Disclaimer: Sixsamchaos does not own RWBY.

When Summer and Raven rejoined the group, most were immersed in small talk. However, the most observant of the group took notice of the silent tension between the two women, including Taiyang and Qrow, but chose not to bring attention to it.

"So, when do you think Void will return?" wondered Ruby.

"Right now, Ruby," smiled the cloaked immortal, as he and Mass appeared with Blaise in tow.

"Oh," said the young Rose before blinking at the new guest.

"Ooh, what kind of rifle is that?!" shouted Ruby as she sped over to the armored immortal, startling Blaise as she whirled around and inspected his gear.

"Another watcher I presume?" inquired Ozpin as everyone took in Blaise's armor and weaponry, a little wary of him without their weapons.

Void nodded as he gestured to his friend while Mass took his place near the couches. "This is Blaise. Among us, he is known as Blaiseingfire."

"Yo," greeted Blaise as he plucked Ruby from the air by her hood.

"Ack-hey!" choked the younger Rose.

"You'll get to see it in action during our first training session, kid," snorted Blaise.

Ruby pouted at the gun-toting immortal before her brain caught Blaise's statement, something that made nearly everyone perk up.

"Training session?" gasped Ruby in excitement.

Blaise nodded. "Yup. Right now, we'll be looking at one of the universes that I'm in charge of. Afterwards, we're going to train for a bit."

"Does this mean the planning stage of our training regimens is complete?" inquired Ironwood.

Mass gave a so-so gesture. "There's still certain things we need to inform everyone about but at this point we might as well get you all prepared for the more intensive stuff."

"This is mainly to prepare everyone who either have not seen battle in a long time or have been too busy with other duties for more extensive training," stepped in Void.

Everyone nodded as they listened to the three immortals before they'd settled back into their seats. Silently, however, the three watchers exchanged glances, having noticed the tension coming from Team STRQ, and the conflict raging beneath Raven's emotionless expression. Filing it away for later, Void sighed and moved to his normal place directly behind the seated group and reactivated the viewing portal. Mass and Blaise took positions to his left and right respectively.

"So, what kind of world will we be watching?" asked Nora.

Void sent a quick glance towards Blaise who was casually thumbing one of his grenade's priming rings before returning his focus to the ginger bomber. "I've decided to continue with viewing some of the more amusing worlds that exist within the RWBY-verse. A nice little 'show' before we put you all to the grind."

"It won't be as awkward as the last world will it?" coughed Jaune.

The immortals laughed at the young Arc's flushed face and Pyrrha's pouting beside him. "Don't worry, Jaune. We'll be visiting one of Blaise's worlds, which are a bit more…"

"Fucked up," grunted Blaise, earning raised brows and looks from the gathered audience.

"What does that mean?" asked Yang, wondering if Ruby should be present for the imminent viewing.

Mass waved off their concerns with a smile as Void finished locking onto the intended dimension. "It's nothing to be worried about. The world we're about to see actually focuses on Jaune's semblance."

"My semblance," started Jaune.

Blaise merely gestured for everyone to get comfortable, having an idea of which world his colleague was speaking of. "It's best explained by simply watching. This Jaune is a bit different from the ones you've seen before."

With Blaise's reassurance, everyone settled down just as the viewing portal projected the first images.

Hello there. I uh, bet you're wondering who I am, so let me introduce myself.

"Looks like we're starting off with another monologue," hummed Blake.

My name is Jaune Arc. I'm growing up in a village near the kingdom of Vale with my family. There's my father, Nicholas, and my mother, Juniper, and my seven sisters.

I have two older sisters, Jessica and Jemima, a twin named Joan, my younger sisters Jenny, June, and the twins Jade and Jane. It gets really hectic sometimes and makes me want to pull my hair out, but I love them all dearly.

Neither Jaune nor his parents balked at the different names, everyone having accepted that slight differences would be a given by this point.

My father is a huntsman, and a damn good one at that. The Arcs hailed from a lineage of heroes for generations. I was always fascinated by the tales from my father and late grandfather. I wanted to be a hero like them. Be someone who was respected. Someone who people look up to.

My parents were obviously against the idea. I could understand why, they wanted to keep me safe. But I honestly couldn't take it anymore. Being the only son got me babied by everyone to no end. I wanted to prove that I could make it on my own. But I was always put back down.

Roland and Diana frowned upon hearing Jaune's thoughts. They may have patched things up with their son but being reminded of their past arguments was still sore for them. For Jaune, the blonde teen wondered if his dream to be a hero was another one of his universal constants.

But then one day, Grimm snuck past the towns outer guard. Some made it to our house… we were lucky dad was home that day. After that, dad decided that maybe me being a huntsman wasn't that bad of an idea.

And so, my father unlocked my aura. It was an odd experience, felt kind of tingly. He then decided to test it by sparring with me. I won't go into details, but experienced warrior vs someone who just had their aura unlocked… well let's just say that thanks to aura I was only sore for a few hours instead of a few weeks.

While most of the adults held smiles of amusement, the younger generation groaned, remembering their own experiences of having their asses handed to them. Yang and Nora in particular.

And I swear he cheated. I'm not sure how and I don't have evidence. But I'm positive that he cheated.

Anyway, over time as the training went on, I got better. I can now last almost two minutes against my dad in 1v1 combat. That honestly doesn't sound like much, but against a veteran huntsman, it's a lot and was a sign that I was improving, which motivated me even more.

But eventually, something happened. We're not sure how or why it happened, we're still not sure if it's semblance or aura related or not. But we all (at least I) have come to this conclusion.

I'm cursed.

This caused many within the audience to exchange glances, some more concerned than others. While it was a rare occurrence, there were semblances that made it difficult for some huntsmen and huntresses to have normal relations with others. Qrow being a good testament for such cases.

How? I turn into a monster, a terrifying beast of evil.

Needless to say, my transformation warranted some panicked responses from my family. Mom cried the biggest crocodile tears while dad tried to calm her. My sisters were hysterical and tried to figure out what happened and how to change me back. But Jade and Jane thought I was the cutest thing ever and wanted to pet me.

"…What?" deadpanned Qrow.

They were weird like that.

But thankfully after almost twelve agonizing hours later, I suddenly turned back to normal. Everyone's happy cheers died seconds later when we realized that my clothes didn't transform with me and I was standing in the living room naked in front of my entire family.

No one spoke as Jaune's alternate continued his monologue, a bit taken aback by how serious he was taking his situation. Though many were confused by his words, others like Ruby and Pyrrha blushed at the sight of Jaune's nudity.

Yeah, that wasn't a fun memory, I still get teased for it. But I was back to normal and everything was fine.

But then when next week rolled around, it happened again. And the week after that. And the week after that one, and it continued on. We all realized that it wasn't going to stop. Me transforming like this was the new normal.

We never really found an explanation for what causes it, even over a year down the line. All we know is that it's at least once a week, and whether my clothes transform with me or not is random. It's weird, but we slowly learned to deal with it.

"So, is Jaune a werewolf or something?" asked Ruby.

Blaise chuckled. "Well, in a manner of speaking…"

And well, that's my story. I'm the only son in the Arc family cursed to randomly turn into a horrifying monster whenever life finds it amusing.

"Jaune, are you in here?"

Wait, Jessica? I thought you weren't coming home until tomorrow.

"Surprise! I managed to get home a day earl-... oh, I see you turned into a little puppy again."

"…You've got to be kidding me?" groaned Qrow, glaring at the adorable little bastard.

Void sent the brooding man a sympathetic smile and expanded the viewing portal's perspective, revealing Jaune's alternate in his puppy form.

"He looks like a shiba inu," mused Ironwood, as people started to coo at the little guy.

"He's so cute!" squealed Ruby.

"So unfair…" pouted Qrow, slumping against the couch when he took note of the looks the women were giving Puppy Jaune.

I'm not a small dog! I'm… just a younger beast.

"Why are you sitting on the dresser looking out the wind- were you going to howl at the moon?!"

"Really?!" gasped Nora, while Jaune's face met his hands.

"Serenading the great love," whined Zwei, getting confused looks from Summer, Taiyang, and Willow.

What, no! I was just… stop laughing!

"Ha ha ha ha ha, I'm sorry, but that's just too cute! Come here."

Cute?! I'm not cute! I am a descendant of a wolf! A fearsome beast and predat- hey put me down!

"I'm sorry, you're just so adorable right now."

Dang it, Jessica, get your hands off of my head. I'm warning you. Alright, you just lost your finger privileges! Ragh!

"Jaune, that tickles! Stop biting me!"

Never! I shall devour your fingers for my hungry belly!

"Aww, he's just like Zwei," giggled Ruby.

"I-I can't take this," gasped Pyrrha, trying to breathe.

"How about a trade? I scratch the back of your ears and you let me go?"

Wha? No, I will not be tempte- temp- tem…. oh yeah, that's the spot. Yes, yes, a little to the left. Yes, right there.

"Scratches are nice," smiled Zwei, panting as Summer scratched behind his ears.

"While I want to do this all day, I did come here for a reason. Mom said dinner was going to be ready soon. Since I didn't see you yet, I volunteered to come get you."

Wait… food? Food! I like food!

"Alright alright, calm down. Your tail is gonna kill me. Now comes the bad news."

"Huh?" said Jaune, raising a brow.

Huh?

Pyrrha smiled at her boyfriend(?) and gave him a little pat on the head, which made Jaune flush in embarrassment.

Head rubs were nice too.

"Mom made soup and potato bread, which I know you struggle to eat as a dog..."

...why would you do this? Why would you promise me food that I can't eat?

"Here we go," groaned Taiyang, remembering all the times Zwei had the family wrapped around his tiny paws.

"No Jaune… Jaune please put those eyes away. You're gonna kill me. I have another idea. I saw mom make an overabundance of chicken nuggets for Jade and Jane, I'm sure they'll be willing to share them with you. And they're Grimm shaped."

Grimm shaped chicken nuggets? Yes! Oh my gosh yes! Jessica, I love you!

"Easy boy, don't slobber me!"

Oops, sorry.

"It's like when we were growing up with Zwei," smiled Ruby.

"Alrighty then, come on, I'll carry you down."

Yes, carry me like the prince I am.

"This one's a bit cheekier," snickered Mass, making Blaise snort.

So yeah, this is my story. I am Jaune Arc, and I am a fearsome terrifying puppy... yeah that sounded better in my head.

"We dogs are fierce!" barked Zwei proudly, earning amused looks from those around him, except for Blake.

"So, what do you all think so far?" inquired Blaise, as Void paused the projection for a moment.

"Fearless Leader's so cute!" squealed Nora.

Many nodded with the ginger bomber. Some like Torchwick and Vernal merely shrugged or grunted, not really caring about the cutesy stuff, while others like Blake and Sienna were a little more disgruntled with Jaune's canine features.

"You were correct in this Jaune being different from the ones we've seen previously," commented Ozpin.

"Some guys just get all the luck," moaned a depressed Qrow.

