Jaune arc story
Chapter 2: Road to Vale.
AN: Well first what I want to say is English is not my native language and this is my first fanfiction and I made it out of boredom.
Jaune POV
My journey was smooth if I have to say. Just some pack of beowolf some Ursa and Boarbatusk. Nothing I couldn't handle with a good plan and my spear from a safe distance. If my situation were bad then I will use my gun and blow the problem away. I really must use my gun as little as I can because ammo isn't selling in the wild.
And Yes! after the walk for two weeks I finally found a village. And from a map, it said that this village is called Antia. Really? I mean look at the map in my hand all villages around my village all names started with An like Annaso, Anrita, etc.
But that is not the point. The point is now I finally found a place to sleep under a roof comfort in a warm bed. And not like under a tree or some cave that Grimm has their nest there.
When I walk toward the front gate of the village their militia just spots me and checks me a little. Ask some questions and let me into the village this village look really small compared to my village for me at most this village maybe have like 50 people here.
What I want to find first is a place for sleep. Do you know? a man has his need. I walk into an inn that I ask from people around here for a place I could sleep. In the inn, I spot a few people drinking, eating, some playing card games some just sleep.
What caught my eye the most is a black-haired man with a grey shirt and cape? Have a big sword at his hip behind him. Maybe he is a huntsman? Nah, what kind of huntsman will be in a place like this out of the nowhere small village. They have their duty on the frontier town or protect strategic resources point where we mine dust or ore for the weapon.
I walk into front of the bartender.
"Hey, do you still have a room for one?"
"sure kid! That will cost you ten liens."
"Ok, and if there are any interesting things around here?"
"Well, sorry kid there is nothing much in a small village like this."
"That ok, thanks to you for ans-."
Jaune doesn't have a chance to finish his word. When the door of the inn was suddenly kicked open by a person at the door dress in a rugged shirt and torn jeans brown boots. Slowly walk-in follows by one man dress in the same cloth code. Two-man walk to stop at the middle of the inn.
"It a time of a month, Old man better pay us up." The first man said.
"But I just pay you last week it's not time yet!" Bartender said.
The second man walks to front "If we say when to pay then time to pay old man. We are the rule, not you."
"But we don't have a lien for you anymore the last time it cost us too much." Bartender plead.
The first man flips a table beside him.
"Shut up! and give us money or you will know how this end." And by showing that he draws a knife that from his side.
"Hey!" Suddenly Jaune calls out.
Three men and entire people in the inn turn to look at Jaune.
"I don't know what bad blood between you two and bartender have but. Must it have to be with a drawing weapon and unreasonable lien is taken?"
Two-man turn and look at each other and burst out laughing. The sound 'Haha haha haha' could be heard. Two-man start walking toward Jaune.
"What are you kid? A wannabe soldier? Or the stupid hero?" the first man come to face in front of Jaune and the second man gets behind Jaune.
"No, just a reasonable person," Jaune said with a stern tone.
"Oh? so this doesn't make us a reason people isn't it?"
"But you people should be and could be. Why you must use force when you need money from the person who gives you?"
"Kid do you have a death wish does your parent aren't told you that you shouldn't meddle with other people's business?"
"My parent just rises me right so that I will not tolerate even a petty crime." Jaune looks into the eye of the man in front of him. When the man looking into Jaune's eye he didn't meet with warm blue eyes as they should be but met with determining blue eyes that will do what must have been done.
They look at each other for five second
"Do you want to risk your life fighting us for this bartender kid?" The first man asks.
"Well normally if you two are huntsmen. I wouldn't take a chance. But take out two idiots? That is what I can do." Jaune said and laugh at the end a little.
Without another word, the second man behind Jaune tries to stab him with a knife. But Jaune kick to behind him with his right leg and his upper body bend forward which makes the second man got kick by Jaune and get knock to the ground wind out of his lungs.
By bending forward make Jaune avoids horizon knife swipe from the first man. Jaune then grabs the first man by his head. Retract his right leg and knee strike him in the face two times and release him to the ground kick him in the face one time and turn to face with the second man that stands up again. Jaune then draws Crocea Mors still in sheath.
"Don't worry I will not kill you guy. I will just bonk you guy with this." Jaune said with a chuckle. The second man dash toward Jaune to meet with Jaune swing Crocea Mors at him. The second man dodges under swing to get a kick into his face by Jaune and go down to the ground again.
