Yay for kind of being on time for once! Hope I did good!

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Chapter 20

Ozpin was busy looking through his surveillance footage following a disturbing call from the police when Glynda called his scroll. "I don't suppose I could call you back?" he said half-seriously, knowing full well that she wouldn't be interrupting him without a good reason.

"Something's happened with Jaune in the training hall, and I think his team saw something they shouldn't have. I've sent them to talk to you." Ozpin felt a sliver of panic but forced it away. Glynda didn't sound like there was an immediate danger so at least he knew people weren't getting hurt.

"I'm taking Jaune to rest in the infirmary, he is acting… strange. Like he's intoxicated, or sleep deprived." Glynda looked worried but not panicked, Ozpin figured that meant he had enough time to speak with the rest of team RASY (Rhapsody) before going to see Jaune.

"Keep watch over him, I'll be down there as soon as I've finished here." Glynda nodded diligently and disconnected the call, leaving Ozpin to collect his thoughts and prepare for the incoming students.

When the elevator door opened up the first person to come in was an angry looking Yang followed by an exasperated Weiss and a sad Ruby. It looked like they had been arguing on the way to Ozpin's office.

"Why do you have Grimm inside your school!?" Yang wasted no time pointing an accusatory finger, "Excuse me?" Ozpin responded with a raised eyebrow. "I'm very sorry for my partner's behaviour" Weiss spoke up with a bow, her face red with embarrassment "She's under the impression Jaune is some sort of Grimm."

"There's no "imperession" Weiss. I know what I saw; his eyes were glowing red!" Yang was clearly angry and trying to convince her she was wrong only seemed to stoke the flame. "But so do yours! Does that mean you're Grimm as well?." Ruby spoke up suddenly, trying to reason with her sister and getting between the arguing pair.

"You had to have seen it, you were looking right at him! You couldn't possibly believe he's human after seeing his face!" Ruby shook her head at her sisters harsh words. "You're wrong! just because someone is different doesn't make them any less of a person!"

Yang only frowned and crossed her arms, clearly not convinced but unwilling (or unable) to continue arguing. "I'm very sorry sir." Weiss spoke up again, clearly incredibly uncomfortable but doing her best to maintain the professional appearance she was raised with. "Would you like us to explain what happened?"

Ozpin shook his head with a gentle smile "Thank you Wiess but I believe I understand the situation." He would watch the cameras in the gym to get the details later, Yang was the more pressing issue followed closely by Jaune.

" Yang, could I ask why you believe Jaune to be some sort of monster?" Ozpin didn't think he could convince her she was seeing things but he thought maybe he didn't have to. She was Tai's daughter after all, and he was always a caring individual. From what could be seen both his daughters had thankfully picked up that trait.

Yang frowned "It's in his eyes. Eyes I've only seen on Grimm." She sounded incredibly sure of herself but Ozpin could hear the anger in her voice. Anger born of fear. Was she afraid for herself? Or was it fear for her little sister?

"That's impossible Yang, there's no such thing as a talking Grimm." Weiss responded before Ozpin could, a hint of desperation in her voice. Ozpin noted the reaction but he would need to look into it only once the current situation had calmed some.

"Let's imagine for a moment that what you're saying is true; that Jaune is some kind of incredibly rare Grimm that can communicate and interact like a human. What would you suggest we do with this sentient form of Grimm?" Ozpin spoke calmly, keeping his expression the same gentle smile he always showed students.

"W-well…" She hesitated for a moment, realizing what it would mean if she labelled her teammate a creature of Grimm. "I would have to do my duty as a Huntress." She tried to look brave but Ozpin could see the internal struggle as she spoke. "We would have to... deal with him."

"Really?" Ozpin said with a distinct lack of judgement in his tone before turning to Ruby. "And what do you think we should do in such a situation?" Ruby looked a little taken off guard by the shift in attention focusing on her.

"Well if it was hurting people, I would do my duty as well…" She clearly wanted to agree with her sister. "But." She continued, somewhat understanding what Ozpin was doing. "If it just wanted to live free, without hurting anybody, then why should we stop it?"

"But it could cause a massacre without any warning! Go on a killing spree in the middle of a village!" Yang tried to argue, her sister's response shaking her resolve. "So could a Huntress or Huntsman." Ruby pointed out without raising her voice, her features downcasted as if she didn't like the sound of her own words.

