Chapter 47: Derriere

Well… Some more Faunus-Human relations for you all!


Willow let her fingers slide through her hair as she pulled the jacket a little closer, the leather not being quite her style, but with how familiar people had gotten with her features, it was still something that people would notice. Done up in a looser style and making sure to wear the 'hip' dark blue top, she could pass for a twenty-something-year-old, definitely in the later

Olav was behind her, wearing a simple shirt that did nothing to hide his burly physique from sight. The two Faunus who stood guarding the door gave them a serious look over, the burlier one looking like he meant business as he got in front of the door.

"No access allowed for visitors, the patient's not seeing anyone."

She cleared her throat and spoke up in her lightest and most melodic voice, trying to mimic Sienna's way of saying it, without the childish accent and failing, quite miserably at it.

"I tawt I taw a puddy tat?"

The passphrase had been said to grant her access, and the men parted. It was two in the morning, and the two looked like they needed sleep. They were resolute looking men though, so there was something that nagged her mind as they stepped aside without a sound of objecting to her passing through made by either, her bodyguard following after her. When she stepped into the room which held the young man that meant so much, she let her gaze go to the bed worriedly.

'So pale…'

She watched the redhead shift a little, the man's eyes tired-looking and his facial features worn out from a lack of sleep, his hand on his sword from where he'd taken a moment to rest, his sister nowhere to be seen. Her gaze returned to Jaune, as he laid there.

"Has he been well, Mister Taurus?"

Politeness was always an option, as she saw the scars on Jaune's body, a webbing of them slowly moving from the point of impact. It looked almost like a snowflake, and she could see how it would add character to him.

"Pretty well in spirit, he can talk properly again. No movement with his muscles though. A few twitches, some quivers, but it tires him out."

Willow could see the beautiful man on the bed sleep, her hand tracing over his cheek. He smiled in his sleep, her eyes looking at that cute face that looked innocent, even with his body ravaged by the lightning bolts that'd struck him 'in a tragic accident'. Her husband had been lit ablaze.

'You killed my husband.'

It wasn't just gratitude that she felt, but more than that. Her fingers traced over his skin, feeling the muscles twitch a few times below her touch, the familiar shapes moving, as Adam Taurus got up.

"Do you want me to leave you alone with him for a moment? I'll get Eve, she's passed out in one of the rooms here for guests that stay over."

It might be time for that, yes, as she looked at the body of the young man she loved, the man who she'd felt strongly for over such a short period of her life, and yet so wholesome in that love. The door clicked, and she started to speak.

"I am quite upset with you, Mister Arc. Do you know how much effort it is to run a company by myself?"

She didn't really feel like it was much of a scolding, after all, knowing that Jaune was caring and loving and wonderful with her children. Winter and Weiss both wished to bed him, and Whitley was… definitely impressed. She'd caught him rearranging the schedule for a visit when Jaune was awake again.

'You sacrificed yourself so that we could be free, even if it'd killed you.'

She knew that such a sacrifice could only mean love. Sienna had been in a state, growling about how dangerous it had been and then thirty seconds later switching to how proud she was for having netted such a wonderful man. Some Faunus things just didn't make sense to her, but it was how things were.

"Your costs will be paid for by both the White Fang as well as the Schnee Dust Company. It is the least we can do for someone who was unfortunately struck by the tempests of fate, and one of our new and upcoming signees."

You never knew who was listening in on you, whenever you spoke. You had to maintain integrity, security and allow nothing to impede you to the top, before you declared whatever you wished to declare and you seized power.

'My sweet Jaune…'

Her fingers traced over his bare chest, over the bandages that had been pushed and pulled apart to insert intravenous drips for the body to be recovering faster. She wasn't a medical woman, she was more of an economist, but he would need to recover. He would need to be better.

Her head lowered as she gave a kiss to his lips, tasting the faint glazing of lipstick upon it, one flavour that she didn't quite know where it came from. Her fingers touched his hair, brushing through the loose strands, her lips pressing tighter to his face, as she inhaled that scent of his, mixing with medical bandages. A soft gasp came from her lips as she broke the kiss, her fingers tracing down over his cheek, stubble growing there already.

"I must be off, Mister Arc. You will see my daughter again in the morning, if you are fortunate."

'It is a shame, but you don't manage a business by being a weak housewife waiting for her husband to do with everything. The only thing that Jacques did which was respect-worthy was to be able to manage the Kingdom's needs and the export of Dust to the different ones…'

The door opened and the two Taurus siblings appeared, the woman sitting herself down at the seat next to the bed. A coy smile played on the Faunus her lips as Willow felt a pinch to her butt, her head giving a stern frown at the woman, who retracted her hand slowly, intentionally.

"Don't worry, we'll keep him safe. Adam's not going to be bringing shame to the man who-"

The sharp look that she got from her brother was worthy of minor interest, as Willow noticed the look that'd been shared, the brother's expression turning a little grim and dark at the thought.

"Eve… You've reminded me ten times already. "

The Faunus woman rolled her shoulders in a mild shrug. Willow had to wonder whether it was just a normal gesture or whether it held a different meaning. Sienna had once said something about 'signalling' but that probably wasn't the case here.

"Then do it, you silly little steer. I'm not going to be holding your hand all the way. You owe him. We owe him."

There was something unsaid between the two of them that she didn't get, but the woman was hinting at something. She motioned for Olav to hold open the door and then, after bidding the two goodbye, left. It was a short visit, perhaps only five minutes, but she'd seen the man who had committed murder and sacrificed his health for her happiness.