"We know Qrow," sighed Summer, doing her best to comfort her friend alongside Taiyang, as Zwei moved over to cheer up the drunkard.

Chuckling at the antics of his guests, Void turned to Blaise, curious about the armored immortal's reaction. "Have I met your desired stipulations, my friend?"

"…At least it's not Jaune having sex with futanaris," grunted Blaise, keeping his voice low enough to not alert the faunus.

"So, you won't blow up my home?" smirked Void.

Unseen behind his mask, Blaise rolled his eyes at the cloaked immortal's comment. "Your home repairs itself. And you know how surprising training sessions could be."

"So long as you don't accidentally kill our heroes, it's fine," sheepishly chuckled Mass, as he and Void gulped.

"Jessica, Jaune, dinner is ready," Juniper Arc called out as she sat down in her chair at the dining room table. Her husband was away on a hunting job, so it was just her and her eight children tonight.

"Be right down mom," Jessica called out. A few moments later, she heard footsteps coming down the stairs and the oldest daughter walked in, carrying an excited small yellow puppy in her hands.

"Oh dear," Juniper sighed with a soft smile, it was hard not to when he looked so adorable. Her daughters all gave him a happy greeting, with smiles, small cheers, and a pat or scratch on the head if he was close enough. She was now somewhat thankful that she didn't pay attention and made too many chicken nuggets for Jade and Jane.

"So that's why you keep getting chicken nuggets during lunch," grinned Ruby.

"Says the one who eats nothing but cookies and strawberries," returned Jaune.

Jaune had trouble eating some kinds of food when he was like this. Soup was sensitive on his tongue and he had trouble swallowing bread. She made a mental note to be more careful and considerate with him in the future.

"Keeping you girls from feeding Zwei everything when you three were younger was a massive headache," huffed Taiyang, leaning into his wife.

Ruby, Yang, and Zwei all gave sheepish grins towards the Rose-Xiao-Long patriarch. Their father held a lot of patience for their rambunctious butts.

"June, could you move so Jaune can sit next to Jade and Jane?" She asked her sixth daughter. She nodded and stood up. Jaune then jumped out of Jessica's arms and hopped on the chair. "Jade, Jane, would you mind sharing with Jaune?" She smiled when they wordlessly took some of their chicken on another plate.

"Here you go," Jane cheered as she put the plate to Jaune. With a wagging tail, he jumped up and placed his front paws on the table, painting happily as he dug into his meal, devouring the Grimm shaped treats one by one. Everyone else started eating their dinner of chunky soup and potato bread.

Juniper felt at peace. It was a rare moment for her, considering she was a mother of eight. Things can get hectic very quickly, especially when they were all younger, but she found that despite some sibling rivalry, everyone seemed to get along well as they got older, especially since Jaune condition (she refused to call it a curse, curses weren't adorable and let you rub their tummy) came to light.

"Hmm, it's certainly a unique semblance. I've only ever come across those with partial transformations," mused Ozpin.

However, most of that probably came from no one wanting to see Jaune sad while he was like this. They did once, their hearts were still mending from the sight.

Before anyone could comment, an image of a depressed Puppy Arc came into view, no doubt a memory of Juniper's.

"Hrk!" cried the students, collapsing at the pitiful cuteness.

"Aww!" smiled many of the adults, finding the fluffy boy absolutely adorable.

"My sweet baby boy!" squealed Diana, crocodile tears flowing down her cheeks.

"Really?" grunted Blaise only to see Void shrug as he stopped Mass from reaching into the portal and snatching up the little guy.

She took another bite and finished her potato bread, before she looked over the dinner table. She took joy in seeing her daughters enjoying themselves, enjoying her home cooking and having conversations with one another about various topics. She glanced over to her two youngest daughters playing with their last bit of food.

She was about to speak up, until she saw a pair of blond dog ears slowly creep up between the two of them. She decided to wait and see where this goes.

"Hey man, wanna go eat some innocent humans?" Jade said in a Grimm like voice as she moved a Beowulf chicken nugget.

"I dunno man," Jane said with a Geist nugget. "Did you hear about what happened to Larry? He got eaten by a big yellow monster!"

"Oh please," Jade brought another Beowulf nugget up. "That's just a myth. Besides if it did exist, I'd totally beat it up."

"Rawr!" Jaune took this as his cue to strike. He jumped up and chomped down onto the Beowulf before falling back under the table. However, he didn't get the whole Beowulf, just its legs.

"Ahhh! My legs!" Jade cried as she moved the now crippled Grimm on the table. "I told you it was real!" She said while moving the other Beowulf.

"Oh my God it ate Barry's legs!" Jane said as she floated the Geist around.

"Arf!" Jaune, finding the Grimm to be tasty, jumped back up and scooped the other half of Barry in his mouth with his tongue and disappeared once more. He put much more emphasis on his chewing noises this time.

Diana smiled wistfully at the projected antics of Puppy Jaune and the girls, reminded of how fast her children were growing up.

For Yang, it brought back memories of her and Zwei playing with Ruby when they were growing up, long after Summer had been taken from them.

"He ate him!" Jade cried as she moved the Beowulf around the table in a panicked manner. "He owed me money too! You big yellow meanie! Come back up here! I'll fight ya and mess ya u-" Jaune jumped back up and snatched the other Beowulf out of Jade's hand.

Juniper put a hand over her mouth to hide her amusement. She envied her youngest daughters' imagination. Her other daughters tried to hide their amusement with varying degrees of success and failure.

"Nooooo!" Jane made the Geist fly around sporadically. "All of my friends are dead! And now I'm next!"

"Rawr!" Jaune jumped back up to chow down on the Grimm. "Aro?" He sounded surprised when he landed and didn't taste breaded, crispy chicken in its mouth.

"Ha missed me!" Jane taunted as she flew the Geist around in circles.

"Arf!" Jaune jumped back up to get thy tasty treat.

"Missed," Jane taunted as she moved the chicken just out of his reach.

"Arf!"

"Missed."

"Arf!"

"Missed."

"Arf!"

"Missed."

This went on a few more times until Jaune didn't jump back up. They waited a few moments to see what he would do, but nothing happened. Jane went to look under the table but recoiled back when Jaune jumped up and sat on her lap.

Weiss smiled as she and Winter discretely shared a glance. Memories from their youth shared between them; the flashes of snowy white fur and a wagging curly tail.

"Nope!" Jane held the chicken nugget up high and turned face away from him. "Nu-uh." Jaune then leaned back against her, looking up. "It won't work if I don't see it."

Juniper could hear the others whisper about who would cave in first. They all bet on Jane, and she did too.

"Nope," Jane remained defiant. Jaune then pressed his head against her and whimpered. "I won't break!" Jaune then stuck his tongue out and gave her a little kiss on her chin. Jane said nothing, but her face showed she was starting to break. Jaune then whimpered again and leaned up, giving her a kiss on her cheek.

Taiyang shook his head. "Definitely like Zwei."

Said corgi was doing the same with his uncle, succeeding in breaking Qrow out of his sorrows.

That did it. "Ok ok, you win," Jane moaned in defeat as her face planted on the table. "Take it." She held the nugget out and Jaune happily ate it, giving her palm a good lick to make sure her got everything.

"Kids, behave," Juniper said in a vain attempt to silence her daughters' laughter and chuckling, but she couldn't help but smile too.

"It's not fair," Jane pouted with her head still on the desk. Jaune patted his paw on her shoulder. "Go away, you're not helping." Any negative feelings she had vanished when Jaune licked her cheek. She gave him a few scratches behind his ears, making him close his eyes and panted happily.

Behind his mask, Blaise's lips twitched up. It had been some time since he'd last heard such carefree merriment. Having been left in charge of such bizarre realities within the RWBY-verse and often being called upon to solve their problems, Blaise was hard pressed to set aside time to relax. Inwardly, he found himself beginning to enjoy his 'recruitment'.

Not that he'd admit it to anyone of course.

Jemima stood behind their mother as she looked at June and Jaune. June's jacket was ruffled, and her backpack had a tear in it and Jaune was wagging his tail happily while having a ruined, red stained sneaker in his mouth.

"You certainly seem happy," quipped Yang.

"This looks oddly familiar," murmured Ren.

Beside him, Nora suddenly felt the urge to smack Ren before snuggling up on his lap.

"And suddenly everything makes sense. Jaune, I got a call from June's school about some kids getting attacked by a rabid animal. Was that you?" Juniper asked in a serious tone as she glared at him, causing the poor puppy to lower his head in shame, but still looked up into her eyes. Juniper felt guilty almost immediately, she couldn't be mad at that face.

"That's cheating, Jaune," chided Diana.

"…Didn't say that to the others when we were growing up," pouted Jaune, thinking of his many siblings.

"So… what exactly happened?" Jemima asked.

"Nothing," June answered a little too quickly. She turned to Jaune as he growled at her for lying. She then turned back to her mom and older sister nervously. "Ok, I-"

POOF

Like it was second nature to them, June and Jemima turned away and Juniper quickly grabbed a blanket and threw it on Jaune's now naked human body.

"Is that going to happen every time my other transforms?" groaned Jaune, face flushed.

Blaise shrugged. "One of the reasons why your other goes to Beacon is to gain control of his semblance. Clothes usually don't follow with the transformations."

"Lucky me," pouted Nora, desperately wanting to smother Puppy Arc's adorable fluff.

Unknown to the pink bomber and far from Void's realm, a ginger pancake-loving double was having fun playing 'pancake tea party' with her dressed-up fearless leader. "More syrup, Mr. Maple?"

Jaune whined at the abhorrent play-name but nodded.

The things he did to keep his friends happy and loved.

"Thanks," Jaune said before properly wrapping the blanket around him. "I'm going to go get some clothes on now." He then rushed up the stairs.

"So, what happened that get you covered in dirt?" Juniper got back on track.

"And where did this shoe come from?" Jemima picked it up and recoiled at the smell.

"Uh..." June fidgeted on the spot. "I… was getting bullied."

"What?!" came sharp tones of the Arc family, killing intent leaking out until Blaise quickly smothered it with a pulse of his own aura.

"WHAT?!" Juniper was crouched at her side almost immediately and manically looked her young daughter over. "Are you ok?! Did they hurt you?! Did-"

"She's fine mom," Jaune said as he came downstairs and walked next to June, "I made sure of it." He held up his first and June jumped up and fist bumped him.

"He ate them!" cried Nora, nearly giving her friends heart attacks.

"Nora!" chided Ren, grasping at his beating heart as many looked to Blaise with wide eyes.

"Puppy Jaune is averse to eating people," defused Blaise and gestured for Void to continue with the projection.

"So, what exactly happened?" Juniper asked.

"I'll tell you. You see..."

The mighty war beast Jaune trekked through his territory, on alert for any intruders. Then a cry reached him. Curious he rushed to the source of the yell.

"He transformed and decided to take a walk," drawled the armored immortal.

Running through the bushes, he saw three young girls picking on a fourth girl. But she just wasn't any regular girl, she was the younger sister of the ferocious beast. The younger sister was then pushed to the ground while the others laughed.

