Kisara limped into Ragnarok headquarters rubbing the side of her still throbbing head. She's had some brutal fights in the past but this took the cake on most painful. She walked into a dimly lit room full of workout equipment and old patchy furniture. Gathered in the room where the 7 other Fists of Ragnarok.
"Valkyrie you missed the gang meeting yesterday." said Loki as he chuckled at her current state. Kisara hobbled into the room and slumped onto the couch.
"...I was beaten yesterday." She said and all at once everyone stopped. Except for Loki who was already aware of this.
"...You were defeated...by who?" asked Odin, while Kisara was the 8th fist she was still a fist. Anyone that could defeat one of them was to be noted of.
"His name is Jaune Arc, he wanted me to stop a farewell beat down for one of his friends. I told him if he could beat me I'd consider it... technically it was a draw... but when I woke up after I passed out he was carrying me to a clinic. I gave him the victory and my word as a martial artist to not attack him or his friends with my gang." She said and Loki chuckled.
"My my, an Arc. I heard there was one in town but I didn't quite believe it." He said as he fiddled with a nail puzzle.
"The Arc family huh, one of the strongest bloodline of huntsmen and huntresses in all of Remnant...so I guess he'd be a fun fight." said Berserker.
"... I've met him before. He didn't seem like the type to be a huntsman." said Freya as she recalled the blond kid who was walking in the park. "It's a shame he's an enemy now, he had good eyes."
"Hmm a noble bloodline and a competent fighter, he may have a most unique melody ~lalala~."
"... We should be careful, he's still an Arc, the last thing we want is for his family to come down on us." said Odin he adjusted his glasses and stared at Kisara. "Still for you to lose we have to punish you in some way... you and your gang are hereby on probation for the next month…. Hermit you're in charge of... I believe it was Takeda and his Beat down." Ordered the first fist. Hermit only nodded before he jumped out the window and slid down a street light.
"...Anything else to report?" asked Odin, Freya nodded.
"If he continues to battle and defeat other fist members I want to challenge him." She said. A fight with an Arc... that was too good to pass up.
With Chris
Jaune's twin was running around a clearing at high speeds using her semblance. She was currently working on her reaction time while using her semblance. Her aunt was popping up in front of her occasionally and she had to adjust herself enough to not crash into her or a tree. She was dripping in sweat and she ended up tripping on her foot and skidding across the ground for a few feet.
She groaned before she slowly got to her feet. She gingerly tapped the scrapes on her cheek.
"You've made progress Christiana. Now's a good time to stop." Said her aunt and she shook her head before she got ready to use her semblance again.
"It's not good enough, come on, a few more times." She said as she panted and Margaret shook her head before she hit Chris over the head depleting the rest of her aura.
"Hmph don't push your body past its limits too much Chris. You won't get stronger if you don't rest properly." She scolded her niece who rubbed her head.
"...Jaune's probably trained harder than this…. This isn't enough for me to bring him back." She said with a downcast expression. Margaret angled before she motioned to a log and sat down.
"It's true he's improved by leaps and bounds but running yourself ragged will help no one. Besides I thought you said you would talk with him next time and not attack him." She said and Chris looked away.
"I don't know what I'll do next time I see him. I'm…. conflicted. Do I support him or take him home….? I miss him." She said as she looked around. They were close to Xion village, their family would always come here and go camping. "... I remember the last vacation we all went on. Mira and Lisanna ended up braiding his hair and making him wear this dress as a dare. We walked through town and a guy actually hit on Jaune."
Margaret laughed at that. "I remember that, the look of pure shock on the boy's face was amazing."
"Truthfully I think Jaune could pull of a warrior's wolf tail." Said Chris and Margaret snorted.
"Isn't that just a pony tail?" Asked her aunt and she smirked.
"... I stand by what I said."
Chris sighed before she drank some water. She hoped Jaune was OK. She missed her Brother, it was weird not having him around.
At Ryozanpaku
Jaune was punching the post in front of him. Akisame had cleared him for light training today so he was cutting back on the suicidal death traps he made. His arms were sore but he continued to punch the post. He remembered yesterday when Kenichi had broken one. Jaune tried to mimicking the way Kenichi did it a few times.
*Thud! Thud! THUD! THUD! SNAP!*
Jaune recoiled his hand back as he looked down at the post he was punching. Or what was left of it.
Jaune whistled and smirked. "Sakaki sensei I broke a post!" He cheered and Sakaki looked at it and back at Jaune.
"Oh, that was a pretty old post, it was probably about to snap anyways... still good job." He said as the bell rang and he sighed. "Alright go to Apachai, it's his turn now."
Jaune nodded and walked over to Apachai.
Akisame stood next to Sakaki as he held the other half of the post.
"...That post was brand new." He said and Sakaki nodded.
"Yeah Jauney boy is getting stronger faster than I thought." He said and Akisame nodded in agreement.
"He did WHAT!" Yelled Takeda from the clinic before he rushed through the dojo ground looking for Jaune.
"Takeda calm down, Jaune didn't just fight Kisara for you he did it for himself too ok." said Kenichi and Takeda glared ahead looking for Jaune.
"Are you kidding me, after everything that happened with me Jaune decides to play hero and fight a gang on his own! Arc get out here!" He yelled.
"Hey man…. guess you heard about my fight." He said and Takeda punched Jaune in the face.
"Dude the hell where you thinking!" Shouted the boxer and Jaune chuckled nervously.
