CHAPTER ONE: THE SMELL OF OBSESSION

***THE TASTE OF OBSESSION***

Jaune Arc was many things, an incapable fighter, a laughably pitiable charmer, a socially awkward young man. Heck, one could call him painfully slow.

But, despite his apparently slow thought process, the only male child of the present Arc generation was not so dense to not notice certain signs, signals or gestures.

Said Arc, was currently in the cafeteria located within Beacon academy with his teammates, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren, a group of huntsmen and huntresses which made up the team JNPR. Across their table sat their (unofficial) sister team RWBY which consisted of… let's just say four very eccentric young ladies.

Now then, the object of his… well 'surprise' would be the most appropriate term to use to qualify his present emotional state, would be the fact that Nora Valkyrie, seemed to be very interested in trying to attach herself to his side.

"Are you sure you don't want some pancakes fearless leader?"

And there was the worrying fact that she was actually offering to feed him her pancakes… yes the Nora Valkyrie was actually, willingly offering him her pancakes, and from the looks of things she was only asking as a courtesy, she wasn't going to take 'No' for an answer…

… let that sink in…

The ginger continued to look at him from her position on his lap ('How had she gotten there?!') while batting her eyes in what appeared to be a flirtatious manner, and the white knight wannabe actually had to pause for a few seconds as his brain struggled to comprehend the fact that a member of the opposite sex was genuinely (and not playfully)flirting with him.

He took in deep breath…

… held it in a while longer…

… a little longer…

… and finally exhaled.

"Nora?" he asked steadily, this was a delicate situation after all (the somewhat of kilter glint he saw in her turquoise eyes proved that) and the last thing he needed in his life was a pair of broken legs.

He enjoyed walking, thank you very much.

"Yes Jaune-y" the Valkyrie asked in a sugary sweet tone that was bound to give anyone cavities.

The Arc paused once more, 'Jaune-y? Where did that come from?' he asked himself, before shaking his heads once more to gather his thoughts, "Are you feeling okay today?" he asked carefully.

The ginger gave him a confused stare (How could she angle her head like that?), "What do you mean Hon?" she asked in a confused tone.

Jaune purposely avoided asking exactly when he the Valkyrie began to address him on a pet name basis, "I mean…" he began, pausing a little as a certain part of Nora's anatomy began to rub against a certain part of his own anatomy, "… Ren is over there" he finished as if that statement would quickly diffuse the matter before it escalated to… well whatever level it intended to escalate to.

The ginger's face screwed into one of rage combined with mild disgust, while the mentioned individual frowned slightly, "What's that supposed to mean?" she asked him heatedly (she still refused to get up from his lap, rather opting to turn around and effectively straddling him) as she folded her arms across her fairly modest bust and narrowed her eyes at his slightly sweating face.

The Arc cleared his throat slightly, "I was simply trying to tell you that I forgot something in our dorm, so I was asking if you would prefer to sit next to Ren while I went back to retrieve it" he stated coolly, despite the miniature panic attack that was going on in his mind.

Nora maintained her glare for a bit longer before grumbling a bit as she begrudgingly got up from his lap, but not before giving him a quick peck on the lips before sitting in the space next to him (Jaune in his shock frazzled mind, idly noted how she still refused to move over to Ren's side).

Getting up at a speed that was both hurried and at the same time measured so that it wouldn't seem that he was too eager to get away from the table, Jaune was about to take his leave before the figures of both Lie Ren and Pyrrha Nikos shot up from their seats at speeds that the normal eye could not comprehend.

The two opened their mouths to speak up but the Mistrali 'male' beat his teammate to the punch, "I forgot something in the dorm as well, I guess I could accompany you as well" he stated.

Jaune held back a frown, something was definitely wrong with his team. Yes, he was the leader of one of the most eccentric teams amongst Beacon's first years (with their only noteworthy competitors being their sister team RWBY), but one could excuse him saying that his team mates were behaving crazier than normal.

