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"So let me get this straight."
There were quite a few things Glynda Goodwitch believed were necessary when teaching.
Ground Rules, appropriate punishment when needed, honest opinions, good advice and so on and so on.
"After shocking a student awake in a literal sense, using lightning, you proceeded to have a little 'tutoring session' with him which somehow resulted in blowing up the student and the wall, using an explosive you pulled out from Oum knows where."
...Anything she just mentioned was not what she believed was necessary when teaching.
Tsuna huffed and turned his head away haughtily. "Why I never... Glynda, first, Call me Tsuna. Please relay that message to the staff so I don't have to repeat myself over and over. Second, he had it coming. He told me to come in the morning, so I did just that. I sacrificed my sleep to tutor."
Glynda could only stare at the man in front of her as he continued listing off excuses. When screams were heard in the morning throughout Beacon, she had dismissed it as a student doing something stupid. When explosions and the destruction of a wall were heard throughout Beacon, naturally she and some other teachers dashed to the scene to investigate.
Then they come to the scene of a fried student on the floor who looked as black as coal thanks to that explosion, a text book in his hand, and Tsuna, with his face in his palm, sighing in what seemed to be disappointment as he shook his head.
Now, here were Glynda, Ozpin and what Glynda saw as a pain in the ass, discussing the recent events in Ozpin's office.
"...What do I find when I come in? The student who requested tutoring asleep. I tried to wake him up, but noooo he gave me the finger and went back to sleep. That was unfair for me, so I thought I would, charge him up for the day if you will."
Tsuna smirked at the memory of the student's reaction to that wake up call. Nobody disturbs his sleep for tutoring in the morning, without. Getting. Any. Tutoring.
"Third, I started off with questions he should already know the answer to before making him study more. Of course he had to suffer some punishment for not even being able to answer questions as easy as 'what useful features do faunas have that humans don't.' Who in their first year of highschool doesn't at least know that faunas have night vison."
Ozpin sighed before taking a sip of coffee from his mug. It was far too early for him to be dealing with this situation. He should have seen this coming... Ok, he kind of did see this coming.
Unfortunately, not even he could have anticipated a fried student and a giant hole through the wall as a result of Tsuna's tutoring.
"Please Tsuna, at least hold back on any destruction of the school property and serious injuries." He pleaded.
Glynda whipped her head towards him in shock, no doubt not expecting him to simply ask the man to tone down the damages and avoid serious injuries.
"What!? Ozpin you can't seriously be allowing this can you!? He fried a student TWICE!!! Once for awakening the student, and another time for getting a few incorrect answers!" She yelled at him, hoping he would get it through his apparently thick skull that torture would befit what Tsuna liked to call 'Tutoring'.
"Tsuna knows what he's doing. Though his methods are... Questionable, they get his teachings across and don't result in serious injuries at the very least. This incident didn't end in any serious injuries now did it? " The headmaster explained.
"Yes, miraculously it didn't end that way thanks to aura. Isn't that ridiculous. The student was expecting some sort of harm and put up his Aura after he was shocked awake! That doesn't excuse what could've happened had the explosion been too powerful, the fact that the student was shocked awake, or the fact that we have a hole in the wall! This... This torture isn't meant for the students!"
Tsuna raised an eyebrow challengingly at her.
"Oh? Are you saying I'm too harsh? Please Glynda if anything my tutoring is too soft."
Glynda glared at the man and he scoffed at her.
"My tutor was just as hard, no. Scratch that, he was a lot worse when he tutored me back when I was 14 Glynda. A hole in the wall would've been the least of my problems when I got an answer wrong."
Seeing his assistant's disbelief, Ozpin decided to speak up.
"Glynda. This is the best I can ask from him. Knowing him, he won't take any less."
He casted a glance towards the tutor, who grinned and gave him a piece sign in response.
"If a serious incident occurs then I'm sorry to say Tsuna, but you will be asked to leave."
Tsuna shrugged at that, apparently having no problems. "Sure. I'll keep in mind to tone down the explosions enough to not destroy walls and cause serious injury. I'm not doing anything about my wake up calls though."
He smirked back at the glare aimed at him from Glynda, before he remembered something and grinned at her. "Oh Glynda~" He said in a sing-song voice.
Said teacher's eyebrow started twitching violently as she bit back a groan, already knowing what he was about to to say. She hoped beyond hope that he forgot but alas, it was for naught.
"It seems your class is up next today on my schedule for me to observe~"
'Oum, sometimes I wonder if he's trying to torture the teachers too!' Glynda screamed in her head, refusing to give the infuriating man the satisfaction of watching her lose her cool.
Ozpin coughed in his hand to gain the attention of the two and to stiffle the chuckle that he wanted to let out. The knowing look in Tsuna's eye told him that he had been found out.
