Plans and Dungeons
A/N: Hello everyone, we have a new chapter up and running, I am truly blessed, and grateful, to have more fans to follow this story. Danmachi is not well known to some people who like anime, and is a great crossover with stories like RWBY
I write stories about Jaune, because in my opinion, Jaune is one of the best characters in the series. I got into an argument with someone saying Jaune is a Self-insert character, that he is annoying, a stupid character, etc. That whole SI thing, a lot of characters are self-inserts in stories, so stop complaining about that please!
And for the 'political' stand point what some people are saying is, he is a straight white male, and he is evil, and problem. And I say screw off, all of you believe that, are following the wrong sides in things. If you believe in harming others like that, believing that people like that is a problem, then, you need to reevaluate your thinking, and be better as a person.
But I am so sorry, for that rant, I just had that on my chest, and needed to get it off my chest. So without a further ado, let's go!
Jaune woke up, staring at a grey brick ceiling. He lifted himself to a seated position, and took in the room he was in. He forgot for a quick moment, he had died. And now he was in a new world all together.
He looked off to the side, and seen Bell still sleeping on the couch, and Hestia laying down in her bed. He smiled at that, even though he is somewhere else he had found amazing people already.
But, he still misses everyone so much.
Jaune looked down, and started to tear up.
"I still miss you all so much, Mom, Dad, Saph, Ren, Nora, Ruby, Pyrrha. All my sisters, all my friends I am so sorry I was not strong enough to live for all of you!" Jaune said to himself weeping silently. He still blames himself for everything, he hates himself for not saving Pyrrha, and for not living for all of them.
Even he got his justice, he still has turmoil in his heart. But, he then remembers his talk with Bell yesterday.
"I am still working threw it, I need to be better. And, for all of you, I will live for all of you!" Jaune said to himself, he may not be 100% better, but he believes that he will get there someday. Being in this familia, may help mend his heart, and become a hero here, as well being the man, Pyrrha, his friends, and family, can, and will be proud of! And that is an Arcs word!
Jaune got up and stretched a little, waking himself up, he went to the bathroom area, and got a little brush, that was actually a tooth brush. When he first seen what it was, he thought that it was used as a small duster. He then grabbed a fluid that works the same as tooth paste, and brushed teeth, after a few seconds, he heard Bell, and Hestia stirring, and waking up. He peered out of the bathroom to see them. They both made a huge yawn at the same time, Jaune laughed slightly, it looked very funny, and he can tell that those two were close.
Ever since after Pyrrha died, he became less dense, when it comes to feelings, specifically in the romantic perspective. He may not understand all the time when a woman is being nice, or just being flirty, he learned that from Weiss, sadly. But, now he can see when someone likes each other, or one likes the other.
Jaune can tell that Hestia, really likes Bell, the way she clings to him, and looks at him, she is pretty smitten. It really confused Jaune at first, she is a god, he didn't think gods would be interested in mortals like that, but maybe things work differently here. Since the gods aren't all that all powerful anymore while down here, they will find others desirable.
Jaune leaned back in and finished bushing, he gave one last big stretch, and went out to greet his familia.
"Good morning Hestia, and Bell, how are you all feeling right now?" Hestia looked over, still slightly asleep,.
"*Yawn*, pretty good Jaune, how were you?" Hestia rubbed her eyes, and yawned slightly again. Jaune just chuckled, she was adorable.
"I had a few dreams, about home, I know it's only been a day, but gods, I really miss everyone." Jaune said still having a somber look. Hestia seen that look, and her hearted bled for him. She could not imagine, leaving a who universe, or reality all together. New rules, new afterlife, new everything! And finally, he was killed, died in the line of battle, stopping an evil woman.
She may not be able to help him, right now, but she can do something small.
"Hey don't use me in vain here Jaune." Hestia gained a teasing playful smirk to him. That caused Jaune to perk up and was about to apologize, but seeing her sly grin, he knew that she was messing with him. Jaune just started giggling slightly.
"Hehe, good one Hestia." Jaune said cracking a small amused smile.
"And thank you for wanting to help me. Truly it was nice of you." Jaune said to her. Hestia smiled, and was glad she was able to help even just a little. But she couldn't help but frown slightly.
