Yang blinked her eyes, becoming accustomed to her surroundings. There was a fireplace alight in front of her and the warmth was slowly spreading over her body. She had a blanket over her lap and she now realized she was sitting on the floor and a small table to her right where two mugs were. That made her realize that her back was against someone's chest and two arms were gently wrapped around her stomach, which she saw was now very bloated.

She looked over her shoulder to see it was Jaune and he was just looking at the flames with a content smile on his lips. As she looked at him, she noticed that he appeared different. Older and more mature than she remembered. He also had stubble across his cheeks and chin, probably from not shaving this day. "Jaune." she said quietly.

His eyes moved from the fire to look into her own. His smile stretching just a bit bigger, "You feeling better, honey?"

The nickname was a new one to her but he said it like it was the most normal thing in the world and she felt a familiar feeling of the endearing word. She nodded, "I am. Thank you."

He just gave a quiet chuckle, "Never a problem. I know you've been stressed lately." She felt him slowly reach under her shirt and gently rub her bloated belly, "Plus, I can only guess how tired you are from our little dragon."

That news didn't shock her. Instead, she just lowered her hand to lay on top of Jaune's over her shirt. She smiled, "I am. But it won't be much longer until she'll be here."

The two just sat in that silence and basking in the love the two shared and the love that they had ready for their little bundle. Eventually, Jaune leant over and gently kissed the side of her head. He whispered into her ear, "I love you, Yang. Time to wake up though."

Yang was thoroughly confused by his words. But as she heard them, her vision slowly started to blur before it went black. The feeling of the fire and Jaune holding her slowly disappeared as well before the feelings of soft material against her back and the back of her head came to her. She then slowly started to open her closed eyes and the darkness was slowly replaced with a white ceiling.

She blinked and slowly started to look around, taking in the infirmary around her. She then sat up with a light groan and started to run a hand through her hair to scratch her head. "What happened?" she asked out loud. She noticed that her other hand was wrapped in bandages. She pulled her other hand from her hair to see the exact same thing. She clenched her fingers a few times and they were sore. She also noticed that her stomach was also wrapped in similar bandages. She couldn't help lowering her hand to it and gently rub it, her dream still lingering in her head and a feeling of absence swelled in her chest.

Around that time, the door opened to her right and there she saw Weiss and Blake. The two just stared at their now awake teammate before both shouted, "Yang!" The two ran towards her and both hugged their teammate.

Yang just blinked before she smiled and wrapped an arm around each of them. "What's wrong, girls? Not the first time I wound up in the infirmary."

Weiss and Blake pulled away, getting the heiress to scoff, "Well excuse us for being worried since the three of you were all unconscious after that fight."

"Three?" Yang asked with a raised eyebrow before it all came running back to her. He head whipped to the left and saw the two other beds were both occupied. The one to her right had Ruby in it and the one closest to the other wall had Jaune. Ruby didn't look any worse for wear and looked to be just sleeping. Jaune looked to have a few minor cuts and bruises. Although she did catch a glimpse of some bandages just under his shirt, around the shoulder that was impaled.

She instantly tried to get out of bed to run to them but her body felt too weak to move. She looked at her teammates, "What happened?"

Weiss and Blake looked at one another before the Faunus started to explain, "While Jaune was still possessed by the Draco, he went to finish you off. Weiss and I were just trying to figure out what to do but that was when Ruby screamed and this bright light illuminated everything. When it died done, Ruby was unconscious and the Grimm was forced out of Jaune."

That she did remember but she didn't notice that Ruby had passed out. Then again, she was dealing with her boyfriend trying to kill her against his will. Weiss continued, "After that, the Grimm tried to finish you two, possibly all of us. Jaune stepped in and tried to stop it with his fire Semblance. It wasn't doing as much as we were hoping but then you stepped forward…"

With those words, the memories came back to her and she looked down at her bandaged hands. The pain she was feeling was making sense now. "I did the same thing... I somehow was shooting fire from my hands." She looked back at her teammates, "How?"

"We were hoping you could tell us that." Weiss stated.

