It was a nice and warm day like any other for Beacon, students having time together, staff drinking coffee while marking the paper.
Both team JNPR and team RWBY can be seen in the dust classroom, getting ready for the experiment for the project in that week. The project was about two teams who must work together and create 4 different dust experiments to give to professor Peach. They were chosen by pure luck, so they plan to meet up in a classroom on Saturday to finish it all together.
"Team RWBY and team JNPR is time for us to create the best dust experiment in the world." Ruby said happily as she fists pump to the air.
"""Yeah!!!""" Nora, Yang, Jaune cheered along her, doing the same action as the little reaper.
Ren just stays quiet, nodding a bit, while Blake was still reading her book. Pyrrha smiled at her partner's enthusiasm.
"Let's just finish this so I can study for next week's exam." Weiss said not looking forward to it.
"Come on Weiss, don't be such an ice queen. Aren't you a princess who is very good with dust?" Yang asked with a smirk.
She glared at the blond girl, almost murderously but she just brushes it off.
"First of all, don't call me Ice Queen. Secondly, its heiress. Thirdly, yes, I'm well versed with all kind of dust, so I'm confident in getting a perfect score." Weiss proudly said, bringing her chest up in pride.
"Then, why do you look so grumpy?" Yang asked, causing her mood to soured once again.
"Because of him." Weiss simply said as Jaune get closer, looking nervous.
"Hey Weiss... there are a really good movie in the theatre, and I got two tickets for it so... I was thinking maybe we can go together to watch it tomorrow?" Jaune asked nervously and hopeful.
"No." She simply said in a cold tone, not even put the effort to face him.
"Oh… is alright." He said disappointedly as he walks away.
Yang watch as he just walks away with dark cloud above him and Pyrrha counselling him, rolling her eyes.
"And you asked why we called you ice queen." She pointed at the sad blond knight.
"hmph!" Weiss huffed as she crossed her arms and walk away.
A few minutes later
The group was divided to 4 different groups. First is Ruby and Weiss. Then Yang and Blake. The next was Ren, Nora, and Pyrrha. And finally, Jaune alone, despite of the red-haired girl's sadness.
The reason Jaune was doing an experiment by himself, was to impress Weiss. Thinking if he does this, maybe Weiss would be amazes enough and accept one of his dates. So, he had plead for his partner to let him do this. It took a considerably amount of effort and promises before she reluctantly said yes.
As to why she was hesitantly let him did the project alone was due to he had zero knowledge about how the magical rock even work prior to his arrival at Beacon. But unbeknownst to everyone, including his teams, he had secretly read a book about dust while in the holiday just for this day behind everyone's back, flip through page by page to even have the slightest understand on how dust work. You don't want to know how much hour of sleep he has after fitting that study into his already messy and packed schedule.
He had learned that every different colour of dust could produce their own element when being used. Red for fire, dark blue for water, light blue for ice, brown for earth, greyish white for wind, yellow for lightning. And how powerful it was, were based their purity as well. The more purer it was, the greater performance it will show. It was quite an interesting topic
While he was on the subject of dust, he reached into his pocket and retrieved a pink colour dust with an uncertain look.
"What is this dust?" Jaune whispered under his breath.
Short Flashback
Jaune opened his eyes passively as he grudgingly sat straight up in the middle of the night, rubbing one of his eyes as it looked over the window to find the moon still on the skies, illuminating everything, along with stars shining through the clouds.
Massaging the back of his head thanks to the weird pressure he felt, he picks his pillow up to find a pick crystal with a note under it. At first, he grabs and stares at it confusedly, before deciding to throw it on the table for now since he was too exhausted to figure that out.
Flashback End
He doesn't know where it came from, but he had uncovered a new kind of dust he had never seen before, even reading through hours worth of information on that kind of stuff, with the letter said 'Have fun' with a smiling face. He asked his team if they were missing some dust, but they said no. In the end, he brings it with him to ask one of the professors what kind of dust it was after the project was done since he never saw or read about a pink one.
For now, he should really put the magical rock away and focus on the project before he made any mistakes and embarrassed himself even further than he has.
His eyes then wander off from one hand to another where he noticed his mix was glowing red and shaking in his hand.
