Hello all and welcome back! To those that it still applies to, Happy Halloween! Not expecting such an early update were you? Well it's my present to all of you great readers who were forced to wait so long for the previous ones. I can't promise the next one will be this early as well, so I hope you can bear with it until I finally get some time off.

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Cherokee2391: You'll see whether or not she does eventually. Thanks!

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Cloy552: Thank you, I try my hardest.

FleetwoodPink2Zeppelin: Interesting point, after all Jaune always looks at the silver lining 50% of the time.

TehUnoman: That made me laugh. Especially so since Ruby wouldn't believe her.

New Universe Returns: Well here you go.

RyoTheSaiyan: Ok fair enough. You'll see if that hunch is right. Jaune's luck is so good that it's bad. That part actually wasn't a reference, it was just a point of character development/slight badassery on Jaune's part.

CursedPheonix (Guest): Yes that was a Detective Conan reference, and I was trying to use a little bit of Sherlock Holmes observational fighting in Jaune's style. It wasn't a DBZA Frieza reference, though it was pretty reminiscent of it.

CrazyTrollR49: … I definitely believe you, 100%... Totally.

GhostRipperD31H: Thank you for the very helpful breakdown of what you thought about the chapter, I will use this as much as I can to further develop my story writing skills.
About your question, you will see eventually whether or not Weiss remembers. Though nice pick-up on that Alice thing.

DarkElucidator: Hehe, good job catching the reference. If you couldn't tell, the Weiss Reacts series is used quite a bit in my fiction because I think it's just that great. Though keep an eye out for other well-known FanFiction references.

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Namenya (Guest): It was a reference to the Weiss Reacts series by ElfCollaborator.

Lord Corvo Attano: Neo would never let Roman harm Jaune, but she can't stop what she doesn't see.

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thehidden6lade: Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy this that much. Worm suit saves the day! Hm… Depends, what food?
OF COURSE I WAS AND STILL AM AND ALWAYS WILL BE HYPED FOR RWBY! XD
Does that answer it?

DarkDevilKnight: Well, hopefully you survive this next chapter then.

duskrider: Who knows, you may be more right than you think…

daniel8472: I'm glad I managed to portray Jaune's emotions that well. You'll see eventually what I have planned for her and any other future events.

And that is all! So without further ado, onto the chapter!

Disclaimer: I still don't own RWBY or any other franchises mentioned. They all belong to their respective owners.


Chapter 15- Cat's out of the bag

Blake froze as their combined teams fell into the room. "I- uh…" She mumbled, horrified that her secret was out. Jaune mentally frowned as he gauged the Faunus' reaction. She began to sweat more noticeably, her eyes were wide to irregular proportions, her hands were quivering and her legs were shaking rather prominently. Though maybe they're just all the more noticeable because they're just so fiiiin- not helping. The blond writer put on a smile, he got her into this mess so he might as well get her out.
"Hey guys, what's up?" He asked them nonchalantly.

"Blake's a Faunus?" They all screamed in unison. They also somehow managed to unconsciously lower their voices so that no one outside of the room would hear them. Jaune laughed as he waved the notion off.

"Of course not. We were just role playing what we thought the latest Jane Caur novel would be like. Rumour has it, it's going to include Faunus, Fauni, Faunuses, Faunus', Fau- you get the point." He subtly winked at Blake, "Besides, even if Blake was a Faunus would that change anything?" The young writer watched as his friends adorned unsure looks though Nora seemed pretty excited about the concept, "And if she was, wouldn't she tell you guys? We are friends after all." The Faunus girl winced as the blond knight directed a sharp look at her out of the corner of his eye.

Weiss narrowed her eyes dangerously at her black haired teammate. Ruby smiled trustingly, "Alrighty then! Sorry for interrupting your moment. Teams RWY and NPR out!" She cheered happily as she and Nora led the teams outside.

Yang pouted at her partner as she walked out the door, "I can't believe you two talked about Jane Caur novels without me!" She wailed, her trust broken.

Jaune shrugged, "You should've booked an appointment." Blake resisted the urge to slap him. I swear if that pun was on purpose… She turned to see how her partner had reacted, but was surprised to see she was gone. "Alright, I won't ask you to spill your deepest darkest secrets, why you've lied to them or why you're continuing to lie to them. In turn I'd like for you to answer just one thing, and do me a favour or three." The hidden Faunus gulped. It was Jaune so he wouldn't ask of anything perverted… right? Then again, he does read Jane Caur's novels… Her eyes widened slightly as she remembered that there were some people who have weird ideas about Faunus and their animal-esque appendages.

Jaune flinched as Blake covered her lady parts and glared daggers at him. He raised his hands unthreateningly, "Do you really think that badly of me?"

"…"

"Ouch, sorry I asked. Don't worry, I'll keep this short. First of all, the question. Will you keeping this a secret harm my team or any of our friends in any way? And that includes you." He asked with all the seriousness he could muster. It was a very important question to him. The introvert's eyes widened, not expecting such a question. Especially since it pertained to her safety as well.

Her gaze slowly sank, "I… I cannot assure my own safety, but I sure as dust won't put any of you into danger." The young student smiled warmly at the resolution within her tone, she wasn't lying.

He sighed in relief. "That is good to know. I'd like to keep a favour in reserve if that's fine with you, so I have two requests." The bookworm nodded slowly, accepting the terms and gesturing for him to continue. "Well, I still need you to teach me about Faunus, insert plural here, so that will be my first request." Jaune blushed slightly, "And, um, as for my, uh, second… I- uh, know that it isn't proper but, I really wanted to um, y'know…" Blake looked at the boy warily as he began to stutter. Was he going to-? "I just wanted to ask if I could… um, touch them?"

"Touch… them?" She repeated cautiously, her arms subconsciously crossed around her chest in defence.

Jaune nodded embarrassedly, not noticing the motion, "Sorry it's just, I've wanted to touch them since I saw you, 'cause they, uh, seemed like they'd feel soft. I-it doesn't have to be a touch, you don't have to if you don't want to-" He tried to correct himself.

