The walk from the stage to their room was silent, how was he to aproach them? All the training from his uncle was supposed to prepare him for this sort of thing but right now he was so nervous no ideas came to his blonde head. Maybe they should try from the basics, he knew their names, he had seen their figthing styles but knew nothing about them, well except that Pyrrha was famous, and that she was from Argus and other small talk stuff.
So when they got into their room he went with that route.
"I would like for us all to do some introducing, we will be working as a team and living together, so I would like it for us to get together and learn about each other. Only say what you are comfortable with." Seeing as noone was angry with him, meant they were atleast considering it. And as mama Arc-Nearl said, you should leave by example "My name is Jaune Arc-Nearl, I am from a long line of wariors, and I hail from the edges of the valean border. I have seven sisters. My semblance is aura fortification, allowing me to fortify myself or other peoples auras, boosting and healing them, I use my weapon and aural arts. I hope we can all work together." Everybody clapped ligthly and he sat down on the ground.
"I am Pyrrha Nikos, I am from Argus and I hope we can be friends." After this the redhead sat down and he and the dinamic duo started to clap.
"I am Lie Ren, and this is my non related by blood sister, Nora. Please call me Ren. We are both from the village of KuroYuri in the Animan frontier. My semblance calms down people and hides me and those around me from the grimm. My weapon is a pair of smg knives, but I can also use a bow. I too use aura arts in my combat style, and I hope we can bond on it." They clapped again and the momment Ren sat down, Nora was already standing up.
"I AM NORA! The queen of combat, the great pancake devourer, fear my wrath for I shall smite YE with my thunder hammer! I am an orphan from a bandit raid on my home village and Rens father found me in the forest, recognised how awesome I would be and brought me home." At this point it seemed like the rambuctious young woman had started to ramble."Me and Ren are always together, but not together-together. As that would be awkward, even though we are not blood related." And as she sat down they all clapped. For who wouldn't clap at such marvelous way to fumble from a great begging into a boot in their mouth.
"I believe we would be like one average sized non related by blood family by the end of our stay in this Academy" and as they all laughed and went back to unpacking, Jaune felt like he had planted the seeds for one better future. The warmth of which held him until he fell asleep, dreams of plains of golden rye and the snowcovered mountains he once visited with his whole family to meet a group of family friends. He barely remembered them but soft gray fur and happy laughs were there.
When the young knight woke up it was still dark outside as usual and it was time for the usual morning routine, and as he stretched, Pyrrha also woke up and while he did his meditation so did Nora, and with Nora waking Ren soon all were ready for the day. And as they went and ate their breakfast the talk went into the direction of their future classes.
"First class is grimm studies? What are your expectations?"
"OH! Oh! I bet the teacher will be a mountain of muscles!" speculated Nora. "He would have us wrestle ursas, box with beowolves and in the end we would have a free for all royal rumble!"
"Nora I do not think there will be enough space for a safe free for all." The calmer non blood related sibling said. "We should go and use our half an hour of free time before class starts. It says our first class today is at 9am."
With the there being time to spare team JNPR leisurely walked and sat at their desks with some time to spare and listen to Nora`s speculations. As more and more students entered the room eventually so did the teacher, a rotund and portly man draging a warehouse cart with a something blocky, covered by tarp. And as the class was about to start, everyone having their notebooks out and ready a massive noise came from the hall and team RWBY came bursting through the door, just as the alarm rung to signify the class starting. And as the four huntresses made it to the empty spot near his own team the young knigth nodded to his fellow leader.
The same old man from earlier in his almost military looking burgundy suit, took center stage. He was rotund and had a magnificent moustache.
"Monsters! Demons! Prolwers of the night! Our enemy has many names. But I call them prey! Soon so shall you." And yet despite the teachers boisterous proclamation most of the class except one student, whose yeah was cut short by embarassment.
"That's the spirit young man! Why you remind me of myself when I was a lad." And from then on a long story about how he went off to capture a beowolf by a almost fantastical ways. But it would seem that most of his fellow students were bored by it, and while it wasn't that interesting some things must have been based in reality. Wariors didn't get to an old age from bragging alone, something some others might have realised as he noticed others also took notes, the Schnee included.
