And here's the last one I got Requested, was surprised he had so many ideas for adopting Jaune.

Chapter 21: Jaune Rainart


Concept: Hazel Adopts Jaune

Appearance: None


As Aria ran through the fields holding her last remaining child to her chest she looked forward never looking back to the hells cape that was once her home. Where her husband was fighting till his last breath to give them a chance finally to tired to run any further she fell against a tree. She looked to the raising smoke she knew was from her village, before she could show any emotion the infant in her arms cried out, she looked down to him cooing him till he quieted.

"There's a good boy, don't worry mommy will keep you safe." She looked to the rising smoke.

Julius…

The sound of growling soon filled her ears alerting her of their presence. Slowly she rose up and looked to her side she saw a pack of Beowolves closing in.

No…

Aria held Jaune close to her chest as she backed away from them. The first of the beast howled out in rage before it rushed forward at her and leaped in the air.

"Stay away!" Aria yelled out with all her strength using her semblance the voice created a sonic blast pushing the Beowulf back. She ran once more while the Grimm were stunned by the shout,

"HELP! ANYONE HELP! PLEASE!" Knowing she wouldn't last against the Grimm she used her semblance to its fullest to call for anyone who could possibly hear her. Not stopping even after she felt her voice begin to give out.

"PLEASE! ANyoNe…HelP! 'cough' please!" Aria called out tell she lost her voice.

No, please, not like this. Not my Jaune…

The woman could hear the Beowolves catching up to her she knew what would happen, so she made one final gamble.

Please, work.

She quickly searched around rushing to a bush and placed Jaune within it.

Jaune cried out to her but she stroked his cheek trying to calm him until he finally grew quiet.

I'm so sorry. Please, somebody, find him.

Quickly turning away she ran in the opposite direction struggling to yell out and draw the Beowolves to herself. She ran with all her strength till her body couldn't manage it anymore, upon reaching her limit she turned around and readied herself as she heard the bushes shuffle.

-?-

Hazel looked down to the huntress, Heather Shield..

"You fought well…"

I'm not sorry for what I've done, but I'm sorry it was necessary.

Turning away from the corpse Hazel looked to his scroll and checked another from Lionheart's list. He didn't enjoy this far from it, but at the very least he could kill them as a huntsman rather than how Tyrian did making them not but prey. Hazel looked to the sky and noticed something… smoke. He understood what that meant, either bandits or Grimm he looked in the direction and felt himself begin to make way to it.

No.

He turned away, they would either live or die because they either had the power to survive or lax it. he wasn't a hero who would rush in to save the weak like he was sure the woman he had just killed was, while he pitied them he didn't feel a need to rush in to aid them.

"PLEASE HELP, PLEASE!" He turned to the yells, those were far from normal sounding almost like a megaphone.

"Probably a vocal related semblance." He looked down to the huntress and wondered what she'd have done. Certainly, she would have rushed to their aid if that wasn't what she had been doing before he appeared already.

He truly pitied her, she was strong if not for her being a student of that coward he was sure she would've become a true threat to him. He looked to the directions of the pleas and decided.

"I'll honor your fight by saving that person."

A life for a life nothing more, nothing less.

he made his way to the pleas. Even if the yells were distorted by the increased audio he could still identify that they were close enough for him to reach. He could feel the malicious intent coming from the place where the smoke came from.

Drawing Grimm with your own resentment. He was sure that place was littered with Grimm perhaps even the person baiting them was already dead. As he pondered he finally stepped into a small cluster of Beowolves converging on something. He was met by the sight of a woman struggling to fend off the Grimm and failing. She was bleeding heavily from multiple wounds as a Beowulf bit into her flesh she gripped its head and brought her face as close to it as possible before letting out a mighty yell.

Hazel felt even himself surprised by the amplified screech that even managed to make him bleed from his ears. However, the Grimm was far less fortunate as it fell to the ground dead. He looked and found three other dissipating bodies.

She killed most of the pack.

The alpha of the group roared in defiance before it rushed to the woman along side it's sole remaining underling. However, before it could make contact the small was struck by him the impact tearing its body apart, while he gripped the other by its exposed jaw and threw it towards a tree. Upon making contact the tree broke apart, enraged the alpha got up and howled in discontent.

"You've already failed as a leader… Show me that you were at least the strongest amongst this pack." The Alpha rushed forward at him ignoring its instinct that shouted for it to retreat. Hazel didn't take a stance it was hardly necessary the alpha fell upon him, its jaw clamping down on his left side but not managing to break through his aura. However, slowly smoke begun to form from the Alpha.

It's done.

The Alpha would've fallen if not for the fact that Hazel had punched straight through its chest impaling it with his fist. He quickly retreated his hand from the new corpse before turning to the woman, he saw how she struggle to breath and gently lifted her up placing her against a tree. He kneeled before her and rose a hand to her feeding his aura to her in an attempt to prolong her life.

"… Thank… you…" Hazel looked up and was greeted by the woman's sapphire like eyes.

"No need." The woman formed a weak smile.

"Even so… thank you…" Hazel looked to her seeing the crimson pool forming beneath him, her breathes growing weaker and see the light begin to flicker in her eyes.

