Hello thewriter here now I have messed up on Ared's fathers sword ok his sword looks like clouds buster sword from final fantasy and as I had said it can transform into a m16 now I am sorry for those who have read and got confused I will be going back and fixing it in the mean time here is another chapter. Das vidanya!

A couple days after the graveyard incident. Ared had been practicing in the training room sparring Ying he was a tough opponent but once Ared caught his rhythm the swordsman was able to interrupt it they had been sparring for a couple of hours and they had been resting on a bench sharing a water bottle. "Damn Ying you got me good" Ared said poking at his chest where the spot Ying had punched.

"You could have gone easy with that magnum of yours" Ying said looking at the room which had been covered with ice and holes from explosions as Ying drank from the bottle Miria walks in seeing the destruction.

"What the hell happened here!" She yelled looking completely surprised.

"What we were sparring. Hey pass me the water bottle"Ared said to Miria as he caught the water bottle Ying had tossed him.

Miria sighs and sits next to Ared on the bench leaving Ying at the end "do you know what happened to Jaune."

Ared looks to Miria in confusion "what do you mean"

Ying jumps into the conversation "he has been hanging out with Cardin and his buddies."

Ared sighs putting his head down "when did this happen " He said looking to his teammates.

"About yesterday they have been making him do their homework and making him go on errands seems like a slave to me" Ying said getting a cold stare from Miria "what"

"He's our friend their has t be something wrong to make him do this" Miria said making Ared stand up

"There is" he said walking out and leaving the sparring room but what they didn't know was that Jaune had been listening in from a nearby doorway.

Ared had been walking down the long hallway until he was stopped by someone flying past him he looked to who it was it was Marcus. "Well that was a mistake" he said picking himself off the ground. Ared looks to him in confusion "another hook up gone wrong." Ared said

"I didn't know she had a boyfriend" Marcus said walking up to Ared

Ared continues to walk with Marcus following "oh and how did that work out" Ared said still walking but looking to Marcus.

"He pulled out a weird looking club thing and well you know the rest" Marcus said "hey did you remember the trip were going on tomorrow"

"What trip" Ared said questionably

Marcus put his hands behind his head and leant back "you know the trip with Glynda Goodwitch to the forever fall forest"

"Oh yea I remember are you ready for it" Ared said remembering the trip Ared had signed his team up for.

Marcus put his hands back down reaching into his pocket and pulling his flask out and taking a swig from it "yea I have been remembering to refill this baby" Marcus said shaking his flask.

Ared simply shook his head and chuckled at his alcoholic brother.

"Hey I got to go I have to turn some work that I forgot to turn in yesterday" Marcus said running to ooblecks class Ared waved to him goodbye.

"At least he gets his work done." Ared said making his way into his dorm he makes his way to his coffee machine and makes himself some coffee he starts to get to work on the work he was assigned by professor port which was just an essay on how to kill multiple Beowulfs in our own way. After a couple of hours he looks out the window to see it was night he decided to go grab a night snack from the cafeteria. He went to his door but he heard someone outside he opened his door slowly so it wouldn't make noise he saw it was Ruby in her night clothes and Jaune in his armor he was sitting outside team JNPR's dorm while Ruby was standing.

"But what if I'm a failure at being a leader" Jaune said to her

"Nope" Ruby said bluntly

"You know your not the easiest to talk about this stuff" he said

"Nope" Ruby said sitting down next to him"Jaune you may have been a failure when you were a kid" this made Jaune slide down a bit and groan "you may have been a failure the first time we met" this made him slide down a bit more and groan again "but you can't be one now you know why?" She asked him

"Because…" Jaune said but was interrupted by Ruby

"Because it's not just about you anymore" Ruby said pointing at him and putting her hand down again "you got a team now Jaune, me you and Ared and if we fail we'll just be bringing them down with us" this took Ared aback he went to put his hand on his scar but stops and reaches into his pocket to feel the picture of his parents."we need to put our team first and ourselves second" Ruby said standing up. "Your team needs a leader and I think that could be you, goodnight Jaune" Ruby said going into her dorm. Making Jaune smile a bit and stand up. As he was walking away his scroll beeped notifying him he had a message he reached for it and played the message.

