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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
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When the bright light fades away, everyone looks up at the screen with bated breath. The reason for this is because everyone knows that what they're going to be watching next isn't just going to be another version of Jaune Arc in a different universe.
This time, they are going to be viewing the possible future for their own Jaune Arc.
Some like Glynda and James wait to see if Jaune becomes a benefit for their cause to fight Salem and her followers.
Some like Team RWBY and NPR wait to see if Jaune succeeds in his dream to becoming the hero like he has always wanted to be.
Some like Raven and Cinder wait to see if their version of Jaune becomes as powerful as his other versions.
But only Ozpin waits to see if Jaune manages to unlock his full potential in the future.
The light fades to show a large room with loads of open space. On one side of the room is a pool table, two red couches in the corner and a large speaker system resting behind the couches. On the other side of the room are several instruments that are leaning against the wall, including an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar and even a drum set. Resting beside the instruments is a jukebox.
By the back wall of the room is a large desk with three picture frames side-by-side, a box of half finished pizza, a pair of handguns and a ScrollPhone which is currently ringing.
"Isn't that Jaune's guitar?" asked Ruby, recognizing the instrument which Jaune used to try and serenade her partner.
Blake nods, recognizing the instrument as well. "Looks like it. The place must belong to Jaune, then."
Yang whistles while looking over the wide and expansive room. "Vomit boy is doing pretty good for himself if he got a place like that for himself."
Weiss clicks her tongue against her teeth. "So, where is the doofus anyway?"
Beside the desk is a door that is suddenly kicked open, revealing a twenty-four year old Jaune Arc who's still dripping wet from the shower he just took. Wearing only a pair of black pants and boots, Jaune brushes his hands through his still wet hair, uncaring that he isn't wearing a shirt. With steam still rising off of his body from his hot shower, Jaune walks towards his desk, noticing that he left his chair lying on the floor and leaning on its side.
Shrugging his shoulders, Jaune kicks the fallen chair into the air. After the chair performs five flips in the air, it descends back down to the ground at an angle. As the chair touches the floor with two of its legs balancing it, Jaune performs a fluid motion that has him sit on the chair at the exact moment its other two legs touch the floor while also giving him the momentum to kick his feet up onto his desk. He purposely drops one of his feet harder on the desk so the force kicks up his ScrollPhone. The device flips into the air and would've hit the wall if not for Jaune catching it, and he does so without looking.
Without looking at the caller's I.D., Jaune answers the phone. "Sorry, not open for business yet."
Giving the caller no time to speak, Jaune disconnects the call and flips it back onto his table, ignoring how it lands perfectly back into place.
Silence fills the room as everyone tries to process what they've just witnessed.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"... I want him."
Nobody expected Blake of all people to be the first to speak up, nor to claim to want the leader of Team JNPR.
"WHAT!?"
Blinking, Blake's eyes widen in horror before a deep blush covers her cheeks when she realizes that she said what she was actually thinking out loud.
Yang holds her stomach as she laughs her guts out, enjoying how her partner's face only seems to get redder and redder for every second that passes. "Hahaha! Does the kitty cat want some Jaune loving~"
Blake narrows her eyes towards her partner. She won't deny that she finds Jaune attractive, but she won't be made a fool of by her partner. "Don't you try to pretend you don't like what you see."
Chuckling, Yang shrugs her shoulders. "Unlike you, I can happily admit that Jaune looks pretty hot." How can she not think that after watching the future self of Jaune step out of the back room with water dripping off his toned chest and six pack? Or how about the fact that steam is pouring off his body and how she doesn't believe that all of it has to do with the hot shower? How about when he performed that sweet trick with his chair and ScrollPhone? "In fact, I'm nabbing him for myself the moment we get back to Beacon."
"You can't do that!" yelled Ruby, jumping out of her seat to face her older sister. Her facial expression is one of obvious panic.
Yang raises a brow. "And why can't I, Rubes?"
Ruby opens her mouth, but widens her eyes when she realizes she doesn't have an actual defence. Her cheeks colour and it's not all because she's standing in front of everyone with her mouth agape.
Such talk about her partner among other females would usually garner the attention and ire of Pyrrha Nikos, but the four-time champion is finding herself in a daze at the moment. Not only does she like how mature Jaune looks as an adult, but she's finding herself very happy with the results of Jaune's training. Nobody gets a body like that without putting some serious effort into it.
"Fearless leader is so cool~!" exclaimed Nora in excitement. She especially liked that trick he did with the chair.
