Chapter One

Jeanne Arc's life was going great, better than great. It was simply amazing. She was the team leader of team JNPR, her partner was a world-class champion at combat and she got to have one on one training with her. She was doing well in her classes thanks to her team. She made so many new friends she was even close to her sister team, Team RWBY. Everything was just so great. Until she looked at her scroll.

"Mom told me everything, I'm coming to take you home."

Her body had frozen to the point where everyone at the table took notice of this. She felt someone place their hand on her shoulder but not even that freed her from her stiffness. She looked around to see all of her friends were looking at her. Her gaze went back to the food before her.

"Jeanne, what's wrong?" It's was Pyrrha's voice, Her partner, her best friend. She would have to leave her. All of them.

"M-My brother is coming to Beacon..." Jeanne's voice was shaky.

"Oh, you have a brother?" Yang spoke up. "That's cool, what's he coming for?"

"He just found out about me coming to Beacon, He's coming to take me home."

"Oh, like to visit your family?" Ruby asked, her best-leader-friend, the sweet little reaper.

"No, I kind of left home on bad terms with my family…" She looked around the table. "I ran away and he most likely just found out… He's going to make me stay home."

"What!" It was Ruby who slammed both of her hands on the table. "No, J-just tell him no or something!"

"Yeah!" Nora followed up. Sweet Nora always willing to back us up. "Who does he think he is! Trying to take you away from us!?"

"Well, the last time he saw me was a week before I ran away, and you remember how good I was back then. He doesn't know about how much I've improved." She tried to explain. "I've been… avoiding him…"

"Still, he has no right to come here and try to force you to leave, Jeanne." Pyrrha's gave her shoulder a light squeeze, she always knew how to give Jeanne a pick me up but not this time.

"Guys, you don't understand, My little brother is-"

"Little Brother?!" It was Yang who cut the poor girl off. "No way are we gonna let some shrimp come up here and boss you around. You're the big sis, just tell him no."

"Well, I'm only older by 2 minutes. We're twins." She explained. "But that's not the point. Once Jaune mind is set it's really hard to get him to go back on it."

"Well, I guess we will just have to change his mind," Weiss added her two cents which came as a shock to Jeanne. "I mean if this was months ago I would've agreed with him. But look at you now. You've improved so much and once he sees that, I'm sure it will change his mind."

"Weiss is right!" Ruby slammed into her partner wrapping one arm around her much to Weiss's dismay. "Plus we could just go to the Headmaster, Professor Ozpin could stop him, Right?"

Jeanne couldn't help but smile with all of her friends around her, giving her all the support she needed.

"So, when is this jerk gonna show up?" Yang asked before adding. "No offense."

Right on Que, her scroll lit up with another message. Everyone one leaned in to see what it said, the name over the message said, Only Brother.

"I'm at landing pads, bring your stuff so we can leave."

"… Now."

The two teams made their way to the Landing Pads, leaving all of Jeanne's belongs in her room. They weren't going to let anyone take their friend away from them, not even her family. The walk wasn't very far, but to Jeanne, it was taking forever. It took both Ren and Pyrrha to keep her calm and stop her from running away.

"Geez, Vomit Girl, you need to chill," Yang spoke up. "We got your back."

"You don't understand, Jaune is very strong."

"Wait don't tell me he hits you!?" Yang's temper flared up.

"No! Well yes but no, not like that!" Jeanne quickly answered. "He only hits me when we are sparring, he would never lay a hand on me outside of combat."

"Good… Because if he did, I'd give him one hell of a beating."

"Yang, you still don't understand!"

"Jeanne Diana Arc." Her body froze from the sound of all too familiar voice. Her body turned to see her brother before her and the group, arms folded and a glare on his face.

"Heeey, Jaune." She gave him a weak wave as he made his way towards them.

The walk gave the group a chance to size the younger sibling up. First off younger didn't mean little, he was towering over the group. The closest to his height was Pyrrha who stood six foot in heels, he was in sneakers. He had shaggy blond hair and ocean blue eyes, like Jeanne but her hair was long and neat. He was also, very very tone. He soon stopped before them and he just let out a small sigh.

"I knew you were going to be hard-headed." He stared down into her eyes. "Jeanne, you need to get your things, I don't want to be here longer than I have too."

"T-t-t-t…" Jeanne took a small breath. "… Jaune, I'm not leaving."

"Yes, you are."

"Okay!" She caved.

"Jeanne!" The whole group yelled, even Blake much to her surprise.

"Look, Buster, The lady doesn't want to go with you." Yang was the first to step before her as was Pyrrha, the two becoming a wall. Yang jabbed her pointer finger right onto his chest. "So how about you turn your little butt around and leave."

Jaune looked Yang up and down before speaking. "I'm sorry, who are you?"

"The name's Yang Xiao Long, and I'm the girl who's gonna stop you from taking our friend away?"

"Friend?" Jaune took a moment to look around and he noticed the group of 7 other before him that didn't see before. He eyes soften slightly as he turned his head to the side. "Hmm, I guess this school was good for something after all. But that doesn't matter."

