Hello!
For want of a knight will resume once I manage to do this real life stuff.
As for this chapter, it features shadow gumball of death's "Father Jaune"!
Do note that the original is rife with grammatical errors.
I have no idea why that is and, frankly, I'm scared to ask.
Also, do pardon me because I have no fucking clue what a beacor is supposed to be.
Anyway, enjoy!
The strange library
chapter 4: Papa Jaune's
As Ozpin was explaining the entire situation to Winter Schnee, it had become rather hard to ignore the variety of squeals and excited cries from the girls huddled around Mama Arc beholding the various pictures of a tiny Jaune in various states of dress-up.
Also nosebleeds everywhere.
"I think I can understand the entirety of this situation, Headmaster," Winter admitted after Ozpin had concluded the tale. "I suppose I can finally take a look at this young man my sister writes about. In a sense," she amended at the end.
Over at the gaggle of girls, Velvet fell backwards with blood spurting out of her nose. She just had seen a small Jaune in a bunny onesie holding up an easter egg! It was too much!
Glynda barely held together as she, too, peeked at the photos. Heavens, the boy was just too cute!
"So." Ren, out of desperation for wanting a particular photograph to not appear, interrupted the carnival of admiration. "What is next on our list of watching things?"
"I would like to avoid another crazy one like the first," Weiss admitted. She would rather not return to a world where one can cause untold devastation and the police decides to arrest one on the charge of jaywalking.
"Oh, actually," Ruby said, brandishing a DVD. "We have one where Jaune is a dad!"
The DVD seemed to disappear as Arturia Arc grabbed the thing and flung it at the receiver, making it land in there perfectly.
Because fuck you, reality, Mama Arc wants grandkids.
"Well then." Coco didn't know what to say about that display of improbable accuracy. "I guess we'll watch this now.
Certain already named individuals daydreamed of having families with the blonde as they were unwittingly joined by a teacher.
Glynda shook her head, dispelling the thoughts. Where did those come from, anyway?
It was a normal day at Beacon. It seemed like it was going to be a peaceful for everyone, but one.
Jaune Arc was about to go through the most strangest thing ever. Of all time.
"Suddenly, dad!" joked Sun. "Seriously, though, I wonder how this plays out."
"Perhaps they will appear through time travel?" suggested Nora.
"Or Jaune will find one abandoned in the forest?" continued Neptune.
Our story began in a Dust class.
"Okay class. Today you all will be responsible to make a Dust mix of your choosing with your team. So as long as it's safe, it's a passing grade. Understood?" Said Professor Goodwitch as she looked at the class. She was filling in for the dust teacher as he was calling in sick today.
"Of course," grumbled the disgruntled Goodwitch, used to this kind of shit. Ozpin winced a bit, wondering how they could get more teaching staff. Perhaps pestering the council for more funding?
"Yes madam!" The class chorus. Then they all got to work.
(With team RWBY)
"Okay team RWBY, let's make some smoke Dust for show!" Ruby said happily.
"It is the safest after all." Blake agreed.
"Then let's get started!" Yang cheered.
"Just make sure you grab the right Dust. I don't want a bad grade because of your mix up!" Weiss said as she crossed her arms. Which earned eyes rolls from her teammates.
"So far, so normal," noted the blonde bombshell, causing the heiress to glare.
"There is nothing wrong with being diligent, especially when handling Dust."
(A few minutes later)
"Okay. We're almost done. Just need to add this last dust and we are done." Weiss said as she was about to place the last dust into the beacor.
"Watch out!" A person suddenly cried out.
The team turned their heads in time to see Team JNPR, as well Velvet and Coco, trying to catch some green Dust crystal.
"Wonderful," scoffed Weiss, knowing that something was about to explode.
"So perhaps Jaune will be thrown out into the forest by the explosion and find the kid?" Neptune defended his theory.
"Ooh, or the future kid will prevent a calamity by intervening just in time!" Nora replied, standing by her view.
Jaune tripped as he tried to catch the dust, which caused the others to trip over him and landed next to team RWBY. The green Dust landed in the beacor. The group got up and watch in horror as the beacor started to shake.
"What did you dunces do?!" Weiss asked in horror.
"This is not going to go well," Blake observed expertly with a wince.
"Gee, ya think?" Yang snarked, rolling her eyes.
"We were making medicine Dust, but before we could finish it, Nora tripped then hit the plate it was on, causing it to fly over here." Ren explained quickly.
"Coco and I were just delivering something to Professor Goodwitch and saw the whole thing. We decided to help too to stop something bad from happening." Velvet said as she looked around trying to think of a way to dispose of the dangerous dust.
"Oh Monty it's about blow!" Ruby cry out in fear as she picked the dust up to throw it outside.
"Ruby no!" Yang cry out as the beacor exploded on her.
Everyone was looking on in fear and slight anticipation. Obviously no one was thrown out of the room, causing Nora to await the arrival of a future kid even more eagerly.
"You think we will be fine?" Velvet asked in worry.
"Easy, Bun-Bun," Coco soothed. "We all have Aura, remember? We'll be rattled, but alive."
The room was covered in smoke, students rushing out in a panic. The Arc being trampled on as he was still on the floor. After Jaune managed to get out of the stampede, he rushed over to the table his friends were at.
Jaune's family winced a bit at seeing their son being just trampled over carelessly. Same with his friends.
"Hello! Is anyone okay!?" Jaune called out as he tried to search for anyone he knew in the smoke.
'Darn smoke." Jaune thought angrily. When he didn't get a response, he waited in numb silence for the smoke to clear to check on his friends.
