RWBY: Shadows of Remnant

"You are banished from death cast adrift between the worlds of light and dark, a curse binds us together to walk the earth of Remnant for all time, but we can be save…for you have been chose to save it from the ambition of a mad woman and only by stopping her can we be free of our curse...Jaune Arc"


Chapter III: Battle at the Docks


In the early morning at a local café in the center of town sat two individuals, one was a boy with blond hair and monkeys tail casually sipping a cup of tea with the girl a cross from him. The girl had raven black hair and amber coloured eyes with a pitch-black bow resting comfortably on top of her head.

Her name was Blake Belladonna, a member of Team RWBY and recently discovered a Faunus in hiding. And yesterday did not go so well for her, yesterday after helping Jaune buy his new clothes, they came across a crime scene with the suspects being White Fang members. This was soon followed by the arrival of the boy across from her Sun Wukong, a transfer student from a neighbouring Kingdom, who snuck aboard a cargo ship to Vale and got chased by the V.P.D. this spawned her teammate Weiss Schnee to follow the Faunus boy to question him.

After failing to find him the situation turned worst when the heiress began spewing rude and unconventional comments about the Faunus people, her people, and show little remorse whatsoever.

Then the strangest thing happened when Jaune Arc, the leader of Team JNPR, suddenly exploded in anger accusing her family of fifty years of Faunus suffering and pain. While she slightly enjoyed seeing the Heiress being thrown off her high horse and backed into a corner, She was slightly scared, as she had noticed that he was acting differently from his usual personality.

She knew that Jaune had a crush on the white haired heiress and she tolerated his advances as she normally did, by completely brushing him off. But when he raged at her for her comments on the Faunus, he showed something strange. An unbridled fury screaming for revenge and retribution, the same kind that her people cried out for, but Jaune wasn't a Faunus, he couldn't know what it was like to be discriminated or abused like her kind.

Could he?

Setting it aside for later she placed her cup back down as she looked at the boy across from him. "So…" she said as she got his attention "You wanted to know about me" she said as she stared at the liquid in her cup. Unknown to either of them, leaning on the side of the roof on the other side of the street, they were being observed. Jaune narrowed his eyes as he looked at the pair; after cunningly sneaking out of his room without waking up Pyrrha or his team he left first thing in the morning to find Blake.

It wasn't hard to do, Inu had shown him how to track her down thanks to her aura signature and the footprints they leave behind, one that only someone in his 'condition' could see and follow.

He had managed track her down to small café in the centre of the city and had somehow met up with the Faunus stowaway that Weiss was chasing yesterday, as the two were now enjoying a cup of tea on the balcony. He wanted to call team RWBY and let them know that he found her, but Inu told him not to and wait to see what was going on with her. Jaune was against the idea of spying, but had little choice as Inu pointed out that Blake might know something that could help them, however little it maybe.

"I don't know about this Inu, I don't like the idea of spying on one of my friends like this it feels…wrong" Jaune spoke to the spirit inside of him, Inu manifested beside him as he gazed down at the pair on the café deck.

"Right and wrong have nothing to do with this Jaune, all that matters is finding the woman that murdered me and why she did it. And I believe she holds the key to our search, besides for some reason I feel like I've seen her before" he said as he focused on the girl.

Jaune shook his head as he leaned in closer as he tried to hear what they were saying but couldn't "Well it will be hard if I can't hear them" he said as the Wraith rolled his eyes to the boy.

"Then use my eyes and ears" he said before he disappeared and Jaune felt a rush of energy forming in his eyes and ears as he began to hear every small detail, the passing bystanders below, the smallest bugs wings and his own beating heart…he could hear everything.

"Whoa…is this what its like to be a Faunus?" he asked as the spirit nodded silently to the boy.

"Indeed…you humans hear and see things so differently from us, you are blind and deaf to the world, you cannot hear the wind sing or feel the subtle shifts in the ground, we are more in tuned with nature then you…I'm surprised your kind has managed to survive for so long" he said as the boy shook off the last comment and focused his hearing to the pair.

"Finally she speaks! For two days you've given me nothing but small talk and weird looks" Sun exasperated as Blake glared slightly at him. "Yeah see like that" he said before Blake shook her head at the boy.

"Tell me Sun, are you familiar with the White Fang?" she asked as the boy nodded to her, Jaune leaned in closer to hear the conversation.

"Of course I do, I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet that hasn't heard about them, stupid holier then thou creeps who use force to get whatever they want, bunch of freaks if you ask me!" he said as he then sipped from his cup.

"…I was actually a member once " she said as Sun then couched up his tea in shock, while on the other side of the street Jaune face palmed himself at the blonds less the subtle response.

"…Smooth buddy…real smooth"

"Whoa, Whoa wait a minute! You?! Were a member of the White Fang?" he asked the girl in shock as she only nodded at him.

"For most of my life actually…you could say I was even born into it" she said as he began her tale.

"Back then things were different, in the ashes of War the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between the Faunus and the humans…but of course despite the promise of equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate" she said as she hung her head in sorrow.

"Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings and so the White Fang rose up as a voice of our people" this time Jaune looked down in shame at the way his people had treated hers, he felt sick and disgusted to be human.

"And I was there at the front of every rally, I took part in every boycott, because I thought we were actually making a difference…but I was young and youthfully optimistic that I couldn't see the truth…we were getting nowhere" she said as she looked at the tea.

"Then five years ago our leader stepped down and a new one took his place; a new leader with a new way of thinking…" Jaune suddenly felt Inu stir in rage at this but kept quite as he listened in.

"Suddenly our peaceful rallies were replaced with organized attack, shops and business were burnt to the ground for refusing to serve us and we were hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labour, and the worst part…it was actually working, we were being treated like equals, but not of respect…but out of fear" she finished as he placed her tea back down. Jaune looked on in shame and sadness as he heard the young Faunus story of pain and hardship. He looked over at Inu as he remained silent and still, his expression grim and woeful.

"…W-was it really that bad?" Jaune asked in shock and horror as Inu refused to look at the boy and kept his gaze down at the two.

"...Far Worse" was all he said as Jaune looked down once more before looking back to the two Faunus, a new sense of understanding and respect towards their kind.

"So I left, I decided that I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, instead I would dedicate my life to becoming a huntress…and here I am, hiding in plain sight, all with the help of a little black bow" she said as the bow on top of her head twitched left and right. Jaune narrowed his eyes slightly at the small subtle twitches of her bow, he always felt that the bow on top of her head was too well positioned, also for the fact that at certain times he could have sworn that the bow twitched whenever a bird flew by, or someone made a loud noise in the cafeteria.

Now it all made sense to him, and he felt sad that she had to hide her true self because of people like Cardin and Weiss…it was saddening.

"So…have you told any of your friends?" Sun asked as the girl shook her head solemnly.

"No I haven't…and I don't think they would want to see me at the moment, if they knew of my past, the things I've done for the White Fang…I don't think they would ever look at me the same again…its better that they don't know" she said as Jaune shook his head from across the street. And with that simple gesture they both left the café and began to walk the streets of Vale in an awkward silence. Unaware that Jaune was following as stealthily as he could from the rooftops, Inu guiding his every step and move.

"So what now?" Sun asked Blake as they strolled along the sidewalk; Blake shook her head as she thought about it.

"I don't know, I still don't believe the White Fang are responsible for these recent Dust attacks, they never needed that much Dust before" she defended as she tried to find reason in her former organisation.

"What if they did?" Sun suddenly said as Jaune and Blake raised an eyebrow at this. "I mean the only way to prove they didn't do it, is to go to the place they would most likely do it, and not find them there…right?" he said as he pointed his fingers like a cowboy in a western.

Jaune from above rose an eyebrow at this and turned to Inu "Did you understand any of that?" he asked the spirit as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Not one bit"

It seemed that Blake got it but was not supportive of it "The only problem is I have no idea where they would be?" she said as Sun folded his hands behind his back.

"Well…while I was on the ship I heard the crew talking about un-hauling a huge shipment of Dust arriving from Atlas"

"How huge?"

"Huge" Sun sad as he stretched out his hands to emphasise his point "Big Shcnee Company freighter" he said as the girl leaned in.

"Are you sure?" she asked the boy as he nodded his head to the girl.

"Yep and I heard that its happening tonight at the docks just a small distance from here" he said as he pointed towards the docks. Blake set her sights there as she nodded her head and began to move past the monkey-tailed boy.

"Then lets go," she said before Sun placed a hand on her arm and stopped her.

"Wait? Aren't you going to call your friends for backup? What if they are there and you're outgunned?" he asked as the girl only shook her head at this.

"…No…they don't need to be involved…this is my fight" she said as she shook the boy off her arm and continued to walk to the dock, Sun sighed at this as he followed after the girl.

High above Jaune nodded his head as she heard their plan "So now we know where to start, guess we are heading to the docks" he then turned as Inu materialised beside him. "Think we'll find anything there?" he asked spirit as he shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know, but it's a start and it better then where we were before, we'll just have to see how this will play out…we better get a move on" he said as Jaune nodded and followed after the pair.


Later that night, Vale Harbour


On top of the roof adjacent from the docks and on the other roof were two figures; one was Blake while the other was Jaune as they staked out the docks before them. The two had arrived at the docks and waited for anything out of the ordinary, so far nothing as the Dust was unloaded and then stacked along the water edge. The workers had left an hour ago and the dock was now deserted, no sign of life anywhere.

"What did I miss?" Sun said as he appeared beside the girl, his arms full with apples as she shook her head at the boy.

"Not much, they just unloaded all the crates off the boat and now they're just sitting there" she said as Sun nodded at this.

"Cool…hey I stole you some apples"

"Do you always break the law without a second thought?" she asked as the boy looked at her.

"Hey weren't you part of a cult or something?" he retaliated as he received a glare from the girl. "Right too soon, sorry" he said as he sat on the roof next to her and ate some of the apples. Meanwhile across from them on the opposite roof was Jaune as he entered the wraith world to see what his human eyes could not, there was nothing but crates and containers filled with Dust.

