Time to reply to some reviews!
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MogtheGnome: Yeah, because I didn't want it to be too similar to "Pineapple" and because I didn't want Jaune going through his journey alone
Benthino: You're welcome!
Guest: if you loved Arslan and Reese in the last chapter, you'll love who I introduce in this chapter!
Reader: Good idea, but I won't add it and I wouldn't want Jaune to have the power. If I had to give Aura Sage mode would either go to Ozpin or Sun, and maybe even Arslan. I have other plans for Jaune's Aura powers, but there will be more references and elements taken from Naruto but there'll be more elements taken from One Piece and Bleach. (also because I already have planned for Jaune to get a much better OP Aura power)
0akarigan0: muchas gracias!
simm36: Gracias!
Remzal Von Enili: Hahahah! That is a funny thought
Xerzo LotCN: thanks for pointing out my mistake and Yeah, Jaune is going to grow much stronger as the story progresses, (again going to get a bit op near the end of the story).
Dragon Blaze-X: Don't worry, I've gathered powers from the three anime's (Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece) that are in the realm of possibility within the RWBYverse.
marcialhd: I know about the reference thing since even I figured it out but still thank you for pointing that out and again, the powers that I've powered are in the realm of possibilities for the RWBYverse, even if you don't think so, I can promise that they are and I'll explain why, also, yeah, no more girls, but again, other female characters will be introduced but they won't be part of the Harem,
TAKADONTA: I know, trying to fix the grammar, and unfortunately no... Again, I had thought about it, but I still think he and Sun work as the idiotic comedic duo (tho that doesn't mean they'll be completely used for comedy, they are still huntsmen after all so they will get their time to shine some times)
Guest: Thank you! I aim to please!
Guest and Adro-Sama: Yeah... i forgot the line where Jaune introduces himself (but let's just say that they did already know about him due to the fact he is a bit famous, being the only beacon 1st year after all)
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Also, I'm close to planning out the entire story which is good and I've also thought, (again, thought) of doing a sequel where team RWBY, NPR, and CRDL are the new first years (or would they just become second years with Jaune? I don't think so since they would have to be first years since I'd assume Ozpin or Glynda would make them be first years) and they would follow Jaune around a bit, also Jaune gets to go on Mission that takes place out of Vale (in order to build up the Harem)
For now, enjoy the chapter!
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Jaune, currently trying to slowly push aura into his sword. He tried to concentrate on focusing his aura into his hands and then transferring it into the blade. However, he couldn't do it, every time he tried to put his aura into his hands, they seemed not to be able to go into the blade.
Jaune groaned as he failed, "it doesn't seem to work" Jaune said with a sigh
"Easy now, Jaune, it takes some time," Yatsuhashi said "control of one's aura, or its techniques, take time," Yatsuhashi said,
"I know, Yatsu," Jaune said, "But how long did it take you to do this?"
Yatsuhashi smiled, "truthfully, putting my Aura into my blade to strengthen it took some time, I didn't even accomplish it until the summer break," Yatsuhashi told Jaune
Jaune sighed, "So it might take me the same amount of time?" Jaune asked
"Possibly, but with the insane amount of Aura you possess, you might be able to do it faster," Yatsuhashi told him
Jaune looked to Crocea Mors and then back to Yatsuhashi, "how did you do it Yatsu? Give me a little insight on how I might be able to figure it out a bit"
Yatsuhashi looked at Jaune and saw the determined look on his friend's face and he knew just how much Jaune wanted to get stronger and wanted to not be so behind everyone else. He may be the only 1st year, and while he beat a few 2nd years, there was still those a lot stronger than him, and with the visiting students from the other three kingdoms, Jaune was majorly out-classed in many ways, and Yatsuhashi was determined to help Jaune get stronger, as were his other friends.
"Well, for me, I know how stupid this may sound, but I thought of happy memories," Yatsu told Jaune
Jaune looked at him, "really?" Jaune asked
Yatsuhashi nodded with a smile, "Sure it sounds cliche, but it's true" Yatsuhashi said "The memories of the time I spent in my first year, with my friends, and with being at Beacon, All those good things that happened to me and that changed me, made me stronger, get it?"
Jaune thought about it and he could understand what Yatsuhashi meant. The memories he's had with his family and even his friends here at Beacon had given him the push and that he needed to get stronger so he didn't have to be a damsel in distress, so he could stand next to his friends. Jaune smiled at Yatsuhashi and nodded, "Yeah I get it Yatsu" Jaune said
Yatsuhashi smiled and nodded back to Jaune, "Good," the giant told him
Before they could do anything else, the bell rang, signaling that classes would be starting up again.
