Cuts of RWBY

A RWBY Fic Collection by AndrewJTalon

DISCLAIMER: This is a fan based work of prose. RWBY is the property of Rooster Teeth and WB Animation. Please support the official release.

Just a collection of plot bunnies and ideas for RWBY fics. Free for you to take and make use of.

For instance:

More Uncle Jaune! And Jaune's sister plays a prank.

A Scroll was ringing in Team RWBY's dormroom. The team was slowly getting their stuff together for another morning of classes. Ruby was the one to answer the call, groaning a bit.

"Hello?"

A pretty but severe looking young woman greeted her. Her eyes were blue and her hair was blonde. In fact, she looked a lot like...

"Hello? Jaune? Are you there?"

Ruby blinked. "Eh? No. This is Ruby Rose."

The woman frowned.

"Why do you have my brother's Scroll?"

"This is my scroll-Wait, you're one of his sisters?!" Ruby cried.

"Yes, my name is Tanya," she introduced herself, then made a face briefly, " Are you friends of his?"

"Yes!" Ruby said cheerfully. "Sorry you got the wrong number. Want me to go get him?"

Tanya shook her head.

"No, though... You are his friend, yes?"

Ruby nodded eagerly.

"Yes! His best friend! We help him out with Adrian all the time!"

"Then I suppose I could have you relay the message," Tanya said, with a mischievous look in her eyes Ruby missed, " But I hope you will only share this with other friends of Jaune? It's... Personal."

Ruby nodded, eager to learn more about her male besty's past. He barely talked about it!

"I promise!"

"Good. Adrian is safe and he'll be fine. The Bitch has no legal claim," Tanya said.

Ruby blinked. Her teammates tried to look like they weren't eavesdropping.

"Huh?"

She gave Ruby a faux surprised look that the young Reaper missed the significance of. "Oh? He didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what? What?" Ruby asked, silver eyes wide.

"Over a year ago, some bitch in our town seduced Jaune and got pregnant," Tanya said, "She was a gold digger and wanted to get into the family money, so she manipulated poor Jaune."

Tanya looked grim. Ruby gasped, as did Weiss and Yang. Blake did too, but she covered it up better.

"R-Really?!"

"Yes," Tanya grimaced, "Jaune was prepared to marry her, take responsibility, but then we found out she was planning on killing him and running off with his inheritance. We played the long game, and waited until she gave birth to Adrian to let them marry... And at the wedding, we found the poison she planned to use on Jaune and Adrian."

Ruby's eyes filled with tears. Yang swore. Weiss gasped, as Blake grimaced.

"How... How terrible!"

"Yup," Tanya said with a nod, " We gave her two options: She would leave and never comes back, or she would leave in a pinewood box. She ran off, abandoning her baby and Jaune."

"I... I never suspected," Ruby whispered. Tanya nodded.

"Poor Jaune does push the 'idiot act' a lot. It's his way of coping. Poor guy. Anyway, Saphron and Terra adopted Adrian, claimed he was theirs, and Jaune agreed to just play uncle. It was better that way. That Bitch can't get to him or Adrian... But I fear he may never recover from the damage to his heart. Just... Just tell him that Adrian is safe, please? Don't remind him of that heartache."

Ruby nodded eagerly as Tanya sniffled.

"I-I will! Poor Jaune... Don't worry, Tanya! I'll take good care of him! I-I promise! And so will all his friends!"

Tanya smiled, eyes shining with tears.

"Thank you Ruby. I'm so glad my brother has such good, caring friends... remember though! Please, don't tell him about all of this. Just tell him Adrian is safe. Anything else will open old wounds. Can you help him heal?"

Ruby blushed, then nodded eagerly.

"Absolutely! We-We all will!"

"Thank you, Ruby Rose ," Tanya chuckled, " I'm so happy..."

In JNPR's dorm, a few minutes later, Jaune was getting dressed when his Scroll rang. He picked it up as Pyrrha fed Adrian. He gave her a grateful smile as he answered.

"Tanya! Hey! Still selling fridges to Atlas, huh?"

Tanya smirked.

"And making bank. Heard you got saddled with babysitting Adrian?"

Jaune shrugged.

"It's okay. I love playing uncle."

"Then you'll be happy to know our nephew's last test results came back fine," Tanya said, " He's perfectly healthy. He's safe and fine."

Jaune beamed, and rubbed Adrian's head. Pyrrha smiled with him.

