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Guest: Yea love the man's vocals. And I'm sorta doing fine. Kinda busy this whole month.
I was thinking about making them into a couple. But I already have something for Ozpin. And Glynda won't have anymore time with him after ACT 5.
As I said, Jaune will marry one. But to make it into a harem is kinda open. It all depends which route I take after ACT 4.
No, thank you for reviewing. I always reread the reviews to get my juices going. It actually helps me with writing.
Guest: WAIT Minute!... is tonight your birthday?
Songs
1. Home
Song by Livingston
2. This is Halloween
3. The Nights
Song by Avicii
4. Gone Too Soon
Song by Simple Plan
Jaune can be seen in his dressing room, watching videos on his scroll. Wearing a white suit with a black bow tie with his red wig and glasses. Bored out of his mind, waiting for his concert to start.
Jamie, Jane and Jade were supposed to be here with him. But something came up, which made it impossible for them to come to his seventh concert. And now he has five hours to kill all by himself.
But of course Max told him to stay in his room. Cause he didn't want Jaune to get lost and getting in trouble.
So he's watching a recording of Weiss Schnee singing on stage. Looking so graceful, prue but the lyrics brings so much emotion. You can actually hear the pain, the loneliness she's going through.
He kinda feels relieved to hear someone who might understand him in some way. But also sad to hear her going through this.
A knocking interrupts his thoughts. He automatically changes his normal voice to Violet's. He got used to it when he trained under Max. "Who is it?" he turns off his scroll and gets up to stand in front of the door.
"Room service" he hears a girl's voice on the other side.
He leans on the door and chuckles "There's no room service, and last I remember. I never asked for anything~" he says playfully.
Then the door starts to shake violently, with the fan trying to open it forcefully. He just rolls his eyes and starts to count to three.
Then she stops all of a sudden, and hears her shouting to be released. And her shouting to the security that she belongs with him.
After a couple of seconds he gets a knock on the door while he's leaning on it. "Are you okay Violet?" a muscular voice says.
"I'm fine Don, we're kinda cutting it close aren't we now" he smiles.
Knowing how fans are "Sorry about that, she just slipped by me" Jaune just gets off the door.
"It's fine... so do you think I could possibly stretch my legs?"
"Sorry Violet, Mr. Jones orders. I can't let anyone near you and to keep you safe in there"
Jaune sighs and nods "I understand, you're just doing your job". Jaune then goes back to his chair and spends his time staring at the mirror. And that's when he got a brilliant idea.
"Violet isn't supposed to go out. But that doesn't mean Jaune has to be here" he got up and goes to get changed. Changing into his normal clothes and removing the wig and glasses. He's wearing a black shirt with a skeleton rib cage. And over it, a black jacket with a hoodie attached to it. The jacket has flames on the edge of the sleeves. His black baggy jeans and brown boots with his white fingerless gloves.
He picks up a pink envelope that contains three VIP tickets that were meant for his sisters. Stuffing them inside his pocket that's located inside his jacket.
And walking to the center of the room and getting ready for what comes next. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY DRESSING ROOM!!" he shouts for Don to hear. Not even a second later, Don and two other security guards rush in and grab Jaune.
"How did you get in here?!" Don demands him while looking for Violet.
"But I just wanted to see Violet. We belong together, we have the same eye color, you see" Jaune points at his eye with his left hand. But with his right, he reaches inside his pocket.
"Get him out of here!" Violet screams behind the bathroom door. Don looks at the bathroom door and then back to one of the guards.
"You heard him, get him out now!" Don shouts. And that's when they drag Jaune out to his freedom.
He can't help but smirk "Ha in your face Max, I'm a Free man tonight!".
Max's checking through the list of VIPs tonight. When he randomly felt the urge to punch Jaune's stupid face.
--
After being thrown outside by the guards. Jaune stood up and starts to dust himself. "And now that I'm a free man... I have no idea what to do" he looks around to see some lights from the town nearby. So he starts to walk over to Patch and hopefully find something to keep him busy for the next five hours.
Once he's in the Main Street, he notices a festival going on. With people dressed as goblins and ghouls. He passes by many who would ignore him or stare at him. He just keeps walking till he makes it to a costume store. He thought of it but eventually he gave in and walks inside to find something that can hide his face.
He doesn't want to risk being seen by Max or whoever he sends after him. So he walks around the store till he sees something that got his attention. A sugar skull mask that covers everything but the chin (Imagine Maria's mask). He grabs it and stares at it. "You have a good eye there young man" Jaune glances at the shopkeeper.
"That mask is a perfect replica from the original Grimm Reaper. A huntress who was so feared by the grimm. Legends say she could turn the mightiest of grimm to stone by just looking at them". Jaune chuckles from remembering the stories of his grandfather. He told him about the sliver eyes warriors who could kill grimm by just looking at them.
"Yea right, if they were real. Where are they now when we need them" he then turns completely to the shopkeeper.
"How much?" he asks while fetching for his wallet. After buying the mask and putting it on and covering his blonde hair with his hoodie. He walks out from the store and keeps walking till he pumps into someone.
"Sorry about that" he says, but he never looked at the figure he pumped into. Just kept on walking away with with his hands stuffed inside his pockets.
"Are you alright Ruby?" a girl asks her while giving Jaune's back a glare. Ruby just keeps on staring at Jaune's jacket from behind and sees a beautiful set of wings made by flames. And on the top read 'Hell's Angel'. She just kept staring till she felt someone shaking her shoulder.
"Ruby!"
