Remnants of Hyrule

The Stolen Relics

Two months after "Remnants of the Wild"...

Jaune Arc gazed happily at the Engagement Ring on his left ring finger over his gauntlet. If he had gone back into the past, and told his child self that in the future, he would not only be a hero, but engaged to four lovely women who captured his heart, he doubted his child self would have believed him...

And then he thought that he was spending too much time with Pollux Wukong, thinking about pranking his past self.

Yang...his Sunshine...Whose hair shone like the rays of the sun and she always found ways to cheer up others around her; whether it be through parties or puns, Yang chased away gloominess like sun rays piercing dark clouds. Despite being abandoned by her birth mother and losing her "true mother" at a young age, she knew how to balance responsibility and relaxation. She had been blessed by the Din, the Goddess of Power with amazing strength, both physically and in character (and the Triforce of Power). While boys around Hyrule would gaze...somewhere lower, the most drawing thing to him was her hair and beautiful lilac eyes, that would shine so much in the sunlight.

Pyrrha...his Goddess...when he first met her as a child in Team JNPR he had no idea that she had already been a multi-time champion in a junior hunter tournament, earning her the title of "Invincible Girl." No she was a somewhat socially awkward girl-like he was a socially awkward boy-who needed a friend. He had no idea that doing so would intertwine their destinies. When duties separated his brother Link away from him; Pyrrha would pick up, using her skills to train Jaune in using a sword, shield, and spear. Once, when he had been injured as a child, a black Moblin had approached them and Pyrrha took off her headband, giving it to him to hold, and destroyed it with a soldier's halberd. As she danced around it's strikes, Jaune found it hard to believe she wasn't a "Goddess of Combat" created by Din herself! Yet, she had been blessed by Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom.

Ruby...his lovable weapons expert, his "Blossomed Rose"...she had just turned 16 (well, technically 116), and everyone had celebrated as she had a big rose-shaped cake made of chocolate topped with crushed strawberries for it's red coloration. She was the first person he met in Hyrule, and became "Co-leaders", often bouncing ideas off each other. It was Ruby that inspired him to make names for team attacks...not that he was any good at it. Her dedication and drive inspired him in his darkest hours.

Mipha...his Princess...How the Princess of the Zora fell for him he had no idea! He would often accompany Link to Zora's Domain, and would play with Bazz, Rivan and Mipha. He, Rivan, Bazz, and Link formed what was called "The Big Bad Bazz Brigade". When Link heard about the Lynel and went up to slay it, Mipha had followed him while pleading not to get hurt. There, Jaune had taken blows for the Princess; but paid no attention to it, ensuring that she was safe. This, of course, made the Zora King very close to him for helping protect his dear daughter.

How any of these amazing women loved him back confused him, but warmth blossomed in his heart every time he thought about them. Hyrule Castle was moving slowly closer to completion; the work they had did in their final assault paid off in the form of less monsters and Guardians around the castle to destroy when construction crews came to rebuild once Ganon was destroyed for good. He gazed at the home he once bought in Hateno, now in the walls of Hyrule Castle in a courtyard. Somehow, it retained it's...simple...design and basement; but now had a hallway blocked by a door leading into the castle. They did have new curtains, however, in a nice forest green with a golden Crest of Hyrule on them.

Behind the house, a small stream started; going in a circle around a stretch of land with an apple tree and horse shed where their horses were now boarded. small stone bridge big enough for a horse to cross connected the "island" with the house with the rest of the land, and the rivers met into a perfect "heart shaped" shallow pond, simulating the fabled "Lover's Pond". However, instead of Hearty Raddish, there were Silent Princess flowers all around it, with Silent Princess flowers growing from flower boxes under the windows. Within the pond were Sheikah-bred Sanke Carp, known for their beautiful white, orange, yellow, and black coloration.

Ruby had opened a weapon's shop in place of their former home in Hateno Village. "Weapon Rose Emporium", she called it, "Weapons for travelers wandering the land" was it's slogan. It was mainly run by the young boy Jaune helped; Nebb, with help from a Rito worker for legal issues of course (as a young child couldn't technically run an actual business alone). She had made his Ancient Short Sword unbreakable, and the young boy had hero worship of Jaune and Ruby because of their actions.

Currently, because of funding, they only sold unbreakable Traveler's Swords, unbreakable Emblazoned (wooden) shields, unbreakable Soldier's Shields, unbreakable Traveler's Spears, and unbreakable Soldier's Swords. Special items, such as unbreakable Royal Guard Swords and Shields were now reserved for people becoming Knights of Hyrule, and all of their unbreakable Eightfold Blades and Eightfold Longblades had been pre-ordered by the Sheikah Tribe.

