JAUNE MADE A BO BO
"Atrocious, I can't stand people like him" Pyrrha said staring at Cardin's unconscious form. "Um… oops" Lion said sheathing his sword.
"CARDIN!"
"You'll, pay for this" His teammates said before rushing.
Time seemed to slow down as they all attacked him.
Weiss's mouth was wide open, Ruby and Yang were cheering for our dragon slayer, Blake didn't give much, Ren watched closely while Nora tried to copy his serious face but kept laughing, Pyrrha was eating and Jaune was just looking.
The first of Cardin's teammates launched an uppercut, aiming for Lion's jaw, he just dodged, grabbed the arm twisted it and…
*snap*
It broke.
"AHHHHHH!"
The other two attackers stopped and looked at their hurt friend, they began sweating before gulping and rushing again. They tried to do a two-way attack and sent both of their fist at Lion's face, missing due to Lion dodging and sidestepping in between the gap of their shoulders. He grabbed the back of both of their heads and slammed them on the ground, cacking both their face and the ground.
"Okay who's next?" He quickly noticed that there was no one left. "That's all? Maaaaaaan I'm bored" He stomach growled. "And hungry" He began walking to the cafeteria store before his arm was nudged. He turned around…
"Hm?" His lifeless red eye pierced the bunny girl's chocolate brown ones, sending a cold chill down her spine.
"T-t-thank you" She said looking down, a mild blush on her face.
"Don't thank me" Her head shot up, some tears could be seen forming at the corners of her eyes. "B-but" She was silenced by a finger to her lips.
"Shhhh my child, don't worry about it, it was nothing" He then patted her head and walked away, leaving the poor bunny girl to think to herself. "He's so… brave"
"Hard work, balls, spirit and lots of pain and blood, but the tears that I see on you face… not those" He kept walking as he thought of these things, a small smile creping upon his face. "Man I'm really starting to grow on all this nice guy crap"
"What were you thinking!? You're gonna get in trouble again!" Weiss said grabbing his ear and making him sit down next to her. "Ow ow ow ow, Weiss watch the ear, watch the ear!"
"You just got out of trouble and you do THIS!"
"Well I wasn't really in- "
"I don't want to hear it! The point is that you shouldn't have done that"
"y-yes mam…" this felling was not alien for our dear Dragon Slayer because of how many time Erza had screamed at him. Like that one time he let the kids do whatever they want and they ended up blowing up half of the house the moment Erza had got home from a job, I don't even think his regenerative abilities could heal the wound she left on him… Jezz just remembering that send chills down my spine.
TO CLASS!
*snore* *snore*
Jaune and Lion were passed out on their seats next to each other, a bit of drool going down both of their cheeks as they snored away the class, the rest of their friends and teammates had a rather disappointed look on their faces, Hm… I wonder why?
"I told them not to stay up late last night!" Pyrrha screamed in her head. You might be wondering what they did last night, well…
LAST NIGHT
*gulp* *gulp*
Lion was chugging down a whole bottle of beer as he had a drinking contest with Jaune, believe it or not, Jaune and Lion had become rather good friends throughout the course of their time in Beacon. Right now they were in Lion's room, and cans could be seen EVERYWHERE.
"You can drink a lot more than I thought you could, hell you can drink a lot more then what Phoenix could" Lion said as he put the beer bottle back to his lips.
"T-thanks *hiccup* but… how are you still going? I mean, we've gone through like…*hiccup*" Jaune store endlessly at the mess of beer cans before him. "69 cans" He pointed out, the blush on his face only getting redder.
"No no no… Jaune YOU have drunk 69 cans I have drunk 420" Lion said pointing to Jaune's pile of cans before pointing to his.
"Fair point… *hiccup*" Jaune responded before they laughed away the night.
BACK TO CLASS
"Who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?"
*Flick*
"Hey!" Jaune had woken up, due to Cardin flicking a piece of paper on his head. How can a SMALL ASS piece of paper wake you up… Jezz you must sleep like a bird.
