RWBY is the property of Rooster Teeth and Persona is the property of Atlus. I don't own anything, if I did then you all would be seeing some movie quality shit on Youtube. Here's another chapter guys, which is pretty much the same as canon but then again... this is but one part of the Forever Falls. The stuff in canon was glossed over in favor of new scenes as opposed with the Jaune heavy stuff. It gets a scene but that's about it as it's more Minatocentric in Steelish Silver Reimagined. Also just in case you guys didn't catch it, the dream Minato had in the middle of class was hinting at something. It didn't get explained in this chapter as well but keep it in your minds guys as it affects the plot slightly.

Oh, almost forgot. We reached another milestone as this fic reached over 200 favorites. I am really happy over that as I back in December thought 60 was good enough. I still don't think myself as a good writer but thanks for all the love. And thanks to the guys commenting, I feel as if i'm getting decent amount for each chapter now. back when I got 3 or 2, I felt like what's the point if no one reads my shit.

Minato certainly enjoyed the rich redness of the Forever Fall. He understood now that it was more than deserving of its name. Everything was a rich red even the grass on the ground was a deep scarlet color, though the trees weren't as overwhelming tall as he hoped. That's what he enjoyed about nature, the sense that we're nothing more than a part of a greater whole. Ultimately nothing in the grand scheme of things.

He supposed that he could uproot a few of the younger trees and place them in his garden with a quick Traesto teleportation. He glanced ahead where he saw Weiss and Ruby talking about various subjects switching them every few minutes. The Fool also noticed that Yang was still given the silent treatment by her younger sister Ruby despite the occasional slip up by the red hooded girl. Disregarding that, it was heartening to see Weiss and Ruby become great friends despite the difference in background and rough introduction. SEES were more like forced acquaintances for the first half of his journey than anything else but by the end they can truly call themselves friends as well as a cohesive unit.

There was a difference between the 2, while the investigation Team are great friends and can work well together, they weren't a cohesive unit like SEES was as Mitsuru and the Kirijo group aimed for a more professional relationship. It made Minato somewhat jealous of how Yu's team was far more affectionate that early on. Mitsuru and Yukari had a poor relationship to say the least, it took Mitsuru losing her father for them to bond over shared pain of loss. Junpei wasn't a big fan of the Fool either, but he was proud of the person his Magician had become. He may not be the strongest or the smartest of SEES but without a doubt, he's the most mature by the end with the humor and ridiculousness that keeps morale.

"Yes students, the Forest of the Forever Fall is indeed beautiful." Glynda started as she took to the head of the group. "But we're not here to sight-see. Professor Peaches asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deeper inside this forest."

Ruby and Yang stared at the trees in wonder as they continuously shifted around to take in the view in its entirety. Yang had gotten over more or less of the fact that she was basically doing menial labor in favor of watching the world around her. The people of Remnant, at least the ones that the ones that stay within the 4 major kingdoms often live a sheltered life due to the creature of Grimm preventing expansion to other remote pockets of the world. Despite the Forever Fall being a part of Vale, the danger of exploration still applies even if its significantly less dangerous than beyond the borders.

Perhaps if Humans learned to create artificial islands like the Kirijo group, they would have more land to occupy and have an incentive to increase population. There are certain aspects that his old world has that make it more advanced technologically speaking and vice versa. Sentient androids, nuclear bombs, space exploration, and even alternative energy sources. He even heard that they had phones that could summon Demons from Elizabeth.

Remnant as a whole relies heavily on Dust, which gave them certain advantages in inventions like Bullheads and Scrolls. The mechs they have from what he heard from his former attendant Elizabeth are inferior to the mechs that are now standard military of Japan. It made a certain amount of sense seeing how obsessed certain anime were of mechs that even created a whole genre pf entertainment on it. That and these weapons are necessary now that even regular citizens are aware of the supernatural. Times moves on, and centuries if not millennia's have passed since his sacrifice to become part of the Great Seal. Looking back at it, it didn't make much sense giving back Magatsu Izanai to Margaret seeing Yu was no longer living. He was no matter how talented only human and humans can't live for centuries.

