The Grimm Knight of Hell

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Chapter Three: Joining I.M.P.

A year has passed and Jaune's contract with the Goetia family has ended. Stolas told him that he was welcomed to extend it but he gently refused. Jaune decided that he should head out on his own.

Of course when Octavia found out about it, she was sad about Jaune leaving. However, Jaune reassured her that he wasn't leaving for good. The blonde even gave Octavia his number in order to stay in contact with each other. Something that Octavia took advantage of real quick by texting him whenever she could. Something that Jaune found adorable.

Now though, the blonde knight was currently crossing out another job ad in the newspaper.

He let out a sigh. For the past few months, Jaune has been looking for a job that pays well in Hell. Which is easier said than done. And the jobs that were available and paid well were shady at best. Especially that 'acting job' post by that prick Valentino.

Jaune mentally chuckled. 'Ah, I still remember sucker punching that fucker in the face. Good times.'

Jaune placed the newspaper down and turned on the TV in his apartment. The apartment itself was decent but it was enough for Jaune.

Jaune surfed through the available channels until he landed into a channel that no one watched. On the screen was an imp that looked eerily familiar to him.

"Hi there, my name is Blitzø, the 'o' is silent." The now named Blitzø introduced himself. "Are you a piece of shit that got sent to hell or are you an innocent soul that got fucked over by someone else?"

The scene then cuts to a demon with a shirt that said Ohio on it.

"After lovingly killing my wife for fucking the delivery guy!" The demon said, shouting the last part in anger. "You can imagine my surprise when I wound up here, after the state of Ohio killed me. I really wish I could stick to that happy jogger who saw me hide the bodies!" He finished his speech before smashing his fist yet together.

The scene then cuts to two other Imps, one male and one female. In their hands was an all too familiar grimoire.

Jaune's eyes widened. "Oh you got to be fucking kidding me!" He exclaimed as he suddenly remembered who this Imp was. This was the imp that Stolas was having…rendezvous with. He should know, Jaune accidently walked in on them fucking. God he used so many bottles of bleach to get that sight out of his head.

"Well, luckily for you, thanks to our company's special access to the living world we can take care of your unfinished business by taking out anyone who screwed you over when you were alive!" Blitzø yelled before he jumped into the portal. The other two imps followed soon after.

"When you want somebody gone and you do not want to wait too long!

Call the Immediate Murder Professionals!"

The commercial went on to play a colorful jingle, showing the Imps and a Hellhound committing various acts of murder.

Jaune simply rubbed his head, a headache was starting to form. After a failed day of looking for a job, Jaune finds out that an imp is using Stolas's grimoire to go to the human world. Which he is pretty sure is against Hell's laws.

"Whelp, looks like I know what I'm doing tomorrow." He muttered to himself.

His hellphone went off, catching his attention. Jaune picked up the phone and opened it, seeing that he got a text from Octavia. He read the text and began to reply.

Via: Hey.

Jaune: Hey.

Via: Watcha doing?

Jaune: Nothing much. Just got back from another failed job search.

Via: You know my dad could renew your contract with us, no problem.

Jaune sighed. This was something that Octavia had been asking him for a while now.

Jaune: I really don't want to impose Via. You and your dad have done so much for me.

Jaune sent the text.

Via: It is not an issue.

There was a brief pause before another text appeared.

Via: If I'm being honest, I do miss having you around the mansion. It gets boring without someone you can connect to, ya know?

Jaune smiled softly. If he was being honest, he did miss Octavia terribly. He missed the times they would just hangout and discuss their favorite kind of music. Or even stuff about each other's world. She asked what Remnant was like and how different it was from Earth. Which Jaune found surprising that there was another planet with people on it. And one with only humans….well humans and something called a "Meta-Human."

Jaune even remembers asking Octavia what Hell is like, and she explained to him Hell's history and hierarchy. Which Jaune found fascinating.

Apparently Hell is broken up into seven rings in this order: Pride, Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Envy, and Sloth. She also explained that each ring is ruled by the seven deadly sins, with each prince being corresponded with the sins they represent the most. The ring that Jaune found himself in was the Pride Ring, ruled by the king of Hell himself Lucifer Morningstar. With the other seven sins being subservient to him.

