Hi, I'm back, I've got something special for the end of this chapter. Enjoy.
Jaune sighed as he looked at the schedule, the train he would need to take won't be departing for three days. He shook his head as he walked out of the station and wandered the streets. His weapon drew the attention of many yet most just took a glance as huntsmen and huntresses were a common passing in Argus. He stopped as a particular thought entered his mind, a reunion of sorts. 'It has been a while since I visited any of my decedents' Jaune pondered as he turned on the crosswalk and started in the direction of what he was sure was the cotta- arc household.
The streetlights of Argus gave off a calm glow as Jaune walked through the neighborhood and found the house he was looking for, thankfully the two occupants were visible from the main window. Jaune walked up the steps to the door and knocked. It was but a second later that steps were heard and the door opened, his great-great (way too many greats to count) granddaughter had a look of surprise as the two made eye contact.
Saphron was still at first before her emotions changed to that of joy. "Great Uncle Jaune, what a surprise, I didn't know you would be in Argus," Saphron said as she opened the door for her family. "I'm waiting for a train and decided that it would be nice to visit you and Terra; by the way, how is she doing?" Jaune responded. "Oh, she's doing well" Saphron answered as she let him in. Jaune took in the plain and pleasant feel of the home and found a set of baby proofing measures. "Expecting soon?" Jaune spoke as he set Sapentoai down next to the couch. "Yeah, we found a donor and are expecting within a couple of months" Saphron answered. Jaune nodded as he took off his cape and coat and folded them before letting his scarf down on said folded items. "Kay if I take a shower?" Jaune asked. Saphron nodded and Jaune finished putting his weapons and extra clothing on the pile on the couch before walking to the bathroom.
Several hours later
Jaune lay on the couch as he took care of his cosmetics; he cut his hair to shoulder length, cleaned his body of months worth of grime, and readied a bag for his weapons. Saphron just watched as she prepared supper, thoughts split between surprise from Great Uncle Jaune's visit and the wonder of how Terra would react. She knew that Jaune was immortal, what man can look like a young adult in both pictures from great grandparents and modern photos? Terra didn't know this, all she knows is that Jaune is a distant family member who wanders Remnant and supported their marriage. She hopes that terra wouldn't lose her mind or try to get Jaune locked into some Atlas military facility but she could never be too cautious. The sound of the door opening and Terra's voice stopped her as she heard Terra start before stopping mid-speech.
"Saphron, who is in our living room?" Terra's voice echoed with slight interrogation in her wording. "He's a distant family member" Saphron blurted in a rush to just keep Terra from being suspicious. Saphron walked to the living room and was greeted by the sight of Jaune nonchalantly sitting on the couch, only wearing his jeans, hoodie, and probably a shirt, while Terra had her workbag on the ground while she stared at Jaune. Terra turned to Saphron and walked her into the kitchen. "And how is he related?" Terra asked, her arms on Saphron's shoulders. "He's Jaune's son" Spahron answered. "Great Uncle Jaune?" Terra said. Saphron nodded as Terra lowered her arms.
Terra walked back to the living room and picked up her workbag before walking to her and Saphron's room. Jaune just smiled at Saphron before speaking; "So, I'm my own son?". Spahron looked at him before retorting; "Its the only thing I could think of, besides you rarely change your look". Jaune just chuckled as he stretched his arms before grabbing his coat. Saphron returned to the kitchen as Jaune inspected his coat for rips and tears and fixed any he found with a set of white thread from his bag.
The night was calm as Jaune just stuck to his own business while Saphron kept Terra from worrying too much about Jaune's presence.
Two Days Later
Jaune had a relaxed look on his face as he walked through the streets of Argus, his weapons at the cotta-arc house before he came upon another familiar face. The red-haired woman didn't recognize him but he did her. Athena Nikos, someone he had saved in the past, he watched as she walked through the park before he continued on his way. He passed a weapons shop where a pair of Atlas soldiers were situated at the entrance before he walked past the main pathway to the comm tower on the coast of the city.
