Chapter 20 guys, have fun! School is killing me, and I have zero time since my preliminary exams are in three weeks! Fun times. Haha no I'm dying help me. Anyways, I won't be writing much since I have to study, so here's something in the meantime.
'Okay spill.' Jaye looked up from his book as the four girls stood menacingly in front of him. They surrounded his bed, providing him with no escape, and he sighed, returning his eyes to the pages. He grunted in annoyance as the book was snatched out of his hands by Blake, and he turned to face the bow-headed faunus.
'You haven't said a word since yesterday. I can't believe the masked hero is your best friend!' Blake yelled at him, and Jaye flinched away from her, covering his ears.
'Ughhhh, too loud too loud too loud!' He groaned as the cat girl grabbed him by the collar.
'When will I get to see him again?!' She demanded, and Jaye looked at her, utterly confused.
'See who again?' He asked, and Blake rolled her eyes like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
'Kamina! When will I get to see him again?!' She repeated, and Jaye pushed her hands off his collar.
'Why do you want to see him? Don't tell me this is love at first sight because I don't believe in that crap. In fact, if you believe in that crap then you oughta believe in the whole "we'll meet each other again if it's meant to be!" schtig.' He waved his hand dismissively at her, and she slapped it away.
'What love? Are you stupid? I'm just a fan, that's all.' She huffed crossing her arms. Jaye was growing more and more confused by the second, and he rubbed his temples.
'Okay hold on, fan of what? Kamina? Is he famous or something? Is this a faunus thing? Or do you mean fan as in "I'm in love with him" fan, because I am not in the mood for that right now. I swear to–' Blake cut him off with a glare, and Jaye held his hands up in surrender.
'He's famous amongst the faunus. About a year ago, out of nowhere, a masked hero showed up. He freed dozens of faunus from slavery and imprisonment, destroyed hundreds of faunus labor factories, and brought down racist organizations one after another. He accomplished what many whole GROUPS had tried and failed to do in several YEARS…in the span of a few months.' She explained, crossing her arms. Jaye straightened out his collar, sighing.
'That sounds like Kamina all right, always getting in over his head.' He thought to himself, making a mental note to beat the crap out of Kamina the next time he saw him.
'He's a hero, a living legend amongst living legends, and I'm a big fan of his work. So I'm gonna ask again. When will I get to meet him?' Blake finished, looking down at the annoyed boy who was currently spinning a knife in his hand. (I wonder where he keeps getting those knives from)
'When he shows up.' Jaye declared, kicking back against his pillow. 'I don't have any way to contact him, and he basically comes and goes, so you won't get anything out of me.'
Blake studied the boy for a moment, before turning on her heel and stalking back to her bed. Jaye sighed, picking his book back up, flipping to find his page, and grunted in annoyance as his book was whipped out of his hands AGAIN. He glared at the offender, and Yang, book in hand, glared back at him.
'Okay spill. Indigo. Who exactly is she?' Yang demanded, dropping the book on his bed. Jaye sighed, leaning back against his headboard. He stared at the blonde, and she glared indignantly back.
'I believe she told you. She was my old teammate, and one of my closest friends.' He said, and Yang rolled her eyes.
'Please, as if I believe that's all there is to it. Let me rephrase the question.' She leaned towards the dark-haired boy, jabbing a finger in his chest. 'Who was she to you?'
Jaye became aware of the four pairs of eyes staring at him, and contemplated escaping now that there was a clear route where Blake had been standing, but his thoughts were cut short by the finger jabbing him again. He sighed, turning away from the girl.
'We were lovers. There, you happy now? Are you satisfied that you've made me spill my guts on the table, huh?' He snatched his book back up off the sheets, opening it, and tensed in irritation as Yang once more snatched his book out of his hands, throwing it over her shoulder. Jaye's eyes followed its path as it bounced across the carpet, hitting the wall on the other side of the room.
'What the hell do you mean you WERE lovers?! She kissed you! She freakin kissed you! Twice! What's that supposed to mean if you WERE lovers?!' She yelled, shoving her face into his and jabbing him in the chest AGAIN. Jaye locked eyes with the heaving girl. As if he wasn't already annoyed that his reading was interrupted, but he'd had to contend with being mouthed off to not just once, but twice. Plus, she'd not only snatched his book out of his hands TWICE, she'd even thrown it across the room. And she was invading his personal space, and she was jabbing him in the chest, repeatedly. And the yelling, oh the yelling. He absolutely hated loud noises. Jaye was far past annoyed at this point.
