Son of a Conqueror
Chapter 11 Redemption
3 years ago
The wind rushed by as Iskandar road his chariot through the air, streaking over the large desert below. Behind Iskandar Jaune stood hand resting on the railing of the chariot looking over at a large fortress. Iskandar leaned to look at the fortress humming in thought.
"Father, what do you think happened?"
Iskandar looked to his son who stared intently at the fortress scanning the entire building carefully.
"Not sure, but we were asked by Vacuo's council if we could help investigate the reason the fortress went dark. So let's go down and begin the investigation."
Jaune nodded at his father before the chariot began to descend. Iskandar had been asked by one of the Huntsmen sent by Vacuo's council to investigate a fortress that stopped reporting in little over 2 weeks ago. The council had wanted to deal with the investigation themselves but couldn't as something else had come up for them. Iskandar agreed if only because he felt it would be a good experience for Jaune to have before he left to be on his own. From the reports the fortress had been having strange sightings for months before they went dark which made the council believe the cause to be bandits. They wanted Iskandar to investigate and see if their thoughts were true. However Iskandar felt the faintest hint of Mana in the air around the fortress which made him wonder just what had actually attacked them.
The wind rushed by wiping across their faces as the Chariot closed in to the high walls of the fortress before Jaune and Iskandar jumped off. Jaune landed with a light thump falling into a roll with his sword at the ready. Iskandar simply landed with a loud bang as his feet slammed into the ground. He drew his sword in one quick motion before looking around the area carefully. Jaune did the same before the two lowered their weapons. Both shared a look before turning to look over the edge of the wall to see what was within. The grounds of the fortress were bare with no one insight.
"What should we do father?"
Jaune asked looking up to his father who just rubbed a hand over his chin in though.
"For now, we should check the entire area carefully. Keep an eye open for anything out of place, but don't act unless I tell you." Jaune nodded at his father before turning to a stairwell leading down the wall of the fortress. Iskandar had to stop noticing he was too big to fit through the hole. Jaune looked back up to his father a small smile on his face trying to hide his snickering. Iskandar just huffed before looking down the stairwell then to the edge of the wall. "You search inside there, I will check the main yard and the barracks. You still have that gun Kin gave you right?"
Jaune pulled a pistol from the back of his hip showing it to his father.
"Yeah I got it."
Iskandar nodded before ruffling Jaune's hair.
"Fire it as a signal you found something, alright."
Jaune nodded at his father before he turned to go down the stairs. Iskandar simply turned to the edge of the wall and jumped over it just as Jaune descended the stairs. Jaune moved down the stairs carefully looking at everything in the area closely. He looked over the walls, the ceiling, the floor and around every corner he spotted making sure not to miss anything. He made sure to mark every place he checked with a quick slash from his sword in the stone walls so he didn't check the same place twice. He went down the floors of the wall quickly finding everything barren and destroyed in all the rooms. Jaune wasn't sure what was going on but he had a bad feeling about the place.
When he finally hit the ground floor he came up into the main yard. It was empty which meant Jaune's father had already moved on to the barracks. He figured he would go and catch up to him only to feel a tingle up his spin as his instincts screamed at him to move. He quickly jumped forward diving into a roll just in time to dodge a dagger as it sank into the ground where he had been standing. Jaune quickly looked around the area only to see nothing. He cursed reaching for the pistol from his hip only for his instincts to kick in again. He quickly slashed out with his sword deflecting two more daggers while he jumped back dodging another pair. He landed on top of a large crate giving him the high ground only for an arm to wrap around his neck from behind. He grits his teeth and rotated his blade into an ice pick grip and thrust back into the person behind him.
He felt his sword sink into whoever it was behind him not even hearing a scream of pain as he was dropped. He fell off the crate landing in a crouch before jumping away just as another dagger flew at him. He slid across the ground looking around to find his attackers only to see nothing. He turned to look at the crate where he stabbed his attacker to see what looked like a deformed pitch black skinned man sprawled out dead on the crate. Jaune hadn't expected his attack to kill the attacker as he stared slightly shocked. He had never killed anyone before, even if it was someone who looked less than human. The thought was shocking and made him sick. But the most shocking thing was that the thing that grabbed him had a white skull mask with one large eye in the center.
It was a sickening sight but Jaune went to shake the shock off turning just in time to see another figure like the one he killed towering over. This figure stood at least two times the height of the one Jaune killed with large muscles across its body. He held his sword up just a tad too late as the figure struck at him as its curved dagger went around his sword cutting his arm. He flew to the side smashing into another crate shattering it. He groaned in pain with some blood dripping down his face and went to stand just in time to block another strike from the large skull faced man. He quickly moved in slashing with his sword cutting into the figures side. The figure fell to the ground dead only for a tiny man to appear from a large black mist before striking at Jaune. He quickly slashed out cutting the tiny man in two, killing it. He spun around slashing out deflecting a few more daggers but took one to the leg. He cursed before falling back feeling weak. His eyes widened looking to his left bicep and his right leg. 'Shit it was poisoned!' Jaune thought in shock before seeing his father enter the yard throwing another skull masked man into the yard. Jaune wanted to shout out to him but couldn't as he felt his strength leave him as the poison acted quickly before her lost consciousness.
