chapter 2

Jaune knew that women could be confusing, but this was a whole new level of unpredictability. He was a trained hand to hand combatant and he was the sheriff of a small town in the Vacuan desert he was feared by many lesser gangs in that area. But even now he had no way of defending himself from his mother looking at him and having her eyes water and begin to cry. Instantly he crossed the room and wrapped her up in a hug while saying that it was alright and that he was fine. After a brief moment of silence, she looked up at him and he felt his heart fall. She wasn't mad like he had expected her to be. She wasn't even afraid. She simply look at him for a long moment and said " you are becoming more and more like your father with each passing day." it wasn't what he was expecting but it did cause a swell of pride within him, he had always been told he looked like his father. He figured that it was due to him being the only Arc child to be a boy. Still he knew enough of his father to know that being compared to him was a mark of pride. So when he heard that his mother thought he because more and more like his father with each passing day it filled him with confidence that he had been lacking until now. "So " his mother said " why are you being followed home by six women, two men and a baby.?"

Jaune knew that the way he answered that question would determine how pleasant his stay at home was." mom, I would like you to meet my team Rockslide. He held out his hand and gestured to them one by one and began to give the intros. After he finished, he looked back and saw that in the time he took to introduce his team he saw that his mom had already picked up Martin from wherever he was and now had him cradled against her.

She looked at the sleeping baby for a few minutes before saying " well it is going to be hard, but I think we can fit all of them into your sister's room"

no one expected the response she received " no" was all jaune said.

His mother turned to glare at her son and began to speak " young man, there will be no…"

" Mom" he said " Team Rockslide only need two four person rooms and we have those in the guest quarters. And before I get a speech about how it would be inappropriate I need to remind you that we aren't a gaggle of horny irresponsible teenagers. We are disciplined and controlled hunters. I am even a Sheriff, Not deputy, Sheriff of the town of Durant. We will be fine."

the way he spoke and the authority with which he spoke seemed to convince his mother. A feat that he honestly believed was impossible. " alright, but if anything happens It come down on you. Wait you said you needed eight beds, there are nine of you.?"

Jaune gave an small smile as he said " I tend to sleep on the floor or in a chair. Ozpin gave me a room, but I feel it is more important to be near my team. So I sleep in either a chair or on the floor. I have gotten so used to it that sleeping in a bed might actually prove difficult." his mother was absolutely shocked. But she choose to respect his wishes on account of how important such things could be to team cohesion. So with that Yang began to tell Jaune's mom about the brutal punishment that he took to protect both a small family of three and Yang's own little sister. At the reveal that Ruby was the one Jaune choose to catch two bullets to protect Jaune's sisters all turned and looked at her before sizing her up and determining whether or not she was a threat to their brother the older ones were worried about Jaune being too naive on emotional matters as their father was, the younger ones were all concerned that their beloved big brother may be manipulated and hurt by some cruel woman. As a result, they analyzed Ruby to see if she possessed any potential for trouble down the line.

It was Petra who spoke first " so Ruby, do you have a boyfriend?" she said doing her best to sound as innocent as she could.

Jaune had just turned to chastise her on being impolite when Ruby answered her question. " No, I have more love for my weapons than people. Wanna see my scythe?" at the answer given the sisters were certain she wasn't going to be a problem. Next they choose to see if any of the women in the group had any interest in the men of the group. They would do this with some shameless flirting and seeing if any of the girls reacted.

They would start with the one in green. With a subtle nod from Catherine Romee moved in and began to speak while she gave him the prettiest eyes she could muster. " Well handsome." she said " what about you. Do you have anyone waiting for you back home."

to her shock he seemed to be uninterested in her advances and simply stepped to the side as the girl in the pink skirt leap at Romee and began to speak at about a mile a minute. " Ren has no girlfriend, but I am his best friend, but we aren't together together. At least I don't think so…"

Her ramblings we cut short by Ren. " what Nora means is that while I haven't got a girlfriend in the conventional sense, I have other responsibilities that take up that space of my life." what he meant was he spent so much time keeping Nora out of jail that he never pursued any relationships. However the reaction of his eccentric companion told them all they needed to hear. Before they could even move towards the other boy [luke] she thought his name was. His partner placed herself between them and that answered that question. Unfortunately that only eliminated half of the women that Jaune brought home.

Catherine gave a internal sigh. She didn't want to call (her) in but she may not have much choice. They definitely couldn't convince these three they were serious competition for Jaune as they were his sisters. That was for another time now she wanted Jaune's opinion. "Jaune" Catherine asked him " do YOU have a girlfriend?"

Jaune gave a tired sigh before responding with. " that depends on who you ask. If you ask everyone but me and Yang then it is Yang. it you ask Yang it is a couple of sisters, I fought this one time in a nightclub. If you ask me then no one."

after taking a moment to process this information, she said " so everyone but You and Yang say that You and Yang are dating.?"

Jaune was afraid that she would latch onto that part he slowly nodded his head and said " that is correct"

before Catherine could ask any more question Jorge cleared his throat and looked at her while holding out his scroll. She looked down and saw a photo of Jaune and Yang… CUDDLING they were cuddling. And they had both fallen asleep in one another's arms. That was the last straw she officially shipped them now. They might not know it, but she was determined to make this happen. Disregarding the other two for the time being she began to think about how she could get this to happen.

Then she had an evil idea. After everyone broke apart to carry on with their day she pulled Yang aside and said to her " is my brother going to sleep on the floor tomorrow night?

Yang thought for a moment before answering that he would be with team RWBY tomorrow night as he was with team PLNR tonight. And that he normally sleeps in a chair. It was at this moment that Catherine told Yang that the guest bedrooms lacked chairs in favor of four queen sized beds. This was shocking to Yang because one how could they afford that and two if Jaune knew this then why did he suggest the guest rooms. Unless he was willing to sleep on the floor just to avoid inconveniencing his team, inconveniencing her. The thought brought a bit of blood to her cheeks, though she wasn't sure why. Besides that she knew how she could do this. She would just sleep with Ruby, as a children they had done it, and it wouldn't be to unusual. Knowing what she would do she looked at Catherine and said "no, no he won't".

Knowing that Yang had other plans to herself she choose to take a more covert and unsavory but effective approach to her problems she made her way into the basement and entered into Jacqueline's lab. While Catherine was a teacher Jacqueline was a pathologist and had a small lab in the basement. And Catherine knew more of her sisters trade than anyone thought. She quickly went to work searching for the vial she wanted. Having found it she went back upstairs and began to bake. While making cookies she was accosted as she guessed she would be by Yang's little sister Ruby, and Martin. She told both that they could have one when she was done. She laid out the cookies and when no one was present she added the contents of the vial to one of the cookies. She took great care to remember which cookie and even marked it with a heavy coating of chocolate chips. The cookie baked in time and she brought both Ruby and Martin a cookie, giving Ruby the extra special one. She felt a wicked smile come over her as she watched the little girl wolf the cookie down. She may not have known it, but she was going to be instrumental in Catherine's plan.