After reading all of these fanfics regarding watching the bumbling Jaune Arc, I decided to try my own take and at the same time it sort of solves my writer's block since it is not an actual series but a collection of reaction to oneshots. I will not only use other media but other people's stories while giving homage to the original work and author and you should definitely check them out. But I'll add my own stuff as well. This takes place after the end of Volume 2 so after the Breach.

To all my peeps who have been waiting for Naruto and Percy Jackson, I suffered creative burnout not only due to my now finished undergraduate thesis but also losing interest after the creative decisions that both series took. I cannot even bear to watch an episode of Boruto after the movie without bitching, don't get me started on Trials of Appolo.

Got interested in RWBY thanks to the numerous amazing fanfics on this site and gave me more enjoyment than the actual series. Anyways I've been rambling for far too long, enjoy reading. Also if there's anyone interested in being a beta for me. Please I need help.

Disclaimer: I do not in any way, shape or form own RWBY as it is the intellectual property of the late Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth. I do not own the stories of the fanfics I will place in this story they are the intellectual property of those creators.

"AAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Bodies collided onto the very soft floor as students from Beacon Academy were generally confused as to what had happened. One moment they were opening the door of their respective rooms only to be in a very large velvet room with many couches and a large movie theater screen.

"What the hell just happened?" asked the blonde bombshell known as Yang. The team of RWBY and NPR…

"Where's Jaune?!" asked the undefeated champion who is definitely in love with her partner. Pyrrha immediately stood up and searched around the room but could not find their team's leader.

Everyone was able now to stand up and were incredibly perplexed at where they were, "A better question is where are we?" said Weiss.

"I think I can answer that." The students looked behind them to see a dark silhouette of a person floating about two feet off the ground. He had no clothes, no discernible features of gender except for long straight hair, and not even a mouth.

"I can obviously see where this line of questioning will bring after you've all seen me. But first-" The figure snapped his fingers and around the two teams people started appearing out of thin air.

The first ones were Beacon's own headmaster Ozpin and the deputy Glynda Goodwitch while dropping to the floor with a flask on his hand was, "Uncle Qrow!" exclaimed Ruby and Yang as said man was able to groan and stand up eventually.

"What the hell is going on… oh hey Oz fancy meeting you." Qrow slurred through his sentence while Ozpin merely sighed at the behavior of his comrade.

"Why the hell am I here?!" The room looked towards the source of the familiar voice of one Roman Torchwick who was last seen being arrested by the Atlas military following the breach. Hiding behind him was his deadly assistant Neo. The ex-criminal then saw to his right, his 'boss' Cinder Fall along with her two minions, Emerald and Mercury.

The hunters and huntresses immediately grabbed their weapons only for them to disappear instantly which Ruby instantly cried for her baby, the figure then said, "Well everyone is here and no fighting is allowed within my premises."

"Who are you?" asked Cinder Fall who was filled with suspicion regarding what was happening as the last thing she remembered was meeting Adam to convince him of fulfilling her plan to destroy Beacon.

"Hmm… honestly we fall under many different names. There's Aeon, Archie, JC, simply you can call me a Creator. Our jobs as gods of creation are to facilitate our respective works and simply change what is deemed bad. Sometimes this requires to create many different timelines to suit our needs." Replied the figure who seemed to have gained clothes in the middle of his explanation.

Glynda simply said, "This still does not answer why this is happening in the first place?" The figure then looked towards the deputy headmistress and nodded.

"Well I have brought you all here in order to see something that can change your world as you may know it." All ears perked up at that and the Creator continued, "You will be required to watch several scenarios or alternate versions of one man who can change the destiny of all of your fates. Do not worry of food and drink as I can provide for all of that. If everyone gets tired, I can put you all into a very relaxed state of sleep and we can continue next time."

"Who is this person that we are going to watch?" asked the ex-White Fang member named Blake.

The figure then simply stated, "Oh its Jaune Arc." The room was filled with various degrees of disbelief or just simple confusion from those who haven't met the blonde noodle.

"Why that imbecile?!" Weiss demanded to know the answer as she could not even fathom the thought of the relentless fool even being important.

"Jaune Arc suffers from a severe disease." Team NPR and the rest of Beacon were shocked to hear this but the Creator simply continued, "It is called intentional underdevelopment… You see everyone goes to character changes in one person's life whether good, neutral or bad. But for Jaune Arc he was simply created to be in existence and without much plan. This is why a lot of Creators like myself want to care for the guy. Our superiors simply did not care to make him more of what he currently is. So I would like everyone to sit down in order for us to begin."

Everyone started sitting in different couches lined up in the room as Team RWBY and NPR sat together, Roman and Neo occupied the ones in the back, Cinder and her allies were next to the Beacon team to ensure that there was no association with the two criminals. Ozpin, Glynda and Qrow occupied couches nearer to the screen as the Creator then stated.

"Now that everyone has a seat, it is time to begin. I would like to show you a different scenario, a 'what if', this has much to do with the relationship of Miss Belladona and the White Fang" Blake bowed her head in shame while her team started to comfort her that the past wounds had already been mended.

"A question would be how does Jaune Arc fit into this, let us add these x-factors, before the mission sent to Team RWBY, Miss Belladona learned that the White Fang were in Mountain Glenn doing god knows what. One of the leaders, Adam, is there." The mention of her partner caused Blake to shake which caused Team RWBY to be suspicious of who this Adam person was to Blake.

"The Atlas military became aware of Miss Belladona's connection with the White Fang and want to arrest her to draw out some important members of the White Fang. Miss Belladona in response steals a bullhead and heads into Mountain Glenn only to be captured by the White Fang. Team RWBY then enlists the help of Sun and his team to get Blake back."

The Creator then smiles as perceived through his tone of voice changing to one of being happy, "Team JNPR through Jaune joins the mission to get Blake back. This is from one of the best Creators named PaulXion."

(RWBY: Tomorrow and Never Again Chapter 29-31 with some slight changes)

In the engine car of the train, one Pyrrha Nikos and one Adam Taurus squared off while Ruby and Sun were awestruck at seeing this fight while Blake had her hands tied to the cable and was unable to escape.

Clang!

Both living legends clashed once more, their weapons locked.

"Wow P-money, someone's giving you a run for your win streak." The students were surprised at the katana-wielding masked enemy but to Blake it was like seeing her worst nightmare happen right in front of her. The teachers and Qrow were stunned that this could have happened.

"Ruby! Get Blake! Hurry!"

"On it!" The red reaper quickly got out of her daze and followed Pyrrha's instructions.

"Not so fast!" Adam quickly blocked Ruby's path and gave two quick slashes that sent both Pyrrha and Ruby reeling back.

"Damn! He's playing with us, who is that Blake?" asked Ruby as Blake still couldn't take her eyes off the screen but then sighed and replied, "He's a leader of the White Fang and my former mentor and partner."

