AN: Here we go! Another day another Bastion Chapter! Have fun with this run! It's the set up for the couple arcs that we will stare to see Bastion actually test team ARKM and make them see what life is really like. Last warning if you thought this fic was dark before? Well, buckle up cause this is going to be hideous...
Ps. Don't mix drinks. Unless you are ready to die. Or are trying to drown out the existential dread of life!
"They think you're a god?"
Ludo asked with a look of sheer incredulity on his face as Jaune nodded.
"Yup. According to them, I am the true prophet of the light, and they have all sworn to worship and give all praise unto me."
Jaune said as the man's mouth dropped as even the ordinarily unflappable and perpetually furious Miss Heil looked positively mollified by the story that Jaune just told him.
The headmaster of Bastion paused as he reached into his dark green robes and pulled out a pair of reading glasses, putting them on only to take them off and put them back on his wooden desk.
Only for him to take them off his desk an put them back on his face, this happened several times until he settled on a simple. "What?" Ludo asked still not believe the words coming from the boy's mouth as Jaune sighed.
"They think I'm a god."
"Why?"
"Becuase they do."
Jaune said as the man rubbed his temples.
"So let me get this straight... They think you are a god."
"That's what I said."
Jaune said as the man blinked once then twice as the first inquisitive look came to his eyes that Jaune had ever seen before he burst into laughter.
"That! That is amazing! Good show Mister Arc! I knew that you where the right choice for a team leader! Not only did you come back from your mission alive but!"
The man paused for effect holing one hand in the air before letting it drop.
"You managed somehow to get tossed out of your airplane, have your team split in half, land in the middle of a battlefield lead an assault on the enemy headquarters, which were there to destroy! Mind you. You then called down the wrong kind airstrike and killed hundreds! Yes, you head me! You killed hundreds of Bastion students with that stunt!"
The man said as Jaune balked as Kage grimaced as Zach shrugged.
"Not like I knew em."
"They where your men!"
Jaune hissed as Ludo spoke up.
"Good kids too! Fourth-year initiation students and all! But! You then proceed to capture one of if not the most heavily fortified positions in the world along with most of the enemy army who are now fully converted to our side!? Mister Arc you have outdone yourself!"
"Good show! Good show indeed!"
Them man said clapping his hands as Jaune grinned.
"Thank you, sir, it was-
"That is the only reason why I did not execute you the moment you walked in these doors!"
The man said as all confidence left Jaune's body as he blinked owlishly at the man.
"Sir? You were going to execute me? For what?"
"For what? For what!? My boy for treason! Friendly fire! You killed hundreds of good men and women out there! Those were some of our most experienced students that you killed!"
"If not for the literal thousands of trained fang not to mention their equipment! That has put us forward by the decade at the least! I would have had you shot on sight!"
The man declared as Jaune went sheet pale as Miss Heil glared at him.
"I still think we should kill them."
Miss Heil growled as Ludo silenced her.
"Nonsense! Miss Heil, they have more than paid for their price! We lost hundreds but! We gained thousands! Of good men today! I say this calls for a celebration and promotions! Let's see...
"You and Venke are already maxed out so... Zach and Six! Congratulations! From today onward you and your respective teams are now in the elite core of the Death Korps! Job well done!"
"Sir! It was a pleasure, sir!"
Zach and Six both said as the man nodded.
"There! Now that that bit of unpleasantness is out of the way let me just say good job! You have all done well today, and there will be rewards for this! Mark my word!"
The man said as Jaune smiled as he and Venke both share a concerned look before Jaune coughed.
"Sir-
"Rest at ease Jaune. I have already contacted your teammates to let them know that you are in fact alive. Both Ruby and Mika both completed their mission and are on their way back home."
"In fact! They reported that it was a rather boring mission. No real action only one or two snipers at best. They will be back in roughly two days, until then? Is there anything any of you four would like to ask me?"
"Sir I-
"Yes, Zach Hino is in fact still alive. Don't look so surprised! As you said, she is a tough broad."
Ludo said as his right arm sudden was on fire causing the man to panic.
"Easy there, Miss Heil! You are going to burn the table! With me!"
The man complained as Jaune stepped up.
"Sir thank you for calling our teammates seriously that means a lot to me."
"Think nothing of it, my boy! I said we were friends did I not? From this day onward you are known as the savior of Bastion! You did stop the majority of our charges from starving to death so good job!"
The man said as Jaune grimaced before pushing onward.
