AN: Hello everyone. It's Aloehisja with a new story as promised. I'm a fan of the Metal Gear series (except for that zombie survival one) and RWBY, and after reading a one shot that combined Grimm Eater and RWBY, I wanted to try and make one myself.
To make things a bit more challenging and not so predictable, no I will not just replace the Metal Gear characters with the RWBY characters. I'm also going to add some different things to keep it close to the RWBY world.
And as promised we have two sides: from Jaune Arc and from Ruby Rose.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Metal Gear.
Prologue: Humble Beginnings
Mystral, Ansel
In the village of Ansel, all was peaceful despite the war that was happening all over Remnant. The Color Wars, a great war that would forever be burnt into the history books of Remnant forever.
Sitting huddled by the fireplace with seven sisters was twelve-year-old Jaune Arc, who was holding his baby sister as she slept in his arms. Son to Juniper Arc, a Huntress trained from Haven, and Hughes Arc, a simple hunter from Ansel who married into the Arc name.
Both parents were currently attending a village meeting late in the night while the children waited for their return. TVs aired the long lists of deaths and newsletters brought into town shared how close the battle was spreading. There was fear it would be reaching their doorsteps anytime soon.
Hearing a strange knock at the door, his eldest sister Rouge went to answer. It was safe for them to answer since it was the knock their parents used to show it was them and not a stranger. The children immediately ran to greet their parents' return. It wasn't a happy return as they were both sweating with their father holding his hunting bow and their mother holding her shield and sword.
"Everyone needs to pack their things quickly." Juniper, mother of seven, ordered them with no room for argument. "We need to be out of the village before it's overrun."
"Mom?" Jaune asked while still holding his sister who was starting to cry.
"Give Viola to me." She said urgently. Taking her baby girl out of Jaune's arms, she bounced her a bit and shushed her back to sleep. "Jaune. Go get your things. Grab clothes, food, and whatever else you can carry."
Nodding, Jaune went to grab his stuff. He owned very little more than a few clothes and an old pair of shoes handed down from their neighbors. Stuffing his bag with some of the necessities like toiletries and towels, he nodded as he felt that was enough. Just as he was about to leave his room though, he paused as he saw the pocketknife his dad got for him. Feeling it would be useful, Jaune placed it in his pocket for when it might be needed.
Running back to the others, he saw he was the fourth of his siblings to be ready while the other girls were still packing. After getting his stuff checked by his dad, the young blonde waited outside sitting on the porch. He could hear other people clambering in their houses and some other kids whining on not wanting to leave. It was hard to believe his little peaceful village would be caught in a war.
"Let's go." Juniper called from inside the house. Stepping out with Viola still in her hands, she marched out with his sisters in a line. "Jaune, stick close to your father."
Doing as he was told, Jaune walked next to his dad as they followed the path out of the village. In his dad's pack, he had his hunting gear, which consisted of a spear, a bow with arrows, and a large machete at his side. In his hands, he held his hunting rifle close to his chest.
"How long will we be gone?" One of his sisters asked as they made it to the entrance.
"I don't know dear." Juniper said. Shifting her baby around, she pulled a flashlight out of her pocket. "Everyone hold hands and don't let go. We'll be going through the forests."
The kids knew the forest well. There were the occasional Grimm, but Juniper and the other Hunters kept them at bay while the normal hunters searched for food. The mother and those trained to combat Grimm became even busier once the war started. Talks of death brought negative emotions that attracted them to the town.
Hiking in the dark, the large family was met with other people of their town who knew the forest just as well as them. There was a bunker miles away with a tunnel that would lead them the capital of Mystral where Haven Academy was. It was there where they would be safe.
"I'm tired." Vera whined after what felt like a few miles.
Stopping, the parents turned to their children to see they were all feeling exhausted. Sharing a look, they nodded in agreement to make camp where they stood. They felt they were far enough from the village soon to be invaded by the forces of the other regions. Some stated it was Atlas while others said Vale. To think it was those two super-powered areas that started the war, and somehow Mystral and Vacuo were pulled into the fight.
