Chapter 2
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Ok, just so we're clear before the chapter starts, Jaune = Lucifer. I will be using the names interchangeably, simply because Lucifer is more an identity, while Jaune is still the person and to be honest, Jaune is much easier to type than Lucifer. xD. Hope you guys enjoy!
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One week has passed since the fateful day on which Jaune became the new King of the Grimm alongside Salem. Ever since that day, he has been through grueling training regiments in order to master his new powers and his progress can only be described as wonderous.
In the present time, Jaune or his new name, Lucifer, is in Salem's room training to continue to improve his Grimm manipulation. Salem watched him from her bed as she sat up, her legs crossed with a smile gracing her pale face.
"I must admit, Lucifer, you have exceeded all my expectations of you," Salem said as she uncrossed her legs and stood up, closing the short distance between the two of them.
Lucifer, is currently on his knees just before the bed, both of his arms spread out in front of him. His arms are bubbling, warping, mutating, trying to gain a new form.
"Over this short week, not only have you mastered summoning my Grimm from the very blood that courses through your veins, but you have also learned to manipulate your own body to fit that of Grimm," Salem said as she brushed a hand across his face.
After that contact, Jaune's arms transformed into Beowolves claws. The claws longer, stronger and the arms much larger, one could almost consider them Ursa arms, but they are much too long.
"My point proven, you are now able to create Seer tentacles, Deathstalker stingers and now Beowolves claws. I must wonder when the wonders will cease," Salem said as she kneeled down in front of Jaune and grasped his hand, which was now a Beowolves claw.
"The wonders will never stop, my Queen, for I require more power, absolute power, to get revenge on those who took everything from me, and more," Lucifer said as he stood up.
"Yes, yes, and you shall have it, and at this point you have the power to have your revenge. You have grown exponentially in your power and with it, so much more," Salem said as she stood up locking eyes with Jaune, watching his arms transform back into his normal human appendages.
"My love, I have something I must ask you," Salem said as she turned around and walked back towards a chair that sat not too far from the side of the king-sized bed, taking a seat in it, crossing her legs.
"What is it, my love?" Lucifer said as he turned to look at her, his posture akin to that of a soldier.
"I must ask you, how would you feel about working with Cinder in Vale? She is currently coordinating an operation to destroy Beacon Academy along with Vale as a whole. Seeing as those you seek reside in Vale, I thought you would want to take a leading role in the operation," Salem said, a small smile appearing on her face.
Lucifer looked down at her, a small, nearly unnoticeable smile appeared on his face as well. "I would be honoured, my Queen, but what about you? I can not simply leave you here, and who is this Cinder? I have no prior knowledge of her. The only associates I know of are Hazel, Watts and Tyrian, and they don't even know of my transformation yet," Lucifer asked.
"You need not worry about me, I am more than capable of keeping those beneath me in line, and soon, you shall gather your own following, beginning with those in this very castle. In regards to Cinder, she is one of my more important operatives, she possesses a fraction of the fall maidens powers and with it, quite possibly may hold the success of my plans in her hands. At least, that was the case before you arrived, my love. Make no mistake, she is not someone to be taken lightly and she still has her uses. Her intelligence is high as well as her cunning, many have underestimated her and have paid the price. I do not wish the same fate to befall you, so let this be a warning for you," Salem said standing up and walking over to Jaune, placing a hand on his chest.
"You wish for me to obey her?" Jaune asked, a serious look still on his face.
"No, your loyalty will not belong to her, you are much more powerful than she is. I wish for you to take a leading role in the downfall of Vale, she holds that position currently and will not give it up without a fight, so I felt to inform you of her. She will be arriving over the next 24 hours," Salem said as she walked towards the door.
"What is it you wish for me to until then, my Queen?" Jaune asked, his eyes following Salem.
"I have arranged for a fight between yourself, Hazel and Tyrian. The two of them will team up against you. This fight is simply to measure your power against two of my more powerful subordinates, since Grimm do not appear to be that large of a threat to you," Salem said as she continued to walk, Jaune now following her out of their room.
"Very well, my Queen, I will win with whatever means necessary," Jaune said as he clenched his fists and his arms began to throb and mutilate.
"I expect nothing less, my King," Salem said with a smile as the two of them continued their walk down to the arena.
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Down in the arena, Hazel has just arrived, while Tyrian was already there, ensuring his weapons were in optimal condition.
"You're here early," Hazel said as he walked up beside Tyrian, whose eyes quickly shot behind him making eye contact with the larger male.
"But of course, I am, this is the perfect opportunity to display to my Queen my strength. I must not upset her with a poor performance and dishonor her in the process," Tyrian said as he went back to inspecting his weapons.
"I would hope not Tyrian; however, this is not about you, this is about someone else entirely," Salem said from above the arena, her form seated in a throne, giving her a perfect view of the arena below.
Tyrian looked shocked at this, almost angry, he was about to yell before Hazel stopped him.
"If you don't mind me asking, who is this for? Did Cinder return with the rest of the fall maiden's powers? Or is it something else?" Hazel asked Salem, respectfully, of course.
"Oh, Hazel, as sharp as ever. Your latter assumption is correct, this person is someone else entirely. You should remember him, you brought him to me yourself," Salem said proudly.
This made Hazel raise an eyebrow, this revelation gained his attention as the only person he could remember bringing to her recently is that mangled and destroyed blond. Since he hadn't seen him for a week now, he had assumed he was dead.
"Introducing, the new King of the Grimm and my new husband, my Lucifer!" Salem said while standing up, her arms raised in the air as though she was lifting something.
Directly across from Hazel and Tyrian, a door slowly opened, revealing a man, his hair pitch black and eyes, red as blood.
"So, you do live, impressive," Hazel said as he watched Jaune walk into the arena, looking around, getting a feel for the area. Since Jaune had not been in this part of the castle before it was an interesting sight to behold.