In fact, he was downright furious.
'You're really testing my patience blondie.' He cautioned, gritting his teeth. Yang's eyes flared with anger, and she stood up straight.
'Oh, you wanna go tough guy? Let's go! Come on!' She challenged, extending Ember Celica. Jaye got slowly to his feet as the other girls crowded around, trying to calm them down.
'Yang! Calm down! Jaye, please!' Ruby squeaked, terrified, trying to get between the two furious fighters. Yang raised her fists, beckoning Jaye, and he stepped forwards into a simple fighting stance, right foot and hand forward, guarding his chin.
'Stop!' Weiss's voice rang out, and the white-haired girl stepped between them. The two ignored her, staring each other down over the girl's head, (Jaye had to tiptoe a little XD) and Weiss flipped her hair nonchalantly.
'Okay, it's clear that tensions are high, and both of you are pretty wound up right now. So, let's all just relax, take some deep breaths, and let that anger out okay?' She said, glancing between the two, before ducking with a yelp as Yang loosed a fireball at Jaye. Jaye backflipped out the window, dodging the fireball. He grabbed ahold of the ledge, slamming into the wall, and let go, dropping down the relatively short distance. He rolled on impact to break his fall, diving out of the way as more fireballs came crashing down into the ground where he'd been. Jaye rolled to his feet, turning to face the blonde, putting his hands up again.
Yang charged him, loosing a barrage of strikes, firing as she did. Jaye evaded them, pushing her hands out of line with his face, causing Ember Celica's shells to discharge harmlessly into the air behind him. He ducked a 540-roundhouse kick, spinning into a tornado kick to spinning hook combination. Yang evaded the kicks, blocked his follow up punch, and grunted as his fist came between her hands and smashed into her jaw. She stumbled from the blow, throwing a spinning crescent kick in a desperate retaliation. Jaye blocked it, forcing her leg down. Now Yang's back was facing him, and he pummeled her spine, discharging lightning dust as he did, smashing his fists into her liver. She staggered, nearly collapsing, and spun around to face him, just in time to see a spinning back kick fly into her face. She took the kick full on, and Jaye blasted her off her feet, sending her skidding across the concrete. She got to her feet slowly, and Jaye stood quietly, watching her rise. The blonde glared at him, her eyes burning with rage, and she ground her teeth together with a growl.
Yang charged in again, and this time Jaye went on the offensive. He slipped a wild haymaker, jabbing her in the face. He ducked a hook, and shot back across her face with one of his own. Blocking her desperate spinning crescent kick, he swept her feet out from under her, grabbing her by the back of her collar as she fell. He spun, throwing her clean over his head, and smashing her into the concrete. A crater formed where she impacted, and Jaye picked her up, still gripping her collar. He tossed her slightly into the air, executing a sidekick and knocking her several feet away. Yang rolled to her feet, skidding to a stop some distance away. Jaye waited patiently as she rose, hands at the ready.
'AAAAARGH!' A burst of flame enveloped the surrounding area as the blond girl activated her semblance. Jaye stood, unmoving, as she charged him again. Her swings becoming far more erratic compared to before, and Jaye had even less trouble avoiding her blows. He countered back several times, his punches hardly fazing her, and he grunted as her fist collided with his stomach. He spun around with the impact, using the momentum to throw a spinning hook kick into her face. She took it, barely fazed, and threw back with a 540. Jaye sprung backwards off his hands, slipping the blow, and backflipped out of her reach.
'What's wrong? Can't handle the heat?' She taunted, reloading her gauntlets. Jaye paced around her wordlessly, observing the girl.
'I don't know if you realize, but I haven't even used my swords yet.' He shot back, generating a ball of water in his hands. Without warning, he flung it at her, and Yang ducked as the ball burst into shards of ice. She darted between them, making for the boy, and Jaye spun on the spot, generating a circle of ice around him. She leapt over it, and realized her mistake when the pad glowed. Smiling, Jaye backflipped out of the pad, and it shot upwards, freezing everything twenty meters high. The blonde was caught inside the pillar, and she glared at him through the ice. Clenching her fists, she screamed, and the pillar exploded in a ball of fire. Yang tumbled out of the ice, hitting the ground with a grunt and rolling to her feet. She charged Jaye again, screaming in frustration as he continued to use his semblance to evade her attacks. It was unbearably frustrating, as Jaye's pinpoint accuracy with his ice allowed him to generate small pillars and shields to redirect or block her attacks, and she grew increasingly frustrated the more she failed to damage him.
