(A/N)
Hello and welcome back to NCRS.
I apologize for the delay, I was focusing on the other chapters for my fanfics. Don't worry, I'm still gonna make sure that each of my fanfics get an update.
To recap what happened last time, Jaune was having some bully problems from Cardin and his team, so Ragna and Pyrrha decides to help out in their own way. Ragna took a stand and beats up Cardin while Pyrrha tries to help Jaune after finding out the truth, only for him to push her away. Cardin sees this as an opportunity to get back at them by using Jaune and pretending to be his friend.
With Ragna being aware of his plan, will he be able to stop Cardin or will Cardin get his revenge?
To find out the answer, let's get started!
NCRS Volume 1 Opening (S.O.W. Sense of Wonder by Idoling)
(sousa WE CAN DO IT! motto hatena darakede ikō)
Natsu flashes his grin while Ruby smiles while sticking her tongue out a bit.
Cloud crossing his arms and smirking while Weiss puts a hand on her hip while making her signature look.
(fushigi eno tobira wa me no mae ni aru)
Ragna scoffs as he adjusts his coat while Blake lowers her book and smiles a bit.
Snake adjust his headband and glares at the camera while Yang crosses her arms underneath her bust while winking.
(kono sekaijū ga WONDER LAND)
(bokura wa mō sudeni WONDER ringu)
Team RWBY and NCRS stands outside in front of Beacon Academy
(doki doki ga waku waku ni nattara WONDER furujan)
Screen glows Red, White, Black, and Yellow as the words "NCRS" in Pink, Gold, Blue, and Gray appears before disappearing by a flash of light
(jibuntte dare darō? riarutte nan darō?)
Natsu takes out Crimson Lotus in it's Tonfa Form and breathes fires as Ruby dashes off with her Speed Semblance while twirling her Crescent Rose. Cloud generates electricity while slamming Fenrir Buster down as Weiss uses multiple glyphs with her Myrtenaster
(ashita wa doushite mienain darō?)
Ragna activates his Blazblue before changing Blood Scythe to it's Scythe Form as Blake creates a Shadow Clone to leap into the air before descending down and swinging her Gambol Shroud. Snake turns invisible before appearing again as he fires Gray Fox as Yang burst into flames before charging in and punching while activating her Ember Celica
(koukishin no bun dake, leberu UP shiteku)
Jaune looking at the statue in Beacon as Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora appears to comfort him as the scent cuts to Ozpin drinking from his cup as he watches Glynda, Oobleck, Port, and Miller tutoring Otacon
(kimi to boku no EVERYDAY, sutetamon janai desho?)
Team RWBY and NCRS in their uniforms while studying as it cuts to them in their pajamas with Ranga and Cloud butting heads with each other, Ruby hugging an annoyed Weiss affectionately, Yang throwing pillows at Natsu as he tries to counterattack during their pillow fight, and Snake sighing as Blake reads her book.
(oshiete Sense of Wonder)
Scene plays Team RWBY and NCRS' moment in time from their past as they look sad and serious. Natsu hugging his dad, Cloud sitting on the porch with two girls, Ragna taking care of his brother and sister, Snake being trained by his father, Ruby looking at a tombstone, Weiss being lectured by her father, Blake standing behind Adam, and Yang sitting Bumblebee while holding her scroll in one hand.
(jinsei wa shugyou nari)
Team RWBY, JNPR, and NCRS take out their weapons as they charge into battle
(dakara WE CAN MAKE IT motto, hatena sagashi ni ikō)
A silhouette of 4 men and 1 woman appears with Roman Torchwick and the White Fang appearing in front of them as Roman twirls his cane, Melodic Cudgel before firing
(arifureta kotaeja gaman dekinai)
Blake shook her head before joining Yang, Weiss, Cloud, Ragna, and Snake to fight against the White Fang Grunts
(mahō ni kakatta WONDER LIFE bokura no mirai wa WONDER ringu.)
Ruby stumbles after getting whacked in the face by Roman's cane as Natsu catches her before the two charges in to fight him together.
(shitai koto shite ikiteru houga ganbarerujan!)
