Songs
1. Take Your Time
Song by Sam Hunt
2. Would Anyone Care
Song by Citizen Soldier
3. Stick Around
Song by Lukas Graham
Later that night after the Performance
Jaune and Max stop by Tom's bar and notice so many people outside. Waiting for Violet to show up to pay his bill. "Why do I always forget how I shouldn't tell people where I'm going on live tv" Jaune says out loud for Max to hear. "So what now?" he asks him while seeing two twins outside wearing weird clothing. One is wearing white with feathers and the other is red with news papers? "You know what, you should probably stay hidden while I go inside by myself. Nobody cares about Jaune, just Violet" hearing him say that is painful. "Fine, I'll probably go back to my apartment. It's been a long day anyways" Max tells him. "That sounds good man. I'll probably get some liquid courage before heading over to Beacon. I'll probably stop by your place tomorrow or something" Jaune says. "Alright then, see you soon" Max leaves but not before patting Jaune's back. They split up, with Max going back home and Jaune to the Bar to pay his debt. He tries to enter the building but it was a hustle with all these fans blocking the entrance. Eventually he managed to squeeze in. Seeing the whole place full of people with drinks. But also Violet merchandise, maybe waiting for him and most likely eager to ask for a autograph.
Once he makes it to the bar, he signals for Tom to come over. "Please tell me you're actually here for a drink and not just taking up space" he asks Jaune right away. He just waves him to get closer and whispers into his ear. "I'm actually here to pay Violet's tab" Tom backs away and looks at his eyes. "Are you serious?" he asks while Jaune just nods. Tom waves him to follow him to the back room. Jaune shrugs and follows him. Once inside the room, Jaune pulls out his wallet. Tom crosses his arms "It'll be sixty" Jaune pulls it out and hands it to him. Just as he hands him three twenty cards lien. Tom grabs his hand instead and places his other hand on his sleeve. But before he could pull up the sleeve. Jaune grabs his wrist and squeezes, earning a painful grunt from Tom. He looks into Jaune's eyes, and sees this enrage emotion coming out. "Let go of my sleeve Tom" hearing his voice is enough for him to do as he's ordered. "Sorry...Violet" he rubs his wrist and sees the rage in his eyes change to shock. "How do-", "Your wallet" Tom stops rubbing his sore wrist and points at his left pocket. "I've only seen Violet carry a pumpkin Pete wallet...and I just wanted to make sure" he looks at Jaune's wrist. Causing him to hide it behind his back. "I've seen the scars on your wrist...the second time you came in here. You accidentally spilled alcohol on your right sleeve. So you tried to dry it off, but you caused the sleeve to move up. And revealed a little bit of your scars" he confesses.
Jaune sighs and extends the lien to him "Alright then, here's your money". Tom pushes the lien back "Keep it, all I wanted is to ask Violet for a favor". He pulls out his wallet and takes out a photo "It's going to be my little girl's birthday soon. Next Sunday to be precise...and I was hoping if Violet could perform for in her birthday party?". He hands the photo to him, Jaune accepts and sees his family. Two kids and his wife beside him, and all four have the biggest smile. Tom waits for a answer for a minute before Jaune returns the photo. "I'll do it, because you're one hell of a bartender. But most of all, you kept me a secret for so long" he sees Tom scratching the back of his head. "To be honest with you. I didn't know you were a celebrity. Till my daughter saw the video from last night. She told me about it" Jaune laughs. "And your honest" Jaune says with a smile. They stay silent for some time before he Jaune got a text from Ren. "I have to go, I'll come by Wednesday" he tells him. But before he could leave, Tom asks him a question. "If it's not such a bother. Could I know the name of the person I've been serving for these past weeks?" Jaune turns around. "I'm Jaune Miles D'Arc, but my friends call me Johnny" he winks before completely leaving.
Beacon
It took some time, but Jaune made it to Beacon. He's walking pass some students who are outside. Hearing them sing one of his songs. Kinda made him smile uncontrollably, thinking what would they do if he tells them he's Violet. His smile comes to an end when he's face to face with his legacy. His ancestor's statue, that joy he felt for performing and making a lot of people happy. Disappears, seeing his impossible goal to measure up to his family's name. Just brought the pain he hasn't felt for a while. So he just closes his eyes and takes a long breathe, and continues walking away. Making his way to the dorms, just as he's getting close. Did Ren and Nora come out with backpacks. He got closer and was about to call them, but he soon saw Pyrrha and the rest of team RWBY coming out behind them. So he just kept walking till he was close enough for them to realize he's there. "Hey guys" Jaune said to get their attention, Ren looks away from Nora who kept saying they should go tomorrow to the orphanage to help the cute little children from Violet's performance. Ren has a neutral expression, but Jaune knew better. "Jaune" Ren said, which got everyone to look at him, Jaune never felt so exposed.
"Hey" Jaune remains in the same spot, not willing to move. "Jaune-Jaune!, do you want to come with us?" Nora asks in her usual cheerful voice. "Where?", "We're going camping near the cliffs. Everyone well be there, we're going to tell scary stories and make s'mores!" Jaune looks at Ren who gave him a small smile and a nod. Pyrrha's scroll rings, she pulls it out and sees a message. "Let's hurry, Mercury just texted me. They've started the s'mores without us" she tells them as she's still looking at her scroll. She didn't wait for a response, she just took off with Ruby and Nora chasing her. Who didn't wait for Jaune's response, all he could hear is Ruby shouting to her team to hurry. So the rest follow suit, which only left Ren standing there. He knew there's no getting out of this conversation.
"Are you okay Jaune?" Ren asks, concern in his voice. He moves closer to him "I've been to talk abou-" . Jaune just moves around him and made his way to the door. "I'm fine, I just need some time for myself" he tells him in a low voice. Before he could reach for the door knob. "Jaune!" Ren's voice is all it took for Jaune to stop. "You can't be doing this to yourself, I know your hurting" That cold feeling in Jaune's chest kept getting colder. "I know you wanted to tell her how you felt but-", "I was to late" Jaune stops him from continuing. Ren wants to get closer to him and stop him from spending the night alone. But something told him he shouldn't. "She's with someone who can be there for her. Someone who can stand beside her through anything" Jaune's grip tightens on the door knob. "Then why don't you tell her how you feel?" Ren asks, "The same reason you haven't" Jaune slightly turns his head to show a tear sliding down his cheek. "I don't want to ruin what we had have" he then turns the knob and pulls the door open. "Good night Ren" he says while walking in, leaving Ren to his thoughts.
He stood there for some time before finally walking away. And not noticing the door knob completely crashed. Jaune keeps walking through the halls, thinking about his pathetic life. All he ever wanted was to be a hero like his ancestors. He wants to be just like his family, and bring hope to the next generation. Like his grandfather did in his time. But all he's done so far is bring shame to the name. Live a double life and abandoning his family. Eventually he makes it to his dorm room. He opens the door and quickly walks inside and grabs his onesie. Then he heads towards the restroom to take a shower. He double checks the lock and stripes down. Seeing himself, the real him, a fucking freak. Seeing his scars made by knifes, bullets and claws. He eventually looks away and hops in the shower and starts to wash up. Once done, he gets out and starts to dry himself. Taking his dirty clothes and throwing them in the hamper. And puts on his baggy onesie, that his team thinks he likes to wear because it's comfortable. And yea it's true but it's more to conceal his past. he grabs his wig and glasses and hides them under his bed. Inside one of his suitcases that he keeps just in case.