Looking back towards his sibling. "Jeanne, You're coming back home."

"But why do I have to?" Her head lower slightly when she asked.

He pushed forward bumping Yang from his path, reaching up he placed both of his hands on her shoulder causing her to look up at him. "You've never gone to a combat school, you never got to finish your training, You run away from home without even so much as a goodbye, You steal me weapons, You don't call or write mom, I come home to mother worried sick because her eldest child is missing."

Jeanne couldn't keep her head up after he laid so much on her shoulder. "You're not ready to be here Jeanne. I'm sorry, but I can't just let you die or get someone else killed."

Jeanne felt Jaune let her go but it was more than him letting go, he was pried off her. Both Yang and Nora pulled her away from him, putting her into a protective bubble of friendship.

"You got a hearing problem buddy!?" Yang yelled at Jaune.

"Yeah! There's no way we're letting you take our fearless leader away!" Nora followed up.

"I'm sorry but I think it's time for you to leave," Pyrrha order the male twin.

Jaune's eyes slowly turned back into a cold glare as his eyes scanned the group.

"This has nothing to do with any of you," He took a step toward the group. "This is a family matter."

"Well too bad, she's our family too!" Ruby took her own step forward. "And unlike you, we don't crush our families dreams!"

"What did you just say to me!?" Jeanne began to panic, she heard the venom in his voice and he moved towards the short leader.

"Guys, please don't say things like that." She pleaded with her friends. "He's still my brother."

"No, let them talk!" Jaune's temper flared. That wasn't good. "Apparently a group who only knew you for six months knows what's better for you more than your own twin!"

"Jaune, she didn't mean it like that." Jeanne tried to defuse the whole thing.

"Yes, I did!"

"Ruby!"

"Jeanne, what kind of brother tries to stop you from reaching your dreams?" The little reaper asked.

"One trying to protect her!" He was getting more pissed off.

"Well, maybe she doesn't want your protection!" Yang blocked his path, eyes glowing red glaring at Jaune who was glaring back at her.

"Move out of my way before I crush you."

"Jaune, calm down." Jeanne tried to plead towards her brother but luckily.

"Yes, please do." The new voice entered the fray. The group turned to see Headmaster Ozpin, was just standing there sipping from his mug and Professor Goodwitch, who was glaring at Jaune with her Riding Crop in hand. This caused the group to let out a small sigh. "I'm surprised to see The Hound of Arc here. Mr. Arc, I remember you telling me you wouldn't step foot on Beacon ground."

"I should beat you where you stand!" He his glare at the headmaster was filled with so much hatred.

"Now that's just rude, Mr. Arc."

"Cut the crap, Ozpin!" Jaune took a step forward forcing Goodwitch to ready her weapon. "You knew her transcript was fake! You knew she wasn't ready for this, yet you took her anyway!"

The half of the group turned to Jeanne, eyes widened. Jeanne's eyes couldn't help but shift back and forth from team RWBY's gaze before lowering themselves. "… I forgot to tell you…"

"Even so, Mr. Arc, Miss Arc pass the initiation." He took a small sip. "Transcripts are not important enough alone to tell if someone belongs here or not. They must prove themselves to be capable, and I believe Miss Arc has proven herself quite well."

"Don't give me that cra-"

"Jaune!" Jeanne got her brother to look at her, she took many steps forward breaking away from the group so he and she could stand face to face, She had to take a breath before speaking. "Jaune, I know that I'm not as good as you, you're strong, brave, and an amazing fighter. While I was just shy, weak, and always needed your protection."

"Jeanne, you know that-." He reached his hand out but Jeanne held up her own to stop him.

"Let me finish… Please." He gave her a nod, she returned it with a small smile before lowering her head. "I know I haven't finished my training, and that I shouldn't have run away from home, you're right, when I left home I wasn't ready. But I am now, I've been training my butt off every day since I got here." She looked up at him with the face of a girl on a mission.

"And I can't stop now, Jaune, I need to become stronger, smarter. I need to become a better leader, not just for me but for my team too. I'm their leader and I have to protect them as just as much as they protected me. I can't just leave them high and dry." She turned towards her friends and smiled at them, receiving smiles in return. She turned back to her brother with her head held high.

"I know you're not doing this to hurt me Jaune, you would never do that. So please don't take offense to anything my friends said. I know you." She placed her hand on his chest right over his heart. "And you know me, Jaune. You know that I can't and won't quit, I will become someone who is able to protect more than just myself. I will protect everyone, my friends, my family and most importantly, I want to be able to protect you, Jaune."

"I want to be able to fight side by side with you, to protect you when you're in over your head. That's why I can't quit. There are too many people counting on me, Jaune. And I can't let them down.

The group was never more proud of their friend than at this moment. They watched as her brother ran his hand through his hair and let out a small growl.

"You're really that determined to stay, Huh?"

"Yes." He let out a small chuckle. "I have too."

