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Speech: "PvE."
Thought: 'PvE.'
Flashback: "PvE."
So it's been about four weeks since that... incident that we will not talk about again. Ozpin and I decided that it was best to destroy the pink dust, even though Professor Peach was strongly against it. We also informed Ironwood of what happened at Beacon that day, and asked him to destroy all know forms of pink dust.
He was... reluctant at first, not because he wanted to use the pink dust for himself, but because he found our story very far-fetched. In the end, he decided that it was best not to question Ozpin's reasoning and ordered his men to destroy all the pink dust they currently had, as well as stop any further experiments with the dust.
Okay, now that that's taken care of, let's talk about the creatures of Grimm. More specifically, the Dark Mare, the horse Grimm. The Dark Mare is a Grimm with the shape of a horse, but about twice the size of one.
Its eyes are covered in a typical white Grimm mask, with red lines down the sides and glowing red eyes. Its entire body is covered in black hair, smooth and short, save for the back, where the hair is longer all the way down the spine. Its hooves are white and are able to shatter almost any object instantaneously.
This Grimm has the ability to sprint at speeds incomprehensible to normal humans. As it resides in flatlands and plains, this allows for a speedy attack and retreat if necessary. However, in order to turn, it must make a complete stop, or else it simply tilts to the side it sprints towards.
The call of this Grimm has been known to paralyze almost all who hear it. It has been attributed as an omen of dark times or a shrieking person in the night. Many a wanderer have fallen prey to this beast simply because they believed the shriek was human.
Dark Mares have a divided family system. While the Males of the group are larger, the Alpha Male, known as the Stallion or Patriarch, does not typically roam with the pack, but instead stays about a mile away, able to track the rest.
Packs are usually made up of 10 Mares, The Patriarch, the Matriarch, four beta females, and four infants. If the infants are attacked, the entire pack chases and attacks the attacker, until either they are all dead or the culprit is dead.
When a male of the pack reaches a certain age, they engage in combat with the Patriarch. Losers are exiled and must find or form another pack, and winners kill the current Patriarch and replace him. Since Grimm continue to grow until they are killed, this makes the Patriarchs gigantic.
Now let's talk about Remnant History, or more specifically, Vacuo's history.
Vacuo was founded in a large oasis with lush jungles, abundant resources, natural barriers and the largest Dust deposit ever recorded in Remnant's history. These favorable conditions allowed the people of Vacuo to flourish, and nomads would travel across the harsh desert surrounding Vacuo in the hopes of reaching the verdant paradise.
However, these comfortable conditions also bred complacency in Vacuo's people, who had no inclination to develop and adapt as others living in less ideal conditions were forced to. This unpreparedness made Vacuo an easy target for exploitation by other Kingdoms, who wished to claim their vast resources for themselves.
Years of warfare, mining, and ecological disasters exhausted Vacuo's resources and transformed the once rich Kingdom into a wasteland of heavy industry and makeshift settlements. It's people frequently moved from place to place due to scarce resources and attacks from Grimm.
You all know about Vacuo's involment in the Great War so I won't go any further into that category. The aftermath is what I wanted to talk about. After the war, Vacuo decided that it was time to establish some form of government.
Unfortunately, Vacuo's citizens weren't exactly thrilled with that. They wanted Vacuo to stay a free and independent kingdom, and while freedom is a good thing, too much of it will start giving you a pretty bad view on how the world works.
As much as we hate to admit, not all people are created equal, some don't have the luxuries or freedoms that other people have. Some don't have it due to financial problems, others don't have it simply due to their race.
One person eventually decided that it was finally time to establish a government. To get the approval of the citizen's he proposed that all of Vacuo's warriors would take part in a tournament. Whoever won would be able to change Vacuo as they see fit.
After he got the approval of the queen, he gathered his men, built the Colosseum, and gathered the contestants for the tournament. After many hard fought battles, the man emerged victorious. It was said that he won every battle by striking his foes down his mighty hammer, Mjolnir.
It was following the tournament that a formal government was finally established in Vacuo, but its actual ability to govern was limited due to the people's disregard for its laws. The only widely accepted source of order in the Kingdom was Shade Academy.
