Wow, I suck at explaining things.

For starters, yes, Old Juane is inspired by Old Snake(I'm a huge fan of the MGS series), but Juane is still Juane. No, he's not going to start smoking, and No, he's not going to be a complete brood fest, nor is he going to start hiding in boxes. Come on guys, although we would like Juane to be as badass as Snake, he's still a Vomit Boy, and has a long way to go. The Juane in this story is just a lot more "grown up".

Also, maybe I went too far in the details of his "losing consciousness", because Old Juane still isn't dead XD.

Sweeping declaration, I will now write more clearly. I will now make sure everything that happens is relatively understandable. Thanks to those of you that critiqued me, I needed it for my first story on FF.

Here's a Recap!

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The events so far….

Team RWBY finds themselves with a loss of what to do one night. Suddenly, they hear a loud crash coming from the next room. Upon arrival, they find our lovable knight, Juane Arc, nowhere to be found. Instead, they find an old man holding Ren hostage with a combat knife, demanding the location of a certain "Zeo Torchwick". The group slowly realized that the old man was none other than future Juane Arc, who has apparently changed dramatically over the years. They repent on not seeing it sooner, as he is severely wounded. Before he passes out however, he tells Ozpin of a disk in his pocket that contains all the answers they would need for upcoming events….

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The next time Jaune woke up, his world was white.

His eyes struggled to open, opening and closing rapidly. He became vaguely aware that he was in a hospital room, considering how the room was all white, with little to no furniture, except a small white desk at his bedside. He grasped the white satin sheets as he struggled to get up on his elbows. He looked left and right; and paused in wonder.

Heh, so I really did travel to the past….

The knight hiked himself on his elbows. For a second, horror coursed through his veins realizing his exo-suit had been stripped away from him, instead being replaced by white robes. His fears were dissuaded once he spotted it in the corner, neatly folded, with all of his items placed adjacent to it. He grimaced, staring at how badly he had ruined it.

Weiss is going to kill me…

"You gave us quite a scare, Mister Arc."

His eyes darted to the door as it swung open gently, revealing none other than Ozpin, followed by his partner in crime, Glynda Goodwitch. He could feel her calculating gaze, almost as if it burned through his skin. He could only imagine what she was writing on that scroll of hers. Her expression, however, was impassive.

"Ozpin…. …." He regarded them both equally, running a hand over his face. He realized his eyepatch was missing, making him feel very aware of himself, and the pain in his former teachers' eyes.

"3 broken ribs, thirteen stitches along your right arm, your chest nearly cut open, and you're completely fine the next day. Your aura is quite special, Mister Arc."

Juane sat up in his hospital bed, rubbing his eyes open, his feet finding the marbled floor. He let out a weak chuckle, then he calmed himself down. Finding his eyepatch at the side of his table, he snatched it quickly, turned from them, and wrapped it around his right eye again. When he turned back to look at them, an expecting look had to come to his teacher's eyes.

He grunted in resignation. "You want to know where I got… my alterations form, huh…"

They didn't respond, waiting for him to to explain. The older Arc gently placed a hand over his damaged eye. "I lost this eye when my son got lost in Emerald forest. A damn Nevermore caught me off guard after I thought I finished it off. Luckily, we both made it out relatively fine."

"Relative? It appears we have different definition of "fine", Mister Arc." The headmaster mused. Nevertheless, Jaune gave a chuckle.

"Thats what everyone else said too. To tell you the truth, I was just putting on a brave face." He admitted, surprising the two teachers. The Jaune of their time would never admit such a thing, as confidence was always something he prided himself in. It worked out to be a strength of his, but also a weakness. The older Arc then rubbed the dark burn that covered his damaged eye.

"The burn….. I got that on a mission. I would tell you, but I think I would have to kill you." He joked, the mood suddenly becoming a lot more somber. Their student had noticeably been through a lot. He had seen the reality of their position as Hunters. Danger followed them like an old friend, and tragedy was that bitch that wouldn't go away.

His expression brightened suddenly, a smile coming to his face."I have two children- one son and one daughter- and one grandchild, just so you know."

Pride seemed to glow on his teacher's faces. gave him a smile."That's very good news, . To be honest, I was quite worried that you would never-"

She was cut off by a cough from Ozpin. She caught herself before continuing, "Its very good news that you settled down."

Jaune laughed, catching on to what the headmistress was saying. "Its fine, . If I remember, I was also worried about not being able to find a girlfriend for quite a while. At least when I was young."

He looked outside the small window, seeing the magnificence of Beacon tower. It still didn't fail to swell him with pride.

