[QUICK AN; Today i learned that iaido is not the same as iaijutsu. Iaijutsu: The employment of Iaido in combat/real situations. Iaido: Defense Fighting Style to finish shit in a couple of seconds.... To clarify Jaune uses Iaijutsu for fighting, not Iaido, so my bad.]

"Talking" -

(Thoughts/Thinking) -

Something Important!

Mission 1 Finale

Jaune looked at the woman. Noire was already out of the fight in less than three seconds. Pathetic. Glaring at the cloaked assassin Jaune growled at her - "You shall die"...

"Cute~!" - The woman said cheerfully to him. Mockingly to him. - "Do you kiss your mama with that mouth,~" - She taunted him. Jaune was already getting more infuriated just looking at the despicable wench. And for mentioning his harlot of a mother

Jaune dashed to her at almost superhuman speeds - "You wretch!" - He sneered at her. Imperium ready as he slashed at her from the sheath.

"Whoops! to slow~" - She said, elbowing Jaune at the ribs.

CRACK

"Grgh!" - Grunting in pain Jaune felt at least three of his ribs crack. Turning back just in time he used his katana to block the incoming strike. Entering into a bladelock with the woman's Wakizashi. There was most certainly a struggle. After two seconds Jaune managed to overpower her as he then went for another slash. The woman ducked under it then dashed to the wall jumping on the wall and then used to force to launch herself to Jaune at incredible speeds. Jaune in the meantime used the sageo of the katana to quickly tie it to his waist in order to wield his katana with two hands. The woman lunged at him from above as Jaune used Imperium to block the strike from her weapons.

Play: DMC3 Vergil Battle 2 OST

The woman did a cartwheel side roll as Jaune quickly overpowered her once again. Jaune used his katana and striked at her repeatedly with it. - (I have to finish this quickly, i am already to injured for any long lasting battle..)

"Hmph~" - Jaune could feel the smirk under her mask - "Well i shouldn't have expected power from Jaune Arc of all people." Calling him an Arc...Him powerless…

(She's dead.) - Jaune vowed. Jaune sheathed his katana and used iaijutsu techniques to attempt to gain the upperhand in their fight. He slashed at the side as the woman ducked under his blade, counterattacking by grabbing his left arm and then using a karate technique that somehow threw him over her shoulder. Jaune immediately turned around on his feet as as he slashed from the sheath once more. The woman bent downwards and using her wakizashi as she landed a cut around his hip.

TSANG!

Damnation! Jaune was already severely wounded from fighting the creature from before, and it showed. His reaction time, reflexes and speed were a considerable amount slower. This wasn't good. Not good at all. Dodging another hit at the nick of time he slashed at her again which the woman overdramatically sidestepped. - "Whoop!~" Jaune growled animalistically. The fight continued for a few minutes. Jaune using his iaijutsu fighting style to attempt to kill her and the woman counterattacking with her weapons and continues dodges. But it was clear who was going to win. Jaune, despite his immense skill was still grievously wounded from his earlier fight. If he didn't pull out one of his strongest attacks he would most likely lose.

SLASH!

Jaune managed to slash the woman, a thick cut went straight through her mask and some blood was shown leaking out of it. Her head went to the side as Jaune managed to land a hit with his sheath.

"Grww" - A dark growl left the assassins lips as she went of on the attack again, Jaune Tricked back and entered the iaijutsu stance again to use his Judgement Cut against her to strike at her from a far away a third step backwards in the stance as he managed to land the hit from that distance.

SLASH!

"Hmph, what's wrong?" - Jaune smugly taunted her. Landing a hit against this wretch was quite satisfying. - (It's time i finish this, i'm already feeling quite dizzy. Besides i should get my wounds treated before i bleed out. Their nothing too bad but i could die if i left this untreated for a couple weeks) Jaune's eyes snapped to the woman as he sensed incoming danger

"That's it!." - She declared furiously to him. Faster than Jaune could track she repeatedly slashed at him

SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH

Hissing in pain as more cuts appeared and blood started spilling from his wounds. Jaune still couldn't defend himself yet as the assassin went for an moving stance hit.

BAM

That hit threw Jaune through straight through the wall - "ARGH!" - Damnit!, Jaune was losing the battle. He had to figure something out as quickly as possible. Landing on his back Jaune just managed to dodge the foot that was aimed for his head. Rolling back on to his feet he deflected the tanto that came for his head with his sheath. The assassin somehow managed to kick Imperium away with speeds he couldn't even track.

Not having enough time to use one of his summoned swords as a replacement for his katana, Jaune was forced to use his hand to hand combat skills. He deflected the tanto strike from the woman with an open palm. - (I have to go onto the offensive, otherwise i'm dead. Right now aggressive attacks and counter attacks are the best way to go. I won't die to this woman!.). Feeling dizzier Jaune knew he couldn't Trick back, The relentless offense of the woman didn't give him any opportunity to gain some distance. Jaune did a side roll as her wakizashi did a side slash. Jaune knew he was at a disadvantage due to his lack of Aura, it didn't heal him and it didn't protect him from hits anymore, all due to that person. The person that Jaune hated most. "That's it." - Jaune growled out after he was once again. He was done with this. It would seem he would have to go all out.