Blake sighed in reluctant acceptance, "It's the least I could do since you decided to keep my secret a, well, secret. First however, could I ask something from you?" She waited until he nodded in response to continue, "How long have you known I was a Faunus?"

The knight's brow raised, "From the moment I first saw you on the tree." He answered truthfully.

"… I see." So her disguise didn't even work… "Well then, if it's you I don't mind." If the disguise couldn't even fool Jaune of all people, whose to say that everyone else didn't know already? Slowly and reluctantly, the girl removed the bow that concealed her secret and dropped her hands, hoping the knight would be quick and gentle.

"Wait- That was a bow?" Shouted the hunter in training in surprise. This whole time, she was wearing a bow? The black haired girl blinked once, then twice, then three times. So, it wasn't that Jaune was perceptive enough to realise she was hiding her ears… it was that he was dense enough to not realise it was a bow in the first place?

"I hate you so much..." She whispered to herself as she stared at the ground. The idea of someone not realising she was wearing a bow was so dimwitted, it was so dense and illogical it was, it was... so Jaune-like. However, this didn't change her current predicament. She had just accepted his request to touch her... maybe she couldn't go through with it after all? The Faunus girl shook her head and braced herself for the contact.

Blake flinched backwards slightly as she felt his hand softly caress her... ears? Wait what? She looked up to see that the dense writer was rubbing her ears slowly, his eyes filled with awe. "Whoa, they're just as soft as Velvet's!" He exclaimed in amazement.

"It feels just as nice as I thought it would." He mumbled to himself as he began to massage them.

"What's wrong? A-am I being too rough? Blake?" The blond boy looked down to see that she had small tears in her eyes and was glaring at him in a rather cute manner.

"Right after I mustered up the courage to let you touch them because I owed you that much, you actually meant..." Jaune tilted his head to the side, actually meant? What else could he have been talking about? "Jaune you... you... dunce!" She cried irritatedly. Before she could hit him out of frustration, however, Yang burst into the room. Behind her sat a blushing Pyrrha, Weiss and Ruby.

"I can't believe you two were role playing without me again!" Whined the busty blond as she tackled her partner.

Jaune stared blankly at the faces of the three girls on the floor. "You have a lot of explaining to do..."


-Earlier-


Weiss glared at the door the two teams had just exited from. "I still think those two are hiding something." She frowned as she heard whispers

"Are you saying we should spy on Jaune and Blake?... Again?" Asked Ruby, this is the third time we've done this. The second time hadn't gone so well. The first during the 'date' ended up as a misunderstanding so she wouldn't be surprised if that was still the case here.

Yang shrugged, "Well I have nothing better to do."

Ren sighed at the females, sometimes he pitied his leader. "Well, Nora and I have to be going. Nora's Sleeping Sloth Inn doesn't run itself." Nora grinned as she grabbed a bucket of maple syrup from... somewhere.

"Let's go play with- I mean, take care of the sloths!" She cheered happily, dragging Ren away.

Weiss stared blankly at the two leaving figures. "I... can never tell what is ever happening when that girl is around." Yang nodded in agreement. "Wait, where's Pyrrha?" The three girls stared at the blushing girl with her head glued to the door. "What are yo-"

"Shhh!" Snapped the champion angrily.

"Did you just shush me-"

"Shhh!" Snapped the buxom boxer as her head was also pressed against the door. Weiss frowned, what could be happening that would warrant someone to silence her?

Slowly pressing her head against the door, she was surprised with what she heard. The heiress could barely hear their voices, but what she could hear definitely sounded like acting. Yang grinned, "Wow, so they really were trying to roleplay a possible scene." She whispered in surprise. "And by the sounds of it, it seems pretty saucy."

Weiss listened harder, "I cannot assure my own safety, but I sure as dust won't put any of you into danger." Spoke Blake softly. Huh, so they were actually roleplayig after all. The scenario didn't sound half bad either.

"I just wanted to ask if I could... touch them?" Queried Jaune hesitantly. Weiss smiled, what? "-they, uh, seemed like they'd feel soft." The heiress blushed, just what was that dunce asking?

"-if it's you I don't mind." And Blake was just going with it? Roleplay or not, that was taking it a bit far wasn't it?

"Whoa, they're just as soft as Velvet's!" The girls stayed silent as they listened. He's done it with Velvet too? "It feels just as nice as I thought it would." The four girls continued to not speak a word as they payed closer attention to what the knight was saying. "What's wrong? A-am I being too rough? Blake?" It was at this point Yang couldn't take it, she enjoyed to read Jane Caur books as well! Unfortunately for everyone involved not even the combined strength of Weiss, Ruby and Pyrrha could hold back the party girl as she burst into the room.

"I can't believe you two were role playing without me again!"


"And that's what happened." Stated Ruby, finishing her recap of events. Blake stared at the ground in embarrassment as Jaune rubbed his temples.

"Well, like you said, it was role playing, though we were never going to go that far." Blake nodded slowly as she rubbed her bow. One moment she wasn't wearing it, the next she was. Was that the 'fast-changing' trick Jaune had learnt after having lived around eight women? It was honestly pretty impressive.
"If that is all, I'd appreciate it if you five could leave now. Yes that includes you too Blake. I really feel like a rest is in order. Blake, you can just keep role playing with Yang or something, I'm sure she'll be able to play along without any fuss."

Ruby looked uncertainly between her fellow leader and the door, "A-are you sure?" The young knight smiled reassuringly at the Rose.
"I'll be fine Ruby."

After all of his friends left the room Jaune turned to the skeleton in his closet and laughed dryly whilst walked into the bathroom. He stared blankly at the mirror. "And if she was, wouldn't she tell you guys? We are friends after all?" He laughed coldly at the irony. "Practice what you preach." He mumbled with a look of disdain towards the hypocrite behind the mirror, after all the psyching up he did he still didn't manage to reveal his status as a writer.


Ren frowned to himself as he thought back to the distasteful look his leader had been wearing for the past few days. Jaune hadn't been himself for a while now and it worried him, it apparently isn't another Cardin situation as, according to Jaune, he has been working to reconcile himself and has even told his teammates off for bullying another. The former bully had taken a complete 180 after that trip to Forever Fall.

