Chapter 10 – To Be or Not To Be?
Cinder quickly launched a massive black fireball towards the black knight, but Jaune had his powerful charged attack and swung it towards her. Both attacks collided causing a massive explosion that caused the surrounding trees to be blown away and was visible to every person from a 10 mile radius. Smoke surrounded the forest, as if there were a thick black mist that would make any other person blind. However, both Jaune and Cinder can sense each other's presence and had no problem tracking each other down. Cinder created her black glass shards and hurled them towards Jaune. Jaune quickly placed his hand forward creating a black hole that swallowed the attack. Jaune opened the black hole again and it hurled the shards back towards Cinder, but Cinder regained the control of the shards that were sent back and created larger shards. She hurled the large shards at Jaune from both sides thinking that it would be impossible for Jaune to use his semblance. Jaune threw Crocea Mors to the ground and stretched his arms to the side and used his semblance on both sides causing two large black holes to appear. It absorbed both attacks and Jaune quickly picked up Crocea Mors to prevent Cinder from attacking in the front. Cinder conjured up both of her blades that was imbued with black flames and rushed towards Jaune. Jaune placed his hand on Crocea Mors and spread his black aura around it. Jaune's sword was now imbued with dark power and enhanced his sword's damage. Cinder launched multiple fast attacks that were easily blocked by the black knight. He back stepped after pushing Cinder back with his blade and used his semblance to unleash the large shards that he had absorbed from the abyss earlier. His attack hit its target and Cinder was sent sliding away on her back. Jaune charged towards the woman, not allowing her to recover from the attack and launched multiple Dark balls of energy towards her. She saw the attack coming, but couldn't do anything to stop it. The massive energy exploded, dark mists had begun to spread the forest. Jaune looked down at the woman who laid unconscious and went down on one knee, ready to absorb the power he had lost. Cinder grinned and surprised Jaune with a black flame attack that was summoned beneath him. He had no time to dodge it and was struck causing him to catch on fire. He took a giant leap back to create a gap between them to recover. He released his black armor and transformed back to his normal self, in order to stop the flames from spreading.
"So it seems like I have the advantage." Cinder said, grinning at the blonde.
"So it may, but don't let that make you think you WON!" Jaune yelled. He held his sword tightly on his hand and was prepared for any attack may come towards him. Cinder conjured up her bow and arrows dipped in black flames and sent them flying towards the boy. The boy smiled and managed to destroy the multiple arrows she had sent and rolled to the right to avoid the black flame eruption that was summoned beneath him. Jaune sent multiple black energy orbs towards Cinder and she managed to stop the attack with her arrows. He charged towards the woman, slicing every black flame arrow that was shot at him. Cinder ducked at the sword attack and used her black flame to hit the golden eyed boy. Jaune noticed this and kicked her in the arm in order to divert the black flame elsewhere.
"JUST DIE ALREADY!" Cinder yelled as the student went sliding away. Out of rage, she used her remaining energy to unleash a massive black fire blast that covered a wide radius, making it impossible to avoid.
"TRY AVOIDING THIS!" Cinder released the attack and as the attack was coming, Jaune had to come up with something fast.
"If I don't do something quick…the whole forest, the village, everything will be incinerated. I have no choice but to…"
Jaune hastily gathered all his remaining dark power and unleashed a massive black hole that ripped opened the ground that surrounded him, causing the flames to be sucked into the abyss. Jaune's small area of land remained as it allowed him to continue expanding the black hole. The fire circled around Jaune as it slowly got sucked into the abyss. Jaune's eyes and nose had begun to bleed and an excruciating pain was felt all around his body. After using all the energy he had left, Jaune collapsed to the ground coughing up blood. Cinder too collapsed to the ground after the attack and could not move. Jaune overcoming the pain surrounding his body got back to his feet and limped his way towards her.
Cinder had begun to laugh maniacally at the boy who limped towards her. Although she had no energy left, she still was able to laugh at the student who was going to end her life.
"Do you really think this is all over? Do you really think by killing me everything evil in the world is going to stop? Does killing me, bring back the people I have killed? No sweetie it doesn't! This cycle will continue with someone else will take my place and it will never end!"
Jaune arrived and stood beside her. He looked down at the woman who lay on the ground in a torn up dress. His golden eyes filled with emptiness, not knowing what to say or what to do.
"This disgusting cycle will continue and you yourself will one day vanish and when you do, someone else will take your place! So do it! KILL ME!" Jaune lifted Crocea Mors and aimed it towards her heart. He lifted the sword higher, gaining momentum so that his sword will go right through. The blade came falling down and pierced…
Sorry for the short chapter. I want to give the readers another choice on what should Jaune do. This time I will tell you what would happen if Jaune chooses one over the other.
CHOICE A:You kill Cinder and Jaune will be going to the path of vengeance. This means that Jaune will most likely distant himself from his friends and could possibly end up later killing or harming them in some way which could lead him to be the thing he promised to defeat. Will this mean that there won't be a possibility of him getting shipped with someone? The possibility of him having a significant someone will be VERY close to zero. Does that mean he will finally kill Jay who is the worst character you can add in the story? uhhh... possibly?
CHOICE B: You don't kill Cinder and Jaune will give up the idea of vengeance. Cinder will end up in a cell, but could possibly one day escape. However, Jaune will not distant himself from his friends and the chance of him going evil will diminish significantly. Does that mean there won't be anymore chapters? There still will be more chapters. Does that mean that Jaune will become a wimp? No he is still going to be badass. Does that mean the future chapters are going to be boring? I hope not, I still have plenty of ideas that I consider to be entertaining. Does that mean Jaune won't kill Jay who is the worst character that you can possibly add onto the story? uhh... maybe?