Summary: She was cold, and she was also feared by many, even her own brother feared her. She had long ago accepted that she was dangerous. She was fine with being alone, she was a loner anyway. She was sure that even her own blood would fear her to. Yet she didn't think she could ever bear her son fearing her, even if they're not related by blood.

Author's note: Well, this took longer than I would have liked but as the saying goes, shit happens. Anyways, to The Dark Deceiver, thank you for the idea you provided to me in a review. It gave me the inspiration in the Omake at the end of this chapter.


Cardin Winchester gritted his teeth as he landed on the ground harshly. The orange haired teen's aura absorbed the majority of the impact, not damaging him, but he still felt the impact of the blow regardless. Gritting his teeth, he quickly stood back to his, glaring at his opponent. He seethed in rage as he once again caught sight of the bored expression on the Jaune's face.

In any other situation, Cardin honestly wouldn't have cared if Jaune had such a bored expression but right now it was like an insult to him. This was because the two were sparring at the moment because of Professor Goodwitch's selection. The orange haired boy never felt so frustrated in his life.

Not only could he not hit his blond opponent but throughout the entire fight, Jaune had yet to draw his sword, instead opting to fight Cardin using only his legs and grappling him to throw across the field should he need too. It frustrated Cardin to say the least.

No matter how he went to strike at him, no matter how hard he swung his mace, no matter how fast he tried to move Jaune would just dodge and counter with the end result being with Cardin on the ground in pain.

Standing, the mace wielder sent the blond a glare with Jaune returning it full force. As he took on a more cautious approach, a lingering feeling made its self known within the back of his mind. The lingering feeling being that Jaune looked familiar to him, as if he had met Jaune before. Shaking off the feeling, he gripped his mace tighter. Giving off a battle cry, Cardin charged, bringing up his mace to slam it against Jaune's face.

In response, Jaune only backed away slightly before his hand shot out. He gripped the mace's handle and directed the attack to the side. In result of that, the orange haired boy was thrown off balance and the blond capitalized on this. He tripped Cardin and as he was in the process of falling, Jaune spun building up momentum before slamming his foot in Cardin's abdomen.

Due to the force behind it, the Winchester was thrown across the ring before slamming harshly into a wall. Falling to the ground, Cardin groaned before groggily standing to his feet just as the alarm that signaled the end of the spar sounded off.

"And with that, the winner of the spar is Jaune Branwen." Professor Glynda Goodwitch announced from her spot. "As you can see students, Mr. Winchester's aura is within the red zone. In a tournament style match, this would signify its end along with the winner being announced." Seeing all of her students nod, she turned her head towards Cardin, the mace wielder gritting his teeth as he glared at Jaune. "Mr. Winchester, due take care to consult to your aura meter. We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowulf due to having no aura to protect yourself now would we?"

Said boy's jaw clenched. "Crystal Professor." He murmured bitingly. The female Professor glared icily at him for a moment before turning towards Jaune.

"And Mr. Branwen, as always a splendid performance," In response, Jaune nodded his head in thanks.

A few weeks had passed since the first day of school, when combat classes finally came around, everyone was excited to showcase their skills and prove to others that they belonged in Beacon. Prove themselves they did as they showcased they're skills, however, several students proved to be among the best of them all, the students in question Blake Belladonna, Weiss schnee, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren.

These six students proved to be the best of crop, rarely losing their fights and ranking themselves firmly within the top five of the best fighters of the first years. However, even among these exceptional fighters, there were two that proved to be in an entirely different league. Pyrrha Nikos and Jaune Branwen had proved to be the best among the best.

If the others rarely lost their fights, than both Pyrrha and Jaune didn't lose period against their opponents. Their rankings were a bit of problem for Glynda as they both shared an equal amount of skill. Eventually, she decided the best way to find out was for the two to spar among themselves to decide. The fight was long to say the least, lasting for nearly half the period. In the end, Pyrrha claimed victory. However, Glynda was a bit hesitant in giving her the number one ranking as she had barely won as it was. So a few days later she had them spar again.

