Son of a Conqueror
Chapter 6 crazy day
8 Years ago.
Iskandar stood in a large flat desert plateau staring out at a river cutting through the plateau heading towards a lake at the far end of the plateau. Iskandar nodded happily at the sight before turning around to look at the people before him. These people were from several small villages that had been destroyed by Grimm. Iskandar and Jaune along with some Hunter's that passed by had saved the people and offered to travel together. Jaune had convinced Iskandar that he should let them join and protect them. Jaune also said it would help with building his kingdom if he had people willing to settle land with him. That was true but Iskandar didn't expect to have gotten so many people to join him so early on.
"Alright this is where we will build. Do not worry about the Grimm! Any that come shall all be met with my fury and might!" Iskandar shouted getting cheered from the large group of people. There were at least over 200 people before him. Many in carriages with lumber and stone stacked high in the carriages. Iskandar smiled happily at the people before taking a deep breath. "Let us begin to build our new home!"
Iskandar shouted out getting another cheer while the people began to move about disembarking their carriages and began to set up tents. Many of the people moved, spreading out all of them setting up their tents in different area's while the carriages with lumber and stone moved far off to set it all up to build for later. Iskandar just smiled at this before he heard a small giggle to his side. He looked down to his now 10 year old son Jaune who just smiled up at him.
"What is it Jaune?"
Iskandar asked only for Jaune to smile wider at him.
"Well you told me you were a king and while in the Hetairoi you have an army. I just can't help but enjoy watching you act like a king to people."
Jaune said getting a smile from his father who knelt down ruffling his hair.
"I'm glad to hear that, now Jaune lets go and begin patrolling the area. We don't want any Grimm to show up while everyone is getting settled in."
Iskandar said getting a vigorous nod from Jaune before turning to a small group of men and woman. All the men and women were dressed in different types of armor with various weapons in hand. One of the men of the group was a tall muscular man with long shoulder length pitch black hair. The man was dressed in a pair of black cargos with a muscle shirt on. Hanging from the mans waist were a pair of scythes. The man quickly straightened up when Iskandar came up to him. The man was at least a head shorted then Iskandar but still had an imposing form.
"Shall we spread out?"
The man asked looking to Iskandar like a soldier would his commanding officer.
"Correct Kin, I need you to spread out all the Huntsmen and Huntresses you have to keep watch around everyone incase Grimm show up."
Iskandar said getting a curt nod from Kin.
"Alright you heard him we'll spread out in groups of three and watch over as many people as we can!"
Kin shouted to all the Huntsman and Huntress before him. There were at least 50 of them all standing behind him nodding. The hunters all began shouting between each other as they grabbed their bags moving out in groups of three to watch over the people.
"Also Kin take Jaune with you." Iskandar said surprising Kin as he turned looking down to Jaune who just smiled at him. Kin looked worriedly to Jaune not sure if he should take him before turning to Iskandar questionably. Iskandar just smirked at the look. "Don't worry, I doubt Jaune is at your level of skill yet but he will most certainly not slow you down. If anything he would push himself to match. No surpass you."
Iskandar said surprising Kin before he looked down to Jaune. Kin just huffed putting his hands on his hips before turning to Iskandar.
"I would like to take your word, I would but I need to see him in action before I agree to this."
Kin said getting a joyous laugh from Iskandar who just clapped him on the shoulder.
"Them why don't you have a quick match with him. Think of it as training, I can send some of my soldiers from the Hetairoi to fill in the gaps in the guard while you do this."
Iskandar said getting a nod from Kin.
"Sounds good to me, alright Jaune you heard the man let's get going."
Kin said quickly giving a polite bow to Iskandar before Jaune and him moved off to a clear flat area just away from the people. Two people followed behind Kin to be his partners and referees for this little sparring match he was about to have. Jaune just followed Kin before he told him to stand still while Kin took one of the short scythes on his waist and used it to draw a circle in the ground around him and Jaune. The circle had to be 20 feet wide giving more than enough room to move around for someone as small as Jaune.
"Alright, here are the rules." Kin said drawing Jaune's attention. "You have to land at least 5 hits on me in 30 minutes or less to come on the watch. Now I will still take you if you could land three but any less you can't be on watch, am I clear."
Kin said getting a nod from Jaune before he smiled at him.
"But what if I hit you more than 5 times in those 30 minutes?"
Jaune asked hearing the two men he came with Kin chuckle from the side. Jaune ignored them in favor of listening to Kin.
"No need to worry about that, if you do hit me 5 times I will call my defeat, your defeat is decide if you can't hit me 5 times in those 30 or if I knock you out of this ring."
Kin said waving a hand at the ring he drew getting a nod from Jaune.
"Alright I can do that."
