A/N: Well, here we go. Jaune's first encounter in an Emerald Forest.

rwby1989: 1) ... 2) Pfft, what do you think I'm gonna have his team do? Sit around, thumbs up their asses? Of course they're gonna help!

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Flying. He was flying through the air.

This was, to him, a regular occurrence. He often had to fight something with usable wings, and had caught himself many times on one of the many cliffs that dotted Yukumo Island's mountainous terrain.

Granted, most times he wasn't launched by a springboard at high velocities into a heavily forested area. THAT required some improvisation.

Focusing only on himself and his soul, he brought out his Aura and unsheathed the claw and fan from his back.

Okay, just like all those times… Pouring his Aura into the tips of each blade, he did his little blade dance, randomly swinging them in front of him. It was enough: the familiar symbol, some weird, dashed lines superimposed on the Arc Crescent Moons. They shined brightly, and out from the brightness came…

A wooly creature with a big back hump, two large tusks, and the absolute weakest flesh his weapons could ever pierce. It was a Popo, straight from the island of Pokke. And fate had chosen it to be summoned right in midair. While moving through the air at high speeds.

… This is going to suck. With a small kick, he repositioned it so that the curve on its curved tusks was facing the sky. Grabbing hold of the thick fur, he braced himself. Eventually, the tusks caught the branch of a tree. But the weight of the creature was too much, and it snapped off the bark.

The momentum they had when they caught the tree was sufficient enough to swing them forwards at the same dizzying speed they were at before, but now they were spinning. What fun for Jaune!

Imma hurl! Somewhat unluckily for them, their ride stopped short when the spinning ball of fur, meat, and brutish bone crashed into something, flinging Jaune off the beast and into a nearby tree.

Peeling himself off the rough bark, Jaune looked to see where they had landed. Err, scratch that, where HE had landed. The Popo… didn't make it. It did, however, manage to crush the head of a gigantic, black, snake-like creature in the process, so that was fine.

Sizing up the creature, he could see that its long, black and muscular body was protected on the back by large, bony plates with strange red markings. It also transitioned from a black coloring into a white coloring somewhere down the body.

Hmm, that was strange. Usually, snakes would get thinner by this point as the body tapered off into a tail, but it actually started to get thicker. Oh wait, THERE was the thinness he was looking for. But the angle seemed odd, as if it were tapering off into another head instead of a tail. But that was silly, right?

The menacing hissing coming from behind him seemed to disagree.

Dodging something that crashed into the ground next to him, Jaune looked at a gigantic white head, shaped like that of a snake's. It had the eyes, the fangs, the devilish tongue, and the annoying hissing. Both the human and the serpent locked eyes; one pair was red, one blue, but both showed intent to kill.

The white snake took the first move, and tried to smack Jaune with the stump its 2nd head used to occupy. Leaping over the attack, the blonde took his shield of ice and poured his Aura into it before ramming it into the constrictor's hide. The momentum launched him higher up into the air, while the blunt impact left behind a nice formation of ice crystals.

Too bad it did little more than piss the thing off. It charged at him headfirst, maw open wide. Having nowhere to go in the air, Jaune took out his fan. Having freshly polished it the night before, Jaune reflected enough sunlight into the creature's eyes to slightly divert its attack.

The majority of the snake missed, but a fang on the lower mouth managed to wedge its way into the pace between his arm and the shield made out of rubbery hide. He was about to make use of his shield's unique conductive properties when the beast correct its trajectory and slammed him into a couple dozen trees.

Glad I ate my veggies! Got enough minerals in them to make my skin as hard as iron! That didn't change the fact that the attack still hurt. Finding an opening between trees, Jaune took his fan-blade and cut the thing's lower gums open, a torrent of water accompanying the slash.

The thing writhed in pain, and the salt in the wound came when Jaune jammed his ice –shield into the wound, activating his Aura and making several crystals erupt from the open wound.

