Life wants to mess things up, what you do have to fix them is all up to you.
Chapter cover- Issia petting Velvet.
Ch.7- Dealing with a bully
A few months have passed, all of us have made some improvements to our weapons. Now Medi is rocking dust shells for her Gunlance, my arrows are coated now in dust, Deandra's Charge Blade can now hold more power, and Ersa learned how to add elemental properties to her Greatsword by using a dust crystal as a whetstone, after using one by accident.
Right now is Ms. Goodwitch's combat class and Jaune is fighting Cardin Winchester, and it's not going well for Jaune, he's just being flung all over the place by Cardin and his mace. When it seems that Jaune is getting an edge, Cardin knees him in the gut. Cardin walks over Jaune and prepares to smash Jaune's skull in with his mace.
"Cardin, that's enough!" Ms. Glynda declines the match over and the lights turn on.
"Students, as you can see, Mr. Arc's Aura has now dropped into the red. In a tournament-style duel, this would indicate that Jaune is no longer fit for battle and that the official may call the match." Ms. Glynda explains pointing to the display showing Jaune and Cardin's aura.
"Mr. Arc, it's been weeks now. Please try to refer to your Scroll during combat. Gauging your Aura will help you decide when it's appropriate to attack, or when it is better to move to a more... defensive strategy. We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf, now, would we?"
Jaune looks away after such a bad against such a weak opponent.
Later at lunch
We're sitting together with Team RWBY and JNPR, Nora is telling us a story, "So! There we were, in the middle of the night..."
"It was day." Ren corrects Nora
"We were surrounded by Ursai..." Nora continues.
"They were Beowolves." Ren corrects Nora again taking a sip of coffee.
"Dozens of them!" At this point, I'm looking at Ren so he can tell the real story.
"But they were no match... And in the end, Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs!" This is when someone calls Nora out.
"That's bullshit and you know it, Nora." Ersa points out a major flaw in her story.
"Grimm disappear when killed so stop lying." Ersa calls Nora out for her blatant lies.
Ren sighs, "She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now," Ren informs us.
"Why does that not surprise me," I mutter.
"Jaune, are you okay?" Pyrrha asks him as she notices he's been picking at his food for some time now.
"Huh? Oh, uh yeah, why?" Jaune says, placing his fork down and trying to look away from us.
"It's just that you seem a little…not okay," Ruby says.
"You look like crap," Ersa bluntly states taking a bite of her sandwich.
"Guys, I'm fine. Seriously, look," Jaune tries to convince us with a very unconvincing grin and a thumbs-up sign.
"You're not a very good liar Jaune," Medi bluntly states, knowing Jaune is lying.
We turn around after we start hearing laughing nearby by and look to see Team CRDL at another table, surrounding another student. This student is a girl wearing the school uniform, has waist-length brown hair and has a pair of long, brown rabbit ears, a Faunus. Cardin sits on her right while Russel is on her left and Dove and Sky are in front of her.
"Jaune, Cardin has been picking on you since the first week of school," Pyrrha says.
"Uh, who? Cardin Winchester? Nah, he just likes to mess around, you know, practical jokes," Jaune tries to wave it off.
"He's a bully," Ruby interjects.
"He's a punk," I add.
"Oh, please. Name ONE time he's 'bullied' me," Jaune retorts, with air quotes on 'bullied'.
"Well, let's see…," I begin.
…Flashback 1…
Jaune is walking down the hall one day, carrying some books in his hands. Then Cardin walks by and slaps his books out of his hands and then walks off as if nothing happened.
"Oh, come on!" Jaune yells.
…Flashback 2…
Jaune is getting ready to walk in class as Cardin is walking out of the same class. As they're walking by each other, Cardin hits the button on Jaune's sword sheath that turns it into its shield form, and it gets stuck in the doorway. Jaune then tries to get it free from the doorway with little success.
"Agh! Oh, come on!" Jaune grumbles.
…Flashback 3…
The students are looking around the school locker rooms with Professor Goodwitch.