It was an odd feeling inside her as she sat down in the car, the darkened windows hiding her expression from the world as she sipped a glass of fruit juice, the clock ticking away slowly. Her daughters were freed from the oppression of her late husband, she was free from the ties that bound her, but she had only settled with a short visit

'He'll get better.'

He had to get better, or she'd simply have to make him get better. She was someone who wished to show him the glory of the body that was hers, to bring him the happiness that she felt from his actions, but it was not the time for that yet. She wanted him to be able to move, to reciprocate. Seeing him lying there in that bed was like a hissing snap of reality, of that feeling that she could do nothing for him now except wait and she prayed quietly to the brother gods for a miracle to restore him to a fit form soon.

'If someone deserves it…'

She would have to do some more checking of the options, if his nervous system kept him paralyzed. He seemed to be able to do small twitches, but Willow Schnee was not a woman who wished to wait for a revalidation process.

'I will see whether the Schnee Dust Company's research and development branch has something…'

Sienna was the one who was sated with what she had, but Willow Schnee had standards that she would not break away from. He deserved to stand at her side, glass of something to drink in hand, his hand on her pregnant stomach and Sienna strutting off to the liquor bar, and it would be something wonderful for the world.

She arrived at her lodgings and laid herself down into bed, calling the number in her Scroll immediately. Sienna was up, undoubtedly. That woman had a work ethic that was only matched by her thirst for the liquor and the man that they both enjoyed the presence of.

"Sienna."

The answer was a rough sound, the camera turned on to show a tired-looking Sienna, half of a bottle emptied already, papers scattered onto a board with 'Prognosis' and 'executive function' visible on it with a bold red ink stamp.

"What do you want, Wil? I'm busy with the whole bloody organization of things, but I could take some- Yeah, I'm taking a break. Spooky! Get my files from the archives with the Mistral situation. I need to look through them."

Someone left the room and there was quiet, as Willow looked at Sienna drinking straight from the bottle, the woman's hand putting it down onto the table out of sight, the Scroll adjusted a little as it was picked up from the standard in which it was kept.

"I went to visit him."

There was a pause as Sienna looked at her, a cocky little smirk on her lips, one of those infuriating 'I know you did something, you sneaky little bitch' looks that Sienna seemed to have perfected over the course of her tenure as High Leader.

"Did you get frisky? Ooh, I bet he'll be smelling like your perfume, naughty, naughty, naughty!"

The little finger wag that the younger woman gave her was improper, impolite and the look that Willow returned to her friend was not very polite either, as Sienna sighed, taking another gulp of liquor.

"I guess not. Don't worry, I'll make up for that. I should have a free spot around…"

Sienna thumbed through her calendar, the physical one on her desk. Willow frowned as well. Busy days. It was hard on Willow as well, being the CEO for the biggest company on Remnant in Dust manufacture and production.

"Damn, we're busy bitches, aren't we? How about we go for a drink and something else for you? Call it a business meeting, have a bit of fun, talk about how we're going to be ravishing blonde and beautiful?"

She was not going to be doing the latter until he was healthy. Sienna was someone who thought less on the possible ramifications of things, but Willow wanted him aware. Her heart burned at the missed opportunity, but it was not a thing that she could stop. She had been married, as he'd been in bed with her. She had been proper, as a mother should, even though she really wished that she wasn't proper.

"No. I haven't even met his family yet."

Sienna blinked owlishly for a moment, and Willow seemed to think about that for a moment, analyzing that reaction. Sienna must not have known that bit of human interaction, or had forgotten about it. With how busy their lives were, their interactions with the man they loved had grown sparser.

"Oh yeah, one of those sisters is kind of involved with the Humanity First Liga… Heard of that from Tweety, had a big argument with Adam about it… Guess we'll be seeing those pop up now that our man's in the hospital with his big sister being a card-carrying member…

'This is going to be annoying for her, I guess…'

Willow did not think much of it, as she inquired some more about the family of the man that they loved, Sienna's mumbling about annoying brats and bulls being too damn stubborn for their own fucking good trailing off.

It was three in the morning when she shut the call off and crawled into her bed, leaving the feeling of the day behind as she let her body rest until the alarm clock would go at seven thirty-five, which gave her enough time to crawl under the shower and get herself freshened up for another day of harsh labour in the Schnee Dust Company's executive office.


Jaune awoke slowly in the morning to the sound of someone humming. He let his gaze slide to the side, aware that he had guests. Adam was passed out on the seats, stretched out like some sort of shadow, his blade in his grip still, loosely. Eve was looking at him, humming softly as she worked her fingers over the weapon that she used to fight with, her eyes looking up at him and meeting his.

"Good morning, sleepyhead. You had a visitor last night. The other one."

A little bit of playful mentioning of Willow's name, since it might be a touch improper to do so, and he tried to raise his hand again. His fingers twitched and quivered, and the muscles strained, trying to pull himself up. Glyphs pulsed over his body and he felt their effects on him, slowly pushing his hand up, before it fell down again, the strength gone, as well as his Aura.

"No… eh, bad things happen?"

She shook her head, setting the weapon down next to his bed. She didn't make much of a sound as she got to the chair and started to comb his hair.

"No. Tweety and Sylvester are keeping out the people. They've both got their skills, of course. So… How're you feeling?"

She was concerned, as her hand brushed over his cheek gently. Being an actress without work right now (She had said that she was taking a sabbatical), she was free to be at his side without any sort of distractions coming to her.

