Chapter 2- A Robot, Assassin and an Emperor walk into a bar
"WHAT THE HELL DID I DO!?" The man yelled whilst continuing his retreat from his chaser.
"I. SAID. STOP…FUS RO DAH!" The chaser roared as a great force launched the young man against a tree, resulting in the world starting to become a black as he faded into unconsciousness.
An hour later-
Soon the most definitely concust man began to gain consciousness as he heard a set of voices conversing in the dark then a flash of remembrance hit him, the pursuer! This launched the man's eyelids up into his head, then jumping in the air back flipping away from where he presumed the voices were.
However due to the now self diagnosed concussion he landed on his feet but collapsed to the ground due to the pain being excruciating.
Slowly he raised his head at the enclosing people. This man was Noctis Lucis Caelum
"Who the hell'er you!?" Adding venom when directing the question towards those two. Clasping his head with his left hand trying to calm the pain. In response to his clearly hostile question laughter was the response he was given.
"Calm yourself milk drinker, your among, friends?" The man who he recognised to be not only his pursuer but the man clearly who was laughing at his threat. "Is that the right term, you know what fuck it!" The man said losing patience. "I'm gonna let the other scrawny one explain, this whole situation still confuses the shit out of me!"
The man who is yet to be identified, the person that forcefully made Noctis become friends with a tree. This person was very tall around maybe 6'3, white, shoulder length dirty blonde hair with a couple locks of hair braided together with cerulean eyes… WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, This guy looks like a more taller buffer version of me when I was Jaune Arc, the hell is going on!
Just like Noctis had elegantly thought this man indeed bared an exact resemblance to his old body of Jaune Arc when he was on Remnant but this man was more taller mostly due to the massive amount of muscle mass he had. This look alike wore a pair of brown studded leather boots, navy trousers that appeared be reminiscent of what people wore in the ancient past and wore a dark yellow shirt.
"So your awake now, on be half of this idiot- "I heard that asshole!", I apologise for his brute behaviour". Said person offered a hand to the king of kings, Noctis took this gesture warily but took it none the less.
Now back on his feet he was face to face with- Oh what the hell, standing opposite him was a lanky gentleman wearing a blood stained robe with white being its original colour similar to what a religious official would wear. However the clearly bloody rag he was wearing didn't shock Noctis in comparison to the mans face it was most definitely the face of Jaune Arc although there are some discrepancies such as his violet eyes and blonde hair replaced with ebony spiked hair sported in a similar manner to his old hairstyle but was slightly longer.
"Jaune Vi Britannia" said the violet eyed version of him stated.
"Noctis Lucis Caelum" he said straightening his back due to his kingly training of habit which was indeed polite but still annoyed by that tendency.
"Oh…" as if he wasn't convinced that was who he 'truly' was. "So your not named Jaune like a collection of us but rather a full new identity, fascinating" Raising a brow quizzically. Releasing his hand.
"Um…no?" By Noctis's tone he was very confused about well everything really.
A long sigh was made by 'Violet eyes' before he spoke. "Believe me your not the only one confused, that guy…" He pointed with his thumb towards the brute slouching against a tree who noticed and gave a shit eating grin, waving a hand towards the two. "…is apparently Jaune Arc from another world…" Does this guy really believe that he's from - "… Just like me." Is this a joke.
With Noctis being Jaune Arc of Remnant's reincarnation hearing about these two stating that their Jaune as well began to thoroughly irritate him. Not noticing his growing aggression the brute spoke his mind.
"Yeah, been my name since birth, father is David Arc, Mother Cherry Arc and seven sisters named…" He was then rudely interrupted by Noctis.
"Jenna, Saphron, Rose, Alex, Chrys, Pearl and Ame(thyst) in that order but that is common knowledge on … Remnant…" Finally realising what he said in front of these strangers.
"So you are, a Jaune, huh?" The brute said with a cheeky smile mocking Noctis. "But you are right our sisters and parents names are easily known on Remnant thanks to the CCT. However what isn't common knowledge to be found on the net is Jaune Arc is the biological father of Adrian Cotta-Arc …" This got Noctis's eyes to widen to size of planets and an agape mouth included.
"… and only Saph, Terra… and Jaune Arc know this. Believe me now?." 'Jaune' was thoroughly enjoying Noctis becoming a stuttering panicking mess.
(Unknown to Noctis however was another Jaune version said the exact same thing to the brute Jaune only a couple of hours ago making him respond just like Noctis.)
"Listen Noctis, we are 'Jaune Arc' all of us, no matter how ridiculous the situation appears to be, ourselves being Jaune is fact." Now Noctis took a deep breath to calm himself for 'violet eyes' was right he was Jaune Arc in soul but body of Noctis Lucis Caelum to believe these strangers to be him as well shouldn't be to difficult, right?
"Now Noctis, what do you recall before becoming, well Noctis Lucis Caelum". Violet eyes probing for information to analyse and work with.
"In truth I remember the Emerald forest…" Noctis then began his re-telling of the events that transpired.
-Flashback - year 859, date March 9th Emerald Forest
Jaune Arc was currently in Emerald forest in search of Grimm to release his aggression on.
He was currently wearing his standard attire of a black short sleeved hoodie with the logo of Pumpkin Petes bunny mascot hidden underneath his white diamond shaped chest plate armour with grey accents. The chest piece covered his shoulders and most of his chest but left the lower abdomen exposed. He also wore blue jeans with torn areas for style and wears black sneakers. For his hands they received a light brown pair of fingerless gloves with metal guards on the back.
Currently he had Crocea Mors's shield sheath strapped on his left attached to his pouched belts, with the ancient blade gripped tightly in his right hand.
Jaune cautiously stalked the forest landscape in search on some beowolve packs he spotted from the cliff side an hour ago. Thankfully or unfortunately depends who you ask but Jaune didn't have to wait long as a duo of Grimm Beowolves pawed along a clearing they were clearly not of the ancient class most likely new breeds Jaune concluded with the attained knowledge from Professor Port's class.
Carefully watching the Grimm grazing harmlessly at the moment along the clearing, sweat began to form on his brow due to the pressure of the situation and the combined effort of the temperature today, very nice day for physical therapy.
Before the Grimm could begin to track his negative motions Jaune sprung into action casting his aura mid sprint over his body, now picking up on the close ranged negativity the beowolves turned around only for one of them to have their head horizontally slashed off with the blood of the deceased spraying into the other one's glowing red orbs blinding it. Not allowing for this chance to slip Jaune drew his sheathe transforming it into its shield form, he brought his shield directly in front of his chest and sprinted towards the remaining Grimm, only hearing the would be hunters approach it clawed away viciously in front of it in an attempt to kill. However just as the beowolf tried to slash the Arc he slid underneath the attack using his shield to knock the beowolf on its front. Noticing that the attempt was a success Jaune sprang to his feet swiftly leaping up in the air with Crocea in a reverse grip. Giving a war cry as the blade came down piercing the beasts back traveling to its heart, the beast stopped all together already dissipating into whatever the hell the ash like substance was.
Jaune 2, Grimm 0 he thought with a chuckle in his mind. Before yet again the loneliness brought complete silence making a Jaune remember the reason why he was out here.
Beacon Academy gave birth to the greatest Huntsman known to Jaune more specifically his parents, his life was tales of ancestors and parents fighting the good fight so of course a child being told these stories would want to be hero it was to most simply human nature. Although most kids reaching their teens realise they don't want to live a fairytale, but not Jaune Arc his resolve mocked as idiotic and reckless stayed pure, unchanged, stronger but this caused great struggle at home.
