Jaune somehow didn't wake his team as he stumbled into the room. He sighed in relief as he changed into his new night clothes, which were a blue onesie. He knew they looked kind of silly, but they were comfortable and covered his body except for his neck. He was still self-conscious about his chest scars.

The next morning, Jaune felt strangely sore. He had never felt so exhausted, but that must have just been the after effects of the seal. His aura must still be adapting to the lacrima's power. He hoped he would be better soon. It wouldn't do well for him if he was caught slacking off due to his low power.

So with a stretch, followed by popping sounds from his bones, Jaune dressed himself as his teammates started to rise from their slumbers. Nora whispered something about pancakes to herself before she awoke. She looked sad when she fully awoke, she must've been having a nice dream apparently.

The morning itself was rather uneventful. First was breakfast, where Jaune ate a weeks-worth of food, surprising everyone. Then there were the classes, which Jaune found no interest in except for Port's class. Jaune was enthralled by his stories, although he couldn't understand why so many people were asleep around him. Port had awesome stories!

Finally was something Jaune surprisingly dreaded, combat class. He knew his body wasn't in its prime condition, far from it actually. He periodically checked his aura levels during the day. They stayed just above half, slowly increasing from time to time. He smiled regardless of his situation. Hopefully he'd have an easier fight this time.

"Alright students, listen up!" Glynda said, easily gaining everyone's attention. "Today our class will proceed as it normally would, unless you chose this option as displayed here." Glynda said, pointing her crop at the projection board. The students carefully read the bold letters. There were mixed reactions, varying from excitement to slight fear or anxiety. Jaune wasn't quite sure what to think, that is, until he read the very last line. 'If you chose this option, your fight will be observed by the Headmaster himself.'

'A fight with second year students, and observed by Ozpin?' Jaune thought. Jaune saw a few people raise their hands in acceptance of this second option, along with all of team RWBY and the rest of his team. His team and their fellow sister team looked at him expectantly, but Jaune wasn't fazed by their looks. He was about to decline, until he saw the terrifying glare of Glynda aimed right for him. Jaune slowly raised his hand and smiled awkwardly.

"Good, now any of you choosing this second option, please head down that corridor, I will stay here and observe the regular combat practices here." Glynda said as a set of doors opened to the right of the room, linking to another arena.

The brave students that chose the second option found themselves being stared at by every second year student. The looks were unnerving for most of the students, except Jaune, who was rather oblivious to their current tactic, mental warfare. The second year students were testing the first years, to see if they'd crack under the pressure. To their surprise, nobody did, yet.

Jaune ignored them and stared right back in observation. He spotted a rather odd looking team, but within that team he saw a familiar pair of bunny ears.

"Hey, what's up Velvet! I didn't know you were a second year!" Jaune said with a wave. All of the attention was now either drawn directly at Jaune, or at Velvet, who let out a small 'eep!' and backed up to hide herself. The rest of what Jaune assumed was Velvet's team seemed to share a few words with Velvet herself. Jaune could've sworn he heard his name in there somewhere.

"Now if everyone is ready, please take your seats until I chose the match-ups," a voice said. Everyone recognized it as Ozpins. Ozpin was seated in a small observation deck above the arena, sipping his coffee and typing names into a computer.

Jaune watched as different fights unfolded. Ruby lost to a large lion faunus who wielded a large hammer. Although she was much faster than the faunus, the faunus had incredible endurance. He simply held his ground until Ruby exhausted her aura. She was embarrassed, but it quickly passed as she watched the following fights.

Pyrrha won her fight against an arrogant student who wielded two shields. She used her semblance to rip his shields off, rendering him defenseless.

Yang had a draw against another female student, who relied on reflexes over anything. They simply ran out of aura at the same time. Truthfully it wasn't a very interesting fight.

Weiss lost to a woman who wielded several different kinds of knives, each with different dust types applied to them. The woman always seemed one step ahead of Weiss.

Nora lost to a man who used illusions to win. This didn't bring Nora's mood down at all.

Ren barely won against a man with heavy armor and a long lance. It took all Ren had to not pass out after the fight itself, but he was still happy with the outcome.

Blake refused to fight, simply because she was in a very interesting part of her book and wanted to observe her team in the meantime.

Now Jaune's match was here, but Jaune didn't see anyone in the arena with him. He looked up at the projector and saw that his name was all alone. Until finally he saw three names appear in a group on the other side of the v.s. letters.

