New chapter, as promised. Enjoy! And yes, I will still be writing after this. This is not the end for me. Now, I have a free reign on what to write! Except I'm going to have to plot this out.
Jaune took a deep breath as he was dealing with Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald as Ironwood and Glynda were keeping the Mutant Ursa at bay. Mercury was kicking as fast as he could, with Emerald trying to get behind him to slash his body with her weapons while Cinder was providing support by shooting as many arrows as she could while spamming fireballs as quickly as she could. Unlike his fight against the Arc family, this one proved to be at a much higher level. The three opponents were working together to form one cohesive unit against him.
But it meant nothing to Jaune. He was fighting against the people who had caused all this destruction. Who had harmed and killed innocent people for their own greed. But most importantly, the ones who dared to harm and kill his friends and, most unforgivably, his mates.
Mercury went for a high kick while Emerald went for a low sweep with her weapons. Jaune jumped over the sweep and met Mercury's kick with his own, clashing briefly before overpowering his. Mercury used the momentum of being forced back to land a reverse kick, but Jaune tilted his head down to dodge it while spinning before swinging his sword at Emerald, who blocked it with her blades. She felt her arms go numb before jumping back while switching to her guns and firing away. Jaune jumped down, landing on his back, sweeping his leg towards Mercury who jumped before bringing his shield up to block it.
Cinder shot a stream of fire at Jaune, hoping that his manipulation of the elements did not extend to fire, but she was utterly horrified when she saw Jaune thrust his sword towards the fire, shooting out a torrent of flames to meet it. Mercury, who was in the air, flipped himself to axe kick him, seeing as he was occupied with both sides. Jaune stomped the ground, causing the earth beneath Mercury's position shoot up and hit him. Mercury went tumbling back, and Jaune took this chance to swing his sword right towards Emerald, firing a blade beam. Emerald yelped and dived away. Cinder summoned her two swords, charging towards Jaune when a flock of stones went flying towards her. She quickly blasted the stones into obliteration before looking at her side, seeing Glynda, glaring with her wand held up, she had decided to help Jaune's battle while Ironwood finished off the Mutant Ursa.
Mercury, getting some distance, started to fire as many blasts into the air. If he could get a good chance, he could have all the blasts slam into Jaune and maybe weaken him so Cinder could finish him off. Jaune snarled as he charged towards him, unleashing a fury of slashes. Mercury dodged, ducked, and sidestepped as best as he could when Jaune suddenly slammed his shield into him, knocking him on the head. Jaune quickly swung the shield around to block Emerald's chain sickles.
The illusionist spun, swinging it down as hard as she could, landing multiple hits on the shield. Jaune slashed at the sickles, knocking them away before ducking under Mercury's flying kick. Then, one of the chains managed to wrap around his right sword hand. Emerald quickly gripped her weapon as tightly as she could, trying to prevent Jaune from moving anywhere. Mercury jumped into the air, spinning and firing shots at him while all the blasts in the air converged, diving down at him.
'Gotcha!' thought Mercury.
Jaune looked up, taking a deep breath, and roared, creating a powerful cyclone from his mouth. The blasts were negated instantly. Taking this chance, Jaune channeled electricity on his right hand and grabbed the chain. The current of electricity traveled from his hand to the chain, and back to Emerald, who immediately dropped her right-hand weapon. Jaune quickly unwrapped the chain and slammed his blade to the ground, firing out rocks. Mercury kicked them all, protecting himself and Emerald. He saw in time Jaune rushing at him and switched legs to try to thrust kick him. Jaune spun from the kick, bringing his sword up, and using the spin momentum, slammed a slash into Mercury's chest from his left hip to his right shoulder. Mercury coughed out horribly as the impact slammed his Aura levels down to critical levels. Jaune wasn't done. After he finished his swing up, he swung his left arm and backhanded Mercury on his cheek with Dragonscales.
Emerald raised her sickle and drove it down to Jaune's back, managing to land a cut that was several inches long before but was suddenly kicked up on her chin by Jaune with an almost vertical backward kick as he pivoted around. Jaune quickly flipped himself back into position and dashed toward Mercury once more.
Cinder summoned balls of fire and shot them at Glynda, who dodged them before reforming the chunks of rocks that had scattered from the blast and fired them at Cinder. Cinder, learning from her past fight with Glynda, quickly blasted the rocks into dust, not letting her manipulate it. She flicked her hand, and several pits of fire exploded below Glynda. Glynda immediately rolled forward before firing bolts of Aura at Cinder. She countered by upheaving rocks and sending them flying at the bolts, blocking them. She then had the rocks reform into glass shards and fire them all at Glynda.
