Yang and Ruby waited for the airship to come and take them to Beacon. Ruby was beaming with happiness at the unique chance she got: going to Beacon two years ahead of most people. Her sister was very happy to have her little sister with her (and keep an eye on the girl at the same time) so she was smiling. Both girls waited in line as they watched the several airships coming and going, and wondering how many of the young people around where students. Yang checked her scroll and as always saw many messages of her friends on several degrees sent her. Once again was a message from her father urging her to protect her little sister, especially from older boys. The blonde laughed at how old fashioned his father was sometimes and reminded him that maybe girls would be interested in Ruby. Taiyang's answer was NSFW at all.
"Did he send a message?" Ruby asked her sister and the blonde shook her head, knowing who the redhead was referring to.
Jaune Arc.
Since they met four years ago, they kept in contact with letters, messages, phone calls and one time Jaune sent them a drawing, that now hanged on their room in Patch, despite the lack of artistic quality. They met twice after their first meeting, one where they spent summer in Jaune's family cabin by a beautiful lake and another skiing in a resort, but in the last two years they just used phone calls and messages, with the occasional letter between. But since Beacon summoned Yang as a chosen student to participate in initiation, Jaune went silent.
"I hope he's OK. And that he got accepted in Beacon. He promised after all." Ruby lamented, and so did Yang. She wouldn't admit it but Jaune was one of her best friends, one she really cared about, both girls cared. But that silence was eating her inside.
"I'll call him again." Yang said and tried to call him. She giggled at her chosen profile picture for him, he in a flowery dress by the cabin when they were fourteen, looking more girly than any of his sisters. The sweet memories where interrupted when they heard a song (I Burn remix) started playing. The girls turned around to see quite a sight.
A tall blonde boy was trying to grab his scroll as it decided to not stay in hands. He wore jeans, black and white sneakers, and a black and orange hood under white armor with grey details. A sword rested on his back, sheathed in a white and golden scabbard. He wasn't muscular but it was fit, and his face was leaving the teenage years behind while getting a more mature structure. He finally caught the scroll and ended the call, the same time Yang's scroll showed the call ended.
"Er… Hi?" He said to them.
"Jaune?" Ruby inquired while squinting her eyes, her last memories of the boy being him smaller than Yang and scraggly, despite the training his aunt was giving him. Yang eyes were wide open in disbelief that the tall and, she would dare to say now, handsome boy chuckled and scratched the back of his head. "Jaune!"
Ruby jumped and almost took both to the ground as she hugged him by the neck, her feet out of the ground considering how much taller he was now. Jaune laughed and hugged her, spinning her a little like he would do with his sisters. He petted her and they grinned at each other.
"Did ya miss me did ya miss me?" Ruby asked excited.
"Of course I did, little one. Though you're not as little as I reminder now. Look at you! You're practically a young woman now!" Jaune said and she blushed a little. "Hey Yang… You… wow… You really become more gorgeous…"
"I…" Yang blushed a little. Jaune wasn't the first and probably wouldn't be the last to talk about he looks, but he had this quality, this honesty, that always made his words weight more than any other. She approached him and slapped his arm hard, making him wince as Ruby moved to his side, holding on his neck and looking like a human cape on him. "I was worried you jerk! Why you didn't called me back!"
"Sorry! I wanted to surprise you! I wondered if you would recognize me after two years…" he apologized and she calmed down a little. "I also wanted to meet you at Beacon to tell you I did it. I'm going to Beacon with you." Yang blushed a little harder now, but calmed down and smiled. She really felt happiness filling her heart when Jaune smiled at her with his kicked puppy eyes.
"You owe me, sir knight. For the worry! You are footing the bill on the celebratory party when the three of us pass Initiation." Yang declared and Jaune nodded before realizing something.
"Wait… the three of us?" He inquired and Yang pointed to Ruby with her head. "Rubes?"
…
"That certainly make my test seems easy." Jaune stated after Ruby explained how she got accepted at Beacon. "All I had to do was kill some Beowulfs and fight two candidates."
"I thought your aunt was famous or something." Yang questioned, remembering Jaune's aunt was some kind of great swordswoman.
"She is, but she doesn't have a proper teacher's license, so I had to do the required pre-tests to have the chance." Jaune explained with Ruby still clinging on him. He saw the airship approaching and popped a pill, swallowing it dry.
"What's that?" Ruby asked.
"I suffer of motion sickness." Jaune explained a little defeated.
"Wait, really?"