Ren can't help himself but agree with Nora. He'll admit that the move Jaune performed with the chair was very precise and measured. That's why he's having a hard time in believing that this is his own teammate and not a different universe's version. While he only has the best opinion of Jaune, Ren can't deny that his team leader has a lot he can approve on. "Looks like Pyrrha's training did help after all."
Leaning back against his chair, Jaune looks over the pair of pistols that are resting on his desk and smiles. One of the pistols is completely white in colour while the other is coloured completely black.
Both semi-automatic customized pistols have their names etched into their sides, courtesy of their creator. The right-handed white one has been named, Ivory while the left-handed black one has been named, Ebony.
Jaune can't believe that it took him so long to actually get himself a long-range weapon, since Crocea Mors doesn't mecha-shift like every other Hunters weapon. Thankfully, his amazing wife made him Ebony & Ivory for their wedding anniversary.
Many heads perk up when they hear the word, wife.
Gripping the arms of her chair, Pyrrha waits to find out who Jaune will end up with in the future.
Glancing over the three picture frames that are sitting beside each other on his desk, Jaune smiles in nostalgia. The picture on the right shows of himself, along with the rest of Team JNPR in their room, smiling at the camera. He remembers Nora was being very insistent on taking a group picture after their team first got together and she didn't take a no for an answer.
He'll never understand how Ren can keep up with Nora's antics, especially after spending the last five years married to her. He can only pray that the child they're expecting will take more from the father than the mother.
Ren chokes a bit on his own saliva in surprise while the energetic Nora widens her eyes in shock, blushing a storm.
Team RWBY and Pyrrha smirk as they look over at Ren and Nora who refuse to make eye-contact with each other.
Ozpin closes his eyes and smiles. "To be young again."
Jaune turns to the middle picture frame and his smile lessens, if only slightly. In the frame, it shows a picture of him giving an awkward smile to the camera while trying to breath as Nora, forcefully brings himself, Ren and Ruby into a group hug.
While it's still a good picture, it constantly reminds Jaune that his partner isn't in it. It's of a time where Ruby became a part of their team for a while after Pyrrha's death.
Many eyes widen in shock after finding out that Pyrrha, the Invincible Girl, died.
"I... died?" muttered Pyrrha, finding herself covered in a cold sweat.
How did she die?
When did she die?
More importantly, why did she die?
Glynda and Ironwood narrow their eyes at the screen. "That picture. They don't look any much older than now" stated Ironwood.
Glynda nods in agreement, having figured that out as well. "Which means Ms. Nikos must've perished only recently."
Ozpin stares at the screen intently. It's no secret among his inner circle that he has been scouting Ms. Nikos into becoming the new Fall Maiden. If she has perished so early in life, it could possibly mean that the person who attacked Amber might have killed Pyrrha to get the other half of the Fall Maiden's power. "Watching the future may possibly help us in the long run."
Nobody notices how the edge of Cinder's lips twitch upwards for a brief second. "So then, my plan worked after all. That's good to know."
She didn't doubt her plan would fail, but it's still nice to know that everything will go as according to plan. Knowing that Ozpin is likely to give the, Invincible Girl, the rest of the Fall Maiden's powers, Pyrrha's death has been planned from the start. She wouldn't have killed the powerful Huntress-in-training unless she knew the rest of her plan was ready to begin.
Closing his eyes to subdue his regret, Jaune looks over the third picture frame and whatever regret and doubt he feels vanishes as his smile returns, only with more warmth in his eyes.
It's because the picture was taken on the greatest day in his life.
The day he married his wife, Ruby Rose.
The picture shows himself and Ruby standing by the alter. He's wearing a pure white suit, courtesy of his family's traditions. Standing on his left side are his groomsmen, Sun, Neptune, Fox and Yatsuhashi while Ren acts as his best man. Standing right beside him while wearing her red wedding dress is Ruby, looking as beautiful as ever. On her other side are her bridesmaids which are Weiss, Blake, Velvet, Coco and a crying, but happy Yang.
As much as Pyrrha's death has come to a shock to her, Ruby can't help but blush at the sight of seeing herself standing by the alter with Jaune as her husband. Her blush soon changes into a little smug expression that she aims towards her older sister. Of course, Yang notices and wraps one arm around Ruby's neck while using the other to give her a noogie. "No, Yang! Stop! I'm sorry!"
