I'm loving the love for Velociraptors here!

I'm sorry this chapter took so long. I just got a new puppy. He is a Havanese; mostly black with white belly, paws, muzzle, stripe on head, and tail tip, with chocolate around his paws. His name is Hansuke; Japanese for "Faithful friend".

I know Barry uses the speed "Forty...fifty if they're hungry. However, he doesn't give a unit of speed. Since Barry speaks French (often slipping into it during events of the movie), I used the European standard; Kilometers per hour. The speed mentioned in this chapter is forty and fifty kilometers per hour converted into miles per hour."

Raptor

The Pack

Jaune let out a sigh of relief as he knelt on solid ground outside of the Bullhead. It had been really hard dealing with that flight with his motion sickness, and worrying about his girls in the cargo hold. The clicker in a pocket came out and he pressed it so it made a rapid Click Click Click sound...

A code he had taught them. There was a familiar screeching roar and people stepped aside as the cargo hold doors were suddenly slammed open and Jaune smiled seeing four fast-moving figures enter the woods out of sight. The workers who had been by the cargo doors had been knocked on their rears, and Jaune was suddenly glad he had developed a shortened code for "Hunt in nearby woods" with his pack as he stood up and saw the multiple claw marks and teething marks on the walls and luggage. The raptors had NOT been happy with the cargo hold of the airship, and if they hadn't heard the code...

Those workers may not have remained alive; especially if Echo was in a particularly foul mood after the flight. He gathered his couple of bags and took a step forward towards the castle-like school when a loud explosion shook the ground. He heard from the nearby forest the warbling cry for help from Charlie and he ran into the forest without a moment's hesitation and saw her huddled close to the ground staring in the direction of the explosion as Blue hovered over her with Delta and Echo on either side.

"It's alright. You are safe." Jaune said gently as Blue made a soft chirping noise. "No, I wasn't in any danger." Jaune said, reaching up to stroke the face of his 6 foot tall Velociraptor. Echo growled in the explosion's direction and made cough-like barking sounds that Jaune had learned meant "Hunt" "Kill" and "Prey". Blue turned and hissed at Echo, who snorted before rumbling in content as Jaune stroked her snout and let her take in his scent.

He had learned from his 6 years that one must be calm around the raptors. Echo had challenged him a couple times for his status as Alpha...and he didn't emerge unscathed even when victorious, as the scars on his chest, shoulders, hands, legs, and back could attest. It was why Echo trusted him so much; she knew that he wasn't as "weak" as the civilians she saw near his home. She knew that he could be beneficial to the pack in a fight...but she also appreciated that he was willing to rely on them as well; and allowed them to hunt wild animals in any nearby woods to sate their predatory killer instinct.

They were no mere pets or tools!

Jaune watched them warble to each other and run off deeper into the woods before smiling and picking up the bags he set down. Moving at a quick jog, he saw a black haired girl about 15 covered in soot sitting in shock in a crater in a walkway. She had silver colored eyes and red streaks in her hair, and she wore a black and red dress with a red hooded cape; a red and black mechanical device strapped to her back. "I don't think that's the most comfortable resting spot." Jaune said, reaching his right hand down and she grabbed onto it and he helped her to her feet.

"My name's Jaune Arc. Short. Sweet. To the point. Rolls off the tongue." Jaune barely caught himself before saying the last part of the introduction his parents taught him. She seem to giggle slightly before brushing the soot off of her.

"Does it?" She said, shifting her weight awkwardly, "I'm Ruby Rose!" An uncomfortable silence befell the two, making Ruby shift uncomfortably. "So...I have this!" Ruby said, grabbing the red device and Jaune was stunned as she effortlessly twirled it as it extended into a scythe. "This is Crescent Rose! She's a hybrid between a scythe and a high-impact sniper rifle!"

"Wow!" Jaune said, eyeing the large blade.

