AN: Hey Guys, I'm gonna start this off with saying that, as you've probably already noticed. Most of the characters are OOC, I meant it to be this way and I hope there is no confusion. It helps me flow through the story in my head better...

Jaune felt like crap, to say the least. He couldn't understand it, after Cardin... After everything that happened the day before, how could everyone sleep as if nothing had happened at all? He couldn't sleep at all, every time he closed his eyes, all he could see was the thing Cardin had turned into... Dead, by his hands nonetheless. It then hit him, he was in a school for training Huntsman and Huntresses. It was by far the most dangerous job in the world, people didn't just become a huntsman or a huntress without a driving force.

Sure, Jaune's force was that he wanted to help people, like the heroes in the stories he always read. But he didn't know about his "friends", he was their leader, and as such, he should know them the best, but he didn't... He didn't even know why they wanted to be Huntsmen. Maybe they'd all experienced loss far greater than this, multiple times even. No, no even if that was the case, a life is a life, nothing changes if Cardin wasn't the... Nicest person around. Jaune didn't care to think of him, the images would come back, he didn't want to remember Cardin from the state he was in. He had apologized with all of his heart before asking Jaune to take his life, that took bravery and honor, something that Jaune valued immensely, traits that the heroes in his stories had, traits that he lacked... A loud snort from Nora startled him out of his train of thought. Thinking back, he couldn't think of Nora having experienced any dramatic loss in her life, but he didn't know, was it a facade? Did she just FAKE being hyper and excited all of the time? He didn't know, the more he thought about it, the more he realized that he didn't know anything about his team. This fact hit him like a freight train.

How could he call himself a worthy leader? Sure, Pyrrha had told him that he was well worth more than he had thought. He even believed her... Until now, until he realized that she probably only told him that so that his self loathing wouldn't get her or the rest of his team killed. He didn't deserve to be here, he didn't deserve these friends. He didn't earn his spot in Beacon, some person, who probably was far more skilled than Jaune mind you, could have made it in and been a much better addition to the school than him. That's when he decided, decided that he was going to leave and never come back. It was the third trimester but Jaune knew that they would have to replace him somehow. He took a quick look at his scroll.

'Good, it's only 6:00 in the morning, today is a Sunday so no one should be awake by the time I leave' Jaune thought to himself.

He gathered all of his belongings into his bags and put on his armour ever so quietly, as to not wake his teammates. He was done by 6:15 and ready to go. He was at the door, just standing there, staring at it. Was this what he wanted? No, every fiber of his being wanted him to stay with his friends, but as Ruby had said, he couldn't be a failure because he was a leader now. So he decided that he would be a failure somewhere else.

"Wooow, sound logic Jaune. That sounded so much better in my head..." Jaune whispered to himself. Instantly regretted doing so. As he heard Pyrrha grunt as she sat up, rubbing her eyes while doing so.

"Jaune? What are you doing? Why do you have a bag in your hand?" Pyrrha seemed to grumble out.

"Uh... Just going to do some early morning practice. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Jaune whispered, not even looked her way.

"Jaune... You don't get up this early EVER. What are you really doing? And why are you not looking at me? What's wrong?" Pyrrha asked, concern evident in her voice.

"N-n-nothing's wrong Pyrrha, honest! I think that I need a lot more training, so I've started going to train earlier than usual." Jaune said shakily. It wasn't fully true, but it wasn't a full lie either.

"Remember Jaune, we're all here for you. If there's anything you need to talk about you can trust us..." Pyrrha said, trailing off.

"I'm fine Pyrrha, seriously, I am." Jaune said opening the door to leave.

Just before Jaune closed the door, Pyrrha heard Jaune say "Thanks for everything". That was it, the tipping point. Everything came together at that time. The bags under his eyes and in his hands. The nervous tone in his voice. He was trying to leave! Trying being the main word here, Pyrrha would be damned if she let him leave. The team needed him, SHE needed him. She'd lost enough people in her life and she wasn't about to let another one go. Jaune had made a huge impact on Pyrrha's life in the short months that they had known each other. She had been alone most of her life, people seemed... Afraid of her. Like she was some perfect person that would be tainted by them even speaking to her. Jaune was different though, he had just met her and talked to her normally. He didn't even know who she was. He was brave and strong, it didn't matter what he thought of himself, she KNEW that he was amazing. He blocked that attack from the Death Stalker without much effort on his part. She hadn't thought much of it at the time, until she learned of his fake transcripts. He had done that with no prior training on his part. He had the makings to be one of the best. He couldn't leave now! He'd just started!

