I'm back for round two. For those of you who aren't liking the story, sorry. I'm going to be contacting Bonesboy15, Engineer4Ever, and maybe Spirit Solider to see if they could review my work. Now I've noticed some complaints in the reviews about Zerg, so let me put those fears to rest. Most of the time Zerg will only be involved if a situation gets to tense much like how the first chapter would be when it is revealed, and maybe one more chapter later on (and since you should have read Professor Arc you can probably figure out which chapter I am talking about). I have also gotten a couple of complaints on how I should have done this with the original cast. So, in response I am putting up a poll on whether I should do another reading with the original cast. I will still do this one and will try to update twice a week at most, once every two weeks at least. However, the poll will be up and I will keep an eye on the reviews. Speaking of reviews, I would like to say this.

Sixsamchaos: You got to name the references or no appearance, thanks for the review though.

Nightgale912: Thanks for being honest, so here's your cookie from Ruby. (Penny has her swords out by the way.)

Heavy1825: I hope I live up to your expectations.

Blaiseingfire: Thanks for that tip, it helped a lot. So here's your cookie with Penny smiling cheerfully at you (Run).

Rc48177: Sorry to hear that, if you have any advice on how to make my story better I would appreciate it.

5th Dimension: I am not counting yours as a flame as it was just your opinion and I will not be sending Cinder after you. Thanks for the review though.

And the last review reply as this is getting rather long.

New Universe Returns: ;) I just might have them do so.

The next point is that is that I realize I dun goofed when I brought so many people in at once. For any other reading stories, I will not do so or I will keep it small. For Professor Arc I wanted to have everyone who would be shocked Jaune's deceit to be there. As for some realizations, they will come, they are still a little shocked though. (Cinders explosion will be happening, I won't tell you when or where, but it will happen).

Nora: HEY! Where's the pancakes?

Nora! How did you… Never mind, if you do the disclaimer, I will give you pancakes.

Nora: Yayy! ZergKnight97 does not own the rights to RWBY as that belongs to Roosterteeth. Professor Arc was the idea of Coeur Al'Aran. He does this with his permission.

Doomsday Approaches

"Why does the chapter title sound so dramatic?" Ruby asked everyone. They all just shrugged so Ruby started reading.

"Wow, it sure pays to be a teacher." Jaune mumbled to himself as he looked around his new quarters, which were adjoined to his small office. The Headmaster had apparently thought that since he was a support teacher who might be called into any role on short notice, that it made sense to have his office and living quarters connected. Jaune had been quick to agree, knowing that if the man had claimed that new teachers wore pumpkins on their heads, he probably would have done it so as not to appear suspicious.

"No, Ozpin you can't make that a rule for the teachers." Glynda cut off the idea for Ozpin, who just sipped his coffee hiding his pout. It would have been hilarious.

He just hadn't expected it to be so spacious! He had a decent sized bedroom with an en-suite bathroom, along with a kitchen-living room combination separated by a counter with two stools pulled up against it. The living area consisted of little more than a couch with a low laying coffee table and a decent-sized television, but it was still much more than he was used to at home. What's more, the fridge and cupboards were well stocked with a variety of meats and food.

It was almost enough to distract him from what today actually was. Today was to be his first official day of employment, and what was worse, the students were expected to arrive for within the next eight hours or so... though thankfully the mysterious initiation was not until the following day. Miss Goodwitch had been quick to assure him that the initiation would take the entire day, and that any teaching that might be required was still a good two days away. Still though...

Where was the training he had been promised!?

"Given that your transcripts were forged, you must have panicking a bit, huh Prof." Yang said with a grin.

"Just a bit." Jaune smoothly replied.

Idly his eyes fell on a small card that sat perched on the coffee table where he had laid it earlier, and the guilt that came along with it hit him like a mallet.

Jaune also felt that mallet of quilt hit him, making him confused before he remembered the curse.

Congratulations on your new job! It was filled with kind and loving words, not only from his mother and father - who had been shocked but ecstatic that he had landed such a good job. But also from his sisters who pretty much had expected him to be a bum all his life. Such faith, and yet probably rightfully deserved.

