An Answer That Leads to More Questions
Jeanne: Uhh… Wasn’t it just going to be the four of us?
Juniper: Yes, but your sisters caught wind of our conversation so they demanded they be involved, and considering your secrets have included them to some capacity, I have elected that they can, and should join us for this conversation. Is that okay.
Juniper: Okay, you may now begin.
Jaune: Okay, but first: What we’re about to say doesn’t leave this family. Second, suspend your feelings of disbelief. And, thirdly, save all your questions for the end.
Angela: Why should we suspend our…?!
Jaune: Save your question for the end!
Jaune: Haa… Okay, I’ll go first, unless?
Jeanne: I’ll interject when it seems appropriate.
Jaune: That works. Alright… This is the second life I have lived. In my first life I had seven sisters, and two parents. The same nine individuals you see before you, bar, Jeanne. Jeanne was not one of my sisters in my past life.
Jeanne: This my second life; In my first life I had the same parents we all have, Juniper, and Archeius Arc, but I had seven brothers, instead of seven sisters. And, Jaune was not one of my brothers in my past life.
Jaune: We lived two separate lives in two separate worlds of, Remnant. The worlds were mostly the same, but there were differences that allowed us to tell the difference between the two. The main factor was that most people in my world were of the opposite gender compared to, Jeanne’s. And, more importantly everything didn’t go to hell in her world as my did in mine.
Jeanne: We only knew about the existence of these parallel worlds because the two of us would randomly swap places with each other with no warning.
Jaune: We simply called the times when we switched places, A Swap. We would spend an indeterminate of time there, then randomly we would appear in a room we called, The White Room. Because everything was white. There we would meet up, chat, and randomly swap back. The randomness of the swaps caused us most of the problems we had with the swaps…
Jeanne: Yeah, I could be laying in my bed one moment, then I’m sitting at a desk in the cafeteria the next.
Jaune: Or, being grabbed by a, Beringel one moment where you’re about to slam your sword through the damn thing’s skull, only to slash through a plate of mashed potatoes in the cafeteria, covering everyone in said mash potatoes.
Jeanne: Confessing how much you’re in love to girl of your dreams, only to say it to a completely different person. And, told that your confession was pathetic so you spend the rest of your time trying to come up with something better instead.
Jeanne: Coming out of the, White Room to suddenly seen your teammates head has been shoved through a wall… again.
Jaune: Getting pelted in the face with a cream pie nanoseconds as you come back from the, White Room.
Jeanne: I got decked in the face one time because of that.
Jaune: My personal favourite was when I was having a conversation with someone outside, only to scream at her that no I did not ask her alternative universes male counterpart how big his dick was. Only to realize I said that in the middle of a classroom full of people.
Jeanne: These were just some of the more… pleasant times we experienced during our, Swaps.
Jaune: Pleasant for you! During our first swap, I was attacked; I was punched in the chest, tied up, was thrown about with a semblance, had a 50. cal pointed at my head, punched in the gut again, and then I was thrown into a cell in the depths of, Beacon Academy! All because I had somehow kidnapped their precious, Angel…
Jeanne: That was just a nickname I got because of my semblance’s abilities.
Jaune: You know damn well it was because of that smile you use on people!
Jaune: Don’t you try, and deny it, you flashed them that angelic smile once, they gave you tea, and cookies while I got a black eye!
Jeanne: Hehe… Because of me, and my influence most people didn’t like, Jaune in my world.
Jaune: Or, in mine either. Well, I think most people tolerated me in my world. After meeting, Jeanne they gave up hiding it, and outright showed their hostility, and indifference towards me.
Jeanne: Even our… well, my parents didn’t like you…
Jaune: Not even my parents liked me! Well, they didn’t have faith in me, which is debatably the same thing if you ask me. They offered you all the proper training, and equipment to become a, Huntress. Mine gave me encouraging words that it will be okay when I come home when I fail. Notice how I said, when, not if.