Wearingly, he gazes to the book where it's written on the top with all capital words. 'DON'T USE AURA WHEN HANDLING DUST SINCE IT'S VERY REACTIVE WHEN IT IS NEAR TO ONE.'
…
Aahhh… after all of that aura training he has done with Ren for weeks, it seem like he still couldn't properly turn off or stop his aura from leaking, not that he was completely sure which one it is. Nevertheless, something he need to fix down on the road if he wants to try to use dust without it exploding in his face.
Speaking of exploding.
"Get cover!!!" He immediately shouted to all his friends.
All of the training and instinct they had developed throughout the years kick in as soon as they heard the urgent in his voice, immediately went under the table in a split second without asking any questions.
*BOOM*
The room was immediately filled with dark smoke and shockwave, making it hard to perceive anything while the wind from the explosion caused all their study reports and experiments to get blown away to the ground. After the smoke cleared out, they got up from the covers and saw the Jaune hole shape in the window that led outside.
"What is that dunces doing?!" Weiss screeched.
"Jaune!!!" Pyrrha screamed as she rushed to the broken window, poking her heads out the hole and frantically searching for her not-secretly crush, in hope he's fine after tanking such an explosion point blank.
"I'm okay!" Jaune yelled out from outside.
This caused her to let out a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile with Nora, whereas everyone was more focused on what had just transpired, her eyes landed on the light pink dust, which was laying on the ground, as if calling her name.
"Ohh… Pretty." The pink bomber let out as she picks it up and examines it closely.
"Doesn't he know that dust is really fragile and dangerous?! His incompetence can kill someone!" Weiss stated as she stomps around the class.
"Whoa, take it easy, Ice Queen. No one's hurt. Well, except for Vomit Boy over there. So, we're all good," Yang tried to soothed her down despite her own irritation that began to fill up a bit due to the need to do all of this from the start once again and the mess they probably must clean after. "Hey Vomit Boy! You own all of us a meal!"
"Fair Enough! Does Ramen sound good to you all!" Jaune yelled.
The blonde woman smiles after hearing his respond. "We will talk about this later!" She shouted before looking at everyone with a calm smile. "There, let's bygones be bygones."
"Ahh! If I fail this assignment because him. I swear I will encase him in a block of ice and leave the sun the job of defrost him!" She vowed to the gods above with an icy glare that seemed capable of freezing everything. While she throws a temper tantrum, everyone just cautiously back away from the furious girl and hope she would cold down sooner rather than later.
"Uh-oh." Nora suddenly let out, with catch the attention of the girl, plus Ren but he already can guess.
Each of them, except Ren, gradually turned around upon hearing the sound, their eyes widening in anticipation. Despite they hadn't yet seen the situation, a sense of suspicion told them what was about to occur. They found Nora, her own blend was glowing in shades of pink and trembling. On their faces, expressions of acceptance show their understanding of the imminent events that's going to take place in a second.
She stares back at them and simply says "oops" with a smile.
*BOOM*
Unlike before, they didn't react in time… or more like most of them were already use to this kind of stuff and Weiss was a bit worn out to do anything as the dust exploded engulfing everyone, making the room fill with pink smokes. Besides, they have auras to protect them from any damages, nothing bad will happen to them… right?
With Jaune
He was walking back to the classroom, completely fine thank to his aura, with some dust on his uniform but his face was crimson red. He was really, really embarrassed. All because of his desire to impress Weiss, he failed to control his aura and messed up so badly right in front of her. Now, he simply wants to digs a hole and crawl in there forever.
How he wishes he had the semblance to turn back time right now.
Once he arrived back to the classroom, he didn't enter just yet as he gazes at the door, cold sweat forming around his face and anxiety latched on his face. He was very nervous to come back and see disappointed or angry Weiss. He swallowed a lump in his throat as his mind imagined every scenario that can happen after he opened the door.
Weiss in her combat outfit, standing on high ground, while Jaune was below, looking up to her. Both stare deeply into each other's eyes with sadness and sorrow as the Heiress's smooth white hair flows elegantly through the winds.
"Sorry Jaune but I can't love you anymore." She said dramatically as her hand lay over her heart, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Why?" He asked dramatically as well with one hand raise up to her, a mix of confusion and despair leaked from his expressions.