"Where's the kids?" Tori was anxious.
"Where's my kid?" Kali was worried.
"Where are we?" Ruby was scared.
"Why are we?" Nora was contemplating. Briefly.
Once the smoke cleared, his jaw dropped at the sight before him.
All of his friends were small! They turned into children!
Every jaw within the show room had dropped down to hang loosely from the head it was attached to. They had been prepared for almost anything.
That, however?
"We were turned back to kids," Yang muttered out.
Pyrrha and Weiss were at a loss as Ren had a realization.
It startled him enough for Nora to catch on as her eyes widened, seeing the conclusion as well.
Kali Belladonna was cooing over seeing her little kitten once more.
They all looked around, trying to figure out where they were at.
Their eyes stopped on Jaune and said something that caught Jaune off guard.
"Daddy?" they asked as they stared at him.
If the previous happenings hadn't left the audience slack-jawed, this most certainly had.
"It..." Oobleck moistened his dried-out moth, wanting to share his theory on the matter. "This could be a case of imprinting onto the nearest adult-like figure."
Tai, who had his heart shattered at listening to his little angels calling someone else 'Daddy', became positively furious. "Ridiculous!" he bellowed. "They should be returned to their parents!"
"That is not probable," Ozpin interjected.
"And why is that?!"
"In Miss Valkyire's and Mr Lie's case, they can't. They were orphaned."
Tai bit back a remark and sat down, still fuming.
The adults had looks of pity for the pair, feeling that they knew why and how they became orphans in the first place.
'Oh Monty Oum, I called him Daddy.' Yang was having a bit of a breakdown.
He was about to deny that he wasn't their father till he looked at their eyes. The eyes were filled with fear, with no idea what was going on and hoping the man in front of them was their guardian. So he sighed as he realized what he had to do.
"Yes. I am your father." He said warmly. He then was tackled in a group hug while being called 'DADDY!' by the children.
'I'm going to need to speak to the head master.' Jaune thought as he patted Weiss small head, much to her joy.
Winter held back from gushing about the much livelier and cuter small Weiss. Compared to her initial upbringing, this was promising to have her growing up in a more loving family, as unconventional as it was, with one father and several children.
Tori did not expect that, but welcomed it with open arms.
"Look at all those cuties!" she gushed. "Oooh, I wanna pinch those cheeks so badly!"
"Look at Ruby's eyes!" Tai yelled, playing along for the sake of bragging and getting over what had just transpired.
"My Blakey's ears are the cutest!" Kali was excited all over. Perhaps she should try for another?
Ghira felt like he was in danger.
As Coco was coming to terms that she had just called someone 'Daddy', even if it was most certainly not intended in a sexual manner, Fox found himself greatly enjoying the viewings. You see, the screen seemed to emit some form of wavelength in wind form in front of it, enabling Fox to sense the moving pictures on the screen, a small Coco and Velvet included.
Oh yes, this was his favorite day.
"So let me see if I got everything." Ozpin started quietly. Jaune was currently sitting in front of the headmaster as he rocked a tiny Ruby in his arms with Blake napping in his hoodie. The rest of his 'children' were playing with Zwei (his new best friend) and staying out of trouble.
Kali was bouncing up and down in her seat. "Tiny Blake in a hoodie hammock! Tiny Blake in a hoodie hammock! Tiny Blake in a hoodie hammock!" She and Tori were squealing at this cuteness.
"Okay, that's just adorable." Yang was over the last tidbit, reminding herself that this was not 'her'.
She also had to admit that Jaune seemed to handle the kids quite well.
Ghira was smiling wistfully at this scene. "That reminds me how you used to hide in my clothes."
Blake was blushing profusely.
"Your team was trying to make medicine dust and Ms. Valkyrie tripped that hit the tray said dust was on." Qzpin said with a straight face.
"Yep." Jaune replied.
"Which caused the dust to teem RWBY's desk, which by the way was on the opposite side of the room and landed in team RWBY's dust. While you and your team chased after it." Qzpin said as a small smile grew on his face.
"Oz, it looks like you're about to..." Qrow started as he looked at his employer. The man was shaking a bit as he had a grin on his face.
"He's actually laughing," observed Oobleck, who never saw Ozpin burst into laughter.
"Yes." Jaune replied with a sheepish grin.
"Ms. Adel and her partner were delivering something to Professor Goodwitch and happened to be caught in the mess." Qzpin said as his smile was growing even more.
"Uh huh."Jaune confirmed.
"When the dust exploded turning all your friends into kids and the only reason you didn't turn into one is because you were stampeded on by the rest of the students in the class." Qzpin was practically shaking at this point.
"If you hear the headmaster summing up the whole situation, it just sounds even more out there," stated Yatsu with an honest-to-Oum grin on his face. He loved everything about this, especially his two teammates being so adorable.
Jaune just nods his head.
"And they think you're their father." Qzpin finished as he tried to hold his laughter in.
"That about sums it up yeah." Jaune said as he grimaced at the headmaster's reaction to his situation.
Qzpin couldn't stop himself from bursting into laughter. He found Jaune's predicament quite amusing as he remembered his friend James Ironwood went through a similar problem. But unlike Jaune, James had to deal with some of the younger soldiers when he became a soldier.
Winter couldn't believe what she heard as Ozpin was laughing himself sick, to the bewilderment of his colleagues. Then again, the man kind of was a father to the soldiers, being a general and all.
The thought of James Ironwood having to change diapers greatly amused Qrow. "Can't imagine him as a dad, to be honest."
RWBY and NPR were just embarrassed at the whole situation.