The rest of Team RWBY and NCRS struggles before Sun Wukong jumps in and helps them out. Sun starts leading them to where Roman, Ruby and Natsu are at. Roman fires a big shot as Natsu unleashes his fire breath while Ruby fires Crescent Rose after setting it to a Sniper.
(LET'S WONDERING!)
Scene cuts to Team NCRS, RWBY, JNPR, The teachers of Beacon, and Sun, who is hanging upside down while rest are either standing or sitting as they're all in front of the Kingdom of Vale.
The Reaper and the Knight
Beacon Academy Dorms, Night time
Pyrrha looks out the window sadly as Lie Ren loads StormFlower and Nora Valkyrie is jumping on her bed in the room for Team JNPR.
"How come Jaune gets home so late?" Nora asked.
"He's become rather scarce since he started fraternizing with Cardin." Ren pointed out.
"That's weird.. Doesn't he know that we have a field trip tomorrow?" Nora said while twirling in mid air before landing on her bed.
"I'm sure that our leader knows what he's doing." Pyrrha said angrily, obviously still hurt after Jaune refuses her offer from a few weeks ago.
Ren and Nora glances at each other, unaware that Jaune is just outside of the room.
"Hey Jaune." Jaune turns around to see Ruby in her pajamas. "Long time no see. Did you lock yourself out again?"
"Oh uh no!" Jaune answered, holding his scroll out.
"So.. where have you been lately?" She asked.
"I uh…" Jaune stutters a bit before sighing and sitting down on the floor. "I messed up. I did something I shouldn't have, and now Cardin has me on the leash, and Pyrrha wouldn't even talk to me.." Jaune tilts his head down with huge guilty look on his face. "I'm starting to think coming to this school was a bad idea.. I'm a failure."
"Nope." Ruby said.
"Nope?" Jaune asked.
"Nope. You're a leader now Jaune. You're not allowed to be a failure." Ruby said.
"But.. What if I'm a failure at being a leader?" He asked.
"Nope." Ruby said after thinking for a moment.
"You know, you're not the easiest person to talk to about these kinds of situations." Jaune chuckled as Ruby sits down next to him.
"Jaune, maybe you were a failure when you were a kid. And you might've been a failure the first day we met." Ruby said. "You know why?"
"Because..?" Jaune asked.
"Because it's not about you anymore. You got a team now along with Ruby and Natsu. And you three will end up bringing them down with you if you guys fail. A leader must put their teammates first before themselves." Ruby and Jaune got startled and turns to their left to see…
"Ragna? How long were you listening?" Ruby asked.
"Enough to figure out what the hell is happening." Ragna answers.
"And why are you helping me?" Jaune asked as he remembers that Ragna was the one that sucker punched him into one of the lockers.
"Because I can understand where you're coming from." Ragna said as he sits down with the two leaders.
"But, you don't look like a failure to us." Ruby pointed out. "You're one of the best students in Beacon."
"Even the best heroes always started from being zeroes." Ragna said.
"Did people considered you a failure before you joined Beacon?" Jaune asked.
"Well.. Sorta." Ragna admitted. "But people don't think of me as a failure, but as a monster because of my semblance and for who they think I am. Nobody never would've thought that I could be a huntsman and almost everybody avoided me out of fear. But an old cat faunus told me that no matter what people do to you or what they think or say about you, you can not let anything hold you back. And I can promise that your team would say the same." Those words made Jaune look at Ragna and starts to realize that despite the differences of how they were treated, he starts to sympathize with the Grim Reaper because they share the same pain.
"He's right Jaune." Ruby said, getting up and placing her hands on her hips. "Your team deserves a great leader, Jaune. And we think that it can be you."
"Thanks guys. And Ragna, you really are a nice guy after all." Jaune said as a small smile forms on his face.
"You better not tell anyone else about it or you'll be sorry." Ragna said.
"Don't worry Ragna. I won't." Jaune said.
"Have a good night you two." Ruby waves at Jaune and Ragna before entering her room.
"See you in the morning." Ragna said before leaving.
