So...pretty good weather today huh?...alright, I get it. 'you shouldn't just be starting so many more stories without updating your other ones!'. Yeah. But the thing is that I would like to see where I can take this story. However, I will most likely focus more on my other stories than this one. So it will most likely be a while until I update this again. But with that out of the way, I now present to you, The Man Who Will Become King

This was a rather exciting day for the members of Teams RWBY and JNPR. The reason? Well, after many many many many attempts at trying to convince Professor Ozpin, they had finally forced his hand at giving them permission to take on a third year mission! So yay!

"I still wish you all would realize how extremely dangerous this is." Ozpin said with no small amounts of disappointment. Not only in his students, but also in himself for giving in so easily. But what was he supposed to do!? They stole his coffee mug and coffee! They said that they wouldn't give it him their location until they were already on the Bullhead. So any sane man would understand that he had no choice in the matter.

"Ah, come on Headmaster! We're the you're best first year teams! This is a run of the mill mission anyway. We're just going to be protecting a village from any Grim that might attack it for the next few days." Ruby said, waving off the Professor's concerns. She-they! She mean's they, got what they wanted, but the Professor had assigned them one of the easiest missions he could put them on. So she didn't know why he was so worried.

"My problem isn't with the mission itself, it is with where that village is that makes this mission for Teams that are Third years and above. So I must advise you once more; please reconsider what you are about to do." Ozpin said with a concerned voice as he saw both teams double checking their gear. It was true that the village itself was relatively safe. But the fact that it was literally right next to the Grimlands warranted such a talented team to be required to go. It's why he really didn't want his two most promising teams to go.. But even he had to admit that while the mission was dangerous because of the location, it wouldn't be as bad as if they were going to go into the forest itself. He had to count his blessings for that. Because every person that went into that place...never came back. No matter how long they've been in there. A month, a week. Even a single hour in there was enough for the Grim to latch their claws onto them.

With enough luck, he would see all of them back here in three days time.

"Pshaw, don't even sweat! I'll break the legs of any Grim that tries to get into the village!" Nora announced, holding her mighty hammer like a staff. Rei had to stifle a small giggle at her attitude. She herself was indifferent about the mission, but would go wherever Nora went. After all, someone had to keep an eye on her. Besides, she was pretty sure that she was the only one that could keep an eye on her. That girl could disappear at a moments notice if one wasn't careful.

"Don't worry Headmaster, If anything happens, we will call in a Bullhead for an immediate evacuation, just like we promised." Rei said, assuring the older gentleman of the one thing that he had left absolutely no room for argument; If the teams found themselves in a situation they could not handle, then they would evacuate everyone in the village and be sent back here as soon as they could.

Ozpin let out a shaky breath and let himself feel assured in that fact.

'They will be fine. They are my best First Year Teams. They can handle this.' Ozpin thought to himself. But for the briefest of moments, his eyes faltered when looking to the Arc. He hated to admit it, but the one that he was most worried about was him. Out of all the students, Jaune Arc was...the least capable.

At that, he winced. It wasn't like he thought any less of the young man, In fact, It was quite the opposite. The Headmaster saw something in him. Something that he knew was going to grow and make him into a great Hero. Oum knew how much the world needed one of those at the moment. But he was still growing. A seedling that could still easily be wiped out if not taken care of. Even now, he could see the hesitation and the insecurities in the Knight as he was walking towards the Bullhead.

"Take care..." Ozpin said as he saw the airship leave. He gripped his cane tighter, feeling the pit in his stomach before dismissing it as just being worried for his students.

However, If he knew what was to happen to a certain blonde, he would have ordered that Bullhead to take them back instantly.

Coffee or no.

"Wow! We're actually doing this! Can you imagine, Weiss? Ozpin actually let us go!" Ruby cheered, feeling ecstatic that she was actually on this mission. It was something that she wanted to go on since she had first seen it on the mission board. Why she wanted to take that mission? Well, because that's where she could buy a Ultra-Super-Mega-Gama-Platinum Rare Limited edition edition of Red vs Blue! It's said that the copy has a crossover that would never be matched again for centuries to come. It had been torture for how long she had to save up. And even more so with how long it took to convince the Headmaster to let them go. Was it a bit selfish? Eh, it's not that bad. She disguised it as a way to further improve both Team JNPR's and her own team's coordination even further. Which was true in its own way. But the comic was the main reason. She needed to know what happened in it dammit!

