On a warm summer evening, we find a small blond child at the age of seven arriving at his new home for the first time. When Jaune met his soon to be parents for the first time, the little boy was full of excitement and wonder. Both Tai and Summer seemed like very nice people and when they agreed to adopt him, the little boy couldn't be happier. Yet on the car ride to his new home, he suddenly felt anxious of this massive change in his life. Despite Tai's efforts, little Jaune wasn't very talkative on the drive over. The child just gave short answers and kept his head down the entire time and when they arrived at their destination, the boy felt too petrified to move. He sat there, still in the back seat, overwhelmed at his new life.
His new father then exited the vehicle, came to his door, opened it, then knelt to his level, "Hey kid," the father soothed, "I'm sure transitioning from an orphanage to our home might be a bit scary, but I promise you're gonna love it here."
The little boy glanced over to his father with fear in his eyes.
Tai continued, "And hey, you gotta little sister in there dying to meet you."
"...What if she doesn't like me," Jaune mumbled.
"Doesn't like you? Ruby is the sweetest little girl I know and you're a very special guy yourself. You two are gonna get along just fine."
Working up the courage, Jaune followed his father up to the door step. The way Tai opened the door felt like an eternity, but upon this action, Jaune came full view of his new mother, Summer Rose, and right beside her, gripping at the mother's dress, was the tiny sister herself, Ruby Rose.
Tai knelt back down to their son and whispered, "Go say high to your sister."
The boy took a deep breath, slowly sauntered over in the girl's direction. Little Ruby hugged her mother tightly, only to relax her grip when Summer placed a hand on her head and soothed, "It's okay Ruby, he's nice."
The little girl parted from their mother and took a few tiny steps forward, meeting him halfway. The five year old looked up at her sibling in awe, as Jaune broke the silence,"Uh...Hi."
No words were given, Ruby simple smiled then threw a hug upon the brother.
Ten years later
Jaune Xiao Long had grown into quite the young man. At his old school he was...Not the most popular guy around. However, with a new school comes a fresh start to reinvent oneself. While in his room, the blonde had been staring at himself in his new uniform for quite sometime. His attire consisted of a black suit lined with gold, accompanied by a blue vest and a white shirt with a red tie.
After admiring his new get up, he heard a call from the other side of his wall, "JAUNE! Can you come in here real quick, I need your help with something."
He sighed to himself, what can that bothersome little girl want now? The blonde teen then reluctantly made his way to his sister's room. Upon opening the door, the area was completely empty, but how can that be? He clearly heard his sister. Taking a few steps in, he failed to notice Ruby hiding behind the other side of the door, taking advantage of the situation, the young girl charged forward and pounced on her brother, "Got you," She giggled, as the two fell to the floor.
The irritated brother moaned, "Ruby! You can't just do stuff like that, your gonna ruin both our uniforms."
Ruby simply grinned in response, her uniform consisted of a red plaid skirt, stockings of various length, and a brown jacket with a tan vest and white shirt with a red ribbon tied at the collar.
"Kids," a voiced called from the distance, seconds later, their father Tai entered the scene. He gave a small smile and soothed, "Aw look at you two, some things never change do they?"
Ruby responded by throwing another hug onto her brother, as Jaune simply rolled his eyes.
With no time to spare, we find the two teens in the back seat as their father was driving them to Beacon. Jaune glanced over to his sister's doodles, to find an image of a cloaked woman wielding an oversized scythe.
"Whatchu got there Rubs?" The brother inquired.
"Its my superhero persona, the Crimson Rogue." She chirped, "You see, I'm like this highly trained vigilante with martial arts, shuriken, smoke bombs, and I'd fight people from the shadows, but when the threats get too extreme, I bust out my secret weapon...Crescent...Rose."
"..."
"What?"
The blond giggled a bit, "Ruby, you know a scythe would be a very impractical weapon to use right?"
"Well yeah, but it would be so cool too."
"Hey kids, we're here," The father interrupted. As their vehicle pulled through, we find a litany of different students, all uniformed, and heading inside the institution. The father parked right outside, then turned to his children. "Alright first things first. Ruby, this year I'm gonna need you to really pay attention in class. Last year we both know your grades weren't the best."
The young girl gave a small laugh, then rubbed the back of her head. Then Tai turned his attention to his son, "Jaune...Just...Be sure to look after your sister."
"You got it dad," Jaune complied.
"Alright, now do either of you have any questions?"
"Nope," Ruby squeaked then bolted out the car in a flash.
However her brother had this to say, "Um yeah, dad...You've had plenty of girlfriends right?"
"Well I don't mean to toot my own horn, but when I was your age, I had to so many girls after me I had to beat them off with a stick."
"Right...So, if I wanted to...Get a girlfriend, what would I do?"
