Thus a new chapter! I hate tests as usual! Well, least now I have time to write.
Also, got a lot of reviews thinking that it's time for the big reveal. Not Yet! Vlad will know, but in the second semester. Instead, here what happened after the punching incident!
It was a new day, and team JNPR and CRDL were standing in front of Ozpin's desk, with Ozpin sipping his morning coffee. Cardin had his face relatively back to normal, although his nose was flatter than before, and had missing teeth. It would take weeks to reset the nose to normal, and he was scheduled to have his teeth replaced.
"So. I have here that Mr. Ryu-Long apparently got mad, and with one punch, sent Mr. Winchester to the medical wing. Is that correct?"
Cardin looked embarrassed and pissed off at the same time when Ozpin said it like that before taking a deep breath.
"I demand that he be expelled for an unprovoked attack, and his aura sealed!" demanded Cardin. Before anyone could say anything, they felt a wave of anger coming from Jaune, most of it directed at Cardin himself. Before Cardin could piss himself, Ozpin raised his own Aura levels, shielding Cardin from the threatening presence.
"Stop, Mr. Ryu-Long," said Ozpin sternly. Jaune didn't look like he was going to comply when Pyrrha grabbed his hands. Jaune looked away from staring at Cardin into Pyrrha's pleading eyes. Taking in her gaze, he slowly let up. He could never say no to Pyrrha, his future mate, and savior. Pyrrha knew why Jaune was so angry about being sealed and promised him that it would never happen, conveying the message through her eyes.
As Cardin was slowly getting his breath, Ozpin continued as if nothing happened, "Mr. Winchester. Right here, in my hand, is a recording of you blatantly confessing to trying to harm, or worst, kill Pyrrha Nikos, a fellow student, and Huntress. If Jaune is to be expelled from Beacon, then your team will also be sealed and expelled from all four Kingdoms. After all, Mr. Ryu-Long's attack was justified, just not in its execution. Not to mention that even if I did expel him, I would be losing a promising student and potentially a team to Atlas, as Jaune is on their top priority list to take in as a student."
Team CRDL paled as Ozpin played the recording Ren had given to Glynda. After a few minutes of discomfort and silence, Ozpin made his decision.
"We are going to forget about this event. I would hate to expel promising students that have made it into Beacon. There is no need to bring the police on this matter, but you five will be punished. Mr. Ryu-Long, you will have detention with Professor Goodwitch for the next month about controlling your behavior and anger. Team CRDL, you will have detention with Doctor Oobleck and Professor Port, learning the consequences of your action for the rest of this semester, as well as your behavior."
Cardin rose up to complain, but Ozpin stopped him, "Before you say anything, your father would be disgusted at what you did, Mr. Winchester. If I let it slip that you almost killed someone, he would certainly be angry at you. Is that clear?"
"It was just a prank! She wouldn't have been in danger!" shouted Cardin.
"No? Consider this, Mr. Winchester. You gathered Rapier Wasps with the longest stingers. You caused a student to become temporarily disabled and blinded. You painted the target at the victim's head. The wasps would have stung the victim in the face, and some might even aim for the eyes. Aura wouldn't be able to help, as the wasps can bypass them. The victim, at the least, would have to be in bed for a month to recover. More likely, the victim would have been blinded. At worst, the victim could've died. Does that seem like a prank or an assassination attempt?" questioned Ozpin. During this speech, his voice has turned cold and deadly, directing it all on CRDL. They were very close to making it wish that they had chosen to wear brown pants today.
With a fierce gaze, he caused Cardin to pale and sit back down, nodding his head meekly. Ozpin slowly turned his glare to each student, to which they each nodded.
"Good. Team CRDL, you are dismissed. You are to report straight to Professor Port at the end of your classes. He will handle the majority of your punishment."
With a nod, team CRDL raced to the elevator, taking it back down to ground floor. Sky had pissed his pants, with Cardin coming close.
Ozpin sighed as he looked at team JNPR, a very promising batch of students. Together with team RWBY, they would be a force to reckon with.
"Mr. Ryu-Long, I know your actions felt justified, but please, control your anger. I will deal with Cardin's father and his complaints that will most likely come, but in the meantime, please ensure that this doesn't happen again. You will report to Professor Goodwitch every weekend for the next month for your detention. You may head to your classes now."
They nodded and quickly took the elevator down to their classes. Glynda stayed with Ozpin as he gazed out of the window.
"Do you think this will work out?" asked Glynda, "Our candidate for... her?"
"I have no idea. I can sense something important at work," replied Ozpin, "Something much higher. All we can do is prepare and wait."
The month went by fast, and Glynda really didn't have much to discipline Jaune. A few lectures, some chores such as cleaning the school, and Jaune was done. Team CRDL had the worst. They thought they would just listen to Port talk about his times, and just get some sleep in. They were dead wrong.