However, they live by the philosophy that anyone who is able to survive the harsh conditions of Vacuo is welcome to live amongst them. This acceptance may also extend to Faunus, which could explain why there is less racial discrimination in Vacuo compared to the other Kingdoms.
Currently, I was making my way to downtown Vale with Mercury. Today was the big day, the day of the Grand Tournament, or the day of the preliminaries to be exact.
"Well, this is it! The day of the Grand tournament! You excited?" Mercury asked.
"I'm excited, but also a little nervous." I said to him.
"Why? I doubt any of the people we fight there will put up much of a fight." Mercury said.
"I don't know, I heard that huntsmen were allowed to enter the tournament, so winning might not be as easy as we thought." I said.
"Eh, I'm sure it will be fine. You just have to have confidence." Mercury said. "Besides, we get to use our weapons this time around, and with your weapon and semblance, I guarantee you that you make it to the finals." Mercury said as slapped my back reassuringly.
"Yeah, but we still need to get through the preliminaries. You were listening when I was going over the basics of the preliminaries, right?" I asked Mercury.
"W-What? Oh, yeah, sure I was." He said.
"That's what I thought. Okay, I'll go over it ONE more time, but please listen this time!" I said, slightly annoyed.
"Alright alright." Mercury said.
"Okay, so during the preliminaries, we will have to fight off a hoard of Grimm. Whoever is still standing after the Grimm are all dead will be able to participate in the actual tournament." I said.
"Wait, where did they get all the Grimm?" Mercury asked.
"Beats me." I said.
"What happens to the people who don't make it through the preliminaries?"
"Well, then they don't get to participate in the tournament."
"No, I mean how exactly do they get disqualified?"
"I don't know. Remington said he would give all of the contestants the specifics of the preliminaries when we got there." I said.
"Hmm, doesn't that sound a little suspicious to you?" He asked.
"What, you plan on bailing?" I asked.
"Heh, keep dreaming pal." He said as he lightly jabbed my arm.
As we arrived at the warehouse where the tournament would take place, there was a guard at the front of the door greeting people that I assume weren't fighting in the tournament. As we arrived at the front, he asked for our names. After we told him, he nodded and told us to go to the back of the warehouse.
As we made our way to the back, we had the opportunity to look at our potential opponents. Most of them looked like low-lives and thugs. Mercury even pointed out that there were a few huntsmen, who we assumed were hired by less than reputable people for less than respectable jobs, in front of the warehouse.
'Guess winning won't be as easy as I thought.' I thought to myself. We waited in front of the warehouse for about twenty minutes before the door leading into the warehouse opened.
"All contestants follow me." The man in the suit said. Everyone then got up and followed the man inside the warehouse.
The man that we were following led us to some sort of elevator. He motioned us to get inside, we all nodded and walked into the elevator. As the elevator door's closed, the monitor on the top of the door turned on.
"Hello, contestants!" Remington said through the monitor. "Welcome to Remington's Grand Tournament!" Remington said.
"Well, I guess the ACTUAL tournament hasn't started yet, these are the preliminaries." Remington said.
"This way we can see who is tough enough to participate in the actual tournament." Remington said.
"Hey, what's the prize for this anyway?" Mercury asked.
"I don't know, it didn't say." I responded.
"Now I'm sure you all want to know what the grand prize for winning the tournament is." Remington said.
"The prizes are divided into three categories, first place, second place, and third place. Anyone below that will get nothing." Remington said.
"The prize for third place is five thousand lien." Remington said.
"The prize for second place is ten thousand lien."
"And the grand prize for winning the tournament is..." There was a short pause before the big reveal.
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"Fifty thousand lien! As well as a mystery prize for the winner!" Remington said. Murmurs could be heard from every direction in the elevator.
"Holy shit! Fifty thousand?!" Mercury said to me.
"I know, right!" I said back to him.
"Now, I'm sure you're all excited, but first you'll have to get through the preliminaries. Allow me to explain the rules to you." Remington said.
