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This chapter will be a little longer and a little more serious than the others though still have a fair share of laughs. There is also an omake following the chapter and a "Yang's Pun Fun" bonus after the author's notes. Enjoy...

Jaune and the Beanstalk

chpt.4: A Happily Ever After

The sky's over Beacon Land, directly over Silver Castle to be more specific, began to grow dark as black clouds started to grow outwards in a spiral. And from the center, a swelling of dark energy was beginning to take shape.

"GREAT, this day just keep getting better and better" yells Jaune. His words and reaction being due to the discovery that the beanstalk, his and Ruby's sole escape route from this place, was now gone.

The sound of thunder as the world suddenly grows darker makes them all look to the sky as the black clouds finish covering the sky above them. Strangely though, they stopped spreading once they had reached the floating lands edge.

"Just wait, it's about to get even better" said Blake, her voice sounding worried. "We need to get back to the castle...NOW."

"Blake, what's going on?" asked Ruby.

"I'll explain as we go, now hurry" yells Blake, already running back up the path to the cliff top. Jaune and Ruby look at each other before following after her.

As they begin their descent into the South Cardinal, Blake tells them "Above us right now is something we learned is called the Grimm Storm. When black clouds form like that, it's quickly followed by a mass of darkness forming at its epicenter, namely over the castle. Once ready, it'll start releasing these pools of negative energy onto the ground and from them will emerge the creatures of Grimm."

"What are they?" asked Jaune.

"Demons, maybe? I can't say to be honest as all we know about them comes from some old book found inside the room these things..." Blake goes quiet which makes Jaune give her a deadpan look.

"Why do I get the feeling this whole thing is Nora's fault?" said Jaune.

"Because it is. Shortly after me and Ren found our way up here with Nora, she was doing some exploring of the castle and we found a room that was mostly empty save a single table at its center. Resting on the table was a large bottle and a book. Me and Ren examined the book while Nora was busy looking at the bottle. She was talking about how there was probably a genie inside or something. Inside the book, we found a warning on not opening the bottle..."

"And I'm guessing she chose that moment to pull the cap off the bottle" said Jaune, not a question.

Blake nods, then says "And the moment she did so, a blast of dark smoke and energy came racing out, flowing through the castle and exiting outside using any opening that could be found. It turned the skies above pitch black, causing dark lightning to flash all over. After a few minutes, everything returned to normal. Sadly, that only the beginning, according to what we read from the book."

"What did the book say?" asked Ruby.

"It spoke of the Grimm, how long, long ago, they roamed around on the surface before the Wizard came and sealed them all inside the bottle found her. He, I believe, was also responsible for Beacon Land being what it is now, likely to keep the bottle and its contents from human hands..."

"Watch out" yells Jaune, already turning and throwing himself onto Ruby in order to get them both in the clear as one of the dark pools now being released by the Grimm Storm comes landing down right where they had been standing. Blake herself barely had any time to avoid it as well.

"You OK, Ruby?" asked Jaune, already getting up. Ruby nods as Jaune takes her hand and helps her up as well. They then look at Blake who was pulling a black colored sword free from its sheath along her back.

"Since that day, we've had several Grimm events occurring up here and we need to kill any that appear in order to drive them off" says Blake as creatures begin to arise from the pool of darkness.

Back at the castle, the sudden appearance of the Grimm Storm hadn't gone unnoticed by Ren who had already collected his weapon, ready to head out. There was only thing left to do. "NORA" he yelled back into the castle.

After a second, said giant girl is heard. "Coming Ren." Moments later, the castle shakes as Nora comes bounding into the room. "Is it time for RWBY RNJR's yet?"

Ren shakes his head then points towards the window. "The Grimm Storm has returned again. You know what that means."

A fire ignites within Nora's eyes as she runs off to the side, grabbing a massive hammer resting against the wall. Seconds later, the large front doors of the castle are kicked open as Nora comes jumping outside. "OK YOU BITCHES, IT'S HAMMER TIME." She then sees Grimm already roaming around near the castle, hanging around the trees. She yells out a battle cry before charging forth.

Back at the entrance, Ren sighs. "I worry about her sometimes." He then heads down to join Nora who sends more Grimm flying by swinging her weapon like a golf club.

Back with the others, the newly arrived Grimm were doing something odd. They were ignoring the three humans and instead focusing their attention on the trees. "What are they doing?" asked Ruby.

"According to the Wizard's book, these things have a love for the sap produced by these here Yggdra Trees. We think they feed off the sap to send strength to the source of the Grimm Storm. Once the source becomes strong enough, the Grimm will be able to invade the whole world again. Me, Ren, and Nora do our best to kill enough of them whenever the Storm comes to force the Grimm to retreat so the source can recover. It also delays their attempt to invade the surface below us" said Blake.

Jaune gives her a nod, then ask "OK, so what do we do?"

"I'm going to start killing Grimm. You two just stay back and out of the way. Since I can't see any weapons on either of you, I can assume neither of you are fighters?" said Blake.

"Guilty as charged" said Ruby.

"Are you sure there isn't anything we can do to help?" asked Jaune.

"Just stay out of my way. Also, try to keep your emotions either in happy land or at least neutral as once the Grimm are attacked, they'll go on the offense and will be drawn to any form of negativity they feel, wanting to feed off it as they prefer consuming negative emotions over eating the tree sap. And if I tell you guys to run for the castle, don't hesitate. Just do it. For whatever reason, they don't like entering the castle" says Blake.

Seeing them nod, Blake turns her attention to the Grimm who were focused on drinking the sap from the trees. She eyes each one of them, seeing four Beowolf's and two Ursa. There were likely more not to far away from them. Which should she go for first?

The ground suddenly shakes violently, causing Jaune and Ruby to fall onto the ground while Blake barely is able to keep standing. She already knew what had caused the of the tremor had been; Nora's slamming her weapon, Magnhild onto the ground, likely crushing a bunch of Grimm beneath its might.

The Grimm around them suddenly stop their feeding, then turn to look at them with glowing red eyes. 'Great timing, Nora. And here I thought I could kill this set before they went onto the attack' thinks Blake as she jumps back away from them. Whenever Grimm are passive in an area and any of them suddenly attacked, then all of them would sense it and go after the assailant or anything they saw as a threat.

