Hey Guys, RWBYBlackFlames here! Sorry for the last chapter and this chapter being shorter than the first, I really can't right the canon things that well, and it's rather annoying. But don't fret, starting next chapter, we'll be back at 4K chapters! Enjoy!

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Chapter 3

The Grimm Monoliths

'Those who shoot must be prepared to be shot!' ~Lelouch Lamprouge, First Vytallian Emporer.

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As Jaune flew through the air, he questioned a few things. Such as why he was so unlucky that he was cursed to being flung through the air every five minutes, how badly was this going to hurt, and other things. As soon as this initiation was over, he was going to make a few hundred sacrifices to Monty to allow him to stay on the ground, where he belonged. Speaking of initation...

"WATCH OUT!" said a voice from above. Was this Monty warning him of-

"WHY ME?" said Jaune as a red mass crashed into him from above, landing them both on the ground, with some more in tune with the Earth then others. Perhaps he should've looked up and not questioned the universe and avoided the whole crashing thing.

"Jaune! I am so so so sorry!" said Ruby as she noticed who she crashed into.

"Ow... it's alright, I'm sure it was an accident. But before anything else, can you do me a favor Ruby?" asked Jaune.

"Sure, what do you need?" asked Ruby.

"Can you get off of me?" asked Jaune, who was still trapped under Ruby.

"Oh, sorry, heh..." said Ruby as she got off Jaune and then proceeded to help the aforementioned blonde up.

"Ruby... why were you flying from the sky and crashing into me?" asked Jaune in a tired manor.

"I was on a Nevermore... flying above the forest to see where the relics are... with my partner... I saw the temple and jumped down... and I landed on you!" said Ruby, to which Jaune turned around and saw that they were indeed at the 'temple' with the relics, to which Yang and Blake had already arrived, and Yang was running over to them to see if they were alright.

"Ruby! Are you okay?" asked Yang in a worried tone.

"I'm fine Yang, I can take care of myself. A little fall won't hurt me!" said Ruby.

"Especially with a 'Jaune Landing Pillow' cushioning her fall" said Jaune, to which Yang laughed and Ruby disapproved.

"So Jaune, how did you get here?" asked Ruby.

"Well..." started Jaune before he was cut off as Pyrrha ran through the bushes with the angered Deathstalker chasing her. As soon as they arrived in the clearing, Pyrrha turned around and opened fire upon the Grimm, momentarily stunning it and ran to join Jaune.

"On that... I might have thought it was a relic and might have grabbed it, the Deathstalker didn't take too kindly to that and we had to escape the cave we found it in, long story short I got hit by that thing all the way here in one quick toss." said Jaune.

"Jaune! Are you alright?" asked Pyrrha worriedly. She had felt Jaune's aura drop quite a lot when he got hit by said Deathstalker.

"I'm alright, it hurt like nothing else but I'm alright. Thank you Aura!" said Jaune as he looked at the Deathstalker. Suddenly, out of the bushes, a near death Ursa came flying out before dropping dead with a certain ginger haired girl on top.

"Aw... it's broken..." pouted Nora as she got off the deceased Grimm. Then, a few moments later, a newcomer arrived, and it was a certain green clad lotus lover.

"Nora... Never do that again..." said Ren exhaustedly, looking at the Ursa to see that Nora was already gone.

"I'm Queen of the Castle! I'm Queen of the Castle!" cheered Nora as she paraded over a silver rook.

"Nora!" yelled Ren tiredly.

"Heh, coming Ren!" said Nora as she ran over to her friend.

"I feel like we're missing something... Let's see... 1, 2, 3...7! There are seven people here... Ruby, where's your partner?" asked Jaune as Ruby pointed up to see a certain heiress holding on for dear life on a Nevermore.

"I said jump!" yelled Ruby from below.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?" yelled Weiss in an indignant manner.

"Do a back flip!" yelled Nora excitedly, to which everyone looked over to her.

"What, we were all thinking it!" said Nora happily.

"She's not wrong, you know..." said Jaune.

"AHH!" yelled the heiress as she lost her grip and fell off the Nevermore. Jaune looked around and saw that everyone was too busy not attempting to save Weiss's life to do anything.

"I got her, don't rush to help me or anything..." said Jaune as he got onto a tree branch before super jumping with Aura infused legs and catching the hieress.

"Just dropping in?" said Jaune, earning him a facepalm and a sigh, before gravity decided to reunite Jaune with the Earth. Painfully. With Weiss landing on top of Jaune.

"Ugh... what's with me and flying today?" said Jaune to himself, before Weiss got up, shot him a look, before sighing and helping him up.

"Question Weiss, what's your opinion of flying?" asked Jaune.

"I hate it a lot more now, why?" asked Weiss.

"I have to make sure that we're on the same anti-air page." said Jaune. He then looked around and saw that the Nevermore was circling around and the Deathstalker was deciding to near the group for an attack. He was not the only one to notice that.

"I got this!" said Ruby before she rushed the Deathstalker... only to be deflected by the claws.