"We best be on our way to our next classes," Yatsuhashi told him "We'll continue after classes Jaune"
Jaune nodded in agreement and Jaune left to his next class, which he was somewhat thankful for. The next class was Grimm Studies, and if Jaune was lucky, He could just sleep while Professor Port ranted about his glory days.
However, when Jaune reached the class, there was a paper on the door telling him and other students to meet near the cliffs with their weapons and gear. Jaune did so and headed to the locker rooms and changed with a few other students who were there. After he got ready, he grabbed Crocea Mors and went outside of the building, and headed down to the cliffs with a few other students.
Jaune, along with some other students, were now at the cliffs, but again, instead of being cooped up in the class, where he hoped he could rest for a good hour, Professor Port had them wait on the very same cliff that Ozpin had them launched off of. Which didn't bode well for Jaune, afraid that port might launch them off the cliffs again, though, thankfully, this time, Jaune had a landing strategy... kinda.
However unknown to the blonde knight, he was being watched by a grey-haired beauty.
'What's so special about you, Arc?'
Those were the first thoughts that had crossed the mind of Marceline Black, a false Haven student and subordinate/hired assassin of Cinder Fall, The Half-Maiden. For some reason, she, of all people, was ordered to try and befriend this Jaune guy, because, he was the only first-year student in Beacon, which no doubt caught the attention of Cinder for some reason, and Marceline wouldn't deny it, it had caught her attention too, after all, it wasn't everyday a single student was the only one to pass.
Cinder had told her that he could be a threat to her plans. But... she had watched the Blonde Knight get his ass whooped a few times in combat class.
Seeing the sight, made Marceline realize that he was no actual threat to Cinder's plans, in fact, he just seemed like any normal student here at Beacon. Though, she had to admit that he had quite a large amount of Aura and he also had an odd group of friends. He always hung out with that Monkey Faunus that was staying with him in his dorm, he hung out with the entire CFVY team, and also seemed rather close with those two haven girls from team ABRN. Not only that, but even Ozpin seemed to take a bit of a liking to the boy as he played chess in the library with the boy sometimes when the blonde teen was free.
Which made Marceline second guess her assumptions about him being a threat. After all, from what she was told, Ozpin didn't take a liking to just anyone. So if he was indeed being kept close to Ozpin, then that means there was something that he saw within the boy that others couldn't. The question was what? And how was she going to get close to him? She wasn't the most social person out there.
"Alright students! Listen up!"
Marceline was taken out of her thoughts when she heard the voice of that fat professor.
"Today, you will be paired up in a group of two and each of you will hunt down and kill the listed number of tagged Grimm that has been assigned to you," Professor Port told them, Professor port then pulled out his scroll and pressed the send button and every student's scroll pinged with a message, "You have just been assigned your partners," Port told them
Both Jaune and Marceline, along with every other student, had pulled out their scrolls and looked to see who they were partnered with. When Marceline opened up her scrolls, she saw her team was designated as Team Yellow, and she then saw who her partner was. Her eyes widened in surprise, but her expression turned into a smile as she could use this to befriend him
[Team Yellow: Jaune Arc and Marceline Black]
[Assignment: Kill the 15 tagged Beowulf's in the forest]
Marceline smiled and went looking for the blonde knight and found him quite easily. She walked over to him and called out to him, "Hey!"
Jaune turned around and saw Marceline and he greeted her with a smile, "uh, Hi!" Jaune said awkwardly, "Are you, Marceline Black?" He asked
Jaune saw Marceline and saw that she was quite beautiful. Her grey short spiky hair reached to her neck. She wore a short-sleeved grey and black crop-top zipper jacket, a pair of black short shorts, that almost left nothing to the imagination, around the shorts was a grey short-waist cape on her right side, and a pair of black thigh-high socks and a pair of grey boots that at armor plating around the front of the boots reaching halfway up her shin.
Marceline nodded, "Nailed it, blondie," She said with a smile "And you're Beacon's only 1st year, Jaune Arc right?"
Jaune sighed a little but still held his goofy smile, "Yeah... that's Me" Jaune said "Nice to meet you"
"Same here" Marceline replied back "Well, we should get ready to do our assignment, come on Blondie," Marceline said with a smile
"Right!" Jaune said "Let's do our best!"
