Jaune yawned and stretched his arms ,still clad in his silk PJs. He had woken up extra early for this occasion.
He was currently in the Cafeteria waiting in line to receive the Holy Goods, The Sustainers of Life and Happiness, the real reason on why he chose to attend Beacon Academy.
"Here you go sweetie, 50 toasted waffles and one tub of special Beacon Cherry syrup warm and ready to eat!" the kind lunch lady announced.
Jaune bowed deeply in reverance of the Holy Goods and accepted the large tray gracefully.
"Are you sure you can eat of all that girlie? You look quite dainty, it might be a bit too much for you" the lunch lady asked concerned.
Jaune gave a small smile,"Don't worry miss, when it comes to the Sustainers of Life and Happiness, my stomach never gets full! Anyways thanks for the food!" Jaune bowed once more and skipped away to an open table.
"By the way its not girlie ,it's laddie!", he called out behind him.
The lunch lady could only rest her head on her hand and give an exasperated smile, "What a weird girl, does she really expect me to believe that with that face, voice and those clothes? And what the heck is the Sustainer of Life and Happiness?"
Ruby paced back and forth in the ballroom doing her best not to panic. She couldn't believe she had already broken her promise of looking after her new friend.
Jaune was gone!
She had woken up at 7am ready to be confronted by the heartwarming sight of a sleeping Jaune, not an empty space!
'What if she was kidnapped or lured away by someone who wanted to take advantage of her?! Oh no this is horrible!' Ruby panicked internally.
Let it be known that Ruby was good at many things however rational thought in the morning was not one of those subjects.
Ruby couldn't help but picture a teary eyed Jaune crying out for help as some brute approached her. Needless to say, that just led to more stress.
"What should I do?!", she moaned pacing back and forth with her head in her hands.
Ruby got her answer from a sleeping Yang beside her who had a habit of sleep talking.
"Mmm, fooood", Yang mumbled on her pillow, drool leaking from the sides of her mouth.
Ruby gasped dramatically, her sister was a genius!
"That's right I should go stock up on cookies in the cafeteria so I can think more efficiently on how to find Jaune", Ruby deduced then nodded satisfied with her plan of action.
She gave a quick hug to her sleeping sister,"Thanks Yang you're a lifesaver!", then with the aid of her semblance she took off towards the cafeteria.
Rose petals fluttered in the background as a sleeping Yang mumbled once more,"Mmmm gimme more steak."
Yang's drool flowed like a river that morning.
Ruby had finally reached the cafeteria entrance after multiple close misses and many apologies.
She would have to properly apologise to the faunus with the bunny ears later though. It seemed like she scared the life out of her.
Ruby opened the door and immediately noticed the small crowd gathered around one table. Her hunter instincts took over and she immediately walked over to see what the issue was.
Ruby could hear oohs and aahs as she got closer. She then tapped the shoulder of a tall black haired male on the outskirts of the crowd. The male turned his attention towards Ruby.
"What's up shorty?" the male asked. Ruby frowned at the nickname but quickly disregarded it, "What's going on here? Is there a fight happening?" she inquired.
The male snorted "Oh it's a fight all right, just not the conventional type."
Ruby's brows were raised at his words, "What do you mean?"
The male shook his head and elaborated,
"There's two girls having a food eating contest, a blondie and some ginger, they're both tiny yet they're eating so much so it's pretty entertaining to watch."
Ruby blinked. That was weird. Didn't seem to affect her though. She thanked the male and decided to make her way to the desserts aisle, ready to grab a fresh batch of choco chip cookies.
However, before she could her eyes took notice of a familiar yellow silk shirt in the middle of the crowd.
Could it be?
She used her short stature to maneuver through the crowd and saw a familiar blonde ,their hair now tied in a large bun currently in the process of stuffing their face with waffles drenched in red looking syrup.
"Jaune!! Why didn't you wait for us or leave a message to tell us where you went?! I was so worried!!" Ruby called out to Jaune with concern
Jaune who was still in the process of demolishing his meal ,heard Ruby's words and gave her a quick wave.
"Hefwo Rufy, can'd rearry talf rife nao(Hello Ruby, can't really talk right now)," Jaune then swallowed and finished with a serious tone," I have a sinner to defeat."
Ruby regarded Jaune with a bewildered stare.
A sinner?
She then took notice of the girl beside Jaune, who was also in the process of devouring stacks of pancakes draped with syrup.