He was given a unique skill by that red Persona so in the end, he wasn't missing out on much. His old world when looked in this light really truly regressed instead of progressed when Humanity as a species was introduced to the super-natural. It was in a state that wasn't much better than Remnant all things considered. Many countries nuked themselves to death trying to hold back Demons but they at the time hadn't realized mundane weaponry had no effect on Demons. Just like Shadows can only be harmed by a Persona, a Demon can only be harmed by an equal or higher power as well.

His worlds' Humans at the very least surpasses Remnant in population several times over including Faunus. Persona Users, Demon Tamers, and Anti-Shadow Weapons are now their last line of defense, their champions. It was sickening to him that both Remnant and Earth would use child soldiers but then again, most Persona Users start off as young teenagers. In hindsight, he was glad that Elizabeth chose Remnant to be the new world for his soul to reside in, he didn't think he would be able to live in his world without feeling rejected by it. His time there is over, everything that made it his world in the first place now resides in the sea of Humanities soul waiting for reincarnation.

Despite formerly feeling that he didn't belong in this world Remnant, it was a fresh start as long as even one person accepts him. He'll no longer have any doubts. There was no way for him to reincarnate using the Earth's collective unconscious anyways seeing what type of being he became. He was the Death of the mortal world, the exalted Messiah, and now he's an Avatar created by Elizabeth using the method of Igor and Philemon with the additional information on the creation of Nyx's Harbinger Death.

A being that serves a higher power the Universe the bonds he forged, he lost his humanity and gained an elevated view of the world. His eyes were like a bird flying and gazing down below. Fool, Death, Judgement, The World, The Universe, The divinity of a Messiah. His soul represented all those things and its constantly changing, becoming more advanced and vast. If a Human's soul is likened to a sea, then their potential is like sand. A Persona User has enough Potential and will to temper that sand and turn it into glass. His potential, his 'glass' was tinted by excess not dissimilar to constantly adding more molten glass to a marble in hopes of molding a larger one.

"Is something wrong Blake?" Minato asked as he walked next to her. He noticed that she was lagging behind the rest of Team RWBY and ahead Team JNPR and Team CDRL by a large margin, a couple of feet closer to 3 and a half meters.

"…Nothing." Her amber cat-like eyes darted around slowly. She seemed uncomfortable ever since she got off the Bullhead and entered the forest.

"You have bad memories here then?" Minato asked despite it sounding less than a question and more in a knowing tone.

"Something like that." The girl responded while tightening her grip on the katana portion of Gambol Shroud. He noticed that her sleepwear and weaponry were very eastern influenced and that made him feel less like an outsider of Remnant knowing that. Yang had a Chinese based name as well that was about it. Ren was someone that fitted that bill more despite he and the Fool rarely interacting. He spoke very little almost as little as he when he first started his journey but then again nothing could really compare to how introverted he was back then. It made him more accepting of people that didn't really fit in looking back at it all. Back then he considered it more of a curse seeing he couldn't see eye to eye with anyone. He saw the world in a different light and what was different was feared.

"Well, seeing I don't have a team and you abandoned yours," Minato started. "Think you can keep me company?"

"Do whatever you want." Blake said but not harshly. In fact, she sounded more calm more comfortable than a mere few moments ago.

"Can I ask you a question?" Blake asked. It didn't sound hesitant but there was a slight delay from her normal speech pattern.

"You just did."

She just gave him a narrowed blank look.

"Fine," Minato relented. "What is it?"

"Why did you save Velvet from Cardin and his team?"

"Velvet?"

"The rabbit Faunus." The cat girl responded. "Why do you go out of your way to save the Faunus getting treated poorly? You don't know them and there's no reward for helping them. Very few would thank you in public and you would earn the ire of the racist discriminators."

"I do what I consider right. I wouldn't go as far to say that I'm a hero of justice or anything but I can't turn my eyes away from the wrongness of this world," Minato stated rather passionately. It was something he felt very strongly about. "Apathy won't define me any longer, it has defined me for over half of my life but nothing can't improve if you don't take the initiative."

"I see," Blake said more to herself than anything. "But Cardin and the others, they hold a grudge against you. Be careful."

