Wow Thus was something to write. I'll stop talking for now and let you all read. Thanks for reading hope you Enjoy.
Hide and Seek with a Cat
"Jaune, it's too big." Ruby whined tears forming in hers eyes as she looked at the knight.
"Mmmh. Sorry Ruby, it is bigger than I thought." Jaune grunted apologizing. "It's my first time so I didn't know."
"I-it's not your fault. I wanted this to be special since you're the only one here that can do this with me." Ruby stuttered looking away from the knight her cheeks flush with a faint blush.
"We can always try again till we get it right, it might take some trial and error finding the right way to do it but I'm willing to keep doing it." Jaune said trying to comfort her.
"Well it's not like I dislike doing it with you, and I'm more than willing to experiment with you. Who knows, we might find something better by mixing stuff up." Ruby blushed looking shyly at Jaune who was smiling at her.
"Ruby" His leaned forward his hand reaching for hers. "Jaune" She took his hand smiling.
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"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP OVER THERE!" Weiss, Blake, and Yang screamed from the training ring all of their faces red.
"What?" Ruby turned to face them. "You guys are taking forever deciding who would go next. Jaune and I even had time to bake some cookies from one of the old cook books. Although the ingredient mix is wrong." She looked at the half crumbed cookie in her hand. Pieces of it floating in a tall glass of milk.
"To be fair this recipe is weird, half the ingredients don't make sense and the cooking and mixing instruction sound like a novice made them up." Jaune looked at the book rubbing his chin seeing where they went wrong.
Pyrrha was smiling between the two sipping from her tea cup enjoying the cookies regardless of their size.
All three girls wanted to "teach" Jaune next, and were arguing over who would go next picking different way to decides. Each picking a way that would give them the edge, the fight continued till Pyrrha suggested Rock, Paper, Scissors.
The girls agreed but continue to tie over and over again.
"And why are you all looking like something weird is going on?" The younger girl questioned made the three blush slightly avoiding her gaze. "None of you ever want to help bake cookies with me. I final get to meet another baker that's not just crazy about pancakes." Ruby placed her hands on her hip glaring at them before leaning close to Jaune and wrapping an arm around him. "You guys got to check out his skill, the way his hand work the dough is amazing."
Seeing this Weiss and Yang clenched their fisted glaring at the knight.
He nervously chuckled feeling the girl's death glares.
"I win." Blake calmly interrupted.
"WHAT!" Weiss and Yang looked at her.
With a sly smile. "I win. Paper covers rock." She pointed to their clenched fist while her hand was flat.
The two looked at their hands than back to hers. "You sneaky cat." Yang quietly sneered while Weiss turned her nose up and waked away.
Blake glared that the two before turning back to Jaune meeting his blue eyes with her yellow. She took a breath to calm herself. He then felt a weird sensation from her. Normally he would get a grumpy glare or disinterested brush off. But this felt darker and cold.
"There's an outfit on your bed that you will change into, be ready in ten minutes and meet me past the water fall the others will guide you." Blake ordered then left heading in the direction.
Jaune and the others felt the tone shift, the girls switched to a neutral mood avoid his look.
Sighing he calmed his nerves, then walked to his room.
On his bed neatly folded was a set of black clothes. Picking up the clothes he figured how they were supposed to fit together. After five minutes he looked himself over. The under cloth was black covering his skin it felt smooth hugging his frame. Incredibly the fabric allowed his skin to breath which was an improvement compared to the old military style that made people sweat.
Over his chest and waist was an armored vest that went over his head resting on his shoulders and body. To cover his blonde head it even came with a hood. Which was more of his style, while the outfit felt more like something Ren would wear he felt more comfortable with a hood.
Leaving the house Jaune headed to the water fall in the back. Seeing the girls waiting for him except Blake. Feeling the heavy mood still hanging around him he said nothing as the girls lead him onto the forest. A few minutes passed as they made their way. Jaune watched closely to where the girls were waking avoiding spots of ground and ducking under spots between trees. As he passed he soon knew why.