'Oh to be young again,' Qzpin thought fondly as he chuckled away, but was stopped by Jaune's very dark glare. He looked at Jaune's arms and remembered that there were children napping on him. He almost woke the children.
Everyone was taken aback at the vicious glare the blonde noodle had sported for the moment.
"Wow," Yang was the first to speak. "He is taking this 'father' thing really seriously."
Arturia just chuckled. "If you think that's bad, you should have seen what he did to the bullies who once harassed his younger sister."
"My apologies. I was reminded of a similar incident with a friend." Qzpin said as he regained his composure.
"Apology accepted. Just try to be more careful in the future, okay? I don't want the two waking up crying in fright." Jaune said with a sigh.
"He's so careful," sighed Pyrrha, imagining it was her kids he was cradling.
"Yeah," Velvet was right behind her in the imagination department.
"Of course. Now getting back to the matter at hand, I believe you should inform the rest of Ms. Adel's team when they get back. I'm sure they would want to know of their comrades 'sickness'." Qzpin said as he took a sip from his coffee.
"Wait, where are they?" Jaune asked, confused.
"Fox and his partner are on a mission in a ruined town not far from the one team RWBY went to. They are there to find out if the White Fang is also hiding out there. They won't be back for a while." Qzpin explained.
"Ahh man. I was hoping to have help raising them 'til we find a way to turn them back." Jaune whined quietly.
"Shame," quipped Fox before feeling a cold glare from his leader.
"Don't you worry, Mr Arc. I will have an expert on dust come and see to the problem." Qzpin said as he assured the young Knight.
"Thank you, headmaster. But what should I do about my studies and training as I try to care for them? I won't to be able to care for them if school gets in the way." Jaune asked.
"I'm sorry to say this, but you need too keep up with your studies and training while keeping an eye on them. I will make arrangement for them all to be in your class until further notice." Qzpin replied with a stern expression.
Every parent present whipped to the teachers with both curiosity and an unspoken threat. Port took offense. "I would never endanger my students!"
"He could probably help putting them to sleep," joked Yang.
"Exactly! I have a plethora of child-fit bedtime stories!" boomed the professor, dumbfounding Yang who did not see that one coming.
Jaune just nodded his head. He knew he couldn't convince the headmaster to change his mind. So his only option was to follow along for now.
"You should head back to your dorm now. It's getting late." Qzpin said as he looked at the clock on his desk.
"Yeah, you're right. Night, headmaster. Thanks for the help." Jaune said as he got up from his seat. As Jaune was about to call the children, he stopped and smirked as a thought came to his mind.
"Children, it's time we go home. Come give grandpa a hug goodbye." Jaune said with a smirk as he saw Qzpin's jaw drop.
"Pfft!" What was left of Ozpin's coffee was defenestrated across the room.
Qrow and Tai barely held their laughter. "Grandpa Ozzie," was all Tai could say before erupting.
"Dad, noooo," whined Ruby. Yang was equally embarrassed.
Coco did not think this could get worse. Save for calling Goodwitch 'Mommy'.
Ozpin didn't have time to react as the children gave him a group hug.
"Bye grandpa!" They chorused cutely. Qzpin felt his heart melt at their smiles.
The immortal wizard sighed as he remembered what he lost. 'Cherish this feeling, other me.'
"Goodbye little ones. Don't give your father too much trouble now." Qzpin said warmly as they began to leave.
"We will grandpa!" Weiss said happily as she was holding Jaune's free hand. Qzpin chuckled to himself as he watched his 'grandchildren' walk out of his office.
Winter couldn't help herself anymore. She whined. "You're so adorable, Weiss," she whispered as the hardened soldier had to hold back her tears.
It would have terrified Weiss, She had never seen her sister cry.
'Why,' she lamented. 'Why couldn't you grow up with such a man as your father? Why couldn't I grow up with such a father?'
"D'aww, widdle Weissy is a daddy's girl," teased Yang.
"So are you," replied Weiss with a smug grin.
"You can't prove that," the blonde snarled back with sudden aggression.
'Grandpa, huh. It's got a nice ring to it.' Qzpin thought as he got back to the most hated battle to ever come into existence.
Paperwork.
(Two hours later)
As soon as Jaune and his charges got back to the dorm room, he tried to get them ready for bed. It wasn't easy as he had to fight Nora, Blake and Yang to take a bath, stop Ren from eating soap, making sure Coco didn't try to get into the closet for clothes, and finally reading Velvet, Ruby, Weiss and Pyrrha a bedtime story.
"Welcome to my pain," grumbled Tai, having accepted that Jaune would make a good dad and very happy that the screen was sensitive enough to censor the bits.
Yang was blushing profusely, as was Blake at seeing the noodle boy wrangling them into the bath.
"This takes me back," laughed Ghira. "Blake hated baths as a kid."
Nora was giggling like mad at an embarrassed Ren. "Why were you eating soap?"
Coco pointedly ignored her teammates' stares at her behavior.
After he made sure they were all asleep in the beds he pushed together, he and Zwei went to sleep in RWBY's room for the night. They were exhausted after all that work.
"Tomorrow will be even harder, Zwei. Think we can handle it?" Jaune asked the dog as he laid on one of the random beds.
"Bark!" Zwei answered as he curled up on Jaune's side as he started to fall asleep.
"I take that as a yes." Jaune said as he fell asleep as well.
Jaune woke up to Zwei licking him awake.
The blonde father just shook his head as his daughters were laughing. "Man's best friend. You would not believe how accurate Zwei is as an alarm."
