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 saved. 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 IV: Shadows of the Underground


Jaune stared blankly at the warm cup of liquid, which the officers had kindly placed in front of him. He had no intention of drinking the warm drink as he continued to stare at his reflection in the smooth surface of the metal table. It had been over an hour since Jaune and team RWBY had been brought over to the Vale Police Department. Sun had taken his chance leave when the authorities arrived and split.

Although he did promise to meet up with the teens later on in the coming weeks during the Vytal Festival, also because he had to return to his team, that he ditched at Haven Academy.

Until then he was long gone.

When they arrived at the Station, the cops had drilled the boy and his friends with questions on what they were doing at the docks and any information about Roman and his gang. Jaune couldn't tell what the others had said to the officers, since they separated the teens to stop them from collaborating a story. But from what Inu could learn shadowing the girls, Ruby and Blake told the officers that they had stumbled across the robbery in progress and attempted to apprehend them, as part of being hunters in training.

While the police tolerated the academy allowing their students to engage in local enforcement, it didn't stop the officers from openly objecting to having 'kids' interfere in on going investigations.

So Jaune only repeated what Inu told him to say and they managed to get off with only a slight slap on the wrist. But for some reason while everyone else was allowed to leave, he was instructed to stay behind and wait for someone else to speak with him.

Jaune's eyes darted around the room as he looked at the large mirror like window that reflected his image. He had seen enough movies and TV shows to know that it was a one-way mirror.

'Why do you think they asked us to stay behind Inu? Do they think we know something we're not telling them?'

"I don't know Jaune, other then the fact that at some point in my life I had once know Roman and was his friend…but there is no way these incompetent fools know this" He said this as he saw through the walls the two detectives pretending to fire imaginary guns at each other. Inu shook his head at this; this was clearly a disappointment to law enforcement everywhere.

The sound of the door opening brought them back to the real world as Jaune and Inu were slightly surprised to see Ozpin standing at the doorway. The man smiled slightly at the boy as he closed the door and tapped his cane against the glass.

A light turned on in the next room, as the two detectives stopped their trivial game and left the room. The man then casually strolled over, until he took his seat opposite of the boy and placed his coffee down on the table.

"This conversation is not being recorded, all electronic surveillance has been disabled and the two officers charged with observing you have been relived of duty…nothing leaves this room mister Arc." A brief moment of silence greeted the two, three if Ozpin could see Inu, as neither one was willing to start the conversation. It wasn't until Jaune coughed into his hand that the man decided to speak.

"You seemed to have gotten yourself into some trouble recently mister Arc? Picking a fight with an international criminal, fighting a rouge terrorist group alongside those not of your own team…" The man leaned forward as he laced his fingers in his own as his eyes studied the boy before him.

"It's not like you to act this way and it has caused me some concern…is there something you're not telling us?" Jaune remained silent as he looked away from the man to stare out at the large window.

The man sighed at this as he leaned back slightly in his seat "Its amusing actually, but I had a discussion similar to this one with Miss Belladonna regarding her…heritage." Jaune stiffened slightly at this as he clenched his knuckles tightly. He could feel the spirit of Inu flinch at the words as he now glared at the silver haired man.

"And she told me her reason for choosing to hide her true self. But that is her decision, you however have yet to make that choice mister Arc." He then leaned back as he looked at the boy.

"…I know about your transcripts" Jaune snapped his head to the man as a shot of dread reached his heart. The man only shook his head at his stunned expression.

"And relax, I would not have let you into my Academy unless I had a good reason for you to stay. But recent events have caused me some concern. Your disappearance into the Forever Falls, your strange behaviour with your friends and teammates…even your new skill set"

He then produced his scroll as he showed the boy the battle at the dock, he watched as the Jaune on the screen attacked the highly trained men with ease and skill, that the boy did not have a month ago. He then also showed the strange bow and arrow that manifested in the boy's hand and watched as it blew the light out of one of the bulkheads.

"And I'm quite frankly concerned about you mister Arc, as I would with all my students…are you sure there is nothing you wish to tell me?" Jaune only remained silent as turned his head back to the window. Ozpin only sighed at this as he pocketed his scroll and raised himself from the chair.

"Very well if you do not wish to tell me Mister Arc I will respect your wishes…but take into heed young man, 'secrets kept from friends can end them'. If you ever need to talk, my door is always open."

And with that the man disappeared leaving the boy alone with his thoughts, or more accurately the thought of himself and Inu. The spirit manifested beside the boy as he stared out at the moon.

