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Chapter 10 is out, and I'm sorry for the quality of the chapter. The internet condition is not on my side every time, so I have to make do.

Also, I won't guarantee anything about the update time. I'm in the middle of military training, so my time to write is shortened.

So without anything else to say, enjoy...

'WHY DID YOU SUGGEST THAT, DRAGON?'

Right now Shanghai is hiding in the secret vault behind a column and breathing heavily, due to the fact all of the girls have…taken advices from the Creator, and started chasing Kuro around. And you know what would happen when the girls are after him…

'I hate you, so much, Creator. Why did you have to tell them his suggestion?'

Well, aside from having fun? I don't really have a good idea for the girls to go out with one, SO I follow my reviewer's offer.

'Think of one, fast! I don't want to have the sign 'playboy' on my back, okay!?'

Not really sure about that. Also, hi Clem.

'Clem?' Shanghai snaps to her right, to see Clem sitting next to her, with a bright smile and a waving hand. The doll looks up higher… "GOT YOU, KURO!" to see Ruby and Yang, with butterfly's catchers in their hand, ready to block all Kuro's escape ways. The only sound after the black screen is Kuro's crying in fear.

We all giggle at Kuro's misery. "Hard to be around girls, Kuro sure has the misfortune for it."

T.O also chuckles. "Yeah, I would be like that too if I have experienced what he has gone through. Anyway, yes, that's the reviewer's idea, having the girls dragging either him or Adam to the ball. But then, where is Adam?"

The scene changes to Adam, Yasuo, Jhin and Lucian sitting in a table in the dining room, drinking something. Adam asks Yasuo: "Having plans for the ball?" "Not really. I'm not interested in dancing. Maybe I will join, but no dance."

Jhin: "I hope they let me have my own performance. They will be surprised by it."

Lucian: "Not really sure. Though, I might get some girls after that."

Jhin: "I thought you have Senna?" "That's my original, not me. We have different lives."

Adam: "Hm…maybe I would ask Blake out."

Yasuo: "Really? Why not Velvet? She is…well, good enough?"

Adam: "Not really my liking. Also, I know Blake more than her, and she's having a few…troubles in keeping her head cool. She's not…very concentrated when Black Fang's still around."

Lucian: "Afraid that they might make the moves while she's doing nothing against that?" "Somewhat. But we trusted Kuro before, and we know he wouldn't let us down. Doesn't ease her worry much."

Blake: "Adam sounds more reliable than ours…"

T.O: "Kuro can cast influence to the others easily. Also, I think he had to be around the Faunus for a long time for Adam to regain trust in humanity like that."

Yasuo: "Anyway, have you seen Kuro around?"

Adam chuckles. "Heard shouting after classes in our room. Saw Shanghai flying out with Ruby and Yang on her tail. Explained by Blake that they're forcing him to wear dress." That earns everyone a good laugh.

"Operation: Catch Kuro is a success!" Team RWBY, IF with Clementine in her arm, Nepgear and Tilith sit on the table next to the boys. Ruby then places a small cage, with Shanghai in it, on the table, with the captured crying crocodile tears.

Adam tries to pull out the lock, but he fails. "Guess you're not getting out, huh?"

Yang: "Now, don't release him out like that. We even have to borrow Clem and chase him down to the secret vault. We're not letting our work wasted like that."

Ozpin: "How did they manage to get there without my permission?"

Glynda: "I don't think it's secret anymore when Kuro told the girls everything."

Yasuo: "Anyway, any boys catch your interests?" All of them point to Shanghai, who's waving her hands in deny with a frightened face. "Figures."

T.O laughs. "Yeah, they take that advice quite well."

Jaune: "Poor him. I don't think he likes this outcome."

Yang: "Come on, Jaune. It would be fun. Also, I would bet your other self would ask Pyrrha out for a date like that." Both mentioned blush in crimson.

As on cue, team JNPR walks to them…with Pyrrha wrapping her arm around Jaune's. "Hello! Have you made prepares for the ball?"

Weiss notices the affection between Mistral Champion and the White Knight "Not really sure. But you sure do."

Yang coos. "When did you two become a couple?" Jaune nervously answers: "Well…"

Yang grins. "Luckily you don't take it, otherwise you would lose a lot, Jauney boy." The two look like they're about to explode any second.

Flashback

Jaune and Pyrrha are now training on the familiar rooftop, with Jaune is having a hard time trying to land a clear hit on Pyrrha.

"So, even with Kuro's help, Jaune is not exactly on Pyrrha's level…"

Jaune: "At least he has a basic knowledge. But it would be strange though, Kuro would have…"

After a few more hits, Jaune stabs the sword on the ground and leans on it. "I guess it's going to take more than that to take down a champion…Let's take a break, would you?"

Pyrrha walks to Jaune and kneels down. "I guess so. You did your best…" And she sees the string of the necklace Jaune is wearing. "Since when do you wear a necklace, Jaune?"

Jaune pulls it out, and holds Yin in his hand. I don't exactly know if it's right, but it's the black half. "Oh, this? Kuro gave me this before. He told me to wear this all the time, and told me I would find the another half of it to perfect the piece. Can't really understand what he was planning…" Then he notices Pyrrha grabbing it gently, with a slight blush on her face. "What is this Pyrrha?"

T.O and Kurome starts chuckling uncontrollably. I ask them: "What is that?" I receive the answer: "Kuro is a shipper."

Pyrrha then pulls out Yang (no pun intended) from one of her pockets. "I haven't told you, but Kuro also met me before. That's when I was under pressure of being a prodigy, that everyone tried to ask me out. I declined all of them of course. And one time, when I couldn't take it anymore, I ran to the nearby seashore. That's where I met him. He then gave me this half, told me to wait for the other half to appear…"

The two take a moment to realize what's going on, as they turn red at the recognition. Then, Jaune asks: "Do you think…" "He also said: Believe in destiny."

