I apologize this chapter took too long to write but university can be quite time consuming. So here is the re-written third chapter of drunken marriage bargain.
Furthermore, I am changing this story to drama not humour. I have realized that I cannot write humour to save my life instead I am going to focus on emotions, drama etc.
Lastly, If you are willing and have the time to beta for this story I will be extremely grateful. Besides that, please enjoy this hopefully new and improved chapter.
Meet the Uncle
"Qrow" Glynda warned as a tense stand-off began with Jaune sweating bullets while Ruby and Yang were quite surprised that their uncle showed up so quickly. The man chuckled as he shifted his scythe back to sword form resting the blade on his shoulder before taking a swig from his hip flask.
"Relax Glynda I just want to talk to the man my nieces married" the man sauntered in a straight line which was surprisingly considering he reeked of booze. His form completely doing a 180 to when he was threating to separate Jaune's head from his shoulders, he was completely relaxed.
He leaned down to be face to face with Jaune his eyes glinting as he analysed the blonde who couldn't supress a gulp. "You don't mind I get to know the guy my nieces married?" his eyes glinted with something that made Jaune shiver in complete and utter fear.
"Uncle Qrow don't scare Jaune!" Ruby berated her uncle as everyone could see the blonde knight was clearly feeling a little more than nervous. "Qrow we don't tolerate the intimidation of students at this academy." Glynda added as Ozpin merely continued sipping his coffee. Pyrrha and Weiss did not look amused by the arrival of the drunken uncle while Blake was indifferent. Ruby and Yang although happy to see their uncle Ruby was worried for her first friend's life more so than Yang who was kind of enjoying watching Jaune squirm under her uncle's gaze.
"Relax Glynda I just wanna talk get to know him. I will be taking him into Vale for a few hours" Qrow suggested but Ozpin was not having any of it, he wouldn't want Mr. Arc mysteriously disappearing. "Qrow, you can get to know Mr. Arc in the Cafeteria. I am sure him and his friends could do with some food." Qrow clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Let's go kid, I am sure we are going to get along just fine" Qrow spoke calmly as he placed his arm around Jaune's neck.
"Y-Yeah I-I guess so" Jaune answered meekly as he glanced backward hoping one of his wives would save him. "I am hungry as well!" Ruby immediately came along not willing to trust her uncle with Jaune. Yang was not going to join but she could not resist the almighty power of Ruby's puppy eyes "Yeah I could use something to eat" she said as well.
"We may as well all go for lunch" Weiss declared with a huff, Ruby and Yang's uncle did not give a first good impression but she would not be averse to him roughing up a certain blonde knight. Pyrrha meanwhile was extremely worried for her crush. "Yeah, I am quite hungry" Pyrrha added.
They began filing out of Ozpin's office who merely watched while enjoying his Mistralian coffee. "Glynda could you follow them and ensure Qrow does not do anything rash or hasty" Glynda nodded however before she did begin leaving the room, she turned to face Ozpin "The bet is still on; he still isn't dating them technically. White Knight will happen"
"Indeed, the bet is still on but it is clearly obvious Arkos will occur." Ozpin replied before sipping on his coffee, a challenging smile on his face as Glynda left the room, her heels echoing as she exited. (I don't take credit for teachers betting on possible ships another author came up with that who I don't know but the credit goes to them)
A notification from his scroll earned his attention. Glancing down to his scroll he raised an eyebrow as he took a long sip of his coffee. "I wonder if I should send my condolences…" he pondered
Jaune heart was racing in his chest, Ruby and Yang's uncle looked really scary and he has a FREAKING SCYTHE. He also smelt of alcohol which means that he may not be thinking straight which also means something bad could happen which involved pain and lots of it.
"Relax kid you're stiff as a plank" Qrow spoke casually as he saw how tense the blonde knight was. "S-Sorry just the situation is weird…" Jaune admitted on a holistic level, Qrow chuckled "Weird? imagine Ozpin calling you and telling you your nieces are married. To the same guy no less!" as he sipped from his flask. Jaune did admit that also was quite weird, glancing over his shoulder he took comfort in the fact his friends were following him and Goodwitch slightly further behind her eyes narrowed like a hawk.