"He knows something, I think he may be on to us"

'How is that even possible? I thought you said it would be hard to prove your existence?'

"I did, but like I also said before 'not to my knowledge' and most of what I know perished when I died…It would seem we need to find more of these relics, in order for me to regain my memory." Jaune sighed at this as he crossed his arms over his head, as he smacked his head against the metal table.

"So I guess that means we are back to square one then right?" Inu shook his head as he brought up an astral version of the amulet they retrieved from Roman.

"Not entirely, we have a start with this childhood memory of mine. And the memory we retrieved from Roman, and the about the man he seeks." The sprit concentrated as it recalled the memory from Roman's head.

"We need to find him, before Roman gets to him first. He may be the key to restoring more of my memories" Jaune nodded at this as he cast his gaze to the two-way mirror.

'Then we better know where to find it; Roman said the man's name was Junior and the memory showed him in a club of some sort. Guess we need to check out every night club until we find him huh?' Inu shrugged his shoulders before he disappeared.

"Its worth a look" and like that Jaune was left to himself as he waited in the interrogation room. It wasn't long until the officers let him go that he was immediately met with Team RWBY, who was waiting for him outside the station.

"Jaune! Are you alright?" Ruby said as she ran over to the boy, he nodded as he was soon surrounded by team RWBY.

"Yeah I'm fine, the police just had a few more question to ask me, it was standard procedure they said"

"What did you tell them?" Weiss asked, "I mean they didn't really ask any of us to stay back, so what was so special about you?" she asked curious about the boy's behaviour.

"That's not true, I was asked to stay back as well Weiss" Blake said, knowing full well who had spoken to Jaune. "They just wanted to ask the ones who were actually there a few more questions, like he said it was standard procedure." Jaune looked at the Faunus in disguise as he smiled at her.

Jaune would admit that hadn't really gotten to know Blake a lot since joining Beacon, seeing as the girl normally kept to herself. But this whole event with the White fang and Inu's mysterious past, made him understand her a little bit more...not everything, but it was a start.

"Well we probably shouldn't be hanging around anymore then we need to. We do have a curfew to get to and I don't want Ms. Goodwitch to assign us Detention…again" Jaune said as he remembered the blond teachers, rather strict personality. Ruby shivered up at this, as she too also remembered the teacher's strict personality.

"Y-yeah I don't want to be yelled at by Miss Goodwitch again." It didn't take long for the five students to make it back to Beacon, thanks to the speedy assistance of Beacon's personal shuttles. They finally arrived back at Beacon as the five began to walk down the hall leading to their dormitory, when something just accord to Ruby.

"Hey Jaune?"

"Yes Ruby?" Jaune asked the small huntress.

"You did let your team know you were at the Police station? Didn't you?" Jaune instantly flinched at this as he heard that.

'Oh crap! I completely forgot all about them! I practically left without telling them where I was going!' Jaune panicked as he thought about his team.

Ever since he had returned from the Forever Falls, he noticed that his team had begun to act…differently around him. His team would constantly follow him around Beacon, even if they had other classes to attend to. They also seemed to ward off anyone they thought would be a threat to Jaune. Not to mention how Pyrrha seemed to be more hesitant around him whenever they trained.

He could understand that they were worried about him, but seriously, it was getting too much for him. They treated him like he was a fine china plate, then a human being.

"Uhh~ No, no I didn't Ruby" Jaune said in a slightly nervous voice. "All I told them was that I was going into town for a little while. I didn't expect all this to happen," he said as he gestured to before.

"Ohh~ someone's going to be in trouble" Yang mocked just as they began to reach their dorms. "Especially if Pyrrha finds out that you got shot by a rocket" Yang chuckled as Jaune shot her a disgruntled look. But before he could get a chance to rebut the girl. He dorm room door suddenly burst off its hinges and landed right on top of him.

"Gah!" was all he got to scream as he has knocked under the door, the culprit being one Nora Valkyrie. As she stood on top of the door, looking slightly like a maniac. Behind her was he fellow teammates as they came bursting out as well.

"What! A rocket shot Jauney!? Who did it! They will never see the light of day when I'm done with them!" Nora yelled out as she somehow managed to have Magnhild in her hands.

"Calm down Nora" Ren said calmly as he managed to calm her down, by grabbing her around the waist and dragging her off the door.

"What was that about Jaune getting hurt? Where is he? Where's Jaune!?" Pyrrha asked as team RWBY just started in shock. Right before they simultaneously pointed downwards, as Pyrrha followed their direction and her eyes soon widened at what was under her.

