AN- Thank you for the reviewers of last chapter!

Tigervolcano5000- That is how I do boo. But yes, even I am excited for Red Rivers to finally become canon! But alas, everything comes with difficulties. Ren and Nora do things... leaving it at that, never said I was writing any adult scenes for them. Although the possibility is there. As for the Earth not being real thing, scroll down below and I'll explain why I wrote that. Thanks for the review and thank you for sticking with this story for so long.

Zeldawolffang- Psh, you don't get anything to worry about, or do you...

Astra- You already reviewed my other stories by the time I am writing this, and boy you do not disappoint. You must be really into my stories, (Though it should've been obvious to me due to the thirty some reviews you've given me) how much do you think I've improved so far? To be completely honest, I only knew the favorite food of like, three out of eleven people that were in the room, so I figured that I would save myself a headache. Now to the actual story review, blushing, check, recap of a previous fight, check, nod to the new title, triple check, pairing coming in this chapter. I didn't want to put it off any longer, I just got tired of doing it, and with all the pent-up desire that the two must have been feeling toward each other I was like "Sure, why not?" And thus, Red Rivers is now a thing. You have no idea how many times I forgot that Vale and Vacuo were on the same continent, luckily the RWBY wiki exists. The promise will be fulfilled, you shall wait until Hector suddenly remembers it. Also, he did kind of just wake up from being in a coma, so cut the guy some slack! Just gonna ignore those questions I don't have answers to... yet. As for the Salem scene, that will be explained more down below, as for your suggestion for Ruby, all I am going to say about that is... yes. I like how reviewed three times before I even started writing this chapter, two for TBH, and one for HAMR, which I all read by the way. Hopefully I get better at Romance, I didn't really count the Raven and Tai one, because there was no real buildup for it, mostly just head cannon from the actual show. If that makes sense, but i'm glad that most people liked it. Thanks for all of the reviews, and for sticking with me for months now on ALL my stories so far. That RvB one is still in the works mind you, looking forward to seeing you in that one soon.

Nexus Gem- 301,044 words so far to answer your question. So about 30,000 times more than what was the previous limit. Thanks for the review!

Okay, now that that's all out of the way, I must talk to you guys about something regarding the Salem scene last chapter... I've gotten mostly mixed reviews, an angry PM from a special snowflake, and it's been called bullshit on multiple accounts. So, all I gotta say is this. This is a Fanfiction story, which means I have the power to do whatever I want, and how I want to do it, if I want to turn what was originally supposed to be a self-insert story into an OC from Earth with Kaioken then I would, if I wanted to have Hector kill Cinder, I would, If I wanted to create my own maidens with the help of my readers I would, If I wanted to kill off characters that weren't needed in the story, I would. I could go on and on, but for those that have stuck with me the longest, you should know how I am with writing. The Salem scene in last chapter was supposed to be a shocking revelation, the possibility that Earth never existed? So many other possibilities have been opened by that one line. I thought it was a good idea in my head, so I put it down in the story. I suppose I didn't really do a good job at foreshadowing it, but the hints were all there, Tyrians enhanced venom should have killed Hector, but why didn't it? Hector killed Cinder, and even though she deserved it and Hector knew she did, why did he feel next to nothing for it? If you killed a person you hated, you wouldn't just laugh it off and say they deserved it, it comes with problems, real life problems. While the Grimm hybrids are essentially zombies as someone called them, they are still people, people who had lives, families, friends, etc. And Hector killed them without batting an eye. Breadcrumbs here and there, Hectors reluctance to ever talk about his feelings. I mean, if Salem could take control of a specific human if she wanted to, why hasn't she taken over all of Ozpin's pawns already? Or Ozpin himself?

I probably came off as something I didn't intend, maybe/probably arrogant or defensive, and I am sorry for that, truly I am, but I just wanted to lay out my own thoughts on the matter. I'm human to, I write not only for my own entertainment and pass time, but to make other people happy and have something to do in their free time. I'm glad I made the choice to start writing finally, it has helped me with personal issues, and kept me sane for the most part.

So, with that out of the way, all I have left to say is this. Have faith in me, as all the almost 200 of you have done so far. Thank you for reading all that if you did read it. I hope you keep you all as invested in this story as much as I am, and I'm the one writing it!

On another note… 30,000+ views? Holy shit guys and girls thank you!

Sorry for going on a little rant there, i'm glad to say that the story continues...

RIGHT NOW!

Chapter 37- Trouble of all kinds

"If I turn into one of Salem's monsters... Kill me."

The slap that landed on Hector's face came faster than he could see and was echoed off the bathroom's walls for a few slow, agonizing seconds. It didn't hurt him really but was enough to shock and surprise him to a massive degree.