Jeanne: Well at least your team at, Beacon believed in you.
Jaune: Aye, but your presence made everyone else who believed in me cast me to the side. Hell, those bitches outright said it to my face, and acted like I wasn’t even there!
Jeanne: Well you ruined my relationship with people too just by showing up too!
Jaune: And, was that a bad thing?!
Jaune: No seriously; Was that a bad thing? You broke off all contact with them yourself. Hell, you even got your partner kicked off your team because of me.
Jeanne: Well… After you showed up, they did show their true colours, and show me that they were after me because they were in love with the image of, Jeanne Arc, and not the person who was, Jeanne Arc.
Jeanne: You don’t suppose their actions made me gay do you?
Jaune: No, you’re bisexual. Seeing, and dealing with their antics just tainted the possibility of you developing any kind of relationship with them; Platonic, or sexual.
Jeanne: I developed standards?
Jeanne: So my standards are you then~?
Jaune: So, anyway the, Vytal Festival happened…
Jaune: And, while the festival was ending, we were… I… I don’t think I should tell you what happened.
Jaune: Well… If I tell you something happened… Will it then happen?
Thiriana: Like in those stories where someone is told their fate, and they do everything they can to change their fate, but their attempt to change their fate they’ve sealed themselves to their fate?
Jaune: Precisely. I’m worried if I let something slip it could happen, and my life in my world was hell…
Jeanne: But, this isn’t my world, or your world at that, Jaune. There are already many differences in it, sure there are similarities, but they are not all the same. We can tell them, just not everything in extreme detail, okay?
Jaune: We won’t tell them the names of people then. Otherwise things could get… difficult.
Angela: Soooo… What happened at the, Vytal Festival?
Jeanne: Well in my world my team competed in the Vytal Festival, and I managed to lead my team to victory! Even after we reformed our team a few weeks before!
Acheius: Impressive. You two will be in school when the next festival takes place; you two planning on entering?
Jeanne: We will destroy all those who stand before us!
Thiriana: I take it things weren’t as nice as that in your world, Jaune?
Jaune: We… We were attacked…
Angela: I don’t take it you’re talking about during a match?
Jaune: No… Vale was attacked… This shadow organization caused an attack that lead to the destruction of, Beacon Academy, and the deaths of hundreds.
Luna: Y-You were there when it happened…?!
Jaune: I was there… I fought during the, Fall. That’s… that’s what we called that day, The Fall. It was hell, Grimm roming the streets of, Vale, hordes of them pouring through, Beacon… So much, death, and destruction. I lost people there too, people I loved… People I was going to ask out on dates… But… They died that day too…
Angela: It was, Pyrrha… Pyrrha Nikos…
Angela: You said, “I don’t want to lose her again.” You said that when we talked about, Pyrrha Nikos.
Jaune: It was, Pyrrha Nikos… She was my partner at, Beacon. We could have been more than that as well… but…
Janette: H-How did she die…? To the, Grimm?
Jaune: She was murdered… she sacrificed herself to defeat the villain who orchestrated the fall of, Beacon Academy. She failed though…
Juniper: Is this why you’re always training so harshly, and pushing, Jeanne to fight more smart, and honing her skills?
Jeanne: That’s just playing smart. I wasn’t that good when I entered, Beacon. I was good enough to enter, but I was never that good. Besides, most of our training is us trying to get back into the same fighting shape we had in our primes.
Juniper: Then all the times you kissed the dirt… You were used to fighting as an adult, not a teenager. That’s why you kept falling!
Jeanne: Yep! That’s it! I’m no where near as tall, or as big as I was back then.
Saphron: How tall were you?
Jeanne: I’m about, 5’7” right now. I peaked at, 6’2”.
Thiriana: And, what do you mean by, big?
Janette: What?! Bullshit!
Angela: Did you seriously become that big?
