Here's chapter 68, everyone.


Weiss opened her eyes, not wanting to waste any more time in the training room, since she had too many questions tugging at her, wanting to be answered. "Ruby, what did Jaune do… I'd like to know."

Ruby was surprised that Weiss wasn't going to rest up longer, so she looked over at the blonde boy. "We should get to the dorm first, but… Uh, well we think it might've been his semblance."

"His semblance? Are you saying he healed me?" Weiss questioned, since a healing semblance was quite rare.

"We're still not sure." Ruby explained. "I was… I was scared, Weiss. I thought…" She sighed. "Jaune ran over and checked your heartbeat, and he told us it was slowing down."

Yang noticed her sister was starting to have a difficult time talking about the past event, so she spoke up. "I can handle the rest, sis." She continued after Ruby nodded to her. "After he told us, we were all, well, we weren't exactly that calm about it. Almost called the nurse, but Jaune was begging you to wake up."

Weiss blinked a few times, glancing over at the boy, who was still catching his breath. "I didn't think I'd get that bad…"

"No one did, but after he begged you to wake up, his hands started glowing." Yang smiled, getting to the better part of what happened. "In a world like ours, it wasn't that surprising to see, but then your body started glowing too and you started to breathe a lot easier."

The white wolf was taken aback. "So… It had to be healing then."

Yang shook her head. "Like Ruby said, we're still not entirely sure. At one point Nora even cheered about him healing you, but Jaune didn't feel like that was the case."

"What else could it be?" Weiss inquired as she got on her paws.

Blake spoke up next. "He felt like he was giving you his aura, since Ruby checked our team's aura levels, and yours was starting to shoot up."

Cerulean eyes were wide open after hearing that, so Weiss turned to the boy and slowly walked over. "Jaune?"

The boy in question was still sitting on the arena floor, but once he heard his name, his attention was brought over to Weiss. "Huh, Weiss! Oh, are… Are you okay?"

"I feel like I should be asking you that." Her wolf ears were flattened against her head, feeling guilty over Jaune's exhaustion. "The others told me what you did… I… I can't thank you enough, Jaune."

Pyrrha was proud of her partner, being next to him and holding his arm to keep him from falling over. "H-Hey, don't thank me for that. I didn't even know I had a semblance to begin with… But I'm glad you're okay."

Weiss' tail swayed a bit, and she shook her head, giggling a little. "You know, with how you weren't as knowledgeable on dust, I'm not that surprised you didn't know you had a semblance too."

She hadn't said it in an offensive way, so the boy chuckled in response while rubbing the back of his head. "I mean, well, I was learning about it. Pyrrha was helping me actually." He glanced at his partner with a thankful smile, then turned back to Weiss. "I just didn't know I had one is all."

"Either way, thank you for helping me… And, I suppose you did have to touch my fur to do it." Weiss said, a little nervous about that, since she only let a select few touch her fur.

"O-Oh, right. Um, I'm sorry I did that. I just saw how Ruby was crying, and... And I couldn't sit there doing nothing." Jaune stated, showing how he's grown, and how he truly cared for his friends' wellbeing.

"It's okay." Weiss assured, even surprising herself. The circle of people she could trust was growing, and she sighed. "It meant getting me out of a nurse's visit, so, I don't mind it."

Jaune was relieved to hear that, and he rubbed his nose a bit, sniffling as he gave her a smile. "Right, well I think we should probably get back to our dorms. Using a semblance is really, really tiring… Wish you guys warned me about that." He attempted to stand, though with Pyrrha's help, it wasn't too difficult.

"Yes, I agree." Weiss said, walking back over to her team as she looked to her partner. "Are my aura levels okay?"

Ruby took a second to see, and when she saw Weiss' aura, she smiled. "Looks like it's back to full." The white wolf was shocked. Sure, Jaune had given her some aura, but she didn't think he'd be able to give her all of it back.

"W-Wow, well, I suppose I should change back." Weiss had a light blush on her cheeks, and Ruby used her semblance to grab her partner's clothes, bringing them over not moments later. "R-Ruby, if you could."

The rose girl knew exactly what her partner wanted, so she got the rest of her team, and Team JNPR to head out of the training room for now. When she got back inside, she gave Weiss a thumbs up and turned away, respecting her partner's privacy, but also making sure no one would walk in from the entrance.

Weiss closed her eyes and focused on her 'semblance', but she didn't change back. With a snap of her eyes shooting open, she gasped and tried again. And yet again, it didn't work. The erratic heart rate she was experiencing was almost overpowering her own thoughts.