Two men lay on the ground groaning.
Qrow Branwen considers himself a normal man with normal life like when he was young born among a bandit tribe aren't good for his childhood but it ok because his life started at Beacon. And from that what he got? Well, a brother in all but blood two nieces that he loved with all his heart could give for them.
But with his luck? No, his luck is the strangest thing in his life. Like right now he just chilling in the inn that he just happens to fly over it after coming back from a work for some wizard.
And while he drinks his second beer bottle and suddenly someone dresses in a combat outfit ready to battle walking right into the inn. The person dresses in armor with the helmet on his head shields him from anyone seeing his face. Breastplate on his torso. Armor on the shoulder for each side. Gauntlets on his hand. Leg armor from the knee down to his feet. A sword on the left and a gun on the right side of his. Like a warrior walking out of some fairy tale.
That made him tell himself 'Did I already drunk? Just from two bottles of beers?' with another quick look at the man. 'Oh, he still there I'm really not drunk.'
When the man started to talk. he then realized that it was just some kid in armor. Even with his helmet muffle his voice Qrow still know. Really what with these kid in this generation about their dress some are full armor or some kid just wore a T-shirt and call it his outfit for battle. And while the kid is talking suddenly there is some thug walk-in into the inn like they own the place. They start to demand lien and draw their weapon. Sigh, never really gonna let me rest right?
Time for a professional huntsman to work again. When Qrow start stands up the kid suddenly calls out to two thugs. Qrow ass sits down to its rightful place again less in a second. Well, let see how this kid does it. And then the fight started. This kid knows how to fight but it is just basic if you compare it with a normal huntsman. the kid strike at two thugs each strike I can see their aura flicker a little that tells me that they have Aura. But the kid I can't sense any Aura active from him even when I use huntsman Aura observe technique on him. It was no surprise from him when the kid said.
"Wow, I really give you guys too little credit. Normally a person who spars with me will already got their nose broken or bloody nose from that. But you two don't even have a scratch." The kid said with curiosity.
"That because they have Aura. Kid." Qrow calls him from a table nearby.
The kid looked at him. "What do you mean?" Kid asks him.
"Well, that is either you are very stupid to fight without it or very strong because you survive this far without it. But I must say this. Kid it too crazy for people to fight Grimm without aura.
"Why?" Kid asks him.
"Because humans can die with just one hit from normal Grimm kid. Humans are too fragile compare to them at most a normal strong human can take about three hit swings from beowolf before he turned into a flesh chunk. So normally. Just one mistake and you are a dead kid." he said.
"So, what is Aura? Basically." the kid asks starting to feel impatient.
"Aura? Well, Aura is a manifestation of the soul, a life force that runs through every living creature on Remnant. Put it easy it is just a tool for humanity to use to make themselves hit harder do anything they can do better stronger and faster. And the most important thing that made everyone that fight with Grimm need to have Aura is they can protect you from harm."
"Wait, so you really gonna tell me that there this thing call aura that everyone knows. And you need it in every fight right. And it can protect you and make you stronger?" Jaune said with eyes wide.
"Yes, and you fight Grimm and other people without it. Are you out of your mind kid? But I can't blame you. You don't even know about it."
The kid was silent and in his thought for a few seconds. mumble about something like 'It finally makes sense why dad can do that.' if he hearing right.
the kid looked at him again and said "Then teach me how to use Aura." Is this kid nuts?
"Wait wait, kid." Qrow hurry put his hand up. "Why do you think I want to teach you how to use Aura?"
"Because you are a huntsman and huntsman always helps other people?" The kid looked at him with hope.
Qrow sigh 'What with this kid?' "Kid listen because I am a huntsman doesn't mean I will train you to use it. Hell, you don't even have it unlock!"
"People must unlock? To use Aura? Then you can just unlock mine then I will find another huntsman with honor to train me or I will train it myself…"
Qrow sigh again 'Really, what with a kid these days.' "Listen again kid even if I want to unlock your Aura. I still can't do it now because I don't want to damage your soul kid."
"My soul?" The kid said dumbly.
"Yes, your soul kid. That is where your Aura comes from. THAT is where every person comes from. And how to unlock it is to jump-start it with other people Aura. And let other people Aura lead your Aura out for you to feel it so you can use it."
