So this was my original idea for AKFF's first chapter but I liked the Bomb based semblance more but this idea popped up in my noggin again and won't leave me alone so I decided to write it out. Hope you enjoy it. I do not own RWBY.

Chapter 8- A Knight's Final Fight- Original Version

Jaune's POV

Dang it Pyrrha what were you thinking? Why did you shove me into that freaking locker? I get you want to protect me but for crying out loud that woman beat Ozpin and has proven she has no problem killing. Even with all your skill you can't beat her alone. Then again I'm always by my friends' sides with my semblance. Wound Transference, I can take wounds for people I form a link with, to be more precise they still get the wound for like a millisecond before I heal it and take it upon myself. I found out about it a month ago. Pyrrha was the first since she awoke my aura a connection was already made, she passed off not getting injured as having more aura then she thought but I figured out what happened when the claw marks appeared on me. I can hold back the damage for some time but it eventually catches up with me and I get the pain twice, once when I stop the wound on someone and then again when I the damage forms on me. It took a while to set up a link with RWBY, Nora, and Ren because I know they would refuse to allow me to use it. The only reason they haven't figured out something is up is the fact they still feel the pain of the blow. Speaking of pain…

"GAHHH" Damm that one hurt. Someone just lost an arm or would have if my semblance wasn't protecting them, I can feel where my arm will separate when I can no longer hold the wound back. That hurt more then what ever got someone in the gut a few seconds earlier. I hope Weiss can get someone to help Pyrrha. Dang, each step I take really hurts right now. I've never had to take this much damage before at once. I keep walking in the direction of where I know the others are but I can barely stay focused right now, it just felt like someone slammed a wall into me twice. I finally collapse forward only to be caught by someone.

"I say young lad, whatever are you doing here?" It's Port and Oobleck, good to see they survived. "Pro…professor, Pyrrha wen…went to tower. Fight…fighting the mastermind of this, Ge…get her help." I zone out after that, someone just got their heart pierced. So much pain, my friends are in the thick of things and I know I won't make it at this rate. But I can't stop now, I have to keep this up. It's like chess, give up a pawn to keep the higher ranked pieces on the board or sacrifice it to recover one. When I snap back into reality I'm in the courtyard with WBY and NR.

"Vomit Boy, you still with us." Hey even when things are bad Yang can't stop calling me that. Oddly enough I don't mind so much. "For now, in a few minutes I can't promise anything. Where's Ruby and Pyrrha?" Looks of shock cross their faces at what I said, I see no point in beating around the bush. "Their right next to you, you dolt. And what do you mean in a few minute you can't promise anything." I look to the right and see Ruby and Pyrrha leaning against a wall, exhausted but alive. "What happened with Cinder?" Five minutes, that's how much longer I can hold back the wounds. I wonder what will kill me first, the wounds or my friends when they learn what I did. Pyrrha turns to face me.

"It was like you said, I was getting thrown all over the place, I should be dead. She used some arrows to pierce my ankle and my heart. I felt my heart get pierced and then Ruby showed up and did … something, I don't even know what she did. You can see the effect on the Dragon Grimm." I look at the tower to see the Dragon has become a statue. Wow, just wow. Ruby then speaks up. "I just felt anger and fear when I came up and saw Pyrrha having an arrow sticking out of her chest. I can't remember anything after that, apparently Uncle Qrow got us down." So Pyrrha is the one who got the heart shot. "Hey Pyrrha, where's your weapon?" Pyrrha just points out at the ruins of Beacon. "Akouo is out there somewhere and Milo was destroyed." So looks like Pyrrha needs a new weapon.

I remove Crocera Mors from my belt and toss it to her. "Here, I won't need it anymore." The others gain a worried look on their faces and Pyrrha is panicking. "What do you mean you won't need this anymore?" My times up, the wounds start to appear. The one to the gut is first, blood begins to stain my clothes. "M…my semblance is Wound Transference, found out a month ago. Took me a while to set up a link with all of you but I did it. Any wound you would get I take on instead, I can't stop the initial pain but I can get the wound. It's like Weiss said once, being a human shield is what I'm best at." The shock is back on their faces, guilt is also on Weiss's face. They didn't think I could ever hide something form them. "GAHHH!" my left arm falls off without warning, blood drips from the stump. "Have to ask who lost the arm." Yang grips her arm, guess that answers that. I lose track of what they're doing as the pain overwhelms my senses as more wounds pile on and on.

"JAUNE!" I think that was Ruby. Someone grabs the front of my hoodie and my vision clears up to see its Pyrrha grabbing me. "You can't do this Jaune, you can't just die on me." Tears are leaking from her eyes. I reach up and cup her cheek with my remaining hand. "Hey don't cry, it doesn't suit you. Ozpin for some reason made me leader, which makes it my job to see my team survives. Besides you guys are the closest thing I have to family. My relationship with my blood family is… well just horrible to be frank." Understatement of the century. "So thanks for everything guys, I'd better not see you for a long time okay that's my final order as leader of team JNPR." The wound to the heart shows up now, my vision fades to black as I lose my grasp on life. RWBY and my team are surrounding me, begging me to stay with them. I'm kind of surprised Weiss, Blake, and Yang are this torn up.

You know I actually did some good for once, I was able to protect someone for once. It doesn't make up for all the times these seven have had to save me but at least I was able to put one mark on my side of the scoreboard. Not that bad for a failure of a knight, not bad at all. My last sight is that of Pyrrha shouting at me and then everything fades to black for me. I wish I could have gone on to be an actual Hunter but there are worse ways to die then to die protecting your loved ones.