"Things…. changed. I changed….I guess. I didn't worry about things like that for a long time, and then suddenly, it happened, I guess."

Ozpin waited for a bit, before adding,"….with no less." , despite being an absolute professional, also couldn't resist hearing how the clumsy leader of JNPR got in a relationship with the Black of Team RWBY. Those two didn't seem to interact all that much. An incredulous look crossed Jaune's face.

"How did you- oh."

His face burned slightly with red, remembering his words to the young huntress. He looked away from the devious look in his teacher's eyes.

"Yeah, probably shouldn't have said that in the heat of the moment. But I suppose it won't matter, considering anything I do will just be reverted back to normal."

The older Arc calmed himself down, before getting down to business."I assume you watched my debriefing?"

The two teachers nodded, remembering the events that transpired after Jaune passed out…

—-Captured In Her Eyes—-

"JAUNE!" The group of hunters cried out in shock, as their friend closed his eyes. Terror shook their bodies as none of them could think straight at the moment. It wasn't everyday that your dear friend comes from the future as an old man on the brink of death. Ozpin himself had been rendered speechless, trying to make sense of what happened. Luckily, the medic team barged into the room, followed by a slightly out of breath Glynda Goodwitch, and upon spotting the older man, quickly put him on a stretcher and hustled him to the infirmary. The room exploded into a cacophony of noise, everyone panicking about what to do.

"ENOUGH!" bellowed, thrusting a hand out to silence them. Everyone quickly shut up.

Ozpin took this moment to gain control of the room. "Students, for the sake of immediacy, it is important that we follow 's wishes at the moment. We need to get that disc."

Everyone paused, before all thinking the same thing.

Crap.

Ruby rushed out of the room, shouting for the medic team to stop. Fortunately, they weren't far away. She rushed down the hall, noticing that the rest of the students had retired to their rooms. Upon reaching the team, she stopped, her chest heaving.

"Sorry, but I need to get something from him, its important." She explained quickly. The medic team obliged immediately, one of them telling her to make it quick. The leader gave the older Arc a look over. The doctors had attached him to IV drip, and he was breathing in and out in shallow breaths. She knew nothing about first aid, but she took it as a solid sign that he would be ok. At least she, hoped.

Jaune… if you die before explaining yourself to Blake….

She shook her those thoughts out of her. No! He would be ok, he had to be. The girl reached inside his cloak, trying to ignore the blood that caught on to her hands. Upon feeling around a bit, she found something solid, and pulled it out.

A small, white disk case with the inscription, "Beacon of the past - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY".

—-Captured In Her Eyes—-

Blake wasn't in the best frame of mind right now. A few hours ago, the worst thing she had to worry about was how to comfort her partner after she failed a test on the Great War in Professer Oobleck's class. Not even the test itself brought her great consternation. Now her thoughts were possessed of Jaune, and his words to her.

I will always love you.

Even thinking about it now put her on edge. Like honestly, did the man have no sense of place and time? She would have liked a little warning before having that emotional bomb dropped on her. Thankfully, Yang hadn't said anything yet, so she thanked the heavens the situation at hand caused the brawler to have a little sense of urgency.

The disc could luckily play on team JNPR's TV, so they quickly settled in, not wanting to waste time.

Ozpin pressed play.

At first, nothing but darkness enveloped the screen. Then suddenly, a bright light appeared, an elderly woman with cat ears coming into view. She stared at them for a few seconds before speaking.

"Wait a second…. that's Blake!" Yang exclaimed. Blake didn't want to believe it, but it was true. The woman had her yellow eyes, and the same color ears as her. Blake's face hadn't changed much, except for the sprouting of the lines which come with old age. The old woman's hair wasn't completely gray; she still had strands of black.

"Wow Blake. You look kind of beautiful." Nora stated, causing the faunus to mutter a small "thanks". The group couldn't help but agree unanimously.

"Old age seems to have done you a great service, , much more than other people I would say."Ozpin said with a straight face. The cat faunus then noticed the daggers their headmistress now shot at their brave headmaster. Her lips couldn't help but curve upwards.

The Blake of the future began to speak. "Before this message begins, if you are not one of Beacon, please stop watching. This message is under protection by the Valian military. Failure to comply will result in a very painful execution, and trust us, we have always have ways of doing it. When you stop watching, give this disc to one of the following individuals, in no particular order of importance: Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren, Glynda Goodwitch, or Headmaster Ozpin. I shall give you 10 minutes to comply. If you are one of the following individuals, then keep watching."

An awkward silence then enveloped the room, everyone not knowing what to do, or talk about. Nothing of particular importance had happened yet.

