RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and Persona is owned by Atlus. Sorry for the delay guys but there was a project... okay an essay to be more accurate that I had to do for my College classes. That and the Kara no Kyokai event in Fate Grand Order took some time, it was very grindy and I really wanted to make sure I get the materials to fully ascend and NP5 assassin Shiki.

That and Like I said before, Im loving Overlord right now, I read all of the Light Novels multiple times over like a mad man and I can't say I regret it. Watched the English Dub after the sub and I'm rather impressed, some characters definitely sounded better subbed but I found the dub to be fine, especially when I heard Ainz/Mamonga/Satoru is voiced by the guy that did Abridged Cooler in TFS.

I am also kinda bummed that I got only like 4 reviews last chap but this is currently the vacational fillery scenes with Minato just relaxing so I can't say Im that surprised but it is disheartening. I totally get why other authors say reviews are like crack to them now.


It was around 8:00 AM in the morning with the sky being a brilliant light blue, as beautiful as the day on which he died on Aigis' lap and was devoid of any clouds. To the blue haired teen, it was a perfect day that deserved some sort of activity outside. To the Vessel of Death, it would be a waste to simply stay inside in the mansion when the sun was out. The breeze was refreshing and gentle without it being to harsh on the skin.

Minato was currently sitting on a lawn chair in the Arisato family allotted land for the burial of those with blood ties to the family or through marriage. The Fool had in his hand, perhaps the fluffiest pancakes in the world jammed pack with enough half-melted chocolate chips that would make even Nora and Ruby jealous.

Taking a sip of his freshly squeezed orange juice with a hint of lemon and other unknown citris, Minato sighed in content. The juice was a perfect combination of sweet and sour, the amber liquid was chilled from the mere contact of the glass which wasn't even true glass. It was a far more expensive material and was more akin to a cut crystal in a form of a cup rather than a cup made to look like a piece of crystal.

The glass itself was made in a strange method due to the Ice Dust fused into the glass itself. People weaving Dust into their clothes was nothing new and had been done at the beginning of Human history, at least the Humans of this world but weaving Dust into an object and FUSING Dust with an object were 2 entirely different things. That simply wasn't possible with technology that Minato know of, Dust was extremely sensitive especially in its powdered form… he knew because he saw it first hand on the first day that he attended Beacon. Ruby's sneeze was enough to cause an explosion that scorched the ground for several yards.

The Wildcard could get used to such a life, while it was relatively minor but the orange juice had no pulp and was prepared almost immediately within glass with crushed ice made from the same type of juice to prevent watering down. If he was still within the dorm, he would have spent a good minute washing the fruits, cutting them squeezing and twisting for the juicer to collect the deliciously sweet liquid and strain for pulp.

Though the glass was made from crystal and Ice Dust, Minato didn't see the point of adding ice, but he supposed that the workers simply added it out or habit. Not that it really mattered, since the glass ensured that the temperature is below freezing and the ice itself being made from juice, it would become a suitable snow cone esque dessert finishing his simple yet delicious breakfast.

All of them weren't exactly hard task to perform but the service wasn't something that Minato Arisato was used to. Maybe at one point when he was still some young child less than six years old, a time when his true parents were still alive but that was a very long time ago. Truth be told, Minato's memories about those times were hazy and long gone, they had been since he was used as the vessel for Ryoji.

Relaxing and leaning back on the lawn chair, Minato placed the plate of pancakes on the mini foldable wooden table and placed the drink on the drink coaster. The Persona User didn't know why but there was something rather relaxing in eating breakfast on one's own grave.

It appeared that his Counterpart's family had some sort of grave shelter in place rather than the standard burial. It remined the Fool of those underground bunkers that people made incase there was some sort of natural or manmade disaster. It was well maintained as expected but he could tell it was old from the signs if age and wear from the decades enduring the harsh elements.

The outside entrance had Greek temple styled influence from the way the canopy was erected and being held in place by pure white ionic pillars. Everything was made from the same white stone that had a strange texture, it was smooth enough to be slightly reflective but coarse enough to prevent slipping in case of rain fall.

To think that his empty coffin would be in there as well. The Fool was tempted to just enter the burial grounds out of curiosity. It was clear that despite his family being very clearly a mix of Atlesian and of Mistrilian descent which equated roughly to Asian and European cultures of his old world. Minato Arisato simply found it strange that his family would practice something even more archaic than the simple burial.

Glancing at his pancakes, Minato stuffed his face with the use of his Stat Allocation Semblance focused on enhancing his speed. Quickly swallowing the meal, Minato finished his orange juice within 3 gulps. Wiping his mouth with a napkin, Minato eyed the burial chambers that held the coffin and tombs of his counterpart's family over the centuries.

