Jaune Arc thought today would be like all others. Breakfast with the rest of team JNPR, as well as team RWBY, classes with Professor Port, Doctor Oobleck (he refused to be called professor), followed by lunch. In the afternoon, their professor would be Professor Goodwych's, proceeded by dinner. The last events of the night would be training with his partner, teammate, and close friend, Pyrrha Nikos; followed by a shower; studying; and finally, lights out with the rest of his team.

Funny thing about events: they never transpire the way you want, or expect, them to. That day, things would take a turn. A very, very, odd turn that changed life at Beacon dramatically. The events of his stay at Beacon, and perhaps his life, started to unfold in a rather strange and different manner, starting at breakfast. It was here that the resident bully, Cardin Winchester, was picking on Velvet Scarlatina. And today, Jaune had finally had enough of his antics.

"Excuse me guys, there is something I have to do" Jaune said as he slid up from his spot at the cafeteria. "Jaune? What's wrong?" Pyrrha said. She then turned towards where Jaune was headed. "Jaune, DON'T! Do you really want them to start picking on you again?" Pyrrha said with a concerned look on her face. "Pyrrha, I really don't care." Jaune replied. Before anyone could stop him, he was walking over the table occupied by team CRDL, and an unfortunate rabbit faunus.

"What do you want?" Cardin jeered at Jaune. Now the entire cafeteria was staring. "This ought to be good" Coco, Velvet's teammate, said to herself. She had been wanting to step in on Velvet's behalf for quite a while now, but Velvet insisted it would only make things worse. However, Velvet had someone who wasn't affiliated with team CFVY helping her, and, as icing on the cake, the one helping her was a rather cute young male.

"I want you to leave her alone. NOW. Don't bother her, EVER AGAIN." Jaune said. Cardin was still sore about having to be saved by Jaune back in the forest from the Ursa. The scrawny blonde in front of him REALLY couldn't have improved that much, could he?

At the table housing the rest of team JNPR and all of team RWBY, Pyrrha was starting to get up to assist her partner. "Excuse me, I need attend to something" Pyrrha said with a worried look on her face. Immediately, Yang grabbed her. "Don't you dare!" the buxom blonde growled. "Things are about to get amusing! Besides, hasn't he been training regularly with you?" She winked at the redhead. "But what if..." Pyrrha trailed off. Nora and Ren were having a similar conversation. Nora didn't like seeing Jaune get hurt. He really was a nice guy, and he treated her, and everyone else, in a fair, and kind manner. "Lets's go break Cardin's legs!" she said with much glee. "Nora... no" Ren replied. "But, what if..." said the bubbly ginger. Ren started to cut her off. "He needs to be able to handle these things on his own."

Meanwhile at CRDL team's location. "Listen, scraggles, just because of what happened in the woods with the ursa, doesn't mean you can best me!" growled Cardin. "That may be true, but it doesn't mean I can stand by while you do this to someone else" Jaune replied cooly. "WHY YOU LITTLE!" Cardin was now winding up for a punch.

Pyrrha looked over at CRDL's location. "Oh NO! JAUNE!" she thought to herself. She had just started to free herself from Yangs death grip when she saw her beloved leader deflect the massive bully's arm, counter with a blow to the stomach, followed by an uppercut, ending with a legsweep.

Silence. The entire cafeteria was silent. Did Jaune, the scrawny fighter, the WORST of all the hunters and huntresses, just beat up the resident bully of Beacon academy? It seemed too good to be true. "What... what happened?" Cardin said, breaking the deafening quiet.

All of a sudden Glynda Goodwych stormed into the cafeteria. "Oh, no, now I am going to get it." Jaune thought to himself. "But, it was worth it if I could help a fellow student." Glynda marched towards CRDL's team. "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?" she roared.

