Jaune woke up early.
Perhaps earlier than he should have. The sun wasn't even up yet.
Now that Sun had moved out of Jaune's room, it was pretty quiet.
It was currently 5:00 in the morning - or was it still night? - and he couldn't get back to sleep for reasons unknown.
He stood up and wore a black t-shirt, jogging pants and green running shoes along with his usual watch and went out of his room, locking the door with a click.
As he went out, he saw a certain blonde haired professor right by Beacon's entrance. She was dressed in a purple t-shirt, with black jogger shorts that went down to her knees, featuring her smooth and silky legs, she also wore white running shoes with purple and black trimmings.
Immediately recognizing the person, Jaune walked right up on her.
"Hey Glynda!" Jaune greeted.
Glynda glanced at her side and smiled as she recognized who it was. "Hello Jaune, what a surprise to see you at this hour."
Jaune laughed. "What a surprise to see me?" Jaune repeated. "I'm surprised to see you at this hour!"
"I usually wake up at this hour from time to time when there are no classes. I like to get up and stretch." Glynda said. "Now, what brings you here?"
"I woke up and i can't go back to sleep." Jaune plainly said.
It made Glynda laugh. Of course Jaune of all people would only be awake at this hour just because he couldn't go back to sleep.
"Well, in any case, how about you join me for a run." Glynda suggested as she stretched, making her bosom become even more visible as she bent her body backwards.
Jaune stared. Sure he'd seen plenty over his experiences with women, but nobody could deny that Glynda - even at her age - had a figure that most women could only dream off.
And he just couldn't resist the temptation of looking. It was enticing dammit! Damn that rusty old crow for teaching him the pleasures of flesh!
Glynda caught him staring, and she smirked. It seemed that she could still make someone like Jaune stare at her body.
After a few seconds Glynda coughed, which brought Jaune back and only sheepishly looked at Glynda while scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. All the while Glynda only kept staring at Jaune.
Jaune signed. "Okay Glyn. Sorry for staring." Jaune said. He noticed that one of his shoe's lace was loose, so he bent down and put his knee on the ground to tie the knot.
"But seriously though, i can't believe you're still single. With a body like that, killer looks, and an even better personality, i figured you'd be beating men off of a stick, or riding crop. Whichever floats your boat."
And at that, Glynda turned red. It seemed Jaune still didn't know how his words could affect certain people.
As Jaune stood up, Glynda immediately turned around to hide her now red face. Jaune looked at her in confusion.
"Something wrong?"
"No!" Glynda responded quickly, maybe too quickly. "I mean, no."
Jaune raised an eyebrow. But it later faded as they got ready to jog.
"How about we make this interesting?" Jaune suggested.
Glynda raised an eyebrow. "What do you propose?"
"Loser has to do something for the victor."
"Something?" Glynda repeated.
"Something... anything i guess. As long as it's within reason." Jaune said.
Glynda thought about it for sometime, until she nodded. "Alright. Challenge accepted." Glynda smiled.
Jaune smiled back at her.
They looked back at each other as they both got into a sprinting stance. Wasn't this a jog? Apparently due to the bet it suddenly became a race.
"Ready..."
"Set..."
"GO!"
Jaune and Glynda had ran throughout Vale, the bets were supposedly forgotten as they enjoyed themselves, feeling the air against their skin, speeding up every time one of them went ahead. Until they eventually stopped. Jaune leaned forward and out both of his hands on his knees.
Jaune gasped for air. "Glyn, i think this is my stop." Jaune said as he sat down on the nearby curb.
Glynda looked at Jaune in concern. "Are you alright?"
Jaune smiled. "Yeah, i'm fine." Jaune said as he leaned back. "You should get to Beacon now Glyn, they might need you for something."
Glynda frowned for a second before she smiled. "Alright Jaune, see you later." Glynda said as she started to jog back, but not before she left a message for Jaune.
"I'll be claiming my prize when i wish. So be ready, Jaune."
Jaune only watched Glynda jog back to Beacon with a smile on his face.
But it slowly faded...
As he now faced the real reason why he stopped.
Right across him was a book store.
But not just any book store.
It was Tukson's Book Trade.
And something was wrong.
Call him crazy, or call it intuition, but Jaune had a feeling that something wasn't right.
