Blake sniffled as she embraced Jaune Arc, his older version at least.

She would have normally been embarrassed by doing such an action as it was completely unlike her but she just couldn't help it.

Feelings of security, safety, and protection seemed to emanate from Professor Arc and after the experience she had with Weiss both in the docks and in their own room, Blake just felt like that this was what she actually needed.

"Blake?!" Professor Arc yelled incredulously at her.

It somewhat boggled her mind that such a clumsy teenager could grow into someone as dependable as the Rusted Knight but Blake wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

She sighed softly, loosening her hands and leaning back to look at his worried blue eyes.

"You really don't mind I have cat ears, do you?" She tilted her head, her cat ears twitching and gathering his attention.

Her heart stopped however when she saw him scowl.

"It really is that day, huh?" He muttered harshly and Blake was just about to shrink back ashamedly at his reaction when he sighed apologetically back at her. "Sorry, Blake. I really don't mind your cat ears but I have to make a call."

She blinked as he stepped away from her and fished out his Scroll. Blake watched as she saw him call someone and it only took a moment for Blake to realize who he was calling.

It only rang for a second before a click sounded out loudly.

"Hey, mini-me. I thought I told you to look out for Blake tonight." He said unamusedly before both their eyes widened as a loud moan cut through the call.

"S-Sorry! C-Call you later! Pyrrha wait-!"

Click!

And just like that, the call was ended.

"Right, sorry about that." Professor Arc could only cough out embarrassedly.

"I-It's okay." Blake could only smile back even as red dusted her own cheeks.

Jaune and Pyrrha? Considering Professor Arc's history, it wasn't really a surprise. Despite Jaune's obvious crush on Weiss, it was obvious to Blake something was already brewing between Jaune and Pyrrha.

But the extent of what they were probably doing based on what she just heard?

That certainly was a shock.

She is jolted out of her thoughts however when Professor Arc landed both of his hands on her shoulders. She almost jumped at the sudden contact but as her eyes locked onto his, Blake could only freeze in place.

"Tell me what happened."

She gasped as the memory of today's events rushed through her mind.

For all she had heard him say or even hint that Team RWBY would accept her, hearing Weiss say bad things about the Faunus pushed her to the edge.

"I thought you already knew what happened or what was supposed to, I guess." She whispered as pain lanced through her heart.

Professor Arc only shook his head at that however.

"I only know the broad strokes of what happened, Blake, not the details. Maybe you could help fill me in and see what went wrong?"

Blake nodded at that, her eyes narrowing as she took in his words.

He wanted to compare notes, so to speak. It wasn't a bad idea and perhaps doing so would really show them where things deviated but to do that however, Blake would have to share her own experience

And so she did.

She told him about the confrontation with Weiss at the docks after a Monkey Faunus ran into them.

And Professor Arc already had a reaction to that.

"Sun." Professor Arc smiled and Blake blinked at that.

"You know him?" She asked.

"He's a friend of yours."

Blake blinked. How?

She shook her head, that was for later, right now she had bigger problems.

Team RWBY.

How did they resolve things in the future?

Blake was just about to continue her tale so they could see where things went wrong and solve it when the door behind her clicked open and in came the biggest surprise of Blake's life.

Three other women blinked at her as they spilled inside Professor Arc's room.

"Laying hands on our students too, are we?" Nurse Tsune asked with a cheshire grin on her face to the explosive reaction of everyone there.

"It's not like that!" Professor Arc shouted.

"Tsune!" Professor Glynda sighed.

"Eep!" And Professor Peach squeaked.

Blake could only gawk as esteemed members of Beacon's faculty descended into chaos while Nurse Tsune laughed loudly.

"What?! It's not like we didn't technically do the same thing!"

Blake's eyes widened at the implication.

Three of them?! At the same time?!

What the hell?!

Her eyes could only snap towards Professor Arc who was suddenly blushing very very brightly.