"In any case, your free to go for now Tsuna. Please remember to tone down the destruction." He reminded the tutor.
Tsuna turned around and walked towards the elevator. Just before he entered the elevator doors he turned his head back and once again smirked at the two.
"I said I'll keep in mind to tone down the destruction level. I make no promises."
He chuckled before the doors closed and he was taken back down so he could go back to tutoring anyone who needed, or requested it.
Glynda turned her head and stared blankly at Ozpin.
"Remind me again why we hired him as Beacon's tutor?"
This time, Ozpin did chuckle before taking another sip out of his mug.
"Why? Why else but for the benefit of the students of course."
He was smirking that same annoying smirk that the infuriating tutor had behind his mug. Glynda fully trusted her instincts for this one.
Timeskip
Tsuna gazed down at the panting Jaune with calculating eyes.
Currently, Jaune and a student by the name of Cardin Winchester were sparring in the dimly lit arena.
Cardin has burnt-orange hair that is combed backwards with a slight peak at the front, and indigo eyes. He wears silver-gray armor with gold trim.
The chestplate sports a bird with its wings outstretched. Underneath the armor, he wears a black shirt with red trimmings and black pants with a red belt tied around his waist.
It was a completely one-sided fight. Cardin layed his mace on his shoulder and stared at Jaune before chuckling in arrogance.
Barely catching his breath, Jaune stood up and charged blindly at Cardin with a battle cry.
He swung his sword down at his opponent only for Cardin to sidestep out of the way and swing almost lazily at Jaune.
Luckily, Jaune had his shield between him and Cardin's mace which resulted in him being launched back as his shield was launched away from him.
Jaune got up and once more and charged at Cardin again.
This time, Cardin blocked the sword and started pushing Jaune back.
Cardin was obviously physically stronger than Jaune, shown by the trembling of the blonde's body as he struggled to push back.
"This is the part where you lose." Cardin stated in a matter of fact tone.
"Over my dead-"
Jaune was interrupted when his opponent kneed him in the gut, causing him to drop his sword and fall down, holding his stomach in pain while groaning.
Cardin held his mace up and was about to bring it down on Jaune, but stopped himself when a buzzer sounded and lights were switched on, brightening the arena and the rest of the classroom.
"That's enough."
Cardin glanced to the side and saw Glynda walking calmly between him and Jaune without facing either of them.
Cardin took a step back as Glynda looked at both him and Jaune before pulling out a device called a scroll, showing a filled up green bar under his picture, and a nearly empty red bar under Jaune's, which were also displayed on the walls of the arena for students to see.
"Students, as you can see, Mr. Arc's aura has dropped into the red. In a tournament style duel, this would indicate that Jaune is no longer fit for battle, and the official may call the match."
She turned her head to Jaune as he sat up.
"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 is appropriate to attack, or better to move to a more... Defensive strategy."
Jaune took out his scroll and saw the aura of everyone in his team including himself.
"We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a beowulf, now would we." She asked rhetorically.
"Speak for yourself." Cardin mumbled before swinging his mace on his shoulders and walked away.
"Remember everyone! The Vytal festival is only a few months away!"
At that announcement, team RWBY -minus Blake who couldn't be seen near them- practically bounced in their seats in excitement. Pyrrha, who was sitting next to the three noticed Ruby seemed absolutely exhausted for some reason.
Maybe it had something to do with the screams of anguish and terror coming from team RWBY's dorm for the past few nights.
She would ask about it later.
"It won't be long before students from the other kingdoms start arriving in Vale. So keep practicing. Those who compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale."
Tsuna appeared behind Glynda and spoke to all the students with a smile.
"In that case, I volunteer my services to anyone who wishes for combat tutoring. So come back here after classes if you want. Like Glynda said, you will be representing all of Vale. I'll make sure you all train like you've never trained before."
Everyone was a little surprised by that. They didn't expect the tutor to know much about combat. But then again, anyone who could take down a person by throwing a piece chalk at their forehead is probably a monster.
Tsuna gave a quick, subtle glance to Jaune and then to Pyrrha -who seemed to look at Jaune sadly- before he walked away.
Timeskip
The sound of whispering could be heard in the cafeteria as Tsuna casually walked around the cafeteria with a tray of food, looking around for a table to sit at.
The students were surprised when Tsuna walked into the cafeteria, took a tray of food, and started walking around in search of a table to sit at.
Tsuna paid them no heed in favor of searching for a table.
He caught sight of team RWBY and JNPR sitting together and thought about sitting with them.
Despite his methods of tutoring, Ruby continued to ask for his help so she could catch up to the rest of the students. She was a fifteen year old girl who skipped about two years of school because of her potential as a Huntress.
Not because of her brain power.
He was often with team RWBY and occasionally team JNPR because of the fact Ruby was the student he tutored most. Others quit after one or two sessions.