"Mr. Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent!... What is the answer?" The teacher asks as he stares at Jaune, not paying attention to the sleeping slayer by him.
"Uhhhhh… the answer… The advantage… of the Faunus… had over that guy's stuff…"
"He's in trouble now… come on Jaune! Even I know this, and I've only been here for like a week!" Lion thought, his snoring just getting louder as he drifted back into his nap.
Jaune was in the spotlight, he had nothing to say! He couldn't remember what the Faunus had over captain whatever's troops. Thankfully he had a really nice friend called Pyrrha who decided to make hand gestures suggesting the answer.
Buuuuuuuut… it turns out Jaune just couldn't get what she was trying to tell him and just guessed it.
"Um, B-binoculars!" Told ya.
You could hear a small smacking sound from Pyrrha's direction as the whole class laughed, Cardin most, you could even her a slight giggle from Lion's resting form. The teacher sipped his drink as the laughter before him unfolded before swooping behind his deck.
"Very funny, Mr. Arc. Cardin! Perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject!" He pointed out Cardin, who surely had had too much fun from just a little screw up.
"Well, I know It's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier"
"Incorrect! Teaching Natsu to wield a sword was much MUCH easier that teaching happy how to count to 100… that was a pain…" Lion thought as he remembered all the sleepless nights he had trying to teach happy how to say 69… hehe.
"You're not the most open-minded of individuals, are you, Cardin?" Pyrrha asked as she turned around to face the fool.
"What? You got a problem?" Cardin retorted as he got all aggressive.
"No, I have the answer!" Pyrrha turned back to face the front "Night vision. Many Faunus are known to have nearly-perfect sight in the dark"
Cardin growled like the dog he is at this comment.
"General Lagune was inexperienced and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep" Blake supported her friends comment by adding how the mistake was made.
"his massive army was outmatched, and the General was captured" The teacher bowed his head in approval. "Perhaps if he'd paid attention in class, he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure" Blake said referring her little aggressive comment towards Cardin.
Cardin stood up and took a step forward before the teacher told him off.
"Mr. Winchester! Please take your seat"
Jaune laughed silently but didn't laugh silent enough for it to go unnoticed by the teacher who just punished them.
"You, Mr. Arc and…" Lion snored loudly for a second as the teacher looked at him with disgust. "Him, can both see me after class for additional readings" Even in his sleep, Lion growled a bit scaring the teacher a little as he took another sip from his coffee.
"Ohh" The teacher swooped away again. "Now!"
AFTER CLASS
All of team JNPR stepped out, along with all of the other students following behind, but they were missing their lovable leader. *cough* *cough*
Back in the class, our main sources off stupidity and some dog were getting lectured.
"You two have been struggling in my class since day one! Mr. Dragneel, you just feel asleep and I can't have that, now I don't know why? Is it lack of interest or just your stubborn nature, but whatever it is…*sip* It stops now!" He places his overused mug of coffee on his desk.
"You've worked hard to gain entrance to this school, and we only accept the best of the best, so, I expect you to act like it. History is important, gentlemen!"
Lion scribbled stuff into a small notebook he had bought.
"If you can't learn from it… you're bound to repeat it. Pages 51 to 91! I want an essay on my desk by next class! Now run along" All three of them stood from their seats and walked towards the door.
"Mr. Dragneel!" Lion turned around, he held the small notebook he was writing on earlier in his right hand. "Yes?" Lion responded, putting the notebook in his pocket.
"What's in the book you've been writing on for the whole class?" The teacher asked, pointing to Lion's pocket.
"Oh this?" He pulled it out, it was a small book with a black leather casing. "It's just what I use to keep track of everything" Lion said as he smiled a bit.
"Can I have a look?" He asked extending his hand. "Um… sure"
OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Jaune walked out first, close behind was Cardin before looking back to make sure Lion was distracted. He pushed Jaune over with no care if he got hurt, Pyrrha looked before coming to Jaune's aid.
