Hey, guys! Here is the twentieth chapter of Holy World War! The Alliance began to uncover the book involving Ozpin and Salem, as well as clues to how Igneel and the other dragons could be tied into this. Hope you liked it.
Chapter 20 – The Truth
Once upon a time, a lonely woman named Salem Starlight was locked away in a tower by her cruel father, desiring freedom above all else in her life. A time where magic was granted and kingdoms living together.
One day, a legendary hero named Ozma Stormwind rescued her from the tower, falling in love and went on many adventures together, living happily ever after. Or so it seemed.
Ozma, died of an unknown illness, breaking Salem's heart and nearly driving her to despair. But she wouldn't give up. Instead, she would come to the Gods of Light and Darkness, the brother gods, hoping they can bring back her beloved.
Salem first asked the God of Light, but he outright refused, knowing that would disrupt the order of balance. Refusing such a thing, she asked the God of Darkness instead, who is easily more convincing than his older brother: carelessly agreeing to the terms, the God of Darkness brought Ozma back and Salem felt overjoyed.
However, having found out the deception, the God of Light made his younger brother realize the folly and Salem's ploy. Killing Ozma once more, the gods cursed her immortal to walk Remnant forever: unable to die on her own accord, or be killed by anyone else.
Consumed by rage, she turned every kingdom of the world to turn against their creators and hope to rid herself of the gods' curse… or at the least, make them suffer for the injustice they placed on her and her beloved.
Leading a massive army, Salem attempted an all-out assault on the two gods. But the divine couldn't be defeated and made a choice: by the power of the Darkness God, wiping all life of Remnant except Salem. With the deed done, the twin gods were forced to leave Remnant behind to learn of their folly.
Alone once more as years pass by, Salem cursed the gods. Cursed the universe. Cursed all of reality except herself. Wandering until the day of her judgment comes.
Heading to the Land of Darkness where she met the Darkness God, she thought the black pools of the Grimm will end her once and for all. But in reality, she was wrong: the pools transformed her into an immortal, desiring only for destruction and malevolence.
In the afterlife, Ozma was tasked by the God of Light to find the four Relics left behind upon the gods' departure: Knowledge, Creation, Choice and Destruction and summon the gods back to judge the mortals to either live with them once more if humanity is united again, or destroy humanity if they have not learned from their mistakes.
Cursed to reincarnating to a new body with his soul intact every time he dies, Ozma found himself in a world completely different: Faunus treated as slaves, no magic flowing through the world, and dark energies known as malevolence resided within all life that affects and destroys.
Founding Salem after all these years, Ozma kept his task a secret as he began to learn all that Salem has done and live with her until he knows the truth. Knowing that men are easily swayed, the two amassed a following that grew into a kingdom, blossoming a family at the head, with the four children learning how to use magic from their parents.
But tragedy between the two struck them once again: Ozma told Salem everything about his reasons for returning to life, the scattered Relics and the judgement the gods plan on humanity's day of reckoning. Salem disagreed with the notion and wants to replace them to become something better. Disgusted with each other's ideals, the two lovers became mortal enemies for an entire millennium, being a long and painful cycle for Ozma to find many ways to stop his ex-lover even with every death and reincarnation.
To ensure humanity's unity, Ozma was forced to have no choice but to defeat Salem. But even with the Relic of Knowledge, he soon realized HE can't destroy Salem. Shocked from the answer, Ozma began to lose hope.
Until one day, hope was still there. Appearing what appears to be another world, a dragon named Igneel met Ozma and learned about the man's mission. Igneel recognized this and told Ozpin about the tale of two brothers, Natsu and Zeref Dragneel, victims of a Dragon Civil War that also forced the dragon to remove the younger Dragneel's memories after the older Dragneel revived him as a demon, which cursed him to become immortal by the god of his world: a world where magic still resides. Igneel offered Ozma two other ways to stop Salem without killing her: remove the curse by helping her remember the importance of life or seal her away forever without remorse.
Ozma realized something that he never realized until now… he never wanted to destroy Salem despite her immortality. In fact, he wanted to free her from the curse and die with her to end the cycle of hate. Ozma agreed to Igneel's terms and together, they worked with the other dragons and other worldly foreign beings who share the same goal of stopping Salem, Acnologia and other immortals, and reunite humanity of the worlds they live, from the long history of war, conflict, malevolence, despair, greed and hatred.