Hazel was wondering to himself how the kid has survived, he looked as though nothing had ever happened, the only differences were his hair colour and his eyes.
Tyrian on the other hand was a completely different story.
Tyrian was seething, he looked at the man that had grabbed the attention of his Queen while he was not looking and defiled her with his filthy stupid disgusting human hands.
"You! How dare you even think of touching my Queen! You will pay for that with your life! When I'm done with you there won't be enough left of you for the ants beneath my feet!" Tyrian yelled as he primed his weapons.
"Interesting," Jaune said as he closed his eyes. "When I'm done with you," Jaune said as he slowly opened his eyes, revealing his eyes now glowing red, "You'll be begging for the ants to take you away," Jaune finished, making a vein appear on Tyrians head, showing how livid he now is.
Tyrian takes that and jets towards Jaune who was still standing there smiling and his eyes still glowing. Hazel began walking towards Jaune, not in a hurry like Tyrian.
Tyrian quickly sent a fury of punches, kicks, bullets and slashes towards Jaune. Jaune simply moved out of the way of each of his attacks, showing off his incredible speed.
The blood of the Grimm Dragon now flowing through his veins enhances his strength, speed, stamina and reflexes, heightening his prowess as both a hunter and a warrior.
Tyrian was getting frustrated and becoming somewhat sloppy with his strikes, making Jaune look at him with disappointment.
"Is this all the power you possess? You'll forgive me for believing that you would have more, but this display is rather disappointing. I begin to wonder why my Queen brought you in to her inner circle," Lucifer said, showing Tyrian how let down he was.
Tyrian's eyes grew to the size of saucers. "You think that's all I have boy?! You think that you have tasted everything I have to offer?! Well try this!" Tyrian yelled as he spun around and launched his tail towards Jaune.
Jaune did not even flinch as he simply spun around, riding the length of the tail, only to spin around Tyrian and elbow him in his spine and then punch him in the side of his face, sending the faunus to the ground and flat on his back.
"Pathetic," Jaune said as he grabbed Tyrian's tail and threw him across the arena. Tyrian flying head first into the wall, on the other side of the ring, knocking him out. His aura protecting him fortunately.
Just as Jaune turned around to find Hazel, he found Hazel's fist flying towards his face. Jaune was barely able to dodge, but he made it look as though he saw it coming.
Salem saw this, surprised at how his reflexes have advanced.
"How about fighting someone who knows how to keep their cool?" Hazel said as he cracked his knuckles and made his approach towards Jaune, giving him a piercing stare.
"That would be a most refreshing change of pace from a trigger-happy psychopath," Jaune said as he ran towards Hazel.
Hazel prepared himself, sending a punch aimed at Jaune's stomach, easily dodged by the black-haired man. Despite Hazel's incredible power, he can be incredibly slow, making him an easy target.
Jaune used this to his advantage and sent his own wave of attacks. He punched the larger man, he kicked him in his chest and on the side of his head, however, finding that it only slightly annoyed Hazel.
Jaune notices that Hazel is not even flinching from his attacks, making Jaune stop and move back. "Interesting, my attacks have no effect on you. Are you able to simply absorb my attacks and redistribute the power?" Jaune asked as Hazel continued to make his approach.
"Not exactly, I can't feel pain, so any physical attacks will do nothing to harm me. I can not be so easily stopped like Tyrian," Hazel spoke in a neutral tone.
Speaking of Tyrian, at this point he has gotten back on his feet and has positioned himself behind Jaune, ready to pounce at any moment as his weapons are once again prepared.
Tyrian waited until Jaune stopped moving before he shot himself towards his back, wanting to stab him in the back with his blades. He made sure to be as quiet as he could be with his fast approach but was shocked when Jaune suddenly turned his head to see him running towards him.
Tyrian wanted to stop, but he was going too fast, making him run right into Jaune. Jaune grabbed Tyrian's right arm, putting his right shoulder beneath his right foot, putting him in a painful lock, making Tyrian yell out in pain.
His arm was pointed directly at Hazel but did not realize that as he made a fist, making his weapon unload several rounds of bullets towards Hazel. Hazel's aura protected him as he did not see the bullets coming, but he moved as the bullets soon stopped flying as Jaune threw Tyrian towards Hazel who easily caught him and threw him aside.
Hazel looked down at Tyrian with an annoyed look. "You really need to get your act together, you're embarrassing yourself," Hazel said as Tyrian got back up, his left hand grasping his right shoulder, he pushed on his right shoulder, making a loud cracking sound. He had apparently dislocated his shoulder when Jaune was holding him there and had just put it back in its socket.
"How about this then, I'll go in and fight him directly, while you try to sting him with any openings I create. Sound like a plan?" Hazel asked as he watched Tyrian stand back up.
"Yes, the sooner I get to stab that piece of shit the better!" Tyrian yelled as Jaune stood there, waiting for one of them to attack him.
Hazel grunted as he began moving towards Jaune once again, faster this time, however, making it clear that Hazel was much harder now to even hit the man before him.
Hazel threw a bunch of punches towards Jaune, he did not try to dodge the punches this time, instead he simply redirected the punches towards the ground or towards the empty spaces around Hazel, while doing his best to hit pressure points on the large man.
Hazel was going for an uppercut, trying to get the black-haired man off of the ground, but was not surprised when he simply threw Hazel's arm upwards and out of harms way. Jaune was winding up to throw a punch, but he did not see Tyrian's tail appear from behind Hazel before it was too late and made a nasty cut in his left arm.
The cut was deep, almost to the bone, making Jaune grunt in pain as he retreated towards the other end of the arena.
Tyrian began to laugh hysterically. "That's what you get you weak little shrimp! You feel it don't you?! My poison spreading through you veins! You will die very soon and you will soon become nothing, but an afterthought! Thrown out like trash!" Tyrian yelled while he continued his laughter.
