So not much went on in this chapter as this is pretty much the chapter to set up what will continue on into what the main story of this whole fan fic will be based around. Also I wanted to introduce Blake because all in all she is one of my favorite characters in RWBY and it is my fan fic so I can do whatever I want. Also for everyone who wants to know what Jaune did to his old friends then you are in for some good news as in the next few chapters I will bring that more out in the open. Also sorry for this chapter being so late me and my editor got super busy with life and work and such so it took awhile to finish this up. (Also I rewrote this chapter twice before because of a slight case of writers block). Otherwise onwards to the fan fic itself.

Knight of Fish once again signing off until next time!

Jaune walked into the library searching somewhere to be alone for awhile, to regain control of his thoughts. So many emotions had hit him during his first period class with Glynda, that even though it was now lunch time he didn't really feel like going to the cafeteria and dealing with all the people there to get food.

Plus, he may run into his old team again, the rest of team RWBY and team NPR, if he were to brave the cafeteria. In the state that his emotions were in right now, to see his old teammates after so long, he did not think going to the cafeteria would be the best idea.

He continued walking the main passage of the library, as his mind drifted to how much Ruby had grown, and how it seemed his team had gotten over the news of his death.

Then again why was he getting so worked up over having to see his old friend again? He knew that he was going to have to see them eventually anyhow.

Wham!

"Ouch…" Jaune muttered to himself as he ran headfirst into wall at the end of the library, falling flat on his back. This made the few students, who were in the library besides himself, look at him like he was stupid.

"Are you okay?" A female voice asked him, he glanced upwards a little bit to see someone he really did not expected to see here; but at the same time he was hoping he would not. It was Blake, well a older version of her to be sure. Though, it was still the same Blake he remembered, expect now her bow was gone to be replaced by cat ears…?

Things seemed to connect in Jaune's brain about the Blake he used to know. With her disappearance, for a few days during their first year at Beacon, and how that had gotten team RWBY involved in a lot of the White Fang's activities after that. It also brought light on why the newspaper showed all of team RWBY in the picture, under the headline of 'White Fang defeated by a group of Beacon Academy students'. Then again, why would she show her ears still with discrimination against Faunus?

Maybe she was now proud of her heritage considering her past of being with the White Fang meant very little now that they were gone? Did it really matter why though? It just made Jaune a little bit happy to see that she had finally accepted her Faunus heritage. He then looked up and down and saw that she had definitely changed a bit, besides showing her cat ears openingly. Her body is more toned and she was a bit taller than he remembered her being. That could also be because he is laying down on the floor, and she is standing over me he reminded himself.

It was then he gave her the twice over, it was then he noticed the concerned look on her face. He forgot to respond to her question on if he was alright. "I...I..I am fine just wasn't paying attention to where I was going," he managed to stammer out at her.

Why was he worried so much over seeing Blake? It wasn't like they were really close during his old time at Beacon Academy. He also did not know very well how she would react knowing it was him, considering she had more respect for Pyrrah then him; it was Pyrrah he had hurt the most with his mistake. He closed his eyes for a second trying to drown out the thoughts of the past and how he could focus on the present.

"That's good, do you need help getting up?" Blake asked, making him open his eyes to see her hand extend towards him to help him get up.

Jaune slowly began reaching his hand for her's, before stopping as a light sweat began to cover him. Why was this so hard to do? Hadn't he decided at Greenlight Academy to not let his past mistakes come back to hound him no matter what?

His hand fell to his side, sighing inside his mind. He then, put on a smile he didn't really feel upon his face and responded to Blake. "Don't worry, I can get up by myself. Thanks for the offer though."

Blake withdrew her hand, Jaune wearily pushed himself into a standing position. Not knowing what to say, he decided to stay quiet and wait for her to speak. She was eyeing him up and down, considering it seemed that she was not done conversing.

"If you don't mind me asking, why did you transfer here right before graduation?" Blake asked as her looking him over was done.

She had always been the quiet and analytical one of team RWBY, Jaune wasn't surprised by the question at all. "I was summoned by Ozpin to come help relieve some of the stress from the already overworked Hunter's and Huntress's that are working under him to guard Vale," Jaune replied as he figured that the truth wouldn't hurt his chances of being found out not to be Wiliam White.

"Then you must be a really accomplished Hunter. Why still take classes and such?" Blake queried him.

Seems like this is becoming a interrogation, Jaune thought to himself. Doesn't she have some right to be suspicious about him? He certainly would be suspicious if their roles were reversed.

All he had to do was destroy any suspicions she had of him, considering she finds it strange that he would transfer to Beacon Academy so close to graduation. If he didn't knock these suspicions out, it could lead to her finding out who he really is, which at this moment he did not need.

