Hellooooo everyone! Back at it again with a new chapter! I hope everyone is doing well during this pandemic going on around the world and keeping safe distance.

I have to say, I feel relieved that I'm done with my Spring Semester which has been complicated with all these changes from face-to-face to online classes. So now I have more time to write these chapters and get them out quicker, as long as I don't get writers block over this break hahaha..

With that out of the way, this chapter will be covering Jaune's return to Beacon Academy, slice-of-life at the school, and welcoming party for the Arc boy lol so over all a relaxing chapter..

Without wasting more time, let's get this chapter stared!

RWBY Opening 1

Volume 1: Rescue Arc

Chapter 19: Peaceful Days


Unknown Location... Flashback

In the deep forest where only a single walking trail makes the place stand out, we could a young kid who looks no older than seven years old walking with a saddened expression. His ocean blue eyes were completely reddish from all the crying he has been through today, his long blonde hair was looking like a mess as well. However, what made it stand out the most is the bruises that are located around his arms and the right side of his cheek..

Overall he was having a very bad day..

"S-Stupid bullies always t-trying to pick on me..." murmured the blonde-haired kid as he silently cleans up his tears from his face "I-I never did nothing to t-them but they still end up picking on me..?!"

He somewhat knew the reason as to why, he wasn't a prodigy like his older sisters who are talented to become Huntresses, his parents were always on missions so they were never present to train him.. His eldest sister tried to train him but he couldn't keep up with her arduous training..

He was a failure through and through..

And what makes it worst is that people of his age are always mocking him because despite being born in a family that produce the best Huntsman through history, he was pathetic comparing to his sisters and parents who have built a legacy of their own..

The world wasn't fair with him at all..

Before the blonde-haired could continue his train of thoughts, he went to sit on the nearest bench because his feet were hurting him from all the walking. And it wasn't helping that his bruises were bothering him

"I really wish that something positive would happen in my life to ease my despair.." said the young kid to himself as he stares to the ground with a defeated expression..

Suddenly, the young boy stared to hear heavy steps coming to his direction. He turned his gaze where he was hearing the sound coming from and what he saw slightly surprised him. A man with light blonde slicked hair who look in his late 20's, was dressed in a white suit and black dress shirt which makes him resemble like a fancy gangster. However, what made the young boy startled was his sharp looking eyes that resembles a lizard along with his built figure...

"C-Could he be a Faunus?" said the blonde-haired child to himself, as he felt intimidated by this adult coming to his direction.. "U-Umm.. Can I-I help you sir?"

"Help me? I should be asking that same question to you kid.." responded normally the lizard-like man as he knees down so he could view the young child better "What's wrong boy? Did someone do this to you?"

"S-Some bullies at my school assaulted me because they thought I w-was a nuisance.." explained the child as he felt tears coming out from his eyes again but quickly cleans those tears out

"I see.. What about your parents, why aren't they confronting you about this situation" asked the light-blonde haired man with a calm expression towards the kid who just shook his head in sadness

"M-My parents are never around home, they are always taking missions for the Kingdom.. The only people that take care of me are my older sisters, but they are busy training to become Huntresses so I-I'm kinda lonely most of the time.." commented the small boy without looking up at the adult

"I'm sorry that you have to go through all of that, this bloody world can be really be cruel towards the innocent.." exclaimed the mysterious man as he softly rubbed the kid's head, which made him look up at his direction "Tell me kid, what is your name..?"

"I'm Jaune, Jaune Arc..." responded softly Jaune at the stranger "What about you s-sir? What is your name?"

"Me..? I don't really have a name per say, but you can call me 'Jason'.." said back the man named 'Jason' with a smile on his face towards the young Arc "Come on, let me take you back to your village. Being in the woods can be dangerous since Grimm are always roaming around.."

"O-Okay.." responded meekly Jaune as he stood up from the bench and stared to walk back to Ansel with the stranger who is front of him.. "I-I just want to say thank you for making me feel slightly better.."

"Oh you don't need to thank me yet kid.." said 'Jason' as his face stared morphed into a sadistic one, followed by cracking his index finger which took Jaune by surprised. Before the young Arc could say something at 'Jason', the stranger disappeared in front of him which further confused Jaune. Then in the next second he felt someone chopping on the back of his neck which made Jaune lose conscious quickly and lands on the dirt face forward..

The person that knocked him was none other than 'Jason' who once again cracked his index finger with a excited expression on his face..

"You can thank me after I'm done playing with you in the 'Chamber', Jaune Arc!" exclaimed the lizard Faunus with a sadistic grin on his face as he picked up the young Arc from the floor with ease and walks away with Jaune on the opposite direction of Ansel..

The world truly was unfair towards him..

Scene Change.. Vale Medical Center.. Present..

