Dreaming of a better future
AN/ hello, read the bottom. I HAVE SPOKEN!
Chapter 16
Jaune walked down to his dorm wondering about what had happened back on the roof with his supposed daughter Lilith, still confused on her entrance and disappearance. He was confused by her seeing as she hadn't said a word, nor had she been there long enough for him to get a real proper look at her. While he did have a good idea of what she looked like thanks to her hair and eyes being different colors which would make it easy to identify her. That still left him confused by what she meant with the note she left.
Why did she want him to help her mother and what did she do that would lead to him having to help her? It was all very strange but he figured it would be best just to leave those thoughts for later so he could go and check on the kids that were around. Although in all honesty he felt a slight chill at the thought of leaving Lilith alone. Why, he didn't know, but he was certain it was her eyes that had left him with that feeling seeing as her eyes were like his older sister Rebecca, with how she loved to prank people.
Still he wasn't sure if that was it but he decided it would do him no good to worry about a feeling. With a sigh he walked up to his dorms door. 'Best check on Helen and Pyrrha.' He thought as he opened the door to see Nora bouncing on his bed happily. He smiled as he turned to see Ren working on his guns like always and off to the side Pyrrha and Helen was looking over Pyrrha's spear Akouo. The knight just smiled as he walked in drawing everyone's attention.
"Jaune is back!"
Nora shouted happily as she did a flip, landing her back on her bed happily bouncing to her feet.
"Jaune, how was your talk with Ozpin?"
The Valkyrie asked with a bright smile as she bounced in place. The knight just smiled as Ren walked up behind Nora, patting a hand on her head stopping her from bouncing.
"Welcome back."
The green ninja said with a small nod as the knight nodded back as he turned to see Helen hopping her way towards him jumping at him as he caught her as she hugged him.
"Welcome back papa!"
The young Spartan exclaimed as she squeezed the knight as he just smiled at her giving her a hug.
"Glad to be back."
The knight said as Pyrrha walked up smiling brightly at the scene. The Spartan wanted to hug him as well but held back the desire as she just stood staring at her daughter happily.
"So how was your talk with Ozpin?"
The Spartan asked as she took her daughter from Jaune's arms.
"It was good, we got Ms. Goodwitch up to speed on the whole ordeal so other than a long talk it went good."
The knight said getting a nod from his partner.
"That's good to hear."
The Spartan said as she sat her daughter down. The knight just smiled at the two as he turned to look at team RWBY's dorm.
"I am going to check on the others, so you guys just lounge about like you were and then I will be back and maybe we can head into town and go to a restaurant for lunch."
The knight said with a smile as Nora jumped pumping her fist in the air happily at the prospect of getting food while Ren just sighed, having spent the last hour and a half feeding Nora pancakes. While those two seemed fine with the plan Pyrrha seemed to hesitate at the idea before nodding with a smile. The knight was confused by her reaction, but figured she was just surprised by his claim. He waved to them as he went back into the hall closing the door behind him as he knocked on team RWBY's door.
Instead of how the morning had gone the previous day with Yang opening the door half asleep this time the door was opened by Sara.
"Sup."
The knight said extending his right hand in a fist as his daughter just smiled and fist bumped him as she turned around telling the others in the room he was there. In a flash Summer came out wrapping his legs in a tight hug while Ruby, Yang and Blake came to the door greeting him.
"Sup Jaune, how you doing?"
Yang asked with a smiled as she waved at him while he patted Summers head.
"I am doing good Yang.
The knight said just as Bell walked out as she looked to have been sleeping with a blanket wrapped around her as she came to the door.
"Hello~."
The kitten yawned out as the knight just smiled and waved at her. The knight reached out patting her on the head as she just raised her head nuzzling into his hand with a smile.
"So, what are you all up to?"
The knight asked as he reached down and picked Bell up as he wrapped her blanket around her as he pointed into the room as the girls waved him in and he took Bell in putting her back on Blake's bed so she could continue sleeping. The knight put her down and turned around looking at the room happy to see they had put Ruby's bed back up and fixed the damage they did to Weiss. As he looked around he was surprised to find Weiss gone.
