[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[SharkCultist]

Nora and Ren's normal antics gets accidentally caught on camera and inspires a fully independent comedy series.

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Coming this summer, a spin-off of the years hottest movie.

The assassin duo incapable of killing who somehow still always complete the mission.

The lovable lunatic The Sloth, and her stoic sidekick The Samurai.

 

[MetalHead]

AJT once provided the prompt of Jaune asking for a relative to help with combat training, since his parents won't allow him to (I'm too lazy to look up the exact post).

So I got this silly idea.

Jaune seeks out the one relative, who won't immediately contact his parents due to a very strained relations with his mother - his aunt Sylvia.

Spoiler: This one

So Jaune gets training from Uncle Travis and his group of friends (Badman, Bad Girl and Shinobu Jacobs), and maybe even a weapon (made from Alice Twilight ASURA-6).
He also gets dragged in their shenanigans, some of UAA business, and hooked on the Bizarre Jelly anime.
Also, still gets no gun because nobody in Travis' group uses firearms.

Arriving at Beacon also mean that Jaune bring the whole Touchdown clan antics with him (because Jeane the Cat picked a ride in his backpack). He also worries that Ruby might be related to Margaret Moonlight and therefore wanting revenge on him due to his relation with Travis.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

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Free periods between classes at Beacon were for studying. Jaune admittedly had struggled a bit with focusing at the start of the semester, but thanks to Pyrrha's training in combat, Nora's training in weights, and Ren's training in meditation and Aura had seriously improved his discipline. So at the moment, he was going over an essay he had written for Professor Oobleck's class. So far, it covered all the main topics and the spelling was good.

Still, it was hard to focus on it as he looked out the library windows. He smiled a bit at the clear, warm summer weather and the other students out just relaxing in the sun.

Okay... A few more minutes, then I'm out of here, he resolved. He turned back to the essay... When the doors to the library were slammed open. He looked up, and his eyes widened. A blue haired woman, a few years older than him, stormed right in and scanned around. When her eyes locked onto him, she sprinted right at him. She leaped like a tiger, as tears burst from her eyes.

"JAUUUUNE!"

"AQUAAA-?!"

She tackled him right to the floor, slamming him down hard enough to knock the wind out of his chest. He coughed and struggled to catch her breath as the woman sobbed over him.

"IT'S BEEN SO LONG! MY BELOVED BABY BROTHER! HOW ARE YOU?!" She cried.

"Urk... I-I'm... Fine," Jaune managed.

Ruby Rose, his best friend, appeared out of a burst of rose petals. She gave the blue haired girl a disbelieving look.

"Um... Jaune? Who's the girl sobbing over you?" She asked.

"This is Aqua," Jaune wheezed, "My big sister."

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It took some time for Aqua's hysterics to die down. Long enough Jaune could drag her off to the RWBY/JNPR Common room. Ruby followed, though not before sending a message to Professor Oobleck's class that they would be late.

Jaune set his sister down on a couch, and sat down next to her. He patted her on the shoulder and smiled.

"Now now, Aqua... I'm sure it's not that bad? I mean... Did you lose another horse race?"

"Horse race?" Ruby asked in disbelief. Aqua shook her head violently.

"Okay... Did you lose at the card table-?"

"Card table?!" Ruby inquired, more alarmed. Aqua shook her head again. Jaune sighed.

"Are you in debt to some mobsters... Again-?"

"IT DOESN'T INVOLVE DEBT!" Aqua wailed. "WHY IS MY OWN BROTHER SUCH A JERK?!"

"I-I'm just going through the standard possibilities!" Jaune protested. Ruby stared at him in disbelief. Jaune sighed, and patted Aqua on the shoulder.

"Okay, so... Did you and Kazuma fight again?"

Aqua sniffled, and shook her head.

"I... Not exactly," she mumbled.

Jaune spread his arms out.

"Okay, so... What happened?" He asked in exasperation.

Aqua sniffled.

"... I'm pregnant," she mumbled.

Jaune blinked. Ruby gasped. Jaune then grinned.

"W-Well that's wonderful! It's Kazuma's baby, r-right?"

Aqua sniffled and nodded.

"Y-Yes..."

"So, what's the problem?" Jaune asked.

"WE AGREED NOT TO LET FEELINGS GET INVOLVED!" Aqua wailed. "BUT THEY DID! AND HE'S NOT GONNA WANT TO MARRY THE GODDESS OF DEBT AND ALCOHOLISM!"

"You did give that up, right? For the baby?" Jaune asked urgently. Aqua sobbed.

"OF COURSE I DID! WHY DO YOU THINK I'M IN SUCH A BAD MOOD?!"

Jaune sighed and hugged her. He patted her back.

"It's okay, sis, it's okay. We're going to work this out..."

Aqua sniffled again, and looked up at Jaune hopefully.

"While I am, can I crash on your couch? Or bunk? I am pregnant, after all. You wouldn't toss your pregnant sister out into the cold, unfeeling world, would you?"

