Yaa new chapter! Hope you enjoy this one. Now, new Dragon Marks incoming! Also, a brief... lime scene? Not very descriptive, as this story was supposed to be rated T. However, if I do somehow get flagged or people say that this should be rated M, I will bump it up, but I think it's still within the borders. I've seen a story that's more descriptive and it's still within the T-rating. Still planning on putting any 'lemon' scenes that might come up in future chapters as another story.
If there's a double post on the e-mail about this chapter, sorry. Stupid fanfic when I posted it gave me an error message. And when I check the archives, it goes missing when it does that.
"Cheers!" shouted Jaune. He was with his team, RWBY, CFVY, NDGO, and SSSN, all celebrating the fact they had been chosen to fight in the Vytal Festival Tournament. They had gathered at Junior's bar, where he was serving them prime steaks he recently bought. It had been hard, but he had managed to legalize almost all of his businesses, and by use of recommendations, such as having a photo of Pyrrha or Weiss with him at a business hanging off the wall, he was raking in a good amount of money.
"Cheers!" they all replied back before taking a good drink. Ruby had milk, as Yang wouldn't allow her to drink yet.
"You guys want something special?" asked Junior.
As requests went around, Pyrrha, who was not used to drinks, said "Umm.. I'll take a body shot?"
At once, they all stared at her, who was growing more and more confused. Ruby was still enjoying a fresh plate of cookies and milk Junior had brought out for her.
"What? Did I say something wrong? I remember my uncle telling me about a special drink I should get while Jaune was with me," said Pyrrha.
Yang quickly whispered into her ear, explaining what a body shot was. Pyrrha grew redder and redder until her face was basically matching the same color as her hair. Everyone was laughing, enjoying the festivity.
A couple minutes later, CRDL and DSCO joined them. DSCO had been working hard on their secret project, while CRDL was pumped up, ready to prove that they should be on the competition. The group all enjoyed their time together. Jaune and Dandy even got to a dance off which pretty much ended with a tie surprisingly Soon enough Sun, Nebula, Coco, and Cardin all joined in on the dancing.
Jaune, after contemplating and resting for a few minutes from the dance off, observed the area around him, most of team SSSN except for Sun, Neptune, Soul, and surprisingly Yatsuhashi were at the bar having a drinking contest, Scarlet was the first hit the bucket, followed by Sage, it was close that ended in a tie only because Yatsuhashi almost gave in to the drinks and Soul almost being completely drunk, sure he was laughing like a happy drunk, but what he heard from one of the group conversations, Soul was pretty much the angry drunk and would go full on demonic mode and might trash the place.
Dandy, Neptune, and Cardin were still on the dance floor, seems like the giant lion was giving the two guys a dance lesson of shorts considering Neptune still couldn't dance well and Cardin herd from Dandy that dancing was a great workout, especially since it works on the abs quite a bit.
Coco who went back to the table after the dance for a break herself, Velvet, Weiss, Ruby, Pyrrha, team NDGO except for the Gwen, and Onyx were all having a conversation amongst one another, taking notice of two particular people, Onyx and Velvet seem to be having quite the conversation with onyx showing some of the beats he had made in the past, and velvet showing off some of the photos she has taken as well.
Everyone else such as Yang, surprisingly Blake and Ren, Nora, Fox, Sun, Gwen, Coral and the rest of team CRDL, were all laughing do to what Coral was doing, by the looks of it, it seems he was doing impressions of some of the teachers from Beacon, Atlas, and other famous people, especially with his semblance, the impressions were quite funny. After seeing what everyone was up to, now was the best time on deciding who to give the Dragon Marks to.
Reaching into his pocket pulled out his scroll and sent a message to the respective recipients. "Ren, Nora, Hei Xiong, Sun. Follow me for a bit. Hei Xiong, get us a private room or lead us to your office,"
Ren, recognizing it as official Dragon business, quickly pulled a laughing Nora with him. Junior knew this was something serious for Jaune to his real name, and quickly cleared out his office to use. Sun, who was confused, just followed where Jaune was going. Soon, they were away from the rest of them, inside Junior's office. Junior had made sure there were no bugs in his office, sweeping through it at least three times a week, and whenever he knew Jaune was coming over.
"What's up?" asked Sun, confused at why he was here at all.
"Are you planning to tell him?" asked Ren.
"Tell me what?" Sun asked once more seeming even more confused than before.
"I think he's trustworthy enough. Provided he doesn't blab to everybody else," stated Jaune, looking at Sun.
"What? I can keep my mouth shut. Didn't tell anyone about Blake before she decided to take off her bow, not even my team... Except for Neptune, but forget that." stated Sun.
"If he tells, I can have my boys rough him up," said Junior with a sadistic smile.