"Like crap, honestly. I'd like to get something to eat though, I'm pretty hungry."

Eve got up and he watched as she lingered a little at the foot of the bed, before she kicked Adam.

"Wake the fuck up, Adam. I'm bringing Jaune breakfast, and you're going to be made into Carpaccio if I see some whore on his dick when I return. Sienna will grill you like roast beef when she hears afterwards."

Adam shifted a little as he got up, rolling his shoulders a little to get the stiffness out of them, his eyes meeting Jaune's own for a moment, as he took to standing at the foot of the bed, his hand on his sword. He was alert, ready to go and defend him.

"So, I've…"

The words obviously made Adam feel uncomfortable as he looked around, a little nervous. The calm veneer of the man's face, the makeup that covered the scar on his face still showing the outline, as the man hadn't retouched it again today yet.

"I have a confession to make."

That was new. He looked at Adam expectantly, trying for a smile to put the man at ease, a frown going over the older Faunus man's face.

"Not that it's… Eve can do that. I'm just…"

Adam seemed to have problems expressing himself, as Jaune wondered what it was that the man would be talking about that seemed to make him embarrassed.

"When a Faunus is under a certain… if we are in a particularly tense situation, there are certain… demands."

A gesture with the hand that he didn't get at all, as Adam looked up to the ceiling, clearly not happy with explaining it like this. The man looked uncomfortable, uneasy and not at all ready to speak on the topic that he was cutting into.

"Is it something that I can help with?"

Adam flinched as if struck, as he bit his lower lip, his eyes looking away, his face showing irritation.

"Sienna probably forgot, with how busy she is, but I didn't. Eve doesn't, and I want you to know that I am… grateful. For what you did with… With her."

Jaune thought back to Adam's latest ex, who probably was in jail right now. That had been a bad situation, and it'd been a sign of things to come. Eve and Adam had done things with that woman together, and he guessed that it was the Faunus-ly type of bonding or something. Sienna often said 'that's normal' and didn't explain things.

It was why he'd been trying to sound out Eve about some of the things, which was only successful a few times. There were things that Sienna did that Eve somehow couldn't talk about, due to the status that Sienna held, or some other reason.

"For saving you from your girlfriend? Adam, you're a friend. I'd hate myself if you suffered more and I could have helped out but didn't because I didn't see the signs."

Adam still wasn't looking at him, as he sighed deeply at something, making another hand gesture, closing his eyes and shaking, turning away from him.

"That's… You don't know, Jaune. You're a human, you're not like us. There's…"

The man made little sense, as he rolled his shoulders.

"Eve is doing her part, and she's… She's in the fight. I've not been doing my part. I'm- By the Gods, this is hard to say."

The man turned around again and leaned against the foot of the bed, hands on the bed's metal railing, the intense blue eyes serious. The door was opening, but the man didn't give it much attention. He spotted his family entering, mother first in, Camellia behind her, eyes flaring up angrily.

"I will have sex with you, even as you are now. Even if you lie limply in bed and cannot muster the effort to move, I will-"

There was an indeterminate screech of anger and something more and Adam went down with a frothing-at-the-mouth Camellia having leapt at him. Adam laid on the ground as Camellia laid into him, her blonde hair whipping as she kept on punching him, before the stronger man pushed her off, Camellia trying to smack him. Those curses definitely hadn't been kind, and he didn't really wonder about what 'the cattle treatment' was.

"Hey, hol' up! Stop pounding beef steer into a burger patty! That's my job, Feisty!"

Eve handed the tray with food to his mother and then lifted up Camellia, whose mouth most definitely was using swear words now that were definitely not in the standard dictionary. Adam rose, bloodied nose and one of his eyes looking like it'd swell up later, his hand rubbing at his nose with irritation.

"He wanted to rape my brother! Let me go, you big-titted cockhole! Your fucking brother wanted to fuck my defenceless little brother!"

Eve held a very strong grip on Camellia, as Adam shook his head, picking his blade up again, a sour look given at Camellia, but nothing more than that being said.

'What in the name of the Gods was that?'

"Timing, Adam. Timing. Now, calm down. My little brother isn't going to be giving yours a prostate exam, I'm still the boss bitch in our relationship."

He watched as his sister struggled some more, more curses coming from her lips as the Faunus-based insults started to fly, 'barnyard beasts' being mentioned more often than not. His mother inquired quietly, dismissing the events that'd just happened as 'not her problem', holding the tray out to him.

"Do you want me to feed you?"

Camellia seemed to be still getting ready to go on another tirade, and he sighed. Adam just sat down, rubbing his face in places, as Camellia wrenched herself out of the grip of Eve Taurus and turned to the door.

"I'll be back, mom."

He wondered what was up with that, but didn't dwell too much on it, his eyes watching carefully how the others just sat down. Salmon was getting comfortable in her seat, Coral sitting down in a seat whilst giving Adam a worried look, as if she was afraid that he was going to leap at her, the dark blonde hair, much like Saphron's own mop in shading today, half-pulled over an eye, the dark orange-green shirt with 'Vale Patriots' on it easily showing her affiliation to the local team.

"So… That was… interesting. I did not- Not that I am judging, Mister Taurus, but- Perhaps you could declare your affections for my son when my daughter is not around?"

His mother's voice just made Adam's head sink into his hand and a deeply frustrated groan came from his mouth as Eve started to laugh with some sort of amusement gained from the way that his mother had politely phrased it.

"It's something that a human wouldn't understand."

