Jaune's Game

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"Alright Grimm, prepare to meet your maker" Jaune sparkled as he jumped with a spin. His sword cutting deep into the Grimm "unluckily for you, nobody can deal with the Arc of my… uh, Jaune… I mean sword, yes".

"Um, Jaune…" Pyrrha asked with worry in her voice.

"Yes Pyrrha" Jaune turned his head with glistening teeth as he smiled.

"The Grimm is still there" Pyrrha pointed to the Beowolf.

"Oh is it ready to feel m-" Jaune grunted hard. His imaginary sparkling image broken by the Grimm smacking him back against the tree. "That hurt" Jaune wheezed.

Aura (132/150)

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Skill: Novice Heavy Armour Levelled up (1/20 – 2/20)

"Are you sure you don't need a hand?" Pyrrha waved at him.

"Oh yeah… I-I'm fine" Jaune trailed off. "Yeeaayyyaaaaa!" Jaune charged forward with his sword in front as the Grimm leaped at him. "Take this!" Jaune yelled before being slammed back into the tree again.

Aura (107/150)

"Grrraagh" the Beowolf howled in pain as Jaune's sword had been lodged in its chest. The Grimm collapsed into its dusty remains, leaving the sword to clatter on the ground.

"Well done Jaune, I knew you could do it" Pyrrha smiled as she picked his sword up. "Need a hand?" she strolled over to Jaune, holding her free hand out.

"Thanks Pyrrha" Jaune took her hand. Being lifted up strongly, Jaune looked away bashfully 'so much for being a knight to protect everyone'.

"Think you can go on?" Pyrrha patted his shoulder.

"Of course, it's… ah, no problem for me at all… um, can you go on?" Jaune put on a brave face. "I can protect you if you need help".

"I'm fine, Jaune" she giggled, as she began to lead them through the forest.

…

"Whoa..!" Jaune gaped as Pyrrha decimated a group of Grimm by herself. Her shield bouncing between all the Grimm, yet always returned to Pyrrha in time to block a Grimm attack. Jaune blinked as Pyrrha moved in all directions, killing Grimm without the need to look at them. Within only a minute, 12 Grimm had faded into dust while Pyrrha was left without a scratch.

"Phew! That was a good workout" Pyrrha smiled, giving Jaune a confused look. "Is something wrong Jaune?"

"No, no… I just… was thinking, maybe the relics are in that cave" Jaune rubbed the back of his head. Pyrrha glanced at the cave before back at Jaune, tilting her head "or you know, a shortcut".

"…" Pyrrha smiled simply. "Yes, sure thing" she watched as Jaune did an overexaggerated march ahead of her.

"Wow, it's dark in there" Jaune groaned. He glance back at Pyrrha "don't worry, I'm an expert dark adventurer… uh, shadow explorer… I mean".

"I'm sure it will be fine, Jaune" she patted him on the back.

Jaune wordlessly nodded as they entered the dark cave. For a couple of minutes they remained silent until a yellow glow appeared in front of them. "Cool this must be one of those relics Ozpin was going on about".

"Um, Jaune…" Pyrrha worried.

Jaune reached up grabbing it as a text box appeared in front of him "huh? What's this?"

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Mini Boss Battle: Large Deathstalker

Health 200

Description: an uncommon type of Grimm, native to deserts and forests. Normally one of the most simple of Grimm to defeat at a young age. However, due to size later in life, these Grimm can become the end of many. Deathstalkers are covered in their exoskeleton therefore, cannot be damaged easily. Beware, small deathstalkers have deadly poisons in their stinger, adults can only sting with the same effect as a bee sting.

"Sssfffttt" the Grimm hissed.

"Oh yeah, you want some" Jaune unsheathed his sword. "Take some of this" he jumped up, slamming his sword down on the Deathstalker's head. "So how was that…"

Large Deathstalker

Health (199/200)

'1 damage… no way' he couldn't even blink as the Grimm smacked him with it's large pincer. "Ow that hurt".