"Let's not be too hasty," said Sun, putting his hands up.
"Alright, Sun. I'll tell you the reason why I have to date multiple girls. You know I'm dating Pyrrha and Blake, and probably Yang," said Jaune. Sun nodded at that. He had his suspicions about Yang.
Jaune went on to explain about his contracts, his past life, and everything that he told JNPR, NDGO, and RWBY. Then, he sprouted the white feather wings to emphasize his point.
"Whoa! You're the angel the city of Vale has been talking about!?" shouted Sun, "Wait, that means when you said you were escorting..."
"I escaped to hide my identity," finished Jaune, "I didn't want everyone to know about my power. Especially the Arc family. The only other team that knows about me being the Angel is DSCO, though Dandy assured they would keep my secret about being the angel, even from their own headmaster General Ironwood. They don't know about the dragons, though, just me being the Angel.
"No wonder you hate the Arcs," snorted Sun, "I can't blame you for all that crap he put you through."
"Well, I did meet my dragons and several people who I hold dear to my heart after I left," smiled Jaune.
"So you've told me your past, power, and conditions. Is there anything else? It can't be just for that," said Sun.
"This next part involves the three of you," said Jaune, pointing at Nora, Junior, and Sun, "I'm giving you all the Dragon's Mark. Ren already has two that I gave him. I trust you guys."
"COOL!" shouted Nora as she thrust her hands into the air.
"Are you serious?" asked Junior. When Jaune nodded, Junior went down on one knee before putting a palm over his fist, "I am honored to receive one."
"Wow. I'm actually honored by this," said Sun, "You sure you want to do this? Especially to me?"
Jaune nodded before explaining how he could respect and trust him as his actions showed someone who was honorable.
"Alright, just put your hands in front of you, stacked on top of each other," They quickly did so, and Jaune put his hand on top of theirs. The room's light dimmed as Ren purposely did so for dramatic effects.
"In my hands, I trust you to with my blessing. To defend those who cannot do so, and to aid my clan. To be able to protect those worthy with your new power. Will you do so, Nora Valkyrie, Sun Wukong, and Hei Xiong of the Xiong Clan."
"We will," they all replied as one.
"Then by my power and contracts, I bless you a Dragon's Mark. Prove to me you are worthy of their mark. Nora Valkyrie, you will receive the blessing of Alaerth. Sun Wukong, the blessing of Fafnir. And Hei Xiong, the blessing of Lung Wang."'
They all felt a burning sensation, but at different parts of their body. For Nora, it was in the middle of her chest, where she showed skin while wearing her combat uniform, where the chest hole would be. Sun felt it burn the skin right where his heart would be. Junior felt it on his right shoulder. They looked to see dragon claws on them now, all varying colors.
"Sweet," said Sun, "Though a little confused why you blessed me with Earth. Not that I'm complaining, but wouldn't, I dunno, light be better? For my clones?"
"I already gave light to Ren," said Jaune, "Plus, Fafnir suggested you for his mark. Something about old monkey legend."
"Huh. I had a dragon's recommendation. I guess I can't complain," said Sun in shock and awe.
"You still have two more, right?" asked Junior, "What about my nieces, Melanie and Miltia. They're loyal, and this mark could be a great boon for them."
"I want Ren to be alive, thank you," deadpanned Jaune, causing all of them to chuckle.
Ren looked a bit pale at the mention of the Malachite twins having the boons. He wouldn't be able to escape them at all. He was lucky that today they were out training some of the men in a village outside of Vale.
"Guess that'll be put on the back burner for now," chuckled Junior before turning to Ren, "I know you're very hesitant of having a growing harem like Jaune, but do consider my nieces. I honestly don't have anyone I can trust besides Jaune. And since your his team mate as well as an allied clan, I suppose you have some of my trust. But if you play with their feelings, I will hunt you down. It doesn't matter if you have two marks. I won't stop even if you beg, and I'm sure Jaune won't stop me from getting justice."
"I... will have to... think about it as well as... get permission from my current dates," said Ren hesitantly, looking at Nora. She was too busy trying to figure what had changed in her body.
"Ah right," whispered Junior, "Her. The leg crusher."
They quickly went to rejoin the party afterward.
They were back at their dorms around midnight, quickly showering and switching into their pajamas. As Jaune went to bed, Pyrrha quickly called him to speak to him privately at the RWBY room. Jaune shrugged before joining her. They were the only ones inside the room.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" asked Jaune.
"I've been thinking... about our relationship," said Pyrrha.
Jaune froze up on that. 'Oh Oum, she's not going to break up with me, is she?' thought Jaune, 'Does she want somebody else? Aurelian?'
