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The Dating possibilities of Jaune Arc
Chapter Eleven-Contestant- Lian Ren (R63)
By Azure
Warning- this program contains out-of-universe craziness involving parallel dimension characters including but not limited to: Sorceresses, Catgirls, Mythological warrior women, reverse gender male characters, Maidens and/or maiden versions of main girls, extremely amorous Grimmified versions of main girls, evil versions of girls, warrior women of other worlds, good versions of Villains, humanized weapons, Spartan soldiers, mythological legends, famous voice actresses, freelancers, Non-blood related siblings, psychotic stalkers from another dimension, humanized witches and robots, vampiresses, etc. You get the idea.
Compatibility Ratio Scores- 200% being maximum limit.
Ruby Rose- 89% -(40% Initial Familiarity)
V4 Ruby Rose( 49% performance bonus)
Yang Xiao Long-64%-(30% Initial Familiarity)
Barbara Dunkelman (34% performance bonus)
Pyrrha Nikos- 72%-(40% Initial Familiarity-)
Agent Carolina (32% performance score)
Raven Branwen- 64% (First time encounter adaptivity plus performance bonus)
Weiss Schnee-80%(Initial Familiarity-35%)
V4 Weiss Schnee-(Performance bonus-45%)
Neptunia Vasillias- 61%-(Initial R63 adaptivity plus performance bonus)
Glynda Goodwitch-66%-(30% initial Familiarity)
Teenage Glynda G. (36% performance bonus)
Neopolitan-68% (First time encounter adaptivity plus performance bonus)
Nora Valkyrie-66%-(32% Familiarity)
Nora the Valkyrie Warrior (34% performance bonus)
Current Podium Roster- Winter Schnee(Present day RWBY), Lian Ren (R63)
Chaotically arranged Roster due to mishap- Erza Scarlet(Fairy Tail), Penny Polendina(Human AU), Romana Torchwick(R63), Cat Ninja Maid Blake(AU-RWBY),
Summer Rose (Teenage RWBY AU, Rias Gremory(Highschool DxD), Joan Arc(R63), Molly Mollusk(Grimm Anthro), and Crocea Mors(Weapon AU)
The screen of the Gameshow revealed a fanart of Jaune in elegant royal clothing that included a crown and ivory cape. He had sat on a luxurious bronzed throne glimmering in the light like he was royalty, ahead of him were two females clad in high-tech elegantly designed armor apparently under his command. One of which happened to be Pyrrha herself with a gentle green glow reflected in her eyes.
The title read 'Arc of the Revolution-hail to the glorious emperor Jaune Arc of the Imperium'
"Okay! I can NOT take that seriously, but dammit does that artwork look good!" Yang commented from her spot. 'Loverboy too actually, stylish getup and all but a more biker/road warrior look would work better.'
"I'm just surprised you have an appreciation for any visual medium, but I agree on the picture. It's just the notion of Jaune of all people being an emperor simply feels…" Blake trailed off.
"...Weird as hell? You know it." Nora concluded for her while snapping another picture of it. "Jaune's sweet as can be and downright a great guy, but 'Magnificent bastard' type of Royal Ruler? Nnnnooooppe! He's kind of just a charming and goofy dork by default, he's our dork, but what's with Pyrrha's getup in that pic?" Nora chirped with an upbeat shrug.
"I'm intrigued by that as well, but let's focus back to the matter at hand. Such as those new contestants that arrived." Pyrrha added in.
"I was just about to say the same thing actually, yet…" Weiss joined in with an uncertain grin on her face directed at the visual. Ren shrugged with a knowing expression.
"..yet you all have been a little too distracted by all that's going on in the show.I myself have trouble seeing Jaune as being an emperor, but I do know each of you have been nosebleeding all over the place." Ren stated dryly and got up tugging a large trash bag over his shoulder.
All the girls looked bashful and averted their eyes with pinked cheeks, Pyrrha was the most noticeable. Ruby whoever looked distracted for she was thinking about the new batch of contestants that arrived, mainly the version of her own mother.
