Well, I think I'll try my hand at this story. I've never actually written a story centered mostly around parental stuff before, but I'll certainly do my best! Also, I just want you all to know my inspiration for this story came from the story Chibis! written by Felan Lupus. If you're reading this, please tell me what you think!
*I own neither RWBY or Bakugan Battle Brawlers!*
Incident at the Vytal Festival! - A Family of Pyrus, Haos and Subterra!
Sighing for the umpteenth time that day, Jaune stared down at the little girl currently sleeping in the dorm belonging to Team RWBY. She looked to be about four years old and was insanely adorable. She had short, wavy blonde hair that fell just past her shoulders with an ahoge on top of her head, and she has a pair of tiger ears on her head that are a sandy brown color with darker brown stripes in addition to her human ears.
This is Yang Xiao Long, the 'Y' in RWBY. But how on earth did this happen to her? Why is she suddenly a four year old when she should be seventeen?
Well, it all started earlier that same day at the Vytal Festival…
Begin Flashback…
"YANG, LOOK OUT!" cried Ruby.
The more correctly aged version of Yang turned around just in time to see Mercury jump up and kick at her. But instead of a simple kick being thrown, something else happened. A blast of earthen brown dust shot from his foot at lightning speeds, careening straight for Yang!
The poor blonde didn't have time to dodge or deflect as the blast hit her right through her left shoulder, piercing right through her aura and embedding itself in her flesh.
Cries of fear and outrage were unleashed by the audience as they saw Mercury using underhanded tactics after he had clearly lost his fight. Yang just gasped in pain as she felt blood running down her shoulder and her vision started to go black. But before she lost consciousness, Yang heard Mercury say one final thing that she most likely wouldn't remember.
"The boss has big plans for you, dragon."
And with that, she fell to the ground. Her eyes closed as she fell into blissful unconsciousness. Mercury smirked as he made to grab her and take her with him, but he heard something growing closer and louder with each second.
"...Mine! Mine! Mine! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!"
And WHAM! A solid right hook slammed right into Mercury's face, sending him flying into the arena wall! As the dust cleared, Mercury looked up with an enraged snarl on his face.
"Alright, who has the balls…?" snarled Mercury.
And he couldn't believe his eyes. It was the weakest member of team JNPR, Jaune Arc! He actually managed to land a punch strong enough to send him flying? Impossible! His file showed that he was clearly the weakest out of all of the students Beacon has to offer!
Unless he's been hiding his true strength the whole time…
And it showed as a pair of orange and black striped tiger ears appeared on Jaune's head while a small pair of saber fangs jutted from his upper lip. A black and orange striped tiger tail also sprouted from the base of his spine while an aura of red fire erupted from Jaune's body. This must've been Jaune's semblance! Pyrokinesis! So similar to the Fall Maiden and yet completely different!
"Apologies, but if you dare try to harm even ONE hair on Yang's head…"
The flames surrounding Jaune grew more intense as his pupils became predatory slits.
"I'll kill you!" growled Jaune.
Weiss and the rest of her team also ran into the arena and went to check on Yang while Ironwood and his Atlesian soldiers arrived on the scene.
"Men, make sure he doesn't escape! There's a nice little cell in Atlas Maximum Security Prison with mister Black's name on it!" growled Ironwood before he turned to Jaune. "Nice going with those added features to the arena, Arc."
"My pleasure. I had a feeling the enemy might've snuck into the tournament to turn us against one another, so I went ahead and asked my sisters for help installing special tech into the arena to immediately detect and disable any and all illusions that are cast upon the general area." Jaune explained. "Unfortunately, it's not perfect, so it can't detect exactly who cast the illusion. But that's fine. We'll find out later."
Mercury growled at being caught so easily, and the plan so easily ruined by one suspicious kid! But there might still be a way out of this.
"Hey, Arc! I got a proposition for you!" Mercury said. "We all know how this villain thing goes. You try to arrest me, I escape to regroup with my allies, you guys are left stumped and I am pretty much free to do whatever the hell I want. So I have a deal that'll make this a little more interesting."
Ironwood went to try and arrest the silver haired boy anyway, but was blocked by Ozpin's cane.
"Don't. I'd like to see where this goes." Ozpin said.
Ironwood looked like he wanted to argue, but a look from both the headmaster of Beacon and Glynda herself made him not say whatever it is he wanted to say. Reluctantly, Ironwood put his revolvers away and looked on. It was all in Arc's hands now.
