(A/N: No, I won't be doing the react to Snippet 5. Why? Asdfguy432 has taken up my offer to host my tales for his RWBY react fic, The Endless Possibilities Of Jaune Arc. So, here's a songfic he requested along with a little bonus.)
Snippet 11
Genre: Hurt&Comfort/Tragedy/Angst/Romance
Pairs: (Former Arkos/Currently Dragonslayer)
Parody: RWBY
AU-Type: Canon-eqsue AU (Takes place after the fall of Beacon, I'd say some time after team RWBY reunites.)
Tags: Slightly Angsty!Jaune, Musician!Jaune, WAFF, Sad at First/Heartwarming at End
Song For a Lost Love
Jaune Arc had another rough day, but, considering that cunt Cinder ruined the world, he was trying to get used to it. He had not truly gotten over his partner's death even though he found love in the arms of another. Jaune had loved Yang dearly, but the regret of losing Pyrrha still haunted him. In the cabin the team was staying in, he could not sleep despite the blonde bombshell asleep snuggling next to him.
"I need to vent." He said to himself.
He pecked his sleeping lover before slipping out of bed leaving her to sleep in peace. He'd rejoin her in due time. He got his guitar having got himself an ax-themed one which doubled as a weapon. A bit of a secondary weapon to Crocea Mors. Going out onto the roof of the cabin, he strummed his guitar having a photo of Pyrrha stuck near the turners. Jaune began to play his heart out as his minds drifting to bittersweet memories.
Sad memories the gathering rain brings
I loved her, but I'll never see her face again
Clouds raise their heads in the morning
The rain began to trickle with a light downpour through Jaune's callbacks. He had flashed back to when they had first met all those months.
The way I once walked on by
But now she's gone
And I'll never raise my face again
Raise my face again.
The memories darkened as they drift to the conclusive end, Pyrrha's demise at Cinder's hands.
White horses dragged my lover from me (white horses)
The clouds rushed in and drowned my sorrow with the rain
With the rain
White horses dragged my lover from me (white horses)
The clouds rushed in and drowned my sorrow with the rain
With the rain
The rain had poured down a bit harder with very dense, but Jaune kept singing and strumming away. He was not going to stop for some rain. He winds up thinking of how Ren and Nora tried their damnedest to pull him out of his funk.
My friends try to lift me
They understand how I'm feeling
But the truth held me down
She came and went with the rain
Pyrrha kissing him goodbye before sending off in the lockers was the last he saw her, and it hurt to recall it.
I watched her walk into the rain [2x]
The weather, wanting to wash away the angst, poured harder on Jaune as he kept playing and singing his song.
White horses dragged my lover from me (white horses)
The clouds rushed in and drowned my sorrow with the rain
With the rain (2x)
Now always the storms come...
Raindrops run down my windows
All that's left is her picture (Jaune takes a good long look at that picture)
But someday it too will
Wash away...
Wash away...
The water droplets lick the photo and came off with ease in the rain. The rain did well for hiding the streaming bitter tears coming down from Jaune's eyes.
I watched her walk away,
With the rain
White horses dragged my lover from me (white horses)
The clouds rushed in and drowned my sorrow with the rain
With the rain
White horses dragged my lover from me (white horses)
The clouds rushed in and drowned my sorrow with the rain
With the rain
Jaune had finally finished and the rain seemed to clear up at last. Jaune felt like a weight came off his chest looking up to the night sky. Pyrrha would not want him to mope…she'd want him to fight to save what's left of this world.
(Cues: JJ the Genius – Park Theme)
"It's not fair to Yang…that I act like an angsty emo. That's not me." Jaune said sliding down off the roof and reentering the cabin. "For Pyrrha, I'll forge ahead to save this world and move on with Yang."
"Good to hear you finally say that." Yang said rubbing her eyes. "But you'll probably want to dry off."
She wore just sleepwear with a robe having tired but warm eyes. She tossed him a towel to let him dry off, and Jaune had a thoughtful look on her face remembering she was going after her mother. He decided that tomorrow, maybe he'd ask to come along. It was the most he could do for her after all.
(A/N: Aww… I'll be a bit blunt, I'm not the biggest Arkos shipper, but even I felt bad for Pyrrha being shoved in the fridge like that. Honestly, if you look over the series as a whole, they overpowered Cinder for most of the volumes. Ruby's Silver Eyes power-up seems to up and come out of nowhere. It actually reminds me of Conqueror's Haki, but here's the difference. In the first episode of One Piece onward, they properly built up Conqueror's Haki! In RWBY, it's a mere line from Ozpin and it's rarely brought up. But enough of my musing, I want to thank asdfguy432 again for recommending this song. I thought about making this White Knight, but I figured that Dragonslayer felt more fitting for this.)