Jaune: Center of the Multiverse

by SGArkosfan

Jaune Arc is a not-so simple young man, with a past shrouded in secrecy. He is also the only chance for salvation in many worlds within the Multiverse. What! Why is that dunce so important! Shut up Ice Queen! *Ahem* Anyway, join us as we explore the past and the potential futures of this brave soul. Adventure awaits! With a sprinkle of romance later on.

18. Revenge of the Arcs Pt 4

Chapter 17: "Revenge of the Arcs" Pt. 4

Woo! I'm back baby! Again, sorry for the delay. The speech really made me updating difficult. Now onto the reviews!

UnlawfulGentleman: Thank you for the kind words, glad you're enjoying this so far. I didn't think I was doing the prequels as much credit as I thought, but I'm you think I did a good job :)

Hotshot6: I haven't actually. So I watched some of the fights you suggested, and while I think they look cool, I don't think I can do it. Not because I don't want to exactly, it's just that I'm seeing if I can do a Kung Fu Hustle reaction later on. From what I've seen of the fights in the game, they look sort of similar to what the movie has already. If you like martial arts battles, mystical fighting moves, badass bad guys, while also wanting to have a laugh at the expense of the protagonist (weird circumstances resulting in physical pain), then may I suggest you watch it. It's pretty cool, and very funny.

Argus456: Yeah, the planet's big. But as you said, they can travel anywhere through portals, and can sense the energy of any Huntsmen nearby. They're like the perfect bloodhounds, when they get your scent: they're on your ass for a long time, good luck trying to get away. James is coming along, baby steps. Sure he still blames Jaune and the rest of the Arcs, but he does have a point. It sort of is. The fact that he's also acknowledging his own faults shows a good amount of self growth.

Nightflash478: I was requested by someone to have them watch the battle of Black Gate (along with the speech), but I suppose I showing the backstory as well couldn't hurt.

thegermankaiserreich: … Are you reading my thoughts?! I was thinking of making a reaction about that movie one day. Still haven't decided if I wanna do the whole thing though. Jaune's obviously Willy Wonka, and Ruby is most certainly Charlie. Weiss is Veruca (sort of in-line with her attitude in the beginning of Vol. 1), Yang is Violet (competitive nature), Nora is Augustus (her large appetite for pancakes, can't think of anyone else who has a bigger one), and Pyrrha as Mike (too funny not to have Pyrrha constantly apologizing for her bratty self). Maria or Ozpin takes the role of Grandpa Joe (haven't decided yet), and Hazel is Slugworth (keeping the name for a bit until his true name is shown at the end, plus I want to make him a good guy). Some of the other characters are slow-going, but that's because I haven't given them much thought :P I'm also using some of the aesthetics of the remake. Sure, the new version was... let's call it weird, but I have to give it to them for some of their designs. The chocolate meadow, and river, were certainly a lot better than in the original version. I'm keeping the original songs though, and the Oompa-Loompas.

warrior of six blades: Yeah, hard to keep them in high spirits when you see so many depressing things, one after the other. Still though, glad you enjoyed the Karma Slap I gave to Salem's group. They were definitely enjoying the suffering of the heroes a bit too much, so knocking them a peg or three was very satisfying to write.

Arsao Tome: Oh yeah, best of the prequel trilogy in my opinion! :)

shinigamisama455: No you're right. The Huntsmen's assumption is in fact incorrect. It's just that with all the events that's been going on: Order 66 - new armies - deaths of many Huntsmen - the Kingdoms basically disbanded - their good name ruined - the deaths of Salem and her faction - and finally the rise of the Empire; to them, it's all too convenient. They're simply thinking too deeply into these events. Like a line of dominos falling in the exact order in which the end result is the Arcs in power. All of that was just a side effect as you said.

Guest: I never played the game, so I don't know. I can't really give my opinion one way or the other for fnaf's characters, sorry. And the waiting time really depends, sometimes it could be a week, or it could be a few days. It all depends on a few factors: how long the chapter is going to be, how much time I need to research the material, and most importantly how much effort I need to create the story (like for a movie, a transcript helps shorten the time considerably).

Now that that's out of the way, onto the show!

Disclaimer in the prologue.

The screen switches over to the Coliseum several hours later, the sun setting over the horizon and the people had since left for home. The scene then switches to a large office, which many of the older audience recognized as the main office room below the Coliseum. Here, Jacob and Jeanne are sitting behind a large ornate desk.

They had switched to their regular clothes, Jacob's wounds long since healed thanks to one of their granddaughter's abilities. 'Who knew she could heal me up so quickly, I wonder if she has the same power as Jaune?' (1)

Standing guard near the entrance are two soldiers, and directly behind the old couple are Loly and Menoly.

Suddenly, a monitor rose up from the other side of the table, and an image of Jaune appears.

Jaune, still in his dark robes, says in a grave tone "The All-Mother has been taken care of, Elders."

Ozpin and the others who knew of her 'condition' were astonished. They didn't think that someone, let alone a mere teenager, could have killed the single greatest threat to Remnant!

The villains were shocked and horrified. Sure, they all saw her 'die', but they didn't think that she was 'dead'.

"How?" Salem asked, hugging her daughters close, in dread. She had spent centuries dreaming of this moment, to be free of this curse. But now that she finally had it, she felt empty. There was no one to care for her, love her. She was basically alone, even more so now that almost all of her minions were eradicated. She looks to Jack for an explanation.

Jack sighed, "Everyone, you may want to pay attention." He waited until everyone looked to him. "Salem is dead." A few let out sighs of relief, while others (read: Tyrian) shouted in disbeief. "Yep, she's gone. Now as to 'how', well... That would be his weapon, Seele Schneider."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Raven asked "What's so special about the sword?" She wanted to know whether she should steal it or not. 'After all, a weapon that could kill Salem would no doubt keep the tribe safe.'

Many had similar thoughts, wanting to know if they should do the same. Either to use it to kill the Queen, or to destroy it and keep her alive. (2)

Jack was quick to answer, "Well, that sword's blade is made out of an energy called Reiatsu."

Yang rose an eyebrow and said, "And what's Rei-whatever?"

Jack rubbed his forehead in annoyance, "Reiatsu. It's an energy source different yet similar to Aura and 'another' energy source." Many blinked in shock that this energy was different from Aura, though they wondered what that other source was. (3) They also wondered how Jaune managed to get it, and if they could use it.

Before anyone could ask, he just sighed and said, "Look, can we just watch this future? I promise I'll explain it in more detail once we're done as this topic is rather complicated."

No one liked his dodging of the question, but they nodded and turned back to the screen.

Jacob nods, and with regret says, "It is finished, then."

Jeanne continued, "You have restored peace, and justice, to Remnant. You have done well, Jaune."

The boy smiled a bit hollowy, "Thank you, grandma."

That smile had many of the heroes flinch.

Saphron sighed sadly, she didn't like seeing her brother this way. 'It was for the good of the Clan.' She thinks as she wipes a few tears from her eyes. 'Forgive us All-Mother, Sacred Pillars.'

In Evernight, Jaune was talking to the couple in the observation room, using one of the large screens to communicate. Bodies still strewn around. He narrowed his eyes a bit, "I have also sent an order to Harribel." The couple raised an eyebrow. "I told her to have Apacci, Mila Rose, and Sung-Sun await my signal for the next stage." (4)

He looks behind the two to Loly and Menoly. "I also need you two as well. No offense meant to you, you have served me diligently by protecting my family for the short amount of time that you have. I just have a new, and very important, assignment for you."

The two nodded and bowed in consent. "As you command, My Lord."

Meanwhile, Jacob and Jeanne lightly smiled in pride at seeing their grandson taking charge.

"Wait, who are those three?" Wiess asked in slight jealousy, thinking that they sounded a bit like female names.

Jack paused the view in order to show a photo of the three new ladies, and the results were predictable.

Hazel, Mercury, Roman, and Ilia were slightly drooling at the dark-skinned amazon, appreciating her exotic figure. Ren, James, and Watts blushed as they looked at the one who had her mouth daintily covered by her sleeve, comparing her to a princess or priestess with her long black hair and kind demeaner completing the look. Tyrian and Qrow liked the more wild look the third girl had, her tomboyish looks and her smirk had them whistle lightly.

Summer and Frigga noticed the slightly glazed looks of their husbands, and promptly smacked the back of their heads, glaring at them as their idiots apologized profusely.

Nora also saw the way Ren reacted, and huffed as she glared at the new girl. 'Great, another hussy taking my Renny's attention.'

The ones with crushes on the boy looked like they were trying to burn a hole in the screen with the power of their minds with how strongly they were glaring at the images. 'WHY?! WHERE DOES HE KEEP FINDING THESE SLUTS?!'

Jacob though was a bit confused, "And why do you feel the need to send these two away from protecting us so soon?" He wanted to know what his grandson was thinking as this wasn't part of the original plan.

Jaune turned back to his grandparents, "I wouldn't worry, I already sent for their replacements. I also found something while I was here." He holds up a scroll, the same one that used to belong to Hazel.

"Another black scroll?" Jeanne asks, looking at it with curiosity and some dread.

Jaune nods, "Yes, and inside are over a hundred numbers and profiles. Most likely from any spies and traitors that didn't come to the All-Mother's call." He puts the scroll inside a socket, and pressed a few buttons.

Salem widened her eyes, knowing that the last of her minions were about to be dealt with as swiftly as they were.

The others realized this as well, and were either happy that the last of Salem's powerbase would soon be gone, or angry for the exact same reason.

"I'm sending the information in the scroll to you," he looks to Loly and Menoly, "I want you two to take as many soldiers from the second wave as you feel necessary to hunt these fugitives down."

Loly grinned at the chance of destroying her master's enemies, "We will not fail you." Melony nodded, "Indeed, these scum will not survive for long, you have our word."

