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[Beacon Academy: Remnant]

Time has passed since the whole "Arc beating up team CRDL" incident in the Beacon Academy cafeteria. Since then the school has moved on and classes have resumed, although Team CRDL never again showed up back to classes for two reasons.

One was because they're still in the hospital being treated for their injuries that involve multiple broken bones, extremely thick bruises, and smashed testicles. Many doctor said that their injuries are not only physical but psychological as well, as they have reported being afraid of the man who did this to them in any sign of a fist getting close to them causes them untold anxiety...they basically a no lame terms have been left afraid of getting punched!

The second reason is that since the whole incident, the parents of team CRDL felt it was better to pull their sons out of school before the public humiliation that would make them pariah's came to light after it was revealed that many of the bullying videos were about to go viral, and the families one of the save their sons and reputations from the fallout. So as of this moment, team CRDL are no longer students at Beacon Academy, as in no small way they're about to be expelled by Headmaster Ozpin for bullying, so their parents pulled them out of school to save the familys reputations.

"I wonder where Jaune is?"asked Ruby Rose, Jaune's best friend and leader of team RWBY.

"I wish to know as well... I'm so worried about him."said Pyrrha Niko's, Jaune's teammate who has a "secret crush" on him.

Unlike most of the students of Beacon, these two stuck by Jaune's side through everything. They are the ones who treated his injuries after he was bullied. They are the ones who visited him in the nurse's office after he got injured during combat class. They are the ones who treated him with respect. They are the ones who heard his side of the story and understood why he did what he did.

Although they felt like he could have gone down a better route, they saw no reason to deny his dream as it was true that he had much potential as a Huntsman, and it was a waste to let that potential go to waste.

"I just don't get it..."said Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company and Ruby's teammate.

"What?"asked Blake Belladonna, a former member of the infamous organization White Fang and current member of team RWBY.

"Yeah, what Weiss?"inquired Yang Xiao Long, Ruby's older sister and fellow member of team RWBY.

"If he had that skill all along. Why did he act like he was a novice in the first place."said Weiss, wondering why Jaune was pretending to be weak the whole time.

"Yeah... now that you mention it it is strange."said Nora Valkyrie, the current muscle of the current team NPR.

"I'm curious about that too? Why did Jaune pretend he was a bumbling idiot when he could have easily held his own and been one of the top students."said Lie Ren, Nora's best friend from childhood and fellow team made of team NPR.

"He defeated all of team CRDL, with their weapons with nothing but his bare hands. And I still can't get over his back muscles."said Blake, as when she saw the demon back, her Faunus instincts were just telling her to get away from him as fast and as soon as possible.

"Yeah, anyone else swear that those back muscles look like the face of a demon."said Yang, as everyone was coming to the same conclusion.

"So... does anyone know how we're going to apologize to him."said Weiss, as unlike Ruby and Pyrrha, none of them stood by Jaune's side when he was relentlessly being bullied and almost expelled.

Many of them didn't help for a variety of reasons. Lack a friendship, feelings of betrayal, disgust, anger, and overall stubbornness were just a few of the reasons they didn't help out their friend. But after he disappeared Ruby and Pyrrha yelled at them with tears in their eyes, and that seemed to talk some sense into them.

"Man... is this what guilt feels like... cuz I don't like it."said Nora, feeling bad that she betrayed her fearless leader, Jaune Jaune.

"We could have handled the news better, especially me."said Blake, feeling like who was she the judge Jaune.

She was a former member of a terrorist organization that specialized in kidnappings, assassinations, and bombings...she lied on her transcripts as well so who was she to judge him...

"Yeah, I've never seen Ruby so devastated before. Jaune wasn't hurting anyone and... I will admit I let my temper get the better of... again."said Yang, as now that some sense was talking to her she felt extremely guilty for being so hostile to her little sister's best friend.

Jaune never did hurt anybody. Maybe he unintentionally stabbed the back of someone who was meant to be at Beacon, but The Lovable Dork Knight was a kind soul that didn't deserve receiving the cold shoulder from them.

They never participated in the bullying but they might as well have as they were just as bad as the bullies who humiliated and terrorized Jaune Arc!

"Jaune deserved better from us. Ruby and Pyrrha are his real friends for sticking by his side even during his darkest hour."said Ren, feeling like they all lost the right to be called Jaune's friends.

"So... how do we make it up to him?"asked Weiss, as even her ice queen heart was melted when she was yelled at by Ruby and Pyrrha with such passion that it thawed her icy heart and made her realize how much of of jerk she had been to the guy who was constantly hitting on her.

He may have been a lovable idiot who fell on his own sword all the time, but he wasn't a bad guy. He just wanted to get away from his overcontrolling parents, she could relate with that... especially when it came to her father... the current head of the SDC and the most hated man on all of Remnant.

"I'm sure Jaune will forgive you guys if you sincerely apologize. He's nice and the forgiving type."said Ruby with optimism, as Jaune was her best friend and she knew him the best.