Carefully, Jaune went to the backdoor which only he and Tukson knew about. The fact that the backdoor was open meant that Tukson was inside. He made his way through the several stacks of books that were in stock, until he reached the open door right behind Tukson's counter.
'What's going on?' Jaune thought.
Until he heard a voice...
"You shouldn't make a promise you can't keep, Tukson." A female voice said. "I hear you're planning on leaving. Moving all the way to Vacuo. Your brothers in the White Fang wouldn't be happy to hear that, and neither are we."
Jaune realized what Tukson's situation was.
He was in danger.
Jaune tried to form a plan. 'What can i do... what can i do that won't give my position, as well as tell Tukson to stay calm?!' Jaune thought, before a small yellow comic book flew to him.
Jaune smirked. 'X-Ray and Vav...'
Back to Tukson, all the windows were now black. Preventing anyone from seeing what was about to happen.
"You know who we are, don't you?"
"...Yes." A voice Jaune recognized as Tukson said.
"Are you going to fight back?"
"...Y-" Tukson was about to say yes, but something stopped him...
And that something was an X-Ray and Vav comic book that flew towards his hand.
Tukson's eyes widened. Before he laughed out loud.
The two people in front of Tukson raised an eyebrow at Tukson's odd behavior, did he go nuts?
Tukson wiped his eyes. That bastard, he was watching this whole time.
"Sorry, sorry." Tukson started. "It's just that i realized something."
"And that is?" A male voice spoke this time.
"This is my shop." Tukson said. Jaune quickly realized what Tukson was trying to do.
Instill fear and make them retreat.
Jaune used his semblance and filled the room with strong wind, the two were shocked at the unexpected development, did Tukson have some kind of secret semblance?
"Now... get out of here, before i become forced to do something i really don't want to happen in my shop."
The two were sent flying out the door, they didn't expect this...
And they didn't prepare for it.
Before leaving, the green haired one left one last message.
"This isn't over Tukson."
And then they left.
A few minutes later, Tukson's legs gave out, he turned towards his back to see Jaune, leaning on the door with a stupid grin.
"Rough Day huh?"
- La Soliel Cafe -
"So, what do you plan to do now?" Jaune asked while he took a sip of his coffee.
Jaune and Tukson were now at the La Soliel cafe, Jaune thought that Tukson needed someplace to cool off and relax, and the cafe was the only place he knew of.
"You're... not going to ask me why there were people after me?" Tukson asked. Jaune had eavesdropped on their conversation so he must have some question about him.
Jaune grinned. "Tukson, you're ex-White Fang, you deserted a White Fang team and moved to Vale in hopes of a better life." Jaune said as he took in Tukson's shocked expression. "And apparently, you're planning on moving to Vacuo."
Tukson was shocked. "W-what?! H-how?"
"Tukson," Jaune smirked as he pointed towards himself. "Give me some credit, i'm ex-Atlas after all, i know enough about the people i associate with."
Tukson shook his head. He should've known someone like Jaune would do that.
Jaune ate a piece of his breadstick. "Anyway, you're planning on going to Vacuo?"
"Yeah." Tukson said. "I figured i'd go to Vacuo to set up shop there, but i was pretty low on lien so i started here."
"Do you have enough lien?" Jaune asked.
Tukson looked down. He had enough funds. But that number was going to be more than halved, he still had to pay for a Bullhead ticket, then the fees he still had to pay when he had to find shelter. Then he had to set up the store all over again to keep money flowing in.
"I-i..." Tukson struggled to speak.
Then an orange bank card suddenly appeared in his face.
It was a Vacuo Bank Card.
"The pin is 9463 don't forget it." Jaune said as he wrote down the pin on the tissue next to him and also gave it to Tukson.
Tukson just sat there, speechless.
Jaune saw Tukson's reaction. "Don't worry, there's more than enough money in there, so feel free to spend it how you wish.
Tukson recovered from his state. "Ja-jaune, i can't accept this." Tukson said as he pushed Jaune's hand back.
Jaune put his hand towards Tukson once again. "Take it Tukson, you need it more than i do."
Tukson cried tears of joy, he smiled as he cried. "Thank you Jaune. I can't thank you enough for this."
