AN: Hello, and welcome to the ninth chapter of: The Assassin Known as Paladin! I just want to apologize for not updating anything, and thank you guys for not giving up on this story.
Right now, we are when Blake had her Faunus-heritage was revealed, but with a couple of differences. Jaune is now helping her, not Sun, and instead of heading who-knows-where, the two will be residing in Junior's Club for the time being. And now, we have Jaune helping Blake for when the White Fang is about to hijac the SDC shipment, which will be on a larger-scale because of what I have planned for this chapter.
That, and a lot of things will happen while Jaune and Blake are at Junior's Club.
Also, I will have Jaune get some new...'hardware' for himself, so expect something that you wouldn't expect. Anyways, apart from that, I will also reveal another character of the RWBY-verse at the end of the chapter.
And, before I forget, I will add a character that is from Jaune's past after the tenth chapter or so.
HERE WE GO!
Junior's Club -
It's been a couple of days after Blake revealed that she was a Faunus, and former member of the White Fang, to her team and ran away from Beacon Academy. But, she wasn't the only one that left Beacon, for Jaune ran after her, trying to talk some sense into her, only to tag-along with her.
That was when Jaune decided to drive the both of them to a friend of his: Junior.
Thankfully, he was able to house the both of them and managed to make sure that his nieces, and Sylvia, wouldn't hurt Blake or anything. The Cat-Faunus was lucky that she had Jaune reason with the other girls, but his way of 'reasoning' made her really uncomfortable, and for some weird reason: jealous.
The blonde assassin simply flirted with the three girls, and they had no problem really with the fact that he was flirting with all of them freely.
Blake was still baffled by the answer she got when she asked about the whole thing.
Flashback -
"How are you okay with this?"
"With what?"
Blake noticed that ever since that both she and Jaune entered the Club, the blonde had to make sure that the other girls won't do anything to her, by mainly flirting with them. And he wasn't even flirting with them separately, he was flirting with them altogether. Normally, most girls would find that downright disgusting and find Jaune a total sleaze-bag, but these girls were apparently okay with what Jaune was doing. So she went to ask Miltia, who treated her like a friend all of a sudden.
"With Jaune's flirting! I mean, he's flirting with not only you, but with some other girl AND your sister!"
"True, I want Jaune for all myself. But, there's the saying: 'Sister before Misters', and that includes Sylvia as well. Which was why we had a meeting about Jaune awhile back, and we were able to come up with a compromise, which will benefit ALL of us."
"And that is...?"
"Simple: we just share him."
The statement alone was enough to make Blake sputter in confusion and shock at what she just heard. She hoped that Miltia was just joking with her, but when she saw the look on her face, she knew that the Malachite-twin was not joking around.
"You know, Belladonna, we might be able to add you into the group as well. After all, you got something I like to call: the Bellabooty."
Back in the Present -
Having her rear called the...'Bellabooty', was probably one of the most weirdest things Blake had to deal with. But, then again, between that and how she ran from her team, Blake chose to relive that then going back to her team, due to the fact that she didn't know what they would do.
Would they be mad?
Would they reject her?
Would they...would they hate her?
But before she could dwell more on the subject, she felt someone place their hand on her shoulder, who was actually Jaune. The blonde had his scroll in his hand, the screen revealing that he had a conversation with Pyrrha, and his face showed that it exhausted him. Blake asked him,
"So...what happened?"
"Well...Pyrrha wanted to know what happened after we left."
"And?"
"And I told her that we were fine, that I still need to lookout for you, and that we're staying with someone I know. Luckily, she knew when to end the conversation, so she just now told us about what was happening back at Beacon. Mostly about your team."
"And she said...?"
Jaune sighed, remembering what Pyrrha told him recently about RW_Y.
With Jaune -
He was in a private room, taking a call that was from Pyrrha, who obviously wanted to know what happened as soon as he left. As soon as he answered the call, he was bombarded with questions, each one asking if he was alright, if Blake was alright, where were they, and when were they coming back.
"Pyrrha - Pyrrha! Calm down, look, I'm with Blake, and we're laying low with a 'friend' of mine. I can't exactly say where I am, because I know for a fact that as soon as I say it, Blake will run off again, this time she'll be on her own."
"She's really scared, huh? Wondering what would happen when she'll come back to us? To her team?"
"Yeah...Look, Blake and I will be staying somewhere in Vale, we'll come back, just...I don't know when."
He was about to hang up, but Pyrrha's voice said something that made him froze.
"Told Ruby and her team."
