TASK RWBY volume 1

Become a Leader

I do not own rwby or bakugan or the weapon and equipment the characters have

Juane was breathing heavily. He used his sword as a cane to help him keep standing. Across him was Cardin Winchester*Laugh* Juane groaned at him "Come on" Juane said to himself gaining some of his strength, then charge at Cardin, but the bully sidestepped Juane as he hammer his sword down, then Cardin swung his mace hitting Juane's shield and knocking him down across the room knocked his shield out of his hand. Juane gets back up on his feet and charge at Cardin with only his sword. as head hammer his sword down Cardin blocked the attack with the hilt of his mace "This is the part where you lose" Cardin said

"Over my dead-*groans*"Juane was cut off from Cardin hitting him in the stomach with his knee. Juane fell to the ground and saw Cardin tower above him, raised his mace above his head, then the light turn on. "Cardin that's enough!" Professor Goodwitch walked on to the gave Juane a dirty look, in disappointment that he didn't give the final blow.

Goodwithch put up a display of Cardin and Juane aura health "Students, as you can see, Mr. Arc aura has dropped into the red. In a tournament-style duel, this would indicate that Juane is no longer fit for battle and the official would call the match."

Juane takes out his scroll and looks and see that he is the only one on his team that's aura that is in red while his teammates are in green. the Professor advises "Mr. Arc its been weeks now. Please try to refer to your scroll during combat. Gauging your aura will help you decide when it is appropriate to attack or when it's better to move to a more... defensive strategy. We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf"

"Speak for yourself" Cardin muttered and walked away.

Glynda continued "Remember everyone! the Vytal Festival is only a few months away. It won't belong until students from the kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing! Those who choose to complete will be representing all of Vale" *ringing* the bell rang dismiss the students.

In the cafeteria

"So… There we were… in the middle of the night…" Nora said sinisterly

"It was day" Ren put in

Blake and Spectra where reading, Weiss was filing her nails, Thompson and Yang payed attention to Nora's story while Pyrrha, Ruby and Alice felt worried about Juane.

"We were surrounded by Ursai"

"They were Beowolves" Ren told

"Dozens of them!" Nora leapt out of the chair

"Two of'em" Ren put in again

"But they were no match. And in the end… Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs!" Nora finished her story and sat back down with a big smile

"Ah… She's been having this reoccurring dream for nearly a month now" Ren told his friends

"Juane… are you okay?" Pyrrha asked her leader

"Uh?" Juane stopped playing with his food "Oh, Yeah. Why?

"Well it just that, you seem to be down a lot" Alice said. Everyone looked a Juane concerned

"Eh, Guys, I'm fine. Seriously, Look." *nervous laughter* Juane gives them a thumbs up then notice Cardin and his team mock the rabbit Faunus named Velvet.

"Juane" Pyrrha said insistently "Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school."

"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah… He just likes to mess around, you know?" Juane denied "Practical jokes"

"He is a bully" Ruby said

"Oh please… Name one times he's "Bullied" me." Juane said

Flashbacks

Juane walks down the hall. Cardin walks by and knock out the books Juane was carrying "oh, Gah, COME ON!"

Juane walks through a door way, as did Cardin when he pushed a button on Juane shield causing it to expand in the door way getting Juane stuck "Ah…*Grunts* Come on"

Juane stands after just getting his food, put his face near it and smells it. Then Cardin hits the tray from underneath shoving the food into Juane's face on his clothes "Oh, come on!"

In the locker Room Glynda teaches the students about their rocket locker "Each of you will be assigned one rocket-propelled locker to store your weapons and extra-armor. Additionally, your locker can be sent to a custom location based on a six digit code."

Cardin took what he had learned and shoved Juane into a locker, then set in the six digit code

"What?! No, wait, wait! You've gotta get me out of here! Please! Don't! Don't! Don't do it!" Juane panic and the Locker propelled into the air "OOOH COME OOON!" the locker then land some far from the school"

End of Flashback

"I didn't land far from the school"

"Juane you know if you ever need help you can just ask us" Alice advised

Nora leaped out of her seat again "OOH! We'll break his legs!"

