It's me, Just Q of Jade, Q and Cupcake and... I don't know how to start this so I'll be straightforward here.

I DID NOT ACTUALLY LIKE HOW WE ACTUALLY JUST ABRUPTLY CANCELLED RWBBYVERSE.

This very feeling almost strained my friendship with Jade and we almost ended our partnership. After reading some of the reviews (a shout out to Colt Cobra, march4fun, dndkeg and TheAtlesianHarvester1979), I told her you guys were right and since I knew nothing would change her mind, I volunteered to do this myself, but she only got angry and mistook it for me undoing what we had just established and thought I was a coward who would go back on her word and is too afraid to admit the faults we had done. She almost kicked me out of the writing team.

Honestly, if it weren't for a special friend of ours, I wouldn't have found the resolve to finally talk to her again and make amends with each other. So please, don't attack her for this. We were both at fault and overreacted to one another. Even though calling fans "idiots" was too much and uncalled for.

So we just came to an agreement. If you're here from RWBBYVerse, here's the gist and rules we established with each other:

1. This is an entirely new fanfic that's only (VERY) loosely based on RWBBYVerse. There will be some elements here and there but this is entirely new. Not a remake.

2. No connection to any RWBBY project we have made in the past (RWBBYVerse, RWBBY Future, RWBBY Shattered Dimensions and RWBBY Chibi).

3. Jade and Cupcake will have NO ASSOCIATION TO THIS FANFIC. They will not help as I promised to do this on my own, to improve upon the story of both RWBY as a whole and the concept of a RWBY Ben 10 crossover we handled incorrectly. Jade doesn't want anything to do with RWBY anymore.

4. This fanfic will not be considered a solo project of mine (even if it is). So unlike Paladins: Ultimate Champions or Superior, I am not excused when writing for this fanfic. When given a choice between writing for HND or any other team project, and this fanfic, my priorities are put on the major projects more than this one. If this one sounds mean and makes Jade look like she's bossy, don't worry. I was the one who suggested this, as Jade already gives me time to let me write for my solo projects.

5. If this story has become to similar to RWBBYVerse, I will delete it. No second thoughts. I promised her this is a different project and something to truly live up to the expectations of the fans who were unsatisfied with RWBBYVerse's abrupt end.

So please, when going into this story fresh from seeing RWBBYVerse, keep an open mind and try your best not to associate this to it's predecessor.

As promised, there will be several changes to the canon of RWBY as a whole, as well as differentiating this to RWBBYVerse as much as possible. Here's a list to keep in mind. Only very (VERY) minor spoilers that hopefully don't affect your perception:

1. The pairing is kept ambiguous from the beginning. I will not attempt to show who Ben is paired to until later to properly build it up.

2. No time travel involved except for a few occasions, and I promise to keep it to a minimum that it doesn't affect the plot too much.

3. NO MORE ALPHA. He took up too much of the story and I just opted of taking him out of the story entirely. Darkstar remains and has a bigger role to make up for his abrupt end and unexplained recovery.

4. Ben will be a mix of his mature side in Alien Force S1 an S2, while having a bit of his more humorous side found in some parts of UA and Omniverse, but not to an obnoxious extent.

5. More screen time and character development for both team RWBY, Ben and JNPR.

6. Ben's role is not a mentor this time, but an equal friend of the team.

7. Any criticism will be taken to account and changes will be made for the story to ensure consistency and proper story telling.

8. This time, Gwen, Kevin and Rook join Ben and together become team TRKT (pronounced as Terra Cotta; Tennyson, Rook, Kevin, Tennyson). Ben is the leader (duh). Just like in point number 5, Gwen, Kevin and Rook are given some character development as well.

9. How they get transferred is no longer ridiculous as to have Fisttrick do it (admittedly, it was super mundane when we did it). Instead, it will be done by the much more competent and threatening Psyphon, alongside his gang.

10. For those who hated it, the destruction of the universe and it's recreation for retcons in Omniverse, as well as Kevin revealed to not have a Plumber dad the whole time and was never an alien but a mutant human, is now retconned as well. They never happened, and Kevin's backstory is more straightforward.

11. If you love Zed and Ship, don't worry. They'll appear as well.

That is all for now. This little first page will as an intro for those are from RWBBYVerse and want to wash the bad taste off their mouths and wish to see an alternate route.

Also, if you're new here...

Hi.

And one last thing... This will have a very simple title compared the ridiculous "Clash of Heroes" we once put. It will remain as the title it currently has for now but I'll change it to the official title once I put up the first chapter of this saga.

Welcome to...

Heroes and Hunters.

Coming soon.