A/N: This story is basically if Team JNPR had their own episode story in "BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle", so spoilers if you haven't played the episode modes of that game. For timeline purposes, this takes place shortly after Volume 2.


Forever Fall - Remnant

It was a crazy couple of days for Team JNPR. Yesterday they woke up to the sounds of Vale undergoing a breach attack that was thankfully stopped before serious damage can be done, and then they had to complete their pre-Vytal Festival mission of protecting a local village outside the kingdom. With all that out of the way, it was now time for them to focus on training for the upcoming Vytal Festival Tournament.

"All right!" said Nora, eager to get things started. "How are we going to do this? One on one, or a free-for-all battle royale?"

"Since the first two rounds of the tournament are team-based," said Pyrrha, "I think we should have two on two fights. That way we can work on synchronizing our strengths and decide which pair goes to the second round. Wouldn't you agree, Jaune?"

"...I guess?" replied Jaune, not sounding sure of himself. "I mean, I already have a feeling it'll probably be you and either Nora or Ren."

"Why do you think that?"

"I mean, it's obvious, isn't it? I'm still clearly the weakest member of the team. It would make no sense to team up with me."

Pyrrha sighed. She hated hearing Jaune tear himself down by constantly comparing himself to his teammates just on strength alone.

"You're not weak, Jaune," said Pyrrha. "Remember the breach we had recently? You held your own quite well!"

"Yeah!" said Nora. "I mean, just because you don't have a fancy weapon, or a super powerful semblance, doesn't mean you're the weakest!"

"You have strengths in other areas," said Ren. "You just need to capitalize on that."

"You guys are just saying that to cheer me up," said Jaune.

"You're wrong, Jaune," replied Pyrrha. "Ozpin made you our team leader for a reason. Perhaps after our training, you'll start to realize why."

"So, who's going to face who first?" asked Nora.

"How about Jaune and I against you and Ren?"

"Perfect! Gotta warn ya, though! Ren and I have been friends since childhood! The two of us go together like pancakes and syrup!"

Each team stood on opposite sides of the field and took out their respective weapons. Pyrrha glanced to her side and noticed Jaune already looking nervous, as if he already knew he was going to lose. Pyrrha placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"You'll do just fine," said Pyrrha. "Okay, is everyone ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be," replied Jaune.

"Ring the bell and let's get it on!" yelled Nora.

"Any time," said Ren.

"We'll go on my signal!" said Pyrrha, getting back into her fighting stance. "Three...two...one-"

Before Pyrrha can finish, everything around Team JNPR suddenly went dark. Jaune felt as if he was just about to wake up from a dream but was still standing in what was supposed to be Forever Fall.

"What's going on?!" said Jaune, panicking over the sudden blackout. "Pyrrha! Nora! Ren! Are you guys still out there?"

Suddenly, everything around Jaune lit back up, and everyone was standing right where they were, looking about as confused as Jaune was.

"Did anyone else just black out for a moment?" asked Nora.

"Wait, you too?" asked Jaune.

"I blacked out momentarily as well," said Ren.

"It was all so sudden," said Pyrrha. "Everything went dark, and then it felt like I was about to wake up somewhere else."

"I felt the same way!" said Jaune. "What the heck could have caused this?"

"Allow me to explain it!"

Jaune nearly jumped out of his skin from the disembodied voice talking out of nowhere. The voice sounded like an excited woman with a slight robotic accent of some sort. Jaune's teammates all took out their weapons and looked around to find the source of the voice.

"Who said that?" said Pyrrha. "What's going on?"

"Ladies and Gentlemen! The moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived! Welcome to the 37th Keystone Scramble Tag Battle Tournament!"

"The what tournament?" asked Jaune.

"The Keystone Scramble Tag Battle Tournament! Any other questions?"

"Several, actually! First of all, what's a Keystone?"

"Why, the one you've got in your pocket, Jauney-boy!"

Jaune reached into the pockets of his hoodie, wondering what this weird voice was talking about. "What? I don't have anything in my..." Jaune suddenly felt something pointy and sharp. He pulled it out and held it up for everyone to see. It was a red octahedron crystal, shining brightly from within.

"Oooh!" said Nora, mesmerized by the crystal. "That looks shiny!"

"But why do I suddenly have it?!" asked Jaune.

"I'm more concerned with how she knew your name," said Ren.

"I wouldn't be much of a hostess if I wasn't familiar with all the contestants names! Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren! Known in your world as Team JNPR, in this tournament, you shall be known as Team Red!"

