Hey guys, Sagistic here. Now before any of you get excited; Yes, I am fully recovered from the accident a while back and yes, I plan on posting stories again. However, considering that most of the stories I took down are, and will likely stay, incomplete, I may not put them back up. That said, I decided to post this up just to see if I still got it.

Just so there's some background to this, this story is based on that imaginary universe that only fanfics can reach where everyone is alive and well. Everyone's parents are alive, no one's died or suffered some traumatizing event in life.

Compared to other weeks in her life, Chlorine Arc had to call this one draining. It had been a month since her family has finally moved and she'd been able to work good hours at the hospital while her children were looked after. Within a week, Jaune had also met another boy and some girls his age. He met Pandora Nikos's young daughter Pyrrha, Summers Rose's daughter Ruby, An Ren's Son Lie and adopted daughter Nora, Raven Branwen's little girl Yang, Kali Belladona's daughter Blake and Wolke Schnee's young daughter Weiss.

Jaune got along great with all the kids but his closest friends without a doubt were Nora, Lie and Ruby. The four of them were inseparable and got into and out of so much trouble together. Jaune and the others got into a habit of pulling pranks together which wound up leading to a lot of lectures. Lately he'd become quite notorious for either switching out the sugar with salt so Chlorine and Rouge would add a couple spoonfuls to their coffee along with the classic Whoopy Cushion.

Chlorine and, her older daughter, Rouge both had to make it a habit to carefully check their seats before they sat down lest they hear that loud and obnoxious noise which would leave Jaune laughing himself silly at the looks on everyone's faces thinking he was so funny. What made it even worse was he saved that prank for when his mother was having company over like one of his friends' parents.

Today however was Chlorine's day off and she really could've used a break at this moment. She's been real busy at the hospital and right now she wanted to relax. Which was why she was shuffling a deck of cards and getting ready for a poker night with the other kids' mothers. It's become a tradition for the mothers to take turns hosting a poker game every Friday.

Tonight's game was to be held at her home, which led to her husband agreeing to take the kids out to see a movie. And while her husband and Rouge told Chlorine that she shouldn't be gambling because she 'can't set a bad example for the others.', Chlorine can't deny that she's an addicted gambler. She even developed a reputation for her losing streak.

'It's only for one night, and Hibis* is going to take the kids out for a movie.' Chlorine thought as she continued to shuffle the desk of cards. She also promised herself she wouldn't gamble from her family's savings or checking accounts. Just from her personal spending money so once she was broke, she'd call it an evening.

"What are you doing Mom?" Chlorine was broken from her concentration and looked over to see next to her son, Jaune, focusing on the cards she was still shuffling.

"Hello sweetie, I didn't notice you there. I'm busy working on my shuffling skills. Mommy's a poker player." Chlorine said, some pride in her voice while Jaune tilted his head a bit.

"Poker? Like this?" Jaune asked before he began poking Chlorine in various stop.

"Not quite sweetie. This is kind of an adult game." Clorine said, before she noticed a twinkle in her son's eyes

"Can I play too?" The young blonde asked, before he widened his eyes. "Please?" Chlorine immediately let a strained smile grace her face as she looked at her son.

'Must. Fight. It.' The mother thought as Jaune sniffled. 'Must. Not. Be. Swayed.' A single tear was all that was needed for her to break.

"Well alright, but you'll learn very quickly how boring it is for kids." Chlorine explained before she motioned for Jaune to take a seat. The boy immediately took a seat across from his mother and watched as she shuffled the cards. The next few minutes were spent teaching the boy how to hold the cards in his hand and what the rules were. After the rules were laid down, the mother and son spent the next few minutes playing before Jaune put his cards down and held his hands up.

"Are you bored?" Chlorine asked, some hope I her voice…that was shattered when Jaune shook his head. "What's the matter?"

"You said to show our hands." Jaune said, getting Chlorine to look at him for a second before chuckling.

"No Jaune, when someone says, 'show your hand' it means you show your cards to everyone else playing." The mother explained, watching as realization hit her son's face. Nodding at the rules, Jaune flipped his hand over…revealing a two pair, spades. Looking at his hand, Chlorine took a second to process it before she noticed Jaune's worried look.