Hazel did not move, he did not believe that this was all that the boy had. Anyone else who had been cut by Tyrian had begun to panic like crazy. So, why wasn't he?
"It's quite humourous actually. The fact that you think that this is enough to kill me," Jaune said, keeping eye contact with Tyrian.
"Oh, yes, yes, a bluff! You don't want to believe that you're dying! Sorry you little twerp, but you are going to die!" Tyrian said as he continued his laughter.
Jaune just stood there silent, no pained expression on his face, no fear, nothing. Just an empty stare.
"What's wrong?! Nothing else to say before you go to hell?! No more people to disappoint?!" Tyrian yelled, trying to get a reaction, however, Jaune provided him none.
"Let me tell you something, the blood of Grimm is basically poison for people and faunus alike. You drink it. You die. Plain and simple," Jaune said as his right arm began to throb and quickly morphed into a Beowolves claw, shocking both Tyrian and Hazel.
"That being said, I drank a whole vase of it and survived. The blood that courses through my veins now is the most powerful poison in the land. It even granted me so much more in terms of strength, speed, reflexes and the sort, so your poison is useless against me. However, that does not excuse what you did to my arm, so," Jaune said as he raised his right arm, extending his claws, "Let's fix that, shall we?" He finished as he slashed downwards, cutting off his left arm, it crashing onto the ground with a wet slap.
Tyrian and Hazel could not do anything but stare as Jaune simply stood there and watch him bleed out all over the floor. "Congratulations, dumbass, now you only have one arm left! You can't hope to fight the both of us with one arm!" Tyrian yelled, as a insane smile grew on his face.
"Perhaps, but I don't only have one arm, I have plenty in reserve," Jaune said, making the two of them flinch. A deep growl soon echoed through the arena, the origin was the pool of blood Jaune's arm had made.
A Beowolf soon shot its arm out of the ground and soon its whole body has gathered beside Jaune.
"That's not possible," Hazel said as he took a small step back, his face showing his disbelief.
"I'll do you a favour and not tell you what else is possible, but instead," Jaune said as the Grimm stood up on its hind legs and Jaune raised his right arm, "I'll show you!" He yelled as he slashed off the Beowolves left arm.
Salem smiled from above, interested in her subordinate's reactions to this. Needless to say, she enjoyed them. Tyrian's jaw was on the ground while Hazel's eyes widened, a sight even she had never seen.
Jaune picked up the Grimm arm and breathed out as the Grimm fell onto its knees, screaming over its lost limb. Jaune then thrust the arm into the socket where his arm used to be, his arm quickly sewing the new appendage on, sending massive amounts of pain through Jaune's form.
It took a few moments, but soon, Jaune's new arm was in place and it did not look like it had ever left as it was a seamless merging. Having lost his breath, he took a knee. He looked to his left and saw the Grimm still whimpering in pain. Jaune gave him a slightly remorseful look as he walked over to the downed animal and pet its back from behind it.
"Don't worry, my pet. It will all be over soon," Jaune said, trying to clam the Grimm. Before the Grimm could even blink again, Jaune had launched his teeth into the back of the Grimm's neck and took a large bite out of it, exposing the spine of the Grimm.
Tyrian saw this and immediately vomited all over the ground. He had seen many grotesque scenes before, but this one took the cake by a long shot.
In mere moments, Jaune had devoured the majority of the Grimm, the beast now dissolving into nothingness. He breathed out a deep sigh, steam coming out from his mouth as Grimm blood was all over his face, giving him a cannibalistic look.
"Not the best I've had, but given the current situation, it had the desired effect," Jaune said as he looked at his body as his eyes were glowing even more intensely than before. His muscles we spasming, growing slightly, his teeth sharpening a bit, akin to fangs.
"You… You… What are you?!" Tyrian yelled as he slowly retreated, his knees trembling. Fear was in the air around Tyrian, and Jaune smelled it.
Jaune shot over towards Tyrian in the blink of an eye. One moment he was meters away, the next he was right before the faunus. "You smell delicious, but sadly I can not eat you, my Queen has some use of you. To answer your question however," Jaune said as he clenched his right fist. Sending an incredibly fast right hook, directly into Tyrian's face and before he could react to that Jaune grabbed him by the shoulders and kneed him in the chest, sending the terrified psychopath to his knees, writhing in pain.
Jaune looked down at Tyrian, his eyes burning into Tyrian's back. "I am your King! And you will obey me!" He yelled as Tyrian did his best to cover his head, thinking Jaune was about to strike him, however, Jaune did not and left Tyrian to his cowering.
He turned his attention to Hazel, who had not moved from his position from earlier, he had only turned himself to watch what Jaune did to Tyrian.
"You are a special case, you don't feel pain. Fortunately for you, I have thought of a way around that," Jaune said as he stared at Hazel.
Externally, Hazel was calm, but internally he was freaking out. Never had he seen someone so easily take down Tyrian and make him submit. Never before had he seen such raw strength. Not even Salem had seemed this powerful. He did not know what to do, so all he could do was simply stand there, watching as Jaune made his approach.
As Jaune walked towards Hazel, he transformed his right arm into a bunch of Seer tentacles and shot them towards Hazel, the tentacles wrapping themselves around his throat and lifting up off of the ground.
Hazel struggled to free himself, but as he struggled, several tentacles restricted his arms, he could only watch as Jaune simply choked the life out of him.
"You may not be able to feel pain, but you still need oxygen to live, just like any other human. There are several weaknesses that can be exploited even though you do not feel pain. However, I have a theory I wish to test on you, bear with me for a few moments," Jaune said as he created on more tentacle, it was in the tip was that of a Seers, except it had a small hole on the end of it.
He shot the tentacle directly at Hazel and it pierced a vein his neck, Hazel made no reaction to it as he was more focused on regaining his ability to breath. However, it was a moment before he felt something pour into his vein, blood, but not just blood. Grimm blood.