Seeing his pale face, Pyrrha quickly spoke up, "Oh no, I'm not thinking of breaking up at all!"
"Oh thank heavens," said Jaune, relaxing into a chair, "I don't think I could handle it if you broke up with me. Not after Weiss."
"It's.. just I know I have to share you with others, thanks to the dragons. I'm really happy that I met you three years ago, back at Mistral. When I heard your Aura was sealed, and your dreams of becoming a Huntsman disappearing, I was devastated. To see my father unable to do anything put me down even more. Then, when I unlocked it, I was happy. When my mother told us that some cultures would view us as married, I admit, I was guiltily ecstatic," said Pyrrha, drawing closer to Jaune.
She sat on his lap, legs astride and kissed him deeply. Not complaining, Jaune reciprocated the kiss. It was after a few minutes did they finally break apart. Pyrrha continued talking then.
"You don't know how hard it was when you left to continue your journey. Sure, I could talk to you through my uncle. But my heart always worried. What if you fell for somebody else? What if you died? When I finally saw you at Beacon, I could finally be in front of me, and you still remembered me. I felt like I was in heaven when you asked me on a date. Now, here we are, dating, though quite unexpectedly with other girls in a relationship with you, but I was still happy. It might take a bit to convince my parents, but I'm sure my uncle Hephaestus will be behind you, and the others will as well."
"Pyrrha?" asked Jaune, unsure where she was going with this. Pyrrha quickly stood back up, walking away a bit before turning around again.
"So, tonight, I want it to be something to remember. With all these crazy events happening, and our future as Huntresses and Huntsmen, I want to do this soon. Who knows when it'll be our last day? So tonight, I want to give you something valuable. Something that can only be given once. To the man I love," said Pyrrha as she slowly stripped her pajamas like a striptease.
As soon as her pajamas fell down it was revealed that all she was wearing was a sexy red lace bra that emphasized her bust and matching g-string underwear.
Jaune was having a bloody nose seeing this. Her slender body was also highly desirable. Her thin waist, her long legs, her perfect body in all. Her red hair laid down, without the circlet on her head.
"HAHA! YOU BECOME A MAN TONIGHT!" laughed Othim.
"For tonight, make me your woman forever," whispered Pyrrha as she approached the frozen Jaune. She smiled with lust descending down to placing her lips on his once more.
They kissed deeply and passionately on the chair, their hands roaming around each other's back for a bit. Pyrrha was slowly moving her hands down to Jaune's abs, relishing toned body. Jaune wasn't any better, as he was enjoying her touch. However, when they started to go down a bit further, Jaune was able to snap out of his hazy induced state.
'No. This isn't the right time or place,' thought Jaune before stopping her.
It took great efforts for Jaune to even move his hands to stop her from going forward.
"What's wrong?" asked Pyrrha huskily.
"We can't do this. Not now. In the future, yes. But now is not the right time or location," whispered Jaune softly.
"But." started Pyrrha, but Jaune put his finger on his lips.
"I know you love me. And I can tell you that I love you just as much. But we shouldn't do it here. I can't imagine what the rest of RWBY would say if they found out we had sex in their dorms, where everyone from both JNPR and RWBY study here," explained Jaune, "Plus, I want our first time to be in a special place."
Pyrrha slightly blushed at that process, "Then... will you at least Mate Mark me? To show the world I'm yours only?"
Jaune shook his head, "The Mate Mark is permanent, and we have to consummate within three days, like I said. Otherwise, it would fade away, and you would never be able to be marked by me again. And we're not doing it here, nor do I think we're ready now."
Pyrrha could only sigh but agree. She really did want the world to know she was his, and to get Aurelian off her back. She was really getting annoyed by him and was slightly scared he might try something drastic.
"Then can you mark me another way? One without using the Mate mark?" asked Pyrrha.
"What did you have in mind?" questioned Jaune, intrigued.
"I'm sure you can figure that out for yourself," purred Pyrrha lustfully as she went back to kissing him.
They ended up grabbing some futons that they had purposely kept inside RWBY room just in case and slept there for the night. As Jaune fell asleep, he was in his mindscape again with his dragons.
"Tsk," began Othim, "You had the perfect chance to get laid, and your noble attitude stopped you."
"OTHIM!" shouted Aryz, her claws clenched into a fist as she punched Othim on the head, "What Jaune did was the proper thing. Stop having your mind in the damn gutter!"
"Geez, no need for that," pouted Othim, his claws on his head to nurse the comical bump on his head.
"You did deserve it this time," scoffed Andusk.
"I'm quite surprised that you could even resist," said Lung Wang, causing Alaerth and Aryz to glare at him. "What? Don't look at me like that, Alearth, Aryz. He is a male. Just like most of us are. The desire to mate with your chosen one is very hard to resist."