"Hey where are Weiss and Angela?"
The knight asked as he turned back to the others.
"They went down to the kitchen to cook themselves something to eat."
Blake said as she walked up setting next to Bell, petting her head as she hummed a light tune. The knight nodded at the answer.
"That's cool, well I just came over to check on you guys after everything you know."
The knight said with a small smile getting an ah from Yang as she shot to his side.
"What Jaune, were you afraid you would lose a baby mama."
The brawler teased as the knight just rolled his eyes at her as he put a hand on her face pushing her away.
"What would you do if I said yes?"
The knight shot back jokingly only to realize what he said as he felt somewhat embarrassed by his words as he turned to see the light pink tent on Yang's cheeks as she smiled at him.
"Well, aren't you getting bold."
The brawler said as she turned away and walked over to her bed.
"Please forget I said that."
The knight said holding a hand over his face embarrassed. The brawler just chuckled as she patted him on the head, well patting him on the head the best she could with how much taller than her he was.
"It's ok Jaune."
The brawler said as her daughter came up beside him giving him a small hug while Summer and Ruby sat on their bed watching.
"So Jaune, what happened in the forest?"
The little reaper asked, wondering what had happened to Jaune when he had fought the Nightmare. The knight turned back to her rubbing the back of his head as he turned from Yang who seemed to be interested in the answer as well.
"Yeah, what happened to you, we found you, you were unconscious, wrapped in bandages and the Nightmare was gone."
The brawler said as the knight just looked at her over his shoulder as he thought about what to say.
"Well in all honesty I don't know." The knight said as Yang, Ruby and even Blake who had been listening to the conversation all stared at him surprised by his answer. "You see I remember fighting the Nightmare. But other then I don't know seeing as I was knocked unconscious by one of the damn beast's attacks."
The knight as the girls all shared a confused look.
"So you have no idea what happened?"
Blake asked as she looked him over as he just shrugged.
"Sorry but I don't, if I did I would tell you but I don't."
The knight said with a sigh as he placed his hands on his hips.
"If that's all, I will take my leave."
The knight said as he turned to walk out of the room the girls all waved at him as he left he patted Bell on the head one last time before walking out the room giving Sara a fist bump a she did.
"I will talk with you guys later."
The knight said as he walked over to his room only to stop as he saw Velvet, Coco and Jasmine walking up.
"Hey guys, how are you doing?"
The knight asked as Coco waved and Jasmine ran over jumping at him.
"We are doing great papa, how about you?"
The little rabbit asked as she hugged him. The knight just laughed as he put her down.
"I am good, thanks for asking."
The knight said just as Velvet and Coco walked up. As they did Velvet smacked her daughter on the head.
"Don't go jumping around like that, what would have happened if you had hurt him."
The rabbit asked her daughter who just looked down sadly while the knight just sighed patting her on the head.
"Easy Velvet, I am not so weak that something like that would hurt me."
The knight said as his daughter smiled up at him. Coco though just laughed as she walked up.
"You two already sound like a married couple."
The fashionesta teased them as the knight blushed and the rabbit sputtered as she turned to her leader.
"C-C-Coco w-what i-is wrong with you, don't just say that!"
The rabbit snapped while her partner just snickered as she turned back to the knight.
"So, what are you up to?"
The fashionesta asked as the knight shook off his embarrassment as he smiled.
"I was going to head into town with my team and hit a restaurant for lunch."
The knight said only for the fashionesta and rabbit to look at him worriedly.
"Is that a good idea, I mean you have been attacked two days in a row by those Nightmares, what happens if when you're in town you get attacked."
Velvet said as the knight nodded understanding their concern.
"I didn't think about that; you're right it would be bad if that happened while I was in town."
The knight said as he cupped his chin and looked to the ground in thought. On one hand he could go into town and hope nothing happened, but he really didn't want to leave things to luck seeing as how bad his luck is.
"You know I guess I will just stay here in Beacon, no reason to put people in danger, at least here we have the kids training to fight the Grimm so I guess this is the safest place to be."
