Chapter 15
A couple of hours after finding them Blitzer lead Jaune and Moon to a building, opening a pull open garage door, Jaune wheeled his Runner into the building.
''hear we go Jaune, I'm hoping this does until the tournament, it has a bed and a couch, along with this coffee table and a fridge help yourself, I decorated it myself'' said Blitzer ''look it's not very clean and it has all the… creature comforts you'd expect''
''oh so it has rats'' said Moon.
''yeah plus cockroaches'' said Blitzer.
''thanks Blitzer I really appreciate this, I do know your doing this for more than just getting one more favor off Renegade'' said Jaune.
''welcome Jaune'' said Blitzer ''and your right, but you should get some rest, your still not recovered''
''it's fine Blitzer I heal real fast'' said Jaune 'or at least my aura heals me really fast and soon I'll show Caesar and Jace how good I feel'
''hey I gotta go I'll come back tomorrow'' said Blitzer, Jaune nodded and Blitzer drove off.
He went inside to Moon ''hey Moon listen I think it's a good idea to go to bed now'' said Jaune.
''ok'' said Moon, Jaune then picked her up and started to carry her up the steers.
''how's this you take the bed I'll sleep on the couch'' said Jaune
''you sure?'' asked Moon.
''yeah I'll sleep on the couch if you need me'' said Jaune putting her on the bed and pulling the covers over her ''good night, remember if you need me I'll be on the couch''
''ok, good night Jaune'' said Moon.
''night'' said Jaune, going to the couch taking off his hoodie, he looked down at himself, he needed new cloths his current ones were falling apart, he just sighed to himself he'd figure that out sooner or later, laying down on the couch he drifted to sleep.
Jaune woke up later in the night as he felt someone shaking him and heard someone sobbing, he opened his eyes and saw Moon sobbing, this woke Jaune up instantly and he sat up, quickly getting Moon into a hug and starting to sooth her.
''oh it's ok Moon it's ok what's wrong?'' he asked.
''I-I-I had- had- nightmare'' cried Moon hiccupping each tear crying.
Jaune picked her up and started to rock her saying ''shhh, it's ok, it's ok, it was just a dream, just a dream, do you want to sleep with me?''
Moon tearfully nodded, Jaune slowly laid down holding moon closely, poor thing was still shivering, quietly he lulled her back to sleep, Jaune soon fell asleep after her, her arms wrapped around his stomach and head pressed against his chest listening to his heartbeat, the next time Jaune woke up was the mourning.
''wakey, wakey'' said a voice, Jaune still drowsy opened his eyes to see Blitzer.
''Blitzer?'' he asked.
''who else, figured I'd check on you guys'' said Blitzer ''didn't take the bed eh''
''no I gave it to Moon and she had a nightmare and wanted to sleep with me'' said Jaune.
''aw, your like her daddy'' cooed Blitzer sarcastically ''I got you guys some cereal from across the street, didn't know what you wanted so I gott'cha some corn flakes''
''thanks'' said Jaune, gently he pried Moon's arms from his waist, taking the box from Blitzer and pouring himself a bowl of cereal.
''you sure, you want to do this?'' asked Blitzer.
''yes I need to settle the score with someone once and for all, but more than that, I need to do this for something else'' said Jaune throwing over the photo to Blitzer who caught it.
''friends of yours?'' asked Blitzer.
''yeah'' said Jaune ''Pierott gave me a warning if I don't participate I won't see them for a long time''
''typical Caesar, if it's not a bribe it's a threat'' said Blitzer ''listen I can help you ok, what are friends for right?''
''wait you can get into the Sataltie?'' asked Jaune.
''I can get anywhere, look I'll get there and check up on your hideout, assuming you'll give me the location'' said Blitzer, Jaune handed him a slip of paper.
''thanks'' said Jaune ''now all I need to do is worry about is the tournament''
''yeah and figuring out how Moon could Speed Duel'' stated Blitzer.
''wait what?'' asked Jaune.
''oh you didn't know everyone has to Speed Duel in this tournament'' stated Blitzer.
''what, oh come on'' Jaune groaned ''she's a little girl, she can't ride a Duel Runner''
''well then I guess she loses by default'' said Blitzer.
