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[Abramus5250]

I did have an idea for a time travel/reincarnation fic where Jaune showing up to Beacon is actually his second time, only nobody else remembers what happens. Jaune has, however, gone through several different lives in different universes (maybe 10?) and brought with him those experiences and skills (though not the powers or anything broken like that) to try and save his world this time. At his purest form he's still the Jaune everyone encountered but so much more and while not the main character in his other lives due to narrative power, he still lived and died as those different versions of himself.

Ideas include:

Space Marine Jaunus Arcadus from the Great Crusade era of 40K.

Jedi Knight Aunje Rac from the Clone Wars.

A Greek god/demigod, not sure which or why, maybe in the same universe as God of War?

I'm more curious to think what y'all might have for an alternate life for him and how that would affect Jaune once he came back to his time right before Beacon. What skills, wisdom, prejudices or might he gain or lose depending on the situation?

 

[Fusion Blaster]

Which legion of Great Crusade Marines?

 

[Sir Borks-a-Lot]

Which legion of Great Crusade Marines?

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Dark Angels for the knightly theme, or Blood Angels for being the direct forefather of the Lamenters.

 

[Fusion Blaster]

Part of could see him as a loyalist Luna Wolf for the tragedy

 

[Abramus5250]

Which legion of Great Crusade Marines?

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The 'boring' answer would be Ultramarines, but that does fit because of Jaune's abilities as a battlefield commander vs just being a knight.

Really any legion outside of the more insane originals (World Eaters for instance) for either the tragedy of being loyal in a traitor legion or being one to survive the Horus Heresy but then live long enough to see the Imperium begin to rot away.

Then again, if he weren't in the Great Crusade era, but 'regular' 40K, he'd fit right in with the Salamanders for his cheerfulness and care for civilians.

 

[Fusion Blaster]

It's that time again


Time for yet another Fusion's random Fusions!


Today.. we have a very different Pyrrha dropping into Jaune's life


Jaune: Who are you?

Pyrrha: I'm a magical princess from another dimension!


PYRRHA VS THE FORCES OF EVIL

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Velvet was cleaning the lens of her favorite camera out in the ruins near Vale. She had just set up a perfect shot of a butterfly alight on a daffodil, and wanted to ensure it was taken properly.

She focused, adjusted the parameters, and took the shot. Her camera squeaked digitally, several shots transferring to the data card, before the butterfly flew off with a graceful flap of its wings. Velvet tensed, hearing footsteps nearby. She turned... And her stomach fell.

There stood Cardin Winchester, scowling at her.

"I..." He hadn't come after her for weeks. Not after Forever Fall. For some reason, he'd begun to give her a wide berth. So why... Why was he here?

He stood there, silent, glaring. He then reached behind him. Velvet cringed, drew back. She winced, closing her eyes. Yes, she could fight, but she just... He was so strong and big and her natural instincts made her want to flee, want to-

"Here."

She opened her eyes. She stared dumbly at the bouquet of sunflowers and dark Vacuoan chocolates being held out by Cardin in front of her. Cardin glared at her.

"Uh... Wh-What?" Velvet managed.

"Here," Cardin grunted again, "I got these stupid flowers and chocolates from... From my sister, and I don't know what to do with them. So... Here. You have them. They're your favorites... Right?"

Velvet blinked several times, her jaw hanging low. Was... Was she hallucinating? Dumbly, she accepted the candy and flowers.

"I... Y-Yes, but why would she-?"

"I don't really care, or-or anything!" Cardin continued, red crawling up the skin of his neck towards his face, "You're just a-a stupid rabbit and I don't like you! At all!"

Velvet again blinked several times. Cardin glared.

"What, you don't like them or-or something?!"
"N-No, I do! I do!" Velvet insisted, clutching the items to her chest. She did actually love these!

"Anyway," Cardin muttered, "Um... My sister also got me this stupid... This table at some stupid restaurant. This Friday night. And I don't have anyone to go with."

He held up his scroll. He'd gotten a reservation email. Velvet again blinked. It was to the Minerva, a very high class and romantic restaurant.

"W-Wait," Velvet tried, her eyes widening, "Is... Is this a date? Are you... Are you asking me on a date?"

"No!" Cardin insisted sharply, his entire face red now, "N-No! I-I don't like you! I'm just... I've been kind of a jerk and I want to make it up to you! Th-that's all! Y-You don't have to go! I'll... It's stupid anyway..."

Velvet stared for a very long time. Her mind put it all together. She let out... A laugh.

"You... You were trying to get my attention because you like me?!" She asked in disbelief. Cardin, bright red, didn't say anything and didn't look directly at her.

"I-I'm just... Trying to make up for what I did. Th-That's all."

Velvet was a bit dazed. It seemed utterly ridiculous. Yet she could hear his heartbeat pounding with her ears. She could see his terror, smell it.