"Wha-"

"Don't ever speak like that again!" Ruby yelled at him, angry tears threatening to drain from her eyes. "If you turn evil, then I'll just have to drag you back toward the light. No matter how hard you kick and scream for me to stop!" She continues, gripping Hector's face between her hands to keep him still as she proclaims her intentions for him if such a thing were to happen. She didn't even want to imagine having to put him down… her mind travels over to the copy that was made of him, Hell… even though she knew he was evil, and needed to be put down, just the face of her lover made her show mercy, she had an opportunity to kill Hell herself, and it slipped away. And Hector had to pay the price for it. In a way she feels partly responsible for what happened to Hector after that. But what hurts her the most, is the emptiness in his eye as he asked her to promise him to kill him if he does end up getting taken over. She'd do anything to see him happy the same way he was before the battle of Haven.

"To see you speak like this... it breaks my heart." Her voice chokes, and her tears falling down her cheeks and dripping off her face.

Hector is almost too stunned for words, he feels a sad feeling boil up from inside, and he suddenly regrets every word that came out of his mouth before. Although it is still a concern that Salem has a way of contacting one of the strongest beings on the planet and might be able to corrupt them at any time. He regrets saying it like that.

"Ruby I..." The words get caught in his mouth as Ruby presses her face into the crook of his neck.

"I want you to promise me something instead." Ruby mumbles into his shirt.

Hector hums, wrapping his arms around his girlfriend's waist and pressing his own face against her shoulder, wiping the dried tears on his face and any moisture that was left. For some reason however, he doesn't feel the urge to cry anymore, it might have had something to do with Ruby's eyes being a thing. Or that he simply felt better enough suddenly to stop.

"Promise me that no matter what, you won't stop fighting her... that you won't let her take you over willingly. Promise me that... we'll have a future together." Ruby pleaded, her voice stressed and scratchy, no doubt because of what Hector had just asked her to do, with a deadpan expression on his face as he said it nonetheless.

Hector slowly breaks away from the embrace but keeps his arms around Ruby and helps her stand up with him, the height advantage he has over her becoming much more prominent then before suddenly. Despite the situation, the face he gave her before they kissed returns, and makes Ruby blush ever so slightly.

"I'm sorry for saying that... a lot of things were going through my mind." Hector leaned down to press his forehead against hers, the intimate action instantly making more blood rush up to the younger girl's face. "I... I'm worried," He admits. "Afraid even, I keep thinking about what could happen rather than what should happen, if that makes sense." Hector leaned back, looking Ruby straight into her silver eyes, he slowly reaches a hand up to cup her cheek, and smiles when Ruby leans into it and shuts her eyes. No doubt enjoying the warmth that Hector is emitting.

"But you're right. I was being so pathetic." Hector laughs sadly.

"I didn't mean-"

"I know you didn't mean to imply such a thing Ruby." Hector reassured, a little bit of Ozpin's manner of speech peeking through the surface. "But remembering how I was in the past, I feel like the slightly younger version of myself would punch me in the face." Hector misses those days… when all he had to do was work out and humor Ruby's topic for conversation every day. Oh the simpler times…

"Thanks for making my open my eyes- singular eye." Ruby giggled a bit at his error.

"Annnd?" Ruby pressed on, jabbing a finger in his chest victoriously. Only these to can go from crying on the floor to teasing each other in just a handful of hours.

Hector rolled his eyes- eye, but Ruby didn't miss the way his lips curved up into a smile, probably against his will.

The mood gets serious when he looks back at her, such a promise can not be made lightly, if he makes this promise, then he has to do anything he can to keep it. He has no idea if he can keep such a promise, with everything that is going on, the Maidens that he most likely is going to have to go up against if they aren't willing to help them. Salem obviously, and countless other threats. He has been told in his Earth life, 'You shouldn't give a girl a promise you can't keep' by a certain blue AI in a video game. He doesn't know why he thought about that particular line at a time like this.

"I promise." But that isn't going to stop him. He's already done the impossible just by staying alive this long after everything he has been through. "I promise to never stop fighting, I promise to keep you and everyone else safe. Especially Zwei, he's just too cute." They both shared a laugh at that, enjoying the sudden shift in mood. But then a rare flush of red takes over Hector's face, and Ruby thinks it is oh so adorable to see the older boy who is normally good at hiding it get visibly red.

"We'll have a future together, because we'll make one." Hector finally got out, how did they go from adorably confessing their feelings for one another the night before, to promising each other that it is going to last possibly the rest of their lives? Hector did have a way with women it seemed… "So, yeah… I promise that to."

