To be a hero
"What did you say?"
Miltia's eyes widened, shock dancing through her body. All her life she never had expected good experiences with adults, more so with parental figures, but today she felt so disappointed.
"You heard me Girl, stay away from my son, you two only bring out the worst in each other and he's too stupid to see it or he doesn't care, either way I DO. You will only ever bring trouble to my son, and the way things are looking for him, he will bring it to you as well"
'And here I thought… whatever'
Miltia scoffs, steels her nerve and faces down the Arc Matriarch with equal malice.
"Please, I would never do anything to hurt him, but you know what I think, I think you hate him"
"-What? No I don-"
"You hate him and what he really is. You just can't accept him at all and are just looking for a scapegoat. Someone to blame, all you of you lot do"
All of her rage that was bottled up exploded and poured out of her like a raging volcano.
"You have never taken the time to actually get to know or understand him, especially your husband, all he's done for Jaune is not be there for him or take the time to do anything for him. You all allowed him to be victimised time and time again"
"MY DAUGHTERS LOOKED OUT FOR HIM"
"THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED TO IF YOU ALLOWED HIM TO BE HIMSELF. HE WAS ONLY THIS FAKE VERSION FOR YOU, AND WHEN HE DECIDED TO BE HIMSELF AND LOOK OUT FOR HIS SISTERS YOU MADE HIM OUT TO BE A MONSTER"
Bile began to broil in Jaune's stomach, the swirling sensation within him only serving to compound and aggravate his sickness in a continuous loop.
'Should have taken the meds…'
Jaune's thoughts are interrupted as he slumps over the railings, hands gripping so tightly that his knuckles turn white.
"huuh"
He begins to gag; he can already hear Miltia berating him now.
'Nice one Dipshit, How could you forget that you get Air sickness?'
He begins to chuckle, but the oxygen rushing through his system causes him to gag again.
He raises his head trying to get a read on his surroundings and begins looking for a distraction. Through the sea of people one catches his eye in a small group, he slowly stands up straight, pushes through the crowd and makes his way toward her.
"Hey you blonde bitch"
Yang pauses her conversation to ponder what was just said to her
'Okay' she thought to herself 'not the normal way to start a conversation but sure let's see'
She falls into her Persona and turns around ready to play a game of verbal spats when she recognizes the face of the man who called her bitch.
"Well well back for more, eh? Don't you remember how this went last time?"
The crowd stills as they listen in, like moths to a flame all the teenagers flock to the drama; A natural instinct that cannot be suppressed.
Jaune smirks, he couldn't beat her in a fight, but words?
"If I recall correctly you were screaming something about your hair and not to touch it?"
The crowd bristles, a few "ooo's" and whooping could be heard, the innuendo and implications lost on no-one. But yang wasn't new to this game, she knew how to play to a tee. After all you can't be a Branwen without a biting tongue.
"and if I recall correctly, you had to tap out early right because you just couldn't keep up with me, leaving a girl all unsatisfied. Is that how it usually goes for you?"
The jeers of the crowd grow louder, Yang knew she practically had this in the bag, there was almost nothing he could say now to save face.
"Still hit though"
While the girls in the crowd were thoroughly unimpressed with the response, all the guys went wild jumping, hollering and laughing hysterically.
It's the oldest trick of the yard, much like 'I know you are, but what am I' or the dreaded 'Uno reverse' Card, once it was played not much could be done. It was a last ditch attempt to save face and it all depended on if the crowd finds it funny or not, unfortunately they did.
"ALL STUDENTS TAKE TO YOUR SEATS, WE WILL BE ARRIVING AT BEACON ACEDAMY IN A MOMENT"
The crowd disperses, excitement gushes through everyone, already haven forgot the brief exchange between Yang and Jaune. She looks at him sharply; he can tell she only put up the friendly façade around the crowd.
"what's your game here? Not the other day you were working at Juniors Club as some thug and now you want to be a huntsman?"
"None of your business, I'm only speaking to you because I literally know of no one else here, and I know you were never going to admit that you got into a fight outside of school grounds without your Senior huntsman, so you best play nice with me"
Jaune smirks, watching the frown and anger grow on her face brought a sadistic glee out from him.
'Now I got you by the balls'
"If you think you can blackmail me…"
"Relax Blondie, I know who your Senior is and I'm not looking for an intervention, just a favour from you sometime in the future for not mentioning that, especially when the VPD showed up afterwards" Admittedly he wasn't around the First time the VPD showed up to Juniors club as he and Miltia were at the safe house but she doesn't need to know that.
"I'll see about it, depends on the favour, I'm not agreeing to anything yet" Yang knew that Qrow could have it swept under the rug, but it wouldn't stop the earful she would get for engaging in a fight like this without him.
Jaune turns to the window and looks towards beacon tower, Nostalgia as his old dreams come crashing back into him.
'Dad, I want to be a Huntsman'
He scoffs again, reaching for his inner pocket only to remember that he ran out days ago.
"what a joke.."
A/N NO INTERNET AT THE MOMENT IT JUST WENT DOWN, THE CHAPTER IS READY I JUST NEED TO FIX IT AND I WILL UPLOAD IT TOMORROW