AN: So here we go! The stories coming to a close! With this chapter the end is near! Things are in play, the tournament is starting up and now things really kick into overdrive! If you've been reading this story so far thank you. I know this has been one helluva ride but it's coming to a close! So until then! Thank you for reading and as always enjoy.
Ps. I did warn you about the logs for this chapter so... Warning.
"So! Would you like for me to take you straight to surgery, or would you like to talk?"
The young man Malroque asked as Ruby cocked her head at him.
"Talk? About what?"
Ruby asked the pure breed faunus as his blue eyes lit up.
"About anything! Really! I love conversations especially with Vulf's!"
The man said as Ruby's faunus ears went flat before he gasped.
"Oh no! Not like that! Let me assure you miss Rose that I have nothing against you for what you are! I have no problems with Vulf's none what so ever! In fact, I like them!"
The man said as Ruby's faunus ears began to perk up.
"You like Vulf's?"
She asked curiously as the man nodded his head.
"Of course I do! Vulf's have saved me so much trouble in my life! Especially in my research!"
"Research? Like what?"
"Ah! I do much of my research for Atlas! In fact, I have just recently completed my latest work which will be the scientific breakthrough of our lifetimes!"
The man said happily as Ruby cocked her head.
"Really? What's that?"
The girl asked a shine to her silver eyes as Malroque grinned at her.
"Well, Miss Rose! If you would have a seat, I will tell you!"
The man said as Ruby nodded taking the sole free seat in his office. If you could call the repurposed broom closet an office that is as the young man grinned.
"Well, Miss Rose before we go on let me ask you this. Have you ever heard of extraneous dust?"
"Extraneous dust? I've never heard of that before."
Ruby said as the man flash her a slight smile that made her heart flutter. Despite being slightly older than her, Malrouqe was quite the looker. In Ruby's opinion. He was young, barely older than Jaune. With a smooth face nice silver hair. Teal ears and tail and a reassuring smile that sent her heart fluttering. As her ears perked up and her legs crossed over one another.
"Well! Extraneous dust otherwise know as teleportation dust is well a dust used for teleportation! When applied correctly we can use it to teleport any inanimate object over a set distance of space!"
"Ok? That's nice but how is that a revolutionary discovery? I mean I've seen teleportation before. Why is this so important?"
Ruby asked as the man tapped his head.
"Aha! That's where this gets interesting! You see what you may or may not know about extraneous dust is that unlike most other dust it is not mined or extracted from any known place in Remnant!"
He claimed as Ruby blinked owlishly at him.
"If it's not mined or drilled dhow do we take it?" The Vulf asked as Malrouqe smiled. Oh, how he loved telling his theories to willing listeners! The fact that it was a Vulf made it all the better!
"That's what makes it so rare! What you see unlike all other dust types is that extraneous dust is everywhere! It's on your gun, on the ceiling, it's everywhere right now!"
"Everywhere?"
Ruby asked looked at her outfit as her sliver arm split open as several tendrils came out blinking green lights as the scanned the air.
"Arcadian prosthetics? My you must know someone in high places! But alas! As advanced as they are they will not find much! You need a specific sensor to detect it but! The odds of you ever interacting with any significant quantities is extremely rare!"
"Why? If the dust is everywhere how could I not interact with it?"
Ruby asked as the man's grin doubled as he brought out a small clipboard.
"That's also what makes it interesting! Extraneous dust tends to collect around all inanimate objects! Any object that was man-made will attract the dust but! Whenever an organic being touches the object, the dust is repelled like a magnet!"
"What? That doesn't make sense."
"Let me explain. Any object that is inanimate. That was made by people, or is simply inorganic in nature will attract the dust. Now the dust is literally everywhere but! It is repelled by organic life!"
"What about plants and trees? If it's repelled with organics how can it gather around anything if the world is covered in germs?"
"Ah! A good question! It takes a significant amount of biomass for the dust to be repelled by from the object! As such germs and other microorganisms do not affect it!"
"Ok. But how does it work?"
"Whenever an inmate object is left alone for a certain amount of time there is a chance that it will trigger a teleportation event! That will send the object to a random location in Remnant!"
"That's cool! I think? I mean I don't want to sound rude! But how is this a breakthrough?"
"Well! Think about it like this! It was one thing for us to be able to harness it to teleport things like medicines, technical supplies, and other objects but! It's the second feature of the dust that makes it special!"
"Special?"
"You see when you touch an object and expel the dust as soon as you remove your self the object will begin attracting the dust in greater quantities!"
"Greater quantities?"
"Yes! The more an organic being of significant biomass touches an object as soon as the big removes itself the object will attract the dust at an increased rate, and it increases the more the object is touched! Tell me, Miss Rose. Hav you ever lost a small object?"
"Like a stationery item. A pen, a pencil a sock? While some may all of the might have been simply misplaced there is a good case that one of your items was touche dot much and attached enough extraneous dust to trigger a teleportation event!"
"Wait! Are you saying that all the time I lost my socks or couldn't find my shoes or a pen that I didn't just misplace them, but they were teleported!?"
"Not necessarily! You could have simply misplaced them or! They could have been teleported! Tell me how many items did you find simply somewhere else where you swore! You did not place them and far away from their original location and were located somewhere else?"
"Umm... Most of them? Actually, I found most of them, but they were-
"Somewhere else? That could be you misplacing them or! It could be the dust! Now I know what you are thinking! You think that if they were teleported they did not go very far and you are correct! Most teleportation events are over short distances! But now and then they can be over long ones! Even going from Atlas to Meangeris in less than a second!"
"From Atlas to Menagerie!?'
"Yes! You see the more dust it collects, the farther it can go! That's why objects like socks, and clothes while they may accumulate dust faster they rarely get enough to go any significant distances!"
"Ok... Doctor this is fascinating but how is this a revolutionary event? If we know how it works and it can't take anything organic what other uses doses it has?"
Ruby asked as the man grinned showing off his fangs, as he rubbed back his platinum hair showing Ruby a long scar down the right side of his otherwise flawless pale face.
"Miss Rose tell me. Have you ever heard of the Multi-Verse theory?"
"Multi-Verse theory? No. What's that?"
"Well! To be blunt, it's the theory that anything that can happen will happen! That as of right now there are infinite infinities happening! And that there are infinite me's and you's having this very conversation right now!"
"Infinite me's? So there are infinite me's, and you have the same conversation?"
"Well not exactly! Ther are presumably some slight variations in this theory! In some places, you might have your other arm and leg! In some you might be taller shorter, you might even be a human!"
"Me? A human?"
Ruby asked as her eyes lit up before coming down as she frowned. "That's interesting but if it's like you said a theory how can you prove it?"
"That's where this comes in! The sole proof of the Multi-Verse being a corporeal and tangible thing and not just a figment of my imagination!"
The man said as he brought out a small black object from his desk. It was slim and a dark nearly vorpal back color. It looked like a black clipboard as he held it up in one had.
"This! This right here is the sole proof that there are more than one universes and that we are all connected in one way or another!"
"One way or another? How? How is that thing proof?"
"Ah let me say I-
The man paused scathing his chin before a bright smile came to his lips.
"Well Miss Rose I might have jumped the gun on the proof ship but! Would you like to make a significant contribution to the scientific community?"
The man asked as Ruby gasped.
"Really?! I can be part of something like that?"
