Another chapter of this series? Yes. Major stunning twist for the chapter? Yes. Death of Cardin? Ye…WHAT!? NO! As much as I hate Cardin, I'm not going to kill him off. He will get what he deserves though. For those who want to know why I put Tails with Ruby instead of Sonic, I think it would work since the two are pretty much the youngest protagonist in their series. Also, because I wanted to see what it was like to have a fanfiction of Sonic with Blake. The SonicxRuby story is for another day.
We start this chapter off in Goodwitch's sparring class, Jaune Arc vs. Cardin Winchester. The young warrior wasn't having the upper hand during this match, his aura level was already in the yellow with only so much strength left to stand. Cardin had a sinister grin on his face seeing the poor boy already worn out in just a matter of seconds, but never gave up. He charged at the jerk swinging his sword only to miss and sent tumbled over by his mace. The boy went for another strike as the hilt of the mace blocked it.
"You see this? This is the part where you lose." Cardin said managing to pull his head into sight.
"Over my dead-DOHO!" Jaune was saying as the jerk took the chance to kick him in the junk, causing him to collapse.
"Cardin, that's enough." Goodwitch told him as the lights came on.
Looking up, Jaune saw that his aura was in the red while the other guy's was still green. This had been going on for weeks now, the boy who is 'destined' to be a future warrior couldn't keep his aura from weakening for even a second. Everyone in Team RWSM, SKBY, and the rest of JNPR just felt bad of what was coming to the boy.
"Mr. Arc, it's been weeks now. Please try to refer to your scroll during combat, gauging your aura will help you to decide when it is appropriate to attack or when it is better to move to a more… defensive strategy." Goodwitch stated as the boy took out his scroll, sighing because she was right. "After all, we wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf, now would we?" She asked.
"Speak for yourself." Cardin said before throwing his mace over his shoulder walking off stage.
"Remember everyone, the Vytal Festival is only a few months away and it won't be long before students from the other six Kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing!" Goodwitch stated, getting the three teams hyped up for the upcoming battles… Shadow didn't really care as much. "Those who choose to compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale." She stated before the school bell rang, and everyone left. Pyrrha felt completely bad for Jaune and the fact that he's not improving didn't help at all.
(Later at the mess hall)
Nora: So, there we were… in the middle of the night…
Ren: It was day.
Nora: We were surrounded by Ursai…
Ren: They were Beowolves.
Nora: DOZENS OF THEM!
Ren: Two of'em…
Nora: 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!
Nora was basically telling a story while Ren was cutting in with the true story. "*Sigh* She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now." He stated. Knuckles sweat-dropped while Yang was listening closely, Sonic was doing the same thing, Blake wasn't really listening as she was reading her book. Nether Shadow or Weiss were listening and doing other things, while Tails, Ruby and Pyrrha were concerned about Jaune as he was just poking at his food.
"Jaune, are you okay?" Pyrrha asked him.
"Huh?" He said perking his head up. "Oh, uh, yeah! Why?" He asked.
"Well, considering how you've been lately…" Tails trailed off.
"It's just that you seem a little… not okay." Ruby said finishing what he was saying.
"Eh, guys, I'm find… Seriously, look!" Jaune said nervously smiling and laughing.
Then they heard laughter, him and Knuckles looked over and saw Team CRDL(Cardinal) picking on a brown bunny Faunus, making the muscle head growl showing a tick mark.
"Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school." Pyrrha stated.
"Who? Cardin? Nah, he just likes to mess around, you know?" Jaune said trying to hide it.
"Seriously, that's not the case!" Knuckles said with anger.
"He's a bully." Ruby stated with disgust.
"Please, name one time…" Jaune said failing to hide it.
"I can name plenty of times." Shadow stated, breaking the forth wall while pulling the next scene into place.
