I don't own RWBY. RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and was created by Monty Oum. I only own my OCs
Jayden's Ocean Blue eyes flickered open as Jayden woke up from his sleep. Jayden sat up and rubbed his eyes to shake the tiredness from them. Jayden then looked to his left, which was where his nightstand was. His scroll, the one Ozpin gave him, was lying on top of it. Jayden picked it up and checked the time
He woke up at 5:00am... as he usually did
Jayden looked to his right, where the rest of the newly formed Team JAGW lay. He stared at them for a few seconds, his emotions unreadable as his face stayed completely blank. He sighed and swung his legs off of his bed before rubbing his eyes one last time and finally getting up
Jayden wore a black, high collared, shirt and shorts. His legs, arms, hands, and feet were all exposed to the cold air. This caused Jayden to shiver for a second before regaining his focus and gathering his school uniform. However, Jayden noticed something about the uniform. Or more specifically his uniform. It wasn't a turtleneck or high collared
Jayden frowned before looking back to his team. They were all still resting peacefully. Jayden looked back to the uniform and stared at for a few seconds. His emotions were again unreadable as he stared at it. Suddenly, in a flash, Jayden threw the school uniform into his drawer and grabbed one of his combat uniforms
Jayden walked into the bathroom and shut the door. He turned on the light and set his combat clothes on the edge of the sink. He grabbed both edges and looked into the mirror. He angled his face around as he rubbed his chin, giving him a look on his face from as many angles as he could get
Jayden sighed as he reached his hand around to the back of his neck. His hand hovered over the back of his neck, his eyes staring back into him from the mirror, portraying an empty face. Jayden hesitated, but put his hand on the back of his neck
"Get away from me!"
"NOOO!"
Jayden ripped his hand away as memories of the mines came back into his head. Jayden looked at his hand and noticed it was shaking. Jayden looked at it for a few seconds before taking a deep breath in and out, closing his hand and eyes as he did so, calming himself down
Jayden continued prepping to take a shower as he tried to forget the brand on the back of his neck
Jayden had his eyed closed as the hot water continued running down his skin. His head was leaned upwards, allowing the streams to hit his face directly
Jayden had lost count on how long he'd been in here. It was definitely more than twenty minutes, though, as that was the longest Jayden had counted up to. He stood in bliss. He had to admit. The noise was annoying to his wolf ears. He almost wanted to get out because of it, but he didn't
He still had yet to wash his hair yet. He'd already washed his body, considering the amount of sweat was built up yesterday, especially using his semblance to kill the Arachnae.
That being said, Jayden grabbed the shampoo bottle in one of the corners and went to go put some on his hand. Suddenly his vision became fuzzy as he fell to his knees
"Not now." Jayden muttered in a weak tone as his eyes closed
And all of the sudden, Jayden wasn't in the dorm shower. Snow covered the ground. To his left was a giant frozen lake with Atlas in the background, floating in the sky. He heard the sound of metal on metal, swords clashing. Jayden looked to the source and saw two red-haired people fighting. He was able to identify them as Adam and... himself. The left sleeve of Jayden's coat was ripped off, showing a metal arm in it's place
Both Jayden and Adam had several cuts on them, all leaking red blood as they continued fighting. The Jayden in the vision flicked his blade upwards, causing Wilt to fly out of Adam's hands. The other Jayden shoved his blade through Adam's chest
Jayden's eyes snapped open as he took a look around him. It revealed that he was still in the shower, holding the very same shampoo bottle he'd picked up before he had that weird daydream. The water, which had been a soothing heat before, was now ice cold and caused Jayden to shiver
He stared at the shampoo bottle before finishing his shower
Jayden walked out, dressed fully in his combat clothes. With his militaristic jacket that was gray with black sleeves and had his red wilting rose symbol on the back, black pants, and boots with a red sole. He'd also strung his banner on his waist when he'd saw that it was done washing and wore his gloves
Which was also something Jayden hadn't expected. There was a washing machine and a dryer in the bathroom
The rest of his team was up. Well, relatively. Iris, it seemed, had been a more of a morning person than he thought because he was already up and had his school clothes on. Lou was Lou. Jayden always knew that he wasn't a morning person. Hell, his promotion to Lieutenant back all those years ago was more of a title than an actual step up in the hierarchy in the White Fang. He was up, but slumped over and mumbling to himself
And Jenni definitely wasn't much better. In fact, she was worse. Her hair was all over the place, her eyes bloodshot, and she'd yet to even get off her bed. Jayden let himself feel some kind of mirth at seeing her in that state. In fact, he would've thought she'd be in Iris' place and vice-versa
"Ah, finally! Please tell me the hot water isn't all used up!" Iris exclaimed when he saw Jayden
Jayden sharply inhaled at the sentence
"It is, isn't it?"
