Phantom of Beacon

Jaune slowly blinked awake, stretching his legs with satisfying pops from his knees and ankles. He rolled onto his right side towards the wall, hoping for a bit more sleep when he saw the bow clad girl laying next to him, sleeping peacefully. "Blake? When did she…she looks so cute when she's asleep." He thought, placing a hand on her head behind her bow, slowly running his fingers behind her ear. "So soft…" He said aloud.

Blake's head turned towards his hands, a smirk on her face. "You know, I don't let just anyone touch my ears, Jaune. But I guess I can let it slide this time."

Jaune nearly jumped back in surprise, but felt her hand on his shoulder. "Relax, Ghost Boy. Don't want Ruby and Yang waking up and catching us like this, right?" Blake turned towards the wall, pressing her body closer to Jaune's. "But it's a day off, and those two could sleep forever, so maybe just a few more minutes?" She asked, feeling a nod against her head as she drifted back to sleep.

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"What do you mean you LOST the Omega?!"

Roman backed away from the woman in fear, holding his cane up in defense. "Easy there! I never said lost, just…misplaced…ma'am!"

The woman stepped forward, her heels clicking like glass on the stone floor. Her right eye gleamed with fire, sending Roman back even further. "I specifically told you not to lose it, and now it's gone to Oum knows where. This is most…unsatisfactory, Roman. With an Omega we could attract more, and maybe even cause a merge." She let out an annoyed sigh. "No matter, you'll just have to find another. It's nearly time to enact phase two of the plan. Tell Taurus to bring the White Fang to the warehouse."

"Yes ma'am…Cinder." Roman replied, shivering as she walked off. "Ghosts, Maidens…what's next?"

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Jaune jumped as his alarm blared from his scroll, waking both Yang and Ruby. He yelped, turning to cover Blake only to discover no one at his side. Turning back, Yang and Ruby looked on at him questioningly.

"Everything okay there, Jauney? Not hiding anything are ya?" Yang crossed her arms over her chest, Jaune's eyes falling there for only a moment before he met her eyes, blushing.

"Ev-everything's fine! Nothing to hide at all! Not me!" He caught the sly grin on Yang's face and blushed further.

"See something you like?" Yang continued to smirk and began to laugh at Jaune's flustered state.

The sound of the bathroom door opening stopped the laughter, Blake stepping into the room with a towel over her head. "Yang, that's enough. Leave him alone before he turns into a tomato." She smirked, Yang and Ruby busting out in laughter as Jaune grumbled something inaudible. Blake sent him a knowing look, as if to say 'Don't worry, I know where your emotions are'.

As their laughter died down, Ruby looked up at Jaune. "So Jaune, I was thinking maybe we could get some training in today? You could show us all those cool things from yesterday!"

Jaune rubbed the back of his head, looking down at his bed. "Ruby, a lot of what I did yesterday…I can't really explain. Even what I could explain is a bit…weird at best." He looked at Blake, getting a nod as if to say 'you can trust them'. "I guess to put it simply...I was inside an experimental portal when it was turned on, things got out, and I got powers. We, Blake and I, thought it would be good to try to just say that my semblance was intangibility and that when I used it my hair and eyes changed colors, like Yang's eyes when she gets 'Yangry'."

Yang laughed at the joke, Ruby and Blake groaning aloud. "So you got powers? You can walk through walls, shoot things from your hands, and scream painfully loud? Sounds cool to me!"

Jaune was taken aback by Yang's reaction. "Wait…really? You think that's cool? You don't think I'm a freak!"

"Nope!" Ruby chimed in. "Jaune, so you've got weird powers, that's awesome! It's part of what makes you special!"

"Besides Jauney, just because you're different doesn't mean you're an outcast, though this does explain why you stood up to Weiss so quickly." Yang looked on at him. "So Blake knew? How long?"

Blake pulled the towel off her head, letting her dark hair fall free. "I found out during initiation after he landed. Someone isn't exactly cautious about what he says when he gets excited."

Jaune rolled his eyes. "I may have blurted out something about going ghost or something like that." He rubbed the back of his neck, grinning slightly. "But I can't let the others know. You guys are my team, and I trust all three of you, but Weiss…I know she said she's okay with Blake, but my older sister told me to be…cautious around people from Atlas."