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It was nighttime; a full moon shown in the dark sky. The Alliance, the Redfield siblings and Mikasa gathered around in a manmade campfire with chairs and logs to sit.
After finishing the story, everyone (except those who've already read the book before) were completely stunned by the entire story.
"I can't believe it…" Kaede said.
"It wasn't easy to say." Zoro said.
The Acts of Order, especially Natsu, was dead silent in shock.
"Ozpin was hiding this all this time… to protect us?" Blake asked.
"Him and Ingeel." Gray replied.
"I just can't believe it…" Blizzard said.
"The dragons probably told Ozpin-san to keep this all quiet to prevent public riots and chaos." Robin explained.
"I was angry after hearing all that at first… but after Igneel…" Jaune explained, not wanting to finish the last part in front of Natsu.
"It's okay, Jaune. We know what you mean." Happy explained.
Yang was feeling conflicted after hearing that story. Questioning herself whether she should be angry at the headmaster and Natsu's father for hiding all this, or sad that Ozpin and Salem suffered the same fate as Natsu and Zeref. Her left arm was shaking from the stress.
Evan managed to hold her robotic hand with his human hand to keep her calm.
Yang looked into his eyes: concerned and sad at seeing the blonde girl giving in to her anger, deciding to cool down for his sake.
"Things got a lot more complicated, don't they?" Sanji asked, blowing a smoke from a cigarette.
"We have to not only deal with Nightmare and all our old enemies, but also fighting two immortals and an entire empire." Karma explained.
"Is there any chance in victory now?" Carla asked.
"You don't mean that, Carla!" Wendy hollered.
"If Zeref and Salem can't be defeated… then what can we do?" Haruto asked.
"Haruto-kun…" Mikasa said.
"Forget them! How are we gonna defeat Zeref's entire empire that even has 12 people that are strong to fight gods?!" Terasaka exclaimed.
"You don't seriously mean that?!" Souma asked, in an angry manner.
"Of course he does!" Usopp hollered.
"Let's face the facts… our current chance against all these forces are next to nothing!" Weiss hollered.
"We can't win against them! We're as good as dead!" Sugaya hollered.
"How can you guys say that?!" Isogai asked, in an angry manner.
"Getting angry isn't gonna help anyone!" Kataoka hollered.
"Guys! Calm down!" Okuda hollered.
Some of the Alliance members began to argue as everyone else tried to defuse the situation.
The only ones silent were the Acts of Order, Yuna, Lucy, and Fuwa.
Suddenly, Fuwa began to shed tears.
"I'm sorry… for not telling you…" Fuwa said.
Nagisa, noticing this, hugged his cousin to comfort her, causing the martial artist to cry more.
Fuwa's cries were enough to stop all the arguing and focus on her saddened state.
Nami and Jaune both sensed this and offered their comfort by putting their hands on her shoulder.
"It's okay, Fuwa. We know you don't want to spoil everyone about the future." Nami explained.
"You were the one who taught me to keep moving forward and not giving into despair." Jaune explained.
"I don't blame you for keeping your secrets about our worlds. We always have to find the answers ourselves and make a choice." Jaune continued.
"It was thanks to you I began to understand about Phyrra's sacrifice and I won't hold anyone against it. It was her choice to make." Jaune continued.
"So stay true to your vow, okay?" Jaune finished.
Hearing the confession brought ease to Fuwa, who wiped the tears off her eyes and try to smile.
Nagisa gave a soft smile, as did Blue.
"We have to stay true to our word." Blue thought.
"So… what do we do?" Aria asked.
Everyone now became silent, unsure if they should keep fighting or just give up.
Kouga's eyes were hidden by his bangs, but became unwavering.
"We keep fighting." Kouga said.
The Alliance, the Redfield siblings and Mikasa were surprised by the godslayer's answer.
"You serious?" Lily asked.
"How can you be so sure?" Sachi asked.
"We've been though many tough spots before: fighting demons, dragons, gods – hell, we even fought our inner demons to keep fighting!" Kouga replied.
Everyone became silent.
"I know you're all scared! Hell, I'm scared despite my bravery that I almost got killed by Zeref!" Kouga hollered.
"But that won't stop me! Or any of us!" Kouga hollered.
Kouga began to take cool down a bit.
