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Third Person POV

"Sir, we are nearing the hunter academy," a robotic mech spoke as it saluted to its master, Deadlock.

"Good, prepare all weapons and ground forces, we only need Roman, nothing else," the robotic bounty hunter replied, waving a hand without care.

The robotic servant/soldier walked out of the bridge, leaving the ex-huntsman to contemplate on his return to Beacon. A smile came across his metal lips as his poisonous green optics spun slowly, the mechanical form of narrowing eyes. He spied the many airships carrying parents and students to the academy.

"Prepare for extermination," he murmured as the pilot's seat met his body.

Jaune POV

"Whoa!" I shouted as Artie shoved me into a pretty big suit case.

"Hi mom, hey dad," she said as she zipped it up.

"Arthelle, it's so good to see you!" I heard mom squeal in joy as I hid from our parents. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"Mom, mom! I'm fine," I listened in on and sighed silently when I heard them moving away.

I pushed the suitcase's lid, but forgot it was zipped up.

"Uh, anyone?" I asked as I stood there, in a suitcase.

I waited for a couple minutes, calling out until I heard a zipping sound. The suitcase opened to show Ren and Nora with their parents.

"Jaune?" Ren asked and I sheepishly waved, "What are you doing in a suitcase?"

"Hiding," I answered and he sighed, putting a hand on his face while Nora kept on smiling her normal, huge smile, "so they're your guys' parents?"

"Why yes Mr. Arc," an older looking Ren said as he held out a hand, "Ren has mentioned you in his letters and messages."

"Really?" I asked and my teammate/buddy nodded.

"So has our little Nora!" an older woman with longer hair than Nora squealed as she grabbed her daughter in a bear hug.

"Mom," Nora whined and the older woman let go.

"So I guess it's parent's day," I joked and they shrugged.

"Where's your ma and pa?" Nora asked, putting on an accent to go with her question.

"Well, they don't really know I'm here," I confessed and all six heads tilted. "I, uh... it's a long story."

"Ooookaaaaaay," Nora said, eyeing me suspiciously.

"Mr. Arc," I heard and cringed, thinking a teacher had found me and was going to take me to my parents, instead I came face to face with Beacon's recent savior. "I was under the impression you would be with your parents and sister."

"Well, uh Mr. Smith, I was just talking to my teammates and their parents," I nervously answered and he raised and eyebrow before shrugging.

"Reasonable," the reinstated huntsman said and looked around at the crowds of people on the academy grounds. "Well, have a good day young ones."

The coffee brown haired man began walking towards Ozpin who was speaking to a white haired woman who had Weiss and a girl who looked like an older Weiss standing next to her.

I crept over a bit and listened in on them.

"How can you let this happen! I thought this school was meant to train students not get them killed!" I heard Weiss' mom scream at the headmaster who kept his usual calm looking face.

"Mrs. Schnee-"

"No! I will not be treated like the rest of these people, my husband paid for the best training, not for my daughter's death!"

"Mother, I could've handled it myself," Weiss cut in, but the older Weiss laughed.

"Yeah right," she chuckled and Ice Queen growled at her.

"Shut it Wynter," she snarled and I just kept staring until a hand grabbed my shoulder.

"Jaune!" I heard Pyrrha cry out I joy and turned me around to face her and her own parents.

"Uh, hi," I greeted, nervously raising a hand.

After Artie told me about what happened to Ruby, I've tried to break up with Pyrrha, but being the paranoid geek I was... well you know. The conversation usually ended with me chickening out and running off to somewhere hidden. I didn't let my new despising of her stay inside though, I used my clumsy act to accidentally spill coffee on her, ruin her homework with some spilled coffee, and one time I even accidentally blew up her javelin, I think it was Milo or Akouo, I can never remember.

Anyways, I always apologized and like the jealous and love sick puppy I found her out to be she accepted it. Dang, I sound really devious, like one of those super villains from X-Ray and Vav!

"So you must be this Jaune Arc we keep hearing about," her dad spoke as he grabbed my hand and shook it. I snapped back into reality and managed to keep my sheepish smile on, mostly because I was pretty scared of her parents. "You seem like a nice young man."

