One month and 2 one shots later and here we are! New full fledged story!

Everyone noticed a change in Jaune. At first it was subtle, with him waking up and not greeting his team, though that was put off as him being very tired.

It slowly became more noticeable as he slowly smiled less, became slightly more easily agitated.

One time Cardin tried to pick on Velvet again, only for Jaune to twist his arm and flip him into a table, spltting it in half, within a manner of seconds.

He began taking things more seriously. He focused alot in class as of recent, which raised his grades. He stopped perusing Weiss, which shocked everyone, even said girl.

It just became more noticeable each day, and then he made an unusual request one day.

Team RWBY were all doing their own thing in their room.

Ruby was going through a weapons magazine, Weiss was studying, Blake was reading, though what it was is a secret to all, and Yang was playing a game on her scroll.

It was a relatively normal day until they heard someone knock on their door.

They all shared a look before Ruby jumped off her bed and opened to the door to reveal Jaune.

"Oh hey Jaune! What brings you here? Oh, are you here to ask Weiss on a date again?" She asked, and said girl sighed and rolled her eyes before she braced herself.

"No actually, I'm here for Yang." He said which suprised everyone.

Yang hopped off her bed and went to Jaune.

"Hey there Lover-Boy, what is it you want? A night out in Vale? Looking for a fun time?" She teased, but to everyone's surprise he didn't react at all, and responded normally.

"No, I came here to ask you for a favour."

"What would that be?"

"I want you to train me."

"Wait, train you? Why?"

"Yeah, I need work on my hand to hand combat skills, I wont always have my sword, so I need to be able to fight without it."

"Ah, I see, alright well since there's nothing to do, I'll meet you in the combat rooms."

"Alright." And with that he walked off.

Once Yang closed the door she turned around and met everyone's gaze.

"So... Anyone else notice anything odd about our local knight there?" She asked.

"Yeah! He seemed more... tense." Ruby said.

"Yeah! He didn't even respond to my teasing, he just took it in stride."

"Jaune has been acting differently recently, I've seen him in the library, studying intensely." Blake added.

"I wonder what's been bugging him. Any ideas Weiss?" Ruby asked the heiress.

"What? How shoukd I know?"

"I don't know! Maybe he's all sad and stuff because you turn him down in the meanest ways!" Ruby exclaimed.

"She is right, it's not your fault that you don't like him, but you are kinda rude." Yang pointed out.

"Name one time!"

"How about when you slammed the door in his face, and cracked his nose." Ruby pointed out.

"Or when you froze his legs in place." Yang added.

"Or when you froze him entirely." Blake added.

"I think he had hypothermia from that and was in the infirmary for a week." Yang commented.

"Oh! And that time you stepped your heel on his foot."

"Or when you broke his guitar."

"Or when you basically humiliated by insulting him in front of the cafeteria."

"Or when you crumpled his love letter to you and threw it at his face."

Weiss looked at them with disbelief, they were against her!

"How dare you!" She exclaimed.

"We dare. Now then, if you'll excuse me, I gotta go train with Jaune. Catch you later!" Yang went through the door and left, heading towards the training rooms.

Hours later, Yang returned to the team's room.

"Hey Yang, how was training with Jaune?"

"Exhausting, he may not show it, but he is strong."

"Really?" Ruby asked, intrigued by this.

"Yeah! While his stance was all flimsy and he tended to mess up, he can pack a punch, we even hit each other's fists and we ended up tearing a bit of the floor from the impact!"

"Sounds impressive." Blake commented.

"It was, but I felt something that was backing him in his strength. It wasn't unnatural per say, but it felt..." Yang trailed off as she thought of the right word.

"Different?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah! Different. Like, it was still the Arc we know but... It felt like he was a different kind of person."

The team sat in silence. They could only wonder what was happening to their friend.

They were brought out of their musings when they heard a knock on their door.

Yang opened it to reveal the NPR of JNPR, standing in the hall together.

"Hey guys, what's up?"

"Hello Yang, may we come in?" Pyrrha asked.

"Sure!" Yang moved aside to let the three in.

"So what brings you three here?"

"Well, we came to talk to you guys about Jaune."

The air tensed a bit, knowing that the topic isn't that light.

"So, you noticed the changes too?" Ruby asked.

The three nodded.

"How could we not? This is Jaune we're talking about, our fearless leader! How could we not notice the how different he is now!" Nora said.

"He has been acting rather strange as of recent. He seemed rather stressed, and he's been trying to keep in within himself, and we're worried about him." Ren said.

"We were also curious about something." Pyrrha added.

"What would that be?" Blake asked.

"We were curious if Weiss knew anything about this." All eyes were on said heiress.

"Wait, why am I always getting accused for Jaune being like this?!" She complained.

"Well you did slam a door in his face once." Nora said.

"And you also-"

"Alright, alright! I don't need the whole list again." She interrupted.

"Maybe you should talk to Jaune, apologize? It might make him feel better." Ruby suggested.

Weiss looked around as everyone had eyes on her. With a sigh, she gave a response.

"Fine, I'll talk to him."

First chapter done! Leave a review, makes me always glad to write. More to come!