"You could just go talk to Kazuma," Jaune said, "I mean, I'm pretty sure he'd marry you if you'd ask-"

"I CAN"T ASK HIM THAT!" Aqua sobbed. "HE THINKS I'M NO GOOD! AND HE'S RIGHT! I WENT AND GOT PREGNANT AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM! WHEN HE'S INTO PETITE GIRLS OR BLONDE BOMBSHELLS!"

"You are technically blonde, Aqua," Jaune sighed, "You just dye your hair-"

"UWAAAAAAHHHHH!"

"OKAY OKAY OKAY! We won't call Kazuma yet," Jaune said, waving his hands. Aqua sniffled, and hugged him tightly.

"Can I get some pickles and ice cream? Rocky road please? For your big sister?"

Jaune sighed heavily.

"Yes, I can," he stated. "Don't worry, I'll be right back."

He guided Ruby out the door, and closed it behind them. Ruby worried her lower lip.

"Um... Does Beacon let you have your relatives stay with you?"

"No idea, which is why we're gonna have to resolve this fast," Jaune sighed. "I love her to pieces but she's... Well... Difficult is the best way to put it."

"How long has she been with her boyfriend?" Ruby asked.

"About seven years," Jaune said. Ruby's eyes widened.

"Wait, and they're STILL not married?!"

"The guy has two or three other girls in their group and they're all, uh..." Jaune searched for a kind word.

"Dysfunctional," he decided on. Ruby winced.

"How dysfunctional?"

"Hopefully you won't find out," Jaune stated flatly. "Anyway, you go get some pickles and ice cream. Me? I'm gonna have to figure out a way to get in contact with Kazuma."

"How? I-I mean, without lying to your sister," Ruby asked.

Jaune sighed.

"If I know my hopefully future brother-in-law? He's already trying to track down my sister... Though if he doesn't know she's pregnant, he'll have a few false starts before he figures out how to find her."

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Kazuma Satou, the leader of the mercenary/adventurer group KDAM (Kadmium), stared down a LOT of thugs with guns in a hideout in northern Sanus. At his sides were Megumi, a Huntress who could cause massive explosions with her Semblance, Dust, and gunpowder (which she was no longer allowed to have), and Darkness, a washed out Huntress who could tank better than anyone else... Though unfortunately she rarely hit anything with her sword.

"So," Kazuma stated slowly, "You haven't seen Aqua around?"

"No!" The head gangster growled, "She actually PAID HER DEBTS before she ran off!"

Kazuma blinked rapidly.

"That... Doesn't sound like her. Holy shit... Is she sick? Is she dying?!"

"Can we blow them up anyway?" Megumi asked. "I mean, we came all this way and I didn't even get to blow anything up!"

"Or fight them in a valiant last stand?" Darkness asked, already panting, "These lusty, dirty, filthy men overwhelming us and taking us prisoner-"

"No, no, none of that, serious mode guys," Kazuma stated. He hummed. "If she paid her debts and ran off... Where could she be?"

Kazuma then snapped his fingers.

"Of course! She went to get more money!" He said cheerfully. "And since her mom and dad cut her off... Saphron's in the wrong direction... Tanya wouldn't do it unless she was dying..."

He grinned.

"She'll go bum money off of Jaune at Beacon! Of course!"

"Ooh! Jaune's grown up so handsome!" Darkness sighed happily, "Though I wonder if he has a sadistic streak like his sister? That might be interesting to-OW OW OW HURTS SO GOOD~!"

Kazuma rolled his eyes as he twisted Darkness's ear.

"We'll deal with that later, Darkness. Anyway guys, thanks for the intel!"

"Are you going to fix our door?" The head gangster demanded.

Kazuma looked at the smashed open doors to the casino, and then back to the gangster.

"We could... But it would mean we'd stay longer, and Megumi might get impatient for another explosion..."

Megumi grinned and held up her Dust powered staff. The head gangster held up his hands.

"That's fine! That's fine! You do you, man! Hope you find your girl!"

"Thanks!" Kazuma said brightly, dragging his companions out the doors. The mobster sighed and rubbed his face.

"I thought the crazies stayed in Mistral... What the hell happened to this country?"

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[ArsMagna1337]

Aqua

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Salem: Please! Take me with you! I don't want to be with her!
God of Light: No. This will be your punishment. You will stay here forever with her and Ozpin until you learned your lesson. This should make you suffer enough.
God of Darkness: But if you became similar to one of my... Strangely perverted priestesses, the deal is off and we will leave you on the moon.
GoL: Like what happened to that weird toast that my brother accidentally created a few months ago when we switched domains.
GoD: That was one time.
GoL: You made a bunch of shrimps that run on stupid.
GoD: They are funny as fuck. One of them even stopped those event horizons with a bunch of cows.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

As for how Tangy/Tanya and Aqua Arc ended up how they are in this universe? Without them being transplanted? That's fairly simple.



