Arctama

AN: Well holy shit I reached over 100 favorites and 100 followers… I didn't expect that honestly… Well I guess the best I can do now is continue with the story…. Oh, and thank all of you for supporting this little story of mine… Who would've thought such a silly idea would be so well received…

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Beta: Haseoblade-Skyking01

Cover art: KegiSpringfield

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Now with the reviews done its time to get this show on the road

Chapter 4: Why are we meeting more people? Is there going to be a proper Arc soon?

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"What did you say?" Yang curiously eyed her fellow Blonde who simply looked away, sweat coming down from his forehead.

'Shit! I let that one slip out!' Jaune exclaimed in his own head ignoring the buxom blonde and the currently pouting Neo.

[Jaune! pay up already!] Neo was inclined to use the blade her umbrella hid, but she managed to put enough self-restraint to settle on poking him repeatedly.

"Oh crap! Forgot to pay." Jaune snapped out of his inner musings and reached into one of his sleeves and pulled out his wallet.

"Actually… Yang what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in Beacon?" Jaune asked as he gave the bag to Neo who happily skipped to a nearby table and tore the bag a new one.

"I would be if It wasn't for Ozpin, said this is all about "story reasons" whatever the hell that's supposed to mean." Yang said as she toyed around with her hair in boredom.

"Damn, must be a pain in the ass" Jaune said dryly

"course it is! I got better things to do than work at a burger place!" Yang slammed her fist on the counter scaring off the people behind the blonde samurai

"Well I'll leave you to it then" Jaune lazily waved behind himself as he went to sit with Neo, only for his shoulder to be grabbed by Yang

"Look, I know it's been a while since we hanged out"

"… You know what you did"

"It was just some light teasing!" Yang playfully elbowed Jaune who just stared back with his blue dead fished eyes (Comes with killing a good chunk of the White Fang)

"That wasn't teasing, and you know it" he dryly replied, at this point he could probably go for her arm, but he really can't bring himself to do it because the writer doesn't feel like doing character bashing anymore, That and he'll probably have to pay for Yang's broken arm now that he thinks about it…

"Look, my shift's about to end soon so how about you wait for a bit and we'll do a little bit of catch up" Jaune's first instinct was to deny but, a small part of him wanted to say yes, was it because of the writer? Probably, was it because of his old self? Hell no! That guy was backstabbed and left in an alley to rot alongside volume 5.

"Fine, I'll wait… Only because Neo hasn't finished eating yet!" Alas his inner dad was the culprit

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"So… How have you been last year?" The awkward tension between the two blondes was palpable, I'm pretty sure that you can cut it with a plastic knife if you tried.

"I played a children cards game, so I could prove to my village that I can become the next Hokage, after that I fought aliens in the Sea, so I can search for the One Piece… But it turned out to be a worthless One-Piece bathing suit" The fact that he said it with such a dead eyed expression killed the tension immediately

"At least try to take this seriously!" While Yang is always up for a joke or pun, she knew when to draw the line and this was one of those moments, ever since Jaune's expulsion from beacon things haven't been exactly cheery.

Team (J)NPR obviously took their leader's expulsion the hardest, individually it was Pyrrha who was hit the hardest, so much so, that if it wasn't for Ms. Goodwitch she may have murdered Cardin, luckily Pyrrha came to her senses quickly so that was one mess avoided.

Ren was also deeply affected by Jaune's expulsion, but he managed to mask his emotions well by being his neutral self, the same went for Nora who hid her grief by keeping up her cheery and bubbly persona as best as she could, sometimes though, her mask has a crack or two.

While Team RWBY was never close with the Blonde knight, they did enjoy his company somewhat, mainly when he wasn't trying to woo Weiss with his terrible proposals and cliché one liners. Speaking of the Ice queen, she actually felt sorry for Jaune's expulsion too! Isn't that a miracle… Ruby was the most affected of them all, after all Jaune was her first friend in Beacon so it hurt her deeply when she witnessed him leaving the academy grounds, but she managed to pull through and is back to her hyperactive self.

