07/30/1999…

Jaune Arc was struggling with his tie. It's not that he's never worn a tie before, it's just he's never worn a bow tie before and just couldn't get the damn thing to stay put. One side or the other would slip out or come undone and eventually he just gave up in frustration at the idea of getting the damn thing to stay in place.

Yang laughed out from the corner of the room as she watched the entire thing unfold. "Looks like your having a hard time with that tie" Yang said as she walked over to him and took the tie from his hands. "I swear this is the third one of these I've had to tie today."

Jaune tilted his head back to give Yang room and hand signed [Who else needed help?]

"Ironwood, but he had the excuse of only having one hand." Yang said as she worked on his tie "Does anyone know how he lost that hand?"

[I was told it was in Desert Storm or something.] Jaune signed [Not in combat mind you but some kind of accident, ended his military career if I'm not mistaken.]

"Bummer, now he just yells at tubby kids for running to slow." Yang said. "I also had to help Neptune out." Yang stepped back once it she was done and admired her work.

[How is Neptune, we don't see much of him.] Jaune signed making a light adjustment to keep it from choking him..

"He was out of town for a while, I guess he actually training to try and become an Olympic swimmer someday." Yang said as she checked herself out in the mirror.

Jaune noted the fact that she was in a head turning dress, tight around her curves and easily complimented her strong arms and legs. Jaune also noticed it didn't leave a huge amount of her chest area to the imagination. Not that he was looking or anything.

"Is your mom not actually here yet?" Yang asked "I didn't see her around."

[Our dress altering miracle worker is making a few small adjustments to my mom's dress, which is to be expected when one is about six months pregnant.] Jaune signed as he walked with Yang back into the reception area.

Even though it was still about an hour and change until the big Moment there was a clear crowd present. The wedding had become a of a bit high profile event due to the fact that a well respected and former "most eligible bachelor" of the town Alan Ozpin was one of the two people tying the knot today. Most of his guests were either fellow faculty from the school or former students that came to support their colleague and mentor. His mother had invited a decent number of guests herself, mostly co workers who could get the day off but her invites was a bit overshadowed by the crowd.

As Yang wand Ruby walked they eventually found Weiss and Blake sitting together chatting at a table. Weiss's Walker was folded up next to her and she was leaning on the table seemingly hanging off every word Blake was saying. Both of them of them wore modest but still form fitting dresses that showed off their figures slightly. Jaune couldn't make out the colors of the dresses but they seemed to close match their hair colors in shade at least.

As they walked over he did notice something that made him pause. Weiss had a slight blush on her face while she was talking to Blake, the look on her face was also reminiscent of the way Ruby would look at him sometimes. Jaune realized pretty quickly that "Oh my goodness Weiss has a thing for her!".

As the fours sat down Jaune tried to poker face out as he signed [Hey strangers, how have you been both doing today?]

Yang Also opened up with a "Sup nerds, how goes it?"

Blake and Weiss both noticeably tensed up as they talked. Weiss said "Oh well you know, me and Blake were just catching up a bit, seeing as we saw so little of each other this summer."

Blake giggled as she also spoke "Yeah, I mean, Yeah."

Jaune and Yang exchanged glances as Jaune signed [Didn't we all hang out last week?]

Both Blake and Weiss fumble over words for a moment. Before Yang spoke up "Okay you two, what's going on?"

"Nothing!" They both said in unison.

Jaune took that as a sign to change the subject, before he could though he was interrupted by a man he didn't recognize walking over "Hey you Jaune?"

Jaune gave a thumbs up as an affirmative. The man kept going. "Sam sent me to come get you, she needs help with some boxes she needs brought in for the wedding."

Jaune gave the man a thumbs up and signed to his friends [A groomsmen's work is never done[ Before he followed the man off to go help. As he walked by Nora and Ren's table he signed out [Hey lovebirds, Blake Weiss and Yang are over there if you want to chat with them as well.]

Ren signed back [Hard pass, sorry![ Causing Jaune to tilt his head in confusion, but he had to keep walking.