For in the Arc household Jaune was denied all rights to education and teachings that were close to making him believe he could become a Huntsman, a hero.
On his 17th birthday Jaune Arc, he revealed that he still wished to be a Huntsman, this brought about the most heart wrenching event in his families history as a 2 hour long argument took place between the family members and Jaune. It hurt more than anything to know his family did not support his choice, his dream but then his own Mother screamed at him 'I will not allow this, Jaune this is suicide and worthless hero joke you call a dream isn't worth fulfilling your destiny to die!' After his mother said that Jaune bolted with nothing but some clothes, lien, an ancient sword and his scroll.
Looking back Jaune knew his family only wanted him to be safe, he forgave everything that was said that day in less than a week, but he did not return for he had a legacy to make. Oh how quickly that went down the drain, don't be fooled though he did make it to Beacon, got a incredible partner, made gaggles of friends and was coming along well. Only for his partner to reveal the truth of his entry to Beacon, he lost what friends he had, has given treatment of being shunned, verbal lashings everyday for 3 months, being jumped out of nowhere beaten and hospitalised over 2 months now. Locked out of his room, getting a new timetable and quarters to avoid harassment the Professors and headmaster did provide protection when they were around but only on occasion did that happen.
Each day lowered his resolve to stay at Beacon but did not in any lower the resolve to be like stories and if peers had problems with him trying to do the right thing then they'll never come close to what he'll become, a true hero.
However he loved the staff of Beacon they support him to best of their capabilities and above all Ozpin, the headmaster gave him a goal to set towards prove that his gamble of letting him in would be a blessing not a mistake. Although lot's of people from the Academies got along with him, even with the knowledge of transcripts being a factor as Sun Wukong elegantly put it 'Who gives a fuck about paper!' that alone proved he made the right choice just maybe with the wrong academy.
Though the most gut wrenching moments came from Team JNPR and RWBY that was a topic that he'd never willingly face for now at least, he just knew that he would bring himself to their level of skill and realise that an Arc is never out for long.
'I will rise above all others, those who stood with me I shall be their shield always, those who stood against my ideals shall bear witness to the so-called mistake defend them still after everything, I am Jaune Arc, the man who will bring change greater than any other, that is an Arc promise!' He pledged standing with new determination in his posture.
A concoction of loud growls permeated the once peaceful scene, dropping to a defensive stance Jaune smiled nervously at the sight around him it seemed almost everywhere he looked black fur and white boned littered his view. For the Grimm of Emerald Forest had come.
"ARGHHHH, I will not c-cower no longer, this time I need no saviour!" Even with his voice covered with fear he still stood strong like a fortress ready for whatever may come.
The Grimm wasted no time quickly breaking into full blown action.
Several Beowolves came at Jaune with great malice, instead of waiting for them to slam directly into him Jaune leapt forward shield bashing into the closest knocking it back a few feet then slicing at a Beowolves calve slowing it's movements.
Now with over 5 of them in slashing distance of the Arc, he quickly brought his shield up blocking the attacks that were definitely not lacking in power for sure. Getting a unknown feeling tingle his spine Jaune jumped to the right clumsily avoiding the two beowolves that approached from behind which caused him to roll onto the ground but gathered his bearings quickly getting back into his stance. Jaune sweat dropped at the sight of all the Grimm from his count 12 beo's and 3 Ursa's Well as Dad said when he forgot his anniversary last year OH FUCK OH FUCK OH SHIT Jaune panicked inside his head.
Jaune had to think at speeds indescribable if he wanted to create a definitive strategy that would keep him alive with all his limbs. The Grimm began their descent on Jaune again casting away his time to plan. A lone beowolf closed the distance faster than the rest landing it's claws against his shield with it lashing its head over the shield try to dig its mouth into his throat, however Jaune's response to that was to shove his sword into its mouth instead, killing it.
Breaking away from the dead Grimm, adrenaline kicking him into overdrive, Jaune yells "Come gets some Grimm!" fear completely forgotten and replaced by the over flowing need to survive he leaps into the fray. He slashes at two beowolves killing them with one swing of his sword, whilst holding back a beowolf by the shield.
Jaune however was becoming sluggish due to the amount of opposition resulting in wide birthed pawed attack curtesy of a Ursa. Jaune slammed side on into the tree's on the other end of the clearing taking away a large portion of his aura.
As the pain subsided thanks to the aura Jaune got to his feet noticing that his blade was no longer in hand but rather at the Ursa's feet. Again the beowolves pounced at Jaune with him using both his arms to grasp the antique shield and slammed three of them away, yet a fourth one dodged by a hairs length slashing at the exposed abdomen that wasn't protected by armour. This took a handful of aura and got Jaune to scream in agony. So in retaliation the Arc kicked at the Grimm's left calve that he injured earlier resulting in it toppling down to its knees where he ferociously slammed strike after strike of the edge of the shield caving in its ribcage.
Satisfied with its demise Jaune gazed upward ready for more…
Over half an hour later Jaune could be seen with torn clothing all over with the inclusion of dirt and blood, human and Grimm. Eyes closed, Jaune was resting against an Ursa carcass in the process of disintegration breathing slowly taking in the oxygen one step at a time.
Thanks to the efforts of his remaining aura Jaune was saved from having any scaring litter his body. However he still had a job to do and that would be making it back to Beacon alive. So retrieving his blade from the Ursa then walking over to his shield that was buried inside another Ursa's jaw began to limp out of the clearing following the path back to Beacon. After traversing the forest path Jaune found himself at the ruins where his team and team RWBY got the so called 'relics' from initiation. Good times he thought bitterly. Hatred began to bubble up inside him leading to him burying his fist through a column.
"You know in a sense wouldn't that be classed as property damage?" A voice asked out of no where.
"Come now brother, he was clearly just venting don't act like your Mr Calm & Collected all the time". Now a new voice chimed in. Jaune looked upward to see three individuals standing atop the ruins.
"Uh… sorry, just been a long is all, p-p-please don't tell Headmaster Ozpin or worse please don't tell miss Goodwitch!". Jaune said apologetically rubbing his neck.
"Hey man, it's cool ignoring what Mr Calm said earlier, I bet this isn't the first time this has happened". The one who said that wore a black hoodless trench coat, skinny blue jeans and black trainers with 6 white stripes on each side. His hair was jet black, short on the sides but had a large mop top of hair. Now the face was a mystery as he was wearing a strapless mask coloured night black with what appeared to be squared eyeholes glowing and I mean literally glowing scarlet including a lone red line coming from his left eyehole going in a straight line before going at 120 degree angle going over where his cheek would leading off his mask.
"Anyway…" the man said cheerfully hopping down from the ruins. "Names Dark, Dark Page and those are my brothers Aqua and Crimson" Dark said doing an over exaggerated introduction getting the now named Aqua to give Dark a salute via middle finger. With Jaune introducing himself too.
"We have a job to do gentleman please, keep this professional." Said Crimson, he had a very deep voice almost gave the Jaune the sense of hardened warrior but he seemed to be only around his age so that couldn't be possible, right? Anyway he wore red steel combat boots leading upwards to a pair or loosely fit red trousers and on his torso displayed an incredibly tight dark silver shirt portray his almost god like figure that would make all men tremble with jealousy with multiple laughing skulls on the front. However just like Dark, Crimsons face could not be seen as it was blocked by a very ironic crimson hooded cape similar to Ruby's, the Arc thought bitterly but a little bit of sadness as well.
