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**Communications through scrolls and other devices
Chapter 12 Vacuo
(Time skip: days later)
(Location: Downtown Kingdom of Vacuo Remnant)
Arriving at the kingdom Jaune decided to take different type of transportation instead of the bullhead ship. He didn't wanted to feel air sick again because it was a real pain so he was so thankful to find out you can take the express train of Mistral to Vacuo. Hearing that made him so happy meaning he didn't had to travel through to reach his next destination. The young Arc was here to resume his mission after sending his text to Ozpin the headmaster Beacon was in favor of his journey to the kingdom of Vacuo. Only this time things have changed he was assigned to find the hideout of the anti faunus mercenary group known as Black Fist. Now the blond was aware that at his age such mission will be too dangerous to do it on his own. Not caring how much training he has received or that he fought and survived fighting an extinct powerful Grimm species like the Wyvern Lord. Ozpin made the decision to sent an experienced huntsman to accompany him to this mission.
"I guess it's not that bad. I know I will do okay with him around" he turned to the huntsman walking next to him the streets of the city.
The blond was pleased having Qrow as the huntsman accompanying him for the mission. Of course he knew he had the knowledge, the skills, and the experience not to mention he was a member from the veteran team STRQ of Beacon. The small thing was worrying him if he the teacher and huntsman doesn't get distracted from their mission. He has learned from Summer that the male Branwen was an alcoholic always drinking, proof of the silver flask he always has with him and that he was a womanizer. All that it takes is one pretty lady with nice legs and a short skirt to get his attention and how he knew that? Because he overheard him and Summer talking about their times at the academy when he was on the bullhead during the mission to the Dead Lands. Obviously the Arc hasn't said a word to the Branwen of it because part of that conversation was personal to him, so he chose to keep quiet. As long as he kept focus on the mission and doesn't get distracted by his bad habits then everything will be fine.
"Um Qrow sir?"
"Yeah?"
"You do know your way around here right?"
"Of course I've been to Vacuo plenty of times. I know every hot spot of the city."
"By hot spot you're talking about gathering information spots?" the blond feared he was referring to something entirely different and not appropriate for someones his age.
"Sure it is. When you become someone experienced in the field like me you memorize every place, every corner, every street, every city very quick its not a joke. All those places that guarantee to always give you that valuable piece of information, you must never forget them. Just stick with me kid and you won't have to worry getting lost."
"That makes me feel a whole lot better. I'm worried about what Black Fist could be up to, I don't want to see anyone get hurt because of their terrorist acts."
"I went ahead and search through the Vacuo Police Department crime files. There has been hundreds of crimes against faunus in the past year. But none of them didn't seemed to be connected with Black Fist."
"Criminals doing bad things to faunus, why do they have to do things like that?"
"Kid this kingdom is mostly populated with them and the big issue that's been a problem for centuries, discrimination. The prejudice with the faunus is very common in Remnant and Vacuo has its big case of it. Don't be surprise if you see somebody beating up a faunus not caring of their age or social status."
"Its for that reason the White Fang was born and its for that reason they became a terrorist organization in my time. I wonder if things will be different now..No I shouldn't be thinking that. With the way things are going I wouldn't be surprise if they become worse than before."
"Let's stay focus on the mission. Its the reason we're here" Qrow smiled staring at a very familiar place" we arrived to one of hottest spots in the kingdom."
Jaune was looking froward to this mission with Ruby and Yang's uncle that is until he gaze at the place where us supposed to be" the hottest spot to gain information". A frown was formed on his lips feeling like his respect for the Branwen huntsman was decreasing I mean sure, he was strong and skilled and he was the uncle of the girls who were close to him. But seriously his bad habits were enough to question his loyalty and even respect. The place was large and the neon sing said" The Drunken Hole" that was enough to tell the Arc what the hottest spot is, and it upset him. Here he was on a very important mission where the lives of many faunus were probably on the line and this guy wanted to go to a bar. The young blond tried to calm down maybe this was part of the mission and he really wanted to get information not waste time. He turned to the huntsman who was grinning he was thinking the worst, old habits die hard with the Branwen.
"This is it?" the Arc kept his frown" this is the hottest spot to gather information, I'm sorry if I find it hard to believe."
"You'll be surprise what you can hear from a stink hole like this one. It's the best bar in Vacuo and also the rowdiest" Qrow spoke with a grin" can't forget where all the sexiest ladies gather."
"Excuse me if I have to call bull crap on this. This is a bar you're only coming here to drink and peek at women, am I right?"
"Come on kid don't lose faith in me, I'm better than this" he then smirked" drinking and spending time with the ladies is part of the bonus while the real objective is to gather information about Black Fist's operation."
"Why do I find that hard to believe?" the blond sighed.
"Trust me all kinds of people come from different places to gather here. They come to drink some booze and say plenty of gossip. I will get the information we're looking for so I need you to-"
"Let me guess, wait here right?" yep he expected as much besides he wasn't going to enter that place.
"Yeah this bar isn't consider safe, you might get in trouble. Wait for a bit here I won't be long" the Branwen opened the door entering the bar.
"Why do I also find that hard to believe?" he muttered sighing again.
So Jaune eventually decided to wait outside of the bar for Qrow but he knew he was going to be here for a while. He tried not to bore himself to death as he looked around the place. This was the wrong part of the kingdom so he needed to be careful not encounter thieves or any kind of bad of people. His blue eyes fell on the half missing Moon, then back to the ground, then back at the bar, then again at the street. The blond frowned he was already getting bored as a last resort he took his scroll and decided to play some of the games he has saved on his device. He started playing plants vs. zombies he found it fun but challenging, then he changed to Angry Birds he smiled having a lot of fun with this game. After a while he chose to play candy crush saga this one was fun and addictive he couldn't stop playing, so he obviously kept on playing for a while.
"What the-?! It's been three hours!" the young Arc checked the clock from his scroll not believing he has spent hours playing games.
His blue eyes turned to the bar, nope Qrow was still inside. Now he was getting inpatient three hours wasted without knowing the whereabouts of Black Fist. The blond got up since he got seated on the ledge of the street since he started playing his scroll games. As Jaune got closer to the bar he heard lost of laughter and cheering, well it was a bar people will party asides from drinking. One laughter in peculiar caught his attention because he recognize the voice and the source. His impatience turned into anger as he looked over the multicolor window and there he was. The Branwen was laughing, having fun, drinking with other stupid drunks while having two beautiful women on each side. Yep he was having a blast, he was having the time of his life. Jaune gritted his teeth at how much time he has wasted he thought that the huntsman hasn't even asked anyone about the anti faunus group yet. Yet here he was out here waiting, wasting his own precious time so that the man can go partying.
"You got to be kidding me. The lives of so many faunus are at stake on this mission and he's in there wasting his time, he's wasting my time too! By now I might have had some luck asking people around but no, I have to be here doing nothing. Oh wait I was playing games!" the Arc ran a hand through his hand trying to calm down but he was only losing his patience even more.
"That's it I'm not going to waste another minute. I'm going there and I'm getting him out and he better tell me that he has the information we need or I'll use Behemoth King on him" the blond unsheathed Excalibur changing it to grenadier mode, he was deadly serious and he meant it about summoning his creature to unleash his wrath on the Branwen.
"Jaune?"
The young blond reacted he was so focused in entering the bar guns blazing to get Qrow out not noticing there was someone near him. It was a girl in her late teens with long blond hair tied in a single braid with blue eyes. She was wearing armor resembling a knight. Silver chest plate with a silver belt, dark blue shorts with armor knee pads and armor boots. Armor elbow pads with two black and silver gauntlets, the right one had an opening that it would fit a sword and the left one had something folded like a shield. It was similar to how his Crocea Mors shield was folded and attached to her left arm. One more important detail he forgot about the girl on the middle of her chest plate there stood the Arc family symbol. Blue eyes blinked in realization this girl was a member of his family then he felt so stupid for not realizing it sooner, ashamed he has forgotten his older sister and the oldest of the Arc siblings.