Marceline nodded in agreement with a smile. Odd enough, she wasn't annoyed by Jaune's determination and actually kind of found it cool, even though he was a dork.
After getting set up, the two told Professor Port they were ready and unlucky for Jaune, Port had told them to get on one of the launch pads so they could be launched off the cliff and into the forest...
'Brothers Damn my luck! could this day get any worse!?' Jaune thought to himself
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A lone Beowulf was walking the woods only to be quickly killed as a loud shot rang through the air and it fell to the ground. Behind it was none other than Marceline Black, her left foot was raised up and the heel of her shoe was smoking as it was her weapon, a set of boots with a firing mechanism in them. Behind Marceline was Jaune looking at the Scroll only to see a yellow dot right in front of them, confirming this was the right Beowulf.
Jaune whistled as he looked over to Marceline with a smile, "That's the last of them" He told her "Nice job Marceline!" He said
Marceline turned to look over at Jaune and gave him a smirk, "Good, I was starting to get bored" She told him
Jaune nodded in agreement, "Well, Let's start heading back" Jaune said
"Got it blondie," Marceline said with a smile
The two began making their way back and both thought about how the other acted around the other.
For Jaune, he had noticed Marceline was playful and the teasing type, like Coco, though he was sure she was holding back most of her teasing because she also seemed to be the type to flaunt her stuff. Yet, there was something else that he had noticed. He had noticed she seemed to be a bit socially awkward, not really good at small talk, which he had admitted to her that he wasn't either, besides that, she was quite friendly and overall fun to be around with, even when she gave him a few verbal jabs of criticism.
As for Marceline, she had noticed that Jaune was a good guy, able to take some of her playful teasing, both verbal and physical, and she had tried to flirt with him a little just to see how he'd react but there wasn't any reaction, so she assumed he must have been dense. Besides that, he was actually pleasant to be around and could even joke back, and made sure she was ok after every encounter with the Beowulfs, which she actually kind of liked... but she would never admit it.
As they continued making their way back to the cliff, the sound of loud thuds could be heard, Jaune and Marceline stopped as they heard the loud sounds and it sounded like it was everywhere and coming closer.
"You hear that right?" Marceline asked
Jaune nodded, "Yeah," He told her "And wherever it's coming from, it's getting closer" Jaune said
They looked all around and prepared to fight whatever it was that was getting close to them. Jaune readied his shield and Crocea Mors and Marceline prepared herself to shoot with her boots when whatever came at her. Finally, the sound was much closer and it burst through the trees and ran at the two, revealing to be a goliath, they both jumped out of the way on opposite sides of the elephant-like Grimm.
The Goliath stopped itself and it bellowed loudly before turning to face Jaune, Jaune quickly stood up as the thing charged at him and he managed to move to the side before it hit him. Instead, it bashed its head into a tree, breaking it. Marceline quickly turned to look at the thing and quickly kicked her feet up and forward, sending a shot at the beast which just pissed it off. The Goliath turned around and charged at her, but she quickly jumped out of the way, however, while she dodged the charge of the Goliath, instead of turning and trying to charge again, it swung its head to the side and its tusk hit Marceline right in the side, sending her flying in the air and through a few large tree branches.
Jaune looked in horror as he saw his partner get flung hard, "MARCELINE!" Jaune cried out
Jaune quickly got up and ran to her, but the Goliath quickly turned to Jaune and tried to use its trunk to hit him, however, Jaune quickly ducked and rolled underneath it and continued running over to Marceline to see if she was ok.
Marceline grunted as she lay on the ground and tried to stand up only for her to fall right back down, "What the hell!?" Cried Marceline in confusion, she looked down to her legs only to see her right stocking was ripped, but worst of all, her mechanic leg was exposed and she saw that one of the wires to her legs was cut, causing it to not work at all. "Damnit! Why now!?" She cried
"Marceline!"
Marceline looked back up only to see Jaune running at her, he approached her and got down near her, looking her over, "Are you ok!?" He asked with worry
"I'm fine, but one of the wires to my right leg was cut and I can't move it at all!" Marceline cried
Jaune swore under his breath and turned to see the Goliath was preparing to charge at the both of them, no doubt seeing an opportunity with Marceline Injured. It charged at them and Marceline Knew she couldn't move and expected Jaune to get out of the way while she got trampled, knowing she was a liability now. But to her surprise, Jaune grabbed Marceline by her arm and lifted her up as he got up and quickly jumped out of the way, making them both able to dodge the Goliath's attack.