Jeanne: Don’t worry, I won’t be the biggest among us.
Jeanne: Thiri, Double H Cup.
Juniper: Oh my… She’ll be as big as me.
Jaune: Yeah, you lot can go to that store, and get those heavy duty support bra’s then.
Arc Sister’s: What bra store?
Jeanne: I’ll tell you later.
Juniper: What did you do after that, Jaune?
Jaune: Went to, Mistral, fought some guys, saved, Minstral. Then I went to, Atlas, became a licensed Huntsman, tried to save it, but then Atlas, and Mantle were destroyed. As I was trying to get everyone out of there, and get them to, Vaccuo, I fell off of this magical walk way, and fell into the, Ever After. Got stuck there for like… twenty years before I was reunited with my friends. Deaged back into my teenage self, and then I finally got out of there, and… And… I should stop… talking…
Jeanne: They’re taking this better than I thought.
Acheius: Okay… Uhhh… W-What about you; What did you do, Jeanne?
Jeanne: Evading eh? Okay then. Well, I was still at, Beacon. But, my team was going through a major shift. You see one of my teammates his name was, Pyrros Nikos.
Angela: Pyrros? Was this your version of, Pyrrha Nikos?
Jeanne: Yep. He wasn’t as nice of a person as, Pyrrha is…
Jeanne: Nothing to me! Though I wish he would have tried…
Jeanne: H-H-He tried to force my friend/teammate to give him a kiss because he was, Pyrros Nikos! If he did it to me I would have decked him! That’s it! I swear!
Jeanne: I would have broken his aura, and his face for doing that to my sister! But, Jaune beat me to it…
Acheius: Defending your sister’s honour? Good on you son!
Jaune: Ah-hahaaa… No… That’s not why I did that…
Acheius: Then why did you?
Jaune: Ohh… My, Beacon was a, Grimm infested hellhole, while hers was perfectly fine. Dealing with all the trauma I got from, The Fall. Pyrros, and a few other people who tormented me in, Jeanne’s world. Well… I just sorta snapped.
Jeanne: I’ll say; you broke their auras, broke their bones, shattered their egos, and were a huge turned on for, Rin!
Jaune: Jeanne?! No names!
Saphire: Rin; Who’s, Rin?
Jeanne: She’s is…! Was… my teammate in my previous life.
Juniper: What was she like?
Jeanne: I can’t talk about her… Whole alternative universe possibilities thingy.
Juniper: I understand. But, was she special?
Jeanne: Not in the way you think. But, yeah… she was…
Jaune: Don’t worry, Jeanne, we’ll see her again.
Jeanne: Hopefully… So, after that, I got a new partner, who I eventually married, hopefully you’ll get to meet her soon. I graduated, Beacon at the top of my class. And, I lived out a nice full life before I died at the age of one hundred, and three.
Jaune: Wait? You lived till you were a hundred, and three?! Wow… I didn’t know that.
Jeanne: I don’t like talking about my death. I have to bring up your death if I did, which I am still uncomfortable talking about.
Luna: Uhh… H-How did you die, Jaune?
Jaune: Murder suicide. I sacrificed myself to kill the bitch who murdered, Pyrrha.
Jaune: So, that’s about it. The floors open for questions! Bar those about my death, there’s too much I would have to explain to explain that.
Juniper: You’re not getting out of it that easily young man.
Jaune: Watch me. Yes, Angela?
Angela: Okay, why should we believe you? I mean… This… thing, as ludicrous as it sounds. It explains… a lot about the oddities you two have done. But, why should we believe you? Everything you’ve said is about things that could happen, and that only happened to you two. Why should we believe you?
Jaune: Fair. I wouldn’t believe you either if I said that to you. So how about this… Saphron?