*Crack*

I am Thou, Thou art I

Thou shalt have our blessing when Thou choosest to create Personas of the Hanged Man Arcana

The Cat Girl Revolutionist Social Link have reached Stage 3

Your power to create Personas of the Hanged Man Arcana has grown

"I don't fear Cardin, he will fear me."

"This path doesn't end with Cardin; our justice isn't very popular with many people." The girl simply looked at him with a slight side glance barely moving her neck. "I hope you won't be too reckless."

'Our?' Minato thought. Perhaps his words moved her if only barely.

He felt this barrier around Blake dissipate ever so slightly and she seemed less on edge and less guarded. That was good, it was a shame if you couldn't enjoy a trip due to one's mood at the time. They begun to make a bit of small talk about the books they read, their weapons, and surprisingly a bit of fashion.

"As stated earlier, all of you will collect one jars worth of red sap for Professor Peaches," Glynda stated professionally. "And I was assigned here to ensure none of you die while doing so."

Jaune accidentally knocked into the back of Cardin causing the larger teen to glare at him. The armored blonde laughed nervously as he looked to the side avoiding Cardin's gaze and whistled awkwardly. He seemed to be carrying a rather large metal case in conjunction with the mandatory jars for some reason.

"Just in case you didn't pay attention earlier, this forest is filled with the Creatures of Grimm," the teacher lectured. "So be sure to stick with your teammates, Mister Arisato feel free to stick with Team RWBY and we will rendezvous at four o clock. Until then, feel free to enjoy yourselves."

Cardin grabbed Jaune by his hood and pulled him towards his team. "Come on 'Buddy'. Let's go."

The blonde frowned but eventually acquiesced to the demand and followed the larger teen. Minato simply glanced at him with a blank expression betraying nothing. While annoyed at Team CDRL. It wasn't his place to interfere. Jaune has to solve his own problems, and while mean to ignore someone being bullied, Minato had longed realized that Jaune is the person that had to make the first step towards his path. It didn't really help if others kept shielding him not allowing him to grow, if it isn't Cardin or the rest of his team than it'll be someone else.

Pyrrha sighed and walked to catch up with the rest of her team. She seemed to have realized the same thing Minato thought as well. It was ultimately Jaune's actions in the end not hers, not Nora, not Ren or anybody else.

Yang grumbled looking annoyed and excited at the same time. She still seemed sour for having to collect the sap for the professor but it looks like she was simply ready to kill some Grimm. To be honest, so was he. He enjoyed fighting and killing monstrosities like Grimm and Shadows, even gods weren't beyond his reach. Despite being Death, he hated the life of people being ended needlessly. The life force of people being snuffed out before reaching their destined ended honestly angered him. Maybe because he was a regulator of life, Death despite people considering it a negative existence is extremely kind. Even Nyx a neutral entity was far more kinder than the Gods and Demons born from the belief of man and had more consideration for Humanity than either. Maybe it was because his soul and perspective of the world changed as he awakened to his Ultimate Persona Messiah.

Another one.

Minato filled one jar after another, once he depleted the trees of sap he moves on to the next largest tree. Right now, he already filled 34 jars worth of red sap and had no plans of stopping just yet.

"Hot damn, you weren't kidding when you said you were bringing your own jars to get sap for yourself." Yang whistled as she, Weiss, and Ruby came and rejoined him and Blake in their group.

"How did you carry so much, there's no way you could have hidden that many." Weiss said with widened eyes. It seems she was shocked by the sheer amount of jars Minato had, it was due to his internal pocket dimension in his sea of souls but he doubted they will believe him.

"That's my secret, trust me you don't want to know how I hid so many."

"Tmi Blue, Tmi." Yang made a face that gave an impression that she bit into an extra sour lemon.

"Nope." A certain 15 year old chimed like a bell.

"What?" Minato raised an eyebrow.

"Nope."

"Sorry, but I need some context."

"She still wants to know where you keep all the stuff that you do." Yang interpreted.

"Ah, It's still a secret Ruby."

"Nope."

"Say that all you want Ruby, but unfortunately I'm not budging."

"Nope."

"Blue… She's prepared to do that all day." Yang warned. "You might want to throw in the towel."

"So am I Yang, so am I." Minato assured.