"If you'll excuse me, I'm off to take out the trash, and resupply on tissue paper." Ren said before opening the door to head out.
"He's...got us pegged there, but let's talk about the new contestants while we're waiting." Blake suggested.
"I agree, although the artwork is lovely and that armor on that version of myself does give me ideas I am curious as to his Sword's human form. I had no idea such a universe could exist." Pyrrha started.
"Yeah, think my babies right here will turn out to be twins looking as good as their mother?" Yang added until Ruby spoke up.
"I am not sure how I feel about Jaune and mom, but I think it helps that he...kinda reminds me of dad in a way. I mean they're both blond with similar hairstyles, but other than that I got nothing." Ruby added scratching her head.
Zwei spoke up by barking. (And they both smell nice too, woof!)
"Like Nora said; I can't picture him with Dad's attitude and brutal sense of humor, he's got his own charming quirks that we all like. Plus comparing them feels wrong and give me creepy vibes about thinking about someone resembling my father." Yang added with a shiver, to which Ruby joined her.
'I think we derailed off the topic again.' Weiss thought dryly when the screen of the show flickered back to life diverting all their eyes to it.
Elsewhere…
Ozpin, despite his many years of age and aura of mystery, found himself greatly amused and pleasantly surprised by this show. It was rare entertainment in his otherwise mundane role as Headmaster, sure he dabbled in secret peacekeeping decisions, niche hobbies, and educating youngsters on combat, but he felt this show did well to sate his wanton need for shipping fanservice. He just refused to show his enthusiasm in front of his peers and lose face.
'How he always remain calm even with this show's insanity is beyond me.' Glynda thought to herself when recalling the bizarre turn of events that lead to more contestants popping out the woodwork due to spilled beer. 'Should all of us be worried that godlike power is in the hands of...that man?' She dryly thought with a deadpan look when remembering the co-host was responsible for the mess.
'Still...for Summer Rose to appear in the flesh once more, granted it's a teenage parallel, but she was remarkable huntress and loving mother to Ruby and Yang. I can't imagine what it feels like for them.' Glynda thought sincerely and clicked her personal scroll shut of the snapshot she took of Jaune's modeling pose.
"Quite the circus isn't it, Glynda? I can only imagine how mortified I'd be if a female counterpart of myself appeared next, which makes me glad Peter and Barty are not watching this." Ozpin commented when taking another sip.
"If such a thing did happen I doubt you'd even blink at your own reverse gendered reflection." She commented offhand.
Ozpin shrugged in acknowledge. "I have to give it to you, you know me too well. However...this entertainment may be dangerous, Glynda." Ozpin added with a shift to seriousness in his voice.
The blonde woman looked to her mentor for more input. "How so, Sir?"
"Well for starters, that time displaced past version of yourself brought this to my attention." Ozpin looked to an expectant Glynda. "You recall having a vivid memory of you in her place with Arc, no?"
Glynda slowly nodded with worry etching onto her face. "Yes, even I don't understand why that is, but I remember it clear as day."
"Well we are informed that all dates are fabricated and the contestants being time/space doppelgangers of our present universe, whereas everyone else simply travels from another. What exactly are the rules of time travel displacement of our own universe?"
Glynda's eyes went wide in alarm when recalling Summer Rose appearing. "Sir? You think…?"
Ozpin brought up his hand gesturing her to calm down. "It is just speculation at the moment, but I feel these time/space doppelgangers from either past or future have a profound effect on those currently living in the present. It is just speculation after all. I apologize for worrying you, Glynda."
She nodded and turned her attention back to the screen which flickered to life once again.
Back to the show itself.
"And you will sit there in your shame corner until due time!" Erza barked with arms crossed at the form of Boomstick sitting on a small stool facing outward.
"Dang it, Whiz. It was just a spilled beer, cut a guy some slack." Boomstick uttered with a pout unseen.