T.O suddenly rolls her eyes. "Irony…"

Pyrrha: "That's…my last words before…"

Monty interrupts: "I think Kuro said it with good intentions. Don't think about it too hard."

A moment passes as the two try to form words…Then, Jaune asks: "Pyrrha, would you…would you be…my girlfriend? I know that I'm not really a good Huntsman to be on your level, but…"

"I agree." Jaune's eyes widen in surprised. "I agree, Jaune. I don't care if you're not as strong as I am. I only care that you care of me because of who I am, not because of what I have done. That's why I tried to avoid every other guy, and Kuro definitely knew it, and that's why Kuro told me to wait…for you…"

Flashback end…

"That's how." Ruby's eyes are sparkling at the romance story, Weiss and Blake act indifferently, and Yang his grinning ear-to-ear. "Good job Jauney boy!"

Adam pokes Shanghai to get her attention. "That's so thoughtful of you…But why?"

Yasuo just chuckles. "Don't mind him. He's like that every time. Anyway, Lucian, Jhin, let's go. General's calling us." The ADCs nod as the three walk away, not before saying their goodbyes to their friends.

After that, IF speaks: "Jokes aside, I'm actually going to the ball with Compa. Nepgear, Tilith, got anyone in your sight?"

Nepgear blushes. "If…If Uni is here, then I may…but, if I can…can I call Karl?"

Tilith nudges her playfully: "Aww, miss him already?" "Tilith, it's not what you think!"

Yang laughs. "If I have to choose, I would pick Kuro as well. But, I don't think we're going there with a boy. None really matches our tastes."

Ren: "Not even the Units?"

T.O crosses his arms before his chest. "Kinda irony, that most of scythe users are Dark element."

Ironwood: "Considering scythes are sights of Death, being connected to Dark Units is a common thing."

Kurome: "Only Ciara is an exception. But then, summoning Units in a long duration…I don't think Nepgear might handle that long."

Ruby: "Well…"

Blake sighs. "Please, I don't want to talk about this. We're having a lot of problems out there. The ball is…"

Adam interrupts: "A perfect opportunity for us to rest. Blake, I know you're worried, but being like this all the time is not good for you. Even Kuro…"

Blake: "He knew, he had plans, he has power, that's why he's relaxed like that. And we all know he's not going to be here forever. We have to do this on our own, okay?"

Blake: "I still think it's a waste of time…" "Oh come on, Blake, lighten up! Besides, you have some fun there, right?" "…I…guess so…"

Ruby tries to calm her down. "Blake, it's true. But, if you push yourself too far, you will end up wasting your energy. And when it happens, what would you do?"

Blake: "I…"

"Don't say you don't care." Blake turns to the cage, to see Shanghai leaning on the corner of her capture device. "Remember in the Colosseum? You were beaten up, and if that's the real battlefield, you would die, without doing much. Do you really think I want to rest? No. But, I need to, even when it seems like I don't need it. If I don't rest, I would drive myself to a bottomless pit of mistakes. Like I say every time, nothing is perfect, people make mistakes. You need to see the limit to stop, not for the others but for yourself."

Winter: "So he can be serious when he's that doll?"

T.O: "His transformation is mostly for lightening up the mood. It's effective for distractions as well."

Blake can't say anything about it, since she knew about his 'dark days' before. Then Nora locks her arms around the Faunus' neck, making the girl yelp in surprise. "Come on kitty! It's time for fun! Show me your brightest smile!" After about three seconds, Nora's pried out by Ren. "Sorry Blake about her."

Ruby lowers her head down a bit and looks at the doll in the eyes. "So you're actually not bothered with us hanging out with you?" "To be honest, no. But, I would rather stick with Charlotte. Even though she's not showing it, I'm definitely sure she's a bit jealous at some points."

IF: "I think you have to take care of her more. The amount of time you staying with her is not enough to cover what happened to her." "Yeah, I know."

Then the bell rings, signaling the next class will start soon. Ruby punches her right arm up to the sky. "Alright guy, next class, to the Arena!"

Pyrrha: "I think this one will be when I fought against team CRDL."

Monty: The team actually has potential, if the leader acts like one."

Glynda: "It is true. Their fighting styles can cover each other's weaknesses. But, they fight without a real order."

Ozpin: "Only time will tell, Glynda."

Basically skip the fight. You know the result.

Glynda: "Good work, miss Nikos. I'm sure you're prepared for the Tournament. Now…" She turns to the audience. "We have enough time to have a last match. Which one of you would like to volunteer?"

Mercury, due to Cinder's order to try and find out what Pyrrha's Semblance is, raises his hand up. But to everyone's surprise, Kuro's hand also raises up as well.

Glynda nods at the two. "Very good. You two go to the locker room and prepare. Five minutes."

Mercury glares at Kuro, who starts taking order from Glynda's words and walks away. He turns to look at Cinder, who just nods, as he grunts and gets to the preparation as well.

Pyrrha: "Kuro stopped the fight between me and him…"

T.O: "It's because, after the fight they found out you have Polarity as your Semblance. Kuro knew, that's why he intercepted."

After a few minutes, Mercury walks into the arena with his full gear. However, Kuro only wears his signature coat as an additional wearing and walks to a position opposite to the assassin.

Glynda notices this, and asks Kuro: "Where's your weapon, mister Orleans?"

Kuro answers: "Mercury only uses bare hands to fight, so I would do the same. Make it a fair fight."

Mercury asks back: "Why do you think I only use bare hands to fight?"