The young man quietly pondered over the issue surrounding his teammate as he studied over the notes he had taken in class. The knight had been acting rather strangely since that incident with Blake and while he wanted to believe in his only male friend, he still felt as if the black haired bookworm was using him to help hide something from them. Was it blackmail? Or was he just overthinking things?

The boy shook his head and turned the page, as long as it doesn't endanger his team and Nora it should be fine. Although that girl has been rather closed around anyone other than her team or Jaune, he could tell she wouldn't try to harm someone if she could avoid it. He smiled, hopefully his instincts were right. He'd hate to have to fight someone that got along so well with his only male friend.

"Boop." Greeted his childhood friend happily as she swung down from the ceiling and poked his nose. He smirked at her exuberant behaviour. From all the time he's known Nora, he's learnt not to question how or why she does things. She was just an exception to the laws of the universe, capable of defying the laws of physics or any science in general. For all she cared, 1+1= Sloth.

"Watcha doin'?" Asked the Valkyrie as she swung on her heels casually. The student in green stretched,

He smiled politely at the orange haired girl as he lowered his arms, "Just revising over some notes. Just because we don't have any classes this week doesn't mean we can slack off." The girl pouted at him.

Nora grinned and grabbed his hand tightly. "Renny that way of thinking is boring! Come and help me run the Sloth Maid Cafe!" The silent boy smiled knowingly and let his childhood friend carry him off on one of her random adventures. He smiled softly at her childlike expression of happiness as she dragged him out of the library. Yes, as long as Blake's secret wouldn't harm his precious childhood friend, he wouldn't pry.


Pyrrha sighed as she tossed and turned uncomfortably in her bed, lately she hadn't seen much of her leader other than during classes, during their training or when he finally came back to sleep in their dorm. The red haired champion slowly rested her gaze on the sleeping figure of her leader and partner. She, being the type of person who pays close attention to someone's mannerisms, noticed that he had been acting rather downcast recently. It was incredibly apparent that he was torn over a subject ever since the date he had with that stranger in Vale.

The young knight had been pacing around, sitting around thinking all day and had visited the library multiple times in one day. Pyrrha's eyes widened as she came to a sudden realisation. Jaune was sad because the girl he went on a date with never contacted him back! The young champion smiled, if her leader was feeling down the only thing to do would be to cheer him up, right?

Jaune shivered in his sleep as he felt a feeling of foreboding run down his spine. The oblivious writer quickly pulled his blanket further up, completely unaware of the scheming happening behind him.

It will take a while to set up, but it will be foolproof! The red haired girl smiled warmly at her partner. He'd already done so much for her, this would be the right way to pay him back.


Weiss smiled brightly as she and the rest of Team RWBY walked down the festive streets of Vale. Stopping under a large "Welcome to Vale" banner, she spoke, "The Vytal Festival! Oh this is absolutely wonderful." She exclaimed happily. The other three girls gave the heiress a strange look. Dear dust...

"I-Is Weiss smiling?" Spoke Ruby to herself, taking a step back in fear. "I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much." Yang laughed nervously,

"Sis, I think you mean you've never seen her smile, period." Blake nodded, it was weirding her out.

The White haired girl scoffed, somehow managing to not break her smile, "How could you not smile?" She asked incredulously, "A festival dedicated to the-"

Ruby yawned loudly, clearly not interested in Weiss' dronings. "And we had to wake up this early why?"

"As if we don't wake up this early on a regular basis thanks to you and your sister's antics." Shot the young woman. Touché thought the rose "Besides, the amount of planning that goes into an event such as this is astronomical and I want to observe it."

Yang rolled her eyes, "You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring princess." The girl glared at the busty blond,

"Quiet you, and it's heiress!"

As they rounded the corner the boxer sighed, "Why are we spending our free time visiting the docks? We've been given an entire free week without classes because of the arriving students so we should use it wisely." Ruby nodded,

"They smell like fish." She complained. Blake glared at her, what's wrong with fish?

Weiss sighed and gave the two a pointed look, "I heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship here today. And as a representative of Beacon I want to-"

"Spy on them so you can have the upper hand?" Finished Blake.
"Take their cookies so their morale will drop?" Finished Ruby helpfully.
Yang grinned, "Ask them out?"

The heiress blushed, "P-please, as if I'd fall for anyone from Vacuo so easily."

"Wow." Muttered Ruby as her attention was taken to the side. Weiss smiled, following her partner's gaze to the fair several blocks away

She nodded in agreement, "Yeah, that's a very nice Ferris Wheel." The young reaper shook her head,

"No I mean there." She explained, gesturing towards a destroyed dust shop. Curiously, the four students approached the crime scene in hopes of some clarification. "What happened here?" Queried the girl in the red hood.

"Robbery, second dust shop to be hit this week." Grunted the detective to his partner. Yang's eyes widened,

"Hey Blake, do you think they know Conan? Yo! Detective dudes do you know Conan!?" The black haired girl facepalmed at her partner's antics. She was attracting attention from how loud she was.

The man ignored her and walked away, "Tch, this place is turning into a jungle." The other man nodded as he inspected the scene, both hands on his suspenders.

"They left all the money again." He commented. Ruby tilted her head, why did that ring bells?

The pair of detectives sighed, "Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much dust?" Asked the first detective rhetorically.

"I dunno, an army?" Ruby stared at the second man, he kind of reminded her of Doctor Oobleck. Except with less coffee, darker hair and a twinge of Ozpin.

The detective rolled his gun around in thought, "You uh, thinkin' of the White Fang?" The Oobleck-esque man shrugged.

Weiss scoffed, "The White Fang, what an awful bunch of degenerates." She spat.

Blake glared at her, "What is your problem?" The heiress blinked,

"My problem?" Snapped the girl, "I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Ruby melted adorably,

"G-Guys? Don't figh-"

The introvert's glare hardened, "The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're just a collection of misguided Faunus."

"Blake? Weiss? Please sto-"

The white haired girl gave an incredulous look to her teammate. "Misguided? They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet!"

"Please?"