They have locks on them, but the one he hides his disguise has a secret compartment. So if Nora ever just forcefully opens it. She wouldn't see it because it'll be well hidden. He then lands on his bed and looks up on the ceiling. Till his eyes finally gave in and he goes to sleep.
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Ren is walking towards the campsite with his thoughts on what Jaune said. Did he really fear losing Nor- "Renny!, hurry we're telling stories!" Nora shouts towards him. Making him to notice that he's made it to the campsite without realizing it. He saw many classmates scattered around with tents and sleeping bags. He notices a campfire with his teammates and teams like Rwby, Cfvy, Crdl and Mercury's team (Sorry I couldn't think of a name for their team. Cause everyone says it's team Cmen but Neo goes as Mint not her real name ssssoooo yea) sitting around it. He takes his spot next to Nora whose eating her s'more.
Once she swallows the sugary goodness she turns to Ren. "What took you so long?" she asks her childhood friend. "Just talking with Jaune about stuff" he tells her, which got Nora to frown. She knew that tone Ren uses whenever he felt depressed about something. Could also mean he's upset about something. Maybe when Jaune gets here, she'll ask him what happened. "Speaking of which, where's Jaune?" Ruby asks while holding her stick with a marshmallow on the tip of it, over the fire. Pyrrha whose sitting next to Mercury finally notices her partner's absence. "He didn't feel like coming" Ren tells them while picking up a stick. Nora picks up on his disappointed tone. "Is he doing alright?, I've noticed he's been acting weird lately" Velvet asks, concerned for him. Cardin turns his attention towards his girlfriend, Coco notices his annoyed expression.
"I honestly don't know" Ren tells her while putting a marshmallow on the tip of the stick. "He's just not feeling good right now", "What do you mean?" Nora asks, she's frustrated by seeing him like this. "I-", "Can we talk about something else please" Yang interrupts him. "Didn't we all come out here for a good time. And talk about how my man just blew everyone's minds with his performance~" she says with happy voice. She didn't hate Jaune but she wants to talk about Violet. "What do you mean your man, you don't even know him!" Ruby shouts. She is still mad at Yang for taking her chance to talk with her future husba-Friend. She blushes, imagining her little family with him "Ruby!, stop drooling!" Weiss yells at her leader. Making her to realize that she's drooling from the thought of Violet and her. She snaps out of it and shakes her head to stop her from imagining more sexual moments with him. Or her two kids with Violet's amazing blue eyes. Which pierce through her soul, "Sorry...I was thinking about cookies hehe" she nervously laughs.
"Come now sis, once he sees this" she starts to show off her curves and two very big points. Much to Pyrrha's irritation, once she notices Mercury's eyes looking at Yang's chest. Yang and Ruby start to argue again, till Weiss says something that places their feud to a halt. "As if you had a chance with Violet" she tells both of them, while ignoring their glares. "What is that suppose to mean, ice queen?" Yang asks with her eyes flickering red. "Like I said, you two don't have a chance with him" she then gave them a smug smile "If you haven't met him like me". Her statement made everyone to stare at her. Seeing many girls and her teammates surprised expression. Is very satisfying, but when she sees Yang and Ruby's expression. Is the best ones out of everyone's. Ruby is the first to recover "Y-you know Violet" she asks with a stutter. "Why yes I do" she tells her leader, she's enjoying those jealous glares from them.
"How do you know him?" Velvet asks, "Never mind that, did you see him in his birthday suit" Coco shameless asks. Which got team Rwby and Velvet to blush. "Coco!", "What?, I just asked what everybody is thinking. Plus, there's never been a photo or video of him shirtless" now that she mentions it. There's never been any photos like that from him. "Maybe he's a Faunus and he's hiding it" Blake said. Making everyone throwing conspiracies about not seeing Violet shirtless. They had to call it quits when someone said he might have three nipples *cough* Nora. "Okay that's enough, I've known Violet since we met in one of my concerts in Atlas" Weiss says. "Really?" Ruby asks, "Yes, he saw me perform and later backstage. After hearing me sing, he fell over heels for me" she said the last part with a victory smirk towards her teammates. "I call bullshit!" Yang said with her eyes red and with her arms crossed. Weiss then pulls out her scroll "I got a music video of him singing to me. That says otherwise" she reveals to her teammates. That got some of the people around them to ask if they could see the evidence. It took a couple of minutes for them to convince her to show the video. And another to setup the hologram to see it. It turns on with Violet looking into the camera and standing inside a recording room. "Hey Angel, I made this song for you. I know it's not been a day but you inspired me to make this song. Of course I may change some things here and there or add some. But I hope you enjoy it, and maybe next time I'll give you that kiss" he winks at the camera.
Music start to play while he's holding his headphones and singing into the microphone. "I don't know if you were looking at me or not. You probably smile like that all the time. And I don't mean to bother you but. I couldn't just walk by, And not say hi" many of the girls blush by his smooth voice. And admire his blue eyes looking at them "And I know your name, Cuz everybody in here knows your name. And you're not looking for anything right now. So I don't wanna come on strong, But don't get me wrong. Your eyes are so intimidating My heart is pounding but. It's just a conversation, No girl I'm not gunna waste it, You don't know me. I don't know you but I want to" Weiss is having flashbacks of the time he would talk to her in her dressing room. She never met someone else who just wanted to get to know her for her and not cause of her name. "I don't wanna steal your freedom. I don't wanna change your mind. I don't have to make you love me, I just want to take your time. I don't wanna wreck your Friday, I ain't gunna waste my lies. I don't have to take your heart. I just wanna take your time" Velvet looks at Cardin with a frown. Thankfully he didn't notice but a fashionista did. "And I know it starts with hello. And the next thing you know your trying to be nice. And some guys getting too close. Tryin to pick you up, Trying to get you drunk" some of the girls gave their boyfriends a serious look. Which they started to sweat bullets by the way their partners are looking at them.
"And I'm sure one of your friends is about to come over here. Cuz she's supposed to save you from random guys. That talk to much and wanna stay too longIt's the same old song and dance but I think you know it well. You coulda rolled your eyes, Told me to go to hell. Coulda walked away, But your still here, And I'm still here" Yang wants to shout for her future man to not fall for the ice queen. But for some reason she didn't want to interrupt his singing. Ruby just imagines Violet singing her the song instead of Weiss. "Come on let's see where it goes, I don't wanna steal your freedom. I don't wanna change your mind, I don't have to make you love me. I just wanna take your time, I don't have to meet your mother. We don't have to cross that line, I don't wanna steal your covers. I just wanna take your time" Blake couldn't handle those lyrics, she keeps on fanning herself. Trying not to think about a scenario where one of them is on top, dominating the other. "I don't wanna go home with you. I just wanna be alone with you, I don't wanna steal your freedom. I don't wanna change your mind, I don't have to make you love me. I just wanna take your time. I don't wanna blow your scroll up. I just wanna blow your mind, I don't have to take your heart. I just wanna take your time" for some reason Pyrrha felt this pain in her chest. But once she turns to Mercury, those feelings vanish. Emerald couldn't stop being hypnotized by his singing. Cinder could care less about this Violet person to be honest.
