A/N: This is an idea that has been beating me over the head since I came up with it. It's more or less my take on the Strong Jaune Arc challenge. In this his semblance gives him the powers of chess pieces. High School DxD fans might have an idea of what I'm taking about. More on it will be explained in the next chapter if there is one. It all depends o this chapter's reception.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY but I wish I did
Chapter 1: Chess Master
Chess.
It was the a rather popular board game, used to test the mental and tactical capabilities of its players, each turn causing them to think differently, creating different strategies to suite the current turn as well as predict the future turns of your opponent. Each piece on the board was useful, from the pawn to the king. No one piece surpassed the other, even the pawn which is considered least useful has the capability to win a game.
But you're not here to hear me talk about chess, you're here for a story, so let's get to it
Everyone knew Jaune Arc was weak.
It really wasn't that difficult to notice. Any person who spent years training gained an innate sense to know who was and wasn't a threat, while you couldn't quantify strength you could of course gauge it. And if there wasn't enough proof his name was literally the lowest on the First-Year Beacon Billboard so wasn't that much of a surprise when team BRNZ barely paid him any attention when the match started. From looking at the blonde it was clear what his role on the team was; a shield. His swordplay was sub-par, his technique was atrocious, he moved like a snail to every huntsman watching so yeah, focus on everyone else, leave him for last.
So it came to everyone's confusion when 30mins into the match he abruptly stopped in his tracks.
"WAIT!" his voice broke the concentration both teams had on their faces. "Everyone wait!" in the stands Ruby looked at her fellow leader with confusion.
"Does he wanna give up? He still has a lot of aura" it was true, Jaune Arc's aura was at 80% which of course wasn't a surprise. If there was one thing people knew Jaune had, it was a massive aura capacity.
'Jaune don't give up, we can do this' thought Pyrrha as she looked at her crush's anxious form
"What time is it?" he asked.
"What does that ma-"team BRNZ's leader Brawnz was interrupted by Jaune's scream.
"ANSWER THE OUMDAMN QUESTION!"
"Geez fine, it's 2:45"
"RUBY!" the scythe wielder looked at her co-leader in confusion. "What time does that video game store's sale end?"
"Why does that- "
"ANSWER THE OUMDAMN QUESTION!"
"3 o'clock!" Jaune's eyes opened in shock
"Shit fuck shit fuck SHIT FUCK!" he started putting away his weapons only to stop and take off his armor. "Hey Pyrrha, catch!" he threw his weapons and armor at his partner. "I am so late I can't believe I let so much time pass by."
"Jaune what are do doing!" Ren was confused, he knew Jaune wasn't… that capable but he didn't think he would want to give up.
"Finishing this." He looked at the member of the other team who had all come out to witness his outbursts. "Look guys I REALLY do not have time right now but due to my conscience and my need to avoid trouble I have to ask this before I act." He paused for dramatic effect. "Lay your weapons on the floor and give up now." Silence reigned through the Amity Colosseum as every sat and or stood dumbfounded at his statement.
"What" asked Nolan
"I said, you all should give up now before I beat you all"
"Jaune what the fuck are you doing!" Ren lost his normally calm composure as he looked at his leader with wide eyes
"Ren shut the fuck up!"
"YOU" Nolan was looking at Jaune the way one would look at a crazy person. "You'll beat us, you Jaune Arc"
"Yup, I don't have time for this so decide."
"I'm starting to think that dumb blonde trope has some truth in it" May's comment gained a yell of indignation from Yang
"Last chance guys"
"Fuck you!"
"Damn it, let it be own I gave them a chance. Fuck this" he vanished from his spot and appeared in front of Brawnz punching the teen into a wall taking his aura to the red. Before anyone had a chance to react he vanished once more and appeared above Nolan and hit him with a dropkick that sent tremors through the colleseum. When the dust cleared all Jaune stood with one leg on Nolan's back. The floor below them showed cracks in a ten foot radius. He turned toward the last member of the team Roy Stallion and appeared in from of him, Roy after seeing the fates of his teammates was preapared for the attack as he aimed his saws at the blonde.
'Got him!' he fired at saws only for them to pass through him revealing him to be an afterimage. 'What the-' Jaune appeared behind him and gave a roundhouse kick to the back of his head knocking him unconscious.
"I GIVE UP!" May had seen what had happened to her teammates, there's no way she was gonna that a hit like that. "Please don't hit me" she shivered as she saw the apathetic stare the blonde was giving her. She let out a sigh of relieve when the stare disappeared.
"What time is it" he asked once more/
"Em 2:50"
"Damn it I don't have much time. Hey Oobleck, call it!" the bespectacled man was knocked at of his shock.
"May Zedong forfeits, winner Team JNPR!"
"KK, I'm out" Jaune was about to run when his partner's voice stopped him
"Jaune wait!"
"What what what!"
"Where are you going?"
"To get my sister her birthday present!"
"How did you do all this"
"My semblance, Chess Master" and with that he vanished once more