Now back to your feature presentation: Undergrim: A Tale of Judge and Jury.

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Frisk stood there, next to their sleeping bag, eyes wide. 'Well if it isn't the smiley trashbag.' 'Chara what do we do? We can't let Qrow hurt him!' 'Yes we can.'

"Who are you?!" Qrow questioned menacingly, his scythe reappearing in his hand.

"Don't hurt him!" Frisk yelled at him, afraid of something happening to Sans. "Please.. don't hurt him..." they said again, remembering shouting that same thing back in the genocide route. "Please.."

"don't worry kid." Sans commented, seemingly knowing how they felt inside. "i wouldn't move a muscle. besides this guy looks like quite the sucker for bad jokes." Against all sense of how badly things could go, he extended his hand to Qrow. Toy buzzer clearly visible wrapped around his gloved hand. "the name's sans. sans the skeleton."

Qrow stared at his hand in a sense of disbelief. Was this really a proper time for jokes? He would have had Sans on the ground by now if it wasn't for Frisks request, so reluctantly, he extended his hand and shook it. The toy buzzer went off and the tension in the air seemed to off too. "is it just me, or does that dude sleep really hard?" he said pointing to Peter "and why not wake him up too? eh, plot set up i guess. nevermind."

As he finished all three sets of eyes fell on Peter as he continued snoring away. Maybe he was right, maybe the plot did play in Sans favor. Oh well. "So I take it you two know each other?" Qrow asked, walking over to a tree stump near the fire. Frisk nodded and Sans shrugged, "i guess you could say that. we've had our fair share of resets in our relationship, but hey what can a skeleton do about it? all we skeletons can do is get under your skin."

A chuckle was given in response somewhat, but Qrow's demeanor definitely changed. He didn't seem to have his guard up as much. Frisk wrote it off as Sans personality making him seem harmless, which he sorta was, but Sans knew that face all too well. That was the face of someone remembering a child. He knew he would have to ask the man about it, but now wasn't the time. So he waited. For three hours he slept against the tree, and when he woke up the man was gone. Instead, in his place was Peter, who kept eying him as if he might attack at any moment.

"heya. i can see you eyeing me over there so i'll throw you a bone. the name's sans." he told the older man, examining his face as shock spread across his body. It was fun being able to read emotions sometimes. "let me guess, wondering if i'm a special kind of monster huh? well i hate to dissa-port but i'm just your normal lazy skeleton monster. if you want a fight go talk to my bro."

Peter quickly regained his composure before getting up from his log near the dying fire to shake hands with Sans. "It's quite alright! When it comes to battles I've got enough stories for the both of us!" he said victoriously. Shaking his fish into the air with vigor. "Have you ever heard of the battle of the Northern Star?"

"nope."

He lowered his hand a bit, but still remained in a triumphant stance, "What about the battle of shones horn?!"

"nuh-uh"

Finally he lowered his hand down to his chin and began to think of all the battle stories he had. "The battle of Watertown?" "nah." "Grimm tower?" "nope." "Yellow Creek?" "sorry." "Bridge to Haven?" "yup." "Ahah!" he started, finally getting a yes from his new skeleton friend. "You my friend must have good taste, for that battle was one of the best! The battle of the bridge wa-"

"hey peat`" Sans interrupted, "hate to cut you off while you're in the zone, but it seems that I misheard you. whoops. haven't you understood I'm not familiar with this place?" He smiled at his own pun, or did he? He always had that stupid grin on his face no matter the day.

"I would normally, but something been bothering me." he said, his expression and words becoming more stern and serious. "Ever since you arrived I've felt a.. power in the air. Like untapped potential, hell the only person I've ever felt this in was Ozpin."

Sans turned his head in curiosity now, his interest had been peaked, "Ozpin huh? who's he? some war hero known for ozpinning down the enemy?" He reached over to a small tree as his lazy bones used it to support him as he sat down across from Peter, the fire between the two.

He looked at the hoodie clad skeleton with curiosity, what was his deal with all the puns? "Ozpin has always been strong to say the least. He's a bloody genius if I've ever seen one. Between those two attributes it's only natural that he would rise to power somewhere, but his respect got him a position as a leader of nations in a way. There is no official leader between the four capitals but if there were, it would be Ozpin. That being said… tell me, have you ever heard the story of the Judge?"