"Don't worry, I'm alright..." said Ruby as she got up, but it seemed that the Deathstalker wasn't going to let that happen. Suddenly, before the aged Grimm could land a hit onto the huntress in training, a dust shot froze it's claws.

"You're childish, and immature, and reckless, but you're my partner... and I admit, I may be a bit mean, but I'll try if you will." said Weiss as she saved Ruby, starting from mean to kind in the speech.

"I don't want to stop this team building exercise, but we have more important things to do! Such as, defeating these Grimm." said Jaune as the group caught up to them.

"We can't fight them here, the plain will give them a great advantage. We need to move." said Blake.

"Running, that's an idea that I can get behind." said Jaune as they ran out of the clearing.

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Soon, they arrived near a giant stone bridge, where the giant Nevermore decided to stay, limiting their options.

"Can we go around the Nevermore?" asked Jaune as he looked back.

"Nope!" said Ruby as the Deathstalker plowed through the trees, effectively cornering them.

"Nora, distract the Deathstalker, I have a plan." said Jaune as Nora turned her Warhammer into a Grenade Launcher, before launching heart grenades at the Deathstalker, stunning it momentarily.

"Ruby, Yang, can you and your partners defeat that Deathstalker?" asked Jaune.

"Of course we can! Who do you think we are?" said Yang cockily.

"Perfect. Pyrrha and I, as well as Nora and Ren will take out the Nevermore then. Any questions?" asked Jaune, to which no one objected.

"Let's go!" said Jaune as he ran out to the bridge with his team, whilst Ruby and her team stayed behind to deal with the Deathstalker. Truth be said, he didn't have much to deal damage against the overgrown bird, but he had a plan that could easily kill the Grimm.

"Pyrrha, Ren, I need you to distract the Nevermore. Nora, I need you to launch me onto the Nevermore. If you can do that, this Grimm will be down for the count!" said Jaune.

"We can do that" said Pyrrha as she and Ren laid fire upon the avian Grimm.

"Nora, this is going to be one shot and it'll really suck if you miss so tell me now, can you make the shot?" asked Jaune.

"...I can make the shot! Let's do this pancake buddy!" said Nora after a moment of thinking.

"Nevermore, you are history!" said Jaune as he pointed his sword at the Grimm, and prepared himself for whatever Nora was going to do. Immediately after, Nora turned her weapon back into it's hammer format in front of Jaune and hit the bridge with it, as well as using a grenade for extra speed, flinging Jaune towards the Nevermore at high speeds.

"THIS IS GOING TO SUCK!" said Jaune before landing onto the Grimm.

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Ruby and her friends had just finished defeating the giant scorpion Grimm, with Yang using her semblance to utterly annihilate the Deathstalker after a few hits and had turned around to see Jaune on the Nevermore, hanging on for dear life.

"What's Jaune doing now?" wondered Ruby as Jaune hung on to the back of the Nevermore, slowly inching his way up the beast, with Pyrrha and Ren laying fire upon the birds front, whilst Nora was watching from behind next to a destroyed chunk in the bridge. Jaune then reached the back of the Grimm's neck, and cloaked his sword in aura before plunging it into the back of the Nevermore. Said Nevermore freaked out, before crashing into the side of the mountain opposite of their side of the bridge, creating a small dust cloud from the impact.

"What's going on?!" asked Weiss confused as suddenly the dust cloud dispersed with a great light of aura coming from it. The dust settled, and Jaune was left on the side of the hill with only a smaller feather showing the presence of the once great Nevermore, as well as small unreadable writing on his sword. The group ran over to him, shocked after his display.

"What happened? How did you kill the Nevermore?!" asked Yang confused on the turn of events.

"*cough* Let's say that I have a few secrets worth knowing. Let's go to the cliff now, I'm tired and I don't want to test my luck any further." said Jaune as he sheathed his sword and picking up the lone feather of the avian and putting it in his pocket, before promptly falling forward from exhaustion, much to everyones surprise.

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"Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long. You have gathered the White Knight pieces, and now you shall form Team RWBY! Your leader will be... Ruby Rose!" said Ozpin, shocking Weiss, Ruby and a few others.

"What!?" yelled Weiss indignantly, to which the Headmaster completely ignored.

"Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren. You have gathered the White Rooks, and now you shall form Team JNPR! Your leader will be... Jaune Arc!" said the Headmaster.

"Huh... Pyrrha, when did you grab a relic?" asked Jaune.

"Good job Jaune, you will be our fearless leader and lead us through thick and thin! Also, I got it when you were saving Weiss from the ground." said Pyrrha.

"Don't call me that." said Jaune.

"Congrats Jaune on being our new fearless leader!" said Nora happily.

"Do well Jaune, we wouldn't want our fearless leader to lead us astray." said Ren.

"To our fearless leader!" said NPR happily.

"This is going to be a long four years..." said Jaune, to which the group including Jaune laughed.

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Hey guys, RWBYBlackFlames here and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. The real interesting bit is coming up next chapter, and if I can work hard enough and get enough support, it will be by the end of the week! That is all, I hope you enjoy Christmas! Black Flames out!