"Indeed, so Mr Arc it was a pleasure to meet you". This Aqua was a more of professional swimmers body type. His attire consisted of black skinny jeans, blue high top trainers, a dark blue loose hanging t-shirt with a slightly lighter coloured blue jacket. His hair was spiked up glowing, again literally glowing a shiny blue as if it was magic (BTW it is). However Aqua wore a dark tinted visor not allowing Jaune to catch a glimpse of his eyes, although his mouth was covered by silver gas mask some people have bought for some unique style or whatever from Jaune's memories seeing a couple teens wearing them back in his home town.
"Alright, alright seriously with you guys it's work, no play. Come on let's finish this up and get back to Dimella so we can get some rest". Suddenly after Dark had finished conversing with his 'brothers' disappeared. Soon a second later Jaune felt a sharp pain in his chest, looking down he saw a thin swords edge coming out from where his heart is, this caused blood to begin to drip ever so slowly off the blade blood suddenly began to take resident in Jaune's mouth as he sprayed it out. H-How is that p-p-possible my aura i-is active, did they pierce my a-aura without breaking it!?
Looking scared towards the two other brothers, he was met with two large daggers buried into his chest curtesy of Crimson. Knowing at this rate he was going to bleed out he tried to swing with his hand at the hooded figure. However a searing pain was the result of his attempt of a right hook as an arrow was planted in his knuckle. He couldn't scream or mutter a word.
"Listen Jaune this really, really isn't personal, well for us anyway." This greatly angered the Arc they were killing him for apparently what he assumed was on the behest of another- "However we'll be seeing you Jaune, very soon, goodbye Jaune Arc" Now this confused him phenomenally what were these crazy bastards talking about!?
Not skipping a beat Crimson raised his left arm planting his hand on Jaune's mop of hair next thing Jaune felt was a sensation of being torn apart, his very soul screamed outward trying it's hardest to stay together. Then after a long minute of screaming Jaune's body stopped moving, making noise it just stopped but no Jaune was not dead or unconscious.
Jaune's body began to break apart similar to Grimm but rather white specs of ash, his gaze turned to look at the sky of where he was supposedly heading but was rather greeted to the sight of a what would be described as over hundreds of golden portals leading to Gods knows where.
Flash back end- Return to Present
"Honestly the next thing I remember was awakening in the arms of 'my father' the king of Lucis where I appeared as a newborn infant". Noctis concluded his tale of remembrance but the mention of his father brought a sadness to his heart.
"For myself that was the exact same case, body riddled with pain, the encounter of the Grimm, the resolve, the exhaustion and my soul or rather our soul feeling as if it 'shattered' into every direction then awakening in the body of a newborn on a foreign world." Jaune Vi Britannia disclosed to Noctis.
"Alright gents enough talking between yourselves, I found ourselves a clearing something you'll want to see". Hearing a new voice with a rather odd accent in toe. Turning to face the new addition joining them Noctis was greeted to another well built gentleman only half a head shorter than 'brute' not as refined and mountain like as the brute but a body type similar to a body builder. The appearance of the man consisted of a blue shirt with a brown jacket on top with a black bandana decorating his neck. He wore brown trousers, with a pair of black boots and matching black gloves. The facial appearance of the person was brown messy hair, with facial hair slightly noticeable across the person's face. However just like the rest this guy had the. Exact. Same. Face. Of Jaune Arc. If Noctis would summarise this man' appearance in a single word 'outlaw' or 'gunslinger' which was supported by the two empty holsters attached to his belt with openings for storing single bullet rounds across said belt.
Seriously all he needs is a hat and he'll look exactly like those old western movies Prompto would force me to watch, I swear those were his main reason he probably wanted to ride chocobos so much, good times. Noctis/Jaune thought.
"Good seeing you Arthur we got another on our hands, Noctis Lucis Caelum this is Arthur Morgan another Jaune, if you couldn't tell" The brute version introducing Arthur to Noctis, saying the last part with sarcasm by the gallons.
"Howdy" Arthur replied clasping his hands around the belt in typical cowboy fashion, giving a curt nod as well.
"So exactly how many um… Jaune's are there?" He asked asked generally curious on how many Jaune;s he should be expecting.
"Well friend you officially make twenty, anyway hurry up, let's reach the others before something escalates like Cayde annoying the rest for them even more so than in the last hour". Arthur stated nonchalantly towards Noctis, who was more shocked now more than earlier or even the time he originally woke up on Eos as a gods damn baby!
Arthur began walking into the deeper part of the forest with the three respective Jaune's in toe.
'Twenty!, Twenty!?, How?, THE HELL IS GOING ON!?' Truly the king of kings, vanquisher of the astrals, and bane of the darkness was facing a dilemma so more mind bogglingly bizarre than anything else he encountered, didn't even realise that he had entered the clearing with the supposed other Jaune's were present. The version of said Arc were of different heights, builds, facial features like scaring but the undeniable factor was even with scars the faces remained unchanged for those were the face of Jaune Arc.
"Oh your back!, any luck finding a way out of the forest?" Questioned an exact replica of the original Jaune Arc, cerulean eyes, hair colour, height etc. The only distinctive changes was the shortened hair he protruded alongside a tattoo over the right side of his face which was a light yellow and in the shape of the symbol for infinity with a sword alike to Crocea penetrating it downwards. The clothing consisted of blue combat boots, a single fingerless blue glove on his right hand, a set of black loose fit jeans for more movement, and blue hoodie with the words 'Yeah I'm an Aura master, so what' plastered on the front in large cursive format.
"No such fortune I'm afraid, Nexus." The brute replied with a long heavier held sigh.
"Well shit" Cursed the person lying under the single lone tree in the clearing, clearly not happy with the news. This Jaune had a lighter shade of blue eyes in comparison with a large vertical scar running from the top of his forehead over his left eye to his left cheek. His hair a very dark shade of brown and the hair was style similar to Noctis with only a lone strand of hair coming over his forehead. The clothing articles calve high light grey boots with white animal fur stitched to it, the trousers were a dark grey, on his waist he wore a black waist guard with a red sash like cape alongside it. The shirt was a grey colour and clung to his muscular physique on his wrists he wore animal leather vambraces with white fur coming from both ends. Then a very eye-catching golden crest played atop where his left breast should be, clearly a family of a particular lineage.
"Oh shut it Trevor, anyway Noctis meet the other Jaune Arc's~" exclaimed the native of Skyrim wrapping the king into a powerful one arm hug chuckling spectacularly like a veteran warrior talking about his old unit.
"That little sweet roll over there is Trevor Bellmont he's a real softy- ("I heard that you filthy lizard!") anyway moving on, that lad you saw me talk with was Nexus in actually like me he didn't change his name when transported but when became something called an 'Aura Master' he was given the name Nexus as its some tradition malarky I don't under stand". Strolling around getting the attention of the other Jaune's.
"That one there…" Pointing towards a well dressed dark haired version of himself wearing a black suit with a dark grey shirt almost black with a black tie to complete the image. Underneath his right arm was a black trench clearly deciding not to wear the ensemble at the moment. The eyes of this man were black and that's not just meaning the colour it looked so void of, anything really. "… is Kiritsugu Arc Emiya, he's well, been through a lot that would break a man in my personal opinion". Noctis noticed brute giving Kiritsugu a gaze of sadness towards the man, as Jaune of Skyrim was told only a couple hint's to his past that he was willing to disclose to the group before.