When Port had heard what they had done, he forced them to his version of workout hell. He 'sparred' with them often, and when he was done, their bodies were almost smoking corpses. Oobleck wasn't easier. He made them read and reread any important history lessons, stressing the fact they needed to learn from their mistakes as well as giving quizzes. If one teammate failed the quiz, then the whole team had to do it again. That happened quite often than they would have liked. In one detention, Doctor Oobleck and Professor Port even decided to work together. Port would give his story, and Oobleck would give a quiz about it. They failed 5 times, listening to the same story over and over again. It plagued their dreams.
Meanwhile, in Jaune's little harem, the girls had gone out on dates with Jaune. He would sneak out with the chosen date of the evening and even sometimes fly them to Vale, using Othim's powers. Each girl enjoyed their dates. Ruby preferred to gaze at any new weapons coming out or eat a cafe, choosing cookies as her snack. Blake preferred the library, although she wouldn't say no to a few sushi restaurants. Yang was more of a thrill seeker, and liked to either shop at downtown Vale or just hit the Emerald Forest to explore it a bit more. Pyrrha preferred walks in the park, or even just laying down on the roof to watch the stars while cuddling Jaune. Although she wouldn't say no to chocolates every now and then. Weiss was still quite hesitant, and chose somewhere discreet, such as private restaurants or just staying at school. More than often, Weiss would choose not to go on the date. They all, however, enjoyed one thing in common. It was when Jaune would take them in his arms and go flying in the night sky. Feeling the cool air breeze through their faces, looking over the city, and all while snuggling close with Jaune. There was even a date night where he actually took two girls at once, though it was mostly Yang and Ruby together.
Jaune sighed as he remembered the time when each of the girls had agreed and their first dates.
Pyrrha
Pyrrha, being the first one to agree, was getting ready for her date. Jaune would be taking her to a cafe, where they would eat, before taking a walk in the park. The others were actually watching her with a bit of envy, but they hadn't made up their minds yet. Pyrrha shrugged at this. It just meant more time for her. Soon, she was walking with Jaune towards a hidden area. She was confused. Weren't they going to take the Bullhead to Vale? She got her answer when Jaune sprouted Othim's wing.
"Are you ready?" grinned Jaune. Pyrrha replied back with a grin as Jaune held her bridal style and took to the air.
They made it to the cafe in good time and ate there quickly. Pyrrha couldn't afford to stay there too long, otherwise, people might notice her and draw in crowds, delaying their date. Something she really didn't want to do. They were soon walking in a nice park they had found in Vale, enjoying their time together.
"You know, Jaune, I never really got to say this, but I really missed you. All that time back in Mistral, I never really had a friend beside you. Too many kept me on a pedestal," whispered Pyrrha.
"I'm here for you now. And I promise, as a mate, I will never leave you. Never forget that" whispered Jaune back.
"I know," smiled Pyrrha before drawing him in for a luscious kiss. Their tongues danced with each other, exploring each other's caverns until they decided it was time to head back to Beacon.
When Pyrrha got back, the girls asked how the date was, to which Pyrrha replied with a silent but radiant smile before heading off to bed. Before she went to sleep, she mentioned how flying with Jaune felt magnificent. The girls glared at her with envy.
Ruby&Yang
"I wanna go on a date with Jaune!" announced Ruby, declaring her candidacy for being part of Jaune's harem.
"Ruby, you should-," started Yang, but Ruby interrupted her.
"Jaune's a nice guy. I doubt we'll find someone else better."
Yang tried to deny it, but in reality, there really wasn't anyone eye-catching at Beacon at the moment. Nor would there be any in the likely future because of Jaune.
"Fine. But wait for your date next week," sighed Yang, "I'm coming with you to make sure he doesn't try anything funny."
Ruby, however, wasn't listening and had already dragged Jaune out for a date. Jaune had decided to just take Ruby for a flight to a bakery where they had famous cookies. After consuming a plateful, they went to catch a movie. In the dark, Ruby was awing at an action film they had been watching. After the date was over, Jaune gave her a kiss on her forehead. She was just too innocent. However, Ruby was having none of that before grabbing Jaune and giving his a kiss on the lips.
"That felt nice," smiled Ruby as she finished, "Can we do it again sometime?"
"Of course," replied Jaune, causing her smile to beam. Jaune quickly took Ruby into the air, where she cheered and asked Jaune to go faster.
When they landed, they had to deal with a furious and jealous Yang. After chasing Jaune for what seemed hours, Yang demanded hers soon.
A week later, they were in downtown Vale shopping for some new clothes. While Yang was going through clothes, Jaune was going through chairs, waiting and judging if the clothes were suitable. Yang decided to see if she could draw something further from Jaune and came out of the dressing room in a yellow string bikini that barely covered her 'blessed assets'. Actually, it barely covered any of her skin. Jaune almost left the shop by rocket nosebleed from that. Jaune didn't know it, but after seeing that reaction, Yang bought it. She decided to wear it when they were alone at a beach. The date ended with Yang giving him a lasting kiss to his lips.
