Hey guys, chapter 6. So, after the previous chapter, I know some of you guys are thinking it was a wasted opportunity. Personally, with the way I wrote Jaye's character, I felt it would have been much further out of character for him to have interfered with the fight. Plus, he IS trying to stay inconspicuous in school, meaning he doesn't want to do anything that would really get him noticed by others if he can help it. But of course, certain things he won't back down for, which you'll see in later chapters. DON'T WORRY, sparring classes are coming up soon, so you guys will get to see a taste of what Jaye can do. Of course, he doesn't want to, but you know, life isn't quite going to go smoothly for him.
'It was a bright cheery morning, filled with happiness and wonder for all creation! Nothing could possibly go wrong! Then you woke up, and ruined all of it. WHY?!' Jaye groaned in protest, dropping down on his bed as the last person he wanted to see in the morning bounced up and down.
He'd actually gotten up the earliest out of all of them, gone for a run AND showered before coming back to find Ruby kicking everyone out of bed. And what made things worse was the fact that two of the other team members were just as over-enthusiastic as she was. He dropped his face into his hands, loud noises were the last thing he needed first thing in the morning.
'GOOD MORNING TEAM RRWBY!' Ruby squealed, bouncing up and down even harder, with a cheeriness that was going to suffocate Jaye if he didn't find a way to stop it.
'What in the world is wrong with you?!' Weiss yelled at the over enthusiastic little girl, picking herself up from the floor. She locked eyes with Jaye, and for once he thought that she might not be so bad after all.
'Now that you two are awake we can officially begin our first order of business!' Ruby declared, holding a hand triumphantly in the air.
'Excuse me?' Weiss locked eyes with Jaye again, as they seemed to be the only two sane people in the room. Jaye shrugged, kicking his legs up onto the bed and laying down.
'Decorating!' Yang cried, her arms full of absolutely useless stuff, and Blake held up her suitcase.
'We still have to unpack.' The raven-haired girl stated. As she spoke her suitcase fell open and its contents spilled across the floor.
'And clean.' She added as an afterthought. Weiss glared at the three, and Ruby blew a whistle (where the heck did she get that thing?) in her face, scaring the girl out of her wits. Weiss dropped to the floor in shock.
'Alright! Weiss, Blake, Jaye, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission. Banzai!' Their "fearless leader" yelled, pumping a fist up in the air.
'Banzai!' Blake and Yang joined in the cheer, while Jaye and Weiss simply stared at the three like they were idiots.
Yang spared Jaye no mercy, and rolled the poor boy off the bed. It was at this point that Jaye just stopped caring, and joined Weiss on the floor.
Decoration Ensues
Jaye had basically spent the last hour and a half staring at his team members totally defile the room, and took down the curtain Ruby had somehow managed to slice in half. By the time they were done, the room looked nothing like before, and was far more cramped than before. Previously, where there was space for FIVE beds, there was now barely space for two.
'This isn't going to work.' Weiss stated the obvious, and Jaye rolled his eyes.
'That's what I said 20 MINUTES AGO.' He said sarcastically, and Weiss shot him a glare.
'It is a bit cramped.' Blake muttered. Yang looked around quizzically.
'Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff.' She suggested, already selecting things to dump in her head.
'Or we could just ditch the beds…and replace them with BUNK BEDS!' Ruby squealed, hopping up and down again.
'Um, that sounds incredibly dangerous.' Weiss pointed out.
'Thank you! Finally, some sanity!' Jaye exclaimed, throwing his hands into the air as a form of praise to the divine being of logical reasoning.
'And super awesome!' Yang squealed, pumping her fist.
'NO!' Jaye slapped his palm into his forehead.
'It does seem efficient.' Blake interjected, and Jaye looked up in horror.
'No no no, Blake, not you too.' He cried into his palms, and Blake observed him curiously.
'Well, we should put it to a vote.' Weiss suggested, and Jaye felt a sense of hope, which was then crushed by his realization that out of the five people there, currently only he and Weiss seemed to have any concern for the general safety of the inhabitants.
'I think we just did.' Ruby said, sealing Jaye's fate. Before he could stop them, the three over-enthusiastic girls charged in and began construction. Jaye sat down, not intending to contribute to the madness, and simply started stitching the damaged curtain back together. Weiss, also seemingly having decided to stay out of the construction process, watched him work.
'You can sew?' She asked, and Jaye glanced up at her.
'It's just sticking a needle through something and pulling it out the other end, it's not that hard.' He replied, smoothing out the wrinkles on the curtain. Weiss quietly sat down beside him.
