AN: Here it is! The next chapter of Game on! Here we see some Vytal build up, Jaune is out of the hospital. Penny and Pyrrha burry their hatchet. Beacon has a new professor with an unorthodox curriculum. We get to know that Ruby watches this worlds WWE and a new character appears that I guarantee you did not see coming! All this and more in Game on!'


"My decision is final."

Blue eyes said with a grim tone as a pair of teal narrowed.
"Reconsider."

Teal said not heading blue's words making them narrow.
"No."
"Reconsider.
Teal said firmly the eyes narrowing into slits making Blue narrowed theirs back in kind.

"No.'

Blue repeated with just as much force as teal groaned.
"Jaune! Listen to the nurse!"
Nora finally broke the taller girl now losing her usual calm tone and demeanor, her teal eyes widening in shock and frustration.

"The nurse says he can fight."

Jaune said repeating the nurses line word per word making Nora groan.

"He almost died!"
"So did I."
Jaune replied in a flat tone making the Valkyrie growl as she rubbed her head.
"Jaune Ren needs rest! He can't compete in Vytal without it!"

"He will get all the rest he needs before Vytal Nora. Ren is strong."

"I Know that, I know he's strong but what if he gets hurt?"

Nora asked her shoulders falling while she let her anger boil away from her body. Her hands unclenching and her temper evening down.
"I know this is rough Nora but Ren thinks he can fight. The nurse says he's cleared for combat. And if he thinks he can fight, then he will fight."
Jaune said putting his point down making the Valkyrie sigh.
"I don't want to see him get hurt. He means too much to me to lose."

Nora said looking at the sleeping boy next to her. Ren was resting in the hospital, and Nora had called Jaune into his room after one of his many weekly visits to the doctor's office. Nora had been attempting to convince Jaune not to clear Ren for Vytal combat.
The massive arena that would soon broadcast their battle for all of Remnant to see was floating lazily in the sky. It hung like a massive tick in the sky, bloated and full of metal rocks and a variety of other items.

"Nora Ren will fight if he wants to fight. If you don't think he should not fight then tell him. I will respect whatever decision he makes. And if you convince him not to fight, then he won't."

Jaune said hoping Nora would understand making the girl sigh.

"I... that's a fair choice. I'm sorry if I pressured you."
The six foot six young woman finally admitted all previous anger leaving her in a moment as she smiled again.
"Thank you, Jaune. I'll try to convince him to slow down."
"Good luck with that. Ren moves faster than a sugar craved Ruby when he's asleep."
Jaune joked as Nora gave a small laugh.
"Yeah but I love that about him you know?"
JOY.
"You do love him."
"I do."
"You didn't think you deserved him?"
"I still don't."
"But you are dating him?"

"Me dating him makes him happy. That's what matters in the end. If Ren's happy I'm happy."
"Are you two on a loop?" Jaune asked making Nora give a small frown.
"I owe him."
"He doesn't see it that way. He thinks he owes you."

"Maybe. But that doesn't mean I'll stop paying him back for every second he's given me."
"I hope you and him are happy."
Jaune said standing up to leave before Nora caught his shoulder with a large hand.

"Jaune..."
"Yes, Nora? What's wrong?"

"I... I'm sorry."
"Sorry? Sorry for what?"
"You are Ren's best friend. You mean a lot to him. And you mean a lot to me too. I haven't been as best of a friend or a teammate as I could be but that's going to change now. I'm your friend Jaune. If you need anything come to me and we can talk."
"Thanks... that means a lot to me, Nora... I will..."
"Any time Jaune. I'm here for you. Just don't stay at arm's length from others. I'd like to get to know you more."
Nora said as Jaune smiled.
"You to Nora, you too."
Jaune said walking out of the door-
"Oh! Jaune, Blake's looking for you. She wants you to call her."
"Got it! I'll call her on my way back to my room."
Jaune said closing the door and leaving Nora to Ren.


WHACK!
Jaune's face snapped painfully to the left his world spinning and ears ringing as a massive blur of colors and shaped filled his eyes as Blake slapped him with full force.
"Blake?!"

Jaune asked the iron taste of blood entering his mouth as Blake's hand crashed into his face making the boy's whimper.
"Fucking idiot!"
"What-
Whap!
Another slap crashed into his face full force striking Jaune off his feet making tears form in his eyes as Blake rocked him.

"OW! Stop that!"
Jaune shouted his face exploding in pain as Blake landed another full forced slap on his cheek. Her hand leaving a large red print of his face. Tears falling from his eyes as the faunus glared death at him.

"What is wrong with you!?"
ANGER.
Pure anger radiated from Blake's face, her normally calm indifferent face twisted with rage and anger her shoulders shaking and her claws fully out.

"What are you talking about!?"
Whap!
The hand came again crossing Jaune across the face a third time. This blow hitting Jaune with enough force to nearly left him off his feet. Jaune's eyes rolled as his vision went white. The superion faunus muscle of Blakes arm crashing into his face and almost making him lose a tooth.
"Blake?! Stop that!"
"What is wrong with you!? Why didn't you wait for us!"

Blake shouted as tears began falling from her eyes as her body began to q uke as she radiated-
FEAR. Frustration. SORROW.

"I had to-"
"Bullshit! You could have waited for us!"

Blake shouted a hand lashing out gripping Jaune by the throat choking him of air as he gasped.

"Roman was on board!"

Jaune shouted as he felt the air leave his lungs, his legs kicking futilely as Blake dragged him up the wall.

"And you didn't have to fight him with just you! After everything that happened?! You almost died! Did you stop for one second! Just one second to think about what that would do to me?! Or Pyrrha? Hell to anyone?!"
"I..."
"You almost died! I thought you died! Why didn't you wait for us?"

Blake shouted her hand shaking with anger and fear tears falling from her eyes, while Jaune felt his vision dim.

"I needed to stop the train; I was the only one who could do it."
"That's bull, and you know it!"
The faunus shouted tears on her cheeks, her amber eyes shaking with anger, fear, grief, and worry.
"I didn't want you to get hurt."
"So you got hurt?!"
"I was going to talk to him! I thought I could talk him down from hitting the town!"

Jaune pleaded shaking with a lack of oxygen while Blake cried.
"And you had to do that alone?! If I was there, I could help you! I'm in this with you! Me and you are on the same side! Don't do that! again"
"I... I'm sorry. I made a mistake, please don't hit me again."
Jaune said bowing his head and-
FEAR.
"I! I didn't mean to hit you... please forgive me. I was worried."
Blake said fear in her face as she looked at the red-cheeked boy that she had hurt. Her grip left his throat dropping him to the floor making him gasp and gag.
"It's ok, at least you hit me cause you care."

Jaune said with a bitter laugh, wishing that the women in his life could communicate affection without breaking his body.

"Of course I do."
Blake said moving forward sealing ther faces with a kiss. The faunus girl placed her thin lips on his making him melt into her grip.

"I'm sorry. Please don't be mad. I didn't mean to hurt you. I was just worried... I've lost people I care about before. I didn't want to do that again."
Blakes thoughts enter his mind as she dragged him up the wall. Her kiss deepening into Juane as her rough tongue entered his mouth. Licking his teeth making the boy quiver. His legs wrapped around her back pulling her closer as he ran his hand on her back. Jaune traced his hands into Blake's long fluid hair. Her raven locks felt like smooth silk to his fingers. As he ran them down her back not just throw well toned it was Blake purred her consent as Jaunes hands reached her wide waistline.

"Go on. I want you to touch."
Blake thought as she took the chance to delve further. Her hand reached around Jaunes gripping the boys rear making him gasp into her mouth as she pulled him closer angeling his back down. Her grip never leaving his waist.
She kissed the boy into the wall. Gripping his rear making him moan as her tongue broke into his mouth. Wrestling Jaune's down making the boys back arch in pleasure.
"You like that? You like it when I get rough?"
Blake thought as Jaune's face reddened not only form her slaps but from the heat running up his body.
"AH!"
The human boy gasped Jane's mouth breaking form Blakes to gaps for air; she let him last only a second before she slammed her tongue back into his. Capturing his mouth like a snake catches a bird. Capturing it and sealing herself on his tongue making the boys tow curs as his legs twisted on her waistline.
'I'm close... my cycle is almost here. Two or three days at max. When that happens..."

"Don't worry. I want to have sex with you."
Jaune said breaking Blake lip-lock as she smirked kissing him one last time. Sealing their lips together before breaking them with a wet plop!
The faunus girl let her human breathe easy as he gasped loudly. His mouth gasping for his eyes glaze and his legs quivering.
"You enjoyed yourself."
Blake grinned gripping his crotch noticing the pained bulge in his pale shorts. Jaune moaned under her touch caving in as Blake smirked.
"Don't worry I'm not going to make you do anything you don't want to do. If you want to back out of the heat deal-"
"I want you."
Jaune said initiating a wet kiss sealing her lips with his as she growled.
"I'm going to make you scream my name."
"You can try."
Jaune tapped into her back using morse code to communicate hoping Blake would get the message. And-
SMUG.
"You are not going to walk right for a week!"
Blake thought gripping his back and ass making him moan as she ran her hands all over his back. Her hands gripping his thin form making him melt int her as the tow students inhaled one another.


"OK! I want two shots! Make em strong and make them burn!"
Qrow said as the bartender nodded. The club he was in was called ironically the club. Techno beats blasting as dozens upon dozens of dancers grinded and ground into one another on the floor.
"Uncle Qrow? What are we doing here?"

Ruby asked the small girl gripping onto his side like a koala. Ruby had not been as convinced to go out drinking for the night, but Qrow worked the old Branwen charm on her and now? Now Ruby was next to him about to take her first step to alcohol just like he did. With hard liquor.
"Don't worry kid! We are going to fix you up!"
Qrow said as the barman returned, pouring them two shots of Vacuo aged whiskey.
"Here you go. Men drink free tonight, so it's on the house."
The bartender said winking at Qrow in a flirtatious manner.

"Hell yeah! Kid we are going to not remember our names now toast!"
Qrow said as Ruby, and he clinked there glassed downing their liquor-
"Ahh! It burns!"
Ruby yelled hacking up her liquor coughing violently as Qrow laughed raucously.

"That's how you know it's working! Another round!"

Qrow yelled as his niece apparent coughed violently onto the counter.
"Uncle Qrow I can't-
"Go easy on her."
"She's just a kid."

Twin voices said as Qrow turned around.
"Oh? Did I order twins or is it my birthday?"
Qrow asked as Militades, and Militia Malachite walked over to them.
"You two?"
Ruby asked as Militades noticed her.

"You are Jaune's friend no?"

Mil asked as Qrow cocked a lone eyebrow at him.
"You two know blondie?"
"We are his co-workers."
Mel said flapping black her silky black hair in one smooth gesture.
"Really? What the hell does he do?"
"He's a host."
Mel said as Qrow laughed.

"Hah! I can see it! The boy must make shit for tips! He's got the charm of a brick!"

"He's not that bad, and we did not hire him for his social skills. He has a good tongue, and his dick is like a lightning rod."
Melanie said with a wink making Ruby glare at her.
"Oh? Are you my trainee's girlfriend blue?"
"One of them, and the name's Melanie mister-"

"Qrow! Call me Qrow, and I'm married so that you know."
The man said holding up his hand showing off the gold ring with a bright blue diamond on his ring finger.
"That doesn't mean anything."
"We've seen more than a few unmarked married men get a bit loose."

Militades said winking at Qrow the redhead young woman giving a coy smirk that made Ruby pout.
"He's married! He doesn't need anyone else!"
Ruby said coming to the aid of her uncle. She didn't know who Winter was beside the fact that she was Weiss's older sister but still! She couldn't even think of what her mom would do if someone so much as looked at her father.

"Easy there kid, why don't you let the grown ups do the talking?"
"I'm not a kid!"
"You can't even take a shot!"

Mil said smirking as a bright blush crossed Ruby's face making her stutter.

"She's got you there Ruby!"

The man said earning an indignant squawk from the girl.

'Uncle Qrow?! How can you side with her!?"