''no I can't allow that'' said Jaune.
''and why not?'' asked Blitzer.
''last night, she was so exited to be in the tournament'' said Jaune ''I've seen her duel she's good, she's really, really good, she just lacks confidence and I think this gave her the boost she needed, I can't allow her to not compete!''
''ok then'' said Blitzer ''I guess you gotta think up something''
''damn right I do!'' said Jaune not knowing that what he said came out louder than he intended it to, in the process it woke Moon up.
''Jaune'' she yawned.
Jaune then realized just how loud he was ''oh I'm sorry Moon I was too loud and woke you up'' he said softly.
''is it mourning?'' she asked sitting up.
''yes, but its very early in the mourning, I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you up, you can go back to sleep if you want'' said Jaune softly.
''ok'' yawned Moon before drifting back to sleep, with Jaune pulling the covers over her.
''aw, you make a cute daddy'' mocked Blitzer, but in a light hearted way.
''shut up Blitzer'' said Jaune humorously.
''well I gotta go, I hope you figure something out Jaune'' said Blitzer as he left.
Jaune spent most of the day working on his deck, he also helped Moon learn some good combos to use with her deck, he also explained to her how to speed duel and they had a little practice on the wooden table, but he just couldn't figure out how Moon would Speed Duel.
Jaune rested his head on the table and let out a small groan, Moon was looking through her deck on the other side of the table and perked up when she heard Jaune groan.
''are you ok Jaune?'' asked Moon.
''no'' groaned Jaune ''I need to figure something out, I know you want to participate in the tournament so I'm trying to figure out how to get you to participate, because you need to Speed Duel in the tournament''
''you mean like how you do on your Duel Runner?'' asked Moon.
''yes and you can't ride on a Duel Runner and if I drive for you, you'd be disqualified, I'm trying to think of something'' groaned Jaune as he kept thinking.
Jaune closed his eyes and started to think, he got so deep in thought that he didn't notice when Blitzer walked in, with him was Uang and Thunder ''eh, your still thinking eh?'' Blitzer asked.
''yes'' groaned Jaune ''and honestly I keep hitting a wall, I can't think up anything''
''well how's this we have guests'' said Blitzer.
''Sonny it's me Uang'' said Uang, Jaune looked up to see it was him as well as Thunder.
''Jaune how's it going'' smiled Thunder.
''not good, I can't think of anything'' said Jaune ''but never mind how are you guys, wait how are you guys hear?''
''when you outdueled Warden Sharp we were all released early'' explained Uang ''and your friend Blitzer found out about us being released and brought us hear to this… err… this interesting-''
''this place is a dump'' said Thunder.
''Thunder, you said you'd be nice!'' exclaimed Uang.
''that was nice, but I must say I love this Duel Runner, real beauty, best thing she has your own deck'' smirked Thunder.
''so this is your deck sonny?'' asked Uang.
''yeah'' said Jaune.
''how's this we duel, I win, I get to take her out for a spin'' smirked Thunder.
''sorry not in the mood, I need to think up something for Moon'' said Jaune.
''who's Moon?'' asked Thunder.
''I am'' said Moon, causing the big man to look down and see her.
''whoa, your small'' said Thunder.
''and your tall'' said Moon.
''look I found Moon or well… I guess Moon found me, when I had an accident, she's cool ok'' said Jaune kneeling down next to Moon and giving her a pat on the head ''anyways she's an orphan and she's been living on the streets, we had a duel and I won, but anyways we were chased down and Pierott the Caesar's assistant gave me an invite to the Glory Cup''
''wait are you serious!'' cried Thunder in what was clearly joy ''that's huge, the Glory Cup is offered to only the best duelists and if you win you can duel Jace Magnum what's got you down about that?''
''didn't let me get to the best part, Moon has to compete too'' said Jaune.
''oh I get it'' said Thunder dimming down a bit.
''and I don't know what to-'' Jaune stopped as he saw something out the window.
''Jaune?'' asked Blitzer.
''EUREKA!'' cried Jaune suddenly jumping up.
''what does Eureka mean?'' asked Moon.
''it means he's got it'' said Thunder.
''Guys quick go to a store, anything that sells parts, any parts, mechanical parts I need these parts'' said Jaune handing them a hastily written list ''Go! Go! Go!''
