Jaune sighed as he looked out of the window into the morning sun with a cup of coffee in his hand and a bad feeling in his gut. It had been a few days since he told his friends about his Semblance and things had finally started to calm down. Well, mostly in any case.

Yang and Weiss still avoided the Arc-Belladonna family. Weiss, because the verbal beatdown from Ruby had really rattled her as she wasn't used to the harsh behavior her normally sweet team leader had shown. As such, she was very intimidated and didn't dare to come close to the Arcs again, lest she received another scolding.

Yang on the other hand was still hung up about Blake being married to Jaune and having a family with him. She refused to acknowledge the reality and started to believe that this was all one big nightmare from which she would awaken soon enough to find out that it was only a dream. To stop herself from hurting more, she stayed as far away as possible.

There was also the problem with Pyrrha. Although she was by now many days in their presence and had the chance to adapt, she, similar to Yang, was not happy about their marriage. She was by no means spiteful or in denial like the brawler, but more of a quiet sadness with a desperate longing for the Arc-Belladonna father.

The fact that she was exposed to his Semblance in such close quarters didn't help either. Contrary to what most would believe, Jaune's Semblance had his weaknesses. One of them was that there had to be either physical contact between him and the targeted person or he needed to spend a bigger amount of Aura to affect the person over a distance. Fortunately, due to him being an Arc, that problem was largely solved.

The other one was far more difficult and had to do with the ability of humans and Faunus alike to adapt. These adaptations were aided by their Aura, no matter if locked or unlocked. A small part of Aura was always coursing through their bodies as it was the pure energy of the soul, the one thing that gave them their personality. It was not enough to defend from physical attacks, but enough for them to adapt easier and faster. And a full-fledged Huntress like Pyrrha with her Aura unlocked would adapt even faster, meaning that his Semblance wasn't affecting her as much as before.

The knight knew he would have to talk with her because even if he wasn't her leader anymore, she was still his friend, one that he wanted to help to get over him. He had resolved that he would speak with her today to clear it up between them.

But that wasn't even his greatest worry right now. Pyrrha was a very understanding and forgiving person and talking it out with her would be a bit awkward but he was confident that they would be able to fix this.

No, his greatest worry was Glynda Goodwitch. She was hiding something from them and if the looks she shot him sometimes were anything to go by, it wasn't good for him or his family. He didn't know what she had planned, but he kept his guard up and had started to carry Crocea Mors with him wherever he went. He would not be caught unaware at any point. He also made sure that Blake was aware of his suspicions and, despite her pregnancy, that she would carry Gambol Shroud with her. While she may not be in top condition to fight, she would be able to hold off an enemy long enough for Jaune to come and back her up.

Shaking himself from his train of thoughts, the Arc-Belladonna father downed the last of his coffee and went back to the kitchen to get started on breakfast. To his surprise, he saw Blake already standing at the stove cooking eggs and bacon.

"Well, that is unusual. Normally you would still be in bed sleeping," Jaune commented as he walked closer to his wife and embraced her from behind with his head resting on top of hers, his chin between her cat ears.

Blake, feeling her husband encircling her with his arms, leaned back into his chest and sighed happily. "Well, I thought I could cook breakfast for once instead of you doing it all."

They stood like that for a while, with the pans pulled from the stove in order to burn nothing, before Blake began to speak again. "Are you still worried about Goodwitch?" She asked softly.

She felt him nod on her head. "I just can't shake off the feeling that she did something that will make things difficult for our family. The worst thing is that I don't have a clue what it could be," he murmured into her right cat ear with a sigh.

Blake hummed in understanding before turning around in his arms and looking up into the eyes of the most important man in her life. "Just don't forget that I'm with you the whole time. We had a lot of difficult situations over the years and we overcame every single one of them together. It will be no different this time, okay?"

Jaune stared at her before closing his eyes and chuckling. "Just what did I do right to deserve someone like you?" He asked aloud as a smile appeared on his lips and his eyes opened again, showing the love held for her.

Blake also chuckled. "I should be asking that question, not you," she admonished him with a soft slap to his chest before laying her head back down on his chest.

For a while, they simply stood there, basking in the presence of their significant other and enjoying the quiet together. Finally, Jaune moved his hand by guiding it beneath Blake's chin, tilting her head upwards and giving her a soft, loving kiss which she immediately reciprocated.

When they finally ended it, they pressed their foreheads against each other and closed their eyes. "I love you, Blake Belladonna," Jaune said, using her maiden name.

"And I you, Jaune Arc," the cat Faunus replied in kind.

Just as they wanted to submerge again in the presence of the other, they heard barefooted feets running down the stairs towards them and in the next moment Amarilla and Kuroka, still clad in their pajamas, appeared in the door. "Good morning, Mommy, Daddy!" They chorused happily.

As Blake moved towards her little kittens to hug them, Jaune simply looked at them. Looked at his own family. A family he knew he would do anything to protect. Now and forever.

