{THIRD PERSON POV}

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  {2 MONTHS TIME SKIP}

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  "Jaune! I need some help over here!" One of Mr.Rock's friends/employee/sailor/people who work at Mr.Rock's ship call out to Jaune as he picked up some of them boxes.... Jaune doesn't know what exactly is thier Job titles because Mr.Roever did tell Jaune about what is their exact Job on the ship.

  Mr.Rotroduce them to Jaune a long time ago as friends that worked on his ship.... all Jaune know is that Mr.Rock is the ship's captain.

  "I'll be there Mr.Andrew!" Jaune quickly put some of the boxes he himself carries (which is not that big nor heavy, he have to hide his Aura enharength and act as if he is struggling... fortunately he have a lot of practice with ag weak because of his family...) and put them on the deck.

  Jauhen quickly get off the ship's deck by walking down the ramp before he grab a couple of Boxes stacked on each other. "You guys got a good haul this time, Mr.Andrew! Who even buy this many stuff to vacuo anyway? Is it a mert? I thought you guys usual supply lio vacuo wasn't this many... its usually a lot less.."

  Andrew Shakes his head no while he walk up beside Jaune and carried his own share of boxes.

  "Nah, kid. It's just supplies that's all... there's been a sandstorm or something a month ago soverhought it would be good if we strengthen our retionship with vacuo by sending them a bunch of supplies." Ahen hummed. "Not that I am pining, over did pay us a butt load of money just to trahis stuff... and sidering that it also helped with the normal ey then that's good too."

  'Something hit Vacuo? I didn't know that... hopefully everyohere is fine.. but I would be there in a few days if everything goes well tonight... hopefully....' Jauhinks to himself and he isn't wrong, at the test he would arrive at vacuo in a few days sidering that they are using a huge ship and not a bullhead.

  Oh yeah, He also doesly know where the ship is going to dock at in vacuo, but from what he gathered (eavesdrop more accurately) from Mr.Rock's versation with his sailor, it would be close to the academy.

  Which is good.. the closer to the academy the ship docked theter it is for Jaune sidering that he doesn't have enough moo travel to the academy if they docked at the other side of vacuo...

  They then reach the ded both Andrew and Jau the boxes on the deck's floor.

  Andrew cp his hands and look at Jaune. "Well kid, why don't you go bae a.. you've been helping us the entire day, don't want Rock to se for taking advantage of your kindness, kid."

  "It's alright Mr.Andrew! It's just a few more boxes left!" Jauion to the dock whily a couple of more boxes still hadn't been carried to the ship, the other sailors is busy preparing the ship for their Jouromorrow M so the duty of Carrying the st batch of Boxes fell unto Andrew's and of his friends shoulders but sadly... one of his friend sprained his ankle cause he slipped on the ramp.... fortunately Jaune was there so he help put the boxes inside.

  Andrew felt bad for asking a 12 year old with the boxes.. that's why he made sure to ask Jauo only carry the boxes without that much weight.. which is pretty much all of the boxes that they both had carried sidering that the heavy crates/boxes had been stocked ihe ship since yesterday by a forklift.

  "If you say so kid... why don't you carry those boxes here while I go put this boxes down ie?" Andrew offered Jaune.

  Jaune shakes his head no because he had made a small enough spa the ship's ste by arranging the crates and boxes in a particur way, but it's still isn't plete yet! He only need a couple more boxes to Hide the space by making it act as a makeshift door.

  "No worry Mr.Andrew! I'll put the boxes in ste and you carry the boxes here! Yoing to sail away right? I don't want you to get too tired! And if I'm tired I'll tell you!" Jaune really hope that he mao vindrew to do this.. because if he didn't then it's game Over.. Andrew would find out Jaune's little hiding pce!

  After a few tense sed (for Jauhat is.) Andrew let out a sigh and nodded. "Okay kid... but don't tell Rock about this.. I don't want to get beat up by him... that man has more muscle then brain sometimes." He shakes his head and go down the ramp to carry the boxes.

  Jaune mao stop himself from pung the air in victory by pig up a stack of boxes and carefully get ihe ship and into the ste space.

  It took him a while to navigate through the crates and boxes before he reached his hiding pce.

  Basically made a 1.5 meter by 1.5 meter room by arranging the crates just enough to not arouse suspi, all he o do is put a stack of boxes orand that's it.. the entrance isn't that big anyway, he ime go sideways and slip into the crack....