"And the reason you can't unlock my aura is?"
"Because the method to unlock aura is should be done with people you have bonded with."
"Bond?" Kid asked dumbly again.
"Well, I don't really know but normally people get Aura to unlock by their family. Because to unlock Aura by using other people's souls to touch your soul is an intimate thing you should do with people you trust people or your lover or something. Because if you are done with the wrong person for example like slave merchant force unlocks their slave aura to their slave for them can work more. The kid look disgust at what he hearing.
By forcing a person's soul to open and met with resistance from the said person it will leave the person's soul damage. The least is your aura reserve is reduced by half. The worst? You can't use your aura can't call upon it. either way, you will always feel that part of you had been torn up or some things that are what I hear from people got their Aura to unlock by force."
"Then if someone just grabs me and unlocks my Aura what will happen then?"
"Well, if you consider the person that unlocks your Aura at least a friend and the person that unlocks your Aura has a good intention toward you? I think it will be ok."
"Well then you should unlock mine Au-" The Kid did not have a chance to finish his word.
There is an alert sound come from outside the inn.
[Alert there are a group of bandit's head to our village please follow the protocol]
"Well look like we need to continue our conversation later sir." The kid said with a sigh.
"Don't use that sir with me I don't like it. And what is your name kid?"
"Why don't you introduce yourself first before asking other people names?"
"Well, if you want to know my name kid survive a bandit group then. It wouldn't kill you right?" Qrow asks smugly.
"Of course, the old man just a group of bandits will not stop me." The kid said coolly.
"Wait don't call me that either or you like to have a taste of my buddy," Qrow said and draw Harbinger from his back and switch to greatsword mode.
"Wow, that really a big sword!" The kid said excitedly.
"HA! That what she said!" Qrow said with a wink.
The kid just groaned a little.
"You two can't fight them!" The bartender suddenly said.
The kid looked at him and ask "And why we can't. mister bartender?"
"They are a group of bandits with 80 people there are too many of them! with just you two it will be just execution." Bartender plea.
"And how you know that," Qrow asks.
"Because the first time they show up in a group of 80 people to demand a lien from us for our protection from them and the two thugs you have just beaten up is just a lien collector from bandit group and when these two don't go back to them in the time they set they will come here and wreck everything up and they all have their aura unlock!"
"Don't worry bartender this old man and I will handle them just fine you can sit in here safe and sound leave it to us to deal with them." The kid reassured him and after said that the kid walked outside of the inn.
Qrow follows him out of the inn.
"So, do you have any plan, old man?" The kid asked
"First don't call me that and second I will just destroy these bandits like I always do. Consider they have a competent Aura user in their rank it will only take my time a little. What worry me the most is those that slip past me into the village." Qrow said with worry in his tone.
"Well, I can work with that but if you don't have a plan do you mind listen to my plan?" the kid said with a playing tone.
"What's your suggestion kid?" Qrow asks annoying.
The kid did not say anything but just put his backpack down open it and find something in there a few seconds later his hand come up with something that makes Qrow's eye go wide.
"WHAT THE HELL KID! How and where did you get that from!"
"I just grab it from militia storage at my village." The kid said nonchalantly.
"Then your village must be insane to let their kid have this thing."
"Now listen my plan is we start wit..." The kid starts telling his plan.
After listening to the kid plan Qrow sigh and chuckles. "Who would have guessed that you have a big package hiding with you kid."
"That! Is what she said!" The kid finger gun at him and laugh.
"Huh, Cheeky brat let see if you fight well like you use your mouth."
"That is what she said again! Hahaha!" The kid said and laugh again
Qrow just groans this time.
"Ok ok, my bad, enough playing I will go and prepare this thing." The kid shook his hand shows that he will use the thing he holds in his plan for sure. And start running away.
"Just make sure to not cause too much damage kid!" Qrow shouts behind him.
"I already know that old man!" The kid shouts back.
Qrow sigh for the third time of the day in a span of ten minutes.
"I swear if this is my semblance doing. I will go to Ozpin and get my Aura locked." After that Qrow starts walking toward a gate of the village.
'It is time for a huntsman to HUNT.'
AN: And that is the second chapter of my first fanfiction I want anybody who reads this story to comment and criticize as much as you want. I want to know what other people feel about my fanfic.
AN: Writing action is really a pain in the ass or is it just me?