"Guys really its fine. Beside it not like he's only a jerk to me; he's a jerk to everyone"

"ooowww that hurts!"

The grouped heard velevts cried seeing Cardin pulling her rabbit ear "Please, stop" Velvet begged.

The grouped then notice that Spectra got out of his seat and went over to Cardin; grabbed his hand, letting go of Velvet rabbit ear "Leave her alone" Spectra said in a dark tone. Velvet rushed away from Team Cardin as Cardin stood up to Spectra "What are you going to do, Freak!" Spectra just walks back to his friends.

"Atrocious. I can stand people like him" Pyrrha said

"it must be hard to be a Faunus" Yang turned to Spectra " I actually thought you were going to beat him down to the ground"

"I would have if there weren't any other people in here" Spectra continued to eat his food.

In Professor Oobleck, Sorry, In Dr. Ooblecks class room

Dr. Oobleck was the student of history, while he drank his coffee and dashing around his desk

"Yes! Yes, prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution, more popularly known as the Faunus War, humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing Faunas population in Menagerie." *Sips coffee* "Now! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent event! Why the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day!" All the students followed where he dashed as he talked "Now! Have any of you have been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?" A few of Faunus raised their hands including Velvet "Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember student, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence" *sip of coffee* I mean just look at what happened with the White Fang! Now, which one of young scholars can tell me what many theorists believe to be the turning point in the third year war?"

Alice and Weiss raised their hands and Dr. Oobleck chose Alice to answer the question "Yes, Ms. Gehabich?"

"The Battle at Fort Castle"

"Correct. And who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?"

Cardin flicks a piece of folded paper at Juane waking him up "Hey"

Oobleck heard Juane thinking he knows the answer "Mr. Arc finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer?

"Uhhh… the answer, the advantage… of the Faunus…" Juane look to the left seeing Pyrrha try to give hand signal to help him get the answer "Had over that guy's stuff" Pyrrha made circle with her hands around eye and juane guessed "um, Binoculars!" the Student laugh at him for weird answer and Pyrrha pals her face.

"Very funny Mr. Arc, Cardin! Perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject!

"Well I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier" Cardin said

"You aren't the most open mind of individuals are you Cardin Pyrrha said

"What, you got a problem?"

"No, I have the answer. It's Night Vision"

"She's right most of the Faunus have perfect sight in the dark" Alice told Cardin

"General Lagune was inexperienced and made the mistakle of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep." Blake add to the answer "his massive army was out matched and the general was captured. If you had payed attention to class we wouldn't be remembered as such a failure" *students"ooo"* Cardin got out of his seat and made fist

"Mr. Winchester, please take your seat."

Juane snicker at comeback Blake made then Oobleck dased at his desk "You and Mr. Arc can both see me after class for additional readings"

Class ended and Team JNPR were the last ones out of the classroom "You two go on ahead, I'll wait for Juane" Pyrrha told Ren and Nora"

Later

Pyrrha sees Dr. Oobleck speed out of the class room, then sees Cardin push Juane to the ground as they exit the classroom as well. "Ooh OW She then help Juane up and said "you know I really will break his legs"

*Juane sigh*

Pyrrha then had an idea "I have an idea" Pyrrha grabbed juane and pulled him "here come with me!"

"AAUHA!" Juane said being pulled away

On a roof top and night sky Juane misunderstood Pyrrha's intinstion and said with confusion "uh Pyrrha I know that 'im going through a hard time right now, but not… THAt depressed" Juane looks over the edge of the roof "I can always be a farmer or something."

"No" Pyrrha moves Juane away from the edge and explains "That's not why I brought you up here. Juane, I know you're have a difficult time in class, and that you're still not the strongest of fighters, so… I want to help you!"

"What?" Juane said still confused

Pyrrha explain more "we can train up here after class where no one can bother us"

"You think I need help"

"N-no! No, that's not what I meant.

"But, you just said it"

"Juane, everybody needs a little push from time to time. It doen't make you any different from the rest of us. You made it to Beacon! That speaks volume of what you're capable of.

Pyrrha's word gave Juane a negative effect "You're wrong, I-I don't belong here"

"That's a terrible thing to say of course you do!"