That time, Jaune claimed victory, shocking the others as the invincible girl's win streak which seemed endless had been broken. For the next following days, Glynda had them sparring with the results ending the same. Pyrrha claiming victory with Jaune claiming it the next day and for more than a few draws being called. Eventually the female Professor came to a decision. She had approached the two, asking if they didn't mind sharing the same rank, suffice to say, the two agreed to share the rank and a friendly rivalry bloomed between them.

"Now than, Mr. Branwen, you and Mr. Winchester are free to leave the ring at any time." Professor Goodwitch said, green eyes glancing at the two. Cardin quickly evacuated the field, a scowl on his face as he did so. Jaune however, stayed in place.

"I think I'll stay in the ring Professor, I can go another round." Glynda raised an eyebrow in response to Jaune's sentence.

"Very well than Mr. Branwen," She turned her gaze among the audience. ""Now, who here amongst you all wants to spar with Mr. Branwen?" No one raised their hands and Glynda frowned slightly. "No one?" Her answer was silence making her sigh. "Very well then, I suppose I'll just have to pick at random."

"Actually Professor, I don't mind going up against him." Pyrrha spoke, standing from her seat with a pleasant smile on her face.

"Well now, this will be fun." Jaune spoke, a grin on his face. "What is our current score this time Pyrrha?"

"I won our last two skirmishes I am aiming for a third." The redhead chirped, a beaming smile shooting towards her partner. The blond returned the smile.

"I suppose I'll just have to win this one than so you won't chalk up another win streak."

As the two traded their friendly banter, Professor Goodwitch checked her scroll. "Unfortunately Mr. Branwen, Ms. Nikos." As she spoke, the bell signifying the end of class sounded off. "That is all we have time for today, if you wish to spar you can either wait tomorrow or perhaps do so later this evening."

Jaune and Pyrrha locked eyes and an entire conversation seemed to pass between before they both turned to the female Professor. "We'll wait until tomorrow Professor." The Champion said.

"Agreed, we wouldn't want to neglect our other studies just because we wanted to spar." Jaune added.

"Very well," The female Professor turned to her other students who were all standing from their spots, stretching their limbs as they prepared to head off to their next class. "Remember what you have all learned today and remember if you are in a fight, do try to consult your aura meter. I realize that may be difficult in a fight but knowing how much more damage you can take will help immensely out in the field." As she finished her sentence, her students began to leave, already talking amongst themselves as they headed for their next class.


"So there we were, surrounded by the night!"

"It was day."

"We were surrounded by Ursai."

"They were Beowulf's."

"Dozens of them!"

"Two of them."

"In the end, Ren and I were able to take them down and we made a boat load of Lien selling Ursai skins." Nora finished off, grinning at her captivated audience. Beside Ren sighed as he held a cup of juice.

"She's been having this dream for over a month now."

"Tell me about it, she hasn't stopped talking it about every time she wakes up." Jaune commented, an annoyed, yet fond smile gracing his features.

"Despite the unrealism in Nora's tales I find myself enjoying them immensely." Pyrrha chimed in.

"And I thought Ruby was hyperactive." Yang murmured under her breath. She gave a sheepish grin as Ruby cutely glared at her.

"I just can't believe that someone as obviously as insane as Nora was able to pass the psychiatric test. How hasn't she labeled insane yet?" Weiss spoke, looking at Nora blankly.

"Hey!" Said girl whined, "I'm not insane! I'm… I'm…. Ren! What's the word I'm looking for?"

"Eccentric," He supplied.

"Yeah, that word!"

"This does not alleviate my concern." The Schnee deadpanned.

Ren shrugged, "In my opinion, the difference between insane and sane is measured by success. Think about it, when someone comes up with a crazy plan, it often works out doesn't it?" Weiss remained silent. She couldn't deny that, Ruby had proven that to her on initiation when they killed that Nevermore. It was a crazy idea that could only have been made by someone with a few screws loose… Yet by some miracle it worked.

"I can agree with Ren on that," Jaune jumped in, "After all, some of the greatest minds in history have been suspected of having a few screws loose."

"What's life without a bit of crazy am I right!?" Yang said, grinning widely. Nora shared in her grin.

"Crazy makes things fun!"