"Yeah… so the pills help alleviate it… but they aren't sure fire." Jaune explained as he finally made Ruby let go of him. "It gets the worse on those commercial airships, something to do with size and movement. So, you two could want to keep distance so I don't risk vomiting on your shoes… And sorry if I got all quiet while flying."
The trio boarded the airship and Jaune rushed to sit close to a trash bin. Then he felt someone sitting by his side and putting a gentle hand on his back. He saw that was Yang, and Ruby sat by her side, both smiling at him. He smiled back and closed his eyes, focusing to not make a mess when he had his childhood friends with him.
…
"Land… precious, safe land." Jaune murmured as they left the airship, with Yang laughing at him and Ruby offering sympathetic back pats.
"Well, we are here. Beacon Academy." Yang motioned with her hand and the three basked in the beautiful sight of what could better be described as some sort of castle or palace than a school. While Jaune and Yang used the chance to look at the beautiful sight, Ruby immediately focused on other things.
"Oh my gosh, so many cool weapons!" She spoke in an excited toned and with shiny eyes. "Look, that one is a shotgun-spear! And that one is an axe-crossbow!"
"Calm down, Rubes! Crescent Rose might feel jealous!" Yang prompted her sister.
"I love my beloved, but meeting new weapons is like meeting new people! Just better…" She said and Jaune felt a little sorry for her as he could relate with awkwardness. Despite his seven sisters, he wasn't exactly someone smooth on social interactions.
"You know, you need to meet new people." Yang prompted, a sisterly worry in her voice Jaune knew too well from his sisters… well, two of them at least.
"I don't need to, I have you!" She said pointing at the two blondes. Jaune smiled softly at her, but Yang was really worrying about Ruby introvert-ness. So she did what any big sister worried about her little sister would.
"ComeonJauneIsawsomefriendsfromSignalandwanttopresentyoutothem!"
She ditched Ruby.
And dragged Jaune with her by his hood, before he could react.
They only stopped close to the main entrance, mostly because Jaune couldn't stop struggling under Yang vicious grip on his hood. Once they stopped Yang left a sigh out and her face showed her worry about Ruby fully.
"Why you did that?" Jaune questioned as he finally got free and fixed his clothes.
"Ruby needs to open up to others. If she clings on us too much, she won't ever make new friends here in Beacon." Yang explained and Jaune knew she wasn't exactly wrong, but he still was worried about Ruby.
"And mama bird decided to throw baby bird out of next to teach her how to fly." Jaune concluded and Yang smiled a little over the analogy. "That's one way to do it, yes… But Yang, she is younger than us, and different from you. I'm not sure ditching her will work as you expect. Remember this isn't a normal school with normal people. We're all here to train to fight monsters."
"Since when you become so wise?" Yang asked a little playfully.
"I might have received one too many hits on my head." He answered back and she sighed again, now worrying if she acted too hastily. Then she felt Jaune's big but gentle hand on her cheek and stared surprised at him, pink tinting her cheeks. "Look, I'll go back there and keep an eye on her. I'll call you if something happens."
"Thanks, Jaune." She answered and he winked and strutted back. Yang observed him and her smiled grew a little bigger. He certainly wasn't the shy clumsy kid from back then.
…
"Welcome to Beacon…" Ruby said as she sat in front of the small hole the explosion left. Then she saw a hand being offered to her.
"You know, if I knew you was going to explode, I'd came back early." Jaune prompted and she pouted but accepted his hand.
"You ditched me!" She accused.
"Against my will, Crater Face." Jaune answered and laughed.
"Shut up, vomit boy!"
"Hey! Motion sickness is a common thing! And I didn't vomit! Today… Anyway, what was all that about?" Jaune asked as the duo started walking.
"An impromptu lesson on Dust, I think?" Ruby said than smiled. "By the way, you didn't show me it yet?"
"What?"
"I'll show you mine and you show me yours!" Ruby affirmed and Jaune stared in shock at her. Then she drew Crescent Rose in its full form, scaring him shitless. He didn't scream on spot due to shock seeing her death bringer. "This is Crescent Rose, I designed it myself… but I might have overdone it."
"You might?!" Jaune finally said in a squeaky voice. "I mean, it's a scythe! And is that a cartridge?"
"Yep, it's a high-impact sniper rifle too!" Ruby stated proudly and Jaune stared blankly at her. "It's also a gun."
"So you can either chop or rain death from afar… And you're just fifteen… Really, none of this sounds like a good idea when you think about it." Jaune wondered for a moment.
"Less talking and more showing! I want to see your sword!" Ruby demanded and Jaune groaned.
