Chapter 5: Trouble!

A/N Ok so I had a lot of trouble writing this chapter. It might have been because I had too many ideas for it and tried to put them all together which didn't work all too well or school. I prefer to think both hindered me when I wrote this chapter. But whatever, chapter's here, anywho first shout out to the over 760 views, second shout out to the reviews that I got. (Just to add in right now I spotted some mistakes when I posted this and had to fix them so if you get a triple update...SORRY. I don't like to leave mistakes there it irks me especially when I can fix it.)

Christian4991: Thanks! Nice to know that there are some people that love dragons. Also thanks for making me feel not too bad for making Will seem overpowered. You do bring up a valid point. No one has trained Will as a Dragon Knight but that is something I will bring up some time later since Will is mostly self taught. The Will and Jay fight is coming up soon in a few chapters the reason is because I haven't thought of a weapon for Jay yet. I have a few ideas for it floating around in my head. I'll try to make the fight enjoyable to read when it comes up. As well as the background to the dragons thats coming up to.

Guest: Thanks glad you enjoyed it.

RFTWODGS: Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy the fight scenes.

Alright thats it for reviews. I look forward to reading more. Now onto the fight. That I hopefully did well.

Will stared at his red headed leader. Well this isn't gonna be easy. he thought. True it was going to be hard for him to hit her since he did have his crush on her but it was a match and he was determined to win. The two took their stances and waited for the signal to start. The round started but neither combatant moved. Both patiently waited for the other to do something. Then Ruby took the first move, using her semblance, she quickly got behind Will and swung her scythe. Only to hit nothing. Will reappeared behind her and struck out with his sword. But he hit nothing as well. Will knew it must have been Ruby's semblance that allowed her to dodge. Her semblance speed huh? Well this is definitely not going to be easy. he thought as he stared at his team leader. With his now silver eyes Will teleported above Ruby bringing both swords down as Ruby blocked the strike then quickly using her semblance put distance between them. But Will wasn't having it as he used his semblance to get behind her forcing her to block and move again. As Ruby ran she thought How do I get around teleportation? If I stop to load Crescent Rose he reappears behind me! Wait thats it! She stopped again waiting for Will to reappear. When he did she used her semblance and disappeared. He can't hit what he can't see! Or in this case what he can't keep up with! Will tried to follow Ruby but it proved to be a futile attempt she was just too fast, granted she did leave rose petals behind her but that doesn't help that much. On top of that she wasn't just running in a circle she was running in different patterns around the battlefield. You know what scratch that about this being definitely hard this is EXTREMELY hard. How the hell am I supposed to hit her if I can barely see her and can't predict where she's going? Will thought. Then Ruby started her attack. She hit Will in the head with the blunt end of Crescent Rose.

"OW!" Will cried out. Great she doesn't even slow down to attack either! He sighed inwardly as he rubbed his head. This… is gonna suck. Then Will got struck in the lower part of his body. OH COME ON! Low blow! He thought as he held his stomach.(A/N I'm not a cruel person I promise!) Quickly standing back up Will glanced at the AP(Aura Point) bar. He was already in the yellow while Ruby sat comfortably in the green. He sighed inwardly then a sudden pain lanced through his head.

"Gah!" He said as he held his head again. Ruby saw an opening and took it she brought up Crescent Rose and smacked Will into the other wall as his swords clattered to the floor.. Will was down for the count as his AP bar slowly declined into the red. Just as it hit red and Professor Goodwitch was about to call the match the meter jumped back to green shocking everyone in the room again. Ruby looked at Will who was still unmoving unable to see his eyes since his head was down. Slowly Will began to move again as he removed himself from the wall. As soon as he raised his head everyone could see his eyes had gone a yellowish color but were devoid of light. Will growled and charged Ruby. Professor Goodwitch had tried to stop him but it proved to be to no avail as Will smashed through anything and everything in his path. Finally, knocking away her weapon, he pinned Ruby to floor and had aura covered fists ready to kill but he hesitated. Ruby, unable to reach Crescent Rose, stared at her teammate and saw that Will was struggling trying to regain control.

"Will… Please… Fight it!" She begged. These words seemed to snap Will out of his daze.

"Wha-? Did I-?" Will started questioning, as he got off Ruby, the memory that was now burned in his mind. Did I almost kill Ruby? DID I JUST TRY TO KILL HER? The thought repeated over and over again in his head.

"Will calm down!" Ruby cried out as she saw the distress on his face. It got his attention but had a very opposite effect because as soon as he looked at her his face turned even more guilt-ridden and he used his semblance to teleport elsewhere. The rest of the day was spent looking for him but despite their best efforts they couldn't find him. They consulted Jay, the person that knew Will the best and was absent during Will's outrage, but Jay just shrugged and said,

"When he wants to be alone he makes sure that he is alone but, don't worry though he'll be back eventually."

The Next Day

Ruby woke up early that day and saw that Will had not returned to the dorm last night. She sighed sadly. After seeing Will's face she couldn't be mad at him, not that she could have, but she did wonder what was wrong with him. That's when she spotted the book next to Will's bed. She knew she shouldn't take it considering it was Will's but her curiosity was too strong so she took the book with her to her class.

Emerald Forest.

Will knew he was being childish but he couldn't help it. He almost killed Ruby! Something just stopped functioning in his body arguably it was the rational part of his brain but it may have been something else. He sighed into the new scarf, he just bought, now covering his mouth whatever it was it wasn't functioning and it was killing him. He smashed another tree and it came toppling down. He was going through his head trying to find something, anything that could justify what he did. But then something caught his attention. He looked up and he saw the faint outline of a man, dressed in a red jacket with a lot of zippers, black jeans, fingerless black gloves and had black hair pretty much draped over his eyes. Will blinked once and the figure was gone. What was that? He wondered. Then a certain feeling reoccured. That feeling from the night at the dust shop. That intense feeling to protect.

