The Mask of Zorro 3
Jaune and Sam meet again after 20 years.
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Somewhere in town, Jaune is at a open pup wanting to drink his sorrows for the lost of Saphron at the hands of Cardin. Well he look at 2 siblings playing together which was something he and Saphron once did when they were both children 20 years ago.
"Oh Jaune", Pyrrha said feeling sorry for his loss.
"Your stating to act like Uncle Qrow Vomit-Boy", Yang said knowing Jaune will act like Qrow if he wants be drunk.
"You know, you are like that when Summer died", Raven mentions.
"Don't remind me Raven."
"Hey, hey, hey. More whiskey." Jaune stops the owner ,"or whatever you call this. I don't want to see the bottom of this glass." Jaune showing the empty glass.
"Money first." The owner said to him.
"Money first. Hey, hey, hey. Wait, wait, wait! What about this?" Jaune said and shows the owner the silver neckless that he hangs on to now which some of the audiences do not like the idea of Jaune trading it for whiskey.
"Silver!" The owner attempts to take but Jaune stops him.
"Of course, silver. The finest." Jaune gets interrupted when someone's wooden cane pulls into the silver necklace.
"Where did you get that?" It turns out to be Sam and the owner walks away.
"It's none of your business!" Jaune refuse to answer but Sam persist.
"Where did you get it?" Sam ask again and Jaune relents.
"It was my sister's. She is dead." Jaune said and Sam let's go and he can tell whom Jaune's referring too because he knew the Arc Siblings 20 years during the time he was still Zorro and he remembers giving it to Saphron.
"I'm sorry."
"You're sorry? Why should you be sorry?"
"You should not trade it for a mere glass of whiskey."
"Sam is right Jaune, you should trade what belonged to your sister and now you", Weiss said to him.
"Yeah I should not."
"Why not? You think I could get two?" Jaune ask and laughs before seeing Cardin and his Nimbus Troops coming by.
"Who is that?" Sam ask as Jaune gets up picks the Skana Sword he has and runs at Cardin but Sam stops him.
"The man who killed my sister." Jaune said to Sam who Cardin is.
"You're drunk and angry, in no condition to fight a professional soldier." Sam tells him that Jaune is no condition to fight Cardin.
"He's right, drunks are in no position to fight a train soldier", Winter comment.
"Jaune can go down easily", Clover said.
"Get out of my way, you maggot!" Jaune tells him until Sam grabs him by the neck and pushes in what maybe is a storage area.
Jaune pulls out sword and toss the sheath aside and tries to slash and stab Sam but no avail. In the end Jaune is struck in the lower part of his legs until he gives up and Sam catches the sword after it was sent flying.
"Jaune is too drunk to fight properly", Ozpin said after seeing the outcome this short fight.
"Surely I can give him a better training if he's going to be my successor", Sam said knowing Jaune would become the next Zorro.
"You will all see that", Hakaze said to them.
"Would you care to try again?" Sam ask as Jaune groans in pain before pulling the sword away from him.
"You're welcome."
"For what?"
"For saving your life." Sam means he save Jaune from being killed by Cardin.
"I would have killed him." Jaune said but would have go down without a simple try.
"No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink. You would have fought very bravely and died very quickly. Who then would avenge your sister?" Sam tells Jaune what would have happened.
"So true", Cinder comment, but everybody knows what could have happened if Sam didn't stop Jaune.
"I would have found a way."
"I have never lost a fight. Except to a crippled old man just now. What is your name?"
"Jaune Arc."
"Jaune Arc." Sam remembers him all too well since that day in 20 years ago.
"You know, there is a very old saying: "When the pupil is ready, the master will appear." If you want to kill this man I can teach you how. How to move, how to think, how to take your revenge with honor. And live to celebrate it. It will take dedication and time." Sam is more than willing to train Jaune to become the next Zorro and kill Cardin and avenge Saphron in honor.
"Why are you so eager to help me?"
"Because once, a long time ago, you did the same for me." What Sam said gave Jaune the idea that Sam is actually the Zorro 20 years ago.
"Now he remembers that Sam is really Zorro 20 years ago", Blake said.
"I guess they need to be somewhere before Jaune can get his training from Sam", Yang said next.
"I believe Sam knows a place to do so", Pyrrha said.
Where Jaune and Sam are is back at the old lair that's below the old household of Sam, well it's a bit in ruins since it's already been 20 years since it was abandoned. Jaune looks around the place and then turns to Sam.
