Quick AN: So i realised some things that weren't shown all that well and figured i should clarify them.

- Jaune is not a reliable narrator!, take for example last chapter when Jaune discovered his brain was healed and he forgot all about it, the same thing when he did not believe Noire was his sister. So remembering is not his forte, it's due to the brain damage he sustained…...Or perhaps something else? But to summarise it do not trust Jaune's every word, he's capable of making mistakes and remembering things wrong, you'l see more examples of that soon.

- The Arc family will get their due, along with having some things revealed about them.

- What happened at the end of the battle with the white cloaked assassin is a VERY important occurrence! Along with several things i discreetly propped in the story, i like to do stuff like that. So if you find the clues, well done!

- Jaune will meet NPR again!, and also have something revealed about why Jaune had to leave, and perhaps their betrayal

I'm also thinking about introducing several perspectives in the story, besides Jaune's own of course, Jaune's perspective will be the most important one.

I'm sorry if i sound quite rude, i'm having a painful headache. Besides that i hope you enjoy the the chapter

P.S, At the end i'll list some inspiration's that lightened the creative spark in me

"Talking" -

(Thoughts/Thinking) -

Something Important!


An Aged Woman's Diary

I often think of that blonde boy as of late, with torn clothes and so many bruises. Yet, with so much good in him...

He would show up at my shop with his head crammed into various comic books. He seemed to favor X-Ray and Vav most of all, so one day I gave him one of the issues as a present. With an expression of pure happiness on his face, he thanked me profusely, saying that it was the first real gift anybody has ever given him, I found myself saddened by his statement. But then he asked to borrow a pen.

Although i found his question strange, I gave him one of the pens i always have with me. The boy opened the back cover, and proceeded to scribble his own name within.

I was confused to see him write on the comic-book in such a way, and asked the child what had possessed him to do such a thing. Clutching the comic-book to his chest, he answered this:

"I have a mean family, Miss. They take a lot of things from me, so I have to hide things and write my name on them to make them truly mine."

I found myself even more saddened, yet charmed by his statement, and also jealous of such innocence. I felt ashamed. Me, a comic-book enthusiast, who had devoted herself to bringing the joy of comic-books to children.

It was clear that this child loved comic-books far more than I ever did.

That child is no longer in town. He was sent away due to events….. None ideal, Maybe he's no longer alive. To think that a promising child like that could lose his life, while an old woman like me still lives on... The idea of it saddens me greatly

I am already quite old... Maybe that's why I recall that child's innocent eyes at every opportunity... That pure, innocent child.


Jaune calmly stood on a moving train, the train was going at a decent speed. Jaune and the train were, currently at the borders of Mistral.

Lush, green forests were in the distance. Some wild life could be seen. All in all, to most, it would be a beautiful sight.

Jaune took the time to perfect his basic attacks as well as attempt to develop some new ones.

Imperium Combo C; Jaune would stand in the Iaido stance, then he would unsheath and resheath his katana at blindingly fast speeds. Having annihilated his enemy with a countless number of slashes. Sadly enough he didn't manage to complete it, so it would be some time before he could use it in battle.

Jaune had also taken the time to improve his Judgement Cut, instead of only being able to do one at a time, he could now do three at a time. A major improvement in his eyes. He also attempted to teach himself to do a Judgement Cut in the air…..For now he had no success.

With his enhanced speed he also managed to improve his Rapid Slash, The attack was now faster and Jaune managed to get more hits in. But one of the most integral things about the Rapid Slash is to maintain nigh-perfect footing. If he didn't have excellent footing he would most certainly trip and fall.

After his battle with the assassin Jaune also realised he would need to have a defense mechanism, thus he decided to use his Summoned Swords for that by figuring out a new technique for them.

Of course he also was thinking up other attacks he could create.

Currently Jaune wore only pants and was barefoot. His muscles were red due to the intense training he had just undergone, 18 hours of nonstop training could do that to you. Deciding to give himself a quick overview of what he could currently do…..As well as some other odd things he noticed and figured out.

To start off with it he chose to think about the abnormalities he noticed. One of the first things he noticed how much...stronger, faster he had gotten, enough to be considered past the capabilities of what any person, regardless if they were human, faunus or (at a stretch) huntsman, should be able to do.

His durability and stamina increased tremendously as well, he had figured out a week ago when he only felt tired after 8 hours of training

He would almost consider himself superhuman if he was sure of why this happened.

This events Jaune had been pushing away, not because he wasn't curious how such things occurred. But simply because he didn't have any leads or any ideas how, If Jaune had any clues he'd get to the bottom of it, but as it stands he couldn't, it frustrated him to no end to admit it.

The same thing went for when his brain was 'healed'. Jaune as well for that had no idea why. Although instead of the constant pain it brought him, Jaune felt a strange, soft numbing sensation now that it was 'healed'.

The last thing he noticed was that his skin had become a bit paler.

But Jaune came to one simple conclusion, why should it matter to him?. It made him stronger, so why question it anymore?...

As Jaune went off to gather his clothing he heard something that made him quirk a lone brow.

An alarm was going off.

The voice through the intercom said that there were intruders.

With his curiosity slightly peaked, he went off to investigate it.


Adam Taurus, commander of the Vale branch of the White Fang, was a tall Faunus with auburn hair that spikes backward in a windswept way. While most of his hair was red, he had streaks of brown. He also wore a mask that obscured his eyes. His clothing consisted of a black suit jacket with a crimson sweater under it and black dress pants with black shoes to finish it of.

