Okay, this idea popped up in my head when I was watching a couple of clips from Star Wars Rebels when Maul made his first appearance, as well as clips from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and playing Star Wars: The Old Republic. Nothing else to say except for the fact that I wanted to get this chapter posted before I forgot what I was going to write. May the Force be with you, and enjoy the chapter.

*I still don't own RWBY or Star Wars: The Clone Wars!*

"Formerly Darth. Now just Maul." = Normal Speech

'Formerly Darth. Now just Maul.' = Thoughts

"Formerly Darth. Now just Maul." = Holocron Knowledge/Force Ghost Speaking

"Formerly Darth. Now just Maul." = Someone Yelling

Death of An Arc?!

How does he always find himself in these kinds of situations?

Things have really gone from bad to worse in the span of just a few days into the week. Jaune and his team, JNPR, along with their sister team, RWBY, had been sent with a couple of teachers from Beacon Academy on long term training missions in order to observe and better understand how a Hunter/Huntress operates out in the field for long periods of time. At first things were going well, but then, tragedy struck.

As it turns out, some transfer students from Haven Academy, Cinder Fall, Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black, had actually been in league with the White Fang and took the opportunity to strike when Vale would be at their weakest. They had Adam Taurus of the White Fang launch a robbery on a train of Dust and smashed it full speed into the wall surrounding Vale and protecting it from the Dark Creatures of Grimm. And with so many of Vale's best warriors out chaperoning the next generation of Huntsmen, it was up to those who were closest to Vale to fight off, not only agents of the White Fang, but also a flood of Grimm that were rushing in.

During the chaos, Cinder and her flunkies had run off to watch as the Grim and Faunus terrorists ran in and destroyed everything while killing everyone they could. Jaune and his team along with RWBY, CRDL and CVFY were the only teams that were close enough to Vale to get there in time to help out. However, even with all of them fighting together, their forces are spread very thin. And right now, Jaune is in the middle of what will no doubt be his most difficult fight on record.

He was surrounded by at least seven Goliath Grimm while staring down a Faunus with Jaguar ears and a Jaguar tail. His skin also seemed to be tattooed to have a Jaguar's spot pattern while his teeth were like those of the big cat's. He even has retractable claws that he uses as deadly weapons in a fight. Even though his weapon of choice is an old fashioned classic weapon; a Japanese sword known as a Katana. For long range, he carries an automatic crossbow on his back as well as several throwing knives on his belt.

The Faunus grinned malevolently and began to close the distance between himself and his chosen prey. Clearly, he enjoys the feeling of spilling blood upon the ground, whether that blood is human, Faunus, Grimm or animal… he doesn't care.

"So, human. Any last words before you die?" he asked, brandishing his katana.

Jaune just clicked his teeth and mentally cursed his own bad luck. He was battered and bloody from taking so much damage in his fight against so many Grimm and White Fang Grunts while trying to protect a group of innocent people from these murdering psychopaths, his body littered with shallow and deep cuts and lacerations, his armor was basically shrapnel, Crocea Mors was broken in half (and it's not a clean break either), and his family's shield may as well be recycled for spare parts.

His knees were shaky and his breathing was heavy and labored, showing just how fatigued he really is. Pyrrha's training may have helped increase his stamina by a large margin, but it just wasn't enough to help him in a battle of such a massive scale. If anything, the consecutive fights have put more strain on him than his body could handle.

The most the battered and bloodied blonde could do was lift up his sword arm and flip his enemy the bird. Yang would have laughed at how Jaune had the balls to do such a thing to his enemy in the face of death.

But the Jaguar Faunus didn't find such an action to be funny. He merely sheathed his sword and drew his claws as he continued to close the gap between himself and Jaune. He raised his hand over his head as he got ready to rip the Arc male's throat out with nothing more than his clawed hands, but before he could bring them down… something amazing happened.

'Crush him like the worthless insect he is!' Jaune mentally growled.

Just as the Jaguar Faunus was about to bring down his clawed hand and end the boy's life, one of the Goliaths trumpeted like the elephants they are and grabbed him around the waist with its trunk, making the White Fang Commander wheeze as the wind was literally squeezed out of him. The Goliath then threw him against the wall of one of the abandoned buildings just as another one charged at him, intent on skewering the Jaguar wannabe with its tusks.

Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on your point of view, the White Fang member managed to dodge the attack by the skin of his teeth before the bony protrusions from the beast's mouth could skewer him and turn him into a living shishkabob. However, he couldn't stop a third Goliath from kicking him away using one of its forelegs.

As the Jaguar Faunus landed on his feet and drew a few throwing knives as he wondered what had gotten into these Grimm. One minute they're helping him to kill this pesky human, next thing he knows they've turned against him. He took a closer look and saw that the Grimm's eyes were no longer glowing their usual yellow color. Rather, it looked more like a sickly golden color with an amber ring around the iris.

'Just what the hell is going on here?!'

That was the last thought of the Jaguar Faunus before all of the Goliaths ganged up on him and proceeded to stomp him flat. But if one were to take a closer look at Jaune, they would see that his eyes were now a sickly golden yellow color with a similar sickly amber ring around his irises. He grinned in satisfaction of the White Fang member dying such a grisly death, although he knew not why he took such pleasure in seeing one die in such a manner.

As a matter of fact, he did take notice that his entire being felt darker and more sinister than it used to. Almost like all of the hatred, rage and anger that he's ever kept locked away inside was about to burst forth from within.

But Jaune was unable to worry about that. He soon found himself growing dizzy, feeling faint as though he was about to pass out. He fought with all his willpower to stay awake, knowing that he couldn't afford to fall unconscious. Not while his friends were still out there fighting for everyone's lives like they were. But it was no use. He was fighting an uphill battle with fatigue and blood loss. And he was losing badly.

'This is it… I'm going to die here… unable to protect my friends…!' Jaune thought to himself.

He smiled ruefully as he began to lose his balance. Memories of all the good and bad times that he had with all of them flooding his mind and flashing before his eyes as he found himself full of regret at having to leave them so early on in life.

'I guess it's for the best. After all, JNPR can finally make a name for itself without a weakling like me dragging them down. They all have the combat prowess… All I can do is think of strategies and battle plans. Things that they don't even follow, let alone acknowledge. I guess my parents were right…'

As Jaune found himself falling backwards, his parents final words to him before he ran away rang clear in his head.

'I really am nothing… but a failure…!'

And with that final thought ringing through his head, Jaune fell back into a deep hole in the ground, descending into the shadows as he seemed to be dying from his injuries. But little did he know of the great power that awaited him within that dark place. For it is not just any tomb.

It is the tomb of his most powerful ancestor. A great warrior who would go on to bring great ruin to his enemies.

*To Be Continued…*

I know, this chapter was pretty anticlimactic. But it's really all I could come up with until I'm able to flesh out the next chapter, which will definitely be longer. I hope you all enjoy the story and I'll see you all next time! Also, I'm currently debating as to who I should pair Jaune with in this story. Should I do Ahsoka, or Barriss? Or both? Let me know in the reviews what you guys think would be the best course of action in regards to this.