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RWBY AND FRIENDS REACT:
RESIDENT HUNTSMAN
By: Gravenimage
Beta: warrior of six blades
"God of Darkness speaking"

'God of Darkness thinking'

"Speaking"
'Thinking'
*communications device*
Viewing Portal of Resident Huntsman scenes
Flashback
"Speaking during Flashback movie"
'Thoughts during Flashback movie'

warrior of six blades: Hey everyone! I've been checking your reviews about my notice and a certain review made me think of a loophole to allow me to get this fic out without putting my neck on the line with courts. Be Gravenimage's beta! So now as you all probably noticed, the first two chapters of my work now officially belong to Gravenimage to spread out and alter anyway my friends wants. Please know we will be working close together on trying to make this reaction series the best it can be.

PLUS, it has a side benefit. It's impossible to sue someone for copyright if you're the one making a reaction series to your own story! Which mean no one can threaten Gravenimage in any shape or form, while I get to help!

ENJOY THE STORY!

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Chapter 1: Resolve To Face The Dark Truth

Ruby has had enough.

Ever since Jaune disappeared, mid flight alongside them on their way to Atlas no less, everyone has been on edge or down right depressed that no one knew what to do.

That's not even touching on the subject of if they should use Jinn's last question to figure out what happened to Jaune or not. Ren and Nora obviously being the first to think of it before a debate sparked about if that would be wasting the question.

Which in turn led to a heated argument and some bitter feelings that everyone needed time to themselves over as Ruby asked everyone to put it on hold until they made it to Atlas. Qrow thankfully respecting their wishes to not tell Ironwood of their Relic JUST yet, though she could see he was not really sure if he was making the right choice or not.

"What do I do..." Ruby groaned, feeling depressed they all lost Jaune so easily and without any knowledge of why or what happened to him. Everything was going to be fine, they were on their way to Atlas, surrounded by a fleet of airships that look like they're preparing for war shockingly, but they was almost there!

Ruby heard that one should never take things for granted, but she never counted on one of her friends mysteriously disappearing in a flash of light! Why does she keep losing her friends? Why after how hard they fought alongside each other did Ren and Nora have to lose yet another of their team who became their family?

Nora...her friend was a wreck right now and Ren was doing his best to hold them both together. Not that she was doing alright, while she may not have been in love with him or officially with him... she did kinda...maybe...have a crush on him?

She didn't know, but Jaune was her best friend and someone she was growing closer to. Especially after Pyrrha died as she tried to be there for Jaune, the only reason Ruby never tried to figure out her feelings for the blond was because she knew he was mourning and hurting. She wouldn't forgive herself for pressing her confusing feelings onto him until she knew for sure he had moved on and if she really loved him or not.

It would've been an insult to Pyrrha, Jaune, and herself if she had done so before knowing the answers to how she truly felt for him. Plus, there was the fact Qrow and Yang might try to threaten him too. She couldn't risk that happening to Jaune without knowing for certain she was seriously in love with him.

She shuddered at the thought of those two being left alone in a room with Jaune if they announced that she was dating Jaune.

Hearing the door open, Ruby was treated to the sight of Maria coming in. Her device for her eyes now being upgraded to allow her to see better and not need repairs for a good long time.

"Still feeling conflicted, Ruby?" Maria asks walking to a seat near Ruby's bed at the small table, placing her cane nearby for later use.

"Yeah, I don't know what to do. I want more than anything to know what happened, but should I really use this last question on Jaune or should I save it for later? I feel as if I'm having to choose between the life of my friend and the world..." Ruby says with a heavy heart, it felt like the whole world was suddenly placed on her shoulders.

She wanted to be a hero just like in the stories Yang told so everyone can be happy, to defend those who can't protect themselves, and ensure no one feels the losses that she has. Maria sighed as she understood where Ruby was coming from.

"It's never easy being a huntress, Ruby, sometimes there is no right answer. As I said, the duty of a huntress is to protect others until the bitter end. Sadly, you can't save everyone and there are times you will lose your comrades." Maria began with a tone that spoke of her own weight that came from comrades she had seen die.

People she couldn't save to her own regret.

Ruby looked at her curious where she was going with this, feeling for the old legend that helped her learn how to use her power on her own will instead of just reacting without knowledge.

"But what is important, is to keep moving forward, despite our losses. If you wish to use the relic to find out about Jaune or not, is entirely up to you alone. But be sure to ask yourself if that is what you can live with. Cause the trick to life isn't staying alive as I've come to learn..." Maria told her as Ruby leaned forward in interest.

"What is the trick to life?" Ruby asks making the old woman give her a smile that was nostalgic.

"It's to live with yourself, Ruby. We all make mistakes and good choices, but at the end of the day. If you can't look at yourself in the mirror and be proud, happy, or at least be content with no regrets on how you've come out after everything you've gone through...you're doing something wrong." Maria wisely told her making Ruby gain a thoughtful look.

Maria seeing Ruby was taking her words to heart, hoped it would help the young rose to make a decision she won't regret. Despite not knowing the right thing to do herself in this situation. If it was one of her friends, she would of course be concerned and wish to know what happened. Though only having one question left from an ancient relic that could provide any one answer about something from the past or present is a heavy burden to bare in mind.

"Thanks, Maria, I think I know what I need to do..." Ruby said making Maria smile, glad to have helped the young huntress.

"Well what are you waiting for then? Go gather them together and let them know." Maria encouraged as Ruby smiled before running to their rooms, calling for a meeting as Maria took her cane to follow everyone to the living room. Taking seats on the couch or chairs around the room looking at Ruby with conflicting feelings.

"Everyone, I know this has been a long and hard journey for us, especially with what happened recently. But I've decided we'll use the last question on what happened to Jaune." Ruby announced making everyone go wide eyed, with Nora and Ren looking at her in hope.

"WHAT?!" Nearly everyone shouted in shock, making Maria scowl a bit before whacking the nearest person who screamed with her cane. Said person being an annoyed Qrow who rubbed his head and glared at her, as she waved the cane in his face now.

"I've already got sight issues as it is without my new eye gear, I don't need you all making me hard of hearing now!" Maria scolded making Ruby giggle at this, Maria truly reminded her of Yang sometimes, never taking things lying down. Still, she best explain before the shouting matches starts again.

"Before you all freak out, let me explain my reasons." Ruby announced making everyone hesitantly nod in agreement. Waiting to hear what she had to say that would make her want to use the wish on finding out about Jaune.

"Ever since we first met him... we can all admit he was a good friend to us, though we did underestimate him at first, but before and after Beacon's fall he never once failed to be there for us when we needed him." Ruby explained getting Weiss, Blake, and Yang to look away in shame. Knowing that they weren't there for Ruby during her trip to Haven for various reasons.

"Now I'm not blaming any of you for what has happened, I'm just glad we're back together, but that is not the point." Ruby continued making them give small smiles at their young leader who braved so much without them for a short while and still forgives them for not being there.

"My point is that Jaune, Ren, and Nora have stuck with me through thick and thin. I honestly wasn't sure if they would and when things got tough I felt nothing but sorrow for dragging them into what I felt was my problem that could get them killed. Yet, it was Jaune who comforted me and encouraged me that you all was glad to come along...that I gave you all the courage to follow me." Ruby told them looking at Ren and Nora with gratitude that made them smile in return. Glad to have helped Ruby in that trying time.

"I can never...thank you both enough for that and everything else... but I can help us find Jaune." Ruby told them with resolve shining in her silver eyes. Ren and Nora smiling at the young reaper gratefully, with Nora barely restraining herself from hugging Ruby on the spot. Yang felt proud to see her sister this serious in looking out for her friends and was willing to support her now on this decision. As was Weiss and Blake who gave each other a nod in agreement to support Ruby. Everyone turned to face Qrow, Maria, and Oscar.

"You know my vote, child. Do what you feel is right and live with no regrets." Maria told Ruby making her and her friends smile at the old woman.

"I say we go for it, Jaune is one of us... if it was any of us in his shoes, I know he'd want to do the same for us." Oscar told them with absolute certainty that everyone else internally agreed with him on.

Qrow sighed as he looked at Ruby with a hint of nostalgia, he couldn't help it honestly. She reminded him so much of Summer right now, she'd do anything to find those she considered precious to her. Heck out of everyone she hanged on to hope of reasoning with Raven the longest, even he wasn't so sure she could ever be reasoned with anymore for a long while. Her latest stunt back in Haven but cemented the fact Raven would never help them in his mind.

At least not without having something to gain from helping them.

Banishing those thoughts to the darkest corners of his mind, he looked at Ruby and gave her a small grin. "Sounds to me like you've made up your mind, kiddo. Besides, I thought you didn't need my permission anyway. Wanting to do it your way I believe?" Qrow said with a knowing grin that made Ruby smile.

Ruby was about to call Jinn's name when she noticed something...odd. Are the shadows growing along the walls?

"Impressive resolve, little Rose." A dark voice echoed around the room that made Team RWBY, Qrow, Oscar, and Maria tense in both wariness and fright. Recognizing this voice from the vision Jinn has shown them about Ozpin's secret past.

