The thieves were startled l, they didn't know that the boy could teleport and they could only put their guard up.
"Aww that's cute you guys are on guard"
The boy mocked them with a Grin.
One of the goons then ran up and attacked him from behind but Jaune phased out of the way of the attack as he roundhouse kicked the one who attacked him.
The strength of the kick was strong enough to send him crashing through the window, everyone looked at the broken window in shock.
"So who's next?" he asked, looking at the other grunts, not one of them moving.
"fellas What do you think you're doing? He's only one guy!?"
The thief ordered out at the dapper thugs as they prepared themselves to fight him but the blonde then spoke.
"or hear me out, I have a better deal for you guys"
This gained the thugs attention, their silence indicating him to continue.
"A little birdie told me that a certain someone trashed your bar and that you guys are doing odd jobs to rebuild it, right?"
The grunts looked at each other, Jaune took this as a sign to continue.
"I will help pay for the damages that happened to the club but you're gonna owe me a solid or two deal?"
He knows that he has their attention but then a shocking occurrence happens. A red blur passed him and hit the rest of the grunts who were pushed out with great force as if they were bowling pins.
"What the hell was that?"
One of the grunts look up to see a petite girl with a ginormous scythe behind her making her seem threatening but then Jaune in the background is looking at the scene facepalming as gunshots are heard with grunts following suit.
Jaune for the moment ignores it and walks up to the clerk and owner of the store who was injured with a quick snap of his fingers the man was healed as all bruises and pain instantly left the man, he was about to get up but Jaune gently helped him up and got him away in a safe distance away from the fight.
"Are you ok sir, is there any discomfort?" Jaune asked, the man shook his head saying that he'll be fine.
"Shouldn't you try and help her" asked the old man but the two turn around to see that all the grunts are on the floor.
'Are they dead?' asked Noctis look8ng at the scene with some concern for the grunts.
'Probably with her speed and with the amount of force and velocity that has been used then a high likelihood that most if not all are on the brink of death'
With hearing that Jaune quickly warped to one of the goons about to snap his finger, a bright binding light appeared out of nowhere.
Raising his arm to block the light from blinding him, when the light had disappeared he saw Roman torchwick running away but really he didn't care, cause the guy wasn't the main person with their life at risk at the moment.
"What are you doing, you're letting the bad guy get away!"
Ruby yelled out pointing out where the thief ran to.
"he doesnt matter at the moment because as you can see I'm trying to make sure that nobody here dies!"
He yelled out as she only looked around at the thugs that she beat up not too long ago and looked dejected but turned around and went after the master thief.
Jaune snaps his fingers multiple times while helping to heal the grunts, avoid death and to be able to live another day.
He takes out a check book and scribbles down on it, one of the grunts sit up groaning in pain with one rubbing their head but noticed that they were completely fine.
"What the?"
They were confused, they were sure that they would need to go to the ER at worst they expected that they weren't going to make it and would die.
"you all good nothing wrong right? Everything is working like it's supposed to?"
Upon hearing the voice the group froze in place turning to see the messy blond hair leaning on a light pole looking over them.
They went to grab their guns but they weren't in their holsters and were surprised.
"Looking for these"
The blond called their attention, turning to see their guns with him but instead of the plain metallic sheens of black they were floating around him and looking like they were made of crystal.
"wh-what do you want from us?"
One of the grunts spoke in a scared tone.
"don't worry i'm not going to hurt any of you but, I do want something from you guys"
He said, causing all to be wary of the guy but yet one of them asked warily.
" yeah and what's that?"
What he said next, they were not expecting.
" I would like to do business with you guys"
"Bwah?"
The grunts could only say in unison all looking at him in a stupor.
He walked up to them and outstretched a hand to one of them. The man took it without thinking the kid patted off some dust from the guy's shoulders and shook his hand.
"Well then hope we can make good business"
he said turning around but then one of the grunts yelled out at him.
" If you're really gonna try to do business with us then how you gonna be helping us!"
Yelled the man at the blond but he stayed silent for a minute, before he spoke.
"Well I saved you all from the brink of death didn't I?"
He said ominously, causing all grown men to feel a cold chill slowly wash over their spines, understanding that they shouldn't push their luck knowing that the only reason they are lucky is that he even decided to help them.
But then the mood instantly changed as the blond was laughing like he said something completely hilarious.
"You guys should see the look on your faces"
He then calmed himself down, he then saw the grunts look at him warily.
" hey you, probably shouldn't rip that check in half, don't you need it?"
