Sorry for the delay, fanfiction wasn't coperating. :/


Snake
Chapter 3: Aura Supplements

Security measures were tightened drastically after the recent attack on Beacon by New Moon. No students were allowed to leave the school's premises unless approved by a teacher, all packages coming in and out were to be checked, the number of guards patrolling the grounds had been doubled, and everyone going in and out of the school was to be screened. Repairs to Ozpin's office were made after the plans for Glynda's medical treatment had been set in motion. Despite the intensity of the blast within the blast area, Glynda was able to prevent a large amount of the damage done to her thanks to her aura. Still, while she had been able to prevent any burn wounds, she had several broken bones, the most painful of them being her multiple broken ribs, which made breathing itself difficult.

Everyone was still in shock from the attack, but were starting to calm down somewhat after the news that Glynda would make a full recovery. However, one thing that extended the students' time of being on edge was that no trace of New Moon could be found.

One person this had a profound effect of was Jaune.

"You need to stop working yourself like this Jaune", Pyrrha told her leader as he leaned on his sword, its blade buried halfway into the ground, forced onto one knee from the sheer exhaustion his training routine had been bestowing upon him.

"I'm...fine", Jaune said between breaths, before he stood back up, pulling his sword back out of the ground and swinging away the dirt that had stained it's white metallic blade.

"Jaune…", Pyrrha said as she put her hand on his shoulder.

"Just a bit more", Jaune said as he walked over to a training robot. The robots had a beginning difficulty setting, how hard the training would be when it first started, and every minute the difficulty increased a level. The difficulty level ranged from one to one-hundred, Jaune typically trained on level twenty, while the lowest level anyone on team RWBY or JNPR trained on was usually level forty.

"You're gonna die from exhaustion at this rate!" Pyrrha exclaimed, fed up with the stubborn attitude of her leader. It was good that he was training, but at this point it had become an obsession of his to get stronger.

A lot of people, even the teachers, were training when they had the chance. Often when one of the teachers trained, it wasn't a question of what level they'd be on. It was a matter of how long they could hold out and endure against a robot set at one-hundred from the start without destroying it. Ozpin had managed the longest, dodging and blocking every attack a robot threw at him for just under two hours. The longest a student had lasted at level one-hundred was a little over five minutes.

"If I die, it's not gonna be from exhaustion, it's gonna be from fighting New Moon", Jaune said as the robot came to life. Despite his exhaustion, Jaune blocked the first punch with his shield, but he quickly realized that without using his aura he'd be in the medical bay getting a cast on his arm. Allocating some of the little aura he had left to his shield arm, Jaune spread the rest through his body. This increased his overall performance and gave him a second wind, allowing him to jump and spin quickly to avoid punches, and blocking when necessary. Finally, when the robot hit level thirty-five, Jaune's second wind had ran out, and he was left defenseless as the robot sent him flying back with a punch square in the chest.

The robot stopped immediately when it had detected Pyrrha moving towards Jaune, stopping mid kick before returning to standby, posing like a soldier in attention.

"Jaune, Jaune!" Pyrrha said worried as she tried shaking her leader awake. Checking his pulse, she let out a sigh as she calmed down, his breathing and steady heart rate good signs that he was simply knocked out. She collected his sword, which had flown out of his hand, and collapsed his shield, before attaching the sheaved sword to his belt, and putting the training robot away. Afterwards, she threw him over her shoulder and started lugging her friend to bed for some much needed rest.

"Again?" Yang asked as she was heading to her room to get a book she had forgotten to return to the library earlier that day when the opportunity had presented itself. This wasn't the first time she had seen her carrying Jaune back to their room after he has tired himself out training.

"Again", Pyrrha answered. It annoyed her that Jaune never listened to her when it came to training after the New Moon incident, which often lead to one of his team mates carrying him back.

"I have an idea", Yang said casually, "Why don't I take him out to do something, try and alleviate his mind a bit?"

"Why not?" Pyrrha said smiling a bit, "He needs a break after how he's been working himself ragged for the past couple weeks".

"Great", Yang responded, "Besides, I still owe him for taking me out to dinner", she winked before going into her room. Pyrrha just stood there for a moment, her mouth slightly ajar.

"Damn it Yang", Pyrrha said to herself, blushing lightly as she turned her head to the side slightly, looking towards the ground, "He's mine", she mumbled as she walked through the door. Setting Jaune down on his bed, and taking off his armor and equipment, Pyrrha looked down at his calm face. She smiled at seeing her recently restless leader at peace. "You're such an amazing person Jaune", she said as she slowly ran her fingers through his hair, "You might not be anything special combat wise, but you more than make up for it with your other qualities, especially how you care about us, your friends, like you do", she lightly grazed her thumb across his cheek. Slowly leaning down over him, she began to close her eyes and pucker her lips lightly, her face inches away from Jaune's.

Ruining the moment, the door to their dorm opened without warning, spooking Pyrrha into nearly falling backwards as she pulled away from Jaune.

"Interesting what you come across when you retrace your steps to find a lost object", Ren said as he walked towards his bed, before digging around in his bag.

"What are you talking about?!" Pyrrha questioned, her cheeks betraying her attempt at remaining composed as they flushed with color, "And weren't you supposed to be down at the training dummies with Nora?"

"I was, but Nora rushed me, so I ended up forgetting these", Ren said pulling out what looked like a white medicine bottle, "Aura supplements. They increase the rate at which a person's aura recharges. Here", he tossed the bottle at Pyrrha, who caught it as he pulled out a second identical bottle. "I meant to give that to Jaune earlier, but like I said, Nora was rushing me. Those should help keep him from passing out like that", he said leaving, but before he closed the door behind him, he made sure to grin right at Pyrrha, "And make sure the coast is clear before you start making out with our leader. Who knows who could catch you", he said before instantly shutting the door. Pyrrha just stood there, dumbfounded, before sighing and looking at the supplements' directions. Apparently the maximum dosage was two pills every two hours. Any extra risked causing the user's aura to fluctuate uncontrollably. Pyrrha made a mental note to tell Jaune about the supplements, but that could wait until he finished resting.


So now while there's a serial killer on the loose, we have Pyrrha wanting Jaune, with a possible triangle involving Yang.

I honestly don't know how to feel about this chapter. I'd appreciate people's opinions on this, because I always aim to make the chapters enjoyable for you guys :)

I'm going to take a few days to work on a Uryu oneshot I promised someone on dA. It may take longer then that though, so to help make it up I'll try to make the next chapter twice as long.