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Observing
"What exactly am I looking at here?" Weiss Schnee sighed as she witnessed the spectacle beside her.
After the fight between Yang and Goku, class ended when the bell was rung, with Glynda fixing the arena as the students left. Currently, team RWBY and JNPR were sitting in the cafeteria, along with Goku, who was loudly chugging down food as he grabbed them from various plates in front of him while Nora was telling them a recurring dream she had recently.
"This sure takes us back, doesn't it Ruby?" Yang asked her sister as she stared at her best friend.
"Yeah…, sure does," Ruby replied back with a cheerful smile on her face.
"And that's how me, Ren and Goku took over the world!" Nora exclaimed excitedly at the very prospect of doing such a thing one day. Ren, on the other hand, dreaded the very idea and hoped it stayed as a dream. Goku suddenly stopped eating as he had something to tell them, but all it came out were muffled words that they couldn't understand, since food was still stuck in his mouth.
"Umm, Goku. I think it would be better if you swallow your food first before speaking," Pyrrha told him nicely. Goku immediately swallowed his food and started pounding his chest to help with his digestion.
Weiss was understandably disgusted by the act before her. In all her years ever since she was born, she had never seen someone as improper as the faunus before her. She was raised in a civilised household after all. Unfortunately, she had to hold it in as she was still trying to be nice towards the faunus, the keyword being 'trying' because she was at her tipping point.
"What I was trying to say, aren't you guys gonna eat too?" Goku curiously asked as he noticed everyone around him stopped eating after he sat.
"I think all of us just lost our appetite..." Blake answered the faunus. No one could blame them however because anyone would lose their desire to eat after seeing what they just witnessed.
Ignoring them, Goku was about to start eating again but stopped as he heard a familiar voice behind him. The group shifted their focus to the scene that was currently occurring in the cafeteria.
Team CRDL was also at the cafeteria, but they certainly weren't eating like the rest of the students. The leader of the group, Cardin was pulling a faunus's ears, specifically someone Goku knew, Velvet.
Velvet felt a strong pain coming from her ears as it was being tugged strongly at the moment, but she didn't want to fight back, that would only lead to more conflict. Seeing as faunus weren't generally looked at in good light, she had no choice but to withstand the pain.
Cardin was certainly having the time of his life, punishing a stupid faunus while seeing her squirm in pain, it just felt so satisfying to him. However, he also wished he could do that to one other person, Pyrrha Nikos. She was a good for nothing know-it-all that just annoyed him to no end. She was certainly an annoyance to him, alongside with the filthy faunus infesting the place. Putting his attention back on the act at hand, he continued pulling Velvet's ears with even more force, but was stopped by someone's outstretched hand.
Goku, suffice to say, wasn't exactly pleased that someone was bullying his friend, especially someone like Velvet, one of the people he managed to befriend on his first day here.
"Can you stop doing that? It would be like someone pulling my tail," Goku said sternly as he told the leader of team CRDL.
Velvet had a concerned face as she stared at the monkey faunus, she wasn't worried about him being hurt, certainly not…but she hoped this didn't escalate into something more serious.
"Oh? You mean like this?" Russel Thrush, also one of the members of team CRDL, said as he grabbed on to the spiky-haired faunus's tail and gripped on it tightly.
Seeing what was happening before her, Ruby immediately got worried, "Oh no! Yang, doesn't it hurt Goku whenever someone pulls his tail, I mean really hurt…" Ruby winced as that memory was still present in her mind.
The other two of team RWBY and Team JNPR were certainly surprised by this little detail. Goku, who was strong enough to hold back and defeat Yang in combat, had a weakness as obvious as that.
"Yeah..., I think we should help him out a bit," Yang said slowly as she pulled up her sleeve, looking as she was preparing to take the entirety of team CRDL all on. Before anyone could stop Yang, Goku suddenly spoke, as if what Russel was doing wasn't affecting him at all.
"Could you let go? That's not very nice..." Goku said quietly.
"Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it freak?" Russel taunted as he was confident that the four of them could take him on.
"This!" In an instant, Goku swung his tail up hard, hanging Russel in mid-air. Russel was frightened by the sudden movement, as he cling his entire body towards Goku's tail, never letting go.
