A bit of a mashup of two universes, the Witcher and Rwby. I'll be changing up the story a little bit so it doesn't exactly follow the main plot of Rwby. Hope you guys enjoy.

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"Winds howling."

On the transport that was headed to Beacon academy, a young Witcher is sitting by himself in the corner.

"Don't you think that guy's a freak?"

"Yeah! Is he a faunus or something?"

Our Witcher's name is Jaune of Arc, and along with other people on this transport, has been accepted into Beacon, one of the many schools that produce powerful hunters and huntresses.

"Hey, mind if I sit here?"

"Sure." Jaune replied.

"So what's your story? Why are you sitting alone?"

He turned his head and saw that a girl no older than 16 sitting beside him, judging by the skin on her hand. He can also see that the girl probably carries a large weapon, judging by how her fingers have slightly bent due to the weight of her weapon.

By now the girl sitting beside him has noticed his strange eyes.

"Are you faunus? We used to see them a lot from Signal. You must be a cat faunus then!"

"No, I am a human just like you, just mutated. That's all."

"Mutated? Do you mean your Semblance?"

"No. I'm a Witcher."

Young folk don't ever hear about Witchers anymore. That's natural, considering how the times have changed.

"I'll explain. Witchers were created back when Aura and Semblances haven't been discovered. We were created just to fight the Grimm. We have faster reflexes, increased strength and speed. Because of improving technology and the discovery of Aura and Semblances, we weren't needed anymore."

"That's a lot to take in. Well anyway, my name is Ruby Rose. Nice to meet you."

"Jaune of Arc."

"Why the 'of' though?"

"That's because we adopt names of nobility so common folk may trust us more."

"I see. Well its nice chatting with you. But we're almost at our destination. See you later!"

()()()()()

As they arrive at Beacon, all students were instructed to gather at the auditorium so they could be briefed.

As most students had no problem locating the auditorium, there are two exceptions.

"Oh Jaune! That's great! I'm saved."

"Are you lost too?"

Hearing the question, Ruby looked down, playing with her fingers.

"Yes." She replied so softly only a Witcher could hear what she said.

"Understandable. The academy grounds are large after all. Follow me, I'll find the auditorium no problem."

After saying this, Jaune kept walking, expecting the young girl to follow.

Metaphorically pressing a switch in his mind, Jaune activated his Witcher senses. By observing the ground, he can see many footprints on the ground. He decided to follow these footprints, determining them to belong to the students'.

After about five minutes of walking, they reached a large crowd of students.

"Yang!" she yelled, finally relieved that she won't be late.

Using her semblance, she zoomed towards her half sister's direction.

But being the clumsy klutz she is, she didn't look in front of her and smashed into another person.

"Hey! You just knocked me over!" another voice shouted.

"Oh gods I am so sorry!" Ruby practically yelled.

This of course caught the attention of Jaune and many other students.

"An apology isn't going to make it. Do you know who I am? I'm Weiss Schnee! The heiress of the Schnee dust company. The dust you're using probably comes from my company!"

"That's enough." Jaune stepped in, defending the young girl.

"And who are you?" The heiress asked.

"Doesn't matter who I am. It was just an accident, get over it."

By now the heiress was really getting mad.

"You have strange eyes. You must be a faunus. No matter, I challenge you to a duel to make up for the accident."

"Challenge accepted." Jaune answered. Drawing one of the two swords on his back, he takes a stance and readies his other hand.

"Why does he have two swords? Does he intend to lose them?" One of the students asked. Others laughed, obviously confused as well.

Jaune's unoccupied hand drew a symbol in mid-air, and a force field like glow surrounds his body.

"I'm ready." He tells the furious heiress.

By now, Ruby's sister Yang has arrived to see what all the commotion was about. Seeing two people having a duel, she stayed and watched, interested in who will win.

The heiress charges at Jaune at a fast speed, she intends to stab the arrogant Witcher with her sword Myrtenaster.

"Too slow." Jaune commented, having dodged the heiress' attack.

Recovering from her failed attack, the heiress quickly activated her glyphs and started jumping around, attacking Jaune from all directions.

Using his Witcher senses, Jaune could easily locate the heiress and subsequently parry her blows.

'This isn't going anywhere.' The heiress thought. She charges the dust canister inside her sword. She then aims at the Witcher's head. "Time to end this."

Time slowed for Jaune, seeing the heiress lift up her sword, he deduced what was going to happen, and quickly drew another symbol in mid-air, which resulted in a strong gust of wind coming out of his hand.