"Moving on over there we have Aidan Pearce and Edward Kenway". Pointing again towards someone new, Aidan was 6'2 he was wearing a long sleeved grey sweater with a zip up neck, alongside a modernised brown knee length trench coat, for below the waist he wore dark grey trousers and brown thick boots. Then for the face he had green eyes, brown mid level hair length and atop his head was a dark brown baseball cap bearing some logo that was reminiscent of a fox.
For Edward he wore a robe coloured blue with a white hood with leather padding and metal bracers alongside black boots, with a red sash across his waist. In terms of looks he appeared to be another exact replica of Jaune Arc in terms of hair and facial appearance, although he had what looked to be a couple of scar wounds on his right face.
"OH! That silver haired guy, is Jaune of Rivia but we call him Wolf, to obviously not cause confusion among us, oh by the divine I forgot to mention, I go by Dovahkiin Arc and I don't think the Britanniann said his alias either he goes by Zero Vi Britannia, apparently it was a name he went by on occasion". The former Brute who now went by Dovahkiin shrugged his shoulders not understanding the purpose of 'Zero' as a name.
So 'Wolf' was a very chiseled built man standing at 6'5, with amber coloured eyes with slit pupils Wait is this version a Faunus?. Wolf's face was littered with a half a dozen scars but the most notable was the large curved scar going over his left eye thankfully not damaging the eye. The hair was very odd as it was a milk-white similar to a Schnee's it appeared very long and loosely gathered, tied behind the head. For clothing articles he wore a set of chain mail with colours of black,brown and blue mixed into the cloth, a set of spiked knuckled gloves adorned his hands.
"HEAR YE HEAR YE!, Gents we have returned with a new addition for our jovial gang!…" If the attention wasn't already on Noctis it was now 'Thanks for that Dovahkiin, big help'. "… anyway this is Noctis Lucis Caelum, Noctis this is the 'Arc Clan' a gathering of Jaune Arc's across different realms, so on behalf of the rest welcome!" He stated as if this crazy situation was a common occurrence in his life.
"By the look of his face haha, its a-a safe bet that dear old Noctis here is as clueless as all of us about how we came back." True to the voices words and laughter, Noctis was indeed flabbergasted by the new information not knowing where to begin. First thing would be giving a glare to the man who taught at- Is that a robot?. Yes standing furthest to the left of the encroaching group of Jaune's was Cayde- 6 who was a light blue Exo with glowing blue eyes with a silver plate protector the forehead however from the plate was a blue horn. The clothing of Cayde consisted of a tattered cloak dull grey with a unusual red pattern on it, a knife holster can be seen on his vest and two metal shin plate guards on his boots. In terms of the rest it appeared as light armour featuring dull colours possibly for stealth. Aside from the head nothing robotic of his actual body stood out.
'A talking robot, that's new' To be honest yes it was shocking for Noctis, but not enough to cause Noct to physically act out due to his experience with the weird and strange. What was a shock was from what Dovahkiin earlier stated was everyone present was a Jaune so that meant in another universe he became a robot, which was, which was, Actually kinda cool-
"I know what your thinking and yes, yes I AM this handsome, Cayde- 6 a pleasure". He said as Cayde performed a most obvious mocking of a royal greeting.
"Um… Noctis, please don't calm Jaune I prefer who I am now than before, plus it would be confusing" he nervously chuckled. " You can just call me Noct if you like?" Offering a hand shake to his robotic counterpart, with Cayde grasping the hand in reciprocation.
"Good to meet you, Noct!" Showing his charming personality of pure energetic demeanour and no sense of tact.
'Zero' sighed clearly annoyed at the interaction of Cayde and the newcomer.
"Anyway, Arthur what did you speak of earlier about a discovery?" Said Zero probing the gunslinger for further details ignoring the introductions currently proceeding.
The introduction of Cayde was very jovial, reminded himself of Prompto very much, much less another version of him.
So continuing with the introductions, the other 'hims' began the self introductions of Dovahkiin stating he was from a place called Skyrim which sounded beautiful but incredibly dangerous.
Next was Edward saying how in his prime he was an Assassin of an ancient order following a creed to bring freedom to all but also a pirate, how odd.
Aidan said he was from the same place known as Earth yet set in the future where technology thrived.
Kiritsugu disclosed only that he was from Earth too and was a user of 'Magecraft' that was about it.
Then when it came to Wolf, Noctis asked politely if he was a Faunus with the NOT-Faunus saying when he was younger went through a trial transforming himself into a Witcher and the eyes were one of the side effects which gave him abilities almost fully identical to a Faunus.
Whilst Arthur and Zero stepped away for a conversation from what he glanced.
Next was Zuko Arc, another black haired version of him with golden eyes however the majority of the left side of his face is covered by a large burn scar as if someone put a flamethrower directly on his face. He was of average build and stood at a height of 5'8. His clothing consisted of a combination of a traditional red and golden robe with auburn pants with matching boots. Apparently this man came from a world where he became some kind of Emperor however Noctis could tell his disgust when speaking of his past so he didn't pry to much.
Then came Ronan O'Arc, apparently he was reborn to an Irish family whatever that is and became a Detective in later life but the real interesting aspect was apparently he was killed whilst searching for a serial killer but that wasn't the end he became a ghost to catch the killer, which was insane but not that crazy to believe. Alright his description was that of a tall slightly muscular figure his eyes were brown, hair colour a light brown with medium level length. The attire consisted of a dark red shirt with rolled up sleeves showing the multiple tattoos covering both arms. A black tie was sported around his neck loosely, along side a black shirt vest, black trousers and black shoes. An empty holster could be seen strapped underneath his left arm, with a black fedora atop his head.
Now Law D Arc a very complicated fellow with a complicated past from what was gathered he is something akin to a freelance Doctor of great ability and came from a world where it was mostly ocean wide where pirates thrive looking for a rare treasure from the pirate king, very weird. In terms of attire he wore a fur like panda hat atop his head, a large trench hooded coat with a brown shade on the outside with a lighter shade as the inner lining. The hair was ebony black with a sort of spiked style. Blue jeans were worn alongside the coat with black dot designs on the jeans. In terms of the chest area Law wore nothing revealing a very muscular physique but still lean and composed on the chest he had a heart shaped tattoo and at the centre was a smiley face. For his hands he had the word 'DEATH' a single letter written across each finger to make the word with another tattoo covering the back of his hand. Law had dark grey eyes with two sets or piecing on each ear.
Moving on was another Jaune look alike same hair style and colour, same cerulean eyes, he was however more muscular and slightly taller from his original height. This one was John Arc who changed his name when he was summoned to America, a version of him who was summoned rather than reborn to a different Earth with a complete different history to the rest. Apparently his world fell victim too a Nuclear fallout scenario. He wore a a bright blue jumpsuit with gold accented lines where the waist and zipper was located and on the was the number '111' for something called a vault where John, his wife and child escaped to and was frozen for 200 years waking up in ravaged world and a lot more disturbing things, such tragedy.
Alongside John was his faithful companion DogMeat a loveable german shepherd dog(male), he had the regular characteristics of brown and black fur and wore an adorable yellow bandana around his neck. Conclusion super super adorable.
