hello my readers to another chapter of To Create Ones Path. Why such an early update, you may ask. Well, with the release of the new story, i thought i would like to give a little surge to you guys. Think of it as a little grand opening event. In other news, i have reconsidered it, and as you know, i have made Raven a loving mother and wife. And to those of you who remember a poll i had put up, i said that i would have Raven in the harem. But since last chapter, i have changed my mind. Why? Well, i thought having this version of Raven would be a nice change of pace from most of the other stories out there. Another thing i wanted to address, was the fact that this story has over a hundred and thirty favorites and a hundred and seventy Followers. Holy crud guys! Thank you so much for the support! And that has also inspired to try and make the choice and attempt to update each story once every month. And i will be updating A Warriors Road later on this month, so if you haven't voted on the poll i put up not too long ago, i would strongly advise you to go check it out. Anyways, let's get right into this!

It had been a few months since the arrival of the newcomer, and everyone was getting accustomed to him. Jaune himself was fairing better now. He was good friends with Ruby and Yang. They played together, ate together, and they would occasionally even train with each other...well, they would train with each other. Jaune would either referee the spar, or be there to gauge the power they each had. He never actually tried to fight them. Like, at all. Mostly because he was still scared of what could happen. And the fact that they were his dear friends also didn't help the fact. But he was making steady progress in his training. Tai had come up to him a week after he was moved into the house and offered to train him. He was hesitant to say the least.

Flashback

It was early morning, and Jaune was currently sitting outside and looking at the small puddle that was left after the rainstorm that came through. He was looking at his reflection in the murky water. He wasn't dumb. not by any means stupid, i mean, he's got a couple millennia of living to attest for that. So he could tell that the other adults of the household did not trust him all that much. Sure, Summer trusted him. She even tried to initiate conversation between him and Qrow, Raven and Tai. Taiyang was more tolerant of him, but he was still trying to keep his distance. Raven...she was a mixed bag. When Summer was around, she was more open. And even when she wasn't around, she was somewhat open. But she would also send him small glares from time to time. Clearly telling him that she didn't trust him. Qrow was completely untrusting. But in a very subtle way. He would give him snarky remarks, rude nicknames, and would give every excuse to have an eye on him. And he could have sworn that whenever he wasn't around, he would have a crow do it for him. But that's not what was bothering him...well, not all that's bothering him. He wanted a way to train and use his powers without making himself look any more suspicious.

That's when he heard someone walking up to him. When he turned around, he saw that Tai was walking up to him. The man waved at him when he saw that he had Jaune's attention. Jaune then got up and dusted off the cargo shorts he had on. When he looked back up, Tai was only a few feet away from him.

"Hey, Jaune. I want to ask you something." Tai said, gaining Jaune's attention. He was wondering what he could want. he almost never asked him for anything.

"Sure, what fo you need?" Jaune asked, looking up at the taller man attentively. He was pretty tall. That's another thing that's been bothering him for these past few days. He. Was. Short. As. All hell. It was bad enough that he was severely limited in his abilities now, but did his father really have to resort him into this form? He gets it. Like, if he was a fully grown man,he highly doubts that they would be trusting him-even if they don't trust him all that much anyways-even less than now...still doesn't mean he likes it though.

"Well, i came by to ask you if you wanted to train with me?" Tai asked. Jaune looked at him for a second.

Blink.

Blink.

Blink.

"Nani?"

"What?"

"N-nothing. But...training? are you sure? i mean, if i...hurt you, i don't know if i could forgive myself. I'm trying to be a Hunter like you. Not a murderer." Jaune said, kicking at the still moist dirt and pocking his index fingers together. As much as he finds it completely degrading, he has to keep up the 'small child' persona up, lest he's forced to show his true colors...not that he was evil or anything, it's just that he didn't want anyone to know exactly what he is...yet. He knows that eventually he'll have to tell someone about it, but with how things are now...he's going to hold off on that front for a little bit longer. Or when they trust him enough, whatever comes first.

