RWBY – Tales of The Wanderer

After a semester at Beacon Jaune feels that he no longer belongs at Beacon Academy and leaves, 2 years past and the whole of Remnant knows him as 'The White Knight', 'The Wanderer' and 'The Protector' but to those who knew him close his name was just…Jaune Arc.

Hello fellow readers and welcome to RWBY – Tales of The Wanderer, this story was inspired by Finding a Home by Galerians, in this Jaune has been has left Beacon behind and began traveling around the world for two years and during that time he has become a bit of a legend, saving humans and Faunus from Grimm, and even stopping humans and Faunus related fights. He will be a little overpowered but not completely, in my stories I like to give the protagonist a challenge and to build up his own strength.

So please sit back and enjoy.

Chapter I: The Two-Year Reunion

Ozpin casually stared out of his office window, watching as old students returned for another year at Beacon Academy. While a batch of new first years arrived and ready to be thrown once again into the Emerald Forest. But today new students and current students were the last thing on his mind as he moved his hand across the surface of his scroll, until he came across a message that read as urgent, looking at the address he knew that it was from his old friend Qrow.

Curiously he opened The message only to see the words -I have lead- Ozpin slowly smirked as he opened the message and realised his friends meaning.

"Interesting…" he said as he moved the message aside and looked at the information that was attached to the message. He nodded slightly at this and switched the scroll to its communication function as an image of Gylnda Goodwitch appeared on screen.

"Headmaster?" the teacher asked surprised at the man calling her like this.

"Glynda I need you to send in teams RWBY and PNR to my office immediately. I have some information they would find quite interesting." He said as the woman at the other end nodded

"Understood they will be there shortly" she said as her image cut off from the screen. As Ozpin waited for the teams to appear he began to think back to the day everything changed for the remaining members of team JNPR…

Two years ago Ozpin was reading the latest grades sent into his office while simultaneously marking the grades for his class 'Battle strategies and Combat tactics'. A cup of coffee in one hand and a paper in the other. Just as he was about to get to the last students paper a knock was heard at the door, he looked up at this and was slightly surprised that someone wanted to see him.

"Come in" he said as the door opened up to reveal said last students papers…Jaune Arc, leader of Team JNPR.

"Ah mister Arc I wasn't expecting you, please come in how can I help you today?" he asked as the boy walked over and sat down in the chair adjacent from his desk, Jaune had a rather blank look on his face as he held his hands together on his knees. the ancient clock and gears turning was all that could be heard as Jaune seemed to be trying to find the words to say.

Until finally he spoke

"Professor Ozpin I have something to confess…" he said as the man raised an eyebrow at the boy. "Its about my transcripts I submitted...I have to confess...I forged them, none of what you see is real. I lied to you, I lied to my parents...I even lied to my own team" he held his head down as he told the man everything. While Ozpin only gazed at the boy as he spilled his darkest secret.

"The reason I'm telling you this because...I'm leaving Beacon and never coming back. I don't belong here and I never will no matter what I do, I just wanted to let you know so that there are no hard feelings...I'm so sorry" he said as the man looked at the boy in front of him while sipping at his coffee. When he put his coffee down he looked at the boy as Jaune found no hint of anger or disappointment in his eyes.

"Mister Arc I have known about your papers since day one." Jaune's eyes widened in shock,

"W-what? You knew!" he said as the man folded his fingers together in front of his face as he smirked slightly at the teens stunned reaction, he would often enjoy messing with some of the students, if only to get a interesting kick out of it.

"Mister Arc I over see all of the transcripts myself personally. You honestly don't think I wouldn't recognize a fake transcript if I saw one? Give me more credit then that young man" he said as he resumed drinking his coffee.

"But-but why? If you knew that my papers were fake this whole time. Then why did you let me in? Why did you put me in charge of a team? What was the point of it all!" he asked as Jaune tried to wrap his head around this whole thing. Ozpin only smiled as he set his coffee back down.

"I'm simply returning a favour to an old friend of mine, your father, Julius Arc." Jaune's eyes widened at the mention of his father.

"Your father and I were on separate teams and rivals throughout most of out time at beacon. But he was my best friend and he helped me become the hunter I am today. When I saw your name on my desk on those fake transcripts, I was curious and wanted to see if you had the same qualities he did. And while your fighting prowess is no where near his strength…" Jaune literally felt a stab at that comment.

"You do have however his sharp mind and kind heart, he never turned his back on his friends and never gave up on his word...But now I find you here asking me to drop you from my school, something your father would never do himself. So Mister Arc my question to you is this...why?" Jaune looked at him slightly confused, he looked to the side in hopes of avoiding that question.

"I-I just said I don't - " he was cut off as a small amount of Aura slammed into the boy causing the room to shake slightly. The ancient like gears that decorated the room creaked and groaned from the strain.

"Not that excuse mister Arc, I want to know Exactly why you want to drop yourself from Beacon" Jaune stumbled back in his chair slightly as he felt the mans incredible Aura, he sighed as he looked down at his hands.

"…I…I over heard something…something that I'd rather not talk about…and it made me realize that I'm not strong enough or worthy enough to be at this Academy" he said as Ozpin looked at the boy with calculating eyes.

He pondered slightly on what it was that could have made the boy doubt himself so much, the boy then reached for his belt as he unclipped his weapon and placed Corcea Mors on the desk.

"So before I leave can you send this to my folks in Oakdale…I don't feel like I deserve to use it, and I think it would be in better hands…then mine" Jaune said as the man just looked at him and the ancient blade that rested on his desk.

