Pizza Time

"What happened?" Weiss finally spoke up to incredulously asked me.

It was roughly an hour after my spar with Jaune and Classes were over for the day, meaning it was officially the Weekend.

My team and I were setting up the common room, the one between our dorm and team JNPR's, for a pizza party at Ruby's insistence. Meanwhile, Mr. Muscles and his team went down to Vale to pick up the pizzas and sodas.

(No alcohol because Ruby's still too young. Vale's legal drinking age for Huntresses was still sixteen, last I checked.)

The reason behind this party?

We were going to celebrate Jaune's first victory in Combat Class.

Yep. His first one. Against Cardin. This party totally had nothing to do with how Jaune absolutely kicked my butt...

Anyways, the only person not really pitching in was, predictably, Weiss. Who was doing more sitting around than anything else as well as had been acting a bit frostier than usual ever since we got out of Combat Class.

"What do you mean?" I returned.

"You know what I mean. How could you lose to Arc of all people?"

Out of my peripheral vision, I could see Blake and Ruby stiffen. They likely knew where this was going - another one of Weiss's tirades about how much of a 'dumb, worthless, parasite' Jaune really was.

Honestly? We were all pretty sick of it. Weiss's attitude towards Jaune, I mean.

I don't really get what her problem is with him. Jaune's a really great guy! He's nice to everyone, cute, smart, funny, hotter than Hell under that adorkable demeanor and hoodie, unbelievably strong... Did I mention how he's really good-looking?

Sooner or later, somebody was going to bite back against Weiss's shit-talking about the guy.

"I dunno what to tell ya'. You saw what happened, my bet is that he's just been playing nice and was throwing all his sparring matches," I shrugged before finishing with the karaoke machine.

If I learned anything besides the fact Jaune was hiding an eight-pack under that hoodie, it was that Jaune was leagues stronger than he let on. He may not have meant it that way, but his display sent a message. One that I, at least, read loud and clear.

"I can do whatever I want, when I want. And you can't do anything to stop me."

We were all very lucky that he's on our side and actually wants to be friends with us.

I think that might be why he gets under Weiss's skin so easily. He's genuinely a good person with no ulterior motives, and Weiss just can't wrap her head around that fact. In her world, everyone has an agenda of some sort.

"You can't be serious..." Weiss sighed exasperatedly.

"You're not the one who fought him today!" I snapped, getting real tired of this crap. "And before you say anything else, remember Cardin's fight with him today? Jaune ripped off his armor like it was tinfoil. So you can't say anything about him just catching Cardin off guard."

Even Weiss had to understand the implications of that. Even I struggled to do anything more than lightly dent that cuirass when it was backed up by Cardin's admittedly sizeable Aura reserves. (Which still had nothing on yours truly, let alone Jaune.) The Winchesters are the world's top of the line weapons and armor manufacturers. While not at the Schnee-level of 'fuck you' money, they were a damn close second. It was probably the only reason why none of the faculty has really done anything about that jerk. They'd lose a metric fuckton of funding.

Weiss clamped her mouth shut at that. Unfortunately, just when I thought I had actually gotten the last word in this little chat, Weiss seemed to be up and ready for round two.

Is she really that pissed about Jaune pulling a win? She never gets this uppity whenever one of us loses to someone else in Prof. Goodwitch's class.

"That doesn't prove anything! You saw what he did to Winchester, who's combat style is basically just throwing his weight around. So at least you weren't going in blind! Yet you still charged in with all the grace of Boarbatusk, just like that brute!"

Really? Okay, things are starting to get a little personal now that she not only compared me to the Piggy-Grimm (Didn't that Grimm kick her dainty little ass in Port's class on our first day here? At least in the first half of that fight?), but also Cardin now as well.

Has this bitch really forgotten that she too, has never beaten me or Cardin in Combat Class? Say what you will about that asshole, but he does pack a serious punch and there is a degree of skill and thought in his combat style.

But I guess all Weiss sees is 'big dumb brute caveman with a metal club' when she looks at Cardin. Which, to be fair, is a fairly accurate description of him outside of a fight. But I've fought him for ages back in Signal, he was one of our best fighters and his Semblance revolves around increasing the kinetic force of his attacks and directing how it travels from one medium to another. One tiny grazing hit and he can unleash all the force of the attack on the point of contact. Hence the rather broad swings. Technique hardly matters when all he needs is to make contact with you in some way.

That guy is a menace. In more ways than one.