"I believe it," grumbled Qrow, not missing the slobber.
"Ahh, down boy!" Jaune said as he tried to pull the small dog away from him. He struggled and struggled, but soon gave up and waited for Zwei to finish.
As soon as Zwei finished, Jaune glared at the dog, who left the room. He came back with a bag in his mouth.
"That was uncalled for, Zwei." Jaune mumbled bitterly. He did not like to be slobbered in the morning.
Zwei's only response was a head tilt.
"Don't play innocent!" Jaune said with a pout. Zwei gave Jaune a nuzzle.
"Awww. I can't stay mad at you. It's forgiven." Jaune said as he pet the dog's head.
The girls giggled and cooed over the small dog, sans Blake of course.
Zwei panted happily at Jaune. Zwei then gave Jaune the bag and went to the room across the hall.
'What could he have brought to me?' Jaune wondered. He opened the bag and saw, to his surprise, his uniform.
"How did he get these? Better yet, how did he get into my room?!" Jaune thought as he looked around his room and realized something important.
"That's our room!" shouted the little rose. "How did he get there?"
"Wait a minute. This is RWBY's room! How did I get here?!"
Yatsu chuckled. 'Perfect timing.'
Jaune said as he looked around in worry. He looked at the bed he was in and pale. He saw white sheets, pillows, and snowflake patterns.
He was on his Snow Angel's bed!
"How dare he!" roared Weiss in indignation.
"Ah crud," mumbled Ruby. "Weiss gets extra crabby when you touch her bed."
"I don't like anyone sleeping in my bed!"
"Weiss." The voice of Winter Schnee cut through Weiss' anger. "Please calm down. You're embarrassing yourself." 'And being disrespectful towards the young man wh so graciously looks out for you.'
"I'm so dead!" Jaune said as he began to panic. He was about to run to his room screaming, when memories of yesterday came flooding back into his head like a train crashing into Vale's main shopping district.
'Oh yeah. I became a father yesterday and had a to give everyone a bath, which was hard, and me and Zwei came in here to sleep, since all the beds have been occupied, and I picked the first one I saw. That makes sense. But why did Zwei wake me up?' Jaune thought as he looked at the clock and saw it was 6:35.
"I guess it's time to get ready and make breakfast." Jaune said as he saw he had plenty of time.
"How could he forget about that?" questioned the heiress.
"He just woke up," Blake defended. "And it has barely been a day after everything happened. So it hasn't quite sunk in yet."
"Astutely observed, Miss Belladonna," praised Miss Goodwitch.
So he took a quick shower in RWBY's restroom, which he hoped they never found out about, and put on his school uniform.
"Wait, why would we be mad about that?" Ruby was honestly confused.
"Dunno," answered Yang. "If your shower was broken, we would let you use ours, no problem," she offered to Team JNPR. Pyrrha accepted the offer and returned it, stating that Team RWBY would be invited to the same in case of emergency.
He cleaned RWBY's room before he left the room.
He walked into the hallway and heard noises in his dorm room. He rushed to the door and opened it to find Zwei and Blake playing wrestling, with everyone else cheering for both sides.
"D'awww," cooed Kali.
"Mutt," snarled Blake.
"Blake," sighed her father. "Please stop being a stereotype."
Nora leaned over to Ren and whispered in his ear. "How come we never had an idea? It was so obvious!"
Ren pondered the question and found himself with the same revelation. How come they didn't see the signs?
Jaune shook his head amused as Zwei managed to beat Blake and sat on her back with his usually happy face.
"Now Zwei, take it easy on them. They are not as strong as you." Jaune said as he made his presence known.
"No hurting little Blake," chided the red reaper.
Yang laughed. "This looks so silly!"
"This whole premise is silly," Coco pointed out.
"Bark!" Zwei replied. But before he could answer Zwei's bark, he got tackle hugged by some blares.
"Daddy!" Squealed Yang, Ruby, Nora and Velvet. The others crowded around Jaune sticking their arms out, indicating they wanted a hug. Jaune chuckled at their excitement in seeing him.
"My heart!" Tai was slowly overdosing on the cuteness.
Tori had overdoes long ago and just excitedly squeaked and cooed instead of speaking like a functioning person.
"Good morning, little ones. Did you all sleep well?" Jaune asked as he started giving them hugs.
"Yep." Yang said chirpily as she climbed atop his head.
Qrow laughed at the scene. "Same old, definitely. Firecracker used to do that a lot."
Tai laughed. "She used to say it was the best place in the house."
"I'm glad to hear. Now let's get you guys ready for today. Because I need to go to class today." Jaune said as he smiled to them.
"Awww." They all whined in unison.
"Now now, this won't be too bad. If you're all good, I take you all shopping after class. How does that sound?" Jaune said with a cheer. The kids got excited and started making their way to the bathtub.
"Heh, already knows how to handle me," Coco noted, chuckling as her teammates rolled their eyes.
"This is going to be a long day, isn't it." Jaune said to more than asked Zwei. The dog rubbed Jaune's leg in comfort.
A few minutes later, something alerted the Hunter-in training and his trusting dog. And it was something that scared them to death.
"Ahh Daddy!" Weiss cried out suddenly, Jaune nearly had a heart attack as he and Zwei rushed to the restroom and saw Weiss holding her face with the others huddled around her in worry.
That sparked worry in the older sister. "She got soap in her eyes!"
"No! Jaune, Do something!" yelled Ruby.
"What happened?" Jaune asked concerned.
"The stupid soap got into my eyes!" Weiss sobbed out.