The war beast's eye twitched in anger. These despicable beings didn't deserve to live. Roaring his mighty war cry, the beast charged.

"He's protective of his siblings, so he started barking at them…"

The bullies turned to the beast, frozen in fear. Their fates were sealed.

Jaune leaped up with his maw open and chomped down on the first bully's neck, severing her head off and making it roll back to the forest.

"He tried making himself bigger by rising on his hind legs and started jumping at them…"

The second raised her arms to keep him away, but no mere mortal can stop him, and she soon found herself armless, rolling on the ground and screaming in pain.

The final one tried to run away as fast as she could, but she couldn't match the speed of a god.

"The brats were screaming and flailing around as Jaune got closer…"

The war beast charged forward and bit her leg off, taking the shoe as a trophy. He then leaped up and-

"Wait a minute!" June exclaimed. "None of that didn't happen!"

"It does remind me of Nora's dream stories," nodded Weiss.

"Hey! My dreams are so much better than that!" squawked Nora, affronted.

"Yes, it did," Jaune countered with a smile.

"No, it didn't!"

"Yes, it did."

"No, it didn't!"

"If it didn't then explain this," he grinned as he held up the red stained shoe.

"That's jelly from when she dropped her sandwich!" Juniper sighed in relief at this.

Diana shared her other's sentiment. An actual body count would've made the headaches a lot worse.

"... you couldn't just let me have this, could you?"

"Nope," June smiled. Jaune sighed and patted her head.

"Ok, so what actually happened?" Jemima asked.

"I saw some girls bullying June and I went to scare them off. One of them dropped her lunchbox and tripped on a sandwich, I bit her shoe off and they ran away," Jaune answered. "I think my version was better." Juniper couldn't help but chuckle.

Blake rolled her eyes. "More like a gorefest."

"Do those girls go to your school?" she asked and June nodded. "Alright, I'll give the school a call in a bit." She then turned to Jaune. "What were you doing by the school anyway? I thought you were in the backyard? Not that I'm complaining, but I thought upper years had the day off, so what were you doing over there?"

"Oh, you know that squirrel that's always throwing acorns at me? Yeah, I was tracking him down and ended up there," Jaune responded.

Juniper rolled her eyes. What else did she expect?

Zwei shook his head at Juniper's reaction. None of the tall ones understood how evil those bushy-tailed rats really were.

If it wasn't for him, the little bastards would've poisoned Taiyang several times over by now!

"Did you catch the squirrel?" June asked.

"No it- hey wait, stop!" Jaune suddenly shouted at Jemima, who walked into the kitchen. "What are you doing?"

"Throwing this disgusting shoe away," Jemima responded.

"Please don't," he pleaded.

"Why?" she asked.

"Because… it's my trophy."

Zwei barked and nodded. The blonde had won it through a show of dominance. The fact that it was in defense of his younger littermate made it all the more precious.

Jemima blinked before dropping the shoe in the trash, causing her brother to angrily narrow his eyes.

"Next time I'm a dog I'm pooping in your bed," He threatened. June laughed and Juniper sighed.

"Gasp," beeped Zwei's collar, as the little corgi growled at the heinous act.

One never disrespects a canine's trophy! No one!

"What's wrong with Zwei?" blinked Summer, taking her furry child from Qrow and held him to her face.

"Huh, it's been a while since I've seen him like this," hummed Taiyang, as he looked down at his agitated buddy.

Willow rolled her eyes and smiled at Zwei, having quickly deduced what got him out of sorts. The Schnee matriarch took the little corgi from his cloaked master and gave a light scratch on the chin that moved into a head-rub, breaking him out of his anger.

"Ooh~ that's nice…"

Meanwhile, Void continued with the viewing as the portal shifted to the next scene.

Jessica sighed as she leaned back into the living room couch, snug under a blanket while she watched a late-night show.

Being the oldest sibling was tiring work, especially when mom and dad were still gone for work all night. But she did her absolute best to help take care of her younger siblings and was proud of it.

Yang smiled as she shared Jessica's sentiment. Though they'd never met, Yang could already feel a kinship forming between them.

With Summer gone and their father suffering from depression, Yang did everything she could think of and then some to make sure Ruby grew up happy and loved.

From her place, Winter nodded in approval of the oldest Arc child.

Jaune, currently being the little puffball that he was, made it a hell of a lot easier to get the younger ones to bed, and allowed her to have this rare moment of peace.

She soon heard the pitter patter of footsteps coming down the stairs. She turned and saw Jaune walking up towards her. "You make a lot of noise for such a little thing."

"Arf," Jaune responded as he hopped on the couch. He then walked up to Jessica and collapsed on her lap.

"Long day?" She asked. Jaune gave her a huff and snuggled closer. She started scratching the back of his head and let out a chuckle as she got the desired result.

Summer smiled at the cute scene. It reminded her of when they'd first gotten Zwei when he was just a pup. The tiny corgi wanted to spend every minute glued to their sides or by their feet.

Jaune closed his eyes and panted happily, leaning his head closer to Jessica's hand. Even after all this time, it was lost to her how her dorky younger brother could be so adorable.

Jessica sat there smiling, petting her brother's head while enjoying her tv show. All was nice. But after a few minutes have passed, she noticed something.

"Hey Jaune," she said, "how come you were so willing to be petted?" Jaune perked up and looked at her. "Well, I mean you usually are, but you always put up a little fight before succumbing. What changed?"

Jaune just tilted his head and licked her chin.

Kali narrowed her eyes at the cuteness. "He's up to something."

Ghira nodded, understanding his wife's thoughts. "He's acting just like Blake used to."

"Used to?" blinked Yang, noticing Blake choke before flushing.

From her seat, Sienna nodded, understanding what her former friends were recalling.

"Good enough." She went back to scratching his ears and watching tv.

Soon, she thought she heard a faint noise coming from the kitchen. She glanced over but couldn't see because it was dark, so she paid no mind. She then thought she heard something again seconds later. "Hey Jaune, you hear anything?"

Jaune wiggled his ears and shook his head. Jessica shrugged and went back to her show. But then she thought she heard it again. It was irritating her.

Yang and Ren narrowed their eyes, both feeling familiar senses tingling the backs of their necks.

"Jaune, off." Jaune did as commanded and looked at his older sister. "I'll be right back." She then got up and started walking towards the kitchen. Jaune whimpered, making Jessica look back for a moment to see his pleading eyes.

"Oh, don't be a drama queen, I'll just be a minute and scratch your ears again in no time," she said. Jaune whined again but Jessica ignored him.

Suddenly, Jaune emitted four rapid barks.

"Don't tell me," gasped Ren, eyes wide with realization.

"We've been compromised! Flee!" June shouted from the kitchen, immediately followed by two other familiar screams. Three pairs of footsteps started running for the exit in the dark, but Jessica reacted fast.

She crouched and held her arms out, immediately capturing the three youngest Arc sisters and lifted them up in a tight bear hug.

"Oh yeah," nodded Yang.

"Alright, what are you three doing up this late? It's waaaay past your bedtimes."

"Nothing," the trio quickly simultaneously answered. Not believing them, Jessica used one foot to turn on the light. The tipped over cookie jar and stolen cookies in the younger sister's hands were now visible.

Roman chuckled at the cliché. "Stealing cookies from the cookie jar. Really?"

"Not hard to believe with Ruby for a child," sighed Taiyang, earning a betrayed look from his youngest daughter.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with the criminal," nodded Weiss, turning Ruby's glare towards her.

Her father and bestie-than-the-restie had the gall to agree with her archnemesis! With Yang joining too!

Traitors, the lot of them!

"Come on girls, you know you're not allowed sugar this late at night. Mom would flip if she found out," Jessica said.

"Well, yeah," Jane said, "that's why we sent Jaune to distract yo-"

"Jane you idiot!" Jade shouted as she slapped a hand over her twin's mouth.

"From clichéd to insultingly amateur," facepalmed Roman, as Neo gave her partner a comforting pat.

"That's a good thing," hissed Diana, glaring at the criminal pair alongside her son and husband.

Jessica looked back at Jaune. He was hiding under the couch, but his tail was sticking out.

"Please don't tell mom," June pleaded with watery eyes and a quivering lip.

Not even the oldest sibling was immune to the sad looks of her younger siblings. Jessica took a moment to think of a compromise. "Ok, clean up the mess you made, and I won't tell mom. I'll even allow you guys to take up one cookie each."

"Thank you!" The younger sister's eyes sparkled as they hopped off and cleaned the mess they made and then ran off back upstairs, except for June.

"Isn't that cheating, mom?" repeated Jaune with a teasing grin.

"That's simply negotiation between siblings, my dear son," waved Diana.

"They really shouldn't be eating sweets so late," frowned Willow.

"June, I said only one cookie," Jessica asserted.

"We promised Jaune a sugar cookie if he helped us," she then placed a cookie on the floor. Jaune's head poked out of the couch, and he then ate the cookie after sniffing it first. June patted his head before running back upstairs.

With a soft smile, Jessica got back on the couch and under her blanket. Jaune hopped back on and cuddled with her a moment later. She was tempted to deny him for trying to trick her, but she knew he'd pull the puppy eyes on her so she gave in and patted his head, much to his joy.

"He seems to know the advantages of his semblance," said Ironwood.

"Not as much as he thinks," smirked Ozpin, gaining several questioning glances.

"…Uh oh," shivered Jaune, his sibling-sense kicking in.

However, Jessica did the mental math. Jaune was still human just under an hour ago, so he'd still be a dog well through the next morning. She smiled evilly as-as she texted her other sisters.

The following morning, Jessica carried an awake and happy Jaune to her room, and he became confused to why Jemima and Joan were already there. Jaune looked at them confused until he saw what was in their hands.

He frantically tried to escape, but Jessica's grip was too strong. "Now now Jaune. I love you, but I didn't appreciate you trying to use your cuteness to trick me last night. So now you must be punished."

Jaune whimpered.

An action that was shared by the original Arc alongside a young Rose and, strangely enough, a twitching Belladonna.

"Blake?" questioned Weiss and Yang, not noticing Kali's Cheshire grin.

An hour later, Juniper and Nicholas Arc, proud parents of the Arc family, returned home and were met with an interesting sight.

Little puppy Jaune was dressed in some of his old sister's baby clothes and had a sign hung around him.

"This is what I get for trying to use my cuteness to trick my sisters."

Juniper daww'ed at this and took a picture. Nicholas facepalmed before helping Jaune out of the predicament.

Many in the audience gushed at the adorableness or laughed at Puppy Arc's punishment. Following Juniper's lead, Mass pulled out a camera from nowhere and took his own picture of the Arc pup.

Blaise chuckled while Void rolled his eyes and continued onto the next scene.

Our story begins with three lonely beowolves walking through the forest.

"I'm bored," Larry said.

"So am I," Mike mumbled in agreement.

"Wait-wait-wait-hold up!" cried out Nora, crossing her arms into an 'X'.

"Grimm can talk?" gaped Yang, while some looked to the three watchers for an explanation.