Hazel, for the first time ever, felt an incredibly large amount of pain. He felt as though his body was about to disintegrate into nothing. Hazel was afraid.
"So, you do feel pain. Not from the outside, but the inside. Very interesting," Jaune said as he smiled as his eyes glowed even more intensely.
Hazel began yelling in pain as the fire spread, his lower body began to thrash, his chest heaving, and his face turning purple.
"If you want the pain to stop, you must swear your loyalty to me. Do that and the pain will stop," Jaune said as he brought Hazel down, closer to him.
Hazel looked into his eyes and remembered when Salem first brought him into her inner circle, but his eyes were much more threatening, so he conceded. "Alright! I'll do it!" He yelled with whatever breath he had left.
Jaune smiled at this as he removed the tentacles crushing his throat and the ones restricting his arms, letting him hit the ground.
Before Jaune removed the tentacle from his neck, he absorbed all the blood that was in Hazels veins. If he didn't Hazel might have died not too much later.
Jaune looked around and saw that Tyrian was down, whimpering and crying as he still held his head in fear of being hit again, while Hazel simply was on his knees, regaining his breath.
He heard slow clapping from above the arena and looked up to see Salem standing and clapping somewhat enthusiastically. "Well done, just what I expect from my husband!" Salem said proudly, making Jaune bow before her.
"Thank you, my Queen, but may I ask that you assist these two. You have the most experience in this form of rehabilitation," Jaune said as he looked back up after bowing to her.
"Of course, you go and rest, you have earned it. Cinder shall be back shortly and I expect that you will be able to handle her and take control of the Vale operation after defeating her," Salem said as she walked away from behind her seat.
"Yes, my Queen," Jaune said as he bowed once again and made his way out of the arena
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Over in Vale, more specifically back at Beacon things have only gone downhill for Weiss, Blake and Yang. Ruby has been living with the remains of Team JNPR. Ruby spends as little time with her team as possible as it makes her sick to be around them.
Given the situation at hand, Ozpin has given Ruby some leniency in terms of what team she wishes to be a part of. He is allowing her to choose what team she wants to be a part of during missions.
The majority of the time she chooses team JNPR, but in order to honour the promise she made in Ozpin's office, she works with them sometimes, although she hates every minute of it and does her best to distance herself from them.
Weiss and Blake have done their best to approach Ruby and the remnants of Team JNPR, begging for forgiveness and hoping that things could somehow go back to the way things were, but they were met with the cold shoulder or wave after wave of harsh words.
Yang was doing all she could to get her sister back, but it has all be ineffective. She has tried begging, she has tried giving her things, she had tried everything in the book, but she was rejected, just like her teammates.
This caused Yang to become much more distant and have a much more sensitive trigger, her temper now out of control.
The three of them had been completely abandoned by their friends and even their family.
Weiss Flashback:
"Unbelievable! Disgraceful! Unforgivable!" Jacques Schnee, current head of the Schnee family and owner of the Schnee Dust Company.
"Father, if you would allow me to explain-" Weiss began before Jacques cut her off. "Silence! I will not have a savage such as yourself interrupt me!" Jacques yelled from the other side of the phone.
Right now, Weiss was in a holographic call with her father who is currently in Atlas, in his office.
"What made you believe for the slightest moment that what you did was appropriate! You have murdered not only a fellow student, but also the only son of the Arc family! Their family has been around for as long if not longer than ours! Do you have any idea what this would do to the image of the Schnee Dust Company if word of this got out?!" Jacques yelled.
Weiss was glad that she was not with her father in person. She knew that if she was he would be hitting her right now, memories of her childhood confirmed that.
"Father, I thought that the Arc was trying to rape my teammate, my partner! What else should I have done! Let him do it?!" Weiss shouted back.
"Do not use that tone of voice with me! You can not paint me as the villain in this scenario! You should have done as I have taught you to! Analyze all assets before making a decision that can affect so many others!" Jacques yelled at his now cowering daughter. He sighed and turned around, looking away from Weiss.
"You must get this from your mother. This is simply unacceptable," Jacques said as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"This is not mother's fault. Perhaps if instead of beating her and actually bothering to raise Winter, Whitley and myself, I may not have done this! Put yourself in my shoes father! What if you came home and found someone raping mother?! What would you do then?! Just let them get away with it?!" Weiss asked angrily, tears threatening to roll down her cheeks.
"I wouldn't kill them, for Oum's sake Weiss! And we are not talking about what can happen! We are talking about what did happen! If you think that you can simply kill one of your classmates in cold blood and get away with it," Jacques yelled before taking a deep breath to finish his statement, "Then you've got another thing coming," He finished in a calmer tone.
"What do you mean?" Weiss asked, fear present in her tone.
At that moment, she got an alert from her scroll, her bank accounts have all been emptied.
"What is this?!" she yelled as she saw her accounts all void of any remains of lien.
Jacques sighed deeply before looking back at her.
"Weiss, what you have done is not only disappointing, it is shameful, disgraceful and unforgivable. To protect the Schnee Dust Company, I am disowning you. As of this moment, you are no longer Weiss Schnee. Now, you are no one," Jacques said as he glared down at Weiss.
"You can't do this! People will ask questions! People will wonder what happened to me! You can't just get rid of the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company!" Weiss screamed, tears running down her face.
"Oh, but I can and besides, you're no longer the heir to the Schnee Dust Company. Whitley is now, and he has proven that he will perform much better than you ever could," Jacques said, making Weiss' blood run cold.
"And no one will ask about you since no one will care. People of status do not care about who is in power, they only care about getting their money. Nothing will change with you gone, so you can simply disappear. Go do whatever you wish to with the rest of your pathetic life because now, you are nothing more than a rat beneath my feet," Jacques said as he was about to hang up.
"Oh, and do not bother calling Winter, she has learned of what you have done and no longer considers you her sister and will provide you neither shelter nor aid, goodbye," Jacques said bluntly.