"W-What's happening?! Why can't I change back?! My aura is full!"

The white wolf shook her head and took a deep breath. After a moment, she calmed herself down and focused on changing back. "Relax… Just relax…" After trying once more, she heard a sound familiar to her from her sister's use of her semblance. A glyph, yet again, right in front of her. Weiss began to tear up and started backing away from it. "No, no… I wasn't trying to do that… I want to change back!"

Ruby heard her that time, and once she turned back around to face her partner, she gasped and saw the glyph. "Weiss?" She ran over and got in front of the glyph, reaching out to it, but she stopped when she heard Weiss whimpering, so instead she chose to run over to the white wolf. "Hey, hey, come on. It's gonna be okay, Weiss." She tried to reach out to her, but Weiss refused and pushed passed her partner, looking at the glyph a lot closer.

"This can't be here… It can't…" Weiss said, reaching out to press her paw onto it. She gasped when she was able to feel the glyph. As she slowly moved her paw down, she shook her head. "It's mine… It's my glyph. But how…"

The rose girl could hear the distress in her partner's voice, making her frown as she wanted to help, but something like this wasn't exactly easy to comfort. Suddenly a person has two semblances? It's a question that Ruby couldn't even comprehend with what she's learned about the world.

Soon enough, the glyph disappeared and the white wolf lowered her paw, taking in what she was having to try and comprehend. "Weiss, whatever that was, there's gotta be a way to figure out what you can do with it, so-."

"It's a glyph, Ruby… I know what I can do with it. My sister is a master with my family's semblance, but me… I'm not supposed to have this. At least, I don't think I'm supposed to." Weiss sighed. "A person, no, every person in the world can only have one semblance. This shouldn't be possible."

"Is it really so bad?" Ruby asked, surprising Weiss with the question as the white wolf turned around, giving her a questioning look. "Your glyphs. I mean, what's so bad about having them? It means you have another semblance to use in a fight." The rose girl said, smiling to assure her girlfriend that it really wasn't as bad as she was making it out to be.

Weiss kept still, thinking about it for a moment as she imagined what she could do with glyphs. Her sister was a great example of a Schnee who has almost mastered the family semblance, and seeing her throughout her life did give her references on how to utilize glyphs in combat. "I-I suppose it would be useful to have, but that still doesn't explain why I have it."

"No, but we can figure that out together." Ruby chose then to hug her, rubbing her fur a bit to calm her down. "And I'll help with this semblance, just like I have with your wolf one."

"Ruby…" Weiss was beginning to finally relax, and she nuzzled her a bit, but chose to pull away after needing a moment to think. "I… I have to figure out how to even control it. Just now, trying to change back, I couldn't and that glyph just then appeared."

Hearing that, Ruby could tell why Weiss was still worried about having two 'semblances'. "Then right here, right now, I'll help you with it."

"W-With my glyphs?" Weiss asked.

"Yes, and with your wolf one." Ruby pumped her fists up. "Come on! It'll be fun, and remember that Jaune brought your aura back up to full, so you've got a lot to work with right now."

Weiss looked over at the exit to the training room, thinking about the others and how they had left already. "Okay, but let Blake and Yang know we'll be here for awhile. We shouldn't worry them by not showing up in the dorm."

"Right." As Ruby began sending the message to them, Weiss walked over to her clothes and noticed that her necklace had fallen off, so she smiled at it and waited on Ruby to finish up. Once she had, the rose girl realized what Weiss was doing, so she smiled and picked up the necklace for her. "I'll always make sure you have this with you, Weiss."

"Thank you." Weiss held still and felt Ruby tying it around her neck.

Ruby had an idea and decided to get her scroll out, taking a quick picture of the white wolf with her wolf pendant on. "You look so cute, Wolfy!"

Weiss blushed in response, looking away at the comment. "S-Shut up and hurry with helping me train…"

All Ruby could do there was giggle at how her girlfriend reacted, and the two got started on figuring out Weiss' new semblance, while trying to also get her original 'semblance' to activate.


Tai stared down his ex-wife. He never hated her, nor resented her, but there was still tension, and no one would blame them, nor could they. Even so, the blonde huntsman walked over, standing five feet away from Raven. "Raven, it's been-."

"Awhile. Yeah, I know." Raven clearly wasn't the best at making conversation, having to cut off most people she spoke to, even her ex-husband.

"Right, well… Look, obviously this was going to happen. Being on a mission again together." Tai started, and Raven was dreading this talk. "And we're both adults here, so we can handle this… Right?"

