That's RIGHT! The legendary vessel, Nora's Arc (which was totally not ripped from Noah's Ark mind you), has finally begun to set sail on the ADVENTURE of a lifetime! You know, I've always loved these two hunters ever since RWBY first introduced them and what better way to express it than to write about it! Not to mention that there aren't enough stories about them... What's up with that anyways? So enough dilly dallying, enjoy the story!

How it All Began...

"You came BACK!" Ruby cheered as her new partner Weiss dragged her by her cloak farther away from the unfortunate, hanging huntsman.

"W-Wait! Don't leave me! Who's going to get me down from here?!" Jaune wailed as he hung high above the ground. "H-hello? Snow Angel? Ruby?! ANYBODY?!" His desperate pleas for assistance were left unanswered within the forested expanse of the Emerald Forest.

…He was now all alone.

…Dangling from a very tall tree,

…In the middle of a Grimm-infested forest.

…If that didn't spell that he was doomed, then he had no idea what did.

So, as a means to comfort his nerve wrecked state, he attempted to assess his current situation. 'Okay so here's what's happened so far.' Jaune started out in thought. 'Initiation has just started a few minutes ago. I've been launched high into the air without a landing strategy, I've been immobilized by some sort of pointy-spear thingy through my hoodie and now Snow Angel just left me here all alone taking Ruby with her...' He blinked a few times before he suddenly paled at his predicament. 'This isn't good at all. In fact, this is horrible!' He began to slowly sink deeper and deeper into despair but steeled his nerves against his encroaching anxiety. 'S-snap out of it Jaune! You're an Arc, and Arcs can handle anything! Just take in a few deep breaths. Breathe in, breathe out.' While his rapid heartbeat was slowing down, he noticed that his surroundings seemed to be giving off a calm and peaceful atmosphere.

"…At least there isn't a Grimm-like monster that spotted me yet." The blond knight announced to no one in particular.

Unfortunately, that single statement alone would change his life…

Forever.

For you see, a frightening creature with the strength to level buildings had heard this boy's blatant statement and grinned dastardly to prove him wrong.

As he attempted to unpin himself from this tree once more, he heard the faint sound of rustling leaves, snapping twigs and some sort of creature slowly making its way towards him.

"…Kur-rah ...Kur-rah." The monster's voice echoed from nearby.

When Jaune heard the ominous cry of this mysterious creature, he suddenly felt a TERRIBLE shiver tingle down his spine as he frantically attempted to locate the source of this... Grimm-like monstrosity. As he continued to search the grounds below, he heard its cry once more.

"…Kur-rah! ...Kur-rah!" It growled louder than before.

Jaune could feel the cold sweat form on his forehead and palms as the beast drew closer and closer, its volume increasing every second. "H-hello?" Jaune called out as his entire body began to quiver in fear. "T-this better not some s-sort of prank!"

Needless to say, it was more than just a prank.

The creature crept high above the treetops with its flexible limbs climbing from branch to branch in order to avoid detection from its soon-to-be victim. Eventually, it stationed itself on a branch right above its prey. With a clear view of his natural blond mop of hair, it waited patiently for the perfect time to strike.

While Jaune was unaware of the danger that loomed up above, he was paying attention towards a small bush that was rustling restlessly down below. He held his breath as he prepared himself for the inevitable. For out from the bush emerged...

A small, white, bunny...

He blinked a few times and sighed in relief before squealing like a little girl. "Aww!" Jaune cooed as he saw the adorable little creature. The woodland creature turned its head towards the hanging blond until it spotted the terrifying threat up above. It squeaked loudly while high-tailing it out of there at speeds that could rival a Dust-powered fighter jet! "..Aw man." Jaune groaned. "Did I scare of off? It looked like it saw a monster or something." That was when he noticed something rustling violently from directly above his head along with a low-pitched growl.

His fear returned full force when he realized that the monster was still in fact, there.

"KUR-RAH!" It roared at point blank in front of the poor huntsman. The creature cry could be heard throughout the entire forest. It frightened both initiates and Grimm alike on who created such a noise.

Weiss and Ruby...

"*Yipe!*" Weiss yelped as she jumped into the arms of a certain dunce. "Wha-what was THAT?!"