"And that is how I saved the village and was hailed as hero! And remember A true Huntsman must be honorable! A true Huntsman must be dependable! A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise! Does anybody here believe they exemplify these ideas?" and to Jaunes surprise one irrate atlesian girl threw her hand in the air.
"Then please get your equipment, chop-chop lass, before the class ends." And true enough the snowhaired teen was back soon enough. In that mean time the proffessor picked up his weapon, a blunderbuss axe, and the tarp covered object becoming increasingly agitated with the passing of time.
"Are you ready, miss Schnee?" gone was the jovial tone from earlier, but the boisterousness was still there, but as if to hide something else. And upon getting the confirmation the rotund man pulled the tarp off, showing to the whole rooma cage with a boarbatusk in it.
And when Weiss took her stance the rotund man swung his axe and freed the grimm, the figth that followed almost had Weiss lose, Ruby trying to cheer her up and offer advice, which would seem her teammate didn't apreciate. If it was him he would have been able to deal with it in otherways, but it wasn't him and as the young blonde and his team were heading towards plant science with proffessor Peach they heard the end of the internal dispute between their fellow students.
"I've studied, and trained, and quite frankly, I deserve better." And then off the Schnee went leaving the younger girl behind. And as a good brother his instincts told him to go and try to cheer her up.
"Go on guys, I will catch up with you." And as they went, Jaune aproached the desolate "She looked upset with you, you stole her cake or something?"
"Jaune do you think I shouldn't be a leader? That ozpin made a mistake by putting me in charge?" the silver eyed girl asked almost teary. God were those puppy eyes strong.
"I say you havent had the experience to be able to judge. Its been less than a day so its hard to say. Have you had a mutiny yet, if no then you are on the way to success! But listen while not everyone can be put in charge of others, and if Ozpin deemed you fit for the position there must be a reason for it. So keep your chin up. And if she tries to challenge you for dominance, put the bitch in her place!" in the final part the horse faunus made a fist.
"Jaune I don't think that's the way to solve this." The girl seemed atleast a bit cheered.
"And I second that opinion mister Arc-Nearl, also your sister got disqualified from the Vytal festival that year, for almost killing a fellow participant." Came a male voice behind them. He hadnt even sensed the aproach of the headmaster, immediately alert due to the mans pressence his ears stood as ramrod as possible.
"She's always been like this, but shes good at heart!" immediately he came to the defence of his older sister.
"I don't doubt that but unless she gets her temper under control people will never get to know that. Miss Rose, Ive made more mistakes than any man, woman or child alive, and yet I don't consider appointing you as a leader to be one."said the headmasster reassuringly.
"But I am not prepared!" the sligthly cheered girl said.
"Rarely people are, but thue leadership is something you can not teach, not something you can hammer into shape. You must find it within you to carry this heavy responsibility that is the life of your fellow men and women." Stopping to take a breath and a sip from his cup before continuing. "If you are not always performing at your absolute best, then what reason do you give others to follow you?" taking a sip again he looked at them as if he looked at someone else. This went on for a bit before the headmaster spoke again.
"Now I believe you are being late for class, please tell miss Peach I held you up, but do not be tardy." And with that the cooffee sipping man continued on his way.
"He`s rigth Ruby lets go." And they started running through the halls again, almost running some second years over in the process.
In the greenhouses of the academy, hidden out back they found their fellow classmates, being given a list of what books they would need, how to behave during classes and so on boring stuff that a teacher would give you during your first day of classes safe to say without Pyrrha and Ren taking notes he would have probably not have learnt it at all.
On the way out of the class a bulky rust haired classmate of his tried to shove him to the side. Which proved about as succesfull as 2 rocks hitting each other. Lunch went without anything major happening. And since the rest of the day was given to them to be free and get used to the school layout. Which while pleasant pretty much ended with them in a meditation hall not in use. Where the arts intrested people could focus on their inner peace.
And there they spent the afternoon while Nora tried to stay in one place without going too insane. Untill the time for dinner came. On the way there they met with team R_BY and as they sat together on the dining table, the last member of the all girls team came.
"Ruby, I was acting needlessly harsh. And I will try to be the best teammate I could be." It was obvious that saying that was hard for the white haired girl, but she was trying. "And I hope you can accept my app…" which was interrupted by the younger girl to give her a hug, which seemed to startle the heiress.