Making a small fire, Hughes turned to his only son who was staring into the dancing flames. He was always so excitable when wound up, but whenever he was thinking, he'd be as quiet as a mouse. He would make a fine hunter once they got out of this dilemma.
"What's on your mind?" He asked his boy.
"What's going to happen to the others?" Jaune asked with innocent eyes staring at his old man.
"They'll be fine son." He ruffled his hair. "We're all going to a safe zone far from the battle."
"But while we were going, I saw a few of the other people staying." The little boy replied. "What will happen to them?"
Hughes didn't know how to explain this to his son. His son's aware of the concept of life and death since he's been told so, but that was with hunting for game. These were the lives of people he grew up with who would be dying.
"They'll be fine." He lied. He hated lying, but for his son he had to. "They'll all be fine."
"Promise?"
That made things harder for Hughes. He wasn't a real Arc like his wife, but an Arc never went back on his word.
"Get some sleep." He averted to promising. "We have a long walk ahead of us tomorrow."
Walking to sit with his wife and baby, Hughes took Viola out of his wife's arm to hold himself. He needed to hold on to them as much as he could. He needed to have something in his arms to remind him what he was fighting for.
Morning
Waking up before the sun rose, Juniper stood up to stretch. Looking over her sleeping children and husband, she felt they were one person short. Panic coursing through her and flooding adrenaline into her body, she pulled the covers over each of her babies to see who wasn't with them.
'Rouge, Viola, Vera, Misty, Amber, Lily, Opal…'
"Where's Jaune?" She whispered in panic, looking everywhere for signs of her boy.
Shaking them all awake, she asked them each if they knew where their brother was. Getting a negative from all of them, Hughes saw fresh tracks leading back to Ansel.
"Bring our girls to the bunker." Juniper told her husband as she picked up her shield and sword. "I'm going back for our boy."
"Juniper." Hughes called to her before she could dash off.
"I'll be fine dear." She kissed him before lowering herself to kiss her baby girl. "I promise."
That was all the husband needed to hear from his wife. She'd bring their son back, and when she did they'd ground him until he was forty.
With Jaune
He'd snuck off in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep. He needed to go back to Ansel to at least find his friends. Seeing smoke up ahead, Jaune quickly dashed knowing that was where his village was.
Reaching the entrance, that was all that was left of the town. Covered in soot and morning fog, Jaune saw the ruined town. How was it they could sleep through it all? Surely they would have heard an explosion or something. Where were the Hunters when this was happening?
Gulping, the young blonde walked into the ruined village to see if he could find anyone that survived. Pushing past through the fog, Jaune tripped on something that made a clang. Pulling himself up to see what he tripped over, he saw it was a shield. Picking it up, he noticed how damaged and dented it was with a few burn marks. At least he knew there were Hunters who tried to help.
"I heard something over here!" A gruff voice shouted, scaring Jaune.
Looking around, he found a spot to hide behind some rubble. Ducking, he saw men in white uniforms and strange helmets walking to where he tripped. They had the insignia for Atlas on their arms and were carrying flamethrowers powered by dust.
That was why no one far away heard the explosions of bombs. The news spoke of Atlas' special squad of fire dust users that could destroy towns in a single night. Many thought it as propaganda to make Atlas seem more fearsome, but now Jaune saw it was true. The Atlas Fire Squad.
"Looks like we have ourselves a survivor." One of the men said, scanning the area for any sign of life. Pressing a button his helmet, he turned the settings to heat vision. "Hard to believe we have one after we burnt this whole place."
"Must be a straggler." The other one said, seeing some finger marks on the shield. "Small hands. Must be a kid. Think we should ignore it?"
"You heard command." The one using heat vision replied. "No survivors. After this, we're searching the woods for runaways."
"If you say so." His partner shrugged while getting up.