He pointed at the grunts that were up on his feet, the guy looked at his hand and just noticed his hand crumpling a piece of paper but when he looked at it carefully it was actually a check.
He then looked back up to tell the guy something but he disappeared, putting the check in his inner pocket he noticed that he got his gun back.
"Wait, we didn't get the guy's name!?"
"fuck!"
He was trying to ask the guy's name but the guy left before he introduced himself, they hoped that they would run into the guy again.
BOOM!
Out of nowhere, an explosion from on top of a building was seen and the grunts took that as their queue.
'Fuck this! I don't get paid enough to deal with this bullshit!'
They all thought in unison, sprinting
back to their boss.
Jaune was now sitting next to the red-hooded girl in an interrogation room in the police department.
Jaune was sitting there with his arms crossed calmly and collected the girl on the other hand though.
"gah, what I will do when Dad finds out I'm so grounded? What will he do? take away Crescent Rose or worse!"
The girl was going on an anxious rant about how she'd be in trouble.
'you know she seems like someone who seems to attract trouble without trying'
Noctis noted to the two seeing how the girl was acting as if it were the end of the world.
'she seems to be in the attire of a quick striker'
Cloud couldn't help but point out her attire.
'yeah I can see that but she still needs some work on controlling her strength though I could see that she has potential'
Jaune agreed with Cloud and also added in his own two Gil's on his assessment of the girl.
The assessment of the young fighter is cut short when they hear the door open and in front of them, they see someone that Jaune wishes could avoid his time when he gets into the beacon.
The sound of a sharp smack on the air as the person's air around them ordered respect and nothing more with a cold glare that possibly rivaled shivas ice magic he could hear Noctis chuckle, with Cloud shaking his head with disapproval meanwhile Jaune tried to keep his poker face.
"Do you two know how much trouble you're both in? " reprimanded the female voice.
This caused Ruby to hide herself; the actions of the woman made her feel small and scared her greatly multiplied by the glare at.
Jaune didn't flinch at the memories of both Cloud and Noctis surfacing when Cloud was getting shark attacked in the Shinra military and Noctis being scolded by Ignis but though they did admit this woman has a really cold glare that would put the Shinra military to shame and probably follow her orders.
But then he spoke up.
"um excuse me ma'am but who are you?"
He asked he already knew who she was due to his contact with 'little Bird'
But it would be weird if someone knew your name and you don't know there's and also it would be a good step forward but if contact is correct and she always is then the possibility that something big is coming and bad.
-Somewhere in Remnant-
A shadowy figure was in a cave sitting in a meditative stance; they then heard footsteps coming close and a soft breeze passed the person walking, stopping in their tracks.
They look down to see a blade right at the neck but not just any blade a long stainless steel katana more specifically an Odachi.
" Is this how you usually treat your guests?" the female voice asked lightly, pushing the blade of her neck, seeming like she was not greatly affected, her other hand slightly shaking due to how close she answered death's calling.
"My apologies you can never be sure after a multiple set of assassinations sent for you to make sure they cut your head off your shoulders."
The male voice said calmly as the blade then disappeared into thin air shocking the guest to hear a gasp.
"You can use magic?!" the female asked in surprise and disbelief, the man's only response light smirk, a chill crawled down her spine she knew by instinct alone to not to do wrong to him if she wanted to survive.
The man then puts on a black leather coat with a hooded cowl connected to the covering his facial features with only one green eye cat-like slit pupil could be seen glowing under the hood peeking through the dark.
" So what was your original business? Why were you looking for me and my underlings?"
The man asked and the glowing eye made him seem more threatening towards the woman causing her to lightly sweat in anxiety pushing down her fears she spoke.
" I heard many things of you, your unparalleled strength incomprehensible known in history of Remnant hearing you exploits how you were able to slice a mountain in half and to be able to defeat a small army of Atlassian easily in the triple digits and you speed that could be faster than the-" the girl was cut off as the man chuckled hearing the girl repeat his miner exploits in his you age boy what a fool he was then bringing back old memories, some leaving a bad taste in his mouth.
"Those tales are greatly exaggerated. The 'hill' was nothing more than a bump but again you avoided my question"
He cleared things with his tone of voice going jovial but then deathly monotone causing the girl to become more scarce of his patience running thin.
" I came here to make a deal with the person that goes by the man that goes by Sephiroth Izunia and word goes he goes to dangerous mountains you weren't at the others so i suspected you'd be here seems that my assumption was correct"
The girl cleared out any misunderstandings, she didn't hear him say anything so she took it as a sign to continue.