"Mister Arc despite your self doubt and lack of confidence I cannot in good conscious allow such a promising student to leave my institution, even though you did come in on...less the honourable means. I will however make you a deal." Jaune looked up at this as the man laced his finger together and leaned in slightly to gaze at the boy.

"I will allow you to leave Beacon, but only for a short time, a year at the most. And then I want you to return for an evaluation exam that I shall put together myself personally. If you manage to pass this test, then I will say 'accidentally lose' certain transcripts for more authentic ones?" He leaned back in his chair to study the boy as he spoke his proposal.

"That way you can feel that you have earned your way into this academy and hold you head high with honor, how does that fair mister Arc?" Ozpin could tell that the boy was stunned at such an offer.

He had been in contact with the boys father for sometime and had seen Jaune's progress thanks to Pyrrha Niko's tutoring. He honestly believed that he could become a great hunter…he just needed a little push and a boost in confidence.

"B-but why would you do this?" he asked as he tried to wrap his head around the mans offer, he was seriously starting to believe that there was alcohol in that coffee mug of his. The man merely sipped at his drink before he set it back down so as he could look at the boy face to face.

"Because like I said mister Arc you remind me of your father...and even a little of your mother when she was angry" both he and Jaune had a brief flash back to the boys mother when she was enraged when someone harmed her children or friends...she was truly frightening.

"And like everyone else in this school, I believe that you have potential to do amazing things. Things that can change the whole of Remnant if you put your mind to it. You only need a little push in the right direction…" an all knowing smile plastered on his face.

Jaune at this time could only stare back at the man as he could not believe what he was just told, to be given a chance to become stronger, to prove to others and himself that he could be great, a legend, a true hero, it would be the chance of a life time…Finally Jaune nodded his head as he looked to the man.

"Deal but can you still send Crocea back to my dad, I don't want to use it until I feel that I'm ready" he said as the man nodded at this. He then got out of his chair and walked over to a small cupboard at the corner of his room, right next to an expensive looking coffee machine, and drew from it a rather simple looking sword.

"I will honor you request of sending away your weapon to your home Mister Arc, but as a faculty member I cannot allow you to go out into the world completely defenceless...so I will " he laid the sword before him. The sword before him was a single edged blade dark grey steel with a rather simple light grey hilt, the handle wrapped in a worn brown leather with a small blue sapphire gem located at the pommel of the blade, it was a simple yet beautiful blade.

"This blade will be the beginning of your journey as it was for your fathers, until you it is time to reclaim Crocea" he said as Jaune nodded at this and clipped the blade to his waist.

"Thank you headmaster…for everything" he said as Ozpin shook his head at this.

"Do not thank me mister Arc, I have only given you the tools to begin this journey. Its up to you to take the first steps" Jaune looked down at the blade on his belt before nodding and began to walk out of the door to grab a duffel bag that he had left before, but before he could leave Ozpin spoke once more.

"You aren't going to say goodbye to your friends?" he asked as Jaune stopped in his tracks and looked at the man before shaking his head "No…they might try to stop me…especially Pyrrha" he said as he thought about the red haired warrior that was his partner.

"Could you tell them why I left, say that I'm sorry and say 'thanks for everything' if its too much to ask" he asked as the man nodded his head, he could see that despite it being his wish to leave, it still affected him to leave his friends behind.

"Not a problem mister Arc…" Jaune smiled at this and left the room before saying

"Well then...See you in a year"

That was two years ago and the boy had not been seen since, at first he was slightly concerned at this. He was afraid that the boy had gotten himself killed and was laying somewhere in a ditch bleeding to death.

He had no idea how he would explain that to the boys mother...she would castrate him on the spot.

But thank Monty above for the news he had just received from Qrow that put his worries to rest. It was information regarding the whereabouts of a theory of his, and his theories were usually correct. It was the location of a rather famous figure that could be Jaune, or at least someone matching his descriptions.

The legendary figure know as 'The White Knight' who was last seen in a small town of Riverdale at the edge of the Forever Falls.

The 'White Knight' was a legend amongst the Humans and Faunus community, rumours and reports state that he was a human who went around the whole of Remnant protecting those in dire need. Any Grimm that stood in his path would soon meet a bloody and violent end. The man earned himself numerous other names and titles in his travels such as 'The Wanderer', 'The Protector of Remnant' and 'The Grimm Slayer' to name a few from the reports that he could gather.

Reports were sketchy at best, due to the fact the man would leave as soon as he completed a request.

There were reports that he had stopped a Faunus hate riot with a simple command…and had beaten up any human that would dare slander a Faunus name or enslaved them.

If Jaune was this 'What Knight' he had heard so much about. Then it would appear that the young Arc had been rather busy, since he left Beacon two years ago.

But he wondered why he did not return after upon the agreed year. He wondered if something had happened to him that made him stay away for longer then excepted or did he just decided not to come back.

Those were the questions that ran through the man's mind as he continued to go over the information. Before he could continue his train of thought a knock was heard at his office door.

"Come in" he said, as he did not bother turning around to face the new entries to his office. When the door finally closed shut he turned around to face seven faces before him.

Team RWBY and the remainder of team JNPR, now known as Team PNR. Both of whom had changed in the past two years since Jaune up and left Beacon Academy…

First was Ruby Rose the leader of team RWBY, her hair was still in the same fashion but slightly longer then before, her figure had filled out in the past two years becoming more womanly in her late teen years.

She still wore her deep red cloak around her shoulder, but had changed her outfit to be slightly longer and more as she would say 'badass'. Her weapon Crescent Rose had a few modifications that allowed her to use dust grade rounds to increase her abilities in battle.