"Sir if I may ask this question-
"You may."
"I was going to ask what happened to the Kernel now that we left it?"
"Since they played such a pivotal role in making sure that it is ours I have decided that the Death Korps will be given full right over it. And as of right now all non-elite Death Kops members are being shipped to the kernel for their official Death Korps training!"
The man said as Jaune nodded his head.
"And you say our friends will be back in two days?"
"I said that more or less. But you know how life is without a few days alone you know?"
Ludo asked as Jaune bowed his head.
"Thank you, sir, I do hope that I have not wasted your time."
"What? Of course not Mister Arc! I love it when my students think critically! Now that this bit of unpleasantness is over! What do you all want for a reward? Zach, you know how this works but Kage! What do you want?"
"More minerals, please. Also more frequent supplies of shipments."
Kage asked as the man nodded.
"As you say. Zach?"
" More dust for my pistols. I want access to the school supply for reloading this guns of course."
The boy said as Ludo nodded. "Fine. Six? Do you have anything that you want?"
"I would like to stay a part of this squad, sir! My old team died some time ago, and I would love to be an official member of this. The sirs are so cool, and brave, and smart."
"Fine. I am a man of my word so just ask, and you shall receive all you ever wanted! And a little more. You are dismissed."
The man said grinning ear to ear.
"I'm going to die."
Kage said laying face first on his bed as Jaune agreed with him. There were looking like shit. Even though their aura protected them they still had dark bullet, sword and fire marks and bruises respectively on their legs, chest, and arms. Covering their bodies in a messy patchwork of scars cut's and bruised as they sank into their beds.
As the boy's behest, the headmaster had given them the next few days as death free as possible as the two hit their pillows and went to sleep.
The next day Jaune awoke to a dead silent team ARKM room as he rose from his bed.
Kage was still knocked out sleeping peacefully on his stomach. Red combat armor still shinning as Jaune got up yawning.
As he got up tired and sore. He felt like he had been run over by a semi, as he cracked his back loudly as the rough day-long ride on the back of an APC had done his back no favors.
Especially when you added the literal ocean of ash he had inhaled was not working out with his lungs, as he yawned once before going to the bathroom to start the day.
As he walked in he shaved used the bathroom and emerged five minutes later Kage as at the door growling softly as Jaune switched placed with time before he came out and went right back to bed making Jaune sighed.
"I guess today I go alone?"
Jaune thought aloud as he left his sleeping teammate and friend alone as he walked outside and left the room.
As Jaune walked though Bastion he never really talked to anyone in general but still! Jaune wanted friends and even while Kage, Ruby, and Hinow where all friends Jaune also wanted to explore Bastion to see what it was all about.
As he left the room once again strangely empty hallways greeted him as he made his turn into the cafeteria it was a lot more packed but still pretty thin as Jaune saw two familiar faces waiting for him as he got his breakfast and made his way to the table.
"Zach. Hino, how are you?"
Jaune asked sitting in front of the two perpetually arguing friends? As they both looked up at him, stopping the chatter to greet him.
Or so he thought, as the two had only stopped their arguing to continue eating what he guess was their first real meal in Bastion.
Zach was eating a monster of a steak, with a heavy side of bread and butter as he sliced and stuffed his mouth with food.
Hino on his left was devouring a plate of lamb ribs. The girl's massive gauntleted hands taking the succulent, juicy meat putting it to her mouth as she practically inhaled the meat.
As the two teens annihilated their trays, Jaune spoke up.
"Guys?"
Jaune asked as Zac finally noticed he was there.
"Jaune! There you are! How's my favorite genocidal son of a bitch!?"
Zach asked laughing loudly making Hino raise her eyebrow as Jaune glared at him.
"I am not genocidal for your information!"
Jaune yelled as Zach cocked his head.
"The hell you are not! You were about to gas, literally gas! Every last damned furry that was in that building! Of that, I approve but not with me in there!"
Zach said as Hino finished eating her last rib putting the last glisten bone on the mountain of other as he gulped loudly before turn her beautiful brown eyes to Jaune.
"It is nice to see you again Jaune. I am glad to know that you and Kage are safe. Where is Kage, by the way, is he getting food?"
"No, he's still in bed."
Jaune said as Hino frowned as Zach scoffed.
"That shit got sick?"
"I think he's tired."
"Tired!? Hah! Weak shit, getting sick at the drop of a hat I hope he chokes!"