Ignoring her partner's immaturity, Blake notices a certain detail about her partner in the picture. "Um, Yang. Did you look at yourself in the picture?"
Stopping, much to Ruby's relief, Yang looks back up at the screen to get a closer look at her future self. It didn't take her long to notice something different about her. "My arm..." To Yang's surprise, her right arm is missing and has been replaced with a robotic one.
"Something must've happened to have Yang lose her arm. Maybe a fight with a Grimm?" pointed out Weiss, wondering what could've made Yang lose her appendage.
"Must've been one hell of a Grimm to do that" jested Yang, grinning.
"For someone who just found out that she's going to lose her arm in the future, you're being a bit too chipper" deadpanned Weiss.
Yang shrugs. "True, but as the ghost guy said, this is only one of the possible futures. Anything can happen between now and then which can change the future, including a certain little sis of mine bagging a sexy hunk like that" she stated, smirking at her little sister.
Ruby responds by sticking her tongue out at her older sister.
After spending the last few minutes wallowing in emotional pain, Pyrrha perks up. "Yang's right! This is only a possible future. This doesn't mean I'm definitely going to die or that Jaune will marry Ruby."
Nora elbows Ren and points at Pyrrha when she notices her teammate's sudden change of emotions. At one moment, she was drowning in depression and the next, she's smiling in positivity. Nora's sure she can somehow hear birds chirping in the background for some reason.
Ren just shakes his head, silently telling Nora to let it go.
Jaune's taken out of his thoughts when the double doors to his office open. Jaune quirks a brow when a tall middle-aged man with a slim build, slightly tanned skin and a bushy moustache walks into his office and starts surveying his surroundings. "You a customer?" asked Jaune. Ever since he officially graduated, everyone from all over Remnant has been asking for his services.
All the attention probably has something to do with him being the best Huntsman since Ozpin himself.
"I find that very hard to believe" denied Weiss, folding her arms in front of her chest. "The dunce can barely hold his sword right, let alone use it properly."
"If it's a possible future, then it's obvious that Jaune is a lot stronger than you believe him to be" pointed out Ren, lightly glaring at the Schnee heiress who makes sure to glare back at him.
"What the hell is Watts doing there?" thought Cinder, glaring daggers at the disgraced scientist. She has never liked Watts, especially when he believes himself to be superior than herself. If not for her Queen deeming Watts useful, she would've burnt him to ash years ago.
Cinder isn't the only one who recognizes Watts. Ironwood narrows his eyes, remembering Watts as a scientist who was banished from Atlas after performing some less than moral projects.
Ozpin smiles, delighted in knowing that Jaune Arc has reached his full potential in the future.
Glynda notices her superior's smile and connects the dots easily enough. "You knew this would happen, didn't you."
"I always knew Mr. Arc would grow into a powerful Huntsman. Very few hold the amount of potential that young man has" stated Ozpin, smiling while taking a sip from his coffee cup.
Glynda's eyes widen in realization. Now she knows Ozpin's reason for accepting Jaune Arc's fake transcript papers. It's because he saw something in the teenager that she herself obviously didn't. It seems that the potential in Mr. Arc will someday lead him into becoming one of the most powerful Hunters on Remnant, just because Ozpin believed in him, unlike so many others. All of a sudden, Glynda feels like she has failed as a professor for dismissing Mr. Arc so easily. She hopes to remedy this by the time she returns to Beacon.
Pyrrha smiles, feeling nothing but pride for her partner. She always knew he would become something special and this only proves it. She just hopes that when the time comes, she'll be standing there, by his side.
Watts walks over to the pool table and slowly, drags his fingers across the wood as he walks closer to Jaune's office table. "Are you Jaune Arc?"
"Who wants to know?" asked Jaune, sensing something disturbing about the man in his office. He has learned under Qrow's tutelage to always trust his gut and right now, his gut is telling him that the man in front of him is bad news.
Watts walks in front of Jaune's office and stares down at the Huntsman. "Salem."
Jaune's blue eyes spark for a brief moment before fading. "So, you're one of her lackeys, are ya? Gotta say, I'm a bit disappointed she only sent you" said Jaune, showing a lack of tension or aggression towards the man who has just told him he is in cahoots with Salem. He remains leaning back against his chair with his feet on the desk.
Watts smirks and shakes his head. "She didn't send me to fight you. She only requested of me to give you an invitation." Watt's slowly places his hands against the edges of the table. "Please accept it."
No more words are spoken as Watts, suddenly flips the table over, throwing all the objects on it into the air.
