AN: Hellos, and welcome to the eighth chapter of 'The Assassin Known as Paladin'! I am sorry for not updating in a long time, but since this about Blake, and her revelation, this entire thing will probably take three chapters or so. Anyways, here are some things I plan on doing after this chapter:

1) RWBY: AU Theater - Basically, it's going to be a reaction story, with certain members of the RWBY cast, so get ready for that. I plan on using this, mainly not only to show the alternate 'realities' you and I will come up with, but I also plan on using it as a way to show off the small stories I have. The first four chapters might be only shootouts from movies, and it might start with Jaune, Ozpin, Qrow, and Ironwood.

2) Arc of Warfare (Reboot) - Yes. I have started another remake of the story. It's in the back of my head, and this one, I will make sure that I won't give up on. I'll explain more later on when I publish this. Also, this will be published before the 'AU Theater' idea.

And, I'm still thinking about it: possibly a self-insert. I know that people have done this, and I know they aren't as successful, but after seeing the stories from 'JC of Corn' and 'Le MAO XXIV', it got me kind of thinking and decided just to test it out.

Let me know what you think about my ideas in the reviews, and time to get this thing started.

HERE WE GO!

In Beacon -

With the weekend upon them, Team JNPR decided to take a trip to Vale, mostly for Jaune to get more clothing and other things. At first, the blonde assassin didn't mind the lack of things but Nora, being who she is, was against it, and dragged not only him, but the rest of their team, to go to Vale. They were currently heading to the parking-lot of the academy, so Jaune could take his car out, something that they all found a 'beauty', as Jaune quoted.

Only Jaune went to get his car, so he told his team that they should wait for him outside of the academy. As they waited, they had started up a conversation with Velvet and her team, who were also heading to Vale for the day. Velvet's leader, Coco Adel, looked at the three, and asked them,

"Say, where's your leader anyways? I wanna thank him for helping out our little Bun-Bun here."

"Coco! Do really have to call me that?"

"What? It's your nickname, ain't it? Besides, I think it suits you."

To add more to her embarrassment, she decided to give the Rabbit-Faunus a tight hug. Despite the blush on her cheeks, Velvet had a small smile on her face. But before anything else can happen, the loud sound of an engine was roaring in the distance, and it was getting closer to them. The mere sound was enough to get most of the people there to cover their ears in pain, with Velvet shouting,

"WHAT IS THAT!?"

"WHAT?!"

"I SAID, WHAT IS THAT - "

"WHAT?!"

"I SAID - "

"Uh...you do know that I turned off the engine, right?"

The seven looked Jaune, who indeed turned off his engine, and was leaning against his car.

After rubbing her ears in pain, Coco had looked at Jaune once, before smiling a bit to herself. She had to admit, the guy had some style points, both the car and his clothes. So she walked up to him, and offered him her hand, which he shook, and said,

"So...you must be Jaune Arc, eh?"

"Yes, I am. And you are...?"

"Coco Adel, I'm in the same team with Velvet. The - "

"The girl I helped back at the cafeteria. It's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance."

"So, where did you get this beauty?"

That was when she took a look at the machine that was Jaune's car, admiring the design of it. Mentally, Jaune had a smug grin on his face, knowing that she had took an instant liking to his car. Not that he could blame her: he still remember how he came to possession of that thing. It was during one of his earlier jobs, back when he wasn't known as the 'Paladin', and he was assigned to kill some corrupt politician in America. At first, his reward was just money, that was until he saw what his employer drove in.

So, he made a deal with his employer: he would keep the money and his silence, if in return, the blonde would keep his ride.

Surprisingly, his employer took the deal.

"Let's just say...I made a deal with someone."

"Got any room for me and my team?"

"Perhaps another time, Mademoiselle."

And with that, Jaune and his team entered his ride, and drove towards Vale, leaving Coco and her team behind. Coco had a grin on her face, in which she told to Velvet,

"Damn, that boy is an 'A' in my books. You mind sharing him, Bun-Bun?"

"Coco!"