"Still as headstrong as ever, Fine." Smiles formed on everyone faces. "Fight me." And then they faded.

"W-what."

"You're going to fight me and prove to me if you should stay here or not." He looked down at her with a cold glare.

"I can't beat you!" She tried to argue.

"I know."

"Then I might have a suggestion." Ozpin chimed in, Turning all eyes onto him. "How about this, Mr. Arc will fight Both Team RWBY and JNPR, that should be fair to you, right Mr. Arc."

"Fine."

"What!?" Jeanne yelled. "N-"

"Hell yeah!" Yang shouted. "I've been waiting for a reason to punch this guy in the mouth!"

"Yeah!" Nora followed.

"Don't worry Jeanne, team RWBY has your back!" Ruby added.

"Guys please-."

"Jeanne, you're worrying too much." Pyrrha placed a hand on her shoulder giving a light squeeze.

"I mean with a champion and me on your side, you should have nothing to worry about," Weiss spoke up. "Not to mention six other highly trained combatants."

"Guys, really this is not a good-"

"It's decided then." Ozpin cut her off. "Mr. Arc will be facing off against Team RWBY and JNPR."

"… Oh no."

Jeanne finds herself in Beacon's training arena with both her and her sister team, everyone out of their uniforms and into their combat gear. Weapons in hand and determination on their faces. Well, there was no backing out now. She looked at their foe, her own younger twin brother Jaune. He didn't change his clothes to his combat gear, thank goodness. He was still in his simple black hoodie with his blue jeans.

"Mr. Arc, I take it you know the rules to the ring." Ms. Goodwitch questioned him.

"Yeah, yeah, I've been in matches before." He flagged her off. "Once their aura hits red or I send them out of the ring, their out. Right?" His answer didn't sit well with her or any of them for that matter.

"Same goes for you." His eyes slightly turned to her for a moment and he scoffed before turning back to the group.

"Well someone is cocky." Yang had a huge grin on his face.

"Careful, Yang, His bark and bite are pretty much the same," Jeanne stated.

"Are both sides ready?" Ms. Goodwitch asked, receiving a thumbs up from Jaune, she turned to the two teams.

"Umm… He doesn't have his weapon out." Ruby stated, pointing to the lone blond male.

"That's because my big sister stole mine." Jaune gave her a teasing grin.

"Well, I couldn't sneak out of the house with mine!" She yelled back. "Besides… I wanted to try something new."

"We already offered Mr. Arc a training weapon to use," Goodwitch explained.

Ruby trying her best to look around Jaune from a good 20 feet away made Jaune smile, even Jeanne couldn't help but see the similarity to their younger sister. "Uhh… where is it?"

"He refused." Glynda grew tired of this faster than normal. "Is your team ready or do your forfeit."

"No, no! We're ready!" Ruby panicked.

"You may begin."

The large team slowly moved towards Jaune who has not moved. His eyes just slowing panning over them, watching them closely.

"Okay… So what's the plan?" Ruby whispered to Jeanne.

"We can't attack him alone." She whispered back, but she should have said it louder. "We need-"

"Solo him! Got it!" Jeanne's eyes widen as both her head and arm moved towards Nora.

"What, Nora Don't!" Sadly it was too late as the hyper redhead took off towards her twin. Her giant hammer already swinging as she closed the gap between. It took no time at all for the hammer to make contact. Into Jaune's hand, it gripped it by the handle stopping it in its tracks. Nora gave the hammer a tug forcing Jaune to take a step forward but the Hammer wasn't free.

"Hmm, You're really strong for someone who looks so small and lightweight." Jaune smiled at her. "I'm going to have to ask you your workout plan after this is over."

"Why thank you, I don't do anything too extreme." Nora beamed a smile right back at him. "Just a few hundred push-up, sit-up, and squats."

"Too bad, it won't help you from out the ring."

"Huh?" Jaune didn't let the confusion fully hit her before he could and with a hard punch to her gut, Nora had to let out of Magnhild to hold her own abdomen to try and stop the pain. Facing towards the floor she didn't see her own hammer coming, crashing against her and sending her flying right out of the ring.

"NORA!" He heard the lone boy of the group yell. He smiled at them, lifting the hammer letting it rest on his shoulder.

"Miss Valkyrie has fallen out of the ring." Professor Goodwitch called out to everyone.

"Seven."

"You bastard!" Yang was about to fly off but Jeanne made it just in time. Grabbing her arm and stopping her from flying off the handle.

"Yang, Don't, that's what he wants," Jeanne explained. "We can't fight him one on one are we'll just end up like CRDL vs Pyrrha."

"Fine… So what's the plan?" Yang asked her fellow blond.

"He's trying to show off, he must of took a lot of what you said to heart and is being petty. So he's waiting his turn." Jaune still hasn't moved from his spot, confirming what she said. "Jaune is hand down amazing at melee combat, but I've never seen him fight at range… So light him up!"

Hearing her orders Jaune quickly slammed the hammer into the ground of the arena kicking up a small cloud of dust which only got bigger after he pulled the trigger causing a large explosion.