One time, Cardin flailed his arms around the blonde boy making him drop his book. Another, is when he activated his shield which stopped him from getting into class. The last time is when he pushed him into a locker, then sent it flying when he put in a six-digit code. As Shadow pushed the scene aside returning to the mess hall as a wave a silence played.
"Come on, I didn't land that far from the school." Jaune stated breaking it.
"Jaune, you know if you ever need help, just ask." Pyrrha told him.
"We can break his legs!" Sonic yelled over.
"Perfect idea!" Nora yelled with excitement.
"Guys, really, nothing to worry about. Besides he's a jerk to everyone." Jaune stated again.
"OW, THAT HURTS!" The bunny Faunus yelled as the group turned to see, said asshole pulling on her ear. By that point, Knuckles' left eye was twitching.
"I told you it was real." Cardin said putting in more force as she pleaded for him to stop.
"What a freak!" One of his teammates laughed as he finally let go
"Atrocious. I can't stand people like him." Pyrrha said with disgust.
"Not the only one." Blake said with just as much.
"It must be hard to be a Faunus." Yang said with sorrow.
"It is, and I'm not having that bullcrap." Knuckles said darkly as he got up.
"Wait, wait, no, Knuckles, Knuckles, no. Knuckles, no, Knuckles, don't you dare…" Sonic said with anger as he tried grabbing the guy's arm, but he yanked it back and continued walking towards Cardin. "Okay, everyone, do not look over there, and cover your ears." He said nervously as he heard Knuckles say 'Helllo, Cardin.'.
"Why?" Yang asked.
Then all of the sudden. BANG, CRASH! And a mixture of glass shattering as the three teams heard cries of pain, along with ether Knuckles yelling… 'HOW DOES IT FEEL!' or Cardin and his team screaming… 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" In which gave most of them freaked out faces as they were watching the Echidna beat the crap out of CRDL.
"Yeah, when Knux isn't having that kind of crap, he needs to 'stretch' his muscles a bit." The blue hedgehog says nervously as they hear what could only be assumed as Knuckles punching Cardin in his… mace, causing them to cringe.
He then came walking back to his usual spot while every stared at him. "All done, and taken care of." He said smirking.
"Will Knuckles Echidna of Team SKBY report to the headmaster's office. Repeat, will Knuckles of SKBY report to the headmaster's office." Goodwitch's voice came through the speakers as Knuckles lost his smirk while everyone looked at him with ether freaked out faces, feel bad faces, or in Shadow's case, an I don't care face. But for Sonic he had his hands in his face.
"Okay, I only half expected that." Knuckles stated.
"Unbelievable, what is the matter with you? Why do you think that's going to work EVERY time!?" Sonic scolded him.
"Hey, I was teaching that guy a lesson. Besides, what happened to that girl, was uncalled for." Knuckles scolded back at him.
"He's got you there, he did deserve it." Yang stated agreeing with the red echidna.
"THANK YOU!" The guy shouted across the table.
"Just go to Ozpin's office!" Sonic scolded him while pointing towards the door.
"Remind me not to get on his bad side." Ruby whispered to Tails.
While Knuckles was leaving, he was mumbling something along the way, not noticing a deadly glare coming from Cardin. And boy, he was mad.
(At class)
"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." A hyper active man known as Dr. Oobleck said, taking a sip from his coffee afterwards. "NOW! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events!" He kept saying so fast that many nearly misunderstood him. "Why the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day! NOW! Have any among you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?" He asked around the room.
"That would be me, her, that guy over there, and many others I can name!" Knuckles said pointing towards himself, then the bunny Faunus, then some random dog Faunus at the end of the room.
"Dreadful, simply, dreadful! Remember, students, is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence!" He stated taking a sip of his drink while the red echidna and Cardin glared at each other. "I mean, I mean, I mean just look at what happened to the White Fang! 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? Yes?" He said as he saw Weiss and Shadow raise their hand.
"The battle at Fort Castle!" They both said at the same time.