Just as the table flips, Jaune uses one leg to kick off the object and backflip into the air, dodging the rolling table. After the table rolls into the wall, Jaune lands on top of the upturned piece of furniture and grabs Ivory from midair before aiming it in front of him. However, he sees that Salem's follower has vanished into thin air. Looking around the room, all he sees are his picture frames lying across the floor, as well as Ebony.
Smirking, Jaune holsters Ivory and jumps off his desk before raising his left hand out, just in time to catch his falling pizza box. "Invitation, huh?"
Picking up a slice of pizza, Jaune intends to eat it, until four Beowolves appear out of nowhere and impale his torso with their sharp claws. Usually, his Aura would've taken the attack for him, but he didn't expect four Grimm to suddenly appear out of nowhere and so, he let his guard down. Just before the Grimm appeared, he's positive that he saw glass shatter in the air before disappearing.
"JAUNE!" cried Pyrrha, standing up from her chair and taking a few steps towards the screen, wishing she could somehow jump through the screen to save him.
Neo tilts her head, uncaring to seeing blondie getting cut down by the Grimm. She's more focused on how the Grimm appeared through the use of her Semblance, meaning that her future self is likely working with that weird guy with the moustache.
The rest of Team RWBY and NPR all stare at the screen in horror over watching their friend and teammate get killed so mercilessly.
Being impaled through the torso with so many sharp claws would kill anyone, no matter now tough and resilient they are. Nobody can survive having several claws pierced into their body.
Nobody, but Jaune Arc.
Jaune thrusts one hand out at the Beowolf in front of him, knocking the Grimm back into the far wall. The force is enough to kill the Grimm after it collides with the wall, breaking the Grimm's neck.
The rest of the Grimm are so caught off guard, none of them move as Jaune walks away from them, taking one Beowolf for the journey after it gets its claw stuck in his back. The Grimm struggles to pull out its stuck claw, but all it manages to accomplish is scratch the floorboards while Jaune walks towards his jukebox, unhindered.
Stopping for a second, Jaune back kicks the stuck Grimm into the air, making it drop on the other two Beowolves. With the Beowolf out of the way, Jaune walks towards the jukebox, seemingly ignoring the broken Beowolf claw that's sticking out of his chest. Much to his delight, Ebony is lying beside his jukebox, as well as the box of pizza he dropped after getting impaled. Walking past his handgun, Jaune picks up a slice of pizza before pulling out the broken claw from his chest, spilling blood all over the floor and not even wincing as he does so.
At this point, the Beowolves have recovered from the shock and lunge at the Huntsman while his back is turned to them.
Their simultaneous attack doesn't work. Just as the Beowolf are about to cut down the Huntsman, Jaune throws the claw over his head and straight into his ceiling fan. The claw cuts through the fan's support and drops the spinning blades on top of the Beowolves, killing the Grimm almost instantaneously.
Jaune poses, keeping his hand up in the air while pointing a lone finger upwards. His posture showcases his impaled and injured body. A white glow surrounds his person, indicating that Jaune's Aura is taking effect. The large holes in his torso start to close up before they vanish entirely, leaving nothing but the blood sliding off his chest.
Jaune doesn't need to turn around to know that more Grimm are showing up in his office out of nowhere. He can tell by the sound of glass shattering.
Nobody can speak, since everyone, including Ozpin have been rendered speechless over Jaune's miraculous recovery.
"Nobody could've survived that" muttered Blake, eyes wide in pure disbelief. A single Beowolf's claw is plenty enough to make a fatal wound, so having several should've meant instant death for Jaune. Yet, he somehow manages to walk away from the injuries and even heal from them!
"And yet, Jaune did" replied Ruby, just as quiet as Blake. She didn't like seeing her friend get impaled by all those Grimm and so, seeing him walk away like that is giving her a hard time to properly process everything. While she's happy he survived, she can't comprehend how he done so.
"H-How is that possible?" Weiss asked, hoping that someone can shed some light on how Jaune survived getting his body ripped through several times and walk away without any sign of pain or even death.
"It was the kid's Aura" stated Qrow, although he's in as much shock as everyone else. Being an experienced Huntsman, he can hide it better. "Kid's Aura healed him of his injuries."
"Impossible! It doesn't matter how high someone's Aura is, nobody can heal themselves from that sort of injury" exclaimed Ironwood, shaking his head.
