Hello world!

I got an announcement on some of my stories. "A knight's Journey" and "Following the Soul" will be put on hold for now. Now before you go ranting It's just that I put way too much on my plate and I need to take a metaphorical diet.

So I'll post on the weekend and "Model Huntsman" will be posted on Monday's still. "Following the Soul" will follow up when "Model Huntsman" gets finished. It won't be a couple weeks for a bit but if you can wait until then I'd appreciate it.

Anyway, Little timeskip happening as Raven takes over as surrogate mother for Jaune as he becomes the big brother to Ruby and Yang.


"Again!" Raven yelled. Holding her sword in a kendo like style as Jaune charged his 'mom'

"Huraggh!" Jaune charged, Reaper in it's sword form. His 'mother' had been training him a year and a half now. His sword fighting had improved over the year and a half so has his scythe fighting. If it weren't for his 'mothers' he would probably be at the same skill level of Signal student.

Now, with harsh training ,at his request, Jaune would most likely pass Beacon's initiation at twelve years of age. However, Jaune knew that he couldn't find his father while going to a school with the lowest age gap being five years.

After a barrage of stabs towards Raven's torso. All of which being parried by his 'mother' She went for a vertical slash over her head. Jaune quickly brought the broad side of Reaper to block the slash. After clashing with Raven for a few more minutes the door to the cabin opened.

"Honey! Jaune! Dinner's ready!" The blond man who became to what Jaune thought as a awesome uncle. Taiyang Xiao-Long closed the door as Raven motioned for her son to follow her as they entered the cabin the were greeted by a red blur.

"Big brother!" Ruby tackled her surrogate brother as she hugged him. "I missed you Big Brother! Mom was worried that you and other mom were going to kill each other!" She pouted.

"Ruby, stop exaggerating." A blond girl walked out of the hallway and grabbed the small red. "Hey big bro, how was training with mom?" Yang had started training underneath her father in close quarters combat while Jaune had trained under his mothers in the art of swordplay and scythe-play.

"Not too bad, Mom punched me in the gut… That kinda sucked." Juane sighed as the three children joined the three adults at the large dining room table. Summer Rose came out with a pink apron. Her hands were covered in oven mitts while holding a glass bowl, steam rising off of the bowl from the food inside. "I made casserole~!" Jaune tilted his head in confusion. Mom only made casserole on a special occasions. It was Jaune's favorite food after all! It was the first real food he had tasted after leaving his dad.

"What's the occasion?" Jaune asked. He looked to his sisters for answers but only got large grin's. Jaune blinked and looked back to his mothers one of which had a grin from ear to ear while the other held a small smile.

Raven leaned closer. "Well… We didn't want to ruin today because…" Suddenly several popping noises were heard by the blond boy. Streamers and confetti was launched all over the dining room from his sisters and uncle. Much to Jaune's confusion.

"Seriously guys, what's the occasion?" Jaune started to get a little frustrated. That is, until Yang grabbed her big brother and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Silly! It's your birthday! Surprise! Now get ready, we've got presents, cake and-"

"B-But today can't be my birthday..." Jaune was sitting as he put his hands to his head. Tears we're welling up in his eyes.

"Jaune, it really is your birthday… What's wrong my little bandit?" Raven put a hand on her son's shoulder as he started to tremble. 'My little bandit' was Raven's nickname for her son. It came to her when Jaune asked about what his dad's life was like as a bandit.

"B-But da-dad said he'd be here on my birthday! And if he's not here, then it can't be my birthday! He wrote it in his letter!" Jaune pulled a small piece of paper from his back pocket, Raven and Summer looked at the letter. Jaune never had it away from his person. He even slept with it!

The letter in question was one Qrow had written to his son months ago. To him it read about how his 'boss' needed him for a little longer but he'd be back on his son's birthday, and he would grab Jaune and go on adventures like good times. But to Raven, with a little magic, it read

Hey Rave,

I know I said i'd be back for Jaune, but uh, I'm not coming back for him. He can't have a dad like me. It was a mistake for me to keep him for as long as I could. But the kid needs a family. And I'm not it. Never will be. Tell the kid in a few months. I'm sure he'll have given up on me by then. Be the mom his real mother never could be. Let him have sisters. I'm sure Yang and Ruby will be the best thing that ever happened to him.