Zach said before Hino smacked him with her drill. Slamming his head on the table and knocking Zach clean unconsciousness.
"I am sorry about that. Tell Kage that if he needs anything I am here for him always."
Hino said as Zachs started to mumble underneath his breath.
"What he needs is for you to get off his dick."
Zach said somehow being sarcastic even when unconscious as yet another drill hit him, this one more violent than the last hit him forward.
"Whoops! My bad! my hand slips when I hear bullshit."
Hino said with the most sarcastic expressions her strike brought him back to the land of the living s his sharp black eyes glared at her.
"Woman! What did I tell you! They are never rational! If they can't even keep their damn hands to themselves what am I supposed to do?!"
"Why are you like this why can't you just be normal?"
"Because you love me!"
"I hate you," Hino said as Jaune sighed and decided the Kage had the right idea of staying in bed. As he bid the two bickering teenager goodbye as he left to go back to bed.
As Jaune left the bickering students, he took a moment to gather himself. On the one hand, Jaune had two days off until Ruby got back and so he had a rare amount of free time in Bastion.
Not sure what to do and with the evident lack of raids thanks to Sonya's quote on quote protection.
Jaune thought as he left the cafeteria to go to bed.
"I got to say, Boss. Never thought you would be the guy to start a harem. I mean I always knew you liked the girls but really? A Bastion Harem? I wonder what Ruby will think?"
Kage asked giving Jaune a shit eating Grin as the boy struggled to shake off the twin fox faunus that held onto both of his arms. As they both shouted to him.
"Me!"
"Pick me!"
"Girls!?"
Jaune asked as the fox faunus both attempted to pull Jaune apart as Kage chuckled.
Thier current situation was one of many similar ones that his leader had soon found himself into as the converted Fang found their way into Bastion.
Apparently, there was a decent amount of them that wanted to meet their so-called prophet. As Jaune soon found himself on the receiving end of a monument number of comments like, "My lord! or Milord!" Followed by many faunus students suddenly dropping to their knees and quite literally praying to Jaune as they walked through the hallway.
To say that Kage found this hilarious would be like saying Ruby easily fancied cookies. As Jaune was suddenly the center of attention as a literal flood of students would drop to their knees in wanton worship of him as the new Bastion students dropped to pray.
At first, Jaune, while flattered was still embarrassed by this, but that took on a whole new level when the twins came in. The twins who Kage was now taking several scroll shots for future use as the twins latched onto his arms.
Apparently, there where some of the faunus that saw the prophet quote unquote at no only be their savior but! They wanted to have a more intimate relationship with him.
As the two began to slyly take off more and more clothing as the thought of having a child with their literal savior had now led to Jaune being seduced in the middle of a Bastion hallway as twin fox faunus run his arm between their chest as Jaune blushed heavily as the girls ground on him.
"Kage! Help me! Please!"
Jaune begged as Kage chuckled. "What do you want me to do boss? You want me to shoot them?"
"Do something!"
Jaune yelled as a hand went far below his jean making his gaps like a girl as Kage sighed.
"Kage!" Jaune said before the crowd came. Around the girls who were trying to grope his leader making him whimper. Apparently, the white fang took religion very seriously and now Jaune was the literal messiah and some faunus where fighting over the right to bear his children.
Apparently, the faunus liked their religion and while Kage himself was an active participant of the followers of the light, who had a severe issue with his messiah being... his leader.
Took some time to laugh at his leaders embarrassed gawks as the girls gripped him and a literal ring of prayer formed around him.
"Hey! Don't go there! That's sensitive!"
"Milord I'm perfect for you! Let me have your children!"
"No! Milord don't be swayed by that harlot! Choose me!"
The other woman said as both of them apparently got tired of waiting and pushed Jaune to the floor making Kage sigh.
BANG!
Kage fire one pistol shot into the air making the crown stop as Jauen was in the middle of being undressed and groped.
"Ok! That's enough! Everyone out! Your lord does not wish for you to procreate on this day! If you wish to have his child, please come back during visiting hours!"
Kage said before walking into the group of stunned students and yanked Jauen up by his collar.
"Help me...
Jaune wheezed his face redder than his damned armor as Kage sighed.
"As you can see Your lord is tired from smiting the nonbelievers! He will choose the proper person to bear his child at his earliest convenience so until then rest!"
Kage yelled in his best orator voice as Jaune froze.
"Later on!? Kage!"
"I will be awaiting your return, my lord. Just know I will happily bear your child."