Ruby asked her cheeks redder than her cape as he once dead uncle grinned like an Ursa.

"Hey if you want to prove her wrong take a shot."
Qrow said pointing to her orange liquid that made her grimace before taking it up in one hand.
"I can drink this!"
"That's what we need to here! Two more shots! One for all of us!"

Qrow said as Mel frowned.
"Is it a good idea to drink on the job?"
Melanie asked not liking to mix business with pleasure.
"Why not? It's only one drink ease up, live a little sis!"
Mil said as two more orange drink were poured.
"To life!"
Qrow said as all three women took their drinks in one.
"To life!"
They echoed as the clinked there glasses and downed there shots.


"Please take it slow! You have all just been released from the hospital, and you all need your rest!"
Penny said as Pyrrha took Jaune in her arms, moving him slowly carefully to his bed, while Nora carried Ren. Her friends had just been let out of the hospital for good. Ren being discharged fully. He only needed to go back for checks on his head and neck.

Jaune was more serious; he needed to do weekly checks up until Vytal for organ damage that seemed to come from the strange blue mist that he had sprayed himself in.

"I'm fine Pyr; I don't need you to walk."
Jaune said smiling painfully as Pyrrha shook her head.

"You are still weak; the nurse gave you medication, you need rest."
Pyrrha said placing Jauen down on the bed as he sighed heavily.

"Pyrrha I'm not weak."

Jaune said with a hint of exasperation while Pyrrha rubbed his head.

"No, but you are not at full strength as well. Now get some rest. You will need it for later on."
Pyrrha said smiling running a hand over his head making Jaune flush.
"Thanks, partner."
"You are very welcome. Now get some sleep."

Pyrrha said rubbing his face while Nora put ren to bed.
"Nora, can you sleep with me?"
"Of course, move over."
"Yes!"

Ren said as Nora got under his covers bere hugging her like a sloth. Wrapping his arms around her back before knocking out like a light.
"Good night Penny, Pyrrha."
"Good night friends! Friend Nora-"
"You can sleep in my bed Penny."
"Sensational!"

"Good night Penny."
"Good night friend Pyrrha!"
Penny said without a trace of sarcasm.
"They are closer."
His reflection said in his sword that rested on the side of his bed under his ammo racks. The blade had not been in use in the breach, and Jaune did wish he had it. It would have given him the reach to kill the Ursa far easier and might have saved his own life. Not that he died but still. It was made for Grimm hunting; his other weapons were made for humans.

"Good night Jaune. I will be in my bed. If you need anything, anything at all just ask."
"I will."
"And Jaune... Tomorrow would you mind if I spoke to you in private on the roof?"
"No why?"
"Good! I just... I need to say something to you."
"Sure. I'll see you tomorrow."
"You too. Good night!"
"Night Pyrrha, Ren, Penny Nora.'
Jaune said as his team bid him good night, as the boy closed his eyes and drifted off.


"Warm..."
Jaune said as a low war light hit his face, a light breeze blew past him as he felt grass under his skin. The sounds of babbling water and soft wind filled his ears as he felt a warm ray of light on his skin.

"What the?"
Jaune asked opening his eyes a bright sun shone down on him as he raised his chest.
"I'm back here."
Jaune said as he looked around, he was back in-
"Jaune! You made it! I was worried I'd lost you in the eternities!"

A happy voice yelled as a pair of red eyes glared down at him.
"Bella?"
Jaune asked as the crimson eyed grim reaper ally of his stood before him smiling warmly. Her long red-black hair and massive scythe hung open as she smiled.
"If I'm here then somethings happened right? How bad is it?"
"Not bad but something is happening! It's almost time for the season one finale!"
Bella said happily waving a hand in the air as Jaune frowned.
"Season one finale? What does that mean?"

Jaune asked standing up on the grassy hill of her realm?
"This gamer is divided into four seasons, wither intermittent breaks in between! Right now you are in season one, and it's about to end!"
"End?"
"The VYTAL arc is the last part of season one! The gamer is going to pull out all the stops to make this interesting so we need to do the same but for you!" Death herself said as Jaune nodded.

"Alright, what's our plan and what the hell am I up against?"

Jaune asked already in business mode.
"Well I don't know for sure, but it's not all bad news! For one the casualty continuum is now up to forty-seven percent!"

The reaper said as Jaune balked.
"That's terrible!"

"No that's amazing! Jaune do you know how you beat a gamer?"
"Bye surviving?"
"Yes but no. You need to know how the gamer works! Once you know that you can win!"

Bell said knocking the side of her head as Jaune frowned.

"Ok.. how does the gamer work?"
"It's not that complicated. Put it simple terms a gamer is always trying to be fair. It wants to make things near impossible but not impossible."
"Mink told me that."
"Yeah, but did she tell you how to take advantage of it?"
"Take advantage?"
"Yeah! You need to have the gamer work for you!"

The reaper demanded making Jaune nod his head.
"And how do I do that?"
"You jack up the casualty continuum."

Bella deadpanned making Jaune raise an eyebrow at her.

"Why would I rack it up?"
"Simple! The casualty continuum is not an infinite resource! It can only throw so much at you at one time! You need to raise it as high as possible!"
"And what happens if I do?"
"The gamer will run out of steam."
Bella said grinning wolfishly at Jaune who blinked owlishly.

"Run out of steam?"
"If you can raise the casualty continuum high enough you can drain the gamer of resources! You can make it so it can no longer throw a curve ball!"
"But if I do that won't I just increase my odds of death?"
"Not necessarily! If you raise it so high that your death is guaranteed! The gamer itself will step in to save you!"
"What?"

"You heard me! If you make it so that you will die! And there is no way out of it the Gamer will act on your behalf! It will alter the world so that you can survive!"

"But I thought you made it so unless I met certain conditions I could not die?"
"I did. And the gamer does not know it!"

Bella said as Jaune smirked.
"So if I raise the stakes and avoid the conditions..."
"The gamer will think you are in danger."

"But I won't be in danger."

"Exactly."

"And when it thinks I cannot win?"
"It will work for you."

The reaper confirmed as Jaune smiled.

"Bella I think I'm in love."
"Easy lover boy, you don't want my lips on your face. Or any other part of you for that matter."

Bella said winking at Jaune who ignored her flirt.

"Bella this is great! I can win!"
"Can keyword there Jaune. Don't get cocky. I need you to suit up, its time for you to get your gear!"

"Gear?"
"Yes, gear. The gamer is heating up, and you need to get a defining trait!"

"I... how will I do that?"
"Simple. I have in my collection items from the greatest killers and tacticians in all of reality! And I can give some of that power to you."

"What does that mean?"
"I can give you the traits of some of the greatest soldiers and heroes in all of the multiverse!"
"How?"
"Simple. Let me give you some choices..."

Bella said snapping her fingers; three glowing orbs filled out in front of Jaune as he saw a cap with a skull on it with a stylized human skull above an embroidered golden reef with three golden daggers running through it with twin lightning bolts shooting into it.

The next item was a glove? A simple red glove with a white cloak on its side. That despite being a large glove that looked like it fit over his whole arm seemed to be a glove none the less. The final item was a double-edged blade. It was a shining silver blade that twisted in a swirling contriving pattern along with a beautiful silver bird on the end.
"What are these things?"
Jaune asked eyeing the objects in front of him with a curious glare.
"These are items that belonged to some of the greatest murderers in all of existance! I am offering you one out of the three to use for the rest of the season."

"For the rest of the season?"

"Yes. Jaune these items will give you a defining trait. A defining trait is something special. You don't get to change it. If you pick one of these items, you will be infused with the essence of the previous owner."
"Infused? What the hell does that mean?"
"It means that for one you will gain an attitude and manner of thinking due to its previous owner. A defining trait will alter your entire personality. You will be effectively a different person."
"Will I still be myself?"

"You will be you, but you will have strong opinions that you might not have possessed before. You will be able to do things you never did before. And you might have to act in ways you would not normally act."
"What do the items do individually?"

"The cap, The glove, and the Leer blade. All items imbued with the spirit of a great combatant. If you pick one, you will be imbued with a portion of the spirits power, and you will gain an advisor."
"Advisor?"
"Yes. These items are cursed. The former owners have long since died but here spirts still exist in them still. You know how the reflection in the mirror speaks to you?"
"Yes?"
"Well, that won't happen anymore. You will gain an advisor. A gohst will appear during times of crisis and only you can see. It will act as a guide for you for the season."
" So I get my own guide?"

"At times of great stress, they appear and will speak to you and give you advise. This advice can be good or bad, but the advice is always honest. They will not lie to you, and they will always seek to help you."

"Ok. What are they good at? What should I pick?"
"In my opinion? The soldier. That is the most general one. The spirit of a great leader of men lies within it. Equipping it will increase your martial prowess and make you fare more deadly in combat."
"Can I get rid of the item?"
"Only at the end of the season."
"Then I can remove them?"

"Yes, but if you put another back on you can not take it off for another season.'
"Ok... I want the soldier."
Jaune said as Bella nodded.

"All right. Take the hat and put it on."
Bella said as Jaune reached out picking up the skull cap and-
"Bagpipes? I hear bagpipes?"

Jaune thought as soon as he picked up the hat the stylish golden human skull seemed to glare at him judging him. He felt the hat testing him. It didn't think he was worthy of it?! The cap was testing him...
"I'll show you."
Jaune said putting on the hat as a jolt of lightning filled his body. Jaune's body went stone still as electricity filled him as the sound of bagpipes filled his ears as a low drumroll filed them as his stat screen popped up. Stat's updated.
Strength. 57

Charisma. 88

Charm. 66

Agility. 148

Dexterity. 137

Perception. 135

Intelligence. 49+1

Vitality. 29+1

Will. N/A Unbreakable trait added.
Deception. 2

Luck. 99

New skill.
Quicksilver. Plus 20 damage with all bladed weapons. Gain 10% penetration.
New trait. Unbreakable. Your will is foolproof. You will pass any will check from here on.
New ability. Rallying cry. You may raise the will of surrounding organic allies with a rousing speech.

Defining trait added. Commissar.

You know what right is; you know what wrong is. You will Always do the right thing. You will always know the correct path in any situation, and you will be forced to do it.
Advisor added. Ibram.

"That's amazing! With these stats and that trait, how can this go wrong!?"

Jaune asked practically jumping for joy while Bella frowned.

"Jaune. Do you know what it means to be right?"
"Right?"
"Jaune with this trait you will always do the right thing. You will never bend to the pressure of others and will always act as honor dictates."

Bella said as Jaune still smiled.
"What's so wrong with that? Doing the right thing is good right?"
"It is but knows this. Doing the right thing is almost never easy, and it is rarely popular. You may not make many friends like this, and you might lose some. You will always do what you know to be right, and you will not tolerate those who go against that. Your decisions may not be popular, but you will stick by them."

"That's fine. The right thing is never easy, but it is always worth it."
"So it is, so it is-"
Bella paused growing as she glared.
"What's wrong?"
"Someone is looking for you."
"Mink?"

"Yes. She brought outside help you need to go now."
Bella said openig hte portal as Jaune nooded.
"I'll see you later?"
"I'll call you back tomorrow for level up and strategy for beating season one. You cap will appear in your bag wear it!"
Bella said as Jaune noded and lept into the portal.


Cold. The ground was cold under his legs as Jaune groaned. He hated the cold earth, he hated it when he came to Beacon hated it when he graduated from Beacon. He hated it on his honeymoon, and he hated it now.

Jaune moaned as a particularly uncomfortable rock stabbed into his back forcing the man up opening his eyes a mass of reddish black hair filled his vision as he smelled chocolate chip cookies. A smile grew on his mouth as he kissed the back of his wife's head. Ruby moved in her sleep muttering about chocolate and Grimm before going quite her thin frame bumped into his own. Ruby murmured happily at the contact with her husband as he nuzzled the back of her head into her husband beck making him grin as Jaune smiled.

The interior of their cozy packed tent was drab and grey. A practical choice by the both of them for long trips such as these. Jaune ran his hand down his wife now long luscious hair that reached down past her now wide waist. His hands reached for said waste with less than scrupulous intentions before the sound of snoring filled his ears.