Glynda immediately summoned a barrier to block the attack but felt herself being forced to her knees from the powerful force of the attack. Cinder took her chance and began to close in, forming two swords. Glynda noticed and canceled her barrier, rolling away. Cinder saw her chance and quickly fired three arrows around Glynda. Glynda looked around and noticed the screams again, and knew it wasn't good. She quickly jumped as high as she could, summoning her strongest barrier below her. The arrows exploded, sending Glynda upwards. She quickly turned, expecting an attack. She wasn't wrong, as she saw Cinder coming down at her with both blades. Glynda quickly formed another barrier, but it was instantly shattered by Cinder. Having no other choice, she used her crop and held it across her like a shield. Cinder slashed, and Glynda was sent flying into the ground, coughing. Her glasses fell off her, and her hair came loose. Before she could get up, she felt two arrows hit her arms, forcing her to drop her crop. Cinder was soon hovering over Glynda, grinning, before noticing Jaune had just kicked Emerald in the chin. She was running out of time, and she doubts that she could use the glove on Jaune fast enough… so she would just have to settle for the next best thing: the Vice-Headmistress of Beacon would do nicely, and perhaps give her enough power to deal with Jaune. She raised her gloved hand to Glynda's face.
A Grimm looking parasite suddenly came out of her glove, staring right at Glynda. Glynda's face took on an expression of utter horror at the sight of this… thing, instantly realizing that this was what Cinder had used on Amber. She couldn't move, though, she was too injured to do anything. The Grimm parasite spat out its black goo at Glynda as Cinder's hand got closer and closer...
Glynda felt her life flash before her eyes. She saw everything in slow motion. The black sticky goo was flying towards her face. Ozpin was yelling, so were Port and Oobleck. Raven was running with her blade drawn. Qrow was in a deadlock against Tyrian, shouting for Glynda to move. Her students were watching in fear. She closed her eye, almost accepting that fact she might die. Then, she felt her body shoved away, colliding into the ground.
Glynda shook her head and looked up to see who had just saved her... It was Ironwood!
He had punched the Ursa away and was already running towards Glynda when he saw her in the air, helpless. He had taken a nasty swipe across his chest, and could feel his injury burn. The Mutant variety all had something that could cut through Aura unnaturally. But it didn't matter. He had to save Glynda! He wouldn't admit it, but he admired her and found her quite attractive. But he had his opinions, and she had hers. That was what kept separating them, but by Oum, that only made her more attractive to Ironwood.
Ironwood held is right robotic arm up, blocking the black goo with it. It was mostly attached to his hand and wrist. The Grimm parasite started the drain, but found out the stuff it was attached to had only small amounts of Aura to consume. Cinder herself looked shocked at this sudden interference. But none the less, the Grimm parasite was starting to drain some of Ironwood's Aura. Ironwood, with no hesitation at all, grabbed his gun with his left hand, pointed it at his right hand and fired. The bullet went right through his hand and exploded as it touched the black goo. He had loaded a very unstable and experimental fire Dust bullet, and let it explode in between them. Both Cinder and Ironwood were sent flying back. Ironwood rolled on the dirt for a bit before stopping. He didn't get up. He showed no signs of moving at all. His right arm from the elbow down was just a mess of wires.
Cinder, however, was conscious and looked furious. She immediately raised her left hand, intent on ending the General's life, the life of the man had just prevented her from gaining more power! She was going to kill all of these people for getting in her way...
And then the ground began to shriek again, and flames starting to come, Glynda dove to Ironwood, hoping to tackle him out of the way, but they didn't get far enough. She closed her eyes, expecting the pain to come when she felt Ironwood's body suddenly move, dragging her with him.
Cinder growled in frustration and saw Ironwood's metallic body have a familiar black glow. She looked to see Pyrrha standing back up.
"Round Two," growled Pyrrha before raising her arm to the skies. Cinder looked a bit confused at this gesture when the broken robots suddenly started to fly towards the sky, gathering together. All the broken Atlesian Knights and Paladins were starting to gather, forming a rather sizable ball.
Pyrrha roared and threw it at Cinder. It was too fast for her to dodge, so she opted to summon up the same amount of Aura she did when blasting Ozpin and fired at her. The blast met the iron ball, halting its path and slowly melting the massive projectile. Pyrrha grunted in effort before taking some of the metal off the ball, forming another projectile and fired it at a different angle. Cinder took one hand off her stream of fire and launched another blast at it, disposing of it. Pyrrha tightened the ball of steel, making it as dense as possible and put all her power and effort into throwing it at Cinder. The ball started to move forward, much to Cinder's surprise. Cinder cranked up the power, hoping to blast through and kill Ozpin and all of the others.
