Beacon Infirmary
7:55 PM
-️-️-️-️Jaune POV️-️-️-️-
*Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!*
I'm in a very nice, happy meadow, with the sun beating down on me.
I am fighting a 1 on 1 battle vs. an enemy, but it's not a Grimm.
The fight has been fierce! Crocea Mors is bent and the sheath is stuck in shield mode.
My armor has been blown into pieces, most of it scattered on the ground.
OW! Another slash strikes my chest. Just great. Now my clothes are done.
Why couldn't I be in the earlier dream! It was so nice!
It looks to be building up for a killing blow. Now is my chance!
I have to avoid it. Either I jump over it or I duck beneath it. I have to choose right now. Hope my hunch is correct…
I go low and the punch runs straight through my hair, essentially cutting off several strands. But it still missed me! Time to go!
I turn the shield around and uppercut my enemy with the pointed end. They fall to the ground! Victory is mine!
I hear a crowd cheering my name. And some annoying beeping.
Someone is waving me over. I walk closer. Is that… Ozpin?
I finish my walk. He turns me to the left and a podium appears.
"Congratulations, Jaune!"
I look over the meadow one last time. But then I notice something…
That 1 on 1 battle was not really 1 on 1. Seven bodies are on the ground.
That means this was… a team match? With who?
I look over to the bodies, but can't make anything out. They are just gray featureless blobs. That beeping is really getting loud!
I push that out of my mind for now and walk on the top of the podium.
The cheering grows! Man this feels amazing!
I relish in my victory. Time to leave and get the next Grimm Wars game!
But that beeping is getting really annoying…
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*Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!*
A single blond hair begins to flutter.
As the owner of said blond hair begins to awaken from his slumber, something else flutters with this hair.
But it's not hair.
It's an IV. Full of painkillers.
"Augh… what's making this beeping noise?"
He follows the IV and it leads to, surprise, a medical bag filled with more painkiller juice. But a monitor is next to it.
His eyes focus on that. It has various readings, and right away he can see the familiar heartbeat line. He makes sure that line isn't flat.
*Beep!*
"Thank Oum…"
I like this little heartbeat section. It's only mildly stupid. Not counting the Oum part, which makes me want to jump off a bridge, but I'll take what I can get.
The line, thankfully, enters the second dimension of movement. He sees the heart rate number on the side, reading 80 BPM. Good…
And other than the IV and a bandage around the left side of his head, there isn't any other medical stuff around him.
"I'll be sure to be released tomorrow!"
He looks at the clock on the wall. That minute hand is mighty close to the 12, and the hour hand is pointing directly to the 8.
'I've been out that long? Man I sure wish I had food right about now…"
He thinks back to that nice dream from earlier. He remembers the pizza. Man that was good, even though he only got to eat not even ¼ of a piece. And that cake would have been so good too…
He sighs, wishing the cake would just magically pop up out of the dream for him.
Then he sees it.
"Wait a minute.. is that?"
"THE CAKE!"
He uses his free arm to reach over for the plate. The fingertips touching the edge of that hard plastic is music to his ears. As he bends around to grab a fork, his hand brushes against some paper.
He takes a quick look at it, which is sideways, but luckily still readable.
To: Jaune
From: Yatsuhashi
P.S. I hope you like the cake!
He made this cake?! Hell yeah, this is gonna be amazing!
And oh boy was it! The vanilla frosting is a perfect consistency, and the flavoring is just exceptional! It gets downed at lightning speed thanks to Jaune's insane appetite.
Before we know it, it's all gone. Jaune looks extremely sad as he comes to the delayed realization that there is no more cake left to eat. Not even extra frosting! Only a few crumbs are left on the plate.
We? Who's we?
It's time to read the note! What could be on this important piece of paper? The cake recipe? He sure hopes so.
He flips it over and begins to read;
Dear Jaune Arc,
I saw you being rushed to the infirmary and had to do something. That was the piece of cake I assume you have already eaten by now.
But that is not why I am writing this note. The reason concerns another interesting thing I saw while you were being transported to the infirmary…
As you were going out of sight, I studied the reactions of the other huntsmen that were on the trip with you, and I think that you would like to know their reactions.