Blake
Blake had later caved in, saying she wouldn't mind. Their date was at a private section in the library, where she would just sit on Jaune's lap while they both read a book together. It wasn't expensive, but it felt warm, cozy, and comfortable for Blake. Adam would've never agreed to this, saying it was a waste of time. She frowned at this thought, though. It seemed like she still couldn't get Adam out of her head, still. Then, she felt her bow being pulled off, revealing her cat ears. Before she could complain, Jaune had already placed his hand on her head and was rubbing it softly, eliciting a warm purr from Blake. She wiggled herself further into Jaune as they both continued to read in silence.
"Something on your mind?" asked Jaune.
Blake halted for a second before replying honestly, "I enjoy this, but my mind keeps going back to Adam every now and then, and how he wouldn't do this."
"Your old partner?" clarified Jaune, "The one back on the train?"
"And my ex," nodded Blake sadly, "I admired him. I had a crush on him. We eventually did kiss, but it always felt rough and sloppy."
"Blake...," whispered Jaune softly, but Blake shook her head, "You're not some rebound guy. I was already falling out of love with him. I couldn't stand what he had become. I was just hoping that, somewhere in him, he would come to his senses. But I couldn't wait anymore. I'm with you now."
At this, she nuzzled her head into Jaune's neck, breathing in his scent. It was incredible how his scent always filled her with peace and want. Adam's was mostly chaotic. No wonder her mother recommended him in her letter. This sense of stability was addicting.
As their date ended, they ended it with a quick night time fly before Jaune gave her a kiss on her lips. Not wanting it to end like that, she wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing him close for a longer kiss before slipping her tongue inside to touch his for a moment. They parted with a bit of their saliva still connecting their tongues until it finally broke apart, but Blake enjoyed it.
Weiss
Weiss decided to give a few dates a try. She chose a restaurant that offered private rooms so nobody could see them at all. As they ate in private, Weiss noted that Jaune had learned proper table manners befitting of a wealthy family.
'He would be perfect if he didn't need a harem,' sighed Weiss. She wasn't opposed to dating him or becoming his wife in the future. He was strong, polite, confident, cunning, and with a proper upbringing. Best of all, he could easily handle her bratty little brother. But the fact still remained that he needed 5 other mates. That would not look good in the Schnee family. People would talk, thinking she was weird or , inworse, loose. Some men would try to sneak into her bed, claiming to keep her company while her husband was busy with others. Not only that, but she could lose her title as heiress if her father didn't like the publicity it would bring. She shivered to think how Whitley would run the Schnee business into the ground, destroying their grandfather's legacy. She would not allow it. She had to become the president of the SDC and bring it out of the mud her father had run it through. Her father, who wasn't even a Schnee by blood.
"Something heavy on your mind, Weiss?" asked Jaune in concern, "And don't lie. I can tell."
"It's... it's just... I'm afraid," sighed Weiss, "Me, the heiress of the SDC, dating a man who has 5 other girlfriends. It could bring bad publicity to the Schnee name. And with bad publicity, my father would choose to pass the title to Whitley, something I will not allow. I refuse to let Nicholas Schnee's legacy be brought down by a brat who doesn't even respect others."
"Weiss... As I said, if you're worried and uncomfortable, don't force yourself," advised Jaune, "I won't force you to become my mate. If you feel like there is somebody else out there more suited for you, then go for it. I will support your decision."
"Thank you. But there really isn't anyone I can think of that will have a fitting position as my future husband," blushed Weiss, "Plus, it does help knowing that you have a reason for multiple mates."
The two of them decided to switch subject after that, discussing news and politics. In the end, after taking Weiss out on a night flight, which she enjoyed a lot, Weiss gave him a peck on the cheeks.
Jaune had also been progressing with his powers quite nicely, being able to boost the amount of power he got on his links while juggling multiple at once. However, this time, he was working on full immersion links.
This sort of link with his dragons was a bit different. He could now easily link up with any of his dragons, and even link up 3-4 at a time, depending on his luck. Full immersion, though, was tricky. The regular link merely allowed Jaune to be able to use the said dragon's power, but his Aura was still the one powering it. Full immersion meant all of his Aura would be devoted to a dragon only, and he would not be able to use the other dragons powers. In return, he gained a lot more power of the said dragon, as well as taking in some of the dragon's appearance. If comparing links, the regular links currently gave him only about 10% of the dragon's powers, while full immersion was 50% currently. With more training, he would be able to link more dragons as well as go deeper on full immersion, but it would always take some time to channel and prepare his body for it, while the regular link merely took a thought.
Soon, the month of June had arrived, signifying their first semester was coming to an end. Team RWBY and team JNPR had the highest team grade out of their years. Individually, they were all within the top 15. Nora was last with Ruby on their teams, but mostly because of their lack of attention span for some of the classes. In fights, they were just as deadly. Each team member had been sparring with each other and learning more and more about each other. When their groups teamed up, Jaune ended up being the leader of both groups, with Ruby as second-in-command.
