Hey guys. This is a start to a new story, Jaune Arc: Grimm Hunter! Now, the next chapter of The Hidden Dusk is coming out soon, it's just that this hit me and I couldn't ignore it. Anyways, onto the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY.


In the Emerald Forest, a figure could be seen walking into a clearing. As it exited the shadows, a beast could be seen, it's form replicating that of a human. Bending slightly, a sick squelch was heard as tentacles emerged out of it's back. Those tentacles squirmed in the air as the humanoid beast sniffed the night air. A primitive growl was heard as the beast sensed a presence in the area. Turning around, it's eyes focused on a bush. Narrowing them, the beast pointed it's tentacles at it, the growl in it's throat increasing in volume. After a tense silence, the tentacles shot forward, burying themselves in the bush. A blur shot out of the bush, a slight gleam of steel telling the beast all that it needed to know. Retracting it's tentacles, it brought them in front of his figure, shielding it from the slash of a sword. Sliding back, it stabbed it's tentacles into the ground, slowing down. Pulling them out, it was barley able to lash out, slapping the sword that would've impaled it away. Going on the offensive, it shot forward, using his tentacles to attack him. It's opponent responded by cutting the tentacles off, jumping and ducking through it's attacks. Grunting in pain, it retracted them, jumping back. Standing up straight, it looked at it's opponent in the eyes. Red eyes met blue orbs as it opened it's mouth.

"No human has been able to last this long against me. Who are you child?" The beast asked, it's black face opening up while it talked.

"I'll tell you when your dead." The human responded, his voice filled with malice. Blue eyes hardened as he flipped a switch, the bottom of his sword opening up. A flame shot out of the blade, the force propelling the human forward. The beast's eyes widened as it shot out it's tentacles, using them once again to block his attacks. Like before, the human responded by dodging his attacks, cutting of tentacles left and right. Jumping back, the human managed to evade a barrage of tentacles. Leaping forward, the humanoid beast could only yell as it's appendages were cut off, the blood splashing all over the ground. When he finished, the human leapt forward, the flames behind the sword speeding up his advance. The beast could only stare in shock as the blade pierced it's heart, blood gushing out of it's wound. Looking at the human, the beast was taken aback by his cold eyes, orbs that see to penetrate his entire being.

"W-Who are you?" The beast asked, his voice slightly quivering in fear. The human only closed his eyes, speaking after a pregnant pause.

"My name is Jaune Arc. Goodbye, Grimm." The beast closed his eyes as the blade was stabbed deeper into it, his form slowly disintegrating. The grimm could feel it's life leaving him, and only thought one thing before his inevitable end.

'Salem... The Grimm Hunter is here...'


Jaune sighed as he pulled his blade out of the ground. Pulling out his scroll, his pressed a couple of buttons before waiting, a ringing sound echoing throughout the forest. After a few seconds, a voice came from the scroll.

"Jaune? Have you completed your mission?" The voice was revealed to be Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon. Jaune looked at the scroll for a second before he shook his head.

"Yes sir, I've killed the Tarantula Grimm." Jaune responded, his voice shaking slightly from the exhaustion he felt.

"Good, good. That will be all for tonight. You will continue your Grimm extermination's next week."

"Thank you, Professor." Jaune said as the call was ended. Pocketing the scroll. Jaune walked through the forest, his memory guiding him towards Beacon Academy. As he made his way towards Beacon, he remembered how he had ended up killing Grimm for the Headmaster of Beacon.

'Flashback'

Jaune didn't know what he had done. One second he was hanging out with his team and team RWBY, and the next he was called up to Professor Ozpin's office. In his mind, he was thinking of multiple reasons of why he was sent there.

'Was it because of my results. I mean, I would understand that, but he could've called me last semester for that. So probably not. What if it was the event from last week?'

Jaune faltered. Last week wasn't very... pleasant, to say the least. It started when he was walking to class when he bumped into Ruby, her team in tow. After exchanging pleasantries, and some flirting with Weiss, he went on his way before tragedy struck. You see, Jaune always kept a spare blade on him. Only the handle was seeable, so people ofter mistook it for Crocea Mors' handle. Unfortunately, the blade unfurled itself, getting stuck on Ruby's skirt. The both of them froze, slowly turning their heads to look as the damage. At that moment, Yang decided to turn around.

