Ok guys, ya wanna know why I haven't updated in two weeks? Here's why.

I wasn't busy, I just went on vacation meeting up with my childhood friend for one week, I was planning on updating while I was there, but I spent so much time apart from him that I wanted to spend the week just hanging out with him, because I haven't seen him for over a year and it was great seeing him again.

And then I got lazy. Really, after not updating just one week, I got too comfortable and didn't really feel like writing. I am disgusted with myself right now, that I let laziness get in the way of my writing, I'd be fine if I was actually busy, but I really wasn't and have no excuse for not updating on my weekly schedule that i planned out.

So I am so sorry, for not updating, I know it's a pain when one of your favorite stories doesn't have a consistent update schedule. Most RWBY fanfics don't have them because they are busy, or they got writers block and couldn't come up with something for their story.

But anyway I'm back, I'm gonna try to be consistent with my updates and I won't let laziness get in my way again.

So here you guys go, I hope you enjoy.

Struggle Of Lost Memories

It was Friday after class and Team RWBY was planning to head for the docks to see the preparations for the Vytal Festival and to greet the other student's arrival. Of course Blake knew that Weiss merely wanted to spy on the competition for the upcoming tournament so she can get ahead of them. Not that it mattered to her ,she had other plans anyway.

Blake looked to her teammates. "I can't come to the docks today, sorry."

Weiss shook her head. "I don't think so, we all should be there as representatives of Beacon to welcome the students coming for the Vytal festival."

"Or to spy on the competition." The disguised faunus asked with a smirk.

The snow haired girl tried coming up with something to defend herself, she couldn't so she merely replied with. "You can't prove that."

Blake sighed. "Look I have something really important to take care of alright?"

Ruby decided to intervene. "Come on Weiss, we'll still go with you."

Yang gave off an irritated sigh. "Do I have to?"

The girl in red and black whispered to Yang. "Yes Yang, this is the first time I've seen Weiss happy, if we go with her maybe she'll stop being so mad at us."

"I doubt that." The yellow themed girl replied.

Blake fought off a chuckle being able to hear their whispers, she then turned to Weiss. "I'll catch up, I'll try to make it quick alright?"

With a sigh Weiss replied. "Very well, but be back with haste, I prefer we all welcome the students coming from Vacuo."

"Right" Blake said sarcastically and smirked as she replies. "Just takes notes on what they can do if I get held up."

The white haired heiress tried to defend herself from what she was really doing but she stopped herself as Ruby and Yang were laughing at her attempts, she gave a glare to them only that for them to pretend to whistle innocently, she turned back to Blake and whispered. "Fine"

The ninja of the group nodded and walked away as the rest of RWBY were making there way to the docks. She indeed had something to do today, it may take awhile but there was something that's been bothering her. Jaune, now she wasn't exactly uneasy about the boy anymore after they met in town, it's just that she has to know how he knew her heritage. She's confident that he wasn't a spy, no she would have seen through him. Also it was the way he held himself, he didn't look like the kind of guy who despised faunus, she would have known. Today she was going to ask him how he knew, she won't spy on him like last time.

She was going to talk to him, hopefully when he was alone, from what she heard of Weiss, Jaune was free on Fridays. Hopefully he won't play dumb, right? She was going to find out.

(-)-(-)-

Jaune was happy, why? Because it was another day for him to relax. Just him some comics, snacks, and video games. Weiss decided that she would call off studying and training on Fridays along with Saturdays, now he only has to talk her out of training on Sundays and he'll be happy. The knight was about to get out of his dorm room and was planning to head into town to buy the latest games, he was grateful that he saved up on lien.

The knight opened the door and gave a look of surprise to see the B of team RWBY standing there with her hand raised in a knocking gesture. "Blake?"

Blake quickly put her hand down and tried to give a friendly smile. "Jaune, um hi, I was just." She was tripping on her words not used to talking to him. "I uh"

"Were you looking for Pyrrha?" Jaune asked.

"No, I-I was looking for you actually."

"Oh" The blonde replied with a chuckle. "Well what can I do for you?"

"I was wondering if we could talk." Blake suggested.

"About what?" Jaune asked confused.

"Um" The disguised Faunus looked over Jaune's shoulder. "Are you alone in your dorm?"

Jaune nodded. "Everyone's just doing their own thing today."