When safe for the time, Marceline was still in shock and she looked over to Jaune who was lying to her side, "Why...?" She began
However, before she could ask again or Jaune could reply, Jaune got up and grabbed her underneath her arms, and dragged her back far away from the giant Grimm. He then set her up against a tree and looked at her.
"Look, we can't run or that thing will chase us," Jaune said
"You can just leave me behind you know," Marceline told him "I can't run, so I'm just dead weight," She told him
Jaune shook his head, "No way I'm leaving you here to die!" He told her
"But why!?" Marceline asked him "Just go and save yourself!"
Once again, Jaune shook his head and looked at her, "Sorry, but that isn't my style!" He told her
"Then do you at least have a plan, genius!?" Marceline cried
"Yeah," Jaune said "a stupid one, but it's a plan," He told her
"Mind filling me in Blondie?" Marceline asked with a bit of venom in her voice
"I'm gonna leave you here for now with my scroll, call for backup, while you're doing that, I'll distract the Goliath and try to take him down just until backup arrives," Jaune said
"Are you insane!?" Marceline asked "That thing will kill you with ease! No way you can hold it off, long enough for backup to arrive! Just leave me here and save yourself!"
"No way! I'm not letting you die! Not here! Not while I can do something!" Jaune cried
Marceline still was confused, why did he care so much about her life, he barely knew her. Her life wasn't worth saving, she knew that better than anyone. She was a killer. And this was the kind of death she deserved. No one cared about her. Not Cinder, not Emerald, not Neo, not even her own father cared for her... so why? Why did Jaune care about her life?
"Why!? Why try to protect someone like me!? I don't matter!" Marceline asked Jaune
Jaune looked at her, "You Do Matter Marceline! Just like everyone else matters!" He cried
Marceline's eyes widened as she heard those words come from his mouth. Never in her entire life did anyone ever tell her that. Ever since she had been abused and been trained by her old man... did she ever think she mattered to someone.
"You Do Matter Marceline!"
Her heartbeat as his words resonated through her mind and she looked down to the ground, wondering why she had felt this overwhelming sense of relief.
Jaune turned to the Goliath and was about to turn to them, which he couldn't allow since he would have to move Marceline again, "I got to do this now!" Jaune said
He tried to get up but he felt Marceline grip his arm tightly and he looked back at her. She was still looking at the ground but she gripped his arm tightly. Jaune was confused as to why she was stopping him.
"Just... Just don't die on me out there Blondie" She told him
Jaune gave her a smile and a quick nod before she let go and he got up completely and with his blade and shield ready, he walked away from Marceline and called out to the Goliath in order to get its attention.
"Hey, Dumbo! Over here!" Jaune cried out
The Goliath turned to him and let out a huff of air and seemed to be angry. Jaune readied himself for any attack from the Goliath as was also prepared to strike anywhere he had seen an opening.
'Just need to buy some time for Marceline to call some backup' Jaune told himself
The Goliath rushed at Jaune and Jaune stepped out of the way to the left side, and then the Goliath swung its right tusk at Jaune, but thankfully he was prepared for this and Jaune once again rolled under the tusk and to the left side of the beast and he quickly sliced the side of the beast's face, only to see that the cut wasn't deep. The Goliath swung its head to the left to try and get Jaune again but Jaune quickly backed up and gained some distance.
'Damnit! The cut wasn't deep enough, for something so big it moves so fast!' Jaune thought 'Which means I can't outright get close and cut it as much as I want... damnit! What the hell can I do!?'
The Goliath charged at Jaune and Jaune prepared to dodge, but instead, it lowered its head and when close enough, it raised both its head and trunk up, hitting Jaune in the chest, sending him back into a tree. The force of the hit to his chest hurt, but he got the wind knocked out of him when his back hit the tree. He fell and gasped for air, and tried to quickly get up only for the Goliath to rush at him quickly and aim its horn right at Jaune, he saw this and he tried to move but he still felt weak as he still tried to get enough air in his lungs, so instead, he raised up his shield and used it to block the horn, which sent him back even farther, tumbling and skipping across the ground like a skipping rock on a pond.
Pain shot through Jaune's entire body as his aura began to flicker and he slowly got up to his feet. Jaune looked at the Goliath and saw that it was ready to charge at him again, and he knew his Aura couldn't tank another hit like this.
