AN: RWBY VOL. 4 (SLIGHT) SPOILERS. NO COMPLAINING ALLOWED (At least not about spoilers.)

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Jaune stared at his father as he cooked at the stove. His father's name was Elli Arc and his mother's name was Alex Arc. Jaune and his seven sisters had moved to Kuroyuri because the chief of the village had requested his mother's help in the village. She agreed to help and so the family is living in Kuroyuri for a time. They have been living in Kuroyuri for about two years. Now, Jaune was at the age of ten. His sisters' ages ranged from fourteen, thirteen, twelve, ten, nine, eight, and seven.

Jaune shuffled quietly as he inched towards the counter. He slowly reached up and grabbed a closed bag of bread. He then began to slowly tip-toe away with the bag. He had peach skin and an average build, for his age. He also had messy blond hair and blue eyes. He wore a yellow and white, long-sleeved baseball shirt; black cargo shorts; orange socks, and bumblebee-colored running shoes.

Elli didn't look away from the stove, "What are you doing?"

Jaune's heart skipped a beat, "N-Nothing…"

Elli frowned, "Jaune."

Jaune scratched the back of his head, "I'm just going to go…" he trailed off, "feed and watch the birds."

Elli nodded, "That's nice. It's good to see you coming up with a hobby."

Jaune chuckled nervously, "Y-Yeah… A hobby…"

Elli nodded, "Have fun, Jaune."

Jaune quickly left the house, "Thanks~."

Jaune's thirteen-year-old sister, Olive pops her head into the kitchen and Elli says to her, "Keep him out of trouble."

She smirked, "Yes, sir."

Jaune wasn't a popular kid in town. In fact, he got beaten up often, so his sisters usually kept an eye on him. To help him out when he needed it. Jaune didn't realize, at this point, that his sisters followed him around town to keep him safe. So, he was unaware of his tailing sister, Olive.

Jaune looked around cautiously, bag in hand. He quickly ran from his house and down the paved street. He ran past the market place and the park. He ran over to an abandoned building on the other side of town.

He slowed to a stop when he saw three boys picking on a girl. He's met those boys before; Cole, Noir, and Nyx. He's been in fights with them. Well… Not fights, more like beatings. Jaune's been on the receiving end of them before. The girl was also someone Jaune knew—knew may be too strong of a word though.

The girl had pale skin and a slender build. She also had unkempt orange hair and turquoise eyes. She wore a white shirt with a pink heart design, a black, open hoodie, faded pink pants, and matching shoes with black tape over them. And she had a piece of old bread in her hands. He's given her food and water before, and he's seen her around town. He didn't really know her, but he didn't want to see this happen to her.

Cole spoke, "Where'd you get that bread? I didn't see you pay for it, thief!"

Nyx sneered out of disgust, "No, look, it's all moldy!"

Cole laughed, "I think she got it from the trash!"

Noir reached out for the beard in the girl's hands, "Let me see!"

The girl bit Noir's finger before he could touch it.

Noir yelped, "Ah! She bit me!"

Cole looked at Noir's hand in horror. Noir's look of horror quickly turned to angry before he pushed the girl onto the ground. She whimpered for a moment before she got up and grabbed her bread from the ground beside her. She moved away from them, returning to a crouch position.

Nyx moved forward, a hint of disgust in his voice, "Where'd she come from?"

Jaune slowly put down the bag of bread.

Nyx continued forward, "She's dressed all weird!"

Cole laughed, following Nyx, "I bet she's abandoned. Like a dog or something."

Noir looked at himself in horror, "Does that mean I have rabies?"

Jaune moved forward, head held up high. "Hey!" He didn't expect to win the upcoming fight. He just wanted them to leave her alone. She didn't do anything wrong—if she did, he didn't really care. He didn't have her life, and he wouldn't know what he'd have done in her shoes. "Leave her alone."

Cole turned and moved towards Jaune, Noir and Nyx following after him, "Jaune? What? Playing the hero?"

Jaune looked past them and made eye contact with the girl, "Run." Her eyes widened for a moment before running away.

Noir sneered, "We're not afraid of you."

Jaune waited for Cole to get close, "I wasn't talking to any of you." Jaune punched Cole across the jaw. Noir and Nyx reacted by trapping Jaune's arms and Cole reacted by punching Jaune across the jaw.

