"You're not messing with my team."

"What? You think talking like that makes you tough? Think you're a big strong man now?"

The words exchanged between two boys who were at odds with one another, one who had hold of the other off the ground, the other with a bruised face, smiling at the larger boy who held him. The older one growled, before reaching back a fist and throwing a punch at the smaller boy. But at the moment the punch was to connect, a flash of light, and then...nothing.

The light faded and the larger boy noticed he wasn't holding the other one anymore. But off to the side, the boy was kneeling to the ground, his hands holding himself up. He looked at his hands to see a strong white glow shimmer and fade, noticing his pain was gone.

"Lucky escape. But let's see how much of a man, you really are." The older boy spoke, others with him moving in around the kneeling boy. But before they could anything else, a roar sounded throughout the clearing of the red forest they were in. They all looked to the right to see a massive Ursa sporting large bone spikes from it's back. It looked around at the boys in the clearing before spotting Cardin and roared, charging at the boy, while the rest of team CRDL ran off screaming.

Jaune looked to the forest and considered running, but looking to Cardin and the Ursa, he groaned, not willing to live with himself if he died when he could have done something. Gritting his teeth, he raced over to Cardin who just took a blow to the head, depleting his aura and leaving him on the edge of consciousness. The Ursa went in for another strike, but Jaune stopped it with his shield, pushing back against the clawed paw of the Ursa, huffing as he had to press his strength to do so.

The Ursa regarded him, but it looked past Jaune to Cardin, obviously more interested in him, and Jaune knew he had to protect him. However as the Ursa rushed him, Jaune put up his defense again, only to have his shield ripped from his grasp and thrown aside, with a follow up tossing him off to the other side. Jaune rolled, but his aura preserved him and he looked up, seeing the Ursa encroach upon Cardin. Jaune gritted his teeth. "No!"

He got to his feet and rushed forward, however from where he looked at the Ursa from a distance before, he was now practically on top of it, tangled into its back spikes. "Wha? How?" He called, but realized now wasn't the time, taking his sword and stabbing it into the back of the Ursa. It howled in pain and shook violently to attempt to throw him off. Jaune gabbed onto several of the spikes with his arms and hands to secure him in place, but he then realized it was going to roll over to attempt to crush him. He looked over to Cardin, and then suddenly like before, found himself beside the unconscious Cardin. Falling to his knees and hands, he gasped in shock of the action, but adrenaline directed his thoughts as he turned around.

He watched as the Ursa rolled over, breaking it's bone spikes, but then he looked down to his own hands, to realize he wasn't holding his sword, but in each hand a length of a bone spike from the grim. Widening his eyes in realization, he gripped the spikes and gritted his teeth, looking to the rising Ursa as it stood to its full height. Jaune bellowed out as he jumped forward, and this time, wanted himself to move, willed it, right above the Grim's head. He plunged both spikes into its head, down to his fists and the Grim groaned, before toppling over backward, with Jaune on its shoulders and chest.

He breathed roughly, hanging onto the bone spikes he used to kill it, and as he slowly fell to the ground through its fading bone, that was the only part of it that didn't fade away with the Grim. He heard his sword clatter to the ground a little off to the side, and kneeling to the ground himself now, holding onto the bone spikes, as the Grim disintegrated around him. "What?" A male voice spoke out and Jaune turned to see Cardin, Sitting up staring at Jaune. "You killed it, with its own spikes... Holy crap Jaune."

Jaune got up, huffing a bit as he walked over to Cardin who got up as well. "Don't ever mess with my team, my friends, ever again. Got it?" Jaune spoke in a low tone, there was a tense silence between their stares, before Cardin turned and walked away.

"Jaune!" A female voice called out. He turned to see Pyrrha, Ruby, and Weiss coming towards him. "Jaune that was amazing!" Pyrrha said, smiling at him, and he just looked at her confused.

"What was?" He asked, a bit confused, and a little shaky with the adrenaline still running through his system.

"You! Your semblance!" Weiss said, practically accusingly, she had her arms crossed and her face set like it should be obvious.

"My semblance, what do you mean?" Jaune asked, still not getting it.

"Jaune, didn't you notice it? When you covered a distance without moving? You teleported Jaune, literally, you were in one place and you just appeared in the next area immediately in a flash of white light. You can't do something like that without a semblance, and on that account, your's is the first one like it." Pyrrha went on.

"What? No that can't be right I mean, Me, having a never before seen semblance? It's probably just really fast dash or something." He said, though while ecstatic over possibly having his semblance, his own self-confidence issues instantly bite down onto that fact to downplay it.

"Nope! Remember Jaune, my semblance is speed, the fastest speed semblance, I know speed and I can tell you right now, that was not a speed semblance. You were there, and then you simply weren't. Right Weiss?" Ruby spoke, looking over to her partner with a smile.