"Did I do something wrong?" he asked a little worried at her reaction.

"No Jaune, you didn't do anything wrong. You just won." At that, Jaune beamed at her, before Chlorine grabbed the cards again. "Do you want to learn how to shuffle?" Chlorine asked when she noticed her son looking at the cards intently. She had to hold back her laughter when Jaune started to nod his head.

After the deck was shuffled, the two continued to play some more, with Jaune continually winning the pot. It was mind boggling, with each game they played Chlorine couldn't make any sense of it. Her own son was mopping the floor with her. Even with her notoriously bad skills in playing cards, Chlorine thought that she'd have at least one win to her name…against her own son no less!

What was even more confusing, Jaune had won 10 straight games when half the time he looked like he didn't even know what he was doing. He'd even make decisions that should have cost him the game right then and there, yet he'd still beat her. It wasn't until it was 0-30 in Jaune's favor that Chlorine accepted her son's winning streak.

"Honey? Is Jaune in there with you? The kids and I are about to head out." A voice called out, getting Chlorine to look at the doorway before an idea popped into her head. An awful idea…a wonderful, awful, get rich quick idea.

"Actually, honey? I'm going to let Jaune stay with me." Chlorine called out, before she turned her attention towards Jaune. "Jaune? Did you have fun playing with me?" she asked, her smile growing when Jaune nodded. "How would you like play with mommy and a few of her friends?" She asked.

"Can I?!" Jaune asked, clear disbelief in his excited response.

"Of course, and you know what the best part is? They'll be prizes when you win." Chlorine said, a sinister look crossing her eyes when Jaune cheered and hugged her.

-Later-

Later that night, the Arc household was fill with life with the other mothers all in attendance. Sitting at a kitchen table were Raven Branwen, Pandora Nikos, Glynda Goodwitch, Kali Belladonna, An Ren, Wolke Schnee and Summer Rose. As the seven of them waited, they preoccupied themselves with chatter, a sip of wine or quick count of the money.

"You all may as well call it quits tonight." Raven said before she leaned on the table. "The cards are in my favor tonight, I can feel it."

"No way." Pandora replied with a smirk. "If anybody's walking away with the big money tonight, it's me."

"Your confidence is commendable. But I don't see you winning this time Mrs. Nikos." Glynda said as she shuffled and reshuffled the deck.

"So, we're are we invoking the rules involving semblances?" Summer said, getting everyone to nod.

"Raven's not one to cheat and I highly doubt you or I can be subtle about using ours." Wolke Schnee said before she took a sip of wine. "But I won't need my glyphs to win tonight." She finished.

"You're all wrong." Kali proclaimed, as a Cheshire grin appeared on her face. "If anybody gonna be whipping tail tonight it's me."

"And what makes you so sure Belladonna?" asked An. Kali brings her finger to her nose and taps one of her nostrils saying

"The nose knows girls, the nose knows." Before anyone could reply, the mothers' attention was drawn to the staircase.

"Now, now girls, I don't want any fighting. I just replaced the table and drapes." As soon as everyone saw Chlorine, their attention was drawn to the small blonde that was currently hugging her leg. No one said anything as they watched the mother and son take a seat at the table, where Jaune promptly waved at them.

"Chlorine?" Summer started, getting the woman to look at her. "Are you sure it's alright to bring your son? This isn't something for children." The huntress said, getting a few nods.

"I could take him to Patch and have Tai watch him along with the girls." Raven offered, raising an eyebrow when Chlorine waved her off.

"That's very kind of you Raven but actually…" Chlorine said before she took the deck of cards from Glynda. "…Jaune would like to play tonight." At that, the others snapped their attention toward Chlorine, different levels of surprise and shock present.

"You're kidding me." Raven said, getting Chlorine to shake her head.

"No, I'm not. When Jaune learned we were going play cards, he said he wanted to as well." Chlorine explained while Jaune waved at anyone who looked at him.