The Fool inched his way towards the white chambers with his boots crushing the green grass that was growing a bit too long but not to the point of it resembling a wild grass land. A few crows cawed at him in warning, but Minato ignored them, there was just something about that burial site that interested him in a way that he couldn't understand.

Reaching the steps of the site, the blue haired teen took a deep breath and walked up to the door that was locked behind several loops of chains. That was rather strange now that he thought about it, why would it be chained up like this? If it was simply the issue of grave robbers trying to take his Counterpart's deceased ancestors' belongings, then there's nothing to be worried due to how deep it was in the property and the defense system that surrounded said property made to be a physical barrier powered by Cyan Energy Dust.

Minato ran the various what if scenarios to why the Arisatos' required such heavy-duty chains but decided to figure it out instead. The answer to his questions was right in front of him after all, he placed his hand on the unnaturally cold steel door which was starting to rust a bit from age. It was cold, really cold despite it being around spring time. Something wasn't right… it wasn't malicious in nature, but it placed the Fool on edge. There was something within this grave site that exuded power, something significant enough to be hidden.

At first, the blue haired teen simply wanted to explore the interior out of his own curiosity, but it was serious now. Something was calling out to him and Yuki and he wanted to find out what. After a few moments, the chains began to unravel and unlock themselves, writhing in an oddly serpentine manner… almost as if they were alive.

A light blue glow emitted from the initial contact, the chains began to dim as it slowly dropped to the floor in a swooshing and clunking sound and motion. Within a minute, all chains freed themselves from the gate, forcing Minato to jump back to avoid getting hit from the heavy steel doors as they swung open with unnatural force that would have left a bruise if it made contact.

"How strange," Minato mumbled as he peered into what's inside the burial chamber. He could see nothing but the first 2 steps downward into the underground portion of the chamber and darkness. At first, the Persona User had thought that it was the chains themselves that were icy cold, but it appeared to be something else entirely.

Taking his first steps into the pristine chamber, blue sigils emblazed with blue light every time he took a step downward, either it was motion activated or it was welcoming him further downward. If it was the latter than it was only natural, he was also an Arisato albeit from another world which is tantamount to being an alien with in terms of origin and DNA but that doesn't change his relations, even if it did, he was also tethered to Yuki who was through blood an Arisato native to this world.

The farther Minato went in, the colder it got but it was fine, Minato closed his eyes and switched Personas to Mitsuru's Ultimate Artemisia and gained its complete nullification of the ice element. Reaching the ground floor after traversing almost countless amount of stairs which wasn't as tiring as expected due to the Invigorate skill that his secondary Sub Persona possessed.

Normally speaking his health that fed into his Personas' physical based moves and spiritual power that fed into magic were separate pools of power, but the acquisition of Aura changed their mechanics entirely. Aura could be used as a shield and empower physical attacks which was a characteristic of the life essence, his health but it also was the fuel for Semblance and was what was needed to use Dust, in other words like spiritual power. The dualistic nature of Aura also meant that it could be affected by Regenerate and Invigorate, those skills regenerated his pools of power which in turn bleed into his Aura which then heals his body and his stamina. Minato wasn't called the Immortal Wall that even the Invincible girl Pyrrha couldn't overcome for nothing, he personally didn't like the title due to it reminding him of his time as the Great Seal and how grandiose it was even if it was somewhat warranted and understandable.

The name Minato Arisato knows no defeat, at least within a school and tournament setting that is. Taking in all those stamina regeneration/Invigorate based skills, trying to whittle down his Aura bar which was already impressive due to him being 2 souls put together and the remain vestiges of Death is next to impossible. The rate he recovers is simply too fast for any damage to be sustained, the only option was to beat the Fool into submission or knock him off the arena ring.

The Fool saw the coffins arranged in a semicircle fashion. The space in-between was spaced evenly and allowed people to walk between the coffins if need be.

The older tombs were made of simple stone and had very little ornamentation saved for the delicately carved details that survived the test of time and were as crisp as the day they were chiseled into the stone. The more recent coffins however, were much more stylized indicating how much his family had advanced in terms of wealth.

Minato scanned the names of each coffin finding that most of them had very eastern names much like his own which is suiting his previous life as a Japanese descended man. It might have been a minor detail in the grand scheme of things, but it made him feel that he himself wasn't out of place in this world. That was a simple touch that Minato appreciated.