"AH!" shouted in terror the black-haired Saiyan as he quickly open his eyes and stood up from his hospital bed which made his body ache in pain. Jaune could feel sweat coming down from his face as he was trying to calm down his breathing rate from the nightmare he just had.. "Why am I having 'that' nightmare again after all these years?! I didn't had this issues after I locked those memories away! and it couldn't have been Shiro since he's still in a coma!"

"Jaune are you okay?! I could feel your soul yelling in pain and despair..! " exclaimed Goku with a worried expression within his mind, this was the first time since Shiro's appearance that Jaune was having vivid nightmares that affected his soul in a negative way.. Not even the nightmare he had yesterday affected him this badly

"I'm okay Goku.. Just let me take a breather.." responded tiredly Jaune as he stared to breath more slowly, followed by cracking his middle finger just to make sure his emotions don't go haywire.. "I'm sorry that I woke you up all of the sudden.."

"Nah that's okay! I was already doing my early training routine so you didn't woke me up with your screams.." responded the Saiyan God with a nonchalantly as he tries to not make Jaune feel bad for himself. However, Goku's voice turned into a serious one as he spoke up once again "What was that dream Jaune? I never seen that person before and it looked like you were terrified of him.. Could it be that he's the individual that tortured you?"

"Hmph! Why am I not surprised that you arrived to that conclusion.." said Jaune in a sarcastic tone of voice towards Goku who waited patiently for his answer "Yes, that was the bastard who tortured me to the point I couldn't recognize myself when I was rescued.."

"Do you want to talk about it...?" asked Goku carefully towards the black-haired Saiyan who just gave a heavy sigh

"Not really in the mood to talk about the worst part of my life, I was already feeling anxiety from explaining it to my friends and the Headmaster, so I don't want to relive those moments again.." responded back Jaune in a tired tone, however his attitude shifted into a serious one "However, I would like to start training as soon as possible.."

"Jaune, yesterday we spent almost the entire day training in your mind-scape! The only time you had to relax your body was when Team RYBN visited you, the meeting with Torchwick and his people and the small amount of time you slept! I wouldn't recommend to start training again until the sun is up at least.." explained Goku towards the Underworld King of Vale who just scoffed at his comment, knowing that it was true but he didn't have the luxury to relax when there's a lot of things going on in his life

"I don't have time to relax Goku! My father is still out there missing in another continent for who knows how long! And I have a bounty of my back for being the Underworld King which means assassins and even professional Huntsman will come for my head in behalf of the Council! I need to get stronger if I want to survive and achieve my goals.." responded Jaune with fierce determination as he clenches his good fist "I need to surpass the level I achieved when I used my Aura Amplification at 100%, so I won't struggle with these challenges later on.."

"That's going to be a tough challenge when your body is still trying to heal itself Jaune, you could definitely reach that level with the right amount of the training time along with the Zenkai in the near future. But if you want to over-train your entire body to the point of breaking down then be my guess, just remember that the consequences will only hindrance your process in becoming stronger.." explained the silver-haired Saiyan with a serious tone towards his student who stayed quiet for a couple of seconds until he spoke up once more..

"I'll cross that bridge when the time comes. For know, the plan is to master Taekwondo in it's entirety, along with 'Geppou' and 'Soru' since those are the techniques I can still preform with my injured body in the real world.." said Jaune as he was listing off the techniques he wants to master in a short few days so he can move on to the next phase which might involved the other techniques that Lucci preformed back in their battle

And maybe trying to use his Semblance once again to heal himself faster..

"Sounds like a decent plan! I'll be waiting for you here so we can start!" responded Goku with some excitement kicking in as he waited for his student to come into the mind-scape, not even a few seconds passed as Goku saw Jaune appearing in front of him and stared to stretching his limbs so he could get ready for his early-morning training..

"I'm ready Goku! Let's get this training going!" responded Jaune with a small smirk on his face as he got into his Taekwondo stance, feeling his Saiyan blood getting excited for this training..

"Alright Jaune! I hope you don't come to regret this training routine" said back the silver-haired Saiyan as he also adopted a Taekwondo stance and powering down to Jaune's level so he won't make things boring and unfair

Without wasting time, the two Saiyan lunges themselves at each other thus staring the training..

Scene Change.. Late Morning.. Vale's Downtown..

"Oh! I can't wait for Jaune to finally get out of the Hospital today!" said Ruby to herself with excitement as she was walking down the sidewalk towards the hospital where her leader was at. Earlier in the morning, her team received exiting news from the hospital saying that Jaune was going to be discharge today late in the morning. At first, the rest of Team JSPR was supposed to come but Ren asked for their help to set up Jaune's welcome party at their dorms so they left Ruby in charged to pick up Jaune at the hospital.