It was... strangely empowering. She smiled. Now? Now she understood what was going on, and her other rabbit instincts came forward.

"... I mean," Velvet began slowly, "I guess I could..."

She took a step forward and looked up into his eyes. He couldn't quite meets hers, despite their height difference.

"But only," she stated, "If you're honest. Why are you really asking me out? Why did you bully me?"

Cardin mumbled something, even she couldn't pick it up. She held a hand up to her ear.

"Hm? What was that?"

"I said... Because I... Like you," he mumbled. "... I'm... Not allowed to like Faunus. My grandpa says so..."

Velvet blinked and blushed herself deeply.

"Wait, so when you were bullying Jaune-?"

"That was different!" Cardin growled, his face an even brighter red, "He's a weakling loser who needed to know his place! You I uh... Um..."

Velvet giggled. Cardin flinched. She felt a bit bad for enjoying it, despite all he had done. Still...

"All right," Velvet said with a slow nod, "I'll go with you."

Cardin's face lit up for a second, before he scowled and looked aside.

"W-Well, good! I... I don't want to waste my sister's money and shit," he huffed. Velvet giggled again. "Hey! It's not funny! She paid good money for this!"

"Of course," Velvet laughed, patting Cardin on the forearm, "You really are very cute."

She stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. Cardin turned an even brighter red than she thought possible.

"Well I... Don't think you're beautiful or-or anything," he grumbled.

Velvet giggled again.

This was going to be fun.

 

[bazerkerking]

That's cute... bully him more Velvet

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

That's cute... bully him more Velvet

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Next up, Velvet bullying him into apologizing to Jaune.

 

[zMADLAXz]

Ok I may not be as knowledgeable about the show but why do we not have a true Arthurian expy in it?

So I propose the following, Gawain!Jaune.

Since Gawain is the son of Morgana we can have Salem fill that role for the evil witch Morgana and let's say that the Relic of Destruction is a special relic that requires someone of great character to wield its true strength and Ozma as the king of Vale could only wield a fraction of its power.

Th reason young Jaune always had bad health since he was young but gained an almost superhuman body once he hit his teens? His Body was trying to compensate for the High energy output Salem designed him for. Once he hit his teens the small bit of Magic Salem gave him managed to learn how to derive energy from the Sun. Sort of like a magical Kryptonian but less bullshit and less vulnerable.

Plus Gawain was the only one Arthur trusted to wield Excalibur other than him, this could reflect that once Jaune gets the Relic of Destruction, he can make his own specific weapon and retire the poor ancient Crocea Mors for good.
(Arthur temporarily allowed him to use it in battle in Alliterative Morte Arthure (a 14th-century Middle English poem))

So like how Gawain could go Super Saiyan for around noon of the day? Yeah the magic instead gave Jaune an overactive Reactor Core gradually when he unlocked Aura and it became super charged once V3 rolls around(You can say that Grandma Artoria's genes interfere with it).

Also Gawain was also known to have healing powers and great Herbal knowledge. looks like Mama Isabel trained the boy well.
Plus contrary to what Fate will tell you, it was Gawain that was the ladies' Man not Lancelot.

Lancelot and Guinevere were actually pretty much tight. Lancelot even had a bout of craziness and exiled himself to a forest for 3 years once when he realised that the woman he slept with was masquerading as Guinevere(Elaine of Corbenic) . Bedivere and Percival had to go and get him back. Also that woman would turn out to be Galahad's mother.

So yeah Jaune should most definitely be a Gawain expy because you can't have L'Arc-en-Ciel without the Sun.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

There wasn't much conversation at dinner. They all sat down in one of the hotel rooms and gobbled their food down: RWBY in particular eating like starving women. Even Weiss had thrown aside her usually impeccable table manners to happily devour the burgers, fries, and shakes.



Afterward, all five world saving heroes relaxed. Jaune had taken one chair, Yang, Ruby and Weiss the couch and Blake a small loveseat that she lounged on with some difficulty given its small size.



"Full stomach feels sooo good," Ruby sighed happily. She beamed at Jaune. "Thank you Jaune!"



"You're welcome, really," Jaune said with a laugh. Weiss nodded, tapping her fingers together.



"It-It's very kind of you," she added. "Though strangely enough, I miss the fire cooked meals we had on the road."



"Oh yeah, me too!" Yang enthused, "Especially that wild turkey! Mm! And the boar! You cooked it, didn't you Jaune?"



"Yeah, Ren and Nora caught it," Jaune confirmed with a smile, "Had to gather the herbs myself. Glad I packed the salt."



"We all are," Ruby enthused.



"It went better on fish," Blake opined. Yang snorted.



"You would think that, you stereotype."



Blake scoffed.