Present day.
Jaune readied his sword staring intently at the spearman before him. The spearman just growled before rotating his spears in hand. He had to admit form the looks of it; it seems the spearman was more than a little skilled with his weapons. Taking a deep breath before readying his sword he slides a foot forward to charge the spearman. The spearman reacted faster though quickly shooting forward thrusting his long right spear at Jaune. He quickly deflected the strike to the side only for the short spear to come at him. Jaune quickly turned his body ducking just as the spear flew past his shoulder. Jaune quickly pushed into the spearman's guard slamming his bladed pommel into the man's chest.
The spearman howled in pain before jumping back smacking his spear into the side of Jaune's head. He grunted in pain but wasn't going to give the spearman the chance he needed to strike again. Jaune quickly charged forward towards the retreating spearman. Only he had to duck as he swiped his short spear out in front of him. Jaune ducked under the strike before stepping to the side quickly moving to get behind him. The spearman just spun on his heels slashing out with his short spear. Jaune dove to the side as the spear flew over head. The second, longer, spear came for Jaune's head. He quickly rolled away as the spear flew past him slamming into the ground with enough force to rip the ground apart sending dust and red leaves flying into the air.
Jaune quickly stepped forward slashing up hoping to land another hit on the spearman only for him to smack his sword away with his short spear before leaning forward and biting down onto Jaune's shoulder. He grunted in pain reaching up grabbing the spearman's shoulders and falling back onto the ground planting both feet into his chest before kicking him up into the air. The spear man went flying 15 feet into the air growling in pain and anger. Jaune was about roll away and slash at the spear man only for him to throw his long spear at Jaune as it flew down slamming into Jaune's gut. He expected his aura to stop the strike but the spear easily sunk into his side locking him to the ground. Jaune wanted to scream in pain from the attack but bit back his scream just as the spearman came down on him.
Jaune couldn't reach in time just as the spearman slashed out with his short spear cutting at him again and again while he stood atop his long spear. Jaune counted all 11 strikes that hit him before the spearman jumped up and chucked his short spear down at him. The spear hit dead center in Jaune's chest creating an explosion sending it and the long spear flying back towards it owner. The spearman caught the spears with ease rotating them around his body before he fell into his stance glaring at Jaune who just lay in a crater, blood spilling form the wound in his side. Jaune groaned in pain pushing himself back to his feet slowly before turning to the spearman who just growled. 'Damn, if I didn't have any aura those last few strikes would have killed me.' Jaune thought as his scroll fell from his pocket hitting the ground at his feet to reveal he no longer had any aura left.
He cursed at this before looking to his side seeing the hole from the long spear. It was shocking to think the spear had gone through his aura so easily when the short spear had been stopped so it made Jaune wonder what the man's noble phantasm was. He forced himself to stand through the pain in his side and all over his body. He spit up a glob of blood coughing some before forcing himself to stand. He took a labored breath before readying himself for the next exchange. He knew if he didn't finish the fight in this next exchange he would be dead. He needed to kill the spear man before he was killed, there just happened to only be one way to do that. The spearman just roared shooting forward thrusting his long spear out. Jaune side stepped the long spear stepping forward lunging forward just as the short spear came for his head. He thrust his sword out meeting the short spear with sparks as his sword grinded along the side of the spear veering it off to the side letting it cut along his cheek and ear as his sword came in thrust into the spearman's heart.
Jaune let out a long sigh of relief before hearing the spearman gurgle up some blood. His eyes widened ready to rip his sword out and cut the spearman's head off only to see the blackness fading from his face and eyes while he smiled at Jaune.
"Th-thank y-you." Jaune's eyes widened in shock at the spearman's words as he fell forward onto Jaune. "Y-you freed me f-from that things control. I-I thank you for that. I am sorry I did this to you."
Jaune stared at the man as his body crumbled away fading into dust as his spears fell to the ground beside Jaune. Jaune took a deep breath before standing up from the man smiling at him.
"I am glad I was able to free you. If you and I had met any other time I would have liked to have gotten to know you. I am Jaune Arc, may I request your name?"
Jaune asked getting a small pleased smile from the man.
"I am the first knight of Fianna Diarmuid Ua Duibhne."
Jaune gave a bow to Diarmuid just as his body vanished along with his weapons. Jaune took a deep breath before coughing up some more blood. 'Oh, yeah I'm going to need a doctor to fix this.' Jaune thought before the sound of footsteps behind him drew his attention. He turned to see his father walking towards him with a worried look but a small smile.