Surprised by the sudden gust of wind, the heiress tried to dodge, but failed to do so. She landed on her back as a result. Catching her breath, she tries to stand up but was met with a steel sword pointed at her throat.

"I win."

Jaune put away his sword and extended his hand to the girl on the floor.

The heiress took it and dusted off her battle skirt. "Not bad at all. May I ask what your name is?

"Jaune of Arc."

"It is nice to meet you."

"I believe you still have someone to apologise to." Jaune replied, gesturing to another girl who wore a Gothic Lolita dress.

The heiress sighed, and walked over to the girl who knocked her over previously.

"I'm sorry about just now, I shouldn't have been so mean."

"Uh, yeah its alright. I was at fault too."

"Just to be clear, please be careful, I don't want this to happen again." The heiress said with an ice cold voice.

Ruby gulped. "Ok."

And with that, the heiress left the crowd and continued walking.

"Wow Rubes, way to go there!" Said another voice.

"Yang, I was trying to find you!" said Ruby.

"And who is it we have here?" Gesturing to Jaune.

"He's Jaune of Arc."

"Well Jaune, it is nice to meet you, thanks for saving my sister."

Jaune looked at her confused, sister? The harder he looked, the more different the two girls looked.

"Yeah I know, we're half sisters, though I still treat Ruby like a full sister."

"I see. Well then lets get going."

()()()()()

The auditorium was just a 5 minute walk away. Jaune, Yang and Ruby all went in at once and took a seat.

As they waited, more and more students filled up the seats until none of them were empty. It was by that point that Ozpin, the Headmaster of this Academy, came in an addressed the students.

"Greetings." His voice sounded younger than he looked, though it didn't mean any less wise. "My name is Ozpin, and I am the Headmaster of this school. As all of you know, before you are officially accepted into Beacon, you must first undergo Initiation. It will be held tomorrow. Afterwards, you'll be assigned a team, which you will be a part of for the next four years. That is all. Dismissed."

The speech was straight to the point and quick, yet everyone understood him completely. As they were dismissed, the students were free to do whatever they wanted.

"Aw man, I hope we get to be on the same team Yang!" Said the energetic girl right next to Jaune.

"Oh come on Rubes, you can't always rely on me! You have to grow up and make some new friends."

"I did! Jaune, will you be on our team?"

"From what I heard, the process of creating a team is picked by the Headmaster himself. Nevertheless, that would sound rather pleasant."

"Yeah! 3 down, 1 to go!"

()()()()()

That night, all first year students were instructed to sleep in the cafeteria as dorm rooms are only reserved for teams.

The sight was what you would expect- it was messy and noisy.

Sleeping bags lay littered on the floor while the occupants lay either asleep or chatting about Initiation. Finding a suitable corner, Jaune laid down his sleeping bag. Taking off his sheaths, he laid them on the floor. Laid in front of him were his two swords, one steel, one silver.

"Remember the first rule of being a Witcher, the steel sword is for humans, while the silver sword is for Grimm. Mixing them up can prove fatal during a battle, as steel swords can only damage humans, while silver swords are most effective while fighting Grimm."

That was what his mentor taught him, when he was still a youngster.

Tracing his finger on one of the sheaths, he could feel they were made with the highest quality, and with great care. Afterwards, he took off his armour and put them next to his swords. Around his neck was a medallion in a shape of a wolf's head. That was the symbol of a Witcher. During the olden days, seeing this symbol meant a great deal, now no one recognizes it.

After Aura and Semblances were discovered, Witchers fell into obscurity. More advanced weapons were made which meant swords were practically useless, Semblances meant that Witchers no longer had an advantage in speed or strength. But the worse of all was that they were viewed as mutants, they were even ranked lower than faunus, if there was a ranking system. Despite them being human, they were considered outcasts because they have the power to wield something even modern scientists do not understand. Magic.

()()()()()

As Jaune slowly woke up, someone spoke on the intercom.

"All first year students please proceed to Emerald Forest. Thank you."

Hearing this, Jaune stood up and put on his armour. Afterwards he grabbed his swords and followed the signs on the wall.

As many more students woke up, a bunch of students have already arrived at Emerald Forest, standing on a cliff. On the edge of the cliff lay several… pads? While waiting for other students to arrive, he couldn't help but overhear a conversation.

"So you're Pyrrha Nikos! It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Weiss Schnee."

"Nice to meet you Miss Schnee, I am honoured to meet someone as famous as you."