"Precisely! And, who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?" He asked as Jaune was about to raise his hand until Cardin flipped a paper football at him. "MR. ARC! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer?" Oobleck asked as the jerk was ready to laugh when he thought Jaune was going to mess up.
"Well that's simple, night vision. I read about it in the library that many Faunus are known to have nearly-perfect sight in the dark." He answered, shocking Cardin while making him growl as he saw the blonde look over his shoulder smirking, and Pyrrha was impressed.
"Very good, very good, Mr. Arc!" Oobleck said running back to his desk.
"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 stated.
"Yeah, if he paid even the slightest attention in class, he wouldn't be remembered as the idiot he is today." Sonic said mocking Cardin as the whole class burst with laughter.
"LEAST I DON'T LOOK LIKE A PINAPPLE!" The jerk snapped shouting across the room causing everyone to gasp at what his just said.
"Mr. Winchester! Please take your seat! This kind of behavior unacceptable." Oobleck scolded him, while Knuckles began snickering. "You and Mr. Echidna can both see me after class for additional readings, and discipline." He stated causing the Faunus to groan.
(After class)
Knuckles, Cardin, and their teacher remained. The echidna and the jerk had annoyed looks on their faces, and Oobleck, was not happy. "You are two of those who have been struggling in my class since day one! I don't know if it's a lack of interest or just your stubborn nature, but whatever it is… It stops now!" He said placing his cup on the table. "You've worked hard to gain entrance to this school, and we only accept the best of the best, so! I expect you to act like it. Because racism will not be tolerated and there many ways to solve a situation without violence. If you can't learn from it… you're destined to repeat it." He stated remaining with an unhappy expression. "For your actions, it is detention for the rest of the month with you two and if you don't show up, we might just need to let you go." He stated, not noticing Jaune stayed behind and listened to the entire thing and sighed.
"Jaune, there you are!" Pyrrha said, catching his attention.
"Pyrrha?" He said.
"I know it just seems so sudden, but I have an idea." She said as she grabbed him and dragged him along.
When the two left class, Cardin shoved the Echidna Faunus only to get a punch to the floor in return. Never get on that guy's nerves. Jaune and Pyrrha made their way over to a balcony, where they alone, confusing the boy as he didn't understand what his teammate was doing.
"Pyrrha, I know that I'm going through a hard time right now, but I'm not… 'that' depressed. I can always be a farmer or something…" He stated getting the wrong idea.
"N-no!" She said pushing him along. "That's not why I brought you up here! Jaune, I know you're having a difficult time and that you're still not the strongest of fighters, so… I want to help you!" She said getting her reason all cleared out. "We can train up here after class where no one can bother us!" She stated again.
"You think I need help?" He asked.
"N-no! No, that's not what I meant. Jaune, everybody needs a little push from time to time. It doesn't make you any different from the rest of us. You made it to Beacon, that speaks volumes of what you're capable of!" Pyrrha told him not knowing the truth.
"You're wrong…*Sigh* I-I don't belong here." Jaune mumbled.
"That's a terrible thing to say, of course you do!" She said back to him.
"NO! I wasn't accepted into Beacon!" He snapped at her.
She had a mix of both confusion and shock on her face before asking… "Wh…what do you mean?" She asked.
"I didn't go to Combat School! I didn't pass any tests! I never earned my spot at this academy! I got my hands on some fake transcripts and I lied." Jaune completely confessed.
"But… why?" She asked still confused.
"Because, this is what I've always wanted to be! My father, my grandfather, my great grandfather, and all my other ancestors before them were all warriors! All heroes! I wanted to be one too… but I was never good enough." He stated.
"Then let me help you." Pyrrha said trying to calm him down.
"I don't want help! I don't want to play the damsel in distress! I want to be the hero! I am tired of being some kind of lovable idiot, stuck in the tree while his friends fight for their lives! Don't you understand!? What good am I if I can't do this on my own?" He snapped at her again. She tried to comfort him, but he stepped back. "Just, leave me alone. Okay?" He asked.
