After Jaune and Yang explained what happened everyone had mixed reactions. Ruby felt responsible for the whole misunderstanding until Yang told her it was solely her fault. Weiss just thought the two were being irresponsible and were lucky that they didn't get punished. Blake just listened to the whole story but accepted it with a small grin, possibly enjoying the whole thing. Pyrrha was, at first, mad at Yang but when Jaune kept saying he didn't really care anymore and everything was settled, she quickly let it go. Nora was annoyed she missed the whole fight and Ren was just trying not to laugh at his brother's misfortune.

After that, they all had to make their way to classes. Jaune had a hard time concentrating, due to the fact that he kept hearing people go on and on about his fight with Yang. That and also, rumors on how he took out the Boarbatusk without touching it adding to his reputation. As the day went on the rumors got more and more outrageous. By lunch, the whole school was convinced he was the most skilled first year at disposing of Grimm and he could kill any and all Grimm that he came across. And now on top of that, now there was this rumor that the fight between him and Yang was because she was jealous of Ruby winning his heart. That was just insane! He'd be lucky if one of those two amazing girls had feelings for him, let alone both. Besides, they deserved someone better, especially considering his heart was emotionally unstable when it came to romance at this point in time.

This is why Jaune was repeatedly smacking his head on their table during lunch.

"Jaune, stop before you give yourself a concussion." Pyrrha said worried.

Jaune hit his head on last time but left his head on the table. "Can't believe it's our second day and already I'm being talked about by nearly everyone here. I was trying to stay under the radar!" he said in frustration.

"Man, I thought you'd love being in the spotlight. I mean growing up outside the Kingdoms probably left you starved for attention." Yang said half-jokingly.

Not looking up Jaune continued, "I had plenty of attention, Yang. Most of it wasn't good, at all. That's one of the major reasons I hate being the center of attention." There was a small silence. "No, I don't wanna talk about it now. I'm still tired going all out against Yang. And no, that was not innuendo, Yang." He pointed over at Nora without looking up. "And no, Nora, you will not tell them later."

Nora pouted at that. She was already mouthing that exact thing to the others. Ren smirked at this and everyone looked at Jaune.

Ruby decided to ask, "Jaune, how'd you know Nora was going to say that?"

Jaune shrugged with his head still on the table. "I've known Nora far too long. I developed a six sense to her shenanigans." Just as he said that he sat up and the grape Nora threw at him just hit the table where his head once was. "See?"

Everyone just chuckled as Nora looked away sheepishly. They all went about talking normally. He realized Ruby and Weiss seemed to be doing better than before and he grinned at that. Eventually Nora starting talking about her latest dream with Ren correcting her at certain points in her tale. Jaune just sat there with his head in his hand just enjoying the break from all the hectic events of the day. That was until he heard whispering and glanced over to see people looking at him and subtly pointing at him. He just sighed in annoyance. He was about to get up and go anywhere else but Ren placed a hand on his shoulder. "It'll blow over, Jaune. Just be patient."

Jaune looked up at the ceiling and sighed again, "I don't think I can deal with all this, Ren. Kinda just wanna run and hide."

There was a clatter and he looked to see Nora drop her silverware. "You can't run away, Jaune. You're our Fearless Leader, you never run away. You didn't even when we faced the horde of Grimm that invaded that village, we ended up fighting them all."

Weiss chimed in, "Nora, this is seriously bothering him. I don't think bringing up one of your dreams is exactly what he needs right now."

Nora looked at her slightly annoyed, "For your info, Ice Queen, that wasn't a dream. It actually happened."

Weiss was about to say something but Jaune interrupted her. "Actually, it did." They all looked at him in shock before turning to Ren who nodded. They all turn back to Jaune. "How do you think us three got accepted into Beacon?"

"We assumed you took the test like all of us." Weiss looked at Ruby for a second. "Most of us."

Jaune shook his head slightly, "Nope, we're a special case like Ruby."

Ruby's eyes were filled with excitement. "Can you tell us, Jaune? Please?"

Jaune took out his scroll to check the time, "Looks like we have enough time. If everyone wants, I have no problem telling it." He looked and everyone seemed curious. "Alright then." He stroked his chin thinking. "I guess it starts when we left that village."