Jaune leaving without saying goodbye had been especially hard on Ruby, her first friend had decided to leave Beacon and she felt responsible for it. Because of it she had shed a little of her child like innocence and had adopted a more professional persona as a huntress.

Although she still had her innocent moments every once in a while.

Beside her was Weiss Schnee, her Partner and self-entitled second in command of Team RWBY. She cut her hair to be shorter, now reaching to her upper back and flowed down her back.

Her outfit now consisted of a slightly longer combat skirt with snowflake patterns around the hem of the skirt while she wore a long white skin tight shirt with a slightly shorter jacket with her family emblem on her back.

Her Weapon Myrtenaster was slightly different as the blade was now longer and had a hand guard was attached to the handle of the blade with the Schnee company logo engraved into the guard.

When Jaune left she had been ecstatic at first, believing that Beacon was finally rid of a useless hunter and that she would finally be free of his constant advances.

But then the months and years rolled by and she had begun felt lonely with out his warm smile. And all though she had an attraction to Neptune, a long distance relationship was hard to maintain between them and she had began to notice that she missed Jaune's, according to Yang, 'adorkable' personality and warm smile.

Not that she would admit it out loud or anything.

Beside her was Blake Belladonna a former member of White Fang and secretly a Faunus in disguise and the stealthiest of Team RWBY or Team PNR.

Her outfit had a few modifications with pieces of armour and a few black ribbons wrapped around her arms and legs, with white fingerless gloves on her hands. Her symbol now stamped on the white section of her uniform in bitch black.

While she and Jaune did not have a lot of interaction with each other she still missed him. He was one of the few people who did not discriminate against Faunus kind but rather wanted to be friends with them, his kind personality was missed around Beacon.

And she will admit that she did find him as Yang had said 'Adorkable, but not out loud.

The last member was Yang Xiao Long, the heavy hitter of Team RWBY, elder sister to Ruby Rose and the worst pun maker ever…of all time.

She like everyone else had changed in two years time becoming more beautiful then before. she changed her jacket to resemble a long coat duster coat. Her orange scarf now longer then before with her symbol on her right breast.

Her weapons Ember Celica was slightly larger and extended to her mid forearm, while also sporting a second pair on her legs with a similar firing mechanism.

When Jaune left Ruby had cried for nearly three days straight blaming herself for his decision, thinking that she may have said something to make him leave. And if there was one thing the people of Beacon knew was that if you make Ruby cry Yang would show you the inside of your stomach…through your ass.

When she heard that Jaune left Beacon and made her sister cry. She swore bloody vengeance for the Arc and swore that she would beat his ass into the ground for making her baby sister cry.

But most of that was just her sisterly devotion talking, in reality she too also missed the blond haired Knight.

He was one of the only ones to actually not judge her by her looks and body, but by her skill and her kick ass nature. So she would forgive him…after she punched him in the face to or three times at most.

Lie Ren the silent and patient member of Team JNPR or what was left of it, had grown taller in the past two years that he towered above Yang in height.

His robes were altered with only one sleeve ripped off and his left arm wrapped in white bandages with black fingerless gloves and The Lie family emblem stitched on to the sleeved shoulder.

His weapon Storm-Flower now rested on each of his thigh with the back of the pistols altered for an extendable pole. Which was compacted and rested on his back waist.

He unlike the rest was the most calm about Jaune leaving. He knew that this was something that Jaune had to do by himself. It didn't stop him from missing him as he was one of the more tolerable people that he had met, especially with being friends with Nora.

So until he was ready, he would wait for his leader to return of his own accord and bring unity to their team.

Nora Valkyrie the overly bubbly hyperactive hammer wielder of team JNPR who After two years.

She wore more silver armor on her chest, arms and legs that depicting her to be like her name sake. She also wore a tiara with a wing shaped pattern on the sides, giving her a more powerful look. Her Weapon Magnhild was now attached with a collapsible blade at end of her hammer.

She like Ruby were devastated that Jaune had up and left them without saying goodbye to them. At first she thought that Cardin had finally done something to make him leave and went and broke both of his legs with Magnhild.

Team CRNDL spent the next six months with casts on their legs…and face.

The reason for this action was because Jaune was like a big brother to her. One that always knew how to make her laugh and smile with his goofy attitude. His disappearance had caused her to act more seriously in battle and focus more on her studies that she achieved higher marks, much to Weiss's surprise.

And finally Pyrrha Nikos the female amazon like warrior of Team JNPR now named Team PNR.

In two years Pyrrha had grown even more beautiful then any words could describe her. Her armor had changed to add more protection around her neck and shoulder of her shield arm.

Her hair was still the same length and held up in its high pony tail on her head. Her weapons Milo and Akouo were still the same weapons as ever but were now stronger and had more fire power thanks to a little tinkering from Ruby…after Nora tried to add a grenade launcher and blew up the firing range.

Jaune's departure had a huge affect on her like Ruby, silently blaming herself for letting him leave so much that she refused to take on another partner.

No matter how many times Goodwitch demanded, she denied every last one of them. It wasn't until Ozpin had sided with Pyrrha and slotted her on group assignments that allowed her to complete her assignments, mostly with RWBY and team CFVY.

Despite Ozpin explaining his reasoning to her and the rest of her friends. She still continued to look for him and vowed to herself to find her crush and force him back to Beacon…by any means necessary.

Ozpin nodded to the teams as he brought up a holographic map of the Forever Fall. "Teams I have gathered you here because of some information I think you may find satisfactory " he said as they looked at the man confused by his words.

He then tapped a few keys on his pad as an old image of Jaune appeared on the screen. "It would appear that we have a lead on Mister Arc" he said as everyone in the room gasped in shock.