"Hold your ground!" Jeanne ordered everyone, keeping her shield raised as she waited for the dust to settle. Her eyes widen as Magnhild came flying towards them at great speeds, Ren and Ruby jumped to the side the hammer barely missing them. Ren's eyes widen as he noticed he was slowly drifting close to the foe who already had his fist pulled back for a heavy punch. He knew there was nothing he could do but block as the blond swung at him, but a sudden tug saved him pulling him far from his leader's twin.

Yang and Pyrrha jumped at the chance to attack Jaune giving the rest of them time to plan.

"Jeanne your brother is fast!" Ruby yelled.

"I know!" She turned to see that Yang and Pyrrha were keeping him at bay. "Ruby, My brother is just like Yang without his weapon, how do you normally beat her?"

"I don't."

"Very helpful." Weiss chimed in with a small eye roll.

"Well they're going to need help, but we can't all just rush in, we'll be in each other way," Jeanne explained as she started to think.

"I got an idea!" Ruby turned to her teammates. "Ready for a high-speed Ladybug."

Pyrrha wasn't used to this at all. Jeanne's brother was not only to keep up with her but also with Yang at the same time. She slowly started to wonder if this was how people felt when fighting her. And to make matters worse, he had nothing metal on, this was just a straightforward fight.

She ducked out of the way of his fist countering with a slash, he was quick, dodging out of the way right into Yang throwing her own hay-maker at him forcing him to block by grabbing her fist before following with his own punch forcing her to block the same way. The two become locked.

"Your pretty good, for a jerk." Yang wore a huge grin on her face staring into his blue eyes.

"I'd rather be a jerk than watch my sister get hurt." The two pushed against each other trying to force to the other to back down.

"She a big girl." She growled slightly as she was keeping up the pressures but he wasn't budging, but neither would she. "She doesn't need to be put in a cage."

"I wasn't planning too."

"Yang!" Ruby's voice reaches her ears. "Fall back!"

Not missing a beat Yang let go of his hand and discharged a shot into the ground jumping away from her fellow blond she as saw a red and black blur fly past her.

"Maximum Ladybug!" Ruby shouted as she sped past Jaune slashing his with her scythe, causing him to stagger back, before skidding to a stop. Quick to turn she rushed at him again with Blake rushing from the other side. The two slashed at him as they flew past, they could hear him wince in pain as they stopped and turned to rush at him again and again and again. Ruby sped past him once more but something felt wrong this time, she stopped. Looking back she saw that her cloak was in one of his hands, as for the other, it was coming right at her. Not really knowing what to do, she did the only thing to come to mind, flying her hands up to protect her face.

"Ahh! I bruise easy!" She waited for the blow, she waited a bit longer before she opened the eyes she didn't even know she closed. His fist stopped inches away from her, a ribbon wrapped around it as Blake and Jeanne were pulling on it. "Thanks, Gu-!"

Jaune kicked the tiny reaper sending her flying back. "Ruby!" the two girls yelled just before they left a powerful tug yanking the ribbon from Jeanne's hands but poor Blake was sent flying toward Jaune because the ribbon was wrapped around her forearm. Once she was close he threw a powerful punch at her, connecting and going right through the black haired girl. Jaune was confused by what just happened until something more pressing took his attention. The bullets slamming into him.

Both teams opened fire on him as he was standing in the open, Blake used her clone to escape the hit and freed her gun from around his wrist. Jaune started to move to dodge some of the bullets but not all of them, but Blake noticed something was off, he was getting faster. The more they fired the more bullets seemed to miss. She looked up to his aura bar and her eyes widen.

Jaune Arc 84%

"Just how much aura does he have?!" Blake didn't mean for that to come out of her mouth, and she regretted it more as Ren turned towards her. Jaune wasted no time rushing towards him. "Ren Move!"

It was too late, Jaune ran through the hail of gunfire, his movements were like an animal. It was like he wasn't thinking but just doing as he tackled Ren, who let out a grunt but Jaune didn't stop. He kept running as he lifted Ren up slowly and tossed him out of the arena.

Jaune slowly turned back to the other, glaring at them with eyes that glowed a bloody crimson red. "Six..."

"Copycat much!" Yang yelled as she pointed at him.

"Well we're older than you but that doesn't matter." Jeanne pointed out to the blond. "That's his semblance. Mad Enhancement."

"Copy. Cat."

"Their close but not the same." Jeanne kept her eyes on her brother. She could see that he was shaking all over but not like he was enraged, this was good. "You get stronger each time your hit, my brother gets stronger, faster and tougher the angrier he gets."

"So he's just throwing a temper tantrum!?"

"Are you really in any position to talk, Yang?" Blake looked at her partner.

"Guy, focus!" Ruby ordered as Jaune was walking toward them. "Weiss, Ice Flower!"