"You know; I really will break his legs" Jaune sighted at this comment. "I have an idea!" She pulled Jaune away.
Back inside the teacher was rather impressed by Lion's notes. Lion has his outer crust, that is what he has built from his times of happiness, but once you break that crust and look inside. You can see the emotionless, smart, caring and strong person he really is. Lion's goofy personality is just what he uses to cover up his inside… I think I said a bit much huh?
"Very impressive… you have exactly everything I've said throughout all of my classes, I'm surprised!" He handed the book back. "Thanks sir" Lion walked out.
"So that's the student Ozpin has such high hope for… He seems nice, but… something about him doesn't sit well… *sigh* It's probably nothing" Thanks to Lion's good ears he was able to hear what he had said.
"I need to work better at my acting… people are getting suspicious" He drunk a can of beer and put a cigarette in his mouth.
ON THE ROOF
"Pyrrha, I know that I'm going a hard time right now," Jaune looked over the edge "But I'm not… THAT depressed" Pyrrha looked over the edge and back at Jaune multiple times. "I can always be a farmer or something…"
"N-no!" She quickly dragged Jaune back to where he couldn't see the ground. "That's not why I brought you up here! Jaune, I know you're having a difficult time in class and that you're still not the strongest of fighters, so… *deep breath* I want to help you!"
"W-what?" Jaune didn't look to eager about this idea.
"We can train up here after class where no one can bother us!"
"You think I need help?" Jaune scratched the back of his head.
"N-no! No, that's not what I meant"
"But you just said it!" Jaune pointed out
"Jaune, everybody need a little push from time to time. It doesn't make you any different from the rest of us. You made it to Beacon, that speaks volumes of what you're capable of!" She pointed out the one thing Jaune was hoping she didn't say.
"Your wrong…" Jaune turned around and gave her the cold shoulder. "I-I don't belong here"
"That's a terrible thing to say, of course you do!" She insisted
"No, I don't!" Jaune let out, now getting a bit angry. Pyrrha was a bit taken back by this reaction, she wasn't expecting Jaune to be like this.
"I wasn't really accepted into Beacon"
"W-what do you mean?"
"I mean; I didn't go to combat school! I didn't pass any tests! I didn't earn my spot in this Academy! I lied… I got my hands on some fake transcripts and I lied" Jaune said turning back around to face Pyrrha.
"What? But, why?"
"Because this is what I've always wanted to be! My father, my grandfather, and his father before him were all warriors! They were all heroes! I wanted to be one too…I was just never good enough"
"Then let me help you!"
"I don't want help! I don't want to be the damsel in distress! I want to be the hero!" Unknown to both of them, they had two people hearing in on their conversation.
"Being the 'hero' doesn't always mean you make it out unscratched…" Lion was getting changed from his dorm… his window open but thanks to his amazing ears he was able to hear their conversation from pretty far away, he pulled up his shirt revealing all of that scars that covered his body, his chest had slashes and bullet marks. His neck has one single slash on the back and his feet had slashes and one single large bullet mark on it. 30% of his whole body is covered by scars.
And Cardin who was listening form his dorm's window.
Back to the roof
"I am tired of being the lovable idiot, stuck on the tree while his friends fight for their lives! Don't you understand!? If I can't do this on my own… then what good am I?" Pyrrha tried to touch him but Jaune just stepped away. "Just, leave me alone… okay?"
"Should I stop him from going down that road? Or should I let him walk through hell alone? I don't know…" Lion thought from his dorm. "He better be in for on hell of a ride then" He though as he closed his window.
Back to the roof
"If that's what you think is best" Pyrrha walked off, a sad and disappointed look on her face.
Soon after Pyrrha was out of sight, Cardin decided to crawl up from his room to the roof.
"Oh, Jaune…"
"Cardin!?" Jaune turned around and almost screamed Cardin's name.
"I couldn't help but overhear you two from my dorm room. So you snuck into Beacon, huh? I've got to say Jaune, I've never expected you to be such a rebel" Cardin crossed his arms.