Ruby narrowed her eyes, while Minato simply stared back into hers. Pale silver vs icy blue silver that gave the impression of a steel blade ready to slice. Both were intense but the intensity of Minato's icy steel transferred to Ruby far more than hers to Minato. She slowly backed down like prey to larger superior predator.

Yang blinked. "Holy shit, did Rubes just lose in her own game?"

"I think she just did." Weiss commented.

"Hmm," Blake simply made an uninterested sound.

"H-how did you beat me." Ruby stuttered.

"The power of my right eye beats all." Minato stated placing his hands in his blazer pockets as he waited for the 35th jar to fill up.

"It's covered though."

"To you maybe."

"W-what does that even mean?" The red hooded girl asked.

"Figure it out."

Before Ruby could even respond Team JNPR minus Jaune came over. They had 3 jars worth of red sap while the other jars are empty but was stained by the same red coloring implying that it once was filled to the brim with tree sap.

"Nora?" He asked the green wearing martial artist.

"Nora." Ren confirmed.

Minato capped the 35th jar and placed a new one under the tapped tree.

"CanIhavesomeplease!" Nora said almost incomprehensible but he was more or less used to Ruby's speed talking.

"No." Minato answered simply capping the 36th jar.

"That's quite a lot of sap Minato." Pyrrha stated. "How are you going to carry that much back?"

Ruby perked up slightly in hopes that Minato would answer the Mistral champion.

"Secret."

"…Okay." The girl didn't quite know how to respond to that. Ruby deflated a bit hearing his response.

"Don't be stingy Minato." Nora said getting uncomfortably close.

"Personal space." He stated.

"Come on!"

"Personal space." He stated again with his tone unchanging.

"Come on Nora," Ren dragged the hammer wielding orangette back by the back of her collar.

"But Reeeen, Reeen Reeen." She protested.

"He already said no Nora."

"He has alotttt!"

"No means no."

"Huh?" Minato made a confused face.

"Minato? What's up?" Yang asked.

"What's that?" Minato pointed in the distance causing all of the other teens to look that way.

He quickly stored all the jars of sap back into his internal pocket dimension before putting his hands back into his pocket as the teens quickly turned around seeing there was nothing there. They fell for the oldest trick in the metaphorical book. The Messiah felt a little bad but there's really no way of him explaining how he stored them without saying he can distort time and space to have a literal infinite storage in the sea of his soul.

"You tricked me, I mean us." Weiss scowled.

"I don't know what you mean." Minato smiled apologetically at the white-haired girl placing her hands on her hips as she leaned forward to give him a slight glare. He knew he was supposed to find it intimidating and flinch back a bit but he found it more cute than anything else. Like a kitten trying to bite the fingers of his/her owner, which he experienced due to his cat Schrodinger.

"Don't play dumb! How did you hide those jars?" She demanded.

"Perhaps your eyes are playing tricks with you Weiss," Minato said keeping the slight smile on his face. "The jar is right there." The Fool pointed at the singular jar that was almost full below the tapped tree.

"There was more than one jar, right?" Weiss hesitantly asked. She turned towards her team for confirmation.

"Yes."

"Yeah."

"Yup!"

Weiss turned back to face Minato. "I'm not seeing things, d-do you truly think such petty trickery can trick me? Weiss Schnee, the heiress of the Schnee Dust company?"

"You fell for it didn't you? Even if it was only a brief moment, you doubted yourself and your sight."

"I have absolutely no idea of what ludicrous notion you're thinking of." Weiss retorted. She coughed in her palm and cleared her throat.

"I did tell you it was a secret, didn't I?" Minato raised an eyebrow.

"I got it!" Ruby slammed her right fist into her left palm.

"Got what Rubes?" Yang asked.

"…"

"Oh, Come on! You're still ignoring me!"

"…"

"What is it Ruby?" Weiss placed a hand over her forehead shaking it slightly, A tad bit embarrassed that Ruby was the one leading her.

"it's obviously an Semblance."

"Maybe, maybe not." Minato didn't give a straight answer.

Weiss gave him a look and mouthed. "It's that higher power?"

Minato thought about it for a second before simply nodding slightly masking it with other actions like capping the jar that he had to give to Professor Goodwitch after the trip. Just because he hinted to Weiss that he had another power doesn't mean he had to come out announcing it to the world. He did tell them during the initiation but it didn't seem that they took it seriously or absorbed that piece of information.