Jayden nodded in response. Iris put his head in his hand
"Just... don't let it happen again." Iris said as he walked by Jayden
"I won't." Jayden replied. He took a look at the time and noticed that it was 6:00am
Jayden sighed before texting Yang, knowing she was asleep. Hey... he didn't want her to be late on her first day in the school she always wanted to go to
Louis slipped to Jayden's side with a hand on his chin. He looked at Jayden and noticed that he had texted Yang. He looked at Jayden next, hand still on his chin
"Oh, texting Yang I see. Gonna talk about anything in particular?" Louis asked before gaining a mischievous look on his face. "Perhaps about your feelings towar-AAA!"
Louis was cut off as Jayden punched him in the gut, causing Louis to kneel over in pain and start coughing loudly
"If you must know, I'm trying to get Yang to wake up. We both know how long she takes in the shower and how much she likes to sleep in." Jayden told Louis as he continued coughing
Jayden rolled his eyes in exasperation
"Come on, we both know I've hit you harder than that." Jayden said as Lou finally stood up
"Yeah, when I'm expecting it!" Louis yelled at Jayden, who only stood still
Jayden looked to his left shoulder and acted disgusted. He brushed his left shoulder off almost as if something were on it. Louis growled at Jayden as he did that. Louis might've been Jayden's best friend, but Jayden certainly knew how to get under his skin and push his buttons
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. We have to be in class by 9 o' clock. We have about 3 hours to get ready and be there." Jayden said as he went to walk out the door
It was then that Louis noticed something important
"Why aren't you wearing the school uniform?" Lou asked innocently, not remembering Jayden's brand
Jayden looked around for a few seconds before leaning in and telling Lou why he choose not to wear it
"It doesn't cover it." Jayden whispered to Louis, whos eyes widened in remembrance
"Oh."
"Yeah, I'll get a scarf after today." Jayden said as he walked out the dorm
He didn't see Lou giving him a concerned look
Jayden waited with his team for class to start. They're first class was under that of Professor Peter Port. Jayden didn't know him, but he had a feeling that this class was either bound to be boring or amazing because of Port's rambunctiousness
Well, it was Grimm studies, so it was a plus, Jayden guessed. But not much is known about the Grimm, so he wondered what was bound to happen in this class. The most that was known about Grimm was weak points where you could easily kill them, if they had one
"I do hope Yang and all them make it." Jayden mumbled
That was another thing. Apparently, Team RWBY was late. As well as Team JNPR. It was currently 8:58. They had exactly two minutes to reach Port's classroom. And while Jayden had faith, he was starting to get a little worried. The clock now said 8:59
'I swear to god, if it was that bitch Weiss, I'll-' Jayden was in the middle of saying, only for the door of Port's classroom to bust open, revealing both Teams RWBY and JNPR
"Oh, oh! Just barely did you make it!" Jayden heard Port say
"We're really really sorry! We lost track of time!" Ruby nervously rambled off
Port held up a hand, stopping whatever was gonna be said by RWBY's team leader
"Just don't let it happen again." Port said, a little quieter than his usual tone
It gave off a sense of foreboding that Jayden didn't like
"Got it sir!" Ruby shouted, throwing a salute before she sat down in front of Jayden
Team JNPR sat to the left of RWBY. There were about 7 other teams in the classroom besides JAGW, RWBY, and JNPR. Jayden wondered if they were all first years or if there were some second and third years in here. Hell, maybe even some fourth years
Jayden realized that if he went 4 years earlier, he would've been in the fourth year. It was a surreal feeling. He was a first year, but he was just as old as a fourth year and just as, if not more, skilled as one
By the time Jayden realized he was to consumed with his thoughts and class had already started, almost all of Port's lecture was done already
"The moral of the story? A true huntsman must be dependable. A true huntsman must be strategic. A true huntsman must be strong, well-educated, and wise." Jayden listened to Port, trying to gleam even a little knowledge from him
He'd also noticed Weiss getting more and more angrier at Ruby, who'd done an assortment of things. Such as balancing an apple on top of books that was on top of a pencil sticking up on top of Ruby's nose. Now that was impressive, no matter who are.
