Professor Arc, End.

I would like to apologize. I do not feel passion for this story anymore. The world building I did and the characters I created never hit stride. I was trying to juggle too much and fell short.

So, I'm going to leave it here with all of notes bared open. The following is the outline for Chapter 6 and what was going to happen in it. And after that will be all of my notes for the story, possible storylines, arcs and so on. Also, the background about what truly happened to Jaune and his team.

All is not lost though, I have decided to refocus my attentions to a new story, Jaune centric of course. The tone will still be serious and focus on a different Jaune. Please look forward to it's release.

And now for my notes:

Chapter 6

The Mystery person at the end of Chapter 5 was part of Jaune's team. Her name is Obsidian.

I wanted to introduce Obsidian first because she was human and had the 'least' impact in the story.' While she is important, her presence would not serve as a plot device but a tool to delve deeper into Jaune's back story. I wanted to avoid forcing a dialogue where Jaune goes on a rant about his past, so I decided to bring someone who could subtlety bring up the facts and talk. I could always have Josephine and her crew talk to Obsidian to add more tension.

Jaune invites team Rwby and JNPR to train with Team cardinal to get over differences. Obsidian meets ruby and then team rwby. Team JNPR arrives and Cardin apologieses

Obsidian comes with Ruby's group. Obsidian tests Jaune, to see if he has lost his touch, by shooting straight at his face.

They banter about how they were like pets to their partners, who were both faunuses.

If I call Kyrie here you'll be wagging your little tail in an instant.

Oh, I can just find Rex and you'll be meowing in an instant.

Might fine bark there, but I'm pretty sure you can't handle it back up.

Don't worry I can, Kyrie isn't here to stop me so I'll give you a nice old beat down right here.

Aww, aren't you cute. Professor trying to act cute infront of his students.

And you're retired. Did you gain weight? Retired life must fit you huh, lazy a-

Um Professor?

Cardin says how was his team dynamics.

In the field we listen, didn't mean we didn't have a competitive streak.

Eh, Our patners kept us in check. We were kind of the wild ones in our group.

Yea right, you would always bait me into arguments.

And you would always make silly bets and competitions.

Hey! Team bonding.

Healthy debate!

Mine involved everyone.

Mine involved actual intelligence.

Oh yeah?!

Yea!

Jaune! Jospehine interrupts.

Obsidian looks over and wraps her hands and squeezed Josephine's cheeks. "Oh, arent you cute. Jaune's little sister right. Josephine. Man you wouldn't believe how much he ranted about you. Oh man. Just the amount of "My sister is soooo adorable. My sister just got an A on her test. My sister blah blah balh."

Jaune is flushin while Josephine is equally blushing.

"Anyways lets get through some exercises"

Scene I had written out. Hinting about what happened and their relationships with other members.

Jaune settled down to his old teammate and watched the brats start to run through the obstacle course. He sighed, as images flashed in his heads, a couple kids slowly building it. Slowly designing it. Ozpin would come in and give some pointers.

The two hunters sat next to each other watching, reminiscing. It was kind of surreal to see someone, other than them, run the course. He remembered all the times they ran it, all the times they had screamed, laughed, and groaned.

The pair were far enough that it would be difficult to ease drop in. And Jaune had turned off most of the cameras and listening devices in the area. He didn't want people taking a sneak peek at the obstacle course, it was JRKO's.

"So, Ozpin tagged you. The whole injured thing was a hoax." Obsidian kept her voice low.

So, she had gotten the report. Ozpin must have notified the team, or was it on the news? Either way, she knew about it. Jaune shrugged. "Nah, I did get a good scar."

"Been a while since I've seen you get injuries that bad." Obsidian commented, humming. "Other than that time, we never really got hurt. Plus, I thought you learned how to make Goodwitch's forcefields."

"I did, but I was facing a Behemoth."

Obsidian raised an eyebrow. "Were you trying to get yourself killed?"

