Taking a break helped me plan out my story quite a bit! And now, to present to you, a new chapter! Also, my Jaune of Fake series has been adopted by CosmicDragon98. I'm interested to see where he takes that. But for now, on with the chapter!
"Jaune? Jaune!"
Jaune slowly lifted his eyelids to see that he was in his mindscape once again. All seven dragons were looking at him with varying degrees of concern.
"I'm up," groaned Jaune as he slowly leaned forward. He was still tired from the battle and the incredibly satisfying mating session with Pyrrha.
"Good. It's nice to see that there are no other side effects from using the Dragon Seed," smiled Aryz.
"Not to mention, after you 'sealed' the deal with Pyrrha, her own abilities has shot up," commented Othim.
"Still, you need to be vigilant," warned Fafnir, "You got lucky this time, being able to save your mate. Who knows what will happen next time?"
"When you wake up, we'll have to undergo some heavier training again," mused Lung Wang, "Although this time, we'll have to focus on your links and techniques. Need to be able to use full immersion link faster."
"If I may, I have a suggestion," raised Ryo-Wo, "Since this semester is over, and Jaune and his friends will be on 'Winter Break', I suggest for them to travel to one of the nesting caves again. It would be a nice place to train, and all of team JNPR can use this time to focus more on their new powers."
"Indeed," nodded Andusk, "Learning more about the dragons and their new powers at a place where we used to nest could motivate them."
"It's almost time," smiled Alaerth, "You should be waking up soon. Make sure you visit your friends to tell them you're all right."
"Will do," grinned Jaune before a flash of light came upon them, and Jaune was whisked away to the real world.
Jaune woke up, looking up at a white ceiling. He blinked a few times before trying to get up, just to find Pyrrha snuggling onto his chest. He smiled as he put his hand on her head, enjoying the touch of her hair while his other hand reached out for his Scroll. He took a look to see it was 7 in the morning. As he placed it down he heard Pyrrha moaning before she also slowly opened her eyes, looking at Jaune's face to see his brilliant blue eyes.
"You're awake," smiled Pyrrha, relief in her voice.
"Told you I'd save you," smiled Jaune back.
Pyrrha grinned before coming in for a morning kiss. Jaune deepened it, pushing his tongue inside her mouth to probe her caverns. Pyrrha could feel his wandering hands slowly going up, and she wanted to continue it, but with great fortitude, pushed Jaune away.
"I want to do it," confessed Pyrrha, "believe me, I want to, but we need to get back to where everybody else is. To let them know you're alright. To let the world know the 'Hero of Vale' is alive."
Jaune merely stared at her for a bit before she blushed, "That, and my parents and uncle are in the other room. I don't think they want to hear us doing it in the morning."
Jaune blushed too, "Right. Better not to do it with parents nearby."
Then he paled, "Oh crap. I'm so dead. They know that we are... active?" Pyrrha nodded. "I'm so screwed. I haven't even asked for their blessings and I've already made love with you."
As Jaune was panicking, Pyrrha was giggling. Her boyfriend... no, her husband, had just defeated the Grimm dragon, taken care of several Mutant Alpha Grimm, fought Cinder, and most importantly, saved her life, and he was worried about her parents?
"Relax, Jaune," smiled Pyrrha, "I've already told them everything, as did uncle Hephaestus."
"Everything?" gazed Jaune.
"Everything," replied Pyrrha.
"Can I still hide?" begged Jaune.
"Now now, you don't want to hide from you new in-laws do you?"
They turned to the door to see Hephaestus smirking, leaning on the doorframe.
"Looks like that little ceremony done years ago has finally come true," smirked Hephaestus, "And that you've finally sealed the deal. As for the 'blessings', you've already had them years ago. Leonidas and Gorga are just upset that there wasn't a real wedding where Leonidas gets to walk his daughter down the aisle to you."
He lifted himself off the frame, walking towards the dining room "Oh, and we have food. Being in a healing trance for so long must have made you hungry."
At this, Jaune could feel his stomach's emptiness, begging for food and agreeing with Hephaestus's statement. At this, the couple slowly got out of bed, changing into their usual daily wear. Pyrrha had gotten her Mithril shirt back after Junior took it back from Emerald, who was holding on to it. Ironwood was all for confiscating it for future evidence, but Junior refused, stating that it was Pyrrha's and that he would make sure she would get it back. How did he know? There was Pyrrha's name inside the shirt collar.
After gorging himself with food, Jaune knew it was time to head back out. To let his other mates know he was safe and still up. To let his enemies know they had not finished him off. But first, he had a very important thing to do. To live through Leonidas and Gorga's talk. He gulped at that.