The answer from Adam was short and snappy, and the man rubbed his face, clearly not very great after his sister had given him a beating. Camellia wasn't very physical, but she seemed to have had a bit of strength if Adam wasn't looking so hot right now.

"Ah… Yes, you have your own culture. Now, Eve, has my son been good?"

'Mom…'

Eve smiled broadly, as she started to go into detail about how he'd barely moved, how it was just like being the babysitter (and not dropping a single line of reference to her career) and making sure that he was fed.

Of course, his mother was feeding him whilst she stood at his bedside, and he was sure that there would be some more grilling from his sisters later, if they had the chance.

"Saphron will be here tonight. She's taken the flight, and Terra will be joining us too after a week. It's such a shame to see you like this, Jaune. Here, I've bought something…"

The picture frames of him being healthy and strong were cute, he imagined, but he wasn't really in much of a position to object. Salmon and Coral gave apologetic smiles, trying to give him a hint about how things worked and wove together…

Mother had been shopping again.

"Mom, it's not necessary. You should spend money on things that are going to the family."

He worried about that. His mother had the fiscal sensibilities of someone who didn't have them. It was her major flaw, and one that he hadn't been able to properly solve yet, because he was still seventeen. With Vivian taking mission after mission to make the budget even out, their mother's spending on stupid things (in his opinion) would put them in the red.

"But they would look so nice, Jaune. I saw them and I had to buy them! You'll be in bed for a while, and it'll be fine. We have the budget for it."

He glanced at Salmon, who shook her head a few times. His mother was lying, and it'd been another impulse buy. He felt worry go through him.

"We'll make sure that he's safe from any ne'erdowells, Miss Arc. Adam and I are fully licensed bovineguards."

Adam's glare at his older sister was met with a look that did not lose in strength. Jaune sighed, knowing that those two had their own issues to contend with, especially with how there seemed to be some sort of rivalry between the two of them.

"Is there much danger for him?"

Eve and Adam nodded, simultaneously. His mother frowned, as she looked at him.

"But… But he was hit by a lightning strike. Why could people be wanting to hurt him?"

Eve gave a small smile, before she motioned for Adam to leave.

"Well, there's just something about our cute blonde here that attracts a lot of attention. Interviewers, people who want to harm him because the Schnee-E-O got fried together with him…"

It wasn't the truth, he knew, but his mother would probably not really be able to handle the truth that Faunus were after his balls. Adam confessing that he'd not object to sleeping with him was… awkward.

Jaune Arc most certainly was not gay. He preferred a healthy woman, preferably with darker skin than usually was the case, tiger stripes and the name of Sienna, together with as a fellow lady of wonderful love one with pale hair and pale skin and beautiful blue eyes, named Willow.


"Hello!"

This was new. Camellia had brought some of her friends. A tall brunette woman who wore a black and white shirt with the symbol of the White Fang slashed through and a bloodied axe on it, and a set of black cut-off jeans that frayed at the edges and what seemed to be a set of boots that'd seen better days strolled into the room.

A shorter and rounder, and he wasn't calling her fat, but she was, blue-haired woman who seemed to be wearing a few buttons pinned to her shirt entered immediately afterwards, wearing a skirt and having some tattoos on her neck that made her look rather… alternative, for lack of a better word, stalking over to the tall brunette woman.

A very thin and reedy young man who looked a little out of sorts, a set of thick glasses on and pale blue hair that'd been dyed black in the middle, wearing a little button with 'For my love' and the squat, fat woman having a similar one on her chest.

"Hey. You're Camellia's friends, aren't you?"

The warm smile on the brunette woman's face seemed to be put there as a showpiece, as the short and round woman stomped up to Adam, who looked like he was utterly unimpressed. A torrent of 'darn stinkin' Faunus with them darn freaky-eeky rapist dongers' and other such creative abuse came out of the woman's mouth, whilst her boyfriend was just staring at Eve, whose smug little smile seemed to be more or less taunting the man. His gaze never really reached her face though. Eve should be wearing a shirt with 'My eyes are up there, by the way' on it, because the guy was definitely staring.

'Ouch, if your girlfriend notices you staring…'

"Yes, we've heard from sister Arc that you have a little rodent problem."

'I don't think that it's much of a problem…'

He was pretty sure that Sienna would whip these people into shape, or into the hospital, if they started to slander her. Sienna's temper and patience were both very short when she was under assault. Willow's patience was a little too much, he reckoned. It balanced out, he supposed.

"Well, Adam and Eve are here to keep me safe."

The brunette gave a smile that didn't really reach her eyes, giving a look at the two Faunus and then dismissing them entirely. The short and round one was still giving a lengthy preaching sermon, and…

'Well, I suppose I can't say much about having eccentric friends.'

"You should have human guards. The animals would just do horrible things to you! When Camellia said that the beast wished to fuck you, we immediately came."

Camellia looked somewhat proud at that, but Jaune mentally just counted the seconds, as the boyfriend of the squat one gave a small cough.

"Sister Julep, perhaps…"

The brunette sat down on the seat next to him, crossing her arms and giving a nod that meant business, waving her friends to a seat.

"I'll be taking care of him, brother Negroni. Sister Sazerac, settle down. We must not devolve to the level of animals. Do settle down and be at peace, because the animals do not know better."

Camellia looked at ease around them, even though the language that they busied was a little bit… outlandish. It wasn't really… okay, it was racist. It was really racist, uncouth and not at all suited. Salmon looked a little uncomfortable as well, even though mom and Coral had gone, for the time being, something about 'appointment with doctor Maple', his mother worried for his health. It was really sweet to hear that, of course, but that didn't mean that he didn't worry.

