I mean, I can always be a Farmer IV
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Well if life wasn't interesting and high octane enough for our students back in Beacon, then it sure has given how the members of RWBY spent an evening on investigating towards the White Fangs involvement with Roman.
And while they were successful in their little vigilante activities in finding and crashing through their recruitment center and destroying one of their more powerful toys they had acquired, the fact remains that Roman escaped once again with some new help.
Right now the group was just leaving the library now as they were making plans for the school dance in the next few days.
"So sis, you like the dress me and Weiss got you" asked Yang, "it's alright I guess, but did you had to buy matching heels to go along with it" pouted Ruby.
"We've been over this, there is no way you're going to attend the dance in boots" said Weiss as they all had this conversation recently.
"Boo, this is mutiny against your team leader" said Ruby as she stuck her tongue out, "I'd call it an intervention" commented Ren, "Agreed" quipped Blake.
"Where's Jaune when I need him, he'd be hear defending me and probably join me if I asked" said Ruby, "He'd be simping hard over Weiss if he was still here" said Yang.
"Yeah, it's a shame too since he was practicing his guitar to serenade a song for Weiss" commented Nora as Pyrrha turned her head away and pouted out of jealousy.
"Speaking of Jaune, we should've expected him to send us all a letter by now" commented Yang, "You're just saying that cause you're impatient about what happened next in his story" said Blake.
"Hey, I'm not the only one here" said Yang, "Um guys" said Pyrrha softly as no one heard her the first time.
"That's true, Nora has been speculating and retelling his stories to some of our classmates as everyone's now doing to hear what happens next" said Ren, "Guys" said Pyrrha again.
"Huh, I guess I owe you an apology Ruby" said Weiss, "I told you I wasn't the one going around telling people what happened to Jaune's secret past" said Ruby, "Guys!" shouted Pyrrha as she finally got everyone's attention and saw another letter nailed on team PRN's room.
"About damn time, let's get to reading people" said Yang as she snatched the letter and lead everyone to team RWBY's room.
"Hello again everyone, hopefully this letter makes it on time before the new one get's here, we've had to rebuild the towns postal system, and a such I'm having this letter and the next letter after this being sent to you guys by a private courier company. Other than that, I'm currently preparing to keep my new farmhouse safe from bandits because word has spread how rich I am and that puts a big target on my back. Personally I think these hits are being ordered by my own family, which speaking of this leads us back to our story and why I'd make such a statement…" read Yang.
3 Years Later
After picking Jaune up last night, his treatment from his uncles were a lot better than the relative sitting on the other side of the porch, where he was given an ice cold root beer to drink on this hot day.
"How's that root beer kid" asked Hackett, "It's good" Jaune said humbly as he was now enjoying the company of his uncles.
"Uncles, before we continue to enjoy this nice day, any chance you 2 took a peek at that will I left you" asked Tybalt an estranged grand uncle of Jaune and cousin to his grandma Juliet and brother in law to his brother Romeo.
Neither one of the men said anything as they didn't want to have their hearts broken by Jaune wanting to pry about and possibly get infected by greed.
"I mean you're both old men and should really consider about what you're gonna do with your belongings when the time comes to move on and who'd you want to be responsible with your belongings afterwards" said Tybalt.
Before he could ramble on about the final days of his uncles an unknown car drove up to the front yard of the house, and this prompted both Hackett and Gareth to whip out their rifles.
"Don't shoot" yelled the travel salesmen as he hopped out his drivers seat and held a white handkerchief over the hood of his car as he ducked and covered behind his vehicle.
"This guy, now he's a stubborn one" said Gareth, "Good, I like me a challenge. Come on out now" said Hackett, "Not until I am guaranteed that you will lower your rifles" said the salesman.
"This day just got better, Gareth you wait here, I'll come sneak behind him" said Hackett as he got up his seat and began to load his scattergun with fletcher rounds, but as he was heading off the porch he felt the tugging of Jaune on his shirt.
"What" asked Hackett, "Let's hear him out for once" said Jaune innocently catching both men off guard.
"I mean, what's the point of having all that money if you're not gonna spend it" said Jaune.
It may have been a naïve belief that Hackett and Gareth wouldn't have to hear Jaune mentioning their money, but the fact he's convincing them more to spend it on themselves than for him means a little more about his character.
"Kids got a point" said Gareth, "All right, we'll hear him out than we shoot him" said Hackett as both men lowered their firearms and approached the salesmen.
"Thank you. Now do to our previous encounter being an incomplete success, I decided it was my mission to go forth and find that one special thing, the one thing you 2 need that you couldn't possible have" said the salesmen as he lead them all to the device that was hooked to the back of his car.
Upon removing the cloth covering it, it was your next gen clay pigeon shooting apparatus that had various functions to it, including manual, semi auto, automatic, clay disc counter, solar powered batter generator, and much more.
