Chapter 2: Revelations
Disclaimer: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth Productions, not even in my dreams could it belong to me XD
First of all I want to thank for the response the first chapter had, 22 favs, 29 follows and 4 reviews, I honestly did not expect a response like that, so thanks, now to answer the reviews.
*ZenithTempest: thanks for your review, noted and corrected in this chapter, when I figure how to edit the first chapter I will do it too.
*AdonisKun13: Thanks for your review,thats an interesting idead but no, weiss is not a yandere in this fic XD
*Guest: Thanks for your review, noted and alredy fixed in this chapter, english is not my country language and sometimes I make mistakes like the ¿? One, I will be more carefull :D
*Guest: Thanks for your review, I understand your point, but as for this moment in the fic Weiss is not in love with Jaune, when she said "her Jaune" she meant the guy she used to know, or that's what I wanted to mean X.X
Breakfast had been a peculiar event in the house where Qrow Branwen, Oscar Pines and the RWBY and JNR teams were staying, on one hand we had Qrow who was still sleeping on the sofa after spending much of the night drinking, Ruby and Nora were in a fierce competition to see who ate more pancakes, Oscar laughing animated watching the behavior of Ruby and Nora, Ren ate quietly while warning Ruby and Nora about a future stomach ache they could get, Jaune was absent from breaksfast something that was becoming very common in him lately , Weiss was eating quietly deep in her own thoughts, Blake was trying to start a conversation with Yang while she was answering with simple yes and no, sometimes not even answering Blake's questions.
Weiss was the first to get up from the table, she quietly picked up her plate, went to the sink where she washed her plate, when she finished she left the house without telling anyone where she would go still immersed in her own thoughts.
"Do you know what's happening now to Ice Princess Ruby?" Yang asked, surprised by the attitude of her teammate.
"I gont nofe sh fiin agfinc etrangfe ginge gue ghineghed fe gatte" (writer note: god is difficult to write someone talking with the mouth full) Ruby replied with her mouth full of pancakes and spitting a little while talking.
"I didn't understand anything, swallow your food before talking, dad has tired himself of telling you that little sister, it's disgusting" Yang scolded Ruby.
Making an effort to swallow the food, Ruby's face begins to turn blue, desperate she takes the glass with orange juice that she has in front of her and drinks it quickly, making Oscar, Yang and Ren laugh.
"It's not funny, these killer pancakes almost claimed a victim... and I told you that I don't know, she's been acting strange since we finished the battle, I asked her if something happened to her and she said that she was okay that she only has a lot of things to think about... "Ruby replied.
"Weiss went through a very traumatic experience during the battle, it's normal that she has a lot of things to think right now" said Ren, finishing eating.
"That miserable Cinder... pity I didn't have a chance to break her legs ... first Pyrrha and now she tried to do the same with Weiss ..." commented Nora, while she stop eating for a moment to participate in the conversation.
The mood of everyone in the table changed, the subject they were talking was still very painful for everyone, especially for Nora, Ren and Jaune.
"By the way, do any of you know where Jaune is? is he still sleeping?"Asked Oscar.
"Now that you mention it... I have not seen vomit boy since yesterday afternoon when he left the house, did any of you see him arrived last night?"
"Our fearless leader has not come back since he went out yesterday" said Nora looking quite sad.
"Well, what are we waiting for?! Let's go look for him "exclaimed Yang, she was extremely surprised, she had noticed something different in Vomit boy, he did not talk as much as he used to, he smiled very little and he disappeared without warning anyone where he would go or what he would do, she did not have as much interaction with him as Ruby did, but she considered him a friend and she would never leave a family member or a friend in a momento of need, she would never be like Raven...
"Theres no need of that Yang, it's not the first time Jaune does something like that... we've already talked to him... he's dealing with some problems and he asked us to let him do it his way..." Ren replied seriously.
"But he's our friend... friends are always there for each other when they are needed" Yang commented, watching Blake out of the corner of her eye as blake realized that Yang was watching her.
"Not everyone deals with their problems in the same way Yang" commented Blake with annoyance.