Alaerth and Aryz could only sigh and nod.
"Still, Jaune's mental fortitude to control himself is quite an achievement," added Ryo-Wo.
"To be able to control himself when a mate basically throws herself onto you is not something easy to resist."said Fafnir as he nodded in agreement, along with the rest of the male dragons. Alaerth and Aryz could only sigh once more.
'Thanks, I guess?' said Jaune before disappearing from the mindscape.
The next morning, the two woke up around a little later than Jaune's usual wake up time. He was naked from the torso up.
"Morning," yawned Jaune as he sat up to stretch.
"Mmmm," mumbled Pyrrha as she slowly got up too. The sheet fell down, revealing Pyrrha's naked breast. She was also basically naked. The only piece of clothing she still had on left was her underwear. The sun had shined onto Pyrrha just right, causing Jaune to stare at Pyrrha, as if she was a goddess.
"Jaune?" asked Pyrrha groggily, her mind not processing she was almost naked and giving Jaune the full view. 'Why does it feel a little chilly?" she thought.
"P-p-ppyrha?" stuttered Jaune, trying to stem his bloody nose, "You're not exactly... covered."
Pyrrha looked down for a second before yelping in surprise, grabbing the sheet to cover herself for a second. A second later, she smiled and let it go, allowing Jaune continue staring.
"I have nothing to hide, from you Jaune," whispered Pyrrha huskily before giving him a good morning kiss, "I've already shown you almost everything, so it doesn't matter."
Jaune had left several hickeys on Pyrrha while she did the same to him during their little session last night, but their Aura had healed most of it, leaving unblemished skin. Both were eager to give each other some more when they heard a voice yell out.
"Where's Jaune and Pyrrha? It looks like they never came to their bad last night," asked Ruby.
"Crap, clothes!" Jaune shouted in a hushed tone
Pyrrha quickly grabbed her clothes and putting them on while Jaune put on his shirt. A few seconds later, they heard the door click, and Ruby came swinging in.
"Found them!" shouted Ruby with a cheerful smile.
The rest of them poured into the room, looking at Jaune and Pyrrha, who were trying their best not to look suspicious.
"Where were you?" interrogated Weiss, her eyes narrowing.
"We ended up sleeping here," admitted Jaune, "Pyrrha had some questions, and we just felt too tired to head back to JNPR to sleep. Instead, we grabbed a futon and slept."
"And?" asked Yang.
"Nothing else!" said Pyrrha.
"What else would they do?" asked Ruby, "Kiss? Jaune does that with me sometimes on our dates."
"Nothing you should know for now," replied Yang before glaring at Jaune.
"Umm, guys?" said Blake, who was standing away from them.
They turned to her to see her lifting a red laced bra that had been draped on her chair for her desk. Jaune and Pyrrha turned red. They had forgotten about the bra! Pyrrha had tossed it during their session when Jaune had unclipped it.
"So, nothing else?" asked Blake, not believing them for a second. Inside her mind, though, she was already planning her chance with Jaune. If Pyrrha already did it, then it was only fair she gets to do it too.
"Ooh, nice color," said Ruby, looking at the bra. Weiss looked down at her chest before covering it, blushing and muttering a few curses about how she was still beautiful.
"Please, tell us what you did," smiled Yang creepily, slamming her fists together, "After all, this is the room we use to study. I think we should know what went on here."
"You're lying," said Dew as she joined in the conversation.
Pyrrha was on trial in a private section of the library. Her interrogators were team RWBY and Dew. Only members of Jaune's potential mates were allowed inside. Aurelian had seen them and tried to smooth his way in, only to be thrown out by Weiss' glyphs. Not even Jaune was allowed in, so he took this time to go hang out with SSSN, DSCO and CRDL at the gym. Ren was busy buying more supplies for pancakes. Apparently, Octavia also loved his pancakes, and so he needed to store more mix. Also, he needed some ingredients for his health drink. The rest of NGO were busy studying up some subjects.
"There's no way you guys did 'nothing'," accused Yang, slightly jealous that Pyrrha had gotten ahead. She would have to remedy that soon.
"Need us to remind you, that we found your bra flung across the room?" stated Blake.
Ruby, finally gotten the gist of what they were implying by an explanation from Weiss, was nodding her head before pointing at Pyrrha dramatically, "Confess! What did you do!?"
Pyrrha broke down and confessed that it had been her intention to have sex with Jaune. But she quickly added that they didn't do it, that she was still a virgin, and that Jaune portrayed more self-control than most males in his situation.
"So... he actually stopped you?" asked Dew, slightly shocked but not surprised that Jaune would be so noble.
