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"Normal " - speaking

italics- thinking \ flashback

"italics"- Reaper talking

Bold - yelling

AN: Before you guys read the chapter, I need to let you guys know that today's chapter is going to be in third person, this is how it's going to be along the training. You may now continue.

The Unforgiving Path

Ch 7: Memories

Reaper rushed towards Jaune, his body low to the ground with great speed and threw a fast jab. Jaune was able to dodge but he wasn't given the chance to think. Reaper pulled his fist back just as fast as he threw it and delivered another punch, this time it hit him straight in the nose he closed his eyes as it came. The pain that followed was dull, but didn't stick around for long, as it disappeared just as quick as it came.

" Don't close your eye." Reaper commanded, immediately following his punch with an open palm the Jaune's chest. The force that the palm gave made Jaune to fly backwards, causing him to slide a short distance across the water. Jaune sat up after after he stopped, the pain didn't go away immediately this, that was shown by the slow, heavy breathing that came from Jaune. Sucking in all the air he could get in as if it were his last, Reaper sighed at this. This is how the sparring went the whole time, he would see what was wrong with Jaune, and make sure that Jaune would fix it. Whether it be with his words, or if words weren't working, his actions. This was his sixth time telling Jaune about his eyes, it's hard, but if he wants to dodge attacks, he has to keep his eyes open. He wanted Jaune to improve by normal means, but that would take time, time that they didn't have. Jaune's breathing started to get under control, and he looked up.

"Are you trying to kill me?" Jaune yelled, the pain in his chest now disappearing. Reaper called this "sparring" but right now, Jaune was starting to see this more as a beating. Sure he gave him those few minutes to try to hit him, but for every attack that he threw at him, it was ether dodged, parried, or blocked. Jaune did slowly adapt and I did block attacks, but very few, and dodged even fewer. He also gave advice as they sparred, so he's not going to end this spar without saying I didn't learn something.

" This is the sixth time I told you about your eyes Jaune. I want you to see what happens now instead of telling you." Reaper said, explaining his action. " You have to see the attack through, even if it hurts. You do this so you can be ready when the the next attack comes. Even if this is something small, this can be what saves your life." Jaune nodded to this, it was all he could do. He wasn't experienced enough with his hands to see holes in Reaper's explanation. Jaune got up, putting his hand to his chest.

'Man, Pyrrha's training was, much easier than this.' Jaune thought, getting back up and into a stance, before Reaper shook his head.

" That's all we're going to do today, I'll give you a break before you wake up to rest your mind." Reaper said, he honestly wished there was more time, but they needed to rest their minds so that they don't damage them. The sun that was above them and grew extremely bright, so bright that I had to cover my eyes, and then it went dark

(?)

" I can't get caught." A dark haired boy, no older than five, said to himself. He was running in a thick forest, he looked as if he was being pursued. He stopped running and looked to the tree next to him, he needed a place to hide. " This will have to do." And without a second thought, he scaled the tree to the best of his ability. When he got as high as he could he laid his body on a branch that supported his weight, and he waited. Not long after he reached the top, something sprinted by. The boy stayed put, he didn't even risk taking a breath. After he was sure that whatever went by was away, he climbed down. He looked both directions to it was gone, but failed to look behind him. If he did he would have saw a figure rising from the bush, the figure saw the opening he left and immediately grabbed him.

" Gotcha!" The boy jump out of their grip in surprise, and looked behind him. He saw a young girl with white hair about his age, she was wearing a baggy shirt and pants. The shirt was just a simple gray color with no other design, the pants that she wore were black with purple linings on the bottom and black shoes to match. The features that stood out the most though, were a pair of white wolf ears atop her head, and a white tail that was on her lower back. She was a faunus.

" Dang it! How did you find me Lykos!" The boy whined, stomping his foot on the ground. The boy and the girl, now named Lykos, were playing a game of tag not too far from the village that they lived in. Lykos pointed to her nose.

" This little thing can smell your sweaty body anywhere." She said, puffing her chest in pride. The boy did not look pleased by this answer, and showed this by putting a scowl on his face.

" That's no fair, I can't do that." He whined again, Lykos gave him a grin as he said this.

" It's not my fault you're ...com..petitive." She said, stumbling on the last word. This was her first time using such a large word, it caused her tongue to twist as she attempted to say it.

" What does that mean?" He asked, confused at the word she almost spit out, Lykos shrugged.

" I don't know. I heard your mom call you it when you weren't near." She explained, the boy would probably be offended by it if he knew what it meant. " We should start heading back to the village, it will be dark soon." Lykos said, making her way to the village, the boy followed soon after her.

" Race you there." The boy challenged before sprinting with Lykos on his heels

(?)