"Can we talk inside now?" She asked looking to the hallway for anyone listening in. "It's important."

The young knight slowly nods. "Ok" He says as he pulls the door open. "Just come on in."

Blake nodded and walked inside, she releases a breath getting herself ready. She had to know now, she couldn't ask for a better time to find out then now. She hears the door closed behind her and turns around with a straight face.

Jaune chuckled nervously not used to being around Blake much. "So, what do you need to talk about?"

The cat faunus put a hand on her other arm and sighed. "Well.." She began nervously not sure how to put this. "There's something I need to know."

"Know what?"

Blake took a breath and let it out, she looked him in the eyes. "How did you know?"

Jaune was comepletley confused of this, he gave a questioning gaze and asked. "What do you mean, know about what?"

The cat faunus watched his features carefully, no nervousness when he asked, that either means he doesn't know what she meant. From what she knew he never lies, and she just knew that he wouldn't, she takes a deep sigh. "About this." She said as she put a hands on her bow and began to untie it, she undid it revealing two cat ears.

Jaune's eyes widened when he saw the extra set of animal ears, this felt like quite the surprise. "Cat ears, so.. you are a faunus." This part felt less surprising to him, he thought she was when he first saw her.

Blake nodded and caught on to what he heard. "Yeah... you were right about me."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember when we met?" Blake asked. "Before initiation started?"

Jaune thought back to the morning before initiation when she met him in the hall. "Yeah?"

"I heard what you said?"

"Heard what?"

"Don't you remember?" Blake asked and pointed to her ears. "You said that I don't look like a faunus." She stated calmly.

Jaune thought back and remembered that was what he said, though he's not sure why he said it.

"That implies that you knew and you found out from an outside source, so Jaune." She explained. "If you found out from someone else, then please tell me." She begged.

The knight sees genuine worry in Blake's eyes, he felt bad for not being able to come up with an answer. He thought back to anything, how he could have known about Blake being a faunus, he sighs only having one answer, one that he was sure that she was going to hate. "I uh" He hesitated but sighed deciding that this was the only answer he can come up with. "I guessed."

Blake raised an eyebrow, and gave a look of disbelief. "You... guessed?"

Jaune thought harder but couldn't think of any other explanation so he continued with it. "Yeah" He said sheepishly.

The black cat looked at Jaune in the eyes and shook her head. "Jaune" She began with a warning tone. "This is not a game."

The knight took an unconscious step back and gulped. "I.. I know." He admitted. "But it's true."

Blake shook her head. "That's a lie, Jaune." She took a few steps forward as he backed away. "You said that I don't look like a faunus, so you had to have found out from an outside source so how did you know?"

Jaune kept taking steps back until he hit a wall, Blake stopped right in front of him with narrowed eyes. "Blake I know it sounds dumb but it's true, when I saw you somehow I just thought you were a faunus, and I don't know why." He spoke honestly

She looked with a harder gaze, looking for any nervous facial features across his face, she sees none and decides to press further. "You couldn't have just guessed it." She spoke with a strict tone. "How can I trust you that this is true."

"I" The knight began and then froze off for a second. There was a way he can get her to trust him, he just hopes that this doesn't come back to bite him. "Ok, look, you don't trust me, I understand that." He stated. "So how about this, I tell you something about me that no one else knows."

Blake raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Look" He began. "I got into Beacon with" He hesitated. "With forged transcripts."

"What?" Blake asked with surprised look in her eyes.

Jaune nodded quickly. "Yeah" He admitted. "I got my hands on some forged transcripts, and, and I lied."

Blake shook her head. "That can't be true." She stated. "I've seen you fight, there's no way you needed to cheat."

"No really." Jaune admitted. "I actually have a copy of them, you can take a look at the school it says I went to and see that my name isn't on their database." He said as he grabbed his scroll and put the transcript on display. "Here, Atlas Academy, take a look."

Blake looked at the forge transcript and back to Jaune.

"Now" Jaune began. "Now you know something about me, look I won't say anything, no one told me anything, so please just trust me." He stated, and opened his mouth but again hesitated. "It's a lot to ask for so if you don't, go to Ozpin right now and tell him about my transcripts."

Blake looked at the scroll and took it out of his hand and looked at it, she then looked to him. "Why tell me this?" She asked.

