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[King of Vale: Beacon Academy]

It was just another day at Beacon Academy.

The professors were teaching as the students were learning. And it was the usual story in Professor Glynda Goodwitch's class, as it was once again time for the practice battles between two random students.

"Oh, I hope it's me! I just got my hands on some new Dust and I can't wait to try it out."said Ruby Rose, leader of team RWBY.

"Your welcome."said Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, and member of team RWBY.

"She paid you with her allowance so what's the problem."said Blake Belladonna, former member of the White Fang and fellow member of team RWBY.

"Yeah, my sis saved up her allowance for that Dust, so give her a break."said Yang Xiao Long, Ruby's sister and fellow member of team RWBY.

"Fine..."said Weiss begrudgingly.

"Oh, I want to go. I can't wait to break someone's legs."said Nora Valkyrie, the muscle of team JNPR.

"Metaphorically...right?"asked Pyrrha Nikos, famous huntsman in training, arguably the strongest first-year student of Beacon, and fellow team member of team JNPR.

"Yes...right Nora."said Lie Ren, Nora's childhood friend and fellow member of team JNPR.

"Fine... you guys are no fun."said Nora with a pout.

"I just hope it isn't me."said Jaune Arc, leader of team JNPR.

"First up is Jaune Arc."declared Professor Goodwitch, as Jaune cursed under his breath his luck as he couldn't believe the universe had it out for him again.

"It's okay, Jaune."said Ruby, comforting her best friend.

"Yeah, just because you have the worst track record doesn't mean this time will be the same."said Yang, trying her best to support her friend, who she calls vomit boy.

"You have been improving since school started."said Blake, deciding to give her two cents even though she didn't really care.

"But that depends on who is opponent will be."said Weiss, as Jaune truth already tell that she doesn't believe in him one bit.

"Your opponent will be...Cardin Winchester!"declared professor Goodwitch, as the notorious bully appeared on the screen.

"Well... I'm dead."said Jaune, as in his many fights with Cardin, he has never won even once.

In fact the bully makes it his mission to humiliate Jaune in these one-sided battles as much as possible m

"Don't worry, Jaune. We have been practicing and you have been improving. So just go out there and do your best."said Pyrrha, supporting her friend who she secretly had a crush on.

"Yeah, show the leader of team CRDL the power of team JNPR, Jaune Jaune."said Nora, as she pulled out a flag that said Team JNPR in bold letters.

"Where did you get that?"asled Blake, wondering where Nora got her hands on that.

"Internet."simply replied Nora.

Blake was about to ask more questions when she noticed Ren making a face that said don't bother, so she decided to drop it as she knew it was next to impossible to understand Nora when she was up to her crazy antics.

"Good luck, Jaune."said Ruby, as Jaune got up from his seat so he could get to the locker room and change.

"He's going to need it."said Weiss, as Jaune felt the metaphorical knife stab him in the back, as even for her that was a little much.

"Ouch..."said Yang, as this is the reason why Weiss is known as the Ice Queen.

"I'm just saying be obvious."said Weiss in her own defense.

Jaune meanwhile I decided to ignore whatever hurtful comments the girl he had a crush and had to say yes he made his way to the locker room to change into his combat outfit that consisted of his pumpkin Pete hoodie, jeans, sneakers, and body armor that covered his upper body.

Jaune then took a deep breath as he opened up his locker and pulled out Crocea Mors, his family sword.

"Well, better prepare for my best and mentally prepare myself for the worst."said Jaune, as he headed out back into the classroom so he could face his bully in a combat match.

"Ready to lose, Arc?"asked Cardin mockingly.

"We never know, something you might not expect may happen."said Jaune, as he knows he's been improving thanks too Pyrrha giving him pointers, and helping him train in secret.

"Ha... that's big talk for the weakest first-year student and possibly the weakest student in all of Beacon."said Cardin mockingly.

"That's enough, Mr Winchester. For now take your positions and I will commence the match."said professor Goodwitch, as Jaune and Cardin backed away from one another and took their positions about ten to twelve paces from one another.

"Ready, and begin!"declared Professor Goodwitch, as both Jaune and Cardin run towards each other at full speed.

Jaune.swung Crocea Mors to the left as Cardin swung his weapon, the Executioner, to the right. Both weapons clash with one another and created a mini shockwave, creating a small crater in the ground.

Jaune took a deep breath as he took a step forward and tried to hit Cardin with his shield. Cardin on the other hand pushed Jaune back with the Executioner, causing the shield strike to miss. Jaune, undaunted quickly took a step back and went for a thrusting attack with his sword!

Cardin meanwhile just swung the Executioner downward and not the sword down, allowing him to use his free hand to punch Jaune in the face!