"I would if you hadn't messed things up resulting in the influx of contestants we weren't ready to receive!" Whiz shouted back from the announcer's podium. "On top of that we're still amateurs at using these powers, so chaos is likely to happen if slip-ups like this!" Whiz pointed to the beer can with an accusing finger. "Continue."
The blue armored host sighed and turned his attention back to the rest of the crew; Jaune was once again behind his own podium with 'Molly' the Anthropomorphic Mollusk Grimm staying latched onto his backside slurping on his scalp with glee. At the contestant podiums there stood Lian Ren, Winter, freshly added Erza, and Joan Arc.
"Uhhh...can I sit over there in the stands? I'm a little uneasy here." Joan spoke out with a slightly shaky voice. The poor girl was still feeling awkward as hell being transported here to date her reverse gendered self.
Lian Ren leaned over her podium to address her team leader. "It'll be fine, Joan. You've handled worse things than this like Carla Winchester bullying you. Just put it out of mind."
'Easy for you to say.' Both Jaune and Joan thought in unison with deadpan looks.
"Molly, off now. I got to get to work." Jaune firmly commanded causing the adorable Grimm monster girl to reluctantly slink off his shoulders and walk over to the stands.
She crossed her arms and pouted her thick lips at him.
"Ra Raaa ra!" Molly let out with a cute gurgly voice.
Human Penny spoke up with her usual cute helpful voice. "I believe she is unhappy with the arrangement and will perhaps double down on you later." Penny translated with a cute smile.
"Thank you." Jaune curtly replied dreading the near future.
"You did the right thing, Master. It is always best to be firm with the command of beasts." Crocea Mors stated from her seat nearby in the stands. She whipped her own personal sword shaped like Crocea Mors the weapon except looking sharper and more intricately designed. "Merely say the word and I would slay her on your command."
"No thank you." Jaune quickly added making Crocea sheathe her weapon, Molly simply looked on in bewilderment and innocence.
Summer and Rias sat on either side of her watching the show with interest. Nyan Ninja Maid Blake simply sat with Penny and Molly, the Faunus ninja occasionally trying to stylize Molly's "Hair" to look more presentable.
Summer was still weirded out by what was going on, last thing she remembered was hanging out with Raven to play a prank on Qrow and Tai. Next thing she knows she's here apparently selected from the cosmos, or at least two armored web show hosts, to participate in a dating game for a future boy who happens to be close to her family. She wasn't told more than that for some reason, but she simply shrugged it off.
"They may have told us the gist of all this just now, but this still feels really weird, don't cha think?" Summer asked to her side. Rias nodded and playfully smiled as she primly sat in place. Summer had her hood down showing her long beautiful brunette/red hair slowing down her shoulders and back.
"Indeed, crossing planes of other realms is one matter I'm somewhat used to, but this is indeed something else. Regardless it will still be entertaining in the meantime." Rias answered looking composed and attentive to the Gameshow. Her eyes glanced over at Jaune himself and he reminded her of Issei, except without the pervertedness he was known for.
'Still for this many to be here and for most if not all to be wanting to court him, it's all too similar indeed.' She thought giggling to herself. 'Perhaps I can talk with the hosts to allow Issei to appear and coach the boy on such matters, although…' Rias's smile soured when remembering that Issei also doesn't have many clear ideas on handling multiple women. A lot of his mishaps were comical gags Rias had only seen in harem anime. '...still though, he may provide some input necessary for the boy.'
Ruby from beyond the screen watched with unmoving awe at the young form of her mother. 'Someday I'll look like that when I grow up, just like mom and maybe a super cool huntress too.' SHe thought with beaming star filled eyes.
'Ruby…' Yang thought somberly before turning her head back to the tv. Part of her secretly hoped Jaune's date with Summer would be held off as long as possible just so the sisters can keep seeing her. 'It's really lucky she's not on the contestant podiums, but then again this show can be random as hell.'
