Act II
XIII's First Step into the Emerald Forest
"First comes destruction…"
The sight of flames reflects off blue glassy eyes of a young boy of 8 that were once filled with innocence. Tears come flooding out as he watches the flames consume everything around him, his home, now in ruin the suffocating scent of smoke filling his lungs.
The screeching sound of a woman's scream pierces the boy's eardrums. His tear filled eyes taking in the view of crimson blood, and two individuals lying on the ground, lifeless.
The two bodies devoid of life were the once happy Arc couple. With Elizabeth's corpse being held by an equally lifeless Rohan.
The child with blond locks looks around, recognizing where he was. He was in fact home, but it was blazing, hell fire burning his home until it was nothing but ash.
Shattered glass is all around him, each shard reflecting the image of the scared boy.
Sapphire eyes open the sight of the ballroom ceiling gracing the now fearful eyes. Jaune gets up, beads of sweat on his forehead. He brings his hand up to hold his head. "That nightmare again"
Jaune's thoughts were interrupted by the antics of the orange haired girl he met at the auditorium. She was currently attempting to wake her sleep deprived friend.
"Wake up lazy bud!" Nora says as she dashes to the side.
Ren gets up with a groan as Nora hounds him.
Nora starts singing in a cheerful manner. "It's morning, it's morning, it's morning, it's morning!" Each time she repeats her words she dashes to different spots around Ren.
Ren sighs yet again, regretting the fact that he was awake and not doing his favorite activity with his second favorite object… his sleeping bag. With a nice soft bed being his number one as well as being the love of his life.
Jaune looked at the overly happy girl with neutrality. Not really knowing what to think of her. 'I've never met a girl who can be this happy. It's… odd.'
The blond assassin stands up with an audible yawn and a few stretches before changing into his gear.
Jaune kneels down to his duffle bag and takes out his black clothes. He gets them on to start the new day.
As Jaune was preparing for the day he overhears the entire conversation between Ren and Nora.
As Ren and Jaune were brushing their teeth. "I can't believe we've been at Beacon for a full 24 hours! Not that I thought we would get kicked out or anything, I mean you're the perfect student and I'm, well I'm me! But it's just crazy you know!"
After that Ren and Jaune are tying up their sleeping bags, they were even side by side when doing so. "We've been friends for sooooo long! What are the odds that we'd still be together! Well not together, together! But I'm not saying that you're not handsome, you are handsome! But that would just be weird, right?"
"Is she always like this?" Jaune questioned.
Ren sighs "Let's just say it's easier to count the days when she isn't being… Nora. And so far my count is only up to 2."
As Jaune finished packing his belongings Nora and Ren invite him to walk with them. He accepted their offer and walk through the halls.
As they were walking through the halls Nora resumes her conversation with Ren despite the stoic boy remaining silent throughout the conversation.
They enter the cafeteria where they get pancakes. Jaune was sitting with the childhood friends. Nora was still talking despite the fact that she has a pancake in her mouth. 'God she's talkative.'
"Right, what was I thinking? But still, I hope we still end up on the same team together!" Nora then gets hit with realization. "Oh I know! We should come up with some sort of plan. To make sure we end up on the same team together!" Nora then lowers her voice. "How about we bribe the headmaster?"
Jaune starts choking on his pancake, earning him perplexed stares from the polar opposite friends. He grabbed his glass of water and gulped it down, saving his life from the usual fluffy and delicious pancake.
"You okay?" Ren asks, somewhat concerned for the blond teen next to him.
As Jaune was about to reply the pancake enthusiast jumps on the table killing intent being evoked from her as she points an accusing finger at Jaune.
"You would dare insult the blessed treasures gifted to us by the holy creators of fluffiness?!"
Jaune tilts his head to the side, not understanding what he did to anger the usual cheerful girl.
Before Nora can continue her stoic friend suddenly pulls her down, seating her next to him.
"Nora, leave the poor guy alone. He was choking so it's only natural for him to chug it down with water."