Jaune gets back up with a lot of new energy in him and he's about to open the door to his room, but stops as his scroll beeps and he takes it out to open it, which it's a message from Cardin. "Hey! It's your buddy, Cardin. I know that you're probably busy with the Dust Project I gave you, but I'm gonna need you to go out and get a bag full of Rapier Wasps. And make sure that they have huge stingers. It's important, so don't screw this up."
Jaune closes his scroll just when it begins to beep again. Sighing, he wearily heads down the hallway and away from his room.
Team NCRS' Dorm Room
"What?" Natsu, Cloud, and Snake looks shock, with the latter having his usual stoic face, but still has his eyes widen a bit. "Cardin is using Jaune to do his dirty work?"
"That's right." Ragna answered, now wearing his pajamas. "And I also found out that he's planning to blackmail us at any moment. I'm amazed that he and his team didn't do that during the last few days."
"Tell me that you didn't beat up Cardin on the day he started blackmailing Jaune, did you?" Snake sighs.
"I did that before he blackmailed him. What else was I supposed to do?" Ragna argued. "Besides, I got an idea that-" He was interrupted when Cloud grabs him by the coat.
"This is your fault for getting us into this mess in the first place Ragna!" Cloud shouted. "There's a reason why Weiss and the others get mad at you whenever you decided to use physical violence!"
"So you expect me to watch a person suffer while and do nothing to help them out!?" Ragna shouted, but not so loud so he doesn't wake up the other students in the building. "Well guess what? That is not what a huntsman does and you know it!"
"Guys, calm down.." Snake sighs. "You're gonna wake up the others..."
"But you do realize that Cardin is not only gonna screw Jaune over, right?" Cloud asked. "And you expect me to calm down when-"
"Cloud." Natsu interrupted. "I will admit that I am mad that Ragna has dragged us into a mess, but he does make a good point. A person who doesn't step in and help out their friends doesn't deserve to be a Huntsman."
"At least he has a reason for his actions." Snake added, causing Cloud to sigh.
"I'm sorry.. I just lost it when you said that Cardin is gonna blackmail us because of what you did..." Cloud apologized.
"It's okay Strife." Ragna said with a sigh. "Which is why I'm gonna fix this mess and get Jaune out of Cardin's grasp."
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Snake asked.
"By exposing Cardin for who he is." Ragna answered. "But I'm gonna need your help in order for this to work."
"Our help?" Cloud asked as he looks at Snake and Natsu for their opinion, only for the two partners to give him a nod, meaning that they're willing to listen to Ragna's idea. "Ok Ragna. What's the plan?"
Forever Fall
Team RWBY, JNPR, NCRS, and CRDL are currently following Glynda and a tall dark-skinned man with black hair and facial hair. The most prominent feature of this man is a mechanical gun arm for the right. The man was also wearing a dirty brown vest, green pants, and large brown boots. This was Barret Wallace, Beacon's Technology History Teacher.
"Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see." Glynda said. "Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and me and Professor Wallace are here to make sure none of you die while doing so."
The students stops as Jaune was struggling to carried 6 empty jars. He accidentally bumps into Cardin, who glares at him while Jaune whistles innocently.
"Now listen up students!" Barrett shouted. "Each of you will grab one jar and fill it up with red sap. However, this forest is crawling with Grimm, so you better make sure that you stick with your teammates. This project is important, so you all better not f*** this up." (A reference Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged) He then changes his glare to Cloud specifically while Ruby gasps innocently.
"Don't repeat that word Ruby!" Yang said while covering Ruby's ears with her hands.
'Why is he looking at me specifically?' Cloud thought while annoyed due to the fact that the two tend to have a rocky relationship.
"We will rendezvous back here at 4 o'clock. Have fun!"Glynda said as the students leaves to collect red sap before turning to Barrett. "You really need to watch your language in front of these kids… Are you trying to be a bad influence?"
"I was just giving them instructions while putting a bit of seriousness in them." Barrett said. "Everyone has their own method of teaching Glynda."
"I'm afraid that we both have different definitions of teaching methods.." Glynda sighed.
Jaune tries to sneak away from Team CRDL, only for the blackmailers sees this as Cardin grabs him and pulls him away.
"Come on buddy, let's go." Cardin said while taking Jaune away. The desperate man looks at his team while Pyrrha looks at him in concern before walking away after Jaune turns away and follows Team CRDL.