Aqua Arc wanted to be a doctor like her mom, and when her Aura was unlocked her Semblance, Water Control, was breathtakingly powerful. She seemed guaranteed to succeed her mother... But medical school and being a prodigy with her Semblance (but nothing else) burned her out and she wanted to chart her own course. She had a massive argument with Isabel and then left when she was 18 to forge her own destiny. Her father let her go, as he felt that there wasn't anything he could do to dissuade her. Being rather sheltered but very powerful, Aqua ended up drinking, partying, and gambling a lot in the wilds of Mistral. And having to keep one step ahead of gangsters and other debt collectors thanks to her power. She was always a bit of a crybaby as well, and definitely took after her father when it came to common sense. It wasn't until she saved some idiot from the island nation of Fuujin who fell off a boat and nearly drowned named Kazuma Satou that her life began to turn around. She remembered that she wanted to become a doctor like her mom to help people, and to go on adventures like her father. Kazuma helped remind her of that. She still drinks, gambles, and spends too much but she's slowly getting back on the right track in life. She was always closest to Nick, her daddy.



Tangerine "Tangy" or "Tanya" Arc has always been an ambitious girl. There were concerns she might be autistic or a high-functioning sociopath, but she does have basic empathy for others: She's just always been very analytical and serious. She had a knack for finance, philosophy, and strategic thinking and was going to become an investment banker in Atlas. However, she got caught up in a White Fang hostage situation and managed to negotiate herself and the others hostages out of it... Before blowing up the White Fang terrorists. This was a RUSH to Tangy, and she got her Aura unlocked, some military training with Atlas, and then struck out on her own to found her own PMC. She's on fairly decent terms with her parents, though Isabel is unhappy she's in such a dangerous profession. Tangy definitely takes after Isabel in her intelligence and ruthlessness-There were times as a Huntress Isabel was very cold, calculating, and brutal, and this may be why Isabel and Tangy have such a difficult relationship at times while still being close. She loves her father of course, as he has deep emotional intelligence and recognized she wouldn't be happy making a living behind a desk.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

Its hilarious how wrong he is and yet Kazuma is right that Aqua went to Jaune.

 

[Fusion Blaster]

for Action movie idea
I'm seeing it with Jaune and Pyrrha as the leads. Him asthe plucky comic releief sidekick. A take on teh Die Hard meets Buddy cop.

so we have our Hans Gruber esque villian and he plays faunus terroist who Jane suggests is a fake Faunus terroist who's jusing the White Fang as a distraction/cover for his theft.

Just so when it's revealed Blake can go ... okay so he's a faker framing a faunus... ookay i guess...

 

[LordofBones]

-Pyrrha's mother tries to get Pyrrha to star in an action film, and the rest of her friends get roped into it.

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Athena Nikos has plans involving classic dramas and epic fantasies. Unfortunately for her, Team JNPR are an absolute hit in campy action/adventure/comedy/horror movies, like Remnant's version of the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies.

Weiss: "Is that Arc?"

*Jaune, back to back with a badass warrior-monk Ren, watches the mooks drag a struggling, spitting Pyrrha to a sacrificial bonfire.*

Jaune: "Y'know, a few years ago, this would have been weird as hell." *cocks shotgun*
Ren: *shrugs, holds up his machine gun*


Yang: "Holy shit, what's P-money wearing?!"

*Pyrrha, wearing nothing more than a gold bikini and paint, engages a similarly-dressed Cinder in a dagger-fight*

Yang: "...I can do that!"
Ruby: "Yang no"
Yang: "Yang hell-yes!"

 

[Fallout5368]

*Jaune, back to back with a badass warrior-monk Ren, watches the mooks drag a struggling, spitting Pyrrha to a sacrificial bonfire.*

Jaune: "Y'know, a few years ago, this would have been weird as hell." *cocks shotgun*
Ren: *shrugs, holds up his machine gun*

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You know I kind of would watch a movie just like this. Doubly so if everyone but Jaune could feel the tension between him and Pyrrha. The Directors make them a pairing in the movies at first because Pyrrha asked for it. It then devolves into them tearing their hair out trying to show this Dense Idiot that Pyrrha loves HIM!

 

[LordofBones]

You know I kind of would watch a movie just like this. Doubly so if everyone but Jaune could feel the tension between him and Pyrrha. The Directors make them a pairing in the movies at first because Pyrrha asked for it. It then devolves into them tearing their hair out trying to show this Dense Idiot that Pyrrha loves HIM!

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What Pyrrha expected:

Jaune: "Oh Pyrrhiet!"
Pyrrha: "Oh Jomeo!"

What Pyrrha got:

*Pyrrha strides up to Jaune amidst a shootout, yanks his own pistols out of his holsters while he cocks his shotgun, and they have a nice proper romantic evil mook shoot-up*

Yang: *clenches fist* "I could totally be cool like that, too!"
Ruby: *sighs*

Not to mention Blake:

Ren: "Centuries ago, the Scorpion King made a deal with the god Anubis-"

Blake: "A dog-headed evil god? That's racist!"
Weiss: "No, that's historically inaccurate. Anubis is the jackal-headed Vacuoan deity that presides over the protection of the spirits of the dead; they probably mean Set, the sha-headed god of chaos and foreign influence."
Blake: *looks up Sha* "Huh, that looks like an animal. A fake animal. That's ultra-racist; like real faunus weren't good enough."

"I CAN"T ASK HIM THAT!" Aqua sobbed. "HE THINKS I'M NO GOOD! AND HE'S RIGHT! I WENT AND GOT PREGNANT AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM! WHEN HE'S INTO PETITE GIRLS OR BLONDE BOMBSHELLS!"

