Lunch time. For Jason, it was pointless. He couldn't digest food, and he gained no nutritional value from it. He'd likely end up vomiting it back up. Plus, he'd have to lift his mask to eat, showing part of his face, which he was uncomfortable with. Honestly, his only reason for even coming to lunch was getting to know Teams RWBY and JNPR.
Besides what he already knew of Ruby, he had come to learn she was a weapons geek. She seemed to have an abnormal love for her scythe, which he learned was called Crescent Rose. He had also learned, to his shock, that she had built the thing. His other clue was that she had repeatedly asked to see his machete. He had denied her offer just as much, which saddened her, but she had seemed to get over it. He had also learned her mother had died on a mission as a huntress (He had sympathized with her on that). She had been raised by her dad and and uncle, being trained by the latter which inspired her love of scythes. She had dreamed of being a huntress to help people, choosing to see the good in the world.
Her sister, Yang Xiao Long, was a little easier to get along with, even if he didn't like her jokes. She was outgoing, and had a hands-on, up-close-and-personal kind of attitude, kind of like him.. Her weapons were her yellow bracelets, which transformed into shotgun gauntlets she called Ember Celica. He had come to learn from her that she and Ruby were half sisters, having the same dad but different mothers. Her mother, Raven Branwen, had left when she was really young, for no apparent reason. She wished she could ask her mother why she left, but she was apparently insanely hard to find. She had seen Ruby's mother, Summer, as her mother, and she had ended up taking care of Ruby when her mother died.
He had learned that Ruby's partner, Weiss, was apparently part of some huge mega corporation, which specialized in dust mining (Jason still didn't know what was so important about dried dirt). He hated her from the get-go. She was cocky, arrogant, and rude. Reminded him of Freddy, actually, without the humor or psychopathy. Her weapon was a rapier, Myrtenister, which she projected her semblance through (which was apparently some kind of glyphs). He honestly didn't see why she wanted to be a huntress with the way she acted and her apparent wealthy heritage.
The final member of Team RWBY was Blake Bellodona. She was a complete enigma. Jason had learned that she was a book worm, loving to read all kinds of literiture, mainly some book series called 'Ninjas of Love' which, if he was correct, was some Fifty Shades of Gray ripoff for this world. She mostly kept to herself, which Jason could understand, as she was normally very silent. It hadn't passed his notice, however, that her bow would move sometimes depending on her mood. Sometimes, it would twitch when she was agitated. It was almost like they were a part of her.
On Team JNPR's side, he had gotten to know them all a little better as well.
Pyrrha Nikos was easily who he got along with best on that team. She was kind, humble, and loyal. She had been extremely nice to him from the moment they'd met, and considering her background, that only added to his respect for her. When she had mentioned that she was known for her combat skills, she had considerably downplayed it. Apparently, she was known for winning some tournament three times in a row, and had apparently never lost a fight in her life (despite his respect, he'd have to change that if she and him ever faced in combat class). Her weapon was Milo and Artuo, if he was correct. One was a powerful sheild, and the other was a spear that transformed into a rifle. He had also quickly noticed, much like everyone else, that she had a crush on her leader.
Speaking of her leader, Jason had quickly noticed that Jaune Arc was surprisingly shy and nervous for someone attending a combat school. He'd be lying if he'd said that it didn't affect his opinion of the boy. It made him question his ability of the boy, especially his ability to lead, but Ozpin had made him leader, and Jason was going to trust his descision. Something told him, however, that the boy was hiding more than he let on. But despite that, Jason did respect the boy for his attempts to attend Beacon. His weapon, Crocea Mors, was a sword with a sheath that grew into a shield, although it still weighed the same.
Next up was Lie Ren. He had come to learn that the boy didn't speak much, much like Blake. In fact, the three had bonded over their tendancy to keep to themselves. The boy was like a ninja, always calm and at piece, and extremely nice, but at the same time, ready and determined for anything dangerous. In his experience, something bad normally happened to people who were like that, but even if he could, Jason wouldn't have questioned the boy. He didn't quite like the idea of sharing his past with his friends, espescially the fact that he was originally a killer. The boy's weapons, Stormflower, were two automatic pistols with verticle blades at the tip of the barrel.
And lastly was Nora Valkyrie. The girl was a wild card. One minute she was here, the next minute, she was there. She was extremely energetic, and she was always talking. Jason would be lying if he had said he had never though about trying to tell the girl to shut up. But, despite that, she was a good person, and Jason gave her respect for that. She and Ren seemed to have grown up together, as she knows the boy at a personal level. Sometimes, it surprised Jason how the quiet boy put up with her. She was prone to random outbursts, including exaggerated stories, but Jason didn't really care much for them. Her weapon, Magnihild, was a grenade launcher that transformed into a large hammer. It sometimes surprised him how the small girl could lift the thing.
He had also been filled in by Ozpin on all the secrets he needed to know, including the maidens, the Gods of Light and Darkness, as well as Salem's known followers, such as Hazel Rainart, Arthur Watts, and Tyrian Callows. He had been informed that the school faculty knew of his past, so that they didn't ask questions. He had also been informed that it would be wise to avoid James Ironwood, the General of the Atlas military and headmaster of Atlas academy, and Ruby and Yang's uncle, Qrow Branwen. He warned that if they knew of his past, they may not trust him. But he had been told that they, as well as the other academies headmasters, knew of his situation.
Jason was pulled from his thoughts as he heard Pyrrha speak up, adressing Jaune about something. He was pretty sure he already knew what, considering the poor boy's luck lately.
"Jaune? Are you okay?" The boy was silent for a moment, before he realized that it was him she was talking to.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Why?" It seemed as though he was trying to avoid the topic.
"It just that you seem a little..." Ruby went silent for a moment, trying to find the right words. "Not okay." She finished. Jason nodded his head in agreement, focusing his one existing eye on the boy.
Jaune was silent for a moment, noticing that everyone now had their eyes on him. He allowed a small smile to come onto his face. "Guys, I'm fine. Seriously, look!" He gave a thumbs up and a new smile found it's way onto his face that was obviously fake, letting out a small nervous laugh. His eyes found their way over to a certain group of bullies who were gathered around some poor Faunus.