Nodding at the pink eyed Mistrali, Jaune began to leave the Cafeteria and head to the dormitory assigned to his team, at the very least, he could pretend to be looking for something.

As he left with Ren in tow, he was very much away of the different pairs of eyes that were watching him, but none more ominous than the pairs belonging to a certain group that his gut told him he was very, very acquainted with.

***THE TASTE OF OBSESSION***

Getting to team JNPR's dorm room, Jaune began a faux search for… whatever it is he was searching for, whereas Ren sat on his bed, staring at his leader intently.

Honestly, the staring was starting to creep him out.

In an attempt to ease the tension in the room, the blonde knight (wannabe) attempted to start a conversation, "So… what's up with Nora today?" he asked tensely, with a bit of curiosity thrown in the mix known as his current emotional state.

The pink eyed 'R' of team JNPR shrugged in a non committal manner, a response which made Jaune frown, "But, aren't you guys best friends or something, shouldn't you like… I don't know, understand her brand of craziness by now?" he asked.

"It's better to leave Nora to her own devices sometimes…" Ren replied, "… after all she's not a child" he finished.

Jaune nodded in understanding, before opening his mouth to continue the conversation which he had started, only to be cut off by Ren…

"Who is she?"

What?

Jaune looked at Ren incredulously, "I have no idea what a question like that has to do with our present conversation" he exclaimed, wondering what brought about the sheer number of unusual behaviours in his team mates today.

Ren's eyes narrowed in annoyance, "Don't play dumb with me Jaune…" said blond suddenly noticed the sudden increase in the pitch of his team mate's voice, "… I have endured the smell of another female on you for the past three weeks, and quite frankly, that just pisses me off. So, I'll ask again, Who. Is. The. Slut?"

The stress of the entire morning came down on Jaune in full force and manifested itself in the form of anger, "Now look her…"

He never got to finish his scolding as an aura enhance super kick sent him crashing into the dorm's wall with enough force to dent it (which was surprising on its own because those things were actually built to house teenage super soldiers).

Sliding to the floor in a coughing fit, Jaune looked up in shock at the person whom he considered a brother, only for his shock to evolve into further shock as the form of Lie Ren flickered and then, the spot were the very male Lie Ren once stood, was now occupied by a pink eyed and now very, very feminine figure.

The female figure knelt down in front of him and grasped his face in her soft hands and then planted a kiss on his still gaping mouth.

The kiss was… well it was anything but innocent compared to the one that Nora had given him earlier on. As the females tongue sloshed over Jaune's oral appendage, the Arc could literally feel the emotions being conveyed in that single act of intimacy.

He could feel the need, the want, the desperation, the lust and most importantly and frankly the most frightening emotion of all (to him at least), was the sheer amount of love being conveyed in the kiss.

Raw, violent, obsessive love.

Pulling away from the lip lock, the female smiled at him shyly, "I guess you know my secret now… my love"

Those two words seemed to snap Jaune out of his reverie and he scrambled away in shock.

"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!"

***THE TASTE OF OBSESSION***

To say that Ruby Rose was in a bad mood, would be an understatement. The young Grimm Reaper (she wondered why people referred to her as a Grim Reaper instead) struggled and failed to concentrate in Dr. Oobleck's class, and it was not because of the Drs' hyper communication methods.

The combat prodigy, turned to her left to respond to the individual who had nudged her and came face to face with dark haired beauty and her team mate as well, Blake Belladonna.

Giving the Cat Faunus a dull yet inquisitive look, Ruby awaited her request.

"Do you know where Jaune is?"

… and just like that, Blake had made her way into Ruby's shit list.

The little red riding hood (wannabe) narrowed her eyes at the Cat Faunus, "I don't" she answered coldly, and the Belladonna nodded quietly.

But the conversation wasn't over yet.

"… and Blake?" Ruby continued quietly, making said Faunus turn to her in response.

"Jaune does not belong to you… for the sake of team RWBY, I hope you remember that" she whispered in the same icy tone.

Blake didn't seem to be offended or in the slightest bit put off by the little Rose's remarks, rather, she seemed to be very amused by her team leaders threats.