Jaune said drawing his sword Damocles from his hip getting into his stance. Kin drew his twin scythes and waited for one of the men on the outside of the ring to start the fight. Both men just smiled before one drew his sword and raised it over head while the man beside him set up a 30 minute timer on his scroll.
"Begin!"
The man called and Kin quickly raised his scythes up just as Jaune shot forward towards him. Kin easily blocked the first slash Jaune threw at him. He then lifted his left foot kicking out to hit Jaune in the gut. To Kin's surprise Jaune actually dodged the kick. Even more surprising Jaune had actually landed a strike on him as he stabbed the bladed pommel of his sword into Kin's leg as he dodge it. Kin actually smiled at this before retracting his leg quickly taking a step back from Jaune. Jaune moved to follow only to be forced to duck as Kin slashed out with his right scythe. Jaune quickly fell to the ground using his small form to roll under the attack. Jaune tried to come up in Kin's guard only to get kicked in the face when he came to his feet. Jaune grunted as he was sent flying 8 feet back from Kin.
"Come on kid you actually landed a hit, don't get taken down from just that!"
One of the men outside the ring called. Jaune just pushed himself back to his feet wiping his now bloody nose. Kin just stared slightly surprised at Jaune but didn't say anything. Kin just reversed the grips on his scythes ready for Jaune. Jaune took a deep breath sniffling through blood before running forward towards Kin slashing out at him. Kin easily blocked all the slashes Jaune threw his way, not even breaking a sweat. Kin quickly began to turn on his heels aiming to get Jaune closer to the edge of the ring and knock him out. Only Jaune noticed this and kept his distance moving from Kin's left to his right so he couldn't get knocked out of the ring.
Kin just smiled at this surprised at how smart Jaune was before quickly shot forward close up to Jaune slamming the handle of his scythe into Jaune's gut. Jaune folded over the handled his cheeks seeming to puff. Kin stared surprised by this before Jaune quickly spit up blood at Kin's face. Kin backed away to keep the blood away from him in surprise only to feel as Jaune slashed his arm. Kin just stared in surprise again as he looked to Jaune who smiled at him with bloody teeth. 'He used the blood from his nose to spit at me in hopes of blinding me. He planned to take a hit so he could get close enough to strike back.' Kin thought in surprise looking to Jaune.
"That's 2 hits, one more I can join the watch. But I am going to hit you 3 more times to make it 5."
Jaune said smiling at Kin. Kin stared in surprise for a second before he began to laugh.
"Alright then, well it hasn't been 30 minutes yet but let's keep going."
Kin said smiling at Jaune who just wiped his mouth and raised his sword. Jaune quickly shot forward towards Kin slashing out repeatedly only for Kin to block every strike. This went on for minutes as Jaune tried to land more strikes but couldn't. Kin just smiled at him as Jaune rolled away from him quickly slashing up parrying one of Kin's scythes before rolling to the side again. Jaune quickly spun on his heels finally landing his third strike on Kin before getting back handed away. Kin just smiled at Jaune who hit the ground rolling into a ball before coming back up to his feet. Jaune went to charge Kin only to hear one of the men to the side call out stopping him.
"That's it ring out!"
The man called surprising Jaune as he looked down to see he indeed was knocked out of the ring. Jaune just stared for a second before sighing and sheathing his sword.
"Well I still get to join the watch seeing as I got 3 hits in."
Jaune said with a smile before rubbing his dirt and blood covered face. Kin just laughed from inside the ring walking up to Jaune.
"That's right, keep up the training and you will definitely beat me in no time!"
Kin cheered ruffling Jaune's hair. Jaune just smiled up to Kin before he was waved off to get cleaned up.
"Impressive isn't he."
Iskandar spoke up as he walked towards Kin. Kin turned around to see the large man come towards him.
"Yeah he is, without a doubt he will be one of the best Huntsman ever."
Kin said getting a laugh from Iskandar.
"Glad to hear it."
Iskandar said smiling as he watched Jaune run up to a woman at a tent. The woman screamed for a second before she went onto clean Jaune up with a towel and water. Iskandar laughed at the sight before moving off to help.
Present day
Iskandar stood looking down to Jaune and his team eyeing them carefully.
"Well Father as you know this is my partner Nora Valkyrie, beside her is her childhood friend Lie Ren and finally beside him is his partner Pyrrha Nikos."
Jaune said waving a hand before his friends and team. Iskandar nodded smiling at the sight of them all.
"Well I must say you're a very interesting looking team." Iskandar said crossing his arms over his chest puffing it out as he did. "You three may only have known my son for little over a day now, but I want you all to get along well and become a proper team and family!"
Iskandar cheered getting a happy smile from Jaune and Nora. Though Nora still had some blush on her face from Iskandar asking Jaune to make her his bride. Ren and Pyrrha though just gave wary smiles not really sure what to make of Iskandar's words.
"E-excuse me sir but by family what do you mean?"