"Our world?" asked Pyrrha. "You mean...we're not on Remnant anymore?"

"You are a smart one! Now, as I was trying to say, this is the 37th Keystone Scramble Tag Battle Tournament! As you can see, you have been given one Keystone! To win the tournament, you must collect all the other Keystones and arrive at the finish line!"

"And where do we find these other Keystones?" asked Ren.

"By battling the other people in this tournament! I'd be careful if I were you; this tournament is full of ruthless baddies aiming to make sure you don't go home!"

"Wait a minute!" yelled Jaune. "You mean if we don't win, we're stuck in whatever this weird dimension is forever?"

"Cooorrect! So, if I were you, I'd make sure I don't lose that Keystone, otherwise that would preeeeetty much be the end of Team Red's chances! And with that, I wish you all good bye, and good luck!"

"But we still have several questions!" said Jaune. "Who are you? Where are we? Why is this even happening?"

Jaune expected the voice to reply, but only got silence in response. Jaune felt his stomach turning itself into knots at the thought of he and his team never going home.

"I think I'm going to be sick," moaned Jaune.

"It'll be fine, Jaune," said Pyrrha. "We might not understand what's going on, but as long as we don't lose that Keystone, we'll be able to get out of here eventually."

"Call me crazy," said Nora, "but...I'm kind of excited! A tournament with our lives on the line sounds like the perfect training for the Vytal Festival!"

"So, what do we do now?" asked Ren.

"Well, Jaune?" said Pyrrha.

"Huh? What?" replied Jaune, too busy trying to get over his sudden illness to pay attention.

"You're our team leader. I think it should be you to decide what to do now."

"Oh, right! That I am..."

Jaune cleared his throat and tried to think of their next course of action. It would have helped if the mysterious voice had given him more details about this tournament, but all he knew was he needed to protect his Keystone along with finding the other Keystones.

"That voice said there was other Keystones we needed to find. If we split up into two pairs, it might give us a better chance of gathering the stones. Pyrrha and I will head out one way; Nora and Ren, you go the other way. After a while, we'll try to meet up back here."

"All right," said Ren. "I assume you two will be holding on to the Keystone we have now?"

"Seems like a safer bet with Pyrrha protecting it."

"Be careful out there," said Pyrrha. "Try to stick together at all times."

The two pairs went off in different directions. Jaune and Pyrrha were walking for several minutes and found no signs of other people in Forever Fall - or at least the area resembling where they were supposed to be training.

"At least we don't have to worry about the Grimm while we're here," said Jaune. "Although we'll probably fight people far worse than a big Ursa."

"Try to think of it like Nora said," said Pyrrha. "Fighting all sorts of people would be good training for us."

"But these aren't going to be friendly sparring sessions! We lose even one fight and we'll never see Beacon again!"

"Don't worry, Jaune. I'll make sure that won't happen."

"Then you should be the one holding this," said Jaune, taking out the Keystone. "I just know I'll wind up losing it somehow."

"If you really insist I should..."

Pyrrha reached out to grab the Keystone when she suddenly saw someone or something coming out of the woods to attack them.

"Look out!" yelled Pyrrha, using her Polarity semblance to push Jaune far to the side.

Jaune suddenly found himself pushed to the ground as he heard a loud clang echo in his ears. He looked up to see Pyrrha use her shield to block a giant sword wielded by an equally tall man in white armor. Or at least, Jaune assumed it was a man; this "man" looked like some kind of demonic cyborg. After blocking the cyborg's slash, Pyrrha used her semblance to push them back.

"A lucky dodge!" said the mysterious swordsman. "A mistake I will not make again!"

"You must be one of the people after our Keystone!" said Pyrrha. "Who are you?"

"I am the white void. I am the cold steel. I am the just sword. I am Hakumen! Surrender your Keystone now!"

"N-n-never!" said Jaune, shaking in fear at this man who looked like he can kill Jaune just by staring at him. "We need this Keystone to get home!"

"What purpose do you have in doing this?" asked Pyrrha. "Are you working for that voice we heard?"

"I work only for myself!" replied Hakumen. "I am here to restore order!"

"And how is getting our Keystone supposed to do that? If you know something about all this, we should be working together!"

"Yeah!" said Jaune, hoping Pyrrha would convince this guy to not attack them. "I mean, wouldn't it be better if we all cooperated instead of fighting over something none of us really know about?"

