Jaune Arc.
The only son of the famous Arc family. The leader of team JNPR. The white knight of Beacon. At Least that's who he use to be. Cardin being the asshole he is told the entire school how he really got into Beacon and he was shunned and despised for it.
What the other students thought of him wasn't what hit him the hardest though. It was when the members of team RWBY and his own team actually shunned him for it that it began to affect him. They are - or at least they were suppose to be - his closest friends and when he needed them the most they turned their backs on him.
At first he was devastated. But then he changed how he acted on the subject by avoiding them entirely. Going so far as to eat his food on the school's roof and sleep in a tree in the courtyard. But the deepest wound of all was the one delivered by his own flesh and blood. When his family found out the truth they did the worst possible thing. They disowned him.
That's what pushed Jaune over the edge. He was sick of being in this damned school where his 'friends' treated him like shit, and everyone else saw him as good for nothing trash that didn't deserve to be there in the first place. He planned to leave without a word but not before a fateful encounter that would change his fate forever.
It was combat class and it was nearing the time for them to be released. Jaune sat on the far side of the arena away from everyone else. He would wait there for everyone else to leave the room before he would leave himself so he wouldn't have any contact with anybody. He barely payed attention as it was and didn't even bother to watch as Pyrrah fought against team CRDL.
"Alright, we have time before we are dismissed for one last duel. Mr. Arc! You haven't fought in some time. So it is mandatory that you fight now." Glynda said.
"If you say so." Jaune said.
"Now Let' find you an opponent. Any volunteers?" Glynda asked.
No one raised their hands. After a minute of silence someone decided to raise their hand.
"I'll fight him!" the mysterious guy said.
"Hmm? Oh! Mr. Aedus! I almost forgot you were here. That would appreciated. Thank you." Glynda said.
"Don't thank me." Daegan said as he jumped down from the wall. "I'm just bored is all."
Jaune walked down the stairs and stood face to face with Daegan in the center of the arena. Even before the fight began people began to talk about his inevitable defeat.
"Who you think's gonna win?" a random student asked.
"The black haired guy. Arc doesn't' even belong here so he shouldn't last any more than three minutes against this guy." another student said.
"You think Jaune can win somehow?" Ren asked.
"Who cares!? He's a no good liar who doesn't deserve to even be wielding a sword, let alone be in that arena!" Weiss said.
"Gotta agree with Weiss on this." Yang said.
Everyone else agreed with Weiss and Yang said. That hurt Jaune more that it probably should have. He told himself he no longer cared about what his former friends thought of him. Then why did it hurt so much to hear them say those things?
"Let the last match of today commence! Jaune Arc vs. Daegan Aedus! Begin!" Glynda said.
Jaune drew Corecas Mors and transformed his shield as he waited for his foe to attack.
Daegan grabbed his pitch black double edged sword off his back and pulled it out. He then charged and slammed his sword down onto Jaune sword with incredible strength.
Jaune barely holds the strike back as he struggles to push Daegan back. He uses everything he can muster and pushes Daegan back and then slashes at him.
Daegan barely dodges the tip of Jaunes blade and flips back before he charges once again and locks his blade with Jaunes. He then kicks the shield out of Jaune's hand and pushes him back towards the wall.
Jaune puts both his hands on his sword and tries his best to try and push Daegan back but finds it extremely difficult. He rolls away from Daegan and runs toward his shield.
Daegan chases after him and grabs Jaune by the shoulder. He then turns him around and punches Jaune in the face sending him to the ground. He then brings his sword up for a downward slash.
Blood begins to ooze out of Jaune nose as he lays on the ground. He reaches for his shield and manages to defend himself with it in the nick of time. He then grabs his sword and slashes at Daegan's head.
Daegan dodges by a hair as a few strands of his hair fall to the ground. He is then sent back farther as Jaune kicks him in the stomach making him hold his gut in pain.
Jaune jumps to his feet and takes a defensive stance again as the other students watch in surprise. Maybe he wasn't worthless after all.
Daegan pops his neck before he quickly appears beside Jaune and slams the bottom of his sword into Jaune's shoulder.
Jaune swings at Daegan as his arm surges with pain and he drops his shield. He looks down at it and kicks it to the side as he firmly grips his sword in his hand. As he does so, a white light surrounds his body and allows him to use his injured arm once more as he places it on his sword.
Daegan's eyes go wide as he watches his foe. He then realizes what he intends to do and does the same with a smile. Daegan's body also begins to glow. But instead a bright white light he glowed pitch two locked eyes as they charged forward and slash at one another.
They run past one another and it appears no damage was done. Jaune then grabbed his side as he collapsed to the ground in pain and his bar went to red.
Daegan used his sword to keep himself up as he turned around and looked down at his adversary.
"Winner Daegan Aedus! Now call a medic team!" Glynda said as Daegan walked over and hoisted Jaune up and carried him out of the arena with one of his arms across his back.
~later that day~
Jaune awoke in a hospital bed with bandages around his chest. He tried to get up but his side forced him to lay back down.
