A/N: I have good news and I have bad news
Good news! I've added Fem!Mercury to the harem! Why? Because I am now very much in love with the concept of female Mercury and the few fan art of her.
From no on, Fem!Mercury will be known as Marceline
now, the bad news... there will be slow updates on this story because I want to both diverge but also somewhat follow Imyoshi's original story and while it's a bit easy to do, it's proved to be a little hard, so yeah, slow updates...
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Jaune was currently battling the training bot yet again, this time, he managed to kick the bucket of bolts back and then swung his sword, causing the tip of his sword to be pointed at the bots neck. the bot's eyes lit up, dropping all pretense of attack.
"Oh, what's going on now?" Jaune asked with a groan
The bot rebooted up and looked at Jaune, [Initiating: Level-two] The Bot said
"Oh sh-"
Suddenly, Jaune was thrown off his feet, landing on the floor from a surprising sweep kick, and had the pole once again hovering over his neck before he had time to breathe. Emotionless eyes stared down at his dropped form, never judging him.
Despite the situation, Jaune laughed, he laughed harder than he ever had ever since entering this academy. Again, slow progress, but progress. He began reaching for his shield, and he slowly stood up and he now a tiny smirk, time to put this level-two to the test and improve.
"That wasn't so bad Jaune"
"AHHHH!" Jaune cried
He turned around and saw that Velvet was there with a soft smile on her face. Jaune regained himself and took a deep breath as his smile returned to his face. He decided to end the training with the bot there and looked over to Velvet
"You scared the crap out of me Vel," Jaune said with a smile
She giggled, "Sorry," She said "Anyway, you improved, I heard the bot say you were at level two, which is getting much better than before," Velvet told him
Jaune chuckled, "thanks, but I still got a long way to go before I'm even on the level I need to be," Jaune said
"Still, it's a vast improvement than what I and my team saw," Velvet said with a giggle
"Ha Ha Ha" Jaune sarcastically laughed
"I'm just pulling your arm Jaune," Velvet said with a smile "Hey, you wanna come with me and my team down to vale later today?"
Jaune looked at her puzzled, "what for?" Jaune asked
"We're just looking at the set up the city's having for the Vytal Festival and Coco wants to scope out the competition," Velvet said
Jaune chuckled, "Yeah, sounds like might as well, as long as I stay out of that empty room.
Velvet nodded, "Well, you might wanna get ready for the next class, it's Dr. Ooblecks"
Jaune groaned loudly at the information and he sheathed Crocea Mors and went to change back into his Beacon Uniform.
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Finally, after the... let's say speedy lecture of Prof- Docter Oobleck, Jaune was free and he headed to the Bullhead Docks. He walked down a few flights of stairs, but that's when he heard voices coming from the bottom of the stairs
"Are you sure this is the right place? This looks like the dorms…"
"I'm sure... I think"
"No, no! We're supposed to be at the auditorium in 10 minutes!"
"How the hell did we get lost?"
"Probably because we let Neb lead us."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Jaune reached the bottom of the stairs and saw four girls in huntress gear and they were arguing as they held up a map of Beacon.
"Excuse me, o you need help?" He asked
His voice had caught their attention to him, one girl looked to him.
She had lightly tanned skin, indigo hair brushed over to her left side, and olive eyes. Her outfit consisted of a high-necked, tight-fitting gray shirt with dark gray accents, along with a long, lilac coat with one long sleeve with the other rolled up. She also wears a leather bandolier with a steel gray pauldron on the right shoulder, which also appears to hold her weapon. She also wore a slanted dark gray belt on the second notch alongside a breastplate that matches her pauldron. She wears a pair of gray pants with dark gray boots with light gray laces alongside dark gray forearm length gloves with the left glove being fingerless and having a cuff. She also has a dark gray band around her right elbow with a smaller band on her upper left arm.
"No," She said with a smile
"Yes," Said the other three girls
"Look, could you tell us how to get to the auditorium?" asked another girl.