Jaune snorted. "No just a mission and a mishap. I probably could've avoided it if I was faster."

"You were probably putting yourself in front of someone, like always." She huffed.

'She's not wrong.' Jaune thought to himself. He remembered stepping in front of a group of hunters, trying to draw the beasts attention. He threw rocks, struck it's horns, anything to lead it away. And boy, did he make it angry.

"They're not that bad" Obsidian hummed as she tapped her lips. Ruby was dashing through a series of poles with ease.

"Yea, They're pretty good. Better than us, at least early on." Jaune commented as he watched Josephine direct her group, slowly and steadily. She was choosing the path of least of resistance, slower, required more patience, but overall a sound strategy.

"I stopped by Kyrie's" A small, quiet, comment.

His gut wrenched. His heart palpated. He tightened his fists, and let his face turn impassive. A whisper in reply. "How is she?"

"You haven't seen her?" Obsidian's one eye widened in shock. She looked over, a look of confusion on her face.

"Too busy. " Jaune shrugged as he looked back. He knew he was lying.

She shook her head, chuckling quietly. She knew it too. "No, you're too scared." She shrugged as she sighed, her long hair cascading across her shoulders.

"Both. Probably." Jaune shrugged. The teams were continuing to work through it. Team CRDL had finished already, but it was to be expected as they had gone through the course already. He noted the surprised looks on team RWBY's and JNPR's faces, good that'll give them a wake up call. Not everything could be overcome with talent or quick thinking.

"You should." Obsidian jarred him out of his thoughts.

He shook his head. He couldn't. Not now. It would bring back too many memories. Too many feelings. Things he needed to get away from, to focus. It was bad enough that Josephine was here, almost getting mixed up in all of it. He didn't need Kyrie to be involved either.

It would leave him... vulnerable.

Obsidian sighed. She let her head drop slightly to her left and land on Jaune's shoulder. " But, I'm glad you made up with your family." She pointed slightly at Josephine, who was smiling. Her team had successfully gotten through the maze. It seemed that team RWBY was having a bit of trouble. Weiss was trying to do it solo and Yang was over compensating to help all of her team. Blake stayed in the back observing, but far too slow to help her team. Ruby, trying her best, couldn't keep track of all of them.

"Not my family, just her." Jaune whispered as his eyes lingered on Josephine. She was going over the obstacle course with her team.

"That's good enough." Obsidian sighed. It was probably the most she could hope from him. She knew him well enough to know that family, his family was a tricky subject.

"Have you heard from Rex." He had been gone for a long time. Long enough that each of them had tried to find him. Sometimes on their own, sometimes using sources. But, nothing came through the cracks. He was gone, like smoke.

"No, he's still dark. I send messages every now and then, to his old scroll, but he just-" Her voice cracked, her eye closed. They were close. Kept each other balanced. Being partners wasn't just a job description or a business relationship. You grew up with them, trained with them, and lived together. They were apart of each other's lives.

Jaune put an arm around Obsidian. "He's strong. He'll show back up eventually, just needs time." he whispered. Reassuring her. Reassuring himself.

"It's already been a long time." She retorted, her voice bitter. Yes, it has. It has been years.

"And it never gets easier."

Obsidian opened her eyes as she watched the team restart the course. "I've seen a lot. A lot of the world. There are a lot of beautiful places. Wondrous places, some of them took my breath away. But you know what." Her voice held a playful tone, as if she knew something he didn't.

"What?" He asked, curious.

"None of them every compared to that spot on the roof with four idiots, hot chocolate and blankets. Looking at the stars."

"You know, we should do this more often."

"Yea, Next time let's bring smores."

"You don't want to get too fat, You'll lose all those muscles you've been working on."

"Hahahaha, Very funny fearless leader."

"Nothing ever will. We'll have to do that again one day." Jaune nodded, closing his eyes.

"One day." She sighed.

