as grim woke up early in the morning, he quickly noticed that another weight was in his bed and threw his covers up in his bed to reveal a baby godzila looking at him in response, grim shouted in surprise before backing away and staring at the baby grimm.
" hello there little one why are you in my bed hmm. grims curiosity peaked as the baby grimm latched onto him and cuddled against his face.
" hmm i should bring you to Ozpin and see what he says about you little one. grim then carefully tucked the baby grim into his hair and put his cloak and hood on hiding the baby grimm dragon from sight as grim left his room to go to Ozpins office. in a few minutes, grim reached ozpins office and had entered slowly. as grim entered the office, he noticted Ozpin sipping his coffee and watching the sunrise.
" Mr. Ozpin we have a problem. Ozpin turned his chair around at this and looked at grim with surprise on his face.
" and what would that mean Mr reaper. grim hesitated for a second before pulling down his hood and showing Ozpin the godzilla. Ozpins eyebrow rose at this but other then that he merely sipped his coffee and watched grim before speaking.
" am i supposed to be surprised grim i know your bloodline allows you to control grimm a baby attaching itself to you is only a minor surprise on the account of how grimm usually act. grim seemed surprised at this and didn't do anything as the baby godzilla jumped off his head and onto Ozpins coffee cup before taking a drink making Ozpin chuckle as he picked the grimm up and handed him to grim.
" keep him in your room until hes grown enough and then well see if you can fly him and what else he can do hmm, does he have a name? grim shook his head no and put a hand on the babys head, petting him.
" hmm no not yet i think ill call him Ranma. Ozpin smiled at this and shook his head.
" ah a fitting name for a grim such as this well take care of Ranma Grim and hurry back to your room so you can be ready to watch the spar between jaune and cardin. grims eyes widened at this and he shadow travled to his room so he can hurry to get ready . some time later grim had gotten ranama settled and was now sitting in the auditorium finishing watching the fight that cardin and jaune had. Currently Cardin, was standing with his mace perched on his shoulder and Jaune opposite him with his sword drawn, leaning on his weapon as if exhausted, in the spotlight shining on the Beacon Academy auditorium stage.
as jaune looks at Cardin, cardin laughs at jaunes tiredness, and Jaune gathers his strength to charge forward and swing his blade at cardin only for him to jump out of the way. Jaune looks back, surprised, as Cardin's mace sends Jaune's shield - and himself - flying back. Now only armed with his sword, Jaune continued to try and attack, but is blocked by the mace's hilt. Their weapons locked, Cardin forces himself up, towering over a struggling Jaune.
"This is the part where you lose. Jaune growled at this and his eyes narrowed.
"Over my dead-!Jaune is cut short however as Cardin knees him in the gut, making Jaune drop his sword and fall to the ground in pain. Cardin raises his mace and is about to slam it down on a worried Jaune just when the buzzer rings however this didn't stop grim from shadow traveling in front of jaune and holding the mace at bay in a firm grip. the lights then came back on, and Glynda's voice caused cardin to stop completely.
"Cardin, that's enough! cardin sneers at grim as he relents pulling his mace back,and walks away as glynda comes onto the stage, tapping her tablet.
"Students, as you can see, Mr. Arc's Aura has now dropped into the red. In a tournament-styled duel, this would indicate that Jaune is no longer fit for battle, and that the official may call the match. while Jaune still lays on the floor in defeat, grim grimaces and Pyrrha looks sad, Glynda turns her head to look at the losing warrior as she pulls out a smaller tablet with his low, blinking stats and that of his entire team.
"Mr. Arc, it's been weeks now. Please try to refer to your Scroll during combat. Gauging your Aura will help you decide when it's appropriate to attack, or when it is better to move to a more... defensive strategy. We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf, now, would we?Cardin sneers at this as he stares daggers at jaune.
"Speak for yourself... grim growls at this causing cardin to leave the room quickly while, Glynda talks to the sitting and standing students,such as Yang , punching the air in anticipation; Weiss , shaking her fists with an excited smile; and Ruby , shaking her entire body with enthusiastic energy while squealing softly.
"Remember, everyone, the Vytal Festival is only a few months away! It won't be long before students from the other kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing! Those who choose to compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale! The bell then rings, and students start leaving while Pyrrha continues to frown sadly. Jaune, still sitting on the floor, hangs his head in shame as grim suddenly picks him up.
" hey now buck up jauney boy its lunch time come on everyone go eat ill be there a little later. as they all leave, grim instead headed back to his room to see how ranma was.
after ten minutes both teams were eating together and listening to Nora as she tells an unbelievable story.
