Jaune was greeted by the flash of white light upon waking up. After his eyes adjusted, he could see that he was in an affirmatory room somewhere in the medical wing of Beacon. What happened last night? Oh, that's right… the Pandora Leo. Wait. How am I still alive?

"*ahem. We're very glad that you've made it." Said a tall male in a white uniform, presumably the doctor. "Your friends have been worried sick about you. One of them very literally." He said, pointing his eyes toward the bed beside him.

Jaune immediately looked to his right. There on the bed was the familiar redhead he was fortunate to even be partnered with. He saw the doctor leave only for Weiss coming in moments after.

"You get injured and hospitalize two." Weiss joked.

"Explain to me what happened." Jaune inquired.

"Well, I'm not exactly sure, but when we found you, we found her on top of you. At that time you were glowing a bright white. It must've been your aura, which was unusual because you had an injury, and normally your aura had to be depleted in order for that to happen." Weiss started to explain.

"How-

"I was getting to that. You see, there was a correlation between that incident and your aura level now. I believe that if it weren't for that high boost of increase, you wouldn't have survived. But you did so in place of Pyrrha's life. There is a good chance she may not wake up. Best case scenario, she stays in a coma for about a week or so."

"Sorry." Jaune instinctively apologized.

"Don't apologize to me, apologize to Pyrrha. If she's listening." Weiss said as she walked out.

"Pyrrha, I'm sorry of putting you in a coma like this."

Huh. No response. What was I even expecting. Wait. Why am I at Beacon?


Ren was reaching the limit of his stamina, after spending so much energy from distracting the Macrosimien. Nora, by herself, was carrying the weight of the pair, shooting into the weak points of the beast, or what she thought were the weak points. The colossal monster didn't budge.

"Damn it! It's too strong." Exclaimed Ren in frustration.

"I got an idea. Throw me your dagger pistols." Said Nora, readying her hammer. Immediately, yet hesitantly, Ren complied, heaving the said items up to where Nora blast jumped. Nora then used the daggers to position herself onto the tree, giving her a clear view of surroundings. She noticed Yang and Blake running towards where they thought she and Ren might be.

"Ren! Pass me the signals." Nora called, pointing her direction at the sachet Ren was carrying.


"Blake, did you hear that?" Said Yang.

"Yes. It seems like Ren and Nora ran into some sort of ape Grimm. The Macrosimien! Blake gasped.

"We have to help them!" Exclaimed Yang.

"But we have no idea where they are!" Said Blake.

"We'll just head in the general direction, and hopefully, either Nora or the Grimm will let us know." Said Yang as she and Blake did just so. They stopped in their tracks when they noticed a red cloud spiraling up from the forest.

"There they are! Hurry!" hasted Yang.


"Well this is just great." Complained Weiss.

"What do we do?" Exclaimed Ruby.

"I don't know, I thought you're the leader."

"Okay, here's what we'll do. Weiss, with your weapon, parry all the Grimm's attacks. Knocking it off balance for me to deliver the final-

"Right behind ya" came from the … Grimm? There was a blast sound and standing behind the fallen Grimm was a triumphant Mercury.

"Mercury? Why are you here?" Said a pleasantly surprised Weiss, for more than just the reason that she was saved.

"Your team and Jaune's weren't the only ones called here for this mission." Said Mercury.

"Well then I guess the rest of your team-

"Hey." Came a silhouette of a large monkey.

"A Macrosapien!"

"No, Ruby. Apes don't have tails, plus they don't talk." Scolded Weiss.

"Who're you calling an ape, I'll have you know that I-

"Sun, when did you get here? I thought it was just me." Said Neptune.

"Oh. I thought that you wouldn't want to be alone for this mission. Just thought you needed some company." Mocked Sun.

"Gee, thanks. Really, I don't need-

"So are we going to do anything about the Pandora Leo getting back up?" shouted Weiss.

"Let's follow through with our original plan. Sun, you go find Ren. Neptune, stay close and fire if necessary." Ordered Ruby.

"Isn't there, like, so many places Ren could be right now?" Reasoned Weiss.

"Just trust me, tracking people in a forest is one of my strong suits." Said Sun confidently, earning an icy glare from Weiss.

"Great. Alright Weiss and Neptune, time to take down the king."

"Sorry?" Said both Weiss and Neptune.

"You know, lion. King of the jungle- Nevermind. Let's go!"


Ren was out of breath. He began to worry for his life as his pace away from the beast was slowing down. He only avoided harm by Nora repelling the monster with the blasts of her hammer. As he was gasping for air, he began to give up on defeating the beast right when he heard distant blasts and a familiar 'WOOHOO!' nearby. Nora was doing everything possible to damage the beast only for her hammer to deflect against the Grimm's seemingly armor-like fur. She quickly switched her hammer into a grenade launcher but had made no difference.

"It's no use. Everything I'm doing is not affecting this thing."

SNAP!

From behind the Grimm was Blake.

"This seems very Déjà vu-ish." Added Nora.

"Wait, how did you-

"Nora must've weakened the matting of the fur enough that my weapon was able to slice through it." Explained Blake.

"Well, that explains it." Came Yang, who arrived shortly after Blake.

"I take it you saw our signal." Said Ren.

"No."

"Don't be rude, Yang."

"Oh, trust me. It's not Ren who I should be rude to." Yang said, with her eyes that seem to be referring to the beast which was slowly rising up.

"Allow me to follow suit." Came an upside down Sun.

'Man, these people just show up constantly.' Ren thought.

"Well, now that the gangs all here, it's time to take down the king!" Said Yang.

"Ohh, so that's where Ruby got it from." Said Sun.

"Unfortunately, that's about the most I rub off onto her." Replied Yang.

"Unfortunately? I think that's more of a good thing, Yang." Mocked Blake.

"Guys, the thing's getting back up." Said Sun worriedly.

I didn't lie. Welp, sorta. But don't get your hopes up, I definitely won't maintain this basis, if a basis at all. Right now, I can't say for sure if the next one will even be this month. But rest assured, Mending of a Broken Heart is upcoming.