Jaune's Escapades

Scarlet Blues

Cardin Winchester is not a kind person. Let me just get that out of the way.

Don't get me wrong, he's not evil, there's no such thing. I'm sure he's had plenty of hardship throughout his life that has melded him into the person he is today. However, that does not justify what he is currently doing.

Being a racist jerk.

'What race?' I hear you ask?

Faunus.

Jaune was sick and tired of it. He had sat by and watched, doing nothing, last time this happened. But he'd be damned if it ever happened again. Taking slow, purposeful, strides towards team CRDL's table, Jaune spoke up. "Hey Cardin, what do you think you're doing?" At the sound of his name Cardin looked up, and his cocky smirk turned into a twisted grin when he saw who uttered it. He let go of the rabbit eared girl immediately.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. Hero. What are you trying to do Jaune, save the damsel in distress?"

Jaunes reply came with a glare. "What are you, Cardin?"

His question seemed to amuse the brute. "I'm a Hunter, something you could never be."

Jaunes expression never faltered. "Right, and do you know what Huntsman and Huntresses do, Cardin? They protect people. They protect those who can't defend themselves and are the world's only Peace Keepers, something you could never be."

Cardin's grin seemed to double in size when he heard that, and he simply burst out laughing. "Something I could never be? Protect people? Do you know how stupid you sound right now? First off, I'm way tougher than you are Jauney-boy, there's no way I couldn't keep the peace if you could. And secondly," Cardin started as he gestured to the small girl, "this thing isn't a person, it's a freak, the Faunus don't deserve the Hunters' protection Jaune, they deserve to be hunted."

Jaune's piercing glare soon turned to a look he never thought he'd express to someone else. Pity. "Cardin, Faunus are people too, all it takes is one glance at them and you can tell. If you stopped wasting your time with pointing out all the minor differences, you might start noticing the similarities. Oh, and that word you used, 'hero', I don't think it means what you think it means. A hero isn't someone that strives to be stronger, no matter the cost, that's the makings of a villain. A hero is someone who strives to serve others, no matter the cost."

A few moments passed before Jaune realized that everyone in the cafeteria was staring at him rather intently. The way his own group of friends' gazes pierced his soul sent shivers down his spine. His awkwardness resurfaced as a result. "S-so you better remember that next time you decide t-to bully some…one." He barely managed to stutter out his sentence before Cardin's teammates took their leader's attention and left. Cardin wasn't done though, and he made sure that Jaune remembered that. He shoved the knight to the ground before storming off. Jaune's only problem with it was that Cardin seemed duller in some way, the push just had no fanfare.

Jaune decided that the floor wasn't that comfy though and started to get up, but before he did a hand entered his vision. It seemed rather shaky. "N-need a hand?" Jaune heard a girl ask as he looked up to see the rabbit eared girl from before.

'I thought she would've sneaked away during my little speech, I only said that stuff to stall them after all.' His response was, as always, awkward. "Uhh… sure, th-thanks." The girl easily hefted Jaune to his feet. 'Someone's stronger than they look!'

"My name's Velvet, Velvet Scarlatina. W-what's yours?" Jaune noticed that Velvet was just as awkward as he was, and this relieved him greatly.

"My name is Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue."