AN: Hello guys, and welcome to the fifth chapter of 'The Assassin Known as Paladin'. Sorry for not updating in awhile, I was mostly busy with school, and other things, but I'll still continue updating.

Anyways, this chapter will only be about Jaune revealing his secret to his team, and how they'll be reacting to that secret.

Also, after this chapter, I am going to make my new story, one with an OC-team going to Beacon, I have to change the names up a bit for the color-rule, and then come up with a Team-name that is affiliated with a color. I have the designs, and the weapons, but it's the names that I am having trouble with.

I plan on making the name something that has a connection with blue, but enough of that.

Time to get this chapter started.

HERE WE GO!

In Beacon Academy -

"...led by Jaune Arc."

As the newly formed Team 'JNPR' walked down the hallway, heading for their dorm, Jaune was still mumbling about how he was appointed to lead other people. The very idea seemed foreign to him, knowing that he always worked alone. He had a look of disbelief on his face, only Ren and Pyrrha noticing the look on his while Nora is still cheering about how the four of them were a team. She was stating,

"Oh. Man. We are going to be amazing! And with Jaune-Jaune as our leader, we will rule Beacon! I bet we can even take it from Ozpin's - "

"Nora. We are not gonna take control of the school."

"Plus...I'm sure that Ozpin would destroy us all in a matter of minutes."

"Oh...but still, we are going to be amazing!"

The other three members of JNPR couldn't help but smile at the hyperactive girl. Jaune couldn't help but be reminded of one of his younger sisters, she could be a little much to handle, but you couldn't help but smile at her energy. As it turns out, they were in the same hallway with Team RWBY, both Ruby and Yang wanting to celebrate with them, but Weiss was against the idea, so was Jaune, much to Nora, Ruby, and Yang's displeasure, the three trying to make him change his mind.

Both Ruby and Nora were trying to use puppy-dog eyes, but after years of that treatment from his sisters, he was practically immune to it. But Yang, much to Weiss' disgust, decided to cling onto the male blonde's arm, making show he was getting a nice view of her cleavage. She looked up into his eyes, and spoke in a sultry voice,

"Oh come on Jaune, just this once. Please?"

At first, most of the people thought that the blonde would become putty in her hands, but that didn't happen. Instead, Jaune grabbed Yang by the waist, getting a squeal from the buxom blonde, pulling her closer, Yang's cheeks becoming darker by the second. Jaune spoke in French,

"Tempting as it may be, but perhaps another time, mon tourteau?"

"O-okay...we'll celebrate another time..."

"Je vous remercie. Je vais vous voir quatre plus tard."

After letting go of the blonde, Jaune watched as Yang stumbled a bit, before having Ruby support her, a wide smile on her face as she heard Jaune speak in French again. As Team JNPR watch Team RWBY enter their own dorm, they decided to check their own dorm as well. It was needless to say that their new place was impressive, well, it was impressive for Nora, Ren and Pyrrha, Jaune had seen better places back when he was on Earth, but still, it was nice for an academy.

As soon as Nora stepped foot in the room, she immediately ran for one of the four beds in the room, jumping on it. Knowing that his partner already claimed her bed, Ren decided to take the bed that was next to her, with Jaune and Pyrrha taking the last two beds. The team, sans Jaune, began to unpack their belongings, noticing that their leader was the only one who wasn't unpacking anything. Pyrrha asked him,

"Don't you have to unpack as well, Jaune?"

"I would like to...if I had anything to unpack."

"What do you mean?"

The blonde sighed a bit, ushering his team to be closer to him, looking at them all with a guilty-look, stating,

"I honestly don't know where to start..."

Jaune's P.O.V -

Well...

...shit.

I can't believe that this is actually happening, I am about to reveal my entire backstory to a bunch of strangers. Well, they may be strangers this day, but they're going to be my team - my friends - later on. So I guess that I have to do this. I looked at their faces, all noticing their curiosity, then began to back out of it, thinking of how they were going to react. I'm between the thought of them being broken by the sudden revelation, or the idea of them beating the crap out of me.

But, I went against it, thinking that there was no going back.

I said,

"Let's all take this story to the past, about twenty years ago. In a planet called Earth - "

"Who would call a place 'Earth'?"

I looked at Nora, slightly mad at her for insulting my home-planet, but said nothing. Ren, however, slightly scolded his partner,

"Nora. Be nice."

"Sorry, please continue."

"Okay...there were two, rather special, countries called 'Italy' and 'France'. The reason why they're called that is unknown to you three, NORA."

I looked at the ginger, who smiled sheepishly, who tried to ask why my parents' home-countries were called like that. After that, I continued where I left off,

"From these two countries, there were two people, a man and a woman. It was needless to say that the two would later on fall in love with each other."

"Awww..."

"That's so sweet."

Both Ren and I looked oddly at the girls on our team, Nora not regretting how to interrupt the story, while Pyrrha blushed a bit, apologizing and letting me continue. I looked at the three people in front of me, and continued with my story.

"True, that their love was something nice, the man had a secret. A dark secret, that NO ONE knew, something that he was afraid of telling his wife, something that might make her leave him. You see, that man, came from a long line of assassins."

"WHAT?!"