Yang threw her hands up in the air, "Well, I don't know. Hell, I was completely out of aura. So I don't have a clue how I did that." She then started to cough from her throat being dry. Blake went over to the pitcher of water next to her bed and filled a glass for her partner. Yang responded with a scratchy 'thanks' as she took the glass before she drained it quickly. She sighed, "Better."

Blake placed her hand on her shoulder, "Just relax, Yang. You need to regain your strength."

Yang nodded slowly, "You might be right. I haven't felt this weak in a while." She looked back over to her sister and boyfriend before she looked back at her teammates, "So, what happened after we blacked out?"

Weiss was the one to answer, "We checked on all three of you. When we figured out you were just unconscious, we were relieved. Not too long after that, Goodwitch and JNPR showed up. They were worried but once they all knew you were fine and the Draco was dealt with, the Professor called in to tell the other two teams who rerouted to come back here. With JNPR's help, we were able to get you three on the Quicksilver and Goodwitch got Bumblebee on board, don't worry." Weiss answered the question Yang was about to ask before she could even get the word out. The panicked look was a dead giveaway. "We then managed to get here relatively quickly and we were able to get you three checked over. You three have only been here for a little over a day."

Yang nodded, "So, what's the damage?"

"You have some burns on your hands and severe bruising on your stomach from the Void spike hitting you." Weiss answered, "Jaune has the flesh wound from the Draco's bone spike and Ruby…" she shrugged, "No one's sure. There's nothing wrong with her, per se, but she's unresponsive."

Yang sighed, "That doesn't make me feel any better." Her eyes widened slightly, "Did anyone find out about Jaune?"

Blake shook her head, "As we were nearing Beacon, I but his mask on him. His secret is safe."

Yang nodded, "And where is the rest of our merry band?"

"Cafeteria. Nora needed a pancake fix and Neo needed ice cream. Ren and Pyrrha went to make sure they didn't wreck the place." The cat Faunus said with a grin. That earned a laugh from Weiss and Yang. They then heard a light knocking come from the door. Blake was the one to answer, having a good idea on who it was, "Come in."

The door opened and in walked Olive. She gave Weiss and Blake a smile before her eyes landed on Yang and that smile widened, "Yang, you're up!" she said excitedly as she hugged her.

Yang just chuckled and hugged her back and gently ruffled her hair, "Can't keep me down."

Her yell of joy had an additional effect on the room. The four ladies heard a light groaning, "My head…" They turned and saw that Jaune now had his arm out of the blankets and his hand was gently rubbing his forehead, "Feels like a hangover."

"Jaune!" Olive shouted in joy. She then scrambled out of Yang's arms and over her bed. She then leapt off it and over Ruby's to belly flop onto her brother. That caused the air to be knocked from him with another pained groan. She wrapped her arms around her brother as she hugged him tightly.

The groaning blonde finally opened his eyes and looked down at whatever just knocked the air out of him. He saw the blonde and green hair of his younger sister and hugged her gently, "Why? Just… Why?"

She looked up to him with watery eyes, "I was just so worried, Jaune. You came back unconscious and just thought the worst. I just got you back…"

Before she could continue, Jaune placed his hand on the back of her head and gently pushed her face into his own chest, "Shhh, it's alright, Liv. I may get banged up but I haven't died yet. And I don't plan on it for a while."

She was silent for a while, just enjoying the hug from her older and only brother, that was until she punched him on his uninjured shoulder, "You know I hate that nickname."

"And you know I'll always call you that. What are we to do?" he said the last part smugly. That made her roll her eeys with a faint grin before she got off her brother with a relieved smile. He then finally sat completely up and looked at the other three in the room. He smiled, "What'd I miss?"

Weiss rolled her eyes at him with a small smile as Blake walked over to him. She gave him a light peck on the lips before hugging him, which he returned. "Don't scare us like that again. Hear me?" she said.

Jaune nodded and he gently rubbed her back, "I'll try my best, Kitten." They pulled apart and Jaune was then given a brief but strong hug from Weiss. Before he could return it, she had already let go and took few steps back. He didn't question it and looked at Yang, "How are you feeling, Sun Fire?"

She grinned and gave him a thumbs up, "Sore but still kicking, Hero." She dropped her hand, "But we need to figure out how I shot fire from my fingertips."