She was a short girl with short ginger hair and wore a white shirt with a high black collar and a pink skirt.
Wait, so they were the two having an eating contest?!, Ruby realised.
"Why is this even happening?" Ruby muttered, deeply confused, it was too early in the morning for this.
"I believe I can explain that," a masculine voice answered. Ruby jumped in surprise and looked toward the source of the voice.
The male had long black hair with a single pink streak to the side of his hair and a face that Ruby would have assumed belonged to a woman if it wasn't for the voice.
"Umm.." Ruby began waiting for a name.
The boy caught on and introduced himself "My name is Lie Ren, just call me Ren and the girl besides your companion is my friend Nora Valkyrie, it is a pleasure to meet you" he bowed.
"Yeah nice to meet you too Ren! I'm Ruby Rose" Ruby exclaimed. Ren nodded then began his recollection of what led to this odd situation.
Flashback to 30 mins ago
Ren and Nora were currently looking for an open table with Ren carrying both of their trays when Nora noticed a long haired blonde sitting by themselves on one of the tables.
"Ooh ooh Renny let's sit over there with him, his hair looks so pretty I wonder if he would let me braid it? Ooh ooh or twintails, I wonder if he'd like it?" Nora asked excitedly, pointing with one hand while poking Ren with the other.
Ren looked in the direction where Nora pointed. His eyes widened. That blonde was certainly not a "he". But then again Nora was scatterbrained.
Ren sighed "Why don't we just leave her be Nora? Maybe she just wants to eat alone," he suggested.
Nora had already left his side by the time he finished speaking to sit beside the blonde girl . Ren just groaned. What was he expecting? This was Nora after all.
He followed after Nora, preparing to smoothen the experience of interacting with Nora for the first time for the blonde.
Nora suddenly sat down right beside the blonde, causing the poor girl to jump and squeak in surprise nearly knocking a tub of syrup over. Nora then flashed her a wide smile.
"Hiii! Nice to meetcha blondie, you can call me Nora, can I just say your hair is sooo pretty, can I braid it pleeease? Ooh ooh what do you think of sloths? I think they're the bestest thing ever!" Nora word vomited to the blond.
The blonde blinked, seemingly nonplussed with Nora's words.
Ren stepped in, "Nora, don't surprise her like that, she could have spilled her food" he scolded, he then turned towards the blonde and bowed, "Sorry about that, Nora doesn't really have a sense of personal space, My name is Lie Ren, it's a pleasure to meet you."
The blonde regained their composure and just gave a small laugh.
"Umm no need to apologize I was just surprised, you can call me Jaune, nice to meet you Nora and Lie" Jaune smiled towards both of them.
Ren's cheeks grew slightly flushed before quickly regaining their colour. Jaune had the most attractive smile he had seen yet that didn't belong to Nora.
Nora tutted, "Jauney just call him Renny, no one calls him Lie and can I braid your hair pleeease?" she pleaded once again.
Jaune's smile grew wider "Sure you can Nora, you remind me of the little twins back home, just let me finish these Holy Goods first"
"Holy goods?" Ren asked confusedly. Jaune then pointed towards the lunch tray, Ren's eyes grew wide, meeting the sight of stacked waffles.
Oh no, not waffles.
Ren quickly looked over to Nora hoping she hadn't seen it yet.
Nora looked absolutely livid.
Never mind then.
Ren groaned, this morning just got a lot more harder.
"You heathen! You dare eat that rubbish in front of the Almighty Pancake Queen?!", Nora shouted standing up with fury.
Jaune's body jerked violently, almost falling off the bench like he had just been slapped. His hair flailing wildly as he stood up offended at what he had just heard.
"You dare call the Holy Goods rubbish?! You sinner!! How dare you?!" Jaune's voice was filled with disgust. His eyes wide with righteous anger.
The people in the cafeteria started to take notice of the commotion and looked over. Ren tried to play peacemaker.
"Maybe you girls should just calm dow-"
Nora interrupted his words while ignoring him completely.
"I call it rubbish because that's what it is, you heathen! Everyone knows that pancakes are better than waffles! They are the supreme breakfast food!", Nora's hands slammed on the table to emphasize her truth.
Jaune gave the most offended gasp Ren had ever heard, "You take that back now! Everyone knows waffles are the supreme breakfast food!"
"You know, you girls are being a bit dramatic right no-", Ren tried once more
"HAHAHAHA!", Nora gave a wild laugh, now squaring up to Jaune "Why don't you make me then? Not like you can with those chicken wings you call arms" she snarked.