"Sure," Jaune said with a smile "But first, who are you exactly?" Jaune asked
The girl with the violet hair looked at him with a smug smirk, "We're Team NDGO" She said Proudly "We just flew in from Shade, and we're trying to find your Headmaster but the place is a maze"
"Oh! well then it's nice to meet you" Jaune said with a smile
"Nice to meet you Jaune, I'm Nebula Violette" The girl with Violet hair, now known as Nebula, introduced herself
"Names Dew Gayl" Dew introduced herself
Dew had lightly-tanned skin, dirty blonde hair swept to the left, and violet eyes. She wore a sleeveless green dress with an asymmetrical hem, and what appears to be a golden scale one-sleeved high neck top underneath her dress, a lighter green sarong tied around her hips, and a golden spaulder. Two thin chain loops run from the front of her spaulder and around her torso to the back. She also wore a pair of over-the-knee scale stockings, armored calf-high boots that match her spaulder though the rear of her calves is exposed and a simple chain bracelet with a ring connected to it on her right hand as well as a brown band around her left wrist with two beaded bracelets.
"I am Gwen Darcy," Gwen told Jaune
Gwen had lightly tanned skin, she had curly black hair pulled back from her face into ringlets, and brown eyes with purple eye shadow. She wore a black corset dress with a dark gray front, purple hem, and purple laces on the back. She also wears a light gray top with short sleeves and black cuffs. Her top also has a high gray collar that appears to be armored. Her belt is a long purple ribbon edged in gray, with a bow in the back and tied in the front, and connected to the belt are a pair of armor tassets that also act as storage for her weapon. Her shoes are flats and ribbons. She also wears a pair of light gray stockings and pale gray ballet flats, with ribbons around her lower legs.
"and I'm Octavia," Octavia said
Octavia, like the rest of her team, also lightly tanned skin, she had brick-red hair that was left loose with swept fringe to the right and olive green eyes. She wore a teal blue waistcoat with two long tails and a dark brown strapless top. A cropped sleeveless vest of the same color is worn over the top and waistcoat. Her skirt was a pale green that graduates to a cream with a zigzagged pointed hem accompanied with an open front layer that graduates from brown to light brown. She also wore a pair of navy belts crossed in the front and back and a pair of sky blue layered spaulders, held in place by a dark brown leather strap across her chest. Her shoes are a pair of simple, navy blue ankle boots with folded over top and brick-redlining. She also had a navy blue choker around her neck
"Nice to meet you all" Jaune said, He then looked at their map and found their problem, "Ah, ok, I see your problem, you guys must have been dropped off at the western landing zone, the map you guys have started at the southern one!" Jaune said
"Nice going, grabbing the wrong Map Neb," Dew said
Nebula just growled at Dew and Jaune lightly chuckled at the scene. "Just head left from here, and you should be at the auditorium in a minute or two," Jaune told them
"Thanks for the Help Jaune," Nebula said with a smile
"it's no problem," he told her "I'd love to stay and chat but I gotta go and so do you, now that I think about it," Jaune told Nebula
Nebula's eyes widened, "Oh, shit you're right! Bye and thanks again Jaune!" Nebula said as she and her team made their way to the exit.
"See ya around!" Jaune shouted as he also left for his own destination.
As Team NDGO parted ways, with the boy, Nebula beamed at her teammates
"Guess not all of these Beacon students are so bad," Nebula said
"Crushing already, are we Neb?" Dew teased
Nebula's cheeks turned slightly turned at the teasing, but It didn't stop her from thinking about how cute Jaune was
Eventually, Jaune had arrived at the dock and met up with Team CVFY and Jaune greeted them with a smile.
"What took you so long, Arc?" Coco asked as she slightly pulled down her shades
"Sorry, I was busy helping out one of the transfer teams and hopefully making some new friends" Jaune replied
"It's good that you're making new friends Jaune," Yatsu said with a smile "Its always good to get out and meet new people"
Jaune nodded in agreement and just then, the first Bullhead arrived and settled down on the docks and picked them up. Jaune groaned slightly as he made his way onto the Bullhead and once he was on, he sat right next to a waste bin. Velvet shot him an odd look as he strapped into a seat next to a bin.
"Why are you sitting there Jaune?" Velvet asked
" I get motion sickness on bullheads," Jaune said "I'm getting better at it but I might... throw up"
"Oh... I see" Velvet said
Jaune then noticed the Velvet was slightly shaking next to him and he became a little concerned, "You ok Velvet?" Jaune asked
"I'm afraid of heights" she replied
Coco smiled at Jaune, "Blondie's got motion sickness and you're afraid of Heights bun-bun, maybe you two can compromise~" Coco said with a sly smile
"Without another word, Coco had pushed Velvet next to Jaune, and before she could strap in, the Bullhead took off and Velvet then latched onto Jaune's arm. Jaune was shocked but just sat as still as possible while mentally balancing the shuddering of the craft as well as the motion of take-off slowly hit him. He looked over to Coco who was smiling smugly at Jaune,
"Comfortable, blondie~?" Coco asked
Jaune glared at her but he also blushed a little bit as he felt Velvet wrap around his arm much tighter and her boobs pressed into his arm.