The fox faunus with green eyes and red hair said purring seductively as Jaune blushed before the other came in.
"Milord I am your true wife. Do not let her get to you. I will eagerly await for you to come to me."
She said as the other faunus hissed.
"He will give his children to me!"
"No! He will give them to me!"
The two said before flashing claws as Jaune gulped.
"Girls! Girls! Your lord does not want to see you fight! Surely there is a solution that benefits both of you?"
Jaune asked trying to be diplomatic as the girls cocked their heads.
"Both of us?" The one with green hair and blue eyes said as Jaune suddenly had an idea.
"Yes! I am sure I can find a solution that positively works out for everybody! In fact! I think my second in command can help you out! Kage will know what to say! Right, Kage?"
"Will I?"
The boy asked cocking an eyebrow as Jaune seethed.
"Yes, you will! Because your leader has ordered you too! Now fix this!"
Jaune hissed through gritted teeth as Kage sighed.
"Ok ok. Girls! As the speaker of your prophet-
"He speaks for you?"
"Milord?"
"Uh. Yes! Kage is my herald! He speaks for me when I am not here! And he knows a way to fix this!"
Jaune said as Kage grinned.
"Of course. You both want a child from your prophet right?"
"Yes."
"More than anything!"
The two said as Kage grinned.
"Then the solution is simple!"
"Really?" "It is?"
"How?"
The three asked as Kage grinned.
"Since you both want a child and Jaune is only one man he will simply impregnate the both of you! Their problem solved!"
Kage said clapping his hands together as Jaune balked and the faunus gasped.
"Milord...
"That's perfect!"
The two former rivals said in unison as they both put their hands together and smiled openly at Jaune.
"We will both be awaiting your arrival!"
The two said as the crowd started to chant at the birth of their prophets child as Jaune fought the urge to stab Kage right through is back as the boy winked at him making Jaune want to strangle him.
"The hell?! Kage?! What were you thinking?!"
"Trying to get you to fix your own mess. Milord."
Kage said sarcastilly as Jaune fumed...
"Really? Sarcasm Kage? What am I supposed to do now?!"
"Have sex with both of them and start your very own furry love triangle? It's what I would do."
Kage said sarcastically as he sat on his bed reading of his books as Jaune seethed.
"Kage! This is serious! They think I'm a god and I give them my word!"
"Did you?"
"Well no... but it can come back to bite me in the ass! What am I supposed to do?"
"You could just have sex you know? It's not that hard, well it should be hard, but that's something else entirely."
"Kage you are not helping!"
"And you are not a god. Look Jaune I like you. I really do. But! This is my religion they are talking about and seeing you as my god? Yeah no. I'm entitled to a bit of revenge."
Kage said as Jaune sighed.
"What am I going to do about this?"
"I'd suggest having as much sex as humanly possible before Ruby comes back, and you have to explain to her why there are two naked faunus in the bed you share.'
Kage said as Jaune coughed.
"I forgot about that!"
"About Ruby? Really?"
"What? No! I mean Yes! I mean what am I-
Thump! THump!
"Hey! You moody shit's! let us in why don't you?"
A loud, irritated voice said as what sounded like Zach said from the other side of the door as Kage and Jaune looked at one another,
"Zach? Is that you?" Jaune asked as voice sighed.
"No! It's a god damn king taiju! Now let me in! I got gifts for you shits!"
Zach said as Jaune opened their new stone door as Zach and Six walked in carrying wooden crates filled with bottles of some type as the two boys walked inside.
"Zach? What are you doing here?"
Jaune asked as he and Six walked inside as the tow set down twin large wooden crates as Kage cocked an eye.
"Liquor? Really? You want to get drunk?"
Kage asked as Zach put down one crat before tossing Kage a bottle full of brown liquid that he caught deftly in one hand.
"No shit! We all just pulled off enough bullshit for a damned lifetime! It's time for some Oum damned celebration!"
Zach said as Six let go of his crate and saluted Jaune and Kage.
"Hello, sirs! It is a pleasure to see you again! Especially so soon! How are you all doing today?"
Six asked as Jaune nodded.
"Fine. But why are you bringing liquor to celebrate? I mean I know that we just survived but do we need to drink?"
"No shit!"
Kage said in a rare amount of passion as he took of a bottle of Vacuoan whiskey and took the top off with a loud pop! Of his armored hands took it off as he hosted his bott to Jaune.