Seeing these people acting so loyal to Jaune still felt weird to those who knew of the guy.

Jaune nods with another small smile, happy to see their enthusiasm. "I know you won't fail," his expression turning a bit playful, "General Loly, General Menoly."

Back to the office, the two looked shocked by their new promotions, but that quickly turned to giddiness. They straighten their posture and bowed once more in gratitude.

Jacob nodded, with Jeanne using a nearby console to receive the information and give it to the two. "Very well, when the information is done loading here, we'll send them on their way." He looks to Jaune with a look of concern, seeing his tired expression. "You have done much to safeguard the peace, rest. Take as much time as you need, the next stage will not go anywhere."

The heroes felt that with those two gone, and if their replacements didn't arrive soon, then Winter would have a much easier time in fighting Jacob. Though with Jeanne there would still make it a difficult one.

Many were also curious about this next stage they were alluding to.

Back in the observation room Jaune nodded, seeing the concerned looks his family and new Generals gave him. "Ok grandpa." He smiled, and this time it didn't seem so hollow. Everyone gave him a smile of reassurance, and the feed went dead.

The looks from those two hussies made many clench their fists in jealous anger.

Jaune sighs, taking off his hood. After fighting for so long, he felt like he needed a break. 'Thank the Pillars that I can't sense anyone left alive. I really need a rest.'

He yawned and started walking to a nearby chair, collapsing on it as soon as he got close enough. Wrapping his cloak around him like a makeshift blanket, he immediately zoned off.

A few hours later, he was woken up when a beeping sound from one of the consoles started ringing.

Stretching his arms from the small nap, feeling refreshed, he went to the monitor. There, he saw a lone transport onscreen heading straight towards the castle. (5)

Everyone instantly recognized the vessel as Anon's. That meant that Ozpin finally arrived.

Jaune cracked his neck, fazing out to 'greet' his new guest.

Outside, the ship hovers over one of the wider towers. There, the landing ramp opens and Ozpin, still in his cloak, jumps out. He used his cane for extra balance when he landed near the edge of the rather spacious balcony, and looks back up to see the ship turn around and leave.

Inside the tower, he hears the wind shift inside. A few seconds later, footsteps could be heard coming closer. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he turns to face whatever Salem had to greet him head on. He was therefore surprised to see Jaune exiting the building and stopping a few meters away.

Seeing Ozpin there, Jaune gave a weary sigh and starts to walk to the right. The older man doing the same, the two slowly circling each other like predators.

The students gulped, knowing that whatever happens next, one of them will most likely die.

Jaune sighs again as he throws off his cloak. "You shouldn't have come here, Headmaster."

Ozpin does the same, gazing at Jaune with a determined, if saddened, expression. "And you shouldn't have allied yourself with Salem."

The boy simply raises an eyebrow at that.

Nora shook her head, "But he didn't. He never joined her."

Ren turns to his partner and shakes his head. "He doesn't know that though." Nora turned to him as he continued. "Ozpin doesn't know that Jaune never allied himself with her, nor that he killed them all."

Pyrrha nods in agreement, "But I bet he'll know soon enough."

Ozpin continues with his speech, shaking his head slightly in disappointment. "Betraying your friends, the world... You have allowed Salem to twist your mind until now...until now you have allied with the very creatures you swore to destroy."

They continue to circle each other until they stop opposite from where they originally stood, with Jaune now near the edge.

Jaune shakes his head at the man's words. "Don't lecture me, Ozpin. I see through the lies of the Huntsmen. I do not fear the All-Mother as you do." He turned around to gaze at the barren fields below. "I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire!"

Ignoring the title Jaune used, Oz looks incredulously at him, "Your new Empire?"

Jaune closes his eyes, and in a soft voice says, "Don't make me kill you." 'Please, don't make me do this.'

Jaune's words and thoughts had many believe that he could turn away from the path he was on. They held hope.

Oz shakes his head with a glare, "Jaune, my allegiance is to the Four Kingdoms, to democracy!"

Jaune opens his eyes and turns his head slightly to glare at him. "If you're not with me," he turns back to face the land again, "then you're my enemy."

With that declaration, their hope died.

Oz looks to his ex-student with regret, and readies his cane in a swordsman's stance, saying "Then I will do what I must."

With his back to him, Jaune snorts. "You will try."

(Play "Anakin vs Obi-wan and Yoda VS Sidious" [that's the name used in YouTube])

Jaune then takes out his blade and ignites it, before backflipping and lands facing his opponent.

He immediately lashes out at Ozpin, who managed to cover his cane in Aura and blocked. With his initial momentum, Jaune manages to push Oz back several feet as they slash, parry, and retaliate. The audience could barely keep up with the movements as Oz used his Semblance to attack, leaving afterimages in his wake, while Jaune used his Reiatsu to augment his speed and easily kept up. (6)

Seeing Jaune keep up with Ozpin of all people so easily shocked many of his friends. Same for the professors, but that was also mixed with a deep sense of fear as they watched Oz get pushed back and being matched by the boy's power and speed.

Many of the villains were eating popcorn. Sure, many of then were upset (read: pissed) that they died from his betrayal, but watching the powerful Headmaster of Beacon getting pushed back almost effortlessly by one of his students, they felt they could ignore it.

Raven and Vernal were surprised by the boy's skills to keep up with him.

'How powerful is he?' Even though she saw a recording of Yang getting killed by him, Raven couldn't help but blush at the power he's displaying. 'Yang clearly should've run as soon as her little friends distracted him.' It was clear to her that he was too powerful to take on, seeing how he quickly dispatched two members of the staff beforehand, so she believed that if her daughter fled while the others fought him, then she would still be alive.

Vernal was just cheering her man on, with Amber cheering for her daddy. Hey, he didn't kill her, so she didn't think of any reason why she shouldn't.

The other children were also getting into the fight, cheering their dad to beat the mean old Huntsman.

But soon, Oz found his footing and twirled, redirecting the blade and went to smash his cane to his chest.

Jaune was quick to see this and spun his blade behind himself to parry the attack, moving around to strike from the side but Oz simply blocked. Eyeing each other as their weapons clashed between them.

As he scowled at Ozpin's surprised face, Jaune quickly pushed him back to brake the stalemate, stepped back and kicked Oz in the chest hard.

The force of the kick made many wince.

As he was struck, Oz flipped backwards to help cancel out the force instead of taking it full on, and landed on his feet inside the tower.

Jaune released a breath, before moving to engage him once more.

Back inside the Coliseum, Jacob was working on some paperwork with Jeanne standing over him to place another stack down. He sighed as he saw the new paperwork, hearing his beloved wife giggling at his misery. The audience could see that Loly and Menoly were nowhere in sight, suggesting that they already received their list and went to complete their orders. But the guards remained by their post.

Soon, Winter calmly enters the room. Summoning some glyphs underneath the guards, she throws them against the wall, knocking them unconscious before they could understand what the hell just happened.

Jacob turns his chair toward Winter, slowly standing up and earning her undivided attention as Jeanne glared at her while slowly moving towards the console next to her.

Winter stands tall, her cloak falling to her feet, "I suppose congratulations are in order for your new promotion, Emperor." She glared hatefully at the old man.

Jacob raised an eyebrow, "Winter Schnee, you survived."

Winter scoffed, "Surprised?"

The old man sighed, "Atlassians." He mutters as he shakes his head a bit before saying, "Your arrogance blinds you, Miss Schnee." He scowls at her as he slowly raises his hands, "Now you will experience the full power of the Arc Clan."

After he says that, lightning bolts shoot out of his hands, quickly moving towards Winter before she could defend herself. Striking her in the chest, Winter is picked up and thrown across the room, hitting the wall and sliding down in a crumpled heap, knocking her out.

"Winter!" Weiss shouts, fearful of seeing her older sister die too. The other students winced and gasped at the loud impact.

Winter and James were shocked at seeing her other get taken down so quickly.

Back in the castle Jaune and Ozpin are continuing their duel, moving through one on the main hallways. Ozpin was still being pushed back, much to his friends' worry.

Oz tries and succeeds in disengaging the younger man and heads inside a large room, but his reprieve was cut short when Jaune ran after him and gave a heavy slash, followed by the boy spinning around while twirling his blade in a circle behind him with his right hand to parry his attempt to strike him in the back.

Jaune follows it up with another slash, but Ozpin ducks and grabs his left arm. Using this to his advantage, Oz spins them around until he has Jaune trapped in a hold. As he brings down his cane for an overhead strike, he was stopped when Jaune brought up his sword to block.

Seeing his attack fail, he lets go and moves towards another, more narrow, hallway with Jaune immediately following him.

As they attack, they began to move at high speeds again to hopefully end this quickly. As they move along the cramped hallway, Jaune's blade constantly slices through its walls, leaving ugly red lines in their wake as the blade melts through the material.

Salem grumbles at seeing her nice clean walls getting damaged. 'Seriously, do they not know how difficult it is to keep the place spotless?'

As they move their fight past the hallway, they walk inside the observation center.

Thinking of a possible way to catch him off balance, Jaune parries Ozpin's strike and kicks him away.

Stumbling back and trying to get a second breath, Oz glances around his new environment. He widens his eyes at all the bodies, seeing some White Fang, Hazel, and Tyrian all laid dead on the ground. 'What happened here? Did Mr. Arc do this?'

That lapse in concentration nearly killed him as Jaune, seeing his plan work, moved to swing at his midsection. Oz saw the blade moving out the corner of his eye, and barely managed to block the blade.

As they had another standoff, they moved their weapons side-to-side to gain some leverage, only managing to accidentally move them towards one of the display screens and destroy the console underneath.

Salem sighed at the destroyed machinery while Watts loudly complained about how difficult it would be to replace that.

