I know people are worried about this whole covid-19 epidemic so I just hope you all take care of yourself and be safe.
Two and a half years passed since their misadventure on patch and much has changed since then. Jaune and neo were in their third years while Coco and velvet were in their last year of pharos. While their class and ages were different, they still hung out occasionally, it was on this random day that Coco, yang and ruby set out to find their blonde comrade. "Your sure he's here" yang asked as she stared at the bar called juniors, Coco looked up from her scroll "that's what neo just messaged me, apparently this is his usual hangout spot".
"Never took jaune for the party type" yang said as she led the others to the bars entrance. Two male bouncers blocked the entrance from the rest of the guests, seeing the three girls approach the eldest bouncer confronted them. "Aren't you kids a bit young to be out this late"? Yang rolled her eye's "we're here to find jaune, you know him, I hear he's a regular" the man's shades slide down his nose to reveal a pale face "you mean mister Arc"?
Coco took the man's reaction and rolled with it "yeah, he's expecting us so we'd appreciate it if you stopped wasting are time and let us through". The bouncer took a step back and turned to the side to allow them access to the club "please forgive my rudeness". Coco turned to the others and gave them a wink before she made a show of her privilege by walking passed the line of people waiting to enter.
Ruby and yang quickly followed behind Coco and entered the club, the place was far bigger than it looked from the outside with loads of people everywhere. Coco lowered her shades to get a better look around for there target until ruby began pointing to someone on the other side of the club. "Look look there he is" ruby said as she bounced up and down, Coco looked in the direction that ruby was pointing to see a blond young man wearing a white button up shirt, black pants and shoes with a vest and tie.
At first he looked like just another gang member until he pulled the red shades off, revealing two blue eyes that they knew so well. There were plenty of questions to ask him but that could wait till later, the trio made there way to the bar in time to overhear the conversation jaune was having with the bartender.
Jaune dried off his hands with a rag "I managed to get the location of your goods like you asked but your gonna have to get ride of the guy as a customer so this doesn't happen again".
The bartender let out a sigh "damn it" junior pick up a spare cloth to dry a shot glass "I appreciate the help as usual, I'll also send some of my boy's to pick up the merchandise".
Jaune nodded to the elder man before turning in his chair "you know it's rude to eavesdrop, right"? "You were busy talking and we just happened to be close enough to hear" Coco said innocently but he didn't buy it. A quick roll of his eye's followed by rubbing his left hand through his hair allowed him to relax a little "so, what's up"? Coco placed a hand on her hip, lowered her glasses and gave jaune a once over "apparently a lot but that can wait till later".
She reached into her back pocket and pulled forth four tickets "congratulations your are fourth for a little field trip to the mistral championship". Jaune chuckled "what would make you think that I'd want to go to mistral, home of the white fang HQ, who I might add had captured and tortured me"? Coco nodded a couple times "well when you put it like that it's hard to argue, I guess I thought you'd like a vacation from neo but apparently you appreciate her company more than I thought".
Jaune shot up out of his chair "wait, your telling me that neo isn't coming with you"? Coco nodded "yup, only had four tickets for us four in attendance" she said as she wave her index finger in a circular motion. Turning left and right to look at the other two, jaune weighed his options, on one hand it was three girls he could easily get along with and on the other hand was neo, who had been a lot more moody lately.
Jaune turned to junior "don't tell her where I'm going and make sure you got plenty of junk food on hand for the coming days". Junior raised a brow "your acting like she's a type of animal" jaune wore a blank expression "it's neo" the elder man thought about it "good point".
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Mistral, several days later
Jaune looked at the caller ID on his scroll, five missed call from junior, so it has begun already he thought as he turned his scroll off. Although he wasn't in vale anymore he still wore the outfit junior gave him except for the red glasses. The motel they were staying at was one that was set up in advance by Coco's mother since she had connection there for her work as a fashion designer.
Coco went to the front desk to get what they needed and quickly returned with three key cards. "Here you go" she passed out two of the cards to both jaune and yang "ruby will be staying in your room yang". Yang looked disappointed that she had to share her room, until a thought came to mind "oh jaune" she wrapped her arms around his neck "you wouldn't mind swapping with me would you"?
Jaune tried to wiggle out of her grasp but unfortunately her grip was to strong "why would I be willing to do that"? Yangs arms tightened around his neck as she pulled him close enough so she could whisper in his ear "if you don't I'll let neo know the real reason you came on this trip". Jaunes eye's narrowed "you wouldn't" yang smiled viciously "I would and you should know by now that I always win" jaune stared at her for a few seconds before finally giving in.
A heavy sigh escaped his lips "Alright you win" he said reluctantly, a smile spread across Yangs face " I knew you would see it my way". Yang gave jaune a peck on the cheek before letting go of his neck and turned to the other two who were talking with each other "ruby" she called happily to get her attention. "Looks like you'll be rooming with jaune" ruby looked confused at the situation she was in "why can't I stay in your room"?
Yang came close and gave her cousin a hug "some people just need more space than others and I happen to be one of those people plus jaune wholeheartedly agreed". Ruby looked to jaune for some assurance but instead of him agreeing with Yangs words he looked grief stricken. Yang coughed loudly to catch jaunes attention "right jaune" the boys head nodded slowly "see everything is gonna be fine" unfortunately ruby disagreed with her cousin.