  Is it the best pce to hide? No... he sleep fortably? No.. he would o curl Into a ball to sleep fortably.. and eve would still be a tight fit sidering that he is going t his bag for supply and also his ons..

  He found out that Dad had strandpa's John sword "croeca mors" alongside its shield/sheath mechashift on? Yeah on.. it could be sidered a on because you could bash some grimm's skull with it.. well anyway, Jaune found it iic.. he po sneak into the attic te at night and quickly grab it... Jaune only hope that it all would turn out well... Mordred is going to help him too, anyway...

  After Jaune quickly put the boxes and stack them at just the right pce, his hiding space is pletely hidden now...

  "Okay.. just get back up on the ded finish putting the boxes away.. after that... I... I'll go home... this is it..."

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  'ok... now where the fuck is Jaune?' Morded thinks to herself as she sits on her chair while the rest of the family is preparing their ptes for dinner.

  'Is something holding him up back at the docks? Shit, did Rock or his crew found out about Jautle hidey hole? Shit!' Mordred is full on panic mode because shit.. if Jaune really get caught that it's over.. over for Jaune..

  "Mordred..."

  'Do I o go to the docks a Jaune? If I go there fast enough I could snatch Jaune away and we hide at our spot for a couple of days before I bring him on a runaway trip to vayself! It would be a fu harder especially if there is a manhunt for us but I don't fug care! I would get Jauo Vayself! He don't fug need Rock's Ship to get there!' Mordred starts to think about how would she get Jauo vacuo because there's no way ihat she would let Jaune dream of being a huo stop just because he got caught by a group of fug sailors... fuck them..

  "Mordred...." a voice called out tain but she is too into her pnning to hear the voice calling out to her.

  'If we go by nd.. it would take a long while.... I doly have a map nor do I memorize the map, but Jaune probably already have a pher way for it... maybe it would take us almost a month if we include the time that we would get lost cause fuck me.. we would certainly get lost..' She then o herself.

  "Mordred......" the voice let out a sigh. "She's doing it again isn't she?"

  "Yeah she is doing it again... but I didn't know that she could do it without Jaune here... that's new.." another voice chime in.

  'And that if we go by foot... bullhead would be the best but shit... how the fuck are we supposed to steal a bullhead? Not that I won't cause please.. the great Mordred Arc could steal any bullhead she pleases... but a bullhead would be easy to track, I don't fug know...' Mordred then put a fist under her a her head there. 'And driving a bullhead isn't that hard anyway.. just grab the wheel and drive it like the video games... but I think it would be for the best if I leave that up to Jaune... he probably would learn how to drive it faster than me.'

  "....here... let me get her attention." The voice told the others before a hand reaches out and grab Mordred Shoulder whistantly snapped her out of her thoughts and spped the hand off her shoulder and activate her Sembn instinct because she thought that she was going to get attacked.

  But when she looked at the whose hand it belongs too.. it turns out to be mile's.

  "Don't fug touch me..." Mred at her father before she deactivate her Sembnce off her body.

  "Sorry... but the other was trying to get your attention and you were not answering them." Miles expio Mordred which made her raised her eyebrows in suprise.

  'Really?' She thinks to herself because she is sure that if somebody call out to her, she would know.

  "Well who was it anyway?" Mordred asked and look around the table before she stopped as Saphron coughed into her fist.

  "Well I was the one calling you, Mordred... but you were stuside your mind." Saphron the out a soft Chuckle. "You're usually only like that if Jaune is around... so what we're you thinking about?"

  'Shit.. ain't no way that I'm like that....' Mordred thinks to herself but she didn't pn to say it outlook because she khat if she did... well her sisters would use it as ammunition to tease her.

  Mordred then lean ba her seat and rex. "So what do you want?" She asked Saphron.

  "Well I wao ask if you know where Jaune is..." Saphron told Mordred whily made Mordred look at Saphron weirdly.

  "And how the fuck would I know where he is?" Mordred frowned her eyebrows at Saphron. "Do I look like I would always know where the fuck he is?"

  "Yeah." Saphron answered Mordred

  Jeahen chime in before Mordred reply to Saphron "Well... you are always with him....."

  "Yeah! You and Jaune are like twin! Like me and Bncheur! Isn't that right Bncheur!?" Noir used her elbow to nudge Bncheur who nodded in agreement.