'Fox, Coco, and Yatsuhashi? Why am I fighting three people?' Jaune thought as his opponents walked to the opposite side of the arena. He gave them all curious looks before he looked back at Ozpin, who was smiling.

"We are the members of team CFVY, and we would like to first thank you for helping our teammate, Velvet. She told us about you and how you're quite powerful. Although it is sort of unconventional, we would like to see the power that took out four students with apparent ease." Coco explained. Jaune felt slightly nervous.

"Um… alright I guess. Just don't expect me to bring out my A game. I've been kind of sore all day. My aura levels haven't really recovered yet," Jaune said as he pointed to his name, which had the aura bar under it. The bar the three quarters full.

"That's fine, we weren't going to go all out anyways. You are a first year after all, you can only do so much." Coco taunted, some of the students eyed her questioningly. She didn't usually do that.

This struck a nerve in Jaune. Even if they were in different years, he shouldn't be looked down upon, nobody should. "So you think because there is a gap between our years that you think you can beat me? While that may be true since it is currently three on one, I think you would have a difficult match against me." Jaune said cockily. He knew that he should be on equal standings with them, but if they weren't going to treat him like he was worth their effort, then they wouldn't receive his respect.

Coco pulled down her shades to see Jaune more clearly, eyeing him up and down. "Nothing Fox can't handle, go get 'em." Coco said as the one named Fox did a full on sprint towards Jaune. Jaune readied himself, observing his new opponent. He would stay on the defensive until he got a good read on Fox.

Fox jumped forward and thrust his legs towards Jaune. Jaune had Fox's feet land on his shield, and then shoved him off. Fox recovered with a roll and began to slash and jab at Jaune. After realizing that Fox was quick with his attacks that all seemed melee based, Jaune leapt backwards to distance himself from Fox. As Fox ran towards Jaune again, Jaune built up his power, "White Dragon's Roar!" Jaune yelled as his attack quickly made its way to Fox, whos eyes widened before he leaned backwards to avoid the laser. Jaune seemed to smile during his roar, which he continued to fire as he aimed to downwards at Fox. Fox had to land on his back and roll out of the way of the laser to avoid getting hit. Fox got to his feet, only to be shield bashed in the chest by Jaune, who smirked.

"Will you fight seriously? This is getting boring." Jaune said as he leaned on his sword, looking uninterested. Fox grumbled something and ran towards Jaune, who lowered his stance and readied his sword. As Fox began to pound on Jaune's shield, Jaune swung his sword overhead in a large arc. Fox saw the attack and punched Jaune's hand to the side. Jaune used the momentum to continue the spin to wind up another sword swing. Jaune swung horizontally, forcing Fox to block with the blades of his gauntlets. Fox was knocked back a few inches. Jaune smiled, 'this fight is getting interesting,' Jaune thought as he charged at Fox. Jaune thrust his sword forward. Jaune didn't miss the smile Fox had before Fox twisted Jaune's hand, forcing Jaune to release his sword. Jaune quickly swung low with his left leg, tripping Fox. Jaune continued his kick, winding up another attack.

"White Dragon's Claw!" Jaune yelled as he slammed his hand into Fox's chest before his back could even touch the ground. Fox hit the ground with a loud crash, forming a small crater. Fox attempted to move, but found that he couldn't.

"What is this?" Fox asked calmly. Jaune gave him a strange look. Usually when people asked him that, they were pissed. Fox didn't seem mad at all. Actually he was more or less impressed with this outcome.

"One of my abilities. It renders you immobile, I won't say how long." Jaune said with a smile. He knew the time it took for his attack to wear off depended on the user. Hopefully this Fox fellow would stay put for a while.

Jaune let out a few breaths. He was more winded than he thought, but his smile didn't falter. They wanted a fight, he was going to give them one.

"So who's next? Come at me!" Jaune said as he slid his foot under his sword and kicked it back into the air so he could catch it. After catching it with succession, he looked up and saw that Yatsuhashi had stepped forward, sword drawn.

'Damn that's one big dude, and one big sword.' Jaune thought as he waited for his opponent to charge like Fox did, but all Yatsuhashi did was raise his eyebrow at Jaune, as if he were expecting something from him.