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It was now midday and Ruby along with Team NPR had come again to the library/café of Jaune and Blake to spend the break with the married couple. Goodwitch, Yang, and Weiss weren't with them again but by now, they were used to it.

Currently, Blake was telling them about the first time Amy and Roka had talked and walked, along with showing them various pictures of them when they were smaller.

Jaune noticed that during the whole talk, Pyrrha seemed to become more and more downcast, signaling that his Semblance had almost lost all effect on her and that she was currently suffering. It was that moment in which Jaune spoke up. "Pyrrha, do you think we could talk for a moment in the back?"

The redhead looked startled to be spoken directly to, but nodded anyway and stood up with Jaune following suit before walking away with her but not before throwing a look behind him.

Ruby was looking confused between him and Pyrrha before shrugging and going back to squealing about the cuteness of the twins when they were younger and wanted to be picked up, together with Nora who never stopped doing that.

Blake had an understanding look in her eyes and nodded to him in encouragement at what he was about to do. She, too, had seen how Pyrrha was becoming sadder by the day and although she felt protective of what was hers, Jaune in this case, she also understood that Jaune would never leave for somebody else, and as such she let it go.

Ren's face simply looked grateful. He had seen what Pyrrha was like when they were away from Jaune and Blake and it hurt him deeply to see his sister in all but blood in such agony. So he was glad that Jaune would finally talk to her about it and hopefully, things would get better from then on.

Pyrrha followed Jaune into the back of the café section to a smaller table with only two chairs. He signaled her to sit down on one while he took the other one for himself.

"Do you know why I want to talk with you?" Jaune asked bluntly, not seeing any sense of making small talk anymore before coming to the reason for this conversation.

The spartan was startled at the direct question but shook her head, albeit hesitantly. Jaune snorted. "Pyrrha, you weren't a good liar back then and you aren't one now so please tell me what is wrong."

Pyrrha fidgeted uncomfortably on her chair and turned her head away while Jaune sat there and waited for her to speak. He knew she would, it was simply her nature. If you directly addressed the issue, she would carve in sooner or later.

"Why?" Came it finally from her, her voice hurt and meek.

"Why what?" The Arc asked while also sliding a bit closer to her, just in case. He knew this would be painful for her, but she needed to let it out.

She looked at him again and he saw that tears had begun to flow out of eyes and down her face, ruining the light makeup she still put on.

"Why did have to be like this? Why did you have to be expelled? Why did you have to be married to somebody else?" She whimpered as she really started to cry. Jaune immediately pulled her into a hug, resting her face into the crook of his neck while also rubbing her back. The spartan slowly put her arms around his shoulders before tightening her grip and letting all pent up emotions out.

He let cry into his shoulder until her sobs subsided into small whimpers with an occasional hiccup mixed in. Only then he moved back to look at her.

"I'm sorry, but I can't answer that. I don't know why my transcripts have been discovered. Well, that's a lie as it was because of Blake's past coming to light, but that was something neither she nor anybody else could have controlled. And my marriage with Blake was an accident at the beginning out of which we made the best. It is something we didn't have control over either. All of it was a series of circumstances that led to this day. But even if I'm sorry about what happened, I'm thankful that it did happen and I don't regret it a single bit. I only regret that you suffer now due to you loving me," he said with sad eyes while rubbing her shoulder comfortingly while handing her a tissue.

Pyrrha sniffed as she accepted the tissue snd cleaned her face a bit up. Then she looked up again, a small hope in her bloodshot eyes. "You- You do know that you are allowed to take more than one wife, right?"

It was true. After the last war, the number of males, human and Faunus alike, had been greatly reduced and while there was by no means a lack of males, the females still outnumbered them 1 to 3. As such, it was allowed per law that a man marries two women without any repercussions. It wasn't rare, but it wasn't seen often either and most of the public looked down on it.

To her disappointment, Jaune shook his head and gave a small smile. "I do know that, but I can't use it for two reasons. One is because of the vow I have given to Blake. Remember that they are basically promises and a broken promise kills an Arc. So even if Blake would be fine with it, I couldn't do it because I would be considered unfaithful. And second, it would make Blake sad and if there is one thing I hate, it is making her upset. So I'm sorry but you and I together won't be possible."

The leader bowed her head to hide the new wave of tears as even that last spark of hope was extinguished. "You know, I always hoped that we would be able to date, to marry, and to love each other. Even after you were expelled, I held onto that hope to find you and be happy with you," she said while rubbing away the new tears.

Jaune grasped her chin and made her look him in the eyes. "And maybe if the circumstances it would have come like that. It is even possible that I would have never been expelled and would have graduated with you, Nora and Ren from Beacon. But we can't change what happened in the past. We can only accept it and move past it. And that is I want you to do, Pyrrha," he told her. "Move past your feelings for me. I'm not telling you to do it now or forget them, I know that it is impossible. But you have to stop living in the past and look towards the future."

Pyrrha sniffled again as she looked desperate at the knight. "But how?! I don't know how!"