"Because, Blake, even though we haven't really hung out much, I'd like to be your friend." He said honestly. "If you really don't trust me, go to Ozpin and tell him to look at my transcripts."

Blake looks into Jaune's eyes and then back to the scroll, her eyes shift to a soft gaze, she remembers that time she stalked him for info. From what she saw, he was just a likable dorky goofball who wouldn't be a danger to anyone. When he said that he doesn't know how he knew... could it be true? No she knew it couldn't be true... but why would he trust her with this secret? She looked to Jaune and handed him the scroll.

Jaune slowly moved his hand on hers and took back his scroll. The knight looked into her amber eyes.

The cat girl sighed as she put her bow back on, she started to walk away towards the door, she grabbed the door knob but turned her head to face Jaune who had a sad look on his face. "Jaune... I'm going to trust you this time." She began. "I still think your hiding something from me." She explained, she sees fear in his eyes. "But you're secret's safe with me, as long as mine is safe with yours." She said and sees him nod. "See you later." She finished as she opened the door and left.

Jaune watches her leave and slides down against the wall until he was sitting down. The knight shook his head, he raised more questions against himself, how did he know Blake was a Faunus? Where did those puns he used on Yang come from? Why does everything here seem so familiar? Why do some of the days he's had since he's been here seem so familiar, yet at the same time that they shouldn't have happened the way they did. Why? Jaune squeezed his eyes shut and held his head as a painful sensation filled him. "Gah!"

The knight let his head hit the floor as he felt a major migraine assault him. He starts seeing a rush of images, like a movie going fast forward in his head. It was mind boggling, nothing made sense. Why was he seeing all this?

He shook his head and stood up. "Looks like I'm not going out today." He said cringing as he walked his way to his bed and let himself fall into it. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to sleep off his headache.

(-)-(-)-

Blake walked through the halls of Beacon sighing, she felt guilty for what she did to Jaune. Clearly the boy was a goofball like she thought, he was harmless, why did she have to pressure him to talk? The only way it could have been worse was if she had Gambol Shroud at his throat. Part of her wanted to apologize but she couldn't, she knew that he was hiding something. After all he couldn't have just guessed that she was a faunus, no one ever confronted her about her heritage, also how did he know? He seemed too clumsy, too gullible, too nice to try anything threatening.

But she can't just trust him, he knew she was a faunus from the moment he saw her, and he says he can't explain how he knew? But he revealed a secret about himself that would result in him getting him expelled. Why though? It makes no sense, if he really did wish to be friends with her then why couldn't he just tell her how he knew? A sigh escaped her lips. It doesn't matter, he may not even be on the same team but he knows enough about Jaune to know that her secret was safe. She has something on him now after all. Though she wishes that she knew for sure that she can trust him so she can apologize and not feel guilty anymore.

Blake decided that she would head to the docks like she promised Weiss, she can settle the matter with Jaune another time, for now she should focus on finding her team. The black themed girl sees Pyrrha walking her way.

"Hello." Pyrrha greeted with her usual smile.

"Pyrrha" The cat girl replied, she then stopped when Pyrrha was in front of her. "Something you need?"

"Do you know if Jaune already left?" Pyrrha asked.

Blake was silent for a moment but answered anyway. "I'm sure he's still in the dorm." She replied.

Pyrrha nodded. "Thank you." She replied simply as she walked to the school.

The cat girl's watches the champion walk her way to the dorms and sighed. She knew enough about Pyrrha that she wouldn't be dumb enough to easily befriend someone who really was dangerous. "Maybe I should just trust him." She admitted with a sigh and shook her head. She headed for the dust plane that would take her to Vale and meet up with her teammates if they hadn't gone too far.

Ok so here we are with the next chapter, looks like Jaune is starting to have a horrible case of flashbacks. Now some of you are probably wondering why Blake doesn't comepletley trust him yet. Well when they had their little bonding session in one of the previous chapters, she still wanted to know how he knew she was a faunus, and if he knew anything else. They weren't necessarily friends but they were getting there still getting there.

Ok so the reviewer who was being infuriated that Blake was so paranoid about Jaune. Sorry, I just don't see how she wouldn't be, I mean here you are thinking that your doing a good job hiding your secret, and then you find out that someone knows. Yes Ozpin knew, but he's the headmaster of Beacon Academy, and arguably the smartest person in Remnant. Yes Penny knew, but Blake wasn't aware that she knew. She hid this secret well enough to hide her heritage from every one of her peers, except for Jaune who is slowly regaining memories of a rather bleak looking future. If someone other than a well trained hunter knew her secret she would want to know how they knew and what else they knew.