"But that doesn't mean we can just get rid of people we think are dangerous." She looked up with a trapped expression, pained by the idea of her sister hating one of her friends.

Ozpin wanted to smile but kept his face neutral, both sisters looked shaken enough that his words would do no good. Instead he turned to Weiss and asked her "And about you Miss Schnee? What would you do if faced with such a creature?".

Weiss only shook her head with a distant look in her eye and deep frown on her face. "I don't want to talk about this." her voice was quiet and Ozpin idly wondered if she had seen something of her father's experiments. He prayed he wouldn't need to contact Jacques himself to find out.

"To be clear," Yang looked to Ozpin with an intense stare. "You're admitting Jaune is some kind of Grimm?"

"I'm admitting I don't know what Jaune really is." Ozpin said with a, perhaps overly careless shrug before shifting his tone and meeting her eye. "But I can promise you I have no doubts about his humanity."

He leaned back into his chair, pleased to see his students actually thinking about a serious issue many would ignore out of convenience or fear. "I would encourage you all to think about what it means to be a Huntress. And what truly makes the Grimm our enemies."

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After being dismissed from Ozpin's office Yang took the first chance she could to slip away from her team, making an excuse to get some air before leaving them. She felt confused, even a little betrayed and needed some time to think. Why had Ozpin defended Jaune? Why had Ruby done the same? Didn't she remember how Grimm had almost killed them?

She didn't know where she was going, she wasn't close enough to her friends at Beacon for any of them to actually believe her if she told them what she saw. Did she even believe herself? Ozpin had said Jaune wasn't a creature of Grimm but why was he so being so damned vague? Did he really not know? How could he not know if his own student wasn't human?!

Yang continued to argue with herself until she found herself wandering into the Emerald forest, maybe blowing off some steam would help think. To hell with Ozpin's rules to stay away, she doubted he truly cared for their safety anyways. If he was letting Grimm attend class then he must have thrown precaution out the window long ago.

'He did sound pretty sure of Jaune's humanity' a small voice reminded her, but what the hell does that mean?! She knew humans could be just as bad, if not even worse than Grimm!

'So what makes Jaune different than you?'

She snarled in frustration while putting a large crack through a nearby tree, unable to keep her emotions from flaring. The results showed themselves immediately in the forest as she was quickly surrounded by a rather large pack of Beowolves, attracted by the fresh negativity.

She could see their eyes before anything, those blasted red eyes that pierced through the thick vegetation. How could something with those eyes have any humanity?!

"What are you looking at?!" She yelled through the trees, challenging the pack and letting her anger spike. How could she not be angry? Both Ruby and her were sleeping right next to a monster!

The Beowolves charged with their mouths salivating from the sudden increase of anger and Yang met them head on. Her reckless charge relied heavily on her aura to keep her alive but she didn't care. Each hit that lowered her aura only made her stronger, letting her kill each Beowolf faster than the last.

It wasn't long before Yang stood in the center of a mass of disintegrating Beowolves, panting hard with blood dripping from her knuckles. "Is that… All you got?!" She yelled out through her panting, earning a low growl as a response.

looking to where the noise was coming from, Yang came face to face with the biggest Beowolf she had ever seen. The beast was growling and snapping its jaws threatenly at her "Oh I'm sorry, were those your friends?" She gave a mocking grin to it and took her fighting stance. It didn't matter how tired she was, she would never run away from those eyes ever again.

The Grimm charged first, coming at her like a freight train on legs and Yang went to meet it halfway when something stopped her. A streak of white flew past her, impaling the advancing Beowolf and stopping its deadly charge. The annoyed yet familiar voice that spoke up told her exactly who had interrupted.

"Are you an Idiot?!" Weiss yelled with a pointed finger, causing Yang to cross her arms and frown at the pale girl. "What's your problem?" She was just blowing off steam, why was that such a big deal? Weiss didn't seem to agree.

"My "deal" is that my partner is an idiot!" Yang only raised an eyebrow to Weiss' mocking, waiting for her to explain. "Do you have any idea how hard an alpha Beowolf hits? Or how sharp its claws are?!" Yang couldn't help but snort in amusement at the what Weiss was insinuating.

"Did you not see what happened to every other Grimm that came at me? I would have been just fine without you." Yang waved her off and turned to walk away, she wasn't in the mood to be scolded by some sheltered rich girl.