'It's hard to make it as neat as that. Takes a lot of practice and patience.' She commented, hugging her knees to her chest. Jaye chuckled.
'Well, I had a lot of practice.' He said, patting his scarred chest, and Weiss glanced at him.
'How'd you get those scars anyway?' She inquired, and he smiled.
'Sword.' He replied evenly, wrapping the thread around the needle to complete the last stitch. Weiss rolled her eyes.
'You said that before, I want to know how you got them, not what gave them to you.' She said, looking at the side of his face. Jaye wordlessly stood up, shaking out the curtain.
'All done!' He said cheerily, clearly avoiding answering her. Weiss glared at him, and he ignored her, making his way across the room to hang it back up.
Once the girls were done, they had simply stacked the five beds on top of each other on either side of the room, using books and rope to hold them up. Jaye noticed that his bed was right at the bottom of the side with three beds stacked on top of each other, meaning that if the bunk beds gave way, he'd be crushed under the two beds hovering above his own. He silently prayed that the ropes and books wouldn't fail and turn him into a triple decker bed sandwich. He also offered a silent prayer to housekeeping, and begged for forgiveness for the immense pain in the ass cleaning their room would be.
'Alright, our second order of business is!…classes.' Ruby said dejectedly, sitting on her bed.
'Now, we have a few classes together today. At nine we've gotta be…' She said, poking her bottom lip with a pencil.
'What?! Did you say nine o'clock?!' A look of shock crossed Weiss's face.
'Umm…' Ruby mumbled, and Weiss's face changed to anger.
'It's 8:55 you dunce!' She yelled, charging out of the room, the other three hot on her tails.
'Uhhh, t-t-t, to class!' Ruby yelled, then looked around.
'Uh guys? Where's Jaye?' Yang asked, panting.
'Don't know, but we're going to be late!' Blake interjected, putting on a burst of speed.
The four girls, with team JNPR close behind, charged into class just as the bell rang, out of breath, only to find Jaye already sitting in the lecture theatre. The four girls ran up to him, and after some cajoling, he finally agreed to let them sit with him.
'Where *pants* where you?' Yang asked between breaths. Jaye looked at her quizzically.
'Uh here? You're supposed to be seated by 8:55 you know.' He replied, pulling out his pencil case and a notebook. Yang stared at him incredulously.
'Wow, didn't take you for the studious type. Wait, if you knew, why didn't you tell us?!' She whispered as the professor started speaking.
'Okay first of all, that's Ruby's job. As the team leader, she's supposed to keep everyone informed. Secondly, I told you guys we had class as I left. I thought you heard me, but I guess not. Now if you don't mind, I'm trying to pay attention.' He replied, clicking his mechanical pencil. The paying attention part was a lie, obviously, as he had perfected the art of sleeping with his eyes open, and was planning to catch up on the sleep he'd lost thanks to the four girls' antics the previous night.
'But first, a story. A tale of a young, handsome, man. ME! When I was a boy…blahblahblahblah' The professor, Peter Port, blathered on and on, only further aiding in Jaye's quest for temporary unconsciousness. In a few moments, he was fast asleep, eyes still wide open, staring straight at the professor.
One Eternity Later
Weiss, for the past god knows how long, had been watching Ruby goof off during class. Whether it was doodling, attempting to balance a book and an apple on top of a pencil, which she actually managed to do (I don't care what anyone says, THAT is impressive), sleeping, or even picking her nose, the raven-haired girl remained completely oblivious, and the Ice Queen's anger built steadily.
With each passing antic, Weiss simply got increasingly furious, bordering on eruption, unfortunately to everyone else's, especially Ruby's, obliviousness. Honestly, how she didn't notice Weiss glaring daggers more intensely at her with each passing moment when she was sitting BESIDE the frosty-haired girl was an achievement.
'The moral of this story? A true huntsman must be honorable, a true huntsman must be dependable, a true huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise! So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?' The professor looked at the young faces surrounding him in the lecture theatre. Unable to hold herself back any longer, Weiss's hand shot up.
'I do sir!' She exclaimed, and unsurprisingly, the rest of the class, most of whom had lost interest, didn't even notice her.
'Well then, let's find out!' The professor declared, turning to face the rattling cage beside him (wait, where the heck did that come from?), waving a careless hand at it.
'Step forward, and face your opponent!' Weiss, stared at the cage, gathering her wits about her, and stepped forward.
So that's the end of this chapter guys, I'm really having a lot of fun writing this series and it's pretty easy since it's basically a recap of events that happened but with slight changes and extra people (Jaye basically) present. Doesn't mean I'm not putting in effort into this okay? It's also giving me an excuse to re-watch the series XD