Chapter 1
Jaune cowered behind a desk in the dark classroom. In the silence, he steadied his breathing, and attempted to put his thoughts in order.
'Okay, Jaune… what happened… remember Pyrrha's training…' he thought to himself, flinching uncontrollably as he thought about his teammate, 'oh god… I hope she's okay… No… cant think about that now… need to focus…'
He recalled the events of this morning…
-Jaune charged the Ursa, which moments before had been menacingly advancing, took a step back in surprised, then roared when the boy's sword bit into it's flesh… again and again… until it's red eyes went dark.
The boy relaxed slightly… he'd killed before, but had had help from his teammate… the smoking corpse infront of him was his first solo kill… and he felt exhilarated… without a word, he charged another monster… a smaller beowolf… and attacked viciously….
One by one, RWBY, JNPR, CFVY, and SS of SSSN dispatched the creatures of Grimm… until Professor Goodwitch plugged the "emergence" hole…
After the incident, his team met with the others, and Roman Torchwick was dragged away… things were going nicely… until…-
A loud banging disrupted his reminiscing, and he shrank back further… the door to the darkened classroom, which he had locked, flew open… and he saw a familiar silhouette… a familiar silhouette with long blonde hair…
"Jaaaauuuney boooyyy….. Where aaaaare you….." the figures sing-songy voice rang out… it sounded wrong, as all emotion was gone, leaving monotone, making it all the scarier. Yang stepped into the room, searching for her prey, flipping tables and desks in her search.
The classroom he must have been hiding in must have been old and unused, because dust flew everwhere… namely into Jaune's nose.
He sneezed, causing the girl's head to snap to his direction.
She looked normal… except she wasn't smiling, and had an eerie red glow next to her right ear…
Jaune hoped she would go away… but no such luck.
His hiding desk flew into the air, and he froze in terror.
He felt Yang's hot hand grab his shoulder… scalding his flesh as she lifted him to a standing position.
"Excuse me…" came a lower voice, startling him. The lights flicked on, further blinding the terrified knight.
Yang's burning hand was yanked away, and he heard a scuffle… then grunt, then the door slam.
As his eyes refocused to the bright light, he noticed he was standing in a large shadow…
A very large shadow…
"You are Jaune Arc, first year. Am I correct?" asked the hulking form of a second year student, Yatsuhashi Daichi.
A bit frightened by his upperclassman's size, Jaune answered weakly, "Y-yeah…"
After recovering by size-shock, Jaune was shocked again by how softly Yatsuhashi's voice was…
He'd always imagined a man of his size would have a manly, gruff, low voice.
While still low, Yatsu's voice was soft… a bit comforting… and a little disconcerting.
Yatsu inclined his head in a slight bow, and closed the door.
"You are also hiding from our… teammates…?" He asked, pausing a bit.
Although in a higher year, much better trained, and 3 feet taller than Jaune, he could tell Yatsu was still scared… although much less than he himself…
"Do you know what's wrong with them? Pyrrha, Velvet, and just now Yang all chased and hunted me… I don't know whats going on…" Jaune gushed, beginning to hyperventilate, but Yatsu put a hand up, silencing him.
"I too have been chased… my partner, Velvet, Ms. Valkyrie, your teammate, and Ms. Belladonna also attempted to apprehend me… they had little luck, obviously..." Yatsu smirked a bit, then cracked his knuckles.
Jaune was slightly taken aback, 'he didn't… no… he may be big, but he doesn't strike me as a "Winchester" type… viciously attacking and maiming…'
Yatsu must have caught on, because he stared, "I have not grievously harmed our friends… just rendered them unconscious and locked them in a closet."
Jaune remained silent and thoughtful… his mind spiraled… thinking of the monotonous voices and emotionless faces his friends had when they attacked him, and the odd light that he'd seen on all of them… the light on their right ears…
"Yatsu, right?" he nodded, "did Velvet, Blake, and Nora all have weird lights on their right ears?"
Yatsu thought for a bit, remembering, "Yes… I believe they did… they looked like activated Greenchoppers (Bluetooths)…"
Yatsu and Jaune thought in silence, each trying to figure things out, before, "Yatsu… do you think there's someone on the other side… of all those earpieces? Somehow telling them to attack us?" Jaune thought aloud.
Yatsu, who had been thinking along a similar track, nodded. "You may have an idea… perhaps removing the offending equipment will free our friends?"
Jaune's turn to nod in agreement, "First, we'll have to find one… a weaker one… who can easily be beaten… at least by you…"
Several minutes later, Yatsu and Jaune stared at their captive in semi darkness…
Their captive? School bully and all around dickhead, Cardin Winchester…
"What if this harms them?" Yatsu asked.
"Then its payback…" Jaune mused, before quickly adding, "Just kidding!" under Yatsu's concerned stare.
A/N: Hey guys… new fanfic! Dying Fire and Charred Rose are put on hold… make me feel too sad, and I don't wanna forget my storyline! I'm back at school, so chapters will be easier to upload! Please review and comment… RWBYmaster signing off for now!