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AN: I'm sorry all you followers, but this is me telling you that Those Days is now over.
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APRIL FOOLS! Let's get on with this fic.
Chapter 19: Arcadia
Ruby and Jaune were surrounded on all sides by ninjas garbed in black. There was no way of escape for both of them. Nudging the knight to get ready, she positioned Crescent Rose for the offensive.
"Miracle!" She shouted, linking arms with the knight as he spun her with shield in front of him while her scythe was extended out, cutting into the ninja too close and dwindling the numbers to ten.
As they got enough room, Jaune had let go of Ruby's arm, shouting his command. "Hustle!"
What happened next was a combination of dancing and Ruby firing her weapon while Jaune cut and bashed any enemy that had come too close. As the numbers came to zero, the fallen ninja had disappeared, and the whole room turned white with only the two leaders sweating from their exercise.
"That was impressive you two." Glynda had praised them through the screen. "You've come a long way Mr. Arc. And Ms. Rose, that was a very fine dance number."
"Thank you ma'am." The young leader blushed at the praise. "Jaune and Ren have been teaching me some dance moves during my free time."
"Let's hope that it doesn't cut in with the time needed for studies." The disciplinarian said half serious.
"N-nope." Somehow, Glynda knew she was lying.
"So who would like to be next to test out the new hologram training simulator?" Glynda had asked the rest of the students.
"Me! Pick me!" Yang waved with her robotic arm. "I got a new upgrade on this arm and I wanna see how it can handle a triple axle."
"I would also like to join her in a team exercise." Pyrrha had raised her hand. "My Achilles heel had recovered, but I feel it's still not up to standards yet. "
"Very well Ms. Xiao Long and Ms. Nikos. Be ready in five minutes." It was always a joy to see Yang and Pyrrha fight.
With the loss of her arm, Yang had first gone through the regular stages of loss and acceptance. But after a talk with friends, and Blake showing up after the others had found her, she had bounced back to her old self. An arm was fashioned for her, and she took it in pride as a battle scar to remind everyone of caution.
Ruby, Weiss, Jaune, and Pyrrha were seen as the heroes who overthrew Cinder Fall before she could absorb all of Amber's powers. During the panic of the dragon Grimm, Jaune had successfully stopped Cinder's arrow from killing Amber. Pyrrha had stepped out of the pod to aid him in pushing the anarchist back away from Amber while Ozpin stayed to safeguard her.
As she tried to flee, Ruby and Weiss had intercepted her, and she was cornered on all sides. Cinder did not go down without a fight and managed to at least shoot the Amazon's heel before she the remaining three had delivered the coup de grace.
Not willing to die without taking them with her, she had summoned the dragon towards them. With Weiss and Jaune trying to help a limping Pyrrha away from the dragon, they were too slow as the beast had cut them off. Seeing her friends about to be eaten, Ruby had used a power she didn't know she had. After the brilliant flash, she had fallen unconscious, leaving a frozen dragon mere inches from devouring her friends.
Seeing their chance, Pyrrha had shifted Milo into rifle mode to help gun down dragon while Jaune had hacked at it's arms and neck. Before any more Grimm could be summoned, Weiss had concentrated long enough to summon the knight arm once more to deliver the final blow, decapitating the ancient Grimm.
The White Fang had retreated, but many were still injured. Ozpin had informed Pyrrha that Amber was now stabilizing and would be recovering soon. When she would wake up, he didn't say.
"You ready for this P-Money." The blonde brawler asked, flexing her robot hand.
"I should ask you the same." As the two got into position, lion Grimm surrounded them with griffins flying overhead. "This is will be most satisfying."
A few minutes later
"C-C-C-Combo breaker!" Yang fist pumped after burying a lion's Grimm head into the dirt after Pyrrha had thrown it at her. "Ballet: It's not for sissies."
"That triple axel leg lock was beautiful to watch." Pyrrha had commented. She would secretly practice that move with Jaune later on.
After Glynda had finished judging them, they met up with the rest of their friends to head over to the cafeteria. The only one not present at the moment was Jaune.
"So…" Yang had nudged her partner.
"So what?" The cat faunus asked, not knowing what she wanted.