Despite his dizziness Jaune did a lightning fast kick to the woman's side.

CRACK

The woman grunted in pain. Using the moment to his advantage he quickly shot a Summoned Sword to her. Quickly dashing towards Imperium did a forward roll as he grabbed it and the sheath.

"Nice, kid!~, Well done. You really got a lot stronger since Beacon!. I really chose the right the right person….But 'ya still got more in store for me, don't ya?" - She remarked suddenly sounding happy again…..What?, how did she know about his time at Beacon!? Was she a student there? A teacher?. Regardless Jaune's new appearance and strength should have made a it hard for people to make the connection. Jaune still had quite a lot of powerful attacks.

Jaune scowled at her. First insulting his strength and then praising it, Was she trying to confuse him. "Die." - Jaune snarled at her. He did a Rapid Slash towards her in a sudden burst of incredible speed. Noticing that she was going to use her weapons for a a counter attack. Jaune ducked under the thrust of her wakizashi and as that happened Jaune slashed upwards from the sheath. Managing to land another cut he continued with his relentless offense.

The assassin hissed in pain before she backed off a good distance. Sheathing her tanto she pulled out a...Gun. Upon noticing it Jaune quickly thought up a plan. Jaune sheathed his katana. The plan was straightforward and simple. The woman aimed the semi-automatic pistol at him and with pinpoint accuracy

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

Fighting through the blood loss and physical exertion (The diziness didn't help) he calculated the speed of the bullets, were they would end up and how many bullets were in the magazine.

Unsheathing his katana once more Jaune dashed forward in a crouch-forward dash and sliced through all the bullets and then with a small twist of the wrist shot the bullet shards straight back at the assassin with his katana.

The assassin was clearly shocked at Jaune's display of masterful swordsmanship. She attempted to dodge when she noticed the bullet shards coming straight back at her. To counter attack by shooting her bullets straight back at her you would either have to be a genius, practically a god of swordsmanship or a once in a millenium prodigy. Nonetheless the technique Jaune used, he executed the technique simply too fast. It would be almost impossible to figure out how he had done it.

"Grgh!" - She grunted in pain as some of the bullet shards hit her, but did not enter her. Jaune stood back up as he stopped. Sheathing his weapon he noticed that she still hadn't given up. Besides that he was losing to much blood. It was time he finished this. His eyes widened slightly as he noticed that the woman was suddenly gone. (Where did she go!.) - Jaune thought warily.

BAM

A sudden uppercut from beneath him caught him off guard. Fighting off the pain and dizziness he deflected the sideways slash from the side by partially unsheathing Imperium. And the next side which she slashed at as well. Jaune smirked as he saw an opening.

STAB!

Jaune stabbed the woman through the side,straight through her lung with his Aura piercing technique. Hearing a grunt of pain Jaune was ready to pull the blade back before he heard a smirk. Jaune lost his grip over Imperium as it was yanked out of his hand and then

STAB!

"Argh. Glargh!." - Jaune grunted in immense pain as he coughed up blood. His own katana used against him. The assassin had used it to pierce through his lung - (I'M DONE WITH THIS! IT'S TIME FOR HER TO DIE!.) - He snarled inwardly with immense hatred. Grunting in pain he pulled Imperium out of his lung and sheathed. Jaune disappeared in a dull white blur and appeared a good distance away. "You trash!." - Jaune growled at her. A blood red mist surrounded him. Gritting his teeth he disappeared in a reddish-dull white blur. "HUAAAAGH!" - Giving out a fierce final battle cry he put his all into his final, most powerful attack. Dark purple orbs appeared with vage afterimages of a blade accompanying it occurred.

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"What the Oum is this!?" - She muttered to herself in shock. Noticing the purple orbs were all of the area she dashed away, attempting to dodge them. Jaune didn't know if she came out without a scratch but still knew she was alive. The Judgement Cuts tracked down her movement with lightning fast speeds.

The relentless attacks went on for five whole minutes. Destroying everything in its path

Jaune appeared in a dull white blur. *cough,cough* Coughing up blood, he stood there shakily, leaning on his sheathed Imperium to maintain his balance. His vision was hazy. His eyes were bleeding as well as many of his other wounds. - (...I won…) - Jaune thought smugly. Through his hazy vision he noticed something - (...I'm outside…) - it was raining and thunder was striking all around. He was in what used to be a forest. Except every tree was sliced apart into tiny pieces. He realised that he was in the 'forest' next to the factory. Realising that when he was punched through the wall he was sent outside. To not realise a sudden change in terrain could have been fatal.

End OST

"I will never repeat such a mistake again." - Jaune swore he would not repeat such blunders again. Taking a couple minutes for a breather he went back int-

"Hehehe~.You got me shocked kid!. you'll do nicely, Jaune." - How was she alive!? That should be impossible!. She stood there. Besides some wounds and cuts Jaune inflicted

Jaune shakily stood back in the iaijutsu stance. Blood poured from his wounds as his eyes were bloodshot. He was sweating as he prepared to fight her once more

"Still willing to go on huh?~, Jaune. I chose nicel-

BLAST!