After Ozpin took the throne of Hyrule, he started putting plans in motion to ensure that the land was in proper hands should someone actually successfully assassinate him; since his curse of Reincarnation was removed. Jaune smiled as he saw the multiple motorbikes reminiscent of the Master Cycle Zero parked next to it; one bronze, one red, one yellow, one green, one pink, one black, and one white. A tiny spider Guardian, Steel Rose greeted him in a squeaky voice as it opened the door, making Zwei bound out and greet him.

For her birthday, Jaune had unveiled Maz's reward; the Master Cycle Zero. Since it reverted into data and teleported into his scroll after a certain distance away, Jaune had stayed near her as she prattled on about the technological marvel as she unlocked it's secrets to a point where she made replicas of it...though only his had the Unicorn horn. Yang had a habit of babying "Wildfire" as she called her Master Cycle, like it was her motorcycle lost due to Calamity Ganon.

Without Ganon powering the Blood Moon, it was just a red moon on the night sky...and Monsters had soon learned about this, as they were getting stronger since they weren't being reborn. Silver monsters were becoming more and more common among the monster population. Not only that, but Grimm known as Beowolves had finally appeared around Main Hyrule.

This of course slowed down the rebuilding of Hyrule, but it did not stop it. Fortified walls were being built around cities and towns such as Hateno, similar to those around Hyrule Castle. Not only that, but Ozpin had discovered something that made travel an issue. Thanks to the Guardians, there were only 6 usable Bullheads left in the Districts of Remnant, so his first act was one of unification; having Hylians, humans, Gorons, Rito, and Zoras create bridges leading to the Districts from Main Hyrule to further connect the lands.

Ozpin had also talked to Ruby, Robbie, Purah, Paya and Impa greatly on a topic that was a serious cause for concern; the Guardians. They were still affected by Ganon's Malice and attacked anything. Robbie had been researching how to take back the Guardians, but had only found ways-with Ruby's help-to prevent them from falling into Evil's hands. Thus, with a heavy heart, they accepted Ozpin's decision to mark the Guardians, the machines that had helped the Ancient Hero 10,000 years ago seal away Ganon, as Monsters that needed to be destroyed...but Ozpin wasn't cruel.

He approved the creation of "House Guardians", small sized Guardians created for defending homes and villages with the safeguards Robbie and Ruby had made, designed similar to the Guardians Jaune faced in the Shrines. Steel Rose had been her first official "House Guardian" she made, and it "Identified itself as male" according to it. It was armed similar to the Test of Strength Guardians; with a Guardian Sword ++, Guardian Shield ++, and Guardian Axe ++. It also had a small blast of blue light it fired from it's eye, but nowhere near as devastating as it could be from a full-sized Spider Guardian or even a Flying Guardian. It was also equipped with hair dying and styling equipment, claws that were safe enough to turn pages of a book, and a database of food recipes in case something happened to Jaune's recipe book. It not only could defend their home, but could also work as a barber, woodcutter, storyteller, and cooking guide for those, like Yang and Weiss, who needed help. Not only that, but he also approved of Robbie making more Ancient Weapons and Armor.

Beacon Academy, their future "home away from home" would be opening again within a year. There, Team RWBY and Team JNPR would become first-year students...and wouldn't receive any special treatment from their status as Heroes/Princesses of Hyrule...not with the King of Hyrule being it's headmaster!

First, however, Jaune was gathering Teams RWBY and JNPR for their first "Official" mission as Hunters-in-Training. They would be seeking out and locating the artifacts stolen from Hyrule castle. Majora's Mask had quickly been returned and stored somewhere safe away from prying eyes, since they HAD found it already, along with the Phantom Ganon armor...That human-like form of a male Gerudo with a skull face, glowing orange eyes, and long devil-like horns haunted Pyrrha and Ruby's dreams.

An arrow pierced the chest of the slumbering Amber- now the former Fall Maiden and she died gazing into the eyes of the same woman who attacked her and stole half her powers before; Cinder Fall.

Cinder, despite losing her Mistress Salem, was no fool. She desired control of the world, and with Salem gone, she knew she was the next top contender. Thus, with Ozpin away it had been simple to slip into a stasis chamber with her minions Emerald and Mercury following her lead. With Equal Rights an enforced law in Hyrule, she knew she couldn't raise an army of Faunus against Hyrule, so part 1 of her plan had been to claim the rest of the Fall Maiden's powers. Orange flames lit up around Cinder's eyes as she smirked.

