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Location: North-West of Vale, a coast town: Orleans.
High upon a hill over looking Orleans stood a huge house that housed the Arc family. And if you listen closely you could hear the sound of wood hitting flesh and the panting of a child. And if you look closely at the child you would reize the child as Jaune Arc, The only son of the Arc family.
Jaune Arc, a child of 7 years old is standing wielding a wooden swainst a 6'5 behemoth. his father Miles Arc, The Sword of Orleans.
Jauand gripping his sword with both hand tightly, while being covered in scratches and a quite few bruise.
his father look upon him with disapoi and resig on his face.
"Jaune...." Miles called out to his only son with dissappoi dripping from his words. "Let stop the training for today..."
"No dad....i still train a more..." Jaune plead toward his father, his face is frowning in frustration when he look at the disappointed expression that had bee pce upon his father's face.
"No jaus enough for today..." Miles sigh as he look at his only soermination to tinue his fruitless training.
"Just one more time dad please!" Jaune begged his father, trying to vince his father to give him one more ce.
Miles let out a tired sigh as he gave his son one more ce for sparring today. "Just one more jaune.. only one, After that yoing to get patch up by your mother." Miles shivered a bit at the thought of his wife scolding him for being a little bit too hard on Jaune.
"Thank you, Dad!" Jaune smiles brightly at his father fiving him another opportunity.
Jau on a stahat is so sloppy that it is an uatement to call it horrible, he grip his sword too tightly and his leg is frankly too close with each other that if he was to get hit by a gust of wind he would tumble and fall.
Miles look at his son stan disappoi because no matter what he do, his lesson ick with jaune. 'Jaune my son.... what else could i do... not even an ho i told you to fix your stance... hell, i even guide you how... its been the same things for years now..' Miles does not even bother to put on a stand he hold his own wooden sword zily at his side.
With a push with his right foot Jaune jumped to his father and swing his sword down with as much force as he could muster, only for it to be stopped easily with his father's sword.
Jaune's grip on his swives away and it fly out of his own hands and smag him right on his forehead, knog him down while his father sigh at the sight of it.
"Thats enough, now go baside a your mother look at your wound Jaune." Miles orders Jaune who is still sprawled on the ground.
Jaune eyes moisten with uears when he hears his father's order, Jaune looks away not wanting to dissappoint his father even more, Jauhen quickly nod his head and walk into the house without looking at his father's face fearing the look of disappoihat he surely has.
Miles look at his son's back as he walk into the house, he then lean down to pick Jaune's sword and walk to put the on's rack, his sed oldest child walk to him from behind a tree where she had hidden herself to watch him training her brother.
"He has not improved a si, father... it even feels like he had beore unrefined pared to where he was whearted his training." His sed oldest Artoria Arc told him calmly.
"I know Artoria.. i have been training him for 3 years now and his skills had not improved not o.. in fact it actually looks like it had detiorate." Miles look at her and start te the on's rack. "I'm pnning to stop training him from noards... and focus on training jeanne, Jaune.... he is just not suited to be a hunter..."
Artoria eyes widen a bit while she processed her father's word. "He is going to hate you for that you know.." she warned him after a few seds of ption.
Miles sigh and he palm his face. "I know. But i rather he hate me than him dying fighting some grimm foolishly chasing his dream of being a hunter... i just dont want my boy to die."
Artoria look at him and she think of what would happen when he annouhe o her little brother of what would be a huge disaster waiting to happen.
"When will you tell him the news?" Artoria asked him calmly, Miles know that his daughter would be sad at the thought of Jaune beiated even if her face doesn't show it.
Miles couldn't help but feel a little bit of pride at how his 11 year old daughter is taking this as best as she could even if she is sad. "Tomorrow at breakfast."
Artoria looks at him for a few sed before she start walking to the house without giving him another reply.
Miles sighs as he think about the decision he is going to make and how it would affect his retionship with his son onwards.
As Jaune walk into the house his mother Luna Arc, The Saint of Orleans, sees him walking through the kit and is headed straight to the stairs she stops him by calling out his name.
"Jaune!"
Luna called out to him making Jauop in his trad is trying to blink away the tears that are residing in his eyes.
"Y-yeah mom? Do you need anything?" He stuttered to his mother hoping that it would fool his mother to think that he is n.
Luna walks up to him and she crou front of him. The worry on her face is clear as she looks at her son who is covered in scratches and a few bruise.
she then put her hand on her son's cheeks and white glow surround her hand, slowly healing her son's face that have a few scratches and a bruise.
"Did you finish your training for today jaune? Did you do well?" She asked him hoping it would cheer him up.
"Y-yeah... i finished my training for today.."