"Boss? You want to drink with us or not?"
Kage asked as Jaune sighed.
"Sure. Why not?"
Jaune asked as he picked up his own individual bottle of liquor. Atlesian vodka as Zach sat down across from him as he took out a bottle of yellow Vacuoan tequila and opened it with his bayonets.
"All right you shits! Time to celebrate a botched job gone well! To life!"
Zach said as the four boys toasted their bottles.
"To life!"
They all said as the clinked! Thier bottles together as they began to drink...
"Ok! OK! I just gotta ask! Jaune! Who the hell were you on a Beacon team with!? Cause I have no idea who the fuck was able to make you a somewhat decent fighter and put no stell in your back!"
Zach said as he took another long swig of his tequila as Jaune slurred.
"I was on team Juniper! My teammates where Nora Valkyrie! She's amazing! She was the happiest nices and the most energetic girl I ever met!"
Jaune said sliding off this bed slowly still chugging what was now his third bottle of vodka as Zach gulped.
"Really? Energetic? You don't say... How did she look? What was her weapon?"
"Hey! You do not talk about her like that! She was beautiful! And she fought with a hammer grenade launcher called Magnihild for your information!"
"A hammer grenade launcher!? The fuck is wrong with that school!? Whatever happened to conventional weapons! I mean that's what I like about you Jaune! You and Kage both got practical weapons!"
"You got the good ole sword and shield! Nice clean and simple! Kage has his big ass pistols! Hell! Even Mika and Ruby have simple-ish weapons! Although the way Ruby fights with her scythe is an affront to the rules of physics! But really! As soon as you go out of Bastion it' like wham!"
"Everyone has bullshit guns like sword grenade launchers! Or shotgun gauntlets or some other bullshit! I bet it won't be long till someone make a damned Gatling gun out of a purse!"
Zach complained before taking another drink and going back.
"So who else was on your team?"
"There was Lie Ren. Nora's partner. He was a guy my heigh black hair pink eyes. He had guns like yours-
"I like him! Next!"
"Well, I had my partner. She was perfect! Her name was Pyrrha Nikos-
"The fuck!? You had her as your partner?!"
"Who's Pyrrha Nikos?"
Kage asked sipping his fourth whiskey bottle as he leaned in his bed.
"Why do I even bother with you two? Anyways what was she like blondie?"
"She was perfect in every way, kind, beautiful, smart caring and the best girlfriend a guy could ask for-
"S T O P! HOLD UP! You where dating Pyrrha Nikos!?"
"Yes? Why?"
"You were putting your dick in the Mistral champion!? The fuck!? Blondie!?"
"NO, We never got to sex before you know this."
Jaune said gesturing to Bastion as a whole as Zach stood up.
"Unacceptable! That is not ok! Kage! I am using my per to call a man emergency!"
"Man Mergency!"
Kage said jumping up from his bed and almost landing flat on his face as Zach shouted.
"Jaune! You are going back to Beacon right?"
"Yes."
Jaune said with pure confidence as Zach grinned.
"Well then! As your new brother and fellow man! I vow to make it my mission to send you back! No friend of mine dates the Mistral champion and does not get to smash! You will go back to Beacon! And you will fuck Pyrrha Nikos! This I swear as a man!"
Zach said before a drill hit him on the head and knocked him out.
"I apologize for my partner. We will be going now."
Hino said staring imperiously over Zach's slouched body with an irritated expression on her brown eyes as he groaned.
"Kage! Attend to your woman!"
Zach shouted as Hino sighed putting one of her massive drills to her head and sighing heavily.
"Zach if you really think that-
"You know you are beautiful right?'
Kage asked teleporting to Hino's side in an instant taking her wait in one hand and drawing her close.
"Kage?!"
The girl shouted her cheeks going pink as he pulled her close to him.
"Hino. You are my best friend, and you are one of the most beautiful women on Remnant I never told you that before but it's true."
Kage said as the girl lost her cool blushing violently as she began to shake and stutter before finally panicking and punching him in the chin.
Delivering a killer uppercut to the boy sending him flying backward.
"I'm sorry! I need to go!"
Hino yelled blushing profusely as Kage smashed into his bed as she gathered up Zach and Six dragging them out of the room as Jaune have her a toast.
"Bye, Hino! I'll see you later...
Jaune said as he slurred once before sliding to the floor and knocking out.
"My head...
Jaune complained as he felt knives digging inot his brain as he moaned out loud.