'I should reserve some aura, I'm already tired and I have a feeling this won't be an easy fight.' Jaune thought, although he was hesitant to charge straight at the hulking samurai. Jaune sighed and readied himself.

"Okay, if you won't move, I'll make the first move." Jaune said as he ran at Yatsuhashi, shield in front as he was within fifteen feet, Yatsuhashi swung straight down. 'His timing is way off,' Jaune thought, assuming Yatsuhashi was attempting to hit Jaune before Jaune could reach him. Unfortunately that was not the case. Yatsuhashi's blade hovered just centimeters above the ground, but Jaune felt a large shockwave hit him backwards. Jaune tumbled a few times until he stabbed his sword into the ground, halting his uncoordinated movements.

Jaune growled as he charged again, only to have the same thing happen again. As Jaune recovered once again, he saw Yatsuhashi just observing Jaune, he never took his eyes off Jaune, nor did he mock him in any way. Jaune could tell Yatsuhashi was an honorable man.

"White Dragon's Roar!" Jaune yelled as the laser left his mouth. Yatsuhashi didn't make any attempt to move until it was nearly five feet from him. He slammed into the laser with his shoulder armor. Although the laser pushed Yatsuhashi back, he seemed uninjured. He rolled his shoulder twice before readying himself again. Jaune felt out of breath, but he was feeling excited. This opponent was tough.

'Looks like I'll need my dust for this,' Jaune thought as he went for the compartment in his shield, but a voice over the arena speaker.

"Oh Mr. Arc, I forgot to mention that you aren't allowed to use your dust for this fight." Ozpin said, smiling as Jaune seemed to get mad.

"What do you mean?! I'm fighting three people, you can at least let me eat my damn dust!" Jaune yelled at the observation tower. Ozpin simply sipped his coffee.

"This fight is different. You need to learn how to rely on your own power and not your dust, unless you truly need it." Ozpin said, receiving questioning looks from the students watching as well as Coco's team.

"Ugh, fine. That's fine, I'll win either way," Jaune said with a cocky grin, but he wasn't 100% sure about his own words. 'I can't hit him with any close range attacks, and he can repel my roar. I doubt my Holy Breath would work, but maybe the Holy Ray…' Jaune sighed mentally. He knew that using the Holy Ray took a large portion of his aura, but he didn't see any quick way out of this current fight.

"Prepare yourself," Jaune said as he brought his hands close together. A bright light appeared in his hands as he focused on building up his aura. Everyone could feel the pressure building in the room, even Coco looked a little surprised.

"White Dragon's Holy Ray!" Jaune yelled as a large ball of aura formed as he expanded his arms. Soon several bolts of white aura launched at Yatsuhashi from all directions. Yatsuhashi swung downwards, sending another shockwave to repel the incoming holy projectiles. While his attack did stop a few, the shockwave didn't last forever. More than half of the holy bolts made it through his invisible defense. He knew he didn't have enough time to launch another shockwave, so he balled himself up in an attempt to shield himself with some of his armor. He felt the bolts hit his body in various places, causing more of an impact than he anticipated. His aura dropped into the yellow as the bolts finally stopped firing. As he went to stand back up, Jaune quickly ran over to him and smacked the top of Yatsuhashi's head with his shield, stunning him. Jaune pushed him on the ground with his foot and held his sword to Yatsuhashi's throat.

"Yield," Jaune said between heavy breaths. The last attack had exhausted him. As Yatsuhashi was about to comply, he remembered that he wasn't alone in his fight. A familiar sound of a weapon mecha-shifting caused both Jaune and Yatsuhashi's heads to turn. Coco smirked as her briefcase transformed into a large dark orange minigun.

"How the hell does that even make sense?!" Jaune yelled as he put his shield in front of him to block the hail of incoming bullets. Jaune looked back over his shield to see if Coco was done, but felt hands grab his foot. He looked down to see Yatsuhashi grabbing his foot. Yatsuashi pushed Jaune off him, causing Jaune to stumble. Out of Jaune's peripheral vision, he could see Fox starting to recover.

'oh, that's just wonderful.' Jaune thought as he let out a few ragged breaths. He was too close to dipping into the red zone with his aura. One more attack and he was done. It didn't matter if it came from him or them, he couldn't win.

"Oh well, there goes my perfect win/loss record," Jaune said as he charged straight at Coco. 'I'll be damned if I don't hit her at least once!' Jaune thought as he was filled with renewed energy.