"I do not have time for your mundane prattling!" yelled Hakumen. "I need that Keystone to be rid of this world, and I will eliminate anyone in my path!"

"Then you leave us no choice!" said Pyrrha, getting into a fighting stance. Jaune unsheathed his sword and went into his stance, even though he was visibly shaking and sweating from having to go up against Hakumen.

"Waaaaait a minute there! That's not how things work around here!"

"Who dares interrupt my battle?" asked Hakumen.

"It's that weird voice again!" said Jaune.

"What do you want now?" asked Pyrrha.

"Did nobody listen to what I said before? This is a Tag Battle Tournament, emphasis on TAG BATTLE! The only fights allowed around here are two on two. Now, obviously Jaune and Pyrrha are a team, but you, Hakumen? I'm afraid you don't have a partner, and no partner means no fighting for the Keystone, buddy!"

"Huh," said Jaune. "I guess the voice is on our side!"

"So, if Hakumen has no partner," said Pyrrha, "he's not allowed to fight us for the Keystone?"

"That's right! As per rules of the Keystone Scramble Tag Battle Tournament, Keystones cannot rightfully change hands without a proper two on two confrontation."

"I will not be bound by your ludicrous rules!" yelled Hakumen. "I will take that Keystone by any means necessary!"

"Any means, you say?" said a new gravelly voice nearby.

The three of them turned to see yet another freakishly tall man enter the fray. This one had long blue hair and a coat hanging over his shoulders. His chest was bare saved for the tattoos marked around him. Somehow, this guy looked even more deranged than the cyborg swordsman.

"Another fighter?" said Pyrrha. "Who are you?"

"The name's Azrael!" said the growling giant, cracking his knuckles. "And I hunger for a good fight!"

"Stay out of this, Mad Dog!" said Hakumen, pointing his blade towards Azrael. "Unless you want to taste the wrath of my blade!"

"As much as I crave your blood right now, I like to save my main course for last. Right now, there's a couple of appetizers I'd like to try out."

Azrael gently nudged Hakumen's sword out of his way and approached Pyrrha and Jaune, staring at them as if he was literally going to eat them.

"Oh, we don't taste very good!" said Jaune. "You sure you don't want to eat the other guy first?"

"Why are you after our Keystone?" asked Pyrrha, trying to bring the focus back on the Keystone.

"I don't give a damn about Keystones or whatever this tournament is about!" replied Azrael. "I only care about feeding my insatiable hunger! But since the only way we can fight is by teaming up, then so be it! What say you, samurai?"

"It appears I must abide by this world's rules!" said Hakumen, sounding disgusted at the thought of teaming up with the insane carnivore. "Very well, then! Consider this a temporary alliance!"

"Finally! We get to the first round of the tournament! It's Jaune and Pyrrha versus Azrael and Hakumen!"

"What kind of first round match is this?" yelled Jaune.

"Calm down, Jaune!" said Pyrrha. "We'll get through this together!"

Pyrrha held up her shield and spear, wondering which of the two opponents was going to make the first move.

"Annnnd...FIGHT!"

As soon as the mysterious voice gave the signal, Hakumen immediately tried to rush towards Pyrrha and jab her with the butt of his sword; Pyrrha blocked with her shield. Before Pyrrha can counter, Hakumen suddenly kicked her low in the thighs, an attack Pyrrha didn't see coming, then kicked Pyrrha in the ribs to push her back. With Pyrrha stumbling back, Hakumen raised his sword high and slashed down on Pyrrha. Pyrrha used her semblance to push Hakumen back so he couldn't reach Pyrrha; Pyrrha then noticed Hakumen attempt to sweep her legs with his blade. Pyrrha jumped up and threw her shield at Hakumen; the shield bounced off his metal face and attached itself back to Pyrrha's arm. With Hakumen momentarily stunned, Pyrrha charged in and back slashed with her spear multiple times on Hakumen, then tried to lunge her spear towards Hakumen's abdomen; Hakumen quickly threw up his arm to block Pyrrha's attack, then suddenly grabbed Pyrrha and threw her down. Pyrrha rolled back and hid behind her shield, firing several rounds at Hakumen while keeping her distance.

"Somehow despite his size," thought Pyrrha, "he's able to move very fluidly with nearly lightning fast reflexes. I'll have to keep my distance to defeat him!"