"D-Dana hey nice to see you" he was trying to figure why she was here.
The older Arc girl's gasp expression soon turned into anger hiding her concern for her little brother" what are you doing here? This part of the city is dangerous."
"I-I'm just here on business honest" he quickly replied not wanting to make her upset further.
"On business? What kind of business do you have on the shady side of Vacuo?"
"I should be asking you the same question sis. What are you doing here at this hour?"
"Don't question me back young man!" her piercing gaze was enough to make her younger brother take ten steps back.
"I..Okay okay I'm shutting up…." Jaune has forgotten Dana has taken after his mother and she will act exactly like her, she even has her temper.
"What business do you have here Jaune?" she crossed her arms looking as she has calm down a bit.
"I'm on a mission gathering information about an operation" the young blond calm down been honest with her, well not that honest" don't ask me about the operation I don't know much of it."
"Gathering information?" the older Arc sister stood in thought" mom did told me you've been doing intel missions for Beacon Academy all right seem I shouldn't have jump to conclusions so soon. I'm sorry if I got upset with you little bro."
"It's okay you have a right to get worry. But sis why are you here in Vacuo?"
"Jaune Arc have you forgotten?" Dana stood shocked at his memory loss.
"Forgot what?" he knew he made a mistake watching her giving him a glare" wait don't yell at me! Let me think I..." then he realized he did forget" I can't believe it I did forgot, you moved in from Patron after you graduated from training school. You came to live in Vacuo that's it right?"
"Not all of it" she huffed" I came here to attend Shade Academy I'm on my second year, just in case you forgot that too" she frowned at him.
"Sorry I'm really sorry for forgetting something so important. I didn't mean it Dana I've been very busy these past years."
"I know silly" she smiled walking closer to him" mom and dad have been filling me on your adventures."
"I don't think its right that I haven't call you or even text you. I know you have a scroll I'm sorry…."
"It's okay I did got worried. I always call mom and ask her about you she told me how much you have progress in dad's training and how strong you were getting" she sighed before pulling her younger brother into her arms" she also told me what happened to Miss Rose…."
Jaune cursed mentally she had to bring that up. While he was still trying to move on from the events at the Dead Lands and the tragic conclusion that lead to Summer to be in a coma. He felt his sister caressing his hair as she was conforming him from the pain he was feeling. Even if its been two years he has been trying so hard to move on and get over it he has come to terms that there was nothing he could do on that day. The Wyvern Lord was too strong for him to defeat, heck the dragon Grimm even went toe to toe with three members of STRQ who are considered the strongest huntsman team in Beacon. Even if he has tried his hardest the results would have been the same. Summer's sacrifice had to be done or he, Qrow and Raven wouldn't have never made it alive from that hellish Grimm land. Thinking about the memory when she bid him farewell it felt so fresh as it happened yesterday, it brought him tears.
"I'm here for you little brother" Dana noticed the tears falling" I'm always there for my siblings."
"I missed you" he was so honest he really missed his big sister.
"Well I missed you too I guess just this once, I can forgive you for not calling me all those years" she broke the hug with a smile before she change her expression to a warning glare" but you better not do it again, or else."
"Never I don't want to feel your wrath" he chuckled drying his tears.
"A wise decision" she smiled deciding to bring a new topic" so information gathering, any place you have in mind? I won't mind helping you I always volunteer to patrol these parts of the city at this hour. Vacuo at night isn't that safe as people claim it to be."
"What about curfew? I'm sure Shade must have one, or your team."
"Curfew is until midnight and my team can take care of themselves. They don't need me watching over them on second thought, they'll be thrill their leader won't be present to boss them around" she smiled thinking of her team.
"Okay I don't mind you joining up with me and I already have a place in mind for intel gathering" the young Arc pointed at the bar near by.
"The Drunken Hole!? Have you lost your mind Jaune!? You can't go in there. That place is for dead beat drunks and perverts who have no social life or don't contribute on anything for society. I refuse to let you go there!" she crossed her arms meaning business.
"I wasn't planning on going. Actually, someone else went there to get the information. An experienced huntsman is accompanying me on this mission" the blond boy was laughing in his head with the way his sister put Qrow in such category.
"I see, I'm glad to know you have somebody looking after you. Gathering information missions can be dangerous just like Grimm extermination missions."
"But there's a small problem" Jaune wanted to give an evil grin but gave his older sister a worried look" he went to the bar three hours ago and he hasn't come out since. Maybe he got distracted or sidetracked and forgot about the real reason why he went there. Somebody should go there and remind him, asking him if he has the information will be good too."
"Say no more I will find him and ask him" Dana gave a nod" and he better have that information" she was starting to think whoever was this huntsman he must be like the worthless drunks that come to this bar.
"Are you sure? I don't want to bother you, that bar isn't the safest place in town you know."
"If I'm going to help you on your mission you will have to count on me. I won't let you down Jaune. What is the huntsman's name?"
"Qrow Branwen."
Dana nodded as she slammed the bar's door opened" I'm looking for Qrow Branwen!"
She slammed the door shut while Jaune was grinning the entire time. Naturally he would feel sorry for the huntsman and teacher but he was so sure he didn't asked no one for information about Black Fist and all he's been doing for three hours straight is drinking and flirting with women. That's why he highly believe Qrow deserves a lesson for his incompetence and what better person to teach him than his older sister. Dana was strict with all of the siblings since she was the oldest she was responsible for everyone. While John and Joan were away on their duties she was the one in charge of the Arc household and her rule was absolute. Disobeying her will lead to severe consequences even if she deeply cares for her brother and sisters she will still lay down the law if anyone does something wrong, or doesn't obey her.
"Qrow is in for it now. But that's what he gets for wasting time on the mission."
A loud crash was heard as Jaune gasped his eyes got wide as dinner plates. Someone has been sent through the window of the bar hitting the ground. His mouth stood wide open when the victim that got kicked out was none other than Qrow. The young Arc was alarmed thinking he could be dead running to his side. Looks like his sister has really overdid it now.
"Holy Monty! Qrow are you okay!?"
"I'll live kid I've been through worse before" the Branwen chuckled.
"Sorry about that I told my sister to look for you because you didn't ask for the information seeing that you were having so much fun in there."
"Yeah she asked me about it and I told her that I got it."
"What? You got the information? But what did you do to make her so angry that she will do this!?" Jaune thought he must have done something really bad or maybe he said something he shouldn't have said.
"Not what I did, its what I said to her."
"If you tell him" Dana walked out of the bar walking to the downed huntsman" I will introduce you to my weapon Achilles" from her right gauntlet emerged a long blade" you will see how sharp it is."
"Easy calm down I'm not your enemy" he was helped by the young Arc on his feet" I already knew you're a huntress when I first saw you."
"Huntress in training to be precise" she gave him a glare" the name is Dana Arc second year at Shade Academy and leader of team DLTA (Delta)."
"Yeah I realized when the kid told me who you were. Anyway like I said I got the intel we need."
"You mean the location to Black Fist's hideout?" Jaune was feeling so relief now.
"The whole bar was talking about it, it was impossible not to over hear anything. They've been bragging that Black Fist has a big operation that will eliminate large numbers of faunus. Eventually I managed to get the information we needed, the coordinates to their base of operations."
"Look Qrow I" Jaune felt terrible knowing he did wrong" I'm really sorry I saw you drinking and flirting I thought you were wasting time instead of focusing on the mission. That's why I sent my sister after you, I thought you deserve a lesson. But I didn't know she was going to over react" he turned to Dana frowning at her but she ignored him.