"Jaune, Cardin has been picking on you since the first week of school." Pyrrha said, finally addressing the issue. Jaune gave a look of forced shock.
"W-Who, Cardin Winchester? Nah, he just likes to mess around, y'know, practical jokes!" He tried to play it off, but it was obvious no one was buying it.
"He's a bully." Ruby stated bluntly.
"Oh please. Name one time he's ever bullied me." Jaune put air qoutations around the word bully. Everyone gave him a look, that pretty much said 'Really?'.
"He knocks your books out of your hands." Ruby started.
"He gets you stick in doorways with your shield." Yang added.
"He shoved you in a locker and sent it off." Pyrrha finished.
"Oh please, I didn't land that far from the school."
"Jaune, you know if you ever need help, you can just ask." Pyrrha told him. She really didn't like the way Cardin treated Jaune.
"Oh!" Nora abruptly stood up, catching everyones attention. "We'll break his legs!" An audible smack was heard, and their attention turned to Jason, who was nodding in agreement with Nora with one fist wrapped around the other. "See? Jason has the right idea!"
"Guys, really!" Jaune said, pulling attention back to him. "It's fine!" He said, standing up with his tray in hand. "Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me. He's a jerk to everyone." As if on cue, a cry sounded out as all attention turned back to Cardin's team and the faunus he was bullying, who's bunny ear he was now pulling on.
"OW! That hurts!" Cardin didn't seem to care, as his whole team was laughing at the poor girl misery. "Please stop." She asked nicely, but Cardin didn't let go, only pulling harder.
"Hey, where's Jason?" Blake's question caught the attention of the rest of the group, who were now looking at the empty spot where the masked friend was only a moment ago. Her question quickly answered itself as a loud thud sounded, causing everyone to look back in the direction of the commotion, to a site to behold.
In no time at all, Jason had made his way behind the ginger haired bully, and was now getting looks of shock after he had promptly slammed the boy's face against the metal reinforced wooden table. The faunus' ear was now free, but her wide eyes were now focused on Jason, in shock if they had to guess. Cardin's team was now looking between their leader, and the hulking masked giant behind them, as their leader held his now broken and bleeding nose. With aura, it would heal quickly, but it still had to hurt.
Cardin looked stunned for a moment, before quickly turning his angry gaze towards Jason. "What the hell was that for, you rotting freak?!" Cardin didn't get an answer, as he quickly found his face meeting the table once more, undoing the healing that his aura had done on his nose. "AGH!" Cardin's head bounced back up like a ball, and his hands quickly shot back up to his nose. "What the hell did I do now?!"
Jason lifted his hand, pointing a finger at Cardin, before moving his finger to the faunus, who was staring at Jason with wide eyes. It took him a moment, but Cardin eventually understood what he meant. "So what? You expect an apology? Cause if so, then you're dumber than you look!" He stared at Jason, a cocky smirk on his face, as if he had successfully told him off. The next moment, however, a sound rang out that sent chills down the spines of every one in the cafateria.
"Ki, Ki, Ki, Ma, Ma, Ma."
"What was that?" Weiss asked out loud. Everyone just shook their head, a look of fear on there faces. They had no idea either. Suddenly, a horrifying scream rang out, and their attention was pulled back to Jason. They were horrified to see what the masked man was doing.
Cardin's attention was gone from his still bleeding nose, as a look of unholy agony filled his face, at the one hand on his shoulder, and the other on his wrist. Jason had a vice like grip on both, and it was pretty obvious what he was doing. Cardin's aura was keeping it from happening, but his aura was soon gonna give out, and then it would be too late.
Jason was slowly trying to tear Cardin's arm off. And it was working.
Cardin's bravado was gone from earlier as everyone stared at the spectacle in front of them. His tear filled eyes found their way to the faunus he was just bullying, and he didn't hesitate. "I'M SORRY! IMSORRYIMSORRYIMSORRYIMSORRY!" He was pretty much begging for forgiveness, hoping that the faunus would grant it before the giant behind him tore his arm off.
The faunus, after getting over her shock, immediatly spoke up, turning her gaze from the pained boy in front of her to his captor. "I forgive him! Let him go!" Jason's eye moved to her, and back to Cardin, and he was still for a moment. He hated bullies. After what he had been put through, and what they had done to him at Crystal Lake... but, Cardin didn't need to die. No matter how much Jason would love to do the deed.
Cardin felt relief wash over him as he felt the grip on his shoulder and wrist slowly loosen, before it was dropped all together, allowing him to massage his aching arm. The tears on his face slowed as the whole cafeteria looked at Jason in slight fear. His friends were especially shocked at their normally kind friend's brutality. Jason's gaze moved to the faunus and he took a step forward. The faunus looked up at the towering giant as everyone wondered what he would do next.
Jason's gaze remained locked on the girl, but his head tilted, and it took her a moment to realize what he was doing. "Oh, I'm fine. Did you have to be so brutal?" She asked, her voice shaking a little. Jason's gaze moved to the boy he had nearly brutalized, before moving to his feet in a look of shame. Everyone was shocked as he quickly went from brutal torturer to a look that was eerily similar to that of a scolded child.
As a third year student, Velvet Scarletina had plenty of experience in brutal and harsh missions. Not as much as an experienced huntsman or huntress, but enough that she had seen some pretty disturbing things. It came with being part of the most popular team of Beacon, Team CVFY. She was always getting Team missions. But the one thing she had never seen was something quite like this.
Since she was a faunus, she obviously faced a good amount of racism. Like just a moment ago, when one of the first years were pulling on one of her ears. She could easily get him to stop and shut him up, but that would make all faunus look bad. So she chose to endure it, no matter how humiliating it was. Very rarely, though, would someone outside of her team defend her, and especially with such brutality. The most brutal of her team was Coco, and with her semblance, she could easily rip someone in half. And nine times out of ten, she ended up threating to fill Velvet's bully with her minigun, while twisting their wrist to the pointing of near breaking it.