Jaune had just dodged another kick from Mercury before narrowing his eyes at the battle between Pyrrha and Cinder. He couldn't let his love fight that witch alone. So with spin, he grabbed his sheath with his left hand and threw it at Emerald, it bashed her in the head, knocking her unconscious. Jaune gripped his sword and raised it to block the middle kick from Mercury. He pushed Mercury off and stared at each other for a bit as if it was the final showdown. Mercury then blasted himself forward with his boots, adding extra momentum to himself before launching his horizontal air kick towards Jaune's head. Jaune jumped, spinning in the air going counterclockwise. As Mercury's kick drew near, Jaune used his left leg to force the kick downwards. Mercury, not expecting this, felt his whole body tilt at impact until his head was now pointing at Jaune. Jaune then used his right leg and did a thrust kick in the same breath, landing it right on top of Mercury's skull. The impact was so deadly that it shattered all his Aura and the remaining damage fractured his skull. Mercury went down and wasn't getting back up.
The Mutant Ursa that had been fighting Ironwood suddenly appeared behind Jaune, intent on killing Jaune. Before Jaune did anything, four fireballs and three heavy bullets hit its flank, forcing it back. Jaune turned to see Oobleck and Port, with their weapons out.
"Can't let you have all the fun and glory, dear boy!" grinned Port.
"Indeed, and I look forward to your explanation about your dragons, young man," intoned Oobleck, lowering his glasses to inspect Jaune, "Although many have forgotten, I have not."
Seeing his student's confusion, Oobleck explained further, "I have a doctorate in the History of Remnant. I have seen and studied many aspects of culture. One of which I found was the extinct Dragon Clan. Not much is known about them, but I can see you are part of it. Which means, there are dozens of ancient historical relics that you must know!"
Jaune could only sweatdrop at this but nodded before dashing towards Cinder.
Cinder was concentrating her Aura into her hands, cranking up the heat and power. The ball had halted, but it was still hard to just melt it away. The Atlesian metal technology had been built to withstand high temperatures. Cinder shouted in frustration and poured on even more power. Soon, the stream of fire went right through the ball and straight for Pyrrha. Pyrrha quickly summoned her shield, ready to block when Jaune stepped in front of the flames. With his free hand, he put it in front of him before closing it, as if grasping something in the air. The flames halted, no longer obeying Cinder's commands.
Cinder quickly pelted Jaune with stray debris transformed into glass, but Jaune snapped his finger, causing the fire that was floating in the air to explode, catching all the glass shards and reducing them to slag.
Cinder was already diving forward, slashing with her two swords. Jaune parried them with Crocea Mors, entering in a battle against Cinder. As they stared at each other, Cinder got a good look at him and allowed herself to grin. She had one more chance to try and pull Jaune to her side. With so much power, he would be worthy to be her king while she would be the queen.
"Why do you fight for them?" asked Cinder as she spun, attempting a vertical slash to his head with both swords. Jaune blocked both of them with his blade, halting their path. "Join me. We could rule this world. We can take those unworthy of power for ourselves. We can become the rulers of this land. I would be queen, and every queen needs a king. That could be you," she whispered with a tantalizingly smooth voice.
Jaune pushed her blades off before spinning to launch a back kick at her. Cinder jumped back to avoid it. A second later, the two of them clashed again, striking and stabbing each other while dodging, each of their weapons bringing bright flashes of light. After what seemed to be the tenth clash, Cinder tried once more.
"What is it you desire? Power? Wealth? Beautiful women? All which you can get if you join up with me. And surely you can see with my body, you can enjoy it much more than any other women," continued Cinder seductively.
"What I desire," growled Jaune, "Is your death! For having a hand in hurting all of my mates! For attempting to kill my MATES!"
At this, Jaune fired off nine simultaneous strikes at her. Cinder managed to block only two of the nine hits, the rest hit her hard, forcing her back. He followed up by spinning like a windmill, his sword striking with an overhead slash. Cinder blocked it with both swords, but the impact caused her to fall on her knees.
She quickly began to think of her next course of action, when she felt something wet fall on her face. She looked up to see Jaune was sweating heavily. Cinder smiled as she recalled earlier. Surely summoning the dragon to deal with the Grimm, fighting the Mutant Alpha Grimms, dealing with her pawns Mercury and Emerald, and saving Pyrrha had to have taken a toll on the boy.
"What's wrong?" she mocked, "Tired from all those heroic deeds earlier? You still have a chance to live. Just join me."