Ruby took aim as Weiss spun and stuck her sword into the ground summoning a glyph before Ruby. Firing off a single round it slammed right into Jaune's shoulder encasing it in ice. He unleashed a powerful roar before punching at his shoulder breaking the ice, just in time to dodge the next shot. He made a dash toward them dodging back and forth staying low to the ground, plums of ice blooming near him. Yang and Pyrrha dashed in to meet him head-on, throwing a strong right hook, Yang was meet with nothing as he dodged the two still rushing towards the R and W of RWBY. Jaune ducked as Blake throw her gun-sword at him trying to tie him down, he kept his momentum.

Ruby did her best to keep her nerve as he was rushing right her, keeping her eye on the target she took a breath and fire just as he pounced at her, striking him dead in his chest sending him flying back, hitting the ground hard enough for him to bounce once putting his face down. Ruby placed her hand over her heart and let out one big sigh.

"RUBY!"

Her head lifted to see Jaune pouncing at them again, She went for the trigger but she was far too late. But suddenly a blue skirt took up her vision followed by the feeling of pain as the wearer of the blue skirt was thrown into her causing her to be thrown into Weiss. The three girls skipped along the ground from the force of the hit.

Pyrrha was shocked by the power behind Jaune's punch, even if Jeanne was able to protect them with her shield it didn't stop him from sending them flying. Blocking might not be an option at this point. She was but to ran over and check on her partner but someone beat her to it.

"Crap!" Jaune yelled as he ran over to his sister. "Sis, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit you that hard."

"Well… I couldn't let you hit them that hard..." She let out a small chuckle, she saw Jaune had his hand out for her to take. She took his hand and felt him pull her back to her feet. "I'm sorry, Jaune."

"Hey, don't worry abo-" He felt the shield come across his face, forcing him to turn away from his sister who hit him.

"I have to win, even if it means hurting you!" Jaune spit out a bit of blood from his mouth as he let out a small chuckle. The world had a familiar taint of red to him.

"So be it." He took off, shocking Jeanne as she swore he would've gone for her, but instead he rushed towards, "Weiss!" She yelled trying to warn the girl who was slowly getting to her feet. Weiss looked up to see that he was already on her, red eyes glaring down at her. Eyes wide as she saw his fist coming at her, she didn't even have time to put her hands up to defend herself. She felt something hit her on her side sending her flying towards the ground followed by a powerful gust of wind and rose petals everywhere. Ruby had tackled her out of the way forcing both of them to dodge. Sadly the tackle knocked them both out of the ring as Professor Goodwitch called their ring-outs.

The last four girls regrouped, Jeanne looked up to see everyone's Aura.

Ruby Rose- X

Weiss Schnee- X

Blake Belladonna- 96%

Yang Xiao Long- 61%

Jeanne Arc- 65%

Nora Valkyrie- X

Pyrrha Nikos- 73%

Lie Ren- X

Jaune Arc- 68%

"More than a quarter?" She thought to herself before readying herself. "Okay we have the advantage, but I'm going to need you all to follow my lead!"

"Well, you are the only leader left." She heard Yang chime in.

"I do not think this is the best time for jokes Yang." Pyrrha was eyeing Jaune carefully. He was shaking, but she could tell it wasn't from fear. Excitement maybe, or maybe just a side effect from his semblance. "I'm with you Partner."

"I'll put my faith in you. Jeanne." Blake smiled at the girl.

"You know I got your back." Yang wore a big grin.

"All right, Pyrrha, Blake." She called out the two girls as her brother was slowly making his way over to them. "We are going to have to weaken him, so Yang can finish him off."

"What and let you all have the fun?" Yang wanted to counter but Jeanne quickly put a stop to it.

"Yang we need you to win, Jaune has a lot of aura and we need you to be able to trade blows with him, for that we need him to be a lot lower." She saw Jaune started to rush at them. "Give him everything you got!"

Jeanne and Pyrrha took the front line as he was rushing towards him, Blake stayed behind them keeping herself out of his line of sight thanks to the two tanks before her. Jaune throws a punch clashing with Jeanne's shield which he had at a slight angle, forcing his hand to slide off letting her take the opening of ramming herself into his chest. The blow caused him to stagger back slightly but not enough to stop him from grabbing her shield and prying it away from her chest forcing her to be open for his foot. But a blow to the back of his knee caused him to stumble forward saving Jeanne.

After kneeing Jaune in the back of the knee Blake jumped out of the way so that Pyrrha could rush him with no fear. Slamming into the lone male and sending him falling to the side, Milo started to shift into its javelin mode as she cocked her arm back.

"Pyrrha don't!" She stopped when she heard Jeanne yell. "Don't let him get his hands on any of your weapons!"

Pyrrha was quick to shift Milo into its rifle form and started to take pot shots at Jaune who was already back on his feet and rushing towards them. Pyrrha was trying her best to keep up with him but his erratic movements were throwing her off, and the speed at which he was moving wasn't helping at all. Jeanne waited for her brother to get closer, she noticed Blake moving around his back. The three would attack him together once he got close enough.

