The Grim lands is the uncharted frontier of remnant and living there would be akin to suicide for most people. But there are exceptions to every rule and this one is no exception as well. Which is what Jaune's uncle and cousin would be since they live in the frontier where grim happens to own the territory. Which explains why Jaune himself is running from a pack of beowolves with Jack Frost riding on his shoulders and wrapped under his arm is Pyro Jack.

"Boss! You can let me go, I can escape on my own!" Pyro Jack said.

"Shut it! You can float but I doubt you can float fast enough to get away from them! And even if you do then a flock of Nevermores would get you instead!" Jaune replied while casting [Maragi] at the pack.

"Why are we running?" This time Jack Frost asked.

"Did you forget what uncle Louis said?! Demons attract grim!" Jaune said. Apparently according to his uncle, Demons are made of pure negativity hence the grim are easily attracted to them as they are to regular human negativity.

"Yeah, so?" Jack frost said and casted [Mabufu] at the pack with half of them freezing and shattering.

"If we stop then more will come." Jaune kept running full speed while panting. "And besides, uncle Louis said training my body will help me." Jaune then casted [Maragi] at the remaining beowolves, letting the grim beasts burn and turn into ashes.

Jaune nodded at himself, feeling proud of the achievement of being able to deal with a pack of grim while running unbeknownst to him a arm shot out from behind the tree. His neck hit the arm and he spun in the air before falling on the hard ground.

Jaune spat out some dirt. "Ugh, what was that for Louisa." Jaune groaned.

Entering Jaune's vision was a barefoot blonde girl the same age as him wearing a goat's head hairclip and a rather mischievous smile plastered on her face.

"You know, dear cousin. If you don't pay attention to your surroundings more you'd be killed easily." She said and offered a hand.

Jaune took her hand and was pulled up. "Sheesh, aren't we jumping the gun here? I could be fatally injured at worst. My demons have my back." Jaune patted the dirt off his clothes.

Louisa sighed. "Its because of that way of thinking that I said you'll be killed!"

"I know, I know. Sorry. You always get mad so easily."

"You're the source of it all, you know?" She sighed. "Well, lets go. Dad already made dinner and he wants to talk to you about that" She glanced at his right hand.

Jaune nodded and had his demons return to his stock at the moment. Louisa started walking and Jaune followed suit. When she was at a reasonable distance he opened his scroll, and decided to talk to Tico.

"Good afternoon Mr. J! What can I do for you?" She greeted "Are the videos still locked?" He asked.

Tico nodded.

"Thanks, Tico. You can go now." He sighed.

"Alright then Mr. J! Have a nice deeeeeeeeeeeeeee~" She saluted and vanished. Jaune turned off his scroll. He sighed. After seeing the names pop up last year the timeframe to which he can view the videos was locked due to him being unconscious. And it seems it would alert him again when the day the video happens get close, at least that's what Tico explained to has been a year since the grim incident in his town happened.

A year ago, when he let Jack Frost possess him Jaune was in the brink of dying because 80% of his body, according to the doctors, was frozen and was interfering with his organs. Even in a sauna his body's temperature won't go up. But then his parents had a crazy idea of unlocking his aura to see if it would heal him. And by some miracle or maybe because Jaune had the luck of the devil he was saved. The doctors said any more and he would've turned into a frozen corpse by then.

And then his parents told him that the mark on his right hand was something that he should keep a secret. When they asked about his 'abilities' he showed them the app and the demons and the magic he learned from them. His older sisters were there to see it too. The second eldest showed the most interest in my magic. His mother then told him that she was only able to see the mark on his right hand twice. Once under Beacon Academy and another in a book passed down by the family. Mom is the one from the Arc line and it was dad who took her last name since it was the request of mom's dad. Jaune's late grandfather Lou Sayfa Arc.

His mother's brother continued to study the book passed down to them. His profession was a huntsman as well, but he mostly worked as an archeologist. Travelling around remnant, studying ancient history lost to man. His mother said he would know more about my mark. And so, Jaune and his dad travelled remnant while training his body and brought him to his uncle, Louis Arc.


[One year ago]

They were in a restaurant in Atlas. It was here that Jaune's uncle, Louis, said he would be meeting them. The last time he met his uncle Jaune could barely remember him. He's seen pictures of him when his parents were younger but Jaune has yet to see him again face-to-face.

"What's uncle Louis like?" Jaune asked while fiddling with his gloved hands.

Jonathan scratched his chin. "I'd say he's to be the most charismatic person I've ever know."

"What's charismatic mean?" He asked.