Ruby had wide eyes and a fast beating heart as she saw the old image of Jaune on the screen, the blond haired boy that was her first friend in Beacon when so many had walked on by her.

Weiss too had wide eyes but showed a small amount of joy at the news. A strange feeling swirled in her chest that made her both happy and confused.

Yang grinned as she cracked her knuckles in anticipation of meeting the fellow blond Knight and smashing his teeth in for making her sister cry.

Blake was surprised as well as she had assumed that Jaune would have just given up and made a peaceful life of himself, clearly she was wrong.

Nora had a delightful smile on her face as she thought about meeting her 'older brother' again and the thought of being team JNPR again made her ecstatic.

Ren had a warm smile on his face as he too thought about the blond haired knight returning to fight by their side…after he apologized to them all for being away for so long.

And Pyrrha held her hand to her chest as she thought about her one and only crush Jaune Arc, the adorkable, clumsy and kind hearted boy that managed to steal her heart.

She then looked to Ruby as they shared a quick glance to each other. The message between them was clear 'He is mine' they thought as the both held feelings for him.

Ozpin had an amused look on his face as he saw the determined look on their faces at the though of retrieving their long lost friend.

"My contact has informed me that mister Arc was last seen in Oak Tree and was seen heading towards Riverdale, a small Faunus community outside Kingdom sanctioned protection" he said as he showed the map of the Vales Territory and the ring indicating the barrier keeping the Grimm out.

"It would be wise to intercept him at Riverdale and 'persuade him' to return to Beacon. He has a lot of questions that he needs to answer for" the seven teens nodded at this.

"Yes headmaster" they said as they downloaded the Intel and left the mans office. Ozpin looked out the window as he began to wonder.

"What happened to you Jaune Arc?" he said to himself as he stared out into the window as the last of the new recruits came in.

Back with RWBY and PNR

"Oh Man I can't wait to find Jaune it's going to be just like the old days!" Ruby said as she loaded another clip into her side pouches, the red casings visible in the gaps of the pouch.

Yang nodded at this as she loaded a belt of shotgun rounds into Ember Celica. The teams were just finishing the last of the loading as they prepared to find Jaune Arc in Riverdale.

"Yeah I can't wait too…to knock some of his teeth in!" she said as she cocked back the gauntlets. Ruby was instantly on high alert at this as she spun around to glare at her sister.

"Yang you can't hurt Jaune! He's our friend and we might just get him back! The last thing we need is for you to put him in the hospital straight after!" Ruby exclaimed as she tried to stop her sister from beating up her friend.

Yang however disagreed

"He left us without saying anything for two years and made my baby sister cry! Trust me! Punching his teeth in is mild in comparison to what I would usually do to others!" she said as the teams could not help but agree to that.

The last guy to make Ruby cry ended up in the hospital with his weapon shoved right up his –

"You can threaten all you want Yang but we actually need to find him first" Weiss said as she loaded another revolver casing into her pouches.

"For all we know this could be another goose chase. Like the time your informant said he was at that god awful night club." She shuddered as she remembered how so many people kept buying her drinks. Until she froze them on the spot, the club was shut down after that. Yang chuckled nervously as she remembered that event.

"Hey my informant isn't usually wrong!…80% of the time" she said as she remembered how she confronted Junior again for the false lead and made them redecorate the club…again.

"I'm just surprised Jaune is actually still alive after all this time…people of his skill usually don't last long outside of Kingdom Protected Territories" Blake said as she remembered the multitude of reports of nomads and small villages being consumed by Grimm hoards.

"What does the Intel say we have to do?" Pyrrha asked as she grew impatient as she was ready as soon as they got back to their rooms. Ren read over the Intel as he looked for an answer.

"It seems that when we get into town we're suppose to look for someone called…The White Knight?" Blake's eyes widened when she heard this.

"The White Knight! Are you sure?" she asked as Ren nodded at this and read over the file.

"It seems that he maybe in the same town as Jaune and that he might know where he is" he said as Blake grew a serious face. Nora noticed this as she got up in her face.

"What's the White Knight?" Nora asked as she and everyone else was slightly surprised by the normally quiet girls outburst. Blake began to explain the reason behind her outburst.

"The White Knight…I don't know much about him, but from what I heard he is a hero amongst the Faunas Community. Rumours say he is a human going around Remnant helping anyone that he can, he charges little and does great things in return." she said as they listened in awe.

"I also heard that He was directly responsible for disrupting a slave ring, that was 'allegedly' being funded by a corrupt member of the Schnee corporation" Weiss glared at the floor at this.

She had heard of him and the incident that nearly stained her family's company had the White Knight not also found incriminating evidence against a known shady member of the Board of Directors.

The event changed Weiss's perspective on Faunus treatment. And had come to realise that the Faunus were suffering worse then her own family and wanted to change her company.

"There were also rumours that he single-handily took out an entire Grim hoard by himself. They say that by the time the military arrived, the Grimm were all but wiped out and the town was safe." She narrowed her eyes as she grabbed the scroll and looked at the image of a man in White Armour and shrouded in a pitch black cloak.

"I don't know how he fits into finding Jaune, but its just something we'll have to deal with when we get there" Pyrrha said as she locked her weapons into place. She then turned to the teams as a deep fire burned in her eyes.

"We are going to find Jaune! And we are bringing him home no matter what!" she said as they all nodded and headed towards the Bulkhead ready to find their long lost friend.

Riverdale Two hours later

It wasn't long until the Bulkhead landed in a small clearing outside the small town of Riverdale, the dust powered engines blowing away small bits of dust and leaves into the air as the team exited the grey metallic aircraft and began to wander the streets of Riverdale.