"So then they're VERY misguided! Either way it doesn't explain why they would rob a dust shop I the middle of downtown Vale." Yang nodded,

"Blakey's got a point princess. The police also never caught the guy Ruby fought right sis?" The young reaper brought her fist to her palm, so that's what was giving her a sense of déjà vu.

Weiss growled, "well that doesn't change the fact that the White fang are a bunch of scum. Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat and steal." Blake's fists clenched as the heiress continued to belittle them.

"That's not true-" before she could deny Weiss' declaration a man shouted from the direction of the docks. Ruby stared at the area, apparently a boat had docked while they were busy.

"Hey! Stop that Faunus! He lied to us, cheated in our game of cards and stole my bananas!" The members of Team RWBY rushed to the scene to find a blond Faunus running from two men.

"Thanks for the ride guys!" Grinned the boy as he leapt off, pulling off an aileron roll as he made his way to the docks. He smirked as he stuck the landing thanks to his instincts, "Nailed it."

"Give me back my bananas!" Cried one of the two men pathetically.

The Faunus scoffed and hung on a lamp by his tail, "I won these bananas fair and square!" He exclaimed, eating a banana in a surprisingly familiar way to Blake.

"Hey, get down from there!" Cried one of the detectives. He growled as the boy threw a peel at his face. The blond boy laughed maniacally as he ran off, avoiding the two detectives by jumping over them from the lamp.

As he ran up the stairs and passed by Blake he winked, "'Sup Sis." He greeted casually before dashing off. Ruby blinked and waddled closer to the black haired girl, checking to make sure Weiss wouldn't notice.

"Sis? Are you two related?" The girl shook her head, she had never seen him before.

Yang smirked, "Well Weiss, you wanted to see the competition and there it goes." The girl gasped in realisation.

"Quick we must observe him! And maybe get back that guys bananas." Exclaimed the heiress. Ruby nodded,

"Alright Team RWBY! Time for operation 'capture the banana'!" Yang cheered as the four ran after the boy.


The group of four tailed the monkey Faunus until Weiss turned a corner straight into a pole, knocking her over. The heiress blinked, did the pole just fall? She shook her head, that didn't matter now because the boy was still running. "No he got away!" She cried annoyed.

She turned around to see Yang giving her a strange look, "Uh... Weiss?" She titled her head curiously as the busty blond pointed to the pole underneath her. The white haired girl blinked, the pole turned into a girl!

"Salutations!" Greeted the pole. The heiress jumped backwards in surprise, the pole talked! Ruby gave the pole girl a look,

"Um, hello?" She responded, "A-are you okay?" The pole girl nodded despite still being on the floor.

"I am wonderful. Thank you for asking." Replied the girl in a strange tone, still not moving from her spot.

Yang looked at the strange woman in concern, "Do you wanna get up at any point in time?" She asked curiously. Ruby nodded, this girl was weird.

The pole girl seemed to process the question for a brief moment before she responded. "Yes." She stated simply before jumping to her feet in a single swift motion. The members of Team RWBY gave her collective looks as they simultaneously took an instinctive step backwards. "My name is Penny." Spoke the girl after a second of silence. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

The Rose smiled politely at the woman before her, "Hi Penny, I'm Ruby." Greeted the young reaper.

"I'm Weiss." This girl's chest could be used as an ironing board, she thought to herself.

"Blake." Stated the introvert smoothly, Yang scratched her head.

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head when Princess knocked you over?" Blake smacked the girl, even she could tell that would be too rude to say. "Oh, sorry. Do, you, feel, any, head, trauma?" Asked the brawler slowly. The bookworm facepalmed.

Weiss smiled in a refined manner, bowing courtly as she did so. "I'm sorry about my... 'friend's' behaviour. And I apologise for knocking you over." Yang grinned,

"Since when was I your friend Princess?" Asked the blond boxer, the amused grin irritating the heiress to no end. The White haired girl ignored her in favour of the strange pole before her.

"Once again, sorry for running into you." Continued Weiss as the group began to walk off, Ruby waved goodbye to the pole girl, hoping she'd never run into an awkward situation with her again.

"Take care friend!"

Yang sighed in relief once they were out of earshot, "Well that was... a thing. I think that girl had a few screws loo-" the four girls came to a stop as Penny was stood right before them. Weiss stared incredulously at the girl who had apparently teleported from her previous spot.

"You were, then we, but you, how but what?" Blubbered the White haired girl as she tried to make sense of the pole girl's actions.

Ruby smiled slightly, "Uh, Penny for your thoughts?" Yang grinned. That's my sister.

"What did you call me?" Asked the girl as she walked closer to the group. The busty boxer flinched,

"Oh I'm sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me." Apologised the young student. Blake raised a brow, how did that make it any better?

The strange girl shook her head, "No not you." She said, walking past Yang. "You." She clarified, staring directly at Ruby. The adorable reaper stuttered,

"M-me? I-I don't know what I, um, I Uh.-"

"You called me friend!" Exclaimed the pole girl. "Am I really your friend?" The leader of Team RWBY turned to them for help. All three of them began to shake their heads and mime out not to do it.

"Yeah sure, why not?" The other three sighed, she's doomed they all thought in unison.

Penny cheered happily, "Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes and talk about cute boys!" Ruby winced at the déjà vu she was getting from this girl.

"Aw, was this what it was like when you met me?" She asked to Weiss, realisation evident in her tone.

The heiress shook her head. "No, she seems far more coordinated." The Rose drooped slightly, well that did wonders for her self-confidence and friend making skills. Dear dust, what if Jaune thought the same thing when they first met?

As the youngest of Team RWBY stewed in her own embarrassment the other four females stood in awkward silence for a good few minutes before Yang finally decided to strike up a conversation. "So... what are you doing in Vale?" She asked, half curious and half sick of the silence.

Penny smiled, "I'm here to participate in the Vytal Tournament." Weiss gave the pole girl a disbelieving look as she crossed her arms.

"You're fighting in the tournament?" Penny nodded affirmatively,

"I am combat ready!"

The tsundere uncrossed her arms. "Wait, if you're here for the tournament does that mean you know that monkey tailed... rapscallion?" Penny looked at her curiously,

"The who?"