-Qrow,

(P.s. Don't come looking for me. Oz already has me on a mission)

Back in reality Raven snapped out of her trance to see Summer hugging her son as he started to weep over his father. He muttered about it still not being his birthday. Ruby and Yang were stunned the ten and twelve year old duo looked down at the ground.

Raven patted Summer's back as she motioned to let her see her son. Summer nodded and stood up and went to Taiyang as she hugged him. Raven knelt down to be eye level with her son. "Jaune… Can you come out side with me my little bandit? It's about your father."

Jaune's eyes physically brightened as he hugged his mom and the two went outside. Passing through the screened door and into the front yard Raven motioned for her son to stop as he looked to his mother and she knelt down.

"What is it mom? Is dad coming? Is he? Is he?" Jaune bounced up and down. As Raven's eyes softened. Her little bandit was just a bundle of joy wasn't he?

Her eyes downcast as she looked to the ground then to her little bandit. "Jaune. My son. Your father… Your father isn't coming back. Ever. He's… Abandoned you, to us." Raven looked to her little bandit to see what it looked like his world had completely shattered.

"NO!"

/12 hours earlier\

Ruby was excited to say the least. It was her big brother's birthday! It was almost as exciting as Ruby's own birthday. She was ecstatic! Ruby had spent weeks looking for the perfect gift until she finally decided on a maroon cape like her's and their mother's.

When she had woken up she had almost burst through Jaune's door to yell happy birthday to him. Only to be caught by her sister and dragged back into Yang's room. "Mom wants to keep Big bro's birthday a surprise to him okay? I know it'll be hard to not let him know. But if you can hold out tonight you can go all out."

Ruby was weighing her options. But in the end her love for her big brother trumped her love to tackle him. After all, Ruby knew she was going to be the one to marry him! She was the only one for him! He liked weapons almost as much as her and was terrible at making friends too! It was a match made in heaven! Not even Yang will stop her conquest to Jaune's heart!

After a quick breakfast, it was time for school. Both Jaune and Ruby dreaded school. For different reasons. For one, Jaune hated to learn and Ruby knew her big brother was smart enough to just skip right to Beacon from signal but he stayed behind. Clearly for her, wasn't that sweet?

Ruby however hated school because she had to deal with Yang and her posse. Luckily Jaune scared them away from her, that's just like him! He was smart and could fight better than anyone! Even Yang. That's the only reason the kids at Signal respected him, he could beat the fifth years without breaking a sweat. And his weapon was scythe? He was literally perfect in Ruby's eyes.

There was just one problem that stood in between Ruby confessing to her big brother. One ginormous problem that stood in between her and a life of happiness with multiple kids ordered from the stork company.

The problem was. Her big sister.

Her big butt big sister stood in front of her, blocking her path to happiness with her massive loches of golden hair that she inherited from their father. Yang clearly held feelings for the same sibling and neither Ruby nor Yang were willing to share the big brother.

It was a rivalry for the ages. Small and cute red or big and beautiful yellow. And Ruby was not about to lose to her sister. But Ruby knew that in a few years she would beat Yang. She drank lots of milk after all!

But right now. In the present, Ruby and Yang had a truce. After school, Jaune left to go train with Ruby's other mother in 'The way of the blade' or so her mother says. It was only another hour before the big surprise and Ruby couldn't wait.

Summer made a side remark about how she hoped the two didn't kill each other. Ruby's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. Mom and big brother were going to kill each other!? Ruby was freaking out. It took all her determination to not run out to save her big brother from the clutches of her mother.

But Ruby knew the rules. 'One must not interfere in a Branwen's training. It is the most serious offence to stop a Branwen in the middle of a work out. One that is punishable by a time out' And Ruby was not about those evil time outs.

After another ten minutes Taiyang had gone to grab the Branwen's which was suicide in Ruby's eyes. Maybe he was sacrificing himself to save his nephew. Ruby couldn't tell. Luckily Jaune ran in first and Ruby tackled him. "Big brother!" She hugged her brother tightly. As tight as she could. "I missed you Big Brother! Mom was worried that you and other mom were going to kill each other!" She was not exaggerating in the slightest as she hugged him tighter.