"Commander Taurus!" - He was addressed as respectfully as ever

"Are they ready?"

Sternly gazing at the soldier as he demanded an answer

"Yes, Sir!, Their all on the train!"

"Very well then," His voice turned soft as he gazed at the train closing in - (For the good of the Faunus, and for himself. They better continue their assistance.)

Adam Taurus dashed towards the train.


Jaune quirked an eyebrow.

"White Fang?" - He muttered, Jaune was quite curious on what they were doing here.

Jaune calmly walked forward, he gained a small smirk as he noticed some canon fodder of the organization.

His katana held in his left hand, he used his thumb he flicked it out.


Adam walked further into the train two of his strongest subordinates behind him, he sent the some off to gather the items necessary and others to scout ahead. He had already dealt with some of the Huntsman on the train. They were very little trouble for someone like him.

His eyes widened and then narrowed.

(Blood) - From the schematics he gained a couple days ago there were only androids here, that meant.

"Bodies" - The very thought that one of his brothers or sisters could have died, It angered him immensely. With a scowl he marched forwards. His hands clutching his Chokuto, Wilt and Bush, so tightly that they turned white.

Gesturing for the two behind him to follow him. He marched forwards and saw a, somewhat, broken metal door.

He kicked it open and what he saw made his vision turn red. His comrades, all dead. Their blood covered the ground. Their bodies were all dismember or had so many slashed you couldn't recognize them.

"Glurgh!" - A long katana was pulled out of one the faunus on the train, and there the culprit was. No blood on his body as he cleaned his blade and put it in its sheath.

The man seemed to be around Adam's height, around 6'4. In terms of physical appearance, The man had fair, yet pale skin, sharp features and blackish-blonde, slicked back hair, which put emphasis on the cold, stoic expression on his face. He also possessed dark blue-colored eyes with slight black splotches.

In terms of apparel, The man wore a form fitting, long sleeved, silver buttoned black coat with three separated coattails, the inside of the coat was dark grey. A grey, serpentine pattern ran around the collar, with a snakes head hanging over the coat's left shoulder, and its tail slinking down the right, all the way to the bottom of the coat. A grey lining ran across the edges of the coat, and a faded silky, grey flower blossom pattern decorates the inner lining. Each cuff of the coat also possessed five, silver buttoned straps with grey lining. The coat also featured identical straps on each shoulder, decorated with silver buttons.

Underneath the coat, he wore a black sleeveless zippered-turtleneck beneath his charcoal grey, sleeveless formal vest. He also wore charcoal gray fingerless gloves, black pants with a grey belt with a silver buckle and dark teal boots that ended just under his knees, the boots also had several straps

He held his long, sheathed katana in his left hand, the guard was oval, and the tsuka-ito seems to be braided from white and dark blue material. The blade featured several intricate ornaments, most notable is a relief of a dragon at the endpoint of the hilt. The scabbard is black, made of traditional lacquered wood, and featured several metallic ornaments on its far end. It also featured a grey sageo, the cord used to tie the katana to the waist.

From the glimpse Adam managed to catch of the blade. It was incredibly sharp.

Adam's instincts warned him to be careful. The man's disciplined and straight backed posture, along with the dark and fearless aura he radiated made Adam wary of the murderer…...But besides that he sensed something off about him.

The man turned to face them.

Play: Devil May Cry 3 OST - Vergil Battle 1 (Extended Version)

"You, who are you!" - Adam growled angrily to him.

"..." - The man gave no response or reaction.

It didn't matter to Adam, this man would die. No one hurt the Faunus under his watch.

"...My name is Jaune." - He answered in a calm, cold manner.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The two behind him fired their weapons, emptying their magazines.

The man fully faced them now, unsheathing the katana he spun the blade in an incredibly tight circle. The bullets were stopped in mid air, then with a quick maneuver he placed the bullets on the ground and then

SLASH!

The bullets were fired straight back at them. While Adam sliced through the bullets that were shot back, the others weren't as fortunate as him. While they weren't killed it did hurt them quite a lot.

Adam realised bullets were useless against him

1:10

The swordsman dashed forwards at superhuman and slashed horizontally at Adam, something he just barely managed to block due to the blindingly fast speed.

Meanwhile four Spectral-esq Swords were send of to his brethren behind him. Killing them.

Before Adam could counter the man's attack he disappeared in a dull white blur, appearing a good distance away. With a third step backwards he entered into the iaijutsu stance as he slashed three times, but the blade didn't' appear to leave it's sheath. A conolar distortion protruded outward from the man and within that distortion forms a dark purple orb covered in slashes, the orbs appeared three times in a row. Jaune's Judgement Cuts were a devastating attacks

"Argh!" - Adam grunted out in pain, only his Aura protected him from some of the damage.

Jaune Tricked next to Adam and attacked from the side with a Rapid Slash, keeping his back turned to Adam. Adam saw his opportunity to strike and lunged at Jaune with his chokuto. Jaune Tricked away again and used his Judgement Cut on him. Catching Adam off guard. He made a reminder to himself to dodge that attack when he saw a sign of it.

Jaune appeared in front of Adam and then used his Imperium Combo B, Using his superhuman strength to his advantage to increase the brute force of the first two strikes that were with the sheathed katana, as he then gave one final slash with the actual blade. Doing an immense amount of damage to Adam's Aura as it gave him a thick cut as well. Jaune then sheathed it.