An hour later, Jaune was walking back to where all his friends were, at a temporary base. Junior had been kind enough to use one of his warehouses he wasn't using into a base for Ozpin and the others to reside in. Pyrrha was with him, holding his arm in content. Behind them was the rest of the Nikos family, following them to the temporary base. The talk had been quite enlightening. All of them had been introduced to Jaune's dragons. Fafnir and Alaerth had come out to meet with Pyrrha especially, considering she was the one containing both their powers as well as the Mate Mark for them. Hephaestus was left gasping for a bit before begging for a chance to somehow use their scales for a shield until they reminded him that he was in a mindscape. That, and if any dragons that Jaune summoned in the future, he would need to ask them, and getting permission to use their scales wouldn't be easy. The dragons took pride in their scales, making sure they were clean and gleaming and they didn't give the magnificent scales to just anyone, especially so they could be made into shields.
When Jaune finally told them who his birth father was and what he had done, Leonidas immediately tried to dial his friends and other far off relatives, trying to gather about 300 before marching towards Vlad Arc. He was frustrated when he had to be reminded his Scroll wasn't working since the CCT in Vale was down. It didn't stop him from trying to rush to the nearest courier mail to send out letters. Gorga had to rein him in, saying that Jaune had already dealt with him. It didn't stop Leonidas from taking a personal note on his Scroll, reminding him to have Vlad meet his pointed end of his spear. Hephaestus was already putting Vlad on the blacklist for all his blacksmith associates.
At the end of the conversation, they gave Jaune and Pyrrha their blessings, saying that they had already guessed that the two of them would end up together, though they hadn't thought Jaune would have a harem. Hephaestus himself already saw Jaune as a practical son/nephew-in-law when Pyrrha unlocked Jaune's Aura back in Mistral. They then promised the three adults that they would still have a proper wedding when they graduated the Academy, though.
As they approached the warehouse, they could hear voices.
"The tower should be our first priority..."
"There could be more Grimm hiding inside of the amphitheater…"
"Most Grimm fled the Beacon and Vale after that show with the dragon.."
"Still, we should expect some remaining, hiding and waiting to strike at the unsuspecting."
"I'll have my droids on the job for that."
"We can't really just use your robots, Jimmy. Not after that disaster."
"It wasn't my fault!"
"Doesn't matter. Qrow is right. The citizens of Vale won't be comfortable with Atlas robots after what happened, regardless of who was behind their sudden turn. We'll need Huntsmen and Huntresses for this. A human touch helps relieve the tension in the air among the citizens."
"I can have some Lien transferred over to help out. Perhaps even make a fundraiser back in Atlas to raise up more Lien. I'll need my daughter to help, though."
With a deep breath, Jaune opened the door. Everyone paused to look at who just entered and gasped. A few seconds later, Jaune was tackled by a red blur, quickly followed by a black, white, yellow, and green blur.
"Jaune!"
Jaune promptly fell to the floor, unable to stop the continuous momentum of tackles. He looked to see Ruby had somehow grabbed his right arm, Blake and Weiss on his waist, Yang on his left arm, and Dew above Blake and Weiss.
"Girls, I believe Mr. Ryu-Long needs to get back up if he wants to greet you all properly," sighed Glynda.
All at once, most of them stood back up. Ruby, however, was still hanging off Jaune's right arm.
"Ooohh I missed you! Did you miss me!?" squealed Ruby, "Are you ok? That was sooo cool, taking care of the Grimm dragon and Cinder!"
"I missed you all," smiled Jaune as Ruby slowly let go before getting a nice big hug from Jaune. Jaune did it to all his girls, and they returned it with passion. Ren, Junior, Melanie, and Miltia walked up to him and gave him a respectful bow.
"It's good to see you're all right," smiled Ren lightly. Nora quickly followed up with a hug to Jaune.
"It's nice to see you a-okay, fearless leader!" laughed Nora.
Team SSSN, NDGO, and DSCO followed up, patting him on the back and praising him. Jaune nearly fell over when Dandy used his robotic arm to pat his back.
"Well then, this is the famous Jaune Ryu-Long?"
Jaune looked to the source of the voice to see a woman with red heels.
"This is the headmistress of Shade, Dory Gale," introduced Ozpin quickly, "And to my left is the headmaster of Haven, Saijou Lionheart, who we refer to as Leo sometimes."
Dory merely continued to walk forward, her eyes on Jaune as she looked over his body while Leo just waved. Dory liked what she saw, a strong man. Although it seemed like he was claimed by the famous Pyrrha Nikos, she was sure the man wasn't against having other women on the side back in Shade.
"As you know, I am Headmistress Gale. And since Beacon is going to be closed for the next semester, I'd like to offer you and your team a place in Shade Academy."
"Hey!" shouted Leo, "No fair, we agreed we were going to offer him a place at the Academies together!"
"The first one to strike gets the gold," smiled Dory before looking back at Jaune, "I'm sure my niece Dew can show you around Shade."
"Niece?" questioned Jaune, looking at Dew.
Dew blushed for a second before answering, "Yeah. My aunt is the Headmistress of Shade. Our last names are different, but we're from the same family line. It's kinda why I said that my team would be able to get you into Shade easily back when we were 15."
Dory frowned at that, "Are you telling me that I could have potentially gotten Jaune as a student? Why didn't you try harder, Dew?"
"Don't blame her, I didn't want to go to to Shade," replied Jaune firmly, drawing Dory's attention back to him, "I refuse to go to the same Academy that has the Arc heir."