  "You know Mordred... sometimes I felt that you're more like Jaune's Mother than I am with how much you cared about him.." Her mother also decided to chime in with a soft smile on her face. "So Mordred.. you do know where Jaune is right?"

  Mordred wao retort about how would she know where Jaune is or deny it but... she 't exactly deny it sidering that she do know where Jaune is.. well where is supposed to be in.. which is on the docks.. hopefully he is just te cause there are more shit to store rather thating caught...

  "Well... yeah I know where he is..." Mordred let our a sigh of defeat. "Fuck off....."

  "So, where he is then? We are waiting for him before we start dinner..." Saphron asked Mordred once again.

  "He's at the dock's helping Rock carry some supplies.." Mordred answered her, should she ahat truthfully? They could put two and two together when Jaune is missing.. but she knows that Jaune would answered holy about the fact that he was at the docks, and its not like it's a secret to whoever seen Jaune in the docks helping around.. so yeah.. she thinks that its safe to tell them this shit..

  "Oh... that's good then..." Saphron then o herself. "He'll probably e home soon..."

  A few minutes had passed and Mordred once again is stuside her mind making Saphron chuckled.

  "She's at it again...." Jeaold her mother.

  Luna nodded. "Yeah.... she must be thinking something important then, cause this is unusual... Jaune's not here and she's like this.."

  Noir then stand perked up on her seat with a mischievous smile of my face. "Bncheur! Look at this!" She then take a deep breath before she shouted "Mordred!!!!!!!!!!"

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  To the shock of the others, Mordred is still stuside her mind pletely unbothered by Nh pitched shout...

  "Damn...." Saphron couldn't help but say to herself..

  After that whole fiasco, they tialked to themselves for a few minutes waiting for Jauo e home and when he did, he o them as a greeting and sit o Mordred as usual and put a hand on her shoulder. "Mordred."

  Mordred instantly look at Jaune and Him. "Jaune... what took you so long?"

  Jaune hummed and prepare his own pte of food sidering that Mordred's already prepare his ptes before he came here. "Mrs.Nina needed some help with the pipes.. so I had to go to her house and quickly fixed it..."

  "What? You're a plumber now?" Mordred shakes her head a out a chuckle.

  The others look at Mordred in suprise because how the fuck did Jaune mao get her attention that easily... and when Miles put a hand on Mordred's shoulder, she instantly activated her Sembnce... but not Jaune...

  Jeanne was about to ask Jaune something but she stopped herself because she knows that it's a foolish endeavor sidering that Jaune and Mordred is already stu their own world with how they talk to each other.

  Saphron put a hand on Jeanne's shoulder and give her a soft smile. "Hey.. ask Jauer... you know how those two are..."

  "Yeah... I guess so..."

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  "Okay, you already prepared all of your shit, Jaune?" Mordred asked Jaune as soon as she close the door to his room.

  "Yeah... I did..." Jaune reached under his bed and pull out his bag that is filled with clothes, emergency ration calorie bars (which Mordred Bought from the town with the excuse of she wanting to buy it cause she want go go camping), a few stuff here and there his personal hygiene and most importanly a couple months worth of liens that Jaune had saved up and also from Mordred's savings too....

  Mordred then stay silent before she sit of his bed. "Jaune... I really think that you should briher my scroll or your scroll just in case..."

  Jaune look at her join her on the bed. "Mordred.. we talked about this before....."

  "I know... but still Jaune.. just for emergency..." Mordred Tried to vince Jaune even further but when she looks at Jaune face, she sigh i.

  "You know why I 't.... if I d either of our scroll... dad could easily track it with his e with Headmaster Ozpin... and even if I bring your scroll, it would only give me at most 5 days worth of time before the other realize that you're using my scroll and dad decided to track down your scroll.."

  "....but.. what if... what if I want to talk to you?...." Mordred asked Jaune softly because she really do want to talk to him... she doesn't want to have 0 unication from him fod knows how long....

  Jaune look at her before he tell her something that absolutely break her heart into pieces.

  "Mordred...... just say the word and I'll scrap my whole pn to runaway to vacuo...." Jaune looked away from her. "Just tell me to stay and I'll stay...."

  Does she want him to stay? Yes... yes she does.. she doesn't want to live without Jaune.. she doesn't want Jauo leave her to fug Vacuo of all pces and not being able to see him for years!

  But... but would she ask him to stay aroy his dream? Fuo... she won't... she's not like her father... she would rather jump of a cliff than force Jauo stay...