"Grgh! - Adam growled in pain. Both fighters dashed towards each other. Adam used whatever attacks he knew, iaido techniques and the like. They all proved fruitless.

In a black blur the man appeared in front of Adam and went for a vicious Upper Slash from the sheath. Sending him upwards. And Jaune was in the air as well as he partially unsheathed Imperium, the vague after image of a blade appeared in an X shape Jaune and before Adam could react he was hit with an Aerial Rave attack.

Landing downwards Jaune held his sheath behind his back and sheathed Imperium that way.

"Grgh!" - Damn that hurt!. Adam retaliated with his own flurry of slashes. All of which were blocked and countered by Jaune.

Adam was quickly growing frustrated, why wasn't he killing this damned human!.

Jaune Tricked away and used his consecutive Judgement Cuts to strike from a distance. Adam, once again, didn't manage to dodge in time.

Before Adam could think Jaune was already dashing towards him with superhuman speed once again, attacking with his Rapid Slash doing major damage. Adam, expecting Jaune to be behind him turned his head towards.

Only to come face several Summoned Swords. Adam used his Wilt and Bush to block them all.

As much as it pained Adam to admit it, the human was an incredibly deadly foe. None of his movements and attacks were wasted, they were brutal. They were done with deadly precision and speed.

Adam looked around him, spotting the Swordsman calmly standing their. Still looking as calm and collected as when he first saw him. Jaune didn't even seem tired in the slightest. He showed no reaction.

"You think you stand a chance? Ha." - His tone was cold and belittling.

It infuriated Adam to no end.

In Adam's eyes he was looked down on. This swordsman was looking down on him, Adam snarled.

The bull Faunus's decided to use his semblance, moonslice.

Black and red lightning curled around Adam

"Die!" - Taurus cried out. Hm, It seemed he was able to slash at enemies that are seemingly out of his blade's range, implying that he either moved there and back quickly or somehow extended the range of his blade.

Jaune's eyes widened. The sword was charged up with an immense amount of energy!. That much damage woul-

SLASH!

A humongous stream of blackish-crimson blood came from his vital organs. A hit that would kill anyone. Regardless if they had Aura or not.

Adam smirked smugly at that. Only for a look of surprise to overtake his features

…...What!?

How was he alive!?

Adam saw his deep wound heal and his clothes fixing itself

Jaune's face was cast downwards before he calmly looked upwards again, a look of calm yet pure fury on his features. His blue eyes glowed

"You…

"Don't get so cocky!" - Jaune's voice became distorted.

A small white aura radiated off of him as he then vanished

Summoned Swords Fired at Adam. The six swords surround an him then fired all at once. At least Adam's Aura managed to protect him.

Jaune appeared in front of Adam and started a relentless attack.

It was only Adam's experience and skill that helped him survive.

But Jaune was still beating the hell out Adam. Cuts were all over Adam's body as he realised something

He never stood a chance.

Adam was promptly spartan kicked in the chest. The brute force behind it broke a couple of his ribs

Adam, in a last attempt at retaliation, brought his chokuto down.

SLASH!

Adam's arm was cut off.

End OST

His eyes widened in shock, before he gave an agonizing scream.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" - It hurt so much!

Jaune grabbed Adam by the throat with a crushing grip making Adam choke and gasp as he attempted to shake the swordsman off

"Now, time to figure out why you are all here."

"Soul Reaping."


"Aarhghaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" - Adam screamed out in agony again. Jaune watched with cold annoyance. When would he shut up and die already?

Jaune suddenly stopped his attack on Adam as he was forced to backflip away as someone dropped a several grenades there

"Who dares…." - He threatened, his voice was calm, to calm

Jaune took some extra time to scan his surroundings, the town should be closeby. But that was an afterthought for him, The moment he saw them, he almost scoffed.

Jaune narrowed his eyes at the White Fang agents that were facing him, they quickly grabbed Adam but failed to grab his arm as well as it had fallen off the moving train. When a boy, someone who couldn't be more than twelve years old, touched Adam. They both suddenly vanished

Jaune calmly watched them as he sheathed Imperium. Somehow vanishing on the spot

(A semblance) - What a cowardly semblance, Jaune was a smart person. He'll figure out why they were here. And where they were going to be next.

Jaune walked forwards, they couldn't be that far. Jaune walked forwards to the remaining agents. They were all shaking in fear, that easily?. The bull faunus must have been some decent soldier, for the rest he didn't seem anything special.

Jaune finished them off with a quick Rapid Slash.

It's a shame he had to get off the train, it was 10 seconds away from crashing after all,

It appears they killed the driver or whatever else was controlling the train,.

CRASH! BOOM!

Actually, they may have placed explosive's.


The moment Jaune leaned on a tree as he was in thought

How, how had he just healed like that?

That cut would have most likely killed Jaune, yet he had survived…..

The moment that slash hit he felt an immense amount of pain, yet afterwards, although he felt the wound (though it wasn't there anymore). To instantaneously heal like that….

Did it have something to do with his brain damage?, yet how did it fix it then?. If that was even the case

How is this possible.

He most certainly didn't heal like that when he was a child, trust him he'd notice. Or at any other time.

These changes to his body didn't occur suddenly,

Only when he lost to that assassin in Atlas did these changes to his body occur...When that happened, which after tha Jaune lost consciousness.

He glanced back at the ruined wreckage of the training, having exploded and derailed into the train station. Jaune wasn't sure if anybody was there, but alas he didn't care if anybody got hurt.

