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Chapter Eleven: Beginning the Legend

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"That's a big Ursa!" - Speech

'I'm so tired.' - Thoughts

[Game Announcement]

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I don't own RWBY or The Gamer.

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"Jaune," Ozpin said as he overlooked Beacon from the window in his office, his new pupil right next to him. "I've made more mistakes than any man or woman living. We stand on the brink of war. You may not like your new responsibility, but you will appreciate what it stands for."

Jaune looked at his Headmaster. "What do you mean?"

He motioned to the dorms below. "All your friends. Pyrrha, Ruby, Nora. They must mean the world to you. You will be fighting with them when the time comes, and it's my hope you'll lead them."

Ozpin had a point, but that didn't mean he had to like being forced into this. He had been lying to both him and the rest of the world for ages, put lives in danger, and expected Jaune to do the same.

"This better is worth it," said Jaune bitterly. "So no more secrets. Tell me everything. No matter how bad it makes you seem."

"No." Ozpin sighed. "But I will speak honestly with you. You will eventually earn my trust and the surrounding details of all of this. For now, you must not tell anybody about this new duty of yours. It may be a lot we're asking for, but remember, it is all for Beacon and the safety of Vale."

"Why should I trust that then? I-I mean I saw that girl in her-"

Jaune gasped, watching a small hexagon covered orb float in Ozpin's hand. "You see, even now I only have a fraction of the power I once did. And for that reason, we are more exposed than ever. I stand alone against those who would seek to use the Relic of Choice to destroy Humanity."

"Y-You. You can use magic?" Jaune stood in awe.

"Jaune, I hope that you understand that while I gave you no choice in this manner, it was of utmost urgency that you help me revive Amber. Without you, the alternative would be much worse."

Even after the Abyss, to know magic was real in his own school was a bit shocking. Even more, what could be worse than his new duty? "W-Wait. What alternative?"

"We have none in essence. If Amber passes Vale can possibly be destroyed. Thousands will die."

"B-But who would do this?"

Ozpin fixed his glasses. "As I said, I will tell you in time. But for the meantime, I thank you for your valor in wanting to help us."

"No. I didn't do this for you. I did this for my team, for Ruby." Jaune said quickly. "I did this for them. Just for them."

"Jaune, you have classes today. Again as I said, secrecy is your utmost responsibility. Hard as it may seem, act like your normal self."

Jaune rolled his eyes. "Yeah thanks for dropping all this. Not like it's a lot to play along with."

"Would you want to make your friends panic either?"

"I mean Grimm I get. But it seems like you're hiding a whole lot from people."

Ozpin explained. "For safety reasons."

Holding a massive secret from people to save lives seemed worthy enough. But expecting Jaune to play along with all of it as if he loved every second of it? No. He wanted to help save lives and protect his friends sure, but he didn't enjoy being Ozpin's...ward? He was strongly reminded of how his great-great-grandfather was recounted in the Compendium, Jaune did not want that at all.

His oath to uphold the Arc family name had seemingly paid off.

Jaune began to walk away to the elevator in quiet agreement.

"Oh and Jaune. Come to the landing platform at 7 PM sharp. General Ironwood will be expecting you for your first training lesson. And make sure no one knows where you're going or sees you."

"Sure thing," Jaune said before leaving.

As the elevator down from Ozpin's office descended Jaune passed his hand across his forehead.

It was hard enough trying to hide an ability from another dimension that let him train and fight in secret from his closest friends, now he had to hide the fact that he was going to be trained by the most important people in the world to access this Relic. How was he supposed to tell Pyrrha? Or Ruby? Or anyone? How was he supposed to go about his day like normal?

While revealing that what Ozpin was telling him was in fact true didn't lessen the pain of knowing this any less. It just made it more real.

He had willingly agreed to become more than a Huntsman. A sort of ultra Huntsman capable of protecting this strange Relic and reviving that girl in that strange pod. He didn't like how much Ozpin expected him to accept all of it, Ozpin had counted on how severe the situation was and how selfless Jaune was willing to be to help RWBY and JNPR.

Qrow spoke to Ozpin after Jaune had left. "He took it better than I thought."

"He reacted well. Better than I thought as well." Ironwood said. "But I only care how much he improves, from what Glynda has told me. He's a lackluster student and a below-average fighter."

"For now," said Ozpin. "It's our job to change this."