This shot Jaune's temper even higher as he let go of his sword suddenly and spun to kick Cinder in the face. She noticed it and blocked it by crossing her arms in front of her. As she was thrown back, she slammed her hand down on the ground, dragging and melting the ground. With another flourish, she sent rocks transformed into ice at him again. Jaune put his hands out, halting them before waving his hand in an intricate manner, guiding the ice around him before firing it back at her. Cinder released an explosive pulse around her, melting it. She brought her arrows up and quickly fired at Jaune, but he dodged most of them and caught one before hurling it back at her. She quickly dodged it before noticing Jaune was already near her, with just his fists. She sneered at first, but suddenly realized he could be dangerous even when unarmed. Jaune raised his right knee, trying to knee her in the chest. Cinder dismissed her swords, knowing that at this close range, hand to hand combat would be better. She raised her left arm, blocking the attack while raising the right hand, full of fire, ready to strike Jaune. Before she could punch Jaune with it and blast him, she felt something shift. Her guard was being broken through. Before she knew it, Jaune had somehow turned his knee into a thrust kick, breaking right through her guard and slamming it home on her ribs. She could feel her ribs cracking even though she still had Aura to protect her.
Jaune wasn't done yet, though. Before Cinder could be sent flying, he grabbed her hand, spinning her around before slamming her into the ground. Right after, he jumped into the air before trying to drive her into the ground with a kick, spinning his body like a corkscrew. Cinder quickly shot flames from her hands, rocketing herself away while dodging the kick that cracked the ground she was just at. She quickly took to the air, hoping for some breathing room. Jaune hunched over before letting his wings sprout up behind him again and flew right towards Cinder. He was not letting her get away that easily. With a wave of his hands, his sword and shield flew back at him. The ground beneath the two items shot out towards him. Jaune caught them with no hesitation as he flew towards Cinder, intending to end her life.
Cinder was up in the air, hoping for breathing space when she heard the flap of wings. She paled as she momentarily forgot Jaune could also fly! She turned around and quickly flew to the right, dodging a slash from Jaune. Before she could retaliate, Jaune was already out of her view. She looked around before getting a slash from behind. She growled as she turned to swipe him, but Jaune was already flying away from her. She shot fireballs, but Jaune dodged them with ease. With each clash, it was very obvious that Cinder was at a huge disadvantage in the air. She did not have the speed nor mobility that Jaune did. She dove for the ground, only for Jaune to intercept her and send her flying back into the air. He had no intention of letting her get back on the ground.
"That's it!" shouted Cinder as she gathered all the Aura she had left in her body. She also quickly used the item Salem gave her long ago, in the case of an emergency. This certainly was one, as she drew out the wristbands from her pocket.
The fire burst out from her body, gathering up in front of her. She slapped the wristbands on her wrists, and her fireball tripled in size, power, and heat.
"You had your chance! Now die! Die so my mistress' vision will come true!"
She fired her attack directly at Ozpin and Jaune's mates, knowing Jaune would have to stand in front of them to protect them. And if he failed, then it merely gave her a bonus, taking out Ozpin and any other threats.
Jaune quickly flew in front of the fireball's path, closing his eyes in concentration. Everything seemed to slow down around him. The shouts of his mates to move. The order from Ozpin to move. Sun, Ren, Nora, and Junior trying to help him. Jaune slowly raised his sword to the skies, letting his Aura and dragon powers soak into the sword. Crocea Mors responded by consuming the Aura and tripling the amount he poured in.
"Jaune," growled Lung Wang, "That Cinder somehow managed to grab a relic from the Dragon Clan. See that you take it off her dead body when you're done."
His sword glowed in several colors, bathed in power. Jaune slowly swung his sword around varying arcs and slashes, leaving a stream of light that stayed in the air. To everyone watching, it was a display of beauty. They all soon gathered up, revealing Jaune had just drawn a dragon's head, with it's mouth open, ready to fire. Jaune held up his sword, and it seemed to glow even brighter. As the fireball drew near, Jaune opened his eyes, revealing his pupils had transformed to slits of an angry dragon.
"Seven Dragon King's ROAR!" roared all seven dragons and Jaune.
Jaune fired a huge blast of multicolored Aura right at Cinder. There was no epic clash of attacks as the fireball hit the blast. No attempt to see who could overpower each other in time. Jaune's attack slammed right through the fireball and approaching Cinder.
"No. NO!" shouted Cinder as she put her hands up in a feeble attempt to defend herself. The blast went right through her, blinding everyone. As soon as the blast was done, Cinder landed on the ground, completely weakened and her Aura drained. Her clothes had been burned off in the blast, so she was nearly naked with only a few strips of cloth to cover her modesty, but it wasn't a pretty sight as her body was covered with extreme burns.
Jaune slowly landed in front of her, lifting her chin up with his sword.
