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Jaune kept following the sighs, and ducking behind foliage to avoid the occasional patrol. Until he reached town. Jaune walked into town, he expected some kind of fortress with MILFs everywhere, but it seem more like a legitimate town more than anything. Kids chasing each other or playing in the dirt, elderly hanging up clothes to dry, and heavily armed men and women paroling the premiere and sitting at sand bags at all the entrances to the town. It looked rather lively. When Jaune made his way to the first check point they all seemed to light up at the sigh of him, they one of them offered to take him to Radec. As they made there way through the town it seemed like everyone's eyes were on him.
"Weird, first I'm called your majesty and now everyone looks at me like I'm some kind of larger than life figure."
*Ring*
His scroll began to ring.
"Hang on I'm going to take this." The trooper leading him gave a quick bow and backed off.
*Ring-*
"Hello?"
"Hello Jaune." A sweet tone said making Jaune freeze.
"It's your favorite aunt Salem calling, well I guess I'm your only aunt in existence really. If the crab was so bad you really should have just said so instead of leaving! Last time I have a four star chief kidnapped. Anyway I had him killed so don't worry! Or was it his family I had killed? Whatever. So I have your friend Operand with me, he's a guest so when your done sight seeing with the locals just come back to Paul's place, he'll send you off to me. Goodbye now!"
*Beep*
"Aunt?! Dad how do you know this lady!" Jaune thought.
"Who Arc his was on a need to know basis Ozpin." Radec said.
"If we're to have a comfortable relationship you need to tell me everything Radec, I don't appreciate secrets between allies." Ozpin said sternly.
"Isn't that a bit rich coming from you? Are you saying you've told me everything there is to know about Salem? That you've told me your history with her and why you are waging this global secret war? You certainly haven't told us about the maidens." At the last part Ozpin flinched.
"How do-?"
"We have our contacts just like how you have yours in the MILFs. This is still our fight for freedom and we will do it our way, if you don't like that then you really need to rethink your allies." Jaune entered the room.
"I have to go, talk to you later."
*Beep*
"Hey, uh, Radec I need to talk to you."
"Yes, your majesty." Radec stood at attention.
"Um, at ease? Look I need to asked what is all of this your majesty stuff?"
"You... don't know?"
"Know what?"
"Your father was the previous Emperor of Molos, he beat back the Grimm and first established the monarchy. Which means your the crown Emperor!"
"W-What!? My dad was an Emperor! I'm an Emperor! "
"Yes, well we first have to take it back from that Salem lady who took over, but your father was suppose to take the position, but well... you know."
"This is a lot to... I just. Wow!" Jaune ran a hand through his hair.
"So your not here to take back the throne?" Radec looked surprised.
"No, I came with my fathers ashes, he wanted me to go to Denver and 'take me to Juniper'." Jaune said.
"Denver is the capital city and is way too far west for you to travel there and you will be spotted." Radec explained.
"I need to get my sword back, rescue Operand, find out what or who Juniper is, and get to Denver." Jaune listed with dread.
"Well help you anyway we have, but our troops are stretched thin, we can't spare many resources right now. I'm sorry." Radec said.
"What can you spare? If it's not too much trouble." Jaune asked.
"We can make as many things available your majesty, just say the word." Radec replied.
"What can you spare Radec. I don't want to be a pain." Jaune stated.
"Thank you, your majesty. I can gather a couple assault squads, there all lightly armed, poorly trained, but have live experience. Juniper maybe a place, we have some contacts we could asked about a Juniper, but I wouldn't hold my breath on them. For getting to Denver, well we would need to invade it just to get in it. However as for your sword, well." Radec paused.
"What about my sword? Can we get it back?" Jaune needed to know.
"Yeah, there are these two guys Yogi and Reggie. They... well they're unique. If anyone can easily find so much as a lead on your sword. It's them." Radec explained.
"Well where are they?" Jaune asked.
"I'll mark it on your scroll, I'll get a squad to go with you." Radec put out a hand.
Jaune pulled out his scroll and handed it over. "I'll be fine Radec, just give me a gun and I'll do the rest."
"Your majesty, I think-."
"I'll be going alone Radec, that's an order." Jaune commanded.
