Jaune awoke and found Blake was not laying next to him for once. He got up and found that the door was open and Draco was also gone. He heard laughing coming from downstairs and figured she was down there with him. Jaune put on his school uniform and headed down and found Blake as he thought sitting in the living room. Along with his mother. The two seemed to be looking at a book and Jaune pailed when he realized what it was. It was the photo album full of pictures of Jaune and Daegan when they were kids.
"And whats this one from?" Blake asked as she pointed to a picture of Daegan and Jaune standing over a Beowolfs dead body.
"Thats when the two of them slayed their first grimm. It was actually ttheir father who killed it but he made it seem like they killed it." Danila said.
Blake began to laugh as she was also petting Draco who was sitting in her lap at the time. Draco then propped up his head when Jaune walked up and looked at him and wagged him tail from side to side.
"Oh Jaune! We were just uh...!" Blake stuttered out.
"Looking at a book filled with pictures of me as a kid?" Jaune asked.
"Um uh yeah!" Blake said.
Draco then jumped onto Jaunes shoulder and licked him in the face.
"Uh Dragon breath!" Jaune yelled out as Draco continued to do so.
Blake and Danila began to laugh as they watched Jaune hold Draco in both of his arms away from him and tried to wipe the dragon spit off of his cheek.
Everyone then began to walk down and saw this scene unfold and began to laugh. Everyone accept for Weiss that is.
"If you are done we have classes to attend to." Weiss said.
"Take a chill pill ice queen! How bout you lighten up a bit!" Yang said.
"NO." Weiss said as she walked out of their clans home and headed to class.
"She may wish to deny it but she is more like her father then she realizes." Danila said.
"Mom, how do you know her father? And how does Dad know him?" Daegan asked.
"We met a few times after the war to negotiate peace between the Schnee Dust Company and the White Fang when I was apart of it. He did not like faunus at all and he was extremely rude while we tried to negotiate a peace agreement. So much so that your father, who was in love with me at the time, got so mad that he busted his lip wide open and left him with a long scar on the top and bottom of his lip. He also kinda took one of his fancy sports cars that he never used. He gave it a new paint job and then gave it to you Jaune." Danila said.
"So Dad stole the car he gave me for my sixteenth birthday? Neet!" Jaune said.
everyone shared a laugh until Danila spoke up.
"Now, now everyone. You all need to head to class. You have a match today remember Jaune. Don't be late." Danila said.
"I know see you later mom." Jaune said as he leaned down and hugged her and kissed her forehead.
Daegan did the same and they all left for Beacon.
The day was as boring as ever during Oobleck and Ports classes and everyone awaited combat class.
Weiss kept her distance from the others throughout the day so she could prepare herself for the fight she was readying herself for. If she succeeded she would take her, self appointed, rightful place as the leader of her team. But if she loses everything she has said about herself being perfect and deserving or being the leader will be crumbled into dust.
Jaune cared little if we won or lost. Things wouldn't be that different if he wasn't the leader of his team, at least not for him that is. Weiss was a capable warrior and extremely skilled, but was a little cold when it came to most other things. If she could lose that uptight attitude of hers the two of them might be friends. Key words being if and might. But just because Jaune cared not if he won or lost that didn't mean he was going to go easy on her. Far from it.
When combat class finally came around everyone eagerly awaited for the match to begin. As they said Jaunes adoptive parents, along with Qrow and Ozpin, came to see the match.
The two of them were standing across from one another on the arenas floor staring one another down. Weiss held Myrtenaster firmly in her right hand. Jaune had Blackout placed upon his shoulder ready to start this dance.
"Now you two the special conditions for this match. If Mr. Aedus wins he remains the leader of his team, but if miss Schnee is victorious she will take Jaunes place as leader. Do you both agree to these terms?" Glynda asked and getting an immediant nod from the both of them. "Very well then let this match begin!"
Weiss positioned herself and sprung herself forward, aiming her blade towards Jaune.
Jaune dodged to the left and put his foot out, making her trip and fall onto her face. He looks down at her as a few people begin to laugh at how easily he was able to dodge her attack and make her trip.
Weiss got up with an angry expression upon her face. She stabbed her blade into the ground and giant ice spikes came out of it and came after Jaune.
Jaune began to run away from them and ran up the wall of the arena to get away from them. He back flipped as he got to the top of the wall and pulled out his pistol and fired five shots at Weiss.
Weiss stabbed Myrtenaster into the ground and made a wall of ice that managed to stop the bullets. She then spun the chamber of her sword and changed the dust from ice to wind. She then made a miniature tornado with her sword and managed to catch Jaune in it.
Jaune struggled to get free from said tornado but was caught off guard as he was slammed into the arenas wall. Weiss then dispelled the tornado and spun the barrel of her sword once more and changed the dust back to ice. Jaune picked himself up off the arena floor and Weiss took this as her chance. She lunged forward and aimed her blade at Jaunes chest.
As she neared him Jaune quickly moved to the side, avoiding Weiss' strike and managing to get behind her. He reared his sword back and as he neared Weiss his blade seemed to slow down. Jaune looked down and found that Weiss placed a time glyph under him and it slowed down his movements to the point of him barely being able to move.
Weiss turned around and put the tip of her blade at Jaunes throat as she said, "Concede. You've lost this battle."
Jaune looked at his teammate for a second before a smile began to spread across his face. Weiss was a little peeved that he found it appropriate to smile as someone held a weapon to his throat. She then had to jump back as two swords fell from the sky and stabbed into the ground where she once stood.
Jaune picked himself up off the ground and looked over at Weiss who now had a cut on the sleeve of her right arm, with a small cut on her skin. She was a little more then pissed at this fact and she once more spun the barrel of her blade and selected fire as her next choice. She stabbed her blade into the ground a wall of fire shot toward Jaune.
