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A/N: What's this? Jitters has updated NoL? Why yes, I have. I've been getting writer's block with this story for a while. And in that time, I kept getting more stuff for Those Days and the new story RWBY: Unthinkable Growth (changed title from Magical Girl Ruby-Chan.)

Blake was currently having an awful time. Not only had Jaune fallen off the roof, but now she had to endure Neptune 'Fuckboy' Vasillas knocking on team RWBY's door every hour trying to get Weiss to take him back.

"That's it!" Yang growled, stomping to the door. What happened next was Neptune being dragged off by his ear in the most demeaning manner by an angry Yang.

"Finally!" Blake muttered, pulling her book out. "Now to read the next chapter in peace."


Chapter 3: Old Encounter

As the group had entered the gates, Blake had nudged the blonde holding her hand to signal a sneaking suspicion she felt. A few steps back, Blake had heard a few leaves rustle even when there was no wind. The festival was a time for peace, but the Fang never rests.

Pyrrha had felt the same, as she had slowed her pace to walk as close to the princesses as possible. Her hand was placed near her gladius, ready to attack in case if an ambush.

After letting go of his hand, Blake and Jaune had positioned themselves on opposite sides of the princesses to form the triangle formation. As they continued to walk into the castle, Jaune had followed the four until the Ruby and Weiss were in their shared room with Pyrrha and Blake staying to guard them.

"I'll be taking a short patrol around the area." He told the girls, walking off to do as he said.

"What's going on?" Blake had turned to Ruby to see a worried look on her face. "Why are you all being so quiet?"

"We're sorry Ruby." Blake apologized. "But the three of us are just trying to be cautious of something."

"Nothing will harm you while we're around." The red-headed Paragon assured them.

"But what about Jaune and you two?" Weiss said in concern. "I'd be sad if anything happened to you guys because of us."

"Have faith in us." Pyrrha stroked her ward's head. "It should be our enemies that should be worrying."

"But Jaune's still patrolling the area hurt." Ruby argued. "What if there really is a White Fang out there? He might not be able to fight back."

"…Can I trust you to look after them?'" Blake asked the other guard.

"You're talking to a Paragon." Pyrrha said with a smile. "We always work to perfection."

Before Blake could exit, a knock came to their door before a mop of blonde hair had peeked through.

With Jaune

After patrolling the outside and finding nothing out of place, the ex-prince had decided to go to his room to change out of his clothing. As he got to his room, he heard shuffling inside. Drawing his crop, he slowly opened the door without making a sound.

Seeing a familiar pair of faunus traits, he swung it wide open to confirm who it was.

"You." He said, stunned at who he was seeing.

"It's been a long time …you're majesty." The female voice said in a whisper. "I haven't forgotten you at all."

With Blake

"Sun?" Blake said with wide eyes seeing her old partner of the Oniwaban. "What are you doing here?"

"Great to see you too Blake." The monkey faunus said with a grin. "I would have jumped out of the bushes sooner, but with a Paragon and a Renegade with you; I'd have been dead before my body hit the ground."

"So that was you tailing us?" She said angrily. "You gave us a scare thinking the Fang was nearby!"

"And I am really sorry for that." He said with a bow.

"You're stealth skills must be slipping if you were making all those mistakes." Blake said with half-lidded eyes. "I wonder if the Hunters are doing okay with you in them."

"Hey!" He said, baring his fangs. "It wasn't me that was making all that noise. I had someone else tagging along. Blame her for that."

"So where is this person?" Pyrrha asked, joining the conversation. The princesses were on the side enjoying the banter that was going on.

"What are you talking about? She's right-" Turning around, the blonde faunus saw no one behind him. "…Oh bugger."

"The person you brought in." Blake said through gritted teeth. "You at least had a background check on her, didn't you?"

"Of course I did." Sun said feeling affronted. "She wouldn't give her name for safety reasons, but she did tell me she escaped from Arcadia. She was a slave to the royalty, but after it's fall, she found a new life in Remillia."

"Weren't Paragons okay with faunus in their regime?" Weiss asked her guard.

"They were." Pyrrha nodded, not liking where things were adding up. "And to make things worse, she's a former slave from Arcadia. …We need to get to Jaune quick!"

"You idiot!" Blake smacked her old partner. "You may have brought a potential problem into the castle!"

"Why?" He asked, rubbing the spot where he had been hit. "What's so special about that guy?"

"…I can't tell you for his safety." She said, not making eye contact. "But I will tell you that he was also from Arcadia. Put that with him being a Renegade and you're spelling disaster."

"We gotta go!" He yelled, dashing out the room.