"Blargh!." - Jaune gurgled out blood. His bloodshot eyes narrowed down to his new wound….Burned flesh as purple electricity quickly dissipated around his back.

"Give it back!" - A voice weakly snarled/screamed at him with slurred speech

Jaune fell down onto his knees as he thought - (...I'm….Defeated?...). Jaune's vision became so hazy that all he could see was red. He couldn't see who it was that attacked him. But due to the purple lightning he had a good guess…..Another blunder…..Another mistake…..He knew what he had said earlier about his mistakes, but now he truly realised his foolishness. But to not even confirm what that creature from earlier was. To not even check on that creature's corpse. To figure out why it was there. Every single one of these mistakes.

I will never repeat any of these blunders again.

I will never lose again…..

I need to get stronger…..

I need more power….

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Jaune heard what sounded like scolding/berating as he attempted to regain his bearings, he couldn't feel anything. As he stood up he suddenly felt a sharp pain

ARGH!

He felt a sudden pain in his heart. As if something had stabbed it

GLURGH.

He coughed something liquidy black

PAIN

Pain boiled over his entire body. Veins felt like they were boiling

BURST

His veins popped open. Skin looked like it was boiling

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

IT HURTS! IT HURTS! IT HURTS! IT HURTS! IT HURTS!

His blood was looked as if it was literally boiling, somewhat turning black.

POP! BURST!

He gritted his teeth, managing to stop himself from screaming. His dark blue eyes were glowing. His body looked like it was being painfully morphed into something

GHRAAAAAAAAAAARGGGHHHHH!

Bone-like armour grew out of his body. He couldn't figure out what else happened. Just the intense agonizing pain. For what felt like hours he just felt pain. He saw nothing else, felt nothing else beside that

White electricity surrounded him

HHUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHH!


"Huaghh" - A tired voice was heard. It sounded as if it came from someone that just woke up. "What happened?." - The owner of the voice asked himself, annoyed. The owner of the voice had slicked back, dark blonde hair mixed with black at the roots, along with some streaks of black coming from said roots. His shirt was completely torn to shreds exposing his upper body. His pants were, strangely enough, fine. He also had black and grey sneakers on. In his left hand was a sheathed, long katana with a red sageo, The katana's name was Imperium.

Standing up Jaune looked around. His blue eyes widened slightly at where he was - "I'm at, Beacon.", How was he here!? Did somebody move him here?, no matter, he'll figure it out later. He immediately knew where at Beacon he was. He was at the Beacon Academy Statue. The large statue featured two figures, one a male and the other a younger-looking female, standing on a rock outcropping. They were both dressed in a robe with hoods over their heads.

The male held a sword in his right hand, raised in a seemingly triumphant gesture. The younger female had a double-edged battle-ax in her left hand and her face looked off to the side into the distance. Below the two figures is a Beowolf looking in the same direction as the male figure.

He remembered them. Their arrogance, Their Selfrighteousness They were nothing more than arrogant, cruel children. Prone to the worst behaviour and actions.

"This place….This place!." - Jaune snarled darkly in disgust. He realised the exact spot he was. He most certainly didn't like this location. The place his family told him to attend, Something he agreed to do for naive reasons. Well he changed for the better. He shed that naivety. He controlled his

Jaune remembered that his wounds needed tending too, But he then realised something important. "I'm…..fine?" - His wounds were completely healed. How?. He only felt tired. But for the rest he was completely fine. (How?.) - He thought astonished, - (This is something i'm going to look into. That's for sure. Besides, Where is Noire?)

Jaune walked off into the opposite direction of beacon


20 Minutes Later


"Beacon again." - Jaune muttered annoyed, no matter how long and how far he walked. When Beacon was out of sight and then it was suddenly in front of him! This is the 25th looked at the academy for a couple of seconds before he gave a tired, reluctant sigh, "I'd better go in. This place clearly isn't normal" - Stating the obvious Jaune walked to the front of the building

Approaching the entrance he looked at the pavement for a minute, (To think i would enter this place again, but i need to find a way out of here. The bullheads are empty and i don't know how they work. And nothing is in sight for miles.) - But he felt it, entering this academy would most likely help him. Why else would he see it over and over again. Jaune's eyes gained a determined feel. He would find a way to leave. And to find the reason why all of this was happening to him. Jaune looked up, his left hand tightly held Imperium. Fixing his posture he went into the building.

Having entered the academy Jaune looked around the inside of it. If he remembered correctly there was The Main Avenue, Beacon Tower, Amphitheater, Lecture Hall, Dorms, Dining Hall, Library, Ballroom and the Locker Room. Strangely enough he recalled all that without a headache…...Quite odd that he only got headaches about certain subjects.

As Jaune looked around the place he walked around in search of anyone or anything that can offer him an explanation.