"Each of you will be assigned one rocket-propelled locker to store your weapons and extra armor. Additionally, your locker can be sent to a custom location based on a six-digit code," Ms. Goodwitch explains.
In the back of the group, Cardin stands next to Jaune until he gets an idea. He then shoves Jaune into an open locker.
"What!? No, wait, wait! Get me out of here! Please, don't, don't, don't!" Jaune pleads as Cardin hits six random numbers and the rocket locker then blasts off out of the room and into the sky as Cardin watches on, listening to Jaune's screams.
"OHHH, COME OOOONNNNNN!" He screams as he flies away.
…Flashback ends…
I hold up three fingers after naming three times Cardin has bullied Jaune.
"Do I need to go on?" Deandra asks him with an unamused glare as everyone else stares at him.
"I didn't land far from the school," Jaune tries to defend himself.
"You landed in the middle of the Emerald Forest, and my team and I had to go and keep you from becoming Beowolf chow," Deandra says, annoyed, making Jaune groan.
"Jaune, you know if you ever need help, you can just ask," Pyrrha offers.
"Oh! We'll break his legs!" Nora says as she stands up with a maniacal grin on her face.
"There's an idea," Ersa agrees with her while cracking her knuckles with an evil smirk on her face.
Jaune stands up with his food tray, "Guys, really, it's fine. Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me. He's a jerk to everyone," Jaune says.
"Ow, that hurt!" we all hear and look over to see Cardin pulling on one of the girl's rabbit ears and laughing at her.
"Please stop," She begs.
"I told you they were real," Cardin says, obviously not caring.
"Please stop." She begs again.
"Yeah or what?" The rabbit girl drops her lunch tray and starts to grip her head as red energy starts to spill out from her body. Cardin doesn't let go but is forced to let go due to the energy radiating from the rabbit girl.
"Um, girls," We all see what's going on and try to shut the girl down before something bad happens. We all pull out our carving knives we keep in our boots for emergencies before jumping in.
"Alright bunny girl, we're just trying to help so don't do something stupid-" Deandra tells the girl before her arms are covered in lunar light.
"Shit." Deandra whimpers before she hits with several uppercuts to break her guard, ending with a jab that sends her flying away, Deandra opens a portal to catch herself.
"Alright, brute force it is then." Ersa jokes, before turning back to team RWBY, "Get someone!" She yells at no one in perpetually, getting a fist to the face and sent tumbling.
Medi pulls out a shell and starts gnawing on it, the girl goes for Medi next, she parries the girl's attacks with her feet. The girl grabs a nearby lunch tray and turns the tray into Ersa's greatsword, but it's not
She wields it with as much proficiency as Ersa herself, with one swing Medi is sent into the air and the rabbit girl is about to smack Medi with her sword but Deandra pops out from her portal and interrupts her.
"Don't forget about me," Deandra tells the girl before kneeing her in the gut, making her lean forward, but Deandra isn't done with her yet and knees the girl in the jaw sending flying back.
"Earth style: Gaia's hold." Deandra slams her foot down making the floor vibrate and crack under the girl before twisting around her and stopping her rampage.
"For the safety of our friends, and yourself," Deandra tells the girl, before grabbing her by the face siphoning the magic from the girl and knocking her out in the process.
Just in time for Ms. Glynda to arrive, "We can explain." Issia blurts out.
"Yes, you will, after you take Velvet to the infirmary." Ms. Glynda orders.
"Yes, Mam." Ersa puts Velvet on her shoulder and takes her to the infirmary.
A few days later
Due to the fight Velvet got a major jump in the ranking due to almost beating all of team DEMI single-handle, but we are going ask how the girl, whose name we find out is Velvet Scarlatina, is able to use mana but we'll save that question for another day.
Right now, me and Medi are in Dr. Oobleck's History of Remnant class with Team JNPR along with Weiss and Blake, and this man is the most energetic teacher I ever had.
This man bouncing all over the room almost as if he's stuck in fast forward, I suspect the cause of that to be in whatever is in his cup. God, he's talking so fast that I may have to slow down time just to keep up, luckily Medi can keep up so I can ask for her notes I may miss. She's always been the one to enjoy things like class and studying.
