So this is my first shot at a fan fiction, I plan on writing more but I'm not sure how frequently my chapters will update or new stories will come out. I can tell you now though I will be finishing this one cause I've had it kicking around in my head for a long time. I'm a very happy person so it will be rare for me to write a sad story like this but once again I wanted to get this out because I thought it was neat little idea. So forgive any errors that I make in this cause once again, I'm new to this ^^u but I hope you enjoy. –SS

Debriefing was a normal thing that all Huntsman and Huntresses do after a mission. It helps to give a detailed report on what happened in the field from the perspective of the Hunters and Huntresses, and for a lot of people it destressed them by talking out what happened on the mission. For team JNPR there mission was to clear out a large group of grim along the coast of a village outside of the walls of vale. The grim count was not supposed to exceed over fifty in number. But something had gone wrong. They had only returned with three members instead of four. The missing party member being Jaune Arc. One after another they had each team member come in and account from their prospective what happened.

Nora: I lost a friend…

"Jaune, next to Ren, was one of the nicest boys I have ever met. He never shrugged me off or told me I was annoying. He would listen to me, discuss games that we both liked, shared in what candy's we liked before Ren would come in and tell us both no. He also loved video games. We would play all the time, Shooters, RPG's, classics, and party games. It didn't matter what it was, he would always do well with strategy and thinking games. We would tie constantly whether it was kill counts or high scores… we would play until Pyrrha came over to tell Jaune he needed to work on his assignments or go up to train. He was funny, kind, silly, but above all honest. Everything he said was sincere, even when he lied it was always for a good reason. When he explained why he was with Cardin and his goon's he told us the blackmail that they had on him. It took us a moment, but we came to accept it and understand. He looked out for us, he always made sure our equipment and supplies were in full stock. He would check over our weapons and make sure they were full of ammo, and that there was spare ammo in our lockers. During team practice he would come up with team attacks that actually worked pretty well, but none of us could ever remember what they were called…Hahahaahaha…ha… it's funny… talking about him like this makes it feel like he's not even gone."

Nora's smile had stopped and her face became riddled with pain.

"But…. He is… We lost Jaune… we were on our mission, out in a village by the sea, we were on a cliff face and we got ambushed by a massive pack of grim… Jaune lead us into formation and we held strong. We fought for what felt like hours. We slowly broke formation… despite Jaune telling us to hold strong. But… I was reckless, I bolted off… I thought I could take out the bulk of grim on my own. I just starting swinging wildly knocking down grim after grim after grim… I could faintly hear Jaune tell Ren to help Pyrrha… but at the time I wasn't sure why; I was just so absorbed by the fight I stopped paying attention to my surroundings. So much so I didn't notice the beowolf that was making a lunge at my back while I was fighting an ursa… but lucky for me Jaune noticed, he came in and blocked it with his shield. But it was so big… Jaune blocked its fangs but couldn't stop its arms from going around the shield. They… they ripped into him, tearing up his arms and back… oh god there was so much blood…"

Nora shuttered… remembering the horror she had witnessed.

"Yet he pressed on. Our noble leader fought on. He watched my back and cut down wave after wave. To keep me safe. To keep his team safe. He fought so that we could live… "

"But… it wasn't enough. It was rainy and slippery and after three hours of fighting we were up against a lone death stalker by the edge of the pickup point… only this one was the biggest I had ever seen. It must have been about the size of a bull head… our Aura's were in the red and we were all exhausted from the battle. The stinger had swiped Ren and I away. Its claws…. They pinned down Pyrrha and were about to crush her… but Jaune wouldn't have that. The monster was just by the cliffs edge and it was injured. Jaune ran in. He dropped his sword and charged at the monster with his shield raised, he was letting out a cry that was as mighty as thunder. He hurdled over the claw that was launched at him and dove at the death stalker with all his might. I could see all his wounds that his aura had mended reopen as he fired himself at it…Out of nowhere there was a huge flash of light and suddenly the monster was pushed back and launched off the cliff. But what we didn't realize was Jaune went down with it…Jaune… he… he knew the risk… despite what everyone says… he isn't dumb… he knew that he would fall with the creature… but to save his friend… his partner… he would had given anything and everything to keep his team safe… and I guess… he did…"

"We lost Jaune that day…"

Tears were rolling down Nora's face.

"They sent out search parties… the looked all around the water… around every shore and even had people check the bottom of area… they found the death stalker… it was impaled on the rocks at the bottom and now there was no more than a large stinger and some bones from it left behind… yet… no Jaune… the people on the boats told us that he was likely carried off by a current, or he merely sunk and drifted off. But they also told us that there was no way he could have survived that fall… not with the rocks that were below…Pyrrha broke down… I was also sobbing…it was my fault. Had I not broken formation… had I listened to him more… had I trusted my leader… I would still have my friend around… my friend Jaune… Jaune I am so so so so so so sorry… Jaune… wherever you are… I… Jaune"

At this point. Nora had collapsed, sobbing, wracked with guilt and pain of the friend she would never again see or hear from…

So did you enjoy it? There's more to come very soon and I can't wait to see the comments on if and how people are liking it. So let me know, write a review PM me if you so desire but overall I hope you have a wonderful day! :D -SS