Sup yup another one, back to back mostly cause I'm enjoying this, and seems you guys are too, oh, and also I fixed up the grammar and spelling on the older chapters god that shit was atrocious mostly cause I decided to write on the app but uh never again. Also, I'm probably not going to add any ones else from fate, maybe I might add Merlin or Proto Merlin depending on what I decide or what you guys prefer if I decide to add Merlin so yeah on to the story.
Jaune Arc wouldn't call his luck bad it was just faulty, sometimes great things happen to him an example being when he won his Pumpkin Pete limited edition hoodie or when he was able to sneak away from his family to be a hunter or when he got nice like Ruby as his bestest friend, or when he got someone cool nice and strong as Pyrrah for a partner.
That was all good luck, but his luck being faulty there are times when situations aren't so gracious for the young knight, what happened yesterday and what's happening today being good examples of this. Yesterday he was chased by a Petra Gigas, bad luck, then he found a cool sword and beat the Grimm, good luck, he runs into Torchwick and the white fang stealing dust, bad luck, He starts beating Torchwick and the White Fang, good luck, Torchwick gets away, bad luck, he saves the dust, good luck.
So following the logic of his faulty luck, that means something bad should happen today right? Yup and that has led Jaune to where he is now sitting in his shared dorm with the rest of team JNPR and RWBY surrounding him. Yup, he was being integrated by his friends over what happened last night but in his defense, it wasn't that bad, he stopped Torchwick for one and nothing else.
While Jaune was making excuses for himself in his head about the night before, Nora walked up to the blonde with the most serious face Jaune had ever seen on the girl's face, Ok now Jaune was panicking if even Nora was mad at him he definitely fucked up.
"Wait guys I can explain, I was jus-"
"Jaune-Jaune" The no joking tone in Nora's voice stopped Jaune from finishing his explanation, he was definitely screwed
"How could you Jaune-Jaune, I thought team Juniper did everything Jaune-Jaune how could you go off on your own and that without us?"
The hurt tone in Nora's voice stabbed deeper in Jaunes heart than any knife he worried him all because he wanted to be a hero what sort of leader or friend was he to make them worry like this.
"Nora guys I'm-"
Suddenly the smaller girl tackled Jaune shocking him and once again stopping his explanation, The sitting on his lap Nora then grabbed Jaune by his hoodie and began shaking him rapidly.
"How could you fearless leader, you go out and be super cool going SWOOSH BAM POW on the bad guys and don't even invite us!"
Yup, there's the Nora he knew and loved sure he was being shaken like a soda can but it was better than her being mad or sad because of him.
"Oh and how did you get that armor Jaune-Jaune, is it your semblance are you magic can I get one tell me, tell me!"
Yup, there was his Nora, the excitable girl though she kept asking her leader questions but didn't let him answer on the account of her continuing to shake him down luckily for the poor blonde Ren decided to save him from the Valkyrie.
"Nora stop shaking Jaune, he can't tell us anything if you keep shaking him like that"
"Oh ok, sorry Jaune-Jaune"
Nora stopped shaking the daylights out of Jaune while the blonde mentally thanked Ren for saving him, ok Jaune time to explain to your team and friends what the hell you did last night.
"So uh, I know you guys have questions and I do have an answer for most of them and the answer to all of them"
Jaune then reached for Crocea Mors, hmm the name Crocea Mors felt right but this was sword even Crocea Mors anymore maybe he should choose a new name for it, ah but that's for later. Jaune reached for Crocea Mors which was still clipped to his side and unsheathed it.
"This bad boy is your answer."
Jaune felt a bit of pride in his friends taking in the coolness of his new sword, with Nora and Ruby being the most excited about the majesty of the blade with both girls asking Jaune where he got it or if he made it and if they could hold it sadly not everyone felt the same about his new weapon.
"Well Arc I don't see how you're new sword could answer our questions."
"Sorry Jaune, but Weiss is right while the sword is really nice how is it the answer to what you were doing last night?"
Jaune smirked slightly oh this was going to be fun
"Well, Pyrrah, Snow angel, and the rest of you guys feast your eyes on this!"
Jaune got up and spun his sword around for a few seconds then he held the sword directly in front of him with the flat of the blade facing towards him.
"Knight Install: Pendragon!"
The entire room was then engulfed in a bright golden light causing both team RWBY and (J)NPR to shield their eyes from it when it died down there stood Jaune in the armor from before minus the helmet with it being in his left arm while he held the sword in his right hand. Upon seeing their shocked reactions Jaunes smirk grew oh yeah he was so cool.