"I...may have gone overboard customizing her." Ruby bashfully said, seeing his look of disbelief, she added "All Signal Academy students make their own weapons."

"Ah! I was invited here by Ozpin." Jaune said, and Ruby interrupted with a "Me too!" and a high-five. "I was busy raising my raptors."

"You raised...birds?" Ruby said, and Jaune smirked. "Not really. A Miss Yang Xiao Long can attest to that, she met them."

"My sister met your...raptors?" Ruby said and Jaune literally did a double take after the word sister.

"So...what do you have?" Ruby asked, and Jaune unsheathed the sword and turned it's sheathe into a shield.

"This is my Great-Grandfather's sword, Crocea Mors. As you can tell, it's shield becomes a sheathe." Jaune said, and Ruby eyed the weapon with a starry-eyed expression.

"Oh my! I don't see a single dull edge! It's nice, not many people have an appreciation for classics." Ruby said as Jaune put his family sword away, and her eyes locked onto his hand grabbing onto a sheathed knife container.

"For Range, I have Faucille." (French for Sickle) Jaune said as he pulled out a pistol with a white handle with a blade under the barrel of the pistol shaped like a Velociraptor's sickle-claw with a small, dull metal guard between the blade and the trigger.

"Oh my! It uses burn dust!" Ruby said, and Jaune sheathed it, "I can tell by the residue around the barrel."

"You sure you don't want to be a weapon smith?" Jaune asked with a raised eyebrow as Ruby stood proudly.

"I want to help people!" Ruby said as she put away Crescent Rose and stood proudly.

"I can understand that feeling." Jaune said, gazing at the forest where his girls were hunting.

"I'll make this brief." Headmaster Ozpin said, "For years you have been honing your skills. However, all I see gazing upon you is wasted potential. Tomorrow, you will be assigned partners and, if you succeed, start your long and arduous journey to become true hunters." With that, Ozpin walked off the stage.

"Huh. Must be busy." Jaune said, with a carry-out container containing four rare steaks; a nice treat for his girls.

"He could have added some more details though." Yang said as she put an arm around him while walking with him while Ruby followed.

"I was thinking of letting the chips fall where they may." A redheaded girl in bronze clothing and green eyes said to a girl with blue eyes, white hair, and a white nightgown by the lockers as Jaune took off his armor plates and shirt with Crocea Mors; putting them in the locker with Faucille. Jaune gave her a brief glance and hello before he shut his locker and rolled his shoulders.

"I don't know about you, but my partners I raised get...antsy without me, so I have to sleep outside." None of the girls responded, staring at his exposed upper body. Not even Yang said anything, seeing the claw marks across his chest and back. She reached up and traced a long one near his spine.

"Oh! Sorry!" Jaune said, re-opening his locker and pulling out a white shirt and putting it on after shutting the locker once again, "I forgot that none of you saw the scars Echo gave me when testing me." Yang shivered as she imagined that mouth full of razor-sharp teeth rapidly approaching her throat as sharp claws ripped into her flesh. "Now, I think I have enough food for them." Jaune said, lifting up the carry-out container slightly as he headed out the doors of Beacon.

For some reason, the thought of leaving Jaune alone with those Velociraptors terrified Yang. Here he was, a nice man who offered to help her find her mother without asking anything in return; and he could be torn apart by the very creatures. Ruby was utterly confused. He said he trained raptors, but they weren't birds. Now, she had seen claw marks across him from a "raptor" named Echo. This was her chance to possibly be a hero!

Pyrrha Nikos didn't know what to think. She had seen him look at her, but no mention of her name-let alone her fame-was ever mentioned. Needless to say, she was quite curious about this young man. Weiss Schnee didn't know what to think about him. He didn't give her proper respect save a passing glance...yet...those scars. The blonde woman sticking by his side shivered when he mentioned the words "Echo" and "Them", which meant she had seen the creatures that scarred him.

Was he training Grimm?