Back to the office, having turned on the cameras, Jeanne went to get security while cursing herself for not having her weapon with her. 'Just hang in there my love.'

As she left, Jacob approaches a now conscious Winter.

"You know," Jacob started, "I didn't want to do this." He glared a bit. "All I ever wanted to do was fulfill my promise, a promise to a young boy taken before his time!" Winter glared as she slowly got back up, not caring for his words. He noticed this and shook his head in remorse. "Now look at you. The Huntsmen are no more."

Winter glared as she prepared her counterattack, "Not if I have anything to say about it!"

She then thrusts her right hand forward, summoning another glyph underneath him to launch the old man backwards, knocking him clear over his desk and onto the floor in a heap.

She points to him as she continues her speech. "Your rule is at an end, your highness." As the Elder visibly struggles to get back up, she says "And in my opinion, it wasn't short enough."

The old man wipes his mouth of some blood and jumps with the use of the wind, flying through the air and landing in front of the exit to escape. At the last second, Winter jumps and lands directly in front of him, stopping him in his tracks.

Winter smirked, "If you are so powerful, why leave?" She takes out her sword and twirls it around as she drops into a combat stance.

Winter thought that he was quick to leave, a little too quick. Her eyes narrowed, wondering what his game was.

Jacob shook his head, "I don't wish to fight another youngster, you wouldn't win." He frowned at her. "And if by some miracle you do, Lord Vader will become more powerful than either of us."

He then takes out his second saber, 'I really do need to replace the other one.'

Her eye twitched at his words, aggravated that she was being underestimated in her chances of winning. 'Although, his second remark does have some weight.'

She narrows her eyes, "Your faith in your grandson is misplaced, Emperor. As is your faith in your chances of leaving here alive."

Jacob takes his stance, ready for the fight to come.

Winter was the first to move, jumping overhead, and swinging her blade as she descends. But Jacob was quick to block the strike, watching her as she landed on the desk. She jumped again and landed to his right, thrusting her sword and cursing as he parried and sidestepping his retaliatory jab. As they dueled, the two moved away from the exit.

Winter watched with satisfaction as Jacob was pushed back. Same with Weiss, however James and Ozpin still felt that something was amiss.

Their swords clashed, their owners determined to win.

Back to the castle, Jaune and Oz had moved their fight to the conference room. Kicking Oz in the chest, Jaune watched as his next plan play out.

Taking the bait, Oz backflips again to mitigate the force of his blow and lands on top of the table. Taking the time to get some air back in his lungs from the kick, he sees Salem, sprawled on the ground and not moving.

He stops to stare at his ex's corpse in shock, just as Jaune planned.

Jaune then fazed in front of him and stuck his cane, which dropped to the table as his grip was slack at that moment. Turning back to the fight, and mentally berating himself for getting distracted again, he barely managed to grab Jaune's wrist with his right hand before he could slice off his head, but then grasped the other with his left as his neck was grabbed.

The heroes gasped at Ozpin being chocked out by Jaune while a few villains and the children cheered.

Oz could only gasp and wheeze as Jaune squeezed his neck harder, forcing him closer to the table while slowly pressing his blade closer to his head. Cutting to his face for a bit, the audience could see Jaune glaring at him as he exerts more pressure. Then to Ozpin, they could see his face slowly turning blue from the lack of air.

Many of the students bit down on their fingernails as they see the Headmaster losing consciousness, and thus the strength to keep Jaune's sword from killing him.

The teachers were also worried, they couldn't believe how the young man gained such strength in such a short amount of time. To them, it seemed impossible.

As his back hits the table, in a moment of desperation he kicked Jaune in the ass using his Aura to help give him the extra push.

The boy yelped as he flew over him, letting go of his neck as he fell to the other side of the table. Coughing and gasping for breath, Oz slowly stood up as Jaune did the same.

Jaune's children couldn't help but giggle a bit as they watched their daddy fly away from a kick to the ass.

With the sword still in hand, he ran towards the gasping man, only for him to backflip as Oz jumped and kicked him in the head, causing him to land on his back. The impact, along with the landing, caused him to let go of the sword.

Ozpin's friends gave a sigh of relief. While they felt remorse over what he must do, they knew that Jaune had to be stopped.

As Oz walks to Jaune's prone form, he sees his cane lying nearby. Kicking one end up, he quickly grabbed the handle and prepared to finish this.

The students turned away, not wishing to see another death of a friend.

But it wasn't to be. Glaring at the man, Jaune flicked his left wrist, summoning a second hilt. Igniting it, he quickly moved the blade in front of him to block the overhead strike.

Hearing the impact, the students looked back at the screen in shock. Same with many of the others, though the shock turned into embarrassment when Jack said "You guys do realize that he has five of those things right?"

Going back to the office, Jacob jumped on top of his nice desk, Winter doing the same. As they continued their duel, one of them accidentally steps on a button. This in turn caused the roof to retract and the whole room to rise up. The two of them not caring in the least as they continue.

The view switches to the arena as the floor configures itself into an antigravity biome (7). Just as it finishes the biome, the office rises up into the Arena.

Once the floor stops, Winter takes a giant leap onto one of the floating blocks nearby, Jacob doing the same. The fight is intense, even in the new environment.

Zooming closer, Jacob is seen glaring at a slightly snarling Winter. As they lock blades, she growls a bit as she loses some of her composure, so close to one of the people who ordered her sister's death.

Weiss gulps as she sees the terrifying image of her angry sister, while James shakes his head at her expression. 'She's slipping, if she doesn't reign in her temper it's only a matter time before she makes a mistake.' He thinks as they watch the battle continue.

Stepping back a bit, they circle each other and taking a few prods at the other's defense, before they move back to fight in earnest once more.

Back to the castle, the battle moves once more into the observation room.

Ozpin and Jaune each tried to use their speed to swipe at their opponents in order to get a hit, eventually twirling their weapons around each other with a single hand to act as shields against any further strikes. Seele Schneider's blade and Ozpin's emerald Aura-coated cane dazzling the audience with their beautiful yet deadly colors as they blur around each other. After a few seconds of this, they lock weapons once more with both hands, before Ozpin lets go and puts out his right hand underneath the lock to use his Aura as a shockwave to blast Jaune away. Jaune, seeing this, does the same with his left but using Reiatsu to attack Oz. Both hands inch closer as the blue of Jaune's and the green of Ozpin's try to overpower the other before they both become unstable, and the two are blasted back onto opposite ends of the room, roughly landing on some control panels.

Seeing the power of the two displayed awed the students. Now they really wanted to know just how Jaune obtained this 'Reiatsu'.

Raven and Cinder wanted to know as well, thinking that it could prove useful in addition to their Maiden powers. 'I wonder how powerful our children would be with my powers and this 'Reiatsu' mixing together.' The thought of blue-eyed dark-haired children running around with Godlike levels of power had them shivering in need.

They easily regained their footing, with Jaune jumping on top of a table and leaped to where Oz was with an overhead swing. Oz blocked and managed to redirect the attack to the console he previously landed on, destroying the machinery and causing the screen to fizzle out.

Outside, sirens could be heard as a thin tower that looked eerily similar to a CCT, only with various large antennae and dish towers on the far end, protruding off the side of the building lost power from its antigravity Dust Generators. The sudden creaks and groans coming from the metal showing just how important that console really was.

Salem's eye twitched, remembering just how long it took to install that thing. 'Why did I ever agree to have the tower placed on its side rather than on the roof?'

Watts was screaming obscurities at all the damages done to his precious work, demanding compensation from the two and ranting on how he spent so long installing all of that expensive equipment by hand.

The young mothers were glaring at the man, covering their babies' innocent ears.

Cinder just snickered at his actions.

Back inside, Jaune kicks Ozpin away again, only this one felt more like a love tap compared to his previous kicks. They battle around the room, with Oz deflecting a jab to one of the control panels for the door behind him, causing Watts to scream more, and the door to open. They continue on, fighting out onto the balcony. The same balcony that Jaune used to look out onto the landscape.

They lock weapons again, and Jaune pushes them out of the way and kicks him in the jaw.

As he stumbled back with a grunt of pain, the audience saw a tooth flying out of Ozpin's mouth.

Ozpin winced while holding his jaw, "I'm starting to get real tired of Mr. Arc always kicking me."

Back to the arena, Winter was unleashing a ferocious assault on Jacob on top of the platform, forcing him to go near the edge. A small twirl and Jacob was forced to drop his saber, but recovers with a wind blast from his hands pushing her back.

As she recovered her footing, no one noticed a small camera following the fight.

Winter glared at him, "I will destroy you, Emperor, so just give up and die already. And don't think that your precious grandson will avenge you, Ozpin already went to destroy him." Clearly her anger was overcoming her logic.

Jacob's eyes widen, before narrowing into a glare. "You would murder me and my grandson? While all we've ever tried to do is save our world?"

Winter snarled, "You aren't this world's savior, that sacred duty belongs to us Huntsmen."

The old man, disgusted by this woman's arrogance, unleashes a fire ball from his hands, forcing her to jump to a lower platform.

Some of the students felt a bit uncomfortable. While they felt that Winter was correct, the way she said it made them sound arrogant, and a bit possessive of their status.

The adults felt the same, wondering if the rest of the world felt this way.

Jacob reaches out with one hand, and a platform comes to him with some careful directions from the winds. With the use of his Semblance, he hurls the platform at Winter, who ducks and jumps to another as the object smashes into her platform and destroys both of them.

Not deterred by his miss, Jacob continues to lob more platforms at her. Growing frustrated with each miss as she jumps from one platform to another.

Weiss was worried for her sister. One wrong step and she could get squashed.

Winter continues to leap away from the projectiles, until eventually what Weiss feared happened. At the last jump, she landed wrong and fell face-first onto another platform.

