AN: Beta Read by Brawn1984 and Starrmasterr.
AN: I do not own Red Hood or RWBY.
Team RWBY, JNPR, CFVY, JADE, Loki, and Coral were in the Armory.
"Can we hurry this up?" Jason asked. "I don't like everyone looking at me like a sideshow attraction."
"Ohhhh." Loki and Coral said. "Does wittle Jason not like to be ogled at like a side of beef?"
"I don't understand what you mean."
"We mean..." Coral said. "... That you are getting a taste of what girls go through when sexist pigs ogle them and make cat calls to them."
"I don't do that."
"Because you're not a sexist pig."
"Show me these guys and I'll make them rethink their lives."
"We also hate it when a man assumes, they have to take care of us." Loki said.
"You and Coral take care of each other."
Loki facepalmed. "You are obviously missing the point. Girls don't need a big strong man to save them."
"Shira did." Jason said darkly. "And there wasn't one around when she needed it."
Loki felt a lump rise in her throat. "Damn it J. Why did you have to Say that?"
"If I had been stronger, or faster, or even just paying attention then Shira would be alive."
"Or you'd be dead instead of her. Or worst-case scenario you both would be dead, AND REMNANT WOULD BE A CRATER BEFORE I OFFED MYSELF!" Loki shouted.
The armory got quiet.
"Can I ask you something Jason?" Ren asked.
"You just did." Coral said trying to lighten the mood.
"How did you and Loki know about Nora and I… on the streets that is?"
"You and Nora have some of the same quirks that Loki and I do." Jason said. "More Nora than you, but you get the picture."
"What are the quirks?" Nora asked.
"Eating as much as possible or not eating enough. Jumpy, edgy, stealthy. Even though you know you're safe you feel like you're not safe."
The room got quiet again except for the sound of Ruby working on Jason's legs.
"It's nice having someone who understands, isn't it?" Loki asked.
"Yeah." Ren said.
"Okay." Ruby said. "I had to redo your legs. They are a little bulkier for when you are moving at those high speeds. Don't put so much pressure on them next time, and I'd ask Viridian to look at them when he gets a chance."
"Okay. Thanks Ruby." Jason said hopping off the table before moving around. "Why is it so much harder to move?"
"I had to make them heavier. Why not stay here and walk around until you can run at top speed and have good balance. Don't think I didn't notice you were off balance out there..."
The door to the Armory opened and Viridian walked in. "Out of my way lads and lasses." He said walking to Jason. "Sit down!" He grumbled. "What were Ye thinkin'?"
"Viridian." Jason said.
"Why the hell would ye do tha'?"
"Viridian!"
"What were ye thinkin' makin' modifications to yer legs, and why in hell would ye pull such a risky stunt?"
"VIRIDIAN!" Jason yelled.
Viridian hit Jason over the head with his bag. "Don't interrupt when I'm scolding ye for being a daft idiot. Now. What were ye tryin' ta say?"
"Thank you."
Viridian looked like he was going to cry but hit Jason again. "Don' change the subject. Now..." Viridian turned to the others. "... you lot go watch the Tournament, and I'll let Jason out when I'm finished with him."
"Okay." They said before leaving.
"Now..." Viridian said.
Team SAPH in the Hospital
When Scott woke up, he saw his brothers sitting around his bed. "What hit me?" He asked.
"Jason." Geoff said none too happy. "If'n it wasn't for Coral giving Gale stim shots then you'd be dead! What do you have to say for yourself! I swear to the Gods of this world that if you so much as think about talking about Justice then I will yeet you out the window."
"Oh." Gale said. "He said Yeet. He's gone American on us. Run."
"I had to make things right, and didn't we already discuss this?"
"We discussed it, yes, but we didn't discuss the fact that you would become a walking talking punching bag. I thought that you were going to walk in there and throw the fight."
"That's why I didn't. I was going to, but then I remembered that night and I just couldn't do it. My instincts took over, and I was fighting like my life depended on it."
The others became quiet. They knew about the night Scott was talking about, and they were there when Scott was put into the same position. They stopped it from happening.
Scott looked up at them. "So, what happened after Jason punched me into the ground?"
"Well." Geoff said. "I don't want ta sound harsh or anythin', but it was beautiful. Like a work of art."
Gale elbowed Geoff.
"Sorry. I got worked up there for a second."
"Gale?" Scott asked. "Can you tell me what happened?"