Before any of them could do anything, the darkness of the room spread all over and filled their vision, feeling their minds succumb to darkness as they lost consciousness.

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Ruby and the others groaned as they slowly woke up to find they're sitting on ten seats facing a being that made chills run up their spines. This being was all purple in color with ram horns on his head, giving off an aura of darkness and death that made everyone nervous. Especially for those who seen the vision Jinn showed them already, knowing this being was the one who destroyed all of humanity when they used his gift of magic against him. Despite the fact Salem manipulated them into rebelling against their gods.

"Welcome to my domain, children." The God of Darkness greeted and felt a mix of both annoyance and amusement to see everyone reach for their weapons he had thought to confiscate for the time being. Not that it would do any good, but when you're a being of darkness and death as part of a balance. You learn real fast you're nobody's favorite god and would likely be assumed to be evil, hence they try to kill you on the spot. Futile as it is, it's sadly in man's nature to destroy what they fear, control, or understand.

"My baby!"

"Where's my hammer?!"

"How did he get my gun removed from my arm?!"

"ENOUGH!" The God of Darkness shouted in command as he flared some of his aura to make them shut up. Seeing them silence made him tone down his presence. Glad to see they were quick to obey...for now at least. "While I apologize for my methods, I had to bring you here so we can talk about your dear friend, Jaune."

This got everyone's attention and wariness, oh he could see the accusation in their eyes already. If they could see his eyes, they would've noticed them rolling already. 'Of course they would assume I did it. Thanks brother, once again you make life difficult for me thanks to our little agreement in how the balance should be kept between us.'The God of Darkness thought in annoyance and frustration at his holier than thou brother.

"DID YOU TAKE JAUNE FROM US?!" Nora demanded, as she was surprisingly not held back by Ren. Who was also glaring at the being in fury, but by Qrow and Yang who both knew all too well how dangerous this being is.

"Nora stop! You have no idea what you're doing!" Qrow tried to warn the angered ginger and was secretly glad her hammer was gone. Otherwise restraining her would be even harder from getting them all killed.

"I know what I'm doing! I'm gonna make him tell us what he did with Jaune and get him back! Even if I have to break every bone in his body!" The God of Darkness scoffed silently at this, yeah, she might be able to do that to his Grimm, but not him.

He felt a small bit of gratitude as he saw the young rose, who had impressed him with her resolve earlier, stand between them to keep a fight from starting. Oh he could easily kill the little human, but that would mean bringing her here was a waste of time and energy. Something he rather not waste is his time and energy, if possible. They already had enough of that with trying to teach Salem about respecting their balance of life and death. Then felt amusement to see Ruby was both trying to calm Nora and act as a barrier between him and her friends behind her.

"Nora, please, let's hear what he has to say. This isn't a being we should pick fights with recklessly. Don't forget how I told you he is the one who wiped out humanity from all of Remnant the first time around." Ruby told her with a serious gaze that held her ground with Nora's own glare before Nora, reluctantly, went back to her seat. Didn't stop her from glaring at the being, even as Ren took a seat next to her and held her hand in his to comfort her.

Ruby seeing her friends were behaving for now, turns to face the God of Darkness warily. "What do you want, God of Darkness?" Ruby asks making the deity nod.

"Good to see you remember me from Jinn's vision and know how to act civil, littleRose. I can see why you're the team leader here." The God of Darkness began seeing her keep her stance between him and her friends, as well as the worry and fear they all had of him.

"I called you hear in this chamber to see what my brother, the God of Light has done with Jaune." The deity explains making everyone's eyes widen, while Qrow cursed. Now understanding why there was a flash of light before Jaune vanished. It wouldn't have made sense if the God of Darkness did it, but... why would the gods return without the relics being gathered?

'It doesn't make any sense. Did something happen to make them come back of their own will?' Qrow thought in worry that the human raced was about to be judged or tested for their continued survival.

"The God of Light? Why would he take Jaune?" Nora asks now worried for her fearless leader. As far as she knew they never did anything to slight either of the Gods, unless you counted killing Grimm, but they had no shame in that. Judging by how the God of Darkness held himself, he didn't seem too upset about it either.

"A deal was struck roughly a little over 24 hours ago. A trade if you will. Jaune Arc for another being to help at the God of Light's request from another Deity." The God of Darkness explained making their eyes widen. Making the God of Darkness nod in actual understanding for their surprise.

"I know, it shocked me too," The God of Darkness began, before they felt his aura flare up again in response to his rising anger."before infuriating me that my brother had gone behind my back for a second time!"

The waited with baited breath for him to calm down as they felt as if the Grim Reaper's scythe was hovering over their heads, waiting to be brought down on the first unfortunate victim, paralyzed in fear as the deity took a calming breath.

"As the old saying you humans and faunus have goes. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. And I for one will not take being fooled lying down." The God of Darkness began as he gestured to them. "Hence why I've brought you here to let you know of what he has done. To show keeping secrets has consequences and before any of you say anything. I gave him a full 24 hours to come to you himself to explain why he took Jaune. Yet, I think we both know he hasn't bothered to give so much as even a letter to explain, has he?"

The God of Darkness watched as conflicting emotions ran through the small group before him. His words having the desired effect as they considered his words.

"So you'll tell us about Jaune? Can you help us get him back?" Ren speaks up as everyone looked at the deity in wary hope.

"In order? I can do better than just tell you and no." The God of Darkness told them bluntly, making them feel down that he couldn't help them get Jaune back. "Keep in mind this a deal between two powerful deities of light. If I try to fight both I'm gonna be in danger of dying as my brother is already able to match me blow for blow if we came to a fight. If I try fighting both of them to rescue Jaune for you, I'm only asking to get killed." The God of Darkness explained making them reluctantly nod their heads in agreement, they could see where he was coming from on that.

"You said you can do better than just tell us...Do you mean this room is part of it?" Weiss asks trying to salvage something out of this. Ruby looked at her gratefully for trying to lift the mood, as the God of Darkness nodded.

"Indeed, little Schnee, this room is to let you see the truth for yourselves what happened to Jaune after the God of Light had taken him to another world." The God of Darkness explained making everyone's eyes widen. He was taken to another world?!

"T-There truly is other worlds out there?" Blake asks in shock, true she had heard of the multiverse theory in some books she read, but never put much stock into it actually being a thing. Heck, life outside of Remnant was alien to her as no one could leave the world without their machines losing power.

"You have no idea what's really out there, little Belladonna, but that is a subject for another time. Right now, I'll show you what happened during the night Jaune was taken, but be forewarned... what you see will shock you to your core. You'll witness events that would give full grown men and women alike nightmares. My only question is this... can you face the dark truth of one of humanity's worst creations and the darker side of humanity that Jaune must rise up against to protect the ones precious to him?" The God of Darkness asks making a chill run up their spines and fear clenched their hearts in worry for their friend.

Even Qrow and Maria now felt pity for the young man, knowing if the God of Darkness calls Jaune's adversary one of humanity's worst creations, especially the part of the darker side of humanity. Who knew how dark he probably meant?

"If it's for Jaune, I'm in." Ruby spoke up, making everyone turn their attention to her. Ruby looking up at the God of Darkness with a determined gaze that reminded Qrow of Summer when she was about to go off on a rescue mission.

"Jaune has always been there for me, and I want to be there for him in anyway I can. I may not be able to reach him, as far as I know, but believe me I want to know what happened to my best friend." Ruby told the God of Darkness, making everyone feel encouraged at the sight. Even the God of Darkness felt a bit of respect in the young rose for how her pure heart has become a rallying point for them.

"I'm in as well, Jaune may not be the strongest of us, but he is our friend. The least we can do is find out what happened to him." Weiss stated seated next to her partner on her left.

"If my sis is in, I'm in too. No way am I leaving Ruby to face your dark truth alone." Yang said to Ruby's right, earning a look of gratitude from Ruby as Blake held Yang's hand from her right hand side.

"I made a promise never to leave my friends again, I plan to keep it." Blake told him just as determined as the rest of her team.

"If fearless leader is involved, I'm in. Maybe we'll get to see him break some evil legs, Ren!" Nora cheered at the idea, wanting to see her leader kick evil butt on this new world.

"It'd be good to finally see how he's doing, so I'm in too." Ren told the dark deity before them, resolved to see things through to the end.

"Don't think for one second I'm leaving my nieces alone to face whatever you have in mind." Qrow told the deity with a protective edge in his voice as he sat next to Ren. If the deity was offended by it, he certainly didn't show it.

"I might as well watch along, I'm rather curious what you have in mind for these young children to see." Maria said from Qrow's right, making the man groan that she still had her cane. He hopes she won't hit him with that thing again.

"I may not have known Jaune as long as the others, but he's my friend too. I want to be here for my friends as they face this truth of yours." Oscar said earning the God of Darkness's attention as he snapped his fingers, recalling something that slipped his mind.

"Right, almost forgot." The God of Darkness said as he aimed his hand at Oscar, before the young man's body glowed purple. Shocking everyone in worry and cries of surprise before in a burst of darkness fired from the God of Darkness's enveloped Oscar. Who after it ended found he was okay and went wide eyed seeing a transparent Ozpin now seated next to him on his left in a newly created chair for the old headmaster of Beacon Academy.