"Geez, are you really that scared? It's not even that high," after the faunus said that, he slammed his tail towards the ground, hurting Russel and causing him to lose his hold on the faunus's tail.
Cardin quickly changed his attention from Velvet to Goku now, as he was getting more pissed at the monkey faunus for making fun of them. He grabbed Goku by the shirt, letting out a glare as he threatened the spiky-haired faunus.
"Don't get cocky freak! Don't think you can save your own kind just because you're not a student here. Even if you have a job and you beat the blondie over there, an animal is still a filthy animal."
Goku merely blinked innocently before disappearing into thin air, surprising everyone nearby. Cardin looked around, trying to pinpoint the faunus's current location. Before he could react, Goku reappeared behind him and delivered a swift chop to the bully's neck, rendering him unconscious and dropping to the ground. The other three of team CRDL were scared off their pants after witnessing their leader got defeated so easily.
"Don't worry, he'll wake up in a few minutes so you should probably carry him somewhere to rest," Goku said as he stared at the other members of team CRDL. They heeded the faunus's advice as they carried their leader out of the cafeteria.
"Thank you Goku, although I hope nothing bad comes out of this..." Velvet said as she rubbed her ears.
"It's fine, I didn't hurt them too much, it was a pretty weak chop," Goku stated simply.
Velvet decided that now would be a good time to tell the martial artist of her request from last time, "I've been wanting to ask of you this for some time now but…could you possibly train me Goku?" Velvet hoped that Goku would accept her request but she also hoped that the martial artist wouldn't ask why.
"Sure! I finally got someone to train with so this will be great!" Goku said excitedly as he had wanted someone to train with ever since he got here, the fight he had with Yang was great but…he knew the blond brawler would not want to train with him due to her own reasons so this was perfect for him.
"So do you have any ideal place to train?" Velvet asked innocently.
Goku scratched his chin as he got deep in thought. After a few seconds, Goku had a look of realization as he proceeded to answer Velvet.
"Just go to the place where Glynda told me to go the last time you saw me."
"Is it fine, what if something gets destroyed?"
"I take care of the place now, I'm supposed to be farming but since they haven't grown yet so we can train there all we want, as long as the field isn't destroyed, Glynda really doesn't have anything to complain about...I hope," Goku gulped as he said those last words.
"Well then, I suppose I'll take my leave for now. See you later after school Goku," Velvet waved as she walked out of the cafeteria.
Goku waved back in response and walked back to team RWBY and JNPR. Once he sat down, he was greeted with faces full of surprise. Yang decided to step in first.
"Woah, not bad taking care of Cardin and his goons…Didn't expect your tail to get that strong though," Yang said as she bent her hips closer towards Goku's tail in order to observe if they were any differences than when he was a child.
"I got busy during those times, hehe," Goku chuckled lightly as he scratched his head.
"Although I feel you could have used a bit more tact, I am grateful you managed to shoo them away," Weiss said simply.
"So, are you complimenting him or telling him off?" Blade added in, she was grateful that Cardin and his gang got what came to them.
"Shut up!"
"I think you should have broken his legs Goku, well maybe not just that..." Nora mused cheerfully.
Ren decided to cut the conversation short as he thought that it was about time they got back, "I suggest we all go back to class now, break is almost over."
"Yeah, let's get back guys," Jaune said, he was thankful that the monkey faunus stepped in as he did because he was sure everyone would have ask him about his problems with Cardin lately.
Ruby stood up as she pushed the table downward, "Alright, let's go gang. Bye Goku!" With that, the young leader of team RWBY disappeared as she zipped away.
"We seriously need to keep a leash on your sister," Weiss stated as she stared at Yang. Yang simply smiled awkwardly while the sounds of Goku eating food could be heard as the monkey faunus continued his meal.
Goku was currently standing on the field, the one that he was tasked to take care of. It was a good thing the field was huge, otherwise he would have suggested both of them going to Emerald Forest to train and he didn't think Glynda would allowed it if she happened to know. He then noticed students were leaving the building left and right. The martial artist guessed that school was over and Velvet should be coming here soon. After waiting for a while, he finally saw a small silhouette going in this direction. As expected, it was Velvet, dressed in her combat uniform.
