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Chapter Three: Heroes Aren't Made Without A Reason!
"I'm sorry for making you cry Seita…" Was the first thing the man said as he hugged his Son.
No words could describe the touching moment as Father and Son cried tears of joy. Finally being reunited after all this time, the mother soon joined in. Dante watched from afar with a smile on his face, Ozpin was by his side watching the reunion with a smile of his own.
Once Dante emerged from the forest, word quickly spread about the man's return and his mysterious hero. Ozpin sent Glynda to control the students who were crowding the two while he helped Dante carry the man and then gave the family a call to come pick up their husband/father. They soon arrived at Beacon where the man was waiting for them after getting medical attention. Dante had a band-aid on his left cheek but for the most part was fine.
"That was quite heroic of you, to save that man from a powerful Grimm. That many of my Hunters failed to do." Ozpin said as he eyed Dante with interest while he took a sip of his coffee he got while waiting for the family to come
"What can I say? The kid gave me a job and I completed it, nothing more nothing less." Dante replied nonchalantly with a shrug
"If I remember correctly, Rei told me you like to bask in the glory." Ozpin questioned as Dante shook his head
"It's not really my style to ruin a family reunion like theirs." Dante said as he gestured to the touching moment in front of them
"Fair enough." Ozpin said before walking back into Beacon.
"Hey wait up!" Dante ran and caught up with Ozpin. "Aren't you going to expel me?"
"While most would agree your actions were violation of school rules. some of which most students would intentionally" Ozpin said as he muttered that last part as if there was a story to it before shaking the thoughts away "It is up to me to decide your punishment." Ozpin said simply
"Well spill it." Dante said impatiently
"You will be my apprentice for the remaining school years" Ozpin said surprising Dante
"Wait what?" Dante said as he picked his ears "I'm sorry it seems I must've misheard you. Mind repeating that" Dante said as he leaned in to Ozpin who rolled his eyes at the action
"I said I'm making you my apprentice" Ozpin said as he took a sip of his coffee
"... Alright then" Dante said as he thought if he has to be taught it might as well be the headmaster who teaches him "So what else is there. I'm guessing as that can't be the only thing you have for me" Dante asked as narrowed his eyes at Ozpin who grinned at him
"Since you joined us during the middle of first semester. You have a lot of work to catch up with everyone else" Ozpin told Dante with a smirk as Dante just looked at him in exasperation
"Oh come on, I just saved one of your guys. That should at least make up for most of the work I missed." Dante complained as Ozpin chuckled
"Nope. Now come, we have much to discuss in my office." Ozpin said as he walked off as Dante followed him with a frustrated groan. Reaching Ozpin's office, Ozpin took a seat behind his desk and Dante in the open seat in front of it. The two stared at each other for a moment
"I'm guessing there has to be a real reason why you want me as your apprentice" Dante asked as he may have accepted but he is still wondering why "I mean, you have all these kids who would beg to kiss your ass to be your apprentice. So why me" Dante asked as Ozpin took a sip of his mug that Dante swore was bottomless
"You have some qualities that outshine others, plus while we are at a time of peace. War is coming, the White Fang are planning on something." Ozpin notice Dante was clutching his fist hard as he mentioned the White Fang.
"War is coming Dante, I hope that time will never come but it will." Ozpin said as he stood up and walked to the window and looked out
"So all we need to do is kick their ass." Dante said simply as he was still clutching his fist
"Yes we do, but my children will not be ready for the coming battle and without a huge asset we won't win" Ozpin said as he turned to Dante "Tell me do you know of the legend about Sparda?"
"You mean the one where a demon went against his own kind to protect humanity?" Dante said as he was taught that when he was a kid
"Precisely Dante, I believe you to be a descendant of Sparda." Ozpin said as Dante looked at him and let out a chuckle
"Oh really? Guess that explains where my good looks come from." Dante said still chuckling at the man
"You seem rather calm about this." Ozpin said with a raised brow
"Please. I knew I had demonic blood in me ever since I was a child. I just can't control it well." Dante admitted bashfully as he looked away
"I see, so then allow me to train you. If you can master this power you'll become Remnants protector much like Sparda was before." Ozpin said dramatically as Dante rolled his eyes
"Sure why not, that means I get sweet power up." Dante said nonchalantly
"Excellent. We'll begin your training tomorrow and since you'll be under my tutelage you don't need to attend most classes unless you chose too. Allow me to get you a student to take you the Dining hall. " Ozpin said as he pulled out his Scroll
"Okay when do I meet him?" Dante said as the door opened
"Right now." Jaune Arc walked in, looking down not sure what's going on. "Jaune this is Dante, he's one of our fine new students that'll be training here in Beacon. I do hope you get along with him." Ozpin said as Dante got up and walked to Jaune
"Name's Dante nice to meet you." Dante extended his hand out for a handshake
"Jaune, likewise I guess.." Jaune returned the handshake with some uncertainty of the man before him
"You two are dismissed, run along now." Ozpin said as if addressing to actual children which irked Dante slightly but ignored it
Jaune and Dante walked out of the office and began walking around the school as Jaune led him to the Dining Hall. Dante glance at Jaune from time to time, he seem really bothered by something.