"Mrs. Arc, this is hardly appropriate to teach your son, is it not?" Glynda asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I seem to remember how you said that you learned about poker around his age." Chlorine said with a thoughtful look on her face. "Surely you're not hypocrite Glynda. And besides, what better way to learn than from experience?" asked the blonde woman, getting Glynda to sigh.

"Does he even have money for this evening?" Raven asked, raising an eyebrow when Jaune pulled out a small Beowolf piggy band and emptied its contents on the table.

"I've already counted it and limited him to 25 Lien. He'll either win big or lose all of it and that will be the end." Chlorine said before Glynda nodded and took the money before giving Jaune a few chips.

"You understand that we have wine at the table. What if he gets thirsty or hungry?" An asked, making it clear that the others were trying their hardest to keep Jaune away.

"I've already made dinner for him and have a plenty of juice pouches with in the fridge so he'll have something to drink." Chlorine rebutted.

"I'm still not so sure about this." Glynda said before everyone attention was drawn to Kali.

"I say let him play." The Faunus said with a shrug. "I don't see the harm in letting him play a few games. All kids dream of the idea of being able to sit at the grownups table am I right?" she asked. "And besides, he may not even like it. He only has 25 Lien, so there's a good chance he'll either get bored and stop playing or run out of money." At that, the other reluctantly nodded in agreement before Clorine began dealing. It wasn't till everyone had a hand that she spoke up.

"Just a warning ladies, I wouldn't bet anything I'm not prepared to lose." At the warning a few snickers were heard at that before Pandora spoke up.

"Your confidence is refreshing Chlorine. But considering your winning streak…we're not intimidated." The redhead told her, only to shudder when Chlorine kept smiling.

"I'm not the one you should be worried about." At that, everyone looked at her curiously. It wouldn't be until the forty-five-minute mark that they would understand her words. In that time, Jaune had earned triple his buy-in and caused Raven to destroy a vase that Glynda had to put back together. Just like it had happened to her, the other mothers were dumbfounded at the results. Chlorine was trying her hardest not to burst out laughing as hand after hand, Jaune would clean house.

"How!?" Raven asked as she watched Jaune lay down a full house, beating her two pair.

"I can't get a read on him." Pandora asked as she pushed the last of her chips forwards. "He has no poker face. I can't tell is he's confident or just bluffing!"

"What makes it worse? I don't think he even knows what he's doing…" Summer whispered as the last of her chips were pushed forwards. "He just keeps raising the stakes!" Around the hour mark, Chlorine had finally dropped out, opting to watch her son dominate the table. At the hour and half mark, money was no longer an option…leaving only articles of clothes left. And while it gave everyone some advantage at first, Jaune managed to pull the winnings back to his side shortly after.

After another thirty minutes the only people sitting and still playing were Jaune, Wolke and Summer. The two women were wearing nothing but their cloaks now and those were the last articles of clothing they had aside their underwear, where the others had finally opted out of the game. The only one fully clothed were Jaune and Chlorine, the younger only removing his socks and shoes when he lost.

'Maybe I should take him to the Casinos when he's old enough.' Chlorine thought as the final round was being played, where Summer had finally relinquished her cloak and Jaune his jacket. This left only the Arc and Schnee at the table while everyone else shifted their eyes between the two.

"You've play well Jaune." Wolke said, getting Jaune to smile, "So how about one more hand?" At that, Raven simply snorted.

"What do have left to bet aside from that coat and your underwear?" The huntress asked, getting the others to nod.

"I remember your mother saying that you wanted to become a Huntsman, correct?" Wolke asked, getting Jaune to nod. "Then here is what I wager. Should you win the next hand…I will have the Schnee Dust Company sponsor you for whatever academy you choose. When you come of age, we shall create a weapon suited for you as well as provide personal classes for you." At that, everyone, except Jaune, almost choked on their spit.

"Wolke! You can't be serious!" Glynda exclaimed. "Are you sure your company will accept the agreement?"

"I see why not." Wolke responded calmly. "While my father may have chosen Jacque as his successor, it is still in his control and he will honor the deal. However," Wolke said before she turned to Jaune. "should I win, you will hand over all your winnings."

