The first year of teams RWBY and JNPR was finally arriving to an end. After fighting the White Fang and discovering and foiling a worldwide conspiracy, things were going in a lazier pace for them, and soon they would be on the long waited break before their second year would start, and most of the exams were gone, only the last one, combat, to go in a week. For most of the teens in both teams that wasn't exactly a concern.

Except for our one and only Jaune Arc.

He was in the training grounds with Pyrrha and Yang, both girls volunteered in helping him prepare to the test. His combat skills improved a hundredfold since he started, and he was able to hold his own against many first years, even despite having no idea what his Semblance was. Yet there he was training again, and having his ass handed to him by Yang's powerful punches.

"Jaune, I think this is enough for today…" Pyrrha said concerned as the boy was panting on the ground once again.

"Listen to P-money, lady killer. Your skills now are more than enough to get a good grade from Goodwitch." Yang returned her gauntlets to their compact form and approached the boy with the redhead.

"It is not about grades…" He said as he stared to the cloudy sky of that morning. The blonde girl seemed surprised at his statement but Pyrrha smiled as she sat by his side, knowing him well enough by now.

"It is about being able to protect others." She remembered, and Jaune nodded.

"That too. But now, next year is approaching, and I want a fresh start, you know? The freshmen look at us as role models, and I don't want them looking at me and thinking 'yeah I can totally take that scraggly blonde down." He confessed and the girls smiled at him.

"Jaune, I doubt any freshmen could defeat you now." Pyrrha tried to comfort him, but he sat down and still looked deject.

"Except if they use their Semblances…"

"Come on Jauney boy, you need to stop beating yourself. You are a great guy; you need to believe in that." Yang said as she pushed him up. "Besides, I am sure when you stop thinking about your Semblance so hard you will end up finding it. Did everyone on your family found theirs so fast?"

"Well, with exception of my ancestor Joan, I think they all…" he stopped thinking as some epiphany seemed to cross his mind, he smiled and looked directly at Yang's eyes, making her blush in surprise. "Yang, you might be a genius!"

He gave her a tight hug and a quick peck on her cheek before grabbing Pyrrha's hand and storming off, not leaving much time for either girl to react or think. Yang just touched her cheek and turned around to see a happy knight dragging a surprised Spartan with him.

…

"So, you really think this book can help you? Can you really read it?" Pyrrha questioned Jaune as he held an incredible old, hand written book he found at the library. It was written in a foreign language she didn't understand, but Jaune seemed completely able to.

"Navy school teachers always told us how important it is to understand the five most spoken languages of Remnant, and somehow I had a knack for them. It is an archaic form, but I can read most of it." He explained as he carefully threaded the dark pages of the book.

"And exactly how you think this book will help with your Semblance?" She questioned and he smiled at her.

"Do you remember I told you about my ancestor Joan Arc?" She nodded, it was a well known story of an heroic girl, though it was interesting listening a more down to earth tale from the mouth of someone that is a direct descendent of a legendary heroine. "Well, she had her Aura AND Semblance unlocked by a ritual."

"Jaune, do you think doing this ritual can help you?" Pyrrha worried about him putting his faith in some old story, but he seemed quite happy with the idea, so she haven't the heart to tell him she thought that was a dumb one.

"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality, through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee." Pyrrha wondered why he repeated that sentence, the sentence everyone used to unlock the Aura. He then showed a picture on the book, probably Joan in full armor, under a whole full moon, holding her sword up and her shield by her side. A sentence was written under the picture. "This is what is written here. Centuries before us."

"And you believe that this is the key?" She still wasn't certain about that. Legends had a tendency of leaving a lot of details out if not straight up making things up.

"I have nothing to lose except time. Look, I will stay here and do more research, and I promise to not try anything even remotely dangerous without talking to you first." He said with an easy smile that made Pyrrha relent. He wrapped one arm on her and pushed her close to him, making her blush. "An Arc never goes back with his word."

She nodded and smiled at him, resting her head on his shoulder as he kept reading, sometimes translating some passages to her. She felt happiness on that, and wondered why she couldn't muster the needed courage to tell him how she felt.

…

Pyrrha didn't knew when she slept, nor how she found herself back at her room, she stretched and looked around, to find it was already afternoon. Jaune was nowhere to be seen, but Ren and Nora where there, both playing a videogame.

"Where's Jaune?" She asked and Nora answered without turning around.

"Our brave leader said he needed to ask some questions to Dr. Oobleck and call Micaela, after he brought you from the library. I took some pictures if you want to see." With that the energetic girl threw her scroll. Pyrrha opened it and saw many pictures of an embarrassed Jaune carrying her bridal style and gently resting her on the bed. Of course she immediately sent copies to her own scroll.

"I will go look for him."

…

Pyrrha walked around while searching for her knight. Most students were either preparing their trips to their homelands or to the last combat test the week after that. So things were quite silent around for a change. While in search of the boy, she found Ruby trying to balance her scythe on her forehead while Zwei watched.

"Ruby, what are you doing?" As she said that Ruby fell down and her scythe spun almost hitting the small dog. Zwei seemed very unfazed about that.

