Jaune was prompt up in a seat unconscious lilly sitting next to him.
" so Lilly how did you end up with jaune?"
Lilly frowned and shook her head.
" I can't remember very well to be honest. Daddy said It might be because of trauma.*yawn* but I remember daddy ...risking his... life ...for ...me~" Lilly eyes fell close and she gently leaned against her dad's torso falling asleep.
After a good twenty minutes, Jaune opened his eyes and sighed Lilly was definitely asleep looked over everyone and whispered.
" look ill tell you guys what happened but do not tell Lilly...there are some things she shouldn't remember."
They all looked at one another and nodded.
"jaune we promise not to tell her" said pyrha
" ok so here's what happened. It was during the second half of my first year out of beacon. I had been traveling and training for months when I came across a small village called Mune. The entire village looked like they where preparing for war. They had barricades and traps all over the village apparently they had been attacked by waves of Grimm for a week and they dared not venture outside there village, I helped around the village where I could fixing walls keeping watch, killing a Rouge Grimm here and there. But then when the sun set...all hell broke loose. There where hundreds of Grimm pooling out of the forest, the villagers used what ever they could. They used bows and arrows, knives, I actually saw one big lady wacking beawolfs left and right with a frying pan, they fought hard and they had to try and hold them off. We must have been fighting for hours it felt like each Grimm we killed three more where ready to take its place we though we could hold the wall we thought we could fight the hord off...but that was when a ancient Deathstalker rammed through the villages defenses and broke a giant hole into the wall." He looked out the window his expression showing so much regret and sadness in them Pyrrha placed a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
" After that all I could describe it as was pure carnage, everywhere I looked there was Grimm, civilians where being eaten, soldiers and the few huntsmen they had where fighting for their lives people where running and through all th a chaos...I see Lilly staring up at her real father he was trying to fight off the Alpha Boewolf I ran as fast as i could to try and help him but...he was cut to shreds by the Aplha Beawolf." Yang winced with a sympathetic look in her eyes and Ruby and nora where on the verge of crying." It was about to kill Lilly when I grabbed her and stated to run, it clawed and ripped off my chest plate and I tried to cut its head off...only for my sword to break in half as I hit its bone armour instead. I threw my sword at the Alpha and pulled out a combat knife
So there I was with one arm occupied by a shocked Lilly and only a combat knife to defend myself with and surrounded by Grimm from every direction." He paused for a moment before he continued. Everyone was listening intently hanging on his every word.
"I ran, I ran as fast as I could, but the Grimm where everywhere snapping and clawing at me with every turn through the overun city. It was like a deadly maze I didn't even know how many I killed but it never seemed to matter. I kept running and shielding Lilly's body with my own my aura quickly running out with ever attack. I spent hours running until I hid inside a warehouse it was still dark outside. Lilly was still in shock just blankly staring forward . I spent the next hour trying to comfort her and keeping an eye open for any Grimm. The night grew quite and all I could hear was silence...that when I realized the village was gone, there wasn't any chance that it could be reclaimed.
That's when I saw the Deathstalker crawling towards the warehouse and i remembered a crucial detail about the Grimm.
They were attracted to negative emotions. My head snapped back to Lilly who was now rocking back and forth hugging her knees. Immediately I picked her up and ran as the Deathstalker crashed into the ware house wall.
It snapped and tried to impale me with its stinger I ran out the other side of the warehouse and kept running. I killed a beawolfs with my knife and kept running until I found what must have been a blessing. I found a van of all the things to find, I found a van. I immediately jumped in only to find a bloody mess in the driver's seat, I reluctantly sat in the divers seat and I started the car up. Once it was started I buckled Lilly in and I floored it down the streets adrenaline pumping through my system and me finally getting over my motion sickness. I ran over any Grimm that got in my way. But on my way out of the village I saw something that chilled my very soul. I saw a boy the same age as Lilly running I tried to drive closer to him and save him too but... something got to him before I could. I didn't even see what it was one minute he was running towards the van the next...he's gone. I didn't dare stop driving after that. I kept driving for hours until the sun came up...After that I spent the next couple of months traveling with Lilly. Trying to comfort her. It took a lot of time, and effort but eventually she started to act like a kid again." He smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"Once we where safe and she was kinda ok...Well as ok as she could be. I was met with a very tough choice what to do about Lilly. Now originally I was gonna see about putting her up for adoption...But that's when I found out about the white fang breeding farms. So you can see why that was a bust." Blake tensed at this and looked down gripping her knees.