"I'm not a stereotype! I like fish! Lots of humans like fish too! Ren loved fish!"



"How are Ren and Nora, anyway?" Ruby asked quickly, more than likely trying to head off another argument between her sister and her ex. Jaune smiled warmly and helped his best friend out. Besides, he was glad to share more good news.



"They're great! They're living in Radian. They just moved into their new house. Ren is teaching Aura and martial arts at the hospital part-time, and Nora's serving in the militia and as a demolition company."



"Wait, it's just her?" Weiss asked. She then sighed at everyone else's looks and shook her head, "What am I saying? Of course it's just her."



"My sister Tangy helps with the finances and gets her jobs," Jaune said with a smile. "She and Ren are going to get married right after Lilac does."



"That's great!" Weiss enthused. "More weddings! I love weddings!"



"So," Jaune said with a smile, as his manners and instincts pushed him to a response he felt was a good idea, "How about your families?"



In an instant, the good mood vanished and all of RWBY seemed to sink into depression. Jaune could swear a dark cloud appeared over all their heads. He cringed, realizing his tactical misjudgement immediately.



"I-I mean we don't have to-"



"My parents lost the election in Menagerie to Shere Khan and Wile E. Coyote," Blake moaned, "By a landslide. Turns out they were doing some money laundering to get their big mansion. Not like, a lot? But enough they got sued. Plus the fact they couldn't act against White Fang because I was their hostage for years made them really unpopular when that got out. So um... They're still in the government but they're working to pay off their debt and uh... I'm avoiding them because I'm the one who found out about their money laundering and revealed it and um... Yeah."



She shrugged listlessly.



"Oops?"



Weiss bowed her head deeply.



"The Schnee Dust Corporation was essentially destroyed by the new anti-trust legislation the restored government of Atlas passed, and um, my father didn't actually leave me or Winter anything. At all. It all went to Whitley. He uh... He's still not happy about me pulling a sword on him and declaring we'd made up. He runs his own engineering firm now. Mother is um, is doing better. She's out of rehab. Winter is running the Atlasian military but uh, well... She wasn't happy with how I dealt with Whitley so things are uh, a bit strained? Eheh..."



Yang and Ruby tried to sink into the couch together.



"Dad ran off with some young hot millionaire heiress who wanted a DILF," Yang sighed, "He sends us money sometimes."



"Uncle Qrow won the lottery. He said he hadn't had a vacation in decades and so he ran off, we haven't heard from him since," Ruby mumbled.



Jaune very slowly nodded. He decided to choose his next words very carefully.



"That... That all sucks," he said. RWBY sank into a deeper depression. "But! But... This isn't as bad as when we were fighting Salem. We don't have to worry about her anymore."



He smiled and reached out his hands to them.



"And hell, I survived like twenty years in the Ever After," he said, "You didn't have to go through that!"



"We wouldn't have survived five minutes without you," Ruby grumbled.



"Doesn't matter," Jaune said firmly, "We're going to the wedding, and we'll sort things out after. I promise. Don't dwell on all that. It won't help. Let's look to the future, okay? It's been rough, but it's going to get better."



Ruby stared at his hand for a moment. She then slowly reached out and took it. Yang, frowning, reached out and took his hand too. Weiss, not wanting to be left out, wrapped both of her hands around his free one. Blake stared for a moment, making some kind of mental calculation... Before she got up, walked around and hugged Jaune from the side. Yang, Weiss, and Ruby all scowled. Jaune maintained his happy smile.



"Okay?" He offered.



"... Sure," Ruby managed, eyes narrowed at Blake.



"Okay," Yang agreed, her eyes glowing red as she shot Blake a very dirty look.



"Of course, Jaune," Weiss said, glaring daggers at Blake.



"We'll see, Jaune," Blake said, staring back at them intensely.



Some kind of silent conversation was being held between all the girls and Jaune didn't really know what it was about. They had been under a lot of strain and pressure lately. Again, probably something best nipped in the bud.



Jaune coughed to get all their attention on him.



"Well... Uh... It's getting late," he said. "Um... Anyway. Maybe we should get to bed and rest up?"



"Of course Jaune," Weiss said brightly. She got up and pulled Jaune to his feet. "Let's get to bed!"



"Yes! Let's!" Ruby added, also standing up and tugging on Jaune's hand. Yang got up and tugged harder, nearly pulling Jaune off his feet. She caught him, smiling strangely.



"Oops! Clumsy me!" Yang said, holding him against her chest, "But you had a soft landing, right Stud?"



"Uh, yeah," Jaune said carefully. He slowly stood up, pulling away from Yang. "Anyway, there are four beds. I'll grab the pull out from the couch and-"



"Nonsense!" Ruby insisted, hugging onto Jaune tightly, "We used to sleep in the same sleeping bag all the time on the road, Jaune! It'll be just like old times!"