"Th-thank you," I said, keeping my smile up.

"And he's polite too, just like you said!" Pyrrha's mom said as she pinched my cheek.

"Mother, you're embarrassing me," my girlfriend whined silently, making it a murmur.

"Sorry dear," she apologized as I shrunk under her dad's stare.

Suddenly, before anyone could say another word, an airship exploded.

Benedict POV

"But Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnn," I heard Ruby whine, stretching out my name into a word that lasted at least two minutes.

"No Ruby, you can't use my workshop while I'm gone. I know you are a very good inventor, but I cannot trust you as an adult with tools to dangerous for children your age."

"I'm not a child," I heard her huff over the call.

She had her arms crossed and cheeks puffed out as she gave me an angry look through the Scroll call.

"No means no Ruby," I groaned and she groaned back as she slammed her head on the desk she was using. "You know, I believe your father is here to speak with your sister. Do you want me to talk to him for you?"

"No, I can't let dad no. No matter how much I want him too, he'd just force me back to Beacon," she sadly sighed, looking down.

I gave her a sympathetic look and tapped on the screen.

"Hey, how about when I get back for the break before the second semester, I can help you augment Crescent Rose?"

She smiled widely and started rapidly spouting words while I tried to make sense of them.

"So how's life as a teacher?" she asked and I shrugged.

"I have not yet learned or taught," I answered and she giggled at my answer. "Now how is the manor?"

"Well Aeren's been taking care of it like she always does. You got tons of mail, I've been hanging out with Valance and Penny, and Ranulf said that he already paid you those Lien."

"Oh, he did?" I asked and checked my wallet.

She giggled again, but this time she was cut short as a loud explosion resounded throughout the academy.

"Mr. Smith, what was that?" she asked as I got up, looking at the door to my classroom.

"Something bad," I answered and prepared to turn off the call, "I need to go Ruby, I will see you when I get back."

"But si-"

I didn't let her finish as I closed the Scroll and hooked it onto my belt. Grabbing Dust Knight that was set next to my desk, I rushed out the door.

Third Person POV

The reinstated huntsman left his classroom behind him as he ran towards the courtyard. There, at the docks he found several airships in ruins, reduced to piles of melted scrap metal and burning fire pits. Students were getting any parents who weren't capable of fighting inside the main building while most others gathered their weapons.

Out of the cloud of smoke generated by the burning husks of the transports came a small ship, a very familiar ship.

"Deadlock," Benedict murmured as he slowed his speed till he was walking forward, Dust Knight pointed forward.

As if on cue, the robotic bounty hunter walked out of the smoke, arms swaying back in forth, hands clenched into fists, and visor set over his face. The mechanical being pulled its arms back, making the cannon on his chest appear as it built itself.

Learning from the incident before, Benedict jumped out of the way as a shell sailed past him and demolished a wall. The students and several parents opened fire, shooting at him, but the blasts barely did any damage to its near impenetrable, metal skin.

He fired again, blowing away a group of students only to be attacked head on by a flaming blonde. Yang's gauntlets, Ember Celica managed to blow of small chunks of his armored hide, but he quickly grabbed her and threw her onto the ground. Raising a foot, the bounty hunter prepared to crush her, but was stopped by a girl with a rather large hammer.

Nora laughed as she smashed Magnhild into his leg and crumpled the metal armor on it. He roared in anger and pain as he felt it biting into the inner workings of his mechanical limb, but was cut short as Weiss froze it and Ren shot it up. He fired several more times.

The students jumped out of the way and several more took their place. Cardin swung his mace down on the mechanized titan's arm, about crumpling a bit of armor, but it did little to deter the ex-huntsman. Deadlock roared and slapped away the student before transforming his cannon into twin hooks on his arms.

He swung an arm, making the hook shoot off and swing by, sending a group of Beacon guards into a wall, crushing their bodies. He pulled it back and slammed the pointed end down on Yang. She jumped out of the way and a black ribbon wrapped around his neck. While he could not be choked out of air, his robotic neck was still vulnerable to being crushed.