"Im so happy you caaame back, Weiss, we are going to be best friends forever. I was almost afraid I would have had to figth you like Yang and Jaune saaaid." Making the said people to look at each other.
"It was what my sister advised." Said Jaune quick to exonerate himself.
"I am her sister, I care for her." Defended herself Yang.
"You are both brutes. And I am happy we didn't come to blows over this" Said Weiss while patting Ruby's back "And as a best teammate I could be, I will have to help you catch up to all people who werent moved 2 years ahead." Which made Ruby to attempt to run away if not for a strong hand holding her cape.
"You have to listen to your partner Rubes." Said her older sister.
"ACK! You too Yang? Jaune Im having the mutiny you told me about." The attempts to run away were slowly becoming less and less energetic."Blaaaake saaave me." Only to not get ignored. "Traitors! Traitors the lot of you!" and with that all other people on the table laughed.
In the mean time at the dinner table of the Nearl-Arc residence a copy of the Mistralian newspaper were put in the middle.
"Knew he would make it mom!" Alicija said "Knew he would be the leader! That's our brother girls!"
"And he has such prety teammates! You think he will hook up with any of them?" said Ester.
"I bet on the blonde chick from the other team. She looks like she rocks." Said Rouje.
"I bet on the black haired one with the streak in her hair." said Estera.
"Girls, girls, it will obviously be his partner, look at those legs." Said Alicija
"I say none of the ones in his year. Little brother always liked em mature."Yolantha. "I have seen his room after all."
"I say the Schnee, the Snow queen and her white knight!" Kalina threw her 2 lien in. "Me and her sister were on a team after all."
"Saphron wrote, ladies, she bets on Laga! Little bro and her seemed close when we went to visit the Silverashes." Rouje chimed.
"Laga isnt in beacon, shes in Atlas."Yolantha argued back.
"She will for sure go for Vytal attendance when she learns he is there. And they were so young back then. The mysterious childhood friend! The route they never take in the shows!" Kalina backed up the claim. "Shes also older than him."
"I say he will can choose whoever he wants." The girls looked back to look at their father, astonished by his near indiference to the drama. "I bet on Goodwitch, she is still in her 30s. And I doubt a hotblood boy like him will be able to resist her."
"Cleore said shes dissapointed in us betting on his love life like that, and that we should focus on ours." Yolantha delivered her messege. "Shes always such a buzkill. Also another bet on the redhead from her."
"Ladies, I say your brother will go with multiple girls over his stay at the academy, or will amass a harem of followers." The matriarch of the family said. "He has his fathers gift after all, and all the sensibility to use it responsibly. Plus I am willing to bet your uncle has given him the needed advice on how to pull the ladies."
"I say the short one with the silver eyes."came a voice from behind them making all of them to turn around.
"Maria please wash yourself when you finish working, and then come help me with the dinner."
"Sorry sis." Maria said sheepishly "proffesor Mullbery is a friend of mine from when I went to get that engineering degree, some years ago, and he says shes a, and I quote, "weapon nut" weapon lover. Just like me! And boys often go for chicks similar to their moms." After said proclamation she got hit on the head by a laddle which was proptly ignored. "And while I am not his mom, he has spent so much time with me!"
Rouje having finished writing up the bets, went to pick up a box to collect the money. "Put em in folks, we seal it and it goes to Uncle for safekeeping." The box made its round around the tablle becoming fuller with each passing. "And may the best woman, or dad, win"
And when all of the sisters finished their dinner they were all making plans on how to influence the result and win.
Imma be real, your boy Is currently on a sick leave so I wrote most of these when I don't have fever. Also holy shit weiss and ruby in the show split after the first class. Somehow don't meet during lunch. Don't go to other classes together. And then we are shown how its nigth where they somehow didn't meet during dinner? And somehow classes start at 9 when in one of the books we are given that classes start at 8. So I will have to make some shit up as I go. I also need Ideas for an OC or ideas for which character the aura arts teacher can be(I kinda wish to put Viviana there, but I honestly think that could be a bit much).
As for why Ren and Nora arent orphans, it involved a certain suicidal knigth getting into the figth that made him see the ligth years before they were born.
In the note after the omake I have given you a question to help me decide what the next omake will be.