"Jaune!" Pyrrha rolled between him and the Deathstalker. Raising her shield, Pyrrha waited for the strike and braved the pincer swipe. "Stand up, Jaune. We can take this thing down" Pyrrha stepped sideways and stumbled.

"We can't fight here, Pyrrha it's too dark" Jaune stumbled. The only light present being the red eyes of the Deathstalker with its glowing yellow stinger, which even then only lit everything within 1 meter with a very dim light.

"Where's the exit?" Pyrrha jumped back avoiding the stinger but the ground got her. Unable to see the rocks, Pyrrha tumbled back. Jaune on the other hand, got a face full of hair as Pyrrha fell against him. "Nice save, Jaune" Pyrrha grabbed Jaune from behind and dived to the side, bringing him along with her. Before he could make another sound, Pyrrha covered his mouth with her hand. "Be quiet for a moment, if the Deathstalker can't hear us, it can't find us" the Deathstalker screeched as it slammed its stinger into the ground around it in frustration. "It can't see us but it can sense us for sure" Pyrrha quietly pushed Jaune to the side of the cave.

"Wait Pyrrha" Jaune flailed slightly. Pyrrha put both hands over his mouth as she sandwiched him against the cave wall as the Deathstalker used its tail to search for them and continued screeching. Jaune turned a bright red as the red head was against him while his hand accidentally got caught on something soft.

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Novice Sneak (1/20) Created

"Alright, we are going to have to get out of here so we stand a chance of beating that thing… follow me" Pyrrha hushed lowering her arms.

"But I can't see you, how can I follow you?" Jaune asked.

"Sshrhfhfh" the Deathstalker hissed as the duo got exposed by the dim light.

"Run, Jaune!" Pyrrha grabbed his arm for a moment and hurled her shield back at the Grimm's eyes. Letting Jaune go, she took out her spear and held her hand behind her. Using her polarity for her shield to return, unfortunately being unable to see it Pyrrha polarized everything behind her, which also brought her a Jaune.

"What's happening…?" Jaune squealed as an invisible force dragged his armour along with himself through the air.

"Huh?" Pyrrha grunted as Jaune flew directly into her back, send them both tumbling and bouncing through the cave, before being launched out of the cave. "I'm sorry~" Pyrrha called out as she landed with a roll, finally coming to a stop.

"Watch out!" Jaune fell directly where Pyrrha was, only he fell like a ragdoll on top of her. "Uh… sorry" he stirred dizzily.

"Sorry" Pyrrha repeated sincerely.

"Shshshsh" the Deathstalker crawled out the cave, bashing boulders out of its way as it clawed out. Noticing the two, the Grimm charged towards them.

"Um, Pyrrha" Jaune whined as the Grimm got closer.

"Let's go Jaune" Pyrrha rolled over to her feet, dragging him up to his feet too. She charged forward getting in close with the Deathstalker's face, before leaping in the air above the pincers. Taking a spin in the air, Pyrrha slashed its hard back multiple times to no effect before the stinger struck her. Fortunately, Pyrrha raised her shield in time so she was only pushed back to the ground, where she rolled it off. Flipping her spear around, it transformed into a rifle as she immediately took a couple of shots, easily blocked by it's pincer. "Hmph" Pyrrha grunted, flipping her rifle into its short sword form. "Jaune?"

'I can't let her do everything' Jaune gritted his teeth as he ran at the Grimm. He jumped at the pincer, whacking it with his sword 'no damage?' Jaune stumbled back, narrowly avoiding the other pincer. "Hraagh!" he yelled swinging his sword again, this time hitting its face. '8 damage!?' Jaune's eyes widened in surprise but failed to notice the large stinger strike his chest with a large force. Luckily for Jaune, his armour stopped him from being stung. Unluckily, he was sent skipping across the ground heavily damaging his aura.