"So! There we were, in the middle of the forest at night. Ren chuckles at this and shakes his head.
"It was morning. Nora keeps talking ignoring ren for the moment as she keeps on with her tale.
"We were surrounded by Ursai... Ren interrupts again and shakes his head no while holding his coffee cup and taking a drink before speaking.
"They were Beowolves. nora nods at this before screaming out her response.
"Dozens of them! after this she stands on top of the table of both Team RWBY and JNPR, where Weiss is ignoring Nora and filing her nails, Ruby and Pyrrha are listening politely, and Jaune is messing with his food while ren answered back.
"Two of 'em.
Nora keeps talking telling her tale while, Ruby and Pyrrha now look at a distant Jaune with concern.
"But they were no match... And in the end, Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs! Ren sighs at this and shakes his head.
"She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month. Pyrrha however is not paying attention to anyone else and is instead looking at her leader.
"Jaune? Are you okay?Jaune at the sound of pyrrahs voice, snapped out of it, turning back toward them.
"Huh? Oh, yeah! Why?
Ruby looked at him in concern and tilted her head.
"It's just that you seem a little...not okay...Jaune nervously looks around as the others stop their distractions and stare at him.
"Guys, I'm fine. Seriously! Look!he holds up a thumb while laughing nervously until his attention is focused on the members of Team CRDL, standing around a girl with brown rabbit ears jutting from her hair as Cardin laughs at her and Sky Lark holds up his hands to his head in a mock interpretation of her unusual features. Pyrrha scowls at this and grits her teeth.
"Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school!Jaunes eyes widened nervously and he chuckled.
"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah... He just likes to mess around! You know, practical jokes! Ruby scoffed at that and crossed her arms as she to glared at cardin
"He's a bully.
Jaune scoffs at these words and shakes his head.
"Oh, please! Name onetime he's 'bullied' me. jaune however said the wrong thing as both teams then proceed to rub it in jaunes face at how much he was bullied by naming every time and starting with,Jaune is seen on the way to class as Cardin is going the other way down the hall. When the two pass, Cardin knocks his arm into Jaune and makes him drop his book, then continuing on his way with his hands out as if daring anyone to challenge him next,Jaune and Cardin are about to pass through a doorway, but Cardin clicks on Jaune's sheath and extends it into its shield form as he's going out, causing him to run into his own defense and have it block the exit. and the last incident occurred when Glynda was in the locker room with several students, gesturing at the devices.
"Each of you will be assigned one rocket-propelled locker to store your weapons and extra armor. Additionally, your locker can be sent to a location based on a six-digit this, Cardin looks at Jaune - standing between him and the only open locker in the room - and Cardin quickly pushes a shocked Jaune into the small dark space and closes the door on him, pressing random buttons on the pad right after that.
"What?! No, wait, wait! You've gotta get me out of here! Please! Don't! Don't! Don't do it! but It's too late to protest for the blonde when the locker scrunches down and launches up with a burst of blue fire coming from its base. Cardin watches with a smirk as the locker slowly soars across the sky.
"Ahhh, coooome oooooooon...!
The others are totally focused on jaune as he attempts to laugh it off as a joke.
"I didn't land far from the school! Pyrrha looked at him in concern and got closer to him.
"Jaune, you know if you ever need help, you can just ask. Nora then gets up from the table and presents her diabolical plan with a not-entirely-sane grin. "ooh We'll break his legs!Jaune shakes his head at this in a negative motion and speaks his mind.
"Guys, really, it's fine! Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me; he's a jerk to all of us. Jaune then looks over as the laughing grows louder, mixed in with cries of pain from the rabbit girl when one of her ears are tugged on by Cardin. fortunately for the rabbit faunus grim had heard everything that was going on and was now marching towards the cafiteria with the lights flickering as he gathered up shadows. when grim reached the cafiteria door he kicked it open and quickly made his way over to cardins table as almost everyone watched him and grabbed cardins wrist of the hand that was on the girls ear.
" hello cardin what are you doing to this poor girl. cardins eyes widened at this before he smirked and pulled his hand away.
" not much just making sure this animal knows what she is. grim made a noise similar to a growl and the room got darker as he glared at cardin before punching him faster then anyone could see straight in the nose sending him flying back into the wall. as grim did this, all of cardins teammates got up to help cardin but were both at the same time grabbed by their throats.
" and you three are just as guilty, suffer! grim then stretched his arms apart before bringing them together smashing them into each other and effectively knocking the three out. grim then tossed the two to the side and made his way over to a whimpering cardin who was rubbing his nose in pain.