Jaune was simply confused about the whole matter. He wasn't used to interacting with other people, especially with a girl as crazy as Nora. 'So that's why she was so mad? Why would someone overreact about something so trivial?'
Her killing intent vanishes in a split second and continues her conversation from before without any subtlety.
As Jaune was walking around to find his locker he overheard Nora yet again, talking to Ren while he was preparing his green dual blade pistols, StormFlower. "I know, we'll have some sort of signal! Like a distress signal!"
Nora gasps a hit of realization evident in her bubbly expression.
"Oh, a secret signal so we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?" Nora asks pointing her finger at Ren's face.
The stoic boy finally replies to his childhood friend, in a calm demeanor unlike the girl next to him. "Nora?"
"Yes Ren?" She replies innocently.
"I don't think sloths make a lot of noise." Ren says as he conceals Stormflower in his sleeves.
Nora thinks about this for a moment, 'moment' being the key word. Nora smiles "That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect that we're working together!"
Ren closes his locker, a smile gracing his features.
"Come on Nora, let's go." Ren says in a calm dignified manner.
"But not together, together!" Nora finished following her child friend while giggling.
Jaune looks at his paper with his locker number on it.
"Locker 636… huh… I would've remembered having to count that high."
As he was walking around the locker room he notices Ruby and Yang talking with one another, overhearing Ruby loudly sigh.
"You sound like Dad!" She shoves her weapon into the locker and resumes her rant.
"Okay, first of all: What does meeting new people have to do with fighting? And secondly: I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk!" Ruby crosses her arms in a knowing manner.
"But what about when we form teams?" Yang says in a sisterly manner, her words soft and caring.
Ruby suddenly became nervous, uncomfortable with the idea of pairing with people she didn't know.
"Um, I don't know, I... I'll just be on your team or something..." She says, hoping that her sister would approve of the idea.
Yang brings her hair around her shoulder and begins stroking it, nervous about how to say her next words.
"Maybe you should try being on someone else's team?"
Ruby is suddenly only a few inches away from the blonde brawler.
"My dear sister Yang, are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?"
"What? No! Of course I do! I just thought... I don't know, maybe it would help you... break out of your shell!"
"What the-?! I don't need to 'break out of my shell'! That's absolutely-"
"Ridiculous" Jaune finishes for the scythe wielder, deciding to resolve the situation.
The two siblings divert their attention to the blond in black.
Jaune continues speaking. "Ruby, I for one agree with your sister. You should try and make friends."
Ruby looks down on the ground in defeat.
"Why do I need to make friends?"
Jaune replies with a light hearted laugh and gently places his hand on the nervous girl's head. "Well, you and I are friends. Don't you want to make even more?"
He bends down so his can be eye leveled with Ruby.
"Remember, "Strangers are only friends you haven't met yet." So make new friends."
Ruby blushes a light pink, the gentle hand that was on her head and the fact that Jaune's face was only inches away from her own gives a warm feeling within her chest.
The lone Arc removes his hand from the small girl's head. Ruby's sense of warmth immediately vanishes at that moment.
"It's important that you try and connect with other people. This will allow you to grow in ways that are beneficial to huntsmen and huntresses."
Ruby looks at Jaune pleadingly. "Maybe… we could be on a team."
He looks at Ruby apologetically. "Ruby, the way teams are formed is unknown to me. I can't promise you that we'll be on the same team."
Ruby has a disappointing aura around her but understood why Jaune said what he had.
She suddenly feels someone poke her forehead. She looks up and sees Jaune with an encouraging smile.
"Hey chin up." Jaune brings his hand forward in a closed fist with only his pinky finger out. "How about I make you a promise?"
Ruby looks at the young assassin's pinky skeptically.
"I'm listening."
"I promise that no matter what team we're on or what events may take place… we'll still be friends no matter what… always."
The promise he states causes the girl clad in red to blush, her cheeks only a light pink. But despite how embarrassed she was, she brings her hand forth, her pinky out. Their pinkies entwine, signifying that the promise has been made.