Pyrrha jumped out of her bed, now fully awake. She lunged out of the door and gave pursuit to Jaune who, now, was almost at the corner of the long hallway.

Jaune thought that his plan was foolproof, he'd say that he was going to train, then leave and never return. Seemed simple enough. That was, until he heard something behind him.

*THUD* *THUD* *THUD*

This noise was continuously getting closer and louder. By the time he had looked around, he got a face full of scarlet red. Next thing he knew, he was laying on his back with Pyrrha on top of him, crying. His things were strewn across the floor, evidence of his endeavor.

"What's wrong?! We heard a bang!" Yelled Ruby emerging from her dorm, followed by the rest of her team and the NR of JNPR.

'Oh great, whole gang's here now' Jaune thought to himself.

"What's going on? Pyrrha, why are you on top of Jaune? Are you crying? Did Jaune make you cry? Jaune, did you make Pyrrha cry?" Ruby shot out, almost as fast as Prof. Oobleck, which both horrified and impressed her friends.

'Pyrrha PLEASE don't tell them, for the love of dust-' Jaune's thoughts were cut short.

"J-J-Jaune was *sniff* Jaune was trying to leave!" Pyrrha struggled to say these words, like she didn't want to admit it.

"He WHAT?!" Everyone yelled at once, besides Ren of course.

Jaune winced when he heard this, there were already too many people here than what he wanted, drawing in more would not help in the slightest.

"Guys, could we maybe take this somewhere else? You know, before more people show up?"

JNPR Dorm Room

"Why would you even think of leaving, Jaune?" Ruby asked right after they all took a seat and calmed down.

"Yeah Vomit-Boy, what's the big deal?" Yang asked with a semi-serious face.

Jaune let out a sigh, and started his story. The WHOLE story up until now, about his childhood, his fake transcripts... Everything.A few awkward minutes after Jaune was done with his story Blake broke the silence.

"I think I speak for everyone when I say that we had no idea Jaune..."

That surprised him, Blake had never before spoken to Jaune, let alone use his name.

"So... Does that mean that I can go now? The ship leaves in fifteen minutes and I don't want to miss it." Jaune said with his head down.

"Are you honestly still on that?!" Yelled Ruby, obviously really mad.

"YES Ruby, yes I am! I can't be a leader, I never could. I don't belong here, I never did and never will. Don't you guys get it? I came here with my little dream of being a hero for the people of the world. K... Killing Cardin woke me up." Jaune said with a defeated look in his eyes.

"You know what? I think he's right! I always got a vibe from him that was a little off, like he was hiding something, that he didn't belong. He shouldn't even be here right now!" Weiss said with a small laugh.

*BAM*

Pyrrha was on top of Weiss and pummeling her in the face.

"You think that you know?! YOU FUCKING BITCH! If anyone doesn't belong here, it's YOU, not Jaune! You're so cold and stuck up. You get everything you want, whenever you want. You wouldn't know what it feels like to work for something. I mean actually WORK for something, not pay people to teach you!"

It took a while for everyone process what Weiss had actually said. I mean sure, she can be bitchy sometimes... Okay, a lot of the time, but not on this level. Their confusion gave enough time for Pyrrha to both break Weiss' nose and her jaw.

By the time Ren pulled Pyrrha off of Weiss, she was already out cold. Blood pooled around the heiress' head from her nose. Jaune had already called the school medics and they were there in no time.

"Wow... I guess that Yang isn't the only one who can rage like that..." Nora said quietly.

"Shh.." Ren whispered to Nora, immediately quieting her down

Pyrrha was hugging Jaune's arm tightly, as in, if she let go he would disappear from the face of the earth. No one knew what to say, or what to do.

Seeing this as an opportunity, Jaune spoke up.

"You guys... As you can see, this whole debacle has caused too many bad things to happen. I want you guys to be friends. And Weiss was right, I never belonged here, and I still don't" Jaune said trying to hold back tears.

Pyrrha tightened her grip when Jaune mentioned Weiss, he could sense hate from her.

"If that's what you think is best Jaune..." Pyrrha started.