"Eeeeee." Ruby's excited squeal was barely loud enough to be heard by human ears, although Hector is sure Blake or Rhea would have heard it to if they were there. He barely heard it himself if his hearing wasn't so good as a side effect of his abilities.

"Did you just squeal out of excitement?" The hero asked with an amused chuckle, fully with the intention of embarrassing Ruby who instantly gets red at the accusation.

"Wha- no I- Brbgl." Ruby stammers something incomprehensive as she hides her face in her hands.

So adorable… Hector thinks to himself. His bad mood all but disappeared, but the fact that Salem has a way to communicate with him is a problem, that leaves her with opportunities to manipulate him, to try and convert him. It needs to be taken care of, he doesn't know how, but so far his life has given him ways to get by.

They both lean in for a kiss, now with the mood back in the correct place, they can get back to-

SNAP

Right back to pushing each other away in a panic, and then silently planning to murder whoever it was that took a picture of them at a time like this.

"Eh… RJ?" The voice of the young Fall Maiden surprise him, surely it couldn't have been her right? "I gotta tell you about the Winter Maiden."

Hector turns with a snap, his previous embarrassment all but forgotten and in place of it is a much more serious emotion, and the facial expression to match it so intense that it makes the young girl shrink in her shoes. That is until he sees Nora with her scroll on behind her and with a hand on her shoulder. But the expression on her face isn't what makes him embarrassed… but the picture of Ruby and him kissing already being sent to the eight man group chat between their and RWBY's team is what makes him lose his breath entirely.

"Nora… what have you done."

"Only what was expected of me." Nora answered with a smug grin on her face.

"Wait what happened!?" Ruby asked as she noticed her new boyfriend wear a scared looking expression on his usually calm face. She hasn't seen him scared since… Oh no.

Her scroll begins to blow up with messages, vibrating non-stop for a straight eighteen seconds until it finally stops. She barely musters up the courage to look at the messages, and instantly regrets that decision the second she reads the first message.

Under the picture of her and Hector kissing, is this:

"Look what I found guys! Looks like someone's getting it ;)" - NV

Followed by,

"It was expected, but I am happy for them anyways." Blake

"Alright! About time! Do I have to worry about hearing moaning next to my room now? Alsd we're going to need to have a talk later Hector…" - Blonde Beauty.

"I didn't even know I was added to this…" - Mercury Black

"Congratulations!" - Jaune

"Help." - Lie Ren

"It took some time, you have no idea how easy it was to notice you to. Congratulations on finally realizing your own feelings you two." Weiss

Ruby reads several more following that one, all not really safe to say out loud. If only Hector still had his scroll, sadly it was burned up and destroyed in the battle against Hell.

Then they look to each other, silver eyes meeting a singular blue, silently communicating with each other with imaginary telepathy. They look back toward Nora with an evil look grin on their faces.

Nora's confidence, and we're talking Nora's confidence here falters, and she suddenly gets more nervous than ever before, and a sweat drops from the back of her head and Rhea wisely moves away from the incoming assault.

"Uh… no hard feelings?"

"So what is it that you wanted to tell me again?" Hector asked the young maiden he probably adopted as his little sister without actually going through the actual process.

Ruby walks alongside him with a happy smile, latched on to his arm as they walk and with her head resting on his shoulder. The warmth they share makes Ruby very comfortable, since Hector is just naturally hotter than the normal person because of the ability he has. But Hector enjoys her affectionate nature, and finds it adorable so he doesn't mind it one bit. He wishes he could return the favour, but duty calls sadly.

"I'll save it for when everybody else is around, it's something everyone should know." Rhea said with a shrug, "So you two are…"

"Yeah, secrets out already, we're together." Hector confirms, much to the giddiness of Ruby who tightens her grip on his arm.

"Im happy for you… but what did you do to Nora exactly?"

Hector ushered Rhea out of the room and told her to wait, twenty minutes later everyone but Nora came out and the other two worse satisfied smiles on their faces like they just completed something difficult together. Obviously nothing too crazy happened, but she can make the safe assumption that Nora got what she deserved.

"Eh, she'll be fine, it's nothing for you to worry about really." Hector quickly dismisses with a wave of his hand. "The real question is how the hell is it day time already? I could have sworn it was dark just a second ago."

"We did go to sleep at three in the morning Hecs." Ruby pointed out.

Rhea's ears twitched underneath her hood. "Wait, you two slept together already?"

"No, no, no!" Hector quickly denies. "Not in that way! We just kinda…" He flushes just thinking about it, he's never had such a good dreamless night like that before. "Fell asleep together."

Rhea blinks her multicolored amber eyes a few times, "Awe~ I knew you had it in you!" She cheered, just adding to the whole blushy gushiness that is probably going to be sticking around as long as they are with their friends.

