AN: Okay a lot of people are getting confused by something. This is NOT Venom, this is NOT an insane Klyntar but a sane one. So anything you think might happened because of 'it happen to Venom' or 'How Venom did this in the comics', throw that out or your heads. It's most likely not happening. This is a totally different symbiote.
Symbiote Knight
Chapter 8: The New Jaune
It was Friday night at Beacon, normally when the students would be relaxing thankful for the weekend or going out on dates to enjoy their teenage years, a few getting all of their schoolwork done so they had the full weekend to themselves. Two students however were currently in the arena.
Pyrrha and Jaune were currently sparring against each other for their usual after school training. Normally they were on a specific balcony, but Pyrrha had to admit that his training had come along to the point that the balcony was just too small of a training area. She couldn't believe how fast Jaune had come so far.
It was more like he had a year of extra training somehow.
What she didn't know was just how close she really was to that statement, with the sleep training of his symbiote, Jaune had gained much more experience thanks to that. Also now fully being bonded the symbiote could help Jaune even more.
He could feel what Valor was trying to tell him without words, seeing what the symbiote wanted him to see and it felt like his reflexes were so much faster now.
Pyrrha for her part was actually feeling pressure from Jaune, when they first started he had trouble keeping his sword in his hand but now he was pushing her back. She actually had to put in effort not to face him. She was actually thinking of starting to use her semblance of magnetism, not fully but just a touch to keep him off balance.
She decided to test it out as Jaune went for a swing as she nudged it just a bit to slightly miss as she slammed her shield into him sending him onto his back. She grinned as she saw him roll with the landing and get back into a defensive crouch.
'Damn it, I thought I had her there,' Jaune thought as he slowly stood up as the two started to circle the other.
~You did, something moved the blade at the last second~
'Wait, what?' Jaune saw the memory replay from the symbiote's point of view as there had been this tiny black glow at the edge of his blade and the feel of it tugging the sword.
Jaune blinked as he thought what it could be as both he and the symbiote came to the same conclusion.
'Semblance~ both thought out.
Jaune didn't know what the semblance was of his partner, mainly because he never bothered to ask. He felt if she wanted him to know she could have said something by now. Maybe that was a mistake looking back on it. As team leader he really should know this kind of stuff. Still, what kind of semblance was it?
~Something that can move objects-high strike!~
'Thanks,' He thought back to block her attack and counter. 'Okay yeah moves things, so something like Glynda but something is missing. Why the blade and not something like my arm?'
~Maybe she can only move certain things or not living things~
'Okay yeah so I need to check, if I could only get rid of her shield to pressure her more.'
~I have an idea~
Pyrrha had no idea of the conversation going on in Jaune's head, but she was more focused on the spar. She could actually feel some sweat, granted this was their fifth spar of the night but he was getting better all the time. Maybe by the end of the year she could actually have some real competition.
The problem with her being so strong was that she wanted to go all out but no one could make her. Sure, she knew there had to be stronger people out there but no one in her generation. She stood alone and she wanted someone to stand with her. Then here came Jaune who stood with her without any skill or knowledge. He was so eager to learn that it reminded her of herself when she first started her training.
Jaune had started a slow increase but lately he had been going leaps and bounds. She looked forward to these little training sessions to see his improvement but that one day she could have someone as strong as her standing by her side. A true companion, someone that wouldn't make her life seem so lonely.
Well, that wasn't fair, she wasn't as lonely as she had been. Her team and friendships with Team RWBY had eased her loneliness but she also wanted a peer. Someone she could grow with and push her to be better.
Her thoughts were interrupted when Jaune lashed out with a spinning kick to her shield. She parried it and was ready to counter when she was surprised when the shield was ripped from her grip.
'How did!?' her thoughts had to change as Jaune was now on the offensive. What she couldn't have seen from her angle was that the symbiote had formed around Jaune's foot the moment it struck and 'stuck' to the shield as it gripped it and when Jaune's leg was pushed aside he went with it pulling it from her unexpected hand.