"I already realize that Blake! Some people leave their partners just after they GOT AN ARM CHOPPED! "Yang answered screaming at the end, her eyes turning red, her hair seemed burning and her left arm beggining to tremble.
The silence had taken over the dining room after Yangs outburst, when she realized that she had activated her semblance and of the tremor in her arm she quickly got up and went up to the room she shared with Ruby and Weiss, the others saw her with eyes like saucers while she left, after a few seconds Blake also got up.
"I'll talk to her," Blake told the others as she followed Yang.
Ruby felt helpless, she had not been able to cheer up Jaune while she was the leader of the RNJR team while they were traveling towards Haven, she tried it every day and every way she could think of, but none had worked, she realized that the only thing she could do for Jaune was to be with him when he needed it and give him his space when he wanted to be alone, Nora and Ren had each for confort while dealing with the events of the fall of Beacon,they knew each other for a long time, both had experienced the tragedy of Kuroyuri, they were each the pillar of the other, Jaune on the other hand Jaune had no one like that, now her own team was in crisis and Ruby didn't know what to do.
Awakened by the noise, Qrow enters the dining room with a frown, his faithful licor canteen held in his left hand.
"Why all the noise? Not only you're all noisy at dinner, you're also noisy at breakfast, I went to bed late last night, some people need to sleep, "commented Qrow, annoyed.
"Uncle Qrow... when you have a problem... How do you deal with it? What do you do when you're sad? "Ruby asked, Qrow was supposedly an adult, and he was a Hunter for quite some time, if anyone knew what to do in these situations it must be her uncle Qrow.
Qrow was confused, Ruby never talked about these issues with him and he didn't think he was the best example to follow in that regard.
"I don't think im the best person to tell you how to deal with your problems child" answered Qrow, taking a sip of liquor without thinking.
Ruby dropped her head on the table, "I should have imagined it" Ruby thought a big drop of sweat falling from her head.
"But I can tell you that problems are just life experiences, in your life you will have bad moments and good times, it's on the person to have the strength to overcome a bad experience and become stronger in the process"
Upon hearing this Ruby was encouraged a little, her Friends ha streght to spare, she was sure now that everyone would leave this behind and that they would become stronger in the process, and she was going to be at each step supporting them.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK, they heard the door rang, Qrow went to it and opened it, he see Jaune standing at the doorway, his clothes were a little dirty, he was disheveled and gave off an intense smell of sweat.
"Boy, where were you? You look and smell horrible, "Qrow said, wrinkling his nose.
"This how the hard work smell... old man ..." Jaune replied smiling as he entered the house.
"I warn you, boy... don't call me an old man if you know what's good for you, now go and take a bath you really stink" commented Qrow, somewhat annoyed to be called an old man.
"First I need to talk to Professor Ozpin" answered Jaune.
"Boy Professor Ozpin is resting right now, he has a very important conversation with Ghira today and he still doesn't fully recover from the last battle," Qrow said in an annoyed tone.
When they reach the living room, they both heard the dining room door open and saw Oscar, Ruby, Ren and Nora enter the living room.
"Mr. Qrow... Ozpin says he has no problem talking to Jaune, let's go up to the studio" commented Oscar uncomfortable.
"Okay, if Oz thinks he's already recovered to chat, then I don't see any problem," said Qrow, sitting on one of the sofas in the living room and taking a drink from his canteen.
Jaune and Oscar went up the stairs to the studio on the second floor.
"What do you think Jaune wants to talk to Professor Ozpin?" Ruby asked curiously.
"Do you want to go up and listen Ruby?" Nora asked with a mischievous smile.
"Let's go up carefully so they don't hear us" Ruby replied chuckling.
Before the girls could climb the stairs Ren moved in front of the stairs with crossed arms and a serious face.
"Don't even think about it, it was easy to notice that Jaune wanted to talk to Professor Ozpin alone, if it's something we should know, I'm sure Jaune or Professor Ozpin will tell us when they finish," Ren said, still blocking the stairs.
Nora and Ruby annoyed sat each in a chair in the living room.
