A Quiet Sunday 2
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Jaune relaxed against the Bullhead bulkhead, smiling a bit as he sat on the bench. Arslan was on one side of him, while Emerald was on the other. Yang and Ruby were across the passenger compartment, Ruby still pouting a bit. May lingered near them with Pyrrha, sitting on the bench. Weiss and Blake were squabbling again nearby, while their various kids all watched with varying levels of exasperation or amusement. Winter stood nearby Penny and Glynda ahead, closer to the cockpit.
"It was nice going to church again, I guess," Yang commented.
Emerald shrugged.
"I've only been there to uh... Rob them. Or for free food," she admitted.
"I found it fascinating!" Penny chirped, "How about you, Friend Ruby?"
"It was kind of boring, though the singing part was fun!" Ruby enthused.
Arslan nodded.
"Shepherd Trenton does have a tendency to ramble," she admitted, "But he does have great insights."
"It's been a long time since I had a Sunday off," Glynda said, clearing her throat a bit. Winter nodded.
"S-Same," she said.
"I do not believe in the same way," Pyrrha admitted, "But I did like the sense of fellowship."
Weiss broke off her argument with Blake and sighed. She stalked over, standing in front of Jaune. Blake was only a step behind, still scowling at her.
"Church back in Atlas was just an excuse for my father to look good," Weiss sniffed, "So... This wasn't all bad."
"If you could stop making business connections for five minutes," Blake snorted.
"You couldn't shut up about Faunus and religion!" Weiss shot back.
"We did have to pull you away twice, Blake," Yang grinned, "Guess we shouldn't have let the cat out of the bag, huh?"
"Ugh," Ruby and Blake groaned. Penny laughed.
"Ahahaha! Because she is a Cat Faunus! Hilarious!"
Everyone stared at Penny for a bit. Jaune sighed.
"Yeah that is kind of funny," he said, though he looked carefully at Blake. She flushed, and shook her head.
"It... I'm fine, really," she assured them, "I know I have a tendency to be... Uh..."
"Thin-skinned?" Weiss snorted.
"Look who's talking!" Blake growled.
"Wow, it's like we didn't even go back in time," Theodore observed. Winter scowled.
"Theodore!"
"Well I'm not wrong!" Theodore insisted. All the other kids nodded or avoiding looking at their parents.
"He really isn't," Leander said.
"You guys just seem to fight for fun," Leandra stated, "I thought that's how you made friends. Boy was my face red after I argued with half my class."
"Same," Nicholas moaned.
Jaune had a laugh. A few others did too. His eyes rested on May, who had not stopped looking pensive and nervous since they set out.
"Hey, May? You okay?" Jaune asked kindly.
Pyrrha hesitated, before she squeezed the shorter girl's shoulder. May took a deep breath.
"I-I'm fine," she mumbled, "I'm just... Uh... I mean the service was nice! My parents... Adopted parents, I guess... Practiced the Pandu religion but um, I did go to a few Tablebreaker churches... Mainly for the free food."
"It's about your parents, huh?" Emerald asked, though not unkindly. May flushed, and nodded. She snorted and leaned back.
"Hey, at least you still have some."
"Speak for yourself," Weiss muttered.
"You have nothing to worry about, May," Glynda said in a gentler tone than usual, "Arjun and Saia went to Beacon with me. I know their characters. They are wonderful people."
"They do love my family, me, and their son very much," Jaune further encouraged her, getting up to stand across from her with a warm smile. "My dad told me how devastated they were to lose you. I know they'll love you."
May winced.
"I... I did name my son after the man who kidnapped me," she mumbled. August walked over to his mother and shook his head.
"Grandpa Arjun understood. The guy wasn't a monster. I mean, yeah, he took you away but he did try to raise you and loved you," August said kindly. "You have a great relationship with them in my time!"
"This is going to be pretty awkward for all of us," Yang sighed, "But hey. Least your parents are good people, right?"
"R-Right," May mumbled. Ruby beamed and bumped her happily.
"And hey! You're a princess now! Isn't that neat?"
May looked far more frightened than she had before. Ruby winced as the sniper girl began to mutter under her breath.
"Um, whoops?"
"It's all right," Glynda said kindly, "You will all meet your parents, and we'll sort this all out in a calm, rational manner."
Pyrrha winced. Jaune looked over at the redhead. Arslan also looked concerned. Pyrrha sighed.
"Y-Yeah... Sure," she muttered.
"What about your parents, Miss Goodwitch?" Jaune asked, trying to distract from Pyrrha's reluctance, "Um, I mean, I'll do my best-"
"You needn't worry about it," Glynda said calmly, "They died in a Grimm attack when I graduated Beacon."
Much wincing occurred. Jaune walked up to Glynda and hesitated before he extended an arm to rest on her bicep comfortingly.
"I'm sorry," he said softly. Glynda nodded.
"I've... Had time to process and grieve, but thank you," she said. Winter nodded in sympathy.
"It will... Be difficult. More for some than others," she said carefully, "But I'm... I'm confident we will resolve everything."
"If Mother even bothers to show up," Weiss grumbled.
"She will arrive today, she said so herself," Glynda said calmly.