Jaune with great hesitation and a pained grimace removed his seeking hand from his wife's wide welcoming and above all else warm hips as he looked at the bottom of the tent where three children slept his children to be precise.
Clementine, Ruby, and Clair.

Clemente Arc the eldest at nine years was Jaune, and Ruby's first daughter was wrapped up in her blue sleeping bag. Her short blonde hair curled up into little pigtails by her aunt; the girl was the spitting image of Ruby in almost every way except for her hair and eyes that she got from her father.
Next to her curled up in a small crimson bag was her brother, Ruby who was seven.
Jaune named the first child and Ruby the second. She named him after her and loved him like he was the apple in her eye. Just like she loved all of her children.
Ruby was much like his mother. He wanted nothing more than to be a hunter and he even took up a weapon! Not a scythe much to his mother's eternal mourning but a simple blade Jaune called Crocea Mors.

Ruby would never let that be forgotten. Jaune's so-called treachery at corrupting there son with a relic would live long in her mind!

Next to him was Clair.
Ruby was seven and Clair four. She was a mix of Jaune and Ruby. She had blonde hair like her father but sharp silver eyes like her mother. That doubled as a boon and a liability for all the wrong reasons. Clair had a calm almost subdued demeanor to her. Rarely active for long periods of time and almost never want to talk to anyone outside of her immediate family she seemed to be tired all the time a fact that worried Ruby and Jaune but doctors said she was jsut young and she would hopefully not have narcolepsy.

Jaune yawned loudly his arms stretching brushing up against Crocea Mors that rested next to Crescent Rose and-
"Morning."

Ruby said her silver eyes opening even after all these years she still had those beautiful eyes that Jaune had fallen into in Beacon, her silver pools where like a vortex of love and care that sucked Jaune in more and more every time he stared at them. And so far that was a whirlpool that Jaune never left.
"Morning."
Jaune said kissing his wife Ruby Arc the two pressing lips together for a brief moment. Thier lips parted allowing ther tongues to dance in each other's mouths as Ruby's thoughts entered his head.

"I know you went for that feel.'
Ruby thought to smirk the once innocent girl vanished as she reached a hand for his crotch gripping his tent making Jaune moan. Jaune groaned as his jeans stiffened as he fell to his wife's touches. Her impossibly thin finger gripping his most sensitive region made him growl.

"You know we could call Summer..."
"And lose all our progress!? Jaune if we call Raven for a portal you know my mom won't let us leave Patch for a month! We'll be stuck eating cookies all day!"
Ruby said pouting cutely making Jaune rub her head ruffling her hair.
"Is it that bad?"

"Jaune Arc! You will not ruin our family hunting trip just so you can eat my mom's cookies!"
Ruby pouted glaring for Ruby which even ten years after Beacon had not increased in power an iota. And still looked like a kicked puppy.
"What if I want to eat something else?"
Jaune said putting a hand of his wife's waist, another cupping her cheek the blood Ruby on his hand gleaming in the low morning light as Ruby blushed.
LUST.
"Don't tempt me Jaune. If you think I won't take you in front of our children, you have another thing coming."
Ruby thought a wicked smiled on her face.
"Really? Does my wife thinks she can make me moan?"

"Been doing it since the dance in Beacon. I made you call my name in the closet, in the dance room, I did it on our honeymoon it Mistral and I've been doing it ever since."
Ruby winked kissing her husband again and-
"EW!"

A trio of voices said as Jaune and Ruby sighed as the moment was ruined as the sounds of shuffling bodies filled their ears.

"And there we go."
"Gross! Mom! Dad!"

"Yuck! You guys are being weird!"

"Clementine! Ruby! What did I say about saying those words?"

Ruby asked her daughter and son who were balking at there parents love. The two making disgusted faces as blue eyes screwed shut making Ruby pout ina adorable manner as Jaune sighed going to diffuse the situation.

"Hey, kids how about some breakfast?"

Jaune said as all three of his children perked up.

"Yay! Dad's cooking today!"

Clem said high fiving her brother as Ruby gasped.
"What's that supposed to mean!?"

"Sorry, Ruby but I'm the best cook!"
Juane said as all three children nodded as one while his wife growled.
"No fair! Kids! Don't you love your mothers cooking?"

Ruby asked winking at her son hoping for support from the child who was most definitely a mama's boy.

"I... Your cookies are good! I love them, mom!"
Ruby said doing his best happy look his head shaking as he gave a low chuckle.

"Mom you can bake. You can only make sweets; we can't live off of them."
Her eldest Clem said as Ruby looked affronted, falling back in thier tent hands above her now ample D cup chest as she moaned.
"I am struck! Betrayed by my children! How could you!?"

"Mama? What are you yelling?"
Clair finally asked her blonde hair twisting as her silver eyes blinked lazily at her mother.

"Oh, Clair baby! I didn't mean to wake you! Go back to bed while mommy and daddy make you breakfast ok?"
"Ok, Mommy. Love you."
Clair said yawning loudly curling up and going back to sleep in her camping bag.

"Dad... you are not going to let mom cook are you?"

Clem asked still chuckling nervously like her life might be in danger if he mom got anywhere near a stove.

"Clementine Arc! You will not insult my cooking skill in front of your father!"

Ruby accosted her daughter glaring at her while Jaune rubbed his head.
"Girls, girls you are both pretty."

"Hey! Don't you patronize me Jaune Arc!"
"I'm not! How about this I'll cook breakfast."
"Yes!"
"No burnt bacon!"
His kids said cheering happily as Ruby gained the most hurt look in her eyes as they began to water.
"But! But! You mother can make cookies! How about it? I'll make the best batch of cookies you have ever tasted and put your father's dumb bacon to shame! How about that!?"
"Yes!"
All three of them yelled as Jaune sighed.

"My bacon's not dumb. It's crunchy and tasty!"

Jaune thought crawling outside of the tent. The moment he left he smiled. The massive trees of the wilds greeted him, the giant evergreen's that dotted the camp zone towered over him. The massive things almost the size of small buildings as they bathed their campsite in the shadow of the massive trees.
Thier small family tent on loan from Weiss. Well, a loan was a strong word as it seemed to imply that Ruby had any intention of giving it back.

Not that Weiss wanted her tent back, she was Ruby's bestest BFF forever after all but it was the principle of the matter.
Jaune smiled hearing the familiar crunch of twigs and rocks under his fee as the fresh smell of the natural air reached his nostrils. The man moved to the base of a tree, crossing the distance and gripping the sturdy rope that held thier food up right.

Even if Grimm would only eat them as food, there were still natural predators here and Jaune did not want to have to go home after raccoons ate thier rations. Again.
Ren and Yang had not let Jaune or his wife live it down the first time and had proceeded to bring it up almost every time the met for years.
"What do they know about camping? Yang sees one bug, and she burns down half the forest! And Ren can't get his wife to come so there!"

Jaune said taking down the dull green sack that held their food stock taking out their provisions instruments and cooking gear as he smiled putting his hair into a light ponytail as breakfast was on!


Five minutes later Jaune had made several sizzling stacks of Bacon as he cooked him family there meal.
Already his three beautiful children had come for breakfast. All sitting in their respective blue, red and green folding chairs. Small plates in there hands and smiles on there face.
Ruby was hin him fiddling with the portable ove the Jaune had NO idea why she needed. You didn't need to eat cookies on the family hunting trips. And no matter how much he tried to convince his wife she was convinced that a hunting trip without cookies was not a hunting trip at all and every annual family hunting trip has since seen Ruby lugging her small portable oven that was almost half of her weight all over Remnant.

Every year during the summer vacation time the Rose-Arc family went out on annual family hunting vacations. Jaune and Ruby wanted to train their kids to be hunters and huntresses and how else but to let them see them in action?

"Ok guys! Food is read now-
"Daddy! Behind you!"

Jaune jumped flinging himself in front of his children and grunted. A searing pain entered his back his aura flaring up as something long and hard slammed into him forcing him into the rough cold ground and-
"Nevermore!"

Ruby shouted as Jaune groaned.
"Clem! Take your siblings into the tent now!"
"Yes, dad!"

His eldest said shepherding his youngest into the tent. In a moment Ruby was by his side. Crescent Rose in hand tossing a yellow blur to her husband who caught it grimacing in pain Jaune raised the shield as his wife fell in right behind him leveling her gun on his shoulder and peering down its scope.

"Left!"
Crack!
Jaune moved his shield guarding his wife as ruby fired Crescent Rose. The gun recoiled on his shoulder making his ears ring as monster screeched as Ruby's shots as always hit true.
"Right!"

Jaune moved his shield guarding his size as the monsters feathers struck his shield. Making him grunt in pain as he forced his aura up into in. Ignoring the burning pain in his arms as-
Crack!
"I got it!"

Ruby shouted as the familiar death sound of the avian Grimm filled the air as Jaune breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, mom!"
"Ruby Arc! If you don't get back in that tent right this instant, so help me I will tan your hide so hard you won't sit down until your aunt Yang is funny!"

Ruby shouted behind her as her son eeped!
Just like his mom when she was younger as the Grimm fell to the earth with a massive plume of smoke Jaune never saw it hit.
"Clear?"
"Clear!"
"Kids come out!"
Jaune said his three children emerged from the tent as-
"MOM! The Grimm knocked over our food!"

Clem growled as-
"It broke the rest!"
Ruby said as he pouted looking at the broken bag of supplies as Jaune and Ruby shared a disappointed look sighing once as Ruby took out her scroll and dialed...


"Oh my gosh! I'm so happy to see you!"

A squealing voice said as a pair of silver eyes began to water.
"Hey, mom.'
Jaune said grunting as he was lifted off his feet by Summer Rose. His mother in law hell his real mother. Summer lifted him off his feet.

"I'm so glad you decided to spend your summer here!"
Summer said smiling ear to ear as she easily yanked Jaune off his feet and proceeded to crush his spine in a bear hug, it was disturbing how little she seemed to age. She looked just the same as when Jauen first met her in Beacon when she took him out for ice cream-
"Grandma!"
"Ruby!"
Summer yelled picking up her squealing grandson wrapping him in a tight hug. Before tossing him in the air laughing as the boy fell back into her arms as she hugged him to her chest.

"How is my favorite grandson?"

Summer asked cradling the child like he was a teddy bear as he wrapped his arms around her neck.
"Great! We saw a Grimm!"
"Really? Was it scary?"
Summer asked in a teasing voice as Ruby ate it up.

"No way! Dad blocked its feathers and Mom killed it! They were so cool!"
"You blocked?"
A stern voice said behind Jaune as he turned aroudn where a pair of crimson eyes looked warmly to him.
"Aunt Raven."

Jaune said the woman who had also seemingly not age a day beside a rare wrinkle in her face smiled warmly to him.
"Aunt Rae!"
"Why hello Ruby, how was your trip? I heard you saw a Nevermore?"

Raven asked as her apprentice scrambled over to her.

" I did! I did! Can-
"Yes, we can train. Bring your fathers sword if he is ok with it.'
Raven asked smiling happily to finally teach a descendant the Branwen way. She missed the opportunity with Yang and would not do so again with Ruby.

"I am."
"Yes!"
Ruby said jumping with glee before Raven calmly strode up to Jaune retrieving his sword as his son bounced all around her minor red rose petals falling in the air as Raven led him outside.
"I thought I heard brats."

A familiar cocky voice asked as Clem gasped.
"Aunt Yang!"
Clem tackled her aunt a blur of blue rose petals filling the air as Yang caught her niece with both hands and tossed her in mid-air, her bionic arm whirring as she played with her niece.
"How's my big girl doing?"

Yang asked lilac eyes wide with pride as Clem giggled.
"Fine!"

"You have fun hunting?"

"Yay! We got attacked by a nevermore! And dad blocked it with his shield?"

"Did he? Wati t go vomit boy!"

"Good to see you too sis!'

Jaune shot back grimacing at his old nickname as Yang put his daughter down and winked at him.