Blaise snorted. "Grimm aren't completely mindless, even the dumb younger ones."

Glynda nodded as she turned to her students. "Though rarely recorded, it's commonly agreed upon that some Grimm species do communicate with one another. You all would come to see this often with Grimm packs during missions."

"Void's just using the power of his viewing portal to translate the growls into something more understandable," enlightened Mass.

"I am too but you don't hear me complaining about it," Marty said. "If you guys are really that bored, then do something about it."

Larry mumbled before thinking of something. "Hey, I have an idea. You know how Floyd decided to be an idiot and attract all of the huntsmen's attention to the south?"

"Yeah… wanna watch the idiot get killed?" Mike asked.

"Better, that means the north should be empty. You wanna go there and devour the flesh of some innocent humans?"

"This is the weirdest conversation I've ever heard," muttered Roman, making Neo nod in agreement.

"You always have the best ideas Larry." The other two beowolves howled in agreement and went on the hunt. They trekked through the forest and stopped at the first house they saw.

"Over there, there's a bunch of blonde girls over there," Marty pointed out.

The entire Arc family tensed upon hearing the beowolf's observation, while Jaune's friends grew worried for Puppy Arc and his sisters.

"Should we roar and scare them now or sneak up close?" Mike asked.

"Sneak up close, it's more fun to see their reactions up close," Larry said.

"Hey, when they spot us, should we all roar at the same time? That'll surely scare them."

"I like that idea Mike."

"This is completely absurd," groaned Winter, shaking her head at the three stooges of darkness.

"Grimm seriously don't talk like that, do they?" asked Diana, only to sigh when Blaise's answer was a shrug.

The trio creatures of Grimm snuck as close as they could to the humans. Soon one of the younger ones spotted them and screamed, prompting the rest to turn their attention to the Grimm. No sooner had they all looked the trio roared. The combined effort sent shivers down their spines.

"Ha! Can you feel the fear from them?!" Larry shouted, his Grimm speak sounding like growls and snarls to the humans.

"It's intoxicating!" Marty replied.

"All the more tasty they will be!" Mike agreed.

"And just where are our other selves?!" demanded Roland, glaring death at the three beowolves for daring to frighten the Arc family.

"This scene is meant to show Jaune's combat ability," said Blaise, completely unbothered by the developing peril.

Several of the adults, particularly Glynda and Winter, gave incredulous glances toward the armored watcher. What could a young pup do against grown monsters?

The Grimm slowly approached, enjoying the fear dwelling from the humans. The oldest female made sure the younger ones were inside first before closing the door. But the trio charged and burst it down before she could get far, taking glee as the crying female tried to crawl away from them.

"Can I kill her first? Please?" Mike asked as they all slowly crept closer.

"Nah, let Larry have the first kill, this was his idea," Marty said.

"Thank guys," Larry brought up the rear. "Now lets-" CRUNCH "GAH!"

"Go Jaune!" cheered Nora, her eyes sparkling as tiny Fearless Leader bit down hard on Larry's tail.

Mike and Marty quickly turned around to their screaming friend.

"Get it off!" He shouted as he thrashed wildly. "Getitoffgetitoffgetitoffgetitoffgetitoff!" As he thrashed, Mike and Marty could see a yellow dog biting his tail, growling as it refused to let go.

"Ha!" Mike laughed as he walked over to them. "That little thing is giving you trouble? That thing couldn't even-" CRUNCH When he got close enough, the dog let go of Larry's tail and bit down on one of Mike's claw.

Now you see, the average dog bite is measured to be around 300 psi. But thanks to aura, Jaune was able to bite down much, much, much harder.

It hurt like hell.

"And that's why I have so many stories of Zwei fighting Grimm with me back in Patch," grinned Ruby, earning a happy bark from the corgi.

"That's…interesting," sweatdropped Weiss though the Beacon Ice Queen blinked at the intrigued expressions both Winter and Ironwood held.

"Pull it off! Pull it off!" Mike screamed as he waved his arm wildly.

"I got you!" Marty then grabbed Jaune and pulled. It was a struggle, but he eventually succeeded in throwing the dog outside, but with a side effect.

"Damn thing actually tore my claw off!" Mike screamed at his stump of a hand. "Forget the humans, that little puffball needs to die, painfully!"

The three Grim rushed outside and surrounded the dog before he could recover.

"Oh no," gasped Pyrrha.

Seeing her partner surrounded by Grimm made her worried. Seeing him as a cute little dog and in danger of being torn to shreds was even worse!

"Finally, some action!" grinned Vernal.

"Ha, look! He's so scared his legs are shaking!" Larry taunted the dog.

"Not so tough now, are ya?!" Mike joined in.

"Alright. Three… two… ONE!" On cue, they all leapt towards their prey. Jaune dodged at the last moment, causing the Grimm trio to smash their heads against one another. Larry got up, but his friends were still in a dizzy stumper.

"Idiots," he muttered. He then saw the dog. They made eye contact before the dog turned face and ran. "I'm going to swallow you whole!"

"This seems familiar," murmured Taiyang thoughtfully before looking down towards Zwei.

"Very familiar…"

Larry chased him behind the shed, the dog being the only thing he focused on… which is how he didn't notice the shovel until he stepped on it, causing the handle to shoot up and hit his nose.

"*hiss* ahhhhh," Larry moaned as he held his nose for a moment. "Alright you little-" CRUNCH He really should have seen that coming. "GAAAAH! It's on my nose! It's on my nose! Help!"

"Don't worry, we'll help ya!" Mike shouted as he and Marty regained their senses and charged in. Larry's thrashing eventually was too much and the dog went flying off. Too bad it was right when Marty and Mike swung at him.

"Ha, we got him! Are you ok Larry?" Marty asked, but got no response. "Larr-... Oh." He and Mike turned and saw Larry's headless body slump to the ground. "Whoops."

"Is this really normal behavior of Grimm?" inquired An, finding the whole fight rather cartoonish.

Li tilted his head as Marty and Mike started arguing. "Perhaps it is simply an aspect of the other world."

"Good job Marty," Mike complemented sarcastically.

"Excuse me, you're just as guilty as I am!"

"I hit him with my stump arm, you hit him with your claw."

"Oh… I guess that is my bad."

"This is like from that first issue of X-ray and Vav," snickered Jaune, despite the mortal peril his other was in.

"I know right!" laughed Ruby.

They heard growling to their side and saw the dog standing on top of Larry's head. But it wasn't the dog that scared them. Behind it was the house and they could see another figure exit through the door.

"Hey, isn't that one huntsman that wiped out Sarah's entire pack in like two minutes?"

"(gulp) ...y-yes..."

The huntsman drew his sword. Marty and Mike decided that they liked living and ran away.

"Not for long once my other catches them," growled Roland.

As soon as the Grimm retreated, Nicholas Arc holstered his shield.

"Jaune, come back here," he called out to his son-now dog, who was barking furiously while running to the woods. Not that he didn't trust Jaune could look after himself in this state. The dead Grimm was proof of that, but he didn't know if it was just those two left. If there were more, it would spell trouble. "I can hunt them down, I need someone to protect the girls while I do so."

As soon as he said 'protect,', Jaune stopped and did a 180 back to the house, giving a bark of confirmation as he passed.

Nicholas spent more than ten minutes searching, but the Grimm were long gone. He figured they learned not to come back again.

"Will we be seeing them again?" asked Ozpin, quite amused and curious over the two idiots.

Blaise regarded the wizard with a tilt of his head and shrugged. "Those two exist throughout the multiverse. I'm sure we'll see them again in the future."

When he got back to his home, he was quickly met with the sight of Jaune holding on to Jessica.

"I'm told you I'm fine Jaune, you can let go now!" She had a smile on her face as Jaune just hugged her tighter.

Nicholas smirked and shook his head. He had doubts before, but he was sure Jaune would be ok at Beacon.

"It seems Mr. Arc will be entering Beacon with some more experience," said Glynda.

"He seems to be more adept at fighting as a dog though," noted Ironwood.

"Fortunately, there is no need to speculate on Jaune's performance at Beacon," smiled Void as he quickly worked the viewing portal.

Glynda sighed in frustration as the elevator ascended to the headmaster's office. Today the first-year students arrived, and their initiation was tomorrow. Ozpin was supposed to open up with a speech, but he, for whatever reason, sent her a message that he wouldn't be able to do so… not even 5 minutes from when he was supposed to give it.

Glynda thanked the gods she was good at improvisation and managed to get through it all with no trouble. Immediately afterward, Ozpin summoned her to his office. She had a few words she'd like to say to the man who ended up always dropping half of his work onto her.

Glynda twitched as she witnessed her other's thoughts, feeling her own phantom headache.

From his place beside his deputy, Ozpin pointedly turned his gaze away from everyone else and sipped from his ever-present mug.

"We should prepare something nice for Ms. Goodwitch," muttered Blaise, garnering surprise from his compatriots.

"We can discuss it later," whispered Mass with Void agreeing.

The elevator pinged and Glynda stepped out.

"Just to make sure, you read the pamphlets we sent back home to you correct?" Ozpin asked from his desk. The chair in front of his desk then moved slightly.

Wait, what?

"Good, that'll make things easier since they basically covered what you would miss in the gathering today." Ozpin then looked up as she approached. "Ah, Glynda. Thank you for joining us."

"Wait, there's pamphlets?" asked Jaune.

Before any of the faculty could explain, they were quieted by Blaise who'd pointed at the projection.

"Professor Ozpin, who are you talking…" Glynda stopped next to the chair and looked down at its occupant. Any negative emotion was immediately swept away.

It was a small yellow puppy. It looked up at her with its head tilted to the side, staring at her as she stared back into its tiny blue eyes. They stayed like that for a few moments.

"Glynda, I would like you to meet J-"

"Hello little guy!" The small puppy was in her hands and in no time. "Awww, aren't you just the cutest little thing!" She cooed as she rubbed her hands all over his fur. The puppy seemed hesitant and tried to resist at first, but was soon smiling and panting under Glynda's attack, playfully trying to bite down on her fingers as he enjoyed the pleasant petting and rubs.

Glynda blushed deeply at watching her counterpart abandon all professional decorum in front of her colleagues and students. Around her, the adults smiled at the sheer joy on Glynda's face, something that many had not seen in many years since coming to know the deputy headmistress.

For Ironwood, Glynda's happy expression brought back memories that made his heart both swell and ache.

Ozpin remained silent for a few moments, watching the scene play in front of him. He had a hard time remembering when she saw Glynda this happy, and he never heard her voice get that high pitched before.

He coughed a few times to get her attention.

"Sorry," Glynda apologized, failing to hide her embarrassed blush as she sat down with the puppy in her lap, gently stroking her fingers behind his ears as he happily panted away.

"I see you've taken a liking to Jaune," Ozpin commented.

"How can I not, he's just so adorable! Where did you get him?" Glynda asked, enjoying the softness of his fur.

"He's here upon a… request of an old friend," Ozpin explained. "He'll be a part of Beacon community now."

Glynda looked down and then back up, her smile slightly bigger. "I do believe this is the best decision you've made in a while, Ozpin." Jaune was now on his back as she gave him a ten-finger belly rub.

'Perhaps I should gift Glynda with a pet. A kitten or puppy would do well in helping her relax from work.'

Ozpin suppressed a chuckle. He then looked at his computer and smiled. "I'm glad you think so Glynda. Anyway, I'm glad you made it in time for the meeting… hmm, it's just after three o'clock already."

For some reason, as soon as he said this, Jaune froze and soon had the look of panic on his face. He then immediately tried to hurry and turn around and jump off of Glynda, but she gripped him back and held him up to her face.

"Hey hey hey, it's ok little guy. What's got you all in a panic?" She asked softly.

"Why is Jaune panicking?" asked Ruby.

"Wait, doesn't he change back after a while?" noted Nora.

"…Oh no," groaned Jaune, shielding his face against the imminent free show to his combat professor.

"Arf!"

"What is it boy?" Glynda soon got her answer in the sound of a poof.

A lot happened in the span of a moment. Glynda's smile dropped as her adorable fluffy new friend was suddenly turned into a young man. She noticed he was apparently naked… and where her hands originally were on his front paw and lower back were now on his pecks and butt. She shrieked and threw him across the room, falling back on the floor in her chair in the process.

Ozpin finally couldn't hold it anymore and burst out laughing.

Which was instantly joined by several others as nearly everyone laughed at the nude debacle.

"Oum, kill me," whispered a mortified Glynda.

Damn Ozpin and his trolling!

"Ozpin, what the hell is going on?!" Glynda finally managed to say after mumbling incomprehensibly as she stood up. Meanwhile, Jaune just stayed on the floor and tried to cover his naked body.

"My apologies Glynda," Ozpin snickered as he tossed a bag to Jaune. "This is Jaune Arc. He will be attending as a first-year student, and he has a rather unique semblance of anamorphosis… that he hasn't mastered control of."

That last sentence made Glynda calm down a little bit. "He can turn into a dog, but can't control it?"

"Unfortunately, no. He gets stuck like that for a set amount of time. He was too embarrassed and didn't know if he would turn back during the presentation, so I gave him a private one here and was going to introduce him and explain his condition to the other professors."

As the laughter died down, Ruby looked to her headmaster with curious eyes. "Does that happen in our world too?"

Ozpin shrugged as he gave an iffy gesture. "It's very rarely done now though we do hold special lessons for those that have difficulty in controlling their semblance."

"Makes sense… wait, when you said it was after three..."

"That was when his family said he turned this morning. It accidentally slipped my mind until now. To be fair I did try and warn him and he did try to get off of you."

"I'm sorry!" A now fully clothed Jaune called as he walked forward.

"I feel like I'm going to be saying that a lot," pouted Jaune.

"Just another thing to you and Pyrrha will have in common," said Nora.

Glynda was still trying to comprehend the ridiculousness of the situation when she accepted the apology. Jaune was then dismissed and Glynda and Ozpin caught up on some details for the year.

"Is that all?" Glynda asked.

"I believe it is. Take care now."

"You as well." Glynda got up to leave but Oz called out just before she reached the elevator. "Oh, and Glynda, please try to refrain from molesting anymore of my students."

Is what was the fact that Ozpin didn't see the purple aura on his coffee mug as it tipped over and caused his computer to combust in sparks that got her off scot-free.

Ozpin would've been annoyed by the sabotage but let it go as a reasonable retaliation. Seeing his serious second-in-command so flustered and emotional was worth the extra time doing paperwork.

Now if only his other had the event recorded…

Jaune's paws tapped on the scroll in front of him several times until he typed the correct number for the call.

"Ah, Mister Arc. What can I do for-" Doctor Oobleck said quickly but paused for a moment when he noticed Jaune's current state. "Ah, say no more. I'll allow you to make up the quiz tomorrow. You can get the notes from your teammates." Jaune nodded his head. "Excellent, take care." And then the call ended.

Weiss shook her head, still finding it jarring watching Jaune Arc of all people living the life of a puppy. This feeling didn't keep the warmth off her cheeks though.

Watching a little puppy try to operate a scroll was just too cute.

Jaune put the scroll on his dresser before hopping on and stretching his body on the large bed. He was thankful the Beacon staff were cooperative in helping keep his condition a secret.

He didn't keep it hidden at his last school, and although many were friendly, there were more than a few that took advantage of his smaller state. Granted his sisters enacted vengeance tenfold against them, but he just felt it easier to try and not go through with the potential bullying again.

It was their second week and so far luck was on his side. This was his second transformation and so far no one was the wiser. Everyone else was convinced that he had a medical condition that caused problems once a week that required his absence. He felt bad about lying to his friends, but he DID NOT want to take the chance of going through that bullying again.

Both teams RWBY and (J)NPR growled silently at the idea of people bullying one of their own. Doubly so when said person took the form of a cute little doggo.

Suddenly, Ruby, Nora, and Pyrrha all pouted as they came to realize that their others didn't know about Jaune's semblance. Thus, no moments of cuddles, playtime, and fun cuteness…

Puppy Arc's reasoning was understandable but so cruel!

About an hour later into his nap, Jaune woke up and was bored. He then remembered that he didn't finish that new comic omnibus he got, but it was in RWBY's dorm because he let Ruby borrow it.

Though it was only across the hall, it was a huge risk. But he decided to go for it.

He jumped up, bit the doorknob and wiggled his body to open the door. He then slowly peeked his head out into the hallway. He looked left and right repeatedly. He then took a few steps outside before bolting back in when he heard footsteps. After they passed, he walked up to RWBY's door and opened it the same way.

They really should lock their dorm door.

Weiss clicked her tongue and glared at the Rose-Xiao-Long siblings, receiving sheepish smiles as Ruby and Yang were the ones who left their dorm room unlocked most of the time.

Once inside, he closed the door behind him and started sniffing around to try and find his comic. After several minutes of searching, his head jerked up and he bolted to hide under the nearest bed when he heard the doorknob turn.

"Uh, that test was brutal," he heard Blake complain. "Must… rest… brain," and then she jumped on the bed he was hiding on.

Jaune stayed still for a few minutes before sighing in relief when he heard snoring. That was a close one. But if Blake was here, then it was possible that the others were coming as well. He had to leave. He got out from under the bed and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped.

He sniffed the air twice. There was a scent in the air. A familiar scenty scent. It wasn't exactly like it, but it was very, very familiar to that of Mr. Snowball, the neighbor's cat. She was the absolute worst thing in existence. His family would laugh when he'd complain, but that thing was pure evil!

The Beacon students blinked as they all wondered if Puppy Jaune would discover Blake's secret identity but were soon giggling at the imagery of Blake being compared to the neighbor's cat.

All except for Blake, who hissed at the little dog's thoughts. Memories of Zwei hunting her down since his arrival by mail played in her head as the little mutt was determined to turn her into a chew toy.

Was the evil incarnate monster here?! He sniffed again. It wasn't her… but then what was it? He followed the scent up on to Blake's bad and starred. It was coming from her. Was she a...?

It was coming from her bow. Jaune slowly inched closer and closer… too close as he accidentally booped her bow with his nose. Blake mumbled and looked up.

…

Blake was shaking in horror at what she just did. She didn't mean to do that!

She was just trying to nap after class, but then something touched her and she looked up and…

Well, she now recognized it as a small defenseless puppy, but in the split moment, her mind went back to when she got mauled by a police dog as a kid. Her reflexes kicked in and…

If one were to look around the room, the closest thing to a dog one would find is a dog shaped hole in the window.

"Puppy no!" cried Ruby, as many gasped at what they heard.

Whether it was to Blake's traumatic childhood experience or Puppy Jaune's possible death was left up in the air.

Blake screamed as she ran into the hallway to get outside. She may not have liked dogs, but that didn't mean she wanted to kill the poor thing! She wasn't a monster!

"Please still be alive, please still be alive, please still be alive..."

'Ouch,' Jaune thought as he stepped out of the bush completely fine. Surprised, but fine.

Glynda let out a relieved sigh. Despite Jaune's sizeable aura reserves and the resilience of a dog's body, his form was still small and fragile.

Seeing such an adorable thing harmed was unthinkable to the veteran huntress.

He looked at his surroundings and recognized to be near the outskirts of the Emerald Forest.

'Wow, note to self: don't surprise Blake ever again.' he started to make his way back to the school. When he traveled through a bush he paused and saw two girls playing catch with a frisbee.

Jaune tried to resist the urge, he tried his hardest to, but his sisters have conditioned him well and the need to catch and keep it overrode everything else. However, one of the girls missed it and the frisbee landed in his bush.

It was his now, and when a hand poked through the bush to get it, he playfully bit it to show dominance.

Zwei nodded, finding Puppy Arc's thoughts perfectly reasonable and undisputable. The frisbee was now his to bury or chew on.

It took the girl screaming in shock to shake him back to reality and remind him that these weren't his sisters and they might not realize he was being playful.

Velvet's screams brought Coco to full alertness.

"Uh oh," said Yang, as everyone who knew Coco began to worry for Jaune's safety.

"Something in the bush just bit me!" Her partner screamed as she backed away.

"Grimm," Coco said as her eyes narrowed. It was the only explanation. Gritting her teeth, she unfolded her handy dandy minigun and let it sing the song of its people.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT

And the bush was practically no more. "Was that really necessary?" Velvet asked.

'Well, other me. It was a short but good life…'

"No such thing as overkill bun-bun," Coco responded as she folded her minigun back up.

"Yeah, I- wait….." Velvet's ears twitched. "That doesn't sound like a..."

The smoke cleared to show that in the shredded shrubbery, was a little puppy. For one moment Coco and Velvet wanted to go 'Awwww'. But in the next moment, their faces twisted in horror as the realized it was shaking and whimpering in fear.

"Oh my god, that wasn't a Grimm!" Velvet shouted.

"Oh my god, I almost killed a puppy!" Coco shouted.

Both were frozen still unsure of what to do.

"H-hey little guy," Velvet said in a soft, baby-like voice, "a-are you ok?" She raised a hand and took a step forward, causing the puppy to take several frightened steps backward. "Wait wait, I don't wanna hurt. We're sorry about earlier. We-" she took another step forward and the puppy bolted. "No wait, come back!"

They chased after the little guy to try and make amends.

Blaise shook his head while everyone else, at least those who cared about Puppy Jaune, sighed in relief. The immortal understood their concern but the idea of Jaune biting it this early was a bit ludicrous.

He still had a lot more shenanigans to go through before going to doggy heaven.

Blake sprinted along the pathway, frantically looking around everywhere to try and find the small dog. It wasn't on the ground below their window, so it was still alive and went somewhere. He couldn't have gone far.

She was still upset she did a reaction kick like that to the small dog. But in her defense, she had no idea Ruby, Yang, or Weiss brought their dog to Beacon and hide it in the dorm. Why did they even hide it?