"spoilsport, killjoy, party pooper" Nora said quietly.
The study was a large room, with a large bookcase located on the left wall, a desk on the back wall with a chair behind it and another chair in front of it, when they arrived at the studio Oscar went to the chair behind the desk and he sat down, Jaune did the same in the chair that was in front of the desk.
"here we are young Arc, do you have anything you want to tell me?" Oscar said with the voice of Ozpin, the director of Beacon Academy had emerged.
(This happens during breakfast, after Blake leaves the dining room to talk to Yang)
Yang was standing in front of the bedroom window, her right hand holding her left arm that was still shaking, she could not avoid the painful memories. The death of her super mom, finding out that the woman who raised her was not her mother, that her biological mother had abandoned her shortly after she was born, having to take care of her sister alone for a while, when a group of Grimms almost killed her and her sister when they went out to look for Raven, when a group of Grimm's almost killed her and her sister when they went out to look for Raven, the loss of her arm because of Adam Taurus, her best friend abandoning her… All those memories fluttered in her mind at that moment making the tremor in her arm worse and tears roll down her face.
She hear how the door was opened and turning around she saw that it was Blake.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Yang said annoyed and clenching her fists.
"I'm here because my partner needs me" replied Blake firmly.
"partner? Where was my partner when I really needed her? Well, guess what? I'm fine alredy, I don't need you, "Yang said upset.
"Yang you're clearly not well, please let me help you" replied Blake crestfallen.
"I don't want your help Blake... but I really want to know something, why? why you left? Why did you abandon us? Why did you abandon me?" asked Yang.
"Because I was afraid Yang... I was afraid you'll be hurt because of me, I was afraid they would kill you all for trying to help me, you all became my second family Yang, I love you all too much, and because of that fear I made the worst mistake of my life..." Blake replied with tears in her eyes.
Yang closed her eyes and breathed deeply trying to calm down remembering her training and the advice her father gave her to control her semblance, after a few seconds she opened her eyes again.
"Do you have any idea what you did to me Blake? You know my past, I told you the day before the dance, remember? I never imagine that you, my best friend, my partner, would abandon me as an object that lost its usefulness... Is there something wrong with me? That everyone end up leaving me aside. Yang said with a melancholy tone.
"Yes Yang, of course, I remember your story, and no, there's nothing wrong with you, I never considered you an object, you're my best friend, Yang, leaving you all was the hardest choice I've ever made in my life, I did it because I believed that by doing that I would protect you all, I thought that you all would not have to face the White Fang or Adam anymore, clearly I was wrong, it seems that it's the RWBY team that chase the problems and not the other way around "commented Blake with a sad smile on her faces.
Yang, calmer, approached Blake and hugged her, Blake tensed her body but after a few seconds she also returned the hug.
"To be fair we were the ones who looked for troubles this time... We could have gone to your home together Blake I would have accompanied you without thinking twice" Yang commented without stopping hugging Blake.
"I know Yang, and I regret the choice that I made, I should have been with you while you recovered, we should have gone to Menagerie together, can you forgive me?" asked Blake.
Yang released the hug and looked directly at Blake.
I already forgave you Blake… and now I understand why you did it, do you remember the tournament? When I fought Mercury, Emerald made me believe that Mercury was going to attack me from the back after the fight ended and I defended myself, you asked me how could you trust me after that? That's the big problem, trust, how can I trust you now? I do not trust you anymore blake and it's not that I don't want to trust you, it's just that I can't, at least not at this moment..."Yang commented.
Those words hurt Blake more than she thought, She knew this could happen, She even expect it.
"Yang, I promise you that from now on I will be there for you whenever you need me, I will never leave you or RWBY again" replied Blake, very distressed.
Yang turned her back on Blake and went to the door of the room.
Blake was paralyzed, only seeing how Yang left the room, she had lost the confidence of her best friend, her partner, but she had given her another chance to reclaim it and she will not waste it.
"I'll regain your trust. Yang, I'll make everything go back to the way it was," Blake said to herself in a low voice.
