Obligatory Author note: Hello! It's me again, I've fixed the start and now I'm gonna head onwards to the story. To those wondering, yes Sapphron from the show is his eldest sister, and Sapphire his second eldest. Sapphron left a a few years after Jaune did and now she's at wherever she is.I don't own RWBY or Dauntless so pls no sue :)_
Forever Fall Part 2
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"MISS GOODWITCH!!! JAUNE'S IN TROUBLE! " Cardin shouted as he ran out into the clearing where the students gathered.
"Mister Winchester? What are you on about? " Goodwitch asked Cardin who was panting.
"I... Threw sap at Jaune... But... He's fighting a monster... " Cardin was breathing heavily.
"Monster? The Grimm? " Glynda asked Cardin.
"No it was a -" Cardin was cut off by Pyrrha who said
"Behemoth"
Glynda Goodwitch knew what behemoths were and was surprised Pyrrha knew of them.
Then again, Miss Nikos' partner is the Arc... It's unavoidable She thought as she remembered the footage from the initiation.
"Jaune said they usually stay in the outlands but... " Pyrrha told Miss Goodwitch
"It doesn't matter how it got here, we must help Mister Arc" Goodwitch didn't want any of her students to die or get hurt.
"Mister Winchester, head with your team over to the bullhead, I'll talk to you about your punishment later" Goodwitch told them as she left with Pyrrha and the rest of JNPR
"Miss Nikos, can you locate mister Arc on your scroll? "
"Yes ma'am" Pyrrha opened her scroll and saw that Jaune's beacon was in the area that was burning.
Goodwitch saw this and they started heading over.
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"Damn, you're fast" Jaune cursed as he got rammed by the Embermane
He was thrown into a tree but he got up quickly. The Embermane roared and jumped back.
It's going for a breath attack! Jaune instantly ran towards the beast, as it shot fireballs in Jaune's direction.
Jaune was able to roll away from each fireball and was hit the beast on the horn.
"Damn, I thought you were nothing special... Turns out you're actually a greater Embermane huh?" Jaune said as he jumped back only for the beast to run once more toward him.
Jaune mustered his strength and gave the heaviest attack he could give with his sword that was imbued with ice.
The Embermane ran into Jaune's blade as he swung it down. The force of the blade threw staggered the beast and it fell on it's side.
Jaune rushed to it using his hammer and hit the beast in the stomach. The behemoth flew forward but it then got up from its stupor and roared once more.
Then suddenly a tree hit it.
"Oh what the hell?! " Jaune was surprised as he ducked under it to avoid being hit.
He turned around to see Glynda Goodwitch and his team. Right, I have a team...
"Uhhhhh, Hi guys! I was... uhm... totally under control" Jaune said as he put his hand under his nose and found blood.
"Jaune, let us help you" Pyrrha told Jaune
"Yeah fearless leader, we're a team after all! " Nora shouted to Jaune
And Ren "You don't have to do this yourself you know"
"Yep, I knew that. Hence I asked Cardin to ask Miss Goodwitch. But it feels good to have you guys here" Jaune answered
Well anyway... Jaune thought as he immediately started commanding.
"Nora, you and Ren control the beast. Ren just keep shooting it and Nora, if it gets too close just bang it with your hammer. It'll probably be stunned" Jaune told Nora and Ren who then got to work.
"Pyrrha, you're with me. If Nora staggers the beast, we get in there and hit it" Jaune told Pyrrha who then nodded
"Miss Goodwitch, uhm... I think I don't have to tell you stuff... " Jaune said shyly
Surprisingly, Goodwitch smiled "I'll act as ranged support, I'll pull you out if it gets dangerous" Goodwitch told Jaune as Jaune sighed
Damn, I thought I'd command Goodwitch there Jaune got ready.
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"Renny, it's getting closer" Nora told Ren, who was shooting the beast's eyes trying to disorientate it.
The beast growled and it finally got close enough for a sweep. Only for Nora to hit it's face and send it slightly off the ground.
Jaune and Pyrrha took this chance to deal melee damage. Jaune focused his hits on the opened wounds made by Nora and Ren.
The beast got up and Pyrrha and Jaune were back to providing fire support. Goodwitch was throwing stuff at the beast to slow it down so that Nora and Ren don't get caught.
However the Embermane finally caught Nora mid swing and struck her so she hit a wall.
Ren went over to get Nora and Goodwitch covered them so that they didn't weren't the beast's focus.
Jaune however went on the offensive.
"Pyrrha, give me covering fire! " Jaune shouted to Pyrrha as he swapped to his War Pike.
And he threw out a flurry of deadly strikes that gave freezing effects to the behemoth. It roared in pain and nearly swatted Jaune away. However, Jaune rolled back and prepared to fire.
The Behemoth roared loudly and a red aura enveloped it. It was enraged Great! this means we're almost done! Jaune thought.
While that was happening, Ren got Nora to a safe place near Goodwitch. Nora's aura was in the red and Ren's was at yellow.