"Too much fun," Nora's partner murmured silently.

"I can agree with Nora on that." Ruby spoke up, smiling. "I mean, I hate when things get boring. Don't get me wrong, I like things normal too, but crazy makes it a blast!"

Blake, who had remained silent through the entire conversation, looked up from the book in her hands. "Speaking of a blast," She reached into her blouse and procured a book which she proceeded to hold out to Jaune. "I finished Redemption last night, I loved it. The ending was a bit heartbreaking but I'm glad Jack got to avenge his father in the epilogue."

"I'm glad you liked it Blake, I have another book, more like a series, if you want to read it." Blake blinked at Jaune's words.

"What's it about?"

"It tells the story of a soldier whose purpose was to become the greatest warrior for his country to replace a legendary solider but due to circumstances, he turns his back on his country." The black haired girl's eyes grew interested as she listened.

"What's it called?" In response to her question, the blond grinned.

"It's called, Metal Gear."

"Metal Gear…" She murmured, testing it on her tongue.

"I'll lend you it before the day is over." Yang nudged Blake in ribs.

"Well Blakey, looks like you and Lady Killer are bonding again eh?" She grinned. Sitting beside Jaune, Pyrrha frowned slightly before her smile returned.

"They are friends Yang. I think its fine for friends like them to bond." Yang quirked a bro, giving Pyrrha a knowing smirk as the redhead returned her look evenly. The Champion blinked twice as she noted the knowing smirk on Yang's face.

She, Jaune and Raven have the same smirks She realized.

"Ya sure you ain't even a little bothered?" Yang leered, a teasing grin on her face. She immediately lost her grin when Jaune poked her forehead with his index and middle finger.

"That's enough Little Sister, besides why would Pyrrha even feel remotely bothered?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. Yang batted away his hand with a small frown.

"Stop doing that Bro, seriously you do that every time you don't agree with something I do. Also, stop calling me little sister I still say its bull that you're older."

"A brother knows these things."

"My bullcrap meter is going off the charts."

"Foolish little sister."

"Stop calling me that-"

"Ow! Stop it! That hurts!"

Everyone paused for a moment before looking to see who sounded in such pain. Almost immediately, scowls came upon their faces as they saw the sight of Cardin Winchester and his team pulling the ears of a female Faunus with rabbit ears on her head.

"Ha! Ha! I told you it was real!" Cardin said with a grin.

"Man what a freak!"

"How unruly and barbaric," Weiss murmured in disgust gazing upon the scene with severe disapproval.

"I didn't think you'd care." Blake said with a scowl, her narrowed eyes not leaving the scene.

"Just because my family doesn't have the best of relationships with the Faunus doesn't mean we necessarily hate them." The white haired girl shot back. Blake remained silent, opting only to glancing at her for a moment before returning her narrow eyed gaze towards Cardin and his team.

"It's very deplorable of them." Pyrrha said a heavy frown on her face.

"I wanna go break their legs." Nora spoke, frowning. Ren said nothing as he placed a hand on Nora's shoulder, expression blank but for those who knew him they could see the disapproval in his eyes.

"They're a bunch of bullies." Ruby spoke up, a cute glare on her face. Yang slammed her fist into her palm.

"You ask me they need a good pounding."

"Look at how pathetic they are." Jaune sneered, catching everyone's attention. They wouldn't admit it but they all felt unnerved at the cold look in his eyes. The scowl on his face combined with how cold his eyes made him intimidating.

"Look at them, bullying others to hide their own insecurities, falsely giving themselves a sense of superiority to make them seem powerful and untouchable. Unaware of just how utterly pitiful and pathetic they truly are. It's shame that life is wasted on such fools." The blond stood from his seat and Ruby found her lips moving to speak as everyone was too busy staring at him.

"Jaune…. What are you going to do?" Jaune turned towards her, his lips moving.

"Bullies are weaklings. Weaklings who bully others so that they in turn do not feel weak, bullies need to be put in their place, to be reminded of how utterly pathetic they are. Forcibly, if need be." As he finished speaking, he turned towards Nora. "Nora, want to help me break their legs?" Almost immediately, a dark grin came upon Nora's features as she nodded eagerly.