"The filthy Faunus who stole the bananas from that boat back there." Elaborated the heiress as she pulled out a rudimentary drawn picture from... Somewhere. Ruby blinked, when did she have time to draw that?

Blake glared at her angrily, "Why do you keep saying that?" The group gave her a confused look. "Stop calling him a rapscallion, stop calling him a degenerate. He's a person!" Weiss stared at her teammate for a second, unable to believe the things she was saying.

Ruby moved to stop the fight but was pushed back by their collective frustration. "G-guys?"

"Oh I'm sorry, would you like me to stop referring to the trashcan as a trashcan? Or the bananas the he STOLE as bananas?" The introvert growled angrily,

"Please stop fighting..."

"Stop it!" She exclaimed in her rage.

The heiress frowned, "Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time, he'll probably join the other Faunus in the White fang."

"W-we're a team."

Blake's hands clenched in anger, "You ignorant little brat!" She cried, storming off.

"P-please?"

Weiss glared at the girl, "How dare you talk to me like that. I am your teammate!"

Yang sighed as she placed her hand on Ruby's shoulder to refrain her from interrupting, "This is going to be a long day."


Jaune walked through Vale slowly, taking in the scenery as he strolled aimlessly. He smiled slightly, it's nice to take a walk every now and again I guess. He felt bad for avoiding team RWBY for the past few days but he was sure they didn't even notice. He sighed sadly as he let his feet take him where they wanted, it wasn't like he was going to avoid them forever. He just needed a bit of time to transition back to regular Weiss. In the back of his mind he knew he was reacting a bit over the top but his heart couldn't lie. In the few days he had talked to Alice she had become a precious friend of his.

He stared unblinkingly forwards, almost smiling from how stupid he was. He had somehow unconsciously made his way to the fair near the docks. He could almost feel the tears surge back up. "Jaune? What are you doing here?" Queried a familiar voice. He turned to see Velvet and Coco.

"I could say the same thing." He smiled politely at the two, "What brings you two to the fair?" Velvet blushed,

"Well, we had a break from missions so Coco recommended we go here." The knight nodded slowly, eyes slightly unfocused as he stared at the Ferris wheel in thought. The fashionista frowned at the boy,

"What's up? Did something happen between you and that girl you went out with?" The bunny Faunus blushed further, he went on a date with someone?

Jaune smiled solemnly, "I guess you could say that." The coffee lover raised a brow. She had a small amount of respect for the boy after the whole one-upping her at that fashion shop, so to see him in this state was rather shocking.

"That's a shame." She spoke loud enough for him to hear, "She seemed really into you during the date." The blond writer blinked,

"Wait, how do you know that?" He asked curiously, "We're you also trailing me?" Coco laughed,

"So you noticed them huh?" Coco smirked and grabbed a hold of Velvet who had been steaming off to the side, "How about you try out Velv next? I'm sure you won't be disappointed." The brunette pouted embarrassedly.

"Coco!" Her leader laughed teasingly,

Jaune smirked along with her, "Tempting offer." He stroked his chin in 'thought' "I might take you up on that." Velvet blushed, was he serious?

"Get back here you no good stowaway!" Cried a detective as he ran after a blond monkey Faunus.

The boy glared back at the man, dropping a banana peel in their direction. "How many times do I have to tell you? They let me on!" He cried angrily. "Hey, bunny lady help me!" He shouted towards Velvet as they drew closer.

"I, uh, um, h-help? B- Coco help!" The fashionista smirked and stuck out a leg, causing the detectives after the Faunus to fall over.

"I am so sorry!" She apologised, "I didn't realise you were there, are you two alright?" The detective swore as he watched the monkey boy run out of viewing distance.

"We lost him." He muttered to his partner. Choosing to ignore the young woman that tripped them over, the two left to go investigate the robbed dust shop again.

Coco smirked as she turned to Jaune, "So about that date with Velv- Huh? Where'd he go?" Velvet blushed and playfully glared at her leader.

"The monkey Faunus grabbed him as he ran off, but more importantly Coco. You were actually serious about getting Jaune to date me?" The girl took a step back,

"W-well I mean, I see the looks you shoot him sometimes so I thought-" She was unable to finish her sentence as the girl ran off in embarrassment. "Velv wait!"

Meanwhile Jaune was currently in the midst of being kidnapped, "Hey put me down!" He cried, "This is emasculating in so many ways!" The monkey Faunus shook his head,

"I need a hostage in case they catch up to me!" He shouted back. The blond knight glared at him,

"They stopped following you several blocks back!" The blond monkey boy stopped in his tracks. Huh, so they have… "Now could you put me down!" The boy laughed,

"Sorry about that, I wasn't expecting the bunny girl to actually help me." Jaune sighed and stated it was fine. "Question, have you seen a really hot cat Faunus around? I got a question or two to ask her." The blond student tapped his chin in thought, it couldn't be… right?

"By chance, did this girl have black hair, cute amber eyes, black and white clothes and slender legs?" The boy's eyes widened insurprise,

"Yeah that was her! She a friend of yours?" Jaune nodded, "Well could you help me find her?" He held out a hand, "The name's Sun, you?" The writer's eyes widened before accepting the hand with a grin,

"Jaune."


"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem!" Exclaimed Weiss. Yang groaned as she and Ruby watched the two debate back and forth like a tennis match. I can't believe they have been arguing for the entire day!

Blake glared at her, "That is the problem!"

The heiress scoffed, "You realise you're defending an organisation that hates humanity don't you?" The introvert winced, "The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!"

Blake stood up in anger, "There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate humanity so much? It's because of people like you that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures. You're discriminatory!" Weiss suddenly stood up, rage clear on her face,

"I'm a victim!" The two sisters of the team's eyes widened, "You want to know why I despise the White Fang, why I don't particularly trust the Faunus?" Blake watched cautiously as the white haired heiress slowly walked to the windowsill. "It's because they've at war with my family for years." Yang frowned, "War, as in actual bloodshed. My Grandfather's company has had a target painted across it's back for as long as I can remember, and ever since I was a child I watched family members disappear, board members executed, an entire train car full of dust… stolen." Blake winced, a guilty expression passing her face for the slightest of seconds. "And every day my father would come home furious, and that made for a very difficult childhood." Ruby walked up to her partner slowly.