"You are technically blonde, Aqua," Jaune sighed, "You just dye your hair-"

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Poor Yunyun, forgotten again.

So what's Vanir? The actual god of darkness slumming around and hanging around with a permanently 20 year old sorceress from Salem's and Ozma's time?

Vanir: "O-ho! Perhaps I am, girl who wonders if the clueless boy has noticed she's gone up two cup sizes and wears a battle-dress one size too small-"
Ruby: "KYAAAAAAA! Shutupshutupshutuuuuuup!"

 

[Watching]

As for how Tangy/Tanya and Aqua Arc ended up how they are in this universe? Without them being transplanted? That's fairly simple.

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Should have just said isekai quartet traveling the multiverse for their sequel

 

[Bommel]

Ideas

- Jaune "buys" one of the girls to get them out of a arranged marradge, rescue them from slavers who want to sell them or something, and they turn out to be really into being "owned" by Jaune.
(where I got the idea from)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n9w2fPgS8I

- Jaune could be secretly pretty wealthy, but he can't access it unless it's a real emergency because he needs to prove he an make it on his own in the world first.
The previous scenario is one of those emergencies.

 

[Fallout5368]

Ren: "Centuries ago, the Scorpion King made a deal with the god Anubis-"

Blake: "A dog-headed evil god? That's racist!"
Weiss: "No, that's historically inaccurate. Anubis is the jackal-headed Vacuoan deity that presides over the protection of the spirits of the dead; they probably mean Set, the sha-headed god of chaos and foreign influence."
Blake: *looks up Sha* "Huh, that looks like an animal. A fake animal. That's ultra-racist; like real faunus weren't good enough."

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Weiss: Should I tell her about the fact that most of the Old Vacuoan Gods had animal and human heads?
Ruby: I don't think that would help the Cat Gods aren't in charge of the pantheon.

 

[Electrotechman]

I had an idea for some RWBY shorts.

> Jaune wants to become a Huntsman, but his parents forbid it.
> He thinks about running away and chances, but he doesn't like how foolhardy that plan is, so he comes up with a somewhat different plan.
> He runs off and finds his sister Tanya's PMC and joins so that he can gain some training beforehand.
> He knew what he was in for, military drills, the instilling of military discipline, and being made his sister's unofficial assistant and gopher so that she could keep an eye on him, but he didn't truly know the reality of it, given that his sister and her craziness is involved.
> That said, he doesn't regret it.
> A man's life looks different when he's forced to pulp the head of another one like an orange in an unplanned firefight.
> Aside from that, he and his sister are growing a lot closer!
> Such as the time she didn't have any weapons and she was forced to improvise to save his life from someone he had no chance of beating, so she tore her enemy's throat out with her teeth!

 

[SharkCultist]

Blake finds out two of her grandparents were a dog and a snake faunus.


She doesn't take it well.

 

[Electrotechman]

Or you could do something like this.

> Jaune's family is a direct descendant of a legendary Faunus freedom fighter who was alive during Faunus War Era, a lion faunus.
> In an odd case of resurgent blood, Jaune is born a lion faunus, the only one out of all of his family.
> His parents went the extra mile and had a DNA test done to ensure that nothing medically went wrong to lead to it, and everything checked out.
> Things weren't too different growing up, though his sisters did like playing with his ears
> Things get really weird when he arrives at Beacon.
> When Blake hears about why he's a lion Faunus, which came up because of how he's the only faunus in a family of humans despite not being adopted or a product of infidelity, she inevitably learns about his Ancestor.
> And now she's been trying to spend more and more time with him!
> Seeking him out and talking to him about Faunus rights, trying to hang out with him, when he's trying to hang out with other friends, and she's even done stuff like pull him into arguments about discrimination he wasn't involved with because she expected him to take her side or seek him out when she's trying to take stopping the White Fang into her own hands because she thinks he'll help her!
> Jaune doesn't know how to handle it, but he's decided to shut her out.
> He's not going to be mean or impolite about it, but with the issues she seems to have, he doesn't think it's a good idea to continue being her friend, rather than an acquaintance.
> He hopes this goes well...

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Or you could do something like this.

> Jaune's family is a direct descendant of a legendary Faunus freedom fighter who was alive during Faunus War Era, a lion faunus.
> In an odd case of resurgent blood, Jaune is born a lion faunus, the only one out of all of his family.
> His parents went the extra mile and had a DNA test done to ensure that nothing medically went wrong to lead to it, and everything checked out.
> Things weren't too different growing up, though his sisters did like playing with his ears
> Things get really weird when he arrives at Beacon.
> When Blake hears about why he's a lion Faunus, which came up because of how he's the only faunus in a family of humans despite not being adopted or a product of infidelity, she inevitably learns about his Ancestor.
> And now she's been trying to spend more and more time with him!
> Seeking him out and talking to him about Faunus rights, trying to hang out with him, when he's trying to hang out with other friends, and she's even done stuff like pull him into arguments about discrimination he wasn't involved with because she expected him to take her side or seek him out when she's trying to take stopping the White Fang into her own hands because she thinks he'll help her!
> Jaune doesn't know how to handle it, but he's decided to shut her out.
> He's not going to be mean or impolite about it, but with the issues she seems to have, he doesn't think it's a good idea to continue being her friend, rather than an acquaintance.
> He hopes this goes well...

