Chapter 10

Theodore was sitting with team RWBY and JNPR in the lunch room, listening to their conversations, or trying to at least. One of the newly acquainted teammates of JNPR, Nora, was talking about a dream she had about slaying beowolves and selling their fur as coats. This almost caused him to laugh because that was basically impossible. Grimm disintegrate the minute they are slain. He was pulled out of his thoughts when someone asked him a question.

"Hm, what?" he asked, looking to Yang, not clearing hearing her question.

"I asked 'How is your arm doing?'" she replied with a smile.

"Oh! It's fine. The doctor said it should heal completely in two weeks' time. As long as I don't injure it further." He replied while looking at his arm. It was now in a blue cast, accompanied with the same sling he wore when he talked to Ruby. He was wearing his normal attire with his right arm and sling outside of the sleeve and covered by the coat.

"That's nice to know." Yang said, "I really want to see you use your sword again. Gotta admit, wielding a 150-lb. sword like that must take a lot of work."

"The sword is actually 300-lbs. and yes, it did take a lot of work to wield that thing."

This caused both teams to have surprised looks on their faces from hearing the statement. Even the ever so calm Ren had a look of surprise on his face.

"300-lbs.?!" Ruby exclaimed, "How is that possible?!"

"If I told you, you'd never believe me."

"Probably. No offense." Jaune said.

"None taken, Jaune. Are you okay? You seem a bit down."

"I'm okay. See? Okay." Jaune tried his best to look happy, but was failing miserably.

"What's going on exactly that you won't tell me?"

"Cardin has been picking on Jaune since the first week of school." Pyrrha answered.

"Cardin Winchester? The head of team CRDL?" Theodore asked.

"Cardin Winchester?" Jaune said, "No, he just likes to…mess around. You know, practical jokes."

"He's a bully." Ruby replied with an angry look.

"Oh, please name one time he's 'bullied' me."

"He freaked you out while walking down the hall." Yang replied.

"And got your shield stuck in a door." Weiss added.

"And pushed you into a locker and sent it flying." Ruby finished.

"Wait, the lockers can fly?" Theodore asked.

"Yes, just in case you need your weapons and armor." Blake said.

"I didn't land far from the school." Jaune intervened.

"From what I heard, Jaune, this guy won't leave you alone." Theodore said.

"Jaune, you know if you ever need help you can just ask." Pyrrha said.

"Oh, we'll break his legs!" Nora exclaimed while standing up. This caused Theodore to chuckle nervously.

"Heh, heh, heh. Um, Nora. Don't you think that is a little too…extreme?" he asked.

"Guys, really, it's fine." Jaune said while standing up with his tray in hand, "Besides it's not like he's only a jerk to me. He's a jerk to everyone."

"Ow, that hurts!" a girl with a British accent shouted. Everyone looked to see a girl being tormented by Cardin and his team. She was a Faunus with bunny ears that were being pulled by Cardin. His team was on the other side of the table laughing.

"Please, stop." She pleaded.

"Ha,ha,ha. I told you it was real." Cardin said while looking at his team mates.

"What a freak." One of his teammates said. Team RWBY and JNPR watched with contempt at team CRDL was doing. They were brought out of their thoughts, however, when they heard a chair screech. Turning to the source, they saw Theodore walking over to Cardin with a scowl on his face. They had questionable looks on their face when they saw him standing right behind Cardin. The bully and his crew didn't seem to notice because they were still laughing and tormenting the Faunus girl. Their questionable looks turned to complete shock, however, when Theodore grabbed Cardin's left ear and started to pull on it, causing the bully to let go of the Faunus girl and squirm in pain.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow." He kept saying as Theodore kept pulling, making Cardin stand up. Cardin was 6'3", so when Theodore saw that he was standing at his full height, he let go of his ear. Cardin took a few seconds to massage his injured ear and then looked down at Theodore with an angry look.

"You got a death wish?" he asked.

"No, I just don't like it when people like you pick on others who are smaller than you." Theodore replied while pointing to the Faunus girl, "Now apologize."

"You can't make me." As soon as those words left Cardin's mouth, Theodore had his nose in his hand and was twisting to where he was screaming.

"Don't push me Winchester. Now, apologize!"