"Worry not, everyone. I merely wanted Ozma here or as you know him, Ozpin, to watch this along with you. After all, he's the God of Light's "chosen" champion to help unite humanity before summoning us back using the relics. Though only the soul, he'll be back with Oscar after this is done." The God of Darkness explained making everyone sigh in relief for Oscar's safety, before giving Ozpin a look as he looked away from them in shame.

"Now let's get some minor details out of the way. First any food or drinks for those of you wanting any merely need to think it and it will appear before you on a tray." The God of Darkness began before everyone heard a plate land on a tray in front of Nora. Who was staring starry eyed at the stack of pancakes she just thought of.

"Pancakes!" Nora cheered as she started applying butter and syrup on them. The God of Darkness shook his head, silently amused at this.

"I should have seen that coming. Regardless, if anyone needs the bathroom, know the girls room is through the door on the left and the boy's room is on the right." The God of Darkness said making everyone sigh in relief that they won't have to hold any need for the bathroom.

"That said, if any of you need a barf bag or tissues, just think it and it will appear. Trust me, you will need it." The God of Darkness said making them nervous of why a barf bag or tissues would be needed. How bad was this going to be?

"Now then, sit back and watch as Jaune rises up as the chosen champion of a new world he's never heard of. Having to face the darker side of humanity and creatures one would hope only existed in nightmares." The God of Darkness said as he used his power to cause shadowy portal to appear as he took his seat behind the others on a throne big enough for him.

If they was gonna watch the dark truth of Jaune's newly altered path, then it's only fair he enjoys it as much as possible. Just because he's the host doesn't mean he can't enjoy it. On the portal they saw words appear.

Chapter 1 Zombies!

Seeing the questioning looks they was looking at him with, the God of Darkness shrugged. "I thought it would be easier on us if I divided it up into chapters instead of one long movie. This way you can all take breaks to eat or gather yourselves before we continued to seeing the "movie" of what Jaune has endured." The God of Darkness stated with air quotes on the word 'movie'. Knowing it'd be far easier than explaining it to them and far more interesting as he gets to see the Knight in action again. It was rather entertaining the first time and he had to admit the young man didn't do half bad for someone thrown into yet another mess by his brother without any real warning.

Seriously. That holier than thou brother of his has a hard time giving proper warnings to his champions. It makes him wonder why they continue blindly liking his brother more than himself sometimes. Considering how he keeps secrets and left both Ozma and Jaune to their own devices to figure out how to complete their missions for themselves.

'Though Jaune definitely has the shorter stick than even Ozma had to deal with. While he doesn't need to unite humanity. He will need to fight against certain forces on that world that aim to use the viruses for their own benefit. Not caring the world will burn around them in their futile pursuit for godhood. That brother of mine didn't even bother to tell Jaune anything before dropping him off.' The God of Darkness thought with a small amount of pity for the blond, but it was easily pushed aside. Jaune wasn't his responsibility after all, just another human destined to die one day, same as the rest.

Ruby and the others unaware of his thoughts merely nodded before turning to face the portal showing them what has happened to their friend.

Jaune took a long glance at his surroundings. Green grass, dirt, rocks, a dark sky with stars and a moon that was in a complete shape followed by a street.

"Oh my gosh...look at the moon!" Yang said in shock as everyone became wide eyed. If they didn't believe he was in another world before, they sure did now!

"He's really in another world..." Ruby muttered feeling a bit sorrowful that her best friend was so far away after all.

Okay what was wrong with this picture? The blonde was dumbfounded, just where the hell was he? Is this real? He didn't believe this. How can this be real? A dream, yeah that has to be it. The Arc pinched himself once and he was still in an unknown place.

"Not gonna lie, I would've done the same thing." Oscar admitted with everyone except for the God of Darkness nodded in agreement with Oscar.

"Are we hearing his thoughts?" Weiss asks with some surprise and suspicion.

"That would be correct miss, Schnee. I figured you deserve to know the entirety of what happened. So this viewing will allow us to know his internal thoughts and others who play key roles in his trial this night." The God of Darkness stated making everyone go wide eyed at this. Just how much power did the Gods have?! Pushing the question to the side for now, they turn their attention back to portal showing them what happened to the Arc.

What gives? Now, he was shocked. This was impossible. He remembered everything that happened in Argus. His teammates, RWBY, Qrow, Oscar, and Maria was able to stop the Leviathan Grimm before it could reach the city of Argus. His plan to steal an Atlas airship to reach the kingdom was clever, but eventually it wasn't as smooth as he thought. He and everyone faced the wrath of the commander in charge of the Atlas Base, Caroline Cordovin.

"I'm sorry guys, I should ha-" Blake began only to be cut off as Yang put an arm around Blake, pulling her close into a one arm hug.

"It's not your fault, we had no idea Adam was tailing you for a chance to catch you alone at the time. I'm just sorry it took me so long to catch up." Yang assured Blake before the faunus hugged the brawler in return, truly glad she has such wonderful teammates and a partner who stuck by her despite running off on Yang in the first place.

The older woman has taken a giant mech going after them. Because of the whole mess, the people of Argus panicked and eventually, Grimm arrived. But it was over. The battle was won before it even begun. Jaune thought everything was lost when he saw so many winged creatures and the Leviathan.

"I can't blame Jaune for thinking that...A lot of us felt the same." Weiss admitted recalling how guilty she felt when she realized their battle caused all the Grimm to appear with Argus dead in their sights.

"Everyone except my sis!" Yang cheered making Ruby blush as she saw all the attention on her.

"It wasn't that big of a deal! Really! I have normal knees!" Ruby cried out in protest making them chuckle.

"Afraid the normal knees when out the window the moment your power awakened, Ruby. You best make peace with that eventually." Qrow informed her making Ruby pout and Yang to grin in pride of her little sister.

Yet, the blonde was proven wrong by Ruby unleashing the power of the silver eyes on the creature. It wasn't enough to stop it completely, but Cordovin was able to land the killing blow before it could completely break free from the stone.

"See? Even Jaune knows you're awesome." Yang teased making Ruby blush and hide her face in her hands.

"Yang!" Ruby cried out as Weiss patted her leader on the back in sympathy. She knew how Yang loved to show Ruby how special she is, despite Ruby making it clear she doesn't want to be seen as special.

In the end, they were victorious and Caroline had a change of heart. She decided that they should take the ship after all. Since they aided her army to take out the Grimm, when they could have escape without the need to interfere and fight. So all was well, it was a relief as they left Argus and were about to head to Solitus. Then, this happened.

"Jaune isn't aware of the flash of light that took him?" Nora asks in surprise before the God of Darkness scoffed.

"Unlikely, child. Brother can be quite secretive when he wants to be and your friend is about to find that out the hard way." The God of Darkness spoke with anger showing as a small aura surrounded him for a brief second, causing everyone to tense as if near a bomb, before it fades away. Much to everyone's relief as they visibly relax and turn their attention back to the portal.

One minute, he was in the airship with all of his friends. The next minute, he is here, wherever here was. The blonde was looking in all directions, it was night already. It didn't make sense. It's like he popped out here like it was magic.

"He's not wrong in this case..." Ozpin chimed in for the first time with some pity for his former student. Nobody was in a rush to agree vocally, but they all felt for Jaune right now.

He didn't believe in such until finding out about the four maidens, as well as the truth of Ozpin and Salem. There was also the relics after seeing Jinn the genie in the lamp or more precise the relic of knowledge. The Arc wanted to forget that she was wearing nothing but gold chains. Yeah, semi-nude popping from a lamp. Sounded like a bad porno flick.

"We did give him quite the mental image didn't we?~" Yang teased slightly, amused Jaune was trying not to think of the nude spirit. While Oscar was blushing as he too tried not to recall actually seeing the spirit. So sue him! He's a teenage young man with hormones on overdrive, travels around with amazingly beautiful huntresses, and then he had to see a semi-nude genie woman wearing only gold chains?! He felt he was in the right to react as he did!

Qrow only tried to push the image out of his head again. He wished Oz warned him of that earlier before shit hit the fan.

"Ugh, at least he has some manners and thinks with the head on his shoulders." Weiss scoffed in disgust thinking of the perverts who tried hitting on them for their bodies. How Pyrrha dealt with such depraved fans when she was alive, she will never know.

Jaune dismissed the thought. It was the least of his concerns. He needed to know where he is and fast. The blonde knight was starting to get worried about the others, if they were okay. Were they still on the ship or had they appeared in this unknown area. They better be safe or he'd never forgive himself.

"At least he has his priorities straight," Maria commented with a small smile. "I had a feeling he was sharp with how he made that plan to steal the ship, but it's good to see further proof of his ability to play it smart and keep his priorities straight." Maria said making Ren and Nora smile in pride that Maria recognizes him for being a good huntsman.