She was also affected by his expulsion, she liked to make him the butt of some of her jokes, obviously they were harmless but sometimes she did take it too far, and she wouldn't lie to herself about it, she was a massive dick to him at times and she wouldn't excuse herself for it, she wanted to make amends to her fellow Blonde but it seems he's taking it all as huge joke.

Before Yang could call him out on his bullshit, Jaune reached into his oversized sleeve and actually pulled out a red one-piece bathing suit, dead eyed expression still adorning his face.

"Uh, um… What?" Yang's mind almost shut down, was he waiting for this moment? Did he actually say the truth?! Was it all just a big coincidence?!

"Yeah, I don't even know why I kept it, but hey you win some and you lose some" Jaune decided to yawn to emphasize his point.

"Look, are we done here? I need to get the new Issue of JUMP before they run out of stock" Knowing how JUMP has been surging in popularity lately, it won't take long until they're sold out.

"JUMP? What happened to X-ray and Vav?" Yang couldn't help but ask, she remembered the days where the boy would gush over the comic books to the point where even Pyrrha was willing to punch Jaune just to make him shut up.

"Eh, I had to branch out from those simple comic books one day" Jaune shrugged, so far this is the most pleasant conversation he's had so far… Maybe, his only pleasant talk so far…

[Hey Jaune, I'm done eating so let's go already] And of course here comes Neo, one bad quality that this little mute has is that she's always impatient, once she was done with her own business she'd pressure Jaune and Shinpachi to hurry up in basically whatever they were doing, which usually ended up in a half assed action or work.

"Wow, does she carry signs everywhere she goes?" Yang tried to ignore the fact that said sign popped right out of her pocket like some kind of gag cartoon.

"That's her Semblance" If Yang was drinking at the time she could have done a spittake from such an absurd answer.

"That's her Semblance?!" Neo didn't mind it, it honestly amused her when people reacted to her Semblance, it's like they forget Semblances are supposed to be useful to the user, whether it's for battle or something else is a different matter entirely.

"Yeah, but she makes up for it with her strength" Especially in fights, she really knows how to break someone's spine with one hand… Note to self, don't eat the strawberry ice cream stuffed in the back of the fridge.

"Really? This little kid looks pretty harmless to me" Yang said as she petted Neo, who again didn't mind what the Blonde brawler was saying.

"She's a Yato" Jaune simply stated, Yato were still a relatively new thing to pop up in the world of Remnant but relevant enough for the mass population to know the basics.

when they first appeared no one really thought much of it, but when they tried to branch out and start colonizing other parts of the world the humans tried to pull the same crap they did with the Faunus and tried to confine them to a certain part of the world, five massacres in a row later and they dropped the idea completely, now the councils of the four kingdoms are afraid that they'll mingle with the Faunus to create super soldiers, despite the fact that the Yato have clearly stated that they're a neutral force.

"A Yato? Hmm… She does have the look of one" Neo was in a traditional cheongsam, it was pink with brown trimmings and white high heeled boots to finish the outfit, but that wasn't what Yang focused on, her snow-white skin and parasol was what gave it away, although not much was known about the Yato, it was common knowledge that their bodies tend to have a negative reaction to the sun hence why they have parasols and are abnormally pale.

[Yep, I'm the muscle of the group!] To emphasize her point she started flexing her nonexistent muscles.

"Oi, you're not a body builder so stop doing that" It was more of a request than an order, after all it's not like he can control her and when he tries to it often results in his meatballs getting punched or kicked… Sometimes both.

"look, it's been… Neat meeting you again but I really need to get going" With that statement said Jaune stood up and stretched for a bit before gesturing Neo to follow him.

"Hey man, if you want to talk to them again then here…" Yang pulled out a small card with a phone number written on it.

"Since you and Ren were best buddies in beacon I'm giving you his number, I know that you don't like to think about us and beacon in general, and I can't blame you for that… But at least talk to them like you did for Blake and me" Yang gave a small smirk as he saw the blonde samurai abruptly stop.