Blake begins attacking the Grimm as they charge her, cutting down one then using dodging the attacks of another before striking them down too. An Ursa comes up to attack her from behind, forcing her to create a shadow of herself to take the damage before sending her blade out like a whip, using the ribbon at its end, to slice the head off the Ursa before swinging it back to kill two more Beowolf's.

"Wait, what is that?" yells out Jaune, seeing Blake making copies of herself to distract the Grimm.

"Maybe that's the special power Coco told us about" said Ruby. "Does that mean..."

"Hey, watch out you two" yells Blake, already sending her weapon out at them and whipping it from side to side, sending Jaune flying off to one side and Ruby to another. At that moment, a King Taijitu comes landing on the spot they had just been standing on. It's open mouth biting down onto Gambol Shroud before yanking Blake towards it. Said girl uses her free hand to pull out several kunai from her side, sending them flying into the head of the snake, killing it.

"Keep focused unless you want to die" she tells them, already freeing her main weapon from the mouth of the snake and going after more Beowolf's.

"Ruby, you OK?" yelled Jaune, picking himself up off the ground. He couldn't see her yet as she was on the far side of the now dissolving snake.

"Yeah, I'm..." she doesn't finish as they hear Nora's voice yell out. "BANZAI" followed by the whole ground shaking violently.

"Blake, as soon as I can reach Ruby, I'm getting us both back to the castle" yells Jaune.

"Good idea" returns Blake. "Sorry to say this but you both are really useless at the moment. Not to mention in the way."

Hearing those words angered Jaune but only because it was true. If he just had some sort of weapon, then he could... As the King Taijitu finishes dissolving, Jaune could finally see Ruby who was picking herself off the ground again following that last tremor and he sees a Beowolf sneaking up behind her, preparing to pounce. His brain, his whole body, went into auto pilot and he runs forward.

"RUBY" he screams as the Grimm lunges at her. Ruby turns, her eyes going wide as she see it sailing towards her only to then feel Jaune push her to the side, throwing himself at the Grimm, sending them both rolling back in the opposite direction.

Once again, Ruby found herself on the ground, momentarily stunned from the landing. Her mind quickly snaps back to reality though, recalling Jaune saving her from being attacked. "Jaune, thank...?" She looks around, seeing no sign of him anywhere. "Jaune...Jaune?" she said, her voice now shaking.

After a frantic moment of turning her head from side to side, she finally spots him...or rather, his orange scarf, sticking out of a puff of a cloud pond. She crawls over to the scarf and grabs it, pulling it out and finding it strange there wasn't any resistance in pulling it. After a moment, she was holding the whole thing but where was Jaune? In that moment, she recalled what Blake had told them earlier about what cloud ponds were.

Her eyes water as she begins shaking. "Jaune...no Jaune...you can't...you can't be..." She shakes her head, not wanting to believe it as she begins to move into the cloud. He had to be in here somewhere, he just had to be.

"Wait, what are you doing?" yells Blake, jumping over to Ruby and grabbing the younger girl, pulling her out before she could fall. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"But...Jaune...he saved me from that Beowolf and...he... Where's Jaune?" she asked, her voice weak and trembling.

In that moment, Blake realizes that Jaune was indeed missing. That, along with Ruby's words, told her all she needed to know. "Ruby, I'm sorry. If...if he really fell into the cloud pond...then he's..."

Ruby now begins to shake her head, tears sliding down her cheeks. "No...no he can't be...not Jaune. He...he's Jaune and..." Unable to ignore the truth, Ruby begins to cry hard as she buries her face into the scarf, crying out for him over and over. The Grimm, sensing her pain and despair, all turn to look at her, at their newest meal. Blake curses as she now finds herself needing to guard Ruby from the Grimm less they make her their next meal.

Below Beacon Land, Jaune fell towards the earth. Beside him, the Beowolf; its eyes losing their light as its body begins to dissolve. He assumed that they couldn't survive if they went past a certain distance from their source. At least it wouldn't hurt people down below.

"Ruby...sorry. Just...just survive, you have to..." said Jaune sadly as his falling form passes through a weird emerald green cloud.

He must have blacked out or so he assumed as one minute, he was passing through a cloud, then the next he found himself in some sort of darkened space. Was he already dead? If so, why did the ground feel wet? It takes a moment for him to realize he could move around so Jaune picks himself up, finding he could somehow stand on the water in this...weird place. Ripples passed through the water, starting from the spot he was standing on.

"Hello, is anyone there? Mom, Dad, Grandpa? God? Please tell me this is Heaven cause I really don't want to be in the other place." Well, one thing was for sure, regardless of which afterlife he was in now, it certainly didn't match up with what he had heard or expected of it.

He finds himself needing to shield his eyes suddenly as a light comes bursting to light above him before seeing a glowing bubble float down before him. "Greetings, child."

"Um...hey. Are you...God by any chance?" asked Jaune.

"Heaven's no, I am not God nor are you dead" speaks the voice of a woman from the bubble which flash's with light when her voice speaks out. "You may call me Goodwitch; the spirit guardian over the Glynda Forest which you also call the Southern Cardinal."

Jaune nods, saying "I see, I see...wait, does that mean I wasn't falling to my death after all? That I'm still back up there is Beacon Land?" He hoped it had all been a dream. Maybe he was still rotating over that open fire, zonked out? OR, MAYBE he was still back home and this whole crazy adventure was just some loopy dream he was having?

"I'm afraid you are not in Beacon Land and you are still falling...or at least you would be if I hadn't stopped you. Currently, you are floating inside an emerald cloud resting just below Beacon Land. Be thankful I sensed your distress and came to save you otherwise, well, I'm sure you can take a guess."

Jaune gulps, giving the bubble a nod. "Yeah, thanks for saving me by the way. Now...um, any chance you can take me back up to Beacon Land. I need to get back to my friend Ruby and make sure she's safe."

"Why do you care if she's safe or not?" asked Goodwitch, her tone becoming colder.

"What's that suppose to mean?" asked Jaune, confused.

"As a Goodwitch, I can see all that happens within the Beacon Lands. Furthermore, it is easy for me to see into your memories so I know what kind of relationship you two have."

"So? Is there a point you're trying to make?" asked Jaune, starting to get angry. It was bad enough this...thing had looked inside his head; an invasion of privacy in his opinion. But it sounded like it was about to start bad mouthing Ruby which he considered a dangerous thing to do around him.