Weird.
He went to walk towards them which none of the teens noticed before he heard a cry of pain that wasn't caused by him.
That wasn't good.
"Ow that hurts!"
He heard someone speak in a... British accent?
He turned his head towards the noise and saw team CRDL, led by Cardin Winchester, bullying a rabbit faunas.
The faunas looked to be a second year
with long, brown hair and brown eyes. She had long brown ears and wore the Beacon uniform.
Team CRDL laughed at the girl and Tsuna could see Cardin pulling her rabbit ears.
"Please stop." She pleaded them. They ignored her though and Cardin kept on pulling her ear.
"See. I told you they were real." The bully told his teammates.
BANG BANG BANG BANG!
All of the sudden, the four bullies found giant holes in their chest, blood gushing out like a waterfall right where there heart would've been at. Their eyes widened in shock as they fell to their knees and-
"The lady is asking you to stop."
It was like a hot knife cutting through butter.
All of the sudden, team CRDL found themselves in the positions they were in before they were shot, cold sweat running down their forehead and knees trembling, before passing out. Cardin, because if this, let go of the faunas' ears.
The faunas looked bewildered that they suddenly passed out, but before she had any time to wonder what happened to them, she felt a hand patting her head. She had to stop herself from leaning into the hand.
Rabbits liked a pat on the head just as much as cats do.
"Chaos. I'm Tsuna. Beacon's very own tutor. You've probably heard of me already. What's your name?"
She turned around to have a look at Tsuna and saw him smiling warmly at her, causing her to get a bit flustered.
"O-Oh... Hello. I'm Velvet. Velvet Scarlatina. Were you the one who did this?" She asked shyly, gesturing to team CRDL.
Tsuna turned away with a smirk on his face, glancing in a certain direction before walking away.
"Oh you flatter me Velvet. I don't know what your talking about."
As he walked away, he caught sight of a certain blonde teacher narrowing her eyes at him from where she stood.
Timeskip
There was tension in Ozpin's office.
After Glynda brought Tsuna to Ozpin's office and started to tell Tsuna it wasn't necessary to interfere because things were under control, things kinda started to go downhill.
Tsuna, remembering his own life as a victim of bullying since kindergarden told Glynda she was a dumbass.
Thus leading up to the tension now.
Ozpin almost choked on his coffee at the blunt insult. There wasn't anyone who would even dare to indirectly insult Glynda, fearing her wrath. Well, there was an exeption *cough cough Qrow cough cough* but he was a very unique individual.
Now that he thought about it, so was Tsuna.
"If we stopped Cardin then the students will think we side with the faunas! Before we know it, the whole media would come to the same conclusion. It's unfair, we know but the public is so racist nowadays that helping the faunas in any kind of way means you side with them. Beacon and it's teacher's are suppose to beneutral Mr. Sawada." She explained through gritted teeth and a dark glare aimed at Tsuna for his insult.
Tsuna had a hand on his fedora, which shadowed his eyes and he had an unreadable expression on his face before he lifted up his fedora slightly, which caused Glynda to falter at the cold look she received from those usually warm, but mischievous hazel eyes.
"I don't give a shit about any of that."
He looked towards Ozpin and they seemed to communicate with their eyes, before Ozpin smiled slightly, nodding, as if approving something.
With that, Tsuna walked off towards the elevator, the usual smirk back on his face.
Glynda looked enraged at the fact that he literally said he didn't give a shit about problems Beacon might have to face because of his actions.
"Glynda, about your earlier question about why we hired Tsuna as a tutor."
Glynda turned to Ozpin with a raised eyebrow, asking him to continue, irritation still evident on her face.
"Students draw lines between those they aren't close with to hide their personal problems. Lines that tutors will cross. One which a teacher will not. A tutor will involve themselves in their students problem, where as teachers wait for students to come to them."
A thoughtful look came across Glynda's face.
"It's natural for someone to hide their problems from people they aren't close to. Most students will hide problems from teachers. After all, only being there to educate doesn't exactly build the closest of bonds. Tutors however, are private for a reason. They will build a bond with their students because they aren't only limited with hour or two with their students. They aren't just their to educate their students, they will be there for the students."
He paused to take a sip of coffee from his mug.
"Where as teachers will teach students about society and the world, tutors will make sure you can stand in it. They will not help you up when you fall, but make sure you won't trip. And if you do fall, they make sure you can pick yourself back up. That is what marks a fine line between a tutor and a teacher. A tutor, always makes sure he knows his students problems. A tutor doesn't have any superior. Only their students to care about."
He smirked a bit before saying one last line that surprised Glynda.
"And this one does it with his Dying Will."
Timeskip
He walked out of the elevator and headed straight for the balcony for some fresh air.
On his way there, he saw Pyrrha walking down the hallway with a downcast expresssion on her face.