"Because it is against Beacon Academy's rules," coughed Glynda, annoyed that Zwei had still been smuggled onto campus grounds despite Taiyang knowing better.

"It's also due to the number of pranks and class disruptions that came about before the rules were tightened," added Ozpin.

Ironwood and Winter nodded as well, remembering how Atlas Academy had its own issues with unsanctioned pets within the dorms.

Blake was so in her search that she didn't see Coco and Velvet until she crashed into them and fell down. "Oh my god, sorry!" Velvet apologized.

"No, it's ok," Blake replied as she helped the fellow faunus up. "Hey, have you guys seen a little dog around here?"

"About this high with yellow fur?" Coco asked as she held her hand about a foot off the ground.

"Yes! You've seen him?! Where is he?!" Blake asked in relief.

Velvet shared a worried, awkward glance with Coco. "Uh…. hehe, funny story about tha-"

"I shot him and he ran away!" Coco cried out.

Blake's ears twitched as if they couldn't believe what they just heard. "You did what?!"

"I thought it was a Grimm!"

"How the hell did you think something like that looked even remotely like a Grimm!" cried the girl who not even an hour ago kicked the puppy out a third story window.

"To be fair, my other was startled," defended Blake when she got looks from her friends.

"It bit Velvet!"

"That-"

"It was in a bush so I couldn't see until I shot it away!"

"Gah!" Blake screamed as she pulled her hair. This whole day was just a mess. "Do you know which way it went?!"

"Around in this direction," Velvet pointed, and the three of them took off in that direction to search for the little puppy. They hoped he was ok.

The door to team RWBY's dorm slammed open.

"Honestly, the absolute nerve of some people!" Weiss growled loudly, but then the dirt and leaf covered little puppy in her arms stirred with a whimper. "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be loud and scare you," she cooed softly.

"Looks like Jaune found Weiss and I after he ran away from Coco and Velvet," hummed Ruby.

"I'll get the water running," Ruby announced as she ran into the bathroom.

"And looks like you two are giving him a bath. Quite scandalous don't you think?" grinned Nora, making the two choke and stutter at the audacious accusation.

"But honestly, who would leave something as cute as you all alone, dirty and afraid like that?" Weiss started stroking his head. "Don't worry little guy. We'll get you all cleaned up, and then mama is going to find the neglectful owner who abandoned you, and then she's going to take Myrtenaster and-"

"Bath's ready!" Ruby called.

"Let's get you cleaned up first," Weiss cooed as the brought the little dog to the bathroom.

"…What?" blinked Weiss as the rest of her team sent her knowing looks.

From his place near his masters, Zwei smiled at the white-themed teen. She always gave the best treats.

Glynda Goodwitch and Ozpin walked down the hallway side by side. They were discussing upcoming events, class schedules, and how one another were doing in general. But then their conversation was interrupted when Blake, Coco, and velvet came sprinting down the hallway.

"*gasp* Professor Goodwitch, Ozpin, oh thank goodness," Blake cheered before Glynda could chastise them for running in the hall. "Have either of you two seen a little blonde puppy anywhere? We're trying to find him."

Glynda knew instantly that they were talking about Jaune. She and Ozpin saw Weiss and Ruby carrying him just a few minutes ago. She opened her mouth to tell them that, but Ozpin beat her to it.

"Nope. Sorry, but Glynda and I have not seen any dogs on campus today. I'm sorry," Ozpin said. The girls moped and quickly took off searching, not noticing Glynda's glare at the headmaster.

"Ozpin, you know we saw him earlier. Why did you tell them that we didn't?"

"It would have spoiled the fun," Ozpin replied with a smirk. Glynda facepalmed so hard she would have concussed herself without her aura.

"The tedious and often-times dragging nature of being Headmaster of Beacon has left me little in the way of entertainment these days," admitted Ozpin unabashedly, unbothered by the looks and glances sent his way.

"Such a good boy," Weiss cooed as she massaged behind the happily panting puppy's ears.

"And well behaved too," Ruby added. "I'm surprised he didn't splash water around everywhere like Zwei does."

"Zwei?"

"He's our dog we have at home. He's a little troublemaker sometimes, but he's a good boy."

"I'm a good boy," squeaked the little corgi, earning smiles and coos from those around him.

"Only when you're not being a troublemaker," grinned Taiyang as he rubbed Zwei's belly.

"Really?" Weiss beamed up.

"Yep. You should see him in a fight. I once shot him with fire dust at a Grimm! He was like a giant explosive cannonball! It was so awesome!"

"That's… neat," Weiss put her arms around the puppy in a protective manner.

"I would never hurt Zwei, and Puppy Jaune! Or any animal for that matter!" shouted Ruby, shocked that her partner and bestie would insinuate such a thing.

"Having Zwei's aura unlocked doesn't mean you get to use him as a weapon against the Grimm!" fired back Weiss, horrified of her furry little friend getting hurt.

"But it's fun," barked Zwei, making Willow raise a brow in disbelief.

The door opened and in walked a tired looking Blake.

"Hey Blake, look at what we found today," Ruby cheered.

"Found..." Blake stood straight and wide-eyed at the dog within Weiss's arms.

"Yep, we found him earlier today and cleaned him up. Isn't he cute?"

"Yes… cute," Blake replied slowly. The dog regarded her for only a second before going back to enjoying Weiss's hands. Blake was happy that the dog was ok, but she was also confused. They said they found it earlier today. If it wasn't theirs, then whose is it and how did it get in their dorm room?!

"A better question would be how Weiss-cream would react to the little guy she's spoiling actually being Jaune," laughed Yang, causing Weiss to blush and stutter again.

"He better not take advantage of my generosity," growled the young Ice Queen.

'Guess dogs really are chick magnets…'

Jaune slumped as he realized the puppy version of himself was getting more attention from the ladies than regular human him.

"What's wrong Blake?" Weiss asked.

"I'm... not really a dog person," Blake said truthfully.

As the girls continued to talk, Jaune was having a dilemma. As much as he enjoyed the love and attention from Weiss, he had to leave. He transformed when he was asleep, and the afternoon hours were ticking away fast. He had to leave before he transformed back and made everything awkward.

He decided to enact escape plan C. He wiggled his ears and jumped down and up to the window, and just stared at something random off in the distance.

"A distraction for an escape," smiled Ren.

"He's probably had a lot of practice back home," chuckled Jaune.

"What's wrong boy?" Weiss asked.

"You ok?" asked Ruby. "You see something?"

Jaune barked twice, looked at them, and then barked out the window again before running out the door as quickly as he could.

"Wait no, come back!" Weiss shouted, but Jaune was long gone. He managed to lose them by running and hide in a janitor's closet. He heard them run past the door and he felt bad about how worried that sounded, but he really didn't want anyone to know about this. He would find a way to make it up to them.

He turned back into a human just under half an hour later and managed to slip back in his dorm with no one the wiser.

Weiss huffed, though it looked more like a pout, at Puppy Jaune running away. She understood why the transformed Arc did it, but he could've at least let her snap a picture with her scroll before leaving.

Ozpin and Glynda were impressed by the pup's resourcefulness. Beacon was much larger than what they'd seen of Puppy Jaune's home. The two professors were quite curious to see how he'll adapt to life at the Academy.

Beacon had proven to be a challenge, but Jaune was pulling through. While he wasn't the best at combat, he was doing… ok in everything else. He had a fantastic team and awesome friends. And most importantly, he had somehow managed to keep his secret for several weeks now.

He was still surprised by that, especially when the last incident 2 weeks ago was way too close for comfort. But he wasn't going to look the gift horse in the mouth and just be glad that luck was on his side. Weiss and Ruby actually searched for his puppy self and seemed sad that they couldn't find him. Jaune felt bad for that, but he couldn't and didn't want to tell them the truth. He'll make it up to them somehow.

Weiss twitched as her feelings towards Jaune's puppy form and his normal self were conflicting against one another. She still remembered his attempts to court her but his cuteness as a little puppy could not be denied, just like Zwei's.

Ruby bounced in her seat as she thought about the cookies Jaune could bake her or better yet the adventures she and him could have with Zwei.

Ruby Rose, the Reaper Huntress and her faithful canine companions, Arc Wolf and Wonder Zwei!

"Stop moving and get blasted!"

"How about you learn to aim!"

Jaune looked back down at the arena where Nora and Russel were sparring. Glynda was at a meeting so Port was supervising and making commentary on the fight. It was probably the first time no one fell asleep when he spoke.

Those who knew the portly hunter closely sighed, memories of his bombastic behavior sometimes grating on their nerves.

Anyway, Russel was actually holding his own in the arena, and Nora was getting agitated. After another failed attack, she fired several grenades at him. Russel dodged each shot but deflected the last one. It went flying out of the area… right towards Jaune. He screamed and raised his hands as he braced for impact.

The room went silent after the grenade exploded. When the smoke cleared, Jaune was gone. His clothes were there, but he himself just vanished. Everyone either started worrying and panicking or were too stunned to move and could only stare.

Like the entire class, most of the audience were shocked at the turn of events. It was rare for fights in the combat arena to endanger the other students due to the invisible shields keeping the fighters isolated from their audience.

Everyone became deafly still and quiet when the shirt moved. Something was squiring within. Moments later, a dog's head poked out of the head hole. The dog, with fur and eyes the same color as Jaune's, crawled out, and then looked around the room before looking at himself and seemed to have a panicked look on his face.

The room was then filled with Nora's horrified screech.

"Wonderful," groaned Glynda, already imagining her other having to handle the pandemonium largely on her own.

Ozpin and Glynda were walking down the hallway side by side, discussing several things coming up for Beacon. Suddenly, they stopped when they heard a blood-curdling scream fill the hallway accompanied by fast approaching footsteps. Nora Valkyrie rounded the corner. She looked worse for wear but seemed to smile when she saw them.

"Headmaster!" She ran up to him. "You're a headmaster so you're like a super powerful wizard huntsman, right?!" Before either of them could respond, the distressed student shoved a small fluff ball in his face. "Fix Jaune! You have to fix him!"

The two professors immediately knew what was up. Ozpin cleared his throat. "Miss Valkyrie, I-"

"I didn't mean to!" My grenade got deflected and hit Jaune! I didn't mean to do this to him! I don't even know how it happened! You have to change him back! Please!"

"Nora I-"

"You can't! Oh my god you can't! Oh gosh Jaune's gonna be a dog forever! And it's all my fault!" She was on the verge of tears now.

Jaune whined in her grasp and tried to wiggle his way out, which prompted Nora to cry as she held him tightly against her chest.

Nora smiled sheepishly and rubbed her head in embarrassment at the looks she was receiving, while Jaune blushed at where his other's head was being smothered. The leader of JNPR flinched when he turned to see Ren staring at him with soul-crushing eyes.

"I'm sorry Jaune! I'm so sorry! We'll find a way to change you back! I promise! We'll get you back in no time! Please forgive me!"

The rest of Nora's teammates, followed by team RWBY, quickly rounded the corner, and soon at least 3 different loud conversations filled the hallway, with Ozpin trying his best, and failing, to calm everyone down.