"You won't win," hissed Cinder in a feeble attempt to curse him, "Even if I die, there will be others. Her plans will succeed. You think I was the only one in her service?"
"Whoever your mistress is, it doesn't matter," replied Jaune curtly, "If she insists on fighting me, then I will show her just who is on the top of the food chain. But enough. It is time you paid for your crimes. The lives of all those innocent people lost. The attempted assassination of my mate."
As Cinder watched helplessly as Jaune raised his sword, he looked around, trying to think of something. Her eyes landed on Emerald and smiled. Even if she died, Emerald would be the one to take her place. All she had to do was think about Emerald before she died and then Salem, would still have the Fall Maiden under her control.
"It won't work," spoke out Jaune, surprising Cinder, "You're thinking of giving the power to Emerald. Hoping that she would be the last thing on your mind. But you won't. I will not let you. Your last thoughts will all be about me, and how you tried to kill me and my mates. The mistakes you've made. And lastly, to never incur the dragon's wrath."
Cinder looked up into Jaune's eyes in defiance, only for that to turn into fear. For she could see Jaune's anger. And she could see seven large dragons seemingly standing behind him, all furious at her.
"What are you?" whispered Cinder in horror. Her whole mind was focused on the dragons and Jaune.
Jaune didn't bother answering and slashed Cinder in half diagonally. She laid down on the ground, a pool of blood spouting from her body. Her eyes dimmed, and suddenly, an orange light came forth from Cinder's body and shot off into the air. The Fall Maiden's power would be seeking its new host.
Tyrian growled when he saw this. He would have loved to help Cinder and stab his wrist blades into the boy, but Qrow had no intentions of letting him go. It seemed peculiar, though, as past data about Qrow showed that he was one who played it calmly, always cool and collected, provoking others when he had the chance. However, this fight right now was like a fight to the death, and Qrow wasn't holding anything back. His rage could easily be seen on his face, and to be honest, Tyrian found it both exhilarating and chilling. Qrow still maintained his usual fighting style, but now, every slash, every stab, now had extra power packed into it.
"As much as I want to continue this fight," giggled Tyrian as he blocked a stab, "I must bid you all farewell!"
Qrow responded with a slash, overextending himself at a bad point. Tyrian dodged it, and with a step, shot his stinger out to stab Qrow. However, just as he did so, he stepped on one of the stray metal pieces of Ironwood's hand, slipping and missing his stab. Tyrian's eyes widened at his bad luck and at Qrow's devious smile. Moving too fast for him to react at all, Qrow had put his scythe on his tail and with a swift movement, sliced it off.
"Ahh!" screamed Tyrian in pain as he saw his beautiful stinger laying on the ground, "You bastard!"
Qrow didn't even hesitate and followed up with a slash to his head. Tyrian dodged it, jumping back.
"Didn't think James would be the one to save me," chuckled Qrow. He hadn't imagined his bad luck would be used with Ironwood's missing hand parts.
"I'll get you for this, Qrow Branwan!" shouted Tyrian as he grabbed smoke bombs from his pockets, throwing it down.
Qrow and Raven looked at each other and nodded, both of them charging into the smoke. The smoke cleared, revealing only two of them inside.
"Dammit!" shouted Qrow, transforming his scythe back to his sword, stabbing the ground, "I swear on my life, Tyrian Callows, that I will hunt you down. You want me! Come and get me! I will kill you! I will avenge Summer, the woman whom you took away from me!"
"Qrow?" asked Raven tenderly. She had rarely seen Qrow so... angry.
Qrow looked back to Raven before sighing, "It's a long story. One that Taiyang and I will have to tell you, Yang, and Ruby about the truth."
The battle of Beacon had just ended.
Currently, everyone was recovering from their injuries. Ironwood woke up just to find his head on Glynda's lap. He started to blush and move, but with a glare from Glynda, he didn't move. Not that he didn't want to anyways. Junior had his men scrounge up every last medical supply and trying to see who needed help as they went to evacuate to Vale. They would return to Beacon to reclaim it later. But for now, they needed to recover. Junior frowned as he did a headcount and saw that at least 4 of his men died, and 10 of them injured. He glared at Adam, tempted to just take his life for all his men and Yang.
Jaune had made sure that all of his mates and his friends were alright. As they were getting on the transport ship, Jaune suddenly scooped Pyrrha off her feet. He gave her a loving but lustful growl while Pyrrha snuggled into his chest.
"Junior. Gonna need that house... NOW!" growled Jaune, already starting to lose self-control. The fight was over, his other mates would be safe. But he needed to claim his current mate now.