"If, that's what you think is best." She said leaving depressed.
Jaune was about to go back inside, until he heard what sounded a sinister laugh, turning around to see the bane of his existence. "Wow, thought she'd never leave. Couldn't help but overhear you two from my dorm." Cardin said making his way over. "So, snuck into Beacon, huh? Got to say Jaune, never expected you to be such a rebel." He chuckled.
"Please! Don't tell anyone, please!" The poor boy pleaded.
"And rat out a friend like that? Come on!" Cardin faked stopping just in front of him putting him into a choke hold. "We're friends now, Jauney boy! I mean, the way I see it, as long as you're there for me when I need you, we'll be friends for a long time." He said releasing the blonde. "That being said… I really don't have time to do those extra readings Dr. Oobleck gave us today. Think you can take care of that for me, buddy?" He asked with an evil grin.
Unknown to him, Knuckles followed up the wall with his spiked fists. He heard everything and from what he heard, he became disgusted. Jaune was his friend so there's no way he would do something like rat him out, no he was disgusted by Cardin. If he thinks he's gonna get what he wants, he's in for it big time.
MacKid: So…
Tai.K.: It's a double chapter
MacKid: Oh, good. Not into cliff hangers.
In the room of Team JNPR. "How come Jaune gets home so late?" Nora asked as she was jumping on the bed.
"He's become rather scarce ever since he's been fraternizing with Cardin." Ren stated as he was working on his weapon.
"That's weird. Doesn't he know we have a field trip tomorrow? We need, our rest!" She said as she did a flip landing with her back on the bed.
"I'm sure our leader knows exactly what he's doing." Pyrrha said in a low tone of voice.
"Hmmm, I guess so…" Nora said with her head down, not noticing Jaune shut the door.
"Yo, Jaune." A familiar voice called, startling him. When he turned around, it was just Sonic. "Been a while, hasn't it? You didn't lock yourself out again, did you?" He asked.
"WHAT, uh, nope! Heh, got it!" Jaune said pulling out his scroll.
"Then, where have you been then?" The blue hedgehog asked.
"I uh… *Sigh* I messed up. I did something I shouldn't have and now Cardin's got me on a leash and Pyrrha won't even talk to me… Starting to think coming to this school was a bad idea." The blonde boy stated as he slid down his door. "I'm a failure." He muttered.
"Pssh, yeah no." Sonic said confusing him.
"No?"
"Yep. Dude, you're a leader now, you can't just be a failure." He stated.
"But, what if I'm a failure at being a leader?" Jaune asked again.
"There's no such thing as being a failure at taking the lead role!" The Faunus laughed.
"You know, you're not the easiest person to talk to about stuff like this." The boy stated with a small laugh.
"Nope… Look Jaune, you really think we succeeded at the first time we've done this stuff?" The hedgehog asked getting the blonde's attention. "Of course not. We've all been failures from time to time, no one does it right on the first try. Knuckles didn't start out great, Tails barely knew anything about technology, HECK, even Shadow couldn't perfect his own semblance when he first started. No one is perfect, that's what makes us all the same. You get trip and fall then you just try and try again, I mean at some point enough is enough, but until that day does come you keep on running." He stated using his own metaphor. "This isn't just about you anymore, Jaune. You have a team now, me, you and Ruby. And When we fail, we're just taking our whole team with us. We need to put our teammates first, and ourselves last. Even if you think you can't be a great leader, they're others who do. Whether you're a Faunus, or if you're a human, it's what's on the inside that counts. Don't try to be the best leader, but the best person. I've learned that from my Uncle, and a certain friend. Good night man." He said as he left for his dorm.