A sickening feeling almost made him vomit as he placed a hand over his mouth. This sensation only meant one thing.

"Uh Blue, sure you're alright?" Yang asked picking up the jar he dropped.

"Looks like you'll get your wish for fighting some Grimm Yang."

"What?" She asked as Minato confused her.

A loud bestial roar erupted deeper in the forest. So loud and booming that it instantly set the Hunts man in training on edged dropping their sap filled jars in favor of their weapons.

"Did you guys hear that?" Ruby said grimly with her tone practically changing to a more serious mature one. It almost made Minato take a double-take.

"Everyone heard that." Weiss retorted.

"Ursa! Shit," Russel Thrush screamed running with reckless abandon. "Ursa holy fuckin Shit!"

He kept running with 2 of his teammates until Yang literally grabbed him and plucked him off the ground with her fist holding on to his outfit with his feet dangling in the air.

"Where!" She demanded leaving no room to negotiate.

"Why did you run? Even if it's an alpha variant, your team and Jaune could have handled it without much issue," Minato blankly asked. "You spent the majority of your life training to become a Huntsman and you mean to tell me that you can't handle one Grimm, a common variant at that?"

"Uhhhh, when you put it like that…." Russel nervously replied. Until Yang shook him roughly to get his attention. "I get you and your whole team is retarded but where is the Grimm?"

"I don't see Cardin or Jaune, you think the Grimm got them?" Blake noticed a few people missing.

"I-it's back there in the bushes, Cardin was too slow and got cut off. I don't know about Jaune; just let me go!"

"Yang! You and Blake, go get Professor Goodwitch!" Ruby ordered with the authority of a leader actually manifesting in her voice. He could tell because he had done it at times as well, whether it was Junpei being reckless in Tartarus explorations or Full moon battles.

"You two! Go with them, there could be more of those monsters." Pyrrha demanded, it seems her title of the invincible girl and Mistral champion made her the unofficial De facto leader of Team JNPR when Jaune wasn't around.

The four ran as fast as they could to find Glynda Goodwitch. From what Minato noticed, the skill level between a true Huntsman and a student was worlds apart. There was no comparison even when comparing Pyrrha to them, they faced near death again and again. Even one of them could massacre hundreds of Grimm within a few minutes.

"Are you sure the 4 of us are capable enough? I know for a fact that there's more than the Ursa that Team CDRL minus Cardin was talking about."

"And how do you know that?" Ruby question with the 3 teens running as fast as they could to reach the area Cardin and Jaune were at.

"When you face Death or almost died before countless times, you simply build that type of instinct and intuition." Minato explained. "That sickening feeling I had earlier warns me of any danger that could pose a threat to me. The Bloodlust in the air permeates through the ground and atmosphere so strongly that I physically react to it."

"I have no idea what you just said, did you Pyrrha, Weiss?" Ruby said. "Bloodlust? I read a book called that once, the blue haired protag scares me and Yang when we were younger."

"Dolt, now's not the time for that. Cardin and the idiot is in danger." The heiress tightened the grip on Myrtenaster.

"I understood more or less, once you hone your skills and were trained a certain way… that paranoia, instincts and intuition are too ingrained in humans that they could almost never be taken off guard."

Minato grimaced a bit. "That's for normal people, part of my Semblance which I named Death Radiance magnifies my sensory abilities on that feeling a thousand-fold."

"Bloodlust? I'm more of a Fallen Messiah guy myself." The blue haired teen admitted.

"Ugh, me and Yang like the pairings more."

"Ruby use your speed Semblance to buy some time if we need to, Pyrrha, Weiss you mind us speeding up ahead of you a bit?" Minato switched his Stat Allocation Semblance to distribute all the stats into speed. He also silently casted a Masukukaja on all 4 of them to reach Jaune quicker. And Cardin, he didn't even like Cardin but that didn't mean he's deserving of death.

"Go ahead, Jaune Aura is in the yellow." The red headed spartan nodded.

He grabbed Ruby by the wrist and propelled both of them forwards. "H-hey!" The petite girl protested.

