Driving through the thick forest road towards Emerald Forest, Jaune sat quietly on his seat inside the bus along with his friends and people that lived across from his dorm.

He sat beside Ruby, who was sitting next to the window, gazing the scenery outside. Both wore the same outfit they wore during their Entrance Exam. Her weapon was in its compact form and she was cradling it as if it was a baby. Yang told me she could be a bit crazy with her weapon but this? This is obsession.

The only thing different about Jaune's outfit was the sallet helmet he got from Nora. He still didn't know what to feel about it, so he just wore it the entire way. Crocea Mors ever so present on his laps.

He looked at the front of the bus and saw his aunt conversing herself with the bus driver. She was the only Beacon's professor in the bus due to the other two would be waiting at the forest.

There's still about half an hour before we arrive. He looked at the other occupants in the bus and the first person he saw was Cardin. Why does it always go back to him?!

He wore the same thing as he did during the Entrance Exam as well, with his mace laid on top of his lap. He was calmly taking a nap.

Next to him was Reese and she was happily humming to herself. Are those two close? Or is she the only one capable to converse herself with him?

Reese wore a dark purple hooded sweater over a mauve sweater. She also wore black shorts, knee pads and elbow pads. She wore black high-top sneakers. She was holding on to her skateboard. She got the skater-look going on, but the only difference was-

Why doesn't her skateboard have wheels?

He eyes then laid on another set of passengers; Arslan Atlan and Bolin Hori, Cardin's roommates.

Arslan had a dark complexion, shoulder-length platinum blonde hair and olive-green eyes. She was a bit taller than Weiss and she's not even wearing heels. She wore a yellow robe with only one wide, loose fitting sleeve over a black tube top. She also had black pants and shoes accompanied by a red sash embroidered with a "endless knot" on it.

Arslan was also one of the recommended students that got into Beacon. She's a Mistralese like Pyrrha, Ren and Nora.

Bolin was also a Mistralese. His hair was black, and his eyes were amber in color. He was a bit shorter than Jaune. He wore a yellow sash over a dark blue vest and gray pants with yellow lacing up the sides. He also wore black boots and black fingerless gloves. The most prominent aspect of his outfit was his dark gray necklace. His staff was ever present.

I guess that is to be expected, considering the outfits they're wearing.

He then turned his head towards two of his own roommates; Ren and Nora.

They wore the same outfits they did during the Entrance Exam but, unfortunately, he didn't have that much time to observe it, considering the Goliath attack.

Ren wore a dark green, long-sleeved tailcoat with black and gold trimming. He wore a black long-sleeved shirt underneath and light-tan pants with black shoes.

Nora, on the other hand, wore a collared black vest. She also wore a white sleeveless top and matching fingerless gloves on each hand. She sported a short pink skirt and her shoes were a mix of pink and white. She also wore armor. That armor doesn't look practical… Aesthetic, maybe?

Nora was happily conversing with Ren while he intently listens to her, with a small smile on his face. Those two couldn't be more different but they got along nicely.

Their weapons laid nicely together near the window.

He looked over to another set passengers on the bus; Sky Lark and Russel Thrush, another two of Cardin's roommates.

Sky's hair was grayish blue and slicked back while his eyes were natural-colored blue. He was tall, just a bit shorter than Jaune was. He wore a simple black v-neck shirt and over it, he wore a gray leather jacket. He wore the same-colored pants as Jaune's and brown boots. His spear laid on the bus's floor. He probably looks the most normal out of all of us.

Russel had a light-green mohawk, side and back shaved and his eyes were brown. He was as tall as Blake. He wore a hoodie with the sleeves cut off and two bracers on his arms. He wore a brown strap around his chest, holding a spiked spaulder to his left shoulder. He also wore dark-gray pants and his boots seemed to be made of a thick brown material that went up to his knees. His knifes were sheathed.

Sky calmly read his book while Russel was ogling on some of the girls in the bus which, in turn, made them glared daggers at him. He just casually crossed his arms with a huge grin on his face.

Such stupidly-placed confident!

Then, he looked over to Dove Bronzewing, another one of the recommended students, and Nadir Shiko.