"Its been an hour since the workers left, they already unloaded the containers and they just left…maybe they're are not coming" Jaune said as he looked at the containers marked Schnee company.

Inu appeared beside him as Jaune looked over the dock one last time before sighing and scratching the back of his head. "Maybe this lead was a dead end," he said as turned away from the dock.

"No…something is off" Inu said as Jaune looked back to the ghost Faunus "Why would Dust come all the way over from Atlas and just be left right out in the middle of the open" he said as Jaune looked at the containers again with curiosity.

"Yeah you're right, shouldn't they be placed in storage or something if they are that valuable?" Jaune said before Inu pointed something else out.

"Another thing where are the guards? They should be posted around the dock in case of intruders…but there's no one here but us" he said as he pointed to the empty security booths.

Jaune's eyes widened slightly at this as he realised what Inu was telling him "What the hell is going on here?" he asked Inu, but was interrupted as VTOL appeared above them blowing a large amount of dust in the air as Jaune shielded his eyes from the gust of wind.

Inu narrowed his eyes as he disappeared back inside Jaune "Looks like we're about to find out"

The VTOL spun around with its search lights active before it landed right in the middle of the dock as its searchlight shut off. The back and side of the large airship opened up as a metal ramp extended from the ship. From out of the ship stepped a man, wearing black boots, pants with a long sleeved black shirt with a white vest, a black hood and a metal mask that looked reminiscent of a Grimm mask.

But on the back of the white vest was something that brought a sense of dread and sorrow at the image of a red angry beast on the mans back, "Oh no…" Blake said as she stared at the red image.

"Is that them?" Sun asked as he looked at the man's back as well. She nodded and hung her head in shame at this; more men soon appeared with one of them holding a dust-powered rifle.

"Yes…that's them," she said solemnly as Sun looked over to her sympathetically.

"You really didn't think they were behind it did you?" he asked her as she shook her head.

"No…I think deep down I knew, I just didn't want to be right" she said watching the men grabbing long metal cables and hooking them up to the ship.

"Hey what's the hold up?" a voice yelled out as Blake's eyes were instantly on the loud voice, she looked over and gasped at what she saw. Out of the VTOL stood a human with orange hair in a white suit jacket, black pants and wearing a bowler hat and walked with a cane.

She instantly recognised the man, Roman Torchwick, international criminal and master thief. She had seen the news report about him, and had learned more about him from Ruby when she first encountered him.

"We are not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so maybe you animals should try and pick up the pace a little" he told the crew as they rushed around quicker to get the job done.

"Something's not right…The White Fang would never work with a human, especially someone like him" she said as she drew her katana blade and dashed down the building. Sun tried to grab her but was too late as she rushed down to the docks.

Jaune on the other side of the docks also had wide eyes at the human among the human hating organization. "What the heck is he doing here? I thought the White Fang hated Humans?" he asked Inu as the wolf Faunus glared at him.

"They do, something is defiantly not right here. Get closer and find out what's going on here" he command as Jaune nodded and leaned over the edge of the building. Jaune the spread his arms out as he jumped off the edge and plummeted to the ground below. But as he fell his body glowed white as an image of Inu overlapped his form before he landed in a crouching position. The fall having no affect on his body as he looked back up from where he jumped to where he fell.

"I will never get over how cool that is," Jaune said as he grinned slightly.

"Focus Jaune, we don't have a lot of time" Inu commanded as the boy nodded and silently snuck over the fence of the dock and carefully snuck around the giant metal containers. Jaune at a distance focused Inu's powers into his eyes and ears again as he heard Roman talking to one of the lackeys.

"No it is not a leash! What the heck is wrong with you?" he said right before Blake appeared right behind him, her sword touching against his skin as he held him as a hostage. "What the? Oh for-"

"Nobody move!" Blake ordered as she pressed the blade against his neck, three of the thugs surrounded her as they pointed guns and swords to the black clad Faunus.

"Whoa easy there little lady" Roman said as he casually smirked to the girl that could slit his throat in a minute, Jaune found it odd that he was surprisingly calm about this. Blake slowly reached for her bow as she let the small ribbon fall and flutter in the air, he Faunus heritage in plain view for all. The White Fang members stared at her as she looked to them.

"Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" she asked as the men drew back slightly from the girl.

"Ah~ kid didn't you get the memo?" Roman taunted as she pressed the blade further to his neck.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well the White Fang and I are going in on a joint business together" he said as she glared at him more.

"Tell me what it is so I can put an end to your little operation" before she could continue a large gust of wind blasted through the air, as two more sets of lights shone through the dock, looking up Roman smirked as Blake's eyes widened in shock.

"I wouldn't exactly call it a 'little' operation"

Hovering above them were two more VTOLS as they hovered directly over the first and the group, Jaune peeked out of cover as he looked up to the sky. "This isn't good, there's too many of them…I got to call the others" he pulled out his new scroll and began to text his and team RWBY.