Cole scowled, "You're going to regret that."

Jaune struggled, "I don't think I will."

Olive whistled, "Hey, boys!" She aimed her paintball gun forward, "Scatter!" She opened fire, intentionally missing. The boys were freaked out enough to run, leaving Jaune by himself.

Jaune slowly looked over his shoulder, at his sister, "H-Hey… Olive…"

Olive walked forward, tucking her paintball gun into her jacket, "What're you doing?"

He shrugged, "Getting beat up…"

She crouched in front of him, "Did you know that girl?"

He lowered his head, shaking it, "Not really…"

She raised a brow, "You wanna help her?"

He slowly nodded, "Y-Yes…"

Olive chuckled, shaking her head, "You should tell your older sisters about this stuff. We'd help."

Jaune simply nodded.

Olive held up the bag of bread, "Well, if you can find her, give it to her." She chuckled, "But once the sun sets, we're heading home."

Jaune searched for the girl, but to no avail. He and his sister began to travel home as the sun began to set.

Olive nudged her sister's shoulder, "Hey, at least you tried."

He nodded in response, "Hmm…"

And then, a howl filled the otherwise quiet town. It was followed by the stomping of legs, screeches of Grimm, and soon the screams of people.

Olive's eyes widened, "Home, now!"

Jaune looked around out of fear, "W-What's happening?!"

She shook her head, "We need to get to mom and dad!"

The pair of siblings turned a corner to see a Beringel. They both let out a scream before Olive wrapped her body around her brother's body to protect him. Gunfire sounded off and the Grimm fell to the ground.

A stranger wearing armor and wielding a rifle of some kind yelled at them, "MOVE!"

The pair did as the stranger said. Olive pulled her little brother by his arm. The pair's hearts raced as they ran home. They turned one last corner to see their house burning.

Tears began to well up in the corners of their eyes, "D-Dad…"

The pair watched as a Grimm walked through the flames. It had a horse-like body with a revealed ribcage and claws in its front legs. On top of the horse's body, an equine, human body was there with long, slender arms and a face straight out of Hell.

Both siblings looked at the Grimm in horror before Olive grabbed her brother and pulled him around the corner.

Jaune had a face of terror and confusion and it hit his sister to see him like this. She swallowed her own tears and looked at her brother, "Jaune, stay still." She was young and she never expected this sudden burden to land on her, but for her brother…

Jaune looked to his sister, "What's happening?"

Olive took a deep breath, "Shush, just trust me." She was silent for a time, placing her hands on his shoulders, "For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death. I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee." A bright white light overtook both siblings. When it died out, Jaune looked at his hands before looking at his tired sister.

His look of horror shifted to concern, "W-What happened?"

Olive raised her head, "I…" She struggled to find words, "I just gave you a force field. This'll help with the Grimm, but don't just take hits randomly, try to get away from them—no matter what."

Jaune looked at his sister, "Olive, what's happening?!"

She took a breath, "We need to get out of town, now."

He looked at her like she was crazy, "What about Mom and Dad?!"

She shook her head, "They'll find us, but right now, we need to go."

Olive looked around the corner again to see the Grimm that had walked through the wreckage of their home staring back at her. Her eyes widened as it screeched.

She grabbed her brother, "J-Jaune, you know that little place outside of town? The place I drag you to go hiking?"

Jaune quickly nodded, "Y-Yeah…"

She pointed to her left, "You go that way and get there." She took another peak around the corner, "I need to go somewhere else."

He blinked, "But-"

Olive shook her head, "No 'buts', now go!"

Jaune stumbled as his sister pushed him in one direction. He gave her one last look before breaking into a sprint.

Olive watched her brother run, pulling out her paintball gun. She took a breath before running in the other direction to distract the Grimm from her baby brother.

Jaune kept running and running. He ran towards the other side of town. He stumbled a couple of times before falling to the ground. He quickly crawled underneath one of the many raised houses as screams and screeches filled the air.

Jaune crawled deeper into the small space. His heart raced and his breath was quickening even more. He curled up into a ball, tears rolling down his face. He looked around and his eyes landed on someone else. It was the girl from earlier.

She was crying, in the same state as him. He blinked, looking at himself. His breathing slowed and his mind did as well. He could feel the force field around him bring him warmth. He was young, he never expected any burden to land on him, but there was someone else who needed help. He helped her earlier, he was going to help her again.