While Pyrrha was holding off Hakumen, Azrael had his sights on Jaune. Azrael placed his hands halfway into his pockets and slowly walked towards Jaune.

"No use in running away!" thought Jaune. "I've got to fight back!"

Jaune ran towards Azrael with his shield in front and tried to slash Azrael. Azrael knocked Jaune's sword away with just a backswing of his arm, then forward kicked Jaune in the chest and knocked him down. Jaune put his shield away and gripped his sword with both hands. As Jaune ran up to attack Azrael, Azrael stomped the ground and caused part of the earth to pop up and trip Jaune. Azrael grabbed Jaune by his skull and lifted him up to his eye level.

"C'mon, little guppy!" said Azrael. "You can put up a better fight than that, can't you?"

Jaune tried to kick Azrael, but his kicks didn't faze Azrael in the slightest. Azrael responded by punching Jaune into the air; Jaune went flying about twenty feet high before crashing back to the ground.

"How pathetic. You hardly qualify as an appetizer. You're not even worth killing!"

Unsatisfied by Jaune's lack of strength, Azrael turned to see Pyrrha holding her own against Hakumen. Seeing Pyrrha fending Hakumen cause Azrael to smirk and lick his lips.

"Your partner on the other hand...now SHE looks like a feast!"

Hearing Azrael threaten to take down Pyrrha, Jaune tried to crawl over and grab Azrael by the ankles.

"You won't lay a hand on her!" said Jaune before Azrael responded by lifting his foot up and stomping Jaune's back. Despite the armor he was wearing, Jaune felt as if his spine was about to shatter into a million pieces.

As Azrael easily dealt with Jaune, Pyrrha was able to analyze Hakumen's fighting style and work her way around it. As quick and powerful as Hakumen was, his techniques appeared to exhaust a lot of energy out of him, so Pyrrha was waiting until Hakumen seemed fatigued before going on the offensive. With Pyrrha keeping her distance away from Hakumen, Hakumen held up his sword high; Pyrrha took this as a sign he was powering up for a devastating attack that would close the gap between them and prepped herself to dodge at the right moment.

"Empty Sky Form!" shouted Hakumen. "Summer's Advance!"

Just as Hakumen brought down his blade and caused a wave of pure energy to erupt from the ground, Pyrrha ran up and rolled past Hakumen to avoid the attack, leaving Hakumen wide open. Pyrrha gave Hakumen a big upward slash that knocked him into the air, then jumped up after him. After slashing him a few more times, Pyrrha used her polarity to jump off her shield like a platform and wrap her spear around Hakumen's neck, then slammed him down into the ground with a powerbomb.

Just when Pyrrha had the advantage over Hakumen, Azrael suddenly attacked her from behind with his Gustav Buster - punching Pyrrha with a fierce left hook that was enough to knock Pyrrha several feet back. Pyrrha regained her composure and quickly turned to face Azrael, noticing Jaune was lying face down in the red leaves.

"Jaune!" said Pyrrha. "Are you okay?" Jaune tried to respond but could only let out a painful moan.

"Guppy wasn't even good enough to be a snack," remarked Azrael. "I need a REAL meal!"

"I did not ask for your help, Mad Dog!" yelled Hakumen, trying to get back up.

"I don't care about helping you! Once I'm done with her, you're going to be next anyway!"

With Azrael taking his attention off Pyrrha for just a few seconds, Pyrrha tossed her shield at Azrael. The shield struck Azrael in the jaw, but Azrael didn't even flinch; all it did was turn his attention back to Pyrrha, who was already charging straight for him. Azrael grabbed a handful of the ground beneath him and pulled up, ripping it off an entire section of the floor as if it was nothing more than a rug, striking Pyrrha in the stomach and knocking her high into the air. Azrael jumped up and swung his jacket to strike Pyrrha to daze her, then kicked her square in the jaw with a thrust kick, then kicked her again to send her crashing back to the ground.

Azrael walked over to the prone Pyrrha and attempted to grab her by the back of her skull. Pyrrha quickly rolled back to avoid getting grabbed by Azrael, then hid behind her shield as she fired several rounds at Azrael. Azrael swatted the bullets away like they were nothing, then quickly threw his Tiger Magnum punch to Pyrrha's shield, followed by a high kick into a lariat clothesline. Either one of those attacks would have been strong enough to knock off Pyrrha's shield had she not used her Polarity to keep her grip. Seizing an opening after Azrael's attack, Pyrrha then jumped up and kneed Azrael in the face, then slashed him several times with her spear. Azrael tried to counter with his Gustav Buster; Pyrrha ducked and swept Azrael's feet with her spear, then got up and rammed into Azrael with her shield to push him back further. Azrael cranked his neck and smiled.

