It was already night as Usopp exited an airship and returned to Beacon. "Why does this school have to be in the middle of nowhere?"

He walked towards the dorms with suitcases in both of his hands. A familiar snowflake logo was on each suitcase.

And I'm now really annoyed at this Torchwick fellow. I laughed him off as a joke, but now the joke's on me. I had to look around so much just for an open Dust shop, and now it's already dark out. Tomorrow is supposed to be a field trip, so I should go to sleep early. I can make up for the lost time researching later.

Usopp made his way to the dorms, thinking of ways to put his newly purchased Dust to use. He didn't have a lot for now, but he would get more as he gradually managed to sell some of his art and take commissions.

He was about to reach the corner he needed to turn to before he saw Jaune walk from there with his head down.

"Jaune?"

He looked startled as he looked up. "Usopp?"

"I was just out getting some Dust. It was such a pain, I had to walk forever just to find an open Dust shop."

"Dust? Oh… Now are you going to have flaming bamboo spikes? You'll really be invincible then..." Jaune head seemed to drop even lower.

"No, I don't think it would be possible to use Dust that way. Rather, I thought it could be useful to have different elements available to me. Anyways, I haven't really seen you much. Did you and your team manage to come up with a team symbol?"

Jaune looked to the side. "Ah, that? I-um, no… I just…"

"Don't worry about it. I'm going to my room now to mess around with the Dust I bought. If you need something, just knock. It should be easy to tell which room is mine."

As Usopp started walking away, Jaune stared blankly at the ground. After a few steps, Jaune managed to say, "I'm sorry."

Usopp turned around. "Hey, I told you not to worry about-"

"It's not about that. I just can't help but feel that I stole this spot from you, and now you're stuck as a reserve member, while I'm the leader of a team, and I can't be a failure, and… I don't really deserve to be here."

"Hey, you didn't steal anything. You earned that spot in Initiation."

"You don't understand." Jaune looked around before lowering his voice to a whisper. "I forged my transcripts, so I really don't deserve my place here."

"Oh… Wait, why did you even need to do that? I got in just based on how I did during Initiation. I didn't even need transcripts."

"I'm not good enough for that. A good transcript gives you breathing room for a lack of good performance during Initiation. If you don't have one, then Initiation is all they judge you on. I knew that I couldn't do well during that phase, so I had to do that for them to give me a chance. Cardin knows, and he's got me on a leash because of it."

"That bastard… do you want me to prank him? I can get away with it easily."

"What? No, don't you get it? What I'm saying is that because I cheated, you only got in as a reserve member. I saw you at the team announcement ceremony, and being a Huntsman seemed important to you. What if the rules weren't bent?"

"I don't know, but that's not what happened. And it's not like everything was your fault. I spent too much time running away from Grimm, so I lost my chance to find a partner."

Jaune widened his eyes. "You… ran from Grimm? Why?"

"Hey, don't look at me like that! I'd never seen one before, so how was I supposed to know they were so weak? They looked even scarier than zombies."

"Ruby said that you've been fighting Grimm since you were three years old."

"That's… anyways, the point is that I got this reserve position because of my own actions. And besides, this position fits me better anyways."

Jaune sighed.

"If Cardin gets too annoying, feel free to tell me. I'm heading to my room now."

The next day, Jaune and Team CRDL were overlooking his own team, Team RWBY, and Usopp who were gathering sap. Cardin was staring hard at Usopp's back in particular.

"Cardin, wh-what's going on?"

"Payback."

While Cardin's reputation as a fighter has improved greatly ever since the day he stopped fighting Usopp, the first impression of him being weak still lingered in everyone's minds.

"You mean Usopp? What are-"

"That long nosed freak. He continuously mocked me and humiliated me. I wouldn't be surprised if he was the one who fired those rotten eggs either. Alright boys, last night, old Jaune here managed to round up an entire box of Rapier Wasps, and now, we're gonna put him to work. Now, according to one of the essays you wrote for me last week, these nasty things love sweets. I'm thinking it's time we get back at him."

Cardin handed Jaune a jar of sap, a jar that Jaune had been forced to fill. "And you're going to do it."

"Do what?"

"Hit him with the sap! Either that, or I'll tell Goodwich your little secret. It's not like he's part of your team or anything. He's just a freak that doesn't belong here."

Jaune looked at Usopp, and then at the sap in his hands. "No, you're wrong."

"What did you say?"

"I said no! He is a part of my team, and he belongs here as much as anyone else."

Jaune threw the jar of sap at Cardin. Cardin just laughed.

"Oh, you've done it now."

Usopp shivered as he heard a menacing roar in the distance.

"Did you guys hear that?" Ruby asked.

"I did," Usopp said. He concentrated to activate his Observation Haki. In the distance, he could see two auras. He recognized that one of the auras was the same as the one that changed in the forest.

The RDL of Team CRDL came running from the forest yelling that there was an Ursa that got Cardin. They pointed to the direction from where he sensed the two auras.

"I sense two auras in that direction."

"Jaune..." Pyrrha said.

"I can lead the way."

"Great, Usopp. Yang! You and Blake, go get Professor Goodwitch!" Ruby ordered.