"Ohhh!"said Nora and Ruby, as that had to hurt.

Jaune meanwhile quickly step back as Cardin tried to swing the Executioner at him again, but Jaune saw the attack coming and managed to block it with his shield as he picked up his sword. Jaune then swung at Cardin's belly and matched cut into his aura, angering the bully!

"Argh!"said Cardin as he grabbed Jaune by his hair and threw him a few feet away from him!

Jaune quickly got back up just as Cardin got within striking distance and kicked the young man while he was getting up! Jaune tried to get up again but Cardin stepped on him, preparing to use the Executioner!

Jaune quickly started moving his body side to side as he rolled away in the nick of time, just before the Executioner could strike his head. Jaune quickly picked up his sword and shield and made his way over to Cardin, striking the bully with his shield before swinging his sword once again, striking Cardin in the shoulder!

"Enough games!"said Cardin, as he began swinging The Executioner with all of his strength!

Jaune used his shield to block the first strike from the Executioner, and the second strike! The third strike managed to push the shield away and allowed Cardin to go in and punch Jaune in his jaw!

"Jaune!"said Pyrrha with worry, as Jaune look like he was about to pass out.

Jaune meanwhile could feel like he was going to pass out as his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and his breathing became erratic as he looked at his bully. Jaune could see that his Aura was nearly in the red despite the fact he had so much of it, likely due to the amount of force Cardin was applying to him.

'Just once! Just once! I want to beat him!' thought Jaune, before his eyes closed and his bangs covered his eyes and Shadow.

Cardin was about to swing again when he noticed something strange...

Jaune's Aura began to recover on the screen...?

"What the heck?"was all Cardin said as Jaune dropped his sword and shield.

"Jaune!"said Ruby with worry, as she noticed that her friend was still breathing but something was different about him.

"What's going on?"asked Blake, noticing that Jaune's body language has completely changed.

"Where am I? What am I doing here? Last thing I remember is teaching the next generation of the Sons of Batman."said 'Jaune', only his voice didn't sound like anything his friends recognized.

"Fearless leader?"asked Nora with worry, as the body language her fearless leader was giving off was like he was a completely different person.

"Stop fooling around, loser! I don't know how you managed to recharge your aura, and I don't care! All I know is that I'm going to get more time to enjoy beating you down!"said Cardin as he rushed in with the Executioner!

"I think someone should teach you some manners."said "Jaune", before taking a fighting stance with his breakfast closer to his chest while his right fist was more outwards.

Cardin quickly rushed in and swung the Executioner from the right. "Jaune" just step backwards and avoided the strike completely before he went in and struck Cardin with a left hook, followed by a right hook, and a few jobs to the torso and face!

This shocked everyone as they didn't know Jaune knew how to box!

Cardin was just a surprise too as he was struck with a liver blow, causing the wind to be knocked out of him as he spat out some spits from his mouth!

"Argh!"shout at the bully as he tried to wrestle "Jaune" to the ground, but to his surprise he wouldn't budge...!

"Jaune" then took a deep breath as he grabbed Cardin by his left wrist and elbow before he lifted him up into the air and threw him down onto the ground as hard as he could! Cardin was surprised by this as he felt the initial pain of his back landing against the floor.

Cardin quickly stood up as "Jaune" formed his fingers to make a paw before striking Cardin in the chin with a paw punch! "Jaune " then trusted his right fist into Cardin's sternum with a reverse straight punch, knocking the wind out of the young man as "Jaune" followed up with a roundhouse kick to the left side of his body!

"Jaune" wasn't finished yet as he followed up with a couple of jobs and hooks to all parts of Cardin's upper torso before lifting his left leg as high as he could and bringing it down with a powerful ax kick to the young man's shoulder, sending him to the ground with great force!

"That's enough!"declared Professor Goodwitch, as Cardin's Aura was already in the red and anymore would have led to permanent harm!

"Jaune" meanwhile just stopped attacking as he picked up Cardin by his collar and held him high in the air with only one hand!

"Listen up and listen up good. You think that just because you're strong you can bully anyone you want. Well there's always going to be someone stronger than you and one day you're going to meet that person. It looks like for you today is the day and if I ever find you acting like an arrogant piece of trash again, let's just say that next time we'll be standing on the top of a building with my arm getting tired in this position... if you catch my drift."said "Jaune", causing Cardin to become so scared that he actually peed his pants before passing out...

This made a lot of students in the room laugh as "Jaune" threw Cardin on to the ground. The rest of team CRDL can rushing in and quickly picked up their leader to take him to the infirmary. "Jaune"meanwhile took a deep breath as he too staggered back and fell to his knees.

"Jaune!"said his friends with concern as they ran to the arena to see if he was all right.

