Welcome back! I'm sorry on how long this took to get out. In the past month I re-wrote this chapter far too many times now and I'm still not happy with it.
****This will have spoilers for V3E12. You have been warned.***
"The beginning of the end"
"Come on, when is something gonna happen!" Nora complained wanting to see something other than a blank screen.
"Relax Nora something bound to happen soon" Ruby said.
"I have to say I never expect to beaten by you of all people." Said a woman kneeling in front of a man with his weapon at her throat.
"My group of friends we believe it will be best If I was the one to kill. Then again even they didn't I'll still be the one to kill you." Said the man covered in blood both his and not.
"It did take me some time to remember who you're. The partner of one the few people to even surprise me in combat, partner of the owner of that circlet that's on your hip and lastly the partner of that girl I killed during the fall of Beacon."
"Wait, that's my circlet!" Pyrrha said after the blonde man on screen look down to his hip.
"SLIT HER THROAT OTHER ME!" Yelled Jaune with rage. As anyone else who didn't connect the dots earlier realize that the blonde is Jaune.
"Judging by the look in your eyes you two must have been more than partners. Maybe lovers." Cinder said with snarky expression.
"Close, we're almost lovers you took her away before we had a chance." Jaune said hate and dull blue eyes.
"I'm dreadfully sorry about that."
"It doesn't matter now. What done is done." Jaune push his sword into her throat cutting her slightly. "Any last words?"
"Do you believe in destiny?" The image faded to one of Pyrrha asking the same question to her.
"...Yes." He thrust his weapon into her throat then shortly withdrew his blade and watch her aura leave her body. A thought wander to his mind, Was this destiny or fate?
"Where is everyone else?" Ren ask.
"JAUNE WHERE ARE YOU?!" Shouted a familiar voice.
"Speak of the devil."
"I'm over here!" Jaune yelled grabbing their attention and start moving closer away from Cinder's body.
As the other ran to him Ruby use the last of aura for use of her semblance to reach him first. "Are you ok!" Ruby ask worried.
"Nothing life threatening but I'm out of aura." Jaune said with a small smile. As the others reach him only one question remained.
"Jaune-Jaune is it over?" Nora ask with hope in her voice.
"Yes Nora she's dead, she's not hurting anyone else." Everyone let his words soak in before they start cheering. "Alright call for a ride."
"Already done brother." Ren reply.
"Thanks Ren."
As they began leaving Cinder's compound. The few minute of walking to the LZ for the bullhead was in silence."So what you guys are gonna do now? I'm think of becoming solo huntress" Ask Ruby deciding to kill time talking while wait for the bullhead.
"Mostly likely start learning more about business to take over my father's company" Weiss said without a second thought.
"Bella, Sun and I are going to go kingdom to kingdom setting the rest white fang on their asses" Yang said with a smug smile and showing off her robotic arm.
"How did I lose my arm?" Yang ask. "my favorite one too…"
"Nora and Myself are going to return to our village and became vanguards. What about you Jaune?" Ren ask.
"Being honest I don't know, I might became a wanderer Pyrrha and I talk about it a few times. Y'know help those who can't have normal hunters to come out there." Jaune said remembering how him and Pyrrha talk about it for hours. Blake look to the sky after the familiar sound a bullhead engines. "Ride's here." As everyone start boring the bullhead Ruby stop Jaune and said.
"Jaune I'm not sure if anyone else said this yet but thank you everything. You've help me get my team back together, help me fight my personal demons, and to not mention everything else you did."
"Anytime Rubes, what type of brother would I be if I didn't help family!"
"I still so sorry for not being fast enough to save Py-"
"Stop,I told you this before. No need to say sorry. It wasn't your fault. That- That witch killed her not you. Ruby you've to do what I have did. Accept it and try to move on." Jaune interrupted.
"Try to move on?"
"I'm still working on that part. I don't think I be able and frankly I don't want to. I'm happy where I am. Besides I have a girl waiting for me to catch up to her." Jaune said while looking up. "Come on let's go home."
Jaune notice out of the corner of eye a black portal open up and a black blur shot out of it. Jaune follow his gut move in between the blur and Ruby. When blur came to a stop he was face to face with a women with snow white skin and hair. Along the side of her face were black veins. Jaune look down and saw he has been run through by a large clawed hand. Blake was the first back to her senses and chop the offending hand and kick away the women, Nora follow up with a few grenades from Magnhild. As Ren and Yang pull Jaune onto the bullhead, Weiss did the same to Ruby "Get us out of here and someone get me a med kit!" Ren yelled as he notice that the clawed hand start disappearing. Ren start removing Jaune's armor and coat.
"The med kit is empty!" Yang said holding a box with a red cross on it.
"Just my fucking luck" Jaune reply weakly. Ren rip the sleeve of his coat to try stop the bleeding.
"Everyone help! Grab something to soak up the blood and add pressure to his wounds" After a few minutes of everyone trying to save Jaune, he started coughing up blood.
"Sorry guys but I'm not gonna survive this" Jaune said after seeing how much blood was on him and his friend's hands.
"Save your strength brother you will live through this." Ren said try to make Jaune and himself believe those words but there was just so much blood.
"No I'm not, we both know this brother."
"Ren" Nora said grabbing his hand. Everyone knew that Jaune has lost to much blood for him to make it the nearest statement.
"Hey I want to tell you guys something" Jaune getting everyone attention "I want to tell you all thank you for everything... for accepting me...for helping me...for giving me a purpose after I lost Pyrrha, for giving a reason to fight other than revenge." Jaune said weakly fighting to stay a little bit longer.
"Jaune can you tell me about destiny and fate again?" Ruby ask with tears in her eyes
"Of course, destiny is whatever you believe yourself to become, something you work towards. While fate is the inescapable things in life that are set in stone."
"Jaune is this destiny or fate?" Nora ask.
"Nora, I believe I'm fated to die protecting those close to me." Jaune start to feel himself slip more and more in the darkness. "One last thing. Take your time catching up and take care each other alright" Jaune said before the darkness overtook him.
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"Hello, again...Jaune."
A/N: Again sorry about the wait. I want to write because the last sentence. Yup three little words. This at a eighth of the original length when I first written it. It just I gotten so fed up with writing this chapter that I decide to just write it, get it out, and move on to the next chapter. Also sorry if this feel rushed, well because it is. I may come back to this but mostly likely will be the only 'The beginning of the end' chapter from now on it will be AU and prompts I get. If you want to give me to do or if you want to ask me a question do so via p.m. Please leave a review I want to know what you guys think of this. See ya next time!