"Now, now Glynda. I think we can all surmise what happened here." Professor Ozpin had entered without much pomp, unlike his female counterpart, and walked calmly and quietly to the scene. "Jaune, if I am correct, Cardin was harrassing Miss Velvet Scarlatina, when he tripped and fell, correct? And of course, you came over to see if they were both alright?" Ozpin said, knowing fully well what happened. "Actually, um... it kinda was that..." Jaune was stuttering, trying to spit out the truth. "Sounds about right from what I saw." Yang had burst onto the scene with her usual spunkiness. Glynda glared at her, causing her to yelp and back away slowly. "Well, let's ask miss Scarlatina. What say you, young lady?" Asked the headmaster of Beacon. "That... sounds right" Velvet mumbled. She hated lying, but she didn't want Jaune to get in trouble for sticking up for her. Besides, team CRDL REALLY had it coming to them.

"Well then, that settles it. I believe Mr. Winchester and his teammates should be able to find plenty of time to reflect on their actions in detention, am I correct, Ms. Goodwych?" Ozpin said. "Indeed they shall" she murmured. "Alright! The four of you! Out of here! On the double!" Glynda railed. "But! BUT!" Cardin stuttered. The female professor in front of him gave him a look that could invoke fear into the toughest of grimms. "Yes ma'am!" the members of team CRDL shouted together. They ran out of the dining hall, with the two professors making their way slowly behind.

Once out of earshot of the hall, Glynda turned to Ozpin. "You know that is not how it went down at all" she hissed. "Ah, yes Ms Goodwych, but those four are always picking on those they believe to be inferior or weaker than them. Sometimes, sometimes it is nice to just watch someone reap the fruits of their labor" Ozpin mused. Glynda, who almost never cracked a smile, chuckled at that. She agreed, though she would never admit it.

"Hi. Sorry about putting you on the spot like that. Are you ok?" the young knight said to the bunny faunus. "Yeah. I – I think I am ok." She replied. Jaune offered her his hand and assisted her in getting to her feet. "Hi. My name is Jaune. Jaune Arc" he said in a very genuine and concerned tone. "Hi. I am Velvet Scarlatina" the young faunus mumbled. "So, where are you sitting? Would you like me to walk you back to your set?" the young knight-in-training said. "Sure" Velvet said, unsure of what to do in a situation like this.

Coco from team CFVY looked on. This opportunity was good. TOO good. She HAD to do something to help her groupmate come out of her shell, meet new people, develop friendships, and maybe snag a guy (like a cute blonde knight, perhaps?). Coco walked smoothly up to the two as they approached CFVY's table. "Hey Velv, sweetie, I have a friend from out of town coming, and I REALLY need to save a seat for her. I am sorry for doing this, but could you sit somewhere else? I am sorry sug, I PROMISE to make it up to you." She pulled down her sunglasses, which she almost always wore, and gave her dejected looking team mate a wink. She felt terrible, but she would make it up, somehow. Besides, this was for her best interest.

"I'm sorry she blew you off like that. I think there are some spots available with my group, and our friends from team RWBY. Would you like to join us?" Jaune mused. "Su-sure" Velvet replied, a bit disappointed, but somewhat happy at the same time.

Meanwhile, at JNPR and RWBY teams' table, Pyrrha was feeling a bit worked up."I'm sure Jaune is just being his usual sweet, caring self. There is no WAY he is interested in her. I'm his partner after all" she thought, trying to calm her own inner fears.

"Hey guys. This is Velvet. She was looking for a place to sit, so I thought she could sit with us, if you guys don't mind" Jaune said. "Of course not! Hi! I am Jaune's partner and team mate, Pyrrha! Pyrrha Nikos!" Pyrrha said, being sure to name drop her last name in an attempt to intimidate the young faunus. "H-hi." Velvet said. "Hey! Nice to meet you! I'm Yang, this is my lil' sis, Ruby" "Hi!" Ruby chirped while munching on a cookie, "This is Blake," "Hi" Blake said, nonchalantly, not looking up from her favorite book, "Ninjas of Love." "And this is the Ice Queen" Yang said, poking fun at Weiss. "HEY! I do have a name, you know!" Weiss shouted. "A pleasure to met you. My name is Weiss Schnee" the young heiress said with all the formality and grace befitting a Schnee heiress. I'm Nora!" Nora yelled, a little bit too loud, startling those dining around them. "Settle down, Nora. I'm Ren" the young man chimed in. "So, pick a seat. You are welcome to sit wherever you like" Jaune said supportively. "I-I-if it's not too much to ask, I would like to sit next to you" the quiet, shy faunus girl stated. "Sure!" Jaune stated.