We're so proud of you! He could remember the look on his mother's face as he told her what had happened. Oh, he'd made some alterations to the tale. As far as they knew he was going to be teaching at a combat school teaching younger teenagers, but the gist of the job had been the same. So maybe the lie wasn't that bad?

"That is a very good half-truth you did there, who could have taught you that as I would love to meet them." Roman asked, finally speaking up and causing people to jump as they had forgotten he was there. While everyone looked at Roman, Jaune shot him a glare.

"I'm not going to answer that." Jaune stated trying to keep his expression calm.

"Shit, they are going to find out about my connection to Roman." Jaune thought.

"Who am I kidding, I'm going straight to Hell."

Still his parents had been supportive and helpful, and had even taken him out shopping for supplies as a gift to him. Hence the new coat he was wearing that crossed over his breast-plated chest and swept down to the back of his knees. It wasn't a fashion statement though... one of the concerns that Jaune had given to his parents was that the fourteen-year-old students he was going to be teaching wouldn't give him full respect since he was so young. His mother had suggested dressing to make himself look older, and just not mentioning his age to any of them.

So he knew where he got the lying from anyway.

"Looks like I found out anyway kid." Roman taunted.

"Wait, I just realized that Professor Arc is our age!" Weiss cried out in shock. This caused everyone to pause before the girls of Team RWBY and Pyrrha all gained bright smiles, while Glynda frowned.

Either way she had chosen the dark blue coat because it apparently accentuated his height, and also hid his chest and arms from view. She said most people would just see the sword and shield, along with the coat and armor - and assume him to be a lot more buff than he actually was beneath it all. He'd taken the obvious dig in stride and agreed with the decision. He couldn't say he felt, or looked, any older - but maybe it would work on other people.

"Mr. Arc, may I come in?" A recognizable female voice asked from outside the doors to his quarters. Jaune quickly walked over and opened it to reveal the stern face of Glynda Goodwitch.

"Ah. Good morning Miss Goodwitch, come in." He beckoned with his arm, stepping back to let her into the room. He tried not to pay attention to the way her green eyes quickly snapped left and right to inspect the room, before settling on himself once more.

"A new fashion statement Mr. Arc?"

"It was a suggestion from a friend, to help me look a little older in the eyes of the students." So it totally wasn't his fault if it was against the rules or anything, he didn't add.

"I just realized how sneaky you would have to be to have not gotten caught until this happened, Professor Arc." Cardin spoke up this time. This caused everyone to think it over and they had to admit that he was right.

"Why did you not go into acting; you would have been great at it?" Blake asked.

"I though it explained it the first chapter, I wanted to be a huntsman." Jaune replied.

"Ah I see. Are you worried about teaching students so close to your age?" Her voice and face were calm as she asked the question, and he wasn't able to tell if it was some kind of trap.

"Just concerned." He diverted instead. "I don't doubt my ability, but am a little concerned that some of the students might rebel against the idea. Hence my wanting to appear a little older than I actually am." That sounded like something an ideal teacher would say, didn't it? All he had to do was make every decision, and say everything - as if the welfare of his students was the most important thing in the world to him.

"I can understand that." Miss Goodwitch accepted as she shuffled some books onto his counter. "Don't worry so much about it though, as a support teacher you will be teaching in conjunction with myself or others. If they fail to show you the proper respect, they will soon learn the error of their ways."

Aww... He couldn't help but coo to himself as he simply nodded his thanks to her. That was actually a pretty sweet and supportive thing to say, which surprised him since it was coming from such a stern-looking woman.

This caused Glynda to blush for about a millisecond before it quickly went away before anyone could see it.

"Thank you, I appreciate it. Is that material for me to look over?" That certainly did look like a lot of material, at least six tomes worth as well as a number of stapled sheets of paper set to one side.

"This is the course syllabus for Professor Port's Grimm studies class, as well as Professor Oobleck's history class. The Headmaster has decided you will work with those two teachers, as well as myself. I've also included some books on teacher training for you to look through. As well as a few … tips... I thought to write down myself." The woman hesitated as she said this, before showing him the printed paper which seemed to entail three full pages of written text in elegant handwriting.

