Hello and Welcome to the rewrite of Serpent! This version will have some differences from the original version but also have some new things. I am also writing this version with the very helpful Chuck B. Winanaki. He has been a great help with this project.

This story is still based on Venom by "StallionWolf" so go check that out to see my inspiration for this!

Hope you all enjoy this rewrite!

Chapter 1: Arrival


Journal Entry #17: Subject Serpent's DNA has somewhat bonded with the Grimm essence and is somehow making Serpent go through a metamorphosis, this needs further research and testing.

A tall young man sat in the corner of a bullhead with deathly pale skin, purple marks surrounding his snake-like slitted ice-blue eyes, long Blonde and Black hair tied up in a bun with some bangs draped over his left eye covering a slight glow. This young man was Jaune Arc.

Bringing a small container to his lips and biting down with a pair of sharp fangs he turns his head slightly to hear footsteps padding towards him, he turned to see a raven-haired girl with a bow atop her head.

"Uhm... Excuse me?" The girl asked quietly.

"Yes?" He asked looking up from the container to look at the girl.

"What are you doing with that?" She asks.

"Well, I am currently draining some venom." He responds with an amused smile.

"Why?" She asks with a quirked eyebrow.

"I can use the venom from my fangs to put on some Kunai." He says pulling out a normal-looking Kunai and twisting the handle open to pour in the venom bringing a small glow to the Kunai's edge. "It gives it a real edge."

She narrows her eyes a bit at the end of the sentence. "Was that a pun?"

He flashes a devious grin. "Maybe."

"Whatever, I am a bit curious though, is the venom your Faunus Trait?" She asks, taking her bow off to reveal a pair of velvety black ears with a soft gray lining that twitched a bit.

'Hm...Cute'

"Why yes it is part of it, I am a snake Faunus." He confirms before another thought comes to him. "May I ask who was wondering?"

"I'm Blake Belladonna, Cat Faunus, and this is my weapon, GambolShroud." She says gesturing to a large cleaver at her hip.

"Interesting, Jaune Arc, Snake Faunus and this is my weapon, Shinigami, it's a Chokuto." He introduces himself pulling out a black rectangular sheath from a large black obi rope holding up a midnight blue waist covering. "I also have some Kunai but you already got the point."

She looks at Jaune with a blank face. "Are all of your puns going to be like this?"

He flashes another grin. "Pretty sharp there, aren't you?"

She gives an exasperated sigh as they continued conversing before an intercom and screen buzz to life with a stern face and visage.

"Hello and Welcome to Beacon."

"Who's that?" Another voice on the bullhead asked.

"My name is Glynda Goodwitch."

"Oh."

"Please prepare to depart the bullhead and proceed to the auditorium for further instructions."

"Ready?" He asks, turning back to Blake who gives a nod and a small ear twitch.


Boom!

Turning his head, Jaune sees a large explosion coming from the middle of Beacon's courtyard. Stalking towards the commotion he sees a white-themed girl berating a small red-hooded girl.

"-solute dolt! You could have killed me! Do you know who I am?!"

"N-no" The hooded girl stutters.

"She's Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company" A calm voice answers, turning his head he sees Blake with her nose stuck in a small book.

"Finally! Some recognition!" The Schnee haughtily says.

"They are also known for inhumane working conditions to mine the dust they are so famous for."

Fuming the white-themed gives an ice-cold glare and stomps away leaving a dejected red-hooded girl behind.

"Sorry!" She calls out before she slumps down sadly.

Jaune looks around and sees that Blake has disappeared, sighing as he walks towards the hooded girl before offering a hand to the girl. "Hello, I'm Jaune Arc. Do you need a little help?"


"So let me get this straight...You bumped into her causing her to drop her case, then sneezed when she was waving a dust vial in your face causing it to explode...How?" Jaune slowly recites. 'Oum almighty I haven't known this girl for ten minutes and I can already tell she is going to be a magnet for trouble."

"I don't know!" She exclaims.

"Whatever" He mutters under his breath. "What kind of weapon do you use?" He asks, steering the conversation in a better direction.