Team RWBY and Team NPR were shocked but to the others it was already known of the relationship between the living legend of a terrorist and the former assassin of the White Fang.

"Please… I'll tell you guys later." Blake muttered, she honestly did not believe that she would have to reveal this deep hidden secret to her teammates.

Adam snarled under his mask as he realized he couldn't take things lightly anymore, "I'm impressed. Only two people have been able to defeat me in a contest of strength. Looks like you three are more than meets the eye. But… unfortunately, that ends now."

Sun then charged with his staff and tried to strike the living legend but Adam quickly blocked it, "Bring it on creep! Its time I showed you how we do things back in Vacuo!" He then pushed him away and kept on charging but Adam swung his sword around. With a simple gesture of his wrist, he cut through the pipes and let the steam vent into the room.

It quickly created an illusion of a thick mist, "Ow! Really man? Hiding in the smoke? That is so cheap dude!"

"Where'd he go?" Ruby barked, putting her back against Pyrrha's trying to cover each other's blind spot.

The champion then yelled, "Keep your eyes peeled. He could strike from anywhere."

Like a snake striking its prey from the bushes, Adam struck, "Look out!" Blake warned a bit too late as Sun found himself grabbed by the foot and thrown through a hatch that opened just as suddenly as the attack. His cursing voice trailing off in the distance.

"No this can't happen!" Ruby yelled as all members except for Blake were dumbfounded for the fighting prowess of this Adam.

"We have to train them even harder now Ozpin." Muttered Glynda, as said man nodded to this notion. There was now a living legend for his students to worry about with the coming of the Vytal Festival.

"Ruby watch out!" Pyrrha noted a red flash and quickly pushed the distracted scythe wielder from the attack before parrying it herself. Adam then sent a good kick to the Amazonian's stomach which sent her towards Ruby thus throwing them off the train in a single action.

"That guy's dead!" yelled Yang whose eyes and hair became red after seeing this guy take out easily her sister and one of her classmates.

"Oy! Shut up blondie! There's people watching the show." Roman responded and did not back down from the glares of the Beacon students and the staff.

"No!" Blake pleaded, her heart beating with pain from seeing her friends fall to the might of her mentor slash former partner.

"Relax." Adam reassured her by holstering his blade. "If they're as half as good as those I've fought before, they'll live. You should be more concerned about yourself than others."

"Why are you doing this?" She asked painstakingly. "What's the point of causing so much harm and destruction?"

Adam snarled, "I could ask you the same thing." Adam countered while looking at his former pupil. "What was the point of staying with a team? What was the point of staying in Beacon? Did you actually think that your actions would change people's opinion on us? You of all people should know that these humans only listen to force. They can pretend to care, pretend to love you, pretend that we're equal, but it will never be real. Not until we shatter this bitter reality of theirs. What happened to you Blake? What caused you to change? You were a believer of the cause. Someone who believed in us!"

"I believed in equality, Adam. Not this." She spoke back, eyes glaring like daggers at the man she once loved.

"If you truly believe that, then help us." The bull asked. "Come back to us Blake. Come back to me. You don't have to go through this suffering alone."

"She isn't alone." A third voice shocked the two faunus in the room. They turned to the doorway only to be amazed by the blonde knight's appearance as he slugged his way while holding on to his sword Crocea Mors through. "And she's not the one suffering."

"Oh, look Blakey, seems to be you're just attracting all sorts of attention." Through her blonde partner's suggestive tone and wiggling of her eyebrows. Blake weakly glared and simply focused back to the confrontation.

"Why is he there?" Pyrrha yelped as the others from Beacon were surprised at the blonde knight attempt to save Blake.

"Yeah! What the hell is tall, weak and scraggly going to do?" Roman yelled out as Cinder, Mercury and Emerald simply smirked at seeing a weakling fight off someone one of the most wanted in Atlas.

"You…" Adam's mouth curled to a scowl as he saw the familiar boy with that accursed blade. Slowly he could feel rage burning from the pit of his stomach. But if Blake were to have an opinion, she would say that he was scared. Of why… she did not know. "Why are you here?"

"I'm here… for her." The blonde pointed to the cat who was tied to the pipe, his breath skipping a few beats. "And I'm here to put… a stop to all this."

"You?" Adam mocked, "And you think you can stop me?"

"I think we already did." The boy barked while smiling. "We know your plan to use the Dust mine to blow up the mountain. We stopped your bomb and your army is already defeated. You got nothing left Adam!"

Adam smirked. "I'll admit. You kids put quite a wrench in my operations. I never expected you to defeat my Lieutenant or stop that bomb. But that doesn't change much here. So what's it going to be killer? Are you going to fight me and take my head like the rest of your kin? Because I'll let you know right here and now, you're way out of your league."

"I know." Jaune knew he had not even a snowball's chance to beat this monster. Fighting him was like swimming upstream in a river of lava.

Jaune sheathed his sword, raising his hands up, giving a feign gesture of surrender. "I came here to talk."

Adam raised a quizzical eyebrow. "Oh? What is it you want to talk about?"

"I want you to let her go… and I want you to surrender."

The audience was completely silenced to what they had just heard from the blonde knight. Blake's jaw dropped to the floor, 'Why is he doing this? Jaune was never this brave?'

"You? You want me to surrender?" Adam repeated in disbelief.

"That's right." Jaune nodded. "If you surrender now, things don't have to be so hard. You can probably get a fair trial and serve time." The kid was dead serious. So serious in fact that Adam couldn't even see through his ruse. "All you have to do is give Blake back and turn yourself in. I promise, I'll vouch for you. I can even talk with General Ironwood to cut you some slack!

"You really believe that?" The Crimson Swordsman grumbled. "You think after everything I've done, they'll just let me serve time in prison? What makes you think I'll even consider that?"

"It's because you have nothing else to gain." Jaune reasoned with an almost pleading tone. "Look around you. You got no bomb, the White Fang is done and you got nowhere else to go! This can't go on Adam. What you're doing isn't bringing equality for the Faunus, it's just making other people scared. You have to understand by now, this isn't the way. Blake wouldn't want this!"

"And what do you know of equality!?" The hero shot back. "What could you possibly know of what my people went through? You know nothing of us." He wasn't wrong there. Jaune wasn't exactly an expert when it came to Faunus rights or the difference in their society. In fact, he only got a glimpse of it when he attended Beacon. Everything he knew about the conflict came from Professor Oobleck's class and even then he slept through most of it.

Jaune responded. "Think for a minute Adam! There's nothing left to be gained with this pointless run! You got nothing left! You have no bomb, no army. We put a stop to your plans!"

