Author notes:Thanks for the constructive criticism from the last chapter! I'll try to make this chapter a bit longer and more detailed and stuff. Also thanks for the support, since I'm new here it makes me happy! Enjoy the new chapter!
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The Arrival
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Jaune Arc, has grown since he left. Obviously, 8 years is a lot of time, and it showed. Even though he was just fifteen right now, he looked as though he was a bit older, with a sort of roguish charm.
Being naturally tall, he towered over his mother as he came back. He was wearing a beaten up cloak, and under it, Hellion Armour, which he forgot to unequip.
As he embraced his parents and his sisters, they commented on how he was.
Sapphire, the eldest sister was excited to have her brother back.
"Jauneeee!" she shouted as all the other sisters were barraging him with questions.
"Yeah Saph?" he asked, glad that he could get away, even a bit, from the interview that his sisters were giving him.
Sapphire embraced Jaune "I'm glad to see that little bro is back" she said sighing.
"Yep, I'm glad I'm back too" he replied
"Jauneee! come back here! " his youngest sister, Rogue.
Rogue wanted to see the two Handcannons on Jaune's waist. She was curious about how it works, if it ran on dust, and what was the ammunition.
Jaune eeped, but went back to his sisters anyway.
"Oh, uhm dad, Thorin wanted to talk to you outside" Jaune told his father.
Nicholas Arc smiled and patted his sons head, happy that his son was back
"Sure, I'll go talk to him right now" Nicholas grinned
"Dad help me! "
"You're on your own" the Arc Patriarch knew about how the girls could be, so he could do nothing.
Exiting his house he came upon Thorin, Jaune's master, and a man of legend.
"Thanks for taking care of my son, glad to see he didn't lose an arm" Nicholas joked
"Don't worry, Jaune was strong enough on his own to beat every behemoth I threw at him" Thorin said
"Yeah... So Jaune said you called me over? "
"Yes, it's about Jaune, I gave him two years to get into Beacon, he said it was his dream, contact me if it doesn't work out, I'll take him as my right hand"
The Patriarch of the Arcs felt shocked at this, however he knew it was safe, since it was Thorin. Thorin, was known in his time as "The Barehanded Dragon Slayer" or "The man with an oaken shield" since he pulled a big oak tree from the ground and used it as a shield against a behemoth.
"I... Sure, as long as Jaune is with it, I can't go against it" the Arc sighed
"Also, make sure to teach him everything you know about the grimm, he'll need the knowledge since we only fought a few kinds in the outlands"
"Got it"
Thorin smiled at that. "You're a good father, Arc. Don't worry, your son can tear an Alpha beowulf in half with his bare hands, without aura"
"I... sure, anyway, where will you be going now? " Nicholas asked the Thorin
"Oh, me and my slayer buddies found remains of an ancient city, we'll investigate it" Thorin said
"Oh, uhm, bring back souvenirs" the Arc joked
Thorin chuckled, he finally figured out where Jaune's sense of humour came from.
Thorin started walking away, focusing aether and aura in his legs, he leapt into the air, and into an airship that he himself owned.
"ARC! TELL JAUNE THAT HE HAS LEARNED EVERYTHING HE COULD FROM ME! AND TELL HIM TO ENJOY HIS LIFE TO THE FULLEST! " Thorin screamed at Nicholas
Nicholas nodded and Thorin left.
"Dad, uhm, mom called for you, dinner is ready" Jaune called, not wearing his armour anymore, instead wearing a onesie, that his mother bought which was a bit too big for him
"Son, did I ever tell you about aura?" Nicholas said
"Uhm, I heard about it from the huntsmen we met before but, I don't know how to unlock it" Jaune replied
"Well, come here then" Nicholas told his son
Placing his hands on Jaune's shoulder Nicholas recited the family mantra.
"For it is in defending others, we achieve invincibility. Through this we become the only bulwark of the people, a Ray of hope in times of despair, rise above all and strike down all foes. No matter the cost and regardless of death, I defend thee" Nicholas used his aura to ignite Jaune's, along with the Aether that was infused in his body, Jaune felt his body flare up. But not in a bad way.
He felt his body get reinforced a bit.