There was her partner, and secret crush, lying under the heavy door as small stars could be seen spinning around his head. There was also the fact that she was now standing on the door, slowly crushing the boy to bits. Pyrrha then realised what she just did as she bent down and picked up, the now unconscious boy.

"Jaune! Oh My Gosh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you! Speak to me!" Jaune on the other hand, was seeing double of everything as he lay on the floor. Inu manifested beside Jaune as he kneeled down next to the boy.

"You know the more I get to know you, the more I'm beginning to think you might be a masochist or something?" Jaune turned his head to glared at the spirit.

'Not funny Inu!'


A little while later, Jaune and the rest of his friends managed to head back to team JNPRs dorm. In this time Jaune was able to explain to his friends where he was, minus the parts about him collapsing from the medallion.

"I see, so you were just looking out for Blake? Then why didn't you ask any of us to help?" Pyrrha asked as the boy nodded.

"Well I kind of felt bad that I didn't try to stop her when she left yesterday. And I really hate it when my friends are fighting amongst themselves, so I tired to follow her. I would have called you guys for help, but things kind of escalated that I couldn't call for help."

Nora and Pyrrha nodded as they accepted his answer. Ren on the other hand wasn't as convinced as he stared at Jaune. Lately he had began to notice that his friend acting different.

Growing up with Nora, he was able to pick up on the subtle things that others missed. He had become an expert in reading a person, when they were not looking. And he had noticed at certain times when Jaune acted strange.

How he would turn his head slightly when no one was looking. Or how he seemed to be lost in his own world, completely ignoring everyone around him. Then there was the most obvious incident with Weiss.

Since Jaune had joined Beacon, he had known that Jaune was love stricken with the white haired heiress. How he would always try and win some small affection from the girl in white, as the girl would just turn him down and he would accept it. But the sudden display of anger that the boy showed to the girl, because of her view on the White Fang, was highly unusual indeed.

He had openly displayed pure anger at the girl and dare he even say...hatred?

He had also caught him reaching for his sword, before Pyrrha had broken him out of his rage. He knew Jaune enough to know that he wasn't the type to easily get angry. But what he saw was not Jaune; more like someone else was at the controls.

And it frightened him to no end.

Something had happened to him in the forest, something that had changed him from the boy everyone knew. He didn't know what it was, or how it would affect the team. But he was willing to wait until Jaune was ready to tell them himself. He had that much faith in him at least.

"But what I don't understand? is how did you guys get involved with a fight with the White Fang?" Nora asked absent-mindedly. RWY and Jaune slightly flinched as they shot a concerned look.

"Yes, I was wondering about that myself?" Pyrrha asked as four of the five people involved looked between them, mentally debating whether or not to tell them about Blake's Faunus identity.

"We were there because of my past" Caught by surprise at this, Blake quickly pulled at the ribbon and took off her bow as she revealed the cat like ears on her head. RWY and Jaune looked on in shock, as she showed them her secret.

"No one knows this, but I was once apart of the White Fang, until I left them three years ago…" she looked down as she hung her head in shame. "I had heard from Sun that the White Fang was planning to hijack dust from the Schnee Company…" she sighed as she told them her tale.

"I didn't want to believe it was them, but I needed to find out if it was and settle the matter personally…I'm not proud of the things I've done for them, or the things they did in the name of all Faunus." She clenched her fist as she glared at the memory of her mentor.

"But I refuse to believe that the organization I once worked for, would ever sink so low as to work with criminals like Roman! And I'm not going to stop until I find out what's really going on!" she relaxed as she looked to the three other members in the room.

"That's why I was at the docks, and why I hid my identity…I'm sorry that I lied to all, but there was no way any of you could accept me for the things I've done...or for what I am" She said as she hung her head in shame. But was surprised however when she felt a hand on her shoulder as she turned around to see Jaune, smiling at her.

"Blake do you remember what I said before at the docks? I didn't care about who you were in the past or what you are, all I care about is who you are now." He then looked in the direction of his team.

"And I'm pretty sure they fell the same way" Blake in shock, looked back to see the rest of team JNPR, smiling at her. Faces full of understanding and acceptance of who she was.

"If Jaune says that, then we feel the same way too, we are not prejudice for other because of what they are" Pyrrha said with a smile as the others nodded.

"We all have things we'd rather leave in the past, we all have secrets too. Its how we deal with them now, that really matters" Ren said in a sage like wisdom.