"Would have been fine?" Weiss spoke with disbelief "Look at your knuckles, their bleeding! Do you even have any Aura left?" Yang only shrugged, she didn't have her scroll and her semblance made it hard to judge when her aura would fail. "You understand you're not invincible, right?"

Yang bristled at the words "Of course I'm not invincible! But That doesn't mean I can just run away like a coward, what if that Grimm hurt someone else? It's so close to the school, what if it attacked Ru-... one of the other students?!" She corrected herself a moment too late.

Weiss looked like she didn't know how to respond and with a heavy sigh Yang turned and sat against a nearby tree. Her mind kept circling around the thought of those blazing eyes taking her sister, she hated the feeling she got each time the circle repeated.

Yang's attention was pulled from her thoughts by the sounds of Weiss taking a seat to her left against the same tree. "You know." Weiss spoke up, keeping the silence from stretching out. "This whole thing with Jaune… It reminds me of something that happened when I was a little kid."

Yang turned sideways with a confused look and was about to ask how that was possible when a new voice interrupted the pair. "Did that girl just say Jaune?" Both girls were on their feet in an instant, the voice catching them both off guard.

"Doesn't that voice sound familiar…?" Yang whispered to Weiss, hoping whoever was speaking couldn't hear. "A little higher pitched but ya, that sounds a lot like Jaune." Weiss responded, looking as unsure how to act as Yang felt.

"So you both know Jaune? That's wonderful news!" The voice sounded positively exhilarated followed closely by the sound of something whistling in the wind. Yang's instincts screamed at her and she leapt to the ground, bringing Weiss with her while the tree that stood in their place exploded into pieces.

"Was the hell was that?!" Weiss yelled while jumping back to her feet with her weapon in hand. Yang didn't answer, instead listening for the follow-up attack she knew would be coming.

As soon as she heard the air whistle she rolled aside, narrowly dodging the projectile that proceeded to make a small crater in the ground with an arrow in the center. Weiss and Yang both took a guess based on the arrow as to where it came from and fired a volley of explosive dust rounds, knocking down several trees and kicking up a blanket of dust.

"They found me already?..." The voice paused before blurting out "Shut up! I don't need your help!". Yang briefly wondered who the voice was talking to but threw the thought into the back of her mind when a figure came through the dust.

The woman Yang saw could have been mistaken for a regular human, if it wasn't for the blackened veins that not only covered her skin but spread throughout her weapon and clothing too. "Could you answer a question for me?" The creatures eyes gleamed bright red even in the afternoon sun as the bow in her hands liquified and formed into a combat knife.

"If I make you scream loud enough, do you think Jaune will come?"

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So quick note, I'm not sure how closely I will be following the main anime. I planned on doing so for the most part (and still do) but often times when I start writing I end up changing directions because I don't like how something looks or sounds or whatever i get stuck on. I also believe after what has been happening that certain events will be very different. semi warning: Been a good bit of time since i've seen the anime so I things may be off (planning on watching it again but not sure if I'll get the time.) As always I truly appreciate any sort of feedback and i hope you all have a wonderful night/day.

Khor Evik Vlakhavlakh, I couldn't agree more with you perspective of people but I honestly believe if an outside force saw humans we'd all look pretty feckin insane. So far google has been pretty good with keeping all my work saved properly, i dont have much experience but i think i'd recommend it for writing. Hope you like how i played out, I basically thought Ozpin (or someone with his analytical personality but good heart) would be as vague as possible, hoping his students can come up with the answer themselves. Hope to hear what you think of my solution!

Sm0keyPanda, That she is not! Hope I was loyal to our burning blonde's character in this chapter (or as loyal as i have been at least) Hope you enjoyed!

ParadoxReader, I'm so glad you've been enjoying my story! Sorry if it seems like I'm forcing things, honestly I haven't been actively pursuing much in the name of romance. The main reason for the teams was because I thought it could be interesting to have people with past experiences with Jaune be forced to live together. That being said reading your in depth ideas about switching teams does give me an idea, though i can't promise anything since my story is constantly changing in my head. I will say that your logic is perfect and I admit that its been awhile since i've seen the anime so its very possible i've lost touch with the original characters. Thank you so much for your feedback, I'm glad to see such a fan of the show reading my work! Hope to hear what you think of the latest chapter!