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Ruby and Weiss reacted bombastically to the board game they were playing in the library. Instead of reading his comic book or napping like Nora, Jaune scribbled away in a notebook, studying while failing miserably to hide his angry expression over the day's events.

"Jaune?" Pyrrha noticed this. "Are you all right?"

Jaune snapped out of how focused he was on his homework. "Oh no, I'm fine Pyrrha."

"Are you sure? You seem, mad."

Jaune scanned Pyrrha's worried face. How was he supposed to tell her that Ozpin considered turning her into a shell? That this wonderful selfless person would've been gone forever?

"I've been a bit worried. Sorry." Jaune turned over the page in his notebook.

Pyrrha placed a hand on Jaune's. "What's been bothering you? You can always tell me Jaune."

He looked at her hand, and then her kind green eyes. "I-I can't tell you."

"You can tell me anything Jaune."

"P-Pyrrha." he looked at the girl sitting next to him in the library. A question arose in his mind when he looked at her. "I've kinda wanted to know for a while, why're you so nice to me?"

"I'm nice to everyone." Pyrrha shrugged.

"Yeah, I know that. But why especially me?"

Pyrrha looked away. "Well- You're my partner. I wouldn't have anyone without you."

"What about Nora and Ren?"

"Yeah but they're teammates. You and I have to look out for each other. Always." Pyrrha said.

Jaune thought about this. Pyrrha clearly cared a lot about him. It was up to him to step up to Ozpin's challenge. He had to pay Pyrrha's kindness back for once. "Okay. I've been stressed about a lot lately. I can't really tell you about it though, but I wish I could-"

Nora woke up loudly. "Uh!"

"We're in a library Nora, please try to keep your voice down," Pyrrha said in her soft voice.

"Which means you're just three turns away from conquering Remnant!" cried Ruby so loudly half the library heard her.

Jaune watched this as Pyrrha spoke to him. "You're a natural-born leader Jaune. You'll be fine."

Jaune nodded slowly. "Thanks Pyrrha."

He opened his notebook again as Pyrrha talked to him. "So, are you up for training with me tonight?"

"Um," Jaune said, remembering what Ozpin had told him. "I can't tonight, sorry."

Blake's attentive ears perked up. She always had above average hearing, even for a Faunus. While she was beyond bored with her game with the rest of team RWBY, Jaune had been acting particularly strange the past few weeks, especially with that event at the docks.

'What better things does Jaune have to do than train with Pyrrha tonight?'

Blake snapped back into focus when Ruby spoke to her as Pyrrha looked at Jaune. "Jaune, what's going on? We always train on Wednesdays."

"I needed to get started on an assignment. Glynda told me I have a ton of books to look through." Jaune said, making a quick mental note to tell Glynda to cover for him if Pyrrha or anyone else asked.

"That's fine." Pyrrha smiled at him. "I'm glad to hear you're taking school seriously."

Blake noticed this, tuning out quickly again when Ruby took her turn.

'D-Did Jaune just lie to Pyrrha?'

Blake squinted at Jaune. What was going on?

Jaune kept writing in his notebook as Pyrrha spoke to him. "So what assignment is it?"

"Just wanted to get some reading done. Need to stay sharp if I want to be a good team leader." Jaune said. Seeing Pyrrha's disappointed face, Jaune felt a pit of guilt grow in his stomach. "I'll make it up to you. You can help me bake cookies with Ruby on Friday!"

Pyrrha gave a weak smile. "Oh. I'm glad to hear that then."

Jaune hated Ozpin even more now. Pyrrha deserved the truth. Pyrrha deserved to train properly with him, she was his partner. Giving her time to bake cookies with Ruby was just a sort of apology.

"Yeah, s-sorry Pyrrha," Jaune said. "But hey, I'm gonna get better grades this semester for sure now."

This seemed to cheer Pyrrha up a bit. "Yes! It's a bit surprising to see you with homework in front of you instead of a comic book," noted Pyrrha.

"Yeah. I still have a decent stack to get through that I haven't finished yet."

Ruby cleared her throat, turning around and looking at him from her game with her team.

"Oh. After Ruby finishes them first of course."

Pyrrha looked at him. "Why don't you have your own?"

"I kind of spent all the money my parents lent me already," Jaune said, scratching the back of his neck. "Yeah, I've always been kind of bad with money."

Pyrrha spoke truthfully about why she noticed Jaune wasn't reading a comic book. "I always kind of liked that stuff you read."