"Well….. that was a thing." Yang murmured, hands rested on her knees. Ruby laid back on the couch in resignation.

"Geez Blake, the least you could do was add elevator music."

The cat faunus shot a sharp look to the prodigy, while the students laughed at her joke.

"You do realize there's a fast forward button, right?" She shot back dryly, causing the leader to stiffen up.

"I knew that!"

"…Ten minutes have passed….. If you're watching this, that means Jaune has made it to you, and "your Jaune" has disappeared. Do not be alarmed. Your Jaune is in a safe place."

"That's good." Pyrrha said, the group agreeing unanimously. That had been one of their primary concerns.

The old woman paused, seemingly thinking about what to say."Time travel is not something that usually happens, but when it does….. well… it does. As Hunters, we must always expect the unexpected. Now, knowing the "me" of the past, I would probably not react very well."

"You could say that again." Weiss muttered. Blake agreed with herself from the future wholeheartedly.

" Despite this, you must accept there are things you don't know, and be open minded. The power of Aura is infinite, much like Semblances. One such individual just so happened to attain the power to travel through time." The old woman raised a scroll in her hand, a showed them a picture of a man.

"…That guy reminds me of Torchwick." Blake said, the group taking note of the man's characteristics. He had the same red hair, and the same casual look in his eyes as that criminal. His skin was a tone darker however. He wore a red cloak, and was walking away from an explosion that happened in the back ground. Other than that, there was very little difference in the two people.

"This is Zeo Torchwick. Yes, he is related Roman Torchwick, who we believe to be his father - I won't go into details. He is an eco-terrorist from our time, and has escaped into yours."

She paused for a breath, before continuing.

" We need you capture him and send him back to us. I've given Jaune the tools necessary to do that, so he will fill you in."

A depressing thought came to Blake's mind.

"Guys, what if Jaune dies?"

Blake instantly regretted blurting that out, as she could almost feel the negativity in the room. Their friend had done so much to get here; for all of it to be in vain would be a tragedy.

"In the small chance that Jaune is injured, do not be alarmed, he will not die. His semblance won't allow him to. Again, I wont go into details."

"Wait, what? What does she mean his semblance won't allow him to die?" Weiss exclaimed, a look of indignation crossing her face. Blake could feel her eyes on her.

"Don't look at me, Weiss! Its not like I know the answer! He's obviously not immortal, considering he's bleed-"

Blake stopped herself before she finished what she was saying. Ozpin put a tapped his cane on the ground, gaining their attention.

"Students, the only thing we can do is believe in the future 's words, and assume that Jaune will live. We should think positively, not negatively, in times like these."

"Back to more important matters: Zeo. His semblance , to not sugarcoat it, is time travel. However, it is incredibly nuanced. Please listen carefully to the conditions of his semblance."

Pyrrha resourcefully got out her scroll to write down the information. A silent "good job" was given to her by the headmistress.

One, he uses a portal to travel to the past, meaning that he can also send other people as well. Two, anything he does in the past will be altered back to normal once he returns to his time; you don't have to worry about the time-space continuum, or anything like that. Three, In order for someone from the future to return to the future, they need only to touch him once to be returned forever. In the case that Zeo were to die…. well….lets say it would be a very bad day for all of us. Not even we know what will happen. Everything Zeo does in the future may be irreversible if that happens, so I highly suggest you try and prevent it. Four, he must use someone else's aura to open the portal. The amount needed is a lot, so not many people can do it. We believe that the person who did it is this man, who we have code named, Snake Eyes ". she now showed a picture of young man with green hair. His eyes, appropriately, were yellow slits, and were very large in proportion to his face. He wore a simple green sweater, and cargo pants. His tongue was also snake-like, being very thin a slitted at the end. It was visible because his mouth was currently wide open in a cruel laugh, his hands rubbing together. He looked like a textbook evil-doer.

"That's….not what a criminal is supposed to wear." Weiss stated with disgust. Blake could see that Yang gave the young heiress a raised eyebrow.

"Really Weiss Cream? That's the part you mention? Not the creepy eyes, or the more creepy tongue?"

"Okay first of all, don't call me that, second of all, all I'm saying is that the best time to wear a striped sweater is NOT all the time."

Ruby gave a high-five to the heiress, who, surprisingly, returned it gladly.

"Children, pay attention." Glynda said, quickly drawing their attention back to the TV.

"And fifth, anyone other than Zeo who goes back into the past has a twelve hour existence in the world. Basically, where your Jaune went, our Jaune will go. I cannot give you anymore of an explanation on that, as that is all the information I have. But this should be good news for you; your Jaune will return to you eventually, although he too will have a twelve hour existence as well. Once Zeo is back to the past, this "switching" will stop. Think of it as motivation to complete this mission as fast as possible."