A small town with the occupants mostly consisting of Faunus and humans. With the building being mostly old fashioned but cozy. The teams walked down the cobble stone road as they searched for the White Knight. But after an hour of searching they couldn't find anything.

"GAH! WE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOREVER! AND WE STILL HAVENT FOUND HIM! WHERE THE HECK IS HE!" Nora yelled in frustration as she started to swing her hammer around angrily. It wasn't until Ren had to calm her down before she destroyed anything.

"That's enough Nora, I'll make you ten batches of pancakes when we get home ok?" he said as he place his arms around her neck in a reverse hug. She instantly clamed down as she leant into his embrace.

"Okie Dokie Ren" she said as she smiled a bit at the boy, off to the side the others looked in in confusion as a slight sweat drop hung over their heads.

"I still cannot believe they are dating?" Yang said as she watched the bizarre scene of love. The others nodded in agreement as they continued to walk down the path.

"Do we have any idea what the White Knight look like?" Weiss asked as they continued to walk down the road. Ren pulled up his scroll as he read the Intel.

"Well there isn't a lot on him, because he leaves as soon as he completes a task. But all of them agree that the most notable features is that he has blonde hair and wears white armour" Ren said as he reread the information again.

"Well we aren't going to find him by just wondering the town all day? lets spilt up an-Kyaa!" Pyrrha said as she tripped and fell onto the ground right next to a smaller figure as they helped her off the ground.

"Pyrrha you ok ?" Ruby asked as they helped the girl of the ground "Yeah I'm fine but what did I hit?" she asked as they all looked down at the road.

On the road was a small girl no older then eight years old; she had long blonde hair with two tiger like ears on the top of her head, black stripes running along down her hair and a long tail wrapped around her waist like a belt.

She wore small tan jacket, a red shirt with a small heart on the chest and three claws in the middle. She also wore dark blue jeans with brown boots going up to her mid shin. a small sword the same length as her forearm hung on her waist. and was similar to a Wakizaki with a revolver attached to the hilt.

The girl was currently looking down at the street as an crêpe, wrapped in a waffle cone and assorted with cream and strawberries, spilled all over the ground. A treat that had made the smaller girl sparkle with joy, now filled her with sadness.

Her ears were bent down and small tears escaped her eyes as she looked at the now ruined desert.

"M-my crepe?" she said with big doe eyes as she then turned her attention to the group. They were instantly mesmerized by the girls cute nature as Pyrrha immediately felt guilty, looking into the small girls large watery eyes.

"I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to ruin you treat!" she said as the girls eyes only got bigger and more adorable as she laid on the waterworks.

"Y-Yeah how about we buy you a new one!" Ruby said as she got right beside the crying girl. The little girl suddenly stopped the tears as she got a happy and joyful look on her face when she heard this.

"Really?" she said ecstatically as her ears shot up in excitement and twitched with anticipation.

Later they took the girl down the road as they now found themselves in front of a local shop selling the delicious crêpes, the small girl now chewing on the pastry treat and savouring every moment of it.

"Mmm delicious!" she said as she had sparkles shining around her, as she bit into the crêpe and hummed in delight. Yang chuckled at this as she saw the Faunus girl enjoy the meal more then her sister with cookies and strawberries.

"You sure do love those don't ya kid? What's your name? " She asked as the girl nodded at this and pointed to herself.

"My name is Lily, Lily Travers and Crepe's are my most favourite treat in the Whole Wide World! Even though daddy still makes me eat vegetables blah!" she said as she poked her tongue out at the mention of the horrible greens. The rest of the gang chuckled at this, as they found the girls answer to be quite adorable.

"It sound like your daddy loves you very much, if he makes you eat your vegetables" Blake said as the girl pondered at this, while whipped cream was evident on her face.

"I guess so?" she said as she continued to eat the pastry. "Daddy is always kind to me and treats me to sweets, but only if I've been a good girl and have eaten all of my vegetables…" a cheeky look came on her face as she smirked at the group.

"Though sometimes I throw them away when he is not looking" she said with a cheeky grin as the gang chuckled at this.

"DOWN WITH THE TYRANNY OF VEGGIES! UP WITH THE REIGN OF THE SWEETS!" Nora proclaimed as the girl smiled at this. Ren sighed as he placed his hand on her and forced her to sit back down.

"But I think he knows and still lets me have them anyway. So I guess he really does love me even though he is not my real daddy" she said as they looked confused at this, it was Weiss who broke the silence as she asked the girl.

"What do you mean he is not your real father?" she asked as the girl stopped eating and looked down at the ground slightly.

"Hmm~ Well I guess you can say he adopted me…I guess?" she said as the gang looked both confused and sad as she continued her story

"My home village Crescent Falls was destroyed by the Grimm a year ago. And my family entire family was killed. I would have been next if Daddy hadn't appeared and saved me" she said as she remembered the day her family died and the man that saved her.

"He killed every single one of the Grimm and took care of me…at first I hated him and said things like 'Your not my real daddy leave me alone' or 'Why didn't you just leave me to die' and all kinds of mean stuff to him" she said as she looked down at the ground with a small amount of remorse in her voice.

The group listening in closely as she told her tale. "The first chance I got I tried running away from him and deep into the woods, where he wouldn't find me…" she said as she remembered running deeper and deeper into the dark woods,

"But then I got lost and ended up being surrounded by Grimm. I honestly thought I was going to die and I was so scared, I didn't want to die so I closed my eyes and waited for the end…" she said as she remembered closing her eyes when the first Beowulf pounced at her. The horrifying stench of death and evil that permeated the air that day still hunted her dreams.