"Yeah! Plus I think kitty Blake looks adorable!" Nora proclaimed loudly with her hands in the air. Blake could only look back in shock as small tears brimmed at the corner of her eyes. Ruby placed a hand on her shoulder, as she made the girl look at her.

"We're friends Blake, we don't care about trivial things like that. We care about you as a person." Ruby said as her sister wrapped her arm around her shoulder.

"Yeah, plus you and I are partners. We stick together no matter what!" Yang said as she grinned at the girl. Weiss then stepped in front of her, as she looked indifferent.

"And I already said that I don't care anymore. But just remember that we're friends now. And that means no more secrets, got it?" Blake could only stare at the group, as tears started to streak down her face.

In the longest time she had never felt this way before. Every human she had ever met, had treated her with distain and disgust. It made her think that all humans were the same, and drove her into the arms of the White Fang. But here standing before her, was a group of humans that loved her for who she was.

Who accepted her for her heritage and the life she used to live. She then looked up, as the tears fell from her eyes.

"Thank you…thank you everyone"

The rest smiled as they comforted the girl. Meanwhile Inu manifested beside Jaune as he looked at the display. A strange feeling griped his chest, as he found something touching the scene. He then turned his head as he looked out the window.

"I guess this shows that not all humans are as bad as I had assumed..." was all he said as Jaune only smiled softly. "But we are wasting time, the enemy is still out there and we have no idea where that person is." As usual Inu had to be the voice of reason, as the once happy mood was killed for Jaune, as he glared at the spirit. Ren noticed Jaune's sudden change, as he narrowed his eyes at the others hadn't noticed as Yang perked up.

"Hey I know, why don't we celebrate the return of team RWBY by going out to a club tomorrow. I know a great club we can go to." Weiss scoffed at this as she crossed her arms.

"Please, I would not want to be seen at any club 'you' have been to."

"Aw~ don't be like that Tsundere-Princess-"

"TSUNDERE PRINCESS!" Weiss screamed.

"-Not all my clubs are bad. Like Juniors club for example, sure they try to kill me from time to time, but its still one of the best clubs to go to" The others weren't so sure what to think. The fact that there was a club that tried to kill Yang multiple times, or the fact that she keeps going to that club?

Jaune on the other hand perked up as he heard that name. 'Junior? Isn't that the same man that we saw in Roman's memories?' Jaune communicated to Inu. The spirit nodded as he glared at the thought.

"He must be the owner of the club we saw in the vision. He seems to be a well-informed information broker, if Roman went to him for help." He then looked up as he stared at Yang.

"We need to check that club out, as soon as possible. There must be a lead to finding the one who killed me there" Jaune nodded as he returned to the others. Mentally he was thinking of how to get the information from Yang, without raising suspensions.

He could either what till she was asleep and use his powers to steal the info from her mind. But the chances of someone like him sneaking up on Yang were slim to none. If he said he wanted to go to the club by himself, the others might well follow him and question him until he revealed his dark secret. His only chance was to use his trump card; man was he going to regret it later.

"Yeah that sounds like a good idea Yang, we should go and celebrate" the others looked at Jaune, a slight look of surprise on their faces at the boy.

"Really? You want to go to a club? Didn't think you were the type Jauney-boy" Yang said as she grinned at the boy.

"Yeah well…let's just say, I got some pretty good moves on the dance floor." Yang then chuckled before she burst out laughing. A sullen mood overtook Jaune, as he watched the girl laughing at him "…Somehow I feel like that was a blow to my pride?"

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude by it. But based on how I've seen you fight, I'd be surprised if you could dance at all" a small glint appeared in Jaune's eyes, as he grinned at the girl.

"Oh you'd be very surprised Goldie-locks. Back home, I was known as 'Footloose Jaune' because of my moves." Yang then grinned as she leaned forward.

"Oh? Is that a challenge Vomit boy?"

"Yes, yes it is Goldie-Locks, unless you're afraid?"

"Me, Afraid of you? Ha! Fat chance Arc! But fine, if that's the way you want it, we'll settle this on the dance floor"

"Sure just tell me the place and when" Jaune grinned as waved his scroll in her face, as the girl quickly snatched his scroll and wrote down the address of the club.

"Friday, Junior's club, at the corner of the warehouse and red-light district. Be there and bring you're A-game Arc"

"Always do Yang, always do"

As this was happening, the others could only stare, stupefied of what they saw. "Um…what the heck just happened?" Ruby asked no one in particular.