"I told you kid drinking and flirting is the bonus of the job. But I still did my part you should start putting your trust in me, you did the same with Summer."
"Maybe I will now" he smiled.
"Well then better get going. We don't have time to waste I heard that big operation is happening tonight."
"Okay lead the way. Um...Is it all right if my sister tags along?" he smiled pointing to the older Arc who nodded.
"I volunteered to join your mission if you allow it. I have heard of Black Fist for a while, my team have been trying to aid the police in investigating their whereabouts. So far our searches have come up empty. Now I finally have a lead, I will not miss this chance."
"Sure thing after what you did to me I will feel sorry for Black Fist getting on your bad side."
"Let me tell you right now Mr. Branwen I'm not fond of flattery when it comes to people that isn't my family."
"Does she take after your mom?" Qrow asked the younger Arc in a whisper.
"Pretty much. A couple of my sisters act similar to my mom too."
"That's how it usually is."
"Excuse me what are you whispering to my brother? It better not be anything inappropriate" Dana sets her sight on the huntsman.
"I was telling him our plan once we arrive at their base."
"Good then I would like to hear it as well."
"She's really pushy not that I don't mind her company" he grinned while Jaune sighed like he was reading his mind.
(Time skip)
In all of her life Dana has always consider herself a very reliable and independent person. She will always be there to help her siblings in anything they needed. She will cooked, cleaned and read bed time stories to the little ones. As the oldest of the Arc children she saw it as her responsibility to do all those chores and that also included that should be the one to protect if any kind of threat will endanger their lives. So she took it upon herself to train hard and get strong for their sake, it wasn't a matter of pride or honor it was about doing the right thing. To her protecting her family was the first thing to become a huntress, that was her motivation, her main drive. The second will be the innocent people of Remnant who try to live their daily lives whether they're were rich or poor. Third will be her allies and companions, people she will put her trust. Except there was one person she will question the word trust.
"You should start putting your trust in me, you did the same with Summer."
"Maybe I will now."
Her blue eyes turned to her little brother who she cares with her life. Jaune was naive but in a good way but most of all, he was too trusting. It was so easy for him to trust anyone just like that, without a second thought. In her case she couldn't do that, she would never allow it. Trust was so easy to shatter but so hard to earn, it was her belief. In order to earn her trust you had to fight hard for it. When she realize the person is worth of her trust then she will give it to him. Her brother needed to learn that because she just witnessed him saying he will trust the huntsman accompanying them and who was in charge of the mission. Qrow Branwen she didn't trusted him this man was immature, alcoholic, a womanizer and a pervert after remembering his comment that made her threw him across the window of the bar. She blushed of the embarrassment he was a horrible man not worth of her trust and yet her little brother was willing to give it a try. To make matters worse it seemed the huntsman somehow knew Miss Rose, Jaune's teacher and mentor.
Aside the trust issue with the Branwen there was their current situation. When Qrow mentioned the hideout of the anti faunus group Black Fist was located in a warehouse in the fourth district she wasn't surprised. The area surrounding the fourth district was considered the most infected with crime, especially when it came to crimes related to the faunus. However things got different when the huntsman suggested to take a detour under the city, through the sewer passageway. This was by far her worst experience as a huntress in training, she would rather walked an infested forest filled with Grimm than this. The Arc female covered her nose trying to avoid the foul stench of the sewerage and the disgusting dirty water. Then there were the rats by Monty, she hated those big rodents. It was so easy to fight and kill Grimm but seeing a rat was probably her weakness which it was also the usual weakness of every woman.
"This detour better take us to Black Fist or so help me I will be throwing that huntsman through another window."
Jaune was probably in the same boat as his older sister. Dear Monty the smell was so horrible and strong covering his nose wasn't doing the job. This was the first time has had a mission that includes going through a sewer, he hoped not to do it again. Anything will be better than this he really hope Qrow wasn't doing this as some kind of sick joke or getting back at him for letting his sister throw him on a window. The Branwen better be telling the truth that this path was a detour to take them to the warehouse where Black Fist was situated using it as their hideout or Dana won't be the only one who will get angry at him. He could barely see the sewerage passage was so dark, not a single trace of light. The huntsman in front of him was the only one who knew the way as a result of his times in Vacuo because his sister obviously didn't knew. He heard the older Arc screeching she has stepped on something she didn't wanted to think before resuming her walk.
"You okay Dana?"
"I'll be fine when we leave this filthy place."
"What's wrong sweet heart, never been to a sewer before?" Qrow decided to tease her.
"No I haven't, I never believe of ever traveling to one."
"Better get used to it and suck it up. In this line of duty sometimes you have to get yourself dirty, or smell bad. I've gotten into plenty of messy situations and some of them will make you lose your food."
"Please don't say another word Mr. Branwen. I'm trying to keep the content of my stomach from my dinner from leaving my system. Its enough we have to be here and smell all of this, oh by Remnant it stinks so much."
"Welcome to the lovely world that is Vacuo's underground sewer system" sarcasm was pretty clear.
"What? Jaune are you laughing?" Dana heard muffled laughter coming from the boy in front of her.
"Y-No of course I'm not laughing at you I just thought of a joke a friend once told me. That's all I would never laugh at you sis, I don't like this place any more than you. This place do stink a lot."
"You better be honest with me Jaune Arc this is an all new experience for me."
"A new experience that will help you grow as a huntress. At the same time you will help to apprehend a terrorist organization like Black Fist both will be earning you positive points, its a win win situation for you. I see nothing bad" said the scythe master.
"Forgive me for saying Mr. Branwen but I don't see how crossing a sewer will be helpful in my growth as a huntress. Capturing Black Fist is helpful, but not this."
"Leave the formalities out of the window, call me Qrow. I was never fond for them. But anyway you will eventually learn why this experience will be helpful for you."
"Out of the window" the blond boy chuckled mentally remembering when his sister threw him from the bar's window.
"How will you know?" asked the curious older Arc.
"When you graduate you will know."
"How long till we get there?" Jaune was finally getting sick of the horrible stench.
"Not long now. I say ten minutes, fifteen tops. Just keep your eyes peel when we get there."
"Got it, we'll be ready."
The younger Arc was suddenly stopped from walking as he realized his sister was preventing him from taking another step" Dana what's wrong?"
"You really believe him?"
"Of what?"
"That this" detour" as he calls it will take us to Black Fist's hideout."
"Look sis I know Qrow doesn't look like much but trust me he's a very experienced huntsman and he knows what he's doing."
"I do trust you little brother, its HIM I don't trust. He doesn't possess that characteristic a true full trained huntsman
"That's for sure" he rolled his eyes "are you still upset with him? I still don't know what he tell you at the bar that will make you throw him through a window but let it go. We're in a mission and we have to focus, you can't be like this. If you're angry you won't be able to concentrate if we get into a fight with Black Fist. Try to keep a cool head okay?"
"I know I'm well aware but...I don't know how you can put your trust in him so easily. I only know him for like two hours tops and he doesn't look that reliable or trusting. From what I have seen he's an alcoholic, womanizer, irresponsible and incompetent buffoon."
"You're absolutely right sis in fact, that is exactly what Qrow is" the blond boy said coolly.
"Then why do you still choose to trust him if you know the kind of person he is?" her tone was exasperated.
"Because...He's a great companion and friend he will never leave you or turn your back on you. He always try his best and also he was Summer's partner when they became a team, he knew her better than anyone. I know what he's willing to do for her. As far as I'm concern anyone who was dear to her, is dear to me too."
"Trusting and loyal till the very end" a smiled spread over Dana's lips" those are the obvious traits for an Arc. As I said I trust you but not him."
"That's okay I'm fine with it" he smiled.