"Well, at least we don't have to head into our study room knowing Jaune and Pyrrha were doing the horizontal dance," said Yang, "That would've been awkward."
"So you guys just made out and cuddled each other?" clarified Ruby.
"Well..." Pyrrha looked away.
"Share," they all said, crowding around Pyrrha.
"We... may have had done some... heavy petting," blushed Pyrrha.
"Like what?" asked Blake. There was a trickle of blood coming down her nose.
"Heavy petting?" asked Ruby, thinking about how she pets Zwei. Would it just be using more force? It sounded uncomfortable. Weiss had to whisper to her what they meant, causing Ruby to blush red.
"Mainly we stuck with everything above the torso, and we never took off our underwear," admitted Pyrrha, "While we were making out, he was touching everything and sensually massaging it, and even kissing/licking."
"By that you mean.." trailed off Yang before pointing to her own breasts.
"Everything," said Pyrrha, staring straight into Yang's eye.
"Damn, cereal girl," said Yang, "Didn't think you had it in you."
"How did it feel?" asked Dew curiously.
"Heavenly," grinned Pyrrha before being lost in her memory. She gave a sappy grin and was starting to drool.
"And we lost her. Nice going Dew," sighed Weiss.
"I call next!" shouted Dew.
"Wait your turn, it's my turn tonight" stated Blake, she really wanted to feel what Pyrrha felt last night.
"I can't believe you guys are thinking of doing the same thing," said Weiss with a tick mark on her forehead.
"Don't be like that," said Yang, "I'm sure you'd enjoy it too. Plus, I hear having someone you like massage that area makes them bigger." She puffed up and jutted out her chest, showing her assets.
"That's not even a fact!" shouted Weiss with a bigger tick mark. Her face, however, had a blush the same color as Ruby's cloak.
"Doesn't mean we can't enjoy it," replied Yang with a grin.
Back at each girl's home, their parents felt the urge to murder a blonde boy for some reason.
As for the girls... well since Pyrrha was the first to initiate it, the others followed up on it. By the end of the first week, Jaune had felt 4 of the 6 girls on their bare skins. Ruby was too shy to do it with Yang forbidding her to do so, and Weiss felt offended by it.
As the days passed, Jaune went out on a few more dates with his girlfriends, as did Ren with Nora and Octavia. Sun and Gwen went out on secret dates, careful not to let anyone know.
Jaune took Ruby on a trip to see new weaponry along with Ren and Nora, making it a double date. They spent most of the time dragging Nora and Ruby away from the explosive aisle.
Another double date was when they decided to go see a new movie with Dew and Octavia. Of course, halfway through the movie, the girls decided to use the rest of the time to do something more... 'productive' in their relationship. By the time they came out of the movie, all four of them were breathing rather heavily and blushing.
For Blake, they still kept their routine date at a private section of the library, but they had a tendency to go a bit further than their previous dates. One time, Blake had accidentally forgotten her bra in the stall. It took all her cunning and skills to sneak it back without anybody noticing.
Yang went shopping for some more clothes with Jaune and took him into an underwear store, where she bought a variety of lingerie to pose for Jaune. For him, he had a hard time trying to keep his nose from bleeding while crossing his legs to make sure something was noticeable. Yang smirked and bent down to tease him, giving him a good view of her chest.
Pyrrha was content for now, knowing she had been the first to initiate. They went on their usual dates at the rooftop, laying a soft blanket to lie on and cuddle while watching the stars. Pyrrha made sure the door was jammed shut so nobody could just walk in on them. On more than one occasion did they end up sleeping under the stars on the roof with another cozy blanket Jaune would pull out from his bag.
As for Weiss, this would be her first date since they had broken up for a bit. She was ecstatic to be back with Jaune that they went to eat at a fancy restaurant. Weiss was adamant about paying for it for once. Afterward, they took a nice walk at a local park, just enjoying each other's presence. At the end of the date, Weiss initiated the kiss. When it came to touching, Weiss didn't want Jaune to feel her breasts via skin contact, as she was embarrassed at her rather smaller bust size compared to the others. Instead, she opted to have her butt groped through her dress, and enjoyed it immensely, to her guilty pleasure.
Three weeks quickly passed by, with all of them now focused on training. CRDL had gotten a slot into the tournament. BYDD had also gotten in, much to the displeasure of Dew. Boyd was actually knocked out, putting him in 7th. However, an 'accident' occurred to the 6th place, allowing his team to represent instead. The city of Vale was finishing up their preparations. Atlas soldiers were patrolling the fairgrounds to show that they were here to provide security.
32 teams stood in the Amphitheater, all lined up. The leaders of each team stood in the front of their team. They were split into 8 teams each, all representing their own academy. Ozpin walked up to the stage to make his announcement.