Kuro: "Your stance gives it away. And no, I'm not just talking about your fighting stance, I'm also talking about how you walk and stand."

Glynda, since she has guessed what's going on, takes the answer. "Alright you two. Fight when you're ready."

Ruby leans to Cinder and asks: "Do you think your friend can win this one?"

Emerald turns to her right to fake-snicker, while Cinder shakes her head. "I don't really care. I would like to see a good fight. It doesn't really matter who wins, who loses."

Jaune: "Yeah, only because you only wanted to use us…"

Kurome: "They really did everything to achieve their goals, even betraying the others' trust."

Mercury, seeing that there's no turning back, delivers a kick right at Kuro's center, who responds by crossing his arms before him to block the attack. He then throws the leg out to his left, but immediately uses his right hand to block a swing from the same direction. Mercury then crouches down and tries to swipe Kuro, but Kuro steps back and immediately delivers a straight punch to the assassin, stumbles him back a bit. A bit frustrated, Mercury jumps up and sends a straight kick to Kuro, who blocks again, but this time he uses his remain foot to push himself out, that makes Kuro lose his balance a bit. Then he rushes to his opponent and starts striking with quick kicks, making Kuro block or dodge during it.

While watching the fight, Vi leans to Vayne and whispers: "Kuro is playing with him, isn't he?" "Definitely. If he's serious, one simple punch and Kuro would knock that guy right off the ground."

"Obviously! Why is Kuro holding back?"

Yang: "Probably for a humiliation later."

Ironwood: "Wouldn't make sense. If his goal is to humiliate, why not just end the fight instantly?"

Ozpin: "Another scenario is that he's giving out a fake weakness."

Qrow: "That sounds more reasonable."

With the last kick, Mercury sends Kuro sliding to the other side of the Arena, dropping his Aura to yellow zone. After being staggered for a bit, Kuro stands up while holding his head. "Urgh…That hurts…I forfeit."

Mercury raises his eyebrows. "You don't want to try and fight back?"

Kuro shrugs. "I'm not really good at hand-to-hand combat. Improving now, but it seems I can't catch up with you.

Professor Goodwitch nods at his answer and announces: "Very well, the winner of this match is Mercury Black." But before Kuro completely walks out of the view, Glynda calls him back. "Next time, you may want to bring your weapons with you, it would give you more chances to win."

Kuro: "Like I said, madam, I did it for a fair fight. So, this lost is not really hurtful."

"It doesn't sound like Kuro at all. Maybe you are right about him faking his weakness…"

The whole class walks out of the room upon the bell rings. Glynda watches the thing happen, before turning back to see Ozpin. "So that's our enemy?" "If Kuro interfered with the fight, then we can conclude that." "Would it be that easy? I mean, we have only seen Kuro fighting with weapons, so maybe…" "He CAN fight bare-handed. I saw it before, he's actually more dangerous without weapons, when he has no restrictions in concerns about breaking others' weapons." "I see…About what happened when Kuro ran to the secret vault…" "Just them playing around, nothing serious."

Monty: "Even Ozpin isn't concerned about that…"

At night, Cinder's Room…

Emerald: "So we found out Kuro Orleans' weakness: not capable of fighting without weapons."

Mercury: "Sounds like Tyrian to me. That psychopath is not able to keep up with me…"

Cinder: "I actually doubt it for once. I think he knew we're exploiting the others' Semblance, especially Pyrrha Nikos', so he volunteered to foil our plans…"

Mercury groans. "Do you think we have to think of another plan soon?"

Cinder: "Stick with the current ones. He won't act until it's necessary."

Emerald: "Do you think his weakness…is actually the others?"

Cinder looks at her curiously. "Do tell…"

Emerald: "Have you seen him reacting to his friends? Like, he depends on them every time, even with smallest stuffs."

Mercury: "Now I think about it, this afternoon I saw him walking behind them fearfully, like, it's not like him at all…"

T.O: "Hmm…now I think I know why people didn't gather around the main characters."

"You mean us?" "Yes."

Blake: "Can you elaborate?"

Kurome: "You know Kuro can do basically everything, right? But it sounds a bit dull, so he gives his power a name: Reality Breaker. Does that sound familiar to you all?"

Monty: "The others, I don't think so. To me, it definitely sounds like that."

T.O nods. "With that, Kuro can tear down logic and reality, and only ones who's stronger than him, or Deities with similar power."

Cinder thinks about it for a while… Then, she says: "Then we will try to 'interact' with his friends more, to get more information. Now…" She then pulls out a small needle and looks at it closely. "We're going to have some fun this weekend."

T.O: "That's the device that contained the virus, General."

The mentioned nods. "No wonder it can get pass our security."

The next day…

"Which one is better, Ruby?" Weiss is showing Ruby two nearly-identical pieces of table cloth…

Kurome: "I know I might get some hates, but why did you ask to choose one from two exactly same things?"

Weiss: "Hey, they are different! You just don't have enough tastes to know the differences…"

T.O: "I have to agree with Kurome. If you are showing this in front of common people, they would say they're the same."

Ruby asks back: "Aren't they the same, Weiss? I can't see the difference."

Weiss snorts. "Of course you don't. Nepgear, Tilith, what about you two?" "Umm…I'm not sure…" "Both of them seem fine to me." "Urgh…"

"The left one is better." The girls turn to look at Charlotte, who's reading a book. Not the same one as before, mind you.

Yang tilts her head in confusion. "Have I seen you before?"

Charlotte: "Charlotte Orleans. Kuro's third wife."

Ruby raises her head up in surprise: "You are her? I thought you were…uhm…" "Older?" "Well, yes." "I married him for three years, and that's when I was 16."

