Author's note: Not much to say other than enjoy!

After-years

A desolate wasteland, pools of dark liquid emanating from the ground as Grimm emerged from them. Devoid of life as it was, bodies lay on the ground. Broken weapons and vehicles littered the Grimm continent.

Soldiers were still fighting off Grimm, wave after wave and yet they never lost hope. After all, an elite squad had infiltrated the True Queen's palace.

The Slayers could handle the monstrosities in the dark castle. Jaune Arc, his team and team RWBY were facing off against Salem herself.

At this point they all had lost something, and now they were all facing down humanity's greatest threat.

Jaune had already lost Thorin, as they went to invade the Grimmlands. Still he went forward onto a future whih was brighter.

"We will stop you Salem" Jaune said as he got back up from kneeling. RWBY were occupied with Salem's henchmen, Jaune didn't worry. He knew they were a strong team, what he worried about was his team.

Nora was planted on a pillar, groaning in pain as Ren was on the floor next to him. Still alive but dead tired. Pyrrha Nikos, his girlfriend and arguably the best one on one fighters was standing next to him with her shield up.

"Guys we can do this" Jaune shouted as his team, Nora pulled herself out of the wall and Ren stood up. They were all wounded and tired.

"Yeah!" they shouted as they fought off Salem. Salem smirked "How do you plan to win"

With a wave of her hand a pillar of dark flame erupted from the ground. Jaune dodged as did his team.

Team RWBY were almost done taking care of Salem's henchmen and were looking to help Team JNPR. RWBY had grown to be a powerhouse of a team, wiping the floor with many villains and insurgents.

Jaune ran toward Salem and slashed at her with his sword as Salem blocked it with some sort of magic as he stopped mid-air. Sparks flew as his golden aura crackles against her barrier, his sword was slowly pushing forward.

Salem saw this and wisely retreated, only to be pressured by Pyrrha who was relentless in her attacks. The Champion had matured in the past years into an even greater fighter. She, however, was not enough to corner Salem as she was pushed back by Salem's power.

Nora had decided to help out in the front as Salem had been dealing with Pyrrha easily. Her strength changed the flow and suddenly Salem was dodging and making sure Nora stumbled, not letting her get a good hit.

Ren was behind her, however, the barrier which surrounded her stopped Ren from getting too close. He coated his gun's blade with aura and noticed that it had gone through slightly. "Aura beats her barriers!" Ren shouted.

Jaune, Nora and Pyrrha nodded. The exchanges between JNPR and Salem were getting more and more frequent as both sides knew how to deal damage. However time had come for the tides of battle to be turned.

Salem laughed as her form changes from her normal self into a giantess with tentacles for legs and jet black wings. Jaune and his team were now the ones being overwhelmed. "Feel my true power!"

"Feel This!" Ruby Rose shouted as she dashed forward and cut off a tentacle which had latched onto Pyrrha. Salem hissed in pain slightly, but she looked once again at the reaper in anger "You'll pay for that"

She whipped a tendril toward Ruby, but it was stopped by Yang as she punched it out of the way.

Team RWBY were standing in front of team JNPR. As Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora and Ren regrouped Ruby and her team kept up the pressure.

Salem laughed at their misery as slowly they all began to lose their strength, trying to kill a seemingly immortal being. "I will not die, and certainly not to mortals like you!" her voice bellowed throughout the room.

Ruby grit her teeth as she got slammed by another tendril. Yang was already in trouble as more and more tendrils sprouted from the witch, she had more on her plate. Weiss was running out of dust as well and having difficulty supporting her team due to having to weave and slash through the black mess. Blake was along with Ruby, they were pushing onward.

As it looked that they were overwhelmed, JNPR stood up to the plate once again. Jaune jumped in front of Ruby before a tendril was about to hit her and focused his aura into a crescent slash. The witch howled in pain, "YOU!" she shouted with her red eyes and gnashing teeth barred toward the young knight.