Sure they had seen him transformed
"V-Vomit boy how the hell did you?"
The blonde brawler shakily pointed her finger at the other now fully armored blonde
"Well Yang like I said" Jaune raised his sword " Thanks to this bad boy"
That's gotta be the coolest line Jaune ever let out in his entire life and it would probably be for a while
"Oh my god, Jaune you're like a Power Hunter you even got the super cool transformation line and you have a cape too we can be cape buddies!"
And there goes his coolness he was being compared to a popular kids tv series that was based on another similar series based in Mistral.
"U-ugh yeah I guess, so um when I was out getting Nora's lightning dust I decided to go exploring a bit and I well ran into a Petra Gigas"
Jaune raised his friends stopping his friends from commenting on how he should have called them or how he could have gotten hurt and continued his tale.
"So after it launched me into the air I landed near a cave and I found Crocea Mors and some rusty sword stabbed in rock, when I was going to get it back the Grimm caught up to me and I ran into the cave and um Crocea Mors was gone leaving this guy in their place so yeah after I picked it up I changed into this armor and fought the thing and then changed into another suit of armor this time with a shield and its name was, it was on the tip of my tongue"
Then as if answering his question one of the gems on his sword glowed purple
"Galahad, yeah that's it thanks for the save, and sorry about forgetting your name"
While Jaune rubbed his head sheepishly at forgetting the owner of the shield who saved his life, his friends looked at him strangely and Blake diced to ask the question they were all thinking.
"So, Jaune the sword talks to you?"
The blonde looked up at his friends thinking a bit confused about what answer would be best
"Well, uh not really talk more like put words in my head or a feeling I can't really explain it, where was I oh yeah so after I beat it I try to get back to Beacon but it was super late and all the stations were closed and my scroll broke so I couldn't call you guys and after looking for a hotel to stay at I found Torchwick and the White Fang and you guys know the rest, so any questions?"
"I got one" Ren spoke up " What are you going to call your new sword Jaune, it's not really Crocea Mors anymore."
Ren had a point he had been Crocea Mors most of the time but it was different maybe what happened in the cave is that the two swords Crocea Mors and that rusty sword fused together making something completely new so it has to have a different name born from its components. The blade then let out a soft glow Jaune knew that the weapon wanted to keep its old name but didn't mind Jaune giving it something different.
"I got it, I know what to name you, your name will be Sanctus Gladius Mortis: Excalibur or just Excalibur for short."
The swords glowed a bit brighter before receding back into the blade Jaune could tell that it was satisfied and happy Jaune let it keep its original name.
"So what was that?" Blake asked the blonde
"Oh it's just happy with the name" Jaune answered "I decided to let it keep its original name while adding the Arc flair of our weapon naming scheme that's all"
Blake and the rest of the group accepted the answer not bothering to question the magic sword when her leader poked Jaune in the side giving the poor blonde some of the most intense puppy dogs she's seen.
"Um, Jaune can I see your sword pretty please?" The younger girl even added a small pout doubling her cuteness factor
Jaune not seeing a problem and cracking under pressure saw nothing wrong in letting Ruby use Excalibur for a bit.
"Uh sure Ruby"
When Jaune handed the girl Excalibur he expected a few things to happen, for Ruby to start swinging it around or for her to start talking to it maybe asking it to give up its secrets.
"Oof!"
Her landing face-first on the floor was not one of them, Jaune watched the younger girl stand back up and struggle to lift his sword off the ground, when she did her legs were wobbling from the weight of the weapon.
"Jaaaauunneee, how can you carry this thing?" his fellow leader whined
"It's not that heavy"
Jaune was confused sure Excalibur weighed quite a bit more than Crocea Mors did it wasn't that heavy, the armored blonde grabbed Excalibur out of Ruby's hands and lifted it up and down easily.
"See it's not that heavy, maybe you should probably get some muscles Ruby, and stop eating just sweets soon you won't even be able to lift Crescent Rose." The older boy teased the girl who glared at him which was as effective as a puppy glaring at you least to say it was adorable.
Everyone laughed at Ruby's plight as the smaller girl rapped her fist against the taller boy's armored chest.
Pyrrha stopped laughing as she looked at the time.
"Well, now that Jaunes explained himself I think we should get going before we miss class"
Yeah they didn't want to get her mad, getting detention wasn't on any of their minds Jaune powered down and they all left for class.