It was a little silly that he expected some zombie type undead being or something akin to those who suffered from Apathy Syndrome like those in Iwatodai but they were simple corpses in regular albeit decorative coffins. It was clear to him that it wasn't some sort of ancestral spirit calling him here or something just as ridiculous.

While it maybe somewhat silly to even consider those as options but, Minato had seen much stranger things in his previous journeys. Still… if it wasn't some sort of spirit of his Counterpart's ancestors than what was it that called out to him? Its power wasn't anything spectacular, but the Fool can still sense that it was otherworldly compared to all the powers that he encountered.

It was similar to how he considered a Persona a higher power compared to all the Semblances that he had seen over the 3 years that the Persona User had been on Remnant. The closest thing he could compare it to besides his own power was that fire casted by that unknown woman in that Bullhead during his and Team RWBY fought in the docks.

Switching his Sub Persona into Juno, Fuuka's Ultimate Persona and currently, his best sensor type Persona, Minato closed his eyes and concentrated deeply. Normally, Juno would be more than enough to scan an entire island with relative ease, Minato wanted to be absolutely sure that there weren't any others of that tier that he missed or was concealed.

There!

Minato narrowed his eyes on an urn that typically used for holding the cremated ashes of pets and slowly walked towards it, but before that, he needed to be prepared just in case. The Fool switched to Orpheus Telos and gained all of its elemental and physical resistances, casted Rakukaja and invested all of his points of his Stat Allocation Semblance on its defensive properties.

While he doubted anything here could even kill him but that doesn't necessarily mean that he can't be harmed. Reaching the urn, Minato noticed something odd about it, besides the fact that it doesn't have even a spec of dust despite the door earlier was chained down indicating nobody was down here for years. The latest time this place had any people entering it was probably when his Counterpart died and the family placing an empty coffin bearing his name into it.

Tracing the strange letters and sigils on the urn, Minato wrenched his arm back as something glowed inside it and was filtered through from the only crack on the otherwise perfect urn. Narrowing his eyes on that, he replaced his hand on the urn and applied a bit of force on the ceramic pot.

More hairline spiderweb like cracks formed on the urn, placing a bit more force, Minato crushed the lid into a fine powder that trickled out of the gap between his fingers like an hourglass. A bright light blinded him as the lid was forcibly removed.


"Brother, I'm bored!" A feminine whine came out of no where and crashed into the Fool almost knocking him down like what happened when he first showed back up to the mansion that his Counterpart's family lived in.

"Marina," Minato sighed as he hugged her back. Placing her back on her feet, Minato patted her head ruffling her dark blue hair. "You're not a child anymore, you could really hurt someone someday with the momentum generated by your weight."

The blue haired girl while still clad in her wrinkled nightgown, punched him lightly on the shoulder. "Brother, your etiquette with women has certainly devolved. Ironic, considering that I have a sneaking suspicion that your Anti-Chick barrier has whittled away over the years. You simply don't comment on a woman's weight, good sir." Marina said with puffed up cheeks, her pout may have worked on Yuki in the past, but he wasn't his Counterpart. Even Ruby's infamous puppy dog look had no effect on him, that immunity was built up over the course of trial and error in his dating stages of his previous and current life. All things considered, Minato really did not see himself settling down any time soon, nor did he see himself spending the rest of his life with a single woman either. Long term relationships simply weren't something he wished for.

"Anti-Chick barrier?" Minato gave her a puzzled look despite hearing her say that the day before. "Rude or not, that is simply a fact, if a hundred-pound person tackled you then the force plus the momentum regardless of how slim you perceive yourself to be is still substantial."

He had no idea why women freaked out about their weight, especially to the point of being offended by the simple truth. And even then, those of the Arisato family were naturally thin due to their extremely fast metabolism. Now that he thought about it, he supposed that that such a trait is to be valued because it allowed them to recklessly eat whatever they want and how much they want without regard, though it would have been a problem if they were a lower income family. The grocery bill would probably eat up half of the family's income if that was the case.

Marina hmphed as she turned her gunmetal silvery eyes away from her brother. It appeared that she was almost offended, a few moments passed as she stole a glance at him as if she was waiting for him to say something.

Minato had an idea what it was. "I'm sorry that I carelessly commented about your weight, Marina. There's nothing wrong with your figure, I hope you'll accept my apologies… Little sister."

Accessing Yuki's memories slightly, Minato had an idea, more or less about Marina's personality. It appeared that she as the youngest child, was heavily spoiled, even more so than his Counterpart or his twin Akane. She, Marina was the only one out of the 3 of them that didn't activate her Aura and train with the usage of the Family Semblance and all of its unique abilities.