  Her eyes starts to water but she quickly bliears away and hugged Jaune.. "Jaune.. God fuck I want you to stay with me Jaune.. I want to... but I won't.. I also want you to he a hunter Jaune..."

  She feel Jaune begin to shake in her hold and she hold him even tighter to her body. "So no... I won't ask you to stay... but please Jaune.. don't ever fet about me! Please!"

  She then feel Jaune's arm start to around her as he return her hug. "I won't even fot about You Mordred, and when I finally got into Shade, I'll use the cct tower and call you okay?"

  Mordred nodded. "Okay I'll believe you...."

  After a few moments, Mordred tighten her hold on Jaune. "Jaune... we cuddle for a while?..... please..."

  Jaune nodded and they then y down on the bed and start to cuddle for what would be the st ce they could before they would separate for years to e..

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  It has been close to 5 hours after dinner before Jaune and Mordred wake up from their cuddle session.

  "What time is it?" Mordred asked Jaune which prompt him to look at his bedside clod read the time.

  "It's 12:30 in the night now... the others are probably asleep." Jauell Mordred before he get off the bed and out on his shoes.

  "You're about to get Grandpa John's sword?" Mordred asked Jaune as she grab his bag and sling it over her shoulder.

  "Yeah... I need a on to fight the grimm's and we did checked a week ago to firmed that Grandpa John's sword and sheath is iic." Jauhen go to his door.

  "True.. true..." Mordred thehe windoer it. "I'll wait for you outside... you'll know where to find me."

  Jaune nodded and he sees Mordred Jumped off the window and nd silently.

  "Okay Jaune.. here goes nothing..." Jaune psyche himself up before he sneak out of his own room into the hallway before he stop and used low level reinfort on his ears and eardrum to listen closely and check if anyone is awake or not.

  He hear the soft snore of all of his siblings and his parents too.. but he also heard the sound of Pen gliding on paper which could only meant that Saphron is still awake.

  That is bad... but Jaune work with this... All he o do is make as little noise as he and not alert Saphron.

  He then look at the ceiling ahe pull for the Attic's ceiling dder ahen jump as silently as he and pull it down.

  Thankfully the dder is a simple wooden folding dder rather than the more moderal folding dder which would make too much sound especially at night.

  Jauhen climbed up the dder as silently as he he slowly and surely pull the dder and ceiling door close.

  "......." Jauays silent and used reinfort on his ears again to check if Saphron notiything or not but thankfully it looks like Saphron is still writing without being alerted by the noise of the dders.

  "Good..." Jauhen walk to the pile of boxes iic before he slowly push the boxes to the side until he finally reach where his father stored Crocea Mors on a metal case.

  Jaune grab the case and open it before he grabbed the family's heirloom...

  Crocea Mors... the family's heirloom that is passed down from Arc to Arc.. from Father to Son... feions, Crocea Mors had been passed down from the patriach to his heir until Miles stopped it by not accepting Crocea Mors when his father offered it to him... Miles reasoning was that Crocea Mors isn't suited for him because he is more fortable with a greatsword rather than a Bastard sword.. and also the fact that his own father still used it as his main on.

  Jaune pull Crocea Mors out of its mechashift sheath and start to exami. "Its.... its perfey current size.. but I think I would o upgrade the bde when I'm older..."

  The bde is the usual size of a bastard sword and currently when Jaune holds it it feels much longer and bigger than a bastard sword sidering that Jaune is only 12 years old and not an adult.. but when Jaune grows older, the sword will not be long enough for Jaune liking ao be upgrade to make it slightly lohan a long sword..

  Jauhen grab the sheath and see a belt for his arm to gh, and so he did, he equip the sheath on his arm.

  "So... how do I turn this into a shield? I know it turn into one.." Jaune poo himself before he shake the shield quickly and it unfurled into a kite shield.

  "Oh... that... that's stupid... what if I actally shake it and it unfurled while on my waist?" Jaune look at the shield a little bit disappointed before he shakes it again and it turn bato a sheath. "It does need a little force to shake it activate the mechashift sequence... but still.. its dangerous.."

  Jauhen then put the sheath on his waist by slipping it iween his belt before he sheath his sword... the sheath is pretty heavy even without the sword inside of it, but Jaune decided to just get used to the weight because he will use this on for the few years.

  "That should be good enough if I o pull out the shield quickly.. but I don't think I'll use the shield fun... I never used a shield before..." Jaualks to himself before he walk to the attic's window and opech. "Well I guess I'll learn how to use a shield too I guess.... would be a waste to not know how to use it."