"I'll have a talk with yang about your choice of words, Rubes."
The blonde boy moved his right hand to the left side of his body, and a mechanical arm moved the sword from his back to his side where he drew it. The white blade shone under the sunlight, revealing a 'hand-and-a-half' long sword with a relatively broad double edge blade. In the middle there were seven holes to reduce weight, each with a small colored ring like the colors of a rainbow. The blade's body was also adorned with delicate thin gold lines in beautiful patterns. Jaune then clipped the scabbard on his left arm and it opened to reveal a white with golden details tear drop shield.
"So cool!" Ruby commented with shining eyes. "What it does?"
"Chifuyu-nee said I'm like my dad and I should just focus in one skill, so it's really just a sword and shield. It's made of a special alloy, so it doesn't need to be sharpened, doesn't rust and doesn't break… it's virtually indestructible or so I was told." Jaune explained before sheathing his weapons again.
"Well, I like it." She said with true honesty. "Not everyone appreciate a classic nowadays."
"Thanks, Rubes… So… hmm… where are we going?"
"I was following you."
…
"Hey, Rubes! I save you a spot!" yang waved happily when she saw her little sister. Ruby wasn't amused.
"You!" She growled and disappeared in a gust of rose petals leaving Jaune behind.
"Oh great. I better find another nice, quirky girl to talk to." He commented to no one before moving towards the sisterly duo, unaware someone heard him speaking and got an interest on it. He approached the girls that were talking, apparently Ruby repeating the events that happened a moment ago.
"You!" Jaune saw the white haired girl that spoke, a beautiful lady that reminded him of a fairytale princess. Ruby jumped on Yang's arms apparently scared.
Jaune couldn't help but laugh a little at their reactions, but frowned when he saw that the white haired girl was apparently being mean to his honorary little sister. He wanted to go there and back her up, but since Yang was there he decided to just watch the exchange. He's ears perked up when the girl, now named Weiss, pointed at him though.
"Sure, and we can talk about tall, blonde and scraggly back there." Jaune stared at himself and wondered if he was still scraggly, considering the harsh exercise regimen his aunt put him through. After a few more exchanges of words Weiss left, and Jaune decided to mess with her a little.
"I'll let you know I'm a natural blonde!" He said but she ignored him. "She's no fun."
"You tell me, fellow natural blonde." Yang said with a grin. Jaune laughed a little with her and was about to speak but apparently the teachers were about to speak. "Hey, do you think she's a natural one too? We should start a club!"
"I don't know." Jaune answered as he watched the beautiful mature lady taking the stage. She was somehow familiar, but he chalked it off as she being a blonde like the woman in his family.
…
"What you doing sis?" Yang asked as she dropped by Ruby's side. It was night now, and after everyone had a rather fancy dinner, they were preparing for sleep, quite early if Yang could say, but apparently initiation next day would start really early.
"Writing back to my friends at Signal. I promised to write them telling everything." Ruby explained as she kept writing.
"Well, you should admire the view a bit." Yang said as she watched the boys trying to show off to the girls. It was both hilarious and amusing. "It's like a big pajama party!"
"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys, except maybe Jaune."
"Don't dismiss it before you try it." Yang said with a wink before purring towards the sight… Until Jaune grabbed her sight with his onesie pajamas with rabbit feet. She growled in annoyance and waved for him to come to her. Jaune pointed at himself and stared at her and she got up and gestured more angrily for him to come to her. He finally motioned towards her as she crossed her arms below her chest. "What you're wearing?"
"Oh, this? My sister made for me and made me promise to wear it." Jaune explained with a smile. "They are really comfy."
"And dorky! Jaune, we're not children anymore! You need to dress up more fashionable!" She chastised him, what surprised him a little because he didn't understand why she cared.
"I know, but it was a gift from my sister and I promised to wear it!" He defended the outfit.
"And you always do what you promise?" She questioned.
"I do. That's why I'm here, I promised you I would." She immediately calmed down and sighed.
"Fine… But just today OK! Promise me you will wear something more fashionable and wear this… pajama only when necessary!" She asked and Jaune nodded. "Good. Now go grab your sleeping bag so we can sleep together."
"What?" Jaune questioned as he blushed bright red.
"Yeah, Jauney! It'll be like old times!" Ruby prompted him and he calmed down a little.
"I dunno lil sis… you and Yang aren't children anymore…" Jaune explained and Yang felt a bit happy at his gentlemanly nature. But she wanted to tease him, and also to relieve the old times.