The red headed warrior was now down her shield, but she didn't let this moment get the better of her. She redoubled her efforts moving faster as Jaune was starting to struggle keeping up with her.
~She certainly is powerful, if she had one of my kind, she could be something truly legendary~
'Thinking of switching sides?' Jaune joked as she had turned her sword into a javelin keeping him from getting close.
~If you had rejected me, she was my next choice~
Jaune couldn't fault him for that, Pyrrha was just on another level than he was plus she was always so polite and nice.
Pyrrha actually had on a small smile as she found herself enjoying the moment. Jaune wasn't making this easy for her, but she saw a way to win. It would keep one of her cards she kept closer to her chest exposed to him but maybe it was worth it. She had placed them, so he was behind her shield on the floor. Keeping him off balance with the range of her weapon with her free hand she concentrated.
A black glow formed around it and her shield as he sailed back to her.
~BEHIND!~
Jaune ducked low feeling the shield fly by over his head.
"What the-?" he looked behind him out of reflex to where the shield had been. So, she could move objects.
~In front!~
Jaune turned and tried to get up and tried to put up a defense, but he was a second too late. The next thing he felt was her getting her leg behind his as she rammed her shoulder into him tripping him up onto his back and her sword now pressed against his chest.
Both teens were panting as they looked at each other as Jaune groaned and let his head drop. "I was doing so good too."
"You did more than good Jaune," She offered a hand as he took it and got helped up. "I can't believe you are at this level already, by the time the Vytal Festival comes around you'll be more than ready for it."
"You think so?" He asked as she nodded. "Cool. So, what's the Vytal Festival?"
She signed and rolled her eyes, but it was in a good nature way. "It's a special event. This year it's being held at Beacon where teams from the other three schools will compete against each other."
"Okay, that sounds like a big deal," he nodded wiping his brow his shirt was sticking to him with all the sweat. "I think I'm tapped for the night."
"Well we have been going for some time now," she nodded her head as she didn't want to push him too hard. "Still, I can't believe how fast you've improved lately."
"Oh-uh yeah, I just guess all the extra training is paying off." Jaune knew people were starting to notice the changes. His grades had been improving, not to mention his strength and skills. Granted it's not like people would instantly know he was getting help from Valor but still, it's not exactly easy to come out and say 'hey guys guess what? I've got an alien living in me for awhile now'.
Pyrrha didn't look like she believed him, the expression on her face told him she felt something was going on but didn't know what.
"So how did you move your shield like that?" Jaune quickly asked trying to change the subject. "Was that your semblance?"
"Oh, I suppose I can't hide that anymore," she smiled. "So normally I like to keep it hidden as it really helps when people don't know what I can do."
"Yeah, I felt it," Jaune swung his sword around. "At one point you moved my sword."
"You felt that?" She was honestly surprised by that. "I try to be subtle about it, so no one really notices."
"Guess I got lucky," He couldn't say that he did miss it but his symbiote certainly did notice. He had learned that symbiotes were very aware of the world around them, especially with the host bodies.
Putting his sword and shield away he looked back to her. "Well, I better shower and change, got early morning tomorrow with Yang and Nora."
"Ah yes the gym time," Pyrrha normally liked to go for a run in the morning, it invigorated her. Her first coach told her once that her morning runs must be like another person's morning coffee. Although she did spent time with Jaune like now she wouldn't mind some more time with him. "How is that going?"
"Oh great, both have been a real help, especially Yang. She really knows her stuff and she's even offered some hand-to-hand lessons if I want them." Jaune could take her up to see what he could learn, it was just that his symbiote was teaching him in their 'Dream Training' as he liked to call it.
~learning new styles never hurts, I know plenty from various worlds and species but none from this world~
Jaune thought that over, maybe he would take her up on it when they could find the time.
"Oh…that's nice," She felt the slight stab of jealously and wasn't sure if it was because he was getting help from someone else or from Yang. Sure, Yang was very pretty but she showed no interests in Jaune so she could feel better.