Out behind the church Sam Nikos was waiting in a rented Uhaul Van cooling off, she had yet to put on her dress. When she saw Jaune walk out she waved out "Hey kiddo, thanks for this, I only have a few boxes but I can't haul them all in by myself!"

Jaune smiled and wrote out a note asking 'Not a problem, how's my mom doing?'

Sam read the note and laughed out. "Well she's nervous of course, getting cold feet I'd imagine." Sam started to unload some boxes to hand to Jaune as she kept talking. "She's in the church now sequestered away. Can't ruin the surprise of that dress in case Alan is walking around."

Jaune chuckled thinking "My mom would buy into that old wives tail about it being bad luck to be seen in the dress."

Sam smiled seeing Jaune smiled "I'd ask you how your doing but your hands are full so lets get the boxes inside and we'll talk then."

It was only a couple minutes later when Jaune could set the boxes down. Jaune peaked in one and found they were both filled with carefully packed cupcakes he closed the box and started writing 'Okay, so to answer your question then. I'm fine, I mean my part in all of this is easy, just stand next to Ironwood and look handsome right?'

"Yeah but you do look tense." Sam said

Jaune thought it over and wrote out 'That's because while my part is easy enough, I still don't want anything to go wrong, it's already been a battle to get this far.'

Sam smiled and laughed as she leaned on a counter "Tell me about it, I still need to get in my dress for this, I had to alter two dresses, help your mother with the cupcake runs, Also Alan is still being coy on details about what happened the day he went to go pick the dress up."

Jaune poker faces and wrote out. 'Well I just hope they catch the bastard that broke into his car at the tow yard.'

"Well yeah I do too, and it was kinda careless of him to forget to pay the parking meter… Actually never mind, have you seen Ruby yet?" Sam asked.

Jaune scribbled out a note 'Not since I cooked half the neighborhood breakfast this morning'

"Good job on that by the way, But maybe you should take a break and get a good look at that dress. She also still looked a bit shaken from that nightmare she had last night." Sam said as she grabbed herself a diet coke from the cooler.

Jaune nodded and walked out to go find his girlfriend.


Jaune wandered for a few moments before he bumped into Alan, he stopped and signed out [Oh hey boss, have you seen Ruby around?]

Ozpin said back "Sorry I've been kinda busy on my end as well. I see you found someone to help with your tie after all?"

[Yeah, yeah, Sam wanted me to go look for her before the wedding kicks off, so I better be off though] Jaune said his face slightly scrunched up in concern.

"Oh, before you go, take this." Ozpin said as he handed a box to him. "Your mother and I talked about it and we realized you'd have no reliable way to contact us while we're on our honeymoon, and you've proven responsible enough for one of these."

Jaune opened up the box revealing a simple cell phone. [You guys understand I can't really make phone calls right?]

"We did, the plan we put you on allows for up to one thousand text messages a month so you can communicate with your mother and I if you need to." Ozpin grinned "I even programmed our numbers in it under Mom and Stepdad"

Jaune smiled and slid the flip phone into his pocket and signed out [Thanks, it's still weird knowing that your going to be kinda my new dad in like an hour you know?]

"Your telling me, I'm getting a wife and a teenage son in an hour." Alan said with a smile "Can't wait." before he walked off to complete whatever last minute prep he needed to complete.

Jaune took two steps and almost literally ran into Ruby. Jaune put his hands on her shoulders and smiled at her before signing [Hey just the girl i've been looking for.]

Ruby smiled and signed back [Me? What's up?]

Jaune sat them both down and gazed at her for a second, she really did look great in the dress now that it's been fixed up. Shaking off his teenage hormones for a second he signed out [You just seemed really rattled this morning and I was wondering if you wanted to talk about it?]

Ruby sighed out and thought about it for a second [I guess I don't really want too if I'm being real honest. It was freaky enough without me thinking to hard about it.]

Jaune decided to change the subject [So you looking forward to me having my place to myself for almost two weeks?]

Ruby's cheeks turned the same shade as her dress as she signed back with one hand while leaning on the other [Maybe….]

