I've been looking through the first season all over again to try and keep this story sorta in line with the original...or something close to that. Looking for new ideas and things to write about is a lot easier when you can pick apart the original for ideas.
The first day of Beacon started off with classes in Grimm study and history, none of which was all that interesting since the history they taught was incomplete and Grimm study was just story time with port. Most students either fell asleep or just couldn't keep up with the teachers and their odd way of teaching but once those classes ended the best class had everyone's attention, combat class. Different weapons, tactics and semblances made this class one to focus on mostly because it was a chance to show off how strong you were to everyone else.
From what he could gather from the previous fights so far was that everyone seemed to focus a lot of their time on their weapons instead of using everything else. Master Alec had always made sure that any weapon he held could be used to strike a foe down and If there was no weapon available then he himself would become the weapon. Watching the other students use flashy moves against each other was entertaining for sure but otherwise they were wasted movements that anyone could take advantage of.
"Alright next up is ruby rose and Nora valkyrie" Glynda goodwitch announced to the remaining students. Nora was like a pop up toy jumping to her feet with excitement shining in her eyes while ruby on the other hand pulled her hood up to hide her face. This match was going to be interesting cause he'd finally see how far ruby had come after all those years training together.
The two girls went to the locker room to retrieve their weapons when jaunes scroll began to go off. "Tch, what now"? Jaune pulled out his scroll and read the caller ID "junior"? He accepted the video call and waited for the man's face to appear on his scroll.
Juniors face appeared and if jaune had to say the elder man looked equal parts worried and tired. The elder man took a long drink of whisky from his glass cup before giving jaune the evil eye "you know kid it's times like this that I wish I never met you you know that". Besides the hurt feelings he was experiencing right now jaune kept a neutral expression "I take it something really bad happened for you to think that"?
Junior looked at his glass like he was expecting it to refill itself but when it didn't he scowled "I got news from some associates that might interest you. When you came back half a year ago and asked me to keep a ear out for signs of white fang movements I thought it was paranoia but it looks like I was wrong. I'm sending you a few files I've compiled to your scroll detailing the number of dust shops that have been targeted by the fang and what was stolen".
Jaune raised a brow "there's more to this than your telling me isn't there"? Junior took another drink from his glass before refilling it with more whisky "these bastard have been moving in on my turf and Roman won't move on them cause he doesn't want to be part of a turf war". Jaune nodded in agreement, Roman although he was a trained huntsmen never entered a fight unless he had to or when his enemies were weak and easy.
Jaune ran a hand through his hair and looked around to see if anyone was eavesdropping on his scroll call. Although it looked like no one was paying attention the sudden twitching of Blake's cat ears made it perfectly clear she was listening in and would be demanding answers later. Jaune turned back to his scroll "send me what you have and I'll check it out later, I'm also going to need a few things to help me deal with this problem".
Junior nodded clearly catching the hint "send me a list with the details and I'll have the supplies ready when you need it". The scroll video ended and jaune put the scroll in his pocket before turning back to the fight happening below. A quick look to the aura meter showed that ruby was in fact doing a decent job against his teammate since her aura was twenty percent higher than Nora's.
Funny how ruby could be a nervous reck before the match but once it began she would shift to the huntress she always wanted to be. The match ended before he could really see them fight with ruby landing a double kick into Nora's jaw before firing her sniper to launch herself away. The look in Nora's eyes promised revenge as she moved to give chase but was stop when goodwitch called the match to a close.
Ruby returned with a pep in her step and a grin spread ear to ear while Nora on The other hand had a large frown and was muttering about life being unfair when she arrived. The two girls took their seats next to their teammates and waited to see who was next as Glynda looked at her scroll. "We have enough time for one more match" she announced before looking up at the students "I need to volunteers"?
Eavesdropping was technically a bad thing to do especially on friends so jaune aimed to get a little revenge by reaching down to Blake waist and poking her side hard enough that she jumped up and yelped. Glynda's eyes flew to the young cat faunus "miss belladonna thank you for volunteering".
Blake turned to the man who betrayed her and gave him her best glare, pack full of all the hate she had for him this moment. Jaune turned his face away like he didn't do anything at all so Blake tried to stomp on his foot with her heel only for jaune to slide his foot away and accidentally kick yang. Yang yelped loud enough to catch Glynda's attention "miss xiao long thank you for volunteering as well" she said unaware of the situation happening in the her class.
Blake's face paled at the fact that she was now being forced to fight yang and it didn't help that jaune patted her leg as if to say he felt sorry for her. When yang glared at jaune for kicking her he pointed a finger towards Blake "don't blame me, blame her". Yangs eye's turned to see Blake's leg still in the spot where she tried to smash her heel into jaunes foot.
The intense sense of dread Blake felt as Yang cracked her knuckles made her want to find the nearest empty box to hide in. Before Blake could even think to escape, yang grabbed hold of her wrist and pulled her down the stairs to the dressing room all while jaune waved good bye to them. Once the two were gone jaune fished out his scroll once again and began going through the files junior sent him.
The first file had nothing to do with the current events happening in vale since it was a news article that was sent out several months ago. "Wait a minute" jaune read the headline of the newspaper "white fang terrorist Adam Taurus faces justice". A small text under the article was from junior saying the story was scrapped by atlas officials since Adam Taurus escaped custody while under their supervision.
Jaune grimaced at the news. It was just his luck that Blake's psycho ex boyfriend and one of the white fangs most notorious fighters was back on the street. Just thinking about how much of a hate boner the bull faunus had for the two of them for locking him up was enough to make him worried. Jaune closed the file and opened the next to see several photos of different dust shops with dead human owners on the floor.
"Welp there went my appetite" his words caught ruby's attention so she looked back at him to see if he was alright. "Jaune you okay" she asked as she pushed herself up a seat so she was sitting next to him. Jaune rubbed ruby's hair while she struggled to stop him before answering "I'm ok ruby, just saw something neo sent me that made me not want to eat for a while".
Ruby's finger poked her bottom lip as she thought "jaune you never told me why neo didn't come to Beacon with you". The sudden realization that he never told them what happened had him freezing in place for a moment "crap" he said as his palm covered his face. He couldn't tell her the truth but he could dance around it "she found something else that she wanted to do more than be a huntress".
"Really, like what"?
Jaune shook his head "I don't know, she wouldn't tell me when I asked but-" jaunes expression turned sad "-I hope she's doing okay out their on her own".
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City of Vale
Neo was just about to follow Roman downstairs into their hideout when she came to a stop and turned towards the direction Beacon was in. There was a slight breeze that brushed against her form and she couldn't help but think of the tall blonde who had been by her side for the last several years. A smile crept onto her face as she twirled her parasol in her hand before descending downstairs after Roman.
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Beacon Academy
Ruby placed a hand on jaunes shoulder to comfort him "you miss her don't you"? Jaune gave her a small smile "neo's been a big part of my life ever since I first came to vale so yeah, I suppose now that she's not here I feel a little lonely". Ruby leaned her head against jaunes shoulders before looking up at him with her silver eye's "at least you still got me".
Jaunes smile grew a tad bit more "your right, thanks ruby".
Next chapter will pick up where this left off. The thing with neo was pretty much who she would follow more, jaune or Roman. Obviously she was going to choose Roman since she's known him longer.