"What wrong? You seem pretty down." Dante asked getting tired by the bothered expression Jaune had
"It's nothing, just a little tired." Jaune gave him a fake smile but Dante saw right through it but kept it to himself as he just met the guy and didn't want to annoy him. arriving at the Dining Hall. Dante saw all students enjoying their lunch with their friends and teams.
"I'm going to join my friends, feel free to join us if you want." Jaune said before leaving Dante. Dante picked himself up a tray and went to see if he could find himself a pizza and some strawberry sundaes.
Team RWBY and JNPR can be seen in the Dining Hall with all the other students. A short orange hair girl in the group was explain one of her dreams but was overly exaggerating it.
"So there we were in the middle of the night." The energetic orange haired girl named Nora Valkyrie started explaining
"It was day." A male with long black hair and a ponytail at the end, with a magenta streak on the left side of his hair. This was Lie Ren or Ren to most people.
"We were surrounded by Ursai" Nora continued while sitting across them was a girl with long blonde hair listening with great interest with the story and next to her was another girl with wavy raven black hair and a black bow on top of her head who wasn't that interested in the story.
The blonde was Yang Xiao Long and the raven haired girl was Blake Belladonna who was currently reading a book at the moment.
"They were Beowolves" Ren corrected again
"Dozen of them!"
"Two of them"
"But they were no match and in the end, Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skinned rugs." Nora finished to which Ren sighed
"She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now." Rei explained to the group
During story time the other four member were busy doing other things, Two girls were staring at Jaune Arc a boy with messy blonde hair who was currently playing with his food tiredly while looking down after he got back from Ozpin office. The two girls were Ruby Rose and Pyrrha Nikos, Ruby had black hair with light red streaks while Pyrrha had red hair that was in a ponytail. Both looking troubled that Jaune was down. The last member was Weiss Schnee, She had long white hair which was pulled back in an off-center ponytail and was using a nail file looking uninterested in the whole thing.
"Jaune are you okay?" Pyrrha asked with concern
"Huh? Yeah.. why?" Jaune asked as he was brought out of his daze
"Its.. just that you seem a little… not okay." Ruby said with a frown, stopping everyone from what they're doing and stare a Jaune.
"Guys I'm fine seriously look." Jaune put on a fake smile and a thumbs up to everyone, The sounds of mockery laughing can be heard. Taking a glance the group could see one Cardin Winchester and his teammates making fun of a rabbit Faunus.
"Jaune, Cardin been picking on you since the first week of school." Pyrrha said while Jaune clenched his fist at the sight of them.
"Who Cardin Winchester? Nah he just like to mess around practical jokes" Jaune tried to deny it terribly
"He's a bully." Ruby added
"Oh please name one time he's bullied me." Jaune said trying to laugh it off but his friends started listing off things Cardin did to him like knocking his books out of his hands in the middle of the hallway, opening his shield as he walked through the door and getting it stuck, and launching him in a rocket-propelled locker into the middle of the forest.
"I didn't land far from the school" Jaune said trying to push it off as something simple
"Jaune you know if you ever need help you can just ask." Pyrrha said with concern as she wanted to help him
"Oh! we'll break his legs." Nora added with a small gleam in her eyes
"Guys really I'm fine besides It's not like he's only a jerk to me, he's a jerk to everyone." Jaune concluded describing Cardin
"Ow! That hurts!" The pained voice of the rabbit Faunus Velvet Scarlatina can be heard throughout the Dining Hall. Cardin was currently pulling on her rabbit ears while his teammates laugh and call her a freak. The group would intervene but violence during school was unapproved. Jaune finally had enough and walked up to Cardin.