"Father, wait, please. No!" Weiss yelled as Jacques hung up, leaving Weiss to fall to the ground and cry. She had been abandoned by her whole family.
For the first time in her life, she was completely alone.
Blake's Flashback:
In a combat training room in the combat wing of Beacon Academy, Ghira and Kali Belladonna were sat down across from Blake, their only daughter. The one person they had placed their faith in as she had left them and hoped that one day she would return to them.
But not like this.
As Blake sat across from the two of them, she refused to make eye contact with either of them.
"Blake… Look at me," Ghira said, his voice firm.
Blake did not move in the slightest.
"Blake, look at me," Ghira said again, more power in his voice.
She slowly looked up at his parents, they both looked incredibly disappointed in her, but yet, they did not say anything.
Kali decided to speak up.
"Blake, Ozpin told us what happened, what it is you did but, we want to hear it from your perspective. We want you to tell us what you thought was happening," Kali said softly, being sure not to break eye contact with her daughter as she saw her eyes filled with tears.
Blake sniffed loudly as she took a deep ragged breath, her throat extremely dry from not drinking much for the past few hours.
"The three of us…" Blake began, her voice barely a whisper.
"Speak up," Ghira said, his voice harsh, his hands balled into fists, they were so tight he almost drew blood from his palms.
Blake flinched at this and began again, speaking up louder this time.
"The three of us walked into Jaune's room and saw him on top of Ruby, his weapon beside her neck. We thought he was trying to rape her, so we attacked. We beat him to the extent that he couldn't talk. We took him to a locker and shot it off to Oum knows where," Blake said as she returned her gaze back down to the ground.
"Did you trust this man?" Ghira asked bluntly.
"Yes, he has stood by all of us in the past," Blake choked out, tears falling even faster than before.
"And it never occurred to you that he might be a victim of circumstance?! You never hesitated and asked yourself if this is something that he would do?!" Ghira yelled, making Blake close her eyes in fear, her ears flattening out on her head.
"Ghira…" Kali said, trying to calm him down, but she did not succeed.
"No, Kali, she needs to hear this," Ghira said as he put a hand on his wife's hand, trying to make her understand.
"Blake, this brings up many words in my mind along with several emotions, but the emotion I get from this is sadness and the only word I can muster from the multitude in my mind is… hypocrisy," Ghira said, Blake's eyes shot open in realization.
"Blake, you know how many mistakes you have made. You understand the blood on your hands along with the blood on other people's hands based on your actions. That being said I expected you to think first and not take things at their face value, instead of looking to understand the situation. You have been a victim of many things, Blake. I had hoped you would have been able to see one if you looked hard enough. From what I have been told by Ozpin, this boy has many flaws, but he had a strong moral compass. That was the one thing that separated him from most students in this school," Ghira said as he calmed himself down.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry," Blake whimpered.
"I know you are, Blake, but you shouldn't be apologizing to me. You should be apologizing to his family. From what I have been told they are coming here to speak with Ozpin in person, your chance to apologize will soon come, but there will be other things that will be done, to help you atone for what you have done," Ghira spoke, his voice regaining its edge.
Blake looked up at her father, she felt she knew what was coming. "Blake… For far too long, you have hidden who you really are, and while that is upsetting, you must come to terms with who you are," Ghira said, looking Blake in the eye, watching fear enter them slowly.
"Dad… Please, no… Don't make me do this," Blake said as she cried more.
"Blake… Give me your bow, you won't be needing it anymore," Ghira said as he opened his extended palm, waiting for her to present him with the piece of fabric.
"No…" Blake said as she cried.
"Blake, it is either this, or we bring you back to Menagerie where you will have your aura locked and you will be sentenced to a life in prison," Ghira said, this shocked Kali and Blake.
"Ghira!" Kali yelled as she turned towards her husband, unable to believe what she is hearing. "You can't she's our daughter!" Kali yelled, tears beginning to well up in her eyes.
"It pains me to, Kali, but this is a political matter. She killed a citizen of Vale and she hails from Menagerie, if she goes unpunished what example will that set for the rest of the faunus. The White Fang will gain supporters if they see that if they kill humans from other parts of the world, they will practically become a new superpower! So, I ask you again, Blake? What will it be?" Ghira said as he extended his hand once again.
Blake looked back and forth between him and his extended hand, not sure what to do. She didn't want people to know she is a faunus, but she especially does not want to go to jail, so she chooses the path of least resistance. Once again.
Blake's hands reached towards the back of her head, undoing her bow. She took it into her hand and gave it to her father.
"This pains me much more than you know, Blake. We will speak with you again in the future, we hope you can recover from this," Ghira said as he took Kali's hand and walked away.
Blake just stood there in the center of the area and continued crying, her eyes as red as blood and her tears streaming down her face like a waterfall.
Her worst nightmare had just come true.
Yang's Flashback:
"Do you have any idea what you have done?!" Taiyang yelled at Yang as she sat down on her bed in the Team RWBY dorm.
"Yes! I saved Ruby from being raped!" Yang yelled right back.
Taiyang rolled his eyes at that. "You and I both know that's not what happened! Ruby told us exactly what happened and she was your supposed 'rape victim'," Taiyang yelled back, tired of Yang telling him the same thing.
"That's not what it looked like to me! I saw my sister in danger and I went to help her! That's what you taught me to do since I was a little girl!" Yang yelled back, standing back up, her eyes now bright red.
"I thought I taught you how to protect your sister, not let your temper run wild and attack innocent kids! Ozpin and every other teacher I have spoken with has told me the both of your teams had an incredible bond and an incredible level of trust between each other! Tell me Yang?! Is that true?! Because from the look of things, it isn't!" Taiyang yelled, making Yang's eyes widen, lose their bright red and instead turned to a deep blue as he eyes began to water.
