Author notes: Hey, sorry that this isn't a new chapter. In the old chapter there were a lot of things wrong or just plain missing, so with the help of my new Beta Reader TheMischieviousPuppyDog this chapter along with the ones yet to come will be hopefully a lot better!
Beta Reader: TheMischieviousPuppyDog
The sun has just started to rise, showing the beginning of a new day.
The two brothers of Light and Darkness stood a little ways away from Jaune waiting patiently for him to wake up, they didn't have to wait long for the young knight begins to stir.
Jaune opens his eyes only to be blinded by the bright sun, having to blink multiple times just to get his sight back. When he can finally see, his eyes instantly land on the two brothers.
The brother of Light is the first to speak, "Hello little light, did you sleep well?"
Jaune is silent for a moment, normally seeing two faceless beings for the first time would cause him to shriek, but for some strange reason, he felt calm. So he was able to reasons without any hesitation.
"Yes, I did thank you for asking," Looking around he notices that he is surrounded by water. "Ah…if you don't mind me asking, could you tell me where we are?"
The two brothers nod in unison, "You are currently in my brothers' realm, the Realm of Light." the brother of Darkness states with a gesture to the god of Light, Jaune nods in fake understanding.
Jaune then straightens his posture immediately after the information fully sinks in, "T-then you must be the God of Darkness." Jaune manages to stutter out as his heart rate speeds up. The god nods to confirm the boys' statement.
The God of Light then steps forward seeing that Jaune is scared, "You don't have to worry about a thing Little light, as long as you are in my domain no harm will befall you."
After hearing this Jaune takes a few calming breaths to calm his racing heart, he then lets out a heavy sigh and says, "Sorry about that… it's just that you don't meet the Gods of Light and Darkness every day." the two gods nod in understanding.
"It is alright we understand that this must be shocking for you." The Brother of Darkness says in the same soothing voice, this results in the three of them to fall into an awkward silence.
Jaune being the person he is decides to get out of their hair… or horns? Whatever, "Well um…it was nice to meet you, but I need to get back to school I don't want to be late to class." Jaune says with a small shiver from thinking of what would do to him if he was. Even if he was not welcomed there by his former friends, he still needed to train at Beacon.
The two gods share a look before the Brother of Light speaks, "Before you go we have something to ask you." Jaune looks confused on what they would want to ask him, but he nods nonetheless.
The Brother of Light then takes a step back to stand next to his brother before asking their question, "Why do you fight?"
The question surprises Jaune, but he quickly recovers, "I fight against those that wish to harm the innocent."
They both nod, but their faces say that they are expecting more, Jaune knowing that he could not hide everything from the two gods in front of him, continues "I… I fight to prove that I am not weak, I fight to show my family that I am not the failure that they think I am." Jaune pauses and looks to the sky before continuing.
"I fight to show everyone that I am strong and that I can protect them, I-I fight so I don't lose anyone else I care about ever again." as Jaune looks to the sky he doesn't notice that tears are falling down his cheeks.
The two brothers are thinking the same thing, 'He truly is one of a kind.' They can see the pain that is caused from losing someone that he cared for is deep in his heart, but despite his pain, he tries to make bonds and friendships.
Jaune then lowers his head so he can look at the two gods, they fall into another silence. They stay this way for a couple of seconds but it feels like hours when the silence is broken by the God of Light.
"We can see your pain, and we can also see how determined you are to keep everyone that you love alive," The god of light pauses to walk up to the young Arc and places a hand on his shoulder. "As we said before, you are different from everyone else… do you know why?"
The question confused the blond, "Is it because I cheated my way into Beacon?" he asked looking towards his feet.
"No." is the Gods' response making Jaune look up from his feet.
"The thing that sets you apart from everyone else is not your personality or how well you fight, it's your heart."
The younger god walks forward, before pointing towards Jaune's heart.
This caused Jaune to gain a questioning look, to which the older brother responds. "What he means, is that even though you have been hurt over and over again you still have a pure heart," Jaunes face changes from questioning to somewhat understanding.
"That being said, your heart is so pure that its shadow holds all your more… nasty side."
"which is why we have shown ourselves to you, we are here to offer you a piece of our power."
The two gods then take a step back the brother of Light stretching out his left hand, and the brother of Darkness stretching out his right.
Jaune looks at their hands and asks, "What will I haft to do?"
The two gods look at one another for a moment before answering, "For you to weald my power, I ask that you protect the weak, and show compassion to those that are normally treated with hate." the God of Light says with a serious tone, Jaune nods in acceptance.
Jaune then looks to the God of Darkness, "I have already taken something from you by creating the Grimm, but I ask you to free them from the control of the witch that believes she's above us Gods." Jaune looks down towards his feet letting his blond bangs cover his eyes.
"I know that you probably hate Grimm because of your past, so I can't push you on this." The younger god says calmly, Jaune takes a minute before he looks up. With tears falling down his face once again, his eyes hold determination like no other.
"I accept your terms." When saying that Jaune takes both of the god's hands.
This pleases them. "Then we the Gods of this world grant you our power but be warned. You will have hard decisions to make in the future, but do not lose hope if you feel your will weakening look to the Moon and know it will watch over you." As the two gods talk their voices come out as if they are one of the same.
"I am the God of Light but my name is Anika if you need me just call my name." The now named Anika says as he summons a Bow & Arrow made out of pure light and places it in Jaunes left hand.
"I am the God of Darkness, My true name is Josiah if you need me just call my name." The now named Josiah says as he summons a Scythe made out of pure Darkness and places it in Jaunes right hand.
With this, the two items start to shine with their respected power, as a black and golden mist start to swirl around Jaune. As all this happened Jaune could feel his Aura grow warmer and brighter, along with this feeling he also feels a colder part of himself make itself known. This new presence is calmer than his Aura it also doesn't hold the same warmth to it but it still feels… accepting.
As the mist disappears Jaune is left with a half white and black Aura surrounding him, as he opens his eyes you can see that they are no longer a deep blue but instead, the left is Silver and his right is Dark Red.
Josiah is pronounced in English.
Anika is pronounced in Japanese.