Tukson was a faunus, which meant they were given uneven service and were wrongly treated. Kindness was sometimes a luxury for some faunus. And now Jaune - a human - had helped him, had given him a chance to live his life again.
Had given him a chance to restart.
He really couldn't thank Jaune enough.
Jaune smiled. "No problem." Jaune downed his coffee. "I think you should packup now Tukson. Who knows when they'll be back."
Tukson nodded and immediately got up. Tukson pulled out his wallet only to be stopped by Jaune.
"I'll handle the bill, you can go do your thing." Jaune said.
Tukson was not having it, Jaune had done so much for him, it was only right for him to repay the favor even a little bit.
"No, i'll pay for it." Tukson insisted.
"No, it's totally fi-"
"Nope." Tukson cut Jaune off. "I'm paying, end of conversation."
Jaune only let Tukson do as he wished, if the guy wanted to pay then why was Jaune going to get in the way?
A waitress had come back with the change, as well as Jaune leftover breadsticks that were in a paper cone.
Before Tukson left, he had to say one last thing. "Jaune..."
"Yeah?" Jaune turned towards Tukson.
Tukson smiled one last time towards Jaune. "Thanks for everything, and i promise i'll pay you back."
Jaune chuckled. The guy had to leave one last message, that bastard, Jaune was going to miss him.
"Take care, friend."
And at that, Tukson eventually left Jaune's sight.
Jaune sighed. 'Better get back to Beacon now.'
Looking at his watch, he saw that it was not that late and classes didn't start until tomorrow so he didn't need to rush. Jaune walked his way to Beacon humming to himself, but not before he realized something.
'Shit! I forgot to ask Tukson about who came for him!
- Beacon -
At Beacon, almost everyone was eating at the cafeteria. There was students talking with other students, teams sat with other teams, the kind of stuff you'd find in a cafeteria.
And at one table, Team RWBY and JNPR sat together.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Joan asked Blake, who immediately closed her book.
"Nothing." Blake blandly replied.
Then, Ruby brought down a huge binder that caused the table to shake.
"What the hell is that?" Yang said, shocked.
On the front page was a crossed out 'Vytal Festival Activities Property of Weiss Schnee', while the new title was 'Best Day Ever Activities!'
"Ehem." Ruby started. "Sisters, friends... Weiss." Ruby ignored a "Hey!" from said Ice Queen. "Fourscore and seven minutes ago i had a dream."
"This ought to be good." Yang commented.
Joan raised an eyebrow. "Really? How so?"
Yang thought about it. "Well, the last time she did this, she went on a sugar rush... so like i said, this ought to be good." Yang said as she ate the cherry that Joan threw her.
"Stop interrupting me!" Ruby exclaimed before she calmed down. "Anyways, i had a dream. A dream that one day, the eight of us - rivalries and competition aside - would come together as friends, and have the most fun anyone has ever had, ever!"
"Did you steal my binder?" Weiss asked, she saw the front page, and it was impossible to miss the original title.
Ren took a look. "Well... it does have a Property of Weiss Schnee on it, although crossed."
"I knew it!" Weiss exclaimed.
Ruby leaned forward towards Weiss. "I am not a crook."
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked.
Ruby's eyes lit up. "I'm talking about kicking off the semester with a bang!"
Yang grinned deviously. "I always kick my semesters off with a Yang!" Yang made a pun, to which everyone groaned. "Eh? Eh? Guys? Am i right?"
"Boo!" Nora threw an apple towards Yang and it hit her right in the face. It didn't hurt, but it surprised her.
Yang only glared at Nora.
"Look guys, it's been a good two weeks, and between more exchange students arriving-"
"-Not to mention the tournament at the end of the year." Joan added.
"Thank you." Ruby said to Joan
"Your welcome."
"Our second semester is going to be great!" Ruby said. "But, classes start back up tomorrow, which is why i have taken the time to schedule a series of wonderful events for us today!" Ruby excitedly said.
"I don't know if i should be proud or scared off what's going to happen to us today." Weiss said.
Yang threw a sour apple at Nora, who had moved tables, while Ren was still telling her to sit back down. Why was Nora holding a plate of pie?
"I don't know." Blake said. "I think i might sit this one out."
"Sit out or not, i think however we should spend this last day, we should do it as a team." Weiss declared.