At Jaune's Door

As the group reached Jaune's room, Blake had swung the door open to see the room was empty.

"Where is he?" She breathed out, going to his bed to find his riding crop on the pillow. "His weapon…"

Before she could fully panic as she did in the festival, she heard giggling outside in the halls. Stepping out, Blake and the rest saw Jaune happily chatting with a brunette rabbit faunus.

"You are incorrigible." The ex-prince said to the rabbit.

"That's a very big word, your Grace." She teased back.

"Well you taught it to me." He fired back.

"Excuse me!" Blake said, marching off to the two. Sun took note of how her tone became a bit more hostile. If he didn't know better, he'd think she was-

"Oh, hello." The rabbit bowed in politeness. "My name is Velvet. It's nice to meet you."

"…Blake." The cat said curtly before turning to Jaune. "Have you finished your patrols?"

"I have." He nodded, turning back to Velvet. "Don't take it badly. She's just bad with new people."

Blake's ears had flattened against her head as she made a deep grimace. The grimace deepened as Velvet had believed that bit.

"I see." She bowed once more to Blake. "I hope we can get along in the future."

"Yes." Blake said, fixing her face but still glaring at the rabbit. "By how friendly you two were acting, I'm guessing you know one another."

"We do." Velvet said, hugging Jaune's arm to the amusement of the group besides Blake. "I was his personal maid when we still lived in Arcadia."

"So this guy was a slave driver too?" Sun said, marching to stand next to Blake and giving Jaune a hard stare. "Why would you want to see this lowlife sonuva-"

SLAP!

"Don't you dare talk about him that way!" Velvet growled, lowering her hand after slapping the monkey faunus. "Prince Jaune has been nothing but kind and caring where the rest of the world around me was cruel and demented! I wont have you talking lowly about him in front of me!"

"Calm down Velvet." Jaune tried to soothe the rabbit. "I'm not a royal anymore. You know how it is."

"I'm sorry Jaune." Velvet apologized, but still strongly defending him. "But you've done so much to try and clear your name, but everyone still clings to the old ideas. Not many would do what you did and-"

Velvet never got to finish what she was about to say as Jaune had brought her into a hug to keep her quiet. By now, Blake was having a cold feeling in her chest that was almost suffocating her.

"…Why don't you and the girls go to their rooms?" He mumbled to her. "The other guy and I will go do another patrol."

"If you say so." The bunny said with a disappointed blush as she had to leave with the other girls. Blake had lagged behind to watch the two boys interact.

"My name's Sun Wukong by the way." The monkey said, still not trusting the ex-prince as they both walked off in the opposite direction. "…I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt, so if you do cross me …I'll show you no mercy."

All Jaune did was nod his head and keep his pace.

Back in the princesses room

"So you knew Jaune when he was still a prince?" Blake's princess asked their new guest.

"He and I have a deep history together." She said with a small blush at the memories. "He was the kindest human I got to know living my life in Arcadia."

"It mustn't have been that great if most of the people were horrid slave drivers." Blake mumbled loud enough for all to hear.

"On the contrary!" The bunny said otherwise. "Not all of it's people treated faunus as slaves. It was just rare to find a fair family that would take you in."

"But I heard the royals treated faunus as slaves and tools." She retorted at the new info. Then again, the info she received was from Adam when all the Oniwaban were still against humans.

"The aristocrats and all the other royals were like that, yes." Velvet nodded at what she was told. "But those of the lower class, humans and faunus alike were treated as dirt and filth of the street. …But Jaune was different. I knew it when I was first brought to him."

Flashback

"Uncle Zephiro?" A younger Jaune said, walking into the throne room. "Why did you call me?"

"Hello Jaune." A man with long gray hair said, sitting on the throne. By his side was a younger Velvet who was in chains. "I know things have been hard since your father's passing, and I have done all I can to take care of you and your mother. But I feel I cannot have enough time for you."

"Why do you have a faunus chained here?" The young boy asked, concern in his eyes as he stared at the broken rabbit before him.

"She will be your servant from this day onward." The blonde's uncle said with a smile. "Train her well and she will take care of you."

"…Okay uncle." Jaune nodded. As he moved to pick Velvet up and carry her, Zephyro had halted him. "What is it?"

"Let her walk on her own." He growled. "The moment you give these animals a hint of kindness, they will slit your throat in your sleep as they did your fathers."

"…Yes uncle." Jaune said sadly, gently coaxing Velvet to follow him out of the throne room.

End Flashback

"I remember the news when they said King Zephyro had died." Princess Ruby recalled. "No one really knew how it happened, but many had said a faunus group snuck in and had assassinated him."