It was hard to see but ducking past the tree he saw a thin thread between the trees. Looking up he saw serrated spikes sticking out of the branches hanging above him aiming down.
He gulped passing beneath it trying his hardest to mimic the girls.
After a few close calls they made it to a more open area trees sprouted around them but it was less dense than the forest. The sun was blocked slightly by the hanging branches, and the grass was waving in the wind that brushed their knees. Standing in the middle was Blake her outfit similar to Jaune's but hints of purples could be seen in the design. It matched her dark skin blending perfectly. Blake still had her bow on her head her raven hair moving slightly in the wind.
Opening her eyes to meet Jaune's they looked slightly animal. Walking forwarded he stopped a few meters way waiting for the training to begin.
The other girls moved to the outer clearing leaning against a tree or sitting on a downed log. Ignoring the others Jaune focused solely on Blake.
"Guess I should thank you for the clothes." Jaune said in a calm tone trying to gauge her.
"Don't." Blake answered dryly. "I want this to be as fair so I don't end up with a bad taste in my mouth after it's over."
"Alright so that the mood we're going with fine, let's get started." Jaune got into his stance, digging his heel into the ground ready to react for anything.
"Hold on." Blake raised her hand. "We will fight but in a different way. As Pyrrha said I deal with steal, which means we will fight with stealth. The rules are simple. We take turns being the target, trying to take the others item." Blake pointed to her bow, while Jaune reached into his shirt pulling out the stone tied around his neck. Holding it out for her to see.
"The target has to stay in the clearing and try to not get ambushed. While the attacker has to claim the targets iteming in a few moves, if you fail you have to start again." Pointing to the group of sitting girls. "After the first act they will count our moves, were they will blow a whistle when we failed. We switch roles after the attacker is pinned or fails three times in a row." Lifting three fingers up to Jaune.
Jaune thought over the rules for a second before speaking. "Makes sense, in steal if you fail to hit your mark then it turns into a fight, and Pyrrha also said this would be counter training too. But what about the traps in the area." He pointed behind him.
"You know this place better than me, how is that fair." Jaune said trying to mess with her.
She replied in the same dry tone. "The traps in the area have been disarmed. Well only the ones close to the area." She smiled at him coldly.
Jaune shrugged not intimidated. "Fair enough wasn't planning on turning tail and running away." He notice she glared from the comment. But not knowing which part hit her nerve he had to dismiss it.
"So ladies first or?" Jaune asked looking around the area getting his barrens to the arena.
"You go first, I at least want to see what you got before I end this." Blake smirked turning her back to him.
"O ho ho, foreboding." Jaune scoff. The sun started to disappear behind the clouds as a wave of shadow moved towards him. "Hope you don't eat those words."
Blake's eye twitched from the rebuttal turning around to fire off another insult only to see she was alone.
Across the clearing the others girls watched the battle. "Wow, I know Blake was looking down on him but that was just amateur letting him go like that." Weiss whispered to the others. Keeping an eyes on Jaune's movements.
"Even a master can fall to a novice when their guard is down." Pyrrha answered a little impressed by his skills. They knew he was no were near Blake's level but still most would not be able to follow him.
"Even after she said she wanted a fair fight she already handicapping herself." Yang muttered, the other a little confused till seeing Blake fall into her old habit.
Blake set up her guard while scanning the area. Although she was also battling herself. When she concentrated her superior senses would kick in giving her better sight and hearing. But she hated this ability and subconsciously fought to suppress them.
Jaune moved from tree to tree hugging the trunks then staying on the branches for too long. He moved slowly in her blind spot while staying hidden in her sight.
Getting closer and closer.
Blake seemed to be acting a little weird. A few times he would swear she spotted him and freeze when she would turn around in his direction before looking away in disgust.
Finally he was in striking distance she was around on the other side of the tree he was leaning on. He would strike above her aiming for her bow. A few seconds later he steadied his breathing before making his move he dove at her. Without looking up she step back dodging. Jaune landed ready to turn around but his arm was behind his back as a leg sweep him off balance to the ground.