"Oh… did I grow up too, sir knight?" She asked as she pushed her breasts up with her arms. Jaune avoided the rather pleasant sight by staring up and fuming while glowing red.
"Y-Yang!" he protested and she giggled a little.
"Come on, Jauney! Go grab your stuff and lay by our side. I want to know everything you were up to in this last years." Yang prompted him and Jaune groaned but accepted his fate, walking back to find his stuff.
"Hey, that girl…" Ruby prompted as she saw a black haired girl reading a book.
…
Yang cursed the music playing from the speakers. She just wanted to sleep a few more minutes. She also blamed Jaune by having so many funny stories with him and his seven sisters to tell. They only got to sleep when Weiss bitched at them for talking during the night and now all she wanted was to sleep till late. But no, she had that dumb initiation to take care of, so she opened her eyes.
She was hugging Jaune who was using her chest as pillows.
The boy was in his sleeping bags, as he promised Yang he would, after she threatened to castrate him if he tried something funny. She liked him, and he never gave her signs of being a pervert but she felt it was a nice idea to threaten him anyway. But somehow during her sleep she was the one that slipped in his 'bed' and now was holding him close.
So now she needed to move him without making people realizing what she did.
She could be gently or…
She tossed him a few feet from her and stood, causing a small ruckus and waking a few students, but thankfully no one realized what she did, especially Jaune, who stared around like he was lost and had no idea where he was. Yang breathed to calm herself down as Ruby woke up and rubbed her eyes.
"What happened?" The petite girl asked.
"We need to get ready, Rubes. We will see you later, Jaune!" Yang shouted and walked always dragging the sleep Ruby with her.
"What was that? And why I felt like I slept in the softest bed ever?" Jaune questioned himself.
…
Jaune was eating his breakfast and observed around for a while. His attention was grabbed about a girl eating a pile of pancakes that could feed ten grown men working at the docks with ease, and he wondered where in her petite frame all that food would end. The boy by her side just stood there eating in silence. His attention gone back to Yang and Ruby when they sat across him with their plates.
Yang's tray was filled with protein. Bacon, eggs, sausages, mushrooms, beans. Jaune was sure he wouldn't move after that heavy meal. Sure, he had bacon and eggs on his plate, but at least he also had cereal and fruit. Yet he thought that yang's meal was healthier than Ruby cookie filled tray and big glass of milk.
"I'm surprised with all the quality food they serve." Yang said as she ate a sausage. "It's like a five-star buffet!"
"You tell me! Those are freshly baked cookies, not store bought!" Ruby added as she ate one after another.
"You know, you two could eat more than pure proteins and fat or pure carbs and fat." Jaune commented as he eyed their bowls.
"Hey, I'm a heavy hitter, I need this to hit heavy!" Yang defended her choice of food. "But I agree Rubes could eat at least a raisin cookie."
"Never speak of the devil's cookies!" Ruby protested. "You go straight thinking it will be chocolatey goodness and its mummified grapes! Eviiiilllll!" Ruby said and Jaune chuckled a little.
"You need fiber too, Rubes, and vitamins. At least eat an apple or…" Jaune started while waving his fork with a strawberry on it. Ruby chomped it with lightning speed. "Strawberries…"
"It's basically the only fruit she eats by herself." Yang explained and Jaune put all strawberries he had on Ruby's plate. Yang observed the gesture and a little bit of jealousy filled her. "Not for me?"
"Here." Jaune said giving her yoghurt with granola on it. She pouted though and opened her mouth with eyes closed. He groaned a bit and fed her with a spoon.
"Hmm… Thanks, Jauney." She winked and took the yoghurt in her hands. "So, any ideas on how teams will be made?"
"I heard they have a complex process." Ruby stated as she alternate strawberries and cookies.
"My parents said each academy have their own philosophy. Atlas put students with the same academic and combat level together. Vacuo chose people that cover each other weakness while Mistral prefers to put people that get along well. But apparently Beacon change its way every year to avoid people playing their system… whatever it is." Jaune answered while eating his own breakfast.
"This is the best Hunter's academy in all Remnant." They turned to see Weiss Schnee passing them with a fruit salad on her tray. "I bet they have a complex system to create the best teams possible, and the best team will be whenever I am." She said without hiding her self-praising before leaving without an answer.
"Whatever, I bet the three of us will be the best team!" Ruby said proudly.
"I don't know, Rubes. Maybe you should consider landing in a team with other people…" Yang commented.
…
"All I saying is you need to get out of your shell, meet new people so you can grow up!" Yang justified at the lockers.