"Wanna join now?" Blake had groaned at her question. Yang had been trying to get everyone to join her. Ruby and Jaune were the easiest to get pulled in, Weiss had followed after her pride was shot, and then Nora had joined. The only ones that weren't part of it were her, Pyrrha, Coco, Yatsuhashi, Fox, and team SSSN. Apparently, Velvet had been part of the class before Yang joined.
"No!" She repeated, hoping it would be the last. "And the answer to the next one will be no, again."
"By the way." Pyrrha had voiced in. "Where's Jaune? I thought he was with you guys."
"Fearless leader got a call and stepped out." Nora answered while balancing a spoon on her nose. "He looked pretty shocked by whoever was calling him. …Think it was his mom?"
"…You get a pass since I'm sure you don't know." Blake had said with a pout. "But he did look a little pale when he was talking on his scroll."
"I wonder if this has anything to do of what we talked about in the RAWC room?" RWBY's leader asked herself out loud.
"What'd you guys talk about?" Yang asked, while balancing a spoon on each of her cheeks.
Flashback
"Hey Rubes?" Jaune asked the tiny leader that was walking on his back.
"Yeah Jaune?" She replied, rotating her heel on a tight knot on his shoulder.
"You ever wonder …nevermind." He muttered, groaning as she worked on his mid-back.
"Wonder what?"
"You ever wonder if what you have is as good as it will be?" He asked, feeling new stress forming.
"What do you mean?" She asked, stepping off his back and lying next to him.
"It's hard to explain really." He said, before thinking of a way to make it sound easier. "But imagine you have a basketful of puppies."
"I'm liking this imagination right now." She said while stretching her toes.
"You love them so much, that you carry them with you all the time." He continues. "But then they start getting bigger to the point you can't carry them anymore."
"Oh, so they're not like Zwei." The little leader muttered, rethinking her puppy breed.
"The sad part is, you still love them, but they still want you to carry them." He said, running a hand through his hair. "And if you ignore them, they start barking at you everyday and wont give you time for yourself."
"Uh-huh." She could understand how annoying a dog could get when they thought they were the boss.
"You try and find a nice place to yourself, but somehow, they keep finding you. And then it happens all over again." He sighed as he was almost done explaining. "So while in that moment of peace away from them, do you think that's the limit to how happy you could have been?"
"…That didn't make much sense at all." She said honestly. "If my dog kept acting like that towards me, I'd spray him to tell him to stop."
"It's easier said than done." He said to himself.
"Well of course it's not going to stop on the first try." She huffed at his attitude. "You gotta keep at it every time they get out of place."
"…Thanks Rubes." He said, ruffling her hair. "Now. If Blake and Nora were to team attack, what name would you give, cuz I'd say Black Lightning."
And they started debating team attacks and their names.
End Flashback
"We still don't know whether to use Rainbow or Fairy Tale as the all team attack." Ruby finished.
"…Why don't we all go check on Jaune to make sure he's okay." Ren suggested to all of them.
JNPR's room
As the three opened the door to their room with team RWBY behind them, they saw their leader packing his clothes.
"Jaune?" Pyrrha called out to him. Instead of answering back, he just quickened his pace in packing his stuff.
"…Bye guys." He said with tears in his eyes as he closed his bag shut and walked out, sparing them all a glance and leaving them in shock.
"Jaune, wait!" Ruby shouted, running after him after getting over her shock. The rest had followed no sooner.
By the time they reached the two leaders, they were at the courtyard where a ship that was pure white with gold trimmings was trying to land.
"Jaune!" Ruby shouted. "What's going on? Why are you leaving?"
Before Jaune could answer, seven women had jumped down and landed in front of the group.
"Who are they?" The little reaper asked, pointing at the women.
"My sisters." He mumbled, looking down.
"It's great to see you unharmed little brother." The oldest looking one had said, stepping forward. "Play time's over. It's time to go home."
"Now, now." Weis had said, getting in between them. "I'm sure if we talk this out, you can tell us what is going on so we all have a better understanding of what's happening."
Arcadia – Ten hours later
Dungeons
"This is all your fault, Blake!" Weiss had shouted behind her bars after they had all woken up from unconsciousness.
"How is this my fault?" the cat faunus rebuked at the accusation.