"It's not that exciting. If the village had a hot spring, then I might be a bit more interested. Really Ruby, why were you so insistent on taking this mission specifically?" Weiss questioned for the umpteenth time. She wasn't entirely against the idea. It's just that the village didn't seem so special to her. It was just another settlement that was trying to set itself up in a rather dangerous area. Granted, the area itself was rich with different resources like precious metals and other natural minerals. There was even a stream of water nearby. But that was everything that the mission file had said. Nothing else...well, of course, there was the fact that it was next to the Grimlands, but they already knew that. So nothing was out of the ordinary. Which begs the question of why the hell did her Leader decide to go to a remote village, in the middle of nowhere! Plus! There wouldn't be any internet there! What the heck were they supposed to do there? Sure, they could train and make sure that the village wasn't attacked, but she highly doubted that it would happen within the three days that they were contracted for.

"Oh, you know, it was the only mission that the Professor would let us take...yeah..." Ruby trailed off, trying to not look Weiss in the eyes. Her partner's gaze becoming a bit overbearing before her sister barged in with her own two cents.

"Ah, it doesn't matter why we're going, I'm just eager to go up against stronger Grim! The ones in the Emerald Forest are okay and all, but I'm pretty sure any Grim from the Grimlands is way better than anything that I'd find in any plain old forest." Yang said, portraying her excitement at the prospect of stronger enemies. Truly, she was as wild as her fighting style. She then turned to Blake and asked her what she thought about the situation. Blake only looked up from her book for a moment before going back to reading. Yang shrugged, already haven gotten used to the cat Faunus' antics. She still chuckled at the memory of how they found Blake on her bed, with her bow off, showing her cat ears. she was in such an adorable sleeping position! Evidently, Blake had been so tired the previous day that she forgot to put her bow back on after her shower. That had been an awkward morning. But it was all fine now. JNPR knew about it too because Ruby couldn't keep a secret for the life of her. At least, not when it came to her fellow leader.

That's right ladies and gentlemen, Ruby Rose, the weapon loving, comic book reading and gun having fifteen year old had a giant crush on one Jaune Arc. And honestly? Yang didn't mind it too much. Jaune was an okay guy, maybe not the most ideal, but the best one that could probably take care of her little sister. He was nice, had a decent sense of humor, and most importantly, would be one hell of a househusband should the Huntsman rout not work out for him. For as good as Jaune had gotten, he was still lacking the skill to be a good Hunter. Sorry if that sounded harsh, but she wasn't one to beat around the bush. Weiss knew it. Blake knew it. She knew it. It's just her sister and the rest of Team JNPR that need to see it too. But that's not to say that she thinks that Jaune can't be a good fighter, it's just that being a Huntsman would be too dangerous for him. She cared about him too much as a friend to allow him to just go out there and kill himself because he wasn't prepared.

"Well, I know I'm going to have a smashing time!" Nora joked, giving a high five to Yang as everyone else groaned. Nora could be as bad as Yang sometimes. But she herself had a semi-decent sense of humor. Though, her true calling lied in slapstick humor. a purely physical side of comedy. But she would usually be culled by her childhood friend before her 'jokes' could get out of hand. Most of these 'jokes', actually, were centered around Jaune. He was such a good sport about it too! He'd never get mad at her, but would laugh with her instead. Such a good leader!

"Please Nora, could you please keep it down? You know that Jaune needs to concentrate on keeping his motion sickness at bay." Pyrrha pleaded in a concerned tone, sitting next to Jaune as he kept his back strait and his face blank with closed eyes. Nora's smile lessened at that and sent him a sympathetic look. At the comment, they all sent him their own looks. All varying levels of sympathy.