"You sure can! You just need to answer some questions!"
"Ok. What questions?"
"Oh, just a few simple ones! Nothing personal and before I ask I must remind you! That there are no right or wrong answers to any of these questions! And that any answer you give me is just as good as any other so no pressure!"
"Ok... Ask away!"
Ruby said in an adorable voice as the doctor grinned.
"As you say! Miss Rose now let ut start! Have you ever at any point in your life after coming to Beacon been enrolled in any other combat school?"
The man asked as Ruby blinked.
"No. Besides going to Signal, I've only gone here. But that was before, so it doesn't count. Right?'
"No, it dose not! Now on to the next question!"
"Have you ever suffered any severe ocular injuries?"
"Ocular?"
"Have you ever had any severe injuries to any of your eyes?"
"How severe?"
"To the point where you consider getting a fake one?"
"No! I've never had any eye injuries. Why?"
"Just a question! Now! Have you ever been to Vacuo?"
"No. I've barely left Patch!"
"Excellent! Besides being on team JuneBerry have you ever been in another combat team besides your original team RWBY?"
"No. I've never been on any other teams."
"How many partners have you had in your time here?"
"I've only had two. Weiss and Jaune."
"That looks right. Now, Have you ever killed a man?"
The man said his voice becoming deathly still as Ruby balked.
"What!? No! I've never killed anyone!'
"I see...
The man said jotting down notes as he shook his head.
"Have you ever been on trial?"
"Trial? Like in court?"
"Yes. Have you ever been on trial in your life?"
"No! I've never even had a citation!"
"Hmm... Interesting. I am now going to ask some questions about your personal life. And do remember there are no wrong answers. So be as truthful as possible in your responses."
"Ok!"
Ruby said nodding her head as the man went on.
"Jaune Arc is your current partner. How did you and he become partners?'
"He was assigned to me after our teams fought."
"I see. Have you and he been partners for long?'
" Over a month."
"Your last partner. Weiss Schnee. Would you describe your relationship as close? Would you call her your best friend?"
The man said as Ruby grimaced as she nearly naked.
"What? No! We were barely friends! And that was at the best of times! I doubt we were ever friends, and she was never my best friend!"
"I see... So you were not close to her?"
"I mean.. No. I wouldn't want her to die, but we were never close."
"I see. interesting very interesting."
The man said taking out a piece of paper from the board and writing on it.
"What are you writing doctor?"
"I am just checking off the discrepancies. Now, do you know a man called Venke Kage?"
He asked as her faunus ears popped up.
"Yes! I do!"
"How would you describe your relationship?"
"Venke is my friend! We get along great! I'm glad I met him!'
"That's great! Now onto Venke. How would you define him? Would you say he is callous, harsh, maybe even cruel?"
The man asked as Ruby grimaced.
"Venke!? Cruel? No way! He's one of the nicest kindest people that I ever met! And he's super nice! He's never even said an insult to someone as long as have known him!"
"So you would say he is a happy man?"
"He seems happy."
Ruby said as the man nodded and began to write again.
"Would you say he is moody?'
"What? No way! He's always happy!"
"I see... What weapons does he fight with?"
"He has twin knives. But they are also guns! It's super cool!"
"Twin knife? Not twin pistols?"
"Pistols? No, he has knife guns."
"I see. Does the name Mika mean anything to you?"
"No."
"How about them names, Ludo. Heil, Hino, and Arkham?"
"No. I've never heard any of them. Why?"
"No reason but! You have just helped me prove my theory!"
The man said as he put away the black object as Ruby nodded her head.
"That's great! But I still don't know what I did."
"You were a key piece of evidence! You could say you were a bastion of knowledge!"
He said as his eyes sharpened to knives as he gave Ruby a long glare. Looking for the slightest hint of an emotional reaction as she blinked owlishly.
"That's good? I guess?"
She said offering him a slightly awkward smile as he sighed.
"It is! Now let's get going! We can call your team for the surgery!"
"Ok. But doctor what is that thing in your hand?"
Ruby asked pointing to his small black object as he grinned.
"This? This Miss Rose is an attendance sheet...
A school for the criminally insane. A place where the mentally deranged can go contribute to society. Under harsh near medieval rules and regulations where even the worst of the worst can be made into socially productive individuals. And everyone can contribute to the betterment of all. Malroque thought as he looked at the attendance sheet. It was still a bit overwhelming, the fact that there was more than one universe was rocking his world, and he still did not know how to cope with it.
The very idea that any inanimate object after significant enough time could literally jump to other universes and bring anything from technology, information and cause disease.
He had drawn up several plans for the defense of his reality, that where to be submitted to general Ironwood at the nearest available opportunity, in the case that some random object jumped into the reality that he lived in and brought some type of dangerous information or hazards. Be it technology that was not native to this world or Oum forbid a plague with it.
Throughout the history of Remnant pandemics had been a blight on faunus kinds. And the very idea of an interdimensional plague brought to his world by accident, or worse on purpose sent a shiver down his spine. The idea and ramifications of interdimensional warfare and it's inevitable consequences where far too great for him to process and-
"Malroque? Is that you?"
A familiar voice said as Malrouqe's head snapped up. He and the small Vulf girl Ruby had been walking for some time. He had been lost in thought for some time and had not noticed the figures approaching him as his mouth dropped.
'Jaune? Is that-
"Malroque!"
The human yelled running up and embracing the faunus warmly. Wrapping him in a bear hug as the man's face exploded in delight.
"Jaune! It's you!? You made it to Beacon!?"
Malroque asked as he hugged his old friend back just as tightly as the two men hugged openly.
"Malroque! It's been forever! How the hell did you get here!?"
Jaune asked as the man's bright sapphire eyes shined with joy.
"I'm a doctor for Atlas!"
"Atlas?! You actually got a real doctor job? That's great! I was worried about you after the disbandment...
Jaune said as his voice dipped before the doctor shook his head happily.
"Jaune don't worry about that! That was the past! I landed on my feet and now devoted my time to the betterment of human lives in Atlas! Specifically with the Faunus human breeding contracts."
The man said Jaune blinked before-
"Malroque? You son of a bitch!"
Another family voice said as the doctor turned around as a pair of heavy arms wrapped around him as he was lifted off of the floor. As a family pair of brown eyes locke with him and he grinned.
"Venke! You're alive?!"
The doctor asked as the keeper of the faith lifted him up as he laughed openly.
"The hell!? Did you think that I the great Venke Kage could be killed by a lowly Grimm! Doc I told you once I'll tell you a hundred times again! I walk with the moon, and she guides me. As long as I have her, I am immortal!"
The boy said bowing dramatically before a clawed hand came and slapped him on the back of his head as a pure breed snow leopard came behind him as Malrouqe frowned.
Domestic abuse? Unlikely. She looks genuinely pleased with her mate, and his response is affection, not fear. I must look into this. Malroque this as the pure breed with bleeding red eyes glared down at Venke.
"If you were so protected then you would not spend half of your time in the hospital! And I would not be losing more of my precious hair worrying about if my mate is alive or dead!"
"Alice! Baby! The love of-
"Don't you flatter me! I know how you work!"
The woman said as Malrouqe noticed the thin silver collar around his neck. Property of Alice ReinSchnee. Is he collared? But, that's not an Atlas collar. That' just a piece of silver. Ther's nothing special about it, he must trust her.