"I felt like it would be the responsible thing to do considering, it was only for a few months. The extra lessons and training could not hurt on the long run," Jaune responded to her.

Blake stared at him hard, as if judging the validity of his answer.

Jaune stared back, all the training allowing him to keep his expression calm and clear of all doubts. Even though in retrospect, he was tearing himself down on the inside, with doubts of the like. Did I blow my answer? Does she suspect I am not who I am?

Right as Jaune was about to have a mental breakdown, Blake shook her head up and down. Her calm expression glowed, showing Jaune that she had believed him. This was reinforced with Blake saying, "you are right. No one can be too careful, especially when they are training to go out into a world that is filled with many dark things."

"Yes…." was all Jaune responded with, not knowing how to continue.

"I should be going now, it was nice meeting you Wiliam White, was it not?" Blake said with her hand held out towards him for a handshake.

"You are correct, my name is Wiliam White. It was nice meeting you too, uhm…" Jaune replied, keeping his hand from shaking, as he shook Blake's hand quickly.

"Sorry, I should have introduced myself when I offered to help you…" Blake mumbled with a quick blush slipping across her face. She quickly got it under control; continuing with, "my name is Blake, we had the same first period together."

"It was nice meeting you Blake," Jaune obliviously continued,"and thanks for coming to my aid. I hope to see you fight one day, to see what type of Huntress you are," Jaune lied with hints of a fake smile creeping upon his face.

"I am sure that Goodwitch will have me fight, you will get the chance soon," Blake said with a small smile playing upon her features.

"I look forward to it," Jaune lied, the false smile now fully upon his features.

"I'll be going to be going now then. See you around," Blake said, as she turned and walked in the direction of the romance section of the library.

Jaune didn't respond to her. Considering, he was just overjoyed that, she had finally left. He then sighed, his day just kept giving him surprise after surprise. He began to wonder what else his first day back at Beacon Academy would throw his way.

Jaune decided to pull out his scroll to see what time it was, and how much time he had until lunch break ended. He still had another thirty minutes left of lunch to which he sighed. Why couldn't this day go by any faster so he could have this annoying day end already. Just as he was about to return the scroll to his pocket, and an icon appeared on the screen signaling that he had a instant message alert from someone.

Who the hell could that be? I mean I don't remember giving out my number to anyone since I have been here. It couldn't be anyone at Greenlight Academy, considering I never really got close enough to any of the students there to give my number to them. Jaune continued to just stare at the screen trying to guess who had messaged him. It took a good two minutes before he finally gave in and opened the message up.

Dear Jaune

I require your presence in my office I have a mission briefing for you.

Ozpin.

Well that was kinda anticlimactic. In the end, Jaune thought to himself. Why did I not think of Ozpin? He did say he would be contacting me for missions. It does make sense he would have my scroll number, considering he has almost all the personal information on every student here. Plus, it is easier to give a message to him this way instead of Ozpin having to use the broadcasting system, or sending someone to search him down to tell him to come to his office Jaune thought to himself, flipping off his scroll.

It is decided then, it's time to go get this first mission from Ozpin Jaune thought to himself as he walked out of the library a genuine smile appearing on his face for the first time that day. He was finally going to be able to go out and do what he did best, hunt down the creatures of Grimm. The anticipation made him tingle all over as he walked into the main courtyard of Beacon Academy.

There was a huge overcast of gray clouds, hinting at a another huge snowstorm in near future. Which also meant that the temperature was dropping rapidly, causing Jaune to see his breath come out in a puff of condensed water. His pace picked up as he hurried on his way to Ozpin's office, he was not really wearing the right clothes to be standing in the freezing cold for long.

As he stepped through the doors, he was thrown off by the drastic difference on how it all looked inside during the day, when it did at night. Instead of a few guards there were groups of students wandering about with the occasional teacher walking around to. Overall the atmosphere had been altered to such that this building felt more alive and welcoming than it had last night to him.

It was puzzling to Jaune, walking through the crowded hallways towards the headmaster's office. He didn't know what atmosphere he enjoyed better now; the dark, isolating feeling this building is giving off when he had stepped into last night, or the warm, inviting feeling it gave off now with everyone going about their business. The old Jaune who had snuck his way into Beacon Academy all those years ago would have seriously enjoyed the warm atmosphere a lot more than the forbidding atmosphere. After so many years of being in isolation and training to Hunt in the darkness, his answer wasn't so apparent to him.

