¨Are you sure it was him?¨ Ozpin asked, looking over at Jaune from his desk, the light from the window reflected off of his glasses, making them shine.

¨Yes, I'm sure. Why would I say it was him if it wasn't?¨ It might have not been true, but Jaune needed him to believe that it was. What he was asking Jaune to do was absolutely insane. Ozpin didn't change his expression. It was still just that frown that always made Jaune feel as if he did something wrong.

Jaune was stunned when he saw the man. Unfortunately, the man took advantage of that. He was able to escape. Jaune wasn't sure how, but he did. That was all that mattered. Ever since, it felt like Jaune was suffocating under his guilt. He allowed himself to kill someone innocent. Then, as if that wasn't enough, he let a very dangerous man get away.

¨Do you have any idea where he might have disappeared to?¨ Ozpin asked, raising an eyebrow. For some unknown reason, this pushed Jaune over the edge and he stood up, slamming his hands against the desk, causing everything to shake. This caught Ozpin's attention.

¨Look, I haven't seen him for years. I don't even know if it was him for sure. How in the hell would I know where he was hiding out. Up until today, I thought he was dead,¨ Jaune shouted.

Ozpin removed his glasses and looked at Jaune.

¨I don't care what you have to do. I don't care what means you use, just catch him.¨ Jaune didn't quite believe what he was hearing, nor did he like it.

¨Are you sure Professor?¨ Jaune asked, his voice wavering.

¨If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have said anything,¨ Ozpin said, his voice had a razor edge to it. He put his glasses on and went back to looking through his stack of papers.

¨I'm going to leave now,¨ Jaune said and pointed out the door. He waited for a reply, but Ozpin didn't even look up, just continued to look through his papers. Jaune got up from the chair and walked over to the door, but before he open it, he paused and took a deep breath.

¨If I catch him,¨ Jaune started. Ozpin looked up. He traded his dead eyes for a look of interest. ¨Just, please don't expect me to kill him. That's not my job, I didn't ask for this.¨

Ozpin paused and laces his fingers together, grinning smugly.

¨Actually, Jaune, you did. You signed up for this and more,¨ Ozpin said. Jaune was taken aback. He wasn't expecting that, Ozpin had no empathy.

¨When you were offered the deal, either join us and doing everything that we ask, or, best of luck to you, because you would have been in the exact position you were in before you came to the school. I don't care who he was to you, I asked you to do something and you will carry it out.¨

Blackmail, so that's what Ozpin was getting at. Jaune never thought that he would stoop to that level; but then again, he didn't know this man very well. Jaune took a deep breath and swung open the doors to Ozpin's office, a breeze from outside made Jaune suck in a little breath.

¨I'm going to go and see Ruby,¨ he said, at rushed out.

He could have sworn that he heard Ozpin mutter, ¨Yes, run away, that's always the best plan of action.¨

Jaune didn't care what Ozpin thought, he was already dragging him through enough. Ozpin didn't deserve a single second thought. He rushed down the crowded hall, pushing people out of his way. Class must have gotten out and everyone was now heading up to the dorms. Exactly where Jaune needed to go.

Everyone kept on looking at him and whispering. Jaune wasn't sure if they recognized him. After all, he didn't look himself that day, but he was pretty sure that they guessed. They could also be staring at him because he been gone for what, a week, a month. He didn't even know. Every day seemed to blur into one. It also didn't help that he was asleep for who knows how long.

The room. Jaune almost forgot about that. All those people seeming, wasting their life away for no good reason besides the fact that they could be dangerous. Jaune was outraged with this the more that he thought about it. Just because someone was different, just because they scared other people didn't warrant them to be locked up. Everyone was dangerous.

Everyone was looking at Jaune, he was a hundred percent sure of it now. People knew who he was and it wasn't going to be long before someone started something. It was best if he just went as fast as he possibly could to Ruby's room.

As soon as he thought that, he tripped, landing face first on the floor. Jaune got up as quickly as he could, and he wiped his nose. The impact of the floor had caused it to bleed.

¨What do you-?¨ his voice cut off. Cardin was standing a foot away from him. Jaune could feel his heavy breath on his face.

¨What do I want? Is that what you were going to ask? Well, it's simple, I want you to leave,¨ Cardin said, his voice lowering to a whisper.