"Um...?"



"I couldn't put you out like that, Ruby," Yang said, tugging Jaune her way, "As the big sister, I'll take the hit! You deserve a bed all to yourself!"



"Uh..."



Weiss joined the fray, yanking on Jaune's shoulder.



"Please Ruby! As your partner and friend, I will accept the burden of Jaune in my bed!" Weiss said with a gleeful smile.



"Er, that's not-"



Blake again intervened, hugging onto Jaune tightly around the waist.



"I've caused so much trouble," Blake said, "I'll handle this for you three. After all, I have the most experience."



"Yeah, like the alley cat you are," Yang snorted. Blake growled.



"You didn't want to do anything!"



"I didn't want to do anything you suggested because it was all from your porn books!"



"EROTICA!"



"I'm smallest, he'll have the most room with me!" Ruby growled.



"Please! I-I'm nothing next to him!" Weiss insisted, "I-I'll just get lost in his arms-!"



"Okay!" Jaune said loudly but calmly, pulling away from all of them, "I'll just go get another room. You all deserve to have beds to yourselves, and I've got the money. It's no big deal. All right?"



"But-!" Weiss insisted, but Jaune shook his head.



"You guys have a LOT of issues. Being at eachother's throats hasn't helped. So, we all sleep separately and we'll feel better tomorrow. That good with everyone?"



"I..." Ruby nodded, drooping like a kicked puppy. "Yes Jaune."



"Sure Stud," Yang sighed.



"Of course Jaune," Weiss murmured quietly.



Blake just nodded, still staring intensely at Jaune.



Jaune nodded back to them and smiled.



"Good. See you tomorrow," he said, "Good night."



They said their goodnights back. Jaune turned and went out the door. The moment it shut behind him, all four women glared daggers at eachother-Though three of them focused mainly on Blake.



"What the hell was that?!" Yang demanded.



Blake shrugged.



"Nothing you weren't thinking," she replied cattily, "Jaune's single. He's well off. He's dependable. And we'll be at a wedding. It's the perfect time."



"Perfect time for what?!" Weiss demanded. "For you to-to sink your claws into him?!"



"Basically, yeah," Blake shrugged.



"You-You shameless alley cat!" Yang snarled.



"How do you know he's single?!" Ruby demanded. "It's not like you searched through his social media accounts when he handed you his Scroll, is it?!"



"No," Blake smirked, "But you did."



Ruby went bright red. At everyone else's scowls, she glared back.



"S-So what if I did?!" She sputtered. "Just to make sure he was single! I-I'm curious about him! He's my best friend, despite, you know, everything!" She pointed an accusing finger at Blake.



"You just want him because you want an easy life!"



"Yeah, and so do the rest of you!" Blake shot back. "But he's also courageous, handsome, kind, and everything else a proper romantic lead should be!"



"You barely exchanged ten words with him during our whole adventure to stop Salem!" Weiss sputtered.



"Yeah, and I also didn't reject him when he courted me in Beacon!" Blake smirked.



"Yeah?!" Yang growled, "Well, you'll just run off on him the second things get tough or-or cheat on him with Sun!"



"WE HAD AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP!" Blake defended herself.



"YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!" Yang snarled. "Me? I'm going to stay with Jaune and-and build a proper home and family with him! I'll have twenty kids and we'll be happy!"



"Yaaaaang!" Ruby shouted, betrayed. Yang blushed.



"What?! You'll still be part of the family, Rubes! But you had your shot. I'm taking mine!"



"I'M TAKING MY SHOT!" Ruby snarled.



The argument continued... Until there was a knock at the door. Ruby scowled at her teammates turned traitors and stalked over to it. She threw the door open.



"WHA-Jaune?!"



Jaune stood there, looking disappointed. A hotel employee stood with him, looking annoyed.



"Guys," Jaune said, "This is why I said we should sleep and take care of this tomorrow, okay? Now everyone? Separate beds. Go. Now."



With his light beard and stern visage, he looked like the Rusted Knight again. All four girls nodded.



"Yes Jaune," they said meekly.



Blake and Weiss headed to their room, heads bowed, but still shooting dirty looks at eachother and Yang and Ruby. Yang and Ruby did the same, even after they were out of sight. Jaune shut the doors on both their rooms, sighed, and turned to the hotel employee.



"I'm really sorry about this," he said.



"Keep your harem in line, sir," the employee stated. Jaune scowled.



"They're not my harem!"



"Tell them that," he scoffed. "Also, you gonna tip or what?"



"For you responding to a noise complaint?" Jaune asked in disbelief. "Really?"



"Really!" The employee agreed. Jaune sighed and slipped some lien into his hand. He smirked saucily.



"Thank you sir... Though you know... If you and your ladies had a different sort of noise complaint, I could ignore it for a few more-?"