Malroque thought as the boy blushed as he began to bicker with his mater.
"Malroque. How... why?"
Jaune asked as the man grinned.
"I am as I said a doctor for Atlas! I came here along with the Atlas felt to act as well a doctor. I know I already said that but it's my main focus! In fact, I am taking your teammate to surgery as we speak!"
"Ruby needs surgery?"
An alpha cat with amber eyes and-
"Warning. Anomaly detected. Unnatural biological amalgamations detected. Investigate."
A calm mechanical voice said as a small blue light appeared over Malroues eye as the faunus girls heartbeat shot up as she began to panic?
"Hush now! Sarah! She is a friend of ours!"
"Unusual biological life form detected. Atlas medical protocol 335 dash 6B dictates that we must analyze and-
"Sara! She is our guest! I do apologize for that-
"Blake. My name is Blake Bellandoan-
"And I'm Nora! "
An off breed Alpha of all things said as she jumped forward as Malroque sighed internally. Thanking the light that she was the speaking version of an off breed. And not a mute one that would more then likes attempt to turn the man into a suit.
"Hello, Nora. My name is doctor Malroque and-
"Oh! You're a doctor! That's so cool! But wait! If you are a doctor and Ruby needs surgery... AH! Is Ruby ok!? Is she hurt!? Do I need to send sir kicks a lot out to break some legs!?"
The girl demanded in a spitfire line of questioning as Malroque blinked owlishly at her. "Sir kicks a lot? Who in the world-
"Her leg. It's her leg.'
Blake said nodding downward as Malroque saw it.
"Another Arcadian prosthetic? You must have friends with connections."
The man said nodding his head as the girl grinned.
"He's amazing! He does everything for me! He helps me was, breaks people legs, and he can even cook me breakfast!"
"It... It can cook for you?"
The man asked as Malroque began to pull out a small notepad and began to jot down notes,
"How did you get your prosthetic to cook for you?"
"Well that is a story but! You first! What' wrong with Ruby?! Why does she need surgery? is she going to die!?"
The girl asked before dramatically falling backward as Blake shook her head.
"Please forgive her she's not... Who am I kidding? She's always like that. I deal with this every day."
Blake said with feigning irritation as Malroque saw the smile on her lips.
"No, she is not in any fatal danger-
"Thank the moon!"
The girl proclaimed as Jaune and Venke nodded. As Blake gained a nervous look as Sarah analyzed her.
"Her necklace. It's not normal."
His AI said as he nodded his head. He saw that there was something decisively irregular about that necklace. While it looked like a simple shell necklace with a small black line on it, but it was radiating a lever of power so intense that would not be amiss in a mass fusion reactor.
And not only was it radiating power it was also effectively concealing it. As Sarah had to work overtime to find identify and isolate it's unique power signatures. As the man narrowed his eyes. How the hell is it generating such power? Power does not come from anywhere. It must have a point of origin. And the fact that it's just a necklace on the surface should make that impossible.
"Doctor? Are you ok?"
Ruby asked as Malroque shook himself out of his trance.
"Sorry! I was just lost in thought."
"She's not a faunus. Nor is she a human. Her biological signs are all over the board."
The Ai said in his head as Marloque grimaced.
A new life form? I don't believe it... He thought as he was staring at something neither human nor faunus. But a completely new species of being! As he stared at Blake.
"Ruby is going to live! Oh, thank the moon!"
Nora said agonies he noticed that she was thinking the moon and not the light. That was usually an extreme taboo in the faunus world. The fact that she said it so openly and with what looked like an understanding of the subject nad-
Ding!
A scroll went off as Malroque saw Ruby pick up her scroll as she gasped.
"Doctor! I'm sorry I can't go to surgery! I've been called to combat class!"
The Vulf said as Malroque nodded.
"That's fine Ruby. We can just reschedule your operation."
The doctor said as Ruby nodded.
"Ruby Rose! Versus... Yang Xiao-Long!"
GoodWithch said with an awkward look as she announced the ad-hoc fight.
It was not a day for combat classes, and the fact that Ruby was brought into the fight raised several questions to Jaune as he wished his teammate the best of luck.
"You got this Ruby."
Jaune said putting a supportive hand on her shoulder as she nodded once.
"Thanks, Jaune. That means a lot."
"Go get em, Ruby. Make JuneBerry proud."
"Break her legs!"
Nora said loudly waving the tattered JNBR flag that she had some oh recovered from the breach as Blake read a book. As Ruby walked down down team weapon gave their teammate their own prase.
"You can win Yang."
Pyrrha said as she gave Yang a nod.
"I think you have a chance."
Ren said calmly as Weiss scoffed.
"You better win."
Weiss said as Yang shook her head.
"Thanks, Pyr, thanks, Ren."
"No thanks to me?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did a pretentious voice just speak to my ears?"
Yang asked as Weiss scoffed before she walked down into the arena.
"Xiao-Long! Ready?"
"Yeah...
Yang said looking downward not wanting to look her sister in the eyes.
"Rose! Ready?"
"Yes!"
Ruby said awkwardly as the cougar nodded,
"Alright then. Begin!"
The dean said as she slammed down her crop stepping backward as the fight began.
Instantly the two stood still. Neither fighter made a move at one another as they stared down each other's eyes.
"Yang...
"Ruby...
The sisters said to one another as the began to circle one another.
Yang made the first move. As she flapped her wings as she cocked her gauntlets as a pained grimaced came over her face as she narrowed her eyes took a deep breath and exploded forward in a ball of fire.
"This isn't right.'
Bang!"
Jaune watched as Ruby fired a shot from Crescent Rose hitting her sister in the face before knocking her back and causing her hair to flare up, as she began to circle her in the arena. Jaune knew something about this fight was wrong from the moment it started. Something was wrong beyond words. Ruby was a Vulf. The lowest faunus type and Yang was a dragon. The literal top of the food chain.
Now Beacon was a combat school, but this? Glynda said the fights were random, but Jaune knew they were not. She also picked people in a similar skill group so that they could both learn and grow from one another. And even with her enhancements, this fight should be hilariously one-sided in Yang's favor but something was just not right! Now GoodWitch did mix it up every now and again but this?
But this? This was wrong. And as the fight progress, Jaune had the sinking feeling that this was going to end badly for all involved.
Bang! Bang!
Ruby fired twice more taking Yangs aura to the eighties as she growled before slamming forward into a ball of fire as Ruby neatly eeped! And ducked it as she diapered in a blur of roses.
Normally Ruby would fight someone like Blake, Ren, Nora, him or hell even Cardin. The ox faunus was far from good, bad enough that Glynda thought a Vulf could beat him and just threw them at one another.
As they fought Jaune saw two things that proved his point that something was off.
On the top of the arena seats stood the general Ironwood. Next to what looked like an older Weiss as they all looked down with a pained grimace.
The woman looked down to the fight with a hungry look like she was heavily invested in it as it clicked.
Weiss got beat by a Vulf. Jaune thought as he saw them. Camera crews. This fight was being broadcasted. This was a show. And an odd one at that. It looked like a staged fight and-
"AHH!'
Yang howled in agony as Ruby landed a strike with her now impossibly dark blade that seemed to absorb the light around it. The vorpal weapon sliced into her stomach taking her aura down to fifty!?
