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Chapter 6 Part 2

"Well Qrow, you've always wanted a challenge. Looks like you're got your wish after all." Ironwood said with a smirked.

"Actually, James, it's always been my wish to watch you die," Qrow said.

"Oh right...".

"Yep. Every night after my missions, I would climb up to the top of the base, and just wait, hoping I would see a shooting star so that I could wish for your violent, and unbearably painful demise." Qrow said dramatically and hopelessly.

"Hell, I even had a little jingle to go along with it," Qrow said.

"Please don-" Ironwood was cut off by Qrow singing.

"I just wish that James was dead." Qrow sang.

"I hate you," Ironwood said.

"Put a bullet-" Qrow sang.

"-Through his head," Tai said.

"What th-, how do you know that song?" Ironwood asked.

"Ugh, it's been in my dreams for years. Now it all makes sense! Oh, thank God." Tai said.

"What!?" Ironwood yelled.

"Let just watch the film." Glynda rolled her eyes.

In the end, Qrow hadn't fired off a single shot, nor revealed his weapon as a mecha-shift. He'd not had the chance on account of how he didn't take Jaune seriously, relying on what he believed to be a natural advantage in skill and ability. Raw skill and talent wasn't everything, however. It worked to a degree, but there was always a way for the weaker combatant to eke out an advantage. It all depended on how hard they were willing to train… or how low they were prepared to go in his case. Puling hair, low blows, dirt in the eyes, ambushes, the man he knew as Qrow had taught him and his friends all of that and more.

"I miss this Qrow..." Qrow mumbled.

But the Qrow beneath him hadn't realised that yet. Had he, the fight might - would - have gone a different way.

"What would happen," Oscar asked.

"Jaune would improvise...and maybe lose." The Empty said.

Instead, he stared balefully up at Jaune.

"Dirty move," Qrow coughed, wiping an arm over his face. "What kind of bastard taught you that?"

"Him,".

"You," Eveyrone said pointing at their Qrow.

"Ironic." Cinder amused.

"A really mean one. But a good man, and someone I respected even if he did drink too much." Jaune laughed, before he raised his voice to call out, "The fight is over. I could have slit his throat but didn't. We're done here."

"God...just thinking of splitting throat make me feel sick," Jaune said to himself.

The crowd started to cheer, shout and groan in equal measure, some having no doubt bet against him. None seemed willing to help Qrow up however, who lay on his back with a frustrated and shame-faced scowl. Again, it wasn't like the Qrow he knew, but Jaune felt a little sympathy for him nonetheless. He knew what it was like to be in that situation, and really, he should have been happy the Qrow he'd met here wasn't the same as his. It meant he was happier, if not at this moment then at least in general. His Qrow had always carried something around on his shoulders; something he drunk to forget. Jaune moved forward and held a hand out, offering it to his opponent.

"Good fight," he said. "Just be prepared for an opponent who fights dirty next time and you won't have any problems."

"The student becomes the teacher," Summer said cheerfully to Qrow whose scoffed.

Qrow stared at the hand in surprise for a moment, but a scowl soon replaced his expression and he slapped it aside. The huntsman forced himself up and spared a brief glare for his sister, and then a much longer one for Jaune. Without a word, he limped away, defeated.

Ironwood, Winter, Raven chuckled.

"It was pleasant seeing Qrow like that," Winter said.

"I know right!" Raven agreed.

"Hey so like is there any universe where I and Winter got marry and she is completely and hopelessly in love with me?" Qrow asked the Empty.

"Hell n-." Winter was my The Empty.

"Yes." The Empty stated.

"Ha! Hell we maybe even get together in there," Qrow smirked.

"No way with a man like you," Winter said.

"Woah! I got hopelessly depressed because my teammate dies and you now calling me a broken man?" Qrow asked.

"I-i- you!" Winter then shut up.

A man could change a lot in ten years. Jaune had gone from being useless to what he was now in three or four, and it looked like Qrow still had a little growing of his own to do. I guess the fight against Salem doesn't really kick off until later. Qrow's still a fairly new huntsman now, so he probably hasn't had a chance to really test himself. Or to realise how much stronger he can be. How much stronger he needs to be.

Maybe their spar here would help him. Like any other huntsman, Qrow wasn't someone who took a loss lying down. He'd improve himself.