Weiss hugged her sister close, afraid that she will die here. Winter hugs her back in an effort to reassure them both.

Eve, Ilia, and Sienna meanwhile giggled at the faceplant.

She rubs her face as she gets up, before looking back to the man, and sees Jacob preparing to lob another stand at her. Quickly, she summons a large glyph, barely managing to stop the pod in the air much to the sisters' relief. She then moved her right arm in a clockwork motion, the object starting to spin, before she thrusts her arms forward with a shout of defiance as the thing flew right back at him.

Seeing the platform coming back at him, he leaps away at the last moment and lands on another floating stand beneath him. He quickly looks around to see where that youngster was hiding.

Winter leaps after him, landing on the opposite end of his platform and preparing her blade as she runs towards him, but Jacob quickly turns and raises his hands to unleash the full force of his Semblance's lightning at her, catching her by surprise and throwing her back again. The force of the impact causes Winter to drop her saber.

"Sister!" Weiss shouts as she sees her sister thrown back and her sword tumbling to the ground below.

Getting her footing back, she quickly summons another glyph to block another lightning blast. As the two Semblances battle for supremacy, Jacob slowly starts to walk to her as Winter begins to falter, their Auras getting to critically low levels.

"It's over Schnee!" Jacob yells over his lightning. "Surrender, and you will be spared!"

Gathering the last of her strength, she glares at him and purposely destabilizes her glyph, and throwing the two backwards from the backlash.

The shockwave threw Jacob back to the edge of the platform, and barely held onto the edge with his right hand as he slid away. Winter meanwhile, was completely knocked off the platform, and falls several dozen feet to a platform on her back. The force causes the audience to wince as her Aura shatters, and she bounces off over the edge, but reaching to it she barely managed to grip the very tips tightly with her left hand. Looking down, she sees that there was a few dozen feet between her and the ground.

Seeing her holding on had many of the heroes gasp in worry.

However, the impact had caused some of the structure to crack. Including the part that she was grabbing onto. The extra weight had that section to break off, and with a yell of fear, she fell the rest of the way down.

"NO!" Weiss and James yelled, hoping that she wouldn't die here.

Knowing that a fall from this height would no doubt kill her without her Aura to protect her, she quickly spun around in an effort to get the falling debris to act as a sponge for the impact. This surprising worked.

At least partially. Her fall was cushioned, however her right shoulder was dislocated and her left leg was broken.

While she winced at getting so injured, Winter was happy to have survived that fall. Her little sister hugged her tightly as she snuggled close.

Biting the inside of her cheek to prevent any screams from leaving her mouth, she looks up to see that Jacob had gotten back up, and was now trying to look for her.

Knowing that she failed in her mission, she desperately began to crawl away from the battle.

Seeing the Schnee woman crawl away like a wounded animal had Eve smile sadistically. 'I'm still pissed that I died, but seeing this makes it worth it.' She took a picture of this moment for memories.

Back to the castle, Jaune forces Ozpin down a narrow pipe outside the balcony they were just at. The pipe barely had enough room for him to walk in tightrope steps. Oz looks down and sees that the pipe is hovering over a flowing river of Grimm substance.

Jaune quickly follows him, jumping onto the pipe. The vibrations made balancing extra difficult.

Seeing the river, Ozpin shivered in disgust.

When Jaune jumped after him, many gulped a bit. They didn't know what would happen if one of them fell into the gunk like material, but they had a feeling that it wasn't good.

Seeing no choice, Oz began to tightrope-walk backwards across the river while fending off Jaune's attacks.

"Gotta give him this, kid's damn persistent." Qrow commented, earning many nods from the boy's friends and family.

Oz and Jaune slowly make their way across the pipe, cautiously fighting at first, but as they center their balance, the more ferocious they went.

Ozpin suddenly slips. Thinking quickly he throws his cane up in the air as he fall. He then grabs onto the pipe on the way down, and swinging around, he grabs his cane as he lands back on the pipe just in time to block an overhead chop.

The students had stars in their eyes seeing his daring action.

Glynda wasn't as amazed. Using her crop, she smacked the back of her friend's head so hard his spectacles flew off. She then said, "Are you trying to give us all a heart attack with your reckless behavior?"

His children giggled as he went to grab his glasses off the floor, grumbling that he didn't do anything.

Salem felt a bit of fear as she saw him slip, and relief when he moved to get back up. 'Reminds me of Ozma's more reckless moves.' She wanted to smack him upside the head as well, but was disappointed (and a bit jealous) when that other blond woman did it.

They continue to fight across the pipe for a bit before Ozpin saw a walkway below them. Parrying Jaune's slash, he drops down with the boy following soon after. The two land and he blocks another strike. As he tried to overpower Jaune, he was unprepared for the right hook.

"Hey, at least it wasn't a kick this time." Tai said, much to Oz's annoyance.

Oz stumbles a few steps back before he regains his footing. Looking back, he sees Jaune about to slash downwards with his right hand. Thinking quickly, he swings his cane with one hand to the boy's left while raising his free one to grab onto Jaune's wrist.

Unfortunately, Jaune saw the move and grabbed Oz's wrist with his free hand. The two now trying to overpower the other, bending a bit at the waist to gain more leverage.

Back to the arena, Winter was seen crawling her way through a mass of wires in a small chute after relocating her shoulder.

Seeing a human, a Schnee at that, crawling like a rat made Eve a very happy woman, and to a smaller extent Sienna and Ilia. Blake also felt a bit content, but immediately felt guilty afterwards.

Weiss and Winter meanwhile shivered at all the dust and dirt smearing her once pristine uniform.

Taking out a commlink, she says "Hurry. You'll need careful timing if you are to arrive safely."

Anon, piloting a bullhead he 'borrowed' after lending his ship to his old friend, took out his own commlink and replied "There aren't many patrols on western side. Perhaps they are looking for you closer to the arena. Activate your homing beacon when you're ready."

In the arena, Arthur Arc along with a squad of Atlas soldiers loyal to the Clan were reporting to Jeanne, who had just dismissed a floating surveillance camera, and Jacob, who was being looked at by a soldier with pale skin and shoulder length blond hair wearing a customized uniform with puffy shoulders.

Surrounding the bleachers, a battalion of clones were in search for Winter's body. (8)

Seeing the soldiers buzzing around the coliseum in search of her, many were scared that she wouldn't escape.

Winter and Weiss felt a pain in their hearts seeing Arthur there.

Everyone was wondering if this new person was those two girls' replacement.

Arthur reports, "There is no sign of her body, Elders."

Weiss breathed a sigh of relief at that, knowing that if Anon hurried her sister would be alright.

Jeanne shakes her head as she puts a data chip away, "Then she is not dead. If she survived that fall back in that White Fang base, she could certainly survive this."

Jacob nods his head in agreement, "Double your search." He orders.

Arthur salutes, "Yes Elder, right away." He and the squad leaves to gather more soldiers and search the place with a fine tooth comb.

Jacob, remembering what Winter said before, turns to the new person. "Tell Captain Dondochakka to prepare a Garganta immediately, Captain Pesche." (9)

Pesche bows to him, "Yes Master." He then buzzed away to inform his partner.

Jeanne looks to her husband in worry, "Why did you order that?"

He turns back to her, "That Schnee girl. Before our fight, she mentioned that Ozpin went to go after Jaune." He looks away as she gasps in shock. "I fear that our grandson is in danger."

The heroes paled at this. They knew that Ozpin wouldn't stand a chance if Jacob, or heaven's forbid one of Jaune's Generals, showed up as backup.

As he says this, several reporters were making their way inside despite the guards' efforts. Seeing them, Jeanne quickly kisses her love, and walks towards the group.

Watching her leave to do what she planned, Jacob walks to the hallway out of the arena.

Back to the castle, Oz and Jaune continue their battle on the top of the weirdly placed CCT tower. Oz jumps away as Jaune slashes underneath him, accidentally destroying one of the central links to the main support structure keeping the whole thing in place. As Oz redirects another strike, they heard something. Turning their heads, they see that at the base, the frame was beginning to groan, before the weight of the tower became too much and base began to crack before shattering in some places, sending lethal fragments everywhere.

Watts was so shocked at seeing even more of his precious work getting destroyed by their stupidity, that he couldn't utter a single complaint.

Meanwhile, Salem was eye twitching at the continued destruction of her home.

It's raining fragments. Both the combatants had 'Oh shit!' faces and hauled ass for cover under the various satellite dishes. Once they got to safety, Jaune swiped at Oz again.

"Now is not the time Mr. Arc!" Glynda shouts as she watched him try to attack even under threat of the fragments hitting them.

The central support for the structure begins to break away, and the tower soon falls into the river below. The two looked at each other, before running for the other side, continuing their fight as they did so. The tower tilts until it is perpendicular to the ground. They leaned forwards from the new angle, clutching onto some convenient support handles to keep them from falling off.

The tower soon lands, the wide area making up the tip creating enough of a surface to balance the rest of the tower and gently ride the river's current.

Now that the shock was gone, Watts began screaming incoherently at the wasteful destruction of his work.

Back to the coliseum, Winter continued to crawl, using her slowly replenishing Aura to heal her leg, and found a service hatch ahead. Opening it, she looks to the sky below. Then, to her relief, a bullhead moves into view.

Anon, in his ride, flies to underneath the opening and slows down, hovering as close to the open hatch as he could. Winter takes a deep breath, and drops out of the hatch. With a yelp from painfully landing on top of the vehicle, she moves to the side doors.

Hearing the gong of her landing, he guns it and flies far away from the area.

The heroes sigh in relief at her getaway.

Winter slowly makes her way out of the roof and inside the cargo hold through the door. She gets in, and tries to heal the rest of the damage to her leg.

Anon, after programing the autopilot, head to the cargo hold.