Radec looked surprised. "Well alright, just be careful."
"Man how long had it been since seen someone bossed me around?" Radec thought.
Winter was not having a good day. She was suppose to support an insurgence in Molos, but they didn't really need her help. Radec was a fine leader, although he is an ass he, always knowing his limits and compensating his weaknesses, the 'Ugh' MILFs had over three thousand volunteers that has been fighting across eastern Molos for quite some time so experience wasn't an issue, and they already had a stream of weapons coming from arms dealers in Vale and Vacuo. So she was seriously wondering why she was even here.
"I should be at home, complaining about infomercials, not here in the hot sun sitting on my rear doing nothing. They could've at the vary least invited me to that raid, whatever it was." Winter thought as she approached the door to the command building.
*Knock*
*Knock*
*Knock*
"Come in! It's open!" Radec called out.
Winter walked into the room and found Radec with several others looking at a enhance map of the Reach territory.
"We need to find somewhere we can break through." An officer said.
"We used too many resources just getting into Dorado, Reach is the hub of the MDI military! We would need twice the numbers and equipment for an attack on Reach!" Another argued.
"Radec what do you suppose we do?" A female officer said.
"Ok, if we launch more attacks here in Harvest and in Dorado, we maybe able to draw a field army. It's a long shot, but we need to start making our way to crippling Denver." Radec suggested.
"What is this about Denver?" Winter asked causing all eyes to look up at her.
"Oh! Specialist Schnee! I didn't know it was you!" Radec said removing the pieces from the map and rolling it up.
"Give us some space boys and girl. So what do you need now?" Radec said with a forced grin.
"... Why were you all talking about invading Reach and crippling Denver?" Winter asked.
"Our crown Emperor is here and he needs to get to Denver. I believed with him here we can gain some serious momentum and want to direct it on Denver." One of the officers explained.
"Your Emperor?" Winter raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, he's here. He has set some requirements for us to do, he's personally taking care of one of them on his own and has trusted us with preparing for the rest." Radec said.
"Who is this Emperor?"
"His name is Jaune Arc."
It was getting dark and Jaune made his way through the countryside until he reached a home off a dirt path.
"I'm just saying, if you can disembowel someone, why can't you embowel them?"
*Knock*
*Knock*
*Knock*
"It's opened! Come in!"
"Their just letting in a stranger? What are they high?" Jaune opened the door and found two men sitting on the ground, they were smoking something.
"Wait- what, em- embowel like empower? Right, that's an archaic term. It still means disembowel."
"What, like flammable and inflammable?"
"Yep."
"Oh shit!"
"Oh, your not Jack!"
They both stood up.
"Welcome! I'm Yogi and this is Reggie." Said Yogi.
"Who are you stranger?" Reggie asked.
"Jaune, Jaune Arc."
Yogi and Reggie both widen their eyes. Their blood shot eyes.
"These two are defiantly high." Jaune thought.
"The Jaune arc, crown emperor of Molos?" Yogi asked.
"One in the same." Jaune said.
The two gave a slow glance with one another, and just as slowly looked back at Jaune with their eyes still wide open.
"Well, you sir are the son of a legend! Welcome to Guru Ashram. What are you doing here?" Reggie said putting on seriously forced smile while Yogi went over to the window and looked out the blinds.
"I'm here because Radec said you two can help me find my sword. It's a steel blade in a white metal sheath that can turn into a heater shield."
"Do you have any idea who may have taken it?" Yogi asked.
"Yeah Paul De Pleur."
"... Ah!" Yogi said shaking his head slowly.
"What was that?" He asked again.
"Paul De Pleur. You know the governor who runs here." Jaune clarified.
The two went pale.
"You want us to help you steal something from Paul." Reggie slowly as if talking to a child.
"Yeah, and do you think you could find some info in a Operand Tachalama. He's a prisoner for him."
"Um." Yogi looked to Reggie who shook his head quickly.
"As much as we would and could help you. We won't." Reggie said.
"You can help but you won't?" Jaune asked.
"I just said that."
"Look we need to get back to... to something, but we need you to leave, and never ever come back." Yogi said.
"I'm not leaving with out your help." Jaune said firmly standing his ground.