Junior nodded, quickly tossing him a key and details of where the private house was at. In return, Jaune tossed the bracelets that Cinder had to Junior, telling him to keep it for now. With a nod, Pyrrha held on to Jaune as he quickly took to the air, flying towards the room with haste. As for Pyrrha herself, she would be lying to herself if she said she wasn't hoping for this.
"Where are they going?" asked Glynda with worry.
"None of your business, lady," replied Junior bluntly
Ozpin and Ironwood seemed to want to scold Junior, but he quickly held up his hand, "Young master has some... important business he must conduct now. It can not wait. You can ask him yourself after."
Sighing, they accepted it, stating that they would want to speak to Jaune as soon as possible.
At another corner, Raven, Yang, and Ruby had cornered Taiyang and Qrow.
"Later has come and gone, speak now," threatened Raven.
"Yea, why were you so angry at the Tyrian dude?" asked Yang.
"Can't you tell us, Uncle Qrow?" begged Ruby with puppy eyes. It would've been effective if it weren't for the fact there was dry blood and dirt caked on her face.
Taiyang and Qrow looked at each other for a bit before deciding to do the most honorable thing they considered in their bro code.
"Just... wait for tomorrow, when we're all rested and not in shock from battle," they both replied before they turned to each other, punching each other in the face and knocking themselves out.
The girls looked in shock at what the men did to escape questioning, looking at them before looking at each other, and then looking back at them again.
"Guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow girls," sighed Raven. Ruby nodded, sitting right next to Raven and putting her head onto Raven's shoulders before falling asleep.
"They have so much to answer for," sighed Yang as she tried to raise her right hand to her head, just to remember it wasn't there anymore. She stared at the wound. She had been so distracted by everything else that she forgot about it. But the horror of losing her arm came back. She started to quake in fear when Raven gently pulled Yang towards her, hugging her with her free hand.
"It's alright now," whispered Raven, "He won't hurt you anymore. I'm sorry I didn't protect you like I was supposed to. But I promise I'll still be here when you wake up."
Yang couldn't say anything against that, as she felt herself becoming drowsy. She soon caved into the world of dreams, with her birth mom by her side.
Blake had been slowly nearing the edge of the ship. Just a bit more and she would get away. From all of them. From her friends. From her team. From Jaune. It broke her heart to do this, but she didn't want to be around them. All she did was bring misery. Even though Adam was captured, there was no telling who else from the White Fang would come seeking vengeance. What if the leader of the White Fang was in on this attack? She couldn't risk it. She was about to run out when Ren and Sun grabbed her arms, preventing her from escaping.
"Let go of me," struggled Blake, trying to get free.
"And where do you think you're going?" asked Sun.
"Away from all of you," exclaimed Blake, "I don't want anyone getting hurt because of me. Yang lost her arm because of me. Jaune almost died because of me! I can't stand watching my friends and loved ones getting hurt because I exist. Even if Adam is caught, there are still others."
"That's stupid. Friends are here for you because they want to be," replied Sun.
"Agreed," said Ren, "Blake. If you ran now, it would break Jaune's heart."
"Better to be heartbroken and finding another mate to replace me than to watch him die because of me," cried Blake.
"That's bullcrap," retorted Sun, "I can tell you Jaune won't accept that. He'd just fly and find you even if you left."
"Blake Belladonna, was it?"
They turned to see Raven asking the question. On her sides were both Ruby and Yang, who had just fallen asleep.
"Let her go, boys," Raven ordered calmly.
The two boys glanced at each other before letting her go, though still blocking her path.
"Were you the one who swung the sword that took my daughter's arm?" asked Raven calmly, directed at Blake.
"What?... No! Though it's my fault that-" started Blake, but Raven wouldn't let her finish.
"You were not the one to cut it," interrupted Raven, "Do not feel that it is your fault. If anything, it's mine for not upholding my rule of one. If I had paid attention, then Yang would not be missing an arm. Things happen. It is up to use to do what we can now. Whatever happened in the past has already happened. We can't change it. But we can still fight for the future."
Raven then smiled at she rubbed Yang's head affectionately, "Plus, I don't think any of your teammates would like it if you left so suddenly, especially Jaune and most of all Yang. They'd hunt you down."
Blake remained silent at this. She was sure that Raven would be furious at her, for being a reason why she was missing an arm. And yet, here she was, telling her that none of it was her fault. Weiss came up next to her.
"Don't worry. We'll get Yang a new arm. One of the best Atlas has to offer," whispered Weiss, "Plus, you can't leave now. Not after this. Friends and teams stick together. Get some sleep. You should be tired from fighting and your injuries weren't exactly light."
Blake nodded before feeling drowsy. She slowly sat on one of the chairs and soon fell asleep.