"Unless Mr. Arc's Semblance is the reason for his impossible regeneration" replied Glynda, looking over at Spectre. "Isn't that right?"
Spectre doesn't see any problem with providing the audience with some small information. "Jaune Arc's Semblance within your universe is Aura Amplification. Not only can it amplify the strength of anyone's Aura, but it can also amplify the strength in anyone else's Semblance."
Aura Amplification? No such Semblance has ever been recorded in Remnant, but the potential in it is something everyone can understand.
Ozpin furrows his brows in thought. "Aura Amplification. A powerful Semblance if used correctly, but I wonder... does it have the capabilities of reviving Amber?" He has tried everything to heal and wake up the comatose Fall Maiden, but so far, it has only kept her in a stable state. With no other choice, he has decided to transfer the rest of Amber's Aura into a suitable host, in order to even the odds against Salem. However, if they manage to unlock Mr. Arc's Semblance, they might not need to transfer Amber's Aura anymore. If he can use it to heal from such fatal wounds, it should be technically possible for him to heal Amber of her own wounds.
"Interesting" thought Cinder, believing Jaune's Semblance to be very useful. Not only can it heal any possible wounds she or her coherts might attain in battle, but it could very well amplify her Fall Maiden Aura. It might just make it strong enough to match a full Maiden's power. She can only imagine the power she'd have with Jaune's Sembalnce AND the entirety of the Fall Maiden's power.
"This party's getting crazy! Let's rock."
Jaune presses a button on his jukebox, but it fails to put on any music. After trying to turn it on again and again, Jaune awkwardly looks at the waiting Grimm behind him before smashing a fist into the device. While his fist crushes the top of the jukebox, it does its intended job and plays some rock music.
Tapping his foot and nodding his head to the rhythm of the music, Jaune places the pizza slice into his mouth and turns around to punch an incoming Beowolf in the face, smashing it's skull into paste. The other Beowolves attack, but Jaune shows off his martial art skills by killing each Grimm with his hands and feet.
After killing his third Grimm with a swift kick and stuffing the rest of the pizza in his mouth, Jaune pulls out Ivory from his pants and leans back to avoid a Beowolf's swinging claw. Another Beowolf mvoes in to attack, but soon finds Ivory in its face. A second later, Ivory blows a hole in the Grimm's face. Turning towards the previous Grimm, Jaune jumps over it as it lunges at him and lands on top of its back.
Thinking of what Nora would do in a situation like this, Jaune smirks.
"Oh no..." groaned Ren, covering his face with his palm.
"Oh yes!" cheered Nora, nearly vibrating in her seat from the excitement.
With one foot still on top of the Grimm's back, Jaune uses his other to kick off the floor and use the immobilized Beowolf as a skateboard. Cheering loudly, Jaune grabs Ebony off the floor as he skates past it and starts spinning the Beowolf around so he can shoot the rest of the Grimm while performing 360° spins. Four more Grimm fall to Jaune's guns and even one of them crashes through the bottom of Jaune's pool table, breaking two of its legs and making it into a ramp of sorts.
Jaune doesn't miss out on the opportunity and skates the Beowolf up the pool table. Jaune backflips off the Grimm before it crashes into his ceiling. At the same time, another Beowolf jumps at Jaune, but misses and lands on the end of the pool table. Jaune lands on the upper half of the pool table, launching the unfortunate Beowolf on the other side in the air and through the ceiling.
Landing in front of the pool table as it flips, time seems to slow down as the pool balls fly past Jaune's head. Once the cue ball flies over Jaune's shoulder, he raises Ebony and fires at it. Once the bullet hits the cue ball, it knocks it at the pile of flying pool balls which shoot in all directions, knocking and embedding into the surrounding Grimm. Grabbing Crocea Mors from his waist, Jaune turns around and cuts the pool table in half before kicking the upper half into a Grimm on his right and spartan kicks the lower half into a lunging Beowolf in front of him.
Leaning Crocea Mors over his shoulder, Jaune looks around and sees no more Grimm. At least, none that are alive anyway.
"What a mess" Jaune muttered, looking around his office, seeing holes in his ceiling, floorboards and even his walls. His pool table and office desk are destroyed and so is a lot of his music equipment. Sheathing Crocea Mors, Jaune walks over to the coat hanger and takes his blue trenchcoat before walking towards the door. Stopping in front of his door, Jaune gives his office another look over before shaking his head and smirking.
"I can already tell, looks like this is gonna be one hell of a party!"