His blue eyes took notice of something new in this place. Ahead there was a gas station. He doesn't remember seeing one in Argus. It made him panic a little, but the Arc decided to check it out. Maybe the workers there might help him figure out where he is. As he got closer he realized he was wrong. There were vehicles around. One of them being a police car with a symbol on the door that said "Raccoon City Police Department". However, there wasn't a single person in them. What was going on? This wasn't normal for a gas station. His intuition was kicking and screaming at him, that this was bad.

"Let this be a lesson girls, never ignore your intuition." Qrow warned his nieces, earning a nod from both girls in question with Ruby starting to feel worried for Jaune. While Yang narrowed her eyes at the screen. Wishing she could get him out of there.

Jaune kept himself calm, his experience in Beacon and traveling through Anima has made him stronger and wiser in a way. He knew panicking over the sight of a place wasn't going to help at all. So the huntsman toughened up as he resumed his walking, getting closer. If anything goes wrong, he has his trusty weapon by his side. The Sheathed Crocea Mors.

"Break their legs fearless leader!" Nora cheered, ready to see her leader in action.

"Nora, he hasn't found any threats yet." Ren tried to remind his girlfriend.

"But it's the perfect set up for an attack. You got to agree with me that something clearly isn't right there." Nora shot back, knowing in her gut something had to be coming up.

"Wait and see, children, the answers will begin to unravel before your eyes soon." The God of Darkness said making them nervous again.

There was a booth of some sort near one of the gas pumps with a device he was unfamiliar of. Jaune has never seen it before.

"What is that thing?" Ruby questioned looking at the booth up and down. Making the God of Darkness chuckle at their ignorance of what is practically antique version of their own tech.

"That is a payphone. A method from that world used to make calls in exchange for some coins." The God of Darkness explained making them look at the "payphone" like it was some bastardized version of their scrolls.

"Preposterous, do you mean to tell me people have to pay to make a phone call? Don't they have scrolls?" Weiss asked with some small amount of heat at the idea of using such an oversized machine to make a call. Who was the moron to design that monstrosity?!

"I'll give you all a book of technology that world uses that you can go over later if it stops any further questions about their technology." The God of Darkness said making the former heiress nod in consent as everyone focused back to the portal.

Then, he took another look at something not far from the station. A large sign in green with white letters, they said "Welcome to Raccoon City, Home of Umbrella," in capital letters and an umbrella symbol on each side. Okay, Raccoon City, never heard of it. The blonde knew enough of Remnant's history, the four kingdoms, and mostly some of the names of villages outside of the kingdom's borders. But never has he heard of such a place. The Arc did his best to calm himself down, wanting to believe it was a dream. He was probably sleeping back in the Atlas airship with everyone. Jaune's eyes narrowed hearing grunting and screaming, sounding like a struggle. It was coming from the store and the sign on the front door said "Mizoil Gas Station".

Ren tried to ignore a Smug looking Nora who was grinning eagerly to see how Jaune would kick some evil ass!

Trouble all right.

The blond unsheathed his sword and readied his shield, getting closer to the shop. The door had the open sign, meaning it wasn't locked. Taking a soft breath, the Arc slowly opened the door. The whole place was dark, there was no power here from the look of it. His instincts were screaming at him again, definitely not good. It's just like him to get himself into trouble. His eyes went to the ground, there was a flashlight. The Arc picked it up to light his surroundings. There were stacks of groceries and other products, nothing out of the ordinary, but there was no one in front of the cash register. He had a very bad feeling about this. It all looked like a scene from a horror movie. How he wished he was wrong, as Jaune reached the fridge aisle, his eyes widen. There was a man, bald, wearing a blue shirt, black pants and black shoes. Probably a worker for the gas station. Jaune saw the guy was bleeding, he had a wound on the right side of the neck.

"That's not good," Maria muttered seeing all the blood he was losing thanks to her new eye gear, but the wound itself was kept hidden by the man's hand trying to stop the bleeding. No one could really argue with her as the bad feeling they had at the beginning was starting to get worse.

"Sir!" He ran to the injured man before kneeling down next to him. "Are you okay?"

The wounded employee only pointed to the opened door next to him.

"Alright, but let me help you first." Jaune said, focusing his semblance on the man as his aura was passing through the man's body. Hopefully the man's aura will increase soon and help heal the man's wound quickly.

"I hope he can save him..." Ruby whispered hoping Jaune could save the man. She never liked when innocent people died, especially in front of her. She knew Jaune didn't like it either.

"I wouldn't count on it if I was you, little rose, remember this is a different world. Just watch and see what I mean." The God of Darkness said as they looked at the portal again.

After a minute he realized it wasn't working, something was wrong. This was the first time his semblance was failing. The wound should be healing by now. It worked on Weiss when she got stabbed by Cinder's spear during the attack on Haven Academy. He managed to amplify her aura, increasing it's effectiveness so it was able to heal a deep wound. But now it wasn't working on this person.

Weiss placed a hand over where she was struck through with Cinder's spear. The memory of being so close to death haunting her mind for some time now.

Maybe his aura hasn't been unlocked? Of course, Jaune should have known better. Civilians never get their aura unlocked, only those who wish to become huntsmen and huntresses. In other words, there was nothing he could do. The blond decided to fulfill the man's request in entering the door. Looked like it was the shop's storage room. The grunting was getting louder as he went inside.

Oscar, RWBY, Nora, and Ren gulped fearing what Jaune was going to find. While Qrow, Ozpin, and Maria readied themselves for whatever twisted creature was bound to reveal itself. Almost reminding Qrow of the nights his team stayed up late watching scary movies.

There was a loud noise as Jaune turned around and saw the door being closed. Was it the wounded employee? No time to think about it as he continued going further inside. There was a door where the grunting noise was coming from. With Crocea Mors and shield in hand, he slowly opened the door. He saw a man wearing a police uniform, again the symbol Raccoon City Police Department could be seen. The officer was having trouble controlling a man who seemed like he was having a seizure.

"Hold Still!"

"What's going on?! I can help!" Jaune called out to the cop.

The cop hearing this turns his attention to Jaune, automatically presenting one of his hands in a halting manner. "Stay back sir, I got this!"

That's what he thought before the man has pinned the officer to the ground. Jaune was about to charge in and stop this person. A thief, should be obvious that he wanted to get his hands on some lien. It was also a huntsman's duty to uphold the law and stop any lawbreakers. That should have been the case, when he suddenly froze on the spot. The man has actually bitten the officer's neck and was able to tear off his flesh. The screams of the officer filled the place. His flashlight hit the person responsible for the cannibal act and eyes widened. Pale eyes, pale skin, blood all over his mouth and parts of his face. The Arc was so shocked, from the mere look. The man wasn't human, heck, he wasn't even alive! It hit him so hard what he could be, Jaune has read comics and seen movies about this type of creature. They usually long for human brains, so he didn't understand why this one bit the officer's neck.

"No way...a...zombie?" Jaune muttered in shock and horror.

"Eeeeeeeekkkkkkk!" Ruby, Weiss, and Nora screamed in actual fear. Out of all the things they expected the 'thief' to do, this wasn't one of them. Qrow felt his stomach drop in terror as he began to realize just what Jaune was up against. Heck the title for the chapter gave it away! Ren was busy trying to calm Nora as she hugged him for dear life in terror.

"What the fuck/heck?!" Yang and Oscar screamed respectively as Blake was shuddering in fear. Seeing the poor police officer scream in agony, as his throat was getting torn out absolutely horrified the faunus. Whimpering in fear as she kept a death grip on Yang's right hand, metal or not didn't matter to her. She needed the comfort and support right now.

"So...he is facing actual zombies...they're real?" Maria asks with fear tinging her tone as she looks at the God of Darkness, who only nodded at the old legend. Gesturing for her to continue watching, as the portal continued before the shocked and horrified audience.

"Z-Z-Zombies?! This...this has to be a joke. A sick joke!" Weiss tried to protest in denial, hugging a horrified Ruby close to her. Partly to comfort Ruby, but secretly to have the same support herself. Not that she would admit it to anyone. Thankfully, Ruby was too busy hugging Weiss in fear to actually question it.

"Zombies are real...they exist. Some twisted world actually has zombies..." Blake muttered to herself before Yang hearing her, hugged her partner close and tried to calm Blake down. Whispering into her ear, feeling Blake slowly relax, but Blake never stopped hugging Yang.

The God of Darkness said nothing as everyone was shaken up from this. He figured they'd react like this, but they're the ones who wanted to see what happened to their dear friend and even almost used a question from Jinn to do it.

The way he saw it, he was sparing them a question for Jinn and giving them a chance to use it for something more useful to their mission. Which was more helpful than what the God of Light has done with their friend.

This has to be a dream, more like a nightmare now. What has he gotten himself into?! Grimm was ugly, scary, and very dangerous to face in combat, but he was able to overcome that fear and take them down. Zombies on the other hand, that was an entirely different story. Jaune thought those undead things existed only in fiction, books, movies. He read and seen so many zombie related topics for the fun of it, because it was cool. Asides from his favorite comic book series X-Ray and Vav, there was also the franchise of "The Living Dead". There are comic books, movies, and video games of the series. It was all about a humble town that suddenly got swarmed by an army of zombies. No knew where they come from or how it happened, but the remaining citizens did their best to survive the undead horde. Battles were fought and some characters didn't make it. If you get bit by them, you become them. The Arc really loved that series, but with everything that has happened, he was unable to take some time to read it further.