Juaune gaked as her aura dropped down to half making the dragon faunus cry out before Ruby jumped up in a whirlwind of roses. Jumping off into the air as she slammed her scythe into her sisters back, taking her aura down to deep orange as she pushed away from her.
For two moments the sisters stared at one another panting heavily before Ruby held out her hand.
"Surrender?"
Ruby asked holding out her hand as Yang sighed.
She said something. As Jaune saw Ruby gasp. Her eyes began to water as tears fell from them.
"Yang!? Why! Why would you do that!?"
Ruby yelled s Blake's ears picked up. As Jaune saw something wrong.
Ruby was yelling shouting at Yang as Jaune feel it.
A chill breeze enter his chest as he felt the air temperature drop.
As the lights in the are flicked on and off as the camera crew began to check their equipment shouting at one another as older Weiss began to yell.
"Get those cameras online! This welp needs to be shown her place!"
She yelled snarling at the crewmen before it happened.
"I'm not weak!"
Ruby shouted at the top of her lungs screaming loudly as she blurred forward in a blur of red as Yang's eyes flew open as Ruby dove at her in a whirlwind of rose petals.
As she slammed her scythe down to her sister and sliced off her wing in one swift motion. As she took off her left dragon wing in a flurry of black and red and painted the arena red with blood...
Screaming... Ther was screaming everywhere. There were loud shouts and cries of action as Jaune took a deep breath as he looked to his left and right.
"You guys ready?"
"Yup!"
"Sure am."
"We are awesome!"
His team said as Jaune and his friend stepped forward to the sound of cheering crowd as the walked into the bright light.
"Welcome to Vytal! Ladies and gentlemen let me be the first to introduce you to the first fight of the Vytla tournament!"
The voice of the announcer a hired voice said as no more Beacon professors. Most dead, and one refused as Jaune led his team forward.
"Representing Vale and Beacon team JuneBerry! A mix of Human, Alpha, Beta and a Vulf!? Of all things! I don't know why they let a Vulf into Beacon but let's give them a warm Vale welcome!"
The man said as Ruby grimaced as Jaune put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry about him, Ruby. You are doing fine."
"Ignore him, Ruby."
"Yeah! He's a jerk! And if he keeps talking, we'll break his legs!"
Nora said happily as the for walked dint the forested region of the Vytal dome.
It was an impressive if not primitive version of Arcdain wilderness training. That could imitate any environment, which was a prefabricated set of terrain features. Even if it could not add the cloned animals that populated Arcadian elements. As Jaune half expected a cloned Beowulf to leap out at any second as they walked up to their opponents.
"And on the other side! Visiting all the wat form Mistral! We have their opponents! Team-
The man's voice was drowned out as Jaune looked at his partner. Ruby was having a bad time. The ticks in her body had only gotten worse and after the Yang Incident. Things were not looking good for the girl.
Ruby had nearly been expelled and was even now under strict supervision as he walked with her out to the fight.
As they did Jaune eyed the enemy team. All faunus all hunters in training. It took Jaune less the moment for him to make a plan.
"Blake. Get the sniper. Don't let her have a shot."
"Got it."
"Nora.'
"That's me!"
"Take the middle two alphas. Don't hold back."
Jaune said as Nora took one manic grin.
"You hear that Sir kicks a lot? It's time to break some legs!"
Nora said as she lifted Magnihild. The jet black weapon looked like a part of the night sky that had been ripped down from the heavens as she lifted it up.
"What about me?"
Ruby asked as Jaune nodded.
"Snipe them. If you see any of them get to close end them. I'll play pick up. If anyone has an issue call me and I'll take them. Now break!"
Jaune said breaking out his team. As team JunBerry took their assigned positions as the first fight of Vytal began in earnest.
"Mei! The tress! Go!"
Her leader yelled as Mei-Zhe Dong nodded tucking her rifle over her shoulder and sprinting.
The beta cat sniper was already running past her team making a dead spring for the tree line. Right as bullets began peppering them followed by an explosion!? Follow by the sound of a large object slamming into the ground, and the agony filled screams of her friend as manic laughter filler her ears followed by shouts of breaking legs?
"Ignore them. Just get up here so you can help!"
She said to her self as she reached the first three. It was a tall brown thing, it looked, and smelled so natural she was almost fooled into thinking it was a real tree.
And not a cloned one, as she slammed into the tree her claws shout out digging into the fake bark as she scaled up the tree. Ignoring the cries and shout of pain form her team followed by the harsh retorts of the enemy teams sniper.
"Come on. Com one! I just have to get a shot."
She thought as she reached the top of her journey slamming herself down on a tree branch as she pressed the cool metal of her scope into eye and-
"Sorry about this."
A voice said from behind her as she snapped her neck around to see a pair of golden eyes behind her as vorpal black knife slammed down to her neck and she screamed...
"Winner! Team JuneBerry! And with no aura loss to show for it!? Folks we have a strong contender for the top!"
The man said as JuneBerry reunited as one in the middle of the arena with Nora skipping happily twirling Magniheld like it has a paperweight as she jumped to the center of the arena.
"We are awesome!"
The girl said slamming her hammer into the tiled arena floor. As she broke it apart with a loud whap! As the jet black Warhammer that looked like someone had literally torn a fang from the night sky smashed into the arena sundering it.
"We did well. But we can still do better. Don't let this make you overconfident."
Jaune said as Nora and Blake nodded. Before he let a thin grin form on his smooth face.
"But. We did crush them. Great job with that sniper Blake. You saved our asses."
Jaune said paying the cat girl a compliment as she simply nodded her head.
Twirling the now black as pitch Gambol shroud once in her hand before setting in on her leg.
"Thanks. But she was easy. Her weapons would have only really harmed you."
She sad as Jaune nodded.
"Jaune, did I do good?"
"You did great Ruby. You kept them pinned so much they never even had a chance to attack."
He said rubbing the Vulf's animal ears making her whine in approval before the sound of rushing feet came into his ears.
As Medics rushed the actually bleeding enemy team who Jaune still forgot the names of as the medics wrapped them up. Placing their remaining crying forms on opaque stretchers before shepherding them off as a reporter walked up.
A tall alpha? Cat asked with black hair, tanned skin and twin yellow jaguar ears on his head said as Nora leaped forward and yanked the microphone from his hands.
"Miss that was sensational! You were amazing out there! Do you have anything to say to the crowd?"
The man asked as Blake made the girl give the microphone back as Nora grinned at him.
"I sure do! I would like to say that we are team JuneBerry! The best Beacon team EVER! And we will win Vytal!"
"Did you hear that folks!? The best team ever is here! Now that fight was pretty special miss! Do you have a reason for putting so much effort into it? Is there a special someone watching?'
He asked a Nora blushed.
"Well, I do have someone in mind! He a bit shy but he's great!"
The faunus said her cheeks going bright red as the man laughed openly.
"Uh oh! It looks a certain someone should be looking out! You hear that everyone? Love is in the air!"
He said raising his hands up to the air as the crowd ate it up before Nora became... Herself...
"But! I would to especially like to dedicate this fight to the one thing that made it possible!"
Nora said as the man coked his head.
"And that would be?"
"I! Nora Valkyrie! First year of Beacon, proud beta! Preferred leg breaker for the best team, team JuneBerry! Declares that team JuneBerry's victory today! And all of our victories from now on are in the name of the moon! And that our team is a proud patron of its divine protection!"