"So how did it happen kid?" Qrow asked as they finally arrived at the cafeteria he grabbed a seat close to the window, Jaune sat on the seat opposite of him. Qrow sent a look to Ruby and Yang telling them to keep their distance.
Ruby was about to open her mouth in protest but her uncles look only intensified. "Come on Ruby we will still be nearby if we need to save our hubbys life from our murderous uncle" Yang attempted to comfort Ruby but it only made her worry more and Pyrrha also was quite on edge. "While I do agree with Yangs point do you really have to call him 'that'?" Weiss deadpanned still disgusted by the fact that Jaune Arc was technically her husband correction their husband. "Chill out Weiss it's just a joke. We are stuck with this situation we may as well make the most of it" Yang pointed out. The heiress wasn't even going to bother arguing with the blonde brawler instead she took a seat on a table which was two rows away from where Qrow and Jaune were sitting.
The rest of the girls joined her with Pyrrha and Ruby watching intently as out of them all they were the closest to the boy. "We can't hear what they are saying" Ruby spoke with concern, Yang cracked a wide grin "One of our teammates can though" she pointed out as she turned to Blake who barely glanced over her book cover. "No" she replied before getting back to her book, Ruby pouted in response and unleashed the onslaught of her puppy dog eyes "Pleaseeeee Blake". Blake glanced into her begging eyes not even the stoic cat Faunus could resist and broke under the onslaught shutting her book and putting it down.
"Fine " she conceded begrudgingly before using her superior hearing to listen. Jaune sighed before he began talking "Well, we decided to go out after lessons." The Huntsman pulled out his flask as he began listening to the young man. "It was to celebrate after winning my first spar. My footwork was apparently impressive and it got out of the bag that I knew how to dance.
So after agreeing to go out we went to the landing pad. Yang suggested to go clubbing as she wanted to see how good my dancing skills were and the others were hesitant at first but after some convincing from Yang and I we ended up going" Jaune paused, a blush beginning to colour his face as he remembered the situation he woke up in. He glanced up to see the eyes of a grizzled huntsman staring back at him his blood red eyes screamed get to the point, the boy promptly cracked "I woke up strapped to the bed and we were all naked."
Blake face palm practically echoed throughout the cafeteria. "Smooth Jaune Arc, Smooth" she muttered with absolute disbelief everyone in the table looked at her before she was assailed by questions. She then repeated what the Arc had said and Weiss promptly hung her head in shame and used her hands to clutch her face as she groaned. "Oh monty only he could do such a thing!" Yang shouted as she clutched her sides trying to prevent them from splitting. Ruby was blushing as was Pyrrha. They all had to give the older huntsman credit he was keeping a straight face, they watched intently and silently as Blake continued listening in.
Qrow's face barely moved as he nonchalantly reached behind himself to pull out his trusty flask and popping it open to enjoy the taste of whisky. Jaune watched with baited breath, waiting for something anything, well not anything that would involve the huntsman reaching for his scythe. The huntsmen levelled a look against the blonde knight.
"*Sigh* what did you get yourself into kid?" Qrow muttered with dare Jaune say it pity.
"Kid, I don't think you understand the kind of situation you are in" the huntsman grunted as he levelled his gaze against the boy
"W-what do you mean?" Jaune stuttered as he nervously grabbed his right arm with his left.
"Tell me do you like any of these girls you are a quote on quote married to?" Qrow asked bluntly which made a certain white haired heiress flit through Jaune's mind.
"I'll take that as yes" Qrow declared rattling the blonde out of his thoughts.
"I-I do" Jaune admitted. Qrow sighed before reaching into his pocket to grab his whisky flask before he took a drink of it. He then leaned forward, his eyes locking onto Jaune.
"Listen here kid, this is quite the mess you are in, get out of it as soon as possible." The huntsman advised
"T-that is what I am trying to do but we can't get a divorce the Vales Great Cathedral is nothing but rubble. We have to get divorced in the place we were married it will take months before it is rebuilt!" Jaune explained with lack of hope.