She DID know what she could use, though. The families whose status had been lost due to their racism, and their disgruntled descendants still roamed the land. The Winchestors, Schnees, Larks, Thrush, and Bronzewings for example. Every ounce of negative emotion would empower the Grimm that she could "encourage" to join their side with a little bit of Salem's powers still within her. Not only that, but the remaining forces of the Yiga Clan had willingly joined her in order to get revenge on the one who killed their "God" and Master Kohga.

Mercury grumbled about having to change his shotgun legs so they fired arrows, but having lost bullets didn't stop his efficiency once the change was completed. The foolish Professors at Beacon such as Port and Oobleck (She could have sworn she heard him scream "Doctor" just then) were more worried about the ruins of their precious coffee machine.

Still, this early in the stage and with the drastic changes over the past 100 years, subtlety was the key to success. She recalled the news in the scrolls; how the Arc child, with (J)NPR and RWBY, had slain the Calamity Ganon. Even with the remaining power Salem had given her before the witch was killed by Ganon and the Fall Maiden power, she had no clue what skills RWBY and JNPR had...and the Arc boy...he had to be strong to kill not only the leader of the Yiga Clan, but the beast that killed Salem...

RWBY and JNPR stood outside Kakariko Village, scrolls in hand as they checked over the list Jaune had read to find Majora's Mask after having met with Impa about any issues with the construction of the wall around Kakariko.

"I'd say let's find the Phantom Armor first." Ruby said as she grinned excitedly at the description "Armor worn by fierce Phantoms, feared even by heroes! We don't want that falling into the wrong hands!"

"What we know is that all three pieces are in Hyrule Field." Yang said as she tied her hair into a traditional Gerudo ponytail, taking a moment to admire her engagement ring as Ruby did the same under her hood as the Rose tried hiding her looks of affection.

"Battlegrounds where brave souls tested their skills, ceremonial grounds where royal guards are honored, and ruins where soldiers of Hyrule gathered." Pyrrha read off the riddles. "The first one is easy; that monster-filled battleground Ruby trained at."

"So, we get to kill two Grimm with one stone." Jaune said as he unsheathed the Master Sword and Protector's Shield, "Clear out the Monsters infesting it, and find part of the stolen relic."

They all grinned and held out their scrolls while pressing an app to summon their Master Cycles in a glow of blue data, and with a roar and a cloud of dirt, RWBY and JNPR left the outskirts of Kakariko and moved to the ruins Ruby trained at before storming Hyrule Castle.

It wasn't that they didn't love their horses, Hylia no! They loved Abella, Epona, Chestnut, Snowfire, Stardust, Crusher, Shadow, and Achilles to bits! It was just that with monsters becoming stronger and Grimm appearing, they didn't want to have a monster kill one of their horses and then draw a Grimm into the area with their sadness. Since the Master Cycles reverted to data upon crashing or falling into water and returned to their scrolls as a safety measure, they couldn't be destroyed.

On the way, they jumped off their cycles when attacked by two Bokoblins; one red, and one silver on horseback wielding bows. Jaune showed them a neat trick with his upgraded Stasis rune, freezing the red one in time for a few seconds as the horse continued to run, leaving the monster floating in midair before Stasis ran out. It dropped to the ground and scurried to a nearby horse, being cut off by Jaune who destroyed it with an ice arrow from his Royal Guard's bow-Bow of Light stored in his inventory pouch. The Bokoblins reinforced their decision to keep their horses safe at home when the silver one shot an arrow into a pinto near Jaune, making it run off while squealing in pain. Yang froze it with her Stasis rune and stomped up to it holding her unbreakable Savage Lynel crusher. Jaune almost felt pity for it...almost...as the weapon was repeatedly slammed into the beast's head with Earth-shaking force until it exploded into smoke.

Jaune gazed down the hill, gritting his teeth as he saw a full-sized Spider Guardian patrolling the hill down below. Ruby had been traumatized when a Flying House Guardian she made-Sky Rose-had been destroyed by one of those. He gazed in concern at Ruby, who had a determined expression on her face as Jaune hugged her. It was time to avenge Sky Rose. Ruby stunned it by using Crescent Rose to shoot an arrow into it's eye and Jaune ran at it, quickly slicing three of it's legs off. As it started moving, Ruby shot it's eye again and Jaune moved as it angled itself against a rocky outcropping; leaving it's bottom exposed for Jaune to swipe at until it collapsed and exploded into parts.