A loud screech interrupted the teens as the intercom blared to life. "Attention all students, the students of Atlas Academy have just arrived. Please greet our guests and treat them with the level of respect that we expect from Beacon Students. That is all." The voice of Miss Goodwitch rang through the dorms, signaling a groan from Jaune.

"Just can't win lately, can ya Jaune?" Yang said, shrugging her shoulders. "Well, maybe we should go get some lunch! Cheer ourselves up and check out the competition!"

Jaune looked up, thankful for the slight change of subject. "Yang's right, we sho-"

Yang was suddenly in front of him, eyes lit up like fire. "But don't think for a second that you're off the hook on showing us all those powers. You and me are going to go at it Jaune, and I don't plan on being gentle." She winked slyly.

Blake and Jaune flushed a deep scarlet at the brawler's innuendo, and Ruby looked on as if to say 'what?'. Jaune slowly nodded, earning a grin from Yang who disappeared into the bathroom.

"So Jaune, when that thing attacked last night…what was it?" Ruby asked, pulling her hood over her uniform. "I mean, that was obviously a Grimm, but I've never seen one like it."

Blake nodded and looked at Jaune. "I don't really understand either. It had the same glow that you do when you're in your ghost form, Jaune. What was that thing?"

Jaune's face turned to a grimace as he let out a sigh. "My master called them 'Spectral' or 'Omega' Grimm, like the opposite to an Alpha."

"So if Alphas are Grimm that have lived for a long time, enough to develop further…" Yang started, having been listening from the bathroom. She walked over and sat on her bunk.

"Then Omegas are just as powerful, if not more-so. The lab workers wanted to study the Omegas, see if there was a way to either get rid of or trap all the Grimm, make the world safer. It...it failed. Well, I think it did anyway. I got out of there after the accident and then…actually I don't remember anything between then and my sister unlocking my aura."

Ruby nodded. "So this thing could have the same abilities as you? Walk through walls, disappear, fly?"

Jaune nodded, frowning. "It can definitely go intangible, and it's got some monster strength. All I know is that it definitely didn't like me."

"We'll look into everything, Jauney! Don't you worry! Team JBRY is on the case!" Yang cheered, earning a similar cheer from Ruby and an eye roll from Blake. "We can relax today, and worry tomorrow! And hey, maybe we can help you figure out your missing memories!" She stood, heading towards the door.

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A few days later, JBRY sat across from PRWN in the cafeteria, Blake absentmindedly going through some drawings and notes. Her eyes widened when Jaune popped over her shoulder. "What ya doing?"

She slammed her notebook shut, a slight scowl on her face. "Just going over notes from last semester."

Yang groaned from Jaune's right, then opened her mouth and caught a grape in her mouth from across the table.. "Lame!"

Nora giggled, flicking a few more grapes at the blonde. Yang caught them, grinning and giving Nora a thumbs up.

Ruby appeared from out of nowhere, and with an enormous heave, slammed a binder onto the table, catching everyone off guard. On the cover of the binder, everyone could see the words 'Vytal Festival Activities, Property of Weiss Schnee'. They could also see marked over that in bright, bold red a new title, 'Best Day Ever Activities', had been written over it. Ruby cleared her throat, looking around at the two teams. "Sisters... friends... Weiss."

"Hey!"

"Four score and seven minutes ago, I had a dream." Ruby continued.

Yang rolled her eyes, catching another grape in her mouth and giving Nora another thumbs up. "This ought to be good."

"Ahem! A dream that one day, the four of us will come together, as a team, and have the most fun anyone has ever had... ever! Jaune even helped!" Ruby cheered.

"Did you break into my room and steal my binder?" Weiss asked, frowning.

Ruby held her hands up in defense. "I am not a crook."

Blake looked on at the younger girl in confusion. "Ruby, what are you talking about?

"I'm talking about kicking this semester off with a bang!" The reaper cheered

Yang grinned. "I always kick my semesters off…with a Yang!" Everyone groaned, minus Jaune who chuckled a bit. "Guys? Am I right?"

An apple hit Yang in the face with a "Boo!" right behind it from Nora. The ginger haired girl grinned innocently.

Jaune stood, earning glances from Yang, Blake, and Pyrrha. "Look guys, it's been a good few days and between more exchange students arriving and the tournament at the end of the year, our second semester should be awesome..but, classes start back up tomorrow! Which is why Ruby and I have taken the time to schedule a series things for us to do today, if you all are game for it."