Jaune was still at the door of his dorm until he finally decided to at least, try to make things right. He got up, and turned towards the door, that was until his scroll began going off. He opened it up, it was a message from…
"Hey! It's your buddy Cardin. I know you're probably busy with that dust project I gave you, buuut I'm gonna need you to go out and get me a bag of rapier wasps. And make sure they got some reaaally big stingers. It's very important, so don't screw this up." The message ended like that.
All the poor boy could do was sigh, Cardin had him in chains with him knowing his secret and he couldn't do anything but do what that jackass wants. He was confused for many different reasons but the whole rapier wasp thing, was obviously for no good.
(Next day)
"Yes students, the Forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see. Professor Peaches 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." Goodwitch stated as she took the four teams; RWSM, SKBY, JNPR, and CRDL on the field trip to said place. Tails and Ruby were both amazed by the beauty of the place, Sonic did a little whistle showing he thought the same. Meanwhile Jaune was falling behind, holding a box with a bunch of jars. "Each of you is to gather on jar's worth of red sap. However, theis forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here at four o'clock. Have fun!" She stated showing an example.
"C'mon buddy, let's go" Cardin said dragging Jaune along, the poor boy could only look to see his teammate Pyrrha look at him with a sad face before he left to go with Cardin.
Knuckles knew better though. Instead of going with his crew, he took out a red gem then made a substitute clone to go with them while he followed Cardin and his crew. (He can't actually do that, but I'm just gonna say that's how this would work)
After a few minutes in the forest, Jaune came back to team CRDL dropping the jars then collapsing on his face. "Hey, great work, Jauney boy. Wasn't too hard, was it?" Cardin asked in a fake happy tone.
"I think I'm allergic to this stuff…" The blonde said with a stuffy nose.
"Great, great, great. So, Jaune, I can see you're probably asking yourself, 'Why did my buddy Cardin ask me to collect six jars of tree sap when there's only five of us?'" Cardin assumed.
"That is one of the many questions that I have asked myself today, yes." The boy said getting up.
"Well, come with me and you'll find out." The jerk said as he took one of the jars. The blonde young warrior did not like where this was going.
They made their way up a hill, and stopped when they made it to the top. Getting on all fours, Jaune was confused when he saw all of his friends collecting sap from trees. What confused him even more, was the fact that Knuckles looked like he was emotionless as he was filling his jar.
"Um… Cardin, what's going on?" Jaune nervously asked.
"Payback." Cardin said glaring at the red echidna.
"Knuckles?" He asked again getting nervous. "W-wait, what are you…" He was about to ask until the jerk cut in.
"That's him, alright. Red-headed muscle freak, thinks he's so tough." He said with disgust. "Alright, boys. Last night ol' Jaune here managed to round up an entire box of rapier wasps." He pulled out a box full of, said creatures which was still buzzing. "Now, we're gonna put'em to work." He stated as one of his teammates patted the boy on the back. "Now, according to one of the essays he wrote for me last week, these nasty things looove sweets. I'm thinking it's time we teach that jerk a thing or two." The team got up, pulling Jaune along with them. "And you're gonna do it." He said shoving a jar into the boy.
"Do what?" Jaune asked getting more nervous.
"Hit him with the sap! Either that, or I'll have a chat with Goodwitch, and you'll be on the first airship out of Beacon." Cardin said threatening him.
Jaune looked down at the jar, and put a grip on it. He looked towards Knuckles, began aiming, looked as if he was ready to throw the sap at him, then he realized what he was doing. If he didn't do what Cardin asked, he would be thrown out of Beacon. But it was still the same outcome except by hurting one of his friends, he basically going home without any friends. If anything, he'd rather be expelled from school rather than doing so by getting his friends to hate him.
"No…" He muttered.
"What did you say?" The jerk asked annoyed.
"I said… NO!" He yelled throwing the jar him instead.
Cardin looked at his armor, the sap from the tree made it look as if the bird symbol was bleeding. "Hell, no…" He said darkly as him and his team grabbed Jaune, unaware they were being watched.
(Deeper in the forest)
"DAH!" Jaune yelled after being punched to the ground.