Shaking its head to dislodge the crystals, the movement released Jaune from his small prison. Grabbing that seditious, golden hook, Jaune flung it at the creature's bottom jaw, where it's insane sharpness pierced through the flesh… but it got stuck in the process.

Landing on the forest floor, Jaune hopped up to the treetops and onto its back. Intent on retrieving his weapon, he ran along the thing's back. Taking his fossilized sword from his back, he began to hack and slash at the viper's spine as he ran along it.

It reacted in kind by twisting its body, and charged straight at Jaune with blinding speed. His reaction was slow, but he was able to stab it in the face with his long-sword before the thing crashed into him.

The serpent continued its charge, and slammed Jaune into the dirt. It didn't stop there, and drilled into the earth for a bit before coming back up to the surface, an injured hunter in tow.

Gripping the blade tightly, his Aura flooded it and unleashed a torrent of fire, scorching the nostrils and freeing the sword. While falling, he reached for the golden blade, but the thing swung its head like a hammer, slamming Jaune onto the ground.

It didn't give him a moment's rest as it repeatedly slammed its head down, over and over. Jaune had put his shields to use, but his guard was slowly being broken through. A final smash hit him hard enough to bounce him off the ground, leaving him open. It opened up its mouth, and moved in for the kill.

Gunfire rang out through the air.

As the snake recoiled from the shots fired, Jaune saw a red blur come by and slash it several times across the face before retreating. As it landed next to him, a bit of recognition dawned on him. That red cape, the crimson scythe, and those shining silver eyes.

"Mind if I cut- Oh hey! I remember you!" Grabbing his hand, she shook it like a monstrous tremor. ""You're from that night in Vale! Thank's for the help back then! I guess this is me paying you back, huh? Oh, wait a minute! I forgot to tell you my name, huh?" Standing back, she struck a pose. "I'm Ruby Rose!"

"I-I'm Ja-Jaune Arc, and can we fo-focus on that-t thing?" She looked behind them at one very angry snake.

"Oh. Right. The King Taijitu…" With a battle cry, she transformed into a flurry of rose petals and once more cut the snake across the face. Rather than flinching from the sharp blade, the serpent tanked the attack and lashed out at the rose by grabbing a tree trunk with its mouth and swatting her with it.

"Wow, that is one hard snake. My Crescent Rose only scratched him!" She had a point, since most of his attacks had only caused a bit of damage. Really, the only things that hurt it greatly were the slash across the gums and his Seditious Fang, which was currently hooked to its underside.

"B-But my sword over-er there cou-could cut it." She glanced at the blade, and nodded.

"Alright, I think I can distract it for you!" Twirling her weapon around her, she planted the tip of its blade into the ground, took aim, and fired several shots. As the hailstorm of bullets bounced off the reptile's hide, bruising it, Jaune ducked and weaved through the underbrush, inching ever so closely to his weapon.

But the moment he had it in his grasp, it vanished from his sight. A cloud of dirt and stone obscured his vision, and the… King Taijitu?... had disappeared into the ground.

"Huh… I guess it ran away." An explosion of white from her position proved Ruby wrong, as the Taijitu had buried up from under her. The force of the attack wrenched her scythe from her grasp, and left her in danger. The open maw of an oversized viper was right below her.

Thinking fast, Jaune saw that he was near what remained of the Pop. A disgusting stench emanated from it.

Isn't it too early for decomposition? Wait a minute… That's it! Grabbing a large leaf, Jaune gathered some… solid waste… from the remains of the mammal's large intestine. Wrapping it up with the leaf, he forced Aura into his arm. With a mighty yell, he flung the dung bomb at the white monster, nailing it in the tongue.

The sheer disgustingness of it disoriented the snake, and as it tried to remove the offending substance, Ruby spotted a sliver of gold.

Turning into a crimson blur, she sped towards the object. Only seconds later, the Taijitu's underside was completely split open, spraying dark ichor everywhere. While Jaune wiped off the substance with a leaf, at the same time examining its properties, his ally was examining the blade in her hands.