"You want to watch some Tv with your favorite aunt?"
"Yeah!"
Clem said as Yang winked at them.
As she left them Jaune's eyes turned to his youngest daughter who was once again sound asleep. She was knocked out on the kitchen table sleeping on her arms.
"She's so cute."
Jaune said as-

"Babe! I need you!"
Ruby said calling from the laundry room.
"Comming! dear!"
Jaune said walking to the small room where Ruby stood alone bending over a washing machine and smirking.
"Babe? What's up? What do you need?"
"You tongue between my legs."

Ruby hissed wrapping Jaune in a kiss as he gasped. Ruby always took the lead in romance. After she got over her social jitters.
Ruby wrapped Jaune up in a searing kiss putting him on the washer machine with ease, straddling his hips as she ripped off his jeans.

"Ruby!? What about Clem!?"
Jaune asked as his wife pulled him into a fiery kiss that stole his breath as she ground her crotch into his.

"Yang has Clem for half an hour. Ruby is with Raven, so he's as good as taken care Clair is knocked out now shut up and let me fuck you."

Ruby hissed locking Jaune's lips in a fiery kiss before lifting Jaune on top of the washer. His hands shot up mauling the miracle that was his wife's chest.

Ruby gasped and moaned as Jaune's calloused hands sunk into the pillowy goodness that was his wife's chest. How Ruby when from B cup to double D's in less than a year it was a mystery even to Yang. Not one that Jaune ever complained, unlike Weiss who threw a temper tantrum and cursed Oum herself about that as his wife grunted and groaned his hand flicking through her bra to her hard peaks.

Ruby was never one for subtlety in sex as she tore open Jaune's front exposing his member to the air jerking it twice her thing hands blurring down his length making Jaune shudder before yanking aside her drenched rose colored panties before slamming her waist down on her husband making them moan. As Ruby slammed her hips onto Jaune, both lovers moaned. Ruby from finally getting filled. Months with kids in a cramped tent meant few time for intimacy and absolutely no sex, and for having a healthy adult sex drive, Ruby was not happy with her denial.

Jaune gasped his wife's sex enveloped him swallowing his member like an anaconda does a gazel, even after years of getting used to Ruby it still slightly hurt for him to enter. Her sex was impossibly tight, more than even Neo's was. Not that Jaune would ever tell Ruby that. Comparing her to Neo in any way was a good way for him to get the silent treatment for a month. As Ruby kissed him the two went at it hot and heavy.

Time was of the essence and Ruby was not known for patience. Even after her mind briefly went blanks and she saw stars and cookie crumbs as her tight cunt swallowed her lover's cock she didn't even have time to take her bra off! And with her children so close Ruby needed to make every second count.

"Sorry, babe! This might hurt!"

"What?"
Jaune asked before he cried out as Ruby activated her semblance causing her hips to slam into Jaune's like a jackhammer as wet smacking sounds along with feminine grunts and masculine moans filled the air.

The small room was filled with the wet sloppy sounds of sex slamming together and rolling tongues making wet smacking sounds fille the small room as the washer begna to rock. Ruby slammed her fist down turning on the machine to hide the wet sounds of there sex as Ruby groaned and Jaune gasped. Ruby gritted her teeth as she fought down her orgasm for over ten grueling minutes refusing to cum before her gyrations, and the rocking of the machine pushed them over the edge, and Jaune finally broke.

Jaune screamed his high pitched moan cut off as Ruby slammed her face to his as their tongues clashed rolling and sucking themselves into each other as Jaune climaxed directly into his wives unprotected sex making Ruby groan as she kept ridding Jaune thought his orgasm.

Jaune came hard and fast his mind breaking as his cum fired into Ruby like a fire house filling her up and making her moan-

"MOM! DAD! Aunt Raven taught me how to phase!"

The voice of ther youngest said as Ruby and Jaune gulped. Ruby leaped of her lover's freshly drained cock with a wet plop! Making them bot moan as she hurriedly adjusted her panties but not before an ooze of white cream fell out onto her hands.

"Salty!"
Ruby said lick up her lover's cum before grinning mischievously reaching down between her legs and jamming a cum crust finger in Jaunes mouth making him gag and choke as-

"I'll distract him! Join me after you clean up!"
Ruby said leaving Jaune alone as-
"You must go home Jaune. Walk out of the other door."
A booming voice in his head claimed as-

"Jaune! Come see! Your son is-
"My son does not exist."
Jaune said sighing this dream like his with Pyr was good but not real.
Jaune walked to the other end of the room and out a glowing portal, and the dream failed.


When Pyrrha woke up, Jaune was not in his bed and the sound of running water filled the air.
"Jaune?"
Pyrrha asked seeing Nora and Ren curled up in their arms, while Penny... Penny slept sitting Indian fashion for some reason...
"It's none of my business how she sleeps."

Pyrrha thought with a grimace. She had been unmeaningly rude to Penny over the past few days, and she would apologize to her after Jaune.
She needed to say sorry to him first Pyrrha reason as she went to check on her partner.


Steam filled Jaune's eyes as he stared at his reflection. Cerulean blue eyes looked back at him as a mop of blonde hair was combed backward. The reflection in the mirror perfectly mirrored every action Jaune took. Never breaking stance and never speaking as Jaune nodded.
"Good. I look presentable."
Jaune said in a quick clipped tone finishing his daily care ritual, making sure his face was clean shaven, and his hair neatly combed back as he nodded once moving to his pile of clothes and getting dressed.
Jaune was dressed in two minutes.
"Thirty seconds slower than I want."
Jaune said sigh as he opened his door were a goddess awaited him.

"Jaune."
"Pyrrha. Good morning."
Jaune said nodding his head both hands clasped behind his back his back ramrod straight as Pyrrha smarted.
"Jaune! You look... good!"

The red-haired bronze armored goddess that was his, partner, claimed to make Jaune smiled warmly at her.

"Thank you, Pyrrha. You look lovely as well. Not that I'm surprised, you are always beautiful."
Jaune said making the young woman blush and stutter. As the smaller boy smirked up at her his face was new he was new! He was no longer shy and reserved his fae had an easy smile and a hidden confidence to him.

"You should get dressed Pyr; I want us all ready for calls in half an hour for a team meeting ok?"
"Yes!"

Pyrrha said without thinking reacting to Jaunes new attitude as he smiled.
"Good. Now take a bath I'll wake up the rest, we need to go over tactics."
Jaune said walking over to his bed while Pyrrha blushed at the new confident Jaune that seemed to come from out of thin air as he blushed and went into the bathroom.


"Ok listen up. It's time for a discussion."
Jaune said standing in front of his assembled team JNPPR. Juniper with the high P with Penny.
So far all of his team looked at him wide-eyed, Pyrrha had a beaming smile that seemed to radiate pride. Nora looked at him curiously her teal eyes regarding him with a practiced calm not sure what to make of Jaune's new attitude. Ren was rocking on his feet grinning like a fool as he was not to do, while Penney simply smiled warmly to him.

"We got caught off guard in the breach. We were not prepared for that, and we got injured. It was painful it was unfortunate and worse of all it was sloppy."
Jaune said fixing all of them with a sharp glare making his team gulp.
"We need to get better. All of us."

"Jaune? What's happening with you?"
Nora asked an interesting look in her teal eyes that seemed to say what happened to you overnight? Jaune did not know what she was wondering about; he was behaving as he always did.
"Ren, could you make me some tea?"
"Tea?"
"Yes, I would like some if that is not an inconvenience."
"Um sure! I can make tea. Give me a minute."

Ren said walking over to his bed rummaging under it for a kettle.
"As I was saying. I got sloppy. I'm sorry. I let emotions run my decisions and I along with Ren where harmed. This won't happen again."

"Vytal is less than three weeks away and not only are we going to compete we are going to win."
Jaune said with a smirk making Pyrrha smile and Nora frown.
"Now I know we are all combat ready."
"I am!"
Penny said happily cheering as Jaune smiled.

"Yes, Penny no one is saying you are not combat ready."
"That would be most untrue!"
"Yes. Now here is how we will win Vytal."
"Tea's on!"
"Good. Now come, Ren, you are fighting too."
"Yay! I get to stab knees!"

Ren said flopping down on the JNPR floor resign his head on Nora's lap making her smile as she petted him.
"Here is our plan-"
"Jaune, should we be talking about our VYTAL plans in front of Penny?"
"Fear not friend Nora! I will not use any knowledge I gain here against your team int he festival! That would be cheating!"

"Thank you, Penny. Now here is our general combat plan. Pyrrha."
"Yes?"
"You are the spear tip. When the fights start your job is to find the most dangerous opponent on the team and take them on."
"Understood."

"Nora."
"Yes?"
"I want you to open every fight unless I say otherwise with a grenade volley. Keep them off there feet."
"Ok."
"Ren."
"I'm here!"
"You are still injured so no direct fighting for you.'
"Hey!"

"You will pick the sides. Don't engage with us, run aroudn them and wait for an opening and pick off wounded or vulnerable members, got it?"
"I... ok! I still get to stable right?"
"Right."

"What will you do Jaune?"
Pyrrha asked making Jaune girn.

"I'm taking on there leader. I'll pick up the slack, I'll look for anyone that needs to be taken down, and I'll do it. I'll patch up any holes in the fight and keep it organized to the best of my ability. Any questions? If so, please ask, I did not call this meeting to grandstand before you."
"What weapons will you use?"
Nora asked looking at his sword and shield.

"I will be using my sword and shield for the festival."
"Are you sure Jaune? You looked quite capable with your knife and hatchet, why not use those?"
Pyrrha asked cocking her head as her beautiful red hair fell over her back.
"I must use the weapons that I believe I am best with. I have used my sword and shield more, and I will use them. Now I won't slack off in my others. I will keep my knife on me for emergencies, but I will stick to my sword and shield."

"If you say so. I am just worried about you."
"I appreciate it, and your concern is appreciated. Do not worry I can fight with both. Now when we got to Vytal here is our plan. We will advance in the rounds until the double bracket. For doubles one of them is Pyr. The other..."
Jaune said looking over his team and frowning.

"Nora you-
"Don't feel like it. I'm here for fun."
Nora said smiling as Jaune sighed

"I can!"
"No Ren, you are still not up to full. You are barely fighting."
"Awww."
"Guess it's me and you Pyr."
Jaune said as Pyrrha gave him her usual melodic smile.
"As It should."

"Ok good. After class everyone gathers in the training hall. We are going to be doing team training for now until Vytal. Nora, me and you will work together and vice versa. We need to learn to work with others besides are partners in case we are ever separated. We also need to learn to fight one another."
"We nee dot be able to find our before the enemy does understand?"
"Yes!"
"Good now let's get off. We have ten minutes to class, and I want to eat breakfast and get to class early."
Jaune said turning to the door and-
"Almost forgot."

Jaune said walking back to his bed in long, efficient steps, going to his bag opening it reaching down and removing a cap.
"Jaune what is that?"
"This Pyr is my cap. I need it."
Jaune said placing the hat on his head; it was a dark red cap that fits snugly over his head, it had a stylish human skull dyed ogled with three knives going into it. The skull hung over an embroidered gold reef with twin lightning bolts at the side.

"Now let's go we have a day to live and things to kill."
Jaune said smiling as he led his team out of the dorm.


"I can't believe this."

Weiss hissed glaring at the bundle of red and black crying on her sides.
"Weiss! I love you, Weiss!"

Ruby said hugging her partner's waist as Weiss's eyes gained a dangerous tick to them. "First you almost get killed making me worried sick! Then you sneak out of the hospital!? Making all of us panic and now you come back drunk!?"
"I! Hic! I just wanted to make the pain stop!"
Ruby said the small girl smelling like a walking bar as she gripped Weiss waist with a death grip.
"Gotta to say sis I love your new style!"

Yang said snapping pictures of her sobbing shitfaced sibling who clung to her partner like a baby lemur.

"Do not encourage her Xiao-long! I'm going to tear both of your head off if-
"Weiss! I'm going to be sick!"

Ruby yelled as her crying stopped as her face turned green.

"NOT ON ME! Yang!"
"On it!"
Yang said gripping Ruby off Weiss and rushing her to the bathroom where the sounds of vomiting came as-

"Weiss! Did you have a dress in here!?"