Taking in a deep breath he waited a minute before he did a small test. He grabbed his sword and unsheathed it. Taking off a glove he took Imperium to it,

Tsling!

He cut the palm of his hand, making a deep cut. He watched in bewilderment and then satisfaction as he saw that it quickly healed at extreme speeds,

Regeneration would come in handy

Walking towards the town he let his thoughts go adrift, remembering the conversation he had with Noire and the short one with General Ironwood


"Excuse me?" - Her green eyes widened in surprise.

"No.." - Jaune answered

She gave a soft sigh as she steeled herself - "Jaune i'm serious, Watt's is a dangerous criminal. Tell me what you found."

Jaune's eyes gained a challenging gleam. "Make me" - His expression didn't change - "What are you going to do if i refuse to cooperate?. Forcefully keep me here?"

"Wha-no!" - She growled out.

"...Then nothing. I'll be grabbing my blade, and the i shall take my leave." - He glared at her - "Unless, you're going to try and stop me?, i'm no criminal Noire, you can't detain me without evidence…."

Jaune, people's lives are on stake!" - The test subjects he supposed she was talking about - "Jaune…..Just tell me….I won't hurt you, i promise….You can trust me"

"...Won't hurt me, huh?. I should trust you?" - He stated in an eerily calm tone

Aww, look at him!. He's so hurt, he needs some help!

He looks really weak, poor thing...

Oh poor Jaune, i'll take care of you!

You can trust us, can't you?. My little Arc

Yes….He'll fit the bill nicely…..

C'mon, talk to us, talk….

We won't hurt you

Her voice was heard - "Ehhhh?, Jaune?"

Trust us…

C'mon you can trust us!, we're your friends!.

Trust me…

Trust me!

TRUST ME!

"Trust?" - A subtle, malicious aura calmly flowed off of him, Jaune's head felt light and dizzy as his hands shook.

"Trust?...You mock me?..." - He was unnaturally calm.

Noire's face became riddled with fear.

"Why….Why should i trust you." - Jaune stated menacingly. His eyes glowed - "Why should i trust anyone!?"

A Summoned Sword manifested in his left hand, he trudged menacingly towards her. Buried memories came back to life as he desperately stomped them down the drain. He stopped just in front of her, a dull white aura surrounded his right hand.

Noire paled as she recognized it, but she was too overcome with fear to retaliate. But then…

It suddenly stopped.

She regained her breath, this tame taking a good look at her 'little brother'. He still wore the clothes he woke up in but his usual, slicked back hair. His hair was now brushed down with his bangs partially covering his eyes.

In the hallway they stood, Atlesian Knights were aiming their guns at him.

(These androids possess a slender, humanoid appearance. They were clad in white armor, with their black robotic workings visible underneath. Their armor is thin at the midsection, neck and joints, but their chest and legs appear well-protected. Most of the time i saw them they had their rifles slung diagonally across their backs.) - He analyzed - (These androids seem to be armed with handheld rifles of the same type used by their human counterparts, rather than their predecessors' built-in firearms. I know most machines are not terribly accurate with these weapons, but they could be a threat in large groups by saturating targets with fire to most.) - He narrowed his eyes - (Aside from rifles, these androids seem to possess straight built-in blades along their forearms which they can use in melee combat.)

It was important to analyze an enemy, it didn't matter if they were weak. Better safe than sorry.

Blue eyes looked at the man that was currently in front of Noire.

The General was in front of him, aiming a revolver at his head.

Foolishness, did they think something like this would work?. Jaune looked as confident and fearless as ever. He knew that he could kill everyone here if he desired.

"I have had enough of your behaviour, the knowledge you know may help detain a dangerous criminal. In order to know more about Watt's your knowledge about him and-

"No." - Jaune uttered in cold finality, he was getting tired of these foolish questions - "Why do you assume i know much about Watt's and the situation, you have no confirmation of your thoughts. Now, i'll be taking my weapon back, you can't stop me"

"The Note-"

"Shut up." - Was his cold interruption - "...You are nothing more than some foolish, weak general, nothing more than an imbecile pointing fingers at the dark, in hopes to achieve your goals. You desperately seek answers that i do not have."

"You have no right to detain me, you have no proof that those notes belonged to Watts, Arius is public property, The village was abandoned. I did nothing wrong, you are the ones in the wrong here…..Stealing my property, taking an unconscious man to your base and giving out baseless accusations and aiming weapons. Yet, you have the galls to say i am endangering others?..." - Jaune stated calmly, fearlessly.

An unspoken message was sent between Jaune and Ironwood. But someone gave a sigh

"Your katana is in my quarters, I kept it in my closet." - Noire said.

Jaune looked at her and then left, nobody followed or stopped him. Noir looked at Ironwood for a moment,

Jaune heard footsteps following behind him.


The village was a small community, which centred on a village square with only a church, a post office, a pub, and a few retail shops. The residential streets were lined with quaint cottages, and an area called Church Lane that lead up to the church.

A young man was training around a lake, a decent distance from the village.

Jaune's coat was off as it was hung on an nearby tree branch, thus he only wore his turtleneck and sleeveless vest.

The Grimm he was facing covered itself with a cape of black mist composed of what seemed to be a special gas.

Jaune stood with a quirked eyebrow - (Another new Grimm, they showed up alot since i entered Mistral. Curious...)

Considering Jaune had never faced this Grimm before, he was curious on its abilities.

The Grimm circled around Jaune as its finger started to glow as it then started to expand at incredible speeds.

TSING!