"What do you propose?" Jaune asked.
"A duel." Mercury said simply.
"A duel?" asked Jaune.
"That's right. I know for a fact that you and I both play Bakugan, and I hear talk that you're a pretty tough competitor. So here's my idea. We have ourselves a one on one fight using only our Bakugan. This means no Aura, no Semblance and… NO SWORD!"
Jaune looked to Crocea Mors in his hand.
"No… Sword…?" Jaune asked.
"Do you accept my challenge, Arc?" Mercury asked.
Jaune looked unsure. There's a good chance that Mercury could be lying, so he didn't want to get played for a fool.
"Maybe if I tell you what the stakes are? If you win, you can arrest me and I'll tell you everything I know about my boss's plans. But if I win, then Xiao Long comes with us and you will be killed on the spot!" Mercury said. "And just so neither of us gets cold feet and backs off, we'll make it even more interesting and sign a binding contract with our own blood. Sound good?"
With this new information, Jaune looked at Crocea Mors again and knew that he at least has a chance. After all, binding contracts signed in blood cannot be broken. Not even if the signature is smudged or illegible.
"Very well, I accept your terms. But you will follow three conditions! Number one; No weaponized prosthetics!" Jaune said.
Mercury scowled knowing he'd have to get a pair of normal mech prosthetics due to that one.
"Number two; No henchmen to help you cheat!" Jaune said.
Mercury actually lessened his scowl at that one. While not as fun without the henchmen, it at least would make the Arc boy easier to manipulate, should things not go as planned.
"And number three; no Dust! You fight with your own might!"
Mercury thought about this one. It seems like…
"Hey, that was four things!" Mercury said with a cheesed off look.
"That last one was a two parter." Jaune said.
Mercury just growled, but he had no choice. He's already set the terms of the duel, and must abide by them. He just hoped that Cinder was in a forgiving mood after today.
"I accept! We shall meet in two weeks time by the dawn of the rising sun at the Ruins of Blackened Corpses!" Mercury declared.
"Of course!" Jaune said in agreement before asking "Was that west or east at the Crimson Valley of the Blood Ursas?"
"East." Mercury replied.
"East. Got it." Jaune said.
"Are you sure?" Mercury asked.
"Yes, don't worry I'll find it." Jaune replied.
"Really? Because if you need a map or something…"
"No, no, really it's fine. I remember now." Jaune said, cutting off Mercury.
There was an awkward silence as Mercury still looked kind of unsure about what Jaune had just said. The guy doesn't look all that good at directions, so he was a bit worried that he might get lost.
"I can give you a ride if you…"
"I will find it!" Jaune said with a tone of finality.
"Very well. I will see you there!" Mercury said.
With the agreement established, a local scribe wrote up a binding contract before having both competitors sign it in their own blood. The stage was set as Mercury took his leave.
With the threat gone, the aura of flame dissipated as Jaune rushed over to Yang's side.
"How's she doing? Where is she?!" Jaune asked, worry clear in his voice.
The rest of team RWBY looked slightly uncomfortable as they avoided eye contact. Below them was a little lump under Yang's trench coat, which was the only thing that showed there was any semblance of life under the pile of empty clothes.
"Well… You see, uh…" mumbled Ruby.
"That's, uh… Kinda hard to explain…" Blake added.
A sinking feeling appeared in the pit of Jaune's stomach.
"Girls, what happened to Yang and why are her clothes lying all over the floor?" Jaune asked.
Weiss didn't answer, and just removed the trench coat from the pile to reveal a four year old toddler that was covered by a shirt and bandana. But the tiger ears and tail were a strange addition.
"Oh Monty, please no." Jaune gasped with wide eyes.
"I'm afraid it's true, Jaune. This little girl here is Yang."
Naturally, after hearing something like that, Jaune did the one thing that felt right at the moment.
He fell back onto the ground in a dead faint.
Ending Flashback…
"How do we all get ourselves into these messes?" Jaune asked himself.
He looked back to the sleeping toddler that is his friend in a younger body, and was actually quite perplexed. If Yang was a Faunus now, why didn't she have these features throughout all the time he's known her? Did she hide them that well? Or was it something else?
And what was that Dust that Mercury used to turn her into a toddler, and why did he use it in the first place? Did he plan to turn her this way so he could kidnap her and make her easier to manipulate? Was it further incentive for the White Fang? He may never know.
"You should really calm down there, kiddo." said an elderly voice.