"Sorry, you were taking too long to respond," Minato looked at her. "Ironic too, seeing how you usually talk when there's no urgency."

"Sorry, you really surprised me with your change in tone. You were so serious that it kinda shocked me, you're usually so lazy and sleepy that it made me blink in surprise."

"Think you can keep up with me? You're fast and all but…" Ruby smirked.

She tore out of his hold and vanished almost instantly with is eyes barely able to track her. Masukukaja not only grants speed but it loosens up the mind's limiter allowing them to perceive things that would normally be out of human ability. When applied to Ruby's Semblance, she gains a control that she usually doesn't have.

Not to be outdone, Minato poured more energy into his legs and attempted to catch up with her.

What awaited his eyes were Jaune with his shield barely holding back the large Ursa Grimm as his arm trembled against the immense pressure. With a slight shift if his wrist, Jaune diverted the pressure the Grimm was exerting and caused it to knock itself off balance. Before the beast could recover, the blonde swordsman used Crocea Mors and slashed it square on the chest but unfortunately barely scratched it.

With a roar of rage, the Grimm slammed its claws on Jaune's armor in an rising slash like motion knocking the blonde onto his back with the breathe escaping his lungs due to the force and impact. Despite this the leader of Team JNPR got back on his feet almost instantly with a roll and used his shield as defense challenging the stronger creature again and again without flinching. Unfortunately, he was barely wounding the creature and each exchange cleaved off his Aura bit by bit. It was only a matter of time before his Aura completely ran out.

A particular strong attack caused the armored teen to crash into the trees snapping it in half.

"We have to help him Minato!" Ruby screamed. Even without checking her Scroll, she could feel her friends Aura about to fade due to how weak it was. It was probably a strike or 2 away before it would fade away into static.

A distinct whirl of polished metal caught his attention, the cylinder of Weiss' Myrtenaster spinning and Dust glowing ready to be launched caught his eye. Weiss got into her usual combat stance and Ruby followed collapsing Crescent Rose into its pure gun sniper rifle form with her finger inching towards the trigger.

He placed his hand on his Evoker in case he needed to cast a Rakukaja to save Jaune. He wouldn't interfere directly due to the fact that Jaune had to prove to himself and Cardin that he was his own person and has to follow his conviction. Cardin while a bully, didn't strike the Fool as brave or courageous. In fact, him sprawled on the ground with his mace on the opposite side of the ground practically confirmed it for him. He didn't urinate himself like when he switched to his Ultimate Persona of the Death Arcana Thanatos but his face contorted with pure fear made him smile slightly.

He felt bad for feeling excitement over another's misery but he wasn't a perfect person. He believed he was entitled to have those emotions especially since Cardin loved to harm and belittle others. Quite frankly, he pissed him off and angering Minato was a feat worthy of mention. Minato could count the times he been angered on the fingers of his hands from the past 12 years, Fuuka had been bullied once, so did Chihiro and that alley Yukari brought him and Junpei to.

"Wait for a moment," Pyrrha stopped them with the tone and weight of her voice.

"Are you out of your mind? His Aura is in the red!" Weiss protested.

"He's going to die if we do nothing." Ruby supporting her partner.

With a fierce battle cry, Jaune launched himself on the Grimm with the lastvof his Aura and strength for one desperate attack.

Pyrrha simply raised her hand which had a black glow coating it lightly. The same black that erupted on Jaune's shield as his form suddenly corrected itself causing the Grimm's blow to glance off the angle of the shield before Jaune in a split-second decision hopped up slightly and swung his sword in an full-power upwards arc in the same action giving extra force and swiftly decapitated the bear like beast.

"Whoa, he did it. What just happened? Like What?" Ruby blinked. The absolutely stymie look she had and emphasis on her words was almost endearing. It was at times like this that Minato remembers that she was just a 15-year-old girl. A quirky, funny childish 15-year-old girl but it was a good childish, an innocence that saw the inherent good in everything.

"…How did you-" Weiss started giving the red head a hesitant look before Pyrrha cut her off.

"Well, Ruby has her Speed, you have your Glyphs and Minato has his… Um?" Pyrrha looked a bit uncertain. "What's your Semblance again? Summoning and what?"

"Summoning, Stat Allocation and a bit of Death Radiance." He explained.