"I don't mind it if you call me Eve, okay? Big boy in the bed can call me his personal little cow cock holster if he'd like, but hey… I'm a pro at what I do."

Julep, though he supposed that it was her surname, given how they'd referred to Camellia as 'Sister Arc' gave a scowl.

"A no-good barnyard animal, working the beat like a whore. When that gilded pussycat of yours is finally arrested for the warmongering terrorist that she is, we'll see who deserves to be representing your kind! You should've just stayed in Menagerie like a good pet for Humanity, animal."

He wondered whether the woman had a different mode, but the look on that face changed as she turned to him, the smile actually quite pretty. It made him wonder whether the whole attitude had been because someone had hurt the woman in the past like with Camellia, or whether it was just something taught due to bad experiences.

"Mint Julep, a friend of your sister's. She's been a member of our Liga for nearly three years."

The smile wasn't too unkind, as it didn't seem to have an actual negative load, unlike how they had acted to the Faunus. He glanced over at Eve, who seemed to be getting herself better situated, her hand never quite leaving her weapon.

"Sister Julep has been my best friend. We ran into each other on the trip Saphron and I went on."

'Yeah, I guess you can call Adam one of my best friends too…'

He smiled politely.

"I'm sorry that I can't get up to shake your hand. I'm kind of stuck here."

The woman smiled and Jaune had that feeling that the woman was kind of loopy in the head, even with that smile never quite fixing.

"If you need anything, you have only to ask. We support the families of those who are willing to take up arms against the Faunus infestation. Some of their kind have been infiltrating perfectly good institutions, teaching tolerance and acceptance…"

Adam seemed like he wanted to say something, but kept his peace.

"Hey, I accept everyone. I do porn with humans, y'know?"

'Yeah, and you're dancing around that theme with my mother like Sienna and I danced at first.'

A fell glare delivered to Eve, as Mint got up close to her.

"And you won't be getting your hands on this one, you dirty cow! Your brother may be a disgusting ravisher of innocent human bodies-"

Adam choked aloud, getting up and his hand laying on his weapon to challenge that assertion.

"but I will keep him safe! Camellia has been a support to me in times that were harsh, and I will make sure that I guard his humanity! Human sleeps with human, Faunus sleeps with Faunus!"

Salmon looked a little tired, as she got up from her seat. The squat one called Sazerac sat down in the seat that she'd vacated. Her boyfriend, or at least, he guessed that the guy was her boyfriend, just kept on staring.

"I'm going to go and find something to eat."

Camellia glanced at her and pulled out a few Lien.

"Get something for us too."

Salmon smiled and gave a small salute to her sister, Camellia giving a little pout as she did, undoubtedly for some historical reason or something. He wasn't too aware

"Now, don't make Jaune lose his chastity, Cam. Keep our little troublemaker safe."

Jaune personally could have said that his chastity had been lost the moment Sienna had gotten the 'funny' idea to test out something, but he'd kept his silence. Whatever he did in the privacy of his own home and bed was still, within the privacy of his own home and bed.

"I'm perfectly capable of making my own decisions, Salmon."

He saw the smile on his sister's face as she departed, before Mint started to talk about the work they did: 'lots of outreach' and 'inspiring the masses to rise up against the Faunus'. Eve just motioned for Adam to get out, choosing to tackle this by herself. Adam did so, begrudgingly.

"You know, it doesn't really work if you keep calling us beasts. I mean, blonde and hunky over there did me a real favour, and that's why I'm here guarding him. We know the value of favours, and well-"

'That doesn't sound good…'

Eve got up and then strode over, her red hair brushing against his cheek as she kissed him full on the cheek.

"Faunus share their guy with the family, don't you know? This guy is all mine, yeah."

Camellia got really loud about that, as the friends around her started to add to the chorus of 'despoiling a paragon of humanity', well, the women. Mint, that Sazerac woman who he hadn't caught the first name of and his sister. Eve gave him a smile and a wink, before she kissed him right on the lips.

"Y'see? That's what makes this guy here so wonderful, y'know? He made an impression on me."

Camellia wouldn't get into a brawl here, he knew. With how Eve was leaning onto the bed, one of the wires might get knocked loose and there'd be some people to check up on him. Camellia wasn't really someone who got physical with people until she was ready (though he wasn't really sure whether the 'tackling Adam to the ground' thing was good.).

"You will use those cow udders to seduce more humans into your kind! What use could a walking roast beef taco like you have for a good-looking man like him, huh? He would find himself feeling nothing when he sticks it in that over-used pussy of yours!"

'Hard words…'

Eve took it in stride, seemingly, as her hand brushed over his chest. He felt the sensation, even though he couldn't move. Camellia's face went through different expressions.

"Hey… I'll have you know that I've not performed in the last three months, lady. If he wants me to…"

That tongue slid over his cheek, as her breasts pushed against his chest, her fingers brushing over his hand. He tried to grip them and he managed to squeeze a little.

"If he wants me to, I'll do all sorts of stuff for him. Ain't that right, Jaune? Do you want this little slutty cow Faunus to give you a special sponge-bath?"

'Sienna would probably scream at you if you said that out loud around her, if not make you get into another position with her name scrawled on your ass.'

She was playing a dangerous game, but that was likely why she'd sent Adam out of the room. He had grown a little quieter since they'd become friends, more even-tempered. It was good that he was on his medication, he knew. Adam felt a lot more stable now that he'd recovered from what his girlfriend had done to him.

