Forever Fall, a forest bustling with red leaves. Glynda Goodwitch led team RWBY, JNPR, CRDL, and others through the area.
"Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful," Glynda said. "But we're not here to sight-see. Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die".
Jaune was looking around the beautiful red forest with his team, which made Jaune think of Pyrrha's beautiful fiery red hair. He decided that he would speak to Pyrrha about his feelings for her. No matter her answer, he would do his best to keep their friendship.
"Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap," Glynda continued. "However, this forest is full of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here at 4 o'clock. Have fun!".
While Ren and Nora were busy collecting sap, Jaune wanted to bring Pyrrha away and speak to her, but his attention was brought elsewhere. Cardin and his cohort were staring at Pyrrha, who was not paying attention to her surrounding as she tried to tap a tree for sap, and they had a jar in their hand.
Jaune got pissed when he saw what CRDL were planning. He was able to inform Pyrrha, but it was too late. Cardin threw the jar at Pyrrha. Too bad for him, Jaune used Bo-Bup to behind Pyrrha and catch the jar.
Pyrrha saw Jaune behind her, and he pretended to swat flies away. Pyrrha didn't react to Jaune as she still remembered the event of the previous night. Jaune saw this, and he was worried that something was wrong.
"Pyrrha?" Jaune asked. "Are you okay? You seem angry. Did I do something wrong?".
Pyrrha felt terrible that she made Jaune worry about her own issues. It wasn't Jaune's fault that he was already engaged. So, she sighed and tried to smile and brush off her issues with Jaune.
"I'm fine, Jaune," Pyrrha said with a forced smile. However, Jaune knew it was fake as it looked nothing like her genuine smile. "I'm just trying to get over something. It's nothing for you to worry about".
"Okay then. I'm going to head somewhere for a little bit," Jaune said. "But when I return, I want to speak to you privately. I have something to tell you".
Pyrrha's mood got worse, but she knew she couldn't have negative emotions here in Forever Fall as it could attract Grimm. So, she calmed down, and she drowned her feeling.
"Alright," Pyrrha said. "I'll be here when you get back".
Jaune nodded at Pyrrha, and he moved towards CRDL. He was angry that they tried to hurt Pyrrha. Jaune would show them how stupid it was for them to come after someone he cared about.
Jaune was in the area where CRDL was hanging around a few moments later. He looks down at the jar of sap in his hands and then up at the four grinning teammates. Jaune turns towards the group and hurls the jar at Cardin as he's the one that threw the jar at Pyrrha.
"You're dead, Arc!" Cardin said. "You think you're going to get away with throwing a jar of sap at me! You're messing with the wrong guy!".
"You're messing with the wrong person, Cardin," Jaune said. "I didn't care when you tried bullying me because nothing you do would bring harm to me in any way. You're merely that weak in my eyes. But this time, you decided to come after my partner".
"Ha-ha-ha! You? Arc, you are nothing more than a punching bag for everyone!" Cardin shouted. "You can even fight properly. I don't even know how you were able to get into Beacon in the first place".
"Yeah! That's right!" Russel said. "You can't even beat one of us. What makes you think you can beat the four of us when there are no teachers to stop us from beating your ass to the ground".
"You think that you've seen what I'm capable of?" Jaune said. "You four are nothing more than a joke".
CRDL got pissed at Jaune and grabbed him by his collar. It was this anger that attracted a Grimm nearby. Said Grimm was an Ursa Major. It roared and scared Dove, Russel, and Sky. Cardin let go of Jaune and moved back a bit.
As for Jaune, he was also angry due to the way CRDL tried to harm Pyrrha. So, he moved with instinct when the Ursa Major roared close to him.
Due to Jaune training with Jin Mori without holding back in his mindscape, he instinctually summoned Yeoui and swung it at the Ursa Major, killing it instantly and taking 3 miles of Forever Fall with it.
The swing that Jaune did, didn't have much force to it, as he let Yeoui do most of the job as it weighed over 80,000,000 tons.
CRDL was showing absolute fear of what they witnessed. Jaune stared at them, and they wanted to run away, but their body was refusing to move. They watched as Jaune let his staff touch the ground and create a crater around them.
"Now, listen to me and listen carefully," Jaune said. "The next time I see you trying to mess with my team again, your fate will be the same as the Ursa Major. If I see you harassing any Faunus student again, you'll once again have the same fate as the Grimm. Lastly, if you were to tell anyone what really happened here, you'll regret it. Do you understand what I'm saying?".
CRDL nodded their head, and they watched as Jaune walked away. The team all pissed their pants at how intimidating the person they thought was nothing more than a punching bag could be.
Seeing a single light swing of his staff, an entire forest area was gone. Mess with Jaune again? It isn't worth it to mess with a person who can get rid of a chunk of forest with a single hit.
A moment later, Glynda arrived at the scene, and she questioned CRDL, but they made up a story about a man coming from the north, and they believed he used their semblance and destroyed a part of the forest. Glynda continued her interrogation, but CRDL wouldn't change their answer as they were more afraid of Jaune than Glynda.
Jaune headed back to the area where Pyrrha was. Once he was there, he saw Pyrrha very worried about him as she searched for him franticly. As she spotted him, she ran towards him with visible worry on her face.
