Jaune Arc: Fate System

Chapter 8: Meeting

Who could this boy be, that even Weiss Schnee the heiress of the SDC, is accompanying him? Is he another Atlas elite?

She was thinking so hard that she didn't notice that Jaune was already in front of her. She blushed, ashamed that he caught her off guard again. She was about to apologize when Jaune held out his hand, shocking her.

'Does he know? Did he recognize me? Is he a fan?' Pyrrha thought while taking Jaune's hand.

But instead of shaking it, Jaune leaned in a little before planting a soft kiss on her knuckles.

"Hello there, my name's Jaune Arc. And this is my friend Weiss. I noticed that you were staring earlier and saw that you were alone. Would you kindly tell me your name, my lady?" Jaune asked while smiling at her.

Pyrrha was blushing so hard that her face was as red as her hair. Weiss who was beside him saw what he did and was gritting her teeth. 'He didn't do that when he met me..' Weiss thought begrudgingly.

"Hello there, my name's Pyrrha Nikos." She said after recomposing herself, ready to hear the constant praises again. But it didn't come, she did hear a gasp, but unexpectedly it came from Weiss. She looked at Jaune and was surprised to see him just nod and smile. Weiss looked over to Jaune as well when she heard no sound of surprise from him.

"Uhmm.. Jaune, do you not know her?" Weiss asked reluctantly.

Jaune looked at their surprised faces faces with confusion. "Unfortunately no, I was constantly travelling. And I barely go to villages, and it's only to trade items. Actually, this is the first time in a long while that I visited Vale. I think the last time was seven years ago?" He said to them.

Weiss and Pyrrha didn't know what to say. They were having a hard time in believing that someone so well dressed barely visited civilization. Jaune noticing their looks laughed slightly, causing the two girls to be taken aback.

"I know what you're thinking, this suit was actually sent by my family via mail alongside my swords. Unfortunately, they were within different packages and got mixed up." Jaune instantly made up excuses again.

Weiss nodded, remembering their conversation with Ruby several minutes ago. Pyrrha seeing Weiss nod, relaxed herself.

"If it makes you feel any better, I already know that you girls are a cut above the rest." Weiss narrowed her eyes while Pyrrha tensed up when they heard Jaune say that, not liking what he said.

"I mean, Weiss was acting snobby before I intervened. She was shouting at Ruby like she was superior to her. At that time, I deduced that she was either extremely strong to act like that or wealthy enough to flaunt her resources. And judging by the way she was acting and the luggage she was carrying, which I'm helping carry now by the way, I went with the latter thought. And it seems I was right." Jaune said to a blushing Weiss. She was embarrased that Jaune got all of that info about her by just her actions and appearance. She was also frustrated that Jaune went with the rich case instead of the strong one. 'I'm strong..' Weiss thought quietly.

Jaune then looked at a wide eyed Pyrrha, "About how I knew that you were different from the rest was because of you concealing your identity and avoiding large crowds. Just like Weiss, I deduced that you were either a famous celebrity known throughout several kingdoms or a fugitive that got into Beacon. And looking that this is Beacon, I was sure that someone with a criminal record wouldn't pass it's security check. And so from that, I went with the former case." Jaune said to a still wide eyed Pyrrha. Pyrrha blushed at that, if someone like Jaune who barely visits settlements figured her out, then how about all this people?!

But all in all, both the girls were ashamed that they thought Jaune was like every boy that tried to trick them.

Jaune noticing their faces, flicked them softly on the heads surprising them both. "Hey, it's alright. I would be on guard as well if someone tried to get close to me and I didn't know anything about them. And looking at your expressions, it looks like a normal occurence. And hey, I don't care about money and fame. My family's doing financially well, so I don't actually care for how much lien a person has. And a person's fame doesn't actually reflect their characters. I don't care if your famous for being strong, smart, or kind, because in this whole world, I'm just me, I'm just Jaune Arc." He finished while looking at them rubbing their foreheads.