"You instigated them!" The heiress argued. "While they were telling us their story, you kept giving off sarcastic remarks and scoffed at everything they said. Of course they would take offense to that."
"I can't believe they took my arm!" Yang wailed as she kept kicking at her bars. "I swear! If it's hanging over a mantle place, I'm kicking them in the crotch! I don't even care if they're Jaune's siblings."
"You made it even worse, Yang!" Ruby scolded her sister. "Why'd you have to try and compete with them in a looks?"
"I saw them scoff at my hair!" She defended her pride. "And they even giggled at my chest like it was nothing!"
"Maybe we should all think of a way out of here." The red headed champion suggested. "We can all blame the two of them later."
"Oh don't you start Ms. Hypocrite!" Weiss said, extremely peeved at all of them except Ruby. "You actually encouraged the violence. Ruby and I were just defending ourselves when we got sucked into the madness."
"I yelled for us to stop hitting them." She defended herself.
"Pfft." Ruby laughed at the memory, before repeating the champion's exact words. "Stop punching them! Kicking will hurt them more."
"How did I get involved in this?" Sun shouted a few blocks down.
"Congratulations Sun." Blake called out to him. "You are officially free from owing me solids."
"Sweet! Yes!" He fist pumped before remembering where he was. "Wait! Aww shit! Not sweet! I'm in jail! This sucks."
"These collars they put on us are a bitch!" Yang complained while trying to tear off the metal band on her neck. "What are they even for?"
"The guard said they're shock collars in case we try to use our semblances." Nora said in a tired tone. One of the sisters had really put a beating on her when they perceived her as one of the biggest threats.
"Did you say shock?" Ren questioned his childhood friend.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Nora." Ren called out to her in a commanding tone. "…Use your semblance."
Outside the dungeon
"Hey." The guard on the left called out to his partner.
"Yeah?"
"You ever wonder why we're here?" He asked.
BOOM!
They never got an answer as the door they were guarding had exploded and knocked them both out. As RWBY, JNPR sans Jaune, and Sun ran out, they swiped a ring of keys one of the guards had and found their weapons. Sadly, Yang's arm was not found with them.
"I am going to murder them." The blonde dragon growled at the thought of her robot arm in the hands of those demon sisters.
"It's amazing how right Jaune was." Turning to the exit, they saw the youngest of the sisters waiting for them with an army behind her. "Tell you what, you guys come peacefully with me, and I'll take you to him."
"Why are you helping us?" Weiss asked, skeptical on things going so easy.
"Please." She scoffed. "You all are in one of the most accomplished self governing kingdoms. The only way to get out of Arcadia is by ship or by treading the desserts. And I highly doubt you'd all leave peacefully without my brother."
"Woah, woah!" The monkey faunus called out. "We're in Arcadia? THE Arcadia. Land of milk, honey, and all that jazz?"
"Yes. And all that jazz." She confirmed while eyeing him up and down.
"I say we follow her." Ruby whispered after huddling them all together. "If she's lying, then we can all just take her hostage. And if it's the truth, then it's a win for us."
"Do we have your word you'll take us to Jaune?" Pyrrha had asked, peeking her head out of the group huddle.
"You have my word I will take you to my brother." That sold Pyrrha's trust.
"She can be trusted." The champion confirmed. "Arcs never go back on their words."
"Oh, how rude of me." The sister said to them. "I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Elci Arc."
Streets of Arcadia
"I'll take this. …And some of those. …Oh-ho, I am definitely taking this with me." While they were heading off to Jaune, Sun was busily going through stalls buying whatever he could.
"Sun." Blake called out to him as he was three stalls ahead. "What are you doing?"
"I gotta get some souvenirs." He shouted out to her. "Coco hates it when I go somewhere new and don't even bother to buy her anything. Plus: It's Arcadia! When will I ever get a chance like this again?"
Seeing reason with that, Nora had joined him in souvenir shopping while Weiss handed her coin pouch for Nora to get her something too.
"So why do you guys want Jaune back so badly?" Ruby asked while trailing behind Elci. "Shouldn't he have a choice?"
"So he never told any of you, did he?" She muttered, never breaking stride. "Jaune was born into a responsible role only he could fill."
"Excuse me." Weiss piped in. "I know all about responsible roles, being an heiress to a company and all."
