Chapter 18: The Mandolorian

Note: alright my Doods! I'm back from a long series of soul searching and I believe I found what I need to continue this story that I actually love writing, though don't get me wrong. I love my other stories but I feel a genuine need to continue this particular story till the end before I crash on trying to think up a story just as good.

But anyway it's you Doods that help me through these long breaks and are very patient with me so I feel I need to reward you doods for being amazing.

If anyone has any requests no matter what it is, so long as it's reasonable, I'll do everything I can to make it into the story.

Now Doods! The first member of the Infinity Order has now been revealed so keep an eye out on who that is.

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It's been Two Weeks since Jaune Arc has created and surgically attached the recreated infinity gauntlet which has been redubbed as 'The Infinity Arm' which is basically a cyborg arm that operates on the same level as the original gauntlet, though anyway Atlas was forced to pull out as Jacques Schnee was nearly killed by the blonde man due to unsavory comments, James was shocked to hear that Jaune adamantly refused to barter any sort of trade with atlas or even the other kingdoms after the general had refused to heed any warnings from the Prodigy.

Beacon was also forced to pull out and was the cause of getting anyone from vale banned from entering the sandy kingdom after Yang went into a blood rage and tried to kill Jaune only to be subdued and harshly dealt with by the Purple Knight to which had gotten yang suspended from beacon for a full month, she also got herself on probation along with required anger management classes.

A woman with longish black hair while wearing a pencil skirt and a white blouse who is the headmistress of the academy was staring through the window with a stressed look on her face "Samara, we need to give an official answer to the public. They are getting restless and worried" a deep voiced man spoke which Sam turned her head to look at him.

The man was wearing a tanned camo military uniform while wearing a dark tanned fedora and trimmed mustache "and what do you expect me to say John? That we are handing over my prized student in order to stop a war. You know I don't negotiate with terrorists" "then you'd best start preparing for a full offensive assault because the Vacuo Branch of the White Fang has been working overtime gathering stolen military grade weapons from Atlas especially their new Paladin Mechs" John Price has spoken his thoughts on the matter.

The Wind Woman sneered a bit before looking back through the window staring at the vast expanse of the desert "is this what the world is coming to? That the white fang would turn back against their original ideals and hurt the innocent to satisfy their bloodlust?" Sam exclaimed the sighing as the amount of problems had arisen recently.

"If you want my personal thoughts on the matter, I think Salem has made her move" The Militant Captain spoke up as he can see the stress weighing on the huntress's mind to which made Sam slowly nod "I have to agree...John, let me inquire for a moment"

The soldier was pacing slightly as to help with his own thinking before nodding at Sam, the Wind Woman sighed once more before she turned around to spin and sit on her Boss Chair "John, I believe it's time that we told what is really happening to " John stopped his pacing to stare at her curiously "Samara, are you sure? By explaining the truth to Jaune means we are bringing him into the war against Salem" John asked unsure if the blonde genius would withstand the under layer of remnant.

"You think I don't know that John!? I would prefer to remain in bliss longer but Salem has shown her move and it places the boy in the center! As much as I want to keep my students out of harm's way, there are still legal hunters" Samara exclaimed loudly to her companion before sitting back down rubbing her right temple " has shown to be an extremely bright and gifted young man so he will eventually figure out the truth much sooner than later.."

"I suppose Sam, but I hope you know where you're doing." Price exclaimed as he walked towards the door and left the room which allowed Sam to sigh to herself once more "I hope so to Old Friend..Jarvis, Alert Jaune to come to my office" The Wind Mistress called out to which a digital toned voice spoke "Understood Ma'am, i'll inform Master Arc now"

-Location: Vacuo, Shade, Team ACMM's Room-

The Four Members of the Top Team in Shade were fairly active in their simple lives to which they act like any teenager would act in their spare time.

Doyle was laying on his bed while reading a mistralian graphic novel called 'Manga' while tuning out most of the nonsense around him, but his current outfit wasn't his usual Jean based but instead was the shade academy's uniform which looked similar to beacons but held a more beige look.

Mizuki was seen on her knees in the corner where a neat little shrine was located in a praying stance towards the Goddess of Life aka Shikatsu, Mizuki seemed to have gotten a permanent style change as the Training Shihakusho seemed to have been switched to the pure black robes signalling that Mizuki in her religion had ascended on the hierarchy.