"Yeah, yeah shut up" Hector looked away with a scoff. "Let's go see how everybody else is doing. I think I heard Jaune ask to talk to me in the morning before he got himself stuck in the ceiling again somehow."

Nora has just pulled herself back up from the ground, she doesn't even know what happened. All there was were two red blurs and all of a sudden she doesn't remember the last few hours, what was she doing again?

"Oh yeah! Wait, no, I don't remember."

Hector found out how to use Knolly to erase the last few hours of memories from Nora's mind, nothing serious was taken away, only the specific knowledge of what she had seen and taken a picture of, and they made sure to factory reset her scroll just to make sure she wouldn't find out that way either. Right after publicly apologizing for ruining the reveal.

Okay in all honesty it might have been a bit much, but you can't really blame the two. I mean, have you ever seen Ruby angry and embarrassed at the same time? Now combine that with Hector… and well, she now has the muscle necessary to get away with things.

But no harm is done. If anything Nora potentially gets to relive the moment of catching Hector and Ruby in the act. If he really wanted to he might have been able to wipe her memory completely… that would have been too much, and possibly irreparable given the fact that Hector is still learning how to use the relic, he's only unlocked about ten percent of its power so far.

"Oh, darn." Nora puffed as she realizes her scroll has been reset. "Not again! I gotta have baby Renny fix this… among other things." She giggles to herself.

Poor Ren…

"I am such a nice guy." Hector thinks out loud. Ignorant of the possible consequences that might have taken place if he wasn't careful enough.

"What?" Jaune was confused, Hector just walked up to him and said that out loud while his eye shimmered just a little, and hey there's Ruby.

"Oh, sorry about that. Didn't you want to talk to me?" Hector inquired.

"Yeah, but… it's kind of like a," Jaune's eyes slide down to the red hooded girl and the Fall Maiden that are both right next to Hector with confused looks on their faces. "Guy thing… sorry ladies." He quickly added just in case they took offence.

"Oh, no problem!" Ruby said as she hid the reluctance of tearing herself away from Hector's arm.

"Yeah, why were you so hesitant?" Rhea said next, with the same amount of cheerfulness.

They both left before he was able to answer them, talking about something that was probably just for girls to hear.

"Yeah, girls are weird like that." The guys both share a laugh as they shared the same thought at the same time.

"Well, first off, congratulations." Jaune said with a nod of his head. "Secondly." He gripped Hectors shoulders and suddenly got very scared. "My family is coming today in a few hours and I need your help."

Oh, his family? His seven sisters, probably badass hunter of a father, and a mother that Hector has never heard anything about but can make the decent assumption that she is not a woman to be trifled with. And here was one of his best friends practically begging for him to help with just his eyes and body language. Just the seven sisters part was enough for him to almost say no right away.

"Uh… why are you asking me for this?" Is what Hector went with saying, more confused than anything about all this.

"Because, as you know, I kind of stole my dad's sword,"

"Yeah…"

"Bought forged documentation to sneak myself into Beacon."

'I let you in despite that Mr Arc… I suppose I should tell him that one of these days.' Ozpin thought. Oh hey he's back-

"Lied to them that I got a job in Vale, then Beacon fell and Vale was attacked and I never contacted them about anything, went across the world twice facing against creatures and people much stronger than me, and now I am in Atlas with nowhere to go or hide." Jaune listed off almost every reason why a mother would want to torture their son for years before he finally stopped with a huff. "Hector, do you have any idea knowing what having seven sisters pissed at you is like?"

"I, uh…"

"Exactly! Don't think about it. Which is why I need you, the strongest man on the planet, to… calm them down before they see me." Jaune finally stopped talking.

Hector sighed, rubbed a hand through his head and mumbled something over his breath that probably shouldn't be repeated with his actual voice.

"Okay, listen, I just woke up after a month long nap yesterday, and this is a lot for me to take in." Hector begun. "One, I don't know your family, and while I may be well known for my actions in Mistral and now Atlas, I don't think the family I am imagining you have would care about that." He continued. "Third, and I know I skipped second but just shut the fuck up for a second longer." He quickly added before he got corrected. "How they hell would I know how to deal with seven angry sisters? I have one little sister, who I am not even sure ever existed anymore." He laughed bitterly at that, Jaune slumps his head as he realizes just how fucked he is, while also remaining dense enough to not read between the lines of what Hector had just revealed to him.

"If they come here they're going to try and take me away…" Jaune mumbled just loud enough for his friend to hear. "Bianca would definitely try and convince me to go… she's my oldest sister." Hector nodded and continued to listen to his friend let out a very well needed venting. "Olivia would do the same, she looked up to Bianca like that. Second oldest sister. Rosemary… my twin." Hector's eye widened at this reveal.