"I warned you, you know." Cardin said picking him up and punching him again. "You just couldn't listen, could you?" He said as his teammates surrounded the poor boy. "I'm gonna make sure they send you back to mommy in teeny, tiny, little, pieces!" he said punching the boy in the gut.
"I don't care… what you do to me. I am not letting you mess with my friends." He glared at him.
"Oh, what, you think talk like that makes you tough? Think you're a big strong man now? You're nothing!" The psychopath shouted in his face as he punched him, only for some kind of white flash to appear for a split second making him drop the boy and hold his hand in pain.
Jaune looked at himself, the wounds Cardin made were all of the sudden healed and he could've sworn he saw his own aura for a second. Until he was kicked in the back and held to the ground.
"You are going to regret that." The crazy guy angerly said.
He grabbed Jaune by the collar and was ready to deliver a blow, Knuckles watched and saw the entire thing. He began to glow green, balling his fists as his rage began to grow bigger and bigger, until... He couldn't take it anymore.
"CRDL!" He shouted at the top of his lungs catching all five of their attention.
(With the rest of the team)
"I think we have enough." Yang said as her and Blake came over to Sonic with full jars.
"Cool, the let's get…" Sonic was saying until he was cut off by…
"CRDL!" Knuckles' voice roared through the forest catching all three of the teams' attention.
"Uh, was that Knuckles?" Weiss asked getting nervous.
"That… would probably be him when his anger gets out of hand." Sonic nervously said.
"Uh, no Knuckles is over there." Ruby said pointing over to the red echidna.
"Yeah, he's just collecting sap like all of us… in the… same movement… over and over again." Nora said as they watched him do the same movement collecting sap over and over again like he was in a time loop or something.
"Wait…" Sonic said as he set his jar down and walked over to him. "Hey, Knuckles…" He said not getting his attention. "Knuckles, hello?" He said snapping his fingers at him. "Hey, c'mon! Stop that!" He said as he yanked his shoulder turning him around, only to see emotionless eyes. "No… he didn't…" he said balling his fists up.
"Sonic, are you okay?" Blake asked with concern.
"What's going on over here." Shadow said arriving to the group with a jar after hearing the yell in the forest.
Sonic got angry as he knew what happen. "It's a fake!" He said as he took his blade, slashing the clone in half before disappeared flashing green, dropping the jar of sap on the ground. "He sent a firkin clone with us?" He said angry as the others were shocked by this.
"W-why?" Weiss asked confused.
Shadow looked in the direction of Knuckles' shout before muttering… "Cardin." Loud enough for everyone to hear.
"What?" Weiss asked confused
Pyrrha was shocked when Shadow mentioned 'him'. She knew there was only one person she cared about that would make Knuckles angry if he was hurt. "Jaune!" She said before rushing into the direction of the shout.
(With CRDL)
They heard Knuckles yell and looked into the direction of where it came from, there they saw the echidna, glowing green, his eyes completely whited out, bursting through tree by with hate, anger, and murder in his eyes. They all got scared and tried to make a run for it, unfortunately they were too late.
Knuckles had already caught up to them, grabbing the mohawk guy, tossing him into the air before appearing in front of him. Punching him to the ground then appearing by his side, punching him through trees. He appeared in front of the dirty blonde one, stopping the rest of the group, throwing a barrage of punches at him faster than possibly light in that matter before uppercutting sending, that one flying into the air and a far distance into the forest. As for the sliver haired one, uppercut, double punch, down air, sending him into the ground hard.
All he had was one left; Cardin. He was on the ground trying to crawl away, but that didn't save him as he was grabbed by his collar and pulled straight up to the echidna's face, fear striking his eyes as he continued to stare into the completely white void like eyes.
"Please… please, no…" He begged whether it was going to work or not.
"You brought this upon yourself, Winchester." Knuckles said in a dark tone.