"And that's where you're wrong." Adam corrected him, turning a glance over to the controls. "All I need is right here." With a press of a button, the clamps that held the engine with the rest of the train came loose hinting that no one else will be coming for them. "I just released the engine car and changed course of the tracks. We're now heading towards the core of the mines at maximum speed. This engine has a Dust powered reactor and is overheating. The engine itself won't make the same impact as the bomb but it'll be enough to make this mountain crack like a walnut."

"But if you do that, you'll be blown up too!" Jaune could not understand why would he go through such lengths especially when Blake could be harmed.

The Crimson Swordsman scoffed. "Lesser men and women of my people have given their lives to the cause. It would be insulting if I didn't show the same fervor."

"What cause!?" Jaune barked out, his hands flailing in the air. "If you go through with this, there won't be anything left! We'll all die! This is insane! There's nothing to be gained here!"

"I don't expect a 'murderer' to understand." The boy was taken aback by that unnatural title. "Do you have any idea what my people went through? What the majority of the Faunus had to go through to earn their place in the world? We came from small tribes, shunned and oppressed. We were treated like animals, like sub-humans. Someone who has never been one of us could never understand how many ordeals, how many sacrifices we had to endure only to have all that hard work thrown at our faces."

"Tch… you got a point there." Jaune gritted back unable to counter such claims. He would admit that he never really thought of how the Faunus people were treated. If fact you could say that he turned a blind eye to it like many others.

"But it ends today." Adam declared. "No more will the tyrants of humanity walk on the backs of our labor. After tonight, the world itself will change. Once Mountain Glenn is gone, the world will finally hear our voice. And no one will be able to stop it."

Jaune groaned out loudly as he heard this. Lowering his head, he raised his blade in defense knowing well what he must do. "Then I guess I have to stop you."

"Don't do it Jaune." Ren muttered as he was concerned for the foe his leader had to overcome to save Blake.

"He should have just gotten back-up." Weiss stated which earned a glare from her own partner as she was simply awestruck and thought that this could have happened it Team JNPR went with them to Mountain Glenn.

"Don't do it Jaune!" Blake tried to warn him. "You're no match for him! Just run away!" This wasn't good. If three skilled Hunters in training couldn't make a single dent on him, what can one scraggly boy like Jaune fare any better? He wasn't exactly a fighter and his skills weren't up to par with many freshmen.

The boy voiced his apology. "Sorry. But that's something I just can't do right now." And with that, the boy charged first.

But he instantly crashed to the wall of the engine room, his armor denting from the point of impact from Adam's blood-red katana. "Goh!"

"Well that was fast." Roman commented and ignored the piercing glares from Team NPR as said team was cheering their leader on even though the Jaune on screen couldn't hear them.

"Jaune!" Blake rattled her binds once more but again found it futile.

Adam let his neck clicked as he moved in for the next bout. He expected that blow to knock his lights out but to his surprise, Jaune simply rose back up. "You're pretty durable… aren't you? Especially for someone who has no aura."

That caused Roman, Neo, Cinder, Emerald and Mercury to all think. 'What kind of idiot fights a trained fighter without even awakening his aura?'

"I'm… not done yet." The boy said through pants raising his blade and charging once more. "Yaaaaaaaah!"

Repeating the same move, Adam parried the boy's attack easily and countered with a number of kicks and palm strikes that would've snapped an ordinary man's spine in two. With a kick to the stomach, the blonde boy was sent crashing to the wall again with an even louder noise.

"Ow… ok… I'm gonna feel that in the morning." But again Jaune rose, his stamina not giving way. "Alright… one more time! Yaaaaaahhh!" But again the process repeated itself. Adam would parry his strike, counter with bone breaking attacks and then send him striking towards a wall.

"What is this? Some kind of joke?" Adam taunted, not really sure if he was angry at the boy or at himself. "Don't tell me that's all you have."

"Huuaaaaaa!" Jaune charged again giving out two good swings only to hit nothing but air. He faltered in his third attack and gave an opening for the red swordsman to deliver another flurry of blows to his body sending him crashing towards the doorway. "Oh…"

"Jaune, just stay down, please!" Blake pleaded. She couldn't bear to watch that boy get beaten more than he already was. Every grunt he made with each passing blow was like a dagger through her heart. Even before he fought Adam, the boy had bruises on his body and scars that would make a body builder scowl. Now his left eye was swollen, its lid closing half way and his hand had blisters the size of his own palm. His clothes were torn and ripped in so many places you might think he had a fight with a pack of hyenas.

"You didn't tell me you cared that much for Jaune, Blake." Yang said before getting a heated response from Pyrrha. "So not the time for jokes Yang!"

Yang decided to zip from the Amazonian's fierce glare as Blake was still mortified at the beat down Jaune was receiving from Adam. She wanted it to stop so badly, she was reminded of the consequences of her leaving him on that train.

"Sorry… but that's just not happening. If I fall… then thousands of others will be paying the price. Families of innocent people, human and Faunus will suffer because of their incompetence. And I can't allow that." He said finally, wiping the trickle of blood running from his lips.

"Hmph… you really are a persistent one." Adam stated almost like he was expecting something more. "I guess you really are a Hunter." Wait, was that a praise just now or was it meant for something else? "Too bad you won't live long enough to become a proper one. Trying to be a hero when deep down you're just a fake."

Jaune smiled, "Well… then… come and… try it." The boy once again challenged raising his shield up. "Haaaaa! Doh!" A knee to the stomach stunned him quite severely. "Grrr… haaaa!" Again and again the boy attacked and again and again he was repulsed and beaten utterly and bitterly.

"There's a difference between bravery and idiocy." Adam said to him after bloodying the boy's nose. "I think we all know where you stand there. Give it up kid. I could kill you whenever I want to so you might as well just drop dead and save me the trouble."

"Like I said…" But if Jaune was anything, he was relentless. Once more he stood, this time using his armor as a clutch to raise his already weakened body. "…that's not gonna happen. I'm going to stop you. Even if it kills me."

"A tempting offer." Adam stated while Jaune spat blood that was stuck in his mouth while gasping, "I could do this all day."

"Damn! Vomit boy is kinda cool for saying that." Yang stated while Ruby answered, "Come on Jaune! Beat emo dude and rescue Blake."

Nora then yelled, "Fearless leader can do this!"

"Jaune don't! Please… just stop it!" Blake yelled, she couldn't bear seeing a helpless classmate get beaten to death.

"I won't stop." The blonde knight carried himself forward, dragging his feet to raise his blade one more time. "Not while I'm still breathing."

"…" Adam paused in his attacks. Why did he hesitate to kill him just now? He could tell that he could easily just slice that boy's head off and be done with this match. He was weak, unskilled and unworthy of the blade that he carried with him. Yet what was it that held him back? He had killed Hunters and soldiers that were ten times stronger than him yet he couldn't bring his full might to this kid.