"Weiss." She mumbled, placing a hand on her shoulder comfortingly.

The heiress smiled at her, even if it was miniscule. "Thanks." She turned to the black haired beauty, "You wanna know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves and murderers!" Blake growled at the woman angrily.

"Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!" She roared furiously. It took the looks her teammates gave her to see that she had made a mistake in her anger. And right after Jaune chose to keep it a secret for me… "I-I…" Before anyone could comment the discovered Faunus ran out of the door in a hurry.

"Blake, wait come back!" Cried Ruby as she tried to run after her. Weiss stared at the open door angrily.

Yang looked at the door with a thoughtful expression, "Wait, so Jaune and Blake weren't roleplaying before?"

Blake ran as far as her feet could take her. Unfortunately in her muddled state of mind her feet were only able to take her to the front garden area. She stared at the statue all the students had passed on their first day, feeling a slight understanding of the Grimm below the two hunters. The bookworm slowly made her hands to her bow, unravelling it to show her secret to the world.
"Hey! Jaune told me you'd be here." Shouted a voice from behind. "Wait, that was a bow-? I mean, I knew you'd look better without the bow… hehe."


Ruby sighed sadly as the remnants of Team RWBY walked down the streets of Vale. "She's been gone the entire weekend." She mumbled sadly. Weiss rolled her eyes,

"Blake's a big girl, she can handle herself." Yang shot her a look,

"Weiss come on, she's one of our teammates."

The heiress sighed, "I know that, but we all heard what she said. She's been keeping this important information from us the entire time we've known her! For all we know, that might not be all she was hiding."

The young rose walking ahead of the two mumbled sadly, "I just hope she's okay…"

Blake drank a cup of white hot chocolate as Sun sat before her, already finished with his cup. She took a deep breath, ignoring his bored look as he swirled his cup around with his tail. To be honest it made her jealous how open he and Velvet were about their Faunus heritage. "So… You want to know more about me?"

Sun exhaled loudly, "Finally she talks! I was a bit worried you were mute for a while. I mean, we've been sitting here all weekend and you haven't said a word to me yet Sis."

The cat Faunus frowned at the blond boy, "That reminds me, why did you call me 'Sis' when you ran by?" Sun grinned at her,

"Well mainly because you have Jaune's scent on you, so I thought he claimed you already. In fact, all of your team had it on them. Well shoot he's been getting around since I last saw him." He laughed before looking to the side, "That luck son of a- needs to teach me his ways." He muttered to himself.

Blake blinked, "How do you know Jaune?" She queried. Wait, didn't he say- she gasped in sudden realisation. This Faunus boy was-

"I was Jaune's best friend as a kid."


So another few days pass in the world of Remnant and the silent beauty Blake has found the identity of Jaune's childhood friend. How will she take this information and will she make up with Weiss in the end? Will Jaune find out the truth about Roman and Neo? After all that's changed, things won't always end the same for Jaune and Blake.

So that was a thing. First of all I'd just like to point out Sun and Jaune's reaction to Blake wearing a bow. Mine was exactly the same. I honestly thought they were cat ears the entire time stupidly enough, so imagine my surprise when it turned out it was actually a bow concealing her ears.

Well, as always, those who can guess the specific reference will get a banana for Sun.


~Omake~


Jaune yawned as he and the group walked into Nora's House of Horrors. The Valkyrie had turned her restaurant into a themed attraction for the special holiday that all Valeans love. "Halloween!" Cried Ruby happily as she skipped past everyone, an empty bucket in her hands to hold the candy. She was currently adorned in a black and white fluffy costume that was very reminiscent of Zwei. Weiss stared unblinkingly at the adorable reaper turned dog.

"I still think we should have all gone as pokemon." Complained the brawler. Jaune laughed,

"Your costumes are fine. At least you don't have to dress in, well, a dress." True to his word the blond knight was wearing an outfit his sisters had sent him from home. Not wanting to upset them he was 'forced' to wear a blue dress and armour. He still had Crocea Mors strapped to his side and wore a blond wig the length of his back. Because of his new appearance the girls had affectionately dubbed him 'Jane' much to his dismay.

His partner turned away to conceal her blush. "I think you look rather dashing as a woman." Jaune sighed at the compliment. He knew it was supposed to make him feel good but it was the equivalent of saying, 'You look beautiful' to a guy. It was just plain weird. The knight just smiled politely. Currently the champion was adorned in a vampire costume that left a lot of men with open jaws.

"Where's Nora and Ren?" Queried Weiss. The heiress was wearing an icy blue queen's outfit that was supplied to her by Yang. The only thing keeping her from tearing it off, other than the public embarrassment, was Ruby's Halloween spirit that had become rather infectious the closer it got to Halloween. Now that it was finally the day she had been waiting for, there was no way anyone would say no.

Jaune shrugged. "No idea. By the way, nice costume Blake." The cat Faunus growled at him.

"Yang is so dead." She mumbled to herself as she occasionally shot glares at the busty boxer. The introvert was wearing a rather revealing dress, but that wasn't what was annoying her. In front of their very eyes was a cat Faunus, wearing fake ears and a tail.

"It looks so great on you Blakey~ I'm jealous." grinned the blond girl.

The bookworm shot her a look, "then why aren't you dressed up as something?" She growled embarrassedly.

"I am." Claimed Yang proudly. The girl's eye twitched.

"You're just wearing what you usually wear!" She yelled out incredulously.

Yang's grinned widened, "Exactly, I'm dressed as myself!" The group gave her a single look before carrying on to Nora's establishment. The girl huffed, "No one appreciates me, isn't that right VamPyrrha?" Pyrrha sighed at her friend's pun, so that's why she told me to wear this. Jaune chuckled,

"Heh, VamPyrrha, that's good." The buxom boxer smirked and wrapped her arms around his own causing the knight to blush heavily at the contact. "Y-Yang?"