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Spoilers: It does NOT go well.

 

[Electrotechman]

Spoilers: It does NOT go well.

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It gets funnier when you imagine Pyrrha would react when Jaune confides with her about the troubles he's having with Blake.

> Jaune: "She expects me to have certain opinions and beliefs I have never claimed to have, just because she sees someone else when she looks at me."
> Jaune; "Since the day we met, she hasn't even tried to get to know me, with the only things she's tried to talk to me about being the plight of the Faunus."
> Jaune; "She's dragged me into things I never wanted a part in, because she just expects me to be willing to help her whenever she asks."
> Jaune: "Her heart is in the right place, but she doesn't give me the courtesy of thinking of me as a normal boy, instead. I'm forced to live up to a legacy I never asked for!"
> Pyrrha: *Eyes dilate. Heat beats faster.* 'He's just like me!'

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Some prompts:

-In Ekho, the main character, Fourmille Gratule, is a busty blonde who gets sent to a parallel version of our world with fantasy elements. She also gains the ability to channel the spirits of the dead and she makes a living sorting out their unfinished business. Her as an Arc relative might be a lot of fun. Inevitably any woman's spirit who possesses her has the hots for her partner and best friend Yuri, who is an attractive young man.

Pyrrha: "T-Tell me... Can you make ghosts possess other people?"
Fourmille: "Well... I might, but why would you-?"
Pyrrha: "Please?!"
Fourmille: "I'm warning you, most of them are very, VERY horny from not having bodies for so long. They might just jump the nearest man!"
Pyrrha: Squee

-Doctor Merlot and Doctor Watts: Evil Science Bros.

-Mercury ends up with an abhorrent admirer after he kicks Cardin in the face: Velvet Scarlatina.

-Cowboy Jaune has to break the news of his date with Velvet to the others.

-Jaune is haunted by his distant ancestor, Joan D'Arc. Who is... Well... She's got some aspects of her Fate character but she's also a bit of a ditz and a pyromaniac. Hilarity ensues.

-Yang Xiao-Long needs a boyfriend to get Granny Xiao-Long off her back. Jaune Arc it is!

-Cardin is so irritated with how weak Jaune is because their families are RIVALS! Like, the best frienemies throughout history! If Jaune looks bad, it will make him look bad!

-Isabel abuses her ability to shapeshift to infiltrate Beacon and check up on her son. Hijinks ensue.

-Isabel abuses her ability to shapeshift to infiltrate Beacon as a teenager and check up on her son. Hijinks ensue.

Jaune: "Mom, what are you doing here?"
Isabel: "What? I'm not your mom, silly boy-"
Jaune: deadpan "Mom. I saw you use this form with Dad that one time."
Isabel: Pales "... Oh."
Jaune: "Yeah, Oh."

 

[ArsMagna1337]

Doctor Merlot and Doctor Watts: Evil Science Bros

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They ended up accidentally becoming Penny's overprotective uncles. The two are now trying to ensure Jaune Arc will continue the Polendina Bloodline... Mostly because Mercury bet that they aren't good matchmakers due to their mad scienceyness.

How is she going to make babies? Well, Watts stole the Staff to secretly create Penny's human body.

-Jaune is haunted by his distant ancestor, Joan D'Arc. Who is... Well... She's got some aspects of her Fate character but she's also a bit of a ditz and a pyromaniac. Hilarity ensues.

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"Burninate the countryside, Jaune. Be cool like Yang's cousin, Trogdor." - Joan, probably

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

-Isabel abuses her ability to shapeshift to infiltrate Beacon and check up on her son. Hijinks ensue.

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She decides to apply to Beacon for a teaching position, and her shape shifted form?

Pre-Grimmification Salem......

 

[mgl1206]

She decides to apply to Beacon for a teaching position, and her shape shifted form?

Pre-Grimmification Salem......

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Turns out, she got the image from a painting done by one of the Arc's ancestors of their mother. Ozpin goes into a panic and Salem who has a seer watching over Beacon spots Isabel and is utterly confounded.

 

[Electrotechman]

Random short idea.

> Salem gets it into her head that Ms. Goodwitch is meant to be a replacement wife for her pre-Grimmified self, given how much they resemble each other physically and in their role to Ozma.
> She hates Ozma, but she cannot deny the fact that no woman born before or after her is worthy of him, even though he's a failure.
> Is she supposed to believe that this Glynda Goodwitch is a better companion than she ever was?!
> Could Ozma be considering love once again?
> Trying to move on from her?!
> He has remained a bachelor for eons, but this is the first time he has had a companion that is so steadfast and fitting of his tastes.
> No, she will not allow it!
> This lowborn strumpet will not defeat her, even in a battle she has no desire to win!

 

[SharkCultist]

Random short idea.