"No, I ain't gotta call you baby, And I ain't gotta call you mine. I don't have to take your heart, I just wanna take your time" the music is still going while Violet gave the people his signature smile and a wink."See you later Angel~" the video ends there. Leaving many heated teens, just because of his song to Weiss. Some of the couples take their chance to go into their tents. The only ones remaining outside are team Rwby and their friends. Time went by till Sky told Cardin he forgot his sleeping bag. Which Coco said she needs to go to the bathroom, so she accompanies him back to the dorms.
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A metal door opens up to reveal a man whose pulling Jaune by his hair. The first thing to notice is Jaune is barely seven years old. Being dragged inside the room full of hay on the floor. Shirtless, with fresh blood surrounding the areas with scars. He's thrown to the floor, "Get comfortable freak, we'll continue our little game later" he says as he walks out and slams the door shut. Jaune has his face buried in the hay, his wings completely broken. Every time he barley moves them, hurts so much. They've been breaking his wings nonstop since they brought him here. He cries every time he felt the pain from his wings. It got worse when they start to heal. Snapping themselves back to normal. With one final snap, they return to normal. But that is the worst physical pain he's felt. He releases a ear piercing scream, which makes one of the guys to hit the door "Shut the fuck up!". Jaune holds in another scream, and starts to crawl towards the corner of the room, sobbing all the way. Leaving a trail of tears, snot and blood on the hay. Once he got to the corner, he rolls up into a ball.
"I want my *sob* mommy" he whimpers, as he's shaking from fear. "Hey kid" Jaune froze up "I know you can hear me" Jaune slowly turns to see a shadowy figure in the opposite side. "W-who are you" Jaune moves to have his back on the wall completely and tightens his arms around his legs. Making his knees touch his chest. "I'm your friend Jaune" Jaune takes a peek and sees a shadowy figure (Imagine the shadow figures from volume one ;). Just sitting on the opposite corner. "What are you?" Jaune starts to move his head up. The shadow tilts his head to the side "I'm a old friend Jaune, I've been there for you since day one" Jaune stays on his guard. But he starts to wipe away tears, while trying keep a eye on the shadow.
Jaune remains quiet till he doses off before he felt a splash of cold water. Hitting him in the face, causing him to choke on the water that manages to go inside his nose. He sits up quickly, to only be met with someone's boot to his face. Making him fall back to the floor. "Wake up!" one of the kidnappers shouts in a menacing voice. Jaune stops choking and opens his. To see three guys wearing masks. "P-please-" the one in the middle grabs him by his hair and pulls him up to his feet. Causing Jaune to scream in pain, and instinctively starts to claw at the man's arm. "This little fucker is strong" the guy says as he could see his aura flaring up. He pulls him up higher and with his other hand. Punches him in the face as hard as he can. Breaking Jaune's nose and seeing blood spill out. Making Jaune to stop fighting back. The kidnappers witness how his broken nose starts to heal. Hearing a snap, and his nose to look normal again. "Now isn't that nice~" the one in the middle says while getting closer. "A new pet to have fun with~" he traces the back of his hand on his cheek. "And this one heals without aura" seeing that twisted smile frighten Jaune.
He instantly grabs Jaune's chin and squeezes "But as much as I love those wings". He reveals a rusty butcher knife with his other hand. "We can't risk you flying away~" he lets go and looks at the one whose holding him. "Put him on his belly" being thrown to the floor. "Hold him down!" he feels them grabbing his arms and keeping him in place. "I can't believe this kids this strong" the other one says. Then came the scariest moment in his life. When he felt someone grabbing his right wing. "No please!, MOM-" Jaune shouts but stops when the person holding his wing snaps it. Now he's screaming from the familiar pain. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" he gets stomped on, over and over till Jaune felt weak from the pain. "Dude he pissed himself" the guy on his right says with a chuckle. "Can we just finish please, I hate touching this animal" the one in the left asks with so much venom in his voice. "Fine, This is going to be so much fun~" he hears before a new pain makes it's self present. While the room is filled with his screams and the sound of his wings being cut off.
"AAARRRGGGHHHH!" Jaune shoots up in cold sweat. Shaking from the nightmare fuel memory. He's panting like crazy, thinking of how it felt so real. He digs his fingers on his shoulders and keeps looking at the other beds. Seeing nobody else in the room. He slowly gets off and goes to the restroom and splashes water to his face. And that's when he remembers his team are out camping with everyone else. So once he calms down, he takes off his onesie and puts on some black sweatpants and a navy blue long sleeve shirt with white shoes. He was about to grab his hoodie when he notices that it's in the laundry basket. So he pulls out one of his suitcases and opens it. And takes out a red hoodie that he hasn't wore since Vacuo. A gift from the one who he thought he could be with for the rest of his life. He unconsciously grips it before putting it on. Then he reaches for his scroll and leaves the room.
He makes his way to the rooftop, where he used to train with Pyrrha. Once there he opens the door and pushes it gently to close. But it didn't close completely, leaving a small crack open. But he didn't notice, he just goes to the edge and takes a seat. Smoke can be seen coming from the cliff, where everyone is camping at. Just thinking about it made Jaune feel lonely again. Yea sure he was invited but he felt it was a pity invitation. But just seeing the smoke and knowing that his friends are having a better time without him. Made him frustrated, sad and a feeling he swore he would not let out often, rage. There's sometimes he would just think of leaving Beacon. He chuckles "Would anyone care?" he tells himself with a bitter smile. He looks down to see nothing but darkness. "It would be so easy to just let go" he whispers, but he knew that his family would be sad to hear that. But his aunts and uncles would be happy to get rid of him.
Jaune then felt his tears sliding down his cheeks. He angrily wipes them away and pulls up his hood "Even if I did, I never successfully done it" got his scroll. "Someone is always saving me" he opens a app for piano which wasn't that good but it got the job done.
"And hurry, I don't want to miss anything. I have fifty liens in Nora confessing her feelings to Ren tonight" Coco tells Sky. Who is opening his door to go and get his sleeping bag. But then she got a message from Ruby, asking if she could bring her a blanket from her room. And a message with a code to unlock her door came next. "I'll be right back, I have to go get Ruby a blanket from her dorm" so she leaves Sky by himself. As she is walking through the hall towards Team Rwby's dorm. She was about pass by a slightly open door to the roof.
Jaune starts to play the piano just in time to get Coco's attention. She stops right next to the door. "Gotcha" Sky says while pulling his sleeping bag from under his bed. But before he could leave. He hears a piano coming from their open window. Coco is about to push open the door when she hears some one singing. "Would anyone notice, If tonight I disappeared? Would anyone chase me" Sky got closer to his window. "And say the words that I need to hear? That I'm no burden. Not so worthless, Bent so much that I just might break" He pokes his head out the window and looks up to see legs dangling. "All-consuming, So confusing, The questions that keep me awake. Would anyone care, would anyone cry. If I finally stepped off of this ledge tonight?"Jaune looks down. Barley seeing ground, it was so dark he didn't even notice Sky's head "Would anything change, would you all be just fine? 'Cause I need a reason to not throw the fight It just might save my life, Would anyone want me" Jaune's memories of how he's friends have a better time without him. Made him to tear up, from all the emotions building up "If they knew what was inside my head? Would anyone see me. For the person that I really am?" Jaune then imagines his wings still there.