"That's what three bottles of Vodka does to you."
Kage said as he rubbed his head slowly as he walked out of the bathroom.
As the two boys endured the after-effects of having over three liquor bottles in one night as they fought past their massive hangovers as Jaune finally decided that enough was enough.
"I need to take a walk."
"Have fun. Or not."
"Sure...
Jaune said as he opened his dorm's door as a red ball slammed into him and smacked him into the ground.
"Jaune!?"
Ruby shouted as she smacked her leader as he ground slamming the back of his head into the cold stone floor making his already mind breaking hangover to take on a truly mind-altering form of pain as his world spun.
"Ruby-
"Are you ok!? What happened to you!? Are you hurt?! I missed you so much!"
The girl yelled out crying over the boy coating his face with tears and snot as she would onto his cheeks wrapping her arms around his neck and squeezing.
"Ruby! Air! Please!"
Jaune said as his vision went black as Ruby wrapped her arms around his neck choking him to death before her grip received and his sight cleared up.
"Thank you-
Ruby said keeping her compose for one second as she pulled her face off of him before bringing her face close to his and kissed him on the lips. The petite reaper locked their lips together slamming their faces together in an instant.
For one moment time stopped as Jaune felt her soft petite lips meet his as her slive eye sparked as her bionic one shot out from her skull and winked?
Making Jauen blush as Ruby forced their lips into a kiss for an over thirty seconds before Kage whistled from behind.
"Way to go blondie. And your harem grows."
"Venke! I missed you!"
Ruby said leaping over to the taller boy, ending her kiss with Jaune with a wet plop! As she leaped over to Kage wrapping her arms around his neck and wrapping him in a tight hug making the boy blush.
"Red?!
Kage blushed vivdly as Ruby wrapped her arms around him tightly.
"I thought you were dead! I missed you both so much!"
Ruby shouted as Kage flushed.
"Hey... cut that out...
He said in a decisive un Kage like manner as his cheeks turned red and the boy blushed under the contact.
"I missed-
"Kage!"
Mike yelled bowling over Kage and sending them both sprawling to the ground, as Ruby let go of him and went back to latching onto Jaunes, side as he smiled with a content sigh. Team ARKM was back reunited as one, and for once all was right in the world.
"May Jaune Arc and Venke Kage please report to the headmaster's office."
The announcement system asked as Mika began to ohh
"OHHH! You are in trouble!"
The girl said reading a book on her bed as Jaune sighed.
"Mika we are fine. Thanks' for the concern though."
"No problemo Mister ~Boss man~! Take care have fun!"
The girl said as Ruby waved.
"Be safe!"
She said as Jaune and Kage nodded once to both of them as they walked outside and went to the office of Ludo to see whatever fresh hell he wanted them to see.
"Ah Mister Arc, Mister Kage. Such a delight. Come in! Come in! You'll catch your death out there!"
Ludo said in an eerily calm tone as he sipped a steaming mug of something from a pristine white much as he and Miss Heil greeted them.
Or Ludo greeted them, and Miss Hell simply did not immolate them and counted that as a greeting.
"What do you need from us?"
Jaune asked as the man grinned.
"Bold? I like it. You two are going on a mission alone."
Ludo said as Jaune cocked his eye.
"Alone? What about our team?'
Jaune asked as the man took another sip from his mug, as the large fired roared in the background and still failed to warm the room, which still had a chilled feeling.
"They will not be going you see this mission is what you might call delicate situation. And requires a group of student that are how you say? Diplomatically minded?"
Ludo asked as Jaune frowned at him.
"Diplomatically minded?"
Jaune asked as Miss Heil answered.
"Meaning you two are some of the only students in the first year who ask first and shoot later. We need you to talk to a potential sensitive ally of ours."
The dean said as Jaune nodded.
"Who are they?"
Jaune asked Ludo grinned.
"Tell me Mister Arc."
Ludo said pulling out a large manilla envelope and showing Jaune a massive folder filled with pictures of men and woman dressed in red and grey outfits and all armed with a variety of weapons as the man grinned.
"Have you ever heard of the Branwen tribe?"
"I do not want to die!"
Jaune yelled killing a charging pure white Beowulf as it tried to bisect him with its claws. Crocea Mors came down on it slicing the white monster in two as the blizzard roared around him.
BANG! BANG!
"Down!"
Kage yelled as he shot twice killing two more Grimm as the two fought back to back.