The black haired huntress crossed her arms, sighing a bit as she nodded. "I made a promise to get this mission done."

Tai was glad to hear that, and even with the tension, he was still able to bring up even the smallest smile he could. "It's really good to see you again, Raven."

Raven didn't say anything in response, not being able to as Qrow shoved her to the side, earning a glare from the older twin. "Give me the death glares later, sis." He smirked and turned his attention to Tai. "So, how was the flight? Didn't look out one of the windows, did you?"

The backhand comment only made Tai roll his eyes. "Make all the jokes you want. Doesn't bother me hearing it from a washed out huntsman."

Qrow stopped mid sip of his drink, giving his ex-brother in law and dirty look. "Oh is that right? Want me to show you just how washed up I am?"

Summer sighed, while Lazuria still looked a bit regretful on who she asked to help her. "Okay, okay, can you two please not do this right now? We have a mission to do, if you remember." Summer said, getting the two of them to back off each other.

"Eh, we'll settle this another time." Qrow said as he went back to taking a drink.

Tai rolled his eyes yet again. "You said that last time, and the time before that… And the time before that." He watched Qrow shrug, and the two huntsman stopped their squabbling there.

Summer noticed Lazuria was beginning to look nervous, so she gently took her hand in her own. "I know they argue, but I promise you, no, I swear to you that they are both extremely capable out in the field. They know when they need to get serious."

Hearing that helped Lazuria feel somewhat better, but she still had her doubts overall. Seeing as she was being hunted for seventeen years. "Yes, well, do you need me here to discuss anything still?"

"Honestly, this is a mission, so with what we're asking you to do, I think it's best to stick around till we're all done talking about it. Is that okay?" Summer asked.

Lazuria sighed, but she nodded, not having anywhere to really go. "Yeah…"

Summer walked her over to Tai, Raven and Qrow. "Qrow, if there's anyone you can contact about maybe getting us access to surveillance in town, that can really help, since we don't want to stay right next to her, but we can't lose sight of her either."

Qrow thought about it for a moment, but then he nodded to her. "Yeah, I got someone in mind. Don't worry about it."

The blacksmith looked to Raven next. "Is it possible you can link your semblance with Lazuria too? That way if you're far off, you can get to her in an instant."

"I… Don't tend to link my semblance with anyone outside of family, but… I guess I can make an exception here." Raven agreed, and Lazuria instantly looked nervous. "Relax, I know hearing a semblance linking to you can be unnerving, but it's just a portal I can use to get right to you. Nothing more."

"O-Okay." Lazuria breathed a sigh of relief.

Summer spoke with her husband next. "Tai, you and I will be support for in case the person sent in is a bit of trouble. Then once we know where their main base is, we can strike at it then and there."

"Before you continue, can I get a rundown on everything? It'll help to know who I'm looking out for." Tai said, and Qrow sighed.

"Gonna have to bring over that gear they wore." Qrow made his way to the outfit the Relentless member had on. Once he brought it over, he held it up to Tai. "You're looking out for someone wearing this when she's out and about."

Tai examined the gear, and once he had it in mind, he nodded. "Right, but I more meant everything about the mission." He looked to Lazuria. "My wife told me you're being hunted. Why?"

Lazuria began to explain what she was to the man, and what it meant to be hunted. From her kind, to the Relentless, Tai was shocked to hear it all.

After explaining everything, Lazuria took a breath, ready to reveal one last thing to the man. "One other thing… I choose to let you know this, since your team knows it. My daughter, someone I assume you know as well, seeing as your wife knows her, is Weiss Schnee."


The end part is for Tai's learning of who Weiss is related to really, so it's not meant to be taken as a big reveal, seeing as… Well, y'know, that was already known since chapter 1. And with Jaune's semblance, I didn't want it to take forever to be shown in a critical moment. Weiss wasn't dying here. Just not doing so well is all.

To JJ- Yeah I didn't want it to be a long waited secret semblance that amounted to ruining a character like in the show. So he gets his semblance earlier. And don't worry. Weiss didn't almost die here. Her heart was slowing down, but only from exhaustion, meaning even if Jaune didn't have his semblance, she was going to be okay being taken to the infirmary. Just felt like a good moment to grow Jaune as a character a bit more.

To the guest on chapter 67- You're pretty dang close on why she has glyphs. It's something I enjoy seeing people try and guess, since it's a plot point I came up with as I wrote with the flow, and who said we won't see her birth father ;)

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 68. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 69.