Never had Coco threatened to rip someone's arm off, though. So imagine Velvet's shock when one of the first year students, the big one with the mask, who had strength that made Coco's look like a child, shut Cardin up and made him apoligize with the threat and torture of having his arm removed. Once his arm was released, Cardin had went about massaging his arm, and his bravado slowly refilled as he threatened to humiliate the first year with his team during combat class.
Even more shocking was his transformation from the ruthless giant to the shamed child. Velvet actually had to tell him it was alright, and that she was greatful. She did warn him that he shouldn't be so brutal next time, or he may get in trouble. She had introduced hersel, and she knew he couldn't, but she had told him it was alright. He didn't have to. She knew his first name was Jason, but she didn't remember his last name. And she didn't feel that she was on first name terms with him. But she was confident that she had left the cafeteria with a new friend.
Which was why she was currently outside her dorm room, about to walk in and fill in her team on what happened during her lunch period. Slowly opening the door, she spotted her team each doing their own thing.
Coco Adel, her leader, and best friend, always the fashionista of the group, was currently searching through the countless outfits in the team closet for her school uniform, which she was required to wear to classes. Apparently she had neglected to change early. Her large and wise friend, and pretty much personal counsilor, whether they admit or not, Yatsuhashi, was sitting on his bed, meditating, which he usually does on his free time. Her blind faunus friend, Fox, was sitting on his bed, relaxed and resting, his eyes shut.
Coco's head turned at the sound of their dorm door opening, and she smiled as she spotted her faunus friend walking in. "What's up, Velvet?"
"I came to tell you all about something." Velvet responded. Considering what that normally meant, the rest of Team CVFY perked up immediatly. Coco dropped her clothes, Yatsuhashi's eyes opened, and Fox's eyes opened as he sat up on his bed and stared at Velvet. Just because he couldn't didn't mean he couldn't look.
"Who did it, where are they, and what condition do I leave them in?" Coco asked, assuming on the spot that Velvet was talking about a bully, which she kind of was, in a sense. Velvet's eyes widened and she started shaking her head and waving her hands back in forth.
"No, no, no. You don't have to do anything." She said, but her team obviously wasn't buying it.
"Velvet." Yatsuhashi's deep voice caught her attention. "If someone is bullying you again, someone must take care of it."
"Someone already did." Silence filled the air as the other three stared at Velvet, thinking over her response, before she felt Coco's gentle hands grip her shoulders.
"What do you mean 'Somone already did'?" She asked, suspiciously eyeing her faunus friend. If Velvet was trying to cover for her bully, she would have to try harder.
"You know that first year? The big one, Jason?" Velvet answered with her own question, finally starting off her explanation.
"Jason Voorhees. What of him?" Yatsuhashi always seemed to remember anything.
"So that's his last name." Velvet said, making a mental note so that she could address him. "Anyway, when Cardin started bullying me again, Jason intervened, and Cardin called him dumb."
"That still doesn't answer my question." Coco remarked with a raised eyebrow as she crossed her arms.
"Jason nearly ripped his arm off."
That little tidbit of info had everyone shocked.
"A first year did that?!" Coco practically screamed, shocked that a first year could do such damage. Fox, after just listening with a stern face, had his eyes widen to the size of saucers and he nearly fell off his bed in shock.
"I wonder what kind of bullying led him to be so brutal." Yatsuhashi remarked, standing up to his full height. Height wise, he was about a few inches shorter than Jason.
"His skin maybe?" Coco proposed. "I don't care. He didn't have to be so brutal, but props goes to him for taking action." She turned to Velvet. "If you can, you oughta sit with him in any classes you have together."
Velvet sputtered. "Wh-What do you mean?!" Coco gave a mischevious smile at her friend's reaction.
"Oh. Looks like someone has a crush." She joked, her smile growing wider at the red tint that was spreading accross Velvet's cheeks. Yatsuhashi gave a small smile at the display.
"I do not!" Velvet practically screeched, as if that would get the point across to Coco, who laughed at her friends embarassment.
"I'm only joking with you, Vel. What I meant is that no one in those classes may bully you if they see you're friends with him." Coco explained her reasoning.
"That's actually not a bad idea." Velvet's wide-eyed gaze turned to her tall friend. "If they see you as friends with someone so terrifying, then no one will probably try to bully you."
"But I don't want to use him so that I'm not getting bullied." Velvet objected. She felt like that made Jason an object, rather than a friend.
"Would you like to befriend him?" Yatsuhashi asked. Velvet was silent for a moment, before responding.
"I would, yeah." She nodded. Yatsuhashi smiled.
"Then befriend him because you want to, not for protection. Become his friend because you actually want to get to know him, not because you don't want a bodyguard."
Velvet thought for a moment, before sighing. "I guess that works."
Coco's joking smile came back full force. "Vel's getting a boyfriend!"
"COCO!"
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Ruby was ballistic. She could understand being against bullying. She could understand stopping it. But forcing an apology by THREATENING TO RIP THEIR ARM OFF?! A line had to be drawn somewhere! Which was why she was chewing out her silent friend as they made their way to history class.
Jason felt awful. He looked like he would cry at any moment. If he could, anyway. He felt just like a kid again. A kid who had done something wrong. Given his mission, and what it required, it felt like he was getting scolded by his mother.
"Rubes, he didn't actually rip his arm off." Yang tried to defend her tall friend. Though she didn't agree with his method, she could see where he was coming from. To be honest, she woulda clocked Cardin if she weren't afraid of suspension. Yes, suspension was a thing in a combat school with dorms. And she really didn't feel like trying to explain that to her father.
"But he did threaten to. Cardin was crying, for pete's sake!" Weiss countered. It was obvious that this was coming from her distaste for the tall man.
"But he didn't. And with Jason's strength, aura probably didn't matter. That has to count for something." Blake was also on the giant's side. She didn't like the brutality, but she was glad he took action. Especially considering no one else would've. If only she didn't have to hide herself...
"BUT WHY THREATEN TO RIP HIS ARM OFF?!" Ruby screeched. "HE COULD'VE JUST KEPT PUNCHING HIM OR SOMETHING! HE DIDN'T HAVE TO THREATEN TO CRIPPLE HIM!" As much as Ruby liked Jason, she couldn't stand what he had done. Jason simply kept his eyes on the ground.
