-= Remnant - Atlas - Six months Before Jaune Arc's 'Death' =-

Jaune could feel his stomach-churning as the airship bound for Atlas Acadamy hit a patch of turbulence, the cabin shaking slightly as his face turned a slight shade of green. The blond's mind went blank, and made it to the nearest garbage can just in time for him to empty the contents of his stomach into it.

Sure his getting better at dealing with his air sickness, he'd made it almost the entire trip to atlas this time, but there was something about flying that Jaune just didn't think he'd ever get used to.

The blond felt a hand on his shoulder, turning to look the boy found his red-haired partner as she gently rubbed his back untill he felt well enough to stand back up.

"Thanks, Pyr, almost made it the whole trip too," Jaune stated with a nervous laugh.

The champion smiled back sincerely, "Of course, Improvement takes time after all!"

Jaune smiled back at his partner, "Ain't that the truth,"

A voice came over the intercom of the airship, informing the students that they'd be landing in Atlas within the next ten minutes.

"We'd better get back to our seats," Jaune stated, thankful for the distraction from his still churning stomach.

Pyrrha nodded and followed him back to his seat.

Jaune sat down and strapped himself into his seat, a glance to his right revealed Weiss across the aisle from him, her eyes squarely on him. That is they were untill he meet them.

She looked away quickly, throwing herself into whatever conversation the red reaper beside her was engaged in.

"Strange" Jaune whispered to himself.

"What's strange?" Pyrrha asked, her eyes flicking between the blond and Weiss.

"Nothing, Let's make sure we have everything packed up before we land."

Pyrrha hesitated for a moment before her usual smile returned, "Let's"

-= Remnant - Atlas Acadamy Temporary Dorms =-

Jaune walked through the sterile and obscenely white halls of the academy, his eyes searching for even a hint of color or some sort of change in the walls or floor to focus on. He, of course, found none, much to his disappointment, while Atlas was without a doubt a beautiful kingdom, it could do with hiring new interior decorators.

A few more moments or wandering the pristine white walls, and jaune found himself on a balcony overlooking the central grounds. The cold prickled at his skin as snow lightly dusted him.

The blond took a deep breath, the cold air stinging his nostrils, but his shoulders relaxed none the less, anything was better than those damn hallways.

Jaune looked down at his heavy green jacket, thankful that he'd thought to pack something heavier than his pumpkin Pete's hoodie.

The sound of a door opening behind him made Jaune glance behind him.

Weiss walked to his side without a word, her eyes staring out into the frozen work before her.

"I'm sorry."

Jaune raised an eyebrow, "Did something happen?"

"Jaune just listen okay?" The white-haired woman said with a certain edge to her voice, Jaune was surprised, but nodded, prompting the woman to continue.

"I wanted to apologize for how I treated you back at the beginning of Beacon," Weiss stated, her voice cracking a bit, "I treated you badly, I ignored you, I was stuck up and thought you wanted nothing more than to have my name attached to yours, and for that I'm sorry."

Jaune stared at her silently for a moment, his mind sifting over the words she's said and the tone of her voice as she said them. Silence overtook the balcony as the blond boy processed everything.

As quickly as the silence had settled, it was broken, "Don't worry about it, we hardly even knew each other, and I definitely could have gone about it better then I did, so since we're trading apologize, I'm sorry too."

Weiss stared at the boy, surprise was written all over her face, and much to the white-haired woman's annoyance, Jaune hadn't even noticed, electing to instead stare out into the frozen academy before him.

"Really?" Weiss croaked, "That's it? You're not angry with me?"

Jaune looked at her again, this time being unable to miss the strange look on the woman's face, "Well yeah, it was like three years ago, I've known you for long enough to know when you apologize you really mean it, so if you're sorry then so am I."

Weiss' mouth opened and closed a few times, her mind trying to find some sort of amalgamation of words that would make even the slightest sense.

Before she had the chance though, a notably strong gust of cold wind struck the balcony, causing the white-haired woman to shiver for a moment.