"Aurelian Arc, the winner of the 39th Vytal Festival Tournament? The same one you knocked out?" clarified Dory. "Do you have some sort of grudge against him? Did he do something to you in the past?"
"That's for me to know only," snapped Jaune, "And for whom I choose to share why. And you're not one of them right now."
Dory raised her eyebrow but backed off, knowing this subject was potentially hazardous and could make her lose her chances of having Jaune attend Shade.
"As Dory has made her offer, I make mine to both your team and team RWBY," coughed Ironwood as he stepped forward, "A place at Atlas Academy. I can ensure you that both teams will have the highest technology available to you, as well as a training area for you all, with the best droids to spar with."
"Of course you would try to lure them in with machinery," spat Dory, "Makes me wonder if you have a heart, or if you just replaced it."
Ironwood glared at Dory for a bit, his left-hand twitching. His right arm was still missing, as he needed to head back to Atlas to have a new one constructed.
"While those two are spitting words at each other," said Leo, "I offer a place at my Academy. I'm sure your teammate would like to spend some time with her family."
At this, both Ironwood and Dory glared at Leo, who seemed to wilt under the pressure.
Before Jaune could make a decision, he found himself being dragged by Oobleck.
"Good! You're awake! Now you can tell me all about the Dragon Clan, starting now, Mr. Xiong! I'm going to need a room with coffee, refreshments, food, and lots and lots of paper. I have so many questions!"
Jaune didn't even get a chance before he was dragged into a room with Oobleck, and the door slammed shut.
"Well... that happened," giggled Ruby before turning to Ironwood, "Ummm... Headmaster Ironwood, sir?"
"Yes, Miss Rose?" smiled Ironwood.
"My team would like to attend Atlas for the semester. But in return, I want my sister to get the best combat arm. I want to also play a key part in designing it."
"But of course," replied Ironwood, "I was already planning to have Atlas scientists create one for Yang for fighting Adam Taurus. But if you want to play a part in designing it, then I have no problems with that. Perhaps a new younger view might help."
"Aww thanks, sis!" Yang hugged Ruby with her only arm, "I appreciate it. I didn't want to be out there fighting with only one arm."
"Yea! And maybe I'll put a cannon in it!" cheered Ruby, drooling at the potential weapons she could fit into an arm. Like the group Team4Starzz said, bitches love cannons!"
"Ruby!" scolded Taiyang while Qrow merely laughed.
Hephaestus laughed at the scene, with Yang just smirking and Ruby's somewhat surprised expression before adding, "I can have one of my friends help out with that. Vulcan can help with the metalworks, while your techs can do all that fancy stuff."
"Vulcan the blacksmith?" asked Ironwood in surprise, "He doesn't accept requests at all. We've been trying to recruit him for years!"
"Doesn't surprise me," replied Hephaestus, "He prefers a solitary life. His forge should be near Mt. Mantle, near a volcano. Ruby, you'll probably have to specify the size and all that stuff to him if you wanna build that arm for your sister. As for the material, I suggest Flexatanium or maybe even Vibranium mixed with Mithril. Those ores are hard to find, but I have a feeling Jaune might have some. He was the one who found some of those ores and brought them to me and Wayland."
"Are you saying Jaune Ryu-Long's weapon and armor are made from the strongest, legendary ores?" asked Leo in interest.
"Yea, all but the sword," bragged Hephaestus, "But the sword is a work of art. I don't think any of us right now can match it. I can't even tell what the materials used to craft that sword is. Nor the techniques. All I could do was change the grip."
"Interesting," muttered all four Headmasters and Headmistresses. They didn't notice Pyrrha being dragged by the 5 other girls.
"Spill. Now." demanded Yang, "You two were gone for almost three days. What did you two do during that time? Did you... you know, do the horizontal tango?"
"Yes," smiled Pyrrha, with a bright red blush on her face "That, and… oh so much more."
"What?" meeped Ruby. Yang immediately put one hand on one of Ruby's ears before remembering she didn't have the other hand and decided to grab Weiss's hands to cover Ruby's ears instead. Weiss didn't really resist that, and Ruby's ears were covered.
"Tell us more," Dew begged, practically drooling, "Is he... talented? Big?"
"I was satisfied immensely," replied Pyrrha, "With his stamina, I can see why he needs more than one of us. I was so tired while he was still going strong."
"How many times did you... hit the big O?" asked Blake, her nose starting to bleed.
"I lost count when I hit the double digits after the first hour," blushed Pyrrha.
"So he's that... talented in his thrusting techniques?" asked Weiss, her pale face turning bright red.
"That wasn't all we did," admitted Pyrrha.
"Dang, and you did that for three days straight?" exclaimed Yang.
"No, only for about 10 hours, excluding sleep," replied Pyrrha. "We ate and cuddled, but... I made sure he was in me at all times, feeling it raw."
"Wait you didn't use protection?" asked Dew.
"I didn't want him to use a condom, yes," answered Pyrrha, "I used a cervical cap for the first part until the birth control pills that Junior already had inside the room kicked in. I wanted to feel him without anything separating us for the first time."