He crawled over to her, wiping the tears from his face, "H-Hey."

She turned to him, a face of fear and terror stared at him.

Jaune raised his hands to his chest, "It-It's me. Do you remember?"

She nodded.

He inched towards her, "W-What's your name?"

She answered, "N-Nora."

He nodded, "I-I'm Jaune."

A Grimm screeched as it landed on the house. Both children screamed in response. He put his hands on her shoulders, "L-Listen, Nora. We need to get out of town." He gulped, "I need you to trust me." He then asked, "Will you trust me?"

Nora looked around at the town around her before nodding.

Jaune took a breath, "We-We're going to run, follow me." He closed one of her hands around his forearm. "Don't let go, okay?"

She quickly nodded, "O-Okay."

Jaune asked her as they shared a look, "Ready?"

Nora nodded.

The pair sprinted out of the crawl space. The bird-Grimm that landed on the house spotted them and it screeched. It the flew after them as other Grimm followed as well.

Nora's eyes widened as she saw the Grimm.

Jaune shared a look with her, "D-Don't look at them! Trust me!"

They kept running before a Beringel landed in front of them. Jaune pulled Nora close, covering her body with his own. His aura glowed and he screwed his eyes shut.

Jaune felt the fist hit his back, his eyes shot open, and they glowed bright white. His aura pulsed and expanded as a dome. The dome was coursing with energy and a loud ringing sounded off through the air.

Jaune stumbled for a moment as nausea over took him. He quickly shook his head, "C-Come on! Let's go!" They straightened and began to sprint once again.

They ran and ran as Grimm chased after them. They ran past the place where Jaune was meant to meet with Olive. They ran far from Kuroyuri as Grimm followed. Their lungs and their legs burned from exhaustion. They kept running anyway.

They ran well into the night, away from the ruins of Kuroyuri.

Jaune and Nora panted as their legs finally gave out, and the pair of ten-year-old kids stumbled and hit the ground. A young Beowolf finally caught up with them, raising its claw to strike them. Jaune pushed his body over Nora's, shielding her.

A gun fired off, killing the Grimm and causing the rest of the Grimm to scatter. Both Jaune and Nora looked up at the man who wielded the gun.

The man lowered his gun, stepping toward them, "Are you okay?"

Jaune wrapped his arms around Nora and she grasped his arms, and then they passed out from exhaustion.

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His name was Rim Timothy Blakk, but people called him Rimmy Tim. He was surprised, to say the least, when he found two worn-out kids out in the Wilds. He took them back to a well-guarded village named, Higanbana. One of them mummer about a place named Kuroyuri.

After some digging, Rimmy found the place on a map and asked one of his buddies to do a fly-by in his airship. The place was crawling with Grimm, no one could've survived, and if someone was there, they would only last a few more minutes.

He didn't want to tell the kids the truth. He could tell that the boy named Jaune was hopeful about survivors. But, Rimmy spoke the truth anyway. False hope is one of the most painful things to experience especially once truth rings in.

Jaune cried on a bench in the inn Rimmy took them to. He was curled up into a ball and he cried, head buried into his knees. Then the girl came over, Nora. She sat next to him and then leaned against him, patting him on the back and whispering something to him. He sniffled and went quiet before he relaxed into a seated position. Nora leaned against him and he leaned against her.

"What're you going to do with them?"

Rimmy was snapped out of his train of thought by the old shopkeeper. "I'm sorry?"

The shopkeeper nodded to Jaune and Nora, "Those kids. You aren't going to leave them here, are you?"

Rimmy looked in between the shopkeeper and the kids, pondering. He finally came to a conclusion, "No… No, I'm not."

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AN: Howdy~! So, we have the new Jaune & Nora dynamic. This dynamic will not be like the Ren & Nora dynamic. I will show this new dynamic in time. I also don't plan on changing Jaune and Nora's personalities that much. Nora will have a new outfit and weapons. I'd like to see you readers guess her weapons. Nora's weapon will derive more from a version of Marvel Thor and the secondary weapon will play into her semblance (secondary weapon is not directly connected to Thor unlike the previous). I will not say more because anymore information would make it too easy. Jaune will become more knight-like in outfit and weaponry with a few added touches. So, that's that. Criticize away and leave any words of wisdom in a review. Thanks for reading!

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