"Ruby, what do you think Nora and Me would've done?" Pyrrha and Nora were all for what Jason did. As scary and horrifying as it was, they knew Jason wouldn't have ripped Cardin's arm off, and even if he had, breaking his legs could just as easily get him thrown out of Beacon. "One misshap, and a broken leg can cripple you."
"Uh, yeah, but that's gotta be specific." Jaune pointed out. He was glad Jason was defending the little ones, but he really thought Jason went to far. "Nine times out of ten, broken legs will heal."
Ren cleared his throat. "While I believe Jason was justified in what he did, considering his strength and control," He did make good points. "He could've also found a better way to handle it." Ren was trying to see it from both sides. He understood why Jason did what he did. His skin probably got him bullied a lot growing up. But Jason really should've found a better way than threatening such a permanent injury.
Ruby seemed to forget his skin, however, if her next remark was anything to go by. "WHY DID YOU REACT SO BAD?! HUH?! WHAT HAVE YOU EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?!"
Silence filled the air as everyone stared at Ruby. Jason's gaze finally left the ground as he focused on the one he was to protect in shock. No one could believe that the normally kind young leader could say something so harsh
Ruby seemed to realize her mistake rather quickly, as her eyes widened and her had immediatly flew up to her mouth in shock at her own comment. "I'm so sorry, Jason. I didn't mean to-" She didn't get to finish as Jason's one visible eye narrowed, before he stomped past Ruby and away from the group, his destination being the classroom. Ruby ran after him. "Jason, I really-" The moment her hand touched his arm, he spun around faster than she was expecting, causing her to fall on her butt. Her shocked gaze moved back up to Jason, who's one visible eye showed no emotion but anger. He was breathing so loud it was about the only thing you could hear. His skin wasn't actually the reason he was bullied, it still angered him.
With a huff, he turned away, and stomped off in the direction of the classroom, leaving behind seven shocked seventeen-year-olds and one guilt ridden fifteen-year-old. Ruby slowly climbed back to her feet, and she watched as most of the group walked past, giving her looks of disappointment. She looked at Blake as she walked by, who gave her leader a cold glance. "That was too far, Ruby." And Blake walked off.
Ruby looked down in shame, before feeling an arm wrap itself around her shoulder. She looked up at her sister, who was giving he a soft look. Ruby sighed.
"Do you think Jason hates me now, Yang?" She asked, leaning into her older sister's embrace. Yang sighed.
"No. I think he's just angry and hurt at what you said. You should at least try to make it up to him." Ruby looked up at her older sister, who was having one of her rare moments of wisdom. "Show him that you really do regret what you did." With a pat on the back, Yang walked away, catching up to the rest of the group, and leaving Ruby to her thoughts.
Jason wasn't happy. Not at all.
The gal of that girl! What had he ever been bullied about? How about being born with a face only a mother could love! Literally! And even if she didn't know that, his skin was rotted and black! He was literally a walking zombie! And the cover story he and Ozpin thought up literally says he grew up like that. If anyone grew up like that, of course they would be bullied. But apparently, Ruby didn't see that! And he was supposed to be protecting that girl!
'Jason.'
Jason stopped in his tracks as a familiar voice rang out through his head.
'She didn't intend to hurt you.'
Jason silently scoffed. Of course she didn't.
'Sweetie. What did you nearly do to that boy?'
Jason thought for a moment. Contrary to those who were defending him, he had reacted in a fit of rage. It wasn't an attempt at torture. If that piece of crap hadn't apologized, Jason would have ripped his arm off. There were no two ways about it.
'That's just it, Jason. I know you don't like bullies, and with good reason. But that boy is unfortunately one of your allies in battle. And if you had taken his arm off, you would've lost the trust of everyone.'
Jason looked down in shame. Why did his mother always have to be right?
'I'm not always right Jason. I'm just trying to guide you as best I can. Next time, only beat him. Don't try maim him.'
With a nod to his mother, or his mother's voice, Jason stepped into the classroom.
It was like a college classroom, or atleast, what he had seen of one. it was one of those big ones, with rows of seats going higher, and a spot for the teacher at the bottom. Speaking of the teacher, he had wild green hair, kind of like Einstein, and he wore a small pair of glasses. He wore green dress pants and a white dress shirt, one side of which was untucked, and a loose yellow tie. He held a coffee mug in his hand, and seemed to move with an energizing spirit. How much coffee had this guy had?
" ! Pleasetakeyourseat!"
Too much, that's for sure.
Silently sighing, he gave a polite wave to the teacher and took his seat at the front of the room. While he waited for the rest of the students to show up, he thought back to his incident and the talk with his mother. Maybe he had gone a bit to far, but that was what he was conditioned to. Someone angered him, and he would react in any way he saw fit. But then again, he was mostly conditioned by hallucinations, not actually his mother. Still, that was a hard habit to knock.
And besides, Ruby did try to apologize for her comment. He was just to angry too listen, and he had ended up knocking her down. But his 'experience' was right in front of her, in plain site. His skin was literally a walking corpse for pete's sake! Not that she knew that, but still. That may not actually be the reason, but it was still hurtful.
But like his mother, Ruby did bring up a good point. He didn't have to threaten to rip his arm off. He could've found another way. Hell, with his experience, he could've easily found a way make him apologize without permanently damaging him. Jason sighed as he silently contemplated what to do.
The students started flooding in, and soon, Jason found a familiar figure making it's way to him as his new friend, Velvet, sat herself next him. "Hi Mr. Voorhees."
Jason tilted his head as he looked at her. Mr. Voorhees? Why didn't she just call him Jason? He tilted his head at what she said, but he didn't exactly have a way to ask her. So he just gave her a wave. Velvet smiled.
"How has your day been so far?" Jason gaze moved down, his mood turning sad. He was still a little hurt at Ruby's comment, but he didn't want to ruin their short friendship because of that little incident. "Not too good, huh?" He felt Velvet's arm rub his back as she spoke, in an effort to comfort him. "Is there anyway I could help?" Jason's gaze moved back up to her in surprise. Velvet was quick to explain. "You did help me with Cardin, and I'm very thankful for that. I'm just hoping to return the favor." Jason understood what she meant, but she didn't have to do anything. Bullying literally killed him. He wasn't gonna sit by as someone was bullied by another. He shook his head, thankfull for her offer, and Velvet smiled. "Well, if there ever is, just let me know.