Either way this resulted in her favor since she has been wanting to spent some alone time with the person she's fell for..

However there was another thing weighting on Ruby's mind since she kissed him at the Hospital..

"Is it the right choice to go into a relationship with him when it could affect my future goals as Huntress..?" said the silver-eyed girl in a low tone of voice. On one side she always wanted to become a Professional Huntress like her mother was, always trying to help the person in need and fight Grimm to protect towns and Kingdoms, she is not going to stop at anything to achieve her personal goal. However, another part of Ruby truly wants to take a step further in her relationship with Jaune, it just felt right for some reason and she didn't want to give up that feeling anytime soon

"Maybe Jaune might have the answer in this situation.." thought the silver-eyed girl to herself. Before she could continue her train of thoughts, Ruby noticed that she had arrived to the hospital. Without wasting time, she entered to the hospital main lobby and went straight to the receptionist who seems to be typing on her computer "Hello! I came to pick up my friend Jaune Arc, he's supposed to be discharged today.."

"Alright, give me a moment to contact the doctors that someone is here to pick him up. You can wait in one of the chairs on your left.." stated the receptionist neutrally as she pointed at Ruby the chairs where she could sit...

"Thanks!" said the silver-eyed girl cheerfully as she went to sit down at the chair and wait for Jaune to come out, since she didn't want to get bored at waiting she took out her scroll and played some games she has installed on it..

After a couple of minutes of waiting, Ruby suddenly hears a familiar voice coming down the hallway which makes her look at that specific direction to see who called her

"Ruby!" exclaimed Jaune with surprised expression on his face, the black-haired Arc was now wearing his normal outfit that was composed of his pumpkin pete t-shit and his typical blue jeans. The difference was the cast he has on his broken arm, along with bandages that covers all of the scars he gained on his arms except the one on his forehead since it's being covered by his long hair and lastly his silver-eye was now fully expose.. "I wasn't expecting you come by yourself.."

Before the silver-eyed girl could run towards Jaune and give him the biggest hug, her eyes locked on his t-shirt and began to laugh out loud, not caring that people were giving her weird looks including the receptionist..

"Are you alright Ruby? Having a laughing attack out of nowhere?" asked the black-haired Saiyan with a confused smile at Ruby who couldn't stop laughing for a good couple of seconds until she spoke up again..

"Y-You could say that..!" responded Ruby still chuckling at what she was seeing "But Jaune, I really need to ask you! What is that on your shirt!?"

"What's on my shirt?" asked Jaune with curiosity as he looks down on his shirt and just saw the symbol of the Pumpkin Pete cereal "Oh! You mean my special Pumpkin Pete t-shirt?"

"Yes! It has a cute little bunny in it!" exclaimed Ruby out loud as kept laughing once again..

"Wait! That's what got you laughing all this time?!" said the Saiyan towards his 'friend' with realization dawning on his face, then it morphed into a pouting expression "Come on! You know how many months it took me to get this special edition shirt?!"

"Sorry!" responded Ruby as she calms herself down but still kept her grin "It's just that I'm not used to seeing you wear such cartoonish clothes when I have this image of you being a fearless leader"

"They say you can't judge the book by it's cover" said Jaune with a cheeky smile on his face but then it forms into a softer one "It's nice to see you again Ruby"

"Yeah, the feeling is mutual.." responded the silver-eyed girl with a slight blush on her face as she gave her leader a loving hug that lasted for a good couple of seconds "It's good to know that this is your last day here in the hospital.."

"That's true but I still have to comeback here to check up my broken arm every weekend to see how much I have progressed.." said the black-haired Saiyan as he pointed out his broken arm with his good one

"I'm sure that with Aura the process will become faster than usual! Which means you will be back in shape sooner!" replied Ruby with optimism in her tone of voice, this comment made Jaune smiled at her

"Thank you for the vote of confidence hehe.." responded back Jaune as he lets out an amused chuckle "We should get going Ruby before the others start to wonder why you're taking so long in picking me up"

"Jaune wait! Before we go back to Beacon, Ren told me to buy some drinks on the way since he forgot to buy them yesterday when he got the food for today.." explained the silver-eyed girl towards the Saiyan who nodded in understanding

"Alright then let's go to the store and buy those drinks!" said Jaune towards Ruby who nodded at his response and without wasting more time, both huntsman-in-training left the Hospital and made their way to the nearest store

As both huntsman-in-training were walking through downtown towards the nearest store Jaune noticed that Ruby was strangely quiet, not speaking up at all despite showing excitement in seeing him once again, thus he decides to speak up

"Hey Ruby, has there been anything interesting going on these few days? I haven't been following the news as much.." stated the black-haired Saiyan at the girl next to him, who put her right hand on her chin and stared to think for a couple of seconds until she spoke up

"Hmmmm.. Well to be honest, I haven't heard anything interesting that has peaked my attention.." responded back Ruby at his leader who just nodded at her response, however in his mind Jaune was feeling disappointed since that wasn't the answer that he expected after making that speech yesterday in the radio "But! I heard Weiss talking today in the morning about the new Underworld King, Eyepatch! You know, the one who's bounty is around 50 million?"