Jaune looked at Ren, a silent order transferring as the two made eye contact. Recognizing the order, Ren hesitated briefly before releasing his hold on Nora's shoulder. The next moment, the girl was standing next to her leader, a grin on her features. The blond looked back at the others.

"Anyone else want to join us?" They all remained silent as they unsurely looked among themselves.

"Ow! Please stop!"

"Ha! I wonder what would happen if I pulled harder?"

"Please don't!

Cardin's words were enough for Yang. With a growl, she stood, eyes flaring crimson.

"I'm in."

With nod, Jaune glanced at the others who remained in their seats before he along with Nora and Yang began walking towards Cardin.

"Ow! You're pulling too hard! Stop it!"

Cardin would have continued pulling her ears after all he was receiving too much enjoyment in seeing her squirm. However, his grinning face became that of pain as Jaune took hold of his arm and twisted it. On reflex, he released his hold on Velvet's ear, the rabbit eared girl pulling away as she tenderly tended to her ear.

Jaune wasted no time. The second Cardin released his grip on Velvet's ear the blond twisted the boy's arm more. Crying out in pain, he buckled to his knees as Jaune kicked the back of his knees. Following this, Jaune planted his foot to the back of his head, panting the orange haired boy's face into the cafeteria chair he was previously seated him. The blond's grip on Cardin's arm remained and he began to bend the arm at an odd angle.

"Ow! S-Stop! You're gonna break it!" Jaune's eyes glinted coldly. The entire cafeteria became silent as they all looked at the sight. Many eyes widened in shock and surprised. Some approving, whilst others showed disapproval.

"I suppose I will at this rate won't I? That reminds me, this was the arm you were using to pull away at that girl's ears right?" He asked rhetorically. "Perhaps I should break this arm after all you don't seem to be using it to do something productive." He bent it more and Cardin cried out in pain.

He desperately looked towards his team for help only to be met with the sight of Nora sitting on Sky's back. The orange haired girl had the boy in a full nelson, a grin on her face. Russel and Dove were flailing around desperately as Yang had their heads in her arms. The blonde haired girl was grinning widely as she kept the two in her chokehold, crimson eyes flashing before fading into lilac.

Seeing where Cardin was looking, Jaune bent the arm further to the point of it threatening to break.

"Ah! Ow!"

"Don't look over there moronic fool, your team cannot assist you." He mercilessly said.

"W-What do you want?" Cardin whimpered.

"It's not about what I want, it's about what you are going to do." The blond leaned down and forcibly turned Cardin's head towards Velvet. "You are going to apologize to her." The boy in his grip remained silent and Jaune scowled before he began pulling his arm back further.

Ah! Okay! Okay!" Pained blue eyes looked at the rabbit Faunus. "I-I'm sorry."

"I don't think that was enough of an apology." Blue eyes glinting coldly, he bent Cardin's arm further. "I want you to apologize again, only this time, I want it to be sincere."

"I'm sorry!"

"P-Please stop, you're hurting him!" Velvet said, eyes pleading as she stared at Jaune. The blond haired boy glanced at her for a moment before returning his gaze towards his captive.

"Interesting, despite how he pulled your ear, despite the pain that he inflicted upon you, you're willing to forgive him?" Velvet hesitated slightly.

"Y-Yes, the pain in my ear is gone now. N-No harm done, so please stop," She pleaded.

"I don't think I'm going to." The immediate response she received from Jaune made her gasp as she looked at him in surprise. "Did he stop when you begged for him to? Did he stop when you cried in pain? Did he stop when he probably knew full well just how much pain he was putting you in?" Velvet hesitated, giving him a pleading a look begging for him to stop. Too bad the blond was not paying attention to the brown haired girl, instead only narrowing his eyes as Cardin whimpered as the pain he was increased.

"Uh, Bro, maybe we should chill out." Yang spoke up, releasing Russel and Dove from her chokehold. The two boys were on their knees gasping for air.