He hated this.

He hated the fact that he had motion sickness. He hated the fact that he had to make such a long flight. It would be another three hours before they were even halfway there! It didn't stop there though. He hated the fact that they were so excited for the mission that the Headmaster himself had allowed them on that was supposed to be for third years and above, yet he was terrified. He hated it!

"No, It's okay P-Pyrrha. I can handle this." Jaune said, keeping his eyes closed. While he hated a lot about this situation, he would put his own want to just go back and sleep the rest of the day in the dorms. He wouldn't ruin his friends' big day just for his own wants. He was lucky that these amazing people would choose to be his friends. A guy like him that couldn't fight and had to cheat his way into Beacon. They had accepted him so easily.

And that's what's making the situation all that much worse.

He was just so weak! He couldn't use his weapon properly, he couldn't use his shield properly, and he couldn't even talk properly! There was just so much that was terrible about him that he just couldn't understand how these seven people could possibly consider him a friend. Ruby especially. She was a prodigy to his own lacking skill. She had been accepted two years earlier while he had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and cheat his way to where he was supposed to be! Yet she took the time out of her day to become friends with him. It baffled him. He knew that even on this mission, he'd have to be carried by the rest of them. But he swore, that he would pay them back somehow.

Even if it cost him his life.

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"There's nothing to do!" Nora and Yang both exclaimed at the same time. They had arrived at the village not too long ago, and already, they had realized just how much of a boring place this was! There was no CCT Network, so there would be very minimal communication. That also meant that they couldn't use their Scrolls for any of their normal games! So what the FU-

"Uh-huh, that's nice Yang, now, if you could, let me read this." Ruby said as she held her new comic book. So far, nearly everything was perfect about this comic! The Action! The Suspense! The Drama!

The Romance!

It was just so perfect! All of her usually high standards were being met! And the cross-over aspect had been implemented perfectly. She was just getting to the secret ending of volume #236 where there was a huge plot hole that the author never explained and left so many enraged fans unsatisfied. This would cover that up and more!

'Yes...Yes! YES YES YES! YE-'

"Oh, is that a comic book? Let me see!" Yang said, grabbing the comic from Ruby's hand, leaving the small girl stone from having been denied the ending of the story. She slowly turned to her sister only to see that Nora was fighting for it as well.

"Give it to me! There's not a single interesting thing here and this comic book is the only thing that can keep me sane!" Nora exclaimed, a certain look in her eyes that gave truth to what she had said. A bored Nora was a Crazy Nora. If you thought you've seen Nora act crazy before, then you were in for a hell of a time. And that wasn't used in a good connotation. But that wasn't important right now. What was important, was the fact that Yang and Nora were using the comic book as a makeshift rope for tug-of-war.

"Let go!"

"No you let go!

"I'll let go when you let go!"

"No!"

"Guy's, please! You're going to-"

*RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP*

Ruby was a second too late as Yang and Nora had succeeded in tearing the bundle of literate perfection into shreds. Both of the offenders had the decency to feel ashamed that they had destroyed something of Ruby's. But they were mostly sad that they had destroyed the only means of entertainment in this boring village.

Ruby had caught two handfuls of the shreds as they fell. falling to her knees. Nora and Yang turned to the small reaper, both seeing the growing dread in her eyes. they both hissed in guilt before Yang tried to speak up.

"Ruby, are you al-"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Jaune was busy practicing with Pyrrha to try and better his own swordplay when he heard a yell from across the way. For a moment, he lost concentration and turned to the source. That was a mistake as Pyrrha had slashed across his chest and knocked him on his butt. She stopped once she realized that he had been disorientated. At the same time, she also noticed the rather sizable tear in his hoodie. They had opted to not wear their gear with them as they had decided to just do some 'light' sparring. She would admit though, he was developing nicely underneath his now...ruined hoodie and shirt. She should probably help him up.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Jaune! I thought you were going to block that one." Pyrrha said as she helped him up to his feet. Jaune looked down at his ruined clothing, seeing his bare chest. His eyes widened a bit before he sighed, dawning a disappointing look. His shoulders sagged, feeling even worse than he already did. It was another sign of how weak he was. If that had been an actual fight with a Grim, he'd be dead. There was just no end to how weak he was. If only there was something...something that he could do to make himself what he was supposed to be and not the pathetic weakling that he was!