"Now!" Jeanne moved in to block Jaune's attack as he pounced once more, he was becoming predictable. Jeanne went for a slash with her sword, hitting nothing but open air. Her eyes widen as Jaune ducked down and grabbed her by her foot. She wasn't sure what happened to her next but the whole world turned upside down. She felt the wind moving across her right before she was slammed into something soft.

Pyrrha watched as her best-friend was thrown into Blake, eyes wide and mouth open. She had to quickly shake off the shock, Jeanne was counting on her. Transforming her weapon as she rushed and slashed Jaune down his back. Hearing him hiss in pain was good, she was doing damage. Jaune turned with a punch which she ducked slashing at his legs, but he didn't even buckle. Rolling out from the way to dodge his stomp, she transformed Milo back into his rifle form and fired on Jaune who was rushing towards her.

Yang rushed over to the pair of rag-dolls to check on them. Jeanne was slowly getting back onto her feet as Blake was moaning on the ground.

"Are you two okay?!"

"No..." Blake moaned as she looked up at her partner. "I just had a 170-pound girl thrown into me like she was a club."

"Hey!" Jeanne yelled with a blush. "I'm only 150."

"I'm counting the armor…"

"Jeanne, I know we're trusting you on this, but please let me go in now." Yang turned to see Pyrrha dodging and blocking Jaune's massive attacks. Jeanne took a quick peek at their auras.

Blake Belladonna- 42%

Yang Xiao Long- 65%

Jeanne Arc- 32%

Pyrrha Nikos- 52%

Jaune Arc- 45%

She turned back to see Pyrrha was being pushed to the edge of the ring by Jaune's punches. It was now or never.

"Let's end this!"

Pyrrha slide to a stopped from his last hit, she was so glad that she had a shield. Looking out the corner of her eye she saw that she was on the edge of the ring, not just that her breathing was heavy, she could feel the sweat sliding down her face. How long have they been fighting him? Why was he fighting so hard, is crushing his sisters dreams that important to him? She stared him down, looking deep into the glowing red eyes of his. No metal on him at all, he had to make this as hard as possible. To steal her best friend away, her first ever true friend. She would not let that happened.

Suddenly he was pushed towards her, She could see Jeanne's Shield slammed into his back and two pairs of legs forcing him forward.

"Pyrrha Move!" She heard her and quickly rolled out of their intended pathway. The blond and black pair kept the pressure to keep him moving. But with a loud roar, Jaune spun his body around digging his feet into the ground coming to a full stop, that was until "Yang!" Slammed into the shield sending Jaune flying. His hand slamming into the ground causing him to stop just at the edge of the ring, but Jeanne and Blake were already on top of him thanks to the push from Yang.

"This is it!"

She heard Jaune unleash an unholy roar as The two slammed into him one more, Jeanne's eyes widen as she felt herself fly back as if she just ran into a brick wall at full force. She stared at her brother as she was on her butt, she saw that he planted his other hand into the ground keeping him in place. But that wasn't what was upsetting to her, it was the fact that he was oozing black aura and his whole body was trembling.

"He's enraged."

He broke both of his hands-free from his earthly prison. He unleashed another roar and rushed the girls, Nor Jeanne or Blake had the chance to move before he was over them, then past them. Jeanne turn just in time to see him and Yang clash, She put her hands up because she knew the impact would be massive but she didn't think the shock-wave was going to send her and Blake flying backward and out the ring.

"Crap!" Jeanne yelled as she hit the floor, Blake landing right next to her. Now that she was out of the ring, some much sound came back to her. She didn't even notice everyone was cheering for them until now.

She looked back into the ring to see Yang, her blood red eyes and her burning gold hair trading and dodging blows with Jaune, his eyes glowing the same red and a black aura leaking from his body. Fist connecting with fist, each giving off another shock wave. The Burning Dragon facing off with the Black Hound. Neither giving an inch but both trying to take the whole mile. Pyrrha couldn't even move close in fear of getting hit by mistake from one of the two.

"Why!" Yang landed a strong punch to Jaune side. "Won't!" She took a punch but followed by landing one across his face. "You!" She ducked down low dodging his haymaker. "FALL!" She went have a hard uppercut but missed as he jumped back slightly giving the two some space. Only for Pyrrha to come across his face with her shield. Sadly that left her open for a punch, a very powerful punch. She went flying back. She let out a small groin after hitting the ground and bouncing twice.

"Miss Nikos has hit red, She is out."

Leaving just Jaune and Yang left. Jeanne felt tears fill her eyes as she watched them, the two of them glaring at each other, pure rage in their eyes. Two of the strongest people she knew, both fighting to protect her in their own way. She could hear everyone cheering Yang on, even Blake was cheering, so was Ren, and Weiss, Ruby, Nora. Everyone.

"Win it, Yang!" Jeanne yelled.

And as if that was the signal the two blonds rushed at each other. Both unleashing a war cry, both of their right arms cocked back. Once they reached each other they planted their front foot into the ground and swung. Both connecting with the others face. The punch so hard that they throw each other to the side but oddly enough they didn't go far as they landed close to each other, completely winded.