While Weiss was talking, Yang now realized what Nora was about to do. Yang immediately signaled for Nora to stop.
But it was too late...
The pie had already been thrown.
Weiss stood up. "I for one think that-"
And it hit Weiss square in the face.
Ruby saw what happened.
Yang let out a silent groan.
Blake almost fell out of her seat.
Joan's eyes widened.
Pyrrha's hands covered her mouth in shock.
Ren groaned and hid his face in his hands.
Nora just pointed towards Ren.
Weiss growled.
And then all hell broke loose.
"So... you get a good sleep?"
Sun and Neptune were walking towards the Beacon Cafeteria. Sun and Neptune had already talked about Beacon the night before, so all the were going to do now was introduce Neptune to Sun's other friends - Team JNPR and RWBY.
Neptune sighed. "It was good, but i still haven't gotten used to it."
Sun chuckled. "Meh, you will, give it time." Sun said. "Anyway, i want to introduce you to some people i know."
"Sure."
"Don't mess this up dude, i want you to have a great first impression."
"Got it."
"Especially to the one in black, her name is Blake."
"Okay."
"She's got this mysterious aura on her, you know?"
"Noted."
"And you know what's better? She's a faunus!" Sun said, before cupping his mouth. "But that's a secret, okay?"
"Gotcha."
"And not 'I'm going to tell Scarlet the moment Sun turns his back' secret, i'm talking secret, secret."
"Okay, i got it man." Neptune said. "The way you put this girl man, seems like you like her."
Sun scoffed. "Like her? Sure, as a friend. But like-like her? Nope. She's more like a sister or relative i can relate to." Sun said. It was true that they were both faunus, but he hadn't thought about Blake like that. Sure Blake was beautiful, but she was interested in someone else.
If Sun couldn't be Blake's knight in shining armor...
Then he would be Blake's dagger under her pillow.
"Besides, she's pinning for someone else."
Neptune raised an eyebrow. "Did, something happen to you while i was away?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you seem more... mature." Neptune said. The normal Sun Wukong would fuss over a girl he was interested in, but this... this was new.
Sun chuckled. "Hah, it's just me. The Great Sun Wukong."
Although living with Jaune had changed a him a bit, he was no longer picky with food, and he even learned how to cook small dishes.
Sun and Neptune eventually reached the cafeteria door...
"Alright we're here." Sun said as they stopped. "I'm really excited for you to meet them so... be cool okay." Sun told Neptune. "You're gonna be cool right?"
"Dude." Neptune posed with his teeth giving off a shine.
"Good point." Sun said. "Just, don't go embarrassing yourself."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing." Sun said as he went towards the door.
They opened it...
People were running out screaming all sorts of shenanigans that they couldn't quite understand. But there was one thing that Sun caught.
"Food Fight!"
"I'm queen of the castle~ I'm queen of the castle!~"
At Team JNPR's side, rows of tables were stacked together and formed something that looked like a castle.
Ruby stood on a table and pointed towards them whilst holding carton of milk. "Justice will be swift, justice will be painful."And there went the milk, squeezed to death by one Ruby Rose. "It will be delicious!"
"Yeah!" Team (R)WBY yelled back.
And that was the declaration of war.
Nora jumped onto the ground. "Off with their heads!"
Ren flipped and landed on a table which caused the watermelons on it to go up into the air which gave Ren enough altitude for him to kick them, Joan grabbed a watermelon before she spun around and threw the watermelon, Pyrrha had a watermelon on each hand which she threw in quick succession, and Nora just flipped over a table full of watermelons.
"Yang, turkey!" Ruby said.
Yang rolled off the ground and slid two whole turkey's on her fists like gauntlet, she punched her gauntlets - turkeys- together and faced all of the incoming projectiles - watermelons - in her way, she back-flipped to dodge an incoming watermelon and rushed towards the others coming her way. Blake then jumped over her, she rolled and grabbed two baguettes and used them like a katana as she sliced two incoming watermelons. Yang kicked another watermelon before thrusting both of her arms, launching both turkeys out of her hand and towards the enemy.