Now, it seems like he's living his own horror comic. Jaune was still holding the flashlight as the zombie was staring at him. He got up and started walking toward Jaune. It moved so slow, exactly how a zombie would've walked. Why was he still frozen on the spot?

"Move Jaune...please move..." Ruby whispered, hiding her eyes behind her hands, but peeking through the fingers.

"Damn it, Vomit boy, draw your sword and attack...do something...anything!" Yang pleaded, hoping her voice would make him take action.

He knew what to do, where to strike.

"Then do it, Jaune, please. Don't make us watch you die like this, you dunce!" Weiss was now hoping her voice would reach the blonde. He may have annoyed her in the past, but he's become a good friend to her and she didn't want to have to witness his death to these creatures!

"Aim for the head, kid! Kill it now!" Qrow shouted at the portal in rightful cause of concern. He was no fool, it was horror movie night from his days at Beacon all over again.

The head, that was their weak spot. You take it out, the zombie dies. They may be dead, but their brain is still alive. That's why a shot to the head will do the trick and neutralize it. There was fire, another weakness. Burning them will eventually kill them too. The Arc knew it and yet, he still couldn't move.

"Dammit Jaune, now is not the time to freeze up, you need to run or fight!"

"Snap out of it fearless leader!"

Both Blake and Nora shouted in worry, as Ren tried to hold Nora's hand to comfort her. Qrow meanwhile looked at the boy with worry and resignation. Fearing his time is up, but hoping Jaune can snap out of his shock soon. Too many greenhorn huntsmen die in the field because they froze up in the worst possible timing as they fought the Grimm.

This was too much for him. Believing it was all one bad dream was one thing, but feeling like it was very real was another. He was panting as he was shaking now. It was time to open his eyes and wake up. This was happening and if he didn't move now, he will become one. Before the blond could react the zombie was shot in the head, falling to the ground dead.

Everyone let out a sigh of relief at this.

"Whoever just saved Jaune, I owe them the biggest hug ever." Nora sighed in relief as Ren nodded with a hum in agreement. While he doubted they'd meet the one who saved Jaune, IF he ever met the person that saved his leader, he would personally give the most heartfelt gratitude he could show.

"Just be careful not to break their spine, Nora, and I'm sure it'll be fine." Ren said rubbing her back soothingly to help calm down his girlfriend.

Qrow, Maria, and Ozpin all let out a breath they didn't realize they was holding. It was never easy watching such young souls face such a dramatic thing and come close to death. Oscar was visibly relaxing as Jaune was saved. "That was too close..." Oscar said with a heavy sigh of relief that everyone felt was justified.

Jaune turned behind him to see the one who has killed the undead creature. The one who saved his life. A girl, looking in her late teens, brunette hair tied into ponytail with blue eyes and red lipstick. She was wearing a red leather biker jacket with a black tank top, black belt with jeans and black shoes. She was able to hit the zombie because he was aiming at him with his flashlight. Otherwise, he would be zombie food by now. The Arc gave a sigh of relief, feeling so happy he was still in one piece. At the same time he cursed mentally for freezing up. He should have fought back himself. Next time was gonna be different.

"You okay?" asked the brunette.

"I am...Still trying to catch my breath from at I just saw."

"I didn't believe it either, but it's real. You would've been next," she pointed to the body of the police officer.

"Yeah, thanks," he smiled in gratitude.

A sudden noise from outside caught their attention. The Brunette was able to look through the small glass of the closed door.

"Please don't be more, please don't be more." Ruby was almost begging at this. She didn't want her best friend to deal with more!

"Shit. There's more of them!" The Brunette cursed at their rotten luck.

'Great, more zombies,' Jaune sighed.

"Noooo..." Ruby groaned at his misfortune, Weiss patting her on the back as Yang gently hugged her little sister to comfort her. Not liking the looks of this either.

"We have to get the hell out of here now. I found a key. It can open that door I came in from." She pointed to the door not far from them.

"What? Where did you find the key?" Jaune asks, glad for the way out, but confused how she found a key when he didn't. Then again, it's not like he checked every inch of the store looking for it either...

"Let me explain from the beginning. When I came in, I heard some shouting from somewhere in the back, I didn't realize at the time you was in the storage area of the store. I came to the back only to see a dead body leaning against a door with a bleeding neck wound. Then the shouts instantly turned to screaming for a brief period of time as I tried this door, only to find it locked. I immediately checked the dead employee, hoping he had a key and thankfully he did on his belt. I took it and came through the door in time to see that the cop was dead on the floor and you frozen in fear. So I took the shot before that...thing bit you next." Claire answers before unlocking the door.

Before Jaune could question her ethics in taking a key from a dead body, his eyes widen as the body of the officer got up. He was no longer human, he has turned into a zombie. It happened faster than he thought. It was going straight at the brunette.

"Kill it you idiot!" Maria and Qrow both shouted at the same time, making them look at each other with a raised eyebrow.

"Great minds think alike?" Qrow offered to which she nodded in agreement.

"Works with me." Maria replied with a shrug, who was she to turn down being called a great mind?

"Look out!" He charged at the creature and stabbed it's head, killing it. The tip of Crocea Mors was covered in blood.

"Thanks, guess that makes us even." She smiled at him before she took the flashlight from his hand and had a better look at him.

"What?" The blond questioned.

The guy she saved had blond hair and blue eyes. He was wearing actual armor that could belong to a knight. Jeans, black, white, and yellow boots with a red sash around his waist. Holding a shield and a sword, definitely giving her the impression that he was a knight. But she would admit he was cute in a nice dorky way. He was a bit taller than her, not that she minded.

"What are you-"

"I don't want to sound rude, but we need to go, like now!" The Arc saw they broke through the other door, the gas station worker has already turned.

"Right," she quickly opening the door and both rush out the door to find they were in the store again.

Sadly, they also found there were like five zombies already inside. Just where the heck did they come from? The girl readied her gun nodding to him and he nodded back. She fired at the closest right in the head, while Jaune charged slashing through the undead, he even decapitated one. Another one was killed by the gunfire of the brunette and the last one was taken down by the blond.

"Hell yeah! Go fearless leader!" Nora cheered, earning small smiles from team RWBY and Oscar. Whom was still getting use to all the killing in such a bloody manner. Ren felt glad Jaune was still alive and not hesitating anymore, despite that he too felt it was a bit bloody for his taste. It just goes to show Nora isn't one to be kept down easily.

"We could have finished that fight faster, which makes me wonder..." Qrow began before looking at the God of Darkness with confusion. "Why was Jaune picked to do this?"

The God of Darkness gave a sigh of annoyance, but he could knew that question was bound to come up. "I'll explain after you seen everything, until then I suggest you continue watching in order to learn the truth."

Seeing that was all the deity was going to say on the matter, Qrow dropped it for now with an annoyed look. He hated the deity was stalling, but he was in no position to try anything knowing he would lose and his nieces would most likely get killed too.

"Looks like it's over, for now."

"I doubt it. There has to be more," the Arc was very knowledgeable when it came to zombies, there will always be more of them according to the Living Dead series.

"Damn it, Arc! Don't base your assumptions of what will happen off a comic book!" Weiss shouted in a scolding manner, feeling that was an extremely foolish mistake. Comics were horrible sources of information to real life situations!

"Considering that zombies are real, that comic series is his best bet in knowing what to do and what he should expect, Weiss. No one on Remnant has any actual experience with the undead." Blake pointed out making Weiss huff in silent anger she couldn't refute Blake's point.

Both saw someone entering the store, they readied their weapons again. A young man with blond hair and blue eyes wearing a blue jacket. The uniform he was wearing looks like he was a police officer. Another one. He pointed his gun at the two.

"What are you doing?!" Jaune cried out.

"Whoa, don't shoot!" The brunette pleaded with her hands up.

"Get down!" The officer warned them.

Both did as told and once they crouched, the young man fired his gun, hitting another zombie that was behind them. There was a total of six of them in the store. The Arc was shocked, never realizing that one was so close to him and his new friend. The girl reacted as she got up.

"We gotta get out of here!"

"No arguments from me!" Followed the blond Huntsman.

"You two alright?" Asked the officer gazing at the two as they left the store.

"Yeah...I think so, thanks."

"Still in one piece." They both answered with Jaune letting out a breath in relief for the save from the officer.

"Good thing that cop was there, I'm surprised they missed that one." Oscar sighed in relief, with Ren, Nora, and Team RWBY nodding in agreement.

"It's possible to overlook a body in the dark if you're panicking and focused on fighting your way out, instead of checking the area over carefully." Ozpin said making Qrow and Maria nod in agreement. They seen a few huntsmen and huntresses who made that mistake, usually having negative consequences that more times than not costing lives.

The young man turned to the Arc, gazing him up and down. "A little early for Halloween, don't you think?"

"What?" He had no idea what he was talking about.