"Chaos Pyrrha. Everything going alright?"
She was startled a little by the sudden question but noticed it was just Tsuna and sighed in relief as he chuckled.
"Didn't mean to scare ya that badly."
Pyrrha shook her head. "I was just surprised that's all. Everything is just fi-"
"Don't even try to finish that sentence."
She blinked before looking at the tutor in confusion.
"I'm not stupid. I can tell when someone is troubled. It's a tutor's job to know their students problems. Are you trying to get me fired for that chalk to the forehead?" He asked jokingly.
Pyrrha giggled a bit before pondering whether she should tell him about Jaune's problem or not.
"Ahhh so your just worried about Jaune huh?"
She was snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Tsuna with wide eyes at his question. He merely smirked at her.
Pyrrha sighed at being found out before she even said anything. Was there anything students could hide from him?
"Not really."
...Well that answers that question.
"It's just... I want to help him get stronger. But he doesn't want help. He thinks he's worthless unless he can do it on his own." She told him sadly.
"He told you he faked his transcripts and that he didn't really belong here didn't he?" Tsuna asked rhetorically.
Pyrrha gasped in shock before looking at Tsuna with pleading eyes, not caring about how he knew. "Please Mr. Sawada! Don't tell Ozpin about it! It's always been Jaune's dream to be a hero and-"
"Wow your head over heels for that boy aren't you." Tsuna stated in amusement.
She blinked before registering what he said and turning as red as her hair.
"Wha- n-no i-it's n-not like that! I-I'm just worried as a friend! Yeah! A friend!" She said flustered while waving her hands in front of her and shaking her head.
Tsuna burst into laughter while clutching his stomach. Pyrrha pouted a bit at him and crossed her arms, her face back to normal save the pink tint on her cheeks due to embarrassment.
After calming down, he smiled gently at Pyrrha before ruffling her hair. "Don"t worry Pyrrha. I won't rat him out anytime soon."
After getting his hand off her head she looked at him gratefully. "Thank you Mr. Sawada. May I ask why?" She asked in curiosity.
"Call me Tsuna. I guess you could say... He reminds me quite a bit about someone I know well."He answered as he walked back towards the balcony, leaving a confused Pyrrha.
Timeskip
"What should I do?" Jaune questioned from his spot on the ground as he looked up at the stars. Apparently, Cardin had been eavesdropping on his talk with Pyrrha. Now the stupid bully is blackmailing Jaune into doing his homework and being his errand boy!
"Well that's up to you to decide."
Startled, Jaune turned his head behind him to find Tsuna walking towards him, smiling.
"Tsuna? What are you doing here?"
Tsuna said nothing at first as he went to sit down beside Jaune. "You know Jaune, you remind me quite a bit about someone I know."
Confused about the sudden topic, but more curious, he gave Tsuna his full attention, because he really didn't know much about the tutor, and it seemed what he wanted to say was important.
"Since he was a child, he was known as nothing but a loser. He was bullied alot. He could never make any friends and never really did anything about it. 'How could a loser like me even hope to accomplish anything?' was what he thought most of the time. He always ran away. He sometimes got scared of his own shadow as a child. His mother was a gentle and kind soul. But she was oblivious to her son's situation and never did much to help." He gained far away look in his eyes as he spoke.
Jaune seemed to get depressed with each sentence that went on. So he was a good for nothing loser who couldn't do anything? Was that what Tsuna was telling him?
"That child was me Jaune."
It took a few moments for his brain to process what the tutor said, but when he did, all he could do was mechanically turn his head to Tsuna and ask the most intelligent question his brain could muster at the moment.
"Say what now?"
...He still needed some time.
Tsuna chuckled at his expression. "It's true. In fact, I shouldn't even be here right now. I shouldn't have become the person I am now from the path in life I was taking. I would've stayed as a good for nothing my whole life."
He took off his fedora as leon climbed onto his fluffy hair. They both stared at it for a long time with a fond smile on their faces, which Jaune noticed.
'Is there something special about it?' The boy wondered.
"But all that changed when a spawn of a devil came crashing into my life."
Jaune sweatdropped as he noticed Tsuna say it with a smile.
"He came in and told me that he was gonna be my tutor from then on. I thought he was absolutely ridiculous. At first, I tried to ignore him. To push him away. His tutoring sessions were even worse than mine. They were hell." He told Jaune with a sweatdrop.
Jaune grew pale at the description. Worse than Tsuna's tutoring? He didn't even want to imagine that.
Tsuna's eyes grew soft as he thought back to when that spartan first came into his life.
"But... Since he came, I started to make friends. And before I knew it, they became my family. As time went by, I had to make a decision that would make him leave, or stay. He left."
Jaune widened his eyes as Tsuna adapted a solemn look on his face.