Jaune, Ren and Nora were making their way across the countryside, on their way back to their teacher's home village. Their home. They were a couple of days out from it and stopped at a neighboring village to get a few supplies and rest for a few hours. They were a few miles away and at the top of the hill they were on, Jaune had a strange feeling that told him something was wrong. He turned to see fires all around the village and smoke coming off of some of the houses. He was staring at it in horror and soon Ren and Nora turned as well and had the same horrified expression. They could now hear the screaming of the people and the feral sounds of Grimm.

Jaune clenched his fists in anger. He hated Grimm, more so now considering what had happened to the three of them not long ago. And seeing them destroy this village just made his hatred run deeper.

Nora was the first to speak, "Can we do anything?" She looked at Ren and Jaune expectantly.

Ren slowly shook his head. "I don't believe we can, Nora. There's simply too many Grimm to fight." He looked back sadly before turning away. "We'd better keep moving." He started walking again. Nora looked at the village sadly then followed Ren. They walked a few more feet before they stopped and turned back around to see Jaune slowly walking back towards the village.

"Jaune? What are you doing?" Nora asked him.

He didn't stop or turn around. "I'm going to help those people."

They looked at him in disbelief. "Jaune, there's too many of them. We wouldn't be able to do much." Ren tried to reason with him.

Jaune kept walking, "We won't know until we try."

Ren tried again, "Jaune…"

He stopped, "I have to try!" Nora and Ren jumped at that. Jaune stopped. "I'm tired of us losing everything to those damned monsters! We've lost too much and I'm done running away! I may die doing this but I'm taking as many of those hellish creatures with me!" He turned to them with a weak smile. "You two should get out of here. You shouldn't get involved in this. Take care of each other." He started to walk back to the village when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Ren and Nora standing there.

"You're right, we've lost enough and are sick of running. We're with you, Jaune.", Ren said with full conviction in his voice.

Nora nodded with the same conviction, "You're not getting rid of us that easily, Fearless Leader."

He smiled at them, "I love you two." He pulled them both into a hug. They turned around and Jaune drew Raikiri and his eyes shifted to yellow. Ren put his hand on his shoulder again and Nora took his empty hand. Jaune shot the three of them forward in a burst of lightning. All three reached the center of the village in a few minutes with Jaune slightly out of breath. The three took in their surroundings.

This village had one main road, right through the center of it. At the very center of the village had a fountain and two smaller roads extended from the town centers outwards to the left and right of the main road. The whole village was surrounded by a walkway and it had a dozen alleys that allowed the people to move freely throughout. Right in front of the fountain, the three saw hundreds of Grimm down the other half of the main road. Beowolves, Ursa and Boarbatusks were trying their damnedest to get to the people. Dozens of other Grimm were doing the same on the side roads. Nora and Ren turned to Jaune to see what the plan was. Jaune took all of this in and came up with the 'best' strategy at the moment.

"Nora, you pack the biggest punch, try to hold off the Grimm on the main street for as long as possible." She nodded and Jaune turned to Ren. "You and I will deal with the smaller numbers on the side roads as quickly as we can then regroup with Nora to back her up." Ren nodded as well. "Try to save as many people as possible but don't take any unnecessary risks, understand." Both nodded again. "One last thing." Jaune pointed Raikiri directly at Nora and released lightning into Nora. She used her Semblance to absorb it and became more powerful. Nora chuckled and turned to the horde of Grimm, Ren and Jaune did the same. Jaune quickly applied pressure with his left ring finger and drew Suikiri with his left hand. His eyes shifted to the darker blue and the three of them took off down their designated streets.