'c-crap... if I don't try and finish this soon, I'll be vulnerable...' Jaune staggered forward a bit but he regained his footing, 'I-I can't die here!' Jaune thought to himself
Jaune then looked to Crocea Mors and his training with Yatsuhashi earlier today popped into his mind. Trying to put his aura in his sword didn't work earlier today, but if he could strengthen his blade he might be able to cut the Goliath deep enough, he thought about it, if he failed, his aura would break and he might die.
"...What other choice do I have?" Jaune asked himself
He tried to concentrate on putting his Aura into his sword. He calmed his breathing and calmed his body but gripped his sword tightly and tried to feel his Aura and slowly push it into his sword.
"Don't try to force it Jaune, let it slowly seep into your hands and into the blade"
He could hear the instructions of Yatsuhashi in his mind as he focused on the Aura Technique.
"Let it be an extension and let it flow out of your body"
Jaune breathed in and out and let his aura surround his body and slowly, he could even feel it flow directly to his hands and he could feel it begin to spread out of his palms and he could then feel a warm feeling coming from his handle, and the conversation between him at Yatsu came to his mind.
"How did you do it Yatsu? Give me a little insight on how I might be able to figure it out a bit"
"Well, for me, I know how stupid this may sound, but I thought of happy memories,"
Jaune then thought about the memories that made him happy and changed him for the better.
"Sure it sounds cliche, but it's true," Yatsuhashi said
Memories flowed through his mind, like a movie. Seeing his younger sisters being born and meeting them, promising to protect them. Seeing his Grandma and Grandpa. Arriving at Vale. Getting accepted to Beacon. Meeting Velvet and Coco. Meeting Yatsu and Fox. Having Sun as a roommate. Training to be better. Meeting Arslan and Reese again. Befriending Marceline.
Jaune opened his eyes only to see the blade of his sword glow white as his Aura was now a part of his blade.
"The memories of the time I spent in my first year, with my friends, and with being at Beacon, All those good things that happened to me and that changed me, made me stronger, get it?"
He nodded and smiled, "Yeah, I get it... Yatsu!" Jaune said aloud
The Goliath bellowed and quickly charged at Jaune, meaning to kill the boy with every fiber of its being, while Jaune looked at the Goliath with a hardened glare, ready to kill the large Grimm in order to protect Marceline and survive.
As the Goliath got closer, Jaune raised Crocea Mors up above his head, his aura still attached to the blade and glowing brightly, he waited until it got closer, and as he did, a part of him told him to swing his blade down when the Goliath was still at a good distance away from him. As the Goliath closed the distance between him, when it was still at a safe distance from him yet closer than it was before, a part of Jaune screamed for him to swing the blade downward, and Jaune did so.
As the blade slashed downward, a large white crescent shape energy shot out of the blade and toward the Goliath. The Goliath still charged at Jaune as the energy shot at it, not scared of what it might be, however, when the white crescent-shaped energy came into contact with the Goliath's head, it split through the skin and shot through and down the middle of the Grimm, slicing it down the middle.
The Goliath stopped its charge and its split body fell apart and to the ground and then began to evaporate.
Jaune smiled as he saw what he had done and he began to cheer. "I-I did it! I DID IT! Whoo! I did it! Hell yea-" but before Jaune could finish cheering for himself about killing the Goliath, fatigue finally caught up to him and his entire body felt weak. "O-O-Oh crap..." He said before he fell backward and fell unconscious.
Marceline looked over to the blonde knight and saw the damage he had caused with that power he had just unleashed, and she had noticed that it had killed the Goliath in one hit but it didn't stop after hitting the Goliath, it had kept going until it had cut down a few trees and branches.
She was completely in shock about what had just happened, and she looked back to the knocked out Blonde Knight with wide eyes
'Looked like I found what's so special about you... Jaune' Marceline told herself with a smile
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Enjoyed today's chapter? I hope you did! took me forever to write!
So tell me what you think of Jaune's new Aura power? Pretty neat ain't it? Now before you whip out your comments about how Jaune's new power isn't possible, I advise you to go back to RWBY Vol.3 and watch the fight between Qrow and Winter.
Qrow showed a similar power and while it was never said to be Aura, it could've been. So I decided to expand upon it and make it into an Aura technique. This Aura technique was also based on Ichigo's "Getsuga Tenshou"
Anyway, more Aura techniques that are similar to powers from One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach will be shown in later chapters as Jaune will indeed train more with his aura, and with his training, they will give him a major power-up.
Also, I even got a little training Arc for Jaune coming up after he discovers a few more abilities!
Anyway! See you guys later!