Hey guys and gals. As you can see, no new chapter. The recent updates will not be my regular update schedule. Once or twice a week is. The reason was that someone fav'd my story, my first fav EVER. Being the person I was, I decided to give another chapter as thanks.

Now the reason why their isn't a new chapter now as well, since I planned on doing the next chapter now then saw my schedule. Well, I had the chapter just about done, when a pair of puppies came in and knocked my tablet out of my hands. The tablet was alright, but a puppy paw had hit the X of its tab, and closed it.

*internal scream*

But I know I can't leave you guys with nothing, so here is an extra I came up with.

"Dan, are you a chunnin?

Dan Kitari turned to his partner, Clara Rosenburg, confusion on his face.

"What the hell is a chunnin?"

"I dunno, Jack said that you wanted to be a chunnin called Buyo."

Dan thought about that, then it hit him. He ran out of their dorm room, yelling out Jack's name.

A voice could be heard saying "Oh shit!", then the noise of tumbling around could be heard. Clara ran out to find Dan and Jack wrestling on the ground, when Alice flew in, landing right next to Clara. She sighed, her right hand running through her hair.

"Really mature, guys. We don't need to show Clara these things."

"Hey, what does that mean Alice?" Clara turned to the faunus.

"Yeah, what does that mean?" Dan said, his head onto Clara's.

Alice pushed Dan away, Clara giggling while Jack came in and placed his head on Dan's. Alice sighed again, and facepalmed for good measure.

"Hey come on, Alice. Join the dark side, we have cookies." Dan gestured up on top on Jack, who patted the top of his bald head. She looked down to Dan's face, his smile almost touching his brown mess, and then Clara's long black hair, and she was giggling from Dan tickling her sides. Alice found herself smiling as she flapped her white dove wings, and hovered over on top of Jack, her head ontop his.

"Step right up! Come see Beacon's Tower of JACK!" Dan said aloud, bringing out his team's laughter.

His team. He didn't think he'd lead his own team. Of course, when Ozpin announced it after their initiation, that the leader of JACK was him, he couldn't believe it. He showed a rare talent, though, as his leadership had brought the team many completed missions.

Of course, when you grew up with your teammates, it helped. They were Beacon's Orphans, the children of a team that was KIA. Ozpin took them in and raised them as his own. Or tried to, before the teachers of Beacon began helping as well.

He would've continued his reflection, if his legs didn't give way. They all fell over, though poor Clara would've been crushed under them if Dan didn't hold them up off her with his arms. After quickly getting off their leader, Alice and Jack were helping him up. When he steadied himself, he held his hand out, going to help Clara up.

She jumped up in his arms, her mouth close to his ear.

"Thank you, Dan!"

He woke up, dozing off on the landing pad. He looked into the sky, a light drizzle falling. He got up, pulling his hood up, and straightened his glasses. A small smile formed on his face was gone as soon as it appeared.

Ozpin appeared behind him, as if he was always there. He took a sip, then cleared his throat.

"How was your break, Dan?"

Dan chuckled. "Unbelievably gentle, and yet cruel at the same time." He turned towards Ozpin, hood still up. "Guess you were wrong in making me a leader, huh?"

Ozpin stayed quiet, sipping his coffee.

Dan got up on his feet, looking back to the sky. "All I bring is death, Ozpin. My partner found that out the hard way, when she saved me from the Souless. My teammates, one I had chased away because I hurt her, the other..." He looked at his hands, then let them fall. "...I killed myself."

Ozpin cleared his throat, saying "Dan, you did no such thing. He was already..."

"Already what? Dead? He ran off, and I didn't follow him. That killed him. I need no lies, Ozpin."

Dan turned back around, facing away from Ozpin.

"...This world, Remnant, we swore to protect as kids. We swore to protect the ones who needed it. And we swore to help. All because I wanted to be a hunter. They all had their own dreams, and yet they chose to follow me. And you say it wasn't me who killed them?"

Dan took a step closer to the edge.

"...They followed me, and yet I live. If anything, I should've been the first victim."

And another.

"...I should've disappeared to find the reason these Souless exist."

His next step brought him the the edge, one more and he would fall.

"Not my teammates, not my partner. Me. I should've been the lone casualty."

Dan was about to take that final step when he felt thin fingers hold him back. He felt himself get flung away from the edge, and he felt himself land roughly, a few feet away from the edge.

He saw a flash of pink before he felt himself being held in a warm embrace.

"Silly Dan, why do you blame yourself?"

Her long pink hair fell down over his face, almost like a curtain. Her small hand rubbed his back, and her other his head.

"You cannot blame yourself for their deaths. You can do nothing but steel your heart for the world."

Her hazel eyes stared into Dan's orange eyes, tears welling up in his.

"But don't worry, the world isn't watching now, only me. So let your tears fall, my brave hunter."

He yelled out, a wordless scream drowned out by the thunder storm that had slowly started. His hands wrapped around her, tightening his grip on her. His tears fell onto her red sweater, his face deep in her shoulder as he cried. Her hands did little to comfort him, and yet she continued.

Ozpin tightened his grip on his cane as he listened to Dan. He knew he could do nothing, only watch the boy he raised cried.

If he could've saved the lost, he would've. No matter his own loss, he would've done anything to have saved his fellow orphans. Or their parents. And yet he could only listen to his pain.

Ozpin looked up into the sky, and spoke.

"Today, we remember the fallen. And we shall continue to remember them."

"We remember Clara Rosenburg, a huntress whose love of people, plants, and her team led to her sacrifice. Her love will be missed, as it was like the sun."

Clara. Her gentle touch...her kind voice...

"We remember Jack Josens, a hunter whose justice brought many an end to many of Remnant's evils. His justice will be our own."

Jack. His joking manner...his rough embraces...

"Both of these individuals were worth more to this world alive, and yet, fate took them all too soon. As it did their parents."

Glynda had appeared, holding a bundle of flowers. She handed them to Ozpin, who then walked over to the edge. He held the bouquet out, then dropped them. He turned to the woman holding Dan, and nodded.

"Thank you, Professor Peach. Be sure to tell him when he calms down."

She looked up at Ozpin, her eyes full of tears.

"Ozpin, find them for him. He cannot move on from this without ending the Souless threat."

Ozpin walked past them, Glynda right behind him.

"I will. And he will be the one to end it." He looked away. "I owe him that much."

Professor Peach held Dan in her arms, her own tears falling with his. She held him close, feeling his sobs shake his body. She could only hold him, since no words can heal him.

And he could only cry as he kept hearing Clara's words in his head.

"Thank you, Dan! For meeting me and Jack and Alice! Though you'll never see me and Jack again, we'll always see you as we always have, and support you always!"

Another tear inducer here. So yeah, not an actual chapter. After all, it isn't about the merc. That'll be after a while. No words from Team RWBY, since their busy as well. But hopefully you'll enjoy this anyway! Review and fav of you did!

~DarkJester420