(Volume 1) Chapter 7 - Teammates & Leaders

Beacon Academy Auditorium

Today's is Goodwitch's Combat Class and Jaune is fighting against Cardin, it's not going well for Jaune.

Cardin with his weapon Executioner perched on his shoulder and Jaune Arc opposite him with Crocea Mors drawn, leaning on his weapon as if exhausted, in the spotlight shining on the Beacon Academy auditorium stage.

He looks at Cardin, who laughs at his opponent's tiredness, and Jaune gathers his strength to charge forward and swing his blade at Cardin, only for him to jump out of the way. Jaune looks back, surprised, as Cardin swings his mace to Jaune's shield and himself flying back. Now only armed with his sword, Jaune continued to try and attack, but was blocked by the mace's hilt. Their weapons locked, Cardin forces himself up, towering over a struggling Jaune.

"This is the part where you lose." Cardin saids.

"Over my dead-!" Jaune replied.

But Jaune is cut short as Cardin knees him in the gut, making Jaune drop his sword and fall to the ground in pain. Cardin raises his mace and is about to slam it down on a worried Jaune just when the buzzer rings, the lights come back on.

"Cardin, that's enough!" Goodwitch declared as Cardin relents and walks away as she comes onto the stage, tapping her tablet, "Students, as you can see, Mr. Arc's Aura has now dropped into the red. In a tournament-styled duel, this would indicate that Jaune is no longer fit for battle, and that the official may call the match." She continues while Jaune still lays on the floor in defeat as Pyrrha looks sad, Glynda turns her head to look at the losing warrior as he pulls out a smaller tablet with his low, blinking stats and that of his entire team, "Mr. Arc, it's been weeks now. Please try to refer to your Scroll during combat. Gauging your Aura will help you decide when it's appropriate to attack, or when it is better to move to a more... defensive strategy. We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf, now, would we?"

"Speak for yourself..." Cardin grunted.

Glynda turns to the seated and standing students, seeing Yang, punching the air in anticipation, Rusty smiles, Weiss, shaking her fists with an excited smile and Ruby, shaking her entire body with enthusiastic energy while squealing softly along with the other member whose expressions are normal, "Remember, everyone, the Vytal Festival is only a few months away!" Glynda announced which makes the students who are excited for this exciter, "It won't be long before students from the other kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing! Those who choose to compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale!"

The bell rings, and students start leaving while Pyrrha continues to frown sadly. Jaune, still sitting on the floor, hangs his head in shame, Silver watches this from sight, seeing what is going on.

Beacon Lunch Hall

In the lunch hall where everyone is eating (Obviously it said right above...) Team SANR and RWBY are sitting with Team JNPR as they hear a story.

"So!" Nora started her story, "There we were, in the middle of the night..."

"It was day." Ren commented.

"We were surrounded by Ursai..." Nora continues as for the audience... Blake was paying no attention as she is reading her book, Yang who is hanging on her every word with her hands cupping her face and Rusty doesn't seem to care as he is drinking a soda can.

"They were Beowolves." Ren added as he is holding a coffee cup.

"Dozens of them!" She screams and jumped on the table which caused Rusty to spit out his soda and coughing out, Weiss is ignoring Nora and filing her nails, Albus gives a uncomfortable smile, Nigel patting Rusty's back, Ruby and Pyrrha are listening politely, and Jaune is messing with his food. Silver was partially listening as he watched Jaune.

"Two of 'em." Ren interjects again.

But Nora continues again, "But they were no match... And in the end, Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs!" While this happens Ruby and Pyrrha notice about Silver looking at Jaune and now both share a look at Jaune with concern.

"Wait, don't the Grimm disintegrate when it dies?" Albus asked in confusion.

Ren sighs in response, "She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now."

Rusty finishes coughing out and speaks, "Really?!" He blurted out and stood up, "I knew this stuff is fake, because it is complete bonkers!"

Nora glares at Rusty, "Hey! My stories are always true!"

"The fact you remember this dream for a month can also lead you..."

As Rusty and Nora are arguing about Nora's story, Pyrrha looks at her leader, disregarding what is happening "Jaune? Are you okay?" She asked.