A buzzer rang out and after a moment for her to get over the shock of the whole match Professor Goodwitch stepped forward.

"That concludes the match, the winner is," Her gazed moved over to Jeanne. "Mr. Arc…"

Jeanne's head shot up to the aura gauges.

Yang Xiao Long- 14%

Jaune Arc- 17%

She cried.

The two teams returned to JNRP's room. Jeanne couldn't even lift her head as she looked at her bag before her.

"Damn It!" Yang slammed her fist into the wall. She was still pissed off and right after the match ended, that jerk was pulled away by Ozpin, so she couldn't even yell at him. "I'm sorry Jeanne."

"You don't have anything to be sorry for, Yang." Jeanne wore a small smile. "I… didn't expect us to get that far in the first place."

"Lack of faith?" Weiss asked.

"I guess, I mean." She lifted her head to look at the room of friends. "I've known Jaune my whole life, we're twins after all. I will always believe in you guys, no matter what. But… the same goes for Jaune, he's the strongest person I know, deep down I know he can't lose, he not allowed to lose. If only I was stronger…"

"Don't start with that." To her shock, it was Ruby who spoke. "I watched the whole thing after i was taken out, you we're amazing Jeanne. Not only did you push him back, but you even lead my team to almost victory."

Jeanne gave a nod before reaching over and pulling Ruby into a huge hug, slowly everyone joined into it.

"I'm going to miss you all so much…"

A knock on the door ruined the moment and everyone looked at it as they knew who at it.

"I mean… We don't have to answer it…" Ruby had a strong point. But fair is fair and she lost. Jeanne got up and picked up her bag. Walking over to the door and pulling it open, she saw Jaune standing in the hallway. He smiled at the sight of her, she couldn't help but return it. Even if she was hurt right now, his smile always made her smile.

"Well… You won." She spoke first.

"Of course I did," Yang didn't like this cocky prick. "What type of guard dog would I be if I lost to the person I want to protect."

"You're not a guard dog, you're my brother."

"Well, I am called The Hound of Arc for a reason, My Ruler." He gave her a smug grin.

"Stop!" She blushed. "I haven't called myself that since I was ten!"

He chuckled softly before letting out a sigh. "Are you ready?"

"Can I say goodbye first?" She asked.

"I don't see why not." Jeanne turned towards all her friends. "I mean I guess mom is going to kill you."

"… I don't really know what to say but…" Small tears filled her eyes as she looked at all of her friends. "Thank you all so much… for everything."

No one really had anything to say so they all just rushed over and gave her another huge group hug, even if Yang and Pyrrha were glaring at Jaune who was just watching the whole thing play out, not even a care. How could someone be so cold-blooded? After they all let go, Jeanne picked up her bag and turned back to her twin.

"Okay, I'm ready…"

"Cool, so what's the bag for?" He looked at the duffle-bag.

"It's all my stuff…?"

"Ohh?" He looked at her a bit confused. "Okay, but why."

"Because we're leaving."

"Yeah, but you don't need all your stuff to just go to Vale." He explained. "But if you wanna bring it all that's cool, what do I know?"

"Wait, What, Vale?" She stopped and throw her bag to the floor. "Aren't you taking me home?"

"Do you want me too?" He asked.

"No! But..." She looked around confused but stopped herself and took a breath before giving her brother a stien look. "You said if you won I would have to leave."

"Nooo..." He shook his head. "I said you would have to prove to me that you belong here."

"Wha."

"Jeanne, You don't have to leave. Didn't Ozpin tell you?" He was answered with a shocked look and a small head shake. He reached his hands up and placed them on her shoulders.

"Jeanne, My big sister, I may be stronger than you, Faster than you and even tougher than you. But I will never, ever be as smart as you. When I fight, I become a wild animal, only able to see what's in front of me. But you, my big sister, you are able to see the whole picture."

"Not only that but your ability to lead, the way you took command and all your friends place there trust within you, that's something I'll never be able to do. You were able to think on your feet, was able to read the fight and kept a cool head the whole time. As I equal out to a grown child throwing a temper tantrum." He spun his sister around so that she was facing her friends.

"And look, look at all these people here. Hell, you have seven more friends than I ever had, Willing to fight your own family too keep you here with them. Risking life and limb for you. People who have your back and is willing to go way above the call of duty to help you… That's all more than I can say for myself."

Her eyes widen. "Jaune."

"Let me finish." He rested his forehead on the top of his head, He felt her give a small nod. "I'm sorry, Jeanne. I'm sorry for this whole day, I'm sorry for trying to take you away from your friends, for skipping out on your training… for making you feel weak or left behind. I never wanted anyone of this to happen… But after Dad left I couldn't slow down, I couldn't stop…" She heard him let out a small chuckle.

"The little mean one was right..." She could hear the creaking in her face. "What kind of brother tries to crush his sister's dreams..."

Jeanne couldn't take anymore as she turns and pulled Jaune into a hug.