"THAT WAS FOR SKY ROSE!" Ruby shouted, standing proudly before they all re-summoned their Master Cycles and continued onward. The sun started to set early, at 5:35 pm, and they stopped at some ruins of houses northwest of the Dueling Peaks Tower. With or without Ganon around, it was dangerous to travel at night currently as Kesee swarms were more common and the skeletal Stal creatures could emerge from the ground out of nowhere. However, as an odd behavior, Stal creatures would not approach people sleeping by a campfire.

So, Jaune set down a bundle of wood and hit a flint with a Royal Broadsword, creating a spark that lit the wood on fire, and they all laid out bedrolls from their inventory and went to bed at 6pm, waking up and kicking dirt on the wood to kill any stray embers before summoning their Master Cycles and continuing to the arena. While one could have argued that they could take on any monster at night, the total number of the monster population was actually unknown. Kilton estimated there still could be millions of monsters across Hyrule; even after the ones they've already slain since the Blood Moon lost it's power. So, they could be stuck in a "war of attrition" for the night, leaving them exhausted for the following journey. It would not be a satisfactory situation with black bokoblins, lizalfos, and moblins and a silver Lynel in that arena. None of them should be approached at less than 100%, and that Lynel was a horrific beast whose power rivaled larger Grimm.

They stopped at the Exchange Ruins at 7:50 am after Jaune saw the shimmer of a Korok running around. After finding the forest Spirit and receiving a Korok Seed, they investigated the spot they missed while busy gaining strength to slay Ganon; as a treasure chest was half buried in a small puddle. Inside the chest was a purple rupee, and Ruby growling at the rusty swords embedded into the ground. It was a fortunate stop, as they found a different stolen relic: Tingle's Hood. The cap of the man who claimed to be the reincarnation of a fairy.

Jaune gazed at the pointed tight cap in disbelief; who in their right mind would wear that?! Though...the fact that he claimed to be the reincarnation of a fairy told RWBY and JNPR a lot about his mental state. They knew about Reincarnation, but in cases it only worked by reincarnating into the same species you were when you died. With a grimace, he tucked it into his inventory pouch.

Inside another chest were ten arrows, they re-summoned the Master Cycles and refueled them by tossing monster parts into the fuel tanks, before continuing down the trails. Yang smirked as she saw Jaune expertly handle his Master Cycle, knowing it was thanks to her that he was that skilled at it. He had helped her by teaching her what Link had taught him about horses, and she gave him one-on-one lessons on handling a motorcycle. Plus, she enjoyed the shade of red he turned when she had held herself close behind him when practicing.

They were nearing the arena when they heard the howls of bokoblins and Jaune leaped off the Master Cycle Zero and slid across the ground, drawing the Master Sword and quickly slicing through two blue bokoblins attacking the brother and sister treasure hunters Mils and Mina. For his quick action, he got an Energizing Honey Crepe.

They continued on, traveling at a good pace. Though the Cycles only went about as fast as Epona or Abella, they were efficient at traveling quickly without fear of your "steed" suddenly dying from a monster or Grimm attack. It was a little after noon when they entered the Coliseum Ruins as the silver Lynel wielding a flameblade let out a loud roar; claiming the area as his territory. Jaune tossed his Moblin Spear into it's back as his allies started climbing up the walls to deal with the other monsters to prevent them from jumping down and assisting the Lynel. Pyrrha watched in pride, and a little concern, as Jaune made dealing with a silver Lynel look almost easy; losing a good chunk of Aura when the Lynel slammed it's flameblade into the ground like a sheathe and created a flaming explosion. All of it's other attacks were parried or dodged.

Not only that, but when a bokoblin fell off a balcony, with Nora yelling for it to come back, Jaune showed off the first of the skills Link taught him, jumping up and pointing his sword downwards until he landed and pierced the Master Sword through the Bokoblin's chest; instantly killing it with the Ending Blow. Jaune then scanned the area with Magnesis, pulling up a partially buried chest with the label "EX" and pulled out the Phantom Helmet, a purplish pink knight-like helmet with two curved horns and glowing pink eyes. RWBY and (J)NPR quickly joined Jaune gazing at it; having dealt with the monsters and claiming their weapons and shields and leaving smoke drifting in the wind...but they were going to leave and continue searching for the rest of the Phantom armor...

They had discovered piles of Malice around and in the ruins; making it a Grimm Spawning pool.

Partway to the Central Hyrule Tower, they were ambushed by a Yiga Archer and a Spider Guardian. Jaune's new Flameblade shattered, but only after slicing all of the Guardian's legs off and driving off the Archer; allowing Jaune to finish off the Guardian with the Master Sword as Nora got it's attention by taunting it while standing on it's head while banging a rock on it's eye.

