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RWBY:

The Blond And The Valkyrie

By typicalteenager.

Disclaimer: I do not, and never will, own RWBY and anything related to it (except maybe my OCs: Oh, like you haven't made your own RWBY OC!). Which is a good thing, as I never would have come up with something so awesome and enjoyable.

Anyway, on with the show.

Chapter 1: Revelations

Jaune Arc, leader of Team JNPR, had just had a revelation.

It had occurred when Nora, in one of her more excitable moments (which were hard to differentiate from her generally excitable attitude), had suddenly called for a game of Truth or Dare.

After it had been established that the dares would not involve weapons, leaving Nora looking a little put out and Ren giving a sigh of relief, the game had been agreed to, and then begun.

It had gone on for a good hour, providing many moments of amusement, such as when Pyrrha had used 'Truth' to try and get Jaune to say what it was about Weiss that he liked, which had left him red and spluttering whilst Nora laughed, Pyrrha giggled, and Ren gave a slight smirk, Nora had used 'Dare' to get Jaune to try fighting using Magnhild down in one of the training rooms, apparently having already forgotten the 'No Weapons' rule, which had resulted in Jaune propelling himself backwards into the wall whilst Nora laughed, Pyrrha giggled, and Ren gave a slight smirk, and Ren, giving a slight smirk, daring Jaune to get through a day of school without anything happening to him, to which Nora laughed and Pyrrha giggled.

Needless to say, Jaune found the game a little less fun than the others.

Jaune had then tried to regain some ground, or at least have everyone laugh at someone other than him, by using 'Truth' to ask Nora just how good friends with Ren she was. Nora had immediately gone into a long and fast explanation about all of Ren's amazing qualities: how he was talented, handsome, eloquent, intelligent, caring, thoughtful, etcetera etcetera, leaving Ren giving off a rare blush, to which Jaune laughed, and Pyrrha giggled.

Then had come the revelation.

"….And we're such good friends that I'll be the Best Man at his Wedding!"

"Nora, don't you mean the Bridesmaid?"

"…Nope, the Best Man. I'd look better in a suit better than a dress. Or maybe I could wear the Bridesmaid dress with a suit jacket and tie…"

Ren had just shook his head, his face bearing that small smile that seemed to appear in response to Nora's antics.

He then heard a choking noise, which was clearly a shocked Jaune, and turned to face him. He found, however, that whilst Jaune was shocked, it was Pyrrha making the choking noise, and both stared at Nora as though she had grown a second head.

It was Jaune who eventually spoke.

"Are…. Aren't you two….. you know….. a item?"

Nora, apparently oblivious to their shock, just shook her head. "Nope. Don't get me wrong, Ren is awesome, and if he ever did propose to me I'd say yes, but unless that day comes, we'll always be the best of friends" she answered, finishing with a big grin across her face as she draped her arms over Ren's shoulders.

Ren had just maintained that small smile.

Shortly afterwards, they had gone to bed for the night. Ren and Nora had gone to sleep almost immediately, whilst Jaune and Pyrrha had remained awake for quite some time.

Eventually, Jaune had managed to fall asleep, his mind still reeling at the news he had received today.

'Nora and Ren are not a couple? Who would have thought it?'

Pyrrha Nikos, member of Team JNPR, had just had a revelation.

It was the early hours of the morning, the sun just beginning to appear on the horizon, and she was laying in her bed, having been the last to fall into a poor sleep. She just lay there, her eyes staring at the ceiling, her brain trying to calm her new paranoia and nerves she had developed towards the team's other female.

Pyrrha Nikos liked Jaune. She had worked that out soon after meeting him. Exactly how much she liked him was another matter. She wasn't sure if she was just wanted the first real friendship she had in a long time (being a four times champion had provided an unwelcome change to the way people treated her), or if she had any deeper, possibly romantic, feelings for him. Being both his teammate and his partner gave her plenty of opportunity to investigate these feelings, but to be certain, she wanted to spend as much time as possible with just the two of them. After all, if her feelings were romantic in nature, she wanted to avoid any competition.

With 5 of her 7 friends at Beacon being females, this concern was always near the forefront of her mind.

Ruby was, in her opinion, the biggest threat. Not only was she one of the closest to Jaune, but the way she often blushed and spluttered whenever he gave her a compliment were clear warning signs that she might harbour romantic feelings towards the blond knight.

Yang and Weiss were next. Neither had shown any interest in him, but Yang had a buxom body and knew how to use it, meaning she could easily ensnare him if she wanted to, whilst Jaune had shown an interest in Weiss, meaning if Weiss did take an interest, she would have a powerful advantage over her.

Pyrrha didn't know Blake that well, which meant she might not have any interest in Jaune at all, but she decided to stick to the side of caution, and consider her a threat just in case.