Monty: "It also happened in Earth's history before. And even now…but that's when the Laws come in."

Weiss asks in disbelief: "You married at 16?" "Our cultures are different. Some have to marry at younger age, and those are being forced to do so. Of course, we managed to prevent most of that in recent years."

Nepgear: "Anyway, why are you here?" "Just to find Kuro."

"AHHH!" *Crash* Everyone turns to see Kuro face-plant on the ground, his body temporary straight up before falling to the ground. They all look up to see one of the wires being disconnected, with footprints nearby it.

Charlotte knocks on Kuro's head with her staff to check if he's alive or not. "Kuro?" He raises one finger up. "A moment…" And he pushes himself off the floor. "Hi Charlotte. Do you need something from me?" "Just want to go shopping with you." She then looks up. "You tripped?" "Basically."

Winter: "How can you trip on the ceiling?"

T.O: "Changing gravity's force direction and walking normally without noticing the wires."

Taiyang: "But if he already changed the gravity, wouldn't he just fall flat on the ceiling?"

Kurome: "The spell probably worn out when he tripped."

Charlotte nods at the answer, then grabs his arm and pulls him to the door. "Hey wait, Charlotte! Let me finish the…" "No time." Kuro sighs and waves his free hand around before letting his third wife pull him to wherever she wants them to go.

Ruby: "What about…" Weiss pokes her shoulder and points up. She looks up to see Kuro's work is done. "Oh..." Then she remembers: "Then why did he bother to go up there?" "Probably wanted to do that by his own hands."

T.O: "Kuro's logic, don't ask."

"And that's another stupid plan from him." The girls now look down to see an unfamiliar blue-hair woman. "It's me, Amber." Oh, not so strange anymore.

Yang: "Why do you change your appearance?" "This form is much more comfortable to me. Besides, my sister might not be able to recognize me if I'm Amber."

Ruby: "You have a sister?" "Yes, she's Lyrica, a singer. She's one of the most popular ones in Gamindustri."

Yang suddenly has an idea: "Hey Amber, how about you call her and ask her to make a performance before us?"

T.O: "That does sound like a good plan. But, would she like to do so?"

MAGES. ponders about it… "Maybe…Let me call her…" She then pulls out her phone and calls her sister. Seconds later… "It's you, MAGES.! How are you doing?" "Good enough. Are you free on the next days? Some of my new friends want you to make a show for their event." "Really, new friends?" "Yeah, would you come?" "Of course! But, I might need sometimes to prepare." "Don't worry, you can go to Kuro's house to do so." … "Is he changing timeline in his house?" "Yes." "Okay. I will meet you later." MAGES. pockets her phone. "Yes, she will come."

Ruby shouts: "AWESOME! We have a new friend!"

Weiss: "That's a bit too easy."

MAGES.: "After what happened, she's eager to spread light and happy to people. Much like Kuro."

Blake: "Does she like Kuro, or…" "No. She loves Cave, it's just that her and Kuro's ideals are the same."

Kurome: "Wait a second, didn't Lyrica have make contracted with Henrietta? What happened to that?"

T.O blinks. "Right. Okay, let me call Kuro…"

"The contract is still there. But, I and Vittorio have made a law about intelligent beings becoming Familiars, that they would have their own freedom about certain things. Of course, even breaking the contract if they don't want to remain it, but it must be done with supervisors."

Ozpin: "But then, if Familiars are summoned from their places that's far away, and they don't want to be ones, then what?"

"It's common to be summoned from far away, but it's a rare case for the later to happen. The Summoning mostly picks the best Familiars with special conditions to call. Of course, if that really happens, then the leaders of Nations will contact me, or I myself will deal with it if I find it first."

"How far can it be?"

"You are asking me, Ruby…"

Charlotte interrupts him: "Kuro, is that one of them?" She points to a direction, as Kuro narrows his eyes to see Trick and Judge walking with each other. "That's not a good side…" "And it ruins our date. Kuro, let's deal with it." "Roger."

"Are we going to see them fight?"

T.O: "Maybe…"

And it skips to nighttime, the ball…

"Oh come on! Why?"

Kurome: "Okay, I have to be on her side now. Why do you have to skip that, Creator?"

…

T.O: "He's not answering."

Monty: "Did something happen to him?"

T.O: "Unlikely. We might see why later."

Ruby groans: "I hate wearing heels!" And Yang just laughs about it. "It's not funny, Yang! How did Weiss fight in this?" "Then how did you two fight in skirts?" "Those are combat skirts!"

"I think you just have to practice." The girls turn to see Schwarz and Uzume walking to them, with the former wearing a suit, and the later in her HDD form wearing a blue dress.

Yang coos: "Aww, you two look great! But, why are you in your HDD, Uzume?"

Uzume raises a 'V' up: "Uzume thinks it's better for Uzume to look like this while being in a dress. Uzume's human is more fit with more stylish outfits!"

"I wonder something, Kurome." "Yes?" "Is that 'sunny' side of you your real personality?" She blushes a bit. "No…"

T.O interrupts: "High chance. Also, Uzume's follower also gave out a theory about which is the real personality of the CPUs, their human forms or their HDD forms."

Monty: "Follower? You mean her citizen?"

T.O snickers. "Obviously not." That makes Kurome blush even deeper.

Weiss appears behind them, with a white dress with a headband with a letter W. "Also, 'cool' is not exactly a right term for a ball, so we go with this."

Ruby tilts her head. "You don't go with anyone?"

Weiss chuckles: "I'm not a magnet like my father and my brother." And she earns a playful knock from Schwarz.

Yang asks the three: "Have you seen Kuro and Charlotte?"

"Unfortunately no." IF and Compa appear. "We tried to track them down, however, it seems Kuro himself is blocking signals around him."