Jaune nodded, "Yeah, that is definitely up there but first, can one of you call Ozpin and Goodwitch here? I have important information they need to hear."

The four of them looked confused but Weiss pulled out her scroll, "I'll call Goodwitch." She looked back at him, "What about JNPR?"

Jaune nodded, "Yeah, we'd better. If we don't, I'd have to deal with an annoyed or angry Nora and Neo."

"Oh, don't worry about that." They turned to Olive, "I need to head to class anyway, I can tell them since I'll be going past there."

Jaune smiled, "Thanks, Sis."

"Anytime. I'll see you all later." She said as he went to the door. She gave them all a wave as she left.

Jaune then looked over at the side of his bed and saw that there was a pitcher of water and poured himself a glass. He drank it to soothe his dry throat before he got out of the bed. He didn't feel lightheaded and his legs weren't shaking so he took that as a good sign. He walked over to Yang's bed and gave her a gentle kiss; he was just happy she was okay. They pulled away from each other and smiled. He turned to look at the still sleeping Ruby. "What's wrong with her?" he asked.

Weiss answered, "They're not sure. There's nothing wrong with her physically but she's unresponsive."

"Hmmm." Jaune hummed to himself. "Maybe I could use the meditation technique I use with my aura to help stimulate hers. It might help to rouse her."

"Would that even work?" Yang asked, a sliver of hope in her voice at the thought of her sister awakening.

He shrugged, "I honestly don't know. I've never tried but it would be the least extreme idea I could try." With that said, he walked over to be besides her bed and started to channel his aura into his hands, causing them to glow white. The other three members saw him doing this but stayed quiet, not wanting to distract him from what he was trying to do. He gently brought his hands to take her own. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He exhaled slowly and flared his aura, allowing it to spread from the center of his chest to every inch of his body. He allowed it to spread over Ruby's own form before inhaling and slowly withdrawing it back into himself. He did this slowly and rhythmically, there was a faint outline of white around Ruby's form with everyone of his exhales. He kept this up for several minutes before he stopped.

He opened his eyes at that point, he didn't want overdo it and inadvertently hurt Ruby. He saw her eyes were twitching slightly. They then clenched a bit and a soft groan escaped her. It was like she was trying to stay asleep because it was too early in the morning. Jaune just smiled and took his hands away but said in a low voice, "Ruby, it's time to wake up."

She groaned more, "Five more minutes."

That made him smile a bit more, "Please, Rosebud. For me?"

She was quiet for a bit, "This isn't how a knight wakes the princess form her slumber."

Jaune understood what she meant. He leant forward and left a gentle kiss to her lips. It was only a second or so later when she returned it. He pulled away a few seconds later but the reaper quickly wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him back down to her lips. She eventually did let him go from the kiss but she kept her arms around his neck. Her eyes slowly opened and she smiled at him, "Morning, Jaune."

"Morning, Ruby. You plan on letting me go?" he asked.

"Nope." She said simply.

Jaune sighed and shrugged, "Fine." He had enough space between their bodies to pull the blanket off her. He slid his left arm under her back while his right went under her legs to lift her into a bridal carry. She snuggled into him as he did. Jaune then turned around to the other members of RWBY, "Girls, I have successfully awoken your leader."

Ruby's eyes went wide when she saw the teasing looks on her teammates' faces. She had no idea anyone else was in the room. She quickly buried her face into his shirt, "Why didn't you say something?" she whined.

"Maybe because you kept kissing me. I can't talk without my lips." Jaune answered with a smirk.

Ruby just groaned more before the infirmary door was flung open, there stood the new JNPR. Although two of them had a look in their eyes that he didn't like one bit. "Jaune!" Nora shouted before her and Neo ran at him and jumped onto him. They hugged him tightly but them jumping onto him caused him to lose his balance and fall backwards onto the bed. For all of a second as he fell off it so only his legs were on the bed and his upper body was now on the floor with the three clingy women.

The other five people in the room just looked at him with grins, smirks and smiles. That was when he said out loud, "Why? Why must you do this to me?" That made them all start laughing at his misfortune. Eventually Nora and Neo got off him and walked away with huge smiles. Jaune pulled his feet off the bed before he stood up and placed Ruby back onto it. He then bent backwards until his back gave a popping sound and he sighed in relief.