"My point is that I've seen how she treats you in the times you two spend together, how she mistreats you, takes you for granted" says Goodwitch.

"Do tell me then" says Jaune.

"Like how she always lets herself in to your home without knocking, tries to force her hobbies onto you, and even eats your meals" says Goodwitch.

Jaune shrugs, saying "None of them are a big deal. Sure, she lets herself in without knocking but at least she doesn't come barging into the bathroom...well, there was that ONE time but I blame that on her sister's sports drink she accidentally drank before coming to see me. Her hobbies aren't THAT bad and truth be told, I don't mind them all that much. As for her eating my meals for me? Eh, details."

"What about forcing your hand in climbing up the beanstalk? What about her letting go of said beanstalk, risking both her and your lives as a result?" asked the Goodwitch.

"Ruby loves adventure. Comes from all those fairy tale stories she likes to read. Truth be told, I had been curious about climbing up too. I just wanted to wait till AFTER we had some smarter people than us look the thing over. And as for her little...'stunt'? Well, she tends to act without thinking first. That can be a bit of a hassle but hey, it hasn't killed me yet. Besides, she never repeats the same exact mistake twice at least."

"Oh really? Then what about what happened with the giant, Nora? She was roasting you over an open fire while this Ruby was unaware your your plight, instead lost in eating Nora's cookies...and I mean that literally, not in the perverted way you kids like to take those words these days. As I said before, I examined your memories and have seen similar incidents to that one having happened" said Goodwitch.

Now Jaune was getting mad, shown by both the look on his face and his clenched fist. "Like I said before, she has never repeated the EXACT same mistake twice. Besides, my life was never in any real danger when Nora put me into that position as she had be propped up high enough, likely do to my small size, so that the fire wasn't actually going to be able to cook me. Make me sweat, yes, and maybe give me a tan if I had remained there long enough. But NOT actually cook me...though I do wonder what that was even about anyways? I'll need to remember and ask about it later. And as for those OTHER similar times, my life was never in any REAL danger, though my thoughts might have been overly dramatic in thinking that way at the time they happened."

"Why do you defend her? After all, its clear she's nothing more than a..."

"Don't even say another word" said Jaune, his voice low and threatening. He very rarely ever got this mad or sounded like he did just now but this 'thing' before him was pushing all the right buttons to bring him into his current mood. "You said before you looked inside my head. Then you must have seen the truth as well."

"And that would be?" asked the Goodwitch.

Jaune takes a deep breath to calm himself. "That when I needed it most, Ruby was always there for me. And since you seem to have missed them, I'll give YOU three examples of this truth."

After a quick pause, Jaune says "First, there was the incident at the Port Farm. Old farmer Port had me come by one day to assist in some menial task, as he called it. The end result of my helping out was both legs and my left arm being broken and it was Ruby, despite not even being asked to, who came and played nurse maid for me during my recovery time. Granted, she fed me nothing but cookies and milk despite the doctors orders but I still ended up healing faster than what I was told I would need."

"Second, there was the snake bite incident. You see, Ruby has one big fear and that's of snakes. One day, I happened to be waiting outside for her as I knew she would be coming and I noticed a snake was laying on the road. Knowing that Ruby might not notice it till she was on top of it, I went to move it off to the side, for her peace of mind. I ended up being bitten by the snake which had a rather dangerous, if not potentially fatal bite I later learned. This made me collapse just as Ruby showed up. Before I passed out, I saw her charge forward and kick the snake with enough force to send it all the way to Evacuo. When I next woke up, two weeks had passed and I found Ruby laying at my bedside. My sister, Penny, told me that Ruby had sucked out as much of the venom as she could then got me to the hospital. She remained glued to my side the entire time, only ever leaving when she needed to use the bathroom. Even Yang promising her all the cookies she could eat just to get her outside for some fresh air wouldn't move her. And during that time, she always kept held on my hand and talked to me, hoping I would hear her despite my semi-coma."

"And even still, those two examples pale when compared to the third and most important in my mind" said Jaune.

"And that would be?" asked Goodwitch.

"She became my friend, my FIRST friend. Sure, you could use the excuse that it only happened because I saved her from that werewolf which is how we first met, but the fact remains that she was the first person, not related to me or Penny to call me a friend, to want to hang out with me and be a part of my life. For all that and more, I say to you that Ruby is my BFF and I will never abandon her or think badly of her, no matter what."

The Goodwitch remains silent for a moment then she begins to laugh, she laughs HARD. "You find that funny?" asked Jaune, more confused than angry.

"No, no, not funny" says Goodwitch, her tone soft. "I can now understand just how strong the bond between you two really is. Truth is, I already knew that as it was when that fairy Coco helped you to release your Aura's that I awoke from my slumber within the Southern Cardinal. To think that such a powerful bond could exist was...impressive. I just wanted to hear what could make it so strong from you. And your conviction is just as impressive."

"So, what now?" asked Jaune.

"Now I will send you back to Beacon Land so you can aid the others in stopping the Grimm Storm. And to save your friend as well as I can feel the pain and anguish she's experiencing from the thought of you having died. So can every Grimm as well and I have no doubt they will all be coming for her."

"Then what are you waiting for. Get me back up there" yells Jaune.

"Before that, I have a gift for you" says Goodwitch as a small orb floats out of the bubble over to Jaune. "Take it into your hands and send your Aura into it. If you plan on fighting the Grimm, you'll need a weapon and this orb will produce YOUR weapon."

Jaune nods though he was somewhat confused by how this orb could become a weapon. He takes the orb into his hands and, as instructed, sends his Aura into the orb, causing it to shine with light which forces him to look away while closing his eyes. He then feels a weight press down on his hands and once he's able to look again, he sees a sword and its sheath now in place of the orb.

"Behold, this is your soul weapon, Crocea Mors. I can tell it has a blade that will never dull or break and the sheath can turn into a shield to protect you, also unbreakable. Will this be enough to aid you?"

Jaune swings the blade, finding it to be as light as a feather. He then hold it out and above him, smiling. "Only one way to find out."

"Agreed" said Goodwitch before a mirror rises from the water. She then sends out another orb to Jaune. "Give this one to Ruby as I'm sure she'll want to protect everyone too. Now, step through this mirror and you'll be returned to Beacon Land."