"Hey! Who are you!" Jaune turns around as he was soon face to face with the barrel of a dust-powered gun. The thug walked closer as he nearly pressed the barrel to his face "I said who the hell are you!" he ordered again as Jaune backed up against the crate.

'Uh Inu I could use a little help here'

"Ok just do what I say, exactly as I say," he ordered as Jaune silently nodded to the spirit, the thug was getting impatient as he pressed the gun closer to his face.

"Hey I'm talking to you! Who the hell are y-"

Before he even realised what happened, Jaune grabbed the gun and slammed the butt of the gun against his shoulder, the thug staggered back as Jaune sent a flurry of punches into the man's stomach before kicking him in the same area.

He then grabbed the man by his vest and threw him against the container, before he quickly slammed his foot into the man's face as he knocked the man unconscious.

"Ok I need a distraction…any suggestions Inu?" he asked the wolf spirit as he thought for a moment and came up with a plan. Communicating with Jaune he relayed the instructions as he nodded to the spirit. Jaune quickly climbed the containers as he summoned the bow in his hand and time once again slowed down as he aimed at the spotlight of the Bulkhead. With a pull of the string the arrow sped thought the air as the lights suddenly exploded in a rain of sparks.

The distraction was enough for the group to now turn their attention to the boy as he drew his sword from his back and faced the girl, "Blake run now!" Jaune yelled as he jumped down off the container and rushed to the group, his blade clashing with the thugs.

"Oh great! Who he heck is this?" Roman questioned as Blake stared wide-eyed at the boy before them.

"Jaune! What are you?"

"No time! Get to cover!" was all he could say as the girl instantly kicked the thief away as Roman aimed his cane at the girl and prepared to fire from his signature weapon. But as this happened Jaune faster then anyone could see, unleashed another arrow from his bow as the arrow knocked the cane off target. The rocket missed as it hit one of the containers sending the large container tumbling to the ground, spilling a large amount of Dust crystals across the ground.

Blake managed to sprint behind cover, as Roman looked annoyed at the sudden turn of events. "I really hate it when things don't go to plan" he then turned his attention to Jaune as he and the others aimed at him.

"And who the heck are you kid?" he said as Jaune grinned nervously to the armed men that surrounded him, "Not exactly bright are you?" he asked as Jaune shook his head.

"No not really"

Before he could fire a banana peel landed straight in Roman's face as Sun jumped from the crane above him and quickly deployed his weapon, a long red bo-staff and struck the man across the face as Roman quickly swing back with his weapon.

Jaune at the moment was dealing with other matters as three of the men came charging at him, swords drawn and ready to kill the boy. Jaune quickly dodged one blade as he quickly deflected the blade off his back and parried the second man's strike before he ducked under another. Soon Jaune and Sun were back to back as the men circled around them, Jaune with his sword pointed at them, and Sun with his staff.

"Hey names Sun, Sun Wukong, you one of Blake's friends?" Sun asked as he and Jaune quickly dodge a series of strikes from the men.

"Jaune, Jaune Arc and yes I'm one of Blake's friends" he said as he quickly ducked and slashed at a man that dodged his attack with ease. Only to be hit across the face by Sun's staff and then punched by Jaune's left fist.

"What are you doing here?" he asked as he dodged and struck every man he could.

"Trying to look after my friend you?"

"Same thing"

The two blonds shared one look together before they nodded and continued to fight the armed thugs. Meanwhile Blake was busy fighting off against roman as he easily parried her attacks with ease and precision.

"Now you are just a bad kitty aren't you?" he taunted to the Faunus girl as she raged at the man, her blows becoming more aggressive with each strike. But Roman was stronger then he appeared as he easily evaded her moves and sent her flying back with a well placed shot to the ground beneath her as she flew over and slammed against a container.

Then suddenly he ducked as an old ancient blade nicked the corner of his hat as he backed up from the attacker.

Jaune and Sun had dealt with their trouble as they went over to help Blake, Sun went charging over to fight him as Jaune helped her get back up "You ok Blake?" he asked as the girl nodded before she shook him off her arm.

"I'm fine, what the hell are you doing here Jaune?"

"I came to find you, your friends are worried sick about you, and I sort of followed you guys," he said as Blake narrowed her eyes at him.

"How long?"

Jaune looked away nervously as he didn't look at the girl "…Since the Café" he said as Blake lowered her head at this.

"…So…you know as well then right? About my past and connection to the White Fang" she said as he nodded at her as she hung her head lower. "And now you probably know what I am now right?" she asked as once again Jaune nodded to the girl.

"You probably can't stand the sight of me now huh? For what I truly am, and All the things I've-"

"I don't care" he interrupted as she looked up in shock, the boy smiled to her as he handed her the little black bow,

"Blake what we did in our pasts is in our past, its what we do in our future that matters…besides I think your ears make you look cute" he finished as the girl got a healthy blush on her face.

She then looked up to the boy as he smiled to her with his usual slanted smile, this one action alone made her feel something she never thought of from a human…happy.

"Jaune…" she whispered as she looked into his blue eyes.