"Dang, vomit boy, what was with the strange voice and why didn't you tell us you knew how to box? I could have used you as a sparring partner."said Yang, as Ruby and Pyrrha helped Jaune up.

Jaune meanwhile opened his eyes again and looked at everyone with a strange look.

"Did I lose already?"asked Jaune, looking around confused as he wondered why everyone was looking at him like he was crazy.

"What?"he asked.

"You... you don't remember beating Winchester right now."said Weiss, who was more shocked than everyone by the skill Jaune had just displayed.

"I beat him?! How?!"asked Jaune, as all he remembers was passing out before seeing the image of a bat approaching him, just as he went night night.

This made Jaune's friends look at each other with curiosity and worry as they wondered what had just happened with their friend/teamate?

Jaune I just shown skills as he not only did boxing, but he also did judo and krav maga at the same time! How was this possible? And since when could Jaune pick up a grown man with only one hand and hold them high in the air. Along with intimidating said full grown man to the point of passing out and peeing his pants.

"Jaune, you don't remember your voice sounding differently right now."asked Nora, as everyone remembered that Jaune spoke with a different sounding voice.

"No..."said Jaune, who was starting to freak out a little.

"Okay, I think we need to investigate this further."said Pyrrha, as she was concerned about her friend in secret crash as something had just happened to him right now in that very moment he appeared to pass out.

It was like someone else was controlling his body and that person was the one who defeated Cardin Winchester!

But how was that even possible?

"Mr Arc, while I was impressed by your clear improvement in hand-to-hand combat. I do not appreciate the fact that you threw your weapons down in the middle of the match. That could spell disaster out in the field Mr Arc, so I suggest you never do that again in future bouts."said professor Goodwitch as she approached both team RWBY and team JNPR.

"Professor Goodwitch, don't take this the wrong way but I have no idea what you're talking about. I honestly thought I lost the last thing I remember is Cardin punching me in the jaw and me passing out."said Jaune, as even professor Goodwitch started looking at him with concern.

"Are you telling me the truth right now, Mr Arc?"asked professor Goodwitch, wanting to make sure her student was not pulling her leg.

"I am telling the truth. And why does everyone keep looking at me like I'm crazy or something?"asked Jaune, before noticing that that look of being crazy look more like a look of concern.

"Jaune, what on Remnant is happening to you?"asked Ruby, wondering what had just happened to her best friend.

"I don't know, and all I know is I feel weird and I just want some lunch."said Jaune, as his stomach began growling.

"Okay, then. This is clearly a question we can ask ourselves later."saisd Yang, as she was hungry too and today was pizza day in the cafeteria.

"Mr Arc, be sure to report to Headmaster Ozpin's office later this evening as we need to have a private discussion."said professor Goodwitch, before walking off.

"What was that about?"asked Jaune, wondering what the heck was going on with his teacher.

"Jaune, you showed skill that you didn't previously had before right now and I'm right now having so many questions going through my head."said Weiss, as she wondered how it was possible that the weakest first-year student could defeat Cardin Winchester, one of the strongest students so easily with just hand-to-hand combat skills.

He didn't even use his weapon! He just used his fists in a manner that didn't match Jaune's known fighting style!

"She's right. What you did right now is full of mystery."said Blake, as she was now suddenly interested in the event that happened.

Not having anything to do with the fact that she hated Cardin Winchester for his bigotry against the Faunus...no way...

"Well let's just head to the cafeteria before they run out of the cookie pizza."said Ruby, as there was no way she was missing dessert.

So she grabbed Jaune and again dragging him to the cafeteria as fast as she could, without using her semblance as she knew that doing that would make her best friend vomit...

Meanwhile, something was happening inside the mind of Jaune Arc.

"So... it seems we have been awakened?"

"But what do we do with this body?

"Nothing... we are just past lives."

"But he could clearly use our help?

"For now we will watch until one of us is put at the wheel."

"Agreed!"


What did you guys think about this chapter?

A little different from my normal stories, wouldn't you agree?

I got this idea today and decided to test it out. I'm hoping that all of you like it.

As many of you have probably guessed one of the past lives of Jaune, was none other than the world's greatest detective, better known as The Dark Knight of Gotham, Batman!

I'm a huge Batman fan so of course I'm going to do this! Are any of you going to blame me?

Anyway before and if you ask yes, this story was inspired by Reincarnation Loud, but it's completely different that way you guys can say it's the same.

I already decided who the past lives would be.

But if you guys have any ideas on who Jaune was in a past life, feel free to send me a PM, or leave a comment in the comment section.

Anyway, next chapter should be out soon so I hope you will subscribe to the story!

PrimusPilus signing off!