As the two walked around, Jaune tried to find somewhere to hide better. Everything was in ruins and no building looked safe to go in.
"Come on out kid." One of the men shouted. "We're not going to hurt you. We've got candy for you."
"Don't say it like that man." The other man said in disgust. "Makes you sound like some kind of pedo."
"I'm not hearing that from you Lolicon." The man huffed.
"You get one bad codename and everyone's making the assumption." The guy growled, walking off to check a building. "This place is clear."
"Torch it just in case."
From his hiding spot, Jaune gasped as he saw the man burn the house down. Hearing screams of agony, it was clear someone was hiding inside the house. The soldier shot another burst of flames inside and moved out of the way as a woman ran out while covered in fire.
'I know her.' Jaune's eyes teased up as he recognized the woman. She was a teacher at the local school.
As the woman dropped to the floor dead, the two man shot another burst of fire on the corpse until it was soon nothing but ash. That didn't stop the smell of burnt hair and human flesh from piercing the young boy's nose though. Feeling sick to his stomach, he couldn't hold it in as he threw up water and air. The noise was enough for the two soldiers to hear.
"There's another one!" The soldier shouted, getting Jaune to start running.
Hiding behind the stone walls, he kept running as fast as he could from the two men. Coming back was a big mistake and now he was going to pay for it with his life.
He could hear the clink of the men's weapons against their suits as they chased after him. They tried to shoot at him with their flamethrowers but he moved out of the way with only minor singes to his clothes and hair. There was no place to hide from the two and he was getting tired.
Dodging another burst of fire, he turned and ran into a house that had it's roof destroyed. Looking for the backdoor, he saw none.
"End of the line kid." The man Jaune heard as Lolicon laughed.
As both men aimed their weapons on him, Jaune saw a window close to him. Running towards it, he felt flames lick at his heels as he jumped through them. Glass cut into his arms and legs but he ignored it as he tried to get up. Limping as fast as he could, he regained some power back in his body thanks to adrenaline pumping and got through the pain. The men were still chasing him and there was no way to escape.
Getting past two building, the adrenaline wore off and Jaune fell to the ground. He was low on energy with an empty stomach and was injured. Rolling over to see the two men catching up, the little boy shut his eyes to prepare himself for the inevitable.
"Ragh!"
Hearing a shout of pure anger, the blonde boy opened them to see his mother arrived just in time to save him.
"We've got a Huntress!" The man shouted, aiming his gun at Juniper.
Swinging her blade, the mother swatted the gun out of her way and slammed her pommel into the soldier's helmet cracking it. Turning to the other man, she delivered a swift kick to the soldier's leg that had it bent in a bad way. Lifting her sword, she ran it through his neck and twisted it until she heard a pop.
"You bitch!" The surviving soldier shouted, shooting flames out and focusing it on Jaune's mom.
Opening her shield, Juniper hid behind it to protect her from the flames. It wasn't doing much since the heat was cutting off her oxygen and making hard for her to breath. Screaming in pain from the heat burning her shield and arm, the mother tried to push forward to run her sword through the man's chest. But it wasn't doing, as the flames would not cease.
"Hah!" Jaune shouted, jumping on the soldier's back and rocking him off balance.
Remembering he had a knife in his pocket, he pulled it out and started stabbing the bad man repeatedly on the back. Seeing the crack where his mom hit the man he drove his knife there, breaking it and catching the man in the eye.
"Aaargh!" The soldier screamed, shaking Jaune off and throwing hi to his mother.
Pulling the knife out of his eye, he aimed his weapon to the boy and his mom to burn them together but froze in shock. The last thing he saw before death got him was an angry mother swinging her sword at him and severing his head from his body.
Gasping for air, Juniper fell to the ground to regain some energy. She had been sprinting the whole way back to find the town she raised eight children in destroyed. She spotted more soldiers around burning the place and had to take them down before she rushed in to find her son being chased. Her little boy was lucky only two of them saw him or else he would have had an army chasing after him.