"One night I was making dinner and I though about how this must have felt like for Lilly for her entire world to crumble around her. Her friends,family,home all gone in a was alone because of me, because I wasn't fast enough...because I couldn't save her father in time." his voice now one of sadness and regret as he stroked her head softly.
"So I decided that I would raised her as my own, but I gave her the choice. I told her.
'Lilly I know I can't ever replace what you lost but would you like to be a part of my family? I don't have much but I promise to take care of you and raise you like my own'...she agreed with a eager smile." He smiled and gently rubbed her tiger ears. Blake smiled at that. For any faunus even children only those close to you are allowed to touch their faunus appendages.
" I will admit it was hard at first, raising a little gir for a number of reasons, I didn't have a house, we where constantly moving, she couldn't make any lasting friends, and I had to be extra cautious while traveling... And her an attitude definitely didn't help at all" he said as he eyed the girl that subconsciously smirked in her sleep. But he then smiled softly as he patted her head "But I never regretted it, not once…because I love her she Is MY DAUGHTER and I don't care what people say about it...if they got a problem they can tell it to my sword" he said as he stroked her hair."and I promised that i will always protect her."
Ruby and Nora where holding each other as they both cried, Weiss wiped away a tear and nodded at Jaune in Respect...ok wow was the world ending?
Blake was crying both from the touching story and at the...well love. It was heartwarming sight and one she would have never thought she would see. A Human raising a Faunus child with actual love and kindness.
Yang and Pyrrha were both smiling at Jaune.
" wow...Jaune you've gotten a major boost in the list of people I respect" said yang with a proud smile she understood what Jaune ment it was hard raising a kid. heck she had to practically raise ruby after summer died. She knew first hand how hard it is to try and heal a little girls broken heart.
"so what have you guys been up too?" Asked Jaune
Yang raised her hand ."well a few months after you left ren and Nora started to date." Said yang there was a long pause as Jaune looked over Ren and Nora the two of them nodding and he grinned.
" HA Pay up Pyrrha I won the bet!" Said Jaune as he held out his hand.
Pyrrha raised a eyebrow before her eye widened " That doesn't count they only got together after you left!" She shouted
Jaune o oh smirked at her "doesn't matter pay up" he said with a smirk as Pyrrha begrudgingly pulled out a hundred lien.
Nora was blushing and ren eye brow was twitching.
" care to explain oh fearless leader?" He asked
" well me and Pyrrha had a few bets going on one of which was how long it would take until you two started dating I better on the first year. She bet it would be in two years."
Ren pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head"...*sigh* of course"
"...*sigh* I want twenty lien" said Nora it was only fair she was part of that damn bet.
Everyone started to laugh at the couple jaune leaned back in his chair, Lilly woke up and watched her dad. He was happy, it was nice seeing him smile like this.
"wait what where the other bets?" Asked ren with a raised eyebrow.
" We also had a bet to see which of the staff members would crack first. I bet pro-Doctor oobleck" he said and at the mention of his name team RWBY cringe.
"...oh boy what happened?" He asked.
"uh...well let's just say you won that bet...oobleck went through a coffee withdrawal and he snapped and fought ozpin for his coffee mug...yeah it wasn't pretty." Said ruby and she looked like she was having a traumatic flashback.
Jaune was mildly concerns for his friends before a large grin grew on his face.
" Pyrrha pay up" he said and she groaned pulling out another one hundred lien.