"Oh yeah! This is my baby Crescent Rose!" She excitedly says, bringing out a very large scythe. "It's also a high-impact sniper rifle! What do you have!?"

"Uhm.." He takes a step back, startled by the swift change in attitude. "I have a Chokuto named Shinigami and some Kunai, they are a bit easier to handle than a gun." He says while flipping the knife by its handle, inwardly chuckling at the horror-filled face she had.

They keep talking for a while before Ruby speaks up again a bit nervously. "Uhm...Do you know where the auditorium is?"

He chuckles a bit before pointing in the direction of their destination. "I think it's over there."

"Oh! Let's go!"

Walking towards the hall Ruby's eyes seem to light up seeing another blonde girl. "Oh! That's my sister Yang! Bye Jaune!" She exclaims before running towards a golden-haired girl who quirked a teasing grin at the approaching hooded girl.

Walking into the hall Jaune sees a taller man with silver hair and a mug on stage begin to speak. "My name is professor Ozpin and I'd like to keep this brief...you will all be gathering in the ballroom tonight, tomorrow you will report to Beacon cliff for initiation." He finishes before promptly walking off stage.

'He seemed...off' He narrows his thinned eyes a bit more before making his way out.


Walking into the ballroom wearing a simple black T-shirt and dark-blue sweatpants with his long hair down, going down to his mid-back and some still over his eye, Jaune is greeted by the sight of many other applicants preparing for bed, looking around he spots a certain raven-haired Faunus and starts towards her.

"Hello, Blake." He greets with a small smile forming on his face.

"Mm," She responds.

"Is it alright if I sit here?" He asks, a bit amused at the lack of words.

"Mm," Her bow twitching a bit atop her head.

He shakes his head with a small smile before sitting down and pulling out a small paper scroll and begins reading. Journal Entry #169: Serpent seems to be adapting to their current mutation, stress test 239 has confirmed faster healing rates compared to even that of an aura enhanced lifeform. Questions: Could this affect how long they live? What are the limi- His reading is cut off by a familiarly cheerful voice. "Hi, Jaune!"

Lifting his head a bit and sees a certain Red-Reaper. "Hello, Ruby. Did you need something?"

"I just wanted to see my baby sis's friend, Yang Xiao Long, nice to meetcha!" The blonde girl answers for her while putting her in a headlock.

"Yang! Stop!" Ruby whines, wiggling her way out of the taller girl's hold. "Hi! My name is Ruby Rose and this is my sister Yang!" She says looking towards Blake.

Looking up a bit she responds. "...Blake."

"What are you reading?"

"It's a book about a man with two souls fighting for control over their body." Blake bluntly says before promptly turning back to her book.

A little startled by the blunt response Ruby quiets a bit before speaking up again. "I love reading books, especially stories where the hero saves the day, I've always wanted to be a hero like that."

Blake speaks up whilst not even looking up from her book. "Isn't that a little childish?"

"I guess...But that's why we are here! To make the world a better place!"

"Awww! Look at my little prodigy of a sister talking like a real huntress!" The blonde girl he notes as Yang says as she grabs the smaller girl in another headlock.

"Yang!"

Jaune sits back and watches this all with a fond smile thinking of his siblings before a higher-pitched voice yells out as he turns his head to see the Schnee from earlier.

"Will you quiet down! People are trying to sleep!"

Ruby looks back before promptly dashing behind Yang muttering. "No! It's happening again!"

Yang looks back as her eyes widen at the Schnee doing the same as they both lift an accusing finger. "YOU!"

Sighing at the sight Jaune turns and signals to Blake to blow out the candle beside them.


"636, 636, Where is this locker?" Walking down the line of lockers to find his own he sees the Schnee from before and a taller crimson-haired girl. walking towards them he sees his locker next to them. "Excuse me?"

The white-haired looks over and answers. "Ugh! Yes?! What do you want?"

'A bit arrogant are we?' He thinks with a raised eyebrow. "Yes, I do believe that you are in front of my locker." He says pointing to the locker in front of them.