"Sorry what were we talking about?" She stops looking at Jaune's jacket and turns to her friend.
"I was asking you before numb skull over there rudely pumped into you" she points at Jaune. Just as he turns a corner and disappears from their sight.
"If your going to Violet's concert?" just hearing his name. Makes Ruby forget about the stranger's cool jacket's design.
"Yes I'm going, my dad and uncle are getting me a ticket for my birthday" she answers one of her friends from school.
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Tai and Qrow are sitting at the bar with this defeated aura. "What are we going to do?" Tai asks while looking down at his mug full of beer.
"I don't have the slightest idea" Qrow answers before drinking from his flask.
Tai slams his fists on the bar "Don't give me that bullshit, I need help. I couldn't get Ruby a ticket!"
"Then why don't you just buy those parts for her weapon. That kid is way to into her weapon" he just keeps on drinking after giving him a easy way out.
"Don't you think I've tried that. They were sold out and the only ones that are available are twice as expensive!"
Qrow then rolls his eyes "How expensive could they be?" Tai pulls out his scroll and shows him.
Once Qrow sees how many zeros there are, he does a spit take. Then after he starts to choke "That's ridiculous!" Tai nods.
Once Qrow recovers completely he keeps looking at the scroll. "I feel sorry for the kid. Her thirteen birthday and she's not getting anything she wanted... that's rough"
"I got to do something" Tai says desperately
"Why don't you call firecracker and see if she got anything for Ruby?" Tai grabs his scroll back and goes to his contacts.
--
Yang is with her friends inside a fast food restaurant. Her scroll starts to ring and she sees her father's name. So she answers it and hears the bad news about not getting those tickets or weapon parts that Ruby wants. "So did you get anything?" her father asks. Causing Yang to feel terrible.
"I couldn't get what Ruby wanted this year" she's getting stares from her friends. Once she hangs up and looks at her friend who actually got lucky and got two tickets for tonight's concert.
"No" she flat out rejects her before she could ask.
"Come on, its my little sister's birthday today!" while Yang starts to argue with her friend to at least sale her one of the two tickets.
Two figures walked in with one of them dressed as her favorite character from her favorite novel, Ninjas of love. And the other one as a pirate. They first look for a table which is far enough from Yang. They took their seats and eventually deflate into despair. "I can't believe we didn't get tickets. Even after all we went through just to get two days off to come here and not see Violet" said the girl dressed as a pirate.
"All that hard work for nothing" the ninja said to the pirate.
"How about I go get something for us before we go back to camp?", "Sure". Just as she goes to make line to get some food.
Jaune walks into the restaurant and looks for the line to order. "Man I hope they have some chicken nuggets. This is the fourth place I've checked and the other three didn't have any" he spots the line. So he goes over and is standing behind the pirate girl with a very long brown ponytail. Standing behind her and seeing one more person ahead of him before he can order.
Just as the guy who is dressed as a mummy. Starts to order, did something happen that makes everyone to turn to their direction. "GET OUT!" the cashier yells at the mummy.
"Why?, I didn't do anything wrong!" the mummy asks confused.
"We don't serve animals here" the cashier said with venom present in his voice.
"What did you call me?!" now his confusion changes to rage.
"You heard me freak!" just as this was going on. Did a older man show up with a name tag that read manager.
"What's going on here?" the cashier turns to his boss.
"This freak came in here and thinks we're going to serve him" some people start to feel bad for the Faunus. But they felt happy when the manager came to put a stop on the racism happening in his restaurant.
But once he turns towards the mummy, Jaune recognizes those hatful eyes. "Did you not read the sign outside. We don't serve animals here, so you best be leaving" he points at the door.
"No!, I've been waiting here for ten minutes till your cashier learned how to press the buttons with pictures on them of fucking foods!"
The manager didn't like how he yelled at him and insulted his employee. So he walks around the counter and makes his way to him. Jaune sees how he reaches for his shoulder and grabs him. Noticing how hard he's squeezing him, causing the mummy to scream in pain.
"Well you look at that, nothing but bark and no bite" he notices how the pirate reaches for something inside her coat.
But Jaune doesn't give her a chance. He gently grabs her arm "Don't" he tells her.
She looks behind her and looks into his eyes and sees these deep blue ocean eyes. Wanting to say something but Jaune releases her and moves around her.
Just as the manager puts more pressure. Did Jaune grab his wrist and gives him a taste of his own medicine.
Once Jaune puts pressure around his wrist. Did he let go of the mummy "What the fuck are you doing?!"
But Jaune just adds more strength into his grip. Which makes the manager to fall on his knees and tries to loosen the grip that is crushing his wrist. By clawing at Jaune's hand. But it doesn't do anything.
Jaune starts to feel something trying to protect him. And that's when he sees the manager's aura protecting him.
"Let me go!" he screams out, but that just makes Jaune squeeze even harder.
"Not till you apologize to the mummy and everyone here. Who had to see you act worse then a grimm" Jaune snarls.
"Fuck you!". Jaune's grip starts to make his aura light up brighter till he broke through it.
The manager starts to claw harder at Jaune's hand but he didn't even flinch by it. "SAY IT!" The manager looks up to Jaune's eyes and can see the rage.
"I'M SORRY!" after saying that, Jaune being the man of his word.
Releases him "Racist fuckers like you are the reason why we're losing to the grimm" Jaune turns to the mummy.
"Are you okay?" he got a nod from him while holding his shoulder.
"How about I treat you to something?" but then he sees the mummy give him a nervous smile.