They sat in silence for a few minutes after that, until the teacher finally spoke up. "NowmystudentIunderstandthatthisisthefirstdayofhistoryclass!" He spoke like a lunatic. God only knows how buzzed he was on coffee. "I'mProfessorBartholemewOobleck!" Jason would've laughed if he could've. He remembered all the Dr. Seuss books his mother had read to him when he was a kid. One of his favorites had actually been Bartholemew and the Oobleck. Considering the teacher's name, it was actually quite funny.
The teacher went on for the next couple of minutes, but Jason would be lying if he'd said he was paying attention. He noticed Jaune had fallen asleep out of boredom, and if Jason could without breaking the desk, he gladly would've. He noticed the ginger from earlier, Cardin, with a jackassed smirk on his face as he stared at Jaune. Knowing him, he was gonna humiliate the boy in some way. It angered Jason to no extent.
He finally picked up a question that Professor Oobleck had asked. He was actually shocked that anyone understood, as there were plenty of students paying wholehearted attention.
"Now,whichoneofyouyoungschollarscantellmewhatmanytheoristsbelievetobetheturningpointinthethirdyearofthewar?" Jason saw his gaze move up behind him, and he turned around to see who had gained his attention. "Yes?"
"The battle at Fort Castle." Weiss answered, apparently paying full attention.
"Precisely! And, whocantellmetheadvatagethefaunushad,overGeneralLagoon'sforces?" It was at this moment, Jason had saw, that Cardin decided to strike, flicking one of those, 'paper footballs' at Jaune, causing the poor boy to awaken with a 'Hey!' Which unfortunately caught Oobleck's attention.
" !Finallycontributingtoclass!Thisisexcellent!Excellent!Whatistheanswer?!" The boy had no idea. Jason could easily tell that. After a few moments of struggling, he answered binoculars after misinterepreting Pyrrha's hints, to everyone's amusement but Oobleck's and Pyrrha's. Oobleck took an unamused sip of his coffee, and Pyrrha facepalmed. Cardin was laughing the loudest of everyone.
"Very funny, Mr. Arc." Oobleck spoke in a disappointed tone, finally slowing down his speech a little. He apparently noticed Cardin's involvement in the boy's embarresment, however. "Cardin! Perhaps you like to share your thoughts on the subject?"
"Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal, than a soldier." Cardin said scornfully, his disdain for the faunus easily shown.
"Your not the most open minded of individuals, are you, Cardin?" Pyrrha spoke up, catching the boy''s attention. It was obvious what she meant, and the ginger didn't react to well.
"What, you got a problem?" He answered in anger.
"No, I have the answer." Jason silently laughed at that. "It's nightvision. Many faunus are known to have learly perfect sight in the dark." Pyrrha explained. Cardin grumbled in annoyance.
"General Lagoon was inexperienced and made the mistake of trying to ambush the faunus in their sleep." Blake spoke up, elaborating on Pyrrha's answer. "His massive army was outmatched, and the General was captured." She turned to Cardin with her next words. "Perhaps if he had paid attention in class, he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure." Jason would've out right laughed if he could've at Cardin's face. The boy growled in anger and stood up, as if ready to try and hit the girl.
"Mr. Winchester, please take your seat." Oobleck stopped him before he could continue. Jaune was laughing at the ginger's embarrasment, sadly, he wouldn't be for much longer. "You and Mr. Arc can both see me affter class for additonal readings." Jaune groaned displeasure. "Now, have any of you been subjugated or discriminated because of your faunus heritage?"
Jason saw some random student raise his hand, and noticed Velvet was hesitating. Nudging her with his elbow t get her attention, he gestured towards the teacher, as if telling her to do the same. Slowly, Velvet raised her hand to reveal that she had befallen such hardships.
"Dreadful. Simply dreadful. Now remember students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance, that breeds violence. Now..." He soon went back to his normal speech, and Jason tooned out again. He looked at Velvet, who was giving him a small smile of apreciation, and she mouthed the words 'Thank you.' Jason shrugged and gave her a thumbs up, his best way of saying 'Your welcome.'
As class ended, Jason walked out parting ways with Velvet. He went to make his way to his next class, combat class, but a familiar high pitched voice caught his attention. "Jason, wait!"
Turning his attention behind him, he found the familiar red cloaked form of Ruby approaching him. He tilted his head. He knew what was coming. "I just wanted to apologize for what I said earlier. It was out of line and I really shouldn't have said it." Her head faced down in regret. "I didn't mean to go that far."
Jason shook his in a silent sigh, before approaching the girl and ruffling her hair. She looked up at him in shock, before letting a big smile come accross her face. "Does this mean you forgive me?!" She asked in excitement. Jason was still for a moment, thinking, before nodding. Ruby's smile seemed to get even wider, waving her hands and jumping up and down like a giddy little girl, which she kinda was, apart from the 'little'. "YES!" After she had calmed down, she finally faced Jason again. "I still want to make it up to you. Would it be okay if I showed you around Vale this weekend?"
Jason tilted his head at the offer, and shrugged. Ruby's smile never left her face. "Oh, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She abruptly wrapped her arms around Jason's torso, leaning her head into his chest in a warm hug. Jason hadn't expect the sudden movement, and was still for a moment in shock, before slowly wrapping his arms around her as well. He just let them lay there, as he didn't want to accidentally crush the girl.
After they had parted, Ruby had left with a smile. Jason smiled under his mask, before turning and making his way to combat class.
Jaune sucked at fighting. Jason could tell that the moment he saw his match with Cardin start. He was getting slaughtered. Cardin looked like he was having fun, barely breaking a sweat. It made Jason angry. Jaune, one of his friends, couldn't fight well enough to defend himself, and this was one of the few times Cardin was allowed to hurt him. Jason couldn't wait for his turn, because he was going to face the boy's whole team. And he was going to beat the hell out of them.
Cardin ended it with a knee to Jaune's gut, and was apparently about to bring his mace down on top of him. Luckily, Glynda stepped in.