"Oh come on! Just kill him already." Mercury said.

Adam saw it. Through the half-closed eyelids, he could see the cerulean eyes of the blonde Hunter something that he never expected. In all his life fighting, everyone Adam ever faced they always had this blaze in their eyes. The eye of a warrior, a Hunter, a soldier. There was a desire to kill, to defeat and to harm deep within those eyes.

But for Jaune, there was no such thing. Where Adam looked to find those primal desires to slay his enemy, the blonde crusader showed nothing of that sort. Instead, what replaced those burning gaze was a look of mercy, sadness, pity and remorse. Something the man was foreign too. The boy had no desire to fight him or to even win. He held no malice but rather a notion of peace. It sickened Adam. It sickened him to his stomach to see those eyes.

"Pfft! What the hell is with this honor bullshit this guy is trying to pull." Emerald said while Neo eye smiled at the absurdity of such an action. It would have been easier to just separate this weakling's head from his body.

"Gooooh!" Jaune was kicked again in the stomach sending him back to the doorway with a loud and thunderous clank of metal. Adam made sure to put even more strength this time hopefully to put him down once and for all. But like last time, he rose again clutching onto his Crocea Mors even tighter.

"Stay down, kid." Adam opted, hinting some manner of pity in his tone. "There's no point in fighting anymore. Trust me. Continuing this will just earn you an early grave."

"That ain't happening. There is a point." The boy barked back softly. "I didn't come all the way just to stop now."

"And how do you intend to do that?" He asked. "Look at you. You can barely stand where you are? I actually expected more from a killer like you. But I guess you're an apple that fell a little way off the tree."

"Hey! Don't talk about… guh… you don't know anything about me!" Jaune recouped feeling his stomach churn.

"On the contrary. I think it's the other way around." The red swordsman mocked looking oddly at the boy only to come to a realization. "You really don't know, do you?"

"Ha… hahaha!" To everyone's surprise, Adam began laughing. "Oh this is rich. I guess it's only fitting that they become forgotten. Nobody really likes to remember a blot in history after all."

"Miss Goodwitch, what is that man Adam talking about?" Ruby asked to which said deputy simply stated morosely.

"The Arcs were quite famous for being heroes in the Faunus War but for the wrong reasons. They stopped the fighting in some areas in Mistral and Vale but at the cost of the mass genocide of the civilian population for the faunus."

"What's a genocide?" Weiss then answered, "Ruby, it means they killed a lot of people of the same race or ethnicity."

Ozpin drank from his coffee that was provided from the Creator. "You see Miss Rose not everyone is viewed in history as simply a hero or a villain. Often times, perspectives and views change depending on who you ask. To the humans, the Arcs were heroes. To the faunus, the Arcs were murderers who escaped judgement."

Blake's eyes widened at that bit of information and could understand why Adam would hate Jaune and his sword which was an heirloom.

"But unfortunately I don't have time for a history lesson." Adam finished.

"Hold it Adam!" Jaune warned, his tone strengthened. "We're not done yet! I will stop you!"

"You!?" He laughed. "What right have you to stop me? You have none. I however have all the right to carry out this plan. This grand charade. Look upon me and you look upon the will of every Faunus in the world. The thousands that you and your ragged band have defeated carry the same will as I do: Equality for the Faunus. I carry their dreams in my heart. Those who have fallen and those who continue to fight. I carry them all. You, are nothing more but a mere mockery of a Hunter. A pawn playing the role too big for his own station."

"Ugh…" Jaune couldn't really say anything to that. After all, he was technically right. He was a small fish swimming in a sea of sharks and alligators. "No, you're wrong."

"And how so?"

"I know of a few Faunus who'd disagree with you." Jaune darted to Blake flashing a weak grin.

"The will of the many will always overthrow the few." Adam reasoned his will without doubt. "I expected them to voice against our cause. But can you really tell me… honestly, that one act of kindness will make us forget generations of unfairness? Just because you are kind to one of us doesn't make it right for the rest. You hold only one will and this is your own. I carry the will and desire of every Faunus ever oppressed by man. Can you truly say that you are my equal?"

"You're no Hunter." He said finally which cut deep in Jaune's pride. "You're just someone wearing the cloak of someone else. If you don't have what it takes to protect the ones you love, then you probably shouldn't even be here."

"You're right…" Jaune said finally much to everyone's surprise.

"No Jaune… you're a hero." Ruby quietly stated as her eyes started to tear up from her first friend's words. Yang simply comforted her by wiping away those tears.

Blake and Pyrrha with the rest of Team NPR were distraught that Adam seemingly broke Jaune and his hero complex.

"You're absolutely right. I don't know anything. I don't know much about the world, the Faunus or the White Fang. I don't know what any of you went through. I don't know about the past and to be honest, I'm not even a real Hunter. I'm just a fake guy pretending to be someone he's not."

"Jaune…" Blake opted but had no words to support him.

"I can't fight like Pyrrha or any other Hunters in our academy. I didn't have any training at all, I just simply wanted to become a Hunter because I thought I could make a difference and save people from the Grimm. I'm not as smart as Ren or be as skillful as Ruby and the gang. In fact… I didn't know anything about being a Huntsman until a few months ago. I got into Beacon thanks to a criminal and false documents. Compared to them, I'm nothing."

The bad guys simply smirked at the admittance of such a fool to even attempt to enroll in a huntsman university and fight someone who not even fully trained huntsman could beat.

"…" Adam remained silent and turned his back on the boy. There was no longer a need to finish him. He was beaten… battered… broken.

"But I do know one thing." Jaune paused, taking a deep breath as he focused all his might on his voice. "I know Blake Belladonna better than you."

The audience was silent from that admission, Blake was shocked at what she had just heard while Pyrrha and Ruby had something called jealousy making their hearts hurt a bit.

"Something you're not telling me partner?" Yang asked as she didn't even see Jaune interact with the silent cat.

Blake shook her head. "I haven't even talked with him. I think he only knows that I'm a faunus."

Adam froze in his tracks, his eyes widened under that mask as he turned back to face the knight. "What… did you say?"

Jaune's eyes sharpened as he spoke back. "You heard me. I might not know about your cause or whatever it is you call it. I might not know about your revolution or how unfair the Faunus have been treated. But I certainly know Blake better than you ever will. Admit it. This wasn't about the White Fang or your equality or whatever. This was always about Blake. You wanted her back by your side, like old times. That's why you kidnapped her. That's why you told her your plans. You wanted her back by your side."

"Shut… up…" Adam weakly barked.

Cinder glared but at the same time smirked knowing the seemingly invulnerable terrorist had a soft spot for a former disciple who had hurt him both on the outside and the inside.