Then came along Booker Dewitt a so-called anomaly according to himself apparently a lot of weird multiversal travelling resulting in him being set on a journey to find his daughter and kill the man who took her who was him, very confusing. He stood tall at 6', he had brown short hair with green eyes. The attire he wore consisted of brown dress shoes, grey suit trousers with a leather belt, a white dress shirt with rolled up sleeves alongside with another black shirt on top with a black vest jacket over both of them. Then a red ascot was used instead of a tie for the white shirt and finally on his hand he had tattooed in bold 'AD' in remembrance of his lost daughter.
Next was Sebastian Arc who just like Ronan became a detective in later life losing his young daughter in a house fire and getting divorced by his wife, he fell into alcoholism but apparently did't let it affect his work. In accordance to what Seb said one day he got a call to an mental asylum which resulted in a lot of what Noctis could perceive nightmare creature of nightmares hunting him. Then after the whole ordeal he discovered his daughter was alive and rescued her but lost his wife in the process. Sebastian wore a white shirt, blue jean jacket, brown shoes and beige trousers with a silver wedding ring on his finger. In terms of looks he is 6'0 in height, hair colour is black styled backward to not visually impair him on his face he had traces of facial hair coming through with brown eyes. (Okay so his attire is from the end of Evil within 2, don't worry he'll be getting new clothes soon)
Then came along V, just V apparently and all he said was about his experience on his world was not as long as he would have liked and that he is his own person, whatever that means. V can be described as tall, slender with pale skin and dark green eyes. His hair was chin length black with long bangs swept to the left. V wears a long open sleeveless leather coat with the sides tied together by strings, inside pockets, and a sewn-in, corset-like vest in the front. He also wears black pants with a silver chain made up of skulls on the right side of his belt and a fingerless glove on his right hand. V sports many accessories, including a tooth pendant around his neck, silver ring on his left middle finger, and a spiked bracelet that crisscross around his left wrist. V wears black sandals instead of boots. V also had a multitude of tattoo designs across his entire upper body from his chest to his neck and along both arms. ( Got most of the description from Fandom website about V, shout out for the amazing details they provide).
Second to last was John Constantine a so called 'expert of the occult' and such. Constantine has a very thick British accent when speaking, he stood at a height 6'0, blue eyes, blonde gelled up hair and was in average shape. Alongside his looks Constantine wore a white shirt accompanied by a loose fitting tie, he had a set of black trousers and black shoes respectfully. Then finally a light brown trench coat. Constantine described himself a dabbler of the dark side of magic.
Finally there was Jack, Jack Arc he was an exact copy of Jaune Arc everything the exact same except his choice of clothing which was a blue shirt being covered by a brown leather jacket that clung tightly to his somewhat muscular frame, blue jeans and brown shoes. This one was apparently exposed to an experiment revolving around time travel which in typical fashion went wrong giving Jack manipulation of time. That must be a lie he clearly read that from superhero comic.
"So may we inquire as to what you two have been discussing?" Asked V looking toward Arthur and Zero bringing the attention back to them.
Arthur simply pushed Zero forward to the wolves hunting for information, Zero slightly stumbled but gained his balance quickly straightening his attire to seem business like.
"It seems Mr Morgan has discovered a second clearing about a half hour trek from our current location and it seems in the centre, crates of some kind with our family colours of the Arc's painted over said crates. Myself and Arthur were discussing a strategy of travel to make it there in one piece."
"Tried opening them suckers but were as tightly locked up like a bank's vault". Arthur chimed in, with everybody ignoring his metaphor. Clearing his throat Zero continued.
"Okay here's the ideal plan so far that I've developed, we make our way across to the clearing with Arthur and Cayde scouting ahead so we won't be traveling aimlessly, followed by yourselves Kiritsugu and Edward tailing behind those two providing support if Grimm or bandits decide to appear so far we have been fortunate to not run into a single obstacle thus far but that doesn't mean we should allow carelessness to guide us forward." Getting affirmative remarks like head nods, verbal response or mock salutes via Cayde.
"The rest of us will follow along at a strategic distance to allow us plenty time to respond appropriately to any foreign situations and to especially not attra-". However his actually respectable plan was coming along, a unexpectedly quake began rocking the clan roughly against each other, whilst along with the quake reality began to glitch sending a scaving symphony of horrific sounds directly into everyones eardrums.
As reality right before their eyes began to breakdown to then change into a new location.
Just as quickly did this phenomena happen, it left just as quickly. Everyone appeared to be very drained and have a sickly appearance after that for the best description a 'horrific trip down to wonderland'. From the fact that they still were surrounded by crimson leafs it would be conclusive that they were still located in Forever falls forest.
The first to moderately recover was Jack clinging to his stomach suppressing the urge to become 'vomit boy'…again.
Jack shuffled forward to then collide shin first into a large cube like object. Looking up he discovered what appeared to be twenty large crates placed in a large circle identical in size and shape. They were coloured white with golden stripes highlighting the edges and most likely the lids opening was supposed to be.
Jack tried unlocking the closest one to the group however no progress was made, no luck with the removal of the lid hiding unknown contents or even slightly moving the crates themselves. Looking at said objects with an analytical gaze, the time traveller noticed the symbol painted a similar white only slightly darker to the naked eye. In Jack's option he found it to be some form of cog/gear with someone holding a thumbs up sign, wearing a large smile to no one in particular.
But in truth it was foreign to him so testing his luck asked for the attention of his counterparts.
"Hey!, I got something over here, you guys have any clue about what to make of these!" calling over to the group, emphasising what he was meaning by knocking against the box container.
After composing themselves the 'clan' proceeded to take ganders at the crate with the more muscular ones trying their luck trying to brute force the issue. This proved fruitless non the less.
Eventually giving up on that crate the other made their way around the other crates.
Soon DogMeat began to get a small scent of familiarity coming from the first crate pawing closer and closer the scent became clearer and more dominant filling the k9's nostrils with the smell. Noticing his fateful sidekick taking an interest with the container to then receive a bark grabbing his full attention making his way over John scratched behind DogMeats ear as a treat.
Taking a look at the symbol with his heightened perception he noticed it to be the vault-tec mascot from the wasteland. Sliding his digits over the mascot it exploded into a bright light blinding all nearby people. Soon the volume of light lowered to reveal the lid of the crate disappeared.
John cautiously looked inside, raising an eyebrow in response to the contents. For inside was his 'Pip-Boy' device which was a large brown like wrist guard with a screen on the front with a switch knob highlighting it features. Also inside was a large unzipped black duffle bag revealing a stack of lien cards, extra clothing, bottled water, canned food and other utilities such as a cooking stove,sleeping bag etc.
However what seems to possess the vault dweller to gaze further into the contents of the bag was what seemed like a black envelope that had some form of glowing runic lettering that John didn't understand.
Ignoring the feeling for now John strapped on his handy dandy Pip-Boy, feeling a sense of longing fulfilled as the familiar wait of the device rested on his left wrist. After powering on and initialising he began to search the contents finding all weapons, armour, food/drinks, and any other items he remembered having before the untimely return to Remnant.
However a few changes were noticeable with the atomising machinery, for example many unique items and weaponry he knew was left in the multitude of locations across the Commonwealth appeared in his inventory, his map which should have been of the Commonwealth was actually of the kingdom of Vale and finally the new 'Power Armour Retrieval' setting which he would investigate at a later date.