"In one week," began Ozpin, "The Vytal Festival Tournament will begin. Each of you will be fighting to show what you can do. To win the tournament. To show that you all do not look at mediocrity, but to strive to be the best. But do not forget. We are all Huntsmen and Huntresses in training. We are all allies against the Grimm. Remember, all of this, the beginning of this tournament, started with war. But it is peace that has shepherded humanity to greatness. And we all have the responsibility to preserve this peace."
Each student looked to Ozpin in admiration. Well most of them. A few, like Aurelian and Boyd, chose to ignore Ozpin, yawning and hoping the old coot would dismiss them already. Ozpin saw these people and made mental notes, but continued on.
"Still, do show what you can do, and enjoy the local culture and whatever other things people may bring. "
At this note, he walked off. Glynda came in with her announcement.
"You will all be notified which team you will be fighting in six days. However, you will only know their names. You will not be given any information. It is up to you to find the information yourself through legal ways. This is to see how you prepare for a mission, or in this case, against your opponent. You may not threaten students to reveal their abilities, nor bribe. Any atrocious acts like these will see you not only banned from the tournament but possibly expelled from the Academy with a note on your profile of dishonorable discharge. Do not make that mistake. You will not be able to appeal it, or be even given a second chance."
She glared at the whole room, who stood up straighter than usual.
"That is all. You are excused from your classes to prepare for this tournament. However, it does not mean you can slack off from your studies!"
She slapped her crop down for emphasis before leaving.
"You guys ready?" asked Jaune to his team.
"You bet, fearless leader!" cheered Nora. The Dragon Mark could easily be seen on her chest, as she left a heart shape hole on her shirt as usual.
"It will be grand!" smiled Pyrrha.
Ren just smiled.
"Are your parents possibly coming?" asked Jaune. Pyrrha sadly shook her head, saying that they were too busy with their job. However, they promised to take time off to watch her matches on the television to cheer her on in spirit.
Each other team were just as excited for the tournament as well and were getting some last minute training in. Ruby, however, wanted to visit Patch again to see her mother's grave. To talk to her, even if it's just in spirit. She originally was going to take an airship to Patch when she remembered Jaune could fly.
"Jaune!" said Ruby, suddenly dashing towards him.
"What up?" asked Jaune as he turned around just to be hit with a speeding human projectile. Luckily, he was able to take it.
"Can you do me a favor?" asked Ruby with her cutest voice and puppy eye face, "Can you fly me over to Patch today?"
"Why do you need to do that?" asked Jaune. The others of team RWBY and JNPR were also interested, although Yang had a feeling she already knew what Ruby wanted.
"I... kinda want to visit my mother's grave. You know, tell her all the crazy things that have happened," said Ruby, looking down while twisting on her toe, "And also be able to see some of my old friends back at Signal Academy. It'll be for one day. You can sleep at my house, and then the next morning, you can fly us back to Beacon. Yang won't be coming because she said she has some more fine-tuning to do with her weapon."
Jaune couldn't say no to that request, so he obliged. Ruby cheered before rushing off to make a call to Taiyang to let him know they were coming.
Jaune was talking with some of his other friends when he heard someone call his name. He turned around again to see Cinder walking up to him, emphasizing her waist as she walked forward. Men were drooling or trying to show off as she walked forward. Boyd was doing his best to look cool, but rather looked like a fool.
"Hello, Cinder," smiled Jaune, though he was still watching Cinder with caution. Something about her just didn't feel right.
"It's been awhile since I've last seen you. I was hoping that we could have dinner someday soon," said Cinder, intentionally crossing her arms to emphasize her bust.
"Sorry, been busy lately. With all the tournament coming in," apologized Jaune. In reality, he did everything he could to avoid her. She didn't feel normal to him still. Like she had taken in something she had stolen from somebody, but it was all circumstantial. He had no proof.
"That's understandable," sighed Cinder, "Still, maybe we can get a cup of tea today at least?"
She was planning to use today to seduce Jaune, and then use Emerald to fulfill his little fantasy. After that, she would have him wrapped around her little pinky. She didn't try to broach any topics like his wings, as she learned that nobody in Beacon, not even the teachers, knew about it. If she did, then Jaune would get suspicious of her. Who knows, by the end of the day, she may take him to bed as a boy toy.
"Sorry. Promised Ruby I'd help her today," said Jaune, thankful that Ruby's plea actually helped him.
Cinder pouted but nodded in acceptance and left.
"Having trouble trying to seduce the man?" snickered Mercury.
"Mercury!" scolded Emerald.
"What? Just calling it out how I see it," said Mercury.