"You keep saying like you know her, but you hardly even know who Blake is. She's a caring girl who doesn't want to use her power for evil. She really enjoys literature, loves tuna, loves her teammates so much that she hides her faunus features so that Weiss would not be bothered." A soft and mysterious glow suddenly began resonating from Jaune. It covered his entire body with a warm shield, sparkling like a glowing star in the midst of darkness.

Blake's cheeks heated up with red from those kind words, she didn't think Jaune would think of her like that. But everyone was wondering why Jaune was becoming a light bulb all of a sudden.

"I see that Mr. Arc has unlocked his aura and we are going to see what his semblance is going to be." For all his lifetime he did not think that someone could unlock their aura from being protective over others.

Team RW_Y and NPR were shocked to see this kind of development from Jaune who was going to use aura for the very first time.

Jaune yelled. "She's someone who cares for the lives of others, both humans and Faunus. Someone who would risk her life to protect others, even strangers! That's why she left you. That's why she'll never come back to you!"

"I said, shut up!" Adam's blade started to shine brighter with crimson.

"You can pretend to know her, but the truth is: You don't! You don't know Blake, you don't anything about her! You never could understand why she just up and left. That's because she never opened her heart to you!" Jaune responded with such fervor that the light was still growing around his body.

"If you won't shut that mouth of yours, then die!" With rage built from the boy's words, Adam drew out his blade in anger and attacked hoping to end that kid's pathetic existence once and for all.

Blake closed her eyes not wanting to see Jaune's head roll on the floor. But to everyone's surprise, that glow that radiated from Jaune's body suddenly expanded, as if it was reacting to the sudden aggression. Jaune felt a sudden burst of energy pour out of his body. It was like a power with no focal point, no control, so it spread in every direction blasting everything not nailed to the ground. It blinded Adam and through some unknown force, he was blasted back to the front of the car with a loud and gruesome crash.

"Gahhh!" The hero of the White Fang grunted loudly as if he never felt such pain. He didn't know what just happened. But whatever the fake hero did had just cracked two of his ribs. One second he was about to cut the head of that boy, the next thing he knew he was thrown back like some rag doll discarded by its owner.

"What the hell kind of semblance is that?!" Mercury yelled as the rest shared his disbelief, Adam was known to be one of the strongest yet Jaune had turned the tides with a single move. He hadn't even moved yet Adam was on the ground.

Crack… His ears then perked to the sound of something cracking nearby. He searched for the source only to find his mask slowly breaking apart from the impact. His hand moved to hold it together but failed. No longer did his face hide under the shadow of such petty trinket.

"You!" Adam snarled at the boy who slowly stood back up also affected by the sudden burst of energy. Merging both his anger, frustration and the humiliation poured into him, the Crimson Swordsman just about had enough of the boy. "Why won't you just die!?"

Jaune's eyes seemed to have been glowing much stronger with white light. "Like I said: That ain't happening! I can do this all day hero!"

Dropping his broken mask to the floor, Adam decided that it was time he ended this mockery of a battle. He pulled out the vial of Black Dust from his pocket, letting the dark substance soak into his body. "To think I would have to go all-out with an impudent upstart like you! This ends now!"

"Ozpin, what is that?" Ozpin didn't answer Qrow's question as he was stumped to what this 'Black Dust' was.

"I have never seen anything like that Qrow."

Qrow drank from his flask, "I've got a bad feeling about this."

Adam sheathed his blade once more and began to concentrate. All his rage and anger being forced into his katana.

Blake eyes widened when she saw this. She knew this technique well. It was Adam's finisher, a technique he developed to deal with enemies that proved too resilient for him. She had seen it done a few times and each time he used it, none of his enemies would be left standing, man or machine.

"Jaune! Run!"

Throwing his shield to the fray, Jaune put all his hopes onto his sword, raising it one last time for one last charge. With a cry befitting a warrior, he charged. Each step he took felt like an eternity, every muscle he moved sent wave of aches and pains through his mind. He could see Blake shouting something at him, her eyes locked with fear and terror as she watched him march to his very doom. But he wasn't going to stop now. What kind of hero does things half-way?

And in the end, it was still beyond his reach. Right before the boy could even reach him, Jaune felt something tear through him. He saw Adam draw out his blade and from there his vision distorted. Everything around him looked hazy and incomprehensible. He felt his chest piece ripped apart, metal being cut like razor cutting through paper. His shirt inside and his skin within following not far. He could feel it all in an instant before his sight darkened.

The boy fell to the floor with an audible sound ringing throughout the chamber. His sword released from his hand falling just slightly out of his reach, his deep azure eyes darkened and empty.

"No…" Ruby could not believe it as Pyrrha started to cry along with Nora whilst Ren still was in a state of shock. Jaune… was dead. The rest of Ruby's team was still in shock while Blake started to shed tears upon seeing the blonde knight fall.

Ozpin, Qrow and Glynda wore a face of sadness at the loss of a young man who did all that he could but the match was already decided from the start.

Blake's eyes locked itself to Jaune's body, her mouth agape. A feint hope in her heart prayed over. She prayed to whatever god that would still listen to her pleas. She prayed for a miracle. She prayed for him to stand up like he did the other hundred times before. She prayed that she would not have to bear this cross.

A moment passed. And then another… and another… and another… and another…Yet his body didn't move.

"No…" Blake pleaded, her eyes spilling hot tears down her cheek. "No… Jaune! Jaune get up! Get up! Get up damn it! Don't do this to me! Please! JAUNE!" Her voice cracked, unable to bear the weight of her guilt any longer. Why must they suffer because of her selfishness? Why? The question rang heavily in her mind as her tortured sobs echoed throughout the car. She didn't want this to happen, she never asked for this. It should've been her. She should be the one bleeding on the ground, not him.

No… not Jaune.

Seeing the boy finally down, Adam breathed a sigh of relief. He never expected to use his killing move against someone so immature but that boy forced his hands. He asked for it. He was given ample opportunities to surrender but that stubborn pride of his just wouldn't allow it. If anything, his death was almost too good.

Warning: obstruction detected! Please issue the emergency breaks." The computer warned the occupants of the engine room.

"It's time for us to go, Blake." He knelt down to the cat, only to be greeted by a spit to the face.

"Stay away from me you monster!" She hissed back at him angrily, her red eyes mark by trails of her tears. "I will have nothing to do with you or your cause!" Her wrists were reddened from the struggle she made to break herself free. But her mentor prepared these chains especially for her.

Adam expected as much as a reaction from the girl but it still stung his heart to hear it out loud. He wanted to argue with her and perhaps find a way to justify his actions but there wasn't enough time. In a matter of minutes this mountain will become a crater and they needed to be as far away from here as possible before that happens. "Maybe one day you'll understand."

It would've made for a happier ending to the story and perhaps she might've spared herself from so much suffering. But circumstances forced his hands. "Maybe when you wake up, when the world has changed… perhaps then you'll see."