Yang snickers: "Do you think they…"

"Kuro would leave a note if he wants to be with Charlotte alone." Yang's grin disappears after Compa's serious comment. "This time, they're suddenly gone without a track."

"But he didn't tell us to leave here either." Nepgear and Tilith walk in. "He could handle this…"

"And yet he told me to rest." Now Blake. "He knew there's a plan in the town, and he…"

"I don't think that's the case, Blake." Adam interrupts her. "Neither of us knew. Maybe they just caught in the unexpected moment."

Yang de-rails the story: "We're taking care of that after this! Let's all go inside and joy the ball!" Then she pulls Tilith and Hyper Weiss to her and walks to the main area. Adam pats Blake on the shoulder and pushes her gently forward. Ruby, Weiss and Nepgear walk in by themselves, and Schwarz and Uzume…

"I hope they're not in troubles." "Which type?" "The serious ones." "Knowing Kuro, it would be the case. But he can handle it."

"Schwarz knew he's in troubles?"

T.O: "Schwarz inherited Dark power from Kuro, so he's aware of dangers more than Weiss."

Ozpin: "But he won't help him…"

Kurome: "He's aware, doesn't mean he knows what's going on."

While everyone starts dancing around, Ruby walks to the side watching the dance going.

"Urgh…How could both Mom and Aunt Raven like this? This is so loud…"

My mother: "Since when…"

T.O: "More differences, I guess."

"This is a good distraction after missions." Ruby turns to see the Headmaster of Beacon. "You don't like it?" "No, no sir. Everything is fine. It's just…I'm not very interested in this."

Ozpin chuckles. "You were like Raven back then. Too focused on working, trying to be stronger."

"What about my mother?" "You got her timid personality, at first. About a few months of team STRQ's first year, Taiyang and Qrow were the playboys, and the girls tried to keep them in track of their studying. That changed a bit when Kuro showed up."

Ruby crosses her arms. "There is one thing I still can't understand. What is Kuro really after? The world's peace, and the universe's, it sounds too real to be true."

The Headmaster answers: "I thought you already knew? It's both his mission, and his desire, to spread happiness. That's his primary ones. His secrets though…" He chuckles. "Maybe he secretly wants you all to fall in love with him."

We girls blush at the Headmaster's words. I turn to ask T.O: "Did…did he say the truth?"

T.O: "To be frank, when all of you have a unique beautiful trait of yours own, no one would be able to resist you."

I blush even more. Yang, even though her face is red as well, lets out a wolf grin: "So he's planning to push all of us down?"

Weiss shouts at her: "Don't speak something like that in public!"

T.O shrugs. "I think it would happen, if his morality is not there." Don't encourage her!

Ruby asks back while a tint of red appears on her face: "I thought he has his wives?" "He told me that he likes girls in general, no matter how or what they are. But to love, he only dedicates himself to very few, including his current wives."

Ruby then puts her hands on her back while pacing around: "I don't think Mom would like that…"

"Don't worry, Kuro has an absolute rule, to not intervene into a couple."

Ruby: "Why did you tell me that?" "Well, I thought you were bored. Also, think about the last part a bit more careful." He then walks away without another word. Ruby tilts her head: "What did he mean?"

"Ruby and Weiss…" *CLANG!* "Don't sing that song, T.O." "Hey, it's fun."

The scene changes to Cinder, who has sneaked out and walked to the CCT Tower. She was expecting to see guards, but she finds none.

'Is Ironwood that confidence to leave no one here…no, it must be him ordering him. Good to me.' She thinks as she heads to the elevator and it takes her to the library here. She walks to a working computer and starts typing…

"Cinder, Ironwood is leaving." Emerald calls the woman through the earpiece. "Do you need more time?"

"Just a few seconds…and don…huh?" She looks at the code before, and it's not the ones she's expecting. "Something goes wrong. Watt's virus is not working."

"Head up!" She looks up, only to receive a club to the face. She gets thrown into one of the pillars, as she looks at her opponent. "I really want to enjoy the dance, but Kuro's order is more important. And I can get back anytime I want."

T.O pinches his nose bridge while chuckling. "Now that's just cheating."

Ironwood: "So he can create clones?"

T.O: "No. He is the only one who can revert time in team Project."

Cinder looks at the newcomer, a bit angry that her work fails. "You're from that accused team of Atlas…"

He spins the club a few rounds and plugs it on the ground and leans on it. "That's right! The coolest guy in the team is here. Also, watch your left." He points his thumb to the direction, as Cinder turns to see…

The camera turns to the ball…

"What's with all the skip, Creator?"

Schwarz suddenly stops his movements, making Uzume stop in track. "Come on, Schwarz, why do you have to stop?"

He immediately turns his eyes to the CCT Tower's direction, his left eye flashing the cursed symbol. "Found him."

Uzume asks in surprise: "Kuro? Where is he?" "He's in a parallel dimension…and it seems like he's in a fight. Let's find my mom and my aunt."

It changes to Ruby who's greeting people passing her with a little bit forced smile. She then notices Schwarz and Uzume running to IF and Compa, saying something to them. Upon seeing them turn serious, she knows there's trouble. She immediately walks to them and asks: "What's wrong, guys?"

IF answers: "Schwarz saw Kuro earlier, and he's in the fight."

Ruby: "Then we should help him, right?" "That would be the case, but…" Suddenly Schwarz moves his left arm up, like he's blocking something. Then, he looks from one point of the room to the across point. Ruby asks him: "What's wrong?"

Schwarz doesn't say anything, but his power spikes up…

And Ruby gasps from surprise that the whole room suddenly turns into ruin, as a roar can be heard from above them.