"The cathedral won't be an issue; it will be repaired in a few months. The issue is what if one of you doesn't consent to a divorce you are all married to each other, you all need to consent to get rid of the marriage. If not, then you're going to get in a legal battle and shit gets messy. Unlikely but it's a scenario that could happen and something that should be avoided." Qrow pointed out as his eyes glanced to his Jaune's friends. His eyes focused on Pyrrha he could see the concern in her eyes clear as day and his gut was telling him that the girl liked him. He then thought about Ruby how she jumped to his defence, she cared for Jaune. Caring could easily develop into feelings. Yang has a sweet spot for Ruby so that could be messy as well. Then there was Winters younger sister who seemed to dislike Jaune as hinted by her eyes that seemed to have an edge to them directed at the blonde knight. That meant she would want to get out of this marriage as fast as possible. Then Blake was a wildcard in his eyes but Qrow could see that she was patiently observing them.
Qrow took a long drink of his flask emptying it making a mental note to get a refill. Before continuing as memories of an older blonde flickered through his mind, an equally dense blonde. "Look, what I am trying to say is when feelings are involved things tend to get messy. I knew… a friend of mine he was dense and two girls were interested him. He had to pick one, he did and they all got hurt in the short term… and the long term." Jaune listened nervously his heart racing as many scenarios began racing through his mind. Qrow paused noticing Jaune nervously grabbing his arm before he Jaune responded.
"I-I would never hurt Ruby or Yang or any of my friends" manging to look the grizzled huntsman in the eye, corners of his lip twitched almost as if they were about to form a smile.
"I believe that kid but the same could happen here, scratch that it will happen. When it does you, your friends and my nieces are going to get hurt. The extent is up to you Jaune Arc." Qrow declared before he stood up shoving his hands in his pocket as he walked to Jaune's side. Jaune paled before he stammered a nervous response.
"W-wait what do you mean up to me?" Qrow looked from the corner of his eyes down at Jaune making him shrink before the experienced and scary huntsman.
"Don't get me wrong, you are in all this together but you are at the centre of it. Think about what I said kid. Also, if you fuck up colossally kid especially with Ruby and Yang I won't be so cordial…" he offered one last piece of advice and threat before he walked out of the cafeteria intent on getting some more alcohol.
Jaune mind went into overdrive as he felt his throat dry and his heart quicken. Ruby and Yang's uncle was right, he was the centre of this but how would things get messy? Weiss didn't like him and he was sure after draining her bank account she wasn't exactly more receptive to going on a date with him despite them technically being married.
Talk about skipping a step Jaune inwardly sighed.
Pyrrha could never ever like him, she was way out of league and so was Yang. Ruby was his first friend but they were just exactly that friends and Blake well he wasn't close to Blake.
"Blake what they did talk about?" Ruby pestered the Faunus after her uncle left as everyone turned to her expecting to hear the full details of the conversation. Blake decided it wouldn't be best to tell them everything when they could ask Jaune about it and she felt that she listened into business that wasn't hers.
"Why don't we just ask him?" Blake deadpanned, Ruby blushed while Weiss nodded in agreement with such a plan. Yang was not easy to gobble up Blake's comment and gave her partner a look who returned it turn she was not going to back down on the subject, it was for Jaune to tell them the more important details.
"We should" Pyrrha nodded in agreement
"Let's go then!" Ruby declared
A small whip of wind and trail of rose petals occurred before Jaune came face to face with a pair of concerned silver eyes.
"Oh my gosh Jaune are you okay? My uncle can be a bit intimidating; he didn't threaten to break your legs or anything? He just really cares for Yang and Me and tends to be overprotective." Ruby blasted away making Jaune lean back under the barrage. Yang pulled Ruby back by her cape jolting her to a stop.
"Alright Ruby that's enough I think our husband got enough pestering from Uncle Qrow" Yang pointed out.
"Please stop calling him that" Weiss begged while Pyrrha fought hard to keep her blush down.
"So what did Ruby and Yangs uncle talk to you about?" Pyrrha asked with a mixture of concern and curiosity for her secret crush turned husband.
"Your uncle is kind of scary Ruby, Yang. But he was just concerned for you but I told him I would never hurt you guys." Jaune explained as he scratched the back of his neck
"Yeah that's uncle Qrow for ya, he threatened you didn't he?" Yang chuckled, Jaune shuddered a little as he remembered Qrow oh not so discrete threat.