"Well…"

He couldn't really lie and say that it'd be something unwanted. Eve wasn't bad-looking at all, and there was a certain appeal…

"If he needs a sponge-bath, I'll do it."

Mint offered and he blinked, as the woman's hand grabbed Eve's and pulled it away. Camellia looked a little caught aback, as if this wasn't exactly behaviour.

"But Mi- What about-?"

The brunette didn't stop, touching his hand. Whilst it was a nice sensation to have his hand grabbed by someone, the woman looked justified in doing so.

"There are nurses for that kind of thing…"

He commented, and Eve sat herself down, pulling her legs up a little and leaning against her weapon.

"Yeah, I've at least got a nice set of udders for that, right? Don't you like these babies, Jaune?"

A slow sway of her upper body, obviously teasing the Julep woman, who started a rant about 'disgusting creature', her hand squeezing his hand painfully, which he hissed at. Camellia looked a little concerned with the tone, the snarling angry tones of Mint only responded to with more teasing. Out of every occupant of the room, only Eve was wielding a weapon in easy grip.

"Oh, no, I don't think I'd do it in a barn… But if he wants to, I'll get piercings through the nipples. Nice little cow like me needs to treat her guy friend extra specially, don't you think?"

There was definitely a change in the woman's attitude, as the hand gestured at Eve with angry motions. Jaune wondered whether having weird friends was something genetic, or whether it was more or less a curse that'd been accidentally picked up.


Sienna moved like a predator should, her steps lighter than before as she stalked through the streets after getting out of the car, aware of how difficult it was to really move freely when you were in charge of such a large organization.

"Get the door. Come on…"

Of course, she rarely moved alone. Two of the guys moved at her orders, as she pulled the mask over her face, only letting her eyes show. Things were a bit too conspicuous with tattoos, but someone had really violated the rules, enough to make sure that Sienna Khan got a little annoyed about it.

When she was annoyed, she started to want to break things. The door was pushed open and she was in. Her whip flickered, the explosive eruption of the flame Dust in the tip making the guy who'd stood at the door be knocked back, as she took stock.

Six of them, powerful ones, her eyes looking at the plans that'd been scattered. A small board with a single name on it, and small pins. Times, notes on schedules, awareness and activity logs.

'Cow Twins'

'Infiltration'

'The Devil-Slayer'

She growled, as her body moved into action. It was, of course, just her stealing the damn show. The other guys were there to make sure that there would be no interruptions from the outside, the whip lashing around the neck of one of the women, her horns curling back.

Her fist slammed right into the face of the woman, the nose definitely broken. She had held the element of surprise, as the flames of her wrath burned, her whip releasing the neck and then flicking out.

"We have as much right as you do, Khan!"

She didn't comment on that, in motion already to make sure that another throat was silenced. She didn't kill them, of course, but she made sure that they would be hospitalized for a bit. Dismissal from the challenge was by grievous injury… But she stopped at that. Broken legs would heal, eventually.

"Yeah, and I've got more rights than you do, bitches!"

The table was smashed as she slammed through it with someone used as a bludgeon, the woman laying there quietly, passed out from that wrestling move that she'd used before.

"I'm going to win this."

She was going to win this, she was going to fuck her man silly until that smile was a permanent fixture, and she was going to let Willow get her fucks in too as a gift, because the woman hadn't had anything but frozen dick since she'd been married. How the woman had survived with the lack of sex was beyond Sienna's capacity to understand.

Her aura took the hit as someone hit her with a bat, her fingers grabbing the face of the woman and tugging the body closer, her knee slamming into the gut. She'd have to admire their gall for actually planning it out, but she wasn't going to be letting her guy get stolen off by a pair of uppity hoes that thought that they'd be smart trying to steal what Khan had laid a claim on, even if it wasn't formally accepted.

The White Fang needed no leader who was pregnant, nor did it need someone who would be suffering through heavy period bleeding. The body hit the ground a moment later as Sienna turned around, number three and four already having their weapons prepared. Number five… yeah, that one was down for the count.

'This is the annoying part.'

Her leg swept and one of them was pulled off-balance before her fingers dug into the eyesockets and she tore. Aura would fix it, she guessed, and otherwise… well, there wasn't a really set rule. She was doing what she had to. Love was a war, or something poetic. She'd heard about that one when she had been a teenager.

Her forehead slammed into the other bitch's and the weapons hit her Aura. It was lucky that she had such a strong Aura, or else she'd have to deal with the whole 'actual bruises' part again. She finished the one off with a punch to the gut. The whip needed space, and she wasn't a weak woman, so…

She stomped down a few times just for good measure, before she looked at the one that she'd poked the eyes in, who was only now starting to regain her wits, if the pain hadn't stopped.

'Pity about the tail.'

"Good night."

A kick right to the ovaries ought to calm the woman down a bit. If Kali could get away with dropping half a bottle of rat poison in food, she'd be able to get away with some minor brutalization. Of course, it'd all even out.

'Don't fucking touch what is mine, bitches.'

She laid the unconscious and beaten bodies out before whistling loudly. The flunkies came out and took pictures.

"Load em up and drop em at the ER. They're out."

It was a brutal task, but someone had to do it. Her eye fell onto a picture of Jaune that'd been obtained, taken from his hospital bed. Some bitch had managed to get close enough for the taking of that picture, so she'd better make certain that her guy was safe…

'Sometimes, I really wish that humans would understand simple stuff like this. I'd have put nine guards at his door and room if I could… But nooo, 'why does a young man need that many guards?!', well, fuck em!'