"Wait what-"

"Heh, she is going to try and kick my ass, but only because she loves me in her own tomboyish messed up way. Watch out for any and all pranks while she is here. Now onto Karen, the nerd of the family, think of her like a combination of Weiss and Ruby, and then think something even worse than that and there you go." Jaune chuckled sadly as he thinks about his family, he misses them dearly, he just wished he didn't neglect them for so long. "Aqua… please don't let her get near Rhea, she is going to tell her all sorts of fairy tail stories. But gosh, I can't say she's the best but damn was she supportive of me. Violet hates me, but in a loving way, she dyed her hair black and all that goth stuff, she'd get along well with Blake now that I think about it."

"Gotta watch out for those porn books then… wouldn't want poor innocent Rhea to see anything… augh I don't even want to think what might be behind the covers of those books." Hector thought to himself and shuddered.

"And lastly but most certainly not least, Jade. Aw man I miss her, she is going to be so mad at me though since I couldn't keep writing to her." Jaune actually gets a little teary eyed, thinking about his family and realizing just how much he misses every single one of them.

"Hey… Im sorry man, I didn't mean to make you upset."

"It's not you, I just never realized how much of a dick I now know that I've been to them."

Hector thinks to himself for a moment. He wants to help his best guy friend out - Sorry Ren - but at the same time there is this whole thing with the Winter Maiden he pretended he forgot about. They're already in Atlas, so he thinks it would be better just to stay here and find the Winter Maiden then rush straight to Vacuo just in case Summer's in trouble like Salem hinted at before. Hector just has to hope that she can handle herself for now until he finds her himself. After a few minutes of thinking in his head, which is about a couple seconds on the outside, he makes the obvious decision.

"I'll help you, but you need to do me a favour in return. Nothing bad I promise." He quickly added when he saw the worried expression on Jaune's face.

"Okay, thanks, and what is it?" Jaune dared to ask. But as long as it is nothing too crazy he won't mind doing it. Oh hell, he would do it anyway if it was too crazy, that's how desperate he is.

"I… made a promise that I need to fulfill before I forget." Was the only hint Jaune would get.

Transition

"Why did you need to buy so much? With my money no less." Jaune said as he struggled to keep the mountain of gifts that almost goes over his head that are meant for Ruby.

"Because I am the best boyfriend ever, and I totally did not lose my Lien credit card at the battle of Haven and never found it." Hector shrugged, not at all bothered with the fact that he just used up about fifteen percent of his friends money just to buy the proclaimed 'Best cookies on Remnant.' According to Weiss' directions.

You two just got together a few hours ago… "Why do I need to carry it though? What if she sees us?"

"Because I am supposed to be resting my dear friend, did you forget that?"

"... You are totally milking this favour aren't you." Jaune accused sternly.

"Pssh." Yes, yes he is. "No idea what you are talking about."

Jaune sighed, but thought back on something he said earlier. "Wait, why did you have your card on you on that day anyway?"

"I was in the moment okay!? Sorry, that I was too busy thinking about how the fuck I am going keep you guys alive to worry about a damn plastic card in my pocket.!" Hector defended himself rather brashly, at that point Jaune knew at that point he won that little verbal scuffle.

"You forgot didn't you."

"I forgot."

After a few minutes sneaking through the manor, they - Jaune - deposited the gifts in the same room where they all had a very large dinner thanks to their mutual Nora friend. After that Jaune has been getting increasingly nervous with every step toward the exit of the manor, which of course is not very easy to find. So now there's a good possibility of the Arc family barging into the Schnee manor with pitchforks in hand and yelling out threats to anyone who dared to get in their way.

"If you keep shaking like that people are going to think that something is wrong with you." Hector tried, and failed, to calm his blonde friend down.

"There are so many things wrong with me already… and a lot of other things that are probably going to come."

"Okay, listen Jaune." Hector stopped Jaune and with more strength that actually necessary he spun him around to face him. A stony look on his face that would scare most Grimm away. "Stop. Being. A. Donkey."

"W-what?"

"Jaune, you took part in saving not one, but two kingdoms, you've saved my life more then once. You are a big reason why I was able to get this strong in the first place. I think saving the world is a pretty good excuse to use when you see your sisters again." Hector explained, the corner of his lips slowly creeping up into a smile as he lists off many reasons why Jaune would be considered a hero. "You're also pretty much my best friend, since that role has been left open after the whole Nora catching Ruby and I kissing thing."

Jaune laughed, his nervousness not completely erased. But the support of his leader and friend is a huge plus for him. He is not in this alone, he would have gotten Ren and Nora for this as well, but Nora is Nora and Ren is… with Nora. He hasn't seen his friend so exhausted in his life, even more then he was at Beacon. Poor guy… He doesn't even want to think about what he must be going through on a daily basis, he doesn't need seven Arc girls interrogating him to add to his tight schedule.