"I don't need to meet new people to grow up! I drink milk!" Ruby defended herself as she fixed her weapon on her back. "Or are you implying you don't want to be in a team with me?!"
"I'll let you two to discuss it… I need to find my locker." Jaune stated as he fled the scene, though Yang mouthed a 'traitor' towards him.
Jaune found his locker away from Ruby and Yang, and put his sword on his back, and started doing a final check on his gear. As he did so a glint of red called his attention and he saw a familiar looking tall redhead talking with Weiss. He was sure he saw her somewhere before, but couldn't point where. She looked absent as the heiress kept talking excitedly. He approached them and heard they were talking about teams and how they would be great together (according to Weiss). He decided to mess up with her a little.
"You know else what is great? Me, Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you." He said following his dad's obvious stupid flirt techniques. Jaune was actually sure it was his mother that conquered him and not the other way around. The redhead smiled, while the heiress stared daggers at him.
"What do you want?" She growled.
"Nice to meet you, Jaune." The redhead said with a sweet voice. "Actually, I heard teams are comprised of four people."
"Hey, isn't it nice? Then you can have a spot with me!" Jaune answered with a smile, making the redhead giggle and Weiss fume.
"Do you have any idea with whom you're talking about?" Weiss asked pointed at the other girl.
"No idea. You have beautiful eyes though." He spoke honestly and a light pink graced the other girl cheeks.
"This! Is Pyrrha Nikos!"
"Hello again." She said with a small wave, her smile slightly faltering.
"Lovely name. Fits you well." Jaune added and she blushed a little, her smile growing bigger while Weiss grew up angrier.
"She is the top student in her class on Sanctum!"
"Congratulations! Smart too!" He said and Weiss was considering murder by now, while Pyrrha herself felt relieved.
"She's four times Mistral champion! The youngest ever!"
"Doesn't it get boring after the third time?"
"A little, but I'm always up for a challenge." Pyrrha answered him, making him smile and Weiss growl louder.
"She's in the front of every Pumpkin's Pete cereal box!" She finally exploded, waving her arms frantically. Finally that ringed a bell on Jaune's mind.
"That's you? They only do that for pro-athletes and cartoon characters! Are we in a cartoon?" Jaune questioned and looked around like searching for hidden cameras.
"That was pretty fun, though the cereal is not very good for you." Pyrrha admitted, but her smile not leaving her face.
"So, after learning all that you still think you're good enough to be on a team with her?" Weiss questioned and Jaune accepted that the girl in front of him was amazing.
"Maybe not." He questioned a little dejected, but Pyrrha put a friendly hand on his shoulder.
"Actually, Jaune, I think you might be a good team leader." She affirmed, and Jaune perked up immediately.
"Aww, stop it." He playful dismissed her.
"Yes, please stop! It's unsightly!" Weiss said as her anger took over.
"Come on, snow angel. If you play nice I might save you a spot on my team." Jaune said with a smirk, saying the utter confusion on Weiss face, making her loss her words.
"Pyrrha, a little help?!" She asked and soon Jaune found himself pinned against a wall, hearing a 'Sorry!' from Pyrrha. The two girls came in his direction and Pyrrha spared a look at him, not knowing why she instinctively did what she usually did with most 'handy' fans. Weiss walked past him without sparing even that and especially sympathy. At least Pyrrha did so, and the two exchanged a small wave. It was then that Jaune saw Yang passing through.
"Best luck next time, lady killer." She said as she walked away, and Jaune wondered if he felt a little anger in her voice.
"Come on, big bro, we need to get there in time." Ruby said as she helped him up.
…
"Idiot!" Yang yelled as she punched an Ursa to kingdom come. "Of course you would go all nice guy on the champs!" Another Ursa was sent to its demise. "Not that I care!" She growled and punched the last Ursa's head clean off. She finally started calming down as her red eyes turned lilac again.
I should have tried to land close to him and Rubes… Maybe being his partner… Wait, come on, you and him are just childhood friends! You don't feel like that for him!
She was so lost in thoughts that she only got out of it when a fourth Ursa growled on the background and she turned around ready to punch it, but a series of shots was heard and the Ursa fell dead. Blake came from behind the bushes, sheathing her weapon and giving a small smirk towards Yang.
"So… who's the guy?" The black-haired girl asked. Yang just rolled her eyes.
…
"How about a cute little pony?" Yang asked her partner while holding a chess piece. Blake rolled her eyes but smiled back.
