Well, time for something new. In order to combar my progressing lethargy, I told myself to publish this in chapters instead of one big one-shot so that I actually get anything done again. This story is the result of me playing too many video games and my brain mixing each and every series/game/book it knows to see what unholy offspring will be born. In this case the inspirational source was the PS Vita game "Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars". Occasionally stuff like this actually produces decent results. So here we have another story about Jaune gaining a Semblance (how original of me).

So, enough preamble, enjoy the story.

Summary: "Jaune always heard that boys dreamt of having a harem. As father of 15 children with 6 women he did not quite share that sentiment. At all."

Jaune Arc, Family Man!

Chapter 1: Ruby Rose

The sun rose over Beacon Academy, and a new day began. However, this day was unlike most other days, for today was also the beginning of a new term for aspiring huntsmen and huntresses. They had arrived only yesterday, and after a bit of time to get to know each other, it was now time for them to take their first steps towards their career as slayers of the Grimm.

Among these hopefuls was one Jaune Arc, also (much to his dismay) known as "Vomit Boy" to some people. After being told how they would be partnered up for their remaining stay at Beacon, the worry was clearly visible on Jaune's face as he lined up with the others. However, what no one else but the boy himself knew was that his worries did not quite line up with that of the other students.

A brief glance at the blonde's mind revealed the following line of thought:

"Okay Jaune, keep it cool. You just have to make sure you end up locking eyes with a girl, ideally one of the girls you already met. Let's review... there's Ruby, she'd be a good pick. Possibly her sister, too – also, if it IS Ruby, I better stay clear of Yang, like, forever. Who else... ah yes, Snow Angel would be a great pick, and maybe the redhead I met at the lockers. Well, at least there are plenty of options. You can do it, Jaune! Just like good old dad told you, show confidence!"

Now, most people who saw such a line of thought would think that Jaune was only interested in finding a girlfriend instead of learning to fight for the survival of mankind. They would be wrong, for they were missing one key element that put Jaune's thoughts into quite a different light when added to the mix – his Semblance.

While a lot of Semblances didn't have proper names to describe their effect, in Jaune's case a name was necessary, as it couldn't be summed up with a description like "super speed". Thus the Semblance of Jaune Arc received the name... Family Man.

After getting launched into the forest below via catapult, courtesy of Headmaster Ozpin's odd sense of humour (camouflaged as a lesson to expect the unexpected), Jaune's day didn't get better. First he found himself losing a battle against gravity, the he got nailed to a tree by a spear that narrowly missed rather important parts of his body (in Jaune's opinion, everything). Meeting his new partner Pyrrha had been a definite plus in his book, and meeting up with Ruby and Weiss afterwards had also been fairly pleasant, even though Weiss had looked as if someone had just killed her favourite pet in front of her when she saw Jaune. However, neither of those events could balance out the huge minus that was the cave they came across...

Jaune and the three girls were all standing at the entrance of a dark cave, drawings of armed men and giant beasts decorating the stone. None of the four seemed overly enthused by the idea of entering the cave, so Jaune, who had been busy constructing a torch before, decided to break the slightly uncomfortable silence that had descended upon the group.

"So... you guys think this is it?"

Instead of answering, Weiss let out a sound that was somewhere between a sigh and a growl before swiftly taking the torch out of Jaune's hand and entering the dark unknown.

"Well, at least Weiss seems to think so..." Ruby commented awkwardly. The young girl shared a glance with Pyrrha and Jaune before the three remembered that Weiss had the only torch and they hastily followed.

As the three hurried after the white haired girl, Jaune tried to lighten the somewhat tense mood. "Don't worry guys, I'm sure things will take a turn for the better soon!"

5 minutes later...

"Okay, this situation could be better." Jaune said as he and Ruby managed to balance on a small rock formation just out of the Death Stalkers' reach.

Normally Ruby alone would be enough to take on a single Death Stalker of course, but the problem was that it wasn't just one. In fact, they numbered in roughly a dozen, all of them filling the rather small cave to the brim.

Even Ruby was having a hard time staying on the rock they were standing on as it was not a very stable natural construction. The many Grimms constantly banging against it from below didn't exactly help either.

Their trip into the caves had started out well enough, but then Jaune had come across something glowing he had suspected to be one of the relics in question. Unfortunately it had turned out to be the tip of a Death Stalker tail instead, and as a result of four hunters-to-be and one Grimm getting VERY startled and trigger happy, a minor cave-in had occurred and separated the two partner sets.