"I won't lie, So hard to hide, I've never felt worthy of love" images of two girls from his past with Weiss and Pyrrha came to mind. Coco pushes the door a little bit more. To see who was singing, but all she saw is the back of a person wearing a red hoodie "I would give up, Everything I have. Just to feel good enough. Would anyone care, would anyone cry If I finally stepped off of this ledge tonight? Would anything change, would you all be just fine? 'Cause I need a reason to not throw the fight. It just might save my life-" Jaune hears the door creek. "Whose there?" Jaune says in his deep voice. Coco pushes the door to reveal herself, "Sorry, I just heard you sing and...it was very emotional and-". Once she saw the figure slowly turn towards her but the hood helps Jaune to cover the top of his face. But Coco can see those bright blue eyes, shine through the night.
She is actually stunned from seeing those bright blue eyes. Jaune stands up but remains close to the edge, far away from Coco. And Sky starts to climb out the window and goes up to see who the hell was singing. "Your not supposed to be here" Jaune says. "Calm down, what's your name?" She asks with her hands up, to keep him calm. Jaune panics and steps back but to his stupidity, he forgot where he is. So he fell off the ledge, Sky got smacked on the face by Jaune's foot. Coco ran to the ledge and sees the mysterious person, fall into the darkness and hears tree branches break. So she ran back inside to go down there to see if he is okay. Sky is rubbing his head with his free hand. Some branches broke Jaune's fall, and his aura protected him. He landed on his back, surrounded by the broken branches. He sits up and fully stands up and starts to crack his back. While doing that, he notices his sweater is ripped in some areas where the branches were caught. He would complain right now but "Hey are you alright?!". Coco's voice is coming from his right. So he takes off the hoodie and throws it between two bushes and runs towards the opposite direction from Coco's voice. Eventually she made it to where the stranger should have landed. Seeing all the broken branches on the ground. She looks around and keeps looking while Jaune gets farther away. And waited a couple of minutes before heading back to his dormitory. Checking if Coco is anywhere near there. And getting the clear, he walks inside and goes to his dorm to sleep.
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The morning came, with Jaune getting up from his bed and getting ready for the day. He's thinking maybe he should go and water his plants for the day. But before he can do that, he needs breakfast. So he grabs his everyday clothes for today. But instead of his hoodie, he grabs a grey one with nothing on it. He goes to his bathroom and brushes his teeth, takes a shower. After that he fetches his wig and glasses from the suitcase. And stuffing them inside his hoodie's pocket and zips it closed. He made his way to the cafeteria, seeing it almost empty. He got his food and went to his table. Stuffing his mouth with a handful of bacon always made his mornings. The doors open to reveal many students coming in to get their free meal. As he is eating, his teammates walk in with team Rwby. And of course he saw his partner with her boyfriend. It took them a a couple of minutes for them to sit with him. "Hey fearless leader, where were you?" Nora asks him. Jaune slightly turns to her and gave her a fake smile. "Sorry Nora, I was tired from helping my friend with something" he lies in a cheerful voice.
"Did you see Violet's performance!" Ruby asks while stuffing her mouth. "Nah" He tells them casually which made everyone at the table stop doing what they were doing. "What?" Jaune asks as he looks around to see everyone staring at him. "Sorry Jaune but what did you say?" Nora asks him with a nervous voice. "I said Nah, I was to busy with my friend that I didn't catch his performance" then Yang slams her hands on the table. "Are you serious Vomit Boy!" Jaune gave her a confuse look. "What has you all worked up for. He's just a guy-" He says but is interrupted by Yang reaching for him, in a threateningly manner. He backs away and fell on his ass, just as she was about to crawl towards him. Velvet and Coco walk by them, Jaune looks at Coco and remembers last night. Thankfully he had his hoodie up and she didn't recognize him.
Just as Yang got to him did they hear Coco say something that gave Jaune a heart attack. "I'm telling you Bun-bun, I heard someone who sounded like Violet. Singing on the roof of Team Crdl's room". Jaune looks up at Yang who is distracted by Coco. So he pushes Yang off him and rolls a little bit to the side. And gets up and runs for the door. "ARC!" Yang yells out his name, but he never stops even tho he heard the Dragon's roar. Eventually he stops at the Bullhead and scans his scroll and gets on one. He takes a seat at one of the many chairs. And now he just needs to wait for them to make it to Vale. It takes like fifteen minutes to get there so he opens up the app with his audios. And scrolls through some unfinished songs he wrote here in Vale. He pulls out some Bluetooth earphones and puts them on and starts hearing one. He's thinking up lyrics while listening. Once they landed, Jaune didn't waste time to get off. And go straight to a place he keeps somethings to help him to get to the Hills. First he gets a taxi that takes him to downtown's storages. He flashes his card to the security guard and goes in.
Going to his personal storage and opening it. He didn't open the garage door all the way, just enough for him to slip in. And that's when he's face to face with his car. He bought it when he got here. Fixed it up with his bare hands. A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, with a red paint job and two black lines on the hood. And tinted windows that are dark enough for him to not be spotted. He can do the mechanical part but he had to pay for it to be painted. Seeing her always brought a smile to his face. Going over to a locker and changing his grey hoodie for a red leather jacket. He puts on his wig and glasses. If anyone saw Jaune Arc driving this, many questions will be asked. But Violet is a whole different story. Wearing a solid white shirt and his everyday blue jeans. But he did have to change his shoes for his brown work boots. After he got his clothes on, he hood inside his car and starts it. Hearing her wake up from her slumber always made his day. He presses a button on remote, that opens the door. Once it's completely open, he drives off.
Driving really calms his nerves, and he loves the feeling of being behind the wheel. He's not a professional driver but he can manage. Just as he's driving, his stomach reminds him to get something to eat. He didn't finish his breakfast because of Yang. So he goes to a drive-in restaurant where they take your meal to your car. He sees a couple of cars already there, waiting for their food. So he parks his car farther away. He opens their website and orders online and waits. While he's waiting, he pulls out a notepad from his glove compartment and starts writing down the lyrics he came up in the Bullhead. Finishing it, he plugs in his scroll to the radio and picks that audio file. And starts to reread the lyrics while listening to the song. Being so into the music process that he didn't notice a officer standing right outside his door. He knocks on his window to his attention but he has the music high. So he couldn't hear him.
But when his scroll sends him a notification about his order being ready. He turns off the music and turns to see the officer standing there. He keeps staring at him when a girl in rollerblades and the restaurant's uniform comes along with his order. He rolls down the window, showing himself to them. He expected the girl to freak out about seeing him. But the officer never caring about his status. "VIOLET!" oh was he so wrong to expect that. The officer takes off his shades and stretches his hand for a hand shake. "Holy crap!, I'm such a big fan sir" he takes his hand and shakes it. "Thanks" he tells him with his signature smile. He just keeps shaking his hand till the waitress coughs to get their attention. He sees the plate of nuggets and fries with a burger. "Oh!, I'm sorry for taking your time Mr.Violet. But I do need to warn you about your tinted windows" he embarrassingly says. Causing Violet to understand why he's there now. "Yea sorry about that. I wasn't thinking about that when I ordered it. Kinda was thinking about staying hidden" he tells him.