Nora shouted as both Jaune and Blakes mouth's dropped, as Ruby began to eep! As the man's microphone dropped and fell to the ground as the crowd was silenced.
"That was... Something...
Jaune said as his team walked back into the dorms as Blake sighed.
"I never thought that they would throw food at us. Booing yeah. I get that but food? I need a shower."
Blake said tiredly wiping off the long strands of pasta form her hair as she walked into the bathroom.
Nora's impromptu announcement at the arena had gone as well as could be hopped. Which was terrible, to put it mildly. Saying an extremely sacrilegious phrase to an extremely religious crow had produced less than favorable results.
As the crowd went from jubilant Vytal watchers to booing prepsters to throwing food at team JuneBerry as they had to make a fast break for the tunnels.
And as of right now team JuneBerry was officially persona non grata amongst the Vytal participants. And many had called for their removal from the tournament all together!
Not that Jaune cared. His faith was in his team. They were his family and as long as they were safe that what mattered.
"Well, that went well!"
Nora said long on her bed her face covered with pasta sauce and mayonnaise. As she had in a predictably Nora fashion proceeded to eat the food people thrown at her as she had even begun to eat food from Balke's hair.
Much the partner displeasure. As she flopped on her bed the way, rapid series of a knock at the door as Ruby open in for Kaile or more color know as team JuneBerry's team mom fussed into the room.
"Ruby! Nora! Oh, look at you! You are filthy! You need a shower now!"
The woman said running over wisely to Nora first who was in the process of licking the food off of her before Kail ran up to her yanking her off her bed, dragging her into the now occupied shower.
Where a series, of shouts complaints and even hisses, could be heard as the woman forced the girls to bathe.
"Well, at least we all made it back in one piece right Ruby?"
Jaune asked the Vulf girl who was staring at the door with a forlorn look in her silver eyes.
"Ruby? What's up? You don't look so good. And I don't just mean the bagel on your ear."
Jaune said making a joke as the girl sighed.
"Jaune... I need to take a walk. I'll be back!"
She said happily before disappearing in a blur or roses as she left the room.
"What did I do? Where did it go so wrong?"
Ruby asked sitting on the top edge of the Beacon dorms as she looked off into the night. It was a lonely star-filled night that had a slight chill to it. As the cover up her legs crawling them up to her chest and hugging them.
As she looked out to to the city filled with small flickering lights, a heavy sigh left her face. "How did it get like this?"
Ruby thought as she remembers her fight. It was just an ordinary fight! She was fighting Yang, her sister who she still had a tumultuous relationship with. And even if it was getting better! It was still far from positive.
As she had fianlly broken her aura to orange. She had even offered her a chance to surrender! Then... Then it happened.
She swore she heard that Yang called her weak. She called her pathetic; she said she was nothing. A disgrace of a sister, and if she could she out go back in time and put a pillow over her in the crib.
After that... Ruby snapped. She saw Red and dove at her sister. She felt like her chest was lit on fire as she slammed her scythe into her left wing severing it completely in a shower of blood.
"I'll clip your wings."
Ruby said to her self-repeating the final words she remembered saying to Yang before the screaming began.
Ruby would never forget he pain filled agonized crises of her sister therein on the ground as blood spluttered from her severed appendage. As she pulled her legs up closer. After the fight, Ozpin had nearly had her expelled. In fact, the only reason he did not was Jaune intervene statin that if Rub went her team went with her.
And Ozpin did not want to lose a promising team, and the fact that Qrow spoke up on her behalf did lean some credence to her defense. Still, Winter was adamant. She demanded that such an act of violence should never be tolerated.
And that every second Ruby staid in Beacon was a disgrace to the school's proud name. It was an awkward argument Ozpin placated her time and time again before finally agree that Ruby would be put under observation until the end of Vytal.
After Yang got out of surgery and things calmed down she would get a proper expulsion hearing with all evidence accounted for in a fair and impartial manner.
"I didn't mean to hurt her... I just wanted to be strong."
Ruby said looking up as she noticed that the moon was oddly bright and large-
"I know you did."
A calm, soothing voice said as Ruby nodded her head.
"I just wanted to show her! Show all of them that I am not weak! That I am strong!"
"Why?"
"Becuase I need to show them!"
"Why do you fell the need to judge yourself based on the opinions of others? Why are not comfortable being who you are?"
"Becuase I'm not good enough," Ruby admitted as a hand pressing her shoulder.
"That's not true. I think you are perfect."
"Thanks but I' pretty far from perfect."
Ruby said before blink. The moon was bright. Really. Really. Really bright. It was shining down on her like a sun as it's cool refreshing light tilted her making her fell strangely warm.
"Don't say that. Ruby. You are perfect just the way you are."
"Thanks. No many people say that."
"Well, they should. You are a strong, determined, kind, loyal girl with a good heart. And a sharp mind. You are worth all of the good things that happened to you in your life."
The voice said again s Ruby felt at ear fall form her fac.e
"Thanks. I... I needed that.'
"Of course my child. Anytime you feel like talking to me. Or you have a problem feel free to call out for me. I will always make time for my children. Even if they do not believe they are worthy."
"Children? Wait a second. Who are you?"
Ruby asked finally realizing he had no idea who she was talking to as she tilted her head up.
Twin searing red eyes glared down at her, as a ghostly white feminine face smiled beatifically down to her. Ruby wanted to scream. She wanted to scream and shout at the top of her lungs as she saw a truly monstrous-
No. Not monstrous beautiful. Ruby thought as she found herself looking into what had to be without a shard of a doubt the single most perfect face in all of Remnant.
The very definition of perfection looked down to her. She was a woman-
"You look just like Blake does."
Ruby said as the woman nodded. Her silky white hair flowed in the night sky as she let go of Ruby' face with her ghostly white hand, as soon as her hand left Ruby wanted to cry.
As she felt like all the warmth left her as one as the woman glided down to her on her swirl black robes as she sat next to Ruby.
Yawning openly in a carefree manner as she stretched her also ghostly white legs out of her flowing dressmaking her arm bone and kicked out against the night. As she smiled brightly at her.
"Yes. You have seen my work before. Do you know I am responsible for Blake's life?"
The woman asked in a smooth claiming one that put Ruby's heart at ease as she knew in that instant that she could trust her with all of her heart.
"You did that? How?'
Ruby asked not that she doubted that this woman could do anything. She was the living embodiment of perfection. To her anything was possible! The sky was the limit! Her beauty and power were matched only by her amazing intellect as she grinned.
"Well, I was a bit generous with her. As I know to be. I saw her falling about to die. Impaled by a monsters feather and I just couldn't let such a noble spirit perish now could I?"
"The breach... You're talking about the breach! You were there!?"
"I am everywhere my child. And I just couldn't let Blake die now right?"
She asked as ruby mouth fell open.
"You saved her!?'
'Yes."
"And... And you made her look like you?'
"Well, it was only fitting. I did save her life, so a little makeover was not out of the line f rationality don't you agree? I mean I think I look rather stunning don't you?"
"Yes! Of course! You are beautiful!"
Ruby said appeal that his perfect being could see herself as on the less than radiant! As the woman chuckled ina claiming manner before her face became serious.
"Ruby. My child answer me this question. Does it hurt?"