"So the deal that I want to make with you is"
-at the police department entrance-
Jaune left that room and he felt exhausted he almost exposed himself and to the person he quite literally was told to avoid no less.
He could only sigh tiredly.
'seriously what is my life seriously'
Jaune could only whine about how he just gets dragged into situations and he just can't catch a break.
But he remembers the talk he had with the man.
-Flashback-
A man in a green colored suit sat in front of him.
" Mr. Arc"
Jaune quickly corrected him.
" Mr. Arc is my father, please call me Jaune," said the blonde but the other blonde didn't seem happy that he interrupted the headmaster from speaking, the headmaster himself didn't seem to mind.
" Alright, then Jaune do you know why we held you back?"
Jaune only went to a thinking pose before smirking.
"It's because im that awesome"
The two adults quickly got a flash of someone they both knew very well each reacted differently the man smiled and the woman could only glower at the mere thought of the man that appeared at the forefront of their minds.
" no but because I have questions about what we saw of your abilities that you showed during the fight"
The man said causing the Blond to have a small heart attack but outwardly kept his appearance up, acting confused by what the man meant by that.
"What?"
"Mist- Jaune what is your semblance?"
Jaune looks at him and says to the man.
"I choose to stay silent as that is personal information and would like to take my leave."
"…"
"…"
"…"
An eerie silence spread through the room leaving a heavy atmosphere in its wake and only the man broke the ice.
"Ok you may leave but may I ask a question?"
"You just did"
Jaune joked and the man chuckled along with Jaune.
"Sorry had to joke atmosphere was too serious, but yeah shoot away"
"Why choose to be a huntsman? You could have chosen any other career choice and people wouldn't blame you"
The older man asked curiously what the boy's answer was.
"simple it's because I want to help people not go through things I went through"
This caught their attention but they decided to stay silent to let him continue.
Jaune could only sigh the memories of what had happened in his past… they were painful to say the least but was able to get through it.
"For personal reasons, I won't disclose the whole story but bits and pieces of it"
The two people nod understanding that it must be a sensitive subject to talk about in they both very much respects his wishes.
"You see a few years ago my village was attacked by both Bandits and Grimms and we suffered a lot of losses some of which I was close with I felt so helpless seeing so many people die by both Grimm and bandits, I had a couple close encounters with lady death myself, and this made me feel like I needed- no I have to become a huntsman"
"To not let anyone else suffer and go through the same thing you did…correct?"
Said the woman not in the same strict tone like before but it softened to one of understanding. Jaune nodded to her.
"Uh yeah your correct "
She looks with a sense of sympathy she too had experienced the same, she was about to speak but her boss spoke before she could and was shocked at the words man himself spoke.
"And what if that road leads you down a path filled with blood, pain, and sorrow? where you are alone with no one to turn to, how will you be able to continue to move forward or even if taking the first step to the path of your choosing even if it pains you to look forward what will you do?"
"OZPIN!"
began reprimanding the man for being insensitive and very rude to the young man, but Jaune deeply thought of what the headmaster has spoken he took them to heart it didn't sound like it was to challenge his reason but more for reassurance as if he spoke by experience.
'What did he go through?'
The only thing that Cloud could ask was wondering while looking at the man up and down to see any kind of deceit, but there was none, mostly concern exuding from the headmaster.
Jaune letting his memories stream through his mind the things that both Cloud and Noctis went through their ups and downs how they were left broken and had build themselves by hand how they went and found their strength to stand up again from the help of those the care for or to find it within themselves to keep moving forward.
"My apologies Jaune I- "
"I'll keep moving forward"
Both of the Beacon professors look at Jaune in shock not expecting an answer from the lad especially Ozpin hasn't expected an answer instantly, he even suspected to never get an answer at all.
" I know what I'm getting myself into or maybe not but I …but I'll keep moving forward even if it becomes painful and filled with sorrow and blood but it will only be my blood that I walk over. no matter how many times I'll be cut down, no matter how much it burns I don't want anyone to go through what I went through even when I don't know how I'll be able to stand I will keep moving forward."
Both Noctis and Cloud look at the boy feeling both an ominous and hopeful feeling mix within them. They didn't know how to comprehend this odd sense they were experiencing, was it a good thing or maybe something worse?
They weren't entirely sure, but what they were sure about was their wanting to help the young blonde become strong enough to be able to teach him.
-Flashback end-
Ozpin is seen walking back to Beacon with Glynda by his side in the dead of night with a look of mirth in his eyes, seeing the young man made him feel a sense of hope he doesn't know why but yet for some reason the stars are shining just bit more bright than before.