"Because she likes me!" Ruby appeared beside Weiss out of nowhere. Grabbing her by the waist and pulling her into a deep kiss. Sound of a mirror cracking could be heard in the background as Jaune stares at the development right in front of him with wide eyes, mouth agape. Soon, Yang and Blake, wearing bee costumes flying in the air with a banner in hands say, 'Better Luck Next Time'.
Jaune fall to his knees, screaming to the heaven itself "Noooo!"
Back to the real world, the blond idiot blinked dumbly, not just once or twice but as many times as it takes to make sure that his mind just manufactures scenarios.
He doesn't know why his mind fabricates such thought, but he had a feeling that there were some parallel universes that team RWBY were lesbians, where they will fall in love with their own partner and this world were one of those.
"It seems like Nora is starting to affect me with her crazy talk and dreams." He said with sweat beaded on his brow as he stared at the ground.
He shook his head to forget that weird thought and took a deep breath. Simply standing there like a scarecrow won't fix any of his mistakes, he must go in there and apologise to everyone.
Bracing for anything that'll come his way, he opened the door, causing a pink smoke to emerge from the classroom. By accident, he breathed in the smoke before coughing profusely. Of all things he had expected, ranging from annoyed Weiss to Nora complimenting his explosion, this wasn't even on the list.
"Where is all of this smoke coming from?" He asked as he swat the smoke away.
It took some time to open all the windows, but all the smoke eventually dismissed, where he just froze there with wide eyes when he faced back toward the class as his breath hitch. In front of him were seven trembly small kids, one that can be mistaken for a girl, in Beacon uniforms that were too big for them.
As confusion slowly settled in him, they stares around the places for a moment and finally at each other, where they get closer together not before stumbling a bit thanks to their oversize uniform
His mouth moved but no sound was coming out. Many questions flood into his mind that he wants to ask, to say out loud. But before he could do any of that, all of their eyes landed on him, causing him to freeze like a deer caught in headlights.
"""Daddy?""" All the seven small kids asked in unison.
He almost yells "no" instinctively, that he wasn't their dad nor they were related the slightest. He was too young to take care of kids or be a dad, that responsibility was something he couldn't handle right now. However, he stopped himself when he saw the confusion and fear in their eyes. Their small body were trembling as they hold on to each other with their tiny hand. Biting his lips and tightening his grip from the heartbreaking sight, he hesitantly opens his mouth.
"Yes... I'm your dad." He tried to give a gentle smile as he spread his arm.
"""Dad!!!""" They yell simultaneously as all of them tackled him immediately with their small hands, causing to skid back slightly from the force.
Jaune manages to stay on his feet thank to all of his training he went through with Pyrrha, they may be kids, but they have quite the energy and physical strength. He hugged them back and held all of them close to his body, to make sure they were okay. While his body was doing its own thing, his mind was processing other things.
He was extremely confused and scared.
By now, he had realised that all of them were his friends, turn into a kid. He can see it by their hair and eye colour, especially Ruby's unique silver eyes. And this only fuel his endless pit of questions that's forming deep inside his head.
Why did all of his friends become kids? How did they become like that? How long will it take till they return to normal? What should he do now? These were a few sentences dominantly flying around in his mind.
Kid's giggled made up to his ears, resulting in him to face down at their joyful and cheerful expressions. Unknown to him, a smile has made its way to his face despite the confusions and shocks. He began to pet younger Ruby with his right arm who smiled brightly at the touch, melting his heart. He has the urge to hug and spoil every single one of them so much.
He mentally slapped himself to snap out of it. He must go to Ozpin and tell what has happened. Maybe he will know how to fix this. However, Jaune got a hunch that Ozpin won't do any help and simply watch his suffering in amusement for unknown reasons.
Weird…
Author Note: Hey everyone, I am back with a new chapter of my new series. Sorry for the late chapter but I am kinda busy with my school and I will have my final exams next week. So after the next chapter upload, I will be off for a moment, though it won't change much seeing my horrendous schedule.
Also before anyone comes at me with a fork and torch, here is the creator and fanfic that inspire me to write this.
"Father Jaune"
By: shadow gumball of death
Okay, there, if you wanted to read their works, you can go there and read it yourself.
Like usual.
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