After destroying the two decayed Guardians by the Tower, they hopped onto the Master Cycles and moved onward across Hyrule Field, eventually coming to the Sage Temple Ruins partially submerged in the Regencia River.

"Didn't one of the clues mention ruins soaked in this river?" Blake asked, taking down a lizalfos with a shot from Shroud.

"The Princess of Twilight's Helmet." Ruby read, "One who assisted the hero who drove the invasion of the Twilight Realm...okay...don't know why she would help drive back her own realm, but I don't know all the details."

After sloshing their way through the ruins, they took down another lizalfos and a silver one before finding the buried chest labeled "EX" and revealing Midna's Helmet. It was stone-like with two prongs and a design covering one's left eye, and what looked like an orange ponytail with yellow tips. Jaune looked at it in curiosity, before shrugging and tucking it into his inventory. That was one less thing to find later on, and their scrolls marked the "Twilight Treasure" quest as complete.

Still they traveled on, the map not showing "Ceremonial grounds where Royal Guards are honored" and "ruins where Soldiers of Hyrule gathered", so it was most likely that they had missed those locations when on their quest to destroy Ganon. Then, Pyrrha had an idea.

"Why don't we check the location we saw Link being knighted as Zelda's appointed knight?" Pyrrha said, and Jaune gave her a bright smile and turned to the Sacred Ground Ruins, getting off and taking in the scenery before activating Magnesis on his scroll. Getting close to the platform the knighting happened, Magnesis found a chest and Jaune used it to pull out a chest labeled "EX" with the Phantom Armor. Only one part was left...but where could be the ruins where soldiers gathered?

When they were confronted by a Spider Guardian, they were forced off their Master Cycles to defend themselves. Jaune parried it's first laser, then deflected one aimed at Ruby with Daruk's protection before she shot it in the eye with Crescent Rose and Yang smashed it's eye with Ember Celica and caused it to explode into parts which they collected, and soon found the Mabe Village Ruins. After collecting a silver rupee, arrows, and Guardian parts from the empty shells of decayed Guardians, they spotted a chest under the shell of a Guardian, with the label "EX". Inside it was "Tingle's Tights", which looked like a belt with red underwear over green tights with brown boots. Once again, Jaune quickly shoved it away into his inventory with a grimace.

These were property of Hyrule Castle, and had been part of a museum about legends of past heroes. Now it was their job to get them back.

They moved onward and found the Ranch Ruins, destroying a Spider Guardian with Jaune deflecting the beams back into the Guardian, and then took care of two silver bokoblin archers on horseback riding around like they owned the place. Afterwards, they found a Korok hiding in the ruins. Jaune glared as a Yiga archer attacked them, only to be driven back by Ren. No one was hurt, but it proved that the Yiga were still active after losing both Master Kohga AND Ganon.

Jaune paused at the Bottomless swamp. While it wasn't listed directly in the clues, there was mention of a forest south of it...plus, Jaune spotted silver bokoblins and moblins patrolling a stone structure in the middle of it, which was surrounded by Grimm Spawning Malice. While they couldn't do anything about the Malice yet; they could at least clear out the monsters. Less than a half-hour later they sat laughing at the top of the structure around a campfire eating a meal of Honeyed Apples.

"I can't believe I used to be so hesitant about fighting silver enemies." Jaune said after he took a bite, "Aside from the lynels, these guys are becoming easy thanks to the Master Sword!"

"And I can't believe I thought Renny didn't want to get together-together with me!" Nora said, holding Ren's hand as he poked her nose gently. She smiled as she laid on him, prompting Pyrrha to do the same to Jaune as Yang held his hand and Ruby leaned into him.

"You've come a long way, Jaune." Pyrrha said, "With Ganon gone, I'm sure Hyrule's future is now brighter than it used to be with the threat of Calamity Ganon looming over them. No more can monsters come back from the dead!" The group of eight lifted glasses of apple cider and toasted each other, and the future before they went to bed for the night.

Early the next morning, they gazed over the list of relics left: Garb of Winds, Merchant's hood, Tingle's shirt, Phantom Greaves, and the helmet of the Usurper King. With a nod to each other, they moved into the main pathway and summoned their Master Cycles, taking off to Whistler's hill south of that bog. That afternoon, they stopped at the Outpost Ruins to refuel their bikes with monster parts. Then the name of the place resonated with Jaune.

Outpost.

A place where soldiers gather.

Jaune took out his Scroll and started scanning the area with Magnesis. Unfortunately, apart from the journal of the bandit, there were only gems and rusted weapons in the area. Jaune sighed as Yang ruffled his hair playfully.