"The rules are simple, fight off all of the Grimm. The last men standing will be able to qualify for the tournament!" Remington said.
"There are two ways to get disqualified from the preliminaries." Remington said.
"One way to get disqualified is if you leave the ring, then you are disqualified from the preliminaries and will be forced to leave."
"The second way is if you get killed by the Grimm, and before you ask, no, there will be no one there to help you, if you die, then it's your own fault. If you want to leave, then stay in the elevator." Remington said.
"Jesus, no pressure." I said.
"No kidding. They're not even going to help us, not that I'm going to need it." Mercury said.
"Well, doesn't matter if you need it or not, I got your back." I said as I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah, try not to get killed." He said as he patted my back.
"You all have thirty minutes to get ready, use your time wisely." Remington said. The monitor then turned off and the doors to the elevator opened. Only half of us walked out of the elevator, while the other half stayed inside. Everyone was preparing for the tournament in various ways, whether it be sharpening their weapons, loading their guns, punching the various punching bags, or in Mercury's case, doing a few modifications to his prosthetic legs. After everyone was ready, the elevator opened, revealing two men in suits.
"Will all contestants please come with us." The man on the right said. Everyone then followed the men into the elevator. As the man on the left pushed the button on the bottom of the console, the elevator doors closed. A few minutes passed before the elevator doors opened again. Everyone then walked into the dark room, waiting for further instructions. The elevator doors then closed, leaving us in a pitch black room.
Before any of us could react, light began to shine above us, and the ground began to move upward. As we reached the top, we could see the arena clearly, people were cheering from all directions and Grimm could be heard from the doors on the side of the arena.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to Remington's Grand Tournament!" Remington said through the speakers. The crowd roared with applause, demanding that the tournament start.
"For those of you who are just joining us for today, the tournament will be divided into 5 categories. The preliminaries, the starting round, the semi-final qualifiers, the semi-finals, and the finals. We will bend the rules based on the number of contestants that make it to the tournament." Remington said.
"I'm sure that you're all waiting for the tournament to start. Let's begin the countdown." Remington said.
5
Everyone got out their weapons, ready for battle.
4
I took my sword out of its sheath.
3
Mercury put's a bullet magazine into his boot's.
2
"Try not to die." I said to Mercury.
1
The doors on the side then opened, revealing a horde of Grimm on the other side.
"Same to you." Mercury said.
The Grimm then roared and began to charge at us. Everyone then went in separate directions, charging at the Grimm. A few Beowolfs charged at me, one of them tries to slash it evasive claw at me, but I was able to roll out of the way. I slashed at its arm, making a clean cut as it cut through its flesh. It reels back in pain, I then pushed my sword through it's chest, silencing it.
I turned towards the next one, who was already charging at me to avenge it's fallen, friend. It tries to pounce on me, but I roll backwards and swing my sword at its head, making a clean cut in its armor. It goes and grabs my sword with one of its claws, trying to break my grip from it. Smirking, I activate the buster enchantment, cutting it's claw off in the process. It howls in pain, I go and swing at its abdomen, cutting it clean in half.
"Would you look at that folks! It seems that Brandon has a few tricks up his sleeve." Remington said. I turn towards Mercury to see how he was doing. A Boarbatusk charges at Mercury, but Mercury kicks the Boarbatusk in the head, firing his weapon, and killing it in the process. Three more Boarbatusk then charge at Mercury, but he uses his semblance to propel himself into the air.
He fires a few shots from his boots while he was in the air, propelling him even higher up. The first two shot kills the two Boarbatusk's, but the other shots bounce off of the Boarbatusk's armor. Mercury uses his semblance to shoot himself down to the ground, slamming his boots onto the Boarbatusk, crushing its skull in the process.
I didn't even have time to react as a Beowolf pounced on me. I use my sword to try to push it off of me, but it was determined to rip me to shreds. Before the Beowolf could attack, Mercury kicks it in the head, killing it in the process.
"Looked like you could use some help." Mercury said as he held his hand outward.
"Thanks." I said as I grabbed his hand. A pack of Beowolfs then circle around us, ready to kill us.
"Hey, how about we use enchant?" Mercury asked.