Jaune snapping out of it, turning back toward them, "Huh? Oh, yeah! Why?" He asked his team and his friends.

"It's just that you seem a little... not okay..." Ruby joined in.

"Correct." Silver replied, "I've noticed your behaviour.."

Jaune sees the others stop their distractions and stares at him along with Ren and Nigel stopping Nora and Rusty as they all turn to see Jaune. "Guys, I'm fine. Seriously! Look!" He responds while holding up his thumb while laughing nervously until his attention is focused on the members of Team CRDL, standing around a girl with brown rabbit ears jutting from her hair as Cardin laughs at her and Sky holds up his hands to his head in a mock interpretation of her unusual features.

Pyrrha notices this and decides to speak, "Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school!"

"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah... He just likes to mess around! You know, practical jokes!" Jaune tires to act oblivious.

"He's a bully." Ruby states plainly.

"And a jerk!" Rusty added.

"Oh, please!" Jaune scoffed, "Name one time he's 'bullied' me."

The rest of them looked at each other as they explained 'every' moments.

Flashback #1

The Jaune is walking his way to class as Cardin is going the other way down the hall. When the two pass, Cardin knocks his arm into Jaune and makes him drop his book, then continuing on his way with his hands out as if daring anyone to challenge him.

"Ah, come on!" Jaune complains.

Flashback #2

Jaune and Cardin are about to pass through a doorway, but Cardin clicks on Jaune's sheath and extends it into its shield form as he's going out, causing him to run into his own defense and have it block the exit.

"Come on...!" Jaune grunts in frustration as he tries to lift his shield back out.

Flashback #3

Glynda is in the locker room with several students, gesturing at the devices.

"Each of you will be assigned one rocket-propelled locker to store your weapons and extra armor. Additionally, your locker can be sent to a custom location based on a six-digit code." Glynda explains.

Hearing this, Cardin looks at Jaune and stands between him and the only open locker in the room. Cardin quickly thinks and pushes Jaune into the small dark space and closes the door on him, pressing random buttons on the pad right after that.

"What?! No, wait, wait! You've gotta get me out of here! Please! Don't! Don't! Don't do it!" Jaune protests but it's too late.

The locker scrunches down and launches up with a burst of blue fire coming from its base. Cardin watches as the locker slowly soars across the sky.

"Ahhh, coooome oooooooon...!" Jaune complained from a distance.

Back To Present

Now Jaune is stared at by everyone and attempts to laugh it off, "I didn't land far from the school!"

"Jaune, you know if you ever need help, you can just ask." Pyrrha says

"Ooooh!" Nora has an idea as she gets up from the table and presents her diabolical plan with a not-entirely-sane grin, "We'll break his legs!" She suggests.

"For once, I agreed!" Rusty joined as they did a fsit bump together, completely forgiving what they said about Nora's story.

"Guys, really, it's fine!" Jaune tries to calm down the duo, "Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me; he's a jerk to everyone."

They all look over as the laughing grows louder, mixed in with cries of pain from the rabbit girl when one of her ears is tugged on by Cardin.

"Ow! That hurts!" She stops struggling and grimaces as she says, "Please, stop..."

Cardin continues laughing as he turns to his cronies, "I told you it was real!"

"What a freak!" Russel comments, still guffawing with his teammates.

Everyone on the table stares at Cardin with anger.

"Atrocious." Pyrrha says, "I can't stand people like him."

Nigel looks down as his wolf ears droop down as Blake is staring daggers at Cardin, "He's not the only one..." She mumbled as she turned to pat Nigel on the back for comfort.

"It must be hard to be a Faunus." Yang sadly, leaning her head on her hand.

Albus feels sorry for the girl as Rusty grunts in annoyance of how Cardin is messing with someone.

Silver notices this and decides to do something about them. He slowly lifts his hands as his face concentrates to Cardin's arm which is grabbing the rabbit's ear glows.