I winced at how they, including Ren, reacted. If they were shocked at how my parents met, then I wonder how they were going to react when I tell them about it. For a moment, I nearly lost my voice, but then I found it later, continuing,

"He came from a family of assassins, who took pride in their work. And before you judge them, you should know that these people weren't like most assassins. These people killed for what they believed in: Justice. Honor. Respect. And most importantly, for family. These virtues, were what made these assassins different from the rest; because they actually cared."

"So...this man's wife wasn't mad at him?"

"No, she was so mad at him for keeping a secret like, that she nearly broke his..."

I trailed off, realizing what I was gonna say, thinking that it may be a little much. Back when I was a kid, I asked Dad how Mom reacted to him being an assassin, and the response I got from him was mumbling about 'eight kids' and 'she was a beast'. As I grew older, I realized what that meant, and nearly felt sick when my Mom punished Dad with intercourse. I realized that they were looking at me, wondering as to why I stopped, so I gave them a summarized version.

"...let's just say, that they had a family soon after."

"Wait. After all that, they just had - "

"NORA!"

"Yes. They did 'that', but that isn't what you should be focused on. It should be on how the woman, who had every right to be mad, still stuck by that man's side. Perhaps...the man truly wanted to be with her. Or maybe the woman was kind enough...to look past his bloody past. And, with children on the way, it rekindled their love once more."

Ren, Nora and Pyrrha all expected the story to be over, but I told them only the first part of my life. I told them,

"However, with the life of an assassin, there came hardships. Hardships that hadn't befallen on the parents, but on one of their children."

"A child? W-what happened to them?"

"Their son...watched as his family was murdered right before him."

Ren's P.O.V -

"Their son...watched as his family was murdered right before him."

At that very moment, I began to remember of my family, and how I watched they died as well. I wiped away a bit of tears that I didn't even knew I had. This child and I both had something in common: we lost our family, but I was lucky, because I had Nora with me as well.

But, this kid?

He had no one, so I felt sad for him.

Who was he...?

Nora's P.O.V -

"Their son...watched as his family was murdered right before him."

This kid...

...was very much like me and Ren.

While Ren had his memories of his folks, I didn't. For pretty all my life, I used to be a street-rat, getting bullied by the kids that were lucky to have family.

That was until I met Ren...

Pyrrha's P.O.V -

"Their son...watched as his family was murdered right before him."

I...don't believe it.

A child? H-how can someone - anyone! - murder a child's family before their eyes?

I mean, yes, being an assassin is a dangerous life, but you shouldn't punish a child for something like that! For Oum's Sake! The man was actually a nice man, despite not knowing him, Jaune had made me - us! - think about him differently.

Jaune - Jaune...

Wait...

Don't tell me...

Jaune's P.O.V -

"Jaune...were you their son?"

I looked at Pyrrha with shock, so did Nora and Ren, as she had told me that question. I panicked for a bit, panicking at how fast she was able to connect all the pieces together. But then again, if she was a skilled-fighter, didn't mean she was also smart. But that didn't matter, what did matter, was how was I gonna answer her.

Was I gonna lie?

Was I gonna tell her the truth?

I looked into her eyes -

Her eyes. They didn't show betrayal, shock, or anger. All I saw from them was sadness, that was it. Then I looked at Ren and Nora's eyes, and from them I saw - Understanding? - nothing from what I expected when this scene played out in my head over and over again. After realizing that they wanted to be there for me, I decided to test something out.

"Yeah...I am the boy in that story. So, now what? Are you all gonna hate me - "

"YOU IDIOT!"

At that moment, Pyrrha was by my side, hugging me, so did Nora and Ren. I looked at all of them, and simply asked,

"Why?"

"Jaune. In the few hours we've known each other, you have been nothing but respectful - "

"Thoughtful."

"Brave."

"And honest."

"Honest...about your life story. Your family, and - "

"Jaune, you have done a lot for us, heck, I'm sure you've done a lot for other people too."

As I heard those words, my mind went straight to the Twins and Sylvia.

"So I am gonna say this once. And only once. There is no way that we would think any less of you. You are Jaune Arc, and we're glad that we have you as a leader."

After that small speech, the three continued to hug me, but I wasn't complaining. I simply allowed them to hug me, with Ren being the first to let go, giving me a nod of mutual respect, in which I returned, glad that we stopped hugging. Then Nora was the second one to let go, though it was through force as she slowly began to suffocate me, luckily Ren was there to pull her out. Finally, and the longest to let go, was Pyrrha, who had a slight blush on her cheeks as she let go.

It was needless to say that she was in love with me.

AN: And that was the fifth chapter of this story.

Anyways, I forgotten about the pairings for a bit, but after some time and consideration, I decided to have Jaune get a harem. True, you have seen stories where he gets a harem, but think about it like this.

Jaune is the last of his family, so if he was going to 'repopulate', so he's going to need more than one wife. Note that Jaune is not one to treat women unfairly, so he is most likely to treat every girl in his harem all equally. So far, I have Yang, Pyrrha, the Malachite Twins and Sylvia Taupe apart of his harem, I am not going after Ruby, which I will explain in a later chapter. So if you want to add someone, just tell me, also give me a reason as to why.

Anyways, my next topic is my OC-Team.

So far, I have two names for the Teams.

One was originally DRVN(Driven).

The other is CRLN(Cerulean).

Both teams are made up of the same characters, but it's just the color-naming rule that really got me. As it turns out, I was supposed to name the team after a color, but I improvised it, so now I will leave it up to you if you want the name to be DRVN or CRLN.

See ya later!