"Looks like you won." Jaune nodded at his father holding a hand to his side before staggering some. His father quickly caught him and lifted him up calling forth his chariot. "Get some rest; I will get you back to Beacon with everyone else."
Jaune nodded at his father as he sat him down on the chariot before it took off quickly sailing through the air heading back towards Beacon right behind the airship that brought everyone to the forest. Jaune just took a deep breath and closed his eyes letting his consciousness fade.
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When Jaune's eyes opened again he found himself lying in a comfy bed in the medical bay. His side stung and his cheek and ear felt weird but other than that he was glad to see he was still alive. He went to lift himself into a seated position just as a Nurse walked in to see him. She looked shocked to see him awake before calling for a doctor. But before the doctor arrived Iskandar walked in smiling at Jaune.
"Well now, it's good to see you awake."
Iskandar said getting a smile from Jaune.
"I am glad to be awake. So how long was I out?"
Jaune asked leaning back against the pillows of his bed as his father scratched his cheek.
"You've been unconscious for a day. Doctors actually didn't think you would wake up again. But you proved them wrong."
Iskandar said cheerily getting a smile from Jaune.
"That is good to hear, so where is my lecture?"
Iskandar's smile fell a little before he took a deep breath and crossing his arms over his chest.
"Right just cutting to the chase." Iskandar sat down on a large chair looked like it had been left specifically for him. Jaune wanted to make a remark about it but didn't. "Well I already told you this but you shouldn't take everything on your own. You have a team, and while I don't know how much help they would have been against Diarmuid, you shouldn't have fought him alone."
Iskandar said sternly getting a nod from Jaune before he realized his father said Diarmuid's name.
"Wait, how did you know his name was Diarmuid?"
Iskandar smirked at his son's question.
"Don't you remember what I told you about the Holy Grail war?"
Iskandar waved a hand to the side as Jaune remembered the stories his father told him of the Holy Grail war and the servants who fought in it.
"That's right, Diarmuid was the Lancer servant from what you told me. I can't believe I didn't realize it when I saw him."
Jaune said only for his father to shrug at him.
"He was a corrupted Heroic Spirit; it makes sense that you wouldn't be able to tell who he was when he was turned into a wild beast."
Iskandar said just as a doctor walked in to see Jaune awake. Jaune waved at him before he quickly pushed Iskandar out as he went on to looking Jaune over. The doctor went about checking everything about Jaune from each wound, and how Jaune was feeling. He asked him questions about if he knew what date it was or if he can recount exactly what happened to him. Jaune answered them all and when the doctor was done with him, he told Jaune he wanted to keep him over night again to keep an eye on the wound in his side. The doctor didn't care if his aura was healing the wound, which the doctor seemed shocked by but didn't say anything else about it. Jaune didn't mind as he figured it would be alright.
"Other than that, you can have visitors now, and maybe able to go back to your dorm and get to class starting Monday. But I want you to take it easy understood?"
Jaune nodded at the doctor as he turned to leave the room. Iskandar came back in alongside Ozpin.
"Mr. Arc I'm glad to see you are doing well."
Ozpin said getting a smile from Jaune.
"Yes, I happen to be built pretty sturdily."
Ozpin shook his head at Jaune as he flexed his arms jokingly even if it did show off his muscles. Iskandar just chuckled at this before Ozpin cleared his through bringing their attention back to him.
"Well, I am glad to see you're ok. But that isn't the only reason I came here." Ozpin said taking a more serious tone. "I want to know exactly what happened back in Forever Fall."
Jaune and Iskandar shared a look before Jaune took a deep breath.
"Well that might be a little difficult, but so long as you're open minded to what we have to say we'll tell you."
Jaune said as Ozpin straightened up and gave the faintest of a smirk.
"You would be surprised with how open minded I can be."
Ozpin said before Jaune turned to his father. Iskandar nodded and took a deep breath.
"Well than, let me show you something that will probably surprise even a man like you." Iskandar said going through the chant he uses to summon his Reality Marble. In an instant Ozpin found himself standing before Jaune and Iskandar, with a giant army behind them. "Now then Ozpin, let me begin explaining exactly what we are facing."
Iskandar said while Ozpin hardened his eyes ready to hear everything Iskandar and Jaune had to say.
End
AN/ hurray I finished the next chapter for you happy little reader people. I hope you liked the battle's I put in. I also know I did the whole walls of text again, but really I couldn't put any dialogue in the fights, because that would of taken from the flows of the battles. Sorry for those walls I hope you can forgive me for that. Also, I guess I kind of want to do a pole to see who you happy little reader people would like more as a father for Jaune. Also maybe mothers or just plain Fate characters I want to stick with Jaune for the shits and giggles. Also many may notice that the stories are taking longer to update and that is because My beta is busy working on his stuff so he can't get to everything as quickly as he did before. Also yes I have a beta, if I didn't you people wouldn't be able to even read my story without wanting to kill me. At least with the beta it's manageable to read.
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