After a couple of minutes he thought he noticed something….Pride's. Upon noticing the familiar Grimm Jaune immediately readied himself.

Except the Prides weren't attacking him. They were just…..walking around? If Jaune didn't know any better he would almost say that they were acting like Beacon Students . Deciding to keep his guard up for now. He learned the hard way what could happen he didn't do that.

Jaune kept an eye on the Grimm. But since they hadn't gotten in his way yet, he'd leave them be. Deciding to go over what happened while he walked around the place. It wouldn't do to forget important events again now would it

(To start it off. I went over to the abandoned town Arius, in Atlas, to track down Arthur Watts, The disgraced scientist, in order to find a way to stop my heavy brain damage & swelling from furthering, although it was quite nice that it only became worse since the last month. I already met him three months ago during those circumstances. Attempted to figure out where he was. Went to where he was the lab was with that little stalker that claimed to be his sister. Fighting that creature.) - Jaune's eyes gained a concentrated, thoughtful gleam - (That….thing was most likely a creation of ,Watts. Considering the purple lightning and armour, along with some other things, it's almost like superpowered armour. And considering i've been hit with purple lightning and those words, i have an assumption that it could need a conduit or host.) - His eyes narrowed - (And that assassin, who was she? .To make make the connection between me and Jaune Arc. That we are the same person. My new appearance should make that incredibly difficult. And her power, it was astounding. Even when i went all out, she made it out of the battle quite fine, more fine than me… And to top it off the agony before i passed out, What started that moment?.)

"That assassin is going to die." - He swore quietly, to be defeated in such a manner, it hurt Jaune's pride. Entering the cafeteria, now with a scowl he continued his thoughts - "I still have much improvement t-

"Fearless leader." - A familiar female voice said lazily in a sarcastic manner, as if she was dealing with an annoyance.. What?, They were here!?.

Jaune's eyes immediately darted to where the voice came from. Where Nora was her teammates were also there, most of the time at least

His once stoic face gained an immense amount of hatred as he spotted those three. Along with one other person there at the table they were sitting at

"Huh? Jaune, your here" - His former partner grumbled - "Could you leave?, we're having a moment here"

Jaune prepared himself for this moment. Not at all caring that they were most likely not real. As he was about to go into his iaijutsu stance a voice stopped him

"W-well Pyrrha there is an assignment all of us have to do. S-so" - That voice it couldn't be. His eyes snapped over to the location from where the voice came from. His eyes widened ever so slightly…...It was Jaune Arc from Beacon

"Well….. Can you do it for us? The four of us already made plans for today?." - She then discreeetly smirked - "After all, stuff like this is the only thing you can do" Was the ever so kind response from her, but Jaune knew it was an order, something she thought he should follow. As well he could easily see the hidden hatred and annoyance in her eyes. Maybe not when he was at Beacon in his early years, but he does now. Truely, they really liked insulting Jaune…..But at least they hadn't tried to kill him, yet. Jaune saw the others agreement before they decided to up their jokes. Mocking and insulting him, treating Jaune Arc as if he was trash.

Upon hearing her voice. The voice of the Pyrrha. She who harmed him the most. Hearing that voice made him snap. How dare she act like that again. She told him to his face that he would be nothing more than a weakling, that his only purpose in life is to be a slave for the amusement of others. He didn't want to see any of this anymore and thus Jaune ignored what was happening and left the cafeteria. As he left the voices faded too, the last things he heard were 'subtle' mockings of Jaune Arc. There was no reason for him to be here…...Not anymore.

Jaune saw the Pride Grimm still acting like students when he left the building. He already hated this place. There was no reason for him to be here anymore. Just when he approached the exit he knew what to do to get out of this dream. He left the place and went into a isolated spot with no Grimm in sight

Jaune didn't know why he was dreaming this, but alas he didn't care. He unsheathed Imperium and threw the sheath away. Jaune held his katana in a reverse grip with both his hands and then

TSLING!


Jaune opened his eyelids, being greeted by a somewhat wholesome room that looked like it belonged to someone in the military.

It was almost as if he was being hugged by someone….Wait a minute!, he was being hugged!. Looking next to him he saw

(Noire!.) - He callously pushed her off of him. Something that startled her awake, as she pulled out a combat knife from somewhere. Her eyes darted over to him in surprise. (At least she was clothed) - He thought

"Jaune!, you're awake!" - A big, happy smile adorned her face. Jaune had threatened her life before, Why was she acting like this?. As she approached him Jaune instinctively went for Imperium, but he didn't have it. His eyes narrowed at her as he jumped out of the queen sized bed he was on.

Jaune took a second to scan his surroundings and go over his own injuries. He was in a decently sized room. It was white and green in color. It had a silky golden blossom flower pattern running around. The carpet was dark blue in color with a purple and gold linings,. There was a desk with a photograph in it. There were also a couple more framed photographs on the wall. Deciding that he would look closer at them at a later time. And for the final thing in the room of note for him were a set of weapons next to the desk, close to the computer But now it was time to figure out where he was.