"But when I opened my eyes he was standing right in front of me, protecting me from the Grimm and he asked me if I was ok? After he said that he killed them all and held me in his arms, saying how worried he was about me, how scared he was that he couldn't find me" she said as she remembered the worried look on his face.

"I was so confused, why would he care so much for a Faunus like me? When all my life Humans have always treated us like trash or second class citizens. So I asked him why? Why would he care so much about me?" she said as Blake leaned in closer to her the rest of the story with baited breath.

But the girl brightened up as she smiled warmly. "But all he said was 'I don't care what you are. To me you are just another child who lost everything to the Grimm. And I promise I will do everything in my power to keep you safe. as any other person would..." she looked down fondly as she remembered his smiling face.

"and in that moment I didn't see him as a another human. I saw him as someone who would protect me from monsters. And after a year of traveling with him...I began to see him as my Daddy, while I was a daughter to him" she said as she smiled brightly as she thought about the man who came to care for her.

The Teams who had listened for so long into the story were in awe. Some of the girls had red stained eyes as small amounts of tears had escaped their eyes during the story.

Pyrrha was wiping her tears with a tissue as she found the story to be so touching.

Ruby and Nora practically had streams of tears bursting from their eyes and pooling at their feet that bystanders had to take a step backwards.

Ren, Weiss and Yang had to hide their tears as they made an excuse of having allergies.

But Blake was crying more out of happiness then sadness as she was glad there were some humans out there that didn't care for race or other miscellaneous things.

Blake was compose herself as she smiled at Lily "Your Father sounds like an amazing prson…" she said as Lily smiled at this.

"Yeah, he really is huh?" she said as she went back to eating the Crepe.

"So where is your dad by the way? He sounds like a very interesting man" Yang said with a hint of desire in her voice.

Ruby had to roll her eyes at this, she knew her sister long enough to know when she was interested in a man and what comes after. Lily however was unaware of this and pointed to the forest.

"We were here looking for a wanted criminal, when Daddy heard about a large group of Grimm in the area that was causing some trouble for the town. So he went out to deal with them and told me to wait here until he got back" she said as she hopped off her chair.

"He left this morning and should be back soon" she said as she stretched slightly.

"So if you don't mind me asking, what are you guys doing here? You're hunters obviously, but your not out in the forest looking for Grimm. So it must be something else right?" she said as they were slightly surprised by her deduction, Pyrrha smiled as she bent down to the girls level.

"We are actually looking for someone, an old friend of ours that should have returned to us some time ago and we heard he was in this town and thought we could find him here, do you know him? His name is - " but before she could finish they heard a commotion from over near one of the open bars, and the words

"Hey barkeep keep brining more drink for the famous White Knight" one snide voice said as they instantly turned to see the commotion.

"Yeah or else the boss here won't be too happy and have to deal with you Faunus trash" the other said as they pointed to the huge fat man next to them.

The fat man was huge with a huge beer belly and wearing clothes that were too small for his massive figure, on him was huge white gauntlets and a chest plate that was two size too small for his figure, on his back was a huge dark blade that wrapped in bandages while a huge revolver was seen on her right hip.

The man had a pudgy face with a messy mop of blond hair swept back in a pathetic attempt to reveal his face. He then raised up his mug to the deer like Faunus as he gestured to the empty glass.

"You wouldn't want the 'White Knight' to be angry now would you?" the pudgy man said as his voice sounded horse and snide at the same time.

The bar tender could only cower slightly in fear as he went about refilling his mug to the brim. "O-of course not sir" he said as his voice shook in fear. But in his fear he accidentally spilled the drink and it splashed all over the mans shirt causing the bar to become silent as they held in baited breaths.

The pudgy man then stood from his seat, as he grabbed the man by the front of his shirt and lifted the poor Faunus to meet him face-to-face. "OI! LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID YOU DISGUSTING ANIMAL!" he screamed as he threw the bartender out into the streets.

The crowed instantly cowered in fear of the man as he marched over to the man and cracked his knuckles in show of wanting to beat up the Faunus "Do you have any idea how much this costs? More then you'll make you filthy animal!" he said as he pointed to the stain on his shirt.

"Do you know who I am? I'm the White Knight! The most feared and respected man in the whole of Remnant! And the most powerful hunter to walk this earth since the first hunters! And you dare to make me look like a fool you filthy beast!" he said as the members of his group grinned and snickered at the cowering Faunus.

But at the other end Teams RWBY and PNR were seething in rage as they glared at the pudgy man bullying the innocent Faunus, Ruby, Nora and Yang were just itching to use their weapons while Ren, Pyrrha, Blake and Weiss had disgusted looks on their faces as they too wanted to beat up the man.

"That can't be the white Knight?" Blake said as she looked over the man. He is in no shape to fight whatsoever and he looks nothing like the photo's" she said as the group nodded.

"I agree" Ren said as he too observed the man. "His stance is all wrong and his height and weight don't match up with the Dossier. Clearly he is an imposter, looking to tarnish the White Knights name" He siad as the rest agreed with him.

"So what should we do?" Ruby asked as Pyrrha glared at the man, as her hand itched towards her weapon.

"He may know where the real White Knight is? So I say we interrogate him and make him tell us where he is" she said as the other agreed. Ruby was about to move forward when a small blur shot past them.

"LILY!" the group yelled as she stood in front of the pudgy man and he entourage. Lily only glared as she reached for the handle of her Weapon 'Liger' and smirked at the man.

