Jaune Arc

After Blaze dropped off their luggage, he, Ruby and Jaune began talking as they walked around the school campus.

"All I'm saying," Jaune said, "is that motion sickness is a much more common problem then people let on."

Blaze shrugged. "I get it," he said. "I get seasick whenever I'm on a boat. It's kinda weird actually. I can be flying on the roughest air ship and be fine, but over any water…" He shook his head. "It's not fun to watch."

"Sorry for calling you Vomit Boy," Ruby said, rubbing the back of her head. "It was the first thing that came to mind…"

"Well what if I called you Crater Face, or him Loud Mouth?" Jaune snapped.

"What?" Blaze asked, distracted by his own thoughts.

"Hey that explosion was as accident," Ruby said annoyed.

"Well the name's Jaune Arc. Short. Sweet. Rolls off the tongue. Ladies love it."

Blaze looked at Jaune. "Really?" he asked, not believing.

"T…They will!" Jaune stammered. "Well I hope they will…My mom always says that…you know what, never mind."

Wow. Blaze thought the first people I meet are a snobby rich prissy and a mama's boy.

"I'm sure they will," Blaze said, smiling. "Hey Jaune, by the way, what's your weapon? Me and Ruby love to see other people's weapons. It's kinda an obsession."

"Weapons are just so cool!" Ruby said happily. "I have this thing." With a slight grin Blaze stepped back as his sister pulled out the giant scythe Crescent Rose and slammed its tip into the tiles.

"Wow!" Jaune shouted in surprise, taking a step back. "Is that a scythe!"

"It's also a customizable, high impact snipper rifle."

"W…wha?" Jaune said, looking lost.

"It's also a gun."

"Oh…that's cool!"

"No kidding!" Blaze said smiling.

"So uh…what do you have?"

"Oh uh…" Jaune said awkwardly, "I got this sword."

'Nice!" Blaze said. "May I?" Jaune shrugged and handed him the blade. Blaze took it carefully and rubbed his finger over the flat middle. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Jaune show Ruby his sheath shield.

"Wow," he whispered. "This is a really well-crafted sword. Older design too."

"Thanks!" Jaune said taking it back. "My great-great Grandfather used to use it."

"So it's like…a family heirloom?" Blaze asked. "Sweet! Not a lot of people fight with old fashioned weapons like that anymore. They take a lot of skill to use, it's impressive you can fight with it."

"Yeah…" Jaune said. "Right…"

"I also fight with a sword," Blaze said, pulling out Silver Flame, a cross between a broad and long sword. Unlike most swords, its tip ended in a diagonal line instead of a point. A dark red streak marked the center of the sword, with red markings looking like flame near the hilt. The crosspiece itself was far longer than normal, one side ending in a scope, the other holding a trigger. A red crystal was in the center of the dark red crosspiece. The hilt was black and large enough for two hands to grab. With a proud grin, Blaze held the blade up, grabbing the blade with his gloved hand and looked at Jaune through the scope.

"It's also a gun."

"Uh…nice," Jaune said, looking a bit uncomfortable to be staring down the barrel of the gun sword. Blaze slid Silver Flame back into its sheath and patted it fondly.

"This might be rude to ask," Jaune said. "But…if you two are siblings…why do you look so different?"

"We have different last names too," Blaze said

"It's kinda a complicated story," Ruby said. "My dad's last name is Xiao Long. And he had my sister Yang, who's mom…left. So he gave her his last name. Then he married my mom and had me, so he gave my her last name Rose. But then she uh…" Ruby paused looking down sadly.

"She died. Being a huntress." Blaze said, putting a hand on Ruby's shoulder. "Anyway my uncle Qrow found me in the woods one day and saved me from a Grimm attack, actually that's how I got this scar." Blaze pointed to the scar over his eye. "He brought me home and my dad adopted me. Giving me his last name. I guess it just made sense to him. So Yang is my half-sister and Ruby it my whole sister."

Ruby blinked, "Whole sister?"

"Well half-half-sister. And two halves make a whole so…whole sister."

"Oh."

"Wow…that is a complicated story," Jaune said. "Sorry about your mom, she was probably pretty brave if she died as a huntress. I have an adopted sister too; her name's Rigel and she had bright pink hair! It's actually natural."

"Mine too," Blaze said, fingering his red-tipped bangs. "It's kinda weird actually…not really sure how it grows like that…"

"Hey where are we going?" Ruby asked looked around.

"Oh I don't know," Jaune said. "I was following you..."

"I was following you," Blaze said, pointing at Jaune.

"You think there might be a directory? Maybe a food court? Any sort of recognizable land mark?"

Ruby snickered.

"Is that a no?"

"Yeah that's a no."

Blaze looked around. "I mean we could just head towards the giant tower in the distance."

"Oh yeah…" Jaune said looking behind them. "Good call."

Ruby snickered again.