Which leads back to speaking volumes about not only Jaune's durability for tanking those hits as frequently and for as long as he usually does, but his own raw power as well for casually swatting Cardin's mace to the side like it was little more than a fly.

I could feel my temper starting to flare up, but I ultimately managed to keep my cool before turning the room into a walk-in furnace and made an attempt to be the bigger person by avoiding going down that route so I could keep Ruby in my corner in case things really go south.

"Alright, so, what do you think happened?" I challenged. "Because in case you've forgotten, I need to get in close to make the most of my Semblance if I wanted any chance of winning."

'I made the calculations, but man was I WAY off the mark...'

It was true, all things considered. Given my style and gear, I really had no other option but to get in close. I also recalled how even if I tried to stay out of punching distance and rely completely on Ember Celica's blasts, Jaune proved he could simply tank those hits without even flinching and wait until I had to stop and reload to close the distance and toss me out like he did anyways. In the end, it was a simple matter of who was stronger than who.

At that last punch, my Semblance was at maximum output. I was actually having trouble keeping it all contained. So, I had made a last ditch effort to knock Jaune out. Of bounds, at least. So I gave that punch everything I had in me.

And.

It.

Did.

Nothing.

Rather than face the facts (And acknowledge one of those facts being that I can use and understand it.) Weiss decided to double down on the personal attacks.

"I think you were so distracted by that loser's muscles you stopped using that empty head of yours, and started doing all of your thinking with your vagina instead!"

Oh she did not just imply what I think she did! Now my Semblance was starting to act up.

Nothing too major! Just my eyes turning red and my hair beginning to glow. No fire yet, but that could change very soon.

This is sort of like a visual warning meant to tell people to back off and let me chill out for a bit.

A little something a lot of people seem to (or at least like to) forget is that my Semblance can be charged by my emotions just as it affects my emotions.

"You know what I think?! I think you have been projecting onto Jaune this whole time and can't wrap your narrow mind around the fact that in spite of everything he's actually a good person unlike you! Every horrible thing you've said about him could just as easily be turned back to you! You hate him because at the end of the day and in spite of everything you have that he lacks, Jaune is still a better person than you!"

Before Ruby could come to my defense or try to defuse the situation. Before I could return fire, Blake was the first to respond with some heat of her own.

"You call him a parasite because you think he's leeching off his teammates fame or skills because you're only here because you bought your way in with your family's money, when you could have easily gotten into Atlas Academy like your sister! You think he's only after our gifts because you only want to use us to elevate yourself even further! Remember when you tried to recruit Pyrrha for your team? You wanted to use her fame and combat skills for your own selfish reasons! You think he's a waste of space and life because you can't see any use for him! And while you had the benefit of having the best education money can buy, you are always calling him out as an incompetent idiot for lagging behind in class and lacking social graces while conveniently forgetting how quickly he's gone from an F to B-average all because of the hard work he's done to catch up to us and is one of the kindest, and most considerate people despite his situation. Because here's a newsflash! HE GREW UP OUTSIDE THE FOUR KINGDOMS AND JUST RECENTLY CAME OUT OF A FUCKING COMA BEFORE ATTENDING BEACON, YOU ABSOLUTE, INCONSIDERATE, DUMB, RICH-BITCH SNOB!!!"

Blake, who had gotten up close and personal in Weiss's face, finished her rant panting and waited for the aforementioned "rich-bitch's" response that would never come.

We were all left in in a rather stunned silence as it seemed that Blake was really speaking from the heart right there...

I shouldn't have been so surprised, now that I think about it. I am her partner after all. And Jaune is her best friend outside of our team. Plus she has a massive crush on him considering that one time Pyrrha came to our dorm to borrow some notes for Oobleck's class and picked up what she presumably believed to be Weiss's notebook only to learn it was actually Blake's 'idea journal' full of drawings and short stories revolving around Jaune. I know this because I can tell the difference between Weiss and Blake's handwriting.

And, if I'm being honest, there's some good stuff in there. Seems like Blake has no problem with shipping Jaune with every girl between our two teams. There were even a few bits with me! But I do wonder who this mystery catgirl she keeps bringing up but never mentions by name. Blake also hasn't finished any of those stories. They keep cutting off just when things are getting good! And I have no idea what Mystery Girl looks like because there's no drawings of her getting it on with Drawing-Jaune!

I should really have a word with Blake later about this. I'm not too keen on the idea of Ruby finding that book by accident. I'm just grateful there's no H-scenes involving her just yet.