He tightened his grip on his collar as he began punching him in the face, over and over and over again. He threw him at the ground then grabbed him by the back of his head and began smashing his face into one of the boulders, once, then twice, then a third time before he took another look at his face clutching his fists ready to deliver the final blow.
MarioKid: Jeez, this is a violent episode.
Tai.K.: Yeah, I might be going a bit overboard on this. But it is rated T.
MarioKid: Dude, this is not rated T thing. If anything, this story should be in the rated M section.
Tai.K.: … A-anyway…
"STOP!" Jaune yelled out, causing the Faunus to stop in his tracks and look at him. "Please… Stop." He begged. "A-at least think about this for a second, he has done way more bad things than you can imagine, but he never brought anyone to near death. If you do this, nothing will help, you won't be any better than Cardin." He stated.
Knuckles' eyes began to become visible again, he looked down at Cardin and dropped him in fear. He stared at the injured student as he slowly gained conscious, a black eye, many different bruises, and a little bit of blood coming out of a cut next to his face. He looked around at his team and looked at his own hands, with both a red and green glow emitting from his spikes. He began walking backwards before he began losing conscious himself, nearly hitting the ground turning back to his usual red color as Jaune caught him.
"Yeesh, you are a riot." He said as he began carry him with his arm over his shoulder as Cardin was starting to stand back up. Just then…
*ROAR!* came from not too far as the blonde and the jerk turned to see a giant Ursa coming their way. It gets on its hind legs, then began sniffing a familiar scent. Its eyes found their way to Cardin, seeing the sap on his armor. The bruised man tried to run from the beast, but his injuries only bought him so far before he collapsed. Getting dispirit, he pulled out his mace, getting it swiped away towards Jaune's feet while he was setting Knuckles down. It was hard, but the echidna managed to open his eyes big enough to see the blonde heading towards the jerk with his sword out.
The three teams were making their way over to where they heard the Faunus' screech, coming to a stop when they heard the Ursa's roar. "That's not good." Tails said as they saw the rest of CRDL run past them with many different parts of them bruised, bleeding, or limping fast.
"Hey, what's going!?" Yang yelled grabbing the one with the mohawk.
"Ursa, echidna… ursa… ECHIDNA, CARDIN!" He yelled pointing in the direction of where they came from.
"Oh, for crying out loud, Knuckles." Sonic groaned knowing that he had a part in it. "Yang, Blake, go get Professor Goodwitch." He said to them as they did what they were told.
"You two, go with them! There could be more." Pyrrha told the rest of her team.
"Tails, Shadow, you should go with them to." Ruby said to her team.
Cardin was still on thin ice, trying to crawl away only to get held down by the Ursa's front leg. Just as the rest of the team had arrived, they saw Knuckles against a tree with his eyes barely open, while the Grimm still had said guy with sap on his armor in its grasp. It was just about slash at him with his claw, but before it could land a swipe on him, Jaune got in the way blocking with his shield.
The blonde threw it off balance taking a swipe at its chest, dodging two blows before getting a fist to his stomach that sent him tumbling on the ground. He flipped back up coming back for another blow only to get sent back from another of its swipes. He looked at his scroll, his aura was in the red, but he never gave up. He went for another blow, for the others, it was like slow motion as he went for an attack only to be surprised by what happened next.
(Insert Superhero by Simon Curtis)
Pyrrha though Jaune was done for as she was going to raise her hands to use her semblance, but what happened shocked everyone including her. He flashed blue before appearing behind the Grimm as if he just slashed it, then did the same thing again, flashing blue and showing up in ether the air or the ground like Shadow when he used his semblance. When he was on the ground, one final blow and the Ursa was beheaded with its head falling to the ground.
"Whoa." Ruby said amazed.
"W-what did we just see?" Sonic asked confused and surprised at what the boy did.
Then they saw Pyrrha about to leave. "Wait where're you going?" Weiss asked her.