"Mom!" Jaune hugged her, making her wince as he was hugging her burnt arm. Good news was that it wasn't a third degree burn.
"Ah! Ah!" She winced, bringing him to her other side that wasn't stinging. After releasing him from a bone-crushing hug, she chopped the top of his head for putting her through so much. "What were you thinking?! Why'd you come back here?"
After rubbing the pain away, Jaune hugged his mom once more.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled into her shoulder.
Sighing, Juniper pushed herself up with the help of her sword and son. Her boy was always a good kid who listened to her, but for the life of her she couldn't understand what was worth coming back to this place for. As they walked out, she noticed he would pause for a brief moment whenever they would pass a ruined house or a destroyed building.
As they made hiked through the forest, there was silence between the two. Juniper knew her son was in deep thought, but the look in his eyes showed there was worry. Grabbing his hand in hers, she squeezed it to show she was here for him. The small smile she got in return was enough for now.
Getting past they're temporary campsite, the two met a few other survivors of Ansel. There was a spark of life back in her son's eyes as he greeted some of the people he knew from the town. Looking around though, his smile soon faded.
"Do you guys know where Jill is? Jill Dorei." He asked the group. Looking around he hoped someone would tell him. "Or Arty Draco? …Cid Ill? …Carla?"
No one knew who they were or didn't want to tell him. It did answer why Jaune went back though. Juniper knew those names as the kids Jaune would play with. She also remembered those last names as the people who were stubborn and refused to leave their homes. It was clear what happened to them.
"Please?" Jaune asked in a whisper, nearly falling to tears. He didn't want what happened to the woman he saw in Ansel to be the fate his friends met.
"Come along, Jaune." Juniper pulled her son's hand. There was no resistance as she brought her son and the remaining survivors to the bunkers.
There was no chatter as they all feared the soldiers were close. By the time they reached the bunkers though, people swarmed in and cried in relief to see friends and relatives they thought were lost to them. Looking around though, Jaune didn't see any of his friends.
"Juniper!" Hughes shouted, running towards her with children close by.
The mother was engulfed by a tidal wave of seven girls and a scruffy husband who choked the air right out of her. They quickly released her once she winced from one of the girls touching her burnt arm.
Taking the first aid kit out, Hughes got to treating the nasty burn his wife got as she retold him of what happened. The man became somber as he glanced to his depressed boy. Turning back to his wife, she had an impressed look in her eyes as she gazed at their son.
"Despite everything, I'm impressed he could hold off against those two soldiers." She smiled proudly. "If not for him, I might have died by the flames."
"Should I talk to him?" Her big teddy bear asked.
"No." Juniper told her man. "You've taught him all you could about the hunt. Now it's my turn."
Patting her hand, he kissed it and smiled as she ran her hand through his beard. The two had gone through many a challenge, had their fights now and then, but they got through it all and raised a wonderful family. "We're still grounding him though, yes?"
"Of course we are." Juniper rolled her eyes. "It's just not going to be banning television or sticking him in his room anymore."
Getting up and walking over to her son, Juniper watched as her little Jaune stared at all the happy people. He was always thinking, never sharing what it was until he was ready. Sitting next to him, she pulled him into a hug and held on even though he stared off to the crowd.
"You're grounded, you know that right?" She told him, getting a nod in return. "What goes through that head of yours?"
"I don't like war." He muttered, burying his head deeper in to her chest.
"Nobody does sweetie." She whispered, kissing the top of his head.
On this day Juniper did not know it, but her son was marked to become something greater than all the Arcs. As they rested and readied themselves for their trip to Haven, the cogs were turning as the end of the Color Wars was drawing to a close.
AN: Ten page prologue. If you guys are wondering about the OCs, it's just for the character build. We still don't know who Jaune's sisters are so I borrowed a few names from some writers. Hope this was interesting enough to get you readers curious. If it has, then reading Ruby's side might interest you too.
I'm Aloehisja, and I hope you enjoyed.