Jaune smiled like a Cheshire cat as he signed [Only maybe?]

[Well I'm pretty sure my folks will get suspicious if we spend the entire time there.] Ruby signed out blushing harder.

Jaune signed back [True, we'll have to make appearances out in public with the others from time to time, right?]

[Oh my God you are shameless Mr Arc!] Ruby signed out with a warm giggle before she slugged him on the arm.

"Mission accomplished: Operation cheer up Ruby completed." As he leaned in to give his girlfriend a kiss before he was blocked by a hand covering his mouth

Jaune looked at her with a raised eyebrow and his mouth still covered, Ruby signed out [You don't want to get my lipstick on you right now.]

Jaune's rather mature response was to lick her hand which caused her to pull her hand back with an audible "ew" sound.

Jaune laughed silently at her reaction which caught him another slug in the shoulder by his also laughing girlfriend. A couple moments later both turned as the call was for "all bridesmaids and Groomsmen to please come up front."

Jaune helped his still giggling girlfriend to her feet as she signed [if I break into a giggle fit during the vows I'm blaming you.]

Jaune smiled and walked her to the front.


Zero hour was here, Jaune stood silent next to Ironwood with his arms folded behind his back in the way Ironwood taught him. All the Groomsmen were taught the army way to stand at ease for the wedding. Across the way the bridesmaids were standing holding small bundles of he was told red flowers.

All the guests lined the pews, Alan's guests were sitting on the side of the isle alan was standing. His mother's guests were all sitting on the other side of the aisle. Since officially the Schnee family, the Belladonna family, and the Long family were all invited by Mina, they all were on Mina's side of the hall.

Quietly before all the groomsmen got in their spots Ironwood secretly gave everyone a quick drink from a small flash he had on him to help celebrate. It was nowhere near enough to even get Jaune intoxicated but it did help with the nerves at least.

Jaune took a deep breath as the music started to play and he stiffened up somewhat. The hall he was told was decorated in a white and red pattern. Jaune figured that made sense as all of their suits were off white and all the dresses were Red. Of course they would use their favorite colors for the decorations.

From the end of the isle, being walked down the aisle by Tai as a last minute substitute he saw his mother, Jaune smiled wide seeing her for the first time that day as he thought "Damn Sam, you did a good job on that one.''

The dress didn't so much hide his mother's pregnancy but rather drew attention away from it. Jaune smiled looking at how, well frankly happy his mother looked as she approached the front of the church.

Once His mother and Alan were both standing in front of the priest. A Silence filled the room as the Priest began to speak up. "Ladies and Gentlemen, today, July 30th, 1999, we have all gathered here to help bring forth the union between Alan Ozpin and Mina Arc in holy matrimony."

The priest cleared his throat and continued in a deep buy aged voice. "The good lord believes in second chances. Both our soon to be husband and wife have both suffered the loss of spouses up to this point, either through the tragic loss Ms Arc's first husband, Robert Arc. Or thought that painful deceptions of Salem Ozpin-White." The Priest continued "While they say the lord works in mysterious and often baffling ways, for these two, it was a burning crucible that turned them into the strong souls we all know and care about today."

The Priest addressed Mina. "You lost your husband thirteen years ago Ms Arc, and since that day you have, if I might be so candid in saying so, done a fine job with your son, who is standing here today." He then turned to Alan "While it would have been easy for you to write off the chance for finding true love in your life Alan, rather than give up the idea of love in your life, you choose to focus it on a love for all of the students who you taught over the years."

The priest took a sip of his water and kept speaking. "It is fate that you two should be standing here today, ready I hope to exchange your vows and to commit to give all of your love and support to each other for the rest of your days. Because If I can be frank, I don't know a couple more deserving of it than the two of you."

The Priest turned to Alan and Mina as he gestured to Ironwood to give the rings to the couple. "Mr Ozpin, please repeat after me…"

Alan spoke as he was prompted to by the priest. "I, Alan Ozpin, take thee, Mina Arc, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge myself to you." Before slipping the Ring on her Finger.