"No, don't cry, baby," cooed Tori in a soothing tone.
"Your daddy is here, sweetie," Kali chimed in in genuine worry.
'I'm still here!' Weiss wanted to meld with her chair out of embarrassment as she blushed like mad.
"Shy. Come here my little Snow Angel. Let me take of it. Zwei, get the others to take a bath. I'll be done shortly." Jaune commanded as he picked Weiss up and brought her to the sink. He picked up a hand cloth and started the water. He made sure the water was cold before they started, but not with out saying something to Weiss.
"This may sting, Snow Angel, but I promise this will be over quickly." Jaune said comforting Weiss.
"O-okay." Weiss sobbed out.
"He's so careful." Velvet was gushing over Jaune's protective and caring nature.
"He already sees her like his daughter." Pyrrha had the sudden urge to run out and be really brave.
Jaune then proceeded to wash Weiss' eyes with cold water and used the hand cloth to rinse the soap out. Weiss cried out at first, but soon went silent in minutes. Jaune felt sick at her cry, he wanted to hug her and made sure nothing hurt her again. But knew he had to finish this or eyes will go bad.
Weiss couldn't help but notice just how caring and nice he was to her. 'This is the real him, isn't it? Why didn't I see this before?'
Alarms went of in the champion's head. She sensed competition.
Winter was glad for this Weiss. A caring father would have been a true blessing for the Schnee family of this generation. Such a shame that they were cursed with Jaques.
Though the nickname, Snow Angel, intrigued her. It was odd, unconventional…
but adorable and heartfelt.
Winter smiled. No wonder her sister wrote about him so much.
He kept this up for fifteen minutes and then he dried Weiss' face. He then proceeded to hug Weiss.
"I'm so sorry. I hope I didn't hurt you too badly. Can you forgive me?" Jaune said as he looked guilty for causing his daughter discomfort.
"Okay daddy. I forgive you. I love you." Weiss said as she hugged Jaune with as much force as her tiny arms allowed.
Yang just grinned at the flushing heiress. There was no chance in hell she would live this one down.
Jaune left out a relieved sigh and looked at her once more to make sure she was okay. Once he deemed she was okay, he kissed her on top of the head and put her on the ground.
"Finish your shower and please be careful. I don't want you to get hurt alright." Jaune said as he looked Weiss in the eyes.
"Yes daddy. I'll be careful." Weiss said as she rushed to finish her bath with everyone else.
Jaune sighed and cursed himself for forgetting that he doesn't own kids soap and he was careless. He need to be more vigilant if he was going to take care of them. He also needed to buy them clothes and supplies to care for them better.
"He really is going the full distance," said a rather floored Coco. "Didn't think he would be that dedicated."
Johnathan laughed. "He was that way to his younger sisters as well. Changed the twins' diapers and everything."
'Yep. A long day indeed.' Jaune sighed mentally. He looked at his children and realized just how much they mean to him and just how quickly he accepted them as his children. He smiled warmly at them and thought.
'But it's worth it.'
As soon as everyone was done washing themselves, he took them to get breakfast.
Jaune and his children went to the cafeteria to get breakfast. Jaune had them sit at the usual table and went to the kitchen to make them something to eat. It was still early in the morning and class wouldn't start for another hour or so.
"Please make pancakes," Nora cheered. "Little me will be hungry! She demands it!"
"Nora," said Ren as he pulled his partner back down into the seat.
Zwei watched over them as students were starting to come in to get breakfast. As Jaune was in the kitchen making everyone food, Team CRDL walked in. The group was talking and joking around 'til they noticed the kids. More importantly the bunny faunus.
Alarm bells went off in the heads of everyone who knew them.
"No no no," Ruby whimpered.
"What's wrong?" Tai was growing worried.
"Don't you dare," snarled Coco. Yatsu and Fox looked ready to murder someone.
Johnathan noticed the worry and the anger, did his math...and smiled.
"Hey Cardin. Look. It seems that bunny girl's little sister is here." Sky said to his leader as he pointed at the small group.
"What are little kids doing here? Better yet, what is that little animal doing acting like it's equal with humans." Cardin said with a snarl.
"Oh no." Now Ghira and Kali realized what would be happening and braced themselves.
"Shall we teach it a lesson?" Russell asked with a smirk.
"Yes. But hurry this up. I'm hungry." Cardin said as he made his way to the group of children with his team. No one seemed to notice until it was too late.
"The fuck is his problem?!" yelled a very angry Yang. "Hurting a kid? What sick man does that?!"
"Ow!" A voice called out in pain. All the students turned towards the cry and glared at the group of bullies that was pulling on little Velvet ears.
"What do you think you're doing here, freak." Cardin said with a cocky smirk.
"L-let me go! It hurts! Daddy!" Velvet cried out as tears were streaming from her eyes as she called for her father.
The teachers could not be any more disappointed if they tried.
Gjira, trying to calm himself down at this disgusting display looked around and saw his old friend smiling grimly.
"John? What are you thinking?"
"You'll see," was the enigmatic answer. Tori was smiling as well.
"Let her go you bully!" Ruby said as she was kicking Cardin's shin. Sky and Dove managed to pick Zwei up as he was caught off guard from the sudden attack to his charge.
"Don't you hurt Zwei!" roared Weiss. She had just about enough of these brutes.
Nora was beside herself with anger, as was Ren, who ddid his best to conceal it. Pyrrha looked over to the Arcs and saw them smile.
'Something's off.'