"Hey you two!" called Qrow's voice in the far distance" what's the hold up? If you don't pick up the pace I will leave you behind."
"Sorry were coming!" called back to the younger Arc.
"Oh by Monty what is…." Dana was shocked" Jaune I think I have stepped on something very unpleasant."
"What is it?"
"I think this is...This is…."
"Poop, shit, crap, doody whatever you like to call it" said the Branwen chuckling" pretty much, this is a sewer were basically surrounded by it."
"Ewww get it off! Its all over my boots and my armor! I hate this place! That smells so bad" the female Arc was losing it.
"Welcome to the lovely world that is Vacuo's-"
"You already said that just shut up or I will throw you through another window!"
Around fifteen minutes later like Qrow said they arrived at a ladder that will lead them to an exit from the sewer. Both Jaune and Dana couldn't be any happier and relief that they were finally leaving this stinky crap hole. The Branwen let the young blond to climb first before letting his older sister go next, he was last. As Jaune left the manhole he immediately noticed that they weren't on the streets but inside some sort of facility. He smiled thinking this was the warehouse the huntsman was talking about, then it meant that they were in the right place. This was Black Fist hideout the detour through the sewer paid off after all, he didn't stepped on poop and smells like it for nothing. He waited for his sister and the scythe master to leave the manhole before taking a look around. Dana looked a bit relief realizing that this looked like a warehouse so they were probably in the right place. Looks like she won't have to throw the Branwen through another window.
"Let's move quietly and follow me, we are in their base."
Both siblings nodded as they followed the huntsman deeper into the warehouse. Soon the two Arc were certain that they were in the right place when they saw many vehicles that didn't belong to the place. There were boxes and a lot of men gathered it was confirmed noticing their clothing all were wearing black hockey masks with black clothing and they all had a symbol of a fist. It was clear all of these people were members of Black Fist. One thing that got their attention was a large truck that had a long wagon and all three could swear there were banging noises coming from the inside. Dana was longer conflicted in not trusting Qrow now that she was staring at the anti faunus group, at least for now. The Branwen kept his eyes on their surroundings and the men, their numbers were greater and took notice of their weapons. It was an assault rifle style familiar to the ones the soldiers use. They stood hiding behind one of the boxes.
"There's sure a lot of them" replied Jaune.
"Taking action will be too reckless. We are at a disadvantage" followed Dana.
"Great numbers are the only thing that keeps us from making a move, or is it?" the huntsman spotted a couple of the rifles along with a box that contains ammunition.
The Branwen went to the near by box checking the ammunition. His red eyes narrowed taking a round as he returned to the big box where they were using to hide" this is the reason why they're dangerous?"
"Its just a dust round" the younger Arc obviously couldn't tell the difference.
"Wrong kid. This is an aura piercing round."
"Aura Piercing…." Jaune stood at a loss for words never hearing it.
"I've heard of them, they're consider deadly and illegal" said the older Arc female" where did they get them?"
"Obviously the black market. It wont matter how much aura you use to shield your body, if you get hit by one of these babies its going to hurt...A lot."
"You mean we can bleed if we get hit by these?" the young blond stood shocked.
"That's right and the important part is, if any of these hits a vital part of your body you're pretty much done for."
"You're kidding…." the younger Arc couldn't believe it.
"Do I look like I'm kidding?" his frowned was enough to tell him that he was serious" with their numbers and these at their disposal we can't risk fighting them in the open. We're sticking with the mission details and call for the police."
"So you want us to wait until they arrive?" Jaune wasn't in favor of the huntsman's plan.
"That's the original plan of the mission. We are to locate their base and report back to Oz, or we can report to him and call for the police while we're at it" the Branwen started typing a message and sent it to the headmaster of Beacon" report sent to Oz and now I'm contacting them."
"He can't be serious, we just wait and do nothing" the younger Arc wasn't happy.
"Calm down little brother I actually agree with him" Dana sounded shocked for agreeing with the Branwen" it's too risky to fight all of them when they have aura piercing rounds loaded in their weapons."
The blond boy gave a sigh, she was right, Qrow was right, they were both right. It was too dangerous to fight Black Fist when their weapons have something so threatening as aura piercing rounds, honestly he has never heard of them. It was to expect from weapons that come from the underground black market and who knows what other types of arsenals they sell there. They were indeed outnumbered and it crossed his mind to use Behemoth King but if the summon beast gets hit by one of those rounds he will return to his crystal form and he won't be able summon it again after a day has passed. That is how long it takes for creatures to heal and gain their strength back. He rubbed his forehead he didn't wanted to be reckless and the only thing left to do is to follow Qrow's orders and wait for the Vacuo police department to arrive.
The huntsman and teacher signaled both Arc siblings to keep quiet as he pointed in front of them. They saw a member of the anti faunus group gathering the rest of the members next to the truck that it had the pounding wagon. The siblings turned to the Branwen as if they were mentally asking what was inside of the wagon. The red eyed huntsman just kept his attention on the regrouped members for some reason he had a bad feeling about it. A bad feeling that could turn into a worse feeling and it all had to do with that moving wagon. What could possibly be in there? It was definitely something alive inside.
"What are they planning? And why does that wagon keep moving? What kind of animal could they be hiding in there?" Jaune kept asking more questions in his head but he knew it wasn't any good.
"My brothers!" spoke the member who seemed to be in charge" the time draws near for our operation to begin. In just a few minutes we will be dealing a major blow to those freaks that think they have a right to live in the same world as us, that think they have a right to live peacefully and be free."
The members cheered in favor as he calmed them down to be quiet again so he can resume his speech" unfortunately, our commander couldn't join us tonight he's attending other important matters. But he wishes all of us success and highly believes in our plan. He's with us until the end giving us hope that one day we will finally purify Remnant of this disease known as faunus!"
They cheered louder while Jaune got angry seeing how deep their hatred for the species is. Dana was in the same boat controlling her anger how could they view the faunus this way? To her everyone was equal in her eyes human and faunus it didn't matter they all have a right to live their lives in peace. As for Qrow he only shook his head not agreeing with their view but not looking upset this wasn't the first time he has seen such behavior.
"Now my brothers do not get depress because of our commander's absence. Rejoice for I have good news to share regarding the suburbs of those freaks. We just learned that the White Fang are holding one of their rally's there. They want to recruit more freaks to join their cause for equality, what a joke!" he grinned under his mask hearing laughter in complete mock" if you ask me they couldn't have picked a better time."
"That's not good" Qrow spoke" if there's one thing Black Fist hates the most than faunus are the faunus of the White Fang. They are consider their greatest enemies."
"If the White Fang will be present with the rest of those civilian faunus, they have more reason to go with this operation" followed Dana.
"I have to add that we still don't know what is this" operation" of theirs, he still hasn't said anything about it" said Jaune.
As the members of the anti faunus group resumed their cheered the masked man in charge pointed to the moving wagon on the truck" its time to begin with the cleansing with our weapon!"
They continued cheering but eventually their cheering came to a full stop when the sound of sirens were heard. The one in charge gasped once it became all silent they knew what this meant, they knew they were in deep shit. And they knew their operation could be put to a full stop ending in failure. The sirens were close now and the sound of doors slamming shut, followed by guns been loaded coming from the other side of the large door of the warehouse was truly a bad sign. They were freaking out this isn't what they wanted, this wasn't how their operation was going to end like this.
*Black Fist this is the police! You are surrounded, come out with your hands in the air this instant or we will enter and open fire!*
"Shit its the cops!"
"Now what?" Jaune was hoping the Branwen will give him the green light to do something.
"Now we fight" he grinned.
"Finally!"