"Yes? Why?"

"Cause you might need to take it to the cleanser!"

Yang shouted as a vein popped in Weiss eye asBlake smirked and Weiss's eye throbbed.
That was yesterday, today Wess was smiling like a queen.
"My head...'
Ruby whined as she laid face first in Ports class. The karma of a massive hangover crashing down on her. "Don't you even think! About doing that."
Weiss said smugly as Ruby cried.
"It happens to everyone sis, just roll with it."

Yang said stroking her sisters head making Weiss smile. Ruby's justice for devastating there bathroom was swift and harsh just as it should be. Weiss was only slighted that JNPPR she still didn't like that name. Came before them Jaune was dressed sharp. With a stylish hat on his head that turned more than a few heads when they saw him.
Jaune's team was early for once, and they all sat in near perfect order.
Not even Ren seemed to bounce as much and-
"Good morning students!"

Pretoria said bounding into the room making Ruby moan as she gripped her hears wincing in pain.
"Now I know that you all love to hear my voice but today will be a study day!"
The woman said as Weis could practically her Ruby's tears of relief and-
"Miss Port! I love your stories! Can you please tell us one? A long tale preferably I would love to hear about your adventures!"
Weiss said in a sickly sweet tone as the class balked JNPPR looked at her like had lost her mind and Rubys looked like she had been shot.
"MY I NEVER! I knew you like my tales! Very well I will not leave you hanging! Let me tell you the tale of the death stalked and the pumpkin knife!"

Port said launching into a tirade as the class looked at Weiss like she had lost her marbles as an infuriatingly smug smirk crossed her eyes as her partner glared death at her.

"Traitor."
"Drunk."
Weiss said as Ruby cried and the day began...


"So when do I get to beat up my first kid?"
Roman asked twirling his cane lazily before Oobleck punched his shoulder.
"Tutor. You mean when will you tutor your first child."
She chided as Roman shrugged his shoulders.

"Tutor beat same thing. Which one of these kids get's the cane first?'
Roman asked turning to Opal who only smiled evenly.

"You will see that in due time Roman but first a concerned parent wishes to speak with you."
"Really Opal? A parent-teacher conference already? Am I that bad?"
Roman asked smirking as the older woman shook her head.

"No Roma you are good, in fact, one of the best. That is why you are her and not rotting away in a tiny cell."
"Ouch. Show me the parent then! I guess I'll put on my game face."
Roman said as Opal opened the door to the small Beacon spare class as-

"Summer? Didn't think I'd see you again. At least not with a pulse in one of us."
Roman said looking at the tall woman and former classmate of his Summer Rose. The woman had an unreadable expression in her silver eyes that made Roman's teeth grit. He was used to happy go lucky airhead Summer that had her head in the clouds and ran into doors on the regular. Not this-
"Roman. It's been a while."

Summer said staring at Roman with an unreadable expression that set his teeth on edge.
"It has been a while."
Roman replied evenly as the woman stalked up to him staring her fellow team leader in the eyes. Using her height to stare down at Roman not that it did anything. Roman knew Summer knew he was above such intimidation. They had leadership workshops together in another lifetime, and that hadn't worked then, and it won't work now.

"Sum-"
"You hurt my daughter."
Summer said her voice toneless her silver eyes boring into Roman's green.
"Yeah, I did."
Roman said in just as even tone his eyes holding hers.

"You almost killed her. Killed my baby."
Summer spoke in ther toneless voice as her near blank face glared up at Roman's neutral tone.

"I did. I was there; I even used this cane." Roman said holding up his cane to the woman who blinked once.
"But you didn't, why didn't you kill her? You had the chance; she was attacking you, why spare her?"
"Why? I don't kill kids."

Roman said evenly not letting a hint of emotion left his tone and-
"Thank you."
Summer said surprising him hugging him tightly making the man go still.
"Summer? You got a reason to be hugging me?"

Roman asked still expecting a chain blade to pop out of his chest and turn him into a human shish kebab.

"You saved my daughters life."
"I almost killed her."
"But you didn't, you could have."
"I... I didn't have a choice you know?"
"Lies. I've watched you kill before. You don't mind; you spared her, and I owe you."

Summer said smiling warmly to Roman as-
"Ahem!"
Ooblckec coughed her mug trembling as-
"What's the matter B? You don't like Summer hugging your man?
Roman smirked as Oobleck eye twitch spoke volumes, Oobleck was always a jealous woman. Not one to share a man and Roman was not one open to being shared. That's why they got along so well.
"OH! Barley! I didn't mean anything!"

Summer said flailing away from Roman hands in the air once again back to her carefree looks.
"I know that Summer I was just thinking Roman might not be comfortable with you hugging him."
Oobleck said her thermos shaking like it had a live wire in it as she ground her teeth.

"You getting jealous babe? You know me and Summer friends right?"
Roman said making Oblbeck give him a look that promised he would regret that quip later on tonight, and he might have to prepare his pelvis for a rough future that Oobleck would make sure he would have. "Honey. What don't you come over here, by me."
"Aww, are you mad babe?"
Roman asked twirling to his girlfriend? Who gripped his arm so tight that it seemed ready to break.

"Oobleck, do not kill my new teacher before class."
Opal chided from behind smugly drinking her mug-
"Then tell him to not push his luck."
The woman glared at Roman who only smiled lazily.
"Reminds me of old times, remember when Nefreti use to wake up in my bed, her claws in my back?"
"She was... adventurous!"
Oobleck said in a tone that seemed to chirp with irritation and bleed murderous intent at the same time.

"Dear no threatening our team. Remember the rules? No killing or friends! Or at least don't do it when I'm in the room and am a witness!"
"I remember dear! Just tell her to keep her claws-"
"Anyways. Roman, Bar. You know your classes go to them, I have to talk with an old friend..."


"Now I know you like ropes but is there a reason I'm strapped to a chair?"
Qrow asked an easy grin on his lips as Winter's eye twitched.
"Qrow. Honey. I want you to know that I love you."
"I love you."
"I know, but you have to understand there are some things that you can not do."
"Like?"

Qrow asked as if nothing was the matter and he was not currently tied up in a guest room of Beacon on a chair, and not in a sexy way.
"Like kidnapping a girl out of a hospital and taking her out to get drunk!"
Winter yeller at her husband who had a neutral look in his red eyes.

"I don't see what I did wrong."
"You took a child out of a hospital!
"I did not!"
"You snuck out a child Qrow! A child!"
"She's nineteen! She's an adult!"
"She still can't just leave the damn hospital!"

"She Batista bombed a bouncer in the club! She's fine!"

"Why did you let her Bastia bomb anyone!?"

WItner shouted making Qrow roll his eyes as his wife had so tenderly tied him into a chair in their Beacon room. He hoped that after the tongue lashing from his wife Winter would usually have him tied up in her usual way. And he would be enjoying the damper parts of his wife's body soon enough.

"Qrow! You could have gotten her hurt! She was and still is recovering from serious injuries!"
"She was fine! I took her out to help the girl!"
"Help? How did you making her drink help her?"

"Winter. You saw that girls face, her eyes? She was hopeless. I needed to help her out."
"By drinking? Qrow you know how I fell about alcohol. I don't mind it on, but you drink in excess! Don't put a child down that route."

"Winter it worked, I know what I'm doing. I took her out let her hair down and now look at her? She's better than ever!"
"She looks half dead. She almost threw up on my sister and your niece."
"Apparently she is my nice to... So I don't know how to spin that in my favor, but she's technically my niece too!"

"I am aware of her affection to you. Weiss is not too fond of it."
Winter said in an uneasy tone that Qrow knew meant that she was unhappy.

"Don't worry Weiss is a good girl; she'll warm up to Ruby. She's like a small animal you can pet!"
"Qrow please do not compare humans to animals; it insults us."

"As you say dear now are we done with the lecture and can we get to the better part of you tying me down?"
Qrow asked making no effort to hid his gaze on his wife's luscious body as she rolled her eyes.

"Later on Qrow, speaking of that I have something I need to tell you later on."
"Oh? Did you finally get your new toy?"

Qrow asked winking at his wife who gain a rosy blush on her face stuttering and stammering for a moment before she fixed her self. Her self-control coming back to the for as she glared at him.
"No Qrow it has not, and when it is in you will know."
"Oh, believe me, I'm already regretting agreeing to it.'

The man said laughing raucously before Winter sighed.
"Qrow, your family..."
"My family name starts with an S. I don't know who the hell Raven is, but I don't know her. She's not my family."
"Qrow you and she are biological siblings."

"And? So what? Blood doesn't mean a damn thing with family. When I was in the wilds, you think I was bonding with people because I was related? You think the blonde wonder kid is my kid? That would be ridiculous."

"No Qrow I think you should talk to them. They might give you a window to your past don't you want to know about it? Your family? Where you came from? You were training to be a hunter in Vale before Atlas. Don't you want to know why?" Winter asked curious to get her husband to open up and maybe delve into the man Qrow used to be. A man that Winter would never meet and one she wanted to know a bit more about.

"Why would I? The past is dead, I can't change it so why bother looking at it? You and Weiss are my future why care about who I was?"
"You mean me, Weiss and Whitley, right?"

"Oh yeah! I forget about him, how's his marriage meeting going? What are the girl's names again..."
"The names of his potential brides are Allison and Felicia."
"There we got! Ally and Fel! The deer and the tiger!"

Qrow said remembering the names of is potential sisters in law. Allison Matlock a tall dark skinned dear faunus from a very traditional menagerie family. She had twin proud two-foot antlers and stood at damn near six three. The other Felicia Melfax, that skinny energetic pyromaniac daughter of a dust vein explorer who took a shine to Whitley after hearing him sing online once.

"Don't call them that. They are faunus, not animals."
"The way they are looking, my nephew, you might be mistaken. I don't think the boy will able to walk right for a year no matter who he chooses. I hope he uses his aura control."

Qrow said grimacing remembering some rather sordid details of past faunus partners of his.

"He will be fine Qrow. And nothing is set in stone."

"Really? Last time I checked this marriage was one of the whole pick a bride and be happy rather than a choose your own fate."

Qrow said a slight edge in his voice as Winter froze and went stiff.

"They are good girls. Whtiley will be happy and well cared are with either of them. I know this."

Winter said in her reassuring tone as Qrow sighed.
"But what if he does not want to get married? And I don't think that he does."

"He is a boy Qrow. He has certain... responsibilities as a Schnee that he must take into account."
Winter said in a smooth voice making Qrow raised an eyebrow.

"So what is he, a tool? A trading item for Menagerie?"
"No! He's my only brother, and I want to see him happy."
"But you are selling him?"
"I am not selling him! He can choose what he want's.'
"Unless he picks not getting married?'

"Qrow... this deal is bigger than Whitley. Bigger than all of us."
"Go on, you have my undivided attention dear."

"You know how bad the faunus have it in Remnant Qrow. The Schnee dust company has always done its best to spread faunus equality but we are only one group. Now that not one but two daughters of Menageries top dust producers are of marrying age? Whitley can be used to secure a business deal that will improve the lives of millions and help faunus equality. How is that something to be ashamed or worried about?"

"It's not, but what if Whtiley does not want to do that? What if he would rather just be him?"

Qrow asked a deathly serious look on his face as Winter sighed rubbing her hands over her head.
"I... we all need to make choices in life Qrow. He is the only one that can make this happen."

"Right, wonder what you are going to say to our kids?"
"I don't know to ask me next year, and I'll tell you."
"Yeah what?"
"Qrow. I have good news; I'm pregnant."


Mink was a professional. She prided herself on her skill and ability along with her work ethic. She was an ambitious talented and above all determined daemon. She went from the bottom of the barrel to the very top of it in less than a year! She went from pariah to hero all in a few scant months as she was proud of it!
Mink was a, and she only let the best of the best work with-
"I am not a pet!"

A low irritated voice shouted from behind Mink as her eyes twitched.
"Aw! You look so cute when you struggle!"