Ruby smiles, happy that they have made such a promise together the warm unrecognizable feeling she had felt before returns.
In a playful manner Yang wraps her arm around Jaune's neck. "Well aren't you Mr. Smooth. You're already capturing my baby sister's heart." Her playful demeanor quickly changes, becoming more predatory. Her lilac eyes look into the sapphire eyes of Jaune with determination.
"But you're definitely going to be mine."
Fear something Jaune hasn't felt for quite some time. However, the fear he was feeling was foreign not only because it's been so long but the reason for being so scared escapes him. Not only has that but the physical contact with the fellow blonde caused him to be extremely uncomfortable, causing his face to become as red as the scythe wielder's name.
So he complies with the fellow blonde wanting to get away as soon as possible.
"Um… sure."
"Good, now that that's settled.
Jaune sighs in relief his face returning to its normal color.
"I need to find my locker. I'll catch up later." He walks past the two sisters only for his gaze to be set on Weiss Schnee the ice cold princess and a girl standing next to her with fire red hair wearing Spartan like armor that was very revealing..
She wears her red hair in a waist-length ponytail and has vivid green eyes. She also wears light-green eye shadow around the far, upper-corners of her eyes. She is tall and quite muscular compared to most of the other girls he's met so far.
'I feel like I've seen her somewhere. Maybe she was on a… cereal box?' Jaune removes his current thoughts. He continues looking for his locker, finding it moments later.
Jaune enters the code to his locker and opens it, the view of his three weapons gracing him.
Ebony and Ivory, the twin pistols of different colors were in their holsters, hanging from a hook of the locker. He removes the holsters and places them above his back pockets which are then concealed by his black trench coat.
Dark Repulser was in its gray scabbard leaning on the inner right wall of the locker. He takes the sheathed blade and straps it on his back.
Crocea Mors was leaning on the opposite wall. He reaches for the family heirloom but when his fingers are only an inch away he hesitates.
He sighs knowing the reason for his hesitation.
"This sword and shield isn't meant for an assassin like me." His hand retreats from Crocea Mors. "It's for a hero."
He looks at Crocea Mors one final time, a smile gracing his features. The ancient weapon in front of him brings him unwavering joy. Perhaps the reason he stated before was not his true intention for leaving Crocea Mors.
He closes the locker and makes his way out.
After preparing himself, Jaune sees Weiss doing different poses with faces that weren't exactly sane. Jaune could have sworn he saw thunder clouds behind her.
Jaune walks over to the insane heiress. "I hope you realize that you're evoking a terrifying persona."
Weiss crosses her arms obviously aggravated with Jaune already. "You again?"
Pyrrha suddenly got in between Jaune and Weiss so she could talk to the blond assassin. "Nice to meet you."
Jaune directs his attention towards the girl with fire red hair. "Oh sorry for not noticing you. Hi, I'm Jaune Arc." He says as he has his hand out for the Spartan.
Pyrrha smiles however it was different from a normal one that anyone would give when meeting someone new. Her smile was filled with genuine happiness, the reason for this emotion unknown to him.
Before she can return the gesture Weiss gets in between the two.
"Jaune is it? Do you have any idea who you're talking to?"
"Not in the slightest Snow Angel." He says with genuine confusion while he smiles.
Although furious by the nickname Jaune gave her the heiress continues "This is Pyrrha" she points at said girl.
"Hello again" Pyrrha said waving at Jaune.
"Pyrrha graduated top her class in Sanctum." Weiss said knowingly
Jaune who was still smiling. "Sorry, but I've never heard of it."
Weiss was taken aback by the boy's obliviousness. She provides Jaune with more information "She's won the Mistral Regional Tournament 4 years in a row, a new record."
The clueless assassin continues to smile.
"I'm afraid I still don't know what you're talking about." He looks at the supposed champion with a congratulatory smile. "But congratulations on your success. I think you and I would make a pretty good team"
The red head's cheeks turn bright pink fully appreciating his kind words.