"This is tough for all of us, but we have to keep moving forward no matter what we lose." Kouga explained.
"If we even think about giving up now, then it's not all of our efforts have been for nothing…" Kouga continued.
"It's all of the efforts both the living AND the dead risked to help us get through all the obstacles we faced in our own worlds, and here!" Kouga finished.
Everyone's surprise got higher from what Kouga just said.
"So many people lived, fought, and even died for us in the past, but we're still here!" Kouga hollered.
"Is giving up the right thing to honor all those comrades by giving up?!" Kouga asked.
Everyone became silent.
The other Acts of Order got up and stood beside their fellow Act.
"Natsu?" Lucy asked.
"Luffy?" Nami asked.
"Ruby?" Weiss asked.
"Nagisa-kun?" Kaede asked.
"Kouga's right." Natsu said.
"We have to keep fighting. For all the people who loved us so dearly and to honor their promises to keep going." Natsu continued.
"I made a promise to Igneel to keep moving ahead no matter what happens." Natsu finished.
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"Never stop. Always keep walking forward. Know that I will always be in your heart." Igneel explained, during a flashback.
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"I also made a promise to the future Lucy to protect the future no matter the cost." Natsu explained.
Team Natsu gasped.
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"Please… protect the future…" Future Lucy Heartfilia said, during a flashback.
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"I made a promise to myself to keep going… for Ace's sake." Luffy explained.
"For my vow to never again lose the people I love." Luffy continued.
The Straw Hats' morale boosted from their captain's speech.
Aika especially, began to smile brightly again.
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"I won't run! Sometimes… the blood goes rushing into my head… I feel like if I'd run, I'll lose something important to me. So no way in hell I'm running!" Ace hollered, during a flashback.
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"I even made a promise to Shanks I'd become a great pirate. The king of the pirates." Luffy explained, holding onto his straw hat.
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"Keep this hat safe for me?" Shanks asked, during a flashback.
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"I made a promise to keep moving forward too. To fight Salem and Zeref." Ruby explained.
"To honor the memories of both Pyrrha and Penny! To never give up!" Ruby hollered.
The three-fourths of RWBY and JNPR, and Zwei, were amazed by Ruby's new resolve.
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"When I think of destiny, I don't think of a predetermined fate you can't escape. But rather… some sort of final goal, something you work towards your entire life." Pyrrha Nikos explained, during a flashback.
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"We will always be friends, right, Ruby?" Penny Polendina asked, during a flashback.
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"I also made a promise to myself to never give up." Nagisa said.
"To become someone my parents can be proud of when I grow up to make a difference in the world." Nagisa continued.
"That's why I decided to become a teacher for my career." Nagisa finished.
Class E were surprised by Nagisa's speech as well, most of all Kaede, Blue and Fuwa.
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"I know you'll do great, son." Yusei Shiota said, during a flashback.
"No matter what happens, your father and I will always be proud of you." Hiromi Shiota said, during a flashback.
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"And I know Saori-san will always be with us. Even among worlds, her will can inspire us to keep fighting for humanity." Kouga explained.
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"I believe in the peace and love of the Earth and its people. As a Goddess of Wisdom and War, my Saints and I will lead the path of rigetouness to victory!" Saori hollered, during a flashback.
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"And also… to Subaru." Kouga said, closing his eyes to remember his fallen comrade.
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"Stay true to your word and never give up. I know you can do it… Kouga…" Subaru explained, during a flashback.
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"Believe me. What Zeref and Salem truly did was absolutely unforgivable…" Kouga explained.
"But killing them won't end the cycle. It will just keep continuing with more people rising in their names." Kouga continued.
"It maybe corny of me, Natsu, Luffy, Ruby or Nagisa to say *let's save them*, but it's the human heart telling us to do the right thing and put an end to the ghosts of the dark pasts for years." Kouga finished.
The Alliance became surprised again.
"Zeref and I suffered so much no matter our differences. I refuse to let anyone else go through that same endless cycle." Natsu explained.
Natsu ignited his fist in fire.
"I'll burn that destiny to ashes! I decide my own future! Not them!" Natsu hollered.
Lucy smiled by Natsu's kindness, happy to see him in his determined form.
"We also have dreams. Our own reasons to fight and not someone else's." Luffy explained.
