There is a song from RWBY called sacrifice that strengthens my belief that Ozpin is actually one of the bad guys. If you listen to it like Salems the one singing it about Ozpin and it just blows the mind.
What did he want to know? Not much apparently but that was fine since there was only one really important question that needed to be asked. "Just one thing, what mission does Salem have for me"? Ren looked a little surprised for a moment before answering "you weren't given one or at least one we aren't aware of".
Jaune ran a hand through his hair and let out a sigh "well then what's your mission here"? Nora looped a arm around his neck and pulled him low so she could whisper in his ear "finding the vault as students". She let him go and took a step back "we're like secret agents deep undercover".
A smile came to jaunes face "that's pretty neat but still it's kinda a shame that I wasn't given any instructions. I suppose supporting you guys when needed wouldn't go against your mission parameters right"? Ren wanted to object but Nora beat him to it "really? You'd help us? Oh we're gonna be such great friends".
Jaune saw the attack coming and braced himself with aura but even then the bone crushing hug Nora gave him threaten to rupture his intestines. When released jaune coughed a few times and gasped for air until he returned to normal "right, I think we should get to bed. We're gonna need are sleep for tomorrow's initiation" Ren raised a brow at his words "you know what's supposed to happen at initiation"?
Jaune smirked at the boy "yeah I do, I've got a useful tip from a upperclassmen that I know". Ren tried to ask but jaune cut him off "if your gonna ask don't bother unless you got something of equal worth to my info". A frown spread across Ren's face as he watched the boy in front of him "we're supposed to be on the same team".
Jaune nodded to his words before answering "true but your not in mortal danger if I don't tell you so I can live with it". Ren wasn't so sure that was true but didn't have any real evidence to argue the point luckily Nora was on the case. The pink bomber bounced in place while firing off question quicker than jaune could think of answers.
"Are we fighting Grimm? Oh maybe it's a mission to prove are worth? No wait it's definitely a tournament and the strongest get accepted right? Well then again it could be a written exam, ugh please don't let it be a written exam. She fell to her knees dramatically and whimpered before screaming to the heavens "I need to break some legs!
The two boys watched the ginger go through her fifty shades of emotions before exchanging glances with each other. A sigh escaped jaunes lips as he pressed a hand over his face "for what it's worth I'm sorry for the hand fates dealt you". For the first time that day Ren truly felt that he and jaune were on the same side "it hasn't been easy" although he was use to it he couldn't hide the defeat in his voice.
Apparently jaune had noticed the defeat in his tone and placed a supportive hand on Ren's shoulder. Funny how he could find such solidarity in a person who - to jaunes knowledge - was keeping him in the dark about their plans intentionally. "I suppose it can't be helped" he said as he let go of Ren's shoulder "initiation will have us being launched into the Emerald forest to get a item that will decide are team's".
The information was useful cause now they could devise a plan to avoid having to team up with jaune and have him shadow their movements. Nora hopped to her feet, gave a small yawn and stretched a little "welp time for bed boys" she said as she took grabbed their hands and began to drag them back to the ballroom. One final time jaune turned to Ren "I really am sorry for you" the boy sighed and let the storm of Nora do with him as she willed.
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The next morning came and jaune made his way to the cliff where initiation was to take place. Waiting for him there was ruby, yang and blake along with several others he did and did not recognize. Ruby saw him first and screamed his name like he'd been missing for centuries. Almost everyone turned to look at him but before he could feel embarrassed about being the center of attention ruby tackled him with her semblance enhanced speed.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry" she said as she straddled him to keep him from disappearing again. Jaune grumbled a "it's fine" from beneath her but ruby disagreed strongly "no it's not, yang told me why you were really angry and at first I didn't get it so she explained it in simple terms. It took a little bit but I finally understood why you were so angry, it was because you were worried right"?
Jaune pushed himself into a sitting position while ruby slide down onto his lap so he wouldn't be uncomfortable. "I was worried ruby not only because of your recklessness but because you didn't see anything wrong with sacrificing yourself". Ruby bit her bottom lip nervously as jaune continued "I know it's our job to protect innocent people and I know sometimes that means putting ourself's in danger but try to think how we'd feel if you disappeared from are lives".
He could tell his words were finally getting through to her so he placed a hand on her head and gently pulled her into a hug. His voice was soft as he spoke to her "I just don't want to lose the people I care about" ruby's head nodded against his shoulder and he knew she understood at last. There was a cough that came a little further from them that had jaune and ruby turning to see who it was.