Suddenly her rival in love for her big brother had entered from the hallway. "Ruby, stop exaggerating." Ruby twitched as she let go of her favorite sibling and led him to the kitchen where Summer was holding her special casserole dish. There were poppers and streamers lightly taped underneath the dining room table. When Jaune asked for the occasion she knew it was the signal. She snatched as much as her hands could carry and practically threw it at her big brother.

After an explanation of it being his birthday from her rival in love. Jaune looked suddenly sad. She didn't know why but that made her angry. Why was her big brother sad! It was his birthday! But when he explained that his father was supposed to come and visit him she became sad as well. Ruby guessed that Jaune's father left him here for a year and a half for a reason.

When Raven took her son outside Ruby looked to Yang who was nearly lighting anything flammable near her on fire. She stormed up to her mother and father and began to shout. "Why should he care about some old deadbeat of a dad when he has us?"

Summer shushed yang and put a hand on both the girls shoulders "Jaune's father… Has a very special connection to Jaune and Jaune has one to his father as well. He may be family, but we are nowhere near being as close to Jaune as he is with his father. Do you understand?"

"Then I'll make him understand that he should just forget about him! I should be way more important than that old man!" Yang nearly screamed as she was about to run towards the door and chase after her big brother and mother both girls heard an ear shattering scream.

"NO!"

/12 hours earlier\

Yang was happy to say the least. It was her big bro's birthday today. She got her brother a golden locket with symbol on it. She had saved up her weekly allowance to get an aura reinforced locket so it would never ever break. Just like her love for her big bro. And not that silly sibling love. Real love. Yang knew Jaune was the one. She was going to marry her big bro and have a bunch of kids with him! She just knew it.

Before she could reminisce about the moment she fell in love with her big bro she snagged Ruby by the hood before explaining to her how their mom's wanted to keep his birthday a secret. It wouldn't be much of a suprise if he knew about the surprise right?

But for now, it was time for school. Jaune helped pack lunches for everyone with mom and started us on our merry way. School was the best part of Yang's day. She could hang out with friends while beating people up? How awesome was that? Yang was the strongest in her year other than her big bro. She didn't know how or why but he was strong, really strong. He could even beat her in close quarters combat. With a hand behind his back! That just proved how much of a perfect couple Yang and Jaune were to be. The strongest of Signal academy marrying the second strongest? It was a match made in heaven!

What was hard for Yang however, was the fact that neither Jaune nor Ruby had any friends at all. For different reasons of course. Ruby may not have realized it, but Jaune is really intimidating. That's the only reason people never approach him! He just scares the crap out of anyone who's near. Other than Yang or Ruby of course. Ruby on the other hand is just really bad at socializing, hell, she doesn't even want to socialize. "I don't need anyone other than big brother!" She would say.

Today however one of her friends asked why she even stands those two. "They're weird and scary Yang, how do you even put up with them?" Yang may or may not have snapped right then and there. And she may or may not have left a beat up girl in the corner of the gym today. No one insults her future husband no matter what, oh! And Ruby too I guess.

After school today big bro left to train with mom while Yang went to train with dad in hand to hand combat. Yang knew that dad was going easy on her. Even though she had begged for him to go harder on the training, it was nowhere near as tough as what mom was giving big bro. Other mom made a side comment that the two were going to kill each other. Yang rolled her eyes as dad beat her to the punch of getting Jaune and mom. "Honey! Jaune! Dinner's ready!" he yelled as he went back inside.

Yang quickly went to go to the bathroom and put on some makeup and mess with her hair one last time. She needed to look pretty to catch big bro's eye. By the time Yang had finished brushing her golden locks Ruby was hugging Jaune and going on about how mom was going to kill him or something like that.

"Ruby, stop exaggerating." She said. She grabbed Ruby by the collar and pulled her off of big bro. It was time for dinner and the big shabang. Yang was almost as excited as Ruby about this. Other mom came out of the kitchen with her signature apron and casserole. Jaune asked about the occasion that's when Ruby and Yang reached underneath the table where confetti and streamers were taped underneath the table and threw it at Jaune. Jaune looked even more confused as he was bombarded with confetti.