"Alone we're strong, but together… we can overcome any challenge that comes our way even if they're immortal." Ruby explained.
"I swore to never take lives either. I'm human to give life and protect those important to us. Not destroy it." Nagisa explained.
"So no matter what happens… what we face…" Kouga said.
"WE'RE ALWAYS STRONGER TOGETHER AS A FAMILY!" The Acts of Order shouted in unison.
The inspiring words of their leaders ignited hope into the Alliance, the Redfield siblings and Mikasa.
"Where ever you go Kouga, I'll always fight with you." Yuna said.
"Who cares if they're immortal or Nightmare's a god! We're stronger together!" Souma hollered.
"Kouga-kun and the others are right. We can overcome anything when we work together." Ryuho commented.
"We faced the immortal and won. Nothing's gonna stop us." Haruto explained.
"Well said, Haruto-kun." Mikasa said.
"You're an inspiration, Kouga. Know that everyone's right beside you." Eden commented.
"Alright!" Sachi and Emma hollered in unison.
"Thank you for your inspiring speech, Kouga." Aria commented.
"Fairy Tail's stronger when we come together and overcome the odds!" Lucy hollered.
"Aye, sir!" Happy hollered.
"Can't let that hothead have all the fun." Gray commented.
"This is a war we can't afford to lose no matter the circumstance." Erza explained.
"I'm giving this everything I got!" Wendy hollered.
"You said it, Wendy." Carla said.
"I'm fired up now!" Romeo hollered.
"Wherever Gray-sama and Blake-san go, I go with!" Juvia hollered.
"Gihihi." Gajeel laughed.
"That's the way of the Alliance." Lily said.
"We can do this!" Levy hollered.
"Luffy will become the King of the Pirates! And I'm gonna be the best navigator he's got!" Nami hollered.
"You're amazing, Luffy." Blizzard commented.
"Looks like I'll have lots of fun." Zoro said.
"I'm a brave sea warrior! I won't be a disappointment to Luffy!" Usopp hollered.
"Never fear ladies, your knight-in-shining-armor is here to defend you!" Sanji hollered, entering his "Love Hurricane" mode.
"I will treat any injury I can!" Chopper hollered.
"This should be fun." Robin commented.
"I'm feeling SUPER motivated now!" Franky hollered, doing his signature pose.
"Everyone's feeling energetic my eyes could fall out. Then again… I'm already dead, Yohohoho!" Brook laughed.
"Nii-san and Kouga-nii-chan's the coolest!" Aika hollered.
"You said it." Kumi said.
"Can't let my dolt of a girlfriend take all the fighting without me." Weiss commented.
"I always knew Ruby's embodiment was purity. Now… it's hope." Blake commented.
"I'm with my little sis and my four new brothers all the way! Who cares if Salem's immortal, I'll still fight to win!" Yang hollered.
(A/N: Yang refers to Kouga, Natsu, Luffy and Nagisa as her foster brothers.)
"Atta girl." Evan said.
"You guys got this!" Holly hollered.
"Go get'em!" Derek and Faith hollered in unison.
Tina barked happily.
"We're ready to roll!" Zwei hollered.
"Phyrra gave her life to keep us going. I won't let her efforts go to waste!" Jaune hollered.
"Aw yeah!" Nora hollered.
"We won't let anyone else suffer what we went through. We will protect the people we love no matter what." Ren explained.
"I believe in you, Nagisa-kun. All the way." Kaede explained.
"Me too." Blue said.
"You never cease to amaze us, dude." Karma commented.
"Let's take them all down!" Sugino hollered.
"We can't give up. No matter what." Isogai said.
"Damn right, bro." Maehara commented.
"Guess I need to start pulling my own weight." Nakamura said.
"Let's give it our all." Kataoka said.
"Yeah!" Okano hollered.
"I-I'll help out too!" Okuda hollered.
"Things are getting exciting." Kanzaki said.
"Someone's gotta watch Wendy-chan and Aika-chan in these fights." Yada explained.
"You said it, babe." Kimura said.
"Count us in!" Sugaya hollered.
"Let's teach Zeref, Salem and Nightmare a lesson they will never forget!" Fuwa hollered.
"To hell with how strong they are." Chiba said.
"We won't give up." Hayami said.
"Who cares about Alvarez! I'll kick all their asses!" Terasaka hollered.