And that's when he saw the sharp fangs "That would be great and all but I don't swing that way"
Jaune blushes behind the mask and raises his hands up and starts to shake them in denial. "That's not what I meant. I just want to treat you to something because of this pathetic excuse" he points at the manager who doesn't dare to move. "Ruined your night" he then sees everyone looking at them and gets a idea.
He then turns to the manager and then back to everyone "In matter of fact, why don't I treat everyone here tonight" he got cheers in responds.
Even Yang who lost the battle of getting a ticket from her friend. Needed a win tonight, so why not enjoy this stranger's offer for a free meal.
"Good then, I saw this diner two blocks away" he starts walking towards the exit. And everyone is following him to their free meal ticket.
Leaving a racist establishment and a fuming manager on his knees while rubbing his bruised wrist.
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Max rushes into Violet's dressing room to find Don knocking at the bathroom door. "Violet are you okay in there?"
"What's going on here?" Don turns to Max.
"A fan made it inside the room and scared Violet. So he locked himself inside the bathroom but he won't respond" Max pushes him aside and starts to pound on the door.
"Open up Violet!" but just like Don said, no response. He looks at Don "Break down the door" Don nods and does as he's told.
Once the door is kicked in, Max sees something that makes his blood boil. A small speaker on the sink pointing at the door. But what was next to it is a piece of paper with 'I'll be back before the show starts' and a small drawing of Violet sticking out his tongue.
Max grabs the paper and starts to crumble it with both of his hands. "What did the fan look like Don?" the rage behind Max's tone frightens him.
"He has short blonde hair and blue eyes. And was wearing a black jacket with flames and a hoodie-" Max throws the paper onto the floor and stomps on it.
"Sir?" Max stops and turns to Don "I want you to track down this guy and bring him here. I don't care if you got to use force. He'll heal fast anyway" he whispers the last part to himself.
--
At that very same time, Jaune's sitting at a table with the mummy, aka Stan. They went to the diner and noticed it was a family business. And the family are Faunus, which makes this kinda cool but funny in a way.
Everyone is eating their meals, which was paid by Jaune. "How can you offered everyone's meals?" Stan asks Jaune who removed his mask but kept the hoodie on.
"Let's just say I have a job that can make me very wealthy" he said with a smile. He then starts to drink his soda after finishing his nuggets.
"Is it" he looks around to see if anyone is hearing but nobody's paying them any attention "Legal?".
Jaune chuckles "Yes it's legal, but I can't tell you what it is~" Stan notices how his voice changed just then. But before he could ask what happened to his voice. The pirate from before came towards his table and stood next to Jaune.
He grabs his mask and puts it on and looks at her. "I wanted to say thank you for helping back there. We Faunus need to stick together" Jaune leans back on his chair. And crosses his arms and looks at her even more closely. And that's when the ninja also made her way to them.
He turns to her too and could make out something slightly moving under the top of her mask. "You're both from the White Fang aren't you?" Stan's eyes went wide.
"Yes-", "And you're here at Patch to recruit?" He got a hesitant nod from both. He shakes his head and stands up "No" he said before they could ask him to join.
All three Faunus are surprised by that fast rejection. "What do you mean no. You saw how they treat us" the pirate told him while her skin changed color.
"So that gives us the right to kill them" he said out loud, everyone turns their attention towards them. Even Yang started to notice something going on. But she couldn't hear what was being said.
"We're fighting bac-" Jaune got closer to them "No!, you're stealing, hurting and murdering people who are just doing their jobs. And some of them don't care if you're born with animal parts"
"Didn't you just hurt someone for me" Stan asks him.
"Yes but that was different", "How is that different from what we do. We fight for equality!" The ninja shouts at Jaune.
"What's your name?", "Blake" she answered him while stepping closer to him. Which Jaune looks down at her, and she can see his eyes.
"Well then Blake, I didn't bomb his restaurant or killed him for starters. I just gave him a taste of his own medicine. And maybe hurt his ego in the process but he's still breathing".
Stan got up and went between them and tried to separate them from each other. They both seem ready to start a fight inside the diner. "Can we ju-", "We're just showing them that we are tired of being pushed around!" Blake yells at Jaune's face.
"That doesn't give you the right to kill innocent people in cold blood!", "They're not innocent!, they are working for the Schnee" this time it was the pirate who shouts.
Jaune then focuses his sights on her "What about the families of those men you kill". He then turns his attention back to Blake "What of the children who keeps asking 'Where's daddy or where's mommy' What about them?!". Blake takes a step back "All you're doing is feeding us fear and anger" she takes another step back.
But every step she took, Jaune follows her "You're creating your own enemies. By taking what they have" she trips and falls on her ass. "Imagine someone taking your parents away from you forever. Just cause they worked for someone who hates Faunus. And they're only there to make ends meet. Doesn't mean they deserve to die!"
"What about the countless lives lost in those mines. What of the children who lost their parents in a cave in!" Jaune glances towards the pirate.
He notices tears threatening to spill out from her eyes. "What's your name?" his voice changes to a gentler one.
She wipes away some tears before answering "Ilia" he backs away from Blake. And turns to her "You lost your parents in the mines didn't you?" she bites her lower lip to prevent a mournful cry of pain. But she nods nonetheless, that makes Jaune frown behind the mask.