Crystal was on Jaunes Bed after the blonde prodigy had confessed to her after returning to shade from his unexpected disappearance, The Snow Neko was also wearing the Shade School Uniform though slightly messing because the school day was over and she had a scuffle with a racist bully who got there ass whooped but anyway The Neko turned her head to her left to watch her loving boyfriend who was sitting at his desk with an obvious look of concentration as he wrote up dozens of white paper sheets.

A lot of those sheets were budget set for the 'Demon Dogs Initiative' along with requisition forms for a large plot of land within Vacuo City and some other forms that the Schnee Cousin couldn't make sense from her current location but she chose not to hover over the blonde prodigy's work.

Jaune was sitting at his desk writing his signature for varies budget sets within the Demon Dogs but also land requisition and trade agreements within the Vacuo Military as well as various dust shops all over the kingdom to be sending Synthetic Dust which ever since jaune had released such dust to the public had drastically increased profits for the Royal Prince as well causing the natural dust to have declined in sales.

Ever Since Synthetic Dust was released thousands of dust shops have flocked over to Arc Solutions for trade deals and those deals were heavily more favorable since those deals were significantly cheaper then the deals over at the SDC.

Jacques Schnee was extremely outraged to learn that with his undoubted monopoly over dust sales has an extreme decline in sales as many more were going for a cheaper solution and Synth Dust was virtually endless since it's created rather than mined.

Since the mass production of synth dust as well as increased production of weapons and domestic robots which is being sold to civilians, all of this had no doubt quadrupled jaune arcs net worth to the point that the blonde genius was the richest man in Vacuo.

" . Message from Headmistress Midnight, she requires your presence" Jarvis spoke within the room which jaune stopped writing on the papers figuring out that Samara was wanting to discuss a serious issue "Understood Jarvis" Jaune said slowly getting up then to look at his girl before smiling gently "I'll be back in a few moments" "I'll hold you to that love" Crystal responded with a loving smile to which the blonde man nodded before turning around to slowly raise his golden robotic hand which he then clenched his fist with a flash of blue.

A Smoky Blueish Portal appeared in the room just in front of jaune before the blonde man looked over at the white suited man who rose from his seat next to the desk then clipped a golden hilt sword to his hip "ready when you are, your highness" the purple haired man said which jaune nodded then walking through the portal with Bismark behind the Prodigy.

Samara swiftly turned her head in a cautious manner when a smoky portal appeared which a blonde man with a golden arm, wearing custom made black combat pants with knee protectors as well custom made steel woven combat boots, the blonde man had a black kevlar undershirt with a white lab coat over it with the right sleeve gone as to expose the Infinity Arm.

Next to the Blonde Prodigy was an older brown skinned man with long purple hair tied into a ponytail and wearing a clean white suit with a double edged sword on his hip.

"You called for me?" Jaune asked curiously on the matter slowly approaching the desk as his eyes landed on the amount of papers then quickly scanned them exposing some papers from ozpin and the key word 'Salem' on multiple of them 'Salem again...is it some prominent figure that I don't know? No if it's famous then I'd know about her...no something else is going on...something dark' The Blonde Man thinks until his eyes moved upwards to meet the Wind Woman's and her thoughts were clear to Jaune.

"I can assume you figured what you're here for" Sam said as she returned to her seat to stare into the Genius's Calculating Gaze of a Master Strategist "Yes...Who IS Salem?" Sam sighed as she even if she planned to tell the man was still hard since Jaune Arc is still a teenager and shouldn't bother himself with these serious matters but it's a tough decision on which jaune would've learned later "Tell me ...what is your Favorite Fairy Tale?"

Jaune raised an eyebrow on the question until swiftly figuring out that this 'Salem' must be connected to these campfire legends if that question was being asked, it also got the blonde man to believe that these legends were more truth than fiction so jaune looks through his earliest memories to think of a legend that appealed to him before remembering the particular tale.

"'The Indecisive King' was my favorite especially with the concept of a relic such as a crown capable of foreseeing the future. I attempted to make such a relic long ago but I didn't have the material nor the know how to make such a device so I scrapped it" Jaune said and clarified on what the Folklore had intrigued him the most " , most folktales told today can be easily dismissed as creative campfire stories because of no evidence to claim they were true but that's not the case...the 'Relic Crown' from the 'Indecisive King' Legend is in fact a real relic" Samara exclaimed as she saw immense intrigue from both occupants in the room.