"I wouldn't recommend trying to move. We just put you back together." Ozpin said as he sat next to Jaune.
"Headmaster? What happened?" Jaune asked in a tired voice.
"You collapsed after your fight with Daegan in the arena. He is here as well since you both did considerable damage to one another. Daegan's wounds aren't as bad as yours though. He was able to carry you here by himself after your fight." Ozpin said.
Jaune looked to his other side and saw Daegan in the bed next to him and wave at him.
"Thanks." Jaune said.
"Don't mention it. You fought well." Daegan said.
"As did you." Jaune said as he turned his attention back towards Ozpin. "Professor I have something I need to discuss with you."
"What is it?" Ozpin asked.
"I want to leave Beacon. I refuse to stay in a place where I'm neither wanted or accepted." Jaune said.
"You're asking me to expel you?" Ozpin asked.
"Whether you do so or not is no concern of mine, headmaster. By your leave or not I am leaving Beacon." Jaune said with a serious look.
"I see your determination. Alright then I shall do as you ask. On two conditions." Ozpin said.
"Theres always a catch, isn't there. Fine name it." Jaune said.
"In two years time you will return to this school to finish out your training to become a licensed hunter. And since I can't send you out into the world alone and Mr. Aedus has no team he shall accompany you until such time as you return." Ozpin said.
"Is that all? Fine." Jaune said.
"Looks like you and me are stuck together. Partner." Daegan said with a chuckle but immediately grabs his side in pain. "Oh, it hurts to laugh."
"Since that is over with I shall leave you two to your rest. When you are ready to leave your things will be in this chest." Ozpin said as he tapped the top of a box in the corner of the room with is cane. "See you two in two years." he said as he left the room.
After two days of being stuck in their hospital room the two of them grabbed their stuff and got ready. Jaune left Corecas Mors on his bed as well as a picture that he had taken with his friends. He ripped it in half as he climbed out of the window and disappeared into the night with his new friend.
The very next day the members of both teams RWBY and what remained of team JNPR went to go check on Jaune since they felt bad about everything that they had done.
Ruby opened the door to find no one in sight. Not even a nurse. She entered the room and found Jaune's sword fully sheathed on what was his bed and she then noticed the open window.
"No. Don't tell me he... he?!" Ruby began to say as tears began to fill her eyes.
"Let's not jump to conclusions here baby sister. Ozpin probably knows where he is so Let's go see him and find out what he knows." Yang said.
Everyone agreed as they ran as fast as they possibly could. They found the headmaster drinking his coffee behind his desk like he usually did when seven students barged in interrupting his peaceful evening.
"Can I help you?" Ozpin asked.
"Professor! Jaune... he wasn't in his hospital room! We need to find him!" Ruby yelled.
"Miss Rose. I already know. And before you ask, no I don't know where he is." Ozpin said.
That shook them a bit.
"Why did he leave?! Do you at least know that?!" Pyrra shouted.
"Yes I do. It was because he did not wish to stay in a place where his friends turn their backs on him and everyone around him treats him like dirt." Ozpin said as he pulled out a ripped piece of paper.
Ruby looks at it and immediately begins to cry. It was the photo that they had taken so long ago. Yang knelt down and wrapped her arms around her sister as she began to cry. She had lost the very first friend she had ever made at Beacon and she had noone to blame but herself.
Yang was sad but not nearly as much as Ruby. She did not agree with Jaunes actions but she never wanted him to leave. If he was here now she would try to apologize and after that knock his teeth in for making her sister cry.
Blake didn't know Jaune very well and hated the fact he lied to get into Beacon. But even when her secret was revealed he thought no less of her. A trait that very few humans had in today's world and she would miss that about him.
Weiss always thought Jaune didn't belong at Beacon and that belief was back up when the truth was revealed. But she'd would be a liar if she said she would not miss the smile he once always had on his face that could brighten up a room. She'd never confess it out loud though.
Ren was the only one who understood why Jaune wanted to leave. He will not say he did not have a hand and Jaunes decision. Jaune was like the brother he never had, his closest guy friend, someone whom he could talk to when Nora was being... well herself. And now he was gone. Beacon would never be the same for Lie Ren.
Nora was sad. Sadder than she'd ever been before. Her fearless leader was gone and was probably never coming back. But she would bring him back to Beacon so they could be a team again. With or without his legs broken.
Pyrra was hit especially hard by the news. Jaune Arc her best friend, her partner, her leader, her crush. The first person to see her for who she was on the inside and not the celebrity that was on the outside. No wound she had ever received in battle hurt more then the pain she felt in her chest at this very moment.
~to Jaune~
Jaune took one last look at both the city of Vale and in the distance Beacon academy. He then turns around and puts his hood over his head and walks back to join Daegan.
"You ready?" Daegan asked.
"Yeah, thanks for waiting. So where we headed?" Jaune asked.
"Well the way I see it we need to get you stronger and I only know one person who can help you out with that. My father." Daegan said.
"Anythings better they staying here. Lets get the fuck out of here." Jaune said.
"If you say so, Jaune." Daegan said as he followed after him and the two of them disappeared into the night once.