Sans nodded, "back in my hometown, there was an old fairy tale that went around. The tale of the Judge. the story goes that one day a hero is to arise from the ashes and fight against what no one else could. they say that the Judge isn't a god and isn't that powerful, but instead a genius in tactic and how to use everything they can in a fight. that's what makes the Judge powerful. stupid story huh?"

"Not a story but legend." he responded. "Back at the dawn of human rebellion against the grimm, one man fulfilled that duty and became the Judge. The story goes that he lived on to establish some of the first settlements, but after they were created he up and left, going off to die. They say that one day the Grimm will attack, and when they do a new Judge will arise to protect us. To save us. Do you believe in that?"

Sans, again, nodded, "I have to, because if I don't how will I know that everything will be alright in the end? How do I know Papyrus will be alive in the next timeline?" he responded, whispering that last part. "either way, I'm going to sleep. if I stay up any longer I'll be nothing but skin and bones."

"Hahaha! Goodnight Sans." and with that, Sans slumped over and fell asleep, a quick 'night`' escaped his mouth right before the z's started to come out from over his head. Hopefully the walk back wouldn't be too long, he was excited to see what this world had to offer.

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*Knock Knock*

"Hey! Anybody home?" he called, knocking on their door in slight annoyance. "I got something to tell you guys."

Suddenly, the sound of a lock being undone was heard on the other side of the door and it opened, Rubys' head sticking out to greet her favorite uncle. "Uncle Qrow! It's nice to see you again! You want to come in?" As she said that a hand wrapped around her mouth and Weiss popped out of the room next.

"Hey Qrow, it's nice of you to drop by but we're kinda doing something important right now. Can you come back later or something?" she asked him, Frisk peeking through the crack in the door.

He looked down at the door and saw Frisk's red eye peeking through. Wait was it always red? He couldn't remember. Either way he couldn't blame the kid for wanting to hear the conversation that abducted her friend. "No, it's fine. I just wanted to drop by and tell you that team JNPR has one of Frisk's friends staying with them now. I'm sure Frisk has told you about their little friend right?"

"No?" she asked, showing a mix of concern and confusion.

"It's pretty simple," he began, taking his eyes away from the door to look up at Weiss. "Yesterday when we came back, Frisk brought a friend back from their home. His name is Sans, and apparently he's a skeleton."

She went wide eyed at the mention skeleton, was he a summon or a creation of some sort? Was he a robot like the guards around town? Her attention had been taken none the less, just as Qrow had wanted. "When can we see him?"

"Anytime you want to I'd guess. Just whenever JNPR is around with him. They should still be there I just talked to them a moment ago to let them know Frisk was staying with you guys. You should meet up so you can see it for yourself."

She scoffed and turned her heal, reaching to open the door only to find her entire team minus Blake waiting enthusiastically at the door at the mention of meeting Sans. "Oh alright, Blake let's go." She nodded in response and lept off the top bunk, landing behind the others ready to go.

"Oh" Qrow added, "One last thing, don't let Yang talk too long with Sans. If you do then I'm not sure if they'll ever separate." They all laughed a bit, but they had no idea how alike the two actually were.

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It was finally here, not in the way they thought it would come, but here none the less. It was the end of the world. The moment Sans cracked a pun, Yang immediately cracked a joke back. The others in team RWBY or JNPR didn't even hear them leave the room, they were all too busy trying to tune out the laughter between the blonde and the skeleton.

As the two were trying to decide a location to hang out in, they walked down the streets. Bringing attention to everyone watching. A skeleton? How was that possible? But all of their questions were brought to a halt as they heard the horrific puns and jokes the two tossed relentlessly at each other. Better to have unanswered questions than to get closer to those two. Everyone was actually relieved when they finally disappeared into a local bar.

"..and then he asked, 'Got any duck tape? Got any rope?' and the bartender responded with no. So the customer asked him again, 'Got any grape juice?'" Yang finished, getting a response of quite the chuckle from her boney counterpart.