Seeing the damage she took, he quickly went to get a med kit. Winter looks to the door, tears streaming down her eyes now that the full implications hit her. "I failed you Weiss. Forgive me..." She whispered.

The bullhead flies into the city below.

Hearing herself say that made Winter flinch as she held her sister close.

The scene switches back to the floating tower. A blue light is seen being swung around, indicating that Jaune was still fighting Oz. Zooming to the fight, the two were climbing the tower, exchanging swipes periodically as they climbed up.

Oz parries a few swipes and looks ahead, the view zooming out to show that the river soon drops off into a waterfall.

Seeing the fall, the heroes felt fear for the two. Ozpin paled as he held his two girls close.

Salem did the same, trying to convince herself that her ex dying here was a good thing. Before, the thought had her feeling satisfaction, now it made her feel sorrow.

Realizing that they are getting very close to the edge, he looks for a way out. Seeing a cable next to him, he grabs it and leaps off the tower.

Seeing him swing away, Jaune grabs another loose cable and leaps after him. As Oz began to swing back, he blocked a swing from Jaune as they swung past each other.

"Man, he really wants to kill him, huh?" Mercury comments to his 'team', seeing Jaune continuing to fight despite slowly reaching the waterfall and killing them.

Emerald, Cinder, and Neo were amazed by the young man's determination to kill the Headmaster. They all wondered just how effective he could be in their plans if this determination was directed for their goals.

The students were stupefied by Jaune's stubbornness to continue fighting instead of trying to get out of the river first.

Snapping and metal groans are heard as parts of the tower starts to break away and fall towards the river. From his cable, Oz looks underneath him and sees a floating platform making its way away from the tower. That caused him to smile a bit in hope, and as he swung to the cable's highest point he lets go. Timing it just right, he manages to land on top of the platform.

He immediately leans to one side and takes a piece of wide metal floating nearby. Using his Semblance for added speed, he steers the thing further away from the drop. Satisfied that the platform was no longer in danger of being pulled by the current, he looks back to the tower to see if Jaune made it out.

Jaune swung back to the tower, just as the entire thing tips over the drop. The view briefly switches over to below the tower as various bits and pieces starts to brake away and fall over the edge.

His friends and family were praying for Jaune to somehow make it out of there, but were losing hope as there was nothing they could think of that could help him land over the material should he jump.

The view switches back to Jaune as he gets up and starts running the length of the tower and makes a stunning leap. Over to Ozpin, the audience can see Jaune dropping towards the river with nothing to stop him from submerging into the sludge. As many closed their eyes to avoid seeing him potentially drown, they were all stunned when instead of falling into the river like they all thought, he miraculously lands a few inches over it!

They all jaw dropped. The young man was standing a few inches above the river like it was solid ground!

"How?! How is doing that!" Blake shouts, her calm demeaner shattering as she witnessed an impossible event.

"That couldn't be his Semblance could it?" Pyrrha asks as she held a hand to her beating heart.

Jack smirked, "Nope. This is just one of the benefits of Reiastu."

Most of the leaders were more determined than ever now to grab the boy and harness his power for their cause.

Ozpin jaw dropped as Jaune starts walking towards him, the tower going over the edge and disappearing into the waterfall behind him.

As his platform floats away for the bank of the river, Jaune quickly catches up with him.

Once close enough, they continue their swordfight again. They battle away at each other, Oz restricted by the limited space of the platform while Jaune had no such limiter. Jaune fazed all around him, trying to get a lethal strike in at his blind spot, while Oz was desperately trying to fend him off.

He barely got the boy to back off, swinging a bit wildly to gain some room, and assessing his current situation. He could feel his Aura reaching critical levels, but didn't know why. He should've had more than enough to continue this fight, it was as if his Aura was being syphoned off. He began to breath heavily as he was growing more and more tired. (10)

Seeing his weakened state had many anxious. His heavy breathing making Ozpin's friends and students very worried.

Raven, the young mothers, and the children were looking at the scene with awe and pride.

The bandit leader couldn't believe Oz being on the ropes for most of the fight, and seeing the young man not as exhausted and limited in his movement, she could tell that Oz had very little chance of winning. The thought of that had her blush as she saw Jaune's determination come to fruition.

Vernal, Neo, and Emerald were amazed, seeing their man handling himself so well against a more experienced opponent brought a warmth to build in their loins.

The children felt pride that their daddy was beating the old man.

The White Fang members were surprised that a teenager could bring one of the strongest Huntsmen so close to the brink of exhaustion. They wondered just how much stronger he could become once he reaches his full potential.

The villains were awed by this, seeing their enemy so tired by someone so young. It was simply amazing.

Ozpin takes a deep breath to calm down his weakening strength. Looking at the boy with sad eyes he says, "I have failed you, Mr. Arc. I have failed you."

Jaune takes pause, glaring at the man who betrayed his family's trust. The two confronting each other on the river. "You betrayed us Ozpin," he shakes his head, "I should have known the Huntsmen were plotting to take over..."

Hearing him say that brought many a sharp pain in the hearts of the heroes.

Ozpin shakes his own head, trying to make him see the truth, "I would never betray my friends! Jaune, Jacob is evil!"

"Please Jaune," Pyrrha with tears flowing down says, pleading, with Jaune to stop this already, "please believe him."

The other heroes also pleading with the young Arc to stop and listen to the Headmaster.

The young man snarls at him, "From my point of view, the Huntsmen are evil!"

Pyrrha, and many others, wept at his declaration. They knew that he was too far gone now.

Ozpin narrows his eyes, "Well then you are lost!"

His agreement had them cry harder.

Jaune steps closer to him, "This is the end for you, Ozpin... I wish that there was another way."

As Ozpin prepared his cane for another bout, Jaune jumps and flips over Oz's head to land on the other side of the platform. The fighting soon continues again, with the two using the last of their reserves to overpower the other.

Ozpin blocks another swipe, and seeing off the corner of his vision that the bank was close enough now, he pushes the young man back and jumps toward the safety of the black sand of the beach.

He turns back to an unamused Jaune and yells, "It's over, Jaune! I have the high ground!"

The screen zooms in on Jaune's glaring face, "You underestimate my power!"

Back to Oz, he shakes his head, "Don't try it."

Jaune jumps up and over Ozpin with a shout. As Ozpin follows his path overhead, he swipes his cane to shatter his legs. However, Jaune had planned this and fazed directly behind him. Oz, wide-eyed by this deception, quickly used his Semblance to turn around and block the downward swing with both hands on either end of his cane, but it was at that moment that his Aura finally gave out.

With his Aura no longer protecting his cane, Jaune's sword sliced through the shaft and his chest.

The audience was speechless.

Zooming to his face, Ozpin gasps in shock and pain. Zooming back to show the two, Oz slowly lowers his arms with the two parts of his cane held tightly, the connecting parts glow red, for a moment longer before he drops them on the sand. Then, he slowly falls to his knees, but was caught before he could fall to the ground any further by Jaune. Slowly lowering him to the ground, he kneels before the gasping Headmaster.

They couldn't believe it.

The heroes were heartbroken. The last Headmaster has fallen, and thus the last hope of the Huntsmen returning.

The villains were stunned. This young boy, with this last stroke, had just systematically wiped out all major opposition to his Clan's rule.

Raven felt her heart beat faster in want, as did Vernal, Neo, and Cinder.

Looking up, Ozpin sees Jaune, surprised to see so much pain in his eyes and tears flowing down his face. "I'm sorry." He hears the boy whisper.

Seeing the clear pain and regret of his actions in his features, the heroes couldn't help but pity the boy. He would have to live with his actions for the rest of his life.

Bending close to whisper in his ear, the audience couldn't make out what was said but once he straightened back up, they could see shock in the man's features. (11)

No one knew what was said, but seeing the man tearing up they wanted to know.

Jaune softly strokes the dying man's head and nods, "Go now, be at peace with her."

Ozpin smiles as the tears fell, before his eyes grow heavy and he succumbs to his injuries. His last thoughts were 'I hope you saved me a spot in the afterlife my dear.' And with that, Ozpin passed away at last.

Salem teared up a bit, knowing that his last thoughts were for her. But she was thankful that he went in peace. 'Hopefully, we will be reunited in the afterlife.'

Ozpin felt at peace, knowing that this was the last stop for him in that future. He knew that with Salem gone, his mission was over. He was mortal now, and he could finally know peace.

His friends and students cried as they saw him die, and though he felt sadness for making them feel this way, he felt that he deserved to finally rest.

Jaune cried, seeing the man close his eyes for the last time. He gently lowers his body to the ground and stands up. Offering a final prayer of forgiveness to the Pillars, he looks around him. Taking a few minutes to calm himself down, and a deep breath to steady his nerves while wiping the tears away, he summons a Garganta. Coming out of it was Apache, followed by Mila Rose, Sung-Sun and two guards.

As the former two looks around, Sung-Sun stops before her master and bows. "My Lord."

Jaune looks to her and simply says "Rise."

As she does so, he looks to the other two. "Are the preparations ready?"

Mila Rose was quick to answer "Yes My Lord, all preparations for the next stage are ready. Just as you requested, the news stations are live."

Everyone wondered what the hell she meant by the news stations. 'Just what are you planning?'

He nods, "Very good. Follow me." As he turns back to the castle, he orders one guard to bring Ozpin's body and weapon with them.

Using their speed techniques, they made it back to the castle in record time. Quickly moving past the various dead bodies, they moved past the observation room and went inside the conference room.

As they entered, Jaune fazed before Salem's corpse, and gently picks her up. He then handed her over to the second guard and ordered them to leave to Mistral. They bowed and left with the two bodies.

Salem and Ozpin wondered what his plans for their corpses would be.

Turning to his Generals, he orders "Report."