Blake is distractred by Jaune putting an arm around Obsidian but focuses. Josephine notices blake being distracted by Obsidian and shrugs.

Kyrie and Jaune were in fact lovers. So were Obsidian and Rex. This obviously changed after the incident involving their graduation mission. Rex has not been heard from at all and it worried the crew. While Jaune barely talks to Kyrie, he still lets her know he's alive. He has that same relationship with his parents. Obsidian would send them pictures of where she explored.

Obsidian is a registered as a retired hunter. Her goal is to see the "wonderful places" in the world with her remaining eye.

Full notes and thoughts about the story

Jaune, obviously the Human leader.

Rex, Faunus. Uses a singular gauntlet with a large piston in the back to add force. This would be replaced with a mechanical arm with a built in piston, due to his lost arm.

Kyrie, Faunus, uses chain whip. She is severely injured and has tremors in her body, PTSD. Runs a orphanage for the Faunus and Humans that were affected by fighting.

Obsidian, Human who uses a transformable gun which can become a Pistol, Shotgun, SMG, and a sniper rifle.

here is the main premise of the story, the 'tragic' back story for Jaune.

Mission. I wanted to make a mission that seemed realistic but also high risk.

Jaune and team go undercover to uncover white fang plot. Ironwood gives them specialized packs and they are only supposed to stay for two weeks, a spying mission. Ironwood calls them and says they are getting out a day early. Obsidian finds Bombs in their packs. Jaune says they need to get the innocent out. If they are found out they will get killed by White fang but if they don't get out innocents will die.

Jaune decides to save the Faunus. He tells them and start fighting, trying to force them away. Team tries to lead everyone out. Bomb explodes and Jaune steps in front shielding a lot of the Faunus. He gets burns over his arms and legs and chest. Obsidian takes shrapnel in the eye and Kyrie has a nasty scar on her chest. Rex loses his right arm.

They are commended by Ironwood. Jaune and team are deadened. After they receive commendation and everyone leaves, Jaune curls up and starts to cry, crushing the medal. Rex leaves and Kyrie still in hospital. Rex gives Jaune his satchel saying he needs to … rethink somethings. Obsidian gives him a lighter and she wants to see the world with the remaining eye. Try and see if she can see an image that'll make her forget... the dead. Jaune stays by Kyrie's side till she wakes up. She is pissed and tired. They leave together and decide to separate. Kyrie doesn't know what it means to be a huntress anymore and decides to go away for awhile. Jaune wants to leave Vale. Argues with parents.

Rex is a Faunus who joins the White fang. He is trying to lead them on a good path, some follow him others don't.

Obsidian works as a freelancer body guard. She visits Jaune time to time, bringing back pictures from her scroll. Uses her sniper rifle as a telescope for astronomy.

Kyrie is a working as a volunteer at an orphanage. Trying to give back.

Josephine. Josephine was an interesting comment for me. I wanted to make a character that could replace Jaune but I did not want to use the preexisting sets. Because they were not Jaune, in any sense. Emerald and Mercury, someone recommended to me, did not fit at all. And anyone else seemed kinda... dumb. So, using the fact that Jaune had a couple sisters, I grabbed one of them and made her into a character.

But, What made her stand out? I thought about it for the longest time. So, I world built Jaune's relationship with his family. Making them estranged and having Josephine the only connection to his family that he wanted. It made for an interesting conflict. Not wanting to relate to family, but can't help but look after his youngest sister. I liked this dynamic and felt, in the first few chapters, I pushed it forward. I, however, did not execute it well.

Anyways, Creating Josephine was simple enough. Like Jaune, but slightly different. Similar qualities but very different motivations. I didn't want her to be a non-fighter. Because Jaune's arc in the original animation is well... cliché? To me, it's a tried and true storyline that I shrug at. I wanted Josephine's problem to be mental. (I like all of my characters to have flaws).