~I think she wants to join~
'Really?'
~She looks a bit…sad? No maybe just down?~
Jaune looked to see that the smile on her face didn't seem to reach her eyes. Was she feeling left out because he was training with someone other than her? She shouldn't feel like that, maybe if he offered he could see if she had advice to help with Yang's?
"You know there's no rule saying you can't join us if you want," Jaune spoke up.
"Really?" Pyrrha seemed to lighten up.
"Yeah, I mean Nora sometimes sleeps in so she gets there an hour later sometimes."
"Then I'll be happy to join you tomorrow."
-Next Day Beacon Gym, Early Morning-
Yang was stretching out in her usual black and yellow two-piece outfit for the gym. She had been surprised when Jaune said that Pyrrha would be joining them. That was fine by her, she was curious as to how the Mistral Champion trained, maybe she could pick up a few pointers herself.
Hearing someone come up from behind she cast a look to see said champion in black and red shorts with a red t-shirt with black lines on the side.
"Hey there, didn't Nora come with you guys or is she sleeping in again?" Yang smirked.
Pyrrha smiled and nodded. "We did try to wake her but sometimes Nora really likes her extra time in bed."
"Yeah, when I have a late night, I like to sleep in too, but sometimes I just need to do something in the morning to get my energy going."
The red head nodded again, "Yes that's why I like to go for a small jog in the morning."
"Cool, so why the change?" Yang honestly asked.
"Oh uh, well I just wanted to see how Jaune's training with you is going," She wasn't exactly lying she did want to see how his training with her was going, there was just a bit more to it.
"I think I might need some new gym clothing," Jaune came out as both girls looked at him. "I think this is getting tight in a few places."
Jaune could feel the t-shirt biting into his shoulders and into his biceps a bit. The shorts weren't too bad but if his thighs got bigger, it might be a problem. It wasn't too big of a different, but he might have to go up a little in size just to be safe. Plus, he preferred loose clothing, it was just more comfortable for him.
Yang had been noticing the changes in Jaune since they started but now looking at him, he certainly had changed. Granted he was always tall but now his body was filling out nicely if she had to say something about it. He wasn't so slim now and wasn't totally packing on the muscles, more of a nice balance between them.
'You know,' She started to think. 'If he would only cut that hair so you could see more of his face, he might not be so bad looking' Her eyes widened as she straggled that thought before it could bloom. 'Whoa there girl, ease off. This is Vomit Boy remember, you know, you little sister's best friend. No touchy.'
She cleared her thoughts blaming it all on the fact she hadn't had a single date since coming to Beacon. She was just busy and honestly while there were some good looking guys, the few she talked too weren't her type. Too many of the macho types and/or big egos, or they were the quiet types like Ren, who while a nice guy was too quiet for her taste.
Stepping up to Jaune to really give him a once over. "I swear Jaune this isn't normal, you shouldn't have gotten this buff already, especially since I've seen you eat, and you don't get enough protein for this."
Pyrrha tilted her head, now that Yang mentioned it, this was an unnatural growth in such a short amount of time.
"I-I don't know, I mean this is all new to me, maybe I'm just a natural?" Jaune tried to hide his panicking.
~Maybe I went overboard~
'Ya think!?'
~Too late now~
"I mean I also do combat training with Pyrrha would that help?" Jaune tried to throw them off the trail.
Yang thought about it for a moment. "Maybe…okay be honest with me here." She looked him dead in the eyes. "You're not using as you?"
"Using what?" he looked at her blankly.
"I don't think he would use steroids, Yang." Pyrrha defended him although a small part of him was starting to wonder.
"Oh, that's what you meant, no! I mean I don't even know where you would even get stuff like that."
Yang searched his eyes, but she didn't feel he was lying to her as she pulled back and sighed. "Good, I had to ask to be sure Jaune, no offense, this is just weird."
She went to pat his shoulder. "But it's good to know that-whoa!"
She felt the muscles on his shoulder and arm now.
"Yang?" Jaune wasn't sure what she was doing now.