This was the best chance to act. With the police outside and the three of them inside they will be able to trap Black Fist from both sides. Now their numbers didn't matter, their aura piercing rounds didn't matter with the chance that has presented to them. They weren't going to miss this opportunity also the fact the law enforcers were aware that the person who contacted them was the huntsman accompanying the Arc siblings so they knew he was here.
Jaune unsheathed Excalibur and unfolded Crocea Mors shield, he quickly changed to grenadier mode knowing he needed to bring heavy fire on the anti faunus group because of their arsenal. His older sister followed releasing the sword from her right gauntlet, her weapon Achilles next she released a round shield from her left gauntlet that is folded the same way as her brother's shield, this was her defensive weapon Taragon, now Dana Arc was ready for battle. Qrow unsheathing his weapon changing it to shot gun mode he was grinning that the young blond was getting inpatient but now they can bring hell to these bastards.
Jaune fired the small grenade right at the exact middle where all the masked members were gathered, the explosion sent them flying. He grinned it was just as he thought they were all caught off guard even if they were shocked by the police's presence. Dana charged kicking and slashing any opponent that was still conscious her speed has amazed her younger brother and that wasn't all but her skills too. He knew that his older sister has gotten quite strong during her training and she was considered the most skilled in the Arc family. But after seeing her in battle beating one member of Black Fist after the other not giving them a chance to fire their rifles, he was truly in awe. The younger blond felt proud of her she truly a worthy huntress in training and great team leader. He reminded himself to ask her about her teammates after they were done here.
"Ambush! Kill them!" the one in charge responded running away.
Qrow fired a couple of shot gun dust rounds causing more damage to the group and to the hideout. Looks like they will be doing the job for the police while they were still waiting outside. Just the three of them were able to decreased their numbers obviously they masked members were hurt and unconscious ready to be arrested and send straight to jail. His red eyed traveled to the man in charge he was heading for the truck where their secret faunus killing weapon stood. The Branwen had to take cover as a small group gathered opening fire at him. Just like he said their rifles were loaded with aura piercing rounds if he or the Arc siblings get shot the injury will be real. Even with aura it will take a while to heal without medical treatment, he knew he had his hands full. There was nothing he could do but he can rely on someone to stop the running away member.
"Kid!" he called to the young Arc" one of them is getting away on the truck, he's probably taking the weapon to the faunus suburbs!" he stood behind one of the boxes receiving more enemy fire.
"He has to be stop!"
"Right!" Jaune fire another grenadier beating the remaining members from his side looking at his older sister she was also done with her share" Dana that guy is getting away!"
"He's not taking that truck!" she shouted as her eyes spotted a motorcycle.
The masked member in charge turned on the truck's engine as he pressed the accelerator all the way. The vehicle drove off destroying the warehouse gate crashing some of the police cars but they were able to moved out of the way in time.
"Jaune get on!" the older Arc has turned the bike on waiting for her brother and the blond obeyed getting behind her.
"Hang on!"
The bike drove off faster than the truck heading into the highway following the large vehicle.
Qrow gave a sigh watching the siblings go on their own. At least he didn't had to worried about the members firing at him because they have been detained by the police that have arrived to the warehouse after the truck destroyed the gate. The huntsman took a break to finally take his silver flask and take a sip from the alcohol, how much he needed it. He took a couple of more sips before he stopped one of the officers holding a handcuffed Black Fist member.
"Officer hold it. I would like to have a word with him in private."
Jaune was holding for his dear life. More precise, he was holding to his sister's waist so tight because she was driving the bike probably at max speed. The worst part is that they were driving in a highway street with present vehicles. Good news the truck wasn't that far away, bad news if the bike keep this speed up they could suffer a crash accident. But it seemed Dana's driving skills were as good as her fighting skills. The way she dodged the cars was quite impressing, they made it to the truck in no time. The younger Arc glared at the driver's door spotting the masked member driving the vehicle desperately. There was no way he was going to let whatever weapon they had to be unleash on the faunus population. He changed his weapon to rifle mode firing at the door but he countered firing from his own rifle making the Arc to blocked the fire with his shield.
"Get me closer!"
Dana carefully drove obeying her younger brother's request. It was hard with the truck driver firing at them. Jaune kept firing but it wasn't doing much he needed to stop this guy before the truck reaches the suburbs where the faunus lived. His best chance to make him stop is to actually be there and beat him up. He signaled his older sister that he was planning to do something crazy and that was enough to give her a reaction of shock. The Shade Academy second year finally thought her brother has gone insane. Her blue eyes widened when he jumped off from the bike and was now hanging from the closed driver seat like he was an actor from an action movie. It was hard for her to keep her eyes on the road while gazing at him and trying to break down from concern. The older sibling will always worry her younger sibling and vice versa. Relief was seen in her features when the blond opened the door and start punching the masked member.
"Hit him harder Jaune!" she was cheering him on.
"Okay pal you are stopping this truck now!" the young Arc kept on punching the Black Fist member.
"You will not stop our operation freak lover!" he pointed his rifle but the teen punched it away and countered hitting him with his shield.
"Whatever you're planning it ends here!"
Another punch from the blond knight was enough knocked the masked man out. He went to press the brake and the truck has slowly stopped. Jaune felt so relief to see the vehicle not moving anymore. Staring outside of the highway they were near the city and they weren't anymore vehicles passing by. It was a successful mission before he left the truck and saw that his sister has stopped the bike and rushed in to give him a hug. Or at least that's what he thought at first. Dana was glaring at him comically before moving him like he was a rag doll.
"What is up with you!? How can you do something so crazy like jumping from the bike!? You could have gotten hurt! How do you think mom will react when I tell her you got hurt while you were under my watch!?"
"I'm sorry I'm sorry! It won't happen again I swear! But Dana look, we stopped the truck the faunus are safe" Jaune was all dizzy.
"It better not!" she let him go still looking angry but more worried" all that training you went through has made you crazy."
The younger blond just ignored when he heard his scroll ringing, opening the device he smiled recognizing the number" Qrow we did it we stop the truck from getting to the city!"
*You stopped the truck but not the weapon.*
"What do you mean?"
BAMM!
Both Arc siblings gasped seeing the wagon been hit again like back at the warehouse. The banging continued until the top was destroyed and a long familiar black pincer emerged.
"What….?" stood Dana shocked.
*One of them spilled the beans after I had a small" conversation" with him. The weapon is a Queen Deathstalker and that's not all…."*
BAMM!
Finally the wagon was destroyed and it emerged the one thing neither was expecting to see inside of the city. A Deathstalker but it was bigger than the usual and it looked meaner it was no doubt a Queen type species which its stronger and tougher than the regular type of scorpion Grimm. Both stood shocked thinking if they will be able to fight it without heading to the city because they were so near from reaching the faunus populated area. There was something attached to its back close to its tail stinger it was a metal case device with a light bulb that kept on flashing red.
*Its equipped with a bomb.*
"A bomb!?" Jaune was ready to panic.
*Yeah a bomb. You know a device that goes boom.*
"I know what a bomb is!" the teen gave a comical expression.
*Also if you kill the Deathstalker it will detonate, if you somehow manage to remove the bomb it will detonate too.
"That...That's diabolical!" Dana said outraged" why would they come up with such plan?"
*That's the idea. The Deathstalker will attack the faunus suburbs and the bomb is a precaution just in case any huntsman kills it. That way the detonation from the bomb will take anything in its surrounding. Also its a big bomb the explosion is big enough to take out an entire city. Call the bomb their back up plan or plan B.*
"The Deathstalker will kill so many faunus and the bomb might even kill twice the number. Its going to be a faunus massacre" Jaune was shocked his blue eyes narrowed in anger thinking of Black Fist.
"Jaune!"
"What?" he turned to his sister.
"Its going straight to the city!"
The siblings saw the Queen Deathstalker leaving the highway and entering the city limits heading to the suburbs where it is most populated by faunus.