"Hey it's your buddy Cardin I know your busy with that dust project I gave you but I need you to go and get a box of rapier wasps" this made Jaune swallow his spite "and make sure they got really big stingers it's important so don't screw this up." With that the message ended and Jaune walked away on his job to get rapier wasps as he was walking away Ared closed his door and making Jaune look at it but brushing it aside.

Ared sat on the floor looking to the ceiling "maybe I can help him." Ared thought with an idea in his head.

-forever fall-

Ared had been walking into the forest with a jar of sap he had collected he had told his team that he was going to venture into the woods after goodwitch's speech he had been looking for a ursa. Ared pushed the button on blackbird making it extend over his eyes "blackbird where is his location" as he asked this a map popped up with a red arrow marking his location and yellow dot marking Jaune location.

"He is a couple yards away sir."blackbird responded

"Thank you leave the map on." Ared said with the map left on.

"Yes sir" blackbird said

Ared walked until he saw a Ursa Major sleeping on the ground "this will do" Ared said as he walked slowly up to it and opened the lid to the jar of sap he puts it next to the nose of it, it woke up and smelled it Ared walked back with the jar luring it to Jaune's location. As he made it to his location he saw Jaune getting beat up by Cardin and his team he saw that their was some sap on Cardin "this makes it easier" he looked back to the ursa he then shook the jar of sap "you want go get it" Ared said as he tossed it behind him making the ursa angry and charge at him but he moved out of the way. He then got up and watched as it caught the scent of the sap on Cardin in looked at him making his team run away while Cardin gets hit by the ursa's claw. Ared watched Jaune look to the forest "don't do it" Ared said to himself.

Ared then looked behind Jaune and saw Pyrrha Ruby and Weiss. He looked back to Cardin as he pulled out his mace but the the ursa just smacked it away leaving Cardin defenseless as it was he was about to be finished by the ursa but it's claw was blocked by Jaune with his shield he looked back to the three girls he saw Weiss getting ready to strike but he held up his hand as if to tell her to stop then Pyrrha put her hand in front of her Ared then smiled to her and she nodded.

Ared looked back to Jaune as he pushed the ursa's claw away and slashed it making it step back he then charged it and it hit him away then he charged it again and it hit him away making him stand up and look at his scroll that was on his on his shield. Ared looked through blackbird and saw Jaune's aura which was in the red area meaning if he got hit one more time he would take physical damage."come on Jaune" Ared said clenching his fist. Jaune then charged again but he saw Pyrrha lift up her hand and at the same time Jaune's shield lifted up with a black aura around it with that he blocked the ursa's claw and he gained his footing and decapitated it with his sword. With that Ared smiled and made his way to the airship and he saw Pyrrha and the girls do the same.

Ared makes it back to his team he sees they have collected their tree sap."hey their Ared where have you been"Marcus asked

Ared smiled "helping a friend" he said grabbing a jar from Miria as he headed back to Goodwitch his team just shrugged and walked with him.

-dorm roof-

Ared was looking at the school smiling. He heard the door open behind him he looked to see who it was. "Hey Jaune" he said still smiling.

"I'm sorry." Jaune said in a sad tone

"For what" Ared turned around with his arms behind him.

"For what I said I was thinking about myself when I should have been focusing on the people I was affecting and I…." He was interrupted by Ared putting his hand on Jaune's shoulder.

"Jaune it's ok as long as it doesn't happen again." The swordsman said

"I promise." Jaune said nodding his head making Ared take his hand from Jaune's shoulder and reach into his pocket."here" Ared said passing Jaune a paper Jaune looks at it and sees a happy couple and a baby.

"Who are they" Jaune asked as Ared walked back to the edge of the building

"Flip i.t"Ared simply said still looking at the school

Jaune flips the photo to see words and a little blood on it." we will always be in your heart our family is always watching we love you Ared signed mom,dad." He said aloud Jaune flipped the picture back over and looked at the couple."their your parents."

Ared nods "my mom always told me I could never do any thing on my own you reminded me of that quote." Ared said as Pyrrha came through the door "that is why we will help you." Ared said turning back around making Jaune smile and hand the photo back to him and he put it back in his pocket.

"Thank you both." Jaune said as Pyrrha pushed him down "hey."

"Your stance is all wrong you need to bend your legs and be lower to the ground." she said pulling Jaune up by the hand "let's try that again."

"This time with two" Ared said putting his fists up and taking his stance next to Pyrrha.

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