"You've got a great sense of humour Vomit Boy." Complimented the young woman as she pressed her assets closer to him. Jaune gulped audibly as he tried to look elsewhere. Key word tried. "How about we partner for the haunted house?" Pyrrha glared at the blond. Yang is so dead.

The knight paled, "There's a haunted house?"

Ruby cheered, "Yep! It's gonna be fun!" The boy sighed, this was not going to be fun.

"So who else is coming?" He asked in a defeated tone, hopefully not too many people would see him in a dress.

The young reaper dog tapped her chin in thought. "Well there's Neptune and Sun, and Emerald's team." Jaune blinked and asked who Emerald was. "Oh right, she's one of the students from Haven. Since we both have gems as our names I thought we should get along!"

"Hey look it's Sun." Commented Yang as the two approached the entrance to Nora's establishment. Weiss quickly looked up to see if Neptune was with him. To the group's amusement Neptune was definitely with him.

Jaune almost fell over laughing. "Di-Did you seriously dress up as a planet?" He managed to spit out in between his laughs. The blue haired man glared at him.

"Says the one in a dress, and it was a good idea at the time!" He cried defensively.

Yang grinned cheekily, "Really? Did you and Sun, Plan-et?" Neptune groaned,

"I'm out." Exclaimed the student, entering the building to get away from the girl's puns. Weiss quickly followed him giddily. Sun laughed as he walked up to Jaune, the two bumping fists as they exchanged greetings.

"Lookin' good Jane." The monkey Faunus winked. Jaune rolled his eyes,

He smirked at his fellow blond. "Sun Goku huh?" Sun grinned,

"You know it. So where's the rest of your team?" The writer pointed at the giant haunted house behind the boy. "Huh... So we headin' in there?" The blond knight nodded affirmative. "Alright, sounds like a plan. C'mon ladies let's move!" Jaune's eye twitched, he'd better not have been included in that.

As the group of six entered the house thunder roared. Jaune yelped girlishly and jumped into Sun's arms. "Dude, I know you look like a girl and all but I'm not into that type of stuff." Commented the monkey Faunus with a deadpan. The knight blushed,

"Shut it."

From the top of a balcony above the group came a familiar voice. "Welcome one and all to my house of horrors! We still have one more group to arrive so please wait there." The six students looked up to see Nora in a sloth costume sitting on the shoulders of Ren.

"Hey guys." Greeted the boy in green. Jaune blinked was he dressed as a leprechaun?

From behind Blake Yang smirked, "Hey look, it's a LepRenchaun!" The hunters in training just stared blankly at the busty blond while the knight laughed.

Before anyone could comment on the two's horrible sense of humour the doors opened. "Welcome one and all to my house of horrors! With you guys here that makes all of us! Please proceed to the dining hall after you're done with greetings." The two childhood friends then walked out of the room, "Did I do good Renny?" Asked the girl when she thought she was out of earshot.

"Hey Emerald!" Cheered Ruby, "Is this your team?" The green haired girl nodded.

"Yep! This is Mercury." The group stared at the boy blankly. "He's dressed as a planet." We noticed, thought Jaune sarcastically.

The boy grimaced, "This is the last time I'm letting you choose our clothes Neo." He grumbled silently. The woman to his left smirked.

The mature looking woman to his left smirked. "I beg to differ. I think this outfit is quite suiting, it even comes with a weapon." Mercury rolled his eyes, says the one wearing a Dominatrix outfit complete with whip. The black haired woman turned to Jaune, "Why hello, my name's Cinder. Very nice to meet you." Said the girl sensually as she held out her hand to him.

The boy blushed heavily, did she realise he wasn't a girl or was this woman into that kind of thing? "I-I'm a guy." He stuttered out meekly.

"I know." Before she could press her attack a short black haired woman pushed her away from him. The writer stared at the girl,

"Do I know you? You look familiar?" The girl shook her head and hid behind Cinder.

Emerald looked apologetically at him, "Sorry, she's shy." Jaune gave an apology back.

"No I'm sorry, she just reminded me of a friend of mine." He explained. The black haired girl moved to Emerald and appeared to whisper in her ear.

"She wants to know what made them look similar." The knight scratched his head in thought.

"Well, you're both pretty short." The girl glared at him, "But I guess the main similarity was that you're both really cute, but don't tell her that or she'll kill me." Mercury smirked at the icecream girl's flush,

"What's her name?" He asked curiously, with a hint of mischief riddled in his voice.

Jaune smiled at the boy. "Her name's Neo." The black haired girl blushed further. Mercury, Cinder and Emerald all subtly turned to the girl and gave her a look, blackmail written all over their faces. "I hope to be just as good a friend with you then." He extended his hand to the girl in a friendly manner. The black haired girl pretended to be too shy to accept his hand to avoid him reading her mind.

Pyrrha gave the team a look, "Well it's nice meeting you, but we should get going. C'mon partner." Smiled the champion as she grasped the blond's hand firmly. She led him into the dining hall, giving the girls behind her a triumphant smirk.

Sun raised a brow? "What was that all about?" He turned to see many of the girls looking annoyed. "... Something I should know about?" Yang laughed nervously, gulping audibly as she pulled on her shirt collar.

"Well, it started off yesterday as a harmless trip to the cafeteria. Then some things led to another and now the first person to kiss Jaune wins all the lien everyone bet." She finished with a hesitant chuckle.

Sun deadpanned, "And who is a part of this?"

Yang grinned sheepishly, "Everyone in the house?" The monkey Faunus sighed, this was not going to end well he could feel it in his tail.


Jaune stared in awe at the dining hall. It was easily three times the size of their dorm room and held a large amount of food and beverages, enough to feed the entirety of Beacon and possibly the sloth army she keeps secret from everyone except their team.

He sat down and began to dig in next to one of the new people. "So, Emerald was it? What are you dressed as?" He asked curiously as he stared at her clothing, unsure what she was trying to be.

The thief rolled her eyes. "Isn't it obvious? I'm a tree." Jaune blinked.

"... A, tree?"

Emerald nodded, "Yep. She was the one who came up with the idea." She said as she pointed at the black haired girl who just shyly waved at the two.

"Huh, I wouldn't have thought she'd have it in her."