"Yeah, we've got to tell them what happened." Ruby stated.
"No…" They heard Knuckles say as they saw him get up. "No one is to speak of this, ever." He stated looking over at Jaune.
"Alright. But when we get back, you are getting a very, very, very, long lecture mister." Sonic stated with anger in his tone, all the echidna had to say to this was to sigh. Perhaps he did go overboard.
Jaune walked over to Cardin, and held his hand out which he gladly took but stumbled a bit. "Holy crap man, I mean…" He was saying after they separated.
"Don't ever mess with my team… my friends, ever again." The blonde said in an angered voice as he left him be.
(Later that night)
At the in the hallway of the dorms, Team RWSM was making their way over to their room as before they heard muffled yelling coming from next door. Tails knew what it was, Sonic was scolding Knuckles for what he did in the forest, he was so loud it was almost like he had the door wide open for the everyone to hear, which caused the entire team to sweat drop feeling bad for the red boxer.
At the balcony, Jaune was standing there hoping to meet someone. He thanked Knuckles earlier for helping him, Cardin got suspended from school not getting the chance to rat the boy out, and now the red guy had a little more of a punishment as he now had to help clean out the cafeteria doing stuff like taking gum off the bottom of tables and what not. He continued staring off into the distance, not noticing someone coming to him.
"No Cardin tonight?" Pyrrha asked catching his attention. "I thought you two were best buds?" She stated knowing what happened between the two.
"Pyrrha, I'm sorry. I was being a jerk, you were only trying to be nice and… I-I had all this stupid macho stuff in my head…" He started apologizing.
"Jaune, it's okay." She said back to him. "But, your team really misses their leader, you know. You should come down, ~Ren made pancakes.~ No syrup though, you thank Nora for that." She laughed as she was making her way to the door.
"Wait!" He said before she made it to the door. "I know I don't deserve it after all that happened, but… Would you still be willing to help me?... to become a better fighter." He asked.
Pyrrha stopped and gained a grin on her face as she walked back to before shoving him. "Your stance is all wrong. You need to be wider and lower to the ground." She stated still smiling as she helped him up. "Let's try that again." She stated as their training had just begun.
Wow, okay, I'll admit this is a bit of a rated M kind of episode. I got a little carried away when I came up with the idea of Knuckles taking the spot in Cardin's hate list right above Pyrrha, and it was already at the point of no return. I did save Jaune from suffering from Oobleck's stories though by making him a little more smart in this case. If you want something funny, here's my attempt at doing so.
Bloopers/Outtakes
#1: Faking injuries
Director: And action!
Cardin: You see this? This is the part where you lose.
Jaune: Over my dea-DOF! *Chuckle*
Director: Cut!
Cardin: *Snort* Dude you ruined it.
(Take 2)
Cardin: This is the part where you lose.
Jaune: Over m-DAHA!
Director: Cut! Too early people, too early. Back to the top.
(Take 3)
Director: Action!
Cardin: You see this? This is the part where you lose.
Jaune: Over my de-OOHO! *Falls to the ground*
Cardin: Whoa, dude, are you okay?
Director: Cut! You actually hit him Cardin. *Sigh* Back to the top.
#2: Giggles get the best of us
(Oobleck's class)
Knuckles: That would be me, her, that guy over *Laughs*!
(Scene Change)
Weiss: The battle at Fort Castle! *Chuckle* *Laugh*
Shadow: The battle at *Chuckle* Fort Castle!
(Lunch)
Sonic: Okay, *snort* everyone, do not, *gasp* do not look over there, and… *laugh* I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
#3: Bad timing for shocks
(Forest of Forever Fall)
Cardin: And you're go-AH! *Drops the jar* Dude, you shocked me.
Jaune: Sorry.
Director: Cut!
(Enraged Knuckles)
Director: And, action!
Knuckles: *Grabs Cardin's collar* DAH! You shocked me!
Director: No, no, cut!