Also remember the way Jaune said it. "She doesn't look like a faunus." Think about it? That sounds like someone told her she was. I wanted to avoid explaining this but thought you'd put that in your review, so I decided to write this as a way to explain me know if you still don't understand and/or frustrated about Blake being suspicious of Jaune.

Ok now that that's out of the way of the way time to respond to reviews.

Tonytaker: thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Nevermound: Glad you enjoyed, and yes massive aura FTW.

goddy80119: Yeah, and here too, he's going to start going through hell trying to make sense of why he's having these dreams. As for the shotgun, i don't know, like I said the he's only starting with the pistol, he may change it into something with more power in it in time.

ExplodingKnuckler: Insert Sarcasm (Doesn't he have the best luck?) You were right about that crater face thing, I'm going to remove it right after I post this chapter. I guess I forgot about that. Hope you enjoy this knightshade moment, well at least it might be later, but it's progress right?

FF8cerebus: Sorry, but Yang's meant to have the worse puns you can think of, but hey it was good that she laughed right? Well I hope you can handle another memory teaser, their gonna start wreaking havoc on him soon if it makes you feel any better.

SweetieSpike: Jaune is stronger than he was in volume 3, but he's still behind top tier students such as Pyrrha and Yang. Perhaps everyone else, but he's no average huntsman, I mean, I'm not sure if even Pyrrha would qualify as average huntsman who graduated Beacon, but that's no reason to say that she's leaps beyond Yang. So no he's no average huntsman, he's just much, much stronger than he was in canon due to his experience before the time loop. If that makes any sense.

ArantisRose: Yeah that's what I was going for, and now he's starting to realize that some things he knew don't make sense. He may just go insane with what's going on.

IWEYC: Yeah, just writing that gave me a good mood and then a bad mood at the end of it. Yang might have told those puns before the time loop, or maybe someone was trying to cheer her up with puns that she would like, maybe you'll have to read more to find out.

Yeah, i wasn't sure how anyone would react to Jaune actually finding a way to fight Yang, that may have been the most ridiculous fighting strategy, I showed any character using.

As for the hair thing, your right, it is a cliche. But you know, some cliches are good and necessary. It's part of what makes Yang, Yang. I mean she also makes bad puns, which is a cliche because it's used over and over, but that's all a key factor in her personality, it's what makes her unique. You know what i mean, it needs to be included. Ok maybe the hair thing wasn't needed but it's still her thing, ya know?

The overprotective sister cliche you mentioned definitely wasn't necessary and stereotyping though, that didn't need to happen. None the less I'm glad you enjoyed and hope you enjoy this chapter as well.

patleon909: Yeah, Jaune can't win against Yang on the first try in any fanfic, that's a sign of someone trying to make him a gary stu. No he needs to work towards that, then maybe, just maybe, he'll compete with Yang, or even Pyrrha. But that's a far goal, I try to be honest with every character's capabilities, I hope I'm not exaggerating or lessening anyone here. I'm glad you enjoy that, and that you feel for my hate towards Adam. I hope Yang also gets an epic robot arm, that turns into a cannon, that'd be awesome, it'd be better than her sitting at home all depressed. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this.

Ghosthornet: I'm glad I made your idea, I hope I do today too, or atleast the day you read this chapter. Sorry for the wait.

Well that's it for reviews, now if this is your first time reading, please review, fav, follow, I'll update either way, It'd just be a nice bonus for me.

Ok so guys, sorry for the wait, I'm going back on the saddle, I swear, I'll have an update schedule, in fact I'll start now.

Here it is.

See you guys next week.

There, there, I said it, I've committed to it, I already have my next chapter planned in my head. Since this chapter was late, I'll post the next one sooner if I can so I'm caught up, either way, expect the next chapter updated on time or early, I swear I have it planned. And I want to keep updating, because I love you guys, your part of what I enjoy about writing, I like your reviews whether they have insults, constructive criticism, or compliments, I love them all.

Sorry, sorry, got emotional there. But seriously, I'll have your next chapter out on time or earlier, and I hope you'll look forward to it.

Have an awesome day. :)