"Have no worries," said Cinder, "Whether Jaune Ryu-Long comes with us or not is no concern. Our plan can easily proceed without him."
They headed back to their dorms. On the way, Cinder smiled evilly and though, 'You can't escape me forever. One way or another, you will fall to me as your new mistress or die.'
After getting permission to leave Beacon for a short trip, Jaune took Ruby, who had Zwei in her backpack, to Vale to one of Junior's places. He linked up with Andusk and Alaerth before growing a white scaled wing and a yellow scaled wing. He lifted Ruby up bridal style before launching himself into the air, using Andusk to hide him in the morning light. As soon as he felt like it was safe, he flapped his wings, going in a straight line directly towards Patch.
Ruby was enjoying herself. She had always enjoyed her Semblance, and being in the air with her scythe was liberating. However, it couldn't compare to what Jaune was doing. He was actually flying without needing to worry about landing until later. She tucked her head in between the neck and the collar, enjoying the warmth her provided. All too soon, they were at Patch. Ruby gently directed him where to go, and they landed in front of her house. Jaune quickly dismissed his wings while Ruby knocked on the door. A few seconds later, Taiyang opened the door.
"Whoa," whistled Taiyang, "you weren't kidding when you said it would only be an hour after the call. How's my little Rosebud doing?"
"Dad!" giggled Ruby as Taiyang hugged and tickled her. Zwei popped out of her backpack to join the festivity.
Jaune merely chuckled while looking from the trees. His heart ached a little. He wished his father would've treated him like that. His mother, bless her, loved him, but even she didn't show as much affection as Taiyang did to Ruby due to Vlad. It was thanks to him that he didn't have a good childhood. But just because he didn't have a happy beginning, didn't make him who he was. It was the choices he made for the rest of his life that defined him.
Taiyang, noticing Jaune, quickly welcomed him in. Although he was still wary of him, he was slowly warming up to him. They had a quick lunch before heading off to Signal Academy first to let Ruby see some of her friends while Taiyang needed to drop some paperwork.
"Ruby!"
Some of Ruby's friends had heard she was coming to visit, and quickly all dog piled on her.
"Urgg.. Need to... breath!" grunted Ruby, as she had about 6 people on her. They finally relented, letting her up before they all gave her a quick hug. They were Jen, Brina, Chloe, Mindy, Altan and Odell.
"How's Beacon?" asked Jen.
"Good! We're fighting in the Vytal Festival Tournament!" exclaimed Ruby. They all squealed before begging Ruby to give them more information. One of them the noticed Jaune leaning against the wall.
"Oooh, who's he? He looks handsome," asked Chloe.
"Oh, almost forgot. Jaune come over here to meet my friends!" shouted Ruby, waving at him. Jaune pushed himself off before walking to them.
"Jaune, these are my friends, Jen, Brina, Chloe, Mindy, Altan and Odell. Guys, this is Jaune, my boyfriend! He's team leader of JNPR and is fighting in the tournament!" introduced Ruby.
The crew had stopped listening after the word boyfriend. Ruby Rose, the naive one of their group, had a boyfriend!?
The girls squealed in delight while the boys had to cover their ears.
"You have to tell us everything!" said Altan before dragging Ruby away from the guys.
The guys were left, clueless what to do.
"Soo... you guy's known Ruby for a while?" asked Jaune. They nodded their head, unable to find any other topic.
A tumbleweed tumbled past them. They looked at it fly past them.
"Umm..You're a team leader at Beacon, right?" asked Altan, "Is there anyone cool on your team?"
"All my teammates are cool," chuckled Jaune, "I have Ren, Nora, and Pyrrha as part of my team."
"Wait, Pyrrha? As in the Pyrrha Nikos?" asked Odell.
"Yea. She's a great fighter," said Jaune. Both boys had their eyes widening before begging Jaune to get them autographs from her.
Soon, they were leaving Signal. Ruby had been hammered with questions after questions, and she looked tired. Taiyang had dropped off his paperwork and was going to be working part time soon only. He would be leaving the island for some missions soon. They soon arrived at a white stone memorial. It was Summer Rose's gravestone, with the inscription "Summer Rose- Thus I Kindly Scatter".
Ruby walked up to the gravestone, wearing her hooded cloak up before giving a small prayer. Jaune, Taiyang, and Zwei stayed back to allow Ruby some alone time.
While Ruby was standing at the grave, talking to her mother, Jaune sadly looked out to the distance.
"So... I know this is personal, but how did Ruby's mom die?" asked Jaune.
Taiyang stiffened a bit, glaring down on the floor before replying, "Publicly, she was killed in the line of duty during her mission by Grimm. She was overwhelmed by the amount of Grimm, much more than the mission stated."
"Publicly?" asked Jaune.
