Okay, so answers to reviewers and PM's
Q: This is terribly written.
A: Well yeah, I knew that, I just get so excited with writing, I forget to grammar check, but god bless you and have a fantastic day.
Q: Has anyone accepted Reading Darth Arc yet?
A: Nope, might be a while before anyone does.
Q: Does Jaune look like Darth Vader or Dishwasher1910's future Jaune?
A: He looks like Darth Vader. I didn't even know about that picture til now.
Q: Harem please?
A: No! Absolutely not! I dislike Harems. Although thank you for asking politely.
VADER
"They will be coming soon." Salem said as Vader stood in front of her.
"How do you know?" He asked as she was pacing the chamber.
"Because either they want revenge, our annihilation, or they want answers, and we are the key to all three of those things." She said as Vader crossed his arms.
"I don't imagine they would come right away, we outgun them in both numbers and technology." He said as Salem smirked.
"Oh my dear Lord Vader, I already know that, I am not worried about their arrival, I am simply stating that this is playing into our favor." She said as she sat down on her throne.
"And what makes this so great?" He asked as she wasn't really forthcoming with her plans.
"Simple, when Nikos comes, she will be defeated, and then we can finally indoctrinate her into our forces, but since she obviously won't be coming along, this can give us a chance to get some of the most promising huntsman to join our ranks." She said as Vader walked up beside her throne.
"And what makes you think they will so easily join us? When I spoke with Nikos, he seemed adamant to not listen to me, what makes you think she will listen to you?" He asked as Salem thought she heard sarcasm in his voice.
"Oh Vader, you act as if this isn't the first time I have brought someone over to our side. They don't need to believe in what we do, all we need to do is break them until they no longer know right from wrong." She said as Vader stayed quiet.
For some reason that really resonated with him. Almost as if he had been in a similar situation. No, he was just deluding himself, it was just those damn memories of Jaune Arc messing with his head again. He shook his head of the thoughts before he steeled himself and looked at his Master again.
"And just how do you plan to do that?" He asked as Salem stood up.
"Same way I did it to the Queen's Hounds, manipulate their thoughts until there is nothing left but hate, rage, violent intentions, and complete obedience to me." She said as Vader kept getting the same exact nagging feeling in the back of his head that something was wrong.
"And how are you sure they won't break free?" He asked as she looked at him in surprise. She could have sworn she heard doubt in his voice.
"Are you saying you doubt my power Lord Vader?" She asked while narrowing her eyes.
"Not at all, call it a sense of paranoia." He said as she felt relieved at that.
"I doubt that would be possible, even if it was, I can't imagine if they did break free, that they would be able to live a normal life, if anything they would be so horrified by what they did, they would be so broken that they either would wish for death, or fall right back into my service with a little more persuasion." She said as Vader started to understand.
"So even if someone broke free, there would be no hope for them?" He asked as she nodded.
"That is exactly what I'm saying." She said as Vader nodded.
"I see, so there really is no hope for any of them?" He asked as she nodded.
"None at all, once you push someone into the pit, its impossible for them to climb out of it." She said as he turned to leave.
"Very well, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to training. If this battle is as close as you say, I imagine I will need to be in top condition." He said as she smiled.
"Very well, you are dismissed Lord Vader." She said as he left the room.
"Don't tell me you actually believe that?" Vader heard the voice of the boy again.
"I thought I got rid of you..." He said as he was walking through the halls.
"Kind of hard to get rid of me, when we're the same person." Jaune said as Vader scoffed.
"We are no more the same person as a faunus is the same as a human." He said as he heard Jaune's voice in his head growl.
"And yet there were so many times in that meeting that you doubted your precious Mistress, don't try to fool yourself." He said as Vader was trying to suppress him.
"Can't you just leave me alone? You're just a ghost of the past." He said as Jaune laughed.
"How can I go away? After all, its your thoughts that are bringing me back to the surface." He said as Vader was getting angry.
"I told you, we are not the same." Vader said as he couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity the boys voice game him.
"And yet, I'm still here, and you still have doubts, why don't you do us both a favor and accept the truth?" Jaune said as Vader for the first time in his life, actually gave out a sigh of sadness.
"Even if it turns out that what you say is true, you heard what Salem said, there is no way back." He said as the figment of Jaune was actually surprised at hearing the dark entity sound sad.
"If you believed that, you wouldn't have questioned her back there, you would have just accepted things as they were, and moved on. You don't even seem to know whats going on." Jaune said as his voice went away.
"...Foolish boy." Vader said as the voice finally went away.