"…It wasn't." Velvet told her highness. "It was a human that killed him leading a small faunus unti. It's also what drove Jaune from leaving his kingdom."

"What did start Jaune on his way to become the Renegade Prince?" Pyrrha asked, curiosity in her eyes.

"To tell that, I will need to backtrack to when I was fully made into Jaune's servant." Velvet told them her and the ex-prince's tale.

Flashback

"Filthy animal!" A girl with blonde hair yelled, rearing her hand back to slap Velvet for spilling tea on the floor. Just as her hand was about to descend, Jaune had caught the girl's hand. "Prince? Why do you stop me?"

"She is my servant Cousin Agnis." Jaune glowered at the girl. "Her punishment is mine to decide. Now leave us so I may punish her."

"As you wish milord." Bowing, Agnis had left the two alone. She had turned around before shutting the doors to see Velvet trembling like a leaf.

"Are you okay Velvet?" Jaune asked, sitting her down until she stopped shaking.

"I was scared." She whispered, eyes shining with unshed tears. Jaune had shushed her.

"Hey now." He said. "Don't you remember? I promised no harm would come to you with me around."

Before Velvet could thank him, they had both stood up as they heard knock on the door and someone had walked in. It was another of Jaune's cousins: Lugh Burk.

Jaune had admitted to Velvet how much he despised him. He was a chauvinistic pig that believed he was the gods' gift to women. And if a woman had ever said no to him, they would hanged by their thumbs for all to see. He especially hated the way he had been leering at Velvet when both boys had turned fourteen.

"Hello cousin." The prat greeted, eyeing Velvet the whole time. "Agnis said you were dealing punishments and I just thought I'd stop by to see if you needed some help."

"The punishment is done Lugh." Jaune said in a cold tone. "And if that is all, I'd tell you to leave my quarters and wait for me to call you in before entering."

"So sorry …your highness." Lugh scoffed, walking out the door but not before eyeing Velvet one more time.

Nighttime during dinner

Velvet was currently bringing Jaune his meals when she was grabbed by the arm and thrown into the walls. Dropping the meal, she had looked to who had grabbed her to see Lugh pushing her with his body.

"I've seen how you look at me." He breathed, trailing sloppy kisses on her neck that made her cringe. "I'm not usually an animal fucker …but I'd make an exception for you."

"GET OFF!" She shouted, trying to struggle. She received a slap in return.

"Trying to stop me?" He growled, trying to get a hand under her dress. "Don't tell me you prefer my cousin's limp cock. Maybe you just need to learn something more."

"Let go of me!" Velvet growled, trying to kick him but to no avail.

"You should know what happens to women that say no to me." He smiled, grabbing her breast too hard. "Imagine what I could do to an animal like you."

"Prince Jaune!" Velvet cried out.

"He's not coming." He sneered. "The stupid prince-"

"The stupid prince what?" Jaune's voice said behind him, as he felt a dagger near his crotch. "I'd advice you to let go of what's mine."

Lugh had immediately jumped away from Velvet and was fixing his trousers. "Cousin! P-Prince Jaune! I was just… She was seducing me! The filthy animal was trying to get me to sleep with her, but I said 'no!' I said no."

"And what of the stupid prince?" He said in a cold tone, bringing Velvet to his side, but never turning away from him.

"Just another prince of another kingdom." He lied pathetically. "You believe me don't you? We're family after all."

"True." Jaune said, flipping the dagger. "We are family."

"Oh thank you-"

"But I hate it when others touch what's mine!" Before Lugh could dodge, the dagger was thrown into his leg near his crotch. As he screamed, Jaune had stomped towards him to pull the knife out. "This is mine too. Now scamper off you repugnant sorry excuse of waste."

Lugh didn't do so as he was on the floor crying and screaming for anyone to come help him.

The next day

Jaune, Velvet, and Lugh were brought forth to the throne room where Lugh's mother was glaring heatedly at Jaune and Velvet.

"Lugh tells me that you attacked him when he was helping Velvet bring you his food." Zephyro started. "Before I lay blame and punishment, I'd like to hear your side of the story."

Sending a glare to Lugh's mother before she could protest, Zepyhro had listend intently to Jaune's side.

"And as I had told him: I don't like what is mine being touched." He said, sending a final glare to his cousin who cowered behind his mother. "I leave the rest for you to decide who to believe."

"…I choose to believe you, young prince." Again, Lugh's mother had protested with her son joining her, but the king had raised a hand to silence them. "Your son has had rumors spread about of his promiscuity. And unlike him, Jaune has never once told me a single lie."