"Huh?" Cardin notices it until it suddenly moves by itself, letting go of the rabbit ears. And all the sudden Silver swiftly swings his index finger, which Cardin's glowing hand curls up into a fist and swings to Russel, causing him to knock back. Silver then changes the glow to where Dove's leg is starting to glow and moves and pokes out to where Russel gets tripped over by it. Silver sent the glow immediately to Sky's arms and Cardin's arm forced it to punch Cardin and Dove, as well Cardin punched Sky's face. The team of CRDL is now knocked out, as the students are shocked that the team suddenly hits each other. Team RWBY, JNPR and SANR expect Silver also joined as they stare at Silver who stands up and walks up to the rabbit faunus.

(Silver & Velvet POV)

"Are you okay?" Silver asks the rabbit faunus girl.

"Umm... Yes?" She asked.

"Good." Silver notices that she's alone, "Your team?"

"Oh, they are here!" She mentioned, "It's just I just got here alone."

"I'll help you find your team, Miss..." Silver replied.

"V-velvet Scarlatina..." She nervously replied.

"Okay Velvet," Silver responded as he looked around the lunch hall who were still staring at the scene, "I sense your team is over this direction." He pointed to where there is a table with three students which he guessed must be her team.

"T-thanks..." Velvet quickly nodded as she turned but was held back by Silver who she turned around.

"May I help you with that?" Silver asks and gestures the tray.

"O-of course..." Velvet stuttered by the gentle approach by Silver, "It's just people like him don't-"

Before Velvet speak about discrimantion such as Cardin, Silver speaks out, "It doesn't matter about who you are on the outside, you are still a person, freaks such as monsters harm, you don't." Silver explained, "Here's your team." He pointed out as the three watched him.

Velvet nodded surprised to hear those words and sat with her team. The girl with shades confronted her.

"You okay?" She asked Velvet.

"Yes, Coco I am okay." She responds to her leader, and as the leader wants to say "Thank you." Coco saw Silver left to join the others.

"Guess, I'll thank him later..." Coco thought and smiled as she and her team took care of Velvet.

Team RWBY, JNPR & SANR Table

Silver returns to the seat as everyone stares at him with awe.

"That was awesome!" Ruby beamed.

"How did you do that?!" Nora nearly shrieked from excitement.

"You ain't kidding you could do anything with Aura." Rusty replied.

"Indeed, almost anything." Silver replied as he sat down.

"Incredible." Albus responded.

"Umm, Silver?" A voice was called out as Silver turned to see Nigel and Blake smiled.

"Thanks for everything you said about us." Nigel approved.

"No worries." Silver simply replied, but noticed the way Nigel speaks as he looks at Blake.

"Yeah, you sure showed Cardin who's boss!" Yang smirked.

"Yeah thanks..." Jaune gave a small smile.

Silver nodded as Cardin got up, groaning from pain as he looked around to his team trying to recover. He then sees Silver and Velvet along with her team. He then realised who started this mess, as he remembered the glimpse of Silver raising his hand which somehow caused this scenario. He glares at the leader of SANR with anger.

Prof *I mean Doc* Oobleck Class

Now on class with Professor- Uh I mean Doctor Oobleck is teaching the history of Remnant, as all the students in there are now in their school uniforms. There are different stages of interest to these students: Rusty is bored and is sleeping his head on the desk while slightly snoring, along with Jaune who is sleeping as well, his head resting in his hands, while Profes- Uh Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck is in the middle of his hyperactive lecture, educating Weiss, Blake, Pyrrha, Albus, Nigel, Velvet, and a leaned-back Cardin directly behind Jaune. Along with Ruby, Yang and Silver just watching the subject go on, Silver is trying to keep an eye on Ruby if she goes asleep, which she didn't.

"Yes! Yes, prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution more popularly known as the Faunus War..." Oobleck continues on, zooming up to the front of the class and the map covered in papers behind his desk, "Humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing the Faunus population in Menagerie." He points at the map of said-area with his stick, then zooms off to the side for a sip of his coffee before appearing in front of the desk, "Now! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events! Why, the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day!" He zooms around the classroom more, sipping his coffee again before continuing to zoom and talk, "Now! Have any of you been subjugated or discriminated against because of your Faunus heritage?"

Some of the silhouetted students raise their hands. Velvet paused before turning to see Silver nodding at her which after a moment, does the same.

"Dreadful, simply dreadful!" Oobleck pities the faunus students, "Remember, students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence!" He takes another sip of his coffee, "I mean, I mean, I mean just look at what happened to White Fang! Now, which one of you young scholars can tell me what many theorize to be the turning point in the third year of the War?"