The woman asked as Ruby blinked owlishly at her.
"Does what hurt?"
"In here. Your heart. Does that hurt? Does it fell like you are being stabbed?"
The woman asked placing a hand on her chest as Ruby's eyes water.
"Yes... It hurts...
"Really? How bad does it hurt?"
"It... it hurts a lot...
"I'm sorry to hear that. Do you feel like someone is ripping your heart out? Like some clawed had id digging into your flesh ripping out your organs?"
"Yeah... I fell exactly like that. It feels like something is wrong with me. Like someone is gripping my heart and squeezing it! I.. I don't like it... In fact, I hate it...
"As you should. Ruby no one deserves to suffer! No one truly deserves unnecessary pain. Or most of us don't anyway."
"Most of us? Who-
"Do not worry yourself about them, my child. Let those who deserve pain worry about it. The ones who like to hide away in towers and play board games whit the lives of others. Who treats you like pawns instead of the living breathing creatures that you are."
The woman said as Ruby nodded before she put a hand over her hear cradling it making Ruby go numb.
"You have beautiful ears. You know that? Even with that scar. You are a pretty girl, and it's a shame that you don't see that."
"I'm not that pretty...
"What? You are radiant! From your ears to your eyes and everything below. You are a lovely young lady if I do say so myself!"
She said in a motherly tone that made Ruby's mind go blank with the naked praise she was hearing from this perfect divine being.
"Thank you, mam...
"Mam? Oh please! Ruby! You don't need to be so formal with me! We are friends, after all, are we not?"
"Y-yes! I'd love to be friends with you! Even if I don't deserve it-
"Ruby! Enough with the self-pity! Look at yourself! You are so courageous prideful Vulf who despite having a society that hates no loathes her! To blinded by foolish notions of prejudice and a half-understood notion of pride that they ignore the beauty in front of them!"
"I... I don't know to say...
"Say Yes...
"To what?"
"To me Ruby! I know your pain. I can fell your grief from here! It's tearing me apart, and I can only imagine what it's doing for you! But I want to help! I want to take all the pain all that suffer and make it go away. Would you like that Ruby?"
"Can you imagine that? A life without pain? Without suffering? A life where you are surrounded by love and affection. Where everyone around you loves and respects you in equal measure. Doesn't that life sound good?"
"It sound's amazing. But it will never happen...
"That's what you think! Ruby what if I told you that that life could be yours? That all you needed to do to be loved and accepted by everyone around you was to submit."
The woman said a by locked her head her breath leaving her lungs as she gasped.
"Submit?"
"Yes. Ruby, I'm sure you've seen my work with Blake. I can make you like that. I can take away fall your pain all you suffering! I can make you happy! Make you powerful! I can give to you each in everything you ever wanted but failed to obtain! All you need to do is submit."
The woman said holding out her hand where a small black acorn seed rested in its palm.
"What... What is that?"
"That is your proof of submission. Take the seed. Consume it and let go. Let your hate fall free of you and let me take all your negative emotions. Let me make you happy!"
She said as Ruby bundled looking down to it.
"I.. I don't know...
"Ruby Blake did it right? And Jaune would most definitely approve of this!"
"Really? Jaune would approve?"
"I guarantee you that he would."
"How do you know?"
"Ruby! All humanity my child! And now you can be too! All you have to do is submit."
She said as Ruby gulped once nodding before putting the seed in her mouth chewing once with a loud crack!
Sound as she chewed and swallowed the seed as black whips came from her mouth.
"What now-
"GAH!?"
Ruby sure out as black smoke fell from her mouth spilling out of eh good as she bags to hack and cough as her skin began to morph.
"There. There. My child. Let go. Let go of all your petty feeling of grief; anger will. Let yourself submit. Let yourself be mine!"
She asked as Rubys' skin popped and shook.
shredding and molting, in a twisting amalgamation of flesh and bones as crimson veins, popped on her skin as it lost all color as her eyes became flooded by black.
Her once pristine silver eyes became nothing, but sharp pinpricks stand alone against an ever-encroaching wall of night as Ruby cocked back her head as her teeth shone in the moonlight. Each one now elongated and cruelly sharpened like sharp knives, as her tongue now over a foot long with a serpentine tip slithered out between them as she screamed...
"Pancakes! Pancakes! I love pancakes!"
Nora hummed openly as she began making her favorite hobby of fixing herself a late night meal.
It was currently three am, and Nora was busy in the Beacon cafeteria cooking up a storm, much to the sleeping cooks chagrin as she began smelling the rapturous mixing batter.
"Pancakes! Plance! I love pancakes! I love the shape; I love the grease-
"The taste?"
A voice asked as Nora nodded.
"Yup! Tha't the best part!"
Nora said happily mixing her batter before she froze and turned around. Praying that the cooks didn't kick her out of the kitchen before her treat! She was also wondering why Sir Kicks A lot did not sound the alarm as she turned and froze.
"Are you Blakes real mom?"
Nora asked in a blunt question at the woman that made the woman freeze before she began chuckling with laughter.
"In a sense yes. But no. I am not related to her."
The woman said. She was tall well over six feet tall. With ghostly pale skin that was filled with blood-red veins. Her eyes were bleeding orbs of crimson and her voice calm and beatific as Nora gasped.
"You! You're just like my partner! How!?"
"Well, my curious child I made you partner how she is."
"Child? Lady, I don't know who you are but I ain't your kid! Capeesh?"'
Nora said mollifying the woman before she snorted and began to chortle.
"Lady!? Capeesh!? OH, my! It's been years eons and eternity! Since anyone last talked to me like that! I! I! I can't believe someone still has the gall to do so! I like you, Nora! I see why Blake spoke so fondly of you!"
The woman said laugh so hard tears fell from her eyes before she took a bit of pancake batter on her fingertip liking it with a loud slurp and grinned.
"They truly are the food of the gods no?"
"That's what I've been trying to say!" Nora said now confident that anyone who looked like her partner and liked pancakes was good personas the woman picked up the mixer
"Le'ts talk Nora. I think we have much to learn from one another.' She said as the two woman began to make pancakes in the kitchen...
"So nice lady who looks absolutely horrifying! Tell me! Why are you in the cafeteria this late?"
Nora asked as she and the woman began to bake pancakes together.
"Pass the milk!"
"Here you go dear."
"Thanks!"
"Anything for my child."
"Child?"
"All those who give me praise are my children."
The woman said pouring the batter in a skillet as she began to cook the pancakes.
"Really? But when did I give you any praise? I don't even know who you are! Except that you are beautiful!'
"Thank you, my child; I do love to hear compliments."
She said as she began to sniff the sizzling package as she licked her lips.
"These will taste splendid my child.'
"I know! And are you my mom?"
"No. Let me explain. I am... well I am a benevolent creature. I am here to look after my children and you Nora Valkyrie have very recently caught my attention in one of the most interesting ways."
She said filling package as she licked her lips.
"Pass the syrup."
"Here you go!"
"Thank you, my child."
"Your welcome! But how did I praise you? I don't' remember doing that, but I also don't know who you are!"
"Well to start at the top. Your actions at the tournament were quite inspiring. And that I must say. While I am used to receiving were naked praise back in my home in Arcadia. Where my name is sung every day. It is quite rare to find myself being so openly praised in a faunus kingdom. In fact, it is rather unprecedented. And I found your proclamation that all your future triumphs would be done in my name to be quite endearing. And I just had to find the pretty young girl who was offering herself so willingly to me."