Weiss glared from the PRWN side. "Well if Arc had anything to do with it, I don't know whether to be proud or scared of what you have in store." Yang threw an apple her way, narrowly missing her. "Hey!"

Blake frowned, moving her head back towards her notes. "I don't know. I think I might sit this one out."

Jaune placed a hand on her shoulder. "Sit out or not, I think that however we spend this last day, we should do it as a team, doing team…stuff!"

Yang pumped her fist in the air. "Yeah!" She was silenced by a pie hitting her in the face, getting in her hair.

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"Ahahahaha!" Nora cried from atop a tower of tables formed into a fortress shape. The rest of PRWN stood below her, each taking a combat stance. "I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!" Nora said in a sing song voice.

Ruby stomped her foot on a table and pointed at PRWN. "Justice will be swift! Justice will be painful!" She crushed a carton of milk in her hand. "It will be delicious!"

"Yeah!" Yang, Blake, and Jaune cried from behind her.

Nora pointed down at her adversaries. "Off with their heads!" Weiss activated a glyph, sending a few watermelons flying towards the blonde. Pyrrha followed suit, throwing two melons of her own, Ren doing the same with a kick. Nora jumped down from her tower and flipped a table, sending a cascade of melons towards JBRY.

"Yang, turkey!" Jaune ordered, running forward and grabbing a baguette and swinging it like a sword.

Yang rushed forward to the turkeys and stuck her fists inside them. proceeding to block and punch the melons as they sped towards her. Blake jumped over her, swinging two baguettes like her swords to cut through more of the melons. Yang swung her fists forward, launching the turkeys at Pyrrha, who dodged, leaving Ren to take the hits.

Blake ran forwards, clashing with Pyrrha, both girls with glares that could kill. Blake jumped around the spartan, using her afterimages to dodge until Pyrrha finally swung behind her, sending Blake flying into the tables.

Ruby and Jaune slid across the tables on metal trays, skating and dodging food thrown their way. Pyrrha threw her baguette at Ruby, the latter jumping off her tray and sending the bread flying back towards PRWN. Ren jumped out of the way as the bread speared into a table behind him, gasping for breath. Ruby slammed the tray into Pyrrha, who blocked, but was thrown backwards by the force.

As Ruby and Pyrrha collided, Jaune turned intangible and flew through them, swinging his baguette at Weiss who narrowly dodged. She rushed aside and grabbed a swordfish, locking in a duel with Jaune. The heiress was merciless, stabbing and thrusting her weapon at the blonde, who either narrowly dodged or turned intangible. "Would you just get hit already?!" She yelled in frustration, swinging the fish upwards at his face.

Jaune jumped backwards, flipping and landing on the opposite side of the table. "Sorry, Ice Queen, but I'll pass!" He took a battle stance before turning intangible once again as Yang came flying from behind him, her turkey fist hitting Weiss like a freight train, sending her flying into a pillar. The force shattered the pillar, Weiss' body falling to the floor.

"Snowflake!" Nora cried, running towards the blondes in a rage. "You shall both suffer for your crimes against the ice lady!" She leaped into the air, grabbing a metal pole off the wall, snapping it from its post, and then she slammed it into a melon, creating a makeshift hammer. Nora bounced back into the air towards Jaune and Yang, the latter throwing her leader out of the way of the ginger.

Nora slammed her melon hammer into the ground, sending out a shockwave and throwing tables backwards.. Yang ducked and dodged as Nora swung, finally going in for a hit, but the melon hammer had the range and Yang was sent flying through the ceiling. The melon was crushed on impact, leaving Nora defenseless.

Blake ducked and dodged the debris from the ceiling, flipping forward and grabbed a link of sausages, whipping it around her and then towards Nora, sending the ginger girl flying backwards into a pair of soda machines.

Cans poured from the now broken machines, prompting Nora to grab and throw multiple cans at Blake, who backflipped out of the way, dodging them. Pyrrha then slammed her hand down on the ground, activating her semblance and lifting dozens of soda cans at once, sending them soaring towards Blake at blinding speeds. Though she dodged a few, Blake was eventually bombarded with exploding soda cans, taking her out of the game.

Jaune and Ruby glared towards Pyrrha and Nora, Jaune's eyes flashing green as he switched to his ghost form. "Ruby, go!" He ordered as he vanished into the floor.