She'd make sure that Jaune had his dick and balls intact and unsoiled by other women! She wanted him to get her more orgasms, damn it, and no matter the namby-pamby regulations and such that went like 'oh, you shouldn't fuck on a hospital bed', she wanted to be filled!

"Taurus."

The Scroll call was short and with a particular amount of vitriol, as she looked at the data that she had on her Scroll during the call, seated in the back of the car. The mask was pulled back down, working pleasantly as a sort of bandanna, but it was all for the benefit of deniability.

Most humans wouldn't give much of a damn whether Faunus beat themselves into the hospital in an informal brawl, but she had to make sure that there was at least something special about those that she gave personally.

Many of the challengers had definite aims to the guy that Sienna Khan herself had declared as her own. Of course, that pregnancy test would not return positive, but that meant that there was an option. To Faunus, such things mattered. The propagation of the species. The continuation of the family.

"Hey, Si. The Liga came by. Just as much power and fervour in it as Adam when he wants his baby bottle."

That wasn't unusual, and Sienna could hear a 'Do you need some more tissues?' on the background from someone.

"Adam also kind of… y'know. Did the whole thing with offering his body. I mean, I did it, but he's been tardy. He's currently taking the guard, and well, I was-"

'It took him NINE WEEKS?! He's lazy. I'd be at Jaune's door in the first day or so if the schedule could allow it. That guy doesn't know gratitude. No wonder Blake ran from a man with such convictions.'

Adam should've been offering himself as quickly as possible! You didn't turn your back on the guy who saved your skin from some creepy sick human who mutilated your sister! She should just text Adam with a few suggestions.

'Hmm… I should send him something.'

A card with 'You lazy bastard' would suffice, probably. It'd be a smack on the wrist, as much as she could make it.

Let it not be said that Sienna Khan was without mercy.

She kicked one of the bodies for good measure.

Bitches shouldn't be touching what was Khan's.


He was most assuredly not comfortable now. Camellia's friends had gone away after twenty minutes of arguing and Camellia had joined them, giving him a little smile and the promise to return soon, Adam returning with a few sandwiches and Salmon carrying a small bag filled with drinks. Eve had taken a moment to get comfortable whilst her brother was busy with giving baleful looks at his sister. Salmon wasn't that bad. Camellia wasn't bad either, she was just opinionated on Faunus matters.

"What was that whole show with teasing my brother all about?"

Salmon asked, Eve giving a look as she grabbed a nail file and started to file them to look somewhat softer.

"It annoys the hell out of them."

Adam's eyes were dark, looking at his sister like he wanted to say something but keeping his tongue. She noticed the look and sighed.

"What's the matter? Did I get hit with the same tar as my big sister? Feelings hurt because of the big bad human sister to El Jaune-eo going all 'Boo-the-hoo-hoo' and making you look like you're not the guy who offered to fuck my little brother?"

'Yeah… That wasn't the best impression.'

Eve sighed and nudged him.

"I told you that you should do that earlier, but nooo… To put it clearly: Your little brother did us both a massive favour. Faunus have different rules about that kind of stuff than humans do. We repay favours. My lil' steer offered to be included in the package that this fine babe comes."

Adam blushed and looked away, as his sister's mouth opened up.

"It's not… I wasn't late. I was just… preparing myself."

Salmon's eyes widened.

"Damn, this is a mess. So, eh… Why the whole 'I'll fuck you in the bed, Jaune' confession? I've not seen Camellia lose her cool like that yet, and I've been to the protests with her a few times."

Adam's face looked sour and miserable, as the man shook his head.

"You don't understand, human. If Eve doesn't offer first, I'm- It's not-"

A grimace, as the man turned away. Eve started to laugh, as Adam's head shook a few times before he answered.

"It's not polite."

Eve popped the last bit of a sandwich into her mouth before she grabbed her brother in a headlock.

"Older ones go first. It's a seniority thing with us, and I'm still the older one. If Jaune hadn't been like, on ground zero when he got struck by lightning, a lot of Faunus wouldn't think he was the hottest thing since chilli-vegan barbecue sauce."

That was still something strange to him, as Salmon looked at him for a moment.

"Mind if I borrow her for a while? She's cool."

He looked at Eve, who shrugged a little, giving Salmon a look and a once-over.

"Lesbian stuff is free of charge, you're decently good-looking. Reminds me a bit of- ah, whatever. If you want me to fuck someone for kicks, buzz off. He's got first shot."

She pointed at him and he sort of wondered whether that was just her natural attitude to things or just her regular way of being. Eve looking at him and then gave another nod.

"First, second and third shot. Yeah…"

'This is confusing…'

Sienna was confusing too. She'd just rubbed her scent onto him. Faunus were a strange type of people…

'What's next? Saphron declaring that she's going to join the anti-Faunus Liga?'

He couldn't imagine it. She'd be in Vale soon, mom had said something about that. If Saphron ever turned out like that, he'd probably call this a nightmare or something. Terra wouldn't stand for it.

"Nah, I need some tips on clothing and stuff. I'm trying to look a bit more mature, so eh… Bit of help from a professional who's known for looking good is wanted. Nothing like… that. Though I am glad that you'd consider my brother for that. He's a lovable lunk of man, stupid, but…"

He wondered about that last comment, as Eve smiled brightly at him, as if the praise from his sister was some sort of glorifying bounty.