Ruby could only shrug her shoulders as she wasn't fairing any better. Her legs were quivering of fright from the ear-piercing roar of this fearsome creature. Not to mention that Weiss was a bit to clingy on her grip and was cutting off her oxygen supply. "Weiss... can't... breathe!"

Pyrrha...

The young Spartan had heard the cries of this vile beast and stopped dead in her tracks scanning her surroundings. "I hope Jaune is okay." She mumbled to herself worryingly. She still was unarmed as her weapon was still with the blond boy she rescued. So she quickened her pace to reach her destination, hoping the blond knight was alright.

Yang and Blake...

Both young women were wincing as they attempted to cover their ears from this sudden screech.

"What was that Blake?" Yang asked as she attempted to shake away the ringing in her ears.

"I'm... I'm not sure," Blake replied back not fairing any better. "We should be cautious if we are to complete our objective."

Yang nodded her head but silently prayed that her little sister would be okay.

Ozpin and Glynda...

The two professors were startled as much as their initiates when they heard the cries of this monster, the Headmaster almost spilling his drink. "What in the world?" Glynda muttered as she fixed her glasses. She quickly inspected her scroll that had connection to multiple hidden cameras to try and locate the sound. While she was searching for the causer of this disturbance, The Headmaster himself had a nostalgic grin on his face.

"…Looks like their child has found a new playmate." He grinned while taking another sip of his warm coffee.

Ren...

He had jumped a little bit and readied his weapons until he quickly recognized the voice of the creature. He had to experience that exact cry from a peculiar childhood friend back when they were playing in the forest a few years back. "...Oh dear." Ren sighed. He prayed for the unfortunate individual's safety for the several years to come.

Jaune…

Yes, many were indeed caught off guard by this monstrous cry, though none were as terrified as Jaune who screamed an octave higher than he thought was possible before covering his face from the sight of the creature that was about to eviscerate him. As his tan-gloved hands blocked his eyes, he felt something gentle poke his nose.

"…Boop!" The creature called out in an unfamiliar feminine voice.

Jaune was startled by this new voice and slowly looked between his fingers only to find one of the most unsuspecting sights (in his opinion) of his entire life. For what he saw was a girl, who was most likely his age with short ginger hair, hang upside-down laughing heartedly at his reaction. "W-wow! I never thought that you could scream that high! Are you a girl? No, you couldn't be, your chest is as flat as a washboard! Who uses washboards nowadays anyway? Back at my house we use a washing machine to take care of our clothes. I really like it when my combat skirt come right out of the dryer, it feels like I'm hugging a cloud! But I've never hugged a cloud in real life before so I wouldn't really know. Have you seen Ren?" The orange haired girl asked.

The young, hanging knight could only stare with a mix of astonishment, fright, and with a hint of confusion as he attempted to figure out what just happened. When he finally heard her question, he could only say one thing, "...Who?"

"You know, Ren! Tall, Asian, male, handsome, has a long black ponytail." The girl hanging upside-down described with a series of odd hand gestures. Jaune attempted to recall the young man the fit the description until memory struck.

"Was he the guy that wore the green tailcoat and had that pink lock of hair?" Jaune asked as he stroked his chin in though.

The bubbly girl gleamed once she realized that he understood who she was talking about. "Yep! That's him alright! He's my best friend since we were little and we've been together ever since! W-well not together-together, but he is quite handsome! See?! Look at how dashing he looks!" To prove her point, she pulled out a small picture from in between her front bumpers of the two of them at breakfast with her eating pancakes at an alarming rate. "Either way, I've got to find him! We promised each other that we could be on the same team after all! We even have our own super top secret sloth call so we can do just that!" She suddenly dropped down onto the ground landing feet first and began to initiate her unusual sloth sound. "Kur-rah! Kur-rah!"

Jaune went wide-eyed when he heard this sound. The way how she mimicked the sloth was very, VERY familiar.

Then it clicked.

"W-wait a minute, were you the one who was making that sloth sound a few minutes ago?!" The dangling Jaune deducted.

She gasped dramatically when the hanging man made such an accusation. "*GASP!* H-how did you know?!" The pink girl asked in amazement. How was he able to decipher their top secret animal signal?!

The blond knight gave a blank stare to the girl in front of her as he attempted to answer her question. "You just said tha-"

"That's AMAZING! Are you like a super smart detective or something?! You must be if you could figure out that I, Nora Valkyrie, made a super top secret sloth call in order to find my childhood friend Ren!" The girl now named Nora had announced.