"Holy crap these muscles feel almost like coiled steel." Yang felt how hard they were a lot harder than she thought they would be. "You sure you didn't buy something from some shady guy in an alleyway claiming to be selling 'vitamins'?"
"N-no nothing like that," he felt himself heating up from her touching him.
"Girl, you need to see this," Yang said to Pyrrha.
"Yang I don't think this is approp-eek," She was saying before Yang took her wrist and pulled her and placing her hand on Jaune's chest. "Oh my."
Her face soon was quickly matching her hair color as she felt the strong muscles under the shirt. She had seen them that day he stepped out of the bathroom but actually feeling them was something else entirely.
"Damn Jaune I don't know what your secret is but people would kill to have muscles this well-defined." Yang was so focused on her assessment she didn't notice the other two blushing.
~Are you sure you don't want to mate with these two?~
'Valor!'
~What? I can feel your attraction~
Jaune blushed further as he had to admit that yes, they were both very attractive girls in clothing that showed off a lot more skin than normally he saw them in and the clothing was very tight on them too. How nice their touches felt on him, the different smells coming off their hairs.
'Oh, please don't let me get an erection from this, think of something else, anything.'
~I fail to see why not just take them as mates, they seemed physically interested in you. In certain cultures what they are doing could be considered a mating ritual. In one culture this if them showing other females this is their male and to get their own~
'I can't take them both!'
~Ah yes, you said it 'doesn't work that way here', I fail to see why. Some species have no taboos with this kind of thing, granted others are so constrained that going against it is a capital offense. Some only take one mate for life, other races just seem to overly complicate these mating rituals. I'm glad we Klyntar don't even bother with any of this~
'Can we talk about this later?'
"I think we should get to working out," an embarrassed Jaune stated that snapped both girls out of it.
"Oh! Right, sorry about that got carried away," Yang smile scratching the back of her head while a small, embarrassed blush was forming. Pyrrha was so red that she just nodded and wanting something to distract her and maybe also feeling like she wanted to crawl into a hole somewhere for losing herself like that.
It took them all a bit to relax and get back into just working out. Nora did show up later and joined them helping them to relax a bit more with the awkward air still hanging around. Despite that everything was going well. Jaune actually did get a few pointers from Pyrrha's experiences.
Jaune was currently on the bench press as Yang and Nora were loading him up as Pyrrha spotted him.
"So how high do you want to try today?" Yang asked.
"Let's try for 120," He told them as he started away. He frowned as it felt too light already for him.
"What's wrong?" Nora asked seeing his face.
"It feels a bit light."
"Wanna go up?" Yang asked as he nodded. "Alright set it up and Nora let's get it to 140."
It was still too light for him, they ended up going to 180 lbs. Yang was impressed she could bench a full 200 lbs thanks to aura and then some, she was sure if she used her semblance after building it up it would skyrocket but that wasn't something she could train with. She tried a couple of times, didn't work out like she hoped.
By the end of their workout Yang had to admit it was nice having another person join in. "You know P-Money if you ever want to join us for a morning workout, you're more than welcome."
"Thanks, I may just do that," she replied toweling off some sweat. Normally she trained alone with the exception of professional trainers she had over the years. This felt more relaxing than those times, this was just her sharing an activity with her friends which was a totally different experience.
Yang was doing her cool down when she felt pain in her back and shoulders. She winced feeling it as she tried to stretch it out.
"You okay Yang?" Jaune noticed her extra stretching.
"Just the usual back pains I get." She sighed. "I swear I wish we had a hot tub, professional trainer or a masseuse on call or something."
"You get back issues?" He asked.
Yang pointed at her chest. "Yeah, when you got girls as big as I do, they constantly pull on your back and shoulder muscles."
Jaune blushed a bit having looked at where she had been pointing but quickly averted his eyes. Yang did notice and had a small smile, at least he didn't stare at her tits which was a plus in her books. Of course he looked but there was a major different between looking and staring at a girl.