"Cardin, that's enough." She spoke, stepping between the two boys and addressing the audience. "Students, as you can see, Mr. Arc's aura, has now dropped into the red. In a tournament style duel, this would indicate that Jaune is no longer fit for battle, and that the official may call the match." Pyrrha stared in sadness at the poor boy's lack of progress. If he didn't start getting better soon, he could get kicked out of Beacon. Miss Goodwitch turned to face the boy. "Mr. Arc, it's been weeks now. Please try to refer to your scroll during combat. Guaging your aura will help you decide when it is appropriate to attack, and when it is best to turn to a more defensive strategy." Jaune took out his scroll and check it, disappointed in himself for forgetting such a common fact. "We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a beowolf, now would we?"
Cardin seemed to disagree, if his scornfull comment was anything to go by. "Speak for yourself."
Glynda refocused her attention on her scroll, and started pressing a couple of options. "Alright, it's time for one more matchup. A one vs four match. Let's see," She pressed the randomization button, and waited for the first participant to be selected, Everyone gasped in shock, as for the first time, a known hockey masked face was where it was stopped. "Jason Voorhees. Now, would you like to choose?"
Jason stood up, and looked around for a moment, as if contemplating who to choose, before his eyes settled on Cardin, who was still in the arena. He lifted up his finger, and pointed it directly at Cardin.
"Mr. Winchester's team? Jason, Mr. Winchester just finished a match. I highly recommend you choose someone else." Glynda responded. Cardin had a different feeling.
"That wasn't a match! C'mon, let him fight us! I owe him a beatdown." Cardin seemed overly excited at prospect of fighting someone who threatened such a grave injury only a moment ago. Glynda sighed.
"Very well. Mr. Voorhees and the rest of team CRDL, please enter the arena."
Jason glared at every single member of the team as he made his way down to the arena. He placed himself opposite of the team of bullies, while Cardin's team found their place behind him.
"Alright!" Glynda's voice caught their attention, but Jason kept his eyes focused on the hated team across from him. "You are to fight until one's aura is in the red, or is unfit to compete! No maiming, permanently injuring," Her gaze turned to Jason as she spoke her next words. "And no killing."
Jason rolled his eye, but nodded. Of course he wouldn't kill them. He would have to make an active effort on the other two, though. As Glynda walked off, preparing to start the match, Cardin glared at Jason.
"I'm gonna get you back for my arm. You shouldn't mess with team CRDL!" As if to try to prove their point, they each showed off their respective weapons. Cardin's mace seemed to double as a shotgun, Sky Lark had a large battle axe with a rifle for a handle, Dove Brunswick's sword bent at the hilt to make a revolver, and Russel Thrush's daggers had cartridges full of some kind of colored sand. "We're gonna mop the floor with you!"
"KICK THEIR BUTT, JASON!" The familiar high pitched voice of Ruby yelled out, followed by a wave of cheers from the rest of the audience. Jason smiled under his mask and drew his machete, causing the crowd to get even louder, for some reason.
"Show them what you can do!" Yang cheered, clapping loudly for the man. Cardin growled in annoyance.
"3!" Glynda's start of the count refocused his attention. Jason let out a deep breath. This wasn't the man Teams RWBY and JNPR had come to know. This was the Crystal Lake Slasher.
"2!" Cardin's grip on his weapon tightened as he stared down the masked man. Despite his bravado, he was downright terrified. If a man could do what this nearly did to him with ease, despite the presense of aura, then that was not someone to trifle with. That was just common sense. And here he was, taunting Jason like an idiot.
"1!" He wasn't actually gonna kill any of them, but he was gonna beat them. And he WAS gonna scare them.
"Begin!" The moment the order to begin was given, Cardin aimed his weapon at Jason and fired. The force of the bullets made Jason stumble back a bit. His aura made sure his healing was still kept a secret, but the bullets had more force than he was expecting.
Everyone watched as he looked down, almost stunned, before his attention turned to the aura display. The audience and Team CRDL's gaze followed his, and shock washed over everyone but Jason.
"H-How? His Aura should've went down at least a third from two fire dust bullets!" Weiss shocked voice rang out. The rest of the students were in equal shock. Jason's aura had barely budged at all. It still said '100'!
"It's like they didn't even affect him!" Jaune exclaimed, shocked at his large friend's apparently super strong aura.
"Maybe we don't know as much as we thought about him." Blake proposed, and the rest of Teams RWBY and JNPR considered the thought as their attention turned back to the match.
Jason tilted his head in confusion, but now he was prepared. He wouldn't budge as much next time. Turning his gaze back to Cardin, a familiar sound rang out across the room sending chills down everyone's spine.
"Ki, Ki, Ki, Ma, Ma, Ma."
Upon hearing that horrible noise again, Ren had come to a conclusion.
"So he's where that came from." His sudden speech caught the others attention.
"What do you mean?" Nora asked, confused at his words and asking the question on everyone's mind.
"That noise. That 'ch ch ha ha'. That's Jason." He elaborated, shocking everyone else.
"You mean that horrible noise comes from him?" Pyrrha asked, wide emerald eyes staring her her green dressed friend. "How? I thought he couldn't speak."
Ruby gave it a thought. "Maybe it's the only thing he can say."
"Which begs the question: What does it mean, and why does he make it?" Everyone agreed with Weiss's statement, and they all made a mental note to ask him about it.
Cardin, having come to the same conclusion as them, felt ready to piss his pants. That feeling spread across his whole team and only grew as they saw Jason advance. He wasn't running, he was only walking. But their fear wasn't help at the fact that he was moving at an inhuman pace. Swallowing his fear, he pulled the trigger again, sending another dust round at Jason. To the four's horror however, Jason barely flinched. He just kept walking, as if he didn't even feel it. Cardin was panicking now.
"C'mon, all of you, shoot!" Following his order, they all took positions side-by-side, and let a hail of bullets fly towards the hulking man. Bullet after bullet, they all hit, so many of them that it created a huge smoke cloud. Once they were done, everyone watched in intense silence, waiting to see what had happened, and how Jason would react.