The dark, isolated atmosphere now held a sway over his heart as he considered just how important the promise of the Hunt is. Either of a prey or of finding oneself like he had done in Greenlight. Due to this sensation, Jaune felt comfortable being in a area filled with tons of people.

It was that thought where Jaune realized how much he had changed during his training at Greenlight Academy. Before he had gone to Greenlight, all he had wanted to be was a hero, and make a ton of friends. Now, a few feet away from Ozpin's office he realized that was not true at all anymore. Of course, he did want to be a Hunter, and save people; but not out of some inane sense of just anymore, but because of the thrill of hunting and killing Grimm. He didn't care if he made any friends at all, if he did well, but he was not going to go out of his way like he did back then to make friends.

Realizing this, a sense of happiness filled him as he knocked on the door to the headmaster's office.

"You may enter," the voice of Ozpin said from behind the door, and Jaune opened the door and stepped into the room.

Ozpin sat behind his desk, his chin resting on his interlocked hands. A pose Jaune could only say was thoughtful. It was the solemn look on Ozpin's face that made him realize that whatever the headmaster was contemplating was not good at all. He then also noticed a man standing behind Ozpin.

This man had to have been about thirty five, he had well kept black hair, dark blue eyes, and chiseled features; a scar running from right below his left eye down the the middle of his cheek. He wore a black shirt, and jeans; he had no form of armor or weapons on him. His presence was that of a hardened warrior, Jaune could feel a cold and analytical aura emanating from him.

"You may sit, Jaune," Ozpin spoke, with a hand gestured towards a chair pointing at Ozpin's desk.

"Sorry sir," Jaune spurted out as he made his way to the chair and sat down.

Damn, I shouldn't have let myself get distracted like that, Jaune berated at himself as he sat there under both Ozpin's and the mysterious man's gazes.

"I am sorry I called you to my office during your lunch break, but, as I said before, you must be prepared for me to call on you at any time during the remaining of this school year," Ozpin finally began talking.

"No need to be sorry sir, I came back to Beacon under the assumption that I will always need to be ready to go on a mission no matter what I am doing," Jaune told Ozpin.

Ozpin sighed tiredly, a hint of sadness playing across his features as he studied Jaune. Ozpin then finally locked his gaze with Jaune's and said, "you are still so young and full of life to be thrown into a war like this without having finished your training..."

This is true, but the main reason he came back was not to finish his training, considering he was already on the level of some of the more competent Hunter who have already graduated. Is the reason Ozpin needing him, for his skill set in doing missions for him? Was his graduation not a bonus?

"Sir, if I may, I am more than capable of handling most of the missions you could hand out to me. I am not the same bumbling fool who came to you with the request to go to Greenlight all those nights ago."

"Trust me Mr. Arc, I know fully well you have the skill set to complete these missions…" Ozpin was about to continue on with something more but he sighed again and a more determined look took over the sadness on his face. "I have one question I have been meaning to ask you since I have last seen you Mr. Arc. Do you regret any of the choices you have made on your path that you have chosen?"

Wait, what? Why was he being asked this all of the sudden? Wasn't this supposed to be a mission briefing? And why the hell hadn't the man right behind Ozpin talked yet? No, it doesn't matter all I have to do is give the headmaster my honest answer so we can get on to the mission Jaune told himself.

"I honestly do not feel any regret with the path that I have chosen to take going to Greenlight Academy," Jaune replied in a firm tone.

Ozpin, once again, sat there staring Jaune down now with an indescribable expression that bordered on calm yet, sad. "Very well, then let us continue," Ozpin finally said after a few seconds had passed with him just constantly staring Jaune down. "You probably have realized this by now, but the main reason you are here is because I have a mission for you. One suited to test your newfound skills out and see what type of missions you are capable of handling in the future..."

"I do not think I need a mission to test my skills, sir. I have already been out in the field doing missions at Greenlight Academy and I have always been successful in every mission," Jaune blurted out interrupting Ozpin as he was about to explain what the mission detailed.

Ozpin sat there once again in silence, thinking before he smiled, as if he just ignored Jaune's outburst. He continued, "you will be going to a small village on the outskirts of Vale proper, investigating rumors of Grimm massing close by for an attack on the village. While you do so, you will be evaluated by my friend Vincent here and his team." Ozpin jestered towards the figure who had been deadly silent this entire time.

The man finally spoke up when Ozpin jestered towards him, "it would be a honor to see how a lone Hunter, from Greenlight Academy, handles himself on a mission." The man bowed towards Jaune then.

Evaluation? Why the heck does Ozpin really think I need something like that after all the training I have been through? It doesn't matter, I'll just show them that I can handle any mission with the utmost rate of success Jaune thought to himself. He smiled at man who would be evaluating him soon and responded to him with, "I also look forward to showing you what I can do."