In Vale -

Apparently, Team RWBY had the same idea as JNPR, but they went to the city a bit earlier than they did. The four girls were walking alongside the docks, when the strangest thing happened. Weiss was actually happy about heading to Vale, mainly because it was where the Vytal Festival was taking place.

She exclaimed,

"Oh, the Vytal Festival! This is wonderful!"

"It's kinda weird, seeing you smile a lot, Weiss."

"How is it weird? The Vytal Festival is dedicated to the cultures of the world! The dances! Parades! A tournament! The planning and organizing of such an event must be breathtaking!"

"And somehow...you made everything you just said, seem incredibly boring."

That was when Yang threw in her two-cents,

"Why are we spending our afternoon at the docks again?"

"The students from Vacuo are visiting! And, as representatives of Beacon, we must welcome them to this kingdom."

"In other words: scope out the competition."

"As if you can - "

Before Weiss can finish what she was saying, the load roar of a car was close to them, making them cover ears at the sudden noise. They looked to the source of it, and saw team JNPR around the corner, inside a black muscle-car, with Jaune behind the wheel, before stopping next to them. As soon as Jaune opened the doors, his team actually fell onto the ground, with Pyrrha shaking a bit before standing, and Ren being a bit green in the face, and finally Nora just hopped out of the car, completely unfazed.

"Let's do it again!"

"Jaune...next time, please go slow..."

"I think I would rather fight the Death-Stalker than ride with you, Jaune."

"You'll get used to it."

During the time they spent in Vale, Jaune was able to get more than clothes. He was also able to get some books from this guy named Tukson, and, for some reason, a guitar. When he purchased the instrument, he gained a few odd looks from his team. He simply said,

"What? I did more than just kill people."

With his new belongings in the back of his trunk, he and his team were simply cruising along the city, when they saw Team RWBY walking somewhere. They came up with the idea to surprise them, in which Jaune grinned mischievously, and slammed his foot on the gas, making his way to the four girls.

And here they are.

Yang heard how her fellow blonde had a vehicle like herself, but she didn't think that he would have something like the machine he was driving. The car was a beauty to her, but she still loved her motorcycle, however his car was calling out to her. With a look of awe, she walked slowly to the car, and spoke in a low voice,

"She's beautiful...what's is she?"

"She is a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda. It's a shame that she's the last of her kind now."

"Jaune, you have to let me take her for a spin."

At this point, she looked at him with a puppy-dog look in her eyes, which had little effect for him. He simply asked her,

"What do I get if I let you ride my car?"

Yang grinned naughtily, as she stepped closer to the male blonde, and said in a sultry voice,

"Well, if you let me ride your car, then you could ride the dragon."

"Be careful for what you wish for..."

Jaune spoke in a voice that was as sultry as Yang's. He whispered into her ear,

"When I get behind something, let's just say I'm can get a little...wild."

"Really - ?!"

"CAN YOU TWO STOP WITH THE DIRTY TALK? THERE IS A CRIME SCENE!"

The two looked around their surroundings, and saw that there was indeed a crime scene. The one who was yelling at them was an officer, who was standing in front of a Dust-shop, which was obviously robbed. The eight friends looked at each other before heading to the crime scene. Ruby walked up to the officer, and asked,

"What happened?"

"What do you think? Another Dust-store just got robbed this week."

His partner added,

"They took the Dust, but not the money."

"That doesn't make much sense. Who would need all that Dust?"

"I don't know...an army?"

"You thinking the White Fang?"

"Yep. Man, we are getting too old for this shit."

After hearing who was believed the culprit of the robberies, Weiss crossed her arms and said in disgust,

"The White Fang, what an awful bunch of degenerates!"

Her statement caused Blake to look at her, stating,

"What's your problem?"

"My problem? I, for one, don't care about the criminally insane."

Seeing the angry look on Blake's face, Jaune decided to intervene, saying,

"Hey, hey! Let's not get worked up over something like this! I mean, this couldn't even be the White Fang's work here! Like...like - Torchwick! Ruby, remember when we met? We saw Roman Torchwick rob that Dust-shop. So, maybe - and just maybe - the White Fang aren't to blame here!"

He definitely knew that the White Fang were to blame here.

