Jaune Arc had his eyes closed and was leaning against the wall of the airship taking him and many other students to Beacon Academy to begin their training to become Huntsmen and Huntresses. He was wearing his signature black hoodie with a silver zipper that ran up the front of it, along with dark blue jeans, black steel toed boots and his black fingerless gloves. He also had his white greaves that covered his knees, vambracers and a rerebrace on his left arm, along with his chest plate that covered his chest and upper back. Most were excited but he had other things on his mind, specifically keeping his breakfast down. Trying to avoid an embarrassing first impression to all his new peers, Jaune was mentally trying to ease his nausea with little results. He was about to resort to his Aura until a voice distracted him.

"Jaune? Are you alright? You're looking kinda green!"

Jaune opened his eyes and looked down at the orange hair girl looking up at him with mild concern. Nora Valkyrie, his longtime friend and honorary sister, they had been together for years now. Along with their other friend and Jaune's honorary brother Lie Ren, who was standing next to him and looking at him with his usual stoic face. These three had been the best of friends since they day they met and all trained by the same person that taught them their skills. Despite the tough times they all shared, he wouldn't trade a second of that time.

With a sigh and a small grin Jaune reached over to gently pat her on the head, something he's done since they were ten. "Don't worry, Nora. Just another bout with my motion sickness."

Realization dawned on Nora and she quickly stepped back. "Motion sickness? That's not good! Last time you hurled everywhere! Don't do it on me! Maybe Ren, he's wearing green so no one would know! But then I wouldn't be able to hug him! That's even worse!" Nora started to go on one of her usual tirades, which led to Ren sighing and Jaune chuckling at their usual antics.

"I'll be fine Nora. I was about to use the Aura technique Ren and I know to help out with the symptoms. That was until you distracted me." he gave her a smirk.

"Oh, that makes sense. We'll leave you to it. Come on, Ren, let's explore the ship!" She quickly grabbed Ren by the arm and started to lead him away. Ren quickly gave him a look that said, 'You owe me one.' Over the years, the three of them learned to communicate by giving secret looks to each other, usually to have a private conversation from others or even the third member of their group. Jaune replied with the look that said, 'I know, I know.' He smiled at the two before taking a deep breath and closing his eyes again. He started to slowly use his Aura. He would start by flaring it at the center of his chest and slowly spread it outwards to every part of his body. Once he did that he would send the Aura back to his center before repeating in a very slow, rhythmic fashion. He could already feel his nausea lessening after a full minute of this treatment, another few cycles and he should be fine for the rest of the journey. He was about to finish when he got the feeling that someone was watching him.

He opened his eyes and looked around until his eyes landed on a short girl across from him with red tipped black hair, clad in black and red. She was standing next to a blonde hair girl with shorts and a tan jacket. When she realized he was looking at her, her eyes widened and she quickly looked down at the ground. She kept taking glances at him. 'Must be nervous.' He thought. He gave her a reassuring smile and gave her a small wave. Her eyes widened again but this time she returned the smile and waved back. The blonde hair girl took notice of this, she looked over at him and gave him a critical stare. Not sure how to respond Jaune was about to smile when he felt a sudden wave of nausea. He grimaced and quickly closed his eyes to resume his treatment before he had an embarrassing moment. Almost done, he was distracted by a clearly angry woman's voice coming from in front of him.

"Hey, what's your problem!?"

Jaune quickly put up his hand to stop her. Keeping his eyes closed and finishing up. Ten seconds later his nausea lessened again to a very manageable level, he exhaled and opened his eyes to see both girls that were standing across from him, now standing directly in front of him. The blonde was clearly angry while the brunette was looking between the two of them nervously.

"Sorry about that. Can I help you two with something?" Jaune asked genuinely and was curious what had happened.

The blonde quickly pointed her finger in his face, "You better start explaining. First you wave to my sister and when I look over at you, you give us a disgusted look? What the hell is that about!?"

Jaune looked at her in confusion before he realized what had happened. He bowed his head slightly before saying, "I'm sorry for that, I wasn't exactly feeling well and closed my eyes to help with the issue. I didn't mean to give off that impression and am sorry that I insulted you."

The blonde was taken back for a second. She expected him to give some half-baked excuse but instead he gave her a genuine apology. She quickly regained he composure before continuing slightly embarrassed, "Oh. Um, it's alright. Sorry that I jumped to a conclusion."

Jaune raised his head and smiled, "I guess we're even then." He held out his hand to her, "My name's Jaune. Jaune Arc."

The blonde took his hand and grinned, "Yang Xiao Long. Nice to meet you." She let go of his hand and patted the head of the girl standing beside her, "This is my little sister, Ruby Rose." Ruby started to swat away at her sister's hands in embarrassment before she saw Jaune's hand in front of her and looked up at him smiling at her.

"It's nice to meet you Ruby."

Ruby hesitantly took his hand before smiling back and happily responding, "Nice to meet you too." They let go of each other's hands before Ruby asked, "Are you here by yourself?" She looked around for anyone that was with him. Jaune just shook his head.

"No, I'm actually here with my two best friends. They're around here somewhere. They left me alone to deal with my issue."

Both girls looked at him quizzically before Yang asked, "Issue? What issue?"

Jaune scratched the back of his head before sheepishly saying, "I may suffer from motion sickness." He saw the two take a step back before he sighed and continued, "I used my Aura to sort it before you two came over here. Don't worry, your shoes are safe." He smirked at them. The two smiled weakly before the three had a quick laugh. When they all stopped Jaune had his own question to ask, "Not to sound rude but aren't you a bit young to attend Beacon, Ruby?"

She looked at him nervously before saying, "Actually, I was moved ahead two years. It's exciting but I'm gonna miss my friends back at Signal though."

Yang put her arm around her sister to comfort her. "Don't worry Ruby. You can always make more."

"It was hard enough the first time."

Jaune looked at her sadly before smiling, "Well, you have me as your friend. That is if you want to." Jaune was scratching the back of his head nervously before he felt Ruby grab his other hand with both of her's. He looked down to see her jumping up and down happily.

"I would love that! Thank you, thank you, Jaune!" He chuckled in response before Ruby and Yang started to have a conversation. He wasn't paying much attention because he was just looking at Ruby's silver eyes. He never met someone with silver eyes before and found them magnificent. The held so much hope and happiness in them. He felt like he could look into them forever. He was snapped out of his stupor when Ruby got his attention, "Jaune?" she was not making eye contact and seemed nervous.

"Sorry, Ruby, I was deep in thought. What did you say?"

"You've been staring at me for a while now. I was just wondering why?"

Realization dawned on him again, "I'm sorry, Ruby, I've never seen someone with silver eyes before. I was distracted by how beautiful they are." His eyes widened at what he said. So did Yang's and Ruby's, before Ruby turned the same shade of red as her cloak before pulling it over her head. "Oh man, that came out wrong. I didn't mean to say that. I mean, I did but not that way. I mean, not that they aren't beautiful because they are but, you know. I'm gonna shut up now." His face turned red and he looked away.

There were a few seconds of awkward silence before he heard a snicker. He looked back just in time to see Yang doubled over before she started laughing like crazy. "Oh my Oum, you two are by far the most awkward people I've ever seen!" Jaune and Ruby looked at each other before they joined Yang in laughing. Jaune just met these two girls but he felt that they would get along just fine.