Winter and Weiss wore identical grimaces at this. Jaune shook his head, and Ruby stood by him.
"Like Winter said, I'm confident we'll resolve everything," he said with a smile. He looked at his many children. "Right?"
"Well," Xia mumbled, rubbing the back of her head, "Uh, I mean, mostly? Though I think Aunt Ruby is still kind of pining for you in my timeline, Dad."
"I am?!" Ruby gasped.
"She is?" Yang growled.
"And you're still single and just wandering around in mine," Julian volunteered. "I like your cats though! They're friendly!"
"Urk!" Yang gasped.
Blake looked extremely smug. Theodore hummed.
"Really? In my timeline Auntie Blake was cheating on Uncle Sun and Aunt Yang and it caused a huge scandal."
"Ack!" Blake cried. Yang glared at the cat Faunus. Weiss smirked at her.
"Weird," Amethyst hummed, "Auntie Weiss keeps visiting our house in skimpier and skimpier clothing. You're super annoyed with it, Mom."
"I would never!" Weiss cried, her cheeks red. Emerald shot her a glare. Arslan sighed.
Well, at least her daughter wasn't stirring things up-
"Oh yeah? Auntie Pyrrha does the same thing!" Petra observed with a hint of mischief in her eyes, "Like, constantly. Even follows Dad into the bathroom sometimes!"
Arslan sighed in mild annoyance as Pyrrha went bright red.
"Yeah, same here," Ash smirked. The Invincible Girl squeaked.
"All the time, it's kind of getting weird," Theodore threw out, as Pyrrha looked faint.
"GUYS!" Xander cried, red-cheeked and scandalized.
Jaune groaned.
"Okay, enough of that!" He barked.
"Honestly, act your age!" Glynda added.
"We kind of are," Ash pointed out.
"Yeah," Ashley smirked, "And we're not students so what are you gonna do?"
"I'll ground you," Jaune growled. "All of you."
"For what? We could be telling the truth, ya know!" Julian protested. Jaune's glare intensified. The children all winced.
"Sorry," they muttered in a confused chorus.
Jaune noticed that a lot of warm looks were being directed at him from his future wives. He did his best to not pay them any mind. He was just doing what his dad had done on many occasions. Wasn't anything special.
"That's better," Jaune said with a nod. He looked over at Penny. "When are we gonna get back to Beacon, Penny?"
The gynoid beamed.
"We will arrive in five minutes, twenty seven seconds! However, we are being redirected to an auxiliary landing pad as there has been a massive incident at the main pads!"
"What kind of incident?" Glynda demanded, as the air of joviality fell away and everyone got serious. Penny tilted her head.
"Some kind of attack-"
"Take us to the site of the attack immediately!" Winter barked to the pilot. The pilot winced.
"Er, ma'am, we've been told to-"
"The directions are overridden by my authority and hers," Glynda stated firmly, "Get us there!"
"Yes ma'am!"
"Do you think our parents are involved?" Weiss asked worriedly.
"Come on Weisscream," Yang snorted, "What are the odds of that?"
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They touched down and emerged onto the wrecked airship field. Several firefighting Bullheads were putting out fires with hoses, while several students and staff rushed about.
Near the center of this chaos, Jaune tensed. A familiar tall blonde man with a beard and gigantic sword cheerfully and loudly talked with Headmaster Ozpin, while an equally familiar shorter blonde woman in a green dress, labcoat, stockings, and glasses argued more seriously next to him. Several other people were around them. All of whom turned and looked over at the group emerging from the Bullhead.
"Pyrrha!"
"Mother, Orestes," Pyrrha returned, just before a redheaded woman in a red dress practically tackled her. It did nothing to the much stronger Pyrrha, but the dead eyed look in her eyes was not faked at all. A dark haired man with gray streaks in his hair and a black suit walked up, smoking in some exasperation as Pyrrha's mother cried out dramatically.
"MY PRECIOUS BABY! WHERE DID I GO WRONG?!" She wailed.
Pyrrha didn't even bother with a smile, she just looked exhausted. Xander gave her a nervous but encouraging smile.
"There there...?"
"BLAKE!"
"BLAKE!"
Blake cringed nervously as a tall panther Faunus man with dark clothing and beard hugged her on one side, and an attractive older black cat Faunus woman in black robes hugged her on the other.
"You're pregnant! It's wonderful!" Kali cried happily.
"Where's Jaune Arc?! I'm going to beat him senseless!" Ghira growled. "And then find me Adam! I'll rip HIM apart!"
"Uh, h-hey, Mom and Dad," she managed.
Weiss looked smug... Before her own mother, butler, and little brother approached. Her eyes widened and she cleared her throat.
"H-Hello Mother, Klein, Whitley," she managed. Winter stood by her, a bit awkwardly. Willow actually smiled.
"It's good to see you well... I can't tell you how... Um... Confused I am. Though pleasantly." She looked over at Jaune with a blush.
"The spitting image of his father," she sighed.
"Mother?!" Winter and Weiss asked in disbelief. Whitley raised an eyebrow as Klein chuckled.
"Congratulations on actually fornicating, I've heard that can be difficult for you two."