"Weiss Schnee." Elci said, remembering some facts about her. "Heiress to SDC, aspiring huntress, and from what my intel has gathered …the one who broke my little brothers heart."
"U-um. Well…" Pyrrha and Blake did not envy being Weiss at the moment.
"I wonder if you would change your mind if you found out what position my little brother holds here." She said with a bit of a sneer.
"Judging by how highly your talking about it, I'd guess he's also an heir to company or a dukes son?" The heiress had deduced. She got a small laugh in reply.
"You're correct on the heir part. But it's not a company he will inherit." Elci had stopped to turn to them and spread her arms wide. "It's Arcadia he will inherit."
"…WHAT?" All but Blake shouted. Blake had known who Jaune was all along after researching deeply on all of them. She just kept quiet about it to respect his secret.
"Jaune's a prince?" Ruby said in disbelief.
"I did not see that at all." Ren muttered to himself.
"Can he get my arm back?" Yang asked Elci.
"Oh god! All this time I've been training him, I've been hitting royalty?" Pyrrha was now fearing for herself. Would they take her to the cellars again?
"I could have been a princess if I accepted his advances?" Weiss shouted, palming her head.
"If memory serves, haven't the Schnees tried to gain partnership with the royal blood of Arcadia?" Jaune's sister asked, knowing it would burn Weiss. "Looks like you're part of the family history that has failed in that part as well."
"…Wait." Ruby said after calming down. "If Jaune ran away from home, then why didn't you guys send out a search for him or some kind of announcement?"
"Because that would be too dangerous you dolt." Weiss sighed at her leader's lack of logic. "Imagine if I ran away from home, and missing posters were posted up everywhere. The White Fang and other mercenaries would search everywhere to find me for ransom or worse. The same could be said for Jaune."
"Exactly." Elci had agreed. "We found out he was in Beacon, but as his sisters, we respected his decision and decided not to give chase. He would have to call us to bring him home."
"Then why now?" Ren asked, narrowing his eyes. "If you said you respect his decision, why force him here now?"
"Maybe I was too vague on my 'we.'" She said. "When I say 'we,' I mean my sisters and I. But sadly, out father did not agree. Once he found out where Jaune was, he ordered us to bring him back."
"Poor Jaune." Weiss said under her breath, understanding what that would be like.
"By the way." Elci said after a moment of silence. "I'm very proud of my brother to be one of the heroes to slay the dragon."
After a moment of shared smiles, Yang had destroyed the moment.
"So seriously. Where's my arm?"
Half an hour later
"Here we are." Jaune's sister said, motioning to what looked like a cathedral.
"This is your castle?" Nora said through arms full of souvenirs. "It looks more like a church."
"It is a church." Elci confirmed it. Seeing the scared looks Pyrrha and Blake were giving her, she voiced her curiosity. "What?"
"He's not getting married …is he?" Pyrrha asked, dreading the answer.
"What?" Elci's face scrunched up. "No! Jaune stays here for his studies and to attend his other duties."
"And I thought being a royal was all cakes and caviar." Yang muttered.
"That's just a stereotype made by the media once they saw a few aristocrats acting like snobs." Elci explained. "Most royals stand with the common man to help boost moral and show they are in capable hands by working along side them and eating the same meals as them."
"Your company could learn a thing or two about it Weiss." Blake had nudged her teammate. She was given the zooming upside-down bird at that remark.
"Things must have been tough with Jaune's mother passing away." Ruby lamented for her first friend.
"…What are you talking about?" Elci asked confused. "Our mother is alive and well."
"WHAT?" The three who knew of Jaune's mother shouted.
"But Jaune said his mother died!" Pyrrha said, unsure of who was lying.
"He even told us of all the fun times he had with her and how she taught him everything he knew." Blake helped supply some info.
"He said she died during a Grimm attack." Ruby said, not knowing what was real or fake anymore. "That's why his father didn't have him train anymore."
"So that's what you meant." Elci said, now understanding what was going on. "You really loved her that much, didn't you Jaune?"
"Huh?" The three said dumbly.
"The woman who died; her name was Tifania." Elci explained. "She was the caretaker here that taught Jaune everything he knew. During one of their outings where she was teaching him how to fight, an Alpha Beowulf showed up. Tifania had killed it, but lost her life at the cost. Father found out about Jaune's training and had scolded him. Our real mother had suggested banning any one from training him to keep him safe."
