I do not own RWBY or its characters. They belong to Rooster Teeth
This is interlude to trying to fill some stuff I forget to put in. This is set at the start of Team RJNR journey
Team RJNR were walking through a forest at the night. They were approaching a house. There was sense of unease in the group. Jaune had look of guilt on face. They were a few meters away from the house.
"We're here." Jaune said.
"Jaune' you don't need to do this." Ruby said. She didn't want to Jaune go through what he was going to do.
"It was best if I told her myself." Jaune said.
"I have to do this." Jaune said uneased. He went up to the door and started to knock three times. The door open and a women with red hair was there.
"Hello." The women said.
"Ms. Nikos, I'm a friend of Pyrrha." Jaune said. He was resisting the urge to cry.
"Oh you must Jaune. Come in." Ms. Nikos said happily. Jaune enter the house. He close the door and was going to tell her the terrible truth.
"You need any water?" Ms. Nikos asked.
"No, but I need to tell you something." Jaune said. He slightly shake.
"What is it?" Ms. Nikos asked.
"You might need to sit down for this." Jaune said. Ms. Nikos was puzzled by this, but nonetheless sat down at a nearby chair.
"It's about Pyrrha." Jaune said. He was beginning to lose his composure.
"Pyrrha how's she doing." Ms. Nikos said with a smile.
"She has…" Jaune was having a hard time finishing the sentence. He didn't want to remind himself of Pyrrha's death. Ms. Nikos notice this and she started to be concerned
"Has something happen to my little girl." she said with much concern. Ms. Nikos began to think the worse.
"I'm sorry. Pyrrha has…Pyrrha has passed away." Jaune said. He was just able to finish that sentence. Tears began coming down his face. It was worse for Ms. Nikos. She was speechless. That her little girl life was extinguished. Tears were also coming down her face, but she didn't bother to wipe them away.
Jaune walked to the door.
"How did she died?" Ms. Nikos asked. She was crying about the news. Jaune did not have the courage to look at her. But he answer the question in the best way he could.
"She died a hero." Jaune said. He door open the door and said "I'm sorry" once more. He left the house and closed the door.
Earlier
Jaune enter the house and door closed.
Ruby, Nora and Lie silently stood there and waited for Jaune. Ruby was sitting on a nearby rock and Nora and Lie were standing up.
"I need to tell you two something." Ruby breaking the silence.
"What is it?" Nora and Lie asked at the same time.
"But you can't tell Jaune." Ruby said. Nora and Lie looked at each other in confusion.
"I watched Pyrrha die in front of me." Ruby said. She was drowned in guilt and sorrow.
"What." Nora and Lie said shocked.
"I didn't know what to, I was too afraid." Ruby said. She looked away. Nora and Lie walked towards and bend down they were near her. She thought that they were about to yell at her for not doing anything or telling them sooner. But she was surprised that they were actually hugging her. They released her from the hug and went back to where they were standing.
"You're not upset." Ruby said.
"We are upset." Nora said.
"But we understand." Lie said.
"Thank you." Ruby said. Tears began to form in eyes. Not of sadness. But for a lack of better term
"joy". Her friends are upset but they understand.
"Why did you tell us?" Lie asked.
"I need tell you guys." Ruby said.
"Then why can't we tell Jaune?" Nora said. Ruby turned her head to face them.
"He loved Pyrrha very much. I afraid that if Jaune found out, he would be out for blood and become something that Pyrrha wouldn't want him to be." Ruby said depressingly.
"He deserves to know!" Nora said.
"I will tell him." Ruby said.
"When?" Nora asked.
"After we find the people who are responsible for this." Ruby said.
"This isn't right." Nora said. She want Jaune to know the truth.
"Might not be. But's it's not the best time to tell him." Ruby said. She felt ashamed of doing this. But she was afraid of what might happen if she does.
Jaune came walking back from the house. Ruby notices and wipe away her tears. When Jaune arrived with the rest of the group he released a heavy sigh.
"Let's continue on our mission." Jaune said still grief stricken. The group began to leave the area, with Jaune leading. As they walked off in the night, Nora and Lie were uncertain what to do with the information they learned.
Okay that interlude solves one problem (hopefully).
What are your thoughts?
For now on when something big is happens, I'm going to explain why I made a creative choice. In this case, why did Ruby tell Lie and Nora the truth but not Jaune? Well telling Jaune would be a terrible idea. Nora and Lie are the type of people who wouldn't be out for blood. Granted you can argue Lie could because he hasn't have much screen time compare to the others, so we don't know his full personality. But Nora wouldn't because her character is understanding and no revenge thing. Even they were out for blood, I pretty sure after a while they would realize it would be a bad idea to kill the bad guys in revenge. I think they would Ruby situation the most.
Jaune (even though I like his character) on the other hand is possibly the one who would without any doubt want to murder Cinder and her minions. Plus he might go rouge and turn to dark side. Which is kind of a cool idea to see. But the characters realized it's not best time to tell the truth. Ruby doesn't want to lose another friend. And Ruby (as character) is still young and inexperienced. She doesn't know how to handle every situation.
Have a good day.