Jaune flared his Aura. It was like staring into the sun-A stern, powerful, angry looking sun in the form of a seven foot tall man built like a mountain.



The employee gulped nervously, handed the tip back, and tipped his hat.



"H-Have a good night, sir!"



He scurried off as Jaune glared after him. He sighed, released his Aura, and slowly shook his head.



"Some things never change," he muttered as he went off to his bed and his well deserved rest.



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Yeah it's now a harem competition fic. It was going to happen eventually.



However, it's gonna require a lot more character growth to get to the happy ending.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

This is gonna be hilarious

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

It all went to Whitley. He uh... He's still not happy about me pulling a sword on him and declaring we'd made up.

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Weiss - "Are you still angry I left you pinned to a tree in a forest full of monsters during initiation, Jaune?"

Thanks for more of Team RWBY's minimum wage future!

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Weiss - "Are you still angry I left you pinned to a tree in a forest full of monsters during initiation, Jaune?"

Thanks for more of Team RWBY's minimum wage future!

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Jaune: "No? I got over that a while ago."

Weiss: "How much of a whole ago?"

Jaune: "Wellllll..."

 

[mgl1206]

Weiss - "Are you still angry I left you pinned to a tree in a forest full of monsters during initiation, Jaune?"

Thanks for more of Team RWBY's minimum wage future!

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I don't think he ever realized just how much danger he was in when Weiss left him there.

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

I don't think he ever realized just how much danger he was in when Weiss left him there.

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The Grimm are less persistent than Pyrrha.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

I did have a few cruel and ridiculous ideas for crack comedy one shots. Here are a few. Be warned? They're extremely bad:



-RWBY and JNR managed to defeat Salem but she unleashed a final attack that killed off most of the world's population. So now the priority is: Have babies and rebuild civilization! I think humanity/Faunuskind is doomed with these idiots in charge.



-To prove she's not racist, Blake goes on a date with Jaune... Who she does not even know the name of. She never asked.



-Yang learns she's arranged to be married to Jaune. Now in most fics she would freak out, but here? She's actually totally fine with it. Hell she'll even bring Ruby in as co-wife! Jaune will be a great house-husband!

 

[SharkCultist]

Yang learns she's arranged to be married to Jaune. Now in most fics she would freak out, but here? She's actually totally fine with it. Hell she'll even bring Ruby in as co-wife! Jaune will be a great house-husband!

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Isabella: listen to me Yang. You NEED to get him a harem.

Yang: what the fu-

Isabella: no shut up and listen. I have complete biological control and his father still regularly outlasts me in bed. I went through childbirth seven times and came out fine. You don't have that. You need to get him a harem or you will die.

Yang:...I have a sister?

Isabella: it's a start.

 

[Reader548]

Isabella: listen to me Yang. You NEED to get him a harem.

Yang: what the fu-

Isabella: no shut up and listen. I have complete biological control and his father still regularly outlasts me in bed. I went through childbirth seven times and came out fine. You don't have that. You need to get him a harem or you will die.

Yang:...I have a sister?

Isabella: it's a start.

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Isabella: I'd get the Schnee in if I were you, if she's anything like her mother than she's thirstier than a fish in the Vacuo desert and absolutely desperate for children, Oh and the Nikos girl as well! They would make the most adorable grandbabies!

Yang:..... I feel like this harem is more for your benefit than anyone's else's.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Isabella: I'd get the Schnee in if I were you, if she's anything like her mother than she's thirstier than a fish in the Vacuo desert and absolutely desperate for children, Oh and the Nikos girl as well! They would make the most adorable grandbabies!

Yang:..... I feel like this harem is more for your benefit than anyone's else's.

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Isabel: Yang, I do love my son and I do want grandchildren. I also know Summer would be very proud of you and would want you to be happy.

Yang: Oh... W-Wow... Um... Going right for the jugular huh?

Isabel: Yes.

Yang: And she would be happy with us having a harem?

Isabel: Yes

Yang: Wha... How? Why?

Isabel: She tried to recruit me and Nick into hers.

Yang: What?!

 

[Reader548]

Isabel: Yang, I do love my son and I do want grandchildren. I also know Summer would be very proud of you and would want you to be happy.

Yang: Oh... W-Wow... Um... Going right for the jugular huh?

Isabel: Yes.

Yang: And she would be happy with us having a harem?

Isabel: Yes

Yang: Wha... How? Why?

Isabel: She tried to recruit me and Nick into hers.

Yang: What?!

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I love the idea that Summer, Raven and Tai were a throuple, it makes the time-line of events a bit less suspect around Ruby and Yang's birth and has some wonderful potential for conflict in the actual career of their team; something we are woefully lacking in given how major a role they play.