"Thanks dude." Jaune nodded and took a deep breath. "I needed that."

"No problem man." Hector shrugged it off as not being a big deal. "When did you say they were going to show up again?"

"They should be in Atlas by now, they let me know they were coming a few weeks ago and set today as the specific date for their arrival." Jaune answered as he took his scroll back out to confirm the details. "Wait… how did they send me a message when they were in Ansel? The CCT tower in Beacon is still down… Oh no." He read the date wrong… and the time they were supposed to arrive… they arrived in Atlas the day he got the message from his family along with a letter. They've been in Atlas for weeks already… and to them it's like Jaune hasn't even started to make the effort to see them again. "I've made a huge mistake…"

"What was that?"

The doors to the Schnee Manor fly off of their hinges. The seven blonde haired women with a single black haired girl charged into the building.

"WHERE'S OUR BABY!?" The group of blondes ask in a demonic voice that echoed throughout the manor, and they every single one of their eyes lock onto the two figures ahead of them.

Hector took one long look at them, and then to Jaune.

"Nope." Hector spun around and started to walk away, but didn't get far since Jaune grabbed onto him and pulled him in front of his body in some poor attempt to hide himself. "Hey! No Jaune this isn't what I agreed to!"

"JAUNEY!" The smallest of the girls scream as she is the first to break right through Hector and knock Jaune down with a hug.

Hector jumped away as one blonde girl after another, that one with blackish probably being Violet given the information he was given, but all of the sudden one of them stops, and eyes him up and down hungrily. It's weird, she kinda looks like a female Jaune…

Then her eyes light up with sudden realization of who exactly she is looking at. "It's the hero of Haven!" She screamed as she completely makes a one-eighty and sprints straight toward Hector, who is too paralyzed with fear to defend himself as his hand is taken and violently shaken.

Jaune, who is still on the ground with the other six girls who are currently yelling, cursing, kissing, and hugging him all at once. Leans up to see the one person he feared the most… the one person that scares him more then any Grimm, someone that makes the fear of his seven sisters pale in comparison to what he feels when he sees her and that smile on her face that tells him that she is going to both kill him and love him.

His mother…

"Jaune… you owe me seven more favors after this."

"Thank you for going through with this."

"Now it's eight just because of how much I hate you right now."

"It's not that bad… right?"

"Your twin tried to make out with me, I got slapped by both of your older sisters, and then they hugged me and cried into both of my shoulders muttering thank you for keeping their baby brother safe. The one with black hair made me sign her smut book titled 'Any hole is the goal'. Same goes for the nerdy looking one over there, no offence."

"Meh, none taken."

"Then the youngest has claimed me as her second big brother and begged me to play hide and seek, then cried when I didn't answer right away. Do I have to repeat what she did!?" Hector points to the blonde girl that has been staring at him for the past couple of minutes. When Hector looked her way she winked. "I don't even want to talk about the other things that happened because of the aneurism I am having right now."

"So~" Jaune's fraternal twin cooed. "I want to thank you for taking care of my little brother."

"We're thirty five seconds apart." Jaune pointed out uselessly.

"I thought of a great way to repay you for it…" Rosemary, Jaunes fraternal twin ignored him completely.

"I have a girlfriend already… I believe I've told you this about eight times before." Hector repeated for the ninth time.

"Hey, soccer has a goalie but you can still score~"

"Oh dear God." Hector pinched the bridge of his nose. He suddenly wished that he was still in a coma right now… He'd even take Salem talking in his ear rather then this. He didn't even know Remnant had soccer for a sport.

"Rose… please stop." Jaune pleaded for the sake of his friends sanity, not wanting any more favours to add up any more than they are now.

"And that makes nine Jaune."

The situation they are in right now is them being pinned up against the wall with the seven sisters of Jaune Arc forming a half circle around them. Cutting them off from any sort of escape they might have planned on the fly. Jaunes mother, Juniper, went to go fetch Nicholas Arc, who has been searching the city for his son for weeks now. It's a wonder how he didn't find him yet, Jaune was helping rebuild nearly every day now. But I don't think they are going to care for that fact.

"So, going to tell us everything or are we going to have to force it out of you." Olivia glared at Jaune as she said this. Her chest length hair being flicked to the side the second she finished speaking. "Please tell me we have to force it out…"

"Can we please not?" Hector shuddered.

"Quiet you!" Bianca shouted, unafraid of the person who could easily turn her into red paste if he really wanted to. But somehow, she can instill fear into the hero.