She said licking her lips as the first pancakes came out.
"There! The first batch is done!"
She said flicking the treat on a white plate as she slathered them in maple syrup before Nora came drooling to him.
"Whap!"
"Ow!"
"No eating until dinner is fully severed, and the table is set."
She said hitting her hand making the faunus whine.
"Sorry...
Nora said like a scolded child da s the woman sighed.
"There there. It's ok. I had to give the speech to my daughters as well. You know it took them quite some time to learn proper table manners you know?"
"Daughters? I thought all of humanity was your children?"
"My dear. While all of humanity is my child. I do-
"I did have a personal family a long time ago."
"Really? What where they like?"
"They where perfect! I had seven of the most beautiful daughter imaginable! And the perfect husband not give them to me!"
"Oh! You had a husband? What was he like?"
"He was perfect! He had hair that shone like the sun, and eyes that shone like the sea! His name was Ferrius, and I loved him with all of my heart."
The woman said reminiscing about that past, thinking of better days as the pancakes finished as she led Nora to the small cafeteria staff table.
"What happened to your family?'
Nora asked as she bag devour her meal as the woman took out a small fork and knife from somewhere and began cutting into the soft brown treats.
"They died. Unfortunately."
The woman said as her face took on a forlorn expression as Nora grimaced.
"I'm sorry to hear that.
"Thank you, my dear. It is so nice to hear a sympathetic voice in these troubling times. They were the light of my day. When they still breathed."
She said as Nora frowned.
"What happened to them?"
Nora asked as the woman's face twisted in anger as Nora saw swirling black polls of shad appear on the table as she growled.
"There were some people who were jealous of our union. There were some who believe that we should stick to our own sides and not mix with the other, so-called chosen people!"
"Chosen people?"
"My dear a very, very long time ago. I and my... counterpart I guess you could call him that made a deal. We both had very different views of what the world should be like. And after some rather disruptive and often cataclysmic disagreements, we decided that fighting against one another was not only wasteful but ultimately unproductive."
She said as she began to surgically eat her pancakes. Cutting them into small bite sized pieces before sighing.
"I was consent to that. I picked my chosen people and he his. And we went out separate ways with the sole promise to never interfere with the deepest of the other's people with the intent to change them."
"And? Did you intervene?"
"Yes. But not in the way you think. I 'l be honest Nora. I am not always the most positive of people and now and then I tend to be a bit extreme in methods. But one day I met a man who changed my life for the better."
"Ferrius right?"
"Yes, Ferrius. I met him dying alone, cold and afraid knocking at the doors of death. Barely alive after a vicious Grim attack. I found him bleeding on the snow and well I don't know what came over me, but I decided to be kind for once."
"Kind?"
"Yes, kind. The man had no aura unlocked, and I decided that I would save him. Not because I liked him, not because I was good. But I just felt like I should."
"So you unlocked Ferrius aura than what?"
Nora asked stuffing her food into her mouth as the woman sighed.
"Nora. Don't talk with your mouth full."
"Sorry."
The girl said shyly as she nodded.
"It's fine. Now after I unlocked his aura, I told him a story. I made a joke! A fairy tale! I told him to worship me three times a day and that I would always be with him! It was a joke! I was just spontaneous! But he was an Arc. And an Arc never goes back on his word."
"You can say that again."
Nora said thinking of her lead as the woman nodded.
"Ferrius was serious. He told everyone he could about me. And he even started to unlocking the aura of those around him, and in less than a year almost all of humanity was singing my praise! And by the end of it, I was the literal deity to them.'
"So how did you and old Ferius hook up!"
"My aren't you bold? Well to answer your question I got embarrassed! I never had someone give me such naked praise before. And I was a bit overwhelmed by it all. So in an effort to calm him down and stop this nice but ultimately unnecessary worship, I gave him a wish."
"A wish?"
"Yes, my child I sai if he wold stops worshiping me and go live his life I would give him one thing. Anything that his heart could desire!"
"So what did he ask for?"
Nora asked the woman gave an uncharacteristic blush as her cheeks turn a bright shade of red.
"He wished for me."
"For you?"
"He wished for a night with me."
She said as Nora gasped and blushed.
"So you and he... booped?"
Nora asked as the woman giggled.
"Yes, we booped as you say. It was a rather intense, and overwhelming experience for, me and well. As much as I hate to admit it, I am a living creature. like your self."
"Despite my best attempts, I am not perfect. And I have my desires, and well after one night, I was a bit addicted to him. And soon one-night became two, and two became ten. And ten nights became months, and months to years and so on and so on."
"So you and he became a couple?"
"Yes. We had seen beautiful daughters. And for a time it was perfect. For a time that is...
"What happened to them?"
"What happens to everything in this world my child. People grew jealous of me. My counterpart was quite peeved that I was in his opinion disregarding our deal. And the fact that now his chosen people had mow fully embraced me and tossed him aside like dirt, well he sought out revenge. Specifically, he targeted my family"
"He killed your family?"
'Yes. He ended them. One. By. One. Starting at my children and ending at my husband. He killed them all one by one. And he made sure I watched them as they died."
"But how?! You are insanely powerful! And-
"My dear I am powerful, but I am not invincible. I am strong in some ways and weak in others, but I am not perfect and my counterpart well... He was always better at chess. And over time he picked my family part one by one until I was all that was left."
"That's terrible."
Nora said as the woman looked downtrodden as she sighed into her pancakes.
"My child. I am here today not to moan about the past but to think about the future. I come here with an offer that I would like you to seriously consider."
"What is that?"
"I lost my family once. I lost everything that was held dear to me and my ma here to make sure that it never happens again. I am here offering you a chance. An offer of sorts. To not only be strong but to protect you and yours. Nora. Will you take a gift to save those you love? Will you join me in an endeavor to change everything?"
The woman asked as she handed Nora a black swirling acorn...
Later on, that night long after Beacon went asleep. Long after all those that should have been up where fast lost into the land f creams four figures stood together as a mass of shade morphed and formed in form to them as a god stepped foot in a dorm room.
"Have you made your choice? Will you four stand with me? Will you forsake everything you have ever know disregard all you have been taught to save your future?"
She asked as the pairs of eyes looked to one as the blond gulped once before swinging his sword on the woman taking one step forward and slammed it into the ground as he bowed.
"Yes, my lady. We swear our fealty to you and you alone."
Jaune said as team JuneBerry bowed tot her new god as she grinned as we watched her now children. She smiled as she saw their pale white skin, their glowing red eyes, and the bright crimson veins popped out of their skin as she saw her family return. As her children came back as one as she grinned.
"Excellent."
An: Well! Here we go! Salems' on the field! JuneBerry has a new god and the tournament is in full swing! Our favorite doctor is on the loose and it's about to get heavy! The queen is on the field with a little background knowledge of her past so yeah! This story is coming to a close!
We are in the last chapters of this tale! So if you are reading the end is near and thanks. This story was a roller coaster for me and the fact that anyone enjoys it shocks me to this day. And as always thank you. Now the logs! Warning. These logs might be... disturbing for some readers so fair warning!
"Hello? This is Doctor Malrouqe. Atlas special research division-
"To hell with this!"