A hand is raised and it is Weiss, "Yes?" Oobleck addresses her.

"The battle at Fort Castle!" She answered.

"Precisely!" Oobleck approved, "And, who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?"

Unseen by the professor, Cardin flicks a paper football at Jaune's head, causing him to wake up.

"Hey!" Jaune complained.

Suddenly Oobleck zoomed up into Jaune's face, "Mr. Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer?" He asks.

"Uhhhh..." Jaune tries to come up one, "The answer... The advantage... that the Faunus..." He looks next to him which is Rusty but he is sleeping, muttering about literature is boring as he looks behind Oobleck's focused face at Pyrrha, who coughs and motions to her lips as she gives him the answer, "...had over that guy's stuff..."

Then he sees Pyrrha cup her hands around her eyes and goes for the most obvious answer, "Uhh... Binoculars!" He replied.

While Jaune looks pleased with his answer, the class laughs at him as Rusty is still asleep and Oobleck back at the front of the class sips his coffee. Pyrrha sighs and slaps a hand to her forehead as Cardin pounds his fist on his desk while chortling.

Oobleck zooms back behind his desk as he says, "Very funny, Mr. Arc!" He sees Cardin chortling, "Cardin! Perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject!"

"Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier." Cardin replied with a mockery tone.

Oobleck shakes his head while Pyrrha responds, "You're not the most open-minded of individuals, are you, Cardin?"

"What? You got a problem?" Cardin threatens.

"No, I have the answer! It's night vision." Pyrrha retorts, "Many Faunus are known to have nearly-perfect sight in the dark." Cardin growls at the correct response.

Blake then continues, "General Lagune was inexperienced, and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep. His massive army was outmatched, and the general was captured." She turns to Cardin, "Perhaps if he'd paid attention in class, he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure." Nigel smiles at Blake and Pyrrha as Cardin gets up from his seat, fist clenched.

"Mr. Winchester!" Oobleck interferes, "Please take your seat." As Jaune laughs at his tormentor's embarrassment before Oobleck zooms up to him, "You and Mr. Arc can both see me after class for additional readings." He takes yet another sip of his coffee.

"Oohhhh..." Jaune groaned, shoulders slumping.

Oobleck sees Rusty's sleeping, as he clears his throat causing him to wake up.

"Huh!?" Rusty blurted out as he stared at Oobleck's face.

"You shall be having a conversation with me." Oobleck replied.

"Oh..." Rusty groaned and landed his face on the desk.

"Now! Moving on!" Oobleck zooms away as the class continues.

End of Class

When the lesson ends, Silver, Nigel, Albus, Weiss, Blake, Ruby, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren come out of the classroom, only for Pyrrha to stop near the doorway.

"You go on ahead. I'll wait for Jaune." She said to her teammates.

"I'll stay until Rusty is done." Nigel replied to his teammates as well.

Just then, Rusty walks out of the classroom.

"I just got a warning, nothing too much." Rusty explained.

"We'll see about that." Nigel replied as the two now walked to their dorm.

Meanwhile in Oobleck's calls, Oobleck sips his coffee as he lectures the two students, "You two have been struggling in my class since day one! Now, I don't know if it's a lack of interest, or just your stubborn nature, but whatever it is..." He takes a longer sip of his coffee, "It stops now! You've worked hard to gain entrance to this school, and we only accept the best of the best, so I expect you to act like it. History is important, gentlemen! If you can't learn from it... you're destined to repeat it. Pages fifty-one to ninety-one! I want an essay on my desk by next class! Now! Run along."

With that, he zooms out of the classroom and past a waiting Pyrrha in a green and white blur. Jaune comes out first, and Cardin emerges behind him, pushing him to the ground and emitting an "Ow!" from him that makes the bully laugh before walking away.

Pyrrha narrows at Cardin before helping Jaune pull back on his feet, "You know, I really will break his legs." Pyyrha said to Jaune, to which he sighs.

Suddenly Pyrrha looks like she is struck by inspiration, "I have an idea! Here, come with me!" She grabs a confused Jaune by the arm and drags him along as she turns down the corridor.

