The woes of a demon king
Chapter 8 What's going on?
Jaune walked up onto one of the castle walls as he watched the shattered blood moon rise in the sky. Jaune leaned forward on the walls railing letting the cool night's air wash over him. Jaune just let out a relieved sigh, glad the day was over. Jaune had a lot to deal with that day thanks to Ruby hearing about Jaune's marriage. Now that wasn't all bad but seeing as Ruby had ended up rushing off to tell the other girls. That had been problematic for Jaune but he felt good about himself seeing as he turned the situation around and threw it at Ozpin when he told the girls that Ozpin had sent out the goblin's that kidnapped them. Well Ruby, Blake and Weiss anyways. After that the girls left Jaune alone to go and give Ozpin a piece of their mind. Jaune just smiled at this, glad he wasn't the subject of the girl's ire. Jaune just took a deep breath turning around to head back into the castle only to hear someone arguing. Jaune looked to his left to see if anyone of the guards were on the wall with him only to see nothing. Jaune did the same to his right with the same results before looking down into the courtyard to see if any maids were about only for nothing again. Jaune just scratched the back of his head in confusion before turning and looking outside the castle walls down into the forest where he saw two men standing arguing with each other.
Jaune raised a brow at the sight of the two men. 'Who the hell are they?' Jaune thought looking back down the castle wall to see no guards yet, causing him to shake his head in disapproval. 'I must cut their pay and get more guards if something like this could happen and no one notices.' Jaune thought with a sigh quickly jumping over the edge off the wall down towards the forest to see who those men where. Jaune landed with a soft thump barely kicking up any dust as he slowed his fall with magic. Jaune slowly began to sneak his way towards the two men trying and failing to hide in the brush.
"… I told you we can't get over the wall, it's too tall!"
One of the men hissed only for the other man to scoff at him.
"Please Neptune don't be such a Debby downer."
The second man spoke just as Jaune poked his head from behind a tree to see the two men. One was a blue haired human and the other was a blonde monkey Faunus.
"Debby downer, dude how old are you?!"
The blue haired guy the monkey Faunus called Neptune spoke. The monkey Faunus just rolled his eyes at Neptune.
"You know how old I am, don't get side tracked, we need to climb that wall to get into the castle."
The monkey Faunus said pointing up to the wall causing Jaune to raise a brow at him. 'Are they thieves'?' Jaune wondered looking between the men. He didn't know for sure if the men were thieves' or not, seeing as one was dressed in nice clothing while the other looked ruff but still cleaner than a normal thief. Jaune had several options at this point. One was to leave the men be and hope the guards caught them when they tried to climb the wall. That was out of the question seeing as guards might not be competent enough. The second option was just kill the men where the stood and be done with them. That didn't really sit well with him seeing as he didn't want to kill humans or Faunus unless he had no choice. So, that left him with his third option which was talk to the men. With a tired sigh Jaune walked out from behind the tree he was hiding behind.
"Excuse me?"
Jaune spoke drawing the two men's attention both yelping as they drew weapons and aiming them at him. Jaune raised his hands to show he was unarmed even if he knew he wasn't the two men didn't.
"Who are you?!"
Neptune snapped quickly in a fearful voice aiming his trident at Jaune. The monkey Faunus did the same with his staff.
"My name is Jaune."
Jaune answered not really surprised the two men didn't know he was the demon king. 'Looks like Yang was right, no one in the human world knows what I look like.' Jaune thought wondering if he could use this to his advantage. The two men quickly shared a look before Neptune gulped and leaned close to the monkey Faunus and began to whisper. Jaune quickly enhanced his hearing with a small spell and listened into what Neptune said.
"Sun, this guy doesn't look too dangerous but him being here in the demon realm means he could be a contracted soldier for the demon king."
Neptune whispered to Sun who nodded in agreement.
"True but if he was a soldier why hasn't he summoned the guards or even tried attacking us. I mean he snuck up on us like it was nothing so he has to be skilled."
Sun said only for Jaune to roll his eyes at the foolish man. 'Please, I only was able to sneak up on you because you two idiots where arguing so loud you didn't notice.' Jaune thought amazed at how idiotic a person could be. Though he wouldn't say that out loud knowing it would be rude. The two men whisper some more about what they should do. After sometime of talking they lowered their weapons as they settled on just talking with Jaune to see what he knew. Jaune was glad things turned in his favor seeing as he would feel bad if he killed these idiots.
"Alright why not tell us why you're here?"
Neptune asked while Sun nodded vigorously beside him. Jaune just shrugged dropping his hands to his side looking up to the sky.
"I was just on a walk watching the moon when I came up onto you guys."
Jaune said as Sun and Neptune looked up to the moon then back to Jaune.
"Why did you have to go on a walk to watch the moon?"
Sun asked causing Jaune to roll his eyes at him.
"Because a nice walk at night helps me sleep, I was just looking at the moon to help pass the time. Though I'm not sure how I ended up here, or why the moon in red."
Jaune said looking around the area as if he was lost. Sun and Neptune shared a look of confusion before turning back to Jaune.