"Hey Natsu, mind if go ahead and see if there any other trees that are filled with sap?" Snake asked.
"Sure." Natsu answered.
"Let's make sure that we can still see Snake." Cloud suggested as his teammates nodded in agreement.
"Don't get lost or go too far ahead." Ragna said.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Snake sighs as he walks ahead of them. Seeing Team CRDL and their new friend, Snake immediately camouflages himself while sneaking over to them without making a sound.
"Hey guys." The remaining members of Team NCRS turns around to see Ruby with a jar in her hand. "Where's Snake?"
"Oh, he wanted to go on ahead to see if there's any trees filled with red sap." Natsu answered.
"So you guys are letting him wander off on his own?" Blake questioned as she, Weiss, and Yang are behind Ruby, examining the tree to see if there's any sap.
"Relax Blake." Cloud said. "Stealth is Snake's specialty. We trust him."
"But if it's any reassurance, we told him to don't too far ahead." Ragna added.
"Oh. Ok." Yang said.
"You better hope that he doesn't run into any trouble." Weiss pointed out before turning to Natsu. "I'm sure that it'll be on you guys, mainly on you Natsu, if Snake gets-"
"We know." Natsu, Ragna, and Cloud said in unison with a bit of annoyance in their tone. The three then heads back to examining the trees to see if the sap is ripe for collecting.
Blake started collecting sap after examining a tree for a bit as what appears to be a small silver chain is hanging out of her pockets, to which Yang took notice.
"What's that?" Yang asked.
"Huh?" Blake looks at her partner in confusion.
"What's that in your pocket?" Yang asked again, pointing at the silver chain. Blake looks at the chain and sighs, before shoving it back inside.
"It's just a necklace.." She answers. "Are you gonna help out with the syrup or are you just gonna keep staring?"
"Jeez, no need to be so grumpy Blake." Yang said with a smirk. "I was just curious. Plus, it was gonna fall out."
"Thanks.. I guess.." Blake said simply before handing a filled up jar to her partner.
Team CRDL is making themselves as comfortable as possible by leaning on stones, trees, and the ground while Jaune returns to the group with six full jars, setting them down just as he collapses face-down. The surrounding team gets up in response.
"Nice work Jauney-Boy." Cardin said. "Now that wasn't too hard, was it?"
"I think I'm allergic to this stuff.." Jaune responded while cross-eyed and sounding dizzy.
"Greeeeat, great, great. So, Jaune, I bet you're asking yourself, Why did my buddy Cardin ask me to collect six jars of tree sap when there's only five of us?'" Cardin said.
"Don't tell me..." Snake said to himself quietly so he won't be detected.
"That is one of the many questions I have asked myself today.." Jaune said
"Well, come with me and you'll find out." Cardin said as Jaune sits up, moaning and getting worried. They walked over to the others, who are still collecting sap. Snake manages to hide behind one of the the trees.
'Now's the time.' Snake thought to himself as he quietly takes out his scroll, starts recording the trees in front of him to see if there's any wildlife.
"Cardin, what's going on?" Jaune asked.
"Payback." Cardin said as he and his team are glaring specifically at…
"Pyrrha and Ragna..?" Jaune gasps in shock. "What are you-"
"There they are." Cardin interrupted. "Red-haired know-it-all and White-haired Hero. Alright boys, Jaune here managed to round up an entire box of Rapier Wasps, and now, we're gonna put him to work."
During their conversation, Snake overheard this and immediately turns around quietly as he's now filming Team CRDL and Jaune. 'Even though recording the wildlife counts as extra credit, I better be cautious.'
"Now, according to one of the essays you wrote for me last week, these nasty things LOVE sweets." Cardin said as Pyrrha and Ragna finished collecting sap. "I'm thinking it's time we teach them a thing or two." He then turns to Jaune. "And you're gonna be the one to do it."
"Do what?" Jaune asked.
"Hit them with the sap!" Cardin ordered. "Do that or I'm gonna have a little chit-chat with Miss Goodwitch and Mr Wallace, and you'll be on the first airship out of Beacon."