"The Crown is Real? If you said that which means you've seen the crown yourself" The Prodigy asked while silently hoping to have a chance to see this 'Relic' himself to see if such power was true, Sam nodded and smiling to see the curiosity blooming rapidly "oh I've seen it my boy but the Crown is just one of four massively powerful relics of remnant with the crown labeled as the 'Choice of Mankind'"

"And the other three?" Bismark asked as he was curious about the nature of the other relics, The Wind Mistress nodded at the question "The Relic of Choice is the Crown, but the other three relics were made to represent three other aspects of mankind. Knowledge, Creation and Destruction, each of these aspects are extremely powerful and in the wrong hands can spell untold chaos...the four hunter academy's has an hidden agenda for over a hundred years which is to hide these relics away to ensure they aren't used"

Jaune nodded as he begin to piece together the four major academies as it also proved a hidden theory of the blonde man on why there aren't any more major academies as to maximize the output of many more potential huntsmen and huntresses "and which 'relic' does Vacuo hold?" "...Destruction, The Relic of Destruction takes the appearance of a Curved Broadsword though its abilities are unknown since Ozpin said to never use it otherwise he will find another location to hide it" Sam saw the rage in jaunes eyes when ozpin was mentioned.

"And what claim does Ozpin have over such a relic? A foolish man thinks he claims a weapon and yet refuses to look over it…" Jaune spoke with disdain over the Beacons Headmaster "Ozpin, is more than you know ...Ozpin is a man who's lived for a long time, long enough to have seen the creation of the relics and was tasked on hiding them from the forces of evil. He built the academies as a way to prevent Salem or her followers from gaining them." Sam explained only to hear the blonde genius to repeat an earlier question.

"Who is Salem?" Jaune asked again as if Ozpin was older than anyone which meant that this Salem must be as old as the Headmaster.

"Salem is a woman of immense power and is as old as Ozpin himself, she created the Grimm to which we train to fight against. But do not mistake her as any ordinary leader as she's considered one of the smartest women on the planet with thousands of years of experience. She could even give you a run for your money" Sam explained partially on who Salem is only to hear jaune chuckle "I highly doubt she could match my intellect, Headmistress" The Wind Woman just smiled at his confidence which wasn't unfounded for a variety of achievements jaune had claimed in his short time in Vacuo.

"True but genetic born intelligence is one way but another way to claim intelligence is through experience to which Salem no doubt outmatches everyone in experience. Anyway, Salem has the Strategic Mind of a True Leader with the arrogance of a goddess but what makes her truly dangerous is the use of Magic-" Sam continued to speak only to be interrupted by the purple haired knight "Magic? Isn't Magic supposed to be fake Lady Midnight?"

"No it is not Sir Violette, Magic is as real as Aura but unlike aura...Magic is incredibly versatile and powerful as it's capable of bending the elements, exert physical properties or even bend time and space" exclaimed Magic briefly but jaune narrowed his eyes on the concept of 'Space' and 'Time' meant that this 'Magic' could be as powerful as his infinity stones.

"What does Salem want?" Jaune asked for what motivates Salem to do what she's been doing for thousands of years, Sam remained silent for a few moments then gave an answer "complete subjugation of the planet and rule as a living goddess".

Jaune slowly touched his chin as his mind jumped into overdrive as he tried to formulate plans to counter this mysterious but powerful woman however it was very difficult for the blonde man to come up with anything stable even with the information he presented.

"So I assume that Salem played her hand and assisted the Vacuo Branch of the White Fang to attack shade in an attempt to gain my research?" Jaune asked, having already figured out Salem's move completely.

Sam just smiled to see that jaune in mere minutes had deduced Salem's plan on which herself and had spent days wondering about the sudden shift in the white fang "yes, Me and believed Salem to be the one behind the sudden aggression of the Vacuo Branch but how do you know that Salem would be targeting specifically?" The Wind Mistress asked as she never said that Salem nor the White Fang was targeting him precisely.

"The White Fang are a radical group of terrorists to stupid to see different paths to achieve equality other then violence, the Vacuo Branch is more then likely going to attempt to attack shade in an attempt to gain my company secrets to gain an endless supply of Synth Dust, my research for robotics and most likely my blueprints and formulas for my Infinity Stone's. It's not hard to guess and predict what motivates the White Fang in this scenario" Jaune explained his thoughts and predictions on the white fang.