Combat Class went as expected with people getting beaten down and Goodwitch giving them pointers on how they could do better and Pyrrah destroying anyone who was unlucky to be paired against her, but Jaune wasn't focused on that he was mostly thinking about Excalibur and his default form. Pendragon, Jaune never said it to the others but he and the sword knew that something was off about that form like it wasn't at its strongest, with Galahad he didn't feel anything like that he felt like he had everything but not with Pendragon the form felt like it was missing some things.
'Maybe it has to do with whole "Knights" of the Round" Thought the blonde
"Mister-"
'Maybe if I unlock the other knights Pendragon will be whole'
Excalibur glowed confirming Jaune's question.
"Mister Ar-!"
'Yeah that's all I need for an answer but how do I get the other knights you didn't exactly come with a manual.'
"MISTER ARC!"
The booming voice of Goodwitch broke Jaune from his thoughts, he looked down from his seat towards his ticked-off combat instructor. The blonde rubbed the back of his head sheepishly yeah he really should have paid attention.
"Um yes, what did you say?"
The woman sighed and shook her head
"I said mister Arc come down here and spar with Miss Xiao Long"
"Oh uh ok."
Jaune got out of his seat and walked to the ring usually he would be terrified of fighting Yang but now with Excalibur by his side, he wasn't scared sure he might lose but at least he wouldn't get demolished like he usually did. When he got to the ring he was met with a smirking Yang prime and ready for a rumble.
"So Vomit boy ready to throw down" THe girl held her gauntleted fists up
Jaune just smirked and unsheathed Excalibur getting into a stance the sword had "taught" him
"Ready as I'll ever be Yang"
Glynda sighed at the playful banter and backed away
"You two know the rules, fight till your Aura hits the red, BEGIN!"
But before either could actually begin Excalibur let off a bronze-colored glow the light engulfed Jaune, and a familiar voice rang out.
"KNIGHT INSTALL: THE KNIGHT WITH HEART OF A LION: YWAIN"
The light died down and Jaune was standing in a new suit of armor it was slimmer than Pendragon and more form-fitting than Galahad, the armor had a golden chest plate and golden greaves, and he wore a black undeath them and his helmet.
If he had to compare it to anything then it would be Pendragon's helmet but while that helmet had a mane like a lion this one went all-in on the whole idea with both sides of Jaunes head looking like a lion had wrapped around his head and instead of a full flowing cape, like Galahad and Pendragon had he had a shorter black one that only reached past his shoulders slightly.
But the most eye-catching thing about it was the gauntlets, this knight had opted out of using a sword and decided to have clawed copper color gauntlets, the left one only went up to his elbow while the right one went up to his shoulder with a roaring lion face on it.
Then Jaune saw that on his Aura monitor that he was missing a quarter of his Aura, Jaune wondered where it went he didn't get hit hell the fight barely started then he got his answer.
"Grrr"
Jaune turned to his right and saw a white lion with a golden mane that was made entirely of what he assumed was his aura staring at him, They both nodded at each other understanding that they were on the same team both turned to Yang who was sweating a bit.
"Come on Vomit boy two on one that isn't really fair."
"Well, Yang I'd be lioing if I said I didn't want to beat you."
The buxom blonde smirked
"Oh no you didn't"
"Oh yes, I did."
With the roar of the Lion, both blondes charged at each despite not being well versed in hand to hand combat Jaune kept up with Yang dodging her overhead swing, and kneeing her in the stomach, not wanting to let up Jaune punched her in the gut again and uppercut her in the air setting her up for his feline companion to slam her into the ground.
Jaune looked up from the ground annoyed her as red and hair ablaze as her semblance flared she quickly got up and appeared in front of Jaune and forced her fellow blonde to block a kick to the head, a powerful one at that. Yang spun her body and raised her other leg kicking Jaune into his side sending him rolling away.
Jaune got up to see Yang charge at him faster than before considering he powered up her semblance, Jaune raised his arms to block as his fellow blonde tried to punch him in the stomach but Yang wouldn't let up she continued her assault on Jaune forcing him to block her powered up strikes.
Jaunes arms ached at Yang's barrage of punches but out of the corner of his eye, saw his Aura slowly whittling away reaching the yellow. Not wanting to lose Jaune pumped Aura into his Gauntlets and swiped the claws at Yang the blonde brawler dodged but her hair not so much, Jaunes attack had cut off a tuft of her hair.