Jaune looked at Noire. But instead of a headache he felt a strange numbing sensation, nothing that hurt, oddly enough. Actually he felt completely fine. Better than ever!. A quickly feel of his body confirmed it, he had no injuries. He was dressed in a simple short-sleeved white t-shirt and white shorts

Before Jaune could figure out where he was she spoke first - "Heheheh." - An seemingly awkward chuckle left her lips - "Jaune, you might wanna put on some clothing. Not that i'm complaining about the view." - She gave him an awkward grin with those words

"What happened?, where am i?" - Was his question for her, he stated it in a cold voice. It wouldn't do well to kill her here, who knew the consequences of such a action. Jaune knew he couldn't just kill and Soul Reap everyone in his way.

"*sigh* Alright then, Jaune. Don't be mad, okay?" - Her voice became a confident, steady one. She looked in Jaune's eyes.

"….." - No response, only the same cold look.

"Can i take that as a yes?" - She asked him calmly.

"...What do you think?" - Jaune coldly asked back.

"I think you'll understand if i explain!, so sit tight cus' big sis is gonna tell you the tale!. The tale th- " - She was then interrupted.

"Get to the point already." - He coldly cut her off, her jests were getting old instantly

"You're no fun!." - He coldly looked at her, to which she surprisingly enough didn't squirm or become uncomfortable. She then continued her words - "Fine then" - She threw her hands up in the air exaggeratedly - "But first," - He narrowed his eyes at this, now something like this he expected from an assassin - "How did you get so strong?. Last i saw you you were untrained, did somebody teach you or something like that?. And why were you in Arius?"

"I would prefer my sword first, and perhaps i shall tell you a little after that." - He didn't want to walk around unarmed after all.

"Weapon's i can't do for you Jaune." - He was told seemingly remorsefully - "You have to understand, I'm a Specialist. I can't give you your weapon without any reassurance that you won't do anything dangerous or the like" - She explained in a serious tone of voice.

"No." - Was Jaune's simple, blunt response. Why should he listen to her?, some woman he never met, some weakling that got taken out in that fight in 2 seconds. He was confident he could use force to get his way. But for now he decided to be patient.

"What?" - Foolish girl, Jaune didn't do anything anyone wanted of him without something to gain. - "Jaune," - She looked him seriously in the eye - "I'm serious with this, just because you're my brother doesn't mean i can show you any leniency, i need to know what happened and a lot more."

Leniency?, Brother?. What lies!. Jaune had his reasons for not believing her. First of all she 'suddenly' saw him going to Arius, what are the convenient chances of that happening?. Then she stalked him instead of approaching him like any normal person would!, and only when Jaune caught her did she speak some lies about familial ties. And then he woke up in an unknown location and this lying, arrogant weakling had the galls to demand answers from him! Jaune made the mistake of trusting people once, and he only suffered because of it.

Jaune gave her a dark glare along with a animalistic growl, his hands clenched into fists, shaking with absolute fury, almost about to show her why he wasn't somebody to be messed with - "You demand answers from me? Petulant child that you are. Lying to my face like that.". He had enough of liars, deceitful cowards that only existed to make Jaune Arc suffer.

"Jau-AUGH!" - With superhuman speed that surprised even Jaune he grabbed her by her throat and lifted her up using a single hand

CRACK!

He then dislocated her wrist almost breaking it with an surprising a amount of brute force. Her combat knife fell out of her hand. This shouldn't be possible, The technique Jaune used to slice through Aura is impossible to use with his physical body! To break through Aura required an extreme amount of superhuman force. And Jaune, despite his power, wasn't superhuman. He'll figure all of this out and everything else later, he has too

The girl widened her eyes as Jaune looked at her with such an intensity and coldness, a cold yet fierce fury was also present in his eyes.

*Choke**Gasp*

BAM!

The door was kicked open. "FREEZE!" - Someone shouted to him. Jaune looked at the figures holding a rifles at him.

It seems they kept an eye on him in case he would do something like this

Jaune glanced at them with one eye. Atlas Soldiers. And one man that Jaune man was shown to be well dressed and clean, much like Ozpin, Jaune thought. He wore a white overcoat, with a gray undercoat, black sweater, a red necktie and a white glove on his right hand. His suit pants share the same color as his overcoat and were tucked into silver boots accented in gray.

General Ironwood.

"Let her go." - Was the man's steel like order.

(I just had to be brought back to an Atlas Base, just my luck.) - Why did Jaune have horrible luck? This was just getting annoying.

Jaune let Noire go from his grip and turned to face the group of people.

"Now, come with me. We have something to talk about" - He commanded him,

"My sword, where. is. it." - Was Jaune cold retort. He had no obligation to listen to him. General or not.

"You're in no position to make demands, " - Jaune instantly looked at the general in the eyes. How dare he.

"Jaune, please listen to him. Nobody here is against you" - Jaune's weapon was gone, he wasn't in an Atlas Base.