"Well when I heard about Kisara and Kenichi meeting I kinda acted. I wanted to at least buy you time to recover completely before you fought them so I challenged Kisara, we talked, we fought, I won, she called of the beat down and she agreed to not attack me or Kenichi ever again." He said and Takeda sighed.
"Dude that…. I don't know if you're being selfish or selfless right now... I'm pissed beyond belief and…. I'm just glad you didn't get seriously hurt." He said and Jaune nodded.
"Yeah sorry about that... Look I didn't mean to fight your battle for you, Kisara was just as much my fight as it was yours and you know it's true." He said and Takeda sighed. Jaune had a point, she would have come after Jaune eventually.
"You don't realize what you've done though. You've pretty much declared war with Ragnarok, the other fists are coming for you. Now Kisara might have to break her word." Said Takeda and Jaune nodded.
"... I know but the way I see it all this was going to happen eventually. If they come at me, I'll be ready for them." He said with a confident smirk and Takeda punched his arm lightly.
"Yeah well next time don't go solo, hero." He said and Kenichi nodded.
"Next time I've got your back Jaune." He said although you could tell Kenichi was freaking out on the inside about fighting more people.
Jaune smirked. "Thanks guys... we cool?" He asked and Takeda nodded. Takeda and Jaune parted ways and Jaune resumed training with Apachai. Takeda left to get started on his treatment for his arm.
For the next couple days, everything was calm, Jaune was completely healed up the next day and was training harder. He went to school and was surprised to find that Kisara was keeping her bargain he wasn't jumped for once. Still he felt like he was being watched at school. It might have been a certain alien... nah this felt less evil and more... angry. He shrugged it off as the delinquents who were ordered to not bother him. He didn't let it bother him much and continued to go about his day
It was Friday and he was on his way to the garden clubs room to tend to his plants. He was surprised to see members of the karate club dragging an unconscious Daimonji away.
Jaune looked inside to see Kenichi and the prep trying to save as many plants as possible. Jaune quickly helped them, he kinda figured what happened and he nodded to Kenichi before he swept away the ceramic shards that were scattered on the floor. "You ok prez?" He asked and she nodded.
"Yeah I'm fine this has become common in the previous years." She said as she swiped a pile of broken ceramic and dirt into a pan.
"...is that why it was just you in the club?" He asked and she nodded shyly.
"...well you're not alone now. I'll make sure the club gets back on its feet… at least until I apply for Beacon." He said and the prez looked at him surprised.
"You're going to apply to Beacon? But shouldn't you be in a combat school?" She asked and he shrugged.
"You know what they say, many paths to reach the same point. A combat school isn't the only option to enroll in an Academy." He replanted the plants that could be saved and Kenichi finished throwing out the trash.
Time skip two weeks
Jaune struggled to move against the restraints. He was hooked up to a machine that was limiting his movements. He was training with Master Ma in tai chi and the bracers where straining against every movement of his body, no matter how subtle it was. He took deep breaths before he slowly craned his arm forward and flared out his wrist to mimic a crane before he slowly brought his left foot back. The training was getting harder, but he was kinda happy at that. It meant he was getting stronger. Making progress no matter how little.
He yelped in pain when his armed snap back to him, his hand making a sickening slap sound. Jaune grunted before he brought his left hand up to his head with his elbow bent and his hand in a dagger hand.
He held his right arm out, slightly bent before he moved his left arm forward swiping forward and pivoting forward with the swipe. He repeated these movement several more times. The nature of this was just to train his muscle memory because his attacks weren't very strong when he used Vale martial arts. The reason why he was using tai chi was because of its fluid and fast motions when used in actual combat. From what he was told this would also help with his training for the other martial arts as well.
He started to try and move faster just a bit but his muscles were burning and complaining loudly at his training.
He felt something in his arm pop but he kept moving. He slowly brought his left leg up and slowly rose it excruciatingly slow before he held it above his head and slammed it down in an almost perfect axe kick. He panted at the amount of effort that took and he was barely on his 8th set out of 20!
Jaune only gritted his teeth before he started his next set going through the movements and pushing past the restraints on his body.
"Very good Jaune, although your footing is a little off, now try going a bit faster." Said Kensal Ma as he read a swimsuit catalogue.
"Hai!" He responded as he groaned and went as fast as his burning muscles would allow him. "GYRRRAAAAAHHHHH!" Jaune smirked a little, he supposed it relieved the pain a bit knowing that Kenichi was going through equally grueling training as well.
Jaune bent his right arm and flared his wrist down and he snapped his arm out in a quick viper strike. He immediately met cedar and sucked in breath as his arm slapped his side. "Haa! Dust damn that stings!" he gasped as he gingerly rubbed his side.
"Kekeke I warned you training would be getting harder. Don't say I didn't give you forewarning." He said with a sly smirk and Jaune chuckled a bit.
"I know, still kinda difficult." He replied and he changed his stance. His left arm was raised above his head and bent slightly down. His palm was straight and he right had was about raised up to his eye level and he flared his wrist down.
He held that position shaking a bit before he snapped his hand forwards and back. he couldn't help but feel proud of what he's accomplished so far. through hard work and plenty of blood and tears...sweat too but not as much.
hello readers here's the next chapter and as always i hoped you enjoyed. now onto the part that people have been bugging me with.
The Official pairing of this story.
Harem.
Yes I know cliche, but I think I could make it work. I won't spoil who is in the harem but ill Give a little teaser.
Do you believe in destiny?
Anyways thanks for reading, and look .the .
~Later days
-Wiseotaku