Juane turn his face to Pyrrha and raised his voice "No, I don't! *sighed* I wasn't really accepted into Beacon"

Pyrrha was now confused "what do you mean?"

"I mean, I didn't go to Combat School! I didn't pass any tests! I didn't earn my spot at this Academy" Turn to Pyrrha again "I lied! I got my hands on some fake transcripts and I lied!" Juane confected

"What? But, why?" Pyrrha asked

"Cause, this is what I've always wanted to be! My father my grandfather and his father before, were all heroes. I want to be one too! I just wasn't good enough"

Pyrrha put her hand his shoulder "Then let me help you"

Juane whirled around and looked at her expressing anger "I don't want help! I don't want to be the damsel in distress! I want to be the hero!"

"Juane I- "

"I tired of being the loveable idiot stuck in the tree, while his friend fight for their lives! Don't you understand? If I can't do this on my own, then what good am I?

Pyrrha reached out to the boy, but he shrugged her away "just leave me alone, Okay?"

"If that's what you think is best" Pyrrha walked back inside

Then suddenly Cardin pulls himsel up to the roof from his dorm "oh Juane" the big boy chucked

Juane immediately spun around "Cardin!" Juane start to get worried

"I couldn't help but overhear you two from my dorm room. So you snuck into Beacon, huh? I got to say Juane, I've never expected you to be such a rebel" Cardin had snide smile on his face

"Please Cardin! Please don't tell anyone!" Juane begged

"Juane! Come on, I'd never rat out a friend like that" Cardin came closer to Juane

"Uh, a friend?"

Cardin pulled Juane into a headlock choking the small boy. "Of course, we're friends now, Juaney boy. And the way I see it, as long as you're there for me when I need you, we'll be friends for a long time."

Cardin lets Juane go in the headlock and he went to floor coughing "That being said..i really don't don't have time to do those extra readings Dr. Oobleck gave us today." Cardin ruffles Juane's hair "Think you can take care of that for me, buddy?" the big bully went back down the way he came , pausing before he went all the way down and said one final thing to Juane "Don't worry, Juane; your secret's safe with" Cardin disappeared from the roof.

Later that night

Juane walks to his dorm room and looks through the cracked door

"How come Juane gets home late?" Nora asked jumping on her bed

"He's become rather scarce since he started fraternizing with Cardin" Ren explained

"That's wired. Doesn't he know we have a field trip tomorrow? We need our rest" Nora flooped on her back on the bed.

"I'm sure our leader knows exactly what he's doing" Pyrrha aggressively said

Juane closed the door then a voice came behind him "Hey Juane" He turn around spoked and saw who it was. It was Alice in her pajamas "huh, oh hey Alice"

"Juane where have you been?" Alice asked

"I, uh" juane tried to keep to keep his secret "I messed up. I did something I shouldn't have, and now Cardin has me on a leash, and Pyrrha won't even talk to me. *sigh* I'm starting to think coming to this school was a bad idea." Juane slide down to the floor with his face faceing down "I'm a failure"

"You're not a failure Juane. Cardin is using your secret as a hostage"

"Huh! Wait how do know about my secret?!"

"My semblance, it increases my senses, I can hear things from a far distance and don't worry I won't tell anyone" Alice reassured Juane

"Juane you know that Professor Ozpin would be able to tell take if the transcripts were fake?"

"I guess"

Alice sits next to him "Then why do you think he hasn't expelled you yet?"

"Huuuu"

Alice answered for him "May be because he see something in you that you don't even see in youself!" Alice get up and walks to her door "Your team deserves a great leader Juane" she then turns back facing Juane "And I know that can be you! Have good night Leader of Team JNPR" Alice goes into her room and closes the door.

Juane get up on his feet and when he was about to open the door he gets a call from Cardin

"Hey! It's your buddy Cardin. I know you're probably busy with that dust project I gave you. Buuut I'm gonna need you to go out to get me a bag of rapier wasps" Juane yelp "and Make sure they've got some reaaally big stingers. It's important, so don't screw this up! Juane closes his scroll a got to get the wasps.