Sighing Whiz turned back to the audience perspective to address the return of the show. "Welcome back to the Gameshow of Jaune Arc's Dating Life. We apologize for the recent interruption due to 'mishap' on account of my co-host."
Boomstick grunted a pout in the corner and simply crossed his arms.
"Erza, keep an eye on him if you could." Whiz added to the redhead, who nodded and readied her sword.
"Anyhoo, it's back to the show now and we've added two of our reserve members to the fold." Whiz added then pointed to Erza and Joan. "Joan Arc, rule63 parallel of Jaune Arc."
"Hellooo." Joan waved feeling a bit anxious with all eyes on her until she pointed over to Jaune with a sense of manufactured bravado. "Hey there, sexy. Looking for a good time? Well the name's Joan Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the lips, boys dig it." She finished flashing a toothy grin that everyone saw through.
Lian Ren snickered a bit at her team leader's impression. 'Smooth, Joan."
"Ditto, let's get to know each other...in a hopefully not awkward way." Jaune replied with a hand rubbing the back of his neck. Joan felt a little less anxious for some reason after that and relaxed a bit more.
"And our longtime reserve member Erza Scarlet of the Fairy Tail universe." Whiz concluded receiving a nod from Erza.
"I look forward to finally having my time with you, boy. By the time we're done I shall call you a man!" She declared valiantly making Summer, Joan, and Penny all blush in result. Winter, Romana, Lian Ren, and Rias all remained impassive due to their fortitude.
"Must be a redhead thing, I swear." Romana Torchwick muttered.
Joan simply stepped a few steps away from her while eyeing her carefully.
"Looking forward to it?" Jaune replied suddenly feeling the heat.
"Wow she's forward alright, if she's anything like Valkyrie Nora and Raven I think Loverboy will manage." Yang commented with Pyrrha nodding in approval.
'I actually hope she's some parallel of me in a way so as to increase my own ratio score. I must see that future!' Pyrrha thought with passion.
"Well now it's time for the randomizer to work it's magic." Whiz said when Boomstick unexpectedly chimed in.
"Here we goooo!" He let out out of impulse as the holographic selector light flashed randomly across the four contestants.
After a few seconds it landed on….
'Hoo boy this will be awkward.' Jaune thought dryly when the light stopped on-
"Lian Ren of the R63 universe!" Whiz declared earning a faintly surprised look in her violet eyes. Her podium retracted into the ground mechanically as a portal opened up nearby.
"Very well then, come along, Jaune." Lian stated and casually walked towards the portal where it showed the location of an unravaged Kuroyuri. Needless to say she was a little surprised to see that place, but remembered it was fabricated setting by the hosts. She just hoped she wouldn't relive with any post traumatic memories.
Jaune stretched an eyebrow and walked to meet at the portal before taking her hand and walking right in vanishing from the set.
"This will be interesting to say the least." Blake offered propping her head on her hands as she lay on her belly.
"I feel uneasy." Ren let out next to a snickering Nora and Pyrrha.
"Oh relax, Ren. I'm sure your twin sister and Jauney will hit it off well, you're already bros in this universe. Oh Pyrrha what should we call this pairing?" Nora chirped looking excitedly to Pyrrha.
"I don't know, Ren knows martial arts and Jaune is...Jaune."
"That's it. Martial Arcs! Perfect ship name for the girl-Renny and Jauney." Nora concluded making Ren deflate.
"Nora? Stop talking."
"Hee hee hee, no promises." Nora answered cutely with a finger to her lips.
THe portal opened up inside the ornate humble village of Kuroyuri, both Rens female and male reacted visibly when seeing it.
"It's like nothing had changed since when I was a child." Lian quietly stated shortly before Jaune appeared near her.
His eyes widened slightly and took in the surroundings with mild awe. "Nice place, so this is where you grew up? Right?" He asked carefully and saw her nod.