Jaune sidestepped it with ease. It prepared to attack once more, creating a hurricane around it as it rushed at him.

STLANG

Jaune countered it with an Upper Slash, The creature let out a screech as it flew into the trees. Jaune walked after it, before he suddenly stopped.

Blue eyes looked over the place,

Chirp Chirp

A single raven was chirping, Jaune calmly narrowed his eyes.

How interesting.

The raven flew towards him

SLASH!

It released a poison-like mist as it went straight through the blade. Jaune waved it away as he narrowed his eyes.

Several blue energy bolts were fired off at him, which he once again dodged with ease. Enigmas, what Jaune had taken to calling them, were mysterious looking creatures. Featuring only one eye, they had excellent their aiming skills, and utilized them when firing upon their enemies. Using their six arms to create energy bolts, the Enigma were archer-like creatures.

"The only times i've seen Enigmas was when they were in Atlas, to suddenly appear here. Why?" - He said to himself, Enigmas thrived in Atlas. There they had the advantage.

Jaune casually walked forwards while firing off Summoned Swords. Despite the Enigmas Appearance, they were too easy to deal with.

"Jaune!" - That girl again, what an imbecile, following him into the forest. Didn't his caretakers warn him of the Grimm.

"Leave me, i won't tell you a third time." - He told the girl coldly. The young girl had the appearance of a white-haired girl with green-ish eyes. She donned a black vest under her shroud, black pants and black stockings. Both her arms were bandaged but only her left hand wore a glove. She also wore white shoes.

The girl gave him an annoyed glare, "Well, you shouldn't have ran away. My brother still wants to talk to you some more!" - She seemed really frustrated with him.

"..." - Jaune stared at her..

Swoosh

Jaune turned a ninety degree angle and walked away from her, intent on finishing off his training.

"Hey! wait!" - She yelled out, running after him.

Jaune smirked as he came across some Abyss Grimm, the same type off Grimm when he set out on his quest for power.

Jaune Tricked to them as he slashed from the sheath, he did a side roll as one of the Abyss slashed down at him. Jaune did a horizontal slash, one shotting it.

Jaune then easily took care of the rest, although he knew they kill most huntsman.

(Hn, their own fault for being so weak.) - He thought scornfully.

"Ahh!" - A scream was heard, A quick glance confirmed it, she was bleeding from her chest as a Soul Eater Grimm was holding her up. Her body looked like the life was draining out of it.

Jaune was familiar with the Grimm, having faced that species a few times.

The Soul Eater is a demon that looks like a black and blue mass with undulating tendrils used to grab on to their had two slit-like eyes and a jaw for consuming Aura. In their gas form, they looked like a blue-green mist (In which they were intangible).

With an annoyed sigh Jaune appeared in front of the girl and then used an Aerial Rave attack.

Grabbing her by the soldier he harshly threw her away from the Grimm

Crash

He didn't care to pay enough attention to her anymore than that - "Time to finish this"

SLASH! JUDGEMENT CUT! AERIAL RAVE! SLASH! TRICK! SLASH! JUDGEMENT CUT! SUMMONED SWORDS! SLASH!

Jaune finished all of them off in fifteen seconds.

His eyes snapped over to the girl, looking at her with a cold glare. Marching over to her she quickly stood up, panting and exhausted but fine.

"Foolish girl" - His tone was calm and cold as he callously walked past her. The girl following behind him, great. He should have just let her die.


Jaune entered the town once more, most of the people sending him fearful looks. 'Hiding' their children and loved ones away from his sight.

Jaune calmly walked into the a nearby house. He heard a voice greeting him

"Jaune?, you're done that quic- Jack!?, what happened!?" - The man suddenly suddenly yelled out. He had the appearance of an aged man in his mid fifties. With grey shoulder length hair. He wore an old fashioned nobleman's outfit. His frame was that of a once burly man who had lost muscle with age

"D-Dad…" - She whimpered out pathetically, the old man carried her onto the nearby bed that was on the same floor of the house.

"The Grimm are dead, i would like the information now." - Jaune fulfilled his end of the bargain, it was time for the old man to fulfill his side.

"Not now!" - Jaune narrowed his eyes at this - " My girl's hurt! Wait a moment!, will you!"

Wait?...It was just some weak Grimm. Nothing special, she wasn't going to die.

"..." - Jaune said nothing at this, he simply held his katana in an tighter grip. He doubted his decision to do it the honorable way. Perhaps he should have just Soul Reaped him.

"What happened!?" - The old man demanded as he went off to call the doctor

Jaune quickly grew irritated at the attitude the old man was giving him. Right before he could run off Jaune grabbed him by the shoulder, his right arm enshrouded in a dull white Aura.

"What are yo-"

"Soul Reaping" - He didn't care if anybody saw, Jaune wa-

BAM! GUNFIRE! SCREAMS! FIRE! BAM! BAM! BAM!

He always just had to be interrupted when he did this move, didn't he?.

"What's happening" - Fear was present in his voice, it was clear the father didn't appear to have the guts he had when facing Jaune now.

"Bandit attack, perhaps more Grimm?" - Jaune muttered quietly to himself.

"M-mr Jaune, what's happening?" - A childlike, fearful voice stuttered out. The voice belonged to a weak looking white haired boy dressed in boyish clothes. Fitting the same old fashioned nobleman's style like his fathers.

"Stay here, lest you wish to die?" - Jaune voiced out coldly to the old man. He wouldn't let the old man's knowledge die with him. It would be to bothersome to find somebody else who could find him a way in Fortuna.