Jaune took his seat next to Pyrrha, with Velvet on his other side. "He's just being nice. That is one of the qualities you find so endearing about him." Pyrrha grumbled in her head, as one eye twitched. "Besides, it's not as if they are going to become friends or anything." "S-s-so how are your classes going?" the newest addition to the group stammered at Jaune. "To be honest, I am having some trouble with some of my classes. Oobleck's class on the history between faunus and humans is the hardest. I don't know too many faunus, so I don't know where to start with research." "O-ok. I could help you if you want. Can I see your notes from his class?" Velvet murmured. "Uh... sure" Jaune stated, sounding very defeated, as he knew his notes were utter chaos in written form.

Pyrrha looked like she was about to explode. She was still keeping her anger under wraps, but the others were starting to notice. "Oh, your notes are a mess! I can help you with organizing them. I can even copy my notes if you want." Velvet said to Jaune. "Here is my scroll info, can you give me yours?' the young woman asked. That was too much. Pyrrha exploded like a violent volcano. Slamming her tray on the table she got up to leave. "Um... heeeeeyyy... Pyrrha... where you going?" A young Ruby Rose stuttered, clearly worried for her friend. "I'VE GOT TO GO GUYS! I FORGOT I HAVE TO... TO... TO GO TRAIN! COMPLETELY SKIPPED MY MIND!" Pyrrha shouted. She marched off quickly, having the look of someone about to commit mass murder.

"What was that all about?" Jaune asked. "So clueless" Ren mumbled under his breath, as he took a sip from his tea. Little did they know that after she had left, Pyrrha went to training, but did so without Milo and Akouo, instead destroying wave after wave of battle droids with her bare hands.

The rest of the day was a bit tense for Jaune. Professor Port did his usual ramblings about his heroic deeds of days past. Oobleck ran around his desk at speeds that could rival Ruby Rose, rambling quickly about history (a subject he was quite passionate on), and for once, Jaune didn't fall asleep in class. He was excited about the opportunity to make a new friend, and possibly bring up his grades.

Pyrrha's day, on the other hand, couldn't have gotten worse. Not only did she now have to worry about Weiss eventually realizing what a wonderful guy Jaune was, and accepting his advances, not only did she have to worry about Ruby declaring her love for him (she saw how Ruby giggled and stammered around him), and not only did she have to worry about Yang growing up and realizing what love really is, and realize how sweet Jaune was (plus, Yang has some "assets" that were more powerful than Pyrrha's impressive ones, and knew how to use them to her full advantage), but now she had to worry about a new contender. A quiet young faunus! Pyrrha could plan and counter any advance that the other girls did, she knew enough about her foes in that regard, but this girl, this young lady was a complete unknown! This was the WORST position Pyrrha could be in!

After Oobleck's class, the teams were getting ready for lunch. "Hey guys, is it ok if Velvet sits with us?" Jaune inquired. "I'm sorry, Jaune, but I don't think we have enough room at the moment" the young warrioress stated, her voice oozing envious hate. "What are you saying, Pyrrha? I'm sure we can make so-" Ruby stated as she was cut off by Yang elbowing her fiercely in the ribs, and Pyrrha giving her a look of "I will murder you and feed you to the grimm." Ruby started stuttering "Um... YEAH! No room at this table whatsoever! Nope! None! Guess she will have to sit somewhere else!" Pyrrha seemed to calm down, but Ruby was still sweating bullets.