The Acts of Order were touched by the resolve of their comrades, showing their determined wills once more.
"Then let's get out there and win this war!" Kouga hollered.
"YEAH!" The Alliance, the Redfield siblings and Mikasa shouted in unison.
"I'm glad my heroes are becoming more determined than ever." A voice commented.
Everyone began to quickly see where the source came from.
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Appearing from the top of the porch were Elysium, Seiya, Kiki, Mavis, Jellal, Ultear, Meredy, Jimbei, Qrow, Ozpin, Oscar, Sun, Korosensei, Redfield, Megan, Hawkeye, Briggs and Gen.
The Alliance became surprised at seeing Ozpin back into his original body and not his soul in Oscar's.
"WHAT THE?! OZPIN AND OSCAR ARE NOW SEPARATE?!" The Alliance (except Ryuho, Haruto, Eden, Aria, Robin, Blake, Ren, Karma, Okuda, Kanzaki, Chiba and Hayami) exclaimed in unison.
"I used my power to separate Ozpin's soul from young Oscar and restore the body he once had before the fall of Beacon." Elysium explained.
"Can't let Ozpin fight Salem in a child's body." Elysium said.
"I cool with that…" Oscar said.
Ozpin held his head down in shame.
"I'm sorry… for everything…" Ozpin said.
"If only Salem and I never met, none of this would ever happened." Ozpin explained.
The young huntsmen and huntresses saw the sadness in Ozpin, not knowing what to say to him.
"What, falling in love? That's not a crime." Gajeel commented.
"It's important to be in love. But to honor the loss and move forward instead of desecrating their corpses for selfish love." Gajeel explained.
Ozpin was touched by Gajeel's speech.
Nora gasped.
"Holy crap… he said something nice twice now!" Nora hollered.
"It's like the end of the world!" Fuwa hollered.
"How is that metal mouth able to say something nice?!" Terasaka exclaimed.
"Aw, he does care." Nakamura said.
"The real Gajeel's never been this caring." Natsu commented, mocking the iron mage.
"SHUT UP!" Gajeel shouted.
Levy giggled.
"I'm starting to love that new side of you, dear." Levy commented.
"Maybe seeing your father again has taught you to become more kind now." Lily commented.
Gajeel became flabbergasted.
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"You still got some of that rust in your eye." Metalicana commented, during a flashback.
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Gajeel's face became red of embarrassment and gritted his teeth.
Most of the Alliance laughed.
"It's good to see you all in good condition again." Qrow commented.
A bird fell onto Sun's head, courtesy of Qrow's Semblance.
"Except that." Qrow said.
"Really?" Sun asked.
The bird woke up and flapped it's wings, deciding to sit on the monkey Faunus' head.
Blake giggled at her boyfriend's predicament.
"I think that bird kinda suits you." Blake commented.
"You're a master of positive sarcasm." Sun said, having a sweat drop on his forehead.
"He sure has a Bird-tastic time!" Yang hollered.
Blake and Sun, and even Weiss and Holly groaned at Yang's pun.
"That's my girl." Evan said.
"Jokes aside, Gajeel's right." Sanji said.
"If it hadn't been for that, Ruby and all the others would've never met and became huntsmen." Kanzaki explained.
"So please, try your best in the here and now to make things right." Kanzaki explained.
Ozpin felt nervous, a rare trait for him.
"Professor…" Ruby said.
"I may be angry for keeping this from us, but I know you wanna make things right no matter how hard it takes." Ruby continued.
"So please, don't take on all this alone. We trust you completely." Ruby finished.
Ozpin felt blessed and regained his composure.
"Thank you." Ozpin said.
Ruby gave a toothy smile.
"It's always nice to see these kids grow so fast!" Korosensei hollered, wiping a fake tear.
Korosensei soon dodged an Anti-Sensei bullet.
"I saw that, Karma-kun!" Korosensei hollered.
"Gotta stay on guard, right?" Karma asked, holding an Anti-Sensei pistol in his right hand.
"That's so you." Gray thought, deadpanned.
"G-Gray-san! Your pants!" Okuda hollered, covering her eyes.
Gray looked down to see he tossed his jeans aside, revealing his blue underwear.
"How did that happen?!" Gray asked.
"Put some clothes on, pervert!" Weiss hollered, smacking the back of the ice mage's head.
"He's mine!" Juvia hollered.