Jaune then learned that the Pride Ring was where all of the sinners go to when they died and are not allowed to leave said ring. That something Jaune found depressing since that meant that sinners like him are stuck in the Pride Ring and aren't able to escape the annual extermination. He himself

was just lucky that Stolas allowed him to stay at the mansion when last year's extermination happened.

Jaune quickly shook those memories out of his head and texted back.

Jaune: I miss you too.

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Jaune: Night, Via.

Via: Nite.

Jaune turned off his phone and headed off to bed. The bedroom in his apartment was much smaller than the room he had back when he was living with the Goetia family. However, it was still just as roomy.

After changing into his sleep wear, Jaune crawled in bed and threw the blanket over him. He closed his eyes as he drifted off to sleep.

Jaune shot straight as he no longer found himself in his room. Instead, the blonde found himself a black void. Nothing could be seen for miles. Just total blackness.

"Hello? Hello?!!" Jaune shouted as he started to wander around the void.

After what seemed like forever, Jaune was unable to find anyone. Jaune decided that he walked enough and pulled out his hellphone.

Only to his surprise, the blonde was unable to find his phone.

"Well, that's just great." Jaune muttered to himself.

"Monster "

Jaune rapidly turned his head around. He had heard it, a voice. He turned to the direction of the voice but saw nothing.

Unbeknownst to Jaune, something was sprouting from the ground behind him. Something that both appeared humanoid and feminine.

Sensing something behind him, Jaune turned around but found nothing. Confused, the blonde turned back around. As soon as he did, he froze in fear.

Fear of the woman that suddenly appeared in front of him. A woman that he is all too familiar with.

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Salem

Her red eyes, a far contrast to her pale white skin and hair, bore into his soul. Sending shivers of fear and terror down Jaune's spine.

SQUELCH

Jaune was so caught up in his fear that it was too late for him to notice Salem digging her arm into his chest.

Jaune grunted and cried out in pain, he felt Salem's cold fingers gripping his heart. He could feel Salem tightening her grip, causing him more pain.

Jaune looked up and looked at Salem with more fear. Once again her red eyes bore into his.

The Grimm Witch leaned into his ear and whispered.

"You are a monster, Jaune Arc. Just. Like. Me." With every word she spoke, her grip on Jaune's heart got tighter and tighter. Her nails began to pierce the surface of his heart. And then, her hand snapped closed.

SQUELCH!!!

AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" Jaune yelled as he shot straight up from his bed.

His eyes blinked for a good moment, realizing that he was still in his room. He let out a sigh of relief as that "encounter" with Salem was nothing but a dream.

Jaune laid back down onto the bed and stared at the ceiling. He didn't try to go back to sleep, simply deciding to stay up.

Suddenly his hellphone went off. The blonde turned and grabbed it, seeing from the caller ID that it was Stolas.

"Hey Stolas." Jaune greeted as he answered the call.

"Hello Jaune, I am calling to see how you are doing." Stolas replied.

Jaune sat up on his bed and ran a hand through his hair. "Oh, I'm doing good. Just trying to make due." He said.

"Ah that's good. Anyways, Octavia came to me earlier and told me of your current predicament with unemployment." Stolas said.

Jaune pulled away from the phone and let out a sigh, this was the last thing he wanted to deal with. He put the phone back to his ear.

"Yeah." Jaune replied.

"Well, luckily for you I have found a job offer that I believe is suitable to your skill set." Stolas told the blonde.

Said blonde was quiet for a brief moment. "If it involves a gimp suit and peanut butter then I'm not doing it." Jaune said in a flat tone.

"Oh no, nothing like that. I have my little Impy for that." Stolas said in an aroused tone, unintentionally to Jaune. Jaune shivered in brief disgust at Stolas's words. Jaune found Stolas to be one of the most intelligent people he has ever met and, at the sametime, the most horniest. "And speaking of my little Impy, he recently started up a business and is currently looking for more people to hire."

Now this has caught Jaune's interest. If Stolas was recommending a job then it must pay well. Then again this is Hell.

"What's the job?" Jaune asked.