Team RWBY and team JNPR were at Vale, visiting the docks on a weekend. Weiss's excuse was to 'welcome' the students from Vale. Blake deadpanned, saying she just wanted to scope out the competition. Weiss scoffed, saying that she had no proof. The rest merely smiled, as Weiss really didn't defend her stance.
As they were walking, they came across a dust store that had been robbed of all its dust, but not of its Lien. As the detectives were talking to each other in the crime scene, they mentioned that the White Fang may be the ones behind the attack.
"Hmph! The White Fang," scoffed Weiss, crossing her arms and pointing her nose to the air with her eyes closed, "What an awful bunch of degenerates."
This led to Blake arguing with Weiss about the White Fang. Blake had not pulled up the courage to tell everyone that she used to be part of the White Fang. As Weiss continued to pile insults at the White Fang, unintentionally insulting all Faunus, Blake's anger started to rise higher. Suddenly, they were interrupted when a monkey Faunus jumped from a ship, running away from a sailor, who was shouting for someone to stop the stowaway. The detectives tried but were shown the value of how much they were paid by failing miserably. As the Faunus was running, he ran by Blake and winked at her, but almost faltered when she looked away. He really did falter when he saw Jaune's face. Clear as day, on his face, were the words, "Hands off!" displayed in Jaune's eyes. Deciding running from detectives was more important, Sun kept running.
"Well, Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes..." said Yang.
Weiss pointed a finger at the runaway, "Quick! We have to observe him!"
As team RWBY gave chase, Jaune merely chuckled as he looked out to the docks. Seeing that their leader wasn't chasing, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren stayed with Jaune.
"So, why are we not observing, fearless leader?" asked Nora.
"Weiss was right about one thing. There's a team that's arriving from Vacuo earlier than the rest of their class," explained Jaune, "And I'm hoping it's the team I know."
Soon, coming off the boat was four girls from Shade Academy. One of them was actively scanning the docks, looking for a specific blonde boy, as she had told him she was coming.
"Well, Dew, we're finally at Vale. Hoping to see Jaune soon?" said Octavia.
"You know it's mostly to get away from that punk Boyd Arc," defended Dew, still scanning the docks.
"Yea, that's about 30% of the reason. The rest is to see Jaune," deadpanned Gwen.
"I don't mind," added Nebula, "Aurelian Arc's been hitting on me, and it's getting annoying. Just because he was the champion of the last tournament, he thinks he's privileged. He's even hinted on taking all of us for himself."
Team NDGO had received permission from the headmistress of Shade Academy to come to Beacon earlier than the rest of the school to "scout" their living quarters. The real reason was to get away from the Arcs. They were getting tired of them, and it didn't help the Arc 'fans' kept trying to bully NDGO. They were later shown why NDGO wasn't a team to by trifled with.
As they scanned the docks, Dew was the first one to spot Jaune. Without even stopping to tell her teammates, she immediately ran towards him, leaving her team with a dust imprint of her behind her.
"Well, I think it's safe to say she found Jaune," said Gwen, looking at the dust cloud Dew had left behind.
"Let's catch up to her," said Nebula.
As Jaune was talking to his teammates, he heard rapid footsteps approaching him. He turned around to see a blur of green and gold crashing into him. Steadying himself, he made sure he didn't fall over.
"Did you miss me?"
Jaune looked down and saw Dew hugging him tightly. Smiling, he replied, "It's nice to see you again Dew. Where's the rest of your team?"
"Right over here!" chimed a voice.
Everyone turned to see the rest of team NDGO walking up to them.
"Trust Dew to be able to find you so quickly," teased Octavia, causing Dew to blush while Pyrrha raised her eyebrow. She now felt like she had confirmation on the last of Jaune's choice of mates. Dew was glaring at Pyrrha. She had heard the the 'Goddess of Victory' was Jaune's teammate and was terrified she would steal Jaune from her. Seeing as she wasn't doing anything, Dew thought she might still have a chance.
As introductions went around, suddenly a stomach growled. They looked to see Jaune, who looked embarrassed.
"Let's get something to eat before we continue this," said Jaune.
Another stomach growled, and everyone turned to look at Gwen.
"Yea, lets," said Gwen with a slight tinge of redness on her cheeks.
"Shall we try to invite team RWBY too?" asked Ren. Jaune thought about it before shooting a message at Ruby, telling them where they were headed to eat and if they wanted to come.
"Shot them a message. If they come or not is up to them," shrugged Jaune before leading the way to a restaurant.
Night came upon them, and team JNPR and NDGO went their separate ways for now. Jaune promised Dew and her team he would tell them a secret only if they could keep it. They agreed, though it would have to wait for a better time, most likely after the 1st semester ended.
As JNPR arrived at their dorms, they came in to see Ruby and Yang looking nervous, and Weiss sitting at her bed looking at the moon.