"That's a lot of abilities for a Semblance." Ruby said.

"And Weiss' Glyph being used as a platform, can Summon as well eventually, and Time Dilation isn't?" He countered.

"Point taken. You guys are broken." Ruby nodded to herself before giving Weiss and Minato an almost jealous look. "My Speed is still better than yours."

Weiss was taken back and started an argument with Ruby.

"Um… does this happen a lot?" Pyrrha whispered.

"More than you think." Minato drawled.

"Don't you think we should stop them?"

"Oh, let them have their little bonding moment, it's endearing and entertaining."

"Who bonds over arguments?" The redhead asked.

"You didn't have much friends before now did you?"

"Was it that obvious?" She whispered to herself.

"It was a lot worse before, now, not so much. Besides it's not like any real heat is in it."

"…I suppose."

"I could be your friend if you want. I'll admit I'm not as strong as I like to be, think you can give me a few pointers?"

"I don't see why not."

*Crack*

I am Thou, Thou art I

Thou hast established a new bond

Thou shalt have our blessing when thou choosest to create Personas of the Star Arcana.

"Is your Semblance Telekinesis of some kind? Like Glynda?"

"It's more limiting than Telekinesis, it's Polarity which is focused on the control of-"

"Poles." Ruby nodded to herself. "Wait, is Jaune's shield considered a pole? Still cool though."

"You are such a dunce! Polarity is the control over magnetism." Weiss sighed.

"Magnets are cool too." Ruby mumbled to herself.

Minato felt another sickening feeling as he clasped his mouth shut. His knees nearly buckled as he wasn't expecting such a sensation so soon.

Weiss called out to Pyrrha who was already leaving the area. Ruby joined in as well to support her teammate but the redhead had an all-knowing type of smile.

"I wouldn't leave just yet." He mumbled. "I sense something coming."

He glanced at Jaune who was finally confronting his former tormentor Cardin. The steel and determination in his eyes was relieving to see. Even Cardin was immensely impressed of the feat Jaune just pulled. The blonde pulled his bully back into his feet and said something, Minato couldn't hear what it was but he could guess more or less.

"Hey! I get you two resolved your issues but get away from there!" Minato actually shouted. Something was wrong, his soul was actually in pain from something. This never happened before but, something about the situation felt too familiar.

"Minato?" Jaune jolted up a bit in surprise. "Ruby, Pyrrha, Snow angel? What are you doing here?"

Weiss shook her head in dismay.

Minato was clutching his chest in pain despite him never getting into any fight or confrontation.

"Minato! What's wrong!" Ruby clutched his left arm, helping him stand straight.

"I knew something was wrong with you before but I didn't believe it would be this serious." Weiss said as she placed her hand on his forehead. "Your fever is high and you're losing a lot of liquids due to your excess sweating. Your breathing is irregular. We need to call Professor Goodwitch and get an emergency Bullhead."

"I was hoping to keep Jaune's situation a private matter but if it's such a medical emergency…" Pyrrha stared at him in hopes of diagnosing him to see if there's any make-shift solution they can do to ease his burdens to help him be at ease during their wait for the medical professionals. As an athlete, she was bound to have her obscure remedies that the general public wouldn't know.

"That's not the problem," Minato breathed out heavily with his vision blurring in and out. He was almost panicking on the inside, he didn't know what was going on. He never had such a problem before until now. "They're coming soon."

"What?"

"They. Get your weapons ready."

A wave of noise hit their ears as they clutched their ears to clamp out the noise. Ruby had let go of him and he fell to his knees. The noise meant one thing, the Creatures of Grimm were here… too many of them. A sea of black, white and burning crimson was approaching rapidly. There was no way they could out run them forever; the Bullheads weren't coming anytime soon. They made a schedule for the plane to come at 4 o clock which was hours away.

A sudden realization occurred in the blue haired teen. This had happened before, in his dream with the girl that looked like him. The girl that called him brother. He unsteadily rose to his feet, the knowledge that this was simply phantom pain invigorated him. The pain wasn't real, he'll endure and overcome like always. His eyes glowed a fierce blue as he drew his sword and his Evoker. "Don't panic, we'll definitely get through this I assure all of you."