"I realized that I never really changed at all, and I was still a no-good loser after he left." Tsuna shook his head as he chuckled, confusing Jaune.
"But he came back, with the craziest loophole that he found in my decision which allowed him to stay. He made me realize that I haven't changed much. Maybe I wouldn't have changed at all. But I also realized that things were clearly different. Alot different from when he first came into my life."
Jaune listened intently. Wondering if maybe, just maybe he could find the answer to his dilemma by the end of the story.
"Because I had my family. The people who I laughed with, bonded with, and smiled with, to help me out whenever I needed them. My tutor may have been crazy, and I never really agreed with most of his decisions, but everything I am, everthing I have now, I owe it all to him."
He put his fedora back on his head and he smiled warmly at Jaune.
"So let me tell you the same words he told me back when I realized how precious my bonds really were."
He stood up, his back facing Jaune as a nightly breeze started to pick up.
"It's a wonderful thing Jaune."
Jaune stared at Tsuna in wonder, before looking at his own two hands as he thought of the bonds he made with his team and team RWBY.
His friends.
He had his team to rely on. Hell, Pyrrha literally tried to help him out and he took that kindness and shoved it in her face. All because he was being too arrogant and wanted to do everything on his own.
He had his own friends that he could rely on. Friends that would help him out whenever he needed them.
All he wanted was to be strong enough to help them. To be there when they needed him. And they wanted the same thing.
But... What will he do now? Cardin has blackmail information and if he doesn't do what the bully wants, then he can kiss Beacon academy goodbye.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see Tsuna. "Jaune, just do what you believe is right. I know you can pull through this."
He took his hand off Jaune's shoulder and headed back to the door. Just when he reached it, he stopped.
"A lie you commit to so hard you'd die for it. Is that really any different from the truth?"
The question caused Jaune to panic.
Did Tsuna know he lied his way into Beacon? Shoot he shouldn't of thought of that! Tsuna could read minds damn it!
"Jaune, I know you lied your way into Beacon. That you didn't earn your spot here."
Jaune grew very pale. Was this it? Was it over for him now?
"So change that."
Jaune blinked. Did he hear that right?
Tsuna smirked as he turned his head to Jaune. "Why don't you commit to that lie until you carve it to become the truth. Stick through to it with your dying will."
Timeskip
It was the day of the field trip for the students, with Glynda as their supervisor. They were going to be assigned something to do in forever falls. The students marveled at it's beauty. The red leaves, which cover not only the trees and bushes, but the ground to. It was beautiful.
Even Glynda had to admit the scene was perfect. Except...
"Mr. Sawada, please tell me why you decided to join us on this field trip?" She asked in a whisper through gritted teeth to the smirking man walking next to her.
"I don't want to stay cooped up inside Beacon when another class is going on a field trip." He answered simply.
The students could practically feel the irritation rolling of Glynda.
Such was her irritation towards the tutor.
She took a few moments to calm herself down, before turning towards the students and explaining what they were here for. The students were to collect samples in a jar from the trees deep in the forest for Prof. Peaches. Glynda was merely here to make sure they didn't die while doing so. They were told to stick together because the Grimm lurk around in this forest and to meet back in this spot by 4:00.
Cardin tugged on Jaune shirt a bit, almost making him drop the suitcase and the jars.
"C'mon buddy, let's go." The bully spoke in a light tone.
Jaune looked down a bit before looking towards his teamates. Nora and Ren were walking deeper into the forest, while Pyrrha stayed behind and stared back at Jaune.
They stared at each other for a bit, before Jaune looked back down and followed Cardin, causing Pyrrha to release a sigh, and walking towards her teamates.
Timeskip
Team CRDL could be seen relaxing on the ground. Jaune walked towards them holding six jars of sap, before placing them on the ground and falling down with them, exhausted.
"Hey, great work Jauney-boy. Now that wasn't too hard, was it?" He asked in the same light tone.
Jaune seemed to be in a bit of a daze as he answered him. "I think I'm allergic to this stuff."
Waving off that piece of information, Cardin stood up and walked up to Jaune. "Great, great great. So, Jaune, I bet your asking yourself, 'Why did my buddy Cardin ask me to collect six jars of sap, when there's only five of us."
"That is one of the many questions I asked myself today, yes." He said still looking a bit dazed before sitting up.
Cardin smirked evilly "Well, come with me, and you'll find out."
Jaune groaned.
Yet Another Timeskip.
Team CRDL and Jaune could be seen lying down on the grass on a small hill. Beyond the hill was team RWBY and JNPR, collecting sap for themselves. Team CRDL however, had their sights set on a certain red head.
"Cardin, what's going on?" Jaune asked nervously.
"Payback." The bully answered with a frown, not looking at Jaune.
Following his gaze, Jaune saw Pyrrha collecting sap from a tree. "Pyrrha?"