Blake was nowhere to be seen.
"What's wrong?" asked Pyrrha, a little unnerved by the atmosphere.
"Did you know that Blake is a White Fang member?" shout out Weiss.
"Ex-member," corrected Jaune. They all looked at him in surprise.
"You already knew?" asked Yang incredulously, "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Because it's not my story to tell," replied Jaune
"But-, she-" started Weiss, but Jaune held up his hand.
"She was nervous to tell you her past, Weiss, given your family history with them. It took her a lot of courage to even admit she was a Faunus. Tell me what happened, though."
Ruby explained what had happened when they were chasing the monkey Faunus. They had lost the Faunus when Weiss crashed into someone named Penny, who was a strange girl with orange hair, green eyes, and a quirky attitude. She, apparently, was also visiting and participating in the tournament. After introducing themselves to the girl, Weiss had slipped back into her old habit by accident, much to Blake's displeasure. Soon, it escalated into an argument, and Blake let slip that she had joined the White Fang because she was tired of being treated as trash. After that revelation, she ran away. Weiss felt guilty, due to the fact she had come to the fact that Blake was still an active member. She was their teammate! She should've trusted her better than that.
Jaune sighed at this before stating that they should get some sleep. Blake could take care of herself, and that they should use this to let them organize their own thoughts before finding Blake in the morning.
Two days later, and Blake had still not shown up at Beacon at all. Worried, both teams split up to find Blake while covering more ground. As soon as he was sure nobody was looking, Jaune closed his eyes, linking up with Andusk to sense Aura. While there were thousands in the city, he was familiar with Blake's Aura. Sifting through them all, he found her at a cafe with someone sitting across from her. He quickly ran there but made a slight detour into a food store before coming out with a bag.
Blake was sipping tea while sitting with the monkey Faunus she had seen jumping off the ship. After introducing himself as Sun Wukong, Blake had stayed with him at a hotel, separate rooms, of course. Sun, of course, tried to make himself seem appealing, but Blake barely even talked. As they were sipping tea, Blake finally decided to talk. She told Sun truthfully all about the White Fang, and that she had been part of it.
"So... have you told your friends any of this?" asked Sun.
Blake looked down in shame until a voice piped up, "I already knew most of it."
They looked to see Jaune leaning on the railing with a bag in his hand. He tossed it to Blake.
"Did you eat yet? Have you been eating?" asked Jaune.
Blake opened and slightly drooled when she saw tuna sandwiches. Eating it happily, Sun introduced himself to Jaune. Sun held a slight jealous gaze while shaking Jaune's hand.
"So, what bring you here, Sun?" asked Jaune.
"Eh, wanted to see what Vale's like. My team's not scheduled to come until after the two-week break, but I couldn't resist. It's not the first time I've done this," said Sun, "How do you know Blake?"
"She's in the team that lives with us. Also, I'm well acquainted with her father and mother," said Jaune.
'Crap. He has so much more advantage over me,' thought Sun, 'Maybe he's not interested in her? I hope so. Maybe that glare was like a brother telling people to back off from his sister?'
After Blake had finished devouring her sandwiches, the trio was walking down an ally.
"Blake, you really should let your teammates know you're at least all right," lectured Jaune. Blake slightly wilted at this but stood back up.
"I know, but I can't help but think about these recent robberies. The White Fang has never needed that much Dust before," said Blake.
"What if they did?" asked Sun, his eyes widening. He turned to the both of them, "I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?"
"In short, find the real perpetrators," summarized Jaune, "Why couldn't you have just said that?"
Sun just shrugged at this. Wasn't his fault his thought process went that way.
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be," sighed Blake.
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about off loading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas," offered Sun.
"How huge?" asked Blake, her eyes narrowing.
"Huge. Big Schnee Company Freighter," answered Sun.
"Looks like we got our location," said Jaune. He was about to call the rest of the team when Blake stopped him.
"Please. Don't tell them yet. I have to find out for myself first," pleaded Blake.
Jaune sighed and agreed, but told Blake that if they needed back up, he would call them.
Pyrrha was walking in Vale by herself, looking for Blake. She sighed as to contemplated that she should have just gone with Jaune. Suddenly she heard her name being called. She turned around to see it was Dew, by herself.
"Hello, Pyrrha! What brings you around here?" asked Dew.
"Just looking for a friend. You?" questioned Pyrrha.
"Shopping for some personal items. Do you want to grab something to eat? I have something I want to ask you," stated Dew.
Pyrrha thought about it and agreed. Soon, they were eating at a local cafe. There was an awkward silence until Dew decided to break it first.
"How did you meet Jaune?" asked Dew.
Pyrrha decided it couldn't hurt and told her about how Jaune come to Mistral. In turn, Dew shared about how he came to Vacuo. Both left out some details, such as the kiss as well as Jaune's aura being sealed. In the end, Dew decided she needed to ask.