And thus Ruby and Jaune found themselves balancing on a stalagmite by holding on to each other, staying just out of the reach of the other Death Stalkers, if only barely and most likely not forever.

"Do you have an idea, Jaune? I'm afraid all I have at the moment is to charge and hope for the best."

Ruby would have liked nothing more than to wait for Weiss and Pyrrha to come and help them, but that was an option they couldn't count on as they had no idea how far away their partners were.

At first Jaune was silent, but then he hesitantly replied. "Well, there is one thing we could try..."

Ruby perked up. "Do you think it will help us?"

"It sure wouldn't make things worse."

"Well then, what is it? I don't think we have much more time." Ruby's claim was proven true when a Death Stalker managed to break away a significant portion of their stone tower's base.

Jaune swallowed. "Alright, just so you know, this is only because it's life and death and because you said you were okay with it. So if your sister tries to kill me later, please, PLEASE stop her."

This statement confused Ruby quite a bit. "Jaune, what are you talking abou-!"

The rest of her question was abruptly cut off when Jaune kissed her. And then there was light.

A few dozen yards away, Weiss and Pyrrha were quickly moving through the tunnels of the cave to find their missing partners. Thanks to Weiss's glyphs they could see even without a torch, but it was still far from bright.

"Is there any way to turn that thing's light up?" Pyrrha asked, the concern for her new friends clear in her voice.

Weiss suppressed the urge to snap at the redhead next to her. "I already told you, I don't have the right type of dust for a glyph that specializes in light making. I can't just say "Abracadabra" and it will get brighter – "

Just as Weiss said that, the cave before them got illuminated so much that the two had to shield their eyes briefly.

After the light had died down, Pyrrha gave Weiss a quizzical glance, as if she was wondering whether or not this was just a strange coincidence or not. However, the redhead suppressed the urge to ask and instead started to run again. As no Grimm could have produced such a light, it had to be related to Jaune and Ruby. She just hoped the two were alright, a thought shared by Weiss, despite the girl's rather unimpressed opinion of their teammates.

But neither was prepared for what awaited them in the cave ahead of them.

Back in the deepest part of the cave, Ruby's thoughts were not quite proceeding as usual. In fact her thoughts could be summed up as 'OH-MY-GOD-MY-FIRST-KISS-WHY-IS-JAUNE-KISSING-ME-ITS-KINDA-NICE-BUT-REALLY-NOT-THE-TIME-WHAT-AM-I-SUPPOSED-TO-DO-AND-WHY-ARE-WE-GLOWING – wait, what?'

Once the shock of having her first kiss wore off, and just as Ruby was about to shove her apparently overly eager friend away (forgetting that this would send him into a pit of Grimm), Ruby realized that they were indeed glowing, but not from the magic of the moment but rather from the light of Jaune's aura. However, the strange thing was that she was being enveloped by it, and she could feel some kind of pull on her own aura.

Before Ruby could analyze this phenomenon any further it stopped. And then Ruby saw one of the most adorable and confusing sights ever.

On each of Jaune's shoulders stood a little child, both barely over one foot tall. One looked like a mini-Jaune, down to the clothes he was wearing, only with silver eyes and some facial features that looked somewhat familiar to Ruby. However, it was the second child that almost made Ruby slip off the rock they were still standing on, the Grimm below thankfully still recovering from the sudden flash of aura-powered light. On Jaune's right shoulder stood a figure that Ruby had seen quite often in her own baby photos, only with blue eyes instead of silver ones and clad in a miniature version of her own outfit.

While Ruby was still trying to comprehend the situation, Jaune nodded in satisfaction. "Two at first try, not bad! Alright kids, you know what to do!"

The two tykes nodded before materializing aura weapons in their hands; the boy a plain-looking sword and the girl a scythe that looked suspiciously similar to Ruby's Crescent Rose, if with less details. The two kids then leapt from Jaune's shoulders at great speed right into the group of Death Stalkers, who by now had recovered from the impromptu flash Jaune and Ruby had produced. However, they had a far harder time recovering from the flesh wounds they were suddenly suffering from as the two kids started to hack and slash away at them.

"Come on Ruby, we can't leave everything to the little ones!"