He was about to undo the chains even if Blake was still struggling although weakly. She had used too much energy to get out of this bondage. But his instincts screamed in danger, a sudden shadow loomed overhead catching his attention. For a moment he thought it was just some mirror image caused by the faulty lighting, an illusion conjured through his weary mind. But when he turned, every cell in his body froze.

"How…?"

A glint of silver reflected upon his eyes when the Crocea Mors finally came down to him. Adam reached for his blade to block but it he was too slow. By the time he grasped the hilt of his katana, the accursed sword cut through his aura cleaving a mighty scar on his chest.

"Arrrrghhhhh!" An honest to god scream tore through his lungs as the pain surged through every nook of his body. He reeled back, frightened and confused. Who wouldn't be? The boy who he thought was dead had come back to life. And worst yet was that he just cut him.

"…Jaune?" Blake could not believe it, Jaune was standing in front of her and had just wounded her impervious mentor. The blonde knight then cut the chains restraining her as she fell to the ground.

Everyone was shell shocked, that cut had went through his aura and armor and into his chest. He should be dead, there was no semblance that could bring people back to the dead. No one had two semblances in the first place.

"Jaune's back." Pyrrha happily muttered as her partner had just wounded a living legend while being half-dead.

"Emerald please note this. Take extra caution against the leader of Team JNPR." Cinder quietly noted and even if the hit was a fluke. His semblance was not.

Jaune's body radiated with such force and power that even Adam would say he paled in comparison. It was as if the boy was an entirely different person. He was not that weak willed child that he crushed earlier. No, this boy… this man was someone else. Someone that would make even the gods tremble in their thrones.

"Haaaaa! Blake stay here. I'll take care of this." Jaune then charged as Adam quickly blocked the strike which he noticed was heavier and stronger than before.

From that moment onward, one could no longer say that this was a fight. It was more of a scuffle between two men who had a disagreement. Jaune swung his sword, landing one blow after the next all the while ignoring the pain on his arms. Adam on the other hand could barely defend himself. With his good arm clutching his chest, all he could do was block the boy's attack as they came. He tried to reach for his vial of Black Dust but again without his other arm, he couldn't grab it. Soon, with no reprieve, the Crimson Swordsman fell backward, his katana falling out of his reach.

Adam expected Jaune to take this opportunity to finish him, to end this conflict once and for all. There wasn't a sane man on the planet who wouldn't take such a chance. The amount of glory and prestige for taking one such as him would be immense. To end the life of a hero such as him was a Hunter's dream come true. But like before, Jaune was still able to surprise him once again.

"Give it up Adam!" Jaune demanded, drawing his blade dangerously close to the redhead's face. "It's over!"

"Seriously? He just launched a sneak attack and is going to end it with honor? What the hell is Beacon teaching these days?" Roman commented while the blonde's teammates were ecstatic on their fearless leader's victory.

But Adam wasn't going down just yet. His face wrinkled in anger as he used his last good arm to grasp the Crocea Mors by the tip. "Never! It's over… when I say it's over!"

Jaune frustratingly held back. Right now every cell in his body was screaming for blood. After all the pain the man caused, he deserved it. His death would've brought a lot of souls to rest, yet he couldn't do it. That arrogant naivety of his still held firm. "Don't make me do this Adam! Just give up! Please! You can still walk out of this alive! You don't have to do this!"

"I can't stop now!" He shouted back clasping the sharp end, the blood on his hand mixing in with the metal. "Too many lives have been given for this cause! I can't stop! I won't!"

"Adam! Listen to yourself!" Jaune pleaded. "This is insane! It doesn't have to be this way! Blake… she… she wouldn't want this! She wouldn't want you or anyone to die! Please, you have to stop!"

"There's no time to stop! No more time. After today, it's over!" Adam yelled as he reached for his katana.

"Warning! Warning! Reactor core reaching critical levels. Please evacuate immediately!" The computer announced.

"Damn it!" Cursing under his breath, Jaune looked around trying to find a way to stop this train. He couldn't reach the controls, not with Adam in the way. But quickly enough the boy turned his attention to the emergency brakes, which was situated just near them. Kicking the red swordsman away, he reached for the lever pulling it quickly. The screeching sound of metal rods and wheels breaking apart could be heard throughout the tunnels. The whole car shook and trembled almost as if it was tearing itself apart.

"No!" Adam yelled out reaching for his blade. "It won't end like this!" With a final roar, he charged at Jaune, hoping to take him out at the very least.

The squelching noise of steel piercing flesh was never a pleasant noise. In that feint moment, Jaune wished his life had taken another course. Light drops of blood splattered across his chest plate—and oddly enough, it didn't belong to him. The boy looked around noticing he had swung his blade out of pure instinct. He only intended to deflect the attack, not… this…

"Kahh!" Adam dropped to his knee, his katana loosened from his grip—or to be more precise, it was cut off. His whole right arm from the elbow down along with his left leg from the thigh down was cleaved. An agonizing screech bellowed from his mouth as he held out his shortened limb.

There was hardly a moment to be shocked when the train began to shake violently. The tracks that held it steady began to break apart and that tremor alone made Jaune break from his shock. With speed and haste that would make even Ruby blush, the young knight scooped a shell shocked Blake from the ground and with the last ounce of his strength, he leaped off the train crashing onto the rock hard surface below.

The last thing he heard was Adam crying of the cat's name before the engine derailed and exploded, drowning it out. As the flames of that explosion encroached, Jaune could think of nothing but protecting that which he held. He might not be a real Hunter, but he can sure hell die as one. Using his body as a shield, the boy covered Blake. "Please work!"

The last thing he saw was light surrounding his body before the flames hit his back and then darkness.

"What the hell just happened?" Yang asked as everyone was shocked at the turn of events. Jaune had not only defeated Adam but had saved Blake. Yet the question was what had happened to the two?

Jaune stirred from his slumber that morning by the crackling of fire, his eye lids fluttering from dust. If there was such a thing as a bad morning award, he would probably earn the gold medal hands down. The first thing he felt from that awakening was unimaginable pain. From the top of his forehead to the toes on his feet, they ached so much so that he just wanted to go numb.

"Dude should be dead! He just tanked an explosion and Adam's hits." Mercury yelled as it seemed Jaune's semblance had protected him and Blake from the explosion.

But what caught Jaune's attention wasn't the train itself. No, it was that thing that stood idly, like a sore thumb. Standing there right between him and the wreckage, a few feet from his grasp was a familiar red blade. Its tip planted firmly to the ground as if it awaited its next handler.

It didn't take long for the memories of that battle to come flooding back in. Adam, the White Fang, the bomb, rescuing Blake…

Wait… Blake!