Bickering was heard as two short women were walking out from the tower, though only one was being aggressive. The other, the nonchalant one, had a walking stick decorated by a skull and was a familiar stubborn woman. Maria the Grimm Reaper, an old friend, and a stubborn old bat, Jaune just watched as the other women kept up until Maria passed him and the other woman just walked back to the tower.
Jaune followed after Maria until she stopped. "Now what would someone as young as you want with someone like me?" she said, not even turning to face him. Jaune chuckled before responding; "Compared to me you're not so old". Maria joined in the laughing before turning to him. "So I see the immortal has decided to grace me with his presence," she said in a joking manner. "I honestly hadn't thought about it like that, more of two old friends talking to one another after a long time" Jaune responded. "And who said they were the older one" Maria quipped.
The two continued like this as Jaune led her to the cotta-arc household. "So Saphron says that I'm Jaune's son, makes it easier to believe than me being Jaune for Terra" Jaune told Maria as the got to the front steps. "So should I treat you like a brat?" Maria asked. Jaune shook his head and opened the door; "Saph, I brought a friend". The sound of walking was heard as Saphron left her writing room to see who Jaune had brought. "Who is she?" Saphron asked as she looked at Maria. "My name is Maria Calavera" Maria introduced herself. "We've known each other for a long time" Jaune answered. Saphron nodded as she walked back to her writing room while Maria hopped onto the couch.
"So, why are you in Argus? You're not the kind of person to spend very long in a city, much less a place like Argus" Maria asked as Jaune laid his cape across his lap. 'I'm waiting for a train to Vale" Jaune answered. "And what in Vale is so important for you?" Maria questioned. "Ruby, Summer's Daughter" Jaune responded. Maria looked at him for a moment before speaking; "A last silver-eyed warrior". Jaune nodded as Maria sighed.
Before their conversation could continue several Alarms echoed throughout the city.
"A Grimm attack" Jaune stated out loud as he started readying his gear and checked his ammo. He put on his layers and had both Pars Lunae and Sapentoai ready at his side. Saphron had run out of her writing room and saw Jaune in his wears. "Do you still have that gift I gave you?" Jaune asked her. "Yes, and yes I still know how to use it" Spahron answered as she ran to the bedroom and came out with a combat blade in her hand. Jaune gave her a thumbs up before running out the door. Saphron turned to Maria and asked her; "You have a weapon?". Maria responded by wordlessly shifting her walking stick and a scythe blade swung out of the walking stick.
Jaune ran through the streets of Argus as he saw where the Grimm was coming from. Waves pushed against the docks of the city as aircraft launched from the tower to meet the attacking Grimm. A large mass of darkness pushed water through the guarding fleet on the water before the Grimm rose from the water. Many great tendrils swatted at aircraft and boats alike as a reptilian head pushed out farther and snapped at any craft that got close. Its full body rose out, long and cylindrical with great central mass supported by six legs of thick muscle and spikes and twin tails both twice as long as the Grimm's body. Jaune stared as the Grimm lumbered towards the city while batteries on the towers fired volleys at the Grimm's head.
Jaune ran to the edge of the beaches and drew Sapnetoai before charging aura into his leg. A blast echoed as he flew into the sky before several more blasts echoed while he flew closer to the Grimm. He pasted several airships, shocking some pilots while others ignored him, before he charged his aura into Sapentoai. He sliced his blade the moment he got close enough and a wave of glowing aura surged through the air and severed front leg on the Grimm's right side and cut into the Grimm's torso.
The beast roared out as Jaune landed on one of the airships as the Grimm thrashed out several of its back tendrils in all directions. Airships and boats were swatted away as Artillery shells were sliced in half or thrown off course by the Grimm's outburst. Jaune could only look as one of the Grimm's tendrils smashed into his body and sent him falling to the sea. Jaune's aura worked to heal him from the force of the hit before he fired off a surge of aura from his leg to get back into the air. The Grimm turned to the sound of Jaune's blast and extended several of its tendrils towards the single Arc warrior.