"It was a good idea, lover boy." Yang said, "An outpost is a place soldiers gather, but unfortunately it isn't in this place." They moved to Scout's Hill just as the rain started, but unfortunately they found nothing except for ruins and a Korok. Finally, they came across the Gatepost Town ruins, where Ruby saved the brother and sister treasure hunters and got an Energizing Honeyed Apple in return. After finding nothing, they moved to Mount Daphines and refuled their bikes before continuing on their journey to find the last Tingle and Phantom outfit pieces in Hyrule Field. Fortunately, they moved to the right north of where the Exhange Ruins were after spotting ruined buildings and stumbled upon the Hyrule Garrison Ruins.

Thunder roared overhead as they ducked into ruined buildings to place metallic objects into their pouches, those in armor coming out in Hylian tunics and all of them had bone or wooden weapons. Well, except Nora. She was always ready for Mother Nature to give her an Aura boost. After a couple hours, they found the Phantom Greaves near the empty shell of a decayed Guardian. On the way back, looking for clues to the last location of the Tingle outfit, "A place where sinners are imprisoned", they found another Korok. Eventually, they came to the moat bridge left of Hyrule castle.

"You know...it's strange not seeing Ganon's power swirling around it." Lie Ren said, half expecting Ganon to roar from within Hyrule Castle despite the fact it was destroyed for good.

"I know...It seems so surreal." Weiss said, gazing at the castle being rebuilt. "It was almost like a dream, seeing Ganon fall for good."

"Technically, you mean vaporized for good." Nora added, making Weiss grumble at being corrected.

"It really ended that journey with a bang." Jaune joked, and Yang nudged him.

"I like to end my adventures with a Yang!" She said, as Jaune snorted in amusement as the others groaned.

After going to the attached island, and destroying a Spider Guardian, their scrolls pinged that the location as "Castle Town Prison". The place where sinners were imprisoned. Nothing imprisoned people like a Prison! Sure enough, they found Tingle's Shirt in a buried chest.

"So, what one's next?" Jaune asked, taking out a thermos of coffee as night fell; Hateno blend, before sharing it with everyone except Nora and Ruby. Nora was not allowed to have coffee...ever...after taking a sip once and entering what seemed to be a catatonic state and Ruby hated the taste. He gave her a specially prepared Energizing Milk.

"How about the Garb of Winds?" Blake said, "At the birthplace of the Menoat River...that's directly south of Lake Hylia."

"And from there it would be a straight shot to the others." Weiss added, "The Merchant's Hood is in the right hand of the dragon consuming the Spring of Courage, and the Usurper King's helmet is in a swamp of dead trees south of the Dueling Peaks. The only place on the map similar to that is Tobio's Hollow east of the Spring of Courage."

They moved to the Bridge of Hylia, jumping off their cycles to deal with the lizalfos on the bridge; and Farosh hovered around Jaune until he took a hint and hit it's side with an arrow, making a scale fall onto the bridge. The arrow did not hurt Farosh, who just gave a content rumble and dove into the lake. Around 10:05 am, they made it to Cora Lake north of the Menoat River. They collected a few Mighty and Armored Porgies, and Pyrrha's Semblance pulled up a metal chest with "EX" labeled on it from near a cave where the current was at it's strongest. In the chest was the Island Lobster shirt; a blue shirt with a white design of a Lobster on it; said to be worn by the "Hero of Winds" in legend before starting his journey.

With a blast of Revali's Gale; Jaune created an updraft they used their paragliders to ride up to the top of the cliff the lake was below.

Two Lizalfos tried ambushing them once they got into the Faron Woods, but Yang's Silver Longsword (she got as a present from Jaune after he found one) took care of them without her ever needing to step off her Master Cycle; showing her mastery with the cycle. After Ren pulled out a Phrenic Bow and effortlessly dealt with three red and blue Bokoblin Archers, they made their way to the Zonai Ruins south of the Spring of Courage. Seeing a lightning Wizrobe, Jaune ducked behind a bush and emerged in his twice-enhanced Rubber Armor set. His Master Sword and Royal Guard's Shield remained on him; as did the Royal Bow, as everyone else (besides Nora) removed their metallic objects when thunder started. Sparks flew from Jaune's shield before Pyrrha screamed as lightning struck Jaune...leaving him perfectly unharmed.