> Salem gets it into her head that Ms. Goodwitch is meant to be a replacement wife for her pre-Grimmified self, given how much they resemble each other physically and in their role to Ozma.
> She hates Ozma, but she cannot deny the fact that no women born before or after her ys worthy of him, failure though he is.
> Is she supposed to believe that this Glynda Goodwitch is a better companion than she ever was?!
> Could Ozma be considering love once again?
> Trying to move on from her?!
> He has remained a bachelor for eons, but this is the first time he has had a companion that is so steadfast and fitting of his tastes.
> No, she will not allow it!
> This lowborn strumpet will not defeat her, even in a battle she has no desire to win!

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Salem decides to get her own new better Ozma.

Preferably one who's less of a dick.

So she tells the Grimm to kidnap her a new husband.

And that's how Oscar ends up in evernight castle.

Luckily he's into older women so he's not scared to the point of having a heart attack.

Just scaroused.

 

[Bommel]

> Salem gets it into her head that Ms. Goodwitch is meant to be a replacement wife for her pre-Grimmified self, given how much they resemble each other physically and in their role to Ozma.

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- Salem still absolutely hates Ozma, and will do a lot of petty stuff to deny him happiness whenever possible.
- Ozma can't be allowed to have a replacement wife, relationship or even be allowed to get laid (especially if any of those look like her pre-Grimmified self).
- Chooses to either kill this Ms. Goodwitch, or set her up with someone else so she isn't with Ozma.
- Cue Salem making sure that Glynda and Jaune hook up, and bang (it's an overwhelming success, nobody knew a person could be that good or last that long).
- Ozpin/Ozma is thoroughly confused by the events that happen around him, but is still happy that Glynda has found someone who makes her that incredibly happy and screws all her stress away every possible opportunity.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

The Beowulf snarled at its prey, its red eyes burning furiously. On this open sandy plain in the mountains on the Vale/Vacuoan border, it had a straight line to its target. There was no cover, no protection to be found.

It charged, opening its jaws...

BANG!

And down it went, the Dust bullet going right through its masked head. It slammed into the sand, and began to dissolve away. Jaune sighed, spun his weapon around his fingers per his habit, and holstered his trusty revolver.

"I think that's all of 'em," Jaune stated, tapping his earbud, "Nora? Ren?"

"We're clear on our end, Jauney!" Nora chirped.

"Good, we'll meet you back at town," Jaune said, looking around. "Pyrrha?"

A gunshot rang out. Jaune looked up and saw a Nevermore falling from above. It slammed into the sand only twenty meters away from him. He grimaced, then traced the sound back to the place of origin. A familiar redhead was on a rocky outcropping up above. She waved.

"Up here!"

He smiled back as Pyrrha jumped down and gracefully landed next to him.

"Nice. Didn't notice it through the glare of the sun," he complimented her, adjusting his hat. Pyrrha smiled modestly.

"You would have gotten it," she said. Jaune shook his head as they scanned the area carefully.

"Gotta get better at that," he sighed, "Feel like I'm gettin' soft."

"It's not like one person can do everything," Pyrrha consoled him, as they turned and began to walk the dusty road back towards the nearby town.

"No, but missin' a great big Nevermore, ugh," Jaune grumbled.

"You shouldn't be so hard on yourself," Pyrrha again said with a warm smile.

"Yeah well, Mister Duke and Pa would be harder," Jaune huffed. He adjusted his hat again.

They made it to the gates, where the guards checked them over and then let them back inside. The town itself was rough and tumble, as was typical of most frontier settlements. White colored adobe buildings interspersed with light wooden buildings. A few holoscreens were scattered here and there, and horses were tied up alongside trucks. The local casino had loud music that was audible even out here.

Pyrrha noticed the look on Jaune's face. A soft, nostalgic smile.

"You, uh... You seem comfortable here," she observed, "If-If you don't mind me saying so?"

"Huh? Oh, well..." Jaune rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Just kind of familiar..."

"HEY YOU! ARC!"

Jaune paused. The relaxed look on his face vanished. His eyes narrowed. His jaw was set. Pyrrha turned with him, eyes locking onto three men in dark clothing. The lead, a man with curly red hair, beard, and a black hat glared from the porch of the casino. He sneered as he advanced, his two goons following alongside. Violence was written in their every movement, and Pyrrha tensed a bit.

"That's me," Jaune stated. The curly haired man sneered.

"Your Pa wrecked my business!"

"What business would that be, sir?" Jaune asked politely, despite the tension in his body language.

"The mining camp at Branston Bridge!" The man sputtered.

Jaune slowly nodded.

"You mean the one using Faunus slaves? Yeah, he told me about that," Jaune said calmly, "Said you turned tail and ran the moment he brought out his sword."

The man snarled.

"Well! I'm going to make him pay! I'll kill his son, and his son's whore!"

Pyrrha's green eyes narrowed. Jaune sucked in a breath, and held out hand in front of her. He shook his head at her questioning look, before looking back to the three men.

"Mister, I believe you should just walk away," Jaune stated, cold and hard. The man sneered back, hand twitching near his revolver.

"No, I don't think I will," he shot back. "I don't think I-!"

His hand went for the gun. He had it halfway out of its holster... When Jaune's revolver rounds struck home. The curly haired man's gun was shot out of his hand first, and his thugs' weapons followed a split second after. They all grabbed onto their hands in pain and shrank back.