If he had to guess, both his mother Rin and Akane was probably much more experienced at using that Semblance than he was. The experience he gained from Yuki reawakening was much less than he expected, honestly. Despite using that Summoning Semblance for years now, Yuki was an absolute novice or simply untalented.

The Fool had to reverse engineer the process when he first unlocked his Aura with his experience of using Personas. It wasn't a perfect match and had to be experimented multiple times before he could consistently summon but Minato finally managed to become adept with that Semblance and his own Semblances when Yuki couldn't even become well versed in one much less 3.

Granted, the family inherited Semblance of his Counterpart was much more complex than his Stat Allocation or Death Radiance, but it really was no excuse. Minato Arisato in a fraction of the time had gained a greater understanding of 3 Semblances alongside his original power Persona than Yuki did with one.

"I was never that good at using that Semblance or fighting in the first place," Yuki clicked his tongue. "I was always been out classed by Akane from the beginning, that girl had more talent than I ever hoped for."

Minato sighed, a lack of talent could always be compensated through hard work and will. It was quite apparent that his Counterpart had neither. Minato, just from observing Weiss using her Glyphs gave him more inspiration and knowledge of its utilization than Yuki's own memories.

Marina snapped her fingers just a fraction of an inch away from his face, snapping him out of his mental conversation and thoughts. "Mou, Onii-sama, are you even listening?" Her lips made a perfect upside-down u shape as she frowned at the lack of attention. "And why are you sighing?"

"Sorry, I was just thinking to myself." Minato admitted as he cracked his neck in one swift motion and repeated it in the opposite direction. "What were you saying? And I hope you had a decent meal for breakfast."

Though judging from her wrinkled clothing, she appeared to have just came out of bed,

"I brushed my teeth and washed my face, but I have yet to have breakfast." Marina responded. "I was thinking on what I could do today, the weather is really nice today, so I wished to capitalize on it."

Her stomach grumbled after she said that, causing her to blush out of embarrassment. Marina grumbled, almost inaudible to Minato's ears despite only being a few feet away. "After I finish breakfast of course… I'm sorry you had to hear such an ungraceful sound."

"…It's nothing to be ashamed of," Minato placed his hand in his hip where the holster of his prized Evoker was. Despite him using it less and less after learning how to summon without such a device and his ability to lessen the burden of summoning via his Semblance, that gun shaped item was still something of a good luck charm as well as a memento of his past. "It is simply your body informing you to replenish your energy."

"It sounds uncute," Marina retorted before trailing her eyes where his Evoker was. Her eyes narrowed at it, not in suspicion but conveyed the message of 'what's this junk?'

The Persona User would have been insulted if Marina actually knew what's the function of the Evoker. Still, her reaction was understandable, in the inhabitants of Remnants perspective, as a weapon, the Evoker was simply inadequate as weapon and he would have thought so too but it wasn't a weapon. It was a tool that simply unlocked the most powerful weapon in a Persona User's arsenal, their Personas.

The blue haired girl looked like she was going to ask a question about the Evoker but decided to stop at the last moment. "…Anyways, I'm going to get something to eat, you coming with? Naturally you must spoil your beloved younger sister and lavish me with praise."

"…I'll accompany you to the dining room, but as for the latter part of your request… no."


Ryoji had been walking for awhile now and to be honest, he was getting tired. Not in the physical sense but mentally, after his 'battle' with those Grimm creatures, he energy drained them to have more power to continue his existence and to temporarily fight back against this world's attempt to delete him out of this reality.

Still, that excess energy he got from draining the Grimm was a temporary solution which couldn't be sustained indefinitely. Sooner or later, should Ryoji be forced into a fight where he was even halfway serious, the possibility of him fading was very high.

The blacked haired being needed to find Minato Arisato, his vessel soon and fast. That was the only way to circumvent the system of the world is to reunite with the greatest Persona User and become a singular existence once more.

Ryoji heard a slight rustling sound and immediately started to assume his true form. These Grimm creatures were a lot weaker than what Elizabeth had told him, there was an extreme gulf in power between him and those primitive beasts.

"Dude, hurry the fuck up already," An older masculine voice cut through with an irritated tone. "Can't believe we're doing something as retarded as this, it's basically asking to THROW OUR LIVES AWAYYY!"

Humans? Ryoji thought. It could also be one of those Faunus people Elizabeth mentioned, not that it really mattered since they were practically the same as Humans intellectually. As the former Death, race had very little bearing on him, he accepts all equally.

"You gotta better idea?" Another male voice retorted. "We're low on money and both of us lost our jobs, rent is about to be due and I don't think we can bullshit our way out of it this time."