"That's cute Ruby, so cute that I'd hug you like a teddy bear if we weren't in class right now" the Belladonna whispered back, before her eyes hardened, "Maybe in a few years time I might actually consider you a threat short stuff" she spat back with no small amount of venom

The little reaper sputtered in indignation, "I'll have you know that I drink milk everyday" she whispered back harshly.

Blake smirked coyly, "And what good has that done for ya… on second thought, don't answer that, I think the baby fat on your face answers that question well enough" she retorted calmly as she briefly took her eyes of her team leader to jot down some important facts concerning the economic state of the kingdoms during the first Faunus war.

Ruby's cheeks turned red in anger and was about to rip the Cat Faunus beside her a new one, only to be cut off by said Faunus, "Besides…" Blake practically purred, "… once he's had a taste of my 'Bellabooty' I'm not sure he'll even have a thought process to check any other whores out" she finished with a note of finality, just as she put the final full stop (AN: period if you're American) on her notes.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that…" Yang stated with no small amount of amusement in her lilac eyes as she added a bit more flesh to her notes (Ruby was honest to God confused on how Yang Xiao Long of all people was actually taking notes in class, but filed away that little bit of info away for later), "… I mean, Jaune looks more like a boobs kind of guy, and if memory serves me right, I kinda have you both beat in that department…" the brawler paused for a bit and looked up from her notes with a certain cocky smirk on her face which Blake did not like.

"… and I think we can both agree that Jaune would rather have a two in one package consisting of a smoking hot, well rounded blonde bombshell and a petite and very flexible loli sized cutie, which are one of the best fighters of their generation by the way, than one – admittedly nice looking – girl with a fat behind" Yang finished while twirling a pencil between her fingers, with that same cocky smirk still firmly plastered on her face.

Blake really wished she could smack it off of her face… preferably with her claws out.

"Aaaw! Thanks Yang!" Ruby beamed.

"Don't sweat it short stuff"

"Hey!"

The Schnee heiress stared at her teammates expressionlessly, her pencil laying at the side of her desk, long broken from the amount of pressure she had applied on it while listening to these… things talking about how they intended to claim her beloved as if he was some trophy. To anyone outside their team, their discussion might have seemed like friendly –and yet somewhat hostile – banter between girls who haboured affection towards the same guy…

… but Weiss Schnee, had become very adept at reading her team mates and if there was one thing she had gotten from their little discussion, it was that these girls were willing to eliminate whatever or whoever they perceived as an obstacle that stood between them and capturing the heart of their beloved knight.

Perhaps what irked her the most was how completely and utterly genuine (albeit twisted) their feelings of love were…

… not that she was any better, but for some reason that did not bother her.

Her biggest obstacle, would be getting him to love her once more, and considering how she had treated him in the past, it was not going to be an easy task.

But, unlike her team mates…

… a true tactician never reveals his/her tactics.

***THE TASTE OF OBSESSION***

The now female Ren frowned a bit at Jaune's choice of words before deciding to humour him with a response, "I'm actually a female" she deadpanned, although there was a hint of amusement in her voice.

Jaune blinked once, and then twice before (surprisingly) calming down and running a hand through his hair, "Do I even want to know how you were actually able to keep up a male appearance?" he asked in a surprisingly dull tone.

Fem Ren bit her lip in a way that Jaune found to be very, very sexy… not that he would ever admit it…

… at least not yet.

Ren shrugged helplessly before answering him, "Let's just say that it involved a lot of experimental dust…" she trailed off and began to mumble some incoherent rubbish that Jaune could not make head or tails of.

The blond knight furrowed his eyebrows in worry, "Ren…"

"It's Rei!" the pink eyed girl snapped at him, making him take a step back in shock at her sudden out burst (somewhere in the deep recesses of his mind, he idly noted how her clothing had become more feminine although somewhat the same).

Rei sniffled as tears began to flow from her eyes, "I… I'm sorry, it's just…" she sniffled again and her tears increased, making Jaune feel like a Jackass for some reason, "… I really wanted to be your first" she finished, with a small whisper.

