A/N: Before we get into the story, I just wanna say that in ch.10 and ch.11, it will be a bit more focused on Fiona and her blooming relationship with Jaune

I Also Just wanna say thank you all for the likes and comments I get for A Happy Huntress, It lets me know that I'm doing a Good Job. However, I will admit that before I posted Chapter 8 I was concerned that not many would like where I would be going with the story.

But thanks to a post on Tumbler that I saw called "7 Things I Want to See in RWBY Volume 8″, It let me know that I would be doing the right things for the future of the story.

Of course, not everything in that post is going to happen but they are right about a lot in the post. Such as Character interactions, Where the Characters are going, how we need some information on a certain Mama Rose as well as some development of a certain family.

I already planned on somewhat covering in the story, because of a few reasons, But I don't wanna get into them because explains it better then I would.

But back to what I have planned:

1. We are going to get some relationships strained with the next couple of characters

2. We are going to get more scenes with some characters who I feel deserved more in V7 (Whitley, Willow, Jaques, Ironwood, eta)

3. If a Character makes a wrong or stupid decision, there will be a terrible outcome for them and those around them

4. Sacrifices. Sometimes you gotta do bad things for the right reasons, and some of our characters will be forced to make some terrible decisions for the good of everyone else.

5. Just like Volume 8 will be about mistrust, Betrayal will be very big in the story, so you know... trust no one and all that BS stuff

6. Some Fluff here and there and maybe slight lemon in a reasonable time between Jaune and Fiona, as well as some bonding from a few other characters

But Yeah that's pretty much what I got for now so yeah

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Jaune Stood in General Ironwoods Office, In front of him, of course, was Ironwood who had Winter on his left and Clover on his right, To Jaune's left was His own team, and to his right was RWBY. Jaune looked to his sister-team, and then back to his team, wondering who had told Ironwood, which pissed him off. He had been betrayed by one of his friends.

"You mind telling us where you've been, Mr. Arc?" Ironwood asked

"I Don't think I have to answer that" Jaune replied

Ironwood looked at him coldly, "You mind repeating that Mr. Arc?" Ironwood asked

"I said I don't think I need to answer that," Jaune told Ironwood

"And why is that?" Ironwood asked again

"Last time I checked I didn't take direct orders from you" Jaune replied firmly

Ironwood got up from his desk and looked at him, but still stared at Jaune, who stood firm and didn't break eye-contact with him. Ironwood saw down with a sigh, as he looked back at Jaune.

"I was hoping this would be a chance, to be honest with each other Mr. Arc, but I can see you don't trust me with whatever you're doing, but that's fine, I've already gotten the Information from Ms. Rose and Ms. Schnee," Ironwood told Jaune

Jaune's eyes widened as he turned back to look at the two and both looked down in shame. Jaune turned back to the General but didn't say a word.

"However, you should be happy to know that tomorrow, all of us will be heading to the Schnee Manor to Meet with Jaques, I hope we can find something to possibly prove that he had cheated," Ironwood said "And You will be coming with, like it or not"

Jaune wanted to say that he had already known Jaques had cheated with the help from Watts but was no going to keep that information to himself and he wasn't going to tell Ironwood about what might be coming, he had already said that in the case of Salem's attack, he would raise Atlas higher, abandoning Mantle to its fate, and Jaune wouldn't let that happen.

"Can I go now, General?" Jaune asked

Ironwood nodded, "yes, but I would advise you not to do anything rash any time soon," Ironwood told him

Jaune nodded and with the two teams behind him, they had left the office. They walked down the hall and once far enough in an empty hallway, Jaune grabbed Ruby by her hood, lifted her, and pinned her to the wall next to him with such force, he was sure the might be a hole in the wall. Weiss was about to do something but Yang stopped her, Which surprised Weiss, and before she could yell at the blonde, Weiss noticed that Yang's eyes on the verge of red.

"WHY!? WHY THE HELL DID YOU TELL HIM!?" Jaune yelled

Ruby looked at Jaune, she was scared and taken aback by his sudden outburst and it didn't help that she was just thrown/pinned into a wall.

"It was the right thing to do! I didn't tell him everything, but I told him that you found Watts and that you were meeting him by the docks!" Ruby replied

"Damn it, Ruby, do you have any idea what you just did!?" Jaune yelled

"I stopped things from getting out of hand Jaune, with Watts still out there, he would've caused more problems!" Ruby cried

"No! You didn't make things better! Now Watts won't talk and worst of all, we have no idea what they're planning!" Jaune cried "If I could've talked to Watts a bit longer he would've explained what the hell they had planned!"