"Yeah, I remember her showing me his bounty when we were at the rooftop" said Jaune as he was now more interested than ever to know what kind of consequences his speech as the Underworld King caused "Why was Weiss talking about him?"

"Well.. Weiss was saying that 'Eyepatch' hijacked the Radio Broadcast System of the Kingdom to send a message regarding the violence that has been going on since the destruction of the Underworld, she also mentioned that he would 'eliminate' anyone who is threatening the life of any citizen and what I found crazy was that he not only threatened the criminal organizations but also the Council of Vale!" explained the silver-eyed girl towards the Saiyan who nodded with a neutral expression but in his mind he was satisfied with that answer

"If Weiss who is a person that doesn't go to sleep late managed to hear my broadcast, then I can say with satisfaction that my message was heard by a good amount of people around Vale.. I wonder what the news are saying about me.." thought Jaune to himself as he turned his gaze to the nearest digital wanted post where they show the latest updates of the bounties and there he was, his bounty as 'Eyepatch' in where it says 'WANTED DEAD or ALIVE' and to his surprise his bounty increased by 5 million lien which puts him in a whopping 55,000,000 lien! "It seems that the Council are coming for my head after what I told them.. They felt threaten.."

"Ruby, I wanted to ask you a question" said Jaune towards Ruby who turned her gaze at him with curiosity

"What is it Jaune?" asked Ruby at the Saiyan, wondering what his question would be

"What do you think of Eyepatch so far? Do you think his speech of protecting the citizens from criminal organization is a noble act or a farce?" stated the black-haired Arc with a neutral expression as he waited for Ruby's answer..

"Hmm... I really don't know what to think of him to be honest, I always thought that criminals were always the bad guys and us Huntsman the good guys. But after learning that the Council is doing shady businesses with criminals in the Underworld, I stared to realize that the not everything is black and white.." responded the silver-eyed girl with a solemn expression on her face, in the last couple of weeks Ruby stared to come into terms that even authorities like the Council can end up being bad people masquerading themselves as good people. At first when she heard it from Junior she refused to believed it since they were supposed to be the good guys, she wouldn't trust a person who has connections with the Underworld after all..

However, Blake and even Weiss showed her proof through outdated news articles that Huntsman and councilmen can do bad deeds and never end up being punished thanks to the established system post-Great War..

"I see.. I can understand where you're coming from, having your world view shattered can be overwhelming for some people.." responded Jaune with understanding expression at Ruby who nodded at his answer..

"That's true... Did you went through something like that too Jaune?" asked Ruby at his leader who nodded at her question

"Yeah.. When I realize that good people masked themselves to cover their true nature, it became hard to accept when they revealed their true selves.." commented the black-haired Saiyan as he cracks his index finger to calm himself down, just talking about this reminded him of his torturer who at first seemed like a good person who was trying to cheer him up but he ended up being the person who changed him forever and not for the best..

To believe that he's also using that same method when he is Underworld King, but at the same time he's also doing the same thing with his friends except Blake to hide his identity as the King of Vale's Underworld..

He really is a hypocrite..

"Jaune seems that he's not having a good time talking about this! I need to change the topic quickly!" thought Ruby worried as she thought of a topic to talk about. However, what into her mind first was the topic of their 'relationship' which made the silver-eyed girl slightly blush, as much as she thought that it would be embarrassing to talk about this, Ruby wanted to know Jaune's stance in this situation.. "Umm.. Jaune I need to ask you something.."

"What is it?" asked Jaune with a raised eyebrow

"W-Well.. I was wondering about our current relationship.." responded the silver-eyed girl meekly as she looks down at the ground with a blush on her face, Jaune quickly notice where this topic was heading that he couldn't prevent a slight blush forming on his face.. "I-I know this is sudden topic and you didn't even have time to respond to my advances! But I couldn't just wait any longer! And I..!"

"Ruby.." said the Saiyan neutrally as he stopped Ruby's rambling to keep going. Before the silver-eyed girl could respond back, Jaune leans down and gives her a soft kiss on the lips which made Ruby's eyes to go wide in surprise. The kiss lasted for a couple of seconds until Jaune moved away from her and stared to scratch the back of his head sheepishly "I hope this answers your question about what I feel about our current relationship.."

"Yeah it did.." responded Ruby shocked as she touches her lips just to make sure she wasn't dreaming about what Jaune just did..