Pyrrha stared at Jaune, holding his smoking revolver. His eyes were hard and cold as flint and steel. A few people came out of the casino to see the commotion.

"Yes. I think you will," Jaune stated coldly. The curly haired man growled.

"You-You think you're hot shit you little punk-?!"

"I said, you're going to walk away," Jaune repeated. "You got hearing problems, old man? Beat it!"

The three men turned and ran off, even as the crowd murmured. Jaune watched them go. Pyrrha's entire attention was on Jaune, how the breeze made his poncho wave a bit, how heroic he appeared… Before another shot rang out.

BANG!

Pyrrha had her weapons out in a split second and turned… Just in time to see another man in black fall from the rooftop behind them into the water trough. Pyrrha immediately locked onto the shooter-And started.

Wha…?

It was a hard looking man in a red poncho and a brown flat hat. His hair was dark blond, his eyes weathered and narrowed. A rough beard encircled his strong chin and cheeks. A revolver was held in his right hand, smoking. He walked up to Jaune and Pyrrha, shaking his head as he smoked a cigarillo.

"Very sloppy, Kid," he stated, "Very sloppy." He looked past Pyrrha and Jaune and held up his revolver. He fired three more shots in quick succession.

BANG! BANG! BANG!
And all three of the fleeing men dropped like flies despite the distance.

The man scanned around for one last moment before he spun his revolver around on metal fingers and holstered it.

Jaune's own eyes went wide.

"Mister Blanco?!"

- - -

It took some time for the chaos to be sorted out. All four bodies were dragged back, laid out, and covered-Though only after Blanco shot some photos on his Scroll and took a few scans. Nora and Ren showed up a bit late, but did keep their distance once Jaune waved his hand that everyone was okay.

After this, Blanco let the city undertaker gather the bodies and cart them off. Only then did Blanco lead Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora and Ren into the casino. The music was much more subdued, as a lot of eyes were directed towards the party. Blanco sat down and the teenagers joined him. Blanco lit up another cigarillo, before his Scroll beeped loudly. He nodded.

"I'd prefer the hard stuff, but the electronic transfer works fine… Long as it's all above board," he stated in his gravelly voice.

"Y-Yeah… Thanks, Mister Blanco," Jaune said. The man looked intensely at Pyrrha.

"Your girl should have picked him up. She was distracted."

Pyrrha flushed. Jaune glanced at her.

"I'm sorry…" She said quietly, her eyes down in shame.

"We're learning," Jaune insisted to Blanco.

"Yeah, and you might have been dead from learning," Blanco stated. He shook his head. "Offer's still open, Kid."

Jaune sighed. He shook his head.

"I'm good… Thanks again."

Blanco sighed. He nodded, and motioned to the waiter. Jaune's Scroll beeped, and he opened it up.

Jaune gaped.

"Wha-That's-!"

Nora leaned over and gasped.

"Fifty thousand lien?!"

"You did help out with the bounty," Blanco stated with a shrug, "You deserve a fourth… Though next time? I'm not gonna be there, Kid. Remember that."

Jaune nodded slowly.

"I know. We'll get better."

"You'd better," Blanco stated flatly, "I'm not telling your ma and pa how you got yourself killed." He took a mug of beer from the waiter, and downed it slowly, savoring every drop. He finished it, wiped his face, and set the mug down on the table.

"Also… If you've got a tip on any bounties-?"

"I'll pass it along, don't you worry," Jaune stated. Blanco nodded, and stood up.

"Take care of yourself, Kid. That's the only person you can count on in this world," Blanco stated, his eyes lingering on Pyrrha for a bit. Pyrrha grimaced and stared down at her hands, while Nora glared and Ren frowned. The man walked out, the casino goers giving him a wide berth as he walked out through the swinging double doors. The noise and music returned to normal levels, as Jaune's friends all stared at him.

Jaune sighed.

"Mister Blanco worked for Mister Duke on a few jobs. He uh… He even taught me some shooting. Mister Duke paid him."

"You… You got taught by the scariest, most badass bounty hunter in Vale?!" Nora gasped. She scowled at the doors. "He's still a jerk-!"

"No. He's right," Pyrrha murmured. "I…" She looked over at Jaune in distress. "I-I just… I wasn't focused, I didn't-!"

Jaune reached out, and took her hand. He shook his head.

"You made a mistake. Nobody we care about got hurt. Sides, tournament fightin' ain't exactly gonna have a lot of sniping involved, right?"

Pyrrha shook her head.

"No, but… I'm still sorry," she murmured. "I… I was just too-I should never have-!"

Jaune smiled back.

"Hey. If I don't get to beat myself up? Neither do you. We both made a mistake. We'll both get better. Promise," he said.

Pyrrha smiled softly, and nodded. The doubt was still on her face, but Jaune's smile did help how she felt.

"What was that offer Blanco made to you, anyway?" Ren asked. Jaune turned away from Pyrrha and shrugged.

"To be his partner. His old partner got rich and ran off on him. Apprentice to him and all."

"It would have been a great honor, to be the apprentice to Blanco," Ren stated. Nora grinned.

