In the city of Monstadt, a particular man with blonde hair and striking blue eyes was sitting at a table outside a café, sipping away a cup of Latte in his ceramic cup. 

Jaune: Hmm... needs a little bit more hot water...

He muttered to himself, still sipping away at the cup of Latte when he saw a group of Valean huntsmen harassing a maid with pieces of knight armor worn. She has grey-colored hair and Emerald eyes, with a hat adorned with a gold cross and trimmings with roses.

From what he could remember from his time working in Monstadt as an honorary knight, she was called Noelle, a knight in training in the ranks of the Knights of Favonius. However, he saw the emblem of the Valean Huntsmen, which was the Arc Clan symbol, and knowing what it could probably meant, he decided to get up from his seat and walked towards the Valean Huntsmen with the intentions of stopping them for harassing Noelle any further.

Jaune: Sir, could I ask of you all to stop harassing the woman?

The Valean huntsmen turned towards Jaune and look at him without any second thoughts, thinking that he could just simply order the group of Arc Clan huntsmen around.

Vale Huntsman#1: And who do you think you are, kid?!? Do you think you just simply ask us to leave her?!? HAH!

The other Valean huntsmen laughed alongside him, thinking that he had full authority over them. He just simply stared at them, while his eyes glowed blue brightly.

Vale Huntsman#2: If you want us to stop, then you'll have to fight us in a match to get what you want, all of us 7, understood, or are you afraid to take us on?!?

Jaune didn't responded to the taunt, but only replied in a dark voice.

Jaune: I'll accept your challenge.

Timeskip: Outside the Church of Monstadt

Outside the church of Monstadt, the seven huntsmen were getting ready for a battle which they thought could be won easily. 

That was, if they stop flirting with the younger women who came to witness the match. In fact, almost everybody came to witness the match, and among them was a woman with long, blue hair with a black headband with a four-pointed silver, white, and blue hairpin. 

Her outfit consists of a blue cape on her right shoulder, a backless black leotard covered in white on top, white sleeves, a blue tie, a pair of black gloves with blue palms, blue stockings, and thigh-high boots. She wears a leotard that has a silver symbol of her clan on each hip, and the white cover on top was secured below her breasts with a black belt. Her boots are accented with silver with an additional strap, silver heels with spurs, and blue soles. 

The woman was known as Eula Lawrence, the Captain of the Reconnaissance Company within the Knights of Favonius.

However, she spotted the person whom the Valean Huntsmen was facing, and she couldn't believed what she saw; the person whom they've facing was her longtime friend and sweetheart, Jaune Arc. Of course, she was delighted to see him again but worried and confused at the same time, hoping that she knew what was Jaune doing.

Jaune, of course, knew what he was doing, and as such, began to project a weapon in his hands, which was a black longsword with a white edge.

Of course, when he finished, the huntsmen mocked him for creating such a simple weapon. He ignored them and got into a stance. They followed suite and took out their weapons, which were what you expect: Mechashift weapons, which by itself, were too complicated and difficult to use and maintain.

One of the more arrogant huntsman charged at him, with his weapon, which were dual blades that could combine into a bow, and tried to strike him down.

However, Jaune was much quicker and cut his weapons in half in a split second. His movement were fluid-like, almost without fault.

Meanwhile, the huntsman could only stare at his weapons in confusion and distraught. The weapon that he once used to fight grimm and rogue huntsmen and huntress with his life, was now nothing, but hollowed-out cones.

Of course, he was too busy to notice that Jaune was up at his face, before he was hit in the nuts by his knees. He was taken back to reality as his balls were suddenly in much pain by his kneecaps and collapsed to the floor.

His six other companions saw this and charged towards him, with their weapons raised at him. Each one of them tried to strike him, as a sword swung towards his head, followed by a scythe and two more swords swung at him, while another two swung axes and threw daggers at him.

However, he seamlessly dodged all of their attacks and parried a few of them, leaving them stunned temporarily. He then swung heavy blows towards his opponents, leaving them more stunned and dizzy while they blocked his attacks.

One of them decided to activate his semblance, heavy focus, which boost his strength and attack damage, however, main downside being that he would be defenseless against his opponents. He swung his axe towards him, but was blocked by his longsword.

He tried to press forward against him, but was met with resistance as Jaune held on desperately. Although the huntsman was much more bigger and stronger by size, he was definitely outmatched in terms of something else he hadn't accounted for: skill.

As he tried to push down even further, Jaune simply slipped past him and again, hit him in his balls, making his aura drop significantly to the red zone in one hit. The huntsmen dropped his weapon and held his nuts as he collapsed to the floor, wincing in pain.

The five others sneaked up behind him and tried to ambush him, with their weapons pointed at him. However, he was much quicker and slashed at his opponents, knocking them back to the ground at incredible speed.

Jaune: Alright, do you have anything else up your sleeves, you Arc Dogs?!?

Through the groans and whining, the huntsmen and onlookers were surprised that Jaune knew who they were, as the Arc Clan was banned from Monstadt due to their mistreatment towards one of their honorary knights, Jaune Arc.

As such, they booed at them, throwing rotten vegetables at them and whatever they had their on their hands, which forced them to flee from the church and city altogether in a humiliating matter.

Valean/Arc Clan Huntsman#1: This won't be the last you'll hear of us!!!

Of course, he paid no heed towards the Arc Clan huntsmen, as he just simply humiliated them by using a 'simple' weapon. Eula walked up to him and took him to an alleyway, surprising Jaune as she dragged him by the hand.

Jaune: W-wait, Eula, what are you doing?!?

Eula: You and I need to talk, especially with the Favonius knights about your return, Jaune.

Jaune: (Sighs) Look, I know that I need to explain things, especially when I wrote the letter to you.

Eula still remembered that moment a few months ago. After a day of reconnaissance outside Monstadt's walls, she saw a letter on her table written by Jaune that was sent 5 days ago. When she found out that Jaune was going to take his own life, she cried on her bed for days and locked her room door, thinking that he was gone.

Of course, this didn't last forever, as Amber and Lisa tried to her her through this and get her back to her usual self, to which she decided to resume her usual duties when she saw the match.

Before Jaune could continue, Eula suddenly hugged him, breaking down in tears as she cried. Jaune embraced in return and comforted her.

Eula: Don't leave me again, you idiot...

Jaune: I won't, Eula... I won't...

Timeskip: Knights of Favonius Headquarters

At the headquarters of the knights of Favonius, Eula and Jaune was waiting outside Jean's office. Jaune was fidgeting nervously, while Eula was trying her best to stay calm under pressure. 

They were asked by Jean on a report on what happened outside the church, which made them nervous. Of course, Jaune was internally panicking as he felt that he had to explain everything to Jean since the group of Huntsmen were actually escorts for a diplomat from the Kingdom of Vale.

Another reason was what happened to him during his absence, as he knew that they would likely demand answers for his sudden increase in strength in just under 5 months. However, Jean's voice interrupted their thoughts.

Jean: You two may come in now.

As they entered, they saw Jean sitting at her desk as usual, while Lisa and Kaeya watch at the duo. Lisa seemed interested in Jaune, staring at him in a playful, lustful manner.

This made Jaune feels shivers down his spine, while Kaeya looked on at the scene nonchalantly as they stood in silence.

Jean: So, would you two please tell me why the diplomat's escorts were beaten up and rushed of the town humiliated?

END

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