"But your majesty-" Before Lugh's mother could say anything she was cut off once more.

"But the fault also lies with me." Zephyro said with a small frown. "Both boys are young and hormonal. Where Lugh has had you to pander to his knowledge, I left none for Jaune to understand the needs and changes of growing boys."

End Flashback

"What happened next?" Weiss asked, hugging her pillow. They knew Lugh Burk had died, but the timeline of his death didn't match Jaune's age as he had died a year before the king.

"I'm not sure I should be telling the princesses the next part." Velvet said with a blush. "It gets …saucy."

"Just don't get into too much detail." Pyrrha suggested. Blake had looked away to hide her blush.

"To make things short: Jaune was to …use me as his practice." She said with a blush.

"He raped you?!" Blake snarled, not liking the info she learnt.

"No!" Velvet held her arms to calm her. "He didn't. …Or that's what I keep telling him. …The king had ordered one of his loyal servants to help 'instruct' Jaune of what to do. As his servant, the king said I would be used to help him. …It was a first everything for both of us."

"But why couldn't he say no?" Blake asked exasperated. "Why go through with it?"

"Because if he refused, I'd be sold off to Lugh Burk." She said solemnly. "He may say it was rape, but I gave myself to him willingly."

"…Do you love him?" Blake asked. She didn't know it, but the others could hear some hurt in her voice.

"Of course I love him." She said cupping her hands together. "He was the one who freed me, kept me safe, protected me from harm. He was the one who changed everything for me when I gave up all hope of finding happiness. And all I did was be there for him."

"So he became the Renegade Prince because of that?" Ruby asked, blushing at how pure Velvet was acting. "So romantic!"

"That was just the beginning." Velvet shook her head, picking up from where she left off. "You see, Jaune always had a heart of gold…"

Flashback

"I'm so sorry Velvet." Jaune said, stroking Velvet's head. They were both in bed, and both equally naked. "I hope I didn't hurt you too much."

"Stupid prince." Velvet whispered, lightly tapping him on the forehead. "Between you and your cousins, I'd take you over them anytime. …Besides …I was actually enjoying myself."

The king's servant had left the moment Velvet had started moaning and moving in tandem with the prince, so it was all them.

"I hate how things are now." He whispered, shifting as she snuggled next to him. "Things weren't always like this."

"I think things will get better when you become king Jaune." Velvet whispered into his ear, giving him a kiss on the cheek.

But things didn't get better. As the war approached and progressed, more faunus were treated cruelly and unjust. Jaune had snuck out into the streets many times to see faunus starving and being beaten wherever he went. To make things worse, the king had decided to name Lugh as the next heir to the throne. Luckily, he didn't take Velvet away as she was considered 'marked' by Jaune.

With the news coming to him, Jaune had been given more freedom without his princely duties to hold him down. He was free to roam the streets without any care.

End Flashback

"And then?" Ruby said, quivering in her futon.

"A revolution happened." Velvet said with a smile, standing up to do mock swordplay. "Jaune was known through the whole streets as the ex-prince. Many humans were against Lugh, but many faunus hated the royals. A year had passed and he had made small units that were rebelling against the king. He disguised himself as a faunus and had taken them to the throne room where he and the king had fought to the death while his small army protected him from the royal guards."

"But why did the faunus still hate him?" Ruby asked, remembering what Jaune had told her when they first met.

"Things weren't that simple with them." She said sadly, her ears flopping down.

Flashback

"Take off your mask so I may see my murderer." The king said, a sword stuck in his chest. Reaching out, he managed to pull Jaune's mask off to reveal his face.

The remaining faunus and guards had stopped the moment the king had been stabbed. All had recognized his face and realization had come upon them all. Velvet was standing next to Jaune the whole time, as she had aided with the king's murder.

"We have been deceived!" A dog faunus shouted, throwing his weapon down. "A ploy to bring the ex-prince back into power."

"We're sorry!" Velvet shouted as more faunus had shouted in anger. "But with Jaune as the new king, we can all have equality!"

"That's enough Velvet." Jaune whispered, wrapping his arms around her. "I'm no prince. I never will be again."

"But Jaune." She cried, returning the hug. He had let go to face the enraged people.

"I have slain the king and take his throne as the new ruler!" He shouted to all in the throne room. "As my first decree: All faunus are free! Leave or stay, you are no longer slaves. As of now: Arcadia will now say faunus and humans are now created equal. So says the king."

After the faunus heard this, their shouts of anger had turned into shouts of joy.

"My second decree." Jaune continued. "This day will never be told of to anyone. If it will be asked about, the former king had died by an insurrection by both humans and faunus suffering under his rule. All those in this room are now under royal oath never to speak of what really happened today."