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

-RWBY and JNR managed to defeat Salem but she unleashed a final attack that killed off most of the world's population. So now the priority is: Have babies and rebuild civilization! I think humanity/Faunuskind is doomed with these idiots in charge.

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Honestly?

Jaune probably wouldn't do a bad job.

The others though........

Jaune - "Why is the back of the truck only filled with tuna and cookies?!?"

Blake - "You said we needed to scavenge essentials for the Radian refugee camp!"

Ruby - "Yeah, essentials!"

Jaune - "Urrgh! Well, I'm sure Weiss and Yang were more sensible, and got those supplies & staff for the hospital."

Some time later.....
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Yang - "Hey everyone, we're back!"

Jaune - "Oh, thank god! Ruby and Blake totally screwed up and..... what's that?"

Yang - "I got all the shampoo and conditioner the hospital pharmacy had. A girls got to look her best stud!"

Jaune - "Weiss, please tell me you brought back some doctors or nurses to help with hospital here in Radian...."

Weiss - "Why? There are already plenty. I found something far more valuable!"

Jaune - "Dare, I ask what?"

Weiss - "A baker, to replace my beloved cake butler!"

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Sixteen Years Ago...



Isabel was expanding every one of her senses with her Semblance, and speeding up her brain processing as quickly as she could. The stink of fear and Dust filled the air. The sounds of panic and gun fire were almost deafening. She could feel the heartbeat of the injured man she was trying to treat fading beneath her gloved hands, all in the wide railroad tunnel.



"Stay calm, stay calm," she insisted, pushing more Aura into the old, blood covered man, "It's okay, it's okay!"



She controlled her sweat glands to keep any of it dripping into her eyes. With one hand she pushed Aura through the Healing Dust into the man and with the other, she tried to stitch up his injuries. A nurse had plunged an IV into his arm to try and keep him going.



"I... I can't..." He whispered.



"Don't talk, it's okay, it's okay," Isabel insisted. The man shuddered.



"Did... Did my kids get out?"



Isabel didn't know. She hadn't gotten a name from the man. She sucked in a breath.



"I don't know," she whispered back honestly. The man shuddered, slumped. His heartbeat faded. She hissed, pushed more Aura into him.



"No, nonono, stay with me, stay...!"



Gone. The sensors she'd attached to his chest, linked to her Scroll, beeped in a low, mournful flatline. She took a deep breath, willed herself to stay calm.



"Doctor! More over here!" The beleaguered nurse cried. Isabel pulled the meager blanket over the man's body and headed over, already scrubbing her hands clean with antiseptic.



The barricade ahead was made of concrete traffic dividers. Valean Defense Force troops and militia members fired into the snarling darkness beyond as refugees tried to make it to safety. She tried to put it out of her mind, focus on her patients.



Two scraped up, crying children-She quickly sent them on ahead out of the tunnel with another refugee woman, they would be fine.



An old woman with a horrible thigh wound-She applied a tourniquet, a tiny bit of her Aura through Healing Dust, and had her loaded up on the train carts ferrying civilians out and troops in.



A man bleeding out, carrying his dead dog... She sat with him, gave him pain killers. He passed away. She kept her emotions off, stayed calm.



On and on and on it went. An endless stream of desperate humanity, fleeing from Mount Glenn, whose defenses were now gone. Her husband and her best friend, Mercer Sith, were in that same city, fighting desperately to protect people coming in. She hadn't seen them, smelled them, heard them, or heard from them over the Scroll in hours now...



No. Calm. The more she used her Semblance, the less Aura she would have. And she already had so little...



"Doctor!" One of the troops shouted. She turned-An Ursa had barreled through the gunfire and was clawing at the barricade. She sucked in a breath, summoned up some Aura, and charged. She had to save every iota of Aura she could, every drop-



She lifted up another concrete divider, and, using its mass, slammed it down on the snarling Grimm's neck, decapitating it. It began to dissolve, and the troops resumed firing as she pulled away and ran back to her patients.



Come on Nick, come on...!



She hadn't wanted to leave. Jaune had just been born, and he had been so weak! So frail! Even now, he was in a plastic bubble back at Arc-En-Ciel, not at home. She wasn't home, she hadn't wanted to come... But her baby was stable and Mount Glenn was falling. Every hand was needed.



So many people wouldn't be seeing their loved ones ever again today. More would if they weren't here. And yet...



I'm so sorry kids, I'm so sorry...



One of the soldiers (Captain Reynolds, her almost infallible memory provided) held a hand to his ear set. He shook his head. Even through the balaclava over his face and the helmet on his head, she could see he was outraged.



"They're what?!" He demanded.



He looked helplessly at Isabel.



"What?!" She cried.



"They say to pull back!" Reynolds growled. "They're collapsing the tunnel!"



Isabel's eyes widened and her jaw dropped.



"What?! They can't-There are still people in there-!" She shouted.



