Chapter 1: Branwen
Guest: Ice Queendom is "canon adjacent" which someone has said is more akin to "Schrödinger's Canon" which tells me that it's Canon but also not Canon. Also, I find it hard to believe that Ozpin, the guy that's been living for thousands of years and one of the smartest people on Remnant was fooled by Jaune's Transcripts, hell how were both Ozpin and Glynda fooled!?
SchizoAss: Trust me, we'll see their reactions when Jaune returns from his journey, which will be the 2nd half of this story. As for more show and less tell with certain details, I will work on it. Promise.
Robbeeyy: Well, As I said, I'm putting Jaune as well as the characters that will join him on his adventure, through the wringer, which means I'll be putting them through both Physical and Emotional pain, I mean lord have mercy the amount of pain and sadness these characters are going to go through... it won't be easy. But Jaune will sort of be his goofy, kind, and loving self but not completely, trust me.
Gonsmoss: I understand your concern with the characters, Raven is Hypocritical by nature making her a hated character and in a way a coward, as for Oscar I understand the whole thing about Oz, but I'm trying to flesh out his personality based on what I assume he would be like without Ozpin which I hope fits him for when he enters the story. As for your suggestions, I will be mostly doing bittersweet endings for when certain arcs in the story end. I have also come to realize that you are right, it wouldn't be right to gloss over the realism of a Huntsmen job, so yeah, I'll be adding some darker tones to the story. Jaune's Semblance will change but not complete 180 as you suggested, I still want it to be powerful in a way, but also not be something OP or something that seems broken. As for adding Hazel or Tyrian, if they do show up, I want them to show just how far Jaune is from his actual dreams of being a huntsman if they showed up, and Jaune fought them, it would be like the Battle Beast fight in Invincible. RWBYNPR won't get much focus for the first half of the story, but I can safely tell you I won't be the same thing as some other stories, sure there will be some major tension, but nothing too bad, in fact, Blake will play an important part in the 2nd half of the story.
Edit: So far, this story has two halves, the 1st half is "Jaune's travels" and the 2nd half is "Return to Beacon". Jaune's Journey will take him from Mistral to Atlast to Vacuo before returning to Vale. With each Kingdom, Jaune will get someone to join his party.
Chapters 1-5 which will be called the "Branwen Act" is where Jaune will get his first friend and follower along his journey.
Chapters 6-11 which will be called the "Pine Act" is where Jaune will get his second followers along his journey.
Chapter 12 is the beginning of what is going to be called the "Spider Act" but is still a work in progress.
So far, 3 acts of the first half of the story have been planned out but many more are on their way that will involve people and things like Fiona, May M, Winter, Jaques, Willow, Whitely, Marrow, Carmine, Sun, and Velvet.
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In a small Village in south Anima, Jaune Arc was buying supplies from a local shop after a long trip on a boat from Vale's docks to Anima's only open docks, which happened to be down south.
"That's one tent, a sleeping bag, a 12 pack of MREs, and a small survival kit," said the clerk, "All that will be 110 Lien,"
Jaune looked in his wallet and found the cash he needed and handed it to the clerk, the clerk took it and saw that there was some changed and handed it to Jaune and he took it. Jaune thanked the clerk and took what he bought outside and began packing it all up.
Thankfully his backpack wasn't full and he could fit the MREs and the survival kit inside. As for the tent and the sleeping bag, he was able to strap the sleeping bag to the front of the backpack and hook the tent to the bottom. With all that done, he got everything he had and prepared to make his way to Shion.
Jaune planned to get some supplies here in the village, make his way to Shion and pick up some more supplies, and travel along the road and get some experience, both in survival as well as fighting Grimm, his first major destination was Mistral, and then eventually making his way to Argus to visit his sister and her family for a bit. Once the visit was over he'd travel to Mantle and see about taking a trip to Atlas Academy, see if he could train there for a bit, and then after that, he'd make his way to Vacuo, a place he hadn't been but he had heard a lot about it and the people that live there.
He didn't know how long he would stay in each kingdom, but he would do his best to stay in each country, gain experience from his time there, and enjoy the culture there.
However, he wasn't going to leave the village just yet and managed to find a motel where he was going to rest for the night and then leave right in the morning.
Once Jaune made his way to his room and unlocked the door with a key he was given, turned on the light and he walked in, it was a one-bedroom room with a shower and a Tv, which wasn't bad. He smiled and entered the room and quickly set his backpack to the side and closed the door and locked it behind him, and then he unbuckled his belt that held Crocea Mors and set it on a small table, and he let out a heavy sigh and sat on the bed, and he wondered what the others at Beacon were doing.