Dove had light-brown combed hair and his eyes were similar to Professor Port's, as in squinted. He was the same height as Yang. He wore tan-colored armor with a belt that bared a dove on its buckle. Fitting. He also wore the same color vambraces on his arms. Underneath the armor, he wore a black shirt and pants with a black scarf around his neck.

Does he wear that at Vacuo as well? I can't imagine going through the desert with that much armor.

Nadir, on the other hand, had long pink hair tied back into a short ponytail, with an undercut and the rest portion of his was black. He was the same height as Ren. His outfit consisted of a cream-colored short-sleeved jacket with yellow details and a black, long-sleeved v-neck shirt. His fingerless gloves were cream-colored as well. He wore black medium-length pants and cream-colored sneakers.

Both of them were taking naps as well, Dove's sword and Nadir's riffle beside them.

He then looked over to Pyrrha and Weiss, who was conversing happily towards one another. Weird seeing Weiss getting along with… Well, anybody, to be honest.

Pyrrha wore a brown corset as a top. She also wore what seemed to be an elastic, black, mini skirt and brown opera-length gloves on both arms. She also sported a large bronze gorget around her neck and a bronze bracelet on the upper half of her left arm. She had bronze greaves as well as a bronze bracer on her left arm. Her high-heeled boots were brown with bronze trim. The most prominent aspect of her gear was her headpiece and red sash.

While she was talking to Weiss, she was cleaning her shield and sword/javelin/riffle. People nowadays with their complex weapons. What's wrong with the classic?!

His attention, then, went to Weiss.

She wore a white thigh-length strapless dress with a faint pale blue at the hem. Over it, she wore a same-colored bell-sleeved bolero with a ruffled collar, lined in red. She also had a small apple pendant. Her boots were white, wedged heeled. Her rapier sat nicely on her laps. For someone wearing white, her personality doesn't match it.

He shook his at that thought. No! Bad Jaune! You barely know the girl! Don't judge a book by its cover, damnit!

When his eyes went back to them, Weiss was glaring back at him. She was probably mad that he was observing her. Pyrrha gave him an apologetic smile to him.

Knowing observing Weiss further was off limit, his attention went to Yang and Blake.

Yang wore a tan jacket with golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves. Underneath, she wore a yellow crop top. She wore a brown belt and underneath, was a long, white piece of material and a black short. She wore a pair of brown, knee-high boots and orange over-the-knee socks. Why is only her right sock pushed down? Fashion is weird.

Her gauntlets now changed into its bracelet form, making it a nice accessory for her to wear.

Blake, on the other hand, wore a black buttoned vest with coattails. Underneath was a white sleeveless, crop undershirt and white shorts. She also wore black low-heeled boots and full stockings that gradated from black to purple at her ankles. On her left arm was a detached sleeve with a silver cuff around her bicep. Black ribbons were wrapped around both of her forearms. Even her clothes scream; Mysterious.

Her katana was sheathed on her back.

They were both doing different things; Blake was reading while Yang was playing a game on her scroll. Jaune could almost made out one of Blake's eye twitching at the sound of Yang's scroll game.

Once he was finished with observing what everyone was doing and wearing, he looked outside of the bus alongside Ruby.

While he was gazing out, his mind was elsewhere. Sometimes I wonder why I observe too much. I can understand observing their activities but their clothes? That's kinda creepy, to be honest.

When he thought it through, he came to the two most possible conclusion; 1) He was observing their clothes to see what it could provide during battle or 2) He observed it because it looked cool.

Yeah, I'm going with number two.

O - O - O - O - O

Once they arrived at the gate, they all went out of the bus. Jaune looked around and the only one presented, beside themselves, was Professor Port. Where's the other instructor?

"Hmm? Peter?" Aunt Glynda called out, catching Professor Port's attention. "Where is he. Don't tell me he's off in the forest by himself."

"Ho ho! But that's exactly what he did!" Professor Port exclaimed happily, making Jaune's aunt let out the dark aura once more. "B-but no worries, Glynda! I'm sure he'll be here any minute now!"

"You got that right!" someone spoke from inside the forest. When said someone finally let his presence known, Jaune's face turned to one of shock.

