Restoring the Family Honor

Chapter 5; I Promised Way too Much for this Chapter (Part 1)

The real reason Jaune never trained to be a hunter is that he was busy fighting the temptation to be a playboy. It's Jaune vs. his imagined Harem. AU, Some crack.

Disclaimer; I don't own RWBY and this is total AU. Enjoy the ride, check author's note at the end for concerns, and kindly leave a review.

This is told primarily from Jaune's perspective, and he is not the most reliable narrator. Other perspectives will likely be equally unreliable. Trust No one; they're all in on it!

-Beacon Initiation Ceremony-

"Could Mr. Arc, Miss Belladonna, Lie Rin, Miss Nikos, Miss Rose, Miss Schnee, Miss Valkyrie, and Miss Xio-long come up front, please? Six of you retrieved the white queen pieces, while Arc and Rose retrieved the white king piece. This sort of blunder has never happened before in the history of Beacon, and the students responsible for placing the relics have been assigned to detentions with Port as punishment. However, this still leaves the issue. After much contemplation, we decided that an unprecedented solution is needed. Therefore, you will be the first eight person team of Beacon Academy."

"An eight-person team? With six of them girls? Is this karma? Was I some sort of playboy in a past life, and now I'm being punished with a violently insane harem? First my sisters, then 'ice tsundere' Weiss, 'too innocent for my good' Ruby, overzealous and overprotective Yang, bondage Blake, proto Yandere Pyrrha, and now Nora who's… insane. At least she's taken… I think. Anyway, that Rin guy seems cool and can help with Nora. I just pity whoever gets stuck leading this group."

"Your name is JYVLNBRS, Javelineers; Led by Jaune Arc."

"Of course, why did I expect anything else?"

"Now that all of the important people are on teams, I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce our new staff members. The famous Arc sisters will be serving as auxiliary staff for the next four years and will be staying with team Javlineers in the old student lounge. They will be contacting some of you to set appointments for supplementary lessons in the near future. Take advantage of this and continue to grow. If there are any complaints about the loss of the student lounge or the additional classes, please fill out the proper com plaint forms and submit them to Glynda between the hours of five and six A.M. with the complaint fee and a new coffee maker. Thank you for your understanding."

"How, in all the tales that Jirai told me about Ozpin and Beacon, did I miss the fact that everyone on the staff and most of the students are insane. Wait… that includes me now… Meh, not like my life made sense before. May as well get started on getting used to resigning myself to that truth." Jaune was forcefully swept off his feet in his daze as his sisters whisked him off to their new room, his team in close pursuit.

-The Room-

"Sooo. I guess we figured out why our monk decided to take his vows…"

"A monk?" Cherri looked up from her perch on top of Jaune's arm to stare at the blonde girl for a second before bursting out laughing. "As if we'd let him! That'd just be too cruel!" Pyrrha was about to say something, but Cherri cut her off. "You'll figure it out. We just need to unlock this stud's aura so we don't have any wasted time." Jaune tried to raise a protest, but Cream smothered it in her bosom. "Ruby, since you're his partner, you get the honors."

The red themed girl took a step forward before she was stopped by her sister and her black-clad teammate. "Stay back Ruby. Lady Killer's harmless, but his family is way too eager to set him up. I'll take care of it."

Jaune managed to extract his face long enough to protest with an undertone of resignation. "Sisters. All seven of them. They're adopted and my uncle is a pervert. What did you expect? Could you just let me out and I'll get Goodwitch to do it; she should understand."

Blake looked completely ignored his protests, before stepping forward. "No, he was supposed to be my partner, I'll do it."

At this point Nora burst into the confrontation. "I wanna do it! Can I do it, Rin-Rin?"

"ENOUGH!" everyone's eyes locked to Jaune, who had wrestled himself away from his sisters, at the cost of his shirt. "If it has to be my team that awakens my aura (because Jirai is an ass), then it's best for all of us to suffer through it together, no matter what my sisters have planned. Hopefully it should lessen the… Why are you all staring?"

Underneath his shirt Jaune sported a series of modified ammo belts carrying smoke bombs, flash-bangs, tasers, pepper spray, lockpicks, and handcuffs, all artistically arranged to accent the definition of the muscles to which his undershirt clung. To say it another way, he was recreating his début cover of "Huntress Supply - Swimsuit Edition."

Yang gave a laugh before responding. "I thought you might have some big guns under your shirt, Lady Killer, but I wasn't expecting a full armory, eh Ruby?"