"I was too late…" The woman smile seemed to soften at that.

"Yes, I'm afraid so… but at least… I can die human instead of as food." She touched the mans cheek and he could feel her kindness, a mother's warmth.

"Do you have any last words?" The woman leaned back against the tree,

"I'm afraid it's more of a request, please, please I beg you to fulfil it."

"Speak."

"My son, I hid him and lured the Beowolves away." Hazel nodded.

"I will retrieve him, hold on." Slowly the man rose up lifting Aria.

"Lead me to him." The dying woman complied and directed him, he was surprised with how far she got, with a baby no less. Upon reaching a small branch the man heard the loud wails of a child.

"…Jaune…" The now pale woman rose an arm to the bush, Hazel laid her against another tree before parting the bush and finding the culprit of the crying. Slowly he lifted up the small bundle in one arm and he slowly made way to her gently laying the boy in her arms. The boy quieted as Aria embraced him.

"Shh, shh, it okay my little knight mommies here." Hazel watched as the woman smiled to her child, he could see her using all her strength to comfort the boy.

I shouldn't have hesitated.

"My precious baby boy, mommies sorry, mommies so sorry she left you alone… and she so sorry she'll be leaving you again…" He watched as she held the boy tightly, the child giggled but instead of bringing a smile to her face it seemed to brake her a bit inside instead. The woman looked to him, the sapphire of her eyes seemingly pleading to him for something. He knew what she wanted to say.

A life for a life.

He nodded to her and she smiled honestly and for the first time in a long while he actually felt his heart stir.

Even though your facing death you smile, you're strong.

"Listen my dear, mommy has to leave you, but just know I'll always love you. Me and daddy and all your sisters will be watching over you. so, grow and become strong, noble and kind just like the knight mommy knows you are." The woman looked to Hazel and struggled to lift her son to him.

"Please…" Hazel took the boy.

"He'll be safe, I promise…"

"Thankyou…If you don't mind me asking, what is your name?"

"Hazel." The woman smiled to the man.

"That's a lovely name, Hazel, I'm Aria Arc… May I call you a friend heheh, after all I'd be a terrible mother if I left my son to a stranger…"

"I don't mind… however, we are strangers." The woman weakly shook her head.

"No… I know your name and you know mine so we're not strangers… besides stranger are just friends you haven't met you…" He watched as her eyes begun to close.

"Yes… I understand. We are friends… Aria Arc, be relieved I will keep this child safe till he grows up." The woman's expression became peaceful as her eyes forever closed.

"Thank…you…" Hazel looked to the woman and stood up he'd prefer to bury her but with a child in arm that was hardly ideal.

Instead he laid her down on a rather large stone before retrieving a large fire dust crystal and tossed it at her. It exploded before casting a moderate flame. He looked to the growing fire and closed his eyes. While the child in his arms stretched out his hands attempt to touch the flames he didn't cry but instead seemed to calm within the fires warmth similar to how he did in his mother's embrace. Perhaps in a way this was the same… his mother last time giving warmth to her son. Slowly he carved out a few words in the stone.

Aria Arc
Her strength was one that could not be honed or gained but born with.
My first and only friend.

Hazel gave a final nod before he turned away from the stone and made his way opposite to the smoke clouds. As he looked to the boy he recognized a glint in his eyes something similar to that woman.

- Higanbana Tavern-

Ai Han sat in her seat drinking tea as her mother waited tables she wanted to go play outside however it was raining bad and she had no choice but to stay inside. She wished she still lived in Mistral but after her father died they couldn't afford to anymore and were forced to come here and live with her grandma. A man-made way to her mother his eyes leering at her in a lewd sense.

"Hey baby, how are you today." Her mother didn't even hesitate to send the man a cold stare.

"I was doing good until you showed up." The man smiled.

"Aww now come on don't be like that, we could have a really good time together if you'd give me a chance." He stretched out a hand to Ai Han's mom only for it to be slapped away.

"Don't touch me." The man sneered and abruptly grabbed her mom by the wrist.

"Bitch! Stop being such a prude!"

"Let go of my mom!" Ai Han yelled at the man before throwing her tea at him. The man sneered at the 6-year-old girl.

"You little bitch!" He pushed her mom away before making his way to her just as he lifted his hand to strike her, her mother tackled him and bit down on his arm.

"Ahhh! You crazy Bitch!" He punched her mom trying to force her to let go until he finally drew a switchblade. Seeing it Ai Han froze and then noticed how all the people inside were looking away as if not wanting to get involved. Despite her fears her mother refused to stop not daring to let the man go and possibly hurt her daughter.

"I'll slit your throat you bitc-" Before the man could finish his sentence the door to the Tavern was swung wide open from it a large man stepped in his eyes drawn on the man who he towered over. He slowly stepped up to the man who was obviously frightened to his core by the larger scarred man.

"Leave, now."

"L-Like hell I a-" The larger man quickly punched the knife wielding drunk away launching him through a wall. The man then turned to Ai Han's mom.

"You were willing to die to keep you daughter safe. That good I found somebody."

What?