The duo made it to the village in less than ten minutes, but something was wrong. The villagers would usually be going home after a day of hard work. But that didn't seem to be the case right now. It almost seemed empty

" Why does it feel empty?" Lykos asked, looking around the street they were on, it was nearly empty except for a few people. Those who were there though were looking at the fountain that was in the center of town. They arrived to the fountain and made their way through the crowd. There seemed to be crowd around it, and in the center of the crowd, there was the village leader , Dulcem, and a bald man that wore black, dented armor, and on his back was a large claymore sword. The sword had many gears where the swords fuller was, showing that it was more than a sword.

" I ask you once more Ducem, I ask for your village, and its resources." The man stated, clenching his fists in frustration. Ducem saw this but he stood his ground.

" And I told you that I'm not giving you a single grain of rice as long as I'm the leader." He said in a firm voice.

" Fine, then if you're not with us, you're against us." He said, walking away. Many people gave him glares as he passed them, but the man thought nothing of it and kept walking. All of us watched him leave the village until he disappeared into the forest.

" Damien!" Ducem called, a dark haired man in his early thirties appeared out of the crowd and walked towards the leader.

" Yes Ducem?" Damien said, Decem put a hand on his shoulder.

" I want you to put more guard on the village tonite. That man has something planned, I'm not sure what, but it's not good." Decem said, to which Damien nodded. Decem walked away with a stern look on his face. Damien stood still with a conflicted look before his eyes, landed on the dark haired boy. His face then broke out to a large smile and he walked towards him, when he got close to him, he embraced him and lifted him into his arms.

" There my boy, where were you all day?" Damien asked.

" I was playing with Lykos." He answered. " What did that man want dad?" The boy asked in a scared tone. He didn't know what was scary about the man. Maybe it was the tone of his voice, or the armor he wore, maybe even the sword. He wasn't sure.

" Who? Him? That baldy thought we would give him the village, but we didn't so there's nothing to worry about." He said, trying to reassure his son that it was fine. It work as the young boy smiled brightly. " Why don't we head home, you need to eat so you can go to bed. I think that your mom's cooking your favorite to." And just like that the boys smile got wider. " Would you like to join us Lykos?" Lykos nodded her head and followed them both home.

(?)

After a large dinner, and a story read to him by his father, the young boy was sound asleep in his bed. But it wasn't long before multiple screams woke him up, he got out of his bed and walked towards the window to see what caused the screams. What he saw horrified him, he saw flames consume multiple building, not only that, but on the ground people were being attacked by people with black crow masks. A banging from his door tore his eyes from the window. It was one of the men, he didn't even think twice before charging the child with a dagger. He closed his eyes and waited for the blade to come. He instead heard the man cough, and a liquid fall on his face, he opened his eyes and saw his father holding his saber. He didn't say a word, he only pick the boy up and ran out of the house.

" Dad, what's happening?" The boy cried, watching the flames dance across the houses.

"Just closes your eyes son." The man said in a strained voice as he ran. The boy listened, and he buried his face in his father's neck. Even though he covered his eyes, that didn't stop him from the screams the screams of people, or the heat of the flames. He felt his dad stop and he opened his eyes, he saw that he was in a building that was dark. His father set him down and kneeled in front of him. There were tears in his eyes as he looked at him, the boy had never seen his father cry before. But before he could speak, his father did.

" Stay in here, don't go outside for nothing." He said, forcing each word out through the sobs.

" What wrong dad, you're not staying here?" The boy sobbed. The man shook his head, and without a word, he dug in his pocket and took out a silver necklace with a purple gem.

" Your mother wanted you to have this." he said, slipping the necklace around his neck. He then embraced his son, knowing it would be the last he would get from him. " I love you." He said. He didn't give the child a chance to say it back as he ran off and closed the latch and blocking it. The boy only cried, and stayed put.

(with Jaune)

Jaune shot out from his bed, sweat covered his body as he got up. He looked around and saw the same room that he fell asleep in. He let out of sigh of relief, and ran a hand across his forehead to wipe away the sweat.

' What the hell was that?' Jaune thought, he was confused, he saw a dream that didn't even feel like a dream, it felt more like a, "memory." he said the last part out loud. The memory wasn't his own though, and he had a feeling that he knew whose it was. His thoughts were interrupted by his door opening, revealing his masked partner.

" Hurry up and get ready, we need to go somewhere." Reaper said in a hurried tone, Jaune only nodded his head. Reaper left the room as quick as he entered and shut the door. Jaune was still in deep thought, thinking about what he saw. As he thought, he asked himself one question.

" If I can see his memories...does that mean he can see mine?"

(End Ch 7)

AN: Wow writing this chapter took a lot out of me, I tried to write this in a week and I can say this now, I think the outcome was good. In this chapter, I wanted to show Jaune what happened to Reaper and in a later chapter, I will do the same to show Reaper what Jaune went through. That will be in a later chapter though. Also, for the third person thing, I wanted to do this to show what both Jaune and Reaper are thinking, though it doesn't show that on this chapter, please tell me if you like it. One last thing, the next chapter is when Jaune's weapon will be revealed, so get your votes in while you can.

So until next time, Lupus out.