"I'm sorry to hear that... but you should know how it feels to lose someone you love. And how it lead you down this road to hate humans" he walks up to her. "I may not be perfect but I can try to be a better person... and try to understand what other people are feeling" he stops and slowly wipes away the tear from her right eye. "So try to be a better person and move on. I can guarantee, your parents wouldn't want to see their girl suffering or making someone's child go through what you went through"
He starts to move slowly for a hug. But she beat him to it and roughly starts to hug him. She buries her face on his chest and keeps crying.
Everyone in the diner are still looking at them. Blake starts to get up and looks at Ilia who doesn't care who was watching. She let everything spill out, her frustrations, rage but most of all, pain.
For the whole place to see. And Jaune just keeps holding her and helping her through this emotional moment. After she starts to calm down and pulls away from Jaune's embrace. She wipes away the tears and snot from her face. Once done she looks at Jaune's shirt ruined "I'm sorry".
He just shrugs his shoulders "It's an old shirt so who cares. But do you feel better?" She nods. He starts to feel uncomfortable after putting her through that. So he got an idea "Hey are you by any chance a fan of Violet. I know he's human and all but" he reaches inside his jacket and pulls out the envelope.
"These are three VIP tickets for his concert tonight" when they heard that.
Blake went to see the envelope "And you're inviting us to go with you?". Jaune looks at her and chuckles when he sees her sparkling eyes.
"No" she gave him the cutest puppy eyes she could. He ignores her and turns to Ilia and extends it to her "I'm giving them to you three".
They look at him like a insane person. But before he could ask what the problem is. The doors to the diner burst open and he sees Don standing there with three other guards. "If I could have your attention!" He shouts for them to turn to him. "We are looking for a young man with blonde hair and is wearing a black jacket with a hoodie attached to it!"
That's when everyone looks back to Jaune and point their fingers at him. When Don's eyes landed on Jaune. He dashed towards him but Jaune just side steps him and puts his foot out.
So Don falls down and Jaune shoves the envelope into Ilia's chest by accident. She turns red but Jaune didn't have time to see her. He starts to run towards the window and jumps out while covering his face with his forearms. "Sorry for the window!" He screams behind him while out running the guards.
He runs towards a guy who has a cart with guitars on it. "Guitar for sale, come get your guitar. Learn how to play soul sister. But you'll need a guitar!" But Jaune crashes into the cart and doesn't waste time.
He grabs one and keeps on running "Sorry, I'll pay you back later!". He keeps on running till he makes it out of town and sees a dark forest. Just before he could stop running he sees a woman walking into the forest. The first thing he notices is the white hooded cloak. How brightly it shines in the dark.
he stood there till he felt a gentle wind pushing him towards the forest. When that happens, Jaune notices the stranger turns to face him and then goes back into the forest. Something was telling him to follow.
So he starts to follow the person... into a dark forest... in the middle of the night...on Halloween. As this was going on inside his head. He couldn't stop himself but follow the white light that was emitting from the mysterious person who was leaving him a trail.
Till he makes it to a cliff and near the edge is a tombstone. He looks around for the stranger, but nobody's around. "That's weird" he got closer to the tombstone. "Summer Rose, Thus Kindly I Scatter" he read out loud. And then he notices the rose emblem with what appears to be on fire. "That's a pretty cool emblem" he then looks at the view ahead of him.
He loves it, once he looks up. He sees the stars shining beautifully in the night sky. He got near the edge and takes a seat. He moves the guitar forward and starts to check if the strings are tuned. But two of the strings snapped "What?" He looks it over and that's when he noticed it was a phony guitar.
So he dropped it off the ledge "Great" he starts to think of something to pass the time. He knows once he got back to the concert, Max is going to chew him out.
But then he pulls out his scroll and goes to find a special audio he made. Once he found it he turns the volume up and places it next to him. "Well Summer, I was going to sing you a song with the guitar I stole but it broke. So you're going to hear a piece I've been working on... even tho I can't sing it to my fans. They wouldn't understand how this song is about my... life". Jaune looks down and can't see anything from the darkness. "This song was inspired by me not feeling worthy to be a D'Arc"
While he's pretending to talk to Summer. He doesn't notice two figures coming out of the forest behind him.
Tai sees Jaune sitting there talking to himself but what he sees take his breath away. Qrow is the same, they can't believe it. Summer is standing beside him while looking down.
Tai starts to tear up, he wants to go to her, but he can't move. Qrow just stays frozen, scared if he moves she would disappear.
Jaune moves his hand to tap something under Summer. But he didn't even turn to see if he pressed play. Music starts to play "How will I live up to these expectations. When I fall, will you show me who I'm meant to be" His voice is his normal one
"Because I'm getting tired of who I've become. How can I move on when I lost my patience. I'm not a hero or a child, I'm just something in between. So don't let go before I find my way home" he starts to sound depressed.
"I would chase around the little things. Moments passed, I was living for the joy they'd bring. I found my strength in silence, Until I met the violence" he starts to move his arms joyfully till he got to the violence part. He reaches for his left sleeve and pulls back. To reveal scars made by them and some of his own.
"Days passed as I would start to scream. I'd hear the words around my head like they were circling. You'll never be who they all want you to become" Qrow kinda felt that part of the song. His tribe just wanted him and his sister to become stronger and tools to kill huntsmen. And with the knowledge of how huntsman worked and find their weaknesses. But he didn't want to be that person.
"Oh will I make them proud enough, Or am I even worth the love. Don't let my self doubt take my pride away, yeah" Jaune moves his hand over his wrist and grabs it and starts to squeeze.
"Because my spirit felt the cuts. And my ego lost its luster just as fast as I could say" he starts to release his grip and tries to calm down. Summer frowns, seeing such a young man going through this.