Jaune jumped out of the way, but found that the end of his coat was burned by the fire. He then took it off as he rushed forward as Weiss began to shoot small fireballs at him.
Weiss then switched from fire back to ice and fired several ice spikes at Jaune, while he still dodged the fireballs, began to shoot the ice spikes out of the air with his pistol and a few of his aura blades.
Weiss then stopped using her ice and began to channel her aura into a glyph that appeared over Jaunes head, stopping him dead in his tracks.
"Gravity...glyph." Jaune said in a strained voice as he fell to his knees.
"Indeed. Unless you wish to feel every bone in your body break under the pressure, I would suggest you concede now Jaune." Weiss said.
Jaune chuckled as one aura blade fell in front of him, and seemed to be drawing the glyph into itself. Weiss was speechless as her glyph completely disapeared and the only thing that remained was Jaunes blade.
"This is one of my special swords. It is able to dispell the semblances of others. It is not something I use very often though." Jaune said as he got up and grabbed the blades handle after putting his pistol back into its holster.
"Why won't you just stay down?!" Weiss yelled as she charged forward in an attempt to stab him.
Jaune stepped to her side and got behind of Weiss. He then grabbed her by the back of her shirt and flung her to the other side of the arena.
Weiss was a little shocked at how Jaune began to fight. Especially once Jaune jumped towards her and stabbed the wall that she was up against only moments after she rolled out of his way.
'Whats gotten into him?!' Weiss yelled to herself.
"You asked for this match, so don't be surprised that I am fighting like this. The outcome of this fight matters little to me. But that doesn't mean I won't take this battle seriously. Far from it." Jaune said as he then charged at her once more.
Weiss could do nothing more then dodge as Jaune began to swing his blade at her with an intent to kill her. She was barely able to block any of his strikes when she could, she mainly dodged out of his way so as to not get killed by him.
Jaune swung his blade downward and was blocked by Weiss' own blade. He then flipped around and kicked Weiss away from him.
Weiss skidded across the ground til she was able to get back onto her feet. She then enhanced her speed with a glyph and charged Jaune once more. She stabbed at him at an almost inhuman speed that Jaune was barely able to dodge them all. She was both shocked and a small bit glad as she landed a blow on Jaune. She had stabbed him in the right shoulder, causing him to drop his blade.
'Finally! I finally got to land a hit on him! Maybe now he'll take this a little more seriously!' Weiss said to herself before she felt herself being pulled closer towards Jaune.
Jaune had grabbed Myrtenaster, as Weiss still held onto it, by the dust barrel and pulled her closer to him.
"Are you crazy?!" Weiss yelled.
"Maybe a little." Jaune said as he let go of the blade and Weiss dashed back.
The small stab wound began to heal as blood continued to drain out of it and onto the arena floor. It stopped after a minute or so and Jaune began to move his shoulder around to make sure it wasn't effecting him at all.
"What...are you?" Weiss asked him.
"That's a stupid question. I'm Jaune Aedus. Nothing more, nothing less. Just me." Jaune said with a smile.
"No normal human, or faunus, could be like you. You act as though nothing in the world can harm you or effects you and once you do find something that can you shrug it off as though it is nothing. Your some kind of demon." Weiss said.
"Perhaps I am. Wouldn't surprise me. But whether I am or not matters not. I know who I am, and that's all that matters. No one else can tell me who I am." Jaune said.
"How can you care so little for such things?" Weiss asked.
"Because I am a huntsman. Hunters, true hunters, care little for rank, money, fame, or what others may think of them. They care only for helping those in need and fight the grimm the best they can. That is what I care about. Not what others think of me." Jaune said.
Weiss was stunned silent. Everything Jaune had just said to her began to resonate within her. Was he right? Was everything she prided herself on all wrong? What did it mean to become a huntress mean to her? All theses questions and more bounced around inside of her head as she slightly lowered her blade as she looked at her leader.
Big mistake.
Jaune noticed her drop her guard and saw his chance. He rushed forward and grabbed Myrtenaster by the gaurd before throwing it away, he then hit her to the ground with a kick, and then put the tip of his blade at her throat.
"One other thing. A true hunter, never lets their guard down." Jaune said.
Weiss was wide eyed as she looked up at Jaune. He wasn't such a fool afterall. He may have his moments but she now saw that he was what it means to embody the ideals that all hunters strive to be. And she respected him for it.
"I concede. You win Jaune Aedus. I know when I am out of my league." Weiss said as she looked up at him.
The bell was rung and Jaune was made the offical winner by Weiss conceding the match. He put his blade back into its sheathe on his back and helped her back up to her feet.
Weiss walked over and picked up Myrtenaster and sheathed it back into her belt. She then turned around and found that Jaune had already gotten back to the stands and was with Blake.
"So, how'd I do?" Jaune asked her.
"You could have done better. But I think you handled yourself well." Blake said.
"You wound me with your cruel words!" Jaune said as he grabbed his chest as though he was punched in it.
Blake giggled before she took his face into her hands and brought his forehead to her own. She thn lightly pecked Jaun on his lips before He pulled her into a hug, to which the surrounding students all went 'awww' because of it.
"I think we have our answer. Don't you think so James?" Ozpin asked.
"Indeed. The boy truly is remarkable on the battlefield. You trained him well Darian." Ironwood said.
"I only guided him. The person he is now is of his own making. He's grown into a fine young man." Darian said.
"We raised him well my love." Danila said as she grabbed Darians hand.
"Indeed we did." Darian said as he pulled his wife infront of him and wrapped his arms around her.
'I just hope he is prepared for what awaits him in the future.' Ozpin thought to himself.
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