"I'm sure Pyrrha gets them too, right?" Yang asked given that while the other girl wasn't as big as her, hers were still above average."
Pyrrha looked a little nervous admitting to something like that, especially with Jaune but she didn't want to lie so a little nod of her head. It was something that happened now and then, but she learned to live with it. Given how…big…Yang was she could only guess it happened more for the blonde girl.
The symbiote inside Jaune saw all this of course, he was more aware of the human body being bonded to Jaune although the female one had differences, there was countless species that the Valor could call upon to fill in any gaps in those differences.
~We could help out~
'We can?' Jaune listened to the symbiote's explanation, and he was really unsure about it. The Klyntar did say that Yang was in pain, and this would help.
He hated that the symbiote was using Yang's discomfort against him but being bonded meant while he knew what it was doing, it was doing it for good reasons as it just wanted to help. Working up the courage Jaune coughed.
"I, well, I could, you know, help, that is if you want, I don't want to think I'm pulling anything, and you're totally free to say no but." He was starting to ramble on a bit.
"What are you getting at?" Yang cocked an eyebrow pretty sure she knew where this was going but part of her wanted to tease him a little.
"I know of a few techniques that can help?" he offered.
Yang grinned at him. "Oh, so you want my permission to touch my body, normally a guy at least gives me dinner before they try that."
"It's not like that!" He blushed but then Yang snorted and gave a small laugh. "You're messing with me aren't you."
"A bit," Yang considered it. Normally she could give a flat no, but she knew Jaune and he wasn't the type to try anything. Pyrrha was also here, and he really wouldn't try anything with his own partner around. Plus, at this point she could use anything to help. She didn't want to spend the next few hours trying to relax with heat pads on her back.
"Screw it, if this can help, I'll do it but you better not be lying Jaune," She got off the bench she had be using and laid down on her stomach onto some nearby mats with resting her head on her arms.
"Well okay then," Jaune said sitting next to her.
'You sure about this?' he asked.
~Yes trust me, just let me take the lead~
Jaune relaxed as he felt his body move on its own as his fingers started to work on her neck and shoulders. Jaune could feel on the tips of his fingers the symbiote forming hidden from view as they pressed into her skin.
Yang hissed at first but then started to relax at the knots were slowly being worked on. She had to admit his touch felt very nice, it was like his fingers had tiny little hands or something working all at once. She knew that was insane but that's kind of what it felt like. Who knew that Jaune Arc had the magic touch? She would grunt or hiss at first with the new muscles being worked on but once he started she sighed as all the tension went away.
She even let out a few embarrassing moans but to hell with it, this was worth it. She totally lost herself as he worked her neck, her shoulders and then her upper back and lower back. He really seemed to know his way around making her think he had to have done this before. By the time he was done she was not only pain free she felt like she could just fall asleep right there on the mat.
"Oh, wow that feels so much better," She rolled onto her back. "Damn Jaune where did you learn that?"
"Just kind of picked it up," He scratched the back of his head not entirely lying as he had 'just picked it up' from his symbiote.
"You do this for Pyrrha too?" Yang asked.
"I've never asked him to," the red head had a bit of a blush thinking about it. Seeing Yang laying there during it all and the sounds she made, made Pyrrha wonder if she should ask him. It seemed that Yang certainly enjoyed herself.
"Do it, you don't know what you're missing," Yang finally sat up and stretched out. "Damn Jaune, can I count on you to help out again?"
"I, I suppose so, was it really that good?" Jaune was a bit nervous through it all and was glad Valor had complete control. His hand would have been shaking touching Yang like that. It didn't help some of the sounds she made also made him swallow during it.
"If you ever retire from being a Huntsman, take up being a masseuse," Yang stopped up as she felt so much better now. "Trust me, you'll have a line around the block with those fingers of yours. Your future girlfriend will be a very happy woman."
"You really think so?"
Yang nodded. "Oh yeah a guy that can do that with his fingers?" She blushed a bit as her mind was going to just what else he could do with his fingers than just say her back. She shook her head not wanting to entertain that road.