Jaune had arrived at the room Junior had made for him. Hidden from others, the room had a king size bed with the most comfortable mattresses and blankets. However, none of that mattered to him. He quickly tossed Pyrrha onto the bed, who squealed in surprise at this. Jaune went to the shower, wiping off all the grim and sweat from the battle. While he was doing that, Pyrrha quickly went through a drawer to find a variety of contraceptive devices. She quickly found the birth pills and swallowed one. She also found a specialized cervical cap and quickly put it in herself. She had learned to use one after an embarrassing talk with her parents. She saw Junior had also put varying sizes of male condoms, but disregarded those. She wanted her first time to be able to feel Jaune enter in her without anything in between them. She wanted it to feel raw.
She turned around to see Jaune had finished his shower and dried himself. He was naked, and he looked ready to pounce. Pyrrha saw his impressive manhood, knowing she would be very satisfied after this was over. She smiled at him and reached behind her back and took off her bra, letting it fall to the ground and allowing her utterly beautiful breasts to spill out, giving Jaune a very good look at her. His blush was a red as her hair and his nose nearly bled and his member stood at attention as he quietly whispered "My goddess…"
Pyrrha blushed before she quickly went into the bathroom and finished stripping, then she entered the shower, wiping off the dirt before drying off.
She came out to see that Jaune was sitting on the bed, twitching. She walked over to him, making sure to let him take in the sight of her body before she sat next to him, and she immediately said, "I'm ready."
At that, Jaune pounced at her.
By the time they finished, it was already past three in the morning. After the beginning parts of intercourse, they had gone at it for at least 3 hours straight. Pyrrha swore she saw stars every time she went off, and she went off more than a few times. She vaguely remembered hitting the double digits after the first hour. They went to sleep for a bit, and woke up, finding Jaune was still inside Pyrrha. He hadn't drawn out, but Pyrrha didn't mind, as she liked the feeling of having him inside of her.
They slowly ate brunch, feeding each other while still being connected. Then Jaune went at it again, feeling the urge to mate again. Pyrrha had removed the cap, knowing the pill was active. She wanted to feel his seeds inside her, even if she wouldn't get pregnant. By the time Jaune seemed to finally cool down, Pyrrha was sore from the waist down. But she loved it. As it was approaching Jaune's time limit, he told Pyrrha that he would need to hibernate for the next 48 hours to heal up. Pyrrha promised she would protect him while he slept. She felt her Aura reserves and polarity control grow much bigger after the mating. She felt she could have gone one-on-one against Cinder with the Fall Maiden powers and win. Of course, she reasoned that she was feeling this way was because of all the lovemaking she just had with Jaune.
She laid against the headboard of the bed with Jaune laying on her body, his head between her breasts. She smiled at him and played with his hair, but soon enough, somebody was knocking on the door, announcing to her that she had guests. She carefully laid Jaune's head on a pillow and got out of the bed. She put on a red robe and was about to answer the door when a voice called out, "It's me. Junior. I just wanted to know if young master is all right. All that fighting must've taken a lot out of him."
"He's fine," replied Pyrrha called through the door, "He needs his sleep, though. He just told me that he needed to rest for two days before coming back."'
Junior rubbed his chin behind the door, "All right. I'll keep Ozpin, Ironwood, Goodwitch, and Oobleck off for now. Nobody knows this place except for me. Don't open the door for anyone. There should be enough food to last you a week. I'll be back to pick you two up. Though Oobleck is really getting on my nerves. He wants to know more about dragons, and his only source is currently hiding." And with that, he left.
Pyrrha sighed as she took off the robe and then laid down next to Jaune's hibernating body. She turned on the holo TV to see the local news was on. The CCT was still down, so communications to the other kingdoms were down. However, local broadcast and wireless functions were still functioning. As some of the news broadcast was about General Ironwood calling in reinforcements from the nearest fleet to help the citizens of Vale and to try to get the CCT back up and running, most of it was all about the dragon that had showed up to destroy the Grimm dragon, as well as the missing hero Jaune Ryu-Long. Pyrrha smiled as she played with his hair again before planting a kiss on his head. She wouldn't be surprised if the world was talking about that now.
She was right. At Vacuo, people were talking about him and how strong he was. How he would always be welcomed here if he chose to. Several ladies were already discussing on how to seduce him to stay and give them strong children if he ever chose to visit. The headmistress of Shade was plotting on how to lure Jaune Ryu-Long to Vacuo, and possibly transfer to Shade.