" that was for being an asshole and going overboard on jaune. grim then backhanded cardin and followed it up by another punch with his right hand.
" and that was for hurting jaune and this girl. grim then picked up cardin with a growl and began to spin him around.
" and this is for being a racist bastard! grims spin then reached its climax and he threw cardin right into the garbage.
" you better watch your ass cardin if you hurt anyone again i will break your legs and your arms. grim then turned to the faunus girl behind him and looked her over.
" are you alright miss? the bunny faunus nodded with a blush on her face as she smiled at grim.
" y-yes thank you mister reaper. grim smiled back at this as he put his hood down, his mask going with it.
" its no problem if he bothers you again come get me the names grim although you already know that. the bunny faunus nodded at this and giggled as she hugged grim in thanks.
" thanks grim my names velvet have a good day and thanks again. grim smiled at this and waved to velvet who went to her own table, as he headed to his friends table.
as grim got to his friends he noticed Pyrrah looked at where grim threw cardin with a smile." cardin is Atrocious I can't stand people like him good job. Blake is also staring daggers at cardin as he was getting out of the garbage and let out her thoughts on the matter..
"She's not the only one i dont like cardin either good job grim..Yang shook her head at cardins stupidity and agreed with the others.
"It must be hard to be a Faunus with guys like that around although with you grim we can keep him in line. ruby nodded and looked at grim with happiness in her eyes.
" you are such a hero were so lucky to have met you thanks for coming to school with us. grim chuckled and thanked them for their kind words before getting his food and eating. meanwhile, jaune Having gotten up from the table to take up his tray, Jaune looks back at his friends and sighs to himself before moving on with his tray . He doesn't realize however that Cardin is watching his table and was watching him with a grin even if grim had just beat him up he was still going to hurt jaune . some time later all of the students were now in professor ooblecks class and Jaune was currently sleeping, with his head resting in his hands while a constantly-zooming and fast-talking Professor Oobleck is in the middle of his hyperactive lecture, educating Weiss , Blake , Pyrrha , Velvet, and a leaned-back Cardin directly behind Jaune.
"This is prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution, more popularly known as the Faunus War! he then zooms up to the front of the class and the map covered in papers behind his desk.
"Humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing Faunus population in Menagerie. oobleck then points at the map of said-area with his stick, then zooms off to the side for a sip of his coffee before appearing in front of the desk.
"Now! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events! Why, the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day! oobleck then zooms around the classroom more, sipping his coffee again before continuing to zoom and talk.
"Now! Have any among you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage? Some of the silhouetted students raise their hands. Velvet, after a moment, does the same. causing grim who was observing to shake his head while Ooblecks reaction is similar and scowls at this as he shakes his head.
"Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember, students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence! oobleck then takes another sip of his coffee before speaking again. grim smiled at the professors words and nodded before paying closer attention.
"I mean, just look at what happened to White Fang! Now, which one of you young scallions can tell me what many theorize to be the turning point in the third year of the War? a hand is raised soon after he asks and oobleck calls on weiss
"Yes? after being called on weiss answers right away.
"The battle at Fort Castle! Oobleck nods at this with joy and proceeds to talk.
"Precisely! And, who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces? Unseen by the professor, Cardin flicks a paper football at Jaune's head, causing him to wake up. "Hey! Oobleck hearing this is then seen quickly zooming over into Jaune's face.
"Mr. Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer? Jaune stammers and begins to sweat as he trys to think.
"Uhhhh... The answer... The advantage... of the Faunus...is uh... jaune then looks behind Oobleck's focused face at Pyrrha, who coughs and motions to her lips as she gives him the answer as he sees Pyrrha cup her hands around her eyes and goes for the most obvious answer.
"Uhh... Binoculars!While Jaune looks pleased with his answer, the class laughs at him and Oobleck back at the front of the class,sips his coffee. Pyrrha sighs and slaps a hand to her forehead as Cardin pounds his fist on his desk while chortling. Oobleck then stays silent zooming back behind his desk.
"Very funny, Mr. Arc! Cardin! Perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject!Cardin sneers at this and nods.
"Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a human. Grim scoffs at this in disgust as Oobleck shakes his head while pyrrha voices her thoughts.
"You're not the most open-minded of individuals, are you, Cardin?Cardin snorts at this and glares at her.
"What? You got a problem? Pyrrha smirks and shakes her head.
"No, I have the answer! It's night vision. Many Faunus are known to have nearly-perfect sight in the dark. Cardin growls at the correct response and blake follows up pyrrahs anwser with one of her own.