The man than presented what Ai Han had thought was a bag to the woman.

"He needs a mother." Ai Han tilted her head in wonder at the statement that was till the bag cried.

"Is that a child?"

"Yes… he's an orphan."

"Oh dear…" The man looked to her mom.

"Will you take him."

"What!?"

"What!?"

"Will you take this child? Yes or no?"

Was he serious?

"I can't! you best head to Mistral they have orphanages there" The man shook his head.

"I can't do that, I promised I'd watch him till he grew up. However, I have business that's far to dangerous to keep him with me."

"I… see, 'ahem' Well I'm sorry but I can't afford to take another child in, yet alone one from a complete stranger. I can barely afford to feed my own daughter." The man nodded in understanding and dug into his pocket retrieving a large stack of Lien and handed it to her mother.

"I'll pay for your expenses, in return for watching him." Her mother froze, her eyes on the large stack of lien, before her eyes suddenly narrowed and refocused on the man.

"What's your angle?"

"Angle?" her mom put her hands to her hips.

"You expect me to believe that you'll pay me to watch the child giving me enough money to support my daughter and me in exchange. We've never even met so why would you consider making a deal like that?"

"Because you protected your daughter, I asked around and the people told me about you. He needs a mother, someone I can trust, but I don't have anyone I can trust, so that leaves me with leaving him to someone I can at least approve of." Despite his words they didn't seem to be flattery, in fact it seemed like those were probably the most words he'd ever said at once.

Her mother sighed before looking to the child and then to the man and finally to the stack of Lien.

"'sigh' What's his name?"

"Jaune." Her mom quickly took the boy and begun to rock him back to sleep before she looked back to the large man.

"And you."

"… It doesn't matter." Her eye twitched.

"If you want me to watch this kid it does."

"Hazel…"

"Okay 'Hazel' I'll be taking him in, I expect that you're a man of your words and you'll compensate me properly." Ai Han knew that even if he didn't she'd still take care of the baby, her mom was many things but a bad person wasn't one of them.

"I'll return every month or so…" The man turned away to leave only for Ai Han's mom to make a annoyed face a march up in front of the door.

"Not so fast, I need to hear more details about all this and how you'd expect me to treat him." Hazel merely stared at Ai Han's mom.

"I understand." It was almost comical watching her mom demand stuff of the large man. Slowly they both made way to a secluded area, looking at mom my eyes fell on Jaune who seemed to have spotted me as well. The baby giggled and reach out to me.

He's so cute, huh… I'm a big sister now.

-Several Hours Later-

As he and the woman name Yu Han finally finished their conversation he readied to depart.

"Wait… how do I know you'll actually return." Hazel looked back to her.

"I don't lie…"

"'sigh' that's not what I mean, I'm not afraid that you'll abandon the boy… How do I know you'll come back and not just die?"

"I see… They pose no threat to me." The woman sighed, it was weird when it was about her daughter she was a lot like Aria Arc but outside of that this woman was so different. Propping her hands on her hips she sent a deadpan expression his way.

"If you die out there before this child hits puberty I'll kill you."

"That's not… possible?"

Was it?... Last time he checked someone can't 'kill' a dead man…

Yu Han made her way to the large man poking a finger against his chest.

"Don't get smart with me mister, now do you understand."

"No…"

"What do you mean no? Even if you don't understand you should still say yes you blockhead."

"… I don't lie."

"Ah! Your impossible, thou I suppose that's reassuring in a way. After all if you don't lie, then at least you meant it when you said you intend to return."

"No."

"What?"

"I don't intend to return." Yu's face distorted into a sneer.

"Run that one by me again."

She seems angry.

"I said I don't 'intend' to return, I will return." Yu stared dumbly at him for a moment before she broke into laughter.

"Oh my god hahaha, you're such a blockhead. I swear, fine I'll put a little faith in you than." Hazel nodded again to the woman before he looked down to the boy and placed his large burly arm on his soft little head.

So weak… Just like Gretchen.

The little boy looked into the large man's eyes his eyes radiating with the same brightness as Aria's.

I won't let you die, not till you can stand on your own…

Hazel's body begun to glow a bright bronze and explode forth before the aura suddenly all seemed to lunge towards his hand.

"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality."

You'll become strong enough to choose your own path.

"Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all."

And after that I will leave forever.

"Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee."

And hope we don't meet again.

He watched as the boy's body accepted the aura and shined nearly so bright it was blinding.

Otherwise I will have to kill you.

"I'll be back." Hazel slowly turned away from the shocked Yu Han making his way out of the tavern and soon out of Higanbana. He opened his scroll and made a call to Watts.

"Hazel… you're the last person I'd expect to make a call."

"… All targets south of Kuroyuri are mine."

"I… see, very well I suppose that can be arranged, just one question. Why?"

"… a promise."

"I… see fine than I won't pry." Hazel didn't bother with anymore talk ending the conversation.

"You will be strong, Jaune Arc."


So this one was hard to write since I couldn't exactly have Hazel carry an infant as he killed people. So only the mother is an OC the daughter is the waitress from the bar in Volume 4 during Qrow's and Raven's talk.