"Then let Ren and Nora help you. Hell, Blake said herself that if you need somebody outside of your team to talk to that she would listen to you. You are not alone in this, ok? We will help you get past this, I promise," he said and Pyrrha believed him. Not just because he made it a promise, but because that was simply who Jaune was at the core: Somebody always willing to help.

Jaune squeezed her shoulder one last time before standing up. "Do you need some time alone?"

The spartan shook her head. Blowing her nose, she stood up and turned to him. "No, I think I'm good to go back. And Jaune," she gave him the first real smile since meeting him again, "thank you."

He smiled back. "Anything for a friend."

Together, they walked back to the group who were still gushing over baby pictures of the twins. Ren and Blake looked when they came, the question clear in their eyes which was answered with a smile and a nod. They looked relieved and smiled back.

And just as ex-partner wanted to sit down with their friends, a loud commotion in front of the Knightshade business drew their attention outside, where people were gesturing and looking up.

Confused, the group looked at each other before getting up and walking out of the shop to see what was going on. And as soon as they were outside and looked up, they saw what caused the tumult.

A big airship was floating above the town, looking very imposing in the light of the midday sun. The group even had a clear sight of the symbol on the side of the ship.

"Atlas? What are they doing here?" Ruby questioned as she scratched her head in a confused manner.

Ren shook his head. "I don't know, but it can't be for a good reason," he said as his eyes narrowed in thought.

Jaune, on the other hand, had a sinking feeling of what this was about. Hastily he scanned the crowd and soon saw Glynda Goodwitch standing there, a satisfied smile on her face as she looked at the Bullhead that had now left the ship and was flying towards the town square.

Cursing beneath his breath, the Arc-Belladonna father turned to his wife who had seen the same thing and nodded to her grimly as she met his eyes.

She nodded back and vanished, only to reappear quickly with their weapons. Catching the thrown Crocea Mors, he secured it on his back so it was invisible if you looked at him frontally and looked towards the square where the Bullhead was now hovering while three people jumped down and landed in front of the crowd.

The first one was a young man with long greenish-black hair and blue eyes. He was a Faunus, with a gray canine tail as his trait. He wore an Atlesian Specialist uniform that consisted of a white double-breasted coat with silver buttons, dark blue accents, collar, shoulder flaps with matching cuffs that had two silver buttons. The coat's tail split, allowing his tail to move freely. He had a dark blue belt with a silver buckle around his waist with a dark blue pouch on the right side. He had a red ascot tied around his neck. Under his coat, he wore a red shirt. He also wore dark blue trousers tucked into his black knee-high boots.

The second person was a dark-skinned young woman with platinum blonde and brown hair shaved on the sides and dark pink eyes. She wore a very short-sleeved Atlesian Specialist uniform that consisted of a sleeveless white double-breasted vest with silver buttons and dark blue accents. It has a white and dark blue-collar, a dark blue short-sleeved t-shirt, a red tie, and white shorts. She wore dark blue chaps that presumably connect to the tops of her shorts. The chaps exposed the inner part of the thighs and the backs of her calves. She also wore blue fingerless gloves and dark gray trainers with black accents and a white stripe accompanied with red socks. She also had white calf pads and dark blue knee pads. There were also dark blue straps fastened around the top of her vest. The blond portions of her hair rested in a pattern that resembled a rabbit's ears.

In the middle of the two stood the most well-known General of whole Remnant, James Ironwood. He wore a white overcoat, with a gray undercoat, black sweater, a red necktie, and a white glove on his right hand. His suit pants shared the same color as his overcoat and were tucked into silver boots accented in gray. His hair was solid gray on the sides but otherwise black and he had a beard.

The General surveyed the gathered crowd before speaking loudly. "Which one of you is Jaune Arc-Belladonna?"

Hearing his name, Jaune gave Blake's hand a quick squeeze before stepping forward. "I am Jaune Arc-Belladonna. Can I help you?"

Ironwood's look fixated on him as he and the other two gave him an onceover before speaking again. "Yes, you can."

"Jaune Arc-Belladonna, you are hereby arrested for the endangerment of all kingdoms!"

Holy F*ck, that took quite some time to write! I'm sooo sorry for the long wait but Corona kicked my motivation into the trash and then the exams came up despite everything going on.

But now I have them largely finished, only one remaining on 21st July and then I'm free! I'm so happy!

For this chapter, we had Jaune and Pyrrha making up, a small Knightshade moment and foreshadowing for the next chapter. What is the General's plan, I wonder? Ah, who am I kidding! Also, do you want Jaune to be OP or not? I can write it both ways.

Btw, the two unnamed characters are Harriet and Marrow, liked those two the most from Season 7.

Finally, I have two things to talk about. First is the new cover of this story. It was made by Seshirukun and commissioned by Haseo55. A big Thank You to you two guys! Here's the link to the original on DeviantArt:

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The second thing is future stories. I'll open a poll on my profile if you want a Crossover or not. After the next chapter, there will be a new poll about what it should be (RWBY, My Hero Academia, Naruto, etc.). Please vote on it.

Anyway, see you all next time! Raizor out! And stay safe!