A sharp feminine voice said as the sound of high heels clicking filled the demon's ears as Mink had to remind herself. She was a professional. Her colleagues were all professional as well-

"Stop touching me!"
"AW! Is the little fox mad? Does he want to nap?"
"I will bite you, woman!'

"You are so cute when you are trying to be all mean and nasty!"

"I work with professionals. I work with nothing but the best! I-"

"Mink! Tell this woman to stop treating me like a damn house pet, or I will bite her face off!"
"Both of you calm down! I hexed you so you would not kill each other! You can't harm one another so calm down! Neo, please stop bothering Odo! Odo tell me where the hell Jaune is! I didn't pay your owner to let me use you for nothing!"
Mink snapped her temper flaring up as she walked on the path that was not a-

Well, you know how this goes. Mink turned around to see Neo holding a struggling small fox that looked ready to rip the woman's face off.
The orange fox guardian glared at her the fox bristle with irritation its green eyes promising bloody murder as Neo scratched its ears.
"You are so cute!"

Neo spoke her voice carrying over them as the fox bristled.
"I will cut you."

The fox said it's mouth open growling at Neo who only giggled in response.

"Aw! Are you angry?"
"That's it!"
The fox yelled teeth flashing out biting Neo's hand only for her aura to flare up and protect her blocking the teeth making the bite do nothing.
"Mink!? Why can't I bite her hand off?!"

The fox snarled biting into the woman's aura his small teeth doing nothing to harm her while Neo scratched him behind his ears.

"I hexed you both! You can't seriously harm one another so long as it's up! Now calm down!"
"I'm stronger than her!"
"Not with the hex! You are just a fox with his aura unlocked, and she is an adult human woman with hers. She's much stronger than you for now."
"I hate you all."
"He's adorable! Do you want to be my house fox?"

Neo asked the struggling animal who looked at her with a glare that could melt wax.

"Your death will be slow and painful in ways that I can not even begin to describe. The words for what I will do to you are not even invented-
"Left!"

Odo shouted as Mink nodded turning left on the path...
It was not a regular path the dizzying array of white and green that covered her vision proved that as she led her party on a dimensional search. Her Jaune was gone, Mine no idea where he was only that he was still alive and somehow he was even leveling up!? Mink had no idea what was happening, but she would get to the bottom of it and soon.

Mink never liked to traverse the paths between worlds for long. She and never been particularly fond of traveling to other worlds other than on one-way portals that she got in and out of. She never spent an extra moment in the empyrean than possible. She loathed walking into the rolling sea that separated realities between the realms for a second longer than possible. The rolling colors and random eddies of the empyrean was not something you cross at a whim. Even if you are a daemon.

"Are we close?"
Mink asked not liking the rolling ocean of raw matter that crashed and collided against the thin bubble of reality that Neo was able to project. The only reason Mink and Odo could walk here was the human with them. So long as Neo walked by them, the empyrean could not harm them.
It was a world of chaos and madness, of noncorporeal things. Neo was very, corporeal and she projected a bubble of reality just by her presence that kept them somewhat safe.

"Yes. I know that it may not seem like it, but we are getting closer."
The fox said its green eyes perking up as it glared out ignoring the woman petting its neck.
"We are close we need to stay focused, I don't want to stay here any longer than possible. We risk everything by being so close to this place.'
The fox growled as it settled back into the arms of its captor.
"Good. I hope we find him.'
Mink said as Neo smiled.


This was not what Neo thought she would be doing when she got up today. She didn't think of Mink who was a literal demon that she had made a friend?
No Neo was convenient to Mink. She knew that they had similar, but that was about it. The world or place, realm? That they were in fascinated Neo. They walked on what looked like a brick pathway that appeared and vanished in a moment.

The pathway at it was called was covered in a bubble, that was her best word to describe it of a transparent yellow material that stemmed from her head. Apparently, Neo being a human meant that whatever the rolling green, white waves of the warp could not touch them. So long as she focused, which was hard when she had something so cute in her arms!

"Would you stop touching me?!"
The fox Odo said as Neo giggled.
"Nope, Mister fox you are all mine."

Neo said scratching its head making the animal's neck arch. The fox shook in pleasure as its deceptively soft fur that made Neo's fingers melt in its soft orange goodness.

"My name is Odo! It is not Mister Fox! Call me my name dammit!"

Odo said as he wriggled in Neo's arms. Not that Neo would ever call him by that name. He was Mister Fox to her, and he was just like every other male that fell into her arms.
He writhed, he whined and in the end?"
"AH!"
The fox yelped as Neo dug her nails inot the back of his neck his body arched in a perfect C shape as he began to shudder. His hind leg kicking as she found his spot.
"Damn you! You foul temptress!"
"Odo stop whining."

"She's groping me!"

"She is scratching you, deal."

Mink huffed in annoyance as Neo felt the small animal writhed in her arms as it shuddered in pleasure. Mewling lighten ad-
"Here!"
Odo suddenly said as she shot out of Neo's arms pointing to what Neo could only see as a swirling mass of white and-
"What?! Jaunes here?!"
"Yes! He's right here-"

"Odo, I respect you, but if you are trying to pull one over on me, I will kill your Jaune."
Mink's voice lost all sense of levity as Odo bristled.
"I'm not lying! His scent is coming from there!" "Don't fuck with me fox! That is death's realm! If Jaune is there, he is dead! And I know he is not!"
"But that's where his scent is!"

"He's in deaths realm?! How does that make sense?! He is still alive! How can he be in his realm?"
"I don't know!? I'm just telling you where his scent is coming from! Don't get pissy at me!"

The fox growled as Neo slowly back away. Neo was strong but this was looking more and more like a fight between spirits and she wanted nothing to do with it.
"If you have pulled one on me... I can't impact the physical world directly buy you know what I can do. You've seen it."
Mink growled as Odo bared his fangs.
"And you've seen what I can do Mink. I'm not scared of you."
"You grow, big deal."

"I'm not lying."
"For you Jaune's sake I hope you aren't. Neo, we are out of here, I need to look into some things."
Mink said as Neo smiled as Odo hopped back into her arms as she cocked her head curiously to the fox's personality shift.
"You have good fingers. Don't think I like you."
"Sure."
Neo said as she began scratching his ears making the animal mewled.


"Welcome! Welcome! One and all!"
A sharp, energetic voice yelled as team RWBY and JNPPR walked into combat class and Jaune's jaw dropped.
"Roman?!"
Jaune shouted as Roman Torchwick!? Of all people stood in the center of the combat arena bowing to the class and-

"YOU!"
Yang shouted her eyes bursting into flames and-
"Hey! That's Professor Torchwick to you, missy! Not you!"
Roman said standing proudly in the center of a Beacon combat arena as teams JNPPR and RWBY felt thier jaws drop.

"What are you doing here?!"
"Miss Belladonna! I am the new teacher here!"
Roman said as Jaune gagged.
"YOU!?" Jaune yelled as Roman smirked.

"Me! Jaune! How is my favorite student?"
"You!"
"Hey Red! Glad you got your face back! You looked better with your teeth.'
Roman said twirling his cane in an exaggerated manner, grinning wolfishly at them.

"I'm calling the police-"
"There is no need Miss Schnee."
"Miss Goodwitch! He-"
"Roman Torchwick was convicted of several crimes including murder, extortion, and larceny. His sentence was given, and he was... paroled to Beacon. He will serve twenty years as a combat instructor rather than spending them in a cell."
Glynda said rubbing her head sighing deeply as she rubbed her head.

"As of right now... he is a teacher at Beacon. Treat him as one and give him your full attention."
Glynda said running her face massaging her temples.

"This is bullshit! He hurt my sister! No way I'm giving that ass hole anything!"

"Whoa there blondie! You look a bit heated! If you are so pissed at your new, teach why don't you come down here and give me a piece of my own medicine?"
Roman asked smirking at Yang with a predatory grin as-
RAGE.
"I'm going to rip your fucking head off!"
Yang yelled stomping down to the arena her hair flaming-
"Miss Xiao-long! You will do no such thing! Roman is-
"He hurt my sister! I'm going to-"
"Let her! The girls got a bone to pick with me, let's see if she's all bark and no bite!"

Roman said smirking like a fiend as Yang glowered.
"I... Fine. Have it your way Roman. It is your class, after all, do as you see fit.'

Glynda said as Yang stormed off to the arena in a ball of fire while her friends looked at each other nervously before taking their seats as Roman smirked.


"I'm going to rip your damn head off!"

Yang shouted flames flying from her eyes while Roman yawned lazily.

"Really? You and what army blondie?"
Roman asked twirling his cane as the flaming blonde stomped into the arena floor. She was a bit hot, to say the least, the blonde brawler struck her wrist together creating a shower of sparks in the air in an attempt to intimidate Roman that did little but make the man yawn. Which only seemed to infuriate the woman show fire only grew brighter and hotter.

"I'm going to wipe that smirk off your face!"
"Take your best shot."
"Miss Goodwitch! Can I start!?"

Yang shouted at Glynda who shrugged.
"Ask Roman it is his class." The woman said as Yang grinned turning to Roman.
"Ok when-
Yang's voice was cut off as flare struck her dead in her face as Roman aimed a perfect headshot on her knocking her back over ten feet as Roman smirked.

"Pay attention kiddies! This class is not like your others!"

Roman said after pot shotting Yang who growled.
"You ass hole! You cheated!"

Yang said growling hopping up with a suit covered face while Roman sighed.
"Class! Look at this energetic case as an example of what not to do. You are all now enrolled in practical combat, and the first rule of a fight is that it does begin when the timer hits zero! It begins when someone attacks!"

"You are dead!'

Yang shouted firing her gauntlets forward propelling herself forward her fists cocked back as she prepared to deliver a brutal haymaker to take Roman's damn head off.

"Ok kids! Pay attention! This is why you think with your head, not your heart!"
Roman said as he spun.

Yang blinked Roman went from standing still as a board to a blur of silver faster than she could think the man spun into Yang's punch stepping inot her wide swing, using the far extended arc flashing her a cocky smile before sending a brutal haymaker to the center of her face.

Making her neck snap back as he arrested her flight mid-path and sent her crashing to the floor. Yang's world spun as a fist crashed into her face making her world spin as she hit the floor like a sack of bricks rolling and falling into a heap of limbs.

"And that class is why you do not attack without a plan! As you can see Miss Xiao-Long or as she is now known Blonde bawler tried to take me on in a head-on attack and got a punch to the face for her troubles! What can we learn from this?"
"You are dead!"
"I see you learn nothing."
Roman said dryly shaking his head as Yang shot out to him her firey form flying up blasting up repeatedly with her gauntlets her eye smoldering as-
Roman vanished. In a moment Yang saw nothing.
"What am I doing?"
Yang thought to look around the empty arena.
"Why am I flying? Why am I in the arena? Why am I so angry?"
Yang thought her hands dropping as-
WHAP!

Yang cried out as a white blur crashed into her face as the reason why she was in the arena came crashing back into her minds. As Roman delivered a home run swing with Melodic Cudgel, hitting Yang dead in her face with a chopping swing. Taking her out of the air and slamming her into the ground as her face gave an unhealthy crack!
Roman finished his swing with a happy smile to his blonde pupil of his as she fell to the floor her forehead striking down into the cold area mat before-
Crack!
Roman delivered a head-splitting strike right to the top of her head in an attempt to crack open her skull.
"Now class! This is why!"
Roman began as Yang's aura dropped to half the blonde shot up her eyes smoldering-
"You don't!"
Roman yell his right arm striking out taking Yang in the jugular, making her gag as she bent over.

"Attack without a plan!" Roman yelled striking Yang's forehead in an overarching strike knocking her head down before delivering an uppercut strike taking her aura to the orange and her feet off the ground.

"You see class! This blonde firecracker is felling rather than thinking! Don't do that!"
Whack!
Roman punched Yang in her face making her crash to the floor as her aura fell.
"When you start felling! You stop thinking!"