Anyways...

That last bit was news to me. But, again, I really shouldn't have been surprised Blake knew about that tidbit considering how often she and Jaune hang out in the library...

The silence was deafening as Weiss tried to formulate a comeback against Blake but came up short. Which, to be fair, while one may consider Blake for being out of line, from everyone else's point of view she was more or less spot on with her assessment of Weiss's behaviour.

It was hard to argue against it. Weiss, who comes from the cutthroat upper-class of Atlesian society where everyone's in it for themselves and "screw everyone else over" was the name of the game and still had just about everything she could've asked for while having all of her basic needs covered was from an entirely different world compared to Jaune's simple and savage background where everyone is literally fighting for their survival. While life was tough in the wilds, everyone in a local community pitched in together for mutual survival.

That was probably what instilled Jaune with his sense of teamwork and desire to help others with no expectation of anything in return.

It didn't stop Weiss from trying to stammer out her excuse.

"Y-you don't know anything about what I've been through!" She fell back to her own shoddy family-life issues.

Blake, who had stepped back and was now leaning against the wall with her arms crossed, took it in stride without changing the set look upon her face.

"You're right. I don't. Nobody here does. Just like you don't know anything about Jaune and his struggles." My partner replied.

Weiss's expressions revealed everything she was mentally going through, going from stunned to furious, to contemplative, and finally soul-crushing realization and acceptance.

"You're right..." She finally whispered. She looked about ready to cry.

Weiss then returned her attention back to me.

"I'm sorry Yang. That was uncalled for by me. I've been letting my own insecurities get the better of me, and took them out on you." She apologized.

"Thank you. But I'm not the only one you should be actually apologizing to," I had plenty of time to simmer down thanks to Blake's earlier rant catching us all off guard. But that didn't mean I was about to let Weiss entirely off the hook yet.

"You're right. I'll try to do better and apologize to him as well." Weiss agreed.

"You better," I said. "Jaune's our best friend outside our team."

It was true. Jaune was the first person to help and be friends with Ruby when I ditched her in an attempt to help her come out of her shell. That scored big points with me. Plus, he can be pretty funny when he wants to be, and he doesn't even try to peak down my shirt and has been a huge help for both Ruby and I in Port's Class. Dude has a perfect score in there as well as Peach's Outdoor Survival. Which makes sense now, considering his background. To be honest, the only areas he actually struggles with is World History, which is quickly changing if Blake is to be believed, and Combat Class. But that can be chalked up to how he simply doesn't want to hurt anyone... Undeserving...

"So... Are we all friends again?" Ruby, who had been eerily quiet up until now, nervously asked.

"Yes, Ruby. We're all still friends," I told her.

"Oh thank goodness," she sighed in relief before ordering. "Okay everyone, let's hug it out."

After obeying the command to ensure there were no hard feelings, Weiss was a lot more eager to help.

All that was really left was setting the table, though.

Good thing too, because that's when the door burst open to reveal an excited Nora.

"We're baaack!!!"

(-/Line Skip\-)

(Jaune's POV)

Pizza, alongside soda pop, dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets, BBQ sauce, Ice Cream, and many more edible items was among the greatest accomplishments of mankind in my absence over the eras.

While (with the exception of most Huntsmen and Huntresses) the people of today were undoubtedly softer than in my era, they did know how to eat.

Pizza was certainly enough to make a man feel like a king.

And tonight, we were feasting upon it in my honor. Just like the good old days...

'Thank You Forefather for this feast...'

But imagine my surprise for before we could eat, Weiss had done the unthinkable. She apologized. To me. She then vowed to strive to actually try to get along and be friends with me.

Not one to turn down a new friend, I accepted her apology on the spot.

Today has been a good day!

Everyone was enjoying themselves as the meal continued.

I particularly enjoyed the garlicky cheesy breadsticks...

It was after Nora chugged a two litre of 'Everybody Likes Grape' while being cheered on, that Ruby hatched an idea.

'Truth or Dare: Spin the Bottle Edition' she called it. It was simple enough, one person spun the empty bottle and whoever it pointed to (or passed if it pointed in between two people) would be challenged with the choice of honestly answering a question or performing some act/following some rule. If the challenged individual felt that a question was too personal, or a dare was too far out of the question, they could opt out. But in exchange, they would have to remove an article of clothing. The clothing rule was only in effect for dares. As for truths, that was a no-penalty, considering some of us may have past... Issues... We may not be ready to revisit. Seeing as we were all seated around in a circle, it was easy for us all to agree.