"I mean, yeah. I know that you must be strong. Don't know exactly how strong, but i guess strong enough to survive the Grimlands. So don't worry, i'll try to be careful. and that's actually the reason why i'm going to train you. Not really to make you stronger, but to try and give you technique, and self control. So...you in or what?" Tai asked, raising his right eyebrow. Jaune paused for a second. The risk of this training. Where would they even train? How would he train? It was all so concerning. Why would he even want to do this for him in the first place?

"First of all, the reason i'm doing this is because Summer asked me to. Second, we're going to an old clearing that we used to use for this exact reason. And third, i will be supervising what you will do...oh, and Qrow's going to be joining us. Not sure what he's gonna do though. Probably sit on his ass and do nothing." Tai said, and as he was chuckling to himself, they both heard some rustling in the brush behind them.

"Yeah, and just telling people what to do is better than making sure you don't get your ass handed to you on a silver platter." Qrow said, coming out of the forest behind them. Tai looked at him for a quick second before giving him a carefree smile.

"Shut the fuck up Qrow."

"That's another Lien in the Swear Jar!" Came the distant voice of Summer. Tai scrunched up his eyebrows before turning his upper torso in her direction.

"How did you even hear me!?" Tai called back, generally confused how she heard him from that distance. He wasn't even talking all that loud.

"I always know! You should remember that!" Summer answered, causing Tai to face palm in response.

"Of course you do. Anyways, what are you actually going to do, Qrow? I mean yeah you'll be supervising, but i don't see how that's important right now." Tai said, voicing his confusion. Qrow simply smirked before he he wrapped his arm around Jaune in a sideways hold.

"Well, i guess i could teach him a thing or two about weaponry. As strong as you say you are, i hardly think you can be indestructible, so i think we'll see what type of weapon you want to make, and we'll go from there." Qrow said, getting all up in Jaune's face. Jaune himself was reeling from the stench of his breath. The man didn't drink much on the rare times that he did, and while this wasn't one of those times, Jaune could tell that the man had a very bad case of morning breath. He just nodded while holding his breath.

"Okay then, let''s get started." Qrow said, letting Jaune go while walking in the direction he presumed was the training area. Jaune took a second to process what he was saying. He was caught off guard. Hey, he may be really old, but that doesn't mean he can read people like the title of a book.

"Right now?" Jaune questioned, looking at the back of the black haired man. Qrow simply looked behind him and let out a chuckle.

"Don't want to waste time, right? Now let'stand get moving, I don't have all day." Qrow said as he continued to try and catch up to the older man. Tai wasn't too far behind them. He was just praying that he didn't regret his decision later.

(Flashback Ends)

He was still kind of hesitant to train with them, but he wont lie, he's made some real progress in restraining his power. Now, instead of obliterating nearly everything that was in front of him, he was only shattering everything about fifty feet in front of him...Hey, that's a huge improvement all things considered! But in any case, the weapons he was training with...he was a natural apparently? At least, that's what he was told by Raven. Oh, right. Raven joined in on the training somewhere along the line.

(Another Flashback)

"Kid, you're trying to fend off a person! not trying to survive a Goliath's attack!" Tai grunted as he was blocking a strike from Jaune. It was only thanks to the fact that Jaune was trying to hold back while hitting full force with what he limited himself with(If that makes any sense), his twin gauntlets, Shuānglóng, and his Semblance: Ruanhuà that lessened any physical damage that came his way that he was not careening trough the air at high speeds.

"Sorry, it's kind of hard to hold back after so many years of just letting loose. I'll try harder next time." Jaune said as he disengaged with Tai. The man just let out a sigh and shook his head.

"That's the problem. You're trying too hard. You have to remain calm and collected. You need to relax your muscles while you move and control your strength when you decide to strike. It's called muscle control. Now, let's try that again." Tai said, readying himself again. Jaune nodded and calmed his mind. Only thinking of controlling his movements. He charged and this time, he heeded the mans words. Keeping his muscles as loose as possible while using them at the minimalist to move as fast as he wanted. When he got close enough, Tai raised both of his arms and blocked the attack. It was still a lot more than what he was expecting and he skidded back a small bit, creating a short trench in the already ruined field. He shook his arms to get the feeling back in them. But he could tell that Jaune was improving. It wasn't by much, but it was something. He smirked a small bit. This wasn't just training for Jaune either. Tai took this opportunity and also tried to make his pain tolerance and defense better, seeing what was more effective and what would fit with his fighting style.