"We're literally in Grimm infested forest!" The first voice snapped. His voice echoed loudly in all directions almost causing Ryoji to grunt in annoyance.

Still, this was good… as natives of this world, they should be able to tell Ryoji where this Bacon Academy was. Or was it Beacon? Probably the latter, naming an educational institution after a pig meat-based product would be ridiculous.

Slowly, he floated towards where the sounds were.

"Dude, shut the fuck up," The second voice snapped. "You wanna attract all the Grimm back here?"

"Hello Humans," Ryoji greeted. "Can you be so kind as to point me in the direction of wherever this Bacon Academy is?"

"Oh shit, it's already!"

"Shoot it till it dies!"

"…You can't kill Death."

"OH, MY GODS, It's TALKING!"

"What THE ACTUAL FUCK!?"

The first group of Humans Ryoji managed to encounter… were absolute idiots. His luck was truly terrible, it was as if fate itself had something against the former Death.


Minato loved and hated watching other people eat, on one hand, the Fool was glad that they were enjoying themselves and were having a good time. On the other hand, it also made him hungry in turn, even though he just ate less than an hour ago.

Rotating the silver ring that was on his right hand's index finger, Minato inspected the piece of jewelry with a bit more attention. It was the strange mysterious presence within that urn in the burial chambers and Minato honestly had no idea what to make of it.

The ring while a tier beyond what he seen Humans capable of at least spiritually and magically speaking, wasn't all too impressive in his opinion.

Though, the fact that an otherworldly item was found within his Counterpart's family burial chamber was concerning to say the least. How did they come across such an item in the first place? The Fool narrowed his eyes in suspicion and balled his fist tightly.

Studying the ring a bit more, Minato had an idea of the ring's general nature. The closest thing he could compare it too was a Nihil weapon that he found within the Golden Shadows of Tartarus. They both gave off this empty hollow feeling when it was emanating their powers or rather, the lack thereof.

Noticing Marina was looking at him strangely as he focused completely on the ring, Minato slipped both of his hands into his black blazer's pockets lazily and leaned back on the chair whose cushion was so soft and fluffy that he didn't even notice any resistance and his behind sat on it.

Marina shrugged off his strange behavior and chalked it off as a part of his eccentricity and refocused on her breakfast. Besides the same chocolate chip pancakes, he had an hour ago, she had a whole dozen egg's worth of scrambled eggs made with butter, an extreme amount of cheese of some kind and sprinkled with black pepper and some herbs.

Minato didn't want to look directly at Marina's food because it'll make the blue haired male's mouth water if the smell alone wasn't enough.

Marina, his younger sister wanted him to accompany her to the dining room and be there for her to make small talk when she was eating, which was fine but…

She ate extremely slow, or rather, she ate with extremely tiny bite sized pieces and considering the sheer amount the Arisatos ate… it took a long while.

"Is something the matter?" She asked, not even making eye contact with him. She moaned in delight as she slowly chewed the still steaming scrambled eggs savoring the flavor. "You seem a bit out of it… did something happen?"

"Yeah… perhaps," Minato admitted with a sigh and played with the ring inside of his pockets. "I went into the burial chambers this morning out of curiosity today."

"You know Momma doesn't want anybody to go in there right?" Marina frowned giving her brother a disapproving look. "…Did you get cursed or something."

Minato almost snorted. As if mere spirits could actually curse him when he was something that even ghosts were afraid of. He was Death, the Death of the Mortal world, assuming spirits can linger in this world, there's no way that they would ever approach him in fear of being sent back to the cycle of souls which was the procedure for reincarnation.

Still… if Rin didn't want anyone to enter the burial chambers, does that mean she was aware of the strange ring artefact found within? The possibility was very likely seeing that she was no fool, despite the almost childish personality she has, Minato could sense a very keen intellect from her.

That woman was the matriarch of the family at the end of the day, a wealthy family like this one is bound to have a superior upbringing and education. Of course, his only comparison is Weiss and Mitsuru but considering that 2 out of 2, Minato was feeling that the chances were pretty high.

"No, I feel fine… though have you thought on what you wish to do today? While I have 2 weeks, it isn't as long as it sounds."

"…2 weeks?" The pajama clad girl gave him That look. "And pray tell, why do you have to leave in 2 weeks?" Marina breathed in heavily. "Everyone and I mean everyone thought you died brother… it's been years and we almost came to accept your passing only for you to come back strolling as if nothing was wrong. Now… you wish to tell me that you plan on disappearing again?"

"I… I'm sorry," Minato closed his eyes and composed the trembling heart and feelings that Yuki were transferring over via their connection. "I said something that would have made anyone aggravated in your situation." The Fool was surprised that the younger girl didn't crush the glass in the palm of her hand from the force and pressure she was exerting on it.