"Who believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits." Port said, causing several hands to fly up
Jayden's hand had been one. So had Weiss' and Jenni's
"You!" Port exclaimed, pointing at Jayden
Weiss growled at Jayden. He just ignored her, which caused her to growl even louder. A smile made it's way across Jayden's face as he walked to go retrieve Bloom and Scatter
He enjoyed messing with people, especially when it was easy to do so
Jayden stood on one end of Port's classroom. A cage emitting growls and snarls was situated at the other. Jayden had his left hand on Scatter, Bloom still sheathed inside it. His other was hanging at his side
"Ready?" Port asked
Jayden nodded
"Then begin!" Port exclaimed, cutting the lock on the cage and allowing whatever it was out of the cage
The Boarbatusk, being freed from it's prison, immediately set out for revenge against the very first thing it saw, which happened to be Jayden
It started to roll extremely fast towards Jayden. He scoffed and rolled his eyes in response
He pulled the trigger on Scatter, causing Bloom to fly out and hit the Boarbatusk. It flew into the air and uncurled from it's spinning position. Jayden ran up almost faster than most could see, grabbed Bloom, and shoved the red blade through the Boarbatusk's belly, which had been exposed
The Boarbatusk started dissolving
In almost 3 seconds, Jayden had efficiently dispatched of the Grimm. Everyone's eyes were wide as Jayden sheathed Bloom. Jayden had moved so fast that he was only barely followable
"It seems we are in the presence of a true huntsman! Well done Mr. Taurus!" Port called out as Jayden finished sheathing Bloom
"Thank you." Jayden said back before leaving to go to the next class
Jayden listened to Goodwitch's instructions. This was combat class, and obviously, Glynda was very strict with her rules
"Remember, this is only sparring. And while we might be stimulating Person Versus Person scenarios, they are only spars." Goodwitch said as the students filled out forms that said they understood the terms
Jayden looked back up to see Goodwitch staring directly at him
"You will follow tournament rules, meaning you will stop when someone's Aura falls into the red or when they can't continue." Goodwitch said, never taking her eyes off of Jayden. "This also means no maiming. Any cases of such will result in expulsion from this school." She finished in a threatening tone
The entire class looked around at each other. Of course they weren't gonna try to maim one another, but they didn't know who there actually had the heart, or lack thereof, to do so
Jayden, however, knew that particular comment was supposed to be aimed towards him. After all, even though he loathes it, he has killed a few people before. All of them from self defense. Jayden only killed when he wasn't given the chance to knock someone unconscious, if it came to that
Like the day Jayden met Louis for the first time
"Now, with that out of the way, I'll go ahead and collect those forms and we'll get started on our first match of the year." Goodwitch stated as she walked up to the students
One by one, she collected each of the student's forms, looking over them and making sure everything was appropriated
Jayden handed his to her. She looked over it before looking back to Jayden. Green eyes met Blue. The two stared at each other, faces unreading before Goodwitch moved on
When all was said and done, she moved back to the stage and entered everyone's names who'd given her forms
"Remember, do get them turned in by the end of this week. Otherwise, you will not be able to attend this class." Goodwitch said, looking over every one for a second. "Now, are there any volunteers?"
No one raised their hands or made a noise
"No one? Fine. I'll pick two random people to come up here."
Sure enough, the two greyed out icons on the digital banners behind her started rapidly scrolling through people
Everyone sat on the edge of their seats. They were curious about who would be picked. Nobody wanted to embarrass themselves, but they also wanted a good fight. And, by extension, they wanted to see a good fight
Goodwitch's breath hitched as both icons landed on someone at the same
Murmurs started to go through the students
"Jayden Taurus and Yang Xiao Long." Goodwitch stated
Very obviously, she didn't want Jayden to be apart of the first fight, but she had chosen with a randomizer and that's what it came up with
"Please go get changed and grab your gear."