"….." - Jaune said nothing. As much as Jaune wanted to kill the people here, he knew he could after all. But it was integral to figure out where he was and how he got here. He needed information after all, and he couldn't just Soul Reap Ironwood after all. Killing a general and his subordinates, that would attract a lot of unwanted attention. Jaune's future plans wouldn't go well with all that attention. But he could just kill everyone here and remove any

"Mr Ironwood, there's nothing bad going on here. I have everything under control" - She said a soldier-esq manner. She had her hands, most likely to hide her injury, behind her back as she stood up.

The man seemed in contemplation for a moment, before he gave a small sigh - "Very well then, but a guard shall be accompanying the two of you."

"I'd prefer that wouldn't happen" - Was Noire's surprisingly cold response cold response. Why did Ironwood even want that?. All Jaune must be to him is just Noire's 'Little Brother'. Did he know something important about him?.

"What did you just say, girl. You should listen to your superiors" - An idiot soldier commented a little too aggressive for his own good. Glaring at the soldier, Ironwood opened his mouth but before he could say anything Noire beat him to it

"Shut it, soldier. Nobody gave you permission to speak." - Noire ordered darkly with steel in her voice, the soldier cowed easily. She then looked to the General. " , if we may? I think Jaune would prefer some proper clothes before we speak." - She asked Ironwood respectfully.

For a split second he looked as if he was about to deny her. But then gave a resigned sigh - "Very well then, but you" - He then looked and glared at Jaune - "Pull something like that again. And i'll deal with you personally." Jaune scoffed at the threat

They left afterwards

Jaune took a moment to look at her, for Ironwood to enter and not just his soldiers meant that they must be close, or something like that.

POP

She put her dislocated wrist back in place, no signs of pain or discomfort were shown. She then gave him a resigned sigh. She looked at him calmly, comfortingly yet still very upset with him - "Jaune, could you stop being so aggressive for a moment. I'm not going to hurt you, nobody here is.". Jaune still kept his cold and stoic face, keeping his desire to end her life in his head. It reminded him of Pyrrha, she was nothing more than a vile, cruel monster underneath all of the champions 'sweet' demeanor.

Jaune coldly gazed at Noire


They had 'talked'. But it was really just Noire asking question and Jaune either saying nothing, or Jaune denying her any answer. Or to summarise it, Noire asked, Jaune barely answered. But in the end Jaune left.

Jaune wore a plain pair of blue jeans, a white dress shirt, he wore no gloves and the last thing he wore were blue and white sneakers. His hair, as always, was slicked back. And Imperium was sheathed as he held it in his left hand

Jaune wanted to get this over with, he already knew what he had to do. First of all check on his brain swelling and brain damage. Getting some new clothes and finding a way to upgrade his weapon. Up his training and teach himself some new attacks. The rest he didn't know.

"Alright then, Jaune. I'll see you next time" - They were both outside, a good distance away from the base. Nobody was around for a couple of miles

"..." - Jaune had no intention of seeing her ever again. He barely had an interest in her anymore.

"Silence huh?...I'll see you next time then, Jaune" - Noire was dressed in Specialist attire. A white short sleeved, double layered shirt with blue accents. A short, white skirt and white long boots. She had her weapons on her person as well.

The woman who had brought him to the Atlas Base seemed sad. But she didn't show it all that much. Jaune still found it quite odd that they had noticed nothing odd about him. He still remembered that painful... 'thing' that happened when he was defeated.

*turn*

Jaune did a 180 and turned around, leaving her alone as he went for the nearby city. But he still paid a semblance of attention to her, better to not get attacked from the back. Better safe than sorry.


30 Minutes Later


Jaune was now in the city, the first thing he was going to do is to figure out a place where he could get some proper clothing. He ran a hand through his blackish-blonde hair and noticed something, - "My hair, it's too long and unruly. At this length it would only serve to annoy me and get in the way." He noted. He overheard some people talking about a mall earlier.

To summarise it there was a 'great' and 'popular' mall in the city Jaune was in, he didn't bother remembering the name. But to summarise the city he was in in short. It was a nice high end city. The building were made in the usual Atlas style. With people that were well off clearly living here.

Entering the mall, one that fit the stereotypical high end one. He walked around for a bit, until he finally arrived to the desired location. A surprisingly small hair salon, it was purple on the far side from the mall, almost not even a part of it. He opened the door and looked around the relatively small room for a second. There were three purple chairs facing their respective mirrors on the wall, in front of the chairs were small desks and above that were small shelves.

One those shelves and desks were hair products that seemed propped together. Not organized at all. Jaune didn't care too take note of anything else.

"Hello!~, welcome to Lucinda Salon!" - A woman told him. She was in her mid twenties by Jaune's estimation. She had long, purple dyed hair. A light purple shirt. She had a black and purple skirt with torn black stockings. And to finish it off she wore black and purple boots.

"I need a haircut." - Nobody else but Jaune was in here.

"Ahhh~ i see!, your hair really could use a touch up~, huh~" - He didn't need to be told the obvious. She gestured to a chair after she told him the prices, which Jaune knew he could pay. "Alright, take a seat!" - She told him.