"Did you discuss anything else besides the potential ending of your life?" Weiss asked, Jaune glanced
"U-Uh no besides explaining how we got in this situation and that it would take a few months before the church was repaired. So… until then we should sit tight" Jaune gave a half-truth, not wanting to discuss the fact Qrow basically hauled but also correctly pointed out a lot of responsibility lay with him that the situation doesn't get messy. He needed to dwell more on it before he talked to them about what Qrow said. Blake immediately picked up on the fact Jaune wasn't being forthcoming but she could hardly blame him, this was a complicated situation to say the least and she judged by the thoughtful and serious expression on his face he was taking it seriously and thinking over Qrow words seriously.
"In that case let's get some food husband I'm starved!" Yang teased with a teasing smile as she patted Jaune on the shoulder a small blush came on his face but he stood up to go grab some food with Yang. Weiss resisted the urge to huff in annoyance at Yang calling him that damnable word as she moved to grab some food for herself while Ruby followed her as did Pyrrha and Blake.
Jaune was oblivious to the looks of longing Pyrrha gave him, Ruby's of concern and Blake's of intrigue. The situation was only going to get more complex before it got better.
The group got some well-deserved food in their bellies despite Yang trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy unfortunately things were far from normal. The tension was palpable and it drew looks from others in the cafeteria.
As soon as they finished their meal they headed towards the dorms. As they came to their dorms, they were greeted by Nora and Ren. Ren who was usually stoic seemed a bit nervous while Nora had an ear-splitting grin.
"Hey fearless leader you alright you look a bit stressed?" Nora greeted
"Just tired Nora" Jaune greeted back before Nora eyes glinted and she grabbed Jaune's hand
"Renny they got married as well!" Nora screamed in absolute joy as she showed them her bright pink ring while Ren showed a matching ring on his own finger. Jaune and co. froze up and exchanged glances of disbelief amongst each other.
"Lie Valkyrie Ren and Nora Valkyrie Ren are married till death do us part" Ren stated although he didn't seem as bothered as he should have been.
"You don't seem too bothered by this…" Pyrrha picked up on this, Nora suddenly hugged Ren almost breaking his rib.
"Renny and I love each other!" she squealed in joy as she smiled widely while Ren had a small smile himself. The moment was heart-warming.
"I thought you weren't together-together?" Ruby pointed out
"They weren't but it doesn't mean they didn't have or nurture feelings for each other" Weiss added her thoughts
"We just needed a shove and I guess alcohol was a useful catalyst." Ren admitted as he wrapped an arm around Nora who looked over the moon. Jaune smiled he was happy for Nora and unofficial brother, he glanced over at Weiss from the corners of his eyes, fleeting thoughts of hope but he remembered her words this morning and promptly quashed any thoughts.
"Our feelings just came out and it made us feel warm and happy!" Nora screamed in joy
"Well congrats guys I always knew there was something more. Although you may have jumped the gun." Yang grinned while Pyrrha smiled at her teammates admission of mutual love. Ten and Nora blushed as they exchanged looks while Ruby glanced at Jaune wondering how it would feel to have Jaune's arm around her.
"Wait why I am having these thoughts?" Ruby internally mused as she fought to keep down a blush.
"So fearless leader who knew you had it in you?" Nora grinned as she came extremely close to him and was holding his hand as she analysed his ring before grabbing Pyrrha to yank her forward to analyse her ring.
"Their rings are so beautiful!" she squealed
"Nora, I think they have had a rough day. So maybe you could ease off them?" Ren intervened
"Alright Hubby!" Nora backed off much to everyone's relief.
"Well… quite a crazy night out we had" Jaune sighed, a small a part of him still didn't believe this situation was happening.
"I wonder who's to blame…" Blake silently muttered without so subtly glancing at Yang who only offered a nervous smile as she scratched her cheek. Weiss's scroll buzzed she paled as she read the message, she cleared her throat before speaking.
"I think some rest will do us well. But before that I need to grab something" she said as she walked away. Yang yawned and stretched her arms over her head a yawn escaping her mouth.
"A nap sounds amazing, a girls gotta get her beauty sleep but I gotta get something first." Yang walked down the hallway towards the dorms exit.