"So, she told you…" He looked back, still having his dead eyed expression, but it was easy to see that he was rather miffed about it.

"You know us vomit boy, we're pretty damn persistent" Jaune stayed silent for a bit, his expression masked by his hair, and after a bit he looked at Yang again, this time he had a lazy smile on his face.

"Then next time stop snooping in other people's business, trust me I'll have to break your arm if you do" A shallow threat, but at this point he's just talking out of his ass and Yang knows it.

"Heh! I'd like to see you try!" She may be laid back but that didn't mean she's going to take her training lightly, with the help of Ruby she increased her training regimen and has been putting the young silver eyed warrior through some pretty brutal hand to hand training, well according to her at least, all she made her do was punch a plank of wood without her Aura to help her.

Take away Ruby's scythe and she's as threatening as a toddler… Make that a newborn.

"We'll see... And who knows, maybe Odd Jobs Arc can lend its services to you" Not really, as huntsmen in training they were basically untouchable by the law and they're trained to fight giant monsters daily… Well, more like monster that are useless to the plot of any RWBY fanfic.

*Ring* *Ring*

Now that they've left the burger shop, Jaune and Neo decided to walk back home, (Jaune thanked whatever god would accept his prayer of gratitude… Which is none because Remnant doesn't have gods… Hooray for atheism?) but as they kept walking in a relatively peaceful silence Jaune's scroll started ringing.

"Wonder who could that be?" Jaune muttered to himself, it's not like he used his scroll to talk to others, he mostly used it to download games like F*ire *mblem or any M*rio game that he could think of.

"Who is it?" The caller ID was anonymous, so he guessed that the person who was calling has either got the wrong number or was calling from a paid scroll.

"Hey Jaune, it's me Shinpachi" Wasn't he supposed to appear at the end of the chapter? Wait the ending changed?! Look we can talk to the writer later, right now we have a job to do!

"Shinpachi? What do you want?" Whatever the four-eyed boy needed, he'd probably dump it on Neo.

"I was let out of the hospital early and my sister is busy at work so can you pick me up?" Yep, Neo can do it by herself.

"Sure, hey Neo go pick up Shinpachi!" The girl gave a mock salute before jumping on Sadaharu and riding off into the distance.

"There ya go four eyes, I'll see you tomorrow" Before Shinpachi could answer back Jaune hung up and put his scroll away, today was a tiring day and it was barely noon, might as well go to the pudding shop down the street while he was at it, hopefully the old man that ran the place hasn't gotten a heart attack or something.

Today was like any other day, it was dull, cold and whatever empty sad words you could think of, yes Pyrrha Nikos was not having a good day, then again she's stopped having any good days after his student/huge crush was kicked out of beacon, she tried everything in her power for him to stay but alas Ozpin had to abide to the rules, and with the council of Vale being more uptight than usual there was never a chance to begin with…

In the end she gave up, maybe that was why Jaune didn't bother to glance at them when he was leaving the bullhead, they simply gave up too early and too easily, was that what he thought when he saw us? No, that wasn't right, Jaune was never one to hold grudges or outright hate anyone, he was a gentle yet clutzy person…

Pyrrha slapped her cheeks lightly to snap her out of her stupor, she wasn't here to be sad today, she came here to relax and go shopping with her team, unfortunately Nora dragged Ren into a nearby hotel for something, maybe they were going to stay the night in Vale? Honestly Ren seemed a little bit terrified but other than that she didn't question it.

However, that left her alone in her own endeavors, and quite frankly she had nothing to do! The only reason she even came here was because of Nora! Who just right now forgot she existed and ran off with Ren to do… Whatever they do when no they're alone!

'This is not what I had in mind today' with a tired sigh Pyrrha walked slowly to the only spot she knew, the pudding shop, it didn't really have a name and it was a small store that Jaune introduced to her when he was still in Beacon and she had to admit, she was confused by how small the store was, after all the pudding they served was delicious! She didn't see why the store wouldn't at least get profit from it.