He opens the door to get out, which made the officer and Waitress to back away. He gets out and many customers finally see who was in the car. They start getting out from their cars and start going towards them. He lasted a good time giving autographs, selfies and some asked if he could talk to a family, friend or girlfriends. Being the nice guy he is, he did everything they asked. Eventually he manages to get his order that went cold. But he didn't care, he still ate it. But what he didn't like was the pictures being taken by some of them when he took a bite. So he asked nicely if they could cut it out. Which they did, thankfully. After he finished his meal, he said buy to everyone and left a big tip to the waitress. He drove off and tries to get on the freeway when he got stopped by another cop. He pulls over and waits for the officer to come over and give him a ticket. "I knew I should have taken my bike" he tells himself. Once he hears a knocking on his window. He looks at the officer and sees something that made him nervous. It's a female officer that he recognizes, because he's been pulled over by her twice now as Jaune.
He rolls down the window and looks into her brown eyes. She leans towards him "Sir, do you know why I stopped you?". "Because of my tinted windows" he answers while keep eye contact. "Yes, now can you get out of the vehicle sir" he does as he's told. "Turn around and place your hands on the car and spread them" she says in a serious voice. He sighs and does as he's told "Here it comes" he felt her hands on him. Thankfully she never actually shoves her hand under her shirt. Or take her time to really check him. But there is one thing that he hates that she does. He jumps a little when he felt her hand squeezing his ass. "Wow...such a nice ass you got here" she then slaps it. "Firm, big and soft at the same time...kinda feels familiar" he starts to sweat bullets. "Like a blonde punk I've stopped a couple of times here" she resumes her pat down. She moves her hand to his crotch, which got him off guard. She's grabbed, squeezed and slapped his ass before but not this. Her hand starts to feel him up. She found his D'Arc sword, she traces down till she found the head. He hears her gulp and squeezes it "Is that...your-", "Yes that's my dick, and I would appreciate it if you could stop abusing your authority and let me go" he tells her.
Her grip tightens "You got som-", "Big balls, yea I do. Now stop molesting me and let me go before I call your supervisor and report you. Cause I'm getting sick of your hand on my junk". She lets go and backs away, allowing him to turn. He's never actually taken the time to look her up and down. It's always him facing the other way or just looking at her face. And it doesn't help that after her pat down. He just wants to get the hell out of there. Her uniform might be big and lose for better movement. But there's no denying she has nice hips on her. "Do you even know who I am?" she places her hand on her hip and shrugs. "Violet", "Then why do you think, molesting me is a good idea. I could sue you for everything you own" he says while opening his car. "Cause I know your type" she goes over to his door. And leans forward "Your those nice, quiet boys that act like a saint. But once behind doors with a woman. You just let that beast out to play~" he's never realized how intoxicating her perfume is.
His heart beat picks up and his body heats up. "And I wouldn't mind seeing that side of you~" he starts his car. Knowing that he needs to get out of there before it happens. "Sorry, but I fuck who I want and where I want" he faces forward. "And I'm in a hurry to get to my place. So how about no, and good day ma'am" he takes off. Not even bothering to look back, he turns on the radio. He's trying to calm down, it's been so long since he got laid. And it's not a lack of girls who are willing to. But he can't risk it right now, not when he has a good thing going for him at Beacon. And the other thing is that Jaune still has feelings for Pyrrha. Just thinking about her always reminds him of his last chance to be with someone he thought likes him for him. Eventually he stops at a gated community, where he bought a mansion with his money he made in Vacuo. He takes off his wig and glass and stops at the gate and presses the a button that's under a speaker. "Is that you Johnny?", "The one and only Sam, just thought of coming over to check on the place" he says to the speaker. The gates open "Thanks Sam" he starts to drive in. Seeing all these big mansions while going to his. He'll never forget moving in.
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Jaune is standing in front of a two floor mansion. It's painted white with a rich brown door that goes well with the rims of the roof. he goes forward and opens it and lets himself in. He's wearing a white shirt with a olive leather jacket. Black cargo pants with brown boots to add. And his brown fingerless gloves he would add to his Huntsman gear. Seeing the wooden floor and how empty the living room looks. He looks around the place and notices ten bed rooms, seven bathrooms, one basement, kitchen and dining room. A garage, a pool on the backyard with a jacuzzi on the right side. "So what do you think of the place Mr.White?" a older women says. He looks at her "I'll take it" his voice emotionless. "Alright, how would yo-", "In cash" he says before she finishes. He goes outside and goes behind his car and opens it to pull out a suitcase. That shows many other inside. He goes back to her and hands her the case. "There's three million...now get the fuck out of my property" he tells her. She's left speechless by what he told her, but hearing his voice deepen like that kept her mouth shut. She walks to her car and drives off. Leaving Jaune alone, to start moving in.
Time has passed and he's bought furniture for the place. Bought tools and two bikes, both in bad condition. He's learned a lot from some mechanics that his grandfather hired. And it helps that he worked as a mechanic at Vacuo when he left the music business. So he fixed them up to pass the time. If he wasn't working on them, he would be building a room specifically to record new songs just for him. It didn't take long for him to get the room ready. And him ordering instruments with recording equipment. He might not be Violet anymore but he has many ideas for songs. Songs that will make you happy, sad and pumped. But lately all the songs he's recorded are nothing more but rage or heart broken. Knowing everything he lost back home and Vacuo. Two families, two rejections and the one that hurts the most, his future with Jinx. So he'll just isolate himself before the new year of Beacon starts. But oh was he wrong, all it took was a little girl coming to his gate. To sell him some Girl Scout cookies.
He's sitting on his la-z-boy, while watching a horror movie. When he got a buzz on his TV screen, notifying him of someone at his gate. He changes his channel to see the person, and that's when he saw a little girl wearing a girls scout uniform. He lets her in, then he got up and went to meet her outside. Once he opens his door, did he see her pulling a cart behind her with cookie boxes. She might be five years old by the looks of it. She pulls out a little book "H-hello sir, I'm a g-girl scout" she says nervously while reading it off the book. He could see how nervous she is by just standing there. So he takes out his wallet to buy the whole cart from her. "How much for the whole cart?" she's surprised by him asking for the whole thing. But her shocked expression changes to joy when she sees the wallet. "Is that a Pumpkin Pete limited edition wallet!?" her reaction brought a small smile. "Yea, so how much?" she eventually told him and he just paid and carries some inside. Once all the boxes are inside, he comes out and looks at her walking away. When she finally left he walks back inside and goes to get some milk to munch on some cookies.