"Is there something wrong?" asked the black-haired Arc with a concern expression "Did I go to far with my advances?"

"NO! No.. It's not that Jaune. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm feeling overjoyed that you have the same feelings as I do.." responded the silver-eyed girl with a happy expression until it morphed into one of concern "It's just that being in a relationship with you right now would prevent me achieve my goal to become a Huntress like my mother and it doesn't help that I need to get stronger if I want to protect the people I care about! But at the same time my heart is yearning to be with you in a relationship despite what obstacles it could bring in the future..! Please Jaune.. Give me an answer that could help me.."

The Saiyan could tell that Ruby was feeling conflicted when it came to this topic. She clearly wanted to be in a relationship with him but at the same time she didn't want any distractions in her goal to become a Huntress, specially after what happened three weeks ago in the Underworld so it was understandable.. The same could be said for himself as well, with now having the responsibility of being the King of Vale's Underworld he would be more busy trying to maintain control along with training and school life which makes it near impossible to have free time

It was a good thing that Ruby spoke up first instead of him about this situation..

"To be honest Ruby.. You're the only one who can come up with an answer" responded Jaune neutrally towards Ruby who was about to speak up, but the Saiyan raised his good hand to stop her from talking "I know you want to hear my opinion and all I can say is that I will agree to whatever decision you come up to in the end, I'll support any decision you make at the end of the day..!"

"Jaune.." murmured the silver-eyed girl softly as she looks up at Jaune once again "I just don't want to make a decision that is going to affect our relationship..! That's why I'm asking for your advise since I'm not really good at this love stuff.."

"Heh, your not the only one who doesn't have experience in this.." responded the black-haired Arc with a wry grin on his face "But I'm serious that is your decision where you want to take this.. I'll wait patiently when the time comes.."

Ruby just stood there quietly as she was thinking about her options, she knew that being in a relationship with Jaune right now would distract her from becoming a better Huntress since she would want to spend more time with her leader.. But at the same time, she can't ignore her feelings that have been growing over the last couple of weeks specially after her first kiss back at the hospital..

"Can you give me a couple of days to come up with an answer?" asked the silver-eyed girl at Jaune who just gave her a soft smile..

"Of course! Take as much time as you need, nobody is pressuring you to adventure into the unknown.." responded Jaune at his team-member who responds back with a loving hug, in which Jaune responds back with his good arm

"Thank you... I promise that I will give you an answer sooner than later.." said Ruby in a soft-tone of voice as she kept hugging the Saiyan for a good moment

"No problem, it's the least I can do.." stated the black-haired Saiyan as he cuts off the hug "I think we should get going and buy the stuff we need from the store.. I don't think Weiss would be happy if we kept her waiting knowing her attitude.."

"Hehe! that's true, I wouldn't be surprised if they start calling our scrolls" said the scythe user with a giggle as she looks across the street "Speaking of buying the stuff, it seems that we found the store.."

"Alright then! Let's go buy the stuff the others asked you to buy!" responded Jaune with a smile as he along with Ruby made their way to the supermarket to buy the items Ren needed for the welcome party

Scene Change.. Beacon Academy.. Dorms..

"Ugh! I'm so hungry..!" said Nora in a whining tone of voice as she was sitting on the table along with Yang and Blake who were doing their respective things to distract themselves, the blonde brawler was playing a game on her Scroll and the amber-eyed Faunus was reading her novel..

"Have some patience Nora, we still need to wait for Ruby to bring the rest of food so I can cook.." responded Ren neutrally from the Kitchen as he was getting the rest of the stuff ready for cooking. Meanwhile the other members of team JSPR were sitting on the sofa near the table, waiting patiently for the arrival of Jaune and Ruby

"I knew we shouldn't had sent that dolt by herself to pick up Jaune..!" commented Weiss in annoyance as she checks her scroll for the time "It has been almost two hours since she left Beacon! you would think that with her being the quickest one from all of us she would have been a while ago!"

"Now now Weiss, don't be to hard on Ruby.. Maybe the Bullhead was delayed for some unknown reason which has prevented them to arrived early.." said Pyrrah with a smile on her face as she was trying to reassure the Heiress that there must be a reason as to why they are arriving late

"Well that better be the reason! Because it's inexcusable that it has taken Ruby this much time to comeback..!" exclaimed the white-haired girl with her arms crossed "And it doesn't help that she hasn't responded to any of our messages"

"Oi! You don't need to be bashing on my sister all the time Ice Queen..!" said Yang without looking at Weiss as she was playing a video-game on her Scroll "Besides, if what P-money said about the Bullheads being somewhat delayed ends up to be true then Ruby would just need to grab Jaune and use her Semblance to travel through the forest that separates Beacon and Vale"

"I highly doubt Ruby would do that with Jaune when she knowns that he still has a broken arm!" exclaimed Weiss with confident in her tone of voice, there's no way her partner would do something so reckless when their leader is still in a bad condition. She still remembered when Ruby scolded Jaune for using that weird technique that allowed him to fly into the skies for a limited amount of time..

