Author's Note: So from here on out, the events of the story will take place after episode 14, the culmination of the Jaune 'Arc'(I know, its an old joke but it's still funny). I have plans to introduce Cinder and Team CRDL as well as Neopal Atin(the name I came up with for Neopalitan, the character that shows up to save Roman at the end of episode 4 in Volume 2), but I want to wait until Neo(as her friends call her) gets more of her own personality, so I can build off of that.

I'm also going to start getting into the back-stories I came up with for just about every character(still working on Ruby and Yang as well as Dove, Sky and Russel) as well as how the characters interact.

Without further ado, here is Chapter 2 of A Simple Soul!

Lunch was a real pain for Jaune after the field trip to Forever Fall. Ever since the word got out that he beheaded an ursa major with one stroke (Jaune had no idea how people knew, Cardin said he didn't tell anyone about what happened that day), he had become a sort of school hero. Jaune certainly liked being the hero for once and not the lovable idiot stuck in the tree, but what he did not like was all the attention. He did appreciate that most people respected his wish of eating with his friends, but every now and then, someone would try to sit with his group, which would pretty much kill all conversation for that lunch period.

As he sat down for lunch, he noticed no one was trying to sit with him, which was good; it meant he could just have a nice conversation with his friends and get back to classes on a high note. Almost as soon as he sat down, Nora started off, explaining another of her crazy dreams, which Ren would immediately correct. It was weird how he knew what she dreamed about, but Jaune never gave it much thought.

As Nora started mentioning a pack of deathstalkers (Jaune didn't bother paying attention to his team-mate's strange dreams, so he didn't really hear what she was going on about) Jaune noticed a certain group of bullies picking on a certain bunny-eared faunus again. Jaune sighed and decided she had had enough for the day.

Jaune got up from his seat, to the surprise of most of his friends, and started towards the unfortunate girl. He noticed on the way over that Cardin was not actually helping his team-mates taunt the poor girl, but was just sitting to the side, eating his lunch.

'At least he's learned a lesson' Jaune thought, just as he stopped in front of the remainder of team CRDL.

"What do you want?" Russel said when he noticed him, looking slightly nervous with his question.

"I want you to leave my friend alone." Jaune replied as he balled his fist, ready for a fight. 'Cardin may not be a total dick now, but his team sure are.' He thought as he relaxed himself a bit, readying his aura's shield if he needed it.

Surprisingly, Jaune would not actually need it as Cardin got up and started to walk off, ordering his team to the combat arena for some quick practice before classes started again. Dove and Sky both got up immediately, but Russel dawdled a bit, before leaving himself, looking back at Jaune with a mix of anger and fear on his face.

'I guess my reputation does have its benefits.' He thought to himself as he unclenched his fist and turned toward the faunus girl.

"Don't worry about them. I'm sure Cardin will be keeping his lackeys in line for a while. I'm Jaune. What's your name?" he asked the bunny-eared girl.

"Velvet" came the almost inaudible response.

"Well it's nice to meet you, Velvet. Would you like to eat with my friends and I? That way, if they do come back, we can protect you." Velvet blushed a little at his offer, but nodded her head.

Jaune led her back to where his friends sat, watching him. She decided to sit on the end, next to RWBY, which put her next to Blake. The two girls shared a slight look before Blake returned to whatever book she was reading today.

As Nora continued her vastly exaggerated dream, Jaune thought he saw a small smirk from his partner, but shrugged it off after shifting his head to see if he was right.

Pyrrha was only mildly surprised when Jaune got up and went over to defend the girl team CRDL was picking on today. After his run-in with the ursa major (and her part in his victory over it) Jaune had been acting more like a leader, sticking up for those who were in trouble. That is probably what she liked the most in him.

At this point, Pyrrha was glad she had started the rumor that Jaune took down that ursa major, and was very happy in her luck, having been partnered with such an upright, and honorable person.

"Do you still believe Mr. Arc doesn't belong at this school, Glynda?"

Professor Ozpin looked on; giving a slight smirk to his side, knowing it would infuriate his disciplinary supervisor.

Professor Goodwitch scoffed and waltzed off, looking for any school code infractions she could punish students for.

Professor Ozpin's smirk widened into a smile as he turned around and started walking toward his office. As he sipped his hot chocolate, he thought of just how wrong Glynda would be in the coming months.

Author's note: I'll make this brief(giggle): I'm trying to start off with more Jaune, because again, he is one of the best characters, as well as easier to mold, due to how his character comes across in the show. We also start to see a bit of Ozpin and Glynda's relationship, as well as Ozpin knowing what's coming (le gasp! Probably something to do with his semblance, or maybe he just predicts shit, you don't know [I'm not too sure either at this point, but that's beside the point])

I'll probably start the next chapter as I need to stay awake for a while longer, but it will not be in any reasonable shape until later, so it will be another day or two before the next part comes out, so until then, grit thy teeth and await Thursday.

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