"Oh, just improving my sense of balance. Not much to do while waiting for the combat test next week." She explained as she got up and folded her weapon, putting it in her back. "Why they make us wait so long for it?"

"So we can recover from nights barely slept because we were studying for the written tests." Pyrrha explained to the younger girl. "I am searching for Jaune, have you saw him?"

"Wait, you too?" Ruby questioned, and Pyrrha was confused by that statement.

"You are searching for Jaune too, Ruby?"

"What? Oh, no, not me. Yang is though, didn't said why."

What Yang wants with Jaune?

…

The blonde brawler had no idea why she wanted to talk with Jaune.

After the hug and cheek kiss on the morning she spent the entire day wondering why she felt so flustered. Jaune was always a perfect gentleman around her, what made it funnier to tease him, but even so he would never take a peek on purpose, and especially he would never take a feel of her as many other would.

That was one of the reasons she always appreciated his friendship with her little sister Ruby, as he would never do anything on purpose to hurt her. That was also one of the reasons she was helping him in training, despite the less honorable way he entered Beacon. But recently, especially after his sisters did a lot of havoc around, people have being pestering her about supposed crush on him.

That I don't have.

Yeah that is why she was searching for him, just to make clear she had no crush on him. Even if she had, Yang knew Pyrrha loved the clumsy knight, and the brawler would never make a pass on him as long as her friend was aiming towards him, it wouldn't be fair after watching the Spartan trying to clue him for a year now. She would just make sure the blonde boy understood that and be gone with her day.

"Yang?" The blonde turned to see Pyrrha and smiled, pushing her own thoughts to the back of her head.

"Hey, cereal girl! Looking for lover boy?" The Spartan rolled her eyes at the colorful nicknames.

"Actually, yes. Heard you were searching for him too…"

"Oh yeah, just wanted to ask him if he wanted to train more tomorrow. Did he pull out his idea whatever it was?"

"He was studying some old books thinking one of them could hint him in a way to manifest his Semblance. Apparently his ancestor used some ritual to unlock hers." Pyrrha explained and Yang started laughing.

"What, like with candles and incantations?"

"Something like that, actually." They both looked to the direction of the voice as Dr. Oobleck approached them. "Joan Arc's Aura ritual is a fascinating topic, and discussing it with her descendants is even more fascinating."

"Oh, I see. So, could you help Jaune?" Pyrrha asked, now a bit worried.

"Certainly. His sister and I told him that the ritual most likely took place by a large natural body of water like a lake, during a full moon like today, where she recited the now famous passage and unlock her Aura and revealed her Semblance at the same time. It was a ritual made hidden from curious eyes, so I suggested to him to do the same."

"Oh, right. But, just out of curiosity, where he would even find a large natural body of water nearby?" The Spartan asked with a really bad feeling about all that.

"In the Emerald Forest, of course."

"You mean the Grimm filled one? At night when they are the most dangerous?" The redhead almost shouted at the teacher, which fixed his glasses and nodded.

"Yes, that one. But don't worry; Mr. Arc is more than capable to hold his own…"

The two girls were already gone in search of the dumbest person they knew.

…

"Pyrrha, I am sorry but I will punch your partner hard when we found him. Maybe that will put some sense on that thick skull of his." Yang stated as they walked in the dark forest in the hunt for our idiotic knight.

"Oh, no need to be sorry, because if you weren't going to do that, I will."

The two couldn't avoid letting a little laugh out with the stress, and resumed their hunt. They found many signs of battle along the way, and even a Grimm or two that were too big and had yet to fully disintegrate. Clearly their harsh trained paid off as Jaune was still to be found, and there were no signs he was hurt yet.

They finally reached the lake, a beautiful, crystal clear place that would be a perfect relaxing spot if not for the Grimm. They looked around to see Jaune standing on a rock that advanced into the water; he wasn't wearing his shoes as his feet touched the cold water. He raised his sword towards the moon and closed his eyes.

Yang was about to reach him when Pyrrha stopped her. The brawler glared at her in surprise, but the green eyes of the Spartan were glued on Jaune. The blonde girl looked at him and saw something unexpected, something even beautiful.

Jaune Arc was glowing, a faint white light not dissimilar than the light of the moon itself.

It was like he was stealing moonlight itself, and was a breathtaking scene, almost like seeing something from old tales. After a while, as the light become even more intense, he finally spoke, a well know sentence at first, but changed a little.

"For it is in passing that I achieve immortality, through this I become a paragon of virtue and glory to protect all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release my soul, and by my shoulder, protect all."

The light spread towards the lake and them, before finally becoming a faint glow around his shield and sword, and he stood there, eyes closed. That was when a Major Ursa jumped at him, and the girls tried to move to save him, as he seemed unaware of the fact.

The Ursa collided with a light made force field and was pushed back a few meters, surprised.

For a second, a bubble of light enveloped Jaune, before that light enveloped his sword, making it larger and longer, and the knight opened his eyes and Jumped at the Ursa, Crocea Mors easily slicing the Grimm in a diagonal cut. As the monster started to dissolve, Jaune gave two steps back and sheathed his weapon, and started to breathe hard and laugh a little.