Jaune panicked for a split moment scanning around before he realized that he was holding onto the black cat herself. He looked at her body for any signs of injury but thankfully there were none. Sadly the same can't be said for him. The girl looked like she was conked out by exhaustion and didn't plan on waking up any time soon.

"Oh boy…" He sighed lowly before taking a breather. He could barely stay awake; much less keep himself from falling. Slowly he reached for his scroll hoping that he could get a signal off this rock. Sadly… that wasn't happening as he quickly discovered that half of his scroll seemed to have melted beyond recognition from the explosion. The other half was wrecked from the crash. So much so that just holding it tightly crackled it into pieces. "Ugh… damn it."

But he could see the way out, there was a giant hole from where the explosion must have caused. Using the last of his strength, the boy cradled Blake up and began his slow and arduous march… home. But he came to a quick stop when he noted Adam's blade.

Whether it was collecting a trophy for his achievement or the wish to honor a dead warrior was anyone's guess. Because Jaune certainly didn't know why he picked it up. Well, it's not like it mattered anymore. The owner wasn't around to claim it so… why let it go to waste?

The trek through that tunnel was a difficult one. Every step Jaune made was followed by a myriad of aches and pains that would make Nora's electric torture session look like a vacation. Step by step he took, following the odd trail of white flower petals.

Judging from the woodland and grassy area, he could tell that he must be somewhere along the outer edge of the Emerald Forest. The scenery reminded him of such a place. The trip through the tunnels must've taken them further than he thought. Otherwise he would've opted to legged it back to Mountain Glenn.

The ray of the sun in the tree lines made him realize what time it was. He was sure that when they started the operation, it was barely passed midnight. How long have they been fighting in those tunnels? How long was he asleep?

"Ugh…" Just as the boy was asking those questions to himself, he felt his legs give way. He didn't have the energy to move anymore. He needed rest. He quickly found himself a spot by a lonesome tree and decided that now was a good time for a little R&R. God knows he earned it. He gently placed Blake's head on his lap, caressing her now exposed cat ears. He only hoped that the Grimm would take the day off and won't come at them for a quick breakfast. He wouldn't be able to fend off even a single one of them Beowolves.

"Hmm…" But as our knight was about to stumble to sleep the voice of the young kitten purring on his lap woke him. She must have woken up from the sound of him moving with her. "Jaune?"

Jaune placed his warmest smile on his face as he greeted the sleeping beauty. "Hey there. Morning sleepy head. Had a nice nap?"

Blake had blushed, how Jaune was able to do this and for her was the question going through her mind. She did not notice her team leader's blush it was literally a scene from those fairy tales of the hero who saved the princess she admired.

"Damn. Vomit-boy is actually smooth when he wants to be. Makes me question why he doesn't do that with Ice Queen over here." Weiss simply glared at Yang but she was still focused on Jaune. She didn't know that he had this much potential, she was starting to regret her declining his advances.

"What… what happened?" She spoke drowsily like she was waking from a long and peaceful slumber. "How?"

"Shhh…" He hushed the girl. "Easy now. We kinda… been through a lot last night."

"I… it can't be." Blake said in disbelief, her eyes widening suddenly as memories of that event suddenly began flooding through. "How are you still…? I saw you die… you were supposed to be dead. How did you beat A-… him?"

He chuckled. She wouldn't be the first one who thought him dead. "Hey. You won't get rid of me that easily. It'll take more than a few broken ribs to keep me on the ground." This did not stop Blake from attempting to get up but Jaune stopped her.

"Easy." Again, Jaune hushed her. "It's alright. You're safe now. We got rid of the bomb. It's over. Nothing's gonna go boom. I promise now lay down and relax, I hope my lap isn't that painful for you."

Blake's face softened at his words. "Then… Adam…?"

Jaune's expression darkened at the question. His mouth opened to speak but the words never came. How was he to explain it? How was he going to tell that he was the one responsible for that man's death? As much as the boy wanted to deny it, there was not a doubt in his mind that he was the one who killed the Hero of the White Fang. He was the one who slew the Crimson Swordsman.

"He… wouldn't… he wouldn't surrender." Jaune said finally, hiding his eyes under his bangs. The words alone made Blake froze. "No matter what I said, I couldn't get him to change his mind. I tried… I really tried… but he just wouldn't listen. He was just so… stubborn I just…"

Those words alone were enough to tell Blake what transpired. If it wasn't, then the red blade clasping at the back of the boy was probably her second hint. Adam would never be caught dead without Wilt and Blush by his side. Any warrior worth his salt would never leave their trademark weapons behind less they it wasn't by choice. And she knew that there was only one way to part that red katana from Adam's clutches.

Blake gasped, her hands covering her mouth as she realized this. It seemed rather impossible but the evidence was all there. Her invincible mentor, the mighty hero of the White Fang… was dead… and his blood was on his armor. She couldn't conjure the thought of it. She always pictured Taurus to be the pinnacle of strength. Someone that only the gods could match in a fight. But here, he was slain, his blade now resting on the knight's back as a trophy.

"Arghh!" The sudden grunt from the blonde wiped away all sadness from her thoughts. She looked closely at the boy and only then she realized the full extent of his wounds. The poor boy had scars riddled all over his body, burn marks that looked like he had a fight with a blowtorch and perhaps even more broken bones than Evel Knieval. One might even say that he was no better than a walking corpse.

"Jaune!" Blake rushed to his side feeling the squelch of blood on her hand. "You're bleeding!"

"Oh this?" He laughed. "Don't worry about it. It's just a flesh… wound. Uh…"

Blake pouted at his tough-guy act. "Stop acting fine. Here… let me patch you up." Not waiting for the boy to protest, she quickly rips out a piece of her clothes making it into an improvised DIY bandage. It was just enough to hold the skin together and soak the blood in. "There… that should stem the bleeding for a while. We have to find help immediately, you have no aura, and you could bleed out."

Jaune chuckled. "I somehow unlocked my aura. I think it will heal the rest if I remember from what Pyrrha told me about what it was. I should be the one who's helping you-"

Blake interrupted. "Zip it mister. I'm not the one about to turn into the walking dead over here."

Jaune pouted but placed his hand over the scar, trying to apply some pressure. It didn't hurt as much but it still felt awful. "Thanks."

She shook her head in reply. "No. I should be the one thanking you Jaune. If it wasn't for you… I don't even want to think where I'd be. You… really saved me back there."

"Hey… what are friends for?" He let out a small cough at the end.

"Jaune, I haven't even talked to you. How could you consider me a friend?"

Jaune smiled but weakly shook his head. "Then the one you really need to thank is Ruby. She was the one who brought us along on this little adventure. If it wasn't for her, we'd probably still be in Beacon and… Mountain Glenn wouldn't be standing right now. Even if we weren't that close I'd still do everything to get you back."