I look around to see the other students like me and trying to jot down any notes they can and... Jaune asleep, he better not try to ask me for my notes, but I better pay attention to the lecture.
"Yes. Yes, prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution, more popularly known as the Faunus War, humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing Faunus population in Menagerie," Dr. Oobleck quickly says before taking a drink from his cup.
"Now, while this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events. Why the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day," Oobleck quickly continues as he takes another sip of his drink. "Now, have any among you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?" he asks his class.
Velvet who is also in this class, but makes no movement. However, when another random student in the class raises his hand, she hesitantly raises hers. Me and Medi look on, feeling sorry for her since we are in the same situation back in our world.
"Dreadful, simply dreadful. Remember students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence. I mean, I mean, just look at what happened to the White Fang," Oobleck says.
"Now, which one of you young scholars can tell me what many theorists believe to be the turning point in the third year of the war?" Oobleck asks then Weiss raises her hand. "Yes?"
"The battle at Fort Castle," she answers.
"Precisely! And, who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?" Dr, Oobleck further asks.
By this point, Jaune is still asleep until Cardin, from the seat behind me, flicks a folded up piece of paper onto Jaune's head that causes him to stir and wake up.
"Hey," Jaune says, recovering from his beauty sleep.
"Mr. Arc, finally contributing to class. This is excellent, EXCELLENT! What is the answer?" Oobleck asks him when he gets right in front of Jaune's seat.
"Uh, the answer…," Jaune begins while eyeing Pyrrha from behind Dr. Oobleck for some help since he did not know the correct answer. "…The advantage the Faunus…" he hears Pyrrha grunt and looks over to see her pointing at her eyes. "…over that guys stuff…," he looks to see Pyrrha forming circles around her eyes with her hands. "…Uh, binoculars," he finally answers, thinking he got it right.
Oobleck looks on, unamused, while most of the students in the class laugh at Jaune, except for Pyrrha and I who just facepalm.
Just looking at Medi tells me she's mentally criticizing Jaune.
"Very funny, Mr. Arc. Cardin, perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject," Oobleck motions to Cardin, who is leaning back in his chair with his legs on the desk.
"Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier," Cardin says, making Oobleck shake his head at Cardin's racial comment.
"You're not the most open-minded of individuals, are you Cardin?" Pyrrha rhetorically asks, getting irritated at Cardin.
"What? You got a problem?" Cardin begrudgingly asks back.
"No. I have the answer. It's night vision. Many Faunus are known to have nearly perfect sight in the dark," Pyrrha answers correctly, making Cardin growl in anger.
"General Lagune was inexperienced, and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep. His massive army was outmatched and the general was captured," Blake adds.
"He was arrogant to believe he could defeat them at night, and that arrogance left himself vulnerable. You must never underestimate your opponent, otherwise, you'll be walking right into your own defeat," Medi says.
"Excellent point, Mr. Holdback. Multiple factors can lead one to defeat, and history has shown that arrogance leads to downfall," Oobleck says.
"Too bad history seems to repeat itself since SOME people still arrogantly think they're better than others, and end up getting beat by those stronger than them," I further add, mocking Cardin, and making him stand out of his seat with his fists clenched.
"Mr. Winchester, please take your seat," Oobleck instructs him before moving in front of Jaune who was laughing at Cardin. "You AND Mr. Arc can both see me after class for additional readings," he says, much to Jaune's dismay. "Now, moving on."
After class ends, Pyrrha, Ren, Nora, Khazhak, Porphyrius, and the rest of the class leave the room.
"You go on ahead. I'll wait for Jaune," Pyrrha says to her teammates as they leave.
"Porphyrius, head back to our dorm. I'll catch up," Khazhak tells Porphyrius, who nods and walks away.
Back in Dr. Oobleck's classroom, Jaune and Cardin remain the only remaining students.
A few day later we're out in Forever Falls, a mountainous area that always covered in red full of trees, with team RWBY, JNRP, and CRDL along with Ms. Goodwitch to collect Red tree sap for Ms. Peach.
"Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sightsee. 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 while doing so." Ms. Glynda says without a hit of empathy.
She pulls out a jar, "Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here at 4 o'clock. Have fun!"
We spread out and gather the sap in one hour and just killing time until we hear a roar echo through the forest.
"Finally! Something fun shows up!" Ersa exclaims, summoning her weapon and running off to find the fun.
"Wait up!" We all run after her, we come to the sight of Jaune protecting Cardin from an Ursa.
"On second thought, stay back." Ersa changes her mind.
Jaune strikes the Grimm in the chest making it stumble back. The Grimm regains its footing and roars in fury, the Grimm strikes back in retaliation, swinging at Jaune. He dodges out the way of the first attack and jumps over the second, but the Grimm manages to hit Jaune midair sending him tumbling back.
Jaune recovers and runs at the Ursa, which slaps him out the air again, he regains his footing again, but his aura is starting to get low. This fight needs to end now, Jaune and the Ursa charge at each other.
"His guard is open," Medi notes, and at that moment a black aura encases Jaune's shield and moves to protect Jaune. Jaune is kept safe giving the opportunity to get his footing and decapitate the Ursa.
Ersa walks away, "Finally starting to make your way Jaune. Great job on the fight but you're still a rookie." Ersa says to no one.
Back at team DEMI's dorm
"There you go Mr. Potty," I say to our pet tentacle brain after watering him, Mom gave him to us as a gift and we've kept him ever since.
He currently sits on our window sill, being the first thing we see when walking in our room. Problem is trying to explain him away because anyone with half a brain will find him weird and out of place, but seeing him dance whenever any of us tends to him puts a smile on my face.
"I better tell Mom what happened this week." I remind myself as I told her that I would write about our experiences once a week.
"Girls," Deandra says while her voice is teeming with anger, "I'd say now would be a good time to have that chat with team CRDL." She says.
"I'm up for it, Cardin went too far today and I think we should stop him before things escalate anymore." Medi comments.
"Alright then, let's have a nice 'chat' with them," Deandra says before we head to team CRDL's dorm.
Deandra makes herself known to CRDL by loudly banging on their door, "WHAT!?" Cardin opens the door and yells to see who's at the door. By peeking around the door, we can see inside team CRDL's room and see dirty clothes and books on the floor, revealing their slobbish nature.
Deandra keeps her cool and speaks to Cardin calmly, "Cardin, after today's events me and my team would like to have a chat."
"If you want me to say sorry to that Jaune loser, fat chance," Cardin replies before trying to close the door to which Deandra stops it by grabbing it. After a brief struggle, Deandra forces her way in.
"You're not a girl, you're a monster!" Cardin exclaims after being overpowered by Deandra.
Deandra does not take kindly to the insult and picks up Cardin by his throat, "Cardin, me and my sisters have been keeping an eye on you. You and your team have proven yourselves as failures at being hunters."
"Guys, get her off...me," Cardin says though chocked breath to which we pin the others to the floor before they help.
Deandra slams Cardin into a dresser, getting angrier every time Cardin speaks, "I was trying to be peaceful, but now I'm at my boiling point. Cardin, I promise that if I hear about you or your team bullying someone else, I will personally hurt you and make sure you never recover." Deandra lets Cardin go and drops a heavy pillar of stone on his leg.
As Cardin screams in pain, Deandra pins Cardin's head down with her foot, pushing him down with the heel of her foot, "Let me tell you something Cardin, what I am currently doing is consider mercy, I can be much more violent. Let this be me telling you and your team to turn a new leaf or ELSE. And if you try to tell anything about this, I'll do everyone a service and make sure they don't find your body."
"Consider that a warning." Deandra tells Cardin, "Alright girls, let them go, they know what's going on.
Writer- And with that... Don't you fucking try it!
?- Ah ah ah, *snap* That isn't very nice now. You should know to treat women with respect.
W- I'll give you respect when you stop trying to cut my head off. He,y where you are taking me? At least let me cut the recording.
Transmission end