Looking over his should Blake was sitting on his back, she had the same neutral look but Jaune could see a smirk on the corner of her lips. In her hand was the cloth that was used around his waist.
"You forgot to tie this up, when you jumped the wind hitting this made a noise that gave you away." Blake pointed to her own waist that had the end folded into the wrapping.
Jaune was looking Blake over now and had to ad might she had a nice figure. Till she pushed him forward. Expecting her to be gone when he turned around she was just smirking at him.
Before he could start another round of insults she was gone in a blink of an eye.
Jaune quickly got up his guard, scanning the area for anything. He walked around a few minutes twitching at false alarms or noises. He just flinched as a high wind blew into the area making a bush rustle. His stone pinged at his core, signaling the danger he dove to the left as a hand reached out from an adjacent plant. He had no time to pause as Blake landed from the attempted jumping right at him. Grabbing her hands he lifted his foot to punt her in the stomach. But she twisted in the air dodging the kick rotating his arms with her body he hand to let go.
Rolling to the side a hand just missed his chest striking the ground. His roll stopped as his back hit the base of a tree. His back to it he had no time to react as Blake was already on him to claim her prize till. A whistle blew in the distance.
Looking over Yang had the whistle in her mouth holding up three fingers. Blake clicked her tongue at the failure she got off Jaune. Letting a sigh of relief he stood up as well.
The hour passed by with similar attempts from both. Jaune would nearly avoid Blake ambushes slowly turning into full on attacks from her frustration. Jaune would swear she would spot him right away but leave herself open. While this annoyed him he kept his cool better than Blake. Along with her aggressive turns that would pin Jaune in more painful holds.
But slowly given Blake's tips he was getting better and closer to getting her off her guard. Even using a falling branch as a decoy. Till she used a shadow decoy to avoid him and slammed him into the ground.
Even the girls had to take note as they only saw Blake this agitated once a few mouths. But she was being more reckless letting herself open so she could counter Jaune and have her turn again.
After a small break she cooled down a little, it was Jaune's turn and after considering how long the training was lasting they both agreed to allow the target to go after the attacks item too. Thinking she would counter Jaune with easy and take his stone she was expecting him. But no matter how open she made herself Jaune stayed hidden.
Adding to the fact Jaune had finally learn to mask his presence and not move recklessly Blake started to second guess where he was. She panicked, growing more and more unsure.
Till she got an idea.
"Mind hurrying this up, my friend Nora wanted to show me her new companion." Blake shouted.
The girls looked puzzled from the comment till it dawned on them what she was trying to do.
Ruby and Pyrrha were about to rush in to stop what Blake was planning but Weiss and Yang stopped them. Looking back to ask why, they saw the face their lighter hair friends were making. Both girls let go of their friends and returned to their spot waiting and ready to intervene nerves to what would happen next.
Blake continued, "You see after she caught one of your comrades, I think it was the one with the pink screak in his hair that matched his eyes. She had a little talk with him, and after he had to write down the info with his only finger left she found an undermanned base."
Jaune gripped the branch in front of him squeezing the wood.
"Well after cleaning out the base, she found this cute girl with black hair but had beautiful Orange eyes. After breaking her legs she dragged her back. She still refused to believe her friend sold them out the entire way back." Blake taunted the knight feeling her senses warn of danger but she ignored them.
Jaune felt his blood boil, the brank in front of him was creaking in his grip.
Before she could continue a loud snap was heard behind her. She turned around ready to counter. But she froze.
Before her a wave of blood lust crashed over her. Stunning her senses she looked on to see what she thought was a person at the source.
He did not move quick but just slowly walked over to where she stood frozen. And reached out to her.
Her eyes were locked onto his. She knew his hand was reaching for her but she did not know if it was for her bow or throat.
Biting her lip the pain jolted her free, she grabbed his hand flipping him over her. She straddled him reaching for the stone on his chest. But he grabbed her hands holding her back.