Jaune ran with Suikiri pulling the water out of the fountain. He used the large amount of water to flood the street and pushed back most of the Grimm. As they all started to charge at him again, he stabbed Raikiri into the wet ground and electrocuted the soaked Grimm. The all fell dead but a dozen still stood: five Boarbatusks, four Beowolves, two Ursai and an Ursa Major. The Boarbatusk started to roll up and gain speed to charge at him. Jaune flick Suikiri upwards and the water still on the ground threw them up into the air. His eyes shifted back to yellow and he shot forward in a burst of lightning and managed to kill the Beowolves before his blade got stuck in one of the Ursai. The Ursa started to thrash about as the second came towards him. Jaune pointed Suikiri at its head and fired a pressurized water blast, knocking it off balance. Jaune planted Suikiri into the ground than applied pressure with his left middle finger and drew Kakiri, his eyes shifted to red and he used his strength to slam the impaled Ursa into its brethren. Once he did, he swung upwards with Kakiri and set them both ablaze.

As he pulled Raikiri free he fell to his knee and his eyes went back to normal, he was suffering from 'Elemental Backlash'. Before he knew it, the Ursa Major was swinging its paw down onto him. He somehow managed to roll out of the way. Jaune forced himself to kick off the ground and impaled the Ursa Major in the side and started to paralyze it with Raikiri's electricity. The Ursa was slowed down enough for Jaune to recover enough to absorb the fire dust again. With his eyes crimson again, his strength returned and he swung Kakiri and sliced off its head. He pulled Raikiri free and sheathed Kakiri. He went over to Suikiri and pulled it from the ground.

Jaune caught movement and saw the people in their houses, he turned to them. "This is your chance. Take the side road and circle around the village to the south. It's Grimm free and your best chance to escape." The people just stared at him in a mix of shock, awe and most of all, fear. Same as always. At this point the Boarbatusks hit the ground. He turned and saw them rise, injured but still alive. Jaune's eyes shifted to the darker blue as he started making a circular motion with Suikiri. "Go now! I'll hold them off! Go!" The command in his voice and the water forming a circular shield in front of him, galvanized them to run. The Boarbatusks charged again and when they were close, Jaune pulled back and plunged Suikiri into the center of the water. Instantly it separated into dozens of compressed water pellets and were fired off at the Grimm. They were shredded and stopped a few feet in front of Jaune.

At this point, Suikiri was out of dust and Jaune used this time to catch his breath. He sheathed Suikiri and Raikiri as he was making his way back to the town center. He looked to see Ren finishing off his Grimm and Nora was still somehow holding off the bulk of the horde. He was about to join her when he heard screeching, he looked up to see Nevermores and Griffons circling above. Jaune jumped on top of the fountain and drew Fukiri. As his body lightened and his eyes turned light green, he jumped on top of the tallest building. He crouched and started forming a cyclone around his legs, he jumped and flew past the aerial Grimm. He whistled while going upwards. The Grimm took notice of this and followed him. At the top of his jump, he turned to face them and swung his sword in a series of slashes. As one was done, another was already started. He sent numerous wind blades at the Grimm and sliced them to ribbons. There was only one large Nevermore left and Jaune formed another cyclone around his legs as he angled towards it. He fired off again and impaled it in the chest. The impact was hard enough that he tore clean through it. He used a gust of wind to slow himself down and gently touched down in the town center.

As he did, Ren ran up to him. "I got all the people on my side to evacuate."

Jaune nodded, "Same on my end." They looked over to Nora and she was beginning to falter. "She needs another boost. Let's go!" Jaune shifted Fukiri to his left hand and drew Raikiri again. He shot off in a burst of lightning next to Nora and pushed the Grimm back with a large gust of wind to get them some breathing room. He turned to Nora, "You okay?"

She nodded, slightly out of breath. "Yeah. Just tired. And down to my last explosives."

Jaune held Raikiri out to her, "I still have half my lightning dust, think you can still handle it?"

Nora looked down at it than back at Jaune and nodded. She placed her hand on the flat of the blade and absorbed the last of Raikiri's lightning. "Whoa! Talk about a pick me up!" She said cheerily. Next thing they knew Ren was jumping over them and opening fire onto the Grimm. Nora took off after him and Jaune sheathed his now empty Raikiri. Shifting Fukiri back to his right hand, Jaune drew Dokiri and charged after them.

