Hello.
This is a remake of an old story I decided to purged for having too far gone my liking. I've dolled it up a bit, changed something, and the overall plot and planning had been reworked on my end, so hopefully it'll be more comfy to read.
I made this in the hope that I can get my author sense back, so I can write again. Life been tough, so I need something to keep me sane. Hope you guys enjoy~
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CHAPTER 1: The Beginning of the... Future? (OVERHAULED)
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Jaune thought his life couldn't get any worse.
He had come from an ancient lineage of heroes and warriors in Remnant. Many tales had told the legendary deeds of his ancestors and his parent had taken it upon themselves to retell them to their kids for bedtime stories. His obsession and dream of becoming a hero was (probably) their fault. Although his family was nothing more than humble country folks who preferred to live peacefully and in anonymity, his desire to revive the legacy of their family had always been strong.
But they aren't rich by any means, just well-off enough that none of them had ever gone hungry. They can't send him to a combat school as there's none nearby and they can't afford nor are they willing to send their only son alone to the closest one in Patch, which is quite far from their town. So Jaune Arc had to go to a normal school for civilians that offers absolutely no combat classes, which meant he had to train by himself just swinging his family's old sword at a dummy over and over again.
His family probably thought he'd outgrown his childish dream of becoming a huntsman and a hero like their great, great grandfather, but he never did. He saved up money from his allowance and part-time he'd done in the hope that maybe he could transfer to a combat school, only for his dream to be dashed when he realized combat schools have age restrictions.
So, he used the money to forge a transcript instead. He did not expect it to work, but it did so here he was. Hanging out with his team, sometimes with their neighbouring team RWBY, training with THE Pyrrha Nikos, getting into trouble, getting whipped by Goodwitch-
Wait, that last one didn't sound right.
Then it happened.
A flash of light in the middle of their room surprised everyone, and before anyone could even question anything the light subsided and a young girl stood in its place. She has blond hair with a reddish hue tied into a simple ponytail, and bright green eyes that seem to sparkle. She's wearing a bronze-coloured breastplate, brown skirt, and a pair of bronze-coloured steeled combat boots. Jaune then noticed the silver tiara on her forehead with a bright, emerald gem in the middle.
There's a silence.
"So…" Lie Ren, the silent one in their group, was the first one to snap out of the weirdness that had happened. "Who are you?"
The girl blinks, her gaze goes around the room as if scanning them. Then she put her hands on her waist and smirked, "I'm Helena!" The girl declared proudly, "Helena Arc!"
Another silence.
All eyes went to Jaune, who quickly shook his head to signal that he didn't know who she was. Then their eyes went back to the still-smirking girl.
"Perhaps you can… elaborate?"
"Of course!" Helena looked even prouder than before, "My name is Helena Arc! I am the proud daughter of Jaune Arc and Pyrrha Arc! I came from the future to ensure that my parent will end up together!" She declared.
It took several seconds before the outrageous claim sank in.
"WHAAAATTTTTT?!"
Jaune and Pyrrha screamed, their face blushing red with mixed emotions. Nora tilted her head, not really, REALLY, interested and invested. Ren, being Ren, is calmly processing the revelation from the alleged future daughter.
"Can you… Prove your claim?" While it WAS weird that a girl appeared in their room from a portal of light, he wouldn't take the statement of the random girl at face value. She could be a scammer for all he knows, with the inconsistency and variety of semblance these days one can never know. "That you're Jaune and Pyrrha's daughter? And from the future?"
"Of course Uncle Ren!" Ren twitches at that word, already feeling old. Helena reached toward her neck and slowly pulled out a golden necklace with rough-cut green crystal, "Here! It's mom's necklace!"
Pyrrha gasped, "That's..." She darts toward her nightstand and opens it, rummaging a bit before pulling out an identical necklace. "My mother's..." She slowly walks toward the girl and inspects her proof. She compared them, from the faded gold to the rough-cut gemstone, everything was the same.
"You said it was given to all Nikos daughters." Helena smiled fondly at 'mother', "You got it from grandma, who got it from her mother."
The champion stared at the girl, who returned her gaze. There's something in her eyes that stirs her motherly instinct. "... Come here." She hugs the younger girl, feeling her flinching. Her guts are screaming at her that she is not lying, and even if she is she doesn't care.
Helena went still for a moment before she returned the hug. "... Mom..." She began to sob.
"Awwwww…" Nora too began to sob, wiping her tears with a handkerchief she got from somewhere, "It's like watching a baby sloth reuniting with her mommy sloth!"
Ren still has some doubt, but he puts it at the back of his mind for now. He turns his gaze toward their team leader, the third elephant in the room. "You okay Jaune?"