"Ruby? What's up..." Yang trailed off when she say what had happen. After a few second, the blade decided to fold up. Sadly, that included the skirt. A loud rip was heard as the entirety of Ruby's skirt was removed, her stocking's and panty visible. Everyone in the vicinity froze. Jaune felt the temperature drop, and then increase dramatically. He concluded that to be Yang. Before he could think of anything else, he was thrown back by a punch, his body impacting with the wall. Being rendered unconscious, the only good thing that came out of it was that he missed school for one day.

Jaune shuddered at the memory. Seeing the Beacon tower, Jaune shook himself out of his thoughts, after thinking one last thing.

'What if it's because of... 'that'. Nah, it can't be. I haven't shown enough skill to be recognised.'

Walking into the tower, he quickly navigated the elevator. Pressing the button, Jaune walked in when the doors opened. During the journey, Jaune had a very bad feeling, so he pulled out his hidden sword. Pressing a button, the blade unfurled, revealing itself to be a katana. The blade itself was a dull grey, while the handle was also grey, but lined with purple stripes, wrapping around the handle. As soon as the doors of the elevator opened, Jaune pressed another button, causing blue flames to shoot out of the bottom of the blade. Shooting forward, Jaune was able to block a strike, before a flash of green entered his vision, forcing him to back off. Standing up, Jaune's eyes widened when he noticed that his attacker was the Headmaster. Looking into his eyes, Jaune could only question his attack.

"Um, Sir? Why... attack me?" Jaune asked hesitantly, almost afraid of the answer.

"Mr Arc. Have you ever heard of the Grimm Hunter?" Opine asked as he held his cane normally. But that sentence struck fear into Jaune's heart, questions popping into his head.

"U-uh, y-yes Professor." Jaune internally cursed at his stuttering. But who could blame him. The Headmaster of Beacon could possibly know his biggest secret. And if he knew, Jaune would be forced to.. to...

Kill him.

"Good, good. I guess that you've heard of his latest conquest then? The Pulse Grimm?" He nodded, how could he forget that battle. The Grimm had special abilities. It shot dark, explosive pulses at him and had a disorientating beam of light that it flashed. The battle nearly cost him his right arm too.

"Then I guess you've heard of his signature?" Jaune froze. Yes, he was aware of the signature that he left when he killed a Grimm. It was a side effect of the amount of aura that was needed to disintegrate the Grimm he kills.

"I'll take that as a yes. So, I've been looking at the signature of a while, and imagine my surprise when i find out it's a aura signature. Especially one from you Mr... Arc..." Ozpin trailed off when he saw a blade underneath his chin, poised to strike. Looking at it's owner, he saw that it was Jaune, his hands gripping the handle tightly.

"I'm sorry Professor. No hard feelings." Jaune said before he pressed a button, the flames beneath his sword lighting up. Lunging forward, the blade looked like it was about to land...

Before Ozpin grabbed Jaune's wrist, throwing him over his shoulder. Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, he knocked him onto the ground, his cane slamming down next to his head.

"Yes Mr Arc. No hard feelings. Now listen to me." Ozpin said, the last four words accompanied by a wave of powerful aura, choking the Arc.

"I want you to work for me. Hunt down certain types of Grimm." Ozpin said, and Jaune had no choice but to agree, else he get crushed by the cane. "Ok. I want you here every Thursday night. 10pm sharp. Bring your gear. Do not tell anyone about this arrangement. Am i clear?"

"Crystal." Jaune whimpered, his voice quivering in fear. Ozpin soon brought his cane up, holding it like a normal, elderly person.

"Then we're good. Now run along Mr Arc. Wouldn't want to miss lunch now would you?" Jaune nodded before politely 'getting the fuck out of there' as he would put it in his future tellings.

'Flashback end'

Jaune was brought out of his thoughts when he arrived at the dormitories. Scanning the buildings, he found the one that housed his team. Walking to the side, he unfurled his sword. Lining it up, he pressed the button, flames once again blasting from the bottom of his weapon. Slowly edging his way up, Jaune grabbed the window when he reached his team's dorms. Opening them, he silently hopped in, making sure that he closed the window behind him. Putting his sword underneath a loose floorboard, he looked around the room. Clothes, homework and the like scattered the room. Looking at the beds, he took note of his teammates. Nora, who was sprawled out on the bed. Ren, stiff as a pole in his bed. And Pyrrha. Now, Jaune may not be the smartest kid in Beacon, but he sure as hell wasn't dumb. He knew how she felt about him, but Jaune knew that he couldn't return those feelings. Before the dance, he would've said that his crush was Weiss, but now... now Jaune wasn't sure.