"Are you dating Jaune or are you interested in him? Because I'm going to try if he's still single," said Dew with a serious face.
Pyrrha was a bit surprised at her forwardness before replying, "Yes. I am dating Jaune right now. Why do you ask?"
Dew cursed under her breath, closing her eyes. Tears were threatening to come out. She had lost her chance to ask Jaune out, but all it wasn't lost. There wasn't any guarantee that they would always be together. She opened her eyes before answering, "Because, if you let go of him, then I will snatch him before you get the chance to take hold of him again." She looked at Pyrrha, fire burning in her eyes with conviction.
"You really do like Jaune, don't you?" asked Pyrrha.
"How is there not to like?" replied Dew, "He's strong, nice, and kind. Also very good looking. Compared him to the guy that keeps trying to hit on me, it's night and day."
"Do you like him enough to share?" asked Pyrrha, putting her hands together and leaning forward a bit. Dew gave a confused look in response.
"Jaune hasn't told you yet, has he? Well, I'm sure if you're interested in him, he'll tell you about more about his life and past, just like he did with me and the rest of my team," said Pyrrha cryptically before leaving, letting Dew become even more confused.
It was night time, and Blake and Jaune were at the docks observing. Sun came in with some food, asking if he had missed anything. He offered them some food he stole and got glares back.
"Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?" asked Blake.
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" shot back Sun, receiving an even angrier glare from Blake and Jaune. "Ok, too soon."
"As long as you know it," replied Jaune.
Suddenly, the wind started to blow around them, and they looked up to see a Bullhead flying around before descending to the ground in the middle of all the cargo containers. A ramp came forth, and White Fang soldiers walked out.
"Oh no," gasped Blake, hoping what she saw wasn't true.
"Is that them?" asked Sun. One of the grunts turned around, flashing the White Fang symbol to them. It was a red feral animal with three slash marks behind it.
"Yes... it's them.," said Blake sadly as the White Fang grunts started to
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" asked Sun.
Blake could only stare sadly at the scene, "No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." She closed her eyes in despair, only to open them suddenly when she heard a new voice. Her vision zoomed into the newcomer to discover that he was human. She recognized him as Roman Torchwick from the news.
"Hey! What's the holdup!?" shouted Roman, "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?"
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that," said Blake as she stood up, unsheathing Gambol Shroud from her sheath and walking off the edge of the roof they had been hiding.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" said Sun, alarmed, only to see her disappear.
Jaune quickly sent a message to team RWY and NPR, telling them to come to his location, weapons ready for battle.
"Cmon, Sun. We need to back Blake up," said Jaune, wrapping his head with a cloth again.
"Why are you hiding your face?" asked Sun quizzically.
"Just don't want them to see my face," replied Jaune, "I'd feel safer if they didn't recognize my face so easily, especially since I'm human. The White Fang tends to get more violence if a human is stopping them."
Sun shrugged before jumping after Blake.
"Well then," muttered Jaune to himself as he linked up with Othim. He put Dragonscales into his bag before gripping his sword in his sheath. He pulled it out, and the sheath transformed. It expanded a little before jutting out its sharpened sides forward, making a wider sword with a heavier weight. It now looked like Jaune was wielding a black two-handed sword. Combining the fact he was now sporting black scaled wings, Jaune thought he looked pretty terrifying. Of course, he didn't want the White Fang to think he was the same person who interfered with the train. He took off the pauldrons but kept everything else. He took to the skies, disguising himself for now with the night sky. For the while, he would just observe until he needed to intervene.
Ruby saw the message and started to run towards the docks, with her new friend Penny chasing behind her.
Yang and Weiss made their way after asking around in the marketplace about Blake. Weiss had finally made up her mind to apologize to Blake for her behavior.
Ren had to drag Nora away from all-the-pancakes-you-can-make aisle towards the docks.
Pyrrha ran towards the docks as soon as she saw Jaune's message. Dew, who had reunited with her teammates, saw Pyrrha running as fast as she could with her weapons ready. Intrigued, team NDGO decided to follow.
Blake had managed to sneak up behind Roman and held her blade at his neck. The White Fang reacted, pointing their guns and brandishing their weapons, but were surprised when she took off her bow to reveal that she herself was a Faunus. She questioned why they were aiding Roman when he told her that he was actually working with the White Fang on a certain operation. Blake tried to pry for more information when she was distracted by two more Bullheads flying over. Blake watched in horror at this sight. Roman, seeing her distracted, pointed his cane at her feet. The end of the cane's bottom flipped up, and Roman fired, sending Blake flying away in an explosion.
All teams saw this explosion in the distance and ran faster to the location.
Blake was dazed by the sudden explosion but unhurt. Regaining her bearings, she quickly rolled out of Roman's shots. He kept firing, forcing her away. She did a few back flips before using her Semblance to get some more distance. She quickly ran for cover behind one of the cargo containers.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..." taunted Roman until a banana peel landed on his head. He looked up in surprised just to see Sun dropkicking/stomping him on his face. Roman's head ended up on the floor as Sun did a couple flips before landing and turning around.