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"Are you feeling better, Blondie?" Coco asked with a smirk
They had just left the Bullhead and Jaune had just settled down his motion sickness... by releasing his lunch into a trash bin by the docks. Jaune turned to the fashionista and had fought the urge to give Coco the middle finger. After regaining his composure and bits of his pride, he and Team CVFY began their trip through the city of Vale.
Coco, it seemed, was trying to play matchmaker with him and Velvet on the bullhead. and thankfully, He hadn't gotten sick on the ship, which was very good considering that Velvet was holding on for dear life and the last thing he wanted to do was throw up his guts in front of Velvet. As they walked and talked, the pleasant mood was interrupted when they rounded a corner and saw a shattered window down the street and a door full of yellow caution tape of the Vale Police Force.
They walked over to the sight and looked at the broken-in store
"what happened?" Fox asked a detective
"Dust Robbery" Replied the detective "Second Dust shop to be hit this week... This place is turning into a jungle"
Suddenly, a second detective walked up to the first one and the first detective turned to his partner,
"They left all the money again." The Second detective told the first
This caught Jaune's attention as well as Coco's
"So we know thair not after money" Replied the first detective "Who needs that much Dust?"
"an army" Replied the second
"You thinking the White Fang?" asked the first
"Yeah," Replied the second "I'm also thinking that we don't get paid enough"
Velvet growled, "Ugh! The White Fang..." Velvet groaned
"What's your problem?" Jaune asked
"My problem?" Velvet asked "My problem is that those Bloody White Fang bastards give us Faunus a bad name... they cause more harm than good nowadays"
Jaune nodded in agreement, "True, but then again, in their defense, some humans haven't been too kind to Faunus"
Velvet's eyes turned to Jaune with a questionable looked
"I-I'm not saying that they're allowed to do bad things just because they've been mistreated, but they are between a rock and a hard place regarding equality." Jaune explained, "Besides, there's no guarantee that the White Fang are involved"
"Jaune's got a point," Fox said "The police never caught Torchwick... Maybe it was him" Fox chimed in
"Still doesn't change the fact that I want to rip the White Fang a new one" Velvet grumbled
"Hey, stop that Faunus!"
Jaune and the others turned around only to see a Faunus with a golden monkey tail run down the road and then turn slightly to look back at the two sailors who were trying to catch him.
"Thanks for the ride, guys!" The Faunus shouted while laughing
"Damn you, you no-good stowaway!" One of the sailors snarled,
"Hey! A no-good stowaway would've been caught!" Replied the Monkey Faunus "I'm a great stowaway!" He shouted with pride.
"Quick! let's get him!" Coco said
Without even thinking about it, Jaune, Velvet, Fox, and Yatsu followed Coco as she gave chase. The team and Jaune rounded the next corner where they saw the Monkey Faunus turn down, but Coco bumped into someone and tripped and the team stopped when she fell. Coco looked up only to see the Faunus boy jump on to a building and disappear from her view.
"Ah crap, he got away!" Coco hissed
"Hey, um... Coco?" Velvet asked, pointing beneath her teammate, causing the fashionista to look down and see that she fell on a smiling ginger girl, which scared Coco as she hastily got up.
"Salutations!" The new girl cheered, her bright green eyes shining with excitement as she got up
"Hi?" Jaune said as he was a bit taken aback by the girl's optimism.
"Are you ok? did you hit your head or something" Coco asked, tilting her head in confusion at the girl.
"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking! and no I did not" The girl responded, still smiling "My name is Penny! It's an absolute pleasure to meet you!"
"I'm Jaune"
"I'm Velvet"
"Yatsuhashi"
"Names Fox"
"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Coco asked, but Fox and Velvet elbowed her in the side at the same time "ow! Oh, right, I'm Coco"
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you all!" Penny said regardless.
