Rock looked on at Cardin Winchester with his mace perched on his shoulder and Jaune Arc opposite him with sword drawn, leaning on his weapon as if exhausted, in the spotlight shining on the Beacon Academy auditorium stage.
Jaune looks at Cardin, who laughs at his opponent's 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." Cardin said
"Over my dead-!" Jaune was interrupted 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, the lights come back on, and Glynda Goodwitch's voice causes him to stop.
"Cardin, that's enough!" ms.Goodwitch said making Cardin stop mid attack and walk away "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." ms.goodwitch turned to jaune who was still on the floor "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?"
"Speak for yourself..." Cardin said
"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!" ms. Goodwitch addressed the students
The bell rang and rock looked on at jaune who was still on the floor hanging his head in shame as rock walked out of the classroom thinking about a solution to help jaune
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"So! There we were, in the middle of the night..." Nora tells a story to the group as rock looked over his arm cannon he called the mega buster after his code name
"It was day." ren interrupted
"We were surrounded by Ursai..." Nora continued as blake read her book uninterested and yang who listened to the story intently
"They were Beowolves." ren once again interrupted
"Dozens of them!" she screams this as she stands at 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
"Two of 'em." ren disproved Nora's story once again
"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!" Nora said as both ruby and pyrrha looked at jaune with concern
"She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now." ren said sighing
"Jaune? Are you okay?" pyrrha asked
"Huh? Oh, yeah! Why?" Jaune asked snapping out of his trance
"It's just that you seem a little... not okay..." ruby said
Everyone stops their destructions to look a jaune "Guys, I'm fine. Seriously! Look!" Jaune 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
"Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school!" pyrrha said
"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah... He just likes to mess around! You know, practical jokes!" Jaune said nervously
"He's a bully." ruby said
"Oh, please! Name one time he's 'bullied' me." Jaune said in challenge
Ren pointed out the time jaune was 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.
Rock held up a paper stating the time
Jaune and Cardin were about to pass through a doorway, but Cardin clicked on Jaune's sheath and extended it into its shield form as he's going out, causing him to run into his own defense and have it block the exit.
Yang brought up the time Cardin pushed jaune into a rocket locker and sent him flying out of the school premises
"I didn't land far from the school!" Jaune said in Cardin's defense
"Jaune, you know if you ever need help, you can just ask." pyrrha said
"Ooooh!" Nora yelled standing ontop of the table "We'll break his legs!"
"Guys, really, it's fine! Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me; he's a jerk to everyone." Jaune said
They all 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. "Ow! That hurts!" she yelled "Please, stop..."
"I told you it was real!" Cardin says laughing at the girl with bunny ears
"What a freak!" Russell said still laughing with his team mates
Rock looked on at the scene with pure anger if anyone could've seen his face they would've seen his eyes glowing a deep red
Cardin finally relents, and the girl stands up and hurries off, her head bowed and hiding her face from the watching table of heroes.
"Atrocious. I can't stand people like him." pyrrha said angered
"He's not the only one..." Blake said glaring daggers at Cardin
"It must be hard to be a Faunus." yang said
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