"You can borrow them after I'm finished with them. I think I'm gonna be pretty busy anyway." Jaune turned the page in his notebook. "Might not have the time to read all of them."

"I'm just glad to hear you're trying to be more responsible with your time!" admitted Pyrrha.

"Right, because I'm such a natural-born leader after all." Jaune laughed at this slightly.

"Hey, you've come a long way since the beginning of last semester. Give yourself some credit."

This made Jaune smile. "Yeah. Thanks Pyrrha."

'Wow. Lien for every time I had to say that.'

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Back in JNPR's dorm, Nora and Jaune set up a video game to play together as she talked to him. "So Jaune, there's a ball coming up. Thinking of asking anyone?"

Jaune shrugged. "Maybe Weiss. I don't like my chances."

"Just be yourself. Be honest with her," suggested Pyrrha.

'Practice what you preach Pyrrha.' thought Nora.

"I honestly think she won't say yes but I don't see the harm in asking." Jaune admitted as he sat down next to Nora to play 'Castle Bash.'

Nora set the game to open as she spoke. "Plus you can always just ask someone else if it doesn't work out." Nora raised her eyebrows at Pyrrha, laughing along with Jaune.

"Yeah. The ladies always love me," said Jaune flatly as the game started up.

Nora disagreed. "Hey, you're not so bad. At least you don't let Cardin shove you around as much."

Jaune shook his head, starting to game with Nora. "Thanks but I've been avoiding him more than anything. But thanks for the vote of confidence."

"No problem." his teammate said.

Jaune looked at her as she started to focus on the game. She was a lot like Pyrrha, kind, supportive, and loyal. Just a lot more loud and bombastic. Wouldn't be a bad idea to ask her to the ball, or maybe Pyrrha.

"So got any goals for this semester?" Pyrrha asked her team leader as he gamed with Nora.

Jaune nodded. "Yeah, I want to get at least a B in all my classes. And not lose to Cardin, don't want to keep ducking him anymore."

Nora gave another excellent suggestion. "Next time he tries to shove you around, tell him to spar with you in class. You can talk to Glynda and set it up."

[Quest Alert!

No more Running: The Definitive Spar

You've been avoiding Cardin for too long. Time to show your progress and fight him one on one.

Time Limit: None (Bonus Objective: Defeat Cardin in under three minutes.)

Reward: +2000 EXP

+Mana Shield

Failure: N/A

Accept/Deny]

"Think I might just do that," Jaune said looking around the room. Nora was too focused on the video game they were playing to notice, Pyrrha was checking something on her scroll and Ren was taking his usual late afternoon catnap. Jaune quickly accepted the quest and made a mental note to challenge Cardin the next time he saw him.

He would've been a lot more afraid of facing him alone last semester than now. After fighting the White Fang, loads of monsters in the Abyss, and now receiving personal training from Ozpin, Jaune was more confident that he had much more of a chance. A damned fire Minotaur with an axe sure was a lot more intimidating than a dumb bully.

Twenty minutes into their first run and Nora was quite pleased with their progress.

"Highscore yeah!" cheered Nora very loudly, socking Jaune in the shoulder.

"Hey!"

"Oh man, this guy's super tough!" Nora focused on the screen, gripping her scroll harder.

Jaune dodged in the game, moving his hand around as if he was dodging in real life. "Crap, don't let him get you!"

Pyrrha chuckled quietly as she watched from her bed. She had to admit, Ren had some amazing napping skills to sleep right through the racket Nora and Jaune made when they played video games together. What was surprising to Pyrrha was that for some strange reason, she had a lot of fun when JNPR just decided to relax together as a team. It almost felt like she had a little family of her own.

A little notification popped up in the corner of the screen. "It's 6:45 already? I gotta get going."

"Have fun studying brainiac." teased Nora blowing a raspberry.

Laughing back, Jaune held the doorknob to the dorm before he left. "I'll be back soon guys."

Jaune started walking towards the locker rooms to get his gear before training. When he reached the end of the hallway and was about to leave towards the boy's locker room, a cool voice spoke out.

"Nice night isn't it Jaune?"

"Gah!" Jaune jumped in surprise.

Blake was reading quietly on the windowsill. Jaune looked at her nervously. "Blake! H-How long have you been sitting there?"

"About twenty minutes. What are you doing out so late?"

"Was about to head to the library." Jaune swallowed, failing not to look suspicious. "Wh-What about you?"

"The library. Which is why you're heading out an hour before it closes." Blake checked her watch and turned to the door. "And towards the locker rooms."

