Solo Arc

Solo Arc Chapter 1: Training Begins

Jaune Arc was fading in and out of consciousness for most of what he remembered over the next few days. He remembered voices calling for him in that sanctum room. Then he was being loaded onto a bullhead with a crying Pyrrha looking at him. And then being in a bed in Beacon's infirmary room with Nurse Ivy looking over him. His friends stopping by to visit him. Very few times over these days of being down recovering was he awake more than 5 minutes. But during those brief times of awareness he could remember his friends and the ones who came the most were Weiss, Pyrrha, and Velvet, usually with one of them grabbing his hand as he rested urging him to come back to them.

It wasn't until 1 week after the mission where Velvet was watching over him working on a homework assignment that he awoke. A small groan he made alerted her to his awareness. She gasps as she approaches him, "Ja-Jaune? Ar-are you okay? How is your head?"

Jaune grasps his head as he groans and tries to sit up, Velvet immediately helps him with propping some pillows up behind him and getting his torso elevated to make sure he is properly supported. He nods in thanks while sighing in exhaustion. Velvet fidgets by his side while wondering if she can do anything to help him. "Can I d-do anything for you Jaune?"

Jaune sits there thinking before realizing something, "Can you let the others know I am alright now?" Velvet quickly nods before she goes to let the nurse know and to call their teammates that Jaune is alright.

Jaune sighs before sitting against the pillow and closing his eyes in relief that everything seemed fine, he looked around seeing he was alone in the infirmary and noticing that Velvet and the nurse seem to be focused on him, That means I was the only one who was needing hospitalization... Good then the rest of my friends should be alright... now how long was I out?

He sees a calendar saying it is a week after the mission as he nods in acceptance, before looking above him and chocking on his breath as he sees a floating box above him asking him ~You doing okay player?~

Jaune looks around then points to himself in confusion, ~Yes you~

Jaune faints... ~That sounds about right for an initial reaction. I'll wait until he is fully healed before trying this again.~

An hour later Jaune wakes up to someone shaking him and calling him, "Jaune! Jaune! Are you okay?"

He opens his eyes once again to see Ruby shaking him with worry in her eyes, Pyrrha is holding his shoulder to keep him stable on his pillow support while giving him a relieved smile, Ren is holding a happily tearing up Nora who is holding herself from glomping Jaune and possibly breaking something important. Yang is there smiling widely at seeing him awake and also relieved that her sister didn't lose a friend so soon into her Huntress career. Weiss is with Blake standing behind the group, Weiss having some small tears of happiness and relief in her eyes while Blake is giving him a small smile of gratitude for what he did for them. Coco is giving him a concerned look while smiling knowing he is recovering but also still worried at how he still seems a bit out of it. Fox is giving him a gentle smile from beside Coco, while Yatsu is tearing up at having such a brave friend waking up okay after such an ordeal. Velvet is at his other side again across from Ruby holding his hand steady while Nurse ivy is taking his blood pressure and aura read outs.

Jaune looks at all his friends and begins to cry, shocking them all until he explains, "I was so worried! I thought you had gotten captured and killed after I failed to hold those things for barely 2 minutes! I'm so glad you're all okay!"

He is allowed to cry for all of two minutes while the nurse finishes her check of him, before backing away and motioning to his friends to do what they want to do. He is immediately smacked by 11 sets of hands against his shoulders, chest, and face. Making him snap out of his crying and now in deep confusion at his friends actions with new welts and slap marks all over his upper body.