"How will I live up to these expectations. When I fall, will you show me who I'm meant to be. Because I'm getting tired of who I've become. How can I move on when I lost my patience. I'm not a hero or a child, I'm just something in between. So don't let go before I find my way home" Tai finally found the strength to move. But Summer turns her head to reveal her face to him. He stops moving and Summer went back to looking at Jaune.
Jaune starts to cry "So keep me from all these temptations. And if I cry just dry my tears, Cause I don't think anybody's got it figured out" he takes off the mask and puts it beside him.
"Oh if I could count the years I've wasted. Spent running after someone I'll never become. I think I'd give up, How will I live up to these expectations. When I fall, will you show me who I'm meant to be. Because I'm getting tired of who I've become. How can I move on when I lost my patience. I'm not a hero or a child, I'm just something in between. So don't let go before I find my way home" he looks up to the stars and sees some shooting stars passing by. A small smile graces his face, and so did Summer's.
"So don't let go before I find my way home" just when he sang the last part. Summer turns to her family and slowly disappears from their sight.
Tai wanted to shout for her to come back. But he couldn't find his voice. Jaune finally turns to where Summer was standing and grabs his scroll. And checks the time and sees he only has one hour and a half left before he has to head back. So he gets up and dusts his butt and turns around to see Tai and Qrow.
Staring at him, he can see their teary eyes from the distance. "Hi there" he says but they didn't move. Which makes the moment kinda uncomfortable by the silence.
And what they notice from Jaune is his blue eyes shining.
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Max came to the diner where Jaune was spotted but he escaped. After talking to some of the people who were there. Some of them told him what he did in that other restaurant. He started to get angry till he heard from the guy who was dressed as a mummy. How he helped him and that the manager was a racist.
That's when he understood why Jaune did that. So he paid for the broken window and was about to leave when a pirate and Ninja stopped him. "Why are you chasing after-" Blake then realizes something. They never got the name of the person who gave them the tickets.
"Sorry but that's confidential" he told them but the pirate just got in his way.
"Not till you tell us why?" he was about to push her aside but he notice a pink envelope poking out of her coat pocket.
He points at it "Did he give you those?" she moves her hand to protect them with her life.
"What's it to yea?" he starts to rub his forehead with his right hand.
"Those are three VIP tickets for Violet's concert isn't it" she was surprised.
But Blake got between them in a protective manner. "You are not taking these from us" she told him while narrowing her eyes.
But Max just pulls out his scroll and dials a number. "Yes this is Jones and I want to add three names to the list" Blake, Ilia and Stan are confused. He turns to them "What's your names?", "Why should we give you our names?" Blake asked.
"Because if I don't get your names right now. Those tickets won't work and he'll annoy me for not letting you three in" this just makes them even more confused.
He waits patiently till he got annoyed even more. "I'm Violet's Agent" he waits for them to process what he said and then it clicked.
Blake shakily turns to Ilia and she did the same "Did. We. Just. Meet. Violet. And. Didn't. Realize. It!" Both scream at each other.
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After Jaune explaining why he was there and how he followed someone into the forest but that person just disappeared once he got here.
Tai and Qrow couldn't believe all of that, but after witnessing Summer standing next to the kid. They did believe him "So can I ask, why are you two here?". Tai turns to Summer's tombstone and that's when Jaune understood.
"I'm sorry for being here. I didn't know-", "It's fine, I just came here to ask for her forgiveness is all"
"What do you mean?" Tai chuckles and starts to scratch the back of his head in a embarrassing manner.
"I sorta failed my daughter's thirteen birthday wish" he said in a sad tone.
Qrow just pats Tai's back in a comforting way "Don't worry Tai, we'll figure something out". Jaune wanted to ask him what his daughter's wish is.
But Qrow asks him a personal question. "So kid, you made that song or what?" Jaune felt weird but he answered him.
"Yea I made it", "It's pretty good actually, you should sing it to that ginger. And show him what music should be" Jaune just raises his eyebrow in confusion.
"Who?" Qrow seems annoyed "He's talking about Violet" Tai answered his question.
Jaune just rolled his eyes and went to pick up his mask. When Qrow sees it he gave him a approval nod "You got good taste kid".
Jaune looks at the mask and then puts it on "Thanks I guess, but what do you mean by failing your daughter's thirteenth birthday?".
Tai looks uncomfortable but he told him anyway. "She wanted to go to that concert that everyone wants to go. But I couldn't even get one ticket for her"
Qrow pulls out his flask "And we can't get her the parts for her weapon"
"What kinda weapon does she have?", "It's a scythe and she wants to add a High-Caliber Sniper rifle" Qrow answers.
Jaune's surprised by that answer. He looks at how miserable they both are by not getting anything for Tai's daughter's birthday. So he pulls out his scroll and starts to write Max a message. "How many tickets do you need?" Jaune asks without looking at them.
Qrow stops midway before drinking and Tai had this confused look. But he answered anyway "Four I guess, why are you asking?".
Jaune then hits send and looks at Tai "I'm Violet's roadie and I just send a text to him to add four new spots in his VIP guest list". He then got a text from Max who started his text in very threatening way before asking for a name for the tickets.
"Can I have a name for the tickets?" He asked them.
"Tai Xiao Long" Jaune finally send Max the name and told him he'll be there in ten minutes.
He puts away his scroll "Go to the concert tonight and tell the staff you're a VIP and give them your name"
They're shocked to hear that. Tai has been trying to find anywhere and anyone who could get him those tickets. But he couldn't find any and now a complete stranger who-.