The screen fades into black as Jaune kicks a boot towards the audience.
"Fearless leader is a badass!" cheered Nora, liking the future version of her team leader very much. She's feeling awfully proud that he manages to copy some of her own moves.
"I always knew you had it in you, Jaune" thought Pyrrha, smiling as she thinks about how far her crush has gone in the future. Where he struggles to kill a Ursa on his own, he grows up to be capable of killing over two dozen Beowolves and doing so with ease.
"That was... quite impressive" admitted Weiss with her cheeks coloured red.
Yang chuckled as she pats the awe inspired Ruby on top of her head. "You've got some competition, Rubes."
Ruby pouts her cheeks. "I won't lose to you!" she declared, pointing a finger in Yang's face.
Yang smirks and shakes her head. "I'm not just talking about me." Grabbing her little sister's head, Yang forces her to turn her head. "Look." Ruby does look and she quickly finds out what Yang means by that.
While she does have her arms folded and a permanent scowl on her face, Ruby doesn't miss the red colouring Weiss's cheeks. While she is only fifteen, Ruby isn't naive enough to not know Weiss is finding Jaune's future self attractive. She finds that ironic, since her partner has never given Jaune the light of day, even after all the tines he asked her out on a date.
From the similar red cheeks and twitching ears underneath the black bow, it's obvious Blake is feeling something for Jaune as well. Blake's attraction for Jaune is definitely a surprise to Ruby. Ever since Sun showed up, Ruby has always seen the pair together, usually with Blake scowling as she reads a book and Sun following after her like a lovesick puppy. While an odd pairing, Ruby thought the pair would end up together, romantically and not just because they are both Faunus. Yet, she has never seen Blake react like this to Sun.
"I fear I underestimated my student's potential" sighed Glynda, rubbing the bridge of her brow. Seeing her worst student defeat so many Grimm with ease has shaken Glynda's entire core.
Ozpin pats Glynda on the shoulder to offer whatever little comfort he can. "Nobody can blame you, Glynda. Mr. Arc isn't exactly trained like the rest of our students so there's no reason to beat yourself up about it.
"I shouldn't have given up on him from the very beginning. What kind of professor am I to judge a student like that?"
"Then you stop slacking off and fix your mistake." Surprisingly, the advice didn't come from Ozpin, but Qrow. "You now know you got a real prodigy on your hand so how about you stop wining and show him how to become a Huntsman. If not, I can always take him off your hands."
"That's... strangely encouraging, coming from you of all people" stated Ironwood.
Qrow shrugs his shoulders. "Well, don't get used to it. Although..." Qrow looks at Ozpin. "I am willing to take the kid off ya hands."
"Of course you would. While skilled, Mr. Arc acted very immature for his age. What kind of professional Huntsman skates on top of a Grimm and laughs?" deadpanned Ironwood.
Ozpin chuckles to himself. "We will see Qrow. How about we just continue watching the universes for now?"
Qorw clicks his tongue against his teeth. "Fine."
"Emerald."
The dark-skinned young woman can feel every muscle in her body tense from hearing Cinder's hard tone of voice. Very reluctantly, she slowly turns her head to make eye contact with the Fall Maiden and regret it almost immediately. Instead of the cold and calculating amber eyes of her boss, she's looking at the burning amber eyes of her boss. "Y-Yes?"
"Why was I not made aware of Jaune Arc's apparent skill?"
Emerald swallows the saliva that has been piling in the back of her throat. "H-He doesn't have any skill to speak of, ma'am."
Cinder's burning eyes narrow and Emerald suddenly finds her throat to be very dry. She's not sure if it's because of her nerves or because Cinder is tapping into the Fall Maiden's power. Thankfully, Cinder reels in her powers, but Emerald is sure it's because Ozpin and his allies are in the same room, not because of her generosity.
"You have a lot of explaining to do, Emerald."
"Y-Yes ma'am."
Deciding to choose a universe before Nora does, Ren stands up and walks over to the countless shelves on the right side of the room. Looking over the colorful crystals, Ren decides to chose one where his friend isn't a psychopath or a villain. So, he chooses a blue crystal on the bottom shelf.
Spectre waves his unseen hand and levitates the blue crystal into the screen.
"Hey, where do you think the crystal goes?" Roman whispered to Neo.
Before Neo can answer, the screen brightens, beginning the next viewing of another universe.
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Next time...
"Hehehe, Jaune Arc. It's brave of you to face against me alone, but also quiet foolish, Assassin."