"Hey if you guys are done flirting, I COULD USE SOME HELP HERE!" Sun yelled out as another explosion rocked the dock. The pair turned back to see Sun running around in a circle as Roman shot more rockets from his cane.

"Oh Shit! Sorry Sun!" Jaune yelled as he charged toward the criminal and swung his sword at the man. Roman clicked his teeth in annoyance as Jaune went in for another strike, only to have it parried away by the man.

"You kids are really starting to get on my nerves!" he yelled out but then ducked as Blake came sailing over his head as both blades missed him by an inch. Blake sped around the man as each strike she made left an after image of herself in her place.

Sun used his nunchaku-shotguns in close-quarters with the man as he directed off each blast with a simple nudged or shove with his cane. This proved that he was on a whole different level then the three teens before him. Roman had enough as he blasted the ground beneath him as Sun and Blake were sent flying back. Jaune managed to stay put as Inu told him to stab the blade into the ground to anchor him in place.

Jaune glared up at the man as he charged for as his blade locked on the mans cane, small sparks shot of from contact as Roman grinned slightly at the boy, "You got guts kid, I'll give you that" he said as Jaune only glared as his eyes flashed blue for a brief moment.

This was enough to stun the man as he reached over with his left hand and drew forth the broken blade from his back and slashed at the man's face, only making a small cut upon the man's cheek. Roman grunted in pain as he kicked Jaune in the stomach and sent him flying back into a container. He placed his hand on his cheek and then looked at the blood that dabbled his fingertips.

"Now that was just rude Blondie" he said as Jaune only glared at the man as he held both blades to the man, his family sword in his right and the broken blade in his left as he held it in front of his body in a reverse grip.

Roman's eyes narrowed at the broken blade as he then glared at the boy before him, "Hey kid, where did you get that blade?" he asked as Jaune only tightened his grip on the blade.

"What's it to you where I got it" he said as a rare look of anger crossed the man's face.

"Because you disrespectful twerp that blade happened to belonged to a very dear friend of mine"

"Funny I could say the same thing," Jaune taunted as the Roman glared at the man before him.

"...Amusing" Roman, said as Jaune only set a stone like expression on his face as the two circled each of waiting for the other to make the first move…only something else happened.

"Hey!"

A young voice yelled out that Jaune knew all too well, the two turned their heads up to the warehouse at the far end of the dock, and lo and behold there stood Ruby as she deployed Crescent Rose in its massive scythe form.

"Hey Red, long time no see, isn't it past your bedtime" Roman called out to the girl as she glared at the international criminal.

"RUBY!" Jaune yelled out in surprise, "What the actually heck!" he yelled as her eyes widened slightly at Jaune.

"Jaune! What are you doing here?" Ruby asked as Penny came up alongside her and soon saw Jaune. A huge smile came onto her face as she waved at him.

"Hello Boyfriend" she waved as Jaune sighed at this, Sun was confused as he looked at Jaune from the ground he laid on, he raised a quizzing eyebrow at the boy hoping for an explanation.

"Boyfriend?"

"Long story"

Penny on the other hand looked to Roman as a look of confusion set upon her face "Ruby? Are these your friends?" she asked as Ruby turned her head to face the orange haired girl.

"Penny get back" she said as Roman smirked and quickly aimed his cane at the girl and fired, Jaune barely had time to react before he saw the rocket soaring towards his friend.

"RUBY! LOOK OUT!"

He yelled all too late as the rocket smacked her dead center of her chest, her Aura shielded her from the blast but still sent her flying as she skidded across the roof before falling unconscious. Rage coursed through Jaune as Inu's power flared for a brief moment, engulfing his eyes in deep blue flames.

"NO!" Jaune yelled as he set his burning blue eyes on Roman and charged at the man while raging like a beast, Roman narrowly dodged as the sword cut deeply into a container, leaving a large gash in the metal. Fuelled by rage and anger he continued to blindly attack the man who was now having a hard time fighting back against the boy.

'What the heck is wrong with this kid? Where did he get an increase in power?' he thought to him as he desperately tried to stay alive. Blake managed to look up as she once again saw the same burning blue eye's that frightened Weiss the other day.

"…Jaune?" she whispered as the boy only continued to attack the man in a blind rage, Roman docked and dodged the incoming blade attacks as he only caught glimpse's of the terrifying burning blue eyes.

"You have a lot of anger kid!" he said as he quickly slapped the boy across the face with his cane and then pointed it at his chest and fired. The boy then went flying away as he slammed painfully against the metal containers.

"But not enough control" he said coolly as he reloaded his weapon.

"JAUNE!" Blake yelled as the boy slumped to the ground, his hand went to his chest as he looked down to see the large burn mark on his chest plate that had saved his life, he was so glad that he brought a new chest plate.

Penny who watched for too long decided that enough was enough as she glared at the orange haired man. She then began to walk over to the edged just as Ruby regained consciousness.

"Penny wait! Stop!" Ruby said as the girl only stopped at the edge of the roof as she turned her head to face Ruby.

"Don't worry Ruby…" she then turned her head back to the fight as she set her eyes on the thugs. "I'm combat ready!" she proclaimed as the glared at the men.