"Oh, finally. You're here. Let me properly introduce to you students. This is-"

"DAD?!" Jaune pointed his finger at his father in shocked. "The Hell are you doing here?!"

"Ha ha! Don't be like that, son. Shouldn't you be happy to see your old man finally out of the house, doing something productive with his life?" Jackson Arc said, laughing at his son's antic. "By the way, what's with the helmet?"

His father wore his usual hensley, cargo pants and boots. The only armor he wore was his gauntlets and greaves. His own sword sheathed.

"Even so, you still have to tell me you will be here! And here I was hoping it will be someone spectacular," Jaune crossed his arms at his father. "And my friend bought me this helmet, so I wear it."

"W-wait! Are you saying I'm not a spectacular Huntsman?!" his father dropped to his knees. "M-my own son… Don't even acknowledge his father's work. The world truly hates me."

"Is not that I don't acknowledge your work, Dad," that cause his father to perk up. "It's just that... You're my Dad."

"W-what?" now it was his father to turn confused. "W-what's that supposed to mean?!"

"You're my dad, Dad. Which mean no matter what you do, I wouldn't truly take you seriously," Jaune countered. "Dad, you're might be "one of the greatest" Huntsmen but being with you for about 17 years, now? Your Huntsman work does not reflect your personalities at home. You can be quite childish."

"He's right, Jack," his father looked over to his aunt in disbelief. "Now that I think about it, there were moments when Jaune's the one in charge instead of you. Congratulation, Jaune, you're one step closer to becoming like your father."

"I don't if that's a good thing or not."

He laid down on the ground in defeat, "First my son and now my own sister-in-law? This is officially the worst day of my life."

Cough

Jaune, his father and his aunt all turned their heads towards the source of the cough; Professor Port.

"As much as I would like to witness for myself a happy family banter, do remember we have a class to teach," Professor Port raised one of his eyebrow at that. "Also, Glynda, I would advice to not use your student's first name when teaching. I understand he's your nephew but please refrain yourself."

His aunt instantly regained her composure and posture as a teacher of Beacon while the father-son duo only scratched the back of their necks apologetically.

Jaune went back to his friend and Yang instantly pulled him closer to her.

"I didn't know your father was going to be here," she whispered. "Also, why didn't you tell us about Professor Goodwitch being your auntie?"

"Well, I didn't know he was coming here in the first place as well," he whispered back. "Also, you didn't ask. I rather not talk about her being related to me on school grounds. If she caught wind of it, I'm screwed."

She only nodded before letting him go.

"So that is Mr. Arc," Jaune heard Weiss quietly commented from in front of him. "I didn't truly believe he was related to Arc but based on his personalities? There's no doubt about it."

"Told you," he smugly said behind her which earned him and a kick on his shin. Worth it!

"Okay, students. Let me reintroduce this fine man here," Professor Port started all over again. "This is Jackson Arc, one of the top Huntsmen living today. He's one of the many Huntsmen who had fought bravely during the battle between the Huntsmen and the "Grimm Witch" which had once conquered the City of Mountain Glenn. Today, he will help us in improving all of your Semblances."

The Grimm Witch… Even to this day, no one truly knew what happened during that faithful day. The only people who knew was the few Huntsmen that made it out alive. To be able to destroy a whole city and the people in just one night? Truly something that should never reach the ears of the people. Even journalists were forbidden to cover that incident, the Council made sure of it.

To think it happened the day before I was born.

"Please, Pete. Enough with the introduction. I ain't that good," he nervously scratched the back of his neck. We both need to stop doing that.

Professor Port laughed heartily at that, "Truly humble to your very bones, Jackie. In all seriousness, I'm grateful you're willing to spend time to talk about your experiences and give some insights on your Huntsman's knowledge."

"Hey! Anything for an old buddy of mine. Besides, my son's here so I need to show him what his old man's made of," his father than looked over to his aunt. "I can't disappoint family now, can I?"

Aunt Glynda only shook her head at that, small smile graced her features.

"How truly touching of you to say, Mr. Huntsman."

The unexpected voice made all of the students jumped and the instructors to pull out their weapons. What they saw was the last thing they expected.

