AN: this chapter was Beta read by Brawn1984 and Satremasterr.
Jason, Ruby, and Yang were on an air ship a few days before the start of the upcoming semester.
"I am so excited that my baby sister and honorary brother will be starting at Beacon with me this year." Yang said. Yang stood just under six feet tall, with an almost pale complexion. Her eyes were the color of lilacs that could hold anyone in their grasp. She was very self-conscious about her hair. In fact, one way to really piss her off was to touch her hair without her permission or damage her hair in any way. Whenever she got angry her eyes would glow red, and her semblance would activate. Whenever her aura activated, she would gain a yellow hue. Her weapon of choice was Ember Celica. Twin gauntlets that used shotgun shells. If Jason didn't have his Vulcans, he would definitely want them, and to his shock, Yang had taught him how to use them properly.
"I don't know how I feel about this." Ruby said. "I mean I finally get to go to Beacon academy, but I had to leave my friends behind." Ruby stood at 5 feet 2 inches tall and was the youngest person to ever attend Beacon academy at 15 years old. Her complexion was pale and had black hair with red streaks. Her eyes were a dazzling silver that just glowed in the light. Whenever her aura activated, she would gain a red hue. When she activated her semblance, she was faster than anyone Jason had ever seen. Her weapon of choice was the sniper/scythe Crescent Rose.
Jason could use Crescent Rose as if it were made for him, he let everyone believe that his semblance was the ability to use any weapon he saw. He didn't want them figuring out that he could tell if they were lying to him because he could see their unease, smell their discomfort, taste their fear, and hear their lies. Cliff had trained him in a multitude of weapons, and certain weapons were just easier to use after using other weapons. Like a Scythe and an axe. A scythe was similar to an axe except you had to be way more precise with a scythe. After using Crescent Rose for a few days, he was about as skilled as Ruby with it, and he taught her and Yang how to use his Vulcans in case they had to switch out weapons.
"You have Jason." Yang countered.
"Jason's my brother. I'm talking about Amber, Ginger, Clay, Iris, and Orchid."
"What about Turq?" Yang asked with a suggestive tone.
Ruby went a bright crimson.
"Ruby and Turquoise sitting in a tree. K. I. S. S. I. N..." Yang began before a kid who appeared to be air sick bumped into her while running for a trash can.
"Jason don't!" Ruby cried out. "It was an accident. He didn't mean to bump into Yang. He's just not used to flying."
Jason put his hands to his sides and watched the kid.
"That's better." Ruby said. "It was just an accident."
Jason sat down against the wall and began breathing in and out to calm down like Ruby had taught him.
"Jason. You can't attack every person who bumps into me and Yang. Not everyone is going to attack us. Your uncle isn't here. He can't hurt anyone else. You are safe."
Jason took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. He breathed in through his nose, and his semblance activated. He could smell everything on the air ship. Which was kind of a mistake he could smell what puke boy had for lunch. He also smelled fear radiating from a girl in a white dress and like seven suitcases. She was definitely spoiled, but what was she afraid of. It wasn't going to Beacon academy. So, what was it? He also smelled... Cat? Who would bring their cat to Beacon? There were a multitude of smells, and they were giving him a headache. He stopped smelling everything, closed his eyes, and rested.
Ten minutes later he was being rubbed on his shoulder. "Jason." Ruby Whispered. We're here."
Jason opened his eyes and saw Ruby and Yang standing in front of him.
"Let's go kid brother." Yang said. Reaching out her hand to pull him up.
Jason took her hand and pulled himself up.
The trio walked outside and saw a bunch of people.
"I'm going to go see who my competition is this year." Yang said before running off.
"Wait." Ruby called after her, but Yang was gone.
"I'll stay with you." Jason said.
"Thanks Jason."
The two were walking around, when Ruby bumped into seven suitcases.
"Watch it dork." The owner of the suitcases said.
Jason had his Vulcan in his hand before anyone could blink.