"Let's end this together!" Jaune shouted as all his friends nodded. They pushed through the endless tendrils and got to Salem herself. She threw out magic after magic, and both huntsman teams ducked and wove through them. Salem was cornered and she was getting predictable.

"You can't possibly kill me! I am cursed with immortality!" She shouted pointing her finger at the young Arc making his way to her as he and his friends slashed through her defences.

Jaune leapt toward her, as did Ruby, Pyrrha, Weiss, Yang, Blake, Nora and Ren. All of them together for one final attack.

Salem put up a barrier to save herself from the attack, but it shattered. The young knight had used his golden aura to completely shatter it. Ruby's eyes glowed silver as Salem's outstretched hand turned to stone.

Jaune's blade pierced her heart. Salem smiled, 'Fools, I have been cursed by the gods. I will not die to such a trivial-'

Her thoughts stopped as she coughed up a black liquid. "No..." she denied the reality. Jaune had coated his blade in Aether, a primordial energy made by the Father.

After which all of the team's weapons struck her. She was on the ground, flattened and filled with stab wounds.

"I...I can't believe.. it" she coughed

"We won, Salem. It's over" Jaune said as he pulled his sword out of her chest. Salem smiled a peaceful smile, her pale skin turning back to a rosy tone. Her white hair faded back into blonde and her red eyes turned back into pretty ocean blue.

Her wounds and the dark, vile, liquid turned crimson red. Salem was human once more, but sadly she was at her last breath. "That it is... Thank you..." She told the Arc as life finally left here eyes.

Jaune knew of her story, he felt terrible for her and as he brought her eyelids down with a wave of his hand, he sent a prayer to the gods "May her soul rest in peace"

Jaune stood up and saw his friends sitting. His team was beat, they were on the floor. Ren had his back against the wall breathing heavily. Nora, for once in her life was laying down as she was dead tired as well. Pyrrha sat next to him as she rested her body.

Ruby and her team weren't faring well either. They were all taking a break, all of them had their guards down. After all...

"WE WON!" Jaune shouted toward the shattered moon. Tears rolled down the eyes of the huntsmen and huntresses in the room. All their hardships were all for this moment.

The large doors were pried open by Valean soldiers, one barked "Take the huntsmen to safety"

The rest nodded as Jaune, who had passed out while standing, was carried along with his friends to the base. The soldiers rejoiced at the news, as did the huntsmen and huntresses. Everyone rejoiced because finally, the main enemy of humanity's progress was finally gone

The soldiers from around the world went back to their respective kingdoms. Treaties were signed among countries about expansion, the media had a new craze to talk about. The veteran huntsmen could finally take a day off, and all was well.

Jaune as well as his team and Ruby's were awarded all sorts of things. They were the main focus of that year and any year prior. Their names were cemented into history as the huntsmen and huntresses who slew the greatest evil.

Jaune was as happy as can be, he went to many celebrations with his friends and after a while did his job as a huntsman.

Soon enough he settled down with Pyrrha, in a property in Ansel which wasn't very far from his own family home. Jaune, to say the least was satisfied.

He sat on his porch with his wife, Pyrrha who was holding her stomach with their child. Jaune wrapped his hand around her shoulders. Staring at the bright blue sky ahead of him "Pyrrha, I love you. This is the best thing I could ever have dreamt of"

"I love you too Jaune, to be honest I couldn't have wished for a better life myself"

Jaune leaned in to kiss his Pyrrha, life was great.

Now we snap to a 39 year old Jaune Arc, clean shaven, cool looking scar on the left of his lip and his sword Crocea Mors on his hip

He now wore a blue vest with white trims, dark blue slacks along with combat boots and a white undershirt with the arc logo on it. He stood in front of Beacon with Pyrrha, reminiscing about the past.

It was an anniversary after all. The Academy had changed so much, the old worn down halls which were filled with memories of youth were now new and remade. There was now new training areas where students could fight off virtual Grimm.

Another thing, it turns out grimm couldn't be fully exterminated because of the black ooze. So huntsmen and huntresses were still needed! The students who were walking around took notice of Jaune and Pyrrha.