"What are you-" He was interrupted by Cardin as the bully smacked the ground with his fist. "That's the girl. Red-haired know it all. Thinks she's so smart. We were suppose to get that stupid tutor too, but we didn't know he was coming so he'll have to wait."
Cardin took out a cardboard box from behind him that had the letter W on it. "Alright boys, last night Jaune here managed to round up an entire box of Rapier Wasps and now, we're gonna put'em to work."
Russel, a member of team Cardin who had a green mohawk and the same shade of blue eyes as Jaune, pat said teen on the back in approval with a smirk on his face as Jaune laughed nervously.
"Now, according to one of the essays you wrote for me last week, these nasty things, love sweets. I'm thinking of teaching her a thing or two." Cardin stated.
After getting up, Cardin shoved one of the jars of tree saps into Jaune's arms. "And your gonna be the one to do it." He said implying for Jaune to throw the sap right at Pyrrha.
"Do what?" The implication went unnoticed by Jaune.
"Hit her with the sap." He ordered the blonde, dropping the light tone he was using earlier, before getting right into Jaune's face.
"Either that or I'll have a nice chat with Goodwitch, and you'll be on the first airship out of Beacon." He told him, shoving him lightly.
Jaune looked down at the jar. He looked to see team CRDL smirking at him and he knew they would beat him up if he refused.
He turned back to Pyrrha and put his arm back, ready to throw the jar before Tsuna's words echoed in his mind.
"It's a wonderful thing Jaune."
Jaune's hand started to tremble as he thought of his time with his team, and team RWBY
"A lie you commit to so hard you'd die for it. It that really any different from the truth?"
He shut his eyes tightly as his entire body started to shake.
"Why don't you commit to that lie until you carve it to become the truth. Stick through to it with your dying will."
Jaune snapped his eyes open, a fire burning in his eyes before he turned to Cardin and said simply. "No."
"What did you say?" The bully asked with an edge in his voice.
Jaune didn't falter as his grip on the jar tightened. "I said, NO!" And he threw the jar right at Cardin, spilling the sap all over him.
Cardin looked down at his armor before looking at Jaune menacingly. "Ohhh, you've done it now."
Jaune grew worried for a second before mentally shaking his head and stood strong. He looked back at Cardin with unwavering resolve, even when he was taken by the shoulders by the rest of team CRDL and placed right in front of their leader.
He was shoved onto the ground by the bully, before Cardin picked him up by the collar and punched him in the face, sending him back to the ground with the black eye.
"You know that wasn't very smart Jauney boy." He went up to Jaune and picked him up by the collar again. "I'll be sure they send you back to mommy in teeny, tiny pieces!"
"I don't care, what you do to me." Jaune's eyes were cloudy for a bit before he looked at Cardin, and the cloudiness disappeared and the conviction was back. "You're not, messing with my team."
Cardin lifted him up higher as the bully narrowed his eyes on Jaune. "What, you think talk like that makes you tough? You think your a big shot? You think your a big strong man now?" And to Cardin's anger, Jaune actually smiled mockingly at him.
With a battle cry, Cardin pulled his arm back and punched Jaune in the face again, but as he made contact, a bright light came out of the blue, blinding team CRDL. All Cardin could register in his mind though, was the pain in his hand that caused him to drop Jaune on the ground with a cry of pain.
Jaune looked at Cardin in confusion, before looking at his own hands and noticed them glowing white, the same color as his aura.
He was kicked back down to the ground by one of the members of team CRDL.
"Let's see how much of a man you really are." Cardin said as he stood above Jaune menacingly.
A loud roar got Cardin to look behind him to see an Ursa. The Ursa looked like a bear, but bigger. It had black fur and boney spikes all over it's body that showed it was a creature of Grimm. It had red eyes, a boney helmet over it's head and sharp teeth and claws.
It growled at the teens before standing on it's hind legs and sniffed the air, catching the scent of the tree sap, and went back down on all fours, right in front of Cardin and roared once more at the team. Cardin's teamates turned tail and ran. Screaming "That's an Ursa!" In fear.
Cardin looked back at the Ursa in fear and the Ursa smacked Cardin aside, revealing Jaune. The Ursa paid no attention to Jaune though and went straight to Cardin, who started to crawl back to escape the Ursa's close proximity. Cardin put up his mace desperately, but the Ursa just smacked it aside in front of Jaune.
Jaune looked at the mace and then to the path that Cardin's teammates ran to before steeling himself.
With Team RWBY and JNPR
A roar was heard throughout the forest, alarming the teens. "Did you guys hear that?" Ruby asked hesitantly.
They were startled when team CRDL were seen running away, minus Cardin yelling "Ursa, Ursa!"
Russel ran straight into Yang and she lifted him up by the collar. "What? Where!?"