"Now THIS is a meal worth savoring!" growled Azrael. "Such texture and tenderness...I want MORE!"

"Gladly!" said Pyrrha, extending her spear and running at Azrael. Pyrrha was going to lunge her spear into Azrael when Hakumen suddenly struck from above and slashed down on Pyrrha, knocking her to the ground.

"And who said I needed your help?" asked Azrael.

"I simply took advantage of an opening!" said Hakumen. "I have no interest in helping you either!"

As soon as Pyrrha got up, Hakumen continued his assault on Pyrrha. With Hakumen distracting Pyrrha, Azrael lifted one foot and focused his energy, aiming to finish off Pyrrha with his next attack. Just as Pyrrha used her Polarity to push Hakumen away, Azrael charged in and kicked Pyrrha hard in the ribs with his Valiant Crush technique. As soon as Pyrrha was knocked away, Azrael quickly charged in again and constantly struck Pyrrha with a series of punches and kicks, each strike being just as powerful and deadly as the last. Before Pyrrha landed on the ground, Azrael charged up for his finishing blow, the Black Hawk Stinger. Pyrrha couldn't defend herself as Azrael landed one last punch, sending Pyrrha flying into a tree before finally falling to the ground.

While Pyrrha was fighting both adversaries by herself, all Jaune could do was lie in the leaves and watch Pyrrha take the worst beating he's seen. Once Pyrrha had fallen, Jaune mustered whatever strength he had left and ran over to check on Pyrrha.

"Pyrrha!" yelled Jaune. "Are you okay?"

"I'm detecting Pyrrha's aura is getting dangerously low. I'd say she's unable to continue fighting!"

Pyrrha moved her head slightly up, barely able to open her eyes to look at Jaune.

"I'm sorry, Jaune," said Pyrrha. "I wasn't strong enough to hold them off."

"I'm the one that should be sorry!" said Jaune. "We're getting out of here!"

While Jaune tried to lift Pyrrha onto his shoulder, Hakumen saw this moment as his chance to take out both enemies and seize the Keystone for himself. Hakumen held up his sword high and approached the duo.

"Jaune, look out!" warned Pyrrha.

"Be gone from this world!" yelled Hakumen.

"NO!" yelled Jaune, holding up his shield to try and protect both himself and Pyrrha, praying that by some miracle he would be able to save Pyrrha.

To Jaune's surprise, a miracle was the only way to describe what happened next. Jaune's body suddenly glowed in a bright white light; Hakumen slammed his blade onto Jaune's shield, only for Hakumen to suddenly feel a strong force reverberate off Jaune's shield and strike back at Hakumen. The force was strong enough to send Hakumen flying back several meters; Jaune looked up and saw Hakumen was suddenly knocked out, while feeling his aura starting to rapidly recover.

"Whoa! Nice counter blow, Jauney-boy! When'd you learn to do that?"

"How should I know?" replied a bewildered Jaune.

"I could feel Jaune's aura suddenly spike at that moment!" thought Pyrrha. "Could that have been...Jaune's semblance?"

"Anyway, he's certainly not getting up after that!"

"That means I get the entire feast to myself!" said Azrael.

"Go find somewhere else to eat!" said Jaune. "We're leaving!"

"Oh, my bad! I forgot to mention something. Leaving before a fight is officially declared over counts as a forfeit, and that would mean you lose the Keystone."

"What? Why are you telling me this NOW?"

"Sorry! I can't keep track of ALL the rules for this tournament!"

"I'll be fine, Jaune," said Pyrrha. "Just hold him off for as long as you can."

"Enough wasting my time!" yelled Azrael. "I'm starving!"

Azrael charged into the duo with his Gustav Buster; Jaune dropped Pyrrha and jumped out of the way of Azrael's attack, then quickly ran away to the other side.

"Yes, keep running, my prey! Get that fear sizzling!"

Azrael kept chasing Jaune around the open area the teams were fighting in. Knowing the last time he tried to attack ended up in failure, all Jaune could do was run and block with his shield anytime Azrael was able to get near him.

"How am I supposed to beat this guy?" thought Jaune. "C'mon Jaune, there has to be SOMETHING you can do to stop him!"