She was able to make a familia, but she wasn't able to help them survive. Sure they have a roof over their heads, but, this place is run down and, they could barely afford to eat good enough food. Heck they didn't even have enough cups!
She wanted to help Bell desperately, Bell wanted to get stronger not only for himself, but for her. It wounded her heart so much seeing him coming home bloody, and exhausted. She had a plan, and she was going to find Hephaestus, and beg her to make Bell a weapon. It didn't matter the cost she will work for it!
But now with Jaune here, it was slightly easier, Bell told her that they made over 2000 valis in their first dive, and they were not there for that long. That was a blessing right there, and when they start to really go into the dungeon, success for them would be assured! But, her heart also bled for Jaune. Here was a young boy, no a young man who lost his life, protecting people, and stopping a great evil. But, was not able to go home, due to his sacrifice. His life was taken too soon, and now he is stuck here, in a world unfamiliar, and a world not his own. And, he still wants to do good work here.
Hestia heard rumors about his speech, and ignited something in a lot of adventurers, she even heard that some are starting to be just slightly more charitable. By that, helping do minor stuff without a reward, it was small but, it was something.
Hearing how he wants to do good for others, and them, she was planning to beg Hephaestus, for two weapons, but that would not do. She would turn her away, and demand not to see her ever again. But what can she do?
Wait…she's got it, instead of making a new weapon, upgrade his weapon instead! She knew what she had to do! Hestia perked up, and popped the question she needed.
"Jaune can I see your sword please?" Hestia asked but with a bright smile. This caused Jaune to jump a little followed by Bell brushing his teeth himself.
"Uhh sure, what do you want to see of it?" Jaune asked her, while giving her his ancestral sword. Hestia grabbed it, noticing that it is a little bit heavy for her, but quickly got used to it.
"I want to hold onto this for a few days, there is something that I want to do that could probably help you out more." Hestia said with a joyful smile. This confused to Bell and Jaune to no end. Especially Bell.
"B-but wait goddess, how will Jaune fight in the dungeon without his sword, he will be defenseless without anything offensive." Bell pointed out, worried for his new familia member. Hestia was about to say something realizing the issue, but Jaune stopped her before she could say anything.
"Don't worry Bell, you can't be a huntsman, or an adventurer if you're a one trick pony. You need to know how to fight without an offensive weapon, my shield could be more than enough. And you will need to fight with your fists if you need to." Jaune said to Bell. But Bell was still doubting it.
"But, aren't shields just for defending, you won't be able to do much damage! And you haven't shown a shield before" Bell was still worried. Hestia was confused, where the heck did keep a shield, he just had a sheath!
It's true Jaune didn't pull out his shield when he first went into the dungeon. Jaune just smirked and just took up his sheath. He gripped the handles that the other two couldn't see. He pressed the button to unfold the shield, and the sheath unfolded into a shield! This freaked out Bell and Jaune to no end, a sheath turning into a shield, it was crazy to them! It was a heater shield, that was the color white, and had a gold, and a little bit of bronze trim to it. It was beautiful.
"H-h-h-how i-is that possible?" Bell and Hestia both asked, utterly flabbergasted, it looked like their eyes were going to bulge out of their bodies, and both of their jaws on the floor. Jaune just laughed at their expressions, it was so funny, he was the same when Ruby shown off Cresent Rose for the first time. His was a first generation of Mecha shift technology. It was old, but one of the best and strongest. That's what Ruby told him, and other blacksmiths too. If it was coming from Ruby, he will trust her word, over all she was a genius when it comes to weapons if it wasn't for her, he wouldn't have come up with the design for his shield. He came up with his sword becoming a great sword, and she was so happy, to see her best friend doing something without her. She clung onto him for hours and not letting go. She was like a koala at the time, it was adorable and funny to her.
But, she did do something for him, and he did something that could make their eyes pop. He pressed a button in his shield and flicked his wrist and the shields bottom tip was now pointing down his arm. His shield was no longer vertical, but it was horizontal! The two became even more flabbergasted. Jaune decided to start talking.