It was when Jaune asked about the occasion Yang put her arms around her big bro. "Silly! It's your birthday! Surprise! Now get ready, we've got presents, cake and-" she was cut off when Jaune started to tremble. He went on and on about how it couldn't be his birthday. His dad hadn't showed up yet. And when mom grabbed big bro to bring him outside Yang looked to her father who was hugging other mom. And to say the least.

Yang was pissed.

Why would big bro want his dad! He had her and Ruby and mom! What more could he want! She asked her dad what he would need to be happy and his response was not what Yang was looking for. "Jaune's father… Has a very special connection to Jaune and Jaune has one to his father as well. He may be family, but we are nowhere near being as close to Jaune as he is with his father. Do you understand?" No, no she didn't understand. What she did understand was that he needed to forget that old bird and stay with her. Make a big happy family! Who needed that stupid man who left her big bro.

Yang sprinted towards the door to grab her big bro and bring him back. To open the presents that he hadn't opened yet but that's when she heard her mom say the words to Jaune. "Jaune. My son. Your father… Your father isn't coming back. Ever. He's… Abandoned you, to us." And those words broke Yang's heart. She knew that Jaune's father meant the world to him. He would brag about how strong he was and that nobody could beat him. And Yang wanted to take that away? She reached for the door when Jaune screamed.

"NO!"

/-\

Jaune was broken. Dad would never leave him right? It said so in his letter! He was coming back on his birthday. And if he didn't come back then that means it wasn't his birthday. "It can't be mom. You're lying mom. You're a really bad liar. Dad is coming back, see? He even wrote it here." Jaune in his hysterics pulled out the letter. Pointing to him the point where it said he was coming back on his birthday. But to Raven, he was just pointing at where his father said that he was leaving his son.

"I'm sorry my little bandit. He won't ever be coming back." Raven tried to hug her son but he pushed her away and ran towards the forest. Towards his father's cabin. His mother had told him that's where she and her father hung out when they wanted to get away from the loud noises.

To him, it was a sanctuary. To know his father would be back soon. Raven gave chance to Jaune but he was faster and lighter. Raven reached for her weapon to create the portal to her son but quickly realized that she left it back at the house.

Now in the forest Jaune quickly lost Raven in the dense shrubbery and trees as he sprinted towards his father's cabin. He slammed open the doors. The candles were lit around the only table in the room sized building. There were streamers and confetti. A large sign said 'Happy Birthday Jaune!' was hung along the rafters. Jaune assumed this is where the cake and presents were going to be held after eating the casserole he so rudely ran from. Eyeing a few presents on the table he quickly opened them.

After tearing through his presents he took inventory. One idea was in his head the entire time. 'If he isn't coming to me. Then I'm coming to him. No matter what' he kept on repeating it in his head like a mantra as he took inventory of what he had gotten. From Ruby he had gotten a maroon cloak similar to his mother's and Ruby's herself. He got a golden, aura infused, amulet from Yang. He slid it over his neck and looked to his final two presents from his two mothers. Summer had gotten Jaune a journal for himself. He didn't know why but he felt like there was something special about it. And finally from his other mother. Raven gave her son her weapon. The red blade gleamed in the candle light as he sheathed with nothing on his back but a maroon cloak the color of his eyes, a crimson sword and a gold amulet. And a final journal he tore out a page from the journal and wrote a goodbye letter to his family.

Dear family,

I have to go. I'm going looking for my dad. I'll find him. No matter what it takes. You've given me so much. I want to thank you, mothers, uncle, Yang and Ruby. You are the best family I could have ever gotten. I wish you luck on your lives, but I kinda need to leave to find my dad. I can't stay on Patch and look for him

I'm sorry

-Jaune

It wasn't much. But it will have to do. Raven would look for him. But she needs her sword to create her portals. And currently he has that sword. Hearing voices, most likely his family. Jaune fled. He fled towards the first place he could think of. 'Vale seems like a good place to search. I'll find you soon dad. Real soon.' And with, Jaune fled

/Vale, the slums\

"Give us the cash rat!" A man in a black suit and red tie kicks down a girl into a garbage can. The small girl gets up and tries to run out of the alley. Maybe if she can make it into the streets somebody will help her. The man grabs the girls collar and drags her back in. "I said...Give. Me. The. Money!"

The sun shines into the alley. Blocking the girls sight of the outside world. All she sees is the man pull a knife and thrust towards her face. She closes her eyes. Maybe in another life things won't be so bad? Oh, who was she kidding she knows it'll all go black soon.