But sadly he forgot he ran out of milk so he has to go to a gas station that's outside the community that sells some. He goes downstairs to get dressed. With a red long sleeve shirt, brown jacket and blue jeans. And his favorite sneakers that Jade took it upon herself to remind her forgetful brother, which is left and which is Right. Once done, he goes to his car that's in the garage and starts to leave his home. Barley passing two mansions, he spots the little girl sitting at the sidewalk. He slows down and notices one of the tires of the cart has fallen off. He slowly drives back to her and stops beside her. She immediately steps away from the car. He rolls down the window and she recognizes him. "Hey kid, do you need a hand with your cart?" he asks. She looks at her cart and then at him "Yes, but I'm not supposed to talk to strangers". He nods "That's true, but what about the guy who bought you your whole cookies. And his name is Joe White" he puts his car in parking and got off. "Could he be considered a stranger then?" she puts her hand under her chin and starts to think about it. She narrows her eye at him suspiciously "Yes" she says. He chuckles "Smart girl, so how far do you live. I can give you a ride but seeing how smart you are. You know that you should never get in a stranger's car. So I'll carry your cart and walk you home. It's getting late, and I wouldn't want you to be out at night. Trying to pull your broken cart all the way home" he tells her.
She looks at her cart and then at Jaune "Okay mister" she tells him. He picks up the cart and walks along side her. During the walk she talked about the rules of a Girl Scout to him. Till she asks him about himself. "I'm a...musician", "Like Violet?" she asks with her eyes shining. "Kinda, but to be honest with you. I'm not as good as him" she nods in understanding. They eventually made it to a mansion that has bigger gates then his. She goes over to the speaker and talks to someone. Asking to open the gate and telling that person, he's with her. The gates open and she grabs his free hand and pulls him inside. They walk towards her place and he saw two bodyguards outside the door. They checked him, but when they asked him to remove his jacket. He did without fuss, but when one them moves their hands to pat him. He stops them unconsciously by taking a step back and his hands balling up into fists. One of them reaches for his taser. "I think I should leave now" he puts on his jacket and walks away, never looking back.
It's didn't take long for the little girl to go over and apologize for what happened. But what he wasn't expecting was to meet her mother and older sister that day. He recognizes them both, and by how they reacted by his reaction towards them. They knew he watched some of their videos. Her older sister is well known by many men and some women. Stacy Victoria, twenty one years old and a successful porn star. And her mother, the legendary MILF that many men, boys and lesbians can agree upon is truly ageless. Nobody knows how old she really is but she doesn't look older then thirty by looks. She's one of the most successful women by her products that intoxicated him when he would smell Jinx every time they used to cuddle. But just like her daughter, she was a porn star that shifted to movie star, Scarlet Fucking Victoria. Once he regained his composure, he let them in.
They're sitting on the couch while he's on his chair. "Mr.White, I apologize for what happened. After my sweet little princess told me what happened. I felt like a apology is in order" she told him. He shakes his head "No I get it, they're just doing their jobs. I respect that, but it's just that I" he moves uncomfortable. "I don't like people seeing me shirtless" he tells them in a low voice. "Why?" the little girl asks, but he didn't answer her right away. "I have some...things I don't want anyone to see" the room went silent. "So Wendy told us your a musician?" Stacy asks, wanting this uncomfortable silence to break. He straightens himself "Yes, I've written some songs for some people". Wendy leans forward "Have you met Violet?!" she shouts with excitement present in her voice. He scratches his cheek with his finger and has a nervous smile. "I have, I was his personal roadie and lyricist" he confesses to them. Wendy starts to hop on her spot "Can we meet him?!". Scarlet giggles from her daughter's reaction "Wendy honey, calm down" she stops and looks at her mother. "Sorry momma, I just want to meet Violet", "I know honey, you were devastated when he canceled his concert here in Vale" the mention of that brought all that excitement from Wendy to vanish.
Seeing her like this brought him to remember when he saw Jade's face when he left. He stands up and doesn't say a word to them. He walks up stairs, with them looking at him. "He has a tasty looking ass or is it just me?" Stacy says to her mother. "Yes, yes he does", "MOMMA!" Wendy shouts. He goes to his room, he opens it to show a king size bed with a closet that could fit ten people. He goes over and quickly changes into a white dress shirt and baby blue vest with pants to match. And white dress shoes to match his shirt. He puts on his wig and glasses and grabs a small speaker before heading back to them. But before going down the stairs, he puts the speaker on the top floor and turns it on. And connects his scroll to it and gets a audio ready. And finally starts to walk down stairs to see their heads facing forward. "Don't be mad at me, please" Stacy says. "No!, I like Joe, he seems cool. And I don't want you to scare him off" hearing her displeasing tone made him imagine her pouting face.
"All I'm saying is that he checks off some of my boxes is all" she then starts counting them down with her fingers. "Tall, nice ass, and has a nice place" he's standing behind them by now. She moves to look at her mother "And by how he moves and sits. I bet he has...a big feet" she says so Wendy doesn't understand what she means. She threw her little hands up in frustration "Why do you always talk about their feet?!". Before she or her mother could answer her. They're startled by a new voice from behind them. "Yea what she said, why his feet?" the two turn to see Violet there with a mischievous smile. "Th-" Wendy stops when she stands on the couch and turns around to say something but stops when her eyes land on him. Seeing the three Victorias eyes go wide by just his presence, made him wink at them. "Hey there~" they didn't move at first. But Wendy is the first to break through the shock "VIOLET!" she instantly manages to get off the couch and runs around and crashes into his legs. He pats her head "Hey there" she looks up to see him looking down to her. "Your really here" he lets a soft chuckle out and nods "Yea I'm here".
He stuffs his other hand inside his pocket and presses play. "I'M OFF TO BED!" the sound of a door closing could be heard. He's the one who came up with audios of him as Jaune or Violet, to keep his secret identity. "ALRIGHT!" he shouts back at the speaker. He eventually took his seat at his chair and had a very long conversation with them. Of course Stacy and her mother would flirt with him. Or Stacy would tell embarrassing stories of Wendy. Like when she found her singing one of his songs. While standing on her bed and facing all her stuff animals towards her. Seeing Wendy turning red and slapping Stacy's arm, he laughs at the memory of his own times he would embarrass Jade. "It's getting late girls, We should leave Mr.Violet to rest" Scarlet tells them. But of course Wendy complained about leaving so soon. "But he hasn't sang us a song yet momma", "That's true mother" Stacy agrees with her little sister. He reaches to the side of the chair and pulls out the guitar. "Why don't I sing you a song I've been working on. And then you'll listen to your mother?" Seeing Wendy nodding so hard really made him happy.
(Saving that moment for later in Act Two)
After that eventful night, his life started to brighten up. Wendy would constantly come over and ask for stories from Violet and Johnny. He didn't know why but he felt like he could trust them with his nickname. And of course, some singing from both of them. Stacy would come over alone if she could. Asking if she could use his washer or his pool. He never cared to be completely honest. But when it happened so many times, he eventually asks if he can take a look at her washer. It looked fine, but sometimes she would get her shirt stuck in the dryer. And some how she would always be wearing a skirt or yoga pants. But he just helped her get out and checks the dryer. And with Scarlet, she always asks if he could come over to help her with her car or plumbing. Luckily for her, Jaune's basically a handyman. What else could he do while being hidden inside his grandfather's castle for a year and his father teaching him how to be a rancher. He's a fast learner and with his ability. That helps him so much when it came to hard labor. So when he comes over to the Victoria's place. Some how he would end up cleaning, fixing or moving something for them. And the two older women always carried a towel and asks if he should lose the shirt and dry off his sweat. But he always refused and kept on working. They were a good distraction for him till he had to go to Beacon. Which made Wendy sad, but he promised her that when he got the time. He'll come back and check on his place and spend some time with her.