Russel pointed back nervously towards the direction he ran from. "There! It's got Cardin!"
Pyrrha dropped her jar in shock. "Jaune!" She called out in worry.
Hearing her, Ruby looked at Pyrrha before turning to her team and spoke in a serious voice. "Yang! You and Blake go get Prof. Goodwitch!"
Russel as wrestled out of Yang's grip and kept on running. Yang paid no mind to that as she and Blake left to go get Glynda. "You two! Go with them. There could be more." Pyrrha ordered them as she and Ruby took out their weapons.
With Cardin and Jaune
Cardin was running away from the Ursa, but it proved to be futile as the Ursa jumped over Cardin and swiped it's claw at him. Luckily, his aura prevented him from getting cut by those sharp claws, but they still launched him back.
Injured, Cardin tried to crawl away, but the Ursa easily caught up to him.
This was the scene that Pyrrha, Ruby and Weiss arrived to. "Oh no!" Pyrrha cried out.
The Ursa raised it's claw as Cardin raised his arm and closed his eyes in fear, and swiped it at Cardin, only for Jaune to get between them with his shield stopping the claw in it's place. Cardin lowered his arm and opened his eyes when he realized there was no pain and saw Jaune struggling.
Weiss got into her battle stance, ready to help out Jaune only for Pyrrha to tell her to wait.
They watched as Jaune pushed the claw away, and swung his sword at it. The sword wasn't able to cut through the Ursa's skin but it did cause the Ursa to stumble. It regained it's balance and shot it's arm straight at Jaune, only for the blonde to roll out of the way.
The Ursa swung it's arm at Jaune which he managed to jump over, but the Ursa wasn't done. It shot it's other arm at Jaune and this time, it hit him, launching him back. He rolled on the ground, but managed to stoo himself and get up, before charging straight past Cardin and towards the Ursa.
He jumped at the Ursa and attempted to swing his sword at it, but the Ursa swatted Jaune aside. Jaune got up once again and checked his scroll, which he managed to strap onto his shield, and noticed his aura was in the red.
He looked up as the Ursa roared, and despite the low amount of aura he had, he charged at it once again and it charged at Jaune, both going for the final blow.
It was as if time went by slowly as the Ursa raised his claw, and Jaune raised his sword. Pyrrha noticed that the Ursa's claw was gonna get to Jaune before Jaune could get to it, and raised her hand as it glowed black.
But a hand grabbed her hand, dissipating the glow. She turned her head to see Tsuna shaking his head, making Pyrrha look at him like he was crazy. 'If nothing is done, Jaune will die!' She thought in panic.
"This battle rides on whether Jaune finds his resolve or not."
The three girls looked at Tsuna in disbelief and saw him smirking at Jaune.
Jaune knew the claw was about to get to him first. He knew! But... He couldn't, he wouldn't give up! 'If I can't do this then I might as well leave Beacon. Maybe I don't need to be strong, but if I can't even protect someone like a Huntsman should be able to, then I can't hope to be a hero! I'll fight with my dying will!'
At the moment, Jaune's eyes flashed electric green.
Crackle
Pyrrha and the others heard a crackle of lightning, causing them to turn their attention back to the fight. Tsuna's smirk became even wider when he saw the shade of green in Jaune's eyes.
Crackle
The crackle was head again, and this time, Jaune's shield became coated with green lightning, before the lightning expanded itself a big deal.
The Ursa hit the coat of Lightning and got a nasty shock, as Jaune swung his lightning coated sword, decapitating the Ursa of it's head.
The three girls stood there with their jaws to the ground.
Jaune sheathed his sword as his eyes turned back to normal. He walked up to Cardin and gave him a hand, which Cardin took. "Holy crap Jaune."
Jaune tightened his grip on Cardin's hand as he got in his face. "Don't, ever mess with my team, my friends, ever again."
Now normally, Cardin would've done the exact opposite and keep on bullying Jaune, but something in Jaune's eye stopped him from even speaking. For a moment, he could've sworn they flashed electric green before returning back to normal.
The blonde released his grip on Cardin's hand and walked away from him.
As Jaune walked, he looked up at the sky in thought. 'What was that... That feeling deep inside me?' He wondered. He was kind of numb to what he just did. He didn't know how to react. All he remembered was a strange feeling building up inside him. He didn't really know how to describe it.
"Jaune!"
He was taken out of his thoughts when he heard his name being called out. He was surprised when he saw who were waiting for him. "Pyrrha? Weiss? Ruby? Tsuna?"
Ruby and Pyrrha ran up to him with big grins on their faces. Weiss and Tsuna were walking up to him with smirks on their faces.
"Jaune you found your semblance! That's amazing!" Pyrrha exclaimed. Happy for her partner.