"Then what about the rest of the time?" piped Ruby. When everyone looked at her, she explained, "I can still read lips."
"Damn it!" cursed Yang, "I didn't want you exposed to this so early. You still need to retain your innocence! Jaune hasn't touched you like he has with us!"
"Umm... actually," blushed Ruby, "I may have let him... touch my breasts when I went to Patch with Jaune while daddy Taiyang wasn't looking."
Yang glared at Ruby. At one-half, she was proud that Ruby was growing up. At another, she wasn't happy her sister... well cousin now, but still, she looked to her as her little sister, was starting to loose her little innocence. Even if it was Jaune.
"Well, to answer your question," started Pyrrha, "Jaune explained to me that he had to eat something called a Dragon Seed. Gave him a big boost, but afterward, he... goes into heat. When we first did it, we kept goingandgoingforabout3hoursnonstopbeforegoingtosleep!" She rushed through the end part, blushing.
All the girls slightly drooled at this. A handsome, strong, kind husband that could satisfy them? Perfect!
"The only problem was the other side effect," continued Pyrrha, her blush dying down, "Because he forcefully restored his Aura and healed with it, he had to fall into a healing trance for about 48 hours straight."
"So it does have its downsides," frowned Weiss.
"Guess it's not like a S_nz_ be_n that can fully heal you without consequence," sighed Ruby "That would've been so cool to use."
"I'm more interested in the going to heat," rubbed Yang deviously, a lustful look in her eyes.
"You can easily do that with our bodies or just give him some aphrodisiac," said Dew as she rolled her eyes.
"Wait, you said 10 hours. 4 going straight before heading to sleep. That means you did more when you two woke up?" asked Blake, snapping back to the original stoic behavior.
Pyrrha nodded, before giving a brief summary of what else they had done, even taking a shower together. At this point, Pyrrha's eyes glaze over as she remembered what they did.
"Andddd we lost her," deadpanned Weiss.
About two hours later, Jaune finally escaped Oobleck's continuous questioning, stating that he would bring him to a nesting ground if he could just leave. That statement left Oobleck in a state of silence for once in his life. Jaune returned to his future mates and already certain wife, desperate for some comfort.
"So, Mr. Ryu-Long," asked Dory, catching him again, "Have you made your decision? Surely I could convince you to enroll at my Academy. Mr. Arc will be graduating after this semester, and my lovely niece can show you around. And Boyd Arc will be suspended for such activity, so you won't even see any Arcs."
"Now, now," lectured Ozpin as he took a sip from his mug, "Let Mr. Ryu-Long choose. I dare say he is capable of making his own choices after what happened."
"Let me talk with my teammates first before we decided anything," sighed Jaune before leaving them.
"You were always a headstrong one, Dory," chuckled Qrow.
"And you lack the proper brains," frowned Dory, "You could've avoided this whole fiasco if you paid attention more to the attackers instead of drinking!"
Qrow narrowed his eyes at her, "I didn't get a good look at them because I was a bit more worried about Amber, perhaps?"
"Enough!" shouted Glynda, snapping her whip down. Everyone stopped talking immediately.
"Whatever Mr. Ryu-Long decides, we will respect his decision. That is final. No more trying to convince him to come to whatever Academy."
"Soo... where are you going to go?" asked Sun curiously as Jaune joined with his team, followed by RWBY, SSSN, DSCO, and NDGO.
"If you come to Atlas, you can hang at my place," cheered Dandy, "We sometimes hosts parties back at mah place, and ah still looking forward to an official dance battle against yah~!"
"We're planning on Atlas, too," said Ruby, "We need to get a combat arm for Yang and have her get used to it. Atlas would be the best place for it. Not to mention Weiss can hang out with her family for a bit. We might even get to go to some fancy schmancy party or banquet!"
"My father is considering one," admitted Weiss, "He wants me to sing again for a fundraiser to get some Lien for Vale. And if I'm there, perhaps I can convince my father to change some of his more dubious practices he's rumored to have."
"I'd like it if you could come to Shade," admitted Dew, "But with the Arc family most likely going to get off with some bullcrap technicality, Boyd Arc still there, along with Vlad Arc, they would most likely harass you to no end, and try to kill you again."
"A shame, really," piped Octavia, "Now I get to feel what it's like to be in a long distance relationship, just like you now, Dew. At least for Gwen, Sun does have a home back at Vacuo even though he goes to Haven. He can still come to visit her while not worrying about a place to live in for a bit."
Gwen and Sun had the decency to blush a bit on that.
"I wouldn't mind Haven or Atlas," spoke Pyrrha, "The only thing I'm afraid of back in Haven is my reputation and paparazzi following me again. However, I don't think Atlas will be any different because of what Jaune did."
"Hmm, difficult choices," mused Jaune.
Ren stood up before turning to Jaune, preparing to ask him for a request.
"Jaune? Will you be doing anything during our winter break?" asked Ren.