"Well, it's good to see you three awake." Everyone turned to the door to see Ozpin, Goodwitch and surprisingly, Qrow standing there. They walked in and shut the door behind them, "You had many of us worried but its good to know those fears were unwarranted." Ozpin continued with his usual smile. "Now, what did you want to discuss with us, Jaune?"

"Why don't a few of us sit down? It's kind of cramped." He asked. They did just that. Blake sat with Yang on her bed. Ruby, Weiss and Neo sat on the formers. While his old team sat on his, with Pyrrha giving him a kiss and hug as she passed by. As they were getting situated, Jaune turned to Qrow and spoke low, "What are you doing back so soon?"

Qrow just raised an eyebrow, "I heard you, Ruby and Yang were unconscious from a fight with the Draco. What did you think I'd do?" He took a sip from his flask, "Well, that, and there's another reason but you don't have to worry about that just yet."

Jaune nodded and looked at everyone when they were ready. He took a deep breath, "Well, to be blunt, I know have more concrete information on the Drakes and Dracos."

That earned him looks of shocks, "How'd you come across this, Jaune?" Goodwitch asked.

Jaune scratched the back of his head, "When the Draco possessed me, it took a look into my mind to try to control me more efficiently. As it did that, I got a good look into its mind. As disturbing as that sounds."

As everyone looked at him, he leant his back against the wall behind him as he crossed his arms over his chest, "The Wyvern was one of the most powerful Grimm in existence, with its death, it created a vacuum of power. I'm sure Salem had some sort of plan to use the Wyvern and with such a powerful pawn gone, she needed something to replace it. That's what triggered this weird evolution with the Grimm, Salem is using her Magic to try to replace the Wyvern with something more powerful." He sighed, "So, I'm pretty much responsible for all of this."

He felt an hand on his shoulder and turned to Qrow, "This ain't your fault, Kid. In fact, you helped us with this. Without the Wyvern, it delayed Salem's plans, if not ruined them. You did good, don't doubt that." Jaune gave him a thankful smile in thanks.

"If the Grimm are trying to form a more powerful version of the Wyvern, why hasn't it appeared yet?" Pyrrha asked. "I mean, its been almost two years since the Wyvern."

"Only newer Grimm were effected by her magic for a while. But I guess now its starting to spread out towards the older ones, as well. That magic comes along with a 'instinctual manual' for a lack of a better term. The feelings I got from the short contact I had with it, only the superior versions of the Drakes can evolve further into Dracos. While the inferior ones can't and if they stop feeding, they'll revert into nothingness. I also got the feeling that the Dracos appearing is a relatively new thing for whatever reason, when I looked into its mind."

"Only saving grace is that the remaining Dracos need something else besides Grimm to continue their evolution, so we have some time." Jaune continued.

"What is this thing, Kid?" Qrow asked.

Jaune sighed sadly. "Aura." That shocked and disturbed them all. "Dracos need a great deal of Aura to act as a catalyst to access what should be their last evolutionary stage."

"That's why it was going after the Hunters." Yang said. "It needed their aura to keep getting stronger."

Jaune nodded, "We do have one more lucky break. When I was part of the Draco, there was like this… Link between it and the other Dracos. They are able to sense each other, along with when a new one is formed or dies. And I sensed seven more out there."

"Seven?" Ozpin asked, just to be sure. Jaune nodded and he gently massaged his forehead, "This isn't great but at least we now know the numbers. But if more are created, we will have no way of knowing."

"That may not be an issue." Jaune continued, "Salem's magic is what is causing this evolution and it is starting to all congregate into the Dracos. As more of them appear, the less Drakes and Cannibalistic Grimm will appear. And on top of that, only a set number of Draco can exist. I'm pretty sure they are on that number."

Ozpin was in deep thought, "So, you're saying if we can destroy the remaining Draco, we can stop Salem's plan for a while?"

Jaune shrugged, "Possibly?" They looked at him in confusion, "This probably cost Salem a great deal of magic to do but I have no idea how much. So, I don't know if she'll be able to do this anytime soon after we did destroy them all. It's all hypothetical. But what I do know is that the magic can only exist within the Grimm, so every one of the Drakes or Dracos that is destroyed, that magic is lost. Although, that could easily mean that the magic can go back to Salem."