The tree girl smirked. "You'd be surprised at what she's truly capable of." Jaune nodded slowly, it was the same case with Neo. One would believe she was absolutely harmless with her adorable look and parasol. Next thing you know she's holding said parasol to your neck with eyes constantly changing colours like she thought of it as a game. Not that he was speaking from first hand experience.

"So... What are you?" The cross dressing knight shrugged,

"My sisters picked it out for me, they said it was someone called 'Saber' or something like that.

Before Emerald could push the conversation further Nora spoke up. "Alrighty then, time for the event! You will go in groups of threes to find a hidden treasure within this house! When one team encounters another you must fight it out with these Halloween themed weapons until your team leader, who is the first person named in your team, is knocked out. The first ones to find the treasure or the last ones standing win!"

It was Ren's turn to speak, he spoke monotonously as he read from the card Nora handed him. "According to Nora, Team one is, and I quote, "Ruby, Sun and the tree." You three will be leaving from that door and will have these three weapons." The group turned to see a Grimm reaper's scythe, a large bone the length of a person and a tree branch.
"Team two is comprised of Weiss, Neptune and you silver guy!" Exclaimed the boy. He pointed towards he exit and weapons they'd be using. Jaune stared blankly at the 'weapons'. A pumpkin, a mace made of gravestones and a leaf. A leaf.
"Team three is scary dominatrix lady, Blake and Pyrrha." The group stared at the weapons, a skeleton spine whip, a tuna half the size of a person and a bottle of pumpkin spice. Jaune frowned, that wasn't even fair to them!

"Hey, a tuna isn't Halloween the-" Blake cut Weiss off and glared at her,

"I' . ." She stressed out each word to get her point across. The heiress gulped and nodded.

"Moving on, lastly, team four is the midget, Yang and Jaune." Neo grew a tick mark at being called a midget, barely restraining herself from killing the two hosts. Jaune stared at the weapons they'd be given. A candy sword, candy gauntlets and a lollypop. This was going to be a thing.
"Now, most of the weapons are just made of foam so you don't need to hold back. You can begin in three, two, one!" The four groups broke off into the exits they were assigned to.

Nora tilted her head and placed her finger on her lip, "Wait, they were supposed to be foam?"

"... Oh dust."


Jaune stared at the lollypop in his hand. He understood why Yang got the candy gauntlets, but why did the new girl get the sword? It was almost as big as her. When he motioned to grab it all she did was flick his finger and grab it for herself.

Suddenly the hidden loudspeaker in the hallway crackled to life. "Team three has been eliminated. Blake ate her weapon, Pyrrha was disarmed and Dominitrix lady is currently whipping the people outside."

The female dressed knight deadpanned, "... That was fast." He commented,

"Well when there are only four teams with incredibly useless weapons this was to be expected." Replied Yang. The other girl nodded in agreement. Neo sighed silently, she missed being able to directly talk to her cute little author.

"Team two has been eliminated. Weiss and Neptune snuck off on a date and Mercury was knocked out of the house by a tree branch." Jaune sighed, well this was becoming extremely anticlimactic. Though how did Mercury get knocked out of the house with a tree branch? Don't tell me Emerald hit him that hard?

"There you are Jaune!" Shouted Ruby as her team approached them. This house is a lot smaller than I gave it credit for. Jaune blinked, Ruby was holding the bone while Sun had the scythe.

"Wouldn't it make more sense for Ruby, the girl who has been trained in using a scythe, to use the scythe?" The girl shook her head.

"Nuh uh. I'm a dog right now, so the bone makes sense!" Cried the dog reaper in an attempt to explain her logic. Jaune facepalmed.

Yang grinned as she readied her weapons, "Sorry sis, but I'm not going to hold ba-" she was silenced mid-sentence as Neo 'accidentally' knocked her out with the sword. She smiled sheepishly and bonked her head as if saying 'Whoops'. Now to grab Jaune and elope!

When she turned to grab Jaune and run she realised he had already been taken away by Ruby. 'Why that speedy, fluffy piece of-'

Ruby sneezed, "Alrighty, I got their leader so we win!" Jaune coughed,

"Actually the other girl was our leader..." He mumbled meekly. The rose stared at him before bonking her head in a similar fashion to Neo.

"... Whoops. Oh well, I can at least win the bet now." The knight blinked. A bet? Since when was there a bet? And why did it involve being near him? "J-just, hold your eyes and close still, I mean close your eyes and hold still." Why would he need to-? "Please? I need to get myself ready." Jaune stared at her puppy eyes, it wasn't helping she was dressed like an actual puppy. Normally he'd be immune but the dog outfit was hard to say no to. He sighed and closed his eyes, it's not like anything bad could come of it right? It's Ruby, the adorkable child-like leader.

"Ruby run! The crazy black haired chick uppercutted Emerald into the roof and is headed this wa-aaaaaay!" Sun was interrupted mid sentence as Neo flying jump kicked him in the back, sending him hurtling down the hallway. "Waaatch Ouuuut!" He cried as he tried to stop to no avail. Ruby quickly dived out of the way and was relieved to have somehow escaped uninjured. After checking herself for injuries she turned to see how Jaune had fared.

"Jaune you oka-" the Rose stared blankly at the two boys, on the floor, lips touching. She blushed heavily at the sight, t-two guys k-k-k- I mean Jaune is dressed like a girl so...

"Gah, Sun what are you doing!" Cried Jaune as he pushed the monkey Faunus off, wiping his tongue with his dress.

"What am I doing? What are you doing? I told you I don't swing that way!" Yelled Sun as he tried to remove the taste of cross dressing Jaune from his mouth with a banana.

The three flinched as a flash of light filled their eyes. As if by magic Nora popped into existence. "It looks like Team four wins the treasure while Sun wins the bet!" Sun won a bet? Wait, didn't Ruby mention something about a bet? But Sun won after he- does that mean Ruby was about to?

Jaune fainted. Ruby giggled, "Well, this Halloween was just as fun as I hoped it would be." She smiled, satisfied.

"Happy Halloween everyone!"


In case you couldn't tell, this is completely unrelated to Canon and never happened.
See you next chapter!