"Jaune, I unlocked a quarter of your aura, unlocking the rest will take more aura, and, will cause some whiplash" Nicholas said
Nicholas knew about the Arc's natural aura reserves, he himself had them. but Jaune was different, his aura was measured by a sacred medallion as a child. A quarter of his aura, was all of his sisters, who were aspiring huntsmen, aura combined. He could unlock more in two year's time, however it would take more effort, and he can leave it to someone else.
"When you get to a Beacon, ask your partner to unlock your aura, they'll be in for a surprise" Nicholas laughed
Jaune did so too
the next two years went off without a hitch.
Now
Jaune learned as much from his parents as possible, a Grimm encyclopedia, washis mother's nickname.
His dad, was a fighter, so he knew the weaknesses, and in between those, was just basic subjects like math and stuff.
He was confident that he was ready for Beacon, so he went over there three months before to take the entrance exam for those who didn't attend a combat school.
He wore his Hellion Armour, since it was what his favourite Armour, out off all he had.
His lamp was visible and glowing light blue. This meant his Aether was charged and flowing through his body, along with his aura.
He had his Repeaters equipped, he liked to call them handcannons though, because that's what the were.
He entered the training room and he saw the professors that sat in the bleachers.
"Jaune Arc : 17
From : Ansel
Aura: S class" Glynda Goodwitch read from her scroll.
"Mister Arc, please do your best against the Atlesian training bots, don't worry about destroying them, you won't be paying for them" Goodwitch said in a cool manner
Jaune nodded and readied his blade, eyes set on entering Beacon, he couldn't afford not to pass. Not now...
To Jaune's surprise however about 6 Atlesian training bots entered the field, with an assortment of weapons.
First thing Jaune noticed was that there were two ranged fighters, and in the spirit of proper strategy, and good showmanship, he swapped his gear, to a giant hammer.
The hammer was sort of a Cannon, and a hammer at the same time, storing four explosive aether charges.
He then proceeded to propell himself toward the two dummies, the other bots which had melee weapons ran after him.
He then changed the hammer into chain blades and swung them toward the two training bots while in mid-air.
He hit both of the robots on the head and pulled himself towards them. He then twirled around to rip off the heads of the robots and flicked them away.
That... was surprisingly easy... he thought it would be harder, though through his journeys with Thorin, he learned never to underestimate his opponents, human or monster or in this case, robot.
Taking back his Aether pistols he charged them up and shot three separate balls of energy that took out two of the last three bots.
He then swapped to his sword and used his aether to dash toward the last opponent, with a large upward swing, the robot was thrown up into the air. Like he saw in that one game about devils crying, he leapt up and slashed ath the robot to make an X-shaped wound. The robot fell into four pieces.
The professors clapped, and Jaune smiled widely. This is it!!!
Jaune then sheathed his blade on his back, as it disappeared into his Aether. storage.
"Jaune Arc, you have done well on your practical exam, and now you will be tested in Academics, please go to room 240 on the East wing, Professor Bartholomew Oobleck will meet you there" Glynda Goodwitch said as she was eyeing the results, she couldn't believe it. The boy could use Aether!
Ozpin told her about it long ago, Aether was a manifestation of a Slayer's will to fight and defend against massive creatures. This may sound like aura, but it is in fact a different entity.
Aura was made by the Older brother, meanwhile the Father, a mostly unknown entity, made Aether. Which in the ancient days, were used for everything.
Seeing Jaune use it... Goodwitch was shocked, not even all the current Slayers could use it she thought
Jaune went over to the east wing and tried his best. Fortunately, he got around 89 to 90 percent of the subject matter.
Hey, he wasn't a genius, but he wasn't an idiot either. They told him that he'll get a letter in the next few days if he was accepted.
And, as expected two days after, he got his invitation letter to Beacon, he was ecstatic.
It would still be a few months before the Opening ceremony, but he was excited and ready.
Beacon! Here I come!
Author notes: phew, that was a doozy to write, only 1500 words, no biggie!
Well that was chapter two, the updates will probably be every other day or so, but I'll try to release them as much as possible. And also, thank you for the constructive criticism! I'll be more mindful in writing in the following chapters!