Jaune nods, taken the orb into his hand and placing it inside his hoodies pocket. "Thank you, Goodwitch..." He then runs into the mirror, finding its surface like water, easily passing through it. Once Jaune was gone, the bubble changes its shape, becoming a woman with platinum blonde hair tied into a tight bun.

"Are you sure about this?" she asked.

The mirror begins to glow with a green light as a voice speaks out from beyond. "Sure, no. But I feel it's a good idea. We'll just need to wait and see what happens next. But I believe those two will be the ones we have been waiting for."

Jaune found himself floating through a prism like world for a moment before being pulled into another mirror, emerging in a familiar looking location. "This is...Silver Palace" he says, looking around. While he hadn't seen this room before, the layout and size was enough of an indicator for him.

"Hold on Ruby, I'll be right there" he says as he breaks into a run. He only hopes he can reach her in time.

Back outside, Blake was beginning to get tired as more and more Grimm appeared, trying to get Ruby. There was no question they would all be coming for her, due to her current distress, so she needed to keep her safe. But with her Aura growing weaker and weaker and exhaustion was starting to set in, she knew that this was a losing battle.

And then...

"BATTER UP" comes Nora as she jumps into view, landing nearby and already slamming her hammer down on more Grimm. Moment's later, Ren appears, his weapons firing round after round into the beast.

"Blake, you doing OK?" asked Ren while Nora gives off an ear hurting war cry.

"Now that I have some backup, yeah." She then looks back at Ruby sadly, adding "Can't say the same for her though."

"Why, what's happened? Where's that Jaune...oh, I see. So that's why the Grimm are massing here" said Ren.

"Yeah, he fell through a cloud pond while saving this girl from a Grimm. Not surprisingly, she's not taking it well" said Blake.

Ren was silent before going to stand by Blake's side. "So, how many do you think are left?"

Blake shrugs. "Maybe about half, based on how many of those pools the storm has released. At least it can't get any..."

A loud booming sound cuts her off, making them look to the sky. Even the Grimm come to a stop and look up as something BIG emerges from the storm's center. The Grimm Dragon roars as it comes into view, circling above them.

"...worse. I HATE when stuff like that happens, being jinxed just because of ONE little word" mumbles Blake. Ren gives her an agreeing nod.

Nora, meanwhile, has a big grin on her face as she brings her hammer to the ready. "Oh, I have been waiting for a new challenger to appear. Now, come closer to mama Nora so she can break your legs."

"Nora...?" Ren sighs, shaking his head. "It might be easier to go for the wings than the legs" he says, feeling to exasperated to say what he really wanted to say.

"Or I can go for both the wings and the legs. O yeah, baby. This is gonna be fun" she cheers as she begins jumping up, over and over, trying to hit the Dragon with her hammer, missing each time though she does manage to flatten more and more trees under her shoes, causing powerful tremors upon the ground that makes standing hard for both Ren and Blake. The lesser Grimm, on the other hand, don't seem to be having as much balancing issues like they were having.

"Hey, Nora, that's really not helping us..." Blake's words are cut short as a Boarbatusk comes flying out of nowhere, slamming into her and sending her flying with it rolling right after her.

"Blake?" yells Ren, his attention momentarily focused onto her, leaving himself open which an Ursa was quick to capitalize on, rising up and sending one of its huge claws swiping down at Ren, striking him and sending him flying as well.

"Ren?" yells Blake, picking herself up only to find multiple Beowolf's surrounding her, becoming a wall to keep her away from aiding Ren or even getting back over to Ruby. She can see the Ursa that had struck Ren moving to stand above him, pinning him down. She then sees a King Taijitu slither into view, moving closer and closer to Ruby.

"NORA, forget the Grimm Dragon and save Ruby" yells Blake. "If it eats her, the Grimm will gain enough power to escape Beacon Land and invade the surface world."

"HEY, GET DOWN HERE SO I CAN SMASH YOU INTO LITTLE BITS" yells Nora, her attention to fully on the Grimm Dragon to even hear Blake's words.

"RUN, RUBY" yells Ren.

Ruby, hearing his words and feeling a shadow come over her finally opens her eyes and looks back, seeing the snake Grimm baring down on her. She knew she needed to move, to run, but her body was frozen under its piercing gaze and do to her fear of snakes. 'Jaune...I'm...'

As the King Taijitu goes to consume her, another shadow comes flying over her, the sound of metal slicing through the air. The Grimm stops moving for just a heartbeat before its black head falls from the rest of its body, making the white head on the opposite end come slithering around fast, attempting the strike at Ruby's rescuer as he lands before her.

"Sorry for 'cutting...' in" says Jaune as he swings his blade out fast and hard, slicing the white head in half, killing it. "...but I really need to 'chop, chop' with helping everyone." As the Grimm's body breaks apart, Jaune looks at his blade for a moment, feeling astonished. Not only had he been given this sword and shield, he seemed to have also been given the knowledge on hos to properly use it too. He also fails to realize he had done some Yang tier puns which would make him smack himself.

"Now, who's next?" he said, looking around.

"Jaune?" comes the voice of Ruby, making him look back to see the shocked look on her face, her red eyes wide as tears still falling although slower. "Is it really you, Jaune?" she asked, slowly reaching out to touch him. Her hand hesitates just a moment before grabbing hold of his sleeve. "This...you're...?"

"Hey, Ruby. You OK?" he asked before he felt something crash into him, wrapping him into a tight hug. He can feel Ruby shake as she cries into his chest.

"Jaune...sniff I thought...I thought...I had" says Ruby, her head turning to look up at him, her eyes locked onto his.

Jaune's response is to hug her back, saying "Sorry about that. I just saw you in trouble and my body just acted. Anyways, all that matters is that you're alright and that we're both here now together, right."

Ruby just stares at him for a moment before smiling, giving him a nod. "Yeah..." she says, all her pain and sorrow gone. This causes all the Grimm to growl in rage, the negative emotions they sought having been lost to them.

"Hey you two, save that lovey dovey stuff for later" yells Blake. They can see the remaining Grimm gathering around them, their eyes glowing red bright and fierce. They then hear a cry as Nora comes falling back, slamming into the ground hard having been hit by the Grimm Dragon's tail.