Pyrrha asked nervously getting a loud joyous laugh out of Iskandar.
"I guess it's only natural you don't know what I mean, Jaune would you care to elaborate for them?"
Iskandar asked Jaune who nodded at him with a smile. Jaune walked before them all clearing his throat before looking to his team.
"To be a warrior on a battlefield, the man or a woman who fights beside you are your family! Your brother's, your sisters! It doesn't matter which it is, so who ever you fight alongside is your Family, so you must always fight to protect your family!"
Jaune shouted draw the attention of some of the student's around. Ren and Pyrrha just stared at Jaune and Iskandar who both had wide toothy grins on their faces.
"See that is what I mean, you four will be a proper family!"
Iskandar cheered clapping Jaune's shoulder. Ren and Nora shared a look of surprise before smiling at them.
"I guess I could get behind that."
Ren said while Nora jumped up quickly climbing onto his shoulders.
"Yeah, I bet we would make the best family, team ever!"
Nora cheered throwing a fist into the air. Pyrrha just smiled at the two before turning back to Jaune and Iskandar.
"Yes, as a team we are a family so let's all work hard to be the best we can be."
Pyrrha said getting a smile from Jaune and Iskandar.
"Alright that is what I wanted to hear!"
Jaune and Iskandar shouted in unison before turning to each other in surprise. The two then smile before breaking out laughing. Iskandar reached a hand out quickly clapping Jaune on the back so hard a loud bang of a clap rang out. But Jaune didn't budge from the assault just standing next to his father laughing. Ren and Pyrrha just shared a wince thinking that Iskandar may have hurt Jaune but discarded the thought when they saw him laughing still. However Pyrrha's attention was taken away from the happy scene when she saw the blood slowly dripping down Jaune's arm.
"Jaune you're bleeding!"
Pyrrha gasped in surprise drawing Jaune's attention to his left arm where he saw he was indeed bleeding. Ren and Nora both turned to Jaune in surprise to see the cut on his left arm quickly coming up to check on him.
"Oh, yeah back when we were fighting the Mosasuar. Don't worry it's not deep it will heal in no time."
Jaune said not really worried about the cut on his arm while his team though shared worried looks.
"Jaune, why didn't you use your aura to protect you?"
Ren asked getting a nod from Pyrrha and Nora.
"Aura, what do you mean aura?"
Jaune asked just staring in confusion at Ren before looking to Iskandar to see if he knew what Ren was talking about. Iskandar only shrugged at Jaune not knowing what Ren meant either. Jaune turned back to Ren and Pyrrha who both just stared at Jaune in shock.
"Wait are you telling, me that you don't know what aura is?"
Ren asked getting a nod from Jaune.
"Is it something special?'
Jaune asked wondering why he never heard about this aura stuff before. Ren just stared wide eyed and shocked before he realized something. He slowly turned to Pyrrha who seemed to have come to the same realization he had. The two slowly turned back to Jaune and Iskandar with wide eyes. Just as Ren and Pyrrha turned back to Jaune and his father Team RWBY came up behind them waving.
"Hey gu…"
Ruby began to great them only to be stopped when Pyrrha and Ren shouted in unison.
"YOU MEAN THIS ENTIRE TIME YOU HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WITHOUT AURA?!"
Team RWBY recoiled at the outburst before realizing what Ren and Pyrrha had said. All of team RWBY slowly turned to look at Jaune who just nodded at them.
"I'm not sure what you two mean, but seeing as I haven't heard of aura before I don't think I have ever used it." Jaune said very calmly not really sure why his Ren and Pyrrha were acting so weird. "Could you explain what aura is though? I mean if it's so surprising I don't know about then it's something I must know about if I am going to be a Huntsman, right?"
Jaune said with determination in his eyes. 'If they're acting so weird about this aura stuff then it must be important.' Jaune though ready to learn all he could about aura. Sadly, Ren and Pyrrha seemed to have broken down as the two had just lowered their heads and face palmed at him.
"Wait, how could you not know what aura is?!"
Weiss shouted surprising Jaune as he turned to his right where he saw all of team RWBY.
"Oh, hey guys I didn't see you…"
Jaune began only for Weiss to run it to him thrusting a finger into his face.
"How do you not know what aura is?!"
Weiss asked in an almost crazy tone her eyes wide in shock as Jaune just rubbed the back of his head.
"I just don't know about it. I mean no one ever told me about. Why is it really that important?"
Jaune asked really wanting someone to explain. 'Man if everyone is getting upset about this I really need to know what it is.' Jaune thought watching as Weiss just face palmed like Ren and Pyrrha had. He turned to Nora to see if she knew what was going on but he saw her now just using his father's arms like jungle gym bars handing from them happy, not really paying attention to the situation at hand. Jaune smiled at that but quickly brought his attention back to team RWBY to see if they could explain everything to him.