Ozpin sipped from his mug while Glynda goodwitch watched them with a glare that sent chills down their spines. There was a brief moment where nobody moved until Ozpin spoke "Miss Rose, Mr Arc, I do believe bedroom affairs should remain in the bedroom and not displayed to a public audience". A white blank appeared where jaunes thoughts should have been and it took yang calling out to them and pointing out how they were sitting before jaunes mind rebooted itself.
The two young teens moved quickly to get up only to slip and fall to the ground once more before successfully separating and climbing to their feet. Ruby's face was beet red while jaune looked away from her with a pink color dusting his cheeks. Ozpin chuckled lightly before taking another sip from his mug "I'm sure most of you don't need to hear a welcome from me but welcome anyway".
Ozpin took a moment to look over the new potentials before him "right then let us begin, Glynda if you would". The deputy headmistress strode forward carrying a black satchel along with her "alright students get in line to receive your piece" she announced. The students formed a line as Glynda walked pass them while handing out tiny chess pieces to each individual.
Once everyone had a chess piece Ozpin continued "good now look long and hard at your chess piece because the person with the opposite color will be your partner for the next four years". The students were stunned at the news and quickly began to look at their chess pieces to find out who their partners were.
Jaune held his pieces in front of him and noticed it was the black knight chess piece which meant the person with the white knight was his partner. It didn't take long to find out who it was when yang wrapped a arm around his neck and held up a white horse figure. She gave him a smirk as she flipped her chess piece in her hand "looks like the two of us are gonna be together for the next four years partner".
A laugh began to echo from behind them and when he turned to see who it was he saw Blake looking far to happy for his liking. Standing by Blake's side was ruby, she gave him a wave and a smile only because she didn't know about his terrible luck. Maybe it was karma or something but getting stuck with yang meant having to listen to her snores for the next four years.
Speaking of the girl in question he noticed she took a great deal of interest in his neck. It took a few seconds to realize why and when he did his hand flew up to cover it. Yangs lilac eye's moved up to meet his blue "jaune what's that on your neck"?
The question was a simple one "bug bite" unfortunately the truth wasn't as simple as the question asked. Yangs eye's narrowed on him but he looked away trying to pretend he didn't notice. Remembering how he got the red mark on his neck only made it harder to ignore Yangs glare.
Last night when Nora dragged them back to the ballroom she forced them to sleep next to each other with Ren in the middle and the other two at his sides. Jaune remembered falling asleep alone but woke up to a unexpected addition clinging to his body. Nora slept peacefully as she pulled her body pillow closer to herself, unfortunately said body pillow was now awake and aware of his current situation.
Jaune remained as still as possible while he tried to piece together how he ended up this way. Nora on the other hand buried her face into jaunes neck and pushed her chest into his elbow effectively breaking his concentration. The dark side of his mind pushed to the front and filled his thoughts with lewd acts but with a quick shake of his head he cleared those thoughts away after all Salem didn't raise a fool.
Damn his teenage body and the uncontrollable libido that came with it, they were gonna get him killed. Jaune tried once more to think about the reason this situation happened and realized that Ren wasn't in the place he went to bed at. In fact the boy was on the opposite side of where he slept at leaving no one in between him and Nora.
The pieces began to fall into place and jaune couldn't help the anger that rose in him. His head turned towards Ren's sleeping form and began to mentally curse the boy to death for using him as a scapegoat. After cursing the boy for a few minutes jaune tried to think of a way to get out of Nora's grasp when his thoughts were interrupted by a wet sensation against his neck.
First there was a kiss and then there was a sucking sensation that had him yelping loudly as he ripped himself free from his captor. Ren and Nora rolled to their feet ready for a fight only to see jaune grasping his neck like he'd been stabbed and all the other students still asleep. Nora rubbed her eye's and let out a yawn "jaune what's your problem"?
Jaune took a few minutes to explain what she'd been doing to him when he woke up and at first she said he was dreaming and that she was flattered when he pointed to a red mark firmly planted against his neck. The mark was still wet and that had Nora going red "um...sorry" she said nervously as her eye's drifted to see Ren's reaction.
The pink eyed boy turned away trying his best to hide the laughter threatening to break free but it didn't go unnoticed. She had been hoping to see a different reaction from the boy but apparently jealousy didn't even register in Ren's mind.
Jaune snapped out of his memorys when Ozpin spoke up to gain their attention "please step on a platform and I'll explain the last part of your initiation".
Welp that's the end of this chapter. This story feels like it's going to take a while to finish probably cause there's just so much for these characters to do. Then there's the problem with having to pick a RWBY character for jaune to fall in love with. There's just too many good women in here and I hate harems!