"Is that... the Knight of Vale?"

"I mean yeah but he has another cool name!"

"Yep! The Great Slayer"

"Wow thats cool, and thats the Champion right?" A girl whispered to her friend.

"Yeah, I wish I could be like her some day"

Jaune grinned and Pyrrha shook her head, these students would surely surpass them. They knew that much, Jaune and Pyrrha made it to the old and unused gym where they had their first Beacon ball.

Jaune opened the door only to be tackled by a dark haired reaper. "Jaune!" she shouted.

"Ouch, Hi Ruby" Jaune said as Ruby got up and dusted herself off. Pyrrha giggled at her friend and her husband.

"You dolt! Would you stop doing that!?" Weiss snapped at Ruby. "Sorry" Ruby said apologetically.

"Hello Pyrrha, Jaune" Weiss greeted both of them. Jaune smiled as he stood up, "Good afternoon Weiss"

Weiss and Ruby have grown up as well, Ruby overtaking Weiss in height. Much to the Schnee heiress'(or should I say the CEO) dismay. Surprising nobody, the two partners were in a relationship. Jaune was totally cool with that, he didn't discriminate.

Jaune along with Pyrrha, Ruby and Weiss entered the gym. Pretty lights hung around and most of the class were there.

Jaune felt a small weight on his heart though as he saw some of his classmates weren't there, some died on the job. Which was just a sad reality. But the party was full of energy.

"Is that Jaune? Oh look and Pyrrha!" Yang Xiao long asked as she squinted her eyes.

Her partner stifled a laugh "It seems so"

"Hi Yang, yes it's me. Hello Blake" Jaune was crushed by Yang, who hugged him, "Ow Yang, air please"

"Missed ya! You too P-money!" Yang embraced Pyrrha as well. The reunion of friends was beautiful. They talked about what they were doing currently.

Yang, apparently got into a relationship with Neptune. Jaune didn't quite expect that but who was he to judge. Now they were living together in Vale, in Yang's home.

"It's nothing too fancy, just a small condo" Yang assured Jaune, who replied "Suuuure" Jaune knew she had a fancy looking house.

Blake and Sun got together and were both in Menagerie with Blake's parents. Jaune congratulated them and Blake thanked him.

"What about you Jaune? How's the kids?" Asked Yang

"Oh, well, my eldest Vermillion is in combat school. She said she wanted to be like her mommy, and our little one, Harry is with mom" Jaune answered.

"Seems like the eldest thinks mommy Pyrrha is cooler than good ol' dad" Yang teased Jaune

Jaune sighed "I mean, she wouldn't be wrong"

Pyrrha giggled and pat Jaune's back. Out of nowhere Jaune got tackled for the second time, this time the he was locked into a hug. A bone crushing one.

"NORA! OW! AIR! PLEASE!" Jaune was tapping on Nora's forearm.

"JAUNEEEE" Nora hand tears streaming from her eyes, she missed her fearless leader so much.

Ren had pried her off of Jaune, "Hi Jaune, great to see you" Ren embraced Jaune in a bro hug.

"You too"

And just like that, the crew was back. They all had their stories to tell. Jaune and Pyrrha enjoyed that day, they all reminisced about the dumb stuff they did as teens and even their dark moments.

Jaune had fun with his friends once again, after all. They had already saved the world, they can afford to slack off. And at his age? He had more than enough time.

He excused himself as Pyrrha and his friends talked with each other. He went outside to get fresh air. There he saw a young man, dark blonde hair and light blue eyes. He was swinging a sword around but his form was all wrong, his footing wasn't solid and his grasp on the sword was weak.

Jaune saw him and went over. He tapped the boy's shoulder "Sorry but your form is a bit wrong" he said

Jaune wanted to help the new budding talents. After all he was a Slayer, and right now... there weren't many left.

So he'd teach them his ways. Because after all he is

Jaune Arc, the Slayer