"Oh it's quite simple, you will be sent to Earth and kill whoever it is that a client wants dead. Be it a jilted lover or murder victim and so on." Stolas explained.

Jaune blinked at that, why did that sound familiar to him? Then it clicked. "Are you talking about Blitzø?" He asked.

Stolas was surprised by that. "Oh, you know him already?" He asked.

"Eh, kinda. I saw a commercial promoting his business not too long ago." Jaune admitted rather sheepishly.

"Aw, then that makes this easier. Well, I'll give him a call and have an interview set up for you." Stolas said.

"Wait." Jaune interjected. "You do know that I am not an assassin right?"

"Well yes, but you are quite skilled at taking a life. Your time working for me is proof of it." Stolas said.

"Yes, but that was when I was a bodyguard. Something that is completely different than working as an assassin." 'Plus I have very bad experiences with assassins.' Jaune mentally added the last part as his mind shifted to Mercury Black.

"I will admit it is quite a jump in career paths but trust me, you will find it to be worthwhile."

Jaune sighed, he didn't like it but he'll give it a shot. "Alright, I'll meet with him tomorrow. Just tell me when and where."

"Splendid! I will text you the address and time of the interview first thing. Take care Jaune." Stolas said.

"You too, Stolas." Jaune bid farewell as he hung up.

Jaune laid back down in bed and stared at the ceiling again. "Well, at least I don't have to worry about looking for a job." He chuckled to himself. Jaune then blinked as he realized something. "I didn't mention the grimoire did? Fuck." He said to himself as he groaned in his hands. "Oh well, that's a problem for another day." He sighed as he closed his eyes.

NEXT DAY

Jaune stood in front of the building that belonged to the address that Stolas sent him. And safe to say that Jaune was already regretting this. The building itself was in a very shady looking neighborhood, which says a lot considering that this is Hell.

"For fuck's sake, why does stuff like this happen to me?" Jaune groaned before letting out a deep sigh. "Oh well, no use whining about it now."

Jaune entered the building and made way to the elevator. He pushed the button to the floor where this I.M.P. business will be at.

Upon reaching the floor he was heading to, Jaune saw various doors to lead to different offices and businesses. And the names on the doors were…interesting to say the least.

"Bail Bonds, Malebranche and Associates Legal Aid, Snake Oil Vendors, Going Out of Business, Cult of Cthulhu, Cult of Abbadon, Wacky Wally Wakford's Wacky Idea "Factory", Literal Loan Sharks, Definitely not a Black Market Organ Trafficking ring…Monty what did I get myself into?" Jaune asked himself. Finally, he reached his destination. He looked at the door and saw that the only sign it had was a piece of paper that said "I.M.P." on it. Jaune raised his hand and knocked on the door.

No response.

Jaune knocked on the door again.

No response.

Jaune frowned and knocked again.

Again, no response.

Jaune exhaled sharply and his frown went deeper. This time, instead of knocking gently, Jaune banged on the door.

"Alright! Alright! I'm fucking coming!" He heard a feminine voice come from the other side of the door. Soon it opened up to reveal a female Hellhound. The Hellhound had white and gray fur, a black choker, a gray crop top with pentagram shaped strings, two small black hoop earrings on the left ear, another piercing on the right eyebrow, black shorts, and black gloves and stockings. She was also currently rubbing her eyes in annoyance.

'Ok, I'll admit she looks kinda hot.' Jaune thought to himself.

"Ok asshole what do yooooouuuu…oh wow." Upon taking a look at Jaune the Hellhound's eyes went wide. Her face grew a healthy shade of pink, with her tail wagging ever so slightly.

Jaune chuckled a bit at her reaction. "So I'm wow now instead of an asshole huh?" He asked in a cheeky and teasing tone.

The Hellhound's eyes widened and chuckled nervously. "Did I say asshole? I meant hand- I mean cut-, oh I mean… name's Loona by the way." Loona introduced herself as she played with her hair a bit.

"Jaune." He introduced, quite amused by how flustered Loona acted.

"So, what can I do for you?" Loona asked in a slight flirtatious tone.

Before Jaune could say anything, a loud voice spoke.

"Loona, who's at the door?!" The voice called out.