"Nothing too important. I was thinking of taking you guys to a dragon nesting grounds to train a little," thought Jaune out loud, "My dragons suggested anyone with the Dragon Marks should take a trip there briefly."
"If it's not too... bothersome, can we travel through the continent of Anima for a bit?" requested Ren.
"Ren, are you...?" trailed of Nora.
"Ren? Nora? What's wrong?" asked Jaune.
"No... it's nothing," waived off Ren.
"Ren. Tell me. I'll make it an order if I have to," stated Jaune.
Ren looked away for a little before Nora piped up, "I can tell you."
"Nora!"
"We have to tell them, Renny. I know you want to let go of this past, but sometimes we need to face it head on. I know you won't let go until it's resolved."
Ren glared at Nora for a little before sighing. There was no way of winning an argument against Nora. He hadn't won any of them anyways.
"I want to head to my old home town, Kuroyuri village. The place where I was born, and where I found Nora. The place where my family died, due to a special Grimm type, called the Nuckelavee, along with Nevermores and Beowolves. I want to pay my respects to my family and tell them that the Dragon Clan still lives on. That I was proudly chosen to become one of your retainers, and that... I apparently have four girlfriends now."
At this point, Neptune and Team DSCO, who were taking a drink, immediately spat out what they had been drinking.
"Dude, four?" asked Neptune in shock.
"Teach us, oh great ones," Soul and Coral pleaded to Jaune and Ren until Dandy and Onyx smacked their partners over the heads for saying that.
"Wait, who else joined you?" asked Sun.
"The Malachite twins," answered Ren.
"Twins! You got twins!?' cried Neptune, "So lucky!"
"Anyways.. back to the topic," continued Jaune, snapping them back to the Ren's request, "Sure. I don't mind heading there with you. Pyrrha?"
"That sounds grand," smiled Pyrrha.
"And since we're in Anima, I guess we can just head directly to Haven when we're done and our second year starts," finished Jaune.
"Sweet!" cheered Sun, "My team can show you all the good places near Haven."
"Not to mention all the good food," smiled Scarlet.
"I wouldn't mind training against you guys," grunted Sage.
"We need to go on a date again, Jaune," declared Yang after the group was talking about something else, "You've already done it with Pyrrha, and she's on your team. You'll get to see her all the time. Meanwhile, Team RWBY and Dew won't be able to see you again until maybe the first semester of our second year is over. We won't be able to have you keep us company and our bedtime snuggles will be taken from us. So, sorry, Pyrrha, but you'll have to skip out on your date night and cuddles until this semester is officially declared over."
Pyrrha frowned at that, but couldn't really refute Yang's claim. What she said was true. However, she wasn't going to like not having her weekly cuddles with Jaune.
"Umm, I also wanted to ask Jaune something," said Blake as she raised up her hand, "When the semester is over, and we all head back to our... homes." At this, she shot a nervous glance at Nora and Ren. The two of them were orphans and had nowhere to go. "I was hoping Jaune would give me a lift back to my hometown. Back to Kuo Kuana. I want to introduce Jaune to my parents as my boyfriend. And to hopefully explain all the harem details and have Jaune still in one piece."
Weiss suddenly stood up, slamming her hand on the table, "That reminds me! I need to take Jaune to see my father now, otherwise, I may end up losing my Heiress position to my little brother Whitley!"
Jaune wrinkled his nose at that name, "That brat I saw back in Atlas? The one who has a log stuck up his butt?"
Weiss smirked and stifled a laugh but didn't bother correcting him before continuing, "Father wants to know why I'm in a harem with Jaune. He didn't approve at first, but he thought that the heiress of the SDC dating the 'Hero of Vale' would be good publicity. But he needs to know why, otherwise, I'll be forced to choose to either keep my position and lose Jaune, or forfeit it to Whitley. And my sister and I agree Whitley cannot take the Heir position, otherwise, he'll drag the SDC name through the mud even harder. He's biased and racist, even more than my father if I had to say."
"What happens if he doesn't accept Jaune?" asked Dew curiously.
"Then I'll force him to see it," growled Weiss, "I already lost Jaune by heartbreak and by thinking he had died. I refuse to do the same mistake again."
Jaune smiled before leaning over to kiss Weiss on the cheek for that. Weiss blushed before dragging Jaune to see her father.
"Welp, there he goes for now," sighed Ruby.
"I suppose I need to also have Jaune see my parents and auntie soon, too," sighed Dew, "Auntie Dory's been hinting that I should date Jaune even if he's dating other girls. The fact that he's strong enough to fight against someone like Cinder is a big plus for us. Vacuo citizens do respect the strong quite a bit. She told me to try to steal him but understood if I had to share him. She doesn't know I'm already dating him with you guys."
"Ouch," commented Sun, "That doesn't seem good. Least I don't have to worry about that now."
"Maybe not," grinned Gwen, "You're coming back to Vacuo for a bit, right?" When Sun nodded his head, she continued, "I want you to meet my parents and introduce you as my boyfriend!"
Sun paled for a bit before gulping and nodding. Now he knew how Jaune felt.
"So, we meet again, Jaune Ryu-Long."
