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His family will be pissed at him, and Jaune knows that. After all, he can't exactly run from his family with his ancestors sword and shield to become a Huntsman, when they had vehemently tried to stop him from doing so. He loved his family, he really did, but he hasn't given himself priority for far too long, always engrossed in taking care of his siblings as the only other man in their house.
He had grown hearing the tales of glory of his ancestors and was enamored by it, and wanted to become just like them. However, his family wasn't of the same mind as they wanted him to not become a Huntsman. But he still held onto his dream and seeing that they won't listen to him, he ran away with Crocea Mors.
And right now he is in a bullhead heading to Beacon academy, but he is trying to keep his breathing under control as he has air sickness, a seeming Arc family curse. He had taken some medicine for it and hoped that it would work.
As he was thinking that, he saw a blonde and black haired girl talking, his hearing is quite good so he heard them talking and realised that they are sisters. Though he was surprised by their differences in appearance. But then the screen in the bullhead changed to show a bespectacled blonde woman as she looked at the camera seriously.
"Good morning to you all. I am Glynda Goodwitch, the deputy headmistress of Beacon Academy." The woman introduced herself as he watched.
After that she said a little speech before the screen went back to the show it was showing. He didn't find it interesting and looked around him as he hoped that he would be able to keep the contents in his stomach, in his stomach.
The bullhead however didn't make it easier for him as it shook a few more times, causing his stomach to churn as he groaned. The door opened but he was already at his limits, after all, he doesn't use bullheads due to his weakness, though now he wishes that he had at least trained for it.
He felt bile rise to his mouth as his hand immediately flew to cover it as he ran out of the bullhead, but he heard a girl's cry of shock behind him as he emptied his stomach. After he was done, he wiped his mouth using a cloth and walked away, not wanting to face the girl, lest he get a punch to his face, it wasn't his fault that he was weak to flying.
After that he walked and was met with the sight of Beacon and his eyes flew wide when he saw how big the academy is. He knows that it is a very prestigious one, but even he was shocked at how big it is.
"By the Gods..." Jaune muttered with wide eyes as he looked at the large academy.
'I just hope that I will be able to enter.' Jaune thought to himself as he hoped for the best.
There was still initiation and he hoped that he would be able to do a good job at it. He doesn't want to fall short after doing all of these things to get in. But he can only hope.
He looked behind him and saw the two sisters from the bullhead and the younger one seems to be gushing about the various weapons, with the blonde having to reel her in. He chuckled slightly at that but was glad that they didn't hear him, though he blinked when he saw the blonde go away with some other kids.
But before he could do anything she disappeared in petals as his eyes widened as he stared slack jawed at it. He watched her go before he sighed and walked with his stuff as he hoped that it would be good.
*BOOOOM*
"Now what happened?" Jaune muttered in confusion as he blinked.
He went to the source of the noise and saw the same black haired girl being scolded by a white haired girl. He was immediately taken by the white haired girl as he took in her form, and he could say that she is beautiful.
"Wow." Jaune said in a whisper as he looked at her.
Though he couldn't hear what she was talking about, he could see from the suitcases that the black haired girl did something and the cracked floor and smoke belied what had happened. He watched as the white haired girl walked away with a man wheeling her suitcases. The other students dispersed after that, while the girl herself is all alone as she stood there helplessly.
"Can't have that." Jaune said to himself as he walked to her with a smile on his face.
The girl noticed him as he walked to her and stood a few feet away from her, he could see that she was nervous if her fidgeting body was anything to go by.
"Hey, are you okay?" Jaune asked her with a friendly smile.
"Uh yeah, I'm okay. My aura protected me from the explosion." The girl said shyly as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"That's good. My name is Jaune Arc, short sweet and rolls of the tongue, ladies love it." Jaune said as he introduced himself with a smile.
The girl giggled at his words as she became more relaxed as she looked at him.
"Do they now? Well, my name is Ruby Rose, and I am here to become a huntswoman like my mom." Ruby said with a smile on her face, her cheerfulness coming back.
"It's good to meet you Ruby. I also came here to become a Huntsman like my ancestors." Jaune said to her with a smile as he felt a camaraderie with her.
"I see. By the way, what is that weapon?" Ruby asked as she looked at Crocea Mors.
"Oh this? This is my Crocea Mors. It's a sword and a foldable shield." Jaune said as he showed his weapon to her.
"A sword and a shield huh. I think I will be able to upgrade it though." Ruby said as she looked at the weapon.
"Uh yeah, this is a family heirloom Ruby, and I don't want to change how it looks, otherwise my dad will definitely be angry at me." Jaune said to her as he tried to keep his composure.
"Oh well, this is my baby. Crescent Rose." Ruby said as she took out her weapon and showed it to him.
"A mechashift weapon huh." Jaune said as he looked at it.
"Yeah. I made her myself. She can be a scythe and a sniper gun as well. I love her." Ruby said as she rubbed her cheek on her weapon, getting a chuckle from Jaune.
'Though, it feels like she is younger than me.' Jaune thought to himself as he looked at her.
"Hey Ruby, how old are you exactly?" Jaune asked her as he was curious.
"Oh, I'm 15. Professor Ozpin decided to enroll me after seeing me fight." Ruby said to him with a bright smile on her face.
'She must be a prodigy.' Jaune thought to himself as he looked at her.
"Well, you must be really talented if you had managed to enroll here early." Jaune said with a smile on his face.
"Th-Thanks. Um are we friends?" Ruby said with an embarrassed face before she asked him.
Jaune hummed at that as he looked at her as he smiled in return.
"Yeah, we're friends." Jaune said to her with a smile, having no problems with it.
Ruby squealed at that as she jumped and shouted about having made a new friend as Jaune laughed good naturedly at her excitement, as he felt a smile grace his face as he looked at her.
'Looks like it won't be that bad after all.' Jaune thought to himself as he looked at her.