"Yeah, sure, why not." She answered and approached her in the ruins. "So, what now? We go back or…" Blake stopped as she noticed Yang worriedly scanning the horizon. "Wait for the other, got it."
"Sorry, but my little sister is out there somewhere and I'd feel better if we all returned together." Yang explained.
"How about your friend?" Blake inquired further, but Yang didn't stare at her. "Wow, considering how you two were rather intimate this morning…" Yang immediately turned around, blushing a bright red. "He looked so happy with his… pillows…"
"Not a word!" Yang threatened but stopped when their heard a scream. "Some girl is in trouble!" Then they heard the screech up them and saw a giant nevermore circling them.
"Did you hear that?" Yang asked but Blake just kept pointing up.
"HEAAADSSS UP!" They saw Ruby falling from the Nevermore, Yang trying to process why her sister was there to begin with. Yang was too shocked to move but luckily a flying Jaune collided with the petite girl and both landed relatively safe and unharmed in a tree.
"Awww… what was that?" Ruby asked from her daze before Jaune called her attention.
"Hey little one. Fancy meeting you here."
"Jauney!" She hugged his upside down form.
"Did your sister just fall from the sky to collide with your childhood friend?" Blake asked Yang as an away to be sure she wasn't going insane.
"I…" She was interrupted by loud sounds of explosions, tree crashing and happy yells, only to see an orange haired girl coming from the trees while riding a big Ursa. The Ursa fell dead and the girl lamented and checked it, before rushing to the temple and grabbing a piece and singing, while her partner seemingly was having a rougher time.
"NORA!" He called.
"Coming Ren!" She stated and returned to his side.
"Did that girl just rode on an Ursa?" Blake asked again, wondered what sick mind decided in that turn of events.
"I…" Yang was still trying to process what was happening. Then once again they hear trees falling and saw Pyrrha rushing out of the woods with a giant and angry Deathstalker on her heels.
"Jaune!" She calls out for he partner.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune yells back both to show he was relatively OK and in worry about the redhead.
"Whoa!" Ruby commented as she jumped out of the branch they were in, the branch hitting Jaune's face.
"Ruby!"
"Ruby!" Yang called her little sister that smiled and rushed towards her.
"Yang!" they were almost hugging when…
"Nora!" The newcomer giggled while Pyrrha kept running away from the giant monster.
"Did she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?" Blake questioned while pointing at the unsightly sight. Prompting Yang to explode in flames and anger.
"I can't take it anymore! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!" She screamed and started calming down a little. Ruby tugged Yang's sleeve and pointed up to the giant Nevermore where Weiss screamed down at her partner.
"I told you to jump!" Ruby answered rather calmly.
"She will fall." Blake affirmed.
"She'll be fine." Ruby answered.
"She's falling." Ren affirmed as indeed the heiress was falling.
Jaune saw it and jumped from the same branch Ruby was after he freed him, intercepting the heiress mid air. They both kept falling, but now in a diagonal angle, allowing him to slide on the ground and come to a full stop… to fall on his back with the heiress on top.
"My hero." She sarcastically retorted.
"I'm just glad you're as light as you look…" He murmured and she blushed a little before getting up and leaving him behind. Meanwhile Pyrrha threw herself to get more distance from the Deathstalker and landed close to the group.
"Great! The gang's all here! Now we can die together!" Yang said sarcastically to hide her worries.
"Do you think our parents would get too angry with that Ozpin if we die?" Jaune asked as he joined them all.
…
"Their parents won't be pleased if they discover we allowed them to fight such high ranking Grimm." Glynda commented as she stared at her scroll.
"Don't worry. They are trained to deal with this situation. In fact, it's lucky for them that the eight most promising students this year are all together." Ozpin answered while sipping his mug.
"Very well, but I won't be the one informing their families if something happens. And I definitely won't be the one to hold the Arc matriarch back." Glynda informed Ozpin, who shivered for a slight moment.
"Tell Bart and Peter to stay closer to them." Ozpin conceded and Glynda gave a victorious smile.
…
"Guys, I don't think we really need to fight those. And the angry bird is coming back!" Jaune warned them after Ruby and Weiss little bonding moment while fighting a giant bug.
"He's right! Our objective is at hand, so let's just grab it and run for it!" Weiss affirmed. Jaune and Ruby rushed to grab their pieces and after a little celebratory moment returned to the others.
"OK everyone. We need to return to the cliffs! Let's see if we can outrun those two!" Ruby prompted them and all of them followed her at top speed.