Tomorrow in the Forever fall forest

Teams CRDL, JNPR and TASK RWBY in their combat outfit (or usual outfit) were on their field trip with Professor Goodwitch. The young hunters admire the red trees. Spectra held out his hand having a couple of peddles land on his hand reminding him of someone

"Yes students, the Forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful, but we are not here to sightsee. Professor Peaches asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest. And I'm here to make sure that none of you die while doing so" Glynda faces the students stoppind the walk. Juane catches up with the group while holding the Jars that Cardin told him to do bumped into Cardin's back a got a scowl as Glynda continued "Each of you need to gather one jar's worth a red sap." Glynda out a sample "However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here at 4 o'clock, have fun!"

Juane tried to inch away from Cardin but he grabbed him by the hood "Come on, buddy, let's go"

Juane look at his team apologically as he met Pyrrha's eyes with sadness and walked with Cardin and his team.

Later

Cardin's team were relaxing comfortably, Juane stumbled in carrying six jars filled with the red sap and collapsed on the ground "hey great work Juaney boy. Now that wasn't too hard, was it?"

"I think I'm allergic to this stuff" Juane said stuffed up

Cardin did not care "great, great, great. So Juane, I'm guessing you're wondering, "Why did my buddy Cardin ask me to collect six jars of tree sap when there's only five of us?"

"That is one of the many questions that I have asked myself today, yes" Juane sat up

"Well come with me and find out

A few minutes later

Teams TASK RWBY and NPR were still working on getting that sap from the trees. Ren had nora one jar full of sap and started to fill another and when was about it to hand it back to Nora finding out she had drank it all "hhhhheeee" She then snuck over to thompson and drank his jar while he was looking up into the sky until he notice that she drank his sap "NORA!"

And overlooking the hillside was Juane and Team CRDL looking at the students "Cardin what's going on?" Juane asked the big bully

"Payback" Cardin said looking at Pyrrha

"Juane did the same "Pyrrha?"

"That's the one red hair know it all, think she's so smart." Cardin pulled out a box that had a W on it "Alright, boys. Last night ol' Juane here managed to round up an entire box of rapier wasps. And now we're gonna put 'em to work"

Russel padded Juane.

"Now according to one the essays he wrote for me last week, these nasty things love sweets. I'm thinkin' it's time we teach her a thing or two"

Cardin grabbed the extra jar, stood up and pulled up Juane and shoved it the jar into his hands "And you going to do it"

"Do what?"

"Hit her with the sap! Either that or I'll have a chat with Goodwitch, or you'll be on the first airship out of Beacon" Cardin leaned in close to Jaune's face

Jaune held the jar with one hand, turned and faced Pyrrha aimed at her. His hand started to shake. What he was about to hit him and made his decisions

"NO"

"What did you just say?"

"I said…" Juane tighten his grip on the jar turned and threw it at Cardin "NO!"

The jar shattered sending the sticky sap on Cardin's clothes and armor. Cardin looked at Jaune and gave him a humorless laugh "oh-ho-ho you've done it now"

Dove and Sky grabbed him by the shoulder and brought him into clearing the forest as he made a nervous laugh.

Cardin push hard to the ground "oof" Cardin then leaned and picked Juane up, unresisting by the collar and punched him back to the ground giving Jaune bruises on his face "you know that wasn't very smart, Jauney boy" Cardin pick him up by the collar again with two hands "I'm gonna make sure they send you back to mommy in teeny, tiny, pieces"

"I don't care, what you do to me." Juane then rose his voice in determination "But you are not messing with my team"

What you think talk like that makes you tough? You think you're a big strong man now?"

Juane weakly smile which made Cardin angrier, he then reared his arm back, Cardin brought his fist on another blow to Juane's face only to be stopped by a bright white light emerging from Juane. Cardin dropped Jaune, leaped back holding his fist in pain. Jaune looked at his hand confused seeing a little glow only to see it fade away. Sky Lark kick Jaune over to his chest met the ground. Jaune looked up at Cardin with anger "let's see how much of a man you really are" the group then heard a roar coming from behind. They turn around and saw a big Alpha Ursa. It sniffed and smelled the sap on Cardin's armor. Cardin stood in fear while his team turn tail and ran abandoning saying "That's a bog Ursa!"

