Doing what?"

"It's like he's teleporting" Weiss said

Eve snickered "Actually, what he's doing is apply enough aura into his legs to move at a faster pace. I am able to notice it because our skill levels are similar, however to the untrained eye it may seem like teleportation"

Eve noticed how Pyrrha also thought it was teleportation and began to try and predict where he would next appear. Jaune threw scorpion past Pyrrha. She smirked thinking he missed, but Eve saw how it wrapped around a pillar behind her. Jaune pulled on the line and in an instant was in front of Pyrrha.

He used Klaw and slashed at Pyrrha's chest. Fortunately for her she was able to raise her shield to protect her; it was obvious to Eve, however, that Jaune was overpowering her. Jaune eventually pushed Pyrrha's shield back enough to headbutt her.

She cringed at the pain. Capitalizing on the moment Jaune sweeped at her legs, she fell. Jaune immediately grabbed her leg as she fell and swung her in an overhead arch. She collided with the floor and bounced from the impact, Jaune slammed a foot to her chest and launched her to the other side of the arena.

Looking at the aura meters, Eve saw how Jaune had taken 10% of Pyrrha's aura. She smirked and leaned back in her chair.

"Jaune's won"

"Huh?"

"He won" Eve said reassuringly

"But, how? The match just started" Weiss said

"In case you haven't noticed, Jaune went all out the moment the match started. Pyrrha meanwhile, held back and was hoping to add as much flair as she could to the fight"

Weiss looked at the arena and saw Pyrrha stand herself up. When she did Jaune was already in front of her. He began to attack at Pyrrha with Klaw, slashing and jabbing whenever he could. Eve nodded at the fight. One thing that Jaune had the advantage in was close quarters. Talon allowed him to move in quickly while Klaw acted as an extension of his arm. It was a deadly combination, especially against weapons like shields.

Pyrrha tried to land some blows on Jaune but he would either parry them or dodge. Looking at the aura bars, Eve saw how Jaune whittled at Pyrrha's bar, meanwhile he was still at 100%. Looking at the arena she saw Jaune swing Klaw in a downward slash to Pyrrha's chest but something happened.

He missed. Having over stretched his arm Eve saw Jaune's face, it was full of shock. Pyrrha used this short moment to slam her shield into Jaunes chest, he slammed into it and got launched back from it. He stood up and examined Klaw. looking at Pyrrha he then decided to launch Talon at her.

Pyrrha deflected it and Jaune coiled it back. However Eve noticed Jaune smirk. He began to take off his armor, in the end he was left with only his dark tunics. Eve raised a brow at What Jaune did, but paid no mind to it.

He ran at Pyrrha; she changed her blade into its Javelin and swung at Jaune. She continued to keep him away from her, eventually she struck her javelin out and Jaune jumped and landed on it. He ran to Pyrrha and performed a dropkick at the girl. His feet hit her face dead on and launched her back. He looked at the aura meter and saw that he was on 79% while she was 52%.

Jaune ran at Pyrrha once again, but this time she had her blade ready. Jaune went in for a slash but at the last minute feinted and kicked her in the back. However in doing so, Klaw got snagged on Pyrrha's Shield. Letting go of it, he backpedalled. Pyrrha smirked as she threw the weapon out of the arena.

"Well, looks like Jaune lost" Weiss said

"Not yet" Eve replied

Looking at the arena Pyrrha cracked a smile and twirled her blade. Jaune meanwhile let some rope loose from Talon,he gave a couple experimental swings and then brought the kunai in. He rushed at Pyrrha and rolled under her javelin. Batting away her arm he began to spin Talon and would slash at her chest with each swing. After a bit he coiled it around her waist, pulled her in and performed an uppercut.

As she was launched back Jaune coiled talon back up his arm. Looking at the aura bars, Pyrrha was just shy of being in the red. Readying himself, Jaune tensed his legs up and crouched forward. As Pyrrha stood up she felt the wind get knocked out of her as Jaune landed a kick to her chest.

She collapsed to the ground and the horn blared.

"Winner, Jaune Arc"

There was a soft applause but the majority was silent. Looking at the scoreboard it showed Jaune's picture and name passing Pyrrha's and placing himself on the top of the leaderboard. Eve nodded and leaned back. Although she was third, she didn't mind it much knowing Jaune was first.

"Mr. Arc, Ms. Nikos. Please meet up so we may discuss about your work"

As Eve leaned back on her chair she saw Weiss looking at the desk.

"Is there something wrong?"

"..do you think i'm holding back the team?" she asked

Eve thought about it for a moment "No. I just think that you need to have better battle perception. Most things go over your head, but if you understand what your opponent is doing, then you can better mitigate your actions"

"...Thank you"

"No problem"

Jaune hid under his bed, Every now and then he would poke his head out only to bring it back in. The reason was simple, Pyrrha was an extremely competitive person and although she didn't show it, was absolutely livid.

"Jaune~ come on out~ I swear I won't hurt you~" she sang out

Jaune was about to poke his head out when he saw Pyrrha's face in front of him, she had a malicious aura surrounding her and immediately reached under the bed to grab him. Jaune reached out and bit her hand. She recoiled in pain and sat on the floor rubbing her palm.

"Jaune! Get out here right now!"

"No!"

Pyrrha reached once more and Jaune tried to bite her again but failed. She grabbed the collar of his shirt and yanked him out from under the bed. Jaune flailed in Pyrrha's hand and tried to get her to let go. Throwing him on top of the bed she leaped towards him. Rolling himself off, he dove for the bottom of Eve's bed and hid once more.

"Ragh! Jaune I swear to the Gods!"

Once more she put her hand under the bed, this time Jaune was successful in biting it. She retracted her hand and he heard a hiss come from the outside. He smiled triumphantly, before he could celebrate the mattress began to sink and squish him. He gasped for air and tried to push it back up.

"~Jaune, if you want me to remove the drawer just come on out~"

He was going to die, right here, right now. He silently mumbled a prayer for someone or something to come and save hi- the creak of the door alerted him to a presence. Looking through the creak from under the bed and saw a pair of black boots. Immediately he saw Pyrrha's heels seemingly disappear and the sound of a smashed window a couple seconds later.

The weight was removed from atop him and he breathed an air of fresh air. Crawling out from under the bed he smiled at Eve.

"T-thanks" he said as he stumbled into her arms. He blushed as he fell onto her chest. "S-sorry"

She smiled "No worries, besides I believe a congratulations is in order"

"Yeah, I guess so"

Eve smirked and gently laid Jaune on her bed, Jaune laid back but felt a hand grip the scruff of his shirt.

"Ev-Mmphh" , a soft sensation, touched his lips and closed his eyes. They separated and Eve smiled at him.

"I knew it!"

The two faced the door and saw a happy Nora Valkyrie. Behind her was Yang, her head sagged and she clutched ten lien in her hand. Nora extended it and grabbed the money from her. The two walked away from the door, one skipped while the other slogged.

Jaune looked at Eve, who in turn simply faced him. "So...are we going to co-Mmph"

"I guess that's a yes"

Part 2 to caracle arc is here. I hoped you enjoyed it.