Jaune Arc

Health (50/50)

Aura (92/150)

"Jaune, are you alright?" Pyrrha rushed between him and the Grimm. Using her sword and shield to parry the pincers, keeping the Deathstalker at a reasonable distance.

"Yeah, I'm good" Jaune wobbled up to his feet.

Large Deathstalker

Health (191/200)

'I don't get it, we hit that thing multiple times… it should have gone down already, especially with Pyrrha here' Jaune looked at it intensely. 'I only damaged it when I hit it… on its face while Pyrrha hit the pincers and back causing no damage' slow gears turned in his head. "Pyrrha! I have a plan" Jaune yelled. Pyrrha glanced back "you need to hit it on its face".

The red head rolled under a pincer swing getting close and personal with the Deathstalker's face. However, just as she was about to attack, Pyrrha needed to raise her shield above her head. Pyrrha braced as the stinger slammed down on the shield sending her down to one knee, and shattering the earth below her.

"Pyrrha, hold on" Jaune rushed in. Although, the Deathstalker was ready for him and aimed its pincer at him.

"Hiaah" Pyrrha yelled as she shoved the stinger off her. The Grimm screeched moving its pincer from Jaune to Pyrrha, showing some intelligence of going for the main threat. However, Pyrrha took quick steps back avoiding the pincer. Giving Jaune an opening which he used to cut one of the Grimm's many eyes in half. Jaune roared as he flailed his sword wildly, hacking into its face. The Deathstalker spun in pain, using its long tail to hit everything close to it. Unfortunately for the Grimm, Pyrrha was up to the challenge. Throwing her shield at the stinger to make an opening, Pyrrha transformed her sword into a spear and launched it as a javelin at the stinger's base. Easily impaling it, Pyrrha leaped up secretly using her semblance to her advantage, she grabbed the base of her spear and spun. The Deathstalker made a howl of a screech as its stinger was separated from its tail.

"Nice, Pyrrha" Jaune gazed in amazement. This caused his downfall as the Grimm hurriedly charge at him. Jaune managed to raise his shield in time as a pincer grabbed him and slammed him back against a tree. He wheezed in pain as the Deathstalker continued to crush him, the only thing stopping this was the armour and shield Jaune held. However, the metal was beginning to creak as Jaune's aura began to take on some of the pressure.

"Jaune, hold on! And be still!" Pyrrha called out. Jaune gritted his teeth as the crushing was beginning to bypass his aura. "Highiya!" Pyrrha's spear flew through the air, piercing the Grimm's forehead forcing it to let Jaune go and flail wildly trying to remove it. Unable to grab the spear with its pincers, it hissed for the last time as Pyrrha dived towards it. Raising her shield in front of her, Pyrrha slammed into the base of her spear. Like a hammer to a nail, the Deathstalker collapsed with the spear fully lodged in its head before it faded away to ash. "Phew, that was a tough one, right Jaune?" Pyrrha wiped her head of non-existing sweat.

"Wow~" Jaune sparkled as he looked in Pyrrha's direction. "You were so amazing, how you threw your spear…" Pyrrha zoned out with an embarrassed look as Jaune rambled on.

"Jaune… Jaune!" Pyrrha patted his shoulder. "We both defeated the Grimm together, you did very well managing to weaken it and gave me plenty of openings" she smiled.

"Oh~ stop" Jaune turned to putty with the compliments.

Pyrrha merely giggled, covering her mouth before pointing. "How about we go and finish this test so we can get out of this terrible forest? I think we should walk above ground this time" Jaune nodded in agreement as they set out again.

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Mini Boss Battle: Large Deathstalker (Complete)

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Skill: Novice Swordsmanship Levelled up (2/20 to 3/20)

Skill: Novice Blocking Levelled up (3/20 to 5/20)

Skill: Novice Heavy Armour Levelled up (1/20 to 4/20)

'Wait… I don't get anything for defeating a boss? What kind of game is this!?'

Chapter end

Next Chapter: Class Time.