Jayden stood opposite of Yang. Yang had a giant smile across her face. Jayden had one too as both hands were now on his weapon, unlike in Port's class
"It's just like old times." Yang said, constantly switching from Orthodox to Southpaw positions by jumping as she did so
"Yeah, I guess it is." Jayden replied and shrugged his shoulders. "Just don't throw me into a wall this time."
"I won't, but I can't promise anything."
With that, Jayden crouched down. Yang finally settled into the Southpaw position and stood still, smile now gone along with Jayden's
"You may begin when ready." Goodwitch said
Almost immediately as the sentence ended, Jayden was attacking Yang. Yang managed to block a few strikes, being sent sliding backwards from the force of Jayden's strike
Yang pumped her arms backward, loading in a shell in each one
Jayden walked a little to the right of Yang before laying his right hand on Bloom again and charging Yang. Yang, who was now expecting it, dodged his strikes. Jayden threw his foot out and hit Yang with it, causing Yang to fall backwards and hit the ground
Jayden spun Bloom into a reverse grip and went to impale Yang while she was stunned on the ground. Yang rolled away, however, and used the momentum from the roll to shoot shotgun slugs Jayden's way
Jayden cut each and everyone of them out of the air before stabbing Bloom into the ground, blade facing towards Yang, and sprinting up to her. Yang managed to dodge the upward swing, avoiding the fire trail that followed it due to the red dust imbued into the metal of Bloom activating. Jayden brought Bloom down twice very quickly, hitting Yang's guard. Jayden brought Bloom back up and swung, hoping to deliver a strike powerful enough to break her guard
Yang jumped back though, giving herself some breathing room
Everyone watched with wide eyes. Particularly Team JNPR, along with the R and W of Team RWBY. Maybe Jenni and Iris too. They knew Jayden was powerful, but the astonishing speed he'd moved was staggering. Not to mention the force behind his strikes too
Even Goodwitch was impressed to an extent
Pyrrha was especially interested in fighting Jayden. Maybe he'd be the one to finally put an end to her winning streak
Yang and Jayden stood still, waiting for the other to make a move. Bloom was held in front of Jayden, flames still licking it's surface and threatening to set the nearest thing on fire. Yang had her hands in front of her, now in an Orthodox stance
Yang launched herself at Jayden, hitting Bloom as Jayden deflected the strike. Yang threw more punches. It was almost blink of an eye, but Jayden managed to block them all as he stumbled backward, Bloom held so that it went across his body in a double-handed grip
Yang threw herself at Jayden, throwing yet another punch that was perfectly parried. Yang used the momentum to spin and try to kick Jayden. Jayden leaned backward, but received a punch in the stomach as a reward, causing him to skid back
Jayden quickly recovered and made a stabbing motion towards Yang. She deflected it behind her, hoping to catch Jayden's backside. But he turned and swung at Yang, causing her to block in response. The flame from Bloom created a shield as he sheathed said weapon and activated his semblance, not allowing Yang to see that he did so
Yang reared her arm back, looking to hit Jayden before he had a chance to retreat or attack her while she couldn't see him. It would've worked too. But Jayden pulled the trigger on Scatter as he unsheathed Bloom, allowing him to draw Bloom even faster. The flames dissipated right as Jayden struck Yang across her chest and sent her flying backward
Yang looked at her Aura. It was sitting at 58 percent. Meanwhile, Jayden's Aura was sitting at 87 percent. Almost a thirty percent lead
Jayden stood up straight and resheathed Bloom
"If you wanna give up now, I don't blame you." Jayden called out as he shrugged his shoulders
"We both know I like a good fight too much for that." Yang said back to Jayden as she yet again put her hands in front of her
Jayden only frown and laid a hand on Bloom. He shifted backward. It was a good position if he decided to rush in, but also in case his opponent attacked first
Yang blasted forward towards Jayden. He went to go strike her out of the air. But Yang had been expecting it. She parried Bloom, sending it backward and leaving Jayden open. Yang punched him three times, quickly, in the chest before finishing her combo with a kick
Jayden immediately retaliated, dashing forward made three quick attacks. On the last attack, Jayden used his Aura to someone the shadow clones. Yang was overwhelmed by the clones, almost having her guard broken on the last strike, but managed to keep it together. Jayden flipped towards Yang, sending out an energy wave before he spun and threw Bloom in a spiral arc