"General Lagune was inexperienced, and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep. His massive army was outmatched, and the general was captured. blake then turns to Cardin and smirks.
"Perhaps if he'd paid attention in class, he wouldn't have been remembered as such a loser. Oobleck glares as Cardin gets up from his seat, fist clenched.
"Mr. Winchester! Please take your seat. oobleck then turns when Jaune laughs at his tormentor's embarrassment, and is next zooming up to him.
"You and Mr. Arc can both see me after class for additional readings. he then takes yet another sip of his coffee as jaune looks suddenley sad at this, his shoulders slumping as he sighs.
"Oohhhh...Oobleck shakes his head at this before zooming away.
"Now! Moving on! When the lesson is over, Pyrrha, Nora , and Ren come out of the classroom, only for Pyrrha to stop near the doorway.
"You go on ahead. I'll wait for Jaune. the two nod at this a and walk away while pyrrah looks back inside as the after-class talk occurs to the two boys. Oobleck waits a moment, sipping his coffee before speaking.
"You two have been struggling in my class since day one! Now, I don't know if it's a lack of interest, or just your stubborn nature, but whatever it is.. oobleck pauses and takes a longer sip of his coffee.
"It stops now! 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! If you can't learn from it... you're destined to repeat it. Pages fifty-one to ninety-one! I want an essay on my desk by next class! Now! Oobleck then zooms out of the classroom and past a waiting Pyrrha in a green and white blur. Jaune comes out first, and Cardin emerges behind him, pushing him to the ground and emitting an "Ow!" from him that makes the bully laugh before walking glares at this pulling Jaune back on his feet.
"You know, I really will break his legs. Jaune sighs at this, and Pyrrha frowns for a moment before she looks like she is struck by inspiration.
"I have an idea! Here, come with me! pyrrha then grabs a confused Jaune by the arm and drags him along as she turns down the corridor and soon the dejected Jaune and an excites Pyrrha come onto a rooftop of one of the buildings, with a clear view of the glowing green orbs in the central tower of however decided to speak first.
"Pyrrha, I know I'm going through a hard time right now, but I'm not that depressed. jaune then pauses before he looks over the edge of the roof, to the confusion of Pyrrha.
"I can always be a farmer or something...Pyrrha freazes for a moment the realization hitting her with horror.
"N-n-no! pyrrha then dashes to push Jaune away from the edge.
"That's not why I brought you up here! as the two walk further onto the roof to begin to talk, they dont notice Cardin leaning in his windowsill right below them.
"Jaune, I know you're having a difficult time in class and that you're still not the strongest of fighters, so... I want to help you!Jaune looks at pyrrha with surprise and shock.
"Wh-what? Pyrrha smiles sweetly at this and explains her plan.
"We can train up here after class where no one can bother us!Jaune looks down at this a bit sad.
"You think I need help?Pyrrha shakes her head quickley at this thinking of how jaune feels.
"N-no! No, that's not what I ment. Jaune looks at her with confusion and tilts his head.
"But you just said it. pyrrha shakes her head at this and trys to smile nice again.
"Jaune, everybody needs 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!Jaune sighs at this before turning away from her, lowering his head and voice in guilt
"You're wrong. I-I don't belong here. Pyrrha turns and looks at jaunes face with shock and shakes her head
"That's a terrible thing to say! Of course you do!Jaune growls at this turning back around to her , now angry.
"No, I don't! jaune then sighs as Pyrrha looks bewildered and he reveals the truth
"I wasn't really accepted into Beacon... jaune then turns his back to her so he doesn't have to face her and pyrrha looks shocked at this and stammers.
"Wh-what do you mean?
Jaunes fear is now at an all time high, his voice going higher and higher as he confesses.
"I mean I didn't go to combat school, I didn't pass any tests. I didn't earn my spot at this Academy! jaune then looks at her again.
"I lied! I got my hands on some fake transcripts, and I lied! Pyrrha now looks more confused then shocked as she asks jaune why.
"What? But... why? Jaune turns back to face pyrrha again with emotion on his face.
"Cause this is always what I've wanted to be! jaune then turns away again with a sigh.
"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. Pyrrha starts slowly approaching him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Then let me help you! Jaune scowls at this suddenly turning on her with mad frustration.
"I don't want help! I don't want to be the damsel in distress! I want to be the hero!
Pyrrha trys to speak to jaune camly at this trying to calm him down .
"Jaune-. Jaune however keeps going begining to rant.