"Me either, what's Halloween?" Yang asks curious what that word was supposed to mean. The way the officer said it sounded like some sort of event.

"You'll find out in time, be patient." The God of Darkness said with a chuckle, already knowing the meaning and to this day he found it somewhat amusing. A time when everyone loves darkness and the night as a time of playful fright to one another. Also how kids would get their parents to allow them to frolic in the night looking for treats from neighbors.

He wished more would appreciate the darkness and nighttime's beauty like they did on Halloween, but he'd enjoy what he could get.

Yang huffed at the secret, but decided to wait for now.

"You two can thank me later, when we're safe."

"Holy shit," the brunette pointed her weapon.

Turning to face where Claire was pointing her weapon, Jaune knew it was far from over. As a horde of zombies were now heading their way, a nightmare come true. He was actually living The Living Dead series, only instead of fanboying, he felt like screaming in terror. But he kept himself focused and calm under this situation as his leader instincts kicked in.

"We can't fight them all, it's suicide." He gazed at the police car that had the driver's door open, the key must be in there. "There, the car!"

"Good move on the kid's part, better they flee now than stick around for a pointless fight." Qrow said making Nora turn to him confused.

"But why? Jaune has aura, he can take them." Nora protested, making Qrow shake his head in dismay she's overlooking the obvious.

"He means that while we know Jaune has aura," Blake began earning the room's attention, "We, and Jaune, don't know if the girl and the officer with him have aura or not. Also, Jaune is still wary of getting bitten to avoid getting infected. A fight with that many would be too tricky to risk their lives in."

"I hope the car has keys inside like he thinks." Ruby said with worry as Yang gently held Ruby's hand.

"Have faith, sis, it'll work out. Keys or no keys, Jaune will find a way out of this mess." Yang told her, making Ruby smile from the encouragement.

The three ran to the police car, the brunette shoving a zombie aside before it could grab her as she got to the passenger door. Leon went to the driver seat, while the brunette girl was on the passenger seat and the Arc got seated behind her.

"Hold on!" Leon warned them.

Closing the doors, the young man turned on the engine and did an 180 degree turn, before driving off from the gas station. Passing the Raccoon City sign.

"They made it!" Ruby cheered in relief they got away from the zombies, holding a relieved Yang in a hug that the blond brawler was happy to share.

"Way to go fearless leader!" Nora cheered as if he could hear her, Ren wasn't gonna stop her though. He was just thankful Jaune made it out of that mess uninfected with the girl who saved him and the officer.

"It's not over yet, keep watching." The God of Darkness told them, making them worry again as they resumed watching.

'I don't believe it. Zombies...They're real, they do exist.'

This caused everyone to look at Jaune on the screen in sympathy. Knowing they would have a hard time believing such a thing themselves.

Jaune was still trying to get things through. Letting his brain process everything he witnessed in the last ten minutes. He appeared in some unknown place called Raccoon City, which he has never heard of before, he meets a zombie, he meets a nice cute but bad ass girl, more zombies and a guy who might be a cop. Just what on Remnant did he eat to end up here?!

"Nice, cute, and bad ass huh?~" Yang teased at his thought process of the woman who saved him. Sounded like someone likes what they saw. Not noticing Ruby tensing up a bit as her heart felt mixed between happy for him and a bit jealous at the same time.

This made Nora and Ren a bit hopeful and worried at the same time. On one hand it was a sign that maybe Jaune was moving on after Pyrrha's death. But on the other hand, it might be a reason for him to stay on that world instead of trying to come back to them.

This was a freaking living nightmare and he still had no idea how he ended up here, when he was supposed to be on an Atlas airship with his friends. The biggest shocker to him right now, was that he has killed those undead creatures and he still hasn't cleaned his sword of all that blood. The Arc sat on the backseat silent, in deep thought. Why was this happening to him? What did he do wrong to be in this living nightmare? What about his friends, where were they and are they alright? The blond didn't know and it was infuriating him.

"Jaune..." Ren muttered, touched that even with everything going on. Jaune was still thinking about his friends and if they were alright. A feeling shared by Nora, Oscar, and all of Team RWBY who wished they could let him know they're okay.

"What the hell is going on?" He was snapped back to reality by the girl's question.

"I don't know...Hopefully they'll have some answers at the station." The young man looked from the middle rear mirror at the blond in the backseat. "You okay back there?"

"Never been better," he faked a smile, he was feeling miserable right now.

"Wait, you're a cop?" The Brunette asks in surprise.

"Seriously? How did she not assume that? He has the uniform and a gun, pretty safe bet he's a cop." Oscar asks in confusion.

"Some people overlook these details, while obvious, you must remember not everyone sees the obvious." Ozpin informed them wisely, knowing how many people through the ages had tough times seeing the obvious things in front of them.

"Yeah, Leon Kennedy," the young man introduced himself. "You are...?"

"Claire-Claire Redfield," replied the brunette as she looked into the backseat at the blond.

"Leon and Claire...good to finally know their names." Ren remarked with a small smile, glad to know the names of his friend's savior and help on the night they're witnessing.

"Oh me?" He realized he hasn't introduced himself yet. "Jaune Arc, nice to meet you two."

Claire placed a hand under her chin in thought, his name sounded French, a foreigner. But his English was so fluent, maybe he grew up in the US?

"Any of you live around here?" Leon asks them.

"No, looking for my brother. He's a cop too." Claire told him.

"Well, it's a good thing we found each other." Leon told Claire before turning to Jaune. "How about you?"

"I...I don't even know where here is," the Arc decided to be honest, lying wasn't going to help him.

'Risky idea kid, but at least it worked out for you. Not all out worlders would be welcomed with open arms on the worlds they visit. Again, I have to question my brother's and that deity's intelligence to make him go through this without a briefing before hand.' The God of Darkness thought shaking his head at how bluntly honest Arc was being to two strangers. Granted, he didn't say he's from another world and they are helping him, but just saying you don't know where you are is never good on avoiding suspicion.

Both Leon and Claire looked at each other. Was he for real or just making it up? A sick joke...but he sounded sincere.

"I don't know what to expect anymore."

'That makes two of us," the blond knight shook his head.

"Why didn't the God of Light tell Jaune where he is? doesn't he deserve to know?" Ruby questioned, making Ozpin give a heavy sigh.

"I'm afraid we don't get the right to know all the answers we want from the gods, Miss Rose." Ozpin began before getting a red eyed glare from Yang.

"You're not defending that creep who stole our friend are you?!" Demanded Yang, as the rest of Team RWBY, Nora, Ren, and Oscar were glaring at the ancient headmaster.

"That's not what I meant at all," Ozpin quickly tried to settle them down. "All I am saying is that the God of Light doesn't really hold anyone's hand in these situations, you think he helped me during my multiple lifetimes I was forced to live after taking the mission? I guarantee he hasn't, despite how I wanted to stop and just rest in peace again." Ozpin explained making them wince a bit at the thought of living multiple lives having to merge with other souls without any say in the matter.

"Sounds like my brother alright, but you have yourself to blame for jumping at the chance without asking for details." The God of Darkness commented making Ozpin frown as he summoned a copy of his favorite coffee mug filled with his brand of coffee. One of few comforts he has on his mission anymore.

"I know..." Ozpin replied with a heavy heart, not a day goes by he doesn't regret the losses that happened on his side and how he couldn't stop Salem from falling as far as she had.

"Why do you make us do this alone? Can't you guide us on this? Salem is immortal because of you two." Blake asks the God of Darkness.

"Why? Why not? It's not our problem anymore and killing her would be counterproductive to the lesson we're trying to make her learn. She messed with the gods and she's paying the price for it. Unless you want a punishment of your own, I suggest you watch it. I'm not as forgiving as my brother is." The God of Darkness told them with a condescending tone that held a deadly edge to it. Making the cat faunus slide as close to Yang as possible, who held her protectively.

"Fine, we get it, you dead-." Yang tried to tell off the God of Darkness. Only for Ozpin to place his hand over her mouth, surprising everyone he moved that quickly.

"Swallow it Xiao Long, need I remind you THIS god wiped out the human race once before?" Ozpin warned her with a stern steel that took her off guard enough to pause. Considering his words before reluctantly nodding.

Ozpin seeing this took his hand off her mouth. "I apologize for that, Xiao Long, but I rather not have your death or worse on my conscience."

With his piece said Ozpin went back to his seat next to Oscar, Qrow giving Ozpin a small nod in thanks as he passed him, making the reincarnating soul feel a bit better about his actions, giving a small smile as he sat down, taking a sip from his mug.

"If you're all done with the pointless banter, I suggest turning your attention to the portal." The God of Darkness said with some annoyance clear in his tone as everyone was watching it again.

Around fifteen to twenty minutes, the trio finally arrived at the city. Jaune was shocked when it first came into view. The whole place looked isolated. As they got closer, it was worse than they imagined. The streets were empty, cars were all piled up, some businesses like restaurants and other shopping places were destroyed as if someone broke in. Barricades, destroyed vehicles, fires, electrical malfunctions among other things. The Arc couldn't believe it. It's like the apocalypse has hit this city bad. This was all starting to sound like "The Living Dead", everything started with the zombies and eventually the city fell, power was out, water was the same and supplies were running low. Survival was the priority, whether it was for others or for one self. What could this possibly mean for his friends and the people of Remnant? The thought scared him so much. Was this happening in the other kingdoms as well?