Jaune looks at the Grim Reaper and his partner before looking down at the jars. He looks up and prepares to throw the sap at them, but froze at the last second. "No."
"What did you say?" Cardin asked.
"I said… NO!" Jaune yelled as he threw the jars, causing them to bounce off a tree with one bouncing off of Cardin's breastplate, covering it with sap.
"You've done it now.." Cardin growls as he picked up Jaune.
Team CRDL starts laughing as their leader is viciously beating up Jaune, who is grunting in pain.
"You know that wasn't very smart, Jauney boy." Cardin said as he picked the bruised Jaune back up. "I'm gonna make sure they send you back to mommy in teeny tiny PIECES."
"I don't care what you do to me…" Jaune said with anger, but weakly due to the injuries. "I will not let you hurt my teammates and my friends..!"
"What? You think talk like that makes you tough? You think you're a big strong man now?" Cardin taunted. "You're just a weakling that's holding this stupid and pathetic school back. Miss Know-it-All thinks she's popular, but she and the rest of your team is lame. Team RWBY thinks they got what it takes, their leader is just a baby who doesn't deserve to be here. Team NCRS may be popular with their strength, but each and every one of them are nothing but fakes and a bunch of fucking idiots. And the teachers, they think that they're teaching us everything, but all of this is just a waste of time."
'That is all I needed to hear..' Snake thought to himself. He stops filming and starts to create a message about how he stumble upon what he saw while he's trying to get extra credit.
"And I'm gonna show how weak and pathetic Beacon really is! Starting with you.." Cardin prepares to throw another punch at Jaune, only for a bright light shines from Jaune, and when the white fades from the screen, Cardin is crying out in pain as he holds his hand. Jaune, now back on the ground but completely healed, looks confusedly at his hands as they faintly glow white.
Seeing that he's distracted, Sky Lark kicks Jaune into a tree, causing the blonde knight to fall down as the latter looks up at Cardin.
"Let's see how much of a man you really are.." Cardin intimidated, but froze after hearing a loud roar. He turns around to see a giant Ursa.
"That's a big Ursa!" The rest of Team CRDL runs away like cowards while Cardin stays and fight, only for the giant Ursa to immediately knocks its weapon away.
'Damn..' Snake sneaks away quietly before deactivating his camouflage and reaching back to his team.
"Hey Snake. How did your search go?" Natsu said with a wave, but stops after looking at his partner. It may not look like it, but he can tell that there's a hint of concern in his eyes. "Dude, what's wrong?"
"We might have a problem.." Snake answered.
"Does it have to do with that sound?" Ruby asked.
"URSA!" Russell yelled as he accidentally bumps into Yang.
"Where?" She asked.
"Back there!" He answered while pointing back. "It's got Cardin!"
"Jaune!" Pyrrha shouted as she drops her jar.
"You fucking dumbass!" Ragna shouted as he picks up Russell by the collar of his shirt. "Why would you abandon him!?"
"Ragna, put him down!" Natsu ordered, causing Ragna to sigh and drops Russell. " Cloud, you and Snake go get Professor Goodwitch and Wallace!"
"We're on it." Cloud nodded as he and Snake runs to where the two professors are at.
"Yang!" Ruby spoke up. "You and Blake go with them." The two girls nod in agreement and starts trailing behind Cloud and Snake.
"You two go with them." Pyrrha said to Ren and Nora. "There might be more." Ren and Nora starts following the four that left before the remaining five runs to where Cardin and Jaune are at.
'You better not die you damn idiot..!' Ragna thought to himself.
"There they are!" Ruby shouted, pointing at the situation.
"Crap, crap, crap!" Cardin runs away from the Ursa, only for the beast to leaps over him and claws him away.
"Son of a.." Ragna gasped as this Ursa was WAY bigger than the previous ones he has seen before joining Beacon. He then sees Jaune running in and blocking the Ursa's next attack with his shield.
"We gotta help him!" Natsu said as he and Weiss readied themselves to join the fight.
"Wait!" Pyrrha said, holding her arms in front of them.