The old fool gave a growl - "I used to be an huntsman, i can fight!" Was the fool's stubborn answer

SLAP!

Jaune slapped the old fool - "Don't lie, you're too weak to make a difference."

BAM! GUNFIRE! SCREAMS! FIRE! BAM! BAM! BAM!

"Now, stay here and keep safe. If you don't…" - Jaune warned them as he walked outside, he gazed apathetically at the destruction and murder. Shops getting robbed and the other stereotypes of bandit behaviour.

The bandits were dressed in decent armour, wielding guns and and swords.

Jaune calmly strode forward. Jaune saw that they were finally noticing him.

Dash

Jaune dashed forward with superhuman speed. "Scum!" - Jaune did a Rapid Slash killing five of them.

Jaune Tricked to the rest of them. Deflecting any bullets with the sheath and mercilessly killing all of them.

There were screams mostly consisting of 'Oh shit, a Huntsman!' 'Please stop!' and the rest of the stereotypical crap.

"Stop there!" - A voice attempted to command him, Jaune ignored it and vertically sliced a bandit in half. Turning to them his face remained stoic.

They were holding the boy and girl, plus the old man hostage, weapons aimed at their necks and heads

Intrigued at the stupidity of their actions, he calmly stood there and did nothing...for now.

"Good" - The leader of the gang answered in a stupidly smug tone. He gestured to the hostages. "Now, if you don't want them to die. Drop your weapons" - Their little leader sounded so sure of himself, as if they had something over Jaune.

"..." - Jaune was simply amused.

"Huh?, Huntsman! Didn't you hear us!? Drop your weapons unless you want to see the dead!" - He yelled out to him.

Jaune used his thumb to partially flick Imperium out of its sheath. The only one he needed was the old man, he cared not for the children.

If the old man somehow died, then Jaune would have to find another way to get information on Fortuna.

But if the old man died, Jaune would kill their little group off. That he swore.


The bandits lived in a simple, but lived-in cobbled-together camp. The camp is a temporary settlement as the tribe migrates through Anima. The camp had a wooden log wall with a single gate. A path lead through the camp to the main open area in front of a large tent of the tribal leader. The camp is comprised out of different tents, created out of scavenged resources. Cut down tree stumps and campfires were scattered throughout the campsite.

A lot of bandits were doing their own thing outside, training, drinking and talking. You know, the normal things.

Inside the tribe leaders tent however, was a woman of interest.

Raven Branwen, the leader of the Branwen tribe. Her hair was jet black which on top had a cowlick. Her complexion was pale and slight age lines were under her eyes. Her clothing consisted of a shallow cut black and red dress with black shorts underneath, with series of beaded necklaces and a belt that wrapped around her waist and carried her weapon's sheath. Attached also is a long black object that was either fur or feathers, with a red and white bandana material like that hung from behind her. Her forearms bore red armored gauntlets that protrude outwards and solid black gloves. She wore black mid-thigh high leggings with red splatter patterns and black heels. Lastly, she had long black hair and bright red eyes.

On her belt hung a fearsome, full-face mask that resembled the face of a Grimm. The mask had four eye slits, further enhancing the masks inhuman appearance.

Currently she was looking over a map of the nearby villages and towns, several were marked with an red X. Others had dates and information written down on paper.

"Why aren't they here yet?" - She asked a reporting bandit.

"I don't know, mam." - He told respectfully - "Aren and the rest were supposed to be back ten hours ago"

How annoying - "Tch, then i'll go see what happen-"

TSING!

Raven raised an eyebrow at the sudden sound, as if something had been launched through the air at incredible speeds….

(What was that?) - She thought to herself.

One of the bandits came barging in, as Raven was about to punish him for his behaviour but the bandits next words made her stop

"We're being attacked!" - The boy told Raven

"Hmm, very well then. i'll take care of it" - She had no worries, she knew she was strong, and that whoever was out there would die quickly by her hand. Raven confidently strode outside of her tent.

She noticed a teenager.

She narrowed her eyes at the boy. Besides his warrior like appearance he still seemed a bit too young to think of challenging her tribe, let alone its leader

The boy didn't pay any attention to the bandits aiming their weapons and surrounding him, the bandit behind him were already killed.

"So, you're Raven Branwen?" - The boy asked before giving a sigh, his face then gained a dark smirk - "Disappointing…"

The audacity this child had.

Some of the bandits laughed loudly, proclaiming the boy's idiocy.

Play:The Unguided - Enraged

Jaune's face turned to it's default expression, stoic and cold. Jaune summoned four Summoned Swords, said swords created a protective barrier as they spun around him. This technique Jaune called Spiral Swords. The Spiral Swords shot out and killed several bandits. The swordsman's katana was already out of its sheath as with one quick motion he cleaned it of blood. With blinding speeds he had killed many closeby bandits.

Jaune Tricked Up and spun Imperium around in an impossibly tight circle around himself, catching any bullets and sending them back mid air. Using more of his Summoned Swords he fired off quickly at the bandits. With one fluid motion he landed on the ground and dashed forwards with a Rapid Slash killing more bandits. With superhuman speed, almost naked to the eye he killed most of the bandits.

TSJANG!