Joan and Pyrrha both rolled out of the way as they saw the incoming projectiles. Pyrrha dashed backwards as Blake had attempted to stab the place where she was before. Blake rushed off to Pyrrha, and Pyrrha - who was now holding a baguette - met her halfway, with their swords - baguettes - in a cross-like position, both grit their teeth as they tried to overpower the other. Pyrrha spun as she tried to strike Blake, who only back-flipped and went to Pyrrha's other side as she had also attempted to strike her. Blake flipped to avoid another incoming strike, then she jumped high and threw a baguette towards Pyrrha, which broke in half when it missed as Pyrrha simply stepped back. Pyrrha ran towards Blake as she landed and hit a solid strike right on her stomach which sent her flying, which once again broke the baguette in half.
Pyrrha grabbed several baguettes and threw them like spears. Yang attempted to punch all of them, but was sent flying back as she didn't hit the third baguette in time. Then, Ruby appeared riding a food tray like a skateboard as she flipped the tray and slapped a baguette that was coming towards her away, making it go in Pyrrha's direction, who crouch down to avoid it. Ruby landed on Pyrrha's face with the food tray still on her feet as Pyrrha put her arms in a cross to prevent the impact, but it was proven useless as Pyrrha was still sent flying towards a couple vending machines.
Ren and Nora ran towards Ruby and Weiss. Weiss noticed them as she grabbed a ketchup bottle and sprayed it all on the floor, Ren slipped on it and crashed into a couple lunch tables. Nora jumped and ran across an airborne table before she once again jumped as she grabbed a metal pole and snapped it off. She stuck a watermelon at the top of her pole as she flipped of off the ground, she spun her hammer - watermelon on a pole - and swung it right down onto Ruby and Weiss. Ruby went flying, while Weiss rolled over the ground and grabbed a swordfish. She rushed towards Nora as Weiss struck her with her swordfish. Nora flipped in mid-air as she landed on her feet. She jumped back towards Weiss and spun her hammer a couple of times to parry the strikes of Weiss, which she then made a final spin struck Weiss which sent her flying.
Ruby gasped and rushed towards Weiss as she caught her before she hit the ground.
"Weiss don't leave me." Ruby said. "No!"
"Shut up, i'm still alive."
"Oh, sorry."
Yang jumped over the tables and once again slid two whole turkeys into her arms like gauntlet and charged at Ren, who was now holding celery in both hand like katanas. They both charged at each other. As they finally met, Yang tried to kick Ren, who blocked with his katana - celery - and they both grit their teeth. Yang tried to give Ren a roundhouse kick, Ren crouched, he tried to strike Yang on the shoulder which she also blocked. The two traded blows for a few moments, before Yang smacked Ren down and gave him an uppercut that sent him flying. Ren flipped in mid air and threw both of his weapons towards Yang. Yang jumped and gave Ren a smackdown that, if not for aura, would definitely hurt in the morning.
Yang landed and as soon as she did, she dashed backwards to avoid a downward strike from Nora's hammer. Nora and Yang traded blows for a moment, before they rushed at each other. Yang seemed to have lost as she was sent flying to the other side of Beacon's cafeteria.
Blake flipped and grabbed a long string of sausage and used it like a chain sickle, she maneuvered it around her body before swinging it towards Nora, who was sent flying back towards the vending machines, which sent out countless cans of soda. Nora stood up and grabbed a couple cans of soda and threw them at Blake like grenades, Blake flipped to dodge the first one, and then ran to dodge the other ones. Pyrrha thrust her hand onto the floor and used her semblance - polarity - to control the cans of soda on the floor. She sent each one towards Blake who could no longer avoid the incoming projectiles and just braced herself to minimize the impact. Blake was sent flying.
Then, each and everyone of them stood up.
Team RWBY all stood up together.
And so did Team JNPR.
Then, just like it was fate, a tiny feather came down in the middle.
And the the feather hit the floor.
And they all rushed towards each other.
They were getting closer and closer to each other. They all had prepared to strike the other.
Joan and Ruby were so close to striking each other with celery.
Nora and Yang were about to punch each other with turkey.
Ren and Blake were about to stab each other with baguettes.
And Pyrrha and Weiss were about to strike each other with a swordfish and a baguette.
Until...
"STOP!"
- Earlier with Jaune -
Jaune had just reached Beacon's gate, everything was peaceful, tranquility all around him.