Jaune was sitting next to Weiss while Jacques Schnee was sitting across from them with Winter and a glaring Whitley. Klein was busy serving them all tea.
"It has been awhile, Patriarch of the Schnee," greeted Jaune.
"I do hope you've been well, and that the discount that I gave you for all SDC purchases has been useful."
"Quite. I've used it for some of my bullets in my shield as well as help buy some of your more explosive ones for my team."
"Good. Although it's a shame that Weiss didn't end up on your team. Would've been quite something."
While the two began to engage in idle chatter, Whitley was slowly becoming like Mt. Mantle, ready to explode.
"Father." scowled Whitley as politely as possible with his teeth grinding, "I believe we have something important discuss. Like perhaps the relationship between Weiss and Jaune and the other girls?"
"Must you be so blunt and tactless?" sighed Jaune, "I have not met your father for a while, and was engaged in a pleasant conversation before we were going to turn to that subject. It is a good idea to learn to engage in some small talk before hopping into the main point, especially if you were to talk to other businesses. Then again you lack something important between ears does seem to make it hard for you. Perhaps it is with good reason that you're aren't appointed Heir yet, I can only imagine what the future would hold for the SDC if you don't learn to control yourself."
Whitley's ears started to steam and were about to burst into a rant when Jacques stopped him, "Now, now Jaune, Whitley is still young and learning. He is quite accomplished in his academic studies. Unfortunately, son, I must agree with him that you tend to be... brash about some things. Perhaps I should've made you go to school like I did with Weiss and Winter to communicate with others."
Being lectured in front of his family and Jaune made him red in the face, but he controlled it. Soon, he would be appointed Heir to the SDC anyways. There would be no way that Weiss would keep her title.
"Seeing as my son has decided to jump into it, I guess I will too," continued Jacques, "Explain to me how you've managed to convince my daughter, Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the SDC, to date you while you have... multiple girls at the same time. Tell me why I should let her continue dating you while keeping the Heiress title. Normally, I wouldn't even consider it, and force Weiss to break it up or lose her title. However, since my eldest daughter, Winter, seems to not have taken any... violent alternatives, there must be something more. Not only that, I trust my instincts, and they tell me you are not the sort of man who plays around with others. That, and my daughter dating the 'Hero of Vale' does have its benefits."
Whitley couldn't believe his ears. Was his father allowing some low-class filthy mongrel to explain himself? He thought for sure that Weiss would lose her title for even wanting to be in this guy's harem. He took a look at Jaune to see him not even looking remotely nervous. It infuriated him even more. Here was a man that had taken a rather barbaric job that soldiers could do, no even robots would do better, and he was being labeled as a hero from all of Vale. Not only that, he was dating Ruby Rose, a girl should've been honored he had chosen her just to be blown off. Add the fact that Jaune was the one who completely destroyed Cinder's plan, one that he had spent quite some time invested in. And finally, there was a chance that Weiss might be able to keep her title and date Jaune at the same time proved to be too much for the boy. With that, he grabbed the cup of tea that had been served for him.
"Mr. Schnee. What I'm about to tell you-"
Jaune never got to finish his sentence as hot tea was splashed on his face and hoodie by Whitley.
Weiss gasped before narrowing her eyes at Whitley in anger. Winter was about to scold Whitley for his behavior. Even Jacques felt Whitley had gone too far with that action. It was not a behavior fitting for a Schnee, even if he did marry into the name. Jaune had actually seen Whitley's actions but saw that it would do him no harm, so he let it happen. It would give him more persuasion power anyways.
"You ple-!" started Whitley, but he didn't get a chance to continue as someone grabbed his ear and pulled it, like punishing a naughty child. Whitley looked to see who the offender was, thinking it was most likely Winter when he saw it was actually Klein, his pupils flashing red.
"Master Whitley! You cannot just waste perfectly good tea for no reason at all! Master Jaune has done nothing to deserve that!"
Whitley could hardly believe that nobody in his family was trying to stop their servant from scolding him.
"Let go of me, you lowly servant! I can have you fired!" struggled Whitley.
"I am a butler of the Schnee family," fired back Klein, "I answer the door. I clean up the estate. I take out the trash. And I make sure that the family I serve has the proper behavior! Something I obviously failed to instill in you, unlike your sister Weiss and Winter! Something I need to correct."
At this point, Klein started to drag Whitley out of the room by his ear. Whitley struggled to escape with no visible results at all.
"Klein?"
Klein sneezed at that point, his eyes turning light blue at that point. He excused himself for that for a second before blinking, his eyes turning back to light brown.
"Be sure he learns his lesson well. I can't have my son with that sort of attitude in the future."
Whitley paled while Klein blinked again, his eyes turning yellow with glee.
"Understood, sir."
Jacques sighed as Whitley was dragged to a private room with Klein. He turned to Jaune to see Weiss wiping the tea off him with her handkerchief while Winter was brewing another cup of tea for them all. His two daughters were definitely people he could be proud of, even if he didn't really like their chosen paths.