Ozpin nodded, "Very well, I'll contact Headmasters Ironwood, Lionheart and Theodore to inform them of this change. We should now make finding these Dracos our priority. Thank you again, Jaune. You've helped us out greatly. Anything we can do for you?"

Jaune shook his head, "Honestly, I need some time to rest. My aura is still trying to heal the damage the Draco did to my body from that Possession. I won't be combat ready for a while."

"Very well." Ozpin responded, "Go rest, Jaune. We'll start our planning and trying to pinpoint where the Dracos are. So with that-"

Before the Headmaster could finish, the door to the infirmary was practically broken in. And standing there was Taiyang Xiao Long. He looked around the room in a panic before his eyes landed on his daughters. He relaxed just a bit before he ran over and hugged the two of them close. Each in one of his arms. "Thank Oum you two are okay."

The girls just smiled and hugged their father. Everyone else calmed down and smiled at the reunion. No one more than Jaune. Goodwitch quickly used her Semblance to fix the damage to the door and Jaune heard Qrow mutter, "Crap. That was the other reason."

Before Jaune could say anything, Tai had let go of his daughters and started to look around, "Now where is the Huntsman you went on that mission with, I wanna thank him personally for having your backs." Everyone tensed and his eyes landed on Jaune, causing him to freeze wide eyed.

Jaune cleared his throat nervously, "Uh, that would be me." He chuckled nervously, "It's-it's been a while, Mr. Xiao Long."

Before anyone could react, Taiyang was across the room and was holding Jaune by his throat against the wall. His eyes just boring into those of the Swordsman, "You bastard. Do you have any idea on what you put my daughters through?" he practically hissed.

Jaune's response was a choking gasp of air. Before any of the adults could get involved, they heard the sound of a blade leaving its sheathe and the sound of shattering glass. That was when Neo was standing next to Tai with her blade at his throat and a hard look in her heterochromia eyes. Many of them were afraid that Neo would take this too far.

Jaune managed to get his hands on Tai's wrist and force his hand off his throat enough to say, "Neo… No…"

She looked into her 'brother's' eyes and she slowly pulled her blade form the father's neck. That was when he was wrapped in Goodwitch's Semblance and pulled away from Jaune. Jaune landed on his feet and started to cough. Neo had a hand on his back as she looked at him in concern. Although she kept her weapon in hand, just in case. "Jaune!" the other's shouted and went over to him to be sure he was okay. Yang even had Blake help her over.

"I'm okay." He told them reassuringly before everything was blown out of proportion.

"Where were you!?" Everyone turned to Tai trying to break away from Goodwitch's Semblance. "Yang and Ruby were devastated by your death but now, here you are like nothing happened? Where were you?!"

Jaune just looked at the angered father with a calm look, "As far away as I could be. To protect them."

"Protect them from what?!" Tai shouted.

"Salem." Jaune said coldly and Tai froze. "If she found out I was alive, she would've come after me or the people around me. I think you can understand why I did it."

"No one asked you to stick your nose into this magical nonsense! You didn't have to leave them or any of the other girls in this room you lied to me about when we first met! You chose to do that!" Tai shouted.

"I didn't choose to be a fucking Pseudo-Maiden!" He shouted with an intensity that made everyone jump. "I didn't choose to have this piece of Ozpin's magic ingrained into my soul! And I sure as hell, did not choose to weaken the first person I ever loved so she could be an easier target for Salem's lapdog!" Jaune just glared at him, "You are not the only person that lost people he loved." he finally hissed out.

Tai just looked stared at him for a bit, before he stopped fighting. Goodwitch dropped her Semblance when she was sure he wouldn't try anything. He slowly looked at him before he turned around and stomped out of the room. Everyone in the room was consumed by the awkward silence and Jaune just rubbed his forehead, starting to regret losing his cool like that.

Ruby spoke up, "Do you think we should go after him?" She asked while looking at her sister.

Yang spoke up after a few seconds, shaking her head, "No, Ruby. He needs some time to cool off. We might just lose our temper next and make it worse."