Yang left the room, she wanted to clear her mind, it had been a stressful conversation and she needed some time to think. "I DON'T WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, I WANT TO PREVENT THE DEATH OF MY FRIENDS, I WANT TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT MY FRIENDS" Yang heard someone shouting from the studio, She recognized Jaune's voice, curiously She silently went towards the study door and placed her right ear near the door to listen to the conversation.
(Continuing the conversation between Jaune and Ozpin)
"here we are young Arc, do you have anything you want to tell me?" Oscar said with the voice of Ozpin, the director of Beacon Academy had emerged.
"Professor Ozpin, I will speak bluntly, I need to become stronger and I need to do it quickly, I imagine that you who have lived for so long through your reincarnations must know some way to do it" answered Jaune seriously.
"Of all the topics of conversation and all the things you could ask me, I never thought that someone like you would ask me something like that, you have advanced a lot in your training young Arc, you do not need to hurry, strength is obtained with years of effort and training, not in months, much less in days "commented Ozpin, somewhat impressed by Jaune's question.
"The situation changed professor, as far as we know the hunters and huntresses of Mistral are all dead, lost in the best case, you do not currently have all your power, Qrow is the only proper hunter we have and I... I'm not even at the level of my friends, I'm just a nuisance, I need to become stronger and I need to do it fast if I want to be useful "replied Jaune somewhat upset by the teacher's implied refusal.
"I understand very well your situation young Arc of that you can be sure, but this request doesn't ceases to amaze me, you have never been a person with cravings for power, What happened to you to change that? Ozpin asked with great curiosity.
"What happened? Professor, How can you ask me that? You know exactly what happened, the fall of Beacon that's what happened, the death of Pyrrha happened..." replied Jaune losing control little by little.
"So it's about that Jaune, you're looking for revenge for the death of Miss Nikos, is that why you want to become stronger? I must admit that I am disappointed. Ozpin responded mad at Jaune.
"I DON'T WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, I WANT TO PREVENT THE DEATH OF MY FRIENDS, I WANT TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT MY FRIENDS" Jaune shouted, losing control and hitting the desk hard.
Jaune breathed deeply trying to control himself, after a few seconds he spoke again.
"Professor... you were there fighting with us two days ago, you saw how she almost killed Weiss because of me, for not being able to defeat Cinder" continued Jaune, tears of despair coming from his eyes.
Ozpin was silent, he analized the situation for a few minutes, he notice how Jaune was desperate, he easily realized that if he lost another of his friends it would destroy him, after giving a sigh he replied.
"So it was not revenge... feelings of guilt, responsibility and wanting to protect your friends at any cost, you act a lot like your great-great-grandfather" commented Ozpin with a small smile.
"Did you meet my great-great-grandfather?" Jaune asked surprised.
"My predecessor met him, Jaune. What do you know about the vaults that keep the relics?" Ozpin asked seriously.
"Only what you told us professor, that there are four of them and that each one is hidden in each academy and that your predecessor created them after the war when the academies were founded"
"That information is not entirely correct Jaune, I know I promised you all that I would not keep any more secrets but this information I'm going to give you is of the utmost importance, not even Qrow knows about this, so I need you to swear to me that you will not tell anyone until I tell you that you can, the safety of all Remnant depends on this, "Ozpin said in a very serious tone, one that Jaune had never heard him use.
"You can trust me professor, I give you my promise and the Arcs never break a promise" answered Jaune with interest.
"The vaults that keep the relics are very special magical constructions young arc, they reside in their own space and time outside of Remnant, they only connect with Remnant when they are open, in that moment the trunk shares time and space with our dimension, when they are closed the trunks are in a different dimension, with a different time than Renmant, one day in Renmant are 365 days inside the vaults when it is closed "explained Ozpin to Jaune, when he was going to continue the explanation Jaune interrupted him.
"I understand what you mean professor, but that's not an option, you told us yourself that the vaults can only be opened by their respective maiden, the maiden of spring Vernal is dead and we do not have time to look for the maidens of Summer and Winter to open their respective vaults for me to train "replied Jaune depressed.