*Attention all citizens: Due to the citywide outbreak, you are advised to seek shelter at the Raccoon City Police Station. Free food and medical supplies will be provided to everyone in need.*

'An outbreak. A zombie outbreak just like the Living Dead. Did I ended up entering into one of my comics? This is too crazy.' Jaune was speechless after hearing the recorded announcement.

"I certainly don't blame you Jaune, I would've thought the same if one of my books stories came to life before my eyes." Blake said with sympathy for the blond. Granted, most of her books aren't as bad as his comic, but she had read a few horror stories in the past.

"Bet you would love it if one of your Ninjas of Love books was coming to life though~" Yang teased trying to brighten up the tense atmosphere. Making Ruby look confused and Weiss to scoff at the mention of that trashy literature. Not that she would claim such a thing front of Blake again.

"Yang...No." Blake warned giving her a stern glare, though the blush on her cheeks at the thought made Yang grin, staying silent for now knowing she won that point.

"Oh my god, this is so unreal," Claire was in horror gazing at the desolate streets.

"The police station's not much farther. They'll know something," Leon says trying to reassure her and the blond in the backseat.

"Yeah, but...what if we're the only ones? What if there's no survivors-"

"No. There's survivors. It's a big city...There has to be." Insisted the cop.

'I hope you're right,' Jaune was really hoping for the best. Especially given according to what he has read in the comics and seen in the movies, so many people die during a zombie outbreak.

The car stopped in front of a barricade and behind it, so many cars were piled up. It was a dead end. The Arc gazed through his window seeing more zombies eating a corpse.

"Worst. Stop. Ever." Yang muttered with disgust as she felt queasy at the sight.

"Can't they back up and look for a different route?" Ruby almost begged. Not wanting Jaune to go out there and because it was hard to watch this without losing her lunch.

Why do they have to stop here? Of course it was the same in the Living Dead. Any vehicles will eventually become obsolete and they will have to travel by feet. It was so dark and if this plagued was by zombies, getting to their destination wasn't going to be easy. It was always the hard way, there's no easy way out. Unless you get turned or you kill yourself. There has been characters who chose the second option. Because they couldn't live in the new damned world. Others said it was a punishment from the heavens, because their world was filled with so much sin that it couldn't be saved. Right now his priority was to survive and help these two people he just met. They needed to get to the police station. Who knows? Maybe he will find some answers there.

"Looks like we're walking from here." Leon turned off the engine.

"I was afraid you was gonna say that," the Arc gave a sigh.

"Not like we have much choice."

"I think we should stop somewhere else," the blond knight was worried.

"Listen to him! That is not safe!" Ruby wailed as Yang hugged Ruby close to comfort her.

Claire looked from her window to see the same zombies that were eating the dead body. They have suddenly stopped on their meal and were looking at them. They wanted to eat fresh meat.

"More like running," Claire said not liking how they were looking at them.

"Or you can start the car again and get us someplace safe." Jaune chimed in, hoping they'd listen to reason.

'If there is a safe place aside the police station.' the blond knight added mentally.

"Listen to Jaune and start the damn car again." Blake muttered fearing the hungry gaze they were giving Jaune and his two new friends. She had seen all sorts of gazes in people from Remnant, but that hungry gaze was like staring down a predator who was starved and more than eager to make you it's meal. If it was her, she felt there was no way they'd convince her to leave the car that close to zombies.

"Yeah, good call." Leon said, before a zombie popped up pressing against Leon's window. Good thing it was closed.

"Jesus Christ!" Claire gasped seeing another zombie pressing against her window now.

"EEEEEKKKK!" Ruby screamed as she held Yang who hugged her close in return, also freaked out as they saw the car now have zombies trying to get in.

"Get us out of here!" Shouted Jaune.

"Leon! We gotta back up!" Claire added getting scared at the zombies trying to get in.

Dozens of zombies were all over the front and sides of the police car now. It couldn't get any worse than this.

"Oh no they didn't..." Blake and Qrow both muttered in horror. Having read horror stories and seen horror movies in Qrow's case, they knew never to tempt fate.

"Oh no..." The Arc gulped seeing a truck heading their way, now they couldn't turn back, they will have to stop here officially.

"What the-?!"

"Get out, Jaune! Now!"

"Hurry Jaune!"

Ren and Nora both shout in concern for their leader and dear friend. Team RWBY watched horrified at the Truck heading for the Arc and his two friends.

The truck was hitting any zombies that were in the middle of the street. The driver was wounded on his right shoulder trying to control the vehicle.

"Holy shit!" Claire shouted in shock.

"We have to get out now!" Shouted the blond huntsman.

"Get out you two! Get out NOW!" Leon shouted.

"Not without you!" Insisted the Arc, he wasn't going to lose someone on his watch.

Jaune was hitting his door hard, while in front of him Claire was doing the same thing with her door. The rookie cop was hitting his door too, but it wasn't opening.

"Not good, they're locked in!" Oscar cried out in worry.

"I can't!" cried the brunette.

"Same!" Followed the blond.

"Hold on!" Leon ordered.

The driver finally lost consciousness as the wheel turned left and the truck hit a few cars, zombies, and the police car the trio was in. Jaune felt his surroundings spinning fast, until it stopped. His door finally opened, along with Claire's. The Arc could smell the fuel leaking from below the vehicle and with the nearby flames, it was not good.

"Jaune needs to get Claire and get out of there, NOW!" Ruby said in worry for Jaune and Claire's safety, that car could go off in any minute. While she was confident his aura would protect him, she was not sure about Claire.

The Huntsman grabbed the brunette and fell to the ground, as the explosion followed. He was on top of her in order to shield her from the blast. Another explosion was set off from the truck and this one sent the blond hitting a car. It didn't matter if he gets hurt, his aura will heal it eventually. But he was unsure if Claire or Leon had their aura unlocked. Usually police officers of Remnant have their aura, but he was uncertain about the brunette.

This earned worried frowns from Jaune's friends and the adults. His friends knew how much Jaune looked after others, especially those he considers his friends, but they didn't like how he seems to brush off the idea of being hurt in the process.

Claire was taken back by his action, he barely knows her and protected her like his life depended on it. It was an admiring act, but stupid. She didn't know if she would do the same for him though.

"Hey! He's not stupid for saving your life!" Nora shouted, offended at the thoughts toward her leader.

"Nora, it's not that easy for everyone to do what Jaune did. She's a civilian, it's understandable she wouldn't be sure she thinks that way." Ren reasons with her, making Nora huff as she took comfort in his hand holding her own, though they could see she was still upset.

"Jaune! Are you okay?" Claire ran to him worried.

"At least she's worried about him." Ruby said making Nora feel a bit better.

"Just a few bruises," he smiled silly.

"Just a few bruises?" It shocked her, that kind of impact would be enough to break anyone's spine.

This got some worries from both Jaune's friends and the adults in the room.

"They don't have aura after all..." Ruby muttered now fearing for Claire and Leon's safety more than Jaune. With aura he would stand a good chance, but civilians without aura were walking targets made of glass in comparison.

"No..." The Arc gasped seeing the police car in flames. "Leon!"

"I hope Leon got out of the car before it exploded." Oscar brought up, as everyone was reminded they never saw him get out of the car.

"Oh crap, you don't think he was in there still do you?" Yang asks feeling worried for the cop.

"Only one way to find out, children." The God of Darkness told them as they payed close attention to the portal.

"Claire! Jaune! You two okay?!" Came the voice of the rookie cop from the other side.

"We are!" The Arc smiled in relief.

"This place is not safe, leave!" Came the rookie's warning, the Arc noticing more zombies heading their way. They were everywhere.

"Go on ahead, we'll meet you at the station!" Claire told Leon over the roar of flames and the moans from the undead heading for them.

"Got it!" He replied.

The blond knight unsheathed Crocea Mors and his shield. He knew fighting so many zombies was pointless and suicidal. "Claire, stay behind me!"

"Smart move, Mr. Arc." Ozpin complemented understanding Jaune intended to use his shield and sword to make a path for Claire to follow. Though that's if they can move fast enough...

The brunette nodded knowing what he had in mind. With that shield he will be able to pass through any zombies that get close to them. It didn't mean she was going to stand in the sidelines and do nothing. She still had her gun and some ammo, she will have to conserve it until she finds some more. Both ran through the streets avoiding any undead. Jaune was worried, because he had no idea where to go. He'd never been to this city before, so he was pretty much clueless to where the police station could be. Claire was in the same boat since she's not from around here. But both knew one thing, they couldn't stop, they needed to keep moving. They have to survive and meet up with Leon. The Arc glared, zombies were near them, so he hit them with his shield, while slashing one with his sword. Another one was killed, he turned to the brunette who nodded to him, she has his back.