"Yes, it was like this a long time ago, quite tranquil isn't it?" She answered feeling a little less tense, she and Lie Ren always remembered their hometown...and what became of it, but they never dwelled on it too much.
"Peace yields focus." She uttered to herself and continued walking on, she turned to look back at Jaune with a small friendly smile. "Follow me and I'll show you something of mine I've cherished here." She said with Jaune on her trail.
'She must mean the Koi pond.' Lie Ren thought feeling his attention harden on the show.
Something Nora immediately noticed.
"He's super focused on this part, that village of theirs...is important." She whispered to the side at the girls.
"I'll be honest he kinda looks no different than he usually does." Weiss said while Yang waved a hand in front of his face.
"Wow he's really zoned out, I'm starting to think he's in another world right now."
"Nora, that village...does it hold a highly personal memory for him? He doesn't often talk about it." Pyrrha asked carefully.
Nora nodded with a rare serious look on her face. "You know it, Pyr, but it's not my place to say." She then looked to the screen and to Ren. "It's theirs."
"Wow…" Jaune said in awe as he watched the calm artistic flow of the Koi pond lilies. "I hate to say it, but this is also-"
"Kinda boring? Yes it can be at first, but I've learned to appreciate it as a form of art." Lian said as she sat with him watching the tranquil scene in peace.
"It's also to help you ease your mind, I understand the show's been even crazier as of late. With the influx of all those guests as well as the abrasive women in Red like Nora, Raven, and Erza." Lian began making Jaune chuckle nervously in agreement.
"You definitely hit the nail on the head, plus it's also the constant reverse gender counterparts that keep popping up, no offense."
"None taken, Joan herself is also still weirded out by you two meeting."
"Anothing thing we have in common, my dear Lian. Neptunia alone weirded me out when she first showed up, and I don't' even know what to think about Torchwick. Then again I don't know anything about that person in general anyway." Jaune said.
"Ouch." Romana snorted derisively.
"Hey now! That doppleganger of min was smokin hot! Plus she was real thirsty for him too." Neptune said out loud.
"And that doesn't weird you out? Like at all?" Maybe you're a bit narcissistic." Sun added with his scroll firmly wrapped in his tail.
"Maybe, but you also want to see the chick version of you in the show too, right/"
"Fair point, but it's mostly just to compare abs." Sun answered.
"That is a stressing situation. Let's simply meditate on it to calm your mind." Lian said and sat in legs crossed indian style going into a meditative stance.
Jaune felt a little out of place, but simply shrugged and mirrored her. The sooner he did he waited patiently for his mind to clear, but all his thoughts were filled with memories of his past dates.
Such as Nora the Valkyrie's smash fest with monsters,Raven's questioning sword practice, Carolina's asskicking of him, and of course Ruby's tearful admission.
'This isn't' going well, like at all." Jaune muttered quietly and felt Lian hum in response. 'Was this supposed to be a romantic date? Then again Ren always did seem like the forever calm type of person, it wouldn't make sense for him to be as wild as Nora.'
"Jaune…" Lian softly began while opening her violet eyes to a squirming Jaune.
'Okay, is this it? Is she gonna impart some words of wisdom like Ren always does? Maybe give me advice in combat or suggest more relaxation techniques?' Jaune thought anxiously in tense hype for her question.
"...what kind of girls do you like?" She asked bluntly making Jaune freeze on the spot in stupor. Somewhere in the background echoed birds as well as a few growling Grimm.
…..
"What….?" Jaune repeated making Lian reach over to flick his forehead with her two Aura powered fingers. A soft impact with the force of a slap smacked him out of his stupor. "Hey that really hurt! I'm good now, okay, I'm good. So...what kind of girls I like? I gotta be honest I was actually expecting some sage like words of advice from you instead, Ren, but okay then."
The audiences back home leaned in closely to hear his responses, the RWBY crew plus NPR, Sun and Neptune, Emerald and reluctantly Mercury, and Velvet and Coco.