Until a student had gone rushing towards him.
"Professor Arc!"
Jaune raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"
"There's a food fight going on at the cafeteria between Team RWBY and JNPR!"
Jaune's eyes widened. "Alright, i got it." Jaune said as he put his breadsticks in his pocket. "Thanks for telling me kid."
"No problem professor."
Jaune immediately ran towards the cafeteria, eager to know what damage the two teams would cause. All the while wondering.
'It's just a food fight, what damage could they do?'
- Now -
'I was wrong.'
Jaune opened the door to see a gaping Sun Wukong along with his friend Neptune. Jaune saw the damage that they had done in their 'Food Fight'. Broken pillars, wrecked tables, and even the walls were cracked.
It was just a food fight! What the hell happened?
"STOP!" Jaune bellowed.
Jaune used his semblance and sent eight pieces of breadsticks towards Team RWBY and JNPR. Jaune put them all on the wall behind them.
"What the heck happened here."
Sun and Neptune both turned around to find Jaune with his arms crossed on his chest, grinning.
"Professor!"
"Jaune!"
"Brother!"
"Professor Arc!"
And on cue, Glynda burst through the door, all the while growling. She brought out her riding crop and used her semblance and put each and everything back in their places. The table, chairs, plates, all of them seemed to dance. Then a few moments later, everything was back in their places. And then Jaune finally put them down.
Glynda pushed her glasses. "Children please," Glynda stared at Team RWBY and JNPR with venom in her eyes. "Do not play with your food."
Silence took over for a moment, until Nora let out a loud burp. All of them laughed.
Glynda growled, before Ozpin appeared behind her.
"Let it go." Ozpin told Glynda.
Gynda sighed. "They are supposed to be the defenders of the world."
"And they will be." Ozpin said. "But right now they are still children." Ozpin said as he looked at each of them. Let children be children until they are suddenly not. "So why not let them play the part."
Jaune appeared next to Glynda as he also listened to Ozpin.
"After all..." Ozpin looked back at Jaune and Glynda.
"It isn't a rule they'll have forever."
- At an abandoned warehouse -
White fang were taking out carts and boxes of dust from airships, where we could see Mercury and Emerald walking by. They walked straight, until they were recognized by a figure wearing a bowler cap.
"Oh look, she sent out the kids again." Roman said as he put a shoulder on the both of them. "This is turning out to be just like the divorce."
"Ugh." Emerald let out as they both got out of Roman's hold. The thought of Roman and Cinder together was disgusting. "I don't want to even think about you two procreating."
Roman scoffed as he walked forward. "That was a joke."
"And this," Roman pulled out a piece of paper in his pocket. "Just might tell me where you two have been all day."
Emerald gasped as she felt the absence of the paper that should have been in her pocket. "H-how?"
"I'm a professional sweetheart, pay attention, maybe you'll learn something." Roman said before he inspected the paper.
Written on the paper was an address.
And not just any address...
It was the address of the Faunus that Roman was supposed to get rid of.
Roman looked at Emerald and Mercury. "Why do you have this address?"
Emerald smirked. "Wouldn't you like to know."
"Yes, i would." Roman said as he walked forward. "Now, where have you been all day?"
"We were cleaning up your problems." Mercury stepped forward.
Before Roman smirked. "But you didn't, did you?"
Emerald and Mercury both gasped, how did he know?
"I could tell something was wrong the moment you two walked in here, you were looking at all directions making sure no one was looking at you two, shuffling at the most noise you could hear." Roman said. "What happened?"
Emerald sighed. "Well..."
"I would also like to know."
Emerald and Mercury turned around to see their boss, Cinder Fall in full glory.
Emerald shuffled. "Hello, Cinder."
"Hello to you too Emerald." Cinder said before gaining a fierce look. "Now tell me, what could cause you two to fail a task that you deliberately gave to yourselves."
Emerald sighed. "Okay, well..."
"Leave nothing out." Cinder added.
"We had him cornered, the windows were black and nobody would have seen, he knew who we were and what we were about to do." Emerald told them. "And when i asked if he was going to fight back..."
"What happened?" Roman asked.
Emerald look at both Cinder and Roman. "The whole room became windy, like a tornado. Then the faunus told us that it was his shop. That was all that happened before we were sent flying out through the door."