Suddenly her backpack opened up as a small blade floated behind her before extending and a row of blades appeared floating behind the girl, she then jumped off the roof and shot three of the blades forward. Two of the men were hit as they tumbled to the ground unconscious, before she landed on the ground as the blades twirled and spun in unison behind her back. She then thrust her arms to the right as the blades spun at her command, knocking one of the thugs away.

She then swung them to the left as the blades spun and latched onto the second man and sent him flying into a container, rendering out cold and out of the fight. Two men tired to attacked as she easily despatched them in an amazing display, as the blades swarmed around her body, like water. She then commanded the blades to form a giant spinning blade as she launched it at the charging men, knocking all of them over as they hit the ground unconscious.

"Whoa!" was all Sun could say before he looked up to see three more VTOL's flying towards the girl as they opened fire with the machine guns. Penny commanded the blades to spin in front of her as the blades shielded her from the barrage of bullets.

She then launched two of her blades from her back as they latched onto the warehouse far from from the battle, thin invisible like wires could barely be seen as they pulled her away from gunships, the blades then formed a circle in front of her, as the blades shifted into an array like design as the pointed ends retraced and the handles angled themselves like guns.

She held her hands forwards as the blades began to spin around very fast as a ball of green energy formed in the middle of the circle. She pulled her arms back before thrusting them forward as two giant beams of energy fired from the array.

The beams of energy cut two of the ships in half, dropping the crew onto the ground, and causing the ships to crash into the water as a huge geyser of water shot up into the air. Penny then noticed one of the ships attempting to escape with a container full of dust.

She would have none of that as she sent several of her blades to the ship, as they impaled into the side of the vessel. Several more wires could be partially seen as the girl began to slowly walk away from the ship, the ship to everyone else looked as though she was pulling it down by herself.

"Whoa…how is she doing that?" Ruby asked herself as Penny smirked one last time before with a final pull the VTOL was pulled from the sky, and crashed right into the harbour.

"This doesn't look good, I think its time I split" Roman said as he began to turn away from the fight, Until Jaune tackled him to the ground and sent punch after punch to the man but the man blocked each and ever one of them. But just as Jaune went in for another punch he missed and the palm of his left hand grasped the man's head.

Suddenly something strange happened as the scar on Jaune's hand glowed as his hand was engulfed in a blue flame.

The Thief's eyes soon glowed blue as strange images began to flood Jaune's mind, images that confused him as he instantly let go of the man.

Jaune looked down as his the scar on his hand glowed and then subsided as Inu appeared before him. "Jaune get back and do it again!" Jaune looked the spirit "I could see into his mind, there is something else going on here, but I need to see into his mind" Jaune nodded as he placed his hand on his head as once again, and again he felt something happen as images flashed into his mind.


Roman was standing in a bar, as he appeared to be talking to a man, the man had black short hair with a short beard and wore long sleeve white shirt, a black vest and trousers with a red tie around his neck.

"Junior I need information and you are the best guy I know who can find it…" Roman said as he handed the man a picture. The picture was of a man with black hair and amber coloured eyes, His hair was cleanly cut and he had noticeable sideburns, along with hairy, muscular arms. He wore a short-sleeved beige shirt with black accents with a zipper on it, pulled down to a point below his collarbone. Beneath this, he wore a white undershirt.

"And why do you need to find this particular gentlemen Roman?" he asked as the man with the bowler hat shrugged his shoulders.

"Personal business my friend, can't say more...but it comes from a certain 'Fiery maiden' if you catch my drift" he said as the man's eyes widened at this, Junior nodded as he folded the picture into his vest and whispered into the man's ear.

"Come back in two days time, I'll have his location by then" he said as Roman smirked to the man.

"Pleasure doing business with you as always Junior, now if you excuse me I have another job I need to do tonight…a large one at that" he said as the memory faded and went black.


Jaune gasped slightly as his hand shot of Roman's head as the man stared wide eyed at the boy, before he growled and shoved him off with his cane, the man looked at the boy and the strange blue glow off his hand, before Jaune hid it in his cloak.

"Well that was…odd" Roman said as he then decided it was best that he made his leave, he had enough weirdness for one night, plus the mission was a failure, but just as he was about to leave Blake came charging at him as she swiped at him with her Gambol Shroud.

The blade nicked his side pocket as a small silver object fell from its place, and landed right at Sun's feet, he tried to retrieve it before he heard the sound of sirens in the distance and growled in annoyance. Roman grew annoyed as he fired one last rocket at the girl as she too was sent flying away, but was caught by Jaune as they both tumbled back and landed against the metal container, Jaune cushioning her as he impacted into the container.

"These kids just keep getting weirder…especially that kid" Roman said as he managed to get to the last VTOL and closed the door behind him, the shuttle then took off as it blasted into the sky followed closely by a second Bulkhead from behind until they were long gone.

Jaune sighed as he looked to the girl in his lap "You ok Blake?" he asked as the girl nodded at this from the comfort of his lap.