"He's not leaving? Why is he not leaving?" Yogi said to Reggie.
"I don't know! Maybe we should ask him." Reggie suggested.
"No, you ask him." Yogi said back.
"Look I'm right here guys." Jaune said.
"Oh, look at that, he has depth perception." Reggie said sarcastically.
"Look. I'm the crown Emperor, whatever it is you need I can get it with time. Either way I'm not leaving." Jaune stood a little taller trying to hold a superior standing.
"Ok first, let's have a little peace pipe while we hash out the details?" Yogi grabbed a bong.
"You're into this sort of thing, right?"
"You know I think I'm ok. So what are you guys going to do anyway?"
Reggie push Yogi off to the side. "Ah your majesty, we are pawns of interest of a certain powerful woman."
"Right, she'd like to press the flesh as it were. A little meet and greet." Yogi said.
"You being the meat." Reggie said.
"Your... sure you don't wanna leave." Yogi asked.
"Yes, I'm sure." Jaune said firmly.
"Well, we tried to be nice... nothing personal alright." Yogi assured.
"What do you- ah! Hey what the!?" Jaune turned to see Reggie had jabbed a needle into his shoulder and injected something.
"What was... that." Jaune feel to his knees.
"So much for doing this the easy way." Yogi said as Jaune blacked out.
Jaune woke up and noticed two things one he is naked and two he was being dragged by rope.
"People of Molos!" A female voice said as two doors in front of him opened and he was dragged out.
"Who do you cheer for? The brave elephants?" The voiced continued as Jaune was dragged along.
*Cheering*
"Or the fierce tigers?" Jaune looked around and saw he was in some sort of temple, above him there was a whole in the roof with sunlight and vegetation. People where stacked all around and they were cheering. It was clear to him now this temple was turned into a sort of arena.
*Cheering*
"Or do you cheer for the terrorist!" The announcer, as Jaune decided to call her, said.
Jaune was pulled up to a ledge into the arena. "I present to you! The son of a terrorist, Roland Arc, fugitive of the MILFs, and killer of Innocent men, women, and children of Molos..." Announcer gestured to Jaune.
"Jaune Arc!"
*Cheering intensifies*
"He abandoned his people to live in the decadence of Vale, but he returns in chains to face judgment." Announcer pulled Jaune to the ledge.
"Your judgment people of Molos!"
She leans in. "My name is Noore. Some people believe you are able to make a difference in Molos. Finish what your father started. This is the moment of truth. Look to your feet when you hit the arena. There will be a blade hidden in the sand. If you do not survive, there was no hope for you or I." Noore has on of the guards remove Jaune's bindings.
"Oh and your majesty. Welcome to Shanath Areana!" With that Jaune was pushed in. When he stopped he padded the sand and found a machete half buried in the sand. He stood up, ready to face what would come next.
"Let the betting begin!" Noore cried out before leaving.
*Horn*
Doors opened at the sound of the horn it was one man with a machete and two wolfs, they were close to each other so they found immediately. He killed one of the wolfs, but the other jumped on him and ripped out his throat. Jaune took the advantage and ran up and swung down slicing the wolf's head clean off.
"You have spirit. So does my menagerie. Let's see whose spirit flickers and dies first shall we?" Noore said over an intercom.
"I guess that's round one." Jaune thought.
*Horn*
"Let the second round of betting begin!"
"That must be round two." Jaune thought, thinking the obvious.
Two doors on the left and right side of the room opened. Out came six guys with assault rifles on onside and another six with assault rifle on the other. One team painted green the other painted yellow. They had guns and Jaune had a machete, so he was about as threatening as a rat to a cat. Fortunately the two teams seemed to realize this too and prioritize shooting at each other. At the end of the quick gun battle only two greens were left. Their victory was short lived as Jaune stabbed on of them in the back and threw the man's knife at his friend. Jaune picked up and AK47 and a spare magizne.
"I'm impressed Mr. Arc. I expected you to fall much sooner." Noore said actually sounding impressed.
"I won because the wolfs had to fight someone else and got distracted and the green and yellow teams both dealt with each other while not watching there flanks! How is she impressed?" Jaune thought.
"But, this is Shanath Arena, and we are only warming up."