Jaune: You have a secret girlfriend. Her name is, Terra Cotta, she has brown skin, brown eyes, and brown hair. She wears red glasses, and is as tall as you are. She lives in, Argus, and works as an, Atlassian Telecommunications Specialist. She was living in an apartment until recently because bought herself a nice little house at, 118th Street West, house number 3. As soon as she did this she sent you a message asking if you wanted to move in with her. You said yes almost immediately, but you scared to tell the rest of us that you are planning on moving out to be with your girlfriend.
Saphron: How the… How the fuck do you know all of that?! I haven’t told anyone that!
Jaune: You told me, but just not yet.
Juniper: Wait… Saphron… I-Is this true?
Saphron: I would have preferred to say this on my own terms, but yes… Yes this is all true… I was planning on moving out next month to be with her.
Juniper: Oh my… This is… Oh gods…
Acheius: Looks like they’re telling the truth, Juniper.
Juniper: Huw?! Oh yeah, they’re telling the truth… But, my baby wants to move out?! Oh gods…?!
Luna: She’s more concerned with the fact, Saphron wants to move out, then the fact the twins are reincarnaters…
Angela: This… This isn’t all that surprising honestly.
Saphron: Was she like this when I told her?
Saphron: Ahh… Peachy… So, if you know about my girlfriend, what else do you know about her; any little hints you could give me?
Jeanne: Bar the fact I was super jealous of you for things I cannot explain. No.
Jeanne: Because if I did, it may not happen.
Saphire: Are you talking about how in stories people are given a prophecy of their future fate, and said fate is something they wish to prevent so they do everything in their power to ensure it, but that only makes it enviable?
Jeanne: Yeah, pretty much that.
Acheius: So that’s why you’ve been keeping secrets; you scared of what might happen.
Jaune: That, and we may be taken to a psych-ward, and locked up.
Juniper: What are the differences between this… universe, and yours.
Jeanne: Mostly small stuff. The Headmistress of Beacon is Selma, it was a guy in, Jaune’s world. In my world the, White Fang was a peaceful organization, or at least, it always was, instead of the radical race supremacists terrorist they are now.
Jaune: I didn’t have a uncle in my world, least, not that I know of. Uncle Roman wasn’t… Well actually bar the fact we’re related there is not much difference between the two.
Jeanne: I had an aunt in my world. I miss her.
Jaune: And, Winter Schnee isn’t our potential sister. So yeah, we have just as many similarities as differences in this life. So, we are refraining from telling what happened in our worlds because, well, we don’t know what may happen in this world.
Saphire: So then, in the book series I wanted you to read, Ninjas of Love. You said you didn’t want to read it, was that because you’ve already read it in your past life?
Jaune: Yes, you forced me to read it, and before you ask for my opinions, the entire series, eight books of nothing, but utter smutty trash!
Saphire: Eight books?! There’s only four out right now! It’s getting more; tell me when?!
Jeanne: Does that mean I have to read more of that trash?! Aww man…
Jaune: You’ve been reading that trash?!
Jeanne: She keeps using those puppy dog eyes on me, I have no resistance to it!
Jeanne: Shut up. Any questions?
Juniper: Yes; The reason you two are so well skilled with your chosen weapons, and in fact knew exactly what kind of weapons, and armour you wanted is because you had this gear in your previous life?
Jaune: Yep, I had all the same gear in my past life.
Acheius: And, the reason you’re so tactically minded, Jaune is because of all the battles you fought right.
Jaune: I’ve always had a tactical mind, I’ve just sharpened it over the years.
Angela: Have you made any plans on what you’re going to do in this life?
Jeanne: A few. Since we don’t know what’s going to happen in this life we’re mostly just waiting to see what happens, and go from there.
Angela: What do you have planned?
Jeanne: Mostly reuniting with our old friends, and having the relationships we didn’t get to have in that life.
Saphire: What kind of relationship?
Jaune: Some will be romantic if you must know.
Jaune: Myself? More than one at the least, you, Jeanne?