"Miss Goodwitch, I'll leave her here. I'll help my teammates" Ren said as he left to help Jaune and Pyrrha.
"Jaune it's going to start rushing! " Pyrrha told Jaune as she was shooting.
"Yeah, well this'll stop it! " Jaune told her as he was charging his War Pike. The Aether in the surrounding area was gathering at the tip of Jaune's spear and every second it grew bigger and bigger.
The beast however was not phased and roared as it ran to Jaune.
Not yet... Jaune thought as the beast got closer.
"Jaune! " Pyrrha shouted, scared for her partner.
Ren was also shooting with little to no effect.
NOW! Jaune thought as the beast was a mere meter away from him.
There was a massive Aether blast that tore off the beast's horn.
"REN! STAB ITS EYE! " Jaune said as Ren rushed over and stabbed the eye of the beast.
The behemoth gave a dreadful roar.
"Pyrrha! Throw your spear at the forehead" Jaune commanded and Pyrrha hit the right spot and Jaune?
He transformed the spear into a hammer and hit the spear with enough force that it killed the Behemoth.
The Embermane gave one last howl as it died.
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Jaune collapsed and laughed as he sat on panting with a Pyrrha who too, was tired and sat.
The last moments of the fight were stressful and hard fought. It was all worth it though as they all got through it.
"Jaune Arc, you'll be taken back to the principal's office as we get to Beacon. Professor Ozpin wants to talk to you. "
Jaune could care less at the moment and nodded his head as they boarded the bullhead that came to them for extraction.
Jaune didn't feel the nausea from the trip and Pyrrha, Ren and Nora rested. Their trip was relatively quick and silent. Jaune was especially tired and wanted nothing more than to be done with it.
They landed at the docks of Beacon Academy.
"Pyrrha, you guys go ahead. I'll go over to the headmaster's office" Jaune told Pyrrha as to spare his team from more headache.
"Jaune, you aren't in trouble for this right?" Pyrrha asked Jaune worriedly
"What? Of course not, Ozpin probably just wants to see if we we're ok and stuff. I wanted to spare you guys the trouble" Jaune said to reassure Pyrrha.
Pyrrha sighed "Fine, I'll get Nora and Ren to the room. You better come back soon, we'll be holding a victory party" she smiled and patted Jaune's shoulder.
"Haha, Yeah. I'll be quick" Jaune said as he rushed over to Goodwitch to go to Ozpin's office.
"Mister Arc, are you sure you don't want to rest a bit first? " Goodwitch knew the boy had to be tired. His Aura was at orange and the boy was slightly limping.
"I'm fine professor, I want to get this over with so that I can go rest" Jaune said dryly
Goodwitch shrugged He wants to do it she thought as she and Jaune got into the elevator and went to Ozpin's office.
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"Ah yes, mister Arc" Ozpin said as Jaune entered the room
"Hello Headmaster, what did you need me for" Jaune asked as Goodwitch entered the room with him.
"Sit, there's no need to be formal" The Headmaster gestured toward a chair in front of him and Jaune sat.
Ahhhhhh thank the lords Jaune thought as he sat in the incredibly comfortable chair.
"Mister Arc, even before initiation, I saw that you had something different. Most huntsmen use at most, three weapons. We know that isn't your semblance." Ozpin told Jaune matter-of-factly
"I was seen through, right. As expected" Jaune said
"We'd like to know how you control the force known as aether" Ozpin asked
"There's really nothing special to it. If they had the talent, they wouldn't be using aura" Jaune said
"Mister Arc, what do you mean? " asked Goodwitch
"Well, for starters, Aura is aether. The thing is I harness pure aether, from the earth, instead of using aura too much. "
"Well, that brings me to my point mister Arc, would you be able to teach anyone to use it" Ozpin asked
Jaune froze, Thorin had told him to only teach how to use the aether to a person that he finds, worthy of the slayer title.
"I... I can't" Jaune said
"Why not? Surely you are proficient in it already. " Ozpin asked calmly
"I'm sorry headmaster, I am still learning about it myself. Apparantly, not all people can use aether as they use their aura. It destroys their body, and I don't know how to avoid that" Jaune answered honestly. Even he didn't know how he could handle both forces in his body. Even some Slayers leaned on using Aura instead of Aether because it was easier to use.
To this Ozpin frowned, but he sighed "Mister Arc, I'm sorry for bringing you here after a dangerous encounter. You may go, you don't even have to consider anything we talked about here" Ozpin concluded
Jaune nodded "Yes headmaster"
He then left on the elevator and went back to his dorm room.
"Ozpin, you know that he knows how to unlock the body's aether right? " Goodwitch asked
"Yes Glynda, but if Arc doesn't want to divulge any details, then I won't push for it. After all, it was just simple curiosity" Ozpin sipped from his coffee cup and looked out the window
Author note: Eyyyy finally done, sorry if it's kinda short this time around, I didn't have time cuz school was in the morning and it was hella tiring.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and the next one will be out pretty soon