*Listen kid you have to get it as far away from the city as you can. At least try to get it to the outskirts, I have no idea how to kill it without getting close so the bomb doesn't go off.*
"Don't worry about that" he smiled knowing what to do" I can kill it from a distance we only have to worry ourselves getting it far away from the city."
*The police are still questioning me. I will try to get there and help as soon as they stop annoying me, yeah I'm talking about you whatever. Later kid.*
The young Arc chuckled knowing the scythe master was arguing with one of the officers "its okay, I'm not alone on this" he turned to his older sister" think you can give me a hand sis?"
"Do you even have to ask? There's no way I'm letting you fight alone, mom and dad will be on my case I will never hear the end of it" Dana smiled as she got back on the bike" let's go little bro we have a city to save."
"Right" he got on with a nod.
(Scene change)
(Location: Meeting Square Suburbs district Kingdom of Vacuo)
The wide area where it was usually use as a gather spot for special activities and other occasions was packed with people. However every single person present was a faunus all kinds of people with different animal traits were eagerly assisting a rally been put by the civil right movement group the White Fang. Every month they will come to this part of the city to motivate other faunus to join their movement and cause for equality for their kind. They weren't going to let the humans kept them from fighting for their freedom to live or the acknowledgment of their existence. They were cheering watching the members of the group with their uniforms colored white and the symbol of the beast colored showing their faces with pride. Among those proud faunus stood twelve year old Blake Belladonna who smiled watching the leader and founder walked to the stage to meet the faunus crowd.
The older man who was a tiger faunus showing the black stripes on the back of his head going all the way to his back. He obviously was wearing the group's uniform and smiled when they erupted in cheers. Because the length of the crowd many of the faunus were unable to see the stage structure so pretty much they didn't had a clue what was going on until the leader will say a word. Among those faunus that couldn't see squat was a twelve year old with monkey faunus with spiky blond hair with dark gray eyes wearing a red shirt with light brown short pants and gray sneakers. He was annoyed because he wanted to see what was happening at the stage he's been secretly looking forward to see the White Fang in person and maybe join their group. He hated the people that were picking on the faunus and committing crimes on them. So why not join a group that fights with their voices for equality of their species? He tried jumping to get a better but it wasn't helping.
"Oh come on I wish I was taller. What's the point of attending a rally if you can't see the people from it!?" obviously Sun Wukong wasn't a happy camper with being in the back of the crowd.
"Greeting to all of our brothers and sister that have decided to join us on this fine evening" he proceeded once the crowd calmed down a bit" we are gathered here today to bring you a very important message dedicated specially to every one of you. For centuries our kind has been hated, despise push aside, we were nothing treated like a minority" his expression was serious as the crowd stood quiet.
"You have probably experience all that hatred, the harsh treatment that no being deserves. Then they call us animal, wild beasts, monsters, heartless they would even go far to call us pathetic beings that don't deserve to live in the same world as the humans. I think its time that we join together and show them how wrong they are. Let us rise up and shout to the humans, let them hear our voices that we aren't any different from them. Only thing that sets us aside from them are our unique" traits" the White Fang leader smiled while some chuckled" whether you have horns, spots, stripes, cat ears" the last one made Blake smiled" or tails it doesn't make us complete animals because we don't act and behave like such, or even like those soulless fouls beasts that are the Grimm."
The faunus crowd stood while others were shedding tears. Blake was among those while Sun looked very inspired by his speech "wow...This guy is good."
"We are human and we act like them, just look at us. Let's all put our hand on our chest like this" just as he said every did as told" can you hear it? Can you hear that beating? That is the beating of a heart every living being has one, every faunus, every human and every animal. We have feelings, when we hear something humorous we laugh isn't that right? Somebody tells me a joke I will laugh, well that also depends if the joke is funny because if its now I will give that person my" your joke sucks face". His comment made the crowd laughed" but mostly that's how it is. If we hear something sad or if were feeling will sad we cry, we shed tears isn't that right. I am certain that every brother and sister here have cry for various reasons, mainly because we are hated by the humans."
"Let's not forget the most important thing that make us human what make us" us", what makes us who we are, the essence of aura, a soul. Every single faunus has a soul and we all have aura just like the humans. Unlike the Grimm that can't use aura because they lack a soul so they're not human nor faunus, they're soulless" he smiled watching the crowd has been inspired feeling like they could do anything" it won't be easy its going to be a long and hard road. But we will slowly get there and everyone will hear our voice, they will hear our message. Now who is ready to join the path and fight for our cause!?"
Nobody replied because at that instance faunus were screaming in fear and panic.
"Grimm! It's a Grimm run for your lives!"
"Hector!" Blake shouted getting closer to the leader and her mentor.
All the faunus started running as soon as they saw the Queen Deathstalker arriving destroying everything in its path. They couldn't believe there was a Grimm here in the city, so quickly the faunus that were inspired in wanting to make a change to fight for equality they were now cowering in fear. Many have already but some weren't so lucky to get away as one Sun has tripped next to the scorpion Grimm. The monkey faunus trembled he was paralyzed unable to make a move as the Queen Deathstalker was so close to him. He prayed to Monty that he survives by a miracle as the creature was ready to attack with its sharp pincer. Instead the attack was blocked letting the blond faunus to see who has decided to save him. His savior was a girl with beautiful long blond hair tied in a single braid with captivating blue eyes. Her weapons were interesting noticing what it seems to be a gauntlet sword and a gauntlet shield.
"You all right?"
"Uh...I…." Sun stood speechless blushing at the sight of the girl older than him.
"I'll take that as a yes. Please get to safety!"
The monkey faunus did as told but he kept stealing glances at the blond knight girl. It looks like his heart has been stolen by this nameless heroine.
Jaune kept fighting the Deathstalker in order to keep his attention on only him. He needed to keep it away from the panicked faunus and from causing any more damage. Thankfully his sister joined him slashing on his armor and pincer with her quickness and effectiveness. As it fate wanted to laugh at the young Arc it was ignoring him and the second year Arc watching the fleeing faunus, by pure instinct it chose its next victim. Jaune saw it was heading straight to that tiger faunus he saw on those news four years ago he was aware of the White Fang's rally and how hurting this man and any of his followers will please Black Fist. His blue eyes widened realizing it wasn't the leader of the group but the faunus next to him, a certain cat faunus. He ran faster than Dana knowing the scorpion Grimm was going after Blake. Thankfully the tiger faunus pulled her out of the way but now he was the one who was going to get hit by its tail stinger.
"Come on Jaune move it! I'll be damned before I let any faunus get hurt!"
"Hector!" Blake thought she was going to lose her father figure and mentor.
The poison stinger never reached the man as it hit the young Arc's shield. Jaune glared countering with a barrage of slashes towards the tail. Thanks to Port's class he knew the Deathstalker's most dangerous weapon was its poison stinger. Even if it was a Queen type it was still the same and it will get hurt if it gets removed like he did with his team back at the Beacon initiation at the Emerald Forest. The blond gave a glance at the tiger faunus who reunited with Blake, he gave them a nod telling them to get out of here. It seemed he understood giving a nod as he left the premises with the cat faunus. His blue eyes went to the scorpion Grimm focusing on the one that that matters, the bomb attached to the near section of its tail. Remembering Qrow's words he couldn't kill the creature while it was inside of the city and he couldn't try to remove it, because it will detonate as well as killing it.
"Damn Black Fist and their ridiculous hatred for the faunus."