"I'm tired of being the lovable idiot, stuck in 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 attempts to reach out for his arm and console him, but he leans back from her touch.
"Just... leave me alone. Okay? Pyrrha looks hurt at this and with her head bowed, she nods.
"If that's what you think is best...She then walks away, her footsteps getting softer and softer until she leaves the roof. Jaune paces a little until he hears a mocking laugh and Cardin appears on the roof from his window.
"Oh, Jaune...Jaune jumps at this,looking behind him at his bully.
"Cardin! Cardin grinned and looked at jaune with evil glee as he was spotted.
"I couldn't help but over hear you two from my dorm room. So, you snuck into Beacon, huh? I gotta say, Jaune, I never expected you to be such a rebel! Jaunes eyes widened at this and he began to panic taking on a begging tone as he plead with the bully.
"Please, Cardin, please, don't tell anyone! Cardin looked at jaune in mock surprise and smiled.
"Jaune, come on! I'd never rat on a friend like that!Jaune looks nervous at cardins words and starts approaching him.
"A... a friend?Cardin nodded at this with an evil smile on his face.
"Of course! cardin then follows up his words as he traps Jaune in a headlock under his arm despite his struggling.
"We're friends now, Jauney boy! And the way I see it, as long as you're there for me when I need you, we'll be friends for along time. cardin then finally releases Jaune, who gasps as he leans on the ground.
"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 that for me, buddy? cardin then leans down to rub Jaune's hair and gets up with a grin.
"That's what I thought. cardin then heads back to hanging onto the edge getting ready to go back to his dorm.
"Don't worry, Jaune; your secret's safe with me.
Cardin then drops back down to his room as Jaune rubs his neck in pain and worry. meanwhile, grim has been watching this the entire time in disgust and chews on ice dust to help keep hin calm.
" jaune you bloody freaking idiot you deserve whatever comes next because of your stupid words to pyrrha you dont want help huh well, good luck with cardin without me to protect you. grim then shadow travled to his room and turned to ranma.
" prepare your self little one. i sense a big event approaching. the baby grimm chirped at this and rubbed itself on grims leg before flying up and resting in his hair making grim chuckle.
" ha your probabley one of the only good things today other then me helping velvet, sleep well little one. grim then to went to his bed and went to sleep knowing tomorrow would bring trouble. meanwhile in ozpins office, a man had just arrived from the shadows and apporached ozpin who was looking out into the horizon.
" hello again nocturne how have you been old friend. nocturne sighed as he pulled down his hood and revealed his red eyes and dark grey skin.
" i would be better if my ancestor wasnt trying to kill all of us and turn my son against us. ozpin nodded camly at this and sipped on more coffee making nocturne raise an eyebrow.
" how are you always so calm. ozpin smiled as he set down his coffee and got up to look out behind him.
" i am calm because your son has already kept me aware of what therist is trying to do, not to mention he killed the last of one of the two godzillas left , tamed the last godzilla in existence, and he killed one of therists ancient grim, even brought me its head as a trophy its right behind you actully. nocturnes eyes widened at this as he turned around quickley to see the skull above the door and he sighed as he looked down.
" then he has acomplished much in my exile. ozpin remained silent for a moment before turning around and walking to nocturne.
" you still blame your self for summers death. nocturne remained silent at this and merely nodded with pain on his face.
" i was their gaurdian i was supposed to keep everyone on the team alive instead i just destroyed it. ozpin put a hand on nocturnes shoulder and looked at him with some real emotion.
" nocturne in man kinds history no one is immortal we are all bound to die, you couldnt have known we were going to be betrayed that day and even if you did they would of taken grim and therist would be free im sure they all forgive you and i certainly held nothing against you my friend. nocturne nodded at this and rubbed his face as he looked at the floor.
" that still doesn't excuse how i failed grim as a father, i cant show myself to him now im to ashamed ive missed so much and it was only because therists power rose that i came to check on him im a horrible father. ozpin sipped his drink again and shook his head before hitting nocturne on the head with his cane.
" dont be daft, you checking on him now when the danger arises is what a good father would do, we all have our duties nocturne and you left to protect your son it was the right thing to do. nocturne nodded at this and stayed silent causing ozpin to speak again.
" though we all have had pain in our lives it is simply just life dont fret and go get some rest old friend we can talk again when something major happens. nocturne nodded as he pulled his hood up and disapeared in the shadows making ozpin chuckle.
" like father like son, and so the game begins its your turn now therist. Ozpin may have known alot but no one fully knew of the dark events that would soon envelop all of the kingdoms and it would all start very soon.