Chapter 1: Shinigami

Chapter 1: Shinigami

Note: this was actually an interesting idea give to me by pittsacee and I've pondered this for a good while now and decided to just go for it! Worst thing that can happen is that I will lose interest after a few chapters and my mind is on something else.

Alright guys, like usual I would like some ideas on who Jaunes crush would be, anyone(Except Pyrrha or Ruby) is on the table! Faunus, Mature, Non Beacon Etc and so forth.

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A young Jaune Arc by the age of 6 was running fast panting super hard as he bypassed a group of Beowolves as swift before they could find the source but as the young boy was running howls of the hunters behind him looking for there easy pray though as the wolves were running through the forest looking for Jaune, the blonde kid however tripped on an above ground root sending the poor boy onto the ground "ARGH!" The boy cried hitting the ground hard.

"ROOOOOAAAAARRRR!" Five Beowolves roared there terrible roars swiftly charging at Jaune ready to feast on his human flesh however they soon stopped as there heads raised from Jaunes trembling form who was covering his face not wanting to watch the terrible creatures but soon stopped opening his right eye wanting to know what was going on to find the creatures motionless just staring above the boy prompting the young man to slowly turn his head towards the back to find a woman standing there just Ten Feet away.

She was a tall woman which was around 6'3 maybe slightly higher, Her Outfit was a long blue skirt that went straight to her ankles sowing off the dangerous blue heel boots she used to crush her enemies though her upper clothing was a blouse with a disheveled corset just under her B Cup Breasts, her hair was disheveled under the guise of under combat for hours maybe even days though her face was covered by the upper portion of the human skull clouding her face but her jaw was still visible and it was that of a sneer.

Her eyes however was something different, something dangerous as the very look of silver gave a look of complete power that seemed to cause the Grimm to shake in there stance as if the look of the silver eyes was causing the Grimm extreme discomfort, anxiety and overall...Fear.

Her hands were gripping her weapons hard which were twin short handled sickles that had a purple energy flowing off them blades.

The Grimm soon started growling at the woman slowly walking pass the boy who shivered greatly from being so close to such creatures, the Grimm soon bursted into a run charging at the unknown woman.

The Skull Woman jumped into the air dodging the Grimms charge before raising her left hand and slashed downwards cutting the end of the six Grimm Wolves killing it instantly before landing on her feet just to swiftly turn around slashing fast and heavy with her right sickle cutting through the two Grimm who were too slow to turn around as such cuts them in half.

The last three grimm turned around as quick as they could but didn't charge as they saw three of there pack already dead with the woman standing as proud of her work though they charged at the woman again which she does to them but raised both of her sickle slashing towards the Grimm cutting off two of there heads then jump rolled over the last Grimm and plunged her left sickle into its head essentially killing it.

The Woman takes out the sickle from the Grimm which caused it to fall onto the ground with black smoke slowly dissolving off of it, she then looked up to see a young boy on his knees staring at her though the main reason why she even helped was the fact that Jaune was almost killed by them as well as he was just a mere child.

The woman placed the sickles behind her back almost disappeared from sight then walked over to Jaune to kneel to him "are you alright sweetie?" She asked curiously overlooking the young man seeing his dirtied and slightly torn basic white shirt with his shorts also equally dirtied but the way his body looked, slightly malnourished showing that he must've ran away from home due to this being over 100 Miles from the nearest village.

However what baffled the huntress was the boys age which couldn't be any older then six but to come this far alone at such an age was baffling, the young child slowly nodded at her though looked down as if he was caught with the cookie jar "where are you from?" She asked though Jaune seemed very nervous which caused the brown woman to gasp slightly remember the mask she wore as a warrior.

So taking off the mask showing of her kind smile and loving silver eyes which got Jaune to quickly look relieved which caused him to smile too almost quickly "don't be afraid sweetie" the woman soothed slowly reaching her hand towards the young boy placing it onto his shoulder allowing the young boy to visibly relax "tell me where your from and I'll help take you back" "A-Argus..." Jaune finally spoke and it was the place he's from.