…
"Here." Jaune offered a hand and after a moment of hesitation Yang grabbed it, being the last one to climb the cliff towards safety and a mission accomplished. She stared to see ruby and Weiss sitting on the ground back to back, while the Nora girl was sprawled over Ren. Blake was sitting on a rock, and as soon as she got up Jaune also let his body fall on the soft grass. She sat by his side, while Pyrrha sat on the other.
"We probably will get a nice grade after defeating such big Grimm. I bet they were B-class at least." Pyrrha commented with a proud but tired smile.
"A-class at least." Jaune commented as he stared at the clouds. "Maybe even S-class considering the size of those things…"
"There's bigger Grimm than those." They all stared at the incoming headmaster and his assistant. He smiled at the teens as they slowly got up and groaned. "You eight performed quite well considering your run in with those rather challenging enemies. I know you're all tired but you have to deliver the chess pieces to us." With that one by one the doubles delivered their pieces. "And with that you finished Initiation and are officially students at Beacon. I expect great things of you all." Murmured thanks were uttered towards the two.
"You all must be tired, and you have a few hours to take a bath and eat something before the final ceremony." Glynda said with sympathy in her voice.
"Bath sounds good." Weiss started.
"Food sounds better." Ruby affirmed as her stomach growled.
"I'll take both and a side of rest in the first couch I find." Jaune added and the group zombie-walked using each other as support.
"Indeed I believe this year will be quite good." Ozpin stated as he sipped his mug.
"You say that when it's me that will have to control them." Glynda stated as she saw Yang and Pyrrha leaning at Jaune. "Oh please, tell me he won't be like his father…"
…
"Yang, wait!" Jaune asked as Yang left the showers. She waited for her but she walked fast trying to ignore him until he stopped. She stood there but didn't look at him, instead she simple used her hands to fix her wet hair. "Have I angered you in some way?"
"Why you think you did?" She questioned in a low tone of voice.
"Because yesterday we're so happy to meet again and today you're avoiding me and barely talking with me. Come on, sunshine, tell me what I did wrong so I can fix it!" He begged with both hands clasped in front of his face.
"Sunshine?" She asked curiously now.
"Oh… er… It's the nickname I gave you in my head, but if you don't like it…" he started, but Yang now stared at him.
"I don't know Jaune, won't your 'snow angel' or the champs get jealous?"
"What? Weiss and Pyrrha? First, I only called her that to pest her since she was being mean to Rubes. And Pyrrha, while nice and all, we just met today. Meanwhile we have known each other for years, and you're the reason I chose Beacon, so please, don't be like that…"
She stared at his eyes, those deep blue eyes that showed so much sincerity that disarmed her. Jaune always was a bad liar, something to do with his mother being able to see right through him. She sighed, unable to hold her anger when he was there worried about her, so she finally smiled and grabbed his arm.
"Come on, Jauney. Let's go grab some food." She said and dragged him with her.
…
"Food!" Nora celebrated as she sat by Ren's side and started eating a whole pork leg. Ren smiled a little before returning to his noodles.
"You girls really took your time. We even had time to take a nap." Jaune said as Pyrrha sat by his side with her pasta. The boy himself was eating a rather large and filled sub. The rest of the girls sat by the other side, Ruby with cookies (no one knew where she find them), Yang with a steak with mashed potatoes, Weiss with a salad and Blake with a whole fish (nobody questioned it).
"There were too many people using the showers. And someone took forever with her beauty products." Blake deadpanned but everyone stared at Weiss.
"Hmph." She simple answered and the conversation resumed.
"So, since we're going to spend four years together, how about we get to know each other?" Pyrrha suggested. "Though you all probably know a lot about me already…"
"So why you don't tell us something about Pyrrha the teenager and not Pyrrha Nikos the celebrity?" Jaune suggested, and the redhead smiled at his suggestion.
"Well… I love chocolate… It's my weakness and all my trainers get really mad when they find my stashes." She confessed, and everyone had a small giggle at such small thing.
"Good to know. I'll make sure to always have chocolate in hand, just in case." Jaune suggested and Pyrrha blushed.
"How about you then, Jaune?" Pyrrha asked and Jaune stopped eating his sub to think a little bit.
"Well, nothing remarkable. I met Yang and Ruby four years ago, so we're childhood friends. Mom and Dad were Hunters, and most of family has being Hunters, soldiers or both for generations, so that's one of the reasons I'm here. My aunt, my dad's older sister trained me." Jaune explained and Weiss stared at him with doubts.
"Your aunt?" She questioned.