The old man later explained that he did this more of a hobby than anything else, a surprisingly profitable hobby but a hobby nonetheless.

As Pyrrha walked around a corner to her left, she froze at first, she didn't register why she stopped, but after her brain caught up with her body, the realization hit her like a bag of bricks!

It was Jaune! A-And he was looking right at her! To the blonde samurai in question, he simply stared at her with a neutral expression before he started walking away.

"J-Ja-Ja-Jau…" She simply couldn't form any words! He was leaving, and she was just standing there as a stuttering mess!

As if a fire lit inside of her she slowly started walking to Jaune, the blonde started to walk a little bit faster so Pyrrha walked faster as well, now Jaune was lightly jogging so she did so as well, after a few seconds of a light jog Jaune broke into a mad sprint so of course she went after him at top speed!

"Eh? What? Why?! Why the hell are you chasing me!" Jaune screamed in a panicked voice, but his answer was just Pyrrha's grunts and occasional screeches.

Jaune didn't know why he was being hunted down by his former partner but he wasn't going to stick around to find- Oh! The fries are kicking in! I repeat the fries are kicking in!

After a full-on hour of running around the town they both started to slow down, panting and wheezing the whole time as they did so, since they're in a bridge Jaune went to the edge and-

"Bleeeeuugh!" threw up his lunch.

Taking this opportunity Pyrrha quickly catched her breath and slowly walked up to Jaune, she grabbed him by the collar and screamed as hard as her voice could let her muster.

"I'm sorry! I tried so hard and I still failed you! So please forgive us!" She let out with all her might, when she opened her eyes she saw Jaune who looked scared as all hell, his face was red from all the running and he had sweat and tears on his face, one from too much exercise and the other one from horror.

"W-what was that?" After those words he flopped to the floor.

"J-Jaune!" While Pyrrha was busy panicking, there were two figures watching the two in the shadows.

"You sure that's the guy Adam? He doesn't look like much" Mercury black lazily took a bite out of his hot dog as he saw the events unfold in amusement.

"Many eye witnesses saw him leaving the crime scene, but we can't be sure until we see the deed for ourselves" Adam responded, usually he'd be wearing a Grimm mask, but that was back in the days he was with the White Fang, now he simply wore a simple red visor that still obscured his eyes.

"So basically, we wait until he fucks up" Mercury said as he threw away some dirty napkins.

"Pretty much" Adam replied, and judging by how his daily life goes, that might take a while…

AN: Yay! I'm done! I'm finally done! HAHAHA! *Ahem* sorry about that, it's just that I finally finished this chapter! Anyway, I have nothing much to say other than enjoy this small Omake!

Omake #1 – Why is that Raven watching me? Eh?! Why the hell is it a woman now?!

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"Dammit… My team's dead and I'm stranded in the middle of freaking Anima!" Jaune couldn't help but curse out, he was originally sent out with a small team of five to scour for any White Fang activity, honestly, he only took the scouting mission because he wanted a break from Cinder's stupidity and Sakamoto's annoying laugh, and then there's Takasugi who gives Sasuke a run for his money when it comes to being Emo and a general mood killer.

"Well, at least I can tell the others that the White Fang are definitely planning something here" Jaune mused to himself, the reason his team died was because the bastards caught them in the middle of the night, what they didn't expect was for his Crocea Mors to slit their throats open.

But that wasn't his concern right now, from some little information gathering before coming to Anima, Jaune found out that this was where the infamous Branwen tribe resided in, if the bastards found him they'd try to kill him right on the spot, unfortunately he isn't about to give mercy to bandits that terrorize the innocent for their leaders twisted pursuit of 'strength'

*Bang*

On instinct Jaune raised Crocea Mors, just in time too since a bullet hit the broad side of the Arc family sword before bouncing harmlessly

Speak of the devil and he'll come screw your day over!

