Okay, so here we go again, I have made a lot of progress on this story, which is good for me, because then when I get back to school, I don't have to worry about not updating for awhile. So I think after Spring Break ends, I won't be updating as frequently. So enjoy it while you can, I at least plan to make this story at least thirty chapters, unfortunately, there's really not much left to do with the story line. Besides kick ass training, a bad ass war, and a final fight and some other stuff, but you'll see.

Also to the reviewer who said that I didn't establish that Vader knew who he was: Thats the point, he DOESN'T KNOW He's Jaune, He is pretending he is Jaune to trick Pyrrha, but he doesn't realize he actually is Jaune. Go back a few chapters to when Salem gives him back his memories and you will see what I mean.

Honestly the more I think about it, what I wrote really is kind of jumbled and confusing, but the whole point is he thinks he's pretending to be Jaune, when in reality he is actually telling the truth, which is why he said it, even though he doesn't realize he is telling the truth.

See what I mean? I got confused just writing that. Also I got a new one shot out if you want to check it out.

CHAPTER 21: Horror and Denial

Time slowed down after Vader revealed the truth. Pyrrha's eyes widened first in shock, and then in pure horror. No, there was no way that Jaune could be this, this, THIS MADMAN! There was no way, she shook her head while holding her bleeding eye, denying what was told to her.

"No! No! That's not true! That's Impossible! You're lying!" She said as Vader chuckled once again.

"Am I?" He asked as she looked deep into his eyes, or what counted for eyes.

As much as she wanted to deny it, she could see no trace of him lying, in fact the only way she could tell if he was lying or not was by the way he spoke. And that was the hardest part, because as much as she tried to deny it, she could not find any trace of deceit in his voice. Whatever he had just said, he was telling the truth but still she did not want to accept it.

"NOOOOO!" She screamed out, her voice echoing in the air.

"What's the matter Partner? Having some trouble?" He said as he took a step forward.

"STAY BACK!" She yelled as she summoned her sword to her hand.

"You still deny the truth?" He asked as she nodded her head.

"There is no way you are Jaune! Jaune was kind! Loving! Funny! You are none of those things! You're a monster!" She yelled out praying that she was just woozy from combat and that this man wasn't actually Jaune.

"Are you denying me because of what Ozpin told you?" He asked as she shook her head.

"I'm denying you because of what you have done! Jaune would never kill anyone! No matter what!" She yelled as Vader grabbed her by the throat.

"Oh Pyrrha, you have no idea what a man can be forced to do...when his partner leaves him behind." He said imitating a sense of anger.

"What?" She said as nobody knew that.

"Don't you remember? That day on top of the tower? I was bleeding in your arms, you didn't even try to get me any help, you just sat there crying watching me die." He said as Pyrrha grew more and more horrified.

"What was it I told you? Was it that Destiny was what we made it?" He said as he dropped Pyrrha back onto the ground.

"It can't be..." She said as she had remembered that was what Jaune had told her.

"And you let me die there Pyrrha, you left me to die!" He yelled out as Pyrrha was crying and trying to deny it.

"No! Jaune told me to go, he told me to help others! Jaune would never scream at me for following orders!" She yelled as she was looking for an escape.

Her answer was a metal sheet that she saw laying on the ground.

"It is no matter, you are beaten, now I will give you two choices...Death." He said as he pointed his sword to her throat.

"Or come with me, the choice is yours." He said as she raised her hand.

"I Choose...Life!" She said as she smacked his sword away and magnetized the hunk of steel, and jumped off the tower.

Vader watched as she fell, unsure of what she was planning to do. Until he saw a metal sheet fly beside him. As she was falling, he saw her use the sheet of metal, and she was now using it to slow her descent. Slowly but surely, her descent started to slow until eventually she landed on the ground as safely as she could.

"So you have chosen death?" He asked himself as she hobbled away.

Meanwhile on the ground, Pyyrha was trying to get away. Was she trying to run from Vader? Or was she trying to run from the truth? Either way she had to get away, she had to get out of here. But she was too weak, she couldn't see out of her left eye, and she was losing a lot of blood. Add that to the fact her Aura had gone down significantly in that fight, she was fighting the feeling to pass out.

But she couldn't do it anymore, she couldn't run, her legs felt like lead weights, she had to sleep. She couldn't keep running. And finally, she collapsed with her face falling into the mud. The sky raining almost as if it was crying for her as well.

"Heh, you stupid kid." She heard a voice say as she was picked up just before she lost consciousness.

ON THE BULLHEAD

"She doesn't look so good." Nora said as they had one of Ironwood's medics wrapping her eye up.

"Why did she go? That was completely stupid!" Weiss said as she was worried for Pyrrha.

"You read the note, she wanted revenge." Ren stated as simply as that.

They had given Pyrrha morphine, so she was sleeping peacefully, but her shield was gone, and all she had left was her sword. But worst of all, she had lost Crocea Mors, Vader still had it. But the only thing the Team cared about now was getting back to base and getting Pyrrha some medical attention. Qrow was drinking once again, oh who am I kidding, as Glynda even said it in that one episode "HES ALWAYS DRUNK!"

And excluding that slight interruption from the author, Qrow was slightly buzzed as he was grumbling under his breath.

"It was stupid going off to fight him, I had a hard time with him and her response is to go and seek him out? Stupid kid." He said as Ruby smacked her uncle.