Apache was the first to step forward, "My Lord, the status of 4 Kingdoms have stabilized. Vacuo and Mistral were the easiest to accept your rule. With Shade Academy destroyed and bandits & Grimm roaming free, Vacuo was quick to submit to your forces in order to gain protection. In Mistral, Elders Sidious and Traya had garnered much influence and love within the Kingdom over the years. They were more than happy to follow. In Vale, we had some resistance from the populous, but after the news of the Huntsmen's betrayal came to light they were quick to fall in line. Atlas is still proving to be problematic, but with the other Kingdoms following you, they will be subdued in time."

Knowing that the Kingdoms had fallen so easily, it made many afraid of how fragile their system of government really was.

Salem and Cinder hummed as they wondered how to use this new information to their advantage. At least they knew that Vacuo would be easy to topple.

Jaune scowled at Atlas's refusal to bow. "Stupid Atlassian arrogance." he mutters. "What of Mantle?"

Weiss, Winter, and James felt insulted; while the White Fang giggled at the comment and their reactions.

Apache smirks, "The people of Mantle have expressed a willingness to follow you, My Lord."

He hums, thinking of a plan to deal with Atlas, then nods to her.

Bowing once more, she steps back and Mila Rose stepped forward to issue her report. "My Lord, Loly and Menoly have already left Vale and began dispatching the traitors from the list you sent. By their accounts, they have already taken out about 98% of the spies and should be finished by the end of the day." (12)

The villains paled at the quick disintegration of their spy network, limited in number as they were. 'Perhaps I should invest in more spies for redundancy.' Salem thought in worry.

The heroes meanwhile were stunned at how quickly they were being taken out.

She continues with "As for the remaining Huntsmen, many of the surviving students from the secondary schools have surrendered and the Clan is currently processing them. The professional ones being hunted down as we speak."

Now the reactions were reversed.

Jaune nods, knowing that the surviving students were too young to have known of the Headmasters' betrayal.

She bows and steps back, allowing Sung-Sun to step up and give her own report. "My Lord, as stated before, all preparations are complete as per your orders. We are ready to proceed, on command."

"Good." Jaune says before looking around, "Time to go then."

They quickly left and reappeared over the castle.

The three women then raised their arms palms up until they were pointed to the building. Three red spheres of energy begins forming past their palms. "Cero!" The spheres quickly turns into beams of energy, racing down towards the castle at fast speeds. As the beams impact against the building, it erupts in an explosion as the ceros disintegrate the very foundations of the castle.

As the smoke clears, nothing of the castle remains and they gently float near the remains.

Salem was pissed. Her home, that she spent so long in building, was destroyed in a matter of seconds!

The rest were shocked by the power of these 'Ceros', terrified of what else these people had up their sleeves.

Just then, a Garganta opens up behind them and Jacob is seen along with a platoon of clones exiting the rift.

Seeing his grandson alright, Jacob sighed in relief. "Oh thank the Pillars, you're alright."

Looking ahead, he raises an eyebrow. "Is everything alright?"

Jaune turns to him and nods, "Everything is fine, grandpa. I was just about to issue the order."

He nods, "Oh ok, then it's a good thing I arrived when I did." He takes out a scroll and as they all gently lower to the ground, he turns it on.

"Alright boys and girls, you can come in now."

At the same time, Jaune orders the three to make ready their next orders.

Before the audience could question what they meant, the area was soon surrounded by multiple Gargantas of various sizes; and unknown to the audience, everywhere in the Land of Darkness.

One opens up behind the group, and Lisa Lavender along with other reporters and camera crews walk through, followed by another platoon of guards.

The heroes blanched, wondering what the hell they were doing there!

The villains, White Fang, and criminals were wondering what the Arcs had planned now.

Many of the reporters paled at seeing the hellish landscape, a few pointing to various pools where Grimm could be seen coming out in fear. They all looked to their security detail with gratitude when they, along with most of the ones who came with Jacob, formed up around them in a protective pattern, killing any Grimm that were stupid enough to come near them.

"Hello everyone." Jacob said, earning the reporters' attention. "I trust that by now you would believe my wife has been telling the truth back at the coliseum, yes?"

Many nodded, remembering the news the woman gave them to show to the Kingdoms. How they were given the video recording of Winter's speech to Jacob, their grand duel, and her declaration before she was forced to flee.

"Wait, that's what she was doing with that console?" Blake asked in shock, remembering the old Faunus fiddling around with the controls for something, but didn't know 'till now what it was.

Winter paled, knowing what she said and did might've just shattered what credibility the Huntsmen still had.

With some fumbling, their cameras started to roll, projecting the horrifying image of the landscape live to a terrified Remnant.

After talking a bit to the cameras, the reporters turned to a patient Jacob. "Ladies and Gentlemen, my fellow Humans and Faunus. For too long have the Headmasters lied to us all. For too long have they allowed the Grimm to fester and persist for generations! I know that many of you had refused to believe these claims, and many of you still do. Allow me to lay our claims to rest. May I present to you, the secret that the Headmasters have kept hidden from us all." He spreads his arms wide as the cameras zoom out. "Behold. The Breeding Grounds and Source of all Grimm!"

The reporters gasp, and the people watching all over the world were stunned. The breeding grounds, the birthplace of the Grimm. Their greatest enemy.

The adults were shocked that he announced that to the world, didn't he know that showing this would cause fear within the Kingdoms and independent settlements to skyrocket?!

Gesturing to Jaune and company, Jacob says "And it was all thanks to my dear grandson, and his most loyal Generals, that we have finally found this unholy place."

The way he said the word 'loyal' made his friends bristle, believing that it was a blow to them personally.

"And now!" He looks back to the cameras, "And now, he leads the greatest chance of ridding us all of our demons." He looks to Jaune as he raises his sword high, the cameras taking in his knightly stance and features.

That part made them pause in shock.

"Impossible," Cinder says as she looks around her, "there's no way he has the numbers to lay siege to the land, nor any way to destroy the Grimm pools."

Many of her cohorts nodded in agreement. Even Ozpin doubted that what they had planned could be done. 'After all, this place was created by the Brothers' magic.'

"Arrancars!" Jaune shouts, earning the attention of everyone, "For too long have you all watched over us, wishing to help protect the innocent people of Remnant!" He looks to all the rifts and sees the many soldiers, Grimmjow, Tier, and Nel hidden in the shadows.

"Thanks to all of you, our world now stands on the precipice of the peace, that so many brave souls over countless generations have gladly given their lives for! We only need one final push, one final charge to avenge them all!" As he speaks, tears are shed by the reporters, and peoples of Remnant.

Then, he lowers his blade. In a calm voice that carries over to the soldiers, and the people of their world, he looks to everyone and says "I know the road has been tough, and I know that I have no right to ask this of any of you... But will you follow me... one last time?"

His speech had many in tears.

*Sniff* "I would've gladly followed you, big brother." Nora says.

Pyrrha nods, continuing where she left off, "To the bitter end."

Ren stares at his leader, his brother, and ends it, "And beyond."

Their friends and family giving various nods and voicing their agreements.

Saphron was in tears, but was looking at her brother with great love and pride, 'I am so proud of you, baby brother. Go. Go and avenge the victorious dead.'

The rifts started to shout. The reporters started to shout. The people of Remnant started to shout. "We follow YOU!"

After that was shouted, vast armies of clones, led by their Generals, started to rush out of the rifts and fall to the ground and engage the stunned Grimm below. Hundreds, thousands, and more rushed out as they yelled "Long live the Arcadian Empire!"

They attacked the creatures with a ferocity that surprised those in the audience. With no risk of collateral damage to worry about, they made liberal use of their Balas and Ceros against the Grimm.

While the Grimm still continued to spawn from their pools, they just couldn't replace their numbers faster than the armies could destroy them.

"Impossible" Salem whispered, seeing the Grimm fall back under the vast numbers of these 'Arrancars'.

"Incredible." Ozpin says as he sees the impossible: the dark creatures falling back within their own territory!

As the attack continued, Grimmjow, Tier, and Nel thrust their arms to the largest pools closest to them, and familiar balls of energy started to form. "Cero!"

Their Ceros shot out and impacted the sludge, disintegrating the black ooze on the spot, earning much cheer from the people watching at home, and shocking many of the audience.

"How?" Salem whispered. "How did they do that?"

"Milady... how? How did they manage to destroy the Grimm pools?" Cinder asks her leader as everyone witnessed the three people move on to other areas.

Seeing the results, other soldiers began firing their own Ceros at the pools closest to them.

The heroes were amazed. They were witnessing the source of the Grimm be destroyed piece by piece.

All of this was being recorded by the reporters. All across the world, people were celebrating the destruction of the Grimm's home. Some even went to the soldiers nearest to them and hugged them, much to their surprise. They became subjected to praises and affection. The soldiers could do nothing but awkwardly try to calm their new admirers down. A few were even offered 'rewards' by some of the more 'grateful' of the citizens.

Back to the battle, the armies were overrunning the Grimm. All across the Land of Darkness, the Arrancars were destroying the landscape.

Unseen by the audience, Jaune had secretly ordered hundreds of gigantic Gargantas to surround and envelop the borders of the land. From these rifts, thousands of gigantic creatures several stories tall appeared. They all looked exactly the same with a white mask with an elongated nose, bodies covered from head to two in a black cloak, and around their necks a row of thin white spikes. (13)

They all soon spread out, and opened their mouths to begin firing Ceros on the Grimm below, not letting the creatures have any chance of escape. They also fired at any pools they could find. All of them were being coordinated by various Adjuchas-class Menos who sided with the Arc or his Generals out of loyalty or fear. Concentrating their fire to the sky, the Adjuchas were saturating it with Ceros and Balas to quickly destroy any flying Grimm that were attempting to flee. With this, the Grimm populating the Land of Darkness were trapped.

As the armies continued their attack, the audience could only gaze in awe. The screen turned dark.