"it's gotta be night by now, right?" Jaune asked himself, "I wonder if Ruby's staying up late and reading comics again, or if Ren is meditating, or maybe Nora's bugging him so much he can't focus," Jaune began with a smile, "I... I wonder if Pyrrha's on the roof?" He said
That thought made him feel terrible. Pyrrha had offered to train him and he promised he would do whatever it took to earn his spot at Beacon, but now... now in a way he failed. He got kicked out. He was no doubt branded a cheater and faker. He was a terrible person in the eyes of his friends now. He was-
"No, no, no, stop thinking like that," Jaune said, shaking his head and cutting off his thoughts, "I should just get some rest,"
With a heavy sigh, Jaune took off his armor and then his shoes and went to turn off the light and lay back down, looked up at the ceiling, and relaxed, and after a while, he drifted off to sleep.
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The next day, Jaune set forth on his way to Shion, which he estimated would take him five to six days, and once he was there he would need some money to take a Bullhead to Mistral, which means that he was going to have to also stay in Shion for a few days or maybe more to earn some Lien and be able to afford a ticket. He hoped that Shion had some work for him to do, even if wasn't Huntsmen-related work, Lien was Lien after all.
As Jaune continued to walk along the road, which already felt like hours even though he was sure it was more like 20-30 minutes. However, as he continued to travel along the road, he couldn't help but feel he was being watched, he had made it a good distance away from the Village by now, and as far as he could see every time he turned around, there was no one tailing him, but that didn't stop him from feeling watched.
'Maybe I'm just being a little paranoid' Jaune thought 'It's been a while since I've been alone, the last time I was by myself and traveling is when I ran from home,' Jaune thought with a small smile.
Thinking about his time before going to Beacon he smiled, He remembered how he first came to Vale City and how he thought it was so different then Argus, he remembered the Motel he stayed at for a bit as well as his first job at the book store in Vale.
As he remembered the happy memories of his time before and during Beacon, Jaune continued walking for hours. Eventually, he came across a fork in the road, but thankfully, there was a road sign that pointed in the direction of certain towns, Jaune looked to see two signs. One that was pointing to the road on the left said "Kaion" and the other one that was pointing to the right said "Shion", which made Jaune smile, knowing he was going on the right path, however before he could take the path on the right, a gunshot rang out and acting quickly, he ducked.
"Son of a Bitch!" came a strange voice from behind Jaune
Jaune quickly got up and looked behind him only to see two figures emerging out of the woods, one guy who appeared to be in his early 20s and a teenage girl that seemed to be around his age.
The teen girl had tan-colored skin, short brown hair in a pixie cut, and icy blue eyes, and Jaune noticed that she had a tattoo of a bird rising from flowers on her left arm. She wore a light brown vest with dark brown panels on the top and a dark brown buckled strap on the back, over a torn white shirt that was partially unbuttoned revealing what appeared to be a black bra, alongside a collar that appears to be slightly turned up behind her neck. She wore maroon-colored jeans with the right side rolled up to her thigh revealing the dark pink lining alongside a brown belt with a pouch attached to the right side. She also wore dark brown calf guards with one having a garter-styled strap that went under her rolled-up pant leg, and she wore a pair of beige and dark brown lace-up boots with folded over sides, showing over the white lining accompanied by a pair of maroon socks that partially covered her calf guards. On her hands, she wore a pair of dark brown fingerless gloves, and lastly, she wore a narrow dark brown choker strap around her neck. He also noticed she had two Pistols holstered to her sides
Jaune then turned to look at the man, who had a gun in his hand and who Jaune figured was the one who shot at him, he was a skinny man with long dirty blond hair and gray eyes, and he has stubble around his mouth. He wore a dark blue and gray jacket with torn sleeves over a long-sleeved shirt, a red bandana around his neck, and a shoulder pad on his right shoulder, and wore a pair of brown pants with brown boots, and he also wore a pair of brown leather fingerless gloves.