"Yeah…thanks Jaune," she said with a slight blush on her face, the sound of sirens could be heard as the two looked towards the oncoming police, the police surrounded the area quickly and arrested the White Fang members.

"Where were they when we needed them earlier?" Jaune asked as Inu only nodded in agreement.

After a short time later, the five teens were seated around each other as they waited for the cops to sort out the mess at the docks, none of them spoke as they were adjusting to the battle that could have claimed their lives, except for Jaune as he was playing with the broken blade in his hands, Roman's words still ringing in his mind.

"Because you disrespectful twerp that blade happened to belonged to a very dear friend of mine"

'Inu…have you ever met that man before?' he asked the spirit as Inu shook his head.

"I cannot say, my memories are still blurred and blocked, if I had met him it must have been a long time ago…he does ring a bell somehow…this raises more questions" Said the spirit as Jaune only sighed and sheathed the blade back into its slot, it was something he would have to deal with later.

But he then noticed that Yang and Weiss were walking towards them, Weiss with a practically unhappy look on her face, as if she ever was happy to begin with. Ruby noticed as she got up off the crate and tried to talk to her.

"Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..." Ruby spoke quickly as Weiss ignored her and walked in front of Blake.

The two stared at each other in silence as both of the waited for the other to speak, finally it was Blake who broke the ice, or the Weiss if you were Yang making a pun…shudder.

"Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-"

"Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you?" she pauses before she then spoke again "Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided...", The group around them held their breaths as they waited for her response, if her response would be negative or positive.

"I don't care," she said, as the others were actually shocked to hear that coming from the white haired heiress.

"Y-You don't care?" Blake asked as she thought her Faunus ears were playing tricks on her, Jaune and Inu too as they slightly looked at each other, they turned their attention back to the back to the two as they listened in.

"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?" Weiss asked as Blake nodded at this

"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"

"Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it, All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up...you'll come to your teammates, and not some...someone else or -!-" Her voice was caught in her throat as she finally noticed Jaune.

"Jaune!?" she yelped in surprise as he grinned to the girl and waved to the two who had finally noticed him.

"Hey snow angel, Hey Yang" the boy grinned as he waved to the two; Inu palmed his face at embarrassing display from the boy.

"What are you doing here!?" Yang asked as the boy chuckled nervously at the girl.

"Well I was in town and I sort of spotted Blake at a local café and kind of followed her here, I would have contacted you guys but…this sort of happened"

He smiled at the girls as he did his best at lying to them, he could lie about his transcripts he could lie about anything. Weiss was not entirely convinced as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"But how did you find her? We spent the last twelve hours trying to find her with little success, so how did you manage to accomplish what we could not?" she question again as Jaune stiffened at this.

"Uh…"

'Inu a little help here?' he communicated to the spirit, the spirit manifested beside him as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Don't look at me for all your answers Jaune" he told the boy as Jaune sighed at this, he honestly couldn't figure out how to explain how he found Blake in the first place; he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

"Does it matter?"

Ruby spoke as they all turned their attention to the small red wearing girl, she smiled as she gestured to Blake and Jaune, "We don't know how Jaune found Blake, or why he went looking for her"

"But he found her none the less and he helped her like a friend should, so we should all just be happy that team RWBY is back together again" she said innocently as the rest stared at the girl for a brief moment, before smiling at the Scythe user.

"I suppose your right…thank you Jaune, for finding our friend" Weiss said as she nodded to the boy.

"Anytime Weiss, she is a friend after all" he said as Blake smiled softly this time, a small blush on her face that went unnoticed by all, except Yang. She grinned slightly at this as she crossed her arms at this.

"Hey…where's Penny" Ruby asked as she noticed that the orange haired girl had disappeared from their sights, while a short distance away said girl was driving away as a man was spoke to the girl.

"…Penny?" Ruby said solemnly before she felt a hand on her shoulder as Jaune smiled warmly to the girl.

"Relax Ruby, I'm sure she'll be fine, did you see what she did to the Bulkheads? she'll be just fine" he said unaware of the grey car that was retreating far away from the group. The car soon disappeared as Penny watched her friends slowly disappear in the distance, Sun on the other hand remembered something as he fished around in his pocket.

"By the way" he said as he grabbed their attention "While we were fighting, that Torchwick guy dropped this" he said as he held up a small silver medallion. The medallion was old and worn, with small scratches littering the surface, "Think it might be important?" he asked as he flipped the medallion in his hand.

"Give it here" Blake asked as he flipped the medallion to the girl, the girl grasped the medallion in her hand as she ran her fingers over the old faded symbol on the face.

"This looks really old, and has the old symbol of the White Fang on it…before the new leadership, what was Torchwick doing with something like this?", The girl examined the small medallion as she flipped it from side to side as she examined the old craftsmanship, the image of the old White Fang engraved on its surface.

"Looks hand made…I doubt Roman made this"

"Can I have a look?" Jaune asked as he held his hand out to the girl, the girl nodded as she handed the medallion to the boy, Inu's eyes widened at this as soon as the medallion was in his hands.

"JAUNE DROP IT!" he screamed all too late as the boy looked confused at the spirit, then suddenly his hand and the medallion began to glow as the others backed off in shock as the glow circulated around his arm as he screamed in pain.