"I'd still recommend we all keep this quiet and not tell anyone. We can't let the public be thrown into a havoc." Redfield explained.
"You sure sir?" Hawkeye asked.
"Yes." Redfield said.
"Think you could be right about this, honey." Megan said.
Briggs nodded in agreement.
"It's always nice to see the young energetic as ever." Gen commented.
"You can say that again, sir." Jellal said.
Wendy was smiling with her eyes closed, staying true to her heart.
"We must always honor the ones we love. Right, Grandeeney?" Wendy thought.
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"I love you, Wendy. Always." Grandeeney said, during a flashback.
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Yada put a hand on Wendy's shoulder, smiling at her staying positive.
Wendy giggled.
"So, Mavis-sama. Have you and Ozpin coming up with any strategies on how to fight Zeref and Salem?" Erza asked.
"A few. But we should maintain our focus on this war before that." Mavis replied.
"Also, I want to let Ichigo's group in on that as well. We owe them that much for helping us before." Mavis explained.
"You're right." Hayami said.
"I'm sure they've got things to tell us as well." Chiba said.
"I have something to offer some of you." Elysium said.
"What's that?" Kouga asked.
With a motion of her hand, Elysium granted power to Erza, Blake, Nagisa, Isogai and Kataoka.
"That was weird." Blue said.
"Sure is, girl." Nagisa said.
The two were silent for a second, before screaming out comically.
"I can hear your voice!" Nagisa hollered.
"You can hear me!" Blue hollered.
"What the hell?!" Kaede, Sugino, Maehara and Okano exclaimed.
"I've granted the power of Haki to five of the Alliance. They will come in handy in tougher fights." Elysium explained.
"Although only Armament and Observation Haki can be used." Elysium continued.
"But I'm sure the Saints don't need it, right?" Elysium finished.
"Nah! Our Cosmo can grant us anything!" Souma replied.
"Don't need too many Haki users anyway." Eden said.
"That just makes me fight Erza even more!" Natsu hollered.
"You're nuts." Happy commented, having a sweat drop on his forehead.
"I'm still surprised you fought Zeref and didn't get killed by his death magic, Kouga." Elysium commented.
Kouga remembered that fight and started to ponder why.
"That's a good question." Erza said.
"It's because of the flower bracelets Aria gave to the Acts of Order." Kiki explained.
The Acts of Order turned their attention to Kiki.
"Those flower bracelets are infused with the blood and Cosmo of Athena." Kiki explained.
"Wearing them will protect you not only from Zeref's Ankhseram Black Magic, but also from the dark powers of Hades and the Underworld." Kiki continued.
"In fact, even if your bodies someday day, as long as you have those bracelets on, your souls will still survive." Kiki finished.
Kouga felt grateful, gripping the fist his bracelet is wrapped around on.
"We should thank Saori-san if we see her someday!" Luffy hollered.
Aria giggled.
"Thank you again… Saori-san…" Kouga thought.
"I'd still recommend you all to avoid any confrontations against Zeref, Salem or the Alvarez Empire." Elysium explained.
"She's right, guys. Let's not even think about fighting them until we won this war." Levy explained.
"We know." Nagisa said.
The rest of the Alliance acknowledged Levy's warning, not daring to fight those people until they defeat Nightmare and gather the remaining fragments.
"I do have a way to boost your powers." Ultear said.
"You do?!" Most of the Alliance asked in unison.
"I've been training to increase my Arc of Time a bit, which also helped me learn a new ability to use Second Origin." Ultear replied.
Team Natsu, Kaede and Fuwa were surprised.
"Not only it works on mages, but it can awaken the hidden power within anyone's powers." Ultear explained.
"If the Alliance has this power, they can reach new heights or power or perform unique skills that were troublesome in the past." Ultear continued.
"But the process will be really painful. So, you in?" Ultear asked, giving off a dark glare.
"We have to go through this again?!" Lucy, Gray, Wendy and Levy asked in unison.
"Unfortunately, since half of your original power was cut off, you'll have to go through this to regain some of it." Elysium explained.
"Well I say bring it on!" Kouga hollered.
"Shishishi!" Luffy laughed.
"Now we're talking! Still pretty cool with you pretending to be a chick, old guy." Natsu commented.
"Excuse me?!" Ultear exclaimed.