"I'm not sure if it's going to be that simple, Ruby. Jaune went through something that no one should experience and I'm sure it's going to take a long time before his physical and mental scars heal."said Pyrrha, being more realistic of the current situation than Ruby.

"Jaune's, Jaune! Nothing is going to change that! He could go through a training regiment that is considered hell and he would not lose his kind heart and willingness to help others who are more deserving than himself."said Ruby, as she believed in her best friend and knows that he is a very kind soul.

"I guess you're right. Jaune it's a kind lovable idiot that you can't hate no matter how hard you try... and that lovable idiot part of him makes him cute."said Pyrrha with a blush on her face.

"What was that last part?"asked Ruby, who didn't hear Pyrrha's final words in her sentence.

"Nothing!"said Pyrrha, shifting her eyes nervously as last thing she wanted is for people to know about her crush.

Even though everyone besides Nora, Weiss, and Ruby could tell that she had a crush on the Lovable Dork Knight! It was just that obvious by the way she's so nice to him and blushes whenever he gives her a compliment!

"So... have you heard anything from Uncle Qrow, Ruby?"asked Yang, wondering if their uncle had heard anything as he was the one sent to go retrieve Jaune.

"No... Uncle Qrow said that the case got more complicated but he's close to finding him. I know Uncle Qrow, I know he won't let me down."said Ruby with a smile on her face, as many in the table wondered how such an innocent girl still existed in this day and age.

[Beacon Academy: Headmaster Ozpin's Office]

"So the infamous Dr Herman Schultz is at it again."said General Ironwood, who is currently speaking with Headmaster Ozpin, Professor Glynda Goodwitch, and Qrow Branwen through scroll.

"I swear even in death that guy is a pain in my butt."said Qrow, feeling like wherever Dr Schultz was, he was currently laughing at them in the afterlife.

"I swear I thought we dealt with that madman years ago."said Glynda with an annoyed tone in her voice.

"We could never have known that Mr Arc was one of Dr Schultz last experiments, or more specifically his very last experiment before the Mad Doctor fell out their hands of the local police during his suicide by cop."said Ozpin, as Schultz made damn sure that his final work stayed hidden until it revealed himself.

"Guy was at one point one of the top scientists in all of Remnant and was considered a candidate for joining our inner circle. But the guy was obsessed by creating the next evolution in human anatomy and he wouldn't quit no matter how much we tried to convince him that it was a fool's errand."said Ironwood, feeling that Dr Schultz's brain was wasted on him.

"It seems he succeeded if he created a kid who could defeat for Huntsman in training with nothing but his bare hands."said Qrow, not feeling bad once for the bullies as they got what they deserved in his opinion.

"Yuichiro Hanma, that was a name Dr Schultz slipped to me one night when he was drunk. I look through the database and no one by that name has ever lived in this Kingdom. I can only speculate that this person is made up by the way Dr Schultz was talking about him, I can tell that this person must have been real and that he was obsessed with that person."said Ozpin, wondering who Yuichiro Hanma even was.

"Alot of people are born outside the kingdom who don't have birth certificates with any of the kingdoms. Maybe that's who he was talking about."suggested Qrow, as that was the most logical explanation.

"When it comes to Herman Schultz, nothing is ever that simple."pointing out Glynda, as nothing was ever simple when it came to that Mad Doctor.

"She's right... for now we can only study the device that Mr Schultz used to teleport Jaune Arc to who knows where and hope we can bring him back."said Ozpin, surprising some people in the room.

"You want to bring him back after everything he did?"asked Ironwood, as the bullies are still in the hospital after what happened.

"Mr Arc seemingly transformed after some kind of psychological trigger was activated. I suspect Dr Schultz and planted a subliminal suggestion in the young boy when he was little and it only activated after he was attacked by team CRDL for some reason. That trigger made him a lot stronger than he normally was, and it would be a waste to let that talent go to waste."said Ozpin, as Jaune was possibly the chess piece they needed to turn the tides against her.

"I guess. Kid beat up a lot of bullies so badly I doubt they'll ever harassing one again. Add to the fact that he tore a bunch of Grimm limb from limb with nothing but his bare hands and that shows you that talent could surely be very useful."said Qrow, agreeing with what Headmaster Ozpin suggested.

"As much as I don't want a violent student like him back... I guess you can call it self-defense and his latent talent can be useful."said Glynda, having to reluctantly agree with her employer.

"Ha... well you were going to call in a favor to have him transferred to a military school after he was expelled. The boy has proven to be a strategic genius, add to his natural raw talent with martial arts and it would surely be a shame to let all that talent go to waste. So I'll help in any way to get him back."said Ironwood, agreeing that talent like that doesn't pop around every day and it needed to be refined.

Meanwhile back in Japan, Jaune Arc was currently in his next phase of training by facing someone who appeared to be adapt using the environment against him.

"Come on! This is all about survival and adapting to your environment."said the super soldier Gaia, Jaune's next martial arts teacher.