"You better leave this man alone! Or you'll have to deal with me!" she said as she stood bravely before the men. Silence echoed in the street as everyone stared at the brave girl, right before the men burst out laughing.

"AHAHAHAHAHA! LOOK AT THIS BOYS! A KITTY CAT THAT THINKS SHE CAN BEAT US! AHAHAHAHAHA!" the pudgy man said as he towered over her smaller frame.

But the girl wasn't even scared as she smirked at the men and placed her hand on the hilt of the blade and zoomed in front of the man. Before they could react she slammed the pommel of her blade into the fat mans stomach.

The sound of the revolver resonated in the street and the pommel shot further into the man. His eyes nearly bulged out of his head, as he was shot straight away from the girl and smashed into the bar burying him under a pile of broken bottles and debris.

Everyone had wide eyes as they watched the 'White Knight' was shot back a meter away by a small girl no older then eight years old. The goons seething in anger drew their weapons and charged at the girl.

But Lily only smirked as she dodged the attacks and clashed against their blades with her own.

She jumped over the pair as she kicked a man straight into the back of his head and knocked the man unconscious. She then turned to the last thug as he swung violently with his large meat clever like weapon at the girl.

But Lily dodged with ease and jumped into the air and shot 'Liger' from its sheath again and smacked him straight in face with the pommel causing the man to stumble back, dazed and confused.

But she was far from done yet as she grabbed the blade in mid air and ducked down for a leg sweep that knocked the man straight on to the ground, before she kicked him in the face and knocked him out.

And just like that the battle was over as Lily smiled at her handy work "Pfft these guys weren't so tough" she sheathed liger back into its sheath and smirked at the men.

Back with the others they stared with wide eyes at the small girls display. Sure she was up against poorly trained and over confident men, but they were still fairly impressed at he skill. Clearly someone had taught her how to fight, but who? They wondered.

But before they could congratulate the girl, a shadow loomed over her as she spun around to see the fat man glaring with blood thirsty eyes. He held his huge blade over his head prepared to kill the girl on sight.

"YOU LITTLE SHIT!" he screamed as he brought the blade down on the girl intent on killing her. The others could do nothing but watch, as the blade came closer and closer to the little girls head.

But then the blade stopped an inch from her face as the crowed gasped in shock.

"What the?" the fat man said as saw his blade stopping inches from the girls face. He turned his head to the right as he glared at the figure who dared to stop his revenge and gasped in shock.

Holding the blade inches from the girl with only two fingers was a tall man with a black sword hanging off his belt and a small assortment of daggers placed directly on the back of his waist.

The figure wore a black jacket with the sleeves tucked into the elbow along with black pants while wearing white gauntlets, shin guards and a chest plate with a dark hood pulled over his head showing only the bottom half of his face. Shrouding the man was also a black travellers cloak with bits and pieces of the cloth worn and torn from years of travel.

The fat man glared at him as he struggled to push the blade further but found he could not. "Who the hell are you?" he demanded as the man just ignored him as he looked down at the small girl.

"Hey don't ignore me!"

"Hey Lily you ok?" he asked as Pyrrha could have sworn she heard that voice before, but older and more mature. Lily on the other hand smiled as she recognized the man before her as her eyes sparkled slightly.

"Daddy you came back!" she exclaimed as she suddenly hugged his leg tight, as the man patted her in the head and smiled at the girl.

"Of course I did sweetie, those Death Stalkers were no match for me" he said as he pointed his thumb over to the large pile of Death Stalkers in the middle of the street. The decaying corpses displayed in the street and wrapped together in chains with a few limbs missing of their bodies.

The pudgy man winced back in fear as he saw the corpses as he withdrew his blade away from the man and pointed it straight at him.

"Who-who the hell are you!" he asked as the man turned his head to face the 'White Knight' as he froze in fear at the cold glare that was sent his way from the hooded man. He moved back unconsciously as he felt a terrifying Aura emit itself from the man.

Even RWBY and PNR couldn't help but reel back from the burst of Aura.

"The question is What the hell do you think you're doing to my daughter?" his voice becoming menacing as his Aura covered his body in white flames.

A terrifying image of a dragon appearing behind the man as the 'White Knight' backed away in fear. Sweat now pouring down his face as his legs trembled and shook against his command. But in some brave act of defiance the fat man charged at the man and swung his large sword at the hooded man.

Only for the blade to be sliced half as the top half of the blade flew through the air and impaled itself in the side of a building. Nearly giving a local resident a heart attack as the blade landed an inch from his head.

The fat man with eyes wide as dinner plates looked down at his cut blade and the mans own drawn blade.

The strangers blade was a long double edged blade with strange markings inscribed on the flat surface of the blade, the blade was a deep midnight black with a golden hilt, a white grip and a blue gem located on the pommel of the blade.

The man the pointed the tip of the blade at the mans throat as he forced the man backwards until his back hit the wall, Ren narrowed his eyes at the stranger.

'This guy…he drew his blade so fast that I could barely see it. What's more he is holding back tremendously that its ridiculous. Who is this guy and why does he seem so familiar?' he thought as focused back to the incident. The hooded figure glared with a furious rage as he held the blade closer to the man jugular.

"If I ever catch you trying to harm my daughter or any other Faunus again! I'LL SEND YOU ON A ONE-WAY TRIP TO HELL YOU BASTARD!" the man emitted all of his anger towards the fat man.

By this time the other two of his comrades awoke just as a gust of wind blew in and removed the mans hood from his head revealing blond hair glaring blue eyes, one of the men screamed in fear as he quickly went to the fat mans side.