The two boys were dropped off the middle of nowhere to wait for a so-called sensitive contact to meet them.
The bullhead pilot told them that they would be waiting for half an hour but less than five minutes in them were surrounded by a wave Grimm in the slammed into them as the blizzard howled as the boys fought back to back.
As the fought back to fight, their vision went snow shie as the blizzard howled as the ass end of Atlas greeted them with full furry as even more Grimm surrounded them pressing them further back into the flurry.
"Boss! Plan?!"
"Keep fighting!"
Jaune yelled stabbing another Grimm in the stomach only for two more to take its place.
"I meant a good plan! And preferably one that gets us out of this shit alive!"
"Do you have any better ideas?!"
"Stop whining and die like men!"
A voice yelled as a charge Beowulf was nearly incinerated as a yellow light came from nowhere and took out its head ina bling fast as the monster fell to the ground n a puff of snow and blood.
As the monster fell a woman suddenly sprinted onto the scene. She was a young woman with tanned skin and green eyes.
She was clad in a furry coat and paint, and her short cropped brown hair was tied in a ponytail, and she had what looked like a pair of bladed gauntlets on her hands.
"Who the hell are you?"
Jaune asked the woman who diced an Ursa in two before firing a belief yellow light at the horde cutting it by a third as she laughed once and turned back to the boys.
"My name is Vernal, and I am your contact. Come with me if you want to live.'
She said as the Grimm came back and the three prepared to fight to the death.
Two hours and many, many disintegrating Grimm bodies later Jaune, Kage, and Vernal as she was called where in the middle of a camp of sorts as Jaune finally understood what Lude meant by a sensitive contact, and needs a group of students who were diplomatically minded.
Bandits! Ludo was allying Bastion with a clan of bandits of all things?! This was ridiculous! But it made a strange amount of sense.
Ludo knew that Jaune would never fight an enemy that did not threaten him or his friends.
And Kage probably just didn't give a shit. And would simply do what he was told regardless of who he was dealing with.
The boy would probably deal with the devil like it was an ordinary act. And had a moral compass so far in the red that morality was a joke.
Both boys would not shoot off the bat and would for entirely different reasons be more open to listening, to talk first and shoot second.
He played us Jaune thought as Kage tapped his shoulder.
"Be careful Boss. I don't trust them."
Kage said as Jaune nodded.
"Me either let's keep going."
Jaune said as the two made their way past a bustling village of men and woman in snow garbs moving two and for as they made their way to a large tent that Vernal showed them in.
"Our chief awaits you. Go."
She said opening the tent flap as Jaune and Kage walked inside.
Instantly most of the harsh cold left their bodies as they felt a hot glow entered them.
The tent was filled with a warm firelight and was actually warm, and no like the cold artificial fire of the headmaster's office as the two walked in a tall, lanky man rose to greet the two.
He was a tall man with grey hair and blood red eyes. He walked with a shifting gait and a permanent stumble, and he reeked!
Jaune had just recovered from a massive hangover, and this man smelled like a bar! Either way, Jaune grimace biting his tongue and holding out his hand.
"I am Jauen Arc. From Bastion. And you?"
Jaune said as the man shouted out a hand and gripped his with a surprisingly strong grip as Jauen winced.
"The names Qrow Branwen, leader of this here tribe. Nice to meet you..."
AN: Dun dun dun! And there we go! Our favorite drunk bird enters the picture! What happens next when the two most diplomatically minded of Bastions students must assist a bandit tribe to win their loyalty? What will the bandits need? What will happen to our boys? What is happening back in Bastion while they are away? Why did they get called alone? And a kiss!? Lancaster confirmed or...
Until next time Game on is next as that is quickly becoming my most popular fic and is in demand! Until next time have a good day and as always thanks for reading.
Omake. Hero of Remnant. Part five tough decisions...
"I know what you are going to ask Rose so ask."
Jaune said sipping his tea as Ren stood guard behind him.
The one hundred and eight had just received their orders to move out. There was a small city out in the middle of nowhere. Near the more Bass Ackward parts of Vacuo that had strayed from Monty's light.
Apparently, there was even a rumor of a damned Light temple getting involved there.
Jaune shuddered to refuse to think of the last time he tangled with the members of the light.
Those damned technophiles and their obsession with technology and religion. He dearly hoped that whatever passer for governorship on that city was not as stupid as they were greedy.
As clearing out a light, cult could take literally decades to complete, and decades were not something Jaune had.