"WHITLEY!" Winter, Weiss, Willow and Klein all shouted. The white haired boy winced.
"Wow, boy Weiss is kind of cute," Ruby observed.
"In a femboy sort of way," Emerald added.
Whitley flushed.
"I AM NOT A FEMBOY!" He protested angrily.
A tall blond man in brown vest and shorts ran up and hugged Yang and Ruby, while a dark haired man with a giant sword walked up to Jaune.
"Yang! Ruby! At last, you've fulfilled my dreams!" Taiyang cried.
"What dreams?" Yang demanded.
"Marrying a well off-I mean, a good guy!" Taiyang insisted. Ruby grimaced.
"Dad! It hasn't happened yet-!'
"It had better," Qrow growled, pointing a sword at Jaune. The blond gulped. Winter pulled away from her mother and knocked Qrow's sword away with her own. Penny took up a defensive stance in front of Jaune.
"Would you mind NOT threatening my future husband?" Winter demanded. Qrow choked.
"YOU TOO!?" He glared at Jaune. "You damn harem protagonists are all alike!"
"Huh?!" Jaune cried. "N-No, I'm not-!"
"HA! Like you ever had a chance!" Winter sniffed.
"Well I might have!" Qrow protested. "But hey, least you're not a cradle robber like Glynda-HEY!"
Glynda waved her riding crop and Qrow was flipped upside down onto his face. He groaned.
"Nice to see you too, Glynda," he muttered.
A pair of dark skinned blonds, a man and a woman, approached Arslan. Arslan bowed, as did Petra.
"Mother, Father," she said, "My motherhood is unexpected but-"
"Time travel, we got it," Logos chuckled, as Barsara sighed.
"No dramatic timing."
"Well that's why you were the actress, dear," Logos smiled. "And you must be our granddaughter?"
"Petra," Petra introduced herself.
The two hugged Arslan and Petra tightly together. Though without as much blubbering and guilting as Blake was getting.
"Hello Jaune," intoned a familiar voice. Jaune winced, and turned away to face... His parents. Penny respectfully stepped out of the way as Nick and Isabel Arc stared at him. Godfather Arjun and Godmother Saia stood back a respectful distance, watching him with amused and encouraging looks.
He stared back at his parents and took a deep breath.
"Hello Mom. Hello Dad-URK!"
Nick grabbed him in a tight hug.
"Hahahaha! That's my boy!" Nick cheered. "You're the manliest man who ever walked, son! Great job!"
"D-DAD!" Jaune choked. "IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!"
"Then what is it like?!" Isabel demanded with a glare. She then glared at Glynda, who blushed. "You're a damn teacher and you-you just formed a gigantic harem for him?!"
"N-No, I didn't!" Glynda insisted. Dorothy sighed.
"It's all right, Grandma! It's-It hasn't happened yet-!"
"Grandma?! I am not that old!" Isabel protested. "I mean, yes I am a grandmother but he's still a toddler! And I suppose all these other girls are pregnant-I'M NOT THAT OLD!"
Dorothy rolled her eyes.
"No, I mean, you're our actual grandma! Time travel!"
Isabel stared. She looked around at the other future children. Julian and Xia waved. Leandra and Leander beamed. Theodore shot a smug grin, while Nicholas waved awkwardly. Ash and Ashley beamed as well, synchronized perfectly. August sighed and shrugged. Petra looked away from her mother's parents and nodded grimly. Amethyst, standing with Emerald, offered a nervous wave. Xander coughed, and then shrugged.
"Hi Granny Isabel and Grandpa Nick!" They all announced.
Nick blinked a few times. Isabel gaped in utter disbelief. Glynda facepalmed.
"Wha... Time travel?!" Isabel demanded. "That's ridiculous! Magic, immortals, time travel-Next you're gonna tell me that Arjun and Saia's long lost daughter is here too!"
"Ummmm..."
May stepped out of the Bullhead. Arjun and Saia both stared intently at her. August stepped next to her, and waved awkwardly at his mother's parents.
Arjun moved like a gust of wind, practically teleporting in front of May. His eyes glowed as he looked her over, his hands resting on her shoulders. Saia was only a few steps behind, grabbing onto May's other arm.
"... Maia?" Arjun whispered.
"Is... Is it you?" Saia asked, her eyes filling with tears.
May managed a slow nod, her own eyes wet.
"Y-Yes... It's me... M-Mother... Father...?"
Arjun smiled, hugged his long lost daughter... Then collapsed into a dead faint. Saia hugged May so tightly the sniper choked a bit.
"MAIAAAAA!" Saia wailed, crying hard. August smiled encouragingly at his frightened mother.
"It's okay, it's okay," he said.
Nick blinked a few times. Jaune looked up at his father, wondering what his response would be.
The mighty paladin blinked a few more times... Before he threw his head back and laughed.
"YES! BEST DAY EVER! COME TO MY ARMS, GRANDKIDS! I WILL SPOIL YOU ALL WITH LOUD ELECTRONIC TOYS AND CANDY!"
"WOOHOO!" Julian cheered.
Isabel, at a complete loss for words, just buried her face in her hands and moaned.