"B-B-B-BOSS! WE GOT A BIG PROBLEM HERE!" he said as his voice shook in fear as he pointed at the man "T-T-T-THAT'S THE REAL WHITE KNIGHT! I RECOGNISE HIM FROM TIP-TREES TWO MONTHS AGO!" he yelled as the figure was revealed to all as Jaune Arc.

This caused an interesting reaction from the crowd especially among the Beacon students.

Ruby had wide eyes as she saw her first friend as signs of his change was evident amongst his stance and the look in his eyes.

Weiss was stunned as well as she could not believe that this was the same blond haired scraggly boy that had a crush on her back at beacon, especially now that he looked like a professional hunter.

Blake was truly stunned to learn that the famous figure that was winning the hearts and minds of her people, was once a friend of hers. But deep inside she was happy to know that his belief on Faunus were unchanged after all this time.

Yang had a rather surprised, aroused and furious look on her face. Surprised to find out that 'Vomit Boy' grew up to be a strong an professional hunter. Aroused to see how mature and handsome he had become in the past two years and of course furious because now she could punch his teeth in for breaking her sisters heart.

Ren had a more controlled reaction as he had somewhat of a feeling it was Jaune the moment he appeared in front of the man. Sure his stance and physique had changed after two years, but the radiance of his aura was still the same after all these years, warm and friendly.

Nora had the most surprised and comical reaction as she had both her hands to her face, as is she was generally surprised to see her former team leader after so many years.

And Pyrrha, Pyrrha was stunned as the world around her slowed to a halt as she looked at the man before her. Her partner, her teammate, her friend and her crush. He looked so different, so changed and strong as he stood before the man.

But she also saw something familiar, like she had seen this man before and she knew what it was, this was what she saw in Jaune's eyes every time they spared and every time they fought together.

This was the man she always knew he could be, the man that she wanted to bring to light and lead them for many years to come and the desire that she dreamt of since they met.

This was what Jaune was always meant to be...a hero.

But deep down she was saddened that she could not have been the one to bring this Jaune to light, the one to stand by his side as he stumbled and fell into greatness. But she would confront that later as she waited to see what he would do next.

Jaune however raised an eyebrow at this as he looked around as if he was talking about someone else; he then looked back at the men as he pointed to himself.

"Um...Are you talking about me?" he asked sincere confusion written plainly on his face, everyone promptly fell face first into the ground, except Nora as she just looked confused as well.

"YES YOU! YOU MORON!" the three men yelled as Jaune got a surprised look on his face. tThis seemed to have genuinely shocked the young man as he lost all composure of being a professional hunter.

"Ehh! I'm the White Knight?" he asked as everybody including his friends tried to figure out if he was serious or just plain stupid.

'Is he a complete idiot?' everyone thought while Lily just shook her head, she loved her father dearly like her real dad. But sometimes she could only stand so much of his obliviousness.

"Seriously daddy even I knew" she said as something just snapped in the others minds. 'DADDY!' they thought as Jaune snapped his head towards the little girl "EH! Even you knew!" he exclaimed as the girl nodded.

"Come on daddy it was so~ obvious, The White Knight was seen everywhere we traveled, it wasn't that hard to figure out" she said as Jaune slumped his shoulders as a cloud of depression hung over his head.

"My own daughter knew my title before I did? I just have the worst luck" he said as his daughter nodded at him.

the men looked confused and attempted to sneak away. But before they could make a break for it three white daggers flew through the air as the snagged onto each of the men's clothing's pinning them to the sides of the buildings. They shrieked in surprise as they found Jaune playing with another dagger in his hands.

"Don't even think about running, these daggers are specially designed to produce a paralyses field that renders anyone in their range, other then myself, unable to move until I remove them" he explained as he held up one of the daggers.

The dagger was half the size of Jaune's forearm and was pure white with a black hilt and handle, at the end of the dagger was a small gem that pulsed red every few seconds. The blade of the dagger had a small hole the same size as a small coin in the center of the blade with the circle highlighted in gold.

Ruby instantly was in awe at the small dagger like weapons.

"I don't like fighting anything that's not Grimm, so I had a friend of mine help me craft something to subdue my targets without killing them. Plus it does help me to capture certain bounty targets huh? Boricuas the imposter?" he said as the fat man seethed in anger.

Lily took the chance to take out a light blue scroll from her belt "Boricuas E. Falcones, a.k.a 'Boricuas the Imposter', goes from town to town, city to city impersonating famous hunters and ruining their reputations. He is wanted for identity theft, multiple counts of aggravated assault and wanted in multiple cities and the Kingdoms of Vale and Mistral" she then looked at the man with some confusion.

"Although I don't know how anyone can believe him to be a famous hunter? Especially with a gut like that?" she said as Jaune chuckled slightly.

"I've got to introduce you to Professor Port sometime sweetie" he said to himself as he looked at the men.

"Well I guess we should leave them to the authorities when they ge-hurk!" was all Jaune could say before he was shot straight to the wall, as he was pinned to the side of the building by a familiar red and gold javelin. A strange sense of deja vu washed over Jaune as he recognized the spear.

'Oh crapbaskets!' he though as he turned to confirm what he already knew. Standing a little bit away from him and Lily were his old Friends with some less then happy looks on their faces.

"Hello Jaune nice to see you again" Pyrrha said as sarcasm and venom dripping from her voice as dark red aura surrounded her form like fire as they got closer and closer to the pinned man, the only thing Jaune could do was say.

"Hey guys? Um~...long time no see?"

(A/N for Jaune's Blade think Kirito's Blade from Sword Art Online, except with the handle part gold, the grip white and there are inscription along the surface of the blade)