"Oooooh!!" , the people in the cafeteria jeered. Ren sighed, why did he even try?
Jaune stared Nora down unaffected by the dig and smirked, "Yeah I wouldn't expect you to either, especially when it seems all those nutrients went to your chest instead of your brain"
"Ooooooohh!!!!!", the jeers grew even larger
Nora's face gained an ugly look "You wanna go right now heathen?!"
Jaune gave an ugly smirk "Bring it sinner!"
The tension in the room increased exponentially as they glared each other in the eye.
The whole cafeteria held their breath, waiting for the first punch to be thrown.
Ren had enough of this foolishness, it was time to shut down this show. "Alright! That's enough nonsense from you tw-"
"I DECLARE A FOOD EATING TRIAL!", Nora and Jaune shouted simultaneously.
The tension died immediately as the whole cafeteria fell from their seats.
"Standard rules?" Nora asked.
Jaune nodded "Yeah, first to stop eating their respective foods lose and they have to renounce their statements."
They both shook hands, sat down and began devouring their respective meals at a rapid pace.
Ren could only look on in confusion. What. The. Fuc-
Ruby listened in morbid awe as Ren finished his recollection of events. Who knew Jaune was such a waffle fanatic? She also would have thought Jaune was more mature than that.
She then looked on to where Nora and Jaune sat. They were still rapidly devouring their stacks of waffles/pancakes while trading insults with each other.
"Dummy!" Nom Nom
"Chicken wings!" Nom Nom Nom
"Airbags!" Nom Nom Nom Nom
"How long have they been at it?" Ruby asked, slightly concerned.
Ren gripped his forehead feeling a headache coming ,"It's been nearly half an hour now", he sighed.
"Wow!" Ruby was honestly kind of impressed that they could eat so much, "It's like they've forgotten that initiation starts in like 10 minutes."
Suddenly both contenders stopped eating, their eyes growing comically wide.
"What do you mean it starts in 10 minutes?! I haven't even changed out of my jammys!" Jaune shrieked.
Nora nodded rapidly in agreement and then she pointed at Ren "And you! Renny! Why didn't you tell us it started so soon?!"
Ren gave the most blank stare Ruby had ever witnessed, "I did do that though if you listened to me, multiple times at that" Ren deadpanned.
"For shame Renny!" Nora tutted, ignoring Ren's words. Jaune nodded alongside her "For shame Renny!" he parroted.
Ruby noticed the dangerous gleam in Ren's eyes so she quickly stepped in.
"Now now let's calm down, Jaune you come with me, I'll show you where the girls changing rooms are," Ruby offered.
Nora gave Ruby a puzzled look before saying "What are you talking about? Jauney is a boy you know"
Ruby and the crowd around them quietened immediately. The birds could be heard chirping outside the room.
Then all once they all burst out laughing with even Ren chuckling a little bit.
Ruby wiped a tear of laughter from her eye ,"That was a good joke Nora but the contest is already over no need for the insults."
Jaune then gave Ruby the same puzzled look "No she's right though Ruby, I'm a guy" he said.
Ruby shook her head like a disappointed mother "What are you talking about Jaune? The joke got old already. Let's just go, initiation starts soon!"
Jaune stared at Ruby with a serious look "I'm serious though, I'm not kiddin-"
Ruby grew annoyed "Stop joking and let's g-"
"He's not lying", a male voice rang in the cafeteria, they all looked towards the source with all eyes widening when they realised it was Headmaster Ozpin who spoke.
"I can guarantee on Jaune's hospital records that he is indeed listed as a male" Ozpin elaborated, sipping his coffee.
Ruby stood in shock. It couldn't be. If Jaune was a guy then what did that mean for girls Remnant wide then?
That beautiful face. Male
That short and slender frame. Male
That feminine voice. Male
Those long silky blonde locks. Male
Ruby could feel her mind break and simultaneously undergo a Paradigm shift. Ruby along with the whole cafeteria could only speak one word.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??!?!?!"
Ozpin blinked and merely took another sip of his coffee.
'And they say I'm loud,' Nora thought shaking her head.
And that's a chicken wrap! Thanks for reading guys, I originally wanted this chapter and the next chapter to be combined but I reckoned it would be too long, so we'll make do with this for now. Don't worry though, the next chapter should come out a few hours after this.
Initiation finally begins so look foward to it!
Reviews are welcome as always. I'll see you guys soon. Peace out.