"Hey! We all do last minute studying sometimes." Jaune said nervously.

"Jaune." Blake sighed, closing her eyes and holding the bridge of her nose. "Do you get pleasure out of lying to people? Because you seem to act like everyone around you can't notice anything."

"Did I say something to make you mad?" Jaune asked.

"No, what could possibly lead you to believe that?" Blake said with a dead tone. "I mean there's the fact that you have no actual explanation for how you knew to show up at the docks. You've clearly lied to Pyrrha, the one person you'd think you could come clean to. And you've been acting incredulous around me since the end of last semester."

"Acting what?"

"Incredulous."

Jaune admitted this sheepishly. "I, I don't know what that word means."

"Forget it." Blake snapped her book shut and jumped off the windowsill. "Forget I ever said anything."

"Hey, it's not easy okay? I wish I could fess up but it's harder than it sounds all right?" Jaune said as Blake walked away. "I-I didn't ask for any of this!" he said in frustration.

"For any of what? What in the world could the oh-so mysterious Jaune Arc need to hide from everyone?" Blake's sarcasm was tone-deaf again.

"Why do you care so much? Don't you have your own team to worry about?"

"No one cares about anything that matters anymore," Blake said dryly. "There's something huge going on and we're playing board games."

Jaune spoke clearly to her. "So let your team know."

"Weiss just talked to me about it. You're still hiding a lot from us Jaune. Don't act like you're not because it's insulting. I'm not easily tricked."

Jaune waved a hand off in her direction. "Yeah well! I-."

After she left, Jaune sighed. She was right. Both she and Pyrrha deserved the truth. But how in the world was he supposed to tell them everything?

'I have an interdimensional power that may cross into some strange digital unknown landscape. And Ozpin chose me to save the world for some strange reason. Oh yeah, and Beacon might be hiding some secret superweapon that might be the key to stopping the entire destruction of Humankind. Yipee!'

It sounded more like the story a child would come up with to impress his friends, saying he got attacked by thugs when in reality he just broke his arm riding his bicycle.

As Jaune approached after getting his weapons from the locker room Glynda left open for him, Qrow and Ironwood were waiting for him on the landing platform.

"You're here on time," Ironwood said. "That's good."

"No problem." Jaune nodded as he boarded the airship.

As the Atlesian Bullhead took off Ironwood spoke to Jaune very sternly. "You will refer to me as General or sir. And Qrow as Professor or Mr. Branwen."

Said Huntsman rolled his eyes, taking a sip from his flask. "Relax kid. No need for all that with me. Just call me Qrow."

"We're not babysitting him," Ironwood said in his usual wooden tone. "And we're more than your teachers too, so show us respect at all times."

"But he's not a soldier either. It's just our job to train him that's all." Qrow raised his hands defensively.

Ironwood didn't back down. "He will be trained using my facilities on my ship. As far as I'm concerned he'll be treated like a recruit. Nothing more."

Jaune watched Beacon grow smaller as the Bullhead pulled away. "About that. How is this going to work exactly?"

"You'll be taken to my flagship. The A.B.A. Uraphron," said Ironwood, not liking how Jaune was refusing to address him properly.

"Er, what does A.B.A. stand for?"

"Atlesian Battle Airship. The Uraphron is outfitted with general training facilities to keep the troops in shape and test some of our new equipment. We'll be using it for the time being until Ozpin can find you better accommodations." Ironwood explained.

Jaune saw how large and well-armed said warship was floating high above Beacon. "W-Wow."

"Don't be too impressed," Qrow said to Jaune.

"Sorry?"

"Did I stutter?" Qrow looked at Ironwood. "Doesn't matter how many damned soldiers or ships you bring. We'll never be ready for what's coming."

"I hate to keep asking questions but." Jaune chuckled a little. "What exactly is coming?"

"We'll cover that later in training. For now, just keep all your friends in the dark about what's going on."

'Great. More secrets. Lovely.'

"Speaking of which won't your troops see us?" Qrow wondered.

"The crew is made up primarily of drones. They're programmed to not ask questions outside of battle." Ironwood gestured to the robot pilot. "The rest of my men are in the barracks. They follow a strict schedule, they won't be of any bother to us."

As the Bullhead pulled into the Uraphron's landing bay, Jaune looked at the Gamer icon floating above Qrow's head.