Jaune looked to Yang's nightstand to see his Pyrus Tigrerra Bakugan known as Nova Lion standing there. Ever since Jaune first left home, Nova Lion has been by his side and has helped him win many Bakugan battles with several other Pyrus Bakugan. Like his Pyrus Fear Ripper and Serpenoid.
"I'm just worried about Yang, Nova Lion. I mean, how is this even possible?!" Jaune asked.
"I don't know, old friend. But that's why Doctor Oobleck is currently doing research on the Dust that Ozpin managed to salvage from the incident. It may help us find a cure that we can use to return Yang to normal." Nova Lion said. "In the meantime, you might have to be the one to take care of her in place of her father and uncle. I mean, let's face it, you're clearly the best choice here! Taiyang is currently unreachable, Qrow is a drunkard, we don't know where her mother is and who she is, and Ruby is still far too immature to be a good role model!"
Jaune sighed and rubbed his temples. He knows what Nova Lion means more than anyone.
A small groan broke him from his musings as both he and his Bakugan looked at Yang with wide eyes. She's waking up!
The girl rubbed her eyes with her small fists and yawned cutely with her tiger ears only adding to the cuteness factor. She opened her eyes and stared curiously at the older male with ears and a tail like hers. Jaune smiled and helped her sit up.
"Yang? Do you remember who I am?" Jaune asked.
The toddler looked at Jaune for a few more minutes before she closed her eyes and broke out into the biggest smile she could muster. She shocked both Jaune and Nova Lion with what she did next.
"Daddy!" she cried while hugging Jaune.
'Daddy?!' Jaune and Nova Lion both mentally asked.
The door opened to reveal Weiss with her own Bakugan partner, a Haos Tigrerra, resting on her shoulder while the older girl was holding a tray of food for the little girl, and her eyes widened upon seeing Yang awake.
"Yang! Thank goodness you're awake!" Weiss cried.
She set the tray down on the desk nearby and ran over to the bedside while kneeling down so she was eye level with Yang.
"Are you okay? Nothing broken?" Weiss asked."
But Yang surprised them all once again when she hugged Weiss with an equally big smile on her face.
"Mommy! 'Ang and daddy missed mommy!" she squealed cutely while referring to Jaune as her father.
After that little outburst, Weiss and Jaune could only stare at the little girl and then glance at each other, sporting huge blushes on their faces due to the implications of what Yang had just called them.
"Well, this just got awkward." Tigrerra said, revealing that she's a female.
"Ya got that right, girl friend." Nova Lion said in agreement.
Weiss was taken aback and unsure what to do. Her teammate was turned into a toddler and now she thinks that she and Arc are her mother and father?! This was all a little much to take in.
Hesitantly, she wrapped her arms around the little tigress Faunus and patted her small head while being careful of the little girl's additional ears. Yang apparently liked this action, as proven by her snuggling closer to Weiss and purring loudly. It was just so cute that Ice Queen of Beacon felt her heart melt as her maternal instincts began to kick in.
"Yang, sweetie? Are you hungry?" Weiss asked.
Yang looked up and nodded furiously, excited at the prospect of food. Jaune stood up from his chair and went over to the desk where Weiss had set the tray of food, and picked up a bowl of what appeared to be beef stew.
Jaune walked back to the bed and gave the bowl to Yang, who looked like she would start drooling because of the aroma of the meat in the stew.
"Be careful, little one. It's really hot." Jaune warned.
Using a spoon, Jaune scooped out a good sized amount of the stew, which included a chunk of beef a couple of carrots and a potato, and blew on it to help it cool down as he held it out to Yang.
"Clear the runway, here comes the plane!" Jaune cooed.
Little Yang laughed at the airplane noises that her 'daddy' was making, but opened her mouth to let him feed her anyway. In fact, if Weiss didn't know any better, she'd say that Jaune really was Yang's father. In fact with those ears and tails, they really could pass off as father and daughter.
'I suppose I'll continue to play along, for now. At least until we can find a cure for Yang.' Weiss thought.
The white haired girl giggled silently as she saw that Yang had gotten stew all over her face from trying to feed herself, and was now twisting and turning around to avoid the 'fatherly hanky of death'.
*To Be Continued…*
Here's a list of choices that I have currently for Yang's Bakugan partner. All of them are of the Subterra element.
Gorem
Dragonoid
Tigrerra
Rattleoid
Reaper
If you like any of these choices, leave your idea in the reviews. Each one helps me to make the story progress in a way that will help the story flow. Well, until next time!