"A fat load that did." Yang criticized. "On our first week in Beacon, he was singled out by a bully as an easy target to pick on."
"…Who is Jaune's real mom?" Ruby asked, curious on his family history.
"We are the children of Claude and Eris Arc." Elci answered. "The reason Jaune doesn't think of Eris as his mother is because she was never there for him."
"Why?" Yang asked angrily, not understanding how a mother could do such a thing. She may have gone to therapy to help with the pain, but it's still there.
"My guess is, Jaune knows what a mother really is." Elci answered, not knowing what Yang was asking about. "Just like how he has his title as a prince and the leader of three of you, he knows that title comes with responsibility. So the same can be said about a mother. If you have the title, but shirk the work that comes with it, then you are no mother. …That's what he told me when he was fifteen and alone on his birthday."
"Let's head in and talk to Fearless Leader." Nora said a bit sad. As she pushed the doors to the church open, they were met with the rest of the Jaune's sisters.
"You lied to us!" Pyrrha pointed an accusatory finger to Elci. "What about your word?"
"I don't know whats going on either." She defended herself, before turning to her sisters. "Where is Jaune? Why isn't he here?"
After staying silent for a few minutes, the oldest had broke down crying into her hands. "We couldn't stop him."
"Stop who?" Pyrrha said, getting angrier.
"We couldn't stop Jaune." She sobbed. "He went to go challenge father for his freedom."
Elci's blood ran cold after hearing that. "We must go. NOW!"
Not waiting for them, Elci had started sprinting towards the castle. The only ones able to keep up at the moment were Ruby, Sun, Pyrrha, and Blake.
"So Jaune went to challenge his dad." Ruby said, catching up to Elci. "What's so bad about that? Jaune's improved so much."
"You don't get it, Ruby." Elci said with tears threatening to leak out. "If Jaune loses, then father will keep him here forever. And Jaune has never won a duel against him."
Seeing the castle doors, she signaled for them to be opened. Passing through, they had gone into the throne room where they saw Jaune talking with his father while Eris was off to the side watching them all.
"Jaune!" Elci called out to him. As his friends drew closer, they saw he was dressed in white robes and harem pants.
"What's with the new look, Jaune?" Ruby laughed at his poofy pants.
"They're the church uniform Rubes. Plus, it helps keep me cool in this heat." Jaune said with a blush.
"I don't mean to interrupt, but do we have a deal son?" King Arc had asked.
"We have a deal …King." Jaune said with a steel gaze.
"We'll have the duel tomorrow. Prepare yourself and spend time with your friends." He said, getting up from his throne and walking to his chambers. "It may be your last."
"…What was the deal Jaune?" Elci had asked him, worry in every word. Silence was her answer. "What was the deal?"
"…If I lose, I'll have to marry and take the throne." He said, clenching his fist. "He's even picked out who I'd be set with."
"Let's go." Taking his hand, she pulled him out of castle with his friends following behind. For some odd reason, this reminded her of when they were younger and she had to guide him out of the streets whenever he got lost.
"…I'm not going to lose." She heard him mutter under his breath.
"I know." She agreed with him. "You're Tifania's child afterall."
The next day
Stadium
Jaune's sisters and his friends were sitting in a nearly empty stadium with the king and prince standing across from one another. No words were said as they were waiting for the bell to ring.
The kings was holding a giant sword that looked too heavy to hold while wearing a set of armor similar to Jaune's. What bothered them was that on his side, Crocea Mors was strapped.
Jaune himself hadn't changed out of his robes and was holding a standard looking sword.
"Go Jaune!" Nora had shouted to her leader once the signal to fight had started.
As Ren watched Jaune fight, he felt like something was off about Jaune's movements. They looked precise, but something didn't feel right.
"Tango!… No." Ruby muttered under her breath as Jaune was almost grazed by the huge sword. "Revolution! …No! Jaune, what are you doing?"
Even Ruby could tell something was off on his movements.
As for the brawler, he partner and the champion: They were wondering why Jaune looked like he forgot how to fight.
"Come on Jaune!" Sun growled, seeing him taking a shield bash and ducking a vertical swing. "This guys nothing."