"OOOOH, now what is that little thing?" The exo hunter asked like a kid in a candy store.
"It does seem rather fascinating" said V.
Cracking a smile, John knew this would be rather funny to watch people react to the Pip-Boy.
"This gentlemen is a 'Pip-Boy'…" Outstretching his arm allowing for the others catching a glimpse. "It is for easy explanation a storage, mapping, radio acquiring and diagnosis giving device. However the most impressive of its abilities is the atomisation, let me show you". Checking for a weapon, he landed on the mini-gun eventually, next thing they knew John was single handily wielding a mini-gun normally anybody would have to use to arms to operate the weapon but due to John's modified Strength stat this was the equivalent of holding a few kilograms.
This gained either head nods of appreciation, raised eyebrows of confusion or applause from Cayde jumping up and down exclaiming 'Again, Again!'.
"Thanks Cayde I live to entertain" chuckling at Cayde's reaction. Turning back around to grab the everything from the crate to transfer to the device whilst quickly plucking a deathclaw steak fling it in the direction of DogMeat who tore into it without a second of thinking.
As the last of the items were newly stored inside the Pip-Boy, the last item the envelope was held at reading distance away from his face, tearing it open it revealed only a black piece of card with the initials J.A written in yellow font.
Then the card began to take flight into the sky causing a large shock wave to take place scattering the clouds above and causing strong gust to sweep the landscape. Now floating in the sky was a
a holographic image of a woman with her hands covering her stomach.
"Jaune Arc's of the multiverse, I am Dimella, God of the gateway to the multiverse…" It's her she the one who sent those Pages, Those DAMN BASTARDS This was in the thoughts of half the Arc's whilst the other half had already forgiven both the Pages and this 'God' for they were given lives only in dreams. "… and I wish to clear the air so to speak, indeed I sent Dark, Aqua and Crimson to find you however, not to kill you but rather split your soul into numerous vessels to stabilise the multiverse after a cataclysmic battle took place. Through an ancient ritual involving the destruction of a individuals body, I could create a multitude of new vessels for that person's soul to reside in. Each of you possess the same memories prior to the ritual. I do not ask for your forgiveness of my selfish actions but wish for your understanding, this needed to happen all of it everything to save every world from every universe." Even though the figure had no facial features yet a single tear could be seen running down.
"The world's were on the brink of ending, destinies altered and more death than even I, a God could stomach. That is why I needed someone I could send across the universes setting balance, preventing great loss, bringing love yet tragedy, allowed freedom yet caged, a long life yet short. I begged for guidance, but none was received until I was informed of young man who broke destinies tight grasp, that someone who I viewed was kind, courageous, thoughtful, weak and strong at the same time, naive in one word to describe that person I'd say 'Amazing'."
If the Arc's were looking for an ego boost they got it!
"With a version of you on each world however long stabilised said world however I soon realised versions of yourself began dropping way to quickly. Living shorter lives again and again, experiencing tragedy again and again…" For some reason Kiritsugu began to notice this supposed hologram look directly in his direction.
"… this was unacceptable for I expected you would live long lives or at least better than what you received. One day I confronted the entity known as fate a heated argument was the result saying that it held no favour for any of you. That enraged me, you were taken for the betterment of reality itself yet fate was not kind to you!." Dimella's image clenched its fists tightly.
"You did not deserve this I'm sorry, I'm so sorry to you all…" No one made eye contact with each other, everyone had there own tale some more tragic than others but they all had one key theme They all suffered, they bled, they weeped, they lost more than anyone could experience.
"Yet no matter what cruel life faced you, you endured…" Suddenly multiple screens blessed the sky via the hologram waving her translucent arm resulting of different events from each Jaune's experience, some even contained Jaune's that weren't even present at the moment.
"So to fix, no rather atone for the sin I committed, the burden I shall bare for the wrong that befell you all, I returned you to Remnant, the original Remnant I took you from…" Okay that confirms any doubts but, SERIOUSLY to atone for you did we were sent to a planet riddled with monsters set to kill us, great plan Dimella you massive bi- That was currently the rant of John Constantine. Other versions did have disagreements as well but wished for the projection to finish first.
"… bringing you all together, in my attempt to share your sorrow, joy and anger on this world, to live long, enjoy the third chance to start anew. Including maybe gaining closure…" Taking a gaze at all the Arc's, she steadied her breathing and pushed onward. "… these crates contain some items from your individual worlds, weaponry, clothing, photos and some cherished items I thought would be appreciated. They also include enough supplies for the journey to the closest town due west from your location."
"Now, some of you may have realised your physical prowess or abilities have been weakened, for that was my doing. For I knew if you were to see another version of yourself then panic, I couldn't allow the risk of one of you killing each other before having a conversation…" When that was said Noctis gave Dovahkiin a heated glare to set him on fire, with said individual turning his head mouthing 'sorry' before returning their gazes back.
"The opening of the crates will remove my influence of effect releasing your abilities to what it once was. Unfortunately your aura will have to be unlocked once again which I deeply apologise for…" Bowing to emphasise her apology. "… Although Nexus will not need to do this as he still had his aura in his dimension, so Nexus I would ask for you to unlock them if you kindly would."
"I know of the struggles you faced on Remnant and the other worlds, so I ask that your hate may be short lived. In terms of age regression you have been faced with was a side effect of bringing you back, as since I took you away when you were 17, so bringing yourselves back resulted in the regression process as the dimension could recognise your soul but not the bodies age forcefully turning you younger". Huh convenient - Law thoughtfully stated.
"Speaking along the lines of Regression, today is the very day you took part in the Beacon initiation at Emerald Forest…" "Were in the damn PAST!?" They all yelled out in unison. "… I can't return you to the point, *cough* met the Pages as it is now a fixed point in time no matter what no change will be made to stop that. In conclusion knowing I couldn't return you anywhere close to that time, I sent you to the earliest I could the day you unlocked your aura."
"If any of you wish to change the timeline, the only changes that can happen are those in which will not effect your transportation across the multiverse. So Jaune Arc's, I bid thee farewell may you live lives that you wish not those of others, goodbye." With her peace her visage disappeared from view as the envelope landed on the ground combusting the moment it did.
Not a single Arc spoke, for what seemed as if an hour passed by before Sebastian, Ronan, Wolf, Arthur, Constantine and Edward spoke in unison: " I think, I could use a drink or maybe a hundred"
Everyone gazed at each other before one began to laugh then another and another till all of them were being infected by the infectious laughter.
On this day Year 858, September 17th - The Arc clan was born, and world was not ready for what came next.
A year later
Present, year 859, September 14th
Location Juniors Bar- The Club inside
"I got to hand it to you Zero, that Geass really is a wonder" Stated a familiar voice of Edward Kenway hood down holding a bootle of rum in hand, sitting at the fully stocked bar area.
"Yeah! Gotta love that Geass and I've been telling you almost a year now change your name to something else Zero isn't catchy enough for my liking" The robotic Cayde- 6 complained whilst lying atop the bars counter in a sexy position according to him 'it helps me think! HONEST!'
"Cayde we've been over this Zero is my chosen alias and that is final, understood?" The violet eyed Geass wielder, Zero Vi Britannia said staring at Cayde with 'talk and your dead' gaze.
"Fineeee Zeroooo, but admit it Geass is broken admit it." Relenting to Zero for the 102,467 time and yes Zero did keep count.