Jaune eventually regrouped with Dana at least they were been successful getting the attention of the Queen Deathstalker. Best of all it wasn't hurting faunus and it wasn't doing that much for property damage. By now all of the faunus have left the area it was going to be easier to deal with the creature without to worry of possible casualties. Since it was following the siblings went back to the bike ready to drive it away from the city in order to kill it and detonate the bomb in a safety area. The vehicle drove off as the young Arc changed Excalibur to rifle mode firing at the scorpion to keep its attention on him. Thank goodness it was working the Queen Deathstalker sounded angry chasing over the bike, things couldn't get bad for the Arc siblings. But unfortunately, they did.
"Oh no…." Dana realized the bike was getting slower.
"What is it?"
"We're running low on gas!"
"If its not one thing its another!"
As the bike started losing speed both had to abandoned the vehicle. Luckily for them the Deathstalker wasn't that fast Jaune kept on firing it carefully not to hit the bomb. He concentrated fire on its stinger and pincers while Dana was angry with herself realizing neither Achilles or Taragon had a long range fire weapon like her brother's sword. She was more effective as a close range fighter she made a mental note to try and upgrade her gauntlets when she gets the free time. Once the scorpion Grimm was getting closer to them they started running while the younger Arc kept firing to continue keeping its attention on them. The situation has gotten complicated running and firing and the addition that they were in the middle of the city. As told by Qrow they needed to get to the outskirts of the city to in order to get to a safety distance when the bombs explode.
"Dana how far are we from the outskirts?"
"Like an hour away, maybe an hour and a half. I recognized this part of the street. We still have ways to go if we want to get there."
"Great that bike has to be out of gas at this exact moment, how convenient."
"A huntsman's life is never easy. We have no choice but to run or maybe get another vehicle."
"We don't have to get a vehicle. I got the solution" Jaune kept firing before closing his eyes focusing on his aura.
"What are you…." the older Arc female paused seeing her brother's body glowing with his aura.
The young blond thought of his summons, the two he has unlocked so far. He had a feeling that summoning more than one creature will take more of his aura but he didn't care. He needed them both, transportation and additional fire. It was impossible to risk the Deathstalker focusing on something or someone else. The second year huntress in training kept staring at her younger brother in wonder seeing how the aura was flowing through his body. She knew that members of her family had large aura reserves and she also had a lot of aura during the times she undergo aura training.
"Behemoth King, Elfy I need both of your help!"
Dana's eyes widened as she saw two crystals appeared before her brother. They shattered in a white light there were now two beings before the younger Arc. Her blue eyes widened when she saw a large creature that was a bit bigger than the Deathstalker and a lot more scarier. Next to the creature with the big horn stood a girl shorter than her the female Arc noticed her long pointy ears, her long bow and the quiver this girl was obviously an archer. As she came to understand and remembering what her father told him she can be more proud of him. It was her first time witnessing this after she has read it from the Arcs history documents.
"So this is the semblance of our family…."
"Dana get on!" Jaune called as he boarded the Behemoth King" you too Elfy!"
The Shade Academy student gave a nod not looking afraid to board the big creature while the elven archer used her agility to be next to her master.
"Now's the time where I need you two the most. I'm counting on you."
"We will always fight by your side master Arc!"
"Say your command we will obey!"
"So Jaune can communicate with them. That will make sense because they are his summons" Dana was impressed.
"Our target is that!" he pointed the scorpion Grimm heading their way" the Deathstalker, we need to get it far away from this city to the outskirts Elfy you and I are going to keep its attention with attacking it. But be careful not to shoot that device attached to its back, because its a bomb. Once we reach the outskirts I will leave it to you Elfy to finish it off" he gazed at the elven archer who nodded in return.
"Everyone hold on!"
The Behemoth King ran as fast as he could while Jaune and Elf fired their weapons getting the attention of the Queen Deathstalker. The Grimm looked angry resuming its chase after them. It wasn't that hard to run through the late night streets of Vacuo. There was no traffic, no cars because it was quiet and empty it was easy to maneuver while keeping an eyes on the big scorpion chasing them. The younger Arc fired his weapon in rifle mode and the Elf fired her arrows focusing on areas like its pincers and the its stinger tail. An hour passed and they seemed to have come a long way and the Deathstalker was still hot on their trail. They heard the sound of sirens coming from the cars of the police department who were following them. Jaune's scroll was ringing he took a break from firing letting Elf to resuming firing her arrows as the blond opened his device.
*Kid how you holding up?*
"Qrow I'm glad to hear from you" he smiled.
*The police is finally done questioning me I'm assisting them and the Vacuo military to watch over the kingdom's border. Because of the Deathstalker's attack many of the citizens are panicking and that's enough to bring a wave of Grimm here. The police have already explained the situation to the military they just opened the city's main gate so you can reach the outskirts. I'm leaving the rest to the two of you.*
"You got it!" he ended nodding to Dana who nodded back.
"Look! I can see the main gate from here we're almost there" said the second year huntress in training.
"Go faster Behemoth King!"
"I understand your haste master but please remember I'm a Behemoth not a Chocobo."
"A what?"
"Nevermind."
Still the large creature increased his speed reaching the main gate. Both siblings were making sure, hoping the Queen Deathstalker was still following them. With the resuming firing from Jaune and Elf they were lucky it was still angry and chasing them. His blue eyes shined of hope when they were too far away from the city they were all the way in a grassy field with the path that will lead to the Vacuo forest.
"We're far enough from the city" he turned to the elven archer" Elfy shoot the bomb on its back!"
Elf was charging the incoming arrow with the technique power shot. Using her excellent accuracy she aim the projectile at the device and fire. The power shot arrow hit the bomb causing massive explosion that killed the Queen Deathstalker. The Arc siblings stood in shock seeing the range and the damage it caused they knew if the bomb would have detonate inside of the city it would have done a lot of damage and cause a lot of casualties, namely for the faunus. Jaune's scroll rang again knowing it was Qrow calling him he opened it without looking at the number.
"We did it, we stopped the Deathstalker!"
*I know, I can see it all the way from the city. Everyone can see it, not bad kid.*
"You did it little brother!" Dana smiled while embracing him.
(Time skip)
When they returned to the city they weren't expecting to see quite the warming welcome. Members of the police department, the military and even the fire department were present to welcome back the siblings. It was like they were the heroes of Remnant, well they just saved Vacuo from a terrorist attack that could have cost the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of faunus so they did deserve to get some credit. Among the people stood Qrow who had a small grin, then he took a sip from his flask. Some of the civilians present recognized Dana due to her popularity with her team and being a student from Shade Academy. But the celebration didn't lasted long because the police still needed work to do with sending the remaining members of Black Fist to the station and the military needed to continue patrolling the border for any Grimm sighting. Jaune turned to his sister who was still smiling at him after watching him in action she knew he will become a strong huntsman.
"So kid, how does it feel to be the hero of Vacuo?"
"Oh come on knock it off" the young Arc stood blushing" I didn't do it all on my own Dana helped too. I don't need all the credit."
"You did must of the work than me little bro. So most of the credit belongs to you."
"You helped us against Black Fist, you drove the bike because honestly I can't drive one I'm underage, you helped me save the faunus attacking the Deathstalker and-"
"After that you used your summon creatures to lure it away from the city and it was your archer friend who delivered the finishing blow detonating the bomb. You deserve all that credit Jaune."
"At any case if neither of you hadn't stepped in the Deathstalker would have done a lot of damage and who knows the lives it could have taken. Both of you did a good job" said Qrow.
"I couldn't agree more."
The three turned to see members of the White Fang namely Hector the leader and next to him stood Blake who seemed pleased as she stared at the Arc siblings.
"You're Hector?" said the young blond.
"That is correct may I ask for both of your names?"
"Jaune Arc."
"Dana Arc from Shade Academy."
"It is an honor to meet you siblings Arc. I think its the right thing to do to properly thank the people who have risked their lives to save us and the rest of our brothers and sisters. As leader of the White Fang I thank you both for your tremendous courage and effort. You have saved us all from the Grimm, we are indebted to you."