She joined him in blushing however when Nurse Tsune waved towards them.

"Besides, look at them! What else could they be doing?!"

Blake suddenly flushed brightly at that. She knew what it looked like. Her, visiting a Professor inside his own residence after classes. Him, having his hands on her shoulders. It was one of those scenes about forbidden relations a niche part of Mistralian Mangas loved to draw!

But while Blake was busy blushing, Professor Arc finally managed to regain his composure and groaned loudly.

"We could be talking about the future for one."

"Is it the sort of normal future talk or that sort of future talk?" Nurse Tsune suddenly perked up and even Professors Glynda and Peach looked interested as they curiously turned towards her.

Blake blinked at that. So the other staff knew about Jaune's circumstances as well.

She could only nod hesitantly at the attention however even as Professor Arc sighed exasperatedly at them.

"Yes, Tsune. It is that sort of future talk."

"Well why didn't you say so!" Nurse Tsune grinned widely to the groans of everyone there.

Blake could only giggle however as their resident nurse's antics reminded her of Yang, which was a bad idea as the mere remembrance of her partner reminded her of her current problems with her team.

Unless she knew how things would be fixed between her and Weiss, she doubted she would have a chance to experience such antics with her team.

She is jolted out of her thoughts however when Professor Arc's door slammed close loudly.

"If that is so, then perhaps it would be better to do this in private and not with the door open?" Professor Glynda said, the glow of her Semblance on the door signifying that she was the one who closed it even as she walked past Professor Arc and Blake.

"R-Right, we'll prepare dinner as well." Professor Peach followed embarrassedly, refusing to look at Blake as she bumped past them.

"Are you going to use your own room then? You know, for privacy?" Nurse Tsune asked unashamedly however but even as Blake suddenly blushed brightly at the thought of her and Jaune, the older one at least, being inside a room alone together, Professor Arc only groaned.

"No, Tsune. Besides, I think you might have some input of your own."

Both Blake and Nurse Tsune blinked at that but Professor Arc only pointed at the top of his head as he looked at them flatly.

Blake's cat ears immediately flattened in discomfort before perking up in surprise as Nurse Tsune gasped in realization before swaying her fox tail widely. Blake's eyes followed the furry appendage before her eyes met, Nurse Tsune's understanding ones.

"What happened?" Nurse Tsune asked softly to which Blake could only shrug defeatedly.

There were some things only people like them could understand wordlessly and Blake did not need to say a single word for Nurse Tsune's face to frown in displeasure.

"Who? Is it Cardin? If it is then Jaune should already be pounding him into the ground!"

The shout even gathered both Professor Glynda and Peach's attention but Blake was already shaking her head vehemently.

"N-No! It wasn't him!" She denied.

Even if she didn't like the guy, she was not going to implicate him for something he didn't even do. No, Blake Belladonna was not that kind of person.

"Then who is it?" Nurse Tsune asked angrily and this time, Blake hesitated to answer.

Did Weiss hurt her? Yes, very much so.

Did she deserve to be reported to the faculty however?

Objectively, Blake knew the answer was yes but...but she didn't want to make trouble for her friend and yes, Weiss was a friend. Or at least Blake thought she was.

Despite being a Schnee and Blake being a Belladonna, she thought she could be friends with her just because an older version of Jaune said so.

It was one of the reasons she was also receptive to forming a friendship with his younger self!

Now that she thought about it however, it was stupid to think she and Weiss could be the best of friends just because he said so.

She could only glare at him for that.

Unluckily for her however, Professor Arc had no such qualms outing her teammate.

"Weiss Schnee."

"WHAT?! AND HERE I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE DIFFERENT!" Nurse Tsune shouted furiously while Professor Glynda pursed her lips and Professor Peach gasped in shock.

"I thought you said they would be the best team in Beacon? That they would even become as close as sisters in your own adventures." Professor Glynda asked in confused anger.