Weiss now losing her composure begins waving her arms around in frustration. "She's on the front of every Pumpkin Peeps Marshmallow Flakes box!"
Jaune's eyes instantly widen at the mention of his favorite cereal. He would always have that for breakfast and even after training matches with fellow Jaeger Program members. "I remember now!"
Jaune's blue eyes glance over at Pyrrha. "They only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters." He said in a happy but composed manner.
Pyrrha smiles. "Yeah, it was pretty cool. Sadly the cereal isn't very good for you."
Weiss the friendly neighborhood Ice Queen intervenes yet again.
"So after hearing all of this, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?"
Jaune rubs the back of his head. "I guess you have a point there."
Pyrrha walks up to Jaune and places her hand on his shoulder. "Actually, Jaune, I'd think you'd make a great leader."
Jaune smiles while removing her hand from his shoulder. "I'm afraid I have to disagree. It's not my place to lead a team. But thank you for your kind words. Well, I should get going." He walks away from his fellow peers.
Jaune decides to head over to Beacon Cliff early so he can speak with Ozpin and Glynda. As he's walking he notices Ozpin and Glynda looking out over the forest.
"So what are you two up to?" His adopted parents look over at the boy.
Glynda with a scroll in her hand walks up to Jaune with an apologetic look. "Sorry about leaving you at Ozpin's house. He insisted that you ride on the dust plane with everyone else."
"Don't worry about it. I'm not mad." Jaune swiftly dismisses.
"Jaune, would you come here?" Ozpin said while looking over the dangerous forest.
Jaune does so with Glynda following. Jaune was in the middle with Ozpin to his right and Glynda to his left.
"Is there something you need uncle?"
Ozpin who was still looking at the forest "Tell me what you think of the school."
"So far I enjoy it. I've met some interesting people and I think they'll be good friends in the future. Why do you ask?"
Ozpin takes a sip of his coffee. "Jaune I am your caretaker so it's only natural for me to ask if you're enjoying your time here."
Glynda steps in with a playful smile which would never be seen by anyone… alive that is. "What he means is because he loves you he wants to make sure you're okay and that you'll have a great time here in Beacon."
Ozpin clears his throat "Anyways, Jaune as you know people mustn't know that you're my adopted child. If they did then they would believe I am giving you special treatment and they would begin to hate you for it."
Jaune nods his head understanding the situation. "I figured as much. That's why I haven't brought you up during my time with the other students."
Ozpin looks at his pride and joy with a small smile on his lips "I hope you realize that I expect nothing less than perfect in all your classes."
Jaune grins knowing full well that if he was below his uncle's standards he would meet an agonizing punishment.
"Would I ever let you down?" He asks sarcastically.
Ozpin has a light hearted laugh, enjoying his time with the boy he saw as his own son.
"I suppose I have nothing to worry about."
"Ozpin and I only expect the best from you." Glynda adds on, making sure that Jaune was aware that they wanted him to take his studies seriously.
Jaune laughs "I know which is why I won't let you guys down." He looks at the two former teammates with a knowing smirk. "So when are you two going to finally get married?"
Both Glynda and Ozpin are taken aback by their godchild's suggestion with Glynda being the first one to shoot his suggestion down.
"Like I would marry that immature-"
"Immature?" Ozpin questions, his voice slightly higher in volume than it usually would. "Please, I am most definitely mature about all matters."
Glynda glares at her old friend, her cheeks a bright red. "Then why without any subtlety are you going to literally launch them into the forest?!"
'Wait what?!' Jaune's inner thoughts yell.
Ozpin huffs, looking away from the beautiful and mature woman next to him.
"It's tradition…"
"Yeah, since you've become headmaster!" Glynda retorts.
"Please our old headmaster thought my idea was great."
"Yeah, because he was senile and INSANE!"
"Um, guys?" Jaune interjects.
"WHAT?!" They both shout, both only seconds away from dueling.
"Do you think you can have this discussion after initiation?"
Glynda clears his throat, agreeing with Jaune completely and stops her banter with Ozpin… for now.