"You went to so much effort for me, thank you so much." He flattered as he took the pages and glanced over them. They seemed to be mostly focused on how to keep order and discipline teenagers in class. For a moment he felt incredibly awkward that she had effectively handed him tips on just how to punish people... but then again the other things were probably covered in the books.

"Why Miss G, I didn't know that you were into that." Yang teased. This caused Glynda to blush, then look outraged. Before Yang could become a splat on the wall, Ruby started reading again.

"It's no problem." The Deputy waved away, though there was the tiniest hint of pink on her cheeks at his honest praise.

"Wait, Glynda blushed! I haven't seen you blush since…" Ozpin started, before stopping when Glynda glared at him, blushing like her counterpart.

"No, this is wonderful Gly- Miss Goodwitch." This was exactly what he needed to have a chance here. What's more, she had perhaps inadvertently told him exactly what he would be helping with, and provided him the syllabus ahead of time! All he would need to do was see what they were covering in an upcoming class, and memorize everything on that subject and he would be fine.

"Wait, you were going to cram everything the night before a class." Weiss said, sounding shocked that he hadn't been caught because of the teaching portion of his job.

"Pretty much." Jaune admitted.

"I suppose you can call me Glynda outside of the student's hearing." The blonde interrupted his thoughts as she turned away from him while speaking. Why was she looking away from him? "You can probably get away with calling most other teachers by their names, or simply their title."

"Thank you then, Glynda. I hope you'll call me Jaune as well?"

"Of course Mr. Arc." She replied, apparently not quite able to address him so casually. "I do apologize that I won't be able to offer you more, one-on-one, training. But with the students arriving today..."

"Yes, initiation. I had heard of it; is there anything you need me to do to help with that?" He certainly hoped not, he was already on limited time and he didn't even know what the initiation was yet.

"No, no. But thank you Mr. Arc. We have that all covered for now... I think it might be best if you simply looked to read as much of that material as you can. I'll have someone come and collect you before the first Bullheads arrive. I think it would be best for your credibility if you were seen immediately alongside the other teachers."

"Wait, I didn't see you with any of the teachers, so where were you Jaune." Pyrrha asked.

"The book will probably say." Jaune said. Everyone sighed, quickly getting tired of that phrase.

"I understand." He accepted with glee. Perfect. Now just to get rid of Glynda so he could have as much time to read as possible and get ready. "Is there anything else?"

"No, that's all. I will see you later then Mr. Arc." And with that she was gone. Slipping out of his room before he could so much as offer her a goodbye. Man, she's a weird cookie... but still, she saved my bacon!

Now all he had to do was read as much of this as he could, right?

"He's doomed." Nora said cheerfully.

"Nora." Ren said.

"Yes Ren." Nora said.

"I don't think he's doomed since he hadn't been found out until this happened." Ren pointed out.

Nghhh...

Captain's log, day thirty. More history... The General leads his troops in a surprise raid on the faunus of Fort Castle... huge casualties because he forgets they have perfect night vision - hey, that sounds useful. Jaune's face was half laid on the couch's armrest, with his hands propping a history book in front of him. Bloodshot eyes, along with a beautiful set of designer bags hanging beneath them.

Jaune slumped as he was hit with a sudden wave of exhaustion, causing the girls to give him concerned looks. He quickly waved them off.

The clock said it had only been around six hours.

This caused everyone to be shocked that he had studied for six hours straight, also impressing everyone with his drive to succeed.

The clock must be working with the enemy.

Where is your confidence now Jaune Arc? An evil voice taunted in his mind, half-heartedly he recognized it as his self-esteem, which had long since betrayed him. You have to do this for the next four years!

Arms finally gave way as the book slapped into his face with a satisfying sound of leather on flesh. Instead of attempting to remove it he simply let out a distressed groan into the pages. There was so much to cover... and so much to remember.

He'd learned the types of Grimm most common to Vale, as well as their general appearance, behavior and threat levels. He'd also done his best to memorize whatever he could on weaknesses and how to fight them. Weirdly it looked like the syllabus for Professor Port's class just entitled a thing called "story time." But he imagined that was theoretical book learning or something.

"It isn't just stories; they are my experiences that I am passing on to the students." Port bellowed, causing everyone to just nod their heads.