"So, Jason punched you into the air twice, he jumped up after you, and punched into the ground before boosting himself down onto you shattering the arena floor."
"How much of it did he destroy?"
"It would be easier to ask how much was left."
"How much was left of the arena?"
"None. It was completely destroyed."
"You're kidding."
"Nope."
Scott sat back.
"Thank the Gods for aura."
"You can say that again." Geoff said.
Cherry opened her eye's again. "There has been a shift in the future."
"A good shift?" Pearl asked.
"A good shift for Beacon, but a bad shift for..."
"Well now." Professor Port said. "Now that the Arena is repaired, compliments of Glynda..."
Glynda facepalmed and glared at Port,
"... We can get on with the next fight."
The scroll began cycling through the names until...
"Yang Xiao Long and Neptune Vasilias. If you will please come to the Arena for your singles match?"
Emerald smiled. She knew just how to play Yang.
Viridian finished with his examination of Jason's Prosthetics. "Well. The good news is that I know what needs to be done. The bad news is that it will take an hour. I know that you wanted to watch Yang's fight, but I'm afraid that unless something stalls it then you will probably miss it."
Jason sighed. "Can I use my Semblance to watch it?"
"So long as I can work in peace it doesn't bother me."
Jason created a Shadow clone and closed his eyes before taking control of the Shadow clone.
"I'll be back." Jason's Shadow clone said.
"I'll be done when you get back."
The Shadow clone left the Armory.
When Yang got to the Arena, she saw Neptune. 'Easy win.'
"Three..."
"Two..."
"One..."
Yang and Neptune ran at each other.
"Hey Yang." Neptune said.
"Yeah?" Yang replied.
"You know that I'm glad Loki and Coral taught me to get over my fear of water." He said when he swung his trident at her.
"Oh yeah? Why's that?" Yang asked ducking the swing.
"Because you can't splash me with water and go for an easy win."
Yang hadn't thought of that. "Would that have worked?"
"Probably. I'm also happy I'm fighting you and not Nora."
"Why's..." Yang barely missed the lightning.
"Because I have an advantage over you."
Yang felt a wave pass over her.
"I'm also glad that Jason took Weiss to the dance. I really would have hated to have to lie to her about not having her. Man, I really hate Weiss."
"What the. Why do you hate Weiss?"
"Because. She's a Schnee, and the only thing Schnee's are good at is hurting other people. Don't even get me started on Blake. I really hate Faunus."
"Don't talk about the Faunus like that." Yang jumped at Neptune who moved out of the way a second before she hit him.
"Why? They are no better than livestock anyway. You and Ruby are the only two on Team RWBY that I actually like. It's too bad that Ruby is too young, otherwise I'd show her a really good time."
"Don't you ever talk about Ruby like that again!" Yang shot a shotgun round at him.
"Maybe if you were to act less tomboy-ish, and more girly, like Nora then I might show you a good time too."
Yang's pulse skyrocketed as she charged at Neptune. She didn't even notice the wave that had passed over her recede.
Neptune ran at Yang "Hey Yang."
"Yeah?" Yang replied.
"You know that I'm glad Loki and Coral taught me to get over my fear of water." He said when he swung his trident at her.
"Oh yeah? Why's that?" Yang asked ducking the swing.
"Because you can't splash me with water and go for an easy win."
Yang hadn't thought of that. "Would that have worked?"
"Probably. I'm also happy I'm fighting you and not Nora."
"Why's..." Yang barely missed the lightning.
"Because I have an advantage over you. So, do you like bantering when you fight?"
"What the. Why do you hate Weiss?" Yang asked.
"What are you talking about? I asked you if you like to banter when you fight."
"Don't talk about the Faunus like that." Yang jumped at Neptune who moved out of the way a second before she hit him.
"What are you talking about? One of my best friends is a Faunus. You know. Sun. Blake's Boyfriend."
"Don't you ever talk about Ruby like that again!" Yang shot a shotgun round at him.
Neptune ducked out of the way. "What are you saying? Seriously. Nothing you have said makes sense. Why would I hurt Ruby? There are like two dozen plus people who would kill me if I did."
Yang's pulse skyrocketed as she charged at Neptune. She didn't even notice the wave that had passed over her recede.
Neptune dove out of the way. "What is wrong with you Yang? Please start making sense."
"It appears that Mr. Vasilias has done something to upset miss Xiao Long." Doctor Oobleck said.
Jason's Shadow clone was watching the match when he saw Team SAPH.