Jaune's eyes is looking down at the floor, he ot bear to see the look of sadness in his mother's eyes knowing that he failed his training for today again.. like the past 3 years of his life.
Luna looks at him before she sigh and kiss his forehead. "Its alright jaune... you did your best today and that is enough." She told him gently and give him a bright smile hoping that it would cheer her downttroden son up.
Jaune waue with his mother about that his best is not enough and his best is going to get someone killed, but he couldn't do that to his mother who was only trying to cheer him up.
"Yes mom..."
Luna then got an idea. "Jaune how about you dah saphron again! She is in her rht now upstairs." She suggested to her most beloved son knowing how much he loves dang as a whole.
Jaune's face start to rex and a smile start to appear on his face "Yeah that would be great mom!" He told her cheerfully before he run up to his sister's room.
Artoria walks in to see her little brother running up the stairs cheerfully with his ever loving smile.
"Is he going to dah saphron again, mom?" She asked her mother with a small smile knowing that her little brother is not being sad anymore.
"Yes he is..." Luna look at the stairs a out a sigh. "How i wish he doesn't dream of being a huntsman.."
Artoria look at her mother with a sad glint in her eyes thinking about how hard Jauried to train and how it never shows a.
"Jaune... he is too loving to not fight against the grimm, mom... he is to of others to let the people get hurt... he would rather get himself get hurt rather than those he loves." She told her mother with a resigned gaze whehink about how her 7 year old brother have too much love in his heart to let a perso hurt.
Luna sigh to herself thinking about how loving her only son is. "I just t help but worry Artoria..."
"I know mom... lets just hope that he find a better dream to show his love to the people... like a doctor... didn't saphron pnned on to bee a doom? maybe she could help jaune if he chooses to be a doctor" Artoria suggested to her mother knowing how much saphron love to help the people and how she pns to be a doctor iure.
"Maybe... but saphron is only 13 years old now.. she could guide jaune on pnning to be o she 't help him all the way through.. she o study and learn to get into medical school first and foremost before she help Jaune as much as she .. and even then she will get busy with her work..." Luna couldn't help but feel love towards her sed oldest with how well articute she is pared to her other children.
While jaune run up the stairs to his sister's room he first checked on his 2 years old twin baby sibling's room to see if they are asleep or not.
When jaune open the door to Bnchuer and Noir Ar's he saw the both of them cuddle up together with their bs on the floor.
He walk over and put the bs over them and kiss their foreheads lovingly.
While he leave them, he couldn't help but give a another loving look at his sisters before closing the dently to not wake them up.
Jauhen walk away to check his other sister's room he first goes to Jeanne his younger sister but he hear the sound of wooden g against each other and stop himself to hear where the sound is ing from.
While he follow the sound, he walk over to the window to see where the sound was and what he saw is his 5 years old sister Jeanne a girl sparring with his father.
He saw the loving and prideful gaze that his father wear while he spar with jeanne, He couldnt help but feel a little rese and disappoi at himself knowing that he could not make his father look at him like that.
Jauched his younger sister move and swing her sword better than he eber could, but he couldn't help but look upon his sister with love and pride on how she is so tale being a hunstman regardless of his own ck of skills.
He let out a sighs before he walk over to his third oldest sister, 9 years old Mordred 'the rebellious' Arc's room, He hear the sound of rock music bring out of her room.
And as he open the door the sound of the harsh music assault his ears and he saw his sister admire her sword that has been given by his father a ferior as a gift for being accepted on a bat school.
He sighs lovingly at how she gazes upon the huge sword that is too big for her to carry now.
He then close the dently not wanting to disturb his sister and making her give his head anothee noogie.
he tio walk to his 13 years old sister Saphron's room, he then grab the door handle and open it gently ahat his sister is currently doing her homework.
he then tried his best to close gently the door discarding his pn to dah her but she had heard the sound of the door creaking and calls out to him.
"Jaune... what brings you here?" She puts down her pen and walk over to open the door for him.
As she open the door, Jaune couldn't help but feel regret for disturbiudy. "N-nothing... i was... just cheg up on you."
Saphron looks at Jaune and she couldnt help but sigh as she know her brother is supposed to be still training at this time of the day.
"Did you finish your training for today Jaune?"
She asked Jauh her soft voice as she always had done whenever Jaune would e to her looking for for.
"Yeah... i did." Jaune looks down and 't help but think that the floor looks more intriguing thahought of the dissappoi in his sister's eyes that would surely be there.
Saphron looks at him sadly before she offered him something that she knows he loves even more than training. "Do you want to dance jaune?" She asked him gently and looks at the light that has filled her brother's eyes whenever she offered him to have a dah her.