"Cardin come on she had enough leave her alone." Jaune said trying to be intimidating
"Oh yeah what are you going to do about it Jaune? Trying to play hero? Let me remind you, you're nothing but a failure and your friends know it " Cardin pushed Jaune to the ground. Team RWBY and JNPR were going to back up their friend but someone beat them to the punch. A pizza was thrown into Cardin face along with his teammates, releasing his grip on Velvet's ear the girl stumbled before being caught by Dante.
"Sorry, my hand slipped after you made fun of my buddy Jaune here. Looks like you owe me a pizza cause there were ment for failures and freaks like us." Dante grinned
"Dante..." Jaune said softly as he couldn't believe the guy he met is standing up for him
"I hope your still hunger cause in the next minute I'm gonna give you all knuckle sandwiches." Dante cracked his knuckles.
"Cardin let's go man." Cardin teammates informed their leader as they didn't want to get in trouble with the teachers who could come in at any moment.
"We won't forget this." Cardin said as he left the area with his team. Dante let go of Velvet and she gave him a quiet thank you before leaving the Dining Hall.
"You okay hero?" Dante joked as he extended his hand out for Jaune to grab.
"I'm fine and thanks for backing me up." Jaune took his hand and the two walked back to the table Dante took seat next to Ruby. He watched as they all stared at him as he took a bite of the strawberry sundae he saved before the whole incident. Taking a bite of his sundae he saw that they were still staring at him.
"So are you guys playing the waiting game or you gonna introduce yourselves?" Dante asked as they all seemed to jumped back at the question
"Well handsome I'm Yang, and the runt right next to you is my sister Ruby. Next to her is Weiss and beside me is Blake. Were Team RWBY." Yang winked at Dante who waved as he took a glance at Blake and for some reason she looked familiar.
"I'm Pyrrha and I'm sure you met Jaune already, Next to me is Nora and Ren and we're Team JNPR" Pyrrha introduced herself and her teammates
"The names Dante nice to meet you all." Dante said as he gave a wink back to Yang
"So Dante what brings you to Beacon?" Yang asked
"I'm Professor Ozpin new apprentice." Right when those words left his mouth their expressions showed immense amount of shock on their faces as they were staring at him in disbelief. Even people around them stopped talking to to stare at him "What?"
"Professor Ozpin picked you?" Weiss said in disbelief
"Why is that a problem princess?" Dante said as he stopped eating his sundae to look at her who scowled at the nickname he gave her
"No, just that Ozpin should of picked someone better." Weiss said scornfully as she crossed her arms at him
"Weiss be nice. Don't mind her too much Dante she's like that to everyone she meets." Yang said as Weiss let out a huff
"It's fine, I'm used to doing things I have no idea I did to make people mad at me" Dante joked making the tension around the table disappear as he soon listen to them explain Nora dream again to him along and about their initiation. Well it was mostly Nora and Yang explaining as Ruby looked uncomfortable around him, Pyrrha was too busy trying to cheer Jaune up who still looked down not being able to do something and had to have someone else help him. Weiss kept glaring daggers at him and Blake kept staring at him from time to time as she read her book. Dante wouldn't lie as he honestly thinks he met her before but couldn't remember where though.
Lunch soon ended and everyone went their separate ways, Ruby took Dante to his dorm room to change into the school uniform. It was silent all the way until he reached his room and changed into the uniform that was provided to him. The uniform they wear was a pain in the neck for Dante who never like stiff uniforms like these. It was a black colored suits lined with gold with a blue vest and white shirt with red tie along with a brown jacket with a tan vest. Ditching the jacket and popping his collars, Dante loosen his tie to give off a rebellious look, but could you blame him for trying to be comfortable in something so pretentious looking.
He was never a fan of wearing fancy clothes, walking out of the room. He turned to see Ruby waiting for him, she was still uncomfortable around him. Dante let out an audible sigh before walking up to Ruby and ruffling her hair, startling her.
"What's wrong?" Dante asked as Ruby looked up
"It's nothing, It's just I don't want to give off the wrong impression like I did with Weiss when I first met her." Ruby said bashfully
"Oh you mean the ice princess? I'm not one to judge so tell me what's on your mind." Dante asked leaning against the wall next to them
"Well, why did Ozpin pick you to be his apprentice?" Ruby asked nervously as Dante knew this question was going to come up sooner or later.
"I'm sure you heard the rumors of the mysterious hero who saved one of Ozpin's hunter in the forest right?" Ruby nodded "Well that's me, I'm the mysterious hero." Dante concluded simply as Ruby stared at him for a moment
"Really! That's so cool!" Ruby shouted out in excitement before realizing what she just did, before looking away in embarrassment. She hoped to have a normal conversation with him but she ruined it with her childish nature.