Oobleck's class though... oh Gods... history. How could the man possibly cover so much history so quickly in his lesson plans? That was ridiculous! He was honestly going to cover the entire faunus rights revolution in his first lesson? Wasn't that like ten years of history? He would have to teach at like 60mph to have any chance of getting that across in time.

But he hadn't dared to take the risk.

Faunus Rights Revolution... learned. Gods...

He'd also had a few small chances to read through the teacher training, though he wasn't close to finishing that. He had figured it would be safer to be knowledgeable on the course material and fail as a teacher - than to show his hand so early and not know what was surely basic knowledge.

"I'm surprised that you hadn't been picked up by a scout for the academies before you got those transcripts, as your ability to retain information is impressive." Ozpin stated.

"Well, history is full of tactics, and I have always been good with them." Jaune admitted.

"How good?" Weiss asked.

"My dad would give me a sheet that had the abilities of a team of huntsman, and I would have to figure out a way to beat the team he had." Jaune explained. "After a week, I started winning. I was twelve at the time." This shocked everyone because that was very impressive tactical training.

"Hmmm, after this is over, we may have to give you a class on tactic training." Ozpin told Jaune.

Ruby quickly started reading so she could avoid getting assigned another class.

Besides, he still had tonight when he was supposed to be sleeping. Their timetables ended at around six in the afternoon, and Jaune honestly didn't have anything to do in his free time. Sure, his parents were keen to hear from him after his first lessons, but that would be little more than a ten-minute call. That left almost six hours of studying a night, if he just aimed for six hours' sleep.

Six hours studying a night... is it still too late to get arrested?

Any morose thoughts were quickly banished by a frantic knocking on his door, neither stopping or slowing in pace as he staggered to his feet and sluggishly ambled his way over.

"Yes?" He gasped out as he pulled the door open to reveal a bespectacled man in a white shirt with a bright yellow tie and … green hair?

Argh my eyes! The clash burns!

"It's not that bad is it?" Oobleck asked his colleagues, who quickly assured him it wasn't.

"Professor Arc, I presume!" The man rattled out, and rattled was definitely the correct term, Jaune thought to himself. Because what should have contained a number of syllables seemed to come out in barely three seconds. He just barely caught the meaning.

"That is myself, are you one of the other staff?" It was an easy guess since Miss Goodwitch had told him she would send someone to collect him. Was it that time already?

"Capital, yes! I am Doctor Oobleck, Professor of History at Beacon as well as resident expert on Grimm movements and studies at the school. A pleasure to make your acquaintance I hope we will have plenty of time to learn about each other as you assist me with teaching but for now we must make our way to the main foyer to welcome this year's aspiring hunters and huntresses who will hopefully become the future protectors of the people of Vale."

"Sounds good?" Jaune guessed, not actually having caught the majority of what was being said, but knowing that if he simply agreed it would probably be for the best.

"Capital! Let us be off."

"H-hey, Wait!" He shouted out as the man zipped from the room, easily outpacing Jaune as he struggled to strap his sword into place while locking the doors behind him. He just caught sight of a green glimpse vanishing around the corner as he sprinted after the man.

"Really Professor Oobleck, you really must take into account that not everyone has your speed." Glynda scolded him.

What kind of teacher acts like this!? He shouted in his mind as he spun around the corner, once more barely glimpsing the Professor vanishing down another corridor. And wasn't it ironic that he was criticizing a trained and proven teacher in the first place?

"Yes." The entire room deadpanned.

"Doctor Oobleck, please slow down!" He called out as his body ached, unable to continue the grueling pace set by the older man. Fatigue mixed with a general lack of stamina eventually caused him to lose the Professor as Jaune came to a stop against a wall, his hand propping himself up as he panted to himself in exhaustion.

As if to make matters worse he could faintly hear the sounds of Bullheads approaching the Academy, no doubt bringing the new students which he was supposed to be visible in front of.

Damn that stupid hyperactive excuse for an adult, what the Hell!?

Now he was certainly going to get it from Goodwitch, and on the first day as well.

Still. He wasn't a child anymore. Apparently, anyway. So he couldn't just sit there and wait to be found by a teacher, similarly he hadn't thought to actually act for the contact numbers of the other staff. He would just need to make his way to where the others probably were.