"Please! Cardin, please, don't tell anyone!" Jaune begged, noticing the mistake he had made.
"Jaune! Come on! I'd never rat out a friend like that!" Cardin said playing the nice guy as he walked closer to Jaune.
"Uh, a friend?" Jaune said before Cardin got him into a head lock.
"Of course! We're friends now, Januey boy! And the way I see it, as long as your there for me when I need you, we'll be friends for a long time" Jaune got out of Cardin's head lock.
"That being said… I really don't have time to do those extra readings Dr. Oobleck gave us today. Think you could take care of them for me, buddy… that's what I thought. Don't worry Jaune; your secret's safe with me" and with that, he climbed down to his dorm.
THE NEXT DAY
Red… red trees could be seen everywhere.
Team RWBY, JNPR, CRDL and Slayer, finished off by Ms. Goodwitch at the front of the pack, strolled through this majestic forest.
"Yes students, the Forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight see. Professor Peaches asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so." She stopped and turned around making most of the teams bump into each other and a wondering Jaune bump into Cardin with all of the jars he was carrying.
Cardin gave Jaune the death stare, while Jaune just whistled in hope to get out of the situation. This didn't go unnoticed by Lion who had been paying close attention to Jaune's actions this morning.
"Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates, we will rendezvous back here at four o'clock. Have fun!"
"Come on buddy! Let's go" Cardin grabbed a hold of Jaune while Jaune just looked up to his teammates, who were walking away. He soon made his decision and followed Cardin.
SOMEWHERE… IN THE FOREST
Cardin's whole team sat on the grounds and used some close by trees and rocks a support, and soon after Jaune came caring six jar's worth of red sap.
But, unknown to them, Lion was close behind them, making sure to spy on them whenever he could. "Strange… I don't see them collecting any of this red sap crap, and I'm guessing Jaune didn't collect all of those for the fun of it"
Jaune fell to the floor, sick
"Hey. Great work, Jauney boy. Now that wasn't to hard, was it?"
"I think I'm allergic to this stuff"
"Nope!" Lion thought confirming his suspicion.
"Great, great, great. So, Jaune, I bet your asking yourself, 'Why did my buddy Cardin ask me to collect six jars of tree sap when there's only five of us?'" Cardin said standing up from his spot and walking up to the sick Jaune.
"That is one of the many questions that I have sked myself today, yes"
"Well... come with me and you'll find out"
"Why does Cardin's voice sound like that of the protagonist of a kids show?" Lion thought
"Oh… *gulp*"
Now they were all on top of a hill, looking over all of the other teams that had come with them.
"Um Cardin, what are we doing here?" Jaune asked after he crawled into a laying position.
"Payback" Cardin punched his fist into the ground.
"Pyrrha"
"That's the girl. Red-haired know-it-all thinks she's so smart" He reached for something behind him. "Alright, boys. Last night ol' Jaune here managed to round up and entire box of rapier wasps. And now, were gonna put them to work" One of Cardin's teammates patted Jaune in the back.
"Now, according to one of the essays h wrote for me last week, these nasty things looooove sweets, I'm thinking is time we teach her a thing or two" They all stood up.
"Can Jaune be even more of an idiot! Well he is being threatened" Lion just thought from behind the tree he was spying from.
"And your gonna do it" Cardin shove the extra red sap jar into Jaune's stomach.
"Do what?" Jaune asked
"Hit her with the sap! Either that, or I'll have a chat with Goodwitch, and you'll be on the first airship out of beacon" Cardin said getting all up in Jaune's face.
Jaune debated it for a second, before realizing it was his only choice. He pulled back and looked at his target, his eyes staring into the beautiful swordswoman before him, her hair and that tree sap seem to be related too.
"No…" He put down the tree sap jar. "What did you say?"
"I said… NO!" He turned around and ditched the jar at Cardin, spattering it all over his chest piece. "you've done it now!"
"Crap! Better help the idiot before he gets his ass handed to him!"
STOOOOOOOOOP! THAT'S IT! NO MORE…
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