Jaune Uchiha

Chapter 1:Broken

"I just wanted to be a hero like my family. I just thought that-", Jaune tried to explain himself but was cut off.

"No, you just thought about yourself! You are our team's leader, Jaune. If anything dangerous were to happen, how would you be able to protect us? If we went on a mission against the Grimm, you would be putting the entire team's lives at risk, not to mention the lives of others."

Jaune didn't know how to respond. He had hoped that his partner would understand why he forged his transcripts, but it all ended up backfiring on him. All he wanted was to be a hero, that was his dream. To be like everyone else in his family.

Pyrrha left without another word, and Jaune was left alone on the roof to their dorm.

He ended up sleeping on the roof. He wasn't ready to face all his friends yet.

The following morning, he made his way to his team's room only to find both team JNPR and RWBY waiting for him outside their rooms.

And then, they all turned on him....

"We trained for years, sacrificed time and effort to be where we are. And YOU?! You cheated your way in. And you put the lives of your team and friends at risk. People could've died because of YOUR lack of skill.", Weiss was even colder than usual. Weiss' anger was justified. All the other huntsman had to put in years of effort to be as skilled as they were. They worked hard just so that they could be given a chance to study at Beacon and become huntsman and huntresses. Jaune didn't do anything to earn his place in Beacon. He didn't belong there.

Jaune could only stand in place with his eyes lowered. He felt a painful lump in his throat, as though someone was squeezing his windpipe.

"We trusted you, Jaune...I trusted you", coming from Ruby, his first friend at Beacon, just deepened the pain he was feeling. Ruby had unshed tears in her eyes. Her frail heart couldn't handle being betrayed by her very first friend at Beacon.

Before she could stop herself, the tears started to leak, and she rushed back into her room.

Jaune lifted his head. "Wait, Ruby let me explain-". He was quickly met with a fist that brought him to the ground. Yang's eyes were blood red and the look she gave him promised only death. "Don't ever come near my sister again, or I'll break every bone in your body!"

And with that she went into the room to comfort Ruby. Weiss and Blake followed shortly.

Jaune could only sit there while silent tears rolled down his face.

Ren looked at his leader, but only felt conflicted. Jaune was his only male friend at Beacon. He was like a brother. But after hearing what his friend had done, he wasn't sure of anything anymore.

"Jaune, please tell me it's not true", Nora's usual bubbly mood was gone. She too had tears in her eyes.

"I-I...I'm so sorry.", Jaune tried.

Nora couldn't stop herself from crying. Her cheerful mood was crushed by the feeling of being lied to and betrayed by a friend.

Ren could only stand in place with his fists shaking. He was desperately trying to calm his emotions. Never before did he have to deal with such intense emotions before. He was always cool, calm and collected. He was always patient, always in some minor state of peace. He had built a strong wall to control his emotions, but now the dam wall was breaking.

Jaune tried to get up and make his way closer to his teammates. "Guys, please. I didn't mean to-"

However, he was met with Ren's fist to his stomach. Jaune fell to his knees as his wind was knocked out. The rest of team JNPR returned to their room, leaving Jaune in the hallway alone.