Winter: "Is that a Dragon I'm hearing?"

My uncle: "Sounds about right, Ice Queen."

T.O: "If Kuro takes the fight into a parallel dimension, then he's fighting the Felons now."

Ruby looks up to see a massive Dragon, which is white and way bigger than the Grimm Dragon, shooting energy blasts from all of three heads to a direction, creating explosions here and there.

Compa asks in concern: "What is he fighting to change into his dragon form?"

Ruby asks the girl in surprise: "That's Kuro?"

Uzume nods. "Uzume saw him doing so before. But why did he have to transform when his enemies were just Felons?"

"That's because he and his wh*** are fighting against our Fall Maiden." The group turns to see Judge and Trick in their original forms. IF and Compa instantly pull out their weapons, as IF growls at them: "Don't you dare speak about her like that."

Trick laughs: "Kekeke. You two are still alive? Can't believe after all of that...And you even manage to create your little brats as well. Kekeke, if I can…" He immediately stops as Schwarz pulls the trigger of his M99 Barrett, the bullet narrowly misses Trick's left side of the head. "You bastard…"

Uzume pulls out her weapon as well, as Ruby shouts to the two: "Don't issue people like that! If you're the enemies of the humanity and the Faunus, then it's our job to eliminate you all!"

Judge throws the halberd's blade on the ground, cracks his knuckles while crackling: "You? Eliminate us? We're not human, b**ch. You destroy us, we will return to another world, and we will destroy it. But now, we will destroy your world first."

"And I thought I could get rid of you already." All of them turn to see Ironwood walking to them, however his right glove is removed to reveal his metal hand. He then raises his gun on his left hand and a sword on his right. "This world is under our protection, and we're not letting it fall like our old Gamindustri. I trusted you all before, and you betrayed me. And now, I will return the favor."

"Wait, I remembered that the robot before said his right arm acted up…so the second personality in General Ironwood is him?"

T.O: "Definitely him. There's no doubt about that."

Trick recognizes who they're talking to. "Ah, Brave. Fancy meeting you here. Plan to fight against us? You can't no longer turn into that form anymore."

Ironwood, now Brave, narrows his eyes in anger. "Being a machine or not, my ideals still stand. And the General will help me and the others with that." He then jumps forward and swings the sword down to Trick, who just swings his tongue up to block it...

Nora shivers in disgust: "Eww, that's gross! I'm not fighting him in this form no matter what!"

Jaune nearly pukes when he sees that. "I…I might get some nightmares after this."

And wraps it around the sword and throws the General to Judge's direction. The CFW could have managed to hit him if Ironwood didn't immediately shoot his eyes, making the machine block them with his arm. When he lands, he has to roll to dodge a slam from Judge's left punch, and nearly got hit from the halberd from the right. But Schwarz, now Rhaast, rises up from Ironwood's shadow and uses the scythe to swat the attack away. He then grabs the General's shoulder and retreats back to the group.

IF scowls at the General: "Don't rush in like that without any supports. You're no longer the fighting machine."

James nods apologetically. "Sorry about that. We get caught in the moment."

Ruby: "Don't mind about that, you are okay now. Let's form an attack against…" Her words are interrupted when the Dragon and Cinder (the others can't see her face) crash to the middle of the fight, with Charlotte slowly descends down with her levitate spell. With Cinder bouncing a few times before landing before Judge and Trick, Kuro returns back to his human self, his katana ready in his hands.

Kuro cracks his neck before speaking in his echo voice: "Can't believe you all managed to go around the polices. I think it's better to execute you here now, before any others of you found out…"

Ruby shivers at Kuro's tone, as she asks IF: "Was he like this before?" "Several times. And it's a good thing he rarely used it."

Judge taunts him: "I'm prepared this time, CPU! I won't lose again!"

Kuro: "We'll see about that." He turns to the group. "Brave, Uzume, you two deal with the woman. I will fight Judge alone. IF, Compa, Schwarz, you deal with Trick. Charlotte, protect Ruby, she doesn't have her weapon with her. Is that okay?" Everyone nods, albeit Ruby does it a bit reluctantly. "Good, let's go."

Returning back to the ballroom…

I raise Crescent Rose in sniper mode and point it to the sky. "Creator! Stop skipping! It's so annoying!"

Yang pulls me back down. "Now now, don't need to be like that." "Don't you feel frustrated? He skipped too many good fighting scenes!" "We know, but we also have to understand that the Creator is not exactly good in writing fighting scenes as well. He might give out details about it, but we have to imagine the rest." I pout and pocket the sweetheart back.

Weiss: "I'm a bit disappointed as well. Those are good opportunities to see how they fight."

Kurome: "Now I think about it, Creator can describe a few fights quite decently. Is this his laziness, or he can't truly do so?"

T.O: "I think he doesn't have enough materials at the moment. The area he's currently in gives him a bit of disadvantages."

Emerald tries to call Cinder: "Cinder, are you there?" … "Cinder?"

"She's not answering you?" "No, Mercury. Something definitely goes wrong. Kuro's group and Ironwood disappeared right after I lost contact with her…" "Just stick with this, maybe we can…"

"Hello young lady. Can I have a pleasure to have this dance with you?" The two turn to see Jhin, in his default skin, waiting for their answer. Mercury looks at Emerald, who just nods, as he turns and nods at Jhin as well, and lets Emerald go with Jhin.

The current song has changed to a smoothing one, as the pair starts dancing along with the others. Jhin starts speaking: "You know, you are one of the flowers among this garden of beauty. I really want to invite you to a performance of mine."

Emerald plays along with it: "Why thank you. You certainly have some charms with those words. But, why covering your face?"