"The reason that I wish to go back to Vale is because I actually recently got accepted into a Huntsman Academy from the Headmaster's personal recommendation. I figured that becoming a Huntsman would be ideal with my abilities and to make connections with the students while I'm there."

If it was Yuki, he would've stayed here in his home without a second thought and Minato felt a little regretful in living his life solely for himself but living this ordinary life did not fit Minato Arisato. At least, it didn't fit Minato Arisato that entered this world called Remnant. Back on Earth, the situation was far different compared to this world, the Dark Hour was just like its name implied, it was only active for an hour, there was less severity compared to the ever-constant danger of the Grimm.

Fighting Nyx and becoming the Great Seal for all that time changed something within the Fool and he doubted he'll ever be the same again.

Her eyes scanned the Persona User, searching for any holes in his story. She always was one who could read poor Yuki like a book, but she isn't dealing with his Counterpart. Her narrowed eyes normally would have made Yuki sweat, but Minato Arisato was cool as an refrigerated pickle. The way he sat, the way he stayed collected, and the fact he was telling the truth, granted it wasn't the whole truth but he told no lies, Marina studied him for a good few minutes before sighing.

It was strange, but the girl actually liked her brother even more than before now, he was actually less unmanly. While it was irritating that her usual guilt tactics and other methods of getting him to do what she wanted would no longer work, Marina was honestly secretly impressed at the growth Minato had shown.

Just from being in his presence, she felt that he was far more dependable and respectable now. Though it was strange, from the way Momma and Akane spoke back then, her favorite slash only brother had no real talent in combat… why would the Headmaster of whatever Academy Minato went to would be impressed enough for a personal recommendation?

Though, she liked to believe she was justified in being angry and to a certain degree she was. Rin, their mother probably didn't mention her own displeasure because she realized that Minato was technically an adult that could make his own decisions in life… but in her opinion he should have sent a call or something. Those 3 years were truly felt like the longest parts of her 16 years of life.

"That doesn't explain the 2 previous years," Marina eventually said, reigning in her emotions. "Plus, weren't you terrible at fighting? Akane always complained about you sucking all the time."

"…"

"True enough," Minato shrugged in response to both Marina and Yuki's silence. "But I'd like to believe that I've improved quite a bit since those times. Despite how lazy I appear to be, I can put in the effort if I see the benefits of actually doing so."

"…Effort in what exactly?"

"In improving the body via exercise, learning half a dozen unarmed martial arts and countless styles that used a sword or pole arm. I also got some Officer training when I wished to become a part of Vale's Police Department." Not that he doesn't want to be one anymore but being a Huntsman seemed to be a far more flexible job and had more free range compared to an officer. That and his Shadow slaying skills transferred over to killing Grimm remarkably well, it can be argued that fighting Shadows was more challenging that Grimm.

While those the Creatures of Grimm was far more numerous and operated within the real world, they were more or less only capable of physical attacks. There are exceptions like the Sea Dragon Grimm that developed the ability to manipulate and shoot out lightning or the newly discovered Ant Grimm that could explode and shoot out acid which is comparable to fire in terms of temperature but overall, the unique abilities that the Shadows have kept the Fool thinking on his feet.

"…I doubt that job could make a good living," Marina looked at Minato with a bit of pity in her eyes. "Poor Onii Sama, I can hardly imagine what type of living conditions you lived in." The Blue Haired girl seemed to have calmed down after her initial albeit justified anger towards Minato.

"Money was never a problem," Minato explained. "While where I lived was nothing fancy like this, but I can't say that l lived poorly in intolerable conditions." Though to her, anything that wasn't as good as this property they were currently living on would be considered poor conditions. This home was the only home she knew, and he couldn't really blame her for her lack of understanding.

Even he initially had problems understanding what it means to live in poverty when he hanged out with his Star Social Link Mamoru Hayase back in his own world. As someone who also came from a somewhat well-off family back on Earth, Minato Arisato only gotten a small taste of that life when he lived moving from city to city as a transfer student.

The various part time jobs he had made more than enough money back then, so his situation really couldn't be compared to Mamoru's situation due to the fact that he didn't need to pay for rent or any other kind of bills besides food, nor did he have to take care of his family but learning the value of hard work and the effort of actually making one's own money was valuable in of itself. The Fool really admired Mamoru's ability to shoulder burdens and his optimistic nature.

"To think you've been living in a rundown shack all this time," Marina gasped dramatically, whether it was accidental or a conscious decision, the Fool did not know. "Momma must know of this INJUSTICE!"

