Team RWBY find Team JNPR outside on the quad at some picnic tables. With them is an elegant older woman in a blue and white dress. She sips tea, her white hair up in a bun thanks to some blue ribbons.
She has wrinkles around her blue eyes, but all from smiles.
Arturia: "Oh, hello!"
Jaune: "Hey guys! My uh... My Nana came to visit."
Arturia: "I'm very proud of you, Jaune. Getting into Beacon! First try, too!"
Jaune: "Er uh, well... I had a lot of help."
Ruby: "Oh... Wow. Your Nana? So she's your grandma?"
Arturia: "Great-grandmother actually."
Ruby: "WOW! You must be super old!"
Weiss: "RUBY!"
Yang: snerk
Arturia: laughs "I am!"
Jaune: "Er, yeah."
Pyrrha is starry-eyed.
Pyrrha: "She fought in the Great War!"
Arturia: "Oh, I did my part."
Weiss: "Well, that's very impressive."
Yang: "You don't actually look that old."
Arturia: "Healthy living! I keep in shape!" She looks intently at Jaune "I hope you are keeping up with your training, Jaune?"
Jaune: "I am!"
Arturia: "Hm... Mind if I test you?"
Jaune: "Ummm..."
Pyrrha: "It would be wonderful, Jaune! Can she test me, next?"
Nora: "Me too! She seems SUPER fun!"
Ren: nods "It would be an honor, ma'am."
Arturia: "Oh, I'm deeply flattered! Honestly though, I don't know how much fun I'll be. I'm old, after all."
Jaune looks extremely nervous, which Blake, Yang, Weiss and Ruby take notice of.
Jaune: "Well uh... I mean, Pyrrha is training me-"
Arturia: "Hmmmm..." She eyes Pyrrha "I see. I'll test her first then?"
Pyrrha: very excited "Wonderful! Is right here and now good?"
Arturia: "Perfectly!"
Ruby: "Uh, Pyrrha? You sure you want to do this?"
Yang: "Yeah, I mean uh... Maybe Jaune's Nana needs to take a break? It must have been a long trip from uh... Where are you from?"
Arturia: sips her tea, then rises "Radian."
Yang: "Right, there."
Weiss: "Yes! Surely we can wait, have some more tea-?"
Arturia: "No, no. I do need to know just who is teaching my great-grandson."
Jaune: "Um... Just remember, Nana-"
Arturia: chuckles "Oh Jaune, you worrywort! You're such a sweet lad. But your partner will be fine." She stretches a bit "Mmm! Honestly, she seems like she'll give me some trouble. But I like trouble!"
Pyrrha: "Thank you, Mrs. Arc!"
Arturia: "Call me Nana Arturia!"
Pyrrha: "Hee!"
As Arturia and Pyrrha walk off onto the grassy knoll, Arturia carrying a rather large briefcase Ruby is deeply concerned.
Ruby: "Um... Why are we letting the... How old is she?"
Jaune: "One hundred and five."
Ruby: "One hundred and five year old woman fight the best student in Beacon?!"
Jaune: "Honestly? I'm more worried about Pyrrha."
Weiss: "Her?! What about your great-grandmother?! She looks... Well, she's well preserved but she's still really old!"
Ren: "Ah. So you don't recognize her."
Weiss: "Recognize who? I'll admit she looks... A little familiar."
Nora: "Waiiit for it!"
Arturia pulls on gray armor, which expands and locks around her midsection. She pulls on gauntlets and grieves that automatically lock into place. She then pulls out a sword that fairly glows with Aura Energy, something reflected by her eyes.
In a moment, Nana Arturia has gone from a sweet old lady... To a deadly knight, with grim eyes and face that speak of nothing but battle.
Pyrrha is practically beside herself with excitement.
Weiss: eyes wide, jaw drops "Wha...?! No.. No way-!"
Arturia's sword turns invisible... And in a split second she is hammering her mighty sword against Pyrrha's Milo and Akoúo̱ so fast sparks flew off the impacts. Pyrrha tried to rally and go on the offensive, but Arturia's speed, precision, reach and strength were phenomenal. Pyrrha feinted and tried to flank Arturia, but the elderly woman parried her strikes. She gave ground slowly as Pyrrha began to get more mobile.
Pyrrha then feinted and side flipped, trying to get behind Arturia. The knight swung her blade behind herself, unleashing an Aura Slash that Pyrrha barely dodged. It cut a tree behind Pyrrha in half, and sent it falling over.
All of RWBY is gobsmacked at this. Jaune looks relieved. Nora cheers as Ren smiles softly.