The teen girl looked over at the man with a smug smirk, "Nice shot Shay," she said
The man, now known as Shay, glared at the teen girl, "Shut it Vernal! He just got lucky!" cried Shay
The teen girl, now known as Vernal, kept smirking and just ignored Shay and turned to him. "What's your name?" She asked
Jaune swallowed his nerves and looked at Vernal, "Jaune Arc," Jaune told her, "And you?" He asked
"I'm Vernal Branwen," Vernal told him, "The shitty shot over there is Shay D. Mann," she told Jaune with a gesture of her thumb
'That girl is a Branwen!?' Jaune thought to himself, he knew that name, anyone who visited or lived on Anima knew the name Branwen, it was the name of a notorious bandit tribe. "So you guys are Bandits," Jaune told them,
Shay smiled, "Yeah," Shay began, "So you can guess what we want," Shay said
Jaune looked at Shay and he felt a familiar feeling radiating off of the man, it wasn't the feeling of Jaune somehow knowing the man, it was more like... he reminded him of someone. The more Jaune thought about it, he finally pieced it together, Shay reminded him of Cardin, but there was a difference between the two. Both were cocky and no doubt thought highly of themselves in a sense, however, the difference was that Cardin had the power to back it up while Shay... well it was easy to tell that without that gun, he wouldn't act so tough.
He then looked over to Vernal and felt a different feeling from her, she also had a pair of pistols holstered to the side, but they looked much different than normal ones, letting him know that they might be Mecha-shift weapons and that Vernal might be trained.
"And If I don't hand over my things?" Jaune asked, in a serious yet nervous tone.
"Well then I got a question," Shay began, as he smirked and raised his gun at Jaune, "You feelin' lucky punk?" Shay said
Jaune thought about how he could escape the situation, however, he had a feeling he couldn't, if he tried to run, they would shoot and while his aura could protect him, they would ruin his gear, and he simply couldn't hand over his things as he was sure they'd still try to kill him.
Jaune sighed and he began to unhook his backpack from his shoulders.
"Heh!" Shay said, as he lowered his pistol and turned to Vernal, "Look's like this one's gonna be easy!" Shay declared.
However, Shay didn't know that this was part of Jaune's plan, as once Jaune set his backpack on the ground, he quickly pulled Crocea Mors out of its sheath and activated his shield, and ran at the male bandit.
Shay didn't even notice until he felt the weight of Jaune's force and his shield ramming into him and sending him back and landing on his back and knocking him out. Vernal was surprised by the sudden attack, but acted quickly and went for her pistols, however, Jaune knew this was going to happen and quickly turned around and still held his shield in front of him, just as Vernal aimed her pistols at Jaune and fired at the blonde knight.
As the Bullets hit Jaune's shield, he stood his ground before he charged at Vernal, and seeing him running at her, she quickly stopped firing and stepped out of the way, dodging his charge. once he was missed, Vernal didn't miss a beat, as she quickly aimed her gun at Jaune, and shot him in the shoulder, but while he staggered, his Aura protected him. Jaune shook off the shot and looked at Vernal and took a fighting stance as did Vernal, her pistols still pointed at him.
Vernal looked at him with a glare, 'He's got Aura, and has some training, could he be a huntsman-in-training? But what the hell is one doing out here?' Vernal asked
Jaune examined Vernal with a glare as he still held up his shield, 'She's quick on the draw, way more than Ren, not only that, her reactions are sharp, she's got training,' Jaune thought 'I better be careful, one slip up and she'll wear me out and break my aura,'
Both stood tall, wondering who was going to be the first to attack, both waiting to either act or react. Vernal then decided to be the first to act and quickly fire her weapons. Jaune quickly blocked the shots with his shield and backed up, Vernal kept firing until she was out, which quickly spelled bad news for her as she backed up and dropped the magazines from her pistols, and tried to quickly reload, but Jaune knew no more shots were being fired and quickly charged at her, ready to bash and send her to the ground.
Vernal saw him charging in once again and due to feeling rushed, she only managed to load one of her pistols and fired a single shot at him. The bullet hit Jaune right in his lower left side, and he felt the force of the shot and felt slight pain, but he ignored it and still charged in. Vernal growled and waited for him to close in, and once he did and pushed his shield forward, trying to bash her, but she side-stepped the attack and delivered a side kick to the back of his leg, causing him to fall to one knee and Vernal quickly aimed her gun right at his head.
Vernal smiled as she looked down at Jaune, "Got ya," She said, "You give up Arc?" Vernal asked
Jaune looked to his side to see the barrel of Vernal's gun, but he didn't seem to look scared, and taking a huge gamble and also thinking on his feet, he quickly raised his sword, and with the pommel of Crocea Mors, he struck the bottom of Vernal's wrist, causing her to wince and drop her gun, she backed up only to be kicked out from under her feet and she fell backward and onto her ass. Vernal growled and looked up only to see the point of Jaune's blade in front of her and sort of smirked.