Speaking of said technique, she still can't wrap around her head that Jaune learned all of those techniques under his master who's supposed to be stronger than him! And she was going to learn said techniques under him soon..

Weiss couldn't help but to feel somewhat excited..

Before the Schnee heiress could continue her train of thoughts, the main door was suddenly opened by a certain silver-eyed girl followed by a certain black-haired guy who was behind her, the two of them were carrying shopping bags in their hands..

"We're here guys!" shouted Ruby at everyone as she entered to the room along with Jaune

"Hey guys.." said the black-haired Saiyan with a smile on his face directed on everyone

"Jaune! is good to see you back here in Beacon" stated Pyrrha happily as she stood up from the sofa and went to hug Jaune carefully as she didn't want to hurt his broken arm, the Saiyan of course hug her back with his good arm..

"What took you guys so long?! I was getting really hungry from all this waiting!" exclaimed Nora at the duo who chuckle nervously at the question

"The bullhead that we were supposed to go on was delayed for technical reasons! right Jaune?!" exclaimed the silver-eyed girl at everyone as she then stares at Jaune with a pleading look that tells him to agree with the excuse she gave

"Yep! The bullhead was having issues in turning itself on" added Jaune to the conversation as he followed Ruby's lie. It would get awkward if he gives the real reason why they took longer to come, which involves a lot of personal information and kisses with the silver-eyed girl. Besides they both made a promise in not telling anyone

"So I was right after all!" said the red-haired Mistrali to herself as she looks at Jaune and Ruby once again "At least you guys are back safe and sound.."

"Ruby, did you bring the stuff that I told you to buy?" asked Ren from the kitchen as he finished with the preparations, now he just needed what Ruby brought

"Yep! It's all right here! Just letting you know, I had to buy extra knowing that Jaune has a big appetite.." responded Ruby as she puts down the bags next to Ren who inspected the bag to see if everything is there, meanwhile Jaune went to sit down at the table where the rest of Team RYBN is with his own bag

"What do you have in that bag lover boy?" asked the blonde brawler towards the youngest Arc with curiosity, the Saiyan just smirked at her question as he took out a bottle of vodka that hailed from Mistral, along with orange juice so it can be mixed.. Yang couldn't believe what she was seeing that she had to exclaimed out-loud "You bought a bottle of vodka?! Shit lover boy! It seems that today isn't going to be that boring at all!"

"Of course! I was in the mood to have some alcohol in my system, it has been a while since I had a drink so I decided to bring a bottle.." responded Jaune casually towards Yang who was grinning with excitement at seeing the bottle. The black-haired Saiyan wasn't much of a drinker but he sometimes has the urges to have a drink once in a while..

Today was one of days..

"You brought alcohol to the school?! What are you thinking Jaune?!" exclaimed Weiss with a frowning expression directed at Jaune who slightly flinched at her gaze, then Weiss's view landed on Ruby who 'yelp' in surprise "And you! Why didn't you stop him from doing something so foolish?!"

"Sorry! At first I wanted to stop him from buying the bottle..! But the temptation to try a drink for the first time became to strong that I gave in.." admitted Ruby to her partner. Ever since she went to Junior's a few weeks ago she was curious to at least try a sip of alcohol, wanting to know what made Yang and Uncle Qrow love it, specially her uncle who literally smells like it!

"Unbelievable.." said to herself the heiress in disappointment

"Come on Ice Queen don't be such a spoil sport! there's nothing wrong with having some drinks on a special occasion and today is one those days" said Yang at the heiress who rolled her eyes in annoyance, of course the brute from Team RYBN wouldn't understand since she's also a troublemaker..

"You know we have class tomorrow right?" asked Blake with a dead-panned expression towards Yang who just shrugged without any worries

"I know, but I'm not worried because I have dealt with hangovers in class before back in Signal Academy so this is right up my alley!" exclaimed Yang casually at Blake who just sighed tiredly as she went back to read her book

"Pyrrha, please tell me that you don't agree with this decision Jaune made.." said Weiss towards Pyrrha with a pleading expression

"Umm... I know what Jaune did was reckless and he shouldn't be doing this again.." responded meekly the red-haired champion as she both of her hand behind her "However, I think we should let this go only this time. Jaune has been through a lot these couple of weeks so I think he deserves it this once.."

"Thank you Pyrrha.." said the black-haired Saiyan with a smile as he then turned his gaze towards Weiss who still had a frowning expression "I know you're worried that I might get in trouble along with the rest of you for this, but trust me in this one Snow Angel nothing is going to happen as long as we act properly so have faith on me okay?.."