Through it all, Glynda's eyes fell to Jaune. She saw his posture and face. His eyes were slightly narrowed, and he hung limp, letting his limbs sway to and fro with each movement from Nora. Glynda recognized that look, the look of someone who tried to talk or make others see reason but couldn't get it through to them.

It was the face of someone who was just done dealing with the bullcrap around them and just gave up caring.

Ozpin, Winter, Qrow, and Ironwood all winced, completely understanding where the other Glynda's thoughts were leading.

It was a feeling Glynda knew all too well.

'Ah, Glynda, glad I found you. Ok, I need you to complete that 300 pages worth of paperwork. I know I said I would help with it, but I'm the headmaster and thus am quite busy. I know you understand.'

'AhGlynda,Ihopeyoudon'tmindbutIhadtoborrowsomeofyoursuppliesandlearningtoolsformyclassthankyouforunderstandingIhopeyoudidn'tneedthemandI'llreturnthemsoon!'

'Miss Goodwitch, I'm afraid the Ursa I captured for my class has gotten loose and I need aid in finding it. Oh wait, there it is, heading into your office… oh my, that is a lot of racket it's making in there.'

Glynda's eye twitched and her scowl grew deeper, a dangerous aura beginning to shroud her making everyone near her flinch and shuffle away from where she sat.

From her place, Sienna looked on with understanding eyes, feeling a kinship form between her and the Deputy Headmistress.

"Ahem," Glynda cleared her throat and everyone was silenced as they turned to her. "I understand that you're all confused, but this arguing and bickering will get you nowhere. Now, Ozpin will explain to you what is going on while I take Jaune someone else."

No one opposed her.

Glynda brought Jaune back to her office to let the heat die down.

"You enjoying the chamomile tea?" Glynda asked. The student turned puppy wagged his tail as he drank the tea from the cup on her desk. "I figured you could use some to help you relax. Now, you are aware that the whole school will know about your… semblance."

Jaune looked back up to her, ears flopped down and sad eyes staring into hers.

Let it be known that Glynda had a heart because at that moment hers melted.

'Definitely getting her a puppy. Or perhaps Mr. Arc would be willing to help her with work…'

"I know it's not what you wanted, but it was bound to happen eventually. At least now you can stop worrying about hiding it and avoid getting accidentally thrown out windows and shot at. If you're still a little afraid Nora would crush you to death in hugs, you can stay here for a little while."

Jaune seemed to like that reasoning. His sad expression went as he gave a happy bark before going back to his tea while Glynda worked on grading assignments.

Glynda sighed as she sipped her own cup of chamomile tea, giving a thankful nod to Blaise for the tea and calming down her frustration with his own powers. The armored immortal sent the headmistress a thumbs up before turning back to the viewing portal.

Hours after Jaune's transformation in front of the entire class, Glynda and Jaune walked down and were now outside his dorm. "Here we are," she said. "Alright, no point in delaying this any longer."

Jaune nodded and went to tap his paws on the door, but then backed up and looked up at Glynda with pleading eyes.

"No, we already talked about this. They already know about this, Ozpin explained it to them." At least she hoped he did like he said he would. "You're going to have to talk about this eventually, might as well do it now since it'll be easier. I don't think they'll be mad at you for hiding this from them."

Jaune looked back at the door then to Glynda.

"If Ruby or Nora start hugging you too tight and you think you'll die I'm sure the others will save you. You'll be fine."

Said students slumped since they were singled out in unintentionally harming Puppy Jaune…

Jaune seemed to accept that and then tapped his paws on the door and then barked. The door opened moments later revealing both his team and team RWBY. All eyes widened upon seeing him, but none as wide as Nora as she moved to the front of the group.

"Cute! Boy! Jauuuuuuuuune!" Jaune jumped at Nora's shriek, which just made it easier for her to grab him and drag him into the dorm. To his surprise, he wasn't having his bones crushed. Nora was just lightly holding him, gently stroking behind his ears while rubbing her cheek against his fur.

If you were to ask Jaune about this later, he was definitely NOT wagging his tail and panting. His friends were liars and the video on Ruby's scroll was doctored. He was not cute; he was a war beast!... ear scratches were nice though.

Only to straighten back up when they saw just how adorable the little shiba inu acted. Though both were jealous of their counterparts at the moment.

"Jauney, how come you didn't tell us you were a cute little doggie?" Nora asked while looking into his eyes. Jaune stared back and just barked. "Oh, right." She then put him back down.

"Wait a minute," Ruby then dropped to the floor and observed Jaune closely. "Hey, you're the same dog we found abandoned last week."

"Oh my god, he is," Weiss gasped. "You… you had me cuddle you and give you a bath!" She put her hands on her hips and glared at him. Jaune then employed the best deception tactic: looking down with a whine. "I didn't mean to make you upset. I… guess you needed one anyway," Weiss caved in. "What happened anyway?"

"That's not fair," huffed Weiss.

Unknown to Beacon's Ice Queen, Winter and Willow both looked away with small smirks, remembering times when Weiss was just a toddler within the Schnee manor.

Jaune looked at her for a moment and barked again.

"Oh, right… uh, just tell us later then?"

…

It was late at night and everyone was sound asleep. However, Jaune would suddenly wake up with a frightened start when he accidentally rolled out of bed and fell out of the floor.

Jaune shook his head. This unfortunately wasn't a rare event. It was a little common when he turned into a dog at night, though it was rare for the fall to actually wake him up. That led to a lot of pictures and teasing from his sisters about how he was so lazy that he fell asleep before he made it to the bed.

"Aww!" cried many of the females, as Summer and Willow took turns cuddling Zwei.

Jaune jumped up and tried to get back in bed, but he couldn't get up. The bed was higher, and the bed sheets were smoother than his own at home. Try as he might, he couldn't get a grip to climb up and kept falling back down. After minutes of trying and falling back on his butt, he finally gave up and admitted defeat.

But then he looked over to the neighboring bed where his partner slept and got an idea: she could lift him back up into his bed. She'll be annoyed, but he can make up for it. Sleeping on the cold floor was worse when you were aware of it.

Jaune rushed up and licked her hand that was leaning off the side. Pyrrha then began to stir and move over. Her head appeared over the edge; barely open sleep eyes looked down at him. Stage one was complete, but then Jaune realized he didn't have a way to ask Pyrrha to bring back on his bed. Oops.

Taiyang and Qrow snickered as memories of them finding a sleeping Yang or Ruby cuddling a young Zwei came to the forefront.

However, Pyrrha, eyes still droopy from tiredness, tilted her head to the side and then slowly picked him up, retreating back to the center of the bed while holding her new fluffy warm ball close to her chest. "Good dog," she muttered in her sleep.

Well, his plan half worked. Jaune tried to wiggle his way out but Pyrrha's grip wouldn't budge. It wasn't that it was tight, far from it. It's just he couldn't get out without risking waking Pyrrha up again, which he didn't want to do.

Jaune gave up and snuggled closer to Pyrrha as he fell asleep.

When he woke up, he felt refreshed and well rested, but he heard Nora giggling and Ren telling her to stop. His eyes slowly woke up and before shooting wide open as he realized his situation. He was back as a human, he was naked, and Pyrrha was cuddling him with his face between her breasts.

Nora laughed and congratulated her teammates who were blushing up a storm, while Ren let out his own quiet chuckles.

Pyrrha started to stir moments later, hugging Jaune closer before her eyes shot open as she realized her situation. She was in the same bed as her partner, he was naked, and something was poking her.

Her face burned red and she "EEP"-ed loudly as she recoiled back and fell out of bed.

Nora's laughter was joined by many others though some were embarrassed over the mention of Jaune's morning 'problem'.

Void rolled his eyes as Mass laughed and Blaise chuckled at the scene before shifting to the next scene.

Jaune let out a quick yawn as he sat through Port's class. While he did learn a lot about Grimm strengths and weaknesses, the professor did have a tendency to get lost in tales of his past glory. Jaune didn't mind though, it gave him time to rest and think about other things.

Since his curse was now public knowledge to the whole school as of two weeks ago, things weren't as bad or chaotic as he thought they would be. He did get a lot of attention the first few days with people almost hounding him with curiosity about what he can do, but he had his team to thank for keeping them from swarming him. Also, some funny guy kept breaking into his locker and leaving dog treats just for him. Real original.

Other than that, and becoming the topic of some quiet gossip every now and then, all seemed to be ok.

Jaune smiled at his friends and nodded in thanks as Nora snatched everyone up for a team hug.

"Now then, I have recently caught an Ursa last night when I made a leisurely walk through the forest," Port said as he took the tarp off the large cage. The Grimm then started howling and tapping against its prison. "Who would like to use the technique I explained in my story to kill the foul beast?"

This gathered the more uninterested and bored members of the group, hoping to see more action than some cheesy dog adventure.

'Technique?' Jaune thought. Maybe he should have been paying attention.

"Jaune Arc, I've yet to see you in action yet. Why not show the rest of us what you got?"

Jaune blinked before getting up heading down to the front of the classroom.

"Good luck," Pyrrha whispered.

"Rip its throat out!" Nora cheered.

Ren just gave him a thumbs up.

"Ready Mister Arc?" Port asked.

"Ready," Jaune raised his weapon and shield.

"Then. BEGIN!" Port cut the chain off and the door flung open. The Ursa came out and looked at its surroundings before locking eyes with Jaune. It growled and charged him, but Jaune was ready.

Jaune never fought an Ursa this big before, but he was more than able to keep up with it thanks to his dad's training. Every charge was dodged, and each swipe was deflected away. Jaune felt a nervousness in his stomach but just chalked it up to moving so fast so soon after breakfast. He soon got a few good swipes on its paws, causing it to roar in pain and recoil away leaving its neck exposed.

Roland nodded alongside many of the other veteran hunters. An Ursa of the size before them was child's play for those of their caliber but it was a good challenge for the students.

Jaune gripped his sword tight, pouncing forward for the killing blow to end the fight.

POOF

Corcea Mors bounced off the Grimm harmlessly and clanked on the floor. If anyone didn't have their attention to the fight, they now gave it their full attention as the Grimm took a moment to tilt its head. Where once stood a 6ft tall huntsman, not stood a 1ft tall golden puppy.

Jaune and his friends all facepalmed at the stupidly rotten luck that seemed to plague all Jaune Arcs.

Jaune panted in nervousness as he turned around to look at himself. 'Oh come on! Now?! of all times!' He screamed internally. He turned back around to the Ursa, just in time to see its open mouth inches away from his face.

*om nom*

The Grimm closed its jaw and loudly gulped down Jaune whole in one go.

Such disbelief immediately transformed into stunned silence as they watched Jaune die once more. While less gruesome like what happened to the Remnant Knight of Mass' universe cluster, it was no less traumatizing with Jaune in his puppy form.

The classroom became deafly silent. Port's eyes were so wide that they were now visible. The students' faces were a mix of shock, worry, and fear. Could you blame them? They just watched someone die right in front of them. As a puppy no less!