Jaune, was never one to rob people of anything - except for their lives - but, he did know how exactly thieves worked. This was not the work of Roman Torchwick, the whole thing was sloppy, the fact that the shop was destroyed went against everything Roman did that night he met him. And, the blonde definitely saw a some blood inside the shop, and he had a feeling that it belonged to a human.

This was definitely the White Fang's work, he just didn't want to piss off the Cat-Faunus.

That's right.

Jaune Arc knew that Blake Belladonna is a Faunus. It was obvious, well for him, after all: her bow twitches every now and then, she seems to know more about Faunus than anyone else he knew, and most importantly - it was her surname: Belladonna. While he was learning more about the Faunus, he came across the island, Menagerie, and saw that the chief of that island, was known as Ghira Belladonna. More than that, he had a wife name, Kali - who looked like an older Blake - so it was a no-brainer to connect the relationship between them.

Though, he did have only one question left:

When was she gonna tell the rest about her heritage?

"Yeah, the police never caught him, so maybe it was Torchwick."

"It's possible... But it doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are scum. They only know how to lie, cheat, and steal."

"Okay, maybe that's taking it a bit too - "

"Hey! Stop that Faunus!"

The eight teens looked at the docks, and saw a Faunus running away from a ship, and its angry crew.

The Faunus, a boy who was about their age, ran towards them, giving them time to soak in every detail about him. He was Monkey-Faunus, who was blonde, tanned-skin, and had a monkey-tail attached to him. He was dressed in a white shirt, which was left unbuttoned, showing off his six-pack to them. On his lower body he was dressed in light-blue cargo-pants, black-and-yellow sneakers, and a white belt. He also had red bracers and fingerless gloves on his hands.

As he ran past them, he actually winked at Blake, the officers were chasing after him. Jaune then ran after them as well, telling his friends,

"Don't worry! I got him!"

"Quickly! After him!"

In all honesty, Jaune wasn't trying to apprehend the Faunus. After all, he himself was wanted Interpol, FBI, nearly every cop back on Earth, and other assassins. Seeing that guy evade the local authorities simply made Jaune like the guy, and wanted to see if he wanted to hang out.

Sun's P.O.V -

Nice!

After stowing away in that ship, I finally got to Vale! I know that I was supposed to be with my team when we get here, but I just couldn't wait! So anyways, as soon as I ditched the ship, and that annoying crew, I come across these guys around my age - one of them was Pyrrha Nikos! - and I see this cutie with a bow. Man, if I wasn't on the run, I so would've talked to her more.

But hey, I was still on the run.

As soon as I ditched those officers, I was walking down the streets, taking in the scenery. This place looks so much better in person!

But, Vale got nothing on my home-turf, Vacuo - or my home-away-from-home Mistral!

"Man...this place is awesome!"

"I know right?"

"You know - wait. WHAT THE - ?!"

After hearing that sudden voice behind me, I turned around, and I saw one of the guys that I ran past. He was blonde with blue eyes, dressed in fancily, with a blue dress-shirt, vest, tie, slacks, fedora, and dress-boots. He also had two handguns strapped in harness he had.

I just stammered,

"H-how the Hell did you find me? Not even those cops could track me down!"

"Trust me. I am more than capable than those guys. Name's Jaune Arc."

"S-Sun Wukong... So...are you gonna take me in or something?"

"Nah. Just wanna hang out? My treat."

"Sure, why not."

And just like that, I had ignored my doubts, and proceeded to hang out with him.

A Few Hours Later -

"Man, Jaune, thanks for lunch."

"Don't mention it. I'm just surprised that you can eat THAT much and not get fat."

"Oh, please. Have you seen these beauties?"

"True. Well, I guess I'll see you later then?"

"Sure. See ya."

"You too."

The two blondes parted ways, with Jaune heading for his dorm-room, and Sun heading off to wherever he was headed to. So far, the two simply hung out, eat lunch, and goofed off for the entire day. Now that he thought about it, Jaune pretty much blew off his friends for the entire day. Then again, he did tell them that he was going after Sun, so who knows what would happen then. As he was opened the door of his dorm, he still heard Blake and Weiss discussing about the White Fang.