"And you didn't go back?" Cinder asked.
Mercury shook his head. "We couldn't." Mercury said. "People were already looking at us when we were sent flying out through the door. If we went inside again, it would have attracted attention."
Cinder sighed. "Emerald, Mercury." Cinder looked at the both of them. "I have to say, i am greatly disappointed in you two. Not only did you fail your own task, but you have caused us to lose sight of an enemy. Tukson would have no doubt left Vale as of now." Cinder said. "We don't know where Tukson is right now, so all we have to do is wait. And did i not specifically instruct you two to keep your hands clean while in Vale?"
Emerald scratched her head. "I just thought-"
"Don't think." Cinder viciously said. "Obey."
"Yes Cinder." Emerald and Mecury both looked down. "We're sorry. It won't happen again."
"Be sure that it does not." Cinder said before she lit her hand in fire. "Because next time - if there is one - i might not be so merciful."
"And you Roman." Cinder turned towards Roman. "Why wasn't this job done sooner."
Roman chuckled. "Eh?" Roman pointed towards the Schnee Dust crates. "Eh." Roman turned towards the boxes of dust. "EH!" Roman emphasized the whole warehouse.
"Sorry if i've been a little busy stealing every speck of dust in the kingdom!" Roman exclaimed.
"You're an inspiration to every punk with a gun and a ski mask." Mercury commented.
"Look around kid, i've got this town running scared." Roman said. "Police camping around at every corner, dust prices through the roof, and we're sitting pretty in an old warehouse with more dust crystals, vials, and rounds than we know what to do with!"
"Speaking of which," Roman turned towards Cinder. "If you guys wouldn't mind filling me in on your grand master plan, it might actually make my next string of robberies go a little smoother!"
"Oh Roman have a little faith." Cinder cupped Roman's cheek. "You'll know what you need when you need to know."
"Uh." Roman turned away.
"Besides, we're done with dust." Cinder said as she turned around and walked back.
"Okay... then what now?" Roman asked.
"We're moving, have the White Fang clear out this entire building. I'll send you the details and coordinates tonight." Cinder told Roman.
Roman raised an eyebrow. "Coordinates?"
Cinder turned back.
"We're proceeding to phase two."
AN: YO! I'M ALIVE! HEHE. SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING FOR... ABOUT A MONTH. IT'S BEEN REALLY BUSY FOR ME THIS PAST MONTH, BUT IT'S MY BIRTHDAY ON NOV 14 SO I GOT SOME TIME OFF. I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS CHAPTER, AND HOPEFULLY STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SIGNING OFF, ZACFF.
HERE'S AN OMAKE.
Ps. This is my first omake, so feel free to say what you want about it.
Omake - The Official Books Over Comic Books War
Jaune went towards the backdoor, he entered and made his way through the several stacks of book in his way. He finally made it on the door behind Tukson's counter and peeked.
And what he saw...
Was Tukson...
Burning X-Ray and Vav books.
"Hahahaha!" Tukson laughed out loud as he kept throwing X-Ray and Vav comic book to the fire.
"Sacrifices for the gods of literature! These silly excuses for books must be burned!"
"NO!" Jaune jumped into the fire to save the comic books.
"Jaune! What are you doing!" Tukson exclaimed. He was making sacrifices for the gods of literature, why was Jaune getting in the way?
Jaune growled. "You will not destroy these comic books!"
Then suddenly, Emerald and Mercury appeared.
"Burn the comic books!"
"Protect the comic books!"
Mercury and Emerald looked towards each other.
"Since when did you get so interested in books?" Mercury took Jaune's side.
"Since when did you get so interested in comic books?" Emerald took Tukson's side.
"I like the pictures!"
"Well, i like the lore and world building!"
While they were arguing, a sneaky little Blake Belladonna went and grabbed all the books of the 'Ninja's of Love' series she could find.
'It was worth sneaking out of Beacon for these.'
Jaune and Mercury stood apart from Emerald and Tukson.
"COMIC BOOKS ARE LIFE!"
"COMIC BOOKS ARE NOT LITERATURE!"
"WHAT PART OF ADULT FICTION DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?!"
And then the Books Over Comic Books War officially began.