"Sorry for being a bit late, I needed to change into my combat suit." When Goku decided to take a closer look, he noticed her outfit was a long-sleeved brown jacket with a golden zipper, brown pants and black leggings with golden detail, also golden spaulders and vambraces on both her arms, as well as a belt along her waist. He was also curious to see that she didn't have any sort of weapons on her like Yang or Ruby, just a small box
Goku clapped his hands together as he grinned widely, "That's not a problem, come on, let's get started! First off, I gotta know what you're made of so give me everything you got Velvet!" Goku declared as he shifted into his standard fighting stance.
In response, Velvet also quickly got into her stance as she prepared herself. Knowing Goku, he probably wouldn't go into full power so she would probably be fine.
The two silently stared off at each other, each one awaiting for their opponent's first move. Velvet decided to destroy the silence as she leapt off into the air and led off with a jump kick with her right leg. Goku immediately dodged his head to the right, avoiding the attack. As soon as she landed back on the ground, she braced her knees and jumped again, this time straight at the monkey faunus. Opening her left hand and extending it, she let out an open palm thrust. Noticing this, Goku waited for Velvet to get closer. As soon as Velvet got within Goku's breathing space, Goku used both of his hand to press her left hand in-between both his hands, stopping her thrust as it got within an inch to Goku's face. He then lifted his entire body into the air and let out a kick from both his legs. Velvet let out an audible sound of pain as she was pushed away.
Goku immediately shifted himself back into a relaxed state as he let out a slow breath, "Whew, ok! I think I have an idea how strong you are Velvet, you were still holding back though..."
Still holding her stomach, Velvet scratched her head as she awkwardly tried to explain, "Well you see...I can't exactly use my weapons freely like that, they have a limit so to say..."
"Then what about those semblance things?" Goku never fully understood how those semblances thing work, although Qrow always just called his Ki his semblance so he just assumed that was what his was.
"I can use them, of course…but using them would defeat the purpose of training since my semblance depends on other people's abilities."
"Ohhhhh! So that's why you wanted to train with me."
"Yes, that's part of the reason," She probably shouldn't have said that, the real reason she was doing this was something she wouldn't want anyone to know, not even her teammates.
Goku was a bit confused at her words, but his confusion soon disappeared as both of them heard someone dashing through the premise of the academy. They noticed the mysterious figure was going straight for them. Once it got closer, the figure kicked up dust, obscuring both their vision.
"My, what on Remnant are you two doing here?" The figure asked with a curious tone in his voice. Once the dust settled and they had a better view, they saw it was Oobleck, standing tall and still holding his trademark coffee mug.
"Nothing much, just training with Velvet," Goku answered truthfully.
Oobleck bent his body, getting nearer to the both of them, as if inspecting them. He then took a sip of his coffee.
"I see…I suppose I can't ask too many questions. In fact, I say this is a great opportunity, Miss Scarlatina is an excellent student during my classes, I hope her love of history could rub off on you, young Goku," Oobleck was still trying to get the young faunus to appreciate the rich history Remnant beholds, although it was a futile effort. Nonetheless, if he couldn't do it, then maybe his best student could.
"I don't know, it's still all boring to me..." Goku simply stated.
"Hmmm, yes…I'll be counting on you, miss Scarlatina," Oobleck said as he ignored Goku's words.
"Ah yes!" Velvet's ears twitched up as she replied. Having said his piece, Oobleck left as he zipped away, leaving the two alone.
"You're not really going to teach me right?" Goku nervously asked as he really didn't want anything to do with history.
"You're not a student here so I don't think it's necessary, you're fine the way you are Goku," She honestly couldn't ever think of teaching Goku unless he wanted it, but she had a very strong feeling that he'll never ever request that.
"Whew, that's good. Anyway, it's time we start training seriously," Goku said as he adopted a serious look on his face. Just as the two were about to get into it, they were interrupted by voices a bit further away from them. Interested, Goku signaled Velvet to hide together in a small bush. Reluctantly, she followed him and the two waited to see what was going on.
Seconds later, the two saw Jaune and Pyrrha standing under a tree, with what seemed to be Jaune observing if anyone was around. Of course, he was wrong as they were two people listening already. Nonetheless, Jaune Arc told his partner something he had wanted to tell someone ever since he got into Beacon Academy.