Glynda eyed her boss with astonishment when seeing him lean closer like an eager audience member. 'Really now?'
Back at the dorm the girls of team RWBY temporarily forgot their drama surrounding Summer and NPR including Ren momentarily forgot the implications of Kuroyuri. Sometimes it helped to be distracted by shipping entertainment, although Pyrrha, Ruby, and Yang were the most invested at the moment.
"I can't believe I'm watching this willingly." Mercury drawled annoyed with Emerald sitting nearby moderately invested. 'Must be a girl thing, at least she doesn't write guy on guy stuff in her spare time.'
"I...uh...don't have a preference per se. I'm mostly attracted to well attractive girls that can be either domineering or sweethearted…" Jaune began awkwardly fumbling around. Pyrrha and Weiss felt those descriptions match their own.
"...energetic, fun, or just plain wild to liven things up…" Yang, Ruby, and Nora felt those words hit home.
"...they can also be calm, peaceful, or cool headed under pressure…" Jaune went on and Blake along Lian Ren felt those words match their attributes.
"Is that dunce just listing all of our quirks by default?! Doesn't he have a preference!?" Weiss bellowed getting annoyed with Jaune's lack of preferential treatment.
Yang simply laughed. "I totally knew Loverboy would answer like that! I called it! Blake you owe me money!"
"Drat." Blake uttered fishing out a Lien card.
Pyrrha deflated a bit hoping he would've stopped after 'sweethearted' but she knew Jaune well enough to understand that he wasn't picky. "That's our Jaune, he takes no favorites it seems, which is all the more reason for me to charm him!" She declared valiantly at the last part.
"Was I the only one hoping he'd say 'nice and quirky'?" Ruby asked to no one in particular.
"Well I think Ice Queen was hoping he'd stop at 'Short and domineering', look at how flustered she is." Yang jibed cheekily making the Heiress fume.
"Well he's got an open mind and general tastes, nothing wrong about that in my book. Let's get back to it." Nora cheered out.
"...maybe also wise, strict, or any combination of the two as well as stylish…" Jaune added and was about to continue until he felt another flick of Lian's fingers smack his forehead. "Ow! Hey!"
"You...were..rambling, it would've been quicker to say you don't have a preference." Lian said giving him a very rare and comic scowl.
"Sorry about that, I guess I'm just not picky, being surrounded by seven sisters and a mother, plus all my gal pals back at Beacon only made me look for...I dunno...deeper parts of someone. I've learned that lesson the hard way during the dance." Jaune answered making Pyrrha blush with pride at his statement.
All the girls softened up when hearing it and approved of Jaune's nuanced perspective on people.
Lian Ren nodded in acceptance. "That is the correct answer, forming bonds cannot be a superficial practice as I'm sure you've already learned from participating in this gameshow."
Jaune sighed in agreement. "Yeah, definitely. Although it doesn't help to have most the dates be so chaotic."
"Part of the assignment you've been given, perhaps your preferences or lack thereof is why you were chosen to begin with." Lian offered.
"You might be right about that." Jaune nodded.
"Not exactly, he was chosen because of many reasons, most of which involve comedy and harem antics." Whiz commented to no one in particular.
"Whiz can I get off the naughty stool now? It's really boring over here, and that redhead by the podiums is giving me dirty looks." Boomstick let out, which went ignored by Whiz as Erza continued to glare.
"Feel your mind clear now?" Lian asked to a pleasantly surprised Jaune.
"You know what? Yeah, I actually feel a lot better now. I'm not even bothered by talking to someone from universe R63 anymore either! Ha! You really are the wise one of the group! Well I mean, the you I know back in my own world anyway."
Lian smiled pleasantly back at him and pulled him to his feet. "Then you shouldn't feel weirded when we go in for our customary kiss then."
"I..err...well...probably wouldn't go that fa-!" Jaune was cut off from his rambling when Lian, the lovely Mistralian beauty, leaned forward cupping Jaune's chin to place him in a surprise kiss.