"And what's to stop me from just walking through you all?" Hector bluffs, hoping the undeniable fact that he most certainly can walk right through them with little to no effort will make them at least backup a bit.

"Because Jade would cry again if her adopted big brother did that." The one with glasses, Karen, pointed out with a victorious smirk when she saw Hector back down.

The fact that Jade is looking at Hector so lovingly just as she would to her actual older brother isn't helping much either. It reminds him of simpler times.

"Okay, I can explain..." Jaune finally gave in, ready to tell his side of the story to the seven angry sisters, who all snapped their heads right to Jaune as soon as he began to speak. "... As soon as dad gets here." Jaune adds nervously.

"In the meantime," Bianca looked to Hector. "I apologize on behalf of the arc sisterhood." Bianca bowed her head with respect. "I shouldn't have slapped you and called you a baby brother endangering lunatic, and then proceeded to hug and cry into you shoulder while thanking you for keeping him safe. We all have emotional roller coasters when it comes to actually meeting our idols."

"Uh…" That sure was a weird way to apologize, could you have made it sound even more fake? "You are all forgiven…" Hector ended up saying, he wouldn't want to get slapped again, he's been slapped enough times to last a week already.

"Eeee!" The fairy tale loving Arc sister squealed, making sound for the first time that wasn't screaming or complimenting excessively. "This is like one of my books!"

"I don't even want to imagine what kind of book that is." Hector groaned.

"Psst." Jaune whispered. "Wrong one, the one with her hair dyed is the one that is into that stuff."

"I know what I said."

"So how did you two meet!?" The youngest Arc asked, running up to both of the boys and looking up at them with a wide smile.

"Would you believe me if I said I just showed up randomly and told them I had an old man stuck in my head?" Hector rhetorically asked while Jaune just nodded.

"Pfft." Two of the Arc sisters end up bursting out in laughter, taking that line very out of context for some reason.

Hector sighed and wondered what Mercury could be doing at a time like this, he could use another guy around to share this pain with.

Mercury gets punched in the face for the fifth time in a row, so much so that his dark gray aura is in the orange right now. Qrow got him up bright and early, didn't even let him brush his teeth and literally dragged him out by his robot legs.

"Stop doing that!" Mercury yelled angrily as he rubbed his now bruised and nearly broken nose.

"Then stop falling for it, seriously kid, you're better than most but the way you fight is way too linear." Qrow pointed out. "I mean, all you do is kick, do some fancy flips and shit, punch every once in awhile, and while that worked against your dear father and probably would work on most students, it won't work on me or any other huntsman who actually knows how to fight." Qrow explained with a grin and a roll of his eyes, even yawning just to add some more salt to the already wide open wound that is Mercury's father.

"Also every punch is for what you did at Beacon and for Yang." Qrow added.

Mercury glared at him, but he knew that if he ever got on not only his but everyone else's good side, then this was going to be a running joke for a very long time.

"I know, I deserve that… But why do you have to keep using the same move?" Mercury grimaced as he pushed himself up and into a forced fighting stance. For the first time since before he was forcibly given cybernetic legs, he is wearing shorts. Letting the world see his legs the way they are, in all their robotic glory. Against his will of course but Qrow doesn't care about his feelings.

"Because it works." Qrow shrugged, then his glare turned deadly on a dime that made the ex-assassin shake in his boots. "Also, I see the way you've been looking at Yang, don't think I didn't notice."

"W-what?" Mercury stammered, cheeks heating up as even his stance falters after being accused of having… the word doesn't even want to be thought about in his head.

"You've got a lot to prove before you even get me to consider letting you get close to her like that. And if you think Tai is just going to sit back and watch..." Qrow scoffs. "You think I'm being bad right now? Remember Black, im doing this because of our mutual hate of that white haired bastard, and for the many lives you actually saved a month ago." Qrow pointed his massive sword to him, ready to go for another bout already.

"So, raise those hands, grease up those legs if you have to, and get ready for the most hateful training of your life."

Mercury doesn't know if Qrow can match Marcus' training routines in terms of intensity and length. As much as he hates to admit it, his failure of a father is the one to thank for the skills he has now, the style of fighting he adapted to mix with his personal favorite kicking focused fighting style. But one thing from that training remains relevant.

He hasn't improved much since then, sure he got better, good enough even to be able to go toe to toe with Pyrrha Nikos herself, if she didn't use her semblance anyway. If things weren't so shitty for him. But since the fall, he hasn't improved at all, while his enemies at the time grew in strength, technique, and speed drastically, so much so that his genitals still hurt from that combo that was done on him by those damn sisters who don't even look alike. And don't even let him get started on the guy who shows up out of nowhere and kills Cinder with an unimaginable amount of power!