"Jaune, why did you bring me here again, exactly? I thought we were going to the roof to start your training starting today?" Pyrrha asked with concern in her voice as her partner was acting strangely, even more so than usual.
Jaune gulped his saliva before he answered her, "You see…I just can't take this anymore," Jaune said as he drooped both his arms.
"Whatever do you mean?" the red head asked in puzzlement.
"Look, anything I say here needs to be kept in secret, tell no one, not even Ren or Nora," Jaune warned her.
Pyrrha merely nodded her head slowly. On the other hand, Velvet was feeling even more guilty as the conversation between Jaune and Pyrrha led on. She felt that she clearly shouldn't be listening in to this, she tugged at her friend's clothes lightly.
Goku immediately put a finger over his mouth, giving the indication to Velvet that she should stay quiet. She let out a sigh as she continue listening in to their conversation, with her conscience telling her this was wrong and she should turn back but the fact that she had no idea where else to hide was stopping her from doing so. That and she also wanted to know what Goku was thinking right now...that was before she heard a small rustling noise from another bush across of them. Noticing this, she finally understood what Goku was doing, thus she silent herself as the two continue hiding.
"I got a confession to make…I'm not supposed to be at Beacon," Jaune said, with a hint of guilt in his tone.
"Of course not Jaune, you do belong here."
"No, what I really mean is…I faked the transcripts to even be here in the first place," Jaune turned his head to Pyrrha as he was ashamed to even meet her in the eyes.
It was silent for a moment, for both Pyrrha and the people hiding near them. Pyrrha extended both her arms and gently pulled Jaune's shoulder back to meet with her gaze. Once their eyes met, Jaune didn't know what to do as he tried to avoid contact with his partner.
Pyrrha then gently put both her hands on the Arc's cheeks, causing the young Arc to finally look at her. What he saw wasn't pity, anger for lying to her, not even sadness in her eyes. It was confidence, pure confidence that Jaune couldn't help but admire.
"Jaune, it doesn't matter to me even if you're not even supposed to be at Beacon, what matters is that you're here… and I'm glad you are," As she finished the sentence with a smile, she noticed she was holding his cheeks and immediately let go in embarassment. She hoped Jaune didn't see that.
Fortunately, or unfortunately for the red head, Jaune didn't notice and was focusing solely on her words. She was right, why does it matter on how he came here? Okay it matters a lot but still...he was here now and he'll just have to prove himself worthy himself of being at Beacon.
"Yeah, you're right Pyrrha, I'll just work myself to the bone, let's get to training me right now!" With renewed determination in his mind, Jaune felt that it was not the end of the world…that was until both of them heard something rustling in one of the nearby bushes.
It was Cardin Winchester, the one that was the main source of Jaune's problems lately. Jaune was frightened, no… scared of the bully. Cardin now knew about Jaune's circumstances, there was no way the bully wouldn't take advantage of that. His partner, in response tensed up as she was preparing for any sort of conflict that might occur.
Goku and Velvet, however was still observing the situation as they continued to silently hide inside the bush since they knew of Cardin's presence since some time ago.
"Hey Jauney boy and know-it-all, how's it been?" Cardin gave a toothy grin, enjoying the nervousness that was coming out of them.
"You're probably wondering...when was I here. Pfttt, let me tell ya, since the time Jauney boy there was telling you to keep something a secret miss know-it-all. The instant I heard, there was just no way I could be missing out so you know..."
"And what exactly are you going to do now that you heard?" Depending on the bully's answer, Pyrrha Nikos was thinking of doing something drastic if needed.
"What do you think, make Jauney boy here do everything I say, from homework to the laundry, he's going to do it because he. has. no. choice."
With that, the red head was about to charge at the bully, that was, before an arm was blocking her way. She turned her head, noticing Jaune was having a determined expression on his face. Jaune was frightened, sure…but he also didn't want to trouble Pyrrha any further.
"Look Cardin, just leave me and my team alone, got it?" Jaune said bravely as his entire body was shaking as he said that.