"Hell yeah, let's kick some ass." I said as I activated Enchant. Mercury and I were surrounded by a purple aura, feeling empowered. The Beowolfs then rushed at us, but Mercury used his semblance to push all three of them backwards. The pressure from the wind was so strong that it was enough to kill all three of the Beowolfs as they made impact with the wall.
"Damn! This feeling never get's old!" Mercury said. I rushed forward at two more Beowolf's, the first one tried to slash at me, but I was able to dodge and push him in Mercury's direction. Mercury kicked the Beowolf upwards, using his semblance to add extra power. The Beowolf slammed into the ceiling, as it was falling, Mercury used his semblance to push himself upward.
Mercury kicked it to the ground, killing it in the process. As Mercury landed, more Beowolfs started to surround us. Mercury smirked and started to fire his wind rockets around us. He then started to kick the Beowolf's in the direction of the rockets, as he landed the kicks, one rocket made it's way to the Beowolf. As it made contact, it was enough for the Beowolf to completely explode.
A fairly large Ursa Major started to charge at Mercury, Mercury then shot himself upwards, and then straight down onto the Ursa, as his foot made contact with the Ursa major, the rest of the rockets made their way towards the Ursa, killing it as they landed.
"Quite an incredible display of skill from Mercury Black everyone!" Remington said. The crowd then began to chant Mercury's name. All of a sudden, I heard a scream from behind me, as I turned, I could see that a pack of Beowolfs were surrounding the man. Taking action, I started to run towards the man in attempts to save him. As I ran towards him, I activated the buster enchantment. As the aura around Mercury faded, Mercury turned towards me to see what I was doing.
"Brandon! What are you doing?!" Mercury shouted.
"What does it look like?! I'm trying to save a person's life!" I yelled. The man shoots his revolver at one of the Beowolfs, but only hit's his abdomen. The Beowolf then slashed at his abdomen, shattering his aura.
Shit! The guy's going to die if I don't move faster!
As I saw the Beowolfs close in, I started to run even faster.
The Beowolf slashed at his leg, leaving a nasty cut in it. The man yells in pain, but was quickly silenced as one of the Beowolfs teeth made contact with his torso. He screamed in agony as the Beowolfs teeth sunk deeper and deeper into the man's torso. He tried to fire his weapon, but the Beowolf then grabbed his left arm and sunk its teeth into it. The man couldn't even yell as he started to cough up blood. The Beowolf then yanked his arm clean off, chewing on it all the while.
I cut the Beowolf that was chewing on the man's arm in half, and then stabbed the one that was eating the man's torso in the head. I rushed over to the man to see what the damage was. To say that it was bad would be putting it lightly, the guy got fucked up. Most of his side body was completely gone, half of his right arm was bitten off, and his torso... well... let's just say that you can still see his cribbage, and a severally fucked up lung.
I tried to say something to the man, to give him some form of comfort in. Like "You're going to a better place." or something. But it was already too late, the man was already dead. Every sound around me sounded muffled and unclear, I could also hear some sort of ringing noise around me. I was brought back into reality by Mercury shaking me violently.
"Brandon!" Mercury shouted. I blinked a couple times before responding.
"Mercury?"
"You can come to terms with what happened later, but right now we need to stay focused or else we're going to end up just like him." Mercury said, pointing at the man's corpse.
"Y-Yeah, okay." I said in a low tone.
"Good, now pick up your weapon and fight!" He said. I looked at my feet to see my sword near my feet, I shake my head and pick up my weapon. As I picked it up, I noticed that the front edge of the blade had a weird black aura on it.
Well, this is new.
Though before I could inspect it any further, it disappeared.
Is it a new enchantment?
I shook my head and ran towards Mercury.
I can think about it later. Right now I need to make it through the preliminaries. I thought to myself. Two Beowolfs then charged at me, I activated the buster enchantment. I swing at the first Beowolf, cutting its arm off. I slash again at the Beowolfs torso, cutting it clean in half, silencing it.
