The Arc Of Vacuo

the Anansi Village

Nebula woke up with her head on Jaune's chest, she could still feel his whole body, she knew what they had did but she didn't care, she got dressed and put on her clothes and looked around, no sign of anyone, however she did notice that there were footprints in the mud, and they were not from her or Jaune's shoes, but they only appeared in one place, and there were no bare footprints in the mud, but then where did they go? Nebula looked back to see Jaune putting his pants on and his undershirt on as well

"h-hey Nebula, good morning," he said with a blush on his face

Nebula looked at him with a smile

"good morning Jaune, you want some breakfast?" she asked

"sure, what is it?" Jaune asked

she smiled "granola bars," she said

Jaune smirked and he went back into the tent to finish getting dressed, Nebula smiled and when Jaune came out he had this look on his face

"you ok?" she asked

Jaune looked at her and sighed, "nebula about last night..." he began

Nebula knew what he was going to say "hey look if you didn't like it that's fine..." she said

That's when Jaune knew what she was thinking "n-no! I li-liked it! I-I m-mean! um... I just don't know if you wanna be more then friends?" he asked

"do you wanna be more than friends?" she asked him

"No... I was Just asking you in case..."

"in case I liked you because of last night?" she asked and Jaune nodded, Nebula was relieved that he wasn't saying that he regretted it

"Jaune, It's fine I don't have feelings for you, I like you as a friend, and Last night was something we both did to ease our pains," she said

Jaune nodded, "but I didn't regret it? do you?" she asked

Jaune looked her in her face even if it did have a huge blush "no, I don't it was great"

"you were great and a little rough"

"Nebula!" Jaune cried and she giggled

"well let's go, we should be able to get to the town by 11:00 or 11:30," she said

"what time is it now?" Jaune asked

Nebula looked to her scroll and looked at the time "it's 8:00" she told him

Jaune grabbed his sword in hand and placed it in a bag

"then let's get going," he said and the two began to pack and get ready to cross the rest of the mountain.

after what seemed like hours they had finished crossing the mountain, Jaune looked to his scroll and saw that the time was 10:48, and the town was two miles away

"we're almost there Nebula, just two more miles" he said with a smile

"UHGGGGGG!" she cried but they kept walking

they walked and walked until they had reached the town which when Jaune looked at it and saw what the town was called

"huh? Anansi Village? that's a weird name" Jaune said

Nebula looked to him, "it's named after the god of mischief in old Vacuo tribe belief" she said "he's seen as a spider" she told him

They continued to walk into the Village but they headed to a hospital. when they reached it, the saw a doctor and they cleaned the bite and closed it. after getting some pills that would stop the infection, the two had walked to a hotel that was where the rest of the group was staying, when they walked inside, however, jaune looked around and saw two men with the same tattoo, which was a picture of a skull wearing a broken crown, he also noticed that they were staring at them, and looked like they were up to something.

"Nebula! Jaune!" came a voice

Jaune snapped out of his thoughts to see Octavia running to them, She hugged Nebula and then Jaune

"I'm glad you guys made it!" she said

she then looked around to see the same two guys that Jaune was looking at

"well, let's go! the others will be so happy that you here for the break!" she said

with a wink and a face that said 'tell you later but not here' so they followed Octavia to their room. inside the room as everyone else and they all gave each other hugs and made sure everyone was ok, Jaune however noticed that Gwen was a bit distant from Nebula and him, he wondered why, but that's when Brawnz grabbed his shoulder and the two looked at each other, Brawnz looked a little worried and that's when Jaune looked to see the same look on everyone else faces

"we need to talk," Brawnz said with seriousness in his voice

Jaune nodded and they all sat around and Brawnz and Nebula were facing Jaune as May, Roy, and Gwen sat next to Jaune and Dew, Octavia, and Nolan was sitting to the side of them

"so is this about those guys with the skill and crown tattoos?" Jaune asked

"yeah. when we first got here we noticed a couple of people with that tattoo but we wrote it off as like a club or something, but yesterday when we called for a Bullhead and then called the headmaster, we mentioned what happened the people with that tattoo" Brawnz told Jaune

"guess what? we were wrong they weren't part of a club" Nolan said

"then what are they?" Jaune asked

"their members of King Soloman's bandit tribe," Brawnz said

Nebula froze and fear overcame her face, Jaune noticed this, but he knew that if the Bandits found out that they were Huntsman in training then they would report this to Soloman

"how many did you guys see with the tattoo?" Jaune asked

"we all saw the same amount of people, which was around 20 or 25 bandits," Brawnz said

"yeah and I'm sure they already knew and are planning something," Octavia said

"how long until the bullhead gets here?" Jaune asked

"tonight" Brawnz replied

"Well then we better get packing, cause we can't stay here and fight," Jaune told them

they looked at him with a bit of confusion but Jaune pulled out his scroll and typed something

"Jaune what do you mean we can't fight them?" Nebula asked

but then they all received a text from Jaune, the text said [we are most likely being watched or overheard]

"I mean we don't have the numbers and were all very tired," Jaune said

he sent another text but this one had plan's: [we'll look for where these guys are staying and take them into custody]

"let's just get some rest and leave the Village tonight, I don't want to fight a bandit tribe right now," Jaune said

they all nodded their heads and that's when Brawnz looked to Jaune with a grin and was going to play along with Jaune's plan

"Fine... we'll head back to the academy..." Brawnz said sounding sad but they all knew the truth

tonight was the night that they would bring some bandits into custody, but a certain purple haired teen had different plans for the bandits and she was going to make sure that the Bandits weren't going to be anymore...