(A/N: Let me tell you something. The training part was supposed to begin at chapter 3. As you can see, that plan was promptly put into a paper shredder thanks to my fucked-up mind and it's now chapter 6 and we're just now getting there.

Just what did I get myself into?! Don't ask me where this is going, I don't know either.)

In the RWBY dorm

Team RWBY plus Pyrrha are finally back in the dorm after a long journey home.

Spent walking, because the bullhead wouldn't accept the huntress talking about looking for a Pyrrha train and uttering various vaguely sexual interactions with a "Crescent Rose".

Speaking of that huntress…

-️-️-️-️Yang POV️-️-️-️-

This is the biggest fucking mistake ever. I go have fun for ONE DAY and everything is fucked. First I can't jump a hot guy, and now sis is over there dreaming about god knows what! It's 9 in the morning! We had to skip class because of this!

"Pyrrha pleeeeeeease… let me have a turnnnnnnnnn…" Ruby is pulling Crescent Rose closer to her sleeping body, as if trying to take it away from her, even though Pyrrha is nowhere near either of them right now.

"Pfft! This is hilarious!"

That fucking bitch!

"Pyrrha… How much alcohol did you let her have…?!" I just know my eyes are turning a very bright red.

"Ummmmmmm… thirty?"

"THIRTY WHAT?!"

"Thirty…. sips?"

"I'm gonna fuc-" Where's my bracelets?

"Looking for these?" Pyrrha holds my weapon in her hands.

I look over to Crescent Rose. That's not gonna be enough to stop Yang! I begin to reach for it and-

"Don't even think about it. It's unloaded."

That motherfucker. Guess I'll need to bring the big guns…

"WEISS!"

"No, I'm not going to pin her with a glyph and let you punch her. You were the one who said, and I quote this directly: "Let her have as much as she wants! It's a celebration about Jaune getting expelled, you know." I tried to warn you this could happen."

"Why didn't you stop her from drinking then?!"

"It was funny."

God this team is truly a nightmare…

"You are all a bunch of fucking idiots!" Blake glares up at me from her book.

"Not you Blake." She goes right back down with the tiniest of smiles.

I'm going back to the fucking club! Nothing is going to stop me now! Momma Yang is gonna get her hands on a hunk of meat tonight!

"I'm going to the club. Fuck all of you."

"It's 9 AM."

"I don't care!"

Yang shuts the door behind her and leaves back for Junior's club. Ruby will get back to Remnant eventually… right?

-️-️-️-️Jaune POV️-️-️-️-

*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*

Oh god, it's 6:30 already?

"augggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

I turn off the alarm and get out of bed. I look to my right and I see a plate filled with breadcrumbs and a empty glass. It all comes back to me…

I look into the common area and see Yatsuhashi still sleeping. He looks so peaceful… but I have to break the peace.

"Yatsuhashi wake up!"

He gradually wakes up, obviously showing signs of tiredness. I really wish I didn't have to do it to him, but I gotta train!

*yawn* "What time is it?"

"6:30. We gotta get ready and go on the bullhead. And I forgot my motion sickness pills… *sigh*"

"Don't worry, I will help you."

Yatsu calls a number on his scroll.

"Hello?"

"Jaune is going to be on the next bullhead. Prepare the bag."

"Yes sir. Thank you for the warning."

"No problem."

"How the hell did you do that?"

"A magician never reveals his secrets…"

-️-️-️-️*-️-️-️-

They make it in time for the 7:00 bullhead, and as expected, the driver hands him a bag.

As they ride back toward Beacon the inevitable happens…

All that good cooking from the night comes right back up. Very sad.

If they weren't on a bullhead they would kneel down and mourn this tragic moment.


I thought that bullheads were like buses at this point. They are more planes, but honestly buses fit better, especially for intra-kingdom travel.


But after some time they arrive at Beacon and arrive at the sparring arena 20 minutes early. Jaune 2.0 already lookin' good!

And they wait… and wait… and wait…

The minute part of the clock cycles through the 50's… and still no one shows.

Jaune uses this time to practice his swordplay stances. They're pretty good for only being at Beacon for a week or two, but they still are far, far, away from even a good first-year, never mind a graduated huntsman.

Yatsu uses this time to think. Just who is this "Jaune" guy anyway? Yes he's a pleasing person to hang out with but what about him at Beacon? He had never seen or heard of him other than the on the podium after initiation He looks through his brain but finds nothing.

Both minds are snapped out of their trances when Professor Goodwitch walks in at 8:00:00.0000 AM sharp. She cracks a smile when she sees Jaune not only here, but doing some basic exercises without even being told!

Not everyone can do that. *cough*Cardin*cough*

But after seeing just Yatsuhashi out of his team, that smile fades.

"Do you know where the rest of your team is Yatsuhashi?"

"No ma'am."

"How unfortunate they are not here. But that is no matter. You both have your weapons, correct?"

"Yes Ma'am." They both say. Jaune unsheathes Crocea Mors, while Yatsu pulls out his own weapon, Fulcrum.

