The second chapter
Disclaimer: i do not own RWBY or JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Both belong to their owner Rooster Teeth and Hirohiko Araki.
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In the Beacon cafeteria, team RWBY and JNPR is having breakfast. As usual Nora is telling her story while Ren correct her sometimes, Blake is quiet as usual, Yang continue to jokes around with her puns and everything is normal.Except for Jaune, Ruby and Pyrrha notice that he is quite silent today,Pyrrha feels worry for him but believe he just thinking about his transcript.Ruby however, decided as Jaune first friend in Beacon ask him a question
"What's wrong Jaune?, why are you so grumpy?"The genuine concern in her voice make Jaune flinch.Every heads in the table turn toward the blonde.
"Yea, you trying copy Blakey over here or something?"Yang retort drawing an offended look from Blake but Yang ignore her
"Fearless Leader, are you sick?"Nora questions him.Before everyone make an assumption Jaune choose to take the excuse of being sick
"Its okay everyone, im just feeling a bit unwell"Everyone is skeptical but give him peace.Jaune isn't ready to tell everyone about Cardin blackmailing yet, the ginger had been able tasking him to do team CRDL homework under the pretence of friendship
He just hope that Cardin didn't do anything overboard, as if he do Jaune may not care about his transcript more than his friends
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He couldn't believe it.During the trip to the Emerald Forest Cardin has ask him to do the unbelievable, he want Jaune to throw a jar of sap on Pyrrha.And Jaune on a moment of bravado stood up and said no, you couldn't believe what happen next.
He got his ass handed to him.
Unfortunately it get worse, a huge Ursa Major suddenly appear out of nowhere and nearly kill Cardin, the rest of team CRDL heroically retreat leaving both of them to their fate and by the Brother Gods he Jaune Arc the weakest huntsman in Beacon behead the Grimm and kill it.But still he wish he could said something cool to Cardin but the blonde knight was to enthusiastic as he watch the ginger crawl away.Jaube hopes now that Cardin will finally leave him alone.
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He didn't, Cardin didn't leave him alone. As a matter of fact his bully have reveal the secret of his transcript to his teammates. At first they didn't believe him but Pyrrha had tell them about Jaune and her conversation on the rooftop.
Nora in denial drag Pyrhha and Ren to confront him, once he confirmed that he is indeed a fraud, a faker.
Pyrhha face is full of so many emotions that he could feel tears brimming in his eyelid, Ren had his Semblance active turning him gray and devoid of all emotions. Nora, held a smile, her respect and admiration for the bomber 'Fearless Leader' gone.
And then team RWBY found out, it wasn't unexpected that Cardin had spread the rumor to the whole school, and with how bad his combat prowess prowess no one is surprising when the speaker said
"Can Jaune Arc come to the principal office, i repeat can Jaune Arc come to the principal office"
All heads snap towards him so fast that he think that some of them gonna have a whiplash.The cafeteria is booming with voices, some he can hear very clearly and it's not very nice. All members of team RWBY have their own opinion on him, with Weiss obviously the worst and Yang follow right after which he is mildly surprise, he didn't think Yang would be the person to disapprove of his actions considering how much of a party person she is.
Blake surprisingly didn't judge him, or it is because she didn't have anything to say. Ruby, his first friend at Beacon, to be honest the Jaune was glad when the reaper make it very clear that she support him no matter what he does
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As Jaune approaching the office, he couldn't help but think about his future, obviously he can't never be a Huntsmen again as he blow his only and best chance.
Go back to his family?, assuming his dad didn't disown him the moment news got out. Tried to make a living in Vale?,... Many thoughts pass through Jaune mind, eventually he realize that the act of forging a false transcript is a crime, Jaune didn't need to know how many years isbhe going to serve in prison for the knight to panic and tried to go backward. But after a hot minute to calm his nerve, he open the door.
Before him laid 4 figures the one sitting in the chair is easily recognized as the headmaster of Beacon Academy Opzin. The second person is Glynda Goodwitch she held a deep fearsome scowl on her face that made Jaune do an audible gulp.The third is a man dress in full white, his face is neutral and unreadable, the final figure is a man in his 40's with black hair and a flask full of alcohol on his hip, on his face is a sleazy smile likely drunk.
"Mr.Arc, i assume you know the reason why you're here?"The headmaster said with a light smile, Jaune could feel pity just radiating from it.
"Yes"He answer back bluntly, Glynda seem to not like his response as she speak
"That is no way to speak to the hea-"
"Come on Glyz, the kid have it rough the past few days, give him a break"The man with the hip flask cut her of, further infuriating the blond woman
"Qrow, yo-"The headmaster raise his hand and the room fall into silence
"Let's get back into the topic, now as we all know Mr.Arc have fake his transcript to attend Beacon Academy. This information was discovered by Mr.Winchester"
Cardin. Hearing his name make Jaune remember all the ginger bully had done to him, he clench his fist as the headmaster continue talking. Jaune paid him no mind.
"Mr.Arc, do you have anything to say before your expulsion from the Beacon Academy tomorrow?"
"I,... Thank you for giving me a chance" He want to scream, to whine about how unfair it is. But deep down he know he is in the wrong here
"You have until tomorrow until you're escort out of Beacon, use that time wisely"
Jaune nod, walking out of the room and stare at the sky solemnly.
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When he meet his friends again, they were silent. It seem that no matter how badly some of his friends thought of him, he still hold a place in their heart deep inside. In Weiss case, very very deep
"Arc, you dolt! I always suspect you're hiding something. Someone like you couldn't have possibly attend such a place like Signal, let alone Beacon!"
The few who support him didn't like that, Ruby is glaring at Weiss, though given her appearance its' not very effective.Not just Ruby but Pyrrha and Yang is glaring daggers at Weiss. Yang is surprising though Nora looks very confuse, she probably stuck between Pyrha and Ren, 2 people with polar opposite opinion of him. And Blake once again look at him with a expressionless face, providing him no information. Jaune took one deep breath and say
"I want to thank all of you at the bottom of my heart. Thank you Pyrhha for trainning me and keeping my secret, Ruby for being my first friend in Beacon. Nora and Ren thank for being a good teammates and friends. Yang, Blake i never know too much about you or even hang around you two but i appreciate that you keep up with me regardless. And Weiss, there are a special place in Hell for people like you"
Jaune walk away from them. Approaching a nearby Bullshead.
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Jaune watch his friends slowly turn into barely visible dots as he wonder
"What now?"
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