Jaune takes the shield out from the Ursa's paw and slashes at its stomach, causing it to lash out and try to crush him. He rolls out of the way and jumps over its swipe at his feet, but he is unprepared for when it launches a claw at him in midair. He lands far away, yet is immediately back on his feet and passing Cardin as he charges again. The Ursa knocks Jaune behind it when he tries for a leaping attack, and he looks at the Scroll in his shield to find out that his Aura level is in the red. He grows angry again and starts to run at the Ursa as it also begins to dash towards him.
As they are just about to clash in slow-motion, Pyrrha sees that Jaune has left himself completely open to the Ursa's attack, and lifts her hand out to him, gathering dark red energy in her arm. Just as the Ursa is about to hit him, the glow surrounds Jaune's shield and makes it lift up to block the swipe. Jaune uses the surprise defensive move to lean on the ground, push his shield back up, and swing his blade right through the Ursa's neck. The head falls to the ground as the body slams onto the ground before disintegrating.
"Whoa.." Natsu gasped in shock and awe.
"What?" Ruby asked as Pyrrha lowers her hand.
"How the hell did you-" Ragna started to ask.
"Well, Ruby has her speed, Weiss has her Glyphs, Natsu has his fire, and you have your Azure." Pyrrha answered. "My semblance is Polarity."
"So you control poles..?" Natsu asked.
"No you idiot!" Weiss said. "It means she has control over magnetism."
"Magnets are cool too.." Ruby said as she, Pyrrha, Natsu, and Ragna begins to leave.
"Hey, where are you guys going?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah, we gotta tell them about what happened." Ruby said.
"There's no need for that." Ragna said.
"What do you mean?" Pyrrha asked as the two teachers are starting to walk over, which she realizes that they look angry.
"They don't look too happy…" Ruby said.
"What did you two do..?" Weiss sighs as she turns to Natsu and Ragna, to which Natsu was laughing nervously while Ragna sighs.
Jaune walks over to Cardin, to which the bully look shocked. "Holy crap Jaune."
"Don't ever mess with my team - my FRIENDS - EVER again." Jaune said with a threatening tone in his voice. Cardin looks intimidated, possibly even apologetic. With his order spoken, Jaune turns and walks away from a frozen Cardin.
"CARDIN WINCHESTER!" Cardin becomes more scared as he turns to see Barrett and Glynda. Barrett then grabs Cardin by the arm. "You and your team f***ed up BIG TIME…!"
"Wha-What? What do you-" Cardin started to stutter.
"I want you and your team to meet us in Ozpin's office when we get back…" Glynda scolded as Barrett begins to drag Cardin back to rendezvous point by the arm. As the other students, minus Team CRDL meet up and starts walking back while Team NCRS finally admitted what's going on.
"So that's what you guys did?" Yang said in shock.
"Why did you do that?" Jaune asked.
"They were using you so they can attack Pyrrha and Ragna." Snake said. "And right when I was about to stop recording, they began badmouthing everyone at Beacon Academy."
"I hope you guys realize that they're gonna be after you now if they find out, right?" Ren stated.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine." Cloud said.
"Hey, it's better than beating them up." Ragna pointed out. "Besides, they definitely deserve it after the horrible crap they said about us."
"Well, it is less barbaric compared to your usual method…" Weiss admitted with a sigh.
"Even though it was nice and bold of you to take a stand for all of should be careful Snake." Ruby said in concern.
"Erm… It was actually Ragna's idea." Snake admitted as everyone looks at Ragna.
"It was a team effort.." Ragna said crossing his arm before smiling.
"Yeah, there's no way we're gonna let those jerks get away with that." Natsu said with a toothy grin. "You guys are our friends."
"Aww, you guys are so sweet~!" Yang gushed as he squeezes Team NCRS in a very tight hug, much to their discomfort.
"Are you trying to kill us!?" Team NCRS shouted in pain.
"Yang! Let them go! You're choking them!" Ruby begged while the rest has different reactions: Weiss, Blake, and Ren lets out a sigh, Jaune and Pyrrha are laughing awkwardly, while Nora is giggling.
"You should be happy boys." Nora teased. "You're getting a hug from a woman."
"She's choking us to death!" Team NCRS argued while struggling to get out of Yang's hug.