"Yatsuhashi, hand me your weapon." Jaune raises his eyebrows as Yatsuhashi gives up his weapon. His eyebrows jump past his forehead and hide in his blond hair as Goodwitch lathers his fists with red paint.

"The first thing we will do is test your reaction time. Luckily Yatsuhashi here is decently fast so this will be a good trial run. All you need to do is try to either block or avoid the hits from him as best you can. No offense for now. Got it?"

Jaune nods as he and Yatsuhashi step into the training ring and get into their respective battle stances.

"Begin!"

Jaune blocks the first punch with his shield, but he can not raise his shield up more in time for the second fist. After that the "battle" devolves into Jaune basically flailing his sword and shield around while Yatsu throws punch after punch.

Some get blocked, and anyone watching could see Jaune's brain attempting to predict where he will go relatively well, but it is simply not fast enough. Around half of his punches connect. After one minute, Goodwitch calls time and takes them out of the arena.

Jaune is painted red with various fist-shaped prints on all parts of his body.

"You did better than I expected, but clearly you need major work. I saw no attempt to hold your shield out to block punches, and there was very little strategy in terms of avoidance. I did notice you lift your arm to avoid one, but that was the extent of it."

"However, your prediction skills were above average. I can see the strategy that you showed in initiation coming out here. You have a long way to go, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, Mr. Arc."

Jaune beams at this praise.

"Don't be too hasty over there, we still have over an hour left to go!"

That beaming, surprisingly, still remains. He really, really wants this.

"The next test is for terrain mapping. Yatsuhashi will stand at the other end of the arena and your job is to get to him as fast as possible."

She puts them back into the arena, this time with Jaune on one end and Yatsuhashi directly opposite. One hand is placed on a button.

"Begin!"

She presses the button. All of a sudden the ground shifts with jagged peaks and edges lining the surface. Jaune can only see 2 feet in front of him as a wall block his path. He immediately moves sideways and trips over a rock.

He jumps over a branch and attempts to get on the wall but fails once. He tries again and makes it, now scanning the area.

He sees Yatsuhashi in a small clear area in the corner. He bolts immediately down in that direction and gets twisted by a rock formation.

That one hurts.

"Ow!" Goodwitch winces as he fell into the easy trap.

With his bad aura control he struggles to his feet and limps over in that direction. He doesn't trip anymore getting through to him after several minutes, but that's not really a good thing moving at ¼ the speed.


Bad Aura control? Making him limp? Team RWBY can survive an explosion and still be normal, but Jaune falls like 8-10 feet and can barely walk properly. Uh-huh.


Goodwitch has few praises for this one.

"It was a good idea to climb the wall immediately to search quicker, but everything after that was a horrible showing. You would have been easy Grimm prey if you had done that in a real situation. Failing grade, Mister Arc!"

She has no choice but to give a 30 minute rest for Jaune to let him recover. During this time she takes his weapons.

Jaune stares out the window to the arenas. He sees Yang storm out of the RWBY dorm. Why is she so mad?

Yatsu gets to sit and watch for this last one.

"The last one for today is the simplest one. Hit the blue dummy that is somewhere on this map. Close your eyes please!"

Jaune closes his eyes. A different button is pressed and various movements happen in the arena. Yatsu is absolutely floored at what he is seeing, and Jaune will soon know why…


various movements… *yawn*


"Open your eyes!"

He opens it and.. wait a minute! This is the JNPR dorm room!

"What the hell is this!"

"Hunters have to fight in areas they have visited before, not just out in Grimm-controlled regions. You need to make the best of what you have. Begin!"

Jaune looks for something, anything he can use. There are few objects in here, but one of them is a nicely-sized rock. He leaves the room and looks to his left and-


nicely-sized? I can't think of a single adjective that says less about the rock than that one.


THE BLUE TRAINING DUMMY!

He runs up and smashes it! The challenge is over in less than a minute!

But Goodwitch is not pleased.

Jaune looks over with a confused expression.

"You need to multitask, Mr. Arc. If that was a Grimm you would have been trapped in the room. Another point against you is that you ran up to the Grimm instead of throwing the rock. You could have been hit by fire breath or another attack by getting too close. Failing grade!"

Jaune sighs as the training ends. How bad will this be?!

"Do not be sad, Mr. Arc. You did very well for someone who has as little skill as you coming in here. Remember, even people like RWBY were once as unskilled as you. Now as your reward, have your first package of Lien!"

Goodwitch gives him a box. He opens the box and sees 1000 Lien!

"YES!"

"Be wise with it! Remember what Ozpin said about a new weapon!"

Jaune, however, did not hear that and left the arenas to go buy the new Grimm Wars 2 DLC.

Goodwitch is still displeased. "...*sigh* This is going to be a long, long month…"


Glynda is a fucking bitch. Glad I made her much more reasonable in the remaster. Also, I call her by her last name because I don't really know why just go with it.


(A/N: How do you like the training stuff I came up with? I wasn't looking to forward to thinking/writing it but it came out much easier than I thought it would.)