[Qrow Branwen LV 73 - Huntsman]

Jaune stepped off the ship as Ironwood led him and Qrow towards the training room, the drones standing guard at the docking bay's entrance standing to when Ironwood approached. "As you can see the new 200 series keep the ship working around the clock."

Jaune noticed just how many androids were walking around the ship. "That's a lot of robots…"

"Oz and the council think they're enough," Qrow said tiredly.

"Ozpin." Ironwood looked at Qrow as he led Jaune towards the training room. "Has made a wise decision choosing me to direct security at the upcoming Vytal Festival, and protect Vale."

Qrow muttered under his breath. "Damned occupation." Qrow glared at the androids who paid no attention to his dirty looks.

Ironwood typed the code into the keypad to reveal the room to Jaune. He slid the digital light switch upward and revealed the lights to the training room. Whisking loudly as they turned on, the lights showed a large room made entirely of white cubes with blue outlines.

In the center of the room stood an android, far unlike any of the others Jaune had seen so far. It was jet black with light blue lines running around its metal body.

"The room has a variety of functions. For now, it has been set to melee combat mode." Ironwood said as the trio descended into the room below.

"What is that?" Jaune looked at the unique looking robot.

Turning it on with his scroll, Ironwood explained. "This is CALAT-1000. Combat Advanced Logistics and Tactical Droid." the android walked quietly over to Jaune, its blue glow beneath its helmet indicating its eyes were activated. "Or more simply. Cal."

Jaune studied Cal, looking the android up and down.

"A far more advanced version of the 200 series, it was initially designed for stealth and very dangerous missions. However, it proved to be far more expensive than we anticipated. There were only four ever made, the first two were destroyed by Winter in testing. The third was scrapped as it wasn't up our standards. The fourth prototype is the one you see here, the best fighting android ever made in Remnant's history. Cal-1."

Jaune turned to the general. "Um, who's Winter?"

"My top lieutenant. One of my best soldiers, I believe you must've met her younger sister at Beacon already. Weiss."

Jaune studied the android again in thought. 'I didn't know Weiss had a sister.'

Seeing the look on Jaune's face as he watched the achievement in robotics, Ironwood calmed his obvious fears. "While it won't hesitate to hurt you, Cal can't maim you. I programmed it to train you, not kill."

Jaune could tell this thing could very easily kill him if it wanted to. But he was sure that like all androids, it never went against its programming.

"We'll leave you two together. Qrow and I will offer advice during your spar."

"W-Wait."

Qrow and Ironwood watched from the room's observation hall through a glass panel. Ironwood spoke into the microphone. "Begin!"

Cal instantly proved to make the Minotaur fight look like a cakewalk.

The beginning of the spar showed off the robot's strategic side. Cal blocked or dodged all of Jaune's attacks with its metal arms, keeping its distance and trying to get a reading on Jaune's movement patterns. Instantly Jaune noticed just how fast the damned android could move, unsheathing its dulled metal arms and striking back after the first set of attacks from Jaune failed utterly.

Jaune barely blocked the laser-accurate and blindingly fast attacks from Cal, the robot shredding Jaune's aura with slices as it did a fast front flip over Jaune's shield. When it landed behind him, a kick from Cal sent Jaune flying to the other end of the room. The second he landed Jaune quickly dodged a lightning-fast uppercut, charging his sword with Aura and striking back.

The robot crossed both of its arms withstanding Jaune's full power blow and brushing it off like it was nothing. Cal dodged another strike by slipping its head off-angle and did another front flip over Jaune when he moved off the wall. The android showed off its incredible reflexes and speed, gripping Jaune's shield and flinging it towards its owner when it launched off the wall with its feet, flying towards Jaune like an arrow.

Jaune was shocked, dodging his own shield by the skin of his teeth before taking Cal's blunt sword arm to the temple. Dizzy and exhausted, Jaune fought a losing battle, practically beaten around the room by the android which whizzed and blurred around the room with how quickly it moved.

Cal's arms spun around its body as it jumped, slicing through Jaune's aura in a tornado of quick strikes.

Jaune wasn't given half a second of recovery, Cal's stamina infinite as the robot had only two settings: block, and strike. Jaune tried to attack back but the second he moved his sword out of his guard to stop blocking Cal knocked him into the air with a slide tackle, striking the center of Jaune's chest with a downward slice.

Covered in sweat, beaten, completely out of Aura, Jaune watched as Ironwood sighed over the intercom. "Enough. Cal, await my orders."