Jaune eyes shine brightly with love for his sister on how she always offer to dah him.
"Yeah! I want to!" Jaune excimed at her before he remembered that she was studying. "B-but only after you finish your homework first Saphron... i dont want to make you fail your exam ter."
Saphro out a few chuckles at how g her cute little brother is. "Its okay Jaune.. i study ter after we dance!"
Jauried to hide the happihat has filled his eyes. "W-well only if you want to Saphron."
He then walks inside her room and wait for her to py the music as she is scrolling through her scroll searg for a music.
"What kind of music do you want jaune? Cssical or something a little bit more upbeat? Salsa?" She asked brother while she looks at the eyes of pure happines and love that her brother has.
"Cssical would be great Saph!"
"Cssical it is then." Saphron then search for a cssical music that they dahrough often and found it before she press py on it.
(Py this for the musid reference for the dance : https://youtu.be/2cBH8zWVfsg )
Jauhen took Saphron hand in his and start to waltz around the room with her.
While Saphron hold her brother's hands she couldn't help but think of how graceful Jaune's movement is as they waltz around the room.
"You bee better at this Jaune." she plimented Jaune before she hold jaune shoulder and with her other hand she is holding his left hand while his other hand is on her waist.
"I'm only this good because you danced with me Saph" he smiled at her brightly before he spins her.
Saphron look at her brother's bright and loveful smile before she sherself smile and crouch down to pensate for her brother's height and spins around.
they waltz and dahrough the music for the 20 or so minute, Saphron is exhausted while her brother is still full of energy and she couldnt help but look at her brother lovingly with hoy he is. Feeling a little bit of pride at herself for helping her little brother taking his minds of his training and how it must be as bad as usual.
"Jaune.. we take a break for now? Im kinda tired." She wiped a sweat from her brow while jaune is still smiling brightly.
"Its okay Saph! I dont want to take anymore of your time!" Jauold her as he walk up to her and hug her tightly.
As she hugs her brother back she told him. "Its okay Jaune i study ter."
"No its okay, Lets stop today." Jau a little bit of disappoi at how quick the danded but he truly doesn't want to take anymore of her time.
Saphro out a tired sigh at how g her brother is.
"Well if you say so Jaune... do you want to stay here while i study?" Saphron asked her knowing that Jaune need something to get his mind of training and feeling down.
"No its okay Saph! Im going to help mom cook lunch!" Jauold her as he smiles brightly filled with his love begore he walk out of her room.
Saphron looks at Jaune's back wishing that she could help Jaune achieve his dream, But she herself couldn't fight and her dream is to bee a doctor.
As the day goes by and it had turned unto midnight where everyone was already fast asleep, One Jaune Arc is ing back from the toilet after he woke up and rush to it.
While he walks back to his room he hears the sound of people arguing a curious before he decided to walk to the sound and iigate, he then reaches his parent's room and while he walk closer to the room and put his ear on the door, he listen closer and could hear them arguing.
"What do you mean by stopping his training miles!" His mother sounded angry a this feelings that they are talking about him because who else would make his father stop training them.
"I'm stopping his training for his own good luna." His father tried to make her mother calm down but it only make it worse.
"You are stopping his dreams!" His mother sounds even more angry by that.
"I know i am stopping his dreams luna.. but its for the best." Miles father tried to vince Luna but it doesn't work.
"YOU ARE DESTROYING HIS DREAM MILES ARC!" His mother souremely furious now and jaune flinch at the sound of her voice. This is the first time that he had heard his gentle and kind mother yell.
"I KNOW OKAY I KNOW! I JUST DONT WANT HIM TO DIE A FOOLISH DEATH BECAUSE OF HIS STUPID DREAM, LUNA!" Jauep backs a little at how loud the voice is.
The room was silent for a few sed before his father tinue speaking but with a much calmer voice.
"I just dont want him to die luna... i t bear the thought of me burying my son because i let him tio pursue his dream on being a hunter, luna... i've been training him for 3 years now... and his skills has gotten worse.. he did not improve his skill not o luna... not in the 3 years that i've been training him..." the disappoi in his father's is so deep that Jaune could drown in it.
"Im pnning to tell him the er at breakfast... im going to focus training jeanne.. even with only 6 months of training... she is leaps and bounds better than Jaune is now..." jaune could feel the pride in his father's voice whealked about jeanne, But he also feel the palpable dissappoi when his father was talking about him.
Jaune couldn't stand the feeling of stabbing in his heart any longer and so before he could shed a tear and make a sound that would alert his parents, he sneak his way into his room and y on the bed.
On that night alone in his bed with only shattered dreams as his pany, Jaune Arc cry himself to sleep.