"I have no idea Ruby? But from what I can gather, it's a showdown between two dunces" she explained, while Pyrrha could only chuckle nervously.

"Wooo~ yeah! Showdown of the blond-kind!" Nora yelled as she waved her hands in the air. "Place your bets, place your bets! Who will emerge victories? Will it be the fearless leader of team JNPR? Or will it be the dynamic blond bomber, with the big guns? All bets are on-humph!" she was soon silenced as Ren grabbed her, and placed his hand over her mouth.

"Sorry about that, she gets a little too excited from time to time," he said calmly as he dragged the girl over to her bed.

"Well I think we've stayed up long enough. We'll go back to our room" Ruby said as she and her team left. It wasn't long after did the others fall asleep.

All save for Jaune as he communicated with Inu "You're challenging her to a dance off, when we need to be finding the club? What was the point of all that?" Jaune only smirked as he pulled up his scroll.

'Because, now we have the address to the club, right here in my scroll' he said as the spirit came to a sudden realisation.

"You tricked her into giving us the location without her knowing our intent And with a reasonable excuse, it won't raise any suspicions…hmm smart thinking boy" he put the scroll away mas he lay awake looking at the ceiling.

'We'll check it out tomorrow. We just need to sneak away when no ones looking...But how the hell am I just going to slip away when no ones looking? Ah man this sucks!' he thought to himself. Before he slipped away into sleep.


Early Next Morning / 0500 / JNPR Dorm Room


Jaune peeked quietly over to his sleeping companions, as he reached for his boots. Slipping them on ever so softly, only to look up as Nora snored loudly. He relaxed when he still saw her fast asleep.

Although he was curious of why she had a stuffed toy, shaped like a sloth in her arms. But that didn't matter, as he quietly strapped on his gear, and made it over to the door. He looked back quietly at his sleeping team, before shutting he door softly, and let out a sigh of relief.

"Jaune?"

"EKKK!" he shrieked softly, as he managed to contain his scream to a whimper. Jaune then spun around in shock, as he was face to face with a confused looking Ruby. She held a glass of water in her hand, a toothbrush in her mouth, while her eyes looked droopy.

"R-Ruby? W-What are you doing up so early?" she looked confused as she titled her head.

"I could ask you the same thing? Why you all dressed up? Ozpin gave us the day off because of the incident remember?" she said as Jaune remembered the headmaster allowing the teams to relax after the docks.

"Well yeah I remember but…I-I just got a call from the Police Station! Yeah! They said I left my wallet at the docks and that I should go to the station to pick it up! Yep, yep that's totally the reason!" he chuckled nervously as he hoped she would by his lie.

"Seriously? You left your wallet at the docks?" Ruby said with a slight hint that she didn't believe him.

"Well I kind of did during the fight and it must have dropped out then. Not to mention all of my moneys in it and I'd be pretty screwed without it" Jaune said as he started to walk past the girl.

"Ok, do you want me to tell your team while your gone?" Jaune stopped as he shook his head.

"Nah, I'll be back in an hour or two, depending on the shuttle. Later Ruby" he said as he walked away. What he didn't see was Ruby staring at him, with a look of concern on her face.

"What's happening to you Jaune?"


An hour Later / 0600 / Vale Warehouse District


"This is the address…I think? Seems pretty secluded for a club if you ask me?" Jaune said as he looked at the giant metal doors, before he checked the address again on his scroll. It seemed to be the right address. But the club seemed more hidden then anything. He wondered how they got any patrons at all?

"Its more of a front, its just far enough from local law enforcement. And can be heavily defended if they were found out" Inu pointed out, as he spotted several area's where the doors could be barded.

"Well we're not going to find any answers out here. Guess we might as well get inside" Jaune said as he pushed the big doors open. As soon as he was in however, a multitude of guns were pointed at his face. "Whoa!" Jaune said as he raised his hands in the air. The men around him looked a little trigger fingered as they glared at him.

"Well…not the reception I was expecting?" Inu calmly said as he observed the scene. His eyes glowing slightly as he prepared to assist Jaune at any moment.

'You're telling me? I'm the one with the guns in my face?' Jaune said to Inu as his hand twitched towards his swords.

"Hey! Hey! Ease up you morons!" a voice yelled out, as the man from Roman's memory's walked before them.

"But Boss? You told us to be on the look out for a crazy blond?"