He turns to Summer's tombstone and he starts to tear up. He eventually smiles while wiping away the tears "Even in death, you're helping me".
Qrow realizes what happened and couldn't help but smile with Tai. "Thanks Short-Stack" Jaune notices them looking at the tombstone.
"What kinda person was she?" He asks, which makes Tai to smile even wider. He's thinking till he looks up and sees a shooting star pass by.
Jaune follows his eyes and sees the stars. "She's kinda like... my shooting star actually. She was there for me when I needed her. She was like a shining light that brightens up my darkest days" he remembers the times he couldn't move by how depressed he was after Raven left him and Yang.
He laughs a little bit by the memory of her speeding across the room to check on him and then to Yang's crib. "She would speed across the room so fast just to check on me. Like a shooting star flying across the night sky... bringing so much hope and joy" Qrow turns to see Tai crying and not holding back, but he still held that smile. "But just like a shooting star. She was gone so fast, and I didn't get the chance to say goodbye" he kept looking at the stars.
Jaune thinks of his grandmother. All those times they would look up to the night sky. Feeling this emotion going through his body. So he got an idea "I have to go, so take care and hopefully I see you at the concert". He starts to walk away while Tai and Qrow keep looking at him.
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Jaune made it back in time and tried to sneak in but sadly he got pepper spared by Don who caught him going to his room. "MY EYES!" He falls to the floor and starts to roll in pain. "HA!, now you don't have anything that connects you to Violet!" Don screams out while pointing at Jaune.
"Wha-" he tried to ask but when he sat up and barley opened his eyes. Don spares him again, making Jaune to roll around the flour in pain.
which alerted Max and a some of the guards. "What's going on here?" He asks, but he notices Jaune rolling around the ground and screaming in pain. Max couldn't help but laugh at Jaune "You deserve that" he helps Jaune up.
He turns to Don "You're getting a bonus for this but you should go. I have to talk to this guy".
"Are you sure?" Max just gives him a nod. Once Don and the rest leave, Max fully picks up Jaune and drags him inside his dressing room.
"Stop being a baby, you'll heal fast" Jaune starts to open his eyes. "Yea but everything is kinda fuzzy" Jaune tells him.
Max felt concerned but Jaune can feel It "It's fine, if I can't see that well before we start I'll wing it. It's not like I haven't done something reckless before" Jaune starts to undress his upper body.
Max sees his scars and frowns. "Hey Max", "Yea" Jaune then pulls out his scroll and places it on his desk.
"Do you think you could start up the small recording room. I have a song in mind to play but I need a little bit of help from you to play some instruments" he says while going to his bathroom and closing it behind him.
"Sure, but you only have forty minutes before the concert starts" he tells him.
"I'll be dressed in five minutes and maybe I can have the song ready before twenty" Jaune tells him. Max just sighs and goes to get everything ready.
Later at the VIP section, Tai brought his family to the right side of the section. While Blake, Ilia and Stan are on the left side.
Ruby couldn't stop from shaking from joy. "Calm down Ruby, he's just a guy" Yang told her little sister.
"How can you say that!. Violet is a genius musician of all time!" She shouts at Yang.
Who just rolled her eyes, not understanding why everyone likes his music. She never heard any of his songs cause she hears their not rock. But she will admit, he looks rather handsome from Ruby's poster in her room.
"Calm down Kiddo, he's just a normal person" Qrow said while taking a seat on these comfortable chair that has cup holders.
Ruby just sticks out her tongue at her uncle Qrow. Tai just relaxes from the comfort of the chair.
Blake sat between Ilia and Stan. She's overjoyed of being here with her best friend. Ilia is feeling the same but instead of best friend. It is her crush that was sitting next to her. She turns pink from thinking of this as a date. Stan just starts to eat his popcorn he was given for free. As they were all waiting for the show to start.
Max and Violet stand in one of the corners of the stage. The curtain are blocking their presence to the audience. "Can you see yet?", "Not fully no, but I can see somethings up close. So you got to tell me which direction the VIP section is at" Max then starts to tell him the locations and everything he needed to know.
After a couple of minutes, people who are dressed in monster costumes. Start to go on stage that reveals a haunting house behind them and a moon on the top right side corner. Music starts to play while they got in a line and start singing together.
"Boys and girls of every age. Wouldn't you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see. This, our town of Halloween" they sang together while holding each other's hands.
Ruby couldn't help herself but move to the melody. Yang just looks at her sister and smiles.
"This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Pumpkins scream in the dead of night. This is Halloween, everybody make a scene. Trick or treat 'til the neighbors gonna die of fright. It's our town, everybody scream. In this town of Halloween" two of the monsters move forward.
"I am the one hiding under your bed. Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red. I am the one hiding under your stairs. Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair" Stan couldn't help but feel creeped out by how they looked.
"This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. In this town we call home. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song" a very large bear Faunus is dressed as a zombie, singing this next part. "In this town, don't we love it now? Everybody's waiting for the next surprise"
"'Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can. Something's waiting now to pounce and how you'll scream" Tai is impressed by the monsters singing.
"This is Halloween, red and black, slimy green. Aren't you scared? Well, that's just fine" two witches come forward with their hands shaking. They threw two dices on to the floor. It reveals snake eyes and everyone sees this on the holograms that are on top of the stage.
"Say it once, say it twice, Take a chance and roll the dice. Ride with the moon in the dead of night. Everybody scream, everybody scream. In our town of Halloween" Violet sees this performance from the side with Max.