"Jason no!" Ruby yelled. "It was my fault."
"That doesn't give her the right..."
"Shut up." The girl said.
Jason pointed his Vulcan at her, and Ruby pushed it up, and away from the girl.
"Jason. She is not a threat to me. She was just not being very nice."
"Oh. I'm a threat to you all right." The girl said.
"No!" Ruby yelled. "Don't say that. You'll only make things worse."
"I'll say whatever I want. Especially to you. How dare you even talk to me without permission."
"YANG!" Ruby yelled.
Meanwhile.
Yang was walking around Beacon trying to see who she would be dealing with. She was talking with some kid named Ember when she heard Ruby yell her name. "I have to go."
"What's wrong?" Ember asked.
"My sister needs my help calming down my brother. Some idiot decided to trigger him and now he's about to end them."
"Do you need help?"
"Only if you know how to calm someone down who suffers from extreme PTSD." Yang called over her shoulder.
Ember looked at her friends. "Do you want to go help them? Auburn. Your semblance might be able to help."
"But I'm not a people person." The boy standing next to Auburn said. "If anything, I'd make it worse before I made it better."
"So, is that a no?" Ember asked.
"I never said no." Damian said. "I just said that I'd make it worse before I made it better."
The trio ran after Yang.
When Yang got to Ruby, she saw that a girl in white was antagonizing Jason and Ruby, and a girl with a black hair bow trying to stop her. Jason would never hurt Ruby, so Yang wasn't surprised that Ruby was able to keep Jason's Vulcan from the girl in white. She heard three sets of footsteps coming up behind her. She didn't pay them any attention and ran at Jason. She grabbed Ruby and pushed her into his arms.
Ember, Damian, and Auburn came running up behind Yang. When they were a few feet away from her, Yang ran towards the arguing people, took the smallest one, and pushed her into the guys arms. And like magic, the guy stopped his tantrum.
"What... was that?" Auburn asked.
"I have no idea." Ember said.
The trio walked over to the group.
"About time someone did something about that." The girl in white said.
"You're the one who started it." The girl with the hair bow snapped.
"As if. She bumped into me. They..."
"Shut up!" Yang shouted. "You came this close to dying today." She held her fingers together about a quarter of an inch apart. "You are so stupid. What were you thinking?"
"She almost destroyed hundreds of lien in dust crystals." The girl in white shouted back.
"Ember, can you and your friends take my siblings away from here, so my brother doesn't snap and kill the ice princess?"
The girl in white looked at Yang. "Do you know who I am?"
"I could care less if you were the daughter of the richest man in all of Remnant! You almost got killed!"
The girl in white looked at Yang. "Why does everyone keep saying that?"
"Look. Whatever your name is."
"My name is Weiss Schnee."
"Look. Weiss. My brother has a very troubling past..."
"You say that like I should care."
Yang's eyes flashed red. "Okay. He has had a very difficult life, and when he gets stressed, he tends to act very aggressive. So, unless you want him decapitating you, either by blade, or Gun, leave him alone, and don't piss him off."
Weiss and the girl with the hair bow looked at Yang in shock.
"This is what I was trying to avoid." Yang said as she walked away.
Later.
Yang found Jason, Ruby, Ember and her two friends.
"What was that?" The only guy among Ember's friends demanded.
"What was what?"
"Your brother was about to kill the chick in the white dress, and you put your sister in his arms, and he became docile. What. Was. That!"
"Our brother has had a very bad life before he came to live with us." Ruby said. "And as embarrassing as it is being carried around like this. It's what helps him."
"And a lullaby that Ruby's mom used to sing." Yang said.
"Wait." Auburn said. Don't you guys have the same mom?"
"No." Ruby supplied. "Yang's mom left when she was young, Dad never talks about it much. My mom..."
"Ruby's mom died when Ruby was really young too."
"That doesn't explain your brother. How is he related to you?"
"We sort of adopted Jason." Ruby started to explain.
"Explain." Damian said.
