My version of Ruby's pep talk to Jaune. Enjoy!

Jaune sighed, lowering himself down to the floor. Pulling his knees in closer, he sighed again.

"Why am I always such a failure?"

A tap on his shoulder pulled his attention, and he looked up to see Ruby staring back down at him, her eyes wide as her head tilted with confusion.

"Ah, you didn't happen to overhear that, did you?" Jaune said with a nervous chuckle, which faded as Ruby frowned down at him, clearly upset with his choice of words.

Ruby sat down beside him, staring at him thoughtfully for a moment before pulling out her scroll. Typing a quick message into it, she held it out for Jaune to read.

"You're not a failure Jaune."

"Yes I am." Jaune sighed, running a hand through his hair.

Ruby simply shook her head, a small smile on her face.

"How do you know? I can't even be a good friend, how am I supposed to be a leader?" Jaune clenched his fist, gritting his teeth as he forced himself to tell the truth for once. Something he had been avoiding the moment he set foot in the academy.

Ruby was completely still besides for her fingers, which were typing furiously. She held out her scroll to Jaune, her smile growing as he took it from her.

"I don't know exactly what you're thinking right now, but I know what it's like, I've felt like you do before. That was different though, I was younger, I didn't have a whole team relying on me then. But you do. Jaune, you can't afford to be a failure. This isn't about you anymore, this is about your team. If you go down, so do they. Do they deserve that? So, instead of being mad at yourself, and calling yourself a failure, work to change that. Make so that no one can call you unworthy again, prove them wrong. Not for you, but for your team. You're a leader Jaune, Ozpin wanted you to be leader for a reason. Now go and prove that he chose the best person for the job. Just like im trying to."

"But Ruby? Why would anyone question you as leader? You're clearly made for it." Jaune stared at Ruby, his own worries pushed aside as he tried to figure out who on earth wouldn't want her as a leader.

"I have my own problems, just like everyone else. I'm good at fighting, but I can't talk to people. Even now, don't you think this conversation would be smoother if you didn't have to wait for my response every time. And that's only the major one. Everyone has flaws, and everyone learns to live and use them to their greatest, one way or the other."

"You know, you're pretty good at pep talks for someone who doesn't talk." Jaune said, smiling.

Ruby smiled back at him, giving him one last comforting pat before walking back into her room, leaving Jaune to ponder more.