"Stop it." Her forehead was right over his heart. "You always do this to yourself, always putting yourself down, always trying to look like the bad guy. Jaune, I don't blame you for having to leave all the time, you had too… you didn't ever have a say in the matter. Mom couldn't work, the others are too young to work, So that left you and me… and you was the only one strong enough to fight. You had to sacrifice so much just to provide for us… because you were the only that could."

She looked up at him.

"So don't go blaming yourself for anything you didn't have control of." She smiled. "And I don't blame you for anything you did today… You have a lot on your plate and I just added one more thing. So… I'm sorry."

"We're not having a sorry off like we used to." He said with a smile causing her to giggle, slowly the sound came back to their ears and they could hear a few sobs. Turning they a lot of watery eyes.

"I'm Sorry I Called You A Bad Brother!" Ruby rushed to him in a flurry of rose petals and gave him a huge hug, clearly something he wasn't expecting.

"Huh."

Suddenly, someone, a lot stronger hit him as the little redhead was also hugging him.

"I'm Sorry I Wanted to Knock You Out and Kidnap Jeanne After You Left!" Nora yelled into his chest.

"Uhh, Jeanne your friends are doing things." He looked at his sister who buried her face back into his chest as well.

"Yeah, they do that at times."

Nora lifted her head up to look at Jaune, Her eyes were as wide as Puppy dogs. "So, Jeanne, can say?"

"If she wants too, Jeanne can stay." The room explained in cheers and tearful messes. So much so Jaune had to back out of the room slightly. "Well, I see can this is going to take a while, so I'm going to come and get your later because you're going to talk to mom today."

Jeanne gave a nod once the hugging mess was over. "Where are you going?" Jaune's face turned sour.

"To talk to Ozpin again." He growled slightly.

"But don't you kind of hate him?" Jeanne asked. "Why would you go talk to him?"

Jaune sighed as he ran his hand through his hair. "… He made me an offer… One I can't pass up and it pisses me off!"

"Jaune…?"

"He offered me a job here to be a teacher assistant and groundskeeper." He sighed, as he leaned to the door frame. "And as much as I hate this school and that man… It pays better than all than jobs I've been taking so far and it will really help mom and the little ones out."

"Jaune…" She took a step closer to him with the look of sorrow on her face.

"It's too late, I already said yes, I can't back out now." He felt her wrap her arms around him.

"Don't you think we hugged enough for one day?"

"You big jerk." He heard her soft voice. "You can't keep sacrificing everything for use, you need to live your own life a little."

"This is my life, Jeanne." He looked away slightly. "It's all I know how to do, It's all that I'm good at. Fighting… Protecting… I am the Hound of Arc."

"Well I hate that name and I hate that you see yourself that way. Of course, it's the only thing your good at, fighting is the only thing you've done for the past ten years. You were never allowed to try other things, you always had to train or you were always in a fight." She looked up at him. "You never had a chance to pick what you wanted to do in life and even know you really don't have a choice! This is just another reason why I have to get stronger, not so that you can stop fighting, but to at least give you a choice in the matter, in any matter!"

"You're not a Mad dog or hound or any kind of mutt! You're my brother, My twin brother, not some pet at anyone's beck and call." He and she were looking eye to eye and he swore that hers was glowing a bright blue. "And I swear, to you, on my name as an Arc, As your Ruler, I will free you from that Damned name!"

The room stood silent, even though it was only a few moments, it felt like it took forever. But it was broken when Jaune started to laugh, a real laugh, no sad chuckle or lightly giggle. But a real full blown laugh, even much to her embarrassment. Worse was Jaune wasn't the only one laughing as she heard Yang laughing at her too. A few others were giggling but Nora and Ren clapped for her so that was something.

"You're a real dork, you know that," Jaune said as he got out his last bit of laughter. "But, as your most trusted and forever loyal knight, I happily await the day for you to free me from the curse of The Hound."

The two smiled at each other, two perfectly full smiles.

"But I should head back to talk to Oz, I did take the job." He sighed. "But… I guess staying here won't be so bad… Now unpack because when I return we are going to call mom and explain ever-y-thing." He had to spell out the last part and she gave a nod. With that, he gave his own polite nod before leaving. Jeanne turned back to her friends.

"… Well…. You just unpacked a lot of in front of us." Yang spoke up. "Uhh… Anything you want to talk about, Ruler?" She wore a teasing grin.

Jeanne whined because she could never live any of this down. But she just sighed and let it go.

"Maybe later..." She smiled at them. "We had a long day."

"Soo… Jeanne." Yang pulled up close to her fellow blond. "Now that your brother is less jerky, you know he's kind of hot, he single?"

"Yang, Gross!" Ruby yelled. "Stop, don't talk about her brother in that type of way!"

Jeanne couldn't help but laugh. She truly did love her friends.

"Hey, I wasn't the only checking him out, I saw Pyrrha's face."

"Huh! D-d-don't bring me into this!" Her cheeks turned the same shade as her head causing a few of the others to laugh at her.

Yeah, love was the right word.