"GAH!"
Yang cried as Roman delivered an aura infused foot to her gut making her aura hovering dangerously above red.
"And when you stop thinking!"
Roman said letting Yang shakily got up to her feet her thick legs shaking blood polling in her mouth as she spat out a red glob of blood her red eyes glaring pure death at Roman.
"You-
"You end up dead.'
Bang!
Roman fired point blank into her face knocking her back and sent her aura to nil as the buzzer rang.

"Yang Xiao-Long can no longer continue! Victor Professor Torchwick!"

Glynda yelled as Yang groaned her body shaking in pain as Roman stalked over to her.
"Now class! Who can tell me what firecracker here messed up with? Anyone?"

Roman asked his assembled awe struck pupils with an easy smile on his face.

"She attacked without thinking. She assaulted you with only anger and power, leaving herself vulnerable to your attacks."
"Thank you, Blake, for saying something that did not give everyone around you a case of depression for once!"
Roman said as a loud hiss was heard from the stands.

"Anyone know how she could do better?"

"She should have thought first. She should have analyzed your attacks and weapons. It was clear that you had a semblance after the first cane hit and even if it wasn't the fact that she didn't even try to know about you led to her defeat."

"Jaune? Is that you? When did you get a damn brain!?'
Roman asked his apprentice who glowered.
"I always had a brain, Roman."

"You could have fooled me."

"Professor Torchwick!"
"Yes, Miss Snow Angle? How can I help you?"

"Snow angle?! Why I never! I... You are an experienced hunter how can you attack a student like this?! Have you no shame?"
"None what so ever! Nor do I have pity. So if you are expecting any cut that shit out here and now and get ready for an ass beating ok?"
Roman said his eyes becoming hard as stell as he met and held every single glare in the room, as the man gained a deathly severe look.

"Ok, I want everyone here to listen and listen good! I am not a good guy. In fact, I am a bad guy. I don't want to be here surrounded by you brats but it beats jail so here I am!"
Roman said sneering at his charge who glared at him.

"While I am not a good guy I am good at my job which is making sure you little brats don't die when you see your first real taste of combat!" Roman said as Yang tried to get up only for the end of his cane to smash her head down as Roman plated Melodic Cudgel on the back oh her head holding her fimrly in place as he began to monologue.

"Hey! Get off her!"
"Quiet Red! Or I'll walk up there and show you what a real fight is!"
"That's my sister!"

"I know, and I'm helping her believe you me. All of you are going to die! Well, not all of you the moody shit with a cosplay fetish and the blonde with the face that made out repeatedly with a chess grader is going to do fine but the rest of you? You are all on a ticking clock!"

Roman said planting a foot on Yang's back making her cry out in pain as he left a footprint on the back of her hair. Roman ground his foot into Yang's hair making her cry weekly before taking off his foot and spitting on the floor.

"You are all green! Except for two! Out of all of you, you are green! You think huntings is all fun and games! That you are going to spend your days slaughtering Grimm and beating the shit out of criminals well news flash kiddies! You are going to get your young asses killed! And I'm here to not let that happen! Or to at least slow it down a bit. Some of you might be beyond hope. Looking at you Red! Don't think you can hide behind Snow Angel!"
"Don't call me that!"

"Make me. Anyway! In this class, you are going to learn how to survive! The motto of this class is simple. Improvise! Adapt! Overcome! In this arena, you fight to win! There is no such thing as a dirty trick, cheap shots or unsportsmanlike conduct! There are no rules in a real fight, and there will be none here! Besides not killing the poor bastard that you are sparing with that is. Once you step into this arena, any attacks on anyone in this arena are legal! The fights begin when one of you shits attacks and end when one of you are either aura less or knocked out!"

Roman shouted keeping Yang's head buried firmly in the floor with his cane.
"You will fight to the bitter end with anyone in here. Don't stop until knockout, complete aura loss or I tell you to. Failure to do any one of this things and you will end up like this unfortunate soul. You don't like being a footstool do you, Yang?"
"Fuck..."
Yang moaned as Roman smiled.
"Ok! Now that that's over! In case you have not been paying attention or are deaf, dumb, touched in the head or a combination of the three my name is Roman Torchwick! You may call me professor Torchiwck! Welcome to improvised combat! Now that we got that out of the way who's next?"


"Well, I guess this is where we say goodbye Mister Fox.'

Neo said to the animal in her hands. The once stubborn fox was now putty in her grip. The small mammal guardian cuddled and purred in her arms as she rubbed its neck.
"Do I have to go?"
Odo asked not willing to so easily leave Neo's heavenly grip.

"I'm sorry Mister Fox but yes. I have to go home, and you need to as well. Your Jaune is waiting for you right?"
Neo asked as the Fox bristled at the mention of his name.
"So what? He doesn't need me anymore! He's got that Pyrrha girl looking out for him! The stupid human can't see the truth!"
Odo growled making Neo cock her head at it.

"You argued with Jaune?"

"Hah! To call it an argument would be an overstatement! I tried to tell him that she's no good and what does he do? He ignores me! He tells me I'm overreacting! He picked some woman he's known less than two months over me! ME! I've spent years protecting him, and his ungrateful ass kicked me to the curb!? Is that fair?!"

"Hmmm. I don't know. Maybe he likes this girl, what's her name?"
"Pyrrha."
"Oh. I see you should be worried about him not angry."

Neo cautioned the fox as they stood safely back in Minks Realm in the room that was not a room on the floor that was not a floor.

"Hah! Let him get his heart broken! That will teach him!"

"What if she hurts him?"

Neo asked as Odo snorted.

"Pyrrha? Hurt him? Really? Neo comes on; your Pyrrha could hurt your Jaune. Mine could not lay a finger on him."
"That strong?"
"That strong."

"I see, well you should still get going. You are his guardian unless you want to abandon him? I have a comfy pet bed in my place you can sleep on. You could get all the scratches you can take!"
Neo said smiling to the fox that considered it.

"So. A choice between you a beautiful, caring woman who will pamper me for the rest of my life, or the ungrateful partner of mine who would pick some chick he met a month ago over me, his guardian for years? You make a strong offer.'

"Are you considering?"
"I... I want to, but I need to get home, fool or not. I vowed to protect him, and I will do that till he dies."
"Ah well, I guess this is goodbye for us, Mister Fox."
"I... we can still meet again, right? I mean you do like scratching me. No, that I like it! I don't..."

"Well even if I didn't want to say goodbye how would I meet you again? We live in different worlds?"

Neo asked her smooth cream like voice flowing over the fox as he shuddered.

"I... I can help you get here... I know how to get past the realms... If you would like to come, that is. I don't want you to! I just..."
"I will need some help."
"Help?"
"I have a Jaune, but he is not always available for me. If you could make your Jaune..."
"I will not sell my charge. Not even to you."

Odo said growling to Neo who merely smirked. '

"I don't want you to sell him. Just... he works out yes?"
"He trains, why?"

"Maybe if you could slip me some photos of him training? For my own private use?"

Neo said rubbing her crotch with her free hand making Odo flush.

" I can't spy on my charge!"
"Well, then I can't be bothered to give you your scratches to bad-"
"Wait! Zero six five four eight three, three nine!"
"What is that?"
"That's... that is the code to his scrolls camera."
"Oh?"
"He often takes videos of him working out for training purposes. Enter that code into your scroll, and you might see him working out..."
"Oh? And will he be sweaty?"

"He should be, and I can... convince him to take his shirt off. And while I have to protect him, I can't be everywhere... If someone were to take advantage of a scroll vulnerability to spy on him... I couldn't be held responsible..."

"Perfect. Thank you, Mister Fox!"
"Will you two hurry up!? I can't keep you both here forever! Get going!"
Mink yelled as Odo nodded to Neo as a portal opened up to-
"Fire?"
The portal opened up to reveal a flaming dockyard; several bullheads were crashed into flaming wrecks there were several massive craters int he ground and-
"TWO MINUTES! I leave for two minutes, and the whole place goes to hell?! What is wrong with you!?"
Odo asked hopping into his portal and-
"You next."
Mink said as Neo's ride home appeared.
"Rember Neo when you see Jaune?"
"Right in his chest!"
Neo spoke relish her new power as Mink nodded and Neo leaped into her portal.


"You feeling ok?"
Ruby asked Jaune the two sat alone in the cool night breeze on the roof Beacon overlooking the night sky. It was late at night, and the two leaders had decided to take a break from training.
The practical combat class was interesting to say the very least. Roman was a capable tutor, Jaune would readily admit. Probably better at teaching useful combat that even Glynda and he was teaching them how to fight in the real world. The real world held no punches, and they needed to learn this sooner rather than later.

"I'm fine Ruby. Thank you for asking. How is Weiss? Is she better?"

Jaune asked wincing as Ruby's face fell. Weiss had gone in for revenge on Roman for hurting Yang. Roman had chosen to face her without his weapon and wiped the arena floor with her. In the end, he used her own rapier to lite the girl on fire sending her flying out of the arena with a shit eating grin. Roman had to drive a point home confiscated Weiss's weapon. Saying that as long as she was in his room, she would not touch her weapon until she landed one punch on him.

She could keep her weapon out of his class but as soon as she walked in it went to Roman's hand and he would use it to beat down the rest of the class.
If Weiss wanted her weapon in his class, she needed to land one hit on him. A task that looked impossible at best. Roman was a trained hunter and everyone else a student. And so far the odds of her triumphing were slim.

"She's..."
"Weiss?"
"Yeah."
"I see."
Jaune said looking up to the broken moon smiling before he turned to Ruby.
"Tomorrow is the day."
"We have our inquiry! Yay."

Ruby said frowning. Tommor was the day, both Jaune and Ruby would be evaluated. Ruby mentally Jaune morally. He did have illegal weapons on him.
Jaune needed to answer several moral questions, mainly how he killed the terrorist on the train along with the origin on some of his more exotic weaponry. Ruby... Ruby shot and nearly killed her fellow Beacon student under Battle stress, and she needed a full mental inquiry.

"Don't worry Ruby we will both pass our tests. I know it."
Jaune said looking up to the starry night sky, Remnant was indeed a beautiful place and it was a place he was determined to protect.
"Smoke?"
Jaune asked Ruby who paused blinking owlishly as Jaune reached into his pocket drawing out the pack of Vacuo slims and the skull lighter that Malroque had given him.
"Jaune? You smoke!?'

Ruby gasped like Jaune had just said he stole from children.
"I do, you want one?"
Jaune asked easily taking a slim white stick putting it into his mouth and lighting it. Taking a deep drag of it.

"That's bad for you! It's not good for your health to smoke!"
"It's not good for your health to be a huntress, but you still went to Beacon'

Jaune said taking a deep drag as Ruby fidget her eyes running him up and bee before she gulped.
"If you can do it I can do it!"
Ruby said walking forward as Jaune passed her a slim white stick. "Here put this end in your mouth."
"Like this?"
"Yeah now when I light the end I want you to breathe deeply," Jaune said putting the end of the stick into her mouth lighting the end of it with his lighter.
"Breathe."

"GAH!"

Ruby coughed like a dying woman, her eyes turning red as she doubled over. Several long hard, rough coughs came from her mouth as she took a deep breath of her cigarette. Coughing and hacking up a lung as Jaune smirked.

"You ok? It takes a lot to smoke sometimes if you can't keep up you don't have to."
"I can do it! I! GAH! I just need a breath!"

Ruby said hacking and coughing as Jaune smirked.
"It's a bit hard to swallow at first, but I think you might not be cut out for smoking."
"If you can do it I can! Just give me another light!"

Ruby said putting her spat out cigarette back in her mouth and sticking her face forward.
"If you say so."
Jaune said taking Ruby by her shoulders making her flush as he pushed the end of his cigarette to hers. Lighting her tip with his.
"Breathe slowly."
Jaune instructed as Ruby's cheeks turned the color of her cape. Jaune let the reaper breathe slowly as he lights her Vacuo slim. Ruby's body relaxed as she took a more composable drag as her shoulders fell.

"Better?"
"Much."
Ruby said nodding her head taking her hit and pulling off her cigarette taking a long drag coughing twice but letting a low smile dawn on her face. As she moved Jaune saw a flash of silver on her side that drew his eye.

"Is that a flask?"