There was another rule, a fair one, however. The same person couldn't be dared or asked the same question twice.

The order we were to go by was as follows: Weiss, Ruby, Yang, Blake, Nora, Ren, Pyrrha, and finally, myself.

"Okay! Who's gonna be Weiss's first victim?" Ruby cheered as her partner spun the bottle.

After a few spins, it landed on Nora.

Huh... I wonder what Weiss is gonna come up with for Nora...

"Alright, Valkyrie, Truth or Dare?" Weiss asked.

"DARE!" Nora declared.

"I dare you... To eat a slice of Pineapple Pizza!"

Yang gasped in horror as Ruby nearly fainted.

Okay... That's just messed up... I know Weiss and Ren like it that way, and I have nothing against pineapple by itself, but fruits have no place being anywhere near pizza. (With the exception of tomatoes for the pizza sauce.) That's just sacrilege!

Nora glanced apprehensively at the abomination. Being a regular size, it was missing four of its eight slices, each taken by our so-called 'health conscious' friends, Ren and Weiss. The fucking heathens! There's nothing healthy about this! It's just cruelty!

She then glanced down at her clothes. For a moment, it would seem that she actually considered backing out of the dare.

Shaking her head, the unusually quiet girl gathered her resolve and made to push through with the dare.

I had to do something. As Nora shakily reached out her hand towards the hateful thing, she was stopped by my hand grabbing her wrist.

"I'll do it," I solemnly told her.

"What?!? You can't do that!" Weiss and Ren sputtered at the same time.

"There's nothing in the rules about sacrificing yourself in someone's stead," I countered, before looking to the others. "Right?"

"Jaune, it's okay... This is my dare..." Nora said with a brave face.

"Very well... I'll be sure to take it easy on you should I ever spin the bottle on you..." I assented to my teammate's conviction.

"Thank you." Those were her last words before consuming that unholy bastardization of a perfectly good pizza and immediately running off to the bathroom to puke it all out.

'Godspeed, Nora Valkeryie...'

"Oh come on... It's not that bad..." Weiss groaned as we all listened to Nora's retching from the bathroom.

"You've quite literally made Nora sick with your dare. From now on, I'm banning pineapple pizza from any future pizza parties." Ruby said flatly.

"I second that motion," I added my support, while picking up the box and dumping its contents into a trashcan. "If you want pineapples on your pizza, then you can go get it yourselves."

After she returned and downed a cup of Sierra Mist to wash out the taste of bile, the game continued.

Ruby spun the bottle, and it landed on Pyrrha.

"Truth or Dare, Pyrrha?"

"Umm... I'll go with...Truth."

"Did you really intentionally pin Jaune to that tree in Initiation just so you could claim him as your partner?" Ruby asked.

Huh. I never really questioned it. I always thought Pyrrha was just being nice and helping me out since I couldn't use my usual landing strategy without exposing my true nature before I was ready...

"Yes," Pyrrha nodded. "Granted, it was because he had no idea about who I am, but I decided to take Jaune as my partner because he never made a big deal about my celebrity status. So I felt that any friendship that would come about between us would be genuine, and that he wasn't just trying to use me or put me on a pedestal."

"That makes sense. Glad it worked out for you then," Yang gave the two of us a thumbs up.

"Yeah, I'm pretty lucky to have someone like Jaune. Otherwise, I doubt I'd have ever gotten this comfortable around everyone," Pyrrha agreed.

"Oh geeze, guys... You're all making me blush..."

After a good chuckle around the table, it was Yang's turn to spin. And whaddya know, it landed on me.

Yep. Definitely going with 'Truth' for her. I have no idea if she's actually upset or not about how badly I beat her in Combat Class today...

"Alright Jauney, Truth... Or Dare?" She asked me with a savage grin.

"Truth," I answered instantly. She remained unfazed. If anything, her smile grew wider. Uh-oh...

"So Jaune... Tell me... Has there been anyone who's caught your eye recently?" Yang asked while wiggling her eyebrows.

"Huh-wha?"

That was not what I expected her to ask me. I thought Yang was going to ask about how I basically ragdolled her in class earlier.

"You know," she continued. "Is there like a special someone waiting for you back home? Maybe a sweetheart from a village you passed through? Perhaps someone here in Beacon? Maybe she's in this very room?" Her voice and face was playful, but her eyes held a light in them that told me she was actually serious about this question.