"Heh," He laughs at the memory of what he used to be. Much to the confusion of Qrow.

"You know, I haven't realized it until now, but damn was I pathetic, still am actually." Mercury raised his hands, despite insulting himself with undeniable facts. "But now that changes!" He suddenly yells as he kicks himself toward his new teacher, one that he respects far more then any teacher he had before.

Similar to Ruby, Mercury uses the weapons installed in his legs to give him mobility and maneuverability while flying around at rapid speeds. He uses the momentum to spin around and redirect himself with a blast of smoke, and does this over and over until he looks like a gray blur to the naked eye.

Qrow is impressed by this new move, but he can tell where he is, and cranks up his passive semblance just a bit just so he can see what would happen as a result.

The results were very promising.

Mercury blasted himself toward Qrow, intending on landing a crushing kick that would have broken through his guard if he landed it. But instead, he widens his eyes as Qrow ducks to the side and an arm is extended out in front of his chest. With too much speed, he can't stop himself in time, and ends up backflipping five times in the air before somehow landing on his feet, only for his left foot to completely fly off and right out the window of the training room they're in.

Both teacher and student wince as they hear the startled yelp of the poor fellow who just had a foot land right in front of him.

Mercury, now standing with only one foot, and very off balance. Can somehow only see one person to blame for this.

"I hate you."

"That wasn't my fault…"

"You owe me a foot."

"I'm sure Ruby would be happy to work on something for you."

No, god no. "I don't think it is your fault anymore."

"Nope, I now claim full responsibility."

"Here I thought we were going to have a moment."

"Eh," Qrow scoffed as he reached into his shirt pocket. "I give it a six out of ten."

Mercury kicked his footless leg out at him out of anger, only for a weak puff of smoke to plume out of the exposed barrel. No aura, no semblance. The small force of the smoke was enough to make him fall back on his butt with a grunt.

Meanwhile Qrow couldn't help but burst out in laughter.

"I'm sure he's fine." Hector thought to himself as the youngest Arc sister climbed onto his back. He didn't dare even think about stopping her, and let her play around with his hair and make comments on how cool he looks with one eye.

Luckily she jumped over to Jaune and did the same to him minus the eye comments before he lost it.

"Im back girls!" Jaunes mother, Juniper cheered as she lead someone who looked almost exactly like Jaune except better looking, taller, darker, and overall more badass than his son. His white cloak somehow whipping in the non existent wind inside the manor, and his stone cold dark blue eyes were locked on Jaune.

The half circle dispersed in an instant, except for Jade who is still attached to her actual big brother. Much too happy to see her big brother after so long to even notice the glare her father is giving him.

"Jaune." The man greeted in a very husky mature voice that was void of any emotion.

"H-hey… dad." Jaune awkwardly greeted back, waving his hand and resting his hand on the hilt of his sword when he saw he father do the same

Meanwhile Hector is just glad he now doesn't have the constant threat of seven girls, two of whom had obvious lust for him, the other five he didn't even want to think about.

Now there's this full fledged huntsman, whose son is one of his best friends but before that he sort of lied his ass off and almost got himself killed on multiple occasions, then did nothing to let his family know. The way he is looking at his own son rivals the way Cinder looked at him while they were fighting at Haven, and what makes it worse is that Jaunes mother is doing the same, but with a wide ear-to-ear smile on her face.

Given the situation they are in, only one thing comes to his mind at this time.

"Jaune your family is fucked up."

Jaune choked on his own saliva.

AN- Well, here we go, the Jaune's family mini arc… obviously this chapter was more focused on comedy, a hint of the future of Red Rivers. Jaune's mom is a psycho, you know shit like that.

Also… poor Ren.

Those of you who like Red Rivers, you will see plenty more for the rest of the story, don't worry. I am not just going to bring them in, just so I can let it become a background thing. I promise you all that.

Now, there's just one thing I want to ask you guys. One day, there's going to be a time where this story is completed, and there's going to be a time where Team HAMR is going to be completed. I've basically made Hector into his own character at this point, and the Kaioken, (Hopefully) a little more unique just to his character. At least this version of it.

So, the point of this is, would you guys want him to return in lets say… a different show/anime? Such as My Hero Academia? Or any other show that may have come to mind? Just a question for you guys, and obviously I can't really answer it myself yet since I have about a year before either of his stories are done.

If you are all wondering, this story is about halfway done so far. Maybe 40% more or less. By the time I am done, this story may have OVER 1,000,000 words… Oh dear.

So yeah, if you think that he can return, not as an OC from earth, but as just a regular OC, then let me know. If no one says anything, then I may let his character rest, God knows he needs it.

Please review and tell me what you think!

Disclaimer- I do not own RWBY in any way, shape, or form.