Climbing into his bed after getting changed, he thought of who he would be interested in. Ruby... Nah. She was too young anyways. And even if she was legal, Jaune didn't see her like that. Blake, Jaune could live with. She was quiet, mysterious and from the few times he had talked to her, she seemed like she didn't mind his... dorkiness. Because Nora was out of the question, that only left...

Yang. Jaune was shocked when he felt a slight twinge in his heart. Thinking of the name again, the same feeling returned to him, but this time it was accompanied with thoughts. Like, she was nice. Very welcoming. Easy to be around and it seemed to Jaune that she loved his adorkable attitude, as she put it. And it also help that she was physically... nevermind

After all those thoughts, Jaune blushed. He realised that he had a very, very, small crush on the blonde bomber. With an answer in his mind, he decided to go to sleep, his dreams filled with a certain blond. Little did he know however, that a certain brawler was thinking the same thoughts, and dreaming the same dreams.


Yang grinned happily as she made her way towards the cafeteria. Being surrounded by her team gave her that feeling. Looking at the mentioned, she saw that Ruby was trying to talk Weiss into loving cookies with her, Weiss responding with something along the lines of 'it isn't very Schnee like, so i wont allow it'. Grinning even more, she looked at her partner who, unsurprisingly, had her face stuffed in her book. Her grin becoming bigger, Yang walked up to the ninja.

"Hey Blake. Reading more of your smut?" Yang teased, her eyebrows wiggling. Blake looked shocked for a moment before a look of fury covered her face.

"It. Is. Art." Blake hissed, her face contorted into one that promised pain. But Yang paid no attention to that as the opened the door to the cafeteria.

"Yep. Art." Yang saw Blake rolled her eyes before settling back on the book. Yang's grin slowly turned into a smile as the rest of her team walked forward. She was proud. Of Ruby, Weiss and her partner. Deep in thought, she was brought back by a hand being place on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw Jaune, although there was something different about him.

"H-hey Yang. A-are you alright. I mean, you've b-been standing there for a minute." Yang took a step back and looked at Jaune before she noticed the difference. The Jaune she's used to was dorky, small and has lots of fake confidence. This one however, was different. With a straight posture and tilted head, Yang could almost say that he looked very attractive. Yang's eyes became droopy as she envisioned doing lots of this with this new Jaune, most of those thoughts very, very outrageous. Yang saw that his eyes widened before his stance dropped, the dorky, lovable goof she knows back.

"Hehe. I-I'll head to the table now. F-follow me if you want. Not that i'm saying you don't know where we are, but it's just that... I'll stop there." Jaune said before turning around, quickly making his way to the table. Yang frowned before shaking her head, her mind now focused on the food that she came here for. She could get answers later.

After getting the food, Yang made her way to her spot. Sitting down, Yang listened in to all kinds of conversations. From Nora's crazy dreams, Ruby's obsession with weapons and Pyrrha's experiences, she noted that there wasn't anything interesting. Other than the fact that Jaune would stare at her, and then look away with a blush.

Yang knew she was very hot. She prided herself on her beauty. So she would know if someone was interested in her. And that someone seemed to be Jaune right now. Now, she didn't mind Jaune. In fact, the thoughts she had of him last night and from their earlier meeting made Yang blush. She would happily date him if he grew the balls to ask her. I mean, he's nice, caring, humble and he made Ruby comfortable. So that was a very big plus in Yang's book. The only problem was that she didn't know how her team would react. Before she could think though, she was interrupted by a hand waving in front of her face.

"Hey Yang. Why are you and Jaune staring at each other like that?" Ruby asked, head tilted to the side as everyone's attention was brought to the two. True enough, Yang found herself staring at Jaune's eyes, and Jaune doing the same to hers. Realising what they've done, they looked away from each other, heavy blushed adorning both their faces. Yang, recovering first, decided to tease Jaune.

"Hey there Vomit Boy~" Yang said, looking at Jaune with a sultry look. "Anything you'd like to point out?" She emphasised the last point by bending her body over, showing Jaune her assets. She laughed when she saw Jaune stutter, his face turning a deep shade of red.