"and why do you think that?" butted In Weiss

Jaune looked to her, before letting ruby go as she dropped back to the floor on her feet as Jaune walked toward Weiss. Weiss held a firm expression, but hadn't seen Jaune this upset since the attack on Haven and saw Cinder.

"He was being open with me, not to mention he knows some things that most of you don't even know about me, and for some reason, he was willing to tell me everything" Jaune replied "I had the situation under control, that was until 10 fucking Bullheads showed up and arrested the man who would talk to me"

Weiss stood silent, and Jaune just looked at the two girls with a glare

"You wanna talk about doing the right thing Ruby, we haven't been doing the right thing since the moment we got here," Jaune told her "As far as I'm concerned, are we any better then Ozpin and Salem?"

"What is that suppose to mean?" Came Ren's voice

Ren glared at Jaune and Jaune glared back, "You know damn well what that means, Since we got here we've been keeping information from Ironwood" Jaune replied

"You agreed to it" Ren replied

"yeah I'll admit I did, but the problem now is we've already gone too far, with everything that's happening, Ironwood wants to take action, which is not going to end well" Jaune replied "Also have you forgotten and Salem has been 5 steps ahead of us this entire time? and why do you think that is?" Jaune asked

No one answered

"It's because we've been blindly following the people Salem knows how to fight! Salem knows Ozpins weakness, She knows Ironwood's weakness, we haven't attacked, we've been getting attacked and I'm sick of it! I'm sick of Salem being ahead of us because we allow it to happen! Ospin let it happen! Ironwood is letting it happen! and you two just let it happen!" Jaune cried

"No, we didn't!" Ruby yelled "We stopped more chaos from happening! that's a win, with Watts in custody Tyrian can't do anything without him and as soon as we find out Weiss father rigged the election, we can put him away too and the right person will get elected, with that we'de bring back a little of the peace and carry out ith ironwoods plan with the Amity Tower. I couldn't give you a week knowing that Watts and Tyrian might cause more trouble, you need to trust me on this Jaune"

"Trust you!? What about trusting me and my plan!?" Jaune cried

"You know as well as we do that they would've gotten away after your little meeting and caused more destruction," Weiss said "I and Ruby couldn't take that chance, we couldn't trust your plan"

Jaune looked at her and shook his head, he walked off away from everything and left RWBY and the rest of his team behind.

"Why didn't you two get involved?" Weiss asked Blake and Yang

"Because I wasn't in the wrong, I agree, Jaune's plan might've not been the best, but we still should've trusted him, But I still think we did the right thing" Blake replied

"And Jaune's right, he's right about everything, I told Ozpin no more secrets but I and all of us are just doing the same as him, were lying just so we can manipulate Ironwood into thinking there's a way to stop Salem," yang said "We're no better then Ozpin and Salem"

"You don't really believe that do you?" Ren asked "I think we're doing what's best for now, and once this is all over and we find out what Salem is up to, we can stop it and put an end to all of this"

"And how are we suppose to do that when the very person who knows her plans and was willingly giving them to our leader, is now locked up and his lips most likely sealed uptight," Nora asked "We Should've let Jaune go on with his plan, despite what may happen, it would've been best"

"Nora, you can't be serious!?" Blake cried "What if more people got hurt or something like the rally happened again?"

"I don't want people getting hurt! but sometimes we need to do things we don't like" Nora said "and as much as I hate to say it... even if that means letting a few people die..."

"No, I refuse to let anyone get hurt because of us," Ruby said

"But it's not us, we didn't kill them, we didn't hurt them, we didn't do anything to them, it's Tyrian and Watts who have blood on their hands" Nora replied

"but their blood would be on our hands! we could've stopped it and if we did nothing and let things play out, more people would've been hurt" Ruby cried "Our Job is to save and protect people, it's our job has huntsmen"

Nora shook her had and Yang sighed, Oscar looked down a little once he heard Ruby's words.

Nora walked up to Ruby and looked her in the eye, "We can't save everyone, Ruby... no matter how hard we try, we can't save every single person" Nora said as she walked past Ruby and down the hall.