"What is it" asked Jaune, "This right here son is the sport of kings, and is so easy to manage a child can operate it, in fact why not come one up and give it a go son" said salesmen as Jaune stepped forward to the device.
"When I give the signal, I want you to press that green button right there" said the salesmen as he opened his trunk and pulled out his own scattergun.
"Go" said the salesman as Jaune pressed the button and shout out a claw disk that went whizzing through the air before the salesmen went and shot the clay disc into clay shards.
"And there you have it gents, now this one is at the top of the market and reasonably priced I might add" said the salesman with a smile.
"Well if you ask me, this has got to be the most stupidest thing I have ever seen" said Rosaline, Jaunes' great aunt.
"Mister, you take this device and get the hell off this property" said Tybalt trying his hardest to be the kind of man he perceived his uncles to be.
"We'll take it" said Hackett, surprising everyone, as Gareth walked up to the man with a wad of cash at hand as they began to pay the man for literally giving these 2 retired huntsmen the best toy they could possibly have asked.
"Oh no, I ain't staying around with all this gun play, honey we're leaving" said Rosaline as she began to lead their family back into the car where they drove off and away from the fun.
That whole day, Jaune would assist his uncles in maintaining and managing the machine as they trio turned clay disc's into clay shards up until the sun set.
Finally coming back inside, the 3 men came inside with wide eye grins on their face.
"That was probably the best investment we've made in the last 30 years" said Hackett, "Amen to that, and it's all thanks to you nephew" said Gareth as he patted Jaune on the back.
"Thanks uncles" said Jaune, "Now let's return the favor, Jaune, why don't you go upstairs and get yourself cleaned up, we'll get dinner going" said Hackett.
Upon being dismissed, Jaune went up to the tower and proceeded to lay out some fresh clothes for himself as he was ready to change, but as he got caught taking his sweater off, he bumped his leg against the trunk that was still in his room.
Almost forgetting about it's existence, Jaune decided over a new founded impulse of boldness to explore the contents that was hiding inside of it.
Upon finally seeing inside the trunk he saw things he never saw before, an old military jacket decorated with a few medals, a water canteen, a couple of military hats, an old prosthetic hook, a rusty and chipped kitchen knife, and 2 sphere shaped oil torches just to name a few.
But what stood out the most a black and white photo of a pretty woman next to it was a small bundle of scilla flowers and silver ring with a topaz jewel.
Seeing this left Jaune confused as he knew his uncles were revered huntsmen according to his dad, and seeing the stuff that laid present seemed to paint that picture pretty well, while the picture of this woman left Jaune confused.
He knew he was going to inquire about it at some point, but for now he chose it was best to save it now and get ready for supper.
That Night
Just like during his first night here, Jaune was woken up when he heard the front door slammed opened in the middle of the night.
Looking outside his window he saw once again his uncle Hackett stepping out the house in the middle of the night and was heading towards the pond once more.
And just like before Jaune chose to follow and investigate on his uncle who was in a trance and just staring aimless into the lake.
Wanting to check up on him, Jaune was nearly in reach before Gareth snuck up and stopped his hand from reaching his uncle.
"I wouldn't do that, you actually shouldn't be waking a sleepwalker in general, but you definitely don't want to wake up Hackett, he knock out one of my front teeth and left me black and blue on the floor the first and last time I tried waking him" said Gareth.
"Ok, but why is he sleep walking" asked Jaune, "Well that there is the question, though during this last decade there's been an obvious pattern to it you see" said Gareth.
"You see son, when a man get's old his body starts to get weak and his mind might not be so sharp, with that being said the spirit will always remain young and unbroken no matter how old we get, as such it get's restless and forces us to do things we thought we were incapable of doing" said Gareth.
"So what is his spirit trying to do" asked Jaune, "It's physically making him relive his past and his finest hours. Want me to tell you about it" asked Gareth as Jaune nodded eagerly.
"Well it all started about half a century ago when me and Hackett were young men ready to explore the world, and Hackett was pretty eager to go he was waiting for me to be old enough to watch his back" began Gareth,
"Now as to why he was so eager was because unknown to the family and in choice of remaining ignorant, your great great grandfather, my dad, was definitely a revered and legendary hero amongst the family, but what you don't know was the fact he wasn't a great father to either me or any of my siblings and he was especially hard on Hackett since he was the oldest one of his children and sought him to be his successor in life. Now Hackett resented our father, even on his death bed, he resented how he treated his siblings, to mama, and especially how the state of the world was, because during our time growing up, yes the great war before was over, however there remained many proxy wars across the world and he blamed our father for leaving him in such a terrible time and place" continued Gareth.
