Last chapter certainly was something, but now for anyone who was looking for a happy ending, here we go!
"Today's the day" Jaune said to nobody.
Today's the day.
Jaune neared the entrance to the dorms. He stretched before going inside. Walking down the hall, he stared at team JNPR's dorm room, then back at team RWBY's dorm. Jaune took out his scroll, and opened the door to team RWBY's dorm.
Looking around, Jaune spotted Gambol Shroud and picked it up. He thought he heard some sort of sound, but he shrugged off the feeling.
Sighing again, for what felt like the thousandth time, he stepped out into the hallway, closing the door behind him. He glanced to the left, then to the right. Nobody. Heh, that's good. Jaune went inside JNPR's room.
The teen took his sword, and stuck it into the ceiling as deep as it could go. Or as deep as I could push it. Pyrrha or Ruby could've probably pushed it deeper. Making sure it was secure, he wrapped Gambol Shroud's ribbon around the hilt.
Stepping onto his bed, he couldn't help but think to himself.
Hah. I could've just used Crocea Mors to cut my wrists... I'm really dumb. Jaune straightened out. Nevermind, It would've made a mess they would need to clean. This is probably better. He made wrapped the ribbon around his neck. Tugging on it, just one more time to see if it wouldn't fall, he smiled.
Today's the day.
He was scared. He was about to die, who wouldn't be scared?
Today's the day, Jaune reassured himself.
He leaped off of the bed.
Back in RWBY's room a few minutes earlier
Jaune used his scroll to open the door to team RWBY's dorm. Unbeknownst to him, he awakened a sleeping member.
Amber eyes shot open at the sound of the door lock clicking.
Blake was planning on taking a nap while the rest of her team was gone. But now that wont be happening, there was an intruder.
She heard footsteps walking towards the table. she couldn't see who it was so she shifted slightly in her bed to spot a figure with blonde hair over by table.
She made the figure out to be Jaune.
'What is Jaune doing in here?' She thought to herself.
What surprised her was that he took Gambol Shroud.
Once he exited the room, she quietly hopped off her bed and silently hit the floor.
She left her room and peeked into team JNPR's dorm. She was curious as to why he stabbed his weapon through the ceiling, but continued watching.
It wasn't until he had Gambol Shroud wrapped around the sword like a noose, and stepped ontop of his bed, that she realized what his intentions were.
She saw him wrap Gambol Shroud around his neck and smiled, and her mind went into a panic.
'Wait! Is Jaune actually going to this?! Doesn't he know how bad of a decision this is?!'
When Jaune leapt off his bed, she took action.
She slammed the door open and stood on Jaune's bed to hold him up. He wasn't making it easy as he kept flailing his legs to stop her. She hastily unwrapped Gambol Shroud from the sword and pulled Jaune to fall onto his bed.
Jaune coughed from being able to breath again.
"Why... Why did you do that?..." He asked quietly.
Blake froze and turned to him in disbelief. She grabs him by the shoulders and shakes him.
"What were YOU thinking?! Trying to take your own life?! And then you ask ME why I saved YOU?!" She said.
"Just leave me be!" He shouted as he shoves her away. He then grabs Crocea Mors and prepares to lodge it into his stomach.
Blake tackles him, knocking the sword out of his hands, and pins him to the floor.
"Stop! Just go away!" He shouts as he struggles to break free.
Blake knew that while he isn't the strongest, his stamina can definitely out last her. She grabs her scroll from her pocket and makes a call to Ruby.
A few seconds pass and Ruby picks up, though she had red eyes and tear streaks on her face.
"H-hey Blake, what's up?"
"I need help! Come to JNPR's dorm NOW!" She says as she keeps Jaune on the floor.
"W-wait, why? What's going on Blake?"
"JUST COME NOW! And get the others too!" Blake shouts, scaring the leader a little.
Ruby nods and the line goes off.
In a minute, the rest of her team, and NPR show up.
"Blake, what'a going on?!" Ruby asks.
"In a moment! Just help me hold him down!"
Weiss nods and uses her semblance to create Glyphs around Jaune's wrists and ankles to hold him down, allowing Blake to get off him.