"Wanna tag a long Rubes, Blake?" she turned to her remaining teammates
"I think some sleep would be better. See you later Jaune!" Ruby let out a cute yawn of her own before smiling at Jaune while Blake merely nodded. Yang glanced at Jaune giving him a small wave.
"Don't be a stranger hubby" she teased earning a blush from her blonde
"I wish you just called him lover boy instead of that" Blake sighed at her blonde partner who had a shit eating grin.
"Well I wasn't the one who strapped lover boy to the bed was I now?" Blake rolled her eyes as she resisted the urge to growl at her blonde partner as they Yang left to do her errand while Blake and Ruby headed to their dorm room leaving team JNPR in the hallway.
"Do I even want to ask about being strapped to the bed?" Ren asked with raised eyebrow at a blush Jaune and Pyrrha.
"I-I think it would be best if w-we didn't" Pyrrha spluttered while blushing as images of Jaune strapped beneath her as he glanced up at her drinking in her form, it made her feel warm as her heart raced. While Jaune nervously coughed and scratched his arm.
"Oooo we should do that as well Renny!" Nora shouted making the three of them blush. Jaune decided to excuse himself feeling a need to clear his mind,
"I think… I'm gonna get some air guys, I'll see you all later" his teammates nodded in understanding as Jaune headed off to the roof while Pyrrha glanced at her team leader and love interest fading back as she bit her lip in thought.
Jaune slumped down on the roof with his back pressed against the wall as he glanced up to the sky. He released a long sigh as he scratched his head, his mind plagued by Qrow's words and the absurdity of the situation he was in.
"Don't get me wrong, you are in all this together but you are at the centre of it. Think about what I said kid. Also, if you fuck up colossally kid especially with Ruby and Yang I won't be so cordial…" Qrows words echoed as Jaune scratched his head in frustration. He could only come to the same conclusion everything Qrow said was right.
Jaune began breaking down the situation and thinking on how it has effected all of them. Weiss despised him already for trying to get her attention and asking her out several times and being rejected. Now though Weiss is practically broke due to the cost of the rings and she tried to kill him, in other words not great. Blake seemed indifferent about the whole situation but he wasn't really close to Blake and she gave off a cold aura. However, he began to see Blake in a different light as she stopped Weiss from killing him and helped calm the situation down. He realized he didn't know much about Blake besides she liked to read a lot, unfortunately not comics but that wouldn't stop him from trying to get to know her as he planned to do so in the future. Yang well she tried to punch him to death but thanks to Ruby she calmed down.
"Note to self, keep Ruby happy equals Yang not killing me" He mentally noted. Despite him and Yang being drunkenly married it didn't dour the blonde bombshell's sense of humour or teasing. Ruby his first friend helped stop Yang from killing him but she also was concerned about him especially with regards to her uncle threating him, it made him smile a little she was extremely sweet.
"And cute..." His mind wandered before he snapped himself out of that train of thought. A female voice cut him out of his musings,
"Jaune?" Then there was Pyrrha. His head swivelled to his partner who glanced down at him with unbridled concern oozing from her green eyes.
"Uh... h-hey Pyrrha..." he greeted back nervously as his eyes met hers. She sat next to him and he unconsciously turned his head away from his partner. That didn't stop him from smelling her sweet scent.
"Did Pyrrha smell always smell that good?" he mused before pinching his arm, he couldn't entertain such thoughts. "Are you okay Jaune?" she asked with worry
"Kind of… its just a mess Pyrrha…." He sighed to his partner as he turned to face her. He had grown closer to Pyrrha over the break where they trained a lot together and spent a lot of time together.
"It will all work out Jaune, did what Ruby and Yang's uncle say scare you that much?" She guessed correctly. "Not scare…" this earned a look from Pyrrha indicating that she didn't believe him.
"Well he did a little…. but more he made me realize the seriousness and Pyrrha we are married! Your married to Yang, Ruby, Blake and Weiss just as much as I am. We are married to each other and if one of us doesn't consent to the divorce things can get messy Pyrrha…. I don't want to hurt any of you… I-I just want to fix this!" Jaune released his pent up thoughts. Pyrrha frowned she was concerned for Jaune he was clearly panicking about the situation and she agreed it was a mess but she did find it endearing that he was concerned about them and he didn't want to hurt them. It made her heart race a little as they locked eyes but then she found herself spurred into action. This was an opportunity a prime one to ask Jaune out just them and she could comfort him. She steeled herself and clenched her fists, no risk no reward after all.
