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... What if Jaune was Childhood Friends with Yang and Ruby?

Yang scowled at the interior of the airship bathroom. Some blond guy was barfing into the toilet, holding onto the rim out of sheer desperation.

"Hey!" Yang growled. "Stop hogging the bathroom and...!"

She lifted up a fist threateningly. The kid shuddered, and sat up. He turned and stared at her. He grabbed for some toilet paper, and wiped his lips.

"Y-Yang?!" He gasped.

Yang was about to open her mouth to berate this sick loser some more... Before she studied his face. Her jaw dropped.

"Jaune?!" She gasped. "Jaune Arc?!"

"Y-Yeah!" Jaune grinned. "Yang! It's uh... It's great to see you-!"

His face went green, and he covered his mouth with his hands. Yang moved on instinct, and turned his whole body so his face was in the toilet bowl.

"URRGGHHH!"

"Eheheh... Still get airsick, h-huh?" Yang asked with a chuckle.

"Ugh..." Jaune looked up with a weak smile.

"Yup..."

"Yang!" Ruby groaned. "Come on, you're taking forever and-!"

She stopped short and stared.

"JAUNE?!"

It wasn't until they were on the ground that Jaune was in any shape to talk. They walked out onto the grounds of Beacon, Jaune a bit hunched over but a lot less green.

"Wow, you managed to get into Beacon, huh?" Yang chuckled. "That's great! When we were kids, you were such a wimp!"

"Heh," Jaune managed, "Y-Yeah..."

"Don't be mean, Yang! Jaune was fun!" Ruby said happily. She was holding onto Jaune's arm happily.

"Yeah, I sure was," Jaune chuckled.

Six year old Yang looked skeptically at Jaune. The boy was her age but looked thin and pale. Jaune's mother, a tall, strong woman in a green dress and a white labcoat with glasses, gently urged Jaune forward.

"Go on Jaune, say hello," she said.

"H-Hello... I'm Jaune Arc," the little boy said.

Behind Yang and little Ruby stood their Dad, Taiyang. He beamed.

"Go on Yang, Ruby. Say hello!"

"I'm Yang! This is Ruby! You'd better be fun!" Yang declared with a smile. Jaune flinched, then smiled weakly.

"I-I like fun!"

"You'd better!" Yang ordered.

"Now be careful with him, Yang, Ruby," Taiyang said, "He's getting over a serious illness and he wants to have fun. So be nice to him!"

Jaune played with Yang and Ruby, even though they outpaced him when it came to energy easily,. Even so, he never gave up. He kept trying to play with them.

It got so bad that when he collapsed for the umpteenth time, she helped him up with a glare.

"Why are you doing this? You're still sick, aren't you? You're gonna get worse!"

"I just... I haven't been able to play with kids my age," Jaune admitted, "Most kids back home just pity me and stuff. You?" He beamed. "You're loads of fun!"

Yang blinked. She grinned. A lot of boys her age didn't like to play with her, despite the fact she loved the same things they did. And the girls? They were all stupid. To be complimented like this was... Well... Nice.

"For a girl, right?"

"For anyone," Jaune said, blinking curiously, "Why would that matter?"

Yang stared, then giggled.

"You're pretty cool, Jaune! Even if you're a wimp."

"Hey!"

Yang beamed and elbowed his shoulder.

"You have filled out pretty nice though," she complimented him. She held a hand up over his head. "You're not coming up short anymore!"

Jaune chuckled, rubbing his shoulder.

"Aw, hey..."

"Though," Ruby frowned as she looked at his arm, "You've got a bruise that's not healing. Is something wrong with your Aura?"

Jaune coughed.

"Ahhhh... Well... I mean, I passed the entrance exams but er..."

Yang and Ruby stared at him.

"... Please tell me you at least unlocked your Aura?" Yang asked in exasperation. Jaune winced.

"Mom and Dad wouldn't do it, so... Um..."

Yang sighed, and pressed her hand to Jaune's chest. She smiled wryly.

"You're still an idiot, too."

Jaune snorted back at her.

"I got a perfect score on the exams!"

"Which doesn't matter if you die," Yang pointed out. Jaune shrugged.

"Fair enough..." He smiled at her. "But I knew you'd be there for me."

Yang flushed. She cleared her throat and summoned up her Aura.

"For it is in fire that we discover who we truly are. For it is when we learn to stand on our own that we gain the strength to help others stand alongside us. I release your soul and by my hand I stand by thee."

Jaune's Aura exploded into being, flaring around him like fire before it died down. Jaune trembled a little, but stayed on his feet.

"W-Wow... I feel amazing..."

"You should," Yang said with a grin, "You've got a lot of Aura. It's kind of unreal!"

"So... I could be a great fighter?" Jaune asked eagerly.

She shook her head.

"You're still a wimp. And you're not going to last very long fighting like that. I mean, do you even know how to use your sword?"

"Pointy end goes in the Grimm?" Jaune asked with a shrug. Yang and Ruby sighed in exasperation.

"Maybe you could use him as a baseball bat?" Ruby asked.

"Seriously Ruby?" Jaune screeched. Yang hummed and smirked.

"Might not be a bad idea."

Jaune rolled his eyes.

"You haven't changed."

"I totally have!" Yang smirked, crossing her arms under her chest. Jaune coughed and nodded slowly.

"Well... Not really."

Yang gaped and glared.

"The hell does that mean?!"

"It means," Jaune smirked, "I always thought you were pretty."

Yang's entire face turned bright red, as she spun away and covered her face. Jaune laughed.

"Haha! One for me!"

"Out of a hundred losses," Ruby deadpanned. Jaune winced.

"Rubyyyy! You used to be so sweet! What happened?"

Ruby grinned.

"I discovered the joys of sarcasm!"

"I pity the world," Jaune sighed.

Stupid jerk! Yang thought angrily, even as she blushed deeply.

Elsewhere, with Weiss and Glynda Goodwitch...

"Well, that's nearly everything to your admittance paperwork, Miss Schnee, aside from your Entrance Exam results, which just came back."

Weiss smirked.

"A perfect score, I expect!"

Glynda remained as stoic as ever, but Weiss got the distinct impression she was hiding a smirk.

"Actually, A Mister Arc took that particular honor this year, I believe..."

"WHO?!"

Elsewhere...

Ruby winced and held her hands over her ears.

"Holy Snickerdoodles, what's that racket?!"

Yang winced as she leaned back in her chair at the table they were eating dinner at.

"I haven't heard screeching like that since Uncle Qrow fell down the stairs after tripping over Zwei..."

Jaune hummed.

"The only thing that screeches like that is a young woman with a severe case of affluenza, according to my Mom."

"What's affluenza?" Ruby asked curiously. Jaune looked up thoughtfully.

"It's like influenza, but a lot harder to get rid of."

Yang snorted and smirked.

"Hopefully we don't get stuck with it..."