"Now, you will have a support team that will help you out in your investigation. You are probably going to be mad when I tell you who the support team for this mission will be…" Ozpin then trailed off before telling who it was.

Opzin saying that Jaune may get angry for who the support team is, and the fact that Ozpin had just trailed off, before he finished saying who it was, had him worried to death about which team it might be. Please don't let it be team RWBY, or NPR Jaune pleaded silently to himself. Wait why the heck does he think I need a support team anyways? Does he not remember that I have trained at Greenlight Academy the place where when we went on dangerous missions it was alone?

Before Jaune could get himself even more worked up, Ozpin finally started talking again, "your support team is team RWBY."
Just like that, the universe choose to fuck with him again. You would think that the universe could only mess with someone so much in one day, but it was not the case to Jaune. It seemed the universe would mess with him unlimitedly in one day. "Isn't there any other team besides RWBY that can give me support on this upcoming mission? Why do you think I need support anyways? I am fine going on missions alone without any back up."

"Jaune, calm down. I am using this as a learning experience for RWBY who are excellent at extermating Grimm. When it comes to investigating, and getting to the truth of the matter, they tend to have problems with that aspect," Ozpin said to Jaune.

"Why have me go with them on this mission, and not have another trained Hunter go with them?" Jaune asked still desperately trying to get out of having to work with a team consisting of his old friends.

"Just as you said, Greenlight Academy taught you the skills required to be a true Hunter and learn to investigate the situations that a mission entails," Ozpin told him.

Not only was he going to be evaluated by a team of Hunter's under Ozpin's orders to see how well he can do, but now he has to contend with having team RWBY around and having to teach them on how to really investigate during a mission. All in all, he didn't see anyway of getting out of the situation he was being placed in. Hell, he was overreacting to all of this. It may as well work out in the end, he thought to himself trying to cheer himself up.

"I understand, sir. I will do my best to fulfill this mission," Jaune finally said after a few seconds of silence as his internal argument raged within in.

"Bullhead will be over tonight to pick you up, to do a preliminary investigation of the area before team RWBY will come in the day after tomorrow," Ozpin said.

"I will be ready to go by then, sir," Jaune replied.

"Good. The two of you may leave…. Vincent, have your team ready to go with Jaune tonight," Ozpin said to the both of them.

"Of course, sir," Vincent replied to Ozpin with a bow. He walked to the door, but not before giving Jaune a glare that hinted he did not fully trust in Jaune's abilities yet.

Jaune just smiled at Vincent, which only made him glare even more before moving past Jaune and finally left the room, with the clicking of the like there was still some resistance to him, going out on full blown missions within the fully trained Hunter's ranks, he thought to himself. Pushing himself up, out of the seat. He then bowed to Ozpin, and began walking to the door before a cough from Ozpin made him stop in his tracks.

Did Ozpin still want something from him? Or was he just coughing because he had a cough? This question formed in Jaune's head before Ozpin started speaking again.

"There's a personal request about this mission I would like you to investigate as well. It seems there have been some very strange murders happening in that village as well. It isn't really required for the mission I have you on, but I would like it if you could see if you can get to the bottom of that as well."

Jaune turned around with a new question burning in his mind. "Why didn't you tell me this when Vincent was in the room?"

"The less people who know, about this inquiry, the better. Just keep it in mind, while you are out there will you?" Ozpin asked in a tone that had volumes of hopefulness in it.

"Yes, sir. I will keep it in mind, and see if I can find anything out about them. Why are these murders so important no one can know about them?" Jaune replied.

"It may not be anything, I don't want to cause any panic, but this isn't the only place to have a number of unknown deaths happen in it these last few months," Ozpin answered.

"Do you think they are all connected somehow?" Jaune asked getting a sense of dread as to what would happen on this mission now.

"I severely hope not, Mr. Arc. That is why I want you to start investigating this village, and see if you can find something that the others who have investigated before could not," Ozpin told him.

"Yes, sir. I will do my best to find out what is killing these people in the village and find the Grimm who are threatening the wellbeing of the village while I am at it," Jaune replied with a salute.

"I am expecting great results from you, Mr. Arc. Considering, you have trained at one of the most hard to graduate from school in all of Vail. With that you are free to go Jaune, get ready for your mission," Ozpin said to.

"Yes, sir.," Jaune said with another bow to Ozpin, leaving the headmaster's office. His head was now filled with ways he could do both his missions without attracting any unwanted attention, during the investigation of the deaths. He had a lot of planning to do, and not much time to do it in. Packing to go on his mission still loomed over him.