"Wolke, you can't be serious." Summer said before she looked at Chlorine. "Chlorine, aren't you going to do anything about this?"

"What can I do?" The mother responded before she placed a hand on Jaune's shoulder. "It's Jaune's winning. It's up to him to decide." At that, the mothers immediately looked to the young boy and saw that he was considering the offer.

"So if I win…" Jaune started.

"…then my company will pay for your Huntsman education until you graduate." Wolke finished. Jaune took another few second to think before nodding.

"Okay!" Wolke simply took Jaune's hand and shook it before she turned to Glynda.

"Deal us one more hand." Glynda took a moment to compose herself before she cleared her throat and began dealing once more. After the cards were secured, the two raised their hands up and showed it to the others behind them. "Well Jaune, I believe this is where we show our hands." At that, Wolke laid her cards on the table, showing the others a straight flush in hearts.

"Hey I got the same thing!" Jaune said before he laid his cards down…showing a Royal Flush in spades. Upon seeing it, everyone took a moment to drink some wine before simultaneously doing a spit take. Before any words could be said, the sound of a door opening and closing echoed throughout the house before a new person entered the room.

"Mom! We talked about this. You can't shouldn't be gambling so much, what kind of exam-" Upon seeing the nearly naked woman surrounding the table where a young boy sat, the woman instantly cut herself off. After a few seconds she shouted, clearly angier than before. "WHAT IN OUM'S NAME IS THE MEANING OF THIS?! Why are you all naked and in front of a young child?!" she added.

"Rouge! Look at all the money I won!" Jaune said happily as he motioned to the large stack of chips and clothes beside him. The young woman simply let her eye twitch at that.

"Jaune! You give these people back their clothing this instant!" she ordered.

"Awwww. But sis, I won it fair and square." Jaune whined, getting the woman to coo him while Rouge crossed her arms.

"Jaune Arc, I will count to five before I make you give them back their clothes." The young woman said before raising a single finger. "One. Two. Thre-"

"Will you calm down little girl?" Raven called out, getting Rouge to turn to her. Beside her, Summer and Glynda were currently doing their best to cover themselves. "It's just some clothes, nothing life-threatening. Who cares if we decided to gamble it away."

"It would be rather harsh of us to demand what we willingly gave up." An said, a heavy blush on her face as Kali and Pandora nodded.

"Besides, it's not like anyone will see us." Raven said, getting everyone to look at her, "People tend to forget what I can do." At that, Raven reached behind Summer and pulled out her own weapon before swinging the blade. Once she sheathed the blade, a black and red portal appeared next to her. "C'mon ladies, we should be heading home." At that, the others mother made their way through the portal.

"This was fun. We should to this more often." Kali said before she was shoved through the portal.

"Indeed, I believe that the next card game will take place at Glynda's" Wolke said as she watched said blonde stiffen up and blush before entering the portal.

"You know, I kinda curious." Summer said before she looked towards Jaune. "What do plan to do with all that money?" At that, Jaune took a second to think before shrugging. Rouge took the time to speak up.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure he invests it wisely." The young woman said, getting Summer to nod before she entered the portal. Raven was about to enter, but stopped when she noticed Wolke was still sitting at the table.

"Schnee, you coming?" Hearing that, the three Arcs turns to Wolke as she stood up and made her way to Chlorine.

"Chlorine, I would like to invite you and your son to my house in the next couple of days where we may discuss the deal we made." The woman said, getting a nod from the mother.

"We'll be there." Was the only reply before Raven and Wolke both entered the portal. "So, how about a bath Jaune?" At that, Jaune simply cheered before running upstairs, with Rouge chasing after him. Back in the kitchen, Chlorine was currently folding the left behind clothes as well as counting the money that he son had made.

"I'm definitely taking him with me to the next card game." Was the mother's thought as she tidied up the room.

Well, there you go. I hope you like it and if this gets enough love, I might add more chapters to it. I don't really now.

*Hibis(cus) – The name of a flower.

Wolke should be German for Cloud.