"Yang is right Jauney!" Nora spoke up, moving to stand beside Yang. Behind her, Sky groaned in pain as even so much as rolling his shoulder caused him discomfort. "Don't get me wrong, I'd love to break their legs but I think enough is enough." Unfortunately, Jaune did not reply, instead opting to remain in position keeping Cardin in place.

His blue eyes were still cold and merciless as he stared at Cardin's form. A snort of disgust escaped his lips. "How does it feel Cardin? To be reminded of just how utterly pathetic you are?" He sneered.

"Mr. Branwen that will be enough," Glynda demanded as she approached, having entered to find the entire cafeteria engulfed in silence. The blond stared at the female Professor in her eyes, the blonde haired woman glaring coldly at him with her emerald orbs. The two stared straight into each other's eyes for several long moments, the air around them tense as everyone in the cafeteria watched them with baited breaths.

Suddenly, Jaune smiled politely. "Professor Goodwitch, can I correctly assume that you've spoken to Cardin about his attitude before yes?" Glynda narrowed her eyes, not seeing where he was going with this.

"For the past few weeks Mr. Winchesters attitude towards the other students, specifically the Faunus have been rather deplorable. But I have given him a warning."

"And what has that accomplished exactly?" Glynda was taken aback.

"What?"

"It's actually quite simple. You say you've given Cardin a warning for him to cease his behavior. Yet, here he is, performing the same actions again and again. When you give someone a chance, they'll brush it off after all, they're confident that nothing drastic will happen to them the first time. The second time? They'll wait a bit perhaps even think of a way around it as they're sure the second time will involve punishment. But when no punishment is given, they grow confident again. The third time, they're positive they won't be punished too severely if not at all. And so the cycle will continue with each time you or another authority promising punishment but not delivering." The blond sneered.

"Thus pathetic fools like Cardin are under the impression that they can do whatever they please with no consequence being delivered." A scowl came upon his face as he stared Glynda straight in the eyes, everyone in the cafeteria watching him with shock and small amount of fear. "That's why, in order for a point to get across, you must make do on that promise of punishment and not simply give them a slap on the wrist each time. That's why, no matter the outcome, I will not regret this."

The only sign the Professor saw was the slight movement of his arm. Instantly her eyes widened, her riding crop rose in an effort to stop him with his semblance. She was too slow however and with a sickening crack that echoed around the entire cafeteria the arm of Cardin Winchester was broken. Accompanying it soon after was the howl of pain that erupted from the orange haired boy's lips as everyone watched on in a mixture of shock and horror.

All the while, Jaune never broke eye contact with the female Professor, his polite smile exchanged with a scowl that Raven would have been proud of. As Cardin whimpered and cried out in pain as he cradled his broken arm, Jaune rose his foot and harshly stomped it on Cardin's kneecap. Another sickening crack followed as Cardin's leg was broken followed by another howl of pain.

That was enough for Glynda to snap out of her shock. Her eyes narrowing in fury, the Professor glared coldly at the blond haired boy whose blue eyes remained cold and unchanging. His relaxed stance signifying how unrepentant he was, she clenched her fists tightly, her teeth gritted.

"The Headmaster's office. Now." She uttered softly, everyone but Jaune flinching in fear at the cold fury in her voice. Not saying a word, Jaune walked passed her, his expression neutral as he passed by a shocked Yang and Nora. Behind him, Velvet watched him go with shocked, horrified eyes.

"Would the other members of Team CDRL please assist your leader in getting to the infirmary?" Glynda snarled. Fearfully, said team members nodded. Satisfied, the Professer began Following behind her blond student. Jaune and Glynda walk passed the table the other members of his team along with Team RWBY were seated.

He did not need to look at them to see the shock and horrified looks in their eyes. Pyrrha's eyes were wide, concern and a small twinge of fear. However, it was not directed at him curiously enough, it was more directed towards Glynda. Ren eyed him with wide pink eyes, before they changed into concern that matched Pyrrha's.

Blake watched detached, understanding Jaune's reasoning but reluctant to admit that he was right in a way. Beside the black haired girl, Weiss watched neutrally, blue eyes blinking. Ruby was watching with shock, horrified eyes. Her silver orbs seeing but not believing.