Josephine's main weakness is her self confidence. In a fight when adrenaline pumping she is fine. But outside she is very nervous and cannot make decisions easily. She is easily scared. She only 'fights' or throws herself into battle when there is no choice. Jaune Tells pyrrha this and asks her to watch over her. He feels confident she is in good hands.

Possible scenes

Team RWBY and JNPR are investigating the white fang. And on the way, they fight Roman and the giant robot mech thing. The fate pretty much goes the same way, but Rex comes in there and stops them. He sees Josephine and says she looks familiar. They obviously do not recognize but Josephine stands there shell shocked.

Jaune comes in and steps in between them and I was planning on having this dramatic scene where Jaune yells "what the hell are you doing. Why are you wearing their colors, Answer me Rex" And they fight very briefly.

They both let each other go, because as they exchange blows, they realize neither of them want to fight. So they don't.

Reconnecting with Rex, who is in the upper echelon of the white fang, causes Jaune to get a bit drunk. Josephine tries to help. Jaune pushes her away saying that she should just stay away from him. It'll only lead to trouble. Josephine leaves hurt and rushes past team RWBY. Rest of team rwby go help, Jaune watches her go.

This would recreate the rift between them and allow someone to fill that void, namely Blake.

Monologue to blake

Nothing I say leaves this room do you understand

Do you know what I did after I came back from that mission

I got angry. I was pissed. I yelled at Ironwood, yelled at my parents. My dad said to suck it up

So.

I left. I ran. Went to another country, got reassigned. I didn't say good bye didn't leave any notes. Just went up and left.

Blake: Its under-

No it's not. It is never okay to just leave your family without warning. It was only because a hunter report came into them did they even know I was alive or where I was.

And the worst thing of all. I left all of them behind and I didn't care. I missed Josephine's birthday. Her graduating the Academy. Missed helping her with her homework, taking care of her when she got sick. Making her laugh when she got sad. All the things a brother should do.

So no. Most people say that they can't do something, others say they don't want to.

For me. I don't deserve to be her older brother. And that's all there is to it.

Blake at the door: You know. I think you've done enough as retribution. But now. I think you're just afraid of going back to how you were. She made you vulnerable, and you always say not to show weakness.

Jaune goes to apologize to josephine.

Possible romance (This romance would come much much later)

Jaune to Blake: Thank you blake.

No problem.

But you know. You were wrong.

About what?

Jaune looks at blake.

Josephine is not the only one who makes me vulnerable.

Kisses blake.

Plot ideas

So in terms of plot, I had a rough estimate of what I wanted to end with. But lets go through the possible steps.

After the big fight with Rex, I planned for Jaune to meet up with Kyrie. Kyrie would whack some sense into Jaune and go meet the team. Interactions insue, and Jauen would finally meet back up with Ironwood. Jaune would blow up and Ironwood and storm off.

Then we would get a meeting between team RWBY and JNPR and Jaune. Jaune would lay down everything for them and we would get a chapter or so of Flashbacks. Of Jaune and his team training and going on the fateful mission.

From there, Josephine goes out into the city to explore by herself, thinking about what she heard. She would get captured by the White Fang on Rex's orders.

Rex asks her about Jaune. Josephine says that Jaune still believes in Rex and Rex calls Jaune a hopeless idiot.

Jaune comes after Rex with a vengeance and a fight ensues between two parties, Rex's group and Jaune, Obsidian, and Team JNPR .

Rex would then explain his motivation and his plans for the white fang. Saying that, he wanted to change the White fang for the better.

From there, I had hopped the next season of RWBY would come out, so that I could figure out where to go from there.

But I wanted to end with Team JRKO finally reuniting together to help support team JNPR and RWBY. As a end game of course!

And there you have it, All of my ideas and notes. Sure there are a couple scenes I refrain to mention, but only because I plan to use them in future releases. If you have any questions about plots, stories, or theories you wanted confirmed, please leave a review or PM me!

Anyways, Thank you for supporting:

Professor Arc.

Please await my future story:

I am a Hunter