"What do you mean?"
Sun asked as Jaune just rubbed the back of his head turning to look to the side a false embarrassed look on his face.
"Well I don't know where I am, I live on Patch Island, Outside of Vale." Jaune said making Sun and Neptune stare in even more confusion. He knew he had to keep going so he could make this lie believable. "You see I was walking through the woods when next thing I know I found myself here, like someone used magic on me."
Jaune said very confused, looking to the ground with a lost stare. Internally Jaune wondered if the Sun and Neptune knew that random portals would open from time to time in the human world. Sun and Neptune shared a confused look till something dawned on him.
"Hey Jaune right, do you remember what you saw before you got here?"
Sun asked as Jaune cupped his chin.
"I don't know everything I saw was normal till there was a large a shimmer and then I was here."
Jaune said turning to see what Sun and Neptune thought of that. Jaune's little story was what happens when people get pulled into the demon realm by accident. So, if Sun or Neptune knew about that strange phenomenon then they would believe his tale. Sun nodded at Jaune lowering his weapons tapping Neptune's shoulder.
"Easy now Neptune, it seems that he was just pulled into the demon world by accident, I would know it's happened to me before."
Sun said surprising both Jaune and Neptune. Neptune was surprised because he didn't know this about that about his friend. Jaune was just surprised that he happened to meet a human who experienced such a thing. Jaune figured it didn't matter so he figured he could switch the subject.
"So, this is the demon world, but if that's true why are you two here?"
Jaune asked in mock worry as he looked around the forest, looking up the castle wall. Sun and Neptune quickly shared a look before taking a deep breath looking to Jaune smiling.
"We're here to save Princess Schnee who was kidnapped by the Demon King and kick his ass!"
Sun cheered wrapping an arm over Neptune's shoulder as Jaune just stared wide eyed and shocked at the two men. While Sun looked more than happy and ready to storm the castle, Neptune looked more worried chuckling nervously as Sun pat his shoulder. Jaune just stared in shock, his mouth slowly hanging open in complete and utter shock. He was lucky he didn't have to act here seeing as his shock was genuine seeing as he was the Demon King. Jaune had no idea what to say to the two men as he just face palmed at the two men.
"Please tell me you're kidding?"
Jaune practically begged only for Sun to shake his head at him.
"Nope we really are going to kick the Demon King's ass."
Jaune just sighed rubbing his hand down his face as he stared at both men like they were idiots.
"You have got to be kidding me. Don't you know anything about the Demon King?"
Jaune asked wondering what sort of rumors he would hear about himself this time. Sun seemed to chuckled at Jaune walking up patting him on the shoulder. Neptune just seemed to agree with Jaune seeing as he looked terrified to have to fight the Demon King.
"Come on don't tell me you believe all those rumors about the Demon King?" Sun asked surprising Jaune as he tilt his head to the side questioningly. "You see I don't believe all those rumors, I mean so many of them contradict each other. Like how "The Demon King is a giant monster with eyes that burn with the fires of hell." Or how "the Demon King is the size of a normal man whose eyes could freeze a man's soul"."
Sun said waving off the rumors he heard like he would wave off a joke. Jaune was glad not everyone believed the rumors. But that didn't change the fact that Jaune didn't want Sun or Neptune to break into his castle.
"Well I guess you have a point, but he is the Demon King so there is the chance some of the rumors are true, at least the more reasonable ones."
Jaune said faking his worry only for Sun to chuckle at him.
"Yeah you have a point but that won't change the fact we have to save the princess." Sun said walking over to Neptune clapping him on the shoulder. "Don't worry me and Neptune here will kick the Demon King's ass and return to the human world with Princess Schnee and be dubbed heroes!"
Sun cheered causing Jaune to force a smile.
"I can't wait, if you're going to be heroes though you will need a loyal aid who deals with menial tasks." Jaune said waving a hand to the side. "If you two great warriors would be so kind may I join you as your new servant?"
Jaune asked bowing as he felt his stomach turn at the prospect of serving such fools. While Jaune had to admit he quite liked Sun, his cheery persona was nice and his bright attitude was awesome, but he was still an idiot in Jaune's eyes. Jaune waited for the two men's answer after they whispered some before nodding at each other and smiling at Jaune.
"Alright, you can join us but be sure not to get pulled into any of the fighting, we don't want you getting hurt."
Sun said while Neptune nodded beside him. Jaune just gave a false joyous smile as he nodded vigorously.
"Thank you, I will do my best to aid you two."
Jaune said in false joy, already regretting his decision, but kept it hidden easily. Jaune took a deep breath and watched as Sun and Neptune began to plan how they were going to get into the castle. Sun kept trying to get them to climb the wall while Neptune turned that plan down again and again. Jaune just sighed at this turning to look at the castle wondering what the girls were doing now inside.
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Ruby sat down in the dining hall eating her dinner next to Yang while Weiss and Blake sat across from them. The four all sat in silence not saying a thing. Ruby passed a glace to the head of the table where Jaune normally sat every night only to see his seat empty. That confused Ruby as she turned to Yang.
