'Aura Crash' Jian 3 by Zameen
prereq: Noticed, Part 2
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The Legend of Sky Pirate "Aura Crash" Jian (Part 3)
"Will you stop doing that?!" The masked man growled. "It's kinda hard to concentrate on flying an airship when some crazy lady keeps trying to kill you."
Weiss paused, panting for breath as she glared at him. Gone was the perfect, elegant image known to the public. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were filthy, and her bloodshot eyes kept twitching disturbingly. Her body was aching and covered in sweat, her hands were shaking, and she couldn't remember the last time she'd had something to eat.
Right now, though, that was all secondary to the fact that the insane masked pilot in front of her was still not dead.
"I... don't know... what trick you're using," she gasped, a gleam of madness shining brightly in her eyes. "but I will find a way to get through it somehow. You can't keep your guard up forever!"
Jaune groaned and resisted the urge to bang his head on the wall. Three hours. Three hours since the formerly calm and collected Schnee heiress had snapped and began attempting to kill him. So far he'd been stabbed, shot, set on fire, electrocuted, frozen solid, and beaten over the head with a frozen chicken.
He didn't even want to know where she'd gotten it from, or how she had managed to imbue it with enough Aura to make it strong enough to fracture his skull.
Sure, it's not like she could kill him faster then he could regenerate, and he'd even managed to double his Physical Endurance ability, but this was just getting annoying.
Turning towards his companion, he was unsurprised to see Blake sitting in the co pilots chair, calmly reading the same book. She'd gotten a cup of tea from somewhere. He watched her take a small, delicate sip before sighing in satisfaction. Noticing his gaze, the feline Faunus held up the cup. "Want some?"
"... maybe later." he replied tiredly. "For now, could you please make her stop trying to kill me? The first few times were pretty painful, but now that I'm barely taking any damage from her attacks it's just getting annoying."
Weiss seemed less then pleased with his words, launching into a stream of profanity that included more then a few words that a girl her age really shouldn't know. "-and when I'm done with all that, I swear by all that is good and holy that I will murder you in your sleep!"
"Yeah, that's not going to happen." Jaune replied blandly. "I don't sleep anymore."
Weiss' hate filled glare intensified as she once again reached for her rapier. "Yeah, right. You'll have to rest at some point, and when you do..." she mimed stabbing him repeatedly in gruesome detail.
"Actually, he's being serious." Blake piped up. "I don't think he's slept in the last... four days, was it?"
"Five, actually." he corrected her. "Reading up all the blueprints and flight manuals took longer then I thought, then I got distracted by a treatise on Aura healing techniques, and, well..."
Weiss stood there, her body completely still and unmoving as she listened to what they were saying. Then, slowly, with great care, she turned towards Blake. "That... that explains so much. Why the hell did you think it'd be a good idea to bring him along?!"
Blake shrugged before taking another sip of her drink while Jaune snorted in amusement. "Well, it's not like they could put an advert in the paper." he pointed out. "Can you imagine? 'Airship pirate wanted for daring hijacking attempt. Experience with kidnapping young maidens a plus. Apply at your nearest White Fang hideout today.'"
"... the worst part is that you're actually making sense." Weiss groaned, dropping to her knees in despair. "I am going to die on this god forsaken airship because the only pilot you could find is completely insane."
"Oh, please. We haven't crashed yet, have we?" the masked pilot said reassuringly. "I can assure you that you're riding with one of the best pilots in the world right now."
Weiss ignored him, muttering to herself as dark clouds of despair began to form over her head. "I'm too young to die! I haven't even had a boyfriend before! What could I have done to deserve this?"
"You know, if it's a boyfriend you're looking for-" he said hopefully.
"Finish that sentence and I will throw you out the window."
"He's the only one here who can pilot the airship, Weiss." Blake pointed out. "Besides, I'm pretty sure even that won't be enough to kill him."
"Maybe if I dropped him into a volcano?" the Schnee heiress said thoughtfully. "But the closest one is halfway across the continent..."
"Aaand I think now would be a good time to change the subject." Jaune interrupted. "Miss Schnee, what would it take to convince you not to kill me?"
Both the girls turned to stare at him. Blake seemed slightly amused, while Weiss' expression was twisted between rage and disbelief.
"Would it help if I said please?" he asked hopefully.
Weiss smiled at him in a sickeningly sweet manner, "Why, sure! After all, you only stole my family's airship, kidnapped me, took us thousands of miles away from home, deliberately drew the attention of every flying Grimm between Vale and Mistral, and flew through a goddamn mountain because you thought going around it would take too long!"
"Well, when you put it that way..."
"When I get out of here, I am going to dedicate every waking moment of my life to my revenge." she snarled, with an expression that would have made a bloodthirsty, man eating Grimm back away in fear. "I will go to the most prestigious training academies available, rising through the Hunter ranks until I become the most dangerous of them all. I will hire the deadliest bounty hunters and mercenaries available and beg, borrow, or steal the most advanced equipment I can get my hands on all so that I can one day hunt you down and put you out of my misery!"
Jaune sighed before turning towards her. "I was afraid of this. It seems that I will have to resort to.. Plan B."
Weiss tensed, her blade gripped tightly as she prepared to defend herself. "Oh? And what's that?"
"I will show you.. the truth!" he said, reaching up to remove his mask. Weiss' eyes widened, her sword dropping out of her numb fingers to clatter loudly on the floor. Behind her, Blake choked on her tea.
"No..." Weiss whispered. "No, you can't be..."
"Search your feelings, Weiss." he said, stepping forward. The Schnee heiress stumbled away from him, trying desperately to deny what she was seeing. "You know it to be true."
"No! You're lying!" she screamed defiantly. "You're not... you can't be..."
"Oh, but I am." he smiled. "Weiss, I am your father."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
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Thus began the legend of the Sky Pirate Jian, who everyone knew was secretly the head of the Schnee corporation in disguise.
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fun fact, on SB, Ryuugi's avatar is vader going 'whos your daddy'
just in case that punch line didn't make sense.