"You so fucking wise now Jaune!" Nora complimented.

"Language!" Ruby shouted.

Raven's hands clapped together as she descended her dais. He knew she'd done so early to make sure Qrow heard, and if the man's stiff shoulders as he picked up his weapon were any indication he certainly had. He didn't pause to speak with Raven, but instead pushed through the crowd, knocking one person aside as her jeered at the huntsman.

"Aw, someone gonna cry." Raven teased.

"Dude! shut up!" Qrow yelled.

"Ignore him," Raven said, laughing delightedly. "Qrow will fly back to Ozpin to sulk like the little child he is. He was never one to accept defeat gracefully, nor embarrassment."

"HA!" Raven yelled.

"Yeah...well at least I fight while you hide." Qrow countered back shutting up Raven.

"Nice one uncle Qrow," Yang's fist pump his uncle.

Jaune nodded and sheathed his sword, relieved to have it back on his hip. He wiped away some sweat with the back of his hand. His breathing was a little heavier but not overly so. The fight with Qrow had been hard but not long, mostly because he'd cheated to end it sooner, forcing a surrender instead of the two of them beating one another into near-unconsciousness. It could have been so much worse, and Qrow's strength and speed couldn't be underestimated. Or his Semblance. I'm lucky the fight didn't last long enough for it to take effect.

Or he was unlucky; it was hard to tell with Qrow's semblance sometimes.

"Yeah...so Like does your semblance affect Qrow so he got bad luck and he lost or does it affect Jaune or both?" Penny asked.

"Good question, I don't know," Qrow answered.

"I was right," Raven said, looking him up and down with a wry smile. "You really are strong – and not just as a huntsman. The brutality you showed, the way you fought, even the lack of pointless conversation. I can see why you were strong enough to defeat the Nucklelavee."

"And now Qrow is suspicious about me," Jaune said, panting lightly. "Thanks for that." He couldn't help but think that was intentional on her part. At least he'd managed to hide the sigil on his hand, wearing one of his leather gloves.

"Summer and Qrow will be looking for you now," Weiss said to Jaune.

Glynda pointed at Qrow "You better be lazy enough to not report about a blond human that save you," She then pointed at Summer.

"And you better be less grateful so you don't keep looking for him," Glynda said making Sumer blushed a little bit.

"Is it Qrow you're concerned about, or Ozpin?"

"Obviously," Cinder rolled her eyes.

Jaune tensed. The action didn't go unnoticed and Raven began to laugh. She continued to do so until she had to take a step back, one hand over her mouth. Several of the people in her tribe watched her curiously, so she motioned for him to follow and stepped back into her tent, closing the flap behind her. He followed.

"Oh no...please no," Blake thought.

"Care to share the joke?"

"Not a joke," Raven said.

"Not so much a joke as satisfaction," Raven replied, finally controlling her amusement. "I was so very certain, but had no way of proving it. It was a gambit for sure but it seems it paid off. Even someone like I can occasionally take pleasure in fooling another." She leaned back into a seat and gestured to one opposite, on the other side of a thin, wooden table. "Drink?"

"Ewww," The student whined except Yang.

Jaune didn't sit. "You promised me a way to Vale. I think I'd like to collect."

"Straight to the point, I like it," Ironwood said.

"I promised you that tomorrow. The means for said transport isn't ready yet," she added when he made to complain. "If I tried to use it now, you would fall into the ocean."

"You in the ocean right now? Because I'm not," Tai asked Summer.

"I was dead," Summer rolled her eyes and kissed Tai a little bit.

Confusion warred within him for a moment, until he realised she was talking about her Semblance's limit. If it could only connect to people she'd bonded with, then she must have meant that Taiyang or Yang were on a boat somewhere. It was the only thing he could think of, since Raven wouldn't have known Ruby to make a bond with her, and Qrow couldn't have been too far gone at this point. If there was nothing she could do, there was nothing she could do. Not that he had any way to prove or disprove what she was saying.

"You know...it kinda weird that we know their thought but they not really thinking it or saying it," Yang said.

"Yeah, I know right, how does it even work," Nora asked God.

"Ugh I don't know." The Empty said.

"I'll take you tomorrow when they settle down." She gestured to the seat again. "Sit."

This time, he did so, grudgingly. He unhooked Crocea Mors and laid it against a crate beside the table, next to Raven's. It was an oddly casual gesture, though after chatting with her for the better part of two weeks, it felt natural.