"Oh! I'm sorry! Excuse me for that!" The tall redhead politely apologies.

He waves it off. "It's alright, What are your names?"

The redhead seems a bit startled but answers anyway. "My name is Pyrrha Ni-"

"You mean you don't know who we are?!" The white-themed girl exclaims in anger and shock.

Raising an eyebrow he responds. "No, I don't, I believe that's why I was asking."

"Hmph! I am Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company!"

Looking at her quizzically before turning back to his locker he replies. "Well nice to meet you, My name is Jaune Arc, may I ask who this crimson-haired woman is?"

"So what's your name?" He says, nodding towards the redhead. "You never mentioned it."

"Yes! My name is Pyrrh-"

"You don't know who this is?!" Weiss asks in shock once more.

Sighing he answers. "Once again yes, that's why I asked."

"This is THE Pyrrha Nikos, 4-Time Mistal Tournament Champion!"

"Nice to meet you Pyrrha, I'm Jaune." He says nodding to her as he puts his long hair back into its bun.

"Nice to mee-"

"She graduated at the top of her class at Sanctum Academy!"

"Um...Congratulations?" He replies more like a question.

Throwing her arms up in the arm Weiss yells out. "She's on the Pumpkin Pete's cereal box!"

His eyes light up in slight recognition. "I knew you looked familiar! I didn't recognize you without my little sister's drawing of a mustache." He replies with a glint of amusement in his slit snake-eyes.

The girl in question looks away with a bit of a nervous expression on her face. "Yes, sadly they aren't very healthy for you."

"Yes yes, well I believe we must be leaving now, I will meet you later." He says waving before walking towards the exit, not before catching a large grin on the taller girl's face.


Walking out towards Beacon Cliff the outside wind flows through his combat outfit, a long sleeve white Kimono shirt with a black high-collared T-shirt underneath, both with the golden arc insignia presented on the back, all of this tucked into a midnight blue waist covering with a thick black obi rope holding his Shinigami, a pair of black shinobi pants going down to his mid-calf. Finally, his wooden geta, making a clicking sound every time he walks on the hard ground.

Making his way through the courtyard he sees a large cluster of students chatting amongst themselves with Ozpin holding a mug and another woman watching them before Ozpin began to speak. "For years you've honed your skills and will now be evaluated of such...That being said, you will be getting your partners today."

Ozpin surveyed the sea of teens before making eye contact with Jaunes snakelike eyes and narrowing them."You will be recovering relics from the ruins and the first person that you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next four years, remember to destroy everything in your path or you will...die."

As he finished that sentence students began to be launched through the air, leaving but one. Looking around Jaune noticed this before turning a questioning gaze towards the man who just spoke. "Sir?"

"Mr. Arc, I wished to have a small word with you," Ozpin said.

Snapping out of his confused state Jaune answered. "Yes?"

"Hm, Are you related to another snake Faunus by any chance?"

Shaking his head he replied. "I don't know, I was always in the care of a man named Orochimaru but he passed a couple of years ago, why do you ask?"

Ozpin hummed. "Just call it an old mans curiosity, good luck Mr. Arc." Then launching him into the forest. Ozpin focused his eyes on Jaune's soaring form before taking a sip from his mug.

"Ozpin you cannot be serious about letting the spawn of that vile snake be allowed here?!" The woman next to him glared.

"Now, now Glynda, you know not to push the sins of the father onto the son." He said holding a hand up. "Besides, who is to say that he will ever turn out to be like his father."

Glynda scowls but nods nevertheless. "Yes sir."

Ozpin stayed silent, simply watching a screen with Jaune with a slight feeling of caution. 'At least...I hope.'


This was the first chapter of the Serpent Rewrite, some stuff is different as you may have noticed. An example is for his outfit, it is essentially a mix between both of Sasuke's outfits from Shippuden.

But nonetheless, Thank you for reading this rewrite and another thank you to Chuck B. Winanaki for helping me write this! R&R!

Ciao!