"Hey do you know where Jaune is?"
Ruby asked tilting her head to the side watching as Yang set her fork down.
"I don't know." Yang said looking to the head of the table questionably. "He might still be in his study."
Yang said not sure if she was right.
"I saw him on the castle wall just a bit ago." Blake spoke up pointing out the window of the dining hall behind Yang. "I saw him standing right there for a bit before he jumped."
Blake said causing Yang and Ruby to turn around looking at the wall.
"Why did he jump over the wall?"
Ruby asked confused at why Jaune would ever leave the castle. Yang quickly got to her feet and began to walk out of the dining hall.
"Whatever the reason is I'll get him, so just finish up your dinner Rubes."
Yang said walking past Ruby patting her on the head with a smile. Ruby nodded happily at Yang.
"Ok, thanks Yang, just tell him to hurry up, he never did finish explaining his marriage."
Ruby said getting a chuckle out of Yang only for Weiss to speak up.
"Could you drop that, we already know enough about his marriage so leave him alone."
Weiss said pointing her fork at Ruby who just whined at her as Yang walked out of the dining hall as the two began to argue back and forth about why they should and shouldn't question Jaune.
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Jaune stared up at the night sky enjoying the way the stars danced before him. 'The sight never gets old.' Jaune thought with a smile only to feel a tug on his foot as he looked up to see Sun and Neptune slowly climbing up the wall, Sun carrying Neptune on his back while also pulling him along by a rope tied to his foot as he hung upside down. 'Oh, yeah these idiots tried to use a pulley system to get us up the wall.' Jaune thought as he sighed begrudgingly at the fact the moment Sun started climbing with Neptune they ended up getting rope tied around his foot as he was now being lifted up the wall.
"Jaune, can you try and pull yourself up, I mean you're heavy we can't pull you up like this!'
Sun called down to him getting a nod from Jaune as he quickly lifted his body in an upward abs crunch and grabbed hold of the rope and began to lift himself up till he found a handhold in the wall to begin climbing. Sun let out a relieved sigh at no longer having to carry Jaune as he quickly climbed the wall up next to them.
"Is that better?"
Jaune asked getting a nod from Sun and Neptune as they continued their climb up the wall. Neptune just pointed up the wall again, this time causing Jaune to roll his eyes at the fool not sure what to make of him. It didn't take too long for the three to reach the top of the wall where Sun quickly threw Neptune off him as Jaune simply jumped over the wall and kicked the rope off his foot.
Jaune just dusted himself off lightly turning to see if any of the guards where on the wall yet only for his eyes to widen as he saw Yang making her way along the wall. Jaune quickly turned to Sun and Neptune to see if they saw her yet. Luckily for him they didn't and that gave him a plan.
"Sun, Neptune, get down now a guard is coming!"
Jaune said faking his worry calling into a crouch as Sun and Neptune did the same.
"Crap a guard, did they see us?"
Neptune asked close to freaking out only for Sun to calm him down.
"Easy Neptune I doubt they saw us, if they did they would have sounded the alarm."
Sun said calming Neptune down as he took several deep breaths. Jaune nodded in agreement with Neptune smiling internally.
"You two should get going, I'll distract the guards for you."
Jaune said in a slightly shaky voice to play off his mock worry. Sun and Neptune turned to him in shock.
"No, we can't let you do that!"
Sun said quickly Neptune nodding in agreement only for Jaune to shake his head at them.
"Don't worry as your servant it's my duty to aid you however I can, and I do know how to fight." Jaune said getting surprised looks from Neptune and Sun. "See my father was a knight before he became a farmer so I know how to defend myself, so I should be able to keep a single guard busy. While I do that you two go further into the castle and save the princess."
Jaune said his voice shaking maybe a little too much worrying him that he might be over exaggerating. 'Damn I hope they don't see through the lie.' Jaune thought, afraid the two might not believe him only for Sun and Neptune to nod at him.
"Alright, but don't do anything that'll get you killed, we will still need your help."
Sun said getting a nod from Jaune.
"Alright you two get going, quickly."
Jaune said turning around, keeping low as he watched Sun and Neptune quickly crawl their way to a flight of stairs and go down them into the castle wall and towards the castle. Jaune smiled at, this standing back up straight turning just as Yang walked under one of the guard towers towards him. Yang smiled waving at him as he began to walk towards her holding a finger up to his face signaling her to be quiet. She tilts her head to the side questioningly but didn't say anything as Jaune came up to her.
"What's going on?"
Yang asked confused by Jaune as he smiled, getting her to kneel-down so her head was only peeking over the railing of the wall. He pointed into the courtyard where Sun and Neptune came walking out of the wall.
"We're going to have some fun messing with two idiot adventurers who came to save Weiss."
Jaune said a devious smile on his lips as Yang stared in shock before smiling along with him.
"Really now, what do you have in mind?"
Yang asked cracking her knuckles as she smiled at Jaune. He just chuckled darkly as he began to plan what he was going to do to Sun and Neptune.
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