Maria's eyes widened slightly as the town known as Argus was over 200 Miles to the East meaning Jaune must've ran away from home and that would've accumulated over three months of travel but the young blonde kid didn't have any supplies nor was he combat capable which made the young silver eyed woman curious on how Jaune was capable of traversing over 200 Miles of Wilderness and Grimm Infested jungles with no supplies.

Maria slowly looked over at Jaunes form again figuring out Jaune must've ran from Argus for a compelling reason for such a young child to run so far with no visible preparation until she found a slight discoloration just below his neck color bone which as swiftly went under his dirty shirt "sweetie, can you take off your shirt for me?" She asked seeing the young man flinch at this request almost as if he were scared which was understandable since he was asked to take off his shirt for a total stranger.

The Silver Eyed Woman just giggled slightly using her left hand to lightly bonk her left temple "I'm sorry about that, I haven't even introduced myself" she then extended her hand towards him in a pleasant manner "I'm Maria Calavera" Maria's smile is what got Jaune to trust her, so he slowly accepted her hand shake "J-Jaune..." "well Jaune, if you would like; May I see under your shirt?" Maria asked a second time though would back off if Jaune didn't want to though she watched as Jaune looked conflicted for a few moments.

Then as a few moments passed, Maria would not ask again until Jaune reached and grab the underside of his bottom portion then started lifting it revealing what was not minor malnutrition but extreme malnutrition as such no present sight of any bodily fat whatsoever meant Jaune had very little food but that would be expectant for running through Grimm infested forests for a few months however Maria's train huntress eye saw that such Malnutrition extended years.

Maria saw aside from the extreme negligence of a child's basic needs was the multitude of yellowish bruises that was the side of fists meant that Jaune not only was denied food and water but was beaten senseless which now the whole thing was becoming clear on why Jaune opened up far to quickly, it meant that he had no one to properly take care of him and was abused for whatever reason.

It was clear why Jaune ran away and Maria hated that such a young child is subjected to that even at his age and it makes her BLOOD BOIL!

The silver eyed woman slowly enveloped the young boy in comforting hug that caused Jaune to hug back taking in the warmth of a loving then she pulled back slightly "hey sweetie...do you want to come with me? I can assure that you will be strong enough to never go through that again" the Reaper Woman asked watching as Jaunes face lit up like a Dustmas Tree

-11 Years Later-

"Good morning People of Vale, I am Lisa Lavender for Vale News Network. Today breaking news coming from the continent of Amina where four Atlas Black Sites were located performing Illegal Human Experiments on innocent Humans and Faunus, this caused the Atlas Military to go under extreme scrutiny.

Atlas Commented that these innocent people were criminals therefore the United Kingdom Sub Committee of Investigation will be investigating these claims under the Continental Kingdom Accord now the one who brought this information to light today is the mysterious vigilante by the name of 'Shinigami' and to those who don't know ancient mistralian, Shinigami is translated to...'Death God' however the kingdoms declared this individual as a criminal that must be taken in for his crimes, especially the Grimm Like Mask he wears indicates that this 'Shinigami' has had ties with the white fang therefore a terrorist. If anyone has any information concerning this Terrorist please contact your local huntsmen or huntress, in other news".

Lisa starts spouting off other non interesting news towards the general public however the tv she's on currently is from a bar in mistral owned by a man named senior, he was a laid back and easy going nan as well as pretty hilarious but senior made sure to keep law and order in line along with stupid activity though there bar also acts as a Mercenary Gathering for jobs and stuff of that nature.

As the bar patrons went upon there business as usual before the doors opened swiftly but heavily caused it to hit the wall forcing all conversations to halt to stare at the newest patron.