"I know right! You should've seen the sick moves I pulled off when I went off to rescue him." Dante began doing some poses trying reenacted some of his stylish moves, which made Ruby giggle and smile.
"There it is, I knew you could smile. You know you look better when you smile." Dante said kindly as Ruby looked away embarrassed of complimented
"Y-you think so?"
"Yeah of course I do and don't be afraid to act like yourself. I'm sure you got an awesome story to tell me right?" Dante asked as he was glad he could ease the uneasy tension they had before
"I do!." Ruby did a complete one eighty as she explained to Dante how she saved a dust shop from a robbery and got into the same situation like him running into a bunch of thugs. Dante was impressed not only did she save the poor old man but also got moved ahead by a couple of years.
"That pretty cool Ruby, so that means I'm standing next to a real life hero right?" Dante said playfully as Ruby giggled
"I could say the same for you!" Ruby said back to him equally playful as the two walked down the halls to their next class laughing as Dante had to admit going to school is kinda fun if he has friends with him.
Jaune was having a hard time staying awake in Professor Bartholomew Oobleck, He was a hyperactive teacher who has love for coffee. Teaching Military & General History to all students while frequently gliding around the class in incredible speed.
"Yes, yes prior to the Faunus Right Revolution more popular known as the Faunus war. Human kind was quite quite adamant about centralizing Faunus population in Minagere." Taking a sip of his coffee "Now while this must feel like ancient history to many of you it is imperative to remember these are relatively recent events, Why the repercussions can still be seen to this day" Oobleck stated as he took a loud sip of his coffee "Now have any of you been subjugated or discriminated against due to your Faunus heritage?" The Professor asked looking over his students while zipping around the room and drinking some more of his coffee.
One student raised his hand, Velvet reluctantly raises her hand after seeing another student raise their hand.
"Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence!" Oobleck exclaimed with utmost importance before taking another sip of his coffee "I mean, I mean, I mean just look at the White Fang" Oobleck stated as he moved to another part of the room in front of Velvet "Now which one of you young scholar can tell me what many theorists believe to be the turning point in the third year of the war?" Prof. Oobleck asked looking at around the class
Weiss was the first and only one to raise her hand, prompting the Professor to call on her. "The Battle at Fort Castle."
"Precisely and who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces." Jaune falling asleep failed to notice Cardin flick a paper football on his head waking him up."
"Hey." Jaune said surprised when he got hit by the paper football, this caused the Professor to appear in front of him, startling him a bit
"Mister Arc! Finally contributing to class, this is excellent, excellent! What is the answer?"
"Uh... The... Answer... The advantage uh.. The Faunus" Jaune looked to Pyrrha for help, she was trying her best to give him visual clues."Uh binoculars!" Juane guessed
Nearly everyone in the class laughed at Jaune with Cardin being the most noticeable, Pyrrha couldn't help but face palmed.
"Very funny Mister Arc, Cardin perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject." Oobleck asked as he turned to look at Cardin
"Well I know It's a lot easier to train an animal than a solider." Cardin said while leaning back on his chair with the Professor shaking his head in disapproval.
"You're aren't open minded of individuals are you Cardin? Pyrrha snapped glaring at Cardin
"What? You got a problem?" Cardin snapped back
"No I have the answer, It was night vision many Faunus are known for to have nearly perfect sight in the dark." Pyrrha explained as Cardin let out a low groan of annoyance as he mouth her answer mockingly
"General Lagune was inexperience and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in there sleep. His massive army was outmatched and the General was captured. Perhaps If he pay attention in class, he wouldn't be remembered as such a failure." Blake directed the last part to Cardin with a smirk causing him to growl, get up from his seat and clutch his fist.
"Mister Winchester please take your seat." The Professor asked making Jaune chuckle at him being berated before Oobleck zipped in front of him. "You and Mister Arc can both see me after class for additional readings." Jaune groan after hearing that. Dismissing everyone from class, Professor Oobleck eyed both his students with disappointment while taking a sip of his coffee.
"You two have been struggling in my class since day one, now I don't know if it a lack of interest or just your stubborn nature. But whatever it is" Oobleck said taking a loud sip of his coffee being placing it on his desk as he looked at them seriously "It stops now, you've worked hard to gain entrance to this school, and we only accept the best of the best, so I expect you to act like it. History is important, gentlemen! If you can't learn from it... you're destined to repeat it. Pages Fifty one to ninety one, I want an essay on my desk by next class. Now run along." Professor Oobleck ended before dashing out of the room past Pyrrha who was waiting for Jaune.