"Hey!" The man stops mid thrust. He turns around to see a blond kid. A garbage can in one hand and a lead pipe in another. A tattered cloak the same color of his eyes. Heck they're the same color as the girls eyes. Maybe their family or something. "Let her go!"

"Yeah? What are you? Her knight in shining armor or something?" The man asks. The girl opens her eyes as she stares at the silhouette of the kid. She had to say. He looked kind of dashing in the light. However, when he stepped forward he revealed just to be a scrawny blond kid. Maybe he'd be enough of a distraction to get away?

To her surprise he drops the weapons and reaches behind him to grasp nothing. His eyes widened for half a second before quickly reaching lower and pulling out a crimson blade. He held it in both of his hands as he charged forward. The man didn't put up much of a fight as he quickly dashed away from the kid wielding a freaking sword. When the man turned the corner he turned back to emerald and reached out a hand.

She flinched away. "Hey, don't worry. I don't bite. What's your name?" Her saviour asked.

She slowly but surely reached her hand forward and brought her closer. "E-Emerald." She stuttered. Her saviour hugged her close. Much to her surprise she snuggled closer. For one reason or another she trusted him, even though she just met him.

"Good to meet you Emerald. I'm Jaune, and I'm heh kinda lost. And don't have a place to stay. Do you know at least somewhere I can get a roof over my head?" He asked. Emerald nodded vigorously as she grabbed him by the hand and out of the alley way.

"You can come to my hideout! We can steal stuff together!" She half cheered half dragged him.

"Heh, sounds nice emerald. Lead the way."


It's done! My longest chapter ever written on this story! I don't know why but my mind was brimming with ideas and I knew I just had to write them! Right after one paragraph was done another idea popped into my head and I just had to write it.

Anyway, Jaune runs from home number one to home number two with a new little sister emerald! Hooray! She gets a big brother! Speaking of which, I wanted Jaune to hold that 'big brother' sort of cliche as I felt like anything similar to this I read had Jaune being the small fry and nobody likes that!

Jaune also gets an item from each of his siblings and parents (excluding Tai, poor Tai) I gave Jaune Raven's sword so one, he couldn't be recognized having Qrow's weapon. And two so I had a way to counteract Raven's damn portal semblance.

This was a huge chapter for me and I was able to get so many ideas out of my head after clearing my plate for the week so I could finally start this story off the right way. A way that no one gets disappointed. Anyway I wanted to add a little bit more to finish off this chapter. So enjoy!

Also the computer I wrote and published this on didn't have grammarly so I'm sorry if I missed something when I read through this. Grammarly usually gets the ones I miss for me.

Until Next time!

-Nate


Returning empty handed.

"Jaune? Jaune? Can you hear me? I'm sorry!" Raven was searching for her son with her two daughters, husband and teammate. She was hysterical when she crashed through the household yelling that her little bandit had run away. Raven was currently however running towards her old brother's cabin where the second half of the party was going to take place.

When she opened the door and saw the presents were opened she smiled. 'He's probably hiding somewhere. Don't worry my little bandit, I'll find you.' As Jaune's mother searched through the one room cabin she looked through all of his usual hiding spots. Under the bed, in the chimney. Taped under the table. Unfortunately he wasn't in any of these places as she started to frantically search the cabin.

Summer and the girls had reached the cabin and started to look for Jaune as well. That's when Raven found something. A letter. Maybe it was a card that one of Jaune's friends sent him. She pondered on why hadn't he opened it. She tore it open to see the words that broke her heart. She knew what the rest of the letter was going to say when she read the words.

Dear family

That's all Raven needed to read to know Jaune was gone she quickly reached for her sword until she realized that she had given it to Jaune as a present for his birthday. A present he had taken. He had taken away the only way for her to reach him. And now, her little bandit was gone.

Raven went to her knees as she sobbed. Yang quickly snatched the letter and started to read it. Her hair quickly let fire as she ran towards the edge of Patch. It would not be to any avail however. Her little bandit was gone. Gone for good. Raven slammed her fist down onto the wooden floors and looked up to the open doorway.

'I will find you my little bandit. No matter the cost'


(Next Chapter) September 29th