Vernal growled and glared at him.
"Look, I don't wanna hurt you," Jaune said, "I just wanna make my way to Shion in peace, so if you're willing, we can just go our separate-"
However, Jaune didn't get to finish his sentence as a figure burst from the trees and delivered an extremely powerful kick to Jaune's stomach, and the young knight was sent flying back and tumbling across the ground like a small rock.
Seeing who it was Vernal was surprised but also embarrassed, as it was her leader who had just saved her. The infamous Raven Branwen, wearing her signature Grimm mask stood in front of her and looked at the young blonde teen who was slowly getting up, before turning around and looking down at Vernal.
"Are you alright, Vernal?" Raven asked, her tone neutral, no ounce of concern was to be found in her voice.
Vernal looked down in shame, "I-I'm fine..." Vernal said
"Then stand up," Raven said
Vernal was slightly angry and ashamed of herself, knowing she had seemingly disappointed her leader and the person she looked up to the most, she stood up and looked at Raven, who was looking back at her. Vernal was a little confused as to why Raven was here, but ignored it and looked over Raven's shoulder and saw the young man stand up and look in their direction.
When Jaune stood up, he groaned in slight pain from the kick he received. He looked back over to Vernal, he saw the new figure that was responsible for kicking him in the gut.
She was a woman who was a bit taller than Vernal. Jaune couldn't see her face or eyes due to the Grimm mask, but she had long black hair that was just as long as Yang's hair. She wore a v-neck black and red wrap style top with a black pleated skirt that has black shorts underneath. A series of beaded necklaces were around her neck, a red obi sash around her waist alongside a red tasset wrapped around her waist that carried her weapon's sheath, and attached to it was a long black object that was either fur or feathers, with a red and white bandana material like hanging from behind her. On her forearms, were a pair of bear red armored gauntlets that protrude outwards and black fingerless gloves, and she wore a pair of black mid-thigh high boots, that had armor plating with red splatter patterns and black heels.
Jaune looked at the woman only for the woman to look back at him, and he felt an overwhelming sense of danger, and in an instant, Jaune saw her appear right in front of her and stab him in the neck!
Jaune's eyes widened, but when he looked in front of him and to his surprise and utter shock... The woman wasn't there. There was no blade in his neck, and to make sure, Jaune touched his neck and felt nothing.
No wound.
No blood.
No blade had pierced his throat.
'W-What was that...?' Jaune asked as a few beards of nervous sweat fell down his forehead, 'I-I could've sworn she had stabbed me...' Jaune thought, gulping in fear.
"Boy," The woman called out to him, "What is your name?" she asked
The woman's voice held authority and power, and yet... every nerve and every bone in Jaune's body told him that this woman was immensely dangerous. Jaune gulped once again and looked at the woman. "Jaune Arc," Jaune told her
"An Arc... how curious," Raven muttered to herself, "Your father... is he Nicholas Arc?"
Jaune was shocked to know that this woman knew his father, "He is..." Jaune said with a questioning look, "How do you know that?" Jaune asked her
Raven however didn't respond to the boy's question but stayed quiet for a little while, confusing both Jaune and Vernal. Raven's sheath spun for a little before it stopped, and once it did, the Bandit leader then unsheathed her red sword, known as Omen, and then pointed it at Jaune. When the blade was pointed at the young blond teen, he felt the urge to run away from the fight that was no doubt about to take place, however, he tried to steel his nerves as best as he could, he was not gonna run and be stabbed in the back.
"Will you surrender and be robbed? Or will you fight and die young Arc?" Raven asked
Jaune gulped thrice, and took a fighting stance, thus, giving Raven her answer.
"Very good," Raven said, a hint of amusement in her voice
Without even missing a beat, Raven appeared right in front of Jaune, shocking the young knight. Raven pulled back her blade, intending on stabbing him, and seeing this, Jaune had a flashback to earlier when he thought Raven had stabbed him through the throat, so he quickly raised his shield to block the attack, and Raven had struck his shield, and the force was so great that the young Arc staggered back, which is all Raven needed and quickly swung her sword in an upward horizontal angle, slashing jaunce across the chest, but still only hitting his Aura. However, the result of such an attack put Jaune on his back.
Once again, Raven didn't even miss a beat as she turned Omen around and tried to stab Jaune while he was down, however, Jaune acted quickly and used his blade to redirect the hit, but to his surprise, her blade became engulfed in flame, and instead of stabbing him in the gut, the blade managed to bypass his aura and was able to stab his leg!