"It's too late!" Reynolds shouted, "They're sending a train!"



Isabel's heart pounded in her chest, her ribs rattling. She looked anxiously down the tunnel, praying, begging, she would see her husband and best friend.



"We have to go, Doctor!" Reynolds shouted, pulling back from the barricade while firing back. "Grab everyone you can, let's bail!"



"Get going!" Isabel shouted, "Go! I'm going to wait as long as I can!"



"Ma'am, we've all been ordered to retreat-!"



"You go then!" Isabel shouted, as calm as she could sound, "I'll help you load up everyone but get going!"



"Doctor, they said everyone-"



Reynolds placed a hand on Isabel's shoulder. She glared at him coldly, and grasped his hand firmly.



"I'm staying," she stated, flat and angry. Reynolds stared back at her, and slowly nodded.



"... Then I guess I'm staying too," he said. "BOYS! Covering fire! Everyone get out! GO!"



"But sir-!" One of the privates protested, but Reynolds glared. The private nodded hurriedly.



"Yes sir! MOVE! MOVE!"



Reynolds got back up on the line and continued to fire as his men withdrew. Isabel hurriedly used her strength and gathered up every patient she could move (and a number she shouldn't, but had no choice) up to the railcart. Her nurse was breathing hard, looking frantic (Inara, that was her name-Good girl, right from Radian), but was able to lay the patients on the cart properly even as the soldiers clambered around them.



"Doctor, that's all," Inara cried, "Are you really-?"



"YES," Isabel snarled. She summoned up a little more Aura, and kicked the railcart, sending it down the rail, "Now GO!"



She turned and picked up two discarded Auto Dust Rifles. She joined Captain Reynolds on the line, and opened fire on a few Beowulves heading for them.



"You can leave too!" Isabel shouted, "You need to go!"



"Lady, if you think I'm leaving the woman who kept us going behind alone, you're crazier than I thought!" Reynolds shouted back over his own rifle fire. Isabel allowed herself a smile, even as she stared down at the tunnel



Come on Nick, come on Mercer, come on...!



She could hear a train in the distance behind her. A loud, ominous whistle. She threw down her weapons the moment their magazines were spent, and picked up new ones, firing them on the Grimm.



At last she heard familiar fire-A railgun sword and a chaingun. Out of the darkness came Nick, running hard. He had a child over his shoulder. Mercer, the old cat Faunus, was right behind him, running backwards as he fired his heavy weapon behind them. A large crowd of people were with them, running for their lives.



"NICK!" Isabel screamed, "THEY'RE USING A TRAIN BOMB TO SEAL THE TUNNEL! HURRY!"



"A WHAT?!" Nick shouted back.



"HURRY!" She shrieked, grabbing another rifle to fire... And finding it spent too. She threw it at a Beowulf trying to pounce on one of the civilians, and the force of her throw split the Beowulf clean in half.



She wobbled. Her Aura flared around her, splintering...



Oh no, Isabel thought in horror, no, nonono, not now, NOT NOW-!



The train roared like an avalanche of steel. She collapsed to her knees and shook as her Aura shattered around her.



"IZZY!" Nick and Mercer screamed. Isabel grit her teeth, tried to stand...



Nick barreled through the barricade, smashing them aside. He picked her up and threw her over his other shoulder, running like a maniac. She held on for dear life, watching as Nick, Mercer, and Reynolds herded the civilians forward. Reynolds took the rear, firing furiously into the horde of oncoming Grimm as he moved backwards. Mercer sent out bursts as well, revving up his minigun to send more death back towards the monsters...



He looked back... His eyes widened.



"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" He bellowed, throwing himself to the side with a boy he managed to grab. Nick threw himself with the girl to the side. The civilians scrambled... A huge black mass barreled past her, so fast, so huge she felt the tips of rivets brush her hair...



The train charged on ahead, leaving death in its wake. It slammed into the horde of Grimm and kept going, undeterred by their numbers. She saw people all over the tracks, some dead, many injured-



"NICK! Nick, we can't-We can't just leave them-!" She shrieked.



Then there was a massive explosion. The world turned white, then black.



- - -



She awoke some time later-Her Aura was back, if weak. She was lying on a cot in a tent, judging from the smells and fabric flapping sounds. She opened her eyes.



Nick was sitting over her, looking grim. He squeezed her hand tightly.



"Izzy... Izzy, you okay?" He whispered.



Isabel nodded slowly. She sat up. Nick gave her water from a bottle, which she gratefully accepted.



"You... Are you okay?" She asked. Nick sucked in a deep breath. "Is Mercer okay? Is-?"



"I'm fine," Mercer grumbled, the grouchy old cat stepping into the emergency tent. He still wore his simple but garish outfit-Plaid pants, military boots, white undershirt with some tactical armor, and a khaki canvas duster. He scowled at her with his black eyes.