"That's great! But uh, why call me about it?"

"Just wanted to make sure my favorite little brother knew," she demurred, "I'm not always calling just to stir up trouble."

"That'll be the day," Jaune deadpanned. "Nice talking to you, Tanya."

"Always! Also? Have fun~!" Tanya said, winking before she hung up. Jaune shook his head.

"Well. That's not ominous or anything..."

"Ahem. Jaune."

Jaune looked up. He was trying to do his homework in the library, while Adrian sat in his carrier and chewed on a plastic ring. The Schnee heiress looked a bit uncomfortable.

"Yes Weiss?" He asked, bracing himself. He'd made Neptune go out and dance with her, and worn a dress at the dance. He'd also given up on trying to win her heart-Not that he'd had a lot of time to, what with having to look after Adrian.

She fidgeted a bit.

"I uh... I couldn't help but notice you're looking after your nephew a lot more."

Jaune nodded.

"I am, yeah. Saphron and Terra are both REALLY busy with the Vytal Festival."

Weiss nodded.

"I see. I was hoping I could help."

Jaune blinked.

"Oh? How so?"

Weiss cleared her throat.

"I was thinking we could go out with Adrian, on the weekend," she said carefully, "You could use a bit of... Of fun. I can watch him with you!"

Jaune blinked. He blinked again.

"Um, really?"

"Don't get the wrong idea," Weiss said quickly, "This-This is not a date-!"

Jaune held up his hands and shook his head.

"N-No! No, I get that! I'm not-I stopped doing that-!"

"Good! Good, because it isn't," Weiss said, "I-I just... I like cute things. Your nephew is very cute. You're doing a good job of looking after him, and well... I thought perhaps I could help out. We could just go out, have some lunch, you can play... Video games or-or something? And I can watch Adrian, while we go together!"

She paused, and turned red.

"And this is absolutely not a date! At all! We're... We're just friends! Watching your cute nephew! Together! While having fun!"

Jaune blinked again.

You know, in the Mistralian comics I read, this usually means she's actually asking me out on a date and this is just a cover... But... Nah! Come on! How often do those come true?

She's probably just being nice after I tried to help her with Neptune, that's all.

Jaune smiled and nodded.

"Sure. Though uh, you should tell Neptune so he doesn't get the wrong idea-"

Weiss sniffed haughtily, her face filled with disgust.

"Oh, don't worry about him," she seethed, "That useless cad is probably chasing after some new skirt. He dumped me right after the dance, can you believe it?!"

Jaune scowled.

"Geez Weiss... I-I'm sorry. If I'd known-"

"No, no, it's fine," Weiss said with a nod, and a small smile. "Honestly? It may be a blessing in disguise. It lets me see things I... I overlooked before," she said.

Jaune blinked again as she stared at him, with a soft look he had only seen her give Adrian. He blushed and nodded slowly.

"Uh... That's good... So uh, when do you want to go?"

"Saturday, around seven would be good," she said. Jaune nodded.

"Sounds good. Adrian's been getting up pretty early. I think the crib Saphron sent with him is uncomfortable-"

"Oh! Well then we can buy him a new one!" Weiss said brightly. Jaune shook his head.

"You-You don't have to do that-!"

"I-I insist!" Weiss said with a beam. She reached out and stroked the top of Adrian's head. The baby cooed at the attention and gave her a big, toothless grin. She tittered. "Such an adorable baby should have only the best!"

She smiled warmly at Jaune.

"And such an attentive da-er, uncle, shouldn't have to struggle to take care of his... Nephew, mm? Besides, I was a bit harsh to you at times. I... I didn't know what you had gone through."

Jaune shook his head.

"N-No, I was kind of-It was way too over the top, I'm really sorry-"

"We-We all make mistakes in the past," Weiss said with a nod, "But you've proven your maturity. So I should definitely give you... A second look."

Jaune flushed, and nodded.

"That... Sure," he said. Weiss snuggled with Adrian a bit longer, before she gave Jaune another warm smile.

"See you tomorrow!" She said, turning and practically skipping off. Jaune stared after her, and looked over at Adrian.

"Is it just me, or have things gotten kind of weird since you showed up?" He asked. Adrian blew a raspberry, and Jaune chuckled.

"Yeah, probably just me..."

No, Tanya was not telling the truth. It's a prank. Just wanted to make that clear.