''no need I think we've got those parts hear, I'll get you them'' said Blitzer quickly rushing to get the parts.
''ok guys I need some room so can you go outside for a little bit cause this is gonna be awesome and I want a big dramatic reveal!'' cheered Jaune in excitement as he quickly started to work on it.
''should I go out too?'' asked Moon.
''no Moon your going to help with the grand reveal'' said Jaune.
''alright then'' said Blitzer pulling everyone outside ''so you think he actually has something?''
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Meanwhile in Jace's apartment Caesar had come to visit him ''how's your training for the Glory Cup coming?'' he asked.
''if you mean sitting on the couch awesome'' said Jace.
''we'll I'd change those plans if I were you, I invited Jaune to join the tournament'' said Caesar.
''really?'' asked Jace curious now.
''yes I thought that would get you interested'' stated Caesar ''now are you motivated''
''hell yeah!'' grinned Jace.
''well I'll leave you to your… training and make sure you don't lose this time Jace'' said Caesar leaving Jace's penthouse.
''Makilla do you know what this means?'' asked Jace.
''knowing you sir, I know it's a good thing'' said Makilla ''you want to duel Jaune and now you can''
''exactly it's a chance of redemption'' said Jace ''I'm going out, I need to finish my end of the barging''
-LINE BREAK-
an hour after Jaune told everyone to go outside so he could work, the guys outside were talking to one another, Uang bragging about his cards, Thunder talking to Blitzer about how Jaune beat him and Blitzer talking to him about Jaune's duel with Five, but soon Jaune came out ready to present what he had made.
''none of you are allowed to mock this, I put real elbow grease into this thing'' said Jaune.
The three of them nodded ''ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, I present to you all, the DUELBOARD!'' cheered Jaune.
Moon came out on a device, she was riding some kind of blue and pink hover board, she was wearing a duel disk and a wrist card holder, to hold her cards, the men all clapped.
''that's rather clever'' stated Blitzer.
''yeah she's too small to ride a Runner, but that should work'' said Thunder ''and as long as she can ride it, it's accepted''
''yeah, now to teach her how to Speed Duel'' said Jaune.
''alright'' cheered Moon, she was really getting exited now.
Jaune smiled, he was glad this was good progression, he needed to get Moon's confidence up first, he was going to help her as much as he could, he felt he was already forming a strong bond with her, his goal was to help her through whatever she was going through, he wanted her trust so he could figure out what was wrong and help her.
But before Jaune could do anything else, he heard the revving of an engine, Jaune quickly got to Moon's side as a Runner jumped out, it was 'The Bullet' it was Jace, Jace took his helmet off.
''what's the king doing hear?'' asked Uang.
''hear to teach Moon?'' asked Blitzer.
''hey king been a while'' grinned Thunder.
Jace just ignored him and walked up to Jaune, Moon was hugging onto one of Jaune's leg and hiding behind him scared ''hey Jace what do you want?'' asked Jaune.
Jace held up a card then flashed it to Jaune, it was Firewall Dragon, Jaune tensed up at the sight of it, he wanted that card back so badly.
''I heard you'd be in the Glory Cup'' said Jace.
''yeah I will be so will Moon, what about it?'' asked Jaune.
''well listen Jaune, I don't care about the little girl so you might as well just send her away, but anyways to the topic you won last time so you can have Firewall Dragon back'' said Jace throwing the card back to Jaune, he caught it and accepted it.
''now what about my friends?'' asked Jaune ''you the one who sold Rowan and the others out?''
''what?'' asked Jace.
''your clown buddy gave me a threat'' said Jaune holding up the photo ''if I don't show up they pay''
''well guess what that's Caesar ok, not me'' said Jace climbing on top of the Duel Runner ''I only duel for number one no one else, got it, see you there''
With that Jace drove off and everyone but Jaune who was still breathing normally let out a sigh of relief Uang ran up ''I need to see that card!'' he cheered, Jaune held up the card ''oh so that's the Dragon, it's called Firewall Dragon eh! It is true, you must be a signer!''
Jaune just looked at Uang blankly, Moon steered at the card intently, there was something about the card, she just could describe it, she felt like something was missing, it wasn't Firewall Dragon, she liked the look of the card, but it didn't feel like her, but she felt like there was something missing.