"We need to deal with this problem first" adds Ren, breaking free of the Ursa to join Blake.

"They're right" says Jaune, bringing his sword to the ready.

Ruby, standing beside him, looks at the blade and ask "Jaune, where did you get that sword and shield?"

"Believe it or not, from some magic talking bubble that saved me" said Jaune, making Ruby blink, confused. "Yeah, I know. Crazy right? Anyways, reaching into my hoodie pocket. You'll find an small orb inside. Send your Aura into the orb and it'll become a weapon that you can use, just like how I got my weapon."

Ruby looks at him for a second before doing as he says, digging around in his pockets and quickly finding the orb. She pulls it out and looks at it, then at Jaune who gives her a nod, then back at the orb. Determination in her eyes, she sends Aura into the orb, causing it to glow and grow, becoming a scythe.

"OOO, neat" she says, her eyes wide with amazement as she looks over her new toy.

Jaune, meanwhile, looks at her scythe then at his sword then back at her scythe a few times before deadpanning, saying "That is so unfair. Her's is bigger and cooler than mine."

Ruby steps away from Jaune, giving her scythe a few swings to get a feel for it, finding it both strange and awesome at the same time that she somehow just KNEW how to use her baby effectively; her Crescent Rose. As she readies herself, Jaune notices something weird. Rose petals seemed to be appearing from Ruby's body, swirling around her, guided by some unseen force.

"Ruby, what's...?" asked Jaune, or tried to ask her.

"OK, Jaune. Let's do this" cheers Ruby as she begins to run toward the nearest Grimm, only to rocket forward, becoming a blur or pure speed and rose petals. Jaune, along with Ren and Blake, just stand there and watch dumbfounded as Ruby goes from one Grimm to another, striking them down instantly using her suddenly gained speed and skill while her flowing rose petals also go cutting into the surrounding Grimm as they touch the beast, slicing them in half.

"Damn, Jaune. Your girlfriend knows how to kick some ass. Where'd she learn to do all that?" asked Blake. Jaune can't respond as he's been left speechless and awestruck by Ruby.

Somehow, Ruby was killing all the Grimm herself alone, without any help, bringing their previous overwhelming numbers down to only a few that were also being taking out by Ruby's insane moves. Overhead, the Grimm Dragon roars, angry at the sight it was seeing. But instead of going to attack Ruby, it instead decides to retreat for now in order to avoid dying itself and setting its kind's desire to invade the world back a significant amount.

"Guys" yells Ren, getting their attention, including Ruby's. "The big guy's trying to make a break for it."

"Not on our watch" yells Nora, finally getting back onto her feet. She then looks at Ruby, adding "Sweets buddy, need a lift?" She then brings her hammer back, readying it to swing like a golf club.

Ruby nods, understanding what Nora was planning, as she runs at top speed towards the giant girl as Nora goes into the swing. Ruby reaches and grabs onto the Magnhild when it reaches the lowest point of the swing. "Now fly high and kiss the sky" yells Nora as she sends Ruby shooting fast into the sky towards the Grimm Dragon.

The Grimm, sensing the approaching threat, looks back in time to see Ruby coming right at it. Ruby then breaks into a spin, her enhanced speed making her appear to turn into a buzz saw as she slices into the Grimm Dragon, both her scythe and her rose petals cutting the Grimm up into many little pieces. The Dragon's howl on pain is short as its pieces further fade away into nothing while the Grimm Storm above immediately evaporates into nothing. Moments later, Ruby lands safely on the ground, making a victory pose as the sunlight shine down behind her.

"Ruby..." says Jaune, awestruck by the sight of her. Never before had she looked so beautiful as she did right now. Ruby, coming off her being awesome high, runs over to Jaune to stand before him, looking nervous.

"Did I...do good, Jaune? Was I cool?" she asked.

It takes a moment for Jaune's brain to register her words, leading him to wrap her into a hug. "You were amazing, Ruby. Cooler than cool." Ruby hugs him back and they stay like that for a few moments before pulling away. Jaune then chuckles, adding "Truth be told, I'm feeling totally inadequate right now after seeing that."

Ruby giggles as well, shaking her head. "Not in my eyes, your not."

"OH YEAH, WE DID IT" cheered Nora. "WE TOTALLY BEAT THE GRIMM."

"You mean Ruby did" says Ren as Nora begins an ground shaking happy dance. "We just stood there and watched the whole thing."

"Like Nora's going to listen...or care" points out Blake. Moments later, everyone notices a little issue coming up for Nora. Her dancing around saw her moving closer and closer to a rather large cloud pond. "Nora, watch where you're..." yells Ren, but it was already to late.

"What was that, Ren..." Nora doesn't finish as her hop/dance sends her right into the cloud pond and sends her falling straight down towards the world below, making a "Goofy-esque cry" as she fell. Everyone just looks at each other before Ren and Blake sigh.

"Ah jeez, not again" groaned Blake.

"Wait, AGAIN?" asked Jaune.

"Yeah, again" says Ren, shaking his head. "Honestly, this sort of thing always happens where Nora's concerned. I think her record for falling off Beacon Land is currently five times in one month with a total of seventy six falls overall, including this one."

"She's fallen THAT many times? But how come there has never been any reports of a giant girl falling from the sky and wandering around below. And just how does she get back up here anyways?" asked Ruby.

"Oh yeah..." says Blake, her and Ren looking at each other before back and Ruby and Jaune. "...there's still a few things we haven't told you about yet."

(down below)

"RUBY? RUBY? WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU?" yells Yang as she and Penny roamed the lands surrounding Patchwork, searching for Jaune and Ruby. Following the destruction of the town and the Arc family home due to the fall of the Beanstalk, no thanks to Yang, they had made their way into town and looked around, finding no sign of them anywhere nor had they been seen around either.

"Brother Jaune? Friend Ruby" says Penny, looking inside bushes and under rocks of various sizes. She then looks at Yang and says "I'm beginning to think they are not within the area at the moment. Perhaps they ran off together, eloping so they could engage in some form of forbidden passion with one another?"

"For your brother's sake, he better not have. After all, I demand to be present when the day they do the deed comes" says Yang.

Penny cocks her head off to the side, asking "Why, friend Yang?"