"It's time" Violet goes over to a coffin and lays in it. Max closes it and gives the signal to two monsters who are behind him. They went and picked up the coffin.
"I am the clown with the tear-away face. Here in a flash and gone without a trace" the clown rips his face and moves away. Then all of a sudden, the speakers start to turn on behind the people in the VIP section.
"I am the who when you call, "Who's there?" I am the wind blowing through your hair" What many didn't know is the chairs have these small holes that shot out a small burst of air. That got many to jump from fright. Ilia turns blue from fear when she felt it.
The moon starts to shine and reveal a shadowy figure on it "I am the shadow on the moon at night. Filling your dreams to the brim with fright" Blake is over joyed by the performance.
"This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween 'Alloween, 'alloween 'Alloween, 'alloween" two new monsters show up with a coffin between them. They are carrying it to the center of the stage. Once the coffin is put down facing up. "Tender lumplings everywhere, Life's no fun without a good scare. That's our job, but we're not mean. In our town of Halloween"
"In this town, don't we love it now? Everybody is waiting for the next surprise. Skeleton Violet might catch you in the back. And scream like a banshee. Make you jump out of your skin" One of the kids sets the coffin on fire. And moves away while the coffin starts to shake.
Ruby moves towards the railing and leans on it and can't wait for the reveal. Yang did the same like her sister but she didn't seem to into it. Tai smiles at his daughters bonding together. Qrow is just drinking from his flask and can't wait for this to end.
"This is Halloween, everybody scream. Won't you please make way for a very special guy. Our man Violet is king of the Pumpkin Patch. Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now" Violet bursts out of the coffin in a sitting position which makes many fans to scream out his name. And one of them is none other then Ruby Rose who raises her hands up "Violet!".
Violet starts to stand up and the first thing they notices is what he's wearing. Dressed like skeleton Jack with his face painted like him too. "This is Halloween, this is Halloween 'Alloween, 'alloween, 'Alloween, 'alloween. In this town we call home. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song" the monsters create a circle around Violet who just starts to step out of the coffin. While the monsters sing La,La,La Halloween over and over till Violet gets to the front of the stage.
He raises both hands up and the music stops and everyone shouts his name even harder.
He has a ear piece instead of a mic. "How is everyone doing tonight?!" he got many responds from them.
Once everyone calms down, he looks at the VIP section. "I heard from my roadie!" He spots a fussy figure near the rails with someone next to her. "That it's someone's birthday today!" Ruby couldn't believe it. Violet knows that it's her birthday.
One of the cameramen points at them and they appear on the screens. Ruby nearly had a heart attack when she saw her face on those big screens. Yang just waves at it with her smirk. "What's your name?" Violet asks her.
One of the staff walks towards her with a mic. She hands it towards her and Ruby reaches for it. She looks nervous while holding the mic. Everyone's waiting for her to answer Violet.
She turns to her father who nods her to answer Violet's question. "Go on" he tells her while Qrow just rolls his eyes.
"Hurry Kiddo, everyone is getting impatient" Ruby looks around to see some people giving her the stink eye.
She starts to blush like crazy, so she screams her name "M-My NAME I-IS RUDY!"
"Then happy birthday Rudy!, and I hope you enjoy the show!" Violet told her before the worker takes the mic from Ruby and walks away. Leaving her with a complete realization that she screwed up her chance of Violet knowing her name.
Yang laughs at her sister's self destruction but Tai couldn't believe what happened. Qrow on the other hand joins Yang. But they eventually stop when they hear the concert starting again.
"Once upon a younger year. When all our shadows disappeared. The animals inside came out to play" Yang does like the beats to the song. And she will admit that he didn't sound that bad.
"Went face to face with all our fears. Learned our lessons through the tears. Made memories we knew would never fade. One day my Grandfather, he told me "Grandson, don't let it slip away" He took me in his arms, I heard him say "When you get older. Your wild heart will live for younger days. Think of me if ever you're afraid" Blake stands up from her chair and Ilia, Stan join her.
"He said" everyone starts to sing along with him. "One day you'll leave this world behind. So live a life you will remember.My Grandfather told me when I was just a child. These are the nights that never die" My Grandfather told me" Violet starts to dance with everyone jumping with their hands up in the air.
Tai looks at Ruby getting out of her shocked state. And starts to dance to the song with her sister. Both are smiling while dancing. He couldn't help but be grateful to Summer, she made this possible.
"When thunder clouds start pouring down. Light a fire they can't put out. Carve your name into those shining stars. He said: "Go venture far beyond the shores. Don't forsake this life of yours. I'll guide you home, no matter where you are" he turns to see Qrow nodding to the beat and Tai joins him.
"One day my Grandfather, he told me "Grandson, don't let it slip away" When I was just a kid, I heard him say "When you get older. Your wild heart will live for younger days. Think of me if ever you're afraid" Blake is jumping to the beat and Ilia is doing the same beside her. Stan just holds the railing with one hand while pumping his other one in the air.
Max watches Violet getting lost to his own song. The way he just danced without caring that he could barley see.
"He said: "One day you'll leave this world behind. So live a life you will remember" My Grandfather told me when I was just a child "These are the nights that never die" My Grandfather told me" Violet jumps into the crowd. He's carried around the ocean of fans passing him around. He looked up to the sky and can't believe how his sisters missed out.
"These are the nights that never die" My Grandfather told me" eventually he's return to the stage where he got back on. And takes a couple of steps before turning around to them. "My Grandfather told me" they sang the last part together.