"I'll call the students here." Jaune and Ozpin nod their heads in agreement.
Jaune didn't have to wait very long for his fellow students to arrive. He takes the landing pad that was closest to Ozpin and Glynda.
His god parents smile at Jaune before composing themselves. When the other students start going to their respected pads Ozpin starts speaking.
Jaune however was currently in his own thoughts. 'Today is the day I prove my worth. I'll use all my training to get through initiation. I'll make everyone proud.
'For the Jaeger Program,
For my parents and…
Jaune looks at Ozpin and Glynda with determination. 'For them...'
Jaune's train of thought is broken however when Ruby starts tugging on his sleeve who seems to be in distress. "What is it Ruby?"
"Weren't you paying attention?! The first people you make eye contact with will be your teammate for the next four years"!
"That is the worst way to form teams ever… of all time."
Ruby begins to panic. "What if I get teamed up with someone I don't know?" Her eyes widen. "Or worse…" she looks over at Weiss who was on her own pad.
Jaune smiles at the flustered girl. "You'll be fine I promise."
Ruby sighs knowing that pouting would get her nowhere and began staring at the forest apprehensively. "Well, here goes nothing."
"Are there any questions" Ozpin asked.
Jaune grins and raises his hand. "Sir…"
"Good, now take your positions." Ozpin said paying no attention to his adopted son.
Jaune continues to keep his hand raised his lips still forming a smile. "Sir I have a question." The individual pads begin launching students. "I believe we're supposed to have a landing strategy correct?"
"That is correct Mr. Arc what of it?"
"Well if it's alright with you. I was wondering if my landing strategy doesn't involve falling."
Ozpin smiles in realization knowing exactly what Jaune will be doing.
Ruby looks at Jaune confused by his words. "What are you talking abou-" The pad launches her, unable to finish her question because of it.
Ozpin and Glynda get out of 'teacher mode' to smile at Jaune since he was the only person left. Ozpin also decides to answer his question from before. "Yes that's quite alright." The pad Jaune was on launches him in to the forest. Ozpin and Glynda look at the young man who was in the air.
Despite being launched in the air Jaune has a smile that evokes childlike joy. The winds brushing against him as he was in the air was pleasant.
As Jaune flies through the air his body radiating white light, which swiftly channels towards his shoulder blades, the white light now shines solely on his shoulder blades. Suddenly white angelic white wings of aura burst out.
'Note to self. When a dust plane is your only option for travel to your adopted dad's school don't take it. Just fly there yourself.'
Jaune was soaring through the air a smile on his face, enjoying the freedom he felt when in the air. Wanting to enjoy this feeling further he ascends his wings flap once which causes a pulse of white aura to burst into life, a few feathers from his wings scattering away, the force of his wings shooting him up into the air.
Jaune accelerates once more, a trail of beautiful white feathers falling being made.
After landing Ruby was currently running through the forest in search of her sister Yang. "YANG, YANG!" Ruby was deep in thought as she was running through Emerald Forest. 'Ah this bad, this is really bad. What if I can't find her? What if someone finds her first?'
She then thinks about her blond friend that she made a pinky promise with and smiles. 'Well there's always Jaune. He's nice, he's funny. He seems like he would be really good in a fight. Not to mention he's kinda cute… oh my god what am I thinking!?' Ruby's cheeks were a slight pink due to her thoughts.
'Who else is there? Oh I know, what about Blake? So mysterious, so calm, plus she likes books.' Ruby then frowns due to her next thought 'Well, then again I'm not sure I'd be able to hold a conversation with her. Think Ruby, who else do I know at this school?'
Time seems to slow down as Ruby skids to a halt in front of her negative friend… or enemy as Yang would say… Weiss as she is turning to face her. She stops just in time for their eyes to meet and a pregnant pause follows. This ends when Weiss turns on her heel and walks the other way.
Following her slightly. "Wait! Where are you going?!" She stops and kicks the ground dejectedly. "We're supposed to be teammates..."