"You already said that," Coco told Penny
Penny then tilted her head with a smile while still looking innocent, "So I did!" she replied
"Well, sorry for running into you," Coco said,
"Stay safe, friend," Jaune told Penny
"She was a little weird..." Coco muttered
Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, Penny suddenly appeared before them, shocking the five teens
"What did you say?" Penny asked
"Ah! I'm really sorry, I didn't think you heard me!" Coco said with an apologetic tone
"No, not you," Penny said "You!" Penny cried as she pointed and got very close to Jaune
"M-Me?" Jaune asked with wide eyes
"You called me 'friend'! Am I really your friend?" Penny asked, her head tilted in curiosity
"Um..." Jaune began with wide eyes "Um... well Y-Yeah, Why not?" Jaune said with a smile
Penny's smile widened as she jumped for joy, "Oh this is Sensational!" She cheered as she took Jaune's hands in her own. "We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys, just like you!"
"Um...alright..." Jaune replied 'wouldn't be the first time,' He thought to himself
"So... what are you doing in Vale?" Yatsu asked.
"Oh! I'm here to fight in the tournament for Atlas Academy!" Penny answered, releasing Jaune's hands as she turned to Yatsu
"Wait... you're fighting in the tournament?" Coco asked
Penny only responded with a nod and salute, "I'm combat ready!"
"Sorry doll, but you hardly look the part," Coco said
"Says the girl who's constantly worried about ruining her expensive clothes on missions" Fox mumbled
"You say something Fox?" Coco asked with an angry tone
"Nope, I think Jaune said something," Fox said as a bead of sweat rolled down his head
"N-No, I'm pretty sure Yatsu was the one to say something, right?" Jaune replied with a scared tone
Yatsu's eyes widened in fear, "No, No, No Jaune is mistaken, It was Velvet" Yates said
"yeah it was Velvet" Fox agreed
"Totally her" Jaune agreed
Velvet just glared at the boys, "Oh you bloody wankers!" She cried in anger
Coco then looked back to Penny, "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed guy?"
"The who?" Penny asked, her smile slipping slightly.
Coco sighed as she was given an answer. With that said, Coco and the others continued their trip, but before they left, Penny exchanged scroll numbers with Jaune and then went to do whatever it was she needed to do and they parted ways.
Eventually, as the day ended, the five teens had returned to Beacon with some things, like clothes, courtesy of Coco, and after dropping off most of them, since they belonged to Coco, Jaune made his way back to his room. Jaune was currently carrying some clothes as well as some snacks he had bought as well. Once he arrived at his room, He opened the door only to met with a sight that shocked him.
Lying on one of the empty beds was the Monkey Faunus from earlier that day and he was reading one of his comics. The Faunus boy looked up from the comic and looked at Jaune, and he just gave him a wave and a smile
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Jaune cried
"Sup dude! The names Sun Wukong"
"OK! But what the hell are you doing in my room!?" Jaune asked
"Oh, well, since my team isn't all here yet, Headmaster Ozpin told me I could bunk with the only first-year in Beacon, which is you right?" Sun asked
"Um, Yeah, but what do you mean headmaster-?"
"Oh man, that's so cool!" Sun said, "When I heard that there was only a single first year in beacon I was like, 'what?' but then Ozpin told me why there was only one first-year here in beacon and I just had to meet you, dude!"
Jaune was about to retort but he sighed and decided to talk to Headmaster Ozpin tomorrow about the living situation with Sun, for now, he just decided to get to know Sun"
"Nice to meet you, Sun" Jaune said with a soft smile "I'm Jaune Arc
"Again, nice to meet you bro" Sun said, "So, anyway's dude, what's it like being the only first year?" Sun asked
Jaune smiled and began to tell him what it was like and Sun just listened.
Meanwhile, In a secluded warehouse within the city of Vale, A Raven haired woman wearing a red dress with a pair of glass heel shoes looked at her associates, which were three other girls. "Are you all ready for tomorrow?" She asked them
"Yes Ma'am," Replied a girl with emerald hair and red eyes "I am all set"
"Yeah boss, I'm ready" Replied another Girl, who had Silver hair and Robotic legs.
Another girl with pink and brown hair as well as pink and brown eyes nodded with a smile.
The Raven-haired woman smiled and nodded, "Good, Tomorrow we infiltrate Beacon and our plans truly begin..." She said with an evil smirk "And nothing can stand in our way"
As she said that, Jaune and Sun were still talking and laughing as the night continued...