Jaune noticed immediately, taking off his heavy jacket without a second thought, the blond held it out to Weiss, "Here, that'll warm you up."

The woman hesitantly took the jacket, sliding her arms into the sleeves and zipping it up, and like a wave the warmth hit her, she sighed contently before looking down at herself, the jacket was too big for her, that much was obvious, but something about it just made her heart flutter.

Weiss shook those thoughts from her mind, "Thanks,"

"Of course, that's what friends are for," Jaune said with a smile as another gust of wind blew itself into the two, the blond suppressing a shiver as best he could.

Weiss noticed this, a thought pushing itself into her mind, and her body acting it out before her mind had a chance to think it through.

"Uh, Weiss, why are you hu-"

"Shush you dolt," Weiss said as she smiled into Jaune's chest, her arms wrapped tightly around his torso.

The blond boy listened, a wave of heat rolling over his entire body as his heart fluttered, if she wanted him to shush he would, whatever meant he got to savor this moment for a long as possible.

-= Remnant - Atlas Academy - One Month Later =-

"You know we can't keep this secret from our teams forever right?" Jaune said as he pulled himself from the covers of his bed, quickly pulling his boxers up along with his slacks.

Weiss groaned, pushing herself deeper into the pillow to remain there, her body still both sore and as relaxed as it'd ever been at the same time.

Jaune finished dressing before returning to his bed, the white-haired blob wrapped in his covers let out another groan before turning over and looking at him. "I know, I just, I want to just enjoy it for a while first."

"I know you do, and we can, but sooner or later they're either going to find out or we'll have to tell them," Jaune said simply, "And I'd rather tell them then have them come back to the dorm early."

"Agreed," Weiss said before rising from the bed with a shiver.

"But I want pancakes now Reeeeen!" The voice of Nora could be heard from the other side of the dorm door, and they were quickly approaching, both Jaune and Weiss jumping from their relaxed states as the blond opened the closet and the nude White-haired woman jumping in, her clothes bundled up in her arms.

Jaune closed the closet just as the dorm door opened. An excited Nora and bored looking Ren entering before closing the door behind them.

The pink-haired Valkyrie did a double-take before appearing at Jaune's side in an instant "Hey Jaune, what are you doing here?"

Jaune stumbled for a moment before leaning against the closet door, "I had some stuff I needed to pick up real quick, what about you?"

Nora squinted her eyes at him before hopping back out of his personal space and jumping onto her bed, "Ren and I needed to grab our jackets since the cafeteria is colder than usual!"

"It's the same temperature as the rest of the academy" Ren chimed in, his voice either having not been heard by Nora, or she just elected to ignore it.

Ren tossed Nora's jacket at her, before putting his own on and returning to the dorm door and opening it, the pink-haired woman was on her feet faster than Jaune's eyes could see, her excited squealing being the only indication that she had left at all.

Ren paused at the door before turning to Jaune with a rare sly grin, "I'd take a shower, you still smell like sex."

Jaune's eyes widened at his words, but by the time his mind had thought up a response, Ren was already gone.

The blond let out a sigh before opening the closet door to reveal a now fully clothed Weiss Schnee, her face had a look of terror for a moment before she realized it was Jaune doing the opening.

"Well, that was enough excitement for one day," Jaune said with a light chuckle, the white-haired woman letting out her own small laugh, the blond laughed a little bit harder, and the next thing the two of them knew, they were laughing like a couple of kids who'd just gotten away with stealing from the cookie jar.

The laughter died down after a moment, and the two of them smiled at each other.

Weiss sniffed the air as her nose scrunched up, "He is right, you do need a shower."

"You mean 'we' need a shower?" Jaune smiled, arms taking the Schnee by the waist and pulling her in for a kiss, it was quick, simple, yet full of emotion.

"You dolt," Weiss said with a small smile.

"I didn't hear a no!"

The Heiress smiled, "That's because it wasn't."