The knight said although he wasn't sure about the last remark he made seeing as each time the Nightmare attacked the students had just ran. 'So much for the world's protectors.' The knight thought with a sigh as he wondered why no one had tried to help. The knight was pulled from his thoughts when he heard Jasmine speak up.
"Yeah, and if you stay maybe you and mama could show me around."
The young rabbit said happily as she pushed Velvet to Jaune's side as she jumped up in between them holding their hands. The knight smiled at her while the rabbit seemed hesitant but still smiled.
"Maybe tomorrow I can show you around, today I am going to just get some rest."
The knight said as he knelt down patting her on the head with a smile while she pouted some but nodded understanding his reason. The knight stood up turned to Coco and smiled.
"You don't mind if I take them from you tomorrow do you?"
The knight asked as the fashionesta smiled.
"Not at all."
The fashionesta said with a nod as she turned and began leaving.
"You better show up at 10 tomorrow to pick them up and no staying out past midnight."
The fashionesta teased as the knight rolled his eyes at her as he turned back to the two rabbits.
"Well you heard her; I will come by tomorrow at 10."
The knight said as he patted Jasmine on the head before turning back to Velvet with a smile.
"See you tomorrow."
He said while Velvet turned away a light pink tinge to her cheeks as she was surprised by his actions.
"Y-yes, see you tomorrow."
The rabbit stuttered some as she pulled her daughter to her and let the knight go. The knight waved as the two began to walk away as he walked back to his room and opened the door. Inside wasn't all that different than how he left only Nora was sprawled out on her bed staring up at the ceiling. Behind her Ren seemed to be meditating or sleeping the knight could never tell. On the other side of the room Helen was showing Pyrrha her weapons now. The knight was confused as to where she had hid the weapon.
The young Spartan was showing her mother a gladius style sword that had a long cross guard not usually associated with that type of blade. The sword was little more than a gladius save for the fact that the in core of the blade were the fuller would normally be was a large dust crystal that made the core of the blade. The crystal was a fire dust crystal with a bright glow to it.
"Where were you hiding this?"
The knight asked as he walked up to them as his daughter just smiled while Pyrrha seemed greatly intrigued by the sword.
"I kept it in my dimensional pouch."
The young Spartan said confusing her father as he raised a brow at her.
"Dimension, what now."
The knight asked as the girl pulled a soda can sized pouch from her belt as she showed her father it.
"My dimensional pouch."
The girl said happily as she held up the pouch and pulled out her scroll from it and then pulled out a three foot long bronze metal bar. The knight just stared confused on how the small pouch had housed something more than three times its size. The knight looked inside the pouch only to see what looked like stars as if he was looking straight into outer space.
"How is that even possible?"
The knight asked. completely and utterly shocked. His daughter just smiled happily as she put the pouch down and got ready to explain. Only the knight stopped her by putting a hand over her mouth.
"The simple version please."
The knight requested getting a nod from his daughter as she sat down.
"Well in the future Atlas had come up with an advanced new technology that uses gravity dust mixed with a crap load of other dust allowing it to create a small pocket dimension that can house things. In the beginning they didn't know how to get stuff out of the pocket dimension and lost a scientist or two when they first made the devise."
The young Spartan said as her father grabbed her shoulders and slid her away from the pouch staring at it fearfully.
"Luckily they got the scientist back and figured out how to retrieve the objects sent into the pouch by using a mixture of more gravity dust, magnetic dust and I believe a dust that has yet to be made but is used in creating plasma."
The young Spartan said with a smile while her father just stared at the pouch shocked by it.
"But how does it work?"
The knight asked as his daughter just shrugged.
"All I know is it is like a super big room that holds stuff for me."
The young Spartan said with a smile as her father just pinched the bridge of his nose, not sure how he felt about that but figured he would leave it be.
"So are we going into town?"
Ren asked from behind the knight catching his attention.
"Sorry but I rather not, I just talked with Coco and Velvet and they brought up the point that there might be a chance of us being attacked and I rather not put civilians in danger."
The knight said as he got a nod from the green ninja while getting a disappointed groan from Nora although Ren silenced her fairly quickly by offering to make her more pancakes. The knight chuckled at that as he turned back to Pyrrha and Helen as they went over the weapon still, Pyrrha having not once taken her eyes off it.