"Oh my god..." Blake's hand found her mouth in shock as she stared at Jason's aura meter.
"What is it, Blake?" Ruby asked her teammate, confused by her shock as she followed Blake's gaze, before her eyes widened as well. Jason's arua meter now read '98'. The rest of the team members were shocked at this as well.
"How is that possible?" Weiss asked to no one in particular, eyes wider than saucers. "What is he?"
The arena drew everyone's attention once more as Cardin let out a scream of terror. Shock washed over the crowd as they found Cardin in Jason's yellow gloved hand. Cardin lifted up his mace, attempting to hit Jason with it, but he was immediatly stopped as the mask of his opponent met his face, and a sickening crack was heard as he was released from Jason's grip. He stumbled in shock for a moment, as he noticed blood falling on the floor. His free hand found itself touching his top lip, where blood running from his nose. As he realized what had happened, the pain had hit as he realized that not only was his nose broken, the cartilidge was shattered. His aura would take the whole match fixing it.
A loud bang rang out in Jason's direction, where Russel had tried to surprise the masked man who seemed to be focused on his leader. It hadn't worked, as he found his blades trying to force back Jason's machete, with little progress. The boy's efforts stopped as he suddenly found himself in the air, Jason's hand wrapped in the stomach of his shirt. Jason lifted him clear off the ground, and Russel found himself paralyzed with fear as he stared into the one visible eye and the black abyss that was Jason's other eye. Jason lowered the boy closer to his face, before driving his fist into it, stunning the huntsmen-in-training. He heard a battle cry as Dove attempted to rush him in an effort to help his teammate, but he found himself flying as Jason chucked Russel with a little bit of force, sending both boys flying.
The audience was hooked on the spectacle. Most were shocked at Jason's impressive display of strength, as he had knocked three third's of Team CRDL down by a third.
"Woah! He's strong!" Yang remarked. "I kind of wanna fight him now!"
"I'm not sure whether to feel sympathy for Cardin, or laugh at his pain." Blake spoke up, staring at the boy who was thinking of how to go about this.
Jason heard Sky's battle cry from a mile away, and when the boy was in range, he quickly turned and slashed at the boy with his machete. His aura protected him from the blow, but the boy was sent flying into the energy field around the arena. His arua outright dropped to 50%.
"Woah..." Ruby had stars in her eyes as she stared at Jason's machete. She really wanted to look at it now (If only she could convince Jason to let her see it). If Jason could do that much damage with his machete, while holding back, they shuddered to think of what he could do with his bare hands.
Jason turned around just in time to catch Cardin's mace in his free hand. The ginger had tried to surprise him while he had dealt with his team. A good tactic, but not very leader like. The boy stared in horror as his own mace was ripped from his hands, before he and his mace were sent flying across the arena as Jason drove it into his stomach with enough force to bring his aura just above the red.
Jaws dropped all across the crowd at the supposedly impossible feat. "Did he really just do that?" Nora exclaimed in excitement. Considering what Cardin does to her leader on a daily basis, she was getting a kick out of watching Jason treat them like ragdolls.
"He did." Ren answered. He rarely ever felt it, and it was even rarer that he showed it, but he was shocked. Never before in his life had he seen someone with such strength as what Jason Voorhees displayed. But here he was, watching the masked man tear into the team of bullies.
"TEACH THEM A LESSON! YOU GOT IT JASON!" Ruby cheered for her large friend. Slowly, cheers spread across the crowd as everyone encouraged Jason. Considering Cardin's reputation, it's not much of a shock that everyone was happy to see him getting the crap beat out of him.
Before he could go after Cardin, Jason felt something hit the back of his head, hard. He turned to find Sky, staring at the now broken tip of his weapon, as the blades clattered to the floor. His attention turned back to the masked man, and he gave a nervous laugh as Jason started huffing in anger, his shoulders moving up and down as a visible display. The blue haired boy started screaming as he found nearly his whole head in Jason's grip, and he felt Jason start squeezing. He actually thought the man was gonna crush his skull, before he let up, and found himself on his knees. His hands found his face, as they moved around his head, as if checking that it were still whole. He looked up, just in time for everything to go black as the sole of Jason's boot found itself planted in his face.
Jason looked at the aura board, and smirked under his mask in satisfaction as he saw Sky's aura just above empty. The boy was done.
Jason turned around to the angry yell of Dove, who started slashing wildly at Jason, surprisingly catching the man off guard. He slashed for a good thirty seconds, enough to send Jason stumbling into the energy field as he was pushed back by the flailing boy. He hadn't had his aura gauged, so he felt every slice, every cut into his chest. His supernatural healing was healing them fast than they could be seen, but it still hurt like hell. When the blonde boy finally stopped slashing, he gazed at the aura board, where to his horror, Jason's aura was only at 89%. He turned back to Jason, who was looking at his chest with a tilted head, before his eyes found Dove's scared face. Dove dropped his weapon and started backing away, as if asking for mercy. He wouldn't get it. He moved towards the boy before he could react, pushing him to the ground with a quick shove, knocking the wind out of the boy,
As he struggled to breath, Dove's eyes finally found themselves looking up at Jason, who was standing next to his head.
"What's he gonna do?" Jaune asked, wondering what their friend's next move would be. It was quickly answered as Jason brought his foot up, before slamming it back down on top of the poor boy's face. The crowd slightly winced at the brutality of the action. It wasn't as brutal as the cafeteria incident, but it was still pretty bad. But Jason wasn't done yet.
"Yikes. I actually feel bad for that guy." Yang joked, as Jason's foot lifted up again, before coming back down on top of Dove's face.
Over and over, Jason kept going at it, each kick bring his aura down a good chunk. It was actually pretty scary.
"He's ruthless... I like it!" Nora joked as Jason continued his assault, bringing his foot down on top of Dove's head again and again.
By now, Dove's face was bloody and broken, eyes wide open in pain, shock, and fear, so much so that you could actually see them. Jason paused for a moment to stare at the petrified boys face.
"Please..." Dove squeaked out. "No more." If Glynda had heard it, it would've been counted as a forefiet. But luckily for Jason, and unfortunately for Dove, she hadn't. Silently, Jason lifted his foot once more, still as a statue, before slamming it down one last time, with enough force to drive the boy's aura into red, and knock him unconcious.