All murmured but agreed to this.

"And as my final decree before I step down and exile myself!" He said with tears. "The monarchy will fall. Arcadia is now under democracy! Both faunus and human can run for candidacy. …I leave my country to the people."

With those words, Jaune had left the palace with the faunus and humans inside chanting his name as he left. As Velvet followed him outside to the streets, the people had heckled and jeered him as he continued to the gates where a horse was waiting for him.

"Jaune!" Velvet shouted out to him as he walked into the desserts. "Where are you going?"

"I'm leaving Velvet." He said, not turning around. "The war is still ongoing, and I want to help end it."

"Let me follow you then." She cried out to him.

"You don't have to follow me Velvet." He said mounting the stead. "I'm no longer a prince. You don't have to serve me anymore."

"But I want to serve you!" She cried, trying to get him off the horse.

"Be free Velvet." He whispered, leaning down to give her a kiss before riding off to another kingdom.

"You stupid prince." She sobbed with tears in her eyes seeing him off.

End Flashback

"To honor him, those in the throne room kept to his words." Velvet finished. "Arcadia became united and fair, but they couldn't stop the people from scorning the royals."

Looking down, she saw the princesses were asleep, but their guards were still listening intently.

"Wow." Pyrrha whispered, eyes wide with wonder. "He was amazing."

"He still is." Blake muttered, looking to their door.

"…So can you tell me how he was on his first time?" Pyrrha nudged the rabbit who turned a deep shade of red. Blake had taken it as her cue to get out and do her patrols.

With Blake

After exiting the room silently, she had easily found Sun sitting on their old spot where they had a clear view of the harbor.

"It's been a while." She muttered not looking at him.

"It has." He agreed. "…I had a talk with the Renegade. He's an okay guy. A bit shifty now and then, but still okay."

"Did he tell you anything else about him?" She poked for more info.

"Besides being the prince of a place that Adam scorned as a hellhole for our kind?" He said with a scoff. "Only that he'll try to work with me even if I don't trust him."

"I was like that with him when I first met him." She said with a small laugh. "But after a while, you get to see he's a good person. …Where is he by the way?"

"He offered to get us some drinks." He muttered, turning away from her. "It's kind of annoying that my instincts keep telling me to either fight him or run away. But at the same time, a part of me wants to be his friend."

"Again: I was like that with him too." She pointed out. "But it took Ruby and his highness to help me figure out that those instincts are telling me that he's a strong individual. And I can rest easy knowing that he's on our side helping to guard princess and his highness."

"…I really wanna fight him." He said wringing his hands. "It's not out of anger or something bad. But a part of me just wants to fight him. It's like looking at a huge mountain and you just feel like you want to climb it. You know what I mean?"

"Maybe." She said, sighing as she enjoyed the cool breeze. She had learnt a part of the ex-prince's history, but she felt like there was much more to it. "If the emperor has such high regard for him, he must be that skilled. …By the way, how's life as a Hunter treating you?"

"Thanks for reminding me." He said, his voice getting serious. "There was another reason why I came here besides dropping Velvet off. …Adam was spotted a few towns over."

The cool breeze Blake felt had turned into a deathly chill at what her old partner had told her. She had a good time tonight, but it was now time to head back into the harsh reality.


"And the blue pest is gone." Yang said, entering their dorm.

"Thank you Yang." Weiss said on her bed. "…Is Ruby still visiting Jaune?"

"Yup." The blonde nodded, picking Zwei up and throwing him at Weiss. "Keep this guy company while I try and take a nap. …By the way, have you seen Blake lately?"

"I'm right here." The cat faunus said, waving her hand.

"You've been awfully quiet Blake." Weiss commented. "I almost forgot you were here."

"Sorry your highness." Blake had kicked herself again. Her mind was still in her fantasy.

"Sheesh. You dont have to be so mean about it." Weiss said standing up. "I think I'll take Zwei out for a walk until you're feeling better."

Blake groaned into her book.

END

AN: Hey y'all. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, because this took a lot of time to think about. Characters to portray, plot to thicken, adding a bit of sauciness but not overselling it to the point where it was pointless. But yes! I have updated it.

Expect more of RWBY: Unthinkable Growth though. It was a product of a lot of writers block popping out other ideas I kept noting down.

Yes, Velvet is part of the story now. Will she be like a love interest? Maybe. It's up to you guys to try and predict. Is her love really genuine, or is it something else?

If you're stinging that Jaune's first isn't Blake's to own …it's okay. You know they'll end up together. It's just a matter of how it happens.