"But Nora, you just said-" He was cut off once again by another *Gasp!*

"WHOA! How do you know my name?! I didn't even introduce myself yet and you still somehow figured out my identity! Wait a minute… Are you stalking me?" She frowned with her arms crossed in disappointment. Jaune's palm promptly met his face after hearing out her sudden accusation. He couldn't answer the question to defend himself as Nora cut him off once again. "No, that's impossible. He did figure out my top secret animal call so that obviously makes him a detective. Why with your detective skills, I bet you could find anybody in this massive forest!" She suddenly stopped moving all over the place and quickly sat in a thinking pose on a nearby rock, her mind working in overtime to come up with a master plan.

The abrupt silence lasted for a whole minute with Jaune trying to figure out what was going on. "Uh, Nora? Are you-"

Then at that moment, her brain had popped up an epiphany! "THAT'S IT!" She cried out in realization.

Jaune jumped at Nora's volume before stuttering, "W-what's is?"

She quickly pulled out her weapon Magnhild into its grenade launcher form before blasting a pink heart shaped pipe bomb at the blond boy's direction. The dusty explosion against the poor plant was able to launch the spear that bounded him to the tree farther away into the Emerald Forest as Jaune fell ungracefully to the ground. Luckily, he was unharmed since he was caught bridal-style by the bubbly bomber.

"You're going to help me find my childhood friend detective... you?" She sheepishly announced. How could she forget about introductions?! That's just plain silly on her part. "…Uh, what's your name again?"

Jaune cleared his throat and looked her in the eyes. "It's Jaune, Jaune-"

"Ah yes, Jaune-Jaune!" Nora interjected. She suddenly tilted her head from the name she just heard. "…Wait why's your name Jaune-Jaune? Is that your first name Jaune and last name being Jaune too? That's like saying that my name is Nora-Nora and my friend's name being Ren-Ren! Well, I sometimes called him Ren-Ren when I was little but nowadays I just say 'Reeeen!' or 'Renny' since both of them work just as affectively."

Jaune scoffed at how she had called his name. His last name wasn't Jaune! It was Arc! A. R. C! "B-but that's not my la-"

"Ah don't worry Jaune-Jaune, I like it! SO! With my brawns and your detective skills, we can find my friend Ren in no time! So what do you say... partner?" Nora asked with bright sparkles of in her eyes.

Jaune saw her turquoise gaze stare at him in anticipation expecting and answer. There were many signs that were blaring within him to not accept the deal while on the other hand, he really didn't want to progress through this dangerous Grimm-littered forest all by himself. He weighed his options before muttering one word.

"Oka-"

"GREAT!" Nora cheered with her arms raised into the air as she simultaneously dropped the blond wannabe detective onto the forest floor with a loud *OOF!*"Come on now Jaune-Jaune! We haven't even started yet and you're already taking a break! There is no time to be dilly-dallying! We've got a friend to find!"

"You just dropped me onto the ground-" Jaune complained but was hushed by a pink-gloved finger pressing loosely against his lips.

"Hush! No need to whine Jaune-Jaune! Now quickly, we must ride! To the Noramobile!" She shouted loudly. She then gestured her arm towards a nearby shrub.

"The Noramo what?" Jaune inquired as he pulled himself from the leafy ground.

Just then, an Ursa emerged from the nearby bush with berry juice all over its bony mask. "Rrr?" The Grimm creature grunted as it saw the two hunters. The tall, blond and scraggy one it could take on in his sleep while the female one... was producing a rather menacing aura that quite frankly, scared it tremendously.

She pulled out her weapon and before they all knew it, it turned into a deadly game of tag, with the two hunters being it. "GET HIM!" She roared dastardly with a menacing grin as she brought down multiple trees that stood in her way.

"What have I done..." Jaune muttered as he gave chase to his... partner.

Author's Notes!

AT LONG LAST! I have finally started this Epic story pairing! It took forever to start since I still needed a bit more data but in the end, It has now begun! I wonder how you guys would enjoy this story so any review and feedback will help in making this story improve into one to remember! So this is Nutshop saying: Stay Handsome, and have a Nice Day! :D

[Edit] I added a few subtle things to the story, so don't be alarmed if things are a little bit different, should be more funny though!