"There is," I answer after a moment of considering my words. While I might as well be truthful, I was going to be as evasive as possible. It was for the best. Romances between my kind and mortals don't usually work out unless the feelings were truly mutual. Becoming romantically involved with a mortal would mean granting her eternal youth so that I wouldn't outlive her. For better or worse, she'd become a demigoddess. I would need to be absolutely certain of my choice before committing to that possibility.

Other gods could take this very poorly. Like Avo and Skorm, some believed mortals and gods should not mix at all.

I also am not sure if any more of my kind are around these days. Were my sisters okay? Was Mother and Father okay? Or perhaps there was some great cataclysm and they've all holed up in Ansel, my stronghold in Narnia, the afterlife and realm of the gods? Or better yet, Cair Paravel? The Great Lion's palace? I haven't taken the time to return, considering I was more preoccupied with trying to get a grip on everything that has changed.

Are there any new gods I should be on the lookout for?

I doubted that. This new (to me at least) era held to the belief that there was only The Brothers.

But now that I'm back, surely others will return. Right? And eventually, I'll run into more monsters and demons greater than the Grimm. I already had been ambushed by one upon waking up after my absence. It was a terrible beast known as a tarasque. A monster with the head of a lion, a body protected by a spiked turtle-like carapace, legs and claws like a great bear, a serpentine whip-like tail, and a foul poisonous breath. But all that was neither here nor there.

"Really?"

For some reason, my answer had caught the attention of every girl in this room.

I shouldn't be surprised. Girls are supposed to like this kind of gossip.

Right?

"Yes," I said. "Now I believe it's Blake's turn to spin."

"Come on, Jaune! You've gotta give us more than that!" Yang protested.

'Us?'

"No I don't. You asked if I was attracted to someone. Not who they are," I countered before giving Blake a nod to spin.

"Fine..." Yang pouted as she sat back and folded her arms.

The bottle landed on Ruby.

"Dare!"

Before Blake could even ask, Ruby had already declared her choice.

"Okay... I dare you to... Use your Semblance up and down the hall on the floor below us." Blake dared, after a moment's deliberation.

"Done!"

Clearly excited, Ruby zipped out the door and went down the stairwell to the floor below us.

We all got up and followed to watch what would happen.

Petals. Petals everywhere... One moment Ruby was there, and the next she was gone. A somewhat soft 'bang' had gone off, indicating the air rushing in to fill the void where Ruby once stood before she reappeared at the other end of the hallway.

The process repeated and she nearly crashed into Weiss had I not snapped my arm up to catch the girl out of reflex.

"Woops. Sorry," the younger girl apologized. "Thanks for the save, Jaune. You can put me down now."

"No problem."

After putting Ruby back on her feet, we all headed back inside the common room.

Now it was Nora's turn to spin the bottle. And as it did, her eyes gleamed with vengeance as she learned who her victim was to be.

"So, Weiss, what's it gonna be? Truth or Dare?"

"Truth!" Without any hesitation, Weiss answered. She likely hadn't been counting on Nora's retribution to arrive so swiftly.

"Why were you so mean to Jaune-Jaune?" She asked seriously.

We all saw Weiss flinch at that, and hang her head in shame.

"I... Was projecting my own flaws and insecurities onto him. I was wrong to do that and am truly ashamed of my actions..." Weiss answered somberly after a moment.

I then patted the girl on the back.

"Hey, I forgive you. Acknowledgement is the first step on the road to improvement," I told her softly.

"Thank you." The small white heiress whispered.

Next to spin was Ren. The bottle landed on Yang.

"Truth or Dare, Yang."

"Dare."

"I dare you to... Drink one of my health shakes," Ren dared.

Lion's Mercy! That's even worse than the pineapple pizza!

"Sure." Yang shrugged, unconcerned. The fool.

"No! Yang! Don't do it!" Nora tearfully pleaded. Trying to save our friend from the horror that was sure to come.

"Come on, how bad could it really be?" Yang brushed off Nora's plea before accepting the poisonous green sludge Ren dared to call "healthy".

"Really Yang! It is distilled misery itself!" I warned her. Not mentioning the "drink's" rather unsavory aftereffects. Whatever benefits Ren believed this concoction to have, were vastly outweighed by the negatives which were random and quite severe.

Yang gagged and nearly threw up on the spot, but she powered through and finished the glass of toxic swill. When it was gone, she looked terrible.

"Urgh..."