-= Remnant - Beacon Acadamy - Maintinance Building =-

Jaune was jostled from his memories by all but a single pair of arms separating from him, the white-haired heiress still attached to him like he'd disappear the moment she let go.

Yang leaned over to Blake and spoke in a hushed whisper, eyes never leaving the heap of pale skin and white hair glued to Jaune, "Uhh, What's up with Weiss?"

"They were together," Ren chimed in with his own whisper, causing Yang's eyes to bulge from her head, along with everyone else present, a sandy blond set of ears picking up the whisper as well.

Val stood up from her cot, "So this is the Weiss you were telling me about?"

Jaune's face paled, he knew this moment would come, he'd just hoped it hadn't been so soon, "Yeah, Weiss, Meet Valmir Fehr, Val, meet Weiss Schnee."

Weiss sniffled for a moment before staring up at the Faunus woman in front of her, a set of golden yellow eyes staring into her soul with barely veiled annoyance.

"Nice to meet you, Weiss." The tanned woman stated, sticking her hand out to the Schnee.

Weiss took the woman's hand to shake it and felt her hand being squeezed a little tighter than would be normal for a formal greeting.

"Val, let the poor girl go," Jaune said with a sigh, his voice taking a serious tone.

The felinid woman didn't move, her eyes continuing to burn holes into Weiss before finally relenting, "Yes, Sir."

Jaune rubbed his eyes for a moment, "Thank you, we'll talk about this later."

Weiss could have sworn she heard the woman whisper something under her breath, but couldn't quite make it out.

Now fully separated, Jaune motioned for everyone to sit down, to which Ruby, Yang, Weiss, and Nora found vacant cots to settle into, Ren and Blake elected to remain standing.

Jaune surveyed their expressions before speaking, "My name is Lieutenant Jaune Arc of his Emperor's Holy Inquisitorial Stormtroopers,"

The blond motioned to Jaks, the woman's face blank of emotion as she scooped another serving of soup into her bowl, "That's Seargent Jaks, she's our medic and resident philosopher."

The woman elected to give a simple wave to the small crowd of people before returning to her food.

"Next is Corporal Valmir Fehr, she's our Comms operator and designated marksman."

"Nice to meet most of you!" The felinid woman said with a smile.

Jaune cringed at the word 'most' but continued, motioning to the still fully armed and armored woman sitting by the window. "And that over there Corporal Aeris, she's our grenadier."

"And Heavy weapons specialist!" The woman shouted from across the room, causing Jaune to let out a small chuckle.

"And our heavy weapons specialist."

Six pairs of eyes stared blankly at him.

"Okay okay I get it, I'm alive, can we please pay attention?" Jaune said with a twinge of annoyance in his voice.

Ruby raised her hand as if to ask a question, the blond motioning to her with a sigh, "Uh, Jaune? What happened to your hand?"

The blond in question looked down at his right hand in confusion before realizing his gloves were off, revealing his bionic hand for the world to see.

Jaune looked up at his old friends with a nervous chuckle, "By the Throne, I forgot about that."

"How the hell do you forget about losing a hand?" Yang yelled, her right arm tingling at the thought of losing it.

"Actually, it's the whole arm up to the bicep." Jaks interrupted, between spoonfuls of soup.

Jaune chuckled nervously for what felt like the hundredth time in the past five minutes as his old friends looked at him with a mixture of pity and sadness. "Hey I mean you should see the other guy, took his head clean off."

The blond's attempt at humor failed, the women, and Ren, staring at him blankly for a moment.

"Okay, I'm sure you all have a ton of questions, but I only have time for a few, so each of you gets one question, make it count."

Weiss was the first to speak, "Where did you go?"

"That's a little complicated, but to sum it up, I died." Jaune stated simply, "But the God-Emperor himself, Blessed Be His Name, was watching over me, he pulled me into a mindscape of his own design, showed me the state of the imperium, he told me he needed someone to make a difference, someone that could fight in his name and save the lives of innocents, it was an offer I couldn't refuse,"

Weiss interrupted the blond, her face scrunched up in confusion, "You're saying some god resurrected you to fight for him?"