"Back off. brat." Sky said as he lightly pushed Ruby away. Students all around the mess hall were getting up, ready to beat the everlasting hell to team CRDL, when they heard a monstrous roar of pure anger. But it wasn't a roar, it was someone screaming so loud and angry, that it was mistaken as a roar.
"CCCCCCCCCAAAAAAARRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIINNNNNN!"
No one spoke for a moment.
"Was that..." Yang swallowed. "Was that VB?"
"Sounds like it," was the reply from a very surprised Pyrrha Nikos. She had never seen or heard her partner this angry before.
The Arcs chuckled darkly. "Prepare for the punishment," growled a smiling John.
"The fuck was that!?" Dove ask in fear. But before anyone could answer him, he felt a solid punch to the jaw that most likely dislocated it. He was sent flying across the room and crashed into the wall and stayed attached to said wall.
"Whoa!" Coco was caught off-guard, the started cheering. "Yeah! You go, blondie!"
Sun laughed and cheered along. "Beat 'em up, buddy!"
"Break all the legs, Fearless Leader!" yelled Nora, eagerly awaiting the retribution.
Sky's eyes widened in fear as he saw whatever attacked his teammate turn towards him and give a strong uppercut that knocked him out before he was launched upwards.
"And he's outta here!" cheered the blonde brawler. Ruby was doing kung-fu noises in excitement.
Russell tried to run away, but Zwei tackled him onto the ground and growled at him. Russell gulped in fear and could have sworn he saw the cute dog give him an evil smirk before he pounced him.
"Ha!" Tai had taught his dog well. Though it was intended for boys who tried to get close to his daughters.
So why did his best friend buddy up to an enemy?!
Was he accepting Jaune or did he not see him as a threat?
"W-what the fuck?!" Cardin said as he fell onto the floor on his butt and scooted backwards as he watched the 'monster' slowly made its way toward him.
"I warned you Cardin. Don't mess with my friends." The monster said darkly. Cardin's eyes widened in shock as he finally realized who just took out his team.
A cold shiver ran down the observers' spines. This was not the kind young man they knew.
This was an angel of vengeance.
"But, it seems you didn't learn last time. So here's another lesson, and learn this well Cardin. 'Cause your life will depend on this." Jaune said darkly as he picked Cardin up by the throat and forced him to look him straight in his eyes.
Cardin gulped in terror and was pissing himself as he was forced to look at Jaune.
"Ooh yeah." Velvet was starting to get aroused by this display. This was one badass dad.
Yatsu looked at her in increasing worry.
"Harm a single hair on my children again. You will wish I killed you today. So remember these words, Winchester." Jaune said as he pulled Cardin closer to his face and whispered his final words.
"Mama likes." Yang bit her tongue soon after as Ruby looked at her in betrayal and Tai was shocked.
Where was that even coming from?!
"Don't. Fuck. With. My. Family." Jaune said each word slowly, coldly that it caused Cardin to faint in fear. Jaune released the now limp body and turned toward the crying bunny faunus and picked her up in his arms.
"Deserved!" Nora liked that display from her leader.
"You knew."
Kali had done the math. The Arcs knew how their son would react in this situation.
"Yup," Mrs Arc confirmed, unashamed. "He did the same back when Noire was bullied. One of them still has nightmares, or so I've heard."
None of his friends could believe that the guy they knew could be so volatile when his family was in danger. Yet there was the evidence.
"Shhh. The bad people are gone now my little bunny." Jaune said soothingly.
" I-i w-was s-so scared." Velvet sobbed out as she clung onto Jaune's sweater.
"I know you were. But you handled yourself bravely until I arrived. You are my brave little huntress Velvet and I'm proud of you." Jaune said as he sat Velvet down on his lap as he sat down on the table where the rest of his children were waiting.
"Thank you, daddy." Velvet slipped. Before fully registering what she had just said Coco already reacted by laughing her ass off.
Velvet wanted to die right now.
Yatsu was having a breakdown while others descended in incredulous laughter.
"The girl has it bad," Tori whispered excitedly to her husband. She could already see blonde bunnies running around.
After a few minutes of letting Velvet cry on him, she finally calmed down, but was still clinging to Jaune and refused to separate from him. Also, the workers he was helping in the kitchen came and gave Jaune the food he was making for his children and everyone calmed down as Team CRDL was dragged out of the mess hall by Professor Goodwitch. When asked what happened, all the students shrugged in response. They didn't want to rat Jaune out for what he did and now held him in higher regard than before.
"Heck yeah! That's what they get!" Ruby was annoyed, just as much as any other decent person, at the antics of that team. How they got to still be at the school could be a slip-up.
Weiss questioned how they even got here. Was Ozpin desperate? Or did they just get lucky during Initiation?
Everyone was back to enjoying lunch, 'til Nora pulled Jaune sleeve.
"Yes." Jaune said as he turned to Nora.
"Daddy. Can you tell me what this word means?" Nora asked cutely.
"Whatever you want, dear." Jaune said with a soft smile.
"What does 'fuck' mean?" Nora ask with a tilted head. Jaune froze and many students that overheard ether burst out laughing, spit take their drinks or stared at the young girl in shock.
'Why me?' Jaune whimpered in his mind.
"Probably because you said it," Tai pointed out, wincing a little. He remembered the conversation he had with Ruby about swears. It was not easy.
Coco nodded numbly, still utterly dumbfounded at Jaune's outburst earlier. Where was this when Velvet was being bullied?
Or perhaps he trusted her to fend for herself?
Maybe because he didn't know her and was a target of bullying himself.
The more Coco pondered, the more she found the unassuming blonde to be actually interesting.