"...It's fine Pyr, It...wasn't that important anyway." Jaune said, starting to walk away. He wasn't angry at her. He really wasn't. He was just mulling over the fact thathat he would have to wait until to hey got back to Beacon if he wanted to stitch it back up. Though, saying it the way he did, left Pyrrha feeling worse than she had been before. However, he was already out of earshot when she tried to call to him again.

There was no denying it. Jaune was suffering from self confidence issues. She thought that she had been getting him to be more confident in himself recently, but with how he had responded just now, she was proven wrong. It worried her to the core, seeing that the man that had captured her heart was suffering like this. She could only hope that more training with her would improve his ability to fight. And if he could do that, then he would be more confident in himself for it!

Pyrrha could not have been any more wrong. If anything, her training had made his situation worse. He could clearly see that Pyrrha was pittying him. Only training him so that she didn't have to worry about him. He was greatful either way. If he kept up at it, he would be able to at least keep up with some of them...oh who was he kidding? He could tell that Pyrrha was holding back on him. He couldn't imagine, even in a million years that he would be able to catch up to any of them. But for now, he would have to go and get changed. Maybe put his armor on too. There's no telling when a Grim attack might come around.

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Oh, so tempting fate like that was just a myth. He could have sworn that it was real for a moment there. Maybe today wasn't so bad after all-

"ATTENTION! A HOARD OF GRIM IS HEADING TOWARDS THE VILLAGE! PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY! I REPEAT! GRIM ATTACK INCOMING! PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY! ALL HUNTSMEN AND HUNTRESSESS HEAD TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE VILLAGE. THE VILLAGE MILITARY WILL DEAL WITH THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS!"

Nevermind, he just had to prod it didn't he? Oh well, he had a job to do. So with a jog over to his gear, which he kept nearby in case something like this happened. He put on his rather minimalistic armor and headed towards his destination.

As he approached his destination, he had passed by many civilians. All running the opposite direction to try and escape the threat. Multiple soldiers were making sure that they were getting there safely. A part of him wanted to go too, but he quickly squashed that feeling down. He needed to prove not only his friends, but also to himself that he was capable of handling himself. So with a wary sigh, he continued and made his way over to the village wall. The side that was facing the Grimlands.

As he stopped to assess the situation, he noticed that the entirety of team RWBY was already fighting along with Rei and Nora. With Blake, Yang and Nora being the offense while Ruby, Weiss and Rei stayed back to provide cover fire. He noticed that while the six were dealing with the threat just fine, a few stragglers had snuck passed them and were on their way to hunt down some of the villagers. He was going to go after them, but the sound of rapid gunfire stopped him in his tracks as the soldiers from before were able to mow them down. For the umpteenth time that day, Jaune was hot with the feeling of being worthless again.

He pushed the feeling aside and decided that he could let out his frustrations on the Grim trying to get passed.

After about an hour of fighting off the seemingly endless wave of Grim, the soldiers from before had announced that all the villagers were safe and accounted for. By this time, they had all been tired and running out of ammo. All, except for Jaune. While his large Aura reserves may have been the cause of his near limitless stamina, the real reason that he didn't really feel tired, was because he didn't do all that much fighting. Or more accurately, he wasn't allowed to fight. Whenever he was going to actually fight anything, one of his friends would come in and do it for him. It just hammered in the point that he just couldn't measure up to his own friends. It made him feel sick to his stomach knowing that.

Not really needing to be there for any longer, the two teams had started to retreat. Having. To fight the persistent monsters the entire time, they had barely made it to the waiting Bullhead when they heard a caw. Looking up, they saw that there was a Giant Nevermore. It was even bigger than. The one that they had fought in Initiation! With the new threat right on their heels, they quickly boarded the airship and signaled the pilot to start going.