"You're the one to talk."

Having nothing to do, Jaune decided to join their conversation. "Greetings. I've already met the heiress, but I don't believe I've met you before."

"Are you kidding? Her name is Pyrrha Nikos! How can you not have heard about that name?"

Jaune thought long and hard. "No clue."

This made Pyrrha chuckle a little.

"Winner of the Mistral Regional tournament for four years in a row, the mascot of that cereal? Ring any bells?"

"Still haven't a clue."

"Have you been living under a rock your whole life!?" The white haired girl practically screamed.

"Anyways," Pyrrha cut in, "Its nice to meet you,"

"Jaune of Arc. It's a pleasure."

"Attention students! The Initiation will begin shortly. Please line up and step on the pads if you are ready. Remember whomever you see first once you land will be your partner and will be placed in the same team as yourself. If there are no questions, then we will proceed." Ozpin spoke.

'I still don't understand how we'll be getting off this cliff.' Jaune thought, not really paying attention to what the white haired Headmaster said.

Stepping on one of the pads, he looked over to his sides. He could see fear and excitement on his fellow schoolmates.

"Oh, I almost forgot, you should probably think of a landing strategy now."

The pads launched Jaune into mid-air.

Even though Jaune was a Witcher, having honed his skills when he was very little, there was always one thing that he could never overcome.

His own clumsiness.

As he went barrelling through the air spinning, he couldn't draw a symbol that activated his Aura shield.

"Urgh, I feel sick." He muttered to himself.

()()()()()

Pyrhha Nikos landed smoothly, having used one of the tree bark to break her fall. The first thing she should probably do is to determine which direction she is facing, and the easiest way to do so is to find the sun.

As Pyrrha squinted her eyes looking for the sun, she instead found something more down to earth flying through the sky. She smiled to herself and ran forwards hoping to find it.

()()()()()

Jaune closed his eyes, his head spinning and vomit threatening to come out of his mouth.

He expected to hit the ground hard and suffer immense pain. Even though Witchers heal quicker than normal humans, hitting the ground at such speeds would likely hit him unconscious.

Instead of hitting the ground, he instead found himself suspended in mid-air, with something attached to his armour. He turned his head and saw that a spear made of gold stuck to his armour. Thank the gods or whatever the people believe nowadays for his luck.

"Well, look who we have here." Pyrrha smirked as she found the blond boy he met earlier dangling from her spear.

Using her semblance to take down her spear, the boy landed softly on the ground.

"Pyrrhathanksforsavingme. Without you, I'd probably lay there dead." Mumbling his words, Jaune was still a bit shocked.

"Its alright." She chuckled a bit, "Well, I guess we're partners now."

"Yeah. Alright. What is our objective?"

"Huh, did you even pay attention just now?"

Actually, there were two things the Witcher could never conquer during his whole life.

Clumsiness and laziness.

"Ugh, I uhhhh…"

Pyrrha smiled. "We are supposed to find a temple of sorts, inside are chess pieces needed to finish the Initiation. But along the way, there are many dangerous Grimm."

"I see. Do you know which direction we should be heading towards?" Jaune asked, scratching his head feeling a bit embarrassed for not knowing a single thing and having to rely on his partner.

"We should be heading east. The problem is the trees are blocking my view of the sun, so I don't know which way we should go."

"Never mind, I've got this covered." Pressing the switch in his mind, he began to see footprints on the ground.

"Someone's been here before us. I think we should follow them."

"Wait, how did you know there are footprints? I can't see any on the ground." Pyrrha tilted her head as she asked her clumsy yet a little cute partner.

"Ugh, I am a Witcher, see?" Showing her his cat like eyes.

"I see, that's why you were able to track those footprints."

"You're fine with this?"

"Hmm? With what?" Pyrrha asked in confusion.

"With me, your partner, to be a mutant?"

"…"

"Of course Jaune! Even if you are a 'mutant', you are still a human, am I correct?"

"Yes."

"Then what is your problem? There's nothing wrong with that."

"Thanks." Jaune answered. Then he gave Pyrrha a smile that had so much emotions in it, in one smile, she could see the sorrow of being something someone hated, the relief of having such a caring partner, and most of all, happiness that he wasn't hated for once.

That smile, she could tell was something the young man hid for only people who were special to him.

This made her heart melt. Her small act of kindness has made someone happy. And most of all, she was touched at how Jaune tries to put up a strong front, while in reality he has insecurities as well.

"No problem partner, lets get going."