"…It wasn't as bad as you are describing, Marina."

Marina didn't seem to listen and bolted towards the living quarters. She sprang out of her seat so fast that it knocked the chair down. Using speed that Minato didn't think that tiny frame was capable of, Marina left miniature gusts of wind that knocked down some of the crystal cut glasses that were more a piece of art than not from the counter to the floor. Then again… Ruby was capable of going that fast too with or without her Semblance, it's simply surprising because Minato doubted Marina had any sort of physical training unlike the red hooded reaper.

Speaking of the leader of Team RWBY, he wondered how she and the rest were doing. She and Yang would most likely be together in their home in Patch, Blake has no where else to go so she would be forced to stay within Beacon and Vale for the break, Weiss seems to be on… not so good terms with her family so she too would most likely stay within Beacon and Vale.

Pyrrha had plans to visit family in Mistral, Jaune told the blue haired Persona User after the Forever Falls trip that he came to Beacon without his Family's knowledge of approval, so he would most likely be within the same area as well. Minato never seen him work before so Money might be an issue for him. Ren, he had no idea what that man was thinking about and Nora was just plain random and unpredictable.

He really needed more friends, or at least hang out with the others more. That and perhaps visit Vermillion and Copper once the second semester starts, that new café owned by that Cat Faunus near Beacon could be a decent place to bring people to hang out.

A maid sighed as shook her head righting the chair back into position and started picking up the cups and bringing it over to the sink to wash it despite the fact that the white marbled floors were so clean that people could most likely eat off it. The reflective sheen was so bright that it would hurt looking directly at it if the lights were on at their maximum setting.

"…So much for planning for the day," Minato thought releasing a sigh.


Ruby Rose was sitting on an old wooden park bench watching her older sis do various physical acts like push-ups, sit ups, squats and shadow boxing against make believe enemies. She munched on her cookie as she scrolled through reviews of various weapon modification shops, besides working and maintaining on her beloved baby Crescent Rose, this was one of the ways she spent her free time. That and reading her comics but she liked to wait on those until a sizable portion of releases add up.

The day today was actually very nice, so the scythe wielding girl didn't really mind the fact that Yang dragged her out, Ruby needed to stock back up on Dust and bullets anyways. That and some clothes and even more cookies would be nice as well, they weren't her mom's quality, but the 15-year-old doubted that anyone or anything could possibly rival her mother Summer.

Somewhere within the collective unconscious, a beanie wearing, axe wielding Japanese teen with 2 bullet wounds sneezed.

Secondary Dust were honestly a bit too expensive for her tastes due to how expensive it was and thus Ruby used those more sparingly even more than regular Dust rounds. But now that she knew that Minato had made a Dust Recrystallizer, it opened quite a bit of options for Ruby in regards with her Lien… technically it was her father's Lien which he actually earned but in her opinion that's also hers.

Since the Dust Recrystallizer can fuse 2 Dusts together to create new variants and or enhance one Dust, it was far more cost effective to buy excess Primary elemental Dust which was only a third of the price of Secondary elemental Dust and have Minato make them for her. That and the fact that Minato possessed the skill to powder Dust without the fear if the risk of detonating it like she did on the first day on Beacon with Weiss' Dust had also allowed her to get more out of her allowance.

Ruby never said this to Weiss' face but, she felt that that situation was also in part of Weiss' own fault for so casually shaking the vials which actually caused the silvered eyed girl to begin with. She also felt a bit bad for using Minato's stuff and skills while not giving anything in return… perhaps she should offer her Weapon construction expertise again like she did with those golden gauntlets and black rapier slightly before the White Fang battle on the docks a few weeks ago.

She secretly envied the fact that Minato made his weapons in a way that he didn't need to use either Dust or Bullets much if at all. Granted, he did rely on his abilities to do so and that can't be replicated as of right now so technically, she still was superior to him in terms of the efficiency of the weapon's construction and design, but she had a feeling that Minato planned to catch up soon. But as of right now, her pride as a Weapon enthusiast was preserved, her heart won't be able to handle it if Minato learned how to create weapons independent of Dust like his favored sword Blazing Ragnarok without the need of a Persona.

In the beginning of the year, when they first got accepted into Beacon, the blue haired teen did use them, but the red hooded silver eyed teen had a feeling that he simply did so to not stand out much amongst the other students. Not that it really mattered, beating the Invincible Girl was more than enough of a publicity stunt anyway.

"Yang," Ruby called out. "Isn't kinda early to work out? C'mon you promised you'd take me to that Dust store and stock up."