Letting go of his nose, he expected Cardin to cower and apologize to the Faunus girl. He got the opposite, however, when he was back handed by Cardin on his right cheek. Theodore was fine but his temper was starting to rise. By now, the whole cafeteria was watching the whole thing. Team RWBY and JNPR were worried for Theodore because of how he was being treated by Cardin. What they didn't expect, however, was for him to fight back.

Looking back at Cardin with a scowl, he punched him in his right cheek, hard, making the bully stumble and fall to the floor. Everyone had surprised looks on their faces at seeing the display. No one had ever stood up to Team CRDL before. Cardin got up from the floor, nursing his injured cheek, giving an angry look at Theodore.

"You know when people say, 'The things you do will come back and bite you one day?'" Theodore said, "Well, guess what, that day is today. Now, you can either apologize to the nice Faunus girl or test your luck against me in the ring."

"You really think that you can beat me?" Cardin asked with a smirk on his face.

"I'll take your whole team if you like."

"With only one arm?"

"With only one arm."

"You got yourself a fight Conistein."

"It's Con-stan-tine."

"Whatever." With that said, Cardin and his team walked off to the arena. Theodore stayed behind to check if the Faunus girl was alright, he learned that her name was Velvet, and then started walking to the arena. While walking that way, he realized he was being followed by both Team RWBY and JNPR. Weiss walked up right next to him on his left.

"Are you crazy?!" she exclaimed, "Taking on Team CRDL with only one arm? Do you have a death wish?"

"No." He answered back without looking at her and continued to walk. "I just want to show Winchester that picking on people smaller than him is something that cowards do. "

"With only one arm?!" Jaune shouted, "He'll crush you like a bug."

"I'd like to see him try."

The arena was packed with every student taking seats to watch the fight. Team CRDL were waiting for Theodore to show up.

"Wonder if he turned chicken and ran." Cardin said to his team, causing them to laugh. Their laughing was interrupted, however, when they heard the doors open. Turning they saw Theodore marching with Team RWBY and JNPR right behind him. Theodore then walked onto the arena facing Team CRDL with a scowl on his face.

"Decided to give yourself some help?" Cardin teased.

"I said I'll fight you and your team alone." Theodore replied, "They just followed me out of concern and were trying to talk me out of it."

"Theodore, don't do this." Pyrrha pleaded.

"I'm doing this, whether you guys like it or not. Ruby, catch."

On instinct, Ruby caught whatever Theodore was throwing at her. It was his trench coat that he wore every day. He obviously didn't want to get it ripped during the fight. Everyone immediately took their seats, RWBY and JNPR being the last, waiting for the fight to start. Looking around both teams saw the body of students taking bets on who was going to win.

"Most of the class is betting on CRDL to win." Blake said.

"Well, I'm betting on Theodore." Yang said holding some lien in her hand.

"So, how is the fight going to be?" Cardin asked Theodore.

"Simple." Theodore replied "You can use your weapons in the fight, but if they fall out of the ring you can't retrieve them and use them again. The fight ends with either submission or ring out."

"Sounds reasonable. Alright let's get this fight started. Come and get some."

"Ladies first."

That comment caused Cardin to see red. He told his teammate, Russel Thrush, to charge at Theodore. Russel did as he was told and immediately rushed at his opponent. He threw a few punches, all missing, before his legs were swept from under him and he was punched in his chest. He flew a good five feet before he regained his footing. Looking around, however, he saw that he was out of the ring.

Seeing that his teammate was out, Cardin then sent Delft Bronzewing to fight Theodore. Delft rush at Theodore hoping to push him out of the ring but instead got a knee to the nose. While he was holding his nose, Theodore took the chance to grab him by his arm and throw him out of the ring.

"What's wrong Cardin?" Theodore asked, "Afraid to fight me? Because it certainly looks like it."

"Shut up!" Cardin shouted, "Sky, get him!"

Sky Lark was within striking range of Theodore, before he was grabbed by his armor and thrown out of the ring. All the students watching were shocked. One boy, with an injured arm, had taken down three of Team CRDL's members without breaking a sweat.

"Your turn, Cardin." Theodore said while using his hand in the 'come and get me' gesture, "Come and try to beat me yourself, unless your chicken."

Cardin immediately charged at Theodore with anger in his eyes. Raising his mace, Cardin intended to finish the fight with one blow, but Theodore dodged with ease. Cardin kept swinging hoping to at least hit him once, however, his opponent dodged each time. After a bit of dodging, Theodore decided to show Cardin how tough he was. Doing a spinning kick, he knocked Cardin's mace out of his hand and the ring.