"And that is why I was not with the other teachers Pyrrha." Jaune stated.

Think, Arc... surely it would be the same place you landed at... Beacon Academy is mostly a circle, so if I can find my way outside, then I can make my way to the central plaza.

The problem was, he couldn't see any way to actually get outside, bar climbing through a nearby window.

...

In for a penny...

"Hey, it switches to my view." Ruby said excitedly, before paling as she realized that everyone would be hearing her thoughts.

"Now you know how I feel." Jaune said with a depressed look.

Things had not been going well for Ruby Rose. Two years younger than everyone else at Beacon and already abandoned by the one person she thought she could rely on the most. From there she had caused some kind of explosion with a crabby girl and generally been abandoned to lay on her back in the middle of an empty pathway by the rest of the student body.

"I am not crabby." Weiss protested. Ruby quickly reading to avoid a lecture.

Yep! Great way to start my life here...

"Hey there, you okay?" A masculine voice asked from outside of her vision, causing her to sit up on her rear and look around. Standing not two feet to her left was what looked to be another student, smiling at her. That was a good sign, right!?

"Hey." She shyly greeted back, wondering why he had actually come to her when she was laying on the ground like some kind of weirdo. He looked nice enough, with hair a similar shade to Yang's but bright blue eyes. He was really tall though, easily topping six feet in height, and he looked almost a little intimidating too with that heavy-looking coat. If it wasn't for the gentle look in his eyes she might have been too nervous to respond to him.

"Well, at least the coat works." Jaune muttered to himself.

"Let's get you up." He simply said as he offered a hand to her, hoisting her onto her feet with a single tug. Ruby quickly let go of his hand and stepped backwards in mild embarrassment. This wasn't exactly how she had planned to make her first impressions at Beacon.

"Thanks, I'm Ruby." She greeted instead, shaking her head quickly in an attempt to dispel the nerves she was feeling. "Ruby Rose. Nice to meet you."

"Jaune. Jaune Arc. What were you doing laid in the middle of the plaza like that?"

"Ugh..." Oh damn, he wasn't meant to ask that. Didn't he realize it was probably better to ignore the clearly stupid position he had found her in!? "I guess I just needed to relax for a bit?" She attempted with a weak grin.

"Ruby, that lie is making me cringe, and I wasn't even there." Yang teased Ruby. Ruby just kept reading.

"Right..." He didn't sound convinced.

"Ugh. Okay, I had a pretty bad start and I was just being dramatic. Can we just ignore how you found me?" Her shyness was forgotten as she huffed in annoyance, but the action instead of insulting him - seemed to make him laugh. Internally she smiled as well, hey this wasn't so hard after all!

"Okay, okay. You shouldn't worry though. It's your first day, I'm sure you will be fine. I'm a little lost as well, maybe we can both help each other find the rest?"

"Sure!" Ruby chirped, inwardly clapping herself on the back for actually making a friendly acquaintance on her first try. Even if it was purely luck that he had been another lost student like herself. "I didn't see where the others went though..."

"Your reaction to finding out I'm a teacher was pretty funny Ruby." Jaune chuckled. Ruby blushed, but didn't say anything, not wanting to whine in front of Jaune.

"Just follow me, we'll head to the main hall." He seemed to know where he was going, which was lucky since she didn't want to get lost and miss initiation. Wouldn't that just be humiliating, the youngest girl to ever enter Beacon kicked out before she could even begin. Yeah, sounded great. Go down in the history books, whoo!

"So... uh... I've got this thing." Ruby offered in an attempt to fill the silence that was forming between the two of them, jumping ahead of him and deploying her baby for him to marvel at. As usual his reaction was of immediate surprise, or awe as she preferred to call it. "This is Crescent Rose, a high impact customizable sniper rifle!"

"And a... scythe?" Jaune asked in apparent amazement. To which she nodded in pride.

"That's right. I made her myself at Signal, she's called Crescent Rose and she's the best weapon in the world." She rubbed one hand up its shaft as she said that, with a fond look in her eyes.

"My baby is the most important thing in the world to me." Ruby said with pride and fondness.