Blake held him back as best she could as her team and every other team fought. Arthelle swung her longsword at him, slicing off an armored plate off his leg, but he slammed a fist down at her. She barely dodged, landing on her back from the force of the hit.

Before anyone could do anything else, a barrage of bullets flew by and cut down several Beacon guards. A small army of robot soldiers moved into the academy grounds, carrying large rifles as they opened fire. Beacon was at war as students and parents alike fought the mechanical warriors.

"Deadlock!" Benedict shouted as he smashed a robot into the ground. "Come here!"

The bounty hunter scowled from under his visor and started running at him, hooks gleaming in the light as he charged. Anything in his path was either trampled or bashed aside by the robotic ex-huntsman. He swung a hook, but the reinstated huntsman jumped back before swinging his morning star.

It crushed the hook into the ground, rendering it useless, but that did not stop Deadlock from using his other hook. He pierced Benedict's coat, specifically the back of it and swung him around, throwing him into the cafeteria. Slowly getting up, he transformed Dust Knight into its cannon form and let loose a barrage of dust shots.

The blasts singed and about melted the bot's armor, but he quickly threw a table at him. He dodged and rolled, preparing to fire his cannon once more, but had failed to notice the bounty hunter bringing out his cannon again. Firing another shell, he struck the ground in front of the huntsman and sent him flying into a set of tables. Before he could attack again, the mechanical being fired one last time, obliterating Dust Knight.

The resulting explosion blew a fairly sized crater in the ground while Ben himself had pushed his aura into a force field like shield in front of himself at the last second, keeping the fiery explosion away from him. Deadlock attempted to fire on him again, but a sword pierced his shoulder and Deadlock released a cry of pain as Jaune swung around on his back.

"Whoa! Whoa!" he yelled in fear as he hung onto the sword hilt like it was a twig sticking out of a cliff.

"AH!" Deadlock roared in fury as he tried to reach the hunter in training on his back.

"Hey!" Nora shouted and smashed Magnhild into his leg, effectively breaking it.

The robot let out another cry of pain and fell onto his other, mostly fine leg as he shot his cannon at the ginger girl.

The explosive shell was blocked by a very enraged mother with a really, really big shield.

"Don't you hurt my baby!" Nora's mother screamed and slammed the shield into the bounty hunter's helmet.

The visor cracked and he growled as his poisonous green optics zoomed in on the sudden appearance of the hunters in training's parents. The metal plates underneath the synthesized, burnt skin of his face shifted as his face contorted in anger.

"Die!" he roared and transformed his right arm into a large rifle like gun. He fired a shot and blew open a wall, then shot again and demolished a pillar.

The group of fighters dodged his shots, earning scratches from rolls and pieces of shrapnel raining down on them. A pair of katanas wielded by both of Ren's parents came down and sliced off one of his arms, making him roar in pain. His shoulder violently lurched forward, before being ripped off by Pyrrha and her parents working in tangent.

In seconds he was reduced to a torso with broken legs that were torn apart along with missing arms. The lights under his visor faded and finally he went offline.

"We did it?" Nora asked and Ren nodded.

"He's dead- er, offline, whatever," Arthelle stated with a smile. "We won!"

They all cheered, but were stopped when his visor slid up to show a TV screen with Deadlock's face showing on it.

"Hello children, apologies for not being there in person, but I decided it best if I sent a drone down instead," he laughed maniacally. "Roman is now back with us and your little academy is in ruins, goodbye fleshlings."

The chest opened up to show a timer and all their eyes widened in horror.

"Bomb!" Benedict shouted as he grabbed the Arc twins and pulled them down, Jaune putting his shield over them to protect them.

There was a plume of fire and a shockwave, but it was stopped in an instant and they all looked to see Glynda using the rubble to shield the blast in a ball like container.

"Good job Ms. Goodwitch," Yang remarked and the teacher shot her a glare, obviously not liked being called out by her.

"They escaped!" Prof. Port shouted as he ran into the cafeteria.