Upon hearing a battle cry from behind him, Jason turned in time to block Russel's daggers once more. He was sick of the boy's attempts at surprising him, and he really wanted to deal with Cardin. Using just enough strength, Jason drove his free fist between Russel's daggers and into his face, breaking his nose, shattering his aura, and knocking him unconcious.
Cardin was on the ground, in pain, from the hit he had just taken from his own mace. His aura wasn't in the red, but goddamn if he didn't feel that last hit. What was that freak made of?!
As he watched, helplessly, as his team desperately tried to hoplessly take on the giant, he did the only thing he could think of.
He tried to get away.
He knew he was supposed to be the leader. He knew he was training to be a huntsman. And leaders and huntsmans don't run away. But if he was being honest, even if he was only a student, he highly doubted any huntsman had gone up against anybody or anything with the strength this... thing, possessed.
He realized everything had gone silent behind him, and he realized why as a large shadow passed over his crawling body. Forcing himself to look back, he found himself paralyzed with fear as he locked with that one eye, glaring at him through the hockey mask.
Jason bent down, and forced the boy to his staggering feet, contemplating on how to finish it. There was his head crush. He could bring his back across his knee. He could outright body slam him. But none of those options seemed good enough.
But then one entered unlike the rest. He could use the skill he had picked up in the other world, the other Earth. The one with all the wierd people.
Suddenly, everything went white, briefly blinding everybody in the room, as Jason abruptly flashed white and quickly closed the distance between him and Cardin. Once he had his hand around Cardin's neck, Jason planted his feet, rearing his machete back, before driving it through the boy's stomach.
Everyone watched in horror, and slight facination, as Cardin's spine, stomach, and intestines became visible the moment the machete entered his body. They could clearly see as Jason's machete tore through his spine, shattering it to pieces. That view quickly disappeared as Jason removed the machete, before driving it up Cardin's chin. His facial muscles were suddenly visible, as the machete pass completely through his head. Readjusting his grip, Jason abruptly forced the machete up, and Cardin's neck bone was suddenly visible as his head was force back so far that it shattered.
Done with his move, Jason pulled the machete from his skull, causing Cardin's neck to snap back into place. He wasn't dead, each of the injuries healed instantly due to the nature of that move, but the victim still felt all the pain full force. The X-Ray move was enough to completely destroy Cardin's aura.
Cardin dropped to his knees in pain and fear, clutching his chin and stomach as he stared at Jason in horror.
"What the fuck was that?!" Cardin didn't care that Glynda heard him. He was too caught up in the fact that he was alive right now. He groaned in pain as he tried to soothe the immense aches that he felt.
"And that's the match!" Glynda announced. Cardin wasn't dead, so no rules were broken. Although, her pale, face told everyone that she was clearly as disturbed as everyone else at the horrifying move. "Jason Voorhees wins. Class dismissed." She wanted to tend to Team CRDL, and make sure none of them were hurt too bad.
Upon hearing that he could leave, Jason immediatly turned and made his way to the large steps leading out of the room, leaving one final message to the group of bullies.
"Ki, Ki, Ki, Ma, Ma, Ma."
Of all days for Cinder to leave the brats with him, it had to be today. He was supposed to planning dust robberies and hits on betrayers. How the hell did Roman Torchwick expect to be able to do his job with Mercury and Emerald up his ass?
"Aren't you supposed to be taking out that White Fang dude?" Mercury's voice rang out, causing Torchwick to groan and pull his attention from the blueprints, to the silver haired boy, leaning back in a chair, with his legs propped up on a crate. "What's taking you so long?"
"Kid, your boss has me working overtime to rob every dust shop in the kingdom." Roman growled. If it weren't for the constant threat of immolation, he would gladly kill the boy and make the girl a slave for the White Fang. "If it were up to me, I'd shove my cane up your ass and happily pull the trigger."
Mercury scoffed. "Don't let Cinder hear you saying that. Or Emerald, for that matter." The silver haired teen snarked, laughing at the look of annoyance and rage on the crook's face. Roman looked about to snark back, but was but stopped suddenly as he and Mercury both heard the loud, heavy, metal door screech open, followed by the familiar and hated look of emerald hair and red eyes as Emerald walked into the room.
"Great." Roman muttered under his breath, and turned back to his work. And attempting to ignore the teens behind him.
"What's up? You see why he hasn't done anything yet?" Emerald asked, staring in annoyance at Mercury. She hated both Mercury and Roman, even if she prefered Mercury over Roman. But she wasn't afraid to show her distaste for Mercury.
"Yeah, something about robbing dust for Cinder." Mercury snarked. "Apparently, he has no free time."
Emerald rolled her eyes at his response. "Poor excuse." She snarked.
Roman growled as he turned back to the two kids. "Look, for me to keep pulling off these heists, I need to plan each and everyone carefully. I'm sorry if that doesn't leave me much time to murder a White Fang drop out!" He roared at them.
Mercury was about to say something back, when a seductive voice called out. One that held a thin line of annoyance in it.
"Enough." Cinder Fall calmly called as she strutted towards them. In Roman's opinion, that's all she ever did. Even if she wore heels, it was still unusual that he couldn't imagine her walking like a normal person. At all. Cinder turned her attention to Emerald and Mercury. "Roman has been doing exactly as he's supposed to. He's collecting as much dust as he can get." She then turned to Roman. "But you do need to get someone on the... 'White Fang drop out' as you called him."
"Yeah, yeah." Roman muttered with a roll of his eyes as he turned back to the blueprints, as Cinder turned back to the other two.
"You two need to train, or prepare." She ordered them as they turned their attention.
"Why?" Mercury asked with a raised brow.
"Beacon gained an odd student during this year's initiation." She explained. But Mercury wasn't satisfied.
"Odd... how?"
Cinder sighed. "All you need to know is that he's a little more experienced."
Mercury sighed as he stood up and left the room with Emerald. "Whatever."
Cinder smiled. Everything seemed to be going perfectly.
Unfortunately, she didn't realize the new factor in her plans. A 6'7" factor, to be exact.