"Come on knight boy, slice their heads off and don't give them an inch!" Maria cheered, enjoying the fight the Arc was putting up and had a bag of cashews appear in her hands. Jaune's friends smiling as they watched eager and hopeful for him to make it to the police station.

The Duo kept on running down the streets, many of the paths were blocked by barricades or piled cars. They took the ones that were free and hoped it wasn't filled with the undead. The followed through an alley, only to find more company waiting for them. Jaune pushed a bunch of zombies with his shield, telling Claire not to waste ammo on them and keep running. Climbing a staircase, it led to another part of the city. There were more cars and fires, zombies too. But there was a large building that caught their attention. It had the initials RPD as in Raccoon City Police Department. This was it, the police station. They made it already, it was a relief for the Arc since he didn't know where to go. The blond huntsman kept using his shield and sword against any approaching zombies. Claire remained behind him, they weren't that far from their destination. She hoped Leon was close.

"There's the entrance!" Said the brunette.

"What are we waiting for?! Let's go!" The Blond replied.

"They're almost there!" Nora cheered.

"Home stretch baby! Go for it, vomit boy!" Yang shouted her encouragement for her friend, despite this being a past event.

"You can do it, Jaune!" Ruby joined in on the encouragement. Ozpin and Qrow looking at the children with some pride to see them believe in their friend. Cheering for him to make it, despite none of them knowing what awaits him there.

Zombies from all directions were getting close to them. Claire shot a few before reaching the main gate. They were in the clearing, that's what they thought. Suddenly a pack of dogs emerged. They were missing parts of their flesh, they were infected too.

"No...Not zombies dogs. Live ones were bad enough..." Blake muttered in fear, shivering at the sight of the undead dogs. Yang quickly pulling the frightened Belladonna into an embrace to calm her, gently rubbing her back.

"It's okay, Blake, the zombie dogs won't get you." Yang softly told Blake in a tone she'd use to calm Ruby from her nightmares in the past. Blake soon clinging to Yang like a lifeline, warily watching the screen along with the others.

'Makes sense the zombies dogs would be the worst thing in her mind, but they're all in for a lot of nasty surprises the closer they get to the truth.' The God of Darkness thought to himself, not even phased by the infected mutts.

Jaune was surprised by the sight. Zombies dogs, that was a first. He never heard that from the comics or seen it in the movies. The brunette recognized the breed as doberman and they didn't look friendly. The Arc told her to work on the gate while he kept the undead hounds busy. They charged at him as he blocked with his shield and attacked with Crocea Mors. Claire finally opened the gate as she went in with the blond following close by. Both closed the large and heavy iron gate, while pulling the lock. The zombies were banging on it, while the dogs were barking. That will hold them for a while. They were finally out of danger, for the time being. Both were catching their breath from all the running they did.

"Safe!" Ruby and Nora cheered, making Ren and Yang smile at the two. While Weiss rolled her eyes at her leader's remaining childish side that still exists in her heart. The more she matures the more she stays the same.

'For the time being, that is...Wonder what else Jaune is gonna run into?' Qrow thought in confusion, feeling that while zombies were most likely. That it couldn't be that simple for Jaune to be summoned to that world over a few simple zombies and some undead dogs. There had to be more to this than they were seeing.

"We made it," said the blond huntsman.

"Yeah. I just hope Leon finds another way to get here." Claire says eying the locked gate with some concern. Leon would be in deep trouble if he can't find another route.

"He will. I don't think he will go down so easily," the Arc Assures the brunette.

"You know," she smiled turning to him. "For someone in a Halloween costume, you know how to use that sword and shield."

Halloween, there's that word again. And costume? He felt sweat dropped down the back of his head.

"Oh! Finally! Maybe we can learn about Halloween!" Yang asks, curious of what it is.

"Yang Xiao Long, you need to keep your priorities straight... We're here for Jaune, not some holiday some thing we don't know about!" Weiss scolded the brawler gave her an annoyed look.

"Jaune is fine, safe behind thick and heavy iron gates. The zombies can't get him or Claire. So we can breathe easy and learn about something not involving zombies for a change." yang argued her point.

Weiss was about to retort before Ruby raised her hands in stopping motions in front of Yang and Weiss. "Please, just stop and watch the portal. As long as we're being shown the answer I don't see why it's a problem, so roll along with it if Halloween is mentioned." Ruby orders, showing a stern glare that made Weiss reluctantly agree, while Yang smiled happily at Ruby being reasonable about this. She was growing as a leader to make an agreeable argument.

Oz smiled at the sight a little, glad to see Ruby growing into the leader he knows she can be. While Qrow and Maria are proud to seeing Ruby mature during their time together. Oscar, Ren, Nora, and Blake all looked at Ruby with respect in how she handled it.

"It's not a costume, it's my attire. This is what I always wear." Jaune tried to explain to her, the idea of it being seen as a costume felt wrong in more than one way.

"You're kidding." Claire stood shocked looking at him in surprise.

"I'm not, I'm a huntsman. This is what I wear as one."

"A huntsman? Like a hunter? Those that hunt down animals?" Claire asked trying to make sure they were on the same page here.

"No. A huntsman, I fight Grimm."

"Grimm?" The brunette raised an eyebrow. "Where are you from again? You said you don't know where here is. Are you one of those people that get lost easily?"

'Maybe I shouldn't say anything. She's looking at me like I'm crazy.' Jaune thought to himself not seeing any chance of her believing him right now.

"I can fight, I can handle myself and I want to help you find your brother. That's what matters right?"

"That's enough for me," Claire turned to the building before them. Putting the questions on hold for now. "I hope he's here."

"We won't know until we check it out." Jaune said walking up to stand by her side.

She nodded as both walk towards the building. A small staircase and on top of the doors was the RPD initials, while below it says Raccoon City Police Department. As they were heading to the front door of the police station.

"By the way, Claire," it was really bothering the Arc. "What's...Halloween?"

She gave him the "are you kidding me" look.

'I shouldn't have asked, I knew it.' he sweat dropped again.

To Be Continued.

With that the portal ended making many sigh in relief, but Yang groaned in annoyance.

"Ugh! I don't get why that question keeps getting dodged." Yang grumbled quietly to herself.

"As I said, patience, little Xiao Long. You'll find that answer and much more important ones to future questions as you watch the rest of the chapters." The God of Darkness stated as everyone tensed. They nearly forgot he mentioned there would be chapters, not one, but multiple. The one chapter alone already made them worried for Jaune and his two new friends.

"If I may ask, God of Darkness." Ozpin began, earning the deity's attention. "How are you aware of what happened to Mr. Arc if this was done behind your back?"

The God of Darkness nodded in slight respect for the old wizard's insight. "Very astute of you, Ozma," The God of Darkness didn't care for how he flinched at his old name. "Yes, I didn't realize what he had done about the deal until I sensed his power grab your friend. Curious, I approached my brother when he left the deity's domain he made the deal with. He reluctantly explained to me, after some persistence on my end, about where he has taken that soul and why that soul of all beings. Needless to say I'm ticked, because I wasn't allowed to have any say in this deal. He actually forbid me, ME, from doing anything with him without express permission from him and that other Holy Deity. THE NERVE OF THAT BROTHER OF MINE!" The God of Darkness explained before unleashing a bout of rage that unleashed a shock wave that knocked everyone off their seats and looked at the God of Darkness in pure fear.

Ozpin watched as the Dark deity took a few calming breaths as the dark aura around him faded.

"Needless to say, I wasn't happy about this, so I secretly tailed the Arc and observed him. The portal you was watching? Was a replay from my memory." The God of Darkness explains making the others look at him in surprise.

"But...you're so huge, how could you hide and watch them without being seen?" Nora asks truly confused, before a Dark chuckle filled the dominion they were inside of.

"Allow me to enlighten you, children, on a few truths of darkness and myself." The God of Darkness seemingly vanishes into the darkness around them, unable to see him anymore.

"Okay, is he invisible or... what?" Yang asks getting freaked out, but keeping her composure as she and Qrow stands protectively close to Ruby.

"Darkness is not evil or good. Just as Light is neither evil or good. We're two sides of the same coin stuck with our responsibilities, our order that we agreed to that must be kept. Now while true you can hide in darkness, there is little you can hide from darkness itself." The God of Darkness informs them, but to their horror it sounds like his voice is coming from all directions at the same time.

"For darkness has been around since the beginning of the multiverse, and as long as there is darkness, I can easily use it to watch someone without them ever knowing I'm there." The God of Darkness finishes as he pats Oscar, who was hiding behind Nora and Ren standing protectively in front of him, on his shoulder. Making him cry out in surprise as everyone spun to face Oscar only to gasp seeing the God of Darkness somehow got behind everyone without notice. More surprising was the fact he was human sized now.

"Now I only have one more question to ask you, children and wizard." The God of Darkness said making them hesitantly nod, waiting for his question.

"Would you all like anything before we begin the next chapter or would you rather leave now and be forever ignorant of Jaune's fate during that night?"

To Be Continued

AN: Now you may notice some...edits and additions to the original, but that was because of grammar issues and things I felt needed to be adjusted. Consider it BETA practice if you will. Experience I could use, though I know I'm not perfect.

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