Back at Beacon around the same time.

Ruby and everyone were enjoying lunch. Jaune was looking down poking at his food. But as soon as he was called out on being bullied he instantly denied it. "Jaune Cardin is a bully and we all know it!" Jay said. Then an idea occurred. He grabbed Jaune and Pyhraa and led them out the cafeteria. Then Blake noticed the book in Ruby's hand. Having a natural curiosity Blake asked,

"Hey Ruby what's that book?"

"Oh yeah! I completely forgot about this." Ruby said raising the book up. Only to have it snatched from her.

"Ooh? What's this?" Cardin said examining the book.

"Hey give that back!" Ruby said reaching for it, but Cardin was taller than her and held it out of her reach.

"Or what? You'll beat me up?" Cardin said getting ready to hit Ruby. Ruby and Yang were about to speak up but a new voice entered the conversation

"I will." Cardin turned to face Will who promptly punched Cardin in the face sending him flying across the cafeteria. Will caught the book and handed it to Ruby, not realizing it was his, and walked over to where Cardin. Cardin's teamed tried to sneak up behind Will but in end six satisfying SNAP! sounds reverberated throughout the cafeteria. Satisfied Will turned to Cardin rose his fist up and punched him in the face hard. But without even turning to his team he teleported away again.

"Ok... Well that was a thing." Yang stated. Then Jay walked in,

"Hey guys! what's team CRDL doing on the floor and why do their legs look like-NORA!"

"It wasn't me! It was Will!"

"Really?" Jay asked

"Yes he teleported in here when Cardin tried to bully Ruby and beat him up." Ren informed.

"Ooh so where is he now?"

To that everyone shrugged.

"Great just great." Jay sighed

On the Rooftop with Jay, Jaune, and Phyraa(A few minutes before Cardin's beatdown)

"Jaune this Cardin thing needs to stop!" Jay said

"What thing? He doesn't just pick on me you know!"

"That's true but seriously you need help! So I've been thinking that every night you, Pyhraa and I can up here to train!"

"You... Think I need help?" Jaune asked. Jay sighed and Pyhraa patted his shoulder,

"I'll talk to him go check on the others." She said.

"Please do." Jay said as he walked down.

"Jaune you can make a great leader there's so much potential in you!" She said after Jay left.

"I don't deserve to be here." He said dejectedly.

"That's a terrible thing to say of course you do!"

"NO I DON'T" Jaune shouted. Then he went into this huge detail about how he snuck into Beacon.

"Please just leave me alone." He finally said.

"Alright if that's what you think is best." Phyraa said and she walked away leaving Jaune to himself. But little did he know that he was above Team CRDL's room and there was a tape recorder that was left on and it had just recorded what he had just said before it clicked off.

A Week later

Everyone, minus Will, went on Professor Peach's field trip assignment to collect sap from the Forest of Forever Fall. Ruby was still upset that her teammate/crush had yet to reappear but she kept that last part to herself. Team RWBY and Team JJNPR, well actually JNPR because Jaune went off with Team CRDL since Cardin had found out Jaune's secret and was blackmailing him, were collecting sap. While Team CRDL planned to get a little revenge.

"Ugh I think I'm allergic to this stuff." Jaune complained.

"Great great. Anyways Jaune I bet you were wondering why I had you collect 6 jars of sap when there are only 5 of us." Cardin said.

"That is one of the many questions I asked myself today yes." Jaune deadpanned.

"Well today we're going to have a little revenge." Cardin said dragging Jaune over to where the rest of the group was gathering sap. Cardin explained the plan to get revenge on Pyhraa and Will, even though Will wasn't there he could still sabotage his team and as for Pyhraa she disgraced him earlier in class that week, and Cardin told Jaune that he would be the one to throw it as he held a box of rapier wasps to release the sap was sprayed on the unknowing teams. After a while Jaune remembered his talk with Ruby then he thought I can't do this to my friends! And he firmly said,

"NO!" and threw the jar of sap at Cardin getting it all over his chest plate. Cardin and his gang were about to beat Jaune up until they had heard a roar in the distance and an Ursa Major came barreling out of the forest attracted to the sweet scent of the sap on Cardin's chest. It batted Cardin to the side, and was closing in for the kill but Jaune shielded the bully. On cue, as the fight started, Ruby, Weiss, Jay and Pyhraa all arrived in time to see Jaune kill the beast. Proud and satisfied they turned to leave but then a horde of red eyes surrounded them from all sides.

Uh oh.

EXTRA:

During the Week overpass (Will's POV)

Will knew he shouldn't have just left his team but that figure he saw... it just felt so… alluring. As if it was calling out to him. So he returned to the spot where he saw it. Using his aura Will had found a trail of aura that led deeper into the forest and he followed it. The trail led him to the spot they had found their artifacts for initiation and the figure was there.

"Hello." it greeted.

"Hi…" Will said cautiously making sure he wasn't crazy. The apparition chuckled,

"Don't worry you're not crazy." It said as if it read-

"your mind?" it finished helpfully. Now Will was really freaked out but one questioned remained in his mind.

"Who are you?" he finally asked. The ghost just smiled,

"Monty, Monty Oum."

A/N: Yeah so sorry for the late update. I planned to post this on Monday but school got in the way. This will be a reoccuring theme so update dates may vary. Hopefully they won't be too long. Afterall this is my first fanfiction and I'm still having trouble dividing up my time to write and work. Hey look kameo! Hopefully it's well received. Anyways reviews are greatly appreciated good or bad. Tell me how the chapter was and how I did. I look forward to next time!