Yang looks at Penny with a big grin on her face. "Because I need to make sure they both do their parts correctly, you know. After all, they're both helpless without proper guidance. And because I'm into kinky things too. Heh heh, I like to watch. Sue me."

After a moment, a shadow comes over them which is quickly followed by a whistling sound. "What is that?" asked Yang.

Before Penny could respond, something from above comes slamming into the ground near by, far to near for Yang's liking as both she and Penny are sent falling onto their butts while a massive dust cloud covers the area due to whatever had just come falling down.

"It would appear something else has fallen from the sky" says Penny, picking herself up and looking towards the concealed object that had fallen.

"It wasn't me this time, I swear" cries Yang.

After a few moments, they hear the sound of coughing and a girl say "Ow, my poor butt. I really need to stop falling off all the time."

"Hey, who said that? Who are you?" yells Yang.

"Oh crap" cries the girl, her form still being hidden by the dust cloud. "Where is it, where is...aha, found it." Yang cocks her head to the side as she hears weird sounds coming from the girl. Seconds later, Nora comes walking into view. "It always feels weird going back to normal size."

"Hey, who are you? Where did you come from? Did you cause that tremor?" asked Yang.

"Ah, how could I have caused that tremor? Ha ha hah, I'm just an average girl, same as you" said Nora, laughing nervously.

"Friend Yang is far from average. In fact, she's rather..."

"Penny, don't even say it" yells Yang. "Anyways, never mind that. We need to get going. Gotta find my sister Ruby and Jaune."

"Oh, you're the sister of Ruby" says Nora, getting in close to better look at Yang. "I don't see the resemblance."

"Huh? You know Ruby? Where is she? Is she alright? Did Jaune do anything perverted to her?" asked Yang, grabbing Nora's shoulders, shaking her.

"Of course I know her, we're sweets buddies after all. She's back up there" says Nora, pointing to the sky.

"Um...OK, explain" said Yang.

Nora does so, telling Yang and Penny all about Beacon Land, figuring there wasn't any reason to keep it secret to the families of her newest friends. "So, friend Ruby and brother Jaune are both up there right now. Are they alone?"

"Of course not. Ren and Blake are up there. And that annoying princess and her friend...and those freaky fairies" says Nora.

"But how the heck did they get up there anyways?" asked Yang, not really believing this crazy girl.

"Oh, that's easy. They climbed up using the Beanstalk grown from some Amaze-a-beans produced by Beacon Land's soil. I believe they were planning to come back but the Beanstalk went missing rather suddenly" says Nora, making Yang sweat drop, knowing that was because of her.

"OK, so how can we get up there to get them?" asked Yang.

"Oh, that's easy" says Nora, digging through her pockets. "I always keep some beans on me, in case I ever fall off...which happens a lot actually. Ah, here they are" she says, pulling them out.

"Then don't just stand there, plant those damn things so we can get a-climbing" commands Yang.

"Yeah...about that. Seems I forgot to put a bottle of liquid Full Moon Drops into my pockets after my last fall so...yeah, we'll have to do this the old fashion way and wait till the next full moon before these babies will grow big and tall" says Nora.

"WHAT?" yells Yang.

Nora chuckles nervously. "Yeah, so we'll have to wait a few weeks. So, got any place where I can stay till then. And some grub too, I'm starving."

"Great, that's just GREAT" says Yang, hoping Jaune could keep his hands to himself...at least until she can get up there and watch the show. Yeah, she was a perverted mind. What can you do?

(Beacon Land)

"So, in a nutshell, Nora was originally from the surface world like the rest of us. She was a member of a traveling circus; this amazing Cannonball Girl who was shot out of a cannon. One day, she had it aimed to high and packed with far more explosives than is recommended. So much so that when the cannon fired, she was sent flying high enough and far enough to reach Beacon Land. After exploring, she found the castle and one of the local fairies gave her the four-one-one on everything that could be found here, including the beans and some magic potions that could either make one grow bigger or smaller depending on which you drink. Silver Castle also grows and shrinks depending on the needs of the occupants. Did I get everything?" asked Jaune.

"More or less" says Ren.

"And you can use those Full Moon Drop liquids to make the beans instantly sprout into a full sized beanstalk too" adds Ruby.

"As long as Nora remembered to restock the stuff after her last fall. If she did, she'll be back up here by nightfall and of not? Well, get comfy as you'll be stuck up here for a while" says Blake.

"Might as well head back to the castle for now and eat something. All that fighting can make one hungry" says Ren.

"Especially if you haven't eaten all day too" adds Jaune.

With that, they begin to walk back to the castle, spotting someone running towards them. Soon enough, they see that it is Weiss, heading right at them with Pyrrha following a bit behind, choosing to walk rather than run. As Weiss reaches them, she yells out "What's going on? The castle suddenly started to shrink down on us and we were forced to leave the storage closet."

"We also heard strange noises and I saw the sky had grown dark through the window when I poked my head out" adds Pyrrha, finally joining them.

"A bunch of monsters attacked from the sky above but we drove them off" says Jaune.

"Though Nora slipped up and fell through one of those cloud ponds. She's probably down on the ground below us" adds Ruby.

"So does that mean Nora isn't here no more?" asked Weiss.

"That is correct and she either won't be able to get back till tonight at the earliest or in a few weeks otherwise" says Ren.

Weiss's reply was to cheer and turning back to Pyrrha, grabbing her hands in celebration. "Oh thank god. Freedom from her crazy nature, even if only for a few hours. I feel safe now."

"Safe enough to even even 'come out of the closet' for good, I take it" asked Jaune.

"At least till she gets back" says Weiss. "You know, it actually feels nice to have finally come out of that closet. So liberating and free. Ah, I feel like a new woman."

Jaune can't help but snicker, making Weiss look at him. "What's so funny? I remember hearing you laugh when we met earlier too. Just what is so funny anyways?"

Jaune looks at her, saying "Sorry, it's just...you are admitting you 'came out of the closet' and all..."

"And what of it? Of course I came out of the closet. I WAS inside one after all so I had to come out eventually. I don't see why that would be funny. Is it some kind of joke to you peasant types?" asked Weiss.

"Maybe you royal types have different way of looking at things but we 'peasant' types have a special meaning when using that term" says Blake.

"Do tell?" asked Weiss, failing to notice Pyrrha's eyes going wide as she finally recalled that she did know what was being said by her friend without realizing it.