Feeling the pain, Jaune's eyes widened with shock, as he cried in pain. The pain was intense, more intense than any other wound he had before, as there was a burning sensation to the pain. However, Jaune pushed Aura through it to relieve as much pain as he could and tried to slash at Raven, but she jumped back and sheathed her blade, her sheath rotating once again before stopping and Raven's blade was no longer red, but blue.
Jaune stood back up as best as he could, but excruciating pain shot through his leg the moment he put weight on it. He took a few deep breaths to ease the pain and calm himself down, he looked over to Raven, examining her weapon and trying to figure out how it was able to bypass his Aura so easily.
'Her red blade lit on fire and once it stabbed my leg, it burned up, just like a fire dust crystal... meaning all of her blades are made of dust, and now her new blade is Yellow, meaning she might be using lightning dust,' Jaune thought to himself, 'But how was she able to bypass my aura? Weiss uses dust but I've never seen it bypass Aura, hell, even dust ammunition doesn't bypass aura, it just hits and we can still feel the force of it, which lets us feel the pain, but not get hit by it... so how the hell can this woman bypass my Aura? Could it be her semblance?' Jaune thought, trying to find an answer as to how Raven was able to stab him.
Raven knew that Jaune was trying to figure out how she was able to stab him, as his father had done the same when they had met once after her Beacon years.
'If he's anything like his father, he might not be able to figure it out at first, but he'll wise up sooner or later,' Raven thought, 'However... he doesn't have any of the same skill as his father did, he's good, but he's still got a long way to go,'
"I forgot to ask you something," Jaune began, "You know my name, but I have no idea who you are," Jaune said
Jaune hoped that a small conversation would buy him some time to figure out her weapon and figure out a way to counter it.
"I am Raven Branwen," Raven told Jaune, "I am the leader of the Branwen tribe,"
Hearing this, Jaune's eye's widened, realizing what he had just gotten himself into. Fear began to spread through his body, everyone in Anima knew Raven Branwen, she was a legend, known for her fights with other Huntsmen, fights that she had won over and over again.
Raven saw his reaction and could see the slight shaking of his blade, letting her know that fear was beginning to set in, and yet... he was smiling, a nervous one, but still a smile. Something Raven hadn't seen for a long time.
"W-Well ain't this just my luck," Jaune said still with that nervous smile.
"Are you going to give up?" Raven asked
Jaune was thinking and a part of him, a large part of him, was heavily considering dropping Crocea Mors and giving up. He was out-skilled, if he continued with the fight, he was going to die, that was the fact that Jaune was sure of.
Yet... He wasn't going to.
A small part of him, told him that he shouldn't run, that if he gave up, he was going to die and he was never gonna fulfill his dream, he was never going to be back at Beacon... He was never going to see his friends again.
That small part told him that he was a Huntsmen in training, he was an Arc! He wasn't going to let himself just be captured or killed! If he was going to die today, he was going to go out with a fight.
Jaune took in a deep breath, and then his nervous smile, went to one full of life, and his sword stopped shaking. This sudden change of behavior surprised Raven as well as Vernal, who was watching everything from the side.
"No, I'm not going to give up," Jaune told her,
"Then are you willing to die today?" Raven asked
Jaune shook his head, "I won't be dying," He replied, "See... I-I have to do something and I have people I want to see again, so until I do, I won't die," Jaune said, still with a smile.
'Is he that idiotic?' Vernal thought to herself, 'Or is this his arrogance showing?'
Raven knew better, shat Jaune was showing wasn't idiocy or arrogance, or even pride for that matter. It was conviction. Conviction to fight and live and not back down from death. Something that Raven respected in others.
"Very well then," Raven said.
She then appeared above Jaune and swung down at him, but Jaune blocked it with Crocea Mors, however, this was part of Raven's plan and she activated the dust blade and sent a shock through Jaune's body. Jaune cried in pain, as the shock spread through his body and he could feel his whole body tense up and frozen in place, and not letting the opportunity pass, Raven quickly took out another dust blade, this one a cyan color, and she thrust Omen through Jaune's side!
The shock was over, but Jaune grunted in pain, his eyes widened with fear, he dropped his shield, and he slowly looked down to see Raven's blade embedded in his side. Jaune then coughed up blood as he realized just how bad of a situation he was in, one part of him was in shock and was crying that he was screwed, the other part in disbelief.
His vision began to go in and out.
