Hey everyone, here is my first story in more than a year. (It will have certain elements from the fate franchise see bottom for more info)
It was a day as any other for fourteen year old Jaune Arc, walking down the street towards his house. Having nothing better to do Jaune had volunteered to go to the store to buy some groceries. Sharing a house with 9 other people meant that food was always running low so trips to the supermarket had to be made quite often. Usually there would have been a long discussion as to who would have to go to the store, it was rather boring afteral, but this time had been different because Jaune had volunteered.
Walking at an average pace carrying a bag full of groceries, Jaune wasn't really paying attention to where he was going, his thoughts consumed with the ever present question as to how he was supposed to become a hero. That was Jaune's big dream to become a hero just as the rest of his family. His family was full of hero's, his parents were famous hunters and his sisters were either up and coming famous or enrolled at some combat school where they were considered prodigies.
Taking a turn to the left, Jaune sighed. Yes every single one of his siblings was a prodigy, something that his parents were not afraid to brag about to pretty much everyone who inquired about his family. The thing was Jaune himself was not a prodigy, he was just normal. At age eleven he had attempted to enrol in a hunters academy but had failed. Not surprising for he hadn't had any prior training.
Jaune's youth had been spent playing video games and messing around with his friends. Things that weren't strange for children his age but it was a lifestyle not appropriate for those who wanted to become hunters. To become a hunter one should have been trained from as young an age as possible.
Stopping before a red light, Jaune remembered his father saying that he simply didn't have the right character to be a hunter. Apparently Jaune's nature was simple too soft. Jaune at the time didn't think much of that comment, at 6 years old he could find nothing wrong with being soft. Soft things were nice after all, so Jaune had continued on with his lifestyle thinking that he could become a hunter without training. He came from a famous hunter's line afteral, hunting was in his blood.
Crossing the street Jaune's thoughts continued. That assumption had been wrong of course as he had failed to even enter a basic combat school.
Continuing with his walk home Jaune decided to take a detour so that he could make a quick visit to the arcade. He had time after all as it was still summer and school was on break. Making a turn into an ally Jaune remembered his father's words. He had said that hunting was a dangerous profession and required a certain mindset, a mindset that Jaune simply did not posses. Strangely every time he had brought up that conversation his father had evaded his questions. It was frustrating but there was little he could do. In all these years he didn't had had a chance to corner his father about it yet. Oh well, he would ask him one day. Afterall he would get into a proper hunter school one day, one way or the other.
At age fourteen Jaune didn't have the biggest opinion of his parents. Jaune understood that having 8 children meant that they couldn't spend as much attention on every child individually. That combined with that they had various hunter duties (as they described it), meant that they had very little time for him. His sisters were hunters or in training to become hunters, so it made sense that they would have more reason to spend time with their parents, talking about various hunter related topics. Topics that Jaune had absolutely no knowledge about. He still loved his parents but it was not nice knowing that within the family he came last. It had been a sad realization but he supposed every family had someone like him. Over time he had accepted it and learned to live with it.
But still Jaune was determined to make his family see him in a different light one day.
Taking a turn to the right in the alley. Jaune's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when he saw a man with white hair and tan skin. The man was leaning on the wall heavily and breathing hard.
Jaune froze, what should he do, everyone knew not to talk to strangers…. Especially the ones that they met in dark alleys, they could be dangerous and try to attack you. Looking around Jaune saw nobody else. An other look at the man made it clear that the man could not possibly be a danger in his current state, after all he could barely stand.
Making a decision Jaune approached the man. "Hey sir.." Jaune began hesitantly as he came closer "Are you alright?"
After a few short moments the man turned his head and Jaune's blue orbs were met with a pair of bright copper eyes.
Jaune will never realize by just how much his fate was altered in that one singular moment, in the moment that sword met sword.
"So you want to be a hero Jaune Arc?" Shirou asked the young man standing before him.
After a few moments the young man answered "Yes that is my dream", and after a few more moments he added "And I will achieve it no matter what".
Shirou looked at the young man before him, the light reflecting in his blue eyes. A normal person would not have seen anything special in those eyes. But Shirou was not a normal person and what he saw before him could only be described with one word….. Sword.
Then and there he had made his decision. "I can't teach you how to be a hero Jaune Arc" and after the young man's haze turned questioning he added "But I can help you to temper your steel…."
I know it was rather short, but this is intended as a teaser. Now, I know that crossovers are supposed to be posted in the crossover section but this story will be different. While I will be using some elements from fate practically everything els will be from RWBY. Anything I bring over from Fate will be explained and incorporated into RWBY in such a way that you don't have to worry about it if you don't know anything about Fate.
I will keep the pairings secret for now just know that it will not necessarily be Glynda (Note that I do not discard the possibility of the pairing being Glynda), the reason that she is in the list of mentioned characters is that Glynda wil be the main side character in this story. This choice will become more clear in later chapters possible as early as chapter 2.
For now I hope you enjoyed this small teaser.