Beacon Academy, Ozpin's Office
"Team CRDL, we are extremely disappointed in you." Miller said with his arms crossed as he's pacing left and right while Ozpin is watching the video. "Do you realize what you have done?"
"We-" Cardin was about to speak up.
"And don't think we're just just talking about you boys blackmailing Mr. Arc!" Oobleck shouted while holding two paper assignments, showing that the handwriting is similar.
"Not only you boys did you use Mr. Arc to do your own dirty work, but you boys have said those awful things about us and Beacon Academy in general." Port said, which there's obviously a hint of anger in his tone.
"But that video was fake!" Russell lied.
"We've talked to Mr. Arc and a few other students about it and they confirmed that it was true." Glynda scolded.
"You boys have the skills of a huntsman, I won't deny it." Ozpin admitted, but his tone was filled with nothing but disappointment. "But it takes more than just strength to be a fully grown huntsman. It takes patience, intelligence, cooperation with your teammates and other huntsmen and huntresses, and a pure heart. And you boys haven't shown any of the latter options during your few months at Beacon."
"But we were trying to-" Cardin started to speak.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Barrett shouted, causing Team CRDL to froze in fear.
"I have tolerated your behavior for too long." Ozpin sighs.
"WHAT!?" Cardin shouted at the news while standing out of his seat.
"You heard him. We're kicking you four out of Beacon." Miller bluntly said. "And we're gonna let each of your parents know what you've been doing."
"We want you boys out of the school and your dorm room empty by tomorrow morning." Glynda said as Team CRDL sighs as they exit out of the office.
"They were such a disappointment…" Oobleck sighs as he takes a sip from his thermos.
"They have so much potential and they threw it all away.." Port added.
"Ozpin, we need to make sure that the video doesn't go public." Miller suggested.
"He's right." Glynda agreed. "We don't want Beacon's reputation to be destroyed."
"We'll go tell the students that were present about this tomorrow in class." Barrett said as he and the other teachers, minus Ozpin, leaves the office.
Balcony
Later that night, a uniformed Jaune stands on the edge and looks into the distance at the green lights of Beacon.
"No Cardin tonight?" Jaune turns to see Pyrrha walking to stand next to him. "I thought you two were best buds."
"Pyrrha... I'm sorry." Jaune apologized. "I was a jerk! You were only trying to be nice, and... I had all this stupid macho stuff in my head-"
"It's okay Jaune." She said with a smile. "Your team really misses their leader, you know." She then starts walking to the entrance. "You could come downstairs. Ren made Pancakes! No syrup- though, you can thank Nora for that."
"Wait!" Jaune shouted. "I know I don't deserve it after all that happened, but... would you still be willing to help me... to help me become a better fighter?"
Pyrrha turns to the sheepish man and smirks before pushing him down to the ground. "Your stance is all wrong. You have to be wider and lower to the ground." She then helps him up as the two smiles. "Now let's try that again."
Unaware of the two partners, a uniformed Ragna is watching them with a smile before walking away. 'I'm glad that those two finally made up.'
The Next Day
Cardin grumbles with his briefcase and bag in hand as he's currently making his way back home with an angry look on his face.
"I can't believe that we've been kicked out because of us trying to get revenge…!" He shouted. "Beacon is just the worst…"
"Wow, I didn't realize that your hatred for Beacon Academy was strong. I like it!" Cardin jumps a bit and took his mace out as he tries to see who is talking to him. "Oh, there's no need for the mace. Not yet. We just wanna have a little talk to you."
Carin then turns to his back and sees Hazama and Zeref standing behind him. "Who the hell are you?"
"Oh, where are my manners?" Hazama does a professional bow before placing a hand on his hip. "My name is Hazama Honaka. And this here is one of my partners, Zeref. I'm sure you heard about him, have you?"
"Zeref..? The Killing Huntsman?" Cardin asked in slight shock. "I've heard legends about you, but I never thought that the Killing Huntsman will be about the same age as me."
"I'm about 3 years older than you.." Zeref said coldly with an expressionless look on his face.
"Anyways, we can't help but overhear about what you're saying." Hazama said. "It looks like Ozpin has kicked out some students that he thinks is trash."