And just like the dagger in the forest, strange images began to form in his mind, his body collapsing on the floor as his friends screamed his name.

"JAUNE!"


A young boy of twelve years old with short black hair and wolf like ears on his head sat mindlessly in the old abandoned house as he played with the small silver medallion in his hands. The boy stared longingly at the image of a peaceful wolf encumbered by a white circle, the boy sighed with a hint of sadness in his voice as he held the medallion closely.

Suddenly the sound of footsteps were heard behind him as the boy turned to see another boy, the same age as him, but covered with a hood walked over to him, his arms filled with apples.

"Hey Inu, I got us breakfast," the strange boy said as he placed the apples in the middle of the floor, the Faunus boy looked at the apples, before he looked back to the boy already eating one of the apples.

"You stole these didn't you?" he asked as the boy smirked at this.

"Stealing is such a harsh word my friend, I prefer the term…liberate" he said as he dramatically held his hands out, "Besides that food vendor was hoarding most of them anyway, he wont miss a few"

"But it's still wrong to steal"

"No my friend what's wrong, is allowing two small orphans to be starving in the middle of the street, with nowhere else to go" the boy said as he moved over to sit next to the Faunus.

"Besides, we need to survive in this harsh world, what with that orphanage kicking you out for being…well you know" he gestured to the ears on his head as the boy lowered them slightly.

"And me because I defended you…this world is cold and cruel, and we need to stick together, as Orphan should" he said as Inu smiled softly to the boy.

"Hey…" he said as the boy looked to him "Do you think things will get better?" the boy asked as the kid raised an eyebrow at this.

"Of course it will my friend, one day we wont be living in dumps like this" he gestured to the room, "Or stealing food to survive" he gestured to the apples. "You and me buddy, we are going to change the world, I know it" he smiled toothily to the boy.

"…Yeah, yeah you're right, thanks Roman," he said as the boy removed his hood to reveal deep green eyes and orange hair parted to one side of his head.

"Any time kid…anytime"


"Jaune! Jaune! Wake up!" Ruby yelled as she shook the boy, as he lay unconscious on the ground, she was worried and scared, as she feared for the life of her friend.

"What the heck happened? Why did it do that to him!" Yang said as she was beside the boy as well, something strange had happened when Blake had handed him the medallion, his whole arm began to glow and he had screamed out in pain before collapsing.

"I don't know, but he is not breathing!" Blake said as she placed her ears next to his chest.

"What did you do!?" Weiss accused the blond Faunus he raised his hands in the air.

"Hey don't look at me! It's not my fault! I didn't think it would do this to him!" Sun said as he gestured to the unconscious boy.

"This is no time to blame him Weiss! Jaune needs help and he needs it now!" Ruby in a rare show of anger, castrated the girl for her previous outburst at the girl.

"We need to call an ambulance," Blake said, as she was about to call one of the officers over, when suddenly Jaune took in a massive breath as he shot straight up off the ground.

"Jaune!" the group yelled out in shock, Jaune coughed and wheezed as air rushed into his oxygen-deprived lungs.

"Jaune! Are you ok! What the heck happened!?" Ruby frantically asked as the boy shook his head to clear the migraine that was forming.

"I-I don't know…I-I must have triggered some sort of defence on the object" he tired to explain as he slowly began to get up off the ground, with Yang and Ruby's help.

"By why did it happen to you and not Sun or me?" Blake asked as she helped the boy over to a crate.

"I don't know? Magic maybe? Look I'm fine honest…I just have a bit of a headache ok"

"Ok? Jaune you stopped breathing for a minute, you could have died" Blake said as she looked at the item that had caused the group to panic.

"Yeah but I'm fine, honest…I'm fine" he said as he drifted off, the memory still burned into his mind, the younger Inu and Roman, being friends long ago. His friends looked at him worryingly as he seemed to drift off in thought, each sending each other a concerned and worried looks. While Inu and Jaune only looked confused and puzzled by the turn of events, and realised that they had only just began to uncover something else, something larger then they ever could possibly imagine, they had no idea what they were in for.

Ozpin from the comfort of his office frowned as he watched the events unfold from the safety of his school, he narrowed his eyes at the blond haired boy as he saw the strange flash of light from the boy, the scene he saw on his scroll confirmed his fears. Suddenly a message appeared on his scroll as the message was addressed from his friend Qrow.

The message only read 'Queen has Pawns' as the man placed his scroll on the table as a serious look came upon his face, his eyes drifting over to the old worn book to his left as he sighed, before saying to himself.

"And so it begins…a new Gravewalker has risen…god help us all"


It's a sad day when we lose someone who brought so much joy and wonder to our bleak and otherwise sad world. And while Monty Oum, a great man who was taken from us too soon, he will live on in all of us, as family, friends and fans.

He inspired people to create, to dream and to hope. His light will never be extinguished, only passed on in all of us. R.I.P Monty Oum may you forever be a Shining Beacon in the Remnants of our world.

Monty Oum (1981-2015)