It had been an immense relief to her that the only other female on her team, and the one female she (and Jaune) had to share the room with, had not only never shown any interest at Jaune, but appeared to been enamoured with the team's other male.

Until last night. That had changed everything.

Now she had to add another potential threat to her list.

Pyrrha let out a sigh, and began to plan out how to determine Nora's position on the list of potential threats to her potentially romantic relationship with her team leader.

Nora Valkyrie, member of Team JNPR, was about to have a revelation.

It was almost lunchtime at Beacon Academy, and she was using the teams' beds as trampolines, bouncing between each of them, whilst Ren was sitting on the floor, cleaning Stormflower. Pyrrha and Jaune had left earlier that morning, going to have another training session.

For some reason, Pyrrha had seemed unable to look at Nora.

Nora had been a little confused at this, but soon shrugged it off, and begun her bed bouncing exercises.

Still, the thought did keep popping up in her mind, and this in turn prompted thoughts towards her other teammates, as she bounced up and down on a single bed, oblivious to Ren's sigh (since it was his bed).

After a few minutes, much to Ren's surprise, (this was expressed as a single raised eyebrow), Nora stopped bouncing, sat down on the edge of the bed, crossed her legs, and cupped her chin in the space between her thumb and finger in a classic thinker's pose.

Ren kept an eye on her as she did this. It wasn't that she wasn't smart (she had passed the written portion of Beacon's Entrance Exam after all), but she rarely had a moment of deep pondering like this.

Eventually, she spoke. "Ren?"

"Yes Nora?"

"I've been thinking….."

"Yes?"

"And I've just thought of something."

Ren gave another small smile at the vague statement. "Well Nora, that does tend to happen when you think. What did you think of?"

Nora paused for a moment, apparently deciding how to word this. "I thought that Jaune treats me the same way you do."

Whilst Ren was used to Nora not making much sense, this seemed unusual even for her. "Yes Nora, he does."

Nora shook her head. "No Ren, I really mean the same. He listens to me when I talk, he makes pancakes for me whenever he decides to cook us breakfast, he keeps an eye on me during battles to make sure I'm alright…. And those are just the ones I can think of at the moment."

"So he does Nora. Where are you going with this?"

Nora rolled her eyes, as if Ren was being stupid (to which Ren raised a single eyebrow once more). "Well, you're my bestest friend. It makes sense for you to treat me like that. But Jaune and I have only known each other for a few months. We're practically strangers, so why does he treat me like you do?"

Ren gave another small smile. Only Nora would consider knowing someone for a few months to still be the 'strangers' phase of a relationship. "Well Nora, I'm sure he's just showing how much he cares about and values you." With that, he turned his attention back to cleaning Stormflower.

Silence reigned for a few moments. Then…

"How much he cares about me?"

Something in Nora's tone made Ren pause in his work, and look back at her.

Nora's face was full of wonder, and for once it was not the child-like wonder she often showed.

"How much he values me?"

And Ren realised that, after all the years they had known each other, it was still possible for him to say the wrong thing to Nora.

He wasn't sure what she was thinking, and was about to clarify what he meant, when Nora suddenly jumped to her feet, her face morphing to one that combined shock with delight. "Oh Ren! I've been such a fool!"

"Nora?"

"All this time, Jaune has been trying to express his affections for me, and I've been treating him as a mere friend of mine!"

Ren's eyes widened as it dawned on him exactly what conclusion Nora had come to. He also caught on to the fact that Nora had just described Jaune as a 'mere friend' when a moment ago she had described him as 'practically a stranger', but that could wait for the moment. "Affections? Hang on Nora, I-"

Nora gave a sudden gasp. "His 'Truth' question last night! He wanted to know how I felt about you to see if he had a chance of being with me! And I was going on about how great you were- oh poor Jaune! He must feel that his efforts are futile!"

"Nora, I think-"

But Nora wasn't listening. She jumped to her feet, and dashed out of the door, her voice echoing through the corridor. "Hold on Jauney! Your Nora-kins is coming for you!"

Ren sat there for a moment, as his brain processed what had just happened. When it finally had, he jumped to his feet, threw Stormflower on his bed, and was about to dash after her, when his brain clicked at a certain fact.

Nora had left him alone. Of her own volition.

And if she started spending time with Jaune, he'd actually have some free time to himself.

Ren was not, by nature, a selfish person.

But after spending so many years with one Nora Valkyrie, anyone would long for prolonged moments of peace and quiet.

And there was nothing to stop him correcting her later.

With that, Ren went to his bedside drawer, and took out a book he had bought many years ago.

It was a fantasy novel, called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by Lo Kuan-chung. A massive doorstopper of a novel of 120 chapters and about 800,000 words. He had meant to read it for years, but all that time spent with Nora meant he had never had the chance.

Until today.

Laying on his bed, Ren removed the protective cover, opened up to the first chapter, and began to read.