"It is indeed a powerful tool, but it does have it limitations." He stated casually which normally would be an issue in public. However in the first month of returning Zero travelled to Vale using his Geass on Hei Xiong and gang so he would have a firm hold of an information broker in his pocket.
So using a certain phrase Zero gains full control of 'Junior' and his goons, in which he did that exact thing where he requested Junior to host a private gathering tonight for just Arc clan members, with Edward, Cayde and Zero being the first to arrive.
"Oh please the limitations are minor and can be worked around easily, but your probably wishing for my sweet ability aren't you?" Raising his robotic brow at him.
"Cayde- 6 your abilities are remarkable not only your Hunter granted to you for being a guardian but your sembl-" A large hand canon was levelled at Zero's forehead, Cayde's iconic 'Ace of Spades'.
"Her name is Sundance, remember". Cayde said seriously. For once. After Cayde 'died' for real and brought to Remnant a week later his aura was unlocked curtesy of Nexus. Cayde-6 instantly found his semblance via his beloved ghost Sundance appearing in front of him, this was one of the very few times Cayde was in a way emotionally compromised. Ever since getting her back Cayde-6 makes threats if she is called a semblance or just insulted they get shot aura or not.
"Yes, yes Cayde I remember clearly just a mere slip of the tongue" Zero was calm in his reply even with the death threat of a bullet. Satisfied the robotic gunslinger returned his piece to its holster located on his waist at the back.
"Would you piss pots stop your gobbing, I'm trying to drink here." Edward grunted already with a slight buzz even though thats his 12th bottle.
"Bite me, ASS-assin." Said you know who.
"Oh leave him be cayde" Gaining the attention of the Arc's they turned to see Ronan O'Arc sitting at the edge of the bar.
"Hey there ghost boy!, finally finished your shift?"
"Yeah, you are looking at the former Detective O'Arc" Smiled whilst pointing towards himself, soon Ronan was served a whiskey on the rocks by the Geass possessed bartender.
"Did Sebastian and yourself manage to do what was required?" Zero asked very seriously, tapping the counter.
"Oh so good to see you, Zero" Ronan replied applying thick sarcasm into his words. "But yes, me and Seb managed to derail the investigation of the disappearance of 'Jaune Arc' and masterfully might I add in hiding all members of the Arc clan, that no one will question are identities in anyway". After finishing his report of events, the former emperor sighed in relief.
Since coming back Zero had asked everyone to lay low for the first few month's to allow for appropriate plans to be implemented, to create falsified documents and backgrounds so that no one would receive hassle whilst traveling or with law enforcement.
In terms of planning in the first month, Zero had requested Aidan to hacking the CCT network to plant the seeds of there supposed origins saying how some of them were from either Valean, Atlesian or Vacuing descent, and with Aidan's hacker skill set left himself and the clan a foothold into the CCT whenever they desire.
For Sebastian and Ronan they were tasked of becoming recruits in the vale police department, to allow them to feedback information on 'Jaune Arc's' disappearance when it was to occur. However after the work was completed the two were promoted to Detectives due to publicity of them solving large cases that other officers could not, so they informed everyone they would be staying on until they wished for their leave.
Speaking of publicity across the continents other members were making names for themselves, Edward being an Assassin sought to continue that line of work seeking out scum that wished to harm the innocent the media had no clue of his name or appearance but the underworld was another story. They called him the 'Bloody Spectre' or 'Spectre' for short, due to the fact he appears out of nowhere kills everyone insight related to the underworld then disappears with out a trace except leaving behind lots of blood. Eventually one fateful day Kenway was led into an ambush by 17 different crime families that he had been running interference with, no one aside from the Assassin left alive that day.
Wolf and Trevor either went on travels together or alone, moving from town to town taking contracts individually for exterminating Grimm that Huntsman hadn't arrived to defeat the two made a lot of money during that time with a lot of it being used on drinking and maintenance. Wolf n multiple occasions was deemed a Faunus which bothered him not at all but he was approached by many White fang agents wishing for his cooperation, most of the time they would leave peacefully other times, well the amount of shallow graves seemed to increase somehow. They soon gained title's of 'The Wolf of light' and the 'Nuckelavee slayer' that Bellmont defeated single handily when on a hunt for a different Grimm.
Onto Arthur Morgan, during this year he sought out repentance for what he committed during his time with Dutch's gang, so Arthur figured he was a killer, liar, a thief, overall a rogue so why not put those skills to use. This led to Arthur becoming a bounty hunter, after the first month of his new trade he racked up various bounties mostly small so he could focus on helping the clan gain funding. Eventually one day at the bounty hunter central office in Vacuo a large bounty was placed for a gang of upcoming bandits that have slaughtered two small villages worth of people. Deciding to finally stand out a bit, and accepted the job. In less than 48 hours he returned covered in lots of blood with a dripping blood sack on his back, inside were the heads of all bandits he could salvage due some of them being unrecognisable due to some explosives having been used. In truth he became incredibly wealthy and known for his deeds, this was mostly known in Vacuo but was spread to the kingdoms but didn't receive much attention for it.
Zuko Arc and V, spent a lot of time relaxing and meditating (mostly Zuko). During the training the two undertook for the aura training and semblance recovery, V had discovered his semblance to be Aura absorption whilst Zuko discovered his was a redirection based semblance. V was dubbed to be in the top five strongest of the Arc members due to his devil abilities and semblance, yet like usual V preferred reading over tests of might.
A lot of the time during the year Cayde, Booker, Noctis, Nexus, John and Jack spent traveling the continents together defeating Grimm, bandits and having a good time. Each of these members had received there semblances (which will be revealed next chapter) but it wasn't all good things in the end Cayde had been hunted down by various mercenaries employed by Atlas scientists and one time by the Schnee dust company. They never got him, clearly but it did hinder some of their adventures. A month before the present they separated to get ready for the 'big day' plan.
Now Menagerie almost all this year since the Arc's returned held host to John Constantine and Law D Arc. For you see Law had heard of the island to be in need of more doctors or practicers of medicine so he took the opportunity. Whilst Constantine wished to revise up on magic in this world and not be interrupted while doing that.
During their initial arrival it was incredibly hostile, harassment, sometimes Faunus tried to mug/rob them but it took a month before people respected his presence since he had become a 'saviour' thanks to his medical prowess. Being called the 'Doctor of Hearts' due to the abilities he possessed (and the secret admirers he gained). On occasion he even taught some aspiring practitioners of the field. Constantine had discovered a lot of the magic that had limitations originally to be less, well limited. During his stay John did provide some of his healing arts to help Law at times. However most of the time it was spent at bars. One day Law was approached by the Chieftain of Menagerie Ghira Belladonna about attending to his wife Kali.
Having no desire to deny the opportunity to speak with him Law accepted, turns out Kali was pregnant with a twin set of girls already 3 months along. However it turned out if Kali was not seen by a professional she would lose both the babies, luckily Law was present performing some mild practices and some devil fruit powers the babies would make it just fine.
After a long time of staying there both members decided they would leave to finally reconnect with the clan before the 'big day'. They were given a heart warming said off, but the two payed it no real interest, still nice though, and surprisingly the Belladonna's said they would always have a place to stay no charge their next return.