It took a few hours but when they landed Jaune let Lilly sit on his shoulders into beacon.
"...wow this place hasn't changed much...*breath* its good to be back." He said
Lilly looked around beacon wide eyed "wow it's a castle!" She said was th excitement.
" yup. So let's go see the old guy " he said getting a giggle from Lilly.
" onwards daddy" jaune neid like a horse and ran forward.
Ren smirked until Nora jumped on his back.
"Renny charge we cannot let them defeat our bond!" She cheered Ren rolled his eyes before he ran after Jaune.
"well this brings back some memories." Said Jaune feeling all nostalgic.
Every one else could only laugh and smile at what they saw. Although the other students both new and old gave Jaune a questioning look. Well you would too when you say a blonde knight giving a faunus girl a piggy back ride in a combat school.
When they got to the headmasters office Ozpin was rather surprised to say the least, while Glynda had a more shocked look on her face as they looked at the little girl attached to Jaune's right leg as she stood beside her father.
" well it's been a while hasn't professor goodwitch ...this is my daughter Lilly Travers Arc...Lilly these are two of my old teachers"
Lilly waved and hid behind her dad's leg.
"h-hello it's nice to meet you. Mr. Ozpin, and miss goodwish" She said ozpin smiled at the child giving a amused laugh at how she messed up Glynda's name.
Glynda was trying with all her might to not blush at the little girl Infront if her. In all honesty this was the last thing she thought would happen to her today. Heck she was more prepared for a raid on the school then this cute girl.
" pleasure to meet you Lilly...i take it she was the reason you didn't come back at the proper time." He asked Jaune. He sheepishly scratched his cheek.
"uh it's more complicated then that sir." He said ozpin nodded of course it was. He picked up his coffee mug and nodded to Jaune.
"well in any case mister Arc I think it would be best if the child were put into a foster care for your remaining time here at Be-"
"No" Jaune interrupted the man as he raised an eyebrow to the boy, the boy crossed his arms, as he stood defiantly against ozpin. And everyone in the room tensed gone was Jaune arc the awkward knight right now he was the white knight. He was dead serious...and dangerous.
Jaune glared at ozpin something no one would ever think Jaune would ever do.
" with all due respect I will not put my daughter in one of those foster homes when she can and most likely will be mistreated and abused. Or worse sold. Me and my daughter come as a package deal if she can't stay I won't stay." He said he and ozpin stared each other down for a very tense five minutes.
The entire room was deadly quite as they both only stared down the other.
Glynda could only stare slack-jawed at jaunes audacity. While team RWBY and NPR stood behind Jaune in silent support.
Ozpin placed his mug down and smiled at Jaune.
" haha good to see you've got your father's devotion to his family. very well she can stay." He said Glynda adjusted her glasses.
" Headmaster I must object allowing a student to raise a child in a hunters academy would be a total disregard of school rules, what's more what would the board of education say abou-" she stopped as she looked down to see the small girl in front of her, her eyes wide and pleading with a small amount of adorableness in them.
"Please don't make me leave my daddy Pretty Lady," she said with a small sniffle at the end of her sentence, to add to the cute ness she flattend her ears the older woman felt her heart be stabbed by the cute girl. With a blushing face she nodded as she turned her head away from the adorable Faunus girl.
"F-fine you can stay…" she said with an large blush on her face and a slight chuckle from Ozpin. Glynda always had a soft spot for children. Lily swiftly behind her back turned to her father, a sparkle in her eyes as she quickly made a thumbs-up that clearly said 'Success' while the rest that saw her, minus Glynda, looked at the girl stunned. Lilly had the decency to look a little sheepish.
'that sneaky brat' they thought as they saw a rather cunning side to the Tiger eared and tailed girl. Jaune could only smile with pride. He and her tutor had been teaching Lilly how to survive using everything at her disposal and that included her ADORABLENESS seriously she was just way to cute you'd have to be heartless to not feel any sympathy.