The Ursa hit Cardin using its giant paw, now the Jaune was now facing the ursabut the Ursa continued to go to the scent of sweet sap. Jaune go back up on his two feet, saw Cardin on the ground, he grabbed his mace but the Alpha knocked out of his hands towards Jaune. Jaune know had a decision help Cardin or run.

Meanwhile

The others were finishing up until they heard a big roar "did you guy's hear that?" Ruby asked

"Hey, what was that?" Spectra asked

Then they saw NDL running Ursa! Ursa!" Russel shouted until he bumped yang who then pick him up by the collar "what? Where?"

"Back there! It's got Cardin!"

Pyrrha dropped her jar and covered her mouth "Jaune!"

"Alice, you, Ruby, Weiss and Pyrrha go after Jaune. The rest of us will get professor Goodwitch and incase if there's more grim" everyone did as they were told as they drew their weapons.

Cardin sprinted away from the Ursa only to see it to hop over in front of him and hit him back onto his hands. "Crap, Crap, Crap" he cried

"Oh no." Pyrrha said as they ran up. The Ursa's paw came down and made a thud on a shield. Juane's shield. Defending Cardin.

Weiss raised her rapier "wait" Pyrrha said wanting to see what happens.

Jaune pushed the paw away and slashed at the monster's chest. The beast backed up then hammered its paw at Jaune. Juane rolled out of the dodging the attack and jumped over dodging another. The ursa attacked again, this time hitting. But he immediately go back up on his feet and hurled at the black and white creature only to be hit again on the back.

Juane looked at his scroll attached to his shield seeing his aura level, the yelled, running up to kill the beast.

As Pyrrha saw Jaune come in with a strike from his sword to the left side of the bear and seeing his side was expose as the Ursa comes in to strike. Pyrrha extends her hand out took control of Jaune's shield and raised it covering his head blocking the strike as he swung his sword decapitating the beast killing it.

Uh, what?" Ruby got confuse from the stunt Pyrrha did as she lowered her hand

"How did you?" Weiss was also confused

"Well Ruby has her speed, Alice has her senses, and you have your glyphs. My semblance is polarity"

"Woah. You can control poles" Ruby said softly

Alice giggle "No, Ruby it mean she can control magnets"

"Magnets are cool too" Ruby said quietly

Pyrrha turned and walked away as did Alice "wait, where are you going?" Weiss asked

"Yeah, don't you think we should tell them what happened?"

"We could…" Pyrrha said

"Or we could perhaps keep it our little secret" Alice finished the e=sentence smiling at each other as Jaune put his sword back into his sheathe. And they disappeared into the forest.

Jaune walk over to Cardin extend his hand out to help him up "holy crap Jaune?"

Juane looked at him in the eye and said "don't every mess with my team- my friends- ever again. Got it?" Cardin nodded Jaune walked away "hey Jaune" Jaune stopped looked back at Cardin "Thanks, and by the way your free from me and I won't tell anyone" Cardin said Juane gave him a small smile and nodded and continued to walk.

In the night on the roof top at the school

Jaune was standing on the roof top that Pyrrha showed him as she walked up from behind him. "No Cardin today? I thought you two were best buds?"

Jaune start his apology "Pyrrha, I'm sorry. I was a jerk. You were only trying to help and be nice and. I-I had all this stupid macho stuff in my head-"

Pyrrha cut him off "Juane. It's okay" They both smiled at each other "your team really misses their leader, you know. You should come down. Ren made pancakes- no syrup, though, you can thank Nora for that."

"Wait!"

Pyrrha turned back to him

"I know that I don't deserve it after all that happened, but. Would you still be willing to help me? To become a better fighter" Jaune asked specifically Pyrrha turn to the door but did not move, she had a big smile. She the walk to Jaune and pushed him to the floor "Hey!"

"Your stance is all wrong. You need to be wider and lower to the ground" She told and help him up "Let try again"

In TASK RWBY Dorm Room

Alice heard the conversation with Pyrrha and Jaune and with her eyes closed she smiled

To be continued

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