"And...?"
"...Weiss is dead-set on arresting you. Yang is torn between shock and anger. And Ruby...I think she's taking this better than her team."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I mean, true, she felt betrayed, hearing that her first friend was an assassin. But, she wasn't quick to judge, she wants you to come back, and she wants to hear your side of the story."
"I'll explain all of it. I just...felt like I had a bit more time before revealing my true-self."
"We both know that keeping it in longer, would hurt even more than now. Well...it's getting late. Goodbye, Jaune."
"...Bye, Pyrrha."
"...And that was what we talked about."
Blake, wanting to make small talk, said,
"So...we're kinda alike, huh?"
"Yeah. We're two people, with some pretty dark backgrounds, trying to make amends for what we did..."
The two shared a laugh, though it was out of dark humor, until Junior walked up to them. He had a solemn look on his face, signaling that what he had for the two was not something that he did not like, and neither Jaune or Blake was liking it either. He placed a couple of photos in front of them, each one showing the docks, an SDC frieghter, and -
"The White Fang..."
Blake grabbed one of the pictures, which had the symbol of the White Fang on it. Her eyes widened in shock, and then she looked down, saddened by now knowing that the group that she was once apart of, would turn out like this. Junior said to them,
"One of my sources told me about how the Fang are about to hijack an SDC shipment of Dust."
"Sorry, Blake...I know that this is - "
"We have to stop them."
Both Jaune and Junior looked at the Cat-Faunus, whose eyes now were filled with determination, determined to go down to the docks, and prevent from the White Fang from hijacking the freighter. She was about to head to her room, but Jaune grabbed her wrist, saying,
"Blake, we can't just go down there. We need to plan first."
"Jaune, we - fine..."
She knew better than to argue with a man that had taken down massive criminal organizations on his own.
"We have to be smarter then them. And I think I have an idea."
The assassin turned to Junior, who pulled out his weapon from underneath the bar, already knowing what Jaune was thinking. Junior was going to have himself, and a couple of his guys, to go back up Jaune and Blake when they're about to fight the White Fang. He signaled a few of his guys to get ready, as well as have Melanie and Miltia to get ready for a fight. The only person that wasn't coming with them was Sylvia, who was a civilian and didn't have any combat experience.
Jaune then leaned into Junior's ear, and whispered something into it, making Junior make a small sound of remembrance, and went to the back, and came back with a box. Blake looked at the box with mild curiosity, which turned into confusion as soon as Jaune opened it. He pulled out an dress-jacket, that had two rectangular tailcoats, which was pitch-black with brown buttons on it. The weirdest thing about the jacket, though, was the blue and white designs that were on the back, trailing down to both sleeves.
As soon as he put on the new piece of clothing on, the designs had begun to glow, surprising Blake, who realized what this overcoat was.
"Jaune. Is that coat embedded with Dust?"
"Yes. The blue designs are Ice-Dust, from I heard, could be pretty useful for defense. And the white ones, Lightning-Dust, are used for offense, though all I could do with the Lightning-Dust is incapacitate them. Speaking of which..."
He then whispered something into Junior's ear again, who nodded as he seemed to hear more and more about this plan that Blake wasn't hearing. The blonde then turned to Cat-Faunus, and told her,
"Okay, all we have to do now is get to the docks, and wait for the White Fang to show up, and we hit them with an ambush."
"Good, but Jaune, the White Fang aren't like any other group you've fought since you got here. They will shoot to kill."
Jaune looked at his friend, before snickering to himself. He walked out the door, in which a confused and very concerned Blake followed suit, and stopped at the trunk of his car. As he unlocked his car, he said,
"Funny..."
He opened the trunk, and removed a secret-panel from within, showing Blake multiple guns that she had never seen.
"...I was just thinking the same thing."
At the Docks -
It was now the middle of the night, and hiding above one of the rooftops near the docks were Jaune and Blake. Jaune was lying on his stomach, looking down the scope of a sniper rifle, while Blake was sitting next to him, her weapon: Gambol Shroud, was strapped onto her back. She also had a shotgun, which was given to her by Jaune, cradled between her arms. As they waited for Roman and the White Fang to get to the docks, the two started a conversation.
Oddly enough, they talked about the guns Jaune had.
"So...why is it that I was given another weapon, when I already have my own?"
"Because, if shit goes down, you're gonna need more than a handgun."
"What are they anyways? I've never seen models like these before."