Team's RWBY and JNPR were the most affected. Someone who was their teammate, comrade, and best friend was now gone. Pyrrha was on the verge of tears as she hyperventilated and gripped her hair, pulling it as she wanted to scream. And she would have too if the whole class didn't gasp at what happened next.

The Grimm's belly recoiled, and it put its paw on its stomach. His belly then recoiled again, and again, and again until it fell on its side. The belly started bulging out with each recoil until finally there was a tear and out came a very, very angry dog.

The audience recoiled out of their silence as they were completely floored by the gruesome way Puppy Jaune escaped from the Grimm's stomach. Much different compared to the comedy with the Beowolves.

"Hell yeah! That's more like it!" cheered Vernal.

Jaune rolled on the floor before shaking his head and growling at the Grimm with malicious intent. Jaune Arc was not small, or fluffy, or a 'cutey wuutey wittle thing'. He was a vicious war beast! An apex predator feared by the gods! And he did not appreciate being eaten!

The Grimm roared in pain and shook his head and Jaune bit down on and tore off his ear. Jaune then ran back up and clamped down on its neck, viciously tearing away at the monster's hind. He bit and ripped and tore through its neck until the Grimm finally died. Too lost in bloodlust, Jaune didn't notice until the Grimm's body disappeared and made him look around in confusion.

The classroom was once again in stunned silence. Professor Port was the first to recover. "Bravo!" he cheered and clapped in a loud vigorous glee, happy at both Jaune's amazing feat and at the fact that he no longer had to fear Glynda chewing him out for getting a student killed. "Splendid job Mister Arc! I was almost worried, but you showed that beast just what you're made of! Bravo!"

"Arf!" Jaune barked happily.

"Uh…. Yeah! Go Jaune!" Yang and the rest of the classroom started to recover and cheer for Jaune, both impressed at what he managed to do in his current state and happy that seeing a small puppy get eaten in front of them wouldn't haunt their dreams.

Jaune's tail wagged at the praise as he made his way back to and hopped up on his seat. Not a moment later Pyrrha scooped him up onto her lap, holding him tight and rubbing his back while muttering, "You're ok... you're ok... you're ok..."

In the back of the classroom, Team CRDL, while also impressed with what Jaune did, were also a little scared now. If Jaune was able to do that… Cardin pushed the bag of dog treats further into his backpack. Maybe that little prank of theirs should go on hold for now.

Throughout the cheers and surprise, Neo blushed and silently squealed at the carnage Puppy Jaune was dishing out on the Grimm. She definitely wanted this one!

Noticing his partner's behavior, Roman's head tilted to the side as he imagined Neo having a killer puppy to play with…

Roman shuddered as he made note to keep Neo from asking the immortals for any pets, no matter how useful a security dog might be for them and their heists.

Yang yawned as she strode down the hallway. Today was a busy day and she was just happy she got to relax for the rest of the day. In addition to that, hopefully she'll walk into the dorm room with their extra guest still there.

She wasn't sure how Ruby did it, but she managed to convince dad to let them take responsibility and watch over Zwei. Yang had a feeling Ruby did it thanks to a certain semblance of a certain someone, but what's the harm? Blake doesn't like him, but she chalked it up to her bad experiences, and Weiss absolutely loved Zwei. Yang half expected to walk in on Weiss telling him a bedtime story on her bed.

Team RWBY and Zwei all smiled at the interactions. Zwei's sudden appearance was a welcomed change, except for Blake, and he really helped to brighten up their days.

As Yang rounded the corner, she saw Blake standing outside of their open door, glaring inside. She could also hear two distinct different dogs barking. Her experience with Zwei told her they weren't happy barks; they were angry barks from angry boys. She jogged to the door and looked inside.

"Both of you stop fighting!" Ruby demanded. Weiss and Pyrrha were in there as well, holding onto Zwei and Jaune respectively. Both dogs were barking up a storm, struggling to get out of the women's grasps and maul each other. Ruby kneeled in the middle, hands out to stop both dogs should the break free.

Ruby's happy daydreams were shattered into millions of pieces as she stared in abject horror.

No! Jaune and Zwei were supposed to be best friends! Not enemies!

Likewise, Zwei froze while Jaune looked on in confusion at his other's behavior.

Yang swore she heard Blake muttering something along the lines of "yes, kill each other."

"Blake!" scolded Yang.

"What?" blinked the cat faunus.

"Do I even want to know what's going on?" Yang asked, making her presence known. Zwei paused his angry tirade to give Yang a happy bark before growling back at Jaune.

"I don't know," Weiss said. "One minute, everything is fine, the next…" Weiss trailed off, looking at Pyrrha for help.

"I don't know either," the champion sighed. "Me and Jaune just got back from lunch. I invited Weiss and Ruby over to study, but the moment Jaune and Zwei saw each other... yeah."

Yang cupped her chin. She's been on the internet long enough and saw enough dog videos to think she knew what was up.

"I think I have somewhat of an idea," Yang said. "You ever see those videos of dogs barking at each other, and they're separated by like a fence or something?"

"Yeah you showed me a few of those," Ruby said.

"You remember how once the thing separating them was removed, the dogs just sheepishly backed away?"

Ruby crossed her fingers and started chanting. "Please, please, please…"

Ruby, Weiss, and Pyrrha's eyes widened in revelation. Zwei and Jaune didn't seem to hear Yang and just kept trying to get at each other.

"Should we try it?" Pyrrha asked.

"Couldn't hurt to try," Weiss said.

"Ok, on three," Yang said. "One… two… three!" Weiss and Pyrrha let go. Jaune and Zwei paused for a moment.

In a perfect world, what Yang said would have come true and that would have been the end of it. But a moment later, Jaune and Zwei growled and charged each other again. They were stopped only by Ruby, who was struggling to keep them separated.

'NNNNNNOOOOOOO!'

Ruby internally sobbed. It wasn't supposed to be like this! She had hoped Jaune and Zwei would have been the best of friends, playing around and doing doggy things and being the cutest besties on Remnant! How did it go so wrong?!

Zwei whimpered at the despairing thoughts of his master's counterpart, but the little corgi managed to piece together what was going on.

"Stop fighting, both of you!" She ordered but was ignored. "Heel! Cease! Ceas- GAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ruby screamed as Jaune and Zwei broke through and unintentionally dragged Ruby into a cartoony dust cloud of violence.

The other three girls were quick to act and broke the fighting up. Weiss and Pyrrha hugged their dogs closer into a restricting hug. One dog was wagging his tail as his head was placed between two soft round objects. Ruby's eyes were in cartoony swirls as she swayed back and forth in Yang's embrace.

"Umm… I'm just going to take Jaune and leave now," Pyrrha said awkwardly as she stood up and Zwei and Jaune starting barking at each other again. "Sorry."

Zwei and Jaune kept at it until the door closed.

"Are you ok Ruby?" Yang asked as she helped her little sister up.

"My babies hate each other Yang, how do you think I feel?" Ruby moped.

Blaise hummed as he watched the rest of team RWBY try to bring their Ruby out of her own funk. The members of JNPR mainly looked confused while few others seemed to reach the same conclusion as Zwei.

"I don't really get why the two are fighting. There's nothing for them to fight over for," said Ilia, making several others look to Blaise for context.

"As I understand it, Zwei and Jaune are fighting over who the cutest dog in Beacon is. Keep in mind that Zwei had no idea Jaune could turn into a puppy, one that is as cute and adorable as a corgi. It's likely Zwei sees Jaune as a rival over the affections of the others, especially Ruby and Yang," explained the armored immortal.

The next day, Teams RWBY and JNPR met up for breakfast like they always did. Everyone tried conversing as normal, but there was an obvious new detail that was distracting them.

Jaune and Zwei wouldn't stop glaring daggers at one another. You would need a chainsaw to cut the heated tension between them.

"Really? But Jaune's not a puppy right now," said Yang.

"Doesn't mean Zwei has forgotten that he could turn into one," said Weiss.

From his place, Zwei nodded. His other most likely saw Jaune's shapeshifting as a sneaky strategy in their war against each other.

Pyrrha was the first to break the tension. "So Jaune, I don't think I've congratulated you on your fights yesterday. Good job," she said with a smile.

"Yeah, nice job Jaune," Ruby said and put a hand on his shoulder.

Zwei then hopped up, dragged Ruby's hand off Jaune's shoulder, and put it on top of his head as he sat back down, growling at Jaune and then panting happily at the head pats.

Yang dropped her spoon at what she just saw. That… please for the love of god tell her that's not what Jaune and Zwei were fighting over!

"This would be a lot funnier if they weren't trying to kill each other," groaned the buxom boxer.

Zwei growled and softly but bitterly arf'ed at Jaune. The huntsman's eyes widened.

"Yeah, true," Jaune said as he ate some of his breakfast. "...but at least my mom isn't a bitch."

"Jaune!" scolded Diana, shocked to hear her baby boy swear at a little dog.

The Beacon students and staff were also shocked as it was very rare to hear Jaune actually swear at someone Almost as rare as Ruby.

"He's not wrong though," muttered Blaise.

RWBYNPR didn't have time to comprehend that it was Jaune that said that or think of what Zwei said/did to warrant that response. The second those words left Jaune's mouth, the huntsman in training found Zwei's jaws wrapped around his throat.

Jaune fell back and rolled on the floor screaming as Zwei growled and bit down harder. He soon got Zwei off of him and punted him across the cafeteria. Both soon recovered and charged, clashing in another cartoony dust cloud as they beat the ever-living crap out of one another.

Weiss and Pyrrha rushed to break up the fight but Glynda beat them to it, surrounding both boys in a purple aura and suspending them in the air.

"Detention. Both of you." Jaune and Zwei shagged at the news, but both managed to get one last vengeance filled glare at one another. The battle was over, but not the war.

"And just when I thought my headaches were over," sighed Glynda.

"That's it for now," announced Void, as he deactivated the viewing portal.

Yang turned to Blaise. "So, do Zwei and Jaune still hate each other?"

Blaise tilted his head as he thought about when he last checked in on Puppy Arc. "From what I can remember, they still have a war going on. Pyrrha and Weiss are the ones who mainly keep them apart and Ruby is still trying to make the two friends. Though I find that endeavor pointless since Zwei sees Jaune as a threat to his 'territory' and that's not even mentioning the fights between Pyrrha and Weiss."

"Why would we be fighting?" asked Weiss as she and the champion shared a confused look.

"Weiss started blaming Jaune for the fighting and Pyrrha didn't take kindly to her remarks," said Blaise, surprising the everyone who knew the two.

"Wait, wasn't that from dimension-" started Mass, only to be shushed by Void.

"Another story for another time," waved Void as everyone got up and started stretching.

"We'll return to Puppy Jaune's world at another time. For now, it's time for the first training session."

Sorry for the long wait. A lot of personal things happened that kept me from writing. Personal illnesses are also not good, since I lost my vision for a while but I'm on the mend and should be writing more in the future.