AN: Hey guys, and welcome to the seventh chapter of The Assassin Known as Paladin. This is the second part of the Jaunedice and Forever Fall episodes, with Jaune going up against the Ursa in Forever Fall, and not requiring Pyrrha's Semblance to help him.

After going through the reviews, seeing what kind of weapon Jaune would get, I found some interesting concepts, outside of the choices I gave. Some of you guys wanted Jaune to have more concealed weapons, which I can understand. Also, one of you said something about weaving Dust into his clothing, which is an interesting concept, so thank you guys for giving me new ideas about the weapons for Jaune.

Anyways, I also got a review, saying of how Jaune should take down the Ursa, so I'll be doing that. Also, after this chapter, I might plan on making a 'RWBY-Reaction' story, though this might be a bit different from what you would expect.

So thank you guys for your support, and now it's time to get this story started.

HERE WE GO!

JNPR's Dorm -

As Jaune entered his dorm, he was immediately bombarded with questions and apologies by both Nora and Pyrrha. They were asking him what had happened to after Goodwitch took him to see the Headmaster, then they became confused when he started to snicker. Even though it was only a few minutes after his meeting with Ozpin, Jaune still remembered how fighting was okay in their school. Ren, walked up to the only other male-member of the team and asked,

"Just...what did Professor Ozpin talk to you about?"

"It's just...he said that we can fight students and not get in trouble because of so."

Jaune then laughed very loudly as he saw the looks of disbelief on his team. Their faces were like that for a few minutes, then they realized that they were still in reality, and then shouted,

"SERIOUSLY!?"

"Seriously. Il Cardinale del Team sarà sorpreso di vedermi più tardi ..."

"Uh...what does that - ?"

"Basically, CRDL's gonna be pissed, knowing that I got off scot-free."

His team simply nodded from the translation, Nora's eyes widening from realization, and a large grin was on her face. She immediately ran to her bed, and somehow pulled out her hammer, Magnhild, and was about to head out the door, if not for Ren and Jaune holding her back. She whined as she was farther away from the door, and pouted at the two,

"But - "

"No, Nora."

"How about - "

"No."

"Pwease?"

She gave the two her best puppy-dog look, which only slightly faltered the two males. They did not bulge though.

"...No."

She only pouted more, and returned her weapon underneath her bed, then plopped herself on top of it like a little child. The two male-members of JNPR looked at each other, and nodded in understanding, knowing how to handle someone like Nora. Jaune, due to the fact that he had five younger siblings, and Ren, due to the fact that he was with Nora for a long time. Pyrrha then said,

"Well, besides preventing Nora from breaking legs, let's get some rest. Jaune, your turn to take the shower."

"Got it."

He then walked into the bathroom, with fresh clothes in his hands. After that, Pyrrha and Ren went to their respective beds, and prepared for sleep. But, it wasn't even a minute since Jaune entered the bathroom, and Nora just flat-out stated,

"Bet you want to see Jaune naked, huh, Pyrrha?"

"NORA! You can't jut - can't just - Oh my Oum."

Nora giggled seeing Pyrrha turning red so fast, while Ren had the decency to stifle his laughter. It was so obvious that Pyrrha had feelings for Jaune, yet she hasn't been able to tell him so, maybe it was due to how flirtatious he was to Yang. He was more casual to the blonde girl, and while he was friendly and professional with Pyrrha, the redhead wanted to have a relationship similar to what the two blondes have. That was Ren once again spoke,

"You know, Pyrrha, if you want Jaune to be more closer to you, then tell him how you feel."

"It's not that simple, Ren. I mean...Yang has feelings for Jaune as well. If I told him that I...liked him in 'that' way, and he told me that he liked Yang in 'that' way, then...everything we all have might be strained because of that."

"Now you're just overthinking things."

Agreeing with her stoic friend, she erased all thoughts of the night's conversation, and went to sleep herself. Nora had dozed off after a few minutes as well. With Ren the only person left awake, he looked at the bathroom, and stated,

"They're asleep now."

And like that, Jaune, dressed in his sleepwear came out. He leaned against the wall next to Ren, and the two had a small conversation,

"So, Pyrrha sees me as more than a friend."

"Very likely."

"And she believes that Yang also has feelings for me."

"Does Yang have feelings for you?"

"Probably. I am one of the few guys that aren't as...enthralled by her looks. But I can't deny it: Yang Xiao Long is one of the most beautiful women I have met."

"And Pyrrha?"

"Just like Yang, but...do I really have a different relationship with her then with Yang? I thought that the two of us had a fairly normal relationship."

"Then tell me, Jaune: Are you gonna tell Pyrrha how you feel?"

"I don't know...I mean, Pyrrha and Yang aren't the only girls that have romantic feelings for me. I can't pick one of them, while making the others heartbroken. I just...need to have time to sort out my thoughts."