Omake:ASS WE CAN or Why uncle Mlinar never married
During the start of his time taking care of his little nieces Mlynar had some money troubles, who would have guessed that suddenly changing jobs to take care of children, having to buy clothes for them, diapers for little Maria and all the other expenses would be difficult for a man used to only having to take care of himself? So one day he decided to try his hand in modeling, submitting some slightly risque pictures of himself to the "Play Huntress" magazine. This was soon after he became an office worker and his phisique was still pristine, from his knight days. While he earned more money for the pictures that he expected, to his surprise he won a contest they had going on, making it so that they werent so tight on money for a bit.
Some time later a photographer contacted him to do some posing for him. Those pictures made it to the Golden Colt magazine. And years later he got an acting offer. The studio décor, was made to replicate a locker room. And his partner for the shooting came in the locker room and did some rehearsals of the talking part, the man was short of hair and in a muscular build, a great guy all around. And when they got started shooting he was sitting on the benches when his partnerentered half naked in the room in lether pants and a harness with spikes on it. And while he felt a bit awkward about it, they were already here so it had to happen.
"Hey buddy you got the wrong door, the leather clubs are two blocks down." to which the other man responded with a grimace and a
"Fuck you!" as they started aproaching each other
"Ill fuck you leather man, maybe you and I should settle it here on the ring if you think you are so tough." And pushed the other man back.
"Oh yeah" and another push "Ill wrestle your ass." As the two man continued pushing each other backa and their exchanges only got more heated.
"Lets go, how about you strip all the leather stuff ill strip all of this and we can settle it in here on the ring" as the two separated to get ready "Get out of that jabroni outfit." Mlinar Nearl had no idea what jabroni meant, but hey it was in the scipt.
"Smart ass!" was the response from his partner and they both got down to their boxers
"Ill show you who`s the boss of this gym!" and they started their manly totally heterosexual wresting.
When the shooting ended, Mlinar made sure his partner was well and they both went to celebrate for some time, whenever money became an issue for the young household, he would stay "working" untill late in the night, for a bonus he told them, while Margaret made sure Maria didn't do anything dangerous, like put a fork in the electrical socket, the little engineer of his household was curious about everything mechanical in the world but it made so he could never rest.
As time passed, money was no longer such a giant issue for him, Maria had taken an apprentieceship for master Kowal and Margaret was in Beacon, getting a schoolarship for her hardwork. And yet he continued to work away at his job, keeping his body muscular in his free time. Those movies were probably long forgotten and when he got an invitation to a convention in Mistral during a weekend he was sure they made a mistake but a scroll call later made him understand that he had become something of a micro dustnet celebrity thrilled to visit, but at the same time worried, he had tried to make sure his family never learned of his other job and how he somehow became a dustnet microcelebrity.
With time came other invitation and he was once asked to even record a speech to his adoring fans.
From the long speach a new soundbite spawned "Ass we Can." And he continued to interact with his fans when he had free time.
"How old is Uncle? Uncle is 47 years old, but that is in Uncle years, not human, not faunus not dog years, because look at this face, how can a 47 year old look like this."
"One day I will be 100 years old. I will be a very old man and this will be the time of my live that I will allways appreciate. It's a gift but not only to me, as I try to give back to my fans. They expect something from me, they expect the character from me, a certain behaviour from me, and I try to do my best, to make sure that's given back to you."
Unbeknownst to him, many of the women who will one day be around his nephew have watched at some point or other the parodies and music videos. And even the goodwitch of Beacon had a cup with his face on it.
Yes I wrote a gachi parody, sue me. I ocasionaly still get kudos on Ao3 which is kinda crazy. For the next omake I give you folks a choice. An Eblana/Reed related omak(how to correct a villainess)e or Suzuran related omake(Lisas big brother). A quick response to reviews:
To frosts : I hope this chapter answers your semblance question and I want to put a more in depth arts/aura techniques necause in the show we are shown stuff once or twice which arent semblances but never went in depth for it. I kinda wish to expand on that.
To StrawBoom: kyaaaa
To VGBlackwing: I hope this answers your questions for the semblance and I will go into the arts part of the combat in the near future. And you should build what you want but it also sucks when you cant use your operators in your comp to their full potential.