"D-Don't call me Snow Angel you dunce..!" responded quickly Weiss towards Jaune with a small blush creeping on her face. After quickly composing herself she spoke up once again at the Saiyan "Alright fine I'll let this slide, but only this time thought! Next time you are planning to do something reckless at least let us know so we can stop you from doing it.."

"Since that's out of the way, can you open this bottle now Jaune? I'm getting thirsty from just seeing it" said the blonde brawler as she was getting impatient from all this talking and whining

"You really are impatient aren't you?.." added Blake to the conversation meanwhile reading her book

"Yep!" said Yang casually at his partner

"I want to try some as well!" exclaimed Nora as she stared at the bottle with curiosity "I've been wanting to try some since we went to that place to ask for information about the Underworld!"

"I think I'll have one as well.." said Ren as he stared to cook the ramen on a big cooking pot and made his way to the table where everyone else is

"Alright then, just give me a moment to prepare for everyone!" exclaimed Jaune as he took out from the black bag a set of red cups for the drinks, with the help of Yang they manage to serve eight drinks of vodka with orange juice and ice for everyone.. "And done! Alright everyone grab your cups!"

"I'll pass, I'm don't like the flavor of alcohol.." lied Weiss to her leader.. The real reason why she didn't want to drink alcohol is because it just reminded her too much of her mother always drinking from the bottle back when she was younger. Fortunately, her mother no longer drinks like that since last year which was a good sign, of course she would have a drink every once in a while. Just because her mother is changing for the better that doesn't mean her habits will disappear the next day..

"Same here.." added Blake to the conversation, the reason she didn't wanted to drink is because she wasn't a fan of vodka. However, her father would always keep one for occasions..

But that's a story for another day

"I know I should respect your wishes for not drinking, but It wouldn't be the same to cheers if you two are not included.. You both are my dear friends after all" stated Jaune with a small smile on his face towards both Weiss and Blake who were taken aback from the sudden statement, they didn't know Jaune holds them into such high standards that it slightly made them blush embarrassedly

After a few seconds of thinking about it, both huntresses-in-training gave in and grabbed their respective cups filled with alcohol and orange juice..

"Before we start drinking, I just to say that despite just meeting over a month ago I can say with absolute confidence that we all have made strong bonds with each other. I'm grateful that I have meet all of you here in Beacon and I'll never forget that all of you put your lives at risk just to save me from the Underworld.." exclaimed Jaune with a smile on his face towards everyone as he raises his cup with his good arm "For a everlasting camaraderie! Cheers!"

"Cheers!" shouted the rest of Team JSPR and Team RYBN as they all collided their cups together at the time, followed by drinking their alcoholic drink with a positive expression. None of them complained against the drink, they could still taste the alcohol but was mostly cancel out by the orange juice..

For the rest of the day, Team JSPR and Team RYBN spend their time playing different of games like poker, video-games, go fish, etc. Some of the games got a little bit headed since most of them kept drinking the vodka that Jaune brought, specially Ruby and Nora who didn't feel at first the effects of tipsiness until they finished their third drink, which brought a lot of funny moments that made everyone laugh. The heavy drinkers like Yang and Jaune could still feel it but it didn't affect them as much..

The group also ate from what Ren made which was pork ramen that is usually made in Mistral, he had to cook in the biggest cooking pot the kitchen had since Jaune would grab minimum 5-10 bowls of ramen, the rest of the group still couldn't understand how the Saiyan eats so much and can keep a fit body..

The black-haired Saiyan could say that today became a good day. Despite being a battle-loving guy thanks to his Saiyan genes Jaune could still appreciate that a peaceful day with his friends was actually really fun..

Besides he needed to enjoy these moments while it last since he has to attend to bigger responsibilities that affect the Kingdom of Vale at a grander scale and also his personal life with his missing father..

Scene Change... Nighttime...

As nighttime arrives we could see Jaune staring at the mirror bathroom, dressed in a similar tuxedo he wore back in the Underworld Tournament but this time it was white themed version. The reason he was dressed like this is because he received a call from Roman saying that two gang groups are right now having a battle against each other at the poor side of downtown Vale. Since those gang groups decided to disobey his warnings from the broadcast, Jaune decided that he will go down there to put an end to that battle personally..

It was his responsibility now as Underworld King to put order in the streets..

"Is a good thing that everyone in my team is in a deep slumber thanks to the alcohol I bought.." said the black-haired Saiyan to himself as he slicks his hair back similar to what Shiro did, thus revealing the scar on his forehead.. Followed by putting his half-mask on with his good arm "At least I'm not doing this by myself.."