"I said a blond crazy chick, this is clearly not her you idiots!" he said as he pushed the guns out of Jaune's face. "Sorry about that, we've been on edge ever since we've had to renovate this place." Jaune stared in disbelief as he stared at the club.

'How often does she come here?' he thought to himself as the guards dispersed.

"So what are you doing here so early kid? Bars closed if you're looking for a drink and the dance floors not open for another few hours"

"Ah well I was hoping to speak to you actually…in private" Jaune said as he motioned to the men in the club. Juniors eye's narrowed slightly as slowly signaled the men around him.

"Oh? And what is it that you need to talk to me about kid?" Jaune noticed this as Inu manifested a small dagger of light in Jaune's right hand behind his back.

"A job you're doing for a friend of mine, he told me to come get the info from you myself" Junior narrowed his eyes further, as he could tell Jaune was lying.

"Oh really…and who might this friend of yours be?" Jaune glared as he realised that his bluff wasn't working and was ready to fight. He spotted a chandelier above them, as a plan formed in his mind.

"Roman Torchwick."

As soon as he said those words, Junior jumped back as he pointed to the boy. "Shoot him!" he yelled as every one of his men, shot at the boy. But Jaune quickly threw the dagger of light at the chandelier above their heads, and snapped the rope holding it. The chandelier fell as it smashed the ground below. Most of the men got away, with only a few of them being knocked unconscious by the lights.

Jaune ducked behind a table, as some of them men shot at him from cover. He then manifested the bow in his hands, and aimed at the offenders. Time slowed down as he took aim and fired. Each arrow he shot only injured a man, as he mostly aimed for arms and feet. He even managed to shoot the guns out of their hands.

Seeing that shooting him wasn't going to work. Each man drew out their hatchets, as they charged at the boy. Jaune quickly drew his blade, as he parried and blocked each of their attacks. He then swung his blade left and right, as he managed to knock them out with the guard of his sword.

He ducked under a hatchet and smashed his armoured fist into a man's face, as he sidestepped another, as he smashed at the back of the man's head, easily knocking him out.

"Oi! You little shit!" Jaune spun around, just in time to dodge out of the way. Junior came sailing down with a large bat, as the ground before him exploded. Jaune rolled out of the way of the blast.

"You've got a lot of nerve coming here! And ruining my bar! I just got it repaired!" he then shifted the bat, into a large rocket launcher as he fired multiple rockets at Jaune. Jaune quickly rolled out of the way, as each rocket missed him by an inch.

Drawing his bow, he quickly aimed at the offending rockets, and shot each and every one of them. The explosion created a smokescreen, long enough for Jaune to race towards the man and punched him in the face.

Hei Xiong went sailing through the air as he landed in front of two pairs of feet. He looked up as he came to see the bored looks of Melanie and Miltiades Malachite.

"Oh look sis, another blond ruining our club" Melanie, the girl in white said, as she looked at Jaune.

"Guess we need to teach him a lesson too, huh Sis?" the girl in red said as each brandished their weapons. Jaune gulped slightly as he drew the broken blade off his back. And held the blade in a reverse grip.

"Oh man, I hate fighting girls. It goes against everything Grandpa taught me," Jaune said as the girls came charging at him. Miltiades swiped at him, with the claws on her arms. While her sister attempted to swipe at him, with the blades on her legs. But thanks to Inu's guidance, he managed to dodged and parry each of their attacks.

He managed to lock his broken blade in Melanie's leg blade, and spin her away from the fight. With Miltiades he side stepped her blades, and locked her arms in his. Unfortunately that meant he was chest to chest with the girl in red. He blushed slightly, as did Miltiades who was not used to having a boy, this close to her.

"Sorry!" Jaune said before he threw her off him, just as Melanie cut his cheek.

"What the hell are you doing to my sister? You pervert!" she yelled in a surprising display of rage. "You're dead meat boy!" she yelled as she swung her legs left and right, Jaune barely dodging as he blocked her attacks.

"Keep your distance Jaune!" Inu yelled as he restrained himself from materializing and blocking the attacks.

Jaune was able to grab her leg and threw her across the room, before Miltiades attacked him again. As this was happening, Junior managed to get up as he transformed his bat, into a large rocket launcher. The red targeting symbol circled in on Jaune, as Junior grinned at this.

"Take this you damn psycho!" he fired as the rocket came sailing towards the three. Jaune's eyes widened at this, as he pushed the girls out of the way, and fired another arrow at the rocket. The rocket exploded in mid-air, as a thick blanket covered the club. At first Junior though he had won, until the smoke cleared and he was nowhere to be seen.