"i gotta admit, that was a pretty grape joke there." he stopped, letting Yang get out her little giggle, "Knock knock?"

She lowered her head to the bar table, putting her ear down as if listening to someone underneath. "Who's there?"

"wish" "Wish who?" "wish i knew why you had your head plastered to the bar." Once again the two howled in laughter at the terrible jokes. "I gotta admit Sans, I was told you were a joker but you're in a whole nother` league!"

His smile got a bit wider as he grabbed the ketchup and took a sip. "i didn't know I was going to be next door to someone who appreciated my jokes either. last time I did this i found out the woman i was telling jokes to was the old queen of our kingdom. i guess you could say she told her jokes knightly." more laughter.

"Why do you drink ketchup? I've seen you drink from that at least four times tonight. Does it not taste bad without anything to eat?" she asked, playing with the bottle herself. Tossing it between her hands.

He smiled and held a wink at her, "don't tell anyone, but it's my secret on how i ketchup on sleep. you should try some, just pop the lid open and down the hatch." To his surprise, she actually did it. She opened it and downed the entire bottle right then and there.

"Woo!" she yelled, thrusting her fist into the air, "Now I'm pumped up!"

Sans chuckled, "well it seems you've got some ketchuping to do. hate to be a downer but it looks like i gotta go or i'll be late for work."

Yang tilted her head a bit in confusion, "You've been here for what, two days now? and you already have a job?" He nodded in response. "Well.. alright. I should go back with Ruby and the gang anyways I'm sure they'll be mad if I miss another team meeting. I had fun tonight, we should do it a-sans."

"of course, it's fun to yang out with you. though at this rate i'm gonna go bankrupt." he smiled. Instead of the confused look, she gave him a big smile. "You didn't spend a penny."

"exactly" he finished, stepping off of the bar stool and escorting Yang out of the club since no one seems to want to be around the skeleton. For the first time since those big doors out of the ruins opened, Sans had made a human friend. He just hoped he wouldn't have to do the same thing to Yang that he had to do to Frisk.

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"Do we tell the kid or not?" Qrow asked, growing impatient with Ozpin not giving him an answer. Yeah it was out of character for him to be mad at Oz, but his head had one too little drinks in it recently.

"No, we allow her to join Signal but I do not want any confrontation between the kid and her. Understood?" Qrow nodded. "Good. Now about the skeleton… I sense something within him. A sadness he's hiding, just like Yang. Those two really are identical aren't they?"

Qrow thought back to when he was perched on the rooftop watching to duo walk down the street to the bar. He had to admit, the similarities were disturbing. "Yes, but I think that's a good thing. Clearly wherever they come from there is new species we haven't encountered before, and now we have an ambassador."

"Agreed. Glynda bring the reports on the damage at that White Fang camp. I think we may have a new lead…"

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Now, it's time for Tea Time With Asgore

Greetings human, it is nice to meet you. If you have gotten this far you must be enjoying yourself. The author has his apology ready for the delay, as this week he has been loaded with work. He understands that most of you do not care but would rather be seeing new chapters. Today's chapter would not have been completed until late this Saturday or later if it weren't for the wonderful people reviewing, to those of you new to the story and this is your first time reading, howdy! A thank you is in order for kid, guest (who may i note reminds me shockingly of Nabstablook.), Mad God 42, Mr. Fizz, and our two repeat reviewers Pony and Cross. Stay determined you all, as you have done well in giving the author the spirit to keep writing. A special note to HeroBladeRiyet, the author says that i- Hot Tea Hot Tea! *Rips off cape with Trident* Much better, where was I? Oh yes. He is currently trying to get a friend of his to essentially beta him, so until then every 3 chapters spell checks will be done and nothing will get fixed knowing how bad he is at the "grammarz".

*Please leave a review if you do or don't want Sans and Yang to be shipped. Yans? Sang? Both sound like biscuits. Either way, I am currently not going to ship it but if I am asked, you could change that. If you are against it however, leave a review telling me you don't. No reason needed, it's more of a poll.

Once again thank all of you for reading, and I'm afraid to say this.. but goodbye, human.