Without wasting more time Jaune leaves the bathroom and grabs his Scroll that was on the bed, thus leaving his dorm quietly.. After a quiet walk Jaune arrives to the Memorial Statue where he would meet the person that would come with him, and for his surprise she was already there.. His 'Shadow'

"Took you long enough" said Blake neutrally at the Saiyan who almost didn't recognize her from the attire she was wearing. Instead of wearing her typical huntress outfit Blake is now wearing an attire that makes her look more adult, along with her hair tied up into a thin ponytail

(A/N: The outfit Blake is wearing is similar to the one she wears on RWBY 3.0 by diswasher1910)

"I almost didn't recognized you with that outfit Blake, you look more mature than before" responded Jaune towards Blake who slightly smile at the compliment she received from the Saiyan

"Thanks. I'm not trying to be discovered by the White Fang or other criminals that know me from my past, hence the reason as to why I'm dressing up like this" explained the cat Faunus to the Saiyan as she puts on her mask that covers the entirety of her face (A/N: Blake's mask is the same one she wears in RWBY 3.0 by dishwasher1910)

"I see.. We should get going, I don't want that gang war to keep going and risk more lives from their battle.." commented Jaune with a serious expression as he cracks his index finger from his good arm

"What are you planning to do with the criminals you defeat? Are you going to kill them?" asked Blake in a serious tone of voice at Jaune who shook his head

"No, I'm not going to kill them but I'll leave them a message that will make them have second doubts in doing another gang war.." responded back the Saiyan as he then looks back at Blake "I need you to get closer to me and hold either my neck or waist , I'm going to use a technique that will get us to our location quickly.."

"Alright.." said the Faunus with some hesitation as she got closer to Jaune and decides to hold onto his neck with both of her arms. Jaune then suddenly picks up Blake in a semi-bridal style with his good arm which make her 'yelp' in surprise, she was glad that her mask was completely covering her face since she could tell a blush was forming in her face "Is it really necessary for me to be in this position?!"

"Yes, this is the most conformable way for me to carry you with my technique.." responded the youngest Arc neutrally at the cat Faunus who sigh in defeat "Now hold on tight Blake, we are about to depart!"

"Geppou!" shouted Jaune as he shoots off to the skies by kicking the ground multiple times along with Blake who was now grabbing tightly at the Saiyan's neck so she wouldn't fall off.. Blake knew that Jaune was a powerful individual that could defeat someone like Rob Lucci on combat.. However, she never expected the Saiyan to learn a technique that comes from the Assassin when he has been in a coma for weeks! It didn't make any sense..!

"Jaune Arc.. how did you learned such advance technique when you have been in a coma for weeks?" thought Blake as she silently stares at the Saiyan who was focusing on not losing his balance in the air.. The more mysterious Jaune becomes, the more curious she becomes in wanting to know the Saiyan..

Maybe by being his 'Shadow' she would get to understand who he truly is and what allows him to become stronger...


And cut! I'm going to keep it real guys, I feel like this chapter isn't my best written stuff and there's multiple reasons for that. One of reasons is that I got major writers block for this chapter, for a moment I didn't know how to move on the story without sounding bad so I had to take a small break from writing. Another reason is that this chapter was supposed to also cover the rest of Jaune and Blake going to Vale to stop the gang war, Jaune teaching Weiss about martial arts, Jaune's return to Beacon's class environment, hell I even had planned to introduce Cardin and Velvet this chapter. Unfortunately the chapter would become way too long and it would have taken more time to come out so I decided to divide it in two parts..

If you're wondering what kind of outfit is Jaune wearing, it's similar to the one he wore back in the Underworld Tournament along with his half-mask (aka Kaneki Ken's mask)

Blake at the end of the chapter is wearing the outfit she wears in RWBY 3.0 fan art by dishwasher, I really need to get better in how to describe an outfit hehehe..

Another thing I loved to write in this chapter was Jaune's backstory, we will see more flashbacks of it as the Arc advances..

Also I know some people might complain why are Team JSPR and Team RYBN drinking alcohol at school so let me explain. They are becoming the next generation of Hunters and Huntresses who have to sacrifice their lives on the frontline against Grimm, so I thought to myself 'Hmm since they are allowed to risk their lives thanks to the career they chose, they are also allowed to the consumption of alcohol as long as is responsible'.

Let's be honest for a second, I mean Yang in canon drinks once in a while whenever she goes to the nightclub and someone at their age would get curious in wanting to know what it feels like to drink alcohol, hence Ruby, Nora and even Pyrrha wanting to try it since it's their first time in this story. Only Weiss and Blake would usually be against it for reasons explained in the chapter but since this is a special occasion they decided to do it only this time..

Alright thanks everyone for reading this chapter! Let me know what you guys think of the chapter on the reviews! Follow or Favorite this story if you want to see what happens next! I'll see y'all next time!

Ja-ne!