"Ow!" He replied as she glared at him.

"It might have been a stupid thing to do, but she wasn't thinking straight! Would you be thinking straight if someone told you they killed your uhm...Never mind, I don't think your flings can count as love interests." Ruby said bluntly as Qrow actually looked hurt.

"Damn Pipsqueak, thats cold." He said as he seriously felt like the Ice Queen just took a jab at him.

"How bad is it?" Weiss asked as the medic sighed.

"Well, she has a severe case of Aura exhaustion, she's lost a lot of blood, she may lose that eye if we don't get her medical attention quick, she also has a really bad case of hematoma all over." He said as Yang spaced out.

"Hema what?" She asked as Weiss deadpanned at her.

"Fancy word for bruises." She said as Yang scoffed.

"Then why not just say bruises?!" She said as Pyrrha groaned.

"Please...stop..." She managed to say over her morphine induced coma.

"oops." Yang asked as Pyrrha fell asleep again.

LATER BACK AT BASE

Everyone was staying by Pyrrha's bed, for some reason she didn't wake up as quickly as they thought. The doctors managed to take care of her. But as for eye, while they were able to save it, they were unsure whether or not it would be back to its fullest potential. It would depend on how her Aura reacted to the wound as soon as her Aura reserves started to recover from the fight she had just been in.

Ozpin, Glynda and Ironwood walked into the room. Ozpin was now walking around again, but he was still far from back to full strength, they were still unsure how long that would take him. But it was good that he could eat real food and walk again. He was really sick of everything that had happened at Salem's base. Oh yes, he knew who she was, after all, he had unintentionally created her.

"How is Miss Nikos holding up?" Ironwood asked as he had been shocked that the girl had gone off to fight.

"She's doing better, Vader really did a number on her." Nora said as all three of the adults flinched at the name. They still didn't like hearing the truth of the matter.

"Well, at least she's back now." Ozpin said as he couldn't believe Miss Nikos, the one he had chosen to be the fall maiden had been so foolish to go off and do this.

She had always been the most level headed, did Jaune really mean that much to her that she would go off and fight hi-, no that she would go and fight Vader for revenge? Apparently he had underestimated just how much she cared for him, apparently he was much more than a schoolgirl crush. No, he was much more than that. And Ozpin really should have seen this coming, and now his slip of the tongue may have cost her an eye.

"Why does she still have that scar?" Ruby asked as the doctor walked by.

"I'm afraid with how low here Aura was when we found her, that scar will be permanent. " He said as he walked away.

Well, Pyrrha was lucky, from what they had seen of Darth Vader, he was not one to leave his opponents alive, and even if he did, it still usually resulted in losing a limb. Pyrrha overall was probably one of the fortunate ones next to Qrow, as they were the only two who seemed to have fought one on one and come out unscathed.

"How is the little lady holding up?!" They heard a voice say as they all turned around.

There was Commander Wolfe again, only this time he seemed different, his armor had different markings, and he had a new helmet.

"Commander? What are you doing here?" Ironwood asked unsure as to why he stopped by.

"Well, I figured I would see how the girl was holding up, but I had something to show you General." He said as he tossed the helmet to Ironwood.

"A queen's hound helmet?" He asked as Wolfe shook his head.

"Not just any helmet, one I modified myself, to be honest Rex had a problem with what he called the 'Junk armor' so he had us get to work on working on new armor, one that would work better, one piece was the modified helmet so you can actually see better with the T visor." He said as Ironwood looked it over.

"Well that, and now he will actually wear the helmet now that he can actually shoot while wearing it." He said as he scratched the back of his head.

"How long til they get put into mass production?" Ironwood asked as Wolfe counted his fingers.

"Depending on if we send the plans to one of your hidden facilities, I say in about a day or two." He said as Ironwood smiled.

"That's the first piece of good news we have gotten in awhile." He said as he tossed the helmet back to Wolfe.

"Always a pleasure to help." He said as he left the room.

"SHE'S WAKING UP!" Nora screamed as everyone shushed her.

"Sorry." She said meekly.

"W-Water." Pyrrha asked as Ren brought over a glass and a straw.

"Yeah sure P, here you go." He said as she greedily took gulps of water.

"We were worried about you there for a second Miss Nikos." Ozpin said as Pyrrha stopped and glared at him.

"You..." She tried to say.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you." He said as she glared at him even more.

"You lied to me." She said as Ozpin raised an eyebrow.

"About what?" He asked even though he had a feeling he knew what she was talking about.

"Don't play innocent with me Professor...Tell me the truth!" She tried to yell but all that came out were coughs.

"What are you talking about Pyrrha?" Ruby asked as she didn't understand why he was angry.

"Is it true Professor, is Jaune really Darth Vader?" She asked as everyone gasped.

"Pyrrha! How can you even ask that?! There is no way Jaune is Darth Vader! Right professor?!" Weiss yelled as she turned to Ozpin who remained silent.

"How could he know? I thought his memories were taken from him? How did he know?" Ozpin thought as he sighed.

"He told you?" He asked as everyone's blood went cold.

"It doesn't matter what he told me, is it true or not?" She asked as she was close to tears again, the last few weeks had been really hard on her.

"Professor?" Ruby said in a tone that made her seem like a fragile glass doll.

"Yes...It's true."