The next, full chapter is here already. After the last two, I felt obligated to do this so early. Also I finished tomorrows chapter of A Link Between Worlds.
Jaune woke up from the dream, heart pounding as if her were really still there, under the tower, watching the fight that determined the fate of all humanity. Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, he sighed, trying to get his breathing under control. He heard the sheets shifting behind him, before feeling two strong, warm arms wrap around him, a familiar lemon scent wafting over him.
"Jaune..c'mon babe..it's so late." Yang slurred sleepily. Jaune looked at the clock, which read 4:36 a.m.
"Actually it's early Yang" he said, before feeling her pull him back into a laying position, her sleepy grumbling filling his ears. He didn't want to worry her, after all these years together, but still, the images from the dream stuck in his mind, as vivid as when he had first seen them ten years ago.
"I had another dream about that day" he said. Yang's arms were suddenly tight around him.
"Was...was it bad?" she asked, her voice tense, on edge. She never like reminders of that day, the day where they both lot so much, though in different ways.
"It felt like I was back there. And, I...nevermind" he said, not wanting to upset her more that she already was. Jaune felt her sit up, and he did the same, until they were both sitting cross legged on the bed.
"What, Jaune? Was there more to it this time? Did you remember more?" her eyes were turning red her hair starting to ignite, a bad sign.
"No, I still don't remember much after the fight it's just, It was...Ruby was there. And Weiss."
Yang turned her head away, her body cooling down from anger to sadness as it always did when Ruby was brought up. In the moonlight, he saw the glistening of tears in her eyes, and he pulled her into a hug, letting her cry like she always did. He knew he could have just not brought it up, but he knew, from the few times that he had tried, that Yang knew him well enough to know when he was hiding something. Eventually, she stopped crying, falling back onto the bed and drifting into a fitful sleep. Jaune looked over at the clock: 5:02.
Sighing, he slipped out of bed, covering up Yang, his love, his wife, and went to go check on their kids.
Many miles away, Jaune wasn't the only one dreaming about the fall of Old Beacon. Tossing fitfully on the bed, Ruby Rose eventually gave up trying to sleep, and instead, got up, heading to the bathroom. Once inside, she undressed, revealing many long vertical scars on her back, and turned on the shower, climbing in.
Afterward, as she was passing the steamed up mirror, she paused, looking at her foggy reflection. Wiping one hand across the surface, she looked at herself. Her hair had grown longer, hanging to just above her shoulders. There was the scar, running from her left temple all the way down to her cheek.
Then were her eyes, the left one green, the right brown, with golden flecks. Sighing, she left the room, dressing in black running shorts and a red tanktop, deciding to go for a run on the indoor track, one of the many perks that her house had, only befitting her position as General of the Valerian Armed Forces and Captain of the Rose Thorns.
As she walked through the house, she smiled thinking about the Rose Thorns, a special group of six men and five women specially picked and trained by her to fight the fights the regular army of 500 couldn't. Though she had only recently started them five months ago, after a disastrous fight on the Vacuoan border, already they were gaining a good reputation as legends.
And she couldn't have done it without the financial support of the SDaMSC, the Schnee Dust and Military Supply Corporation, headed by her longtime friend and recent romantic partner, Weiss Schnee. Ruby was so proud of how far they had both come, and it was only together, and with the help of Ozpin, that they had been able to found the Valerian Military.
Reaching the track, she was so lost in thought that she didn't notice the other person on the track until they ran into each other. Ruby managed to remain standing, but the other person, a woman, went sprawling. Recognizing them, ruby rushed over to help her up.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Blake!" Ruby said, pulling the faunus easily to her feet. Blake Belladonna was Ruby's friend, and also the lieutenant of the Rose Thorns. They had had a brief romance many years ago, but it fell apart. Afterward, to try and clear the air between them, Ruby had offered her the first position on the Rose Thorns, which Blake had gladly accepted.
"That's ok, commander. I should have been paying closer attention to where I was running." so saying, she saluted, before leaving the track. Ruby sighed. Still, after all these years Blake couldn't spend more than a minute in her presence. It had seemed to get better, until Ruby had started dating Weiss.
Beginning a slow jog around the track, Ruby checked her scroll for any urgent business. Unsurprisingly, there was a message from Ozpin, flagged as 'extremely important' increasing her pace slightly, she opened the message, beginning another long governmental day.
The small house on Patch was quiet in the early morning light, internal lights glowing softly as the inhabitants awoke. Then the tranquility was broken by the angry scream of a young girl.
"AHHHHHH! MOM, DAD, JUNIOR DUMPED WATER ON ME!"
Seconds later, Jaune rushed into the room, a sleepy Yang just behind him. They entered to find one glowering girl, age 4, her long curly hair dripping water as she say on her bed. Next to the bed, on the opposite side from the door, was a young boy, age five, with short blonde hair, and a mischievous grin, holding a small empty bucket.
"Junior.." sighed Jaune, as Yang went to the girl, grabbing a towel and drying her off. The boy, Jaune Arc Jr., stood innocently, hiding the bucket behind his back while his sister, Huo Xiao Long, glared at him from inside the towel.
"Yes dad?" he asked, his eyes, lavender like his mom, still gleaming with mischief.
"What have we told you about teasing your sister. No matter what, you won't make her semblance appear."
"Was worth a try!" he said, before teleporting out of the room, giggling madly.
Yang smiled as she finished drying her daughter. "He reminds me of, well, me, when I was younger." they both just stayed put for a moment as Huo chased after her brother. Yang rested her head on Jaune's shoulder listening to the chaos below, Huo having apparently caught Junior, and was threatening to drown him in the tub.
"Should we intervene?" asked Yang, giggling slightly.
"Not yet." replied Jaune, turning to kiss Yang.
From below them came the sound of the tub turning on.
"Now we step in" said Jaune, as they both rushed down to stop the murder in progress.
Wow, sorry for the Info dump chapter. Now I'll have to go back and do some more "past" chapters, which will be in Italics. I hope no one gets annoyed with the constantly shifting time era. Be sure to leave a review if you liked it, or if you didn't, ans I'll see you, whenever the next chapter is done!