She grabbed Jaune's hand to calm him down, their eyes lock sapphire clashing against emerald as a blush formed on his face. She had a supportive smile gracing her lips. "Jaune, you need to calm down. The situation is messy but we are all in this together." She clenched his hand harder before continuing
"You need to take your mind off the problem… Let's go out to vale together. Just you and me we can go to the arcade, grab some pizza and have a normal weekend… Then we can worry about this 'marriage'" Pyrrha finished as Jaune digested her words, his body visibly relaxing.
"Y-You're right Pyr… I do need to relax pizza and an arcade are nice but just no clubs and alcohol" Jaune managed to agree and he earned a small giggle from Pyrrha while her heart raced at the nickname.
"I think we can both agree on that." She laughed as she stood up, dusting herself off and giving Jaune one last smile.
"You want to head back to the dorm?" she asked
"I will come down in a bit, just want some more air" he replied as Pyrrha nodded and left with her heart fluttering in joy she had a date with Jaune. Jaune glanced at his hand still getting used to seeing a ring there and the jewel on it was beautiful deep blue. His thumb running over the smooth metal and the smooth curves of the jewel as he got used to the feeling and texture of the ring. There was something soothing and calming about it.
His hands then dropped to his side as he glanced up to the sky as what feelings of anxiety he had left after the conversation with Pyrrha began bleeding away. Little did Jaune fail to see the faint gentle glow of white aura on his hands too memorized by the ocean blue sky's dotted with white fluffy clouds.
Well here's the new chapter 3. Took a while it was a mixture of uni but I kept hitting self-doubt which made me re-type scenes and re-read them never feeling satisfied. I reached a point where I decided I could upload it and I just wanted to get your thoughts on this chapter.
The tone switch was very abrupt and is probably one of the reasons I never felt satisfied. After reading reviews and watching volume 6 and reading other fics, I realized how far off my writing was on RWBY characters. I tried to tackle this issue in this chapter and hope to assert their personalities as well as get more comfortable with writing their personalities.
I also wanted to take this down a different angle compared to other drunken marriage stories, focusing more on the feelings and character interactions and not trying to make it seem they just accepted the fact they are married rather they are content or are getting accustomed to the situation rather than flipping a switch. I wanted to instil doubts and have Jaune develop with regards to this new stimulus as will other characters as well. Main point of this chapter was to get the ball rolling with Jaune developing and start seeing the others in a different light.
Volume 5 also irritated me so it helped produce writer block. Mainly, Raven and Yang interactions and how Raven did not take the relic. The relics are supposed to be a great boon to the maidens and Raven a character who is built on the premises of being rational and priding strength did an irrational movement that weakened her (I do have sympathy for her though Yang's words were indeed harsh). Furthermore, it is an inevitability she will be hunted and running can only happen for so long she and the other maidens are a threat and Salem clearly wants the relics so she would hunt Raven anyway to eliminate a threat and further her goals for the relic. In other words, Raven should have taken the relic as she would benefit from it the most rather than leaving it in the hands of Ozpin and the cohort who seem outclassed by Salems henchmen, P.S. Hazel = Bane
Ozpin also annoyed me in the sense that he is an immortal man who has lived for a great deal of time but he decided to invest his power into 4 maidens without any real way to defeat them without another maiden and as someone who has lived for such a long time I'm sure Ozpin knows the dark sides of human nature. So it doesn't make sense to me that he gave them the power without a failsafe (admittedly hindsight is 20/20). Granted he hid the relics which weakened their power but still we have not been shown a concrete way to defeat a maiden excluding the use of another maiden or they are overwhelmed or you are lucky enough to find them when they are weak and haven't developed their power. That's just an annoyance I have with movie writing people creating super powerful things and them being incredibly smart but not having a goddamn failsafe or only one computer which controls all your robots, looking at Atlas and stupidly long line of movies. Golden rule people failsafe's!
Rather lengthy note (and volume 6 rant) but yeah I hope you enjoyed this chapter and feel free to skip my author notes next time if you wish. Please leave a review of what you thought constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. Until next time!