(Jurassic Park OST: Jurassic Park Gate)

As Jaune left the warmth of Beacon's main hall, three women he would grow close too and one he would call a trusted friend followed him out. They immediately shivered as the cold wind blew on their bodies as Jaune stood by the fountain with the carry-out container. With that, he gave a whistle just as Yang, Ruby, Weiss, and Pyrrha approached him. A loud screeching hiss made Ruby leap onto Jaune's back as Weiss and Pyrrha stiffened, everyone but Yang's eyes widening as they saw the four, six-foot tall bipedal carnivores approaching. Their claws, teeth, and muzzles were stained with blood as Charlie held the head of a deer in her mouth. Charlie dropped the head and gazed at the white container, stepping forward before Blue snapped at her and growled in warning.

Echo gazed at the four new girls and growled out threateningly. "Easy Echo." Jaune said, making the girls's eyes widen. THAT was Echo?! The one who scarred him?! Jaune opened the container and gave a quick "Click click" on his clicker. A shortened code meaning "All safe."

"What are they?" Pyrrha asked as Jaune opened the carry-out container and picked up the first rare steak.

"Velociraptors. Ancient-formerly extinct-dinosaurs." Yang answered.

"Echo!" Jaune said, tossing the first steak that the tan, green, and blue raptor tore into while keeping her eyes on the human girls. "Delta." Jaune said, tossing the second steak to the pale green and blue raptor. She gave a content hiss and laid on her stomach. "Charlie!" Jaune said, tossing the steak up high for the light and dark green raptor to jump for. Charlie loved doing work for her food; being the most childish. Jaune suspected that Charlie treated the food like a reward for her work; making it more satisfying.

"Blue." Jaune said, holding up the biggest steak. "This one's for you, clever girl." The gray and blue raptor's eyes were locked onto the steak as an excited warble left her mouth as Jaune threw it and she lifted her head and caught it in her mouth. Charlie's head bobbed as she walked back and forth with jerky steps while chewing on her steak, setting it down occasionally to rip off and swallow a chunk before picking it up again; a behavior that made Ruby chuckle at her. That behavior...

"They almost look like six foot turkeys behaving like that." Weiss commented, and all four raptors snarled at her, making her take a step back. Even Jaune had a firm look as he turned his back on the raptors and reached up, pulling off his necklace. Pyrrha, her keen eyes that won her many championships, took notice that the 'decorations' looked very similar to the claws, teeth, and large toe claw of the raptors he trained; only fossilized.

"Don't let the looks fool you." Jaune said firmly, holding back his anger. It wasn't Charlie's fault she had more Avian DNA than her siblings! "They are way smarter than you think...and were fearsome predators for a reason."

"But...what could they do against things like a T-Rex! They're small compared to many other carnivores!" Weiss said.

"Let's say...you were taking a walk in the forest." Jaune started to say, holding the fossilized toe claw visible. "Then...you see one standing right in front of you. You stand still, thinking it's vision is based on movement. You stare at it...it stares back at you. It may occasionally bob it's head like a turkey. You hear a sound behind you. You look back, but see nothing. Thus, you turn to face the raptor you saw, which is now closer. Then, the attack comes. Not from the front...but from the sides...from the two other raptors you didn't know were there. You struggle, but a forth comes from the back and knocks you to the ground."

Ruby was shivering on his back as Yang was stroking her hair. Weiss stared at Jaune while Pyrrha tensed, an eye never leaving the four raptors as they stared at Weiss and chewed on their steaks. That gleam in their eyes though...they were listening. Jaune held up that toe claw. "This was their main weapon. They'll slash...here!" He said, making a light cutting motion across her lower chest.

"Here." He made a slashing motion down the middle of her chest. "Or here, across your stomach; spilling your intestines." Jaune lightly traced the claw across her stomach as goosebumps rose on her skin as the claw lightly gazed her night dress.