"A-anyways," Yang quickly went to get her water and towel. "We got our first team study session today, so we better not be late."
"Oh, right it's the first weekend since we came up with that," Jaune stood up.
"We better get ready then," Pyrrha nodded.
-Not long later, Beacon Library-
Teams RWBY and JNPR were seated around one of the large tables in the huge library that Beacon had. There were other teams here and there or just individuals that looked to be doing their own studying or working on projects.
The large table has many textbooks on it with notebooks and papers. Some are neat and organized while others are chaotically left about.
Ruby is looking at the algebra work, having skipped two years was starting to hurt her in some areas like this. They hadn't even gotten to this point at Signal before she jumped straight to Beacon. She was trying her best to figure out the problem, but all the operations were making her lose track.
She scribbled out her notes as she noticed it wasn't working and she had made a mistake long the way, where she had no idea. Looking at Weiss who was way ahead of her in the math part made the little reaper sigh. She wished she was smarter sometimes or at least had the same education.
"Weiss can you help me? I can't figure this out," She asked her partner sitting next to her as she showed her the problem.
Weiss cast a quick look at it. "It's just algebra, what's the issue?"
Ruby sunk a little in her chair. "The issue is I never learned this before coming here."
Weiss blinked about to ask why she hadn't when she suddenly remembered that Ruby was two years younger than everyone else. She hadn't even thought what that really meant until this moment, had she been struggling with schoolwork because of the knowledge gap?
"Didn't they give you anything to catch up in the break before school started? A tutor or anything?" Weiss asked.
"No, I was just given the offer, said yes, we got the forms in the mail not long after and then here I am." Ruby explained.
"That seems highly irresponsible," Weiss stated simply and while the headmaster was a bit…unconventional did he expect Ruby to thrive over the challenge? Or was this yet another subtle lesson in teamwork? He could have just forgotten but she hoped it wasn't the last one.
Yang looked up hearing this conversation as she was working on and English assignment. "Now that you mention it, that is kind of weird they didn't give her any study material to help catch up."
Weiss sighed and she looked at the problem and started to explain it as the teachers did. She only got halfway before she noticed that Ruby's eyes had lost focus. "Ruby! Are you paying attention?"
"I'm trying! I really am!" She told her. "It's just all new and hard to understand."
Weiss crossed her arms, if she thought this was hard, she should have lived with all the tutors her father forced her to take. They expected results and if Weiss didn't get them, then she was given even more work to finish before she could stop. There were nights she didn't get to sleep until it was well into the night and her hand hurt from all the writing she had done.
Then she had to learn things like etiquette, dance, along with singing and her swordsmanship. She had gone through all of that, and Ruby was complaining about one little math problem? It irked something inside of her. She could feel a biting remark on her tongue before Jaune of all people spoke up.
"Maybe I can help with that? I know of a few tricks that makes is easier to understand." He offered.
"Please, I'll take anything at this point," Ruby begged. She really didn't want to fall behind in her studies in her first year. She was afraid that they would think she wasn't ready and be sent back to Signal.
Jaune got up and around the table as he looked at the problem. He had been struggling a little with this before he met Valor but thankfully his alien partner could make it so much simpler in how to do the problem. It was thanks to that help that Jaune felt he had a better understanding. So, he tried to teach Ruby the simpler method of how do to this kind of math. He took his time and asked if she had any questions as he did his best to answer them. Any holes in his knowledge Valor was able to help fill in.
Weiss stopped her own work as she couldn't help but look at the two of them. While his explanations were very simplistic, they did seem to be effective as Ruby started to slowly get it.
Her earlier assessment of Jaune possibly cheating was now thrown out, if he could help Ruby with her homework then that wasn't the case. Still, had he always been this bright? She hadn't noticed anything but then again, she had been actively ignoring him. Had she just not seen this side of him because of that? Thinking back, she had no real memories of Jaune's abilities in class until recently. There were a few memories of some very wrong answers, simple ones that anyone who had trained to be a Huntsman should have known.