Jaune walked out of class only to be pushed down by Cardin, walking away laughing as Pyrrha quickly came to his side and helped him up.
"You know, I really will break his legs." Pyrrha offered seriously to which made Jaune look down and sigh, An idea popped into Pyrrha's head "I have an idea!" Pyrrha said out loud before dragging Jaune away from class and to the rooftop. Reaching the rooftop and taking in the scenery.
"Pyrrha I know I'm going through a hard time right now but I"m not that depressed" Jaune said dryly as he looked over the side of the building "I could always be a farmer or something." Jaune said as Pyrrha pushed him away from the edge
"No! That's not why I brought you up here, Jaune I know you're having a difficult time in class and that you're still not the strongest of fighters. So, I want to help you." Pyrrha said with a confident smile on her face.
"What?" Jaune asked in disbelief
"We can train up here after class, where no one can bother us."
"You think I need help?"
"No, No that's not what I meant.."
"But you just said it..."
"Jaune, everybody needs a little push from time to time. It doesn't make you any different from the rest of us. You made it to Beacon! That speaks volumes of what you're capable of!"
"You're wrong I don't belong here or anywhere." Jaune said turning away from her and looking down
"Is that how you really feel Mister Arc?" A mysterious stoic voice said catching both Jaune and Pyrrha off guard as they turned to the voice to see it was Ozpin
"Professor Ozpin!?" Both Jaune and Pyrrha said in surprise
"I couldn't help but notice Ms. Nikos drag you away towards the roof, thinking nothing of it I was going to leave you two alone but a better part of my subconscious nagged me to come. And what would you know I find one of my students in a depression about how he can't be a true leader. Is it true Jaune? Do you truly feel you don't belong here?" Ozpin asked while taking sip from his mug as he walked up to the two students
"I do, I'm just a failure at everything. I'm sure everyone is sick of me too, being the damsel in distress, always being the burden, I bet they just want me to disappear. That's how they feel right, I'm use to it because I've always been treated like that growing up whenever my parents weren't around." Jaune put his head down in shame
"Jaune..." Pyrrha looked at Jaune with concern
"I always wanted to be like my father, my grandfather, and his father, they were all heroes and yet I'm the lovable idiot who does nothing!" Jaune said out loud with his hands in the air in exasperation
"Jaune do you wonder why I appointed you to be leader? While yes Miss Nikos would be a more suitable qualification for leadership, I believe in your potential as leader to grow as a strong person and a hunter and that's worth the gamble." Ozpin said surprising Jaune and Pyrrha with the amount of trust he has
"Right now you find yourself running into a wall and pretending it never exist in the first place. The wall will never change no matter how hard you try, so you're going to need to change. As of now you're just crying excuses at the wall and dragging your team down" Ozpin said sternly as Jaune flinched at the acute accusation he made "If you can't rely on your teammates or ask for help. What reason do you give them to trust you at all to help you become a great leader?" Ozpin said as he tapped his cane against the ground of the roof
"Professor..." Jaune said not knowing what to say but knew what he said was right
"If you want a place to belong and be respected, you're going to need to change for the better. So abandon your fears, look forward, move on and never stop on the path of being a hunter to do what we do and protect those who can't" Professor Ozpin finished before walking away from the two as they began thinking about what he just said.
"Oh and by the way" Ozpin said calling out as two looked back at him "Dante, put Mr. Winchester down" Ozpin said, not even looking back to look at his students confused faces as he took a sip from his mug.
"Alright" Dante called out as Pyrrha and Jaune looked over the side to see Dante hanging Cardin out the window by his leg
"And when I mean put him down. I mean inside the building"
"Dammit" Dante cursed as he tossed Cardin inside as Pyrrha and Jaune heard Cardin scramble away from him and ran away "I'll see you guys later" Dante called out to them and waved goodbye before disappearing back into the building
"I should scold the man for doing that but I have to admit Winchester did deserve that" Ozpin said with a smug smile as he left his two students alone as they were left wondering what just happened and the words of their professor still in their minds
Note: Hope you enjoyed this chapter, if you have any questions ask away and I'll try my best to answer them. Pairing suggestion is still up so make sure to add it in your review. Now for Q&A
Zero: A Katana are Japanese swords more commonly known as a Samurai Sword. Think of Vergil's Yamato as an example. Rebellion will be in the story so fear not.
Question regarding Vergil: He will be in the story but that's all I can say.
That's all for today, until next time!
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