At Mistral, there were songs and dances being written, dedicated to the hero. Within all the celebration, the Nikos family was getting drunk with happiness. Their daughter/niece, Pyrrha Nikos, was alive, thanks to Jaune Ryu-Long. Many of their coworkers were already asking if Pyrrha was dating Jaune, to which they happily replied yes. It was only when Hephaestus managed to lure Leonidas and Golga into his private forge room where nobody would overhear them that he spilled the secret. That Jaune needed multiple mates due to special circumstances he refused to say. He told them that they needed to talk to Jaune themselves for more details.
Leonidas' first reaction was to grab his spear, sword, and shield and challenge Jaune to see if he was worthy. Surprisingly, it was Golga who managed to calm him down, stating that Pyrrha had been waiting for Jaune for so long after their first meeting, that it was bound to happen. Not to mention that their uncle Zeus had his own little harem, and according to Hephaestus, Jaune's was justified while Zeus' wasn't.
"Fine," growled Leonidas, "But we're taking the first flight or ship to Vale as soon as possible!"
At Atlas, Jacques Schnee was reviewing over the footage of Jaune Ryu-Long. Watching him win his battle against ARLN. Watching summon the mighty dragon. Looking at him saving Pyrrha Nikos from what seemed to be certain death.
"My daughter claims to be dating him, and yet it seems to me that Jaune Ryu-Long and Pyrrha Nikos are an item. So which begs the question, is she lying to me, along with Winter? Or is there more than meets the eye?" mused Jacques out loud as he drank his tea.
"Perhaps she's in a harem, sir," suggested Klein, causing Jacques to spit out his tea, choking on what he had already inhaled.
"What!?' rasped Jacques, "She wouldn't put herself in such a position... would she?"
"Something you should ask," replied Klein, "You did tell her to try to date him."
Jacques grew paler than he thought he could before standing up.
"Klein! I need-"
"Already have your private jet ready, Master Jacques,"
"Good," complemented Jacques, "Have my son Whitley come with us. This will double up as a family meeting."
At the said room, Whitley was throwing a tantrum. How could that damn man win? He had not received any contact from Cinder, so he had to guess she was dead. If she was dead, then his plans to have his 'dear' sisters removed from their position so he would be the heir was ruined. He looked over the footage again on his own television. How saw how Jaune Ryu-Long was hugging the hot Pyrrha Nikos. He gritted his teeth on that. He had requested her to be one of his 'play toys', but Cinder had denied him, saying they needed her to make a statement. He was free to choose the other choices on a list she had given him.
Whitley scrolled down the list, looking at it. There were quite a few eye-catching Huntresses. He saw one that was younger than the others and made his decision.
"Somehow, I'll take you," whispered Whitley. The Scroll was showing an enlarged image of Ruby Rose.
Dun Dun DUNN! Cinder be dead! Whitley is now interested in Ruby Rose. What will happen next!? Thanks for reading. Review if you can.
As stated, this story is not complete. It won't be for a while. I think my end game will be around their 3rd year. I'll have to see how I plot this out. I'll borrow some elements from Volume 4, but not a lot. Now for the bad news. Since I have to plot this out, I might have to take a small hiatus on how I'm going to do this. Technically, I have 6 chapters plotted out after this already, all with random sidenotes. But I do need to make corrections and etc. That being said, you can all still expect the next chapter up around Friday morning.
I've had requests saying KILL VLAD! I might, I might not. Haven't decided his fate yet. I could play a spin on him for later chapters, but for now, he's alive. Plus, I could make him use all his connections to get out of jail and live, though poorly and disgraced.
After that, I will be taking a week to maybe two weeks break from writing this story. I promise I'll be back, but I do need a break. All depends on how my muse works for me. So far, it's been pretty efficient.
The Lemon section for Pyrrha will be posted on a new story, Jaune of Lemons. Every time there's going to be a lemon scene, it'll be posted there. Being honest, this really should have a T rating.
On a side note, I wrote a one-shot again using the same scenario with my other Jaune one shots, this one being... Jaune of Lantern! Go check it out for fun. Putting a poll whether to combine all my Jaune oneshots into a single story. Being honest, I was considering writing a Godzilla Rwby fanfic, only to discover someone already did it. So I threw that idea away.
Other than that, hope you've enjoyed the story so far. I have lots more to come still! I might do a Q&A A/N on the next chapter. Review if you can! I eat them for fuel for my muse!
And Finally, I'd like to thank UGX7, TheMischieviousPuppy, and Jauneforever once more as my beta readers! UGX7 as chief editor for making edits on any grammatical errors while helping improve the style of writing, TheMischieviousPuppy for being chief editor, though a little below UGX7 as he's really good at that part, and pitching out random ideas, and Jauneforever for glancing through the whole thing as a whole to see if it flows right.
Also, celebrating the fact LordHellPhoenix, a fellow writer and friend, has hit 1k follows on his story Jaune Arc: The Elemental Swordsman