"I can't believe it. I never thought that, one day, I would be standing in the lair of the fox. In the lair of Zorro." Jaune commented about being in the lair of Zorro.
"This place was devoted to the training of Zorro." Sam said to him.
"Where were you all these years? I thought you were dead."
"I was dead. And we will leave it at that." Sam said because he doesn't want Jacque to know he's still alive.
"Perhaps Sam wants to be sure Jacque doesn't know he's still alive", Nicholas commented.
"It's better that way", James like that kind of idea and form a plan.
"I remember the last time I saw you. You were fighting a hundred men." Jaune said remember the day he saw Sam as Zorro.
"A hundred men? I do not forget." Sam never forgot the times he was still Zorro.
"You were the greatest swordsman who ever lived. Yes." Jaune said.
"Jacque Gele was the governor of Shade then. Do you remember him?"
"What?"
"Jacque Gele. Do you remember him?"
"Yes. His Nimbus Commandos killed many. And he was the sworn enemy of Zorro. You." Jaune remembers and never forgotten Jacque Gele.
"Jacque has come back." Sam informs him that Jacque as returned.
"Good. Then you can kill him." Jaune said believing Sam is going back as Zorro.
"No, there are too many complications for me to ignore." Sam is troubled by the sight on seeing Pyrrha and that's his main focus, but more then that.
"Is it because of Pyrrha?" Jaune ask Sam but Hakaze steps in.
"It's more than just about Pyrrha, there is something that Sam needs to know on what Jacque is planning for Shade", Hakaze answered.
"What complications? I can see we are not gonna spend much time talking." Jaune said wanting to know what the complication are.
"Jacque has some design for Shade, otherwise he would not have retained the services of Captain Winchester. We must find out what that is." Sam explains even the part that Jacque ask for Cardin's service to begin with.
"Oh so Jacque hired Cardin in service", Velvet said.
"Yeah, that's why Cardin became Jacque's underling in order to help him on what he's planning on Shade", Hakaze answer.
"Whatever Jacque is planning can't be good is it?" Weiss ask if it's bad.
"For villain, it is bad."
"And then what?"
"If you are ready, we will both tempt our fates." Sam said they will get started on the training that he planned to give Jaune.
"Let's go, then." Jaune then steps into the spot and pulls out the Skana Sword, but Sam has some question about Jaune's experiences with the Sword.
"Do you know how to use that thing?" Sam's question made most of audiences to snicker and laugh.
"What kind of question that?" Jaune wondered.
"Jaune you know how to use sword in our Universe in the a proper way, the question is can your counterpart do it because it's not like your counterpart had any training had experience like a pro", Ren said to him.
"Oh."
"Yes. The pointy end goes into the other man." Jaune said knowing on how impaling goes.
"This is going to take a lot of work." Sam said and everyone knows that.
"Yeah, a lot", James knows it's the same for a soldier.
"Well let's see how that goes", Winter comments.
"After Jaune becomes a pro, he can be Zorro now", Hakaze said to them.
Next scene is Jaune is standing in the middle of the circle and Sam standing outside of it holding the sword. Sam has to give Jaune enough knowledge before he can train him to be the next Zorro.
"This is called a training circle. The master's wheel. This circle will be your world, your whole life. Till I tell you otherwise, there is nothing outside of it." Sam said what the circle means.
"Captain Winchester", Jaune was about to talk but Sam interrupts.
"There is nothing outside of it. Captain Winchester does not exist until I say he exists. As your skill improves you will progress to a smaller circle." Sam said then press the sword on the silver necklace of Jaune.
"Each new circle brings you that much closer to your adversary. That much closer to retribution." Sam said to Jaune on far the new circles can bring him.
"I like that part." Jaune said.
"Shall we?" Sam ask if they should do it now.
"Okay let's see how that goes", Ruby said wanting to see how this training is going to go for Jaune.
"I bet it's going to be very painful", Blake said believing on how painful it's going to be.
"Dad?" Pyrrha turn to him with a glare.
"My screen-self Pyrrha, not me sitting here", Sam tells Pyrrha and the rest of the family that it's screen-self and not him in the audiences.
Next Jaune and Sam who just shaved the beard off step into the circle and both armed with a Sword. Jaune fix his gloves and pulls out his sword, then started waving around and aims it at Sam. Sam easily knocks off his hands with his own sword which gave more laughter among the audience.
