Weiss

They had watched the bullhead ascend, and leave the docks of Beacon. Her team and the remainder of JNPR had stood there in silence. Ruby had been the one to break the silence.

"How do we know that Jaune could even get a signal where he's going? For all we know, he could be in the badlands, or-or his scroll could break, maybe even-" Her ramblings were cut short by the clearing of a throat, and when they looked to the direction where the sound came from, they saw the man who'd sent Jaune on the mission, Headmaster Ozpin.

"Please do not concern yourselves with those kinds of details, as they're not necessary." Ozpin had cryptically said.

"I don't understand, what do you mean by 'not necessary'"? Yang had asked.

"I assume you're all aware of actress and singer Alexandra Free?" Upon seeing their nods he continued. "Well, she needs an escort into Vacuo, but she has a wariness for air and land travel, so they'll be taking a bullhead to meet her in her hotel, and fly to their LZ, nicknamed Sierra, and walk all the rest of the way. She has her assistant bring cameras so they can make a video of their journey." Ozpin had finished saying.

"That-that's really stupid. Why not fly all the way there instead?" Weiss had asked

"Her reasons are hers and hers alone. But that should make you feel a little bit better, knowing that you can watch literally every second he spends on that trip." With that Ozpin merely turns before walking away, but not before Ren had asked him a question.

"Then why would she need a whole team then?"

Ozpin stopped for a second, before continuing to walk away. "Because we have reasons to believe that the White Fang are after her."

Jaune

The air ride had been filled with much worrying and planning for the blonde leader of the temporary team JSLT. He had been entrenched in his Scroll, looking for weather patterns, Grimm migration, police reports, anything that would let him plan for their mission ahead. He was so focused on his work that he didn't see the rest of SLT looking at him with concern.

"What should we do? I've never seen him like this before." Serena had said to the other 2 girls.

"Well clearly he was made leader for a reason." Lyanna had said.

"I kind of like this side of him. Sure him being that awkward goof's nice, but seeing him so deep in thought, taking charge, is kinda hot." Talisa had said.

The other two merely deadpanned before looking back at their temporary leader.

"Jaune, you've enough time to prepare for our mission on the road, perhaps you should sleep for a bit? We can't have you tired while planning out our route now, can we?" Serena had said.

Jaune was about to protest when a yawn escaped his lips, the girls merely giggled, proving their point. "I-I guess a little nap won't hurt." And with that, the Arc had closed his eyes, letting sleep consume him.

When he opened his eyes next, a little girl with hair as blonde as his was looking at him, but the strange part was, that she had one lavender eye while the other was ocean blue. Just before he could say anything, another girl appeared, but this time, she had blond hair and silver eyes. Then suddenly a boy with crimson hair and blue eyes stood next to the girls. Another boy showed up, but he had blonde hair and amber eyes. Another girl appeared; she had white hair and blue eyes. When he looked at them, they were what he assumed, his children would look like mixed with their mothers DNA.

The girl with the mismatched eyes was with him and Yang, the girl with silver eyes was obviously with Ruby. The boy with crimson hair was with Pyrrha, the boy with amber eyes Blake, and the girl with white hair was with Weiss. 'Is this what my children might look like if I married them?' Jaune had thought.

However, the children merely looked at him before speaking at the same time. "Jaune Arc, in this mission you will either die letting others live, or watch others die as you live." Just as Jaune was about to respond, the children vanished and were replaced by a pack of Deathstalkers. Jaune attempted to move his arm to draw Crocea Mors but realized one, crucial thing. He couldn't move.

So Jaune just stood there, as the Deathstalkers looked at him, their red meeting his blue. They merely clicked their mandibles, and slowly approached him, savouring the moment, for both Jaune and the monsters knew he was immobilized, and could only watch. He felt fear creep into every fibre of his being. He'd faced them before, taken them down even, but for some reason, being paralyzed and watching your death slowly stalk towards you was... mind numbingly frightening.

He saw his life flash before his eyes, his training with his father, him failing, the villagers looking down on him, the woman he'd met in the city who offered to get him to Beacon, initiation, and finally his team and RWBY. He was going to leave them all, a single tear left his eye as he saw the Deathstalkers all lift their tails at once and strike him. However, just before their stingers could hit him, he opened his eyes, truly, opened them.

When he did, he was met with three, very concerned faces. Before they could say anything, he merely waved them off and told them that he was fine, and that they should work on relaxing before the mission. Just as they were about to retort, they were interrupted by the pilot, telling them that they've arrived to their destination.

Just as the bullhead descended and the door opened, revealing a man in his late 40's wearing a suit, from the looks of it, he's Alex Free's butler.

The man had greeted them warmly.

"Hello, you must be team JSLT. My name's Malcolm Jones, I'm Miss Free's butler. If you would please, follow me."

"Hello, my name's Jaune Arc, I'm the leader of JSLT." Malcolm shook his hand before leading them into a table in the terrace of the hotel. There was a woman sitting on the table they were heading to, before Malcolm could say anything, the woman had stood up and introduced herself.

She had chocolate brown hair that reached to the middle of her back, and had light lavender eyes. She had light skin that looked like porcelain.

"Hello, you must be the team JSLT, my temporary guards. My name's Alexandra Free, I'd be glad to glad to get to know you better. Malcolm, some privacy if you'd please." With a nod, he left the five alone.

