Arc Of Embodiment (Hiatus) - Chapter 101

Running. That’s what Trifa and Yuma did. They didn’t know how, but the human looked at their hiding spot. They were spotted. They didn’t know what else to do but run when they saw the human start heading in their direction. So, they ran. They ran back to the White Fang base. They wanted to warn their High Leader to stay away from the human.

When Yuma and Trifa arrived at the base, they saw that Sienna Khan was about to leave to meet with Ghira and talk about the human they saw coming to his house. Both Faunus were glad that they arrived on time.

“H-High leader!” Yuma shouted. “You can’t antagonise the human that arrived on Menagerie! He isn’t someone we can fight against! Even if everyone was to fight him”.

“Yuma’s right,” Trifa said. “That human is capable of feats no others can achieve”.

“What are you two talking about?” Sienna said. “I don’t have time for this. I need to meet with Ghira about this human. And no one is going to stop me”.

“Please! High Leader! You need to watch this!” Trifa shouted while handing her scroll to Sienna. “This is proof of what we saw. He isn’t someone we can fight against!”.

Sienna didn’t know why, but she could see the fear in both Yuma and Trifa’s eyes. She took the scroll and watched what was recorded on it. Shocked would be an understatement of what she was feeling. The human that she was planning to meet wasn’t as simple as she thought. If one were to look at her forehead, one would see sweat trickling down. She was grateful that Yuma and Trifa warned her of what the human could do.

“This can’t be possible,” Sienna said in disbelief. “How can something like this be possible?! What the hell was that?! How did arrows rain down after he shot an arrow in the sky? Is this real?”.

“Everything in that video is real,” Trifa said with no dishonesty in her voice. “I recorded it myself. We ran here as fast as we could when we remembered that Ilia was informing you about the human. We didn’t want you to meet with him until you knew what he was capable of”.

“I’m grateful for that,” Sienna said. “But I still have to head over to the Belladonna’s to have a word with Ghira, but at least now I know not to antagonise the human in any way”.

As Sienna said, she headed to the Belladonna’s household, but this time she made sure to bring more people with her in case the human was hostile. She doesn’t plan to antagonise the human in the first place. All she wanted to do was make sure that the human wouldn’t harm her people.

Back with Jaune, he finished the release of the Source. Immediately, the surrounding area started to change. Grass began to appear everywhere, but with the size of the desert, Jaune estimates that it would take two days for it to be terraformed, three max. Jaune then took multiple pictures of the terraformed desert. He wanted to use it as proof. With his objective completed, Jaune headed back to the Belladonna’s household.

When Jaune arrives back at the Belladonna’s household, Sienna has yet to arrive. He looked for Kali to ask her where he could find an inn to stay in for the next few months.

“You don’t have to worry about that,” Kali said. “You can stay with us. We have plenty of room”.

“Thank you, Mrs Belladonna,” Jaune said. “I appreciate your help, but are you sure? If we are to enact my plans, I would have to stay for a few months”.

“Oh, please. Call me Kali,” Kai said. “You are helping our people. It is the least we can do”.

Kali then brought Jaune to the guest room. Once they entered the room, Jaune saw how clean and tidy the place was. Looking around the room, Jaune saw a wardrobe, a bed, drawers, a table and another room that was a bathroom.

“You can use this room,” Kali said. “If you need anything, Ghira and I are only a few doors down the hallway”. Jaune nodded at Kali and started unpacking. Since he is staying for a few months, he decided to unpack his clothes and equipment.

After Jaune finished unpacking, he took out a device that was in the shape of a sphere. This is a research module, a supercomputer that projects 3d holograms Jaune can interact with. Since the desert was now terraforming, he needed to design the new city that he planned to build. So, he got to work.

While Jaune was designing a new city, Sienna arrived in the Belladonna’s household. She knocked at the front door, and Kali answered.

“Oh, Sienna,” Kali said. “It’s rare for you to visit. How can I help you?”.

“I need to speak with your husband, Ghira,” Sienna said. “I was told that a human arrived here on Menagerie, and he was seen with you. We need to find out what the human is doing here and what his intentions are”.

“Hmm? What are you planning to do, Sienna?” Kali asked. “If you are planning to harm the boy, I suggest you leave this instance. He hasn’t done anything to bring harm to the people of Menagerie, nor has he done anything to warrant you to bring such a large group of people”.

“We do not plan to harm the boy, Kali,” Sienna said. “I just want to ask him a few questions. And as for the large group that I brought with me, it is for my protection, not to harm the boy…not like we can hurt him anyway”.

“What was the last thing you said?” Kali asked. She couldn’t hear the last words of Sienna even with her Faunus hearing.

“Nothing,” Sienna said.

Kali then brought Sienna to meet with Ghira. When they arrived at Ghira’s office, Sienna saw that Ghira was reading something. She knew that the folder didn’t belong to Ghira as it had a different symbol on it.

“Ah. Sienna. What can I do for you?” Ghira said. “You don’t normally leave your seat in the White Fang base”.

“Well, I had to come and visit you,” Sienna said. “We need to know if the human that came to Menagerie is a threat. And before you say the same thing that Kali said, watch this video that my scouts recorded”.

Ghira watched the video and was terrified. He remembered that time he was jealous of Jaune when he met him due to being close to his wife. He was grateful that he didn’t do anything stupid.

“I’ll be,” Ghira said. “Giallo was able to produce one hell of a fighter”.

“That’s it,” Sienna said. “That’s all you have to say. He can destroy the whole of Menagerie with that kind of firepower. And that’s all you have to say”.

“What do you want me to say?” Ghira asked. “The boy did not come here to bring harm to us. In fact, it is the opposite. Here, I would like you to read this”.

Sienna took the folder that Ghira held out to her. She read over the plans and nearly chuckled out loud at what she was reading. She can believe that Ghira would entertain such a nonsensical plan.

“You can’t seriously believe that this is possible,” Sienna said. “Even the plans states that it is impossible, except for a person named Jaune Arc”.

“Who do you think it was that arrived in Menagerie?” Ghira asked. “It’s none other than Jaune Arc. It may look impossible, but I believe in the boy. After all, an Arc never goes back on his words. All we have to do is wait for his arrival. He told us that he was going to show us proof that he can accomplish the plan”.

“What proof can possibly show that he can achieve such a feat?” Sienna asked. “Ghira, are you even listening to yourself? This plan is impossible to accomplish. Let alone by some kid”.

“Why don’t we speak with Jaune?” Kali said to Sienna. “He got back before you arrived. Maybe he has the proof that he needs”.

“Even you, Kali?” Sienna said. “Why are you both entertaining such false hope? If we want the humans to see us as equals, then we need to make them fear us”.

“But fear can only get you so far,” Jaune said. Sienna, Ghira and Kali looked at him. “Fear is not the answer. Yes, you can make you fear them, but they still won’t respect you as an equal. Instead, they will just see you as a threat to be eliminated. Is that what you want?”.

“And you think that this plan of yours would work?” Sienna asked. “It is nothing but a pipe-dream. There is no such company that can surpass the SDC, just like there is nothing you can do to turn the deserts of Menagerie into a habitable land”.

“Is that what you think? Then why don’t you look at this,” Jaune said while handing over his scroll to Sienna. “This was the proof that I planned to show Mr Belladonna. You can have your people verify its authenticity. They can head to the desert and see the changes that have occurred”.

Sienna looked at the picture in the scroll. The landscape that she can see in the picture is Menagerie, but she hasn’t seen such a beautiful sea of grass anywhere in Menagerie. She then called Ilia to check out the location that Jaune was in earlier.. She hoped that the picture was real because if it is, then there is hope for her people.