Loona's smile immediately dropped and was replaced with an annoyed scowl. She turned her head around and yelled. "Jaune!"

"Who the fuck is John?!" The voice asked. Mispronouncing Jaune's name, which caused the blonde sinner's left brow to twitch.

"I said Jaune not John!" Loona yelled.

"Well, what does Jane want?!" The voice yelled back, again getting Jaune's name wrong.

Loona turned back to Jaune. "Um, if you don't mind me asking, what are you here for?" Loona asked, trying not to sound rude.

"I'm actually here because Stolas said he'd set up an interview with, I'm presuming, your boss." Jaune explained.

Loona blinked as she asked. "Wait, you're the guy that Stolas sent?"

Jaune nodded.

Loona turned her head and yelled. "He's the guy that Stolas sent for the Interview!"

"Oh, that guy! Well send him in!" The voice ordered.

Loona opened the door a little wider and welcomed Jaune in. Which the blonde was happy to oblige.

Loona then guided Jaune to the boss's office, which he thanked her for. Upon entering Jaune spots and imp with big black horns with large white stripes. His face had a large white spot on the right side of his face, most likely a scar. He wore a suit with a trench coat that's torn at the end, boots, and fingerless gloves. There was also a heart shaped skull tattoo on his forehead.

"Hi there, name's Blitzø, the "o" is silent, please take a seat." The imp gestured to Jaune to sit down, which he did. "So what you're the one that Stolas sent, I'll admit you don't look like much."

Jaune rolled his eyes at the comment. "Neither do you pal." He replied.

"Oh, feisty I like it." Blitzø chuckled. "Anyways, Stolas called me and told me that you have certain skills that make you perfect for the position. What kind of skills are these exactly cause Stolas didn't say much other than it being a surprise."

"Well for starters I can do this." Jaune said as black mist formed around him. Once it died down, Jaune was no longer in his "human" form, instead he took the form of a large humanoid wolf. His body structure was similar to a Hellhound but his fur was completely bitch black. A large black tail protruded from his lower back. He had a long snout with piercing pupiless red eyes. His ears were triangular and straight. A boney mask covered the top part of his face, mainly around the eyes. Three small bone spikes came out of his shoulders with a longer one coming out of each knee. His legs were now digitigrade with white claws on his paws.

Jaune's clothes also shifted as he now wore a dark gray hoodie with black jeans. A pair of black fingerless gloves covered both of his hands.

"Is this satisfactory?" Jaune asked. Finding the shocked face that Blitzø made to be amusing.

"You damn right it is! You're hired!" Blitzø exclaimed.

Jaune blinked. "Wait, just like that?"

"Yup." Blitzø replied.

"No, other questions or either a demonstration of what else I can do?" Jaune asked.

"Look buddy, the fact you can shape shift is cool enough on its own. So do you want the job or not?" Blitzø asked as he extended his hand.

Jaune sighed as he shifted back to his human form. "Fine." Jaune said as he shook Blitzø's hand.

"Great, now if you come with me you'll get to meet the rest of the crew." Blitzø said as he got up and headed out the door. Walking towards the break room as he did.

Jaune got up and followed. "So I get to work with more people other than that cute Hellhound." Jaune said.

As soon as he said that, Blitzø stopped in his tracks. Which in turn caused Jaune to bump into him. The tall imp swiftly turned around and gave Jaune a cold stare.

"Okay, let me lay down some ground rules. One: I'm the boss and you have to listen to what I say, got it?" Blitzø explained.

"That's how it usually is but yeah I got it." Jaune said.

"And two: you are to never touch my daughter." Jaune was genuinely confused by that.

"Wait, she's your daughter?" He asked.

"Adopted." Blitzø quickly answered.

"Ah." Jaune replied.

"The point still stands, you won't lay a grubby finger on my little Loony got it mister." Blitzø said with a stern expression as he jammed a finger into Jaune's chest.

Jaune responded by giving him a mock salute. "Sir, yes sir." He said sarcastically.

"Good, now let's meet the rest of your new family." Blitzø said as he went back to walk to the break room. Completely missing Jaune's sarcastic reply as he did.

"Geez, this guy really is something." Jaune quietly muttered to himself.