Ruby rushed forward using her semblance, spinning into a spiral of roses towards Pyrrha and Nora. The pair went to dodge, but felt hands holding their ankles in place from below. They were sent spiraling, the gust picking up Ren and Weiss, as well as the remaining food. Ruby stopped short of a wall, creating a massive crater in it that PRWN slammed into, before Jaune popped out of the floor and turned himself and Ruby intangible as the barrage of food and drinks plastered them, staining the four with multiple colors of Oum knows what.

The doors slammed open as Glynda Goodwitch swung her riding crop forwards, sending the tables back into place. "Children please, do not play with your food."

Nora let out a burp, causing JBRY and PRWN to laugh with ease, then compose themselves as Goodwitch grew more and more angry until Yang fell screaming through the ceiling. Jaune and Blake burst into laughter, the latter leaning onto the blonde's shoulder for support. Grumbling, she felt a hand on her shoulder.

Ozpin stood behind her, smiling. "Let it go."

Goodwitch let out a sigh. "They're supposed to be the defenders of the world."

Ozpin readjusted his glasses. "And they will be, but right now they're still children. So why not let them play the part?" He began to walk away from Goodwitch. "After all, it isn't a role they'll have forever."

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Later on, Ozpin sat in his office with Goodwitch, going over reports and information about the Vytal Festival, when the elevator beeped, and the doors slid open. A tall man clad in white stepped out, his hands behind his back in a military pose.

"Ah, James, how nice of you to join us." Ozpin stood, his hand extended.

Ironwood accepted the handshake, and then politely bowed slightly towards Goodwitch. "Oz, a pleasure to see you. And Glynda, as lovely as always."

Goodwitch rolled her eyes and walked off, leaving the two headmasters alone.

"So James, what brings you here not only so early, but also with an armada behind you?" Ozpin asked, raising his glasses slightly.

Ironwood took his militaristic stance again, looking out towards the fleet that had arrived with his academy. "Oz, what do you know about ghosts?"

A/N: Sorry for the wait…again! I've been running around at work dealing with problem after problem, and I've barely had time to sit down and write! But no worries, chapter 6 is here, and guys...WE HIT 50 REVIEWS! I've never had a Fic get this much of a response or following, and I'm crazy thrilled by it! I know this chapter had hardly any Blake and Jaune bits, but there were some! I don't want to rush them into being a thing just for the sake of them being a thing. They're what the youngsters would call 'talking' I guess. I tried to get a bit more into the Omegas this chapter, but I can't reveal EVERYTHING just yet, as hey, who reads the last chapter of the book without reading all the good stuff in the middle? Time for replies!

LordGhostStriker: I appreciate the input, but I know where I'm going with this story and I feel like it's progressing just fine.

Nexus Bladeguard: My homie, you're always on the ball with reviews and responses, always offering advice and input as usual. The Spectral Grimm are something I decided on rather than using just ghosts (Like the damn Box Ghost, as funny as that would be) to make it fit more into the universe. As you said, I'm trying not to stray TOO far from the canon, though there are some differences obviously. I once again thank you for your input, and hope you continue to enjoy this little piece of work!

Duskrider: As you can see, Blake is being cautious about revealing the romance to the others, though that doesn't stop her from having her fun with our favorite blonde goofball, hence the sneaking into his bed and then being gone before Yang or Ruby could notice. As for the sub powers like Spectra or Shadow, I'm mostly sticking to Danny's powers for Jaune, though obviously the Spectral/Omega Grimm have their own abilities.

NoxXelor: I caught your review last minute, but dude, it was establishment. Obviously Yang and Pyrrha still have a thing for him, but at the moment Jaune and Blake are rocking out the talking stage. Teenagers, human beings actually, flirt. It isn't like I wrote the first chapter with all the girls going and kissing him as they left. Obviously you're one of those who wants this to be a harem, but I straight up don't know how to write a harem, so I'm enjoying my ShadowSpectre (KnightShade) for the time being. Also, saying 'just saying' is kind of like saying 'no offense, but'. It makes the comment no less negative. But still, criticism is criticism, so I thank you for your input anyway. Just...stay tuned, it gets better.

That's it for this one guys! Pushed just about another 3k, and this chapter was more of fun and a bit of filler to keep things progressing, but stay tuned! Next update should be within the next week, but hopefully I'll get it out sooner! Read, review, and enjoy as always!