The new guy held the air of power that commanded the room, he was wearing grayish black combat pants with it tucked into the black ass kicking combat boots though the white belt that seemed to hold the pants tighter held several holsters on it with the back holster holding what looked like a flare gun but in reality it was a repurposed flare gun to shoot out gases such as smoke, tear and deadly poison as well as tactical equipment be it flash, concussion and so forth.

Along with the belt is semi small Fanny Pack that hold a variety of things such as varied canister shells as well as Uncut Dust Crystals and a small pouch of pebbles for whatever reason.

The torso of the man was equally as intimidating as he was wearing a military grade light bullet proof vest though meant to take up around half a dozen of full contact bullets without the need to activate his aura, the bullets it can eat is around the pressure of six shots from a 20mm Armor Piercing Cannon, more from anything lower so it protects the more vital spots on the warriors body.

Muramasa also known in Ancient Mistralian as 'Cursed Blade' is a High Frequency Katana sharp enough to cut through virtually anything metal as the blade emitting sharp sounds capable of enhancing the blades sharpness and the blade can be enhanced even further but cutting through elemental dust adding an elemental effect, the sword is magnetically connected to the warriors back with the handle located over the right shoulder.

But what made this man particularly frightening wasn't the equipment nor the weapon or even the semblance.

The most frightening aspect of the Mercenary is the Grimm Mask of a particularly extremely rare Grimm which looked like a human face plate, human like teeth in the design and two red painted lines doing down the plate over both slightly narrowed eye holes, it's said that the merc ripped the mask off a living Grimm and it somehow never dissolved into smoke ever since.

This man is known all across remnant as 'The Shinigami' and ranked as one of the top 5, S Ranked Mercenary who will take any job Shinigami believes is worth his time which adds to the fact that he is as good as people say.

In Shinigamis private moments outside of Seniors Bar in Mistral City, the man goes by the name of Jaune Calavera who is a reclusive man and tends to keep to himself in most instances which is understanding as his Adoptive Mother 'Maria Calavera' has died due to unsuspecting brain cancer, Jaune refused the inheritance saying that he didn't want to dirty his mothers possessions and prompted to work for his stuff.

Anyway, Shinigami walked into the bar passing by the bar patrons who went silent when the blonde reaper entered showing just how much influence this one man has on the mercenary game "welcome back Jaune, how was the job to eradicate the Apathy Nest?" Senior asked towards the new patron while cleaning a cup just to serve his greatest customer.

Jaune looked over through his grimm mask snorting slightly and nodded "not enough of a challenge, the money is good but way too much just for a group of will sappers. Also send out a notice to anyone who's thinking of hiding apathy in there house say that it's not worth it" Jaune explained stopped in front of the bar to grab the small shot glass from the counter where senior placed "did you meet with the client?" "Yes, paid me the 30 Grand. I tried to say I'd take only half but she was persistent that my work should be paid the full amount when I accepted the job" Jaune informed while raising his left hand to slightly move his Grimm mask upwards to expose his mouth showing his lips, pushing his head backwards gulping the burning liquid.

Jaune groans slightly as he puts his mask back in place and gave senior the shot glass who accepted dutifully "thanks Senior, anything happen while I was gone?" "Something strange really, a few huntsmen and a huntress came around looking for you. I explained that I never knew who you were just said you were the introvert type and only came for jobs. However they stayed around for a few days only to leave suddenly" Senior exclaimed the events that took place last week however looking up to see a curious gleam in Jaune Mysterious Yellow Iris and Black Eye, Senior knew from the fact that it was Jaunes semblance that placed the minor but constant illusion of his eyes.

The Mercenary Blonde merely nodded taking a seat next to an overweight but powerful merc who was bald and had a beard "but in any case I heard you've taken down an atlas black site earlier today" Senior asked chuckling while brushing his very bushy mustache with his left hand, Jaune nodded at this "something I came across but they were doing stuff that wasn't appreciated so I used my power to expose them" "yes however that stunt had caused you to be placed into a very bad spot, so you must be far more discreet around atlas controlled territory. Along with the White Fang" Senior Warned his friend about Atlas and The White Fang.