"Kids good" Tai tells Qrow, but all he got was a shrug.
"I think his roadie has more talent then him" Qrow said before taking a drink from his flask.
The show went on with Violet singing many of his songs. Making Tai eventually joining his daughters dancing to his music. Qrow just remained there watching his family enjoying themselves.
Blake and Ilia were the same as Ruby's family. Dancing with these large smiles that never wore off. Stan had to take a break from keeping up with them.
Violet just finished a song and glanced at Max who told him to wrap it up through the ear piece. So Violet gave him a small nod and also gave him the signal to turn off the lights.
As the lights started to turn off, everyone starts to look around. "As much fun as this is, I have to finish. But not before singing you a song that I made in twenty minutes ago" he then loosens his bow tie. "This song is for the people who lost someone to soon in their lives. It doesn't matter if they were human or Faunus" he lookes at Ilia's direction. And then to where Tai is, standing between his daughters. "This song is for them" he looks up where you can see stars and some shooting stars passing by.
Music starts to play while everyone looks up. "Hey there now, Where'd you go. You left me here, So unexpected. You changed my life, I hope you know 'Cause now I'm lost. So unprotected. In the blink of an eye. I never got to say goodbye" the last part hit Tai like a train. He feels this connection to the song.
"Like a shooting star, Flying across the room. So fast so far, You were gone too soon. You're a part of me, And I'll never be the same here without you. You were gone too soon" he held his tears back, but then he feels someone hugging him. He looks down to see Ruby holding her dad.
"You were always there, Like a shining light. On my darkest days, You were there to guide me" Qrow couldn't stop himself but let a tear escape him. He sees Yang joining in the hug too. She turns to him and extents her hand to him.
"Oh I miss you now, I wish you could see. Just how much your memory, Will always mean to me" he eventually joins them. Tai wraps his arm around him and pulls him in.
"In the blink of an eye, I never got to say goodbye" Max sees the family hugging and couldn't help but be proud of Jaune.
"Like a shooting star, Flying across the room. So fast so far, You were gone too soon. You're a part of me. And I'll never be the same here without you. You were gone too soon" Violet can't stop but see so many shooting stars flying across the night sky.
"Shine on, Shine on, On to a better place. Shine on, Shine on, We'll never be the same" Ilia starts to cry from thinking of her parents. Blake notices this and did the only thing she could. She embraces her with a hug.
"Shine on, Shine on, Like a shooting star. Flying across the room, So fast so far. You were gone too soon, You're a part of me. And I'll never be the same here without you. You were gone too soon" Max remembers his family. His father holding him while his older sister was sitting on his mother's lap. He could never forget his mother and sister's sliver eyes.
"You were gone too soon (Shine on shine on) You were gone too soon (Shine on shine on) You were gone too soon" Violet looks at the VIP section. He may not be able to see them that good yet, but he could imagine it. But in the corner of his eye. He spots a white figure standing at the top row in the VIP section. But he blinks and that's when the figure disappears.
"Wrap it up Jaune" Max tells him through his ear piece.
Violet gets close to the edge "Thank you all for coming tonight and I hope you all have a happy Halloween. But first we need to sing Rudy her happy birthday song!" Everyone starts to sing Ruby happy birthday.
Two staff members walk towards Ruby with a cake. It didn't have her name but it did have thirteen candles. She looks at Violet who's still singing her a happy birthday. She looks back at the cake and closes her eyes. "I wish that Violet could be a part of my life" she then blows the candles.
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Next morning
Jaune is seen in his private jet that's flying towards Atlas. He keeps looking out the window and thinks of the strange white figure he saw that night.
Max comes out from the bathroom and takes a seat in front of Jaune. "What's up with you?", "Nothing" Jaune answers him quickly.
They remained quiet for a while till Jaune remembers something he asked Max to do before they left. "Did you send it?" Max just nods and looks at his scroll.
"It should arrive this afternoon at their place" he told him. Jaune just smiles "I hope you like it Rudy"
Tai's in the kitchen cleaning the dishes while his daughters are arguing behind him. They are seating at the table "I can't believe you!" Ruby shouts at Yang. "You didn't even like him before last night!" Yang just shrugs.
"What can I say, I fell over heels for him. After listening to that smooth, beautiful voice of his" Tai wants to say something but he held his tongue for now.
"Dad, Yang is trying to ruin my dreams of becoming-", "Violet's sister in law" Yang said with a toothy grin.
Before they could keep going through this argument. The door rings and Tai goes to see who it is. He opens it and sees a mail man who is wearing riot armor "Hey Phil"
"Don't you hey Phil me, just take the package!" he shoves the package into Tai's chest. And makes a run for it to his car. Once inside the car, he starts driving away while shouting "NOT TODAY!".
Tai closes the door and turns to his girls "I swear that man has problems". He walks to the living room and places the heavy box on the coffee table. He opens it and the first thing he sees is a sugar skull mask. Which he recognizes from Violet's roadie. He picks it up and looks at it for a bit before looking what was under it.
He sees the parts for that Sniper rifle that Ruby wanted. He then notices a letter that was on the side of the parts. He picks it up and looks at it and sees a autograph from Violet. He couldn't help himself but chuckle from joy. He looks up and sees a photo of Summer and Ruby smiling at the camera. He closes his eyes "Thank you Summer for making our daughter's thirteenth birthday special".
While that was happening, the mailman is laughing. Till he notices his rear-view mirror was slightly crooked. He fixes it and sees something that makes his blood turn cold. Zwei sitting in the back seat with this mischievous smile.
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