The android went to the center of the room and stood waiting for its next command.

[You have gained +400 EXP!]

[You have gained +1 DEX!]

'Wow even after losing really badly I still get EXP. I wonder how much EXP I would've gotten if I would've won.'

Considering how strong the robot was, this was very unlikely but still fun to think about. Cal had utterly destroyed Jaune, all without a scratch on its black metal frame. Jaune had not even stood a chance, and was completely defeated in just a short amount of time. Jaune had only sparred two people, Pyrrha in training, and Cardin once in class. Both had never completely outmatched him in every way like this android did, and above all hadn't shocked Jaune like Cal had. Distraught, Jaune picked himself up and recomposed himself as Ironwood approached.

"So how'd I do?"

"Better than I was expecting." Ironwood explained. "But still mediocre nonetheless. Your form could use a lot of work, Cal is an adaptive android. It adapts to the way you fight, so don't let it find an opening."

Panting, Jaune stood up. "It's so fast. How am I supposed to attack back?"

"For now, you don't, at least not effectively. Cal, instruct Jaune on how to execute proper technique."

Despite Pyrrha's training with Jaune, the robot moved with finesse and decisiveness that almost made Jaune forget it was just an android programmed to fight very well. Cal's left blade arm spun out into a large oval-shaped shield taking the proper stance, showing Jaune the correct way to strike and move. Jaune drilled up and down the training room, repeating the same series of moves again and again.

Thrust, block, slash, shield bash, repeat.

Qrow watched Jaune train up and down the room next to Ironwood. "He did better than we thought."

Ironwood scoffed. "It only took him a minute longer before running out of Aura. Having slightly less terrible stamina doesn't mean a thing."

"He's just a kid. Think we're pushing him a bit far. That thing beat the hell out of him."

"I still think Ozpin is doing this out of desperation. Amber and the Relic are our only hope."

Qrow looked at him. "What about this incredible army of yours?" he said sarcastically.

"The fleet can only guard against external threats. If we're infiltrated, there's a serious problem," said Ironwood. "You're welcome to try and fix his technique."

Obliging, Qrow walked into the room and spoke. "Uh, er. Jaune? A couple of pointers."

"Oh thanks!" Jaune turned around from training with the android.

"Your stance isn't too bad, just try and turn your body a bit more to the side, makes you harder to hit."

Jaune turned slightly.

"There you go. Okay, thrust."

Jaune twisted his sword forward.

"That's okay, just try and over exaggerate your shoulder movement. You want to twist that back foot a bit more."

Jaune slashed to the right, twisting off his heels into it greatly.

"That's it. Don't forget to breathe in between attacks, and try not to put too much energy behind them either, so you don't get tired too quickly. Just keep going." said Qrow as he walked up to the room with Ironwood.

Jaune kept all of Qrow's corrections in mind as he kept walking up and down the training room with the android at his side. After a solid two hours of training, Jaune's improvement was noticed by the Gamer.

[You have leveled up Sword Fighting to LV 11!]

[You have gained +1000 EXP!]

[You have gained +1 LV!]

[You have gained +3 to STA!]

[You have gained +1 to DEX!]

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As Jaune returned to Beacon on the same Bullhead that took him into the Uraphron, he took a look at his status again. Sure enough after gaining a level, his AP stat increased by about 50 points. He hoped Ozpin was happy, his Aura pool was in fact growing from training. Jaune was quite tired after training and longed to rest up in his dorm.

"Good work. Same time tomorrow." Qrow said.

"Er. Friday I planned to bake cookies with Pyrrha and Ruby. Hope you don't mind sir." he turned to Ironwood.

He nodded. "Wouldn't want your friends to notice anything. It's fine."

Jaune looked back towards Beacon as the Bullhead pulled into the landing platform. 'Yeah, wouldn't want that to happen all right.'

On the flight back down to Beacon, Jaune was still mulling over the day's events. Ozpin had asked a lot from him, but he did properly contextualize how necessary it was to help save lives. At the same time, he was clearly intentionally leaving out details in order to string Jaune along in a way. Jaune would always want to use his second chance at Beacon to become a Hero, but it didn't make the situation any less strange.

He'd answer the call, again he swore an oath. But despite Gamer's Mind he was still a bit conflicted about the strangeness of it all.

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I changed Jaune's reaction last chapter. Because Ozpin is intentionally vague Jaune is still confused but can be counted on for his heroism. Hope you all enjoyed reading, peace out!