After Uang explained what a Signer was and about their history and the marks, Moon immediately perked up as he explained what marks there were, the Head, the Body, the Claw, the Foot and the Tail, how the Signers each had a powerful Dragon and how they could all summon the Crimson Dragon.
''that's the Dragon that caused that blackout and that was the reason Jaune was sent to the facility'' said Uang.
''well actually I would say it was more the data storm'' said Jaune.
''wait, the one you dueled that night it must have been-'' Uang cut himself off for Jaune to confirm it.
''yeah I was dueling Jace that night'' said Jaune.
''so the Kings a Signer too… well I'll be'' said Uang.
''wait, he said- y-you-'' started Thunder seemingly lost for words.
''yeah I won that duel'' said Jaune.
The men all gazed at Jaune in amazement for a moment, Moon broke them out of it though.
''wait you said all the Signers have at least a Dragon and a Mark, by Mark do you mean a Mark like this?'' asked Moon, rolling up her sleeve showing a mark on her arm, it looked to be a dragons arm, with a large claw on it.
''oh my'' said Uang.
Jaune smirked as he saw it ''looks like we were meant to meet one another Moon'' Jaune grinned.
''yeah'' said Moon smiling.
''I guess we were meant to meet too'' said a voice, they all looked up to see the Renegade.
''Renegade'' said Jaune as Renegade jumped down.
''oh hello sweetie, oh who's this?'' asked Renegade kneeling down to get full view of Moon who was hugging Jaune's leg in fear.
''M-Moon'' said Moon weakly.
''I or she- well we sort of found one another'' said Jaune.
''h-hello'' said Moon shakily.
Renegade squinted her eyes in a glaring fashion and then suddenly scooped Moon up and started to smother her ''ooh, you are just so adorable!'' she squealed cuddling Moon close to her.
Moon looked to Jaune with pleading eyes that just screamed 'help me!'
''ok ok that's enough'' said Jaune ''she clearly does not like that''
''oh sorry sweetie'' said Renegade setting Moon down ''I hope we can be close though''
''yeah me too'' smiled Moon.
''wait you said that we were meant to meet what did you mean?'' asked Jaune.
Renegade pulled up one of her sleeves revealing that on her arm was a mark, the mark was that of a claw of some kind, it was more spread out and didn't seem to be attacked to a limb, it was the mark of the Dragons Foot.
''y-you're a Signer?'' asked Jaune shocked.
''you seem surprised, yes I am'' smirked Renegade behind her mask ''anyways why are you hear honey? I told Blitzer to bring you to me once he was done removing the tracker in both your mark and your Runner''
''we were ambushed by Security because the tracker apparently had its own power source, long story somewhat short; I had to duel security, I met Moon and then he brought me hear'' said Jaune.
Renegade then turned to Blitzer ''your not getting favors off from this'' she said.
''I know'' said Blitzer.
''in fact you now owe me one more favor'' said Renegade.
''oh come on I'm helping Jaune out that's gotta count for something!'' cried Blitzer.
''you'd think so but, no'' said Renegade causing Blitzer to slump before she turned back to Jaune.
''anyways, now if you want handsome you and your friends can hold up at my pent house apartment'' said Renegade ''until the Glory Cup, we can duel there cause well'' Renegade then pulled out an invitation to duel in the tournament ''they specifically asked for Renegade''
''really?'' asked Jaune ''your business woman or something to get a penthouse apartment right? You really sure you want a known criminal like the Lawbreaker staying with you?''
''oh don't worry my identity has no social life only a work life, my social life comes out when I'm Renegade'' said Renegade ''I've also got a little video game Moon can play to help her get use to the rules of Speed Dueling, she can practice staying on, on my treadmill''
''can me and Moon talk it over?'' asked Jaune.
''of course'' said Renegade.
Jaune took Moon to the side ''ok listen I'm thinking we accept, I'm not sure but I get this feeling from Renegade that we can trust her'' said Jaune ''but I want your consent before we do it''
Moon hesitated for a bit ''I think we can trust her too'' said Moon ''she is a Signer like us, I trust her'' Jaune nodded ''besides we know she has equipment to help me learn how to Speed Duel''
''right'' smiled Jaune nodding.