The girl was too busy drooling over the goods to even register that she had been addressed. "Want…"

Yang grabbed her sister and shook her. "No, Ruby! Boys are my thing! How am I ever going to explain to Dad that I let you get a boyfriend? Think of your big sister! Weiss! You're my partner, help me snap her out of this!"

The heiress gave a dramatic sigh and cut short her appreciation of the show offered her. She grabbed Ruby with her left hand and placed her right over Jaune's heart. "Do as he says. Whatever effect for which his sisters are looking will be more diffused with more people. At the very least it will take less energy from each of us. Then we can figure out the second-in-command when we have more time."

One by one, the seven girls of the team formed a circle around their leader. Weiss opened her mouth to recite the traditional aura awakening formula, when Ruby beat her to it. "Arise, shining knight, and protect the innocent! Ride out to battle and return victorious, winning all that you desire. In the name of Justice and cookies and puppies all that is good, find your happily ever after with true love." The other six girls were looking at her varying levels of disbelief, while Jaune let a hidden innocent smile grow on his face. "And, um, I mean, unleash your soul, and by my weapon protect you or something like that."

The moment the words ended, Yang trapped her sister in an inescapable sororal hug. "You are so cute!"

Weiss pushed the two apart to scold the younger girl. "You complete and utter child! Did you even stop to think about what you could have done? Aura is the power of the soul, no one knows what sort of changes can come from using different words to awaken it."

Yang of course came to her sister's defense. "Lay off. Ruby skipped ahead two years, she hasn't learned everything about aura yet. We're all fine, so just lay off!"

The argument continued indistinctly while the rest of the team went to work making the room their own. Jaune tried to intervene in the argument, but was quickly frozen out by Weiss. The only thing that stopped their fight was news of a greater crisis.

"Bunk bed, bunk bed, bouncy bouncy bunk bed."

"Nora!" Navy's worried gasp was what caught most of their attention. "We called dibs on the lower bunk already, your team has the top one!"

It took a second for the implications of her words to sink in. There were two beds, and one of them was for the Arc Sisters, meaning…

"I volunteer to sleep on the floor." All of the girls in the room looked at the one guy with varying levels of disappointment, confusion, respect, and nevermind, Nora had found out that one of the Arc sisters was a sloth-faunus, but she was previously looking at him with excitement and the words "pillow fort" on the tip of her tongue. "The beds are large enough-"

"-Harem sized-"

"Cherri just had to interject that little tidbit, didn't she?" "As I was saying, the beds are large enough for all eight of us, but I'd rather not risk making any of you uncomfortable." "Or accidentally earning a death sentence by rolling over the wrong way in the night. Yeah, not having to be chained up every night sounds more comfortable for me too."

"I wouldn't mind sleeping with you, but why don't you just sleep with your sisters?"

Yang stared in openmouthed horror at her sister's accidental innuendo, but Jaune took it in stride. "Let's just say that are sisters are… aggressive… with their cuddling." "That is to say, all of them are insane and enjoy tormenting me…" "I'd rather not return to the days where I'd go to bed in pajamas and wake up in my birthday suit."

Laurelai caught the blonde in a headlock with one arm while using her other to flash the boy's abs again. "I personally would prefer that, actually. I worked you hard enough for this body that you shouldn't have any shame over showing it off. I'm sure the other girls would appreciate it too. Unless…" she gained a diabolical smile as she released her adopted brother. "Jaune, you're too good." Dread filled the blonde's being. "You're going to start off our mornings with a striptease!"

Ignoring anything that could even resemble agreement from his teammates, Jaune merely held his hands out in a silent plea for sympathy, or at least pity.

The forces at work in the universe laughed and rolled a die to see who would be spooning him when he awoke.

-?-

"Wow, nat. 1. Ruby Rose it is, then! That'll be interesting to write. Now, what's next on the list of things that I promised… oh yes, the talk between Jaune and Oum."

Jaune Arc floated on the force of his will upon an endless abyss of half-formed thoughts and abandoned concepts. He looked around for stable ground but found none until a hand made itself known on his shoulder.

"On second thought, this should be more interesting." Before he knew what was happening, Jaune was sitting across from a dark-haired man. A cup of steaming tea sat in front of him. "Drink up. It's Earl Gray; I thought it would be appropriate considering the color thing your world has."

As he nursed the drink, Jaune contemplated what he should ask. Eventually he decided to start out with the most obvious and go from there. "Are you Oum?"