"Oh that was very hilarious", Mercury said while laughing.
"They'll have another go round", Emerald said to him.
Okay doing it again, but this time Sam instructs Jaune.
"Slow. Attack slow." They clash their swords slowly.
"Attack.
"Slow. Again. Slow." They do it slow again.
"First triangle. Slowly. Good." Then they do it again different moves tis time but slowly before they stop.
"Good. That is good." Sam said impress by the outcome.
"Thank you."
"Okay now they do it faster", Hakaze said knowing that they won't do it slow like they were just now.
"Attack." Sam and Jaune do it faster this time and Jaune seem to have no problem with it.
"Good." Sam said after they stop and Jaune smiles.
"Time for a drink." Sam said to him.
"Oh please, nothing of that", Melissa Arc said hoping Sam Nikos doesn't get her son drunk.
"Actually we won't be seeing that, more montage of Jaune's training", Hakaze assures her that will see more training in the end.
"Oh thank Oum."
Next is Jaune doing pushes with some hot candle below him that he does to avoid not to fall in, while Sam leaves his keeps his booted feet on his back while reads. Sam then whacks Jaune with his wooden cane to get him to stop now.
"Perfect. Do it again." Sam said to him.
"Nice moves on the and pushes ups, but whacking him is a little too much", Pyrrha compliments Jaune but doesn't appreciated the whacking.
"I'm very sorry", Sam apologies.
Next is training with the ropes that helps Jaune swing around and does so perfectly while Sam watches. The next training is with the Sword strike moves while Sam uses the whip.
"One, five, three!" Sam says and Jaune makes a move with the sword strikes.
"Six, four, two!" Jaune makes another.
"And lunge." Sam said and Jaune does the lunging part.
Then on purpose, Sam whips Jaune in the leg and then on the butt, some had both hands on their mouth on the whipping on Jaune's leg and butt, after Sam wraps the whip around him, Jaune charges at him but Sam subdues him with a Sheev Dagger to his neck.
"EVEN MORE TOO MUCH!" Pyrrha shouts.
"I'm still very sorry!"
"Lesson number one, never attack in anger." Sam said to Jaune before smelling his elbow." Lesson number two, come with me." Sam said and Jaune smells his elbow and wonders about it.
"Do really smell bad, when was the last time took a bath or shower?" Jaune wonders.
"Maybe a long time ago?" Ren took a guess.
Anyway, after taking a bath, shave and haircut, Jaune is perfectly looking like everyone knows him.
"So, what is lesson number three?"
"To get to lesson number four."
"Looking good Jaune", Pyrrha said liking his new look.
"Thank you Pyrrha."
Then back to another spar match, so they start but this time Jaune is better then Sam and knocks his sword up in the air which he then catches.
"Hah! Ha!" Jaune in victory mode and toss Sam's sword back to him.
"Again?"
"Now your a trained swordsmen and pro Jaune", Sam said after seeing Jaune come out as the victor.
"So does that mean Jaune is ready to be the new Zorro now?" Ruby ask Hakaze if Jaune is going to be the second Zorro now.
"Not just yet, there's one more thing they need to do before Jaune is ready to be the new Zorro."
Both Sam and Jaune are in town using a wagon and they stop. They see Cordovin and her Nimbus escorting a familiar Black Stallion Horse.
"Black Andalusian. Magnificent."
"It looks like your old horse, Tornado." Jaune said which gave the audiences a question.
"Wait, that Black Stallion is not the same horse?" Weiss ask Hakaze.
"No it isn't, it's unknown on what happened to Tornado after the Sam's household was burn down and Sam's imprisonment"
While they keep watching, the Black Stallion breaks free and cause a mayhem while trying to get away until Jaune steps in and calms the Black Stallion down.
"Hey, hey!" Jaune was able to calm the Black Stallion down this time.
"Quiet, quiet." Jaune said until Cordovin comes in and grabs the rope.
"Damned horse. What are you doing, huh? What are you doing?" Cordovin then leaves with the Black Stallion.
"Cordovin and her attitude", Winter commented really not like Cordovin.
"I'll see you tonight" Jaune said knowing will go and retrieve the Black Stallion.
"Looks like Jaune is going in a Zorro after all", Ruby said liking what's coming next.
"But in improvise", Hakaze said and everyone wonders what's that mean.
End
Coming up next, Jaune takes his first action as Zorro, but in a improvise Costume.