As Jaune desperately tried to come up with a plan, Azrael got up close and used his Tiger Magnum combination on Jaune; Jaune blocked with his shield, but Azrael's clothesline was powerful enough to cause Jaune to stumble back and fall over. Jaune noticed that Azrael had used this same attack on Pyrrha before.

"I've seen him use all these moves against Pyrrha. Is he just going to try the same thing over and over?"

With Jaune stumbled over, Azrael leaned back and looked like he was getting ready to throw a powerful punch at Jaune.

"I remember this pose! This was the punch he used to knock down Pyrrha's aura!"

Sure enough, Azrael charged forward with his Black Hawk Stinger technique. Jaune rolled out of the way at the last second to avoid ending up in the same predicament as Pyrrha.

"He repeats many of the same attacks! Maybe that's how I can beat him! I have to predict what he'll do and strike at the right moment!"

"Enough running!" said Azrael. "It's time to eat!"

"Come at me!" said Jaune, standing his ground with his shield and sword, looking like he was ready to fight back.

"Well now, the little guppy has become a big fish! All the more meat to enjoy!"

As Azrael slowly walked over to Jaune, Jaune held up his shield and focused on Azrael's movements.

"Okay Jaune, try to remember how he attacks! First, he throws a left uppercut towards my mid-section, then he tries to use a high kick, and then a swinging right punch!"

Once Azrael was close enough, he started his Tiger Magnum combination by throwing a small left uppercut as Jaune predicted. He then used a high kick as Jaune had seen before. Finally, Azrael swung his right arm at Jaune to knock him back, a move Jaune saw coming. Instead of using his shield to block, Jaune ducked as Azrael completely missed Jaune.

"NOW!"

As soon as Azrael missed, Jaune gripped his sword tight and swung at Azrael, slashing him across the chest. With Azrael caught off guard, Jaune frantically swung his sword at Azrael, slashing at him as much as he could. After about a dozen slashes to Azrael, Azrael stumbled back from the damage he took from Jaune.

"I did it!" said Jaune. "I actually got him!"

Jaune's enthusiasm lasted about three seconds before Azrael suddenly composed himself and had a more sadistic smile on his face.

"I think you're just about done!" growled Azrael, his aura flaring up around him, appearing to get stronger than he already was. Jaune's body was shaking at the sight of Azrael powering up as Jaune suddenly seemed to forget how to move.

"Time to EAT!"

"TIME!"

The sudden interruption by the omnipresent voice caused both fighters to suddenly stop.

"Time?" asked Jaune. "Time for what?"

"I've seen this fight last long enough! Based on the current health of all the competitors, I declare the winners to be...Jaune and Pyrrha!"

"WHAT?" yelled Azrael. "But this fight isn't over!"

"According to the rules of the tournament, yes they are! You can beat up Jaune all you want, but then I'd have to penalize you for it!"

"Does this mean we can go now?" asked Jaune.

"Yep! Congrats on protecting your Keystone! Feel free to move on and find your next opponents, Jauney-boy!"

Jaune breathed a huge sigh of relief as he ran over to check on Pyrrha.

"Can you move?" asked Jaune, helping Pyrrha back to her feet.

"Yeah," said Pyrrha. "My aura should be healed enough by now. Great work, Jaune! I knew you'd be able to get us out of this jam!"

Jaune's face turned red from Pyrrha complimenting him. The two huntsmen were about to leave when they were suddenly confronted by their two opponents again.

"I don't care what that voice says!" yelled Azrael. "I'm not leaving without my meal!"

"And I'm not leaving without that Keystone!" yelled Hakumen.

The unlikely alliance charged after the huntsmen; Pyrrha used her semblance to throw Hakumen into Azrael.

"What gives?" yelled Jaune. "Hey, random voice lady! Aren't you going to penalize them for this?"

"Yeah...the last thing I'm going to do is penalize these two nutbars! You're on your own!"

"Run, Jaune!" said Pyrrha. "I'll hold them off as long as I can!"

"What? But I can't-"

"I'll be fine! It's more important you protect the Keystone! GO!"

With Jaune not wanting to stick around and fight these two madmen, Jaune immediately turned around and ran as fast as he could into the forest while Pyrrha fought off Azrael and Hakumen.

"This is just great!" thought Jaune. "We're stuck in an entirely different world, a weird voice is telling us what to do, crazy strong people are after us, I have no idea where to get these Keystones, and now I'm separated from my entire team! What am I going to do now?"