Yang blocked the wave and Bloom. She pushed her arms outward, causing Bloom to fly into the air. Jayden jumped up and kicked Bloom at Yang, who punched it out of the air and into the ground
Jayden grabbed Bloom in a reverse grip and swung at Yang. She flipped backward and dodged the strike before sending a bullet his way
Jayden used the momentum of his attack to spin backward, absorbing the shotgun slug as he did so, and sheathed Bloom. Faster than the eye could see, Jayden unsheathed, struck Yang, and resheathed three times in a single second
Yang skidded backward. A large crack appeared behind her on the wall from how much pressure was generated from Jayden's attacks. A testament to his strength
Yang charged towards Jayden, who waited for her to get closer before he swung. She ducked underneath his swings, punching him in the side as she came up before punching him in the face. She kicked Jayden away from her
Jayden dashed back forward, going to strike Yang as he reached her. Only, Yang had grabbed Jayden's wrist and punched him in the stomach. Yang quickly followed up with two kicks, causing Jayden to grunt in pain, before punching him the face
Jayden deflected the next punch and let off a shot from Scatter that Yang had managed to avoid. Jayden parried the next strike and quickly put Bloom into a blocking position with it partially sheathed in Scatter. Almost about 30 times in about 3 seconds, Yang punched Bloom as Jayden blocked the hits
Left open from blocking all those strikes, Jayden was hit in the head and knocked backward. He recovered fast enough to block Yang's kick, but didn't see the follow up, causing him to skid even further back
Yang let off a yell as she fired shell after shell at Jayden, who was cutting them all out of the air. A smile spread across his face as he dashed circles around Yang, leaving her confused as to who was the real Jayden
Jayden jumped up in the air and slammed Bloom into the ground behind Yang, almost catching her off guard. Yang managed to block in time though
Jayden stood, holding Bloom to his side as he panted, a smile etched onto his face. Yang still had her hands in front of her face, ready to block if she needed to, but a smile also found it's way onto her face
The two spared a chuckle before they clashed one last time in this match
"I think it's time we ended this!" Jayden yelled as sent out all of the energy he'd gathered, creating an explosion when it hit Yang's guard
Jayden leaped forward and slammed Bloom down on the place where Yang was, not realizing that was what she wanted
The dust settled, showing that Yang had caught Bloom's blade before it hit her. Her long blond hair was on fire. She opened her eyes, revealing a red color instead of their usual lilac
"And this." Yang said. "Is for making me think YOU WEREN'T COMING WITH ME!" Yang yelled
She launched her fist forward, hitting Jayden's chest and causing him to fly back. As Jayden made contact with the ground, he left the ground torn and ripped apart into big chunks with one distinct smoothness showing where he'd skidded across the ground
Jayden groaned as he stood up, his Aura dissipating. Jayden looked at Yang to see her hair still burning
Her Aura also dissolved, turning her hair back to normal
"Both fighters Aura's are broken. It's a draw." Goodwitch called as she walked back into the open
Their icons became greyed out, signaling that it was a draw
Yang laughed at the situation. Jayden laughed with her. She tossed Bloom back towards Jayden, who caught it out of the air. He flourished Bloom before he sheathed it
Everyone had now just seen what made Jayden & Yang such formidable opponents even though they were excepted 4 years late
But that wasn't what was on Jayden's mind. He only had one thought on his mind
'Adam...'
4000 words let's go. I'm really sorry guys, I would've had this out sooner, but the internet here went down and I couldn't do anything to work on it
It's whatever I guess, but now that that's out of the way. I've decided to shelve the one story I announced in place for another. What exactly is it? Well, I won't say
For other words, this is the first story I've actually written notes on for the story to follow. With the other stories, I would just go along with the flow, leading to some moments where a plot point was forgotten or retconned. There'll be less of that now with these notes. I've already got up to Volume 3 planned... mostly. There is an OC team I'm being given by for V3 and I have to wait till that's done first. While I work through the first volume, I'll add a few more things just to make the story more fleshed out. I'm probably gonna do the same for my other stories.
Merendinoemiliano: Thank you. I can promise that you will get more moments between Yang and Jayden
And that's all I have to say
Love y'all and see ya later!