"Oh. Ok. In that case, I am going to go sit with Velvet. She told me about this great place to sit and eat outside. We were thinking of getting some studying done. I'll see you later!" Jaune stated matter of factly. After he left the hall, they all turned their heads to the young spartan. She let out a battlecry that could put the fear of Oum in even a Nevermore.

While team RWBY and the rest of JNPR calmed down the young spartan, Jaune and Velvet went over his notes. As she explained what Oobleck said, this time in a much slower, easier to understand manner, she thought to herself "He seems really nice. Like someone that genuinely cares about everyone he meets. I like that about him." As their study session wound to a close, Velvet meekly asked "Do-do you want to maybe-I don't know- hang out in my team's dorm sometime? We could play some video games that belong to my team mates, if they are ok with it." Jaune pondered the offer. "Sure. My mom always said that strangers are just friends you haven't met yet. And we aren't strangers anymore, so, yeah."

As everyone entered Goodwych's class, it was plain to see that Pyrrha was livid. Absolutely livid. What happened next, though, nobody could have predicted. "Miss Nikos" Goodwych said. "Yes?" Pyrrha replied. "I want you to spar. Since your abilites are so far above many others, I would like you to chose 2 people to spar with." The faces of the rest of RWBY and JNPR, except the clueless Jaune, went white. "In that case, I would be honored to spar with Jaune Arc and Velvet Scarlatina." Pyrrha said with a sadistic grin. Goodwych said in a very loud voice "Mr. Arc! Ms. Scarlatina! Ms. Nikos! Go to your lockers and retrieve your equipment! Be ready in 20 minutes!"

"Ready? Begin!" their professor exclaimed giving a signal with her whip that the match had started. Jaune looked at his best friend, partner, and team member. She looked positively wicked, and dangerous! Velvet had noticed that too, and was trembling a bit. Jaune pulled out Crocea Mors and got into a battle stance. Velvet started to unpack her weapon but never got the chance. the young spartan was on her in a flash. Jaune tried to deflect and grab her attention, but to no avail. The young faunus' weapon was knocked far out of range, and, even worse was behind the enraged gladiator. Jaune tried his best to draw her attention away from the frightened rabbit folk, and was failing terribly at it.

Pyrrha was enraged. She kept going at Velvet like a wild beast attacking a suitors rival. She was going to prove that she, and ONLY she, deserved to be with Jaune! NOBODY would take him away from her. NOBODY! She then felt a dull pain in her side. Jaune had shield slammed her, hoping to deal damage and redirect her attention on him, all the while avoid doing any real harm to her. she responded by throwing him in a martial arts move, and dislocating his shoulder once she had him on the ground. She then turned back to the faunus, who was quivering in fear. She was cut, battered and bruised. She looked at this wild creature with wide eyes and a look of bewilderment on her face. She fully expected to die on that day.

Pyrrha lunged at her, sword raised over her head. Her body had all the movements that were coming up stored to muscle memory. Nothing was going to stop her from obtaining victory. Except something she had not planned on, as she lunged forward in her blind rage. Jaune. That kind, lovable, dorky partner of hers with the spirit of a hero. Her sword struck something hard and metallic, Jaune's shield. She instinctively countered with a shield slam, an uppercut, and a bash to the skull with the shield. "PYRRHA! STOP! HIS AURA IS IN THE RED!" Ruby shouted. But Pyrrha couldn't hear her. Pyrrha couldn't hear anything, see anything, in her blind rage. "MS. NIKKOS! STOP AT ONCE! THE MATCH IS OVER!" Professor Goodwych shouted. After a number of more pummels, Pyrrha went flying across the room, aided by the professors semblance.

"THAT IS ENOUGH! CLASS IS DISMISSED! EVERYONE GO BACK TO YOUR ROOMS!" the busty professor boomed. Pyrrha came to, immediately sickened by the sight that lay before her. "Jaune!" She cried, starting to run forward." She was stopped by Professor Goodwych. "You! Me! My office! NOW!" she yelled to the fiery young redhead. "Ye-yes." Pyrrha said, feeling utterly defeated.