Jaune looked at Raven, he felt a mix of anger and sadness but glared at the Bandit leader. Still not wanting to go out without a fight, Jaune put all the strength he had into his sword arm and swung as best as he could at Raven, shocking the rouge Huntress, and causing her to back up, not realizing she had let go of Omen.
'Incredible!' Vernal thought, stunned by Jaune's last effort
Jaune growled and groan in pain, he looked to see Omen still embedded into his side, and knowing what had to be done, he grabbed the blade and pulled it out, pushing past the pain as tears ran down his face.
"AHHH!" Jaune cried as he pulled Omen out of his side and threw it to the floor.
Blood leaked out of his side and Jaune tried his best to push his aura into the wound to heal it as best as he could, but his vision blurred again and he felt dazed. but he refused to fall and did his best to stand up. But he knew that this was the end, he was going to black out and Raven or Vernal were going to finish him off.
Tears fell from his eyes, but a glare graced his features. "I... I can't die!" Jaune cried his tone a mix of anger and sorrow. "I still have to... see them!" Jaune cried once more
He gripped Crocea Mors and he stepped forward, walking towards Raven, much to her and Verna's shock, and they watched as Jaune took two more steps before he fell to one knee, seething in pain. He tried to get back up but the pain intensified and he cried one more.
'Get up! Get up, you idiot!' Jaune yelled at himself, tears falling from his eyes and the blood fell from his mouth and out of his wound. 'For once in your life don't fail! Get back up and fight! You can't die now! You made a promise to go back! You gotta get back up for them! I'm gonna see them again!' Jaune thought
He still tried to get up, but the pain shot through him, and he pushed past it.
'For Ruby!' Jaune thought
He slowly got on two feet.
'For Nora!'
He began to rise and put weight on both feet, even as the pain tripled.
'For Ren!'
He finally stood up fully and stood in front of Raven with a glare as blood leaked from his mouth and his face was full of rage.
'FOR PYRRHA!' Jaune cried to himself
Raven was stunned by just how strong the young knight had to be, pushing past such pain to still try and fight. However, Jaune didn't stand tall for long as all of his energy was used to push through the pain, and his eyes rolled into the back of his head and fell backward.
Seeing the opportunity, Vernal grabbed her gun and quickly went over to Jaune and aimed it down at the unconscious teen. But her hand was grabbed and she was stunned, but she looked to her left only to see that it was Raven who stopping her from finishing off the blonde boy, confusing her right hand.
"Don't" Raven said in a stern voice.
"But Raven-!" Vernal cried
"But nothing," Raven replied, "The boy has shown fearlessness, bravery, and his strength as well as his conviction... I think he'll be of use to us," Raven said
Vernal was shocked by what her leader had said, "What!?" Vernal cried "You can't be serious! You want him to be a part of the tribe! He nearly killed me!"
"He wasn't going to, he's still too soft to kill, but he proved his strength against you, he won, which is something not many in the tribe can say," Raven said, "Perhaps this is a wake-up call for you to resume your training, I know you've been slacking off as of late,"
Vernal wanted to protest but she knew raven was right, and that made her more angry and ashamed. He balled her unarmed hand and reluctantly moved her pistol away from Jaune's direction and holstered it.
"Good," Raven said, "Now, while I stop the bleeding, wake up Shay, and tell the fool that he'll be carrying Jaune here back home as his punishment for being so easily defeated," Vernal said
Vernal didn't respond but did as she was told. Rage, embarrassment, and shame filled her entire body, as she looked back to see Raven patching up Jaune, the very same boy the nearly killed her.
Vernal glared and gritted her teeth, 'What makes him so special that Raven wants him alive!? What use could someone like him have for the tribe!?' Vernal thought angrily to herself, 'One of these days' Arc... You're gonna regret pissing me off!'
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Oh man... this doesn't look good for Jaune, what could happen when Jaune wakes up and finds himself being held by a bunch of Bandits? It also seems that Jaune is on Vernal's bad side, this ain't gonna end well...
How was Jaune able to beat Vernal? Well, again, Vernal's well trained but as Raven stated, she was slacking, so she's a little rusty and doesn't have her signature pistols as she does in volume 5 as well doesn't have her Aura or Semblance unlocked yet. Speaking of Vernal's weapons, I might change them up a little, I mean I know RWBY makes up some interesting weapons, but Vernal's weapons baffle the hell out of me. This is weird because most of the time, I don't question the weapons of RWBY but there's just something with Vernal's that just seems odd to me.
Also, the updates/new chapters will be slow as this story is going to be deep and I want to explore its themes, characters, and relationships, closely.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed today's chapter!