"I knew it! I knew you could not be trusted. You still hate us, resent us…"
Blake could not finish her speech as Jaune shocking everyone headed butted her.
Taking the moment Jaune pushed Blake down still reeling from the pain. Pinning both her wrists in one hand to the ground he was in control.
Squinting through the pain she saw Jaune looking down at her. She closed her eyes ready to meet her fate. She had protected her friends in the end by exposing his lie. She was at piece with this.
"You're Fucking Right!" Jaune yelled.
Blake opened one eye still expecting a blow to come. "What?" a warm drop touched her cheek.
She was looking up at the Blonde knight his blues eyes looking at her. The top of his head was bleeding a few drops fell to her face. "You are right, I do have resentment… I hate that I'm so weak."
"But, we…" She tried to speech her vision finally returning.
"Killed people in my unit. Let me ask you something, how close are you to the rest of the soldiers in your army?" Jaune answered for her. "Not that close, well who would have guess."
Blake said nothing just continued to look at him. Till he let out a sigh and continued. "I said this before but I fought in a lot of battles. Battles that had me side together with yesterday's enemy for today's threat. As weird as it sounds I might have become numb to it. In truth the only real people I care about is my family and friends. What you said about my friends pushed me, I admit to having some dark thoughts but a part of me could not do it, and I just wanted you to shut up."
Blake still could not let the feeling go it was choking her that he was still lying to them. JUDGING her. Tears start to form. "But were not the same! You are different from me." She muttered turning her face from him.
She felt his finger pass over her lip, she looked up with a slight blush. He then dabbed the top of his forehead. Showing his fingers to her.
"We both feel pain, and we both bleed red. That pretty similar if you ask me." Jaune smiled at her letting her wrists go. He got off the ground reaching down to help her up.
Blake hesitated before smiling back taking his hand. She then moved into Jaune letting go some of her fears of being rejected replaced by his warmth. Jaune paused a little but returned the hug petting the back of her head softly.
He could of sworn her heard her purring but brushed it off as his head was still throbbing.
"Getting a little close you two?" Yang asked holding back her laugh. Both jumped away from each other, hearing her.
"Well I'm glad to see you two worked things out, and that a winner has been deiced." Pyrrha smile at Jaune who was looked at her confused while Blake whistle away swinging a stone around her finger.
Looking down he patted himself to see his defeat was true. "Shit."
"Heads up." Jaune up to see the stone hit his chest before landing in his hand.
"Think of this as more of a draw. We will continue our little contest but next time I will win without having you feel me up." Blake winked before heading back.
Before Jaune had a chance to register what had happened He felt a pair of soft familiar weight on his back.
"Get ready Jauney, now you're all mine." Yang spoke softly in his ear.
HAHAHA I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it. I'm sorry for the little tease at the start but the idea popped into my head and i just rolled with it. Which speaks a lot about my writing style.
But anyway I covered Blake in this chapter and if you could not tell a lot of stuff happened. At the start I did not know how to really portray her but I needed that little bit of distrusted and fear of being judged or mistreated. So she was suspicions of Jaune going back on his word or just lying to them while still hating them, and she internalized it as she was being judged which was one of her fears. So I had her out burst moment with Jaune and well you know the rest.
Now I must apologies for posting so late again and for any grammar mistakes its really late when i finished this so a few mistake might have slipped pasted me.
Side note to all the people out there wondering what Ren and Nora are doing and you know who you are, well if you suddenly meet your long lost best friend that grew looking good (Ren and Nora both) and you are in the prime of youth and horny-ness. Lets just say its good to be in the middle of the woods.
Well nows its Yangs turn to have her way with Jaune, hope she does not break him.
To all the people who started at the beginning and those that hopped on with the recent chapters I want to thank you all. Please feel free to comment, review, talk. Hell take bets on who gets Jaunes V-Card. I know who my moneys on.
Again I hope you all enjoyed reading thanks!