"Alright, Weiss just calm down let me explain." Blake said walking up to Jaune pulling Weiss away from him. "Alright Jaune, you see aura is a very important part of being a Huntsman or Huntress."
Blake said getting a curt nod from Jaune.
"I can see that from everyone's reaction."
Jaune said causing Blake to turn to the still face palmed forms of Ren, Pyrrha and Weiss.
"Yes, now you see Jaune aura is something every living creature has. Aura is the manifestation of one's soul and can be used to shield you in a fight. Aura is also used to manifest ones semblance a special power unique to a person. Now normally people unlock their aura through training and will power, though someone with considerable training can unlock another person's aura."
Blake explained getting a nod from Jaune as he cupped his chin in thought thinking about what she said.
"So if all living things have aura, does that mean the Grimm have aura as well?"
Jaune asked causing Blake to shake her head.
"No Grimm are soulless creatures of darkness, that is why we kill them."
Blake said getting a nod from Jaune.
"Yeah and Grimm are just mean!"
Ruby quipped from behind Blake getting a smile from Jaune. Yang quickly patted Ruby on the head adorably.
"Alright, so if aura is able to make a shield to protect us in a fight then that means it's something I need." Jaune said turning to Blake and the others, just as Ren, Pyrrha and Weiss came out of their face palming stupor. "So does anyone here know how to unlock aura?"
Jaune asked smiling at his friend and team. The girls of team RWBY shared a look before shaking their head.
"Sorry Jaune, I don't know how to do that."
Ruby said sadly while Yang nodded at her.
"Same here."
Yang said apologetically to Jaune. Weiss just huffed mumbling about how she couldn't unlock his aura angrily. Blake just shook her head at him apologetically. Jaune didn't seem bother by this at all.
"Alright I just wanted to see if you girls could."
Jaune said turning back to Ren and Pyrrha to see if they could unlock his aura. Ren quickly shook his head at Jaune.
"Sorry can't help you Jaune."
Ren said getting a nod from Jaune just as he turned to Pyrrha who was looking to the side nervously.
"I-I could unlock your aura for you."
Pyrrha said nervously getting a wide smile from Jaune but surprised looks from everyone else.
"Really you can?"
Ruby said surprised that Pyrrha could do something like that.
"Of course she can you dunce. Pyrrha isn't a four-time Mistral Champion for nothing."
Weiss said as it was the most obvious thing ever. Ruby just grumbled at Weiss mumbling about her being mean. Jaune didn't really pay attention to them any more as Weiss began scolding Ruby for calling her mean. Yang went on to try and break the two up while Jaune just went on over to Pyrrha while Blake went to help her partner.
"So Pyrrha, would you be kind enough to unlock my aura?"
Jaune asked with a polite smile. Pyrrha just got slightly nervous, a slight blush on her face before taking a deep breath and nodding. Pyrrha asked Jaune to close his eyes as she went on to rest a hand on his shoulder and began a strange chant. Iskandar stood off to the side watching the scene play out with Nora sitting on his shoulders doing the same. They watched as around Jaune a bright white light began to glow around him as Pyrrha chanted. Team RWBY and Ren all watched the scene themselves. Once Pyrrha was finished she slowly leaned forward somewhat out of breath. Jaune quickly caught her once she was done.
"Wow, are you ok?"
Jaune asked Pyrrha while team RWBY looked to her worriedly. They all looked worriedly to Pyrrha who waved them all off.
"It's ok, I was just taken back by your aura." Pyrrha said looking to Jaune with the other to see he was still glowing. He looked down to his hands to see the glowing while also seeing the wound on his arm heal. Everyone else saw this as well and were all surprised by it. "You have quite a lot of aura."
Pyrrha said impressed as Jaune just looked himself over.
"Huh, I expected to feel different but no." Jaune said not really sure what he expected from having his aura unlocked. "Still Pyrrha thank you, this will truly help."
Jaune said smiling at Pyrrha happily causing her to blush slight before turning away.
"No problem we are a team after all."
Pyrrha said a small smile as Ren and Nora came up. Nora quickly jumped up onto Jaune's shoulders.
"Wow, Jaune that was so cool!" Nora cheered hugging Jaune. "You were like a big light bulb!"
Nora cheered getting a laugh out of Jaune and Iskandar.
"That he was, well I must take my leave for now. But I will try and have a sparring match with you tomorrow morning alright Jaune."
Iskandar said getting a nod from Jaune.
"Right Father I can't wait!" Jaune called to his father as he began to walk away while many students all came up asking questions. Jaune just smiled at the scene before turning back to his friends. "Well why don't we go grab something to eat before we head back to the dorms."
Jaune said getting nods and cheers from his friends. With that Jaune and his friend all went off to eat ending their day.
End
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