Pyrrha, Yang, and Ruby's jaws dropped before Ruby pulled out a notepad and started narrating what she wrote. "Note: Enhanced complete Rubber armor leaves wearer immune to electricity; even from powerful lightning bolts. Ask Jaune to let me check it out and recreate it for everyone." She watched Yang and Pyrrha's eyes drift downwards on Jaune and turned red "Additional note: Add additional thickness to...private areas to avoid giving others a free show." Jaune glanced down and hid in a bush with a yelp of surprise as Yang gave a wolf whistle.

He then put on his complete Hylian outfit, unbreakable Dragonbone Boko Shield, unbreakable Ancient Bow, and unbreakable Dragonbone Boko club. All this time, Pyrrha was repeatedly chanting "Wait until we're married."

Moving along the path once they fixed up their equipment, there was a lull in the thunderstorm as Nora was having a blast absorbing electricity from yellow chuchus and crushing them into jelly. Eventually, they made it to Dracozu Lake, near the Spring of Courage. However, a horn blew and lizalfo archers rained shock arrows upon the group and the water around them. Noras body started twitching at all the energy she was absorbing and she vanished at speeds rivaling Ruby's Semblance and smashed the Lizalfos into the ground with Magnhild.

"They break too easily!" She said cheerfully, "Who's next?" The other lizalfos looked at each other and ran off into the jungle.

They soon saw the sculpture of a Dragon's head over the Spring of Courage, and two clawed hands on a pedestal. Jaune scanned with magnesis, and found a chest hiding in dirt under the "hand" to his left-or the dragon's right. Pulling it out revealed Ravio's Hood, a purple hood with a rabbit design to it with blue eyes and a blue and black striped scarf below it.

Only one more stolen relic to find.

With the Sheikah Scrolls telling them that there were no more threats of thunderstorms, they changed into their normal outfits and equipment. Yang had mixed hers up a little, wearing Hylian Trousers for her Master Cycle with her Gerudo top and her Amber Earrings. Jaune had to repeatedly pinch himself as he gazed from Yang, to Ruby, to Pyrrha that no, it was not a dream.

He really was engaged to them...not that they could be married until they reached 21 physically. Ruby hated making everyone wait, as she was 16 and the others were 18. Yet, Jaune wanted to be fair to everyone so they could share their special day.

With a plan, they all teleported to the Faron Tower to situate themselves and better study the map...but groaned when they all had to turn their backs to each other to quickly change out of metal equipment as a thunderstorm battered the tower. Paragliding across the cliff surrounding a river, they slayed two Lizalfos and a blue Chuchu. Jaune's eyes lit up in joy as he started collecting multiple Hearty Durian, a fruit that when cooked offered GREAT Aura restorative benefits. Using Revali's Gale to help everyone to scale a cliff, they moved north towards Tobio's Hollow.

"Ugh, so much rain!" Yang complained, "Lover boy, you are so working on my hair when we get home."

"Certainly Sunshine." Jaune said, making Yang's cheeks turn red. They passed by a red Hinox, but Jaune stayed Pyrrha's hand and shook his head before pointing at the storming sky. Their best weapons were metal, which would get struck by lightning. With a nod, he marked the location of the Hinox with a skull stamp on the map and drifted down off the cliff. The others followed him as the sun rose the next morning. Once again, they stood back to back as they got into their equipment with Jaune inspecting the Master Sword before taking a cloth and cleaning the blade before sheathing it. By a rocky tunnel, leading from a small wooded area to Tobio's Hollow, they found another Korok.

Then Pyrrha grinned as she saw the sleeping red Hinox and ran at it. Jaune had told them stories about what was within the Trials of the Sword, and it seemed Hinox made a "list" of some kind that made the mild Pyrrha very violent against them. He covered Ruby's eyes as the Hinox's roars quickly became squeals of pains before there was a loud burst of smoke and a foul smell.

"~All done!" Pyrrha said in a singsong tone as Weiss and Blake looked at her very pale with wide eyes out of fear. They weren't directly "In" the future Arc family...thus weren't excluded from that terrifying "list". She picked up the Royal Halberd as Jaune picked up the Royal Broadsword and Ren picked up the Royal Bow, before Jaune collected the monster parts left behind.

"Wasn't that a good warm up?" Pyrrha said cheerfully as Jaune gulped slightly.

"Yes Goddess..." He said, and Yang made a whipping noise, but froze when Pyrrha looked at her, "I think you can use some extra training when we get home, Yang." Pyrrha said, emphasizing the word training. Yang nearly whimpered. She loved a good training session or battle...but after fighting something on her..."List"...Pyrrha took it to near Nora levels.