"They would but..." Professor Arc could only wince at that before sighing annoyedly himself. "But Weiss was really really harsh at the beginning. I should know. I was at the receiving end of her sharp tongue more times than I could count when I was younger." He smiled self-depricatingly even as Nurse Tsune pouted at him.

"I hope you mean that figuratively instead of literally."

Professor Arc rolled his eyes at that. "Yes, Tsune. I meant it figuratively but the point is, Weiss gets better."

Somehow, Blake refused to believe that. She could only look on flatly at that even as Professor Arc smiled at her.

"Trust me, Blake. Things do get better. Your team is one of the best to come out of Beacon not just because you girls are the strongest but because you also trusted each other. Whatever you do, wherever you go, you girls stuck through for each other."

It was at that moment however, did Blake scowl at him.

"How could you say that?! Even Ruby and Yang just stood by while...while Weiss said some things!"

"I know it because I have seen it."

"You're not listening! They stood by and did nothing as Weiss hurled vile accusations!" Blake shouted, scowling as she only saw his soft look aimed at her. "And here I thought you would understand. They don't like me now that they have seen the real me."

Her cat ears twitched at that even as frustration shot through her. Here she was baring her problems out and he was dismissing them!

Professor Arc was a dud. What he must have been seeing was tinted rose-colored glasses! There was no way she and Weiss would be able to work together! Not after she said those vile things about the Faunus and the White Fang!

No, they must have been only working together because it was the end of the world or something. Their professionalism did not have to mean that they were friendly with each other.

That's right. That was probably it.

She crossed her arms at that, looking away from him as she thought about what to do next.

Weiss was wrong. Faunus were not animals and the White Fang were not violent terrorists! They were peaceful protesters pushed to the brink and take action by Weiss' own family company!

Now she just had to find out a way to prove it. She doubted she would find out that way here however.

And so Blake was just about to turn around to leave when she suddenly heard laughter.

It was more of a chuckle really but to Blake, it only came off as a laughter born of mockery for her plight.

She scowled angrily, turning back towards Professor Arc who was chuckling and shaking his head at her.

"What?! You think this is funny?! You humans are the same! If you're not shouting at us, then you are laughing at us!"

"MS. BELLADONNA! YOU GO-"

"Glynda." Professor Arc called out, raising a hand to silence a red-faced Glynda Goodwitch.

Blake could only flinch however but Professor Arc only smiled at her before dropping one of the biggest bombs in Blake's life.

"I'm sorry for laughing, Blake, but well...it's because you fall in love with a human...I think so at least"

The world could have stopped then and there and Blake would not have noticed. She could only blink as she ran the words through her head.

Her? In love with a human?

Coming out of a messy breakup with her ex, Blake doubted she would ever be in love again. Any sort of relationship she had would always be tainted by her past and that one messy breakup.

And she was supposed to fall in love with a human?

No. No way. And the professors own admission of uncertainty lend credence to the fact that he again might have just been seeing things through rose-tinted glasses.

Blake shook her head.

She should deny it. Laugh at it even.

But as she opened her mouth, it was neither denial nor laughter that came out of it.

"What were they like?"

Red dusted her cheeks as Jaune Arc, the Rusted Knight, smiled teasingly at her.

"They were blonde for one."

Her breathing stopped at that.

Jaune Arc swept up his blonde hair as he held his forehead as if trying to remember something.

"They were strong." He hummed out and Blake gulped as his hand lowered to stroke the growing stubbles of hair under his strong jaw.

"They were also funny." He laughed, and his laughter rang out clearly through the room.

And it was only then did she notice that the rest of the women were staying silent as they held their breaths together with Blake.

"And most important of all, they were willing to go with you through thick and thin." Jaune Arc finished, his eyes looking intensely at her as they seemed to glow.

Blake's heart could only beat faster at that and heat flushed throughout her body as her throat suddenly felt dry.

Blonde, strong, funny, and willing to go through thick and thin with her?!

Jaune Arc?!