Jaune was unsure of what to do. He had never felt this before, but he somehow knew what to say, just like with the rest of his abilities. "White Drive," he whispered. Suddenly, he felt a massive boost in his power and saw a bright flash of his own aura, but that didn't stop his charge. Now with new determination, he tossed his sword at an incoming Fox, who dodged, but didn't recover fast enough to dodge Jaune's shield, which he also threw directly at his face. Being free of his weapons, he activated his 'White Dragon's Fist' as he continued his charge on Coco. Yatsuhashi's eyes widened at Jaune's sudden burst of aura, but he placed himself between Coco and Jaune, sword at the ready.

"Outta the way!" Jaune yelled as he brought his fist back to punch Yatsuhashi. Yatsuhashi swung his sword down, but was too slow as Jaune pumped aura into his legs.

"White Dragon's Holy Nova!" Jaune yelled as the power in his fist increased immensely. It connected to Yatsuhashi's chest and sent him flying back. Jaune didn't slow down his assault at all. Coco scowled and fired several hundred rounds a second at Jaune. None of the bullets seemed to even hit Jaune though. He bobbed and weaved through the wall of bullets as he slowly advanced towards Coco. As Jaune finally got close enough to hit her, he rolled and grabbed the barrel of the minigun with his right hand, pushing the barrel so it was aimed at the ceiling. Coco couldn't lower her gun since Jaune seemed to be stronger than her, so she released the hold on her gun and ran at Jaune in an attempt to kick him.

"Not so fast there!" Jaune shouted as he spun around and slammed the gun into Coco, knocking her down. Coco went to get to her feet, but Jaune had pinned her arms, rendering her immobile.

"Don't make me use my roar again," Jaune said as he opened his mouth, showing Coco the aura that was building up in his throat. Coco glared at Jaune, but said the words.

"I surrender," She said.

Jaune stood up and held his hand out to Coco, before she grabbed it, Jaune's 'White Drive' wore off. Jaune quickly fell to one knee, having great difficulty in trying to catch his breath. He felt extremely exhausted and sore. Some of those bullets must've hit him after all.

Soon enough his team was on him, helping him up, all with worried faces.

"Jaune! Are you alright?" Pyrrha said worriedly. Nora looked even more worried than the Spartan-like woman while Ren showed slight concern, but inwardly he was very concerned.

"Yeah, just gimmie a sec. My lungs are currently trying to kill me," Jaune managed to choke out and crack a smile before gasping for more breath.

They quickly took Jaune to the infirmary, closely followed by team RWBY. Jaune's aura was dangerously low, so he was given a supplement that would help his aura recover faster. Jaune sighed in relief as he was finally able to relax after an intense fight.

"Where did that burst of power come from Jaune! It was like when you cut Yang's hair!" Ruby said in awe at Jaune. She had never seen someone gain even more aura without doing anything special.

"I honestly don't know," Jaune said as he chuckled at everyone's expressions. Of course he knew, it was the lacrima, but he wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. Although he would have to have a chat with Ozpin later.

"How are you feeling Jaune?"

'Speak of the devil,' Jaune thought as Ozpin walked in the room.

"Much better now, that team is freakin' tough!" Jaune said, unable to sit up yet due to the pain in his… pretty much enverywhere.

"That fight was awesome though! You were like 'imma beat you up for lookin' down on me' and you totally did!" Nora exclaimed causing both teams to laugh.

"I'm sorry to ask you all of this, but my I have a word with Jaune? I need to congratulate him on his fight. It's certainly no easy feat to beat three second-year students." Ozpin said, but Jaune knew that wasn't his true intention.

Although reluctantly, both teams filed out of the room, leaving Ozpin and Jaune alone in the room. There was an uncomfortable silence before Jaune spoke.

"Was that whole event just for you to test me?" Jaune said. Ozpin remained silent for a minute, but smiled.

"You know me too well Mr. Arc," Jaune chuckled at Ozpin, he should've figured.

"Well now that that's been established, I think I understand your powers quite a bit more, especially with the addition to the lacrima," Ozpin started. Jaune sighed.

"This is gonna take a while isn't it?" Jaune said with a slightly depressed look. Ozpin just smiled and began.

'This is gonna take forever!' Jaune mentally groaned.

Wow this chapter was long, holy crap. Anyways, I always enjoy reviews.