As Glynda escorted Jaune out of the caferteria, glaring a hole in his head the whole way, a small spark of a memory came into her mind. In this memory, she was a girl around Jaune's age, wearing a Beacon uniform. Only instead of escorting a student out of the cafeteria, she was a student again watching her combat Professor escort Raven Branwen out of the cafeteria for a similar offence. The memory faded and Glynda scowled.

It appears Bart was right… History does repeat itself given the chance

The two walked pass the remaining members of Team CFVY, and Coco Adel watched them curiously. She turned to Fox and Yatsuhashi, only receiving shrugs in response.

The three entered the cafeteria and they promptly blinked at the eerie silence within the lunchroom. Everyone was silent as they all looked at their food, some idly playing with it whilst some stared at the table blankly. The three watched this with surprised looks before Coco spoke.

"The fuck happened here?" She asked loudly. Ruby turned to her in an instant, pointing a finger at the second year.

"Curse word!" In return, Coco pointed at Ruby.

"Yes it was red, yes it was."


Omake: Like Mother Like son

"Hey Mom, this is a really cool picture of an Airship." Ten real old Jaune spoke, gazing at said picture in admiration. Opposite of him, Raven blinked before standing from her crouched position near the campfire, the sun slowly setting over the horizon. The black haired woman maneuvered around until she was behind her son and she crouched.

"Yes, yes it is Jaune." She spoke, a small smile adorning her lips as she idly pat her son's head.

"I want to ride in one, one day." He announced happily. Raven frowned for a brief moment before she regained her smile, a hint of mirth dancing in her eyes.

"Is that so?"

"Yep! And I want you with me too!" At Jaune's sparkling, hopeful blue eyes, Raven couldn't find in herself to say no. She patted her son's head with smile.

"Of course Son," She murmured softly. The boy turned back to his book, gazing at the Airship in wonder. Being free of her son's scrutiny, Raven scowled at the picture, crimson eyes flashing dangerously.

We meet again my worst enemy She inwardly glowered, bristling slightly. Her calm smile was instantly placed back on her face as he son turned to regard her curiously. Not hesitating, she kissed Jaune's forehead and the boy smiled happily before turning back to his book. The second he did, she regained her scowl as she glared at the Airship.

As she glowered at the picture, her mind flashed back to the first time she ever rode on a Airship. It was a memory she would remember for the rest of her life.

"Hurry up Sis!"

"Hold on a minute Qrow, it's not going anywhere."

"But this is the first time Mom and Dad are letting us ride in an Airship! It's gonna be sweet!"

"I don't doubt that but calm down will you? You act like it'll be the last thing we ever do."

"Just hurry up- Ow! Stupid airship!"

That's what you get for not paying attention moron."

"Let's just get on the stupid thing."

"Heh how amusing."

"Whoa, we're pretty high up aren't we? How about you Sis? Having fun?"

"…."

"Sis? You okay? You look a little green."

"….. I don't feel so good…"

"I'll say, it looks like your gonna throw up any second now."

"Ugh…"

"Sis…..?"

"!"

"Holy crap you just threw up!"

"W-Why did I…? Ugh!"

"Ha! Ha! Ha! This is hilarious! Who would have thought my badass of a sister would get motion sickness!? Ha! Ha!"

"D-Don't laugh at me little brother! Ugh!"

"Oh god I need a camera!"

"Words…. Cannot describe how much I despise you right now… Ugh!"

"Ha! Ha! Ha! I guess I should call you vomit girl from now on!"

"Do so and they will never find your body! Ugh! I am never getting into these abominations again!"

"Ha! Ha! Ha!"

"Mom, are you okay?" Jaune's voice took her out of memory lane and Raven blinked as she was back in the present. Smiling, her lips parted.

"Of course I am Son, just remembering something particularly embarrassing about your Uncle Qrow." Her son blinked.

"Really?" Raven smiled deviously in response.

"Yes, let me tell you the story about how your Uncle had this silly little crush on this one girl and made a complete fool of himself trying to impress her."

Her crimson eyes glinted maliciously. Finally, after all these years…. Her vengeance against her brother for laughing at her that day was complete.