"This is called mechashift. In my world, we figured out we can combine weapons, and transform them to meet our needs depending on the situation." Jaune said to them, they were still in shock, and nodded dumbly, but they were impressed by that. Quick changing weapons, that is revolutionary! But Jaune wasn't done yet.
"Goddess, can I have my blade back, I want to show you two something." Jaune said with a cheeky smile. Both Bell and Hestia both looked at Jaune knowing he was going to do something surprising, and they know now he just messing with them at this point. Hestia gave in and humored him, by giving back his sword.
Jaune then sheathed his sword, and then pressed in, and pressed a button, and they heard some clicking, and metal connecting, and noticed that the shield changed slightly, and they didn't notice it now, the shield was also bladed! He turned his regular sword into a great sword!
Both Bell and Hestia were so shocked, they didn't do a thing, and just waited for Jaune to explain.
"This is the last form of my mechashift, I connect both my sword and shield to make a more powerful weapon. It helps if I need to take down something that is more…sturdier." Jaune said to them.
Bell was thinking that it was amazing, but so much to absorb, people back in his world can do this, what were the possibilities to their weapons compared to theirs?! Magic was common here, what would happen if they combined it their technology?
Hestia was amazed, their level of technology was astonishing! She could imagine the possibilities of what the technology can do for this world, but it can also be dangerous from those who are bad, and evil. So it's best for now that only one person has it, and one with a virtues, heroic and kind heart.
Now she has another plan. Hestia gained a somber look.
"Jaune…I'm going to need your shield too, I want to talk to someone about how to make sure you and Bell prosper." Bell and Hestia looked at her, in surprise, Jaune will really be defenseless, but like Jaune said, you can't be a one trick pony. You need to able to fun with your hands. And other weapons. Jaune looked hesitant, but he needed to trust her judgement, no matter how he felt. He undid the transformation, and it was just a sword, and a bladed sheath again, and slowly gave it to Hestia.
Hestia, almost leaned forward for how heavy the sword and shield was to her, but was able to carry herself better. She gave him a reassuring smile.
"I promise, to give Crocea Mors back to you, this is so you and Bell can live better lives, and to truly be happy, so please have faith in me to do something right." Hestia gave Jaune and Bell a determined look, and a confident smile.
Both Jaune and Bell looked shocked at her promise, and conviction. Bell hasn't seen Hestia this dedicated, it was surprising, and he loved it. Jaune and Bell both looked at each other, and had a determined look, and looked back to Hestia, and gave her nod.
Hestia lit up, and hugged Jaune.
"Thank you Jaune you won't regret this." Hestia said hugging him.
When she broke the hug she told them about the feast and that she will be gone for a few days, and hopefully something amazing will be back for them. They were both confused on what she is going to do, but they agreed, after sometime gathering what they needed for the dungeon. From small forms of food, and any potions Bell had, they both nodded, and told the goddess they will see her later, she nodded looking at the dress she will wear to the banquet.
Jaune and Bell both started walking towards the dungeon. But Bell still wanted to give Jaune a weapon, Jaune tried to tell him no, but Bell went over to a cheap store, and bought him a cheap hand and a half sword, it would suit him well, it cost 1000 valis though, because he needed some kind of durability.
"You didn't have to spend that much money on me Bell, you know my aura is still a good counter, and the monsters are relatively easy for me." Jaune said to Bell. But, Bell just shook his head and looked at him.
"I know you can Jaune, I have seen it, the amount of strength you have, and you have more experience than me, but you never know when you will need a weapon. Some weapons, are needed when fighting certain monsters, hands, legs, feet, etc. You will need some kind of weapon." Bell told him, giving all good points.
Jaune looked to his side slightly, and it was true. Sure, he seen someone like Hazel use only his fists, but, he was using his semblance to help him fight better. And even though Yang fights with her fists, she still has some kind of weapon on her, so anything is better than nothing. Jaune nodded his head in agreement.
"Yeah your right Bell, I was being over confident, I'm glad you got this for me, so lets head there now." Jaune said to Bell, getting pumped up. Bell felt the same.
"Yeah lets go!" Bell said with enthusiasm, as they both started to jog towards the dungeon. They were both ready for whatever the dungeon throws at them.