"I uh… No… But… Uhm…" Jaune brain was rebooting itself over and over again, not knowing what to think or feel. Of all the crazy things that could happen, a daughter from the future? That's way over the top, and with Pyrrha of all people too!
Finally, Pyrrha and Helena let go of each other, and the latter turns to her 'father', "Dad!" She practically crashed herself into Jaune like a rocket and hugged him. "Now that we're reunited! We should be family again!"
That seemed to snap Jaune out of it, and the blond returned the alleged daughter from the future gaze. He then turn toward his supposed wife in the future, who looked away with a bright blush on her face. Honestly, he didn't know what to do. Should he accept? Should they have a wedding right now? OH, BROTHERS WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO TELL HIS PARENT?!
A loud banging on the door snap crash the moment.
"JAUNE ARC! GET YOUR BUTT OUT HERE RIGHT NOW OR I'LL KIL-OUCH! What was that for?!"
Hearing the familiar blond brawler of team RWBY, Nora quickly skips along to the door, ignoring Ren's cry of 'wait' and opens the door.
"Hey, guys~!" She grins at their neighbour. "You won't believe what happen-" She had a crashing stop, her eyes widened.
It was then that Yang pushed herself into JNPR's room, grabbed ahold of Jaune's shirt and pulled him up by the scurf of his neck, "Jaune! You better have a good explanation or I will MURDER YOU!" She is practically manhandling him. The fact that her eyes started to glow red meant that she was serious and he was in deep, deep trouble.
"Y-Yang?!" Jaune began to panic and tried to free himself from Yang's grasp but to no avail. "W-What's going on?! What did I do?!"
"MURDEEERRRR!" Okay, now he is terrified.
"No Auntie Yang! Please don't harm my dad! I will disappear if you kill him!"
It was then that Jaune, Ren, Pyrrha, and Helena saw what made Nora pause mid-sentence.
It was Ruby-no, a miniature of her, but with short blond hair with a darkish hue. One of her eyes is a familiar silver, like Ruby's, with the other one dark blue. She's the same combat dress as the red reaper does, but instead of wearing a red hood hers is dark yellow.
She ran up to the seething blond girl who could beat Jaune up to kingdom come, "Auntie Yang, please don't harm my Daddy!" Her eyes turn wet with tears as she stares at her 'auntie', "He… He didn't do anything wrong!" Her voice was so full of sadness like a kitten or puppy that even Jaune wanted to comfort her.
Such a fearsome power.
Yang, the target of such terrifying cute power, could only look away and slowly let Jaune go. Her rage too was gone as her eyes returned to their original colour. The blond male couldn't even think of what to say before ANOTHER young girl crashed herself into him. "OOF!" He fell to the ground.
"Daddy!" The girl snuggles into Jaune, "I found you! It's me, your precious Lily! The love of your life? The honey huntress princess?" She then turns to look into his eyes and never has Jaune seen such a level of affection being shown in someone's gaze. But he better address ANOTHER elephant in the room.
"Daddy?!" Jaune asked in horror and confusion, "W-What's going on?!" He looked at team RWBY who now had entered their team room in their entirety. Yang's glaring at him, Blake and Weiss are giving the scene a weird look, and Ruby... Ruby is looking away with a bright red blush, suddenly finding the corner of their room very interesting. "Uh... Someone? Anyone?"
"W-Who are you?!" It was Helena who broke the silence. "I'M his daughter! Helena Arc! Scion of Jaune and Pyrrha Arc!"
The Yellow Riding Hood suddenly realized that there is another young girl in the room. "Huh?! No way, I'm his daughter! Liliweiss Arc, the daughter of Jaune and Ruby Arc! But you can call me Lily."
"Ah." Ren, who had been observing, instantly connected the dot. There's another one. "Are you from the future too?"
"Yes, Uncle Ren!" Lily beamed at him, "I come from the future to make sure daddy and mommy end up together so I can be born!"
"NO!" Helena cuts in, "That's MY mission! Father will marry my mother!"
"Hah! Not a chance!"
Helena and Lily glare at one another, neither willing to give ground.
Jaune Arc is having a meltdown as his mind goes into over-overdrive. First, his (alleged) daughter with Pyrrha came from the future, and now another one with Ruby also appeared, both wanting him to marry their mother so they could exist.
Not knowing what to do, Jaune does the only thing a heroic scion of the Arc family would probably do.
He fainted.
"Father!"
"Daddy!"
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There is an awkward silence in JNPR's room.
Both team RWBY and the conscious team of JNPR gathered around and sat in a circle on the ground while waiting for Jaune to wake up. Ten people in their small room, plus one was unconscious on the bed.