I turn towards the second Beowolf and clash at it. It dodges it just in time, and slashes at me, sending me flying a few feet. I charge at him, doing a slicing motion as I run, silencing it as my blade made contact with the Beowolf's torso.
"Would you look at that folks! Our contestants are making clean work of the Grimm! Unfortunately, there was one casualty, as sad as it is, he knew what he was getting into when he entered the Grand Tournament." Remington said.
"How about it folks? Should we spice things up a bit?" Remington asked, the crowd then yelled in agreement.
"Well then, I do aim to please!" Remington yelled as he pulled a lever on the wall. All of a sudden, the ground began to rumble and the ground door opened. As it opened, we could hear a loud growl from the other side of the door.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me." I said as a Deathstalker appeared from the floor. The Deathstalker then roared loudly and charged at a few of the contestants. They all ran in different directions, but one of them was grabbed by the Deathstalker. He yelled in pain as he was thrown against the wall, shattering his aura. He didn't even have time to react as the Deathstalker used it's tail to stab the man in the stomach, killing him instantly. My eye's then widened as the Deathstalker started to charge in the direction of Mercury.
"Mercury, heads up!" I yell as loud as I could, but to no avail. The mixed sound of gunshots and Grimm roars were so loud that Mercury couldn't hear me. I started to run in Mercury's direction in hopes to push him out of the way of the oncoming attack.
No no no no no!
I tried to rub even faster, but it was no use, the Deathstalker reeled it's tail backwards, getting ready to deliver the killing blow.
"MERCURY!" I shouted out to him. The Deathstalker then lunged at Mercury with the intent to kill.
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Only to be stopped by an orange barrier that appeared around Mercury. Mercury was surprised for a second before he used his semblance to move himself out of the way.
"What just...?" I asked myself before looking at my blade. The blade was surrounded by an orange aura, the same aura that surrounded the barrier that saved Mercury.
A new enchantment.
"Holy shit! That was close, I owe you one man." Mercury said as he landed beside me.
"Yeah, well now we're even." I said to him. The Deathstalker roared and charged at the two of us.
"Gimme a break." I said.
"So how do you wanna handle this?" Mercury asked.
"Try to find a way to pin the Deathstalker to the ground, after that, I'll use enchant to power up your semblance, use your wind rockets, then see if you can kill it." I said.
"Alright, let's do it." He said. The Deathstalker then tried to stab one of us with its tail, but we both roll in separate directions to try to throw it off. I go into slice one of its small legs off of its body. It shrieks in pain and then starts to swing the its tail in a circular motion, knocking both Mercury and I onto the floor. It goes in to stab me with its massive tail, only to be stopped by the barrier enchantment.
I rolled sideways and grab its tail. It tries to shake me off, but to no avail. I activate the Enchant enchantment.
"Mercury! Now!" I yell. Mercury nods and shoots a barrage of wind rockets in various directions. There were so many rockets surrounding us that it looked like we were in a dome of wind. I then deactivate Enchant, and activated the Buster enchantment. I shove my sword though it's abdomen, holding it in place.
Mercury jumped and slammed his foot into the Deathstalkers. The different rockets that surround us then come speeding towards the Deathstalkers. The Deathstalker then shrieked and pain as the different rockets made contact with its body, explosions going off all over it's body.
"Well, I guess that takes care of that." Mercury says, dusting himself off.
"Yeah, now I need to get my-." I began, only for a very pissed of Deathstalker to roar, blowing the wind away.
"Sword." I finished.
"Are you kidding me?! That's every single rocket I had how is this thing not dead yet?!" Mercury yelled. It then stumbles forward in attempts to close the gap between us.
"Well, it looks like it's almost dead, let's finish this thing off!" I said. Mercury nodded and we both charged at the weakened Deathstalker. It tries to swing its massive claw at us, but because it was already weakened, the attack was slow and predictable. I roll backwards and grab onto the massive claw. I run up to unsheathe my sword from its abdomen. I activated the Buster enchantment and cut off its massive stinger. The stinger stabs the Deathstalker's abdomen, causing the Deathstalker to shrieks in pain.