As Weiss passes Ruby and pulls on her hood. "By no means does this make us friends."
Ruby who was overjoyed as she's dragged away into the bushes. "You came back!"
After Jaune accelerated away he decides to land. When his feet touch the ground his angelic wings scatter, his white feathers gently falling towards the earth. When the feathers land on the ground they lay there for only a few moments before they fade away. Jaune looked around, deciding on where he should go.
"I could just fly the rest of the way but the point of this is to form a team. So I should walk to the relics to give myself a better chance at finding someone."
He begins his walk through the forest enjoying the peaceful atmosphere the birds singing their gentle melody while the boy in black greatly listens to them.
However the melody ceases the reason already known to the young hunter in training.
Jaune's sapphire eyes close in favor of concentrating on his hearing with the sound of running being heard, bushes being pushed away with low growls accompanying it all.
From his surrounding dozens of targets burst forth with the intent to kill.
Jaune opens his eyes identifying the targets as a pack of Beowolves. Two of the wolves are only inches away from him with their claws aimed to kill him.
A single flash of white light appears leaving no trace of Jaune.
Several feet above the ground was another white flash. The wolf type Grimm look above to see Jaune in midair.
Jaune's eyes are closed once again preparing himself for the slaughter that was about to occur. He tilts his head back causing him to descend to the ground head first.
His eyes burst open the intent to eradicate the creatures around him apparent. He takes his twin pistols out and starts shooting his aura infused rounds its rate of fire fully automatic. He spins around while doing so.
The hail of bullets hits the Beowolves without fail their fragile flesh being torn apart by his low power rounds.
As Jaune continues his descent he aims his pistols at the two directly below him, his fingers still holding down on the triggers causing the wolves around his primary targets to feel the sting of his hail until they meet their mark.
After gunning the monsters down and landing gracefully another dozen Beowolves run in. They surround the lone gunman.
Jaune looks around him scaling their threat level. With a frown he readies himself.
"I'm glad you're all here." His voice was emotionless and dull. He stands there with dozens of openings in favor of getting into a proper stance. "Because…" His eyes shift from their usual kind gaze into one filled with contempt. "I've been trigger happy since I've gotten here."
The soulless creatures growl at the young prodigy their longing for his death driving them.
Three wolves rush forward, but Jaune vanishes in a flash of white light before appearing above them. He aims Ebony the engravings of scrollwork at the bore of the pistol radiate a white light. He fires a shot that blows a large part of a Beowolf's head out in a burst of blood-red smoke.
More Beowolves start to attack as Jaune lands. He leaps over the first beast and shoots it in the back, then, still in the air, blasts another one's side and gets into a position where he can fire at the third dead center. He rolls back and stands.
One of the braver Beowolves goes forward, but Jaune merely spins around it avoiding its claw. He pulls down on the hammer of Ivory, a loud click being heard.
His white pistol begins to unfold, the sharp twisted grip straightens slightly while the barrel of the pistol extends and narrows into a sharp point becoming a blade, the engravings on the once pistol now on the white blade. Ivory was now a short sword without a hilt.
Before the Beowolf can react Jaune impales the creature's chest, the blow fatal but not enough to kill the beast yet. He has an amused smile that is directed at the beast while it growls at him. The smile vanishes a moment later in favor of a frown. He inserts the end of Ebony's barrel in the creature's mouth. He pulls the trigger and the back of the creature's head is blown off, blood-red smoke escaping the hole.
Jaune removes his sword and pistol from the Beowolf allowing its lifeless form to drop to the ground.
Another duo attacks, one gets swiftly disarmed, literally, before having its legs sliced off, killing it, before the second rushes in- only to get Ebony's aura round to its waist causing it to split apart, the blood-red smoke escaping the two severed limbs.
A single Beowolf charges forward, only for its head to be impaled to the ground by Ivory. Another wolf rushes in to the fray. Jaune gives the beast a quick look, Ebony unfolds into a black twin of Ivory's sword form.