"I DID IT!" He finally yelled with his arms up the air.

"Jaune!" Pyrrha approached him, and the boy just pushed her in a tight hug, spinning her for a while, her feet off the ground.

"Did you see that, Pyr? I did it! It is thanks to you!" He stopped spinning and held her close to him. Pyrrha felt his warmth radiating from his body and hid her blushing face on his neck.

"Way to go lady killer. That was impressive." He looked at Yang and pulled her into the hug, surprising her.

"I owe this to you too. Damn, I owe this to so many people…"

Yang was speechless. For some reason, it felt great to be like this, so welcoming and gentle at the same time. She closed her eyes and did like Pyrrha, and the three stood like that for a few minutes before some Grimm howled in the distance.

"OK, lady killer, we certainly overstayed our welcome here. And don't think I won't punch you when we get back to Beacon because of this stunt." Yang said as she and Pyrrha finally got free of the hug, though both did it unwillingly.

"Jaune, that was stupidly dangerous. I was worried sick about you." The Spartan added, and he smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.

"I know, but I just had to try, you know. As an apology, I will order us pizza. How it sounds?"

"If you think you can bribe us with delicious junk food, you are totally right. Let's get going then." Yang winked at the boy and he chuckled.

"There is one slight little problem… I can't find my shoes."

The two girls rolled her eyes. Clear some things would never change.

…

If there was one unwritten rule for teams JNPR and RWBY, it is that if you are going to buy food, you will buy food for everyone. And since the only thing the eight teenagers agreed about pizza is that pineapple as a topping is an unholy abomination that should never, ever be placed on a pizza, it meant ordering eight different pizzas for everyone. And because of Nora and Ruby giant appetites, it also meant a good amount of breadsticks.

"So, Jaune's Semblance is Aura manipulation?" Blake wondered, and yes, she was eating tuna pizza, she was the biggest fan of fish they knew and her favorite topping was no surprise for them all.

"Isn't that exactly like yours, Renny? Does it mean Jaune-Jaune can blow up Grimm heads like you do?" Nora wondered with a pizza slice and two breadsticks in her mouth. Nobody knew how she could talk clearly with food on her mouth, but she could.

"My Semblance is Aura focus, actually. I can concentrate it in a small point, like my hands and feet to create a stronger defense, or unleash its energy in a single strike. Our leader can manipulate his Aura externally, creating that force field or extending his swords reach. With proper training, I think he could do it even without Crocea Mors." Ren explained as he ate a slice of pizza, his favorite topping being sausage.

"Oh, that is so cool! I can't wait to spar with you tomorrow, big bro!" Ruby said as she ate a pepperoni pizza. She already took to herself the privilege of being the first to try Jaune's new abilities.

"Calm down little sister. Jaune just discovered his Semblance, so we better go slowly with it. But once he mastered it, I will have so much fun with you." She winked and Jaune blushed at that.

"I just want to say I am happy for you, and that I hope we can keep training together." Pyrrha said as she ate her onion and green peppers pizza. Jaune put an arm around her and pushed her close making her blush. She could get used to it easily.

"I am counting on it, Pyr. You will always be my partner." She smiled happily at that, and was forced to let go of him as the others started teasing them.

Nora got too excited and tried to make a little dance, and dropped her drink on Jaune's chest, making the boy cringe and get up. She apologized and he waved at her, and proceeded to remove his wet t-shirt. That generated a few blushes from Weiss, Blake and Pyrrha (who was used to see Jaune shirtless by now, yet took her time admiring him). Ruby and Nora didn't care about it, the former for not being interested in those types of things yet and the later for magenta eyed reasons. Jaune was now muscular, but lean, more like a mid-weight boxer than a bodybuilder. And that pleased on girl in particular.

Yang never saw Jaune without a shirt before, the closest thing was him wearing a dress at the ball. And now that she saw his naked torso, she desired it. Many naughty thoughts crossed her mind, and if everyone wasn't there, she might have acted on them, since she wasn't the type to not act on her desires, especially because…

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU IMBECILE?! GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM AND GET A SHIRT!" Weiss yelled, prompting Jaune to leave in a hurry.

That made Yang get out of her fantasies and blush hard. That wasn't right, she couldn't have lewd fantasies about Jaune because she was demisexual, and she wasn't physically attracted to people unless she was…

No, NO! I can't do that to Pyrrha! This is a mistake! I can't be in love with him!

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A.N.: Yang being demisexual is one thing many fanfictions use, and I think it is a fitting characteristic for her. It means she is only physical attracted to people she already have some emotional connection with. Since this story is directed connected with two others of my fics, The Arc Sisters and Three Stories, I have being building her developing feelings for the knight since them.

Yes, this will go the polyamorous route, but will take a little time before the trio come to know their feelings and how to deal with it. I will take it light though, no need to make it more complicated than needed. Hope you enjoy the ride, this one will be a bit longer than usual. :3

PS: Since Rosterteeth decided Blake actually love fish, I updated this chapter to reflect that.