"Very well."

Jaune then went to his bed, and the two remaining members finally went to sleep.

The Next Day -

After the whole cafeteria fiasco, it was needless to say that the entirety of Team CRDL was shocked to see Jaune still in school after the beat-down he gave them. Jaune simply gave them a smug look as he and his team took their seats in Professor Oobleck's class. So far, he had managed to study most of Remnant's history in a matter of days, but there were some things that he didn't knew, so he made sure that he took notes about the "Faunus War" as they were on now.

In all honesty, Jaune found it odd how Remnant wasn't able to do things Earth was capable of. They had some advance pieces of technology, but they weren't able to go into space, and they were unable to resolve the inequality between Faunus and Humans. Then there was the whole "Great War" ordeal, something that was really confusing to him.

The idea of repressing self-expression, art, and human emotion was bizarre to the assassin. Then again, this was a world where creatures literally sense the negative-emotions of other people. But, in some sick, twisted sense of humor, he preferred the World Wars of the Great War.

Professor Oobleck, a green-haired man jacked-up on coffee, spoke in a really fast-pace,

"Yes! Yes, prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution-more popularly known as the Faunus War, humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing Faunus population in Menagerie. 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! Now! Have any among you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?"

Some Faunus, including Velvet herself, raised their hands, some a bit reluctant to do so. Jaune had to mentally cringe at how awkward things had gotten.

Oobleck simply said,

"Dreadful! Simply dreadful! Remember, students, it is PRECISELY this kind of ignorance that breeds violence! I mean, I mean, I mean just look at what happened to the 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?"

"The Battle at Fort Castle."

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

Jaune rose his hand, and answered,

"Night-vision."

"That is correct, Mr. Arc."

"But, I do have a question: Why is it that Faunus are considered to be 'inferior' to Humans? I mean, they are born with abilities that make them for capable than Humans. So why is it that Faunus take so much hate and discrimination from Humans, when they can obviously fight back, and probably win?"

That was when Cardin spoke,

"Maybe it has to do with the fact that they'll always be animals."

"Wow...why did Ozpin accepted you again?"

Cardin scowled at Jaune, still mad that he was humiliated by the blonde. Jaune simply turned around and gave him a smug grin, his eyes narrowing as he knew that if they were to fight again, it would end up like the last time. Sensing that something was about to go down, he stepped in,

"Gentlemen, that is enough! Now, let's continue with the lesson."

Cardin glared at the blonde one last time, before looking away, and began to think of a way to get revenge on the blonde.

JNPR's Dorm -

"Hey, Jaune?"

"Yeah, Pyrrha?"

The two were on the floor, Jaune was reading a book he borrowed from Ren, and Pyrrha was cleaning her weapon. The redhead looked a bit nervous from whatever she was about to do, which made Jaune slightly wonder if this was going to be a confession. She asked her partner,

"You have a...close relationship with Yang, don't you?"

"Yeah...I do."

Jaune noticed that Pyrrha's eyes showed a bit of envy, which made him realize what was going on. She wants him to be closer to her if he was with Yang, probably even closer than that. He had to admit, seeing this side of Pyrrha was kind of cute to look at.

He said in a teasing tone,

"Why, Pyrrha Nikos, are you actually jealous?"

"Wha - ? No I'm - Shut up..."

He smiled fondly at his partner, which only made her blush even more, that was until Jaune's attention went to their door. Noticing her partner's change in attitude, she was about to ask him what was wrong, only for Jaune to raise his hand up, signalling her to be quiet. He then stood up, and slowly went for the door, prepared to take whoever was on the other side of the door by surprise. He was close to the door, until Nora came out of the bathroom, and asked her leader,

"Why're you walking so slowly?"

Her voice must've alarmed the whoever was behind the door, because the sound of footsteps were heard from the room. Jaune immediately opened the door, and looked around the corridor, swearing as the person that was spying on them got away. He closed the door, and immediately went to his bed, creating a mental-list of people that might spy on him and his team. He haven't stood out the most of his peers, he was as normal as he can be around these people.

But then his thoughts went to his team, mostly on Pyrrha.

She was the only person that could've made some enemies, not only for her, but unknowingly for her team as well. There were people that would kill to be in a team with someone like her. But then again, no one would be that crazy to stalk them.

"Just who are you? And what are you after?"

CRDL's Dorm -

Cardin was waiting impatiently for Dove to come back from his reconnaissance mission on Team JNPR. The mere thought of Jaune and Nikos was enough to make him growl in annoyance. They became a nuisance to him, from the arena, to the damn classroom. After today, when Arc questioned why he was in Beacon, he wanted to get payback on the blonde. That was why he made one of his guys go to their dorm, and hope to see what he can use against Jaune.

He then heard his door open, and in came Dove, panting slightly as he entered the room.