Using the grip of Ivory which is still pinned to the ground he uses his hand to lift himself up and kick the Beowolf, knocking it back a few inches.
Jaune removes Ivory from the lifeless Grimm and charges forth at the monster he previously kicked. He swings both blades doing an X-slash killing the monster instantly.
As the Grimm's lifeless deformed body hits the ground Jaune glares at the remaining three, which look on in shock and fear.
But two of the beasts get over their fear and blindly charge at Jaune. But he vanishes in a flash of white light reappearing behind the attacking duo.
Seconds later multiple cuts appear, resulting in sprays of blood to escape their corpses while Jaune walks towards the last of the pack in a slow pace.
The sole surviving Beowolf backs off as Jaune makes his slow pace towards it. High pitch whines are all it can make, its usual threatening growl nonexistent in the presence of the ruthless killer.
Jaune stops his advance. "What's this? You're actually crying." He says it in a boorish manner, showing no sympathy for the pathetic mongrel in front of him.
The Beowolf continues its whines afraid of the fate it would soon meet.
The assassin in black takes a single step forward. That action alone causes the Beowolf to sprint away in an attempt to preserve its life.
As it runs away Jaune's short swords revert back to their pistol forms. He aims the black twin at the fleeing Grimm. He takes the shot tearing the creature's left leg off.
Despite losing its leg it continues to try and flee only for Jaune to shoot its right arm off halting its movement entirely. As the monster cries out in pain the cause for its agony approaches it.
Jaune slams his foot on the creature's head and slowly begins crushing its skull. The sound of its skull being crushed music to his ears.
"You don't get to live." He applies more pressure to the creature's head. "Did you monsters allow my parents to live?!" He starts gritting his teeth while applying even more force in his foot causing the defenseless wolf to whine even louder. "You inhuman monsters who only bring agony! I will never forgive any of you! Your mere existence is a mistake!" He shifts his foot slightly allowing a small opening of the monster's head to be seen. He aims Ebony once again, his aim still and perfect. "A mistake that I will gladly remove."
A single gunshot echoes through the forest, a flock of birds flying away as a result.
Jaune removes himself from the dead creature not showing any real sign of fatigue. He places his twin pistols in their holsters and moves on from the horrendous scene.
However, as Jaune is walking away he hears a twig snap. His instincts kick in and he quickly takes out Ebony and Ivory. However, he aims his twin pistols at the four time winner of the Mistral Regional Tournament, Pyrrha Nikos.
Despite having two pistols aimed at her, Pyrrha waves at him with a warm smile. "Hello again!"
'I feel like those words are going to be a running gag...'
She looks around the area where the slaughter that took place just moments ago happened. "It looks like you've been busy."
Jaune nods his head while lowering his aim.
"Yeah they attacked me after I landed."
Pyrrha nods, her smile still gracing the blond hunter in training. "Do you have any spots left on your team?"
Jaune places his girls back in their holsters yet again. "Of course. I'd love to pair with a strong beautiful woman." Jaune says in a friendly manner.
Pyrrha's cheeks blush a light pink which goes unnoticed by Jaune due to being the oblivious boy he is.
Mentally praising himself for complimenting the girl he walks off expecting her to follow. As he sings his praises within the forefront of his mind he then thanks his coach for the tips on how to befriend people. 'Ozpin sure is helpful in regards to other fields. I'm lucky to have him.'
As the veteran hunter/headmaster takes a sip of his beloved coffee he smiles, having a feeling that his boy was taking his advice. Well more like the advice from an article he read on 'How to get closer to women'. He would have told Jaune his true motive seeing as how he's his surrogate father but where's the fun in that?
Besides...
If Jaune did figure out about the article he would have been confused why it only listed how to get closer to women. 'Oh Jaune how innocent you are...'
As Ozpin was in his thoughts his parnter was glanring at him with disapprovement. 'Honestly' She thought 'If the energy he uses to ship Jaune was redirected toward wiping out the Grimm we would be out of the job.'
"Come on let's go." Jaune said as he starts walking with his partner for the next four years right beside him.