"Leave her alone!" snarled Sun.
Roman slowly got back up, shaking off the concussion he just got. Soon, the Bullheads that had been hovering above them opened up, letting more White Fang members descend down, surrounding Sun.
"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?" teased Roman as the White Fang members charged in.
Sun merely smirked as he took out the first victim. The second one was knocked out by his monkey tail slapping him hard, followed by a swift kick on the third one. After punching and kicking quite a few of them, he rolled under a sword slash before grabbing his weapon, a red staff with gold markings. He spun it around quite a few times, knocking the grunts out of commission before slamming his staff onto the floor, knocking out two of them while causing the third one to stumble, to which he quickly tripped him before flipping right over the grunts head and stomping him in the spine. With another flip, Sun sent the hapless grunt at Roman as a projectile.
Roman just groaned in frustration before aiming his cane and firing a shot, to which Sun blocked it by twirling his staff in front of him at high speeds. Good help was always hard to find.
"He's mine!" shouted Blake as she dropped in and attacked Roman as fast and furiously as she could.
However, even abusing her Semblance to launch attacks at all different angles, Roman showed them why he was the boss, and why he was feared in the underground crime city. He was initially surprised from the first hit, but managed to block the rest before attacking her, even landing a fist on her face, although that was once again dodged. It was when Roman stunned Blake by hitting her with the hook part of his cane did he land a few more hits before swiping his weapon downwards on her head, knocking her back. Sun came to intervene, switching his staff into two nunchaku, Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang, and kicked Roman away. He started attacking with weapons, spinning them and firing shotgun rounds at Roman, while trying to bash him at the same time. Roman parried each attack, leaving Sun unable to get through his defense. Sun finally had enough, and after tossing his left one in the air, he spun, letting the right nunchaku hit first before catching the left one in his rotation and slamming it at Roman's weapon, leaving them both open. Blake took advantage of this and slashed at him, sending him flying backward
"Urg," groaned Roman.
He looked up to see a cargo container suspended by a crane right above Blake and Sun. Taking advantage of this while chuckling, he shot the hooks off, forcing it to fall onto them. Before Blake and Sun could move, the container was suddenly sliced in half! The container parts fell away from the two so they weren't in danger. Roman's eyes widened in surprise when he saw it split in half. He looked down to see another person, this one with a cloth mask on, covering both hair and face, revealing only the eyes. The only hint Roman had to go off was that the person was male.
"Heh, another hero?" asked Roman sarcastically. His tone dropped as the mysterious man stood up, and expanded his black scaled wings while pointing his black blade at him.
'Please tell me I didn't somehow piss off a real devil! I already have the devil bitch on my ass!' Roman mentally screamed.
"Don't stand there. Get them!" shouted Roman. The remaining White Fang that wasn't knocked out charged forward, albeit a bit scared.
Team RWY, NPR, Penny, and NDGO arrived just in time to see a figure cut through the container and was now pointing his black blade at Roman, his wings expanded. They were, however, at separate spots when they entered the docks.
"Whoa," said Ruby in awe before noticing Roman trying to sneak away. She called him out.
While the trio was distracted, Roman heard a voice call out. He turned around to see it was Ruby.
"Why hello, Red! Isn't it past your bed time!" shouted Roman in a jovial manner as he waved at her.
"Ruby, are these your friends?" asked Penny.
"Penny, get back!" warned Ruby. However, this slight distraction cost her as Roman took a shot, blasting her back.
Yang saw this and roared out in anger as she charged at Roman.
The rest of the team went to help Blake and the others. NDGO revealed what weapons they were using. Dew had a spear with a green Dust crystal embedded inside the spearhead. Nebula had transformed her crossbow into a sword. Octavia was using her kris dagger to stab. Gwen was providing support with her throwing knives.
Penny was giving Roman the glare before walking forward. Ruby tried to stop her, but her reply was, "Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat Ready!"
Her backpack opened up revealing, a sword that had been folded up before it split into 10 swords. She ran in to fight, jumping from the rooftop they had been on.
Jaune was surprised to see team NDGO helping out, but didn't complain about it for now. There would be time to explain later. He was surprised to see another girl fighting with what seemed to be floating swords and being devastatingly effective. Roman was busy fending off an enraged Yang. A few more bullheads showed up, firing upon them all. Everyone ran to dodge and hide from the barrage. All but Penny, who made her swords block the bullets. Two more swords came out from her backpack, shooting into the wall before she suddenly flew back, dragging her swords along with her. Jaune finally realized that Penny was actually manipulating each sword with a string, like a puppet.
The ten swords in front of Penny folded up as they rotated around Penny in a circle in front of her. She channeled her Aura, forming a green ball in front of her swords. Then, she leaned back and punched both hands forward, shooting out beams of laser that cut the Bullheads in half. White Fang members fell out of the ship in shock as the Bullheads split open. She then threw her swords at another Bullhead, trying to steal the cargo. The Bullhead was unable to move, and Penny brought it down hard.