Cardin wasted no time, and grabbed him by the shoulders, telling him,

"What happened? Did you get anything?"

"I was almost caught...but, I got something."

"Well? What is it?"

His teammate pulled out his Scroll, and pressed button which began to replay Jaune and Pyrrha's banter before he got caught. After hearing that, Cardin's mind began to come up with a plan, while his face turned into a malicious grin.

"Of course...it was so obvious."

Forever Fall -

Today, Professor Goodwitch's class were in Forever Fall, collecting sap from the trees for Professor Peach. As they were spreading out, Jaune noticed that Team CRDL were quietly laughing to themselves, walking in a different direction from the rest of the group. He looked at his team, who didn't see that he stopped walking with them, and then turned to the shrinking figures of CRDL. He looked at his team one last time, then walked towards Team CRDL, making sure he didn't caught their attention.

As he walked behind them, he noticed that Cardin was carrying a box, that seemed to have something inside. He then turned to his teammates, which caused the assassin to hide behind one of the trees that was closest to him. He wasn't able to hear what he was saying, but he did saw that the four went their separate ways, with three of the members holding the jars for the sap they were collecting.

He followed one of them, Russel Thrush, and hid in the bushes as the Huntsman-in-training was gathering sap.

Jaune waited for a few seconds, and then ran out of the bushes, alerting his target.

Russel turned around to see who was behind him, only to be punched across the face by Jaune. He didn't stop there, as he threw the boy at the tree he collected his sap from, and kneed him in the stomach. Russel was about to shout out for help, only for Jaune to place his hand on his mouth. His muffled shouts went unnoticed, and that gave Jaune enough time to interrogate his target. He pulled out his dagger, and held it against his throat, growling,

"Why was Cardin spying on me and my team?"

As he removed his hand from his mouth, he said,

"What are you talking about? Cardin - "

"Last night, someone was outside my door, and I noticed that Cardin was holding onto a box as we came here. What did he want?"

Seeing that Russel wasn't going to sellout his leader, Jaune punched him in the throat, and threw him over his shoulder, kicking him twice in the stomach. He then got on top of Russel, and pointed his dagger at him again,

"What. Is. He. AFTER?"

"C-Cardin...he wanted to get...revenge on you..."

"Revenge? Typical... So, what's inside the box?"

"Last night...we had to gather Rapier Wasps."

Jaune tilted his head in confusion as he heard that Cardin was out gathering Grimm that can almost sting you to death. He pressed the dagger against his throat, and said,

"Continue."

"R-right. Cardin wanted us to head for this hilltop, where the rest of the class is going to be below us. He wanted us to collect sap, and - "

"Throw the sap, which will attract the Rapier Wasps. Too bad that I'm not below that hill."

But, that was Russel's turn to laugh, confusing the assassin, and also made him concerned. The member of CRDL only told him,

"What made you think that YOU were the target?"

That statement made Jaune's brain go into overdrive, as Jaune realized what Cardin's true intentions were. Cardin knew that he couldn't exactly go after Jaune with this scheme, so he had someone to go spy on him, and hoped to find something dearest to him.

Or in this case: someone dearest to him.

"Pyrrha... Cardin's going to throw the sap at HER!?"

Russel didn't even get in the last word, for he got knocked by Jaune, who punched him out of anger. He dragged him towards one of the trees, and threw him up on one of the branches, not having the time to properly restrain him. He also grabbed the jar Russel had, and was already heading for the hilltop.

Jaune walked towards the hilltop, going through the trees instead of the trail, and finally found Team CRDL. Cardin, Dove, and Sky were all there, waiting for their fourth member, not knowing that he was stuck in a tree. Cardin was the only one looking at the other below him, his eyes were mostly on Pyrrha, who was oblivious to what was about to happen to her. Jaune wanted to call her, telling her about the stunt Cardin was about to do, but this was personal for Jaune.

He was fine taking whatever punishment that was dished to him, but he'll be damned if his team was going to be hurt because of him.

Then he heard Cardin say,

"Screw it. We're doing it without him."

"What? But, what if something happened to him?"

"Who cares? He's training to be a Huntsman, like the rest of us!"

As Cardin grabbed one of the jars, Jaune looked at the jar he had in his hands, and then proceeded to throw it at the bully. The three members of CRDL looked at the flying jar, surprised to see it coming at them, then that surprise turned into shock as the sap covered Cardin's chest-plate. The bully looked at Jaune's direction, and stated,

"You better come out if you know what's good for you!"

Normally, Jaune wouldn't go for something as simple as that, but he was really angry, and he really wanted to show these people what would happen if they messed with him, or his friends. So he walked out of his hiding spot, and saw their reactions: shock and anger. Cardin then realized why Russel was gone for such a long time, he wasted no time to have Jaune dealt with, he turned to his teammates, shouting at them,

"GET HIM!"