"It means I'm a very charming man." A voice said from the entrance of the restaurant.

Jonathan smiled and the two father and son duo looked at the figure by the entrance.

Blonde long hair that seem to shine when the sun lights on them, swept back, while wearing a violet business suit crisp and clean that would put every businessman to shame. A charming smile that would draw your lips upward. And most of all, mismatched red and blue eyes.

This was Erica Arc's brother. And Jaune's uncle. Louis Arc.

"Jonathan! As I live and breathe!" The handsome blonde walked towards them with open arms.

Jonathan greeted him with a firm hug. "Its been too long Louis!"

When the two separated Jonathan gestured to his son. "I'm sure you remember Jaune."

"hah! Does he remember me though? Erica's been sending pictures but the last time I've seen him I was changing his diapers." He gave a bright smile.

Jaune was at awe to say the least. The man before him looked the same as the picture he saw him in. "Hello." Jaune said.

"And is the girl behind you who I think she is?" Jonathan asked.

Jaune didn't notice before but a girl wearing a blue dress came forth from behind his uncle. She gave a curtsy bow.

"My name is Louisa Arc. It's a pleasure to meet you dear uncle."

"You've grown into quite the lady Louisa." Jonathan gave a small bow as well.

"And you are?" She asked the blonde boy.

He blinked once. The beautiful girl in front of her causing the gears inside his head to stop ad if there was a wrench stuck in-between. And his thoughts went all around.

Please don't think I'm boring Please don't think I'm boring Please don't think I'm boring Please don't think I'm boring Please don't think I'm boring.

"Hi, I'm Boring- Jaune Arc!" He said his name too fast it sounded like he said JawNarc instead.

She chuckled. "Well, its nice to meet you Boring Jaw Narc."

"Sorry, Its Jaune. Jaune Arc."

"Don't mind her Jaune. She's a cheeky brat." Louis said.

Louisa hit his father's arm with slightly flushed cheeks.

"And therefore, you'd never grow out of your social anxiety. Ever." He snickered.

Jonathan laughed and gestured for them all to take a seat. Jaune looked around and saw that the people in the restaurant seem to be incredibly fixated on their table. Specifically, his uncle. After finishing the meal, they ordered they just sat there drinking.

"So, Jonathan. What's this matter of utter importance that you had to call me?" He said, sipping on a drink of water from his glass. Even when doing a simple act as drinking the man's done it with elegance. While his daughter sipped tea with the same demeanor as her father. Jaune just stared at his chocolate milk while listening to the two adults talking.

"Do you still have the book your family had?" Jonathan asked with a serious tone.

Louis' face changed as well. "Yes, what of it."

"Were you able to learn anything from it?"

"I've learned a lot of things from it. Why? You never had any interest on it, let alone Erica." Louis' eyes narrowed.

Jonathan sighed. "Jaune, show it to him." Jaune nodded and followed his father's orders. He removed the gloves from his right hand and showed it to his uncle. "I want to know if there's anything you can say about this."

Louis' eyes widened, and it seems that his daughter's interest was piqued as well. But then Louis' eyes narrowed. "Does Ozpin know of this?"

Jonathan shook his head.

"Good. Don't let him. And we shouldn't talk about this here. Come with us to our hotel." Jonathan agreed, and they head straight for the hotel room after paying for their meal.

Once they got to the hotel, Louis made sure the place was secure and that no one would be listening in on them. He then asked Jaune if he knew about the tale of the four maidens. To which he shook his head and his father explained it to him. Including the fact that they were real and that the relics of old are, in a way, guarded by these said maidens. Oddly enough, with the existence of demons and magic he wasn't too much surprised.

"You're taking this rather well, Jaune." Louis said.

"Well, I could hardly be surprised, uncle. I mean I summoned demons and did magic." Jaune said.

"Will you please explain this further?" Louis asked with a fascinated look on his face. Jaune told him the events that transpired. Excluding the dream and the death video app, Jaune told him everything that happened. He didn't have any concrete reason but he felt like he shouldn't tell anyone about the videos

"I see." He pondered for a bit.

"Is there something the matter?" Jonathan asked.

"Louisa?"

"Yes, Father? Will you take Jaune out for a bit, I need to talk to his father. Here some Lien for iced cream." He handed her some Lien cards before looking to Jonathan. His eyes sending a message and Jonathan nodded.

"Go with her. I'm sure you have a lot to talk about."

Louisa walked out and Jaune followed suit.

"So, that was a thing." He said.

"Truly. Adults can be so secretive at times."

"So, you're my cousin, right?"