Rooftop

A dejected Jaune and Pyrrha come onto a rooftop of one of the buildings, with a clear view of the glowing green orbs in the central tower of Beacon.

"Pyrrha, I know I'm going through a hard time right now, but I'm not that depressed." Jaune said as he looks over the edge of the roof, to the confusion of Pyrrha, "I can always be a farmer or something..."

Realization hits Pyrrha with horror, "N-n-no!" She dashes to push Jaune away from the edge, "That's not why I brought you up here!"

What they didn't notice is Cardin leaning in his windowsill right below them, listening to them.

Pyrrha speaks, "Jaune, I know you're having a difficult time in class and that you're still not the strongest of fighters, so... I want to help you!"

"Wh-what?" Jaune asked in confusion.

"We can train up here after class where no one can bother us!" Pyrrha explains.

"You think I need help?" Jaune asked with his depression heard.

"N-no! No, that's not what I meant." Pyrrha tries to explain.

"But you just said it." Jaune responded.

"Jaune, everybody needs a little push from time to time." Pyrrha replied, "It doesn't make you any different from the rest of us. You made it to Beacon! That speaks volumes of what you're capable of!"

Jaune turns away from her, lowering his head and voice, "You're wrong. I-I don't belong here."

"That's a terrible thing to say! Of course you do!" Pyrrha replied.

"No, I don't!" Jaune shouted and sighs as Pyrrha looks bewildered and he reveals the 'truth', "I wasn't really accepted into Beacon..." He turns his back to her so he doesn't have to face her.

"Wh-what do you mean?" Pyrrha asked in confusion.

"I mean I didn't go to combat school, I didn't pass any tests. I didn't earn my spot at this Academy!" Jaune's voice rises higher as he confesses, he looks at her again, "I lied! I got my hands on some fake transcripts, and I lied!"

"What?" Pyrrha was shocked to hear this, "But... why?"

"'Cause this is always what I've wanted to be!" Jaune turns away again, "My father, my grandfather, and his father before him were all warriors! They were all heroes! I wanted to be one, too. I was just never good enough."

Pyrrha approached him, placing a hand on his shoulder, "Then let me help you!"

Jaune suddenly turned on her with mad frustration, "I don't want help! I don't want to be the damsel in distress! I want to be the hero!"

"Jaune, I-" Pyrrha tries to talk.

But Jaune quickly interrupts, "I'm tired of being the lovable idiot, stuck in the tree while his friends fight for their lives! Don't you understand? If I can't do this on my own... then what good am I?" He asked leaving Pyrrha trying to attempt to reach out for his arm and console him, but he leaned back from her touch.

"Just... leave me alone. Okay?" Jaune said.

Pyrrha bows her head, sadly, "If that's what you think is best..." She walks away, her footsteps getting softer and softer until she leaves the roof. Jaune paces a little until he hears a mocking laugh and Cardin appears on the roof from his window.

"Oh, Jaune..." A familiar voice is called.

Jaune turns around and behind him is his bully, "Cardin!" He blurted.

"I couldn't help but overhear you two from my dorm room." Cardin mocks Jaune, "So, you snuck into Beacon, huh? I gotta say, Jaune, I never expected you to be such a rebel!"

"Please, Cardin, please, don't tell anyone!" Jaune begs.

"Jaune, come on! I'd never rat on a friend like that!" Cardin responds as he walks over to Jaune.

"A... a friend?" Jaune stuttered.

"Of course!" Cardin replied then trapped Jaune in a headlock under his arm despite his struggling, "We're friends now, Jauney boy! And the way I see it, as long as you're there for me when I need you, we'll be friends for a long time." He finally releases Jaune, who gasps as he leans on the ground.

"That being said, I really don't have time to do those extra readings Dr. Oobleck gave us today. Think you could take care of that for me, buddy?" He asked as he leaned down to rub Jaune's hair and gets up with a grin, "That's what I thought." He heads back to hang onto the edge, "Don't worry, Jaune; your secret's safe with me."

Cardin drops back down to his room as Jaune rubs his neck in pain and worry.

(Team RWBY, JNPR & SANR POV)

"No way." Albus said while crossing his arms as team SANR, JNPR and RWBY are walking to their dorms.