"Is that so? How would you attempt to resolve this problem?" Sam said as she pulled out her scroll and ready to type down what jaune would say.

Jaune continued to tap his chin thinking fast on what to do to which he spoke out "firstly, I would hold a press conference and demonstrate a new top of the line military combat droid as a way to combat against threats to Vacuo and the People but I would leak this information which will cause them to place agents posing as citizens to watch the display then during the display will uncover and attack in an attempt to capture me but this is a diversion because when I'm town will mean my lab will be unprotected and incentive enough for the fang to attack the school." Jaune finished speaking to which he watched Samara typing fast.

"You think the White Fang will take the bait? And how will you defend a possible pincer attack?" Sam asked looking up to jaune curious to which he responded "The Fang are a power hungry group and I'm providing weapons, armor and dust far outclassing Atlas and the SDC so there's too much incentive to let this go especially with me in public and at the center of attention.

"Now for the other attack force, shade is already protected by experienced huntsmen and huntresses as well as the teachers but Jarvis is also on constant watch along with Ultron so Shade isn't more protected as it is plus the points of interest on attack shade would either be my secrets and files or this 'Relic of Destruction' hidden somewhere but I assume you have that covered so my files would be the only reason to attack" Jaune finished explaining his plans and prediction on the enemy though now he pulls out his own scroll which caught midnights eye "texting someone ?" "Yep…" Jaune simply responded and didn't delve any further.

-Location: Vacuo, Vantabria, Gringo's Bar-

Within a biker bar in a less then known town is where many patrons which are primarily bounty hunters and mercenaries have drinks to celebrate either a special occasion, great kill, fallen comrade or a completed job.

However the double swinger doors to which every patron stopped their individual conversations to stare at the newcomer which was very strange on its own especially his armor.

His armor seemed to be based from the Lost Tribes of Mandalore which are made from Besker Metal almost as strong as Draconium, his armor is green including his gauntlets and grieves as well as a jetpack on his back though the man's helmet was also green with a T-Visor.

the armored man was mysterious even as he walked towards the bar with his arms close by to the two pistol holders to which held by the looks of the grips and upper body seemed to be a thick but slim pistol, The Unknown Man reached the bar to stare at the tender who was a bald elderly man with a hardened gaze "what can I get cha sunny?" The bartender asked curiously.

"A Job" the man replied with a deep voice but loud enough to demonstrate power "can you mix drinks?" The bartender asked with a slight chuckle only for the Mercenary to completely bypass the joke "No" "tend a bar?" "No" "then I don't really have a job for ya sunny, this isn't really a place for mercy's but if your looking for odd jobs then why not you be hitting up the Hunter's Guild in Vacuo" The Old Man informed as to not waste anymore of the man's time.

"The Hunter's Guild is a joke, there jobs are nothing more than annoyances to someone as skilled as me" The Armored Warrior exclaimed arrogantly, the bartender just merely shrugged at him as he couldn't help anymore "then I don't know what to say sunny, this isn't a place to find jobs" The man just stared through his helmets visor only to pull his left hand behind his back then towards the bartender to drop three golden lien cards "accept this for wasting your time" he said before turning around to swiftly but heavily walk towards the door to which the bartender who stared at the large amount of money dropped on the counter then looking at the merc "who are you sunny?"

The Armored Warrior stopped just before leaving to turn his head around towards the left to expose the tiniest peak of his visor "Name's Boba Fett and I'm the greatest bounty hunter in Remnant" then Boba left the bar leaving everyone in a confusion.

Boba walks towards a hovering bike which was 74-Z Hover Speeder Bikes and the first of its kind as Boba received it from Jaune Arc for his many years of loyal service to the royal prince despite the Hunter's Side Gig as a bounty hunter, a beep was heard from his belt to which boba pulled out the scroll that made the beep sound and opened it revealing a text from the Hunters Royal Lord

'Boba, I have a mission for you.

X: -234 Y: -122

White Fang Vacuo Branch's Encampment.

Find the Leader and Kill Him'

Boba smiled underneath his helmet as he gotten the job he wanted and it was also to serve his lord so it's a double win for the Bounty Hunter "Yes, My Lord"