Had he been playing the fool?
No, his personality seemed to be genuine. Again, more questions without proper answers.
"Oh, thanks Jaune that's much easier to understand now," Ruby happily looked at her math question as now it started to make sense to her.
"Just trying to help out a friend," Jaune smiled at the younger girl.
"Uh…maybe you can help me too then," Nora bit her lip she had been listening in and she could also use the help. Jaune made it sound simpler and easier to understand.
"Sure thing Nora," Jaune walked over.
Weiss' eyes followed him as he went to help his teammate. And she wasn't the only one, Yang noticed him helping her little sister and was grateful for it. Who knew Jaune was such a dependable guy? Plus she still remembered his hands on her body and she shivered a bit. She quickly went back to work trying to focus on something else.
Pyrrha looked at him kindly but also slightly confused. She was proud he was so helpful to others but at the same time she was sure he used to struggle with the same problems. Did he get help from someone else? She didn't think so, or else they would have noticed it unless he was keeping it secret from them. In fact, a lot of about Jaune had been off lately.
First the strange change in diet, then him increasing his personal training with Yang and studying more. His sudden increase in skills when they sparred together was another odd piece that was showing up. Should she talk to him about it? But what if it was nothing? Yang had already pressed him on performance enhancers and while she didn't say anything it would explain a little.
But she knew Jaune enough to know he would never take such illegal methods, she knew full well growing up how under pressure some athletes were. In her second year as Champion one of her competitors had been found out and banned for using illegal drugs. The signs had been clear to see but Jaune didn't show any signs so far. If he had she would have seen them given how close, they all lived.
She was sure that if there was something going on then he would at least tell her when he felt the time was right.
"Oh hello Jaune," the familiar voice of Velvet spoke up getting the table's attention. Over the past week the girl and her team were friendly to Jaune and to his friends in return. In fact all of Team CFVY were with the bunny Faunus girl.
"Hey Velvet, you guys studying too?" Jaune asked.
"Oh yeah," Coco rolled her eyes behind her shades. "I swear some of the teachers love making large projects for the weekend to keep us all busy."
"How big we talking?" Yang asked curious.
"A retrospective history on one of the four kingdoms, from inception to current days," Fox sighed.
"Ouch," Nora winced. "Is that what we got to look forward to when we get to your year?"
"Yep," Coco nodded. "You know, we should be done this today and have tomorrow off, the offer for team JNPR to spar with us is still open if you want to set it up tomorrow."
Jaune looked to Pyrrha, Nora and Ren, he didn't see any objections.
~Training with other teams will be helpful to gain new tactics against more experienced fighters~
Valor did have a point, "What do you guys say?" Jaune asked.
"Oh, I'm so in," Nora grinned.
Ren nodded his head. "I think the experience would be enlightening."
"Well, everyone else is agreed to it, so why not?" Pyrrha spoke up.
"I guess you got yourself a match," Jaune scratched the back of his head.
"Sure thing," Coco nodded she was interested in what the team with Pyrrha on it would be able to pull off. After all the girl was practically a legend already and she was a first year. Plus, she was super easy on the eyes. Normally Coco liked to keep school and social fun separate, it avoided so much drama at school that way, but for Pyrrha is she swung that way, she would consider breaking that little rule of hers.
Although given how close she seemed with Jaune, how she sat next to him, little things like how she paid attention to him and how she looked at him. Coco was starting to wonder if maybe something might be going on. Then again Jaune looked either oblivious or not interested. Both gave the fashionista huntress in training ideas.
"Okay," Velvet pulled out her scroll. "Let me get your number and I can give you the time when we decide on it."
Jaune pulled out his own as they exchanged numbers.
Coco grinned as an idea to tease her partner entered her mind. "Wow, I got to remember that one Vel, you got the boy's number so easily, you going to call him up for other reasons now?"
Both teens blushed at her implied insinuation.