"Ah, my face is an art, that's only for a very few to see it. Don't worry, once the time comes, you will know how I look like."

"A mystery yourself, huh? You know, we could hang out for some time."

"That would be lovely, milady. But, my time now is a little bit occupied. Some other time in the future will be nice."

My uncle smirks: "She's marked, isn't she?"

The music ends, and Emerald returns to Mercury with a goodbye from Jhin. The gray-haired smirks: "Have some fun there?" "Not really. But now we might have a way to pull out some intel if that guy is stupid enough."

On the other hand, Jhin walks to Lucian. "Success?" "Better than I expected. Now…" He secretly pulls out a bullet and writes the letter 'Emerald' in it. "A special bullet, for a special someone."

My mother confirms: "Yep, the girl's dead."

Jhin then says: "Now, I think the ball would have a bit 'RnR' for a change."

"Hey, don't start without me." He looks at Ekko, who's in his Academy skin. "So your work is done as well?" "Well, it's more like Kuro suddenly flew in and bit her away. But the virus code is broken, so we don't have to worry about it anymore."

"Are you going to sing, sir?" Jhin turns to his left to see Lyrica with Cave standing behind her. "MAGES. told me about this, so…"

Jhin smiles under the mask. "Ah, my lovely lady. If you want to join me, then we can have a performance together now."

Lyrica claps her hands in excitement. "Let's not waste our time, shall we?" The three then walk to the stage, preparing for their surprise show.

Ekko leans to Lucian and whispers: "Should we be worried that Lyrica might be his target?" "Not really. Both Jhins can actually enjoy real art. Also, I think the girl behind her won't let that happen."

"Uhm…what does Lucian mean?"

T.O: "Cave and Lyrica. Easy to understand." "Oh. Like IF and Compa." "Exactly."

Blake looks around and notices a major of important people is gone. She asks Adam: "Have you seen Ruby?" Adam looks around to find them… "No. And aside from Weiss, I can't see the rest of Kuro's family either."

Weiss walks to them and asks: "Do you see Ruby anywhere?" Blake answers: "We don't either. They suddenly vanished without a trace." Then she notices the others are focusing on Jhin and Lyrica's amazing performance. "Let's find the others. We're not wasting our time here anymore." The three nod and spread out. About a few seconds later, team TANK and team RWBY, without their leaders, are outside.

Yang immediately shouts: "What do you mean Ruby is gone! Don't tell me she ran away!"

Tilith: "We're not sure for now. But I also saw Ironwood vanished as well. There must be some…"

"We returned." A Glyph appears on the ground, and the missing people has teleported back. "They just have to screw with our plans like that."

"Aw, the fight is over…"

T.O: "Sorry about it, but we can't really do anything about it."

Yang runs to Ruby and hugs her tightly. "Oh my god, Ruby. I thought you ran off somewhere." "I'm…fine, Sis. Please let go." The blonde hair does so. "Schwarz told us he found Kuro, so I just followed them. Nothing dangerous."

Weiss now sees Ironwood, with his right coat torn to reveal his metal half. "What happened, General?" "Our enemies. It's nothing."

Blake nearly shouts at them: "How could it be nothing? You just fought…"

Kuro interrupts her: "Nothing in my plans. I and Charlotte just happened to see them walking around. We intercepted them and…we're late."

Nepgear: "My goodness, you're making it too lightly. What would happen if things go wrong?"

Kuro scratches his head. "Sorry, in a heat of the moment. Anyway, let me take care of old Brave, you all go back and enjoy Jhin and Lyrica's show." Then he pushes Atlas General to go somewhere…

Yang asks no one: "How did he know it's Jhin and Lyrica singing now?"

"Because he saw me." They turn to see Cave standing behind them. "Schwarz, how do Trick and Judge look like?" He grunts. "The same old ones, except tougher and more annoying."

"Do you think we can fight the Felons, Kurome?" "I actually can imagine that. They're not really deity-levels, they're just a bit tough for you to fight."

Weiss asks IF: "Care to tell us why Kuro just called General Ironwood 'Brave' back then?" "Oh that? Because the second personality inside him IS Brave, one of the Felons."

Blake: "So he's our enemy?" Compa: "WAS to be exact. He was tricked by the others to help them. Now, he and Ironwood have similar goals, so he's on our side."

Cave: "He's the only one we respected when he was still our enemy. And when the truth came out…"

"You should come back inside. Lyrica is blasting everyone with her singing." All turn to see Weiss waving at them.

Uzume cheers as well: "Let's go! Uzume wants to hear more of her songs!" No one really disagrees about that, heads back in and enjoys the show…

"Wait, then where are the remains?"

T.O: "Escaped. That's for sure."

Monty: "Is this the act of mercy or…" "No mercy for them. He just wants to make sure they can eliminate the very cause of the problems. Cutting down the branches won't make the root die."

With Ironwood and Kuro walking to Ironwood's living quarter…

"Tough night, isn't it?" "Yes, it is. Fighting them in an event day is not something I look forward to." "Neither do I. And for your information, it seems the train wreck is on cue now." "And you want me to…" "Evacuate the citizens out of the area once I give you the signal." "I don't have that much authority to…" "Think of it as a 'training' for them. And it just happens to avoid their lives." "That's stupid…but it works…I will talk with Ozpin and the Council about that." "Please do."

Kuro rubs his eyes. "Can't believe we wasted hours fighting them…" "It's a bit risky getting your wife involved." "Can't help it, she's on a date with me when we see…oh no." He then starts searching all of his pockets. "…Damn…" "You forgot something?" "Apparently…OUCH!" He pulls his left hand back from his pocket, a piece of glasses pinning his finger. "Found it." "A piece of glasses? Really?" "From the woman." "Oh, you want me to find the owner?" Kuro gives it to the General and says: "Can't really keep you all in the dark, but can't tell you directly. This would be the best way." "Good enough. I will see you later." They have reached the door of Ironwood's staying room and they separate from here…

Now, Kuro, without anything to do, decides to return back to his room. And in there, Yukari is waiting for him, with half of her lower body still in her border.