"Do not interrupt me Jaune and pay attention, what I'm going to tell you is of the utmost importance, when my predecessor created the vaults to protect the relics he only entrusted the secret to 5 people, four of them were the persons that my predecessor chose to be the directors of each academy and the fifth person was your great grandfather Juste Arc who had become a great friend to my predecessor, however Juste did not agree with the idea, Juste said it was very risky and very obvious to hide the 4 relics in the 4 academies and asked my predecessor to create a vault in the Arc residence and leave the relic my predecessor was going to hide in the Beacon Academy under the protection of the leader of the Arc family, my predecessor agreed and did it, he create the fifth vault in the Arc residence and he linked the vault with the lineage of the leaders of the Arc family, Jaune the fifth vault is in Colmar and is connected with the current leader of the Arc family , your mother Jeanne Arc... when I told you that the relic of choice was difficult to find, I was referring to that, "explained Ozpin.
With every word that Ozpin said Jaune paled more and more, he could not believe it, it was something unreal, there was a fifth trunk that was located in the town where he had lived all his life, worse, that trunk was in his home, the residence Arc.
"Are you okay? You look a little pale, "Ozpin said teasingly.
"I'm good, professor, just very impressed and worried, Salem is looking for the relics, professor, my family is in serious danger my parents and my sisters" said Jaune very worried.
"Your family is stronger than you think Jaune, your parents are two of the most powerful hunters I know, your mother is not the leader of your family for nothing"
Ozpin took a sheet and a pen from the desk and started writing, when he finished he grabbed an envelope and placed the letter inside.
"You will go to Colmar and deliver this letter to your mother, it is very important that only your mother reads this letter, otherwise Remnant will be grave danger, who knows, probably your mother will let you train inside the trunk, another thing Jaune I will not let you go alone is too dangerous, ask one of your friends to accompany you, I will talk to Ghira for him to ask for one of the Bullhead they came and take you and your friend to Colmar" said Ozpin.
Jaune took the envelope and put it in the right pocket of his pants, got up from his chair and went to the door.
"Thank you Professor Ozpin, I will not disappoint you" replied Jaune, more animated, leaving the office to go to his room to take a bath.
"I hope you don't, Jaune," Ozpin said to himself.
Quickly Yang separated her ear from the door and went to her room, she could not believe what she had heard, there was a fifth vault that was located in the Arc residence in Colmar and this vault contained the relic that was supposed to be in Beacon, one day in Remnant was a year inside the vault, it was a complete madness, entering her room she noticed that Blake had retired, Yang sat on her bed thinking, she wanted to take this opportunity, she needed time to think about her situation with Blake and there was no better way to do it than going away for a short time, she had to talk to Jaune, Yang spent about 10 minutes analyzing the situation, she had already decided, she would go with Jaune to Colmar and she would not let jaune reject her, she got up from her bed and left her room in the direction of Jaune's room, once there she did not bother to knock on the door, she entered the room and immediately closed the door, Jaune who had been coming out of taking a shower was dressed in his already classic pajamas with a rabbit print, he was surprised by the sudden entry of Yang.
"Vomit Boy, I will accompany you on your trip to Colmar and I will not accept a no as an answer..." Yang said authoritatively.
End of chapter 2.
First of all, I know that I took the idea of the time chamber from dragon ball, im not the first neither the last to do that, in my defense, after analysing what we know of the vaults this seemed like a plausible aidea for me so please don't flame me for that XD I wanted to connect Jaunes great great grandfather to Ozpin and the fifth Vault idea was a good option to me, that way I deal the thing about the Choice relic beign more secure tan the others, I want to know your toughs about these ideas, another thing, Jaune is not going to be almighty, as he said, he is really behind in comparision with his Friends son I wanted to fixed that at most he is going to be a Little stronger than Qrow but I haven't decide that yet, Colmar is a real city from france, I will take it as a model for my fic, next chapter we will see the reaction of the group to Jaune choice of traveling partner beign Yang and then reaching colmar, until next chapter :D