He was greeted by three annoyed looks of his team, in which he simply said,

"Yeah...I got nothing. So what did I miss?"

"Well...after you ditched us, Nora got behind the wheel and nearly killed us."

"I said I could handle it!"

"Nora, you don't have a license. So we had Pyrrha drive, but...she didn't know how to drive stick."

"Really? Well I could tech you guys later - "

But, Jaune and his team suddenly heard Blake shout something at Weiss, in which RWBY's dorm got quiet all of a sudden until the door slammed open, and Blake bolted past them. Jaune looked at her, his body halfway the door-frame when he ran towards RWBY's dorm, and shouted at Weiss,

"What the fuck happened?!"

"Blake! She's...she's - "

"A Faunus."

"No! I mean - yes! Wait. How did you - "

"What. Happened."

"She's from the White Fang! Unbelievable - UGH!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Jaune started to choke her with one hand, the other reaching for one of his guns, and he shouted,

"You bitch! She's your friend! And you just LITERALLY threw out on the streets! So what she was from the White Fang!? She's more of a fucking saint than me! So - "

"JAUNE!"

The asassin looked Ruby, who was crying suddenly, with Yang hugging her tight. Then he looked to the heiress, who was gasping for air, in which he let go. As the heiress started to breath heavily, he turned to Pyrrha, who alongside with Ren and Nora were outside the dorm, and said,

"Pyrrha. Bring them up to speed."

"Speed? On what - ?"

"Everything. About ME."

"A-are you sure?"

"Yes! Hurry! I gotta go!"

"Where!"

"Blake! Who else! BLAKE! WAIT UP, DAMN IT!"

And with that, Jaune ran after the Cat-Faunus, leaving a concerned NPR and a confused, and scared, RWY behind.

Outside Beacon -

As soon as Jaune was outside the academy, he scanned the area, hoping to look for his feline friend. He saw her standing near the fountain, in which he ran towards, making a commotion to get her attention. She had her ribbon removed, revealing a pair of cat ears on her head, then she saw him, in which she tried to run again, only for Jaune to grab onto her wrist. Blake struggled to get out of his grip, in which she yelled at the blonde,

"Jaune! Let go!"

"No! Come back with me and we can fix this!"

"There is no fixing this, Jaune!"

"Blake - !"

"NO! You...you have no idea what it's like to go through what the Faunus have to deal with! What I went through!"

As she said that statement, Jaune stopped moving entirely, but he still kept a firm-grip on her wrist. He looked down at the ground, and muttered,

"Did you know that I killed my grandfather?"

"W-what?"

Blake stopped struggling, and looked at the blonde with wide eyes. She asked,

"W-why?"

"Why? He wanted me...to live a life where I wasn't controlled by our family business."

"What...did your family do?"

"We killed people."

That was when he looked up at her, and Blake saw that Jaune was crying, in which he told her,

"Blake, you're right: I don't know what you went through. But, you're not the only one who had a dark past. So please...come back, and we can fix this."

"Jaune...I'm sorry, there are some things that I need to settle."

Jaune looked like he was about to argue again, but instead, he simply dragged her to the garage, in front of his car. He then placed his hand underneath one of the fenders, and pulled out a spare key, and unlocked his car, gesturing for Blake to get in. She only asked,

"What are you doing?"

"Helping you."

"What? Jaune, you don't - "

"Blake. You ran away from your friends, and you're about to do something that's probably illegal. And there is no way in Hell I am going to let you do this by yourself."

"Jaune - I..."

"What was that?"

"...Thanks. For caring this much."

"That's what friends are for. And besides: people like you and me? We got to stick together."

Blake then let out a small smile, and sat shotgun, with Jaune behind the wheel. As they drove out of the academy, and headed for the city, Blake realized something, and asked the blonde assassin,

"So: what now?"

"Now: we're going to meet up with someone."

"And who would that be?"

"Junior."

AN: And that was the eight chapter of the story! Tell me what you thought about it, and once again I apologize for not updating in a long time. If you have any questions, or thoughts about the story, leave them in the reviews.

Also, I'll be now working on Arc of Warfare (Reboot).

See ya later!