Miltiades and Melanie where safe behind an over turned table, though both were unconscious.

"What!?" Was all he got to say, before he felt a strange presence behind him. He turned around and was terrified as he stared into the glowing blue eyes of Jaune. He tried to swing his weapon at him, but proved futile, as Jaune batted it out of his hand and kicked him in the knee.

"ARGH!"

The man screamed before Jaune placed his hand on his face, the blue flames seeping into the man's head. From the man's point of view, Jaune's imaged shifted and changed into the ghostly visage of Inu.

"Surrender your will!" Inu yelled as the man could only stare in shock, as images flashed into Jaune's mind.


Junior sat in front of his computer, as he typed and managed the business. Suddenly his scroll went off, he answered the call as he waited for the news.

"What did you find?" he asked the voice at the other end of the call.

"We found him boss, he owns a book store called Tuskon's Book Trade. Its in the center of town, near the 'From Dust till Dawn' Dust store"

Junior grinned as he leaned back into his chair. "Good work, guess not all of you are completely incompetent. Now send me the data and I'll get it to Roman in a week. Need to make sure that he pays us properly this time"

He then hung up as he leaned back into his seat. His scroll then beeped as the information of Tuskon appeared on his scroll. A quick glance at the information was all he needed, as he grinned.

"Life is good," he said as the memory started to fade, and it all turned black.


Junior's eyes rolled into the back of his head, as Jaune let go and stared at his hand. "Now we know where to go," he said as Jaune glared at the man.

"If one can trust a criminal?"

"Trust has nothing to do with it, his thoughts cannot lie" Jaune looked down at the unconscious man, as he looked around at the damage.

"What do we do about him? We can't just leave him like this? He could warn Roman" Inu pondered this as he looked at his left hand. Unaware of what was happening behind the two, the woman in white manifest behind Inu, as she whispered into his ear. Words that made the Faunus jump in shock as he turned around. Inu spun around in shock of the voice, only to find no one there.

"Inu? You ok?" Jaune asked as the spirit shook his head.

"I'm fine, it was nothing…but I think I have an idea," he said as he motioned to the man. "Place your hand on him again. And brand him with my Aura" Jaune looked surprised at this as he looked to the man.

"What will that do?" Jaune asked as the spirit kneeled down to the man.

"I think because I am dead, I can slightly influence the living. I won't have complete control over him, but just enough to think we are his allies…" Jaune had wide eyes as he looked at the scar on his left hand, which glowed an eerie blue.

"You want to take over his mind? Can we even do that?"

"We won't know until we find out? Besides if we have him as our thrall, he can supply us with information. Maybe even tell us who killed me in that forest."

"But still, to rob someone of their free will…that's-that's just wrong!" Inu glared at Jaune as he pointed to the man.

"He has done much worse in his life, he deserve neither pity nor mercy! Besides he will still have his free will, he'll just follow our orders through fear" Jaune raised an eyebrow at this, as Inu explained.

"Fear is a powerful tool in the hands of a warrior. With fear you can conquer kingdoms and turn allies against friends. It is the tool we shall use to bring vengeance upon those who would turn my kind upon the rest of the world…" he was silent as he sighed.

"I cannot explain why…but something about White Fang fills me with both rage…and sadness? Like I'm watching something once held dear to me, be perverted and twisted for someone else's gain. I will do anything within my power, to protect what I hold precious…wouldn't you do the same?"

Jaune stopped as he thought about what he said. Images of his friends and family flashed through his mind, as he thought about the horrible things that could happen to them. And he knew Inu was right, he would do anything to save his friends, no matter the cost. He turned back to Inu as he nodded his head.

"I would do anything to keep them safe…even sell my soul to the devil"

Inu smiled softly as he heard this, "That sense of devotion…must be what binds us together" he then looked back as Junior began to moan. "He's waking up, better hurry" and then he vanished. Jaune breathed deeply as he flexed his left hand, the familiar sense of Inu's aura coursed through his left hand as he walked over and brought the man to his knees.

"Wha-What are you doing?" Junior mumbled slightly before Jaune brought his hand on his face and the aura flames spread across his face. The man didn't scream in pain, but the face he made, was close to what he felt. Juniors face went blank, as he just seemed to stare at Jaune. Jaune breathed slightly as he spoke to the man.

"You serve me now, understand?" the man nodded briefly as Jaune sighed at this. "From now on when you receive information, you will forward it to me first. Do you understand?" the man nodded again as Jaune then looked at the bar.