Jaune slashing was suddenly interrupted by a crimson Ōdachi, Jaune quickly took note of the weapon - (Long, single-edged, one-handed sword of Mistralian design, with a trigger built into the hilt and cross-guard rather than the traditional tsuba. The scabbard contains a rotary chamber filled with various types of Dust blades:) Jaune had limited knowledge on Dust but recognized them - (green, cyan, red (Fire), dark blue (Ice), purple (Gravity), yellow (Electricity) and white. When drawn, the blade can telescope to approximately double its stored length. It also has several normal blades.)

The Ōdachi was incredibly long and wielded from a small distance away from Jaune. Raven was the wielder of said Ōdachi.

Both fighters said nothing as they went into their battle, Raven getting some support from the sidelines from her bandits due to their firearms. The bullets were either sliced through or deflected. All the while Jaune was keeping up with Raven.

Jaune was a masterful swordsman, he had studied the blade intensely during Beacon and his journey throughout Remnant.

Jaune deflected Iaido striked from Raven, but with much difficulty. Jaune went for iaijutsu techniques.

Raven went for a horizontal slash that Jaune just managed to duck under, only to receive an Aura enhanced kick to his ribs.

CRACK!

Jaune felt as if the air was being taken out of him, but his cracked ribs quickly healed. quickly Tricking away he resheathed Imperium and with his superhuman strength killed a bandit behind him with it without looking back, the bandit probably thought he could get a sneak attack in. Jaune quickly Tricked Up but was quickly brought down by a spinning heel kick from Raven.

BAM!

A small crater formed under Jaune as he wheezed in pain, luckily his regeneration factor quickly healed him. He moved his head to avoid a stomp from her heels. Jaune quickly got back on his feet and did a backflip while firing off Summoned Swords to be able to get a moment to think. Raven easily sliced through them and went for an Iaido ninety degree slash which Jaune did an Upper Slash against with superhuman speed. Catching Raven off guard with the sudden maneuver as she was thrown up. Jaune Tricked Up to her and used his Aerial Rave attack on her, slicing through her Aura and doing some damage to her.

Jaune quickly Tricked Back and used consecutive Judgement Cuts on her, the distortion radius and attack caught her off guard, the attack hurt an enormous amount.

Raven realised that she would need to watch out for that attack. Jaune Tricked in front of Raven with his Spiral Swords, Making sure that Raven would have to take the hit to her Aura. She did, but also sliced him from shoulder to hip. His clothes somehow not being damaged despite his the cut.

Jaune's cut healed quickly as he walked sideways, deflecting any bullets with the sheathed Imperium and shooting off Summoned Swords at them. He vanished from the spot and did a Rapid Slash towards Raven from the side which she deflected, Jaune did the same thing at her other side. Raven smirked and thought she had Jaune,

SLASH!

"Grgh!" - The slash hurt a surprising amount, especially since she used fire dust with it. Jaune Tricked Back and used Judgement Cuts on her. Raven moved at incredible speeds and went out of the distortion range. Jaune grit his teeth at the fact that she dodged one of his strongest attacks. Raven appeared in front of Jaune and sliced at his cheek, it healed quickly.

"Hm, what did you say earlier?. Disappointing?." - She taunted him harshly, Jaune grit his teeth at that before giving an animalistic growl - "You should take a look at yourself first."

Jaune looked at her, a small purple transparent bubble surrounded him, pushing any people or projectiles away from him - "You're going down!"

"Haaaaagh!" - Jaune gave a battle cry.

Jaune vanished from the spot, going for repeated vanishes and piercing thrusts from Imperium at her.

Meanwhile, all around the tribe

JUDGEMENT CUT THRUST! STAB! JUDGEMENT CUT! SLASH! JUDGEMENT CUT THRUST! STAB! JUDGEMENT CUT! SLASH! JUDGEMENT CUT THRUST! STAB! JUDGEMENT CUT! SLASH! JUDGEMENT CUT THRUST! STAB! JUDGEMENT CUT! SLASH! JUDGEME-

BLAST!

"Aarghhhh!" - A humongous fireball was launched at Jaune, hitting him.

"Grghhh!" - Jaune screamed in agony as his left arm was practically black now. Hardened up skin was on it

Raven couldn't help but smirk happily, most of the tribe was now dead due to this brat! The entire place was was ruined due to those attack of his.

Jaune snarled and growled. His blue eyes glowing as he realised that he would have to wield Imperium with one hand, that was bad news since his style solely revolved around Iaido and iaijutsu. Jaune couldn't wield Imperium with one hand!, but he'd have to try!.

Jaune Tricked to her but -

Slash!

"Blargh!" - Ice stakes were shot at him, stabbing him several times at the body, but as more came Jaune slashed through all of them. Using the same maneuver he used with the bullets he shot the back with Imperium, only using one arm.

Jaune dashed to Raven and sliced upwards, but it was quickly countered by the Odachi as Raven nearly brute forced it out of his hand. The with the butt of her sword she struck Jaune's stomach with an enhanced attack.

Bam!

Several of Jaune's ribs broke. His body quickly tried to heal it and managed somewhat

END OST

"Why?...Why don't you just give up and die?..." - Jaune chuckled darkly at that before he gave his cold reply as he fought through the pain.

"Why?...I have a goal after all, and i'm too motivated to stop now." - Jaune wouldn't roll over and die, not until he would achieve his goal, not until he became stronger!...

SLASH! SLASH!

Both sword wielders entered into a bladelock as friction built up. But with some effort Raven managed to overpower him. Imperium was struck out of his reach as

THRUST!

"Blargh" - Jaune threw up blood as the Odachi stabbed him straight through the heart, a fatal attack.