It was half an hour later and they were on their last legs. Nora was completely out of explosives and her Semblance ran out long ago. Ren was out of bullets as well and took a nasty cut to the leg that had him limping. Jaune had to resort to using all three of his remaining swords, keeping one in the ground while using the other two. They were forced further and further back, they were now at the beginning of the main road and the hundred remaining Grimm were in the village center. They all shared a look, one of fear and acceptance. But it was replaced with determination, they may die but it would be with each other. They turned to the Grimm and charged, Jaune reached to swap Fukiri for Dokiri and as he did, he felt something different. As the three elemental energies were temporary inside of him, he felt something new form. Something powerful. It was a small chance but he had to take it to save them.

"Ren, Nora, I need time!" They didn't look back. They trusted Jaune. Fully. He impaled all three swords in front of him and held his hands out to them. He started to slowly absorb the dust from them and started to mix them. He felt pain like none he ever felt before, like at any moment he'd be torn apart but kept pushing. He needed this power to save everyone. With all his will and determination this new power emerged, he didn't even hesitate to run forward. "You two, get back!" They turned to see Jaune, his aura shifting between red, light green and brown rapidly and his eyes a mix of those same three colors. The two jumped back as he ran forward. As he was only a few feet away from the Grimm, something instinctual took over. He slammed his fist into the ground as it was glowing white. As soon as he did, two lines ran across the ground at a 45-degree angle. When they were exactly the right distance the lines converged on each other to form a perfect triangle that encompassed the village center and the Grimm. The three points of the triangle shot into the air and formed a pyramid and as it completed, the faces of it became a translucent white, trapping the Grimm. That all happened in a matter of seconds. Any Grimm that touched it started to burn and evaporating.

"Wow! Jaune, how'd you do that?!" Nora asked.

"I'm not sure but it's time to end this." He said with every ounce of conviction he had. He stood up with his hand still glowing. He squeezed it and as he did, the faces turned a brilliant white that blinded them all. As the light disappeared, so did everything inside of it. The Grimm, the fountain, parts of the buildings, all of it. They were all in shock, Jaune fell to the ground exhausted. Nora and Ren made their way over to him and did the same. "Well, we did it." Was all he said before the three started laughing. They held each other close and started to cry tears of joy and relief.

"After that, we eventually made it back to our home and not long after that, Ozpin showed up and offered us a spot at Beacon. We accepted and that's how it happened." He took a sip of his water and then looked at his friends. Saying they were shocked was an understatement. Ruby was looking at them like they were the heroes at the end of a movie, Weiss looked at them with her mouth open in disbelief, Blake had an unreadable look on her face but her eyes were as wide as they could get, Yang had a look of shock but with something else he didn't recognize, the look made him very nervous. He turned to Pyrrha, who was now looking at him like she's never seen him before.

"Wow." That was all Ruby could say.

"Took the words out of my mouth, Sis." Yang responded.

"This whole thing seems a bit unbelievable. Sounds like one of Nora's dreams. No offense." Weiss said in disbelief but not in a negative way.

Jaune just smirked. "Nora?" he turned to her.

"On it, Jaune!" she was already on her scroll looking for something. When she found it she turned her scroll for everyone to see. It was a video showing Jaune kneeling with his fist on the ground, in front of a light pyramid with Grimm trapped inside. Then they heard Nora's voice come through. "Wow! Jaune, how'd you do that?!" Jaune was rising with his hand still glowing while saying, "I don't know but it's time to end this." He squeezed his hand and the pyramid started glowing bright white, illuminating Jaune like an angelic figure before the screen was completely white. When the picture was back, there was nothing left of the Grimm and Jaune had fell to the ground. That's when the video ended.

They all looked at Jaune, who had a smirk. "See, video-graphic proof."

"I stand corrected." Weiss stated.

"So, Jaune, what was that?" Ruby asked shaking with excitement.

Jaune shrugged, "I'm not exactly sure. That has been the only time I've done it and trust me, I've tried to do it again."

"Too bad. That would come in handy." Yang said with a wink.

Jaune nodded, "True but the aftereffects are way worse though."

"What do you mean, Jaune?" Pyrrha asked with concern.

Before he could respond the bell rang. "Sorry, that'll have to wait until after class." he said with a grin. He got up and made his way to the exit, followed by Ren and Nora. The five girls stared at each other before racing after them.