"Alright, not bad. You're getting better at this. That last hit was weaker than the one before." Tai said, and Jaune was visibly disappointed. Tai, slightly laughed and placed a gauntlet plaid hand on his shoulder. "Hey, don't worry about it. You think something like this is going to go by so easily? It takes patience and time. So come on, we can go on for a couple more times before we stop. I'm having fun with this anyway, so lets go." Tai said with mirth, getting into position again, and Jaune brightened at this. It seemed that through their time training, whatever resentment and distrust Tai had was dissipating. Qrow was also starting to do the same, but at a much, much slower pace. Speaking of whom.

"Hey, hold on a minute, i want him to use something real quick." Qrow said, fetching one of the many practice weapons they had off to the side. Tai looked at him with an annoyed expression.

"Qrow, i already told you, it's too early to have him practicing with a weapon now. He's barely starting to make progress without one." Tai said slightly aggravated. They already had this conversations a million times now. If Jaune could barely hold back his strength to a manageable level with only his fists, then who knows how much trouble he would have with a sword, or axe, or even a hammer! The risk was just too high.

"Now hold on, i got this." Qrow said before pulling out his scroll and dialed a number before putting it up to his ear. "Hey, d'you get 'em?...Good. Bring 'em over." Qrow said, talking into the device. Jaune and Tai looked at each other before Tai shrugged and turned to Qrow as he pocketed the scroll.

"Hey Qrow, who were you talking to?" Tai asked, to which Qrow just held up his finger and gestured them to wait. Not a second later dis a red and black vortex appear next to him. And Raven walked out, followed by a number of bulky looking drones. Tai looked between his wife, Qrow, and the bits before sighing.

"Okay, when, how, and why?" Tai asked, massaging the bridge of his nose. Qrow just chuckled while Raven smiled in amusement. Qrow walked over to Tai before leaning on his shoulder and pulled out an apple out of who knows where.

"Well, this morning I asked sis over there to get some of these here training drones. When she asked why, i said to try and train the brat over there. She agreed on the condition that she trained him too. Of course, while thinking of you, i agreed. Then she went to old Oz and asked to borrow some of the more durable ones. Then she brought them here. So, any more questions?" Qrow explained, taking the occasional bite of his apple through the entirety of it. Tai raised his head from his hands with his eyebrows scrunched up, eyes narrowed, a frown on his face and slowly turned to face his brother-in-law.

"You both look and sound like an asshole with that apple, you know that?" Tai questioned. Qrow just smiled and pushed himself off of his shoulder. He then made his way to Jaune and handed him a plain looking sword.

"I know. Now then. Brat, sit over there and watch as me and Raven slice into these tin-cans. I want you to carefully analyze what were doing. And when we're done, i want you to try and do the same thing." Qrow said, practically shoving him to the tree line. He still didn't know how to feel about this, but he figured they knew what they were doing, so he trusted their judgement.

"Alright Rave, let's show the brat what real Huntsmen can do." He said snarkily. Raven just smiled slightly and rolled her eyes at him.

"Alright, but if we're using nicknames now, i don't see why i can't give you one, Q. Now, Jaune, i want you to really focus on what i'm doing. I'm the only one out of the two of us that's competent after all." Raven said, taking out her own weapon: Razer. Qrow gave her his own eye roll before shifting Reaper into it's sword form. Tai, on the side lines next to Jaune sighed before pushing a button on a remote that Jaune didn't notice before. Immediately, the two were off.

