Reunion

4

It had been quite obvious that Jaune had been awfully suspicious over the past few days. It immediately caught the attention of his team the first day the blonde was acting weird, and after a few days, team RWBY found out about it too.

A few times every week, Jaune would leave the group during their periodical hangouts, saying that he needs to 'go do something.' He just grabs his stuff and scurried off! This was the fifteenth time this week!

Weiss and Blake shrugged it off, saying that they should not disturb him and let the blonde do whatever he wants to do. Pyrrha was really worried of course, and so did Yang, Nora, Ren, and Ruby. But not as much as the Spartan.

"What do you think Jaune is up to?" Ruby asked the obvious question during their lunch period with the leader of team JNPR already gone. "I'm not sure..Maybe he's working on a project?" "Wait! What if he's secretly working on a secret superweapon?!" Nora suggested, making her partner sigh. "Nora..."

"What if he's secretly having a relationship with someone?" Yang proposed a possibility, earning the attention of Blake and Weiss. "Well if he is, then I'd be very, very grateful. He would finally stop trying to flirt me." Weiss added her two cents.

"But even if he is dating someone, who is it?" Blake questioned.

Then the group fell into silence. After a few moments of not talking, Pyrrha finally spoke up. "I have an idea." Everyone turned to her with curiosity. "Well all a free period after this. Let's go find him and see what he's up to."

Everyone nodded understandingly. "Right on, Pyrrha!" Yang grinned. "Alright, let's begin Operation : Find out who Jaune's girlfriend is!" Nora declared, slamming her fist onto the wooden table. Thankfully it did not break, making everyone sigh in relief.

Eventually, after a few more minutes of chatting, they all strolled out of the cafeteria and went to find their fellow male blonde.

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"Oof!"

Jaune landed on the ground in a bit of pain as he groaned. "God..." The blonde turned to his opponent. "You're merciless, Fu Hua." She chuckled in response, before reaching her hand out and helped Jaune get back up on his feet. "If I had held back, your training would have made little progress in the long run. Constantly breaking your limits, a philosophy I live by."

The two of them had decided to spend their free period training outside, on a cliff with a large tree as well as a beautiful view of Emerald Forest.

"Your stance is good already, but you don't know when is the right time to attack." She pointed out his mistake, earning a sigh from him. "What's wrong?" Jaune sheathed Crocea Mors and looked to Beacon's tower. "It's... nothing. You won't understand anyway."

"Jaune..." Fu Hua walked over to his right and placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "You can tell me." She smiled softly. The blonde sighed again and looked down. "It's just something stupid.."

"Every time we talked when we were kids, I never heard you talk about anything that is stupid." Her hand rubbed his shoulder lightly, easing the blonde up a bit.

"...I ...I don't feel important. I feel like... I'm just dead weight... Useless. No matter what I do, I'll always fail. Maybe it's best if we stop. I don't want to waste your time." He sighed, looking up to the clear blue sky. Fu Hua stared at him, wondering what she could do to help him. And an idea sparked in her mind.

Jaune felt Fu Hua's hand on his right shoulder slightly tightening her grip, before making him turn to face her. "Fu Hua—" "Shh..." He was going to speak up but the navy grey haired girl placed her index finger on his lips, silencing him to ensure he will listen to what she has to say.

"Jaune. I'll be honest with you. You're not a useless person. True, your combat skills might not be the best and your academic scores are mediocre, but I will simply not write you off as a bad person because of those two bad qualities you possess. You are a genuinely nice and kindhearted person, who treats everyone equally and try your best to help them when you can."

She leaned in and whispered ever so softly into his ear. "To me, you're an amazing person, Jaune. You truly are."

The two didn't exchange words after that, just standing there in silence with a soft breeze soothing them. "Fu Hua..." His voice wavered and his shoulders started to shake lightly. Fu Hua sighed but smiled before giving Jaune a warm hug.

"I'm here, Jaune... I'm always here for you..." She whispered as the blonde returned the embrace and started to cry on her shoulder. "T-Thank you..." He thanked her with a frail tone as Fu Hua rubbed circles on his back to reassure him.

Unbeknownst to Jaune and Fu Hua, they were being watched.

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"Who is that girl hugging fearless leader?!" Nora quietly exclaimed the obvious as the seven students hid in the bushes. "Quiet you brute!" Weiss hushed the hammer maiden down, watching the stranger hugging and calming Jaune down.

"Damn...Vomit Boy's got good taste." Yang grinned. The stranger looks like she is from Mistral, navy grey hair tied to a low ponytail, with some of it on the left side tied and placed over her left shoulder.

She wore a black uniform with a white coat and a blue tie with patterns of white lines, as well as black slacks, white belt and a pair of black shoes. She's just stunning to look at. (It's Fu Hua in her seneschal outfit!) "She looks so cool!" Ruby quietly squealed.

Meanwhile, Pyrrha just stared at the girl Jaune is hugging in silence. Judging from her partner's behaviour, it seems like they know each other pretty well. 'Just... Who...are you...?'

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"Ooh! Mei! Come here and look!" Kiana squealed as she was standing near to the window of their new dorm, watching something happening outside. Mei sighed but smiled and went to her side. "What is it, Kiana?"

"Class Rep is cuddling a cute boy!" Her eyes scanned the area, before finding and focusing on her fellow leader. Kiana is right. It looks like she is hugging a guy. Based from what Mei can see, he is quite tall, blonde messy hair, wearing jeans, a black hoodie underneath a chest plate with brown gloves. And it seems like he has a sword and sheath, strapped onto the left side of his hip.

"Hmm... It seems like they know each other." Mei mumbled after seeing them embracing each other. "Wait, is this the guy that called Class Rep?!" Kiana pointed out a possibility, which is quite plausible. Fu Hua did say that an old friend of hers had called yesterday. Maybe that's him.

This is gonna be really messy for Jaune and Fu Hua.

I'm really sorry if this chapter is subpar to the previous chapters! It was a bit rushed!