Or, more specifically, their lack of reactions. It is very concerning to me to see no reaction by anyone to your plight. I can see it with Cardin, as he is an abnormally, let's just call it "aggressive" person, but RWBY and the rest are usually not like this.
I wish I could know why, but mind-reading is unfortunately not part of my capabilities. The only lead I have is the conversation from this morning.
Coco was yelling at me for some reason about talking to you, and the reason for that was apparently hearing from Blake that "He is getting unfair advantages at this academy, and that you should be kicked out for being such a failure."
That is all I could get from Coco, and when trying to call Blake about it she only said two words: Give Up.
So all I can tell you now is to look out in the future. You are basically on your own with regards to the first-years from now on. I can not deny the possibility of something happening to you sometime in the future.
One more thing: You owe me one now. Make me something good to eat!
~Yatsuhashi
P.S. Check the corner.
Yatsu knows what the problem likely is and says NOPE! Guess you'll have to deal with it. Good friend he is.
Jaune checks the bottom right corner of the page. He notices a really, really small fold. There's only one thing to do with that…
He splits the paper apart. What does the second paper contain?
Well, let's start reading it shall we?
1 ½ cups of flour
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp white vinegar
…
It's the cake recipe. Dammit Yatsu, how do you do this so fast!
With not much to do, and no way of being released until the morning, he decides to grab his scroll, the only source of entertainment in the room, and play some games.
But first, he wonders what the news is saying about him. So he opens the news up, and WOW! The first story is really bizarre. And suspicious.
Pancake Monopoly Officially Coronated!
In one of the most bizarre events in the history of Atlas, a new monopoly has been established!
Second to only the luxurious Schnee Dust Company, this new line will bring pancakes to a whole new level! As dust is the staple of all the kingdoms' military, so will pancakes be the staple of all the kingdoms' breakfast!
Co-leader Lie Ren is here for comment. So, what inspired you to go the extra mile and create a new monopoly on pancakes?
"Nora."
Well yes, Nora's pancake binge has been spread amongst all the kingdoms, but what inspired you to join her on this quest?
"I needed to satisfy her."
Jesus Christ Ren, what the hell did you get into?
The included picture seems to offer some insights, showing Ren in some clearly-rushed royal clothing. Nora on the other hand, looks basically the same as usual, except now with a crown on her head. And the top of that crown looks dangerously close to plate-sized… That clever girl.
No more thinking for today! He really wants to go to sleep now. He turns off the lights using a special button and tries his hardest to fall asleep.
-️-️-️-️Blake POV-️-️-️-
"Alright! The plan is simple! Pyrrha uses her magnetism to disable the cameras and pick the lock. Then we stand over Jaune menacingly and make him scared. Anyone object?!"
"Why can't we just smash his fucking balls!"
"We're not trying to kill him!"
"But that would make everything easier!"
"It would. But then we all go to jail."
"But Pyrrha could just break us out!"
"And then what? What would we do with all the military and shit after us?"
"We could-"
"-get surrounded and captured. And put in solitary confinement. That happened to a particularly aggressive suitor of mine." Weiss interrupts.
"See? She knows her stuff."
"Please let's just focus! All we have to do is scare him enough, and he will quit this academy and we can all be happy."
"Then let's just go now!"
"No. There's still people out. Can't risk anything."
"Ok. So what do you wanna do now?"
"Celebrate!"
"Please don't do the club music again!"
"Relax Blake. I won't do it again. I swear."
"Then what are you suggesting Yang?"
"Let's go try that new cake!"
"OOOOOH WHAT FLAVOR?!"
"I think it's lemon!"
Ruby deflates a small bit.
"…...Ok!"
"Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
They all go to the cafeteria to eat the new cake. They eat so much that they run out for the next week. Poor Jaune.
Jesus Christ I just mortared them… At least Pyrrha got a flimsy reason, RWBY get absolutely nothing! Yang apparently just wants to kill. This is the kind of thing I want to avoid in the future.
(A/N: Guess who gets to be pushed off again! That's right, RWBYP and the top sneaky scene. Its going at the start of Chapter 11 for sure.)
