Chapter 2

Note: In the last chapter I had said Jaune's mom saved him but in this chapter, she didn't know where he was. I had changed that. So, enjoy the story.


The next morning Jaune awoke to someone holding him. It was Pyrrha, she was in a red tank top and black shorts. He was covered in sweat and tears, 'must have heard me talking in my sleep.' He thought, then he wiped his tears away and sighed. 'Another one of 'those' dreams. When will they stop?' That was when Pyrrha started to awaken, she realized that she was holding on to Jaune.

"Jaune?" She said, "are you alright?"

"Yeah, must have heard me talking in my sleep."

"More like screaming and crying, bad dreams?"

"Yeah," Pyrrha just held him.

"Jaune, you want to…?" He sighed.

"Alright, but only to you and the others later, we got classes." He reluctantly got out of her embrace and headed for the bathroom. During his shower, he was singing and had a great voice. Then he got out dressed only in a pair of uniform pants, crocs, and a towel. "Shower's yours." He continued to dry off, Pyrrha was just staring at his body and got a real good look at him. She was impressed by his figure.

'Yummy.' She thought, she shook her head. 'Focus Pyrrha! We have to help him, not tie him to the bed and have our wicked, wicked way with him!' So, the rest of the team had gone to get cleaned up and ready to eat breakfast.


Oum's Hall

Everyone was starting their day, eating breakfast and all around socializing before the day starts. Jaune was just eating plenty of protein, trying to rebuild his body. But with everything, there has to be someone that messes it up. He staggered up to team RWBY and JNPR's table like he owned the place and got behind Jaune. He was about to grab him when all of the sudden, the blond knight flipped behind the jerk and hit him with a hooking clothesline taking him down.

"What do you want Winchester?" Said Jaune.

"I am going to…!" He started.

"Get Rekt?" Jaune finished, "you sure are if you don't leave us alone. I'm giving you this one chance, Walk Away." Winchester got up and went to hit Jaune, who caught the punch and forced the bully to his knees. "Hey guys, I must be a preacher."

"Why do you say that 'Lady Killer'?" Said Yang.

"Cardin's on his knees."

"Let me go! Please!" Cardin begged.

"You going to leave us alone?" Asked Jaune.

"YES! I WILL!"

"Swear It! Swear It On Your Mace!" The rest of Cardin's team gasped.

"OKAY! I SWEAR ON MY MACE THAT I WILL LEAVE TEAMS RWBY AND JNPR ALONE!" He screamed with that Jaune let him go.

"If you bother us again, I will beat you with your mace! Do. You. Understand?" Cardin quickly nodded. With that Cardin's team took him to go see the nurse. Jaune sighed and went back to eat.

"I didn't want to do that but I can't stand bullies."

"Understandable Jaune," said Ren. Just then Goodwitch came up to them.

"Yes, I understand as well." She said they looked at her. "At least you are feeling remorse over your actions."

"Yes, ma'am." He said.

"Now finish your breakfast, you have class in 10." So the group finished up and headed out. During class, Jaune was showing that he wasn't a typical blond. He was a genius about taking out Grimm. Weiss had the nerve to get jealous of him. He was getting good grades as well, even he was shocked.


Meanwhile, Ozpin was looking at Jaune's transcripts and knew they were faked. But not to make him better than he was, but to 'Nerf' him. Ozpin went online to check Jaune's record. Turns out that he was a child soldier and had fought in two different wars. One when he was ten and the other at fourteen. 'He was kidnapped?' He thought, 'why would his abilities awaken now?' "Glynda? Could you come to my office please?"

Ten minutes later, Ms. Goodwitch had shown up. "You wanted to see me, Headmaster?" She said.

"Yes," he handed her a file and she took a look at it.

"Mr. Arc's file, his transcripts?" She said.

"Yes, they were forged."

"He can't cut it as a hunter?"

"No, quite the opposite. He's too good. Keep reading." So she did and found out that Jaune was a child soldier.

"My Oum." She said, "who would do something like this to a child?"

"If anything, I'd bet on the people that kidnapped him." He said as he drank from his mug, the coffee nicely masking the vodka. He needed this drink.

"So what are we going to do?"

"Allow him to stay, he deserves this."

"Maybe allow him to become more human?"

"Yes, I'll contact Rachel."

"She is going to be very happy to know that he's alive."

"And pissed when she reads that. This is her son."

"I know that Ozpin."


Later teams RWBY and JNPR were sitting down having lunch. Jaune just sighing, he looked to his teammates and friends. "Sorry," he said softly. They looked at him.

"Why are you apologizing?" Asked Ruby.

"I haven't been all there today, have I?"

"Is it the nightmares?" Asked Pyrrha, the others looked at her.

"What nightmares?" Asked Blake.

"Jaune's been having bad dreams and night terrors. I help him some but…"

"It's alright Pyrrha." He said, "maybe it's best if I told you guys." So he did and they were stunned.

"Yo-You were a child soldier?" Said Weiss, Jaune nodded.

"Yep, I was kidnapped at seven." Ruby had hugged him.

"And the nightmares came from your kills?" Asked Yang.

"Yeah, they forced me to kill a fellow officer just so I could watch him die. Have you ever seen the light leave someone's eyes? It's terrifying." They never knew how bad it was for Jaune and how heart-wrenching it would be.

"That's why you'd sacrifice yourself for us? You don't want us to experience that." Said Pyrrha, Jaune nodded. That was when the teams swore, that no matter what happens, they would be there for not only each other but mostly for Jaune.


Meanwhile, in Arc manor, a young woman had received a message. She was in a blouse and jeans, had long blond hair and violet eyes. She grabbed her scroll and read it. [He's been found. As a matter of fact, he's at Beacon.] She read, tears fell from her eyes and she went to go to see her son.

'Don't worry Jaune.' She thought, 'Mommy's coming!'

TBC

Note 2: Thanks to Dudebro223 for their help change mase to mace.