Arturia: "Haa... Haa... Haa... Very impressive, young lady." She raises her sword in salute
Pyrrha: "Haa... Haa... You too, Nana Arturia!"
Arturia: smiles "That said, you rely very heavily on your Semblance to fight. If you were blinded or distracted by loud noises, it could throw off your concentration. It is admirable you are so gifted and train so hard... But do not forget that true battle does not have rules."
Pyrrha: unbelievably happy "Yes Nana Arturia!"
Arturia: "Hmmm... Also... Jaune? While Pyrrha is very good at swordplay... I don't think emulating her style suits you, at least in that way. She's very mobile, you are not."
Jaune: "Er, well, not really."
Arturia: "I will teach you my own style while she trains you in more general combat. You should know how to fight like a proper knight: Great cunning and calculation, but brute force and strength are just as important!"
Jaune: nods "Um... What will Mom say though?"
Arturia: sighs "I may have respected her wishes when you were a child, but you have clearly chosen your path."
Jaune: smiles "Thank you Nana."
Arturia: "Now, aren't you going to introduce me to the rest of your friends? It's very rude."
Jaune: winces "Sorry Nana. Um, Nana? This is Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Yang Xiao-Long, and Blake Belladonna. Everyone? This is my Nana Arturia Arc... Um, Pendragon-Arc."
Dead silence ensues. One Blake breaks.
Blake: "Your Nana... Is Empress Arturia Pendragon?! Queen of Albion?! The Saber Queen?!"
Arturia: "Oh my, that was a very long time ago. I abdicated, after all."
Weiss: "Y-You slew over ten thousand enemy soldiers in ONE DAY during the siege of Camelot!"
Arturia: "Did I? Huh! I didn't really keep count. Couldn't afford to."
A tall old man with tanned skin, white hair, and golden-brown eyes approaches in plain green and black clothing with some bags of fast food.
Shirou: "Heh. I got about half of them, but I wasn't keeping count either. Too busy watching you."
Arturia: "Aw! Sweet as always, my beloved Shirou. Did you get-?"
Shirou: "Yes, just how you like them. I see you worked up a sweat!"
Arturia takes a bag, pulls out a burger, and sits down with her husband at the picnic table. She happily eats a burger, as Shirou smiles and waves.
Shirou: "Hey! I'm Jaune's Papa, or Great-Grandpa Shirou! Nice to meet you!"
Weiss: "Th-The Master of Unlimited Blade Works?!"
Yang: "Holy crap...!"
Shirou: "Heh. Been a while since I was called that. You're a good student of history!"
Weiss: "Th-Thank you sir!"
Shirou: "Call me Papa!"
Ruby grabs Jaune and drags him aside. RWBY and NPR join them as Shirou and Arturia eat their burgers.
Ruby: "When were you going to TELL ME your great-grandparents were some of the most incredible fighters in history?!"
Jaune: exasperated "When you didn't fangasm over them?"
Ruby: "I-But-THEY'RE SO COOL!"
Jaune: "Yes. I know. But to me, they're just my great-grandparents. So please..."
Weiss: "You know, um... It is curious you didn't bring them up. With me."
Yang: "Oh, so now you're interested in him?"
Weiss: "In his family history!"
Jaune: "Because of this, okay? I love them to death... But I'm not using them to get attention. I want to earn my way through life myself... Not thanks to their names."
Weiss: "... I... I can understand that, Ar-Um... Jaune."
Blake: "Same."
Pyrrha: "Completely, Jaune. I just... It's such an honor to fight her! She's still so incredible!"
Yang: "You think I could fight her next?! Or your Papa? Damn, he still looks amazing! I am seeing the future and I like it~!"
Pyrrha: "What do you mean by that?" Very brittle smile
Yang: "What do you think I mean, P-Money?"
Weiss: "Hey! There's no need to fight! Especially not over Arc!"
Blake: "Says the girl who's been eyeing his great-grandpa with lust in her eyes since he showed up?"
Weiss: bright red "I have not!"
Ruby: "DID YOU SEE THAT ARMOR?!"
Nora: "IT WENT ALL SWOOSH AND CRANK AND WHIRR-WHIRR!"
Ren: "Indeed."
Pyrrha and Yang glare at one another over their smiles. Weiss and Blake argue. Jaune sighs. He walks over to his great-grandparents and sits down. Shirou hands him a burger.
Shirou: "If it helps, son, I've been where you are. With your great-Aunties Sakura and Rin."
Jaune: "What happened?"
Arturia: "I beat them into submission and made it clear Shirou was my man. This will work itself out."
Jaune: "How is that supposed to help?!"