"Saying 'out of the closet' is another way for a person to admit that they're gay" says Ren.

Weiss just stands there with a blank expression for a few seconds as Ren's words work their way through her thoughts. Her eyes then go wide in both shock and terror as she screams out "WHAT?" She then looks back at Pyrrha, asking "That's not true, right? That's just a joke on their part?"

"Actually..." says Pyrrha, not sure how to break it to her friend.

Weiss turns back to the others and begins to wave her arms around frantically. "I am NOT out of any closet. I was never even in any closet to begin with. No closet was I ever in. I am not...AAAAHHHH." She then turns and runs back to the castle, her cheeks mad red as she wanted to find a place to hide from these obviously corruptive people she had been forced to meet.

"So sorry about that. Weiss has been...rather sheltered by her family. Well, better go make sure she doesn't do anything crazy now" says Pyrrha, turning back to follow after the princess.

"Well that was amusing" says Blake.

"We should probably go apologize to her" adds Ren.

"First, we eat something then we can say our sorrys" says Blake as they begin to walk towards the castle, stopping after a few seconds to look back to Jaune and Ruby. Jaune was lost in though following that little bit of Weiss teasing while Ruby, who had remained quiet during the whole exchange, was looking at Jaune in a very curious way.

"Well, this day is certainly been an interesting one. I know I'll never forget it. What about you, Ru..." Jaune's words are stopped as he feels something soft kiss his cheek. Turning, he sees Ruby pulling away with a light blush on her cheeks. "Ruby...?"

"I...when I thought I had lost you...before, it made me realize so many things that I have been so blind to" says Ruby. "There are so many things I've been wanting to say, to do, and I...Jaune...I really..."

As he listened to her talk, Jaune recalled what he had thought and felt as well about Ruby when he had been falling through the clouds, when he had been talking to the Goodwitch. And now, hearing Ruby's words finally made it all truly clear to him. How HE really felt about her.

"Jaune...I really...lov..." Before she finish, Jaune grabs her shoulders and, before she could say a word, pulls her to him and press's his lips to her, a sweet and loving first kiss for them, between them. The kiss last a few seconds before they part and look into each others eyes. Jaune gives her a nod, making Ruby smile before they go in for another, much longer kiss.

Off to the side, Ren and Blake look at each other and smile before turning and walking away to give Jaune and Ruby some privacy though Blake was wanting to stay a bit longer as watching those two was giving her some ideas for a book. She did love writing after all, though few knew about her hobby.

Back at the castle, the room filled with mirror's is filled with a strange light as each mirror gives off a glow. Perhaps, there would be more adventures down the line for Jaune, Ruby, and their friends, both old and new. Only time shall tell.

Fin...

(bonus omake)

"AND CUT...that's a wrap people" comes the voice of Glynda from behind the directors chair.

Beside her, Ozpin claps his hands as he steps forward. "Good work, everyone. Beacon Academy's first ever movie has been finished. And ahead of schedule no less. Now, if you'll excuse us, me and miss Goodwitch shall retire to the editing room in order to begin working on the final cut of the film."

Glynda joins him, adding "Also, be prepared to be called back here within the next few days should we decide we need to do any re-shoots for the film."

"HEY, PROF OZZIE" yells Nora, zipping up to Ozpin. "Do you have anymore of that size enhancing juice? I like the feeling a being BIG. Makes me feel FIERCE!"

Ozpin chuckles at Nora, saying "Not on hand but I'll see what I can do, miss Valkyrie."

Nora pumps her hands, shouting "YEAH, GONNA STOMP ME SOME GRIMM NEXT MISSION."

"Professor Goodwitch, Professor Ozpin" comes Weiss, running up to the retreating pair. "I have a question."

"And that would be?" asked Goodwitch. "Please tell me you aren't upset with your part being so small."

Weiss shakes her head, saying "No, it's not that though I admit I wish I did have a bigger part. But that's not the issue I have. I want to know WHY MY ROLE was mainly used for the sake of some joke?"

"I suggest you ask miss Belladonna about that, miss Schnee. The story, after all, was made by her as well as who would play what roles in this production" says Glynda while Ozpin was talking to Penny who was thanking him for including her in the production.

Weiss turns to look at her teammate, clearly shocked by this. "Blake, this was all your idea? Why did you do this to me? You're not still made about that little argument we had when we first met Sun, are you?"

Blake shakes her head, saying "No, no, this wasn't me. Sure, I came of with the story and who would play who in this work. But I didn't write the script for this one. I handed off the rough draft to Goodwitch and she gave it to someone else who wrote the final script we ended up using. Trust me, if I had written this myself, I wouldn't have done that to you. And I wouldn't have made me some girl who had been cursed. MY original idea was that I was actually a magic cat that could take on human form."

Weiss turns back to to Glynda, asking "So just who wrote the current script anyways?" Blake was also wanting to know as she hadn't been told who would be handling it.

"Our script writer would rather remain unknown for the time being as he can be rather secretive. All I can say for now is that he is someone who is a famous writer and has won many awards for his work."

Elsewhere, in Vale at a place called the Crow Bar, a certain individual was sitting back and drinking rather heavily. Qrow wonders how the movie was coming along and if they had finished filming it yet? He was glad Glynda had agreed to let HIM handle the writing of the script in exchange for a owing her a few favors she could collect on down the line when needed.

He smiles, thinking about how he had handled the Ice Princess's role. Truth be told, he would have preferred it to have been his Ice Queen, Winter Schnee, to be playing the part. Still, getting a laugh through her sister was just as good. He then turns his thoughts to Ruby. He hopes his plans with her, especially the ending, would widen her mindset on things. After all, Ruby needed to learn that there was more to life than cookies, weapons, and hunting Grimm down. Plus, that blonde boy needed a little push into manhood to, or so Qrow thought.

Back with the teams, Weiss grumbles to herself, mentally swearing that she would do something horrible to the person who had written the script once she found out who it was. She then feels a hand on her shoulder, making her look to see it was Yang.

"Cheer up, Weiss-cream, it could be worse" says Yang.

"Sure, easy for you to say. You didn't have any embarrassing lines to read" says Weiss.

"True, but at least you didn't have to walk around with a giant harp sticking out of your back like poor Ren did. Poor guy will probably have back pain to deal with for a while" says Yang. She then grins and smacks her fist together. "Still, having me getting a kick from wrestling lions, tigers, and bears sounds fun. I might need to try that for myself one day."