"Hey Bell~" A slight sultry feminine voice called out to Bell.
Both Bell and Jaune stopped in their tracks and looked to their right side to see a hostess with silver/ gray hair, waving at him happily. Bell smiled and went over to her. Jaune just stopped and walked himself over.
"Hey Bell, you going to the dungeon I see." Syr spoke to him looking at him happily, but if you look deep in her eyes there is slight lust in there.
"Yes I am, but I am not going at it alone anymore, I got a familia member." Bell said to Syr. He presented Jaune to her.
"Jaune, this is Syr, she works here at this restaurant know as "The Hostess Fertility." It is a really good restaurant, with great staff, along with great food." Bell introduced Jaune to Syr.
"And Syr this Jaune, he is my newest familia member, he just joined us yesterday." Bell said to Syr, he just hopes she likes him, Jaune is a good guy. Syr just gotten a little closer to Jaune looking at his face, she was studying him, tilting her head a little cutely a few times while humming slightly. Jaune was getting a little antsy, wanting to head to the dungeon soon, but more so with this beautiful girl looking at him like this.
Syr looked at him cutely, and slightly sensually like she did with Bell when they first met.
"Hmmmmm, your very cute, just like Bell here." Syr said to Jaune putting her finger on her lip, looking at him slyly. This caused both Bell and Jaune for their faces turn red, and looked like steam coming out of their heads.
"EEHHH?!" Both Jaune and Bell exclaimed. That caused Syr to just laugh at them. They were both so cute, and it seemed like Jaune is easy to tease just like Bell, that caused her to smile more.
"Hahaha, you two are two easy! But congratulations Bell for getting a new Familia member. I have heard of Jaune, his speech is spreading like Wild fire, while some have wrote it down. You became quite a celebrity in one day, huh Mr. Knight?" Syr questioned teasingly.
That caused both Bell and Jaune to calm down, but Jaune just looked away sheepishly.
"I was just speaking the truth, and what was on my heart, I didn't expect a lot of people to love it that much." Jaune said with a slight blush, he was very bashful, and she thought that was cute.
"I beg to differ, everyone who heard it started to do minor changes with themselves, trying to be more kinder to other people, like supporters, but there is still a divide on that, not everyone is so easily moved by words, sadly." Syr said with a small smile. She did mean that, she had seen some more politeness from some adventurers. Small things like less cat calling. But, a lot was not moved, they thought he was full of himself, and didn't mean it. She does hope that, someday there will be kinder hearted adventurers in the future, inspired by his words.
"Well, I don't blame anyone not believing me, they just heard me speak with passion, but they have yet to see me in action, and my works. Hopefully then they can see how serious I am with my words. I will show them what it means to be a hero." Jaune smiled at first admitting that Syr was right, without showing his works, he won't be able to inspire those, without his works. And he will show who he is.
Bell looked on with joy, Jaune is a hero and he knows it. Syr looked on stunned slightly but, gave a good natured smile.
"I look forward, to see what you do in the future Jaune, and you too Bell." She said too both Jaune, and Bell. "Here take this Bell, it's a good thing I made more, I thought that you would get even hungrier in the dungeon, but it looks like you two will have enough for each other." Syr gave him a lunch box, but was bigger than the first time she gave to Bell. Instead of 4 sandwiches, there are 8, but with extra meat!
"Thank you so much, but you didn't have to do this for me." Bell said to her being humble. Jaune nodded beside him. Syr just shook her head.
"I like you Bell, a lot, you have a good heart, and I want to see you around more, the world needs more people like you, and seeing Jaune here, there is proof there are others like that out there, and I want to preserve that, so don't worry about that." Syr said to them with a friendly smile. Bell, and Jaune looked at each other, and nodded and gave their thanks to her.
But, then she gave a big smile.
"Besides I want you to continue spending money here." Syr said, Bell and Jaune almost face vaulted at that. She was using this as an excuse to get paid more too! But, she was serious about keeping them alive though, and it wasn't because of the money, it was for something else.
As Bell, and Jaune both waved their goodbyes, Syr waved back happily. She turned back to go into the restaurant, but paused, to turn her head around slightly to look at them both, and smiled almost lustfully at them both.