"You almost weren't," he stated, "Aura Breaking? You? An Arc? Your granny would be ashamed-"



"How many?" Isabel demanded, in no mood for Mercer's usual antics. "How many did we...?"



Nick bowed his head. Mercer sighed, and looked away as he lit a cigarette. Nick slowly raised his head and looked her in the eyes.



"We got the little girl out... A boy Mercer snagged... The rest..."



He trailed off. He bowed his head in shame. Isabel stared.



Her husband had almost never shown shame. Never seemed so... So lost, broken and sad. So defeated.



"... The tunnel collapsed," he whispered, "They... They wanted to be sure... We carried you all here but..." He shook his head. "I... Izzy..."



He sucked in a deep breath.



"I'm sorry, Izzy," he whispered, "I'm so sorry. I wasn't strong enough. I wasn't good enough... I'm sorry."



Isabel stared at her husband. Tears came to her eyes. She wrapped her arms around his big shoulders. He wrapped his arms around hers. Mercer sighed, smoking in silence.



There was nothing but the cold wind, and the dead so far below...

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

Damn. That was sad. She's going to absolutely tear somebody a new asshole for this though.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Damn. That was sad. She's going to absolutely tear somebody a new asshole for this though.

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And now, all of a sudden, Isabel's insistence that Jaune NOT become a Huntsman doesn't seem so bad, does it? Yes she still shouldn't have been so controlling and yes he was going to make his own decisions...

But every time Jaune brought up his dream, she would think back to this day. This horrible day. She would have nightmares about this day seeing Jaune among the dead or dying they had to leave behind. When at the time, he was on life support in the natal care unit at the hospital.

She may have gone about it the wrong way, but you can't deny WHY she would never want her son in that situation.

 

[SharkCultist]

Had a rather horrifying idea. One that makes Salem a bigger monster in this version than others.

Ozpin cares about his students so how does she hurt Ozpin?

She kidnaps his students, )usually when on dates) and takes them and sliced them apart then stitches them back together using Grimm flesh and magic.

She's literally making monsters out of ships.

 

[Gur40]

Just saw the greatest crossover idea of all time
RWBY X Black Clover
White Hair best girls
Anti-magic vs Salem/gods
and MC that kind but ready to throw down

here

the comments make it hilarous

 

[LordofBones]

I did have a few cruel and ridiculous ideas for crack comedy one shots. Here are a few. Be warned? They're extremely bad:

-RWBY and JNR managed to defeat Salem but she unleashed a final attack that killed off most of the world's population. So now the priority is: Have babies and rebuild civilization! I think humanity/Faunuskind is doomed with these idiots in charge.

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JNR gradually build a thriving kingdom.

RWBY somehow manage to have theirs implode, and Jaune now has to fend off a foursome of thirsty thots out for the responsible and mature leader of New Radian (i.e. him).

-To prove she's not racist, Blake goes on a date with Jaune... Who she does not even know the name of. She never asked.

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Jaune is utterly mortified when Blake ends up offending everyone based on national stereotypes. Blake, in turn, is offended when people aren't racist against her due to her species, but due to her nationality.

Or, Blake is turned on by Jaune's seeming indifference.

-Yang learns she's arranged to be married to Jaune. Now in most fics she would freak out, but here? She's actually totally fine with it. Hell she'll even bring Ruby in as co-wife! Jaune will be a great house-husband!

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This can potentially go very, very badly. Just read that last sentence again and think how Jaune would feel.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

She may have gone about it the wrong way, but you can't deny WHY she would never want her son in that situation

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It's absolutely understandable

 

[MetalHead]

-RWBY and JNR managed to defeat Salem but she unleashed a final attack that killed off most of the world's population. So now the priority is: Have babies and rebuild civilization! I think humanity/Faunuskind is doomed with these idiots in charge.

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Better suited for the lewd thread, but here's the idea. Everyone on RWBY/JNR is a blushing virgin (yes, even Blake - Adam was too obsessed for intimacy), whose idea of sex "tab A goes into slot B and something about egg cells that we probably should've paid more attention to in school". Same goes for Winter - too focused on her military career. So, a lot of attempts to procreate are ending up completely wrong.
Attempt to encourage are even worse - it's sex and procreation propaganda from people who know nothing about sex and pregnancy.

Qrow's (and maybe Willow's) attempts to help are only making everything worse. It gets go bad that either Raven or Jacques of all people has to pick up the slack.

-Yang learns she's arranged to be married to Jaune. Now in most fics she would freak out, but here? She's actually totally fine with it. Hell she'll even bring Ruby in as co-wife! Jaune will be a great house-husband!

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And she gets so intense that Jaune is the one freaking out from the Yang-dere vibes he gets from her.

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yes, I had to