"Okay! I'm glad that you see it my wa-"

"Then I'll just go with you!" Pyrrha said, surprising everyone there.

"W-w-w-wait a minute there Pyrrha, you have to think of your future. I don't even know where I'm going to go, you can't just-"

"If you go, I'm going too! I've made up my mind and I'm not changing it!" Pyrrha said pulling Jaune into her more so.

This action made Jaune blush extremely. No one had ever been so believing in him, not even his family.

"Y-you guys can't leave, what are we gonna do without you?!" Nora asked with the most worried look in her eyes that any of them had seen before.

"We can't very much just let those two go by themselves now can we Nora?" Ren said, startling most in the room.

"Are you all insane?!" Yang yelled, honestly confused as to why things escalated this quickly.

"We're a team, your team is your family. We're not abandoning our family." Stated Ren matter-of-factly.

"Ugh, you're all so stupid! I can't handle it!" Yang screamed as she stormed out of the room. Followed by Ruby.

Blake gave one last look at Jaune before she too followed the rest of her team.

"So... You guys realize that you coming with me would make my leaving pointless right? I want you to have the leader that you deserve, not ... Me..." Jaune trailed off.

"We all believe and trust you Jaune, we'll follow you to our deaths if you think that it's what's best." Pyrrha said, after calming down.

Jaune felt tears well up in his eyes, he really didn't know these guys at all.

"Well you guys better start packing then! We leave in thirty minutes, seeing as we missed the first flight." Jaune said with a grin.

Twenty Minutes Later

Team JNPR was in front of the school with the RB of RWBY.

"You guys are actually leaving?!" Ruby said with concern.

"We're more likely to get a job being huntsmen with experience under our belts. We can just come back and join as third years to get our licenses." Pyrrha said, still latched onto Jaune's arm by the way.

"Plus, Jauney thinks it's what's best!" Exclaimed Nora vigorously.

"Is this really true Jaune?" Blake said with careful eyes, awaiting the answer.

"Well, I think it's best for me, not the whole team. They wouldn't let me go by myself anyway so..."

"JAUNE!" Blake yelled.

"Yes, I think it's what's best"

"Then it probably is, I wish you guys the best of luck and will see you in a year" Blake exclaimed.

"You agree with them?! I know what Yang feels like now! JEEZ!" Ruby said, flailing her arms into the air.

*Sigh* "There's no arguing anymore I guess. If I'm not going to see you for a while I guess that it won't hurt would it?"

"What are you- MMMFFHMM!"

The most unexpected happened... Ruby lent in and kissed Jaune, on the lips I might add.

This made Pyrrha blush madly, out of both embarrassment and anger.

Jaune had no clue what just happened, he didn't even have enough time to think about it because, right after Ruby pulled away, Pyrrha pulled him in and kissed him too.

"Well, I think that's our ship over there, time to go!" Ren said pulling Jaune away from the two girls and running for the ship.

"WAIT!" screamed Pyrrha as she chased after the rest of her team.

"Well that was unexpecte-" Blake was cut off by a sob... From Ruby.

"What if they don't make it back? What if they die out there? Will I be able to see Jaune again?"

"They'll be fine Ruby, I know they will. They have Jaune leading them" Blake didn't believe herself even the slightest, but what Ruby needed was the comfort of her words, so she supplied such.

Elsewhere

"Ha Ha Ha! Now isn't that a great turn of events! Just spectacular!"

"Do you think this is funny?! They could very well die on their own, in the wild no less!" Glynda Goodwitch was furious, to say the least.

"But if they make it back to be third years, it will push our plans forward tenfold!' Ironwood said with hope in his voice.

"IF being the key word here..." Ozpin deadpanned.

"Are you saying that you don't believe in them Ozpin?" Ironwood said sarcastically.

"I believe in their skills... But not in their minds. This world is a dangerous place, it... Changes people, we all know this from experience." Ozpin's words made the smile on Ironwood's face dissipate as fast as it had appeared.

"Well I guess we'll just have to wait and see..." Ironwood said, looking through his scroll at the camera feed of team JNPR playing on the screen.

"That we will..." Ozpin replied.

AN: I'm sorry this took so long to get out and that it's so short. Writers block sucks hardcore. I hope you enjoyed and, you know, a review or two wouldn't hurt... :D.