"Okay, someone explain what's going on?" Yang exclaimed.
"I was taking a nap when suddenly Jaune walked into our room. He took my weapon, and that concerned me so I went to see what he was doing, only to find out he was about to take his own life! He had his sword in the ceiling and had Gambol Shroud wrapped like a noose!"
Everyone's eyes widened, they didn't think Jaune was suicidal.
"Jaune! Why would you do this?!" Ruby asked.
"Just... Let... Me... Go!" He says as he tries to break free from the glyphs.
"No Jaune! You're just going to try again!'
"THAT'S THE POINT!" He shouted.
"But why Jaune? Why would you do this to yourself?" Blake asked.
"BECAUSE I WANT TO STOP GETTING HURT!" He cried.
"W-What do you mean?" Ruby asked.
"ALL MY LIFE I'VE BEEN RIDCULED! BY MY FAMILY, AND NOW YOU GUYS WHO I THOUGHT WERE MY FRIENDS. RUBY KNOWS DEEP DOWN IM WEAK, BUT DOESN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT, WEISS HATES ME WITH A PASSION, SHE EVEN THINKS I SHOULD BUZZ OFF, BLAKE THINKS IM TOO MUCH OF A COWARD TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF, YANG PRETTY MUCH HATES ME JUST BECAUSE IM NOT HER IDEAL PERSON, NORA BLATENTLY INSULTS ME, PYRRHA HATES THE IDEA OF ME BEING HER PARTNER, AND REN HATES ME FOR BEING SUCH A FAILURE OF A LEADER." Tears start forming from his eyes.
"If no one has any faith in me... If everyone hates me so much... then I shouldn't exist... I want it to stop... So why do you intend to keep me around? Does making me suffer just makes you happy?" He asked. He was now reduced to a sobbing mess. Tears flowed freely from his eyes to the floor.
Everyone was shocked. Did Jaune really feel this way about them? Were they the reason for his attempted suicide?
"Jaune... Jaune, look at me." Ruby said as she knelt down beside him, and he looked over at her.
"Jaune... I wasn't lying when I said you aren't weak. You aren't the strongest fighter, yes, but you are definitely not weak. I don't reject you Jaune... You're my friend, my first friend. The only friend I have who's as dorky as me." She said as she wiped away some of his tears.
"You... Do you mean it..?" He asked timidly.
"Of course! And I'm sure the others would agree! Right guys?"
"Of course! Did you really think I hated you? You may have vomited on my shoes, but atleast you've proven the kind of person you are!" Yang said.
"Jaune... I don't think you're a coward. If anything, Im more of a coward if you were one. I didn't help you or Velvet when Cardin was a major problem. I'm sorry if I made you think that." Blake said.
"Jaune, I never regretted having you as a partner, in fact, don't you remember how we became partners? I pinned you to that tree because I wanted you as my partner. Because I knew there was no one else like you who I wanted to be my partner." Pyrrha said.
"Yeah fearless leader! I never meant anything I said mean about you! I thought you knew they were jokes! You're my second favourite person! Next to Ren of course!" Nora said.
"Jaune, I wont lie and say I never felt anything against you, but that is in the past. Over time you proved how well of a leader you can be, despite your shortcomings. I apologize for any feelings you have felt because of me." Ren said.
Everyone then turned to Weiss. She was the only person to not say anything. They were curious as to what she would say.
"Weiss, don't you have something to say?" Ruby asked her.
After some time, she finally spoke.
"I feel I must apologize as well. I know now what my actions have done to you. I can see how rudely I treated you. I even gave you the impression that you should've done this to yourself. I'm sorry Jaune."
Jaune could only smile, yet the tears wouldn't stop.
"Guys, I'm sorry... I guess I let the pain get the better of me. I probably would've made a horrible mistake if Blake didn't save me. Thank you all. Especially thank you Blake.
Weiss removed the glyphs from Jaune, allowing him to sit up.
As he rubbed the tears away, everyone closed in around him to make a big group hug.
Today was the day that Jaune learned how important he was to others.
Aaaand there's that! Jaune is now alive and living well! Next up is an idea from "Mr. What If", the aftermath of Jaune's death.