"No." The shocked look on Jaune's face was hilarious. "Monty Oum passed away, may he rest in peace. I'm simply an author who took what he imagined and created my own world out of it. You can call me YaldabaOum. Because Gnosticism… Yaldabaoth… wait, would Persona 5 exist in this universe? Would Gnosticism? The Tale of the Two brothers has a bit of dualism, but… Damnit, now I have to explain Gnosticism! So, …

And I just realized that that explanation took up way too much space and killed the pacing on an unfunny joke, so now I have to delete it!"

"Delete what?"

"Exactly. So, instead call me NarratOum!" The look on his face said that he was deciding between attempting murder and suicide. "Fine, just call me the Author, or Oum or whatever you want so long as the audience understands."

"Can I pretend that this was a bad dream and go back to troubling a deaf heaven?"

"C'mon, it's not that bad being in a fanfiction universe! You're actually far closer to your dream and better equipped than you would be in cannon. And if you think about it, there's way more fanfiction Jaune Arcs than there are cannon; You don't hear any of them complaining about it, do you?"

There was a beat of silent contemplation. "You're right!"

"And besides, I have some rewards ready for playing nice."

"Wait, am I actually getting rewarded for the whole vow of chastity thing?"

"No, you don't get magic powers for being a virgin when your reason was purely self-preservation. At least, until you turn thirty, then you become a wizard! But what I'm offering is the exact opposite. Keep doing interesting and funny things, and I'll pull a few divine strings: Manipulate luck for you, bring in powers from other universes, perhaps even give you the opportunity to become a greater hero than any of your ancestors ever became. Not bad, eh?"

"As much as this sounds like the sort of deal my sisters would make when they have a trick up their sleeve, I'll take it. Now what about my semblance?"

A sly smile appeared on the man's face. "Your power is the same as your ancestors; Connections. We'll speak again later, Jaune Arc, but it's time for you to wake up."

-Javelineers' Room-

Jaune awoke to the uncomfortably familiar feeling of cold steel on his skin. He cracked one eye open and took in the sight of a fully deployed red Mecha-scythe pressing into him from his front, while its owner had wrapped herself around his back. Her hands were exploring everything they could reach while her mouth was working at creating a hickey on his neck. He was about to make a move to gently pry her off when Crescent Rose moved between his legs, inadvertently threatening his manhood. "Stuck in place, getting groped by a girl who I very much hope is more interested in the weapons under my shirt than the muscles, and also getting a hickey from said girl who I'm fairly certain has never kissed a boy before. Yup, this just might be a new low. At least no one's up yet to see this… And why can't I quit when I'm ahead? At least I'll die in the arms of a cute girl who isn't trying to kill me."

"Hey there, Ladykiller. Looks like you and Ruby are best buds now. Get it? Like a flower?"

The reaper removed her mouth from Jaune's neck just long enough to mumble one word. "cookies."

"Ruby, That would be so much cuter if you weren't sucking on my neck."

Yang let out a laugh, before turning serious again. "Seriously Lady-Killer; what kind of cologne are you using? I've only ever seen her do something like this when Dad cooked that giant chocolate chip gingerbread man last year."

"I'll let sanity win over morbid curiosity this time and not ask for more details. Could you help me out?"

Yang crossed her arms and leaned forward. "I dunno… What in it for me?"

"I'm already going to give you a massage."

"And I already haven't beaten you up for getting Ruby interested in boys."

"I'm making breakfast."

"Now we're talking. And…?"

"And… I can make a great mango smoothie…?"

Yang let a little smile quirk her lips. "So long as it has a little umbrella in it."

"Of course, Lady Yang, the great and beautiful has demanded it."

"First you can give strip shows, then you cook, and now you can flatter. Watch out Lady-killer, keep going like this and I just might have to keep you. I'll be nice and teach you how to spar properly." Yang winked, but Jaune paled on the inside. He saw what she did to the Nevermore, and did not want any of that, thank you very much.

"Yeahh, I'd best go before one of my sisters thinks they can cook. The grimm are better at cooking than them."

As Jaune hurried off, Yang dragged her sister away for debriefing, I mean, a sisterly talk.

-Beacon Kitchens-

"TAMAGO RYORI!" (egg dishes)

When Weiss was waved into the teacher's lounge by her immature teammates, she wasn't quite sure what to expect, but seeing Jaune darting around the teacher's kitchen preparing a full breakfast for twenty all in under fifteen minutes while yelling foreign phrases like he was in some kind of children's scroll show… she could honestly say that she was surprised, and was contemplating being pleased as well. Random shouting aside, he put the Schnees' army of personal chefs to shame, and was somehow managing to keep everything mostly clean while doing so.