While they did that, Jaune looked at Qrow, "So, if that…" he motioned to where Tai was with his hand, "Is the other reason why you came back. Why didn't you give me a hand?"

Qrow shrugged, "The Midget had it covered." Neo then punched him in the stomach and caused the Huntsman to double over. She then pouted while crossing her arms over her chest and Jaune placed his hand on her head to gently stoke her hair. That made her smile and lean into him a bit.

Jaune looked hesitantly at the sisters, "I'm sorry for that." He said weakly. Neither said anything and just hugged him. Silently telling him that it was alright, in some way. Jaune gently returned it and after a few minutes, they pulled apart.

"Professor?" Weiss spoke up and gained the Headmaster's attention. "Do you have any idea on what that bright light was that came from Ruby? Or how Yang was able to use literal fire against the Draco?"

Ozpin looked from Weiss to Goodwitch and Qrow. They nodded or shrugged respectively so he turned back to them as a whole, "I do, I would want to ask Tai for his opinion on this but since he isn't emotionally ready, I guess I have no choice. The light from Miss Rose was because of her Silver Eyes." Ozpin then proceeded to tell them all about the power the people with Silver Eyes. That stunned everyone there that didn't know about that, including Jaune. But none more so than Ruby herself.

"Why didn't you tell me about this before?" Ruby asked, looking from the Headmaster and then to Qrow.

Ozpin answered, "Salem has targeted a number of Silver Eyed Warriors throughout time. If you knew how to use your powers, she would've targeted you too. I had the intention of telling you all this after you had graduated, that way you would be more prepared for what would come. But it looks like things have changed."

There was a brief silence, "Well, I'm not exactly complaining." Jaune said and everyone looked at him. He shrugged, "If she didn't do that, I don't know if I'd be standing here or anyone on RWBY. So thanks for saving me again, Rosebud." He sent the reaper a thankful smile with that.

Ruby gave him one in return, "Any time, Jaune."

"As for Miss Xiao Long using fire… I'm not sure." Ozpin spoke up. "Only the Maidens and Jaune should be able to do that. And I can say for certain that she is not a Maiden." He rubbed his chin slightly. "Do you have any ideas, Miss Xiao Long?"

Yang just shrugged, "Not really. Like I said before, I didn't even have my aura when I used it." She thought for a bit, "Wait, I remember feeling this strange energy inside me. I then felt a bigger source of that strange energy and it just connected to it. That's when the fire started to happen."

That stirred something in Jaune, "That's weird." They turned to him. "I felt my aura trying to reach out to Yang during that time. And it felt like my aura was inside her."

"How would that be possible?" Blake asked. "I mean, even if you transferred some of your aura to her before, it would've burnt out or been absorbed by Yang's aura."

"Not necessarily." Ozpin spoke up. "Jaune's aura has been changed drastically because of the Fall Maidens power. It could be acting similar to it and now a piece of his aura now exists inside of her, creating this link between them. Which would explain how she gained these abilities."

"One way to find out." He closed his eyes and focused on his aura. As his aura slowly stirred around him, he felt another source of his aura stir inside Yang. On instinct, he reached his aura out to that piece inside of her. They both gasped and opened their eyes, now red with Jaune's left eye and Yang's right glowing with crimson flames. "Yeah, I would say that is the case." He cut the connection and soon their eyes went back to normal.

Jaune turned back to Ozpin, "Are you telling me that Yang is a Pseudo-Maiden now as well?"

"It would seem so." He said with a small smile. "And since you are the cause of it and are currently the only person around with the experience to use these abilities, you will be the one responsible with teaching her how to control her new abilities."

Jaune's eyes widened. He couldn't teach Yang to meditate. How was he supposed to teach her to use fire responsibly with her temper. 'Who is eviler between Ozpin and Salem right now?' he asked himself.

A/N- Here is the next one! I hope this explains a few questions you've all had. This also sets up the plot for the story. To clarify, I will be adding plot points from Volumes 5-6 of the actual series but with my own twists here and there. I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope to see you all in the next one. It's gonna be fun to do. I'll see you all in the next update!

Beta Reader for this chapter was the good friend and writer Khor Evik Vlakhavlakh, go check him out if you haven't.