*Horn*
"The betting is opened for round three!"
This time three doors opened. A yellow and green team came out of there respective doors, but the third had two tigers come out. Jaune took cover and decided to continue the same strategy of letting them sort it out then picking off the survives. However fate's a bitch and a tiger was thrown over Jaune's cover. When it landed it immediately took notice of him and charged. Jaune tried to take aim, but the tiger bit down on his right arm causing him to drop his rifle. Jaune japed it in the eye with the magazine in his other hand, giving him the ability to remove his arm from its jaws and grab the AK and gun the tiger down. Jaune reloaded and popped out of cover to gun down the remaining fighters.
"Now I know why the MILFs is putting it's faith in a dyeing blood line Mr. Arc. Let's see if the next round can end their pathetic rebellion."
*Horn*
This time only one door opened and five MDI troopers came out decked out in combat armor. Jaune took cover and did the whole peak out and shoot thing. They had armor, and if Jaune didn't have aura it would have been a short fight. He got shot many times, but it didn't pierce the skin. Still stung though. The fight ended in a few minutes of fighting later.
Jaune picked up an F90 and a vest of ammo from one of the soldiers.
"The masses have spoken. Mr. Arc. Could this terrorist be the next great Arena champion? Place your bets for the penultimate round!"
"Why is MDI here? What's Paul's stake in this?" Jaune couldn't help, but wonder.
"Man and beast may have fallen at his feet. But, before he wins his freedom, there is one more challenge to face. Let the final round begin!"
*Horn*
The two largest doors opened. At first Jaune thought it was going to be more of the same, maybe they would sent in a bear or something, his expectations were destroyed. When the doors opened to reveal a Beowulf walking out. Now one Beowulf wouldn't be a problem, but with how much of a beating his aura had taken, and the sharp claws that could scratch steel, strong jaws that could put a alligator to shame, and thick skin that could block dust infused bullets. One could forgive Jaune for dropping his gun and running away. The Beowulf had no limit to stamina unlike Jaune to he needed to do something. He noticed the MDI troopers had grenade belts, he ran around grabbing all the grenade belts and dogging the Beowulf. He dropped all the grenade belts at a spot and ran to grab a shotgun. Jaune led the Beowulf around until he made it to a spot, he waited and when the Beowulf predictably jumped he ducked and it went over him and landed near the grenades and Jaune took a shot. The resulting explosion engulfed the Beowulf killing it instantly.
*Cheering intensifies*
"Dear Monty that was intense!" Jaune thought, glade it was over.
Later
Jaune clipped the last part of his chest plate back on. He was fully dressed now.
"Walk with me?" Noore asked and Jaune humored.
"You tried to kill me." Jaune complained.
"And now I'm not." Noore said turning around.
"You know what? Fuck you!" Jaune said with venom in his voice.
"Just listen, please." Noore's voice sounded desperate.
"Paul has my family. Until I know they're safe, I'm trapped here doing whatever Salem wants me to do."
"What does this have to do with me?" Jaune asked still a bit irritated.
"The MILFs want Paul dead. I need my family safe. We can help each other." She turned to open a door to her bedroom.
Noore turned "I can get you close to him."
"I'm already on a mission for my sword." Jaune explained.
"Then call me when you're done with that. Oh, and your grace. Take it easy on Reggie and Yogi, their being played just like me." She closed the door and Jaune left the arena/temple.
*Ring*
*Ring*
*Ring-*
"Radec hey" Jaune said into his scroll.
"Your majesty! We've been looking for you for hours! Where are you?" Radec asked with relief.
"Shanath Arena." Jaune said calmly.
"Shanath Arena! What are you doing there?" Radec asked.
"Sight seeing. Look I need you to sent some guys to Reggie and Yogi's place, words didn't get me anywhere."
"Understood, they'll be there."
*Beep*
"Was that him?" Winter asked.
"Yes, he's fine. I need to send some trooper somewhere for him." Radec responded.
"We need him here Radec where it's safe." Winter scolded.
"He's not a civilian." He said firmly.
"My sister went to Beacon with him and she said in her letters that he is completely indent with a sword."
"And she is always reliable and never quick to judge?" He asked.
"... Shut up." Winter replied.