"For once, she's right."

"Hey!"

Weiss smiled at that little jab. "I have a high-speed dash using my glyphs, and I've studied various known semblances, so I can verify that what you did was true teleportation and that it is the first of its kind. Well, first known to public record anyway." She finishes off the statement with a clarification.

Jaune now was honestly floored, thinking on what they just told him. Did he really have such a rare semblance, to be the first of its kind, well, known, kind? He thought on this a moment before Weiss brought up a new point.

"Also, Jaune, you've got your hands on something quite rare. Grim Bone Spikes. Something you don't get a hold of easy." She spoke, pointing down to his hands, where they all look now. It was true, he was holding a spike in each hand, both of them roughly the same size to one another, and they were dissolving. "It's hard to get any Grim bones to last, but if you're lucky enough, you do and they can be fashioned into armor or even weapons that are as tough as aura forged steel, but far lighter. But be sure to shape them first, then flood them with aura otherwise they'll be stuck in that shape." She advised, getting a numb nod from Jaune.

"This is gonna be awesome! We gotta get you training to learn the ins and outs of your semblance! Maybe it does have a speed aspect and we can race! OH! A semblance can mean a change in weapons! Please please please, if you want to redesign your weapons let me help please!" Ruby pleaded, using her semblance to get his sword and shield for him, which he took and holstered, but the mention of training reminded him of why this all started int he first place.

"May...maybe later, ruby. I ugh...have some things I need to think about first." He spoke, his mood dropping like a lead weight as he hung his head a bit and started making his way back to the group past them.

"What's wrong?" Ruby asked, now concerned she said something to offend him.

"It's...complicated, but I think this whole mess with Cardin has something to do with it," Pyrrha spoke, not sure if that was the case, but she had a feeling now that was the case thinking everything over. It made sense.

"What, you mean Cardin was holding something over his head? That was why he changed like that?" Weiss asked.

"It would seem so, yes. Jaune does have a secret, one I'm not comfortable with telling. But... Let me talk to him tonight, I'll let you know what happens, but for now, keep his semblance a secret. Cardin doesn't seem to know it and it's Jaune's business what he does with it. If nothing else, tell your team only, alright?" She asked, getting nods from both girls. They started back for the group like the others, it was time to go anyway.

[Later that night]

Jaune sighed as he looked out over the grounds of Beacon while he stood upon the small roof access area. He didn't know why he came up here, but when he wanted to think, his feet just took him here. Honestly, he should be happy, he discovered his semblance, a likely one of a kind semblance, and he even got something rare out of the fight, the Grim bone spikes. But he sure didn't feel happy.

"I thought I might find you up here," Pyrrha spoke, and Jaune didn't react to her, not at first, but he eventually turned to look at her.

"I...I messed up." Jaune spoke, sighing as he looked back out to Beacon grounds.

"What do you mean?" She asked, though she had an idea, he needed to say this.

"Cardin...he found out about my transcripts being fake." He spoke, rubbing his arm. "He used that as leverage to make me his personal little slave...and it nearly got you hurt." He stated, looking down ashamed.

Now Pyrrha's attention was piqued despite the nervousness she had over his announcement of his transcripts out loud like that. "What do you mean/ Almost got me hurt?" She asked, not quite getting it.

"Cardin...he, ugh, he was planning on using the sap to attract a swarm of Rapier Wasps he had me collect to you...he tried to make me throw the jar of sap at you." He admitted, his shoulders slumping at the admission.

Pyrrha's eyes widened a bit and remembered the sap the coated Cardin's armor, now making sense. "But you didn't." She said, giving him a smile as she approached him. "I remember the threat you made to Cardin, we were there for that. He might have planned it, but you didn't do it, that was him." She spoke trying to comfort her leader.

"But he almost did make me do it. Regardless of what happened, the fact he got me to that point, it just... it hurts, being used like that against my friends." He stated, clenching his fists. "If I were a proper student, he wouldn't have been able to do that, he wouldn't have had anything to hold over my head." He muttered, angry with himself.

"Then become a proper student," Pyrrha said, getting his attention. "Jaune, you're the Leader of Team JNPR, despite how you got here, you wouldn't be a team leader if there wasn't something about you that stood out to make you fit for the role. Your combat skills might be lacking, but when it counted, you acted like a leader should, looking out for your team and you have my thanks for that, especially knowing what Cardin had planned. That's not something you just learn to do. You belong here at Beacon Jaune." She stated, grabbing his shoulder to turn him to face her.

"But my skills-"

"Can be improved. Jaune, you might not realize it, but you discovered your semblance within two months of having your aura awoke, where some of us it can take years."