Raven just smiled eerily. Not before she harshly kicked him in the stomach. Landing him on the ground.

Jaune gave a quick cough as he tried to get back up but

THRUST!

Imperium was stabbed through his heart, Jaune's body went limp and lifeless.

Jaune couldn't understand what Raven said but..but….

Line Break

Raven walked off, going off to gather the remainders of the tribe, although most were killed due to that child, there should at least be some left. She took a moment to gather her breath, although the child was immensely powerful;, he stood no chance against the Spring Maiden.

Power

Her eyes widened at the figure that was rising from the ground, like a corpse brought back to life. She widened her eyes, she knew the boy had no Aura, and thus no semblance. Something that a former Huntress like her noticed during their battle. But the figure...It was most certainly no human.

It looked like a grey demonic, Grimm-humanoid creature, it had several black imprints detailed on the trench coat with the three coat tails separating into four coattails. The boy's hair changed into a crest that had a fin shape at the top, his neck gained a membrane that curved inwards, the spine merged with two dark-colored bones exposed at the top as well, something akin to a sheath was attached to his sleeve while becoming a clawed appendage, in which his sword was in, the clawed appendage resembled a sheath a great amount. His vest changed to a undercoat. The feet were unchanged but darkened, the creature had a grey aura around it and it had teeth with sharp fangs that showed

Power...Give me more power...
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It...The boy was a Grimm!


Authors notes:...fuck, i struggle a lot with this fic, maybe because it's my first time writing?. To be honest i struggled a lot with the Village section, you know with the old man. I did my best but i don't know how you all are going to like it. But nonetheless this fic is here so i can learn to improve as a writer. Now onto some other things

Jaune is a Grimm!? How!? why!? - Well i kinda alluded to it in the previous chapters along with this one, but do not fret! Jaune won't be overpowered with it!, just a lot stronger!, he would need it against the enemies i plan on him facing against. And why? I think you know who Jaune is going to be like. now for his Grimm form imagine DMC3 Yamato devil trigger, but black and grey in color. Oh yeah, Jaune does have a reason for having his Grimm form, it isn't just suddenly there for the sake of it, it will play an integral part in the story.

Power levels in the fic - Raven Branwen - Jaune - Adam Taurus - Noire Arc

Those are the power levels in the fic...for now

Jaune is an edgy boy...i know, but in my eyes he does have a reason for it, Jaune's background is not a pleasant one, reasons why will be revealed during flashbacks..documents, imagine something like that.

Fortuna - The Order of the sword is in there, just so you know. And don't worry, i won't make the story in fortuna a blatant ripoff of the DMC4 Story

Characters - Adam, Noire and Raven will play an important part, they will come back in later chapters. Plus later on i plan on introducing an important character for Jaune's story, The woman will be very important for Jaune's character growth,

My inspirations; DxD fic: The change of a dragon RWBY fic: Distortion. Infinite Stratos: Curse of hatred fic. Deck of Heroes by JauneForever and of course the DMC Franchise

Sheize, i'm sorry if the AN is a mess. As always if you have a question PM me, i'll be glad to answer your questions!

Reviews are nourishment!

Now for his moveset and weapons!

Jaune's Weapons:

Imperium:Imperium is Jaune's Katana

Jaune's Moveset:

-Imperium/Sword Skills;

Imperium Combo B, A basic 3 hit combo, 2 times with the sheath and the third time with the blade (Based of off DMC3 Vergil's Yamato Combo B)

Rapid Slash LVL2, Appearing to slash only once, Jaune actually attacked at least five times, said strikes were almost invisible (Based off DMC3 Rapid Slash)

Judgement Cut LVL2, Jaune slides back and slashes so quickly that he appears to only unsheath and resheath Imperium. A cone shaped distortion protrudes outward from Jaune and within that distortion forms a dark purple orb that causes a more intense visual distortion that is then covered in slashes. (DMC3 Judgement Cut)

Upper Slash, Unsheathing Imperium Jaune quickly slashed upwards, launching his enemy into the air.

Aerial Rave, an attack in the air that can be used in rapid succession

Fighting style mostly based of iaijutsu/iaido. The art of drawing the sword from its sheath.

-High Intelligence

-Superhuman Speed

-Superhuman Strength

-Extreme Stamina

- Regeneration

-Tricking (A temporary name Jaune gave it); Jaune's 'Tricking' is currently his most effective movement tool, allowing him to reposition himself on the battlefield by are several ways Jaune can 'Trick ' to an opponent Air Tricking will take him directly in front of an enemy on the ground or in the air. He can also use 'tricking will bring him above the enemy or above his current position if there is no enemy. Trick Down will teleport Jaune back to the ground or behind his current standing position. These abilities allow Jaune to close and create distance as needed.

Summoned Swords; Jaune's Summoned Swords look like a dull white-grey, spectral replica of Crocea Mors that appear in a puff of white and grey fire or smoke. They shatter after piercing the enemy releasing more a puff of white-grey smoke

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Spiral Swords - Jaune creates a ring of Summoned Swords around himself that acts as a shield

Sword Storms - Jaune fires out swords at the enemy after executing a Spiral Swords maneuver. The swords surround an enemy then fire all at once.

Heavy rain swords - Creates a deadly rainfall of Summoned Swords above the enemy.

Soul Reaping; Jaune Rips the soul out of someone by unknown methods, he then proceeds to scan the soul for any useful information by unknown means. How this came to be is unknown. (Got the idea from "The Curse of Hatred" Fanfic)