"Here's the short answer." "Yang snapped. "Jason's uncle was a dick who wanted Jason's family's wealth for his own. So, he killed Jason's parents, tried to kill Jason, and when Jason was nine, he killed Jason's only friend in the world in front of Jason."
Ember and Auburn gasped and held their hands to their mouths. Damian looked like he was going to be sick.
"Can we help?" Ember asked.
"If you can let him know that you are his friends and keep an eye on him." Ruby said. "I don't mean to place our..."
"Don't worry about it." Auburn said. "We will help you."
"Thanks." Ruby sighed.
Jason shook his head and looked at Ruby before putting her down. "Sorry." He said.
"No, no. Don't be. It was that girl who started the problems. I don't know why she was so upset about it."
"Apparently those suitcases were full of dust." Yang said. "I gave her a piece of my mind, and that's that."
"Please tell me you didn't hurt her."
"Maybe her pride."
"Hey guys." Ember said. "We should probably move into the gathering hall. They will be explaining the entrance exam."
The group moved into the gathering hall.
"Hi." A girl said to Jason. "My name is Ember. Cobalt Ember, but my friends call me Ember. These are my friends." Ember pointed at her friends.
"My name is Auburn Brown." Another girl said.
"And my name is Damian Al Ghul."
"Why are you talking to me?" Jason asked awkwardly. "No one but my sisters talk to me."
"You looked lonely, so we decided to see if you had made any friends." Ember said.
"No. I haven't made any friends. I have a hard time making friends. Sometimes I think that the only reason my sisters are nice to me is because I don't have any friends."
"I'm sure your sisters are nice to you because they like being nice." Auburn said.
"Are you my friends, or are you just being nice to me because my sisters asked you to?"
"We are being nice because it's nice to be nice."
"Are those .45 ACP Hollow Point Explosive rounds for your Vulcans?" Damian asked.
Jason took his Vulcan out and looked at it. "Yeah. How did you know?"
"My mother, Father, and Grandfather trained me from the age of five to be a fighter. I can tell you the different type of Ammo for at least thirty different guns just on sight. I can hold my own in a fight against five grown men, and I can use Crimson Storm to overcome any obstacle." Damian drew a katana from its sheath and held it out for Jason to see.
"I might want to put that to the test."
"Is that a challenge I hear?"
"Yes. I challenged you to a fight to see if you are as good as you say."
"Do you really want to start making things up to me?" A voice said followed by Ruby saying. "Yes."
Jason looked over and saw the girl in the white dress. He began walking towards her at a fast pace.
"Oh crap, oh, crap, oh crap." Yang said.
Ruby looked over and saw Jason. "Jason." She said stepping in front of Weiss. "Jason stop."
Jason stopped in front of Ruby. "Do I need to..."
"No. No, you don't. Weiss was just telling me to be more careful."
Jason glared at Weiss with eyes that seemed to freeze her very core. "You should be more careful. You never know what could happen."
Weiss was about to say something.
"Attention." The headmaster said. "Each of you have traveled far in the search for knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look among you, and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, and direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge will only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
The Headmaster left, and the woman from the hospital took his place. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow you will take your entrance exam. I suggest you be ready."
The students went back to their earlier conversations.
"He didn't seem... right." Yang said.
"Agreed." Ruby added."
"You know that I am a natural blond." A guy came up.
Weiss face palmed.
"My name is Jaune Arc." The guy offered his hand to Jason.
Jason shook his hand. "Jason Todd, but you can call me Red if you want."
Ruby and Yang looked at each other in glee. Jason was talking to other people who wasn't them, and he wasn't punching them. Even better, he was allowing someone to call him by his nickname. It appeared that Beacon was a good place for him.
Jason looked at Jaunes hip. "Is that an actual sword? Not an enhanced weapon."
"Yeah. It's kind of dorky."
"No. It's not. Can I see it?"
"He's like a kid on Christmas" Yang said.