"The only reason I don't make you pack up your things and come home with me is because you're an adult now, and as an adult, I expect you to take responsibility for your actions. However, I have frozen all of your assets until you graduate and until that time as well, Bumbleby is mine," Taiyang said as he crossed his arms.
"Dad! You can't that's everything I have!" Yang said, looking at him with a desperate look.
"I know it is! It's a bad feeling isn't it?! Having everything you have taken from you in an instant! With no ability to stop it whatsoever! Does that remind you of anyone?!" Taiyang yelled.
That statement hit home, Yang stopped moving, her eyes became saucers and she fell down right onto her bed, grabbing it for support.
"Yang, you are my first daughter, my little fiery dragon. Now, however, you are legally my daughter, but behind closed doors, you are nothing to me. You killed an innocent boy, you broke his family, you broke your sisters heart and worst of all, you have become just like your mother, Raven. So, now you're just like her to me now, gone," Taiyang said as he looked down at his now broken daughter.
"Yang, I will still accept you at home. I will allow you to live there, but know that if you do come back, you will have your aura locked and you will have to find a job somewhere to build your life from the bottom up. It will be difficult though since you have been working to be a huntress your whole life. You have no idea how much it hurts me to say all this Yang. You were the brightest light in my life, but not anymore. Know that the Arc family will be here soon enough, so when you see them, apologize. For all you have done to them," Taiyang said as he walked out of the room.
Yang could do nothing but scream and cry into her bed as she had become the one thing in her life she had hoped she never would. Raven. Merciless. Cunning. Cold. Raven.
Flashbacks End:
Back in present day, the social lives of the three girls have deteriorated quite heavily. It did not take long for the other students to realize that something had happened and that Jaune was missing.
Several students had asked around about what happened to the blond leader of team JNPR, they asked Pyrrha, Ren and Nora, however, every time they did, Pyrrha and Nora cried while Ren simply denied them an answer.
It got worse when people began asking Team RWBY what happened. Whenever someone asked Ruby she told them to ask the rest of her team, since they knew exactly what happened.
Around that point in time, the spotlight was on Team RWBY like crazy, everyone at every turn was asking them what had happened to them, some out of worry, others out of sheer curiosity.
One evening though, when Ruby went back to her dorm to get her things and officially move to Team JNPR's dorm room, the three other girls confronted her. The conversation progressed from questions to angrily venting frustrations.
Eventually, Ruby brought up how nothing would be happening if the three of them had not killed Jaune for doing nothing wrong. Apparently, someone heard their argument since the next day, the word around the school was that Weiss, Blake and Yang had killed Jaune. The reason why was lost on all of them, but their blood-covered hands were undeniable.
At that point people began to abandon them, both out of anger or fear that they will be next.
People even went so far as to attack the girls, some of them yelling 'Justice for Jaune' as they attacked them or left surprises for them throughout school.
Sometimes they would find their weapons clogged or covered with a deep red substance, obviously meant to resemble blood, or they were openly harassed in class. Even Team CRDL got quite a few licks in. They may not have liked Jaune before, but they owed him a great debt.
In the present day, however, it is lunchtime at Beacon and the majority of the student body is in the cafeteria, all having their own meals and speaking to each other, Jaune's death, however, the most popular topic.
Many students did not realize what Jaune was to them until he was gone, both boys and girls realized that Jaune was a constant light in their lives, even though his life was not the brightest itself.
The WBY of Team RWBY had just exited the eatery with their trays full of their lunch, they had not been eating much over the past few days, but knew they still had to keep their strength up as they are huntresses in training and all.
The three of them began walking between the rows and rows of tables and students in order to find an open table. After a moment, Yang saw an open table not too far on their right, but before she could take another step, the girls were all tripped by several legs that had been extended into the isles.
The three of them shouted as they fell over, falling face first into their lunches which stopped them from falling face first into the ground. Laughter soon took over the cafeteria as the students pointed and laughed at the three downed women.
Yang angered by this, shoots off the ground, activating Ember Celica, her eyes blood red.
"Alright! Who did that?!" the blonde brawler screamed, looking around. The moment she took in her surroundings she saw everyone around her, Blake and Weiss, all had their weapons primed and pointed at them.
And just before another wall of weapons. Ruby. Standing there, looking at them with disgust.
"How does it feel, Yang?" Ruby asked as she looked at her sister and former friends.
"How does it feel to have everyone around you turn on you?" Ruby asked taking a step towards, not breaking eye contact with Yang as the blonde began to shake.
"R-Ruby…" Yang wanted to say something but was stopped with a harsh slap to the face.
"Shut up!" the red-haired reaper yelled. "Now you know how Jaune felt! Now you know how he felt when you turned on him the only thing left is for you to be beaten and broken too!" She yelled, tears running down her cheeks.
The moment after she said that, three large students pushed through the crowd, "Justice for Jaune!" they yelled as they broke through the crowd, punching the three of them in the face, making them yell in pain as they fell to the ground.
As soon as they hit the ground, people came up around them kicking them, spitting on them, throwing their food on them and calling them slurs and swearing at them.
The three of them could do nothing but try to shield themselves from the barrage of attacks that came their way.
The students did not let up for about two minutes until Ms. Goodwitch arrived. "Enough!" she yelled, pulling several students off of them.
"Professor Goodwitch!" Weiss yelled, happy to see her, but the look on Glynda's face said that she wasn't happy to see them.
"Get out! All of you!" Glynda yelled, making everyone leave in a hurry, all of them fearing the wrath of Glynda Goodwitch and her infamous detentions.
"Oh, Professor Goodwitch! We're so glad to see you!" Weiss said, surprised when Glynda ignored them, instead fixing up the mess that surrounded the three girls while avoiding all communication with them all.
The second Glynda was done cleaning up the mess surrounding the three girls, she left without saying a word.
She left the three of them in the mess of food, drinks and spit as they're bruised, cut and broken.
Leaving them to cry in their lonesome.