Velvet looked at the aura levels of her new friend, now laying unconscious before her. One percent. That is all the aura he had left. One percent. One more blow and he wouldn't be leaving on the infirmary gurney, he would have been leaving in a body bag. "I'm so sorry Jaune!" Velvet said, as she waited for the medics to arrive.

"What were you thinking!" Professor Goodwych boomed at the young amazon. "You could have... no... you ALMOST killed him!" she screamed at the student before her. "ONE percent! ONE percent! Probably less if the machines REGISTERED damage below that!" Goodwych railed at her. "I-I AM SO SORRY!" Pyrrha was welling up now. "I didn't even know he was there! I don't know what came over me!" She was now sobbing profusely.

"Now, now. What's done is done." A familiar voice said behind her. It was headmaster Ozpin. "The question is, what do we learn from this experience?" Pyrrha looked towards the floor. "I don't know what came over me" she said in between sobs.

"I think it would be best if you and Mr. Arc spent some time apart" professor Goodwych said, a concerned look on her face for everyone involved in that afternoon's event. "I concur." agreed professor Ozpin. "But... but..." Pyrrha started to protest. "It's only temporary, until you both figure some things out about yourselves" the wise, gray-haired teacher proclaimed. "Ok" a very defeated Pyrrha proclaimed.

"What got into her!?" Weiss said rather loudly at team RWBY's dorm. She didn't like the guy, but he wasn't a bad guy. He definitely didn't deserve this! "Wow. Pyrrha was really... scary" Ruby said. "She almost KILLED him!" Yang screamed as her eyes turned red. "That was... disturbing. And unexpected." Blake said. Over in JNPR's dorm, Nora was crying uncontrollably. Jaune and Pyrrha were two of her best friends, and now THIS happens. Ren was consoling her, but worried himself about Pyrrha's control issues and anger.

Meanwhile, Jaune was in critical care at the infirmary. Broken ribs, a severe concussion, a coma, cracked skull, broken leg, broken forearm and an arm out of its socket were the worst of his injuries, and that isn't even including bruises, cuts and such he sustained. Velvet was sitting there, her eyes swollen and red from crying. "He barely even knows me, and yet he protected me valiantly" she thought. "He must be someone really special if he is like that." she thought to herself. It was then and there that Velvet decided to learn more about Jaune. It was at that moment that her interest in him started.

Two days had passed since Pyrrha put Jaune in a coma with a multitude of broken bones. All of his friends had been coming to visit him while he lay unconscious, save for Pyrrha, but none more than Velvet and Ruby. Ruby felt bad. Jaune was kind, sweet, funny, caring and smart, in his own way. She was thinking of what would make him happy when he came out of his coma (which she was sure would be any day now). Then it dawned on her. She would bake him COOKIES! After all, everyone loved cookies, right?

Ruby burst into JNPR's room. "Hey Ren!" the bubbly young woman said. "Yes Ruby?" her tall, quiet friend said. "I wanted to make Jaune some cookies for when he wakes up, but... I don't know how" the energetic teen admitted in defeat. "Ok Ruby. I will help you make Jaune some cookies, but you are helping, and how do you know he is going to be out of his coma soon?" Ren questioned her. "Just a feeling" Ruby chirped back.

It was then that the enigmatic leader of team RWBY noticed a large amount of items missing from the room. All of them belonging to a young gladiator. "Uh... Ren... where is Pyrrha's stuff?" Ruby said, nervously. "Oh. The headmaster decided it best that she... spend some time apart from Jaune, so she moved out." Ren said, with much hesitation. "Oh. I'm sure she feels aweful though" Ruby said with much sadness. "She does, but she created this situation herself. Not much any of us can do until some time has passed" Ren said. "Now then, what kind of cookies did you want to make Jaune?" He questioned his pint-sized friend. "The best kind ever! CHOCOLATE CHIP CHOCOLATE CHUNK!" Ruby gleefully yelled. "Ok. I think that is doable. Just don't eat them all before you can give them to him." Ren retorted. "Ren, does that sound like something I would do?" Ruby whined. "Yes." Ren answered simply.