The group of students and parents immediately ran outside in time to see the bounty hunter himself in his bullhead like ship with Roman boarding it, accompanied by an escort of mechanical drones.

"Bye bye," Roman laughed loudly as the gunship took off for Deadlock's ship, escaping from Beacon Academy.

"No!" Benedict roared as he watched the ship fly off, his face contorted in a mix of rage, anger, fury, and hate.

"Jaune?"

The blonde teen turned and saw his parents staring at him in shock.

"Uh, hi?" he sheepishly laughed in response, waving.

Several Hours Later

"Unbelievable!" the Arc sibling's mother screamed at them as she paced around them in circles. "You lied to us about going to a nonexistent school and you help him get into this school."

Jaune cringed at being called out and Arthelle did the same when she was. It had only been several hours since the battle and since then their parents had constantly berated them and squeezed them for the truth.

"When you come home, you are grounded young man! No TV, no video games, no music, no nothing!" Jaune's mother yelled, then moved to Arthelle. "You aren't getting anything from us anymore for this, your brother could have gotten killed or worse because of what you've done!"

They looked down in shame, but looked up in surprise when the headmaster's hands set themselves on their shoulders.

"Now Mrs. Arc, I believe you are overreacting and making assumptions," he said with a smile while all four members of the Arc family looked at him in shock and surprise.

"What?" the parents asked and he fixed his glasses.

"You see, I did know that Mr. Arc's transcripts were fake," he responded making the parents tilt their heads in confusion.

"So why did you let me into Beacon?" Jaune asked and the silver haired man smiled as he looked out the massive clock face that was his window.

"Because of who you are Mr. Arc. Seeing as you were an Arc, I was curious of how skilled you were. Looking up your personal record, I discovered numerous accounts of bullying and harassment, but whenever you were cornered by said bullies, you did not let them break you. Your will is strong as is your faith and loyalty as seen in the recent events. Also your strategic mind used during your trial through the Emerald Forest and the recent battles as already mentioned. Anything else I missed?"

The elder Arcs stared in shock at the headmaster, gaping after hearing all the positive comments about their son, the little, picked on kid who spent his time gardening with his mother, reading comic books, and playing video games or watching TV. The eldest Arc sibling was smiling widely as she gripped the back of her chair as she looked at Ozpin, happy her brother was going to be a great huntsman like her, maybe even better. Finally, there was Jaune who himself had a hand pressed against his face as he stared in shock at the headmaster.

"So, he's actually doing good here?" Jaune's father asked and Ozpin nodded.

"While he lacks in almost every single one of his classes, those grades are steadily rising to a more acceptable degree. In recent events however, the steady rise is now in maximum overdrive," the headmaster spoke and Jaune slowly nodded, remembering how he converted the pain for Ruby's death into determination to make her proud.

"Wait, what happened?" their mother asked and he looked down in sadness while his sister explained.

"A couple months ago a friend of his here at Beacon died," she responded and they gave their son a sympathetic look.

"Ozpin!"

Everyone turned to see Benedict standing there, having rushed through the doors like a speeding Boarbatusk.

"The ceremony's starting soon, thought I might warn you."

"Thank you old friend, now let us wrap this up," the silver haired man stated and looked at the Arc parents. "It is up to you whether you decided to pull your son out of my prestigious academy or if you wish for him to stay and train."

They were uncertain, completely astonished at what their son was actually capable of. They had never thought he'd be any good at combat school so they didn't send him to any, but he had snuck into Beacon and had become a pretty good student.

"Jaune, you promise to contact us about how your doing?" his mother asked and he nodded hastily. "And you promise not to lie to us again?" Both of the Arc siblings nodded and she sighed. "Okay, you can stay."

Wide grins spread across their faces and both siblings high fived in front of the adults.

"A wise choice indeed, now if you excuse me. It is time to honor our fallen," Ozpin stated as he moved to leave his office.

Benedict POV

"Today, we honor our fallen, those brothers and sisters in arms who we cherished as if we were related by blood," Ozpin spoke to the crowd of on lookers.