"I'll see whether we can make you pretty. Adam? Think you can hold the fort and keep Jaune's chastity safe from your wicked Faunus urges?"

Adam gave the middle finger to his sister, before he turned to him.

"I'll suppress the urge, Eve. I don't want to get tackled by the rabid Arc."

He sighed deeply at that. His sister wasn't rabid, but he could understand where she was coming from. The whole thing with her ex, the crying, the anger. He'd not really got it at the time, but it had impacted her severely.

"She's not really rabid… She's just…"

Salmon tried to say something, but Adam just sighed.

"Very vocal about her points. She's right in some, but so wrong in others that it just… egh. I'm not very fond of her."

Salmon nodded sadly. Jaune knew that Salmon and Camellia had been pretty good with each other when they'd been younger, but that Salmon was more liberal in her views and expression. Saphron had always been the bigger sister, and Vivian was definitely someone who made sure that you knew where your place in the house was. Since dad died, she'd been the main breadwinner.

"How does tomorrow morning at ten look for you? We ought to get to the shops before the main crowd hits, we'll kit you out with something that'll make you look good?"

It was nice of Eve to accommodate his sister, probably as a favour to him. She was definitely doing this to get in his good graces, but he should ask Adam about the whole Faunus thing. He wasn't gay, but if there was something hidden about the Faunus their thing, he'd really like to know about it. Sienna wasn't complicated.

Sienna liked to be in control when it came to 'the lowly little beasts that think they can beat Khan' and liked him to be in control when it came to 'making love to me like I'm queen bitch of pussy island'. It was a switch that flipped. She was adorable and cute when she looked at him and then started to half-bitch him out only to just give a huff and then go 'Don't look at me like that. I need a cuddle.'.

'Now, sometimes she's just a bit too aggressive…'

He didn't like it much when she got a bit too aggressive. Willow was definitely the one who was more formal, and with her present, Sienna wasn't too 'in your face' with her sensuality…

"Jaune! You stupid little goofball! What's the next thing you're going to do? Sky-diving without a parachute? This is the second time you've been hospitalized in six months!"

He looked at Saphron, who most certainly had just appeared whilst he was off thinking about Sienna and her varying moods of Faunus feline-ness. Saphron definitely looked like she was going into full-on older sister mode.

"Would you believe it if I said it was karma for being too damn irresistible?"

She didn't. Or at least, she didn't look like she believed him.

'Yeah, I shouldn't have lied to her about the cookie jar…'

"Jaune Arc, I-"

A loud 'A-ha!' came from the side, as Eve got up and wrapped an arm around Saphron.

"Sweetheart, he's irresistible to me. Better give it a rest, though I've got to ask a question…"

Saphron fixed Eve with a look that was a little dubious. She wasn't comfortable with Eve suddenly getting up close in her personal space, Saphron speaking up with a small hint of suspicion in her voice.

"He's here in the hospital because he got hit by lightning, didn't he?"

'Oh yeah…'

He had nearly forgotten that Saphron had visited him before. With all the hubbub about things… It'd been a while since he'd talked to Vivian as well.

"Now, we're here to prevent him from being gangbanged by horny Faunus. Jauney boy here has managed to get to the top of the eligible bachelor list by being too damn cute, Big sis of Jaune whose name I don't know. Now, I'll be making sure that your lil' sis starts looking amazing tomorrow, so if you'll take the night shift so she can get some sleep…"

Saphron's face showed some amusement at the thought of grilling him on things, as she was guided to the chair that sat next to the bed, her face looking a lot more relaxed than before. Somehow, Eve had made a good impression. Eve and Adam started to talk in lower tones, as Saphron leaned forward.

"So, did you get a girlfriend yet? Terra said that the SDC and the White Fang are paying half of your medical expenses, something about 'joint effort' and such."

Salmon gave a wave, and Jaune had that sinking feeling that Saphron was going to be asking questions.

"Get me a nice drink, Salmon? Saph will be interrogating me for a while…"

Saphron certainly looked like she wanted to interrogate him, as she got her Scroll out and dialled a number.

"Hi, I'm at Jaune's little resting home. Yes, he's being a dummy as always, and… See? Here's uncle Jaune!"

He smiled at little Adrian on the other end of the Scroll. This wasn't too unpleasant. He hoped that Salmon would hurry back with that drink. He was getting thirsty. He hoped that Saphron would limit the questions…

"Hey Adrian, I'll be with you again soon. Everything's fine here."

He'd keep the smile on his face for his little nephew, as Sapron and Terra had a quick conversation. Eve walked past and gave a look at the Scroll, giving a broad grin to Terra and then directing herself to Saphron, whose face looked a little more nervous.

"See ya later, Sapphy. I liked the stuff you sent. Nice work. Better work on those angles a bit next, you know?"

Eve departed, leaving Adam behind, a look of utter mortification on Saphron's face suddenly, as he wondered, Terra starting to laugh with a genuine amusement in her voice.

'Wait, how do you two know each other?'

Salmon returned from the vending machine with a cool coke, a straw pushed into it for him to drink from. There was little time for questions now with Salmon in the room, but Eve had made him wonder.


And thus, we meet Camellia's friends. All based on alcoholic drinks. Some people I know and enjoy the company of are expert in the art of alcohol, so I thought: Why not? It'd make for a good character name, and I've already gotten a character named Absinthe in one of the fics I write.

The next chapter… will have Jaune get more visits. I'm not an electrician, but hey, getting hit by lightning from the sky must put someone out of commission for a while.

Have a great day, and leave a review if you're so inclined!