Qrow went left as Raven went right. Silently, they decided to target the same target. The bit itself was raising a holo-sword as it was activated. The rest of the bots followed soon there after. The duo descended upon the robot closest to them. Qrow deflected it's overhead strike as Raven sliced off its arm. The two then worked together to dismember the bot limb by limb. Raven sliced it's left legs knee. Qrow sliced it's right calve before they both sliced across it's torso, completely destroying it. Then they both jumped away from each other as another bot slammed it's holo-mace into the spot the two previously occupied, completely destroying what was left of the smaller Robot. Qrow rushed to the side of the giant opponent. It raised it's weapon in response before stumbling forward. It tried to look to where the strike came from before reeling from another strike to the back of the knee. It was forced to kneel before it started receiving blows to it's sternum, it's face, it's face, and it's...well, everywhere. It was taking a beating from blurring opponents. That was, until the giant flashed red and released a small wave of power, pushing the two siblings back. It then proceeded to violently swing and smash it's weapon everywhere. It kept the two on their toes, dodging the sporadic movements of the berserking menace. In a fraction of a moment, while they were moving away from another of it's attacks, they made eye contact and had a silent conversation. Qrow stayed while Raven disappeared in one of her portals. The robot closed the distance between the two and went for another swipe at the man. He simply jumped over the swipe while he kicked it in the face. It barely even flinched before taking one of it's hands and threw a punch at the offender. But then he did something that Jaune was surprised by: He turned into a bird. After barely a second of the transformation, he reverted back and swung his sword over his head and hit the robot across the face, finally making it stumble back, giving him the perfect chance that he was looking for. He then seized the opening that he made and used a quick swipe at the only hand that was holding the holo-mace. The grip on it's weapon was lost and the raging bot was now defenseless. Qrow smirked as he quickly slid under the giant and swiped at the back of it's legs, once again forcing it to it's knees. He wasn't finished yet, as he used a stronger slash to sever it's arm from the elbow down. Finally, he stabbed the juggernaut through the chest and just as quickly pulling it out. He smirked, put his sword on his back and turned around and started walking away, not noticing the behemoth flashing red again before quickly raising it's remaining arm to smash the man into the ground as a final strike. But just as it was going to lower it's arm upon the man, Raven re-appeared above the robot, falling from her portal and quickly beheaded the tank. It froze before falling in a heap. Qrow looked back to his sister before letting out a small chuckle.

"I could have dealt with it myself you know." He said as she sheathed her weapon. She walked up to him before pushing him a bit with her shoulder, a smirk of amusement clearly written on her face. She would never get tired of her brothers attitude.

"Oh yeah? I save your ass and i don't even get a thank you? You are such an ungrateful younger brother." Raven retorted, bringing up the ten minute difference in their age. She knew it pissed him off when she brought it up, but that's exactly why she did it in the first place. Just to get under his skin. Because if she didn't, she wouldn't be a very good older sister now would she?

"Hey! You said you wouldn't bring that up anymore! That is not cool, Rave. Not cool." Qrow grumbled as he walked past the dismembered forms of the robots that Raven took care of when she disappeared. She laughed a small bit and smiled warmly. It's been a while since she was able to fight alongside her brother...or at all now that she thought about it. This exercise actually helped her 'shave' off the rust she built up. Get it? Shave? Because her weapon's name is Razor?...Maybe Tai was rubbing off on her too much.

"I promised no such thing. All i said, was that i wouldn't bring it up all too often. But all joking aside, this was fun. I don't get to do this with you all too often. Maybe we should make this a thing." Raven suggested. Qrow thought about it a small bit before dipping his head to the left and hmm'd in confirmation.

"You know what? Why not? At least we can have fun while we train the brat." Qrow said, reminding his sister why they did the demonstration in the first place. She looked from her brother to Jaune who was waving at her, to her husband who was giving her a supportive smile and applauding her. She smiled at him and nodded in thanks before turning her gaze back to Jaune and started approaching him. Qrow following soon after her, and popping the joints in his neck. He wasn't going to lie, that was the first real spar in a while. All the missions Oz was giving him were strictly recons. He never got to fight anything. He was always either gathering evidence, on a steak-out, retrieving a dead-drop, or just plain spying. He understands the need to be cautious, but you cant cage a lion. keep it in there for weeks on end, release it and just expect it to just leave peacefully. He needed action in his life damnit!