Jaune was pleasantly surprised with his eyes going wide yet he didn't panic or try to move away. Seconds passed until she let go leaving both their cheeks blushing.
"A little awkwardness would still be there, but I think you and Joan of my world can probably talk to each other a little easier now."
Jaune looked surprised when he pieced it together. "So you did this for Joan too, huh?" Lian nodded.
"You know, I can always rely on you to have my back, as well as be the only other dude I'm close to making it easier to think of the other you as the brother I never had." Jaune let out dramatically in a comedic fashion making both Rens frown in a deadpan expression.
"Likewise." Lian answered curtly before prying off of a comically sobbing Jaune from her shoulders. She struggled a bit and started shoving her left foot up against his abdomen because his grip was tight.
"Sooo much estrogen! I need a guy pal to do guy stuff with!" Jaune wailed making Lian want to flick him with even more strength.
At 'Guy stuff' two pairs of hands started furiously scribbling in notepads, one of which being Blake's and the other being…
"Oh goddammit." Mercury uttered in annoyance when he saw Emerald write down certain themes in a little notebook. 'She's one of those kinds of fans after all. I know I'm not looking forward to seeing how she gets if a female version of me shows up on this stupid show.'
Lie Ren himself sighed at his leader's feelings, it can be tough being one of the only dudes around, neither said that aloud with the girls though.
"Oh poor Jaune. Pile all that on top of living with his seven sisters it's not hard to imagine his feelings." Pyrrha stated sincerely.
"He's still just bawling because Ren is his only guy friend,unless you count Neptune, but it's a bit melodramatic if you ask me." Weiss added.
The girls then heard a louder smack and looked to see Lian Ren standing over a collapsed Jaune with a smoldering smudge on his forehead.
'Apologies about that, Jaune, but you were getting clingy.' Lian thought to herself before bending over to gently place a chaste kiss on his forehead before pulling him up to cross into the open portal.
After arriving back on the set Jaune regained conscious and muttered apologies of embarrassment to Lian, who simply waved it off. She had gotten used to that sort of thing with her own leader as well as Nor whenever she took away his pancake privileges.
Once Jaune stepped onto the floor he looked back to a pleasantly waving Lian Ren before smiling back with gratitude. Somehow he felt no more awkwardness in lieu of the chaos of the show and felt easier talking to his doppleganger.
Joan waved back from afar to her teammate hoping to see her again soon, after Lian's hand reached out to caress Jaune's cheek affectionately she withdrew into the portal returning to her own world.
'Thanks, Lian. I'll probably won't pass out now whenever my date with...myself..comes up.' Joan thought.
"Okay then! Let's see the score of the date!" Whiz announced as the holographic numbers randomized until a number was displayed.
Lian Ren (R63) 60%(Initial compatibility and adaptivity bonus)
"And there you have it, a rather lukewarm score bordering on mediocre whereas being in the fifties is less than average overall, largely because you've felt more of a bromance with her than a romantic chemistry. Still decent overall though." Whiz announced. Jaune looked to the score in understanding, it made sense since it felt like more of an activity/therapy session than an actual date, but he got what he needed from it and Lian helped immensely.
"Normally it could've been lower given that little romance was there, but chemistry and bonding is what's more important regardless."
"It probably helped that her counterpart already looked girly to begin with." Boomstick commented from the side making Lie Ren glare at the red armor wearing man sitting on a small naughty stool.
"Let's select a candidate from the audience to replace the empty spot, also since we're a little backed up on contestants we're not going to pluck more out until we thin the numbers a little. So anyone want to volunteer?" Whiz asked to the stands.
"I'm content to just watch this carnival of a show." Romana Torchwick stated as several hands shot up into the air, but one pair of shoes actually stepped forward as though physically making the call herself.
Ruby's eyes went wide with interest as did Yang's.