The group cheered in happiness; their friend would return to them eventually. Blake smiled brightly, knowing that her friend would be okay.

"Nose goes on not being the one to explain everything to Jaune." Ruby squeaked, bringing a finger to her nose. Everyone, even the teachers, quickly followed suit, with Blake of all people being last.

She glanced a little, Yang patting her back in comfort. "It's ok, I'll give you full privacy. I won't even be there to watch the whole thing. But I will record it entirely. For research purposes of course."

Blake stared at her friend, internally wailing in disbelief.

The old woman looked pensive for a moment, before speaking again. "I've no doubt that you have many questions about what happens in the future. The only thing I can do to satisfy your curiosity is to say that I have battled many enemies, overcome many challenges, and accomplished all of my goals. My time as a Hunter was very fulfilling." The old woman paused, an unnatural, misty look in her eyes. "The same goes for the rest of you. All of us did many good things as Hunters. But our time is over now, so we just do small stuff now."

"…You call capturing a guy who can literally travel through time small stuff? Jesus Blake, you're such a badass in the future." Yang supplied cheekily, nudging the cat faunus.

" Long…" Ms Goodwitch warned.

A frown came to the old woman's face."The Jaune of our time….how to say this….". The woman ran a hand through her hair, scratching her ears."Jaune…has changed…. a lot…while the rest of us achieved great things….he achieved the epitome of what a Hunter can do. He surpassed us all, and became a hero of legend. That being said, he's gone through a lot. He's no longer that clumsy leader you all know so well. He's a hardened warrior who used his failures as an example of how not to fail ever again. He is… a man of focus… so sometimes he is difficult to deal with. All I'm saying is, is that, people change over time, but not entirely. No matter what he says or does, he's still Jaune. A leader who cares for his team, nothing more, nothing less. He is one of the greatest men I've ever known."

Blake could feel her cheeks burning, as easily as she could feel the stares on her. Never before had they heard the cat faunus talk of someone so highly. It was so suprising, since the two students rarely interacted during their time at Beacon.

The woman was now smiling deviously."If he tries to show off, knock him down a peg by reminding him of how hopeless he was back in school. We still call him Vomit Boy, even now. So if he tries to give some elaborate speech about how he's grown up, laugh him off, and tell him thats his nickname for eternity. He's as deep as a shallow river, so don't overthink his words too much. Then again, thats how Jaune has always been.". The old woman took breath, a determined look coming to her face. "Well, I've spoken more in 10 minutes than I have in years. Just so you know, this was supposed to be our last mission together before we retired for good with everyone else."

"With everyone else…. that means we…"Nora couldn't finish the sentence, instead shooting a glance at Ren. The thought of all of them retiring as Hunters and living together in peace was so foreign to them. Right now, their world was so chaotic and action-packed, it would be years before something like that happened.

The old woman gave them a last smile."I wish you the best of luck, my dear friends. This is Blake Belladonna Arc, signing off."

Blake's cheeks were now crimson, as she hugged her knees to her chest.

Holy crap, I married Jaune. I married Jaune. I married Jaune. I married Jaune. I married Jaune. I married Jaune. I married Jaune. I married Jaune. I married Jaune

The future Blake was about to get up from her seat, before sitting back down one more time."And to my younger self, he's not that bad once you get to know him. I would know, I married the damn idiot."

The video then shut off abruptly. A long silence came to the room. Blake turned around, inspecting the expressions on her friends faces, stopping at Yang's biting smirk.

"Holy crap. You actually married Vomit Boy."

Blake then ran out of the room, as it subsequently erupted in laughter.

—-Captured In Her Eyes—-

Jaune got up from his hospital bed, stretching himself out. He didn't realize it until now, but he was tall enough that both his teachers had to look up slightly to talk to tim.

"Its been approximately eight hours since you first arrived here, Mr. Arc. We've made the preparations for your mission, and sent out signals to the other academies to also search for Zeo." explained, writing something down on her scroll.

"Thats fine. I knew this mission would take a while to complete. It won't be long until he appears, but until then, we relax for now."

Right before he was about wear his cloak once more, he paused. He raised it up to the sunlight, seeing that it was nothing more than a few rags now. He couldn't very well wear his exo-suit in public; people would probably think he was going to actually kill someone.

"You wouldn't mind getting me some clothes, would you?"

Both the headmaster and headmistress had already left the room, to his utter despair.

"Well, shit."