"I guess." Jaune said handing His sword over to Jason.
"Thanks. I've never used one before." Jason took it out of the sheath and began taking it through a Kata he used for his Vulcans. He had to make the arcs bigger, so he didn't cut himself or someone else. "This is so cool. If I teach you how to use my Vulcans can you show me how to use a sword?"
"I uh. I don't actually know how to use it." Jaune said.
"Well. It looks like..." Weiss began.
Jason swung the sword just a little too close to Weiss, breaking the skin on her throat. "Sorry. It slipped. If I didn't have such a good grip it might have killed you." Jason looked at Jaune. "I'll learn how to use the sword with you, and I'll still teach you how to use my Vulcans."
"What? Why?" Jaune asked confused.
"Because you have an antique sword, and if I train you how to use it. I can use it and knowing how to use other weapons is always handy. I can use Ruby, Yang's, and Qrow's weapons. It would be good for you to learn how to use other weapons too."
"Yes." Yang and Ruby said in unison.
"Hey Jason." Damian said coming over. "Want to fight me?"
Jason drew his Vulcans.
"I'll take that as a yes." Damian said drawing his Katana.
A crowd gathered. "Fight, fight, fight, fight."
Jason jumped towards Damian bringing one Vulcan blade down before swinging and bringing the second Vulcan blade up connecting with Damian's Crimson storm.
Damian was shocked. The power behind the swing was impressive. Jason was a beast when it came to fighting, but he knew just how to handle him. He swung at Jason, who vaulted over crimson storm, what else could Jason do? He swung Crimson Storm multiple times, and Jason narrowly avoided each strike. 'Why won't he stand still for just a minute?' Time to take off the kiddy gloves. He activated his semblance, and let it take over.
Jason noticed Damian's fighting style change. He must have a semblance that allows him to counter other people's fighting styles. "What is your semblance? And don't bother lying to me about how this is all you. Your fighting style changed to counter mine."
Damian was impressed. Jason knew his stuff. "My semblance is muscle memory. It allows me to copy my opponents muscle memory, so I can counter their fighting style. Unfortunately, I can only do it to one opponent at a time."
"That is so cool."
"I know right."
The two moved around the ring fighting to the best of their abilities. Jason would stay on the defensive until Damian got cocky and tried to go for an opening that Jason had purposely left, then he would go on the offensive using raw power to overpower Damian's agile form.
"You really know your stuff." Damian said. "I'm impressed."
"Same here. Though we need to finish this before too long. We don't want to be up to long and fail the entrance exam."
"Why did Jason just say that?" Ruby whispered to Yang. "You and I both know that he can survive with a minimum of one hour of sleep."
"I don't know. Maybe because he doesn't know if Damian can do the same?"
"Jokes on you Todd." Damian said. "I was trained to be able to survive on only one hour of sleep, but if you need to go beddy bye..."
Jason launched himself at Damian and blocked Crimson Storm before holding his Vulcan to Damian's throat. "Yield."
Damian looked down with a horrified look on his face.
Jason followed his gaze and backed up. Damian had a dagger poking into Jason's abdomen.
"Why would you do that?" Damian asked. "Why would you sacrifice yourself to deal a fatal blow?"
"Why did you draw the dagger?" Jason retorted.
Ruby and Yang ran up to Jason and each took an arm.
"That was really stupid!" Yang chastised.
"Did you see the look on his face?" Jason asked activating his semblance, so he didn't feel the pain.
Later that night.
Jason met Ruby and Yang in the ballroom that night.
"What are you doing here and not in the Hospital?" Yang asked.
"They gave me a clean bill of health. so. Here I am."
The trio grabbed three sleeping bags from the corner of the room and found a place to camp out. Jason took off his shirt and revealed his bare upper chest.
"That might not be such a great idea." Yang said.
"Why not?"
"Because of all your scars. If you just had your killer six pack, and none of the scars then it would be fine, but thirty percent of your body is covered in scar tissue because of your uncle. Twenty percent of that is on your upper torso. Do you really want to be showing that off to a room full of complete strangers?"