They both walked up to ''well dears?'' asked Renegade ''what's your decision?''
''we've decided to accept'' said Jaune.
-LINE BREAK-
an hour later, Renegade had successfully snuck them into her apartment, it was large enough for her, Jaune, Moon, Thunder and Uang, Blitzer had taken off for the Satalite, Jaune had saw him off and wished him a good trip before he left.
It was late when he got back and Thunder informed him that they were having dinner and then going to bed, Jaune nodded but he wasn't done yet, he needed to know something.
Jaune strode up to Renegade who had made themselves some dinner, she turned to see Jaune ''hey honey'' she said ''you need anything''
''yeah to know who you are, you clearly know me'' said Jaune ''and I have some kind of feeling that I know you''
''you do, but as I said you need to beat me to see who I am'' said Renegade ''don't worry if I lose a round in the Glory Cup before I get to you and you get a higher place than me I'll reveal my identity to you anyways''
They all had dinner which was rather nice, they had the traditional Japanese dish of yakisoba chicken, they all had to admit that Renegade was a damn fine cook, when they were all finished Renegade suddenly stood up ''oh I just remembered, come on Handsome, I gotta give you something'' she said and she dragged Jaune off.
Everyone else at the table just looked at one another confused, she eventually walked back out, ''ladies and gentlemen presenting Jaune Arc, the Lawbreaker's new look'' said Renegade.
Jaune then walked out wearing brand new cloths, he was now wearing black boots and black jeans with white paddings on the knees, he was now wearing a back shirt under a new jacket he wore, this was made to be very stream lined it had a small picture of the Arc symbol on his left pex, it had white padding on his elbows and shoulders it's collar was up and he wore blue gloves.
''ho, ho, is that really you sonny?'' asked Uang.
''wow you look so cool Jaune!'' cheered Moon.
''heh, you look like a real pro duelist'' smirked Thunder.
''yeah, thanks Renegade'' said Jaune.
''your welcome Lawbreaker'' said Renegade smiling behind her mask.
After a bit of teach Moon how to Speed Duel on that Video Game that the Renegade had, Jaune decided it was late and put Moon to bed Jaune retired the he had a day to prep Moon and then the Glory Cup was upon them, Jaune laid down on the soft matress and Bitron appeared ''well I guess we gotta get ready'' said Bitron.
''yeah, I need to get my deck ready'' said Jaune looking through it.
''well it's a good thing I brought reinforcements'' said Bitron spraying out a load of cards.
''thanks' Bitron, I'll work on my deck some more tomorrow'' said Jaune picking up the cards and looking at them all.
''your welcome, now Jaune we need to talk about something'' said Bitron ''you know how everyone in Beacon had there own semblance except you?''
''yeah, I remember some of the teachers going on about that'' said Jaune, remembering feeling inferior from all that, many of the teachers would just consider him an after thought because of this, Jaune would often look in books to see if there was a way to get a semblance quickly, but there was nothing he could do so he just went with it.
''well you do have one'' said Bitron ''do you remember when Corcea Mors changed?''
''wait are you saying I did that?'' asked Jaune.
''yes listen Jaune I'll talk to you about it later because I have to go soon, I can only see you at certain periods of time to talk to you'' explained Bitron ''now your semblance is simple, your connected to Cyberse, it's why your sword and shield changed to resemble Decode and Encode weapons, you can connect to the Cyberse''
''ok what can I do other than make my weapons better while connected?'' asked Jaune.
''I'm sorry but I need to tell you later I need to go'' said Bitron disappearing, but before he left, Bitron said ''besides you have company''
''Bitron, Bitron wait!'' cried Jaune.
''who you talking to'' said Renegade walking in dressed for bed, her mask was still on, but she was now dressed in a short nightgown and a part of Yang shorts.
''nobod- wait why are you in hear?'' asked Jaune.
''oh yeah, there was a shortage of rooms thanks to your two friends'' said Renegade getting in the bed and snuggling up to Jaune ''so I'm moving in deal with it''
''eh fine I can live with it'' shrugged Jaune before thinking to himself 'besides it's kinda nice' and with that he drifted off to sleep.