*11 Months Later*

The screen opens up to Vale. The people inside its walls happily going about their day. Flags with the Arc symbol proudly displayed over windowsills. In the parks, children were laughing, playing 'Arrancar vs Huntsmen.'

One child, a dog Faunus, was wearing a skull mask, 'fighting' a human boy dressed as a Huntsman. She shouted "Haha! You will fall, traitor!" Before swinging a roam sword at her friend.

The sight of the city at peace brought many smiles. The flags, not so much. Seeing the children playing a game surrounding their Fall actually hurt. Though, seeing a Faunus and Human playing together did help soften the blow.

The screen heads to Vacuo, where the city looks to have expanded somewhat. Patrols of soldiers were marching along, getting praises heaped upon them even after all this time, as they continued their day.

Next was Mantle, where the audience could see that the floating city of Atlas was nowhere to be found!

"What?! What happened to Atlas?!" James shouts, turning to Jack for an explanation as Weiss and Winter looked a the screen with fear.

The god rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah, so..." He sucked in a breath, "Remember how Jaune's General reported that Atlas was getting problematic?" The three from the city nodded their heads. "So, a couple months after the battle, the higher echelon didn't want to submit to the Empire's rule any longer. However," he raised his hand up to silence any comments, "Mantle and the lower classes of the floating city did. So Jaune ordered his soldiers to quietly transport the loyal citizens away from the city. He then ordered one of his new Commanders to strike and capture as many of the dissenters as they could."

Glynda raised an eyebrow, "And who is this new commander?"

He points to the leader of the White Fang, "His wife, Sienna Kahn."

Many who wanted that title glared at the shocked woman.

Sienna was shocked. She never believed that she would ever marry a Human. Same with her subordinates, current and former. "And why would I marry him?"

Jack shrugged, "Well, first he promised that Jacques Schnee and the SDC executive board would be handed over to you to deal with however you wished."

That got her, and others, to jaw drop. "The leaders of the SDC would be under my jurisdiction?" Sienna asks, not believing what she heard.

Jacque's daughters shrugged, not caring what happened to their awful father really. Though they did wonder about something.

Jack nods, "Yep. He also sent a large force of soldiers and Faunus Arcs to help safeguard and even expand Menagerie's presence on their island nation, recognizing it as its own independent Kingdom with you as its leader." Hearing that he legitimatized the first Faunus Kingdom, Sienna was brought to tears of happiness. Same with the rest of the Faunus.

Blake and Velvet were happy to hear that the Faunus would finally get the equality their people fought so hard to obtain, only wishing that their others were alive to see it.

Eve was in awe that a Human did all this for her kind. She silently wished to meet him and do what she thought was impossible: shake his hand and thank him for his contributions to the cause.

"And our mother and younger brother?" Weiss asked with dread. She and Winter were hoping that their mother and brother made it out alright.

Jack rose his hand and said, "Calm down, they were some of the few high class that wanted to submit." The two sighed in relief. "Anyway, after he ordered the attack, Sienna went and rounded up as many of the people as her soldiers could, killing those who resisted." He points to the paused screen, "After the people were taken away, he ordered the people of Mantle to take down the pillars that grounded Atlas, which the people were more than happy to do." James and Winter were dismayed to hear that. "After the city was freed and at a safe distance, he ordered his Generals to open fire at it. It only took a few shots to bring it down. The people captured were then sent to prison for their crimes."

No one knew what to say to that. Though the heroes were happy that most of the people were evacuated, they were horrified to know that a city was wiped out so easily.

The scene then switches to Mistral, showing it to have expanded greatly after the threat of Grimm was heavily reduced in the area. The people were happy to have their protectors, proudly gazing and saluting to the symbol of the Arcs.

It then switches to Menagerie where its capital, Kuo Kuana, had nearly quadrupled in size from their protectors wiping out nearly all Grimm on the island. It also showed that much of the deserts on the island mass was covered in a large, freshwater lake. The audience didn't know that it was thanks to Tier's ability to summon large amounts of water that caused this to appear.

The scene switches over to Argus, where it zooms to show Jaune walking down the street. The people were constantly stopping to bow to their leader, even though he had tried for months to get them to stop that.

His friends and family chuckled/giggled at his awkwardness from the people's admiration of him. Many of them did take notice of the new outfit he was wearing though, and how buffed up he became after nearly a year (Vol7's armor, longer hair and a professional swimmer's body).

He walks until he stops on top of a hill overlooking the burning remains of an island chain that made up the military base over the city's harbor.

Not looking back as a red portal appears behind him, and a woman in a shallow cut black and red dress with black shorts underneath, a series of beaded necklaces and a belt wrapped around her waist, her weapon, and a long black object made of either fur or feathers, with a red and white bandana material behind her. Her forearms covered in red armored gauntlets and solid black gloves. She also has black mid-thigh high leggings with red splatter patterns and black heels. Lastly, she had long black hair and a fierce full-face mask resembling the face of a creature of Grimm. This was Raven Branwen. And she was bowing to her leader.

He narrows his eyes at the base and says "Report."

Everyone who knew her was shocked at seeing her there, never mind bowing in submission.

The woman herself was a bit ticked by seeing her other even taking orders from him. "What the hell! Why am I bowing to him?"

Jack shrugged, "Ain't it obvious? You were visited about a week after the final battle by a few of Jaune's men, and to avoid having your tribe wiped out, you surrendered to them. It helped that you saw what they did to the Grimm's land, and knew that you were no match for them."

The woman wanted to argue, she really did, but she could definitely see herself doing that. 'Plus, with Salem dead and the Arcs in charge, surrendering to them is better than having my tribe destroyed by one of their Cero things.' She nods, agreeing with his assessment.

Raven takes off her mask, "I tracked down Winter Schnee and her little band of traitors to the base. Over 200 Huntsmen." He turns to look at her, knowing that someone important to her was there as well. She sees this, and doesn't even hesitate. "Taiyang Xiao Long was one of them."

Hearing his name being one of the Huntsmen there made the man sweat. He knew that he would fight against anyone who murdered his family, but he also knew that if the kid's Generals came to the picture, then that 'fight' would be a 'slaughter'.

Weiss and Winter were pale at hearing her name be mentioned. The fact that the islands were destroyed pointed only to one thing.

Jaune sighs, and walks to her. Placing a hand on top of her shoulder, he says "I know this has been difficult, but-" He was silenced by Raven leaning forwards and placing a gentle kiss on his lips.

That action had many brains short-circuit. Many glared at the stunned woman with jealousy, while Salem and Ozpin looked at this with disapproval.

Raven didn't know what to say to this, but her daughter summed it up. "What the fuck?!"

Jack chuckled, earing their attention. "Oh, did I forget to mention that Raven married him too?"

The audience sputtered at this, though Ozpin felt a bit of pride well up for some reason.

She leans back and smiles, "Don't worry about me, my loyalty is to the Arcs remember?"

He chuckles, "I suppose." He looks deeply into her eyes. "You ready, Mrs. Arc?"

The woman smirks, "Are you, Mr. Arc?"

The two kiss again, and separate. As they go through a Garganta he summoned, she said "I do expect a title for my efforts though."

With a witty smile, he chuckles as they went to the portal. "But of course, Lady Dracarys." (14)

The title, though not really understanding its meaning, felt a bit off to her. 'Still,' Raven smirked, 'A title means that I'm nominated for becoming an Elder of the Arcs. Not bad.'

Cinder scowled, feeling that the title belonged to her.

"By the way." Raven said, earning his attention. "I hear that a group of archeologists found something in the deserts off of Vacuo."

Jaune raised an eyebrow, "Oh really?"

As the rift closed, Raven nodded. "Yeah. They've taken to calling it the 'Door to Heaven'."

Once the portal closes, the screen turns off and the audience were left feeling confused and angry.

Raven was happy to know that she married this strong man, but was a bit disappointed at not having children yet. She could only hope that she would get them before her fellow wife. 'Heh, with my looks, he'll be begging for me to rock his world.' She smirked at the thought, blushing a bit as her imagination ran wild.

Sienna was blushing as she felt a bit embarrassed from her future with the kid. 'Though I suppose if he tried so hard to help my people, marrying him wouldn't be so bad.' She started to smile. 'In fact, this marriage would be a great way to show and promote further unity between our two peoples.' The more she thought it over, the more the Faunus Queen, she giggled a bit at her title, wasn't against the idea of marriage.

Summer and Glynda facepalmed at Raven marrying someone young enough to be his mother. 'For Oum's sake, Raven. You're way too old to be doing something like this.' They both thought.

Raven suddenly felt like beating the crap out of a redhead and a hypocritical blond.

The girls were grumbling about those two hags getting him.

Yang was still angry at her apparent cougar of a mother for going after her friend, and was even more so when she glanced over and saw the smirk.

Pyrrha was downright pissed off that so many women were encroaching on her territory. Her eyes narrowed, determined to make her feelings known to her dense partner as soon as she sees him.

Saphron was a bit weirded out over those older women marrying her baby brother, but if they made him happy then she wouldn't say anything. Instead, she went over to wake up her still sleeping baby boy, wondering how he managed to sleep through everything. She smiled a bit as his clothes changed to a mini version of Jaune's outfit, cloak and all.

Just then, a light shone inside a case, and a copy of Seele Schneider appeared inside. The handle had many get up from their seats and move away from it as quickly as they could, not wanting to get close to the weapon that killed them.

Jack, seeing this, stretched his arms and stood up. "Alright, so I guess that now that the view is over, I should explain myself, huh?"

The audience looked to Jack in slight confusion, then remembered how they were promised an explanation. So they gingerly went back to their seats and listened.