T.O raises his eyebrows. "Normally it would be Sakuya standing there, not her…"

'And why do you think I'm his creation?'

Kurome asks in surprise: "You are the real deal?"

'You saw me years ago, The Observer. You have forgotten it?'

T.O: "No, I haven't. But, who would expect you to go here?"

Kuro: "And that would be my question too." He walks to the coffee machine and pours out some in the mug and gives it to the Youkai, who receives it with a thank. "Is it because what I asked you to do before?" And he pours some for him as well.

Yukari: "Somewhere along the line. But I'm not too worried about it. It's in good care."

Kuro: "Visiting a human like me is not like you. Normally you would hang around with your lover…"

Yukari interrupts: "She's more of a daughter to me." She suddenly smirks. "You remembered my offer about…"

Kuro: "I may like her, but if that happens, it'll be forcing for her to do something she doesn't like."

Y: "I won't live forever, even when I'm a Youkai."

K: "Long enough for your plans to come to fruition."

"Um…might explaining to us what they are talking about, T.O?" "Just future stuffs, nothing related to you all."

Yukari snickers. "You and I know each other well enough…"

Kuro: "You might, I don't." He then shakes his mug lightly and looks at his reflection through the coffee's surface. "You won't live forever. I won't exist forever. The cycle of life must continue, even without us." He then raises his free hand up to catch something. He opens the palm to see an octagon object with Yin-Yang symbol in the middle. He looks at Yukari with a question, the woman just opens her fan to cover her smile. "You, give this to me? What for?" "Just a fortune…" "Look, I told you, if she doesn't like that, I won't do so." "That's why you will have a little trip in my world for a period of time, right? Chao, for now." Then she retreats back to her dimension, as the portal closes right after that. Kuro looks at the object in his hand, then chuckles. "Still crazy as ever."

"So she met you." He looks up to see Sakuya before him. "Quite a person, isn't she? So what are you going to do with it?" "Well, it's a gift from her, so I will take it. Besides, it needs a little Love to use." He throws the thing in the air for a few times before pocketing it and walks to the sofa, picks up the remote and opens his TV. "Hope Remnant have a few good singers, otherwise it's going to be boring." With that, Sakuya just sighs and teleports to who knows where.

"I'm having many questions now…" "And that's for the after story please. If I answer yours now it might become a spoiler."

Back to Halkeginia, the next day, Throne's room…

Queen Marietta Orleans of Gallia, or Aqua, asks her daughter: "Did you have a good time today?"

Charlotte shakes her head. "We found Kuro's enemies. We pursued them till nighttime."

Aqua narrows her eyes. "Let me guess, the Felons."

Charlotte nods. "However, only three of them. The last one, Brave, is on our side."

"Good enough. He's better than the rest…Is it time we help him back?"

"I think so. Can you call your friends? I will call mine."

"Not until a week later. We're having inner problems."

"*Sigh* I nearly forgot. But my side is still okay though?"

"Of course." Charlotte says her goodbye before leaving the room with the advanced Eject Button. She then appears before the gate of Valliere's Mansion. The guards are surprised a bit, but they let her pass when they recognize her. She walks through the entrance and encounters Louise in the way.

"Oh hey Charlotte! It's a surprise you're here. What can I help you?"

"Troubles." That's the bluenette's answer. Louise just chuckles when she hears that. Being around Kuro for a while makes them feel carefree about a few things. "Did he get another girl in his sight again? Charlotte, I thought you were…"

"Is Charlotte that jealousy?"

T.O: "Not to the point of a Yandere, but yes. But she understands Kuro, and he understands that as well. So they don't really have much troubles, but Kuro has to make up for her multiple times."

Oobleck: "But if this Charlotte's nation is having troubles, then why didn't she…"

Kurome: "I think those are just minor things, that the Nobles can deal with."

"No, Louise. Real troubles. His eternal enemies returned." That shuts Louise up. "Kuro didn't ask us, however, I feel like we need to help him. He always has things to look after, even us, and I think it's time for us to pay him."

Louise crosses her arms. "Do you think it's a good idea? I mean, we're stronger than before, but that doesn't mean we have chance to stand against those enemies."

"That's why I have told my mother about it, and asked her to call our parents as well."

Louise then thinks about it… then: "Alright, but we're not taking any risks. Let's call Guiche and Kirche and make a training schedule. That would be the first step to help him."

Charlotte nods at the answer, and then gets pulled inside by Louise. "But first, let's enjoy the day together. I'm not going to let that ruin our normal life. That's Kuro's work."

… "What was that in the end?"

T.O: "What?"

Weiss: "The 'that's Kuro's work'. What did Louise mean by that?"

T.O: "Then how do you think about it?"

Blake: "I think she meant that, Kuro's there to ruin their lives."

Kurome chuckles. "I would say it is true. Kuro DID break a lot of things and change things to make differences from the originals."

Yang shrugs. "We being here is the proof. But, it didn't really ruin our lives, it's giving us a better one."

T.O: "Oh well, that's him. Anyway, a little break would be nice. I have some things to deal with you, Creator."

Chapter 10 end!

Yeah, a bit of spoiler for the stories I'm going to write next. And again, sorry for this chapter's quality.

I have updated this one, since the ending is missing, and I made a grave mistake: I wrote Sakuya's name wrong! My apology!

I don't really have anything more to say. See you in the next chapters!