(Later)
Jaune wasn't the brightest. He knew that. But even he is smart enough to know something is wrong when Doctor Oobleck is speaking in normal speaking speed.
A few held back giggle turned into gasps of shock when they heard Oobleck speaking at a speed that any person could understand.
"What?" the doctor inquired at the dumbfounded looks of his students and colleagues.
"You're not exactly known for being slow, Bart," snarked Qrow after taking a swig.
Bart adjusted his glasses with a huff. "Well, there are young children present."
That line of reasoning managed to both make sense and be ridiculous.
Jaune was so shocked, he didn't even register Blake sneaking into his shirt and climb all the way to his neck and let her head out and stay there. Even Yang climbed on top of his head and giggled at the funny face her 'daddy' had on.
Arturia really wished she had taken her scroll with her and was pouting that she couldn't-
Snap!
Her beloved husband, smiling a little smugly at his wife, had his own scroll out and was taking pictures.
"No!" Blake protested. "Delete them!"
"After sending them to me, you can delete them." 'Don't', Kali mouthed, making Mr Arc grin even more. Ruby was giggling. "You look so cute like that! Like a baby in one of those harnesses!"
The faunus ninja shrank in her seat as she heard her partner laugh a little.
The rest of the kids were either napping(Nora, Ruby, Ren and Coco) or seemed interested and tried to listen(Weiss, Pyrrha, Velvet and Blake) and failing to understand most of it.
"Seems about right," Coco pointed out.
"Well, can't win them all," Oobleck waved off, surprising his colleagues once more. "They are still young, after all."
One of the others students raised his hand and waited a bit.
"Yes young man?" Oobleck asked as he saw the hand.
"Are you okay sir? You're speaking slower than your normal speed." The student asked with a worried frown.
"Of course I'm well. I'm just slowly speaking to let the children try and understand this work." Oobleck answered simply.
Jaune tried to ignore all the thankful looks toward him.
The Oobleck in the theatre took notice. "What was that about?"
"No offense, doctor," Velvet decided to speak up. "But you speak too fast for most of us."
The man was surprised. He was certain that his students were at the level to follow him regardless of his talking speed. Perhaps he should dial it down more frequently? It could raise the class average!
Yes, there was a nice plan. The pot for best class averages would be his this year!
"Now where were we. Ah, there we are!" Oobleck said as he looked into his textbook and found where he left off at. He then returned to his lecture without problem.
'It's official. My life is now stranger than it already is.' Jaune thought with a sweat drop.
(Later again)
Class had ended for the day and like he promised, he was taking his children to Vale for shopping and fun.
"I do hope it goes well Zwei. I wouldn't want my children getting into more trouble today." Jaune said to Zwei as he changed into his usual outfit.
"Bark!" Zwei responded.
"I hope so." Jaune responded. He then walked out to his children's shared room and saw them playing around with each other.
"It time to go kids." Jaune called out cheerfully.
"Yay! It shopping time!" Yang and Ruby cheered as they leaped into Jaune's arms. Jaune chuckled lightly and all his worries disappeared for the moment.
Taiyang clutched his chest. "You used to do that with me," he whined, clearly missing these precious moments.
He was shaken out of his funk by his youngest, who hugged him tightly.
The other parents cooed at the display, wishing that their children would do that as well. Blake caught on and forced herself to go over to her parents to give them a hug. Kali hugged her back tightly, calling her her little kitten and cooing over her once again. Her daughter endured it, knowing that she had caused her parents a lot of pain. It was the least she could do.
He had children to look after and he wouldn't let anyone hurt them again.
He swore on his Arc name.
Little did he know, someone was about to meet him in Vale. A lot of someones in fact.
"How foreboding," chuckled Tori, fully expecting herself to show up.
Jaune looked at himself in the mirror to make sure he had his outfit on right.
She did not expect that. "whuh?"
"Looks like it's Halloween!" cheered Ruby.
"Why did we skip to there?" asked Coco, mildly annoyed at the shift.
"Perhaps a 'Holiday Special', if you will," offered the headmaster as explanation.
Jaune smiled as he put his hat on. He dressed as the 5th Doctor from the Doctor Who series. He found it appropriate for two reasons. One, he was blond and had a similar hair style and two, the fifth Doctor kinds of act like a father and he acts like that himself.
So why not he thought.
"Heh," Yang chuckled. "Ladykiller does deserve it."
"Not bad," Coco judged. Her team rolled their eyes.
"Time to get some sweets!" Nora wanted to go trick-or-treating now, despite the holiday being months away.
Jaune turned to Zwei, who somehow managed to make himself look like K-9.
"How do I look?" Jaune ask as he spread his arms to give Zwei a clearer view of his outfit.
"Bark!" Zwei answered with a tail wag.
"Good. Now let's get going. The kids are waiting." Jaune said as he made his way out of the room and across the hall to his room, which has been refitted to ensure the children's safety and comfort.
"Are you guys ready?" Jaune asked as he walked into the room.
"Yes! Now let go!" Nora squealed, excited to go trick-or-treating.
"Okay okay. Just let me fill my bag and we can go, okay?" Jaune asked as he prepared a bag with some supplies in case something happened. He took this chance to look at their costumes.
Weiss was dressed as Elsa from Frozen. She loved that movie a lot. She would spend hours watching it if she can.
"Fitting," Yang grinned at her. "Now you can let it snow."
Groans all around.
Ruby was dressed as a Pikachu. Which he found quite adorable.
"Pi-ka-chu!" chirped Ruby in her best impression. Though she did not know what that was, it looked adorable and had an adorable name.