In a bog pit, between two trees, was Zant's Helmet within a chest labeled "EX"...meaning now ALL of the relics stolen from Hyrule Castle were back in their hands. Plus, another Korok was discovered.

"So...now do we head back to King Ozpin?" Ruby asked.

"No." Jaune said, making everyone's eye widen, "I have an overdue visit to help a friend." He said with a smile.

"~Shaka-kala!~" Hestu said, rattling his maracas. They had 27 Korok seeds, allowing them to expand their weapon inventory (Jaune focused on a weapon and shield expansion) before they used up the collected seeds. Jaune could now carry 16 different weapons, 8 bows (not counting arrow types), and 12 Shields. With a grin, they teleported to Hateno Village, to allow Ruby to check the orders and drop off completed weapons for her shop. Plus, Yang did want a nice long ride on her Master Cycle. Hateno to Hyrule Castle should be a good run.

At 3pm, after Ruby got her deals with the shop in order, they left on their Master Cycles in the middle of a rainstorm. The rain soon stopped upon entering the field between Hateno and Kakariko, where Jaune sliced a Bokoblin apart with the Master Sword as it turned into smoke without ever leaving his Cycle.

"That's my man!" Yang cheered, raising a fist as he did a wheelie and turned to cut through the second one and hopped off, bowing. When the telltale smoke of a Yiga clan member appeared, Jaune rushed over and sliced into the Aura of the Yiga archer before it could even attack, making him retreat. Eventually, the fuel of the cycles started getting low and they diverted course to the Riverside Stable to refuel using monster parts. Jaune visited Beedle and sold some Monster parts to increase his funds.

Not that he told anyone, but he still felt like he owed Purah. With funding now coming from Hyrule Castle again, they were not in such dire needs, but Jaune still felt like they helped him more than he could have done by himself. Purah had fixed their Sheikah Scrolls, upgraded their runes, and helped Ruby improve her skills with Crescent Rose and learn about her Sheikah heritage. In return, he was going to buy all the pictures for the Hyrule Compendium left bit by bit. They jumped off the cycles a good distance away from Hyrule Castle's main gate, and continued on foo which made their cycles teleport into their scrolls. Stopping at a soldier wearing armor and a Knight's Halberd at a gate, Ruby started talking first.

"Team RWBY." She said, glancing at Jaune.

"And Team JNPR." Jaune added, glancing at Ruby with a smirk.

"Reporting with a completed mission." Both Ruby and Jaune said at the same time, making Nora starry eyed at their actions.

"Renny! They're so in sync! Do you think we'll ever be in sync that well?" Nora asked.

"No...we're already synced in a charming way." He said, chuckling at her pout as he kissed her forehead. The soldier checked a list and signaled for someone to open the gate, making the gigantic metal doors swing outward and they walked through as Ozpin walked out in his green suit and wearing a golden crown with the crest of Hyrule engraved in it's designed.

"Welcome back, RWBY, JNPR. I take it your mission was successful?" King Ozpin asked, and Jaune nodded. Ozpin signaled some of the staff who worked in Hyrule Castle to come over, and Jaune gave them the recovered relics as Ozpin smiled seeing them. "That is a nice job, you have completed. Now they could be made into a museum within the castle of Legends of past Heroes."

"Link..." Jaune said, looking at the floor.

"He'll be honored." Ozpin said, placing a hand on Jaune's shoulder guard, making him look up, "As we speak, I'm having a statue made for the spot Link and Zelda fell for the plaque to be placed on for everyone to read. It will have your brother and the fallen Princess, hand-in-hand.

Jaune smiled at those words, feeling a weight lift off his shoulders.

"It is rather late." Ozpin said, noting that it was 2:20 am, "And you'll have to get used to waking up at 9 for classes at Beacon later this year. So, why don't you go home and enjoy a few days off to rest."

"Thank you, your highness." Jaune said as he knelt, before standing up and moving to the stone bridge to his home with everyone following him. Nearby, more islands with similar houses were being made; one had the Ren family logo on the door, one had the Schnee family logo, and one had the Belladonna family logo. Once the houses were "complete", a series of enclosed passageways would be built to travel between the houses.

Even separated, the teams would be connected!

One difference was major for Jaune, as he no longer had a bed on his "work balcony", as he took over a room that Daruk once used, since it was the largest. A gigantic bed big enough for multiple people took up most of the room was against the wall underneath a window, and a large bathroom and walk-in closet was attached. Ruby, Yang, Pyrrha, and Mipha (when the later visited) agreed it was a HUGE step up for the Hylian Hero's sleeping conditions.

They got dressed and settled into bed for the night; each dreaming of a pleasant future.