"b-but her education should come first. So perhaps...she can receive a sort of home-schooling or you can enroll her on a elementary school close to the docks." She said and jaune nodded.
"however a small dorm room isn't the best place to raise a child." He said he reached into his desk and pulled out multiple keys.
" so I recommend teams JNPR and RWBY volunteer to be a guinie pig so to speak. Your two teams will live in a three story complex , it's large and is practically a fort. it used to be a old dormitory back during times of war it's more then capable of housing two teams."
"thank you sir." Said Jaune.
"Miss Rose can you please take the younge Arc with you to the new Dorm while I talk to her father in private for a bit, Ms. Goodwitch will show you to the dorm" he said as the blond woman nodded and guided the others to the door. Lily however was unwilling to move from her fathers leg as she griped tighter to his leg, Jaune smiled as he knelt down to meet her at eye level.
" don't wprry sweety i'll be right behind you honey, I just need to talk to Ozpin for a minute, go with auntie Nora for a bit and be a good girl Ok?" he asked the small girl.
"Ok daddy, but you better be right behind me!" she said as she pointed straight at his face, her cheeks slightly puffed out as if it were here serious face, the boy chuckled while holding out his pinky.
"Ok, I promise" he said as the girl grinned before she locked her pinky with his. She ran off and Nora picked her up letting her the younge faunus to sit on her shoulders.
"Ok lets go!" she said as they left the office with Glynda following close behind them, the door soon shut close as the two occupants were left in silence.
"Now Mister Arc" he said Jaune had a serious look on his face as he turned back to the man as he motioned to the spare seat adjacent from him.
"We have a lot to talk about" he said as the doors closed behind him.
The two of them once again where locked in a staring match. Ozpin didn't know why but for some reason there was a tension between them.
" so mister Arc care to explain why you didn't return upon the agreed time?" Asked ozpin
" well I found a mentor so to speak. I can't tell you who...but you will probably figure it out soon" he said with a smirk Ozpin poured jaune a cup of coffee.
" hey ozpin what's your favorite fairy tale?" Asked jaune ozpin raised and eyebrow but motioned for jaune to continue.
"well I was personally like a old legend called-"
CLIFFHANGER! MUWAHAHAHAHA!
yes I just did that. Go ahead and rage all you'd like. But that's a spoiler for later. Hahaha
So I hope you guys enjoyed also a announcement. The four year training trip and the huntsmen are on temporary hiatus. Until further notice. Thank you for reading I hope you enjoyed and please leave a review.
~later days
Wiseotaku
Omake Doctor Ooblecks coffee withdrawal.
It was a peaceful day at beacon students where attending class, there weren't any Grimm invading, white fang attacks nope everything was a ok.
What they didn't realise however was that Doctor oobleck wife had put him on a special diet and that mean.
No coffee.
It had barely been one day since he had any coffee. His wife bless her didn't realise how dangerous it was to stop a addiction.
He was currently taking some appear work to ozpin office the minute he opened the door he was assaulted by the rich scent of coffee and seeing ozpin at his desk with his mug in hand.
It was the final straw that broke the camel's back.
*BOOOM* he dropped the stalk of paper work.
" I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Yelled the hyperactive Doctor he rushed ozpin intent to get the sweet elixer in the porcelain grail.
Ozpin was surprised at this and jumped over oobleck and grabbing his cane apon landing.
Oobleck in his coffee withdrawal state tackled ozpin using his speed semblance sending the two of them crashing out the window Inorganic the courtyard below.
" OOOBLECK!"
"I NEEED IT!" Hissed oobleck with a crazed gleam in his eyes.
Ozpin sent a green shockwave through his body blasting and into the cafeteria. The crazed doctor only ran back out with several giant melons.
"COFFEE! COFFE!" He screamed and started to throw the watermelons at ozpin so fast they became small comets of destruction. Ozpin jumped and dodged the melons only for oobleck to grab his mug tugging at it.
"MINE!"