A/N: This was something that I wanted to try out and test, I'm not fully sure if I want to fully expand the story or just come up with small parts that would fit together to create the whole image, Comments and constructive criticism are welcome. if yall enjoy the premise and this chapter then I'll try to fully expand the story.
"DIVERT FULL POWER TO LEFT CORE"
"Left Core power level over 100%, Heat Level critical"
"EMERGENCY OVERRIDE, PUNCH THE POWER"
"lEft Core pOwER Override Complete"
"Augmented Use Recon Offence Reactor Armor, or as many know it as: Aurora, Is a piece of equipment that Pilots utilize to augment their physical strength in order to protect us from foreign threat like Grimms. As most of you already know, Aurora put a great deal of stress on the user. In order to offset the side effects of Aurora, Pilots undergo intense training."
"Aurora ,or as many Pilots like to shorten it to, Aura. Is often used in conjunction with Reinforced Reactor Armor, RRA for short or Hunters if you prefer to call them that. These Machines help Pilots to further combat threats and have been standardized around the world of Remnant. there are many categories that these RRA units can fall under but the thing they all have in common are the Cores."
"Damage report" The man grunted in pain as he pulsed his aura in a specific pattern, The hydraulics in his suit slowly began to work again as the front of the RRA opens up and light crashed down onto him, blinding him before he crawled out of the RRA Unit with a pained groan
"Designated RRA Unit damage report: Left Core, Compromised. Right Core, Compromised. System Batteries, Compromised. System Comms, Integrity at 80%. Power at 5%. Armor, compromised..." The man sighed as he listened to the damage report from the AI, from what he can tell, the only functioning piece of equipment was the weapon and Comms system. Everything else was useless thanks to his final ditch effort
"Any other Commands Pilot Arc?" The AI asked him as he laid on the ground, His mind too exhausted and his body too exhausted for him to even register the words, he was on the verge of falling asleep until he remembered exactly where he was. In the middle of nowhere and hundreds of miles away from civilization
"Aura report" Arc hissed out in pain while he pushed himself off of the ground and rose to his feet, His body screaming at the movement but he ignored it. He had to move. He only had a sword and an communication system that wouldn't be of any use soon but his thought process was quickly cut short by the buzzing in his ear
"Designated A.U.R.O.R.A damage report: Reactor, Integrity at 95%. Batteries, Power at 87%. Armor, Integrity at 45%. Exo-Skeleton, Integrity at 78% Full Power. Visor, Integrity at 99%..." The AI listed off as Arc let out an breath of relief, It seemed most of his aura was working and even though his armor was battered like his body, it still meant that he would still have a fighting chance against the grimm and to make it home. He pulled out a picture from inside the RRA remains and smiled before turning to the forest with an determined glare
"Don't worry Saphron, I'll be home just like I promised. And an Arc never breaks his promise" The man said to himself as he pulled the ancestral sword from under his scrap of RRA unit and hefted it up, Determination roared inside of him like a bonfire as he forged on, Carving through grimm upon grimm to make it home to his daughter
"Octavian Julius Arc is one of the greatest, if not, The Greatest Pilot of the world. He walked and fought through two hundred and fifty miles of uncharted territory and slaughtering hundreds of grimms before he made it back to a village with records in his visor and a barely held together Aurora that had systems less than 10% functional" The professor finished as he closed the textbook before facing the class of regular civilian kids
"That is the hero of this village, Vale hailed him as a Survivor and a hero before erecting him a statue of honor, Mistral respected him for his strength and skills to make it home, Atlas offered him status and power through the offer of the position of a General and a seat on their council, and Vacuo has legends of his feat. Hunters are not only beings that protect us against the grimms but Symbols of who we are and what we can achieve" The professor ranted passionately as the entire class listened along, neither caught up in the excitement nor uninterested enough to try and ignore the professor
Yeah no kidding, That's my dad you are talking about
Jaune thought as he sighed, Octavian Julius Arc, the man of many titles such as: Grimm slayer, The One who Refused to die, The Angel of Salvation and the man who might be partially Rabbit. What the professor left out was after his father's greatest feat, He refused to let any of his family follow in his footsteps, Some agreed, others listened to reason but him?
Good ol' Jaune never wanted to back down but he couldn't do anything but train, Calisthenics, Weight-lifting, Even Weapons training but his father refused to sigh him up for any Combat academies even with the teachers urging him to, Jaune was almost the top of his class in terms of combat but even this didn't convince his father
But it was all alright, For Jaune had a plan and has been training mercilessly for years in case he had to use it.
"Now, Let's move on to Beacon" The professor said calmly after finally finishing his rant and speech about the devotion of one to be a hunter and a bunch of other nonsense that would have been inspiring if the professor didn't give it everything time any huntsman is brought up
Let's move on to Beacon indeed
"Jaune for the last time, I can't allow you to go to Beacon... I can't allow you to go to ANY Pilot training academies, you are good at so many things Jaune, So many that could let you live an easy life" Octavian told his son as he downed another shot of whiskey, His face littered with scars and his body chiseled from decades of fighting against grimms and other pilots
"You know this is my passion, I'm at my best when I'm trying to be a pilot. I know how to fig-" Jaune tried to argue but his father simply held up his hand, Jaune growled at the gesture and stomped off, too angry and too impulsive to make a decision as he slammed the door to his room
"I don't get it, I know how to Pilot a RRA, I know how extensive you have to prepare for Aura and I have, I KNOW THE RISK, HE GOES OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY" Jaune raged as he paced around his room before sighing, He knew what he would need to do in order to reach his dream but that didn't keep the anxiety from creeping up on him
"Fuck" Jaune cursed quietly as he packed his case and filled out Beacon Application that he had his father sign when he was too drunk to recognize, before climbing out of his window onto the roof of Arc Manor. Quietly Jaune snuck to the garage and to his own RRA. While he didn't have a full set of Aurora, He still had enough for him to utilize the RRA
"I'm going to regret this" Jaune muttered to himself as he entered the RRA and the system started to power on, the cores buzzed with life as his visor filled with information from distance to power to destination as he grabbed a canister of Electric dust and jammed it into the batteries to see his power go from an unhealthy yellow to a bright green
"RRA Ready, Welcome Back Pilot" His AI's voice greeted him as a slight smile appeared onto his face before he started to run from the Manor into the forest, Following the path that the RRA plotted for him with his Ancestral blade, Crocea Mors strapped behind him and nothing else but a cannon built into the Hunter and some ammunitions
Shit I can already hear my dad screaming in either rage or horror... Or both Jaune shuddered to himself as he made his way to the bullhead that he scrambled enough money to hire for a single ride, This was it and it was either get grounded for til college or to go chase his dream in Vale
"So... Vale?" The commander asked as Jaune gave him a quick nod through the RRA and the man sighed before entering the bullhead and opening up the ramp for Jaune to walk into the back of the vehicle with the bullhead powering on shortly after and taking off to Vale as Jaune tried not to hurl inside his suit
I really hope that I can get to Vale soon
And We are done, only 1,615 words for the first chapter to test it out, see what the reactions are like but if you all like it then the next few chapters will be longer, Anyways let me know if yall enjoy it
First Revision: 7/9/23