All while Ruby watched from outside the cafeteria with a murderous glare in her eyes.
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Over in the Grimmlands, more specifically, Salem's castle, Cinder has just returned from a reconnaissance mission in Vale.
She looked around the entrance to the castle, surprised to see that no one, not even Watts was around.
It was an odd feeling to come back to the castle and find it so empty. For a moment she thought that they had been attacked during her absence, but she knew that that wasn't a possibility as there was no sign of any fighting.
Walking down the hall toward the arena, she heard a large scream, a Nevermore from the sound of it, albeit a smaller one. She decided to investigate.
She made her way down to the arena and opened the door slightly and saw a black-haired man standing face-to-face with a Nevermore that was easily twenty-times his size. She was surprised at how he did not even flinch before the large beast.
"Come on!" He yelled as he ran up towards the Grimm, encouraging it to attack, which it did once he began to move.
Jaune ran towards the Nevermore, his eyes focused on the opening beneath its beak that exposes its throat.
The Nevermore shot an incredibly large wave of its projectile feathers towards Jaune, trying to stab him. Jaune dodged these to the best of his ability, resulting in him remaining untouched. The last feather was coming towards him, so he prepared himself for it. He caught it mid-flight, used its momentum to spin around and then threw it like a javelin, directly into the eye of the Nevermore, making it scream out in pain.
Cinder watched this display of power with wide eyes. Never had she seen anyone capable of doing that to a Nevermore, let alone take it on alone without any form of trouble.
Jaune ran and jumped onto the back of the Nevermore as it continued to scream in agony at its lost eye. Jaune grabbed the end of the feather and swiftly pulled it out of the Grimm, sending it into shock. The Grimm had no time to recover before Jaune took the feather and stabbed it through the throat of the Nevermore, easily killing it.
Blood launched from the hole Jaune created in the neck of the beast as he simply stood on its back as it fell to the ground with a mighty thud.
Cinder could only stare at Jaune as he walked off of the Nevermore, drenched in its blood and he didn't even bat an eye.
"There is no way this guy is on our side," Cinder spoke under her breath as she began to charge up a fireball in her hand.
The moment she did that, Jaune looked up, it was as though he smelled something. He looked around for a moment, trying to locate what he smelled. "This smell, its so strong, so attracting. I know it so well… fear," Jaune said as he looked right at Cinder through her gap in the door.
"Screw it!" Cinder yelled as she kicked down the door and threw a barrage of fireballs towards Jaune, each of them landing due to their incredible speed.
Jaune's body flew across the arena flying over the now dissolving Nevermore and crashing into the ground harshly. He had a nasty hole in his stomach from his flesh being burned and a burn on his shoulder that he would have to attend to later.
"Hm, after all that showboating. Disappointing," Cinder said as she walked into the arena.
"The way he dealt with the Nevermore was impressive though, however, he is nowhere near my level of power," Cinder said with a smile as she stepped on the downed Nevermore's beak.
"That was a mistake, Cinder," Salem's voice boomed throughout the arena.
"Your Grace?" Cinder asked as she turned looked around, looking for the source of her voice. She heard a small growl that almost got her attention, were it not for Salem speaking again.
"You just made two large mistakes. First, you attacked him unprovoked, and second, you assumed he was dead," Salem finished as Cinder turned her head towards where Jaune was sent flying, only to find a fist closing in on her face.
It connected, effectively sending Cinder flying across the ring, however, she caught herself and skidded to a stop. She put a hand to her cheek, feeling it and met with a large amount of pain.
"You… You dare?!" Cinder glared at the now repaired form of Jaune. The hole she put in him was now gone and his eyes are now glowing. "You dare attack me?! Me?! I am the Fall Maiden! I am the woman who will burn this world to the ground! Who are you to attack me?! Who are you?!" Cinder yelled extremely angry now, seething even.
"I take it that you're Cinder. I have been told a lot about you. Since you don't know much about me, I'll inform you of who I am," Jaune said as his arms began to bubble and mutate, making Cinder look at them with mild disgust.
"I am Salem's husband. I am the new King of the Grimm. I am Lucifer, and I am your King!" Jaune yelled as his right arm became a Beowolf's claw, while his left arm became a Deathstalkers stinger.
"You are no King of mine!" Cinder yelled as she ran towards Jaune as he returned in kind.
Cinder fired several more fireballs at Jaune, who simply dodged them. He was able to dodge them much more effectively when saw them coming. Cinder growled and created two swords of ash, using dust to form them quickly.
The moment the swords were ready was the moment they collided with Jaune's claws.
Cinder did her best to push back against Jaune's claws, but found that she was being overpowered as a small crater is being formed under her feet as Jaune continues to push down on her.
She quickly rolled out from under his claws, dropping her swords and charging up a fire blast, hoping to blast through him this time.
After she finished her summersault, she was ready to fire and shot at Jaune, who was ready for her as he put his arms together and formed a shield made of a Deathstalkers armour, completely blocking her attack. The force behind the blast still sent him to the wall, slamming him into it.
The stream quickly stopped as Cinder went on the offensive, shooting towards the smoke covered remains of Jaune.
She did not expect to see a massive number of Seer tentacles to shoot from the smoke and grab her. Cinder tried to dodge, but the tentacles changed their route to get to her and they wrapped around her neck, arms and legs, locking her in place in a somewhat crucified position.
Cinder tries her best to move, but finds her efforts are useless as the more she thrashed around, the tighter the hold Jaune had on her. Her aura working hard to prevent any permanent damage being done to her.
Jaune's eyes glowed a darker red as he brought her down to look him in the eye, his face only centimeters away from hers.
"What happened to all of that power I heard so much of. If this is all that you have, I have something to tell you Cinder… I am leagues ahead of you," Jaune said as his eyes bore into hers. She couldn't look away as his eyes were demanding her attention.