Ruby was on her way to see Jaune, munching on one of the cookies that Ren helped her bake for Jaune. "Ppfh! What does Ren mean? 'I lack self control' I can totally get to Jaune's room without eating a single cookie" Ruby said to herself. She then looked down, mortified that, in her hand, was the most delicious cookie she had ever eaten, being nibbled on by herself. A cookie, that had been for Jaune, no less. "I guess he has a point" she muttered, with a look of defeat on her face.

As Ruby Rose entered the infirmary, she thought "I did really good! I only ate five cookies." And she was right. That was pretty good, especially for her. As she walked over to the bed, she could see Velvet sitting there, holding his hand. She looked tired, cold, and completely drained.

"Heyya, Velvet. I'm... I'm sorry about how Pyrrha behaved back there." the young huntress carrying the most delicious cookies ever murmured. "It's alright. It's not like it's your fault or anything, right?" Velvet said. The deafening silence was broken when Coco walked through the door. Hey Velv! So... uh... want to go out for girls day shopping? I'm treating! Everything is on the house!" Coco was trying her best to cheer up her friend and team mate. "Then you can get take a nice hot bath and get some rest, ok, sug?" she stated."O-okay" Velvet meekly replied.

Ruby took Velvet's place by Jaune's side. As she sat there, she couldn't help but to think how brave and strong Jaune was when he was while he was protecting Velvet from the fury of the four time Mistral champion. He was, other than her sister, perhaps her best friend. The first to accept her unconditionally. He was cute, kind, and heroic.

Suddenly, as she was slowly rubbing his cheek with her hand unconsciously, she felt a stirring beneath her hand. Jaune was waking up from his coma, just as she had predicted. What came out of his mouth next shocked her and excited her.

"Ruby, you smell so good. You also look really cute in that apron" Jaune mumbled in his sleep. This floored Ruby Rose. Sure, she liked Jaune in a bit of a romantic sense, but she never figured she would ever have any kind of chance, especially compared to the Schnee heiress and the Mistral champion.

Ruby yipped out loud in shock. Now, not only did she realize she had a chance with the blonde knight, but she realized he was nuzzling his face into her hand. Ruby's unexpected outburst caused Jaune to start to stir from his sleep. She quickly yanked her hand back, and tried to compose herself (albeit unsuccessfully). Moments later, Jaune was awake, his brilliant cobalt blue eyes staring into the silver eyes of his young friend.

"Oh. Hey Ruby. How are you? What have you got in your hands? And where is Pyrrha?" Jaune asked. "Um, Jaune, what is the last thing you remember?" Ruby asked. "I remember that Glynda asked Pyrrha to spar against two people, and she chose me and Velvet. I don't remember much after that." Jaune stated matter of factly. "Heh heh heh..." Ruby laughed nervously. "What is it? What happened?" Jaune asked her.

Ruby then retold the whole story, trying to paint Pyrrha in as good of a light as she could (which was a rather difficult task). She then relayed to Jaune the fact that Pyrrha had moved to a different dorm, and was to keep contact with him to a minimum. Afterwards, she gave Jaune the cookies she had for him, and he was nice enough to share the cookies with her, which she greatly appriciated.

"So, um, Jaune, would you like to, you know, hang out, when you get better?" Ruby stammered, starting to put the moves on the clueless blonde knight. "Sure. I hope to be out of here soon. I kinda want to hang with my friends and to catch up on my schoolwork."

Just then the doctor walked in. "You should be good to go son. Although I would get some new clothes. The ones you can in here with are in pretty bad shape." Jaune looked at Ruby with a puzzled look. "Just how bad was injured when I came in here?" He asked his pint sized companion. "Eheheheheheheh... how about I go back to your dorm and bring you some clothes, and I can walk you to get something to eat. Then we can plan out our dat... I mean, when we hang out!" Ruby stammered.