As Jaune sat there, Ruby gulped as Yatsuhashi nodded behind her encourage his commanding officer and onetime rival.
"What is to be the fate of the troopers you have in the brig?"
Ruby asked voice shaking as Jaune sighed as he went over his files.
"Atlese Arslan. Mei Zhedong, Sage, Scarlet and a Penny Polendina. They are all to be tried and potentially executed pending a hearing."
"NO! You can't!"
Ruby shouted as Jaune sighed as he took out his las pistol and placed it gently on his desk.
"I can do what is within my power. And executing them is. Now Ren, some tea please."
"As you say, commissar."
"And do give that Flake girl a date. She's cute."
Jaune said as Ren gulped.
"As you say, sir... Although it is most improper...
"You'll live. Either way, I will decide on what to do with them alter. Until then? Dismissed."
Jaune said as Ruby frowned before raising her hand as Yatsuhashi swatted it down.
"Not now Rose."
"But!"
"Not. Now.'
He said as the two left the command room and Jaune sighed.
"What a mess...
Jaune said as a fresh bowl of refreshments was placed in front of him.
"Thank you, Ren."
"Of course sir."
Ren said as Jaune sipped the beverage as he began to think.
He really, really did not want to execute the troopers. They all had outstanding records of service.
Well, maybe not all of them. As one trooper in particle ranked his hackles something fierce.
One Mercury Black. A troublemaker in the brig long before any of this, he was in the regiment best marksmen but apparently got a little careless on the field and started plucking away at civilians to get some kind of kick.
He was in the brig pending review as Jaune stared t him. He was young, with light skin and silver hair, an orphan form some hive, much like himself and was apparently just as fine with being executed as he was with getting a slap on the wrist.
"I'll need to watch that one."
Jaune member as he went on.
Arsalan. The female regime best heavy weapons trooper and expert in close quarters. She was fighting Sage. The mountain of a man that she and he had nearly ripped each other's throats out mere hours ago.
They were in lockup pending commissarial review as Jauen went on.
Mei Zhe dong. Another sniper. A female nowhere near as good as Mercury but a decent number of confirmed kills some on enemy commanders which were nice.
Then there was Scarlet and Penny Polendina. This was the curious case. As Scarlet had been injured in the fighting and Penny, the resident medic had come to save him.
Unfortunately, some of the other women did not want her to save a man and tired of killing him. Penny gunned them down with an automatic las rifle fire as she killed them in less than a moment.
Jaune was surprised she was in here, not on behavior but on psych evaluation as she showed no guilt or remorse at killing he fellow soldiers.
"What a day. Why do I have to decide this? I don't want to kill them. Why can't they be of use?"
Jaune asked aloud as Ren sighed.
"We are used by Oum until our time is done."
Ren said as Jaune was about to ignore his unflappable moral pragmatism until it stuck him.
"Ren! You're a genius!"
"Commissar?"
"That's it! We all serve until we are done!" Jaune said as he began to type.
"Arslan! Black! Sage! Scarlet! Zhedong! Polendina! You have all been found wanting!"
Jaune yelled as the affirmation criminal were all lineup parade style for judgment. As Jaune parade them out in front of their whole regiment, he had a plan, and he needed it to be done now. And with everyone watching of course.
"You are all found guilty of heinous crimes not only against the regiment but the emperor! Your punishment... Is death!"
Jaune yelled as the gasps of men and woman filled his ears. "NO!" Ruby cried tears falling from her eyes as Yatsuhashi glared at him.
"Bullshit!" Arslan yelled as she shook her sandy blonde hair at him.
"Why!?"
Scarlet cried as Black scoffed.
"Eh? I guess we all got to die someday right?"
Mercury said with a shrug like he could care less. And he probably could too.
"How will we be executed? I hope it is painless. If you'd like I can fetch you several files on various painless commissar approved executions used over the years."
Penny said not even blinking and sending a shiver down Jaune spine.
Wait for it; you need to make this good. Jaune thought as he began to pace.
"Since you are found wanting it is within my right to put you all to death! But! I have found a better use for you."
Jaune said as a low murmur broke through the crowd as the once furious shouts began to murmur.
"So we aren't going to die? Eh."
Black said as Penny nodded.
"If not execution the what is to befall us, commissar?"
The redhead asked still refusing to blink as her piercing green eyes locked onto his as Jaune shook.
"You will all be given the honor of forming the regiments first! And hopefully, last! Penal Legion!"