"Stop playing around, Arc." Weiss muttered, seeing the knight getting pushed into the walls. "He's trying to corner you."
On the screen, Jaune's health was at forty-nine while his dad's was at eighty.
"It's over son." Claude had boasted while twirling the huge blade easily. Jaune had dropped both his weapon and shield from the last heavy swing. "Just give up now like you've always done before."
"I …I-" Before Jaune could finish his sentence, someone in the stadium had shouted out to him.
"Stop fighting like a man, Jaune! Fight like a girl!" Ren shouted at the top of his lungs.
"What?" The rest of his friends said, not understanding the meaning behind that message. After all, most of the girls they knew were stronger than them.
"You'll see." Ren said, sitting back down. "And it looks like Jaune gets it too."
"I'm not losing!" Jaune growled to his dad. He threw his blade straight at him. As Claude dodged, he didn't expect for Jaune to jump on his blade just as he had swung it. Doing a triple axel, Claude had been kicked square in the jaw, where a loud pop was heard.
Rubbing his chin from the pain, Claude had managed to nick his son a few times while his son had countered most of the swings with jabs and kicks that were slowly dwindling the King's health to thirty while Jaune's was at fort-one.
For a while, Claude had thought he was fighting an old friend who died by the familiar way Jaune was moving. He was just a regular soldier once more, and the person he was fighting against was a beautiful brunette he knew since he was a child.
"Give up your majesty." Jaune taunted, bringing him out of his trance. "You're losing."
At that statement, Claude had rushed forward ready to do an overhead swing. But before he could bring it down, he soon found himself flying backwards with the sound of a dolphin rising and him landing hard on his back.
After standing back up, the king had looked over to his son who was pointing at the screen. On display, Jaune's meter was at thirty-eight while his had dropped down to five.
"I win old man." The young prince said with a triumphant grin on his face. Looking to his friends he waved at them as they cheered for him.
As he got closer to them, Ruby had hugged him so tight he heard a few ribs pop. Then Pyrrha and Blake had joined in hugging him while praising him on his win. Nora had joined in and had hoisted them all off their feet.
"You did great …Fearless Leader." Ren ribbed him while patting him on the shoulder.
"I'd give you a fist bump," Sun said while holding some new souvenirs. "But my hands are kinda full the at the moment. So I.O.U on that."
"So Prince Funbuns." Yang said, walking up to him in a too sweet tone. "Think NOW I can my arm back?"
"Don't worry Yang, it's in the castle hanging over the fireplace in the lounge." Jaune had tried to assure her nothing bad had happened to it.
"I FUCKING KNEW IT!" She shouted, her eyes turning from lilac to a dangerous glowing red. "You are taking me to it right now and then you're going to point out who put it up there."
"S-sure." Before they could even leave the stadium, Eris Arc had called for their attention.
"Jaune Arc." She said through a mic. "You have won the challenge, and so as agreed upon, shall have your freedom. …Good luck to you son."
"Yeah, you better you-" The angry dragon's sister had been quick to cover her mouth before they were put in trouble again. During the time Jaune was spending with them before the duel, Yang had voiced out how she held bad feeling for Jaune's blood mother.
"Let's just go and get your arm back, okay?" Ruby had soothed her sister.
Arc Castle
Lounge
"Are you sure you should be leave your sword behind?" The oldest of the sisters asked, wondering what her dear brother would use in the future. He and his friends were currently packing up for their ship ride back to Beacon.
"Yeah." He nodded while watching Yang put her arm back into place. "It never really was mine to begin with. Maybe I can make my own weapon once we get back to Beacon."
"Everything okay with your arm, sis?" Ruby asked with worry. She had been the one to add some mechanics to the robotic appendage. It was part of her pride and joy next to her Crescent Rose.
"It's a very fascinating piece." Arturia, the oldest sister commented while looking it over. "I would have given it back to you after studying it myself, of course."
"Well next, just ask." Yang huffed, still bitter that Arturia had yanked it off her during their bout. She had debated whether to go on her word to kick them in the crotch, but she relented when they explained they were just following orders.
A few corridors down, Elci and another of Jaune's sister, Wilma, were trying to act cute in front of Sun while eyeing him up and down.