A little while later, Jaune and Blitzø entered the break room. There they found Loona on her phone looking disinterested and two other Imps, one male and one female. The male was short with two horns coming out of his white hair. He had three white dots on each of his cheeks. The female was also short with black hair and a pair of small horns. She had giant eyelashes that brought out her yellow eyes.

Jaune noticed how closely together the two imps were, telling that they were at least a couple.

The group of three turned to the two, the imps looking at Jaune with interest while Loona looked excited as soon as she spotted him. Jaune gave them a smile and a wave, which made them do the same. Though Loona had a blush on her face as she did.

"Everyone, this is John, he's going to be working for us from now on. Say hello John." Blitzø introduced Jaune, getting his name wrong again.

Jaune rolled his eyes at that. "Okay first off; it's a pleasure to meet you all and second my name is Jaune not John." He empathized the "not" in his sentence as he gave Blitzø a brief glare. Which the Imp ignored

The smaller Imps got up and approached Jaune.

"Nice to meet ya! I'm Millie and this is my husband Moxxie." The now named Millie greeted as she grabbed Jaune's hand and rapidly shook it.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Jaune." Moxxie said, getting the blonde's name right.

"Likewise, I hope we get to know each other very well in the future." Jaune said with a smile.

Loona then approached Jaune, "So I guess you got the job huh?" She asked, her tail wagging slightly in excitement.

Jaune smiled. "Yup, guess we'll work very closely with each other." He said in a playful tone.

His words caused Loona to blush and shiver in delight.

Blitzø then chose to intervene. Standing between the two and pushed them away from each other. Causing Loona to growl at him in annoyance.

"Anyways, now that is out of the way we need to discuss the role you'll have in this company." He said, giving Jaune a brief glare.

"Okay." Jaune said simply.

"For starters, we won't have you go with us topside until you have shown you're ready." Blitzø said.

"Okay, that's understandable." Jaune said in agreement.

"And until then, you'll be responsible for our supplies. Making sure that we are mission ready. And that we get our morning coffee, pick up the dry cleaning, and some other stuff ." Blitzø added.

Jaune made a face at that. "So pretty much I'm an intern?" His deadpanned tone indicated how much he hated the idea.

"Yup." Blitzø said, popping the "P".

"Greeeeat." Drawed out Jaune. Rolling his eyes in annoyance as he did.

"Glad you think so, now stay here while I get your schedule and list tasks set up for tomorrow." Blitzø said as he left the room.

After the taller Imp was out of sight, Jaune spoke. "I wonder if it's too late to bail out now."

"Oh come on now, sugar. Blitz ain't that bad. He just takes some getting used to." Mille said as she approached him, nudging his side as she did.

"I beg to differ." Moxxie muttered as he crossed his arms.

Jaune simply hummed. Loona grabbed onto his left arm.

"You'll stay with us, right?" She asked as the Hellhound gave him her best puppy dog eyes.

Now, as someone who grew up with seven sisters and having to deal with Ruby and Nora's antics, you'd think that Jaune would have built up an immunity to it? Well he does, however, upon Loona being the one giving him those eyes made him falter. The fact that Loona was a Hellhound did not help in those regards.

"Um…." Jaune said dumbly.

"Please!" Her puppy eyes intensify.

It was then that Jaune gave in. "Well, I guess staying here won't be too bad." He sheepishly said.

Loona immediately brightened up and dragged Jaune to the other side of the break room to talk about some stuff.

Her actions caused Millie and Moxxie to look at her in confusion. Never had the married couple seen Loona act like that. Though Millie was starting to understand why.

"Am I seeing things?" Moxxie asked.

"Nope!" Millie replied. "What we're seeing is our little Hellhound is head over heels for our newest friend." She finished with a smile.

Moxxie blinked as he turned to Loona showing Jaune some stuff on her phone. With the blonde listening and watching with great intent.

"Huh, who would've thought." Moxxie told his wife.

"Love works in mysterious ways, Mox." Millie said.

Moxxie smiled softly. "That it does." He said.

The rest of the day went on smoothly. Ending with Jaune trading numbers with Millie, Moxxie, Blitzø, and Loona.

And this starts a new chapter in the life of our blonde knight.

To Be Continued.