She gave a smirk. "Jaune, I'm your only cousin."

"Oh yeah. I guess I can't say you're my favorite cousin then?" He grinned. For some reason, the awkwardness he felt from before meeting her suddenly started to melt away. As if he's known her for a long time already.

"Well, I accept compliments with open arms so feel free to do so." She started skipping along the hotel hallway.

"So, where are we going?" The boy asked.

"To get some iced cream! What else is there?"

"I don't know, an arcade would be nice."

"What's an arcade?"

"It's a place where you can play a bunch of video games."

"What're video games?" She stopped and tilted her head.

"Video games are the adult's greatest gift to kids." He smiled and explained the things they can play in an arcade.

"That sounds amazing! But do we have enough Lien though?"

"How much did uncle give you anyway?"

Louisa showed the Lien chips.

Jaune blinked. He was taken aback at the amount of Lien her father gave her. "Oh, I think this is enough and more." Jaune said. The two then grinned and ran around looking for an arcade.

It was there that Jaune learned a lot of things.

Louisa did not like to lose.

The pair decided to play a fighting game. It was called Rekken 5 and Jaune was fairly good at it. After teaching her the game mechanics they lost on the first match.

"Well, its to be expected. It is your first time." He said. "C'mon, let's play another game!"

"No!" She said with a small pout.

"Uh, what?" Jaune asked.

"We'll play this again. I might've chosen the wrong character."

"Okay, then."

Needless to say, she lost the second match.

"Again."

And lost the third.

"Again!"

Jaune tried to let her win the same way she lets her younger sisters do but was physically assaulted by her instead.

"I don't need your pity!" She stated

She lost the fifth match.

"One more!"

And this time she won the sixth match. Unfortunately. Even with one win she'd lord it over you as if you're the one who's been losing the whole time. She smiled with pride at the achievement. Jaune let her be, her mood is a good enough reward as it is.

Her mood? Since when was that ever important? Jaune shook the thoughts away. Probably instincts from being with seven sisters.

Jaune learned that he did not like to lose at DDR. And that Louisa is huntsmen-trained.

It took fifteen tries and one begging Jaune but it was what allowed him to save himself from having zero win against Louisa.

Louisa hates being cheated and cheaters.

One game where you're supposed to stack blocks over the other to win a prize was rigged. Immediately she went to the manager and made a complaint about it. And it escalated to her almost filing a lawsuit against them.

And last, Louisa likes things that were required hard work to get

Jaune saw a hairclip by the rewards counter that Louisa seemed to keep eyeing. So, his 'big brother' instincts kicked.

"Hey, Louisa. Can I borrow some Lien?" He asked.

"Borrow? Silly Jaune. You can take as much as you want." She smiled.

Jaune shook his head and took 1 Lien. From there he played the 'gamble' games that would multiply his Lien. Of course, Louisa was there to watch him. Jaune won some and lost some but when he had enough Lien he started playing games that would win him tickets. He took the one where he can easily meet the required tickets for a certain item.

"Jaune! Father called. We should go."

Jaune nodded and returned the one Lien he borrowed. "Meet me at the entrance!" He then ran off to the counter before Louisa could say anything.

Jaune got to the counter and presented the tickets. "I'd like to get the hairclip, sir!"

An old man with red sunglasses and a nametag on his chest that read 'Nergal' turned around and faced Jaune.

"What will you be getting, dear customer?" He asked.

"I'd like that." Jaune pointed at a silver hairclip of a goat's head encased in a Velvet blue box with a glass cover.

"Really? No one's ever wanted that thing I even put the ticket price down. Hell, I was planning to throw it away too." The old man said. "Lucky you and lucky me I guess." He chuckled and gave the item to Jaune. "Give my regards to the princess." Jaune could swear the old man winked at him. Jaune became red-faced and left running. Failing to understand the true meaning behind Nergal's words.

Jaune arrived at the entrance with a slightly angry blonde cousin. "Sorry! Were you waiting long?"

Her arms were crossed, and her right finger was tapping on her arm. Clearly irritated.

"Jaune. It is impolite to leave a girl waiting alone, you know." She said with clear anger in her face.

"Right, well sorry. I just got something for you." He said with a grin as he handed her the velvet box containing the hairclip of a goat's head.

"I saw you looking at it earlier, so I thought to get it for you. And I didn't want to use your money for it, so I had to do all of that." He snickered.

"Jaune, you are a bumbling buffoon." She said with a smile.

"Wait, you didn't like it!?" Jaune asked.

"No, you idiot. I love it. But you could've told me earlier and I would've helped."