"So Sun." Elci said twirling a lock of her hair. "What do you think about our kingdom?"
"Wanna stick around?" Wilma added in. "We could give you the grand tour."
"Where were you girls years ago?" Sun cried at his misfortune. "No, no. Must stay strong."
He slapped himself for what he had to do next.
"I'm sorry ladies, but I'm currently taken right now." He could feel his libido kicking his boin-loins for not caving in, but his heart was giving him a pat on the back.
"Really?" The young one said intrigued. "You got a picture of her?"
Taking his scroll out, he picked a picture of the two of them together to show the two princesses.
"Oh, she's cute." Wilma commented while patting the blonde faunus on the shoulder. "You're a good guy not trying to cheat on her."
"…Can I at least take a picture with you guys to make my nerdy partner jealous where I'm at?" Getting a nod of approval, Sun had taken a selfie with the two next to him striking a pose.
"Guess where I'm at nerd? Arcadia with two of their princesses." After clicking send, he got a text back from half a minute later.
"What's it say?" The two giggled after Sun showed Neptune's crude jealous message. Not long after that, Sun had an incoming call.
"Shoot. It's my girlfriend." Staying quiet to give him privacy, the two could hear Coco yelling on the other line. "Hey baby girl. …No, it's not like that. …I'm not. Neptune's just being a dick. …You wont even believe where I am right now. …I'm in Arcadia. …I'm not messing with you. This is for real! I am in THE Arcadia with RWBY and JNPR. …They're Jaune's sisters. …They are princesses. …Yes, he is. …I know, what a dick! I even paid for his shake too. …Of course I got you souvenirs. …Wait. Neptune's with you? Where are you guys? …Think you could pick me up a burger while you're there? …Banana juice if they have any. …Kay. Love you too. …We'll probably be back at Beacon by ten. …See you then."
"So she took it well?" Elci asked after he put his scroll away.
"Oh yeah." He chuckled in relief. "The moment I said RWBY and JNPR, she let it go."
"So you're the writer of those movies?" Alexandra asked while interviewing Ren and Nora.
"Yup. Ren's always quiet, but that's cuz he's always thinking." Nora had answered for her friend.
"I read from an online blog that a sequel was coming out." She continued asking. "That was months ago. What's going on?"
"We're …having trouble with the productions company." Ren groaned at the memory. "Currently, we're at a standstill because they want to take my name off the series as it's creator. The film wont be airing anytime soon until we can get all of that settled."
"So it's finished." Alexandra summarized. "It's just that the production wont send it out until you sign the rights to them."
"In a nutshell: yes." The green ninja answered. "But I'm not selling out. It's pure case of power checking."
"We already have a contingency plan in case we have to move shop elsewhere." Nora informed their princess fan.
"So does Jaune have a girlfriend yet?" Bernie Arc asked Pyrrha and Blake as they helped pack their things.
"I bet it's the Schnee." Edwin said, helping Blake pack some of her new books. The two brushed it off. "How bout you, Jacky? Any idea who it might be?"
"I'm leaning towards the young one in their group." This piqued the cat and the champion's attention. They never considered Ruby as competition. "Have you seen how close they are?"
"They're just best friends." Blake had told the sisters. She felt like she was telling herself that more than them.
"I'm sure you all are just over thinking things." Pyrrha had supplied. Jaune wasn't interested in someone younger than her, was he?
"…Nope." All three sisters had said simultaneously.
"If it looks like love, sounds like love, and feels like love: then its nothing but love." Alexandra said, quoting a song she remembered as a kid. After closing Pyrrha's case, she clapped her hands. "Well, you're all set."
As the three sisters left, Blake and Pyrrha had shared a look wondering whether Ruby was a possible threat to them.
At the airdocks
"Careful with that, dude." Sun grumbled as Jaune almost dropped one of his bags. "That's Coco's souvenir in there."
"Then why aren't you holding it?" Jaune groaned, trying to fix the bags almost slipping.
"I'm holding all her other souvenirs." He said, hoisting the bags in his arms.
"Why did you buy her all these souvenirs?" The blonde knight asked tiredly. "Some of these things can be bought easily in Vale."
"Yeah, but I got this from here." Sun argued back. "That makes it different."
"No it doesn't." He contradicted.