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He stops reminiscing when he got inside his garage. He gets off and sees his tools and one of the bike he hasn't finished fixing and the one he finished before going to Beacon. He puts his keys inside his pocket and goes to the living room. He takes a seat and turns on the TV and watches some shows for awhile. Eventually he gets up and goes to the kitchen and opens a cabinet and is shown to be filled with bottles of whiskey, gin and rum. He pulls out a whiskey bottle and takes off the top and goes back to his living room. He starts drinking from it and takes his seat. While looking for something to watch, his scroll rings. So he turns off his TV and answers without looking who it might be. "Hello?", "Where you at?" Max's voice is heard. "I'm at my place in the Hills, what about you?" Jaune takes another chug of his drink. "I'm here right in front of the gates. But they won't let me in cause Violet isn't registered here" Jaune puts his bottle down. "Okay, let me buzz you in. If they ask who it is, tell them it's Joe White" he stands up and goes to buzz him in. It took some time for Max to get there. But he managed to walk to his mansion and is surprised by how big it is.
"So you live here all by yourself?" Jaune shrugs "Yea, it kinda was my only option at first. It's a gated community so privacy is their number one priority. And this was the only place that was available at the time so yea" Max looks at the expensive furniture. "So how can you afford this without touching your bank account?" Jaune goes back to his chair. "By my other album I made in Vacuo" this confuses him. Jaune waves it away "Don't worry about it, it's just another persona I made to get some quick cash". He grabs the bottle and drinks before continuing "And it made it to the top five in hip hop sales supposedly". Max seats on the other chair beside Jaune's. He tries to figure out the album till he remembers hearing about another company beating them in sales. "So your telling me your F.A...the very person who cost my company a couple of millions" Jaune just nods while taking another swing of that bottle. This revelation made Max to slam his back on the couch. Thinking of how many people from his old job complained about F.A beating their sales.
"Wait a fucking minute...didn't you do a concert at Vacuo?", "Yep, it was the best concert I was a part of to be completely honest. To sing songs that aren't rejected and I could try some hip hop for the first time. And people loved it" he puts the bottle down and leans forward. "They connected with my music. It sucks to know there's many who have it bad" he grabs his wrist. "But it's good that they found each other as well...to know that they're not alone in this fucked up world" he stops grabbing his wrist. Max leans forward and playfully hits his shoulder "It might be a fucked up world, but it's our world". They both have a laugh till Max stops and wipes a tear away "But I got to ask, why the mask?". He just shrugs "I thought of getting a black wig and some green eye contacts but a mask is so much better in my opinion. Plus it looks cool, in a symbolic kinda way". "Do you still have it?", "Nope, left it behind at...Jinx's place" he didn't continue the conversation.
"So what brings you to my neck of the woods?" Jaune asks, hoping to lighten the mood. Max pulls out his scroll "It's your little sister Jade. She asked Amethyst if she could tell me to ask you to go live on her channel today. She's been getting comments from her fans if she could get ahold of Violet". Jaune looks at the scroll and back at Max "I don't know if I should...I've been avoiding her-". "Then take sometime to think over it. Cause she's going to do the live video on Tuesday", "Alright" Jaune's scroll rings. He pulls it out and sees his alarm go off "I have to head out. If I don't, I'll miss the last bullhead to Beacon" he gets up. He grabs the bottle and kills it with one last chug. He throws it to a trash can "Your welcome to stay here if you want. Just don't go to the basement". He walks to the garage door "And you can use my car too. I'll take my bike so bye" he turns quick and throws the keys to his car at him. Max catches them and didn't get the chance to say a word. Because Jaune leaves quickly, burning rubber.
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Once he left his bike in his storage and got back to Beacon on time. He's walking to his dorm room to get some time to continue his new song he's been trying to finish. But his scroll rings, he didn't even look at the caller ID he just answers "Hello?". "Hello Mr.Arc, could you please come to my office right away" Ozpin says. "Sure" he instantly hangs up and keeps looking at his scroll. Fear was about to take ahold of him, but he drove that feeling down. Never letting that emotion to take control of him or rage. He can't risk letting those two emotions take over him while he's here in Beacon. So he walks towards the main building to take the elevator to The Headmaster's office. When he finally made it to his office, did he notice Ozpin drinking from his favorite mug. Once he finishes his coffee and puts his empty mug down on his desk. He gestures him to one of his chairs "Mr.Arc, please have a seat" Jaune didn't want to be disrespectful so he took a seat. "Did you need something Headmaster" he asks nervously. "Why yes, I wanted to know if your back is feeling okay", "M-my back?" the question confuses him. Ozpin turns on the small hologram to show the scene from last night.
To say the very least, Jaune is surprised by the fact that he is discovered this soon. It shows everything, the part when he got there and when he fell off the roof. He is scared of his secret identity coming out. "I've had that camera installed there since last year". Jaune's world starts to crumble down, realizing that he told Pyrrha about his fake transcripts there. He lowers his head down in shame "this is it, I've failed as a D'Arc". "And to say I was surprised to hear such a sad song. From one of the happiest students I have ever seen this year" Jaune looks up confused. Ozpin gave him a small smile "But I will say this, you have a great talent Mr.Arc or should I say Violet", "I don't know what you mean". He knows there's no way he'll get out of this but you'll never know. Ozpin got up from his chair and walks towards a wall with large gears moving. "Please Mr.Arc, Don't play dumb with me. I've heard you sing and Violet, if it wasn't for the song you sang last night. And the "This song saved my life" song. And your voice slightly changing when preforming it. I wouldn't have realized it"
He finishes saying when he made it to the wall. Jaune wants to keep denying everything but he knew it's a lost cause. So he sighs and leans back on the chair. "So what happens now?, you expel me from Beacon for my transcripts or tell everyone about my secret" he tiredly asks while looking through the big window. "What happens now" Ozpin stops one of the small gears and pushes it in. Which made the rest of the gears stop and making them go up to reveal a piano. "You play for me, and if I like the song then I'll give you a chance, Mr.D'Arc" he says while pushing his glasses up. Jaune is stunned by the proposal, but not as much as he just used his real last name. so he got up and made his way to him. "You know who I am?" he asks but all he got was a small laugh from him at first. "Come now, who do you think funds the Huntsmen Academies Mr.D'Arc. Your Grandfather contacted me right away when your name got in the system" he tells him. Jaune just kept his eyes on him "Then why didn't you call me out then. Or expel me for faking my way in?", "Because if there's something I know about you D'Arcs. Is that you are a stubborn bunch" he places his hand on his shoulder. "But I also know what great things your grandfather has done for Remnant" he squeezes him gently "And what he can do for our future".