"It's not like that!" Velvet said a little too loudly noticing people looking she clamped her hand over her mouth as her bunny ears dropped slightly. "Coco, I'm just trying to make friends with him, he was nice to me, and you know how being a Faunus can make that hard at times."
No one noticed Blake shifted uncomfortably by this comment.
"Yeah, I mean I would like to be friends," Jaune scratched the back of his head. "I mean most of my friends at Beacon are girls."
Everyone in all three groups looked and counted that only Ren was the only other boy in the group between JNPR and RWBY.
"Huh…I didn't notice that," Blake spoke up for the first time she like Ren liked to keep to the back of group talks. She never really thought about it until this moment.
"Damn Arc, I didn't realise you were drowning in…girls," Coco was about to say pussy but changed it last second. "You trying to bring in Vel into your harem?"
"Hare-uhm, no! I mean, I don't even have a girlfriend, just because I'm surrounded by pretty girls doesn't mean I'm dating them." Jaune told her in a panic.
"Not for a lack of trying with a certain someone," Yang teased looking at Weiss. "Also, you think we're all pretty?"
She smiled and leaned forward teasing him as he seemed at a loss for words at that.
Coco grinned, she just might like this blonde girl. "Also are you saying Velvet is pretty?"
"Coco!" Velvet blushed she wished that Coco would stop teasing her like this. She started to push the shorter leader of their team gently to get her moving. "We have to go now, bye!"
"Aww, but you didn't hear his answer," Coco teased.
"Sorry about her she's…yeah that," Fox sighed.
"Coco likes to tease others but not in a malicious type of way," Yatsuhashi stated with a short nod to them. "We look forward to tomorrow."
"Well, that was something," Ruby stated.
"Yeah, it was," Jaune fell into his seat his face red as he placed his face in his hands. Maybe if he shut out the world the world would just not be there.
"Let's get back to studying then" Pyrrha said as she could see how embarrassed and uncomfortable Jaune was. She was trying to give him a way out and they could move on.
Jaune did feel some comfort coming from Valor, he just wished sometimes he was a bit more of a smooth talker.
'Hey, you think you can help with that?'
~I can do many things, that you might be on your own. I could increase certain chemicals in your brain, but it would change your personality~
'Okay let's not do that then,' He really didn't like the thought of becoming someone else so suddenly. 'Wait…you can alter my brain?'
~To a certain point, too much would go against the values of working with the host.~
'What else can you do that I don't know about?'
~There are a few things, I've dealt with the build up of plaque in your heart, cleaned out your kidneys and liver, you were eating a lot of sugar growing up so I've settled those levels back to normal~
Jaune guess Pyrrha was right, that cereal wasn't good for him.
~I could increase your pheromones if you wanted me to~
'Wait, isn't that the stuff that attract animals?'
~Yes, and you all have them too.~
Jaune thought about it as he cast a look to Weiss. 'You think you can make Weiss more attracted to me that way?'
~Maybe, I could increase it, but it would not be targeted and it depends on the person. If the person is not attracted to you, it might make them more curious but nothing more. It only gets the food in the door so to speak. Also, you will attract the attention of others~
'Did you ever do that for another host?'
~Once~
'What happened?' Jaune wasn't sure why he was feeling a bit of dread with it.
~He wanted to see what would happen if I max it out. He was swarmed by women and it got to be too much and desperately asked me to turn it back. It still left him with a social mess to deal with and also some of the women had mates so that was another issue to deal with. He had to lock himself up for five days until he was back to normal levels~
'Okay let's not go crazy then,' Jaune felt the horror of what would happen if every girl on Beacon decided they wanted him. At first it sounded nice until you remembered these were teenage girls training to be huntresses with deadly weapons. Not a good mix if fights were going to break out.
Well, Jaune learned something new about the symbiote could do to his own body, he wondered what else they could do together. He hadn't tried out training with that 'suit' he saw in the bathroom. Could he pass it off as a semblance maybe? He wasn't sure, he would have to do more research but if he could pass it off then they could really let loose in combat class and in training.
TBC…