  He then jumped off the window and nd as silently as he on the ground before he walk to where Mordred was... which is behind a tree about 200 meters down the road to the town.

  "Took you long enough..." Mordred smirked and walk up to Jauhat look good on you..." she plimented Jaune before they walk side by side to the town.

  "Thank you..." Jauhen offer his hand to Mordred so she give him his bag back but Mordred shakes her head.

  "No... let me just... carry this for you Jaune...." she then walk a bit faster which forced Jauo catch up to her. "....please..."

  Jaune look at her before he nodded. "Okay...."

  The walk to the town was silent to say the least, Jaune have so much thing he wao talk about with Mordred but not enough time for it..

  While Mordred stayed silent because she doesn"/ know if the word that es out of her mouth would be her sobbing or her g... so she decided to be quiet as to not burden Jauh more emotional baggage.

  After a few minute of sneaking around the town through the alleys and what not, they finally arrived at the dock where the ship is.

  "This is it then Jaune..." Mive the bag to Jaune which Jaune accepted and put it on.

  "Yeah...." Jauhen look at Mordred and see her closing her eyes.

  "The first step to being... a... a hunter..." Mordred's mouth trembled as she is holding herself back fr.

  "Yes....."

  "And... and..." Mordred Tried to speak but the words won't e out of her mouth as tears starts to streams down her face.

  "Mordred..." Jaune called out to her and hug her ad tight as he .

  "Fuck him Jaune.... f-f-fuck him... if.. of he didn't stopped you... you wouldn't o do this...." Mordred starts to cry onto Jaune's shoulder as she hug him back

  "I know...."

  "Please Jaune... take care of yourself..." She pull Jaune closer to her as if she want to engulf him with her hug.

  "I will..." Jaune replied to her as he pat her back trying to calm her down.

  "And.. and... and Jaune.. I'll safe a spot for you okay? After I graduate, I'll work hard a an apartment for us two, and after you graduate, you join me okay? We'll be the dream team! The best duo remnant had ever seen!" She hug Jaune even tighter and she feel that Jaune had also start to cry too from the wet spot she feel on her shirt.

  They tio be in each other embrace for the 10 minutes or so on the docks before they pull away.

  After wiping away the tears from their face, Mordred look at Jaune and kissed his forehead. "Stay safe okay Jaune? And kick everyone asses there... I expeo less from you."

  Jaune chuckled and nodded. "I will, Mordred... I will... did you fot that I'm the little brother of the great Mordred Arc?"

  Mordred chuckled and ruffled his hair.

  After a few moments, Jauhen walk closer to the ship stop before he look back at Mordred.

  "See you ter, Mordred..."

  "See you ter, Jaune.."

  Jauhen used reinfort on his legs before he jumped onto the ship's ded when he nded, he quickly go to the railings and speak loud enough for Mordred to hear.

  "I love you!"

  "I love you too!" Jaune see that Mordred starts tain, and before he 't ha anymore, Jaune quickly ehe ship and go down to the ste spad walk until he reach his hidey hole even though his mind keep repying the image of Mordred g.

  "Jauhis is it.. this is how you'll achieve your dream..." Jauhen push the boxes away before he take off his bag and slipped it through the entrance.

  After the bag entered his hiding space, Jaune partially ehe entrand slowly pull the boxes ba pce to hide the entrand after he finished doing that, he get inside his hiding spad sit down hugging his knees.

  Jaune doesn't know how he would survive without the presence of his family...

  He doesn't know if he would survive without Mordred being by his side everyday..

  But he must push through... he is Jaune Arc.. the Brother of the great Mordred Ard he will bee a hunter!

  No matter what.

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  [AN: well.. this is the rewrite.. I only leave the kept the first se from before the rewrite, but other than that? It's a plete rewrite... its.. its up to my standards again.. so I would like to apologize for the previous version of this chapter! I am sorry for putting you guys through that! By the way, this chapter is my lo chapter yet at 4.7k words.. the closest to 5k words.. only beating the previous personal best by about 100-50 words! Thank you for reading my story!!!! And sorry for the week long hiatus, if you had read the PUBLID FREE news on my patreon, i wrote about how i fell down and spraid my right hand.. i thought it would only take a day or two before i write again.. but it turns out that the injury is worse that i thought.. but i'm okay now!]