He lets go "But the only thing that makes me wonder. Is why are your combat scores so low. Having had training from your grandfather. He guarantee me that you would wipe the whole floor with any prodigy we have" Jaune looks away shamefully. "He even warned me to have a medical personal close by...and a tranquilizer at hand" he says the last part with amusement. Jaune grabs his right arm with his left hand and never meets Ozpin's eyes. "I...I'm trying to learn how to fight with a sword and a shield. And try not to use my fists in combat sir" he confesses. His grip tightens "I try every day to keep from dropping my weapon and using my fists...I can't lose control again". The Headmaster just nods in understanding "I have witnessed your grandfather's fightings before so I could imagine how violent it could be". Jaune finally meets his eyes "You've seen him fight?", "Why yes, and I may have gotten brutally destroyed by him before becoming Headmaster. I can still hear my knees being shattered by him". Hearing that made Jaune to remember when his Gramps broke some of his bones in training. While he's remembering that, Ozpin leans on the piano "But as I said, if you impress me with one of your songs. Then I'll give you a chance Mr.D'Arc".
Making him snap out of his memories. He goes over and takes a seat and places his hands on the keys. "Do you really mean it, if I play for you. You'll let me stay in Beacon" he asks with a hopeful tone. Ozpin is confused by that statement "What do you mean Mr.D'Arc?. I was never going to expel you from Beacon. You've earned your spot by completing the initiation". Now Jaune is the one confused "Then what did you mean by chance?" he asks, but this cold chill went up his spine. Ozpin's eyes are shadowed by his bangs "A chance, a chance for me not to tell Miss.Goodwitch who you really are". The way his cold voice send even colder chills up his spine. And making him remember how crazy Miss.Goodwicth got In the news station. If it wasn't for the fact she accidentally grabbed his ass and got stunned by how toned it is. He wouldn't have had the chance to give her the slip. "You wouldn't" he says with full fear present in his voice. Ozpin eyes finally reveal themselves with so much rage "I will, I've been through hell and back. Because of you, canceling your concert" he points at Jaune, accusing him. "We've lost so many people through her carnage. Just because you canceled YOUR CONCERT!!!" Jaune nearly fell of the chair.
He hasn't been here this long but during his stay. He never seen or heard Ozpin so angry, but he wouldn't risk angering him farther. So he cracks his fingers and wiggles them "Alright then, one song coming right up". Ozpin stops him by placing his hand on his "before you play, can you get in your getup?" Ozpin asks. Jaune is confused by his request, but he did as he's told, he removes his hoodie. Now the only thing he has on is his white shirt. He pulls out his wig and glasses case. He puts on his wig and then his glasses. "Better" Ozpin says while walking towards his desk and sat in his chair. And to add to his amusement, he presses the button that turns on all the speakers in Beacon. Many students who are in the training room stop their workout when they hear the speakers turn on. Which includes Yang benching, Pyrrha lifting dumbbells and Nora whose doing squats. And in the armory is Ruby working on her baby with her friends. Weiss is with Winter outside drinking some tea when they hear the speakers come to life.
Glynda is in her office working on Ozpin's paper work, when she hears the speaker go on. "What is it this time" she asks herself tiredly. Team CFVY are about to leave the dormitory when they also hear it. Emerald is walking around campus, bored out of her mind when she hears the speaker outside go on as well. Blake is in the library reading when she too hears it. "Okay Violet, why don't you play something for me" Ozpin's voice rings through the speakers. To say the least, everyone stops completely and looks right at the speakers surprised. It remains like that till they hear Violet's voice "What kinda song do you want" he asks in his smooth voice. "I don't know, surprise me" Violet is thinking till he got a good idea. "I got one, I used to sing this to my little sister. It might be a little dark but she loved it" he starts to play the piano.
No one dares to move, and Ozpin leans on his chair. "If my memory serves me right, I would tuck you in almost every night. Saying, "Sweet dreams" and "Good night" Right before I turned off all the lights" Ozpin is impressed by his vocals and so far the lyrics don't sound that dark. Many of the females at Beacon close their eyes and imagine Violet tucking in their love child. "But sweet dreams can turn into nightmares, When our heroes are no longer out there. I'm sorry to say that the smiles that I give you. One day will be tears in your eyes, I'm sorry to give you these memories 'Cause memories like this will one day make you cry. But I'ma stick around, I promise you that I will stick around, for now". Soldiers who were walking around Beacon stop and listen to the lyrics. And some of them felt those lyrics hit home. Teachers also felt them, they knew being a huntsmen or huntresses is a dangerous job "Let these memories serve you right. When I'm no longer right by your side. Hope you, by then learned to fly. And take with you the good things in life, Don't let your big dreams turn into nightmares. When our heroes are no longer out there. I'm sorry to say that the smiles that I give you. One day will be tears in your eyes, I'm sorry to give you these memories 'Cause memories like this will one day make you cry. But I'ma stick around, I promise you that I will stick around, for now" Yang felt that same feeling she felt as a kid when her uncle Qrow told her about Summer. Nora saw her friend tearing up so she went to give her a hug.
Pyrrha being embraced by her teammate while remembering her father. Tucking her in as a child, she misses him so much. The last time she saw him was when he promised her. When he came back from the mission, they would go to see Violet's concert. "And right now, my light is shining, Though one day that too will go out. But for now, I'm gonna stick around. I'm sorry to say that the smiles that I give you. One day will be tears in your eyes. I'm sorry to give you these memories 'Cause memories like this will one day make you cry. But I'ma stick around, I promise you that I will stick around for now" he kept playing but he starts to slow down "For Now" he finishes. He opens his eyes to see Ozpin clapping, after that he turns off the speakers.
"Will done Mr.D'Arc, and with that I have an offer for you", "And that would be?" Ozpin stood up again and walks towards him. "How would you like to perform for the vytal festival opening" he says while moving his hand for a hand shake. Jaune is stunned, he looks at Ozpin's hand and then back at his eyes. He eagerly grabs his hand and shakes it "I would be honored". After the deal Ozpin releases a chuckle. He would have said something else but then an alarm goes off on Ozpin's desk. "Are we under attack?!" he asks while standing up. "No, something much worse" Ozpin whispers, Jaune looks terrified "Then what is it?". "Glynda is coming" he whimpers, then Ozpin grabs Jaune and pulls him to his secret elevator. He opens it and tosses Jaune in "Headmaster!", "Sorry Mr.D'Arc, but my journey ends here. Sing my story to the people and never forget" Ozpin tells him in a serious voice.
As the doors are closing, Jaune witnesses the other elevator's doors being forcibly open by Glynda. But thankfully she didn't notice his elevator closing. As he's going down, he can hear destruction from the elevator's vent. "You won't be forgotten sir" Jaune did a soldier salute. With a tear sliding down his right eye.
Two days later
Jaune is seen walking down the hall, when he spots Headmaster Ozpin rolling through the hall towards him. Ozpin is in a electrical wheel chair from the battle to protect Jaune's manhood. As he passes by him, a single tear gracefully slide down his cheek. "Thank you" Jaune whispers, making Ozpin to hold his head up high as he is pushing the joystick on his armrest. Jaune turns around to see him riding away into a heroic sunset. He hits his chest with his right fist a couple of times. "There goes my hero, watching as he goes" he bites his lower lip to hold a cry.
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