Yellow Eyes narrowed a bit on the bar owner wondering why he needed to be discreet around Faunus Warriors "how so on the white fang?" "They believe you to be a Faunus and the news claims that with your mask they made the connection that your a white fang insurgent, it only solidified these claims with your attack on atlas" Jaune looks down groaning slightly as he needed to have more breathing room to work in "very well, I'll do what I can-" Jaune was interrupted along with most of the activities within the bar as the door opened ringing out the sign of a new customer.

However it wasn't customers but in fact the very same huntsmen and huntress that was at the bar last week.

The first entry was a man wearing darkish black pants with stylish boots though his button up grey shirt gave off the look of a bad boy with a tattered red cape and a cross necklace, his hair slightly slicked back and his red eyes gave off the aura of a bad boy though it wasn't got the bar patrons on edge it was the giant cleaver like sword on his back belt.

Jaune looked over obviously in thought about the newest arrival 'Qrow Branwen, Man of Misfortune and a regular customer to Seniors bar and an information gatherer for his puppet master Ozpin. Often circles around the underworld but he's highly skilled best to leave him alone'

The next entrant to the bar was an increasingly attractive woman with tied up blonde hair and glasses that showcased her dangerous green eyes, her outfit is a carefully selected blouse that compressed her busty mounds that left no room for imagination, her skirt that also hugged her smooth legs was stretchable as a way to allow the woman to fight though her weapon was a riding crop which went hand in hand with her telekinetic semblance.

'Glynda Goodwitch, Deputy Headmistress of Beacon Academy and the only huntress in remnant to possess an extremely powerful semblance that placed her as the second most powerful huntress in the entirety of vale just below the man of misfortune himself, always prided herself as a composed woman that enforced rules and forged the path of many aspiring huntsmen and huntresses...she's incredibly dangerous and would be best to not mess with her if I need to' Jaune thought once again wondering why a woman like her is so far from beacon, especially when the first semester of beacon had just started.

the third entrant to the bar is what got everyone to fidget in there spots is a man in a nice clean pressed white militant suit and coat, even though his outfit and gloves hid away a secret from most it didn't to Jaune as he could smell the metal prosthetics from his spot. The mans neatly combed hair and freshly shaven face showed it cleaned himself up several hours before coming to the bar.

'General James Ironwood of the Atlas Military is known for his immense military and scientific backgrounds along with an impressive combat track record however his superiority complex has painted him in a very bad light with people all around especially since I exposed his illegal experimentation. He's a dangerous foe and very unpredictable especially with all the crap happening currently is weighing on his mind immensely' Jaune thought to himself until his eyes landed on the final entrant which is the biggest surprise.

The last man to enter the bar is a silver haired man with uniquely crafted black shades that only rested on the bridge of his nose, her green matching suit showed he was a professional man along with a green scarf. In one hand was on the handle of his cane which the tip rested on the ground while his other hand held a cup of finely brewed unknown mixture of coffee.

'Ozpin...a man shrouded in grand mystery as his past, goals and overall plans is not known to the public therefore EXTREMELY unpredictable but has a strange fixation on recruiting warriors with powerful and unique semblances...must be on guard at all times around him...' Jaune thought to himself as he could never figure out Ozpin however his thoughts was broken as Ozpin spoke out to the bar patrons "I've gotten a report not to long ago stating that the White Fang Criminal 'Shinigami' has arrived in this location, if you value your freedom then you'll be wise to expose him for us" Ozpin spoke looking all around seeing conflicted and angry looks some even contemplated on shooting the hunters but one beats to the punch and it's the man of the hour.

Jaune gets up from his seat turning to face the hunters unafraid of them "your looking for me?" The blonde merc asked ready to fight if he needed too.