"Later," The blonde casually replied as she continued to do push-ups. "Need to train." The girl had to preserve her pride after all.

"Are you still on about Minato beating you 3 times in a row?" The red reaper asked. "To be fair, he has like way cooler powers than you do."

Yang froze in place as a nonexistent arrow punctured her chest. Ruby had touched a rather touchy subject, while the older blonde wasn't the best fighter in Beacon or even in her previous school Signal, but she had never, NEVER lost to the same person twice. After every defeat, she would carve that feeling of inadequacy into her heart and used it to fuel her improvement.

She became faster, stronger and more aggressive in the second fight and gain victory.

Coming to Beacon had shattered that belief like it was cheap glass dropped on the pavement.

So far there had been 3 individuals that broke the norm when it came about her ranking, Nora who was more or less even compared to herself. There were times the orange hammer wielding girl came out on top or times that Yang held the advantage, that has been occurring since the beginning of the year.

Nora, was someone that Yang could earnestly say was an equal in terms of strength and to be honest, that nutty and random orangette was fun to be around.

The other 2 individuals were people that as of right now, she had no chance to defeat in a fight. Pyrrha Nikos, who truly deserved the title of Invincible girl and Minato Arisato, the Persona User and the so called Immortal Wall as the rest of students began calling him.

For the first time in her life, improving her physical strength and abilities no longer seemed enough, no matter how much she improved, the result of fighting those 2 in a match always had the same result. A one-sided beat down of the blonde, usually she would be the one giving it, not the other way around.

"…You alright?" Ruby asked, seeing her sister frozen in place was just odd to look at. "To be fair, Minato has a lot of powers, like I said earlier… it doesn't help the fact that you use the same moves all the time. Minato already knows how to deal with you, at this point, he isn't really fighting you but just using the match to test out new techniques and weapons." Ruby said, giving her honest opinion which was also the brutal truth which Yang probably already knew but didn't want to hear if the defeated depressed aura (Normal terminology) around her was any indication.

When Ruby mentioned weapons, Yang shivered slightly and not just because of the regular reason. The Golden Dragon was more than well aware that Ruby's obsession with weapons, but that girl Really needed other hobbies in her opinion.

Truth be told, anyone who got hit by Minato's weapons would be understanding and sympathetic towards Yang because of how powerful it was. Not to say power was the only reason but it played a big part in it, the biggest and most significant reason was how tiny they made her feel, like her own existence didn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

The flames from his Messer sword Blazing Ragnarok didn't only burn her physical body which she was so proud of, it also felt like it traveled past the physical shell and burned her very soul for a brief moment. In a sense, getting hit by that sort of power was a bit humbling as well, after feeling and tasting that power, she became motivated to strive reaching that plateau of strength that she didn't knew existed.

Pyrrha Nikos was height that she had yet to reach but she knew that it was at least humanly attainable, her own uncle Qrow was proof of that and she'll one day be at that level of awesome. She simply needs to try hard enough.

"Meh," Yang clicked her tongue as she resumed her push-ups. "That blue haired twig getting cocky cuz he got super cool weapons and Personas. I just need to get faster and hit harder to show him."

"I… don't think that's gonna work Yang."

"It always works," Yang retorted. "…It's just taking a bit longer is all." She frowned as this weird noise interrupted her. "…You hear that noise?"

"…Sounds like a crow, didn't think they lived so close to the city, Yang." Ruby Rose was no environmental ecology expert but even she knew that crows don't live in Patch… strange. What's even stranger is that she felt like she seen that bird before, it's red eyes was rather… eye-catching. She groaned internally, that sounded like something Yang would say. Don't get her wrong, she loved her sister Yang to death and beyond but her jokes at times were ungodly abominations that could make anyone cringe cept Minato, it seemed like nothing was able to startle that guy. Though, he said that he had heard worse puns from a guy named Shuji Ikutsuki but the girl couldn't imagine jokes worse than Yang's. Ruby wasn't the brightest lightbulb around when it came to social interactions but even she knew not to ask the male just who that Shuji guy was with how angry his expression becomes when he thought no one was looking.

"Isn't kinda flying weird?" Yang stopped he Push-ups and sat down to catch her breath. The crow was flying wobbly like it was dizzy or had too much to drink in the bar, the black bird barely managed to dodge a tree branch and flew over the blond and something wet dropped on her hair.

Was it rain? With shaking hands, Yang reached the top of her hair and touched her cow lick and found this warm white and yellow liquid. "Damn Crow!"

Ruby wisely pretended to be super invested in eating her cookies as Yang's eyes blazed red and deployed her gauntlet Ember Celica.