I stood behind him with the rest of the Beacon staff or at least what remained of us. Glynda and Peter were next to me, Bartholomew was also with us and several more staff members were there. People from all over had come to pay their regards to the mourners and to honor the dead.

"From this act of terrorism, we now know that this incredible time of peace is coming to a close. However, its end can be held off for a time. Let us live our lives away from chaos and discord, let us honor our fallen by remembering them and continuing on as they would wish us too!" Ozpin loudly stated and everyone murmured, nodding while others cried and raised their hands up in respect for the dead. "Today, we have lost many, but they paid the ultimate price to receive the ultimate gift, knowing their loved ones are safe and protected."

People cried out and the crowd slowly dispersed as the spread out amongst the graves. We all stood in a mass grave, one placed here during the founding of Beacon for its fallen children. It sat near the academy itself, sacred ground for all of us. Many had been buried here, most famed hunters who had graduated from Beacon while others who had wished to be buried with their families who had been here.

I did not cry, I did not mourn. I knew little of these people, but there was one I knew oh so much. I walked the path through the forest, passing the familiar trees before coming to the grave. My teeth grit, I lost control of my legs as I fell forward. I felt my hands press against my face as I buried my head into them. I cried then, I didn't care. This is what I taught Ruby, let it all out when most appropriate as to save yourself from an emotional breakdown in dire times.

It felt like hours before I recomposed myself and walked away, returning to Beacon to catch and airship back to Magnus. One last visit to the manor, one last meeting with my-

"R-R-R-R-R-R-R-Ruby Rose! Ruby Rose!"

I looked around, face red and eyebrow raised before looking down at my Scroll which was blinking signaling a call. I grabbed it and opened it, the face of my student appearing before me.

"Ben!" she screamed and I grit my teeth to stop the pain that spread from the ringing in my ears.

"Ruby, what is it?" I asked, slightly annoyed.

"Oh, sorry, I was just wondering if you were okaaaay after that attack on Beacon!" she screamed at me and I moved my head back a bit to try to get away from her voice.

"I'm fine Ruby, just slightly angered at the destruction of my weapon."

"Wait, Dust Knight's gone?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. I looked at her closely, noticing a twitch here or there. Then I noticed her background.

"Ruby, is that my workshop?" I asked, noticing the board behind her with all my tools on it.

"Uuuuuuuuuuh," she elongated before the call cut.

"Great," I murmured as I started walking back to Beacon again.

Ruby POV

"Hm," I said as I sat on the table in Mr. Smith's workshop, "what should I make."

"Shouldn't we not be in here?" Valance asked me as stood in the hall, to afraid to follow me in.

"Come on Val, I know what I'm doing," I said and as I grabbed a wrench.

"Alright, so Ruby."

"What?" I asked as I looked over at her.

She had this really big smile on her face, a really evil looking smile.

"I was watching the Achieve Hunters a couple days ago, they had this concert at Beacon and I saw a girl called Sapphire Petunia on stage," she said and I realized where this was going. "I dunno if anyone else saw the red cloak underneath your coat, but I sure did."

"You're wondering about the kiss, aren't you?"

"You guys looked so cute!" she squealed and I blushed heavily, again.

"Yeah, well we can't... you know, date cause I'm here and Jaune's at Beacon."

"So you actually like him," she slyly said and I turned even redder, almost matching my cloak.

"N-no, we're just friends. I mean we can't date like he probably doesn't like me like I like him- I mean!"

My ginger friend turned into a energetic ball of orange that giggled while my other ginger friend, Penny was still looking at the tools in the workshop.

"Ruby? Do you like Jaune?" Penny asked and now I was just like my cloak.

"Well, I- uh..." I trailed off and I started thinking of Jaune.

That blonde head of his, those clumsy legs of his, his pearl armor pads, Crocea Mors- Wait!

"Crocea Mors!" I blurted out and both of them stopped to look at me.

"What?" Valance asked as I started grabbing stuff.

"I know what I'm making!" I stated as I grabbed both of my friends. "Valance, let's go ask your dad if we can use the forge!"

Done

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