Can I have your autograph? By ZopLopz
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Prinny The Gamer said:
You know, we were talking about Emerald being a "Master Theif" in her debut episode...
Neverman just stole the White Whale in front of Schnee, successfully escaped, and then, if all goes according to plan, steals a WHOLE town. Does that mean Neverman will be Emerald's new idol?
Someone make an Omake of this!
I can't make this a proper one, seeing as it's on my mobile. Buuut, hora, why not?
Since I can't explain everything because typing like this is time-consuming, I'll try to put what little I could.
Basically, Jaune decided to out himself (at this point, he would be strong enough to at least put up a decent fight against the big threats he probably has trying to kill him and get away only mildly injured). He did it while his and the other Teams were nearby (also including Emerald and the other 'transfer students').
Emerald STARED at the put-out blonde goofball, who was guiltily holding the very same Mask (it had gained such a level of notoriety that some believed that, yes, it deserved to be capitalized) that the enigmatic and coldly cunning NeverMan wore.
The NeverMan, who had once had the lives of the SDC CEO and his Heiress in the palm of his hands, and also stole the White Whale. His reputation had reached a point that people thought mentioning his name would summon him from whatever mysterious fold of reality that he seemed to hide in.
The girl opened her mouth, attempting to make a statement, but her teeth clicked together as she couldn't gather her thoughts. She tried again and failed. So, Emerald just opted for the first thing her mind told her to do.
She quickly snatched away the nearest pen and piece of paper she could get her hands on, stuck them out with a shy look in her eyes and, given the context of the situation, asked one of the oddest questions Jaune would ever hear during his time at Beacon.
"Can I have your autograph?" Emerald asked nervously. "I'm a big fan of your work."
"What?" The boy blinked. "But my work was essentially terrorism on a mass scale."
"Who cares about that? I'm talking about the White Whale! All of us thieves and con's could never pull that off and you did it by YOURSELF!"
"I had help..." Jaune muttered quietly.
"How'd you even do it in the first place?" The undercover girl asked curiously, unconsciously leaning onto him.
"I'm not the only one who's weirded out by this, right?" Mercury ask of the others as his colleague continued to pepper the revealed NeverMan for questions.
Team RWBY and the rest of Team JNPR (even Nora!) shook their heads numbly.
"C'mon, you can't even give a hint?" Emerald pleaded, having leaned far too close for the blonde's comfort.
"L-Look, I'm not going to talk about how I stole the White Whale." Jaune gulped. It was one of Beacon's breaks during the school year, and in part due to the lenient rules involving uniforms, everybody had taken the chance to change into their casual attire. It seemed to be a turn of Luck (good or bad, Jaune didn't know) that Emerald's usual outfit included a top that showed a LOT of cleavage. Adding in the way her arms were pushing her bust together and how much she was leaning in, Jaune felt that even the Gamer's Mind could not keep his thoughts in order.
Pyrrha thankfully noticed and (with a hint of jealousy) began to come to her leader's defense. "Emerald, I think you might be making Jaune a little uncomfortable."
"Huh?" The addressed girl raised an eyebrow at her. "Why would I make him awkward when he dangled little Miss Snow Angel high in the air without a second thought?"
"That's right, I still haven't gotten my vengeance for that!" Weiss had a look on her face that would send even the most vicious Beowolf yelping like a new born pup and pulled out Myrtenaster. Before she could make her way forward, the rest of Team RWBY tackled her.
Firstly, they didn't want her charged for attempted assault and murder (even if it was justified). Secondly, if Jaune really WAS the NeverMan, the girls thought that Weiss wouldn't have a chance of winning and they wanted to save her the heartbreak that all of her training still didn't amount to the infamous criminal.
While Team RWBY descended into a scuffle of their own, Pyrrha was still trying to convince Emerald. "I'm his teammate, so of course I'd know how he'd act!"