Sky and Dove charged after the blonde, only for Sky to be kicked in the stomach and Dove to be kneed in the face. Jaune then kicked Sky behind the knee, while throwing a left-hook at Dove, then throwing Dove at his partner. As the two tried to regain some ground, Jaune threw his dagger at Dove's chest-plate, and then drop-kicking him. He then did a low-spinning heel-kick on Sky, then proceeded to punch the young man in the throat, pulling out is dagger from his unconscious friend's armor.

He glared at Cardin,

"You're gonna regret going after my partner instead of me."

"Just...shut...UP!"

He pulled out his mace and charged at the assassin, who simply moved to the left and slashed at his back. Cardin turned around, only to get hit in the nose by the butt of the blonde's dagger. As his opponent was disorientated, Jaune kneed him in the face twice, and then kicked him across the face, finishing him off with an upper-cut. Jaune looked at the downed bully, and said,

"That was easier than expected. Kind of disappointing."

"You...you...SON OF A - !"

His insult towards the blonde assassin was cut short when a load roar caught both their attention. Their eyes widened as an Ursa Major was standing before them, the creature obviously attracted to the sap that was on Cardin's armor. The Grimm charged at them, completely ignoring Jaune and went straight for Cardin, throwing him to the ground and was about to be prepared to maul him. Jaune looked at him and the Grimm, then proceeded to walk away, but ended up staying as his mind was going insane.

Inner-thoughts -

Dude. We need to help the guy out.

QUE SE PASSE-T-IL? POURQUOI?

In caso te lo sei dimenticato, Cardin ha cercato di fare casino con Pyrrha.

I know that this probably karma or whatever, I get that, but let's stop and think: How will the others think of us?

Che cosa.

If we let him die, then we're no better than him! Our friends, the people who TRUST us, might not look at us the same way. And besides...

Pas d'arrêt. MAINTENANT.

...we did promised Grandfather to live a different life.

So let's go...and save Cardin.

Back in Reality -

Jaune sighed as he turned to the Ursa, who is now on top of Cardin, prepared to kill its prey. Cardin was backing away slowly, as his weapon was swiped away from the Ursa. As he closed his eyes, for what would be the killing blow, he heard the Grimm roar in annoyance, and saw Jaune had shot it with one of his guns. He proceeded to taunt the beast,

"Well? What're you waiting for?"

The blonde pulled out his dagger as well, and prepared himself for a fight with the Grimm, who now charged at him. As it got close, it slashed at him with his right claw, but the blonde easily evaded the attack, stabbing its side with his dagger. It turned to face him, its left claw now ready to strike, but like before, Jaune easily dodged the attack, shooting a bullet at its face, only for the bullet to be embedded into its mask. Jaune mentally made a note to upgrade his ammunition later on.

In all honesty, Jaune didn't even paid attention to the fight, as it was second-nature to him. His body just began to move on its own, something that he picked up after years of training, successful kills as the Paladin, and trusting his instinct.

He moved so fluently as he avoided its attacks, even more so when he slowly wore it down with precise stabs and cuts to certain parts of the body. As he did so, he did not notice that Ruby, Weiss, and Pyrrha just arrived, that they were just looking in awe at how he was fighting the Grimm.

To others, it seemed like he was just dancing around his opponent, while it wasn't able to get a hit on him.

Jaune managed to dodge another attack aimed at him, and was then in its personal-space, slashing at it's chest, then effortlessly got behind it, slashing at the muscles behind the knee. The beast dropped to it's knees, now flailing its claws rapidly. Jaune then climbed up its back, and had his dagger aimed at the back of its head, in which he muttered,

"Die."

He thrust the blade into its head, the beast stopped moving entirely, and slowly, it fell to the ground. As the Ursa slowly disappeared, Jaune walked towards Cardin, who looked in awe as Jaune just saved his life. He said to him,

"You...you saved my - WHAT THE - ?"

Jaune then aimed his gun at him, still oblivious that the girls were behind him. Ruby and Weiss were about to intervene, but Pyrrha stopped them, hoping that her partner was going to do the right thing. Forcefully, he grabbed Cardin, and aimed the barrel at his head, and growled,

"You go after my partner, or anyone else I care for, and you're dead."

"G-got it..."

And just like that, he let go of Cardin, and finally realized that he was being watched the entire time. Jaune simply told them,

"Cardin...was trying to throw sap and Rapier Wasps at Pyrrha. I got mad, and...this happened."

He then walked away quickly, mentally berating himself for getting caught in the act of threatening someone's life.

AN: Alright, sorry for the wait, but that was the seventh chapter of the story. Tell me what you thought of it in the reviews, and I'll start doing the reaction story, and I might do something else. Anyways, next chapter is Blake revealing herself to be a Faunus.

Let's see how that will play out.

See ya later!