Saying nothing he sat in the chair. - "So~ what kind of hairstyle do you want?."

Jaune's answer was blunt and straightforward - "Short bordering on medium length, no further then my neck" - He continued his words - "I would prefer my hair to be slicked backwards or swept backwards. Do you understand?"

The woman nodded. "Got it!" - She told him.

The woman went off to cut his hair while Jaune went into thought - (After this, it's getting my new clothing made and then off to the library. Perhaps a new upgrade for Imperium?. Plus i also need to get to a doctor, although i don't feel any headaches anymore it's still important to see if my injuries are any worse.). The last thing he noted however that with those painful headaches gone, he could finally think clearly!, those headaches were almost always there! And they were agonizingly painful. It always frustrated him that he had to go through that

Jaune remained quiet as he thought up several thing, plans, training schedules and where to go after he finished his business.

"So, Jaune," - He hadn't told her his name, - "If you don't mind me asking, why aren't you at Beacon?"

"That is none of your concern." - Why do people keep recognizing him!?. Jaune didn't go through any effort to change his appearance on purpose but with his new looks he expected people couldn't recognize him so quickly.

"Oh, ok then. Not much of a talker are you" - She said awkwardly.

"..." - Jaune said nothing.

In a couple of minutes she was done, (quite fast) - Jaune noted. Looking at himself in the mirror he noted that instead of his neck length, unruly slicked hair it was now a lot better. His blackish-dark blonde hair was now short, bordering on medium length hair. His hair was now slicked back in a fashionable yet fit more for battle style, precisely as Jaune liked it. Summary: It looked good and it was practical.

"There!~ how do you like it." - Jaune already had already stood up and held the Lien out to her. The woman grabbed the Lien and send him a smile

"I see why you have so little customers," - This earned a faux hurt look from her - "But, you did a decent job.".

"So~, You can be nice?" - Her eyes suddenly widened in surprise - "Huh!, Where is he!?"


Jaune walked around the mall, his next destination a specialised huntsman clothing shop. A calm walk around brought him to his destination. A clothing shop that seemed to have a gothic-punk style. Apon walking around he noticed some 'approving' looks the female population gave him, along with some of the angry glares from some of the men. He had a faint idea why.

As Jaune opened the door he heard the sound of small bells chiming. Looking around the room it was a dark purple mixed with blue theme, some clothing was out for show, nobody else was in the shop.

"Hello~" - A flirty voice called out to him, Jaune looked at the woman with a one raised eyebrow, calmly assessing her. The woman, who at first glance, would have appeared to be elegant and would have very polite manners. She had ivory skin and long, black hair tied in long twin tails. Her right eye was red-tinted while her left eye was gold colored, heterochromia Jaune assumed.

The dress, which which the woman wore, was made out of crimson and black frills, giving her the appearance of 'an elegant Gothic Lolita with uneven twin tails'. On her head, she wore a big crimson net bow to hold her hair. She also wore a red and black collar on her neck.

Jaune kept his guard up and kept his weapon in reach. "How can i help you today?~"

She asked him in the same tone of voice as before.

"I require huntsman grade clothes, particularly something fit for travel. " - Jaune asked with his usual calm coldness.

"Hmmm~, what would you prefer then~?" - She smiled sultrily. Jaune wasn't affected by her behaviour and attitude to him. His presumption that she may act like this to gain more customers.

"Clothes meant for travel, they must be practical and not flashy. I would also like it if they were very resistant to damage. I would like them custom made as well." - For the things Jaune is going to go through having sturdy attire would be preferred.

"Hmmm~ We can do that" - So there's another one that works here - "But!~ That's only a guarantee if you have the money!~" - Why is she stating the obvious. - "We have a lot of customers!, you know?"

"Do you now?." - What an original tactic - "I don't have time for this, so let's just discuss business already." - Was his cold response

She giggled a bit - "Alright then~!, follow me too the back~!" She gestured to a barely noticeable door in the far off corner before she walked over to it.

"..." - Jaune quietly followed behind her. His weapon still held in his left hand.

As both entered Jaune took note of the room. It was quite big with several mannequins wearing unfinished clothing. Several sketches were hung up on the walls, along with several other things. Jaune noticed a girl, seemingly, hard at work at a decently sized desk. The desk had a computer on it. There were papers neatly stacked.

"Hello again~" The woman said, Hm, it seemed as if they were quite close. We've got a customer~!" - She said sensually too the woman

The girl turned around to her with a smile on his face. The girl had soft royal blue hair that ended at her neck along with somewhat messy bangs. She had sharp royal blue eyes. She wore a sandy/beige long-sleeved collared uniform coat with buttons going down vertically on its right, and a breast pocket on its top left along with horizontal pockets on each lower side. The pockets, outer collar and sleeve-tips are rimmed with a chocolate-brown colour. She also wore neat blue jeans with brown penny loafers.

"Ahhhh, it's good to see you as well, Alice" - She stood up and gave her a quick hug and then gestured to Jaune - "So, i see we've got a new customer"

The woman, Alice, smiled at the girl - "Blue!"...Blue?, Seriously?. Jaune noticed they were about to enter some pointless banter that would waste his time.

