Hey guys. Long time no chapter huh… Sorry about that. I just entered exam week so I've been studying like crazy for a while now. But I'll try to get chapters out faster. On another note, the winner of the polls was Ruby. However, I found an overwhelming support for a harem so I have posted another poll. Should Jaune have a harem or stick with Ruby. The members of the harem are in the choice in the polls.

Here's the story:

Jaune sighed as he flopped down on his bed. Closing his eyes, he began to think. Things at Beacon had been quiet lately for him. After he defeated Blake in combat class, he hadn't been challenged as much as he thought he would. In fact the only people who had challenged him were Pyrrha and Ruby. Although he had been approached by others outside of the class, Jaune often just ignored the countless offers to be friends. It was so obvious they were after his power. People stopped approaching him after a couple of days. Not that he minded the silence of course. He had his team for that after all. One thing had been getting on his nerves though, and that thing was a 5 foot 8 inch Blonde with a crappy sense of humor. Yang Xiao Long had yet to be punished for her crimes against him. In fact, the only thing stopping him from enacting immediate justice was Ruby. She would be so upset if her sister died. More than that, she would never forgive him if she found him out. So he had been playing the unknowing fool, pretending to be friendly. It still made him die a little inside everytime he talked to her. ' What if I maimed her? No. Ruby would still be just as upset as if I killed her.' Jaune groaned, 'This was so damn infuriating! Come on, there has to be something I can do!'

Jaune's mental battle was interrupted by the sound of a door opening.

"Hey Ace."

A smile graced Jaune's lips as he opened his eyes.

"Hey Rubes. What's up?"

"Do you think we could talk for a bit?"

Jaune turned to face the Red riding hood. His smile immediately faltered as he saw the worried look on her face. Sitting up, he began to speak his mind his childhood friend. "Ruby what's wrong! Is someone bothering you? Who is it?"

Ruby giggled as she closed the door and locked it.

"No Jaune. Nothing of the sort."

Jaune disengaged his disguise as the silver eyed girl sat down on his bed next to him.

"Whats with the look then?"

Ruby sighed as she began to answer his question. "How could you hide something from me?"

Jaune's eyes went wide as his mind went blank. How the hell did she find out? He couldn't believe it! It was way too soon for her to have found out.

"Ruby I-"

"Save the excuses Jaune. I looked through your scroll."

Well shit. His next targets as well as all of the articles on the Cleaver were on that scroll.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO THIS JAUNE! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SWEET LITTLE BOY I KNEW BACK IN PATCH! HOW COULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WEAPONSMITHS IN ALL OF VALE AND NOT TELL ME!"

'...wait a minute…oh...ohhhh,' Thank Oum for Ruby's complete innocence. Nonetheless, he still had to salvage the situation somehow.

"Uhhh… It was supposed to be a surprise! Yes a surprise! I was actually planning on asking you if you wanted to meet him later today…"

'Please work!'

Ruby's face changed into one of pure glee.

"I'd love to!"

Jaune's face visibly relaxed.

'Whoever said that saturday's were relaxing is next on my hitlist. Now I have to turn in a favor from an old "friend". This is gonna suck.'

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'Why? Why did she have to find out about Church? He's going to kill me!' Jaune thought to himself in despair. Currently, he and Ruby were walking through vale on their way to Blood Gulch Weaponry. He was disguised as Ace of course. Wouldn't want the "Cleaver" to find out who he was right? Either way, Ruby had almost caught him. He would need to be much more sneakier with his gear from now on.

"Ican'tbelieveI'mgoingtomeetChruchI'msofreakingexcitedI-mmphhh!" Ruby's rambling was cut off as Jaune covered her mouth with his hand.

"Ruby… PLEASE try not to talk his ear off. He'll never forgive me if you do. You need to stay calm, ok?"

Ruby sighed as her tiny body shook with anticipation. "I'm sorry, I'm just so excited to meet him! Do you think he'll like Crescent Rose? What if he doesn't like me? What if-" Jaune reached a hand down and lightly flicked the girl on the forehead. "Ow… that hurt you meanie!" Ruby cried as she began to pout. "Knock that off, we're almost there."
Ruby's face turned into one of pure glee as she rushed over to the guarded building of Blood Gulch Weaponry.
'Better get over there before she causes a scene…'

Sighing again, Jaune quickened his pace to reach the establishment before anything bad happened.

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"OH MY OUM THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN! WE BOTH HAD SO MUCH IN COMMON! HE EVEN TOLD ME BETTER WAYS TO IMPROVE CRESCENT ROSE! WE HAVE TO GO AGAIN SOMETIME!"

'After the nasty text i got from Church, i don't think we'll be welcomed back anytime soon…' Jaune put a hand on Ruby's head and ruffled her hair. "We will Rubes." She smiled and began to lean in against his hand. It was quite comfortable there. But alas, not all things are meant to last, and soon Jaune reclaimed his hand. Although a bit put down by this, she decided it was better than nothing. Grabbing onto Jaune's hand, she happily thought about what upgrades she would make to Crescent Rose. What she didn't notice was how Jaune kept looking over his shoulder. They were being followed. That much Jaune was certain of. He sensed their stalker's aura around them the entire day. But of course, he hadn't realized they were being tailed until now. It was also very familiar to him but he couldn't quite put his finger on who it was. First things first. He needed to get Ruby out of the danger. Quickening his pace, the pair reached the bullhead docks. "Hey Rube's, would you mind if I catch up with you at Beacon a bit later? There's something I have to take care of by myself."

Ruby looked a bit disappointed but nodded her head anyways. "Ok… I guess I'll see you later?"

"For sure Rubes."

Smiling, the reaper hugged the disguised man before running to catch the bullhead to Beacon. As soon as the girl was out of sight, Jaune quickly started to move towards the location of the Stalker's Aura. The aura led him to an alleyway not too far from the docks. The person he saw made him kick himself for not recognizing the unknown Aura. The man was well dressed, had orange hair and green eyes. Neither of them spoke for a while. Then, Jaune started to walk towards the other man. He proceeded to envelope the person in a large hug.

"It's good to see you Roman."

Sorry about the wait. Don't forget I'm always open to ideas. I don't know when the next chapter will be out but I'll try to get it out as fast as possible. BYE!