With that, the five had spent the next hour telling some basic information about each other, and afterwards Jaune had informed them of the course of the mission.

A pair of soft footsteps had brought them out of their conversation and when they looked at the owner of the footsteps and were surprised, except for Alexandra.

The girl jet black hair with hints of blue, onyx eyes, and light skin. She had an amused smirk on her face, but when her onyx eyes met Jaune's sapphire eyes, she was surprised. She regained her composure however, and walked towards Alexandra, and pulled out a chair. Jaune was about to say something when Alexandra cut him off.

"This is Katie, she's my best friend and she'll also be accompanying us to our journey to Vacuo."

The girl known as Katie merely nodded at SLT while smirking in fascination at Jaune. She was looking at him with a mixture of amusement and fascination. Uncomfortable, Jaune merely coughs and attempts to steer the conversation to another direction.

"So umm, we should maybe bring our supplies and board the bullhead." Jaune had said, while the remaining members of JSLT merely nodded. Alexandra's eyes widened in surprise before nodding her head.

"Ah that's true." Alexandra pulled out her phone and sent a quick text to Malcolm, who went to the hotel to fetch their belongings, while the five had walked towards the bullhead. Katie merely walked beside Jaune and started chatting. When they'd boarded, Alexandra looked nervous, but Jaune had merely put his hand on her shoulder and spoke.

"Miss Free relax. Everything'll be fine, and if something does happen, we'll be here to protect you and Katie." The blonde had spoken, surprising everyone by including Katie into his assurance.

The girls merely smiled at his proclamation, and sat down, with Jaune in the middle, Alexandra and Katie to his left, with the rest of his team to his right. The baggage had its own transport and would be arriving before them. The bullhead took off, and Alexandra grabbed Jaune's hand in nervousness, lacing their fingers in the process, while the blonde looked into her eyes, gave off his most assuring smile, and squeezed back. Alexandra's heart had raced, not because of the bullhead, but because of the blonde boy known as Jaune Arc, who could put her fears to rest, and certainly being a hunter-in-training who came from a powerful family certainly didn't hurt her budding affections for him. She merely squeezed back and laid her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes, and savouring the moment. This however, had not gone unnoticed by the rest of the girls.

It was then that the pilot had told them they were an hour or so from their destination –LZ Sierra – so they had decided a little nap wouldn't hurt.

They were awoken by the intercom announcing that they'd reach their LZ in 5 minutes. Jaune detached his had from Alexandra -earning a whine from the girl - and proceeded to quip his weapons on his person, making sure to be prepared, just in case, while his fellow teammates proceeded to do the same.

A little later, the pilot had come on the intercom to inform them that they`d now arrived. The bullhead descended before it opened its doors, letting the group out. When they`d looked at the sky, it was still bright out, and looking at his Scroll, it was around 5 pm. The group walked forward before Katie had pulled out a video camera, recording them. Jaune had raised his eyebrows and Alexandra answered for him.

"Ozpin informed you that the journey will be live streamed to the world, correct?"

Jaune thought for a second before nodding and answering.

"Yeah sorry, I guess I must've forgotten."

Alexandra merely waved him off and had told him it was fine.

They had walked for a few more hours, trying to get as much distance before the sun had set. Seeing orange and purple in the sky, he merely told them they'd be setting up camp when they'd find a suitable location. Going away from the main road, they found a clearing that Jaune had deemed satisfactory, he gathered firewood while the girls set up tents. When he got back, he made a decent sized fire in the middle of the camp.

When night fell, they all huddled around the fire, telling stories and getting to know each other. When Katie had yawned Jaune had deemed it time to sleep. They protested at first, but Jaune had eased them into doing so, and Jaune would take up the first watch, then Serena, and lastly, Lyanna, with Talisa starting first watch the next night.

The girls bid Jaune a good night, and he merely poked the dying fire with a stick before settling up on a tree. He looked into the broken moon, thinking about his life, what he'd done, the choices he'd made, the consequences of those decisions, what he could've done, what he should've done. He'd thought about the Arc Family Legacy, and his duties and responsibilities as heir. Not only must he train to be an excellent fighter, a level headed man for business and negotiations, and, and other reasons that Jaune couldn't remember, except for one, important, detail, an heir. Yes, Jaune Arc, the 'Lady Killer' as Yang calls him, has to actually find a girl who's willing to spend the rest of her life with him, and produce an heir for the Arc family. Yes, that'll be quite an easy feat for him... not.

He was brought out of his musings by an alarm, indicating that his watch is over, so he hopped off the branch and walked towards camp. He looked for the tent that Serena had occupied and lightly shook the girl awake, telling her that it was her turn, bid her a good morning, and went to his tent, removed his shirt, took off his pants and switched them with shorts, curled into his sleeping bag, curled into his sleeping bag, and closed his eyes, filling his head with the thoughts of his team, their escort for Alex and Katie, his decisions to come and- no. Doing this now will not be good, so he willed his mind to think about other things, nicer things, and so thoughts of Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Pyrrha, Nora and Ren occupied his thoughts as the darkness of sleep had consumed him.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is chapter 4! The poll closes on April 8th, so if you haven't yet, vote for who you think Jaune should end up with. Here are the standings now:

Harem: 21

Yang: 13

Ruby: 12

Weiss: 9

Pyrrha: 9

Serena: 3

Lyanna: 3

Talisa: 2

The next update for this would most likely be after the next update for The Great War.