"Doctor?"
"Sarah this is off the record."
"Yes, doctor."
"I... You do not know who I am. Or maybe you do. If you do not know me my name is Jame's Malroque. Head researcher of Atlas specialists research division. And I... Am I a monster?"
"I ask myself this question more and more recently. Am I a monster? I do not think I am. I am a man! A doctor! I believe in science! And as such, I simply can not be a monster!"
"But recently a former patient of mine a Vulf called me a monster. And I think on this. If you do not know I work for Jaquess Schnee in his premier pediatrics clinic as my official job, where I analyze all acquired human youths and spilt them into three categories. Those that are bound for families. Who will be sent to education facilities and be prepared for life with a faunus mate. Those that are bound for surgery who have a genetic deficiency and are male are subjected to reconstructive surgery. And if they are found defective and female they are sent for liquefaction."
"I... I don't know what I am. I was just trying to help! I want to help humans! I want to help humanity! I want to protect them from everything even themselves! I told Roman that the greatest danger to humans beings was other humans! And he laughed! He said that human as long as they were free would always kill each other! He said it was their nature. And I said what if they were not so free? Looking back that is where the trouble started."
"Before I get too far into this I will make one thing clear. I as a doctor as a medical professional have never! For one moment acted with anything but the best interest of the human race as my primary motivation. My goal is to save as much human life as possible by any means possible and that... That might be my biggest issue.
"When I fought with the three hundred and eighth I was a combat medic. I fought with my allies in over thirty separate major engagements in Arcadia. And an uncounted number of minor engagements through the country. I save many human lives on my tour and I ended none! I have never ended a human life and I never will! I save lives I don't end them. But... After fighting with humans for so long, after seeing so much death and pain I asked my self one question, why?"
"Why did humans kill each other like this? Why did the butcher each other like cattle? For no reason? Now I am no fool. Faunus kill each other just like humans do but! Faunus kill each other for a purpose! We wage wars over recourses! For territory! Humans... Human kill just to kill. The will butcher one another over the simplest of things!"
"The clan war I participated int hat claimed over three thousand lives was over a pronoun! A literal pronoun triggered a clan war! When on clan Eshen representative refused to call A Moulder representative by his proper name they two literally declared war on one another! A war that I was dragged in. The killed thousands of each other over a name! A name! It was ridiculous!"
"I tried to speak for reason! I did my best to curb their aggression. But no matter who I talked to no matter how many humans I met they just did not care. Humans do not care for their own lives let alone those of their friends. They believe that all death in a battle leads to a glorious afterlife. And they will butcher one another as long as they are able. That is why I decided to take that freedom away from them.
"For their own good! Or course. I do everything for humanity. Now as to the actual job I was tasked by Jaquess to find a cure to the main barrier between faunus human integration. Know as Extinction theory. The theory or fact that states that any influx of faunus population into a human society that is not strictly controlled will result in total human extinction."
"I know that sounds extreme but it is true. My research has proved that faunus have a natural predatory relationship with even if by accident we are predators and humans our prey. In the most literal sense imaginable. When a faunus and a human reproduce the offspring is almost always a faunus."
"And when a faunus and a faunus reproduce the offspring is always a faunus. And whenever humans and faunus interbreed if there are not strict population controls established and enforced the faunus will literally breed humanity into extinction. Every. Single time."
"Now I need not tell you that human extinction would be disastrous for the faunus. The caste system that we base our very government relies on humans ability to steadily produce pure breed alphas. And with humans constantly killing one another and with extinction theory looming over us I was tasked with solving both problems. And I did."
"The first challenge of making humans more docile was quite simple and cam in the form of the collar. The Atlas collar, when applied to a human, has several effects. For on it repressed the human's adrenal glands. Making them far less aggressive and much more agreeable. Second, it injects a steady stream of a serotonin-like fluid when they are around a pure breed faunus. That is highly addictive and makes them fell felling of euphoria when their mates are near and agony when they are away. This makes them dependent and docile and more importantly protects them. Or so I thought."
"Unfortunately the collars have their own problems. Mainly they are not suitable for humans younger than the age of thirteen. And more importantly, human society and faunus society are incredibly different. And it is recommended that human mates be introduced to their faunus masters as young as possible. This lead to another issue. The age of consent. In the faunus kingdoms aside from Atlas the age of consent starts when a faunus become reproductively suitable. At the age of twelve. The humans, however, will flat out refuse to sell or trade a member for breeding if they are under the age of eighteen. With some exceptions. This is a problem."
"My research has shown the earlier a human is introduced to faunus culture the better their odds at a better life will be. And that if humans refused to give children as young as possible they must be acquired through other means. Mainly they dissolution of the free colonies. An idea posed by me. I regret, that my actions have harmed humans but they are for human self-interest. I have found that overall men are far less important for breeding purposes. And that a ratio of one man to three purebreed females is more than enough to keep the faunus purebreed population up."
"I... I am not proud of my next log so I will say it straight. Jaquess asked me to do a task. To integrate the humans in our care and bring in the entirety of the free colonies humans into Atlas's control and his ways were less than humane. At first, I railed against them. I called him madman! A despot but he simply told me I was the best. And if I refused he would get someone else to act in my stead. And if I failed here then the suffering of humanity would only increase... I... Don't know why I did what I did next but... I accepted it and decided that if I could decrease suffering in humanity I would do so."
"So I developed the human acquisition plan. It was simple first we needed to break the colonies. This was simple. We ruined their crops dropped sonar bombs that attracted Grimm and cut off their supplies to the point that they were forced to either join Arcadia which most refused. Or they accepted Atlas assistance. The plan was to make humans dependant on us and I perfected it."
"After the original acquiring of the children were the first goals. Specifically the males. The females were often irrelevant to faunus interest and where a trophy asset, not a necessary one. As Purebreed females preferred human males do to romantic reasons and the males did not often find a human woman attractive for some reason. Either way, this was beneficial for me. As I was able to make a breakthrough with my research! In the case of human and faunus interbreeding if a human wore a collar I figured out a way to change the reproduction chances in a humans faunus couple!"
"Now instead of there being a mere sixty percent chance of a child being a faunus, I was able to make it so that if there was a human male that there would be a sixty percent chant that the child would be a female. And that any female child he had with a faunus would be a faunus. And any male child would be a human! That solves the first step of extinction theory. Ensuring that the caste system could continue. That was not enough. Jaquess demanded total control of humanity and knowing if I said no another less skilled would be brought in I obeyed..."
"We implemented the process of acquiring males and disassembling females. By removing human females we forced humans to rely on us for their survival. Luckily sterilization procedures for females were rare and when done were always done humanely."
"While this may seem cruel human life expectancy with faunus owner is over four times that of a free humans. And they report increased happiness in their new lives. But that might just be the collar."
"So the first step was done. Extinction theory was solved. Humanity was being controlled and protected. More or less and that I was helping life. Unfortunate there was always more issues. As my experiment that allowed me to change the human code where often inhumane and caused many deaths even in my patients. Luckily! I found a loophole! One day in my clinic a Vulf mate was brought in and I noticed something. The genetic relationship between a human and a Vulf was closer than a Vulf to a faunus! And Vulf's could serve as surrogate experiments to humans and so began my descent into chaos as I began to operate on the human code with Vulf's as a template I began to change humanity into something better.