Scott nodded at him.
Jason walked over. "Hey." He said.
"Hey." Scott said. "Are we good?"
Jason held his hand out.
Scott took Jason's outstretched hand.
Jason crushed Scott's hand, but Scott barely felt it. "Don't ever refer to anyone who was forced to live on the streets a street rat ever again, don't make Ruby cry again, and fix whatever the hell you did to make Yang hate you."
Scott returned the crushing handshake and said. "I won't refer to anyone as a street rat ever again, you have my word on that. I won't make Ruby cry again, and I'll apologize to both Ruby and Yang."
Jason tightened his grip. "Good."
Jason sat with Team SAPH to watch Yang's fight. He could hear Yang's heart rate climb, but he thought it was just her getting a good workout. Then he heard her heart rate skyrocket and he jumped to his feet.
"What's wrong?" Scott asked.
"Yang's in trouble."
"Yang's in trouble?" Gale asked. "She's about to kill Neptune."
"No. I mean her pulse just Skyrocketed."
"Let's go." Scott said.
Jason and Scott got up just as they saw Neptune jump out of bounds and Yang started shooting at him from the ring.
"What has gotten into her?" Doctor Oobleck asked.
Yang shook her head and realized that Neptune wouldn't mean those things, but the damage was already done.
Jason sniffed the air and looked towards the stadium. He saw atlas guards surround Yang. "No. No! Not again!" He yelled.
Scott looked at Jason and saw that he was getting ready to attack. He grabbed Jason. "Jason. Look. We will figure out what's going on but attacking atlas guards isn't the way to go about it."
Jason began thrashing as memories of Shira walking away with those bastards. He couldn't let that happen again, not to Yang. He fought against Scott as hard as he could. "Let me go! I have to get to her! I have to stop them from hurting her!"
The other people in the audience turned around to see what was happening. Children started getting nervous, and some of the adults too.
Emerald smiled. Cinders plan was working better than she could have hoped. They should have the Fall Maidens power's soon. If only that Damn Huntsman hadn't interfered. She thought back to when they had the Fall Maidens powers in their grasp, and that Hunter had stopped them.
Jason head butted Scott in the face breaking his nose. He boosted himself up before slamming Scott into the ground forcing the air from his lungs getting him to let go.
Damian had heard the commotion and had gotten up to see what was happening. He saw Jason being restrained by Scott and yelling about having to get to Yang. He Jumped up and ran to help.
"Jason." He said placatingly. "You can't do this. Yang is in trouble, but she won't be hurt." He activated his semblance, but Jason was going purely on instinct. There was no fighting style to copy, it was just Jason going on instinct.
Damian went to try and restrain him, but Jason grabbed Damian and threw him into the floor.
Coral, Loki, and Auburn got up and went to help.
"Jason!" Auburn yelled. "What's wrong?"
Loki realized what was happening. "Get out of his way!"
"What!" Auburn asked.
"You need to listen to me. Jason is having a panic attack because he is remembering when Shira was taken and hurt by those guys. He needs to get to Yang."
Coral and Auburn let Jason pass, but Loki ran after him.
Jason jumped into the arena and landed beside Yang. He grabbed the first atlas guard and kneed him in the gut. "Not this time you bastards!" He yelled.
The crowd became worried and began exiting the arena.
Emerald was cackling on the inside. This was too perfect.
Jason kicked one atlas guard in the knee breaking the joint and sending it to the floor. He grabbed two more and crushed their skulls together.
"STOP!" General Ironwood yelled.
"NO!" Loki yelled back. "Please. He doesn't understand what's happening! The last time this happened he was beaten to the floor and had to watch as the only person he loved then was taken away. He just needs to be told in a way that he can understand!"
Ironwood nodded, and Jason was frozen in ice.
Loki turned around with fire in her eyes, and into the hilt of Winter's sword.
Coral saw Winter heading up behind Loki and Jason and started heading that way. When she saw Winter freeze Jason, she picked up her pace, but when Winter hit Loki in the face with the hilt of her sword hard enough to knock her out, she became vengeful. She walked up to Winter and grabbed the bundle of nerves on her neck, knocking her out. She glared at Ironwood. "You have some explaining to do..." She pulled out 'Beckon' and changed it to the Buzzsaw blade before holding it to Winters Neck. "...Otherwise you get to bathe in your subordinates' blood."
AN: So this begins the Fall of Beacon. Enjoy.