Jeanne: You, and one other person. I’ll probably have a relationship with the other members of your inevitable harem.
Jaune: Well, considering who may be involved that should be a given.
Juniper: Do I get grandkids out of your harem?
Jeanne: Jaune gave you your first grandkid in my life! She was absolutely gorgeous!
Juniper: The other me’s male version of the other me’s Jeanne was the first one to give me a grandchild? What were those kids doing?!
Jeanne: That’s what I was thinking too! Jaune already had an adorable nephew in his world! I didn’t have shit until he knocked up my partner!
Angela: Wait, you knocked up her partner? Was this during a… You called it a, ‘Swap’ right?
Jaune: Yeah, I knocked her up during a, ‘Swap.’ It was consensual mind you! She saw me, and practically pounced me. It’s always the quiet ones… Whoo!
Thiriana: But, why did she do that?
Jeanne: She was an orphan who lost her family at a young age like so many others. So, she confessed to always wanting to be a mother, and having a family of her own one day when she grew up. When the swaps started happened she was one of a few people that was always kind to, Jaune so the two managed to bound. But, what really caused her to fall for you was that time you saved her on a mission. We were dealing with a bunch of bandits, and Rin was captured. They were about to… do things to her, when we swapped. I was trying to negotiate with them to get her back, but when we met up in the, ‘White Room,’ Jaune was there covered in blood. He told me she was safe, she was fine. Her clothes were a little torn, but she was safe. When I came back, she was standing before me with a faint blush on her face. I teased her relentlessly about her crush on, Jaune for months, until one day, after another swap, and meeting in the, ‘White Room.’ Jaune confessed to knocking her up. After that, she dropped out of, Beacon, me, and my team went home, and left her with you to help raise their child. She eventually grew up to become a exemplary huntress, and proud mother in her own right. Haaa… I miss them…
Juniper: You’ll see them, again, Jeanne. I know you will.
Jeanne: I know. I just don’t want to wait longer.
Thiriana: So she fell for, Jaune because he was the whole, ‘knight in shining white armour?’
Jeanne: Yes, but the beard, and wolf tail certainly helped.
Acheius: You grew a beard; Was it any good?
Jaune: Better than yours; It may have been an unkempt mess because I couldn’t shave it in years, but the ladies certainly liked it.
Acheius: Well, the lady certainly liked mine! Right dear~?
Jaune: No she didn’t! If mom had a son you had to shave it off, that was the bet you two made, and thank gods you lost it!
Jeanne: Yeah, that thing was hideous.
Acheius: Y-You remember that…?!
Jeanne: We both remember it…
Juniper: You you two were just born?! How can you remember that?!
Jaune: The gods are a punch of dicks, what more can we say about why this all happened.
Angela: Gods, don’t you mean goddesses?
Jaune: No… wasn’t this world run by two brother gods…?
Angela: No, the legends say it was run by two sister goddesses.
Jaune: Well the moon’s still broken; so instead of a punch of gods who are massive dicks, they’re a bunch of bitches.
Angela: They broke the moon?!
Jaune: And, they’re assholes, moving on!
Arc Family: No. I’m good. Too much to think about to ask really.
Juniper: Okay… I guess that’s it. We’ll just ask you if there’s anything we think about.
Jeanne: Okay, that’s fine…
Jaune: I guess that’s it. We’ll talk later. Family meeting adjured.
Luna: Wait! One question?
Jaune: Haa… And, what’s that?
Luna: What’s the next winning lottery numbers?!
Jeanne: All these fascinating things could, and did happen to us, and you want to know lottery numbers?!
Luna: Fuck yeah! See you guys latter, momma’s gonna become rich! Hahahaha!!!
Acheius: A-Are those seriously the winning lottery numbers…?
Jaune: Nope. I just wanted to mess with her.
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Ughhh… It’s done… It’s finally done!
I couldn’t finish this for weeks, but it’s finally done! Not my best, but it is done.