As they all sat down again without Whitley and Klein, Jaune took a deep breath, "As I was about to say, what I'm about to show you is something that may be hard to believe. It deals with my Semblance, and why I have to have multiple... mates as I grow."
He put his hand on the table and instructed Jacques to follow along. He looked at his two daughters to see that they were already doing so, so he followed. There was a bright flash of light, and Jacques found himself staring into an endless void, standing on a grassy plain.
"Where are we?" mused Jacques as he looked around, noticing his daughters and Jaune were still with him, "What did you do?"
He hears a snort behind him and turned around to see the most majestic blue scaled animal he had ever laid eyes upon. It was Ryo-Wo.
"Greetings," greeted Ryo-Wo, "I am Ryo-Wo, King of the water dragons. I am the one who will be chosen when Jaune decides to give the Mate Mark to Weiss."
Jacques could only stammer, his mouth not working, jaws flapping.
"Don't worry father," smirked Winter, "I had the same expression. And that was before I attempted to castrate Jaune."
"Least your father was willing to talk," muttered Jaune, "You didn't even let me explain before you were trying to kill me, with Qrow helping you."
"Well, now I know you at least tried," said a dazed Jacques. He almost fainted when the other dragons revealed themselves. After he was convinced that he wasn't dreaming, they explained to him about themselves and Jaune's powers, and the conditions for it.
"Well, I suppose it's something," sighed Jacques. They had finished in Jaune's mindscape and were back to reality. He was sipping his cup of tea with quivering hands, trying to regain his wits. He looked at Weiss, who seemed to be enjoying sitting with Jaune. He leaned back, thinking about what to do. Weiss was growing splendidly as a Huntress as he had seen from the tournament videos. And he had no doubt Jaune was powerful and he would gain a lot of favors and connections after that event. Something he would love to use. He was well aware of his... less than starling reputation among the Faunus. He usually ignored the threats of the White Fang, but this battle and learning the White Fang had been gunning for his daughters may have made him reconsider some of his policies.
It was true that on paper, the Faunus working in the mines were given the same wages as any other human miners. Underneath all the legal bullcrap, though, was that many Faunus miners weren't given the same health coverage and other benefits as human miners. Not to mention, any 'potentially dangerous' mining jobs were usually assigned to the Faunus if possible. All promotions to mining leader or management were usually handed to humans over Faunus to prevent any changes.
With this new development, Jaune would most likely be pushing for equality upon all, due to his code and contract. The SDC that he worked so hard to convince Nicholas Schnee, his father-in-law, to entrust to him, might come under fire.
'No,' though Jacques as he shook his head, 'It will come under fire. Unless if I make the changes now.'
He had debated about having Whitley becoming the heir more and more when Weiss wasn't answering his calls. The, all of a sudden, she responded to him, and talked to him, even for a little bit. Not only that, Whitley, although very smart, had social problems. Whitley had a tendency to be tactless when angered and showed off his wealth a bit too much. Combine with the fact that he also loved to taunt others, if the opposing party managed to one-up him, Whitley's filter from his brain to his mouth usually turned off. It was something that could be fixed, but Weiss was much more prepared for it right now.
"Well, then," coughed Jacques, grabbing their attention, "As long as you two are comfortable with your... current situation, I have no problem letting Weiss keep her title as Heiress. Provided that you keep your grades up and keep in contact with me."
"Of course!" said Weiss, nearly shouting in joy, "I am a Schnee. My grades will always be of priority. As for keeping contact, Ruby has decided to enroll us to Atlas Academy for the next semester. So I will be able to visit home for a while."
"That's great news," smiled Jacques. At least in Atlas, he could hire guards to keep an eye out on Weiss to make sure there would be no attacks.
"What's great news?"
Whitley had returned, rubbing his rather red ears with Klein standing behind him. Winter was snickering at the sight of Whitley.
"Your sister will be attending Atlas Academy along with her team while Beacon is closed for repairs," informed Jacques, "She will be able to visit home more often now, and be able to spend time with us."
At this, Whitley had to exude a great deal of control to not wrinkle his nose at that, "And will Jaune and his team be joining them?"
"No," replied Jaune, "My team wants to head into the continent of Anima, to a special place to pay their respect. After that, we will just head to Haven Academy directly."
"You're not going to stick together?" asked Jacques with his eyebrows raised.
"As much as I want to," sighed Jaune before looking at Whitley. Klein caught the message and pulled Whitley away from the room, much to his displeasure, "Dew Gayle, one of my potential mate, is heading back to Shade. We kept a long-distance relationship. I will just have to do that with team RWBY, too. That, and Pyrrha also wants to spend time with her family, as well as they want to be able to see her. Can't blame them for wanting to watch out for their daughter after witnessing her almost dying. But mainly, I have some business I need to attend to that involves me being at Anima with two of my retainers. By the time I make it back to Mistral, the Academy year will have roughly started, give or take a week."
"That, and we need to get Yang a new arm," continued Weiss, "Her right arm was sliced off by Adam Taurus, leader of the White Fang Vale division."
At that point, Jaune's fists tightened. Raven may had sliced his arm off in return and caught him, but he himself wanted to punish him. It left a bad taste in his mouth that he didn't protect her.