"And he was right, we were a family of 13 kids, and lived through hard times where we couldn't eat a meal everyday, and couldn't afford to wear nice clothes, in fact we lost some of siblings do to both the hunger and cold, which wasn't easy, much less fair, however Hackett remained defiant and strong and I was always by his side helping him to hunt or fish or doing an odd job that could at least bring something to feed the family. Anyways back to the main story itself, when I was finally old enough to not only take care of myself and Hackett we set forth to see the world with only the clothes on our back and whatever money we managed to save before heading out at long last…." Said Gareth
50 years ago
Arriving off a plane, we see a young Hackett and Gareth Arc with wide eyes filled with optimism as they took a bus into town.
"Well here we are kid were only 2 hours away from setting foot in the city of Meteora, what do you want to do first" asked Hackett as his face had no facial hair as of yet, while his hair was long and blonde like many young Arc's his age as he wore a brown jacket over a plain white t-shirt and orange work cargo pants on top of his brown work shoes.
"Let's try to find ourselves a place that'll serve us a hot meal first, and maybe then we could explore the city afterwards" said Gareth as he wore a brown and orange plaid button up shirt, blue jeans and brown cowboy boots that match his short brown hair as he began to adjust his glasses.
"Sounds like a great plan kid" said Hackett as they soon found themselves in town where new had spread that the New Bear Republic would be going to war against the Fire Hound Nation as the latter had invaded into the republic's borders, a republic that both Hackett and Gareth unwittingly entered.
"Fear not kid, we won't have to worry about this war so long as we always remained one step ahead of them" said Hackett confidently as their day was filled with eating fresh food, meeting pretty girls and sight seeing truly the best way to kick off their new lives.
However things changed later that night as they found themselves enjoying some drinks at a cantina in the company of 2 officers who were set to ship out and fight this war.
"Gentlemen you 2 truly spoil us by not only providing but willing to pay for our drinks as well" said Gareth with a hearty laugh.
"Well we wanted to do our part and leave a strong impression on some tourist that we maybe going to war, but that shouldn't excuse us not being hospitable and amicable after all this war will end and I'd like to come home seeing my new friends" said one of the officers.
"Cheers to our new friends and for what'll surely be a swift and quick victory" said the other officer as the men raised their shot glasses before knocking them back and dozen more before either Hackett or Gareth couldn't take no more and finally passed out.
That was their biggest mistake since morning came and both men found themselves waking up inside a large, armored vehicle surrounded by other regular civilian men like them.
"Ugh, where are we" groaned Hackett as their vehicle came to a stop before the door opened.
Stepping out the vehicle, both Hackett and Gareth found themselves in a military training camp as the officers they met last night approached them all and handed the men some fresh military uniforms to wear.
"Good morning gentlemen, hope you all slept well, because todays the first day you'll be joining this man's army in fight back those blood thirsty hounds for setting foot in our republic, and we don't got a lot of time to prepare, so get changed and get ready, training started an hour ago" said the officer.
Seeing how the 2 Arc brothers got shanghaied into fighting a war their father had indirectly caused, they had no choice but to participate for the time being.
In truth military life wasn't all that bad compared to the lives they previously had, since they not only get a roof over their head, clean clothes to wear, and 3 square meals a day, but they also got paid for their services.
And did they provide an excellent service, with Hackett going above and beyond the call of duty as he took on a platoon by himself when he and his brother were sent to do recon, he carried his men safely out of the battlefield, and when his commanding officer bit the bullet, he took over and lead his men to turning point victory.
Of course these stories of valor wasn't always filled with valor, as there were plenty of close calls like how in the midst of a bloody skirmish against the enemy, Grimm suddenly appeared and put the whole mess into chaos.
Like right now as we see Gareth being pinned under the body of 2 of his men, when a stray bullet went and shot the grenade on the vest of one of his men sending them flying into a ditch where Gareth had his eyes covered in blood and dirt, while trying to get himself free since he could hear the creature of Grimm approaching.
"Come on, get off me already" said Gareth as he mentally prayed that his life be spared.
"Gareth!" yelled Hackett as he came riding in on a horse before dismounting off and plunged his sword into an enemy soldier before shifting his whole body and used his shield to smack a Creep away and into a burning pile of fire.
"Gareth!" yelled Hackett once more as Gareth finally heard his brother amidst the yelling and explosions on both sides.
"Hackett!" yelled Gareth at the top of his lungs as his brother rushed into the ditch he was in.
"Gareth are you ok" asked Hackett as he began to remove the bodies off him, "I- I can't see" said Gareth as Hackett got the last body off him before taking out his canteen and a rag, before pouring cool water on his brother face as he finally wiped the blood out of his eye.
"It's good to see you kid" said Hackett with a smile of relief as Gareth looked at him hopefully, "Good to see you too" said Gareth as Hackett helped him back up on his feet before mounting his horse where they got out of dodge.
It was these close calls that made Hackett and Gareth resented their father and would inspire them both to take up the life as professionally licensed huntsmen once their military service was done.