¨How are you going to make me? You've seen what I can do,¨ Jaune bluffed. Truth was, no matter how powerful Jaune ever was and ever could be, Cardin still scared him. There was no doubt that he could kill Cardin, but his voice still made Jaune tremble a bit.

Jaune got into a good fighting stance, ready for Cardin to make the first move. Instead, Cardin just laughed.

¨Do you really think that I would fight you. Please, I'm not that stupid. I'll just let some else take care of you,¨ Cardin still was chuckling as he walked away. Soon enough, he got lost in the crowd of people walking to their dorms after a long day of school. Jaune decided that this was a good enough time as ever to put his hood up and keep his head down. At least, until he got to Ruby. She, most likely, could keep him safe. He had faith in her.

There, up ahead was her room. The door was closed and there was laughter coming from the other side. Jaune was a bit nervous to see some of his old friends, but he couldn't avoid it. He was going back to school, at least he hoped he was, and all of his classes were with them.

Jaune took a deep breath and swung open the door. The noise stopped as both his team and Ruby's looked up at him. The tension in the air could be felt in the air. Jaune was holding his breath, waiting for someone to make the first move.

It was Yang who moved first. Jaune was prepared for her to hit him or something, but instead, she hugged him. Jaune was shocked for a moment, but then wrapped his arms around her.

¨Welcome home,¨ she whispered. Jaune started to tear up and tried his best not to show it. She pulled away and smiled at him. His team and Ruby's came up one by one and hugged him. Ren's was probably the strongest.

¨I'm sorry,¨ he whispered in his ear.

¨You don't have to say sorry for anything,¨ Jaune told him and hugged him back. Ren pulled away and gave him a proud smile.

¨So where have you been?¨ Blake asked, sitting on her bed.

¨Running errands for Ozpin. He figured out how to use me for good. Or, at least, his determination of good. I don't quite believe him.¨ Jaune told the group.

¨Understandable,¨ Ruby said, coming to stand next to him. Jaune felt a million times better with her standing next to him. It was amazing and scary that a single person made him feel like this.

¨He's making me kill who I think could be my father,¨ Jaune suddenly blurted out. That got everyone's attention.

¨He's making you do what?¨ Ren asked, his voice rising slightly at the end. The others had the same expression of disbelief.

¨Why do you think that he's doing that?¨ Weiss asked.

¨He looked like him, he sounded like him. I don't know, it's been years since I seen him,¨ Jaune replied, the distress in his voice growing.

¨You need to find him, before anyone else does,¨ Blake told Jaune, walking over to stand by Weiss. Ruby nodded in agreement.

¨If you don't find him, they will, and we all know how that's going to turn out,¨ Ren said. Jaune was glad that he went to his friends. They knew what to do and could help him. He just didn't want them to get hurt.

¨We should team up. RWBY and JNPR. We could find him,¨ Pyrrah said, getting off of a bed. Jaune smiled at her and she returned the favor.

¨Our team are strong apart, we would be even better together,¨ Ruby said.

¨Wait, before you guys start making plans to save the world or whatever, I don't want you guys getting hurt because of me. I need to do this on my own,¨ Jaune told them. Next to him, Ruby rolled her eyes.

¨Please, I thought you were above the whole 'I'm a hero, I need to do this on my own' thing. We are your friends and we are going to help you no matter what.¨

¨Yeah!¨ Nora yelled, pumping a fist into the air. ¨Things around here have been boring, we need some excitement.¨

¨Even something that can get you killed?¨ Jaune asked, raising an eyebrow.

¨You heard Ruby. Our two team are extremely strong. Together, we can take over the world!¨ she replied. Jaune was taken aback with this answer. He never thought that these seven people would be willing to help him like this.

¨All in favor of helping our friend who is in desperate need?¨ Yang said. That was a chorus around the room of ¨Yeah's¨ and ¨I¨. Jaune, despite himself, started to feel sick.

¨Wait, I don't want you guys doing this for me,¨ he interjected.

¨We weren't asking what you wanted us to do. We are going to do this no matter what you say,¨ Ruby told him.

With that, Jaune had a team. All they need to do was find his father. That was going to end well.


Sorry that lately it's been taking me so long to update this. School has been insane and my health is been not that great. For those of you who stuck with me, thank you.

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