"That is why you need more training," rumbled Lung Wang, "You have taken your power far, but you have not reached your limits. And sadly, you are just one man contracted to us dragons. You cannot be everywhere at the same time."
"I was hoping, since she's my teammate," continued Weiss, "To provide the funds for the latest state of the art Atlas technology. Speaking of arms, Hephaestus hinted to us that you might have some ores for Yang to use." At that, she had turned to Jaune, "He recommended Flexatanium or Vibranium mixed with Mythril. He's already sending Vulcan a message to help out with the metal work while Ruby does the designs. Atlas will supply the technology needed."
"I'll see if I have it in my stash," replied Jaune, already thinking about it. He would gladly supply the material, but he had no idea if he had it, and he didn't want to pull it out in front of them all. Even if he didn't, he was planning to use Junior's connections to buy them.
"Vulcan the blacksmith?" inquired Jacques, "You managed to recruit him to help out?"
"Only because of Hephaestus and Jaune," replied Weiss, "Vulcan knows Hephaestus, and Hephaestus basically adores Jaune."
"Intriguing," commented Jacques, "Well then, I would be happy to fund the Lien needed for your teammate's combat arm. After all, we can't have you leaving your friend armless."
Jacques real reason was that he was hoping that through Jaune and some well placed Lien, he would gain access to at least one of the best blacksmiths in Remnant. Being well connected even in a business that his company wasn't invested in couldn't hurt.
"It was a pleasure to speak to you again," said Jaune as he stood up and stretched before extending his hand out for a handshake.
"The pleasure was mine," smiled Jacques as he shook Jaune's hand, "I do hope that you and Weiss will continue with your relationship. On a side note, though, I don't want Weiss to be a mother too soon."
"Father!" shouted Weiss in embarrassment while Winter snickered.
"I dare say she's too young for now. However, I wouldn't say no to grandchildren. It's a shame that you didn't choose my eldest daughter Winter. Then I could have grandchildren within the next year."
"Father!" shouted Winter in embarrassment this time.
"What? It's an honest question. You're already 24, nearing 25, and I've yet to hear that you even have a boyfriend. Your job may be important, but so is bringing in new family members."
Winter was blushing but decided not to answer her father at all and elected to just leave the room. Jaune and Weiss quickly said their goodbyes before leaving to rejoin with their teams.
And there! So far, parents are looking good. I'm trying to portray Jacques, not as a good guy, but rather a man who looks after the company and the name. Seeing Jaune with his new title, he knows he can't keep his same attitude forever. He doesn't fight the wave of change, but rather adapts to it. That's how I feel like Jacques is like. But I admit, I do portray him nicer than canon. And super Klein! As I continue, I'll pick out bits and pieces from Vol 4, but it's gonna be a whole new road now.
Yaa Random Easter eggs! Obvious where they are.
So I hear RWBY vol 5 will be coming out. That'll be interesting to see when it comes out in the fall. Wonder if Pyrrha will make a small entrance again, just like in volume 4. Maybe it had some significance. Whatever, excited to see what'll come.
Yes, Team RWBY and JNPR will be attending different Academies for one semester. Did that on purpose. And no, Yang will not have a new arm regrown. I plan to let her have a mechanical arm. Maybe I'll give it a vibrating function XD. I think most people will know where I got that idea from hahaha. Regrowing a whole new set of bones, nerves, muscles for an arm is a lot iffier than healing a chest wound and ankle wound. I spent quite a bit of time debating on whether to have Yang regrow it or not. In the end, I decided on combat arm.
Although Pyrrha has Mate Mark, I will not be giving all the other girls Mate Marks 'immediately'. Some will get them in the next... 7 chapters? Some will not. I think every girl has their own pace they're comfortable with.
As for Vlad, he'll be under house arrest basically. All 4 kingdoms will not permit him to enter, and he'll be on the blacklist for a lot of stores. Why not just jail/kill him? Well, I did have Jaune state he has no interest, and to leave him alone. Aurelian seems to get the message. Boyd... not as much. Will Vlad play into the future chapters? Not really. Disgraced and humiliated, he might be driven to contemplate... rather dark paths for himself.
Dragon Slayers. I may have called them that, but they aren't what you think they are. Notice the badge they wore. It'll give a hint into the future chapters. They merely called themselves that to convince Salem that they had what it takes to kill a dragon.
Other than that, hoped you enjoyed the story! Review if you can! I'm so close to hitting my next goal for favorites Urrgg! Cmon 1.5k! Maybe I'll have a celebration if I do hit it.
On a last note, I might expand to writing 3 stories at once. No, I will not abandon this story, it's still my main priority. My Big 4 to Hogwarts story will most likely end after... 20 chapters estimate? Am speeding it a bit to hit 4th year. Come read and review it! I'll be putting a poll on what story I'll be writing. There's going to be 4 story ideas I have in my mind. Be putting more information about it on my profile. Come check it out and vote! Also, got another one shot of Jaune of _ that's in my mind that I may write.