They left the hanger door open as to keep the Grim from being able to take down the aircraft. And as expected, Jaune couldn't do anything because he didn't have a long ranged weapon to use. Yet another region that he had no expertise in. So he had to stay back and watch as his friends fired at the Grim, silently cursing his own shortcomings.

When they got far enough off the ground, they all sighed a bit before the entire ship shook, nearly knocking them off balance. When investigated, they realized that the Giant Nevermore had just scraped the top of the vehicle with its large talons.

"How are we supposed to fight that thing?! We're stuck in here and it's right at home up there!" Yang yelled, trying and failing to hit it with her shotgun gauntlets. Everyone else was in a similar boat. This Nevermore was faster, stronger and smarter than the one that they killed in Initiation! But before they could ponder on any sound plans, the ship shook again, but this time, they were warned by the pilot that the engines had been hit. Any more and the airship would be going down.

"I'm going to try and get above it so that the feathers can't hit us! Just try to hit the damn thing!" The pilot roared as he forced the elevation of the aircraft. The engines struggled, but didn't give. They all turned to the opening of the ship as they saw the Nevermore below. It looked up at them and cawed, also starting to ascend.

Everyone was firing everything they had at it. All of their ammo and Dust. But it just wasn't enough as the giant bird Grim crashed it's head into the entryway, knocking most of the students back while also shattering their Aura, or what was left of it. They all breathed heavily as they tried to get their bearings.

"What we're we thinking? What was I thinking? We shouldn't have come here. I should have listened to the Headmaster. Now...now we're all going to die because of me." Ruby cried as she curled in on herself. She was so stupid! Why did she go through all this trouble? For a simple comic book? Now look at them. They were all going to die because she had some stupid selfish desire.

"I'm sorry everyone."

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"Don't worry Crater Face. I've got this one." Jaune said, standing at the opening of the damaged vehicle. They all looked to him from the back of the ship. He was facing away from them, looking down st the Grim as it approached.

"Jaune? What are you doing?" Pyrrha asked, concern clear on her face. He seemed to not have been hit by that last attack. But what worked her was that he was holding his sword in its sheath, no longer strapped to his waist.

"Here. I wont be needing it anymore. Make sure that my family gets it back. And tell them I'm sorry that I won't be coming home." Jaune said, tossing his family weapon back to them. Ruby's eyes widened and tried to get up to try and stop him, but she was still too weakened from all that fighting.

"Wait, Jaune! Whatever you think your going to do, don't do it! Come over here so we can think of a plan to-"

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME, RUBY!" Jaune interupted, shouting at the top of his lungs, still keeping his back to them. He couldn't let them see his terrified face. Not now. "We don't have time."

"I've been trying to prove to you all that I could be able to be on par with you all. I was trying so hard yo earn all of your kindness and friendships. I never understood why any of you would want to be friends with a cheating lier. But I was determined to make it up to you in some way. But I couldn't do a damn thing until now. Until now, I had no way of showing all of you how much I cared for you. I always felt so helpless when any of you had to go out of your way to help me. It made me feel sick inside, knowing that I was wasting your time and effort just so I could better myself. I am a weakling. Even after all that training, it was wasted." Jaune started, letting his tears flow down his face. The others were in silence. They had never realized that Jaune was suffering this much. The fact that his own friends, even his own partner couldn't see this much had hurt them beyond belief. But what terrified them more was the connotation that went along with the speach. They were going to try and talk him out of it, when he finally turned his face to them, showing the tears on his face and the sad smile gracing his features.

"Buy with this, I can pay you all back, at least partially." He said, turning around, facing the opening as the Nevermore was getting dangerously close.

"Pyrrha. Ruby." Jaune called, making them look at him with worried eyes.

"I love you. Both of you."

"Goodbye."

With that, he jumped from the opening, falling towards the now confused Grim. He yelled at the top of his lungs as he channeled all of his Aura into his fist, remembering a technique that Rei had taught him, and aiming it right at the bird's mouth. As he saw the Giant Nevermore open its maw, showing it's endless abyss of a mouth, he remembered all the fond memories of his time at Beacon. Of his family. Of his friends.