"Yeah, but how did you know?" Cardin asked.
"I've got many different methods of retrieving information that you don't know about." He answered. "But we're not here to talk about our achievements. You seem helpless, so I wanna make an offer."
"And why would I listen to you guys?" Cardin growls as he slowly raise his mace up.
"Whoa, you sure got a pair of balls!" Hazama laughed before clearing his throat and signals Cardin to follow them.
"You've been wondering where your friends are at, right?" Zeref asked as this caught Cardin's curiosity, causing him to follow the two villains into an abandoned warehouse. Once they entered the warehouse, they turned the lights on and Cardin screams in horror as he sees Dove and Lark dead on the floor, covered in blood and with their necks snapped.
"What did you do to them!?" Cardin asked in anger. "Where's Russell!?"
"C-Cardin…" The former leader of Team CRDL heard his partner's voice and sees him all beaten up and has a few small open wounds, causing blood to leak out.
"Russell!" Cardin was about to rush over to his injured partner.
"Hold it." Hazama said as he has his ouroboros moving around Cardin, but doesn't bind him. "Your friend won't last long. We've tried to convince them to join us, but they lashed out on us. And well, let's just say that Zeref and a few others decided to send them somewhere else where they're better off. They were weak anyways."
"You bastards..!" Cardin shouted, but froze after her felt something poking his back a bit. He turns to see a red-eyed Zeref, pointing his weapon at him.
"Let him finish or you'll be suffering in the afterlife along with your friends.." Zeref said.
"Now, now Zeref." Hazama held a hand up. "We don't want to kill the last bird." Zeref looks at his boss, then to cardin and his weapon before sighing as he puts his weapon away. "Cardin, I understand your pain. I really do. We're both perceived as monsters. People don't understand our actions because they considered them evil because they're scared of knowing the truth. And I can tell that the pain in your eyes are saying that you want to get revenge against those who treated you like shit. You are destined to do great things Cardin Winchester, I know it. You want to make those assholes suffer. You want to beat them to a bloody pulp. I know you want to do it badly."
"Well.." Cardin sighs as he's currently conflicted before Hazama took out a scroll and shows him the same video of him and his team beating up Jaune. "How did-?"
"Like I said." Hazama said. "I have all sorts of different methods of retrieving information. And I managed to find the culprit who recorded you and ruined your plans. It took a while to figure out who they are, but I managed to pull it off." He then exits out of the video and then puts an image of Team NCRS on display.
"It was.. Team NCRS…" Cardin's expression went from shock to anger. "Why didn't I seen this sooner? It's them… It's them that I hate the most…"
"It's not just you that hates them." Hazama said. "Oh yes, we share the same hatred as you do. Imagine if we worked together. That's right, we would get what we want once we get rid of those pesky obstacles out of our way." He then makes his ouroboros disappeared. "Interested?"
"If you're willing to join us, then you gotta prove it." Zeref said as this makes Cardin tilt his head down and thinks about what he's gonna do. Afterwards, the man then slowly approaches the injured Russell.
"Cardin, help me with these injuries and we can beat them together… We are partners and friends after all...!" Russell coughed, before realizing his friend's expression. "Cardin…?"
"You're no longer my partner. And I have no friends." Cardin said, raising his mace up with an evil look on his face, scaring his now former partner.
"Wait Cardin! Don't! DON'T!" He begs as the entire screen turns black when Cardin slams his weapon down on Russell, ending his life for good…
(A/N)
And that is it for this chapter!
I hope that you enjoy this chapter because I think this one's good. It's got good development for Jaune Arc and shows Ragna's soft side.
And if you're wondering about the changes in the RWBY story, I actually want Team CRDL to get what they deserve by having them kicked out of Beacon Academy. And yes, Cardin will be a major villain in this series, which explains the rather gruesome and dark ending to this chapter. The whole 'Killing Cardin's teammates' came to me because If I make all four of them join the villains, then that'll be way too much villains to managed. Sometimes you gotta do the math to make things even.
One more thing before I end this chapter. We are getting close to the end of Volume 1, so be sure get ready for Volume 2 when it comes out.
Next Time: Hiding in the Shadows