Jaune made no attempt to speak.

Rei took a shuttering breath and then wiped the tears of her eyes and then shot him a worrying look that had him internally recoiling at her sudden mood shift.

"Are you okay?" she asked in concern, closing the distance between the two of them before he could as much as take a step back.

Jaune gave the only intelligible response his brain could come up with…

"Whuh?"

Rei suppressed a giggle, before turning somber once more, "I mean, I once removed the head of a Beowolf with a kick just like that… are you sure you didn't break anything?" she fussed making him frown a bit… "Um, Rei, I have aura" he stated simply.

Said female nodded a little before another tear drop rolled down her cheek…

… Jaune was staring to get unnerved by her sudden mood swings.

"I know, it's just that… I got so angry and I guess I couldn't help myself and let my anger get the best of me… I'm sorry love" she spoke in a low vulnerable voice to tugged at Jaune's heartstrings, although he remained cautious, "No hard feelings… I guess" he stated while attempt to put distance between himself and his crazy team mate.

His feeble attempt at escape was immediately crushed as Rei's gentle grip on his chest tightened and her nails dug into his chest with enough force to make him wince, "You still haven't told me who the slut is Jaune, and I get this feeling that you're trying to escape…" the pink eyed female trailed off as her eyes adopted a glassy look.

"Well darling, I'm waiting" she whispered into his ear sultrily before taking his ear lobe into her mouth and sucking it gently, an action which forced a moan from the lips of both parties.

Jaune began to sweat profusely as he felt an all too familiar blade gently rest on his hip bone. "Come on babe, I just want a name…" Rei cooed affectionately as she brought the blade of one half of storm flower closer to his anus, "… or I could just give you a rim job with storm flower right now, you know, give you the first anal experience so that you know what it feels like when you intend to claim my anal virginity" she whispered hotly against his ear.

It took only a few milliseconds for Jaune to make his choice.

"Her name is Amy Rose" the white knight (wannabe -_-) blurted out.

Rei merely raised an eyebrow, but he understood the message perfectly.

Explain

"I met her in a night club run by some guy called Junior, she was looking for a one night stand and I was looking to get laid so… that's what happened" he hastily explained.

Rei simply stared at him with those glassy pink eyes of hers.

"… please don't hurt me"

The Northern Mistralian simply blinked at him, before giving him a forced smile, "I'm not mad… at least not as much before…" Jaune sighed in relief, "… at least you didn't lie to me. But…" Jaune groaned internally, "… that whore is going to pay" Rei finished resolutely.

"W… what are you going to do to her?"

Rei simply chuckled, "I'm going to fucking murder her of course!"

Jaune attempted to convince her otherwise, but one glassy eyed stare later and he was adequately cowed, "Don't worry about her okay?" Rei cooed at him making him nod and she giggle in delight, "… besides, when I get back, I'll make sure you never have to masturbate for the rest of your life"

With that, the She devil was gone, and Jaune sat on his bed to gather his thoughts…

'I know I prayed for a girl friend who was protective of me, but doesn't this count as over kill'

Had his mind not been preoccupied at the moment, he would've noticed that the thought of Re… Rei murdering someone else in cold blood just so that he would love her and her alone…

It actually turned him on…

***THE TASTE OF OBSESSION***

AN: I shit you not, this was finished forty two minutes into the new year, speaking of which…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Now that's out of the way, I guess it would be of great importance that I point out the fact that there will be lemons as well as copious amounts of gore in this story (I'm fairly decent at the latter, not too sure about the former though.

This is my first official standalone RWBY fanfiction, soooo…

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PS: Don't expect any long drawn out explanation on why each girl loves Jaune the way they do, a certain author already does that and quite frankly I find it cringe worthy, not bashing him/her or anything but I've seen that style employed in almost every Jaune X Yandere harem story on this site, and I still cringe while reading it.

Besides…

Love Doesn't Need a Reason to Exist…