"If you really knew him, then you'd have known about him being the NeverMan as well. You were just as much in the dark as I was!" The dark-skinned girl grinned in triumph as the four-time tournament champion flinched at her words. What she didn't notice was that she'd leaned so far on Jaune that her bust was practically pushed into his face and she was all but straddling him, aggravating Pyrrha even further.
"Uhh..." Jaune gulped as his teammate began to reach for her spear and shield. Inwardly, he was rating Pyrrha's expression as a seven out of ten on the Murderous Glare Scale he'd set up a while back.
She was good, but Jaune had seen better. 'Still, Pyrrha's such a nice girl, but she's got one hell of a mean look there.' He thought.
"All I need to know is how NeverMan,-" Pyrrha snarled at the reverent tone in her voice."-stole the White Whale."
"What you NEED to know is that you're making him uncomfortable, you she-thief!" The spear-wielder wasn't usually one for insults, but at that point, her temper had taken control.
Emerald's eyes narrowed. "Well, Ms Nikos, we are at an impasse."
Pyrrha bared her teeth. "So it seems."
"Uh, girls..." Ren interjected.
"WHAT!?" The duo turned their heads to shout at him.
"He already left." Ren deadpanned, pointing a finger.
The girls blinked. After a few seconds to think, his words finally registered properly and their heads snapped back to where Jaune was.
Or rather, where Jaune was not. Apparently, at some point during the argument, he'd managed to sneak away. Emerald stumbled after realizing that she'd been leaning on air for who-knows-how-long. In his place was a folded piece of paper. Pyrrha picked it up and opened it, reading the contents aloud.
'Girls, your negotiation (read: borderline bitch-ocalypse) was getting a bit much, so I left.
Sincerely, Jaune.
P.S. Emerald, look at your paper.'
The girl blinked and did as she'd been told. What came out her mouth was an uncharacteristic squeal of delight.
On the paper she'd snatched earlier was the name, The NeverMan, written in intricate handwriting.
On a side-note, Jaune thought his Gamer ability was bullshit when he'd gotten the Calligraphy Skill after getting his hands on a pamphlet titled 'How to Write in Cursive'.
"When...no, HOW did he...?" Mercury gaped.
"I need to find him." Emerald gained a predatory glint in her eyes. "I need to know!" And she was off.
"Not if I find him first!" Pyrrha made a chilling battle cry and quickly followed.
"Get in line, you two! He has to answer to ME first!" Weiss sprinted after them, Myrtenaster drawn and her clothes ruffled from her earlier fight with Team RWBY. Speaking of which, the girls were frozen in large icicles with a frantic look on their faces that told the remaining people, 'Stop her!'.
"I'll go after them." Ren gave a sigh of long suffering. "But I need to get my weapon first." The boy made sure to deliberately take as long as he could to retrieve his Storm Flowers. He was a good fighter, yes, but there was no way whatsoever he was getting involved in the 'bitch-ocalypse', as Jaune had aptly put it. "Nora, break Team RWBY out of the ice, will you?"
The orange-haired girl gave a wide grin as she reached for Magnhild. "Oh, no problem, Ren~." She called out in a sing-song voice.
Facing the very real possibility of becoming blown up by an enthusiastic Nora, the girls' looks quickly changed to 'Oh this will not end well.'
"But...wha...?" Mercury was still stunned.
"Where had it all gone so wrong?" Cinder face-palmed. Dismissing her self-pity quickly, the undercover 'student' decided to just get back to her homework. She could poke and prod the Arc boy for answers later.
'But still, we enrolled into what was essentially the NeverMan's hideout. That boy, no, man is clever for choosing a place we would never anticipate. Now how do we go about recruiting him?' The sorceress contemplated.
Then Cinder frowned as her paper and pen that she needed for her essay were gone. A growing sense of rage welled in the woman as she realized where they went. "EEEEEEMEEEERRRRAAAAAALLLLLLLLD!"
And thus the chase for the NeverMan gained another participant.