"Business," - He growled - "I'm here for a reason, not too see your pointless banter."

He saw some frustration in the girl's eyes before he buried it.

The woman talked to her friend` about what Jaune was here for and what clothing he desired.

"Ah, well, what kind of clothing do you want?" - The woman really reminded Jaune of a female version of Neptune.

Jaune told him exactly what he wanted, this time with specifications, and the woman and girl listened attentively.

When the conversation finished Jaune offered them a great deal of Lien if they managed to make it of great quality.

"See you in three days then~" - Alice tossed Jaune a wink and the girl gave Jaune a small wave

Jaune didn't care for any send off and left immediately


He was healed?

How?

Jaune looked in astonishment at the x-ray. His brain was completely healed. He had done almost every medical procedure he could think of.

…..No matter, it wouldn't change anything, the headaches were gone and Jaune was in no threat of dying. But it still bothered him

Jaune shook his thoughts away as he left the bed he was on. Fully nude he went over to grab his clothing and weapon, which were in arms reach. It seemed Alice wanted to take things further then just flirting, something Jaune had no objections to, He was quite stressed out after all. Both had agreed for it to just be a one night stand

Although his stamina baffled himself, sure he didn't tire easily but to go on and have sex for 4 hours.

Another question that he would have to seek the answers too soon.

As Jaune left the bed and Alice went off to her work. His next stop ,Mistral, specifically an organization he heard of through accidental eavesdropping.

As Jaune left the house he was in in his new attire, he smirked.

"The Order of The Sword, just what are your true intentions?" - He said to himself.


Authors Notes: Finally, sorry that the chapter took so long, (And that there were . I had some personal things to take care of. So about this chapter, Jaune got a haircut and some new clothing and he prepared himself to take of to Mistral, that's where i have some very important things planned. A place where will discover some really important things about himself.

And also those thing about Jaune, that he had more stamina and strength that it surprised even himself, Yeah it put it there for a reason, all will be told when Jaune is in Mistral, that i promise. It's all very important.

Noire had a little bit more about herself told through her actions and the location where they were at, but never fear she will return. Plus i'm thinking about having an interlude where it's all about Jaune's childhood and what he went through.

I'm a sorry if Jaune still seems rude, he has his reasons. Plus with the way i wrote him made sure he doesn't take note of anything that interests him. Things like the mall and stuff. So i'm sorry for the lack of details. Oh yeah and one thing, about the assassin Jaune will NOT actively pursue her, he doesn't' know who she is or anything at all about her really. But if Jaune encounters her regain there will be hell to pay for her.

I'm also sorry i couldn't keep what i promised a chapter ago, i just couldn't fit it in. Oh yeah i also fixed something up. In chapter 4 at the last bit i wrote the wrong thing, i accidentally typed Grimm essence and the rest of that when i meant to write about a way that could heal Jaune's brain injuries.

This chapter was just here to set up the next one, so i'm sorry if it isn't to your liking.

Jaune's attire will also be told in the next chapter .

Reviews are nourishment!

Now for his moveset and weapons!

Jaune's Weapons:

Imperium:Imperium is Jaune's Katana

Jaune's Moveset:

-Imperium/Sword Skills;

Imperium Combo B, A basic 3 hit combo, 2 times with the sheath and the third time with the blade (Based of off DMC3 Vergil's Yamato Combo B)

Rapid Slash, Appearing to slash only once, Jaune actually attacked at least five times, said strikes were almost invisible (Based off DMC3 Rapid Slash)

Judgement Cut, Jaune slides back and slashes so quickly that he appears to only unsheath and resheath Imperium. A cone shaped distortion protrudes outward from Jaune and within that distortion forms a dark purple orb that causes a more intense visual distortion that is then covered in slashes. (DMC3 Judgement Cut)

Fighting style mostly based of iaijutsu/iaido. The art of drawing the sword from its sheath.

-High Intelligence

-Superhuman Speed

-Superhuman Strength

-Extreme Stamina

-Tricking (A temporary name Jaune gave it); Jaune's 'Tricking' is currently his most effective movement tool, allowing him to reposition himself on the battlefield by are several ways Jaune can 'Trick ' to an opponent Air Tricking will take him directly in front of an enemy on the ground or in the air. He can also use 'tricking will bring him above the enemy or above his current position if there is no enemy. Trick Down will teleport Jaune back to the ground or behind his current standing position. These abilities allow Jaune to close and create distance as needed.

Summoned Swords; Jaune's Summoned Swords look like a dull white-grey, spectral replica of Crocea Mors that appear in a puff of white and grey fire or smoke. They shatter after piercing the enemy releasing more a puff of white-grey smoke

Soul Reaping; Jaune Rips the soul out of someone by unknown methods, he then proceeds to scan the soul for any useful information by unknown means. How this came to be is unknown. (Got the idea from "The Curse of Hatred" Fanfic)

P.M me if you have any questions. See you later chief!