Then, he stared her dead in the eyes. "The point is...you're still alive, when they start to eat you...so show a little respect, okay?" Weiss gulped and nodded, turning to see Echo licking her lips in an all-too innocent gesture of seeing something delicious while staring at her.

"Are they...safe?" Ruby asked seeing the raptors finish off their steaks.

"No, they're not." Jaune said, patting her hair as Yang stood protectively by Ruby and Jaune, staring at Echo as she subconsciously traced that scar near his spine through his shirt. "They can run at a speed of twenty-four point eight miles per hour...and can hit thirty-one if they're really hungry. I know you heard me call them earlier. That's Echo." Jaune pointed at the one staring at Weiss, "She is Delta." He pointed to the one that was now laying down with her eyes darting between each human girl. "Over there, she's Charlie." Charlie was now sniffing the ground; seemingly searching for a spot to lay down. "And that's Blue; she's the Beta." Jaune finished, as Blue moved to stand next to him.

"Beta of the pack?" Pyrrha asked, "But where's the Alpha?"

"You're looking at him." Jaune responded with a proud grin.

A long line of students stood on a cliff overlooking a forest the next morning, a row of launch pads in front of them. Jaune just shrugged and stood on one, mind running through different strategies. Headmaster Ozpin took a sip from his cup as he looked over a scroll with student details and camera screens flashing across it. The silver-haired Headmaster had seen the interactions last night and was already making plans. Plus...those raptors WERE dangerous if the ten Atlas Casualties in the program were any indication. Still, it was nice to finally have a name to go along with the species.

Velociraptor: Speedy Thief.

"For years you have trained and you will be receiving your partner. Today. The first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next four years." Ozpin said. Pyrrha Nikos took notice of this and quickly took the pad to Jaune's left. "You will be launched into the Emerald Forest; your task is to retrieve a relic and bring it back here. Be sure to fight to the best of your abilities...or you will die."

"I don't think my partners like the idea of me being launched without them." Jaune said as he casually took a clicker out of his pocket, and clicked out a code. Four snarls came from bushes as scaly creatures appeared, one of them hissing at Ozpin. Besides the ones who had met them, every student reeled back in shock.

"Echo! Cut that shit out!" Jaune barked out-with Ruby too nervous to pull out her swear jar; nervous both about the Velociraptors AND initiation, "Delta, I see you eyeing some students, in line! No attacking potential pack members. Charlie, what are you staring at. Blue...heel." Charlie had been staring at a bow on the head of an amber-eyed girl in curiosity as Blue snarled at Echo and Delta. Delta barked something back, growling at a man in armor with a bird-like symbol on it before walking off to Jaune as Charlie ran to him and Blue stood by his side, glancing at the line of students. Echo snorted at Ozpin before moving to stand by the cliff.

Blue's eyes and nose told her a lot of things; senses rivaling or even surpassing those of a Faunus. The subtle movement of the bow Charlie was staring at, the scent of small, furry, prey Jaune called a 'cat'...that black-haired girl was hiding something. There was a girl with orange hair that smelled like fluffy morning food Jaune called 'pancakes with syrup', who she could literally smell the girl's attraction to a black haired male nearby. The attraction was mutual...

Blue wondered why they didn't just mate already.

There was a similar smell coming from the blonde, redhead, and young red wearer. That scent was directed at Alpha. Blue's gaze narrowed and a growl quietly echoed in her throat. If they wanted to mate with Alpha...

They would join the pack, or die.

Then, a clicking sound broke through her thoughts. Alpha wanted to the four of them to enter the woods and regroup with him once he entered. Blue found no fault with that; the forest was large and her senses were screaming that dangerous things were in there so it was better to scout out a safe location. With a hissing screech, she let out the call and her three sisters were soon running along her, moving along the cliff until they found rocks they fould jump down onto safely and vanished into the forest. Jaune steadied his nerves...

And soon his stomach leaped into his throat as he found himself in the air. There was no going back now. Initiation had started.