Jaune immediately used the opening the tiny terrors had created among the Grimm and joined the fight, while there was mostly one thing on Ruby's mind.

"What the heck just happened?!"

Once there had been an opening among the Death Stalkers, the battle had been easy enough. So now Ruby had a chance to talk to Jaune and figure out whether or not she had hit her head during the little cave-in that had separated them from their partners.

"So... those kids are the result of your Semblance."

"Yes."

"And it works by mixing your own aura with that of another person – "

"Actually, it only works with girls."

"Right, so you mix your aura with that of a girl to make... aura babies?"

Jaune nodded. "That's my power in a nutshell, yes."

Ruby just stared at her friend. This was without a doubt the strangest power she had ever seen, and that included her uncle's ability to make both humans and Grimm alike literally dance to his tune. (Not many knew that Qrow Branwen's nickname was actually "Lord of the Dance".)

Ruby felt that she should feel a little violated with what had just happened. After all, Jaune had taken her first k-kiss, and now they even had what amounted to children together! But any anger or confusion that Ruby should have felt were removed by one simple fact.

"OH MY GOD, THEY ARE SO ADORABLE!" Ruby squealed as she hugged her "babies" with all the strength of a little girl that swung around a giant sniper-rifle scythe hybrid on a daily basis.

It was to this scene, with Ruby hugging her "newborn children" and making a sound normally reserved for when she saw a new weapon that Pyrrha and Weiss finally arrived. Both saw the unexpected sight and their brains responded in the only possible way: with a mental blue-screen.

And a few miles away a certain blond brawler felt the inexplicable urge to kill a fellow blonde she had dubbed "Vomit Boy" yesterday.

Thankfully it hadn't taken Pyrrha and Weiss long to regain their bearings, and after a quick explanation Weiss had also been persuaded to remove the tip of her rapier from Jaune's crotch. Of course Weiss had immediately realized that there was no way that the blond dunce had actually knocked up her partner (Weiss felt her headache grow again when she remembered this fact) in the short time they had been separated, but the heiress had decided to play it safe.

"Your Semblance is the most ridiculous ability I have ever heard of. And that includes my sister's ability to control plush toys."

Back when Weiss had first learned about this from her sister she had tried (and failed) to hold back her laughter. However, that had quickly changed when she had been assaulted by an army of previously mocked plush toys. Also, as daughter of one of the richest men in the world, Winter did have enough funds to have things like a 50m tall super plush toy constructed that could easily crash fortress walls.

'Even I felt sorry for those renegades... No one deserves to be squashed by a 50m tall plush rabbit.' Weiss thought as she replayed the gruesomely fluffy scene she had witnessed in her past. Shaking her head, her mind returned to the present, just as Pyrrha started to speak.

"Anyway, now that... this... has been taken care of, I think we should head back outside. We still have to find the relic and finish the test."

The others agreed, more than happy to escape the cave and the slightly uncomfortable atmosphere that had settled over them. The two little aura babies that were happily cuddling with their 'parents' didn't help either.

When they seemingly disappeared into Ruby, the young girl was understandably confused and more than a little surprised, which quickly turned into a minor panic attack.

"Jaune! I think I hugged our babies too hard! I squeezed them into me!"

"Relax, Ruby." Jaune assured her. "They just used up their energy and are recharging inside of you. Just think of it as their nap time."

This calmed the emotional girl down again, although she kept patting herself as if to find the place where her "babies" had disappeared into her.

"Don't worry," Jaune said with a confident voice that surprised the girls. "We just survived a horde of Death Stalkers! The rest of this test is going to be a cinch!"

10 minutes later...

"Jaune?"

"Yes Pyrrha?"

"Please don't take this the wrong way, but... you are not allowed to say 'don't worry' again. Ever. Understood?"

Jaune once again surveyed their situation. Their group, consisting of eight individuals, was on a rather beat-up stone bridge that covered a seemingly bottomless abyss and two very big and very angry Giant Nevermores were circling around them.

"... You may have a point there."

And there you have the first chapter. If things go as planned, every chapter of this story should be about one girl and Jaune having "fun" with his Semblance. As I am quite flexible here, I am open to suggestions who you want next. I have a very vague outline, but I can also easily adapt to your wishes about the next girl.

If you enjoyed the story, leave a review. Also, feel free to tell me to write more, I am surprisingly receptive to people telling me to do something.

See you guys around.

Sir Godot