Jaune's eyes hardened and his voice raised, "I will forgive you this once, but Throne forgive you take his name in vain again."

The blond's outburst caught the group by surprise, he'd spoken like he'd take off the Schnee's head if she disrespected this 'god-emperor' again

Jaune however, took a moment to mutter out a prayer, making the shape of an eagle with his hands before returning to what seemed like normal for the blond man.

Weiss couldn't wrap her head around what he'd just said, god-emperor? Just where in the hell had her bumbling knight gone?

"Next question," Jaune said simply, his head starting to hurt as he pulled his pack of Lho and lighter out, placing one in his mouth and lighting it.

Ruby's hand was up next, The blond pointing at her while taking a long drag.

"What's a Stormtrooper? Is it like a soldier?"

Jaune chuckled a bit, "That's a pretty complicated question as well, but I'll sum it up as best I can."

The blond let his Lho land from his mouth, scooping some soup into his mess kit as he spoke, "An Inquisitorial Stormtrooper a member of an elite fighting force used by Inquisitors, sometimes completely replacing your run of the mill Guardsman, harsher training, better equipment, and much higher standards. Compared to us, a guardsman is like a child with a slingshot."

Ruby seemed enthralled by his description, her eyes constantly switching between the blond and the various blocky weapons scattered around the room.

"So you're like a Specialist?" Weiss asked, her brow furrowed in confusion.

Jaune let out a hearty laugh, "No, we're nothing like the Specialists, we're better."

"What makes you better than a Specialist?" Blake asked, her thirst for information driving her to ask before she thought out her question.

"Well when your job is to hunt down the Heretic and exterminate them with little to no support, you either succeed and learn or die," Jaune said simply, a spoonful of soup quickly making its way into his awaiting mouth.

Jaune glanced at them for a moment, a variety of emotions on each of their faces ranging from confusion, disgust, and pitty.

"You shouldn't be surprised, Jaune said you fought Daemons," Val muttered just loud enough to be heard, her eyes roving over the colorful group before her.

Jaune sighed, "I told you, Just because they fight the Grimm doesn't mean they fight heretics."

"What do you mean by Daemons? Heretics?" Ren asked simply, his face not portraying the slightest hint of emotion.

"I'm afraid that's not something I can share with you," Jaune said with a genuinely apologetic tone.

Yang scoffed, "Then can you tell us what happened to your arm?"

Val shot a glare at the golden-blond haired woman before taking Jaune's side on his cot.

Jaks got up from her seat, mess kit still in hand, and walked up to Yang, the large woman's face remained stoic, their eyes burning into each other for a moment untill the monster of a woman spoke quietly enough for just Yang to hear. "Have you ever seen a sword as big as you are tall, with a chainsaw for a blade?"

Yang's brow furrowed at the mental image that sentence conjured up. "I can't say that I have."

The woman nodded her head, "Then it'd be in your best interest to not bring it up again."

Yang nodded her head quickly before sitting back down, her eyes staring at Jaune with an apologetic look.

Jaune glanced at his watch, "Well as fun as this has been I think it's time you all got back to your dorms."

The colorful crowd in front of him stood up to protest but were immediately silenced by a look from Jaks, as much as they wanted to stay and spend time with Jaune, it was probably best that they did leave, for now, seeing as to if they wanted too they could probably cut the tension in the air with a knife.

"I'll show you all out," Val said simply, before leading the small crowd back down the stairs and to the door.

The sandy blond woman handed them back their weapons as they filed out the door, pausing at Weiss, Val put a hand on her shoulder and kept her rooted within the doorway.

"What is it?" Weiss asked, her face sour after being forced to leave Jaune for the night.

"Jaune told me about the two of you," Val stated simply, her eyes hard and devoid of emotion, "I've been with that blond idiot since he appeared, he saved my life, bestowed upon me the blessings of the Emperor, and been my rock ever since."

Weiss didn't like where this was going, her stomach knotting as she silently listened.