It was a dark vortex and it was expanding more and more.

The Hell is this? A test? He looked over to the teachers which were in their battle stances. An actual criminal attack?!

From beyond the dark vortex, out came a group of people, clad in black. There are about 30 to 40 criminals! The Hell is going on?!

"Mr. Arc, its so nice to finally meet you," one of them said, a female. Like everyone else, she was clad in black and wore a black mask that covered the entirety of her head. Her voice was modulated the same way the previous voice was.

This level of secrecy… There's must be more to it than to just cover their identities.

"I would say the same if I know who I'm talking to," Jaune's father replied. "Why don't you take off your mask and then we can have a nice talk."

"We're not here to talk, Mr. Huntsman," one of the male of the group said, twirling around his cane. "As much as I would like to have your signature and sell it online, we're here for a different reason."

"I don't know what you'll get out of this," his father glared the male down, pointing his sword towards him. "But for your sake, I suggest you walk away."

"No need," the male raised his hand casually.

"You all will."

Before they knew it, there were various dark vortex surrounded the Beacon students and teachers. As fast as it came, they were falling into it.

Scattering them.

O - O - O - O - O

Jaune slowly opened up his eyes slowly and the first thing he saw was green; Grass.

Struggling, he stood up and he noticed ruins around him. This was one of the spot in the Emerald Forest, The Ruins of Emerald.

His back was stinging a bit. He concluded, the dark vortex opened up in the air and he fell down on his back. He thanked God he decided to wore armor. If not, he would be injured more.

He looked around and noticed a couple of other students along with him; Ruby, Weiss and Nadir. They're haven't wake up, yet.

He walked towards Ruby first. He slowly shook her body, not to move too much in fear of injured her more. She didn't wear any armor, so she was probably hurt more than he was.

Once Ruby finally stirred up, he went to Nadir next. He did the same and when he finally started to move, he went to Weiss.

Once all three of them stood up, they looked around for any sign of enemies. So far, no criminals or Grimm were on sight.

"What happened?" Ruby asked, massaging her head.

"Best guess? We got teleported. Probably one of their Semblances," Jaune replied while using his Aura to speed up his regenerative process. My back is killing me!

"Out of all people, why they have to target us?" Nadir whined. "Couldn't they attack tomorrow or something?"

"It doesn't matter if it's tomorrow or the day after. They will still attack," Jaune said. "We're just unlucky, that's all."

He looked over to his three partners, "Okay, guys. Before we start moving, we need strategize what we'll do when the criminals find us. Nadir, can you explain to me how your Semblance-"

"Wait a minute, Arc!" Weiss interjected. "Who made you the leader here?! I clearly didn't remember any of us made you leader!"

"Weiss, this is not the time for us-!"

Burst!

Before Jaune could even finish his sentence, a dark vortex was opened in front of them and out came the criminals, 10 criminals to be exact. All criminals were quiet and were instantly in their battle stances. 10, huh? We might just be able to win this

Jaune thought it was over, but he was very much mistaken.

Various Grimm followed suit; Beowolves, Ursai and Boarbatusks.

This is bad. This is really really bad!

Knowing he got no other choice, he pulled out his sword and expanded his shield. The rest followed suit.

Getting into their battle stances, they readied themselves for the worse to come.

O - O - O - O - O

Hello!

Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it, which was not a lot.

The first scene was basically description. Description, description, description. I know I shot myself in the foot the moment I introduced Jaune's clothing observation. Since I did it, I might as well see it through. So, the first scene was basically worthless, other than the slight activities that sort of let you peek a bit into their personalities.

We finally meet the third instructor. I know some of you probably guessed it but at first, Jackson wasn't the first person I thought to include here. It was another RWBY character, but I decided to bring him later on in the story. Jackson just makes sense right now, to me, at least.

The USJ storyline have finally initiated! Or, in this case, EF storyline! We see finally see the villains taking some action and now, the rest of the cast got scattered into the many places in the forest.

Now that I think about it, this was a pretty pointless chapter. At least, Jaune get to speak with his father again. That's a plus!

Had any criticism? Please, by all means, leave a review. Criticism is always welcome.

Again, thank you for reading.