"I wasn't so certain at first, but little things started to add up," Raven said. "Your desire to reach Vale, but your goal of taking the huntsman tests in Atlas. Your reaction to Qrow, and what you said about Ozpin. You know him, don't you?"

"Obviously." Cinder rolled her.

Jaune's instincts said to deny it. His brain knew it would be pointless. "I know him."

Raven leaned forward. "And you don't trust him."

"Does she always do that evil smirked face?" Yang asked Qrow.

"Yes".

"Oh, I trust him," Jaune replied, earning a small frown. "But trust doesn't mean I agree with him. Ozpin will do what he thinks is right, and maybe it is, but I don't approve of his methods."

"I can't tell that is he does not approve of sending students into battle or keep staying in the defending the position," Salem said.

"Huh...now that I think of it, why didn't you let me nuke the Grimm land," Ironwood raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah...or like why you never fight in the front line," Raven asked but Ozpin didn't answer.

"Fucking cryptic asshole.".

"He's not the man he portrays himself to be," Raven said ominously.

"Are you sure these aren't a movie, I mean they look like a movie...there even sound effect, and the villain act just like a villain," Nora asked.

"I just put in some sound effect, as for the villain, they just really stupid." The Empty said.

"No, we not." Cinder defend.

"No," Jaune agreed. "He isn't."

Raven laughed again,

"See! They always do their evil laugh or whatever." The Empty pointed out with no one commented.

Delighted at something only she understood. "I'm not sure why I'm so happy. I think I'd given up hope on ever finding someone who could see the truth as I do. Ozpin always shows himself to be the kind and caring grandfather figure, but he's not."

"He is," Jaune countered, "but he's also more than that."

Because even now, he knew Ozpin had cared about them all. He'd cared about Beacon, Vale and their teams, but he'd just cared more about defeating Salem. Enough to leave Beacon when it fell, abandoning his former colleagues. Enough to lead children on a dangerous quest across the kingdoms, regardless of the risk. Enough to send them against Salem, and to not only trade their lives for victory, but to accept death on behalf of Oscar, too.

Ozpin cared, but that caring was always second to the bigger picture. That was what made him so dangerous, and what led to Jaune both hating and not-quite-hating him. Either way, he didn't have to despise the man to work against him. In an ideal world, they could have worked together, but Ozpin had no reason to trust him and if he knew the future, he'd want it re-enacting perfectly. If the easiest way to achieve that was to kill the outlier, himself, then so be it. In the end, Ozpin and he were enemies. They just weren't hated ones.

Yet, anyway.

There was no telling what first impression Qrow would be taking back.

"He can't be trusted," Jaune continued. "He's a man that will lead others to ruin, which is why I want to avoid him. His heart's in the right place, but it's his way of doing things that I don't like. He always puts others in the way of danger and wants them to fight on his behalf. It'd be different if he actually joined in, but he's always the one behind the scenes pulling the strings."

"Huh...make me really wonder who is worst, Ozpin or Ironwood." Cinder said.

"They are very similar," Mercury said.

" No, we not." Ironwood and Ozpin said at the same time.

"We can do a comparison," Raven suggested.

"I can do the math." The Empty said.

(2 hours later)

"So, in conclusion, you're both equally asshole and dumb, willing to hurt others to do whatever greater purpose or whatever. But Ironwood is like asshole asshole and doing what hurts others and Ozpin is like...sending people to fight for him asshole." The Empty said.

"And here you said I am a villain," Salem said with a smirked.

"Oh no, don't get me wrong, you, Cinder, and the rest of your group are evil and will die so don't have your hope up."The Empty said making Salem frowned.

The Math on the whiteboard to see who more asshole than who is very complicated and no one understand except for Penny.

"Huh... at least I know we can be divided to zero," Penny said.

"Hm, that much I can agree to. Qrow is a fool for trusting him."

"Hey!" Qrow complained

"And I thought you didn't care for your brother. I see I was wrong."

"What?" Raven gasped over her drink. "I do not care for Qrow at all!"

"Ha!"

Sorry for like...really late, I'm kinda working on another story...I MISSED PENNY, NOW I HAVE TO FUCKING WAIT FOR A YEAR...SHOULD I HAVE JAUNE X PENNY?