Jaune could see his mothers tearing up from the joy of the moment as she said the words as well. ""I, Mina Arc, take thee, Alan Ozpin, to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee myself to you." As she in turn Slipped the wedding band on to her new Husbands finger.

"Well, I suppose then I should go ahead and introduce everyone gathered here to Mister and misses Ozpin-Arc. In case it needs to still be said you can kiss the bride now Alan." The Priest said with a chuckle.

Alan and Mina kissed for a good forty five seconds. Jaune noticed when he looked at his girlfriend that she was crying in happiness for the newlyweds.


A couple hours of hard partying later, Jaune sat at a nearby table drinking a quick diet coke as the reception was slowly winding down. After the newly married couple said their vows there was some dancing, snacks and just before they were ready to shift to the restaurant they had rented out for dinner came a traditional tossing of the bouquet.

Jaune sat next to Alan and signed giving his newly appointed step-father some shit [So how does this work, do I just start calling you dad now, do I start working towards it, do I wait till the baby's born?]

"Let's play it by ear" Alan said as he pulled his tie loose,

Jaune had long since striped out of the coat and tie as well. And lunged back in his seat as all the unmarried women at the reception queued up for the bouquet toss. [Well lets see how this goes]

"If it's anything like my last wedding it'll be like watching a pack of dingoes on baby" Alan said as he took a drink of something a bit stronger than Jaune's diet coke.

[Are you even aloud to make that kind of joke to me now?] Jaune asked with a silent chuckle

"Just don't tell your mother." Alan said with a smile.

Both men watched as Mina, with her back turn tossed the bouquet over her head and almost perfectly into the arms of Ruby who was standing off to the side. She looked just as surprised at anyone that she caught it.

Jaune tossed up a thumbs up sign to Ruby As Alan chuckled and said, "Oh your in trouble now mister."

Jaune laughed and finished his drink. [You might want to slow down on the booze boss, one of you needs to be able to drive to dinner.]

Alan smiled "If I'm not mistaken you have a learners permit right?|

[Yeah and my mom has been teaching me to drive unofficially since I moved here in case of an emergency.] Jaune signed.

Alan handed Jaune the keys to his car "Well your driving us there tonight then."

[Seriously?] Jaune signed.

"Seriously, I trust you well enough." Alan said.

Jaune leaned back in his seat and smile [Sound good… Dad…]

Alan grinned as ruby walked over and found herself a comfy spot in his lap as the party picked back up where it left off.


It was late evening when Jaune was dropped off at home by Tai. Ruby of course offered to keep him company that evening but Tai wasn't quite stupid enough to fall for it. Jaune would have the run of the place for two weeks. His mother said she trusted him not to trash the house or to have as she put it "A drunken orgy in the living room."

She never actually said anything about having Ruby spend time over with just the two of them. Or him having a small party with a select bunch of friends…

Jaune sat at his computer and smiled, the girls were all chatting but he felt entirely two tired to follow along. He simply went and laid down in his bed and went to sleep for the night.


Well with that we have one of the Keystone story lines of this Fic in the bag, The wedding arc kinda started all the way back in chapter 26 when Alan proposed to her, an boy a lot has happened in that time right?

We still got a ton of story to bring us into the end of the 1999 chapters, and Honestly I have soft plans for the Y2k year and beyond. But that is going to come a bit down the road. If I did my job right, around the time this chapter goes up, you should be also seeing Chapter 1 of "AQMW: Broken Shield" A prequel miniseries to this one revolving around Tai, Summer, And Raven's relationships to each other. The main story will be going on hold while we complete that Mini-Series but I'm only predicting it will take between five and ten chapters to complete. It will cover Tai's life from the years 1961 to 1990. If it does well I might also try to draft up side stories for other characters as well.

So while this story is no where near done, I hope you understand that I really did want to get this out since the topic of Tai and Summer's relationship has been one that has come up a few times on the r/Rwby Discord.

Untill next time, I want to thank you all for reading with me through all 40 chapters of this story, and I hope you all have a great day.