Present Time (50 years later)
"So after the war came to an abrupt end with the Fire Hound Nation being ultimately consumed by the creatures of Grimm and the New Bear Republic ultimately integrating within the Kingdom of Vacuo, me and Hackett went our separate ways for the time being, and became professional huntsmen" said Gareth as Jaune was hypnotized by the story he was hearing from his brothers so far.
"Well I should say professional huntsmen and then some as I also took an interest in sports, especially the ones that offered prize money, so I would enter marksmen tournaments, participate in a few major golf tournaments, and even a few vehicular slaughters, while Hackett would set out to make a world a better place" said Gareth.
"How'd he do that" asked Jaune, "Besides official huntsmen work, he would do things like enter inside drug labs and destroy the whole operation and every vendor there, he'd exposed corrupt officials and get the people to claim back what's there's rescue and return kidnapped children, and of course busting many slave trades and slavers, which funny enough leads to an important story and event you ought to know" said Gareth but before he could, Hackett had approached them.
"The hell you 2 are doing out here at this hour" demanded Hackett, "Me and the boy were going out for a late night stroll with the dogs" said Gareth with a straight face.
"Well get your asses back inside the house it's cold out here damn it" said Hackett as he went on ahead and lead his brother and nephew back inside the house.
Present Time
"…I want to tell you guys more about what my uncle was telling me, but I feel like I'd be going out of order of the story, I mean could tell you all his story now, but it be going out of order of my story. Continuing, ever since I suggested my uncles listen to me and buying the skeet shooter launcher, they decided to take a chance and hear out whatever these travel salesmen had to offer and for the most part they wound up purchasing things that they thought they didn't know they needed, like a leather daddy chair for the living room, official MRE's that in spite of it's reputation is actually quite good, and would occasionally get stuff for me like clothes or even some comic books, but what was definitely the most memorable thing that changed the course of our lives was when we had a man who sold my uncle Gareth nothing but corn and when my uncle Hackett bought himself a Liger. Anyways I would like to tell you guys more, but I'm currently focused on setting up defenses around my farmhouse and need to focus on some reliable and trustworthy people I could hire to help me out, so until next time. Sincerely and with love, Jaune Arc" read Yang.
"You know I hate to admit it, but his uncles are pretty badass, I'd say more badass than uncle Qrow" said Yang, "What!? Uncle Qrow is amazing" defended Ruby.
"I mean he is, but he's never fought in any wars or choose to pick a professional sport that wasn't midget tossing at the bar" said Yang, "The correct term is little people" said Blake.
"She's right, about Jaune having such amazing uncles, in fact I must admit they're probably as awesome as my older sister who is not only a professional huntress, but a decorated military officer" said Weiss.
"The fact she got her story in reverse is debatable" said Yang with a sly smile, "Oh that's it" said Weiss as she was ready to exchange fisticuffs with Yang, but all the girls stopped her, while Ren took it upon him to write back and let him know what they're up to and how they miss him and hope he'll be alright with the attacks on his farm.
So I'm sorry for taking this long to update and publish this new chapter, honestly a lots been going on with my life, for the better mind you guys, so to make it brief I actually just moved back home from Reno and I'm living with my parents here in California again, which is for the best because I was literally contemplating some very dark, very sadomasochistic self-harming thoughts not that long ago and honestly I would have gone through with it and be stuck in the nut house and not be here writing for you guys.
Don't worry I'm fine now by eating right, getting back into shape, and getting ready to go back to work this upcoming Monday, and overall conditioning my mental health into better shape than it was before.
In other news, RWBY season 9 is coming out this year and it's possibly coming exclusively or even optionally to be viewed on Crunchyroll, which is nice and something I think we all know and could look forward to, other than that LINKIN PARK's Meteora album turns 20 this year, and if it's anything like what they did to Hybrid Theory's 20th anniversary it'll be awesome, and at the same time, I feel that much older, because believe or I not I've been following the band when they first came out back in 2,000 and at that time I was 4 years old, and just like I'm choosing to live the rest of my life to live and die here in California, I'm going to live and die as the not only an LP soldier but as the original soldier.
So what that means at some point I will be writing a new NarutoxRWBYxLINKIN PARK fanfic in the new future, which if you don't already know I'm actually known for writing, like seriously go through my written story list and you will find a bunch of them I wrote, personally I recommend Living things and One More Light if you're looking for a good moderate read, otherwise Life in SoHo if you want a quick read, and yes they are all named after LINKIN PARK albums with chapters named after the songs used in those albums, which reminds me I've got to complete like 2-3 other fic's that are on hiatus under the same premise.
Other than that there's nothing else to report so until next time, be safe, be good people, and please support your local fandom communities.
This has been your Humble Narrator and official author Tobi Yaza. =3