The great Dragonborn lived a peaceful year leaving behind the warrior life and settling down to a beautiful women having no desire to fight ever again… Pfttt yet right. Dovahkiin did have a peaceful lifestyle but didn't step back from adventuring. The legendary dragon slayer had defeated countless Grimm hordes, the rarest of Grimm. This granted the attention of all the Kingdoms seeking out the warrior eventually when they got word of where this man would be, they could never catch a glimpse of him managing to slip by them always. However it wasn't all action, as Dovah (for short) spent his time being the resident blacksmith for the Arc's producing phenomenal masterpiece weaponry and unique armour.
Now onto the more proactive members.
Aidan Pearce aka 'The Fox'. With the return to Remnant Aidan decided to do what he did best… 'Hunt'. Among his most notable feats were the disbanding of the biggest sex trafficking, drug distribution, illegal dust market rings in all the kingdoms history. This caused a lot of uproar but thankfully Aidan had the clan in his corner so nothing came of Remnants greatest hacker. However the biggest event in Remnant history that took place, was the 'Fall of Jacque Schnee'.
During his travels, Aidan eventually reached the kingdom of Atlas, during his stay Aidan decided to go for the biggest scum in Remnant, Atlas's elites. This event was dubbed by the media as 'The downfall of elitism' but Aidan wasn't satisfied he wanted the biggest meal at the table, Jacque Schnee the ideal target for himself after all Atlas was the most technologically advanced kingdom otherwise translated to 'Aidan Pierce's personal playground'. Aidan stealthily broke into the Schnee manor one night and was delighted to find enough evidence for over three generation of Schnee's to be incarcerated, he even stumbled upon a hidden camera with footage of illegal deals, bribes, blackmailing of Faunus rights personnel, the works all taking place his Jacques personal study.
As Aidan grabbed every download and documents then scrubbed any digital traces of his presence, a very risky yet brilliant plan came to mind. After a long call to Zero the clan's master tactician Pierce was given the green light to enact his plan. Over the course of a week Aidan had secret meetings with the Matriarch of the Schnee's stating he will be outing Jacque to the world but wouldn't allow any of her children or herself to be involved. In return for this, the Arc's stated the terms of her entering a rehab program to moderate her drinking, then to become the next CEO of the SDC until one of her children met the requirements of the clan rather than her own, and when she becomes CEO she must implement these changes made by Pearce or else. Willow Schnee knew what this man had on her could have her either executed alongside her husband or imprisoned, was it evil? Sure but it was for the betterment of Remnant. Then the great day of Jacque's fall was here, Aidan Pearce sent the footage, evidence etc across the CCT bringing a close to Jacques rule, a week after his arrest and trial Jacque was executed for his crimes due to the sheer amount of them by the General himself. On his last day before returning to his travels Aidan handed Willow a file with details she will need in the future then left without any trace of his identity revealed.
Now you maybe wondering what about Kiritsugu? Well that is a tale for another time I'm afraid.
After about an hour of chatting and becoming drunk, every member had entered the club socialising among themselves.
"Now gentleman!.." Belched Dovahkiin adding some thu'um to get the clans attention. "During this year we have all accomplished great feats, be they of strength (Raising his Ale towards Wolf, Trevor, Noctis, Cayde, Booker and Nexus) , keeping the peace (Now raised in the direction of Ronan, Sebastian, John, Jack, Arthur, Kiritsugu, Edward and Aidan) or progress of training (Finally gesturing to Zero, Constantine, Zuko, V and Law).
"Tomorrow we embark onto a journey that began with a promise all those years ago, a promise of improvement, a promise of defending the innocent!, a promise to return and bring forth change! and finally a promise for those who doubted us to shove it up their arses!" Gaining a round of cheers and applause however those more composed kept silent but nodded in agreement. Dovahkiin holds up his hand to halt the noise…
"But join me please in raising a toast of remembrance to those we lost and left behind…" He said respectively.
"To Skyrim, its people and my friends" Raising his drink of Honey mead from home high in pride.
"In dedication to my Masters that took me in and gave me everything I could ever wish" Nexus said hoisting a beer alongside the dragon.
"To Caroline and my wee brats!" Edward slightly drunk stood up raising a bottle of rum.
"To the Guardians living it up and to those lost along the way". Cayde said with sadness and honour lacing his voice, holding a scotch drink in hand with Sundance appearing alongside him out of respect for the ghosts that fell with their guardians.
"To Sanctuary, Shaun…Nora". John Arc said, petting DogMeat holding a Nuca-Cola Quantum in hand.
"Beth and William, I miss you guys". Jack said holding a brandy drink from the top of the shelf brands found on Remnant.
"In honour of the Lucis people, my people. To Dad, guys and Luna, I still walk tall no matter where I may be, I hope we meet one last time". Noctis stood with the essence of royalty with hard cider gesturing to the roof of the club.
"I have many I'd like to dedicate this too, but I do this to Dandelion you were an ass but a great friend, to Vesemir my mentor, my fellow Witcher's and too Ciri, Triss and Yennefer I love you all". Said the gruff voice of the Wolf of Rivia holding a glass of vodka up.
"To my family the Bellmonts, Cipher and yes even you Alucard you pompous shit". Trevor chuckling fondly at his little quip, before bringing up a large glass of beer.
"To Eva, our time was short but full of love". V said holding a wine glass of an expensive Mistal brand of red wine in dedication to his Mother from another world.
"The Black Knights, Suzaku and Nunnally, I hope your well". Zero slightly raising his glass of Cider but not as high as the rest.
"Elizabeth". Booker sighed out the name of his daughter. Raising his drink of choice, Gin.
"Julia, my love". Ronan said reflexively turning the wedding ring on his finger before joining the others in holding up a glass of whiskey.
"To Myra and my little angel Lily Arc". Seb said holding up a whiskey alongside Ronan.
"Well um, this is to you Isaac, I-I probably wouldn't have made a good father but, I miss you dearly, tell your mother I miss her too and that I'm sorry". Arthur slowly raised his bottle of beer, which he then began to lower for a hand to clasp his shoulder looking to his side he noticed Edward giving him a reassuring smile. Finally giving Arthur the courage to do what he should have done long ago giving them a loving send off.
"To you Uncle Iroh, your the father figure I never deserved, but I'm so glad I did". Zuko said raising a sake cup with the other clan members.
"This is for you Corazon". Surprising for everyone Law wore a massive cheshire grin in memory of the man who saved his life, toasting in hand with a cup of sake.
"Lena Pearce my niece, I miss you a lot kiddo". Aidan raised a rum and coke upwards.
"Illyasviel, Irisviel I love you both always, and Shirou I know you'll achieve what I never could". A raised glass of whiskey to those Kiritsugu lost and to the lone survivor he salvaged from the wreckage.
After a couple seconds of waiting for the last person to speak but silence was the only voice. They turned to Constantine who looked sheepishly away.
"Ugh bollocks…" He whispered, cursing his luck. "AH! I got it! To Liverpool football club! Happy!?" Raising a pint of beer.
"Since we met almost an exact year ago, we became brother, family, now join me, my brother to the future of Arc Clan, CHEERS!" A load collection of clicking and clacking of glasses was all was heard aside from the fellow 'cheers' said by the others.
To be continued in Chapter 3 - When life gives you lemons, enter Beacon.
To you all reading and supporting this story thank you deeply, always happy to get comments and criticism about the work.
With a massive shoutout to TheMischieviousPuppyBog willing to become my Beta reader he's a great guy and you should check out his work. And to those who think I didn't do a good enough job with descriptions please look up images of the based off characters it will help. So next chapter will be a lot of fighting so do please be patient.
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