After finding their rooms and settling in, the four of them decided to hit the streets of mistral. "We're lost" yang cried out as she fell to her knees in a dramatic fashion "we're not lost you idiot" said Coco. The small map that was displayed on Coco's scroll showed their location "Look, if we follow this street here we can get to haven academy easily" yang got back to her feet and dusted herself off.
"If it was that simple why'd you say you had no idea where we were" yang questioned "because I've never been to mistral before so I don't really know this place". Jaune rubbed his temple trying his best to alleviate the headache that was coming until a small tug on his shirt brought his attention to ruby. Ruby looked worried "are we gonna be ok" she asked, jaune smiled down at her before he ruffled her hair "don't worry ruby, I promise we'll be ok, after all an Arc -" "Never goes back on their word" ruby finished for him.
Jaune chuckled "yeah" Coco snapped her fingers "Alright everyone let's get a move on" she ordered as she headed down the road. The walk to haven academy was longer than he thought luckily he spent most of the walk talking to ruby about the latest issue of X-ray and vav that she'd gotten him into. "Alright everyone we're here" Coco announced happily "make sure your on your best behavior please" she gave a pointed look at yang which caused ruby to giggle.
As they strode through the courtyard of haven academy they noticed a lot of the students milling around "so much for being hard working huntsmen and huntresses" jaune commented. Their stroll through the academy was interrupted by two huntsmen in training "kids aren't allowed here, this place is for future saviors of remnant". The two huntsmen snickered as they fist bumped each other "then we should be right at home since we're training to be huntsmen and huntresses as well" jaune crossed his arms as he smirked at the duo.
"You hear that Dee, their gonna be huntsmen too" the huntsmen in training broke into laughter "come on Dudley it's not right to make fun of kids dreams" Dee laughed out. Yang was furious, how dare they laugh at their dream like it was foolish, before she could get close to them jaune grabbed her shoulder. "Two big bad huntsmen think they can be better than us" Coco laughed "we may be young but we're the best at what we do".
Dee and Dudley exchanged looks with each other before turning back to Coco "if your so confident, then how about a wager"? Coco raised a brow "what kinda wager" Dee smiled viciously "a tag team fight, you and one of your other friends versus us". Coco nodded "what's the terms for winning and losing" Dudley gave Coco and yang a once over "how about if we win you and the blonde chick spend some time with us".
The duo chuckled "we'll be happy to show you what it's like with a real huntsmen" Dudley winked at Coco which caused her to flinched in disgust. "If we lose-" Dee thought about it "-we'll let you decide" he said quickly, Coco turned to yang "what do you think" yang huffed "I'm game, I'll be sure to treat them gently". The deal was set and they were led to the training hall where a few huntsmen in training watched with amusement as yang and Coco got into the ring with Dee and Dudley.
Ruby was uncomfortable "what should we do, this could be bad" jaune had the same thought but for a different reason. When the bell for the fight rang, jaunes thought became a reality and the horror Dee and Dudley were subjected to were enough for him to feel sorry for them. A flinch here, covering ruby's eye's there weren't enough to shield them from the horrible scene taking place especially when yang lifted Dee into the air with an uppercut to the nuts.
Once the fight was over with the two girls hopped off the fighting ring with pleased expression on their faces. Jaune turned to the ring where the two huntsmen in training laid "those two will never have kids in their future and for that you have my condolences. Coco rolled her eyes "we weren't that bad" the horrible wheeze that came from Dee's crumpled form begged to differ. "So what's next" yang asked the group but before anyone could answer, jaune raised a hand "actually I need to speak with the headmaster about something".
"Ok we'll come with you" yang said but jaune shook his head "sorry but it's sort of a private affair, don't worry I'll be back soon so just hang around here until I come back". Jaune backed away from the group before he turned and quickly left "does anyone else feel like there's something going on with jaune or is that just me"? Ruby and yang agreed with Coco "should we follow him" ruby asked but yang shook her head "whatever he's doing isn't are problem and besides it's not like he's doing anything bad so let's leave him be for now".
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In the headmasters office Leo lionheart wiped the sweat off his brow "I've done as you've ask and hired the assassin, he should arrive at the arena in time for the Champions meet and greet". A few hooded figures stood around lionhearts desk "we appreciate your corporation" the leader of the hooded figure said. A knock on the door had everyone present in the room turning to the door, no one was supposed to disturb them, another knock came to which Leo answered "who is it"?
"It's Jaune Arc, I believe we met a long time ago when I traveled here with my master" the hooded figures turned to lionheart "let him in" the leader said. Leo did as he was told "please come in the door is opened" at the behest of the headmaster the door opened to reveal a tall young man with long blonde hair. The boy walked in but didn't seem to notice the hooded figures standing in the room "it's been too long headmaster" jaune said as he bowed slightly.
As soon as the door closed to the headmasters office the hooded leader moved behind jaune and pressed hand gun equipped with a blade at the top and bottom against his back. Jaune froze in place "your getting sloppy jaune" the hooded leader whispered into his ear, the hooded leader snapped their fingers and the room that was empty became full with four other hooded figures besides the leader. "Please tell me your not with the white fang" he asked only for the hooded leader to laugh "it really has been a long time if you don't remember my voice" the hooded leader removed the hood to reveal her face.
Jaunes eye's widened as he took in the woman that stood before him "Vernal" he said slowly, Vernal lowered her weapon and spread her arms "the one and only".
The return to mistral and Now vernal as been reunited with jaune but is it a blessing in disguise or a omen of what's to come?