"Yeah, she was a famous Huntress at her time."
"I see. Well, when classes start tomorrow we'll see how well trained each one of us are. I for one had the best private teachers available." Weiss said proud of herself.
Attention new students, in fifteen minutes the ceremony where your teams will be announced.
"Well, we better finish eating and going. I'd rather not be not late when the team I'll lead got announced." Weiss said sure of herself after the speakers ended its message.
"I'd not be so sure you're going to be team leader, Weiss-cream." Yang teased the heiress that started complaining of the awful pun.
"I hope I don't get chosen to be one. It's a lot of responsibility." Jaune said as he finished his meal.
"I still think you could be a great leader." Pyrrha supported him.
"Yeah, big bro." Ruby added and Jaune chuckled.
"Come on, it's not like the headmaster will chose team leaders just to his amusement." The boy finished.
…
"Achoo!" Ozpin sneezed before finishing choosing team leaders and smiled. He was satisfied with his choices and the amusement they would give him.
A.N.: So, I'm skipping scenes that will play out too closely with what we saw in canon. I'll try to make this more lighthearted than what RT is doing right now, and fill with more comedy and romance, instead of being action filled. ^^
OMAKE BY Gilgamesh The King of Heroes
Team's RWBY and JNPR had finally arrived at their first Grimm Studies Class. Apparently the teacher was Peter Port but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is this guy?" Yang wondered with a bored tone "He should be here by now."
Indeed the lesson was five minutes in and Professor Port was a no show yet. It was then that Jaune's scroll went off and he took it. Seeing he received a message from his family he opened and read it. After doing so he instantly went pale, the color draining from his face as a look of pure terror crossed his face.
"Jaune, what's wrong?" Yang asked when she saw her fellow blond sweating nervously.
"This is bad." Jaune mumbled loudly enough for the two teams to hear him.
"What's bad?" Nora asked curiously.
"What is it Jaune?" Pyrrha asked looking at her partner with confusion.
"I just got a message." Jaune explained gulping. "Apparently Professor Port has taken some time off to 'relieve his youth' or something so Ozpin called in a replacement until he comes back."
"Isn't having a replacement a good thing?" Ren inquired.
Everyone's attention was on the door as methodical footsteps could be heard getting closer and closer to class room, Jaune's fear growing as they did.
"Ozpin called in my aunt!" Jaune growled causing Yang and Ruby to straighten up with looks of fear on their faces.
"Yang, protect me!" Ruby begged clinging to her sister.
"But who'll protect me Rubes?" Yang asked her sister equally terrified.
"Listen to me, if you want to survive this class, then don't screw around." Jaune warned them "I mean it, my aunt is strictly no nonsense, whatever you do don't draw attention to yourse-AAAGHHH!" Jaune was promptly sent crashing to the ground by a textbook thicker than most dictionaries impacting his face and bouncing back into the hand that had thrown it.
The hand belonged to a tall woman who had long black hair, which is split into parts and blue eyes; she carried herself like a high-borne lady and wore an elegant black suit.
"Mr. Arc, you can talk your friend after class, until then pay attention." she ordered harshly.
"Y-yes ma'am." Jaune acquiesced picking himself up and quickly returning to his seat.
"I am Orimura Chifuyu." Chifuyu introduced herself. "I will be taking over Professor Port's Grimm Studies class until he returns in a few months. I will teach you what you need to know about Grimm, their strengths and weakness. I expect your full attention, am I clear?"
"Yes Professor!" the whole class said as one.
"Good, now how about I start with a basic question." Chifuyu walked the length of the class before stopping and fixing her stare on Weiss who gulped at the attention. "Ms. Schnee, what is the most vulnerable area on a Boarbatusk?"
Weiss found her mind fumbling at the glare of the frightening woman fixed on her.
"Don't take too long answering." Jaune whispered to her with a warning tone. "She can smell fear-ARRGH!"
Jaune crashed to the ground as Chifuyu's textbook smashed him in the face again.
"I can also hear across the classrooms" Chifuyu fixed her nephew with a glare "Mr. Arc, I don't recall giving you permission to speak."
"S-sorry Professor." Jaune apologized nursing the massive bruise and lamenting loosing ten thousand brain cells in a single session.
Cardin began snickering but was instantly silenced by a text book to the face, but unlike Jaune he was sent crashing into the back wall of the class.
"Student Winchester, do I amuse you?" Chifuyu asked dangerously "Do look like a clown perhaps?"
Thus began the first years' hellish months of Grimm Studies, with one of the most frightening women in Remnant.