"Mercury, go!" I yell as I roll off of the Deathstalker. Mercury nods and uses his semblance to propel himself upwards, and slams his boot onto the stinger, impaling it further into the Deathstalker, silencing it.
"The preliminaries are over!" Remington said into the mic. Mercury and I looked around to see that all of the Grimm were dead.
"Eight people will be moving on to the actual tournament." Remington said as he pulled a lever on the wall. A door then opened from one of the walls, revealing a lobby, and a medical team prepared. A few of the doctors came out with two body bags, one for the guy who got killed by the Deathstalkers, and the other who got killed by the... Beowolfs. All of a sudden, my heart felt very heavy. I start to hyperventilate, realization kicking in.
I just watched a man die.
"Brandon." Mercury said, but it the only thing I heard was a muffled version of someone's voice.
"Brandon!" Mercury yelled.
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"BRANDON!" Mercury yelled, shaking me violently.
"Look, I get why you're upset, you just watched a man die. But it's a part of life. People will die for the stupidest of reasons, for the stupidest causes. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to move on with your life!" He said to me. It took me a moment to process what he said before I nodded.
"Yeah, thanks Merc, I'm just a little out of it. I mean, I just watched a guy die." I said to him.
"Maybe I could have saved him." I said to him.
"Yeah, and maybe you could have gotten killed in the process, don't think about it too hard. It will only make the pain worse." He said.
Yeah, I know. I mean, I've been doing that a lot recently. With me dying and being ripped from my world and all.
"Let's go and get a drink, on me." He said.
"Yeah, thanks." I said as I followed Mercury into the room.
"Ow ow ow!" I said as one of the doctors used some disinfectant on my cut's.
"Just hold still." The doctor said.
"Hey! They posted next week's match-ups on the leader board!" One of the fighters said.
We all then walked out to see who we were fighting against.
Brandon. Vs. Alexa
Mercury. Vs. Jack
"So, Alexa will be my first opponent, huh?" I said.
"And I'm fighting some guy named Jack." Mercury said.
We both turned towards our opponents.
Alexa was a 5'4 girl with black hair tied into a ponytail. She wore a red shirt with black pants. She also wore a pair of black wristbands on her wrists. She looked rather... basic to be fighting in a tournament, to be honest.
Jack was a 5'8 man with white hair and blue eyes. He wore a black hoodie with armor plating's on the arms, as well as a white shirt underneath. He also wore black pants with knee pads and black boots with white lacing.
Both of them start to walk towards us. As they stood in front of us, Jack extended his hand outwards.
"Greetings! It is nice to meet our future opponents!" Jack said politely.
"Uh, yeah, nice to meet you." Mercury said as he shook his hand.
"Hey, it's nice to meet ya!" I said as I extended my hand outward, Alexa looked hesitant at first before she slowly shook my hand.
"May the odds forever be in your favor!" Jack said as he walked away from us and out of the door. I then turn towards Alexa, or well, the spot that Alexa used to me in.
"Well, that could have gone better." I said. I then looked at Mercury, he seemed to be very tense at the moment.
"Hey man, what's up with you?" I asked.
"Did Jack seem kinda... odd to you?" Mercury asked me.
"He seemed pretty fine to me." I said to him.
"I don't know, there just something about that guy that runs me the wrong way." Mercury said.
"What do you mean?" I asked him.
"Let's just say, that I can tell that there's a lot of blood on his hands." Mercury said.
"Well, try not to think about it too much, you still owe me a drink, remember?"
"Alright, let's get out of here, I'm starving." He said as we walked out of the warehouse.
Journal Entry # 15
And so concludes the preliminaries. There are a lot of questions on my mind right now. Like who is Jack, and why is Mercury so tense about him?
And what was up with that strange black aura that surrounded my blade during the fight?
Well, I guess I'll know the answer to both of those questions in time.
Omake- An Alternate Ending- Not Cannon
"Hmm, it's better than I expected." I could hear Ozpin say.
"Professor Ozpin?!" All of the girls and Mercury yell.
"About time you got here! What the hell took you so long?!" I ask.
"I needed to get the required ingredients for the cure." He said.