"...Cardin will likely blab about my transcripts being fake if he hasn't done it already." Jaune spoke, delivering his kicker point.

"Then we'll just have to break his legs!" Came the excited voice of his other female teammate. Jaune jumped at hearing the voice, looking up to the source, seeing not only Nora but Ren and Team RWBY. Jaune's mouth hung open, looking at them, before looking back to a sheepish Pyrrha.

"The others wanted to talk to you as well...and now they know too." She said, her nervous grin and slight hunch in posture telling him she was fearful of his reaction.

"Well, I certainly can't condone faking your way into Beacon with falsified records." A certain heiress spoke. "However... I can't argue that you've been an adequate team leader, and showed you looked after your team." She followed up, before sighing. "While I don't agree with it, I don't see a reason by skill or merit to see you gone. Not to mention your new semblance needs to be properly trained."

"Yeah Vomit boy, You looked after your team, you do good. Besides, what's life without being a bit rebellious, eh Lady Killer?" Yang smirked as she leaned forward looking down at Jaune and Pyrrha from the higher roof a story above them.

Blake was silent, but he could see her nod her head to him, but that wasn't unusual, she was silent usually anyway unless spoken to. Ruby was smiling at him, giving him a thumbs up. "No worries Jaune, you're more than qualified to be here." She called out to him.

Ren had his arms crossed and similar to Blake, gave him a nod with a subtle smile. Nora obviously made her opinion known with her threat to Cardin's legs. He looked to each of them, before lowering his head, a smile on his lips. "Thanks, guys." He spoke, his hair overshadowing his face.

"Well, be that as it may, you still need to get trained and we'll have to see what we can do about Cardin," Blake spoke, her own issues with Cardin fueling her desire to deal with him as she saw fit.

"She's right... But do you want the training Jaune?" Pyrrha asked, looking to Jaune.

Jaune considered it, remembering what he said last time... "I do...and I'm sorry, for what I said last time." He spoke, getting that off his chest. Pyrrha smiled, she walked over to Jaune and pushed him, causing him to fall. "Hey!?"

"Your stance is all wrong, your feet need to be wider, and lower to the ground." She started, getting giggles from the other girls and a few chuckles from Ren even. But seeing all of their smiles, their eyes not judging him, but accepting of him. He decided to do something he'd always been warned to not be careless of doing. Drawing his sword, he maneuvered from his fallen position to kneeling one, kneeling on one knee, he held onto his sword, stabbing it into the ground before him, holding onto the handle as he bowed his head to rest on the guard of Crocea Mors.

This earned a great deal of confusion at first until they heard him spoke. "I, Jaune Miles Hiro Luna Arc, First son and youngest child of the 19th Generation of the Arc Family line under our Founder Saint Arc, Hereby give my word, the Arc Oath, that I will not be weak again, that I will become stronger, so that I do not become a victim again, to not let my friends be hurt. To this, I swear upon my name, on my very blood, as an Arc." He stated, moving his hands down the handle and grabbing the blade, tightening his grip as he spoke, till blood was drawn and it flowed down the blade.

Witnessing this, some were confused, but a few of them knew exactly what this was, what this meant. Even Weiss seemed gobsmacked by what she just witnessed, but not for the same reason as some others. "Um, why'd he do that? I mean I get it's a promise and all-"

"No, you Dunce. Jaune belongs to one of the old families like I do," She said, though she hid her own shock at just now realizing this fact. "Things like Honor, your word, and the credibility of your name are important to the old Families." She informed Ruby, though the others who were confused as well were all now starting to get it. "To give your word on any point is to follow through with it, regardless of circumstances or consequences." She stated.

"It's more than that." Jaune stood up, sheathing his sword, while Pyrrha was checking his hands, only to see them stitching up already. It was amazing to see what so much aura can do for a person, to accelerate their healing that much. "In the Arc Family, our word and Oath has not once been broken since our family's founding. We are told to be careful in giving our Oath, and it might not have been needed here. But I wanted to show you all what this means to me. Because to an Arc, either we follow through with our oath, or we follow it into death." He stated, earning a few gasps as they all now grasped the true levity of what had just transpired.

Pyrrha smiled, touched by Jaune's show of commitment to this. She could only hope to provide just what Jaune wanted, or rather needed, to help him get stronger to achieve the goal he set for him self. "Well, Let's get started." She stated, drawing her sword and taking a ready stance.

A new story, Yes I know Y'all hate me for not getting another Chapter of Wishing Dragon out. But not to worry, I won't make an empty promise on that but know I am working on it. For now, Enjoy this chapter and let me know what you think. Leave reviews, ideas, suggestions or anything down there. Later.