"Yeah! Qrow gave it to me for power bombing one of the twins the other night. Militades now that I think about it." Ruby said making Jaune smiled.

"You power bombed Mil? Why?"

"She tried to flirt with Qrow."

"I see... how's the taste?"

"These taste good."
"They are good. Slims are only beat by cigars and only the expensive one."

"The one's Roman or Professor Torchwich has?"

"The very same. He might not be a good man, but he knows his cigars."
Jaune said sighing as Ruby took a more natural hit of her smoke a thin smile creeping on her face.
"This... this is nice."
"What is? The cigarette?"
"Yeah, but us... Hanging out alone like this. I... I want to do it again."
Ruby admitted a light flush on her cheeks.

"I want to, any time you are free call me. I'll be there."
"I'll hold you to that."
Ruby said before planting a small kiss on Jaunes cheek that made him smile.


"What the hell?"
Jaune asked as he saw a massive brown package in front of his dorm. A gigantic brown package with several postcards and stamps on it sat in front of his door. One look at it showed the Atlas Symbol on the side with a note on it.
"To Weiss. Open inside alone."
"That's... new..."

Jaune said wondering why Weiss package was in front of his door. The heiress was currently yelling at Glynda demanding that Roman gave her back her blade in his class. Ruby stayed on the roof to smoke, Blake was off hunting for Fang activity, and Yang was in the infirmary for aura exhaustion for the night.
"Guess I'll watch it for her."

Jaune said opening his team door and dragging the large package inside.
His dorm was also empty, Ren had to go for a medical exam, and Nora and Penny went with him. Pyrrha was doing her night training and since half thier team was MIA Jaune canceled thier night training for this night.

"We can do it tomorrow, I'll just hold this package for her."
Jaune said going to his bed ready to sleep and-
"It moved."
Jaune thought as he paused his head snapping to the package as-

It moved... The box moved...
It shifted and shook like there was something inside of it... Jaune drew his pistol aiming at the bag that was now dragging itself across the floor of his dorm. Before it began squirming, writhing and shifting as something inside moved and molted.
Jaune drew his knife ambling to the bag his eyes sharp and har as stell as something began to unzip the bag's massive zipper and-

"KYA!"

A sharp female voice said as the bag was ripped open and a girl dropped out of it. A human fell out of the container; she had longs flowing silky pale hair with skin the color of fresh snow. She was dressed in a loose-fitting white top that fell to her knees, a thin pair of teal shorts where on her hips that hugged her waist tightly giving Jaune a clear view of her ample rear that looked as toned as Pyrrha's and made his crotch stir.

She snapped her head around her crystal blue eyes a dead ringer for Weiss and Winter as-
"You are not Weiss!"
The girl shrieked her cheeks turning red as Jaune frowned.

"No, I'm not, I am Jaune. Weiss's friend who are you?'
"No! No! No! I knew there was a problem when I shipped myself!"
"Did he say shipped himself?"
A firm, strong voice said from behind Jaune, as a man materialized next to him and the boy nodded.
"He sure did."

"Um... who are you? I'm assuming you are Weiss's sibling?"
Jaune asked as the girl suddenly stopped her rambling and nodded her head.

"Yeah! She's my older sister!"

The girls said confirming her relationship with Weiss.
"And what is your name?"

jaune asked wanting to know what to call Weiss's little sister beside you.

"Whitley! Whitley Schnee! Nice to meet you!"

"Ok, Whitley what are you doing here in beacon?"

"I ran away from home, and I need to see Weiss!"
The girl said making Jaune put away his pistol.

"You ran away from home?"
"Yeah! I shipped myself to Vale from Atlas!"

"Wait. Repeat that last line did you say you shipped yourself? How?"

"Yes! I took this bag to the Schnee post office, filed the paperwork and snuck myself inside of it and bam! Now I'm here!"

"Who the hell runs the postage system? First a dog now a girl? This has to break some kind of law."
"I know what you mean."

"That has to be against regulations. We should contact the quartermaster and have him disciplined."
The voice said as Jaune nodded.

"So you ran away from home to see your big sister?"
"Yeah! I did, who are you?"

Whitley asked suddenly looked nervous to be around an older stranger.

"I'm Jaune, her friend."
"Oh! You are Jaune! She talks about you a lot! She wants to marry you!"

"Her and everyone else. Now, what am I going to do with you? I could watch you until she gets here."

Jaune offered as the girl paused looking unsure about her next coures of action.
"I... wait... now that I think about it... I didn't tell her I was coming."

Whtiley said as Jaune narrowed his eyes.
"You didn't tell her you where coming?"
"No... I ran away a few weeks ago."

"He was in that package for weeks!?"
"So she does not know you are coming?"

"No... I was hoping that she would see me and take me into her dorm for a while."

"A while? Why? Wait first of all why the hell are you running away?"

"UG! My family wants me to get married! I don't want it! I don't want to marry some woman I don't know! I want to be a hunter!"
Whitley said pumping her fist in the air as Jaune smiled at her. Felling a kindred spirit of Weiss's little sister.
"You ran away to be a hunter?"

"Wait, shouldn't she say huntress?"
"She probably slipped."

"You know I did something like that. I ran away from my home to be a hunter, instead of getting married."
Jaune admitted as Whitley's eyes went wide in awe.

"You did?"
"I did, and now I'm in Beacon leading my own team."

"Wow! You are amazing!"
"I mean... I'm pretty good but amazing? Now you are exaggerating."

"No! You are perfect! You are the type of man I want to be like when I get older!"
"Really I-
"Did you say, guy?"

"Yeah! Me and you! We are the same! Two guys that ran away from there homes to pursue their dreams! If you can do it, I can do it too!"
"Wait did you say, guys? Like we are both guys?"
"Uh... yeah. Why?"
"But you are Weiss's little sister?"
Whitley gape covers her flat chest and glaring at Jaune.

"Sister?! I'm a boy!"
Whitley yelled as Jaune coughed and life tossed him a ball from left field as Whitley Schnee the younger runaway brother of his friend pouted his face stomping his feet as Jaune sighed.

"You are a boy!?"

"I am! I am Whitley Schnee! The sole male born of the Schnee's! And I am here to start my training as a hunter! And I call upon you! Jaune Arc to help me!"
The boy said pointing at Jaune as his jaw dropped and he felt a dark voice laughing in his head.

"At least Monty keeps me guessing..." Jaune said as Whitley glared daggers at him.


An: Well there it is! Jaune got a defining trait! The gamer's flaw was revealed! Neo found herself a new friend! And Roman is already a smash hit with the students! Also! The introduction of Whitley! The plucky hunter hopeful from Atlas! The young man is here to show his stuff! Both in terms of him being a hunter and! The oddly revealing clothes he wears...

Anyways! The first season is coming to a close! The last few parts are coming in and the finale is close! Next chapter is all about Whitley joining JNPPR so JNPPWR!? And how they deal with this trap.
PS! It looks like I have an influence. If you like this fic there is another fic called Mirror world that I actually helped inspired and beta about a similar concept and is linked to this fic.
Why did you think Neo had a fox? Check it out it's a good fic and until next time? I might have a new fic up tonight 12 pm PDST no promises though... Until then! Have some stats and Love Struck is next! Until next time as always omake.


Stats updated

Ruby Rose! Affliction cleared Hopeless! Trait added, tippler.

New contact added!

Name. Whitley Schnee.

Social ran, 7/200

Relationship rank 2/200

Title. NA

Stats breakdown.

Strength. 20

Charm. 138

Charisma. 27+1

Dexterity. 33

Agility 48

Intelligence. 38+5

Perception. 98

Vitality. 28

Will. 28+2

Deception. NA Doe-eyed trait.

Luck. 29

Quirks.

Happy. You are happy, take minus 50% stress from all sources.

Naive. You are easily deceived.

Lost. You do not form bonds well with other. Relations ship growth minus 75% with others.

Traits.

Doe-eyed. You believe all people are innately good. You are unable to lie in any capacity.

Loveable. People find you incredibly pleasant to be around. Increase attraction to you by others by 60%

Frail. You are not meant for direct combat. Increase damage taken from all sources by 50%

Charming. People love to hear you speak. Your charisma and score is doubled when used on others.

Trap. You trigger Ackbar...

Skills.

Duck. When in danger you hit the ground hard damage taken minus 4%

Wanderlust. You are unable to settle down. You seek adventure wherever you may find it.

Kind. You are a kind person. You attempt to be kind to all you meet.

Adaptive. You are known to adapt. You rapidly gain stats when your situation is dire. You are quick to adopt new favorable tactics.

Abilities.

Enchanter. You can appear disarming to others. Reducing there will against you by half.

Bard. You can sing very well. Raises will of allies.

Doe. You can make yourself look vulnerable. Reduces the will of those attacking you if you are NOT fighitng back by 20%.

Stress 32/100

Defining trait. Adventurer. You seek to be a hunter, nothing will stop your quest to help others.

Alignment progressive.


Omake. Darkest Remnant part twenty one. Back into the fray.

Metal cut flesh as a flash, so silver came down, slicing the sputtering monster in two.
"AH!"
Jaune yelled bringing down his sword cleaving the sycophant in two. The horrifying bug human hybrid falling into bloody chunk on the ground. It's disgusting form spattering like a popped pimple on the cautious floor of the warrens.
The sharp flash of a dagger-filled his vision as a throwing dagger flew by his face taking down the monster behind it, that sycophant dying in a moment as Blakes weapon killed it in a moment.
"For the light!"

Velvet cried as a bolt from the ceiling came down striking the damn manservant that had been holding the invitation they needed as the monster fell a terrible shriek filled the air as the last massive insect was hit by a curse from wat's, Jauen wasted no time bringing down his sword cutting it in half as the heroes won the day.

"Dammit! These things are showing up everywhere!"
Jaune complained kicking the dead tick parasite as Blake sauntered up to him. The grave robber snarling as she nodded her head to him. "The infection is spreading. Oscar told us this would happen. I suppose we should not be that shocked by it. Even if it does make all of our lives a lot harder and it means that we need to go back to the Courtyards soon. None of us are cursed yet, but let's not take a chance this time."
Blake said ripping her dagger from the corpse of a sycophant cleaning the weapon o her pants leg before returning to her position in the line up behind Wats who was polishing his skull.

"Fear not my allies. We will prevail today. The darkness holds dominion here yes, but we shall triumph. This I know."
The occultist said giving the dead bodies a scornful glare.
"Though I do wish these things would stay in their own domain. I have no desire to become one of these puppets for them curse's whims." Wat's almost spat out walking past the bodies of the monsters.

"We are one with the light so long as we stay the course we shall all be spared.'
Velvet added nodding her head in prayer.
"Why does she pray? Why good do you think that speaking to your silent lord will bring?"
Blake asked Jaune, curious to why a man of faith kept his practices.
"We need to believe in something Blake. Some of us believe in the higher power of the church."
"Has that power ever benefited you?'
"It gives me the strength to continue."

Jaune replied evenly as Blake cocked her head.
"Does it? You are strong Jaune do you think your strength comes from your faith, or your will to do more?"

"My will comes from my faith Blake. It is what gives me the power to go on."
"But did you not have that before your faith? You were not always a sword of the light. You must have had a will before that. Is that not what gives you strength?" Blake asked her cat ears twitch in curiosity as Wats hummed.

"A curious line of thought. Does his strength come from his own personal convictions, or does it come from his devotion to a higher power? I believe it is a mixture of both. Jaune must have the strength and will to want to get better. And his devotion to the light has refined it over the years."
The occultist added rubbing his skull with his robe.

"Enough talk. The boss is beyond this door. We must be ready."
Oscar said speaking up as Jaune nodded.
"Everyone knows the plan?"
"I'll mark it."
"I'll blight it."
"I will keep you all alive."
"Good. We killed the last swine abomination so let's do it the same. By the numbers."
Jaune said kicking down the door as a mountain of flesh greeted him. The towering fetid rotting abomination that was called the Swine King gave an ear piercing squeal as it pointed a massive rotting claw to them as it raised an enormous cleaver to the heroes as a smile passed Jaune's face as they charged.