"Good work you two, i'm glad that you haven't lost your synergy. You handled the situation perfectly." Tai said, praising them. Raven walked up to him and kissed him before hugging him.

"Thank you, Tai. I'll be sure to do this with you another day." Raven said, as she felt his arms wrap around her. Qrow just rolled his eyes at the scene while Jaune smiled at the two. They looked cute together like that. And what few times he's seen Summer and Qrow have those moments, he thinks that they look even more, if not just as cute as them together. Qrow cleared his throat to get their attention and Tai just looked at him with a questioning gaze while Raven raised one of her eyebrows at him. Qrow then gestured to Jaune with his thumb and raised both his eyebrows while keeping the rest of his facial features neutral.

"Guys, we still got a brat to train." Qrow said monotonously. Raven looked at her husband before giving him a chaste kiss and breaking away from him. She then went up to Jaune and knelt down to his level.

"Listen Jaune, I, along with Tai and my Idiot brother," She started, getting a 'Hey!' from her brother. "Are not going to go easy on you. Tai, could you give me the remote? Thank you." Raven said, receiving the remote from her confused husband. She then pushed a few buttons on it and miraculously, all of the robots started rebuilding themselves. Jaune was in awe, and then got an idea, but pushed it to the back of his mind to focus on Raven as he noticed that she was talking to him "We will push you to your limits. We will whip you into the shape. And we will not stop until we see you the best you can be. Are you ready?" Raven asked, and Jaune thought back to Dux before nodding in determination. Raven then threw him to the middle of the clearing, right smack in the middle of the hoard of robots before she pushed a few more buttons and the robots all flashed red and charged at Jaune, who was now holding onto his weapon tightly.

"START!"

(End Of Another Flashback)

Ever since then, he's improved in both his hand to hand combat, and his weapon mastery. Raven and Qrow are now much more open to him. Qrow even stopped calling him brat!

"Hey brat! come on inside! You got cooking duty again!" Qrow called out from the house before going back inside.

...Okay, maybe he calls him brat from time to time, but at least now it's only out of jest. But right now, he was trying to focus his energy into his hands and was currently making an orb of water the size of a basketball float in front of him. He was out of practice when it came to bending the elements. He knew there was dust for the task, but why use something that'll go to waste when you use them once when you can potentially do a much better job yourself? But after he heard Qrow, he decided he would call it for the day. The sun was starting to set, and they didn't like it when he made them wait for his cooking. He honestly only found his cooking to be okay. Ruby said she really liked it. Everyone else...nothing needs to be said about them. So he made his way into the house to prepare another dish. As it turns out, the person that keeps popping into his head whenever he wants to make a delicious dish was a man named...Gordone Ramsess. Had quite the mouth on him. He also made the weirdest analogies. But he shook his head as he entered the kitchen, looked at what he had to work with, and went at it.

(Time Skip Presented To You By A Chibi Family Tearing Into Their Meals While Ruby And Jaune Eat Calmly)

It was after dinner and Jaune was in bed, trying to rest when the door opened quietly and just as quietly closed. When he sat up to see who it was, he saw that it was Qrow with a dead serious expression. Before Jaune could ask what was happening, Qrow raised his fingers to his lips to signal that he should stay quiet. Jaune understood that something serious was happening and he nodded, quietly getting out of bed and slowly walking up to the man. He in turn leaned down and started to whisper to him.

"Intruders outside the house. Raven has already escorted the girls out of here. Tai and Summer are waiting for us in the other room." Qrow said in barely a whisper, but Jaune heard him. He didn't know exactly what was going on, but if it was serious enough to make them all like this, then he was going to treat it as seriously as they were. So he whispered just as quietly back to him.

"How many-"

*BOOM!*

Cliffhanger! i'm evil i know. Wow there were a lot of flashbacks. But i feel like they were a good touch. And I wrote my first ever fight scene. What do you guys think of it? was it good? was it bad? I need some feedback to know if i should do it in that style again or not. But in any news, i'm ecstatic that you guys like this story so much. I hope you guys like my other story just as much. Anyways, i don't have much anything to say, so i'll see you next time. Toodles~!