He smiled one last time before entering the Grim's mouth.

For a moment, there was silence. But in the next instance, there was a bright light, making everything into a pure white. After a second of this, it faded, showing that the Nevermore had been blown to bits. The remaining pieces of the corpse turning to smoke and and she as it fell to the ground. It was at this moment that everyone on the ship had finally snapped out of their shock, rushing to the opening of the ship.

"Jaune!" They all exclaimed, looking for the blonde. But found no trace. They all rushed back to the front of the ship and started yelling at the pilot.

"Turn the ship around! We have to go back! We have to find Jaune!" Nora commanded, being deadly serious. The fact that she used Jaune's actual name was enough to make anyone realize theheoohat opening sheer weight of the situation. The pilot however was trying to reconfigure the control panel to try and keep the plane afloat.

"We can't do that." The pilot said, making Yang's eyes go crimson before grabbing the man by the collar and looking him dead in the eye.

"And why the hell not!?" She questioned. The pilot widened his eyes at the threatening glare that the blonde was giving him before licking his lips and answering her.

"We were lucky that the hit from earlier hadn't taken us down, but now this thing is barely staying in the air as it is. If we turn back now to look for your friend, we wont be able to make it back. It's either we make it back and lose one of your own, or we look for him and all die for nothing. I know what my job is." He explained. Yang tensed her muscles a bit before letting the pilot go. Only her and Nora had gone up to talk to the pilot, Rei and Weiss had opted to try and comfort the shell-shocked Ruby and Pyrrha.

They had been silent and mostly unmoving since Jaune had declared his feelings for both of them and then just...jumped off. Blake was just looking at the hanger door that was now closed. She just couldn't comprehend what had happened. Jaune had just sacrificed himself to save them...to save them...why?

Nora and Yang had walked into the room and made their way to their friends, not quite ready to give the news, but didn't really have a choice in the matter either.

Rei was the first to notice them, getting up and meeting them half way there.

"Well? When are we going to find Jaune?" She asked, more emotion on her face than any of them had had seen since they knew her. Only Nora had seen her like this before, and that was when their village...

"We...can't go back." Yang said sadly and with no small amounts of guilt. Rei's face went from apprehensive to downright furious. But before she could ask why, they heard Pyrrha from behind them say something.

"What?" She asked, looking at them as if expecting them to say that they were kidding and that Jaune was perfectly fine. But the looks that they had at the comment made the situation worse.

"The ship is too damaged. We'll barely be able to make it to Vale or Patch if we're lucky. If we go back for him, we wont be able to go home. We'll die out here for nothing." Yang said, sitting down on a chair and placing her head in her hands and slightly pulling at her hair.

That seemed to be it for Pyrrha as she broke down crying. Her teammates sticking by her side, trying to comfort her. But and the this point, the only person that could comfort her now, was gone.

Yang was trying to fully process everything when she heard a small sob. She looked to see that Ruby was huddled in the corner, Weiss next to her. But what caught her eye was Jaune's sword and sheath in her hands. She was hugging it tightly to her chest. She got up and walked over to her, silently telling Weiss to check on Blake while she dealt with her sister. The heiress nodded before leaving the two of them alone. Ruby hadn't noticed Weiss leaving, nor had she noticed Yang being there either.

"Please. Come back to me. I can't lose you too." Ruby silently sobbed. Yang winced at that. She knew that Ruby was still suffering from losing Summer. And now that her first friend and love interest was gone too, she couldn't imagine how that might be making her feel. So she did the only thing she could do. Sit down next to her and try to comfort her sister in her time of need.

"It's going to be okay sis. It's going to be okay." Yang said, trying to reassure her sister and herself. But she knew the truth. And she hated it.

It wasn't going to be okay.

Nothing was okay.

Alright, that was a heavy first chapter. But I think it was good. I really do. Anyway, like I said, I probably won't be able to update this too often. I need some sleep, so I'll see you guys in able not her chapter of mine I guess. Toodles~!