"I'll toss my hood into the ring, it'll be fun mingling with a Tai Yang-lite from the future." Summer Rose announced cheerfully as she stood proud in an action like pose making everyone sweatdrop a little. "Get ready for the date of your life, kiddo!" She called out pointing at Jaune like a challenger.
"She's definitely Ruby's mother." Weiss commented as Summer took her spot at her respective podium.
Ruby giggled mirthfully in agreement as everyone else nodded.
"Looking forward to it." Jaune replied seeing more of Ruby in that woman than he thought possible.
"Now we'll just end this episode on a poll deciding which contestant of the four will go next." Whiz announced earning a scathing glare from Erza.
"Tighten up your anus and your armor, Whiz. She looks like she's out for blood." Boomstick called out from his stool.
"Hey hey relax now, we can't pick favorites and must randomize. Absolutely no bias here." Whiz hastily announced receiving only a shrug from Erza.
"Do as you wish, I am patient." She announced surprising them.
Both Whiz and Boomstick looked to each other in uncertainty before shrugging in decision. "Boomstick you're off the stool now, I need you over here to act as a shield incase she attacks."
"Groovy as pie, Whiz. Funny thing is that line isn't the first time I heard it." He said getting up to stand by his co-host.
Jaune waited by his own personal podium with Molly once again latched onto his back slurping her thick lips on his scalp. 'I really hope this doesnt do some damage to my hair roots.'
Whiz looked to the audience perspective with a daring gesture.
"Now we leave it up to the viewers who can poll from their scrolls on which of the four ladies will go next. Until next time on another episode of GameShow of Jaune Arc's dating life!"
End chapter
Next contestant-(Up to choice)
(Winter Schnee, Summer Rose, Erza Scarlet, and Joan Arc)
AN; Update completed! Hope you all enjoyed it, I guess a monthly schedule is a constant now, especially since I have other fics, including commissions, to write. That doesn't mean I will make people wait, if I can muster the mojo I can churn out quicker updates. It's just been a drab summer is all. Anyhoo, look to the non-canon spin off fic titled 'The GameShow of Jaune Arc's Alternate Lives' by Nerdlydelicious; it's a fic that spun off from chapter ten of this story. It features Parallels of our boy Jaune arriving to help coach the lad and teach him things, these parallels can spawn from anywhere including other fics. Just fyi. Until next time, please leave whatever thoughts, comments, suggestions, etc, if you have any as well as decide the next contestant. I can't make up my mind on choices sometimes.
Candidate options for the upcoming girls-take your pick below and list specific character according to that option. (Note- I take up cataloging most suggestions and will go over them to add into the mix.)
A)Present day RWBY character
B) Timeskip/Younger RWBY character
C) OCs(Can be your own creation or from another fanfiction)
D) Wildcard(this applies to Grimmified versions, maiden versions, whatever else crazy variants are wished)
E) R63 character
F) Other(Non-RWBY franchise characters)
Knight and his Maidens: (Recent update-Sunstrewn Feathers- Jaune/Raven/Yang)(Upcoming double update in progress- Heartshot(May Zedong/Jaune) and Motherly Approval(Jaune/Summer/Kali/Raven/and Willowl)
Archiveofourown dot org/works/8220091
Hearts of Yandere: (Freshly updated!- Velvet's toy box)
Archiveofourown dot org /works/8234674
Jaune the Conqueror: (Freshly updated!- Claim the Barmaidens)
Archiveofourown dot org/works/8226662
Multiverse Paramour: (Recent update- Sheele from Akame Ga Kill)(Upcoming update- Momo Yaoyorozu from Hero Academia)
Archiveofourown dot org/works/8226413
The Corruption of Arkos and RWBY: Jaune/Salem x Yang x Weiss x Pyrrha x Blake)(Heavy BDSM elements)(Freshly updated!- Lovely Red Riding Hood)
Archiveofourown dot org/works/10849740
New Story! The Arcwitch Couple-Jaune/Glynda a fluff/smut fic series
Archiveofourown dot org/works/11661660