"If you need to tell me something personally, you will speak to me in private, or message me the information." The man nodded again as Jaune was starting to understand. "If you see me with Yang or anyone else, you will pretend that you don't know me. Understand?" he nodded once more as Jaune nodded at this.

"Continue to run your business as usual, but no selling drug to kids, got it?" Inu raised an eyebrow at this, Jaune looked at him and shrugged. "What? Got to set some moral standard." Jaune then let go as the man regained consciousness. He looked up to see Jaune, and smiled.

"Ah Jaune, you're here? What can I do for you?"

"What the heck?" two voices spoke as the two turned to see Melanie and Miltiades, who had both regained consciousness, to see the two talking. "What's going on Junior? Why are you being chummy with this kid?" Melanie asked as she found this strange.

"Oh I think I kind of forgot? But this guy here is a son of an old friend of mine. He must have forgotten to give the secret code, and these idiots here jumped the gun again." Junior said as he pointed to the men, limping away.

Miltiades had a curious look on her face as she crossed her arms. "Really? Because I don't remember ever meeting this guy?" she said as Junior only waved him off.

"Well I don't even bother to remember half the people I hire. Besides Jaune here is new to this line of work." He said as he patted the boy's shoulder.

Jaune sheepishly scratched the back of his head as he grinned to the girls. "Sorry about all that, first day on the job and all" he said as the girls glared at him. "Um sorry about the bar…and sorry if I hurt you?"

Both girls blushed slightly as Miltiades turned her head. "I-its fine, you didn't do as much damage as that big breasted blond. We can recover from this," she said as Melanie fidgeted slightly on her feet.

"Ok that's good, well I'll be in touch later ok Junior?" he asked as the man nodded to him.

"Sure, come back anytime Jaune, you're a friend here after all" he said as Jaune could see the blue hand mark upon his face. Jaune nodded as he walked out of the club, looking back one last time before he closed the doors behind him.

Jaune sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, "I still don't like it" Jaune said as Inu manifest beside him. "Using him like that? Isn't it still wrong to control him like that?" he asked as Inu only glared slightly.

"If we want to end this curse, then we need to use every advantage we get" he looked at the club before settling back to Jaune. "Steel yourself young Arc…we still have a long way to go" he then vanished from sight as Jaune sighed at this.

"Great…and just like that, I've become an underground crime lord" He said as he walked away from the club. "What would my mum say, if she found out?" he muttered to himself as he walked back to the academy.


A little while later, Jaune had just returned to the Academy, before his scroll went off. He looked down as he saw a message from Ozpin.

-Mister Arc, would you please come to see me in my office as soon as he get this? There are things we need to discuss-. The message read as Jaune looked at the words curiously.

"Why do you think he needs to see us?" he asked Inu, as the spirit looked at the message.

"I do not know? But we need to tread with caution, he maybe up to something. Stay on your toes" the spirit advised as Jaune nodded at him.

Walking to the private elevator, Jaune pressed the button, as the elevator quickly shot up to the top floor. The elevator music playing softly in the background, as Jaune waited patiently on his feet. The elevator soon made a soft ding, as it reached the top floor. Walking in he noticed that Ozpin was standing away from the boy, as he looked out unto the campus.

"Um Headmaster?" Jaune said as an ominous aura choked at the air around him. "You said you need to speak to me about something?" he said as the man turned around and smiled at him.

"Why yes mister Arc, although more accurately…" Jaune's heart went faster as the man produced a small gun. "I wished to confirm something" He said as he then shot the gun. The bullet slammed into Jaune's chest as the boy stared in shock. He slowly looked down, as he saw a hole clear through the center his chest.

And then suddenly a blue flame erupted from the hole, as the wound closed up as quickly as it formed. The bullet from his chest dropped harmlessly to the floor, as the audible clink echoed in the tower. He looked up in time, just as the spirit of Inu manifested and charged at the man.

Only to pass though him entirely, the man sighed sadly as he walked towards the frightened boy.

"It is just as I feared…" Ozpin said as he stood before the shocked boy. He then looked into his eyes as Jaune saw the serious eyes of his Mentor.

"You have become the new Gravewalker…Mister Arc"


And scene. Well here is Chapter IV of Shadow's of Remnant. Ozpin knows his secret, and Jaune has Junior under his command. What will this mean for the young Arc? What will Ozpin do with this information? How will Jaune handle this new development?

Find out next time in Chapter V: The Gravewalker's Rise!

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