"Hey Pyrrha what are you doing just staring at the sword, it's not like it will tell you all its secrets just by staring at it."
The knight joked as he sat down in front of her next to his daughter while he looked at the sword.
"I know it won't tell me any secrets, it's just this sword is really odd, I mean the dust isn't just inside the blade but its fused to it."
The Spartan said surprising the knight.
"Really now, what's it called?"
The knight asked as his partner put the sword down.
"It's called Damocles."
The Spartan answered getting a nod from the knight. He thought that was a really cool name for the sword and was pretty impressed.
"So it's like my armor fused with dust."
The knight said only for his partner to shake her head.
"No, it's not the same, you see the dust crystal is what was fused to the metal, I never knew that was possible, the best way to fuse dust is to use a powder form of it and fill the oil or water that is used to harden the blade for the dust to get mixed into it but here the crystal is completely fused to the metal. Even if I used my semblance I wouldn't be able to separate the two."
The Spartan said surprising the knight as he looked over the blade.
"That's pretty impressive; I guess the future has some pretty cool things waiting for us."
The knight said getting a nod from his partner. The two continued on talking while Pyrrha slowly changed topics to their night time training. As this happened though out in Forever Fall's forest something was happening. In the trees a dark cloud formed as the air shifted filling with a black smoke as the cloud formed light flashing within as a figure took form in the cloud. As the figure took form the cloud faded and in its place stood a man.
The man had slicked back black hair with dark brown eyes. The man was dressed in very formal attire with a black tail coat, a red dress shirt underneath with a black tie, black slacks, and black leather dress shoes. The man stood looking around the forest nodding at the scene. He smiled as he walked forward heading straight for Vale. As he walked he brought up his left arm pulling his sleeve down some to look at a watch he had. On the back of his left hand was red Grimm like marking that seemed to go up his arm.
"Just a little longer."
The man whispered to himself as he smiled darkly as he looked up to Beacon as its emerald tower stood shining before him. The man seemed pleased to see the school as he turned back towards Vale and continued walking. As the man continued his walked he found himself reaching a clearing where a man in black and green arm with a Grimm like mask on with bright red hair stood before him, almost waiting for him. The man didn't seem all that bothered by the sight of the man.
"Well this is quite a surprise; I had actually wanted to take my time before I came looking for you."
The man said as the black knight just stared at him, dark green eyes staring down the man, almost as if looking through him.
"What nothing to say, I had hoped to actually talk with you some over just fighting." The man said as he waved his hand out giving a bow as he brought his right hand up over his chest. "My name is Alastair I have come to…."
The man now known as Alastair couldn't finish his sentence as the black knight shot forward, reaching up to his back as a black grip extended as a pitch black great sword formed form a metal plate that was on his back. As he shot forward slashing out with the sword cutting into the ground as Alastair dodged the strike.
"Now that was rude, I wasn't finished talking, why would you treat another human being in such a fashion?"
The man said in mock offense as he smiled at the black knight as he pulled his sword form the ground.
"You and I both know you aren't a man."
The black knight said as he turned to the man who just sighed.
"Need you be so cruel, I am human."
The man said with a teasing smile as he could hear a growl come from the black knight.
"Enough! I do not care for you delusions!"
The black knight shouted as he readied his sword as he prepared to charge Alastair. With a sigh Alastair's eyes shifted to bright red as a thick black aura formed around him with a dark copper tinge to it. Along his left arm, Grimm markings began to shine underneath the clothing as he stepped forward.
"If you wish for a battle so be it, but know this could have been avoided."
The man said with a bow as he extended his left arm out from his palm as a long bone split from the center of his hand extending into a rapier with the shape of a bone with red Grimm markings running up it.
"Shall we."
The man said as a Grimm mask began to form over his face and clothing while his skin turned pitch black. The black knight simply took a step forward and the two prepared to battle.
End.
AN/hurray a new chapter is finished! Ok so for those who want the omaku's I am going to start by doing one every other chapter from now on for you comedy starved people. Also yes I have added a new villain and yes he is important so I hope you people like what I did with him.
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