Freya, disguised as Syr, couldn't believe her luck! Bell Cranel a soul clear, and pure, it was so….enticing that she needed to have him. Everyone she has been with was amazing sure, and they are in her life, but Bell was something else, a prize she needed to have. She was so attracted to him, body and soul, it was almost mistaken from lust to love. She did feel love for him, because of the soul he has.
Oh my she needed him!
But, now she has seen a second familia member. Tall, and handsome. But, he was….unique to say the least.
Now she has seen shining heroic souls, she had her fill with that, but his, seemed to be able to uplift those, and support them to no end. Not only that, it seemed like his soul was some how protecting his body? It was inside of him, and at the same time protecting him, from the outside as well!
It was something she has never seen before, and it was something she needed to have. His soul was almost like a blue sky, and a sunny day, but it was cloudy, with some looking like a storm about to happen. Something traumatic must have happened to him, and she wants those clouds to clear, and see that light to shine truly for all, and that light shine on her!
His soul was also foreign to her, like his didn't belong here, and she wants to protect that soul, and preserve it for ages to come!
She had to stop herself from shuddering, drooling, sliding her hand down, and clenching her thighs together.
'Oh to have those two unique beings sandwiching me, hollowing me out, while I squeal their names, while I bring them to the most complete ecstasy they have ever had in their lives!' Freya thought to herself.
'But patience, those two are special, there is something about those two, I thought I was in love with one, but two, this is going to be interesting, shine forward adventurers, your journey has just started.' Freya thought one more time, and went back into The Hostess of Fertility.
Jaune and Bell both made it into the dungeon, and were already on level one. And they were talking out plans.
"Ok Bell, when it comes to the small fry of these monsters I have no problem using my hands, and feet. The monsters on this level is so slow and weak to me the sword wouldn't be necessary." Jaune said to Bell.
Bell nodded in agreement, it is true, his fists would be more than enough.
"I agree Jaune but it comes to more the more bigger ones like war shadows, and kobolds, or a dungeon lizards, I do advise the sword, because some of them are known to use weapons, and are more tougher to put down." Bell advised Jaune.
Jaune nodded his head. He will agree with Bell, he didn't have Crocea Mors, and he was sounding over confident at first, but now, he was able to bring himself back, and take precautions. Even the most weakest can still do a lot of damage, he could attest to that. From just unlocking his aura, and fighting an elder Death Stalker, is a good testament.
"Alright lets do this." Jaune said, to Bell, with him agreeing.
They walked for three minutes until at least 10 goblins came by, they all growled at them, and was about to run to attack.
"You take 5, I take five." Jaune said charging at them.
"Yeah!" Bell said agreeing with Jaune.
Bell held his knife in a reverse grip, and a vertical slice to the first goblin, cutting the top part of it's head off. The creature screamed for half a second but fell over, brain falling out.
He then then sprinted over to one another, and plunged the knife into it's throat, it gurgled slightly, but the stab was perfect and severed it's spinal cord, and it fell over dead.
Jaune watched briefly, Bell was doing well, he turned to the first goblin on his side. He knew that he can use his fists to beat them, screwing finesse, he did a hammer blow on top of it's head, it's essentially exploded, and fell over dead.
He then went to the next, but this one was in slight fear seeing what happened to it's dead comrade, and tried to attack by slicing Jaune with its claws. The goblin tried to claw at Jaune's hip, but Jaune easily moved to the side of the creature, and Jaune bent down a lower level, and gave a left hook to it's gut, and Jaune's fist was buried in its gut.
Jaune almost grimaced with the grossness of the situation. But quickly shook it off, he reached upward, and felt something rock like, and pulled it out. The goblins magic stone was pulled out, and it disintegrated. The stone was the size of a pebble, well they say this is the most weakest of monsters, but you always start somewhere.
Jaune then went over, and gave a right uppercut to a slightly bigger goblin at almost 4 feet, and knocked it's head off.
Jaune then gave a straight left to a goblin to his last goblin's chest, knocking out the magic stone, killing it quickly. Jaune gave a breath, not as good as Yang's technique, but it is something, he will work on his punches as time goes on.