"That was awesome Jaune! You were all like, 'HAAAA!' and 'RAAAH!' and then you cut it's head off with your semblance!" Ruby spoke rapidly with childish glee.
"I will admit, that was an impressive display coming from you." Weiss said with her arms crossed. The blonde really couldn't tell if she was complimenting him or insulting him.
"That wasn't his semblance."
The four teens turned their heads to Tsuna. They became confused by his words.
"That didn't even have anything to do with aura." He revealed. They looked surprised by that.
"Wait, if that wasn't my semblance or it didn't involve my aura, then what was-" Jaune couldn't finish his question because of the sudden exhaustiom that took over his body. He fell and would've hit the ground if not for Tsuna.
Catching him, Tsuna put Jaune's arm around his shoulder and carried Jaune. He chuckled seeing the exhausted look on the blonde's face.
"I'll tell you later. For now, let's get you somewhere to rest." The brunette suggested.
They walked through the forest for awhile before encountering Glynda along with Yang and Blake.
"Is everybody ok?" Glynda asked in a concerned voice just as Nora and Ren came running towards them.
"Everything's fine Glynda. You can thank Jaune for that." Tsuna informed her while casting a glance to Jaune who gave the surprised group a weak smile.
"Jaune did?" Blake asked for confirmation to which Ruby nodded at.
"You should've seen him! He was all like..." Ruby went on telling them what happened with Pyrrha correcting some things Ruby may have exaggerated.
Jaune watched his friends interact with each other and couldn't stop the smile that came across his face. "Tsuna..." He called out in a tired voice.
Tsuna turned to Jaune with a curious look on his face. "Yes Jaune?"
Jaune didn't drop his gaze from his team, but his smile seemed to get even wider. "It really is a wonderful thing."
Tsuna's eyes softened as he looked at the boy.
"It is isn't it."
Timeskip
Jaune looked up at the night sky from one of the roofs of Beacon. The class just came back from the trip and after some much needed rest, Jaune came up here to star gaze.
"No Cardin tonight?"
Jaune didn't turn to the voice, already knowing who it came from.
"I thought you two were best buds." Pyrrha came up to him and gave him an expectant look.
"Pyrrha..." Jaune started as he turned to look at her. "...I'm sorry. I was a jerk. You were only trying to be nice and..I had all this stupid macho stuff in my head." He admitted.
Pyrrha interrupted him before he could speak again. "Jaune. It's ok."
Jaune smiled, glad that she had forgiven him. A smile which Pyrrha returned. "Your team really misses their leader you know."
"You should come down." She said as she headed for her teams dorms. "Ren made pancakes~ No syrup though. You can thank Nora for that. "
"Wait!" Jaune called out. Pyrrha turned around to Jaune, wondering what else he wanted to say.
Jaune averted his eyes from her and started rubbing his arm nervously. "I know I don't deserve it after all that happened. Would you still be willing to help me? To help me become a better fighter."
Pyrrha turned away from him and it saddened Jaune, even though he should have expected her to reject his plead. He didn't notice the smirk that grew on Pyrrha's face.
She started to walk up to Jaune and shoved him to the ground. "Hey!" He cried out.
"Your stance is all wrong." She said. "You need to be wider and lower to the ground."
Though confused at first, he realized she accepted his plea when she put her hand out for him and smiled. "Let's try that again."
Once again, Tsuna's words rang in his head.
"He made me realize that I haven't changed much. Maybe I wouldn't have changed at all. But I also realized that things were clearly different. Alot different from when he first came into my life."
Images of his team and team RWBY flashed through his head.
"Because I had my family. The people who I laughed with, bonded with, and smiled with, to help me out whenever I needed them."
He smiled and took Pyrrha's hand, allowing her to help him up.
"Don't forget about me."
The teens looked to where the voice came from and weren't that surprised to see Tsuna. They were kind of getting used to him popping out of nowhere.
"You still need to gain control of that power you used earlier Jaune." He reminded the boy. "I'll come and help you out along with Pyrrha." He smirked
"I'll make you train with your Dying Will."
Jaune wasn't too sure, but he was starting to understand what exactly Tsuna means by 'Do it with your Dying Will'. If it was what he thought it was, he would start to take a liking to the phrase.
A.N. Chapter two is done.If I wanted to be honest, I had a debate with myself on whether I should end this chapter with Tsuna telling team RWBY and JNPR about Dying Will Flames, or the ending I have now. In the end, I didn't want to change the scene where Pyrrha forgave Jaune. So I stuck with this one. I decided that team RWBY and JNPR -apart from Jaune and maybe Pyrrha- will find out about the flames on a later chapter.Although I'm still kind of unsatisfied with how I ended this chapter. I would change it and think of a better one but I've already wrote over 8000 words and I went through the trouble of proof reading.Forgive me for giving this chapter a lazy ending.Until next chapter. See ya!