"Yang, I think that's enough." She wasn't surprised when Pyrrha spoke up, knowing that she had feelings for the dork. Heck,everyone seemed to know except for Jaune.

"Don't worry, Pyr. Unless your jealous?" She laughed even louder when the Champion blushed, stammering her denial. Before she could have anymore fun however, a scroll ring was heard. Looking at the source, everyone was surprised when Jaune pulled out his scroll, looking at the message with a grim expression.

"Jauney? What's up?" Nora was suddenly behind Jaune, who had quickly put his scroll away the moment Nora was behind him.

"Oh. I-it's nothing. I-i was just called to Ozpin's office." Jaune stammered nervously. Yang's eyes narrowed. After spending some time in the underworld gathering information, she could tell if someone was hiding something. As soon as Jaune left, she stood up, her face in a wide grin.

"Well then, I guess I'm gonna head back too. I've got to do some homework for Oobleck anyways. See ya." Before anyone could respond, she slipped out of the cafeteria. Looking for Jaune, she found him running in the direction of the tower. She followed, quickly catching up. Seeing him go in the tower, she decided to climb the side of the building. Using her gauntlets to boost herself up, she grabbed on to the first window ledge. Repeating the process, it didn't take long for her to reach the top of the tower. Staying on the very edge of the window, she heard the elevator ding, the sound surprisingly clear. Seeing Ozpin stand up, she saw Jaune re-enter that posture she saw in the cafeteria.

"Headmaster." Jaune said, his voice deep and clear. After a small pause, Ozpin spoke up.

"I have a mission for you." Ozpin said, a calm tone in his voice. Throwing files in his direction, she saw Jaune catch them. Taking a glance, Yang thought it looked like some sort of Grimm.

"That is Slice, an ago old enemy created by the RHG." Yang was lost. What is the RHG? And why is Jaune being brought to hunt that down. Surely there are more competent people. No offence to Jaune though.

"He's been genetically modified by them to be able to create spikes from his limbs. He is also able to shoot them out." Yang saw Jaune nod at the information, his head probably panicking over the thought.

"Is that all the info we have?" Surprisingly, Jaune didn't stutter when he spoke, nor did he seem nervous. Dismissing the thought, she listened in to the rest of the conversation.

"Sadly, yes. But i believe you can make do with that. You will leave Beacon at 11:45 pm and go to Junior's bar. For all RHG knows, it's another one of their battles. I believe you already have an alias down there?"

"Yes. It is FL."

"Well, I'll be awaiting your victory. Now head off." Ozpin finished, sitting back down and turning around. In the process, he met Yang's eyes. Grinning sheepishly, Yang scratched the back of her head. As soon as Jaune was out of the office, he spoke up.

"Miss Xiao Long. Do you have any idea how classified this mission is." Ozpin's eyes were devoid of emotion, the usually calm voice replaced with hidden malice.

"N-no sir." Yang stammered, sweating and shaking because of the sudden change in Ozpin's demeanour.

"This is a highly classified mission. One that requires any outside knowledge be crushed immediately." Yang froze. Replaying Ozpin's words, she knew that we was gonna die here. Quickly coming out of she shock, her thoughts quickly caught up. Releasing a sob, she closed her eyes, waiting for her inevitable death.

"But," Yang's eyes opened up again. Shocked, she looked at Ozpin with an almost pleading look in her eyes. "i will make an exception. Only if you follow my next instruction." Yang nodded ferociously. "You are to follow Jaune into the battle. If anyone asks, you are a RHG fighter with the name of Pulse. You will then keep an eye on Jaune. After he kills a fighter called Slice, you are to win against him in a battle. The rules of an RHG battle will be sent to your Scroll. Am i understood."

"Y-yea. Clear as day." Yang said with a stammer, her mind working endlessly at the prospect of underground fighting.

"Good. Now be off Miss Xiao Long. Before anyone questions your appearance." Yang blushed when she noticed how she looked like from an outsiders view. Looking into the window with a pleading look in her eyes, she looked like a desperate schoolgirl. Wiping her eyes, she made her way back down. During the journey, her thoughts were filled with the upcoming mission, and why Jaune is so involved in it. When she reached the bottom of the tower, she shook her head and straightened her posture, the confidence coming back into her. She would get answers later.


HEY GUYS! I hope you've enjoyed the chapter. I promise that the next chapter for the Hidden Dusk will come out by next week.