"I've seen hook swords and swords with serrated edges before, but this is something else! The craftsmanship is amazing, and the way its finished makes it seem almost organic! Its so beautiful…" She lightly touched the end of the hook before quickly retracting it. "Ah! So sharp, too! Man, these materials are amazing. It really gives me the feeling of, like, a monster ready to shred apart anything…" While she nerded out over the weapon, Jaune was busy inspecting the remains of the viper.

Nice scales built with an emphasis on traction over speed, could work well as part of a shield. These bony protrusions sound surprisingly hollow. I guess I could use these as phials to hold stuff… Hide feels nice and leathery, and- huh? When he inspected the rest of the body, he found something he'd never seen before: the inside of the body was entirely hollow. No organs, no signs of muscle, not even bones despite the armor he could see. This was definitely strange. Taking a closer look, he saw some black smoke… and realized whatever mass this thing had was slowly decreasing, like it was evaporating! Actually… it WAS evaporating!

"R-Ruby?" The smaller girl teleported to his side, clutching the armament in a vice-like grip.

"Jaune, you HAVE to tell me how you put this together!"

"W-well, first l-let's… HUH?" He looked back the cadaver and saw that half of it was missing or covered in black smoke! "Wha-what is this? I-Its disapp-pearing!" The red reaper looked at him curiously.

"Huh? Disappearing? That's normal for Creatures of Grimm. What, didn't know they did that?"

"G-Grimm? Grimm…" He'd heard that term before. Yes… he remembered when, one day, his weekly Porkermon show was interrupted by a news broadcast. It talked about danger levels and something called Grimm. And then he asked Jean-Pâle about them… those soulless beings that seek only to harm humanity…

So this is what they looked like. Black, white, animalistic, and empty on the inside, as if a physical representation of their lack of soul. Not that he'd ever understand what a soul was anyway, other than the musical type his dad listened to.

A hand waved in his face.

"Uh, you alright there? You've been staring at the ground for some time now." He turned towards the reaper.

"F-first time I s-saw a Grimm."

"Wait, really? I mean, it certainly didn't look that way from how you handled that thing."

"I hun-hunted other m-monsters." Before she could ask him to elaborate, they heard a rustling in the woods. A feeling of apprehension assaulted them. Jaune grabbed the other sword from Ruby, while the reaper took out her scythe. Waiting in anticipation, they felt relief when nothing more than a girl, dressed in black and white, walked out of the undergrowth. The bow on top of her head twitched, and she looked at the little rose blankly.

"Ruby, word of advice: don't leave your partner behind in a Grimm-infested forest. Especially since we're being timed." The girl in question rubbed her head sheepishly.

"Whoops! Sorry, Blake! I just couldn't help myself." The bow-headed girl, apparently named Blake, patted the shorter Ruby on her head.

"You're fine. Just, try not to get too caught up fighting Grimm." She focused her attention on the blonde boy next to her. "Hello there. I'm Blake, Ruby's partner." She stuck out her hand, and he took it.

"J-Jaune. Arc."

"Nice to meet you, Jaune. Do you have a partner yet?"

"Umm…" He actually forgot that he was supposed to meet with other people in this initiation.

"I'll take that as a no." At this new revelation, Ruby started to jump up and down excitedly.

"Ooh, Ooh! Blake, can he come with us until he finds a partner?" The girl in the black bow simply shrugged.

"Fine by me."

"Yay!" Ruby roughly gabbed Jaune by the hand, and started to lead him deeper into the emerald forest. "C'mon, Jaune! Maybe we'll find a partner for you along the way! Besides, you HAVE to tell me about how you made your weapons!"

"Uhh, s-sure…" The trudged along, Blake following silently behind the two. All three were blissfully unaware of a pair of red eyes following the trio from atop a mountain.

A/N: So, how far am I willing to change up the team compositions? Let's find that out next time, shall we? In the mean time, please review and PM me, and I'll see y'all later.