"I know you love him, I know you two had something before," Val paused, her tone taking a more apologetic form as she spoke, "But I love him too, and we've been together through thick and thin for a long time,"

Weiss felt a metaphorical stab to her chest.

Val pulled a chain from around her neck inside of her crimson jumpsuit, revealing a pair of dog tags and a ring. "Remnant is our chance at a peaceful life, a life where we don't have to worry about each other surviving to tomorrow, so please, I beg of you, let us, let him have that, we've all been through horrors you can't even imagine, if you won't do it for us, then at least do it for him."

Weiss stared at the woman, her mind a swirling of emotions, anger, sadness, betrayal, it all just hurt so much, she wasn't sure exactly how to handle it. The heiress snatched her rapier from the blond woman's hands and ran, she ran untill she couldn't anymore, ending up in the Emerald forest in nothing but her sleepwear, and armed with her rapier.

And for the first time since Jaune disappeared, she cried, no, she bawled, tears mixing with snot as she curled up in a ball and cried untill she couldn't anymore, then that sadness quickly turned to anger as a fairly small Beowulf emerged from the bushes, it's pitch black fur, pristine white bone, and burning red eyes launched the woman into a rage, slashing and stabbing at the juvenile Grimm with reckless abandon.

Weiss continued storming through Forever Fall, her eyes searching for the next Grimm for her to tear apart, that is untill something slammed into the back of her head, knocking her unconscious.

-= Remnant - Emerald Forest =-

Weiss slowly opened her eyes, it was still dark, the moon giving off just enough light to be able to see well enough.

Though that wasn't the problem, no the problem was the fact that her hands and feet were bound behind her back.

The white-haired woman inspected her surroundings, it looked like she was still in the Emerald Forest, that was a good sign.

"What do we do if she wakes up?"

Weiss froze, trying to keep as still as possible while also listening in as best as she could.

"Then we knock her back out, we still have a job to do, the Schnee is just a bonus."

Shuffling could be heard to Weiss' right, the voices getting louder along with the shuffling.

"Both of you shut it, just because it's a simple job doesn't mean we get to screw around, we get the weapons and get the hell out, buy the time they realize anything missing we'll be halfway to Vaccuo."

Weiss' eyes widened at that, they were planning to steal weapons from Beacon? How crazy were these guys?

A beep could be heard, followed by some more shuffling and the voice of a woman, "Let's secure the Schnee first though, that we even if something goes wrong we don't walk away empty-handed."

The woman's voice was cold, chilling even before she'd even realized it, two large and armored me walked up to her, she locked eyes with one, his black balaclava hiding everything but his crimson eyes from her, "Well would you look who's awake?"

"Ay, got ourselves a little eavesdropper here don't we?" The other man said with a slight chuckle before pulling a large rifle from behind his back.

Before she even had a chance to react, the butt of the rifle was smashed into her face, pain flowered from her nose as she felt something warm drip down her face and the taste of copper filled her mouth.

"Damn it, you never get them on the first try, let a master show you how it's done," The first man said before grabbing his own rifle and slamming its butt into her face, and as quickly as she'd awoken, Weiss returned to darkness, her face hitting the ground unceremoniously as blood dripped from her nose and mouth.

"Hey, she's no use to us as a vegetable, get her secured in the truck, we've got four and a half hours till sunup, and I want this job done in an hour." The female voice stated coldly, forcing the two men to sling their rifles and pick the petite woman up off the ground before securing her in a small cage in the back of their truck.

After all, they were on a timescale, and they did not want to anger their new client.

A/N

Hey guys, fuck Weiss right? All my homies hate Weiss!

In all seriousness though, Weiss got fucked up all because she let her emotions get the better of her and ran off into the Emerald forest with nothing more than her PJs and a dinky rapier, what the hell did you expect would happen?

As for our sneaky bois and gorls in the Emerald Forest, you'll see more of them soon enough, after all, they are on a timescale!

As always leave a review tell me what you thought, it drives me to not be a lazy ass and stuck to my weekly schedule.