"You just wont get it until you finally get a girl of your own."
Hello Jaune's pride. Pain came to visit you again. What's that, you wont take him lying. Well go for it then.
As the two bantered, the group had pulled them to a stop once they saw who was standing in front of their ship.
"Your Majesty?" The prince and his sisters said. In his hands, he held Crocea Mors.
"It's dangerous out there." He said, looking straight into his son's eyes and holding Crocea Mors out to him. "Take this."
"…Um." This was awkward for the two of them since Jaune's hands were full. So Claude had tried to balance the sword in the other bags of souvenirs. Unfortunately, it was taking a few more tries. "Just… a little to your left. Maybe a bit more forward. …Okay, I can hold it there. Thanks."
"Take care son." He said, and stood next to his daughters. "your mother would be here, but …she's not that fond for goodbyes."
"…Just tell her I said see you all later." He muttered, giving them a smile.
After a hug from all of them, the group had left to head back to Beacon.
"He's grown up so much." Arturia lamented.
"Indeed." The king sighed, missing the little boy that would run around the streets merrily. "Come along girls. This country isn't going to run itself."
Back at Beacon
"Welp!" Jaune said, lying down in the sofa of the RAWC room. "Alls well that ends well, right Rubes?"
"Not quite so." She said in with a knowing smirk.
"What?" Suddenly his blue hoodie was thrown over his head. "Huh?"
"C'mon Prince." Coco said, sporting the same knowing smirk. Sun was right behind her, also having a wide grin. "I'd like a treat for a milkshake."
"A banana split for me, your Grace." He said with a smirk.
"We know you're loaded." Ruby said, putting on her shoes.
"Aw come on!" Jaune groaned. It was good to be home.
END
AN: Hey all, I'm back. I know the April fools is late and all, but I've been busy gardening and stuff. Had to get my life on track cuz programming is not for me. So I'm shifting courses, getting back into art, all that stuff. Trying to get time into my random sched since I'm always called on to do something.
I know I'm not much for OC's but since Jaune does have seven sisters, are they really? I'm just taking a guess at their names and age. Ad does this mean this is like an alternate universe? Obviously sine Pyrrha is still alive.
Anyways! THOSE DAYS and NOL are now off HIATUS and will continue.
If you're wondering about the Grimm eater sequel: I got a guy working on the Special Ops chapter. I wont say who the person is so no one harasses him/her, but I will reveal him/her if he/she wants me to when the Special Ops chapter comes out. Peacewalker might come before that, but I want to keep it in chronological order.
OMAKE:
Team CFVY and the rest of SSSN were going through a drive by on their day off. Seeing as the two leaders were dating, Coco thought the two teams should get to know one another better.
Things were going great. Suddenly, Neptune had gotten a text from her boyfriend with an added picture.
"Guess where I'm at nerd? Arcadia with two of their princesses." Neptune read aloud. After inhaling angrily, he gave his scroll to Coco as a bit of revenge.
Blood running cold, Coco had immediately called him with her own scroll.
"Everyone! Cover your ears." She growled, waiting for Sun to pick up. "…Are you cheating on me!? …Really? Then what's this picture Neptune just showed me? …Then where are you? …Try me, monkey boy! I am really feeling hurt right now! …Shut up. …Okay. I can believe you now. But who are those two girls? …And? …Wait? So doesn't that mean he's prince too? …That dick! I paid for his burrito when he said he was short on cash! He should be loaded. …So did you get me something from there? …Thanks sweety. God, Neptune you are such a dick worrying me like that. …Oh, we're doing a drive by. Probably going to get some takeouts. …Want anything to drink? …Alright. You come home safe now. Love you. …Hold on. What time will you guys be back? …Alright. I'll see you then."
After hanging up, Coco decked Neptune hard on his shoulder. "That! Was for almost scaring me. And when he gets back, I'm taking whatever he got you until I feel like forgiving you."
"…So we gonna ignore the fact that our leader is in bloomin' Arcadia and we're here getting fastfood?" Scarlett asked, feeling envious of Sun.
"I just hope he buys me some chips from there." Sage voiced in.
"You can get chips anywhere in Vale." Fox told him.
"It's different when it's from somewhere else." And the two started an argument while they were going through the drive through.
END