Her and Jaune Arc?!

Jaune Arc the Rusted Knight?!

The one who was apparently currently sleeping with three women and keeping them satisfied?!

"D-Did we date?" Her head spun as she asked for confirmation.

Seconds ticked by but it could have been an eternity to Blake as Jaune Arc slowly lost his smile.

"I think...we were all too busy trying to do our part to save the world that nobody really had any time for dates."

"What if we had time though?" She asked breathlessly, her amber eyes locking with his as he answered her question with unwavering confidence.

"Then you would definitely have been taken out on a date." He answered with a smile and a wink, unaware at the sudden gasps around them.

"O-Oh." She said, her knees shaking as her heart threatened to beat out of her chest.

"Oh, indeed." He smirked and gods, Blake could have fallen to the floor bonelessly at that.

Luckily for her, she did not humiliate herself like so. No, she only smiled uncontrollably. Her lips quirking this way and that as she struggled to contain the giddiness inside her heart.

"B-But that only happens if I stay with my team, right?" She asked for clarification.

"Yup." Jaune Arc, the Rusted Knight, answered with a grin and Blake immediately knew what to do.

"Okay!" She perked up happily, smiling at him as she turned around to head for the door.

Numerous pairs of eyes blinked at that but Blake paid them no mind as she continued to smile while putting a hand on the door.

Her and Jaune Arc?!

Her and the Rusted Knight?!

Obviously, it would be hard to shack up with the older one considering she could already feel Nurse Tsune, Professor Goodwitch, and Professor Peach looking assessingly at her.

The younger one though...the one her age...while not at the level of the Rusted Knight just yet, he was already shaping up to be someone impressive.

And while it was obvious he was already with Pyrrha, Jaune Arc's older self already showed he was receptive to a relationship with multiple women.

And all she had to do to get a chance with that? Stomach her own team.

As she finally opened the door however, she blinked at the sight of her own team leader looking tearily at her.

"Blake!" Ruby Rose shouted, jumping to hug Blake as yelps were heard from behind her.

Nurse Tsune, Professor Peach, and Professor Glynda tried to hide but it was too late. The rest of Blake's team could already see them inside Professor Arc's room. Luckily for them however, they were all focused on Blake.

Jolted from her thoughts and shocked at the sudden event, Blake was unable to react to her team leader's actions.

Rose petals burst around her as she suddenly felt herself be hugged. Next to happen however was Yang leaping in herself with a wide grin aimed towards her.

"Partner!"

Blake's eyes widened, falling on her back as she was suddenly squished by the two sisters.

"You really didn't think we would also look for the one with knowledge of the future when you suddenly ran off?"

The cold voice had her eyes snapping towards the white figure of Weiss Schnee. There she was, standing imperiously as she looked down on Blake who was beneath the pile.

"Weiss." Blake glared back, getting Weiss to scowl before sighing harshly.

"Blake."

"Ahem."

A cough cut through the tense air and both of them looked to see Professor Arc raising an eyebrow at the both of them.

Blake blushed at that, furiously pushing the pile off of her even as Ruby grunted and Yang grinned unashamedly.

"I suggest that whatever you are going to do, you do it in your own room." Professor Arc said flatly, even as Yang chuckled to Blake's embarrassment.

"And what about you? What are you going to do?" She waggled her eyebrows, looking at the female faculty of Beacon gathered inside Professor Arc's room.

Despite the blush adorning the women's faces, Professor Arc only crossed his arms stubbornly.

"None of your business, Yang."

"Right, can I get into that busi-"

"No."

And before any of them knew it, they were already glowing purple and Team RWBY was already being thrown out of the room by Professor Glynda's Semblance.

They landed on their butts, with Weiss only sidestepping them as she was already outside the door.

Before the door closed on them however, Professor Arc poked his head out and looked at Yang disappointedly.

"I'm disappointed in you, Yang."

Blake's partner squaked indignantly but before she could even say anything, Professor Arc was already speaking.