"That's a lady, idiot!" Sanji hollered.
"Does he seriously think she's still an old man?" Gray thought.
Fuwa and Kaede laughed sheepishly.
"What's wrong, you two?" Ryuho asked.
"You're not gonna like what's coming when you get this." Kaede replied.
"Be ready for hell." Fuwa said.
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The next morning…
In Combat Hall to avoid any panic, the Alliance decided to unlock their Second Origins there for privacy.
The process… became gruesomely painful to bare.
The Acts of Order learned that the hard way when they decided to go first; screaming in pain unlike anything they've ever felt as red markings enveloped around their bodies.
Most of the Alliance were having second thoughts.
"I'd just hope whatever the hell we signed up for was worth it." Souma commented.
"You have NO idea what *hell* is like what we went through." Gray commented.
Yuna, Lucy, Nami, Weiss and Kaede began to show concern for their respective lovers bearing the pain.
"You five need to pull through. I know it's tough since we've started, but you have the strength to bear it." Ultear explained.
The Acts of Order continued to stay strong, struggling through the immense pain.
"You got this, guys." Happy said.
"Just what kind of pain are they feeling?" Jaune asked.
"I can show you with a Sensory Link." Meredy said, giving a wink.
"What?!" Souma, Gray and Jaune exclaimed in unison.
"That's Meredy. Has a playful sense of humor to go with that happy outlook." Juvia commented.
Yada, Wendy, Aika, Levy and Okuda were holding each other in fright.
"Do we really have to go through this again?" Wendy asked.
"I'm really scared." Aika commented.
"You all don't have a choice in the matter." Carla said.
"We're poached." Kumi thought, feeling depressed.
Romeo, Usopp, Chopper, Kimura and Sugaya attempted to tip-toe their way out.
"You can count us out." Romeo said.
"We don't really need the extra strength." Usopp said.
"Catch ya later." Kimura said.
Erza, Kataoka and Yang grabbed all five of them in the blink of an eye and dragged them to Ultear.
"We'll need this to get stronger. No complaining!" Erza hollered.
"Show some backbone." Kataoka said.
"Come on, ya sissies. It's not that hard." Yang said.
"NOT WANTING TO DIE SHOULD BE MY FIRST CONCERN!" The Scaredy-Cat Quartet shouted in unison.
"I feel really sorry for them." Jellal said, having a sweat drop on his forehead.
"We all do." Seiya, Mavis and Ozpin said in unison, having sweat drops on their foreheads.
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Back at the Dark Dimension, Nightmare watched the whole conversation that night and became disguated.
"Irritating mortals! They don't know when to quit!" Nightmare hollered.
"Then we'll have to do something about it, won't we?" Venus asked.
Nightmare turned to see the Acts of Chaos, getting ready to fight the Alliance soon.
"We'll just have to remind them who's in charge around here." Venus explained.
"By killing off their heads!" Venus hollered.
The Acts of Chaos' hatred to their Order counterparts increase every second.
Preview:
Eden: Looks like we're finally back in the game.
Levy: We're not gonna give in to despair again!
Nora: Yay girl! We're gonna kick some ass!
Usopp: Dial it down a few notches, Nora.
Levy: She's just excited.
Eden: We do have to go through Second Origin.
Levy and Usopp became scarred.
Usopp: O-O-On second thought, I should go work on the Sunny!
Levy: I gotta go to the Danbury Library! Got some books to try out!
Nora: Not a chance, chickens! We're gonna do the power boost thingy!
Levy & Usopp: NO! LEAVE US BE!
Nora dragged Usopp and Levy out of the scene. Leaving Eden, who looks unimpressed.
Eden: Now I know why Ren has trouble dealing with her bombastic personality.
Eden: Next time: Chapter 21 – Welcome to Skull Island.
Did you enjoy it? This was another long chapter with the Alliance's morale greater than ever even after reading the book! Nagisa, Erza, Blake, Isogai and Kataoka now have Haki (Observation and/or Armament) to help them in tougher fights thanks to Elysium. This is my alternative to RWBY Vol 6, which Ruby and her friends are more understanding of Ozpin's past and resolve to keep fighting even if Salem's immortal. That's because no matter what the situation or how strong the enemy is, heroes always keep fighting with everything they've got! I've also described the past in a summary instead of the script lines of V6 Ch3.