"Well lookie here, we have a random little war dog in our turf!" A condescending voice reached Jaune's ears and it took all his will power just, so he wouldn't slice his tongue out.

"Nah, I'd say more of a war donkey but sure, a war dog sounds nicer now that I think about it" he looked around himself and he counted twenty people in total, most of the men and some of them women, the women must be the scavengers judging by how inexperienced they look holding their guns and melee weapons, honestly it would feel like an insult killing them so he'll just kill the men and give the women a little bit of a spook.

"Oh? At least someone knows their place! You know what we're here for war donkey so cough 'em up!" The man's face was just really, really punchable right now, but he might as well entertain him for a bit more before killing him.

"Well I only got this sword…" Jaune muttered as he gestured to Crocea Mors.

"Ah, now that looks like it can fetch a pretty amount of Lien" The man looked at Crocea Mors as If It was a gold mine, it isn't.

"You want it?" Jaune faked his curiosity to play along with the man, the man nodded excitedly and moved closer to fetch the sword, Jaune spun the sword around and grabbed it by the hilt with the blade facing down, after this the man stopped walking.

"Er, boss why did yo-" a random man called out to his 'boss', but as he was about to ask why he stopped, he saw the man's head slowly slide off until finally, it hit the floor with a soft thud and a fountain of blood erupts.

The group suddenly went on high alert, pointing their weapons at Jaune, or rather where he was.

One by one, the men of the group started dropping like flies, leaving the scavengers to frantically search around for the White Demon.

And once they did, the men, the intimidators and heavy hitters of the group were all dead, each of them having their heads decapitated.

They couldn't so anything, it was all so fast and so sudden! The only thing they could do was cower and point their weapons at whatever bush, tree or boulders they could see.

"Tell your boss that they better leave me out of whatever cock fight they're having, last thing I need is other tribes coming after my ass because I killed a bunch of you lot" The women were too terrified to move so he did the best thing that came in mind an cut one of them right in their cheek, and just like that they bolted out of the scene as fast as their legs could take them.

"Ah man, I didn't want to sound that stereotypical, but it worked out, so I guess that's fine-" A blade was held on his throat before he could start moving again

Well that was fast! I didn't expect their boss to figure me out so freaking early!

"So, the White Demon decides to grace our presence…" The voice was clearly sarcastic and feminine, so at least Jaune knew the gender of the Branwen tribe leader, now if he could get out alive with the information that'd be great!

"More like stumbling around, I'm anything but graceful" Usually self insults have saved Jaune's life many times, hopefully this isn't the last.

"Is that so? Well, I'll get to the point then, why are you here? Anima wants nothing to do with the war so why are you here" The woman pressed her Ōdachi to his neck (Note: an Ōdachi was a type of traditionally made Japanese sword used by the samurai class of feudal Japan.)

"Why wouldn't I? I know you saw their bodies, so it wouldn't be much of a surprise If I'm here too" for a second everything stayed silent, the two stayed still like statues, not moving an inch…

After a few more seconds of stillness Jaune got tired of It and decided to jump the gun.

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*Crack*

He drew his sword as fast as he could and swung at the woman's head, although he didn't decapitate her, he did break her mask and when he looked at her face, his only thoughts were…

"Holy shit! Yang?! What the hell! When did you become a bandit leader!" This caused 'Yang' to grit her teeth silently.

"That's because I'm not her" She replied, trying not to break into a scowl.

"Really? Because you look just like her-" Jaune was interrupted by Raven.

"I'm her mother..." Silence, sweet silence…

"No wonder she never wanted to talk about her mom! She was a big asshole!" Jaune shouted in realization, Raven's eye twitched angrily but otherwise didn't say anything, the boy was rather gutsy that she could admit.

With an angular swipe of her sword Raven opened a red swirling vortex that served as a portal, without saying a word she walked through it leaving a very confused Jaune behind.

"Wow… What a bi-"

AN: Hopefully you enjoy this Omake, now if you'll excuse me I'm going to sleep!