"Oh, brave words there...so you wouldn't mind if I expose your little secret to the headmaster, am I right?" The Jaune from a few minutes ago would have been afraid, no absolutely terrified if Cardin did just that, and he would follow the bully's instructions to the letter, that was until Pyrrha gave him the confidence and the determination needed that he doesn't even care anymore, even if he was still a bit scared.
"I don't care. Go ahead, tell them, if it means not disappointing my friends, then I won't do it," Jaune said as he stood firmed in place. Pyrrha was entirely surprised and impressed by Jaune's bravery.
"Oh yeah? Well let me change your mind," Cardin warned as he slowly walked closer to the two.
Jaune was trying to face Cardin bravely but he was sadly failing as his body was still shaking. It was a good thing Pyrrha was there because she stepped in front of Jaune in a protective stance.
Seeing this, Cardin clicked his tongue in frustration as he backed up. The bully wasn't stupid, that damn Nikos would wipe the floor with him if he tried. However, he would have the pleasure of seeing Jaune getting kicked out, that was a consolation at least in his eyes.
"You brought this to yourself Jauney boy… I can't wait to see your reaction when you're shipped back home, crying to mommy," With that, Cardin Winchester left the two alone.
The two only stood in silence as they watched the sunset together. Jaune then turned his head to face his partner, the bright light illuminating him, "Come on Pyrrha, let's get to training, I gotta start now right?" Jaune asked with a small smile.
It took Pyrrha a moment before she could reply to her leader, "Of course, that would be nice," the two then left, with Jaune scared but determined and Pyrrha glad that Jaune stood up for himself like that.
Once the coast was clear, Goku and Velvet came out of the bush. As the two dusted off the leaves stuck on their body, Velvet finally decided to voice out her concerns.
"Goku, don't you think it would be a good idea if you tell Headmaster Ozpin of this before Cardin could tell him."
"Nah, it's fine. Ozpin's too smart to not know about that whatyamacallit thing being fake," Goku said as he put both his arms around his head.
"Transcripts Goku...you have a lot of fate in the headmaster don't you?"
"Yeah! Ozpin was the one who taught me the right way to train after all," The monkey faunus highly respected Ozpin, even if most of the time he still couldn't understand what the man was talking about most of the time.
"I do wonder how is it going right now at the headmaster's office?"
"What do you mean I'm wrong?" Cardin Winchester said as he slammed the desk hard. He was currently in the principal's office, conversing with both Glynda and Ozpin.
"It is what I said, Mr. Winchester. I have checked every student's profile several times before any of you even came for the evaluation, there is nothing wrong with Jaune Arc's transcripts."
"You gotta be shitting me!" Cardin couldn't believe it, there was no way that scaredy-cat was lying and was just trying to get sympathy points from the red head, there was just no way.
"Mr. Winchester, I would advise against using such crude language," Glynda said as she pushed her glasses upward.
"Now, if there's nothing else Mr. Winchester, I suggest you leave seeing as I still have many things to do," Cardin merely nodded as he slowly walked out of the room, gritting his teeth in frustration.
"Are you sure this is fine, Ozpin?" Glynda asked her superior as she only allowed this because Ozpin was the one told her to do so.
"It's fine, I had already predicted this would happen beforehand," Ozpin stated calmly as he sipped his coffee.
"I see..." With that, the two went into silent as they continued their work.
"Come on Velvet, let's get back to training!" Goku said as he pumped up his right arm.
"Right…before that, let's keep whatever just happened a secret, ok Goku?"
"Umm sure, but why?" Goku answered, with confusion clearly plastered on his face as the two walked back to train.
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Happy Chinese New Years guys. That's right, I get to say happy new year twice, which is pretty sweet. Anyhoo, I'm going to explain a bit about Goku's dust technique since I have nothing else that comes to mind right now.
Basically, when Goku grabs any of the dust crystals and concentrates, he can coat one part of his body of that specific element but it's only the area he grabs. Let's say he grabs a red Dust crystal with his left hand, only his left hand would be coated with fire. Plus, it's more like a one use technique since it drains a lot out of him. Will he get better at it? Well, he's Goku after all.
Final note, I probably won't update for around 2 months from now, since the threat of exams have come so yeah…..See ya all next time!