Then her hands went right to her gut as she dashed to the bathroom and slammed the door.

'Aslan's Mercy upon you. You brave, brave fool...' I clasped my hands together and silently prayed for the poor young woman before turning my attention back to the table.

"We may as well keep going. She's gonna be in there for a while..." I tell the rest of the now shaken Team RWBY.

"W-what happened?" Ruby nervously asked.

"Just one of the many benefits of my health shakes," Ren proudly answered.

"Benefits?!?" Ruby asked incredulously.

"If you consider death by diarrhea a 'benefit' then yes. Benefits..." I muttered in disgust.

It was Pyrrha's turn to spin the bottle and after doing so, it landed on Ren.

"Truth or Dare?" My partner asked.

"Truth," our teammate answered.

"Do you actually believe your shakes are truly healthy?" Pyrrha asked him.

"I do. In fact, I was hoping you'd be willing to sponsor them perhaps," Ren confirmed and then suggested.

"Absolutely not." Pyrrha deadpanned.

That was when Yang returned from her surprise bathroom trip with a positively haunted look on her face.

"Never again..." She groaned before plopping down in her seat. "What I miss?"

"Pyrrha spun on Ren. He chose truth. Ren legit believes in that stuff he made you drink," Ruby filled her sister in.

Yang just looked over at the boy in question and slowly shook her head.

Finally, it was my turn to spin, and the bottle landed on... Blake.

"Alright Blake... Truth... Or Dare?"

AND SCENE!

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You know, I always thought Pyrrha's name would be the most troublesome... But it's actually Ren's.

Fucking autocorrect wants to keep changing it to things like Ben, Ten, Ran, Run, and shit. It's a pain in the ass!

Moving on...

For any of you guys wondering, yes, the people of Remnant are aware of monsters in the world other than the Grimm. However, they are rarely seen in Remnant's modern era (Jaune was VERY good at his job) and are usually written off as cryptids by the wider population as a whole. Usually, a single Monster is enough to absolutely wreck even a well equipped Atlas Soldier's shit and it is usually up to the best of the best to take them down. And even then, they more often than not need a ton of back-up for most of the Lesser Monsters that to an experienced Aura User would be only a little more dangerous than an Alpha Beowolf.

True Monsters are typically capable of producing and utilizing Aura, and come in six tiers from 'S' all the way down to 'F' and each tier has five levels. And are only rivaled by the most ancient and powerful of Grimm.

At the top, we have things like the zinogre, balrogs, and actual dragons in the S-Tier.

For the A tier, we've got stuff like trolls (the ones from folklore and Lord of the Rings), giants, and pheonixes.

B-Tier has tarasques, giant spiders, sea serpents, and sahuagin.

C-Tier is populated by things like orcs, minotaurs, and ogres.

D-Tier's got things like hobgoblins, trollkin (Skyrim style trolls), and the undead.

And at the bottom, we have things like imps, goblins, and wild animals with gigantism hardcoded into their DNA with their Auras unlocked or have been mutated by raw Dust leaks into the environment or magic. With the exception of the animals I just mentioned, most of the F-tier monsters aren't much of a threat on their own. Unfortunately, those little bastards almost always travel in groups. Three or four average goblins are of roughly equal threat value as to your average Beacon Academy first year.

Note that this isn't a definitive list, just a few examples and some individuals may rank higher or lower in comparison to the others in their species.

Let's take a look at that tarasque Jaune was thinking about earlier.

These guys sit comfortably in the upper 'B' tier. Usually coasting around level four.

This thing could very easily fuck up Team RWBY by itself in a straight fight. They are usually equal in threat value to Qrow on a good day.

The one Jaune fought had poison breath like in Frankish folklore. These particular ones are typically in the A-Tier due to that feature.

Not all monsters are bad, though. It varies case by case and most are bad news. Just because one minotaur is friendly might not mean the next one will be...

Anyways...

And obviously, Jaune hasn't given Blake the full story about his situation. Just a bit, because really, who would believe the dorkiest guy in school is secretly a badass god straight out of mythology?

Speaking of Blake and Jaune...

So, what will Blake decide? What would be Jaune's dare? What would be his question? Does the rest of Team JNPR know Jaune's story as well as Blake does? (Yes. Yes they do.) Has Cardin learned his lesson? When are we gonna see some big monsters? Are there any monsters you guys hope to see? Where am I going here? Will I stop annoying you all with these questions? I wanna hear your thoughts!

Ciao!