Jason looked self-conscious for a bit. "I have to work out before I go to bed. I'll put it on after that, so I don't rip another shirt."
"Okay." Yang said.
Jason began doing his exercises. He started with his push-ups. "One, Two, Three, Four, Five..."
Five minutes later.
"... Three hundred and ninety-nine, Four hundred."
Jaune came over in a onesie with a rabbit face on the front. "Hey guys. How many of those does he do?"
"He does Push-ups, Sit-ups, Crunches, Planks, and lunges before bed. He does Five hundred of each before bed. He says that it exhausts him enough to sleep, and that he does them, so he'll never be weak again."
"Now I know how he was able to beat me." Damian said. "He has a similar training regimen to my father; however, my father does one thousand of each exercise both when he wakes up and goes to bed."
"A pity you didn't follow his example." Jason said. "You might have been a challenge today."
"I will become your rival, and I will best you one day Todd."
"Whatever you say hell spawn."
Ruby and Yang watched as Jason went into Sit-ups. Ruby decided to write a letter.
"So. What are you writing?" Yang asked.
"A letter to my friends back at Signal."
"That is ssooo cute." Yang said.
Jason began doing Crunches. "You know Yang. You might want to be careful. Karma will bite you in the..."
"I. Am. Not. Biting. Anyone." A female voice from the far corner growled out.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to sound so insensitive." Jason said back.
Ruby and Yang looked at Jason and started laughing at him.
"My point is that you should be careful what you say."
"All I'm trying to say is that unlike Yang. None of my friends are here."
"Maybe you should make new ones." Yang and Jason said in unison.
"I don't know."
"What about Jaune?" Yang asked. "He's... nice. He needs a fashion designer to help him with his poor fashion sense, but he's nice."
"Yeah, but what about Weiss?"
"Weiss can go..." Jason began.
"Not. Helping. Jason." Yang snapped at him as he finished his crunches and started his planks.
"What? The ice princess just needs to..."
Yang pulled one of Jason's arms causing him to fall to one side. "Not helping Jason."
There was the strike of a match, and they looked over to see the girl with the hair bow.
"There's your new best friend." Yang said grabbing Ruby's arm.
"Wait. What. No." Ruby struggled against Yang.
Jaune walked up to Jason. "So... how many of those do you do?" He asked pointing at the Planks form Jason was in.
"I stay like this for ten minutes. The first time I tried it I could only do about a minute."
"They don't look that hard."
"try it." Jason said propping himself up on one arm and holding his arm out for Jaune to take a seat.
Jaune got into the same Position as Jason and was only able to stay like that for thirty seconds. "How are you able to do that for ten minutes?"
"Practice. If you want, I could show you what I do, and help you get strong..."
"Hey!" Weiss snapped. "Some of us are trying to..."
Jason pushed himself onto his hands and back flipped into a standing position before walking over to Weiss, Ruby, Yang and the girl with the hair bow. He pulled his arm back to punch Weiss."
"Jason stop!" Ruby shouted.
"No! I'm putting Weiss in her place right now. She has no right to talk to you that way."
"Bring it." Weiss said. "If you lay a single hand on me, my father will bury you."
"I relish the challenge." Jason said through clenched teeth. His eyes flashed dangerously.
Weiss finally realized what she had stepped into. She was no longer the big fish in the little pond, and even if she was, Jason was a Carnivore compared to her. There was nothing she could do. No one could save her. She was in a strange place, and her father could do nothing to protect her. Jason could do anything he wanted to her, and the only thing stopping him from doing that. Were his sisters.
AN: so this chapter has a lot of Jason being really aggressive towards Weiss. He will get better as the story progresses. Also. Jason is very overprotective of Ruby and Yang. You saw what he almost did to Jaune. Jason will be like an attack dog for the first, but as the story progresses he will become better. Hope you guys like this chapter.