"ROU JIAN!" (sausage)

Of course, there was still the issue of company. No matter how well an apron frames a boy's ass, it is not proper for a lady to stare. Thus, as a trained noble, it was her responsibility to lead this conversation in a socially acceptable direction. "So, the weather is nice, isn't it."

"Yeah, I guess."

"Well that died. Guess it's back to appreciating the meat…"

"SUCHI!" (Juice)

Hestia plopped down with a tray full of various juices. "Is everyone here then? Ready to let them know what they've gotten into?"

The girls of team Javlineers perked up. Pyrrha was the one who spoke. "What is this about?"

Vell leaned forward with a conspiratal whisper. "A secret that must be kept from everyone, even Jaune for both his good, and for the safety of all Remnant; The Arc semblance!"

Pyrrha looked over at the boy with a touch of worry. "Should we really be talking about it here?"

The kitsune faunus waved with one of her tails. "He doesn't pay attention to anything else when cooking, something about focusing his energies. Even then, he should drown us out when he calls out his cooking techniques."

"KARTOFFELWURFEL!" (hash browns)

"See? Nothing to worry about."

"CREPES!" (Crepes)

Nerves aflutter, the girls all leaned forward.

Vell began the explanation. "To say it in a word, the Arc semblance is connections. More specifically he is a relay that allows for the transfer of power and other intangibles along connections that he has established."

Nora gasped. "Jaune-Jaune is like a power vampire sloth!?"

Cassandra moved to correct the bubbly girl as both a sloth faunus, and an expert on the subject. "No. Jaune… gives… stores… not… use."

Navy covered for her slow of speech sister. "What she means is that Jaune isn't the one who benefits from his semblance, you do."

Those words took a moment to sink in.

"BRRRRREAKFAST BURRITOOOO!" (Breakfast burrito)

Yang finally broke the silence. "So what, Lady Killer is some kind of power battery or something?"

Cream shook her head. "More like a giant milk tank. It needs to be filled first, and even then the cream floats to the top."

Lorelai cut in. "At the base of the metaphorical tank is his own aura. With the training we've given him it's three, maybe four times what a veteran hunter would be able to produce, but even that won't last long between everyone that'll be taking. So, power needs to come in from other girls, so he's not trying to protect the entire female hunter population alone."

Ruby timidly raised her hand. "Why does power need to come from other girls? why not guys?"

Cherri answered with only half of her normal irreverence. "That's just the way it works. We believe it was a result of the way that the connections are formed. To say it simply, the connection comes when Jaune and a girl share fluids; sweat, saliva, semen, or blood. The final one demand the least intimacy, but the Arc males are always blood type O negative. That means that they can give to anyone, but can successfully receive blood from only very few, and that is before the issues that aura regeneration adds to blood transfusion."

"WAFFLES!" (A breakfast dish cooked in a special griddle that results in a cake pastry with ridges that form boxes for containing large amounts of syrup)

Vell cleared her throat and recaptured everyone's attention. "This is not something that Jaune can control. Merely breathing the same air triggers his semblance to feed you a trickle of power. It is essential that he doesn't know the details about it though. It isn't something that can be actively controlled. We'll give you more details later, but for now, act natural, and just think of the ramifications. Go for a relationship with him if you can; you won't regret it. Now, shouldn't you be getting to class?"

The girls glanced at the clock to see that they had ten minutes before their next class, but the Arc sisters had used the opportunity to escape, with Hestia carrying her sloth-faunus sister to her classroom. With a bit of grumbling the team trudged to class, with Jaune leading the way and Ruby unusually lagging behind. Her hood hid a grin. She pulled out a picture of her mother and held it close to her chest. "Mom… everything is going according to plan. Dad won't be alone for long now…"

Chapter 5 end.

Sorry for the wait. And sorry for breaking it into two chapters. It's always harder to write once the summer help leaves and the "normal work" resumes, and I promised way too much for this chapter. I'll try to pound out the next chapter in what is left of my Christmas vacation. My New Years resolution is to write more consistently.

Random thoughts; It's fun giving people overpowered abilities that don't actually help them achieve their goals. I feel that's something that can be done more, kind of like One-Punch Man. To that end, yay empowering! I worded it just vague enough that I can still pull unhelpful surprises out of it and not be lying. Also, unless there is some significant work that I missed, this is a mostly completely original semblance for Jaune in that he can't control it and it gives power to other people. Yay for "other intangibles!"

Please leave a review with your thoughts and some constructive criticism. Peace.