Yang was dressed as Supergirl. He made sure she was wearing shorts under her skirt just in case.
Yang preened at her costume as Tai nodded in approval of Jaune's measures.
Nora was dressed as Barney. How she got the kiddies' version of the costume, he had no idea. Plus, her head was sticking out of the mouth.
Nora burst into laughter, as did most of the theatre. It looked so silly!
Blake was dressed as Naruto. He was sure Kakashi would have been more fitting since the two read smut. Ninja of love is smut, he should know, his mother wrote it.
Now everyone looked at Arturia, who just giggled.
"Bwuh?" Blake was at a loss for words. The author of her favorite book series was Jaune's mother?!
"Yes," she confirmed. "It was quite fun! Though I did have help."
"Help?" whispered the smut lover. "From whom?"
The woman winked at her. "Here's a hint: The pen name 'Apajal' consists of two monograms."
Blake's mind went to work. She would need to do research. Two of the A's would be Arturia Arc. But what about the p, the j, a, l?
Velvet decided to dress as Jaune, which almost brought tears to his eyes out of joy.
Tori couldn't help herself and charged Velvet to give her a hug as Coco was torn between laughing herself sick and cooing over the adorableness of her teammate.
Pyrrha recognized the bunny as her greatest opponent.
The bunny was both flushin and confused at the sudden hug.
Coco dressed like a supermodel. Jaune wasn't really surprised at that.
The fashionista confirmed it by simply nodding. "And don't I look good."
Pyrrha was dressed as an angel. He gave Pyrrha a hug at how sweet and innocent she looked.
The spartan blushed and preened. Perhaps she should get herself such a costume?
Ren dressed as Batman. Jaune smiled as he remembered how shy Ren was when he asked to dress as Batman.
"Rennie looks so cool, but soooo cuuuute!" Nora was gushing all over the nervous little tyke that was her Rennie. The man himself chuckled as he blushed a bit.
"Are you done yet?!" Yang asked impatiently.
"Yes my little Supergirl, I'm done." Jaune said as he patted Yang's head.
"Wha-" Tai was speechless. That had never been allowed!
"I-" Yang was dumbfounded. No one touches the hair, so how?
"Teach me your ways," whispered Ruby.
"Yay! Let's go daddy!" Ruby cheered out with a happy shout.
Jaune chuckled as he followed his children out of the room. Zwei's tail wagged happily as he followed Ruby with just as much gusto.
(Later)
Jaune and children were trick-or-treating, having a good time with each other. Jaune tried to ignore the strange stares. He understood it was strange for a teenager with multiple children is strange, but no need to give such judgmental stares!
"Good luck with that." Qrow took a swig. "You're a teen dad with nine kids, so deal with it."
Mrs Arc wanted to answer, but then thought about it. He was not wrong, exactly.
Jaune just sighed and ignored it. He stopped at a park and let his children play around there for awhile. After all, he still had a father's duty to do. Plus, these people weren't worth worrying about. It was his children he worried about. If he didn't find a way to turn them back soon, then they will grow up with a lot of people making up stuff about how he managed to have many children, and knowing how stupid people can act, it won't be pretty.
"Daddy." Ren said as cut in his thoughts.
"Yes?" Jaune replied as he looked at Ren.
"Are you okay?" Ren asked with a frown.
"Yes. Just thinking is all. Nothing you need to worry about." Jaune replied as he patted Ren's head softly.
"Okay daddy." Ren said as he gave Jaune a happy smile and ran back to others.
And just like that Jaune's worries vanished.
"He cares a lot, doesn't he?" observed Glynda.
"That's Jaune for you!" Ruby confirmed, proud of having him as her friend.
Nora was giggling at a flushing Ren about calling Jaune 'daddy'.
"I'm just overthinking things. It will turn out fine in the end. Just need to keep up hope and keep moving forward.' Jaune thought as he watched his children trade their candy with each other.
"Daddy! Come on!" Weiss called out.
"We still have more candy to get!" Yang finished happily.
"Okay okay. Just a few more houses and back home we go, got it?" Jaune said as he got off the porch he was sitting on.
"Awww," They all whined at the same time.
"Come now. You know your mothers are waiting for you guys at home. So we should hurry and meet up with them." Jaune said with a smile.
Again, everyone had to pause to comprehend what had just been said. "Mothers?" Tori repeated before grinning like a loon and laughing and dancing throughout the theatre.
"And off she goes," John commented blithely, making Ghira chuckle.
Pyrrha's mind started churning as Weiss was yelling about shamelessness. Mothers? As in, Jaune having more than one wife? It was shameless, sinful!
But…
Why was it so appealing? Seeing him, or imagining him, with others while not giving her so much as a glance would hurt, yes. But if she were to have his heart, or at least a portion of it?
The thought excited her like nothing else. It felt tantalizing; the image of her Jaune giving his love, sharing it with others fortunate enough to grab his attention, while returning, always returning, to her at last.
She would need to talk to Velvet and Ruby.
"Lucky," Neptune muttered under his breath.
"Yes daddy!" They cheered out happily at the mention of their mothers.
"Good. Now let finish trick-or-treating!" Jaune cheered as he lead them back to the houses.
"Yeah!" They cheered once more.
Jaune stop briefly and looked at the screen. He smiled and winked, then left with his children and partner in crime Zwei.
"Wait, what?" Sun did a double take. "Did he see us?"
"Probably just a gag." Qrow blithely commented, though he was not so sure, what with the theatre's nature.
"Now then," Ruby said before looking around. She had a close eye on the doors, watching if any of them opened. None did.
"Time for another one!"