While he thought the boy was a fool, he was right. Vader still had his doubts, what if it turned out what he said was true? What if he truly was Jaune Arc? But if he was, why would Salem give him his memories back? It made absolutely no sense, granted he had no memories of his previous life before he was in this suit, but once again, why give a man back his memories? She told him he was not Jaune Arc, but why then did he feel this nagging sense of doubt? And why would the ghost of that boy not leave?
Vader made his way outside onto the observatory deck, looking out at the stars. Doubt and surprisingly fear gripping his heart and mind. His mind was worrying about what if it turned out everything he believed was a lie, and he was just a tool to be used by Salem? That he was destroyed and only the result of a broken man. But his heart was even worse, even if he was really Jaune Arc, he could never go back to that life, he looked down at his hands, he couldn't feel anything in them, they were just mechanical limbs, and all he could see was the black gloves and suit that covered them. He wasn't even human anymore, if he even was one to begin with. So even if he was Jaune Arc, there wasn't enough left of him to actually return to that life.
He had done his research on the boy, he had come from a family of seven sisters and two parents, a family that would probably be horrified if they found out what had happened to their son. After all, who could say that their brother became a mass murderer? Then going back to the boys team at Beacon, and his friends. Obviously they held no love for him once they found out what had become of him. After all, who would honestly still care for their friend when they fought and killed dozens of their comrades? Who would stand by a friend when they fell that deep into the darkness? Vader was certain that those teams would be glad to be rid of him.
But the one who surprisingly hurt Vader the most was Nikos. He had heard her say she loved Jaune Arc, and if by a chance he was the man she loved. He was certain she had extinguished those feelings after what Vader had told her. It was no matter now, if Vader was Vader, then he had nothing to worry about but a life of servitude until he died. But if he wasn't who he thought he was. Then he was damned to a life of being hunted by his former comrades.
There was no happy ending, for Vader or for Arc.
Damned if he lived as Darth Vader, and damned if he lived as Jaune Arc.
RWBY AND JNPR
The two teams were exhausted. Day in and day out, it was work, work, work. All day, every day. Their trainers were relentless. Ruby and Yang thought Goodwitch was strict back at Beacon. But for god's sake, this Glydna made the one who taught at beacon seem tame in comparison. Seriously, was that how she treated the further years at beacon? If it was, then damn, they had a new respect for CFVY and any other team who had to deal with Goodwitch on a tougher scale.
"Well, This may suck, but I can't argue with the results." Ruby said as Weiss was having trouble getting into bed.
"Hey Yang, can you give me a hand?" She said as she felt stiff.
Yang's response was to throw her prosthetic arm onto Weiss's bed. Causing the ice queen to glare back at her.
"Not the time for a shitty joke Yang." She said as Blake passed out and fell on her bed.
"Oh look, Blake's taking a Cat nap." She said as Ruby threw a pillow at her.
"Seriously Yang, you've made that joke a dozen times, its not funny anymore." She said as she laid her aching back against the bed.
"Hey, I'm sore and tired, I'm running low on material." She said as she laid down.
"You know that was tough when even Nora is passed out." Ren said as they were sharing a bed, and she was currently asleep in his arms.
"Yeah, that girl is on a constant sugar rush, and to think they were able to zap the energy out of her...its unbelievable." Weiss said as she finally managed to get into bed. And then she decided to throw Yang's arm back at her.
"OW!" Yang said as she now understood how it felt to get a punch from her cyborg arm.
"So Pyrrha, you've been quiet." Blake said as Pyrrha was looking out the window.
"Sorry, its just, well you know." She said as they nodded.
"Yeah, we know Pyrrha, we miss him." Ruby said as Yang looked over at her.
"Do you really think its possible? Do you really think he could still be in there?" Yang asked as Pyrrha nodded.
"I have to believe it, its what's driving me to become stronger." She said as Weiss spoke up.
"Look, it's not like I don't miss him too, but what if we're wrong, what if he truly is gone?" Weiss asked even though she really didn't want the answer to that question.
"If he can't be saved...I guess we'll have to release him from that suit." Pyrrha said as everyone got depressed at that.
No one liked the idea of killing an old friend, especially when they had been told he was dead, then alive again, and then he was dead again, only to find out he was with the enemy, and now they were unsure about whether or not he was still alive. The time ever since Jaune was left behind on top of that tower had been one of the most heart wrenching and confusing times of their lives.
"But, we can save him...we have to, right?" Ruby said as Pyrrha nodded.
"I really hope that's true." She said as she laid down and tried to go to sleep.
"Well, we should rest, tomorrow the General wanted to brief us on a mission."