Jaune blasted towards the attacking tendrils, slicing any that got too close, before he grasps onto one of the tendrils and used it to fling himself closer to the Grimm's main body. Aura glowed once more through Sapentoai as he sliced deeper through the previous cut. A wave of gore pushed through the Grimm as it blew several of its tendrils and spikes off before it reached from its large cut to its middle leg on the separate side. Jaune held onto the Grimm as it thrashed around even wilder than before and it stopped its march towards Argus.
A stray artillery shell blasted at the Grimm next to Jaune before he sheathed Sapentoai and held on with both of his hands. He dug his thumbs into the Grimm's hide as he pulled himself across the Grimm's underbelly before he reached the center between the Grimm's middle legs and charged aura into his legs. He pulled himself up and delivered a pair of heavily infused kicks into the Grimm's core. A Large crack echoed as several of the Grimm's tendrils were blown off and its back arched up while the Grimm wretched as more gore flowed from its cuts.
A large tendril wrapped around Jaune's chest before he could kick a second time and he was pulled to the Grimm's face. Several Red eyes lining the Grimm's face in unsymmetrical fashion starred at Jaune as it looked at the being who had dealt it extreme harm. The Grimm opened its large maw and a long tongue slithered out before wrapping around Jaune's neck. It pulled Jaune into its maw as it closed around him.
Many moments of silence followed before a great surge of aura cut through the Grimm's lower jaw and its neck. The Grimm cried out, its tongue and lower jaw were split in half and leaking great flows of gore. Jaune flew out of the Grimm's cut open neck while the Grimm itself thrashed in intense pain. Jaune then blasted aura through his legs and drove an aura infused kick into the Grimm's cut open next.
The resulting force from this attack severed the neck from the rest of the Grimm's body as the head and neck hit the waters below while its body staggered a little before collapsing as the earlier cuts on its body expanded. Tendrils broke and spikes cracked as the body split along its injuries and Grimm gore spilt into the waters below. Jaune let himself fall to the water, pulled alongside by the resulting gore.
Jaune stayed within the stained waters as hours passed while gore faded away and he swam towards the nearby cliffs. He kept hidden as he stalked back to Argus and snuck back to the cotta-arc household.
When he returned Saphron had a relieved look on her face as Jaune took off his wears and looked like he had before the attack. Maria just shook her head as things calmed down while Jaune rested for the day. Tomorrow the train would leave and he would be off to Vale.
So yeah, hope you enjoyed this, to be honest I just churn out these chapters through about a couple hours before I release them. If anyone has a name for the Grimm I put in this chapter I would very much appreciate it. Still and for the special gift. Here is the first look of Grievous Arc chapter 1.
Jaune's life had gone down very fast, much too fast for someone with any sort of dream for their future. Cardin, the bully who he risked his life to save was not appreciative of what he did. One word to the Vale Council and now they're putting pressure on the school for his expulsion. Not even Ozpin and the staff can help him as news spread about what he had done. The school became split as the staff and anyone that he had become friends with trying their damndest to defend him while everyone else in the school hounded him like the Grimm they were training to fight.
It shook him how they would target not just him but anyone student who tried to defend him, slandering with statements of him blackmailing his friends into this or attempts of harm on his friends. It broke him each time he heard about what had been done to his friends, he couldn't take it anymore. Why should he, a boy who cheated his way into a place that everyone else trained for at least a decade to get in, be the one least harmed while his friends had to spend nights looking over their shoulders in fear of some psycho student with no concept of restraint doing something horrible to them.
Jaune had enough, if he had to leave in order for his friends to be safe then he will do it. He talked with Ozpin, the man had a regretful look on his face the entire time they talked, and Jaune was given a bullhead to leave Beacon. He packed his items and left notes to his friends as he walked to the bullhead. He was careful to not be seen by anyone as the door opened and he walked inside. The engine started with a light hum as the bullhead rose to the sky, Jaune held himself steady as it left Beacon space. He looked out of the window as Beacon grew smaller, and smaller. It was quiet. Before a loud explosion was heard and Jaune could only turn in time to see flames spread through the bulkhead like a wave before another explosion pushed him into the flames and everything went dark.
So yeah, that's the first look at grievous Arc. See you all next time and thank you for reading.