The god nods, "So first off, Salem here," he points to the Grimm Queen, "was cursed with magic as we all know." Several nodded, thinking back to when they got their gifts. "The Brother Gods had forcefully turned her into an immortal. As such, she couldn't be killed by anyone." The audience nodded, understanding how the curse affected her.

He sighs a bit, "Now, the reason why she couldn't be killed was because everyone who had previously faced off against her were all using mortal weapons, or 'gifts' originally given by the Gods, to kill her. Aura, Magic, Dust; nothing would've worked, because they were all created by the Brothers, and thus couldn't negate a curse given by them either."

Ozpin was shocked, then thought back to Jinn's words. 'She said that I couldn't kill her. Was it because that the only weapons I could've gotten my hands on were worthless from the very beginning?'

He knew that even with magic, he was barely strong enough to defeat her, but still couldn't kill her. Unimpeded, Jack says "Reiatsu, however, wasn't created by the Brothers. This means that her curse doesn't have a defense against it. And since Jaune's blade is made up of the energy, her immortality could never hope to stand against it." (15)

Many nodded their heads, not really understanding it but wanted to move on with the conversation.

Ruby raised her hand in question, "But that doesn't explain how Professor Ozpin lost so fast."

Jack nods, "You're right. That was due to Seele Schneider's special abilities. The blade acts like a chainsaw, making about 3 million round trips per second around the edge of the blade." He paused as everyone gave a weary glance at the innocent handle. "The vibrations of the blade also loosens the bonds between the energy or physical objects of whatever it cuts in order to make the slice easier. It also has this last ability (Yang: "Good, 'cause this is starting to get pretty old."). This ability is collecting and absorbing the energy of an opponent's attacks. The more energy an enemy releases, the more powerful the person wielding it becomes. This effectively allowed Ozma's energy to used against him."

"But Mr. Ozpin didn't use his Aura to attack Mr. Arc." Penny says.

Jack made a 'so-so' gesture, "Eh, sort of. Ozma didn't use his Aura to directly attack him, sure. However, he did use it to protect his cane. That gave Jaune the opportunity to siphon off his energy. Now listen carefully, all of you." He looks around the room, showing them a deadly serious face. "This weapon is quite possibly the worst weapon any of you could face in your world. If you ever go against someone wielding one, then run. You won't survive."

As the audience gulp from his warning, the orb finally leaves the screen. The droid quickly goes to grab it before it could drop to the ground.

As this happened, Joker felt that it was his time to leave. So he quietly went on his way; sure it didn't fit his style, but with the new revelations the people had, he didn't think he could do anything to shock them further.

The children of Salem and Ozpin also got up, drawing their parents attention.

"Where are you all going, sweethearts?" Salem asks.

Oma smiles at her mom, "It's time, mommy. We have to go now" Her mother gasps and immediately reaches to grab her and her sister close, same with Ozpin and the two with them. She hugs her, "Don't worry mommy, we'll see each other again, I promise." She then pulls away from her crying mother, and kisses her cheek goodbye.

Gretchen also gets up, "I guess that's my signal to leave as well." She turns to her saddened brother and smiles. "Don't worry, bro. You still have the journal, you can still talk to me anytime you like."

Hazel nods, then gets up to hug her sister. As she hugs him back, she starts to glow before vanishing in his arms.

Oma and her sisters turn to leave as well, but before that they turn to James. "We hope that you have learned the dangers of being overly paranoid." The man nods, knowing how his actions had caused so many deaths and accepted it, vowing to not let it affect him again. She smiles and turns to Jaune's children. "As for you, I do believe that you should have a gift, so here." She raises a hand, and the children glow a bright light.

Once the glow ends, the children all holds their heads a bit in pain. Their mothers held them close, asking them what was wrong in worry. Circe said, "Don't worry, my sister did nothing harmful to them." The mothers turned to her. The little girl smiled brightly, "She just made it so that they would continue to be with you."

They looked back to their daughters. They always feared their children would leave sometime, but knowing that they wouldn't, they relaxed.

Hecate turned to the rest of the audience and says, "We understand that seeing this future has caused much heartache." The people looked to her; some in anger, others in deep pain. "As a way to help ease your souls, we will show you another future, one where the actions of Mr. Ironwood hasn't happen." She smiled softly, "A Jaune Arc whose heart you are all familiar with."

As she says this, Vivian takes another purple orb and goes to place it against the screen.

After she did this, the four sisters shined a bright light, disappearing soon after. But not before leaving with a final note, "May you find peace on the road to the Great Path."

END

And Done! Glad that no one was upset about my brief 'vacation'. Hope you liked how Raven and Sienna are married to him here, thought that about a year was enough time to get them to know each other. Now, as Jack said, Reiatsu was never created by the Brothers, which means that any gifts/curses made by them would not hold up against it. Speaking of that, some are saying that Jaune was becoming too OP in such a short period of time. He really isn't. He hasn't used any of Ichigo's techniques. The most he used was Shunpo, which is one of the more basic abilities I think. As I keep saying, Seele Schneider is the worst weapon any of them could face. With it acting as both a mini-chainsaw on steroids and stealing soul energy (like Aura) from an opponent to make itself more deadly (and that's in its normal setting, never mind when the user pumps more of their own energy into it, or its other functions), any close to mid-range fighters would be at a very serious disadvantage; and with Shunpo, he is more unpredictable with the added benefit of being able to get up close and personal with any long-range fighters, creating headaches for them as well. About this time, I would figure him to be at 3rd to 4th seat in Shinigami ranks. Not close to Lieutenant, but he isn't a scrub. And for those who think he shouldn't be that strong, keep in mind that he had to stay in Hueco Mundo for a while to: A. Organize and gather the Arrancars and Menos, B. Convince them and the Adjuchas to join his side, C. Wait until Rudbornn can make his armies in sufficient numbers, and D. Coordinate them all to have them attack at the same time as the Arcs. While so little time has passed in Remnant before Order 66 was enacted, Hueco Mundo has time moving a lot quicker. A minute could be like a day in that place. He's had more than enough time for him to gather his forces while getting some needed training done to sharpen his skill (since Ichigo got stronger facing powerful opponents, Jaune could do the same).

Second, you may think that seeing another future after just watching this one is a bit much, but hear me out. Seeing a universe with Jaune being a hero would help them get over this future, it wouldn't really solve the issue. This one will show the audience (and his friends in particular) the gentler side of him as they knew him. If they were to see a hero version of Jaune, then it wouldn't be as impactful for them since that version doesn't live in their universe, he's not their Jaune.

One final note, since the Spring Semester started recently and I'm going back to classes, expect longer update periods as a result. Sorry about that :(

Thank you all for the support, and I'll see you next time in the next arc: "Alice in Wonderland!"

1. Hint hint.

2. Good luck with that. The blade can only be used by those who can utilize Reiatsu, Aura won't work. And even if you destroy it, which may or may not be possible, 1) There's more than one, and 2) Jaune can just summon Zangetsu to fight and kill Salem (at least once he becomes more powerful anyway).

3. Magic.

4. Harribel's Fracción.

5. Ozpin had taken Anon's ride, but it would've taken several hours to head to Salem's lair. As for Winter, she had to wait 'till the cover of darkness to move against Jacob. She had to keep herself hidden from any enemy patrol. Remember, she still doesn't know about the Arrancar's sensing abilities.

6. I think that Oz's Semblance is some sort of Time Dilation, based on his fight with Cinder. He managed to destroy all the glass(?) shards that she flung at him, then went to hit her multiple times on the chest and limbs in the span of a few seconds. As for Jaune keeping up, he's used to fighting at high speeds by this point. His memories of how to fight effectively, coupled with his experience in Hueco Mundo as he waited for the army to spawn, and his battles with fighting the students and teachers of Beacon really helped him with sharpening his skills. Not to mention that the nap he had really helped in getting his energy back.

7. The biome used during the doubles round match of Penny&Ciel vs Russel&Sky, only it's the antigravity biome summoned. No Ocean, Geyser, and Mountain biomes included.

8. I figure 400 men would be reasonable to search the bleachers while still being a pain for them. A battalion is 3-800 soldiers.

9. Nel's Fracción.

10. I feel that under normal circumstances, he could potentially go on for another hour at most. Using his Semblance, getting hit by a few kicks and punches, and constantly using his Aura to protect his cane and a shield for himself? Eventually, he would run out. Seele Schneider just made the process that much quicker.

11. "Do not despair, All-Father. Your curse has been lifted. Your wife is at peace now, thus you do not have to suffer from your duty any longer."

12. You may think that catching these spies would be difficult, and normally it would be true, but with there being just over 100, and their identities, scroll, & Hazel's last instructions in hand, it would be child's play for the Arrancars to buzz in and take them all into custody. Now while the numbers may seem small, the population of Remnant isn't all that spread out to begin with, and with the CCT's being an excellent source of information gathering, why bother having more than that. Much of the people lived in the major cities for protection, hence why most of the spies would be stationed there. With how unimportant the scattered villages and towns are (why send a spy if Grimm work just as good here?), and the small cities having less strategic value in gathering information, the last 2% would be stationed there.

13. Gillian-class Menos.

14. Dracarys: The High Valyrian word for Dragonfire (Game of Thrones). I figured it would make sense with her colored armor and sword. I know that her Maiden Powers lean more towards Ice, and Cinder's thoughts reflect on this.

15. Think of it like The Mummy. The protagonists didn't have a way to harm him because they were using mortal weapons. So that had to find immortal ones. The same for here, only they already had one. Jaune's blade is made up of spiritual energy, energy that can deal severe damage to a person's very soul. And since Reiatsu wasn't created by the Brothers, there is no counter to damages from it. Also, keep in mind that most of the people depicted in Bleach are sort of immortal (meaning they can't age, or at least age very slowly). The only way to effectively harm them are weapons made up of spiritual energy, which Jaune has, and Salem is in a similar boat to those people.