"Yeah! Sure he's a jerk but WOW! He took down the Golden Ecstasy Gang! The Rojo Baxters! The Angel Eyed Bandit! The Gran Torinos-!"

"I know, I know," Jaune said with a nod, "But me? I've always wanted to be a Huntsman. And that's what I'm gonna be."

He grinned.

"Sides. If I had joined up with him, I wouldn't have met all of you."

"You still could have!" Nora insisted. "Like in this one dream of mine, when we were pirates! And I was rubber and you were a reindeer…!"

Jaune laughed a bit, as Ren smiled indulgently at Nora's epic tale. Pyrrha for her part still felt her worry. She glanced back at the double doors, then back at Jaune.

He caught her gaze even as he laughed at Nora's outrageous dream, smiled, and patted her on the hand under the table. She smiled back.

It was… Nice to be comforted. Nice to be told a failure wasn't the end of the world.

Nice to not need to be perfect.

For once.

- - -

Naturally, Mister Blanco is The Man with No Name with a bit of influence from McCree from "Overwatch", who himself is basically a Man With No Name expy. He is a notorious, near-legendary bounty hunter in Vale and Vacuo. He's not able to take, say, Raven in a fight but he's definitely formidable. Jaune copied his style because it was awesome and he was one of his teachers, but he didn't choose to go his path.

Because hell, Remnant should have bounty hunters. To quote "For a Few Dollars More":

"Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. That is why the bounty killers appeared."

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

I cant see Nora as a Luffy expy. Or Jaune as Chopper. Anyway awesome chapter

 

[shinighoul6]

Athena Nikos has plans involving classic dramas and epic fantasies. Unfortunately for her, Team JNPR are an absolute hit in campy action/adventure/comedy/horror movies, like Remnant's version of the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies.

Weiss: "Is that Arc?"

*Jaune, back to back with a badass warrior-monk Ren, watches the mooks drag a struggling, spitting Pyrrha to a sacrificial bonfire.*

Jaune: "Y'know, a few years ago, this would have been weird as hell." *cocks shotgun*
Ren: *shrugs, holds up his machine gun*


Yang: "Holy shit, what's P-money wearing?!"

*Pyrrha, wearing nothing more than a gold bikini and paint, engages a similarly-dressed Cinder in a dagger-fight*

Yang: "...I can do that!"
Ruby: "Yang no"
Yang: "Yang hell-yes!"

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You know I kind of would watch a movie just like this. Doubly so if everyone but Jaune could feel the tension between him and Pyrrha. The Directors make them a pairing in the movies at first because Pyrrha asked for it. It then devolves into them tearing their hair out trying to show this Dense Idiot that Pyrrha loves HIM!

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What Pyrrha expected:

Jaune: "Oh Pyrrhiet!"
Pyrrha: "Oh Jomeo!"

What Pyrrha got:

*Pyrrha strides up to Jaune amidst a shootout, yanks his own pistols out of his holsters while he cocks his shotgun, and they have a nice proper romantic evil mook shoot-up*

Yang: *clenches fist* "I could totally be cool like that, too!"
Ruby: *sighs*

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Due to there being a shortage of men on Remnant, a woman either has to strike and make her mark early on (like Nora) or the women who love the same man agree to a harem.

This has happened throughout history and the cult classic "Pirates of the Caribbean", taking place when Pirates ruled the waters is no stranger to this practice seeing how Pyrrha Niko's character, Elizabeth Swann proposed to Jaune Arc's character, William Turner during the ship battle At World's End in the midst of a typhoon.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGE1Y_RwhPA

William Turner still becomes the captain of the Flying Dutchman so the ending is still bittersweet.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

So, a thought does occur with bounty hunters established in Remnant.

More than likely Raven Branwen's got a huge price on her head. But nobody's been able to take her down, she's too powerful.

Even Blanco wouldn't try unless he had a surefire plan to take her out and a LOT of back up.

But this doesn't mean a group of bounty hunters wouldn't get it into their heads to try to take her down.

Say... By kidnapping Yang Xiao-Long and using her as bait to lure Raven out.

This doesn't diminish Yang's prowess, of course, but even she would have trouble with several grown, trained, and experienced Aura-activated adults jumping her.

Meaning that Ruby, Jaune and their other friends are going after her. Qrow and Taiyang are gonna try to track her down too, but there's one man Jaune knows for sure could find her: Mister Blanco.

 

[Sir Borks-a-Lot]

Due to there being a shortage of men on Remnant, a woman either has to strike and make her mark early on (like Nora) or the women who love the same man agree to a harem.

This has happened throughout history and the cult classic "Pirates of the Caribbean", taking place when Pirates ruled the waters is no stranger to this practice seeing how Pyrrha Niko's character, Elizabeth Swann proposed to Jaune Arc's character, William Turner during the ship battle At World's End in the midst of a typhoon.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGE1Y_RwhPA

William Turner still becomes the captain of the Flying Dutchman so the ending is still bittersweet.

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This gave me the idea of Captain Barbossa being played by Cardin. Who, for some reason, is actually an ordained priest.

So technically in this scenario Pyrrha and Jaune end up married...

My 6AM brain is weird.