Ren, once again, decided to break the silence. "So," He began, "Why did you two decide to... ah, time travel here?" Never had he expected to ask such questions in his life.
"I-"
"Well, I-"
Both girls glare at each other, seated with their (alleged) mother across from one another. Ren already felt a headache coming, so he offered them both to play rock-paper-scissor to see who could go first. It sounds simple and fair, but he didn't expect their competitive side to explode so much after one round of having neither winning. It became so bad that the both of them almost decided to play a game that Nora would later name 'who can kill who first', a horrifyingly grim revelation that the girls would try to kill one another.
He's too young for this shit.
But then he noticed something. As the young girls tried to kill each other and the older ones tried to stop them, his eyes landed on one person who remained silent-
"Ugh..." Jaune let out a groan and slowly woke up, interrupting everyone. "What a weird dream..."
"Well, well, you take your time, sleeping beauty." Weiss glared at the blond while she helped her teammate hold Lily back from attacking Helena.
"Oh, hey Snow Angel." He ignored Weiss cringing hiss at that word. "I swear I had the strangest dream-"
"DADDY!"
"FATHER!"
Two young girls somehow managed to break free from their restraints and charged into Jaune like missiles again.
"THEY'RE REAL!?" Their (alleged) father moaned in despair.
"We were worried when you went unconscious, Father," Helena said, ignoring the fact that her mortal enemy was hugging her father too. "I'm so glad you're okay."
"Yeah, daddy! Don't scare us like that!" Lily joined in, seemingly satisfied with hugging him.
Jaune, not knowing what to do, unconsciously just begin patting their heads, like what he did with his younger sisters. It worked like a charm as the girls let out a 'Muuunyaa...' while immersing and enjoying themselves being pampered by their (alleged) father.
"... You sure they aren't yours, Blake?" Yang asked, earning an elbow and a glare from the black hair girl.
Ren, again, noticed the anomaly in the room with his eyes that SOMEHOW no one else had noticed. He opens his mouth, only to once again be interrupted.
"WAIT A MINUTE!" Lily suddenly yelled, "D-Did you call her 'snow angel' before?!" She asked while looking at Weiss with a fearful expression. Helena too suddenly jolted up, joining her half-sister in staring at Weiss with a scared expression.
"Huh?" Jaune blink in confusion, "Y-Yes...?"
"Snow Angel... Mommy said back then she was her greatest rival for love. I-It was you, Auntie Weiss?" Lily looked betrayed, "All this time, it was you...?"
Helena, too, was staring at her with a hurtful expression, "My mother said the same... So it was you..." She murmured in pain like someone who had been betrayed.
"HAAAH?!" Weiss looked absolutely shocked, "What have your mothers been telling you!? I'll have you know that Jaune Arc and I-"
"-are meant to be together."
"Exactly-Wait, what?!" Wess looked flabbergasted, "Who said that?!"
"I did."
All eyes went to the source of the voice, a pale young girl with long silver hair with a slight blondish hue and wearing a dark blue dress with long grey sleeve, sitting calmly and elegantly near the corner of the room. Her blue, cold eyes are returning the gaze of everyone in the room.
"H-Huh?!" Weiss was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the girl as she was technically sitting exactly behind her all this time. "Who are you!? Where did you come from?!"
"She's been there all this time." Ren FINALLY could told the rest of them what he had noticed, "I think she followed in with team RWBY, it took a while for me to noticed her." Which was quite impressive as he'd been quite alerted ever since Helena appeared.
"My name is Salju Arcschnee, daughter of Jaune and Weiss Arcschnee, the heiress to the Arcschnee Holding, and I, too, had come from the future." Her voice was cold and monotone. She then looked at Jaune and Weiss, "It's a pleasure to meet you, dear future parent of mine."
There was another long silence as everyone was processing this.
"ANOTHER ONE?!" Jaune felt like he'd have a heart attack at this rate. What the hell is he going to tell his parent now?! Should he be happy that he and Weiss could end up together?!
Said Weiss Schnee had turned shellshock at the appearance of her (alleged) daughter from the future.
Nora was the only one having some semblance of enjoyment out of this. "Oh my god, I didn't know you were going to be such a stud, Jaune!"
"Nora, you're not helping."
-CHAPTER 1: END
Hope you guys enjoyed it. Next chapters will also be rework, but will be far shorter for my sanity. I don't have time to make longer story anymore. Anyway, if you got suggestion or idea or just hate my guts and wanted to flame me, leave it in the review! Ciaou~
Axel Yamamoto Handy Dandy Guide:
-Helena: It mean Shining Light.
-Liliweiss: It mean White Lily.
-Salju: It mean Snow.