"I'll follow her, make sure she won't do anything rash," Ren said as he followed behind her

Oscar looked at his new teammates leave, while Ruby, Weiss, and Blake were making their way down the hall and to their dorm, Yang was about to follow, but she saw Oscar looking to the ground as if it was about to give him the answers to life. Yang turned to him and walked up to him

"Oscar? You ok?" Yang asked

Oscar stared at the ground for a second before looking at her, "I... I've been thinking and with Oz stuck in my head and everything I've seen him do... It made me ask myself if I'm still me, I've been afraid that I'm going to disappear, it works to ways yang, either he takes control and I fade or we co-exist but with him locking himself away..." Oscar stopped as he took a deep breath in "I don't want to follow the same path he's continually taken, I've seen how Ironwood works, for myself and with Ozpin's memories and Jaune's right, He's a man of to much action, not to mention he underestimated Salem and is still underestimating her now... it might be best to follow Jaune's plan, I trust him and despite his hatred for the man in my head, Jaune knows I'm not him, I trust him and he hasn't shown me a reason not to"

Yang looked at him and shook her head in understanding. Jaune was a trustworthy guy and despite not hanging out with him much as well as barley talking to him, she knew just like everyone, Jaune would give up his own life willingly before he let his friends get hurt, but his willingness to die scared her as well as everyone else, she just hoped he wouldn't act the same way he did at Haven. She had hoped that with that Fiona girl he wouldn't be so willing, and he wasn't but he still wanted to protect his friends, no matter what. Yang knew how she thought sometimes, she had been in some of those situations, and as much as it pained her to say this or admit this to herself, she would've killed her own mother if she hurt Ruby, Weiss, Blake, or Qrow, it might not be something she could ever live with herself, but if it meant protecting the family that she chose, then it was worth it.

"I know where you're coming from Oscar," Yang told him "Jaune's trying to do things most of us wouldn't be ok with, he's trying to make the hard decisions that none of us could, and he's trying to take the world on his shoulders, I've been there, and I agree with him, and we need to show him support, but for now, We stick with the Orginal plan, at least until Ruby or Jaune have a better one"

Oscar nodded, "Yang?"

"yeah?"

"If Jaune's right and Ruby's wrong... what would you do? would you still follow Ruby as your leader, or would you side with Jaune if Ruby's plan failed?" Oscar asked

Yang looked at him, and her eyes fell to the floor, a hard question it was, Yang didn't know what to do, Ruby was her sister, and Yang would die for her, but Ruby could never see the other side of things, she always thought words and kindness would save the world, but that's not how it worked. Ruby was naive to the real world, and while Ruby could be seen as a beacon of hope, her judgment wasn't always the best. The proof of this was when she tried to talk with Raven. Ruby was blind to the truth, the world that they lived in... couldn't be saved by a small hope, However, if things got tough and Ruby's leadership failed them at such a time like this... What would she do

"I'll be honest Oscar... I don't know and I hope I don't have to make such a choice" Yang told him as she walked away, leaving Oscar alone in the wide and empty hallway...

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Jaune walked to his room, for now, he was alone, but he had no doubt that if he did something "Rash" Ironwood would have him followed, instead of just telling Jaune that he would be monitored, he implied it without saying a word, which was stupid in Jaune's eyes. However, Jaune wasn't done, if Ironwood thought he won this little game, he was dead wrong, as was Salem, to everyone, including his friends, Jaune was the last person that they would suspect at playing this little game of chess. Jaune would win, no matter what. Jaune decided to think of a new plan, one that he had to keep mostly to himself until he could find which of his friends he could trust, everyone was at odds with each other but Jaune knew who might be on his side so it was still a bit simple, however, it would at least a day to figure out who he could trust. For now however, he needed Watts out of his cell, that was step one, he needed to fully plan out what he had in mind. He needed to fool both Salem as well as Ironwood, keep the belief that they were still fighting each other and not some secret 3rd party.

However, he grabbed his scroll from his pocket and sent a text to Fiona, telling her about what happened and what he needed to do now. She had also told her about Jaques dinner invitation, to which she responded that Robyn was also invited, which meant that the Happy Huntresses would also be there, which was good, right now, until he could figure out who he could trust with his friends. Fiona told him to be safe and he promised, letting her know that an Arc never goes back on their word, with that, they said goodbye and said that they would see each other tomorrow.

If Jaune could make a plan, one that would fool both parties, he would win the game, he would win, all he needed was to put the pieces in their places, but before he could make such a plan he still needed to know why Watts knew he was sick, and what it all meant.

The Game was far from over, but if Jaune's grand plan worked, the game would end for good.