Blake's cheeks heated up a bit. "I'll keep that in mind."

"Oooohhh. Looks like someone is developing a crush for a Blonde Knight." Yang looked at Blake and expected a sharp retort or a comment saying 'You're delusional.' But all she got was said partner looking away.

"No comment." Blake's answer caused Ruby and Pyrrha to look at her and notice her becoming red. They immediately grimaced at the thought of Blake now developing feelings for their clumsy blonde knight.

Blake forced a small smile out to keep him from worrying. "Still… I want to thank you. If it wasn't for you, I don't know even want to think where I would be right now. I probably would've been Adam's prisoner and things… would've turned out differently."

Jaune simply replied. "Meh, sooner or later you probably would've found a way to escape. You always were good with that."

"How can you joke at a time like this!?" The cat's attitude turned a complete 180 when she snapped at the boy, making him flinch. "Don't you understand what just happened!? You almost died back there!"

Jaune weakly retorted as he was scared of what Blake would say next. "B… but I didn't."

"That's not the point!" She boomed, her tears overflowing. "Do you have any idea how I felt when I saw you fall? Back then… I really thought you were gone. I really thought you died…"

Jaune felt like trash. Perhaps he was dense in reading the mood. Making light of death wasn't exactly a funny topic especially when he just killed someone. "Sorry. I guess I shouldn't be joking about that. I got some lousy timing."

"You need to take things seriously Jaune. If… if you really died back there—I don't know what I'd do with myself. I don't think I would be able to hold you in my conscious."

The boy paused, glancing over to his wound for a moment before letting out a sigh. The girl must've been frightened to death to see someone so close almost get chopped to bits. But then again, death was pretty much a Hunter's occupational hazard.

Blake quiet wiped the tears that had been falling from her eyes. But quickly paused when she felt the blonde's hand holding her chin. A warm smile escaped him as he whispered softly to her. "Hey. Don't go writing me off that easily. You're talking with an Arc here and we Arcs never go back on our word. I promise, I won't die. Not that easily anyway. So… please stop crying. Ok?"

What shocked Blake was the soft feeling of lips touching her forehead. "I'll always be there for you Blake, no matter what."

The theater most especially the students were shell shocked at the actions of one Jaune Arc. Blake was as red as a tomato along with Pyrrha and Ruby but the latter two were for different reasons.

"Damn, those moves." Qrow remarked, he couldn't complain since the kid went through hell and back.

"Jaune…" She would love to stop crying. But the feeling of relief and exhaustion put together sent a torrent of emotions running through her heart. All those fears she had, those horrible thoughts she held were slowly melting away from his touch. Letting fatigue take over, the girl pulled her head to his chest, listening to the beating sound of his heart. "Do you mind… if I borrow your chest for a while? I'd like to… stay like this a little longer."

A small chuckle was his answer. "Any time…" But before Blake could close her eyes, Jaune felt a soft yet warm pair of lips make its presence to his cheeks.

"Thank you Jaune." Jaune only responded with a smile before fatigue took over and the fake hero closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.

Blake felt herself drifting off to sleep listening to the gentle warm beat of his heart. The peaceful mood almost made it looked like the battle that happened back in the tunnel was nothing more but a horrible nightmare. With the gentle breeze ruffling through his hair and the warm sun slowly rising from the mountains, she felt like she could just conk here and take the rest of the week off. The mood surrounding the two was so lighthearted that even the Grimm began to feel nauseous just staying close to them.

"There's the end for our first program. I think everyone should have a little break before we continue." The Creator announced before disappearing in front of everyone.

"Blake? Are you alright?" Yang was very concerned since her partner had not said anything since her no comment statement and had simply watched everything with a glowing smile.

"… I think I need to talk to Jaune." Blake quietly muttered but not enough to escape the ears of Pyrrha and Ruby.

"No!" They both yelled while Weiss simply face-palmed at their childish responses. She was still in shock of how much Jaune Arc could have changed if he and his team were with them and Professor Port in Mountain Glenn against the White Fang.

"We need to watch out for that Jaune Arc, am I understood?" Cinder silently warned her two minions who respectively nodded. What else could this Jaune Arc do?

"Glynda, we need to unlock the boy's aura and semblance as soon as possible. He can be the key to protecting Amber." Ozpin stated to Glynda who instantly thought of ways on how to possibly do such a task. Perhaps have someone be at risk, he was definitely close to the Schnee heiress.

Weiss shivered at the mention of her name while Qrow simply yelled for more liquor which was given to him in a flash.

"So what's next for us Mr. Creator?" Nora asked since said figure reappeared holding many DVD's.

"Well there's more from alternate versions of your timeline. Others from different places altogether. But first-" He snapped his fingers and out came Taiyang Xiao Long, Raven Brawnwen, Winter Schnee, and General James Ironwood.

They were all shocked at arriving into such a place but before they could speak, the entity interrupted all of them. "Now before we begin with the next one, maybe I should give a teaser."

The white screen then turned to black again.

"I want to save everyone." Ruby was standing all alone on top of a hill where the lands are covered with various weapons.

"Oh my god! That's heaven!" Ruby's eyes glowed with excitement upon seeing this utopia.

Her tight and sleeveless shirt with silver accents outlined both her muscles but also the metal plate on her collar. Her black pants had two black straps on her thighs. Her red coat was torn from many cuts. She stared at the gravestones on the land with the names of 'Yang', 'Mom', 'Dad', 'Blake', 'Weiss' and many more along the horizon.

Ruby and her family were shocked and Yang along with Taiyang were definitely disturbed but worried for the little reaper. Qrow had tightened the grip on his flask in anger, 'Ruby should not see this.'

"I just wanted to save everyone. Why can't I save them?" She yelled into the distance and there was no response in this land filled with only her swords. She started crying as her knees hit the ground and her right hand pounded on the unforgiving ground.

"Ruby." She looked up and her tears stopped flowing from who was standing in front of her. His bright blonde hair and green eyes should have made her run towards him but it was the standard silver armor of a knight with a sword strapped to him.

He extended a hand. "Do not worry Ruby for I am here."

Ruby crashed into this knight and hugged him with all her might. "You came back Jaune."

"Wow… Vomit-boy became hot." Yang said which her father looked at her with anger. Ruby was elated, her knight had come save her again. Blake and Pyrrha were hit with jealousy as this version of Jaune was holding Ruby tightly.

"I did promise, Ruby. Please I need your help." Ruby looked at Jaune who never let his warm smile go.

"We need to save my kingdom from the Lion King."

Congratulations! You have finished the first chapter of Watching Jaune Again! So there's your clue on what the next chapter is gonna be. Good to be back for me honestly. I don't know how many chapters I will do but I will introduce something much later that changes the whole React trend of RWBY fanfics.

Signing off, sorry again to all my fans of other fandoms.