Bell had one more left. Bell then held his dagger in a hammer grip, and charged at the goblin, he stabbed it right in chest, making sure not to damage the magic stone, this caused the goblin scream in pain. Then Bell, took out his knife, and gave reverse grip, and plunged it down into the creatures head killing it finally.
Bell was breathing slightly, and Jaune walked over smiling.
"Great job Bell, that was even faster than yesterday, probably because we are well rested." Jaune said to Bell, and he just nodded and smiled slightly.
"Yeah, much easier, and with you here, I was able to kill my own, without having to run away. And now we got ten magic stones, and four drops!" Bell said excitedly.
Four goblins dropped goblin fangs, that. Four of those together is 1200 valis, if they were bigger, it would be 500 valis each!
Bell quickly picked them up, along with the magic stones. Jaune was actually having fun, and destroying monsters is a good thing, they are not only earning money, but they are protecting the world, from any monster that gets out of the dungeon, and can wreak havoc on the world. So they are doing the world a great service.
After Bell picked up everything. They continued on ward.
They heard rock crumbling, and Jaune seen what a monster looks like when first being born. It was a little weird and looked like they were in the fetal position. They were bipedal wolves, standing up, and snarling at both Bell and Jaune. These were known as Kobolds, and there was three of them.
Jaune decided to unsheathe his sword, just to be safe. Both kobolds, charged towards them, two went for Bell, while one went for Jaune. Jaune simply stood there, holding his sword two handed style. He then raised slightly over head, waited for the monster to get close to him, and then sliced down ward vertically.
The monster split in half, and the body fell, with the magic stone falling, and with it a Kobold claw, a reasonably big one.
Jaune then quickly turn to the other two, Bell managed to run to the side, and dodged their lunge, he then rushed the kobold and sliced it's chest deep, but the creature was still alive, he kept his signature reverse grip, and used momentum, and sliced diagonally, from its left shoulder, causing the creature to disintegrate almost instantly.
The Kobold was about to sink it's fangs into Bell's skull! Bell was about swing around and decapitate it, but Jaune put his arm out, letting bite down on his arm. Bell was about to scream out to Jaune, but noticed that the Kobold's fangs essentially shattered. It howled in pain, causing Bell to look flabbergasted.
"Eye on the prize Bell." Jaune said to Bell, causing him to perk up, and to get ready. They both charged at the suffering Kobold, Bell stabbed it in the stomach are, and Jaune sliced horizontally decapitating it. Bell was about to call out to Jaune, and check his arm. But, Jaune beat him to it, and shown him his arm, not a scratch.
Jaune grinned at Bell, but Bell sighed, he was still worried. Jaune saw this, and reassured him.
"Don't worry Bell, I won't always do that, I noticed how weak these monsters on this level, they pretty much don't harm me, but I just noticed it's just fangs and claws from, goblins and those kobolds, who knows what will happen if it was something else." Jaune reassured Bell. He promised he won't do that too often, his aura acts as a small shield for him, so on this level he was able to take their blows, with little to no damage, so it's a win-win. Bell was glad that things are going to go more smoothly now, and that Jaune was going to be more careful, but, he was still worried.
They looked back to see the magic stones that fell, and the kobold claws that fell. The kobold's claw can reach an amount of 700 valis, but the bigger one that Jaune was able to drop can go for 900-1000 valis. They were going to have a good haul, and the day just started, it's a good thing Bell grabbed more bags, for their loot.
The two were about to move further down in the dungeon. Until they heard a clucking sound. They looked at each other, and followed the noise. They see a big monster that looks like a rooster, but with fluffy green feathers, it was just looking around.
Both Bell, and Jaune's eyes widened. They both heard of this creature, a rare monster that is guaranteed a drop, the drop itself can give over 1,000,000 valis! This is a Jack Bird, and they are going to try to slay it!
A/N: Another chapter in the books, I do hope everyone likes this chapter, next chapter I will try to incorporate how Hephaestus will help Hestia when it comes re-forging Jaune's sword and shield.
And Freya has her eyes on Jaune now too, how will things go with her sights on him.
I hope everyone will have a great one. And May God Continue To Bless You All!