Jaye shot up a small pillar of ice, freezing Yang's wrist as she punched. Stuck in place, he kicked her across the face, spinning into a 540 hook kick as a follow up. She ducked the blow, cracking the ice pillar, and returned to the offensive. No matter how much she fought, her blows continued to hit air, Jaye's semblance proving too difficult for her to deal with. She felt herself getting weaker as she continued to expend energy, and she began to slow. Jaye picked up on this, catching her outstretched hand and twisting it into a lock. He swept her to the ground, turning, and threw her over his head again. He slammed her into the concrete, the ground cracking from the impact, and pulled her to her feet. Her semblance fading, Yang desperately tried to defend herself from the barrage of strikes that followed, but a hook to her liver stunned her, and a spinning hook kick sent her flying. She hit the ground hard, rolling to her feet. Jaye had realized that kicks seemed most effective against her, and he barraged her with it. Unable to deal damage back, Yang took the blows harder and harder before her aura fortification fizzed out, and Jaye slammed her to the ground with a 540 triple kick. She gasped in pain, and Jaye planted a foot in her chest to stop her from getting up.
'Had enough yet?' He said, panting, and Yang tried feebly to push his foot off her chest.
'Screw you.' She spat, punching weakly at his ankle. Jaye narrowed his eyes at her, pressing down with his foot. He felt an impact in his side as someone tackled him, not even budging him, and he turned to see Ruby grasping on to his waist.
'That's enough!' She squeaked, tugging at him. Jaye took his foot off Yang, Weiss and Blake pulling her to her feet. Ruby glared at him, and he turned away from her. Yang struggled slightly against the girls.
'Let me go!' She yelled, pulling weakly at them. Weiss and Blake hauled her back to the dorms by the arms.
'Look lady, that really was your fault you know. Plus, if you can't even break free from us, what makes you think you can take him right now?' Weiss admonished the struggling girl, and Blake nodded.
'You're going straight to the sick bay, and we're getting you checked and treated.' She declared, and Yang submitted herself to being dragged along by the two. Ruby released Jaye, glaring at him, and began rather comically hitting him in the chest with the bottoms of her fists. Jaye watched the girl quietly, not really being affected by her blows.
'Why did you have to go so far!' She cried, not stopping. Jaye quietly watched her hit him, until Ruby ran out of breath from the combined effort of flailing and squawking. She dropped her hands onto her knees, gasping for breath, and Jaye turned to leave.
'She started it.' He said, walking quietly away from the girl. Ruby stared at his back, watching him leave.
'That's not the point!' She yelled, and Jaye ignored her. He darted up the wall of the dorm, climbing in through the window. He yanked his bag out of the wardrobe, stuffing a bunch of clothes and other essentials into it, and slipped out of the room. He got to the garage, kicking the door open. He started his bike, revving it into gear, and started straight out of Beacon. He hurtled down the road, picking up speed as he went. There was only one place he could go.
Headmaster's Office
Ozpin sat quietly, watching the boy ride out of Beacon. He flipped his monitor back to the damage, surveying it quietly. Glynda stood quietly beside him, looking at the screen.
'I should go down and fix that.' She said, starting for the elevator. Ozpin sighed, leaning back in his chair.
'Thank you Glynda. Sorry for the trouble.' He said, and she nodded wordlessly. The elevator doors opened, and she stepped inside. She paused in the doorway.
'Do you truly believe he'll grow from this on his own? Are you sure we won't need to guide him?' She asked, and Ozpin smiled.
'Yes, I do. A boy like him, having lived on the streets for so long, should have been far different when he came here than he was. It was clear that someone was showing him right from wrong, someone was guiding him and helping him grow. I am confident that he will naturally seek that person out in a time such as this.' He smiled at the blond woman. 'Whoever that person is, he, or she, will guide him for us. All we need do is watch.'
Glynda nodded at the silver-haired man, closing the lift doors. Ozpin leaned back in his chair, sipping from his mug.
And that's the end of this chapter guys! Get ready for something REAL good to happen in the next one!