Weiss roles her eyes at that. "Only you, Yang. Only you. Hey Ruby, please talk some sense into your...Ruby?" Weiss realizes her partner was MIA. "Hey, Ruby? Where'd you run off to?" she yells, making Yang and Blake look around also.

"She's...right there" says Pyrrha, pointing them in the direction she was looking. They notice Pyrrha's cheeks were red from blushing and her voice sounded rather envious too. They all look and quickly understand why Pyrrha looked and sounded as she did.

Ruby was standing beside Jaune; standing really, REALLY close to Jaune. So close that their bodies were hugging each other, Ruby was standing her her tippy toes while her hands were wrapped around Jaune's neck while Jaune had his hands resting against the small of her back.

And they were STILL KISSING each other too.

"Wha...how long...?" asked Weiss.

"Actually, I don't think they've stopped since before Glynda yelled cut" says Ren.

"OOO, so my little sister has finally found something she likes more than cookies and weapons, huh? I need to find the person who wrote this script and thank them" says Yang.

"Yeah, fearless leader. Shove your tongue down her throat. Make her a kissing addict" cheers Nora.

"Nora, they don't need your help to know what they need to do" says Ren who could clearly tell tongue action was already at work here between Ruby and Jaune.

"Truth is that I think Ruby really is addicted to kissing now, Jaune too" says Blake, getting everyone's attention onto her. "According to the script, they were only suppose to kiss once then walk over to join us, hand in hand to close out their scene."

"OK you two, the filming is over" yells Weiss, marching over to break them apart. "Kiss time is ov..." She doesn't finish as she finds the tip of Crescent Rose's scythe blade aimed at her, the weapon magically appearing in Ruby's hand faster than the eye could blink.

The message was clear to Weiss and everyone else present. Break this moment up and DIE. Weiss backs away, saying "Um...yeah, never mind. Please, continue doing what you're doing, you two." She laughs nervously as the scythe vanishes and Ruby hand is back to where it had been before.

A clicking sound then catches their attention, making everyone look at Yang who had her Scroll out. Yang then looks at them and says "What? I'm just taking a few pictures. You know, for the memories and all. Besides, it'll be good blackmail material to use against them in the future if we ever need anything as I'm sure neither Ruby or Jaune want the old man finding out about this. He'd kill Jaune for sure, saying he corrupted poor sweet innocent Ruby."

"Yang, that's horrible. Blackmailing your own sister like this. I...I...I actually think its a good idea" says Weiss, pulling out her own Scroll and takes a picture. Blake does so as well, saying "Good inspiration for my personal works." Nora and Ren also take pictures as Jaune will likely like to have some. Pyrrha just stands there, wishing she could have been playing Ruby's part.

Jaune and Ruby, meanwhile, continue their ever heating up make out session, unaware of anything else in the world.

(bonus omake end)

AN: And so ends Jaune and the Beanstalk. Yeah, a little longer than the other chapters and a little more serious too but what can you do. So, will there be a sequel? Maybe as I have a couple of ideas. Like a Wizard of Oz parody with Ruby as Dorthy, Zwei as Toto, Jaune as the Scarecrow, Penny as the Tin Man, Neptune as the Cowardly Lion, Weiss as the Wicked Witch of the West (hey, it works from a comedy standpoint), and Sun as her head flying monkey. Will this, or any other fairy tale story happen? If time and a desire to write them allow it, then maybe. We'll see.

The Omake was just an idea on how this fic could have actually ended. While I decided to let it end as is, I went ahead and used the alternate ending as an omake. Did you like it and would have wanted it to be the actual ending or do you prefer it this way as presented here on FF? If nothing else, you can also think the omake as the actually ending if you did like it.

Now, before I go, here is a skit from what might become chapter 7 of my RWBY Chibi fic. This will be for the Yang pun lovers (or haters, or love to haters, or hate to lovers) out there. Enjoy...

Yang speaking all the lines here.

"The other day, my sister found herself in quite the pickle, facing off against thirty Grimm or so. We all thought she was screwed. But somehow, she defeated them all without even getting a scratch on her. I guess we can all agree that Ruby 'Rose' to the occasion. This makes Ruby cry over her name being Punned.

"Yep, it was definitely a 'Grimm' situation alright." Someone yells "You already did that one last time." "But like they say, it's always darkest before the 'Jaune', am I right people?" Jaune bangs his head against the table he was sitting at.

"Anyways, do you guys remember that power outage we had here at Beacon the other night? Turns out it was all of Vale that was in the 'Arc.' I guess you could say it was a total 'Blake' out." Blake glares at her partner, actually considering assassinating her friend and teammate for defiling her name so.

"Yesterday, I went down to the local 'Ren' a-Center here in Vale to buy a new TV for the dorm room." Ren closes his eyes, trying to meditate to escape the pain of hearing these puns. "But I found I was dangerously low on lien. And then see Pyrrha and ask her if I could borrow some cash.

Pyrrha's eyes go wide with horror, already knowing what pun was coming and fearing its usage. "She told me I'm sorry. All she had on her was 'Nikos' and dimes. Oh, and a 'Penny' too." Pyrrha lowers her face into her hands to hide her crying. That had been more horrible to hear aloud than just in her thoughts.

People boo Yang before getting up and starting to walk out. "Hey, wait. I'm not done yet. Come back, everyone. You know you can't ig-'Nora' me." Nora pulls Magnhild from out of thin air and tries to charge the stage though Ren stops her. She yells "Let me go, someone needs to break HER legs...and her mouth too."

"OK, I have a question for everyone here. Why does everyone HATE my puns? I personally think I'm pretty good at them." "Trust us, that's just you" shouts someone from the audience. "Well, excuse 'Schnee' for living. I've been told by many people my puns show I'm 'Weiss' beyond my years."

Now it was Weiss's turn to look horrified at her name being used. "Just wait, I have a hundred different Weiss Schnee puns I can do alone. See, I have a list all made up for it." That was it. Everyone jumps from their seats and charges the stage, ready to take Yang out and end the puns once and for all.

"Well, I guess that's it for now, folks. 'Schnee' you all later..."

Any hoot, that's all for now. Till next time, nates...