Looking at Ren and Nora, Pyrrha said, "You two, go with them! There could be more!"

Getting lost in a forest such as this was easier than one would think. Even though the rest knew the general direction, they still felt like it was a better idea to just follow Usopp.

"You said you could sense their auras… Is that your Semblance?" Pyrrha asked.

"That… I don't know. I unlocked this ability recently, but it was still before I even had my Aura unlocked. That would mean that it can't be my Semblance, right?"

"...Right," Pyrrha replied. An ability that isn't dust based and isn't a Semblance? Is that even possible? It might be related to his origin, like those plants.

"What's really annoying about this ability is that I can't sense Grimm at all! Those are the things I want to keep an eye on the most, but they just have to be soulless, don't they? They- We're just about there!"

Usopp, Pyrrha, Weiss, and Ruby reached a clearing where they could see Cardin on the ground, about to be slain by a large Ursa. However, Jaune intervened by blocking the strike with his shield.

Weiss readied Myrtenaster, while Usopp loaded a shot into Black Kabuto.

"Wait," Pyrrha said.

Usopp didn't fire, but he still held his weapon out just in case. Jaune was sent flying several times, but he kept on getting up and trying again. On his last try, Usopp noticed that the Ursa was going to strike before Jaune could pull off his own attack. However, Jaune's shield suddenly moved to deflect the blow at the last second. This allowed Jaune to land his own decapitating strike.

Usopp noticed that Pyrrha had her hand held out. "Was that the same thing you used in our spar?"

"Yes. Ruby has her speed, and Weiss has her glyphs. My Semblance is polarity."

"Whoa, you can control poles..." Ruby said in awe.

"No, you dunce! It means she has control over magnetism!" Weiss corrected.

"Magnets are cool too..."

The four left the scene, with Pyrrha convincing the rest not to say anything to about the incident.

Wasn't there a red haired pirate in Sabaody that had the same power? Maybe Semblances be almost anything, similar to Devil Fruits.

Usopp imagined himself turning into rubber as he unlocked his Semblance. Luffy and I could be twins! Although I'm not sure if Semblances actually work like that. I hope my Semblance is good. What if it is something lame like the power to turn into a Giraffe? Kaku was already mistaken for me in the past with his nose. If I get the same power, it would be too confusing.

"Hey Usopp, did you really have that ability to sense Auras from a distance before your Aura was unlocked?" Weiss asked.

"Of course I did!"

"Why don't you check your Aura level with your scroll then?"

Usopp did exactly that. "It says that it's full. Why wouldn't it be, I wasn't hit or anything."

"A Semblance is like a more advanced and unique way of using your Aura. If that ability was a Semblance, then you wouldn't be full on Aura. Which makes me curious, what is that power and why do you have it?"

"I want to know too," Ruby added, "You said that you could sense Auras, but how does that work?"

"I am curious as well," Pyrrha said.

"With this power, I can see living things from a great distance, and even through physical obstacles. Although, I I technically don't see them, rather I see their Auras. They look blue, in case you were curious. From what I've noticed is that people who have their Aura unlocked look brighter than those who don't. It's a useful ability for a sniper such as myself."

"How did you get this power?" Ruby asked.

"I don't know. At one point, I needed to make an extremely long distance shot against a target I couldn't see. There was… a lot at stake, so I couldn't miss no matter what. In the midst of all of that pressure, I unlocked that ability."

"That sounds like how a Semblance might get unlocked. Whether this is an abnormal Semblance that doesn't use Aura, or a different ability entirely, the only way to know for sure is if you unlock another ability that does use Aura," Weiss said.

For the rest of the walk, Usopp thought about what his Semblance might be.

One thing about this world that Usopp was grateful for was the advanced gardening tools. Inside his room, he had a special green self watering garden planter. Simply storing water in the lower section distributed it evenly throughout all of the soil above, where he was growing Pop Green seeds.

Several bright lamps illuminated the garden, meaning that even during the night, no productivity would be lost. The area with the garden was blocked by a curtain in order for Usopp to be able to sleep. This setup was better than what he had on the Sunny. If he ever found a way to get back home, he would want to bring this setup with him.

I wonder if my old garden is still alive… Luffy and the others went to Whole Cake Island on the Sunny, so the only real hope of it being taken care of is Nami. It's been several months, the final battle at Wano has probably already happened by now. Did Sanji ever come back? Is everyone still alive?

Usopp sighed. He tried not to think about how his long absence would affect everyone back home, but sometimes he couldn't help but worry. He'd like to think that once he got back, he could just get back on the Sunny like nothing happened at all. However, the longer he stayed in this world, the less likely it was that everything was fine.

Usopp looked at the time on his scroll. It was 10:58 PM. I should head back to the library. I can still look for something for the next two hours. Maybe I'll get lucky this time.

A/N: What Jaune said about why he needed forged transcripts is just what I came up with for this fic. In canon, there were entrance exams and Initiation, but I just condensed the two into one thing in this fic. Therefore, I needed to explain why Jaune still needed to forge his transcripts.

As a side note of trivia, Usopp's canon normal sleep schedule is going to sleep at 1:00 AM and waking up at 8:00 AM.