Taiyang's hand curled into a fist, "There was no way Summer Rose would've died from Grimm. She was among the best Hunters, like my ex-wife Raven. In fact, she was her partner, and Raven, on rare occasions, would listen to her."
"I was wondering about that," murmured Andusk, "The silver-eyed warriors can freeze Grimm with a glance, although training is needed. To die from Grimm is very unlikely."
"So you suspect..." trailed off Jaune.
Taiyang nodded, "Assassination. When her body was found, there were Grimm marks all over her, so the coroner declared it death by Grimm. However, in those rare moments, Raven brought me the news in the form of a mail that Summer was killed by some sort of poison. There was a stab wound on her body that turned some of her blood and skin purple. The coroner must have missed it as Grimm marks went over it."
"So it couldn't have been Death Stalker poison?" asked Jaune, knowing those breed had poison in their stinger. He would've guessed the mutant breeds.
"No," started Taiyang, "According to some rumor, there have been similar cases where the same poison was used. And from it, the poison apparently comes from a special Faunus that works as an assassin. It doesn't match the Grimm poisons. I don't know his name, but I'm willing to bet he or she, along with some of his or her associates, took her down after she finished her mission. They probably took her while she was tired."
"Do-," started Jaune, but Taiyang shook his head, shushing Jaune.
"I don't want them to know. I don't want their lives to be consumed for revenge. They're much too young to know about it. In fact, I'm not sure why I'm telling you. I guess... you seem trustworthy?"
Jaune looked at the man for a bit, before stating, "You're going out on missions to see if you can't gather more information about this assassin, aren't you?"
Taiyang sighed at this, "Yes. I couldn't do it earlier because I had my duties as a father. But now that my two daughters are at Beacon, where I know they're be safe with Ozpin there, I can finally follow some leads. Raven told me once that she promised to find the person if she crossed paths with some clue, but I can't just wait. I need to satisfy my thirst. To find out who did it."
He looked up to the shattered moon, "Jaune. I know Ozpin is there, but he can't always watch out for my daughters. As you're their boyfriend, promise me you'll watch over them?"
Jaune gazed into Taiyang's eyes fiercely, his own eyes starting to form slits like dragon eyes, "I wouldn't have it any other way. Nobody hurts my mates and gets away with it. I will protect them with my life."
"Good answer," chuckled Taiyang, "I won't be able to watch all their matches, but good luck to them and you. For a person dating multiple girls, you're not too bad. Still holding on to that promise though. We should get Ruby back home. You guys are staying for dinner, and tomorrow morning, you two need to head back."
He turned and called out Ruby, who called back and started to walk back, with her hood back on. Before she left, though, she turned back to the grave to deliver one final message, " It was good to talk,"
At that, Ruby jogged back to her family. As they were all walking back, Jaune stopped to turn around to the grave while the others walked forward. He bowed down in respect. "I promise, Ruby will be cared for. A promise as a Dragon Contractor, as well as holder of Andusk, the dragon of light, who originally blessed the silver-eye warriors, no harm shall befall her while I breath."
With that, he left to catch up. There was a glimpse of light, and a ghost of Summer Rose stood above her grave. Looking at their backs, she shyly smiled before saying, "Thank you. I know you will."
Taiyang made some of Ruby's favorite food for the night, and when it was time to sleep, Jaune slept on the couch. Originally, Ruby wanted to cuddle with Jaune in her bed, but Taiyang forbade it, saying that it would just cause him to grow white hair if he knew that. It didn't stop Ruby from crawling into the couch with Jaune to cuddle for a bit while Taiyang was asleep. Ruby made sure to crawl back to her bed before he was suspicious of anything. The next morning, Jaune sprouted his wings and flew Ruby and Zwei back into Vale at one of Junior's shops, where they caught an airship to head over to Beacon. The next few days were a blur, with each team training alone.
Just a random shout, I made a one shot on Beauty and the Beast with an OC character. Some of you may be thinking, why would I make that story and waste time on it when I could be using it for this story? That's because the stupid idea wouldn't leave me alone while I was typing this story, so I made it so I could get it out of my head. Hell, I still got like 3-4 other stories I have thought about and already planned out. But since this story has my biggest attention, I put those ideas on the backburner for future projects, unless somebody wants to adopt my ideas.
Hope you've enjoyed the story! Review if you can!
Also, putting a shout out for a story I think deserves a little more attention. The story title is:
RWBY: Destiny of Remnant by UGX7.
The guy writes epic length chapters, getting an average of about 17.2k words per chapter, although his latter chapters are getting longer. Not a bad read, has its highs and lows. Some scenes he writes are pretty good, I admit. If your an Arkos Fan, you'll like it.