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"What?" was all Yang could say.

"He's blind." Jaune repeated.

The old man stood up and walked a few steps towards Jaune before tripping on a rock.

"So you've figured it out eh?" the old man asked as he stood back up. "You weren't supposed to find out this quick."

"Well you make it kind of easy when you're tripping all over the place. Why did you hide from us?"

The old man sighed and signaled for everybody to regroup. He told everyone that he would explain himself after everything was cleaned up from the previous fight.

After they finished setting everything up again he signaled for everyone to gather around the campfire.

"Okay so I suppose you're wondering what exactly is going on? I'll tell you, but you can't tell anybody else what I am going to tell you.

Everyone agreed and started to lean in closer to hear his explanation.

"I requested you guys to come and guard me. The reason I did that was to watch and see how you guys have progressed in your training. I realized one very important thing while doing this."

"What?" Jaune asked

"I'M BLIND!" the old man shouted. Jiji started to have a laughing fit. Everyone was losing their patience with this old geezer and Yang was about to snap again. Even Ren seemed to be running out of patience. Jaune decided to speak up before anyone else did.

"So you brought us out into Grimm infested woods to watch us fight and you just now realize that you're blind." Jaune said with annoyance in his voice.

"Correct!"

"No offense, but I'm starting to hate you."

The old man laughed when he heard this and spoke in a serious tone.

"You're starting to sound just like your father… that is…before the incident I mean." Jiji said with great sadness in his voice.

"What do you know about THAT?" Jaune said in a low and dangerous tone.

"I know everything."

"Wait a minute!" Weiss said as she jumped up from her seat. "I recognize you now! You're the former headmaster of Beacon!"

"Oh so someone recognizes me eh? Yes yes that's me."

"They said you died of illness."

"Yes there was a lot happening at Beacon that was never released to the public. Some things I can't quite tell you, in short I had to disappear."

"I see." Weiss said with disappointment in her voice as she sat back down. She obviously wanted to know more about what happened at Beacon but the Jiji wasn't going to say anything else about the matter.

"So Jaune I bet you're wondering how I know about the incident."

"…"

"I'll take your silence as a yes…I was the one who taught your mother how to be a hunter. Oh man I could sit here and reminisce about the past all night, but that can wait. The reason I requested your teams is to prepare you."

"Prepare us for what?" asked Ruby

"I can't say. You'll know…in due time. I will be training you until I see that you're ready to go back to Beacon."

"NOW HOLD ON. WHO SAID YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT!" shouted Yang.

"Ozpin gave me permission. You may be good but you're still nowhere near ready for the challenges that await you."

"Enough with the riddles."

"How?" interrupted Jaune "How is a blind man going to train us?"

"Oh ho you think that I'm the blind one? I've seen things that you wouldn't believe and I've been blind since the day I was born. I suppose I could use my aura now, no point in hiding it since you all know the truth."

The old man sat still for a couple minutes while humming a soft tune that Jaune could barely hear. All of a sudden Jaune felt overwhelmed by something that took the breath out of him. Pyrrha who was sitting next to him tried to help by keeping him upright in his seat so he wouldn't fall over. Jaune looked around and saw some of his friends struggle to sit upright while others seemed completely unfazed, like Pyrrha. Jaune started to get used to the change in the atmosphere. After a couple minutes Jaune was back to his normal self. Almost as if nothing had happened.

"There now I got a good look of our area."

"What…*huff huff*… the hell…was that." Jaune breathed out as he tried to steady himself.

"I see things by using my aura and scattering it out over the area near me."

"I don't quite understand." Pyrrha said

"Hmmmm…. I got it! It's almost like invisible mist. Everything within the mist is what I can see. In a way it is better than normal sight, seeing things in a wide area rather than trusting only what you're eyes pick up. Now I have a perfect view of anything and everything within my mist."

"That's…soo cool!" said Ruby as she jumped out of her seat and rushed over to the old man "Can you teach me how to do that!"

"Maybe…it depends on the person."

"I have so many questions!" said Ruby.

"I'm sure you do but we've all had enough excitement for tonight. You should all get some rest we have a long day tomorrow."

Jaune headed to his tent where he and Ren were sleeping. Jaune barely got any sleep that night. He kept pondering Jiji's words.

'How does he know so much? I wish I could've asked him more.'

"Jaune?"

"Yes Ren?"

"What do you think about Jiji?"

"I don't trust him"

"I didn't at first either…but…"

"But what?"

"He seems like he genuinely wants to help us."

"I don't know…it just seems like he's hiding too much from us."

"Maybe…we've all got something to hide Jaune."

Their conversation ended on that note as Ren turned over and went to sleep. 'Great now I've got more pondering to do' Jaune thought to himself as he lay in his sleeping bag. Jaune fell asleep a few hours later, dreaming of the incident that continued to plague him to this day.

Sorry if this chapter isn't up to par with my previous ones. I was tired while writing this and I tend to get a little…loopy when I'm tired. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter. As always please leave a review, criticism is always welcome, and have a good day. Carnage out