"You guys don't have to do that. I was only doing what I thought was right. I want to help people, both human and faunus they're all the same to me."
Hector gave a chuckled at the young Arc" the fact you have accepted us as the same for humans means our message is reaching out, slowly but surely. I want you to meet my subordinate Blake Belladonna."
"Please to meet you both" said the cat faunus with a smile.
"Well I wish we could stay a little longer and resume this conversation but its late. We have other places to be more faunus to unite and more humans to enlighten. Have a wonderful evening" the tiger faunus gave a smile as he left with the rest of the members.
"Jaune, Dana?" Blake stopped in her steps turning to the siblings with another smile" I will never forget what you did for us tonight" she finally walked off.
"That's strange I don't remember Blake smiling often" Jaune stood in thought remembering the times at Beacon when he has met the amber eyed girl she was always quiet, not much of a talker and she will always be reading a book.
Qrow whistled at the retreating group" acknowledged by the White Fang that's something you don't see often. Your starting to build quite the reputation kid."
"I just want to do what's right" the young Arc blushed again the embarrassment was very high.
"And doing what's right is what's going to make you popular" the scythe master elbowed him on the side" pretty soon all the girls will be all over you and who knows maybe you will have your own harem."
"Please don't…." Jaune shivered at the thought of having so many girls around him thought it wasn't a bad thought he just didn't had the time for such things.
"Yes please don't. The last thing I want is seeing my little brother becoming like you" Dana frowned at the Branwen.
"You're breaking my heart" obviously the huntsman was being sarcastic.
"Well I better get going, don't want my team getting worry for my absence" the female Arc hugged her brother" thanks for the help little bro. Because of you we struck a major blow on Black Fist with some of their members behind bars and saved a lot of the faunus in the process."
"Thanks for your help too you were amazing. Your team is very lucky to have you as leader."
"You were pretty amazing yourself. You've grown strong and with awakening the semblance of our family, I just know you'll keep on getting stronger."
"I hope so" he smiled his thoughts were on his future during the invasion on Vale" because I'm going to need all of my strength if that day occurs again."
"Better go, I'm probably on time before curfew starts at Shade."
"Yeah about that" Qrow checked the time from his scroll" its twelve with forty minutes passed midnight."
Dana's blue eyes turned wide like saucers she freaked out" I'm late for curfew!"
"Um sis…." Jaune was staring at the clock from his scroll.
"The headmaster is going to kill me, I gotta go bye little bro!" she ran fast like the wind and ended up bumping into someone" sorry!"
"Just kidding, its only elven thirty five" the Branwen chuckled.
"You do know she's going to hunt you down until she finds you? Nobody plays a prank on my big sister and gets away with it. I speak from personal experience" the young Arc shivered at the painful memory involving glue and chicken feathers.
"If she ever does find me I can be pretty hard to find."
"Huh? Hey you okay?" Jaune helped the person Dana bumped into when she was left running.
"Oh man, anybody got the license of that bullhead ship?" said a certain blond monkey faunus.
"You're…." the blond teen remembered him as Sun Wukong leader of team SSSN, at least in his original future he was the leader of said team.
"Ow that was sure fast, never saw it coming" Sun stared at the blond blue eyed boy" hey I know you, I saw you at the suburbs square fighting that Grimm" his eyes widened" do you happen to know where that beautiful knight went?"
"Heh looks like your sister has a fan" said Qrow with a grin.
"Sister?" Sun smiled" dude! Is it true!? Is she really your sister?"
"Yes she is, her name is Dana. Why are you so interested in her?" Jaune stood confused seeing the faunus's eyes shining and his cheeks turning red.
"She saved my life I thought I was a goner when that Grimm was about to cut me in half. I just gotta ask her out."
"Love at first sight" the scythe master shook his head seeing the teen as a fool in love.
"I don't think you should do that um…."
"Sun, Sun Wukong pleased to meet you!"
"Jaune Arc. Anyway Sun you shouldn't try and ask my sister out-"
"You know where she went?" the monkey faunus ignored his comment.
"She went back to Shade Academy she's a huntress in training."
"She's a huntress" the faunus fell like he doesn't stand a chance" that means she's older than me…."
"Yeah she's eighteen, she's a second year."
"She's older than me by six years damn" his monkey tail started wagging he was smiling" that doesn't mean I'm going to quit, maybe I'll become a huntsman."
"What? Seriously you want to be a huntsman just so you can get closer to my sister? But by the time you enter Shade Academy she would have already graduated along with her team. What will be the point-"
"See you later Jaune oh and thanks for saving the faunus dude you're cool in my book" Sun left running feeling so happy.
"Strange kid" said Qrow.
"I'll say, at least he hasn't change from the time when I first met him."
"Makes me wonder why your cool in his book. Is it for saving the faunus or because you're the brother of his crush?"
"I think its both but mainly its the latter" Jaune gave a chuckle.
"Now that this whole thing is over and everything has calm down I'm heading back to the Drunken Hole."
"Like I didn't see that coming" the blond rolled his eyes walking with the huntsman.
"You're coming with me" he grinned dragging the teen.
"What!? No! I'm not going to that bar I'm not supposed to be there I'm a minor."
"Sure you can. You're not allow to drink that's all while we're there I'll give you a few pointers on how to talk to girls and some useful pick up lines."
"If I listen to you I have a bad feeling I might become like you."
"Kid you'll thank me someday when you get a girlfriend."
"No I don't think so."
The Branwen gave a chuckle before smiling at the blond" kid….?"
"Yeah?"
"Summer would have been proud with what you did tonight."
That comment alone brought him to tears as a smile spread his lips" thanks…."
To be continued
-Sorry no new summon but I already have one in mind for the upcoming chapters obviously I won't say a word of who and I won't give a hint this time. I'm so evil.
-I totally intentionally wanted to bring Blake in this chapter for the reason that I wanted to make a connection between her, Jaune and Dana. I want her to see them as the first humans she can fully trust. Because of this she will become a strong ally to Jaune and those that will become teams when I finally get to the volume 1 canon story.
-As for Sun I added him as a bonus. I wasn't planning in bringing him in the chapter honestly but then I thought" why not?" he'll become a friend of Jaune this soon in the story. I also wanted him to be save by Dana and him getting a crush on her though I don't know where exactly I'm heading with this I just thought it was funny. So not sure if it will be Sun/OC or Sun/Dana or maybe ArcSun.
-Dana Arc will become an important character in the future for the story so I have a lot of plans for her. Her weapons Achilles and Taragon are composed of a gauntlet that sheathes a sword and another that releases a round shield similar to Pyrrha's Akouo. Hey if there is such thing as shot gun gauntlets why not a gauntlet sword and a gauntlet shield? However I'm still uncertain if I will show her team DLTA stands for Delta. If I do decide to show them it won't be until way later in the story.
-On another note the pairing poll for Jaune's pairing is on my profile page. I can't believe I have been getting PM's asking me" where's the poll?" for real? Just click my username" Gravenimage" and the profile page will be there along with the pairing poll it says" Pairing for Jaune on the Alternate Path" you can't miss it. Also Archarem is still going strong hurry up vote for the pairing because soon I will close the poll.
-On a similar note Archarem is Jaune with ONLY three girls Ruby, Yang and Pyrrha that's it I will not add another girl. So sorry for those that want me to add Blake, Weiss or even Nora that's right someone wants the Queen of the Castle to be Jaune's pairing but I think its a very strange crack pairing.
-Thank you for the suggestions for Jaune's summons please keep them coming because I'm still deciding who to choose.
-The fifth time skip is coming next chapter.
-As always thank you very much for the favs, follows and reviews I really appreciate it.
Next time: Signal