"Yeah... that's impressive."

"So. What you got?" She asked, eager to know what weapon her potential new friend used. It wouldn't be as epic as Crescent Rose of course, but she was still confident it would be a good weapon, and she definitely wouldn't insult him by drawing attention to its inferiority to Crescent Rose.

That was hardly fair, since everything was inferior to it.

Everything.

"Hey." All the students yelled.

"Oh sorry, your weapons are nice too." Ruby said nervously. No one believed her as she had just said in the book every weapon was inferior to Crescent Rose.

"Well I've got my sword." He offered as he waved the weapon for her to look at. It looked fairly simple, but definitely seemed like it had seen battle, which was a plus. "And I have a shield that turns into a sheathe when I don't need to carry it."

"But... wouldn't it still weigh the same?"

"Well yeah, but it's easier to carry it buckled on my hip, than constantly on my arm."

"Well that makes sense. I'm a bit of a geek but the classics are cool too!" She hoped she hadn't offended him but he looked more amused than anything else. An emotion she was used to seeing on Yang's face, but she would put up with it if she had to.

"Mr. Arc, there you are!" A female voice interrupted them before Ruby could ask him any more questions. She winced as she saw who it was who was approaching them. Oh Gods, it was that teacher again from the police station. Goodwitch or something... with the terrifying expression and the evil eyes.

"Miss Rose, I will have you know that I do not have evil eyes." Glynda said sternly. Everyone noticed how she didn't say anything about her expression.

"Ruby, why did you say she had evil eyes." Yang asked curiously.

When I'm a huntress... I'll sign autographs...

"Never mind." Yang sighed, typical Ruby.

"There you are... I've been looking all over for you, what happened?" Ruby kept silent as the woman addressed the student next to her, unwilling to draw the woman's ire.

"Miss Goodwitch. I'm sorry, Doctor Oobleck was so fast, I couldn't keep up with him." The woman seemed to sigh in annoyance as she looked to one side, muttering something about coffee from what little Ruby could hear. Either way, she seemed to accept his excuse without argument.

"Ah, I see you have found Miss Rose as well. I hadn't realized she had separated from the main group." Ruby spared her a small wave as those green eyes pierced her, but her attempt at a friendly smile to placate the older woman quickly wilted.

"Miss Rose, I was not angry at you." Glynda reassured Ruby. "I was just irritated because I thought that Miss Xiao Long would have kept you close to her, not left you on your own."

"I was trying to get her to make friends with someone." Yang said with a shrug. "It worked didn't."

"Ruby was helping me find my way here. I hope I haven't made her late?"

Huh? That sounded weird, why was Jaune claiming that she had been the one to help him out? And why was he so calm when the two of them were clearly in such trouble!?

"Jaune?" She asked simply, wondering what he was talking about.

"That's Professor Arc to you, Miss Rose." The stern woman quickly interrupted, causing Ruby to rear back in shock as she stared at her new friend in a mixture of shock and horror. He simply shrugged apologetically at her in return.

"EHHHH!?"

"Like I said, pretty funny." Jaune said.

"So who's reading next?" Ruby asked. Everyone noticed that Zerg had been quiet this chapter and looked around for him. They found him in his chair by the corner, sleeping.

"Don't touch the chips, they are MINE!" He said in his sleep before waking up when he yelled.

"Oh, are you done with the chapter?" He asked Ruby.

"Yep, so who goes next?" Ruby replied.

"Let's see the next one to read will be… ok, now the spinner won't work… there we go. The next reader will be Pyrrha." Zerg said after messing with his spinner.

"Ok, the next chapter is "Wolf Among the Sheep".

That's it for this chapter folks. I will try to have the next chapter done by the end of the week, but failing that, it will be done by the 23rd at the latest. Like I said anyone who manages to guess the references I left in the previous chapter wins a brief appearance. Reviews are welcome. Constructive criticism will be rewarded with cookies from Ruby and a visit from Qrow if you refuse. Flames will be met with me sending Adam after you, after telling him you are anti-faunus.

I understand that this isn't very good for a reading story and I am trying to improve so please be patient. Thank you, and have a nice morning, day, afternoon, evening, or night.

ZERG RUSH!