"And for your information, we were going to talk about the White Fang."

Blake gasped. She didn't even say anything about the White Fang! But as she looked at Professor Arc, he only gave her a cheeky wink before closing the door on them.

The rest of Team RWBY gaped at that even as Blake started to smile softly. That wink...it was a reminder of her possible future and as she looked at her teammates, perhaps she wouldn't have a hard time stomaching them. Except for Weiss-

"I'm sorry."

Blake blinked.

Did she just hear-

"I'm not going to say it again." Weiss announced, looking away from her as she began to walk back to their room.

"Wait, Weiss! We haven't even talked about anything yet!" Ruby called out, rushing upward even as Yang pulled Blake up to her feet.

"You okay, partner?" Yang asked and Blake could only nod as she looked at Weiss who looked back at her from the corner of her eyes.

"As long as you are not in the White Fang and out to kill me, then we are good. I don't care if you are a Faunus or not."

"I'm not." She answered with narrowed eyes before following to walk back to their dorm

It wasn't a full reconciliation by any means, but it was something to work with.

All she had to do was prove that the White Fang wasn't so bad-

Red flashed through her eyes however and Blake shivered before amending her thought.

At least, not all of the White Fang was bad.

Again however, she needed a way to prove it.

"Alright, so we are going to docks after the weekend, any questions?" Jaune asked as three women looked petulantly at him while another sighed inside his head.

"Jaune, I love you but you really are a dense idiot." Pyrrha sighed loudly to Jaune's confusion.

"What? What did I do?" He asked loudly both to Pyrrha and to Glynda, Tsune, and Peach looking at him.

"What did you say to Blake earlier?"

"I told her the truth." He frowned before a smirk found its way on his face. "Hopefully this time, Blake and Yang don't dance around each other."

Glynda, Tsune, and Peach seemed to jolt at that as they looked at him incredulously.

"Yang? You were talking about Yang Xiao Long?" Glynda asked with wide eyes as Jaune only tilted his head.

"To Blake? Yes, but right now I was-"

Before he could even finish his sentence however, Tsune shook her head quickly at him.

"Wait, wait, so all that blonde, strong, funny, and stuff? That was Xiao Long?"

"Who else was it going to be?" Jaune scowled but this time, the answer came from someone he did not expect.

"You, Jaune. You are all that and more." Peach answered with fire in her eyes, taking Jaune aback as Thumbelina Peach did not always push back against him.

The realiztion crashed into him however as their misunderstanding and Pyrrha's words from earlier ran around his mind.

"So Blake thought-"

"Yes, Jaune. She thought you were speaking about yourself."

"Oh."

"Oh, is right, Jaune. You just sent her after yourself." Glynda snorted.

"W-We thought we would have to compete with a younger woman!" Peach pouted.

"Now, why don't you make up for the distress you caused us?" Tsune grinned

It was framed as a question but it was anything but one. Hunger sparked in all their eyes as they slowly stripped their clothes with smiles on their faces.

And it is then did Jaune Arc, the Rusted Knight, knew he fucked up.

He resigned himself to another night without rest.

"Alright, come here you all."

"Alright you animals! We have two days before the shipment arrives! I don't want anything to go wrong so make sure the carts are ready! The bullheads are ready! And you all are ready!"

Arthur Watts was of the mind that if you wanted to get things done, you had to either do it yourself or make sure your subordinates were actually doing it.

And so he watched from the corner of the warehouse as Roman Torchwick shouted orders to the disgruntled Faunus around them.

It was also why he decided he was going to join Roman Torchwick at the docks after the weekend two days from now.

As he felt the Seer begin to vibrate and awaken inside his pocket however, Arthur walked quickly to a private room.

All plans went out of his mind as he focused on serving his Queen and avoiding her wrath.

He knelt quickly but as the Seer went out of his pocket and projected Her image, a voice cut through.

"We found the Maiden."

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