"I'm seeing it, but I'm having trouble believing it." Jaune said with a surprised look on his face.

"Come on Theodore! Break his legs!" Nora shouted.

"Knock him from Vale all the way to Vaccuo!" Yang cheered.

Theodore decided to take Yang's advice (to pound Cardin, not send him flying to Vaccuo) and decided to go on the offensive. He started switching between punching and kicking Cardin in multiple places, arm, leg, and face. In no time, Cardin was on the floor breathing hard and nursing his wounds.

"Like I thought." Theodore said, "All bark, no bite."

Seeing that Theodore had his guard down, Cardin did something that he was going to regret. Charging straight at Theodore he made it look like he was going to punch his face, but missed by an inch aiming for his right shoulder. His fist impacted the injured shoulder, causing Theodore to take a few steps back and place his left hand on his shoulder. He fell onto his knees, while grunting in pain. Everyone in the class room, even the students betting on Cardin, gasped in shock at what happened.

"THAT'S A LOW BLOW CARDIN!" Ruby screamed in anger.

"YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THAT!" Yang shouted, activating her gauntlets in the process.

"Oh please." Cardin answered back, "That was a fair hit. Poor little Theodore Constientane had his guard down."

He didn't get to say anything else as he felt immense pain in between his legs. Placing his hands there, and falling to the ground, face first, he looked to see an angry Theodore staring down at him. Removing his left hand from his right shoulder, he grabbed Cardin by his hair and forced him to look him in the eyes.

"My…name…" he ground out through his teeth before yelling out the last part, "is…THEODORE CON-STAN-TINE!"

With that said, Theodore used all his strength to throw Cardin out of the ring. Cardin landed on his back with a thud, grunting in pain. Theodore then jumped out of the arena with anger written all over his face. Walking up to Cardin, he grabbed him by his breastplate and forced him to look him in the eyes.

"Listen carefully, Winchester, because I am going to say this once." Theodore said, "If I ever hear about you picking on another Faunus or my friends ever again, I will take your armor, heat it until it melts in a cauldron, and then pour all over you until it becomes your new skin. Got it?"

"Y-yeah. I got it." Cardin said out of fear.

"Good. Now, get out of my sight!"

With that said, Cardin immediately got up and started running for the door with his teammates right behind him. Right as he got outside, however, he heard something get lodged into the wall right next to him. Turning to see, he saw it was a playing card. Looking for who threw it, he saw Theodore with a smile on his face.

"Just a little warning Cardin, to see if my message got through." Theodore said with his left hand raised. There was nothing in it, but when he flicked it, another card immediately appeared in his hand. He was about to throw it before Cardin and his boys took off a little bit faster. With the bully gone, Theodore flicked his hand again, making the card disappear. The moment he did that, every student stood up and cheered, clapping their hands and screaming at the top of their lungs. Next thing Theodore knew, he was surrounded by Teams RWBY and JNPR being bombarded with comments and questions.

"You were so awesome!"

"Were did you learn to do that?!"

"Why didn't you break his legs?!"

"Was that a real playing card?!"

"Teach me! Teach me!"

"MR. CONSTANTINE!" shouted the stern voice of Glynda Goodwitch. Everyone turned to see her with an angry look on her face, marching towards Theodore. When she got to him, they both looked each other in the eyes. "What is the meaning of this?"

"It's called dealing with bullies Ms. Goodwitch." Theodore answered with a straight face, equaling her own.

"Professor Ozpin would like to see you. Follow me." With that said, Professor Goodwitch turned around with Theodore walking closely behind her. Theodore turned around, giving a quick wave to Team RWBY and JNPR, before turning back around and following Ms. Goodwitch.

"Do you think he's in trouble?" Yang asked.

"I hope not." Blake replied, "All he did was stand up for someone."

"A Faunus at that." Weiss added, "I must admit was very admirable."

"I hope he isn't expelled." Ruby said with a look of worry. Both teams could only wait and see if Theodore would be either staying or leaving Beacon.

AN: Hey everyone. I am so sorry for the late update on any of my stories. School has been a problem and internet has been malfunctioning. I can only submit chapters now when I am at a library. Thank you for being so patient with me. Sentinel Prime out.