The father smirked and said, "Jaune, the only piece of advice you need is confidence."
"Really?"
"If you want a girl to like you, just be yourself, but be the best version of yourself."
"Huh?"
"Women are always attracted to those who can present themselves as take charge kind of people. Give them that impression and they'll be all yours."
"Okay dad, I will."
Leaving the vehicle, Jaune stared out at the various students before him. Never before had he seen so many beautiful women in one place, he then scoped out a small group of female students chatting outside the school. With fire in his heart, he marched over to those women ready to show them what he's got. Unfortunately his bravado had been terminated as he of course slipped upon an unexpected source. After peeling his face from the pavement, he came full few of the three women holding in their smiles and laughs at his suffering. The teen looked back to see what caused him to lose his footing only to find a small banana peel.
The blonde thought to himself, seriously, people actually slip on these things. I thought it was just on cartoons.
"Hey sorry man," an anonymous voice called out. He turned to the side to find another blonde male teenager with shaggy hair, offering him a hand up. After accepting the offer, the stranger rubbed the back of his head and continued, "Yeah, I was aiming for the trash can and I completely undershot my throw."
"Sun Wukong," another anonymous voice called out. Jaune gazed into this direction yet felt a strange pleasure, when face to face with this new person. This male student was of Asian descent, had solid black hair, pink irises and wore a...White uniform? As the Asian arrived he began lecturing, "What have I told you about littering?"
"Aw come on man," The other student moaned, "I was aiming for the trash can, it was an accident."
"Yes it was and under normal circumstances I could let it go, but unfortunately this act caused physical harm to another student."
Jaune couldn't explain why, but for some reason he didn't want this boy to think of him as weak. "Uh I'm completely fine actually," The new student defended, "I'm like really tough you know."
"Yeah you see, he's fine," Sun concurred
The Asian glanced at both the blondes, but stated, "Be that as it may, I'm still issuing you a citation."
Sun groaned as the white suited student took out a small notebook and pen. After a few seconds, he issued the tiny piece of paper to the culprit. "Now, pick up your trash before it hurts anyone else."
As Sun complied with the order, the student in the white suit stared a Jaune for a few seconds, "Are you new here?"
"Uh yeah," Jaune mumbled, "My sister Ruby and I just transferred here."
"I see, well welcome to Beacon. My name is Lie Ren."
"Jaune Arc," He greeted as the two boys shook hands.
"Do you have any questions Jaune?"
"Just one, um...Why is your uniform white and everyone else's black?
"I am part of the student council. My duties range from organizing social events as well as enforcing the school rules. Thus I wear a different uniform to symbolize my authority."
"Like a cop?"
"I wouldn't put it that way, but essentially yes. What is your first class?"
"English, with Mrs. Peach."
"Very well, since she is my next class as well, I will escort you there myself."
"Uh, yeah okay cool," Jaune submitted with a smile.
In the deep dark ominous mansion, we find a tall middle-aged man with a slim build, slightly tanned skin, short black and gray hair as well as a mustache and green eyes. Walking through the dimly lit hallways, he then stood before a massive door. He looked down and took a deep breath before entering the murky bed chambers. There he could vaguely make out the form of a wrinkled old woman, with glowing red eyes. The figure hushed in a raspy voice, "Arthuuuurrr."
"Yes my lady."
"It is time...I can feel my power finally returning back to me, Ever...Slowly...But Ozpin...His curse has me aging too fast."
"What do you propose we do?"
"...I need energy from the humans...Extract their life force...With it, I can break this curse...And restore myself...To my former, glor...ry-y-y-y" The old hag began coughing profusely.
"Save your strength my lady, we will collect all the energy you need."
Okay first things first, because everyone's going to ask I'll answer the inevitable questions now.
Q. Is Yang in this Fic? How come she doesn't live with Jaune and Ruby?
A. Yang will be introduced, but as Yang Branwen and will be raised by Raven. I have some ideas for her, so she will play an interesting dynamic eventually.
Q. Why is Jaune's last name Xiao Long and Ruby is Rose
A. It didn't feel right calling Ruby Xiao Long, since that was never suppose to be her last name in canon and I did want to include Summer. So the answer is in this universe, Summer kept her last name and gave it to Ruby.(which undoubtedly is what happened in canon) However both her and Tai wanted a son, but didn't want to role the dice on another pregnancy so they decided to adopt. Thus Jaune took his father's last name and became Jaune Xiao Long.
I have ideas for Ruby being Jaune's little sister, when he gains his cross dressing powers and I didn't want the trouble of writing in 9 OCs(7 sisters & 2 parents) to get Jaune's actual home life. So in this universe he's adopted.
Anyways I hope I cleared up any inevitable confusion in this set up. Hope you all enjoy.