His fellow blonde stopped for a second to see a piece of her majestic hair fall and hit the ground. Jaune know he was dead and wouldn't get another chance for an opening, he pulled his fist back casing it in Aura and swung at Yang's face sending her flying. Jaune fell to one knee breathing heavily Yang was really pushing him but he was keeping up but he was dead he had
Jaune got up in time to see Yang had jumped at him her fist cocked back her face screaming murder hair blazing and eyes a raging red, Jaune raised his gauntleted arms to block the attack but it never came as Yang was snatched out of the air by his Aura Lion.
"Oh, you son of a-Agghhhhhh!"
The blonde brawler didn't get to finish as the creature threw Yang into the air it then looked at Jaune who understood what to do. Both of them jumped into the air both of their claws glowing, the two of them slammed their powered claws into Yang digging into her Aura as they propelled to the ground with Yang slamming into it first, cushioning both him and his lion.
They both jumped off of Yang allowing her to get wobbly get up and glare at Jaune and his Lion but it didn't matter to them they charged at Yang with a synchronized roar and instead of it coming out like a normal person Jaunes came out just like his Lion companion it shook the room as the students and Goodwitch covered their ears.
The both of them attacked Yang who could barely block their attacks, the both of them setting each other up for attacks on Yang and watching each others back. something about his new ally made Jaunes blood burn like he could trust this creature born from his Aura with his life I mean it was born from the light of his soul so it made sense. With a final punch and paw to the gut, both of them launched Yang into the wall. Jaune heavily panted but with his Lion by his side they could both take her
"Winner Mister Arc and his ugh Lion"
With Goodwitch calling the victor Jaune dropped his stance and looked at the Aura monitors, he was in the yellow nearly the red but Yang was in the red. He had done it he beat Yang fucking Xiao Long.
"Hell yeah!"
Jaune punched the air and ran over to hug his lion who patted his back and shared his sentiment letting out a happy growl. Jaune pulled back, took off his helmet, ignored the gasps he heard coming from his classmates behind him, and raised his hand towards his Aura lion for a high five.
"Up top big guy, we earned it."
The lion respond by raising its paw and giving Jaune a high five, Jaune was having the time of his life he actually beat Yang sure it was with this big guy's help but he was his Aura so he was part of him
"Jaune!" Till Blake had to ruin it Jaune clutched his head, was that shout louder than before jeez his head ached now. "Jaune touch your head!"
'Ok that's weird but if it'll get you to stop screaming at me fine"
Jaune touched the top of his head and felt that he had more hair than normal and it was a bit curlier than the norm after going a bit higher he came across these weird fleshy things on his head. He grabbed them and tugged on them.
"Youch!" Ok, that hurt what are these things, Jaune opened his eyes and looked into the reflection of the visor on his helmet he was met with a familiar face his face. But there were differences, his pupils were slitted and had specks of gold inside of them along with his sapphire blue, his teeth were sharper than normal, especially his canines but the biggest change was with the lion's ears atop his head.
Yup I went with Ywain for this one can you tell I like him, I was going to with Gawain for the Yang fight but you can thank Mister MM Browsing for reminding me of Ywain and to answer some questions yes Carnwennan will appear and so will some of Arthurs other weapons and other versions of the knights will appear like Lancelot alter, mostly as different suits this is super sentai we gotta have more than 13 different costumes like come on 13 is too small. Why Ywain changed Jaune into a Faunus( shrugs) might explain later or maybe I just did it cause I thought it was cool Azure out.
KNIGHT INSTALL :
Arthur (Locked): The once and future king of the Britons the default of Arcalibur but its true power is locked only granting Jaune's enhanced strength and speed with resistance to magic after unlocking the rest of the Knights of the Round only then will its true power be revealed. (2/13)
Galahad: The shield of the round carried away by the holy grail with his unbreakable shield he defends Camelot and those important to him. Grants Jaune increased defense its holy light similar to that of the grail. Its light burns brighter in the presence of Grimm seeming to have an effectiveness against anything the creatures of the dark have tainted allowing even a shield to cleave through the most armored of Grimm
Ywain: A knight of the round who left his love for adventure glory after falling out of favor with her he goes on a quest to go and prove his love to her befriending a lion who he had saved from a dragon he kills 2 demons and a Giant with his new companion by his side he regains his lady's favor. This armo leaves Jaune without a sword granting him gauntlets instead, it also changes him into a Lion faunus while using Ywain Jaune also gains enhanced speed and strength but also a lion companion made out of his Aura also while like this Jaune becomes more animalistic and grows a sense of battle lust becoming a battle junkie