Reunion

2

"Hello?"

Jaune froze the moment someone answered the call. It was definitely a female his age, but what should he say? Is it really Fu Hua? Or is it one of her teammates who picked it up for her? "Who is this?" The blonde's eyes widened. He has to reply now, or else it's over. "U-Uhmm..." He stammered.

"Fu...Hua..? It's me...Jaune."

The call went silent for a few moments. 'Oh great. She forgot about me. Is that even her-' "Jaune....Jaune Arc?" "Y-Yes..." The girl on the other side chuckled. "It's been a long time. How are you?" He lets out a deep sigh in relief, which didn't go unnoticed by Fu Hua, making her chuckle some more. "What is it? Were you expecting some random old lady to pick up the scroll?"

That reply made him chuckle too. "Yeah. Sorta. I'm good. What about you? How's life as a huntress-in-training?"

"It's great. Assignments aren't too difficult, missions are going smoothly, and the tests aren't really too hard either." Jaune's eyebrow twitched at her words. 'You're the smartest person in our class back at Ansel, of course it wouldn't be too hard for you.. then again you were the most studious person I've known, so that's probably why.' He casted his thoughts away while listening to his old friend.

"As for my teammates, well I suppose you could say they are quite nice and quirky. Anyways, my team and I are going to Vale for the Vytal Festival Tournament tomorrow. I might ask them if we could stop by at Ansel for a day. And perhaps, we can catch up and introduce them to you."

Jaune chuckled nervously over what Fu Hua said. "Actually...Uh... I-I'm not at Ansel right now..."

"Oh...Did you leave and went to study overseas?" The navy haired girl asked, unintentionally increase the tension within the blonde she's speaking to at this moment.

"N-No. I'm... I'm at Beacon Academy." The conversation went cold once again. "...You faked your way in, didn't you?" Jaune's eyes were wide as saucers. She somehow figured it out.

"N-No! Of course not!" He laughed it off, trying to change the subject. "Jaune. You can't lie to me." Fu Hua stated with a tone that would suffer no argument.

"...Yes. Yes I did." He expected her to yell at him, ending the call there and blocking his number, ignoring the leader for good, or even reach out to Ozpin and have him expelled.

But then, she did the unexpected. Fu Hua chuckled.

It caused Jaune to reopen his eyes again, staring at his scroll with eyes of disbelief. "How predictable of you." The girl commented.

"Y-You're not mad..? Why..?"

"Of course not. The Jaune Arc I know would never do some heinous act with malicious intent." Fu Hua explained mid-way while chuckling, making him letting out another deep sigh in relief.

Just when he was about to reply, his scroll vibrated and displays a pop up message from his partner, Pyrrha.

'Team RWBY has invited us to hangout with them. You coming?'

"Err...Sorry Fu Hua. I need to go. Maybe we can chat later?" Jaune apologized while texting a 'yes' to the Spartan. "Sure. Just save my number. And also... I'm glad."

"Glad about what?" He asked. "Glad about meeting you again, you dummy." He laughed a bit.

"Alright. Bye!" "Goodbye." Then he hanged up the call, before saving her number and naming it 'Fu Hua'. The blonde stared at her name for a few seconds, before stashing his scroll away back into the pocket of his jeans. Eventually he got up and went off to find his team with a smile on his face.