"Then give it to me! These girls are about to-!" I was cut off by Ozpin pouring his hot cup of coffee over my head.
"OW! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?! I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO-!" I was interrupted by a very unsettling feeling behind me.
"Uh..." I said as I turned around to face the six girls, who all had visible hearts in there eyes.
"Ozpin, I thought you said that this would cure me?!" I yelled.
"Hmm, it appears I may have done a miscalculation, instead of making a cure, I actually amplified the effect and range." Ozpin said.
"We love you Brandon!" All the girls shouted.
"Excuse me, but what did you say?" Mercury said as he walked up to the girls.
"Mercury?!" I yelled.
"Well then, this is both unexpected and... amusing." Ozpin said with a smirk.
"You seem to be surrounded by a great number of beautiful women. Perhaps you can explain the meaning of all this..." Mercury said.
"Ah shit! Not you too! Wait... what's with your eyes? They're...heart-shaped...?!" I said.
"Hmm it seems that the pink dust now has an effect on men as well." Ozpin said.
"Then why aren't you acting like him?!" I asked him. Ozpin shrugged his shoulders and continued to watch the scene unfold.
"Back off Mercury! He's not yours for the taking!" Emerald shouted.
"Oh you're all such fools." A voice from behind us said. We turn to see that Cinder Fall was standing right behind us.
"C-Cinder?!" Mercury and Emerald shouted.
"Brandon would want to be with a more mature and powerful woman. Why do you think I got the Fall Maidens power?" Cinder said. I then look at Ozpin who was currently reading a newspaper he got from the coffee shop.
"Um... Aren't you going to do anything about that?!" I yelled as I point towards Cinder.
"Nope, this is an omake, so anything we do here is non-canon." Ozpin said.
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"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABO-?!" I was int erupted by the sound of weapons unfolding.
"You two would betray me?" Cinder said with a smirk.
"If it meant having Brandon, I would fight the entire world!" Emerald said.
"Excuse me?!" A familiar voice said from the distance. We all turn to our right to see that Weiss and Winter were walking towards us.
"I don't recall giving any of you permission to talk with MY fiance!" Weiss said.
"Well, at least it's not husband." I said under my breath.
"Oh Weiss, I believe you're already to late for that, he's already MY fiance." Winter said as she gripped one of my shoulders.
Bad Touch!
I turned my head towards Ozpin to see that he was eating a bowl of noodles he got from the noodle stand right around the corner.
"Oh come on. He would never settle for a Schnee." An unknown voice said. All of a sudden, a black rope wrapped it's self around me, pulling me up towards the roof of a building.
"He's mine." Blake said.
"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!" I yell.
"Of course I do!" Blake said.
"What's my name?!" I yell.
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"Bookstore guy?" She said.
"PUT ME DOWN!" I yell. Cinder then fired a fire ball at Blake, though she was able to dodge just in time before it landed.
"I would advice you to put down my future husband." Cinder said in a low tone.
"He's my husband!" eight girl's said in unison.
"You horrible pack of harpies, don't you dare touch my brother! Get out of my way, or I'll rip you to pieces!" Mercury yelled as he charged towards all nine of the girls.
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Review Response
zeldawolffang: Thanks! I'm glad you like it!
Guest: Not from the last chapter, but I'll talk about it anyway. I do plan on going into Brandon's emotional state after the whole universe swap in a later chapter, I haven't completely forgotten about it.
He Who Listens: This guy get's it!
dragoncraftertex: I'm glad you thought the chapter was funny.
War historian: Welp, time to break my legs.
nightmaster000: Glad you liked it!
jeit93: Sorry! Shit happens.
Poll Progression.
ReNora: 27
Arkos: 26
Black Sun: 12
Lancaster: 10
Iceberg: 9
Shades and Blades: 5
Cinnabun: 4
Alexa
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 121 lbs
Age: 18
Strength: B
Speed: B
Endurance: B
Perception: C
Semblance: ?
Semblance: Unknown
Jack
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 142 lbs
Age: 24
Strength: B
Speed: A
Endurance: C
Perception: A
Semblance: ?
Semblance: Unknown
Well, that's about it.
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