"Now where's the fun in that." Jaune grinned.

Louisa rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Then I shall give you the honor of putting it on me." She said.

Jaune recalled the words the old man said. "As you wish, princess." He snickered and took the hairclip from its box and attached to the side of her head.

"How does it look?" She asked with a nervous smile.

"Yeah, I uh, think it looks good on you." He gave an awkward smile.

The two then went back to the hotel only to be surprised by what his uncle announced.

"You'll be travelling with us." He said with a grin after dropping that bomb.

Jonathan then explained "What he means is, you will be training with your uncle with regards to your 'abilities'. And your mom already gave her consent."

"Training? Training for what?"

Jonathan swallowed. "To be a huntsman."


[Present day]

And now Jaune and his Uncle Louis and cousin Louisa had just finished eating their meal, and it seems his uncle had a story to tell.

"Now, Jaune. As I've explained last year, you remember the story of the four maidens?"

Jaune nodded.

"Well, it turns out that the four maidens have four counterparts to them as well. They are called the apostles of remnant. It was written in ancient language at the doors that guard the four gifts that four men will inherit these relics, one relic for each of them. And that symbol on your hand, Jaune is the same symbol engraved on a door under the Beacon huntsmen academy."

"How do you know all this, uncle." Jaune asked.

"Other than being one of the few huntsmen who knows about the headmaster's secrets, the book passed down in our family has information regarding ancient history. History that was once turned out to be dead but has now risen from what it looks like." Louis looked at Jaune's right hand.

"I see. But why not tell the headmaster about me then?" Jaune asked.

"Jaune. You're my family. Which is why me and Jonathan agreed not to tell anyone about you. If Ozpin knows of your existence, you'd be turned into a pawn just like us. You do not need to bear the same weight that we do. Ozpin is as dangerous as the enemy he is facing, Jaune. You'd either become a sacrificial pawn or turned into a guinea pig."

Jaune gulped. "Is that why we're in the frontier?"

"Yes. We want to hide you from Ozpin. And your demons would endanger your family, Jaune. Its what almost killed your sisters." Louis said bluntly.

Jaune looked down out of guilt his hands started shaking. Every time he was reminded that he could've killed his sisters he always becomes like this. Guilt would eat him up and drown him. But then as always, a light would pull him up from his own sea of despair.

Louisa put a hand on his shoulder. "You saved them, Jaune. You don't have to think of the things you didn't know. But think of what you did for them."

Jaune gave a tired smile. "Thanks, Louisa."

To which she just gave a small smile.

"So, why train me then?" Jaune asked.

"One, as the apostle you will inherit the relic one way or another. Two, to do that you'd need to apply in Beacon Academy. And three, before you do that, you must be someone who can pass the Academy's requirements."

"And then what?"

"And then, well, whatever you want to do, as the apostle of choice." He paused and gave a grin. "Its your choice to do what you want."

Jaune groaned at his uncle's joke.

Louisa rolled her eyes.

Since it was Louisa's turn to wash the dishes, Jaune had free time to himself. "I'll be going out for a bit, for some fresh air."

His uncle and his cousin nodded. Jaune went out the cabin's porch and leaned his back on the railings. Reading the nameplates by the door.

Jaune Miles Arc.

Louis Cyphre Arc

Louisa Ferre Arc.

Jaune smiled at his name being there, despite its lack of elegance due to it being put there by him and the wooden nameplate was made by him, as opposed to the golden nameplates his uncle and cousin had. He frowned then laughed at the memory of Louisa teasing him about his lack of aesthetic sense.

I wonder, what will the future hold for me?

[End]

AAAAAAAAAAYYYYEEE Its ya boy, Shaniic! THIS ONE, THIS, FRIGGIN' ONE. Took me so much time before I could even start it. I'm in a friggin' slump but I think this one turned out okay. Hopefully it did.

For the RWBY fans, this is not gonna be a Jaune X Non-RWBY fic, still not sure but expect a RWBY character as his future.

For SMT I wonder if ya'll recognize Louis and Louisa. Ofc ya do!

For those who have yet to play any SMT franchise game except DeSu (Devil Survivor) then search up Louis Cyphre and Louisa Ferre! P.s. they are blood related which is gonna be an important tidbit in the future!

Anyway, please leave a like and a follow if you deem it worthy. And REVIEWWWW I LOVE REVIEWS.

And an actual postnote. Leave in the comments demons you want to see in the future and list out any SMT GAMES you've played and or watched in an anime, so I know if I gotta make explanations for other terms and such. And with that, sayonara or something like that!