Empires wax and wane, states cleave asunder and coalesce. When the rule of Chou weakened...

Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long, who together formed team RWBY, were about to have a revelation.

Jaune Arc and Pyrrha Nikos, the J and P of Team JNPR, were about to experience their second.

They were sitting in the Cafeteria, enjoying lunch together. Ruby and Pyrrha were talking about the strengths and weaknesses of using Crescent Rose, Weiss and Blake were discussing classic Literature, and Yang was teasing Jaune over the bruises he'd gotten from his training session with Pyrrha, which today included a black eye and a broken nose, a piece of tissue paper stuffed in his right nostril to stop blood trickling out.

They had been like this for a while, and would have continued that way through their meal, had they not been interrupted by a loud cry.

"JAUNEY!"

Jaune, after jumping slightly at the sudden loud cry, realised that it was him being called to, and was about to turn around when something rammed into his back. This was quickly followed by two arms snaking under his armpits, the hands meeting in the centre of his chest plate, and tightening around him.

It took Jaune a moment for his brain to realise that someone was pressed against his back and hugging him.

Upon turning his head, his brain took another moment to comprehend the fact that it was Nora that was doing the hugging.

Judging by the confused expression on Pyrrha and Team RWBY's faces, they were taking a moment to comprehend it too.

Finding his voice, he began ask what she was doing. "Um, Nora? What-"

"Jauney~"

His brain struggled again, this time at the strange, almost affectionate tone Nora was saying his name in. Before he could continue, Nora ended the hug, and clasped a hand to either side of his face, turning it to face hers directly.

"Jauney, I'm so sorry about last night."

Jaune was bewildered by this. Was she referring to him ending up providing the entertainment for the rest of the team?

"All this time I've ignored you and your feelings, and I'm so sorry for it."

Jaune smiled, thinking his guess was right. "It's okay Nor- wait, feelings?"

"I promise I'll make it up to you, and give you the same warmth and love you've given to me."

Jaune's brain stopped yet again. "Warmth? Love?"

Pyrrha's face suddenly became the perfect picture of horror, one eye twitching slightly.

Nora nodded vigorously, and then threw back her head and shouted loud enough for the whole Cafeteria to hear. "HEAR MY CRY, REMNANT! I, NORA VALKYRIE, WILL BE THE GREATEST GIRLFRIEND IN THE WORLD TO THE MAN WHO LOVES ME: JAUNE ARC, KNIGHT OF BEACON!"

Team RWBY now had expressions similar to Pyrrha's: in Ruby's case, exactly the same.

Meanwhile Jaune's brain crashed yet again. "GIRLFRIEND! NOR-"

He never got to say whatever he was going to say, because Nora brought her face back down, pulled his towards hers, and gave him a deep, long kiss, lips to lips, with plenty of tongue.

And just like that, she had changed everything.

Lie Ren, member of Team JNPR, had not just had, nor was he about to have, a revelation.

He was busy enjoying both the quiet and his book, reading at a leisurely pace. Nora had been gone for an hour, and he had just started the second chapter.

It must here be told who this Tung Cho was. Cho, or Chung-ying, was born in the west at Lint'ao in modern Shensi...

Typicalteenager:

Admiral Monty Oum! This is typicalteenager, reporting in as the latest deckhand for the Battleship S.S. Nora's Arc, Sir!

Okay, so I love RWBY. It's an awesome show. So I'm browsing the site looking at and reading RWBY fanfics, and I come across two fanfics in particular:

Nora's Arc, by Nutshop, and Chapter 6 of For the Love of Jaune by AnimeGirl 144.

I thank these two for introducing me for the awesomeness that is Nora x Jaune. I now stand beside all other Nora x Jaune lovers: we will man this ship to the bitter end!

I was also inspired by the fanfic Bruce has a Problem, a crackfic focusing on Bruce x Harley, where Harley, like Nora, misinterprets Bruce's/Batman's actions as signs of affection and begins a romantic relationship with him. I recommend you check it out: the link can be found on its TvTropes Page.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a real book in our world. The 'Romance' is the equivalent of 'based on a true story': real events with some changes (in this case, to give the volume a pro-Shu stance).

Also, those who know of me from my Warhammer 40K fanfic 'Soloman the Blood God' will probably be crying out "Why are you starting another story when you can barely handle updating your existing one?"

Two reasons:

1) This fanfic was one that persisted in my head to the point where I had to write it.

2) Unlike Soloman the Blood God, which is pretty much thought up off the top of my head when I sit down to write it, this fanfic actually has several planned steps, with plenty of ideas as to how to link and progress them.

Anyway, until then, enjoy the first chapter of The Blond And The Valkyrie!

EDIT: Aaaaaand I've just spotted an error in my work. I had it established that there would be no weapon-based dares, and a few sentences later? Nora has Jaune perform a weapon-based dare. That error is now corrected.