"Jaune! Are you okay!" Pyrrha said. "When I heard the explosion in the direction you headed to earlier, I thought something might have happened to you!".
"I'm fine, Pyrrha," Jaune said. Pyrrha then saw a visible sign of anger on his face. "I just wanted to teach CRDL a lesson on messing with people I care about".
"What? What did they do for you to get pissed?" Pyrrha said. "Not even Nora's crazy antics can make you angry".
"They tried to throw a jar of sap on you earlier, Pyrrha," Jaune said. "If I didn't catch it, you would have been hurt as you didn't see it and wouldn't have activated your Aura in time to protect yourself".
"Is that the reason you were behind me?" Pyrrha asked. Jaune nodded at her. This made Pyrrha feel guilty since she was angry at him for standing behind her earlier as she was reminded of the other night's event. "I-I'm so sorry, Jaune. I was angry with you because of what happened last night, but here you are protecting me".
"D-Did I do something last night that made you angry?" Jaune said. "Because if I did, I'm sorry. I'm even more sorry for not knowing what I did to make you angry".
"I-It's not your fault, Jaune," Pyrrha said. "It's just I heard something that made me realise that I never had a chance of being with you".
"What?" Jaune was confused. "What exactly did you hear?".
"I heard you talking to someone on your scroll," Pyrrha said. "At first, I thought the person talking to you was encouraging you to ask me out, but I was wrong since the one speaking to you was your fiancé".
"What do you mean wrong?" Jaune asked. "Arslan was encouraging me to ask you out since she found out that you were able to sneak into my heart".
"W-What?" Pyrrha said. She was confused. Why would Jaune's fiancé encourage him to pursue her? That would only make sense if Jaune was from Mistral, as it was normal for Huntsman and Huntresses to have multiple spouses in that kingdom. "Jaune? Are you from Vale?".
"No, my family was from Mistral," Jaune said. "My family only moved to Vale two years ago due to my father's job".
"Does that mean the Arslan you talked to is Arslan Altan?" Pyrrha asked. Jaune nodded at her. "Really? Arslan was the only person in all of Sanctum Academy that was able to keep up with me. But why would she encourage you to pursue me?".
"Because I told her how you were able to sneak into my heart, Pyrrha," Jaune said. "Getting to know you, being around you, I was as happy as I could be, just like when I'm with Arslan. And thinking about how you being with someone else hurt my heart.
So, Arslan thought things through logically. Since Mistral, the kingdom you, Arslan and I hail from, have no problem with Huntsman and Huntresses having multiple spouses, she told me to pursue. At first, I was a bit objective about it, but she was able to make me agree to it over time.
But the problem was, I didn't know how you would react, knowing that I already have a fiancé and still pursuing you. I didn't want to hurt the relationship that we had.
I didn't want to suddenly tell you, 'I'm interested in you, will you go out with me, but I already have a fiancé. I hope you are okay with that'. That would be shitty of me".
"Uhm…How long have you known that I liked you?" Pyrrha asked. "From what you're saying, you seem to know about my feelings".
"Right, I spoke to Arslan a few weeks ago about how you acted around me," Jaune said. "She said the way you acted wasn't normal. Especially when you allow me to sleep in your thighs. She even figured out that it was because of your thighs that you were able to sneak into my heart".
"You don't hide anything from your fiancé at all, it seems," Pyrrha said with a giggle. "That's quite sweet".
"Well, yeah. Though, Arslan actually doesn't know how strong I've become," Jaune said. "I wanted to tell her in person and not through the scroll. There is also something else I want to tell her and our team".
"Does it have something to do with why you're so strong?" Pyrrha said. "Because I don't think even veteran Huntsman are as powerful as you. Then there's Yongpyo, whatever it's made from, it's not something ordinary".
"Let's talk about that topic later," Jaune said. He then took a deep breath. "For now, I want to ask you, Pyrrha. Would you go out with me? Even knowing that I already have a fiancé?".
"I want to say no, but I can't," Pyrrha said. "You're already with someone, but just this once, I want to be selfish and be with the person I'm starting to fall in love with. So, yes. I'll go out with you even knowing you already have a fiancé. If you're sure that she's okay with this".
"How about this? We don't have to be officially dating until you get to speak to Arslan in person," Jaune said. "Until then, I would just take you out on dates, like how I used to do for Arslan before I left for Vale".
"Or, I can take Arslan's scroll number from you and speak with her," Pyrrha said. "I want to know if she is okay with me dating her fiancé. I mean, I get you're both from Mistral, and so am I, but not everyone is willing to share their partner".
Jaune nodded and took out his scroll, and gave Arslan's number to Pyrrha.
"Here you go," Jaune said. "But please, don't fight with each other. Arslan told me about how you were her rival because you were always being compared to one another".
Jaune and Pyrrha then headed back to where Nora and Ren were. It was nearly four, and they needed to get to the rendezvous point where they would meet Glynda and the rest of those that joined the field trip.
Once they were there, Nora saw that Pyrrha was smiling again. An indication that she was no longer angry about what she had heard the night before. Nora approached her and asked a multitude of questions. The only thing Pyrrha said was she'd tell Nora in a more private area.