Roman, taking advantage of everyone being distracted by Penny's attacks, got onto a Bullhead that had still been docked. Signaling the pilot, the Bullhead shot off before anyone could do anything.
"These kids just keep getting weirder..." muttered Roman to himself as the Bullhead flew away.
"Well, he got away," grumbled Yang. Jaune quickly flew away too, leaving them to themselves. Before Nebula could ask, they promised to tell them more later on. The police quickly arrived and detained all the White Fang members on the site. The rest of them was momentarily held up for a few questions before being released.
After they had been released, Weiss turned to Blake, who started to speak.
"Weiss, I want you to-" started Blake, but Weiss stopped.
"Enough," Weiss proclaimed, "I have to apologize for my attitude. I slipped back into a behavior I swore to kick off. As long as you're not part of the White Fang anymore, then I don't care about your past, just like Jaune's. Just... if something big like this comes up, you'll come to your teammates first. And not someone else."
Blake had to wipe a tear before agreeing. Ruby cheered, saying that team RWBY was back together again. Everyone chuckled at this.
"Wait a minute, where's Penny?" asked Ruby suddenly, looking around, noticing she had disappeared.
Everyone shrugged before they finally started to head back to Beacon.
Penny was sitting inside a car, watching the group of friends gather to get ready to leave. She wanted to be with them, but protocols dictated that she had to obey her caretaker, who had come to pick her up.
"You should know better than to go running around in a strange city," lectured the driver as he started up the car.
"I know," said Penny sadly. She continued to gaze at the group. The driver noticed and sighed, "Penny, your time will come..." The car drove off in the opposite direction of where the group was headed to.
Qrow was watching a live feed of a newscaster reporting about the incident at the docks. The camera was currently being pointed to Ruby when he noticed an incoming message. Quickly opening it, he saw that it was a message from his trusty 'eyes' Qrow. On the message was something that made him shiver.
Queen has Pawns.
Ozpin hmmed to himself as he continued to think and plan what to do for the future.
"Hey Jaune. Did you notice?" asked Andusk while Jaune was flying in the air back to Beacon.
"Yea. That Penny has a weird Aura. It almost felt like it wasn't... human? Similar, but not close enough. Nor is it a Faunus," replied Jaune as he was flying in the night sky.
"Good to see your senses are developing quite well," said Lung Wang, "Still, the girl itself is intriguing. To be able to weaponize her Aura into a blast like that. Perhaps in the future, if you see her again, you can learn more."
Roman dragged himself into an abandoned warehouse and sighed. This robbery had not gone as planned, and he mostly blamed it on teaming up with the White Fang. Sure, the men that he had borrowed from Junior, an owner of a nightclub, were weak, but at least they got the job done. Granted, this heist had been on a larger scale with much higher risks.
"How very disappointing."
Roman whirled around to see a woman with long black hair and golden eyes with a red dress approaching him. He sighed as he saw it was Cinder. Behind her were her two lackeys, Emerald, a green haired girl with brown skin, and Mercury, a tall gray haired male with pale skin.
After throwing a few words back and forth, Cinder and her two pawns were about to leave when Roman muttered, "I have a devil behind me, and now another in front of me. Talk about being stuck in a hard place."
"What do you mean, another devil?" asked Cinder threateningly, her hands bathed in fire. She didn't mind being called one, as it gave her power over others. However, to hear Roman call somebody else one was... interesting.
Roman tried to wave it off, but seeing as she wouldn't let it go, he sighed, "At the docks, there was another person who stopped me. He had wings like a devil, with a dam black sword. I would have thought it was a Faunus, but something in my gut told me otherwise."
"Intriguing," murmured Cinder before leaving. As they left, Mercury whispered to Emerald, "Think it has something close to do with that 'angel' incident?"
Emerald rolled her eyes and replied sarcastically, "Please. I bet they were just both Faunus that's been hiding. There are so many types of Faunus. Probably some that's been hiding."
"Regardless," interrupted Cinder, showing them that she could hear them, "Roman Torchwick's instincts could be correct. If so, then maybe the angel incident could be real. Perhaps we can recruit this devil. After all, devils and angels never work together in the legends."
No, Cardin isn't expelled. I have some plans for him in the future. Instead, I'll have him walk the path of forgiveness.
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And with this, Volume 1 Ends. Hmm it only took me 4 chapters to go through that. Oh well, with the other seasons, it'll be longer, as more info I can put in.
Maybe I can put something to do during their two week break, since Volume 1, the first semester ends.
Shout out to LordHellPhoenix and his story Jaune Arc: The Elemental Swordsman. He put an a/n about my story, so I'm doing the same.
Also, random news. Made a new story using the Big 4 heading to Hogwarts. Timeline is with Harry heading there too.