Jaune took his other hand and put it under her chin, "You will submit and obey me, for if you don't…" Jaune said as he took his hand off her chin and transformed it into a Beowolves claw, one of it's long claws dragging across her throat.
Cinder knew she was in danger, but she couldn't help but feel somewhat hot from this. No man had ever been able to dominate her so easily before, even without the maiden's powers, Cinder was no pushover. As his eyes stared into hers, a fire in his, she felt her folds growing moist as she was getting turned on.
On her face was a mad blush and a small smile creeping its way onto her lips.
She was thrown from her thoughts as Jaune extended his tentacles and proceeded to throw her around the arena, smashing her mercilessly into the walls, the floor and the ceiling.
Cinder cried out in pain with each hit as it did critical damage to her aura, chipping away at it and leading it to its shattering.
"This should do it," Jaune said to himself as he threw her up towards the ceiling, her back slamming into it and creating a small crater behind her. She plummeted towards the ground and landed a meter or two before Jaune, her aura shattered upon impact with the ground.
Cinder was on the ground, unable to move, barely able to breathe. Her body shook slightly due to the intense pain she is being put through, her aura gone. Fortunately, before it shattered it withstood most of the damage from the fall.
Seconds later, as Cinder was about to look up to try and locate Jaune, she felt a hand grab her hair and pull her up. She yelled in pain as she was hoisted up off of the ground and met Jaune on eye level once again.
Cinders feet were a few centimeters from the ground, so her hair was the only thing keeping her hoisted up. She struggled to get Jaune's hands off of her, but it was difficult for her to move, let alone resist.
Jaune saw that there was some fight left in her and takes his right hand and brutally backhands her, leaving a nasty red mark on the side of her face and spit out some blood.
"The nature of this situation continues to elude you, doesn't it," Jaune said as Cinder turned her head back to him slowly, doing her best not to hurt herself any more.
Jaune pulled Cinder closer to him once again, making her yelp in pain, "I own you now, and you will do exactly what I saw, for I am Lucifer, for I am your King!" Jaune yelled directly into Cinder's face.
Cinder's eyes widened and rolled to the back of her head as she felt a massive wave of heat rush through her whole body, eventually reaching her lower folds. Her orgasm shot through her whole body, making her spasm slightly under Jaune's hold. Slightly swinging in the air as she is still feeling the aftershock of her orgasm, Cinder looked back at Jaune with a large blush on her face and a sultry grin across it.
"Yes, master," Cinder said, still wearing that smile.
Jaune dropped her after hearing that, letting her body hit the ground with a harsh slap, leaving Cinder on the ground curled up in a ball while giggling to herself.
Jaune smiled slightly at his efforts and walked towards where Salem is seated.
Salem stands up to address him, "Did you really need to be so rough with her? I think you might have broken her…" Salem said as she looked past Jaune and still saw Cinder shuddering. What she didn't see was Cinder fingering herself as she was turned the other way.
"Perhaps, but from what you had told me about her, only overwhelming strength can gain her respect and most importantly, obedience," Jaune said as he made a fist with his hand.
"I will do whatever it takes to ensure the absolute loyalty of all my subordinates and with their unwavering loyalty and support, and I shall break all those who dare oppose either or us and make the people of the world bow before us," Jaune roared, his ambitions burning.
Salem smiled and jumped down from her seat above, landing a few meters away from Jaune, but in the next second was directly in front of him, still wearing that dark smile.
"I am so proud of what you have become, my love. Together, we will rule this world, and you shall have your revenge," Salem said as she pushed forward into Jaune, giving him a strong kiss.
She dominated the kiss as Jaune did his best to push back, but he found himself overpowered by Salem, surprising him, but he did not mind, instead he simply continued fighting, adding more fire to their connection.
Salem eventually let go and licked her lips, savouring Jaune's taste. "Now, let us get down to business, my love, now that you are head of the Vale operation, there are a few things you must attend to," Salem said as she began to walk towards the exit.
"And that would be?" Jaune asked as he followed her out.
"There are several White Fang members that feel that they no longer belong, and thusly have begun to stray from our path. You must find them and if they do not return to pay for their crimes… eliminate them," Salem said coldly.
"It shall be done, my Queen," Jaune said as he bowed slightly to Salem, making her smile.
"Once Cinder is ready to depart, you shall take her back to Vale with you. Summon Hazel to bring her to the medical wing, I shall take care of her there," Salem said as she continued walking.
"Of course," Jaune said as he continued to walk beside her until a divide in the hall came and the two went separate ways, leaving Salem alone.
"He is even more powerful than I thought, he will quickly rise to my level. This is incredible, he shall be a key asset to my revenge. Ozpin… If only you knew what I have done to your innocent little huntsman. He's mine now, and forever will be," Salem said as she chucked darkly to herself as she made her way to her room, the doors to her room opening for her and then quickly slamming behind her.
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Holy hell, that is the longest chapter I have ever written, but I'm not gonna lie, it feels good.
So, that's the new Jaune, the Grimm blood had many effects on him and as time goes on, there will be more as you don't drink the blood of monsters and only gain a few perks, there will be more.
Cinder's scene was probably the most fun for me to write because I have had a lot of pent up aggression with her, I mean she's hot as hell, but so damn evil. That in mind, I felt as thought Jaune should really break her, and I think I accomplished that, and now, Cinder's going to be all over him. If there was any character to kind of embody what I'm going for with Cinder it might be Albedo. You know, hot as hell, but also insanely into the male lead. There will be some head butting with Salem at one point for Cinder over Jaune, so that'll be fun.
The Beacon scenes were definitely the hardest to write as I was trying to hard to think of fitting punishments for all of the girls and ways that would really hurt them as people, so I had to really think about that, but I'm happy with what I got out. The scene in the cafeteria could have been longer, but I think I got the point across.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope it won't be too long until the next, I have a few new fic ideas that will be shorter than this one and Nightly Visits, so stay tuned for those!
I'll see you all next time, so stay frosty!