"My sniper is the 'Knight's Armament' SR-25. Fitted with a night-vision scope, folding bipod, and suppressor. That shotgun is the 'Kel-Tec' KSG, a red-dot sight, foregrip, muzzle-break, and shell-carrier were added to it. And the - whoa...no fucking way."
"What? Is it the White Fang?"
Jaune removed his eyes from his scope, and allowed Blake to look through it, seeing what he was seeing. Just like Junior's informant had said, the White Fang were in the docks, hijacking a freighter of Dust, but that wasn't the shocking thing about the whole situation. As grunts were coming out of airships, a lone figure stood out for both Blake and Jaune. This person was a man, dressed in black slacks, dress shoes, and a white overcoat. He had black gloves, and a black bowler hat, that had his orange hair fairly hidden, with bangs covering his right eye, but his left eye was green.
Roman Torchwick was among the White Fang grunts, ordering them to get the Dust.
"Come on, you animals! We're on a tight schedule!"
Jaune was honestly confused right about now. He had knew from the start that the White Fang were behind the robberies, but he did not see Roman Torchwick being apart of those robberies. True, he was a criminal, but he was also a HUMAN, someone that the White Fang would never partner-up with. The assassin turned to Blake, trying to see if she knew what was going on, only for the girl to be missing. His eyes widened, wondering where she had went, only to hear the sound of the KSG being fired.
He swore,
"Merde!"
Blake was already down at the docks, having gotten behind Roman, and aimed the KSG at the back of his head. Jaune had counted about more than a dozen White Fang grunts down there, all aiming their weapons at his partner. He then went for his Scroll, and yelled into it,
"Junior! Blake's been compromised! Do it!"
"Shit! Alright then...you know what to do!"
"BLAKE! COVER YOUR EARS!"
As soon as he yelled those words, Blake immediately pressed her hands against her head, covering not her Human-ears, her Faunus-ears. That was when a high-pitched sound came from nowhere, causing most of the grunts to scream in pain, and slowly lose consciousness. In a matter of seconds, the White Fang were lying on the ground, unconscious, some even foaming at the mouth, and not only that, but Junior and his posse had come in as well.
Jaune regrouped with the others, who somewhat surrounded Roman, who was honestly confused about what had happened around him. That was when the ginger-haired man's eyes widened in shock as he saw Jaune walking towards him.
"How do you like the surprise we gave you? We rigged the docks with sonic-emitters, each one ready to unleash a pitched-frequency that would be brutal for the White Fang. Which leads us to our next question - "
Blake interrupted him, pointing the shotgun at Roman,
"Why is the White Fang aiding someone like you? What are you getting out of this?"
"Look...Blue, before this all goes down, I just want to say that the planning that went into this little shindig is spectacular. Who knows, we could've been partners or something...but to answer your questions: The Fang and I are business-partners! And...I had the feeling that something like this would happen, so I took the liberty of planning my own surprise."
That was when Bullheads came out of nowhere, filled with grunts ready to attack Junior and his group, and Roman aimed his cane at Blake, firing it, and made her get blown off her feet. Jaune was shocked, in which he cussed out Roman,
"BLAKE! SALAUD!"
Before Jaune could even do anything, his instincts kicked in, making him block an incoming kick. But, he was being forced to slowly back away as a flurry of attacks kept coming his way. As the unknown assailant had finally stopped, allowing Jaune to see who it was.
Standing before him was a girl, who was definitely shorter than him, either his age or younger than, whose hair reminded the blonde of ice-cream. She was dressed in a white jacket with a pink interior, brown pants, black gloves, and black and white boots with very high heels. Under her jacket was a brown corset, curved in the middle and at the bottom, exposing her hips. She also wore a multitude of necklaces, which hung haphazardly around her neck.
She quickly gazed at Jaune, liking what he was seeing, and bowed in front of him. The blonde heard Roman introduce the girl to him.
"Blue, I would like you to meet my partner-in-crime: Neo."
AN: And that was the ninth chapter of the story, tell me what you guys thought about it in the reviews. Honestly, I am pretty sure that I took the docks battle to another level, I mean: so far we practically have a gang-war between Junior and his posse against the White Fang.
Not only that, but we have Blake against Roman, and Jaune against Neo!
Anyways, next chapter will be the actual battle in the docks, in which we will have Penny, Ruby, and anyone else I could think of appear.
Also, I will update Arc of Warfare, and get RWBY: AU Theater ready by the time I am finished updating Arc of Warfare. Once again, leave your thoughts in the reviews, and I'll be seeing you all later.
See ya later!