"Please man, I needed help for this." Rusty pleaded.

"It's your work." Albus still refutes.

"I can't do this extra reading man!" Rusty blurted out. As it has been confirmed Rusty is forced to do these extra reading and a essay work thanks to Nigel.

"Don't worry Rusty. I bet you can finish these readings in a breeze." Yang giggled and did a small act of snoring which caused Rusty to glare back at her while some small groans were heard.

"Oh... You good." Rusty pointed out.

"More like awful." Nigel added which others nod but Rusty.

"Heh, you haven't seen anything like this." Yang smirked.

"I don't wanna..." Nigel whispered to himself, Blake placed her hand on his shoulder for comfort.

"Maybe you need my help?" Ren suggests.

"Unless, you are going to the dorm every hour." Rusty replied.

"Oh." Ren simply replied, "I understand why you need your teammates." Rusty nodded.

Just then, Pyrrha, while looking down, walks up to them.

"Hey Pyrrha!" Nora waved, "How is 'fearless' leader?"

Pyrrha looks up to see Nora as she gives out a fake small smile, "Doing great."

Silver already noticed something going on, while Albus spoke up all the sudden, "Alright fine!"

"Finally!" Rusty replied.

"Why me?" Albus asked.

"Cuss you are smart." Rusty simply answered giving Albus a stare.

Albus sighs, "Alright, I will help you, but you would do it, I ain't doing work for you."

"I just want a helping hand." Rusty replied as the three groups made it to their dorms.

Silver knows he needs to talk, "You guys go to your dorm, I have something to speak to Pyrrha."

The team nodded as well as the others.

"Well hope you have a good conversation!" Ruby beamed as they now enter their dorms leaving only Pyrrha and Silver.

"Is there something you need to say?" Pyrrha asked as her tone was a bit sadden.

"I know Jaune pushed you away-" Silver spoke but Pyrrha immediately turned with a shocked face.

"What?!" Pyrrha quickly interrupted before lowering her tone, " You knew?"

"Your leader isn't with you, your facial looks sad, and judging by your expression, your leader Jaune is having troubling fitting here at Beacon." Silver explained leaving Pyrrha surprised.

Pyrrha sighs and looks away, "Pyrrha." Silver speaks, "I know Jaune is having troubles that you cannot do anything..." Pyrrha looks even down but hears this, "But sometimes doing nothing will damage it further."

She looks to Silver, "I will bring Ruby to talk to Jauen about being leaders since we both have the role, and for a moment Jaune will rethink his choices and do his best for you and his team." He said.

Pyrrha smiles at Silver, "Thank you, you don't know how much it means to me." She thanked him.

"No worries Pyrrha, you are not alone." Silver replied back as they both nodded and went to their dorms.

(Pyrrha POV)

Pyrrha enters the dorm, thinking about Silver's words.

"Hey Pyrrha!" Nora's voice called out as Pyrrha looked to see Nora and Ren in their pajamas, "Whatcha thinking?" She asked.

Pyrrha went silent for a second before smiling and replying, "Nothing, Nora." She then soon gets changed.

(Silver POV)

Silver went back to the dorm and all he hears is aggressive talking.

"No, No! That's not what it means!" Albus hissed out as he is pointing to the book which Rusty is writing his essay.

"It isn't?" Rusty asked.

"Yes!" Albus shouted as Silver walks by to the bathroom to change, he returns back seeing Rusty and Albus are still doing the work. He sits on his bed next to Nigel who is reading his book.

"What did you talk to Pyrrha?" SIlver turns to see Nigel was the one asking the question.

"Some helpful team advice." Silver answered.

"Hmmm... Alright." Nigel replied as he turned a page from his book.

"What about your book?" Silver asked.

"Huh?" Nigel turned around which Silver pointed at the book, which caused Nigel to fret, "I don't share my stories much." He nervously replied.

"Understandable." Silver understood as the two rest in their beds while Albus keeps banging his left fist on Rusty's head while refuting the incorrectness of the writing as Rusty's face remains monotone.

Silver is going to speak Jaune about this. Just as the Beacon days get anything interesting... Stay tune for the next chapter!